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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.
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| name = Groan
 
| name = Groan
 
| range = 20 ft.
 
| range = 20 ft.
| duration = 1 round
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| duration = 1 [[Combat Round|round]]
 
| area of effect = animals within a 30 ft. circle; or<br>up to 1 creature
 
| area of effect = animals within a 30 ft. circle; or<br>up to 1 creature
 
| casting time = 2 [[Action Points|action points]]
 
| casting time = 2 [[Action Points|action points]]
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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.
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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.
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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]].
  
The cantrip can be used to cause others to investigate the sound, which they will do if they fail a [[Saving Throws|saving throw against magic]].  Otherwise, the unpleasant sound of the grown can be used to force [[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 [[Spellcasting|discharged]].
 
  
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See [[Haunting Sound Cantrips]]
  
See [[Haunting Sound Cantrips]]
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[[Category: Don't Review until 2023]]

Revision as of 20:55, 11 May 2022

Groan (cantrip).jpg

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
Range 20 ft.
Duration 1 round
Area of Effect animals within a 30 ft. circle; or
up to 1 creature
Casting Time 2 action points
Saving Throw negates
Level cantrip

While the cantrip cannot provide audible speech, an option allows a vague, incomprensibly sounding name being called out, over and over. This specific effect needn't be employed by the caster. The unpleasant sound of the groan can also entice animals of 1 to 2 intelligence to move 10 ft., or two combat hexes, from the point where the sound emanates after the cantrip is discharged.


See Haunting Sound Cantrips