# Dragon's Breath *2nd-level, Transmutation* - **Casting time:** 1 bonus - **Range:** Touch - **Components:** V, S, a hot pepper - **Duration:** Concentration, up to 1 minute You touch one willing creature, and choose Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Poison. Until the spell ends, the target can take a [Magic](actions.md#Magic) action to exhale a 15-foot Cone. Each creature in that area makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking `3d6` damage of the chosen type on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. **Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot.** The damage increases by `1d6` for each spell slot level above 2. **Classes**: [Bard](list-spells-classes-bard.md); [Sorcerer](list-spells-classes-sorcerer.md); [Sorcerer](list-spells-classes-sorcerer.md); [Wizard](list-spells-classes-wizard.md); [Wizard](list-spells-classes-wizard.md); [Rogue (Arcane Trickster)](list-spells-classes-rogue-xphb-arcane-trickster-xphb.md); [Bard (College of Lore)](list-spells-classes-bard-xphb-college-of-lore-xphb.md); [Sorcerer (Draconic Sorcery)](list-spells-classes-sorcerer-xphb-draconic-sorcery-xphb.md); [Fighter (Eldritch Knight)](list-spells-classes-fighter-xphb-eldritch-knight-xphb.md) *Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 266. Available in the Free Rules (2024)*