Bag of Minions

A small white silk bag held closed with a crimson string. Inside the bag is 1d10 small metallic beads.

You can use an action to throw up to 5 beads in front of you, which unveils a tiny Metal Soldier for each bead. In combat each Metal Soldier share your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can move on its own, but the only action it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn to command a single soldier or multiple soldiers to take another action.

After 1 hour if the soldier is still alive, it returns to a bead and becomes inert, losing all magical traces. Every day at dawn the bag refills 1d10 beads up to a maximum of 10 beads.