You summon a wooden, hovering, human-shaped construct—a skull puppet, informally known as a puppet or marionette—that appears in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. The summoned creature is friendly to you and your companions, has its own turn, and rolls its own initiative when it appears. It obeys any verbal commands that you issue to them (no action required by you). If you don't issue any commands to it, it defends itself from hostile creatures, but otherwise takes no actions.
A summoned skull puppet disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you can summon one additional skull puppet for each level above 1st. Each puppet can appear in any unoccupied space within range. Roll initiative for the summoned creatures as a group.
* - (one splinter of wood per creature summoned)
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