Shocking Grasp

cantrip, Evocation

• Casting time: 1 Action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

Lightning springs from you to a creature that you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 Lightning damage, and it can’t make Opportunity Attacks until the start of its next turn.

Cantrip Upgrade. The damage increases by 1d8 when you reach levels 5 (2d8), 11 (3d8), and 17 (4d8).

Classes: Bard (College of Lore); Druid (Circle of the Land, Temperate Land); Fighter (Eldritch Knight); Rogue (Arcane Trickster); Sorcerer; Wizard (Evoker); Wizard

Source: Player’s Handbook (2024) p. 316. Available in the SRD and the Free Rules (2024)