Animating Spores

This article is about the action used by Glut. For the similar action learned by Circle of the Spores druids, see Fungal Infestation.

Animating Spores is a special class action available to  Glut and  Spaw which allows them to reanimate a corpse and have it fight by their side. The reanimated creature retains all of its actions, though it cannot use spellcasting.

Description

Release spores at a corpse to animate it as a spore servant under your command.

Only affects one target at a time.
No effect on corpses of constructs, plants, or aberrations.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Details

 Range: 3 m / 10 ft

Targets: Corpse of a monstrosity, humanoid, or beast

Recharge: Per turn

Technical details

UID

Target_AnimatingSpores

Spell flags

HasSomaticComponent, IsEnemySpell

Condition: Spore Servant

 Spore Servant

Duration: Until Long rest

• The animating spores of a myconid sovereign have taken over this dead creature's body, moving it according to the sovereign's will.
• Resurrected creature is classified as a plant.
• Creature is immune to all frightening effects, all blinding effects,  Befuddled,  Charmed,  Crown of Madness,  Friends,  Hideous Laughter,  Hold Person,  Mind Mastery,  Noxious Fumes, Paralysed, and  Sleeping.
• Creature is resistant to ⁠Poison damage.
• Creature is unable to cast spells or wild shape.

How to learn

Used by creatures: Glut, and Spaw

Notes

• The targeted creature is reanimated with 65% hit points.
• Only one creature can be animated at once with this action. Reanimating a new one kills the already existing one.
• A corpse can only be reanimated once with this action.
• While  Glut is a temporary companion, this action allows player characters to take direct control of some powerful monsters by reanimating them. The most notable example is the  Bulette with some other examples including  Minotaurs and  Hook Horrors.
  • Additionally, corpses from outside the Underdark can be brought to Glut to reanimate. A notable example is  Dror Ragzlin who even retains his legendary action in Honour mode. For this to work, corpses must be light enough to pick up, so heavier monsters like the  Owlbear or  Phase Spider Matriarch will not work.
  • The description does not state it, but this cannot be used on  Fiends, (excluding  Flind, who is also affected by spells which only work on humanoids such as  Hold Person).