Frost Backlash

2nd-level evocation (Druid,Ranger,Sorcerer)

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• Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take in response to being hit with an attack roll by a creature within 5 feet of you
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, M (a weapon)
• Duration: Instantaneous

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As part of the reaction used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against the creature who made the triggering attack, otherwise the spell fails. On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects and takes an additional 3d6 cold damage. On a miss, the target takes no damage from your melee weapon attack, but takes half the extra cold damage it would have inflicted.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the cold damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 2nd.