#druid spell

[5ecardaday]

Snowball Slinging

Blizzard Brawl Frost Bite Rime Infusion

A set of three Snow spells from Magic: the Gathering, in line with my winter-theme for this month. These spells were voted on by my supporters over at Patreon, who also got access to them a week early!

[professor-rye]

Moonbeam

2nd Level Evocation

Range: 120ft

When a creature enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it is engulfed in ghostly flames that cause searing pain, and it must make a Constitution saving throw. It takes 2d10 radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

With a little nod to my biggest obsession

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[thehomelybrewster]

"You create a wall of thick, interlocking vines at a point you choose within range. The wall appears within range on a solid surface and lasts for the duration. You choose to make the wall up to 30 feet long, 10 feet high, and 1 feet thick or a circle that has a 15-foot diameter and is up to 10 feet high and 1 feet thick. The wall blocks line of sight. The wall doesn't need to be vertical and thus for example can grow horizontally out of a wall and create a platform.

If the wall cuts through a creature's space when it appears, the creature is pushed to one side of the wall (your choice). If a creature would be surrounded on all sides by the wall (or the wall and another solid surface), that creature can make a Dexterity saving throw. On a success, it can use its reaction to move up to its speed so that it is no longer enclosed by the wall.

The wall is a destructable object and is vulnerable to fire damage, however it is up to the DM's discretion as to how easily it can be destroyed.

If you maintain your concentration on this spell for its whole duration, the wall becomes permanent and can't be dispelled. Otherwise, the vines wither away and then dissappear when the spell ends."

A rather simple variation on Wall of Stone, inspired by a homebrew race I'm currently working on.

[oldschoolfrp]

Artifact of Evil, Clyde Caldwell’s cover for the 2nd novel of Gord the Rogue by Gary Gygax (TSR, 1986) depicting the 7th level Druid (Evocation) spell Chariot of Sustarre

[hivefleetdiscordia]

A Variant for the Awaken spell - for bards and druids who want a little more personality in their newly-intelligent friends

This is a loooong post so TL;DR - awaken should give the creatures it affects a new alignment, some personality traits, and the possibility of more varied mental ability scores just like humanoids have. And now, on with the post. 

Awaken is one of those spells that I’ve always dreamt of casting but have never played a game at a high enough level to get to it. You basically get to magic an NPC into existence from nothing, and that NPC is either an animal companion (dope) or a goddamn sentient tree (also dope). From the point where this awakened creature becomes sentient, a whole new world opens up for them. They can attune to magic items with their newly-lengthened attention span, they can learn new languages, tool and weapon proficiencies, they could even (theoretically) become classed characters just like a PC (if your DM allows it with the right amount of training, of course. I, for one, would require several months at least of downtime to become a 1st level character from being level 0).

There was one issue I noticed, however. Awaken doesn’t give your furry/fir-y friend an alignment (which is a crucial part of being, like, a person in D&D) nor does it budge their Wisdom or Charisma. Lots of beasts have decent or above-average Wisdom, but their Charisma is usually pretty poor. Maybe you like that idea; maybe for you it is inevitable that an Awakened Beast (or Tree) would be socially awkward after spending the majority of its life unable to do much in the speaking department beyond growling or purring (if a Beast), repeating phrases (if a parrot or similar), or merely rustling in the wind (if a Plant). But I, for one, want to see the Urchin PC’s pet rat bangin’ out the tunes and giving out Bardic Inspiration from his keeper’s coat pocket.

(look at him go!)

So to fix what I see as a problem, I would like to propose three tweaks to the awaken spell: first, the spell sets the creature’s Intelligence to 10, but it also changes its Wisdom and Charisma to 10 as well. This represents it gaining the “mind of a person”, which is average in all respects. They lose their animal instincts to a certain degree (as shown by their probably-lowered Wisdom) but gain the ability to converse with humanoids and not make a total ass of themselves (assuming they weren’t an ass to begin with) doing it. At this point, the creature is assumed to be a bit like a baby that’s suddenly gained an adult’s intelligence: quite befuddled by the broadened scope of the world but also keen to figure out its place in it (or perhaps keen to return to its old life?).

