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Learn how to cast vicious mockery, a cantrip that deals psychic damage and gives disadvantage on the next attack roll to a creature within 60 feet. See the spell description, comments, and examples of insults from D&D players.
Vicious Mockery - DND 5th Edition. Source: Player's Handbook. Enchantment cantrip. Casting Time: 1 action. Range: 60 feet. Components: V. Duration: Instantaneous. You unleash a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at a creature you can see within range.
Vicious Mockery. Cantrip Enchantment. Casting Time: 1 action. Range: 60 feet. Target: A creature you can see and that can hear you within range. Components: V. Duration: Instantaneous. Classes: Bard. You unleash a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at a creature you can see within range.
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You unleash a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at a creature you can see within range. If the target can hear you (though it need not understand you), it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or take 1d4 psychic damage and have disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn. This spell’s damage increas...
It’s a cantrip, so unless you have something else you desperately need to be doing, Vicious Mockery is your go-to move. Pick the biggest, baddest, most emotionally insecure looking enemy on the battlefield (high Strength and high AC usually means low Wisdom), and impose disadvantage on their attacks while steadily chipping away at their HP. Monster...
More than just about any other spell (definitely more than any other cantrip), Vicious Mockery provides real scope for roleplaying at the table. No other spell in the game, that I’m aware of, can also justifiably demand that you also come up with a personalized insult to go along with it. Obviously, if you can’t think of anything or don’t enjoy the...
If you’re a bard that didn’t prepare Vicious Mockery, your best route to gaining access to this excellent cantrip is by getting your hands on a Spell Scroll. Spell Scrolls are single-use pieces of parchment or paper that allow the user to cast the spell recorded on it once, which destroys the spell scroll. If the spell is on your class’s spell list...
Is Vicious Mockery a Bonus Action?
No. Vicious Mockery is a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action.
Does Vicious Mockery Work on the Undead?
Yes! Vicious Mockery works on any creature that is not immune to Psychic Damage or deafened.
Does Vicious Mockery Work on Animals?
Yes. Vicious Mockery does not require the target to understand you, only to hear you.
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VICIOUS MOCKERY » Spell - DnD 5e. level 0 - enchantment. Casting Time: Action. Range: 60 feet. Components: V. Duration: Instantaneous. You unleash a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at one creature you can see or hear within range.
Vicious Mockery - D&D 5th Edition. Enchantment cantrip. Casting Time: 1 action. Range: 60 feet. Components: V. Duration: Instantaneous. You unleash a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at a creature you can see within range.
Learn how to use vicious mockery, a bard cantrip that deals psychic damage and gives disadvantage on the next attack roll. See the spell description, damage dice, and overall rating for this amazing spell.
