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• Evard’s Black Tentacles
  created: 2026-03-09T12:15:33.796-04:00
  modified: 2026-03-09T12:15:33.796-04:00
  published: 2026-03-09T12:15:33.796-04:00
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  classes:
• Bard
• Fighter (Eldritch Knight)
• Necromancer (Pale Master)
• Rogue (Arcane Trickster)
• Sorcerer (Aberrant Sorcery)
• Warlock (The Fathomless)
• Warmage (House of Bishops)
• Wizard

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Evard’s Black Tentacles

4th-level, Conjuration

• Casting time: 1 Action
• Range: 90 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a tentacle)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

Squirming, ebony tentacles fill a 20-foot square on ground that you can see within range. For the duration, these tentacles turn the ground in that area into Difficult Terrain.

Each creature in that area makes a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, it takes 3d6 Bludgeoning damage, and it has the Restrained condition until the spell ends. A creature also makes that save if it enters the area or ends it turn there. A creature makes that save only once per turn.

A Restrained creature can take an action to make a Strength (Athletics) check against your spell save DC, ending the condition on itself on a success.

Classes: Bard; Fighter (Eldritch Knight); Necromancer (Pale Master); Rogue (Arcane Trickster); Sorcerer (Aberrant Sorcery); Warlock (The Fathomless); Warmage (House of Bishops); Wizard

Source: Player’s Handbook (2024) p. 270. Available in the SRD (as “Black Tentacles”) and the Free Rules (2024)