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Toll the Dead

Level: Cantrip · Necromancy
Cost: Action
Range: 18 m
Roll: Wisdom save
Damage: 1d12 Necrotic
On a successful save: Half damage
Components: Verbal, Somatic

Ring the bell of impending doom. If the target is at full health, you deal 1d8 Necrotic damage instead.

Damage by character level

Average damage of one cast at each character level: cantrips grow at levels 5 and 10 by the game's LevelMapValue series.

Show the numbers

Character level	Damage
1	6.5
2	6.5
3	6.5
4	6.5
5	13
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	13
10	19.5
11	19.5
12	19.5

Levels	Damage	Average
1–4	1d12 Necrotic	6.5
5–9	2d12 Necrotic	13
10–12	3d12 Necrotic	19.5

Who can get it

From the game's class, subclass and race progression tables (the level is the class or character level it first becomes available at), feat choices, equipment boosts and scrolls.

Classes 3

Cleric · can pick, from level 1
Warlock · can pick, from level 1
Wizard · can pick, from level 1

Subclasses 16

Death Domain (Cleric) · can pick, from level 1
Arcane Trickster (Rogue) · can pick, from level 3
Eldritch Knight (Fighter) · can pick, from level 3
Abjuration (Wizard) · can pick, from level 4
Bladesinging (Wizard) · can pick, from level 4
Conjuration (Wizard) · can pick, from level 4
Divination (Wizard) · can pick, from level 4
Enchantment (Wizard) · can pick, from level 4
Evocation (Wizard) · can pick, from level 4
Illusion (Wizard) · can pick, from level 4
Necromancy (Wizard) · can pick, from level 4
The Archfey (Warlock) · can pick, from level 4
The Fiend (Warlock) · can pick, from level 4
The Great Old One (Warlock) · can pick, from level 4
The Hexblade (Warlock) · can pick, from level 4
Transmutation (Wizard) · can pick, from level 4

Races 2

High Half-Elf · can pick, from level 1
Vampire · can pick, from level 1