Imbuing a Large or smaller mundane plant with tendrils of shadowy magic, you take control of it, causing it to grow unnaturally and uproot into a sentient, mobile servant tied to your life force. For the duration of the spell, the plant’s bark or leaves ripple with dark energy and it becomes a lumbering construct with the statistics of a shield guardian.
You have a telepathic link to your creation while you are on the same plane of existence. You can use this telepathic link to issue commands to your construct while you are conscious (no action required), which it does its best to obey. You can specify a simple and general course of action, such as “Attack that creature,” “Run over there,” or “Fetch that object.” If the plant completes the order and receives no further direction from you, it defends and preserves itself to the best of its ability.
As an action, you can take total and precise control of the plant. Until the end of your next turn, the plant takes only the actions you choose and doesn’t do anything that you don’t allow it to do. During this time, you can also cause it to take a reaction, but this requires you to expend your own reaction.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level, you can concentrate on it for up to 1 hour. When you use a spell slot of 8th level, you can concentrate on it for up to 8 hours. When you use a spell slot of 9th level or higher, the spell no longer requires concentration.
* - (An obsidian amulet worth at least 500 gp, anointed with fresh animal blood)
* - (* - (An obsidian amulet worth at least 500 gp, anointed with fresh animal blood))
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