Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 ft (5 ft
*)
Components: V, S, M
Duration: Concentration
, up to 1 minute
Damage Type: Bludgeoning
Save: Strength
Choose an unoccupied 5-foot cube of air that you can see within range. An elemental force that resembles a dust devil appears in the cube and lasts for the spell's duration.
Any creature that ends its turn within 5 feet of the dust devil must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 1d8 bludgeoning damage and is pushed 10 feet away. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isn't pushed.
As a bonus action, you can move the dust devil up to 30 feet in any direction. If the dust devil moves over sand, dust, loose dirt, or small gravel, it sucks up the material and forms a 10-foot-radius cloud of debris around itself that lasts until the start of your next turn. The cloud heavily obscures its area.
When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 2nd.
Material Component:
a pinch of dust
Verbal Component:
Invito Pulvis Diabolus
Verbal Component (Alternative):
Arcane cyclone, dust-devil's guise, Magical tempest, a calm wind's demise.
Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard, Rogue
Domain: Air, Weather
Tags: Damage
Source: Elemental Evil Player's Companion (page 17)Also found in
Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
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Other Planes and Effects
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Underwater - Verbal Component
Official rules have been verified by Jeremy Crawford - "No rule prohibits verbal components from working underwater. Keep in mind that if you're talking, you're not holding your breath." Hence, while submerged underwater and holding its breath, a creature can cast a spell that requires a verbal component. After casting the spell, if the creature can't breathe underwater, it immediately runs out of breath. The creature can survive for a number of rounds equal to its Constitution modifier (minimum of 1 round).
