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Contents
Credits:........................................................................ 2 License........................................................................ 2 5e SRD Content......................................................... 2 Creative Commons Usage......................................... 2 Other Licenses........................................................... 2 Forward....................................................................... 3 Occultist ..................................................................... 6 Tradition of the Witch....................................................9 Tradition of the Oracle................................................ 18 Tradition of the Shaman............................................ 23 Tradition of the Voidwatcher .................................... 26 Tradition of the Spiritualist....................................... 28 Occultist Rites.............................................................. 31 Occultist Spell List...................................................... 34 Spellblade................................................................. 36 Battlemage.................................................................... 40 Aether Blade................................................................. 41 Guardian........................................................................ 43 Swiftblade..................................................................... 44 Mage Hunter................................................................. 45 Spellshot........................................................................ 46 Rimeblade..................................................................... 47 Flying Sword................................................................ 48 Spellfist.......................................................................... 49 Spellblade Aegis.......................................................... 50 Spellblade Spell List................................................... 53 Warden ..................................................................... 54 Elemental Soul............................................................. 58 Beasthide....................................................................... 60 Elderheart..................................................................... 61 Stoneblood.................................................................... 63 Sunwatcher................................................................... 64 Ironbound...................................................................... 66 Dreadwing .................................................................... 68 Timetwister................................................................... 69 Astral Guardian............................................................ 71 Bone Binder.................................................................. 73 Primal Manifestations................................................ 75 Warlord..................................................................... 78 Commander’s Presence............................................. 81 Chieftain’s Presence.................................................... 82 Noble’s Presence.......................................................... 83 Packleader’s Presence................................................ 85 Paragon’s Presence..................................................... 86 Tactician’s Presence.................................................... 87 Dancer’s Presence....................................................... 89 Dreadlord’s Presence................................................. 90 Barbarian.................................................................. 92 Path of the Bladestorm ............................................. 92 Path of the Dragon [Unedited].................................. 92 Path of Instinct............................................................. 93 Path of Mutation.......................................................... 94
Bard........................................................................... 95 College of Fools............................................................ 95 Cleric......................................................................... 96 Dream Domain............................................................. 96 Judgment Domain........................................................ 97 Martyr Domain............................................................. 98 Druid......................................................................... 99 Circle of the Aspects................................................... 99 Circle of the City........................................................ 100 Circle of Elements..................................................... 101 Circle of Roots............................................................ 103 Circle of the Wild....................................................... 104 Fighter.....................................................................107 Adventurer.................................................................. 107 Brawler........................................................................ 108 Champion.................................................................... 108 Crusader...................................................................... 109 Green Knight.............................................................. 110 Spiritsworn [Unedited]............................................. 112 Monk.......................................................................115 Way of the Elements [Unedited]............................. 115 Way of the Outcast..................................................... 117 Way of the Sword Saint............................................ 118 Paladin....................................................................120 Oath of Silence........................................................... 120 Psion.......................................................................121 Knowing Mind............................................................ 121 Ranger.....................................................................122 Bounty Hunter............................................................ 122 Rogue......................................................................123 Assassin....................................................................... 123 Divine Hand [Unedited]........................................... 124 Surgeon....................................................................... 125 Sorcerer..................................................................126 Fey Warped................................................................. 126 Fiendish Bloodline.................................................... 127 Phoenix Spark............................................................ 128 Sea Soul [Unedited].................................................. 130 Stoneheart................................................................... 131 Warlock...................................................................132 The Dragon [Unedited]............................................ 132 The Fey........................................................................ 133 The Knowledge Keeper............................................ 134 The Overseer.............................................................. 135 The Ooze..................................................................... 136 Wizard.....................................................................137 Astronomical Order.................................................. 138 Theurge........................................................................ 139 Feats........................................................................140 Athlete.......................................................................... 140 Body Guard................................................................. 140 Breaker........................................................................ 140 Brute............................................................................. 141 Charger........................................................................ 141
5 Destroyer..................................................................... 142 Durable........................................................................ 142 Grappler....................................................................... 142 Ruffian.......................................................................... 143 Striker.......................................................................... 143 Weapon Thrower....................................................... 143 Weapon Feats............................................................. 144 Axe Expert................................................................... 144 Bow Expert................................................................. 144 Dagger Expert............................................................ 144 Flail Expert................................................................. 144 Harpoon Expert......................................................... 144 Impact Expert............................................................. 144 Lance Master.............................................................. 144 Morning Star Expert................................................. 145 Stinger......................................................................... 145 Swordmaster.............................................................. 145 Natural Weapon Master........................................... 145 Pike Master................................................................. 145 Warhammer Expert.................................................. 145 War Pick Expert......................................................... 145 Whip Expert................................................................ 146 Whip Tricks................................................................. 146 Style Feats................................................................... 146 Versatile Weapon Master......................................... 146 Lightning Striker....................................................... 146 Mystic Path Feats...................................................... 146 Mystic Path Modifier................................................. 146 One With Wind........................................................... 146 Wind Strike................................................................. 146 Wind Affinity............................................................... 147 Wind Slash.................................................................. 147 Fire Dancer................................................................. 147 Ignition Art.................................................................. 147 Fire Affinity................................................................. 148 Earth Caller................................................................ 148 Earth Binder............................................................... 148 Stone Affinity.............................................................. 148 Water Affinity.............................................................. 149 Esoteric Arts............................................................... 149 Illusion Art.................................................................. 149 Void Art........................................................................ 149 Vanishing Trick........................................................... 150 Transformation Arts.................................................. 150 Titanic Form............................................................... 150 Thunderer................................................................... 150 Dragon Form.............................................................. 150 Dragon Breath Art..................................................... 151 Spells By Class.......................................................152 Bard.............................................................................. 152 Cleric............................................................................ 152 Druid............................................................................ 152 Inventor........................................................................ 152 Occultist....................................................................... 152
Paladin......................................................................... 153 Ranger.......................................................................... 153 Sorcerer....................................................................... 153 Warlock........................................................................ 154 Wizard.......................................................................... 154 Spells.......................................................................156 Psionics...................................................................214 Blood Magic............................................................218 Blood Cultist............................................................... 218 Witch Options............................................................. 221 Blood Forger............................................................... 223 Sanguine Sword........................................................ 225 The Bloodbound........................................................ 225 Blood Magic Spells................................................227 Battle System [Unedited]......................................234 Introduction................................................................ 234 System Overview....................................................... 234 Mechanics................................................................... 235 The Skirmish.............................................................. 236 Battle Cards................................................................ 238 Time for Battle........................................................... 239 Battle System Resources......................................... 240 Template General Forces......................................... 240 Template Elites.......................................................... 240 Battle Cards............................................................241 Basic Cards................................................................. 241 Siege Weapon Cards................................................. 241 Special Cards............................................................. 242 Leader Cards.............................................................. 243 Blaster Cards.............................................................. 243 Striker Cards.............................................................. 243 Brawler Cards............................................................ 244 Controller Cards........................................................ 244 Support Cards............................................................ 245 Defender Cards.......................................................... 245 Specialist Cards......................................................... 246 Villain Cards............................................................... 246 Example Armies....................................................246
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Occultist
Wisps of purple smoke and dancing shadows rise from the ritual as the young human woman with strange magical markings tattooed across her hands whispers words in a language long forgotten, calling forth ancient powers. The woods creak and bend, black wings beating as a raven alights on the outstretched hand of an ancient elf, her eyes as black as the raven’s. Soft words are spoken, and the elf nods in agreement. A young orc lets out a bellowing roar and flames burst into a form taller than an ogre, causing her enemies to flee. She holds up her spear and the flames pour from the roaring fire spirit to it, swirling about it, causing it to roar alight with searing magical flames. The mysterious halfling woman gives a knowing smile, her unseeing eyes focused on you. She knows what you’ve come for, and tosses a handful of incense into the fire; what it is she sees in there? Your fate? Your destiny? As she speaks, it is only in riddle. Occultists are those that follow the old ways, a path of ritual and wisdom long known yet oft forgotten. Rather than force magic to obey, they bind, twist, manipulate, and compromise with it. They follow ancient agreements and techniques to produce results that few fully understand, even those that use them, but they know it will work, for it always has.
Ancient Traditions Occultists are spellcasters following legacies that go far back. While they may or may not be directly tutored or influenced by another member of their tradition, their path to magic involves unearthing ancient secrets, old ways, and knowledge gleaned from spirits, ghosts, and elementals.
They often personify aspects of their magic in ways that other casters find odd, coaxing and manipulating magic forces by ancient laws and bargains. Occultists tread between the arcane and the divine, not necessarily worshiping any god, but treating gods and spirits alike with cautious respect for their domains, asking for what they take, and carefully giving thought to their actions. Each tradition that appears in the Occultist is an ancient legacy of magic, found deep within folklore and story. Every villager could tell you stories of Occultists and their traditions, and they are often
seen in this context. Though villagers and the superstitious might fear them and their magic, they may be more likely to turn to them than a Wizard, for at least an Occultist makes sense to them, even if they are scared by their powers.
Spiritual Magic A common thread of the magic wielded by the Occultist is the spiritual connection of it; the demidivine nature of magic that taps into the weave of magic oft through the intermediaries of the power of gods, spirits, elementals, and more. Frequently an Occultist may call upon their magic through the mediums of spirits quite directly, even having names for the spirits it calls about to bring about certain magical effects; the verbal component of an Occultist’s spell might be the spirit they call upon to work the effect they wish, an invocation of their ancient bargain, or words in a language that binds or persuades.
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The Occultist Level
Proficiency Bonus
Spells Known
1st
1st
+2
Spell Casting, Occult Tradition
—
3
3
2
—
— — — — — — —
2nd
+2
Occult Rites
2
3
4
3
—
— — — — — — —
3rd
+2
Occult Tradition Feature
2
3
5
4
2
— — — — — — —
4th
+2
Ability Score Improvement
2
4
6
4
3
— — — — — — —
5th
+3
—
3
4
7
4
3
2
— — — — — —
6th
+3
Occult Tradition Feature
3
4
8
4
3
3
— — — — — —
7th
+3
—
4
4
9
4
3
3
1
— — — — —
8th
+3
Ability Score Improvement
4
4
10
4
3
3
2
— — — — —
9th
+4
—
5
4
11
4
3
3
3
1
— — — —
10th
+4
Traditional Expertise
5
5
12
4
3
3
3
2
— — — —
11th
+4
—
5
5
13
4
3
3
3
2
1
— — —
12th
+4
Ability Score Improvement
6
5
14
4
3
3
3
2
1
— — —
13th
+5
—
6
5
15
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
— —
14th
+5
Occult Tradition Feature
6
5
16
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
— —
15th
+5
—
7
5
17
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
—
16th
+5
Ability Score Improvement
7
5
18
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
—
17th
+6
—
7
5
19
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
18th
+6
—
8
5
20
4
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
19th
+6
Ability Score Improvement
8
5
20
4
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
20th
+6
The Old Ways
8
5
20
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
Features
Occult Cantrips Rites Known
Creating an Occultist When creating an Occultist, the most important decision will be what Tradition you follow. Each Tradition of an Occultist is distinct with divergent flavor and calling upon a different aspect of folklore.
Quick Build You can make an Occultist quickly by following these suggestions. First, Wisdom should be your highest ability score, followed by Constitution or Dexterity. Second, choose the hermit background. Third, choose the chill touch, guidance, and poison spray cantrips, along with the 1st-level spells burning hands, cure wounds, and hideous laughter.
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Class Features Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d6 per Occultist level Hit Points at 1st: Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) + your Constitution modifier per Occultist level after 1st
Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor Weapons: Daggers, quarterstaffs, light crossbows Tools: Herbalism kit Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma Skills: Choose two from Animal Handling, Arcana, Deception, History, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, Religion, Sleight of Hand, Stealth, Survival
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You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background: (a) a quarterstaff, (b) a dagger, or (c) one simple weapon (if proficient). (a) a component pouch or (b) an occult fetish (a) a scholar’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack (a) leather armor, or (b) scale mail, (if proficient) An herbalism kit.
Spellcasting As a practitioner of occult magic, you have inherited and developed techniques to manipulate reality through mediums of rituals, spirits, elements, and more. See Spells Rules for the general rules of spellcasting and the Spells Listing for the Occultist spell list.
Cantrips
At 1st level, you know three cantrips of your choice from the Occultist spell list. You learn additional Occultist cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Occultist table.
Spell Slots
The Occultist table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your Occultist spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest. For example, if you know the 1st-level spell witchbolt and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast witchbolt using either slot.
Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher
You know four 1st-level spells of your choice from the Occultist spell list. The Spells Known column of the Occultist table shows when you learn more Occultist spells of your choice. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots, as shown on the table. For instance, when you reach 3rd level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level. Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the Occultist spells you know and replace it with another spell from the Occultist spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots.
Spellcasting Ability
Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your Occultist spells. Your magic comes from a practitioner’s knowledge of tradition, ritual, and the way things work learned through experience, care, and cunning. You use your Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving throw DC for an Occultist spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one. Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier. Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier.
Ritual Casting
You can cast any Occultist spell you know as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag.
Spellcasting Focus
You can use an occult fetish as a spellcasting focus for your Occultist spells.
Occult Fetish
Similar to a holy symbol or an arcane focus, an occult fetish is a magical focus, but one that functions for the Occultist. It can be almost anything, though usually has a somewhat macabre bent, such as a skull decorated with feathers or pendant decorated with teeth and runes. You can buy or make one for 10 gp, and it typically weighs about 1 lb.
Occult Tradition Choose an occult tradition, shaping your the techniques, features, and rites available to you from the following: Witch, Hedge Mage, Oracle, or Shaman. Your choice grants you features at 1st level, 3rd level, 6th level, and 14th level.
Occult Rites As you delve into your Tradition of occult magic, you find deviations and branches to explore that help you specialize and perfect your craft in the way that best suits you. At 2nd Level, you gain two occult rites of your choice. Your occult rites options are detailed at the end of the occult tradition description for tradition specific Rites, and at the end of the class description for general rites. You can select from either your tradition or class list.. When you gain certain
9 Occultist levels, you gain additional occult rites of your choice. Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the occult rites you know and replace it with another occult rite that you could learn at that level. A level prerequisite in an occult rite refers to Occultist level, not character level.
Class & Subclass Rites
Each occult tradition has specific rites that only they can select, and for each tradition, these are added to the pool of rites with the class rites you can select. You can select from either list when you are selecting a new rite.
Ability Score Improvement When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.
Traditional Expertise Starting at 10th level, your passed down knowledge of tradition gives you expertise in a skill of your tradition; choose one of your skill proficiencies from among Animal Handling, Arcana, Medicine, Nature, Religion, or Survival. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses the chosen proficiency. If you do not have proficiency in any of the selected skills, you instead gain proficiency in one of your choice. Additionally, when you make a Wisdom ability check, you can draw upon your tradition and expend a spell slot to gain advantage on the check.
The Old Ways At 20th level, your mastery of ritual and tradition is extensive and unparalleled, you’ve unlocked ancient secrets and perfected techniques to master rituals completely. Any Occultist spell you know of 3rd level or lower becomes a ritual spell for you. When you cast a spell without the ritual tag as a ritual, it requires additional consumed material components worth 10 gold per level of the spell. Additionally, your mastery of rituals allows you to work them more quickly. A spell cast as a ritual only takes additional turns equal to the spell’s level to cast (for example, casting a 3rd level spell as a ritual would take four turns to cast, casting as your action or bonus action on the fourth turn). Spells with a casting time of a reaction cannot be cast as a ritual.
Tradition of the Witch A Witch can be many things, and most often refers to someone that villagers find scary and weird, but at the heart of every crazed story there’s a sliver of truth, and that truth is that Witches do indeed exist. Some may live openly as what they are, while others may be the last person the superstitious villagers might expect. Varied in their powers, designs, and traditions based on their Coven, generalizing about a Witch is challenging, but they are most often defined by the varied utilitarian magic, hexes that make crossing them unwise, and powerful intelligent familiars.
Witch’s Magic
When you select this tradition at first level you learn the spell find familiar, and when you summon a familiar with this spell, it acts on your initiative. Additionally, you can select two additional cantrips of your choice from the Occultist spell list.
Witches & Gender
While the term “witch” is often used to refer to a female spellcaster in contrast to a male “warlock,” the Warlock class is certainly available to any gender and the same is generally true for the Witch subclass. Various settings’ lore and mythos may make assumptions about gender for witches, but by their very nature PCs tend to be the exception to rules. This subclass is not limited to any particular gender.
Coven
Starting at 1st level, you select the Coven you belong to from among Black Coven, White Coven, and Green Coven. Based on which Coven you select, you gain access to additional spells and manifest different special powers. Spells gained from this feature are added to your spells known and count as Occultist spells for you, but do not count against the total number of spells you can know. While the Covens are often associated with Evil, Good, and Neutral respectively, you do not have to have a particular alignment to join a particular coven - it is merely your area of expertise and what traditions you know. While a Witch of the Black Coven specializes in inflicting pain, curses, and eventual agonizing death on those that cross them and a Witch of the White Coven focuses on binding and healing, the focus of a Witch of the Green Coven is the closest to the Witch’s roots in hag-like fey magic, drawing power from nature to baffle her foes and control her surroundings.
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Black Coven
Green Coven
Witch Level
Bonus Spells
Witch Level
Bonus Spells
1st
rotting curseK, hideous laughter
1st
rotting curseK, hideous laughter
3rd
blindness/deafness, darkness
3rd
blindness/deafness, darkness
5th
bestow curse, curse of doomK
5th
bestow curse, curse of doomK
7th
black tentacles, devour shadowK
7th
black tentacles, devour shadowK
9th
killing curseK, contagion
9th
killing curseK, contagion
White Coven
Familiar Bond
Witch Level
Bonus Spells
1st
binding curseK, healing word
3rd
calm emotions, hold person
5th
karmic curseK, mass healing word
7th
banishment, resilient sphere
9th
enfeebling curseK, dispel evil and good
At 3rd level, when you cast find familiar, your familiar gains an Intelligence, Wisdom and Charisma of 10, (Unless that respective score is already greater) and the ability to speak any languages you speak. When your familiar takes damage, you can choose to take that damage yourself instead, transferring all damage to you. Additionally, you can cast spells with a material component if you familiar can access the material component without holding it yourself (including curse spells that can acquire the material component by touching the target creature).
Black Coven
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As a reaction to a creature within 30 feet of your familiar hitting with an attack, you can have your familiar subtract 1d4 + half your Occultist level (rounded down) from the attack roll (no action required from the familiar). It can do this a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier, regaining all uses after you complete a long rest.
You can also confer these effects to another spell with a range longer than touch by making its range touch, or confer these effects as an action without casting a spell by touching a target (making a melee spell attack to do if the target is an unwilling creature). If you make the range of a curse spell touch, you no longer need the material component for the spell.
White Coven
Master of Curses
When you complete a long rest, your familiar gains temporary hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier + twice your Occultist level. While it has temporary hit points, as an action your familiar can teleport to a creature within 30 feet of it and grant that creature one or more of its temporary hit points. You can direct it to do this immediately using your reaction when a creature within 30 feet of it takes damage (no action required by the familiar).
Green Coven When you complete a long rest, your familiar gains a number of illusory duplicates equal to your Wisdom modifier (a minimum of one). These persist until destroyed by taking damage or you complete a long rest. The illusory duplicates cannot take any actions, but move and act like your familiar during your turn, staying within 30 feet of you or it. At the end of your familiar’s turn or when it takes damage, it can swap places with an illusory familiar (no action required by the familiar). If it does this as a result of taking damage, the illusory familiar is destroyed but the familiar takes no damage. Illusory duplicates are immune to damage while within 5 feet of you. Unless otherwise specified, illusory familiars occupy the Witch’s space and move with them.
Witch’s Touch
Starting at 6th level, whenever you cast a spell with a range of touch (including through your familiar), you can add one of the following modifiers to the spell: • It grants one affected target temporary hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier. Only one creature can have these temporary hit points at a time. • It deals additional damage equal to your Wisdom modifier to one affected creature. • It adds or subtracts 1d4 from the target’s next attack roll or saving throw before the start of your next turn.
Starting at 14th level, you no longer need the material component for curse spells (even when casting them at range). Additionally, casting 1st level Hex or Curse spell no longer interrupts or is interrupted by concentration of other spells, though this cannot let you concentrate on more than two spells at a time, with at least one being a 1st level Hex or Curse. If you lose concentration while you are doing this, concentration is lost on both spells.
Witch Specific Rites Animate Broom (Prerequisite: 12th level Witch) You infuse an object - traditionally a broom, but any vaguely broom-shaped object (like a staff, spear, or similar) can be used - with flying magic, turning it into a Broom of Flying (basic rules, pg. 156). If your broom is lost or destroyed, you can create a new one during 8 hours of work. If a previous broom still exists when you make a new one, it loses its magic upon the completion of the new one. Animate Hair As an action, you can expend a 1st level spell slot to cause your hair to lengthen, strengthen, and spring to life for 1 minute. When you use this feature and as an action on your subsequent turns while it is animated you can make melee spell attack with a range of 10 feet, dealing 1d8 bludgeoning damage on hit. This damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th Level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8). If you hit a Large or smaller creature with this attack, as a bonus action you can attempt to grapple the creature with your hair using your Wisdom modifier in place of your Strength modifier to initiate and maintain grapple. Your reach with touch spells is also increased to 10 feet while it is animated. A grappled creature can contest the grapple as normal, or deal 5 slashing, fire, or acid damage to the hair to free themselves. The hair has an AC of 12, and you take no damage when it is attacked.
12 Companion Coven As a ritual that takes 1 hour, you can form a coven bond with one willing creature. While both of you are conscious and within 120 feet of each other, you gain the ability to share spell slots up to a spell slot of your Witch level divided by four (rounded down), minimum of 1st level slots. While this bond is active, you can use your Spellcasting feature to cast using their spell slots (consuming them as normal), and they can use their Spellcasting feature (if they have one) to cast using your qualifying spell slots (consuming them as normal). Additionally, you know their location at all times while they are part of your coven and within 120 feet of you. You can only be bonded to one creature with this bond at a time. You can end this coven at any time. Curse Specialist All the curses and hexes from other covens are added to your Occultist spell list as options you can pick when learn new spells. You can select this rite, you can learn 1 curse or hex spell to learn that does not count against your spells known. Divine Presence (Prerequisite: White Coven) Your familiar is always under the effect of sanctuary. If it deals damage (such as channeling one of your spells), the effect is suppressed until the start of its next turn. Evil Eye You gain the ability to lay the most unsettling gaze upon a creature. As a reaction to a creature within 15 feet attacking you, you can unleash a terrifying glare at them (occuring after the attack completes). The target creature must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or become frightened of you until the end of your next turn. “Once a creature has succeeded on a save against this ability, they are immune to it for 24 hours. Additionally, you gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill. Familiar Swap If your familiar is within 60 feet of you, as an action, you can swap places with your familiar. If you cannot fit into the space where your familiar is, the ability fails and you take 1d6 force damage. Once you use this Rite, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.
Form of the Familiar You learn the form of familiarK spell, and gain the ability to cast it once without expending a spell slot as an action. You regain the ability to cast it in this way again after completing a short or long rest. You can also cast the spell using any spell slots you have. Light of the Moon You can channel to power of the moon, drawing its light following ancient traditions. You learn the spells faerie fire and moonbeam. When you cast either of this spells, allied creatures of your choice within the area of effect are not affected, and instead gain temporary hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier. Riding Familiar If you have a familiar without a flying speed, as an action you can make them become a creature one size larger than you (up to Large sized) for 8 hours. As an action, you can revert your familiar to its normal size. At 12th level, you can use this ability on a familiar with a flying speed. Once you use this rite, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again. Your familiar’s strength becomes 10 while enlarged, if it was not already higher. Skulking Familiar Any familiar summoned by you gains proficiency in the Stealth skill and its movement doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks. Witch’s Brew During a short or long rest, you can infuse a spell with a casting time of one action or bonus action into a concoction, expending the spell slot on completion of the rest. This spell can subsequently be cast by anyone carrying the potion by drinking the potion as an action, with the drinker as the target, acting as the caster of the spell, but using your spellcasting ability modifier. The potion remains potent until you complete a long rest and recharge the spell slot expended to create the potion. Witch’s Claws As an action, you can form nails form into wicked claws and you make a melee spell attack agack against a creature within 5 feet of you. On hit, the target takes 1d10 + your Wisdom modifier slashing damage. This damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th level (2d10), 11th level (3d10), and 17th level (4d10). At 6th level, you can apply your Witch’s
13 Touch feature when you hit with this attack (including potentially dealing your Wisdom modifier damage twice). Witch’s Hat You invest a hat (traditionally a floppy wide brimmed black witch’s hat) with some of your magic, turning it into a hat of disguise. If your hat is lost or destroyed, you can create a new one with 2 hours of work. If a previous hat still exists when you make a new one, it loses its magic upon the completion of the new one.
Witch Curses These are special spells gained through the Coven spell list.
Curse Spell Material Components
All curse spells require “something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes” as the material component. This can be satisfied by either by having that material, or being in range to touch the creature while casting the spell.
Upcasting curses
All curses with no upcasting trait gain the following upcasting text: At Higher Levels. If you use a 9th level spell slot, the spell lasts until it is dispelled and grants a duration that doesn’t require concentration.
Befuddling Curse
1st-level enchantment (curse) Classes: N/A Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You befuddle a creature’s mind, swapping the position of two things it can see that are of the same size and category (for example, two medium creatures or two gargantuan buildings). The target creature must make a Wisdom saving throw. On failure, it is unaware the two things have been swapped. Each time the creature interacts with, attacks, or is attacked by a swapped targets, it can repeat its saving throw against the effect.
Binding Curse
1st-level enchantment (curse) Classes: N/A Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You bind a creature creature to its current space, causing glowing chains to bind it that spot on the ground. For the duration of the spell, if the creature attempts to move away from that spot, it must make a Wisdom saving throw. On failure, it cannot further away from that spot until the start of its next turn. On success, it can move as normal until the start of its next turn. If the creature starts its turn more than 5 feet from the point, it is pulled 5 feet towards the space it is bound to at the start of each of its turns.
Curse of Misfortune
3rd-level enchantment (curse) Classes: N/A Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute. You curse a target creature, bringing bad luck. When you place this curse, pick a number from to 2-19. Whenever the target rolls the chosen number on an attack roll, saving throw, or ability check, that number is treated as 1. Additionally, once during the effect you can use your reaction when the target rolls an attack roll, saving throw, or ability check to force to reroll the d20 and use the lower roll. You regain the ability to do this each time the target rolls your chosen number.
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Curse of Doom
3rd-level enchantment (curse) Classes: N/A Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute. You curse a target creature, dooming it. The next attack roll that hits the target creature becomes a critical hit, after which the spell ends.
Critical Hit vs 20
Note that while this makes the attack a critical hit, it does not make it a natural 20, meaning effects like a Vorpal Sword would not be triggered.
Enfeebling Curse
5th-level enchantment (curse) Classes: N/A Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute. You curse a target creature, causing an overwhelming sense of powerlessness to wash over it. Any time the target creature attempts to attack, cast a spell that deals damage, or use an action that deals damage, it must make a Wisdom saving throw. On failure, they complete their action, but their action does no damage to any target.
Karmic Curse
3rd-level enchantment (curse) Classes: N/A Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute. You hex a target creature, placing a karmic binding on it. Once per turn when it damages another creature, it takes 3d6 psychic damage. If it damages you, the psychic damage it takes is increased by 1d6 (to 4d6).
Killing Curse
5th-level enchantment (curse) Classes: N/A Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You curse a target to die. The targets current and maximum hit points is reduced by 3d10 + 10. If this causes a creatures to have zero hit points, the creature dies. For the duration of the spell, the target cannot regain hit points unless from a magical effect cast by a spell slot of higher level than this spell slot this curse was cast with, and any death saving throw they roll is automatically considered a 1. At the start of a creatures turn while they are under the effect of this spell, they make a Charsima saving throw. On failure, their current and maximum hit points is reduced by 1d10 + 10. On a successful save, the spell ends. A creature’s maximum hit points are restored when it takes a long rest.
Rotting Curse
1st-level necromancy (curse) Classes: N/A Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You inflicting a rotting decay on a creature, causing it to to begin to rot. For the duration of the spell, every time the creature takes damage, it takes an additional 1d4 necrotic damage, and the effect of all healing on the creature is reduced by half. The target creature has disadvantage on any Charisma checks for social interaction during the effect of the spell.
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5th-level enchanment (curse) Classes: N/A Casting Time: 1 action. Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from each creature (such blood, hair, or scales) the spell is targeting, which the spell consumes.) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute. You cast a curse targeting two individuals. Both targets must make a Charisma saving throw (which they can choose to fail). If both targets fail their saving throws, for the duration of the spell their souls are swapped. A soul controls the body it inhabits. It gains any ability score or action the body had (besides legendary actions or legendary resistance), but
retains it’s own spell casting (if it has the spellcasting, innate or otherwise), and has disadvantage on all attack rolls and strength, dexterity, and constitution saving throws for 1d4 turns after swapping bodies. At the end of a swapped creatures turn, it can choose to repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on a successful save. It its CR (or character level if it has no CR) is higher than the body of the creature it is, it has advantage on the save. If a creature dies while while it’s soul is swapped, the souls return to their original bodies. If a soul was in a dying creature that returns to a living body, that creature takes 5d10 necrotic damage.Tradition of the
Hedge Mage This tradition is a loose collection of magic users that benefit from a wide array of traditions and practical knowledge to build up a collection of eccentric magical knowledge. Their methods are often frowned upon by those of more studied routes, but their practical skills cannot be denied, and their unique understanding of magic that they have developed with their own hands and minds should not be underestimated.
Practical Skills
You gain proficiency in your choice of one of the following skills: Animal Handling, Arcana, Medicine, Nature, or Survival. All cantrips from the Wizard and Druid are added to the Occultist spell list for, as well as thaumaturgy, and you learn 1 additional cantrip of your choice. When you learn a new cantrip, you can select from the above expanded list in addition to the Occultist list. You learn your magic through self-discovery, often encompassing trial and error. Not knowing what is supposed to be impossible or impractical, your magic develops unique aspects. You can modify spells you learn with the following feature.
The Way I Learned It When you learn a new spell, you can modify some of its properties representing your unique way of casting that spell. These changes permanently affect the spell for you, but when you swap out a spell when gaining a level in the class, you can instead modify these properties from a spell you know. You can learn the same spell multiple times with different selections (i.e. “ranged cure wounds”) You may apply any number of these properties when learning or modifying a spell.
16 • Damage Type. You can change any one of the following damage types into another: Acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. • Range. You can make a spell with a range of 10 feet or more instead have a range of Touch, or give a spell with a range of Touch a range of up 10 feet (if it was a melee spell attack, it becomes a ranged spell attack if the range is greater than Touch). • Components. You can exchange a verbal, somatic, or material component of a spell for another type of component the spell does not normally have. Material components with a cost cannot be replaced, but can be exchanged for a different material component of equal cost.
Customization and Power
The Way I Learned It feature provides fairly little power or mechanical difference, though with variability of damage type and range comes some power.
Casting Style
Additionally, your self-taught casting style has resulted in some practical advantages. Select one of the following casting styles: Reliable Casting. When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an Occultist cantrip, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. Habitual Casting. When you cast an Occultist cantrip that requires concentration, you can instead cause the effect to persist without concentration a number of rounds equal to your Occultist level (for example, as 1st level Occultist, it would end at the start of your next turn). You can end a spell persisting in this way early as an action. Tactical Casting. When you take the Ready action with an Occultist cantrip, it does not require concentration to keep the spell readied.
Personalized Path
At 3rd level, you gain one additional spell known and one additional occult rite known. This rite can come from the Hedge Mage rites or from the general Occultist rites. These do not count against your spells or rites known.
Improvised Ritual
Starting at 3rd level, you can cast a spell with the ritual tag without knowing that spell. When you do so, it takes the additional time as if casting it as a ritual,
but still consumes a spell slot. You can improvise spells of a level equal to one-third of your Occultist level (for example, a 3rd level Occultist can improvise 1st level rituals). Spells improvised this way can be from any spell list, but if it is not on the Occultist list, you must have the spell in a written form (such as a wizard’s spellbook or a scroll).
Stolen Techniques
At 6th level, you can learn one new 1st or 2nd level spell from the bard, cleric, druid, or wizard spell list. The spell becomes an Occultist spell for you, but does not count against your spells known. Additionally, you can delve into the rites of another tradition. You learn one additional occult rite that does not count against your rites known. This rite can be selected from any Occultist subclass or from the general Occultist rites, but cannot be a rite with a prerequisite.
Empowered Cantrips
Starting at 6th level, once per turn when you roll damage for an Occultist cantrip, you can add your Wisdom modifier to the damage dealt.
Cantrip Mastery
Starting at 14th level, you can cast an Occultist cantrip with a casting time of one action as a bonus action. When you cast a cantrip in this way, it is cast as if you are 1st level. Bonus Action Casting
This does not remove the restrictions around bonus action spells, meaning that when you do this, you cannot cast a leveled spell with your action, but can cast two cantrips. This works particularly well with non-scaling cantrips that do things beside damage, such as provide defenses or utility.
Hedge Mage Rites Hedge Magic (You can take this rite multiple times) You learn an additional cantrip from the Occultist list or from the expanded list provided by the Practical Skills feature. I Know That One! When you make a saving throw against a spell you know, or make a spellcasting ability check to use counterspell or dispel magic against a spell you know, you have advantage on the saving throw or
17 spellcasting ability check. Manipulate Magic (Prerequisite: 5th level Hedge Mage) You learn one Metamagic option of your choice from the sorcerer class. You can use this Metamagic option once, ignoring its sorcery point cost, up to a maximum of 3 points, and regaining the ability to use it again after completing a long rest. You can use it again by expending a spell slot of a level equal to the number of sorcery points the Metamagic would costs to use. Mass Cantrip When you cast an Occultist cantrip that targets one or more creatures, you can make the cantrip target a number additional creatures within range equal to your proficiency bonus. Once you use this rite in this way, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again. You can instead expend a spell slot to gain a similar effect, causing the cantrip to target a number of additional creatures equal to the level of spell slot spent. Mastered Basics (Prerequisite: 15th level Hedge Mage) When you cast an Occultist spell you know using a 1st level spell slot, it is cast as if you spent a 2nd level spell slot instead. Practice Makes Perfect You’ve cast a spell so many times it has become second nature. Select a 1st level Occultist spell you know. You can cast this spell without expending a spell slot a number of times equal to half your proficiency bonus (rounded up), regaining all uses when you complete a long rest. Practiced Reach When you use the Way I Learned It feature to add range, you can make the range of the spell up to 30 feet. Potent Cantrip (Prerequisite: 7th level Hedge Mage) Your damaging cantrips affect even creatures that avoid the brunt of the effect. When a creature succeeds on a saving throw against your cantrip, the creature takes half the cantrip’s damage (if any) but suffers no additional effect from the cantrip. Savant Focus (Prerequisite: 7th level Hedge Mage) You can focus all of your experience into using your most basic magic potently. As a bonus action you can enter a state of focused concentration, as if
concentrating on a spell. When you do so, you gain advantage on attack rolls made for cantrips for 1 minute, or until you end your concentration on this state of focus. Studious Mage (Prerequisite: 3rd level Hedge Mage, You can take this Rite multiple times) You can select spell from the Wizard or Druid spell list, but only of a spell level lower than the highest level spell level you can cast (for example, a 3rd level Occultist can select a 1st level Wizard or Druid spell). Simple Magic (Prerequisite: 5th level Hedge Mage) Even as you gain power, you are adept with using small bursts for simple magic. You can sacrifice a spell slot of 3rd level or higher to gain two 1st level spell slots. If the spell slot is 5th level or higher, you can gain two 2nd level spell slots. You cannot store more than twice your usual maximum number of any spell slot level this way. Utility Master (Prerequisite: 5th level Hedge Mage) When you cast utility cantrips that can lift weight, affect external elements, target an area on the ground, or cause minor instantaneous effects, you lift twice as much, target twice the area, or maintain an additional instantaneous effect.
The Way I Learned To Soulburn
Note that you can use Soulburn in conjunction with the elemental conversion of The Way I Learned It to convert spells to Necrotic.
18 Tradition of the Oracle An Oracle is an Occultist whose power comes to them from their connection to fate; bound and empowered Oracles carry some piece of divine mystery within them, tied to an aspect of destiny and fate. As their power grows they begin to understand this mystery with revelations, unlocking its secrets and the power they contain. An Oracle typically does not directly serve a god, rather they often are people whose fate has entangled them in the affairs of the gods. Oracles have great power, but their powers are not ones that mortals were meant to have, and consequently they are frequently burdened by their powers.
Divine Touch
At 1st level when you select this tradition, you have been touched by a divine revelation that has given you a gift of insight and a dramatic flair to deliver it - you learn the cantrips guidance and thaumaturgy. You learn the following spells at the following levels. These are Occultist spells for you. Occultist Level
Spells Learned
1st
identify
3rd
locate object
5th
clairvoyance
7th
locate creature
9th
legend lore
Mystery Unveiled
Additionally at 1st level, the touch of the divine inside of you has opened up new pathways of magic and understanding that most cannot comprehend - a connection to magic. Select one of the following mysteries: Mystery of Death, Mystery of Fire, Mystery of Life, Mystery of Souls, or Mystery of War. Spells learned from your Mystery are Occultist spells for you, but do not count against your spells known. Some oracles are burdened with too much power for their mortal body. Optionally you can select to be one of these by selecting the “Oracle’s Curse” feature, gaining an additional divine boon and curse. You can select an additional Mystery at 5th (two Mysteries) and again at 11th level (three Mysteries).
Mystery of Death Your understanding of the nature of death unlocks its secrets for you. You learn the following spells at the following levels. Occultist Level
Spells Learned
1st
false life
3rd
gentle repose
5th
witherK
7th
blight
9th
killing curseK
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Mystery of War
Oracle’s Curse Optional Feature
These are optional additions for an Oracle to select at 1st level. Blind. You are permanently blinded. You gain the Oracle’s Sight rite. It doesn’t count against your rites known. Frail. Frail. Your hit dice become d4s. Your hit points at level 1 become 4 + your Constitution modifier, and hit points at higher levels become 1d4 (3) + your Constitution modifier. Once per day when you complete a short rest, you can regain expended spell slots with a combined level equal to half your Oracle level (rounded up). Burned. (Requires Mystery of Fire) Your hands are scarred by terrible burns. You have disadvantage on weapon attack rolls and Sleight of Hand checks. You gain the Truth of Fire rite. It doesn’t count against your rites known. Forsworn. Visions of the future come easily to you, but sharing them becomes impossible. You are unable to reveal the results of your divination spells to others through any means. The casting time of divination spells that take 1 minute is reduced to 1 action for you.
Mystery of Fire Your understanding of the nature of fire unlocks its secrets for you. You learn the following spells at the following levels.
Your understanding of the nature of war unlocks its secrets for you. You gain proficiency with simple weapons, medium armor, and shields, and when you make a weapon attack, you can use your Wisdom modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls. Additionally, you learn the following spells at the following levels. Occultist Level
Spells Learned
1st
bless
3rd
iron wind strikeK
5th
whirling conflagrationK
7th
dimension cutterK
9th
flickering strikesK
Mystery of Souls Your understanding of the nature of souls unlocks their secrets for you. You learn the following spells at the following levels. Occultist Level
Spells Learned
1st
unseen servant
3rd
spiritual weapon
Occultist Level
Spells Learned
5th
spirit guardians
1st
burning hands
7th
guardian of faith
3rd
continual flame
9th
raise dead
5th
fireball
7th
fire shield
9th
pyroclastic lanceK
Mystery of Life Your understanding of the nature of life unlocks its secrets for you. You learn the following spells at the following levels.
Mystery of Light Your understanding of light illuminates the world in new ways. You learn the following spells at the following levels. Occultist Level
Spells Learned
1st
prismatic flashK
3rd
moonbeam
Occultist Level
Spells Learned
5th
daylight
1st
healing word
7th
greater invisibility
3rd
aid
9th
field of starsK
5th
mass healing word
7th
vital surgeK
9th
mass cure wounds
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Mystery of Darkness Your understanding of darkness unlocks the secrets shrouded from others. You learn the following spells at the following levels. Occultist Level
Spells Learned
1st
illusory pitK
3rd
darkness
5th
hungering voidK
7th
devour shadowK
9th
devouring darknessK
Revelations of Fate
You can expand on the powers granted by your Mysteries with special Occult Rites called Revelations. A Revelation is triggered when you cast a spell. You can trigger only one Revelation per spell cast.
Fate Reading
Starting at 3rd level, your connection to the flow of fate gives you the ability to read from it, tracing outcomes and glimpsing the unknowable future. When you are hit by an attack, you can use your reaction to add your Wisdom modifier to your AC until the start of your next turn (including against the triggering attack). You can do this a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses on a long rest. Additionally, you learn the spell augury and can cast it at will without expending spell slot.
Winding Paths of Fate
This does not negate the normal drawback of casting augury multiple times. As you delve further for more information, it becomes harder to read as the flow becomes more turbulent for your changes to it.
Enlightened Understanding
Starting at 6th level, whenever you activate a Revelation, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier. Additionally, you can trigger a Revelation when you cast a 1st level or higher spell that otherwise doesn’t fit its requirements (for example, triggering Revelation of Fire on a spell that doesn’t deal fire damage)
Master of Prophecy
Starting at 14th level, you can cast augury a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier per day before it starts having a chance to return random
answers. Additionally, when you divine the future with augury, you can issue a cryptic prophecy, with three specific points for rolls that may occur within the next 30 minutes. For each specific point you prophesize, if you specify only the type of roll (for example, an attack, a Strength (Athletics) check, or an initiative roll, etc), a d4 is reserved (example “someone will be particularly quick when rolling initiative”). If you specify a specific action and a specific person, a d6 is reserved (for example, “when the wizard Caius rolls for initiative, he will be unusually quick”). If you give it a specific unlikely condition, a d8 can be reserved at the discretion of the GM. A specific action or person can only have one prophesied event. If that prophesied event takes place (at the discretion of the GM it has occurred), the oracle can spend the reserved die and add it to the roll; if multiple events trigger the prophecy, the oracle can select which of them is affected by the reserved die.
Oracle Specific Rites Death Watcher (Prerequisite: 12th level Occultist) You can see the lines of fate, and detect when one of them is about to snap. When an ally that can see or hear you would drop to 0 hit points as a result of taking damage, as a reaction you can manipulate their fate with a cryptic warning, causing them to narrowly avoid their demise, instead dropping to 1 hit point. Once you use this Rite, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again. Divine Miracle You learn one cleric spell of your choice. The spell must be of a level you can cast, as shown on the Occultist table, or a cantrip. The chosen spell becomes an Occultist spell for you and does not count against your spells known. Divine Sight (Prerequisite: 15th level Occultist) If you have blindsight, you gain truesight with a range equal to your blindsight. Oracle’s Sight You gain blindsight with a range of 15 feet. When affected by the Blinded condition for more than a minute the range of this sight is doubled while under that effect.
21 Revelation of Darkness (Prerequisite: Mystery of Darkness) You understand that darkness is all encompassing, interrupted only by tenuous motes of light. When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher creates dim light, darkness, or that obscures you from the vision of one or more creatures, you can teleport to another point you can see that is in dim light or darkness within 30 feet as a bonus action. Revelation of Death (Prerequisite: Mystery of Death) You can manipulate negative energy. When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher that deals cold or necrotic damage, you can add your Wisdom modifier to one damage roll of that spell. Channeling the power of death in this way temporarily withers and weakens you, reducing your movement speed by 5 feet until the end of your next turn. If you use this while already weakened in this way, the duration is extended and the effect is cumulative. A spell can only trigger one Revelation. If multiple Revelations apply, choose one. Revelation of Fire (Prerequisite: Mystery of Fire) Your powers draw flames all around you. When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher that deals fire damage, you can shroud yourself in flames until the start of your next turn. You gain half cover and any creature that strikes you with a melee attack or ends their turn within 5 feet of you takes 1d6 fire damage. At the start of your next turn, you take 1 fire damage. A spell can only trigger one Revelation. If multiple Revelations apply, choose one. Revelation of Life (Prerequisite: Mystery of Life) Your powers are tied to the nature of life and its ever shifting balance. When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher that restores hit points or grants temporary hit points, you can heal a creature other than yourself within 30 feet for a number of hit points equal to your Occultist level. Your current hit points are reduced by half as many hit points as you restore with this feature. You can only use this ability on creatures that have vibrant life pulsing within them. This revelation does not work on undead, constructs, or creatures at zero hit points. A spell can only trigger one Revelation. If multiple Revelations apply, choose one. Revelation of Light (Prerequisite: Mystery of Light) You grasp that looking into the light blinds as surely as looking away from it. When you cast prismatic flash or a 1st level spell or higher spell that shreds 5 feet or more or bright light, as a bonus action you can
force one creature within 30 feet of the light to make a Dexterity saving throw, or become blinded until the start of your next turn. A creature is unaffected by this effect if it can’t see, if it relies on senses other than sight, such as blindsight, or if it can perceive illusions as false, as with truesight. Revelation of Souls (Prerequisite: Mystery of Souls) The souls of the departed are all around. When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher, you can conjure a medium sized benevolent or tormented spirit to an empty space you can see within 30 feet. The first creature to enter the spirit’s space or end their turn within the spirit’s space gains a number of hit points equal to 1d4 + the level of the spell if you summoned a benevolent spirit, or takes necrotic damage equal to 1d4 + the level of the spell if the spirit was a tormented one. A spell can only trigger one Revelation. If multiple Revelations apply, choose one. Revelation of War (Prerequisite: Mystery of War) Within war, you see the essence of perfect conflict. When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher on your turn, you can make a single melee weapon attack as bonus action. When you reach 6th level, you can trigger the Revelation of War when you cast an Occultist cantrip. Touch of Fire (Prerequisite: Mystery of Fire) You learn the cantrip burnK. Additionally, as a bonus action you can take 1 fire damage and can cause a weapon you are carrying to burst into flames for 1 minute or until you let go of it. For the duration, it sheds bright light for 10 feet and dim light for an additional 10 feet. Attacks made with the weapon while it burns deal an additional 1d6 fire damage. Truth of Darkness (Prerequisite: Mystery of Darkness) Darkness is home to those that live in it. Any darksight or blindsight you have is doubled in range, up to a maximum of 120 feet. If you have neither, you gain a darkvision of 30 feet, which is doubled by this feature to 60 feet. You can see normally in dim light and darkness. Truth of Death (Prerequisite: Mystery of Death) The march of death is inexorable. Necrotic damage you deal ignores resistance to Necrotic damage, and treats immunity as resistance, and leaves the touch of death on the target until the start of your next turn. While under the Touch of Death, any hit points the target regains is halved (rounded down).
22 Truth of Fire (Prerequisite: Mystery of Fire) Everything burns. When you roll fire damage, you can reroll any number of fire damage dice. You must use the new rolls. If you reroll all the dice of the damage roll, the damage bypasses any fire resistance a target has. For each die rerolled, you take 1 fire damage which can’t be reduced in any way. Truth of Life (Prerequisite: Mystery of Life) The breath of life is shared by all creatures. When a creature dies within 60 feet of you, you can use your reaction to transfer some of that dispersing life force to another creature within 60 feet of you (including yourself). The target creature gains hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier, or the maximum hit points of the creature (whichever was lower). Truth of Light (Prerequisite: Mystery of Light) The light reveals all. Magical bright light you create reveals invisible creatures, any attempt to hide within it is made with disadvantage, and grants advantage on saving throws and ability against illusions. You can end these effects for the duration of that bright light on a source of bright light as a bonus action. Truth of Souls (Prerequisite: Mystery of Souls) You are one with the souls. You have advantage on Constitution saving throws to maintain concentration on spells granted by the Mystery of Souls. Truth of War (Prerequisite: Revelation of War, 5th level Occultist) There are many paths to victory. When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher on your turn, the next time you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack before the end of your turn, you can force them to make a Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC, or suffer from a condition based on the level of spell slot cast (you can select the condition of a lower level effect instead of you choose) until the start of your next turn. The type of saves and conditions are listed on the table below. Spell Level
Condition
Save
1st
Prone
Strength
2nd
Poisoned
Constitution
3rd
Frightened
Wisdom
4th
Blinded
Constitution
5th
Restrained
Strength
6th+
Stunned
Constitution
Twin Revelation (Prerequisite: 9th level Occultist) When you cast a spell that invokes a Revelation, you can invoke two different Revelations at the same time. Halo of Mystery (Prerequisite: 15th level Occultist) When you roll initiative or as a bonus action at any time, you can invoke the power of a mystery you know, causing its power to swirl around you forming a halo. This halo lasts until you invoke another Mystery this way, or dismiss it as a bonus action. It’s effect depends on the Mystery Invoked. • Darkness. You shrouded in darkness and difficult to make out. You have half cover against attacks and considered to in dim light regardless of the surrounding light. • Death. You gain resistance to necrotic damage. If you are reduced to 0 hit points, you can make a Wisdom saving throw with a DC of 10 + the damage taken to be reduced to 1 hit point instead on success. • Fire. You shed bright light in a 5 foot radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet. You gain resistance to fire damage, and immunity to the fire damage of your own spells. • Life. When you restore hit points to another creature, they gain temporary hit points equal half the hit points restored. • Light. You shed bright light in a 20 foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet (this light interacts with Truth of Light if you have that Rite). You gain resistance to radiant damage. • Souls. You become ghostly and translucent, gaining a flying speed of 20 feet and cast pass through objects less than a foot thick, as well as through creatures, and ignore all difficult terrain. • War. When you take damage, you can subtract your Wisdom modifier from the damage taken (reducing it to a minimum of 1).
23 Tradition of the Shaman A shaman is an Occultist that walks the paths of the spirits, binding them to their cause to empower themselves or bring havoc to their foes. Tough and powerful, they are most often found in the thick of the fight, wreathed in their primal power. A shaman may view themselves as in service to their spirits or as served by the spirits; the what and the how of their contract can vary wildly, as can the source of their spirits, be it pulling from ancestral or primal powers.
Spiritual Warrior
When you select this subclass, you gain proficiency in simple weapons, medium armor and shields. You can add your Wisdom modifier in place of your Dexterity modifier for calculating the AC of light or medium armor. Additionally, your hit point maximum increases by 1 and increases by 1 again whenever you gain a level in this class.
Call Spirit
Starting at 1st level, as a bonus action you can call a spirit to your side. This can be a primal spirit of fire, cold, or lightning, or an ancestral spirit with radiant or necrotic power. This bond lasts for 10 minutes once formed. You can release a spirit early as an action, and it is immediately released if you call another spirit. While a spirit is bonded to you, your melee weapon attacks deal an additional 1d4 damage of the spirit’s type. When you call it or as a bonus action while it is bonded, you can manifest the spirit in a space you can see within 30 feet of you. The spirit is medium sized but spectral in nature while manifested. While the spirit is manifested, whenever you take the attack action you may replace any number of attacks you could normally take with melee spell attacks from your bonded spirit. On a hit, this melee spell attack deals 1d4 + your Wisdom modifier damage of the spirit’s type. As a bonus action you can move it up to 30 feet in any direction or recall it to yourself, ending its manifestation. A manifested spirit cannot move more than 60 feet from you, and is recalled to you if you are ever more than 60 feet from it.
Empowered Spirits
Starting at 3rd level, when you call a spirit, you can expend a spell slot to empower that spirit. An
empowered spirit adds additional damage to your weapon and deals additional manifested damage based on the level of the spell slot expended, its damage becomes the amount shown in the Empowered Spirits table. While the spirit is called and not manifested, at the start of each of your turns, you gain temporary hit points equal to the level of the spell slot spent to empower it. Slot
Weapon Damage
Manifested Damage
Temporary Hit Points
1st
1d6
2d4
1
2nd
1d8
2d6
2
3rd
1d10
2d6
3
4th
1d12
2d8
4
5th
1d12
2d8
5
24 Extra Attack
Beginning at 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. If you have a manifested spirit, you can replace one or both attacks with the spirit’s melee spell attack.
Spiritual Empowerment
Starting at 14th level, when you cast a spell of 1st level or higher, you can make a single weapon attack as a bonus action. If you have a manifested spirit, you can attack with it in place of making a weapon attack.
Shaman Specific Rites Avatar of the Elements (Prerequisite: 11th level Shaman) You learn the form of fireK, form of iceK, and form of stoneK spells. These are Occultist spells for you. When you cast one of these spells, you can choose to shorten the duration of the spell to 1 minute. When you do so, the spell does not require concentration. Dance of the Spirits (Prerequisite: 5th-level Occultist) When you cast spirit guardians, you can choose the spell’s damage type from among cold, fire, lightning, necrotic, and radiant, regardless of your alignment. Additionally, you have advantage on Constitution saves to maintain concentration on spirit guardians and other spell that conjures a spirits. Detonate Spirit As an action you can detonate a manifested spirit, causing it to erupt in a flare of power. All creatures within 10 feet of the spirit must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes damage equal to twice the spirit’s manifested damage on a failed saving throw, or half as much damage on a successful one if the spirit was empowered with a spell slot. The spirit is immediately released and disappears. Elemental Weapons (Prerequisite: fists of fire or ice weapon cantrip) You can cast fists of fire or ice weapon when you roll initiative (no action required). When you create a weapon with fists of fire or ice weapon, the damage die of the weapon is increased by one size (for example, from a d6 to a d8). Energized Weapon (Prerequisite: 3rd level Occultist) You gain the ability to infuse your weapon with the power granted to you by the spirits. While you have an empowered spirit bonded, as a bonus action you
can pour all of its energy into your weapon (recalling it if it is manifested). The next attack with that weapon adds twice the additional damage from the spirit, but the bond immediately expires. Guidance of the Spirits (Prerequisite: 3rd level Occultist) When you expend a spell slot to empower a spirit with your Empowered Spirits feature, you can select a number of skills equal to the spell slot expended that the spirit is proficient in. While it is not manifested, you gain proficiency with these skills. If you expend a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you can exchange three skill proficiencies to gain expertise in one skill. Mistwalker You can see through heavy obscurement when the obscurement is caused by fog, mist, or smoke, natural or otherwise. While you are shrouded by fog, mist, or smoke, you have half cover. Enhanced Bond (Prerequisite: 7th level Occultist) When you are empowered by a spirit called by a 1st level spell slot or higher, you can add the level of the spell slot spent to your Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution saving throws. Primal Earth You harness the primal elemental powers of earth and stone, learning the following spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown on the table below. These are Occultist spells for you, but do not count against your spells known. Occultist Level
Spells Learned
1st
create pitK
3rd
earth rippleK
5th
seismic waveK
7th
orbital stonesK
9th
fissureK
Primal Fire You harness the primal elemental power of fire, learning the following spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown on the table below. These are Occultist spells for you, but do not count against your spells known.
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Spells Learned
1st
burning hands
3rd
scorching ray
5th
fireball
7th
wall of fire
9th
pyroclastic lanceK
Primal Ice You harness the primal elemental power of ice, learning the following spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown on the table below. These are Occultist spells for you, but do not count against your spells known. Occultist Level
Spells Learned
1st
arctic breathK
3rd
cold snapK
5th
sleet storm
7th
ice storm
9th
cone of cold
Primal Storm You harness the primal elemental powers of storm and lightning, learning the following spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown on the table below. These are Occultist spells for you, but do not count against your spells known. Occultist Level
Spells Learned
1st
thunderwave
3rd
gust of wind
5th
lightning bolt
7th
jumping joltK
9th
sky burstK
Radiate Power (Prerequisite: 15th-level Occultist) While you have a spirit bonded to you, as a bonus action you can cause it to emanate power, causing all creatures within 5 feet of you (or it if it is manifested at another location) to make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC. On failure, they take damage equal to the spirits manifested damage, or half as much on a successful save.
Rite of Prowess You can select one fighting style from Dueling,, Great Weapon Fighting, or Two-Weapon Fighting. Shaman’s Touch (Prerequisite: 7th-level Occultist) When you use your action to cast a cantrip with a range of touch, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action. Strength of Spirit (Prerequisite: 9th-level Occultist, A Strength ability score higher than your Wisdom ability score) You can increase your Wisdom ability score by 2, up to a maximum of 20. This cannot make your Wisdom ability score higher than your Strength ability score. Warding Power You learn the spell shield. It becomes an Occultist spell for you, but does not count against your spells known.
26 Tradition of the Voidwatcher Voidwatchers are those that have gazed into an infinite void - glimpsed a creature of unlimited power, a plane beyond comprehension, or truth beyond the veil. They forever have a fragment of what they have seen embedded into their eyes, branded onto their mind. While some creatures are driven entirely insane (or, perhaps more troubling, entirely sane), those that remain functional are those that can grasp and contextualize what they have seen, compartmentalizing and containing their fragment of madness within them. How a Voidwatcher processes the insignificance of reality influences their powers, though they all tend to develop a certain fatalistic streak having seen something on a scale beyond mortal comprehension.
Eye of the End
Starting at 1st level when you follow this tradition, you gain the ability to look into a creature’s fate and see their doom. As an action, you can look upon a creature within 30 feet that you can see through the perspective of the void, seeing glimpses of the many horrible ways they could suffer or die and gaining insight into their fears. You gain advantage on the first Charisma (Intimidation) check against that creature you make in the next minute, and you roll a d20 fate die. The next time the target creature makes a saving throw against one of your Occultist spells within the next minute, they use the result of the fate die instead of rolling a saving throw, forewarning you of the potential outcome of your spell. This negates any potential advantage or disadvantage they might have on the roll. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Eschatological Conclusion
Starting at 1st level, when you select this tradition and gain your powers through exposure to the void, you select how to embrace the end of existence, granting you a measure of resolve to continue, and granting you one of the following powers.
Conclusion of Annihilation You learn the acid splash and decaying touchK cantrips, and learn the following spells at the following levels. The spells are Occultist spells for you and do not count against your spells known.
Bonus Spells Occultist Level
Spells Learned
1st
melting globK
3rd
shatter
5th
hungering voidK
7th
pillar of fireK
9th
devouring darknessK
Conclusion of Madness You learn the message and minor illusion cantrips, and learn the following spells at the following levels. The spells are Occultist spells for you and do not count against your spells known.
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Bonus Spells Occultist Level
Spells Learned
1st
terrifying visionsK
3rd
see invisibility
5th
fear
7th
compulsion
9th
dominate person
Empowered Gaze
Starting at 6th level, the effects of your Void Gaze are empowered, and you add your Wisdom modifier to the damage or temporary hit points of the effect.
They Watch
Conclusion of Tranquility You learn the guidance and resistance cantrips, and learn the following spells at the following levels. The spells are Occultist spells for you and do not count against your spells known.
Bonus Spells Occultist Level
10 Wisdom saving throw. On failure, you become blinded until you complete a short or long rest. While blinded in this way, you have a blindsight of 10 feet. You regain all uses of the feature on a long rest.
Spells Learned
1st
sanctuary
3rd
calm emotions
5th
dispel magic
7th
death ward
9th
hold monster
Void Gaze
Starting at 3rd level, as a bonus action you can unveil the void’s reflection within your eyes for 1 minute. When you unleash this power and as a bonus action on each of your turns for 1 minute, you can direct this power at a creature within 60 feet, with an effect depending on your Eschatological Conclusion selection. • Conclusion of Annihilation. Make a ranged spell attack. On hit, the target takes 1d8 force damage. • Conclusion of Madness. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. On failure, the target takes 1d4 psychic damage and the first attack against them before the start of your next turn has advantage. • Conclusion of Tranquility. The target gains 1d8 temporary hit points. While this effect is active, you gain the ability to see through both natural and magical darkness as if it were bright light for a range of 60 feet, and are immune to the blinded condition. You can use this power a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier, but each time you use it again before completing a short rest you must make a DC
Starting at 14th level, when you use your Void Gaze ability, you can create up to three spectral eyes at points within 60 feet of you, each of which last for 1 minute or until you dismiss them as a bonus action. Each eye projects a 30 foot cone in a direction of your choice. You can see through these eyes into their cones of vision as if you were seeing from your own eyes. When a creature starts its turn or enters into the gaze of these spectral eyes for the first time on their turn, you can subject them to the effect of your Void Gaze. Once you use this feature, you cannot create spectral eyes in this way again until you complete a long rest.
Voidwatcher Rites Dance of the Mad Puppet (Prerequisite: Conclusion of Madness) When a target is compelled to move by an Occultist spell you cast, you can pick the direction the target moves, even if you would normally not be able to (for example, a spell that causes the target to run away from you can be used to make the target run in any direction). This does not change a target’s willingness to enter hazardous spaces. Doombringer (Prerequisite: 5th level Voidwatcher) When you roll a Fate Die for a creature using the Eye of the End, you can subtract your Wisdom modifier from the roll determining the result of their next save. Chaotic Thesis When you use your Void Gaze or They Watch feature, you can choose which effect you want, selecting any of the Eschatological Conclusion effects. You can select different effects for each eye for the They Watch feature. Piercing Gaze (Prerequisite: 15th level Voidwatcher) If a creature ends its turn within the cone of sight of one the eyes created by They Watch, it has
28 disadvantage on saving throws against your spells until the start of its next turn. Ending Spoilers (Prerequisite: 9th level Voidwatcher) You can use your Eye of the End feature as a bonus action. Serene Acceptance (Prerequisite: Conclusion of Tranquility) You remain calm and unperturbed by the chaos around you, as you wait calmly for the end of reality. You gain advantage on Constitution saving throws to maintain concentration on spells, and advantage on any ability check to maintain a calm state of mind, expression, or demeanor. True Voidsight (Prerequisite: 15th level Voidwatcher) You gain truesight for the duration of your Void Gaze. Touch of Annihilation (Prerequisite: Conclusion of Annihilation) Your Occultist spells that force the target to make a saving throw gain the ability to critical strike when the creature making the save rolls a 1. When the spell critical strikes, additional dice equal to half the spell’s damage dice (rounded up) are added to the damage roll. Tranquil Touch (Prerequisite: Conclusion of Tranquility) When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher on a creature, you can choose to end the charmed or frightened condition on that creature. Unflinching Gaze You no longer need to make a Wisdom save when you use Void Gaze to avoid becoming blind. Unmaking Eye When you use your Eye of the End feature, your next melee weapon attack against the target creature becomes a critical hit.
Spiritualist Occultists who delve into the mystical arts of spiritual health and ailments, Spiritualists are masters of indirect methods and mystic secrets, gleaned only from ancient methods and whispers from the beyond. Mysterious and often reclusive, they wield subtle powers to strengthen or debilitate.
Other Names for Spiritualist
Spiritualists are sometimes called Witch Doctors colloquially, but that name isn’t entirely accurate. Like all common use names, this can cause misunderstandings with more historical references, as well as simply seem too similar to another subclass name (the Tradition of the Witch).
Mystical Medicine
At 1st level when you select this tradition, you gain proficiency in the Medicine skill (Or another skill if you are already proficient), and gain advantage on ability checks to determine the nature of magical ailments, curses, hexes, bewitchments, or enchantments that affect a creature.
Malignant Possession
Starting at 1st level, when you hit a creature with an attack or it fails a saving throw against one of your spells, you can afflict them with a malignant spirit. This spirit haunts them for 1 minute, and while it persists any time the creature makes an attack roll, saving throw, or ability check, you can use your reaction to cause the spirit hindering them to bring them misfortune. Roll a d6 spirit die and subtract it from the result of their roll. You can do this after they roll, but before the outcome is determined. The spirit can be removed by effects that remove or prevent possession (such as protection from evil and good), or the target can attempt to rid itself of the spirit as an action, making a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC, removing the spirit and ending the effect on success). The size of the spirit die increases at 5th level (to a d8), 11th level (to a d10), and 17th level (to a d12). Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Spiritualist Spells
Additionally, as a Spiritualist, you learn the following spells at the following levels. These are Occultist spells for you.
