The Dark Arts Player's Companion
Danse Macabre (HB) (D)
8-level Necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range/Area: 90 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
(Hemomancy)
This spell dominates the minds and bodies of humanoids,
consuming them in a frenzy of death and destruction. As you cast
the spell, you must expend a number of hit points. Roll 14d8 and
add double the number of hit points expended to the roll; the total
is how many hit points of creatures this spell can affect.
Humanoids within 30 feet of a point you choose within range are
affected in ascending order of their current hit points (ignoring
unconscious creatures).
Starting with the creature that has the lowest current hit points,
each creature affected by this spell is under your control until the
spell ends. Subtract each creature’s hit points from the total
before moving on to the creature with the next lowest hit points.
A creature’s hit points must be equal to or less than the remaining
total for that creature to be affected. Creatures immune to being
charmed aren’t affected by this spell.
On each of your turns, you can issue commands to the
creatures under your control, directing them where to move and
attack. If a creature doesn’t receive orders from you, they attack
the closest creature to them. If a creature hasn’t made an attack by
the end of their turn, the spell ends for them.
If you maintain your concentration on this spell for its whole
duration, each creature that is still under the spell’s effect when
the spell ends dies.
Available for: Sorcerer, Wizard