Manna and Quail

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Additional Bible5e spell option. Apply the current spellcasting and condition rules unless this spell states an exception.

Manna and Quail

1st-level conjuration

"I will rain down bread from heaven."
Exodus 16:4

Casting Time: Magic action

Range: 30 feet

Components: V

Duration: Instantaneous

You offer a prayer to the heavens, and suddenly the ground is covered in a flaky white substance called "manna" at a point you choose within range. The manna has a familiar texture that you cannot quite place, and tastes of wafers made with wild honey. A creature that eats the manna gains 1d6 temporary hit points and enough nourishment for 1 day, regardless of how much eaten. This spell provides enough manna to nourish 6 creatures.

Manna cannot be stored overnight, and spoils the following day at dawn, becoming filled with worms and giving off a foul-smelling odor.

If this spell is cast in the moonlight, the manna instead takes the form of spectral quail that cover the ground. The effects of eating the quail are the same as eating the manna.