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Occultist Level
Spells Learned
1st
spiritual consultationK, unseen servant
3rd
boil bloodK, lesser restoration
5th
cruel puppetryK, spirit guardians
7th
compulsion, suffocateK
9th
geas, commune
Totem Binding
Starting at 3rd level, as an action, you can create a totem of power at a point within 15 feet of you. You learn two totems when you gain this feature, and another totem at 5th level (3), 11th level (4), and 17th level (5). The following are the list of totems you can select:
• Agonizing Totem. Any creature of your choice that starts its turn within 10 feet of the totem or enters within 10 feet of it for the first time on their turn takes 1d6 necrotic damage. Any creature that damages the totem from within 10 feet of it takes 1d6 necrotic damage. • Binding Totem. Terrain within 10 feet of the totem is difficult terrain for creatures of your choice, and any creature attempting to teleport into or out of the radius must make a Charisma saving throw against your spell save DC, or the attempt fails. • Grappling Totem. When you create the totem, it attempts to bind a Large or smaller creature of your choice within 10 feet, forcing them to make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC. On failure, they are pulled to within 5 feet of the totem and grappled by it (escape DC equals your spell save DC). This totem cannot be made mobile by other effects or features. • Life Totem. When a creature starts its turn within 10 feet of the totem you can heal them with the totem for 1d6 hit points. The totem does this a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier, after which its power fades and it crumbles. • Sanctuary Totem. All creatures of your choice within 10 feet of the totem are under the effect of sanctuary. This effect is broken under the normal conditions of sanctuary and cannot be regained from a totem for 1 minute once lost. • Shrouding Totem. All creatures and objects (including the totem) within 10 feet of the totem are lightly obscured from creatures beyond 10 feet of the totem, and gain the benefits of half cover against ranged attack rolls originating from outside the Totem’s radius. • Soothing Totem. All creatures of your choice within 10 feet of the totem have advantage on saving throws against being Charmed or Frightened. • Warding Totem. All creatures of your choice within 10 feet of the totem gain resistance to all damage, but the totem takes damage equal to the damage taken by creatures that benefit from the resistance (which can destroy the totem, ending the effect). A totem is a Small sized object with an AC of 12 and hit points equal to your occultist level. If it is reduced to 0 hit points, it is destroyed and its effect ends. A creature cannot be affected by more than one of the same type of totem at the same time. A totem cannot be moved once placed. Totems can last a maximum of 1 minute, after which they lose power
30 and crumble away. You can place a number of totems equal to your Wisdom modifier, regaining all uses when you complete a long rest.
Totemic Technique
Additionally at 3rd level, you can select a technique to specialize in for using your totems, granting you a bonus to them. Select one of the following when you gain this feature: • Dancing Totems. Instead of placing your totems at a point, you can summon your totems as Tiny sized mobile objects that orbit you in your space and emit their effects from your space. The totems can still be targeted and destroyed individually. • Sturdy Totems. Your totems add your proficiency bonus to their AC and have hit points equal to twice your Occultist level. • Swift Totems. You can place a totem as a bonus action instead of an action.
Empowered Totems
Starting at 6th level, your totems that roll a die roll an additional die (for example 1d6 becomes 2d6). The number of dice increases against (to 3d6) to at 14th level.
Rotting Affliction
Additionally at 6th level, when you roll a spirit die for Malignant Possession to hinder the target, the target takes necrotic damage equal to the value rolled on the die.
Grand Spirit Totem
Starting at 14th level, as an action you can place a Medium sized grand totem on an empty space within 30 feet of you that attracts and binds a swarm of powerful malevolent spirits. It has the normal AC and hit points of your totems, but gains a number of temporary hit points equal to 5 times your Wisdom modifier. If you have the Dancing Totems specialization, you can choose to make it a tiny sized object that orbits you as other totems do instead. Any creature other than you that starts its turn or enters within 20 feet of the totem for the first time on their turn must make a Charisma saving throw. On failure, it is plagued by the spirits and subtracts your Malignant Possession die from all attack rolls, saving throws, or ability checks it makes for the full duration of the totem while within 20 feet of the totem. It is treated as if under the effect of Malignant Possession for rites and features that modify your Malignant Possession, but can take damage from Rotting
Affliction only once per turn. If a creature exits the range of the totem, it is no longer under the effect, but it automatically under the effect once more if it enters range of the totem (without getting to make another save). This effect only ends once the totem’s effect ends, or the totem is destroyed. The totem lasts for 1 minute, and can be dismissed early as a bonus action, after which it crumbles to dust. This totem does not consume a use of your Totem Binding feature, but once you invoke this totem, you cannot invoke it again until you complete a long rest.
Spiritualist Rites Chilling Possession Your Malignant Possession chills the target, reducing the movement speed of the target by 10 feet while under the effect. Contagious Possession (Prerequisite: 9th level Spiritualist) If a creature dies while under the effect of Malignant Possession, you can force another creature within 30 feet of it to make a Charisma saving throw. On failure, it becomes under the effect of Malignant Possession. You cannot use this feature if the creature died from the effects of Destructive Possession. Controlled Convulsion (Prerequisite: 5th level Spiritualist) When your Malignant Possession causes the attacker to miss the target with a melee attack, you can redirect the attack to another creature within range of the attack. The new attack makes a new attack roll. Destructive Possession As an action you can end the Malignant Possession of a creature by denoting the spirit within them, forcing them to make a Charisma saving throw. On failure, they take 2d8 necrotic damage, or half as much on a successful save. The damage increases by 2d8 for each point of proficiency bonus above 2. Expansive Totems (Prerequisite: 5th level) The area of effect on your totems that affect a 10 foot radius expands to 15 feet. Ghost Step (Prerequisite: 5th level Spiritualist) You learn the ghost step spell, and can cast it once without expending a spell slot. You regain the ability to cast it again without a spell slot when you complete a long rest.
31 Lethargic Possession When you use Malignant Possession, the spirit saps the target’s energy. They gain 1 level of exhaustion while the spirit haunts them. This level of exhaustion ends if the spirit stops haunting them. Restraining Totem (Prerequisite: Grappling Totem) Your Grappling Totem restrains creatures while they are grappled by it. Spirit Eye (Prerequisite: 9th level Spiritualist) You can cast arcane eye without expending a spell slot, with the eye taking the form of an invisible spirit. Once you cast it this way, you cannot cast it this way again until you complete a long rest. Spirit Wards You gain the effect of protection from evil and good against all incorporeal spirits and undead. Totem Master You regain one use of your Totem Binding feature when you complete a short rest. Totem Savant You learn an additional totem from your Totem Binding feature. Totem Teleport (Prerequisite: 5th level Spiritualist) As a bonus action, you can switch places with any of your totems within 60 feet (teleport to an empty space within 5 feet of it, and the totem teleporting it to a point adjacent to the space you teleported from). Twin Totems (Prerequisite: 18th level Spiritualist) When you use your Totem Binding feature you call forth two different totems at the same time with a single use of the feature.
Occultist Rites The following are Occult Rites that can be selected by any Occultist, regardless of subclass. Alchemical Rites You gain proficiency with alchemist’s supplies. During a long rest, you can use them to concoct an improvised potion of healing by spending 1 hour of the long rest to tend to its simmering. Due to its improvised nature, it expires in 24 hours, and has no value in gold pieces. During this process, you can expend a 5th level spell to brew a potion of greater healing instead. The expended spell slot is regained when the long rest is completed as normal.
Commune Beyond Death You learn the speak with dead spell, which counts as an Occultist spell for you, but does not count against your spells known. You can cast it without expending a spell slot. Once you cast it this way, you must finish a short or long rest before you can cast it this way again. Corrupt Item (Prerequisite: 5th level Occultist) You use a dark and secret rite to corrupt a nonmagical item, causing it to become a cursed magic item. While any creature other than you is in possession of this item, they are under the effect of bane. Select one of the following for the item’s magical property (the item must be of a type of item that could be the magical item selected): bag of tricks, brooch of shielding, goggles of night, lantern of revealing, or staff of the python (you can ignore attunement restrictions of this item). When you change rites, you can reselect this rite to destroy the item and create a new item. Emblazoned Focus You emblazon a mystical mark on yourself via a tattoo, scar, or similar permanent mark. You can use this mark as your spellcasting focus for your Occultist spells. You no longer need a free hand to cast spells with somatic or material components, as you can channel your magic through the mark, though it glows visibly when you do so. The mark must remain uncovered to function as a spellcasting focus (casting in this way does not remove the signs of casting a spell, it merely means you do not need a free hand). Expert of Tradition (Prerequisite: 10th level Occultist) Choose a skill you are proficient in from among Animal Handling, Arcana, Medicine, Nature, and Survival. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses the chosen proficiency. If you do not have proficiency in any of the selected skills, you instead gain proficiency in one of your choice. Forbidden Rites (Prerequisite: 5th level Occultist) You learn the spell animate dead. It is an Occultist spell for you and does not count against the number of Occultist spells you know. This spell cannot gain the ritual tag with Lost Ritual.
32 Lost Ritual You learn of a ritual lost to time. Select an Occultist spell you know of 5th level or lower. This spell gains the ritual tag. You can cast this spell as a ritual once, and must complete a short or long rest before casting it as a ritual again. Markings of Protections You mark yourself with magical symbols and patterns, protecting you from harm. While you are not wearing any armor, your AC becomes 11 + your Wisdom modifier. You can use a shield and still gain this benefit. Occult Magic (You can take this Rite multiple times) Your Occultist spells known increases by one. You can select this rite multiple times. Protective Ward You make a ward against supernatural harm. While you wear this charm, you can use it to cast protection from evil and good without expending a spell slot, material components, or requiring concentration, but the spell lasts a number of rounds equal to your Wisdom modifier. You can cast this as a reaction to being attacked or making a save it would affect, but when you do so it only lasts until the start of your next turn. Once you use this charm, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest. Rite of Immortality (Prerequisite: 15th-level Occultist) You continue to age, but you will no longer die of old age, and suffer none of the frailty of old age. Rite of Youth (Prerequisite: 15-level Occultist) You cease to visually age, and can even choose to become more youthful in appearance, though your lifespan remains the natural lifespan of your race. Root of Magic (Prerequisite: 15th-level Occultist) You learn 10 cantrips from any class lists of your choice. They are Occultist spells for you. Spatial Storage You can convert a pocket, ring, hat, or bag into a spatial storage device, capable of carrying up to 5 x your Occultist level pounds, with 0.5 x your Occultist level cubic feet of storage space. For example, a level 5 Occultist can store up to 25 pounds, not exceeding a volume of 2.5 cubic feet, within the storage space. As an action, you can send an item you are holding into the storage space or retrieve an item from the
storage space to your hand. If lost, you can recreate the spatial storage device during a short rest. Specialized Poisons When you deal poison damage with an Occultist spell or created poison, you can (but don’t have to) specify a creature type (such as beast or monstrosity) it is created to affect. Damage from that spell or poison ignores resistance and immunity to poison damage by creatures of that type. Creatures without the selected creature type have resistance to poison damage from the spell effect or poison. Spirit Sense You gain the ability to gaze into the spiritual world around you. As an action, you can gain a special form of sight that lasts 1 minute. While under the effect of this special sight, you are blind beyond 30 feet, but within 30 feet you can see into the ethereal plane. Within this sight range you have advantage on ability checks and saving throws to detect and see through illusions, see invisible creatures, and perceive the original form of a shapechanger or transformed creature. Soulburn You can make your powers sear the very soul of the creature they strike. When you deal cold, fire or lightning damage, you can choose to deal necrotic damage instead. Sympathetic Bond You learn the warding bond spell. It is an Occultist spell for you, but does not count against your spells known. When you cast warding bond, you can choose to increase the power of the bond. When you do so, if either bonded creature makes an Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma saving throw, both creatures make the save. If either succeeds on the saving throw, both succeed, but if both fail, both are affected by the condition being saved against, even if only one was targeted. If both creatures are saving against the same effect, they do not roll twice, but both succeed if either succeeds on the saving throws and only fail if both fail the saving throw. Vestments of War You gain proficiency with medium armor. Shield Proficiency (Prerequisite: Vestaments of War) You gain proficiency with shields.
Losing Invested Objects
If a Rite creates an object, you can recreate that object if it is lost or destroyed. If the rules are not specified elsewhere, it is a process that requires any base object the Rite did and 4 hours of time. If the original still exists anywhere, it loses its magical properties when you complete this process.
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Occultist Spell List Cantrips (0 Level) Acid Splash BurnK Chill Touch Decaying TouchK Dancing Lights Druidcraft Electric ArcK Fists of FireK FreezeK Guidance Ice WeaponK Illusionary DartK ImpactK Light Mending Message Minor Illusion Poison Spray Produce Flame Resistance Rock SlamK Shocking Grasp Stone FormingK Water BulletK
1st Level Acid BubbleK Aldricor’s Elemental RebukeTAG Animal Friendship Awaken RopeK Bad BloodK Bane Blade MirageK Bramble BindingK Burning Hands Comprehend Languages Cure Wounds Crippling AgonyK Detect Magic Detect Poison and Disease Disguise Self ElectrifyK Feather Fall Fog Cloud Gale BoltK Grip of the DeadK Hideous Laughter Identify
Illusory Script Illusory PitK Inflict Wounds Induce HeadacheK Karmic ReflectionK Lightning TendrilK Nauseating PoisonK Speak with Animals Spiritual ConsultationK Stone FistK Unseen Servant Violent UpdraftK Water BlastK
2nd Level Acid Arrow Alter Self AlacrityK Animal Messenger Augury Barkskin Become FireK Become StoneK Become WaterK Become WindK Blindness/Deafness Boil BloodK Calm Emotions Clay TouchK CrackleK Dancing ObjectK Dancing WaveK Darkness Darkvision Detect Thoughts DisorientK Earth RippleK Ethereal ImmolationK Form of FamiliarK Enhance Ability Enlarge/Reduce Gentle Repose Heat Metal Hold Person Hurricane SlashK Invisibility Imbue LuckK Lesser Restoration Locate Object Mirror Image Misty Step
Poison DartK Protection from Poison Pseudopod SlamK Scorching Ray See Invisibility Shattering ShieldK Silence Spider Climb Spike Growth Suggestion Summon SwarmK Vacuum PullK Vicious HoundK Vicious VaporsK Web Wind Cutter
3rd Level Acidic PitK Animate ShadowK Bestow Curse Blink Bramble BarrierK Clairvoyance Counterspell Cruel PuppetryK Dispel Magic ErodeK Fear Fly Gaseous Form Ghost StepK Haste Hungering VoidK Hypnotic Pattern Illusionary FireballK Instant BulwarkK Magic Circle Mounting ParanoiaK MutateK Nondetection Plant Growth Quick SandK Rain of SpidersK Remove Curse Sending Sleet Storm Slow Spider BiteK Spirit Guardians Static FieldK
Summon MonstrosityK Vampiric Touch Vortex BlastK Water Breathing Wasp BarrageK WaterspoutK Water Walk Wind Wall WitherK
4th Level Arcane Eye Banishment Black Tentacles Blight Compulsion Confusion Conjure Minor Elementals Conjure Woodland Beings Control Water Devour ShadowK Divination Echoing LanceK Giant Insect Greater Invisibility Hallucinatory Terrain Ice Storm Locate Creature Polymorph Poison PuffK Secret Chest Stinging SwarmK Stone CoffinK SuffocateK Vital SurgeK Wall of Fire
5th Level Acid RainK Animate Objects Awaken Cloudkill Commune with Nature Conjure Elemental Contact Other Plane Contagion Deglove CreatureK Devouring DarknessK Divide SelfK
35 Dominate Person Dream Field of StarsK Geas Greater Restoration Hold Monster Insect Plague Mass Cure Wounds Mislead Modify Memory Reincarnate Scrying Seeming Sonic ShriekK Sudden HazardsK Wall of Stone
6th Level Baba’s Walking HutK Conjure Fey Contingency Eyebite Find the Path Flesh to Stone Forbiddance Freezing Sphere Harm Heal Magic Jar Mass Suggestion Sunbeam True Seeing Wall of Ice Wall of Thorns Wind Walk
7th Level Finger of Death Fire Storm Mirage Arcane Plane Shift Prismatic Spray Project Image Regenerate Resurrection Sequester Teleport Twisting EruptionK
8th Level Animal Shapes Antipathy/Sympathy Clone
Control Weather Demiplane Dominate Monster Earthquake Feeblemind Incendiary Cloud Maze Mind Blank Power Word Stun
9th Level Astral Projection Foresight Imprisonment Manipulate FateK Power Word Kill Shapechange True Polymorph True Resurrection Weird
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Spellblade
A human runs her hand across their blade tracing esoteric patterns that alight at a touch, flames flickering alive in their wake casting a sudden blazing light over the gloomy cavern, creatures of the dark shrinking back from the fire’s light. A gnome’s eyes begin to glow as a massive greatsword of energy condenses into their waiting hand, forming a blade of pure energy, twice their height but weightless in their hands. The edgy elf vanishes from sight, teleporting behind their foe before muttering something cryptically and cutting them down. A Spellblade combines magic and martial talent in a perfect blend, able to blend their use of them into a single art. Rather than being a Wizard that happens to be good with a sword or a Fighter that knows some magic, a Spellblade is defined by their ability to merge the spells and martial talents into a single strike: a Spellstrike.
Pursuit of Mastery Becoming a Spellblade isn’t an accident - it’s a difficult path to master and requires intense concentration and conditioning to master fluidly casting spells in the storm of battle in perfect sync with your attacks. Spellblades are, consequently, almost always driven by some form of motivation that
have made them strive for this unique style of perfection. Some view it as an art or tradition important to them, some view it as the ultimate weapon to overcome a great obstacle, and some pursue it because of the challenge itself, seeking to prove themselves.
Rare Talent Spellblades are uncommon, requiring an unusual degree of talent to master their arts compared to those that choose to focus and specialize in only one of their two challenging fields. Adventurers are already a rare breed, but Spellblades are rarer still, which often causes them to defy expectations. A bookish and mild Spellblade may be surprisingly nimble or strong, while one that may look a musclebound oaf may be surprisingly erudite.
Creating A Spellblade
The most important place to start when making a Spellblade is knowing what drew your character to this difficult and rare path. The path of a Spellblade is one that has few mundane uses - they are not scholars and their skills serve little purpose outside the adventuring arts, so what drove your character to master these? There’s an intentionality to a Spellblade similar to that which might be found in a Paladin.
37 The Spellblade Level
Proficiency Bonus
Cantrips Known
Spells Known
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
1st
+2
Arcane Surge (2 uses), Magic Trick
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
2nd
+2
Spellcasting, Spellstrike, Aegis, Arcane Deflection
3
3
2
—
—
—
—
3rd
+2
Spellblade Technique
3
4
3
—
—
—
—
4th
+2
Ability Score Improvement
3
4
3
—
—
—
—
5th
+3
Empowered Strike, Arcane Surge (3 uses)
5
5
4
2
—
—
—
6th
+3
Arcane Recuperation, Magical Warding
5
5
4
2
—
—
—
7th
+3
Specialization Feature
5
6
4
3
—
—
—
8th
+3
Ability Score Improvement
5
6
4
3
—
—
—
9th
+4
Arcane Surge (4 uses)
6
7
4
3
2
—
—
10th
+4
Archetypal Magic, Innate Aegis (1st Level)
6
7
4
3
2
—
—
11th
+4
Splash Damage, Blast Zone Immunity
6
8
4
3
3
—
—
12th
+4
Ability Score Improvement
6
8
4
3
3
—
—
13th
+5
Arcane Surge (5 uses)
7
9
4
3
3
1
—
14th
+5
Surging Focus, Magical Sensitivity, Innate Aegis (2nd Level)
7
9
4
3
3
1
—
15th
+5
Specialization Feature
7
10
4
3
3
2
—
16th
+5
Ability Score Improvement
7
10
4
3
3
2
—
17th
+6
Arcane Surge (6 uses)
8
11
4
3
3
3
1
18th
+6
Splash Damage, Innate Aegis (3rd Level)
8
11
4
3
3
3
1
19th
+6
Ability Score Improvement
8
12
4
3
3
3
2
20th
+6
Specialization Feature
8
12
4
3
3
3
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Features
Quick Build You can make a Spellblade quickly by following these suggestions. If you wish to follow the Tradition of a Battlemage or Aethersword, put your highest score in Intelligence, and your second and third highest scores in Dexterity and Constitution respectively. If you wish to follow the Tradition of the Guardian, put your highest score in Strength, followed by Constitution, and then Intelligence. If you wish to follow the path of the Swiftblade or Spellshot, put your highest score in Dexterity, followed by Intelligence, and then Constitution.
Class Features
Hit Dice: 1d8 per Spellblade level Hit Points at 1st: Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per Spellblade level after 1st
Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor, medium armor Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons. Saving Throws: Constitution, Intelligence Skills: Choose two from Acrobatics, Arcana, Athletics, History, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, Sleight of Hand, and Stealth
38 Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background: • (a) a martial weapon • (a) a light crossbow and quiver of 20 bolts or (b) any two simple weapons. • an arcane focus • (a) scale mail or (b) leather armor • (a) a dungeoneer’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack
Arcane Surge Your affinity for magic gives you a pool of Arcane Surges. Once during your turn, you can expend a use of Arcane Surge to do any of the following: • Cast detect magic without expending a spell slot. • Gain advantage on an attack roll (no action required). • Add your Intelligence modifier to a Strength or Dexterity ability check (no action required). • Teleport up 5 feet to an unoccupied space you can see (no action required). This distance increases by 5 feet at 5th (10 feet), 9th (15 feet), 13th (20 feet), and 17th (25 feet) levels. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. You can regain expended uses when you complete a short or long rest. As you level, you may gain additional uses for your Arcane Surges, but can still only spend a single use of Arcane Surge a turn.
Magic Trick Additionally at 1st level , you learn one cantrip of your choice from the Spellblade class list. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this cantrip.
Spellcasting As part of your study of magic, you gain the ability to cast spells at 2nd level. The spells you learn are limited in scope, primarily concerned with enhancing your abilities and devastating your foes.
Cantrips
At 2nd level, you learn additional two cantrips of your choice from the Spellblade spell list. You learn additional Spellblade cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Spellblade table. The table includes the bonus cantrips gained from Spellblade class features (such as Empowered Strike)
Spell Slots
The Spellblade table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your Spellblade spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of your Spellblade spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.
Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher
You know three 1st-level spells of your choice from the Spellblade spell list. The Spells Known column of the Spellblade table shows when you learn more Spellblade spells of your choice. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For instance, when you reach 5th level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level. Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the Spellblade spells you know and replace it with another spell from the Spellblade spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots. Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier. Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier.
Spellcasting Focus
You can use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus for your Spellblade spells.
Spellstrike Starting at 2nd level, you can infuse spells into your weapon. As a bonus action, you can cast a 1st level or higher Spellblade spell with a casting time of 1 action in a special way, infusing it into a melee weapon instead of having it immediately take effect. The next time you make a melee attack with that weapon before the end of your turn, the spell is cast against the target of the attack. The spell fizzles and fails to cast if you cast another spell before attacking. Spellstrike’s interaction with the spell mechanics is determined by the spell’s effect: • If the spell requires an attack roll (melee or ranged) it automatically hits the target if the weapon attack hits and misses the target if the weapon attack misses. • If the spell has a saving throw, it automatically deals damage as if they failed saving throw against the spell on hit, but if it has any effects besides
39 dealing damage, the target makes the save against those effects as normal for being targeted by the spell (regardless if the attack hits or misses). If a spell does half damage to targets that pass their save, they take half damage on a missed attack, treating it as if they had passed their saving throw. If a spell always hits (such as magic missile), the spell hits regardless if you hit or miss your attack. • If the spell has an area of effect, that area of effect must include the space the target of the Spellstrike is in, be placed such that one one edge of it is within the range of your weapon, and otherwise follows the rules of the spell regarding placement and range. Other creatures caught in the area of effect treat the spell as if you had cast it normally. The target is not affected by the spell again (having already resolved as part of the attack). • Spells that have multiple attack rolls (such as scorching ray or crackleK) tie the outcome of only the first attack roll to the melee weapon attack. You resolve all subsequent attack rolls of the spell as if you had cast the spell, but can ignore the disadvantage on ranged attack rolls from being within 5 feet of hostile creatures when doing so. You can only cast spells that are on the Spellblade class list using Spellstrike, and can only cast them at a level you can cast them as a Spellblade, though you can use any spell slot you have available to cast the spell.
Arcane Deflection At 2nd level, you learn the shield spell, incorporating it into your Aegis, allowing you to cast it without components, and allowing you to cast it without expending a spell slot once, after which you must expend a spell slot as normal until you complete a short or long rest.
Aegis Additionally at 2nd level, you start to form a magical Aegis that enhances your physical powers with magical powers, blending them together. You can select one 1st level Aegis effect (listed at the end of the class) and gain the effects. When you complete a long rest, you can change your selected 1st level Aegis effect or further boost your Aegis by sacrificing spell slots, granting magical empowerments that last until you complete your next long rest. When you do so, select an additional Aegis Effect (listed at the end of the class document) and expend the listed level of spell slot.
You can expend a maximum number of spell levels this way equal to your Spellblade level divided by four (rounded up).
Spellblade Technique When you reach 3rd level, you select a specialization for your powers. You can choose from the Battlemage, Aether Blade, Guardian, Mage Hunter, Swiftblade, or Spellshot techniques, each of which grants you additional features. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 15th, and 20th level.
Ability Score Improvement When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.
Empowered Strike Beginning at 5th level, you can use cantrips on the Spellblade class list with your Spellstrike feature. You learn 2 additional cantrips of your choice, selecting the options from the Spellblade cantrip list, and an additional cantrip at 9th, 13th, and 17th level (these additional cantrips are included on the Spellblade table).
Arcane Recuperation Starting at 6th level, you gain the ability to regain some of your magical energy through a quick focused meditation. When you finish a short rest, you regain some of your expended spell slots. The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less than one third of your Spellblade level (rounded down). You can’t use this feature again until you finish a long rest. Additionally, at any time, as a bonus action you can expend a spell slot to regain Arcane Surges equal to the level of spell slots spent.
Magical Warding Additionally at 6th level, you gain proficiency in your choice of Wisdom or Charisma saving throws, and you automatically succeed on saving throws against your own spells.
40 Archetypal Magic
Blast Zone Control
At 10th level, you can cast each of the spells granted by your Spellblade technique without expending a spell slot once. After you cast a spell that way, you cannot cast it that way again until you complete a long rest.
At 18th level, when use Spellstrike to cast a spell that affects an area of effect, you can expend a use of your Arcane Surge expand the effect of your Blast Zone Immunity to a number of allies equal to your Intelligence modifier. When used this way, it only protects your allies until the start of your next turn, at which point they go back to being affected by any ongoing effects of a spell.
Expanded Aegis Starting at 10th level, when you finish a long rest you can select an additional 1st Level Aegis Effect to gain the benefit of without expending a spell slot. This effect lasts until you complete a long rest, at which time you can select a new effect. At 14th level, you can additionally select one 2nd level Aegis Effect this way, and at 18th level, you can additionally select one 3rd level Aegis effect this way.
Splash Damage Beginning at 11th level, when you hit a creature with Spellstrike, the target and creatures of your choice within 5 feet of the target that would be hit by the same attack roll take 1d8 additional force damage. On a miss, the target takes half as much damage, and nearby creatures take no damage (even if the attack roll would have hit them).
Blast Zone Immunity Starting at 11th level, you are immune to the area of effect of your own spells. You take no damage from them, and ignore all other affects unless you choose to be affected.
Surging Focus Starting at 14th level, if you fail a Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration on a spell, you can spend an Arcane Surge to succeed instead.
Magical Sensitivity Additionally at 14th level, you learn the detect magic spell, and it does not count against your spells known, and the detect magic spell no longer requires concentration for you. For the duration of detect magic, you gain proficiency in the Arcana skill. If you are already proficient in the Arcana skill, for the duration you gain expertise, allowing you to add double your proficiency bonus to ability checks made using the Arcana skill.
Spellblade Techniques Battlemage In the versatile world of the Spellblades, the Battle Mage is the paragon of balance, mastering both martial prowess and arcane artistry. Standing at the crossroads of might and magic, you represent the perfect synthesis of these two ancient disciplines. A Battle Mage is a force of constant adaptability, prepared for every eventuality. With your arcane might and martial skill in perfect balance, you stand on the battlefield as an embodiment of strategic might, showing that the pen and the sword can indeed be one.
Battlemage Spells
You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known. Spellblade Level
Spells Learned
3rd
burning hands
5th
mirror image
9th
lightning bolt
13th
dimension door
17th
hold monster
Arcane Warrior
Starting at 3rd level when you select this archetype, whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch one weapon that you are proficient with and that lacks the two-handed property. When you attack with that weapon, you can use your Intelligence modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls. This benefit lasts until you finish a long rest.
41 Surge Mastery
Starting at 15th level, when you use your Arcane Surge, you gain enhanced results: • When you cast detect magic with your Arcane Surge, you also gain the effects of darkvision and see invisibility. • When you gain advantage on attack through Arcane Surge, you can reroll one of the attack’s dice once. • When you add your Intelligence to a Strength or Dexterity ability check, you gain advantage on the check. • When you teleport, the range you can teleport is increased by 10 feet.
Unlimited Surges
Starting at 20th level, you can enter a state of perfect arcane resonance for 1 minute (no action required). During this state, using Arcane Surge does not consume a use of Arcane Surge (you can still only use Arcane Surge once per turn). Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Aether Blade Aether Blade Spellblades make use of their magical techniques to create a weapon of pure arcane power, with most of their abilities revolving around mastering the use of this weapon.
Aether Blade Spells
You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known.
Quickening Surge
Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge feature: You can cast a Spellblade spell with a casting time of one action as a bonus action.
Twin Surge
At 7th level, when you use Arcane Surge, you can select two of the available options.
Spellblade Level
Spells Learned
3rd
magic missile
5th
star dustK
9th
aether lanceK
13th
resilient sphere
17th
aether stormK
Aether Blade
Starting at 3rd level when you select this archetype, when you roll initiative or as a bonus action at any time, you can manifest an oversized melee weapon of pure force energy. This can take the shape of any bladed melee weapon, but it is a one-handed weapon that deals 1d10 force damage with a range of 5 feet
42 regardless of its form. When you attack with this weapon, you can use your Intelligence modifier (in place of your Strength) for attack and damage rolls. This weapon lasts until you let go of it, become incapacitated, or dismiss it as a bonus action. While this weapon is temporary and magical, it counts as having a value of 1 sp for purposes of being treated as a material component in spells. As a ritual taking 1 hour, you can absorb the power from a magical weapon with a bonus to attack and damage rolls. This cannot target artifacts, sentient weapons, or cursed items. At your DM’s discretion, this might not work with other weapons depending on their origin and type. This drains the power from the weapon, leaving it as a mundane weapon, but your Aethersword gains the bonus to attack and damage rolls previously possessed by the magical weapon.
Empowering Surge
Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge feature: • You empower your Aether Blade (no action required) causing it to deal an additional die of damage until the end of your next turn. During the effect, you can reroll any weapon damage dice from your Aether Blade once (you must use the new roll after doing so).
Aether Great Weapon
Starting at 7th level, the aether weapon manifested by Aethersword grows larger and more powerful. Its damage increases to 1d12, and it gains the reach property.
Channeled Power
Starting at 15th level, you gain the effects of Empowering Surge when you use any of your Arcane Surge effects.
Massive Blade
Starting at 20th level, you can overcharge your Aether Blade for 1 minute (no action required). For the duration, when you attack with your Aether Blade, you ignore all non-magical armor and defenses to treat the target’s AC as 10 + their Dexterity modifier for that attack (magical defenses like the mage armor or shield are not bypassed). While attacking in this way with your Aether Blade, your attacks can target up to 2 creatures as long as they are within 10 feet of each other, though if an attack triggers a spell through Spellstrike, it does not affect the second target unless the spell can target multiple creatures. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
43 Fortifying Surge
Guardian Specializing in defending their allies, spell blades following this technique make broad use of abjuration and self-enhancing magics, often specializing more toward their physical skills. They place themselves at the front of combat, but are a highly mobile line of defense.
Guardian Spellblade Spells
You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known. Spellblade Level
Spells Learned
3rd
magic missile
5th
star dustK
9th
aether lanceK
13th
resilient sphere
17th
aether stormK
Guardian Proficiency
Starting at 3rd level when you select this archetype, you gain proficiency in heavy armor and shields. Additionally, you can use a melee weapon as your arcane focus, and when you do so you can perform somatic components with the hand holding your arcane focus (even for spells without a material component).
Projected Barrier
Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge feature: • As a reaction to an allied creature within 30 feet being hit by an attack or targeted by the magic missile spell, you expend a use of Arcane Surge to cast shield without expending a spell slot, granting that creature the AC bonus instead of yourself.
At 7th level, when you expend a use of Arcane Surge, you gain temporary hit points equal to 1d8 + your Intelligence modifier.
Swapping Surge
Starting at 15th level, when you use your Arcane Surge to teleport, you can instead swap positions with a willing creature within range, teleporting to their space and teleporting them to your space. When you do so, both you and them gain the temporary hit points from Fortifying Surge.
Resilient Aegis
At 20th level, you can fortify yourself with magic for 1 minute (no action required). For the duration, you have resistance to all damage. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
44 Swiftblade The quickest and most deadly of the Spellblades, Swiftblades specialize in mobility, striking from the shadows and withdrawing as quickly as they appeared, favoring lighter weapons and flurries of blows that leave their target dead before it can retaliate.
Swiftblade Spells
You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known. Spellblade Level
Spells Learned
3rd
inflict wounds
5th
poison dartK
9th
spider biteK
13th
blight
17th
mislead
Fighting Style
Starting at 3rd level when you gain this archetype, you gain the Two Weapon Fighting Fighting Style.
Two-Weapon Fighting When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack.
Swift Casting
Starting at 3rd level you can use Spellstrike as part of the Attack action before making a melee weapon attack. You cannot Spellstrike more than once per turn. Additionally, you can use a melee weapon as your arcane focus, and when you do so you can perform somatic components with the hand holding your arcane focus (even for spells without a material component).
Rapid Surge
Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge feature. • You can expend a use of Arcane Surge to make a single weapon attack (no action required).
Relentless Spellstrike
At 7th level, if you miss an attack empowered by a Spellstrike, you can choose to not trigger the effect. When you do so, your next attack before the end of your turn will trigger it instead.
Vanishing Surge
Starting at 15th level, when you expend an Arcane Surge, you become invisible until the start of your next turn.
Infinite Strikes
At 20th level, you draw on your magic to hasten yourself to blinding speeds (no action required). For one minute, any time you make a weapon attack with an action or bonus action, you can immediately make another attack with the same weapon. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
45 Mage Hunter
Expert Abjuration
Some Spellblades hone their magical powers for the sake of countering other magical purposes. They become the anathema of all spellcasters, they fight fire with fire, honing their own magical skills for the purposes of binding and denying the magical powers of others.
Mana Void
Mage Hunter Spells
You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known. Spellblade Level
Spells Learned
3rd
Aldricor’s elemental rebukeTAG
5th
silence
9th
counterspell
13th
suffocateK
17th
dispel evil and good
Disrupting Blows
Starting at 3rd level, once per turn when you hit a target with a melee weapon, you deal bonus Force damage equal to your proficiency bonus. This bonus is doubled until end of your turn when you cast an Abjuration or Mage Hunter spell. Additionally, your weapon attack rolls bypass the effects of 1st level spells (such as mage armor, shield, or sanctuary).
Purging Surge
Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge feature. • On your turn, you can expend a use of Arcane Surge to end a magical effect or supernatural condition (such as being Charmed or Frightened) on yourself (no action required). If the spell is of a level greater than half your Spellblade level (rounded up) you must make an Intelligence saving throw with a DC of 10 + the spell’s level to end it. You cannot do use this ability if you are incapacitated.
Nullifying Surge
Starting at 7th level, you can use Purging Surge even when incapacitated. Additionally, you can project the purging power outwards, expending two uses of Arcane Surge to cast counterspell or dispel magic without expending a spell slot.
Starting at 15th level, when you have to make a Spellcasting check to dispel or counter a magical effect with Purging Surge or Nullifying Surge, you can add your Proficiency bonus to the roll. At 20th level, you can turn yourself into a magical void, devouring and nullifying magic around you. For one minute, you project the effect of antimagic field 5-feet around yourself (no action required). You can still cast spells while within this field, but are limited to Abjuration spells and Cantrips. The field does not effect or remove your Aegis effects. Once per turn for the duration, when you counter or end the effect of a spell, you regain 1 use of Arcane Surge. This effect ends early if you become unconscious, or you can end it at any time (no action required). Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
46 Spellshot The lone option able to use their Spellstrike at range, the Spellshot gets a lot of freedom in position and target selection, able to flex their powers across the battlefield raining death from afar, and ever farther their talent grows.
Spellshot Spells
You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known. Spellblade Level
Spells Learned
3rd
multishotK
5th
elemental barrageK
9th
lightning bolt
13th
greater invisibility
17th
pressure cutterK
Ranged Spellstrike
Starting at 3rd level when you select this archetype, you gain the ability to apply your Spellstrike to pieces of ammunition as well as melee weapons, and can trigger the spell strike on a ranged weapon attack made with the infused piece of ammunition. Spells infused into a ranged weapon affect the target of the ranged weapon when fired, but only have a range equal to the range of the spell or the normal range of the weapon (whichever is shorter range). If you attack a target beyond that range, the spell fails and is lost.
Distant Surge
Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge feature. • When you infuse a spell into a piece of ammunition with Spellstrike, you can expend an Arcane Surge to increase that spell’s range to the range of weapon used to fire that piece of ammunition.
Transmuted Ammunition
Additionally at 7th level, when you infuse a spell that targets a line, you can transmute your ammunition into the spell effect, releasing the spell in a line from
you as if you had cast it, but using your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice) in place of your Intelligence modifier for the spell save DC. When you do this, you add your weapon damage (including modifier) to the spell’s damage roll.
Seeking Surges
Starting at 15th level, when you expend an Arcane Surge, you can add your Intelligence modifier to your next attack roll.
Arcane Bolts
Additionally at 15th level, you can always generate ammunition out of arcane force energy when you fire a ranged weapon. When you do so, you consume no ammunition when firing an ranged weapon with the ammunition property, and your weapon damage becomes force damage.
47 Complete Control
Starting at 20th level, you can enter a state of perfect focus granting you the ability to bend and guide your shots. For 1 minute, your ranged weapon attacks ignore cover (including total cover) as long as there is a path to the target the project can travel. While you are in this state, once per attack if you miss a creature, you can redirect that attack at another creature within range (making a new attack roll against the new target). When you redirect the attack with a Spellstrike effect that requires a save, you can choose if you want to discharge the spell against the target (if it has any effect on miss), or redirect it to the new target. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Rimeblade As a Rimeblade, you blur the boundary between the arcane and the arctic, wielding your sword with the cold precision of an icicle’s edge. Your enemies find no warmth nor respite, only the biting frost of your magic and blade. Whether born amidst the relentless snows of the far north or touched by the raw, freezing power of the elemental plane of ice, you have carved a path of icy resolve. Your frost-infused strikes echo the merciless advance of winter, freezing foes in their tracks and turning the battlefield into a glacial field of victory.
Rimeblade Spells
You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known. Spellblade Level
Spells Learned
3rd
arctic breathK
5th
cold snapK
9th
slow
13th
ice spikesK
17th
cone of cold
Ice Blade
Starting at 3rd level when you select this archetype, whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch one weapon that you are proficient with and that lacks the two-handed property. That weapon is imbued with frost energy. Its damage becomes cold damage, and when you attack with that weapon, you can use your Intelligence modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls.
Arctic Armory
Additionally, you learn the ice weaponK cantrip can cast it once per turn without requiring a bonus action. Any weapon created by that spell is considered under the effect of your Rimeblade feature (even if it has the two-handed property).
Frostbite
Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge • When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend an Arcane Surge to remove any immunity or resistance to cold damage they have and give the disadvantage on saving throws against spells that deal cold damage (including the triggering spell if used with Spellstrike on a spell that triggers a saving throw for additional effects). These effects last until the end of your next turn.
Frozen Heart
Starting at 7th level, you gain resistance to cold damage, and gain advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.
Winter’s Grip
Starting at 15th level, the effect of Frostbite is prolonged each time a creature takes cold damage by an additional round (ending at the end of your next turn). Additionally, when a creature under the effect
48 of Frostbite fails a saving throw against one of your spells that deal cold damage, they become restrained until start of their next turn.
Ice Age
Starting at 20th level, you can release a blast of freezing energy that plunges an 30-foot radius around you into a state of everfrost for 1 minute (no action required). It has the following effects: • The area becomes difficult terrain for creatures other than you. • Allied creatures in the area gain resistance to cold damage, while hostile creatures lose any resistance than may have to cold damage. • Creatures in the area when you use the ability become under the effect of the slow spell as they start to freeze. Creatures slowed in this way make make a Constitution saving throw at the end of each of their turns. On success the effect ends. On failure, they become restrained while under the effect. Creatures automatically pass the save if they are outside of the area of effect. You can exclude a number of creatures from becoming slowed equal to your Intelligence modifier. You can end the effect letting the area thaw earlier as an action. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Flying Sword As a Flying Sword Spellblade, you master the art of the floating blade, separating your willpower from your physical body. Your sword is not just a weapon, but an extension of your mind and a manifestation of your arcane prowess. Born out of a deep understanding of telekinesis and arcane manipulation, your technique combines mental acuity with martial mastery. Whether a reclusive hermit who honed this art in the solitude of your own thoughts, or a prodigy who has broken the conventional boundaries of weapon use, your chosen path is an unorthodox mix of intellect and combat prowess.
Flying Sword Spells
You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known.
Spellblade Level
Spells Learned
3rd
jump
5th
dancing object
9th
fly
13th
quicksilver stepsK
17th
animate objects
Flying Sword
Starting at 3rd level, during a long rest you can touch a melee weapon, infusing it magical power. This Flying Sword can be carried or stowed like a normal weapon, or you can ready it, causing it to float beside you. While an Flying Sword is readied, you can make attacks with it as part the Attack action, sending it out to strike a target. Attacks made with your Flying Sword are considered melee weapon attacks with the weapon, but you can use your Intelligence modifier in place of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for attack and damage rolls, and you can make this attack against a target out to a range of 30 feet away from you. If the weapon has the heavy or special property, this range is halved to 15 feet; and if the weapon has the light property, this range is doubled to 60 feet. Spells infused into the flying weapon affect the target of the attack, but only have a range equal to the range of the spell. If you attack a target beyond the range of the spell, the spell fails and is lost.
Phantom Sword Surge
Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge: • When you make an attack with your flying sword, you can spend an Arcane Surge to make two phantom copies of it that strike other targets within range. The phantom swords use their own attack rolls. On hit, the target takes damage equal to your Flying Sword’s weapon damage (including modifier) as force damage.
Sword Flight
Starting at 7th level, your mastery of telekinetic manipulation of your blade is so complete you can command it remotely and even use it as a mode of transport. You can stand on your sword to treat it as a Broom of Flying, though only you can ride it, and anything being carried by it is dropped if you attack with it. Additionally, the range of your Flying Sword attacks are doubled.
49 Phantom Sword Barrage
Starting at 15th level, when you use your Phantom Sword Surge ability, you can create 2 addtionally copies of your sword (up to 4 total), each of which can strike a different target within range. Additionally, if you use any other use of your Arcane Surge, you can create a single phantom sword copy on your next attack before the end of your turn.
Ultimate Move
Starting at 20th level, master the ultimate move of your style unleashing massive power in an unstoppable strike. You charge your with sword mystical power before sending it forward in a burst of power. All creatures in a 120-foot long, 5-foot wide line must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, they take 6d6 slashing damage and 6d6 force damage. On success, they take half as much damage. If the sword was infused with spell that has an area of effect through Spellstrike when you made this attack (for example fireball), the spells area of effect becomes the area of effect of this ability (otherwise the spell is discharged against the first target, treating a failed save as a hit). Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Spellfist As a Spellfirst, you are the embodiment of raw power and arcane energy, a brawler who channels magic into every punch. Where other Spellblades may wield elegant weapons or conjure dazzling spells from a distance, you understand that sometimes, magic is most effective when it’s delivered up close and personal. Your hands are not just weapons, but conduits for your magical force, and your style of combat reflects this, as brutal and direct as it is unpredictably magical. Whether you’re a former street fighter who discovered an innate talent for magic or a spellcaster who decided the best way to channel your power was through physical force, you’ve chosen a path that combines the cerebral challenge of magic with the visceral thrill of melee combat. As a Spellfirst, you’re a force to be reckoned with, breaking through enemy defenses with a flurry of magically enhanced punches and turning the tide of any battle with your explosive arcane power.
Spellfist Spells
You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known.
Spellblade Level
Spells Learned
3rd
thunder punchK
5th
shatter
9th
vortex blastK
13th
aero barrageK
17th
shockwaveK
Kinetic Magic
Starting at 3rd level when you select this archetype, you master the harmony of kinetic delivery of magic with your fists. Your unarmed strike damage with your fist increases to 1d8 bludgeoning damage, and it becomes a valid target for imbuing with magic with Spellstrike. Any time you make an unarmed strike with a Spellstrike imbued, your unarmed strike is considered magical for the purpose of uncovering resistance to non-magical attacks. When you imbue a Spellblade spell that deals damage to an area into your fist, you can use your
50 Strength modifier to calculate the Spell Save DC for that spell (instead of your Intelligence modifier).
Impactful Magic
Starting at 3rd level, you gain two new options for your Arcane Surge: • When you knock a target away from you, you can expend a use of Arcane Surge to knock the target 10 feet further away. • When you hit an melee weapon attack, you can spend a use of Arcane Surge to attempt to grapple the target (no action required)
Point Blank
Starting at 7th level, when you use Spellstrike while grappling a target, you can instead infuse the target with the spell, treating the spell as if you’d automatically hit an infused attack. The target can still save against effects beyond damage, but any saving throw is made with disadvantage.
Brawler’s Resilience
Spellblade Aegis
The level listed for an Aegis spell is the level of spell slot sacrificed to gain the feature. A spell slot sacrificed for an Aegis feature cannot be regained until the Aegis Spell effect is removed during a long rest. You can select any Aegis feature from the list, up to the maximum number of total spell slot levels you can spend on this feature. You can have a maximum number of spell slot levels sacrificed equal to the highest slot you have from the Spellblade class. You can only sacrifice spell slots you have, and have gained from the Spellblade class. Aegis effects are not spells and cannot be dispelled as such.
1st Level Aegis Effects Arcane Agility You are under the effect of the jump spell during the effect.
Starting at 15th level, when you spend an Arcane Surge, resistance to damage until the start of your next turn.
Arcane Armor You are under the effect of the mage armor spell during the effect.
Unlimited Power
Arcane Swiftness Your movement speed is increased by 5 feet.
Starting at 20th level, you can channel magic directly into your muscles, causing your strength to surpass all common reason and granting you the following benefits for 1 minute: • Your Strength score and maximum strength score increase by 2. • The damage from your Splash Damage feature becomes a 30 foot cone. • The distance you can jump becomes equal to your movement speed. • You have advantage on all Strength ability checks and saving throws. • Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Elemental Enchantment You touch a weapon converting its damage type to Fire, Cold, or Lightning while you wield it. Enchanted Shield You touch a shield making it easy to wield. You have proficiency with that shield during the effect. Surging Saves You can use your Arcane Surge to add your Intelligence modifier to Strength or Dexterity saving throws as well as ability checks (no action required), expending a use as you would to empower an ability check. Warding Barrier You reduce all damage taken by 1. Weapon Focus You turn your weapon into an arcane focus for your Spellblade spells.
2nd Level Aegis Effects Arcane Eyes You gain the ability to see in the dark. You have darkvision out to a range of 60 feet during the effect. Arcane Style While this Aegis is active, you gain one Fighting Style option of your choice from the Fighter class. If you already have a style, the one you choose must be different. Arcane Skill You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice. Blade Channel When you can cast a spell using Spellstrike, you can use the ability modifier used to attack with that weapon instead of your Intelligence for the spellcasting ability modifier. Illusionary Ally When you roll initiative, you create a single duplicate as per the mirror image spell. You can only have one duplicate at a time from this effect. If you cast mirror image during the effect, the spell remains the same, but the first time an image is lost, this duplicate is destroyed instead. Loyal Weapon A weapon you touch as part of selecting this Aegis is under the effect of returning weaponK. Quickened Movement Your movement speed is increased by 5.
3rd Level Aegis Effects Aether Barrier (prerequisite: Aether Blade only) When you deal damage with your Aether Blade, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Intelligence modifier. Arcane Shield You can create a shield of arcane power that protects you, blocking incoming attacks. You gain a +2 to AC as if you had a shield equipped. This counts as an equipped shield but does not require the use of your hand, and you cannot benefit from both this and an equipped shield. Blastwave Whenever you teleport using an Arcane Surge or a spell of 1st level or higher spell during the effect, your
51 Aegis sends out a blastwave. Creatures of your choice within 5 feet of your destination must make a Strength saving throw against your Spell Save DC or be knocked prone. Chameleon Aegis You can hide without cover, and do not become immediately revealed when in line of sight of a creature. If you move while a creature can see you, you must pass an additional Dexterity (Stealth) check to remain hidden. Contingent Blink The first time you would drop to 0 hit points as a result of taking damage, you instead drop to 1 hit point, and vanish from your plane of existence, appearing on the Ethereal Plane. At the start of your turn, you return to an unoccupied space of your choice that you can see within 10 feet of the space you vanished from. Once triggered, this cannot be triggered again until you complete a long rest.
4th Level Aegis Effects Arcane Resistance You gain resistance to acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, or thunder damage during the effect. You may select a new damage type when you select this Aegis again. Combat Contingency You incorporate a contingency for rapidly deploying combat magic into your Aegis. When you roll initiative, as a reaction you can cast one spell of 3rd level or lower spell that affects only you and has a casting time of 1 action. Dimensional Pathways When you use Arcane Surge to teleport, you can take one willing Medium or smaller creature within 5 feet of you with you, teleporting them to within 5 feet of your destination. Phantom Aegis You can move in brief bursts of intangibility. You can move through the spaces of other creatures (allied or hostile) without any penalty to your movement, and can pass through objects and nonmagical barriers as thick as 1 inch. Runic Strength Your Strength score becomes equal to your Intelligence score during the effect.
52 5th Level Aegis Effects Arcane Flight You gain a flying speed of 30 feet during the effect. Arcane Alacrity When you take the Attack action, you can attack twice, instead of once. Resilient Aegis You gain proficiency in one Saving Throw of your choice during the effect. Stone Aegis You reduce all damage taken by 5.
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Spellblade Spell List Cantrips (0 Level) Acid Splash Chill Touch Dancing Lights Decaying TouchK Electric ArcK Fire Bolt FreezeK Force BoltK Illusionary DartK Light Mage Hand Message Minor Illusion Poison Spray Prestidigitation Produce Flame Ray of Frost Resistance Shocking Grasp True Strike Water BulletK
1st Level Acid BubbleK Alarm Aldricor’s Elemental RebukeTAG Arcane AblationK Arcane WeaponK Arctic BreathK Bad BloodK Bane Burning Hands Blade MirageK Crashing WaveK Crippling AgonyK ElectifyK Elemental OrbK EntombK Eyes of ImmolationK Faerie Fire Feather Fall Fog Cloud Gale BoltK Grease Grip of the DeadK Inflict Wounds Ice ArrowK Lightning TendrilK
Longstrider Mage Armor Magic Missile Melting GlobK Prismatic FlashK Shield Shadow BindK Hideous Laughter Thunder PunchK Thunderwave Unseen Servant Violent UpdraftK Water BlastK
2nd Level AlacrityK Become FireK Become StoneK Become WaterK Become WindK Blindness/Deafness Blur Boil BloodK Burning StrikeK Clay TouchK Cold SnapK CrackleK Crescent Wind SlashK DisorientK Darkness Darkvision Dragon SurgeK Earth RippleK Enhance Ability Enlarge/Reduce Ethereal ImmolationK FlingK Gravity SurgeK Hold Person Hurricane SlashK Infernal ShacklesK Instant CounterK Invisibility Iron Wind StrikeK Mirror Image Misty Step Poison DartK Pseudopod SlamK Ray of Enfeeblement See Invisibility Shatter
Shattering ShieldK Spiderclimb Star DustK Vacuum PullK Web Wind CutterK
3rd Level Acidic PitK Aether LanceK Arctic AuraK Blink Counterspell Crushing SingularityK Dispel Magic ElectrocuteK ErodeK Fireball Fire CycloneK Flash FreezeK Fly Ghost StepK Haste Hungering VoidK Lightning Bolt Seismic WaveK Sleet Storm Spider BiteK Static FieldK Stinking Cloud Tongues Vampiric Touch Vortex BlastK Water Breathing Water CannonK Water Walk WitherK
4th Level Aero BarrageK Arcane Eye Banishment Black Tentacles Blight Confusion Devour ShadowK Dimension CutterK Dimension Door Echoing LanceK Fire Shield Force BladeK
Freedom of Movement GeyserK Greater Invisibility Ice SpikeK Ice Storm Iron GardenK Jumping JoltK Orbital StonesK Phantasmal Killer Pillar of FireK Poison PuffK Quicksilver StepsK Stoneskin SuffocateK Wall of Fire
5th Level Acid RainK Aether StormK Anvil DropK BlastwaveK Burial BarrageK Cloudkill Cone of Cold Deglove CreatureK Devouring DarknessK FissureK Flickering StrikesK Hold Monster Mislead Passwall Pressure CutterK Pyroclastic LanceK Scrying Sky BurstK Sonic ShriekK TornadoK
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Warden
The charging minotaur’s bellowed cry becomes a thunderous crash as a pillar of ice erupts in its path, the ground shuddering from the impact of horn and frost. A large man advances on the wreckage, his armor covered in rime, even as fire crackles from his fist. The bloodthirsty howls of the werewolf pack turns to confusion when the scrawny elf that looked only to be dinner rebuffs a massive werewolf’s charge, their arms swelling in size becoming bear-like limbs, dwarfing the surrounding werewolves’ own once impressive claws. All around, the werewolf pack can only look on in confusion as the elf continues to grow, grabbing and flinging a yelping werewolf like a rag doll. The goblins have only a moment of glory, springing their ambush and pouring out of the forest upon the hapless group of humans before the plants beneath their feet writhe to life. To their shock and horror they find grasping vines dangling them from trees like misbegotten ornaments, frantically trying to remember the word in common for ‘surrender’. The bandit looks at his broken weapon haft in confusion, and then back up at the large woman in strange rocky armor that seems unaffected by the weapon that has just been broken against her. His confusion lasts only a moment before the earth heaves beneath him and tosses him from his feet in a violent crunching shake. ‘Urk!’, a crushing force explodes the air from his lungs, a heavy stone boot planted on his chest as the large jagged form looms over him.
Primal Champions Wardens are not born of civilization and order. Though some Wardens will seek to defend such things (or at least tolerate them), they are those that have harnessed primal chaotic powers. Lashing, roiling forces of untamed energy, that left unchecked would wash civilization from the face of the material plane as if it were but a temporary blip.
Aspects of Power The powers of a Warden are expressions of deep and primal forces. They are power given sentience and will, entropy and destruction harnessed and focused
to purpose and cause. They channel their power as a conduit, bringing it to heel through force of will and inner conviction. As a blacksmith forges a lump of iron to take on the keen edge of a sword, a Warden must always refine their power, tame and temper it to be a force of change rather than raw destruction.
Chosen Powers While the situations that lead a Warden to take up their mantle of powers varies widely, their powers are reflections of who they are, a synchronization that would be impossible to thrust upon those that did not choose their path. A Warden may feel they had no choice but to embrace their primal powers and wield them for a cause, but at the heart of the power is a choice: a choice to fight, a choice to stand, and a choice to be a champion.
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The Warden Level
Proficiency Bonus
Endurance Dice
Endurance Die Size
Primal Manifestation
1st
+2
—
—
—
Mystic Bulwark, Warden Bond
2nd
+2
3
1d8
—
Primal Interdiction, Endurance Dice
3rd
+2
3
1d8
2
Warden Bond Feature, Primal Manifestations, Warden’s Grasp
4th
+2
3
1d8
2
Ability Score Improvement
5th
+3
4
1d10
2
Extra Attack
6th
+3
4
1d10
3
Empowered Endurance, Primal Strike
7th
+3
4
1d10
3
Warden Bond Feature
8th
+3
4
1d10
3
Ability Score Improvement
9th
+4
5
1d10
4
Natural Body
10th
+4
5
1d10
4
Ability Score Improvement
11th
+4
5
1d12
4
Evolving Power
12th
+4
5
1d12
5
Ability Score Improvement
13th
+5
6
1d12
5
Mystic Barrier
14th
+5
6
1d12
5
Warden Bond Feature
15th
+5
6
1d12
6
Second Life, Movement Through Nature
16th
+5
6
1d12
6
Ability Score Improvement
17th
+6
7
1d12
6
Warden Bond Feature
18th
+6
7
1d12
7
Timeless Body, Invulnerable Endurance
19th
+6
7
1d12
7
Ability Score Improvement
20th
+6
7
1d12
7
Primal Decree
Creating a Warden When creating a Warden consider the factors that have led them down their path. A mortal connected to deep primal powers isn’t a common thing. Is this something your character sought out to right an ancient wrong, or something dropped in their lap they now have to deal with? How do you want to use this power, and what principles will you have?
Quick Build
To make a Warden quickly, first place your highest score in Strength, followed by Constitution and Wisdom. Second, choose a wilderness related background.
Features
Class Features
As a Warden, you gain the following class features
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d12 per Warden level Hit Points at 1st Level: 12 + your Constitution modifier Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d12 (or 7) + your Constitution modifier per Warden level after 1st
Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields Weapons: Simple weapons Saving Throws: Strength, Wisdom Skills: Choose two from Animal Handling, Athletics, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Nature, Perception, and Survival. Languages: Primordial
56 Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background: • (a) scale mail or (b) leather armor • a simple melee weapon and a shield. • (a) two javelins or (b) two handaxes. • (a) a dungeoneer’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack • Alternatively, you may start with 5d4 × 10 gp to buy your own equipment.
Mystic Bulwark When you don light or medium armor, you can enhance it with mystical defenses, integrating it with manifestations of your Warden Bond (for example, an Elemental Soul may manifest icy plating to reinforce it). When you do so, you can use your Wisdom modifier in place of your Dexterity modifier when calculating your AC with that armor. While you have your armor integrated with your primal power, when you take bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage, you can reduce the damage taken by 2. This value increases at 5th level (to 3), 9th level (to 4), and 13th level (to 5), and 17th level (to 6).
Rules Tip: Damage Reduction
Damage reduction is applied before damage resistance when calculating damage.
Warden Bond You select an aspect of primal powers, gaining the ability to manifest your bond with that power. The options for Warden Bonds are listed at the end of the class. Your choice grants you features at 1st level and again at 3rd, 7th, 14th, and 17th levels.
Primal Interdiction Starting at 2nd level, nature hinders your foes with aspects of your primal power. This effect has a 5 foot radius centered on you, turning the ground within range into difficult terrain for creatures of your choice. Additionally, at the end of your turn, you can choose to recklessly defend your allies within this area at the cost of your own safety, giving attacks against you advantage, and giving attacks against allies within the effect disadvantage if you are also in range of the attack being made (or have been at any point since the start of the attacker’s turn) and not behind total cover. The range of this effect increases by 5 feet at 5th level (to 10 feet), and again at 11th level (to 15 feet), and 17th level (to 20 feet).
Endurance Dice Additionally at 2nd level, you gain access to three d8 Endurance Dice. You have two ways to use these dice, though other features may grant additional ways to use them: • Once per turn, when you take damage, you can roll an Endurance Die to reduce the damage taken by the amount rolled (no action required). • When you make a saving throw, you can roll an Endurance Die and add it to the saving throw (no action required). You can do this after you roll the save, but before you know the outcome of the save. You gain another die at 5th level (4 dice), 9th level (5 dice), 13th level (6 dice), and 17th level (7 dice). The size of the dice increase at 5th (to d10) and 11th level to (d12). You regain all expended Endurance Dice when you complete a short or long rest.
Primal Manifestations Starting at 3rd level, your connection to the primal forces you’ve bonded with develop in new ways, unique to you, that grant you new powers and abilities. You gain two such Primal Manifestations selecting from the list at the end of the class description. When you gain certain Warden levels, you gain additional manifestations of your choice, as shown on the Warden Class Table. Additionally, when you gain a level in the class, you can choose one of the manifestations you know and replace it with another manifestation that you could learn at that level. If a manifestation has a prerequisite, you must meet it to learn the manifestation. A level prerequisite refers to your level in this class.
Warden’s Grasp Starting at 3rd level, when you make an opportunity attack, you can replace the attack with a grapple check.
Ability Score Improvement When you reach 4th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.
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Timeless Body
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Starting at 18th level, the primal magic that you wield causes you to age more slowly. For every 10 years that pass, your body ages only 1 year.
Empowered Endurance
Invulnerable Endurance
Starting at 6th level, when you roll an Endurance Die to reduce damage, you can add your Constitution modifier to the result rolled. Additionally, if you roll for initiative with no Endurance Dice remaining, you regain one Endurance Die.
Additionally at 18th level, when you roll an Endurance Die, you can roll two dice and take the higher roll. Doing so does not expend an additional die.
Primal Strike Starting at 6th level, your attacks from natural weapons count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.
Natural Body At 9th level, you sustain yourself from the forces of nature. You no longer need to eat or drink, though can if you choose. You also become immune to disease.
Evolving Power Starting at 11th level, the damage dice of all natural weapons granted by the class increases by 1 size (for example, a d6 becomes a d8). If a weapon has multiple damage dice, only one die increases.
Mystic Barrier Starting at 13th level, your Mystic Bulwark damage reduction applies to all damage types (rather than just bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage).
Second Life At 15th level, when you would be reduced to 0 hit points, you are instead reduced to 1 hit point, and regain hit points equal to half your maximum hit points. Once this is triggered, it cannot be used again until you complete a long rest.
Movement Through Nature Additionally at 15th level, you gain your choice of a climbing or swimming speed equal to your walking speed,, or a burrowing speed equal to half your walking speed. When you burrow, you leave behind a tunnel equal to your size.
Primal Decree At 20th level, you can use your primal connection with the natural powers of the world to reshape the land around you on a large scale. This can take the form of effects like earthquake, control weather, or a transmutation or conjuration spell from the Druid spell list that modifies the terrain (such as wall of stone). At the DM’s discretion, this might be used to accomplish other large scale feats not listed by a spell, such as changing the course of a river, quenching a forest fire, or causing an active volcano to have a small eruption. Its range of effect should generally be contained with a 1 mile radius area when not replicating the spells listed above. When used in this way it takes 1 minute to invoke the effect (which may take longer to fully manifest depending on its nature). Once you do so, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest.
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Warden Bonds Elemental Soul Tapping into the endless power of the elemental planes, these Wardens shroud themselves in harsh primal forces, destroying their foes with their very presence.
