{"name":"Unseen Strangler","spell_level":"3-level","casting_time":"1 action","range":"30ft.","components":"Verbal, Somatic, Material","materials":"a pinch of sulfur and a live rodent","duration":"8 hours","school":"Conjuration","attack":"","effect":"Summoning","higher_levels":"","classes":"Wizard with Mythos Specialization","ritual":"1","spell_description":"You conjure an immaterial, tentacled aberration in an unoccupied space you can see within range, and you specify a password that the phantom recognizes. The entity remains where you conjured it until the spell ends, until you dismiss it as an action, or until you move more than 80 feet from it. The strangler is [tooltip:While you have the Invisible condition, you experience the following effects: Surprise (If you\u2019re Invisible when you roll Initiative, you have Advantage on the roll.), Concealed (You aren\u2019t affected by any effect that requires its target to be seen unless the effect\u2019s creator can somehow see you. Any equipment you are wearing or carrying is also concealed.), Attacks Affected (Attack rolls against you have Disadvantage, and your attack rolls have Advantage. If a creature can somehow see you, you don\u2019t gain this benefit against that creature.)]invisible[\/tooltip] to all creatures except you, and it can\u2019t be harmed. \r\n\r\nWhen a Small or larger creature approaches within 30 feet of it without speaking the password that you specified, the strangler starts whispering your name. This whispering is always audible to you, regardless of other sounds in the area, as long as you\u2019re conscious. The strangler sees invisible creatures and can see into the Ethereal Plane. It ignores illusions. \r\n\r\nIf any creatures hostile to you are within 5 feet of the strangler at the start of your turn, the strangler attacks one of them with a tentacle. It makes a melee weapon attack with a bonus equal to your spellcasting ability modifier+your proficiency bonus. On a hit, it deals 3d6 bludgeoning damage, and a Large or smaller creature is [tooltip:While you have the Grappled condition, you experience the following effects: Speed 0 (Your Speed is 0 and can\u2019t increase.), Attacks Affected (You have Disadvantage on attack rolls against any target other than the grappler.), Movable (The grappler can drag or carry you when it moves, but every foot of movement costs it 1 extra foot unless you are Tiny or two or more sizes smaller than it.)]grappled[\/tooltip] (escape DC = your spellcasting ability modifier + your proficiency bonus). Until this grapple ends, the target is [tooltip:While you have the Restrained condition, you experience the following effects: Speed 0 (Your Speed is 0 and can\u2019t increase.), Attacks Affected (Attack rolls against you have Advantage, and your attack rolls have Disadvantage.), Saving Throws Affected (You have Disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws.)]restrained[\/tooltip], and the strangler can\u2019t attack another target. If the strangler scores a critical hit, the target begins to suffocate and can\u2019t speak until the grapple ends.","source":"Deep Magic Volume 1","tags":"","isShared":"on","templateId":"3000","blockId":"1559525","world":"f23bfee1-fef1-458a-9e5d-7b8dc747c3db","folder":"37951"}