---
name: Gouging Claw
alias: Gouging Claw
tags:
  - pf2e/spell
  - pf2e/spell/cantrip_1
  - pf2e/school/transmutation
  - pf2e/spelltype/attack
  - pf2e/tradition/arcane
  - pf2e/tradition/primal
level: 1
school: transmutation
type: attack
traditions: [arcane, primal]
time: 2 actions
pf2etime: "*⬺{ .Pathfinder }*"
range: touch
target: 1 creature
source: "Pathfinder Secrets of Magic"
traits:
  - common
  - attack
  - cantrip
  - morph
  - transmutation
components:
  - somatic
  - verbal
---
# `=this.name`
==attack== | ==cantrip== | ==morph== | ==transmutation==

*Source* `=this.source`  
**Traditions** `=this.traditions`  
**Cast** `=this.time` | `=this.components`  
**Range** `=this.range`; **Targets** `=this.target`  

***
You temporarily morph your limb into a clawed appendage. Make a melee spell attack roll against your target's AC. If you hit, you deal your choice of slashing or piercing damage equal to 1d6 plus your spellcasting ability modifier. On a critical success, you deal double damage plus 1d4 persistent Bleed damage.  
**Heightened (+1)** The damage increases by 1d6 and the persistent bleed damage on a critical increases by 1d4.  