Elemental Armaments
Starting at 1st level, when you roll initiative, or as a bonus action at any time, you can manifest elemental weapons into your hands, causing them to burst into flames, form icy claws, lashes of lightning, or frozen shields. Select one or two of the following weapons to manifest. You can manifest the same weapon in each hand, or different weapons in each hand. The weapons last until you drop them, summon new weapons, or dismiss them as a bonus action.
Primal Flames You conjure flames around one of your hands. These become a natural one-handed melee weapon that deals 1d6 fire damage on hit, and has the Light, Thrown (30/90), and Special properties. It sheds 20 feet of bright light and an additional 20 feet of dim light while manifested. When you throw it, the flames reignite in your hand immediately. Special: This weapon counts as a free hand for the purposes of grappling. When you successfully initiate a grapple with it, the target takes 1d6 fire damage.
purposes of grappling. When you successfully initiate a grapple with it, the target takes 1d6 cold damage.
Frost Shield
Lightning Lash
You conjure a slab of ice. This becomes a shield you can wield in that hand. Summoning the shield in this way equips it. Wielding a shield increases your Armor Class by 2. You can benefit from only one shield at a time.
You conjure a whip of lightning, tethered to one of your hands. This becomes a one handed natural melee weapon that deals 1d6 lightning damage on hit, and has the Light, Reach, and Special properties. It sheds 10 feet of bright light and an additional 10 feet of dim light while manifested. Special: If you hit a creature with this weapon you can pull the creature up to 5 feet towards you.
Icy Claws You conjure icy claws that grow forth from one of your hands. This becomes a one handed natural melee weapon that deals 1d6 slashing or cold damage on hit (your choice), and has the Light and Special properties. If the damage die is increased to a d8, it instead becomes 1d4 slashing and 1d4 cold damage. You choose which damage type to add your modifier to when you deal damage. Special: This weapon counts as a free hand for the
Elemental Manipulation
You learn the cantrips manipulate fireK and manipulate waterK.
Innate Magic
Additionally when you select this bond, you gain access to several innate magical abilities by
59 channeling the power of your primal connection. You gain the following spells at the listed levels, and can cast each spell once without components or spell slots. Once you cast the spell in this way, you cannot cast it again until you complete a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting modifier for these spells. You can cast a spell again before completing a long rest by spending 1 + the level of the spell Endurance Dice. Warden Level
Innate Spells (1/long rest each)
1st
Aldricor’s elemental rebukeTAG
3rd
entombK
5th
cold snapK
9th
sleet storm
13th
fire cycloneK
17th
fire shield
Elemental Interdiction
Starting at 3rd level, your Primal Interdiction becomes a buffeting maelstrom of elemental power when you manifest an Elemental Armament. The difficult terrain of your Primal Interdiction affects flying creatures within range, and you can select one of the following effects (selecting each time you manifest an Elemental Armament). • Creeping Frost: Creatures that start their turn within the area of your Primal Interdiction have their movement speed reduced by 10 feet. • Blazing Pyre: Fire burns fiercely around you, creatures of your choice that end their turn within the area of your Primal Interdiction take 1d6 fire damage. • Static Field: The first time a hostile creatures moves 5 feet or more within your Primal Interdiction, they take 1d8 lightning damage. Once this damage occurs, it cannot occur again until the start of your turn. The damage of the Blazing Pyre and Charged Field effects increases by one additional die of damage at 11th level (2d6 for Blazing Pyre, 2d8 for Charged Field).
Elemental Reflection
Additionally at 3rd level, when you expend an Endurance Die to block the damage against a melee attack, the attacker takes cold, fire or lightning damage (your choice) equal to the amount of damage blocked.
Elemental Body
Starting at 7th level, you gain resistance to your choice of cold, fire, or lightning damage. When you complete a long rest, you can change which damage type you resist.
Primal State
Additionally at 7th level, you can expend one Endurance Die to cast become fireK, become waterK, or become windK.
Elemental Form
Starting at 14th level, you can cast form of fireK, form of iceK, or form of windK without expending a spell slot. When you cast the spell this way, you can cast the spell as a bonus action, and it does not require concentration. Once per turn during the transformation, you can use the action it grants in place of an attack made as part of the Attack action. Once you cast the spell in this way, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest. You can use it again before completing a long rest by expending 6 Endurance Dice.
Paraelemental Interdiction
Additionally at 14th level, when you activate your Elemental Interdiction, you can select two options, activating both effects.
Cataclysm Unleashed
Starting at 17th level, when you use your Elemental Form ability, you can instead cast form of the elementsK, and are no longer limited to using the action they grant in place of an attack once per turn, as long as you use two different actions granted by the different forms. When you cast form of the elementsK this way, you can choose to become a Large sized creature for the duration of the spell. While in this form, the damage dice of your Elemental Armaments and Elemental Interdiction effects are doubled. Once you do this, you cannot do so until you complete a long rest.
60 Beasthide Tapping into the primal ferocity of beasts, Beasthide Wardens are capable of fighting with a primal ferocity. They specialize in unleashing terrible wrath on any that would attack them or their companions.
Bestial Claws
Starting at 1st level, when you roll initiative or as a bonus action at any time, you can manifest one or both of your arms into clawed natural weapons. You cannot wield weapons or shields in hands that you have morphed, but they can be used to grapple creatures. While you are grappling a creature with a claw, that claw can only attack that creature. The claws last until you dismiss them as a bonus action.
Bestial Claws
A vicious set of claws extending from one of your hands. This becomes a natural one handed melee weapon that deals 1d8 slashing damage on hit, and has the Light and Special properties. Special: This weapon counts as a free hand for the purposes of grappling. When you successfully initiate a grapple with it, the target takes 1d6 slashing damage.
Bond of the Wild
You gain proficiency in Animal Handling. If you already have proficiency in Animal Handling, you gain expertise in the Animal Handling skill, allowing you to add twice your proficiency bonus to checks made with it.
Innate Magic
Additionally when you select this bond, you gain access to several innate magical abilities by channeling the power of your primal connection. You gain the following spells at the listed levels, and can cast each spell once without components or spell slots. Once you cast the spell in this way, you cannot cast it again until you complete a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting modifier for these spells. You can cast a spell again before completing a long rest by spending 1 + the level of the spell Endurance Dice.
Warden Level
Innate Spells (1/long rest each)
1st
speak with animals
3rd
animal messenger
5th
alter self
9th
enlarge/reduce
13th
mutateK
17th
polymorph
Ruthless Interdiction
Starting at 3rd level, you have advantage on the first attack roll or grapple check you make against a creature that attacked anyone that was inside the range of your Primal Interdiction (including yourself) since the end of your last turn.
61 Enduring Ferocity
Additionally at 3rd level, when you roll an Endurance Die, you can also add the die to the next damage roll or Strength (Athletics) check you make before the end of your next turn.
• Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Elderheart
Path of Survival
Starting at 7th level, you gain proficiency in your choice of Constitution or Dexterity saving throws.
Rooted in the ancient growth of the world, these Wardens are linked to a primordial untamed aspect of the world. Their vines lash and bind, inexorably dragging their enemies to the conclusion of their place in the natural cycle of life and death.
Vicious Endurance
Lashing Vines
Starting at 14th level, your attacks with natural weapons score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20. When you score a critical hit with your natural weapons, you regain 1 expended Endurance Die.
Focused Transformation
Additionally at 14th level, while you are concentrating on an innate spell granted by this subclass, your concentration can’t be broken as a result of taking damage.
Gigantification
Starting at 17th level, as a bonus action or when you manifest your bestial claws, you can unleash the bestial power within, swelling to massive size. You become Large or Huge (your choice) for 1 minute. Upon transforming, you gain temporary hit points equal to half of your maximum hit points. For the duration of your transformation, you gain the following benefits: • Your natural weapons deal an additional die of damage. • You have advantage on all checks to grapple creatures smaller than you. • Your reach increases by 5 feet with all weapons. • Your movement speed increases by 20 feet. • The distance you can long or high jump with a running start is doubled. • You have advantage on Strength and Constitution saving throws. • While in this form, when you make an attack, you can throw Medium or Small objects or creatures you are holding with a range of 50/100 feet. You have proficiency with this attack, regardless of what you are throwing. On hit, both the target and the thrown creature or object takes 4d6 + your Strength modifier damage. On miss, only the thrown creature or object takes the damage (this damage is taken in place of any falling damage, unless they also fall vertical distance as part of this movement, such as being thrown off a wall or cliff).
Starting at 1st level, when you roll initiative, or as a bonus action at any time, you can manifest lashing vines to wield as natural weapons. You can manifest them in one or both hands. The vines last until you dismiss them as a bonus action.
Lashing Vine
A natural one handed melee weapon. Deals 1d6 slashing damage on hit, and has the Light, Reach, and Special Properties. Special: This weapon has the following benefits: • When you hit a creature with this weapon, you can attempt to initiate a grapple against that creature as a bonus action. • You can make a grapple check with this weapon targeting a Large or smaller creature you are currently grappling with it. On success, the creature is restrained while grappled this way. • You can grapple creatures with this weapon with a reach equal to the weapon’s reach. If a creature more than 5 feet away from you is grappled or restrained by you with this weapon their movement is not reduced to zero, but they can only move toward you. Once they are within 5 feet of you, their movement speed becomes zero. • You can attempt to grapple creatures up to two sizes larger than you when initiating a grapple with this weapon, but creatures two sizes larger than you have their movement speed reduced by half, rather than reduced to zero. If they move out of range of your grapple, you can choose to release them, or be pulled along with their movement.
Eyes of Nature
You gain advantage on Nature or Survival checks that involve plants (to identify them, to tell if they are edible, or track things that have passed through them, etc.).
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Additionally when you select this bond, you gain access to several innate magical abilities by channeling the power of your primal connection. You gain the following spells at the listed levels, and can cast each spell once without components or spell slots. Once you cast the spell in this way, you cannot cast it again until you complete a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting modifier for these spells. You can cast a spell again before completing a long rest by spending 1 + the level of the spell Endurance Dice. Warden Level
Innate Spells (1/long rest each)
1st
grasping rootsK
3rd
entangle
5th
speak with plants
9th
plant growth
13th
summon plantK
17th
carnivorous gardenK
Body of Thorns
Starting at 3rd level, when you are hit by a melee attack, the attacker takes piercing damage equal to the damage reduction of Mystic Bulwark.
Spiked Interdiction
Additionally at 3rd level, the difficult terrain caused by your Primal Interdiction becomes overgrown with spiky thorns. Creatures of your choice take 1d4 piercing damage for each 5 feet of travel within your Primal Interdiction. When you move this effect is suspended until the end of your turn. This damage increases to 2d4 piercing damage at 11th level.
Hardened Core
Starting at 7th level, you gain a +1 bonus to your AC, and any critical hit against you becomes a normal hit.
Primeval Guardian
Starting at 14th level, as a bonus action you can take root, merging with the ground, transforming into a wrathful treant. While rooted, your movement speed is reduced to zero. When you do so, you can choose to grow one size larger (up to a maximum of Large), your reach increases by 5 feet, you are immune to effects that would move you, the prone condition, and have advantage on Strength ability checks and saving throws.
Creatures two sizes larger than you that you are grappling can no longer drag you, meaning they cannot leave your reach without breaking the grapple. You can end your tree form at any time as an action.
Arboreal Shelter
Additionally at 14th level, you no longer need to be in range of an attack to impose disadvantage on it with Primal Interdiction, as long as the target of the attack is within range of Primal Interdiction.
New Growth
Starting at 17th level, as an action, you can cause a tree to sprout from the ground at a point within 30 feet of you that morphs into a tree-like-clone of you. It copies all of your statistics and abilities, besides any that recharge on long rest (such as this one) which it does not have access to, and is under your control, but has its own actions and acts immediately after you in initiative.
63 It has hit points equal to half your maximum hit points. It is in your Primeval Guardian form, and cannot end the effect of that ability. It lasts for 1 minute, or until it is reduced to 0 hit points. If you die while it exists, you become the clone, after which you can end the Primeval Guardian as normal. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Stoneblood The enduring blood of the world flows through you, empowering you with inhuman durability, and mastery over the powers of stone and earth. Empowered with unbreakable resilience and steps that cause the very ground to tremble.
Stone Fists
Starting at 1st level, when you roll initiative or as a bonus action at any time, you can transform one or both arms into durable forms of living stone. You cannot wield weapons or shields in hands that you have turned to stone, but they can be used to grapple creatures. While you are grappling a creature with your stone fists, that fist can only attack that creature. The stone fists last until you dismiss them as a bonus action.
Stone Fist
A hardened limb of stone. This becomes a natural one handed melee weapon that deals 1d6 bludgeoning damage on hit, and has the Light and Special properties. Special: You gain +1 to your AC while wielding one of these weapons in each hand (two or more of these if you have more than 2 hands, you cannot benefit from this bonus and the bonus AC of a shield).
Empowered Earth
You gain the manipulate earthK and stone formingK cantrips. When you use stone formingK, you can meld any one handed weapon created with it with your Stone Fists, giving you proficiency in that weapon and replacing Stone Fist’s properties (including Special property) with the created weapon’s damage dice, damage type, and any properties (beside thrown).
Innate Magic
Additionally when you select this bond, you gain access to several innate magical abilities by channeling the power of your primal connection. You gain the following spells at the listed levels, and can cast each spell once without components or spell slots. Once you cast the spell in this way, you cannot cast it again until you complete a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting modifier for these spells. You can cast a spell again before completing a long rest by spending 1 + the level of the spell Endurance Dice.
Warden Level
Innate Spells (1/long rest each)
1st
create pitK
3rd
earth rippleK
5th
become stoneK
9th
quick sandK
13th
stone coffinK
17th
orbital stonesK
64 Seismic Backlash
Starting at 3rd level, each time you expend an Endurance Die, you store the die in a special pool of charged power for 1 minute. You can have a number of charges stored equal to your proficiency bonus. As a bonus action on your turn, you can unleash all of this stored power in an explosive tremor, rolling all the stored dice and expending them from the pool. All creatures of your choice within the radius of your Primal Interdiction feature must make a Strength saving throw with a DC of 8 + your Strength or Wisdom modifier (your choice) + your Proficiency bonus. On a failed save, they take damage equal to the amount rolled and fall prone. On a successful save, they take half as much damage and do not fall prone.
Gravitational Pull
Additionally at 3rd level, when you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with a surge of gravitational force. A Large or smaller creature of your choice within 60 feet of you must make a Strength saving throw with a DC of 8 + your Strength or Wisdom modifier (your choice) + your proficiency bonus. On a failure, they are pulled up to 15 feet toward you or knocked prone (your choice). The distance they are pulled toward is doubled if the target creature is flying.
Resilient Bulwark
Starting at 7th level, the damage reduction of your Mystic Bulwark is increased by 1. Additionally, you have resistance to damage from effects that cause you to bleed.
World Breaker
Starting at 14th level, you can cast fissureK without expending a spell slot. Once you do so, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest. You can use it again early by expending 5 or more charges of Seismic Backlash, casting fissureK in place of unleashing the normal effect. Spending additional charges increases the level of it is cast by 1 level per additional charge spent.
Stone Sense
Additionally at 14th level, you gain tremorsense with a range equal to your Primal Interdiction.
Primordial Avatar
Starting at 17th level, as an action you can draw on the strength of the world beneath your feet to become an embodiment of its power for 1 minute. If you start
your turn in contact with the ground you gain the following benefits: • You have advantage on Strength checks and saving throws. • You regain hit points equal to your half your Warden level (rounded down). • Creatures lose their flying speed in range of your Primal Interdiction. • If you are targeted by a magic missile, a line spell, or a spell that requires a ranged attack roll, roll a d6. On a 4-5 you are unaffected. On a 6, you are unaffected and the effect is reflected back at the caster as though it originated from you, turning the cast into the target. • You add a bonus die to your Seismic Backlash pool. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Sunwatcher Drawing power from the highest primal authority, you embody the radiance of the sun. The sun burns away all that lurks in the darkness, while bringing the relief of morning light to those that seek it. Ever vigilant, these Wardens weave fire and radiance to destroy their enemies and empower their allies.
Solar Fragment
Starting at 1st level, you can cast the light spell. Wisdom is your spellcasting modifier for it. If you cast light on a simple melee weapon you are wielding, the spell lasts as long as the weapon remains in your possession, and the weapon deals fire or radiant damage (your choice) instead of its normal damage type. The damage of a weapon under this effect is increased by Warden abilities that increase the damage of your natural weapons.
Radiant Blast
At 1st level, you gain the ability to gather and release fiery radiant power from your hands. Radiant Blasts are a ranged natural weapon attack with a normal range of 60 feet, and a long range of 120 feet, that deal 1d6 fire or radiant damage (your choice). If the damage die increases to 1d8 (through Warden features that increase the damage of your natural weapons), the damage becomes 1d4 fire damage and 1d4 radiant damage. You choose which damage type to add your modifier to when you deal damage. You can use your Strength or Wisdom (your choice) in place of your Dexterity for the attack and damage rolls of this ability.
65 Innate Magic
Additionally when you select this bond, you gain access to several innate magical abilities by channeling the power of your primal connection. You gain the following spells at the listed levels, and can cast each spell once without components or spell slots. Once you cast the spell in this way, you cannot cast it again until you complete a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting modifier for these spells. You can cast a spell again before completing a long rest by spending 1 + the level of the spell Endurance Dice. Warden Level
Innate Spells (1/long rest each)
1st
heroism
3rd
guiding bolt
5th
blazing beaconK
9th
daylight
13th
brilliant bladeK
17th
heavenly rayK
Solar Flare
At 3rd level, when you expend an Endurance Die to block damage, you can cause a brilliant flare of blinding light. The attacker must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus, or become blinded until the start of their next turn. Pass or fail, if the target is invisible, it is revealed until the start of the next turn
Radiant Aura
Additionally at 3rd level, your Primal Interdiction is filled with bright light, and it casts dim light for an additional radius equal to the radius of your Primal Interdiction. This light is difficult to quench, and counts as a spell equal to half your Warden level (rounded down) for the purposes of countering magical darkness. You can dim, extinguish, or relight this light at any time, no action required. Creatures inside your Primal Interdiction remain comfortably warm, ignoring the effects of cold weather, or heat caused by the sun (though other sources of heat may still cause discomfort, such as lava). You and all friendly creatures within range of Primal Interdiction can apply the damage reduction of your Mystic Bulwark to cold and necrotic damage.
Empowering Presence
Starting at 7th level, when you expend an Endurance Die to boost a saving throw against a spell, all allies within your Primal Interdiction that make a saving throw against the same spell before the start of your next turn can add the same Endurance Die to their saving throw.
Transcendent Passage
Starting at 14th level, as a bonus action, you can transform into a swirling burst of radiant sunlight, traveling up to 60 feet in a straight line. You can pass through creatures and objects, but are blocked by obstructions that completely block light (such as solid opaque walls). This movement does not provoke attacks of opportunity. Hostile creatures of your choice in your path must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, they take
66 2d6 fire damage, 2d6 radiant damage, and are blinded until the start of your next turn. On a success, they take half as much damage and are not blinded. Allied creatures of your choice in your path gain 4d6 temporary hit points. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Solar Avatar
Starting at 17th level, as a bonus action you can call upon the power of the sun to embody its power for 1 minute. For the duration, you gain the following benefits: • You shed bright light for 60 feet, and dim light for additional 60 feet. The bright light is sunlight. • Creatures in the bright light you shed have disadvantage on saving throws against your Warden abilities and spells. • When you make a Radiant Blast, you can shoot a beam of energy instead of an attack, forcing all creatures in a 60 foot line to make a Dexterity saving throw against 8 + your Strength or Wisdom modifier (your choice) + your proficiency bonus, taking damage equal to your Radiant Blast damage on failure, or half as much on a success. • When you deal radiant damage against a target, you imbue the target with a radiant illumination, granting advantage to the next attack made against that target before the start of your next turn. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Ironbound Ironbound Wardens assert that all that comes of earth is born of primal power, embracing forged metal. Often drawn from mining communities, blacksmiths, or otherwise those with deep understanding and appreciation of the fusion of nature and civilization that forged metal represents, they take full advantage of its power to become invincible edifices of iron.
Ironmonger
Starting at 1st level you gain proficiency in heavy armor and martial melee weapons. Your Mystical Bulwark functions even when using heavy armor, though if you gain additional sources of passive damage reduction, additional sources beyond the highest value only increase the damage reduction by one for each additional source of passive damage reduction.
Armor Bond
At 1st level, as an action, you can touch a set of metal armor worn by a creature of your choice (including yourself) and fortify it. The creature gains temporary hit points equal to 1d8 + your Warden level. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest. Any temporary hit points remaining from this feature fade when you use it again.
Innate Magic
Additionally when you select this bond, you gain access to several innate magical abilities by channeling the power of your primal connection. You gain the following spells at the listed levels, and can cast each spell once without components or spell slots. Once you cast the spell in this way, you cannot cast it again until you complete a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting modifier for these spells. You can cast a spell again before completing a long rest by spending 1 + the level of the spell Endurance Dice. Warden Level
Innate Spells (1/long rest each)
1st
unburdenK
3rd
arcane ablationK
5th
clay touchK
9th
protection from energy
13th
iron gardenK
17th
repairK
Unbreakable Endurance
At 3rd level, when you use an Endurance Die to block damage, if it does not completely block the damage taken, you gain resistance to the remaining damage.
Binding Interdiction
Additionally at 3rd level, you gain the ability to manifest chains within the range of your Primal Interdiction. As a reaction to a creature attempting to leave your Primal Interdiction or as an attack as part of the Attack action, you can manifest a chain and attempt to bind a Large or smaller creature with it, making a grapple check against the target. On a success, they are grappled by the chain until they escape (contesting your grapple check), the chain is destroyed, or they are no longer within your primal interdiction.
67 The chain can be destroyed. It has an AC of 18 and number of hit points equal to your Warden level, but you take no damage when the chain is destroyed. If a target escapes the chains, the chains fall to the ground and turn to dust. You can manifest one chain at a time. If you manifest an additional chain while you already have your maximum number of chains manifested, the first created one vanishes, releasing the target. The number of chains you can manifest this way increases by one each time you gain an effect that would increase the damage die of your Warden natural weapons (such as Evolving Power or Savage Weapons). Once you can manifest more than one chain, you can target the same creature with multiple chains. A creature is restrained while grappled by more than one chain.
Iron Carapace
Starting at 7th level, you can use your power to morph and adapt heavy armor you are wearing. As an action, you can reconfigure your armor, selecting one of the following options. • Reinforced Carapace. Your AC while wearing heavy armor increases by 1. • Regenerating Carapace. At the end of each of your turns, you restore any damage it has taken, restoring its original AC value. Any pieces that have been removed before regeneration rust away to nothing. If you are wearing no armor, you can use this feature to create a set of mundane heavy armor of your choice (which is automatically equipped). Armor created this way rusts away to nothing when removed. • Spiked Carapace. When a creature hits you with a melee weapon attack while within 5 feet of you or attempts to grapple you, they take 1d4 piercing damage. The damage increases to 2d4 when you reach 14th level. The effect lasts until you select another effect, or end the effect as a bonus action.
Iron Incarceration
Starting at 14th level, as bonus action, you can force all Large or smaller creatures of your choice within range of your primal Interdiction to make a Dexterity saving throw against 8 + your Strength or Wisdom modifier (your choice) + your Proficiency bonus. On failure, they are grappled by chains as per your Binding Interdiction feature. Chains created by this feature do not count against your maximum number of chains. You can choose to pull creatures that fail their saving throw to the closest available space to you when they fail their save.
Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Metallic Monolith
Starting at 17th level, as an action you can empower yourself for 1 minute. You gain the following benefits: • Metal weapons you are carrying grow larger and more powerful, increasing their damage by 1d8 while you wield them. • You can generate an unlimited number of chains with Binding Interdiction, and they no longer have any size limit on what they can restrain. • You are immune to any effect that would move you against your will or knock you prone. • You gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
68 Dreadwing The Dreadwing Warden utilizes and ancient bond that taps into the deeply rooted primal powers that flow within dragonkind. United with the essence of these legendary beings, they embody the draconic virtues of strength, elemental fury, and fear. These Wardens wield the might and majesty of dragons to dominate the battlefield, leaving all that would oppose them in terrified awe of their power.
Draconic Talons
Starting at 1st level, when you roll initiative or as a bonus action at any time, you can manifest one or both of your hands into draconic talons. You cannot wield weapons or shields in hands that you have morphed into talons, but they can be used to grapple creatures. While you are grappling a creature with a talon, that talon can only attack that creature. The talons last until you dismiss them as a bonus action.
Draconic Talons
A set of draconic talons extending from one of your hands. This becomes a natural one handed melee weapon that deals 1d6 slashing damage on hit, and has the Light and Special properties. Special: This weapon counts as a free hand for the purposes of grappling. When you successfully initiate a grapple with it, the target takes 1d6 slashing damage.
Dragon’s Presence
At 1st level, you learn the draconic language, and gain the ability to channel a fragment of the supernatural dread of dragonkind possess, giving you proficiency in the Intimidation skill.
Innate Magic
Additionally when you select this bond, you gain access to several innate magical abilities by channeling the power of your primal connection. You gain the following spells at the listed levels, and can cast each spell once without components or spell slots. Once you cast the spell in this way, you cannot cast it again until you complete a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting modifier for these spells. You can cast a spell again before completing a long rest by spending 1 + the level of the spell Endurance Dice.
Warden Level
Innate Spells (1/long rest each)
1st
elemental orbK
3rd
dragon surgeK
5th
elemental exhalationK
9th
fly
13th
fear
17th
secret chest
Intimidating Interdiction
Starting at 3rd level, your Primal Interdiction sparks the primordial fear which dragons invoke in lesser creatures. As a bonus action, you can unleash a wave of supernatural dread, forcing all creatures of your choice within range of your Primal Interdiction to make a Wisdom saving throw with a DC of 8 + your Strength or Wisdom modifier (your choice) + your proficiency bonus.
69 On failure, a creature becomes Frightened of you until the start of your next turn. On success, a creature does not become Frightened of you, but cannot gain advantage on attack rolls against you until the start of your next turn. Once a creature passes their saving throw against this ability, they automatically pass all saving throws against it for the next minute.
Dragon Breath
Starting at 3rd level, each time you expend an Endurance Die you build up elemental energy, storing the expended die in a special pool of charged power for 1 minute. You can have a number of stored dice equal to your proficiency bonus. As a bonus action on your turn, you can unleash all of this stored power in a blast of elemental breath. You expend all dice stored with this feature when you do so. When you gain this feature, select the elemental type of power stored from acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. All creatures of your choice within a 15-foot cone must make a Dexterity saving throw with a DC of 8 + your Strength or Wisdom modifier (your choice) + your proficiency bonus. On a failed save, they take elemental damage of the type selected equal to the amount rolled on the stored dice. On a successful save, they take half as much damage. The size of the cone increases by 15 feet each time your Primal Interdiction range increases by 5 feet.
Dragon Wings
Starting at 7th level, when you manifest your Draconic Talons, you can further channel your power to manifest a pair of draconic wings. Though they cannot lift you to flight, they provide a host of benefits: • You can jump twice as far and change direction mid-jump by beating your wings. • You can slow your descent when falling (no action required), falling at 60 feet per round and taking no damage when you land. • As a reaction, you can expend an endurance die to block damage against a creature within 5 feet of you as if you were blocking damage against yourself.
Empowered Wings
Starting at 14th level, you can use your Dragon Wings to fly, gaining a flying speed of 30 feet.
Dragon Form
Starting at 17th level, when you would manifest your Draconic Talons, you can instead completely turn into a dragon. You gain the benefits of your Draconic Talons and Dragon Wings, but with the following properties: • Your size becomes Large, and you gain advantage on Strength (Athletics) checks to grapple creatures smaller than you. • When you use your Dragon Breath, you roll twice the number of stored dice for damage. • You gain a Bite and Tail attack, which are natural weapons like your Draconic Claws and deal the same amount of damage, but change their damage type and replace their special property. The Bite deals piercing damage instead of slashing damage and gains an additional 1d8 elemental damage (matching your Dragon Breath damage type) in place of the special property, and the Tail deals bludgeoning damage instead of piercing damage and gains the reach property in place of the special property. • Your natural weapons deal one additional die of damage while transformed this way. • Creatures frightened by your Intimidating Interdiction become frightened for 1 minute instead. Frightened creatures can repeat the saving throw against the frightened condition at the end of each of their turns, ending the effect on success. You can maintain this form for up to 10 minutes, after which you must return to your normal form. You return to your original form early if you fall unconscious, or you can end the form early as an action. Once you assume this form, you cannot assume it again until you complete a long rest.
Timetwister The Timetwister draws upon the enigmatic forces of time, its unstoppable march, and the ebb and flow of the past, present, and future. These Wardens manipulate the battlefield, expedite their allies’ actions to a blur while slow their enemies to a crawl. They witness flickers of the past, glimpses of the future, and the ever branching pathways of the present. In battle, a fleeting moment is the only gap between life and death, and these Wardens are the masters of moments.
Time Dilation
Starting at 1st level, you gain the ability to manipulate the flow of time for a creature. As an action, you can
70 accelerate up the movement through time for a creature within 60 feet of you, allowing them to move more rapidly. That creature’s movement speed is increased by 10 feet, and when they take the attack action, they can make a single additional weapon attack as part of the same action until the start of your next turn. Alternatively, you can decelerate down the movement through time of a creature within 60 feet of you. That creature’s speed is reduced by 10 feet and it subtracts a d4 from its attack rolls until the start of your next turn. When you gain a feature that increases the size of the die for natural weapons you gain from the Warden class, the size of the die increases by one step. When you reach 5th level in this subclass, you can accelerate or decelerate a creature as an attack as part of attack action, but you can only do each once per turn.
Foreshadowing
Additionally at 1st level, you can glimpse future possibilities. When you roll initiative, record the result on the d20. Within the next minute, you can replace one of your attack rolls, ability checks, or saving throws with the roll. Alternatively, you can replace one attack roll or contested ability check of an enemy within 5 feet of you with the roll. This range extends to the range of your Primal Interdiction when you gain the feature.
Contested Ability Checks
A contested ability check is one where two creatures are rolling against each other, such as a Grapple check. This means you cannot use it to prevent a creature succeeding a check against a spell (such as a Strength ability check to escape Entangle). Note you also cannot use it on enemy saving throws, only your own.
Innate Magic
Additionally when you select this bond, you gain access to several innate magical abilities by channeling the power of your primal connection. You gain the following spells at the listed levels, and can cast each spell once without components or spell slots. Once you cast the spell in this way, you cannot cast it again until you complete a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting modifier for these spells. You can cast a spell again before completing a long rest by spending 1 + the level of the spell Endurance Dice.
Warden Level
Innate Spells (1/long rest each)
1st
longstrider
3rd
hold person
5th
alacrityK
9th
slow
13th
haste
17th
hold monster
Time Distortion
Starting at 3rd level, your Primal Interdiction begins to distort time. The difficult terrain created by your Primal Interdiction affects the movement of flying creatures as well, and when you recklessly defend your allies with your Primal Interdiction you can grant them advantage on Dexterity saving throws as well.
71 Timely Intervention
Additionally at 3rd level, you can expend Endurance Dice to further bend time within your Primal Interdiction, gaining the following new options for using them: • Missed Beat: As a reaction to a creature within your Primal Interdiction being attacked, you can expend an Endurance Die to slow their reactions, giving the triggering attack against them advantage. • Minor Adjustment: As a reaction to a creature within your Primal Interdiction being affected by an area of effect, you stop time long enough for them to move up to 5 feet before the effect applies, potentially moving out of the area of effect. • Arrow Time: As a reaction to a creature within your Primal Interdiction being attacked by a ranged weapon projectile attack, you can stop the projectile in time, rolling the Endurance Die and subtracting the roll from the weapon’s attack roll.
Time Zone
Starting at 7th level, as a bonus action you can project your Primal Interdiction to be centered on a point within 60 feet instead of you. When you do so, the effects of difficult terrain and your abilities that take place inside your Primal Interdiction cover the area within range of the point rather than you. The aura returns to surrounding you if you move more than 60 feet from the point, or if you return it to you as a bonus action. You cannot recklessly defend your allies with your Primal Interdiction while it is projected at a point that does not also contain you within its radius.
Chrono Controller
Starting at 14th level, your mastery of time becomes more extensive and intuitive. You can no longer lose concentration on spells granted by your Innate Magic feature from this subclass by taking damage, and when you cast them, you can cast them as if they were cast with a spell slot one level higher than their default spell level when they have an applicable effect.
Time Lock
Starting at 17th level, you can cast time stop without expending a spell slot. When you cast time stop, you always stop time for maximum amount of time rather than rolling. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Astral Guardian Embarking on a path less traveled, the Astral Guardian Warden transcends the earthly plane and draws from the power of the infinite planes. Touched by the enigmatic forces of space and energy, they embody the mystery of the universe, controlling spatial distortions and manipulating celestial energies.
Astral Arms
Starting at 1st level, you gain the ability to form up to two astral arms as a bonus action. These are natural melee weapons with the Light property which deal 1d4 force damage on hit. You can additionally use them to grapple creatures and make unarmed strikes with them. You can use your Wisdom modifier in place of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for attack and damage rolls made with these weapons. These arms last until you fall unconscious or you
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dismiss them as a bonus action. The maximum number of arms you can form increases to 4 at 9th level, and 6 at 17th level. The number of arms do not affect the number of attacks you can make, but the arms can be used to grapple creatures. When you take the attack action on your turn, you can make a single unarmed strike with one of your Astral Arms as a bonus action.
Sixth Sense
Additionally at 1st level, you gain a special sense allowing you to sense extraplanar energies. You can detect if you are being watched through magic or by creatures within 30 feet of you in the ethereal plane if your passive Perception is equal to or higher than 10 + their CR (or their spell save DC if they are using a spell to observe you).
Innate Magic
Additionally when you select this bond, you gain access to several innate magical abilities by channeling the power of your primal connection. You gain the following spells at the listed levels, and can cast each spell once without components or spell slots. Once you cast the spell in this way, you cannot cast it again until you complete a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting modifier for these spells. You can cast a spell again before completing a long rest by spending 1 + the level of the spell Endurance Dice. Warden Level
Innate Spells (1/long rest each)
1st
detect magic
3rd
arcane conduitK
5th
misty step
9th
ghost stepK
13th
dimension cutterK
17th
dimension door
Dimensional Interdiction
Starting at 3rd level, the difficult terrain of your Primal Interdiction affects flying creatures within range as well. Additionally, any creature that attempts to teleport into or out of the radius of your Primal Interdiction must succeed a Charisma saving throw with a DC equal to 8 + your Wisdom modifier + your proficiency bonus. On a failed save, the teleport is wasted and they are not transported. You can choose to allow a creature to teleport in or out of Primal Interdiction without making a save.
Astral Strike
When you expend an Endurance Die, you can empower your next attack with your Astral Arms before the end of your next turn. The attack gains 5 feet of additional reach, and if it hits, deals additional damage equal to one of your Endurance Dice. Additionally, you can force the target to make a Charisma saving throw with a DC of 8 + your Wisdom modifier + your Proficiency bonus. On failure, you can teleport them to an empty space within range of your Primal Interdiction.
Astral Beacon
Starting at 7th level, as bonus action, you can teleport a willing creature within 60 feet into any empty space within range of your Primal Interdiction. You can do this a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses when you complete a long rest. Additionally, your Primal Interdiction is always considered as in range of allied creature’s teleport abilities, even if it would normally be out of range of the teleport, as long as they are within 300 feet of you.
Dimensional Guardian
Additionally at 7th level, you gain resistance to force damage, and advantage on any saving throw against being teleported or moved between planes against your will.
Astral Rift
Starting at 14th level, as an action, you can open an Astral Rift connecting two places with a tear in reality. One rift appears in an empty space within 5 feet of you of your choice, and the other appears in an empty space at a point you are familiar with within a number of miles equal to your Warden level. The tear takes the shape of a swirling opaque roughly circular portal with a 5 foot radius. A willing creature that passes through it is teleported to an empty space within 5 feet of the other portal The rift remains open for 1 minute once opened, or until you close it as an action. Once you create an astral rift, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest.
Astral Projection
Starting at 17th level, you can astrally project your soul out of your body as an action. When you do so, your body becomes stunned and incapacitated, but you can act in your astral form. While in your astral form, you have the following benefits:
73 • Your astral form is resistant to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. • You gain a flying speed equal to your movement speed, and can hover. • You can pass through physical objects and creatures as if they are difficult terrain, but cannot end your turn inside another creatures or objects’ space, being moved to the last unoccupied space you occupied if you try. • You can move between your current plane and the ethereal plane as an action. While on the ethereal plane, you can see and hear the plane you originated from, which is cast in shades of gray, and you can’t see anything there more than 60 feet away. Otherwise, your astral form shares all abilities and statistics with your normal form. While you use this ability, your Primal Interdiction projects from your astral form instead of your body. When you use this ability, you can project yourself to any plane or location you are familiar with. If your astral form is reduced to 0 hit points, you are returned to your body and regain 1 hit point. You can end the project at any time as a bonus action, returning to your body.
Bone Binder Commanding the dark powers of the fallen, a Bone Warden watches over the endless and final silence of the end of life. Solemn and grim, they recycle the remains of life to one final service, binding the bones of once living creatures to form their armor, weapons, and grim constructs to bind and crush those that stand in their way of their primal decrees.
Bone Construct
Starting at 1st level, as an action you can call forth a grim construct of bones that bursts from the ground in an empty space within 10 feet of you. It has the following stat block. It shares your turn, but cannot take any actions unless you use your action to direct it to take the dodge action, dash action, or take an action listed in its stat block. In addition to the actions in a stat block, it can follow simple instructions and perform simple tasks out of combat, but cannot communicate or execute complicated directions on its own. If you give it no directions, it stands still or follows you if you are more than 30 feet from it. When you gain the Extra Attack feature, you can direct your Bone Construct to take a single action from its stat block in place of an attack when you take the Attack action. Its Strength (indicated in its stat
block as a *) is equal to your Strength or Wisdom ability score (your choice). If it is more than 120 feet from you or reduced to zero hit points, it crumbles to dust. You can dismiss your Construct at any time as a bonus action, causing crumble to dust and await your call again.
Bone Construct Medium undead, unaligned
Armor Class 12 + your PB Hit Points [5 x your Warden level] Speed 30 feet STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA * (+*) 8 (-1) 16 (+3) 1 (-5) 1 (-5) 1 (-5) Skills Athletics (STR+PB) Damage Vulnerabilities bludgeoning Damage Resistances piercing, necrotic Damage Immunities poison, psychic Condition Immunities exhausted Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 5 Languages — Proficiency Bonus Your PB
Actions Grapple. The Bone Construct makes a grapple or shove check against a target creature within 5 feet. Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: STR + PB, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 + STR
74 Your Bone Construct’s hit points are maintained between summons, but if it has less than your Warden level in hit points (such as if it was previously destroyed by being reduced to 0 hit points), it gains hit points equal to your Warden level when you spend your action calling it, and regains all of its hit points when you complete a long rest. Your Bone Constructs Slam damage die is increased in size by any effect that increases the size of natural weapon damage dice.
Macabre Mantle
At 1st level, if your armor becomes damaged, you can repair it using the bones of a medium or larger creature’s corpse (provided it has bones). You can forge entirely new armor this way. Armor forged this way can be any mundane armor with a maximum value of 20 times your Warden level, and can only be used by you. Additionally, while you are wearing armor created this way or that that you’ve bonded with Mystic Bulwark, you gain proficiency with the Intimidation skill.
Innate Magic
Additionally when you select this bond, you gain access to several innate magical abilities by channeling the power of your primal connection. You gain the following spells at the listed levels, and can cast each spell once without components or spell slots. Once you cast the spell in this way, you cannot cast it again until you complete a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting modifier for these spells. You can cast a spell again before completing a long rest by spending 1 + the level of the spell Endurance Dice. Warden Level
Innate Spells (1/long rest each)
1st
grip of the deadK
3rd
2nd Level Spell
5th
augury
9th
speak with dead
13th
animate dead†
17th
ribcageK
†You cannot cast this spell again early using Endurance Dice
Bone Emissary
Starting at 3rd level, your Bone Construct gains its own Primal Interdiction extending to a range of 5 feet around it.. When you recklessly defend your allies within range of your Primal Interdiction, your Bone Construct does the same for any creatures within the range of the Primal Interdiction emitting from it.
Bonded Endurance
Additionally at 3rd level, you can use Endurance Dice to reduce damage taken by your Bone Construct. When you do so, you gain temporary hit points equal to the value rolled on the die. When you block damage with an Endurance Die against yourself, your Bone Construct gains temporary hit points equal to value rolled on the die.
Unearthed Titan
Starting at 7th level, your Bone Construct gain the following features: • When you summon it, you can summon it as a Large sized creature. • When you use your action to summon it, you can use your bonus action to command it to take one of its actions. • Its attacks become magical for the purposes of overcoming resistance to nonmagical attacks.
Unliving Resilience
Additionally at 7th level, you gain resistance to one damage type of your choice from cold, necrotic, or poison damage. Additionally, you gain advantage on saving throws against poison or disease, and you can go twice as long without breathing, eating, and sleeping without suffering negative consequences.
Grave Grip
Starting at 14th level, as an action, you can call for skeletal grasping hands to raise from the ground and bind your foes. All Large or smaller creatures of your choice within range of your Primal Interdiction (or the Primal Interdiction of your Bone Construct) must make a Dexterity saving throw with a DC of 8 + your Strength or Wisdom modifier (your choice) + your proficiency bonus. On failure, the creature becomes Restrained by a skeletal hand rising from the earth. The creature can break free as an action by making a Strength saving throw with the same DC as the original save, or can be freed if the skeletal hand is destroyed. It has an AC of 13 and 13 hit points, with a vulnerability to bludgeoning damage.
75 If a creature ends its turn while restrained by a skeletal hand from this ability, it takes 3d6 necrotic damage. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Death’s Domain
Starting at 17th level, as a bonus action you can project your domain around you for 1 minute, with the following effects:\ • The range of your Primal Interdiction is doubled. • If an allied creature falls to 0 hit points within range of your Primal Interdiction, you can cast spare the dying on them as a reaction (without needing to be able to touch them). • Skeletal constructs you create (including your Bone Construct, skeletal hands from Grave Grip, objects created by spells such as ribcage, or skeletons created by spells such as animate dead) gain resistance to all damage while within range of your Primal Interdiction. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Primal Manifestations The following can be selected as Primal Manifestations. If it lists a level requirement, you must have that level in the Warden class. Balanced Assault You gain the Two Weapon Fighting Style. TwoWeapon Fighting: When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack. Create Barrier When you take the attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with manifesting an elemental barrier in an unoccupied space on the ground within 30 feet of you. This elemental barrier forms out of nearby materials (such as dirt, wood, or stone), and cannot be formed in the absence of natural materials. The barrier roughly blocks a 5 foot cube of space, and has an AC of 15, and hit points equal to 10 + your Warden level. You can have a number of these created equal to your proficiency bonus. When creating a new one beyond your limit, the oldest previously created one crumbles. Based on your subclass, you may be able to create other kinds of barriers:
• Astral Barrier (Prerequisite: Astral Guardian). The barrier does not require any nearby materials to form from. • Ice Barrier (Prerequisite: Elemental Soul subclass). The barrier does not require any nearby natural materials to form from, and deals 1d6 cold damage to any creature that attacks it. • Iron Barrier (Prerequisite: Ironbound subclass). The barrier has resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. • Tree Barrier (Prerequisite: Elderheart subclass). The barrier does not require any nearby natural materials to form from, has hit points equal to 10 + twice your Warden level, and can form up to 20 feet tall. • Stone Barrier (Prerequisite: Stoneblood subclass). The barrier has an AC equal to your AC (unless it is already higher). You can create a total number of barriers equal to your Warden level before you must complete a short or long rest to more. Elemental Rebuke You learn the spell Aldricor’s elemental rebukeTAG. You don’t need any components to cast it, and can cast it once without expending a spell slot. Once you do so, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest. You can cast it again early be expending 2 Endurance Dice. Gift of Life As an action, you can expend an Endurance Die to heal a creature you touch for 1 hit point and give them a number of temporary hit points equal to a roll of your Endurance Die + your Wisdom modifier. Guided Wrath When you make an attack with a natural weapon granted by this class, you can use your Wisdom modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls. Based on your subclass, you may gain additional benefits: • Living Weapons (Prerequisite: Elderheart Subclass). You can use your Wisdom modifier, instead of your Strength, to initiate and maintain grapple checks made with your Lashing Vines. • Living Chains (Prerequisite: Ironbound Subclass). You can use your Wisdom modifier, instead of your Strength, to initiate and maintain grapple checks made with the Chains created with Binding Interdiction. • Living Arms (Prerequisite: Astral Guardian
76 Subclass). You can use your Wisdom modifier, instead of your Strength, to initiate and maintain grapple checks with your Astral Arms. Engulfing Vines (Prerequisite: Elderheart subclass) You can grapple a number of creatures with your Lashing Vines equal to your Wisdom modifier. If you are grappling the maximum number of creatures with it, you can only attack creatures you are grappling. At the start of your turn, you can pull any creature grappled by your Lashing Vines 5 feet towards you.
Unrelenting Onslaught If you cast a spell as an action, you can make a single weapon attack with a natural weapon as a bonus action. Well of Fortitude When you complete a short rest, you can roll 1 hit die for free without expending it. You can do this a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus before you need to complete a long rest to do so again, but not more than once per short rest.
Heart of the Storm You gain resistance to damage from area of effect spells cast by allied creatures. If you would normally resist the damage, you take no damage from the spell instead.
Wildheart (Prerequisite: Beasthide subclass) For all Beast type creatures of a CR equal to your Warden level, you are under the effect of sanctuary. You gain advantage on Animal Handling checks, or checks to persuade, deter, or seek help from beasts.
Mystic Deflection Your AC is increased by 1 while you are wearing light or medium armor.
Sacrificing Stance (Prerequisite: 6th level) When you roll a saving throw against an area of effect spell or magical effect that does damage, you can roll your save with disadvantage to shield your allies. When you do so allied creatures in the area of your Primal Interdiction gain resistance to the damage taken from the effect.
Mystic Reinforcement The damage reduction granted by Mystic Bulwark increases by 1. Primal Intuition You gain a blindsight out to a range of 10 feet. Protective Interdiction If an allied creature within range of your Primal Interdiction takes nonmagical bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage, you can use your reaction to reduce the damage taken by twice the damage reduction of your Mystic Bulwark. Reliable Endurance When you roll an Endurance Die, you can replace the die with 2d4 (becoming 1d4 + 1d6 when the die becomes a d10, and 3d4 when the die becomes a d12). Time Trick (Prerequisite: Timetwister) You gain the ability greatly speed up your own actions within narrow limitations, allowing you to very quickly don or doff, change clothes, or complete simple task that would take less than a minute in an action. You cannot move from your space, interact with other creatures, cast spells, attack, or make ability checks during this action. You can use this ability an number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier, regaining all uses on a long rest.
Savage Weapons (Prerequisite: 6th level) The damage dice of all natural weapons granted by the class increases by 1 size (for example, a d6 becomes a d8). If a weapon has multiple dice, only one die increases. Devouring Earth (Prerequisite: 9th level) You can cast quick sandK without expending a spell slot. Once you do so, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest. Falling Sky (Prerequisite: 9th level) You can cast sleet storm without expending a spell slot. Once you do so, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest. One With Stone (Prerequisite: 9th level) You can cast meld into stone without expending a spell slot. Once you do so, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest. Arise Stone (Prerequisite: 12th level) You can cast wall of stone without expending a spell slot. Once you do so, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest.
77 Crushing Grip (Prerequisite: 12th level) At the start of your turn, you deal 2d6 bludgeoning damage to all creatures you are grappling. Font of Will (Prerequisite: 12th level) When you would make a saving throw at the end of your turn, you can instead make that saving throw at the start of your turn. Revitalizing Endurance (Prerequisite: 12th level) When you start your turn with 0 hit points, you can expend an Endurance Die, rolling it and regaining hit points equal to the number rolled. Unlimited Endurance (Prerequisite: 12th level) You gain an additional Endurance Die. Arise Thorns (Prerequisite: 16th level, Elderheart subclass) You can cast wall of thorns without expending a spell slot. Once you do so, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest. Arise Ice (Prerequisite: 16th level, Elemental Soul subclass) You can cast wall of ice without expending a spell slot. Once you do so, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest Immortal Body (Prerequisite: 16th level) If you start your turn with less than half your hit points, you regain 1d6 hit points. You don’t gain this benefit if you have 0 hit points.
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Warlord
Two vast armies stand across the field of death, fear gripping the heart of every soldier. From their ranks, the banner is carried forth - a shining beacon without fear. Before they even know it, their feet pound across the ground, their fear left behind as they follow their symbol of hope to victory. Collapsing to the ground, a man succumbs to wounds, exhaustion, terror, and the overwhelming clash of steel all around. Death closes in, but before it can claim him, a hand appears, pulling him to his feet. “On your feet, soldier”. The line will soon be overrun—until, among the broken ranks of soldiers, a lone soldier spots his liege. She stands, unwilling to turn aside, unwilling to step back from danger, holding back the horde of enemies alone. Retreat is no longer an option. With newfound strength behind every blow, the soldiers stand and fight like no one has ever fought before. “How did you do it?” hisses the marauder, his sword dropped before him in surrender. He kneels beside his captured comrades, encircled by a smaller force that seems to have come from nowhere. The victorious general smiles knowingly and shrugs. “Luck,” he says. “And perhaps a bit of planning.” Warlords are force multipliers for their companions. Some may be fearsome combatants, while others may never lift a weapon, but in either case their presence on the battlefield will drive their allies to new heights, guiding them safely through what would surely have been their doom. How victory is stolen from the jaws of defeat can vary, from inciting crazed zeal, to tempering an overeager charge, to pulling their friends out of the line of danger in the nick of time. The sole commonality is that a Warlord alone is but a man, while a Warlord with their companions is a legend.
Purpose and Drive Purpose is a common element to those that walk the path of a Warlord. Purpose empowers Warlords to be a larger-than-life, and allows them to be a guiding hand to their comrades. Some Warlords may not seek any particular cause, and merely pursue victory
either as a tribute to a god they worship or simply to attain personal glory. More often, though, a Warlord is driven by a higher purpose - a loyalty to their country or their men, a drive to protect the innocent or crush the weak.
Power of Presence Most warlords have no explicitly magical powers, but the presence on the battlefield allows people to exceed what they might have thought of as their own limits, pushing beyond what they could hope to achieve on their own. A Warlord will make their allies feel like they’ve become better at everything, they will make problems seem surmountable, and they will make the path clear. They make the world less bleak, they make the foes less terrifying. When you have a Warlord on your side, more things go right.
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The Warlord Level
Proficiency Bonus
Leadership Dice
Leadership Die Size
1st
+2
—
—
Warlord Specialization, Battlefield Presence
2nd
+2
2
d6
Leadership Dice
3rd
+2
3
d6
Warlord Specialization Feature, Warlord’s Expertise
4th
+2
4
d6
Ability Score Improvement
5th
+3
5
d6
Extra Attack
6th
+3
6
d6
Prepare for Battle, Leadership Dice Limit Increase (2)
7th
+3
7
d6
Warlord Specialization Feature
8th
+3
8
d6
Ability Score Improvement
9th
+4
9
d8
Press the Attack
10th
+4
10
d8
Ability Score Improvement
11th
+4
11
d8
Warlord Specialization Feature, Leadership Dice Limit Increase (3)
12th
+4
12
d8
Ability Score Improvement
13th
+5
13
d10
Warlord’s Intuition
14th
+5
14
d10
Shift the Field
15th
+5
15
d10
Warlord Specialization Feature
16th
+5
16
d10
Ability Score Improvement
17th
+6
17
d12
Unbreakable Will, Leadership Dice Limit Increase (4)
18th
+6
18
d12
Warlord Specialization Feature
19th
+6
19
d12
Ability Score Improvement
20th
+6
20
d12
Tireless Leader
Features
Creating a Warlord When creating a Warlord you should always start with answering the question: what sort of Presence does this person bring to the battlefield? Are they a charismatic inspiration to their allies that drives them to fight on? Are they a wise veteran who acts as a force multiplier for their companions, offering pointers and grit? Or are they a scheming manipulator who sees one step ahead of any move their foes can make, always making sure their allies are in the right spot?
Quick Build You can make a warlord quickly by following these suggestions. For a Commander select Strength as your highest attribute followed by Wisdom. For a Chieftain or Paragon select Strength as your highest attribute followed by Charisma.
For a Noble select Charisma as your highest attribute followed by Constitution. For a Packleader, select Dexterity as your highest stat followed by Wisdom. For a Tactician select Intelligence followed by Constitution.
Class Features
As a Warlord, you gain the following class features
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d8 per Warlord level Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per warlord level after 1st Proficiencies
80 Armor: Light armor, medium armor. Weapons: Simple weapons. Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma Skills: Choose three from Athletics, Deception, History, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Medicine, Performance, and Persuasion.
Starting at 6th level, you can spend two Leadership Dice per turn. The number you can expend increases to three at 11th level, and to four at 17th level. A Leadership Die is expended when you use it. You regain all of your expended Leadership Dice when you finish a short or long rest.
Equipment
Rallying Mark
Alternatively, you may start with 5d4 × 10 gp to buy your own equipment.
Urgent Orders
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background: • (a) a simple melee weapon, or (b) a martial weapon (if proficient). • (a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts, or (b) a shield (if proficient). • (a) leather armor, or (b) scale mail, or (c) chain mail (if proficient). • (a) a scholar’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack
Warlord Presences At 1st level, you pick the archetype of Warlord you embody, called a Presence, choosing from Commander, Chieftain, Noble, Packleader, Paragon or Tactician, each of which are detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 1st level, and again at 3rd, 7th, 11th, 15th, and 18th level.
Battlefield Presence Starting at 1st level, when you take the Attack action, in place of making an attack, you can use your Battlefield Presence to grant a friendly creature that can see or hear you an additional attack the next time they take the Attack action during their turn. Any additional attacks granted that are unused at the start of your next turn are lost. A friendly creature can only gain one additional attack from this feature per round from this feature.
Leadership Dice Starting at 2nd level, you have access to Leadership Dice. These represent your ability to focus your battlefield presence for powerful results. Your Warlord level determines the number and size of the dice, as shown on the Leadership Dice column of the Warlord table. You can spend these to fuel various features. You know three such features: Rallying Mark, Urgent Orders, and Helpful Word. When you get this feature, you can spend one Leadership Die per turn.
As a bonus action, you can expend a number of Leadership Dice (up to your per turn limit) to rally your allies to attack a hostile creature within 60 feet of you. The next time damage is rolled against that target by an allied creature before the start of your next turn, they can add the Leadership Dice to the damage roll, and the attacking creature regains hit points equal to the amount rolled on the Leadership Dice. As a bonus action, you can expend a number of Leadership Dice (up to your per turn limit) to guide your allies in expeditious action. Target an allied creature within 60 feet of you that can see or hear you, that creature can immediately use its reaction to move up to its movement speed (up to a maximum of 30 feet) without provoking opportunity attacks. Roll the leadership dice expended, the target gains temporary hit points equal to the value rolled.
Helpful Word As a bonus action, you can spend a Leadership Die to take the Help action. When you use the Help action to aid an ally in attacking a creature, the target of that attack can be within 30 feet of you, rather than within 5 feet of you, if your ally can see or hear you.
Warlord’s Expertise Starting at 3rd level, choose one of the following skills: Investigation, Insight, Intimidation, or Persuasion. If you are not proficient in the chosen skill you become proficient If you are already proficient in the skill you select, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses that skill.
Ability Score Improvement When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 10th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.
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Shift the Field
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. You can use Battlefield Presence in place of either or both attacks.
Starting at 14th level, you gain the ability to relocate friendly creatures. As an action, you can expend one Leadership Die to move up to 5 friendly creatures that can see or hear you up to half their movement speed without provoking attacks of opportunity.
Prepare for Battle Starting at 6th level, you can spend a minute preparing creatures for combat. You can expend a number of Leadership Dice up to your per turn limit, rolling them and causing five your creatures of your choice (potentially including yourself) to gain temporary hit points equal to the number rolled. Allies that have benefited from this ability can expend a number of hit dice equal to the number of Leadership Dice you expended, using them as they would during a short rest. Any temporary hit points gained from this last until you complete a short or long rest.
Press the Attack Starting at 9th level, your abilities are further empowered:
Rallying Mark: Boost Morale When a creature gains hit points from Rallying Mark, you can use your reaction to expend one Leadership die to cause another creature within 60 feet of the attacker to regain the same number of hit points.
Urgent Orders: Coordinated Movements When you use Urgent Orders, you can expend additional Leadership dice to target additional creatures (targeting one additional creature for each extra die spent).
Helpful Word: Expert Instructions When a creature benefits from your Help action, you can use your reaction to expend a Leadership Die and add it to their roll. You can use this ability after the original roll, but before the outcome is revealed.
Warlord’s Intuition Starting at 13th level, before rolling an ability check you are proficient in, you can exercise this ability, choosing for the d20 to be equal to your Warlord level rather than rolling. Once you do this, you cannot do this until you complete a long rest.
Unbreakable Will Starting at 17th level, you are immune to the frightened and charmed conditions.
Tireless Leader Starting at 20th level, you can roll d4s and use them instead of expending Leadership Dice for Rallying Mark, Urgent Orders, Helpful Word, or Prepare for Battle.
Warlord’s Presences
Warlords may invoke a variety of different types of Presence on the battlefield. You can choose which kind of Presence best suits your Warlord from the following.
Commander’s Presence A Commander on the field can be many things - a trusted sergeant, a weary veteran, or merely a person with an uncommon degree of common sense and a particularly keen eye for how to win a fight. While not as flashy as some of the other Presences on the Battlefield, that just means they are less likely to get themselves skewered. A keen word there and helping hand here, their influence is subtle but effective, inexorably shifting the tides of battle in their favor. A Commander can come from any background, but is usually someone that has acquired their Wisdom the hard way, having seen a bit of what life and battlefields have to offer.
Martial Proficiency
Starting at 1st level when you take this Presence, you gain proficiency in heavy armor, shields, and martial weapons.
Form Up!
Starting at 1st level, when you roll initiative and are not surprised, any number of friendly creatures within 30 feet of you can move up to their speed a number of feet equal to five times your Wisdom modifier (minimum 5 feet).
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Sequential Movement at the Same Time.
D&D is typically a turn based game, and thus people do not typically move at the same time; an ability that allows multiple creatures to move at the same time opens the door to questions about order. This ability represents the Commander’s Presence causing their companions to spring into a well oiled routine, and it is recommended that you let the players move in their desired order during this movement. It should also be noted that this movement is determined by the player moving. A Warlord grants their allies the ability to move, they do not necessarily move them.
Keen Pointer
Starting at 3rd level, you can take the Helpful Word bonus action without expending a Leadership Die if you are within 5 feet of the creature you are taking the Help action against. When you do so, you can expend Leadership Dice to apply Rallying Mark to the creature you are targeting with this Help action.
On Your Feet!
Starting at 7th level, you can use a bonus action and expend one Leadership Die to restore the will to fight in an allied creature. Choose a friendly creature within 5 feet of you. That creature regains hit points equal to your Leadership die. When you use this feature to restore hit points to a creature at 0 hit points, you can add your Wisdom modifier to the amount of hit points restored. If the creature is prone, it can choose to stand immediately.
Martial Advantage
Starting at 11th level, you’ve learned to leverage fighting alongside an ally. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 2d6 damage to a creature you hit with a weapon attack if that creature is within 5 feet of an ally that isn’t incapacitated.
Bulwark
Starting at 15th level, when you and any number of friendly creatures within 30 feet of you make a Saving Throw against the same effect, your allies gain Advantage on their Saving Throw if you succeed on the saving throw.
No One Left Behind!
Starting at 18th level, you can move up to your speed to get within 5 feet of a creature while using your On Your Feet feature. During this movement you gain resistance to all damage and the target regains an additional 1d8 hit points for each attack of opportunity made against you during this movement.
Chieftain’s Presence A chieftain is a Warlord that rules by the sheer force of their personality, marked by their booming voice and fearless attitude, it is easy to believe that your band is infallible while your chieftain stands. They can be lawful or chaotic, good or evil, with such things depending on how they got to where they are in life. An orc that cut their way to the top may be chaotic, believing that strength needs room to rise to the top unfettered by rules, while someone that inherited their authority may have a more lawful bent. A Warlord with the Presence of a Chieftain need not literally rule anything, but is an exemplar of someone that has or could walk that path through their force of personality and the boisterous inspiration they give those around them.
Chieftain’s Proficiency
Starting at 1st level when you take this Presence, you gain proficiency in shields, martial weapons, and the Intimidation skill, or another skill of your choice if you are already proficient.
Wolfpack Movement
Starting at 1st level, the first time an allied creature moves, it can bring a number of willing creatures equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1) within 20 feet of you along with it in the same distance and direction that they move, but cannot move more than half of their movement speed and cannot move more than 20 feet from you. Creatures can stop this movement at any point along the path.
Warcry
Starting at 3rd level, as an action or in place of an attack as part of the Attack action, you can expend a number of Leadership Dice (up to your per turn limit) to inspire your allies with a mighty Warcry. You and friendly creatures within 20 feet of you gain temporary hit points equal to the Leadership Dice roll + your Charisma modifier (minimum 1). This can affect a number of creatures up to your 1 + Charisma modifier (minimum 1). You can make a single weapon attack as a bonus action after unleashing a War Cry, but the attack roll has disadvantage unless made with a weapon with light property.
Savage Momentum
Additionally at 3rd level, whenever you spend a Leadership Die, you gain advantage on the next attack roll you make before the end of your turn.
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Starting at 15th level, when you unleash your Warcry you can attempt to frighten enemies. Any number of creatures of your choice within range of your Warcry must make a Wisdom saving throw (DC of 8 + Charisma modifier + your proficiency bonus) or become frightened of you until the end of their turn. Once you have used Booming Shout, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest. Additionally, the range of your Rallying Mark, Urgent Orders, Helpful Word, and Warcry is doubled.
Bloody Victory
Starting at 18th level, when you or an ally reduces a hostile creature that has dealt damage to you to 0 hit points, you can unleash a Warcry as a reaction. When you unleash your Warcry in this way, you do not expend any Leadership Dice and you use a d12 in place of your Leadership Die. You can use this reaction a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier, regaining all uses on a long rest.
Noble’s Presence
Reckless Assault
Starting at 7th level, when a creature with temporary hit points from one of your abilities deals damage, they can expend those temporary hit points to add damage equal to half the temporary hit points sacrificed to their damage dealt.
Wolfpack Tactics
Starting at 11th level, you excel at taking down prey in coordination with your allies. The first creature you hit that has taken damage from one of your allies since the end of your last turn suffers an additional 1d12 damage. The first time a creature you grant a creature an attack with Battlefield Presence deals damage to a creature you had dealt damage to during your turn, that attack deals an additional 1d4 damage.
A Warlord with a Noble Presence is not inherently one that was born a Noble, though many are. A Noble Presence Warlord is one that serves to drive their retainers and companions onto greater heights through sheer charisma, a shining beacon of what they are fighting for standing beside them. Since time immemorial men have fought twice as hard on a battlefield when their leader takes the field to stand among them, driven to heights that would seem impossible in order to protect their liege - while an adventurer of this path may or may not be their liege, their charisma invokes the same fervor in their companions and retainers. An adventurer on this path is not inherently of noble background, though many often are. A noble reared on the laws of the land is usually lawful, but extraordinary circumstances may have brought about a rebellious streak in one that now seeks to overthrow unfit rulers (or rulers that aren’t them, anyway).
