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Divine Cantrips

Daze^H Cloud a creature’s mind to make it off-guard or slow.

Detect Magic^H Sense whether magic is nearby.

Divine Lance^H Throw divine energy that deals spirit damage.

Forbidding Ward^H Protect an ally against one specific enemy.

Guidance Divine guidance improves one roll.

Know the Way^H Learn true north and the direction to another location.

Light^H Make an object glow.

Message^H Speak a message to a distant creature, who can reply.

Prestidigitation Perform a minor magical trick.

Read Aura^H Detect if an object is magical.

Shield^H A shield of magical force blocks attacks and spells.

Sigil^H Leave a magical mark.

Stabilize Stabilize a dying creature.

Summon Instrument^H Call an instrument that only you can play.

Vitality Lash^H Damage and weaken the undead with vital energy.

Void Warp^H Damage and weaken the living with void energy.

Divine 1st-Rank Spells

Air Bubble React to create air for a creature to breathe.

Alarm^H Be alerted if a creature enters a warded area.

Bane Weaken enemies’ attacks in an aura around you.

Bless Strengthen allies’ attacks in an aura around you.

Cleanse Cuisine Make food and drink safe and delicious.

Command^H Bid a creature approach, run, drop something, lie prone, or stand up.

Create Water Conjure 2 gallons of water.

Detect Poison^{H, U} Determine whether an object or creature is poisonous or venomous.

Enfeeble Sap a creature’s strength.

Fear^H Frighten a creature, possibly making it flee.

Grim Tendrils^H Creatures in a line take void damage and start to bleed.

Harm^H Void energy harms the living or heals the undead, either a single creature or all in a burst.

Heal^H Vital energy heals the living or harms the undead, either a single creature or all in a burst.

Infuse Vitality^H Empower attacks with vital energy to damage the undead.

Lock^H Make a lock much harder to open.

Mending^H Repair one non-magical item.

Mystic Armor^H Ward yourself with magical armor.

Pet Cache Hide a familiar or animal companion in a pocket dimension.

Protection Raise a creature’s AC.

Runic Body^H Temporarily apply magical runes to a creature’s unarmed attacks.

Runic Weapon^H Temporarily apply magical runes to a weapon.

Sanctuary Protect a creature from being attacked.

Spirit Link^H Continually transfer your health to someone else.

Summon Undead^H Conjure an undead to fight on your behalf.

Ventriloquism^H Throw your voice.

Divine 2nd-Rank Spells

Augury Predict whether a course of action brings good fortune.

Blood Vendetta^H Cause a creature that attacks you to start bleeding.

Calm Suppress strong emotions and hostility.

Cleanse Affliction^H Treat a curse, disease, or poison.

Clear Mind^H Counteract fleeing, frightened, stupefied, and related conditions.

Create Food^H Feed multiple creatures with conjured food.

Darkness^H Suppress all light in an area.

Darkvision^H See in the dark.

Deafness Make a creature deaf.

Dispel Magic End a spell or suppress an item’s magic.

Environmental Endurance^H Protect a creature from severe cold or heat.

Everlight Cause a gem to glow eternally.

Marvelous Mount^H Conjure a fantastical mount.

Noise Blast^H Damage and deafen creatures with a powerful din.

Peaceful Rest^H A corpse doesn’t decay and can’t become undead.

Resist Energy^H Protect a creature from one type of energy damage.

Revealing Light Dazzling light counters invisibility and concealment.

See the Unseen^H Reveal invisible creatures to your sight.

Share Life Absorb half the damage another would take.

Silence^H Mute all sound from a willing creature.

Sound Body^H Counteract blinded, dazzled, deafened, enfeebled, sickened, and related conditions.

Spiritual Armament^H Project a weapon imbued with spiritual power.

Status^H Keep track of a willing creature’s location and well-being.

Sure Footing^H Counteract clumsy, grabbed, paralyzed, or related conditions.

Translate^H Grant understanding of a language to one creature.

Water Breathing^H Allow creatures to breathe underwater.

Water Walk^H Buoy a creature so it can walk on water.

Divine 3rd-Rank Spells

Bind Undead Take control of a mindless undead.

Blindness Strike a target blind.

Chilling Darkness^H Ray of unholy darkness deals cold damage, dispels light, and harms holy targets.

Crisis of Faith^H Cause mental damage and possibly make a worshiper unable to cast spells.

Dream Message^H Send a message that arrives in a dream.

Heroism^H Stoke a creature’s inner heroism to make it more competent.

Holy Light^H A ray of burning light deals extra damage to fiends and other unholy creatures.

Locate^{H, U} Learn the direction to an object.

Ring of Truth^U Ring a bell when the truth is spoken.

Safe Passage^H Make an area safe to move through.

Speak with Plants^H Communicate with plants and plant creatures.

Vampiric Feast^H Deal void damage and gain temporary Hit Points with a touch.