Mordenkainen’s Sword

7th level Evocation

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 60 feet

Component: VSM (a miniature platinum sword with a grip and pommel of copper and zinc, worth 250 gp)

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You create a sword-shaped plane of force that hovers within range. It lasts for the duration.

When the sword appears, you make a melee spell attack against a target of your choice within 5 feet of the sword. On a hit. the target takes 3d12 3d10 + your spellcasting modifier force damage. Until the spell ends, you can use a bonus action on each of your turns to move the sword up to 30 20 feet to a spot you can see and repeat this attack against the same target or a different one. If a hostile creature that you can see leaves the 5 foot range of this sword, or moves more than 10 feet inside this space, you may make an attack with this sword against the creature (this does not use your reaction). The attack occurs right before the creature leaves the sword’s reach.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 8th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d12 for each slot level above 7th.

Spell Lists. Bard, Wizard