Groan (cantrip) - Revision history

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	'''Groan''' is a [[Cantrip\|cantrip]] that generates an array of sounds that give the impression of some sort of misery, echoing the plight of someone in their final moments or an unseen figure that's wounded or dying of some sort of malady. The listener experiences a sense of foreboding, for the groans are so intense as to be disconcerting.		'''Groan''' is a [[Cantrip\|cantrip]] that generates an array of sounds that give the impression of some sort of misery, echoing the plight of someone in their final moments or an unseen figure that's wounded or dying of some sort of malady. The listener experiences a sense of foreboding, for the groans are so intense as to be disconcerting.

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-'''Groan''' is a cantrip that generates an array of sounds that give the impression of some sort of misery, echoing the plight of someone in their final moments or an unseen figure that's wounded or dying of some sort of malady.  The listener experiences a sense of foreboding, for the groans are so intense as to be disconcerting.
+'''Groan''' is a [[Cantrip|cantrip]] that generates an array of sounds that give the impression of some sort of misery, echoing the plight of someone in their final moments or an unseen figure that's wounded or dying of some sort of malady.  The listener experiences a sense of foreboding, for the groans are so intense as to be disconcerting.
 {{Spelltable
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 | casting time = 2 [[Action Points|action points]]
 | save = negates
-| level = [[Cantrip|cantrip]]
+| level = cantrip
 }}
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 Though unable to articulate clear speech, the cantrip allows the voice to produce a muffled sound much like a name that's repetitively called out.  Those who fail a [[Saving Throws|saving throw against magic]] are inclined to investigate — and when doing so are subject to a -1 penalty against their [[Initiative|initiative]] rolls.
-The cantrip can be used as a signal for others.
+The cantrip can be used as a signal, alerting others to the presence of something unsettling or to an impending danger, acting as a crude form of alarm.  It could also enhance the environment in haunted settings or worry unwanted interlopers.
 == Effect on Animals ==

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-While the cantrip cannot provide audible speech, an option allows a vague, incomprensibly sounding name being called out, over and over.
+The cantrip can be used as a signal for others.
-This specific effect needn't be employed by the caster.  The unpleasant sound of the groan can also entice [[Animal|animals]] of 1 to 2 [[Intelligence (ability stat)|intelligence]] to move 10 ft., or two [[Combat Hex|combat hexes]], from the point where the sound emanates after the cantrip is [[Spellcasting|discharged]].
 See [[Haunting Sound Cantrips]]
-[[Category: Don't Review until 2023]]
+[[Category: Cantrips]][[Category: Reviewed]]

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-'''Groan''' produces various sounds that may be interpreted as a creature in pain.  This gives the sense of a general groan, a person dying or a wounded figure that can't be seen.
+'''Groan''' is a cantrip that generates an array of sounds that give the impression of some sort of misery, echoing the plight of someone in their final moments or an unseen figure that's wounded or dying of some sort of malady.  The listener experiences a sense of foreboding, for the groans are so intense as to be disconcerting.
 {{Spelltable

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 {{Spelltable
 | name = Groan
-| range = 10 ft.
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 | duration = 1 round
 | area of effect = animals within a 30 ft. circle; or<br>up to 1 creature
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 | level = [[Cantrip|cantrip]]
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-The sound is unpleasant and will cause animals of 1 intelligence to move 10 ft. away from the caster if they fail to save against magic.
+The cantrip produces various sounds that may be interpreted as a creature in pain.  This may feel like a general groan, as a person dying in pain, or it may be more acute, as a figure wounded on a battlefield.  While the cantrip cannot produce audible speech, it can make a sound that will give the impression of a name being called out, over and over — though this specific effect need not be employed by the caster.
 See [[Haunting Sound Cantrips]]