Category:Spell descriptors

A descriptor further categorizes the spell in some way. Some spells have more than one descriptor. The descriptors are acid, air, chaotic, cold, compulsion, darkness, death, electricity, evil, fear, fire, force, good, lawful, light, mind-affecting, sonic, and water.

Most of these descriptors have no game effect by themselves, but they govern how the spell interacts with other spells, with special abilities, with unusual creatures, with alignment, and so on.

For example: A mind-affecting spell works only against creatures with an Intelligence score of 1 or higher.