Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M
Duration: 8 hours
Damage Type: Piercing
Save: Dexterity
You touch up to four nonmagical Arrows or Bolts and plant them in the ground in your space. Until the spell ends, the ammunition can’t be physically uprooted, and whenever a creature other than you enters a space within 30 feet of the ammunition for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there, one piece of ammunition flies up to strike it. The creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 2d4 Piercing damage. The piece of ammunition is then destroyed. The spell ends when none of the ammunition remains planted in the ground.
When you cast this spell, you can designate any creatures you choose, and the spell ignores them.
The amount of ammunition that can be affected increases by two for each spell slot level above 2.
Material Component:
four or more arrows or bolts
Verbal Component:
Protectio Oppugno Sagittas
Verbal Component (Alternative):
Let those who approach without permission, feel the wrath of this ammunition.
Class: Ranger
Tags: Combat, Damage
Source: Player's Handbook (2024) (page 258)
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Other Planes and Effects
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Underwater - Verbal Component
Official rules have been verified by Jeremy Crawford - "No rule prohibits verbal components from working underwater. Keep in mind that if you're talking, you're not holding your breath." Hence, while submerged underwater and holding its breath, a creature can cast a spell that requires a verbal component. After casting the spell, if the creature can't breathe underwater, it immediately runs out of breath. The creature can survive for a number of rounds equal to its Constitution modifier (minimum of 1 round).
