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Arboreal Curse in Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Grim Hollow - Modified

Arboreal Curse

7-level Transmutation

Casting Time: 1 action
Range/Area: 60 ft.
Components: V, S, M
Materials: a cup of sap
Duration: Until Dispelled

You attempt to turn one creature that you can see within range into wood. The creature makes a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it has the Restrained condition as its flesh begins to harden into bark. On a successful save, its Speed is 0 until the start of your next turn.

A creature Restrained by this spell makes a Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns. If it successfully saves three times, the condition ends. If it fails three times, it is turned into a tree and has the Petrified condition. The successes and failures needn’t be consecutive; keep track of both until the target collects three of a kind.

If the creature is burned, chopped down, or otherwise destroyed while Petrified, it is killed.

A creature remains transformed unless the effect is reversed within 1 year with Greater Restoration or similar magic. If the creature spends 1 year and 1 day as a tree, the transformation becomes permanent, and nothing short of a wish spell can return the creature to its original form.

Available for: Druid

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