To Snakes

You transform nonmagical items that resemble snakes into snakes of a similar size of your choosing. Choose one of the following options for what transforms:

• One snake of challenge rating 2 or lower
• Two snakes of challenge rating 1 or lower
• Four snakes of challenge rating 1/2 or lower
• Eight snakes of challenge rating 1/4 or lower

Choose one item of comparable size per snake to transform. Items not held or worn turn into snakes. For items that are held or worn the target creature must make a Wisdom saving throw. If it fails, the held or worn item turns into a snake in place.

Each snake reverts to its previous form when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.

The snakes are friendly to you and your companions. Roll initiative for the snakes as a group, which has its own turns. They obey any verbal commands that you issue to them (no action required by you). If you don't issue any commands to them, they defend themselves from hostile creatures, but otherwise take no actions.

The GM has the creatures' statistics. Sample creatures can be found below.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using certain higher-level spell slots, you choose one of the summoning options above, and more creatures appear: twice as many with a 5th-level slot, three times as many with a 7th-level slot, and four times as many with a 9th-level slot.

Sample Creatures