Destined Leader
Starting at 1st level when you take this Presence you gain proficiency with rapiers, longswords and the Persuasion skill, or another skill of your choice if you are already proficient. Additionally, you gain an additional Leadership Die at 3rd level, 9th level, and 15th level.
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Starting at 1st level, when you roll initiative you can call out to friendly creatures within 60 feet of you, providing them with a surge of inspiration. Creatures of your choice equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1) gain advantage on their first attack roll.
Inspiring Leader
Additionally at 1st level, an allied creature with a CR of less than half your Warlord level (or with fewer class levels than you have Warlord levels if the creature does not have a CR) can choose to use your proficiency bonus + Charisma modifier for the attack roll modifier on the first Attack they make in a turn where they have been granted by Battlefield Presence.
Retainers & Followers
A Noble Warlord gets more mileage out of their retainers or followers than other Warlords, but in turn is more dependent on having someone else make their attacks for them. This does not inherently mean they need NPC followers, however. A loyal retainer is always a good idea, but it can be a friendly Fighter just as easily as an NPC follower.
Divine Right
Starting at 3rd level, you can use Leadership Dice (up to your per turn limit) to cast command. The level of the spell is equal to the number of Leadership Dice spent. The spell save DC for these spells are 8 + your Charisma modifier + your Proficiency bonus. You can also add your Charisma (maximum 2) to your AC so long as you are not wearing heavy armor or using a shield.
Charismatic Leadership
Additionally at 3rd level, you can add your Charisma modifier to the damage bonus of Rallying Mark, the temporary hit points granted by Urgent Orders, and the attack roll of a creature that gains advantage from Helpful Word.
Words of Conviction
Starting at 7th level, you can use Leadership Dice (Up to your per turn limit) to cast bless or heroism without providing material components. The level of the spell is equal to the number of Leadership Dice spent.
Imperative Order
Starting at 7th level, when you spend 2 or more Leadership Dice on a target with Urgent Orders, you can allow the target creature to make a single weapon attack with their reaction instead of moving. If you spend 3 or more Leadership Dice on a target, the target creature can both move and make a single weapon attack with their reaction.
Inspired Zeal
Starting at 11th level, all creatures of your choice within 30 feet of you deal an extra 1d4 radiant damage when they hit with a weapon attack.
Untouchable Presence
Starting at 15th level, you are under the effect of sanctuary spell. This effect ends as normal if you take an action that would break it, but returns at the start of your next turn.
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Grand Decree
Starting at 18th level, you can use this ability to cast command without expending a spell slot or Leadership Dice. When you do so, the spell affects all creatures of your choice within range that could be affected by the spell. Once you cast command using this ability, you cannot cast it using this ability again until you complete a long rest.
Packleader’s Presence While Warlords may specialize in the control of battles, an Packleader is a Warlord that aims to win a fight before it becomes a battle. Through scouting, preparing, and stacking the odds, they don’t fight fair, they fight to win, and seek to only fight when they’ve already won. Their control of the battlefield doesn’t merely extend to those that fight on it, but to twisting the battlefield itself to suit their needs, stymying and stupefying their foes while concealing and sheltering their allies with the terrain itself. While good and evil rarely play directly into a Packleader’s perspective (they can be either or Neutral just as easily), they tend be Chaotic, viewing the so called “rules of engagement” and other traditions of civilization to be convenient weaknesses they can exploit rather than any sort of guideline they might actually follow.
Tools of the Wild
Starting at 1st level when you take this Presence, you gain proficiency in martial weapons, the Survival skill, or another skill of your choice if already proficient, and your choice of the Herbalism Kit or the Poisoner’s Kit.
Concealed Approach
Starting at 1st level, if you have at least a minute to prepare, you can add your Wisdom modifier to a Dexterity (Stealth) check for you and up five friendly creatures. You and friendly creatures within 30 feet of you that roll for initiative while hidden can add your Wisdom modifier to the initiative result.
Nature’s Gift
Starting at 3rd level, through your connection to the wild battlefields you’ve mastered offers you some measure of control of them. You learn the spell mold earth, and can pick one additional cantrip from the
Druid list that you know. Additionally, you can expend one Leadership Die to cast fog cloud or snare as 1st level spells. The casting time of snare is one action when you cast it this way. You can pick one additional 1st level spell from the Druid spell list with a casting time of one action to cast this way. Your spell casting modifier for these spells is Wisdom, and your spell Save DC for these spells is 8 + your Proficiency modifier + your Wisdom Modifier.
A Pack Leader’s Pack
Many Packleaders opt to pick animal friendship or speak with animals in order to establish animal allies to expand their pack, but just as many don’t feel the need to be required to have an animal companion.
Shroud of Nature
Starting at 7th level, you and your allies can fade away behind natural shrouds. Whenever you cast a spell that results in you or a friendly creature becoming obscured (such as being within the radius
86 of a fog cloud or behind earth moved by mold earth), the obscured creature can use their reaction to take the Hide action.
Trackless Trails
Additionally at 7th level, you can spend 2 Leadership Dice to cast pass without trace without providing material components.
Fleeting Strikers
As they tend to be those that inspire an organized force, more often than not they will be lawful, but what that personal code of laws entails can vary quite widely.
Martial Proficiency
Starting at 1st level when you take this Presence, you gain proficiency in heavy armor, shields, and martial weapons.
Starting at 11th level, if you are not in the same spot you were at the end of your last turn or are obscured from your target, the first attack you make during your turn deals an additional 1d10 damage. Additionally, a creature that you grant an Attack with Battlefield Presence can take the Dash action instead of making the attack you granted.
Lead the Charge
Ghosts of the Wild
Starting at 3rd level, you adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can’t take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again. • Defense: While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC. • Dueling: When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon. • Great Weapon Fighting: When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. The weapon must have the two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this benefit. • Two-Weapon Fighting: When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack.
Starting at 15th level, while under the effect of pass without trace, you can expend one Leadership Die to take the Hide action at the end of your turn without expending an action. If you use Battlefield Presence to grant an attack to a creature, you can expend one Leadership Die to shroud them with shadows or natural phenomena, granting them advantage on the first attack they make before the start of your next turn. If they are under the effect of pass without trace, you can do this without expending a Leadership Die.
Warlord of the Wilds
Starting at 18th level, you can pick five additional spells from the Druid spell list of 4th level or lower. You can cast these spells using Leadership Dice equal to the level of the spell. You can change the list of spells you have selected when you complete a long rest. The spell Save DC for these spells is 8 + your Proficiency modifier + your Wisdom Modifier. Any time you use Leadership Dice to cast a spell, you can take the Attack action (one weapon attack only) as a bonus action.
Paragon’s Presence Legends tell of warriors that fight at the front of a legion, of the valor they display and the inspiration it gives their comrades. A Paragon before their army is a dauntless foe, and an army behind their Paragon is an unstoppable legion. A Paragon is not inherently good or evil. An evil legion can be led by a bold and charismatic Warlord just as effectively as the forces of good.
Starting at 1st level, you can give yourself a bonus to your initiative rolls equal to your Charisma modifier. Additionally, when you roll initiative you gain temporary hit points equal to your Charisma modifier + your proficiency bonus.
Fighting Style
Heroic Strike
Additionally at 3rd level, when you take the Attack action, once per turn you can expend Leadership Dice (up to your per turn limit) to apply Rallying Mark as part of a melee weapon attack. Whenever you expend Leadership Dice as part of making an attack, you can add the expended Leadership Dice to the damage roll of the attack.
Stand Defiant
Starting at 7th level, when you are reduced to zero hit points, you instantly regain a number of hit points equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1). Additionally, you can expend a number of Leadership Dice equal to the number of friendly creatures within
The Prowess of the Inspired
Effectively in almost all cases, what this ability boils down to is that if their companions are fighting around them within 30 feet, the Paragon will add a number of d4 equal to their Charisma modifier to the first attack on their turn. The ability can be simplified to that, but that will result in it being slightly stronger than anticipated if the Paragon moves first or has few companions at their side.
Dauntless Resolve
Starting at 15th level, when you fail a saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead. Once you do this, you cannot do this again until you complete a long rest.
Invincible Legion
Starting at 18th level, your allies will never fall so long as their symbol of hope remains. When a friendly creature within 60 feet of you is reduced to 0 hit points, but not killed outright, they can drop to 1 hit point instead so long as they can see or hear you. Once a creature benefits from this effect, they cannot benefit from it again until they complete a long rest.
Tactician’s Presence
60 feet of you, regaining additional hit points equal to the value rolled this way. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Inspired Warrior
Starting at 11th level, once per turn, when one of your allies within 30 feet takes or deals damage, you gain d4 dice, adding it to a pool of dice. You can have a maximum number of d4 dice in this pool equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1). Until the end of your next turn, when you deal damage you can expend any number of dice from this pool rolling them and dealing additional damage equal to the value rolled.
A Tactician may very well tell you they would just as soon not be close enough to the battle to be considered a combatant, preferring to win their fights before they even reach that stage, but one would be a fool to underestimate how dangerous they are once on the battlefield. While they might have laid their plans in advance, their sharp minds can quickly pick apart how their foes try to fight against them and effortlessly pierce the crude tactics that would be used against them and their allies. What tends to mark a Tactician is a keen mind and a willingness to plan ahead... in great detail. Adventurers with a tactician among them are near impossible to pin down, as they will always find a way to turn the tables.
Tactician’s Cunning
When you take this Presence at 1st level, you gain proficiency in the History and Investigation skills, or other skills of your choice if you are already proficient. Additionally, if you can take a minute or more making a skill check, you can treat a d20 roll of 4 or lower as a 5.
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Starting at 1st level, you can give yourself a bonus to your initiative rolls equal to your Intelligence modifier. Additionally, you can exchange your initiative roll with a willing friendly creature within 60 feet.
Tactical Insight
Starting at 3rd level, you can tactically assess a creature’s options. As a bonus action, make an Intelligence (Investigation) check contested by a Charisma (Deception) check against any creature you can see within 60 feet. On a success, you can see through their tactics, granting one of the following effects: • Determine Attack: You can cause them to have disadvantage on their next attack against a creature that can see or hear you. • Predict Movement: You deduce where they are planning to move on their next turn. They can choose to change their plans, but if they move anywhere else, their movement speed is reduced by 10 feet as they scramble to adapt. • Outwit Response: You can find their openings, negating their ability to use their reaction until the end of their next turn. • Expose Weakness: You can use Helpful Word to grant advantage against that target as part of the bonus action without expending a Leadership Die.
Planning Movement... or not.
A DM can choose to read the second bullet point of Tactical insight as simply reducing the targets movement by 10. It is balanced around this assumption, predicting the movement is optional flavor, but may not fit all DMs styles.
Tactical Flexibility
Additionally at 3rd level, you gain the ability to use Tactical Insight, Rallying Mark, Helpful Word, and Urgent Orders as an action or a bonus action on your turn.
Inscrutable Mind
Starting at 7th level, you gain proficiency in Intelligence Saving Throws. Additionally, as a reaction when being forced to make a Wisdom, Intelligence, or Charisma Saving Throw, you can expend one Leadership Die and add the die result to the saving throw.
Control the Field
Starting at 7th level, when you use an ability that moves allied creatures (such as Urgent Orders or Shift the Field), it gains the following properties:
• Deceptive Movement: You can attempt to move creatures that are not allies up to 5 feet (or half their movement speed, whichever is less). The creature must make an Intelligence Saving Throw with a DC of 8 + your Intelligence modifier + your Proficiency bonus, or feel compelled to move to the new position immediately. Targets moved this way do not gain temporary hit points. • Flanking Maneuvers: If two allies you move are on opposite sides of a creature after the movement you grant, the first one to attack that enemy has advantage on their first attack if they attack before the creature moves. • Coordinated Transitions: Allies can move through each other’s spaces during the movement you grant without it being difficult terrain.
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Starting at 11th level, when you succeed on a Tactical Insight check against a creature, the next time you or a friendly creature deal damage against it before the start of your next turn it is increased by 2d6 damage.
Advanced Orders
Additionally at 15th level, when you expend Leadership Die on Urgent Orders, you can allow the creature to take one of the Use an Object, Search, Hide, or Dodge actions as their reaction instead of moving.
Unstoppable Schemes
Starting at 18th level, standing in your way becomes a pointless endeavor. When you move your allies with Urgent Orders or Shift the Field, they can move through spaces occupied by hostile creatures so long as they do not end their movement in an occupied space.
Multilayered Tactics
Additionally at 18th level, when you succeed on a Tactical Insight check against a creature, you can choose two of the listed effects.
Dancer’s Presence A unique presence on the battlefield, these graceful agents wind their way through death and destruction with a curious elegance, uplifting their allies and distracting their enemies. A dancer comes in many forms, be they prancing jesters or graceful enchanters, their presence seems supernaturally captivating to all who encounter them, for good or ill. Though they seem out of place in danger, confused onlookers will often find them as the last ones standing in the most dangerous of situations, always one step out of out the greatest danger.
Dancer’s Grace
Starting at 1st level when you take this Presence, you gain proficiency with Performance. If you already have proficiency with performance, you gain expertise with it, meaning you can add twice your proficiency modifier to checks made with it. Additionally, while you are not wearing armor or carrying a shield, you gain an unarmored defense that is 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Charisma modifier.
Graceful Entrance
Starting at 1st level, you can give yourself a bonus to
your initiative rolls equal to your Charisma modifier. Additionally when you roll initiative and are not surprised, you can move up to your half movement speed, and you and any creature you end this movement within 5 feet of gains temporary hit points equal to your Charisma modifier.
Bewildering Steps
At 3rd level, you gain an additional use for leadership dice.
Distract As a bonus action, you attempt to distract a creature within 30 feet. Until the start of its next turn, if that creature attacks a creature other than you while you are within range of its attack, you can roll your leadership die and subtract it from their attack.
Dancer’s Dodge
Starting at 3rd level, when you take the Dodge action while you are not wearing armor or carrying a shield, you can use Distract, Helpful Word, Urgent Orders, or Rallying Mark without expending a leadership die. When you do so, it applies as if you had spent 1 leadership die on it for its effect. Additionally, when you take the Dodge action, you can expend leadership dice to grant attacks through Battlefield Presence. You can grant a number of attacks equal to the leadership dice spent, up to your per turn limit.
Battlefield Grace
Starting at 7th level, whenever a creature misses you with an attack, you regain 1 spent leadership die and can move 5 feet. You cannot regain a leadership die this way again until the start of your next turn.
Whirling Thorns
Additionally at 7th level, if you are carrying a melee weapon with the light property, you can make a single attack with it as a bonus action. You can expend leadership dice to make additional attacks as part of the same action, but each attack must be against a different target within range.
Interactions
This allows you to make a single weapon attack while taking actions other than attack actions, but it also allows you to make an additional attack when you take the attack action.
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Starting at 11th level, you can add your Charisma modifier to the damage of attacks you make or grant through Battlefield Presence.
Evasion
Starting at 15th level, you can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.
Elegant Exchange
Starting at 18th level, when an willing creature within 15 feet of you is the target of a spell, attack, or targeted effect that would cause them to take damage, you can move their position as a reaction, moving them 5 feet in any direction and becoming the target of the attack.
Dreadlord’s Presence A warlord that follows this path specializes in terror and fear, usually localized to their enemies. While other warlords look to boost and inspire their allies, a Dreadlord works to undermine and terrify their enemies, crushing their will to fight and leaving them as prey easily slaughtered. A dreadlord is not always evil, though they most often show up in the ranks of evil, but by their very nature they are someone that can instill dread and terror. The source of this dread can be cursed visage, supernatural gift, or simply a tyrannical force of will.
Dreadlord Proficiency
Starting at 1st level when you select this Presence, you gain proficiency in heavy armor and the Intimidation skill.
Unapproachable
Additionally at 1st level, your intimidating presences causes your foes to falter at the start of combat. After rolling initiative, the first attack by the first hostile creature to attack an allied creature within 30 feet of you has disadvantage.
Demoralization Dice
Starting at 3rd level, whenever you spend a Leadership Die, you gain a Demoralization Die of equal size. Demoralization Dice last until you have gone 1 minute without earning or spending one. You
can spend Demoralization Die as a reaction on one of the following effects: • Make it Excruciating. When a creature within 30 feet of you takes damage from a weapon attack roll made by an ally of yours, as a reaction you can expend up Demoralization Dice (up to your Leadership Die limit), rolling them and causing the target to take additional damage equal the value of the rolled dice. • Don’t Touch That. When a creature attacks an allied creature within 30 feet of you, as a reaction you can expend one Demoralization Dice, rolling it and reducing the attacker’s attack roll. • Are You Sure? When a creature ends their turn within 5 feet of you, as a reaction you can expend Demoralization Dice (up to your Leadership Die limit) and force the creature to make a Wisdom saving throw (DC 8 + your Charisma modifier + your proficiency bonus. On failure, the creature uses their reaction to move a number of feet away from you equal to 10 x the Demoralization Dice
91 spent. The target automatically passes if they are immune to the frightened condition.
Supernatural Dread
Starting at 7th level, you can use Leadership Dice (up to your per turn limit) to cast frighten without a spell slot. The level of the spell is equal to the number of Leadership Dice spent. Alternatively, can spend 3 Leadership Dice (even if it exceeds your per turn limit) to instead cast fear without expending a spell slot or material component once. After you do this, you cannot cast fear this way again until you complete a long rest. Charisma is your spell casting modifier for these spells
Iron Mask
Additionally at 7th level, you are exceptionally good at masking your emotions. Creatures have disadvantage on Wisdom (Insight) ability checks against you. Additionally, you can suppress the effect of the frightened condition on yourself, but it requires concentration (as if concentrating on a spell). You cannot lose concentration on the effect, but cannot maintain it while concentrating on spell.
Punish the Weak
Starting at 11th level, when you target a creature within 60 feet of you with any ability, feature, or attack, you can mark them for punishment (no action required). The mark lasts until the creature ends their turn more than 60 feet from you, dies, or you mark another creature. Once per turn when the marked creature takes damage, they take an additional 1d8 damage. This is increased to 1d12 if the target is frightened of you.
Instinctive Flinch
Starting at 15th level, when a creature passes a Wisdom saving throw against one of your features that would cause them to become frightened or flee, they still gain disadvantage on their next attack role made before the start of your next turn. This has no effect if the target is immune to the frightened condition.
Expanded Dominion
Additionally at 15th level, the range of your Demoralization dice effects are doubled (making them 60 feet, 60 feet, and 10 feet, respectively).
Dreadful Terror
Starting at 18th level, when a target becomes frightened of you, you can expend demoralization Dice to enhance the effect (no action required) • Panicked Terror. The target immediately spends their reaction to move up to half of their movement speed away from you. • Blind Terror. You can expend 2 Demoralization Dice to cause the target become blinded until the start of your next turn. • Paralyzing Terror. You can expend 3 Demoralization Dice to cause the target to become paralyzed until the start of your next turn.
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Barbarian Path of the Bladestorm Barbarians are notorious for being engines of destruction on the battlefield, and for none is this more an apt description than those that have chosen the Path of the Bladestorm. They are barbarians whose rage is such a transcendent force that their very weapons are restless embodiments of their destructive wrath. When a Path of the Bladestorm Barbarian walks unto a battlefield, those unprepared to withstand the rain of sharp steel ought to run away and hide until the storm passes. The ones who stay will have to face the winds of destruction and will soon be drenched by flying droplets of blood as the barbarian at the center of the maelstrom smashes, hacks and slashes at the strength of primal winds. Woe to the foe who would stand before the storm.
Walking Armory
Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, all melee weapons with the light property also gain the thrown (20/60) property for you. Additionally, when you make an attack to throw a weapon, you can draw a weapon, either drawing a weapon before throwing it, or drawing a new weapon immediately after throwing the weapon if you have another weapon available.
Furious Hurl
Additionally at 3rd level, you can add your Rage bonus damage to thrown weapons, as well as use your Reckless Attack feature when you make a ranged weapon attack with a light melee weapon. Additionally, being within 5 feet of a hostile creature doesn’t impose disadvantage on your ranged attack rolls.
Whirling Death
Starting at 6th level, when you throw a weapon while raging it becomes animated with your fury. A whirling weapon stays spinning where it was thrown until the end of your next turn, and automatically attacks the first hostile creature that ends its turn within 5 feet of it. A creature can only take damage from this feature once per turn. You can use your reaction to make an attack of opportunity with any weapon animated by this feature if a target moves out of its reach.
Endless Blades
Additionally at 6th level, while raging your rage suffuses any weapon within 20 feet of you that is not being worn or carried. As a bonus action, you can call one or more such weapons to your open hands. Any blade you throw counts as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.
Winds of Rage.
Beginning at 10th level, the winds around you are tied to your anger. You learn the spell gust. While you are raging, you can cast gust as a bonus action, and the range you can pick up weapons with Endless Blades increases to 60 feet.
Bladestorm
Starting at 14th level, as an action when you are raging, you can start a Bladestorm. You can fling out up two light melee weapons you are carrying and whip any weapons animated by Whirling Death into it. All creatures of your choosing within 20 feet of you must make a Dexterity saving throw with a DC of 8 + your proficiency modifier + your strength modifier. On failure, they take 1d6 damage for each blade that is part of the bladestorm (up to 4d6) + your Strength modifier + your rage bonus damage. On subsequent turns while raging, you can use your action to keep the Bladestorm going, forcing all creatures within 20 feet to make the save again. You can keep a Bladestorm going for a number of turns equal to your Strength modifier. You can use this feature once per rage. When a bladestorm ends, all included weapons fall to the ground around you.
Path of the Dragon [Unedited] Barbarians tap into primal powers, and a Barbarian of this path taps into one of the most ancient and primeval of them all: the power of dragons. Some say this path was born during the Dracorage by mortals tapping into the primal rage as it washed across the world, others say that only those with latent dragon blood coursing through them can walk this path. What all can agree on is the result is a being to be feared. As with most Barbarian, ones following this path tend toward Chaos, as they contain potent destructive power that paces at the edges of the cage, just waiting to be unleashed. Some, particularly those rare individuals that channel metallic colors, may be exceptions to this tendency.
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When you choose this path at 3rd level, when you enter a rage, you can choose to make your Rage bonus damage deal elemenetal damage matching your draconic type. Additionally, you can you take on aspects of a draconic being, growing savage natural weapons as claws grow from your hands, fangs sprout from your maw, and a vicious lashing tail grows from your back. Your claws deal 1d4 slashing damage, your fangs deal 1d8 piercing damage, and your lashing tail deals 1d6 bludgeoning damage and has the reach property. Whenever you attack with one of your natural weapons using the Attack action on your turn, if you are not carrying any weapon or shield, you can make a single unarmed strike with your claws as a bonus action. When you gain this feature, you pick a color, and gain resistance corresponding to the element type of that color on the following chart while raging.
Dream Domain Spells Dragon Color
Element Type
Black
Acid
Blue
Lightning
Green
Poison
Red
Fire
White
Cold
When you enter a rage, if you choose to deal elemental damage with your rage, and choose not to transform, you can instead focus your powers into intesifying your elemental power, increasing your Rage bonus damage increases by 1.
Unleashed Savagery
Starting at 6th level, once during a rage, as an attack as part of the Attack action, you can unleash your Rage into pure energy, exhaling a blast of elemental power. Creatures within 15 foot cone must make a Dexterity saving throw. The DC of this saving throw is 8 + your proficiency modifier + your strength modifier. A creature takes 6d6 damage of the Elemental Type of your Dragon Color on a failed save. The damage and range of this breath weapon increases at 10th level (to 8d6 in a 30 foot cone), and 14th level (to 10d6 in a 60 foot cone). Starting at 18th level, you can use this breath weapon twice per rage, but only per turn.
Primal Weapons
Additionally at 6th level, the natural weapons you gain while raging now count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.
Dragonhide
Starting at 10th level, the marks of your Draconic path no longer entirely fade when you are not raging, and heavy scales grant you resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical sources even when you are not raging. Additionally, you gain resistance to your Dragon Color’s Elemental Type when not raging.
Tyrant of the Skies
By 14th level, when you enter a rage, you can massive dragon wings sprout from your back. If you are not wearing heavy armor, you gain a flying speed equal to your movement speed. If you choose to manifest natural weapons and wings when you enter a rage, you can choose entirely take on a draconic form while raging, becoming Large sized. When you take on a full draconic form, you choose whether your equipment falls to the ground in your space, merges into your new form, or is worn by it.
Path of Instinct While many Barbarians lose control when they rage, flying into wild tantrums, some operate in a state of cold absolute focus, becoming creatures of pure instinct and finely honed reflexes. Entering a void-like state of mind, they act almost without conscious thought, accomplishing superhuman feats and shrugging off hits. Though utter calm might seem less frightening than the frothing rage of their counterparts, true terror sets in once their foes witness the destruction such perfect focus can bring.
Focused Rage
Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, your rage becomes a state of pure focus. You can perform impossible feats in this state of extreme focus by expending focus dice. When you enter a rage, you gain a number of d8 focus dice equal to your proficiency bonus. You can expend these dice on the following abilities: Perfect Dodge. When you make a Dexterity saving throw or Dexterity ability check, you can expend one
94 focus die, expending it and adding to the roll. You can do this after rolling the d20, but before the outcome is determined. Perfect Intuition. When you make a Wisdom saving throw or ability check, you can expend one focus die to add it to the roll. When you do this with the Search action, you can take the Search action as a bonus action. Perfect Parry. When another creature damages you with a weapon attack, you can use your reaction and expend one focus die to reduce the damage by the number you roll on your focus die + your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice). Perfect Strike. When you make a weapon attack roll against a creature, you can expend one focus die to add it to the roll. You can use this ability after making the attack roll, but before any effects of the attack are applied. Perfect Focus. If your rage would end for any reason other than being knocked unconscious, you can expend one focus die to prevent it from ending until the start of your next turn.
Instinctive Insight
Additionally at 3rd level, your natural intuition and ability to read creature behavior grants you proficiency in the Insight skill. If you are already proficient in Insight, you gain expertise in it, allowing you to add twice your proficiency bonus to Insight checks.
Blind Fighting
At 6th level, your senses are so sharp that you gain an instinctive blindsight of 10 feet while raging. The range of this blind sight increases by 10 feet at 10th level (to 20 feet), and again at 14th level (to 30 feet).
focus die as a reaction to move toward that creature (up to your movement speed). If you can reach the creature after your movement, you can make one weapon attack against them as part of this reaction. This movement does not trigger opportunity attacks.
Path of Mutation For most Barbarians, their rage manifests as a mystically empowered state of mind, but Barbarians of this path manifest their rage in a more profound and physical manner, embodying the rage through terrifying mutation, transforming into hulking brutes. While origin of their power varies, be it ancient blood awakening, consumption of an alchemical substance, blessing of astral entities, or a past exposure to specific kinds of radiant damage, the effects all embody physical manifestation of a Barbarians rage, granting them increased power, size, and durability. Some barbarians of this path turn into towering monstrous humanoids, others take on draconic aspects, others channeling the powers of giant apes or other beasts, while some simply turn large and green.
Transforming Rage
Starting at 3rd level, you gain the ability to mutate your body, taking a physical manifestation of your inner rage. You gain the following benefits when you enter a rage: • You can grow to Large size. While Large, you deal double damage to objects and structures. • You gain temporary hit points equal to your Barbarian level. • Your rage bonus damage grows from +2 to +2d4. When your rage damage would normally increase by 1, it increases by 1d4.
Collateral Damage
Beginning at 10th level, you can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as an ancient red dragon’s fiery breath or an ice storm spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.
At 3rd level, you gain proficiency in improvised weapons. Improvised weapons that do not otherwise use the stats of a weapon deal 1d8 bludgeoning damage (instead of 1d4 damage) as long as they weigh more than 20 pounds. Additionally, you can make Strength ability checks against objects that would normally take an action as an object interaction (such as attempting to break down a door, smash a table, or break free of restraints).
Instinctive Strike
Adaptive Rage
Evasion
Starting at 14th level, when a creature ends their turn within range of your blindsight, you can expend one
Starting at 6th level, when you enter a rage, you can control your mutation to a small extent, granting you
95 adaptive advantages against your enemies. When you enter a rage, you gain two of the following benefits (each option can only be selected once): • You gain resistance to one damage type of your choice • You gain proficiency in one saving throw of your choice. • You gain a swimming or climbing speed equal to your walking speed. • You regenerate hit points equal to half your Constitution modifier (rounded down) at the start of your turns while raging.
Building Frustration
Starting at 10th level, if you fail a Strength saving throw, attack roll, or ability check while raging you can add your Strength modifier to your next attempt to accomplish the same thing (attack the same creature, break the same object, save against the same spell). Failing a saving throw persists your rage until the end of your next turn if it would normally end.
Hulking Smash
At 14th level, you gain the ability to exert the full force of your rage, unleashing a devastating attack. As an action, you attempt to make a single, massive, weapon attack, dealing normal weapon damage + 6d6 bonus damage of the same damage type and knocking the target prone on hit. All creatures besides you within 5 feet of where you hit the target take 1d6 + your Strength damage bludgeoning damage from the shockwave of the impact. If this attack is made using a creature you are grappling as a weapon (using an improvised weapon attack), the grappled creature takes the 6d6 bonus damage as well, hit or miss.
Bard College of Fools The College of Fools is a motley lot, varying from bumbling beggars to the eyesores of a noble court, decked out in the finest eye-bleeding frippery. One can tell at a glance they are not to be taken seriously, but beneath the facade there is... well, usually a fool, but also a sharp mind, quick hands, and an uncanny understanding of how to manipulate any situation. The College of Fools is tolerated much like an assassin’s guild might be, hiding in the brilliant outfits in plain sight more surely the darkened leather in the shadows, they gather information, poke and prod their enemies, bolster the allies, and, just occasionally, toss a knife in the air and forget to catch it before it hits someone.
Jester’s Juggling
When you join the College of Fools at 3rd level, you master the art of juggling nearly anything. You gain proficiency in Performance. If you already have proficiency in Performance, you can select another skill of your choice to gain proficiency in. Additionally, you can draw or stow any number of items or weapons during your turn. You can hold one more weapons or objects than you have hands, but when you do so, at the end of your turn you must make Dexterity (Performance) check with a DC of 5 times the additional number of hands you need to hold all the items you are holding (for example, to hold 3 daggers would be a DC 5, while to hold 3 daggers and greatsword would be DC 15). On failure, you drop any that you don’t have sufficient hands to hold.
Fool’s Fumble
Also at 3rd level, when you fail an ability check or attack roll, you can expend a use of Bardic Inspiration to pass it off as an intentional failure, recovering in spectacular fashion. When you do so, reroll the check and add your Bardic Inspiration to the result.
Acrobatic Antics
Starting at 6th level, your acrobatic mastery gives you proficiency in Acrobatics. If you already have proficiency in Acrobatics, you can select another skill of your choice to gain proficiency in. You can use your acrobatic foolery to tumble around the most dangerous places safely. You gain the following benefits:
96 • You gain a climbing speed of 20 feet, falls of 20 feet or less deal no damage to you, and whenever you fall, you can choose to land on your feet. • As a bonus action, you can leap and tumble, spending up to 10 feet of movement while ignoring difficult terrain, not provoking opportunity attacks, and moving through creatures’ spaces (including hostile creatures). • You gain advantage on saving throws ability checks to avoid falling.
Fatal Flourish
Additionally at 6th level, when you use your Action to make make an ability check, cast vicious mockery, or make a weapon attack with a light melee weapon, you can make a single weapon attack with a melee weapon or dart as bonus action.
Energetic Encore
Starting at 14th level, you can build off the success of others and encourage them to greater heights. When another creature scores a critical hit while within 30 feet of you, you can use your reaction to make a single weapon attack against the same target. When you deal a critical hit or a creature fails a saving throw against one of your spells by 5 or more, you can use your reaction to take the Help action to encourage an ally to follow up on success. You can expend a use of Bardic Inspiration to take one of these reactions on any hit or failed save, even when the attack was not a critical hit.
Cleric Dream Domain Clerics of the Dream Domain draw upon the power of the ethereal realm of dreams, using their connection to this mystical place to heal allies, control enemies, and shape the dreams of those around them. They follow gods of dreams, creativity, art, music, and the moon.
Dream Domain Spells Cleric Level
Spells
1st
hideous laughter, sleep
3rd
disorientK, enthrall
5th
hypnotic pattern, major image
7th
banishment, confusion
9th
dream, modify memory
Dreamweaver
At 1st level, you can protect and guide the dreams of others around you. Up to 4 + your Cleric level other creatures of your choice sleeping within 120 feet of you have advantage on saving throws against beings intruding into or influencing their dreams. Additionally, you can shape and guide their dreams to grant them tranquil sleep or prophetic preparations. You can apply one of the following options to all affected creatures: • Focused Dreams. The creature gains the effect of guidance on a number of skill checks of their choice equal to your proficiency bonus, losing any unused uses when they complete their next long rest. • Restful Dreams. The creature regains additional expended hit dice equal to one quarter of your Cleric level (rounded down). • Tranquil Dreams. The creature gains 1d4 + your Cleric level temporary hit points at the end of their long rest.
Channel Divinity: Dream Trance
Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to pull a creature’s mind into dreaming trance. As an action, you present your holy symbol and choose a creature within 60 feet, attempting to pull their mind into the dreamscape for up to 10 minutes.
97 An unwilling creature can make a Wisdom saving throw, preventing the effect on a successful save. If they fail and become ensnared, they can repeat their saving throw at the end of each of their turns, escaping the trance on a success. While their mind is in the dreamscape, the creature is incapacitated, blinded, and deafened to the real world. As a bonus action, you can guide the dreams of an affected creature, ending the effect and causing one of the following conditions: • Terrifying Visions. The creature takes psychic damage equal to 4 times your Cleric level and becomes frightened of you until the start of your next turn. • Tranquil Visions. Any charmed or frightened condition on the creature is ended, and they gain temporary hit points equal to 4 times your cleric level, waking at the end of their next turn. Creatures that are already asleep automatically fail their initial saving throw against this effect. A creature that takes damage is broken out of their dream trance, ending the effect. A creature that cannot be charmed automatically passes their saving throw against this ability.
Dream Manifestation
Starting at 6th level, as an action you can manifest parts of your dreams into the real world as fleeting creations within a 20-foot cube within 30 feet of you. You can create an object (such as a chair or bed), structure (such as a small empty house, a bridge, or stairs), or creature this way, but whatever is created must fit within a 20-foot cube. Creatures created this way are illusionary, behaving as per the major image spell, but objects and effects can be made real with the following limitations: • Objects and structures created this way are obviously magical in nature and crumble to nothing after 1 minute. • They have no value, and cannot be moved outside of the 20-foot cube they were made in. • They cannot contain any information you don’t yourself know (a book on a subject you don’t know would be blank for example). • Objects created this way have an AC equal to your Cleric level and crumble to dust if they take damage. They cannot deal any damage, crumbling to dust if they would deal damage. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until
you complete a long rest, though you can use it again early by expending a 3rd level spell slot.
Potent Spellcasting
At 8th level, you add your Wisdom modifier to the damage you deal with any cleric cantrip.
Dream Walker
Starting at 17th level, you can physically enter dreams to travel, gain information, or influence them. When you fall asleep or as an action while awake, you can enter the ethereal realm of dreams for up to an hour. You can exit the realm of dreams as a bonus action. You can only exit the realm of dreams within 120 feet of where you entered, or within 5 feet of a sleeping creature. While in the realm of dreams, you can do any of the following: • Teleport to a location you’ve been to before or a person you are familiar with (though you can only exit the dream realm there if there is a sleeping person to use as a conduit). • Cast the dream spell once without expending a spell slot, after which you cannot do so again until next you enter the dream realm. • Search for information from the dreams of others, making a Wisdom (Insight) check with a DC based on the difficulty of finding the information, or contested by a Deception check using Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma by the target if you are trying to acquire it from a specific target (their choice of which). If you fail a check to acquire a piece of information, you cannot ever attempt to acquire that piece of information again. You can enter the dream realm in this way once, after which you must complete a long rest before doing so again.
Judgment Domain A Judgment Domain cleric is a cleric who oversees the distribution of law and order. The may do so in the name Justice itself, or in service to a particular face of justice, be that a lawful god - such as Tyr, Forseti, Helm, Torm, Ilmater... or even Bane, for those that dispense the Iron Fist of Tyranny the World might need - or at the behest of an institution of justice in the land. Employing a Justice Domain cleric is something that any ruling power must consider carefully. While they are almost always Lawful to the extreme, they answer only to their own, higher, ideals of justice.
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Judgment Domain Spells Cleric Level
Spells
1st
sanctuary, hellish rebuke
3rd
detect thoughts, zone of truth
5th
counterspell, fear
7th
banishment, locate creature
9th
dispel good and evil, geas
Bonus Cantrip
When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain the sacred flame cantrip if you don’t already know it.
Sacred Judgment
Starting at 1st level, when deal damage to a creature with a cleric spell, you can apply additional damage to a creature equal to your Wisdom modifier damage if that target has dealt damage to another creature since the end of your last turn. You can do this a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier, regaining all uses on a long rest.
Sweeping Judgements
If a spell effects multiple creatures, you can apply Sacred Judgement to multiple targets, but each application counts as one use of the ability.
Channel Divinity: Invoke Judgement
Starting at 2nd level, as an action you can present your holy symbol and invoke judgment upon your enemies. You crush a target within 60 feet under the weight of their sins. The target makes a Wisdom saving throw. On failure, the creature is knocked prone and their movement speed is dropped to zero for 1 minute. The creature can repeat their saving throw at the end of each of their turns. They make this save disadvantage if they have dealt damage since the start of their turn. You can apply the bonus damage of Sacred Judgement when dealing damage with a Cleric spell to a creature you have Invoked Judgement on regardless if they have damaged another creature. This persists for 1 minute regardless of their save.
Rebuke
Starting at 6th level, when an allied creature within 60 feet of you is reduced to zero hit points or takes damage from another creature while under the effect of a sanctuary spell you cast, you can cast hellish rebuke against the attacker them without expending a spell slot.
You can do this a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier, regain all uses on a long rest.
Potent Cantrip
Starting at 8th level, you add your Wisdom modifier to the damage you deal with any cleric cantrip.
Eternal Judgement.
Starting at 17th level, your Sacred Judgement can be used an unlimited number of times.
Martyr Domain Followers of gods that believe in taking on the suffering of those around them. Stalwart and unflinching, these intrepid souls seek to ease the suffering of those around them. While typically altruistic, sometimes their motivations are further afield belonging to strange cults of suffering or acceptance.
Martyr Domain Spells Cleric Level
Spells
1st
cure wounds, shield of faith
3rd
lesser restoration, warding bond
5th
invest lifeK, revivify
7th
death ward, resilient sphere
9th
greater restoration, mass cure wounds
Clad in Grace
Starting at 1st level, while you are not wearing any armor, your Armor Class equals 10 + your Constitution modifier + your Wisdom modifier. You can use a shield and still gain this benefit.
Relieve Suffering
Starting at 1st level, when you cast a spell of 1st level or higher that restores hit points, you can expend some of your own hit points to increase the amount another creature is healed by the spell regains, expending a number of hit points up to your Cleric level to increase the amount one creature is healed by an equivalent value. Additionally, you can touch a creature suffering a disease or the blinded, deafened, paralyzed or poisoned condition and transfer that disease or condition to yourself. Starting at 9th level, the range of conditions you can take increases, including exhaustion (1 level at a time), petrified, stunned, the
99 effect of a curse, or any reduction to their ability scores. You are afflicted by the effect in the same manner the creature you took it was, for the same duration and possible methods of ending the effect. You transfer a condition affecting another creature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier, regaining all uses on a long rest.
Channel Divinity: Bear the Burden
Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to bring all the suffering your allies suffer onto yourself. As an action, you present your holy symbol and enter a divine trance. Until the start of your next turn, your movement speed becomes zero and you gain temporary hit points equal to twice your Cleric level. Any time an allied creature within 30 feet of you takes damage, they have resistance to the damage taken, but you take damage equal to the damage they take.
Overcome Adversity
Starting at 6th level, when you use your Relieve Suffering to take the condition affecting a creature, you can repeat the original saving throw against the feature if it had one. On success, it is cured instead of transferred. Additionally, when you take damage as a result of the warding bond spell, you have resistance to that damage.
Potent Spellcasting
Starting at 8th level, you add your Wisdom modifier to the damage you deal with any cleric cantrip.
Unyielding Concentration
Starting at 17th level, while you are concentrating on a Cleric spell that targets you or your allies, your concentration can’t be broken as a result of taking damage.
Druid Circle of the Aspects A circle of the aspects druid, frequently called a spirit shifter, is a druid that has attuned themselves to the celestial aspects of beasts, tapping into their fundamental nature, calling up certain aspects of wilderness and embodying them in spirit. A druid of this circle can be said to wildshape their soul, rather than their body. Druids of this circle must walk a fine line, as it can be easy for them to delve too deeply into the powerful and savage states of mind they enter, but these magical aspects grant them both unique power and perspective as they walk the world, seeing the world through the eyes of the bestial spirits that boil within them.
Circle Spells
At 2nd level, you learn the primal savagery cantrip. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to the spells listed for that level in the Circle of the Aspects Spells table.
Circle of the Aspects Spells Druid Level
Circle Spells
3rd
flame blade, mirror image
5th
haste, spirit guardians
7th
fire shield, freedom of movement
9th
steel wind strike, wrath of nature
Spirit Shape
When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you gain an alternate use for Wild Shape. As a bonus action, you can shape your soul to incorporate a beastial aspect. While your body remains unchanged, the magical essence fills you with a unique power depending on which aspect you assume, granting potent abilities. The spirit shape lasts for 10 minutes, or until you use this feature again. Choose one of the following Spiritual Aspects: • Aspect of the Bear: You gain supernatural strength and your magic impacts with staggering force. Your Strength ability score becomes equal to your Wisdom ability score (if it was lower), and you can add your Strength modifier to the damage of your melee spell attacks. You gain proficiency in Strength saving throws while manifesting this aspect.
100 • Aspect of the Tiger: You gain a supernatural agility and unrelenting ferocity weaving your magic and attacks together. When you make a melee spell attack or cast a spell as part of your action, you can make one melee weapon attack as a bonus action. You gain proficiency in Dexterity saving throws while in this stance. • Aspect of the Turtle: You gain supernatural endurance and perseverance to carry on through a rain of blows. When you enter this form, and at the start of your turn while in this form, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier. You gain proficiency in Constitution saving throws while manifesting this aspect.
What are your spirits?
While the above are the mechanics of the spirits, the actual nature of the spirits can easily be changed. Prefer Badgers to Bears? Feel free to pick any beast that you feel embodies the power being granted.
Twin Soul
Starting at 6th level, when you assume a Spirit Aspect, you can assume two different aspects at the same time.
Spiritual Regrowth
Additionally at 6th level, whenever you cast a spell while Spirit Shaped, you recover hit points equal to twice the spell level of the spell cast.
Chimera Soul
Starting at 10th level, when you assume a Spirit Aspect, you can assume three different aspects at the same time.
Aspect of the Eagle
Starting at 14th level, when you assume any other Spiritual Aspect, you can also assume the Aspect of the Eagle, causing ethereal wings to erupt from your aura. You gain a flying speed of 30 feet while in this aspect. It ends when you are no longer assuming a Spiritual Aspect.
Circle of the Spirits Quirks The following are some optional quirks for a player of this Circle to choose from - these can be either preexisting, signaling their fated path toward this Circle, or appear after the first time they’ve assumed Spirit Shape.
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Quirk After spirit shaping, your eyes continue to resemble the Spiritual Aspect you assumed for the rest of the day. You blame any of your rude behavior on spirits disliking the subject at hand. When spirit shaped into carnivores, you occasionally forget it’s only in spirit and attempt to bite your enemies.
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You practice your roaring, just in case.
5
You act without hesitation, your fist guided by feral instincts.
6
You collect teeth and claws of impressive
Circle of the City The circle of the city is about adaption. The adaption of nature to cities, and the adaption of cities to nature. Druids of the circle see the teeming life of the city as just another ecosystem, one adapted to a special type of life, feeling kinship with the creatures that thrive in such an environment, particularly that which remains wild in the heart of the city - rats, pidgeons, cats, etc. While more primeveal druids may view them as little different than other city-dwellers, they are no less in tune with nature that other druids, simple tuning into a different, more subtle and pervasive, frequence of it.
Circle Spells
Your adaptation to the urban environment gives you access to certain avenues of magic that are most helpful for overseeing the interests of nature in such an environment. At 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to the spells listed for that level in the Circle of the City Spells table. Once you gain access to one of these spells, you always have it prepared, and it doesn’t count against the number of spells you can prepare each day. If you gain access to a spell that doesn’t appear on the druid spell list, the spell is nonetheless a druid spell for you.
Circle of City Spells Druid Level
Circle Spells
2nd
animal friendship, find familiar
3rd
detect thoughts, lesser restoration
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Circle Spells
5th
clairvoyance, glyph of warding
7th
fabricate, stone shape
9th
mislead, wall of stone
Living Eyes of the City
Starting at 2nd level, when you cast animal friendship, you can target up to a dozen animals of the same type when targeting tiny creatures (such as cats, rats, pigeons, or similar). When a tiny animal is charmed, they can understand you in a limited capacity (such as where something you can describe in terms they would understand is), you can understand them in a limited capacity (such as which direction something is), and will lend you aid in simple tasks as long as it does not place them in danger. You can be convinced to take on greater risks with an appropriate Animal Handling check with the DC determined by the GM. Additionally, any familiar you summon with find familiar gains the ability to communicate with creatures of a type resembling the form it takes, and advantage on all Animal Handling checks while interacting with beasts it can communicate with. You can expend a use of your Wildshape feature to shift your familiar from one form it can take to another without having to resummon it.
Controlled Magic
Operating within the confines of a city, you have managed to tame your magic to more freely operate within the limitations of tight urban environments. When you cast a spell that targets an area of effect, you can exclude a 10-foot cube from the area of effect (the cube does not have to be entirely within the area of effect). Alternatively, you can reduce the area of effect of any spell down to any value between its area of effect and a 5-foot radius, and can cast spells that would otherwise not be able to manifest in the environment (such as casting call lightning in a room less than 60 feet tall), with your spells adapting to fit within your environment. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier, regaining all uses when you complete a long rest.
Civilized Beasts
Starting at 6th level, when you use your Wildshape feature to take on the form of a beast, you retain your ability to speak (as long as the beast would normally
be able to vocalize sounds at sufficient volume to do so), and become more dexterous and adaptable with paws, claws, or talons, allowing you to use them perform more complicated tasks that might otherwise require hands. You additionally retain the ability to cast spells while using Wildshape to turn into a beast.
Urban Adaptation
Starting at 10th level, you become immune to poison and disease, and gain one skill of your choice from Insight, Perception, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand, or Stealth. If you have all the listed skills, you can select any skill of your choice instead.
Keen Skills
Starting at 14th level, you gain proficiency an additional skill from the list in Urban Adaption. Additionally, if a beast you assume the form of is proficient in a skill you are normally proficient in, you gain expertise in that skill while transformed into that beast.
Circle of Elements The Circle of Elements allows druids to deeply tap the purest primal powers, unleashing devastating elemental powers that reshape the battlefield. These druids follow ancient practices drawing on the oldest and most primal forms of power, feeling a deep connection to the untamed raw forms of these powers.
Invoke Element
When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you gain an alternate use for Wild Shape. As a bonus action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape to invoke primal powers to manifest elemental forces at a point within 60 feet. When you invoke this power, select an element to invoke, which has a different effect. • Air: Coalesced Lightning. When you manifest the power, and as a bonus action on subsequent turns, you can force one creature within 30 feet of the point to make a Dexterity saving throw, or be struck by an arc of lightning, taking 1d6 + your Wisdom modifier damage. • Earth: Stone Pillar. When you manifest the power, a stone eruption fills an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the point, rising up to 10 feet and blocking the space. It has an AC of 16 and hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier + your druid level. The pillar is three quarters cover for creatures behind it. It becomes difficult terrain when destroyed.
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• Fire: Wildfire. The area within 5 feet of the point is filled with flames. Creatures that start their turn in the area take 1d6 fire damage. • Water: Icy Blizzard. The area within 5 feet of the point is filled with an icy storm of sleet, becoming difficult terrain. You can move an elemental manifestation up to 20 feet on subsequent turns as a bonus action. If you move a stone pillar, the pillar is destroyed and you can create a new pillar. Instead of moving a Wildfire or Icy Blizzard, you can expand their radius by 5 feet as a bonus action, up to a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. Their radius is reset to the base size if you move them. You are unaffected by the effects of your own elemental manifestations (though cannot move through stone pillars you create unless otherwise able to). The manifested elemental lasts for 1 minute, ending early if you dismiss it (no action required), are incapacitated, die, or use this feature again.
Elemental Spells
Additionally at 2nd level, your mystical connection to the primal powers allows you to learn additional elemental spells. When you pick a druid spell, you can additionally select from the Circle of Elements Expanded Spells listed at the end of this subclass. The number of spells you can prepare increases by 1 when you gain this feature, and again at 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th levels.
• Dust: Dust Cloud. The area within 10 feet of the point becomes heavily obscured. Creatures attempting to speak in the area must make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC, or be muted until the start of their next turn or they exit the dust cloud. You can expand or move this Dust Cloud with your Invoke Elements feature. • Fog, Smoke, or Steam. Obscuring Cloud. The area has the effect of both contributing powers in addition the area covered by Wildfire or Icy Blizzard also becomes heavily obscured. • Magma: Magma Pillar. Has the effect of Stone Pillar, but additionally creatures that start their turn within 5 feet of the stone pillar take 1d6 fire damage and creatures that hit the magma pillar with a melee attack take 2d6 fire damage. • Mud: Mud Mire. The area within 5 feet of the point is filled with thick icy mud, creating difficult terrain. The difficult terrain generated on the ground requires an additional foot of movement for each foot of movement through it. You can expand or move this Mud Mire with your Invoke Elements feature.
Empowered Manifestations
Additionally at 10th level, the damage of the Coalesced Lightning, Wildfire, and Magma Pillar all increase by 1d6.
Elemental Adaptation
Starting at 6th level, when you deal bludgeoning, cold, fire, or lightning damage with Invoke Elements or a druid spell, you can choose a number of creatures equal to your proficiency bonus that you can see to exclude from the effect. The chosen creatures automatically pass their saving throw (if applicable) against the effect, and take no damage from the effect.
Starting at 14th level, when you complete a short or long rest, you can gain resistance to one damage type from the following list until your next short or long rest.: cold, fire, or lightning. When you have resistance to cold damage you can see through the obscurement of steam or fog. When you have resistance to fire damage from this feature, you can see through the obscurement of steam or smoke. When you have resistance to lightning damage you can see through the obscurement of dust, smoke, or steam.
Paraelemental Manifestations
Circle of Elements Expanded Spells
Primal Sculpting
Starting at 10th level, when you invoke an element, you can expend 2 uses of Wild Shape to invoke two elements at once in the same area.
The following spells are additionally considered Druid spells for you when you gain take this subclass:
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Air
Earth
Fire
Water
Cantrips
Air
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Dust
Smoke
Fog
Earth
Dust
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Magma
Mud
Fire
Smoke
Magma
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Steam
Fire Bolt Ray of Frost Shocking Grasp
Water
Fog
Mud
Steam
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1st Level Burning Hands EntombK
2nd Level Cold SnapK Scorching Ray
3rd Level Fireball Flash FreezeK ElectrocuteK Lightning Bolt
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Circle Spells At 2nd level, you learn the shillelagh cantrip. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to the spells listed for that level in the Circle of the Roots Spells table. Once you gain access to a circle spell, you always have it prepared, and it doesn’t count against the number of spells you can prepare each day.
Circle of Roots Spells Druid Level
Circle Spells
2nd
bramble bindingK, grasping rootsK
3rd
barkskin, sprout treeK
5th
bramble barrierK, plant growth
5th Level
7th
Pressure CutterK
carnivorous gardenK, guardian of nature
9th
commune with nature, tree stride
4th Level Ice SpikeK Jumping JoltK SuffocateK
6th Level Chain Lightning
7th Level Delayed Blast Fireball
8th Level 9th Level Meteor Swarm
Circle of Roots While many druids have a kinship with the deep woods of nature, a Circle of Roots druid has a connection that can go much deeper, where some may wonder where the will of the primordial woods ends and the will of the druid starts. Legends say that the first of these druids were woads who took human form, rather than humans that took woad form, but such things are lost to legend. Frequently, regardless of the nature of their connection, these druids will feel most comfortable deep in nature, and place great value in its unspoiled form, sharing a world view more in common with dryads and treants than other mortals... perhaps they were even raised by such creatures, leading them to this path. Members of this Circle stray toward what many would consider Neutral, not commonly becoming
Tree Shape
When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you gain an alternate use for Wild Shape. As a bonus action, you assume a treelike form, covered in leaves and bark, which lasts up to one hour, or until you end it as a bonus action or until you are incapacitated. You gain the following properties when you transform: • You can make yourself Large sized. If you do so, your reach becomes 10 feet. • You can make a Wisdom (Athletics) check to initiate, maintain, or contest a grapple, and have a number of grappling appendages (in the form of grasping roots or branches) equal to your Wisdom modifier. • Each appendage serves as a natural weapon under the effect of shillelagh. While in this form, you can cast shillelagh on any weapon you are carrying. • Your AC is 10 + your Constitution modifier + your Wisdom modifier. You cannot benefit from the AC of armor or shields while in this form. • You gain temporary hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier + twice your Druid level when you transform into tree form. When the form ends, you lose any temporary hit points you have from it. • When you take this form, you can expend a 1st level or higher spell slot. When you do so, the temporary hit points you gain increases by 1d8 per level of the spell slot spent.
104 • Any speed you have becomes 15 feet, unless the speed was lower. If you don’t move during your turn, you have advantage on Ability Checks and Saving Throws against effects that would move you or knock you prone. You choose whether your equipment falls to the ground in your space, merges into your new form, or is worn by it. Worn equipment functions as normal, but the DM decides whether it is practical for the new form to wear a piece of equipment. Your equipment doesn’t change to match the new form, and any equipment that the new form can’t wear must either fall to the ground or merge with it. Equipment that merges with the form has no effect until you leave the form. You can cast spells as normal while in this form.
Note: Vulnerable Limbs!
A creature you are grappling can attack you regardless if you are in its normal attack range by attacking the limb grappling them.
Extra Attack
Starting at 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Ancient Fortitude
Beginning at 10th level, you gain the endurance of the most ancient trees of the great forests. While in Tree Form, if you have no temporary hit points at the start of your turn, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier. You can spend a spell slot to increase the amount of temporary hit points by 1d8 per level of the spell slot spent. Additionally, if you have any temporary hit points when you take damage that forces you to make a Constitution saving throw to maintain Concentration on a spell, you can make the check with advantage (regardless if the damage exceeds your temporary hit points or not).
Crushing Grasp
Starting at 14th level, when a creature starts their turn grappled or restrained by you (by a grapple or a spell such as entangle), you can choose to crush them, dealing 2d6 bludgeoning damage to them.
Circle of Roots Quirks The following are some optional quirks for a player of this Circle to choose from - these can be either preexisting, signaling their fated path toward this
Circle, or appear after the first time they’ve assumed Tree shape. d6
Quirk You have a strong dislike of fire, and tend to put fires out when possible Parts of skin resemble bark, even while in human form. You find other mortals to always be in a terrible hurry. You can taste 14 flavors of sunlight. Most of them are delicious. Your hair is leaf green. On a bad hair day, you can’t get the leaves out of your hair. You tend to simply say your own name as means of communication.
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Circle of the Wild For some druids, they have found their friends among the beasts of the wild, forming a close kinship with the furred and the fanged. They often roam the wilderness, placing little value on the trappings of civilization, more concerned with nature, hunting, and exploring. The longer they spend in the wild with their animal friends, the more their habits tend to intertwine with the beasts around them. Sometimes they will cook food for their animal friends, while other times they will take to eating their food raw. They play the role of a caretaker, warden, and advocate for the wild.
Circle Spells
At 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to the spells listed for that level in the Circle of the Wild Spells table. Once you gain access to a circle spell, you always have it prepared, and it doesn’t count against the number of spells you can prepare each day
Circle of the Wild Spells Druid Level
Circle Spells
2nd
animal friendship, speak with animals
3rd
animal messenger, darkvision
5th
conjure animals, spiderbiteK
7th
dominate beast, polymorph
9th
commune with nature, hold monster
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Starting at 2nd level when you join this circle, you form a bond with a beast spirit and can allow it to take form by expending a use of your Wildshape as an action. Its statblock becomes that of your Beast Companion, applying the modifications from the customization table that best fit the form it takes. At the GM’s discretion, custom abilities can replace those powers to better represent the beast companion. Once selected, the traits cannot be changed, as the beast’s spirit takes on that form permanently. The beast’s soul becomes entangled with your own, granting you the ability to call it forth from wherever it is, and even return it to life should it ever fall, by expending a use of your Wildshape ability. As an action you can expend a use of Wildshape to call it to an empty space within 10 feet of you, where it appears at full hit points, and free of any conditions or spells that were affecting it. You can cause it to return to its spirit form as a bonus action, but must expend a use of Wildshape to call it forth once more after doing so. In combat, the Beast Companion shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. The only action it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn to command it to take another action. You can command your Beast Companion as part of the same bonus action used to summon it. That action can be the one in its stat block or some other action. If you are incapacitated, the Beast Companion can take any action of its choice, not just Dodge. When you manifest the companion, it lasts until you complete a long rest (unless you expend a use of Wildshape to keep it manifested until a subsequent long rest), it is reduced to zero hit points, or you die, at which point it vanishes, fading away until you expend a use of Wildshape to call it forth again.
Magical Bond
Starting at 6th level, your Beast Companion’s attacks count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. Additionally, whenever you expend a spell slot of 3rd level or higher on your turn, your companion can take one additional action on its turn. That action can be used only to take the Attack (one weapon attack only), Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
Beast Senses
Starting at 10th level, your bond with your companion enhances your senses with it, and its senses with yours. You gain expertise in Perception, allowing you to add twice your proficiency modifier to ability checks made for that skill, you gain any darkvision or blindsight range your beast has, it and it gains any darkvision or blindsight range you have (if both of you already have one type of vision, the ranges are added together).
Empowered Frenzy
Starting at 14th level, while your Beast Companion is manifested and within 60 feet of you, you can expend a slot (no action required) to empower it for a number of turns equal to the spell slot spent. It gains temporary hit points equal to 5 times the level of the spell slot spent, and while empowered in this way, the beast is under the effect of freedom of movement, and deals an additional 1d8 on hit with its attacks.
Beast Companion Medium beast, unaligned
At your GM’s discretion, you can form a bond with a normal willing animal, its statblock getting replaced with the Beast Companion statblock, with customizations selected to best represent its original stats. It gains all the same properties as a Primal Companion, its soul becoming entangled with your own, and it becomes a spirit beast.
Armor Class 10 + PB Hit Points 5 + Five times your Druid Level Speed 30 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 16 (+3) 14 (+2) 16 (+3) 5 (-3) 10 (+0) 6 (-2) Saving Throws Strength +3(+PB), Con +3(+PB) Skills Perception 0 +PB Senses passive Perception 10 + PB Languages understands the languages you speak Challenge — Proficiency Bonus PB [Customized] Based on Customization Selections.
Form Permanency
Actions
Spirit Animal
This rule is to prevent having to rebuild the stat block and save time, as well as a balance consideration, but at the GM’s discretion they can allow it to be changed to a new permanent form if there is a good reason.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: [your spell attack modifier to hit], reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 + PB piercing damage.
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Beast Customizations When you bond your companion, select from the following traits to best represent the bonded beast. You can select up to 3 traits. Attack Type (Free). You can change your companion’s attack to Claw, dealing slashing damage instead, or Slam, dealing bludgeoning damage instead. This does not cost a Trait. Amphibious. Your companion gains a swim speed equal to its walking speed, and can breathe underwater. Blindsight. Your companion gains a Blindsight of 10 feet. Flying (Costs 2 Traits). Prerequisite: selected beast’s appearance must have wings. The beast gains a flying speed equal to its walking speed. Keen Senses. Your companion can add twice your proficiency in the Perception skill. Massive (Costs 2 Traits). Incompatible with Flying. Your companion’s size is Large, and its natural weapon becomes 2d6 + its Strength. Pack Tactics. Your companion has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the beast’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated. Poisonous. The beast’s attack becomes Sting, dealing an additional 1d4 poison damage on hit. The size of the damage die increases when your proficiency bonus does (to 1d6 at +3, etc). Pounce/Charge. If the beast moves at least 20 feet straight toward a creature and then hits it with an attack on the same turn, that target must succeed on a Strength saving throw with a DC equal to your Spell Save DC or be knocked prone. Quick. Your companion’s walking speed increases by 10 feet. Simian Nature. Your companion gains climbing speed equal to its movement speed, proficiency with throwing rocks (ranged weapon, 1d4 + PB bludgeoning damage, thrown(20/60), and the ability to hold small items. Sneaky. Your companion gains proficiency in the
Stealth and Deception skills. Spider Climb. Your companion can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check, and ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing. Shell. Your companion’s AC becomes 15 + PB, but its speed is reduced to 20 feet. Tough. Your companion’s hit points become 5 + five times your Druid level.
Example Beasts
Bear. Tough, Massive. Wolf. Quick, Pack Tactics, Keen Senses. Turtle. Amphibious, Shell, Tough. Owl. Flying, Keen Senses. Spider. Blindsight, Poisonous, Spiderclimb. Tiger. Massive, Pounce.
Reasonable Customization
What makes sense for a beast will be up to your GM. In general, these traits should be used to replicate or empower what a beast already has, but exist here so that a broad selection of beasts can be represented fairly. How much your GM will let you mix and match to make a Winged Turtle Tiger is up to them and their world.
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Fighter Adventurer An adventurer is a well rounded fighter that specializes in preparation. They are resourceful survivors that excel at tackling a wide range of situations with preparation.
Improvised Resources
Starting at 3rd level, you excel at making do with whatever you can get your hands on. During a long rest, you can create two potions of healing, 1st level spell scrolls (selecting a spell from the Druid or Wizard list), or adventuring gear items worth less than 5 gold pieces each assembled out of miscellaneous items you pick during the day. Any scroll or potion created this way expires if not used by the next time you complete a long rest. You can cast scrolls created this way without a check, as if the scroll was on your spell list. If a scroll requires a spellcasting modifier, you use your Intelligence or Wisdom (or choice). Scrolls created this way cannot be copied or used in crafting. The number of items you can create this way increases to 3 items at 9th level, and 4 items at 15th level. The quality of items you can create increases at 7th level, 10th level, 13th level, and 16th level as shown on the table below (you can still choose to make items of lower level when gaining higher level options). Level
Improvised Potion
Scroll Level
Item Value
3rd
Potion of Healing
1st Level
5 gp
7th
Any Uncommon Potion
10th
Potion of Superior Healing
—
30 gp
13th
—
3rd level
40 gp
16th
Any Rare Potion
—
50 gp
19th
—
4th level
60 gp
2nd Level 10 gp
Kibbles’ Alchemy Integration
If using Kibbles’ Alchemy, you can make any uncommon/ rare oil, concoction, or explosive in place of an uncommon/ rare potion.
Additionally at 3rd level, you learn two additional skills, tools, or languages of your choice. You learn one additional skill, tool, or language of your choice at 9th and 15th level.
