Animating Spores

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

Animating Spores is a special class action available to Glut that allows him to reanimate a corpse and have it fight by your 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, Noxious Fumes (Bibberbang),  Sleeping,  Charmed,  Crown of Madness, Mind Mastery,  Paralysed, and  Hold Person.
• 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 targetted creature is reanimated with 65% hit points.
• Only one creature can be animated at once with this action. Reanimating a new one will kill the already existing one.
• A corpse can only be reanimated once with this action.
• While Spaw is a temporary companion, this action allows players 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 Spaw 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 that only work on humanoids such as Hold Person.