Courses / AR / Puff of Smoke
Puff of Smoke
Qualifies For:
Arcane Cloud (Partially), Darkness (Partially)
Level:
1
Study DC:
9
Code:
AR 160
Puff of Smoke Spell
Time:
Action
Range:
30 ft..
Area:
A sphere up to 20 ft. in radius
Cost:
Duration:
Dissipate d4. Can be dispersed by strong winds.
Using the cover of smoke is a simple showman’s trick that may fool the simple or very young children.
You create or disperse a cloud of smoke or fog filling an area centered on a point within 30 ft. of you.
The cloud provides concealment.
(Shapesense, tremorsense, and lifesense ignore this concealment.)
While a creature is within the cloud, it is blinded and concealed.
The cloud imposes disadvantage on tests of seeking through it, unless a creature can see through it.
You may choose the color of the smoke or fog.
Strong winds may move or disperse the cloud.
On each of your turns, you may move the cloud 5 ft.
Subtle:
Casting this spell while hidden also hides that you are casting it, and does not cause you to become unhidden.
When you cast this spell while you are not hidden, you can try to hide that you are casting it with a contest of Spellcraft or Roguery against the Seeking of creatures observing you. Only observers that win notice you are casting a spell. However, once the spell is cast, its effects may be noticed.
Dissipate d4:
At the start of each of your turns, roll a d4.
If you roll a 1, the smoke dissipates.
Suggested Backfire: You choke on smoke. Pass a DC 16 health save, or spend your next action coughing.
You create or disperse a cloud of smoke or fog filling an area centered on a point within 30 ft. of you.
The cloud provides concealment.
(Shapesense, tremorsense, and lifesense ignore this concealment.)
While a creature is within the cloud, it is blinded and concealed.
The cloud imposes disadvantage on tests of seeking through it, unless a creature can see through it.
You may choose the color of the smoke or fog.
Strong winds may move or disperse the cloud.
On each of your turns, you may move the cloud 5 ft.
Subtle:
Casting this spell while hidden also hides that you are casting it, and does not cause you to become unhidden.
When you cast this spell while you are not hidden, you can try to hide that you are casting it with a contest of Spellcraft or Roguery against the Seeking of creatures observing you. Only observers that win notice you are casting a spell. However, once the spell is cast, its effects may be noticed.
Dissipate d4:
At the start of each of your turns, roll a d4.
If you roll a 1, the smoke dissipates.
Suggested Backfire: You choke on smoke. Pass a DC 16 health save, or spend your next action coughing.
“Poof!”
| Name | Effort | Requires | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unlock | 5 | Create a smoke or fog cloud 30 ft. range One space |
|
| Area +5 | 5 | Unlock | 5 ft. radius |
| Area +10 | 5 | Area +5 | 10 ft. radius |
| Area +15 | 5 | Area +10 | 15 ft. radius |
| Area +20 | 10 | Area +15 | 20 ft. radius |
| Great Escape | 5 | Unlock | When you cast this spell, you get Speed +30 ft. for the rest of your turn. |
| Manipulate | 0 | Unlock | As an action, you can move the cloud created by this spell up to 30 ft. As an action, you may manipulate a cloud precisely, moving it up to 30 ft. or shaping it into rings or ephemeral smoke or vapor sculptures like dragons or ships. You can shape or move a volume of cloud up to the volume you can normally create with Puff of Smoke. This is a spell. |
Extra Credit
Smoke Signals
Effort: 2
Requires: Mastery
As an action, you may shoot 5 ft. wide jets of colored smoke up to 100 feet into the air.
This is a spell.
This is a spell.
Fog of War
Effort: 10
Requires: Mastery
You may cast this spell with a casting time of ten minutes. If you do, the area within a mile of the ritual site becomes blanketed in thick fog that lasts for one hour.
The fog rolls in slowly over the course of the ritual, and can be mistaken for natural weather.
The fog rolls in slowly over the course of the ritual, and can be mistaken for natural weather.
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