Viscous Sheath

As part of casting this spell, you must expend seven Hit Point Dice or the spell automatically fails. Your body is wrapped in clotted blood. Whenever a creature within 5 feet of you hits you with a melee attack roll, the attacker takes Necrotic damage. To determine this damage, roll the Hit Point Dice expended to cast the spell plus your spellcasting ability modifier.

If a creature hits you with a Melee weapon, you can take a Reaction to have clots form around the weapon, entrapping it. The attacker must succeed on a Strength saving throw or the weapon sticks to you. If the attacker doesn't release the weapon, the creature has the Grappled condition while the weapon is stuck. While stuck, the weapon can't be used. The target can take an action to make a Strength (Athletics) check against your spell save DC, freeing the weapon on a success. The creature can also release the weapon to end the Grappled condition.

You can trap a number of weapons equal to the number of Hit Point Dice expended to cast the spell. When the spell ends, the weapons are released.

At Higher Levels

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot

You can trap an additional weapon for each spell slot level above 4.

• Classes: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard