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| school3e      = [[Transmutation]]
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| refs3e        = <ref name="PHB3.5-199">{{Cite book/Player's Handbook v.3.5|199}}</ref>
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| refs1e        = <ref name="PHB1e-51">{{Cite book/Players Handbook|51}}</ref>
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'''''Animate objects''''' (also seen as '''''animate object''''') was a [[transmutation]] or [[alteration]] spell that allowed the caster to temporarily bring to life one or more inanimate objects to attack a designated target.<ref name="PH5e-207-211,212" /><ref name="PHB3.5-199" /><ref name="PHB2e-209" /><ref name="PHB2eR-287" /><ref name="PHB1e-51" />

==Effects==
This spell could [[Animated object|animate objects]] made of any non-magical material such as [[ceramic]], fabric, [[glass]], [[leather]], metal, or wood.<ref name="PHB3.5-199" /><ref name="PHB2e-209" /><ref name="PHB2eR-287" /><ref name="PHB1e-51" /><ref name="PH5e-212">{{Cite book/Player's Handbook 5th edition|212}}</ref> For the older transmutation version of this spell, the number of objects a caster could animate depended on how experienced he or she was.<ref name="PHB3.5-199" /> For the newer version, it was limited to a maximum of ten small objects.<ref name="PH5e-212" />  Regardless of version, as the objects grow larger in size, fewer can be animated.  For example, ten candlesticks versus five chairs.
[[File:Animate objects php5e revised.png|thumb|left|A brazier enchanted with animate objects]]
For the alteration versions this spell, the focus was on volume rather than on quantity, the size of the volume also dependent on the caster's experience.<ref name="PHB2e-209" /><ref name="PHB2eR-287" /><ref name="PHB1e-51" />

The duration of ''animate objects'' also varied based on the caster's experience, and the objects immediately attacked a target designated by the caster. The movement rate, attack method, and possible damage depended on the form of the objects and their weight.<ref group="note">The spell descriptions for the alteration varieties of ''animate objects'' give various examples of movement rates of objects. A wooden statue with distinguishable legs would move considerably faster than the stone pedestal it was resting on, for example. The v.3.5 transmutation spell description directs the reader to the ''[[Monster Manual 3.5|Monster Manual]]'' for statistics of [[animated object]]s.</ref> Depending on the school, objects being carried or worn by person or creature were either difficult<ref name="PHB2e-209" /><ref name="PHB2eR-287" /><ref name="PHB1e-51" /> or impossible<ref name="PHB3.5-199" /><ref name="PH5e-212" /> to animate.

==Components==
Only [[verbal]] and [[somatic]] components were required to cast this spell.<ref name="PHB3.5-199" /><ref name="PHB2e-209" /><ref name="PHB2eR-287" /><ref name="PHB1e-51" />

==History==
In the month of [[Eleasis]], of the {{YearlinkName|1371}}, [[Chief Prelate]] [[Relarn Dayspring|Dayspring]] of the [[Clerical Circle]] of [[Ravens Bluff]] declared it illegal for priests to cast ''animate objects'' within city limits due to a raging unnatural storm at the time called the [[Soulstorm]], threatening arrest for those that broke this decree.<ref name="trump2-8">{{Cite trumpeter/2-8|2}}</ref>{{LCRB}}

==Appendix==
===Notes===
{{Notes}}
===Gallery===
<gallery>
Animated crockery.png|''A set of animated crockery marching.''
</gallery>
===Appearances===
{{Appearances
|adventures = ''[[Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage]]'';''[[Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden]]'';{{Anthapp|Candlekeep Mysteries|Kandlekeep Dekonstruktion}}
|video games = ''[[Dungeons & Dragons Online]]'' ([[Dungeons & Dragons Online/A Study in Sable|''A Study in Sable'']])
|card games = ''[[Dragonfire]]''
|organized play = ''[[The Vampire of Skullport]]''
}}
===References===
{{Refs}}
[[Category:Transmutation spells]]
[[Category:Alteration spells]]
[[Category:Bard spells]]
[[Category:Artificer spells]]
[[Category:Cleric spells]]
[[Category:Mystic spells]]
[[Category:Shaman spells]]
[[Category:Sorcerer spells]]
[[Category:Wizard spells]]