An action with this trait requires a degree of mental concentration and discipline.
Manipulate
You must physically manipulate an item or make gestures to use an action with this trait. Creatures without a suitable appendage can’t perform actions with this trait. Manipulate actions often trigger reactions.
Shadow
Magic with this trait involves shadows or the energy of the Netherworld.
Planes with this trait are umbral with murky light. In the Netherworld, the radius of all light from light sources and the areas of light spells are halved.
area: 20-foot burst
duration: 1 min.
legacy_name: Black Tentacles
range: 120
saving_throw: Reflex
source: Player Core pg. 357
spell_type: Spell
tradition: ArcaneOccult
type: Spell
A mass of snakes made of shadow rise up to capture creatures in the area. Each creature in the area when you Cast the Spell takes 3d6 piercing damage and 1d6 persistent poison damage from a biting snake, and it’s grabbed or restrained depending on its Reflex save. A creature that ends its turn in the area must also attempt this save, even if it’s already grabbed or restrained by the snakes. You can Dismiss the spell.
Success The creature is unaffected. Failure The creature takes full damage and is grabbed by a snake. The snakes’ Escape DC is equal to your spell DC. A creature can attack a snake to release the creature. A snake’s AC is equal to your spell DC, and it’s destroyed if it takes 12 or more damage at once. New snakes continually regrow as long as the spell lasts, so destroying snakes doesn’t prevent slither from capturing more creatures. Critical Failure As failure, but the creature takes double damage and is restrained by a snake.
Heightened (+2) The persistent poison damage increases by 1d6 and snake HP increases by 6.
