auditory, enchantment, magical, psychic
- Casting Time: 1 action; Verbal
- Range: 30 feet
- Target: 1 creature
- Duration: see text
You utter a word of power that overloads the target with pain upon hearing it. Once cast, the target is Bolstered against all castings of Power Word Pain. The effect of the spell depends on the target’s Proficiency Score.
- 10 or Lower. The target takes 90 psychic damage. They are Hampered 20, reducing the target’s Speed to a minimum of 5 feet, Stupefied 3, and take disadvantage to all 1d20 rolls permanently.
- 11 to 14. The target takes 90 psychic damage. They are Hampered 10, reducing the target’s Speed to a minimum of 5 feet, Stupefied 2, and take disadvantage to all 1d20 rolls for 1d4 minutes.
- 15 or Higher. The target takes 40 psychic damage. They are Hampered 5, reducing the target’s Speed to a minimum of 5 feet, Stupefied 1, and take disadvantage to all 1d20 rolls for a minute.
Power Word Pain is on the Arcane Spell List.
Heighten (+1): For each Spell Slot of the Heightened Spell Levels (8, 9, 10), increase the thresholds for the Proficiency Scores by 1.
Level 8 Spell Slot. The thresholds change to:
- 11 or Lower.
- 12 to 15.
- 16 or Higher.
Level 9 Spell Slot. The thresholds change to:
- 12 or Lower.
- 13 to 16.
- 17 or Higher.
Level 10 Spell Slot. The thresholds change to:
- 13 or Lower.
- 14 to 17.
- 18 or Higher.