Clearing the Field

With a harsh word and a vicious chopping motion, you cause every tree, shrub, and stump within 40 feet of you to sink into the ground, leaving the vacated area clear of plant life that might otherwise hamper movement or obscure sight. Overgrown areas that counted as difficult terrain become clear ground and no longer hamper movement. The original plant life instantly rises from the ground again when the spell ends or is dispelled. Plant creatures are not affected by clearing the field.

Group Spellcasting. When other spellcasters aid you in casting this spell, the spell lasts for an additional hour for each spellcaster other than yourself, up to a maximum duration of 8 hours.

When the primary caster casts the spell, each aiding caster must expend a 1st or higher spell slot during the ritual, though only the primary caster needs to have the elven ritual spell
on their spell list. An aiding caster can be of any level, so long as the aiding caster can cast spells of 1st level or higher. Casters that can’t normally cast ritual spells, such as sorcerers and paladins, can still aid the primary caster.

Ritual Focus. If you expend your ritual focus, plant creatures in the area must make a successful Constitution saving throw or be affected as though by a reduce spell.

To expend a ritual focus, pay twice the cost of the material component in the ritual. This might represent the material component’s construction of higher-quality materials, or it might simply mean using more of the listed material component, whichever is most appropriate. If a ritual’s material component normally does not cost any gold, to expend its ritual focus, spend 100 gp.