Insect Plague

5th-level conjuration · 4d10 Piercing damage, average 22

22 average Piercing damage · 4–40

Roll Insect Plague

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Spell details

Level
5th-level
School
Conjuration
Casting time
Action
Range
300 feet
Components
V, S, M (a locust)
Duration
Concentration, up to 10 minutes
Classes
Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer
Save
Constitution (half on success)

Insect Plague damage by level

Cast atDiceAverageRangeOn a save
5th slot224–4010.8
6th slot27.55–5013.5
7th slot336–6016.3
8th slot38.57–7019
9th slot448–8021.8

“On a save” is the average of half each roll, rounded down, as the rules do it.

The odds of 4d10

4: 0.01%5: 0.04%6: 0.10%7: 0.20%8: 0.35%9: 0.56%10: 0.84%11: 1.20%12: 1.65%13: 2.20%14: 2.82%15: 3.48%16: 4.15%17: 4.80%18: 5.40%19: 5.92%20: 6.33%21: 6.60%22: 6.70%23: 6.60%24: 6.33%25: 5.92%26: 5.40%27: 4.80%28: 4.15%29: 3.48%30: 2.82%31: 2.20%32: 1.65%33: 1.20%34: 0.84%35: 0.56%36: 0.35%37: 0.20%38: 0.10%39: 0.04%40: 0.01%
4chance of each total for 4d1040
TotalChance
13 or more95%
22 or more53%
31 or more7%
36 or more1%

Insect Plague against other 5th-level damage spells

By average damage on one target, Insect Plague ranks 6th of 9 5th-level damage spells in the SRD. Area, saves and riders are not counted here; read each spell.

SpellDiceAverage
Contagion11d849.5
Cone of Cold8d836
Geas5d1027.5
Arcane Hand5d822.5
Cloudkill5d822.5
Insect Plague4d1022
Contact Other Plane6d621
Flame Strike5d617.5
Dream3d610.5

Rules text

Swarming locusts fill a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point you choose within range. The Sphere remains for the duration, and its area is Lightly Obscured and Difficult Terrain.

When the swarm appears, each creature in it makes a Constitution saving throw, taking Piercing damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature also makes this save when it enters the spell's area for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there. A creature makes this save only once per turn.

At higher levels. The damage increases by for each spell slot level above 5.

This page includes material from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 (“SRD 5.2.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC, available at dndbeyond.com/srd. The SRD 5.2.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The averages, odds and tables are ours.