Resourceful Talents
Starting at 7th level, you can find small breaks in the flow of battle to drink potions. You can drink any potion that would normally require an action as a bonus action. Additionally, you can attempt to cast spell scrolls that would normally be unintelligible to you. When doing so, you automatically succeed if the DC of the required spellcasting check is less than 10 + your proficiency bonus, otherwise you roll 1d20 + your proficiency bonus in place of making a spellcasting check, unless your spellcasting check would be higher.
Acquired Knack
At 10th level, you can select one of the following abilities: • Heightened Awareness. You gain a +5 bonus to initiative rolls, can’t be surprised unless you are incapacitated, and other creatures do not gain advantage on attacks against you due to being unseen. • Perfected Athletics. Standing up from being prone only uses 5 feet of your movement, you gain a climbing speed equal to your movement speed, and can make a running high jump or long run after moving only 5 feet. • Ritual Dabbler. You gain the ability to record and cast ritual spells, selecting one class that has ritual casting. You learn two ritual spells from that class spell list, and can record new ritual spells from that book that you come across in written form. Record aing a spell takes 2 hours and costs 50 gold pieces per spell level. You can only record and ritually cast spells of a level equal to half your Fighter level (rounded down). • Dungeon Veteran. You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) and Intelligence (Investigation) checks to detect the presence of secret doors, you have advantage on saving throws made to avoid or resist traps, and only take half damage from the effects of traps. • Shadow Lurker. You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured, when you are hidden from a creature attacking that creature does not reveal your location if you miss, and dim
108 light doesn’t does not impose disadvantage on your Wisdom (Perception) ability checks, even when they rely on sight.
Survival Skills
Starting at 15th level, you can add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down, to your initiative checks, and to any saving throw you don’t already add your proficiency to. Additionally, you gain a climbing and swimming speed equal to your walking speed.
Adventurer’s Intuition
Starting at 18, you have survived so many dangerous situations and seen every trick in the book. At key moments, your intuition kicks in. When you make an attack roll, saving throw, or ability check, you can replace the roll with your Fighter level. You can use this after you roll, but before you know the outcome. Once you do this, you cannot do so again until you complete a short or long rest.
Brawler A brawler is a fighter that takes a holistic approach to beating things down. They are not the specialized martial artists of monks, but can throw a punch... or a chair. They specialize in being resourceful and, more importantly, strong. Ranging from brutish thugs and drunks to witty chaps who had to learn to wag their fists as fast as their tongue to keep their head on their shoulders. A brawler is always armed and dangerous, and isn’t above using a weapon if it’s the handiest way to bash something, they just don’t view themselves as limited.
Weapon is a State of Mind
Beginning when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain a remarkably ability to turn anything into a weapon - fists, improvised weapons, goblins, etc. You can add your proficiency bonus when wielding improvised weapons, and all attacks you make deal 1d8 damage bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage (depending on their nature) if their damage die would be lower. You can use creatures you are grappling as improvised weapons with the Thrown 5/10 property. If they are one size or more smaller than you, they gain the Light property. When you make an attack using a creature or object as a weapon, you can choose to deal damage equal to your Strength modifier to the creature or object you are using as a weapon.
Flexible Style
Additionally at 3rd level, you can apply the benefit of any fighting style to any weapon attack (including unarmed strikes and improvised weapons). If you have multiple Fighting Styles you may pick which the attack benefits from. Additionally, at the end of a long rest, you can change your Fighting Style selection.
Endurance
Beginning at 7th level, you gain a remarkable ability to shrug off blows. When you use your Second Wind feature, you gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage until the start of your next turn.
Additional Fighting Style
At 10th level, you can choose a second option from the Fighting Style class feature.
Brutal Blows
Starting at 15th level, the minimum damage die of your attacks becomes a d10 (up from a d8). Additionally, when you choose to deal damage to a creature or object you are using as a weapon, it takes damage equal to the damage dealt by the attack.
Legendary Feat
At 18th level, you can perform legendary feats that defy all common sense. Before you make an attack roll, saving throw, or Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution ability check, you can make it a legendary feat, adding your Fighter level to the roll. Once you do so, you cannot do so again until you complete a short or long rest.
Champion Champions strive for perfection - exemplars of form and fitness, they represent masters of straightforward martial prowess.
Improved Critical
Beginning when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, your weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20. This bonus increases at 7th level (to scoring a critical hit on a roll of 18-20), and again at 15th level (to scoring a critical hit on a 17-20).
Improved Fighting Style
Additionally, your selected Fighting Style is further refined. You gain the following the bonus based on your Fighting Style:
109 • Archery: You gain a +1 bonus to damage rolls you make with ranged weapons when benefiting from this Fighting Style. • Defense: All damage taken is reduced by 1 while wearing armor when benefiting from this Fighting Style • Dueling: You gain a +1 to attack rolls you make while wielding a weapon in one hand and not wielding another weapon when benefiting from this Fighting Style. • Great Weapon Fighting: You can add half of your Strength modifier (rounded down) to damage rolls made with melee weapons you are holding in both hands while benefiting from this Fighting Style. • Protection: You gain a second reaction action which can only be used on the reaction granted by this style (allowing you to use it and one other reaction, or use it twice). • Two Weapon Fighting: Attacking with your second weapon no longer requires your bonus action, but you can make that attack only once per turn while benefiting from this Fighting Style
Athletic Champion
Starting at 7th level, you gain proficiency in Athletics. If you already have proficiency in Athletics, you gain Expertise in Athletics, allowing you to add twice your Proficiency bonus to Athletics checks. Additionally, you gain a climbing and swimming speed equal to your walking speed, and your jumping distance is doubled.
Additional Fighting Style
At 10th level, you can choose a second option from the Fighting Style class feature. You gain the benefits of Improved Fighting Style with this second Fighting Style as well.
Determination
Starting at 15th level, you can attempt to use physical prowess to break through magical effects that are otherwise physically impassable. As an action, you can make a Strength (Athletics) check against the spell save DC of the caster to attempt to force your way through magical barriers or effects. On success, you can move through the effect, spending four feet of movement for each foot moved through the effect.
Survivor
At 18th level, you attain the pinnacle of resilience in battle. At the start of each of your turns, you regain hit points equal to 5 + your Constitution modifier if you have no more than half of your hit points left. You
don’t gain this benefit if you have 0 hit points.
Fighting Mastery
Additionally at 18th level, you learn all the Fighting Styles available to the Fighter.
Crusader Crusaders are fighters that serve a faith, often zealously so. They may be directly in the service of god, belong to an order in general, or have taken up a more personal cause. They wield powers that let them protect themselves from the evils of their foes and purge that which defies them.
Spellcasting
When you reach 3rd level, you augment your martial prowess with the ability to cast spells. See Spells Rules for the general rules of spellcasting and the Spells Listing for the cleric spell list.
Cantrips You learn two cantrips of your choice from the cleric spell list. You learn an additional cleric cantrip of your choice at 10th level.
Spell Slots The Crusader Spellcasting table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your cleric spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.
Spells Known of 1st-Level and Higher
You know three 1st-level cleric spells of your choice from the cleric spell list. The Spells Known column of the Crusader Spellcasting table shows when you learn more cleric spells of 1st level or higher. Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of the cleric spells you know with another spell of your choice from the cleric spell list.
Spellcasting Ability Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your cleric spells, since you learn your spells through faith and conviction. You use your Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a cleric spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.
110 Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier
Crusader Spellcasting
Strength of Faith
Starting at 10th level, you can add half of your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice, rounded down) to your spell save DC and spell attack modifier for Cleric spells.
Purifying Powers
Level
Spells Known
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2nd
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4th
3rd
3
2
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3
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4
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5
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2
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5
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2
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6
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2
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6
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3
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7
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3
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7
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3
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8
4
3
2
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8
4
3
2
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9
4
3
2
—
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9
4
3
3
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10
4
3
3
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10
4
3
3
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11
4
3
3
1
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11
4
3
3
1
Devout Doctrine
Starting at 15th level, your powers shield from the foul magics of heretics. When you are concentrating on a cleric spell, you have advantage on saving throws against spells.
Unbreakable Conviction
Starting at 18th level, while you are concentrating on a cleric spell that targets you (it does not have to target only you), your concentration can’t be broken as a result of taking damage.
Green Knight The Green Knight is a fighter who draws on the power of nature to imbue their attacks with the strength of the earth itself. They are fierce defenders of the natural world, sworn to protect it at all costs.
Spellcasting
When you reach 3rd level, you augment your martial prowess with the ability to cast spells. See Spells Rules for the general rules of spellcasting and the Spells Listing for the druid spell list.
Cantrips You learn two cantrips of your choice from the druid spell list. You learn an additional druid cantrip of your choice at 10th level.
Spell Slots
Additionally at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Religion skill and gain the ability to use a holy symbol as your spell casting focus for your cleric spells. If you are already proficient in Religion, you can gain proficiency in another skill of your choice.
The Green Knight Spellcasting table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your druid spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.
Fervent Zeal
Spells Known of 1st-Level and Higher
Beginning at 7th level, when you cast a spell that targets yourself, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action (it does not have to target only you).
You know three 1st-level druid spells of your choice from the druid spell list. The Spells Known column of the Green Knight Spellcasting table shows when you learn more druid spells of 1st level or higher. Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of the druid spells you know with another spell of your choice from the druid spell list.
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Spellcasting Ability Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your druid spells, since your magic draws upon your devotion and attunement to nature. You use your Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a druid spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one. Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier
Green Knight Spellcasting
Additionally at 3rd level, you learn the shillelagh cantrip. This does not count against your cantrips known. You can target any weapon with it, but when targeting a weapon other than a club, quarterstaff, or greatclub, its effect does not change the damage dice. When you target a greatclub, the damage dice becomes 1d12.
Regrowth
Beginning at 7th level, you gain an additional use of your Second Wind feature, allowing you to use it again before you need to complete a rest.
Ancient Warding
Level
Spells Known
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2nd
3rd
4th
3rd
3
2
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—
—
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3
3
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4
3
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4
3
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5
4
2
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5
4
2
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6
4
2
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10th
6
4
3
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—
11th
7
4
3
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12th
7
4
3
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—
13th
8
4
3
2
—
14th
8
4
3
2
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15th
9
4
3
2
—
16th
9
4
3
3
—
17th
10
4
3
3
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10
4
3
3
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11
4
3
3
1
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11
4
3
3
1
Nature’s Blessing
Verdant Weapon
Starting at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with the Nature skill and gain the ability to use a druidic focus as your spellcasting focus for your druid spells. If you are already proficient in Nature, you gain proficiency in another skill of your choice.
At 10th level, when you use your Indomitable feature to reroll a saving throw against a magical effect, you can add your proficiency bonus to the result (potentially adding twice your proficiency bonus if you are already proficient in the save).
Immortal Regeneration
Starting at 15th level, your Second Wind feature restores an additional 1d10 hit points, and you can use your Second Wind feature while you are Incapacitated and could otherwise not take actions.
Primal Command
Starting at 18th level, you can cast a Druid spell with the casting time of an action as a bonus action. Once you do this, you cannot do so again until you complete a short rest.
112 Spiritsworn [Unedited] A Spiritsworn fighter is one that masters their martial prowess in tandem with a special spirit weapon, forming an unbreakable bond of shared growth and becoming a peerless martial team.
Spirit’s Nature
The nature of the spirit that forms this archetype’s spirit weapon is open ended. You can roll from the following table, pick one that suits the character, or invent an entirely unique relation between the spirit and fighter. d6 1 2 3 4 5 6
Spirit Type A manifestation of your own mystical aura, it represents your will to fight. A fey spirit that has become inseparably bonded to you. A celestial entity that chose you for a destiny or task. An heirloom weapon passed down through your family, inhabited by an ancestral spirit. A fiendish spirit granted as part of an infernal contract paid at a terrible price. A mysterious piece of your shadow.
Spirit’s Aspect
The spirit’s primary power is that of a weapon, but it is a magical entity and the bond with the fighter is magical, mystical in nature, it grants the fighter unique powers. You can roll on the following table for the primordial aspect, or select one that suits the character. The selection expands the subclass spell list, found at the end of the subclass. d6
Spirit’s Power
1
Fire
2
Ice
3
Lightning
4
Illusion
5
Gravity
6
Nature
Spirit Weapon
Starting at 3rd level when you select this archetype, you become permanently bonded to a special spirit that can manifest into the form of any weapon you are proficient with. You can manifest the spirit as a bonus action, and it lasts until you spend a bonus action to return it to its intangible form. The spirit is typically intangible and imperceptible to anyone other than you when not manifested. While it is manifested, you can change its form as a bonus action. If you get more than 300 feet from the weapon, or enter a different plan, the spirit returns to you in intangible form, its weapon form vanishing. If the spirit manifests as a ranged weapon, it manifests with one piece of ammunition already loaded. Further attacks require ammunition (and loading, if applicable) as necessary. Each time you change the form of your spirit weapon, it reforms in your hand. As part of a long rest, the spirit can absorb a weapon as long as that weapon is not a sentient weapon. When it does so, the spirit gains any bonus to attack and damage rolls that weapon has, and can perfectly imitate that weapon (though only gains any property other than a bonus to attack and damage rolls when mimicking the absorbed weapon). It can have one weapon absorbed in this way at a time, and absorbing a new weapon returns the previously absorbed weapon.
Bonded Fighting Style When you gain your spirit weapon, your ability and prowess at fighting becomes linked to it. Whenever you manifest your spirit, you can change your Fighting Style to apply to the weapon type it has formed as (for example, if you form it as a rapier, you can gain the Dueling Fighting Style).
Spirit Magic
Additionally at 3rd level, your link to a mystical spirit grants you the ability to use certain magic through it. Your Spirit Weapon counts as an arcane focus, and is considered worth the value of the weapon it takes the form of when being used as a material component for spells.
Spell Slots The Spiritsworn table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.
Spells Known of 1st-Level and Higher You learn two spells of your choice from the Spiritsworn spell list. You gain additional spells based on the spirit’s aspect, listed at the end of this class. The Spells known column shows when you learn more spells of 1st level or higher. Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of the spells you know with another spell of your choice from the Spiritsworn spell list. Spells gained from the spirit’s aspect cannot be replaced. The new spell must be of a level for which you have spell slots.
Spellcasting Ability Your spell casting ability is Wisdom, with your spells being an expression of bond with a spirit. You use your Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving throw DC for spells you can cast, and when you make an attack roll with one. Spell Save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier Spell Attack Modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier
Advanced Weapon Formation
Starting at 7th level, when you manifest or morph your spirit weapon, you can take advantage of its unique nature to grant it exotic properties that would otherwise be impossible. You can select one of the following properties when you manifest or change its form: Enlarged Form. The spirit weapon grows one size larger, but your bond with it allows you to wield it effortlessly. It deals an additional 1d4 damage on hit. Extended Form. The weapon narrows and extends, gaining the Reach property. If it already has the reach property, it’s reach increases by 5 feet. Shield Form. The spirit can take the form of a Shield, and you can equip it as part of its manifestation or changing its form. If the spirit’s weapon form has a bonus to attack and damage rolls, that bonus becomes a bonus to AC while in this form.
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8
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8
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9
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10
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10
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11
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11
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3
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1
Empowered Strike
Additionally at 7th level, you gain the ability to empower your weapon with its aspect. When you manifest or change the form of your Spirit Weapon, you can expend a 1st level or higher spell slot. When you do so, the first time you deal damage with it before dismissing or changing its shape again, it deals an additional 1d10 damage of a type matching it’s aspect (fire, cold, lightning, psychic, bludgeoning, or respectively).
Second Senses
Starting at 10th level, your spirit’s ability to share your senses allows it to forewarn and assist you. You gain proficiency in the Perception skill. If you are already proficient, you gain expertise in the Perception skill, meaning you can add twice your proficiency bonus to the Perception skill checks. Additionally, this heightened awareness gives you proficiency with Dexterity saving throws against effects you can see.
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4th Level Spells
Starting at 15th level, when you cast a spell that requires concentration that targets your spirit weapon (either a range Touch spell targeting or a range Self effect uses it as a material component), your concentration can’t be broken as a result of taking damage.
Dimension CutterK Fire Shield Freedom of Movement Gale ShotK Stoneskin
Synchronized Assault
Fire
Starting at 18th level, manifesting or changing the form of your spirit weapon no longer requires a bonus action. You can cause it to take any form it could normally take at will during your turn, no action required. Once per turn, when manifesting the weapon or changing the form of your weapon, you can gain advantage on the next attack you make before the end of your turn.
Weapon Magic 1st Level Sells Absorb Elements Arcane WeaponK ElectrifyK Heavy BlowK Infinite EdgeK MultishotK Returning WeaponK Thunderous Smite
2nd Level Spells AlacrityK Branding Smite Burning StrikeK Iron Wind StrikeK Magic Weapon Shattering ShieldK Spirit EchoK Wind CutterK Wind SenseK
3rd Level Spells Conjure Barrage Dispel Magic Elemental Weapon Haste Spirit Shroud Whirling ConflagrationK
Spirit Type Fighter Level
Spells
3rd
burning hands
7th
scorching ray
13th
fireball
19th
wall of fire
Gravity Fighter Level
Spells
3rd
feather fall
7th
levitate
13th
fly
19th
orbital stonesK
Fighter Level
Spells
3rd
arctic breathK
7th
cold snapK
13th
sleet storm
19th
ice storm
Ice
Illusion Fighter Level
Spells
3rd
disguise self
7th
mirror image
13th
major image
19th
greater invisibility
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Nature Fighter Level
Spells
3rd
entangle
7th
healing spirit
13th
plant growth
19th
carnivorous gardenK
Storm Fighter Level
Spells
3rd
gale boltK
7th
hurricane slashK
13th
lightning bolt
19th
jumping joltK
Monk Way of the Elements [Unedited] Elemental Techniques
When you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you learn elements techniques that allow you harness elemental powers to unleash them at your command. You learn three techniques of your choice, which are detailed in the “Elemental Techniques’’ section below. You learn two additional techniques of your choice at 6th, 11th, and 17th level. Elemental Techniques that involve attack rolls can only be performed with unarmed strikes or monk weapons. If an element technique uses a DC, it uses your Ki Save DC. Any spells cast through Elemental Techniques require no verbal or material components, but always require a somatic component. Whenever you gain a new level in this class, you can replace one elemental technique you already know with a different technique. You can spend a number of ki points on mystical techniques equal to your proficiency bonus, after which you cannot spend more ki on Elemental Techniques until the start of your next turn.
Force of Nature
Starting at 6th level, You learn the bend the earth, control the flames, gust the wind, and shape the river Elemental Techniques. These do not count against your Elemental Techniques. If you already know any of these techniques, you select a new technique to replace it.
Empowered Techniques
Starting at 11th level, at the start of your turn, you gain 1 free ki point you can spend on an Elemental Technique before the start of your next turn. If it is not spent before the start of your next turn, it is lost.
Elemental Avatar
At 17th level, You learn the form of fireK, form of iceK, form of stoneK, and form of waterK, and form of windK spells. You can cast them by expending 6 ki points. Additionally, you can activate all of them at the same time, casting form of the elementsK without expending a spell slot or ki points. Once you do so, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest.
116 Elemental Techniques The elemental techniques are presented in alphabetical order. If a technique requires a level, you must be that level in this class to learn the technique. Arms of Stone (1+ Ki). Your arms become stone until the start of your next turn (no action required). For the duration, your melee attack damage and AC increase by the number of ki points spent. Bend the Earth (1 Ki). You can cast manipulate earthK as a bonus action. You can use this technique as an action without spending a ki point.
Skyward Leap (1+ Ki). As a bonus action, you jump 20 feet per ki spent and can hover as if under the effect of the levitate spell by concentrating (as if concentrating on a spell) until the end of your next turn. You can end this concentration at any time. Water Whip (1 Ki). As an attack as part of the attack action, you can create a whip of water and attack a creature within 30 feet of you with it. On hit, the target takes damage equal to two rolls of your martial arts die + your Dexterity modifier and must make a Strength saving throw. On failure, it is either knocked prone or pulled up 25 feet closer to you.
Control the Flames (1 Ki). You can cast manipulate fireK as a bonus action. You can use this technique as an action without expending a ki point.
Elemental Spell List
Elemental Power (1+ Ki). You learn one spell from the Elemental Spell List. You can cast this spell by expending ki point to equal to the level of the spell. You can cast the spell at a higher level by expending additional ki, increasing the level of the spell for each ki spent, up to the limit of ki you can spend in a turn. You can select this elemental technique multiple times, selecting a different elemental spell each time.
Arctic Breath Burning Hands Crashing WaveK Create PitK EntombK Gale BoltK Feather Fall Thunderwave Water BlastK
Fangs of the Fire Snake (1-2 Ki). Your unarmed strikes become tendrils of fire until the start of your next turn (no action required). Your reach with unarmed strikes increases to 15 feet, and your unarmed strikes do fire damage. You can spend an additional ki point to increase the damage of your unarmed strikes during the duration by your martial arts die for the duration. Fist of Unbroken Air (1+ Ki). As an attack as part of the attack action, you can launch a blast of compressed air at a creature within 30 feet. On hit, the target takes damage equal to two rolls of your martial arts die + your Dexterity modifier and must make a Strength saving throw or be knocked 10 feet away from you. You can spend additional ki on this technique, increasing the damage dealt by your martial arts die and the distance knocked back by 10 feet for each ki point spent. Gust the Wind (1 Ki). You can cast manipulate windK as a bonus action. You can use this technique as an action without spending a ki point. Shape the River (1 Ki). You can cast manipulate waterK as a bonus action. You can use this technique as an action without spending a ki point.
1st Level
2nd Level (5th Level Required) Become FireK Become StoneK Become WaterK Become WindK Cold SnapK Dancing WaveK Earth RippleK Hurricane SlashK Levitate Gust of Wind ShatterK Scorching Ray Stone PillarK
3rd Level (9th Level Required) Fireball Flash FreezeK Fly Gaseous Form Meld Into Stone QuicksandK Sleet Storm Vortex BlastK Water Breath Water CannonK
117 Wind Wall WaterspoutK Water Walk
4th Level (13th Level Required) Aero BarrageK Control Water GeyserK Fire Shield Ice SpikeK Orbital StonesK SuffocateK Stoneskin Wall of Fire
5th Level (17th Level Required) Cone of Cold FissureK Pressure Cutter Sky BurstK TornadoK Wall of Stone
Way of the Outcast An Outcast is a monk that has lost their Way. Trained in the basics of the style, they have abandoned the rigorous discipline and philosophy of their tradition, and are usually now enrolled only in the school of hard knocks. Having been trained in the fundamentals of the art of ki, these monks choose as often as not to apply that art to tavern brawls. Much to the horror of many more formal monks, their rough and tumble lifestyle tends to be a solid source of further training. With great power comes great responsibility? These monks are going to stick with just the great power, thank you very much. Almost always Chaotic, they can range the spectrum from Good to Evil and everything in between just as easily. A distaste for the rigorous philosophy of an order does not mean a penchant for Evil, but Evil and vice can sometimes lead a monk down this road.
Off the Wagon
Meditating to regain your ki points can now include things such as playing cards, drinking ale, smoking leafy matter of various types, or other relaxing activities that reset the stress of all that punching.
Bonus Proficiencies
At 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Athletics skill, or another skill of your choice if you already have it.
Pragmatism
At 3rd level, you embrace a more pragmatic view, gaining the following benefits: • You have proficiency in improvised weapons. Improvised melee weapons count as Monk weapons for you. • You gain proficiency in light armor and medium armor, and gain the benefits of Martial Arts and Unarmored Movement while wearing it. • You can use your Strength modifier in place of your Wisdom modifier for calculating your ki save DC. You gain the following additional Pragmatic Techniques you can spend ki on. Kick ‘em While They’re Down (1 Ki). When you hit a target that is prone, restrained, or incapacitated, you can expend a Ki point to deal additional damage equal to two rolls of your Martial Arts die. Unexpected Technique (1 Ki). When you make a grapple check, you can expend a ki point to add your Martial Arts die to the roll. You can do this after the contested roll, and it can potentially turn a failure into a success. On success, the target takes damage equal to the amount rolled on the added die.
Soak it Up
At 6th level, your extensive training in the art of getting hit with bar stools and broken bottles grants you increased endurance. When you roll initiative you gain temporary hit points equal to your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus. These temporary hit points are refreshed any time you take the Dodge action.
Where it Hurts
At 11th level, when you use Stunning Strike on a critical hit or on an attack made against an enemy that was unaware of you, the target has disadvantage on their saving throw against being stunned.
Lean Into It
At 17th level, you have thrown your fair share of walloping hits, and know how to make them reliably. You can forgo adding your proficiency bonus to an attack roll with an unarmed strike or melee monk weapon. When you do so, you can add twice your proficiency bonus to the damage roll.
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How Outcasts Come to Be
How a monk becomes an Outcast can vary - maybe they only ever received incomplete training from a passing mentor that died or left, or maybe they were outright expelled from their Order. Alternatively, at your DMs discretion this could be a later in life development if a player becomes disenchanted with their Monastic Tradition.
Way of the Outcast Quirks The following are some optional quirks for a player of this Way to choose from - these can be either preexisting, signaling their fated path toward this Way, or appear after you commit yourself to this Way. d6 1 2 3 4 5 6
Quirk You view the belch as a harmonic art form. You call your scars the marks of your monastic order. You feel you can only reach your full power after issuing a one-liner. Occasionally you accidentally achieve enlightenment and have to drown it out with ale. Old habits die hard. You refer to taverns as temples to your god. You prefer not to hit someone with the same thing twice. That would allow them to get used to it.
Way of the Sword Saint Monks of the Way of the Sword Saint train in dedication to mastering a level of weapon expertise that surpasses normal limitations. They can strike like the wind, step into the sky, or even sunder stone. Though they most often treat their mastery of the weapons as an art, seeking spiritual understanding through martial perfection, turning this art to more practical ends can result in very deadly encounters for their foes.
Mystical Techniques
When you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you learn Mystical Techniques that allow you to unleash supernatural feats with your weapons. You learn three techniques of your choice, which are detailed in the “Mystical Techniques” section below. You learn two additional techniques of your choice at 6th, 11th, and 17th level. Mystical Techniques can only be performed with unarmed strikes or monk weapons. If a Mystical
Technique uses a DC, it uses your Ki Save DC. Whenever you gain a new level in this class, you can replace one Mystical Technique you already know with a different technique. You can spend a number of ki points on Mystical Techniques equal to your proficiency bonus, after which you cannot spend more ki on Mystical Techniques until the start of your next turn.
Weapon Mastery
Additionally at 3rd level, you can choose to master a weapon that would not normally be a monk weapon. Choose a simple or martial melee weapon that lacks the heavy and special properties. You gain proficiency in the weapon, and it becomes a monk weapon for you. You can choose another weapon in this way at 6th, 11th, and 17th level.
Perfect State
At 6th level, your weapon becomes an extension of yourself, flowing naturally with your abilities. Empowered Weapons. Your attacks with your Monk Weapons count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. Blade Flurry. When you make a Flurry of Blows, you can make the additional attacks with your Monk Weapon.
Empowered Techniques
Starting at 11th level, at the start of your turn, you gain 1 free ki point you can spend on a Mystic Technique before the start of your next turn. If it is not spent before the start of your next turn, it is lost.
Flawless Form
At 17th level, your mastery of the weapons allows you eliminate any room for error. If you miss with an attack roll using a monk weapon on your turn, you can reroll the attack. You can only do this once on each of your turns.
Mystic Techniques The Mystic Techniques are presented in alphabetical order. If a technique requires a level, you must be that level in this class to learn the technique. Agile Defense (1 Ki). As a reaction to being attacked, you can attempt to parry the attack, rolling your Martial Arts die and increasing your AC by the value
119 rolled against the attack. If the attack still hits, you reduce the damage taken by the value rolled + your proficiency bonus. Cut the Weave (3 Ki) (6th level required). You cast dispel magic with a range of 5 feet. Alternatively, as an attack as part of the attack action, you can attempt to open a 5-foot by 5-foot hole in a magical barrier, lasting until the start of your next turn. Make a weapon attack treating the magical effect as having an AC equal to the spellcaster’s spell DC (your DM determines what magical barriers this might work on). Dancing Weapon (1 Ki). As a bonus action, you infuse a monk weapon you are holding with ki causing it to animate with your will. Until the end of your next turn, when you make an attack, you can attack with it as if you were holding it, causing it to fly up to 30 feet before striking a target. It returns to you after any attacks made this way. Deft Attack (1 Ki). When you make an attack roll, you can gain advantage on the attack. If the attack hits, you can add your Martial Arts die to the damage dealt. Dimension Slash (4 Ki) (11th level required). You can cast dimension cutterK. Distracting Strike (1 Ki). When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, it deals additional damage equal to your Martial Arts die and leaves an opening for the next attack. The next attack against that creature has advantage. Imparted Force (1-3 Ki). When you hit a target with an attack, you can expend up to 3 ki points, dealing a number of rolls of your Martial Arts die equal to the ki spent, and forcing the target to make a Strength saving throw. On failure, they are pushed 10 feet for each ki point spent. Instant Strike (1 Ki). As a reaction to a creature moving within your reach, you can make a melee weapon attack against them. Iron Wind Strike (2+ Ki). You can cast iron wind strikeK, casting it at a level equal to the Ki spent. Sever Soul (6 Ki) (17th level required). When you strike a creature, you can attempt to sever its soul. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On failure, they take necrotic damage equal to 6 rolls
of your Martial Arts die. If this damage reduces them to 0 hit points, they die. Otherwise, they gain a level of exhaustion. On pass, they take half as much damage, and suffer none of the other effects. Sharpen the Blade (1-3 Ki) (6th Level Required). You can infuse a monk weapon you are holding with ki, granting it a bonus to attack and damage rolls equal to the ki spent for 1 minute (no action required). This bonus can stack with an existing bonus a weapon has, but the total bonus cannot exceed +3. Slashing Spin (1 Ki). As an attack as part of the attack action, you can whirl your blade in a circle, forcing all creatures within 5 of you feet to make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure they take damage equal to your Martial Arts die + your Dexterity modifier, or half as much on success. Skyward Leap (1+ Ki). As a bonus action, you jump 20 feet per ki spent and can hover as if under the effect of the levitate spell by concentrating (as if concentrating on a spell) until the end of your next turn. You can end this concentration at any time. Steel Wind Strike (5 Ki). You can cast flickering strikesK. Sundering Strike (2 Ki) (Requires 11th level). When you strike a target, you can empower the attack with destructive ki. If you are attacking an object that is not being worn or carried, the attack becomes a critical hit and deals double damage to the object. If the target is a creature, it takes damage equal to two rolls of your Martial Die, and if it is using nonmagical armor or a nonmagical shield, it must make a Constitution saving throw. On failure, you can destroy its shield or damage its armor (reducing its AC by 2). Sword Spirit (2 Ki) (Requires 6th level). You can cast spirit echoK. Vaulting Strike (1 Ki). When you hit a target with an attack, you can expend a ki point to deal additional damage to the target equal to your Martial Arts die and leap over the target, landing in an occupied space adjacent to them.
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Paladin Oath of Silence The Oath of Silence is taken by those that have seen the chaos of the world and chosen to take a stand. Rather than shout over the clamor, they lead by example and action, showing that the world needs not fiery rhetoric or the manipulations of honeyed words, but people to act as they should with purpose and pride. Paladins of this oath can come from many backgrounds and espouse many variants of their conviction, but most often tend to be Lawful. They often believe that power of words should be in reason and virtue, rather than volume or, worst of all, manipulating magics that twist the mind of those they fall on.
Tenets of Silence
Though the exact words and strictures of the Oath of Silence vary, paladins of this oath share these tenets. Temperance. Whispering in silence conveys greater power than shouting in clamor. Precision. Speak with purpose and say what must be said. Sanctuary. Be the port in the storm, be the tranquility in the chaos. Purpose. Actions speak louder than words. Let your sword and shield be your voice. Sacred. Be wary of those that use their voice to bend the world to their will for their own gain, and rebuke those that use their voice to bend creatures to their will for their own gain.
Channel Divinity
Shroud of Silence. As a bonus action, you present your holy symbol and whisper a prayer, shrouding one creature within 60 feet in an aura of silence. For 10 minutes, the target makes no noise. It cannot speak (including the verbal components of spells) and gains advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) ability checks. An unwilling creature makes a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC to prevent the effect when targeted, and can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of their turns to end the effect on a success. Sanctuary of the Sacrosanct. As an action, you present your holy symbol and whisper prayer to bring refugees from the turmoil of the world. All creatures
of your choice within 30 feet gain temporary hit points equal to your Paladin level + your Charisma modifier, and if they are under the effect of a condition or spell they can normally save against the end of their turn, they can immediately make a save against the effect, ending it on success as normal.
Oath Spells
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed.
Oath of Silence Spells Paladin Level
Spells
3rd
sanctuary, sleep
5th
blindness/deafness, silence
9th
counterspell, dispel magic
13th
banishment, commandmentK
17th
hallow, mislead
Aura of Serenity
Starting at 7th level, you permeate an aura of quiet serenity, reducing the volume of all noises within 10 feet. You and friendly creatures in the aura gain resistance to thunder damage, and armor does not give disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks for creatures within the aura. At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Rebuke
Starting at 15th level, when a creature within your Aura of Serenity attempts to speak, attack, or cast a spell, you can rebuke them as a reaction, causing them to take radiant damage equal to your Charisma modifier and forcing them to make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed saving throw their attempt to speak fails, and they are silenced until the start of their next turn.
Ordered World
At 20th level, as an action, you can bring ordered tranquility to the world around you for 1 minute. Your Aura of Serenity doubles in size, and you can use Rebuke without expending your reaction a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier, regaining all uses at the start of your next turn. For the duration, all creatures of your choice have advantage on saving throws against the charmed and frightened conditions, or the effects of spells.
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Optional Feature: Vow of Silence
Some Paladins of this oath take their calling very seriously, and commit to never speaking again. When you select this option, you gain the ability to speak telepathically to creatures with which you share at least one language with a range of 60 feet. This telepathy is one way, and they cannot reply. Additionally, all verbal components of spells (as well as the whispered prayers of your Channel Divinity options) are replaced by somatic components for you. If you ever speak, this vow is broken and you lose these additional powers.
Psion
The psion is found in Kibbles’ Compendium of Craft and Creation, and available for free at www. kthomebrew.com.
Knowing Mind A Knowing Mind is a psion that grasps that future as intuitively as the present, weaving together strings of casualty and fate in ways that would shatter the mind of a lesser mortal. They live one step ahead and use that advantage to the fullest, bending probability, manipulating fate, and bringing their plans to fruition without room for failure. How their minds have been flung into the future varies, from divine meddling to a lineage of oracles or a connection to beings that don’t live at quite the same temporal axis, the cause varies by the effect is always a remarkable individual.
Forewarned
At 1st level, when you select this archetype, you begin to glimpse the future, granting the psionic discipline of Precognition.
Practiced Prescience
Additionally at 1st level, keeping your gaze into the future with the Prescience feature of Precognition no longer requires your concentration.
Climatic Moment
Starting at 3rd level, you’re ability to see and influence the future allows to set up things to have even greater influence throughout the sequence of events, building up to a pivotal moment where exerting your foresight can provide the greatest impact. Once per turn when you use Seeing empowered by
1 or psi points to look into the future while in initiative (or under a similar high stakes situation), you gain an Influence point. You can have a maximum number of Influence points equal to your Intelligence modifier. When you start your turn with one or more Influence points, you can expend all of your Influence points as psi points to empower a psionic power. Influence points spent this way can exceed your psi point limit, but cannot be combined with psi points. Any generated Influence points are lost after 1 minute, or when no longer in combat (or a similar high stakes situation).
Conditions of Influence
You can only build up Influence points while in combat or other tense situations while every action counts as they represent chaining together events toward creating an opportunity. Without the pressure and stakes of combat or similar environments, the flow of events cannot be manipulated in such a way. This generally means you cannot build up Influence points before combat.
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Starting at 6th level, you can start to see the path you must take to see your plans to fruition. When you start your turn with one or more influence points, you gain temporary hit points equal to twice your current Influence Points. While you have temporary hit points from this feature, you can transfer these temporary hit points to another creature that is the target of one of your psionic abilities, or the beneficiary of your Seeing power.
Window of Opportunity
Starting at 10th level, you can see the flow of battle giving time to exploit openings and opportunities. When a creature you can see misses you with an attack, you can use your reaction to make an weapon attack against that target or use a psionic power against them. When using a psionic power with this reaction, you cannot expend psi points to empower it, but can use Influence points.
Mastermind
Starting at 14th level, once per turn, when you use your Seeing power, you can select two beneficiaries of your power. Psi points spent are unique to each target affected (and not shared between them).
Glimpsed Future
When using Glimpsed Future, you can still use Mastermind to target a second creature, but neither benefits from the bonus damage or damage reduction.
Additional Talent Options Knife of Fate. (Prerequisite: 6th level Knowing Mind Psion) While you have temporary hit points from Thread of Fate, when you hit a creature with an attack roll you can expend them to deal damage equal to half the temporary hit points expended (rounded down). Plans Within Plans. (Prerequisite: Knowing Mind Psion) When you empower a psionic power that has an attack roll or saving throw, you regain half of the influence powers spent (rounded up) if the attack misses or the target succeeds their saving throw.
Ranger Bounty Hunter Anyone that knows about adventurers will know that their legacy is equal parts heroics and drinking establishments burned to the ground. Equal parts dragons slain and merchants robbed. Everyone needs someone to fear, and Rangers that take the Bounty Hunter path are what those who bring fear to others must fear. Excelling at hunting down targets wherever they should hide, they bring them down dead or alive.
Bounty Hunter Spells
Starting at 3rd level, you learn an additional spell when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown in the Bounty Hunter Spells table. The spell counts as a ranger spell for you, but it doesn’t count against the number of ranger spells you know.
Bounty Hunter Spells Ranger Level
Spell
3rd
hunter’s mark
5th
hold person
9th
speak with dead
13th
arcane eye
17th
hold monster
Urban Tracker
Starting at 3rd level, you excel at tracking prey even if they take refuge in the trappings of civilization. When you make an Intelligence or Wisdom check related to tracking a creature in cities or towns, your proficiency bonus is doubled if you are using a skill that you’re proficient in. You can only gain this benefit if you are familiar with the target’s race or general appearance (such as a sketch from a wanted poster).
Fist of the Law
At 3rd level, you gain proficiency in Intimidation. If you are already proficient in Intimidation, you gain expertise in Intimidation, allowing you to add double your proficiency bonus to Intimidation skill checks.
Dead or Alive
Additionally at 3rd level, you can mark a target to bring them down dead or alive. You can place this mark on a creature you can see within 120 feet as a
123 bonus action, or as part of placing a mark on the creature that requires a bonus action (such as hunter’s mark). This mark lasts for 1 minute, or until you use it again. Choose one of the following when you mark a creature: • Dead. When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. Any attack roll you make against the marked target is a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 on the d20. • Alive. When you make an attack roll against the target with a net, you don’t have disadvantage when attacking at melee range or long range. You can deal nonlethal damage with ranged attacks against the marked target.
Repairing Nets
Nets are heavy and expensive. A subclass that utilizes them will often want to repair them. If this is possible is up to the GM, but a reasonable value would be allowing a net to be repaired in 1 hour with 5 feet of rope (allowing for the repair of 2 nets during a typical long rest if that was the selected activity).
Quick Throw
Starting at 7th level, when you use a net as part of your Attack action, you can make the normal number of attacks, though you can only make one of those attacks with a net.
Deft Knots
Additionally at 7th level, you can add your proficiency modifier to the DC of any check made to escape the restrained condition you caused on a creature that you do not already add your proficiency to (for example, tied ropes, shackles, nets, etc). Additionally, you have advantage on skill checks to tie knots or secure ropes.
Pin Down
Starting at 11th level, when a creature you have marked with Dead or Alive or moves 5 feet, stands up from being prone, or escapes from the Restrained condition while within 60 feet of you, you can use your reaction to make an opportunity attack against them if they are in range of a weapon you are wielding. If you make this attack with a ranged weapon, you have disadvantage on the attack.
Unwavering Pursuit
Starting at 15th level, when you mark a creature with Dead or Alive, you get truesight against that creature, and are aware of their exact location as long as they are within 300 feet of you until the mark ends.
Rogue Assassin You focus your training on the grim art of death. Those who adhere to this archetype are diverse: assassins, hired killers, spies, bounty hunters and more. Stealth, poison, and disguise help you eliminate your foes with deadly efficiency.
Bonus Proficiency
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with your choice of disguise kits or the poisoner’s kits.
Backstab
Starting at 3rd level, you are pragmatic and deadly in eliminating your foes. You have advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn’t taken a turn in the combat yet, or when an allied creature within 5 feet of the target is directly on the other side of a creature.
Killer’s Method
Starting at 9th level, you have mastered one technique of your choice for approaching a target. Select one of the following benefits: • False Face: You gain expertise with the disguise kit, and can assume a prepared disguise with the bonus action granted by Cunning Action. • Blade in the Dark: You gain expertise with the Stealth skill. You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by dim light. • Poisoner’s Path: You gain expertise with the poisoner’s kit. During a long rest, you can create one a single use Injury, Touch, Ingested, or Inhaled poison. On effect, the target must make a Constitution saving throw (DC 10 + your proficiency bonus) or take 2d6 + your proficiency bonus damage. If you gain expertise in a skill you already have expertise in, you can select another skill or tool to gain proficiency in.
Favored Approach
Starting at 13th level, you hone your skills gaining a favored approach to dealing death. Select one of the following benefits: • Trusted Face: If you spend seven days establishing a fake identity for yourself or three hours studying another person to impersonate,
124 you have advantage on any Charisma (Deception) check involving maintaining your disguise and identity. • Swift Blade: When you roll initiative while hidden, you gain advantage on the roll. • Specialized Poisons: When you create a poison, you can designate one creature type (for example, Fiends). The damage of that poison ignores resistance or immunity that creature type may have to poison. Starting at 17th level, after you deal sneak attack damage to a creature, if the targets remaining hit points is less than your Rogue level, the target dies. You can forgo this when intentionally making nonlethal attacks.
Assassin Quirks The following are some optional quirks for an Assassin
1 2 3 4 5 6
Spellcasting
Additionally at 3rd level, divine devotion grants you the ability to use certain divine magic.
Divine Hand Rogue Spellcasting
Lethal Blows
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complete them with a grim determination. A Divine Hand is generally lawful following an organizational code with zealous focus, but the laws they follow may or may not have any relation to the laws of the land they are in.
Quirk Life is cheap, death is expensive. You kill what you are paid to kill. Only. You have perfected the art of standing motionless. It doesn’t make you invisible, but some people find it creepy. You are always fiddling with something sharp. Life is suffering. You are an angel of mercy. Job satisfaction is important. You enjoy your work. You have a code you follow zealously that dictates who you can kill.
Divine Hand [Unedited] Not all priests are clerics. Not all problems can be solved by prayer and preaching. Sometimes a more subtle touch is needed to steer the world as the faith dictates, and that is the roll of a Divine Agent. A blade in the night that commits the lesser evil for the greater good, or a quick end to someone that sniffed too close the Cult of Vecna’s business, both could be the work of these divinely guided rogues. Good is not nice, evil is not stupid. Whatever the organization or god a Divine Agent serves, it is one that understands the practical nature of the world. Spying, stealing, extracting information, purging the heretics... they have many tasks before them, and
Level
Spells Known
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2nd
3rd
4th
3rd
3
2
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3
3
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5th
4
3
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6th
4
3
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7th
5
4
2
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8th
5
4
2
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9th
6
4
2
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10th
6
4
3
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11th
7
4
3
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12th
7
4
3
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13th
8
4
3
2
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8
4
3
2
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9
4
3
2
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9
4
3
3
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10
4
3
3
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10
4
3
3
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11
4
3
3
1
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11
4
3
3
1
Spell Slots The Divine Agent table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.
Spells Known of 1st-Level and Higher You learn two spells of your choice from the Cleric spell list. You gain additional spells known as listed on the Spells Known column of the Cleric spell casting table. Whenever you gain a level in this class,
125 you can replace one of your spells you know with another spell of your choice from the Cleric spell list. The new spell must be of a level for which you have spell slots.
Spellcasting Ability Your spell casting ability is Wisdom. You use your Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving throw DC for spells you can cast, and when you make an attack roll with one. Spell Save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier Spell Attack Modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier
Sanctification
You gain proficiency with martial weapons. Additionally, at the end of a long rest, you can turn flasks of water into flasks of Holy Water through a special ritual. You can create a number of flasks of holy water this way equal to your proficiency bonus. Any flasks created this lose their divine power when you complete your next long rest. You can throw or splash Holy Water using the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action. When you do so, you can add your proficiency to attacks made using Holy Water as an improvised weapon. Alternatively, you can use your Cunning Action to apply Holy Water to a weapon you are carrying. When you do so, your Sneak Attack damage becomes radiant damage for 1 minute.
Divine Guidance
Starting at 9th level, you learn two cleric cantrips of your choice. Additionally, holy water you create becomes more potent, dealing 3d6 radiant damage to fiends and undead. If you have no holy water from your Sanctification feature when take a short rest, use your Sanctification feature to create a new flask of Holy Water.
Piercing Gaze
At 13th level, you can attempt pierce the veil of magic and treachery around your foes. If a creature within 60 feet is shrouded from your sight by a spell or magical effect, as a bonus action, you can make a Wisdom (Perception) check against the caster’s spell save DC to see through the effect (including illusion spells, magical darkness, or other magical
impediment to seeing the creature) until the end of your turn.
Conviction
Starting at 17th level, 1st level cleric spells you cast do not require concentration to maintain unless cast at a higher level.
Surgeon A different cut entirely, a surgeon is a rogue that has come from the bloodiest walk of life possible... that of the medic. Few things phase a rogue that has spent time seeing the worst that the battlefield has to offer - roper bites, dragon burns, acid sprays and worse - and their in depth knowledge of anatomy can cut both ways on the battlefield. Unwise would be the one that underestimates the deadly precision of a surgeon, for cutting things open was never the hard part of their job. Surgeons tend to be fastidious and educated, but where their moral compass points can vary widely on what brought them to their calling.
Paramedic Procedures
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Medicine skill. If you already have proficiency with Medicine, you can choose to gain proficiency in one of History, Nature, or tool proficiency with an Herbalism Kit. Additionally, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to make a Wisdom (Medicine) check, to administer or consume a Healing Potion, or use a Healer’s Kit. When you use a Healer’s Kit, the target regains additional hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier.
Anatomical Assessment
Starting at 3rd level, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to make a Wisdom (Medicine) check targeting a creature with a DC equal to its AC to analyze its weak points. You have advantage on this roll against humanoid creatures, and disadvantage against constructs and elementals. On success, you can use Sneak Attack against that target even if you don’t have advantage on the attack roll. Additionally, if you deal Sneak Attack damage with a dagger, you can reroll a number of the Sneak Attack damage dice up to your Wisdom modifier (minimum 1). You must use the new rolls. This benefit lasts for 1 minute or until you successfully use this feature against a different target.
126 Field Care
Starting at 9th level, during a short rest, you can assist up to six beasts or humanoids recover by properly binding wounds and treating ailments. If a creature you assist spends a Hit Die during this rest, the first Hit Die it expends is replaced by the maximum value of that die.
Medical Prodigy
Beginning at 13th level, you’ve incorporated a wider range of solutions to cures, to the point where your ability to cure patients borders on supernatural. As an action, you can make a Wisdom (Medicine) check on a creature within 5 feet to cure it of one instance of the blinded, deafened, paralyzed, or poisoned conditions. If the condition was the result of failing a saving throw, the DC of the check is equal to the DC of the saving throw. Otherwise the DC is 10.
Anatomical Expertise
When you reach 17th level, when you attack a target that you have succeeded on an Anatomical Assessment of, you can use that knowledge of their weakness to identify where stabbing them would do the most damage. When you make a melee weapon attack against the target, you can cripple it inflicting one of the following conditions: • Hamstring. You cripple the creature’s locomotion, reducing its movement speed by half. • Artery. You open a critical artery, causing it to take 4d4 piercing damage at the start of its turns. • Larynx. You attack the creature’s vocal apparatus. The target is muted and cannot speak or perform verbal components. • Eyes. You strike the creature’s eyes. The target is Blinded. At the end of a crippled creature’s turns, it makes a Constitution saving throw (DC 8 + your Wisdom modifier + your proficiency bonus). On success, the effect of the crippling wound ends. You can do this a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier. You regain expended all uses when you complete a long rest. Once a creature has saved against a wound type, they are immune to that wound type for 24 hours.
Sorcerer Fey Warped Your innate magic comes from the touch the fey. Chaotic and varied, this can be a blessing, curse, or both. How directly this touch has effected your appearance and character can vary from quite a bit to not at all, but it grants powers tied to illusion, enchantment, and twisting reality. It is more common in ancestries that have a clear fey origin, such as elves or fairies, but is common among humans as well. Though neither illusion or enchantment is inherently evil, few will be willing to trust sorcerers who have been obviously touched by such powers, but they can make powerful allies and entertaining companions.
Fey Magic
You learn additional spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown on the Fey Orgin Spells table. For each level of spells, you can select one of the two spells to learn. You learn the selected spell and it becomes a sorcerer spell for you, but it doesn’t count against your number of sorcerer spells known.
Fey Origin Spells Sorcerer Level
Spells
1st
charm person, faerie fire
3rd
mirror image, misty step
5th
blink, hypnotic pattern
7th
confusion, greater invisibility
9th
dominate person, mislead
Variant Versions
If you allow Sorcerers to gain two spells per level, simply let them take both spells. If you allow them to swap origin spells for spells of a school on level up, allow them to swap their origin spells for illusion or enchantment spells from the Bard, Sorcerer or Wizard spell lists.
Fey Trickery
You learn the minor illusion cantrip. Additionally, you are adept at illusory tricks, gaining the ability to befuddle, trick and baffle people with your magic. As a bonus action, you can do any of the following: • Cast minor illusion. • Make a creature of your choice (including
127 yourself) within 30 feet invisible or heavily obscured by an illusion until the start of its next turn. • Gain advantage on a Deception, Intimidation, Performance, or Persuasion check. You can do this a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses when you complete a long rest.
Dramatic Powers
Your magic gives you a flair that easily impresses others. You gain proficiency in your choice of persuasion, intimidation, deception, or performance.
Biting Illusions
Starting at 6th level, once per turn on your turn when you roll damage with an illusion spell, you can add your Charisma modifier to the damage roll. Additionally, once per turn when a creature interacts with one of your illusions you can choose deal damage psychic equal to your charisma modifier to them (such as destroying a mirror image, inspecting an a major image, or being bite by vicious hound). If they make a check or save to determine the reality of the illusion that has damage them that turn, it is made with disadvantage.
Fey Steps
Starting at 14th level, when you spend sorcery points to empower a spell with metamagic, before or after you cast the spell, you can teleport up to 5 feet per sorcery point spent.
Illusory Doppelgangers
At 18th level, as a bonus action you can create an illusory duplicate of yourself at a point within 30 feet. The duplicate’s AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier, and if targeted with an effect that forces a save, it uses your saving throws. If an attack hits a duplicate or it fails a saving throw that would cause it to take damage the duplicate is destroyed. It ignores all other damage and effects, but an effect that would otherwise cause it to take damage reveals it to be a duplicate. The duplicate mimics your action and is indistinguishable from you until you attack, cast a spell, or take damage. The duplicate looks real even to creatures with blindsight or truesight. When you create the duplicate, you can expend 2 sorcery points to create an additional duplicate, creating up to 3 duplicates. At the end of each of your turns while a duplicate exists, you can switch places with any active duplicate
within 120 feet, leaving no trace of which one is real until you attack, cast a spell, or take damage. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest. You can use it again early by expending 2 sorcery points.
Fiendish Bloodline Your innate magic comes from a bloodline tainted by fiendish influence of the lower planes. How directly this blood is inherited varies widely, perhaps your lineage includes a Warlock that has made some infernal pact, or you may even have a fiend in your family tree somewhere. Such blood lines can express themselves more strongly throughout generations in unpredictable ways. Sometimes it is merely the product of some sort of corruption, perhaps before you were even born. Most often seen in races that have obvious fiendish heritage, such as tieflings, but it is not inherently tied to them.
Fiend Origin Spells
You learn additional spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown on the Fiend Origin Spells table. For each level of spells, you can select one of the two spells to learn. You learn the selected spell and it becomes a sorcerer spell for you, but it doesn’t count against your number of sorcerer spells known.
Fiend Origin Spells Sorcerer Level
Spells
1st
burning hands, hellish rebuke
3rd
darkness, infernal shacklesK
5th
fireball, stinking cloud
7th
iron gardenK, wall of fire
9th
insect plague, pyroclastic lanceK
Variant Versions
If you allow Sorcerers to gain two spells per level, simply let them take both spells. If you allow them to swap origin spells for spells of a school on level up, allow them to swap their origin spells for illusion or enchantment spells from the Bard, Sorcerer or Wizard spell lists.
Optional: Fiendish Trait You can optionally select to have a physical fiendish trait. Roll or select an option from the table below:
128 d4
Fiendish Trait
1
You have small horns.
2
You have a fiendish tail.
3
Your eyes are red or orange.
4
You have cloven hooves for feet.
Fiendish Legacy
At 1st level, you learn Infernal or Abyssal. This is most often tied to the origin of your fiendish powers. Additionally, when your Spellcasting feature lets you learn a sorcerer cantrip or a sorcerer spell of 1st level or higher, you can choose the new spell from the warlock spell list. You must otherwise obey all the restrictions for selecting the spell, and it becomes a sorcerer spell for you.
Touch of Damnation
Starting at 1st level, your power carries a corrupting influence you can focus to weaken those that stand against you. As a reaction to a creature you can see within 30 feet making an attack roll or saving throw, you can bestow misfortune on them, rolling 1d6 and subtracting it from the total, possibly changing the outcome. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.
Embraced Heritage
Starting at 6th level, when drawing upon the power of your blood, you can embrace the dark power the courses through it, briefly enhancing your fiendish traits. Once on each of your turns when you spend one or more sorcery points, you can gain one of the following benefits for a number of rounds equal to 1 + the number of sorcery points spent (ending at the start of your turn after the number of rounds). • Blood of the Fiend. The power in your blood courses, granting you advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. • Eyes of the Fiend. Your eyes glow with an infernal gleam, you can see normally in darkness, both magical and nonmagical, to a distance of 120 feet. • Skin of the Fiend. Your skin takes on an exotic hue, and you gain resistance to your choice of poison, fire, lightning, or cold damage. Alternatively, you can spend 1 or more sorcery points to activate one of these effects as a bonus action, lasting a number of rounds equal to 1 + the number of sorcery points spent.
Soul Siphon
Starting at 14th level, when you cast a spell on your turn that targets one or more creatures, if a target creature fails a saving throw against one of your spells, you regain temporary hit points equal to the level of the spell.
Eye of Destruction
Additionally at 14th level, you can choose to automatically pass saving throws against your own spells. When you do so, if you would take half damage on a successful saving throw, you can take no damage instead.
Unleashed Heritage
Starting at 18th level, when you gain a feature through Embraced Heritage, you can expend an additional sorcery point to ascend that aspect. It lasts for 1 minute per sorcery point instead, and gains an additional effect: • Blood of the Fiend. You additionally are immune to spells of 2nd level or below. • Eyes of the Fiend. You additionally gain truesight of 120 feet. • Skin of the Fiend. You gain resistance to poison, fire, lightning, and cold damage.
Phoenix Spark Your bloodline carries a spark of the eternal flame. Some say the flames of a phoenix are the origin of all of life, and these sparks are fragments of some primordial origin, but many dismiss such mythological sources, explaining these sparks as ancient blessings, motes of power caught within the soul, remainants of some ancestor being healed by powers of a phoenix. Whatever their origin, they grant a powerful duality of life and destruction in equal measure, flames that cauterize the world.
Phoenix Magic
You learn additional spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown on the Phoenix Origin Spells list. For each level of spells, you can select one of the two spells to learn. You learn the selected spell and it becomes a sorcerer spell for you, but it doesn’t count against your number of sorcerer spells known.
Phoenix Spark Origin Spells Sorcerer Level
Spells
1st
burning hands, cure wounds
3rd
become fireK, lesser restoration
5th
fireball, revivify
7th
fire shield, wall of fire
9th
pyroclastic lanceK, greater restoration
Variant Versions
If you allow Sorcerers to gain two spells per level, simply let them take both spells. If you allow them to swap origin spells for spells of a school on level up, allow them to swap their origin spells for evocation spells that deal fire damage from the Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer or Wizard spell lists.
Phoenix Spark
When you choose this origin at 1st level, spark ignites within you. As a bonus action, you can rekindle that spark which ignites, burning until the start of your next turn. You regain 1d6 hit points, and gain the following benefits while the spark is burning: • You form immaterial wings for fire, allowing you to use your Charisma to calculate jumping distance instead of your Strength, and reducing any fall damage you take by your Charisma ability score. If you reduce fall damage to 0, you don’t fall prone. These wings shed bright light for 10 feet and dim light for an additional 10 feet. • When you roll to deal fire damage or restore hit points with a spell you cast, you can add your Charisma modifier to one roll. • You have resistance to fire damage. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses when you complete a long rest. While you have no uses remaining, you can use one sorcery point to activate this ability instead of a use of the feature.
Rejuvenating Flames
Starting at 6th level, when you cast a spell that deals fire damage to creatures that you can see, you can expend one sorcery point per creature to protect creatures of your choice that would be affected from the flames. The chosen creatures automatically succeed any saving throws against the spell, and instead of taking fire damage regain hit points equal to half the fire damage they would have taken from the spell a failed save or hit. Once you do so, you cannot do so again until you complete a short or long rest.
129 Blazing Soul
Starting at 14th level, when you activate a Phoenix Spark you can expend a second use of the feature (or one sorcery point) to enhance the power of the spark for that activation. When you do so it lasts for 1 minute. Additionally, the spark intensifies, giving you the additional effects for the duration: • Your immaterial wings of fire solidify, and you gain a flying speed of 30 feet during the duration of the spark. • You regain 1d6 hit points at the start of each of your turns while under the effect. • If a creature hits you with an attack while within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to burn them with the flames, dealing 2d6 fire damage to them. • You shed bright light in a 20 foot radius, and dim light for an additional 20 feet.
In Flames Reborn
At 18th level, when you are reduced to 0 hit points, or as an action at any time, you can explode into fire, dealing 8d6 fire damage to all creatures within a 30 foot radius of you and being temporarily reborn as a phoenix. You can apply Rejuvenating Flames to this fire damage without expending a use of the feature or sorcery points. You assume the form of a fire elemental as if by the shapechange spell. This form has the following modification: you gain a flying speed of 60 feet, gain the Flyby feature (meaning your movement does not provoke attacks of opportunity when you fly out of an enemy’s reach), you add your Charisma modifier (minimum +1) to all attack and damage rolls with your Touch attack, and can understand and speak any languages you can normally speak. It does not require concentration, and you cannot change your form as an action. You return to your normal form after 1 hour, or you can end the effect early as an action. Once you have assumed this form, you cannot assume it again until you complete a long rest.
130 Sea Soul [Unedited] The power of water is the strength of flexibility, resilience, and a relentless nature. Water parts to allow a ship to sail over it or a diver to plunge into it, but their passing leaves no mark. Water flowing down a mountain reaches the sea. It might bend and turn across valleys and down hillsides, but it slowly and steadily returns to the waves. Those whose souls are touched by the power of elemental water command a similar power. Your heritage ties to powerful creatures of the sea, such as nereids, the lords of the merfolk, and elemental powers. Like a river, you feel the call of the ocean. The call is ever present in your heart, and you are never completely at peace until you are near the sea.
Wave Magic
chosen creatures automatically succeed on their saving throws against the spell, and they take no damage if they would normally take half damage on a successful save.
Gift of the Depths
Additionally, you gain a swimming speed of 30 feet. If you already have a swimming speed, your swimming speed increases by 10 feet. At 6th level, you also gain the ability to breath underwater.
Turmoil of the Sea
Starting at 6th level, whenever you move, knock prone, or reduce the movement speed of a creature with a spell, you can deal bludgeoning damage to them equal to your Charisma modifier. You can deal this damage to a creature once per turn.
You learn additional spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown on the Seal Soul Spells list. For each level of spells, you can select one of the two spells to learn. You learn the selected spell and it becomes a sorcerer spell for you, but it doesn’t count against your number of sorcerer spells known.
Wave Dash
Sea Soul Origin Spells
Starting at 14th level, you are followed by a perpetual whispy fog. When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher, the fog thickens, lightly obscuring the area within a 10 foot radius of you for a number of rounds equal to the level of the spell cast. This fog leaves a sodden rime on creatures of your choice within it, leaving them vulnerable to your magic. This rime fades as soon as they leave the area of the fog. You have advantage on spell attack rolls against creatures effected by this rime, and effected by this rime within the fog are under the effect of bane when saving against your spells.
Sorcerer Level
Spells
1st
crashing waveK, water blastK
3rd
become waterK, dancing waveK
5th
sleet storm, water cannonK
7th
ice storm, geyserK
9th
acid rainK, pressure cutterK
Variant Versions
If you allow Sorcerers to gain two spells per level, simply let them take both spells. If you allow them to swap origin spells for spells of a school on level up, allow them to swap their origin spells for evocation spells that deal fire damage from the Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer or Wizard spell lists.
Part the Waves
At 1st level, your connection to waves and waters lets you bend them to your will. You learn the shape water cantrip, and it does not count against your spells known. Additionally, when you cast a spell a water or cold spell (a spell that controls water, deals water based bludgeoning damage, or deals cold damage) affects other creatures that you can see, you can choose a number of them equal to 1 + the spell’s level. The
Additionally at 6th level, you can cast become water as a reaction to taking damage. Additionally, you can cast it by expending 2 sorcery points instead of expending spell slot.
Misty Shroud
One with the Waves
Starting at 18th level, you learn the form of water spell. If you already know the form of water spell, you can learn one additional spell of 6th level or lower. This spell does not count against your spells known. You form of water does not require concentration for you, though you can end it early at any time (no action required). You can cast it by expending 4 sorcery points in place of a spell slot. While in the watery form granted by the form of water spell, the sorcery point cost of all Metamagic options is reduced by 1 for all spells that control or manipulate water or ice.
131 Strength of Stone
Stoneheart Your blood comes from a steadfast lineage, touched by the elemental forces of the earth itself. Be it the blood of ancient dwarves first formed from stone or from a dao lineage from another plane, your blood runs thicker and your heart beats more steady than others. While particularly common among the genasi and the dwarves, these sorcerers can appear in any bloodline with ancient roots. Blessed with natural resilience and command over the stones on which they stand, most of these sorcerers are solid and deliberate in both action and thought, slow to act, but once set on a course they become stubborn and immovable from their chosen path.
Earth Magic
You learn additional spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown on the Stoneheart Origin Spells table. For each level of spells, you can select one of the two spells to learn. You learn the selected spell and it becomes a sorcerer spell for you, but it doesn’t count against your number of sorcerer spells known.
You can cast stone formingK as part of the same bonus action used to activate this ability. You can use this ability a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. If you have no uses remaining, you can use it again by a sorcery point. You regain all expended uses of this ability when you complete a long rest.
Earthen Endurance
Stoneheart Origin Spells Sorcerer Level
Spells
1st
create pitK, stone fistK
3rd
earth rippleK, stone pillarK
5th
quick sandK, seismic waveK
7th
stoneskin, stone coffinK
9th
fissureK, wall of stone
Variant Versions
If you allow Sorcerers to gain two spells per level, simply let them take both spells. If you allow them to swap origin spells for spells of a school on level up, allow them to swap their origin spells for transmutation spells that affect earth or stone from the Druid, Sorcerer or Wizard spell lists.
