You pull together wisps of magical energy and sculpt them into beasts. Choose a Small or Tiny beast of challenge rating 1/4 or lower, and eight creatures of that type appear immediately in unoccupied spaces around you. If you choose a beast with a flying speed, you summon six creatures instead. Each beast is considered fey and disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.

The summoned beasts are friendly to you and your companions. In combat, the beasts share your initiative count, but take their turns immediately after yours. The beasts obey any verbal commands that you issue to them (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any commands to them, they move as a group and take the Dodge action.

If you command the beasts to attack, choose a target for each beast to attack within its reach, making a single melee spell attack for each target. On a hit, the target takes 1d4 bludgeoning or piercing damage (your choice), plus 1d4 extra damage for each additional beast attacking it. You have advantage on the attack roll if three or more beasts attack the same target, and you add your spellcasting ability modifier to the damage dealt if six or more beasts attack the same target.