Frightful Strike
1st-level enchantment (Bard,Cleric,Druid,Paladin,Ranger,Sorcerer,Warlock,Wizard)
- Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when you hit a creature with a melee attack using a weapon
- Range: 5 feet
- Components: V, M (a weapon with at least one drop of blood on it)
- Duration: 1 round
You bark or whisper a terrifying threat to your target creature as your weapon strikes. The target you hit with the weapon attack takes an amount of additional psychic damage equal to 1d4 + your Charisma modifier, and it becomes frightened of you until the end of its next turn.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the psychic damage is increased by 1d4 for each slot level above 1st.