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Evard's Black Tentacles
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Evard's Black Tentacles is a level 4 conjuration spell. Summons tentacles in an area that make it difficult to move and harm creatures.
, attacking and 
creatures within.
UID
Spell flags
Black Tentacles
Description
Tentacles sprout from the ground, turning the area into , attacking and creatures within.Properties
- Cost
Action + 
Level 4 Spell Slot
Damage: 3~18
- Details
STR Save
Range: 18 m / 60 ft
AoE: 6 m / 20 ft (Radius)- Creates Area: Black Tentacles
At higher levels
Casting this spell at a higher level grants no additional benefit.
Technical details
UIDTarget_BlackTentacles
Spell flagsArea: Black Tentacles
Black Tentacles 
Duration: 10 turns
AoE: 6 m / 20 ft (Radius)
Squirming, ebony tentacles fill the area, turning it into , and dealing 3~18
Bludgeoning damage to all creatures entering it and them.
Type: Surface
Condition: Black Tentacles
Spell save DC Strength saving throw
- Restrained by dark tendrils. Affected entity can't move and takes 3d6Bludgeoning damage per turn.
- Attack Rolls against the affected entity have
Advantage, while the entity's Attack Rolls and Dexterity Saving Throws have 
Disadvantage
Condition: Difficult Terrain
- Movement Speed halved
How to learn
Classes:
- Class level 7: Wizard, and The Great Old One
Granted by items:
Strange Tendril Amulet (
Recharge: Long rest)
Notes
- condition has two possible effects: it can restrain, that is, prevent a character from moving, and it can deal damage.
- There is a saving throw for restraining, and restraining may happen
- when the spell is cast
- at the beginning of a character's turn
- when re-entering the area.
- Damage is dealt only at the beginning of the turn when a character fails the save and also had the condition before the turn.
- An affected character seems to lose all movement speed, but actually the duration of this condition is whilst on surface, which means that movement speed is returned if the character escapes the surface for example by using
. As a comparison, 
has duration of 1, so escaping the webbed surface does not return the movement speed. - If a character is dealt damage by a weapon (at least spells and fists don't seem to have this effect) earlier in the same round, it is not affected when the spell is cast. However, if later in the same turn such a character moves in the affected surface, they need to make the saving throw.
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