Cloud of Daggers

2nd level Conjuration
Casting Time
1 Action
Range
60 Feet
Duration
Concentration, up to 1 minute
Components
V
S
M
Materials Required
A sliver of glass
Class
Bard
Sorcerer
Warlock
Wizard

Spell Description

You fill the air with spinning daggers in a cube 5 feet on each side, centered on a point you choose within range. A creature takes 4d4 slashing damage when it enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there. 

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 2d4 for each slot level above 2nd.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
Damage Dice 4d4 5d4 6d4 7d4 8d4 9d4 10d4 11d4
Min Damage 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Average Damage 10 12.5 15 17.5 20 22.5 25 27.5
Max Damage 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44
Lvl Dice Min Avg Max
1st
2nd 4d4 4 10 16
3rd 5d4 5 12.5 20
4th 6d4 6 15 24
5th 7d4 7 17.5 28
6th 8d4 8 20 32
7th 9d4 9 22.5 36
8th 10d4 10 25 40
9th 11d4 11 27.5 44

Is Cloud of Daggers Good?

Overall Rating: Green. This means that cloud of daggers is a good spell.

Overall Notes: If you can get this into a chokepoint you can do amazing damage.