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Ensnaring Strike

Spell • PHB

Spell Level: 1

Spell School: Conjuration

Casting Time: 1 Bonus Action (which you take immediately after hitting a creature with a weapon)

Components: V

Range: Self

Area: None

Duration: Concentration (1 Minute)

Conditions/Effects: Damage (Piercing), Control

Saving Throw: None

Ritual: No

Scaling: Spell Slot Level

Classes: Ranger, Oath of the Ancients

Link: Link to source

As you hit the target, grasping vines appear on it, and it makes a Strength saving throw. A Large or larger creature has Advantage on this save. On a failed save, the target has the Restrained condition until the spell ends. On a successful save, the vines shrivel away, and the spell ends.

While Restrained, the target takes 1d6 Piercing damage at the start of each of its turns. The target or a creature within reach of it can take an action to make a Strength (Athletics) check against your spell save DC. On a success, the spell ends.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 1.