# Resistance *cantrip, Abjuration* - **Casting time:** 1 Action - **Range:** Touch - **Components:** V, S - **Duration:** Concentration, up to 1 minute You touch a willing creature and choose a damage type: Acid, Bludgeoning, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Necrotic, Piercing, Poison, Radiant, Slashing, or Thunder. When the creature takes damage of the chosen type before the spell ends, the creature reduces the total damage taken by `1d4`. A creature can benefit from this spell only once per turn. **Classes**: [Bard (College of Lore)](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-college-of-lore-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Cleric](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-cleric.md); [Druid](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-druid.md) *Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 312. Available in the <span title='Systems Reference Document (5.2)'>SRD</span> and the Free Rules (2024)*