Create Food And Water
- Level: 3
- School: Conjuration
- Class: Cleric, Paladin
- Casting Time: Action
- Range: 30 feet
- Components: V, S
- Duration: Instantaneous
You create 45 pounds of food and 30 gallons of fresh water on the ground or in containers within range-both useful in fending off the hazards of malnutrition and dehydration. The food is bland but nourishing and looks like a food of your choice, and the water is clean. The food spoils after 24 hours if uneaten.
Tactical Usage
Survival Support Magic: Create Food and Water provides essential sustenance creation for wilderness survival and resource management. This 3rd-level conjuration spell excels at preventing starvation and dehydration during extended adventures.
Optimal Timing: Most effective during long wilderness journeys, siege situations, or when natural food and water sources are unavailable or contaminated.
Resource Management: Uses a 3rd-level spell slot - available from character level 5+. Creates enough sustenance for 15 Medium creatures for one day.
Target Selection: Position food and water creation for maximum utility - secure containers for water, protected areas for food storage.
Spell Combinations
Synergistic Spells:
- Preservation Magic: Gentle repose or similar effects to extend food preservation beyond 24 hours
- Purification Spells: Purify food and drink for additional safety assurance
- Storage Magic: Create containers or secure storage for generated sustenance
Class Feature Interactions:
- Divine Magic: Thematic connection to divine providence and blessing of sustenance
- Channel Divinity: Some domains provide enhanced sustenance or blessing effects
- Ritual Casting: If available, preserves spell slots for emergency food creation
Multi-Caster Coordination: Multiple casters can create sustenance for large groups or extended periods.
Material Component Details
Component Acquisition: No material components required - only verbal and somatic components needed.
Component Handling: Simple V, S casting allows quick deployment during survival situations.
Roleplay Opportunities: Different food choices reflect cultural backgrounds, divine connections, or personal preferences.
Economic Considerations: No costs make this spell economically valuable for reducing expedition supply requirements.
Creator Notes
Encounter Balancing: Reduces resource management pressure during exploration phases. Consider how easy sustenance affects survival challenge design.
NPC Usage: Religious communities might rely on clerics or paladins for food security during disasters or famines.
Environmental Considerations: Particularly valuable in harsh environments where natural food sources are scarce or dangerous.
Campaign Integration: Essential for wilderness adventures, siege scenarios, or campaigns involving resource scarcity.
Environmental Interactions
Terrain Effects: 30-foot range allows flexible placement. Works in any environment where space is available.
Weather Influence: Created food and water aren't affected by weather, providing reliable sustenance regardless of conditions.
Structural Interactions: Can create food and water inside containers, buildings, or protected areas for security.
Elemental Interactions: Pure water and nutritious food resist most environmental contamination effects.
Common Rulings & Clarifications
Timing Questions: Instantaneous creation with 24-hour food preservation timer. Water remains fresh indefinitely.
Target Limitations: Must have suitable space within 30-foot range. Can use existing containers or create on ground.
Duration Interactions: Food spoils after 24 hours if uneaten. Water remains clean and fresh until consumed or contaminated.
Mechanical Interactions: Creates exactly 45 pounds of food and 30 gallons of water. Food appearance is caster's choice.
Alternative Applications
Non-Combat Uses: Emergency disaster relief, community support during famines, or charitable food provision.
Social Encounters: Demonstrate divine favor, provide hospitality, or support communities in need.
Exploration Applications: Extend exploration range by reducing supply requirements, emergency sustenance during unexpected delays.
Utility Functions: Food security backup, trade good creation in desperate circumstances, or ceremonial feast preparation.
Related Spells
Same School: Other conjuration spells like goodberry (1st level magical food), create or destroy water (1st level water manipulation), heroes' feast (6th level magical banquet).
Similar Effects: goodberry (1st level healing food), purify food and drink (1st level purification), heroes' feast (6th level enhanced feast).
Progression Options: goodberry (1st level survival food), create food and water (3rd level substantial sustenance), heroes' feast (6th level magical banquet).
Complementary Magic: purify food and drink (safety enhancement), gentle repose (preservation), detect poison and disease (safety verification).
Scaling Analysis
Level Progression: Remains valuable throughout campaigns for wilderness survival and resource management needs.
Upcast Benefits: No improvement from higher spell slots, making this a pure 3rd-level utility investment.
Campaign Phases: Peak utility in low-to-mid level play (5-10) where resource management challenges are most significant.
Comparative Value: Excellent utility spell that provides essential survival support justifying the 3rd-level slot cost.
Narrative Flavor
Casting Description: Divine energy flows through your hands as sustenance materializes from sacred magic, providing life-giving nourishment.
Effect Manifestation: Simple but wholesome food appears alongside clear, refreshing water, carrying subtle hints of divine blessing.
