Acquihire

6th-level Procurement & Resourcing

Casting Time: 1 action, contingent on a successful Headcount Approval check for the entire acquired team at once
Range/Area: Unlimited; one rival organization you can identify as a competitor, and every employee of a single team within it
Components: V, S, M (an acquisition agreement, consumed; a retention bonus per acquired employee, not consumed)
Duration: Instantaneous
Classes: CEO, CFO, Board

Choose one team within a rival organization. Each employee of that team must succeed on a Tenure saving throw or Convert into your organization’s employees at the start of the next pay period — exactly as Poach, but resolved simultaneously for the whole team rather than as individual castings. You are not required to retain, use, or even name the product the team was building; only the people.

A Bus Factor already in effect on any departing creature triggers normally against the rival organization, in addition to any damage dealt by this spell directly.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, you may additionally acquire the underlying intellectual property the team was working on, though this component costs a separate, considerably larger sum not reflected above.

Flavor: “We’re thrilled to welcome this incredibly talented team to our organization. We won’t be continuing their previous product, but we’re excited about what they’ll build here.” — acquisition announcement, six months before the product is shut down and half the team has already left