Incaged Painting
You gesture with a sweep of your hand as colours of Black and white come from the brush glints, gum arabic thickens the air, and a wisp of smoke curls into a frame-like outline. Choose one creature or nonmagical object you can see within range. The target is forcibly drawn into a two‑dimensional state, its form flattening and pigmenting as it becomes a Painting suspended in midair or resting on the nearest surface.
The transformation lasts for the duration, or until the target dies or is destroyed. If you maintain concentration for the full hour, the effect becomes permanent until dispelled.
An unwilling creature may make a Wisdom saving throw each round to resist the spell. On a success, the creature’s form remains intact.
Creature into Painting
When a creature is transformed, everything it is wearing or carrying melds seamlessly into the artwork. The creature’s statistics become those of an inanimate painting: it cannot move, speak, or perceive, and it has no awareness of time passing. The painting’s size matches the creature’s original size category, rendered in a style that reflects the caster’s intent — impressionistic, realistic, or hauntingly abstract.
When the spell ends, the creature returns to its original form in the nearest unoccupied space, with no memory of its time as artwork.
Object into Painting
If you target a nonmagical object, it becomes a painted depiction of itself, losing all mechanical function but retaining its general appearance. When the spell ends, the object reconstitutes into its original form. When in painting form, the caster can put their hand into the painting to grab the object.
Encaged Essence
While transformed, the target is considered encaged — trapped within the boundaries of the artwork. Divination magic subtly threads through the pigments, allowing faint impressions of the target’s essence to linger in the brushstrokes. A creature that studies the painting for 1 minute can make a DC 15 Insight check to glean a fleeting emotional echo of the trapped being.
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