Bug Spray

You create a thin, aromatic ward that clings to the skin like an invisible oil. To harmless insects, it smells like smoke and predator musk; to necrotic swarms, it burns like fire.

A willing creature you touch gains protection from vermin for the spell’s duration.

While warded, mundane insects (mosquitoes, flies, fleas) avoid the target entirely.

Against necrotic swarms or bug-based magical attacks, the ward provides advantage on saving throws to resist their effects until the start of your next turn.

If multiple targets are present, vermin instinctively prioritize those without Pest Ward. If every creature in range has the ward, the vermin revert to attacking by proximity as normal.