Descriptors

Name Summary Source
Acid Deals acid damage. CRB
Air Involves air or wind. CRB
Calling Transports a creature from another plane to your plane; called creatures can be truly killed. CRB
Chaotic Aligned with chaos; interacts with law/chaos protections. CRB
Charm Skews the target's view of you without overriding free will; charmed creatures obey suggestions but retain agency. CRB
Cold Deals cold damage. CRB
Compulsion Overrides the target's free will, forcing specific actions or states. CRB
Creation Manipulates matter to create an object or creature; instantaneous creations persist indefinitely. CRB
Curse Inflicts a magical curse on the target. CRB
Darkness Creates or manipulates magical darkness. CRB
Death Kills outright or involves the forces of death. CRB
Disease Causes or involves a disease. CRB
Earth Involves earth or stone. CRB
Electricity Deals electricity damage. CRB
Emotion Affects the target's emotional state. CRB
Evil Aligned with evil; interacts with good/evil protections. CRB
Fear Causes a fear effect. CRB
Fire Deals fire damage. CRB
Force Deals full damage to incorporeal creatures and blocks their movement. CRB
Good Aligned with good; interacts with good/evil protections. CRB
Healing Restores HP or removes harmful conditions. CRB
Language-Dependent Requires intelligible communication; fails if the target cannot understand. CRB
Lawful Aligned with law; interacts with law/chaos protections. CRB
Light Creates or manipulates magical light. CRB
Mind-Affecting Only affects creatures with an Intelligence score of 1 or higher. CRB
Pain Causes unpleasant sensations but not permanent physical damage. CRB
Poison Causes or involves a poison. CRB
Radiation Involves radiation damage or exposure. CRB
Scrying Creates an invisible magical sensor; can be noticed with a Perception check. CRB
Sense-Dependent Requires the target to be able to see or hear the effect. CRB
Shadow Creates something partially real from extradimensional energy; damage dealt is real. CRB
Sonic Deals sonic damage. CRB
Summoning Instantly brings a creature to you; it returns or disappears when the effect ends. CRB
Teleportation Instantaneous travel through the Astral Plane; blocked by anything that blocks astral travel. CRB
Water Involves water or aqueous effects. CRB