Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 ft
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Damage Type: Poison
Conditions: Poisoned
You shoot a greenish ray at a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 2d8 Poison damage and has the Poisoned condition until the end of your next turn.
The damage increases by 1d8 for each spell slot level above 1.
Verbal Component:
Sie Radius Morbus
Verbal Component (Alternative):
I call forth a sickening ray, a poisoness blast to infect and slay.
Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard, Rogue
Domain: Suffering
Tags: Damage, Debuff
Source: Player's Handbook (2024) (page 311)
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Other Planes and Effects
Below is information about this spell as it relates to other planes and area of effects (i.e. underwater). Some of the information is pulled official D&D sources (such as books and the twitter feeds of D&D officials), but other information is derived from forums and online discussions. As always, it is up to the DM to decide how they wish to handle spell effects.
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).
