Jackdaw’s Murderous Murders in Dungeons & Dragons 5e

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Jackdaw’s Murderous Murders

5-level Necromancy

Casting Time 1 Action

Range 30 ft

Duration Concentration, up to 1 hour

Components V, S, M

Materials the hearts of three corvids

You channel the lifeforce in the surrounding area into three swarms of terrifying fleshy birds. These swarms have the statistics of a swarm of ravens (pg 339 of the Monster Manuel) with the following alterations:

They have an AC of 15.
They have 32 hit points.
Their Beaks attack deals 4d6 damage, reduced to 2d6 when a swarm reaches half its hit point maximum or fewer.
Each beak attack deals an additional 1d6 necrotic damage, you regain hit points equal to half the necrotic damage any swarm deals in this way.

Roll initiative for the swarms as a group. They are commanded as a bonus action on your turn, either to do the same task, or to do different things each. Whenever a swarm is killed, you regain 1d6 hit points
At higher levels: Whenever you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th - 8th level, you instead summon four swarms. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 9th level, you instead summon five swarms.

Class(es): Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

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