You imbue plants in an immobile 30-foot Emanation with limited sentience and animation, giving them the ability to communicate with you and follow your simple commands. You can question plants about events in the spell’s area within the past day, gaining information about creatures that have passed, weather, and other circumstances.
You can also turn Difficult Terrain caused by plant growth (such as thickets and undergrowth) into ordinary terrain that lasts for the duration. Or you can turn ordinary terrain where plants are present into Difficult Terrain that lasts for the duration.
The spell doesn’t enable plants to uproot themselves and move about, but they can move their branches, tendrils, and stalks for you.
If a Plant creature is in the area, you can communicate with it as if you shared a common language.
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Posted Sep 4, 2024Wait... an "immobile 30-foot Emanation"? The whole point of Emanations is that it moves with the target. Why doesn't it just say a 30-foot sphere?
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Posted Sep 6, 2024Emanation mostly just means the spell extends from you on casting. A lot of them move with you but the rules do state they can be stationary.
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Posted Oct 13, 2024I think it’s meant to be a one time burst of magic that affects your surroundings in that moment, rather than something like tongues.
like, you can specifically talk to plants in THIS area, but you’re not giving yourself the ability to talk to plants.
but I agree, they probably should have said “sphere centered on your self”
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Posted Oct 14, 2024Yeah, the rules for Emanation say "An Emanation moves with the creature or object that is its origin unless it is an instantaneous or a stationary effect." This lasts 10 minutes, so I guess wherever you move, the plants within 10 feet of you can speak with you.
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Posted Oct 20, 2024Does "Follow your simple commands" mean that you can tell plants to grab/hinder enemies?
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Posted Nov 18, 2024I feel like that's the intent of the option to turn the area into difficult terrain.
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Posted May 28, 2025No. It says it's stationary