Symbiotic Entity

Symbiotic Entity is a Circle of the Spores druid class action. Instead of transforming into a beast, these druids can spend a  Wild Shape Charge to enter  Symbiotic Entity form. In this form, they gain temporary hit points and deal additional ⁠Necrotic damage with weapon or unarmed attacks and  Halo of Spores. It is lost when the temporary hit points are depleted.

Description

Gain  4 temporary hit points per Druid level and deal an additional 1d6⁠⁠Necrotic damage with weapon or unarmed attacks while you have them. Cast  Halo of Spores with double damage.

Symbiotic Entity ends early if you use  Wild Shape.
Can only have temporary hit points from one source.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  Wild Shape Charge

Details

 Range: Self

Duration: Until long rest

At higher levels

At level 10,  Spreading Spores can be cast while in this form.

Technical details

UID

Shout_SymbioticEntity

Condition: Symbiotic Entity

 Symbiotic Entity

Duration: Until long rest

• Affected entity has gained 4 Temporary Hit Points per Druid level, its melee weapon or unarmed attacks deal an additional 1d6⁠⁠Necrotic damage, and it deals double damage with  Halo of Spores. ^{[See: Bugs]}
• Ends early if the entity uses  Wild Shape.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 2: Circle of the Spores

Notes

• Symbiotic Entity does not count as being wild shaped for the purposes of  Wild Strike, so it does not grant extra attacks in this form.
• While active, other sources of temporary hit points (such as  Vital Conduit Boots) replenish missing Symbiotic Entity hit points, but cannot exceed its cap.
•  Shapeshifter's Boon Ring is not triggered by Symbiotic Entity, and thus does not provide the bonus to ability checks.

Bugs

• Despite the tooltip warning, the condition which grants the temporary hit points does not use the "TEMPORARY_HP" StackId and thus may be active on a character in addition to other sources of temporary hit points. In this case, the character will receive the temporary hit points from the highest source, while any lower sources will be used to replenish any lost temporary hit points from the highest source.
• Despite the tooltip saying this ability only affects melee weapon attacks, it affects ranged weapon attacks as well.

Related items

• Armour of the Sporekeeper - Grants additional actions usable only while in Symbiotic Entity form.