Call Woodland Beings is a 4th level priest spell only usable by druid and shaman classes. It will summon forth a spellcasting nymph to aid the spell caster.
Description[]
| “ | This spell summons forth a nymph to assist the party. The nymph has several priest spells at her disposal and will use them in the best interests of the party (these include Mental Domination, Confusion, and Mass Cure). She will remain under the caster's control until slain or the spell's duration expires. | ” |
Gameplay[]
The caster designates a spot on an area map where the summoned nymph will appear, using the targeting cursor to select the point of entry.
The spell casting sequence takes several seconds and includes a special 3D graphic "gate" from which the woodland being - the Nymph, appears on the map.
This nymph is a controlled creature and is subject to the game's rules and restrictions for summoned creatures, including how may be allowed by the party on any given area map at one time.
A nymph can't interact with objects, containers, open or close doors, or clear the fog of war - it also can't transition with the party to a different area map.
A nymph will disappear from the area map when the spell duration expires, and if killed will leave a corpse behind.
A Death Spell will destroy this creature, as will exposure to a Death Fog.
This creature is best utilized by managing its actions, directing what it does, which spells to cast, what to target, and where to move.
If left to its own internal AI script, the nymph will perform very basic actions and might not cast the desired spells or do what the player expects.
The summoned nymph can attempt to cast the following spells which are cast as a level 5 priest:
Notes[]
If the nymph has not been ordered to do anything, she will sometimes take the initiative and cast a Barkskin on herself, which doesn't expend the one cast of this spell she has available.
The nymph has very low HP and a poor Armor Class, making its main advantage is the creature's multiple spell casting availability.
Although classified as a level 5 priest spellcaster, some of the nymph's spells are stronger than they appear because they're coded with minimums based on when a priest (druid, cleric, etc.) can access them. For example, the description of the priest Confusion spell states that it lasts for 1 round/2 levels, so a caster of level 5 should (in theory) only get 2 rounds, but it actually lasts for 7 rounds (as it's normally only available to a divine caster of level 14 and upwards).
This spell is flagged as "Hostile", but that might be an error. Either way, it won't cause hostility if cast nearby innocent/neutral creatures.
The nymph's combat statistics, which differ from its normal creature version, are shown below.
| Creature | Ability Scores |
Combat Stats |
Special | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nymph | STR | 9 | HD | 5 |
Saving throws: D13 / W15 / P14 / B16 / S16 Resistances: None Immunities: None | |
| DEX | 17 | HP | 24 | |||
| CON | 9 | THAC0 | 15 | |||
| INT | 9 | AC | 9 | |||
| WIS | 16 | APR | 1½ | |||
| CHA | 25 | 1d6 (Crushing) | ||||
Trivia[]
The Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition Call Woodland Beings spell has some noticeable differences from the rather simplistic implementation of video game version.
In the PnP ruleset, this spell is only usable outdoors, which isn't the case in the game's version. Additionally, the spell can potentially call one or more brownies, centaurs, pixies, dryads, sprites, treant or unicorn creatures - although this is limited by the type of woodland the caster is in - the spell is not a certain supplier of called beings and may be unfulfilled.
For further reading, see the External links.
Gallery[]
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Mod content[]
This section is about unofficial content that is only available via fan-made mods.
Installation of the Spell Revisions Mod provides a new version of this spell as follows:
Call Woodland Beings
Level: 4
School: Conjuration
Sphere: Animal
Range: Medium
Duration: 3 turns
Casting Time: 1 round
Area of Effect: Special
Saving Throw: None
| “ | By means of this spell, the caster calls a number of magical woodland beings. The type and number of creatures that appear depend upon the level of the druid casting the spell. | ” |
1-7th: 1 hamadryad
9th: 2 hamadryads
11th: 2 hamadryads, 1 nymph
The summoned beings will aid the caster by whatever means they possess, staying until the spell duration expires.
Hamadryad (4 Hit Dice):
STR 10, DEX 18, CON 12, INT 14, WIS 14, CHA 18; AL Neutral
HP 32, AC 3, THAC0 14, Saving Throws 12/16/12/14/16
2 Attacks Per Round, 1d6+1 missile (Short Bow & arrows +1)
Special Qualities:
Magic Resistance 75%
Memorized Spells:
1st Level: Cure Light Wounds (x2), Entangle (x2), Shillelagh, Doom
2nd Level: Barkskin, Charm Person or Animal (x2), Resist Elements, Slow Poison
Nymph (7 Hit Dice):
STR 10, DEX 17, CON 12, INT 16, WIS 17, CHA 19; AL Neutral Good
HP 42, AC 3, THAC0 15, Saving Throws 12/10/12/14/10
1 Attack Per Round, 1d4 Crushing (Touch +0)
Special Qualities:
Magic Resistance 50%
Memorized Spells:
1st Level: Cure Light Wounds (x2), Entangle (x2), Shillelagh, Doom
2nd Level: Barkskin, Charm Person or Animal (x2), Resist Elements, Slow Poison
3rd Level: Call Lightning, Hold Person or Animal, Summon Insects
4the Level: Animal Summoning IV
External links[]
- Call Woodland Beings on the Icewind Dale Wiki, a wiki for the first Icewind Dale game.
- Call Woodland Beings on the Forgotten Realms Wiki, a wiki for the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Forgotten Realms.
- Advanced D&D 2nd Edition Wiki - Call Woodland Beings (Priest Spell)