Level
6th
Casting Time
1 Hour
Range/Area
Touch
5 ft.
(5 ft. )
Components
V, S, M *
Duration
Until Dispelled
School
Transmutation
Attack/Save
None
Damage/Effect
Creation
Creating a circle with the object you want to become a mimic and a living creature with shapechange. You infuse the items with the living essences of the creature. It is not hostile towards you, but you cannot control it. The mimic does not gain anything from the creature it was made with. The spells lasts until it's dispelled or the creature is destroyed.
When cast at 6th or 7th level you create a Standard mimic. Casted at 8th or 9th level you create a Giant Mimic
* - (Object to embody the creation, 1lb of honey, and a living creature with shapechange. All of which the spell consumes)
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Posted Apr 21, 2024The requirments of a living creature with shapechange and your inability to have any realy influance over the creature you just created feels bad for
a 6th level spell?
a Mimics statblock is rather limited and honestly i don't think putting such in the hands of a player is gretuitious, also as shown in the Mimic Description,
they were often made as bodyguards and cuscodians for mages so their ambiolance seems uncharicteristic.
all in all it just seems like a moot point, unless your adventureing party is using EXP leveling and wants to grind out a few extra monsters in a controlled enviroment.
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Posted Oct 28, 2024It was actually created as a plot point. A human by the name of Darwin was running around the world creating mimics only to cause chaos. As a reward, they found the spellbook which contained the creation spell in it. Mimics are meant to be controlled, in my opinion, they're meant to be chaos and to shine a light on how magic isn't always good.