DnD 3.5 to 5e Spell Conversions: Absorption

Absorption

3rd-level abjuration

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• Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when you see a creature within 60 feet targeting you with a spell
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: S
• Duration: Instantaneous
• Classes: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

You attempt to absorb a spell that targets only you. If the spell is of 5th level or lower, the spell is absorbed. If the spell is 6th level or higher, make an ability check using your spellcasting ability. The DC equals 10+ the spell’s level. On a success the spell is absorbed. An absorbed spell has no effect.

Additionally, when you successfully absorb a spell you briefly store that spell’s energy, which can be used to power your own spells. Until the end of your next turn, you may use the stored energy to cast a spell that you have prepared or know without expending a spell slot. The maximum level of this spell is equal to your spellcasting modifier or the level of the absorbed spell, whichever is lower.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the absorbed spell has no effect if its level is less than or equal to the level of the spell slot you used.

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One of the spells from my conversions of the entire 3.5 Spell Compendium into 5e and published in Spells of Antiquity. This one is a little bit like counterspell, a little bit like dispel magic, but also a little bit of its own thing.