These spells may solely take a Bonus Motion to solid, however they typically ship a complete Motion’s value of outcomes.
In D&D, spells are most likely essentially the most highly effective factor you may often do. Everytime you hear about some form of absolute BS, be it dealing lots of of factors of harm in a single spherical or determining methods to go quick sufficient to interrupt the sound barrier, spells are often concerned.
And among the finest spells don’t even take your entire motion. You should utilize only a Bonus Motion to, for example, ensnare somebody and set them up for a full spherical of assaults (or no matter else you may need to use your Motion for). Bonus Motion spells, like these, ship simply glorious feels.
Divine Favor
Divine Favor received a critical glow up within the re-creation. It’s, in some ways, the right gish spell as a result of it solely takes a bonus motion to solid and doesn’t even take up your focus. So you may nonetheless make these cool assaults together with your cool sword whereas additionally utilizing magic to reinforce the injury of each assault.
For a primary degree spell, you’ll get a d4 bonus injury on each assault. That may add up actual fast when you’re making no less than two assaults each Motion (which you’ll nonetheless have free), and since your focus is free, you may buff up with one thing like a conjure minor elementals or the like for much more.
Greedy Vine
Hey, Greedy Vine is a kind of underrated spells you don’t hear an excessive amount of about. And I feel it’s as a result of it’s a 4th degree spell that may draw comparability to the likes of Starvation of Hadar and Evard’s Black Tentacles. However Druids and Rangers don’t get these spells. As a substitute they get Greedy Vine.
Greedy vine is completely different – for one, its a Bonus Motion spell, which is vastly vital. As a result of by itself, the spell solely assaults one creature as an alternative of an space like the opposite spells talked about. However, the Greedy Vine offers fairly good injury, 4d8 if it hits, and it pulls a goal as much as 30 toes in direction of the vine, after which provides it the grappled Situation if the creature is HUge or Smaller. That means, it will probably lock down a single enemy just about for the entire battle.
You’ll be able to repeat the assault as a Bonus Motion, and dealing 4d8 with a Bonus Motion is sweet by itself. However 4d8 plus a grapple? All for a Bonus Motion? That may actually change the course of a battle, particularly since your Druid or Ranger can nonetheless make all their regular assaults or wild form and hold concentrating on it. It’s a surprisingly efficient Bonus Motion pressure multiplier.
Mass Therapeutic Phrase
Speaking of spells that really feel like they provide you a complete Motion’s value of outcomes for a single Bonus Motion, Mass Therapeutic Phrase is such a good way to take the sting out of the DM’s actually good flip. It’s a souped up Therapeutic Phrase that does 2d4 + Spell Modifier therapeutic, nevertheless it additionally results as much as six creatures of your alternative.
For a single bonus motion, you may give your entire social gathering some a lot wanted therapeutic. And also you’ll nonetheless have your flip to drop a cantrip, solid a spell with out a slot, make an assault, or dodge or sprint or no matter else you may need to do with that Motion.
Draconic Transformation
Draconic Transformation, out of Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons, is an incredible powerup spell. Particularly contemplating that it’s solely a Bonus Motion to solid. You can begin reaping its advantages the flip you solid it.
When you solid the spell, you roar with draconic may and acquire Blindsight out to 30 toes, incorporeal wings that offer you a fly pace of 60 toes, and a Breath Weapon which you’ll exhale as you solid the spell, and in addition as a Bonus Motion on subsequent turns (for the following minute). Creatures caught in your breath weapon have t save or take 6d8 Drive Injury. And once more, as a Bonus Motion
Blade of Catastrophe
Lastly, there’s the Black Blade of Catastrophe. It is a ninth degree spell. However what a doozy. With it, you summon a “blade-shaped planar rift” that completely annhiliates no matter it cleaves into. As a part of the Bonus Motion that you just use to solid the promote, you make two melee spell assaults that every deal 4d12 Drive Injury. The blade of catastrophe additionally scores a crit on a pure 18 or greater – and when it crits, it does 12d12 injury as an alternative.
And, as you may think, you may repeat the 2 assaults—for one Bonus Motion—on subsequent turns. That means you may ship this magical planar rift/cuisinart flying into the lich’s minions and nonetheless hold casting vital spells each spherical. Or cube up the lich, as a result of nearly nothing resists Drive Injury. And doling out wherever from 4d12 to a possible 24d12 as a Bonus Motion is critical enterprise.
Blissful adventuring!
