Level Up (A5E) acolyte squad casting sleep

[Jacob Vardy]

I might be late to the party on this, and i didn't see anything with a quick search, but a squad casting 'sleep' is really powerful. Assuming five times the damage counts for the sleep spell, that's 100 (20d10) hitpoints. And it is not concentration, so that squad can cast the spell three times.

The humble looking acolytes in the background start singing in chorus, and suddenly you are feeling very sleepy.

A fun little surprise for the players but really good if they are facing someone who doesn't want to kill the PCs.

For me at least, the squad template has been a gift that just keeps giving. Thank you.

 

[W'rkncacnter]

I might be late to the party on this, and i didn't see anything with a quick search, but a squad casting 'sleep' is really powerful. Assuming five times the damage counts for the sleep spell, that's 100 (20d10) hitpoints. And it is not concentration, so that squad can cast the spell three times.



A fun little surprise for the players but really good if they are facing someone who doesn't want to kill the PCs.

For me at least, the squad template has been a gift that just keeps giving. Thank you.

i don't think that works raw (it's not damage)...but i'd roll with it. that's wild.

i never even CONSIDERED making spellcasting squads. which is crazy, because i've considered making airships that fly via multiple casters concentrating on a rare fly spell to make it float. that's a whole other REALM of squad possibilities.

 

[Morrus]

The sleep spell doesn’t do damage.

 

[SkidAce]

The sleep spell doesn’t do damage.

"I think" they were suggesting adding the average hp affected by sleep (20 ish) by the number of acolytes in the squad (5?) to get a combined hp total for sleep of 100.

Still not how it works, but interesting.

 

[Morrus]

"I think" they were suggesting adding the average hp affected by sleep (20 ish) by the number of acolytes in the squad (5?) to get a combined hp total for sleep of 100.

Still not how it works, but interesting.

Correct, that’s not how it works.