Baleful Resonance
Thunder as a damage type drops off pretty fast once you leave the earliest levels of play. After shatter, casters looking for the loudest damage are sadly out of luck— until now. Baleful resonance is a new way to vibrate your enemies to death, this time over several turns rather than all at once. On average, the damage is marginally better than blight at the same level, if you can survive the two extra turns it takes to be dealt. Also notable, we tested this on a sorcerer, which means we discovered in real time that it is in fact Twinnable, for maximum LOUD.
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Baleful Resonance
4th-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet
Components: S
Duration: 3 rounds
Classes: Bard, sorcerer, warlock, wizard
You snap your fingers, setting off a lingering reverberation within a creature within range. The target must make a Constitution saving throw, taking 4d8 thunder damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.
At the start of your next turn, the target must make another Constitution saving throw, taking 4d6 thunder damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.
At the start of your following turn (2 turns after you cast this spell), the target makes one final Constitution saving throw, taking 4d4 thunder damage on a failed save or half as much on a success.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, each damage roll increases by one die for every two slot levels above 4th. For instance, 4d8 becomes 5d8, 4d6 becomes 5d6, and 4d4 becomes 5d4.
