# Resistance *cantrip, Abjuration* - **Casting time:** 1 action - **Range:** Touch - **Components:** V, S - **Duration:** Concentration, up to 1 minute You touch a willing creature and choose a damage type: Acid, Bludgeoning, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Necrotic, Piercing, Poison, Radiant, Slashing, or Thunder. When the creature takes damage of the chosen type before the spell ends, the creature reduces the total damage taken by `1d4`. A creature can benefit from this spell only once per turn. **Classes**: [Cleric](list-spells-classes-cleric.md); [Cleric](list-spells-classes-cleric.md); [Druid](list-spells-classes-druid.md); [Druid](list-spells-classes-druid.md); [Bard (College of Lore)](list-spells-classes-bard-xphb-college-of-lore-xphb.md) *Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 312. Available in the Free Rules (2024)*