Boon of the Earth
At 1st level when you select this origin, you gain the ability to use your magical power to draw fortitude from the earth beneath your feet. As a bonus action, you can bolster your strength, gaining the following benefits for 1 minute, ending early if you become incapacitated or you end it as a bonus action. • You can use your Charisma modifier in place of your Strength modifier for attack rolls, damage rolls, and ability checks. • Your skin assumes a stony appearance. If you are not wearing armor, your AC equals 13 + your Charisma modifier. • You form a stone aegis around yourself reducing bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage taken by your proficiency bonus.
At 1st level when you select this origin, you learn the stone formingK cantrip, and gain proficiency with weapons created by it. Any weapon you create with stone formingK gains a bonus to attack and damage rolls equal to any bonus you have to the spell attack and damage rolls from magic items. Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 again whenever you gain a level in this class.
Starting at 6th level, when you activate Strength of Stone, you can confer the benefits of the stone aegis to another creature of your choice within 30 feet, reducing bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage taken by that creature equal to your proficiency bonus. When a creature under the effect of your protection takes damage (of any damage type), as a reaction you can expend one or more sorcery points to reduce the damage taken 1d8 per sorcery points spent. When you absorb damage in this way, the next time you hit an melee attack before the end of your next turn, you can add 1d8 per sorcery points to the damage roll.
Stacking Damage Reduction
The following rule is a recommended rule for multiple sources of damage reduction: If you have multiple sources of damage reduction, any bonus after the highest is halved.
Earthen Onslaught
Starting at 6th level, while empowered by your Strength of Stone, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action. Additionally, when you cast a spell using your action, you can expend 1 sorcery point to make a single melee weapon attack as a bonus action.
132 Stonewalk
Starting at 14th level, you gain a burrowing speed of 15 feet, allowing you to travel through the earth. You can pass through soil and stone, but when you pass through stone you leave no hole behind you, becoming one with it and passing through. If you would end your turn inside of stone, you get pushed to where you entered the stone surface.
Skin of Stone
At 18th level, while you are empowered by Strength of Stone, you have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.
Warlock The Dragon [Unedited] You’ve made a pact with a mighty dragon, who has bestowed you with a fraction of its terrifying power. The details of the arrangement varies widely - a metallic dragon may have made the pact to create a force of good or save a life, a chromatic dragon may have made their pact with you in exchange for service... or part of some manipulative plan that the minds of lesser mortals would struggle to comprehend. Most often these bonds are granted by ancient dragons steeped in immense power and knowledge, but sometimes partnerships of the lesser mortals and younger dragons have been recorded in more unique cases.
Dragon Expanded Spells
The Dragon lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a Warlock spell. The following spells are added to the Warlock spell list for you.
The Dragon Expanded Spell Spell Level
Spells
1st
absorb elements, elemental orb
2nd
alter self, elemental exhalation
3rd
fear, wind wall
4th
fire shield, secret chest
5th
control wind, summon dragonK
Draconic Blast
Beginning at 1st level, you gain the ability to unleash blasts of primal draconic energy from your hand or
mouth. As an action, you can unleash this power in a 15 foot cone or a 30 foot long, 5 foot wide line. Invocations that apply to eldritch blast also apply to Draconic Blast, though Eldritch Spear has a special interaction making it a 30 foot cone or 60 foot long, 5 foot wide line. When you gain this feature, select one damage type of acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. Creatures in the area of effect must make a Dexterity saving throw, or take 1d8 elemental damage of the selected type. This feature’s damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level in Warlock (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8). When you use this ability, you can expend a pact magic spell slot to empower the draconic blast, dealing 1d8 additional damage per level of the pact magic slot expended. When empowered, it deals half damage even against creatures that pass their saving throw against it.
Draconic Blast
• Typically the damage type of dragon blast matches the color of your dragon patron, but if it does or not is between you and your patron. • Draconic Blast is not a spell, though it typically behaves similar to one. • Agonizing Blast and other Invocations apply to Dragon Blast, but only once (as it does not fire multiple beams).
Elemental Devastation
At 6th level, when you deal the elemental damage type you selected as part of Dragon blast to a creature, you can inflict an additional elemental ailment based on the elemental type. You can do this a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses on a long rest. • Acid. You can erode the creature’s defenses, giving the next attack roll against them advantage. • Cold. You can freeze them, forcing them to make a Strength saving throw. On failure, they are restrained until the start of your next turn. • Fire. You can ignite them, causing them to 1d6 fire damage at the start of each of their turns, until a creature spends an action to douse the flames. • Lightning. You can shock them, forcing them to make a Constitution saving throw. On failure they are stunned until the start of their next turn. • Poison. You can poison them, forcing them to make a Constitution saving throw. On failure, they are poisoned for 1 minute. They can repeat their saving throw at the end of each of their turns.
133 Hoard Builder
Starting at 10th level, when you take a long rest, at the end of the long rest you gain 1 temporary hit points for each 100 gold pieces in your possession, up to a maximum of your Warlock level.
Elemental Resistance
Additionally at 10th level, you gain resistance to the damage type selected for your Draconic Blast.
Dragon Form
Starting at 14th level, as an action you can take a form reminiscent of your patron, becoming a dragon for 1 minute. You grow mighty horns, thick scales, wings, wicked claws, fangs, and a lashing tail. Any creatures of your choice within 30 feet that witnesses the transformation must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC, or become frightened until the start of your next turn. While in this form, you gain the following benefits: • You are a large sized creature. Any gear you cannot use as a large draconic creature merges with your form and is unavailable until the transformation ends. • Your Strength becomes equal to your Charisma. • Your scales provide a base AC of 17. You do not add your Dexterity modifier to this. • Your horns, fangs, and a tail that serve as natural weapons that deal 1d10 piercing damage on hit. You also grow claws that deal 1d6 slashing damage on hit. If you attack with any natural weapon, you can attack with your claws as a bonus action. • The damage of your Draconic Blasts increases by 1 die, and it’s range is doubled. • You have a flying speed of 40 feet per turn. • You gain immunity to the damage type selected for your Dragon Blast. Once you have used this ability, you may not use it again until you complete a long rest.
Additional Invocations The following are some eldritch invocations you can select for this patron.
Draconic Companion Prerequisite: Dragon patron, Pact of the Chain, 5th level You can cast elemental exhalation targeting your pact
of the chain familiar without expending a spell slot. Once you do so, you cannot do so again until you complete a short or long rest.
Dragon Claws Prerequisite: Dragon patron, Pact of the Blade, Incompatible with Improved Pact Weapon As an action, you can grow draconic claws on one or both hands, lasting until you dismiss them as an action. This claws count as your pact weapon. While the claws are formed, you cannot use a weapon or shield in the hand they are manifested in. These are natural weapons that deal 1d6 slashing damage. When you form claws in both hands, if you make an attack with your claws, you can make one additional weapon attack with them as a bonus action. When you attack with your claws, you can use your Charisma modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls. In addition, the claws gain a +1 bonus to its attack and damage rolls. These benefits (Charisma, attack and damage bonus, and counting the natural weapons as your pact weapon) also applies to any natural weapons you gain through the Dragon Subclass (such as Dragon Form). You can sacrifice a martial weapon with a bonus greater than +1 to attack and damage rolls to your patron, permanently destroying it. When you do so, the bonus to attack and damage rolls of your claws increases to that of the sacrificed weapon. Your DM has the final say of which weapons can be sacrificed in this way, and if any other properties are gained from the ritual.
The Fey Your patron is a power of the fanciful and chaotic fey realm. Pacts with fey are often strange and eclectic in nature, granting some small fraction of the vast but mysterious powers of the fey onto a mortal for often unknowable reasons... or perhaps trivial reasons mortal minds may find equally as baffling. These sort of beings include powerful fairies, ancient hags, and fey lords of all types, ranging from beings curious and mischievous to horrifying and terrifying, from exuberant and joyful to seething piles of hatred given form. One never knows exactly what to expect when making a pact with a fey, but can safely assume their life will never be quite the same.
Expanded Spell List
Selecting this Otherworldy Patron lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a
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The Fey Expanded List Spell Level
Spells
1st
faerie fire, sleep
2nd
blur, phantasmal force
3rd
blink, plant growth
4th
confusion, greater invisibility
5th
dominate person, seeming
Fey Burst
Starting at 1st level, your patron bestows upon the ability to draw on dazzling fey magic, using it to boost your abilities or unleashing it small bursts. • When you hit a creature with an attack roll, you can expend one use to cause it glow with colorful lights with the effect of faerie fire until the start of your next turn. • You can project a supernatural aura bolstering your presence and presentation to give yourself advantage on Persuasion, Intimidation, or Performance ability check. • As an action, you can cause each creature in a 10-foot cube originating from you to make a Wisdom saving throw against your warlock spell save DC. The creatures that fail their saving throws are all charmed or frightened by you (your choice) until the end of your next turn. • Create a glamour, casting disguise self without expending a spell slot. You can use this ability a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Dazzling Tricks
Additionally at 1st level, you learn your choice of minor illusion, thaumaturgy, or dancing lights.
Fey Trickery
Starting at 6th level, the touch of fey illusions and glamour on leave things never quite as they seem. As an action, or as a reaction when you take damage, you can turn invisible and teleport up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. you remain invisible until the start of your next or cast a spell. When you do so, you can choose to leave behind a mirror image yourself. If this mirror takes any damage, it vanishes
into a puff of mist. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.
Beguiling Defenses
Starting at 10th level, you frequent exposure to the fey makes you immune to the charmed condition. Additionally, when a creature attempts to charm you or attack you, as a reaction you can force them to make a Wisdom saving throw against your Warlock spell save DC, or become charmed by you instead for 1 minute. A creature that is charmed this way by you can repeat their saving throw at the end of each of their turns, and the charm effect ends if they take damage. Once you charm target with this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest. You can use it again early by expending a use of Fey Burst.
Hypnotic Charms
Starting at 14th level, your influence on the minds of others you have charmed causes strengthens your influence. When a creature starts their turn charmed by you, you can force them to make a Wisdom saving throw against your Warlock spell save DC, or move up to their movement speed where you direct. This cannot make them move into hazardous terrain, and if they take damage during the movement, the movement ends and they regain control.
The Knowledge Keeper You have made a pact with being of ancient knowledge. The actual nature of this being can vary greatly, it can be a Pact with a sentient library, an ancient spirit, or perhaps even an a lost god of knowledge. This is a pact for a Warlock that seeks something beyond simple power, they seek knowledge, ancient and unknown knowledge that has once and will again exist. You can leverage this knowledge to know things that your mortal peers would consider miracles, delve the secrets that others do not even know exist, and, most importantly, perhaps even understand the philosophical mechanics of existence.
Expanded Spell List
The ancient entity of knowledge you’ve made a pact with lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list for you.
Knowledge Keeper Expanded Spell Spell Level
Spells
1st
identify, tasha’s hideous laughter
2nd
locate object, detect thoughts
3rd
tiny servant, speak with dead
4th
leomund’s secret chest, divination
5th
legend lore, skill empowerment
Ancient Secrets
When you select this Patron at 1st level, you can access the ancient secrets your patron has granted you. By expending a pact magic spell slot of at least one level higher than the spell you want to cast (or a first level spell slot for a cantrip), you can cast a Divination, Transmutation or Abjuration spell that does not appear on your spell list. This spell can be from any class’s spell list, but counts as a Warlock spell for you when you cast it this way. You can do this a number of times equal to your spell casting modifier, and regain all uses of this feature at the end of a long rest.
Ancient Knowledge is Player Knowledge.
Ancient Secrets is very demanding to a player’s knowledge of the spells in D&D - if you haven’t played several different classes of casters, it will be challenging to quickly leverage the knowledge at your character’s finger tips. Consider playing this subclass only when you feel that you can quickly call to mind and reference enough spells to make full use of these powerful Ancient Secrets. Note that unlike Wish, Ancient Secrets does not remove the need for component materials or affect the cast time of a mimicked spell.
Magical Mechanics
Starting at 6th level, your understanding of the mechanics beyond magical effects and the cosmic forces are developed enough that if you see a spell being cast, you can use your reaction to make an arcana check to know what the spell is. If the spell you identify with this check would force you to make a saving throw, you can make that saving throw with advantage. Additionally, your comprehension of magic allows you to access magic beyond your power, but not your knowledge. You can cast from a Spell Scroll even if the spell isn’t on your spell list, and you can add your proficiency bonus to the ability check to successfully cast from a Spell Scroll.
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Starting at 10th level, when you make a concentration saving throw, if you are focusing on a Divination school spell, you automatically pass the saving throw. If you are concentrating on a spell from another school, you can add your spell casting modifier to the result.
Seeped In Ancient Knowledge
Additionally at 10th level, ancient knowledge has seeped so deeply into you, you instinctively draw from the ancient knowledge of your Patron. You gain the eldritch invocation Eyes of the Rune Keeper and it does not count against your Invocations Known. If you already have this invocation, you can select either Beast Speech or Eldritch Sight instead.
Fleeting Omniscience
Starting at 14th level, you can briefly comprehend the true form of knowledge and use it to weave together the perfect form of magic. As a bonus action, you can replace your spellcasting ability modifier with the sum of your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma modifiers until the end of your turn. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a long rest.
The Overseer You have made a pact with an all seeing being of the outer planes, an infamous creature whose very name is forbidden from being put to text by almighty coastal wizards, most known for its all seeing eyes, great paranoia, and reality warping dreams. The nature of your pact may be down to madness (yours, its, or both), or working toward some greater plan or scheme that lesser minds cannot hope to delve the brilliance of.
Overseer Expanded Spells Spell Level
Spells
1st
[PLACEHOLDER], sleep
2nd
blindness/deafness, see invisibility
3rd
clairvoyance, slow
4th
arcane eye, fabricate,
5th
creation, telekinesis
Overseer’s Gaze
Starting at 1st level, as a bonus action, you can summon a spectral eye in your space or on your body
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Effect
The targeted creature must make a Wisdom saving throw or 1. Fear Ray become frightened of you until the start of your next turn. The target creature must make a 2. Telekinetic Strength saving throw or be Ray moved 10 feet in a direction of your choice. The target’s movement speed is 3. Slowing Ray halved until the start of your next turn. The target must succeed a 4. Petrification Constitution saving throw or be Ray affected by the slow spell until the start of your next turn. The target must succeed a 5. Enervation Constitution saving throw or Ray take 1d8 + your Charisma modifier necrotic damage. The target must succeed a 6. Disintegration Constitution saving throw or Ray take 1d10 + your Charisma modifier force damage. You can do this a number of times equal to your Proficiency bonus, regaining all uses on a long rest.
Lingering Gaze
At 6th level, when you invoke your Overseer’s Gaze, the spectral eye lasts for 1 minute before fading away, and you use your bonus action on each of turns to cause it to fire again, rolling on the table anew. Once during the duration of each eye, you can pick the effect it fires instead of rolling. The spectral eye moves with you and is always in your space. While you have the spectral eye with you, have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks and can perform the Search action as a bonus action (instead of firing an eye ray).
Patron’s Paranoia
Beginning at 10th level, your patrons paranoia affects and benefits you with constant vigilance. You can no longer be surprised, benefit from your normal passive perception even while sleeping, and can add your Charisma modifier to your initiative rolls.
Suppressor’s Sight
Starting at 14th level, you can conjure the full power of your patron’s magic suppressing eye. As an action, you manifest a giant spectral eye in your space which creates an antimagic field (as per the spell) in a 150 foot cone until the start of your next turn. This eye does not move from the space it was manifested in. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.
Additional Invocations When you select The Overseer as your otherworldly patron, the following become additional options for your Warlock invocation selections.
Controlled Chaos Prerequisite: The Overseer subclass When you roll on the Eye Ray Effects table, you can roll twice and choose between the two effects. If you roll the same value on both dice, you can pick any effect from the table.
Overseer’s Sight Prerequisite: The Overseer subclass, 15th level You gain truesight with a range of 30 feet. This range is doubled while you have a spectral eye manifested from Lingering Gaze.
The Ooze You have made a pact with a powerful ooze, gaining the ability to summon and control the primordial essence of slime and ooze. As you gain power, you become more like your patron, your body taking on slimy and gelatinous features.
Ooze Expanded Spells Spell Level
Spells
1st
grease, summon oozeK
2nd
acid arrow, alter self
3rd
erodeK, protection from energy
4th
black tentacles, freedom of movement
5th
acid rainK, contagion
Adaptive Absorption
Starting at 1st level when you make the pact, as a reaction to taking damage you can manipulate your body gaining resistance to the damage type of the
137 attack until the start of your next turn. If the trigger of the reaction is being struck by a melee weapon, you can force the attacker to make a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC. On failure, their weapon becomes stuck, forcing them to either release it, or become grappled by you (their choice). As an action they can repeat the saving throw to retrieve a stuck weapon. You can release stuck weapons at any time (no action required). You can do this a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses when you complete a long rest.
combine to reform your body, granting you hit points equal to their combined hit points. If all of them were destroyed, you reform at 0 hit points. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Flowing Form
The Ooze Patron Warlock
At 1st level, as a bonus action you can briefly completely assume a form akin to your patron. Until the start of your next turn, your body and every object you are wearing and carrying becomes elastic and amorphous, allowing you to pass through gaps as narrow as one inch and granting immunity to the grappled and restrained conditions (freeing you if you are currently affected by them). Once you do this, you cannot do so again until you complete a short or long rest.
Corrosive Conduit
Starting at 6th level, you can easily channel the melting powers of your patron. You have resistance to acid damage, and when you cast a spell that deals acid, you can add your Charisma modifier to one damage roll of that spell.
Acidic Adaption
Starting at 10th level, your resistance to acid damage evolves to immunity to acid damage. Additionally, when you use Adaptive Absorption against a melee weapon attack, the triggering attacker takes 3d6 acid damage.
Division on Death
Starting at 14th level, when you would drop to 0 hit points, you can instead explode into drops of ooze (no action required). All creatures of your choice within 10 feet of you must make a Dexterity saving throw, or take 3d6 + your Charisma modifier acid damage, after which you leave behind a number of small acidic blobs equal to your Charisma modifier. Each one has an AC of 8, and 10 hit points, each placed in the closest available space to where to where you were before dividing. The blobs are creatures. They automatically fail all strength and dexterity saving throws, but use your statistics for other saving throws. At the start of your next turn, all remaining blobs
Additional Invocations When you select The Ooze as your otherworldly patron, the following become additional options for your Warlock invocation selections.
Corrosive Consumption You gain the ability to subsist off any organic matter, and cannot become poisoned by things you consume.
Melting Mimicry The Ooze Patron Warlock You can absorb the corpse of a Medium or smaller creature, erasing all evidence of it. When you do so, you gain advantage on Charisma (Deception) checks to act to mimic that creature, and can perfectly recreate their features when disguising yourself as them with magic (such as alter self). At your DM’s discretion, you may be able to absorb limited memories or insights into the creature if it was recently deceased (potentially learning its name, minor insights into its final experiences, etc).
Pseudopod Whip The Ooze Patron Warlock, Pact of the Blade You can create a natural weapon taking the form of an acidic whip as your pact weapon. It has the reach and finesse properties, and deals 2d4 acid damage on hit. You can consume a weapon with a bonus to attack and damage rolls, destroying it and granting your acidic whip the bonus to attack and damage rolls of the consumed weapon (this cannot be used on cursed items, artifacts, or sentient items). This weapon counts as a whip for the purposes of weapon interactions (such as feats). At your DM’s discretion, it may be able to absorb other properties from absorbed magical weapons.
Wizard
138 Astronomical Order The Astronomical Order are Wizards that specialize in the study of the celestial bodies and their movements, interpreting mystical meaning and understanding aspects of nature and magic from their order. They draw on the stars and the insights they glean from these celestial mysteries empower their magic. Often found buried in star charts and ancient tomes, they seek to delve into the secrets of ancient skies and uncover new insights into the infinite depths above.
Astral Orrery
Starting at 2nd level, you can invoke a special ritual as an action, creating an ethereal orrery representing an accurate real time star chart around you, even during the day or underground. While surrounded by our Astral Orrery, you are able to see the positions of the stars and celestial bodies in great detail, even during the day, and gain the following abilities: • You can determine which direction is north and what time of day it is. • You can gain advantage or grant advantage to another creature on making Wisdom (Survival) checks to determine your location, • You can cast the augury spell as a ritual, consulting astral omens, even without having the spell known or prepared. This ability may have unpredictable results or not function as expected when used on planes other than the material. This ethereal orrery lasts until you dismiss it (no action required) or move.
Star Shards
Additionally at 2nd level, you gain the ability to channel astral power as you cast spells. When expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher on a Wizard spell, you generate a star mote orbiting you as a glowing point of starlight. While you have one or more of these star motes, you can expend them in the following ways: • As a bonus action, you can expend one or more to fire them at a creature within 60 feet, dealing 1d4 + 1 radiant damage per mote expended this way. • As a bonus action, you can expend motes to protect yourself, granting you 1d4 temporary hit points per mote expended this way. • As a reaction to failing a Wisdom or Intelligence saving throw, or a Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration on a spell, you can expend one or more motes to add 1 to the roll per mote
expended (you can do this after rolling, potentially turning a failure into a success). You can have a maximum number of unused star motes equal to your Intelligence modifier. All unused star motes fade when you complete a long rest.
Constellations
Starting at 6th level, as a bonus action, you can form orbiting motes from Star Shards into Constellations that empower you with astral powers. A Constellation can be broken up at any time (no action required) returning the component motes and ending the effect of the Constellation. Forming a new Constellation while you already have one active breaks apart the previously formed Constellation. The forms of the Constellations vary from wizard to wizard, representing intricacies of beliefs and magic, but always take the form of stars from the planet they are on, just connected in unique ways. You can form the following Constellations: • Constellation of Nightfall (2 Motes). While this Constellation is active, you gain darkvision with a range of 60 feet. • Constellation of Navigation (2 Motes). While this Constellation is active, you gain the benefits of your Astral Orrery, moving does not dismiss it. • Constellation of the Eye (3 Motes). While the Constellation is active, you gain advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks. • Constellation of Mystery (3 Motes). While this Constellation is active, you gain advantage on Intelligence (Arcana) checks. • Constellation of Brilliance (4 Motes). While the Constellation is active, when you cast a spell that deals damage you can choose to have it deal radiant damage instead of its normal damage type. • Constellation of the Void (4 motes). While this Constellation is active all creatures of your choice within 20 feet of you gain resistance to radiant damage. • Constellation of the Messenger (5 Motes). While this Constellation is active, you gain a flying speed of 30 feet. • Constellation of the Shield (5 motes). While this Constellation is active, you gain half cover against attacks. While you have a Constellation formed, you shed 5 feet of dim light for each mote forming the constellation. While the motes are forming a Constellation, they will not fade away until you complete a long rest.
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Starting at 10th level, as an action, you can create a number of star motes from your Star Shards feature equal to your Intelligence modifier. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Celestial Canvas
Starting at 14th level, you can form and maintain an additional Constellation using your Star Motes before the last created Constellation is removed.
Theurge Wizards of this pursuit delve what other wizards consider untouchable. The secrets of the divine. They discover and delve the paths of power that divine magic activates, and seek to recreate it through precise understanding and deep knowledge. Some are deeply religious, devoted to gods and seeking to understand them at a higher level, some follow unrestrained academic curiosity, and yet others seek this power for blasphemous reasons. Sometimes called mystic theurges due to the aura of mysticism and unknown that surrounds their branch of magic.
Study of the Divine
Beginning at 2nd level, you delve the secrets of the divine, prying into magic usually denied to the arcane paths. Whenever you gain a wizard level, you can replace one of the wizard spells you add to your spellbook with a spell from the cleric spell list. Any cleric spell you gain from this feature is considered a wizard spell for you and is recorded in your spellbook, but other wizards are unable to copy these spells into their own spellbooks. The spell must be of a level for which you have spell slots, and can never be a spell level higher than your proficiency bonus (meaning you will be unable to learn cleric spells of 7th level or higher). Your ability to recreate divine magic using arcane magicis is limited. You can cast a number of spells gained from this feature equal to your proficiency bonus. You regain all uses when you complete a long rest. When you use your Arcane Recovery feature, you can choose to reset this limit instead of regain spell slots. Using divine magic that restores life strains your body, causing you to gain 2 levels of exhaustion when you cast a spell learned through this feature that restores a creature to life.
Theologian
Additionally at 2nd level, you gain proficiency in the Religion skill. If you already have proficiency in Religion, you can select another skill to gain proficiency in.
Celestial Conduit
Starting at 6th level, when you cast a spell from the cleric spell list, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Intelligence modifier + the level of the spell.
Divine Revelation
Beginning at 10th level, your understanding of divine magic reaches complete comprehension. You can copy cleric spells into your spellbook from scrolls or other written records of them. Additionally, when you deal fire or lightning damage, you can replace half the damage dealt with radiant damage. When you deal cold or poison damage, you can replace half the damage dealt with necrotic damage.
Divine Synthesis
Starting at 14th level, your research into the synthesis of divine and arcane reveals to you a greater harmony of power. When you cast a 1st level or higher spell from the wizard spell list or a spell from the cleric spell list as your action, you can cast a 1st level or higher spell from the other list with a casting time of an action or bonus action as a bonus action (regardless of its casting time). The total level of the two spells combined cannot exceed your half your Wizard level (rounded down).
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Feats Active Martial Feats
The following are a collection of playtested martial feats that grant new active effects to a character. The purpose of these feats is to refurbish unused feats while giving martial characters more ways to engage with their enemies. Any time an active martial feat requires a saving throw, the DC is 8 + your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice) + your proficiency bonus.
Athlete Prerequisite: 4th level and proficiency in Athletics You can accomplish mythical feats of athletic prowess. • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Athletic Movement. Gain your choice of a climbing speed or swimming speed equal to your movement speed.
Athletic Feat Active Ability (Special) You can perform an outrageous athletic feat. You can do any of the following during your turn: • Jump a distance equal to your movement speed. • Lift twice your normal lifting capacity until the end of your turn. • Move at normal speed while carrying or dragging another creature until the end of your turn. • Make a free Strength or Dexterity saving throw or ability check against an ongoing effect or spell effecting you that would normally take an action or only occur at the end of your turn • Take the dash action as a bonus action. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest. You can use the feature again before completing a rest by taking a level of exhaustion.
Body Guard Prerequisite: 4th level and fighting style that uses your reaction to defend an allied creature Your reflexes and techniques safeguard your allies. • Ability Score Increase. Increase Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Leaping Saves. You can move up to 5 feet before using your reaction to protect an ally with a Fighting Style. Alternatively, when you use a reaction on a Fighting Style to defend an allied creature while you are already adjacent to them, you can swap positions with that ally after the attack completes as long as your movement speed isn’t zero. This movement does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
Heroic Intervention Active Ability (Reaction) As a reaction, when an allied creature within range of your movement speed would take damage, you can move to them and into their space. If the damage came from an attack, you become the target of the attack. They move to an unoccupied space of their choice within 5 feet, or the closest unoccupied space if there are no unoccupied spaces within 5 feet (potentially moving them out of an area of effect, but moving yourself into it). You and the target creature have resistance to all damage until the start of your next turn. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Breaker Prerequisite: 4th level You master the breaking of any creature within your grasp. • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Punishing Blows. You have advantage on attack rolls against a creature you are grappling.
Merciless Break Active Ability (Attack) When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with inflicting a debilitating injury on a creature you are grappling. The creature takes 2d6 + your Strength modifier bludgeoning damage and suffers an injury for 1 minute. The number of d6 increases by one when your proficiency bonus increases (with the total number of d6 equaling your proficiency bonus). While suffering from this injury, the creature subtracts d6 from attacks and ability checks, and must pass a DC 10 Constitution saving throw to successfully cast a spell. The target creature makes a Constitution saving throw at the end of each of their turns, ending the effect of the injury on a success. A creature can spend their action treating their injury to automatically pass the saving throw. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Brute Prerequisite: 4th level and proficiency in Intimidation Your attacks leave your enemies devastated and cowering in fear. • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Brutal Effort. When you roll damage for a melee weapon attack, you can reroll the weapon’s damage dice and use either total.
Brutal Threat Active Ability (Attack) When you take the Attack action on your turn, in place of taking an attack, you can summon your killing intent to issue a dire threat to a creature that can see or hear you within 60 feet. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On failure, they become frightened for 1 minute. If it fails by 5 or more, it becomes frozen in terror, suffering the paralyzed condition while it is frightened. A frightened creature can repeat its saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on success (if it fails by less than 5 it can end the paralyze effect, but cannot become paralyzed after the initial save). If you kill a target while it is frightened in this way,
141 you can repeat this action as a reaction targeting another creature within 30 feet that can see or hear you bypassing the usual usage restriction of the feature. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Charger Prerequisite: 4th level You master the reckless rush of smashing into the enemy line. • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Heavy Momentum. After moving at least 20 feet in a direction, your next melee weapon attack deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Wild Charge Active Ability (Attack) When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with making a charge. You or a mount you are controlling can move up to 30 feet in a straight line, flinging your enemies out of your path. This movement does not provoke attacks of opportunity. Large or smaller creatures in your path must make a Strength saving throw, or be knocked out of your way and prone. If a creature has no where they can move, they are knocked prone but not moved, and you pass over them. A creature takes 2d6 + your Strength modifier bludgeoning damage on a failed save. The number of d6 increases by one when your proficiency bonus increases (with the total number of d6 equaling your proficiency bonus). Your charge ends early if a creature passes their save. Creatures with a CR equal to less than half of your character level automatically fail their save. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
142 Destroyer Prerequisite: 4th level You bring ruin to the battlefield, cleaving through hordes. • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Cleaving Blows. When you reduce a creature to 0 hit points with an attack, you can apply any overflow damage (damage dealt by the attack over what was required to bring the target to zero) to another creature within 5 feet of the target, if the attack roll would also hit that target.
Whirlwind Slash Active Ability (Attack) When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with spinning your weapon in a massive arc with great force. All creatures of your choice within 5 feet of you must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, they take 2d6 + your Strength modifier damage, or half as much on a successful save. The number of d6 increases by one when your proficiency bonus increases (with the total number of d6 equaling your proficiency bonus) Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Durable Prerequisite: 4th level You possess an implausible resilience and are capable of amazing feats of endurance. You gain the following the following benefits: • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Constitution modifier by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Rapid Recovery. When you roll a Hit Die to regain hit points, the minimum number of hit points you regain from the roll equals twice your Constitution modifier (minimum of 2).
Unyielding Endurance Active Ability (Reaction) As a reaction to taking damage, you can brace yourself to weather the blow and any additional blows. Until the start of your next turn, you can reduce all damage taken (including from the damage
that triggered this reaction) by your Proficiency bonus and gain advantage on Strength and Constitution saving throws. Additionally for the duration, if an attack would reduce you to 0, you can make a Constitution saving throw with a DC to the amount of damage taken. On success, you are reduced to 1 instead. If you are not incapacitated at the start of your next turn after using this feature, you can expend a number of hit dice up to your Proficiency bonus, rolling them as normal. Once you use this feature you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Grappler Prerequisite: 4th level You master grappling and leverage to pin and fling your foes. • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Quick Grabs. When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike or attempt to grapple as a bonus action.
Martial Toss Active Ability (Attack) When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with attempting to hurl a creature your size or smaller. The target must make a Strength saving throw. An object or creature you are grappling automatically fails. If you successfully lift them, you can throw them 20 feet. The range is increased by 10 feet for each size smaller than you the target is. The creature’s movement ends early if it collides with another creature or obstacle. The thrown creature and anything it collides with takes 2d6 + your Strength modifier, and the thrown target falls prone. The number of d6 increases by one when your proficiency bonus increases (with the total number of d6 equaling your proficiency bonus). A creature can choose to fail their save against this ability. You can throw a willing creature more carefully, dealing no damage to them unless they collide with something during their flight. Once you use this feature to successfully throw a creature or object, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Ruffian Prerequisite: 4th level You have turned kicking people that are down into an art form. You gain the following benefits: • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Painful Critical. When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack against a creature, it must make a Constitution saving throw or become stunned until the start of your next turn. This does not affect undead, constructs, or other creatures that can feel no pain.
Dirty Strike Active Ability (Special) When you make a melee weapon attack, you can follow up with a dirty trick (a knee to the gut, handful of sand to eyes, etc). The creature must make a Constitution saving throw. On failure, they become your choice of blinded or dazed (your choice) for 1 minute. A dazed creature moves at half speed, it can use either an action or a bonus action, but not both, and regardless of the creature’s abilities, it can’t make more than one attack during its turn. The target can repeat its saving throw at the end of each of their turns. A creature can spend their action treating their condition to automatically pass the saving throw. Once you use this against a target once, they are ready for subsequent attempts and automatically pass saving throws against it. Once you use this feature to successfully blind or daze a creature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Striker Prerequisite: 4th level You move like the wind, striking faster than your foes can see. • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength, Dexterity or Constitution modifier by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Battlefield Dancer. Each time you hit a creature, your movement speed increases by 5 feet until the end of your turn. If you attack and hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can pass through it space treating it as difficult terrain.
Slashing Dash Active Ability (Attack) When you take the attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with a rapid burst of movement, moving up to 30 feet along any surface in a straight line. You can move on vertical or horizontal surfaces with this movement, can pass through creatures, and do not provoke attacks of opportunity, but cannot pass through objects or terrain. If you are carrying a weapon you are proficient with when you take this action, each time you pass through a creature, it must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 2d6 + your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice) damage of your weapon type on a failed save, or half as much on a successful save. . The number of d6 increases by one when your proficiency bonus increases (with the total number of d6 equaling your proficiency bonus). Once you use this feature you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Weapon Thrower Prerequisite: 4th level You excel at hurling objects, with a remarkably lack of concern for aerodynamics. • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Reckless Aerodynamics. All melee weapons gain the thrown 20/60 property for you.
Thunderbolt Throw Active Ability (Attack) When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with hurling a small or smaller object (including weapons for medium sized creatures) at a target. Make an attack treating the object as a simple melee weapon with the thrown 60/180 property unless it already has a longer thrown range. On hit, the creature takes 2d6 + your Strength modifier bludgeoning damage (replaced by the weapons damage type when throwing a weapon) and must make a Constitution saving throw or be knocked prone and stunned until the start of its next turn. If it fails the save by 5 or more, it also becomes stunned until the end of your next turn. The number of d6 increases by one when your proficiency bonus increases (with the total number of d6 equaling your proficiency bonus). Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
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Weapon Feats Axe Expert You gain the following benefits: • Ability Score Bonus. Increase your Strength or Constitution ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Axe Rush. While wielding a handaxe, battleaxe, or greataxe, you can use a bonus action to move up to 5 feet and add 1d6 to your next attack and damage roll with an axe.
Bow Expert Your relentless practice with a bow grants you the following benefits while using one: • Ranging Shots. When you miss a ranged weapon attack with a bow, your next ranged weapon attack roll with a bow has advantage. • Snap Shot. As a bonus action, ready a shot. If a creature moves 5 feet or more while within 30 feet of you, you can use your reaction to make a ranged weapon attack against that creature with a -5 to the attack roll.
Dagger Expert You are a well versed expert on daggers, able to use them fluidly in any situation. • Dagger Tricks. You can draw or stow any number of daggers during your turn. You have advantage on any check to conceal your daggers. • Improved Critical. Your attacks with daggers score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20. • Swift Stabbing. When you use two-weapon fighting using a dagger in both hands, you can take both attacks as part of the Attack action on your turn (without expending your bonus action). You can only make this attack once per turn.
Flail Expert Your expertise with a flail gives you the following gain the following benefits: • Dangerous Swings. When you miss a weapon attack made with a flail, you can make a new attack roll against another creature you of your choice within the weapon’s range. You cannot attack the same creature twice this way. • Wind Up. As a bonus action, you can whirl the
flail building momentum. The next attack you make with it before the end of your turns an additional 1d8 damage on hit.
Harpoon Expert You are resourceful and skilled when it comes the use of harpoons, gaining the following benefits: • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Constitution ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Throwing Arm. The normal range of your thrown weapons is doubled. • Harpoon. As an action, you can use 30 feet of rope to turn any javelin, spear, or trident into a harpoon. When you throw that harpoon at a target 30 feet or less from you, you can pull it back to your hand as a bonus action. If the attack hit the target, when you pull the harpoon back to you, you can force the target to make a Strength saving throw against a DC of 8 + your Strength modifier + your proficiency bonus. On failure, you drag the target up to 20 feet toward you.
Impact Expert You have mastered heavy blows with bludgeoning weapons. When wielding a maul or great club, you gain the following benefits: • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Constitution ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
Lance Master You use maximize the effectiveness of a lance, gaining the following benefits: • Impaled Movement. While you are mounted, if you strike a creature smaller than your mount with a lance, you can push that creature until the end of your turn, you make another attack, or you move in something other than a straight line. • Impaling Rush. When you hit an attack with a lance after traveling at least 10 feet, you can make an additional attack at another creature behind the target hit with disadvantage, as long as they are in reach of your weapon (you can move between attacks, but only in a straight line) with disadvantage. You can continue to repeat this until you miss, run out of movement, or run out of creatures in a line to hit. • Expert Handling. A lance no longer requires
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Morning Star Expert You have mastered the use of a morning star, and are able to leverage greater effectiveness from it. You gain the following features: • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Constitution ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Improved Critical. Your attacks with morning stars score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20. • Rend. Your critical strikes wound the target. The target loses 1d10 hit points at the end of each of their turns until the wound is healed. The target or any creature within 5 feet of it can make a DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check as an action to heal the wound.
Stinger You specialize in the quiet and agonizing kill with subtle weapons. You gain the following benefits related to blowguns and darts: • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Dexterity, Wisdom, or Constitution ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Efficient Poisons. When you apply a poison blowgun needle or dart, you can apply it to twice as many pieces of ammunition. • Hidden Death. If you attack while hidden from a target with a blowgun or dart, you can make Dexterity (Stealth) ability check with a -5 for each time you’ve hit the target this turn against their passive Perception (no action required). On a success, you remain hidden from that target, though the target will know which general direction you are in.
Swordmaster Natural Weapon Master Prerequisite: Have one or more natural weapons You master the use of your natural weapons, granting you the following benefits: • Ferocity. As a bonus action, you can make an additional weapon attack with your natural weapon. • Natural Perfection. Your natural weapon damage die becomes a d6 (if not already higher). At 6th
level, the damage die becomes a d8 (if not already higher) and your natural weapons are considered magical for overcoming resistance to nonmagical damage. At 12th level the damage die becomes a d10 (if not already higher).
Pike Master You master the effective use of a pike, making the most of its extreme range. • Extended Reach. Your reach with a pike increases by 5 feet on your turn. • Set for Charge. If you haven’t yet moved this turn, you can use your bonus action to set for charge, reducing your movement speed to 0 and gaining a second reaction that can only be used to make attacks of opportunity until the start of your next turn. • Zone Control. While wielding a pike, creatures provoke an attack of opportunity when they enter the reach of the pike.
Warhammer Expert Your blows with a warhammer never fail to wear down the enemy. You gain the following benefit: • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Constitution ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Battering Blows. When you miss a melee weapon attack with the warhammer, the target takes half the weapon damage the attack would have dealt. This damage does not trigger on hit effects or spells that hitting the attack may have triggered.
War Pick Expert You have mastered the use of a war pick, and are able to tear down the most formidable foes. • Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Constitution ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Siege Pick. Attacks you make with the war pick against objects deal double damage. • Sunder. When you hit a target that is wearing armor or benefiting from natural armor, you can use your bonus action to sunder the target, temporarily leaving them vulnerable. The next attack roll against that creature has advantage.
146 Whip Expert You master using a whip, gaining the following benefits: • Ability Score Bonus. Increase your Strength, Dexterity or Constitution ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Precise Blows. When you wield a whip, increase the damage die size of whips by one size (for example, from a d4 to a d6).
Whip Tricks When you make an attack with a whip and hit, you can replace the damage roll of the attack with one of the of the following effects: • Sudden Yank. You wrap the whip around a Medium or smaller target, and yank them 5 feet towards you. • Tangle Weapon. You tangle one weapon the target is wielding, giving them disadvantage on attacks with that weapon until the start of your next turn, or until they miss an attack. You cannot make attacks with the whip used to make the attack until they free the weapon. • Whip Trip. You tangle a Large or smaller creature’s feet, causing them to fall prone.
Style Feats Versatile Weapon Master You are an expert on the fluid use of versatile weapons, changing stances to fit any situation. When you draw a versatile weapon you are proficient with, or start your turn while wielding one, you can enter a special stance as long as you aren’t wielding other weapons or a shield. This lasts until the start of your next turn, drop or sheath your weapon, or equip a shield. Each stance provides modifiers to your melee weapon attacks made with the versatile weapon while in that stance: • Neutral Stance: You add +1 to your attack rolls, damage rolls, and armor class. • Power Stance: You don’t add your Proficiency bonus to attack rolls, but add twice your Proficiency bonus to your damage rolls. • Accuracy Stance: You add twice your Proficiency bonus to attack rolls, but don’t add your Strength modifier to damage rolls. • Defensive Stance: You don’t add your Proficiency bonus to attack rolls, but if you hit at least one
attack against a hostile creature, you can add your proficiency bonus to your AC until the start of your next turn.
Lightning Striker You have mastered wielding weapons with lightning speed, granting the following benefits: • Quick Draw. Whenever you make an attack, you can draw a light melee weapon as part of taking the attack. • Twin Strike. When you make an attack while wielding more than one light melee weapon and make an attack with one of them, you can subtract the damage dice of another light melee weapon you are carrying from the attack roll to add twice its damage dice to the damage roll of that attack on hit.
Mystic Path Feats Mystic Path Modifier You can choose your Mystic Path modifier when you have one or more Mystic Path feats. Your Mystic Path Modifier can be any ability score modifier besides Constitution. Your Mystic Path DC is calculated as 8 + your Mystic Path Modifier + your proficiency bonus.
One With Wind Prerequisite: 4th level You have mastered the supernatural ability striking like the wind, gaining the following benefits: Ability Score Bonus. Increase your Strength, Dexterity, or Wisdom ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20. Wind Walker. You are not affected by difficult terrain or additional movement costs when the difficult terrain or movement cost comes from strong winds (such as the gust of wind spell).
Wind Strike Active Ability (Attack, Supernatural) When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with a special attack that lets you vanish into the wind before striking a number of nearby creatures with a weapon you are carrying in a flurry of blows, before reform from the wind within 5 feet of one of the creatures attacked.
147 You can attack a number of creatures in this way equal to your proficiency bonus, but can only strike each creature once, and can strike creatures within a range of 5 times your proficiency bonus. Each time you strike a creature, make a melee weapon attack, dealing 1d6 + your Mystic Path modifier damage on a hit. The damage increases by 1d6 each time your proficiency bonus increases. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Wind Affinity You are touched by the winds, either from a blessing of a powerful entity or through focused mastery and study of their essence, allowing you to borrow and harness their power. You learn the manipulate windK cantrip and the become windK spell. You can cast it innately and without expending a spell slot a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses when you complete a long rest.
Wind Slash The wind conveys the will of your attacks, granting you the following benefits: • Ability Score Bonus. Increase your Strength, Dexterity or Wisdom ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Cloudbreaker. You can cut dust, fog, or clouds. As an attack as part of the attack action, you can clear a 30 foot cone of dust, fog, or cloud. Depending on the source of the obscuring effect, the area may become obscured again after 1d4 rounds. • Wind Slash. You gain the ability to cast crescent wind slashK. You can cast this spell once without expending a spell slot, casting it at a level equal to your proficiency bonus. After using the free use, you can cast it again by expending a spell slot as normal. If you have Ki Points or Psi Points, you can expend 2 or more those to cast this spell, casting the spell at a level equal to the number of points spent. You regain the free use of this spell when you complete a long rest.
Fire Dancer Prerequisite: 4th level You’ve danced among the flames so long and with such skill that now the flames dance along with you. You gain the following benefits: • Ability Score Bonus. Increase your Strength, Dexterity, or Charisma ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Through The Flames. You have advantage on Dexterity saving throws where failing them would result in taking fire damage.
Cinder Sweep Active Ability (Attack, Supernatural) When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with moving up to 5 feet without provoking attacks of opportunity and then cause an explosion of fire around you. All creatures within 10 feet of you must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, a creature takes 2d6 fire damage and becomes ignited. Creatures that are ignited take 1d6 fire damage at the end of each of their turns until a creature within 5 feet of the ignited target spends their action to douse the flames. On success, creatures take half as much damage and are not ignited. The initial fire damage increases by 1d6 when your proficiency bonus increases. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Ignition Art Prerequisite: 4th level You gain mastery over a mystic art of fire, giving you the following benefits: • Ignite. As an action, you can create small sparks of flame, lightning flammable objects such as kindling or lighting a torch.
Flametongue Touch Active Ability (Bonus Action, Supernatural) As a bonus action, you can cause a weapon you are holding to ignite into flames for 1 minute. While ignited, the weapon sheds 15 feet of a bright light, and an additional 15 feet of dim light, and deals an additional 1d6 fire damage on hit. The damage increases every other time your proficiency bonus
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Fire Affinity You are granted a special affinity with fire, allowing you to borrow and harness its power. You learn the manipulate fireK cantrip, and learn the become fireK spell. You can cast it innately without and without expending a spell a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses when you complete a long rest.
Earth Caller You have mastered a special connection to the earth and can call upon the stones buried in to heed your calls. • Ability Score Bonus. Increase your Strength, Constitution, or Wisdom modifier by one. • Stone Forming. You learn the stone formingK cantrip.
Stone Shape Active Ability (Attack, Supernatural) When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with causing the ground beneath a target creature within 30 feet to surge and warp. The target must make a Dexterity saving throw against your Mystic Path DC. On failure, you can cause one of the following effects of your choice: • The target takes 2d6 + your Mystic Path modifier piercing damage. • The target is grasped by the earth and their movement speed becomes 0 until the start of your next turn. • The target takes 1d6 + your Mystic Path modifier bludgeoning damage and is knocked 5 feet in a direction of your choice. • On success, they take no damage and suffer no additional effects. The damage the target takes is increased by 1d6 when your proficiency bonus increases (including effects that normally do no damage). You can choose to deal no damage with the ability. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Earth Binder Prerequisite: Earth Caller. Your mastery of the earthly powers allows you to call upon its power to entrap foes. You gain the following the benefits: • Ability Score Bonus. Increase your Strength, Constitution, or Wisdom modifier by one. • Grasping Earth. Once per turn, when you hit a Large or smaller flying creature with a melee weapon attack, it must make a strength saving or fall prone.
Stone Cage Active Ability (Action, Supernatural) As an action, you cause a 15 foot high, 1 foot thick dome of stone pillars to erupt from the ground around you, enclosing you and the target within range within a ring of stone that lasts a number of turns equal to your proficiency bonus. Creatures can see through the cage of stone pillars, but creatures have three quarters cover against creatures on the other side. The range of the ability is 10 feet, and increases by 5 feet each time your proficiency bonus increases. The ring is always formed into the smallest circle that encompasses both you and the target, with a minimum radius of 10 feet, centered on the point closest to the center between you and the target. Other creatures can be caught inside the ring if they fall inside its radius. The ring can be destroyed, and has an AC of 16 and a number of hit points equal to 5 x your character level (the entire ring sharing the same hit points, crumbling to dust when reduced to zero). The cage immediately crumbles if you fall unconscious. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Stone Affinity You are granted a special affinity with stone, allowing you to borrow and harness its power. You learn the manipulate earthK cantrip, and learn the become stoneK spell. You can cast it innately without and without expending a spell a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses when you complete a long rest.
149 Water Affinity You are granted a special affinity with water, allowing you to borrow and harness its power. You learn the manipulate waterK cantrip, and learn the become waterK spell. You can cast it innately without and without expending a spell a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses when you complete a long rest.
Esoteric Arts Illusion Art Prerequisite: 4th level You master the arts of illusion, mastering a special art to create them through a unique method. You gain the following benefits: • Mind Tricks. You learn the minor illusion cantrip and cast it without a material component, using a spellcasting ability modifier of your choice. When you form a weapon with minor illusion, you can use it as if it were a real weapon for the duration. On hit, it does psychic damage instead of its normal damage type.
Illusion Steps Active Ability (Bonus Action, Supernatural) You create a number of identical illusionary copies of you equal to half your proficiency bonus (rounded down). You can keep them in your space, or move them independently. You can move them up 30 feet in any direction on your turn (no action required), but if they move in a way you cannot, their illusory nature is revealed to anyone that sees it. If they are in different spaces, an enemy can attack them like a creature. A duplicate’s AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier. If an attack hits a duplicate, the duplicate is destroyed. A duplicate can be destroyed only by an attack that hits it. It ignores all other damage and effects. While they are in your space, if a creature attacks you, roll d20 to determine which creature is attacked. If you have three or more duplicates, you must roll a 6 or higher to change the attack’s target to a duplicate. With two duplicates, you must roll an 8 or higher. With one duplicate, rolling an 11 or higher targets a duplicate. These duplicates stack with any other illusory duplicates might have (such as from mirror image), but are always consumed first when a duplicate would be hit.
At the start of your next turn, you can take the place of any illusory duplicate that remains and is not sharing your space, but when you do so that illusion vanishes as if hit. Creatures that do not rely on sight or can see through illusions are unaffected and do not target illusory duplicates. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Void Art Prerequisite: 4th level After intense study and sudden enlightenment you’ve mastered the true essence of cutting through space itself. You gain the following benefits: • Part Magic. When you succeed a Dexterity saving throw against a spell or similar magical effect and you would take half damage, you can use your reaction to cut the effect from existence around you, taking no damage instead.
Void Strike Active Ability (Action, Supernatural) As an action, you special attack that strikes the dimensional boundaries around a creature, disrupting them and potentially briefly pulling the creature into the ethereal plane. The target makes a Charisma saving throw. On failure, they take 2d6 + your Mystic Path modifier and are banished to the ethereal plane until the start of your next turn. On success, they take half as much and are not banished to the ethereal plane. The creature cannot move while on the ethereal plane, but can otherwise take any action they can normally take, they just cannot interact with things on the material plane unless they normally could. You can choose to do no damage with this ability, and the target can choose to fail their save. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
150 Vanishing Trick Prerequisite: 8th level You master an esoteric art of vanishing and leaving something (or someone) behind in your space, swapping positions with them. You gain the following abilities: • Decoy Death. If you would be reduced to 0 hit points as a result of taking damage, you can use Nether Swap as a reaction. When you do so, you instead fall to 1 hit point, with any additional damage beyond what would reduce to 1 hit point being taken by the object you swap places with. You can do this even if you have no use remaining, but once you use it this way you cannot use it this way again until you complete a long rest. You can only target objects when using it this way.
Nether Swap Active Ability (Bonus Action, Supernatural) As a bonus action, you change places with a Small to Large creature or object that is not being worn or carried you can see within 15 feet of you. If the target is an unwilling creature, it makes a Charisma saving throw against your Mystic Path DC. On a successful save, the ability fails and neither creature is teleported. The maximum distance increases by 5 feet when your proficiency bonus increases (always equaling 5 times your proficiency bonus). Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Transformation Arts Titanic Form Prerequisite: 4th level You awaken or learn a mystical ability drawing on the ancient power of the titans. You gain the following benefits: • Ability Score Bonus. Increase your Strength, Constitution, or Wisdom ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20. • Mystic Language. You learn giant. If you already know giant, you learn one additional language of your choice.
Titanic Aspect Active Ability (Action, Supernatural) As an action, you come under the Enlarge effect of the enlarge/reduce spell. In addition to the normal effect, your flesh takes on rough stone-like appearance, causing your unarmed strikes to deal an additional 1d4 damage and reducing all damage from bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage by your proficiency bonus if you don’t already have a damage reduction. If you already have a source of damage reduction, only the highest source is used, and is increased by 1 during this effect. The effect lasts 10 minutes. You can end this effect early as an action, returning to normal size. It ends early if you fall unconscious. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Thunderer Prerequisite: 4th level • Ability Score Bonus. Increase your Strength or Constitution ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
Quaking Smash Active Ability (Attack, Supernatural) As an attack as part of the attack action, you slam the ground causing an eruption of thunder to erupt outward in a 15 foot cone. Creatures in the area must make a Constitution save. On failure they take 2d6 thunder damage and are knocked prone. On success, they take half as much damage and aren’t knocked prone. The number of d6 damage dealt increase when your proficiency bonus increases. If you are Large or Larger when you take this action, the size of the cone doubles and the d6s become d8s. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Dragon Form Prerequisite: 4th level You have learned to invoke the powers of a dragon. You gain the following features: • Ability Score Bonus. Increase your Strength, Constitution, or Charisma ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
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Dragon Aspect Active Ability (Bonus Action, Supernatural) As a bonus action, you can physical transform your body, choose number up to your Proficiency bonus of the following draconic features: • Fangs. Gain dragon-like fangs, gaining a natural weapon that deals 1d8 piercing damage. • Claws. Transform one or both hands into dragonlike claws, gaining natural weapons that deal 1d6 slashing damage and have the Light property. • Scales. Gain dragon-like scales. When you aren’t wearing armor, your base AC is 13 + Dexterity modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield’s benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor. You gain resistance to acid, cold, fire, lightning or poison damage. (selected when you take the feat). • Wings (Requires 9th level). If you are not wearing armor, dragon-like wings sprout from your back. Until the transformation ends, you have a 30 foot flying speed. • Eyes. You gain a darkvision of 60 feet. If you already have a darkvision, you gain a blindsight of 15 feet. • Empower. A weapon you are holding or natural weapon of your choice is wreathed in elemental power. Its damage is increased by 1d6 acid, cold, fire, lighting, or poison damage (selected when you take the feat). The transformation lasts 1 minute or until you end it early as a bonus action. If they don’t otherwise have a bonus to attack and damage rolls, natural weapons granted by this transformation gain a bonus to attack and damage rolls equal to half your proficiency bonus (rounded down). Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Dragon Breath Art Prerequisite: 4th level You master the art of gathering elemental power within yourself to unleash in blasts akin to a dragon’s breath. You gain the following benefits: • Ability Score Bonus. Increase your Constitution, or Charisma ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
Dragon Breath Active Ability (Attack, Supernatural) As an attack as part of the attack action, you can unleash a cone of elemental devastation. Creatures in a 15 foot cone or 5 by 30 foot line (your choice) must make a Dexterity (for acid, fire or lightning) or Constitution (for cold or poison) saving throw. On failure, they take 3d6 acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison damage (select when you take this feat), or half as much on a successful one. The number of d6 increases when your proficiency bonus increases (to 4d6 at 5th level, 5d6 at 9th level, 6d6 at 13th level, and 7d6 at 17th level). If you are transformed by the Dragon Aspect of the Dragon Form feat, the area of effect is doubled (to a 30 foot cone or 60 foot line). Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
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Spells By Class Bard Cantrips (0 level) • Illusionary Dart
1st Level
• Awaken Rope • Blade Mirage • Illusory Pit • Induce Headache • Thunder Punch
2nd Level
• Alacrity • Crescent Wind Slash • Spelltrap • Dancing Object • Disorient • Instant Counter • Vicious Hound
3rd Level
• Thunder Pulse
4th Level
• Echoing Lance • Quicksilver Steps
5th Level
• Sonic Shriek
7th Level
• Arcanist’s Sword
Cleric 1st Level
• Karmic Reflection
2nd Level
• Blazing Beacon • Divine Judgement • Sanctified Charge • Summon Archon • Unholy Wave
3rd Level
• Brilliant Blade
• Immutability
5th Level
• Sudden Hazards
4th Level
• Commandment • Heavenly Ray • Vital Surge
6th Level
• Platinum Lances
Druid Cantrips (0 level) • Burn • Decaying Touch • Fists of Fire • Freeze • Ice Weapon • Impact • Rock Slam • Stone Forming • Water Bullet • Windborne Weapon
1st Level
• Acid Bubble • Arctic Breath • Bramble Binding • Bad Blood • Crashing Wave • Grasping Roots • Eyes of Immolation • Ice Arrow • Lightning Tendril • Nauseating Poison • Stone Fist • Water Blast
2nd Level
• Become Fire • Become Stone • Become Water • Become Wind • Clay Touch • Crackle • Dancing Wave
• Earth Ripple • Hurricane Slash • Pseudopod Slam • Sprout Tree • Revised Dust Devil • Shattering Shield • Summon Swarm • Vacuum Pull • Wind Cutter • Windsense • Vicious Vapors
3rd Level
• Acidic Pit • Arctic Aura • Bramble Barrier • Fire Cyclone • Instant Bulwark • Mutate • Rain of Spiders • Seismic Wave • Spider Bite • Summon Plant • Vortex Blast • Wasp Barrage • Water Cannon • Waterspout
4th Level
• Carnivorous Garden • Geyser • Orbital Stones • Poison Puff • Stinging Swarm • Stone Coffin • Vital Surge
5th level
• Acid Rain • Burial Barrage • Field of Stars • Fissure • Sky Burst • Tornado
6th Level
• Avalanche • Blizzard • Form of Fire • Form of Ice • Form of Wind • Form of Water • Form of Stone
• Volcanic Burst
9th Level
• Form of the Elements
Inventor 1st Level
• Arcane Ablation • Arcane Weapon • Awaken Rope • Bond Item • Fall • Melting Glob • Seeking Projectile • Unburden
2nd Level
• Clay Touch • Dancing Object • Imbue Luck • Lightning Charged • Thunderburst Mine • Wind Cutter
3rd Level
• Dispel Construct • Fireburst Mine • Static Field
4th Level • Repair
5th Level
• Vorpal Shot • Vorpal Weapon
Occultist Cantrips (0 level) • Burn • Decaying Touch • Electric Arc • Fists of Fire • Freeze • Ice Weapon • Illusionary Dart • Impact • Rock Slam • Stone Forming • Water Bullet
153 1st Level
• Acid Bubble • Awaken Rope • Bad Blood • Blade Mirage • Bramble Binding • Crippling Agony • Electrify • Eyes of Immolation • Gale Bolt • Grip of the Dead • Karmic Reflection • Lightning Tendril • Induce Headache • Nauseating Poison • Prismatic Flash • Spiritual Consultation • Stone Fist • Water Blast
2nd Level
• Alacrity • Become Fire • Become Stone • Become Water • Become Wind • Boil Blood • Bramble Barrier • Clay Touch • Crackle • Dancing Object (Animate Object) • Dancing Wave • Disorient • Earth Ripple • Ethereal Immolation • Form of Familiar • Ghost Step • Hurricane Slash • Imbue Luck • Poison Dart • Pseudopod Slam • Shattering Shield • Summon Swarm • Wind Cutter • Vacuum Pull • Vicious Hound • Vicious Vapors
3rd Level
• Acidic Pit • Animate Shadow
• Cruel Puppetry • Erode • Hungering Void • Instant Bulwark • Illusionary Fireball • Mounting Paranoia • Mutate • Rain of Spiders • Spider Bite • Static Field • Summon Monstrosity • Vortex Blast • Wasp Barrage • Waterspout • Wither
4th Level
• Devour Shadow • Echoing Lance • Poison Puff • Stinging Swarm • Suffocate • Vital Surge
5th Level
• Acid Rain • Deglove Creature • Field of Stars • Sonic Shriek • Sudden Hazards
6th Level
• Baba’s Walking Hut
7th Level
• Twisting Eruption
9th Level
• Manipulate Fate
Paladin 2nd Level
• Blazing Beacon • Burning Strike • Divine Judgement • Sanctified Charge • Summon Archon • Unholy Wave
3rd Level
• Brilliant Blade
4th Level
• Commandment
Ranger 1st Level
• Awaken Rope • Blade Mirage • Bramble Binding • Electrify • Grasping Roots • Multishot • Gale Bolt
2nd Level
• Alacrity • Burning Strike • Dust Cyclone • Clay Touch • Iron Wind Strike • Hurricane Slash • Instant Counter • Seeking Projectile • Vacuum Pull • Wind Cutter • Windsense
3rd Level
• Bramble Barrier • Lightning Shot • Rain of Spiders • Summon Plant • Whirling Conflagration • Wasp Barrage
4th Level
• Dimension Cutter • Quicksilver Steps • Storm Shot
5th Level
• Flickering Stirkes • Vorpal Shot
Sorcerer Cantrips (0 level) • Burn • Decaying Touch • Fists of Fire • Force Bolt • Freeze • Electric Arc • Impact • Rock Slam • Stone Forming • Windborne Weapon • Water Bullet
1st Level
• Acid Bubble • Arctic Breath • Blade Mirage • Crashing Wave • Eyes of Immolation • Elemental Orb • Ice Arrow • Lightning Tendril • Electrify • Fall • Gale Bolt • Melting Glob • Prismatic Flash • Stone Fist • Thunder Punch • Water Blast
2nd Level
• Alacrity • Arcane Conduit • Become Fire • Become Stone • Become Water • Become Wind • Burial Barrage • Clay Touch • Cold Snap • Crackle • Crescent Wind Slash • Dancing Wave • Dancing Object (Animate Object) • Dragon Surge • Earth Ripple • Ethereal Immolation • Fling • Instant Counter • Hurricane Slash
154 • Poison Dart • Pseudopod Slam • Dust Cyclone • Shattering Shield • Seeking Orb • Spelltrap • Star Dust • Vacuum Pull • Vicious Hound
3rd Level
• Aether Lance • Acidic Pit • Arctic Aura • Electrocute • Fire Cyclone • Flamethrower • Flash Freeze • Ghost Step • Hungering Void • Illusionary Fireball • Instant Bulwark • Mutate • Rain of Spiders • Seismic Wave • Static Field • Summon Monstrosity • Thunder Pulse • Vortex Blast • Wasp Barrage • Water Cannon • Waterspout
4th Level
• Aero Barrage • Force Blade • Echoing Lance • Geyser • Ice Spike • Jumping Jolt • Pillar of Fire • Orbital Stones • Quicksilver Steps • Suffocate
5th Level
• Aether Storm • Field of Stars • Fissure • Pressure Cutter • Pyroclastic Lance • Melt • Sky Burst
• Sonic Shriek • Summon Dragon • Tornado
6th Level
• Avalanche • Beam of Annihilation • Blizzard • Form of Fire • Form of Ice • Form of Wind • Form of Water • Form of Stone • Power Torrent
9th Level
• Form of the Elements
Warlock Cantrips (0 level) • Burn • Decaying Touch • Fists of Fire • Freeze • Ice Weapon • Impact • Shadow Lash • Stone Forming • Water Bullet
1st Level
• Acid Bubble • Bad Blood • Elemental Orb • Eyes of Immolation • Lightning Tendril • Melting Glob • Nauseating Poison • Shadow Bind • Stone Fist • Violent Updraft • Water Blast
2nd Level
• Become Fire • Become Stone • Become Water • Become Wind • Blazing Beacon • Crackle • Dragon Surge • Infernal Shackles
• Instant Counter • Poison Dart • Pseudopod Slam • Shattering Shield • Spelltrap • Summon Archon • Vicious Hound • Vicious Vapors
3rd Level
• Arctic Aura • Acidic Pit • Flamethrower • Hungering Void • Illusionary Fireball • Rain of Spiders • Mounting Paranoia • Mutate • Spider Bite • Static Field • Wither • Wasp Barrage • Waterspout
4th Level
• Devour Shadow • Iron Garden • Pillar of Fire • Poison Puff • Stinging Swarm
5th Level
• Burial Barrage
6th Level
• Avalanche • Blizzard • Form of Fire • Form of Ice • Form of Wind • Form of Water • Form of Stone • Volcanic Burst
7th Level
• Hellfire Pit
9th Level
• Form of the Elements
Wizard Cantrips (0 level) • Electric Arc • Ice Weapon • Windborne Weapon • Rock Slam • Shadow Lash • Water Bullet
1st Level
• Acid Bubble • Arctic Breath • Awaken Rope • Bad Blood • Blade Mirage • Crashing Wave • Electrify • Elemental Orb • Eyes of Immolation • Entomb • Fall • Gale Bolt • Lightning Tendril • Induce Headache • Melting Glob • Prismatic Flash • Shadow Bind • Stone Fist • Summon Ooze • Thunder Punch • Violent Updraft • Water Blast
2nd Level
• Alacrity • Become Fire • Become Stone • Become Water • Become Wind • Clay Touch • Cold Snap • Crackle • Crescent Wind Slash • Dancing Object (Animate Object) • Dancing Wave • Disorient • Dragon Surge • Dust Cyclone • Earth Ripple • Fling • Form of Familiar • Infernal Shackles
155 • Instant Counter • Gravity Surge • Hurricane Slash • Poison Dart • Pseudopod Slam • Seeking Orb • Spelltrap • Star Dust • Stone Pillar • Summon Swarm • Wind Cutter • Vacuum Pull • Vicious Hound • Vicious Vapors
3rd Level
• Aether Lance • Acidic Pit • Arctic Aura • Crushing Singularity • Electrocute • Erode • Fire Cyclone • Flamethrower • Flash Freeze • Hungering Void • Illusionary Fireball • Immutability • Instant Bulwark • Mounting Paranoia • Mutate • Rain of Spiders • Seismic Wave • Spider Bite • Summon Monstrosity • Static Field • Thunder Pulse • Vortex Blast • Water Cannon • Waterspout • Wasp Barrage
4th Level
• Aero Barrage • Devour Shadow • Dimension Cutter • Echoing Lance • Force Blade • Geyser • Ice Spike • Iron Garden • Jumping Jolt • Orbital Stones • Pillar of Fire
• Poison Puff • Quicksilver Steps • Stinging Swarm • Suffocate
5th Level
• Acid Rain • Aether Storm • Anvil Drop • Field of Stars • Fissure • Pressure Cutter • Sky Burst • Sonic Shriek • Sudden Hazards • Summon Dragon • Tornado
6th Level
• Avalanche • Beam of Annihilation • Blizzard • Form of Fire • Form of Ice • Form of Wind • Form of Water • Form of Stone • Melt • Revised Martial Transformation • Volcanic Burst
7th Level
• Arcanist’s Sword • Hellfire Pit
9th Level
• Form of the Elements • Manipulate Fate
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Spells
The following are new magic spells. Refer to the class breakdown above for which classes can cast which spells. As with any supplement, consult with your GM for availability.
