Targeting a simple non-magical mechanism within range, you awaken the benign spirit of that machine. For this purpose, a simple mechanism is something no more complex than the hinges on a door, a compass, a scale, a rope and pulley, a ship's wheel, the wheels on a wagon, or the latch on a window.
For the duration of this spell, the machine spirit responds to any commands you give it as a bonus action while you are within 120 feet of it, as if a creature with a Strength score of 25 was operating that machine. You can tell the spirit to open or close a door, window, or unlocked chest; lower or raise a rope in a pulley; or weigh down a scale, as examples.
The spirit will take no actions that would bring obvious harm to their machine, such as slamming a window so hard it shatters. Further, a spirit can be commanded to follow a certain course of action, such as only opening a door for specified creatures.
This machine spirit is invisible, intangible, and immune to all damage, but destroying their mechanism causes the spirit to die, and the spell to end.
If this spell is cast on the same mechanism every day for one year, the spell's effects become permanent and no longer require concentration, though you can still only command a machine spirit while within 120 feet of its mechanism.
* - (a drop of oil and a pinch of incense)
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