Poison Food or Drink

2nd-level necromancy (Artificer, Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard)


  • Casting Time: 1 minute
  • Range: Touch
  • Components: V, S, M (herbal reagents worth at least 25gp, which the spell consumes)
  • Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour

You lay your hands upon up to 10 lbs of food or up to 5 gallons of drink, infusing the target with poison for the duration. Any creature that consumes the poisoned food or drink must succeed on a Constitution saving throw after 1 minute or else take 3d8 poison damage and be poisoned until the spell ends.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the maximum duration increases by 1 hour, the damage dealt increases by 1d8, and the amount of food or drink that can be infused doubles for each slot level above 2nd.