# Vicious Mockery *cantrip, Enchantment*  - **Casting time:** 1 Action - **Range:** 60 feet - **Components:** V - **Duration:** Instantaneous You unleash a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at one creature you can see or hear within range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or take `dice:1d6|noform|noparens|avg` (`1d6`) Psychic damage and have [Disadvantage](/Rules/Source/variant-rules/disadvantage-xphb.md) on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn. **Cantrip Upgrade.** The damage increases by `dice:1d6|noform|noparens|avg` (`1d6`) when you reach levels 5 (`dice:2d6|noform|noparens|avg` (`2d6`)), 11 (`dice:3d6|noform|noparens|avg` (`3d6`)), and 17 (`dice:4d6|noform|noparens|avg` (`4d6`)). **Classes**: [Bard](/Rules/Source/lists/list-spells-classes-bard.md) *Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 337. Available in the <span title='Systems Reference Document (5.2)'>SRD</span> and the Free Rules (2024)*