Acid Bubble
1st-level conjuration Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You create a bubble of acid that floats to the target point before bursting a shower of acid. All creatures and objects within 5 feet must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure they take 3d4 acid damage, or half as much on a successful save. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 2d4 for each slot level above 1st.
Acid Rain
5th-level conjuration Classes: Druid, Occultist, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 300 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute Acid rain begins falling within a 40-foot-radius 60-foot-high cylinder centered on a point you choose within range. When a creature moves into the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, the creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 6d4 acid damage, and become covered in acid. On a successful save, a creature takes half the initial damage and is not covered in acid. A creature takes 3d4 acid damage if it ends its turn while covered with acid. The target or a creature within 5 feet of it can end this damage by using its action to clear away the acid.
Acidic Pit
3rd-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You open a pit filled with acid at a point within range. All creatures within 10 feet of the point must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, they fall 5 feet into a pit of acid below, taking 6d4 + 6 acid damage. On success, a creature takes half as much damage from the flooding acid and it can use its reaction to move up to its movement speed to the closest point outside of the area. If it cannot take a reaction or reach a safe point, it automatically fails its saving throw. When a creature ends their turn in the pit, that creature takes 2d4 acid damage. The acid in the pit remains potent for 1 minute, after which it becomes simply vile sludge that deals no further damage. The pit remains filled with vile sludge until filled or cleared.
Aero Barrage
4th-level transmutation Classes: Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You create four lances of rapidly spinning condensed wind and hurl them at targets within range. You can hurl them at one target or several. Make a ranged spell attack for each lance. On a hit, the target takes 2d8 slashing damage and is knocked 10 feet backwards. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you create one additional lance for each slot level above 4th.
157 Aether Lance
Alacrity
Classes: Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot line) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous
Classes: Bard, Occultist, Ranger, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: 1 round
3rd-level evocation
You gather raw aether in your hand and expel it in a lance of power forming a line 30 foot long and 5 foot wide. Each creature in a line takes 8d4 force damage. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 3rd.
Aether Storm
5th-level evocation Classes: Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You conjure a storm of aether erupting from a point of your choice within range. The aether storm fills a 10-foot radius, 40-foot-high cylinder. When the storm appears, each creature within its area takes 8d4 force damage. When a creature moves into or through the storm, it takes 2d4 force damage for every 5 feet it travels, and whenever a creature ends its turn in the storm it takes an additional 8d4 force damage. On each subsequent turn for the duration of the spell as a bonus action, you can move the storm 15 feet in any direction and cause it to fling forth a hail of force bolts that seek out up to 3 targets of your choice within 15 feet of the storm. Each creature targeted takes 3d4 + 3 force damage from the force bolts. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the damage of the storm and bolts increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 5th.
2nd-level transmutation
Until the start of your next turn, your speed is doubled, you gain a +2 bonus to AC, you have advantage on Dexterity saving throws, and you gain an additional action. That action can be used only to take the Attack (one weapon attack only), Dash, Disengage, Hide, or Use an Object action. If you are under the effect of haste, you gain no benefit from this spell.
Angelic Slash [New] 3rd-level evocation
Classes: Cleric, Paladin Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self (30-foot line) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You summon a giant spectral angel that appears around you before crashing its greatsword down in a line. All creatures in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide in a direction of your choice must make a dexterity saving throw. On failure, they take 5d8 radiant damage, and half as much on a successful save. A creature takes an additional 1d8 damage if they are undead or a fiend. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each level above 3rd.
158 Animate Shadow
Anvil Drop
Classes: Occultist Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a smoke stained mirror) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
Classes: Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: 1 round
Targeting a creature you can see within range, you bring its shadow to life under your control. If the creature has a CR of more than 3 or the creature has no shadow (either from the nature of the creature or from the lack of a light source to cast one) the spell fails. Creatures without CR (such as players) are immune to this spell. Otherwise a copy of the creature is created using its game statistics adjacent to the creature (on the side away from the brightest light near it). The shadow has no legendary actions, legendary resistance, and cannot cast spells. The shadow has hit points equal to half the target’s hit points, and looks like mirrored version of the creature it was summoned from formed from inky black smoke. The shadow is resistant to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from non-magical sources while in darkness. The shadow is vulnerable to all damage while in bright light, and always vulnerable to fire, lightning, and radiant damage. If the shadow is killed, the target creature it was summoned from casts no shadows for the next 8 hours. The shadow acts immediately after the creature’s turn, and without further direction it attempts to follow and takes the attack action against the creature it was summoned from. As a reaction to the shadow starting it’s turn, the caster can exert control over it and cause it to move and take its action as the caster directs. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 5th or 6th level spell slot, the maximum CR of the target increases to CR 4. When you cast it using a 7th or 8th level spell slot, the maximum CR of the target increases to CR 5. When you cast it using a spell slot of 9th level, the maximum CR of the target increases to CR 6.
You conjure an anvil 500 feet above a point you can see. At initiative count 0 (Losing initiative ties) on the next round, the anvil hits the ground; creatures within 5 feet of the target point must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a success, they move to the closest unoccupied space outside of the radius, if no space is available or they cannot move, they automatically fail. On failure, they take 10d10 + 10 bludgeoning damage. Creatures within 20 feet of the target point take 4d4 thunder damage. If the path of the anvil (directly above the target point) is interrupted, the creature or object above it is hit first. If the creature or object is killed or destroyed, the anvil continues, though the damage dealt is subtracted from the final impact damage of the anvil. If the anvil deals less than 80 damage, the anvil survives the impact, and is an anvil of moderate quality. At Higher Levels. When cast with a 9th level spell slot, the range of the spell becomes 120 miles, though you must still be able to see the target (such as via scrying).
3rd-level illusion
5th-level conjuration
Arcane Ablation
1st-level transmutation Classes: Inventor, Spellblade Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: 1 hour You touch a piece of worn armor or clothing and imbue it with magic. The creature wearing this imbued item gains 4 temporary hit points. When these temporary hit points are exhausted, at the start of the creature’s next turn it will gain new temporary hit points equal to 1 less than the previous amount gained from this spell (for example, from 4 to 3), until no temporary hit points would be gained and the spell ends. Temporary hit points from this spell are lost when this spell ends At Higher Levels. The initial temporary hit points increases by 1 for each slot level above 1st.
159 Arcanist’s Sword
Arcane Conduit
Classes: Wizard, Bard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a miniature platinum sword with a grip and pommel of copper and zinc, worth 250 gp) Duration: 1 minute
Classes: Sorcerer Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
7th-level conjuration
You create a glowing sword-shaped plane of force that hovers within range. It lasts for the duration. When the sword appears and as a bonus action on subsequent turns, you can give the sword a command: • Attack: The sword will move up to 20 feet toward a creature and attack it, making a melee spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 3d10 + your spell casting ability modifier force damage on hit. • Guard: The sword will move up 20 feet toward a creature. It grants half cover to the creature while it shares that creature’s space as it attempts to deflect incoming attacks. The first time a hostile creature comes within 5 feet of the sword, it will attack that creature, making a melee spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 3d10 + your spell casting ability modifier force damage on hit. It cannot attack again until you issue a command again. • Whirl: The sword will move up to 20 feet toward a point, when it reaches that point it will begin to spin in a deadly whirl. Creatures that start their turn in the sword’s space, or enter it for the first time on their turn within 5 feet of the sword must pass a Dexterity saving throw, or take 3d10 force damage.
Caius’ Notes: The Lost True Version
The true version of a famous wizard’s floating magic sword. Tragically most sources of the spell list an incomplete version copied by an apprentice unable to fully understand the spell. More widely known lesser versions flaws makes it unstable requiring concentration, and it lacks the later parts of functionality of the true version.
2nd-level transmutation
You tap directly into the arcane weave. For the duration, you have resistance to all damage from magical sources besides Force damage. At the start of each of your turns while tapped into this power, you and all creatures with 5 feet of you take 1d6 Force damage. The damage increases by 1d6 each turn to a maximum of 4d6 damage.
Arcane Weapon
1st-level transmutation Classes: Inventor, Spellblade Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: 1 hour You touch a weapon and imbue it with magic. For the duration the weapon counts as a magical weapon and any damage dealt by it is Force damage. When casting this one a weapon with the ammunition property, it no longer consumes ammunition when fired, and does not need to be reloaded. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd or 4th level, the duration becomes 8 hours. When you use a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the duration becomes 24 hours.
Arctic Aura
3rd-level transmutation (primal) Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (20 foot radius) Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute For the duration you unleash a freezing aura. Creatures that start their turn within 20 feet of you must succeed a Constitution saving throw, or take 2d8 cold damage and have their speed reduced to 0 until the start of their next turn. Creatures that succeed their saving throw take half as much damage
160 and their speed is reduced by half. As a bonus action on each of your turns for the duration of the spell, you can actively control the aura, excluding a number of creatures in the area up to your spellcasting modifier from the effect of the spell until the end of your next turn. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 3rd.
Arctic Breath
1st-level conjuration Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade , Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30 foot line) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous A line of freezing arctic wind 30 feet long and 5 feet wide blasts out from you in a direction you choose. Each creature in the line must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 2d8 cold damage and their movement speed is reduced by 10 feet until the end of their next turn. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t slowed. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 1st.
Avalanche
6th level transmutation (primal) Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (60 foot line) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You cause the earth to ripple, triggering an avalanche of rock and stone to surge forward in a 60 foot long, 15 foot wide line. The length of the line is doubled if the cast on the surface has more than a 15 degree downward slope (a moderately steep hill). Creatures caught in the surging tumble of rocks must make a Dexterity saving throw. Creatures that fail their save take 6d10 bludgeoning damage and are knocked prone. Creatures that fail by 5 or more are stunned until the end of their next turn, and creatures that fail by 10 or more are additionally knocked to the closest free space at the end of the line created by the spell. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage and suffers none of the spell’s other effects.
The spell creates a 15 by 15 foot area of difficult terrain at the end of the line created by the spell. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 6th.
Awaken Rope
1st-level transmutation Classes: Bard, Inventor, Occultist, Ranger, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (10 to 60 feet of cord or rope, worth at least 1 cp) Duration: Instantaneous As an action, you can touch a rope 10 to 60 feet long and issue a single command to it, selecting from the following options: • Bind. The rope attempts to bind a creature of your choice within 20 feet of you. The creature must make a Dexterity saving throw or become restrained until it is freed. A creature can use its action to make a DC 10 Strength check, freeing itself or another creature within its reach on a success. Dealing 5 slashing damage to the rope (AC 10) also frees the creature without harming it, ending the effect and destroying the rope. • Fasten. The rope flies up 60 feet and ties one end to an object or surface that a rope could be tied to, before becoming inanimate again, hanging from the object. • Grab. The rope lashes out grabs one Small or smaller object that is not being worn by a creature within a range equal to the length of the rope and pulls that object back to your hand. If that object is being carried by a creature, it must make a Strength saving throw. On success, it retains the object, and on failure the object is pulled from the creature. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you can target a chain instead of a rope. It has the same available actions, but it has a DC 15, an AC of 15, and resistance to slashing damage when taking the Bind action. When cast with a spell slot of 3rd level or higher targeting a rope, that rope is magically imbued for 1 minute, gaining an DC of 15, an AC 20, and 20 hit points.
161 Baba’s Walking Hut
Beam of Annihilation
Classes: Occultist Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a chicken leg) Duration: 24 hours
Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (60 foot line) Components: S Duration: Concentration, up to 3 rounds You unleash a beam of pure energy, selecting cold, fire, force, or lightning energy when you cast this spell and blasting it outward in a line that is 60 feet long and 10 feet wide that persists until the start of your next turn. Any creature that starts their turn in this beam must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save they take 8d8 damage of the beam’s energy type, or taking half as much on a successful save. While you are concentrating on this spell, your movement speed is zero. At the start of each of your turns, you can use your action to maintain the beam or redirect it, rotating it up to 90 degrees in any direction. Any creature the beam passes through while rotating (if the beam passes completely through them and they will not start their turn inside of it) must make a Dexterity saving throw or, take 4d8 damage of the beams energy type on a failed save, and taking no damage on a successful save. If you do not use your action maintain or redirect it, the spell ends early.
6th-level transmutation
You touch a hut, cabin, or other building no more than 15 feet by 15 feet by 10 feet. On completion of the spell, the building grows legs large enough to support it, as well as the structural integrity needed stand and move, and becomes a gargantuan creature. It has 250 hit points, an AC of 12, and a walking speed of 20 feet. If it drops to 0 hit points, the spell ends. On your turn, you can direct it to move (no action required) and it will continue to move as directed until you direct it to stop or reaches its destination. It can take no actions, but if it walks over a Large or smaller creature, you can direct it to attempt to step on that creature, and that creature must succeed a Dexterity saving throw, or take 2d10 bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. If you cast this spell on the same building every day for a year, the spell lasts until dispelled, or you cast it on another building.
Bad Blood
1st-level necromancy Classes: Druid, Occultist, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a piece of rotten meat) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute Targeting a creature you can see within range, you attempt to corrupt its blood. Creatures without blood are immune to this effect. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On failure, they take 1d12 poison damage and become poisoned for the duration. At the end of each of its turns, the target can make another Constitution saving throw. On a success, the spell ends on the target, on failure; they take an additional 1d4 poison as the poison continues to ravage them. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you can target one additional target for each slot level above 2nd. The targets must be within 30 feet of each other when you target them.
6th-level evocation
Become Fire
2nd-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: 1 round You become a burst of elemental flames. Until the start of your next turn, you gain the following benefits: • You are resistant to fire damage and to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks. • You can move through the space of other creatures and ignore difficult terrain. The first time you enter the space of another creature on a turn, it takes 1d6 fire damage. • Once during your turn when you roll fire damage, you can maximize the value of one die of fire damage.
162 Become Stone
Befuddling Curse
Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: 1 round
Classes: Occultist Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
2nd-level transmutation
You solidify into a stone. Until the start of your next turn, you are petrified. Your AC becomes 20 and you gain 15 temporary hit points. Any remaining temporary hit points fade when the spell ends.
Become Water
2nd-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: 1 round You become a burst of elemental water. Until the start of your next turn, you gain the following benefits: • You are resistant to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks. • You can move through the space of other creatures and ignore difficult terrain; the first time you move through a Large or smaller creature on a turn, it must pass a Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Become Wind
2nd-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: 1 round You become a burst of elemental wind until the start of the next turn. You gain resistance to lightning damage and bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks. Additionally; you gain flying speed of 30 feet, can move through the space of other creatures, and ignore difficult terrain, but will fall at the start of your next turn if not held aloft.
1st-level enchantment
You befuddle a creature’s mind, swapping the position of two things it can see that are of the same size and category (for example, two medium creatures or two gargantuan buildings). The target creature must make a Wisdom saving throw. On failure, it is unaware the two things have been swapped. Each time the creature interacts with, attacks, or is attacked by a swapped targets, it can repeat its saving throw against the effect.
Binding Curse
1st-level enchantment Classes: Occultist Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You bind a creature to a point within 5 feet of it, causing a glowing chains of light to connect it to that point. For the duration of the spell, if the creature attempts to move away from that point, the must make a Wisdom saving throw, or be unable to move more than 5 feet away from from that point until the start of their next turn. If a creature starts its turn more than 10 feet from the binding point, they must make a Strength saving throw or be dragged 5 feet toward the binding point.
Blackhole [New]
9th-level transmutation Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 300 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You creature a miniature black hole at a point within
163 range. An event horizon forms in a 15-foot radius around the point, blocking anything (including light, sound, and magical effects) from passing through that space without being engulfed into the black hole. When the black hole appears, creatures within 15 feet of the point must make a Dexterity saving throw to avoid being engulfed. On success, they move up their movement speed out of the event horizon of the black hole. If they cannot move a space outside of the event horizon, they automatically fail their save, and are engulfed. All creatures that are engulfed are compressed into the point at the center of the spell, taking 12d12 bludgeoning damage at the start of each of their turns while engulfed. Their speed is 0, and they are blinded, deafened, and restrained while they are engulfed. As an action, they can attempt to forcibly exit the black hole, making a Strength ability check against your spell save DC. On success, they appear in an empty space at the edge of its event horizon. Any spells, effects, terrain, or items that are not being worn or carried (other than those of Legendary or Artifact rarity) that are engulfed within the event horizon vanish and are destroyed. Magical items of Legendary or Artifact rarity are not destroyed, reappearing on the ground where the sphere was when the spell ends. While spell persists, all movement away from within 120 feet of it is considered difficult terrain. All ranged attacks that pass within 120 feet have disadvantage. When a creature starts its turn within 120 feet of the black hole, it is pulled 5 feet toward the black hole. At the start of the caster’s turn, all objects that are not being worn or carried and are not attached to the ground weighing less than 1,000 lbs within 120 feet of the black hole are pulled 10 feet toward the black hole.
Blade Mirage
1st-level illusion (arcane) Classes: Bard, Occultist, Ranger, Spellblade, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute. You twist illusions around a melee weapon you are holding. When you cast the spell, and on each subsequent turn for the duration as a bonus action, you can create feinting blows with the illusory copies of your blade, distracting your target and giving you
advantage on the next weapon attack against that target before the end of your turn. The spell ends early if let go of the weapon you cast it on. As an action, a creature that can see you can make an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. On success, you no longer gain advantage from using the illusionary blades when making a feint against that creature, rendering the spell impotent against that creature.
Blazing Beacon 2nd-level evocation
Classes: Cleric, Paladin, Warlock Casting Time: 1 Action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, Up to 1 minute You are bathed in holy light, shedding bright light up to 30 feet and dim light for additional 30 feet. Any creature targets you with an attack roll or spell that requires them to see you must make a Constitution saving throw. On failure, they are blinded until the start of their next turn. A creature with darkvision makes this roll with disadvantage. A creature without eyes automatically passes their saving throw.
Blizzard
6th-level evocation (primal) Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You conjure a howling blizzard of swirling clouds of ice and snow which fills a 30-foot-radius, 40-foot-high cylinder centered at a point you can see within range. The area becomes heavily obscured and difficult terrain. Any creature that starts their turn within the area or enters it for the first time during the turn must make a Constitution saving throw. A creature takes 6d8 cold damage on a failed saving throw, or half as much on a successful one. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 6th.
164 Boil Blood
2nd-level necromancy Classes: Occultist Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute Targeting a creature that has taken slashing or piercing damage in the last minute, you make it’s blood heat and boil. The target creature must make a Constitution saving throw. On failure, it’s blood begins to heat. At the start of it’s turn while affected, it takes 3d4 fire damage and is crippled with agony, all terrain is difficult terrain for it. At the end of each of its turns, the target can make another Constitution saving throw. On a success, the spell ends on the target. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 2d4 for each slot level above 2nd.
Bond Item
1st-level conjuration Classes: Inventor Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: 8 hours You touch an item weighing no more than 100 pounds and form a link between you and it. Until the spell ends, you can recall it to your hand as a bonus action. If another creature is holding or wearing the item when you try to recall it, they make a Charisma saving throw to retain possession of the item, and if they succeed, the spell fails. They make this save with advantage if they have had possession of the item for more than 1 minute.
Bramble Barrier
3rd-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Occultist, Ranger Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You create a line of low brambles that erupts from a
point you can see within range. This line is 30 feet long and 5 feet wide, made of up of six 5-foot squares of brambles. Each patch much connect to another patch and be placed on the ground. The bramble patches are difficult terrain and a creature that enters a square of brambles takes 4d4 piecing damage and must make a Constitution saving throw. On failure, their speed becomes 0 until the end of their turn. The brambles wither and die after 1 day if the area isn’t suitable for them to grow. Each 5-foot-square portion of brambles requires at least 1 minute to clear by hand, or can be cleared if they take 5 or more fire damage. The brambles crumble to dust immediately if you cast this spell again. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, you can create two additional 5-foot squares of brambles for each slot level above 3rd.
Bramble Binding
1st-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Occultist, Ranger Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous Brambles burst from your hand, lashing out at a target within range. The target must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, they take 4d4 piercing damage and, if the target is Large or smaller, it becomes entangled by brambles. While entangled by brambles, it can’t move, but it can free itself as as an action (taking no additional damage) or rip itself free using half of its movement and taking an additional 2d4 piecing damage. On a successful save, they take half as much damage and aren’t entangled by brambles. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, both the initial damage and the damage taken ripping free of the brambles increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 1st.
165 Brilliant Blade 3rd-level evocation
Classes: Cleric, Paladin Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self (20 foot radius) Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp) Duration: Instantaneous You brandish the weapon used in this spell’s casting, holding it aloft as it flashes with brilliant light. All creatures within 20 feet of you must make a Constitution saving throw. On failure, they are blinded until the end of your next turn. On success, they are blinded until the end of your current turn.
Burial Barrage
5th-level transmutation (primal) Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You unearth and launch a barrage of five heavy chunks of earth or stone at targets within range. You can hurl them at one target or several. Make a ranged spell attack for each hurled object. On hit, the target takes 1d12 + 1 bludgeoning damage, and if it is Large or smaller, it is knocked prone. Attacks made as part of this spell have advantage against prone targets, and ignore the normal disadvantage ranged attacks made from more than 5 feet away from a prone target have. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, you can hurl one additional object for each slot level above 5th.
Burn
Transmutation cantrip Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You ignite a brilliant flame around your hand that sears anything you touch. Make a melee spell attack against the a creature or object within range. On hit, the target takes 1d12 fire damage.
The spell’s damage increases by 1d12 when you reach 5th level (2d12), 11th level (3d12), and 17th level (4d12).
Burning Strike
2nd-level transmutation Classes: Paladin, Ranger, Spellblade Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a piece of ammunition or weapon worth at least 1 cp) Duration: 1 round You touch a piece of ammunition or weapon, imbuing it with licking magic flames. The first time you attack with the empowered item, it bursts into brilliant flames. On a hit, the target takes an additional 4d4 fire damage and begins to burn. On a miss, the target takes half as much damage and does not start to burn. The burning target sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet and takes 1d4 fire damage at the end of its turns unless a creature uses their action to put the flames out. Once an attack has been made with the piece of ammunition or weapon, the spell ends. If you touch a weapon with the Light property, you can immediately make a single weapon attack with it as part of the same action as casting the spell. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, both the initial and ongoing burn damage are increased by 1d4 damage.
Carnivorous Garden 4th-level trasmutation
Classes: Druid Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a dried carnivorous plant) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute Targeting four unoccupied spaces that you can see within range, rooted carnivorous plants erupt from the ground, filling a 5-foot cube each. The ground within 5 feet of them becomes difficult terrain. When the plants appear, they each attack a creature of your choice within 5 feet of them. Each plant makes a melee spell attack, dealing 2d8 piercing damage on hit. Make a separate attack roll for each plant. If a creature ends their turn within 5 feet of one or more of the carnivorous plants, the plants automatically attack that creature unless you use
166 your reaction to prevent them from doing so. The plants use your spell attack modifier, and deal 2d8 piercing damage on hit. The plants have AC 14 and 30 hit points, and have vulnerability to fire and slashing damage. Each plant regains all its hit points at the start of your turn if it has at least 1 hit point. A plant dies if it is reduced to zero hit points. When the spell ends, the plants wither and die leaving behind difficult terrain unless they were killed be fire damage. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you can summon 1 additional carnivorous plant for each slot level above 4th.
Chrono Conjunction [New] 6th-level transmutation (arcane)
Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when a creature you can see within 60 feet rolls a save, ability check, or attack roll. Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the past or future) Duration: Instantaneous As a reaction to a creature rolling a save, ability check, or attack roll, you search all possible timelines and merge the outcome you desire with reality, selecting a value from 1 to 20 as the outcome of their roll. If the creature is an unwilling target of your temporal manipulation, they can attempt to resist it, making a Charisma saving throw. If the manipulation succeeds, you change the outcome to the selected outcome of the roll. Once you cast this spell, you cannot cast it again until 24 hours have passed.
Clay Touch
2nd level transmutation (arcane, primal) Classes: Druid, Inventor, Occultist, Ranger, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a small clump of clay) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute. You reach out to attempt to touch a creature within range. It must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, the target’s armor (including natural or magical defenses) becomes soft and malleable, though retaining its form, and provides no protection
against attacks reducing the target’s AC to 10 + their dexterity modifier for the duration of the spell. Alternatively, you can touch a nonmagical object that isn’t being warn or carried and is no larger than 2 feet in any dimension, reducing its AC and any Strength check required to break it to 5 for the duration of the spell.
Cold Snap
2nd-level evocation Classes: Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 ft (5 ft radius) Components: S Duration: Instantaneous With a snap of your fingers a swirling burst of freezing wind erupts at a point you choose within range. Each creature in a 5-foot-radius sphere centered on that point must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 3d8 cold damage and becomes stuck in the ice, reducing their movement speed by 10 feet until the start of your next turn. On a success, the target takes half as much damage and is not stuck in ice. The ground in the area is covered with slick ice and snow, making it difficult terrain until the start of your next turn. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 2nd.
Commandment
4th-level enchantment (divine) Classes: Cleric, Paladin Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You issue a divine order to another creature you can see within range that can hear and understand you, invoking divine authority to punish transgressions against the order. If the target creature violates the issued order, it takes 4d6 radiant damage. Creatures only take this damage if they intentionally violate the stated rule. Once a creature takes damage this way, they cannot take damage again from it until the start of your next turn. Some examples of orders you can issue would include ordering the target to not take attacks, to not move, or to not breath. The order must be possible to attempt to obey, or the spell ends.
167 At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot level above 4th.
Crackle
2nd-level evocation Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You create three arcs of lightning striking targets in range. You can direct them at one target or several. Make a ranged spell attack for each arc. On a hit, the target takes 1d12 lightning damage. If three or more arcs hit a single target, they must make a Constitution saving throw or become shocked, stunning them until the start of their next turn. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you create one additional arc for each slot level above 2nd.
Crashing Wave
1st-level conjuration Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard. Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (20 foot cone) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous A wave of water sweeps out from you. Each creature in a 15-foot cone must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 2d6 bludgeoning damage and is knocked 10 feet away from you. If a creature is knocked into a wall, another creature, or fails by 5 or more, it is additionally knocked prone. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and is not knocked back. If there is a source of water of at least 5 cubic feet within 5 feet of you when you cast the spell, you can displace that water, increasing the range of the spell to a 25 foot cone. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell lot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each level above 1st.
Create Pit
1st-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet (5 ft radius) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You choose a point on the ground in an area of dirt or natural stone you can see. The ground buckles and a 5-foot radius, 10-foot deep pit opens around that point. If the surface is not large enough to contain the pit, the spell fails. Creatures in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw. On success, they can move 5 feet outside the radius of the spell. Creatures that fail their saving throw fall to the bottom of the bit (taking 1d6 bludgeoning damage and falling prone). The sides of the pit are rough, and can be climbed. The pit remains until filled. If a creature saves, but cannot move 5 feet, they fall prone, hanging from the edge of the pit, and cannot stand until they move out of the pit area or fall into it. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the pit is 5-feet deeper for each slot level about 1st (to a maximum of 20 feet deep).
Limitations
The spell fails if the pit would breach another opening (such as a room or cavern below) as that would be failing to contain the pit. The GM has wide discretion on what surfaces would qualify for this spell.
Crescent Wind Slash
2nd-level evocation (arcane, primal) Classes: Bard, Ranger, Spellblade, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp) Duration: Instantaneous You make a series of three slashes, each one magically releasing a razor sharp blast of wind at a target within range. You can launch them at one target or several. Make a weapon attack with the weapon used in the casting of this spell for each slash. On hit, the target takes 1d6 + your weapon attack modifier. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you can create one additional slash for each slot level above 2nd.
168 Crippling Agony 1st-level necromancy
Classes: Occultist Casting Time: 1 action. Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a joint bone) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You can inflict crippling agony on a foe. Choose one creature that you can see within range to make a Constitution saving throw. If the target fails, it becomes crippled with horrific pain. Whenever the creation moves more than half of it’s movement speed or takes an action, the crippling pain causes it to take 1d6 necrotic damage. It can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, the target can make a Constitution saving throw. On a success, the spell ends.
Cruel Puppetry
3rd-level necromancy (ritual) Classes: Occultist Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S, M (a small humanoid doll worth at least 5 gp and something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) both of which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You attempt to bind a creatures soul to a doll, linking the creature to the doll in a sympathetic link. The target must make a Charisma saving throw. On failure, the creature becomes bound to the doll. On a successful save, the creature is not bound and the spell ends. As part of casting the spell when the creature fails the save, and on subsequent turns using your action until the spell ends, you can perform one of the following actions: • Hold the doll still, causing the creature to be Restrained until start of your next turn. • Force the doll to move, causing the creature to move 15 feet in a direction of your choice that it can move. • Stab the doll, causing the creature take 4d6 piercing damage. • Rip the doll in half, ending the spell, destroying the doll, and dealing 4d12 necrotic damage to the creature. • Each time after the first you use an action to manipulate the doll, after the effect takes place, the
creature can repeat the Charisma with disadvantage, ending the effect on a successful save. Once a creature has been targeted by this spell, they cannot be targeted again for 24 hours. At Higher Levels. When cast with a 5th level spell slot or above, the range of the spell becomes unlimited, as long as the target is on the same plane as the caster.
Crushing Singularity 3rd-level transmutation
Classes: Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: 1 round You create an overwhelming gravitational singularity at a point within range that lasts until the start of your next turn. When you cast this spell, any creature within 15 feet of the point must make a Strength saving throw. Creatures that fail their saving throw are moved to the closest available space adjacent to the singularity and take 6d6 bludgeoning damage. Creatures that pass their saving throwing take half as much damage, and are not dragged to the center of the area. While within 15 feet of the singularity, moving away from the singularity requires twice as much movement. If a creature ends its turn within 15 feet of the singularity, it must make a Strength saving throw. On failure, they take 2d6 bludgeoning damage and are dragged back to the closest available spot to the center of the singularity. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell lot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each level above 3rd.
Curse of Impotence 5th-level enchantment
Classes: Occultist Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You curse a target creature, causing an overwhelming sense of powerlessness to wash over it. Any time the
169 target creature attempts to attack, cast a spell that deals damage, or use an action that deals damage, it must make a Wisdom saving throw. On success, they take their action as normal. On failure, they complete their action, but their action does no damage to any target.
Dancing Object (Animate Object) 2nd-level transmutation
Classes: Bard, Inventor, Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You bring a Tiny object to life. Its Constitution is 10 and its Intelligence and Wisdom are 3, and its Charisma is 1. Its speed is 30 feet; if the object lacks legs or other appendages it can use for locomotion, it instead has a flying speed of 30 feet and can hover. The object has the following stats: HP: 20, AC: 18, Str: 4, Dex: 18. The object has an attack modifier equal to your spell attack modifier. If the object is not a weapon, it deals 1d4 + your Spellcasting modifier damage on hit. Select from bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage based on the nature of the item. If the object is a weapon, it deals the weapon’s damage dice + your Spellcasting modifier of the weapon’s damage type. The spell can only animate one-handed weapons without the special modifier this way. As a bonus action, you can mentally command the animated object as long as it is within 60 feet of you. You decide what action the creature will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a particular chamber or corridor. If you issue no commands, the creature only defends itself against hostile creatures. Once given an order, the creature continues to follow it until its task is complete. If the object is securely attached to a surface or a larger object, such as a chain bolted to a wall, its speed is 0. It has blindsight with a radius of 30 feet and is blind beyond that distance. When the animated object drops to 0 hit points, it reverts to its original object form, and any remaining damage carries over to its original object form.
Dancing Wave
2nd-level conjuration Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You summon a surging mass of water into existence at a point on the ground within range. The mass of water remains cohesive filling a 5 foot radius, though only rises 3 feet from the ground. The area is difficult terrain for any creature without a swimming speed. For the duration of the spell, as a bonus action you can move the wave of water up to 30 feet along a surface in any direction. The first time the wave enters any creature’s space during your turn, they must make a Strength saving throw or take 2d6 bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. A creature automatically fails this saving throw if they are prone.
Decaying Touch Necromancy cantrip
Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (powdered remains of a dead animal) Duration: Instantaneous You wreath your hand in necrotic decay that causes anything you touch to wither and die. Make a melee spell attack against a creature or object within range. On hit, the target takes 1d6 necrotic damage is starts to flake and decay. The first time they take damage from another source before the start of your next turn, they take an additional 1d6 necrotic damage. Targets immune to diseases are immune to this effect. The both the initial and secondary damage of the spell increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).
170 Deglove Creature
Devour Shadow
Classes: Occultist Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a finger bone) Duration: Instantaneous
Classes: Occultist, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to a minute.
You point at a creature within range, and attempt to make it’s skeleton rip free of it’s body. The creature must make a Constitution saving throw. The target takes 7d10 + 7 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If this damage kills the target creature, it’s flesh sloughs of it’s skeleton, collapsing a pile, and the skeleton becomes a Skeleton (Basic Rules, pg. 152), hostile to all living creatures that attacks the closest target.
Your shadow suddenly elongates into that of a horrifying devouring abomination and attempts to eat the shadow of a target creature in range. The target must make a Charisma saving throw. On failure, the target creature’s shadow is devoured and they take 6d6 necrotic damage, and are magically weakened, subtracting 1d4 from the attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks for the duration of the spell, while you can add 1d4 to your attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks for the duration of the spell. On success, a large bite is taken from the shadow, and they take half as much damage and are not weakened. If either you or the target has no shadow, the spell fails. If their shadow is consumed, they have no shadow until the spell ends. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell with a 5th level spell slot or higher, you can target an additional creature for each spell slot level above 4th. The bonus you gain consuming shadows does not increase beyond 1d4, even if you consume multiple shadows.
5th-level necromancy
Devouring Darkness 5th-level necromancy
Classes: Occultist, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (20-foot radius) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous Dark tendrils burst out from you in all directions. Creatures of your choice within 20 feet of you must make a Constitution saving throw. On failure, they take 6d8 necrotic damage, and you can move them in a straight line to within 5 feet of you if there is an empty space they can be pulled to. On success, they take half as much damage and are not moved. You regain hit points equal to one quarter (rounded down) of the necrotic damage taken by all targets affected by the spell. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 5th.
4th-level necromancy (arcane)
Dimension Cutter 4th-level conjuration
Classes: Ranger, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (15-foot cone) Components: V, M (a melee weapon you are proficient with worth at least 1 cp) Duration: Instantaneous You flourish a weapon you are proficient with used in the casting and sweep through the air, slashing apart the dimensional space. Each creature in a 15-foot cone takes 6d6 force damage. This passes through total cover and strikes creatures in the ethereal plane as well as the material plane At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th Level or higher, it deals an additional 1d6 damage to each target on hit for each slot level above 4th.
171 Divine Descent [New]
Disorient
Classes: Cleric Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 3 rounds
Classes: Bard, Occultist, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a mobius strip) Duration: 1 minute
You call down an spectral angelic avatar that begins to descend from the sky. The avatar fills a 30-footradius, 60-foot high cylinder with bright light. When you cast the spell and at the start of your next turn, you can choose to either heal all creatures within the light, restoring 4d8 hit points to each creature that is not undead or a fiend within it, or burn all creatures within the light, forcing them to make a Constitution saving throw, taking 4d8 radiant damage on a failed save or half as much on a successful save. At the start of your turn on the third and final turn of the spell, you make the same decision, but the effect is doubled, either restoring 8d8 hit points or dealing 8d8 radiant damage.
Targeting a creature with you can see, you flip their perception of reality. The target creature must pass a Wisdom saving throw or become disoriented. A disoriented creature has disadvantage on all attack rolls and at the start of their turn moves 10 feet (up to its speed) in a random direction before their speed becomes zero until the start of their next turn. At the end of each of its turns, the target can make another Wisdom saving throw. On a success, the spell ends, but if the target fails by 5 or more, it fails prone.
8th-level evocation (divine)
Divine Judgement
2nd-level evocation (divine) Classes: Cleric, Paladin Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous A brilliant sword of radiant energy forms above the target point before slamming down in an explosion of divine power. Creatures in a 10-foot-radius, 30-foothigh cylinder centered on the target point must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, a creature takes 2d8 radiant damage, and 2d8 additional radiant damage if it is an undead or fiend. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the base damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 2nd.
Alignment Powers
If your DM uses alignment for creatures, they can optionally rule that the bonus damage applies all creature types as long as the creature is of the opposite moral alignment of the caster (evil to good or good to evil). as not all settings use strict alignment, this is a variant rule at the GM’s discretion.
2nd-level illusion
Dispel Construct 3rd-level abjuration
Classes: Inventor Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You can attempt to purge the magic animating a construct within range, rendering it inert. The target takes 4d10 force damage and must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or become stunned for 1 minute. At the end of each of its turns, the target can make another Constitution saving throw. On a success, the spell ends on the target. If the target has less than 50 hit points remaining when it fails, it is reduced to zero hit points.
Divide Self
5th-level illusion Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: S Duration: Concentration, 1 minute You you create an exact duplicate of yourself in an empty space you can see within 30 feet of you. When you cast this spell at the start of each of your turns for the duration, you can switch places with your duplicate.
172 The duplicate has all of your stats, abilities, and equipment (including magic items). It acts on your initiative, and has its own actions, though it shares its concentration on this spell, and if either of you lose concentration, the spell ends. Your current hit points are divided between you and the duplicate and shares all other resources and abilities with you (including limited use magic items), with any usage by either you or the duplicate depleting the resource for both of you. Your duplicate can take any action you can take, but it can deal a maximum of 15 damage on its turn (any additional damage dealt deals no further damage, when dealing area of effect damage, damage is split between all targets equally up to the maximum). If either you or the duplicate is reduced to zero hit points, the spell ends and you become the copy that was not reduced to zero hit points. When the spell ends, if both you and the duplicate are still present, decide which is you, and the other vanishes. Anything that was copied during the spell has the copied version vanish. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the starting hit points of you and the duplicate both increase by 15 (up to a maximum of you and the duplicate starting with your current hit points) and the maximum damage the duplicate can do during its turn increases by 10 for each slot level above 5th.
Dragon Surge
2nd-level transmutation (primal) Classes: Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You channel elemental power to form draconic wings, selecting an element from acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. All creatures within 10 feet of you must make a Dexterity saving throw as the wings manifest in a surge of elemental power, taking 2d8 damage of that elemental type selected on a failed saving throw, or half as much on a successful save. You gain a flying speed of 30 until the end of your turn, after which the wings fade away once more. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 and the flying speed increases by 10 feet for each slot level above 2nd.
Dust Cyclone
2nd-level conjuration Classes: Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet (5 foot radius) Components: V, S, M (a pinch of dust) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute Choose a target point on the ground that you can see within range. A small cyclone whips up at the target point with a radius of 5 feet and a height of 30 feet. Any creature that starts its turn within the radius of the dust devil or enters its radius for the first time during its turn must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 1d12 bludgeoning damage is pushed 5 feet away from the center. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage isn’t pushed. As a bonus action, you can move the dust devil up 30 feet in any direction. The first time you pass the dust devil’s radius through a creature, that creature must make the saving throw against the dust devils’s damage and are pushed out its way on failure. You can continue to move the dust devil, but its strength is exhausted until the end of your turn and subsequent creatures an unaffected by it passing through them. If the dust devil moves over sand, dust, loose dirt, or small gravel, it sucks up the material and heavily obscures its radius until the start of your next turn.
Earth Ripple
2nd-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You cause the earth to deform and ripple, a target creature within 10 feet of the ground must make a Dexterity saving throw or suffer one of the following effects (your choice): • It is pulled into the earth, taking 1d8 bludgeoning damage and reducing its movement speed to zero until a creature spends an action to dig it free. • It is slammed 5 feet in a direction of your choice by a wave of earth, taking 2d8 bludgeoning damage and being knocked prone. • It is impaled by a spike of earth, taking 4d8 piercing damage.
173 Echoing Lance
Electrify
Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Classes: Occultist, Ranger, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: 1 round
4th-level evocation
You emit a targeted burst of intense sonic energy at a creature within range. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, they take 3d8 thunder damage and become stunned for the duration by the intense sound. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage and isn’t stunned. At the end of each of its turns, the target can make another Constitution saving throw. On a success, the spell ends, on failure, they take an additional 1d8 thunder from the echoes within their mind. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the initial damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 4th.
Electric Arc
evocation cantrip Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You shoot a jolt of lightning at a creature you can see within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On hit, the target takes 1d8 primary lightning damage and an arc of lightning jumps from the target to another creature within 15 feet, using the same attack roll, dealing 1d4 secondary lightning damage on hit. This spell’s damage increases by 1d8 primary and 1d4 secondary damage when you reach 5th level (2d8 and 2d4), 11th level (3d8 and 3d4), and 17th level (4d8 and 4d4).
1st-level evocation
You channel lightning into your hands. The next time you hit a creature with a melee attack (including a melee spell attack) before the start of your next turn, the target takes 1d12 lightning damage and must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target becomes stunned until the start of their next turn. The spell ends after dealing damage, or at the start of your next turn, whichever occurs first.
Electrocute
3rd-level evocation Classes: Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous A massive arc of lightning leaps from your hand to a target you can see within range. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 4d12 lightning damage and is stunned until the start of your next turn. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage and isn’t stunned. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d12 for each slot level above 3rd.
Elemental Orb
1st-level evocation (arcane) Classes: Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You form an orb of power, forming it into an element of your choice. Select an element damage type from acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. Make a ranged spell attack against a target you can see within range.
174 On hit, the target takes 3d8 damage of the selected elemental damage type. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 1st.
Entomb
1st-level transmutation Classes: Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You attempt to encase a Medium or smaller creature you can see within ice. The creature must make a Strength saving throw or become restrained by ice for the duration. At the end of each of its turns, the target takes 1d8 cold damage and can make another Strength saving throw. On success, the spell ends on the target. If the creature takes more than 5 fire or bludgeoning damage from a single damage roll while restrained, the ice breaks and the target is freed, ending the spell for the target. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 1st.
Ethereal Immolation
2nd-level evocation (arcane) Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer Casting Time: 1 Action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You shroud a target in visible ethereal power that reacts violently to the presence of magic. For the duration of the spell, if the target casts a spell, it takes 2d4 force damage. This damage is increased by 1d4 for each spell level of the spell cast (no additional damage for cantrips). Additionally, if the target ends their turn while concentrating on a spell, they take 1d4 force damage.
Erode
3rd-level conjuration Classes: Occultist, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 20 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You blast a target with a glob of acid. The target must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, the target takes 8d4 acid damage immediately and becomes covered in acid. On a success, the target takes half as much damage and is not covered in acid. While covered in acid, the target takes 2d4 acid damage at the end of each of its turns. The target or a creature within 5 feet of it can end this damage by using its action to clear away the acid. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage (both initial and later) increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 3rd.
Eyes of Immolation
1st-level evocation (arcane, primal) Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: S Duration: Instantaneous Your eyes glow with fiery light before focusing on a creature you can see within range, causing a beam of fire to shoot from your eyes. The target creature must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, it takes 3d6 fire damage and is set ablaze, taking 1d6 damage at the end of each of its turns until it or another creature within 5 feet of it spends an action to douse the flames. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and is not set ablaze. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the initial damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 1st.
175 Fall
Final Flame
Classes: Inventor, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous
Classes: Cleric Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a phoenix’s feather) Duration: 8 hours
You alter gravity for yourself, causing you to reorient which way is down for you until the end of your turn. You can pick any direction to fall as if under the effect of gravity, falling up to 500 feet before the spell ends. If you collide with something during this time, you take falling damage as normal, but you can control your fall as you could under normal conditions by holding onto objects or move along a surface according to your new orientation as normal until your turn ends and gravity returns to normal.
You place an ember of divine flame within a creature, which lies dormant until it is triggered, either by the creature carrying as a bonus action, or automatically if that creature is reduced to zero hit points. When the flame is activated, the creature fire explodes, causing all creatures within 20 feet to make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, they take 8d6 radiant damage. On success, they take half as much damage. The creature that triggered the flame then regains 8d6 hit points.
Field of Stars
Fire Cyclone
Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (60 foot radius) Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a pinch of ashes from a forest fire) Duration: Concentration, up to a 1 minute
1st-level transmutation
5th-level evocation
You cause 5 star-like motes of light to spring forth at points you can see within range. Each mote of light sheds bright light in a 10 foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. If a creature moves within a 5-foot radius of a mote of light or ends their turn within 5 feet of one, the mote explodes in a brilliant flash, dealing 4d12 radiant damage to all creatures within 5-feet of that mote before fading away. If multiple motes explode at once, a creature in the area only takes damage once. For the duration of the spell, while you have any motes of light remaining, as an action you can rearrange the remaining motes, placing them anywhere within range (this movement cannot cause them to detonate). At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the range increases by 10 feet and you create an additional star-like mote of light for each slot level about 5th.
6th-level evocation
3rd-level conjuration
Targeting a point on the ground you can see, you cause a cyclone made of whipping flames to fill a 10-foot-radius, 30-foot-high cylinder. Creatures that are inside the spell when you cast it or enter it for the first time on a turn must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed saving throw, it takes 3d6 fire damage and is flung 15 feet upwards and lands 15 feet in a randomly determined horizontal direction. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and is not flung. When a creature is not entirely inside the cyclone’s radius but within 30 feet of its center at the start of its turn, it still feels the intense draw of the raging cyclone, and must spend 2 feet (or 3 feet if it is flying) of movement for every 1 foot it moves away from the cyclone. For the duration of the spell, you can spend an action to move the cyclone up to 30 feet in any direction along the ground. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 and the height of the cyclone as well as the distance a creature is thrown upward increases by 5 feet for each level above 3rd.
176 Fireburst Mine
Fists of Fire
Classes: Inventor Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (Any tiny nonmagical item, which is destroyed by the activation of the spell) Duration: 8 hours
Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: 1 minute
3rd-level abjuration
You can set a magical trap by infusing explosive magic into an item. You can set this item to detonate when someone comes within 5 feet of it, or by a verbal command using your reaction (one or more mines can be detonated). When the magic trap detonates, each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on the item must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 5d8 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If a creature is in the area of effect of more than one fireburst mine during a turn, they take half damage from any mines beyond the first. A magical mine must be set 5 feet or more from another mine, and cannot be moved once placed; any attempt to move it results in it detonating unless the caster that set it disarms it with an action.
Fissure
5th-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade , Wizard Casting Time: 1 Action Range: Self (60 foot line) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You rend asunder the earth in a 60-foot-long 5-footwide line, targeting an area of dirt, sand, or rock at least 10 feet deep. Creatures in that line must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, a creature falls into a suddenly opened crevice in the ground, falling into it before it snaps shut, crushing them. Creatures that fail the saving throw take 6d10 bludgeoning damage from the fall and crushing. The creature is buried in 10 feet of rubble, and creatures without a burrowing speed require 25 feet of movement to extract themselves from the loose rubble to return to where they failed the saving throw. If they end their turn while buried, they take an additional 1d10 bludgeoning damage.
Transmutation cantrip
You cause your fists to erupt in flames. For the duration, your fists become a set of simple natural weapons that deal 1d6 fire damage. You are proficient in these weapons, and they have the Light property. For the duration, any flammable object you attempt to hold catches fire. If you end your turn grappling another creature with your hands, it takes 1d4 fire damage. You can end the spell early (no action required). The damage this spell does to grappled targets increases by 1d4 at 5th level (2d4), 11th level (3d4), and 17th level (4d4)
Flamethrower
3rd-level evocation (arcane) Classes: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30 foot line) Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You release a stream of fire from your hands, targeting a line that is 30 feet long and 10 feet wide, filling it with a continual stream of fire. Any creature that is in the area when you cast the spell or enters the area before the start of your next turn must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 4d6 fire damage on a failure, or half as much on a success. On each subsequent turn for the duration, you can use your action to release a new line of fire with the same effect. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 3rd.
177 Flash Freeze
3rd-level evocation Classes: Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot cone) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous A freezing wind ripples outward. Each creature in a 30-foot cone must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 4d8 cold damage and is restrained by ice until the start of your next turn. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage and isn’t restrained. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 3rd.
Flickering Strikes 5th-level conjuration
Classes: Ranger, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot radius) Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon you are proficient with worth at least 1 sp). You flourish a weapon you are proficient with used in the casting and then vanish, instantly teleporting to and striking up to 5 targets within range. Make a weapon attack against each target. On hit, a target takes the weapon damage from the attack + 6d6 force damage. You can then teleport to an unoccupied space you can see within 5 feet of one of the targets you hit or missed.
Fling
2nd-level transmutation Classes: Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You manipulate gravity around one large or smaller creature. The target creature makes a Strength saving throw. On failure, you can fling them 40 feet straight up or 20 feet in any direction. If you fling them straight up they immediately fall, taking 4d6 damage falling damage, and fall prone. If you fling them any other direction, they take 2d6 damage and fall prone. If their movement would be
stopped early by a creature or object, both the target and creature or object takes 3d6 bludgeoning damage.
Force Blade
4th level evocation Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self (10 feet) Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You create an oversized blade of pure scintillating force energy in your hWand. For the duration of the spell, as an action, you can sweep the blade through up to two creatures are within 5 feet of each other and within reach, dealing 2d12 + your spell casting modifier force damage to each. At Higher Levels. When you cast it using a 5th- or 6th-level spell slot, the damage increases to 3d12. When you cast it using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, the damage increases to 4d12.
Force Bolt
evocation cantrip Classes: Sorcerer, Spellblade Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 ft. Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You hurl a mote of arcane energy at a creature or object within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 2d4 force damage. This spell’s damage increases by 2d4 when you reach 5th level (4d4), 11th level (6d4), and 17th level (8d4).
178 Form of Familiar
2nd-level transmutation Classes: Occultist, Wizard Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a piece of your familiar such as fur, feathers, or scales, which the spell consumes) Duration: 1 hour You assume the form of the familiar that provided the material component to the spell. The transformation lasts for the duration, or until you drop to 0 hit points or die. Your game Statistics are replaced by the Statistics of the chosen creature, though you retain your Alignment and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You assume the Hit Points and Hit Dice of the new form. When you revert to your normal, you return to the number of Hit Points you had before you transformed. If you revert as a result of Dropping to 0 Hit Points, any excess damage carries over to your normal form. As long as the excess damage doesn’t reduce your normal form to 0 Hit Points, you aren’t knocked Unconscious. You can use an action to revert to your normal form at any time. You are limited in the actions you can perform by the nature of your new form, and you can’t speak, cast spells, or take any other action that requires hands or speech. Your gear melds into the new form. You cannot activate, use, wield, or otherwise benefit from any of your equipment.
Form of Fire
6th-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes You become elemental fire, shedding bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. Until the spell ends, you gain the following benefits: • You are immune to fire damage. • You can move through the space of other creatures and ignore difficult terrain. The first time on your turn you enter the space of another creature, it takes 1d6 fire damage. • If a creature within 5 feet hits you with a melee attack, it takes 1d6 fire damage. • You can use your action to create a line of fire 30
feet long and 5 feet wide extending from you in a direction of your choice. Each creature in the line must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 6d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. • During your turn, if you roll fire damage, you can maximize one die of the fire damage dealt.
Form of Ice
6th-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes You freeze over, taking on a form of elemental ice. Until the spell ends, you gain the following benefits: • You are immune to cold damage. • You can move across difficult terrain created by ice or snow without spending extra movement. • The ground in a 10-foot radius around you is icy and is difficult terrain for creatures other than you. The radius moves with you. • You can use your action to create a 30-foot cone of freezing wind extending from your outstretched hand in a direction you choose. Each creature in the cone must make a Constitution saving throw. A creature takes 4d8 cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature that fails its save against this effect has its speed halved until the start of your next turn. • During your turn, if you roll cold damage, you gain temporary hit points equal to one die rolled (your choice).
Form of Stone
6th-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes You become made of stone. Until the spell ends, you gain the following benefits: • You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks. • You can move across difficult terrain made of earth or stone without spending extra movement. You can move through solid earth or stone as if it was
179 air and without destabilizing it, but you can’t end your movement there. If you do so, you are ejected to the nearest unoccupied space, this spell ends, and you are stunned until the end of your next turn. • You can use your action to call spikes of stone to raise from the ground. All creatures of your choice within 15 feet of you must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 4d8 piercing damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one. Their space becomes difficult terrain either way.
Form of the Elements 9th-level transmutation
Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes For the duration of the spell, you gain the benefits of the form of fire, form of ice, form of stone, form of water, and form of wind spells.
Form of Wind
6th-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes You become a gust of elemental wind. Until the spell ends, you gain the following benefits: • You have a flying speed of 60 feet. • You can move through and occupy the space of other creatures, and you ignore difficult terrain. • You are invisible. • You can use your action to unleash a powerful blast of wind in a 30 foot cone. Each creature in the cone must make a Strength saving throw. A creature takes 4d8 bludgeoning damage is knocked 15 feet away from youd on a failed save, or takes half as much damage and isn’t knocked backward on a successful one.
Form of Water
6th-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes You become a surge of elemental water. Until the spell ends, you gain the following benefits: • You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks. • You can move through the space of other creatures and ignore difficult terrain; the first time you move through a Large or smaller creature, it must pass a Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. • You can use your action to unleash a blast of water 15 feet long and 5 feet wide extending from you in a direction your choice. Each creature in the line must make a Strength saving throw. A creature takes 5d6 bludgeoning damage and is knocked prone on a failed save, or half as much and isn’t knocked prone on a successful one.
Freeze
Transmutation cantrip Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You instill a deadly chill into your hand. Make a melee spell attack against a creature. On hit, the target takes 1d8 cold damage, and the target’s movement speed is reduced by 10 feet until the end of their turn. The spell’s damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
180 Gale Bolt
Geyser
Classes: Druid, Occultist, Ranger, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous
Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous
1st-level evocation
A blast of concentrated wind streaks toward a creature of your choice within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 2d8 bludgeoning damage and if it is Large or smaller is knocked 10 feet away from you. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell lot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each level above 1st.
Gale Shot
4th-level transmuation Classes: Rangers Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a piece of ammunition or weapon with the thrown property worth at least 1 cp). Duration: 1 round You touch a piece of ammunition or weapon with the thrown property, imbuing it with the power of a hurricane for the duration. The first time you attack with the empowered item, unleashes a blasting galeforce, greatly empowering the shot. On a hit, the target takes an additional 4d8 damage from the attack, and is knocked backwards 30 feet. Any creature the target is knocked into by this movement takes 2d8 bludgeoning damage. On a miss, the target takes half as much damage and is not knocked back. Once an attack has been made with the piece of ammunition or weapon, the spell ends. At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level, the shot deals an additional 1d8 damage and the target is knocked backwards an additional 10 feet.
4th-level conjuration
You cause a massive eruption of water to blast upwards from the ground at a point within range. Creatures within 10 feet of the point must make a Dexterity saving throw or take 4d6 bludgeoning damage and be knocked 60 feet into the air. On a successful save, creatures take half as much damage, and are instead knocked their choice of 10 feet away from the point or 10 feet upward. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each level above 4th.
Ghost Step
3rd-level transmutation (arcane) Classes: Occultist, Spellblade, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: 1 round You become briefly ethereal and intangible. For the duration, you can move in any direction and do not fall. You can move through creatures, objects, walls, terrain, and effects as if they were not there. You can only pass through magical objects if they do not block ethereal transit. While you are intangible, you are immune to all damage besides force damage. At the start of your next turn, you once more become tangible, manifesting in your current space. If the space is occupied, you are shunted to the nearest unoccupied space, take force damage equal to twice the number of feet you are forced to move. If the space you manifest is not on the ground and you cannot fly, you fall to the ground.
Glacial Crash
7th-level evocation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 300 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous
181 A huge chunk of ice appears in the sky before crashing down at a point within range before shattering into an explosion of ice. Creatures within 30 feet of the point must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, a creature takes 6d6 cold damage, and if it was within 10 feet of the target point, it takes an additional 6d8 bludgeoning damage. On success, a creature takes half as much cold damage, and half as much bludgeoning damage (if applicable). The spell’s area of effect becomes difficult terrain until the end of your next turn.
Gravity Surge
2nd-level transmutation Classes: Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You create a crushing field of gravity in a 15 radius sphere. Any creature within the area must make a Strength saving throw. On failure, creatures take 2d6 bludgeoning damage and falls prone. On success, creatures take half as much damage are not knocked prone. Creatures that are not on the ground make this save with disadvantage.
Grip of the Dead 1st-level necromancy
Classes: Occultist Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You channel unholy strength into you hand, and reach out to grab a creature. The creature must make a Strength saving throw or become restrained by your deathly iron grasp. As an action on its turn, the creature can attempt to escape using a Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check against your Spell Save DC. At the start of the creatures turn while you maintain the grip and the spell, it takes 1d8 necrotic damage as you drain the life from it, and regain hit points equal to half the damage dealt. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 1st.
Grasping Roots
1st-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Ranger Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous A twisting burst of roots launch from your hand, reaching to grab a Large or smaller target. The target must make a Strength saving throw. On success, the target is moved 5 feet in a direction of your choice. On a failure, the target is moved 20 feet in a direction of your choice. A creature can choose to fail this save. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you move a creature an additional 5 feet for each slot level above 1st.
Heavenly Ray
4th-level evocation (divine) Classes: Cleric Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute A golden pillar of celestial radiance shines down in a 10-foot radius, 60-foot-high cylinder centered on a point within range. Until the spell ends, bright light fills the cylinder, and sheds dim light for 10 feet in all directions from it. When a creature enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, the celestial radiance infuses its body with positive energy. If the creature is not an undead or construct, it regains 2d8 hit points and 2d8 temporary hit points. If the creature is a construct, the light has no effect, and if the creature is undead, it instead takes 2d8 radiant damage. Any subsequent time a creature gains hit points from this spell after the first, they cannot gain hit points above half their maximum hit points, but still gain the temporary hit points. On each of your turns after you cast this spell, you can use a bonus action to move the beam up to 60 feet in any direction.
Hostile Healing
This spell does not allow you to pick who gains the healing effect of it. Place it wisely or you can risk enemies taking advantage of your generosity.
182 Heavy Blow
closes, and all creatures in the pit are deposited on the ground where the pit opened prone.
Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Hungering Void
1st-level transmutation
You impart great heft to a weapon you are holding. The first time you hit with a melee weapon attack with that weapon during the spell’s duration, your blow strikes with great force, and the attack deals an extra 2d6 bludgeoning damage to the target and must succeed a Constitution saving throw, or become stunned until the start of its next turn. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the extra damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 2nd.
Hellfire Pit
7th-level transmutation (arcane) Classes: Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You open a pit to hell beneath the feet of your foes. A supernatural void opens in a 10-foot radius, 10-foot deep pit opens around a point you can see within range. Creatures in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw. On success, they can move 5 feet outside the radius of the spell. If they cannot move 5 feet out of the radius of the spell (such as having no path or insufficient movement speed), they automatically fail the saving throw. Creatures that fall their saving throw fall to the bottom of the bit (taking 1d6 bludgeoning damage and falling prone). The floor of the pit is a blazing inferno of hell. Creatures that start their turn in the pit take 4d6 fire damage and 4d6 necrotic damage. The pit is difficult to escape, voraciously drawing creatures caught in to the depths of hell with strong winds, roaring fires, and infernal chains. A creature can spend 20 feet of movement (or 10 if they a flying or climbing speed) to attempt to escape the pit, making a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC. On success, they escape. On failure, fall back to the floor of the pit and their movement speed becomes 0 until the start of their next turn. When the spell ends, the supernatural void to hell
3rd-level conjuration (arcane) Classes: Occultist, Warlock, Spellblade Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute. You create a point pure void which swallows a 20-foot radius sphere of space, plunging it into magical darkness and forming a life devouring freezing void. A creature with darkvision can’t see through this darkness, and nonmagical light can’t illuminate it unless it comes from a spell of higher level than this one. A creature that starts their turn within the void must make a Constitution saving throw. On failure, they take 2d6 cold damage and 2d6 necrotic damage, and their speed is reduced by 5 feet. The reduction to their speed lasts until they start not inside the area of the void, and can stack with itself, up to a maximum effect of reducing a creature’s speed to 5 feet. On a success, they take half as much damage and their speed is not reduced. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 5th level spell slot or higher, the necrotic and cold damage both increase be 1d6, and the speed reduction increases to 10 feet on a failed save (with the same minimum speed limitation).
Hurricane Slash 2nd-level evocation
Classes: Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot line) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You condense wind into a razor sharp blast that shreds a 30-foot-long 5-foot-wide line. Creatures in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 3d8 slashing damage on a failed save or half as much on a success. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you can create an additional line of effect. A creature in the area of more than one slash is affected only once
183 Ice Spike
4th-level evocation Classes: Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You create a lance of ice that shoots up from the ground to impale a creature within range. The target must make a Dexterity saving throw. The target takes 4d8 piercing damage and 4d8 cold damage on a failed save. The target takes only the 4d8 cold damage on a successful save. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th or 7th level, you can create a second spike. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 8th or 9th level, you can create a third spike. Additional spikes can target the same or different creatures.
Ice Arrow
1st-level evocation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet. Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You conjure a shard of ice before hurling it at a target you can see within range. Make a ranged spell attack. On hit, the target takes 2d8 + your spellcasting ability modifier cold damage. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each level above 1st.
