Evard's Black Tentacles

  • Level & School
    4th-level conjuration
  • Casting Time
    Action
  • Range
    90 feet
  • Components
    V, S, M (a tentacle)
  • Duration
    Concentration, up to 1 minute
  • Classes
    Wizard

Squirming, ebony tentacles fill a 20-foot square on ground that you can see within range. For the duration, these tentacles turn the ground in that area into Difficult Terrain.

Each creature in that area makes a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, it takes 3d6 Bludgeoning damage, and it has the Restrained condition until the spell ends. A creature also makes that save if it enters the area or ends it turn there. A creature makes that save only once per turn.

A Restrained creature can take an action to make a Strength (Athletics) check against your spell save DC, ending the condition on itself on a success.

Evard's Black Tentacles 5e 2024 vs. 2014 edition differences

The 2024 version specifies "up to 1 minute" duration, clarifies that creatures make a single Strength saving throw when entering or starting turn in the area (not each time), and that restrained creatures can use an action to end the condition with a Strength (Athletics) check. It also states creatures make only one save per turn.