Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: 30 ft
Components: V, S, M
Duration: 1 minute
Save: Wisdom
You ward a creature within range. Until the spell ends, any creature who targets the warded creature with an attack roll or a damaging spell must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or either choose a new target or lose the attack or spell. This spell doesn't protect the warded creature from areas of effect.
The spell ends if the warded creature makes an attack roll, casts a spell, or deals damage.
Material Component:
a shard of glass from a mirror
Verbal Component:
Tribuo Adytum
Verbal Component (Alternative):
(Insert name of Deity) send aid to your emissary, please provide holy sanctuary.
Classes: Cleric, Artificer
Domain: Protection
Tags: Buff, Warding
Source: Player's Handbook (2024) (page 313)
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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).
