Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 ft (5 ft
)
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration
, up to 1 minute
Save: Dexterity
You create a bonfire on ground that you can see within range. Until the spells ends, the bonfire fills a 5-foot cube. Any creature in the bonfire's space when you cast the spell must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d8 fire damage. A creature must also make the saving throw when it enters the bonfire's space for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there.
The spell's damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
Verbal Component:
Creo Pyram Medeis
Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard, Rogue, Artificer
Domain: Fire
Tags: Damage
Source: Elemental Evil Player's Companion (page 16)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).
