Feather Fall: choose up to five falling targets

SRD 5.2.1 · Spell decisions

Before casting

At the table

1. Use the listed Reaction trigger when you or a visible creature within 60 feet falls.
2. Choose up to five falling creatures within range; their descent slows to 60 feet per round.
3. A protected creature landing before the spell ends takes no fall damage, and the spell ends for that creature.

Example decision

Six companions are falling within range when a caster uses Feather Fall. No special feature alters the spell. How many of those companions can this casting protect?

Up to five of them.

The spell explicitly allows up to five falling creatures. A group is not treated as one creature for that limit, so the caster must select no more than five. The protection also depends on landing before the duration ends; it is not a permanent removal of all future falling consequences.

Watch for this mistake

The Reaction must be available at the trigger. The spell slows a fall rather than granting a Fly Speed, and its damage prevention is tied to landing while it remains active.

Ask the table

Which creatures are selected, is the Reaction available, and can they land before the minute ends?

Source spell

Level 1 Transmutation (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Reaction, which you take when you or a creature you can see within 60 feet of you falls Range: 60 feet Components: V, M (a small feather or piece of down) Duration: 1 minute Choose up to five falling creatures within range. A falling creature’s rate of descent slows to 60 feet per round until the spell ends. If a creature lands before the spell ends, the creature takes no damage from the fall, and the spell ends for that creature.

Source: SRD 5.2.1, 130. Online guide.