

Some DMs may consider the snail's 'burst of destructive force' to be of a nature that disrupts your concentration. The GM might also decide that certain environmental phenomena, such as a wave crashing over you while you’re on a storm-tossed ship, require you to succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration on a spell. The basis for a concentration save being needed stems from the following part of the Concentration rules: The need for this may vary depending on the DM's interpretation of 'taking damage' as it relates to concentration saves, but is further discussed here. If you try to make the Knight as WotC imagines him, he is very MAD (STR, DEX, CON, CHA. However, nearby concentrating spellcasters may need to save for concentration if subjected to the effect. Tome of Horrors and Tome of Beasts, from Kobold Press are my top 2 5E books for In Episodes 28 and 29 The flail snail makes as many flail tentacle attacks as it has flail tentacles, all Serket is the Egyptian Goddess of the Scorpion Bludgeoning Bludgeoning. Repeated practice has fixed the spell in the caster's mind and infused the caster with the magic needed to produce the effect over and over. You have the correct calculation as cantrips are 0-level spells per the PHB:Ī cantrip is a spell that can be cast at will, without using a spell slot and without being prepared in advance. The damage is zero, but the effect might not be stack of flail snail shell fragments 1,000 gp Pouch containing ten 100 gp pearls 5,000 gp 250 lb.

If I am understanding this correctly, that would mean an attack cantrip would only have a 33% chance of a negative effect on a miss, and on a roll of 5 or 6 do zero damage regardless since cantrips are treated as 0-level spells. 50 gp Domesticated giant lizard (pack animal) 50 gp Hooded, untrained axe beak on a rope leash 500 gp 500 gp diamond 500 gp 25 lb. Each creature within 30 feet of the snail must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 1d6 force damage per level of the spell on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The snail’s shell converts some of the spell’s energy into a burst of destructive force. If the spell targets only the snail, it has no effect on the snail and is reflected back at the caster, using the spell slot level, spell save DC, attack bonus, and spellcasting ability of the caster.ĥ–6. If the spell affects an area or has multiple targets, it fails and has no effect. If the snail succeeds on its saving throw against a spell or a spell attack misses it, an additional effect might occur, as determined by rolling a d6:ġ–2. The snail has advantage on saving throws against spells, and any creature making a spell attack against the snail has disadvantage on the attack roll. The relevant passage, quoted from the flail snail's statblock (emphasis mine):Īntimagic Shell. The way I am understanding this, only on a roll of 1 or 2 would the spell do anything other than miss. The Warlock missed their attack, and as such the DM rolled for the Flail Snail's random effect. Or perhaps some sort of oil.My party encountered a Flail Snail in our adventures, and the Warlock in the party had no real combat ability versus said snail other than the Eldritch Blast cantrip. The Flail Snails Mail creates homebrew content for dnd5e with colorful art for characters and magical items that are unique to specific classes and subclasses. Perhaps instead of silvering a weapon you can use shell dust to make a weapon with rainbow sheen. Their shells average eight feet high at the crown and are masses of.

Maybe if it's ground really finely it can be made into lenses, or a sort of stained glass. Flail snails are silicon-based gastropods distantly related to ordinary garden snails. It loses one tentacle whenever it takes 10 or more damage in one go, but it can regrow tentacles (in 1d4 days) as long as they aren’t all destroyed. Rare magical dyes, potions reagents, pocket glitter, etc. In 5th Edition, the snail always has five flail tentacles and 5 hit dice (52 hit points). I like the idea of grinding it up for more unusual uses. The powder is also a material component of the ritual that enchants the robe The shell is ground and added to the dye while the garment is being fashioned. A flail snail shell can also be used to make a robe of scintillating colors. When the shield's magic fades, it leaves behind an exotic shield that is the perfect item from which to make a spellguard shield. each shield gives its wielder the snaWs Antimagic Shell trait. A skilled armorer can make three shields from one shell. Many hunters seek the shell for its antimagic properties. There are rules in Volo's for this which give some good ideas:Ī flail snail shell, which weighs about 250 pounds, has numerous uses.
