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obsidianUIMode: preview
cssclasses: json5e-monster
tags:
- compendium/src/5e/mm
- monster/environment/urban
- monster/size/medium
- monster/type/humanoid/any-race
aliases: ["Mage"]
---
# Mage
*Source: SRD / Basic Rules*  

```ad-statblock
title: Mage
![](compendium/bestiary/humanoid/token/mage.png#token)
*Medium humanoid (any race), Any alignment*

- **Armor Class** 12  (15 with [mage armor](compendium/spells/mage-armor.md))
- **Hit Points** 40 (`9d8`)
- **Speed** 30 ft.

|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA|
|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| 9 (-1)|14 (+2)|11 (+0)|17 (+3)|12 (+1)|11 (+0)|

- **Proficiency Bonus** +3
- **Saving Throws** Intelligence +6, Wisdom +4
- **Skills** Arcana +6, History +6
- **Senses** passive Perception 11

- **Languages** any four languages
- **Challenge** 6

***Spellcasting.*** The mage is a 9th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks). The mage has the following wizard spells prepared:

**Cantrips (at will)**: [fire bolt](compendium/spells/fire-bolt.md), [light](compendium/spells/light.md), [mage hand](compendium/spells/mage-hand.md), [prestidigitation](compendium/spells/prestidigitation.md)

**1st level (4 1st-level slots)**: [detect magic](compendium/spells/detect-magic.md), [mage armor](compendium/spells/mage-armor.md), [magic missile](compendium/spells/magic-missile.md), [shield](compendium/spells/shield.md)

**2nd level (3 2nd-level slots)**: [misty step](compendium/spells/misty-step.md), [suggestion](compendium/spells/suggestion.md)

**3rd level (3 3rd-level slots)**: [counterspell](compendium/spells/counterspell.md), [fireball](compendium/spells/fireball.md), [fly](compendium/spells/fly.md)

**4th level (3 4th-level slots)**: [greater invisibility](compendium/spells/greater-invisibility.md), [ice storm](compendium/spells/ice-storm.md)

**5th level (1 5th-level slots)**: [cone of cold](compendium/spells/cone-of-cold.md)

## Actions

***Dagger.*** *Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack:* +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. *Hit:* 4 (`1d4 + 2`) piercing damage.
```
^statblock

## Environment

urban