Secondly, after the first 30 days that the creature spends not charmed by you (considering that they aren’t really themselves if they’re charmed by you 24/7) the DM decides on the creature’s personality that is going to be more-or-less permanent. The way I see it, the creature needs that first month to figure out who it is now that its mind has been so altered. It keeps all its memories and prior attachments (assuming it’s a beast), but now that it has a humanoid-level mind it must have a personality beyond mere instincts. To figure that out, the DM assigns the creature a new alignment, as it simply will not do for a walking, talking member of society to go around Unaligned like a mere beast! They also assign some personality traits, an ideal, a bond, and some flaws just like they would for any NPC. In theory, over the last month the creature will have undertaken actions that prove its essential character. An Awakened Giant Boar who betrays its keeper to join up with some mercenaries who promise it its favourite treat (them good mashed carrots) may be labelled Chaotic Neutral (or even Chaotic Evil) and given the ideal “I go wherever the eating’s good” and the flaw “I am disloyal and selfish, and will abandon anyone who does not attend to my needs”. Meanwhile, an Awakened Parrot who accidentally casts a spell by mimicking the party wizard’s vocal components and then begins dabbling in wizardry itself may have the bond “I cast my first spell quite by accident, and now I’m excited to see what more power I have hidden within me” and the flaw “I’m terrified that my lifespan as a parrot won’t be enough to reach my potential and so I overwork myself to compensate”. Such a beast may be labelled Neutral Good or Neutral Evil depending on its goals.

Lastly the DM chooses two of the three “mental” ability scores and raises one by 1d4 points and lowers another by 1d4 points. I think it would fun to have some variety in our awakened creatures and sort out which ones have the innate talent to learn new things (like a rat with high Charisma becoming a world-renowned musician, for example). Likewise, no one aside from the truly exceptional has decent stats across the board (as many animals have good Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution already) so I think we should lower one for the sake of balance and to show the creature’s personality more. Maybe the musical rat lost any and all animal instinct during the awakening ritual (thus now having a lower Wisdom score) and is now totally unable to relate to fellow rats as he drowns in the praise of humanoid fans. But do his fans truly understand him, or do they just love him for his music? Does anyone understand him? Can anyone understand him? What does it mean to have the mind and future of a humanoid but the body and past of a beast? Was the awakening ritual a gift… or was it a curse?

Idk. I’m just here to talk about D&D.

[component-pouch-stims]

Ice Knife 1st level Conjuration spell 1 action, 60 feet range, instantaneous after casting Components: a drop of water of a piece of ice

[amatuerdiydungeon]

A flavor conversion of Melf’s Minute Meteors for a Silver Draconic Sorcerer I had. 

[frickybricky123]

Transport via Lightning

8th level conjuration

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 60ft

Components: V, S, M (a piece of fulgurite worth 1000gp)

Duration: Instantaneous

Classes: Druid, Warlock (Archfey), Cleric (Tempest Domain)

Upon casting this spell the caster summons a localised storm cloud that crackles with electrical energy. The caster can designate up to nine creatures (this may or may not include the actual caster of the spell) to be struck by a bolt of lightning from the cloud. A willing creature is instantly transported to a specific location designated by the caster that they are familiar with (must be on the same plane of existence), appearing from another bolt of lightning, an unwilling creature however must make a Dexerity saving throw against the casters spell save DC, on a failure they are transported to the designated location and are knocked prone, on a success they take 6d6 lightning damage and are not transported by the spell or knocked prone.

Please note, in order for the spell to take effect the sky must be visible from both the casting AND desired transport location. If this requirement is not met the spell slot is used and the spell fails.

At higher levels: When cast at higher levels the spell can transport up to 15 creatures.