Level
1st
Casting Time
1 Action
Range/Area
Touch
Components
V, S, M *
Duration
Concentration
10 Minutes
School
Divination
Attack/Save
None
Damage/Effect
Buff (...)
You establish a telepathic link with one beast you touch that is friendly to you or charmed by you. The spell fails if the beast’s Intelligence is 4 or higher. Until the spell ends, the link is active while you and the beast are within line of sight of each other. Through the link, the beast can understand your telepathic messages to it, and it can telepathically communicate simple emotions and concepts back to you. While the link is active, the beast gains advantage on attack rolls against any creature within 5 feet of you that you can see.
* - (a bit of fur wrapped in a cloth)
wow
Yes?
Cannot be used by the UA Beastmaster's Primal Spirit companion, due to it having an INT of 8.
This is likely on purpose, but is a bit of a sore spot for those of us wanting to give our companions an extra bit of oomph.
(On the other hand, it frees us from taking yet another concentration spell up in our rather limited spellcasting repertoire...)
Can this spell be used to make a creature attack for you, and if so would it take an action like an animal companion
no, it says that the beast retains its personality and alignment. That would imply that you cannot use this spell in order to change the affliliation of an NPC
No, attacking requires your action to direct it. Rough, huh?
Cannot be used by the thasa Beastmaster's Primal Spirit companion, due to it having an INT of 8.?
This is likely on purpose, but is a bit of a sore spot for those of us wanting to give our companions an extra bit of oomph.
(On the other hand, it frees us from taking yet another concentration spell up in our rather limited spellcasting repertoire...)
This is too niche of a spell. Concentration is a very valued resource on druids and rangers so its rarely going to be worth it to use this. Especially with the intelligence requirement.
No one tell my friend about this spell
How do you calculate the beast's intelligence?
A game of poker anyone?
I believe the beast’s intelligence would be available in its stat block
Noice