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Dark Sun Cleric Spells

Updated: Nov 15, 2021



Clerics in Dark Sun follow elemental forces instead of deities. From this allegiance, they receive spells divided into Elemental Spheres. They also receive more general cleric spells (grouped under the Sphere of the Cosmos) but it is their elemental spells that give Dark Sun clerics their unique flavour.


In the original 2e version of Dark Sun, however, the elemental spell lists were a little uneven – there weren’t always very many spells at each level and some levels didn’t have any spells at all! In the original Dark Sun boxed set, for example, there are no 1st-level Elemental Air spells, no 4th-level Elemental Earth spells, and no 7th-level Elemental Water spells. Later Dark Sun products improved this situation somewhat, and enterprising DMs could always find spells from other sources, but it remained somewhat uneven.


Today’s blog fleshes out the spell lists for Dark Sun elemental clerics – including paraelemental clerics – and provides a complete set of Dark Sun-specific cleric spells in a pdf at the end of the blog. By design, not every Sphere has the same number of spells at each level – Elemental Rain and Elemental Water generally have fewer spells than other Spheres, to represent the desolate nature of Athas. And there could probably be a couple more spells in the Elemental Sun Sphere, to be honest. But these lists should give you a solid foundation to build on for your own Dark Sun games.


Here are the spell lists for the four main elements. For the Sphere of the Cosmos, the paraelements and the spell descriptions, please see the attached pdf.


Sphere of Air

First Level

Create Holy Element*

Curse of Tongues*

Deep Breath*

Elemental Bonding*

Feather Fall†

Feather Flight*


Second Level

Channel Stench*

Coat of Mist*

Dust Devil

Merciful Shadows*

Slave Scent*

Steal Breath*

Whispers*

Winds of Change*


Third Level

Air Lens*

Call Lightning

Conjure Lesser Elemental*

Create Smoke*

Gust of Wind†

Wind Wall†


Fourth Level

Control Temperature, 10’ Radius

Chimes of Finding*

Defiler Scent*

Fly†

Protection from Gas, 5’ Radius*

Protection from Weather*


Fifth Level

Air Walk

Cloud of Purification*

Conjure Elemental*

Control Winds

Elemental Forbiddance*

Good Weather*

Sands of Time*

Sandstorm*


Sixth Level

Aerial Servant

Isolate Templar*

Mark of the Hunted*

Silt Tides*

Watchful Eyes*

Weather Summoning


Seventh Level

Conjure Greater Elemental*

Control Weather

Create Shrine*

Initiation*

Sirocco*

Silt Cyclone*

Wind Walk


Sphere of Earth

First Level

Boneflint*

Create Holy Element*

Elemental Bonding*

Fist of Stone*

Fossilisation*

Magical Stone


Second Level

Boneiron*

Burrow*

Earthen Grasp*

Fool’s Gold†*

Footsteps of the Quarry*

Pit*

Soften Earth and Stone*


Third Level

Bramblestaff*

Conjure Lesser Elemental*

Curse of the Black Sand*

Meld Into Stone

Oil Spray*

Sand Spray*

Stone Shape

Stoneiron*


Fourth Level

Infestation*

Return to the Earth*

Sand Warriors*

Spawn Song*

Stone of Sharpening*

Thorns of Binding*

Whirlpool of Doom*

Woodiron*


Fifth Level

Conjure Elemental*

Crumble*

Elemental Forbiddance*

Ironskin*

Rejuvenate*

Spike Stones

Transmute Rock to Mud

Tree Growth*


Sixth Level

Heartseeker*

Isolate Templar*

Sand Blade*

Silt Tides*

Stone Tell

Transmute Water to Dust*


Seventh Level

Animate Rock

Conjure Greater Elemental*

Create Shrine*

Glass Storm*

Earthquake

Initiation*

Silt Cyclone*

Transmute Metal to Wood


Sphere of Fire

First Level

Create Holy Element*

Elemental Bonding*

Endure Heat/Endure Cold

Faerie Fire

Fire Burst*

Log of Everburning**


Second Level

Clues of Ash*

Fire Trap

Flame Blade

Heat Metal

Produce Flame

Resist Fire/Resist Cold


Third Level

Conjure Lesser Elemental*

Create Smoke*

Flame Walk

Heat Exhaustion*

Protection from Fire

Pyrotechnics


Fourth Level

Channel Flame*

Everlasting Fire*

Fire Lance*

Fire Shield†

Fire Wake*

Produce Fire


Fifth Level

Conjure Elemental*

Elemental Forbiddance*

Flame Harvest*

Flame Strike

Protection from Fire, 15’ Radius†

Wall of Fire


Sixth Level

Isolate Templar*

Fiery Constrictor*

Fire Seeds

Spirit of Flame*

Sunstroke*

Watchfire*


Seventh Level

Chariot of Sustarre

Conjure Greater Elemental*

Create Shrine*

Fire Storm

Initiation*

Proof against Fire*


Sphere of Water

First Level

Create Holy Element*

Create Water*

Elemental Bonding*

Purify Food and Drink


Second Level

Clear Water*

Coat of Mist*

Crystallise*

Speak with Water*

Water Witch*


Third Level

Bramblestaff*

Circle of Life*

Conjure Lesser Elemental*

Create Food and Water*

Water Breathing

Water Walk


Fourth Level

Acid Rain*

Curse of the Choking Sands*

Lower Water

Lungs of Water*

Protection from Weather*

Reflecting Pool

Soothe*

Thorns of Binding*

Water Trap*


Fifth Level

Cloud of Purification*

Conjure Elemental*

Crumble*

Elemental Forbiddance*

Good Weather*

Rejuvenate*

Sands of Time*


Sixth Level

Heartseeker*

Isolate Templar*

Part Water

Transmute Water to Dust*

Waters of Life*


Seventh Level

Conjure Greater Elemental*

Create Shrine*

Dehydrate*

Initiation*

Water Form*


* denotes a new or changed spell, detailed in the attached pdf.

** denotes a spell from the Tome of Magic.

† denotes a wizard spell.



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