Spellskein (Heroes' Feast)
Level 0Attacks
Abilities
The spellskein can collapse flat to the ground to Hide; it can attempt to Hide even if it doesn't have any cover or concealment.
Requirements The spellskein is folded into its crane shape
Effect The spellskein gains a 25-foot fly Speed until the beginning of its next turn.
Requirements The spellskein is folded into its frog shape
Effect The spellskein Leaps 15 feet horizontally or vertically and gains a 10-foot climb Speed until the beginning of its next turn.
The spellskein folds itself into a crane, frog, lizard, or teapot shape, as it chooses.
A living creature that drinks the tea with an Interact action regains 1d4 healing Hit Points and is temporarily immune for 10 minutes.
Unconsumed tea disappears at the beginning of tthe spellskein's next turn.
Requirements The spellskein is folded into its lizard shape
Effect The spellskein puffs out its cloth frills and shakes them from side to side to look fierce. The first creature hit by its sharp edge Strike before the start of its next turn must succeed on a DC 14 will save or become Frightened 1 (Frightened 2 on a critical failure).
Spellskeins created during Fortifying Brew rituals have a teapot form and can use the two-action activity serve tea while in that form.
Magic can be used for many purposes-creating objects, summoning creatures, and manipulating the elements. Usually when a ritual is cast, the outcome is reliable and predictable, but sometimes magic takes unexpected turns and a spell's energy lands in unintended places.
Spellskeins are scraps of fabric and paper infused with magic and brought to life. Once animated, they fold themselves into different shapes, changing both their appearance and their abilities based on their configuration. Spellskeins are only rarely aggressive and sometimes downright timid, but most have a playful streak.
Though they are often made accidentally out of magical leakage from rituals, some ritualists intentionally create spellskeins to serve as magical toys or animated decor. These planned spellskeins tend to be more obedient and less mischievous than their accidental counterparts, following commands or routines set by their creators even after said creators are long gone.
Scrap pieces torn from the body of a spellskein sometimes animate as ever smaller, more mischievous constructs, which usually dart away to hide until it's safe to come out and cause trouble.