Carve Squashling

As part of the casting of this spell, the knife used in the spell’s material components is used to hollow out and carve the pumpkin, removing the innards and etching a face into one side of the gourd. This spell consumes the pumpkin used in its casting, which becomes the head of a new squashling. The new squashling conjures a series of bound pumpkin vines to serve as its body and limbs, and uses the squashling sprout stat block (found in the Bestiary section) for its statistics. The squashling is initially predisposed to follow the commands of the creature that created it, but under no obligation to do so and can become bored and wander off if the commands are not in line with the squashling’s own desires. After a creature casts this spell, it cannot be cast again by that creature until a period of 30 days has passed. Attempting to do so before this time has expired expends a spell slot, but results only in a mundane carved pumpkin. At your DM’s discretion, this spell can instead result in the creation of a player character with the squashling race. Your DM is the sole arbiter of how this occurs, working with the new squashling’s player to determine the squashling’s character levels, background, statistics, and any other character details.