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Ghostwheel
June 6th, 2022, 03:23
I have a FGU license for Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. One of my players has the Summon Fey spell. The spell text states:


"When you cast the spell, choose a mood. Fuming, Mirthful, or Tricksy. The creature resembles a fey creature of your choice marked by the chosen mood, which determines one of the traits in its stat block."

I do not see the bonus actions in the templates for the Fuming, Mirthful, or Tricksy Fey. I can find what the stat block changes/bonus actions are supposed to be from a web search on non-FG page, but it should be included in the book content from my license, right? I'm assuming it is there but I'm not looking in the right place. Do others know where to find the bonus action text?
(i.e. Fuming. The fey has advantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of this turn.
Mirthful. The fey can force one creature it can see within 10 feet of it to make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. Unless the save succeeds, the target is charmed by you and the fey for 1 minute or until the target takes any damage.
Tricksy. The fey can fill a 5-foot cube within 5 feet of it with magical darkness, which lasts until the end of its next turn.)

I've added this to copies of templates I made, but I think it should be added to the licensed product.

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thanks,
Ghostwheel

Zacchaeus
June 6th, 2022, 10:24
The templates for the Fey are all in the DM module for Tasha and as you can see from the attached image they include the special thing that each of them do.

Ghostwheel
June 6th, 2022, 13:32
Thanks! I see it now.
Because those are specifically described as bonus actions in the spell text and because the phrase "bonus actions" is hanging off of the end of the Shortsword text, for some reason my brain would not allow me to read those descriptions!

Thanks for explicitly pointing it out for me. I am dumb... :(

I would still suggest that the phrase "Bonus Actions" be removed from the end of the Shortsword text and the mood-specific bonus actions (fey step and the applicable mood-related bonus action text) be moved to the (presently empty) Bonus Actions section for each of the three mood templates.

Thanks again and thanks for considering the improvement.

Ghostwheel

Zacchaeus
June 6th, 2022, 14:48
Ah, I see the Bonus Action in the text above now; yes that should not be there and should be in the next line; I'll fix that. The section for Bonus Actions was only recently added to the ruleset and long after Tasha was created - and because of the way Tasha was created I can't actually add it in the Bonus Action section. But I will fix the current problem.