Command

1st-level, Enchantment

• Casting time: 1 Action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V
• Duration: Instantaneous

You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or follow the command on its next turn. Choose the command from these options:

• Approach. The target moves toward you by the shortest and most direct route, ending its turn if it moves within 5 feet of you.
• Drop. The target drops whatever it is holding and then ends its turn.
• Flee. The target spends its turn moving away from you by the fastest available means.
• Grovel. The target has the Prone condition and then ends its turn.
• Halt. On its turn, the target doesn’t move and takes no action or Bonus Action.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. You can affect one additional creature for each spell slot level above 1.

Classes: Bard (College of Glamour); Bard (College of Lore); Bard; Cleric (Knowledge Domain); Cleric; Paladin; Sorcerer (Draconic Sorcery); Warlock (Fiend Patron)

Source: Player’s Handbook (2024) p. 251. Available in the SRD and the Free Rules (2024)