Incite Greed: Look at my Shiny Thing
Usable By: Cleric, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Spell Level: 3
School: Enchantment
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Components: V, S, M (a gem worth at least 50 gp)
When you cast this spell, you present the gem used as the material component and choose any number of creatures within range that can see you. Each target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by you until the spell ends, or until you or your companions do anything harmful to it. While charmed in this way, a creature can do nothing but use its movement to approach you in a safe manner. While an affected creature is within 5 feel of you, it cannot move, but simply stares greedily at the gem you present.
At the end of each of its turns, an affected target can make a Wisdom saving throw. If it succeeds, this effect ends for that target.
Review by Sam West, Twitter:@CrierKobold
Ho, boy, is this a powerful save or die. Fear offers you an area of effect frightened condition; that’s pretty great for a 3rd level slot. Incite Greed offers you an area of effect charmed condition that functionally incapacitates whatever fails the save until you or your buddies bring harm to it, friends be damned.
Unlike a lot of other similar charm effects, Incite Greed doesn’t even offer the affected creatures advantage on the save if you’re actively trying to kill them. You can Incite Greed on a band of gnolls, and pick them off one by one while the others stare aimlessly into your gem. This can easily buy you a few rounds of free attacks, and can simultaneously incapacitate huge groups of creatures you get to choose.
I keep reading this over and over looking for the usual measures taken against mass enchantments, but nope. It only stops if the creature passes a save at the end of each of its turns, or until it specifically is harmed. This can lock down however many creatures of whatever size and CR you can get within 30 feet of you. That’s YUCKY good.
If you want to control a battlefield and incapacitate a whole host of monsters at once, Incite Greed can give you exactly what you’re looking for. It can be a great roleplay option for commanding a room, starting bar fights, or just getting some useful info from some tavern goers, as it's still giving you the charmed condition on top of restricting their actions majorly. Incite Greed may be the best spell from Acquisitions Inc; you should try it out if you get the opportunity.
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