Personal Style: Clerics might manifest bread and wine reflecting religious traditions, while paladins create practical rations suited for adventuring.
World Integration: Represents divine provision magic available to faithful servants, often associated with charity, hospitality, or divine intervention during hardship.
Tactical Usage
Survival Support Magic: Create Food and Water provides essential sustenance creation for wilderness survival and resource management. This 3rd-level conjuration spell excels at preventing starvation and dehydration during extended adventures.
Optimal Timing: Most effective during long wilderness journeys, siege situations, or when natural food and water sources are unavailable or contaminated.
Resource Management: Uses a 3rd-level spell slot - available from character level 5+. Creates enough sustenance for 15 Medium creatures for one day.
Target Selection: Position food and water creation for maximum utility - secure containers for water, protected areas for food storage.
Spell Combinations
Synergistic Spells:
- Preservation Magic: Gentle repose or similar effects to extend food preservation beyond 24 hours
- Purification Spells: Purify food and drink for additional safety assurance
- Storage Magic: Create containers or secure storage for generated sustenance
Class Feature Interactions:
- Divine Magic: Thematic connection to divine providence and blessing of sustenance
- Channel Divinity: Some domains provide enhanced sustenance or blessing effects
- Ritual Casting: If available, preserves spell slots for emergency food creation
Multi-Caster Coordination: Multiple casters can create sustenance for large groups or extended periods.
Material Component Details
Component Acquisition: No material components required - only verbal and somatic components needed.
Component Handling: Simple V, S casting allows quick deployment during survival situations.
Roleplay Opportunities: Different food choices reflect cultural backgrounds, divine connections, or personal preferences.
Economic Considerations: No costs make this spell economically valuable for reducing expedition supply requirements.
Creator Notes
Encounter Balancing: Reduces resource management pressure during exploration phases. Consider how easy sustenance affects survival challenge design.
NPC Usage: Religious communities might rely on clerics or paladins for food security during disasters or famines.
Environmental Considerations: Particularly valuable in harsh environments where natural food sources are scarce or dangerous.
Campaign Integration: Essential for wilderness adventures, siege scenarios, or campaigns involving resource scarcity.
Environmental Interactions
Terrain Effects: 30-foot range allows flexible placement. Works in any environment where space is available.
Weather Influence: Created food and water aren't affected by weather, providing reliable sustenance regardless of conditions.
Structural Interactions: Can create food and water inside containers, buildings, or protected areas for security.
Elemental Interactions: Pure water and nutritious food resist most environmental contamination effects.
Common Rulings & Clarifications
Timing Questions: Instantaneous creation with 24-hour food preservation timer. Water remains fresh indefinitely.
Target Limitations: Must have suitable space within 30-foot range. Can use existing containers or create on ground.
Duration Interactions: Food spoils after 24 hours if uneaten. Water remains clean and fresh until consumed or contaminated.
Mechanical Interactions: Creates exactly 45 pounds of food and 30 gallons of water. Food appearance is caster's choice.
Alternative Applications
Non-Combat Uses: Emergency disaster relief, community support during famines, or charitable food provision.
Social Encounters: Demonstrate divine favor, provide hospitality, or support communities in need.
Exploration Applications: Extend exploration range by reducing supply requirements, emergency sustenance during unexpected delays.
Utility Functions: Food security backup, trade good creation in desperate circumstances, or ceremonial feast preparation.
Related Spells
Same School: Other conjuration spells like goodberry (1st level magical food), create or destroy water (1st level water manipulation), heroes' feast (6th level magical banquet).
Similar Effects: goodberry (1st level healing food), purify food and drink (1st level purification), heroes' feast (6th level enhanced feast).
Progression Options: goodberry (1st level survival food), create food and water (3rd level substantial sustenance), heroes' feast (6th level magical banquet).
Complementary Magic: purify food and drink (safety enhancement), gentle repose (preservation), detect poison and disease (safety verification).
Scaling Analysis
Level Progression: Remains valuable throughout campaigns for wilderness survival and resource management needs.
Upcast Benefits: No improvement from higher spell slots, making this a pure 3rd-level utility investment.
Campaign Phases: Peak utility in low-to-mid level play (5-10) where resource management challenges are most significant.
Comparative Value: Excellent utility spell that provides essential survival support justifying the 3rd-level slot cost.
Narrative Flavor
Casting Description: Divine energy flows through your hands as sustenance materializes from sacred magic, providing life-giving nourishment.
Effect Manifestation: Simple but wholesome food appears alongside clear, refreshing water, carrying subtle hints of divine blessing.
Personal Style: Clerics might manifest bread and wine reflecting religious traditions, while paladins create practical rations suited for adventuring.
World Integration: Represents divine provision magic available to faithful servants, often associated with charity, hospitality, or divine intervention during hardship.