Potion of Fire Breath 5e
Adventuring gear (potion), uncommon
After drinking this potion, you can use a bonus action to exhale fire at a target within 30 feet of you. The target must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, taking 4d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The effect ends after you exhale the fire three times or when 1 hour has passed.
This potion's orange liquid flickers, and smoke fills the top of the container and wafts out whenever it is opened.
Commentary by Sam West, Twitter: @CrierKobold
Craving a bit of fire breath? Chug one of these bad boys and you’re set with three 30 ft. 4d6 fire cones! What's more, they only take a bonus action to use, making them insane in the low tiers at culling the weak minions around a larger threat!
Using a magic item typically takes an action; you can subsequently immediately breathe fire the same turn with your bonus action after drinking!
The cone of flames this potion lets you create isn’t a spell, and won’t interact with spells and abilities that work specifically against spells like Oath of Ancient’s Aura of Warding.
It qualifies as magical, though, so features like Yuan-Ti’s Magic Resistance will work against it.
4d6 damage is akin to a 2nd-level Burning Hands’ worth of damage in over twice the area; for an uncommon item, getting three uses of a better 2nd-level spell is incredible, and makes this one of the best early-game potions you can get.
Thank you for visiting!
If you’d like to support this ongoing project, you can do so by buying my books, getting some sweet C&C merch, or joining my Patreon.
The text on this page is Open Game Content, and is licensed for public use under the terms of the Open Game License v1.0a.
‘d20 System’ and the ‘d20 System’ logo are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
and are used according to the terms of the d20 System License version 6.0.
A copy of this License can be found at www.wizards.com/d20.
