The Moonlit Lantern
A name that sounds like it belongs on an actual district map.
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Animate Objects
Objects come to life at your command. Choose up to ten nonmagical objects within range that are not being worn or carried. Medium targets count as two objects, Large targets count as four objects, Huge targets count as eight objects. You can't animate any object larger than Huge. Each target animates and becomes a creature under your control until the spell ends or until reduced to 0 hit points.
Level
5
School
Transmutation
Casting time
1 action
Range
120 feet
Duration
Up to 1 minute
Components
V, S
Classes
Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard
Higher level
If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, you can animate two additional objects for each slot level above 5th.
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NPC concept
archivist thief marking every lie in a coded journal
Quest hook
Expose a dragon egg through a city under curfew.
Loot spark
map to a sealed watchtower wanted by two different factions.
Encounter spark
Fight in a forest shrine under a magical silence effect.
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