Contingency
Level 6 evocation spell from the D&D 5e SRD.
Contingency at a glance
- Casting time
- 10 minutes
- Range
- Self
- Components
- V, S, M
- Duration
- 10 days
- Concentration
- No
- Ritual
- No
- Classes
- Wizard
Description (SRD)
Choose a spell of 5th level or lower that you can cast, that has a casting time of 1 action, and that can target you. You cast that spell--called the contingent spell--as part of casting contingency, expending spell slots for both, but the contingent spell doesn't come into effect. Instead, it takes effect when a certain circumstance occurs. You describe that circumstance when you cast the two spells. For example, a contingency cast with water breathing might stipulate that water breathing comes into effect when you are engulfed in water or a similar liquid. The contingent spell takes effect immediately after the circumstance is met for the first time, whether or not you want it to. and then contingency ends.
Game facts from the System Reference Document 5.1 by Wizards of the Coast LLC, licensed under CC-BY-4.0.