Mind Spike: You reach the mind of 1 creature you’ll see within range. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw, taking 3d8 psychic damage on a failed to save, claiming as much damage on a successful one. On a failed save, you furthermore may always know the target’s location until the spell ends, but only while the 2 of you’re on an equivalent plane of existence. While you’ve got this data, the target can’t become hidden from you, and if it’s invisible, it gains no enjoy that condition against you.
If this attack hits, the target suffers the attack’s normal effects and takes a further 2d12 psychic damage. While the dagger is lodged within the creature’s skull you gain the subsequent benefits:
- You gain advantage on attacks against the target.
- You can cast the Detect Thoughts spell (spell save DC 15) against the target at-will as a bonus action.
Mind spike 5e
- Casting Time: 1 action
- Range: 60 feet
- Components: S
- Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
- 2nd-level divination
- Damage: 3d8 (+1d8 per slot level above 2nd)
- Casting Time: 1 action
- Save: Wis(success +1/2dmg, and no tracking)
- School: Divination
- Damage Type: Psychic
If there are magical tendrils growing through a target skull though, I might add a Feature where a target takes damage upon removing the dagger from their skull, since it damages their brain. Maybe another 2d12 psychic damage or maybe 4d12 psychic damage.
An unannounced change to Dungeons & Dragons rules appears to possess nerfed a favorite spell tactic. A player shared their recent purchase of Xanathar’s Guide to Everything to Reddit, noting that the Healing Spirit spell has been edited to limit repeated use. Other players took this claim to the Lead Rules Designer of D&D 5th Edition, who confirmed that the nerf is real. this suggests no more Healing Spirit conga lines.
Reddit user Shadowtrail1988 began the discussion with a post on April 1 of all days, claiming that the Healing Spirit spell read differently in their recently purchased book. For those not within the know, the spell conjures exactly what the name says – a friendly spirit that heals allies. The healing happens whenever a celebration member moves through the spirit’s space. This cause a standard tactic D&D players called the “conga line,” where players would line up and repeatedly undergo the spirit until they were fully healed.
Healing Spirit has been used and abused by many D&D parties, therefore the change isn’t exactly a shocker. Even so, many Reddit users questioned the post thanks to its April 1 date. Shadowtrail1988 provided several pictures that showed other changes made to the book, and even a video. Most of those changes were simple typo fixes – not the type of outrageous content April Fools are made from – lending the post some credence. that also didn’t stop some users from reaching bent Jeremy Crawford, Lead Rules Designer of D&D 5th Edition.
Some of the opposite changes include corrections to die assigned at certain levels, like the Mind Spike spell and therefore the Ancestral Guardian’s Spirit Shield. The fighter’s Arcane Archer subclass also clarifies that it doesn’t need magical ammunition. TheGamer is going to be bound to update when the particular errata doc releases. Until then, DMs rejoice! The times of the line are over.