Confusion
- Casting Time
- 1 Action
- Range
- 90 Feet
- Duration
- Concentration, up to 1 minute
- Components
- V
- S
- M
- Materials Required
- Three nut shells
Spell Description
This spell assaults and twists creatures’ minds, spawning delusions and provoking uncontrolled action. Each creature in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on a point you choose within range must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw when you cast this spell or be affected by it.
An affected target can’t take reactions and must roll a d10 at the start of each of its turns to determine its behavior for that turn.
| d10 | Behavior |
|---|---|
| 1 | The creature uses all its movement to move in a random direction. To determine the direction, roll a d8 and assign a direction to each die face. The creature doesn’t take an action this turn. |
| 2-6 | The creature doesn’t move or take actions this turn. |
| 7-8 | The creature uses its action to make a melee attack against a randomly determined creature within its reach. If there is no creature within its reach, the creature does nothing this turn. |
| 9-10 | The creature can act and move normally. |
At the end of each of its turns, an affected target can make a Wisdom saving throw. If it succeeds, this effect ends for that target.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the radius of the sphere increases by 5 feet for each slot level above 4th.
Is Confusion Good?
Overall Rating: Red. This means that confusion isn’t going to contribute to the effectiveness of your character build at all.
Overall Notes: Bestow curse is a better targeted debuff and is a full spell slot lower.
Class Specific Ratings for Confusion
Oathbreaker paladin: Bestow curse is a better targeted debuff and is a full spell slot lower and even that isn't good for Oathbreakers to use. The only positive this have over bestow curse is that it's range.
Arcane Trickster rogue: Decent crowd control if you find your party lacking it.