Duck Knife

You quack a word of power and summon a tiny spectral duck, armed with a comically oversized knife held in its wing or beak. The duck appears in an unoccupied space within range and immediately waddles or flaps toward a creature you can see within 30 feet.

The duck makes a single melee spell attack against the target using your spellcasting ability modifier. On a hit, the target takes 1d4 piercing damage and must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or be distracted by the duck’s relentless honking and flapping until the start of your next turn. A distracted creature has disadvantage on its next attack roll.

The duck cannot be damaged, destroyed, or banished by any means, and vanishes in a puff of feathers at the end of its turn. It leaves behind a faint smell of pond water and menace.

Flavor Notes:

• The duck is incorporeal but extremely annoying.
• It might quack insults in Common or just stare menacingly.
• It always seems to know where the knife is, even if it drops it.

At Higher Levels. The spell’s damage increases when you reach higher levels: 5th level: 2d4 \ 11th level: 3d4 \ 17th level: 4d4