Conjure Woodland Beings

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Damage

Conjure Woodland Beings is a Damage spell. Damage spells focus on dealing harm to enemies.

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 spell that summons woodland spirits to harry
multiple creatures

Conjure Woodland Beings is a Multi Target spell. Multi Target spells have an area of effect or can explicitly target multiple allies or enemies.

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 and lets you slip away with
bonus action movement

Conjure Woodland Beings is a Action Economy spell. Action Economy spells grant you more choices on future turns.

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2024 Rules
Level & School
4th-level conjuration
Casting Time
Action
Range
Self
Components
V, S
Duration
Concentration, up to 10 minutes
Classes
Druid, Ranger

You conjure nature spirits that flit around you in a 10-foot Emanation for the duration. Whenever the Emanation enters the space of a creature you can see and whenever a creature you can see enters the Emanation or ends its turn there, you can force that creature to make a Wisdom saving throw. The creature takes 5d8 Force damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature makes this save only once per turn. In addition, you can take the Disengage action as a Bonus Action for the spell's duration.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d8 for each spell slot level above 5.

2014 Rules
Level & School
4th-level conjuration
Casting Time
Action
Range
60 feet
Components
V, S, M (one holly berry per creature summoned)
Duration
Concentration, 1 hour
Classes
Druid, Ranger

You summon fey creatures that appear in unoccupied spaces that you can see within range. Choose one of the following options for what appears:

  • One fey creature of challenge rating 2 or lower

  • Two fey creatures of challenge rating 1 or lower

  • Four fey creatures of challenge rating 1/2 or lower

  • Eight fey creatures of challenge rating 1/4 or lower

A summoned creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.

The summoned creatures are friendly to you and your companions. Roll initiative for the summoned creatures as a group, which have their own turns. They obey any verbal commands that you issue to them (no action required by you). If you don't issue any commands to them, they defend themselves from hostile creatures, but otherwise take no actions.

The GM has the creatures' statistics.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. When you cast this spell using certain higher-level spell slots, you choose one of the summoning options above, and more creatures appear: twice as many with a 6th-level slot and three times as many with an 8th-level slot.

Conjure Woodland Beings 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

It’s been completely redesigned: no material component, range is now Self, and the duration is up to 10 minutes. Instead of summoning fey, it creates a 10-foot aura that deals 5d8 Force damage on a Wis save when creatures enter/leave it, and you can Disengage as a Bonus Action. Upcast now adds 1d8 per slot level above 5.

Conjure Woodland Beings popularity

Conjure Woodland Beings is a commonly chosen level 4 spell. Choosing it adds an established option to your spellbook.

Spells similar to Conjure Woodland Beings

  • Spirit Guardians 3rd-level conjuration

    Both create a self-centered area that repeatedly damages creatures who enter or end their turn there and last for up to ten minutes with concentration.

  • Evard's Black Tentacles 4th-level conjuration

    It conjures a persistent conjuration that affects a zone over multiple turns and triggers on creatures moving into or ending their turn in that space, giving a similar battlefield-control-and-damage feel.

  • Flaming Sphere 2nd-level conjuration

    This spell creates a summoned, mobile effect that can be used repeatedly each turn to damage targets, matching the same action-economy playstyle of a sustained conjured damage source.

  • Call Lightning 3rd-level conjuration

    Call Lightning is a concentration damage spell that can be used multiple times across the same area during its duration, making it tactically similar as a sustained, multi-target damage option for nature casters.

  • Wall of Fire 4th-level evocation

    Wall of Fire produces a persistent damaging area that punishes movement and positioning over multiple rounds, comparable to the zone-denial and repeated-damage aspects of the target spell.

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