Ice Weapon
Transmutation cantrip Classes: Druid, Occultist, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a drop of water that was once snow) Duration: 1 minute You conjure a weapon formed from magical ice in your hand. You have proficiency with this weapon. When you form it and as a bonus action while wielding it, you can morph the weapon into different
forms that take on the following properties. If you lose or discard the weapon, you can reform it in your hand as a bonus action. Weapon
Damage
Properties
Ice Spear
1d6
Thrown (30/90)
Ice Sword
1d6
Versatile (1d8)
Ice Lance
1d8
Two-Handed, Reach
Ice Hammer
1d10
Two-Handed, Heavy
Ice Dagger
1d4
Finesse, Thrown (30/90)
Regardless of its form, the weapon deals cold damage. You can end the spell early, letting the weapon melt to a harmless splash of water (no action required). You can have up to three ice weapons formed from this spell at a time. After forming a fourth, the first created one melts away.
Imbue Luck
2nd-level transmutation Classes: Inventor Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a four leaf clover) Duration: 1 hour You touch a weapon or worn item and imbue luck into it. If imbued on a weapon, for the duration, on an attack roll, the wielder can roll an additional d20 (they can choose to do this after they roll, but before the outcome is determined). The creature can choose which of the d20s is used for the attack roll. If imbued into a worn item, they can roll a d20 when attacked, then choose whether the attack uses the attacker’s roll or theirs. With either use, the spell immediately ends upon rolling the extra d20.
Immutability
3rd-level transmutation Classes: Cleric, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You assume an immutable form. You become immune to other transmutation spells or magical effects that would alter your form.
184 If you don’t move during your turn, you gain advantage on Strength or Constitution saving throws made before the start of your next turn, and cannot be moved or knocked down against your will. While the spell is active, as a reaction to taking bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage you can gain resistance to that damage type (Including the triggering damage) until the end of your next turn, but your movement speed becomes zero until the end of your next turn.
Impact
transmutation cantrip Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous
Induce Headache 1st-level evocation
Classes: Bard, Occultist, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a bad pun written on a scrap of parchment) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute Targeting a creature with 6 or more intelligence, you inflict an instantaneous headache on it. The target takes 1 psychic damage at the start of its turn, and has disadvantage on Constitution saving throws to maintain Concentration and Intelligence ability checks.
Instant Bulwark
3rd-level transmutation (primal)
You impart great force into a target you touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. On hit, the target takes 1d10 bludgeoning damage, and is knocked 5 feet directly away from you. The spell’s damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th level (2d10), 11th level (3d10), and 17th level (4d10).
Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you can take when a creature within range takes damage from a ranged attack or area of effect. Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous
Infernal Shackles
You cause a 15-foot-long, 10-foot-tall, several inch thick wall of earth to erupt on the ground, granting total cover and blocking any damage that originates from the far side of the wall until the wall breaks. This blocks ranged attacks, and areas of effects that have a point of origin on the far side of the wall (for example, the center point of a radius spell or the source of a cone or line). All damage the wall blocks is applied to the wall, even if that damage normally only affects creatures, but it takes the blocked damage only once, even if blocking the same damage against multiple creatures. The wall has 4d10 + your spellcasting modifier hit points, and crumbles to dust when it is reduced to 0 hit points. Any damage remaining after the wall is destroyed is dealt as normal. If the wall is not destroyed, it crumbles at the start of your next turn. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the wall has 1d10 additional hit points and is 5 feet longer for each level above 3rd.
2nd-level conjuration (arcane) Classes: Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a link from a chain burned in a fire that killed at least one creature) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute Chains of burning black iron spring from the ground and attempt bind a creature you can see within range. The target creature must make a Strength saving throw. On failure, it takes 3d6 fire damage and its movement speed is reduced to zero for the duration of the spell. On success, they take half as much damage and are not bound. At the end of each of their turns, the target repeats its saving throw. On a success, the chains broken and the spell ends for that target. On a failure, it remains bound and takes an additional 2d6 fire damage as it is seared by the chains. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell with a 3rd level spell slot or higher, you can target an additional creature for each spell slot level above 2nd.
185 Instant Counter
Iron Wind Strike
Classes: Bard, Ranger, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take in response to being damaged by a creature within 30 feet of you that you can see Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp) Duration: Instantaneous
Classes: Ranger, Spellblade Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (15-foot radius) Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon you are proficient with worth at least 1 cp) Duration: Instantaneous
2nd-level conjuration (arcane)
You vanish, teleporting to an empty space within 5 feet of the creature that damaged you, and immediately make a weapon attack against them with the weapon used in the spell’s casting. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you deal 1d8 bonus force damage on the hit for each slot level above 2nd.
Iron Garden
4nd-level transmutation (arcane) Classes: Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (20-ft. radius) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous Iron spikes lance upwards from the ground in all directions around you, impaling creatures within 20 feet of you. Creatures in the target area must succeed a Dexterity saving throw, or take 6d8 piercing damage, and their movement speed drops to zero until the end of their next turn. On a success, they take half as much damage, and their movement speed is not reduced to zero. Until the start of your next turn, when a creature moves into or within the area, it takes 1d8 piercing damage for every 5 feet it travels. At the start of your next turn, the spikes rust away to dust. At Higher Levels. When cast with a 5th level or higher spell slot, the initial damage increases by 1d8 for each level spell slot level above 4th.
2nd-level conjuration
You flourish a weapon you are proficient with used in the casting and then vanish to strike like the wind. Choose up to three creatures you can see within range. Make a melee weapon attack against each target. On a hit, a target takes 3d8 damage of the weapon’s damage type. You can then teleport to an unoccupied space you can see within 5 feet of one of the targets you hit or missed. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd Level or higher, it deals an additional 1d8 damage to each target on hit for each slot level above 2nd.
Illusionary Dart illusion cantrip
Classes: Bard, Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You create and throw an illusionary dart at a creature you can see within range. Make a ranged spell attack. On hit, they take 1d8 psychic damage. The number of darts you can throw with this spell increases when you reach 5th level (2 darts), 11th (3 darts), and 17th level (4 darts). You can direct the dart at the same target or at different ones. Make a separate attack roll for each dart.
Illusionary Fireball 3rd-level illusion
Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S, M (something that looks like bat guano) Duration: Instantaneous A bright streak flashes from your pointing finger to a
186 point you choose within range and then blossoms with a low roar into an illusionary explosion of flame. Each creature of your choice within a 20-foot radius sphere centered on that point must make a Wisdom saving throw. A target takes 6d6 psychic damage on a failed save. A creature that passes their saves realizes the fire is illusionary and takes no damage. You can make the illusory effect an explosion of ice, lightning, or pure force energy. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 3rd.
Targets of your choice
Unlike a fireball of actual fire, the illusionary version only hits targets of your choice, making it safe to use among allies, though it deals less damage and does no damage on a passed save (as the target realizes its illusory nature).
Illusory Pit
1st-level illusion Classes: Bard, Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You create a 5 foot radius illusory pit at a point you can see on the ground. Creatures within the radius when the spell is cast must make a Wisdom saving throw. A creature that fails their saving throw, believes they have fallen into the pit, and falls prone, cannot stand up, and is blinded beyond 5 feet of the illusory pit. A creature can spend its action to attempt to climb out of the pit, repeating its Wisdom saving throw. On success, it spends all of its movement to stand up, and realizes the pit is an illusion, ending the spell for them. On failure, it cannot get out of the pit and continues to believe it is stuck in a pit. A creature can move within the spaces covered by the pit while under the effect. Creatures with a flying speed are unaffected. Each time a creature under the effect takes damage, the target can make another Wisdom saving throw. At Higher Levels. When you cast the spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the radius of the pit increases by 5 feet for each level above 1st, to a maximum of a 20 foot radius with a 4th level spell slot.
Jumping Jolt
4th-level evocation Classes: Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You release an arc of lighting at a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack roll against the target. On hit, the target takes 4d12 lightning damage, and you can cause the spell to jump to another target within 20 feet of the first target making a new attack roll for each target. The spell cannot hit the same target twice, or jump to a target out of the spells range. The spell can jump a maximum of five times. On a miss, the target takes half as much damage and the spell does not jump to a new target. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the starting damage increases by 1d12 for each slot level above 4th.
Karmic Reflection 1st-level enchantment
Classes: Cleric, Occultist Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet. Components: V, S, M (a broken shard of a mirror) Duration: 1 round. You place a binding on a creature you can see within range. Until the start of your next turn, any time that creature deals damage with its action, bonus action, or reaction, they take radiant damage equal to the damage dealt. The target is aware of the effect of this spell while affected. After reflecting 10 damage, spell ends. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the maximum damage increases by 10 for each spell slot level above 2nd.
187 Killing Curse
Lightning Shot
Classes: Occultist Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Classes: Ranger Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a piece of ammunition or weapon with the thrown property worth at least 1 cp) Duration: 1 round
5th-level necromancy
You curse a target to die. The targets current and maximum hit points are reduced by 3d10 + 10. If this causes a creatures to have zero hit points, the creature dies. For the duration of the spell, the target cannot regain hit points unless from a spell cast using a spell slot of higher level than the spell slot this curse was cast with, and any death saving throw they roll is automatically considered a 1. At the start of a creatures turn while they are under the effect of this spell, they make a Charisma saving throw. On failure, their current and maximum hit points is reduced by 1d10 + 10. On a successful save, the spell ends. A creature’s maximum hit points are restored when it takes a long rest.
Lightning Charged 2nd-level evocation
Classes: Inventor Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a piece of metal once used in a lightning rod) Duration: 10 minutes You channel lightning energy into a creature. The energy is harmless to the creature, but escapes in dangerous bursts to other nearby creatures. Every time that creature strikes another creature with a melee attack, a spell with a range of touch, is struck by another creature with a melee attack, or ends their turn while grappling or being grappled by another creature, they deal 1d6 lightning damage to that creature. Once this spell has discharged 6 times (dealing up to 6d6 damage), the spell ends. At Higher Levels. The spell can discharge damage 2 additional times (dealing 2d6 more total damage) before the spell ends for each slot level above 2nd.
3rd-level transmutation
You touch a piece of ammunition or weapon with the thrown property, imbuing it with crackling lightning energy for the duration. The first time you attack with the empowered item, it transforms into a bolt of lightning, and when fired blasts out from you in a line 100 feet long and 5 feet wide. Make the weapon’s attack roll against each creature in that line, (Using the same roll against each creature) dealing 4d8 lightning damage on hit, and half as much on a miss. This damage roll does not add any modifiers or bonus associated to weapon attacks. The lightning ignites flammable objects in the area that aren’t being worn or carried. Once an attack has been made with the piece of ammunition or weapon, the spell ends. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each level above 3rd, up to a maximum of 6d8 at 5th level.
Lightning Tendril 1st-level evocation
Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self (20 feet) Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute Crackling beams of blue energy leap from your hands. For the duration of the spell, as an action, you can direct them toward a creature within range, dealing 1d12 lightning damage to that creature. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 2nd- or 3rd-level spell slot, the damage increases to 2d12 and the range increases to 30 feet. When you cast it using a 4th- or 5th-level spell slot, the damage increases to 3d12 and the range increases to 60 feet. When you cast it using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the damage increases to 4d12 and the range increases to 120 feet.
188 Manipulate Earth transmutation cantrip
Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Varies You mold earth you can see within range causing it to twist and buckle to your command, selecting one of the following effects: • You can move a 5-foot cube of loose dirt or soil, excavate and move it along the ground to another unoccupied space within 5 feet. • You can carve small simple shapes into dirt or stone, change its color, or similar minor effects. • You can turn a 5-foot square of earth or stone into difficult terrain for 1 hour. You can have up to three patches of difficult terrain this way; if you create additional patches the first created patch returns to normal terrain.
Manipulate Fate 9th-level divination
Classes: Occultist, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a spool of silk thread) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You reach out and grasp the imperceptible threads of fate, subtly manipulating them. Whenever a creature within 60 feet of you makes an attack roll, saving throw, or ability check, you can use your reaction to tweak their fate, altering the value of the roll. You can choose to manipulate fate after the die is rolled, but before the outcome is determined. You can alter the roll of the die to an adjacent number to the number rolled (outcomes listed on the table below). d20
Tweaked Fates
1
7, 13, or 19
2
12, 18, or 20
3
17, 16, or 19
4
11, 14, or 18
d20
Tweaked Fates
5
13, 15, or 18
6
9, 14, or 16
7
1, 15, or 17
8
10, 16, or 20
9
6, 11, or 19
10
8, 12, or 17
11
4, 9, or 13
12
2, 10, or 15
13
1, 5, or 11
14
4, 6, or 20
15
5, 7, 12
16
3, 6, or 8
17
3, 7, or 10
18
2, 4, or 5
19
1, 3, or 9
20
2, 8, or 14
When you alter a roll, you can choose to cast aside subtlty and yank the thread of fate, and select any value of the d20 as the outcome of the result, but the backlash causes you to take a number d6 equal to the difference in the value selected from the value rolled in necrotic damage. The spell immediately ends after the result is changed in this more drastic way.
Editor’s Note
The numbers you can pick are the adjacent sides of a d20 to the number rolled. This represents literally nudging the die of fate.
Manipulate Fire
transmutation cantrip Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Varies You control fire you can see within range causing it to bend to your command, selecting one of the following effects:
189 • You can grant a creature of your choice within range resistance to fire damage until the start of your next turn. • You can spark, douse, or spread fire in a 5 footcube, so long as there is fuel that can be ignited within the area. • You can control the brightness (halving or doubling it), color (turning the flames to any color of your choice), or shape of fire (forming simple shapes or forms) within a 5-foot cube for 10 minutes.
Manipulate Water transmutation cantrip
Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Varies You shape water you can see within range causing it to move and shape at to your command, selecting one of the following effects: • You can move or direct the flow of a 5-foot cube of water in direction, but the water will collapse back to following the flow of gravity at the start of your next turn unless you concentrate on keeping it in place. • You can form the water in shapes or cause it to animate. This changes last for 1 minute. • You can change the color or opacity of water in a 5-foot cube. This change lasts for 1 hour. • You can freeze up to a 5-foot cube of water or thaw up to a 5-foot cube of ice. The water unfreezes or refreezes naturally based on the environmental conditions (usually taking an hour or more to complete melt or freeze unless in extreme conditions).
Manipulate Wind transmutation cantrip
Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: 1 round You gust wind within range causing it surge and swirl to your command, selecting one of the following
effects: • The next ranged weapon attack against a creature of your choice within range has disadvantage. • One creature of your choice within range must succeed a Strength saving throw or being pushed 5 feet or knocked prone (your choice). • You can increase the next jump made by a creature of your choice within range by 5 feet. • You manipulate the wind in a minor way such as pushing a light object up to 10 feet, rustling plants, slam doors, or similar effects. These aren’t powerful enough to move creatures or deal damage.
Martial Transformation 6th-level transmutation
Classes: Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a few hairs from a bull) Duration: 10 minutes You endow yourself with endurance and martial prowess fueled by magic. Until the spell ends, you can’t cast spells or concentrate them, and you gain the following benefits: • You gain 50 temporary hit points. If any of these remain when the spell ends, they are lost. • You have advantage on attack rolls that you make with simple and martial weapons. • When you hit a target with a weapon attack, that target takes an extra 2d12 force damage. • You have proficiency with all armor, shields, simple weapons, and martial weapons. • You have proficiency in Strength and Constitution saving throws. • You can attack twice, instead of once, when you take the Attack action on your turn. You ignore this benefit if you already have a feature, like Extra Attack, that gives you extra attacks. • You can conjure and equip (as part of the action used to cast the spell) and set of heavy or medium armor and any simple or martial weapon of your choice. These items have no strength requirements and are magical in nature though have the same properties as their nonmagical counterparts, vanishing when the spell ends. Immediately after the spell ends, you must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or suffer one level of exhaustion.
190 Caius’ Notes: The Lost True Version
Another example of a great wizard’s spell being tragically incompletely copied from the ancient sources that clearly forgot to include the lines the equip the Wizard with gear to fit their transformation.
Melt
6th-level transmutation (arcane) Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You point at a creature or Large or smaller object that is not being worn or carried within range, and attempt to make it melt into a puddle of slag. If the target is a creature, it makes a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, it takes 10d10 fire damage. On a success, it takes half as much damage. If the target is an object, it takes 20d10 fire damage. If this reduces it to 0 hit points, it is melted into a puddle of slag. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 6th.
Melting Glob
1st-level conjuration (arcane) Classes: Inventor, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: 1 minute You hurl a glob of acid at a creature within range, making a ranged spell attack. On hit, the creature takes 4d4 acid damage, and starts to be melted by acid. For 1 minute, at the end of each of its turns, it takes 1d4 acid damage. A creature can end the effect early by using its action to clear off the acid. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the initial damage increases by 2d4 for each slot level above 1st.
Meteor Jump
3rd-level transmutation Classes: Spellblade, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You drastically reduce your weight, tripling your jump distance and allowing you to immediately jump up to your maximum jumping distance without spending your movement. When you reach the height of your jump, your weight and density are rapidly increased, causing you to crash down with great force. You take no falling damage provided you fell less than 100 feet from where you started your movement, and all creatures within 10 feet of where you land must succeed a Strength saving throw, or take 2d10 damage and be knocked prone. On successful save, creatures take half as much damage and not knocked prone.
Mirror Army 4th-level illusion
Classes: Bard, Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30 feet) Components: V, S Duration: 1 minute An illusory duplicate of every allied creature of your choice within 30 feet appears. Until the spell ends, the duplicates move with the creature they are a duplicate of and mimic their actions, making it impossible to track which is real. Each time a creature targets an affected creature with an attack during the spell’s duration, roll a d20 to determine whether attack instead targets the duplicate. With a roll of 11 or higher, the duplicate is targeted. A duplicate AC equals 10 + the affected creature’s Dexterity modifier. If an attack hits a duplicate, the duplicate is destroyed. A duplicate can be destroyed only by an attack that hits it. It ignores all other damage and effects. The spell ends when all duplicates are destroyed. A creature unaffected by this spell if it can’t see, if it relies on senses other than sight, such as blindsight, or if it can perceive illusions as false as with truesight.
191 Mounting Paranoia
3rd-level illusion (arcane, shadow) Classes: Occultist, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You shroud the mind of a creature you can see within range in shadow, twisting their view of the world around them. Everything more than 15 feet from the target becomes wreathed in shadow and indistinct noises, distorting how they perceive it. If the target attempts to target a creature wreathed in shadow in this way with an attack or spell, it must pass a Wisdom saving throw, or it instead targets a random different target within range. When the target creature becomes able to see a creature that was previously wreathed in shadow, it must pass a Wisdom saving throw, or become frightened of that creature until the start of its next turn. At the end of each of the creatures turns, it makes a Wisdom saving throw. On failure, the shadows draw 5 feet closer, closing off the distance the target can see clearly. If the target’s entire vision becomes shrouded with shadows (after making 3 failures), they become paralyzed with fear until they pass the saving throw against the spell. If the target passes their saving throw, the spell ends.
Multishot
1st-level evocation Classes: Ranger Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a piece of ammunition or weapon with the thrown property worth at least 1 cp) Duration: 1 round You touch a piece of ammunition or weapon with the thrown property, giving it a magical duplicate superimposed over it until the end of your next turn. The first time you attack with the empowered item before the end of your next turn, select a second target within range of the weapon for the attack, making a separate ranged weapon attack roll for the magically duplicated projectile. On hit, the target takes 2d8 force damage. This damage roll does not add any modifiers or bonus associated to weapon attacks. Once an attack has been made with the piece of ammunition or weapon, the spell ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd Level or higher, you can select one additional target for each slot level above 1st.
Mutate
3rd-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Occutlist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (something from an extinct animal) Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes You manipulate the nature of your body with magic temporarily giving it new properties. You can select three of the following properties: • Your body becomes malleable and amorphous. You have advantage on saves and checks against grapples and the restrained condition, you do not suffer disadvantage from squeezing into smaller spaces, and you can squeeze through openings two sizes smaller than you. • You grow one additional appendage. This appendage serves as an arm and a hand, though it can take the shape of an arm, tentacle, or similar appendage. • You extend the length of your limbs, increasing the reach on melee attacks, touch spells, and object interactions by 5 feet. • Your flesh hardens, your base AC becomes 14 + your dexterity modifier if it is not already higher. • You grow more resilient, adapting against one external threat. You gain advantage on one type of saving throw of your choice. • You adapt your body to an aquatic environment, sprouting gills and growing webbing between your fingers. You can breathe underwater and gain a swimming speed equal to your walking speed. • Your body grows ablative armor. You gain temporary hit points equal to your spellcasting ability modifier at the start of each of your turns. • You can grow one size larger or smaller. • You sprout wings. You gain a flying speed of 30 feet. • You grow a natural weapon; this weapon can have the statistics of any martial melee weapon without the thrown property, and takes on a form vaguely reminiscent of it. You have proficiency with this weapon, and are considered to be holding it. You can use your spellcasting modifier in place of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for attack and damage rolls with this natural weapon. The
192 natural weapon is magic and you have a +1 bonus to the attack and damage rolls you make using it. For the duration of the spell, you can use an action to change one or all of the properties, losing the benefits of your previously selected properties and gaining the benefits of the new selected properties. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th or higher, you can select one additional property from the list of options, with one additional property per spell level above 3rd.
Nauseating Poison 1st-level necromancy
Classes: Druid, Occultist, Warlock Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: 1 round You shroud your hand, a weapon you are holding, or a natural weapon in dark ichorous miasma. The next time you hit a creature with a melee attack (including a melee spell attack) before the start of your next turn, the attack deals an extra 1d12 poison damage and the target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the end of your next turn. The spell ends after dealing damage, or at the start of your next turn, whichever occurs first.
Orbital Stones
4th-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You lift three inanimate Small or Medium sized rocks or similar objects from within 10 feet of you, causing them to defy gravity and slowly circle you. With all three stones orbiting, you have three quarters cover. With at least one stone remaining, you have half cover. As a bonus action while at least one stone remains in orbit, you can magically fling a stone at target within 60 feet. Make a ranged spell attack roll. On hit, the target takes 3d10 bludgeoning damage and is knocked backward 5 feet.
Pillar of Fire
4th-level evocation (arcane) Classes: Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous A pillar of fire in a 5-foot-radius, 30-foot-high cylinder centered on a point within range. Each creature in the cylinder in the must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 10d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful save. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 4th.
Platinum Lances
6th-level evocation (divine) Classes: Cleric Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You conjure four giant lances of radiant energy that plummet down at four different points you can see. Each creature in a 10-foot-radius, 100-foot-high cylinder centered on each point must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 8d8 radiant damage and is knocked prone. On a successful save, they take half as much damage and are not knocked prone. A creature in the area of more than one lance is affected only once. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 6th.
Poison Dart
2nd-level transmutation Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 ft Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You conjure a dart of pure poison and hurl it at a
193 creature you can see within range. Make a ranged spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 3d12 poison damage and must succeed a Constitution saving throw or become poisoned until the start of your next turn. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d12 for each slot level above 2nd.
Poison Puff
4th-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Occultist, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot cone) Components: V, S Duration: 1 round You exhale a cloud of poison that magically expands to fill a 30 foot cone. Creatures in that area must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, they take 4d12 poison damage and become poisoned until the start of their next turn. On a success, the target takes half as much damage and is not poisoned. The area is lightly obscured until the start of your turn, and any creature that ends their turn within the area takes 2d4 poison damage.
Power Torrent
6th-level evocation (arcane) Classes: Sorcerer Casting Time: 1 Action Range: Self (60 foot line) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You unleash a massive torrent of raw arcane energy, blasting a line 60 feet long and 15 feet wide with overwhelmingly raw power. This spell passes through all obstacles, walls, and all other non-magical barriers. All creatures in the area take 4d12 + 4 force damage. All spells of 1st level or lower on creatures that take this damage are dispelled, and Constitution saving throws to maintain concentration on spells triggered by this damage are made with disadvantage. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, the damage is increases by 1d12 + 1 for each slot level above 6th.
Preservation
Transmutation cantrip (arcane) Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 5 feet Components: V, S Duration: 1 day You touch a Small or smaller object or container that contains objects, slowing the passage of time for that object to half its usual pace. Food takes twice as long to spoil, a torch burns twice as long, a lamp consumes 1/2 as much oil, ice melts half as fast, etc. This effect lasts until you use the effect again, until the object changes state (such as food being eaten), or 1 day passes (at which time you can use the spell again to maintain it). This does not affect the items interactions with the world (such as a weapon being preserved in this way would not swing slower). This spell’s effect increases to slowing time to 1/3 its usually pace when you reach 5th level, 1/4 its usual pace when you reach 11th level, and 1/5 its usual pace when you reach 17th level.
Pressure Cutter 5th-level conjuration
Classes: Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (60 foot line) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You unleash a blast of highly pressurized water in a 60-foot-long 15-foot-wide line, slashing through everything in its path. Each creature in the line must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 10d6 slashing damage on a failure. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell lot of 6th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each level above 5th.
Prismatic Flash
1st-level illusion (arcane) Classes: Occulist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (15-foot cone) Components: V, S, M (a prism) Duration: 1 round
194 A vivid rainbow of prismatic lights springs shoots from your hand. Each creature in a 15-foot cone must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, creatures are blinded and dazed until the end of your next turn. While they are dazed in this way they are unable to take reactions and their movement speed is halved. If a creature fails by 10 or more, it is additionally stunned for the duration. On a successful save, a creature is not blinded but is momentarily disoriented by the brilliant flash and has disadvantage on attack rolls until the end of your turn. Creatures that are already blinded or cannot see you aren’t effected as they do not see the burst. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the size of the cone expands by 5 additional feet.
Pseudopod Slam
2nd-level conjuration Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You conjure a pseudopod of acidic ooze that slams a creature or object within range. Make a melee spell attack. On hit, the target takes 8d4 acid damage and is moved 5 feet in a direction of your choice. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 2d4 for each slot level above 2nd.
Pyroclastic Lance
5th-level conjuration (arcane) Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You conjure a lance of blazing lava before hurling it at target within range. Make a ranged spell attack. On hit, the target takes 8d6 fire damage. Hit or miss, the lance then explodes in a 10 foot radius sphere of heavily obscuring pyroclastic ash around the target until the start of your next turn. Any creature that start their turn within the ash cloud must make a Constitution saving throw or take 4d6 fire damage and be blinded until the start of their next turn.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the initial damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 5th.
Quick Sand
3rd-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a pinch of sand) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You cause the ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point you can see to turn to quicksand for the duration of the spell. A creature moving through or out of the area must spend 4 feet of movement for every 1 foot it moves. A creature that ends their turn must make a Strength saving throw. On failure, they fall prone.
Quicksilver Steps
4th-level transmutation (arcane) Classes: Bard, Ranger, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute For the duration of the spell your movement does not provoke attacks of opportunity, and you can move up to 10 feet each time another creature you can see or hear ends their turn (no action required), up to 4 times, regaining all uses at the start of your turn. The first attack against you after each time you move has disadvantage. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the number of times you can move at the end of another creature’s turn increases by 1, equaling the level of the spell slot used.
Rain of Spiders
3rd-level conjuration Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a spider leg) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute A vertical column of spiders begins to rain down in
195 20 foot radius, 40 foot high cylinder, centered on a location you specify. A Swarm of Spiders (Basic Rules , pg. 391) descends onto each creature within the cylinder when the spell is cast. This swarm is considered to be climbing on the target creature and moves with it, even if they leave the affected area, and takes its turn immediately after that creature’s turn. A creature can make use its action to attempt to remove the spiders, making a Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check against the spell save DC of the caster. The swarm uses the caster’s spell attack modifier when attacking (if it is higher than their attack modifier). A swarm will attack the creature it fell on if it can, or move to chase the creature if it has been knocked off of them. Any spiders that remain when the spell ends disappear.
Rain of Swords [New] 7th-level evocation
Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute A rain of swords begins to fall in a 20-foot-radius, 40-foot high cylinder centered on a point within range. Creatures that start their turn in the area or enter it for the first time on their turn, they must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, they take 6d10 slashing damage. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage. The swords remain plunged into the ground and can be removed and used by anyone within 5 feet of the radius, and are normal longswords. All swords are vanish when the spell ends.
Repair
4th-level transmutation Classes: Inventor Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You touch a construct or inanimate object, causing it to regain 10d6 hit points. This causes any parts or material that has broken away from the construct or object to reattach, repairing it to the condition it was in before losing those hit points. If the construct or object’s damaged state is the
result of age, you can instead repair to the condition it was in 10d6 years ago, if it was previously in a better condition during that time (the condition can only improve or not change). At Higher Levels. The hit points restored increases by 2d6 (or the years restored) for each slot above 4th.
Returning Weapon 1st-level transmutation
Classes: Inventor Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: 24 hours You touch a weapon granting it the throwing 20/60 property. If it already has the thrown property, it’s range increases by 20/60. It also gains the “returning” property. After being thrown it automatically reappears in the throwers hand.
Reverberating Dash 2nd-level transmutation
Classes: Bard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (5 feet) Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp) Duration: Instantaneous You imbue a resonating note of magic into a melee weapon you are holding. When you do so, you can immediately make a weapon attack against a creature within 5 feet, the blow releases a loud resonant note and deals an additional 1d8 thunder damage, and you can immediately move up to 15 feet in a straight line in any direction without provoking attacks of opportunity. If this movement leaves you within 5 feet of a creature you have not hit with the casting of this spell, you can make an attack roll against them with the imbued weapon as part of the same action, dealing the weapon damage plus the bonus thunder damage to the on hit. If you hit, you can dash again, repeating the process. Each time you dash this way, the volume and tempo of the note increases, increasing the thunder damage dealt by 1d8. You can dash and attack a maximum of 2 times after the first attack, after which, or if you dash to a place you cannot reach a target, the spell ends. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the initial thunder
196 damage increases by 1d8 and you can dash and attack an additional time for each slot level above 2nd, up to a maximum of five dashes with a 5th level spell slot.
Ribcage
4th-level necromancy (arcane) Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a rib bone) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You cause a series of rib bones burst from the earth surrounding a 10-foot radius area within range, trapping all creatures in the area in a hemispheric cage of bone. Small or larger creatures and attacks that deal slashing or bludgeoning damage cannot pass through the cage, while it serves as half cover against all other attacks or spells passing through it. The cage has an AC of 13, and 40 hit points, with a vulnerability to bludgeoning damage. If it is reduced to 0 hit points, the cage crumbles to dust and the spell ends. At Higher Levels. When cast with a 5th level or higher spell slot, the cage has an additional 10 hit points for each level above 4th.
Rock Slam
transmutation cantrip (primal) Classes Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You fling a rock a creature you can see within range. Make a ranged spell attack. On hit, the target takes 1d10 bludgeoning damage. On a critical hit, the target is knocked prone or 10 feet backwards (your choice). The spell’s damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th level (2d10), 11th level (3d10), and 17th level (4d10).
Rotting Curse
1st-level necromancy Classes: Occultist Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You inflict a rotting decay on a creature, causing it to to begin to rot. For the duration of the spell, every time the creature takes damage, it takes an additional 1d4 necrotic damage, and the effect of all healing on the creature is reduced by half. The target creature has disadvantage on any Charisma checks for social interaction during the effect of the spell.
Seeking Orb
2nd-level evocation Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 5 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You create a Tiny orb of pure arcane energy that hovers within range, and designate a target creature within 120 feet. For the duration of the spell, at the end of each of your turns, the orb grows larger and moves 30 feet directly toward the creature. If the orb reaches the target, it detonates dealing 6d4 force damage and an additional 2d4 damage for each round since you cast the spell to the target up to a maximum of 10d4. The spell ends after it deals damage. If the orb does not reach the target before the spell ends, it fades away without dealing damage.
Seeking Projectile 1st-level transmutation
Classes: Inventor, Ranger Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a piece of ammunition or weapon with the thrown property worth at least 1 cp) Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes You touch a piece of ammunition or weapon with the thrown property imbuing it with the property of
197 seeking its target. When a ranged attack roll is made with that weapon, the attack roll can add your spell casting modifier to the value on the dice. If that makes the value on the die a 20 or more, the attack is a critical hit as if a 20 was rolled. After making the attack roll, the spell ends.
Seismic Wave
3rd-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30 foot cone) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You release a seismic wave, slamming the ground in front of you causing the earth to explode violently in a 30 foot cone in front of you. Creatures touching the ground in the area must make a Strength saving throw. On failure, they take 4d10 bludgeoning damage and fall prone. On success, they take half as much damage and do not fall prone. Large or larger objects and structures in the area of effect automatically fail the save and take double damage. The ground becomes difficult terrain until cleared. Each 5-foot-square portion of the area requires at least 1 minute to clear by hand. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 2nd.
Shadow Bind
1st-level illusion (arcane, shadow) Classes: Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You cause solidified tendrils of shadow to leap spring from a Medium or smaller creature’s shadow and bind it. The target must make a Strength saving throw or become restrained for the duration of the spell. A restrained creature can repeat its saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a successful save. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you can target either one additional creature or a creature of one size category larger than medium for each slot level above 1st.
Shadow Lash
illusion cantrip (arcane, shadow) Classes: Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You form a whip of shadows that lashes out toward a creature within range. Make a melee spell attack, on hit, the target takes 2d4 psychic damage. In addition, if the target is in dim light or darkness, you make the attack roll with advantage. The spell’s damage increases by 2d4 when you reach 5th level (4d4), 11th level (6d4), and 17th level (8d4).
Shattering Shield 2nd-level evocation
Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you can take when a creature within range is hit by a melee attack. Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You cause a shield of ice to erupt blocking the attack. The damage of the attack is reduced by 1d8 + your spellcasting modifier. If the attack damage is not completely blocked, the shield shatters, dealing the amount of blocked damage as cold damage to the attacking creature. If the shield is not broken, it melts away after blocking the damage. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the amount of damage blocked increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 2nd.
198 Sky Burst
5th-level evocation Classes: Druid, Spellblade, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous Five bolts of lightning strike five points of your choice that you can see within range. Each creature within 5 feet of a chosen point must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 4d12 + 4 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one. A creature in the area of more than one lightning burst is affected only once. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, you can call down an additional bolt of lightning targeting another point within range for each slot level above 5th.
Sonic Shriek
5th-level evocation Classes: Bard, Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade , Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (120-foot cone) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You emit a sonic blast covering a huge area. Each creature in a 120-foot cone must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 6d8 thunder damage. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage. A creature automatically succeeds on its saving throw if it is more than 60 feet from you. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 5th.
Spatial Swap
4th-level transmutation Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You switch positions with a creature you can see. If there is insufficient space for either creature at the
location of the other, the spell fails. If the target is an unwilling creature, the target must make a Charisma saving throw. On success, the spell fails.
Spelltrap
2nd-level abjuration Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: 8 hours You create a spelltrap, marking it on yourself, typically as a small glowing mark on your skin. The first time you have to make a saving throw against a spell of 1st level or lower, the spell is absorbed by the spell trap and none of the effects of the spell take place. On your next turn, you can cast the spell absorbed the spell trap without expending a spell slot. If you do not cast the spell during your next turn, the spell trap fades and trapped spell is lost. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the level of the spell it can absorb increases by 1 for each slot level above 2nd.
Note:
Spelltrap absorbs the first spell you have to save against that qualifies it for the criteria.
Spider Bite
3rd-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Occultist, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You prick a target with a tiny magical fang of venom. Make a melee spell attack against a creature within reach. On a hit, the target takes 4d12 poison damage and must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or becoming poisoned for 1 minute. At the end of each of its turns, the target can make another Constitution saving throw. On a success, the target is no longer poisoned. If you miss your melee attack roll, you can concentrate (as if concentrating on a spell) to maintain the attack for another attempt until the end of your next turn. (You may make subsequent
199 attempts until you hit or lose concentration) At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d12 for each slot level above 3rd.
Spirit Echo
2nd-level conjuration Classes: Occultist, Ranger, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You summon a ghostly echo of yourself. It shares your space and acts automatically on your intents. For the duration of the spell, the first time on your turn you make an attack, it attacks the same target. It makes a separate attack roll, but otherwise uses your statistics for the weapon attack and damage roll, besides that on a hit the target takes force damage equal to half the damage that it would have taken from your attack.
Spiritual Consultation 1st-level necromancy
Classes: Occultist Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self Components: V, S, M (1 gp worth of incense, which the spell consumes) Duration: 10 minutes You call forth a spirit that is proficient in a skill from Arcana, Animal Handling, History, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, or Survival. The spirit is ethereal and ephemeral and cannot interact with physical objects, but can provide guidance on matters relating to the skill selected when you summon it. You can treat any check you make in the skill as if you have proficiency with it so long as the spirit can communicate with you. Alternatively, if the ability check is an Intelligence or Wisdom check you can have the spirit make the check, and it has a +5 for the skill was summoned for. The spirit will follow you and cannot stray more than 5 feet from you. You can choose to release it early, dismissing it back from whence it came. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the spirit’s bonus making ability checks itself increases by 1 for each slot level above 1st, up to a maximum of +9.
Split Timeline [New]
4th-level transmutation (arcane) Classes: Occultist Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: 1 round You split a willing creature’s timeline in two. At the start of that creature’s next turn, a temporal duplicate of them appears, lasting until the end of their turn or it drops to 0 hit points (whichever comes first). Their temporal duplicate is an exact duplicate, sharing all stats, abilities, and resources, and under the control of the character it is a duplicate of as when it splits from them. Any limited use abilities, items, or spells it uses are depleted from the character it is a duplicate of. At the end of that character’s turn, the temporal duplicate disappears. At Higher Levels. When cast with a 5th level or higher spell slot, the temporal duplicate lasts for 1 additional turn for each level above 4th.
Sprout Tree
2nd-level transmutation Classes: Druid Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous Targeting a 5-foot square on the ground that you can see within range, you cause a tree to sprout from the ground, growing rapidly to 20 feet tall with a 2-footradius trunk. This spell can only target a surface through with a tree could grow (for example, you can’t target solid rock). At the DM’s discretion, it can burst through up to 6 inches of most material. A Large or smaller creature in this space must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, they are lifted 20 feet into the air in the branches of the tree. On a success, they move 5 feet to an occupied space of their choice (if there is no space they can move, they automatically fail). A Large or smaller creature can choose to fail their saving throw. A Huge or large creature automatically succeeds on their save. The tree stops growing if it would hit a ceiling or other object when growing. The tree provides as half cover to any creature within its branches, and three-quarters cover from effects originating on the other side of its trunk. The
200 tree has an AC 13 and 50 hit points. The tree remains there, but may die rapidly if sprouted in an unsuitable location or environment. Its wood is flammable only when dried, and serves no useful purpose other than firewood.
Starfall
4th-level evocation Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (60 foot radius) Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute A false sky of a starry night swirls above you, which begins to rain down stars from above. When you cast the spell, 3 stars immediately fall, with 1 additional star falling at the start of your turn for the duration of the spell. For each star that falls, choose a creature within 60 feet of you. That creature must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 4d8 radiant damage on failure, or half as much on a successful save. A creature cannot be targeted by more than one falling star per turn. At Higher Levels. When cast with a 5th level or higher spell slot, the number of falling stars of the initial cast and subsequent turns increases by 1 for each level above 4th.
Star Dust
2nd-level evocation Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot cone) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You evoke a burst of brilliant particles of force energy sweeping out in a 30-cone originating from you. Creatures in the radius take 3d4 force damage and the next attack roll made against them before the start of your next turn has advantage.
Star Scry
2nd-level divination Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self (60 foot radius) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You describe a location, person, or object during the casting of the spell. On completion of the spell, an illusion of a starry night sky forms above you ahead, showing the night sky at midnight above the target described. You can then make an Intelligence (Navigator’s Tools) check to determine the general regionally location of the described target, with the DC being 10 if you’ve been in the location before, 15 if you’ve been within 100 miles of the location, and 20 if you’ve never seen within 100 miles of the location. If you give an inaccurate description or false name of the target, the spell fails to manifest any night sky. Once cast on a target, casting it on the same target again within 24 hours fails to manifest any night sky.
Stinging Swarm
4th-level conjuration Classes: Druid, Occultist, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 ft Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You conjure a magical swarm of flying insects that fill a 5 foot cube within range. For the duration of the spell, the swarm is magically replenished and cannot be destroyed. As a bonus action, you can direct the swarm to move up to 30 feet. If the swarm enters another creature’s space, it stops and swarms them, stinging repeatedly, and cannot be moved until the start of your next turn. The creature takes 2d4 piercing damage and must make a Constitution saving throw, taking 6d4 poison damage on failure.
Stone Coffin
4th-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
201 You cause a surge of stone to attempt to engulf a Large or smaller creature in stone. The target must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, they become restrained and blinded in the stone coffin. A creature can choose to fail their save. While trapped within the coffin, they have total cover against all sources. The coffin has an AC of 15 and 50 hit points, and resistance to all damage beside bludgeoning and thunder damage. When the spell ends or the coffin is reduced to 0 hit points, it crumbles to fragments and the creature within is no longer restrained and blinded. For the duration of the spell you can use your bonus action to attempt to crush a creature encased in the coffin, dealing 1d10 bludgeoning damage. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the stone coffin gains 10 additional hit points for each level above 5th.
Static Field
3rd-level transmutation (arcane) Classes: Inventor, Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute A visible field of static energy crackles to life in a 20 foot radius around a point you can see within range. If a creature takes an action, reaction, or moves 5 feet or more within the field, they take 1d12 lightning damage. A creature can take damage from each trigger once per turn (taking an action, a reaction, or moving).
Stone Fist
1st-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: 1 round You turn your hand and forearm (or similar appendage) to stone until the start of your next turn. As part of casting the spell, you can make a melee spell attack against one creature you can reach. On a hit, the target takes 2d10 bludgeoning damage. Until the start of your next turn, you can use your reaction when you take slashing or piercing damage
from an attack to gain resistance to damage from that attack. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 1st.
Stone Forming
transmutation cantrip Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You touch a stone surface or the ground, and call forth stone that shapes itself to your command. You can make any roughly shaped Small or Tiny item from the stone, including functional simple or martial melee weapons (for Medium or smaller creatures), possess magical durability to resist shattering or breaking. Alternatively you can encase your limbs in stone, causing your unarmed strikes to deal 1d8 bludgeoning damage for the duration of the spell. Items made this way lose any magical durability after one hour, and become easily broken if they would not normally be functional in that shape. You can have three items or effects created by this cantrip at a time, and upon creating a fourth the oldest one loses its magical durability and becomes easily broken.
Stone Pillar
2nd-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You cause a pillar of stone to rise from the ground in a space you can see. The pillar of stone has a diameter of 5 feet and raises up to 30 feet into the air. The ground where a pillar appears must be wide enough for its diameter, and you can target the ground under a creature if that creature is Medium or smaller. If a pillar is created under a creature, that creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be lifted by the pillar. A creature can choose to fail their save.
202 If a pillar is prevented from reaching its full height because of a ceiling or other obstacle, a creature on the pillar takes 3d8 bludgeoning damage and is restrained, pinched between the pillar and the obstacle. The restrained creature can use an action to make a Strength or Dexterity check (the creature’s choice) against the spell save DC. On a success, the creature is no longer restrained and must either move off the pillar or fall off it. The pillar has AC 5 and 30 hit points. When reduced to 0 hit points, a pillar crumbles into rubble, which creates an area of difficult terrain with a 10-foot radius that lasts until the rubble is cleared. Each 5-foot-diameter portion of the area requires at least 1 minute to clear by hand.
Storm Shot
4th-level transmuation Classes: Ranger Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a piece of ammunition or weapon with the thrown property worth at least 1 cp) Duration: 1 round You touch a piece of ammunition or weapon with the thrown property, imbuing it with the power of a hurricane for the duration. The first time you attack with the empowered item, it unleashes a blasting galeforce, greatly empowering the shot. On a hit, the target takes an additional 4d8 damage from the attack, and is knocked backwards 30 feet. Any creature the target is knocked into by this movement takes 2d8 bludgeoning damage. On a miss, the target takes half as much damage and is not knocked back. Once an attack has been made with the piece of ammunition or weapon, the spell ends. At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level, the shot deals an additional 1d8 damage and the target is knocked backwards an additional 10 feet.
Suffocate
4th-level transmutation Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You create a whirling sphere of air around a creature that causes them to struggle to breathe. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the target loses 5d8 hit points due to lack of air, has disadvantage on all ability checks, and cannot speak. On a success, the target takes half as much damage and suffers no other effects. For the duration, as an action, you can force the creation to make a saving throw against the ability again. If a target fails their saving throw against this spell 3 times in a row, they become incapacitated until they succeed on a save or the spell ends. If you don’t use your action to force the target to make a save, it counts as a success. A creature that does not need to breathe is unaffected by this spell.
Sudden Hazards 5th-level illusion
Classes: Bard, Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (60-foot cube) Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You cause illusions of deadly traps or sudden hazards spring up filling a 60 foot cube originating from you. Blades swing on chains, spikes erupt from the ground, darts shoot unseen spots, lava spouting from the ground, vicious man eating plants, and other phantom hazards fill the mind of each creature of your choice within the area. An affected creature can move at half speed to evade the dangers, or move at their normal speed taking 1d8 psychic damage for each 5 feet they move within the area. Any affected creature that ends their turn in the area makes a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, they take 5d8 psychic damage, or half as much on a successful save. Each time a creature takes damage from ending their turn in the effect, they can make a Wisdom saving throw. On a success, they realize the traps are fake, and the area ceases to deal damage to them or impede their movement, as all the traps become faint
203 transparent images. Creatures that are not chosen to be affected by the caster see traps as faint transparent images.
Supernova [New] 9th-level evocation
Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Sight Components: V, S, M (metal forged from a star) Duration: Instantaneous You form a fist sized point of light at a point you can see within range, that then explodes into a stellar supernova unleashing cataclysmic stellar energy. All creatures within a 60 foot radius of the point must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, a creature takes 30d8 radiant damage and becomes blinded for 1 minute. On a success, creatures take half as much damage and are not blinded. Blinded creatures can repeat their saving throw at the end of each of their turns, ending the effect on a success.
Summon Archon
2nd-level conjuration Classes: Cleric, Paladin, Warlock Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (an ornate relic worth at least 200 gp) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You call forth a minor celestial archon. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. It takes the form of the archon spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose Hound, Lantern, or Trumpet. The creature resembles the Archon of your choice, which determines certain traits in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends. The creature is allied to you and your companions. In combat, the creature shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). if you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its move to avoid danger. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, use the higher level whenever the spell’s level appears in the stat block.
Archon Spirit
Medium (Small for Lantern) celestial, unaligned
Armor Class 11 + the level of the spell (natural armor) Hit Points 20 (Lantern or Trumpet only) or 30 (Hound Only) + 5 for each spell level above 2nd Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (Trumpet and Lantern only) STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 14 (+2) 10 (0) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 13 (+1) 14 (+2) Damage Resistances radiant Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11 Languages Celestial, understands the languages you speak Challenge — Keen Hearing and Smell (Hound only). The archon has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell. Lantern’s Light (Lantern only). The archon sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. Rallying Call (Trumpet only). Once per turn when the archon deals damage, it grants one creature of its choice within 60 feet temporary hit points equal to half the damage dealt.
Actions Multiattack. The celestial makes a number of attacks (or Trumpet uses) equal to half this spell’s level (rounded down). Greatsword (Hound only). Melee weapon attack: your spell attack modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d6 + 2 + the spell’s level slashing damage. Radiant Bolt (Lantern only). Ranged spell attack: your spell attack modifier to hit, 60 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 + 2 + the spell’s level radiant damage. Trumpet (Trumpet only. One creature of the archon’s choice within 60 feet must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (DC equal to your spell save) or take 1d6 + 2 + the spell’s level thunder damage.
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Summon Dragon 5th-level conjuration
Large dragon, unaligned
Classes: Wizard, Sorcerer Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (a dragon statuette worth at least 500 gp) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You call forth a magical dragon spirit. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. It takes the form of the dragon spirit stat block. When you cast the spell choose a color from the table below. The creature resembles a dragon of that color, which determines certain traits in its stat block based on its color as per the Dragon Table below where listed in traits in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends. The creature is an ally to you and your companions. In combat, the creature shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. If obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its move to avoid danger. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, use the higher level whenever the spell’s level appears in the stat block. Dragon Table Dragon
Elemental Damage
Black
Acid
Blue
Lightning
Brass
Fire
Bronze
Lightning
Copper
Acid
Gold
Fire
Green
Poison
Red
Fire
Silver
Cold
White
Cold
Breath Weapon Area
5 by 60 ft. line (Dex. save) 5 by 60 ft. line (Dex. save) 5 by 60 ft. line (Dex. save) 5 by 60 ft. line (Dex. save) 5 by 60 ft. line (Dex. save) 30 ft. cone (Dex. save) 30 ft. cone (Con. save) 30 ft. cone (Dex. save) 30 ft. cone (Con. save) 30 ft. cone (Con. save)
Armor Class 12 + the level of the spell (natural armor) Hit Points 50 + 10 for each spell level above 5th Speed 30 ft., fly 40 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 18 (+4) 10 (+0) 18 (+4) 14 (+2) 16 (+3) 18 (+4) Damage Immunities The dragon’s elemental type. Senses blindsight 30 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 13 Languages Draconic, understands the languages you speak Challenge —
Actions Multiattack. The dragon makes a number of attacks equal to half this spell’s level (rounded down). It can only attack with its bite or tail once per turn. Bite. Melee weapon attack: your spell attack modifier, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 + 4 + the spell’s level piercing damage + 1d6 of the dragon’s elemental damage. Claw. Melee weapon attack: your spell attack modifier, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d4 + 4 + the spell’s level slashing damage. Tail. Melee weapon attack: your spell attack modifier, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 + 4 + the spells’ level bludgeoning damage. Breath Weapon (1/Day). The dragon exhales elemental power in its breath weapon area from the dragon table. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw with a DC equal to your spell save DC, taking 8d6 + the spell’s level elemental damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
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Summon Monstrosity 3rd-level conjuration
Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (a statuette carved from a monster bone or fang worth at least 300 gp) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You call forth a magical monstrosity spirit. It manifests in an occupied space that you can see within range. The corporeal form uses the Monstrosity Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose Blinker, Burrower, or Displacer. The creature resembles the creature of your choice, which determines certain traits in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends. The creature is an ally to your and your companions. In combat, the creature shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal comments (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its move to avoid danger.
205 At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, use the higher level whenever the spell’s level appears in the stat block.
Monstrosity Spirit Medium monstrosity, unaligned
Armor Class 11 + the level of the spell (natural armor) Hit Points 35 + 15 for each spell level above 3rd Speed 40 ft., burrow 40 ft. (burrower only). STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 16 (+3) 4 (-3) 16 (+3) 5 (-3) Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 30 ft. (burrower only), passive Perception 13 Languages Challenge — Blink (Blinker only). As a bonus action, the monstrosity can magically teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Displace (Displacer only). Attack rolls against the monstrosity have disadvantage. If the monster is hit by an attack this trait ceases to work until the start of the monster’s next turn. Evasion (Displacer and Blinker only). If the monstrosity is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if it fails.
Actions Multiattack. The monstrosity makes a number of attacks equal to half this spell’s level (rounded down). Chomp. Melee weapon attack: your spell attack modifier, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d10 + 3 + the spell’s level piercing damage. Lash (Displacer only). Melee weapon attack: your spell attack modifier, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 1d4 + 3 + the spell’s level slashing damage.
Summon Ooze
1st-level conjuration Classes: Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M (a gold vial worth at least 100 gp) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You call forth a magical ooze. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. This corporeal form uses the Ooze Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose from Green, Red, or Yellow. The creature resembles the creature of your choice, which determines certain traits in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends. The creature is an ally to you and your companions.
In combat, the creature shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its move to avoid danger. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell of 2nd level or higher, use the higher level whenever the spell’s level appears in the stat block.
Ooze Spirit Small ooze, unaligned
Armor Class 6 + the level of the spell (natural armor) Hit Points 5 + 10 for each spell level above 1st Speed 10 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 12 (+3) 6 (-2) 12 (+1) 1 (-5) 1 (-5) 1 (-5) Damage Immunities acid, fire (Red only), lightning (Yellow only), Poison (Green only) Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks Senses blindsight 10 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 5 Languages understands the languages you speak Challenge —
Actions Multiattack. The ooze makes a number of attacks equal to half this spell’s level (rounded down). Pseudopod. Melee weapon attack: your spell attack modifier, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d4 + 3 + the spell’s level acid damage.
Summon Plant
3rd-level conjuration Classes: Druid, Ranger Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (a carved wooden figurine worth at least 300 gp) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You call forth a magical plant. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. This corporeal form uses the Plant Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose Dryad, Shambling Mound, or Treant. The creature resembles the creature of your choice, which determines certain traits in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends. The creature is an ally to you and your companions. In combat, the creature shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and
206 uses its move to avoid danger. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, use the higher level wherever the spell’s level appears in the stat block.
Plant Spirit
Large (Medium for Dryad) plant, unaligned
Armor Class 12 + the level of the spell (natural armor) Hit Points 35 + 10 for each spell level above 3rd Speed 20 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 16 (+3) 8 (-1) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 10 (+0) Damage Vulnerabilities fire Damage Resistances bludgeoning Senses darkvision 60 ft., blindsight 60 ft. (Shambling Mound only), passive Perception 10 Languages Sylvan, understand the languages you speak Challenge — Engulf (Shambling Mound Only). If the plant hits a target that is grappling, that target becomes restrained until the grapple ends. Tree Stride (Dryad Only). Once on its turn, the plant can use 10 feet of its movement to step magically into one living tree within its reach and emerge from a second living tree within 60 feet of the first tree, appearing in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the second tree. Both trees must be large or larger.
Actions Multiattack. The plant makes a number of attacks equal to half this spell’s level (rounded down). Entangling Slam (Treant or Shambling Mound Only). Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d10 + 3 + the spell’s level bludgeoning damage and the target is grappled (escape DC is your spell save DC). Until this grapple ends, plant can’t use this attack on another target Vine Lash (Treant or Dryad Only). Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack modifier to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 + 3 + the spell’s level slashing damage and the target is grappled (escape DC is your spell save DC). Until this grapple ends, plant can’t use this attack on another target
Note: Vulnerable Limbs!
A creature you are grappling can attack you regardless if you are in its normal attack range by attacking the limb grappling you.
Summon Swarm
2nd-level conjuration Classes: Druid, Occultist, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (a golden insect worth at least 200 gp) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You call forth a magical swarm. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. This corporeal form uses the Swarm Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose from Quippers, Spiders, or Wasps. The swarm resembles the creatures of your choice, which determines certain traits in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends. The creature is an ally to you and your companions. In combat, the creature shares your initiative count, but takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its move to avoid damage. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, use the higher level whenever the spell’s level appears in the stat block.
Swarm Spirit
Medium swarm of Tiny beasts , unaligned Armor Class 10 + the level of the spell (natural armor) Hit Points 10 + 5 for each spell level above 2nd Speed 30 ft. (Spiders only), 5 ft. (Quippers, or Wasps only) fly 30 ft (Wasps only), swim 30 ft. (Quippers only) STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 3 (-4) 13 (+1) 10 (+0) 1 (-5) 7 (-2) 1 (-5) Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, slashing Senses blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 8 Languages understands the languages you speak Challenge —
Spider Climb (Spider only). The swarm can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny creature. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain temporary hit points. Web Walker (Spider only. The swarm ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.
Actions Multiattack. The swarm makes a number of attacks equal to half this spell’s level (rounded down). Bite (Spider and Wasp only). Melee weapon attack: your spell attack modifier, reach 0 ft., one target. Hit: 2d4 + the spell’s level piercing damage + 1d4 poison damage. Bite (Quipper only). Melee weapon attack: your spell attack modifier, reach 0 ft., one target. Hit: 3d4 + the spell’s level piercing damage.
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5th-level enchanment Classes: Occultist Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from each creature (such blood, hair, or scales) the spell is targeting, which the spell consumes.) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You cast a curse targeting two individuals. Both targets must make a Charisma saving throw (which they can choose to fail). If both targets fail their saving throws, for the duration of the spell their souls are swapped. A soul controls the body it inhabits. It gains all ability scores and actions the body had (besides legendary actions or legendary resistance), but retains its own spellcasting (if it has the spellcasting, innate or otherwise), and has disadvantage on all attack rolls and strength, dexterity, and constitution saving throws for 1d4 turns after swapping bodies. At the end of a swapped creatures turn, it can choose to repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on a successful save. If its CR (or character level if it has no CR) is higher than the body of the creature it is in, it has advantage on the save. If a creature dies while while its soul is swapped, the souls return to their original bodies. If a soul was in a dying creature that returns to a living body, that creature takes 5d10 necrotic damage.
Thunderburst Mine 2nd-level abjuration
Classes: Inventor Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (Any tiny nonmagical item, which is destroyed by the activation of the spell) Duration: 8 hours You can set a magical trap by infusing explosive magic into an item. You can set this item to detonate when someone comes within 5 feet of it, or by a verbal command using your reaction (one or more mines can be detonated). When the magic trap detonates, each creature in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on the item must make a Constitution saving throw. A creature takes 3d8 thunder damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If a creature is in the area of effect of more than one thunderburst mine
during a turn, they take half damage from any mines beyond the first. A magical mine must be set 5 feet or more from another mine, and cannot be moved once placed; any attempt to move it results in it detonating unless the casterer that set it disarms it with an action.
Thunder Pulse 3rd-level evocation
Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (15-foot cone) Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You gather sonic energy and can expel as a shockwave in a 15 foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 3d8 thunder damage is knocked 10 feet away. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and not being knocked away. You can create a new shockwave as your action on subsequent turn until the spell ends. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 3rd.
Thunder Punch 1st-level evocation
Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You charge your hand (or similar appendage) with thunder power. Make a melee spell attack against a creature. On a hit, there is a thunderous crash audible from up to 300 feet of you and the target takes 3d8 thunder damage, and is knocked 10 feet away from you. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 1st.
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Time Bubble
Classes: Bard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous
Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the past or future) Duration: Special
Evocation cantrip
You emit a crashing bang with a localized point of intensity targeting a creature within range. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 1d8 thunder damage and become deafened until the start of their next turn. Constitution saving throws to maintain concentration on spells triggered by this damage are made with disadvantage. This spell’s damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
Time Anchor [New]
8th-level transmutation (arcane) Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the past or future) Duration: 1 year You place a temporal marker on an object. For the duration of the spell, you can activate that marker, bringing it forward in time to the hand of your presence self. When you do so, no events of the current time are changed, beyond that object disappears from where it previously was, and appears in your hand. The object appears even if it was consumed or destroyed in the intervening time. The object appears in the condition it was in at the time the spell was cast, including its condition, charges, and status. You can only have one object anchored to you at at a time. Once cast on an object, this spell can never be cast on the same object again.
8th-level transmutation (arcane)
You create a 20-foot radius bubble of accelerated time around a point you can see within range. When you cast the spell initiative (including your current turn) is interrupted and all creatures within it can take an additional turn in their initiative order immediately, but nothing they do inside the bubble can reach beyond or affect creatures outside the bubble (all attacks that pass through it miss, all spells that pass through it fail), and if they move outside the bubble, their additional turn immediately ends. If any creature is intersected by the edge of the bubble (meaning it is not entirely inside or outside the bubble), the spell fails. After all creatures inside the bubble have acted, the spell ends and initiative continues as normal. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell with a spell slot of 9th level, all creatures inside the bubble complete a second round of turns before the spell ends.
Time Loo
4th-level transmutation Classes Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a detailed list of the actions and movement that the target creature took on its last turn, which the spell consumes) Duration: 1 round You force a creature within range to repeat its last turn. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw or have its personal timeline adjusted so that it repeats its last action in a preordained loop on its next turn. As the rest of the world may have changed, it attempts to repeat its last action to the best of its ability, including moving the same distance in the same direction, attacking the same target, or taking the same action it previously took. Where these conflict, the caster decides which part of the action takes precedence. While a creature is compelled to take this action, it cannot be compelled to move into obvious danger (such as walk off a cliff).
Note Taking
Unlike most material components, for convenience sake, this spell’s material components is required by the player in addition to their character (whose detailed list does not need to by a physical object, simply the knowledge of their target’s actions), and consequently requires some preparation and attention to detail on the player’s part to avoid making the DM having to keep track of such details.
Time Skip [New]
2nd-level transmutation (arcane) Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a small symbol made up of two connected triangles) Duration: 1 round You touch a willing creature, sending them a step into the future. That creature vanishes, before reappearing at the same location (or the nearest unoccupied space) at the start of their next turn. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell with a 3rd level or higher spell slot, you can send them one additional round into the future for each spell slot level above 2nd. If you cast this spell with a 9th level spell slot, the target is sent 24 hours into the future instead.
Time Trap [New]
2nd-level transmutation (arcane) Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (handful of sand from an hourglass) Duration: 1 hour You place a snarl in time in an empty a 5-foot cube. The first time a creature enters the square, they must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, a medium or smaller creature that is completely engulfed in the cube becomes stunned until the start of their next turn, while a Large or larger creature becomes restrained as part of their body becomes frozen in time for the same duration. On a success, the creature’s speed is halved instead. Once activated, the trap does not activate again and the spell ends at the start of the trapped creature’s next turn. The trapped area is subtly distorted, and any creature that can’t see the area at the time the spell is
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Tornado
5th-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute A whirling tornado erupts, filling a 20-foot-radius, 40-foot-high cylinder centered on a point within range. Any creature that starts its turn within the tornado must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 4d8 bludgeoning damage and is pushed 10 feet away and 40 feet up. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isn’t pushed. As a bonus action, you can move the tornado up to 30 feet in any direction. Any ranged weapon attack against a target within 20 feet of the tornado has disadvantage, and any ranged attack that passes through it automatically misses.
Tranquil Moment [New]
1st-level transmutation (arcane) Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You increase your mental perception of time, giving you time to think. You can make a Wisdom or Intelligence ability check that would normally require an action without requiring an action (such as the Search action), and if that action would have disadvantage imposed on it by circumstances of time or pressure, you would not have disadvantage on the check.
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Unholy Wave
Classes: Occultist Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S, M (a handful of dead plants) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Classes: Cleric, Paladin Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30 foot cone) Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute.
You target a point and call forth tendrils, twisted vines, and gnarled roots of dark energy that erupt from the ground in a 60 foot radius. All creatures of your choice in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw or be restrained as the shadowy plant tendrils grasp and drain the life from it. At the start of a creature’s turn, if it is restrained by the spell, it takes 2d10 bludgeoning damage, and 2d10 necrotic damage. Each time a creature takes necrotic damage from this spell, the caster regains 1d4 hit points. A creature restrained by the tendrils can use its action to make a Strength or Dexterity check (its choice) against your spell save DC. On a success, it frees itself. A tendril can be destroyed, freeing a creature from its grasp. They have an AC of 10, 20 hit point, and are immune to all damage besides radiant and fire. Spells that deal radiant or fire damage to creatures in an area of effect also affect tendrils in that area. Creatures that end their turn within the radius while not restrained must make a Dexterity saving throw or become restrained by the tendrils.
A wave of necrotic energy crashes out from your outstretch hand in a 30-foot-cone. Creatures in the area must make a Constitution saving throw, or be burned by unholy fire. On a failed saving throw, they take 4d6 necrotic damage, and wreathed in consuming unholy fire for the duration of the spell. Once per turn, if they are hit by an attack while wreathed the unholy fire their wounds are consumed by the flames, and they take an additional 1d6 necrotic damage. On a successful save, they take half as much damage and are not wreathed in radiant fire. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 2nd.
Unburden
You cause an unstable explosion to erupt at a point of your choice within range, rolling 3d6. For each die that rolls a 6, roll an additional d6 and the radius of the spell expands by 5 feet. Each creature within the final range of the spell must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, they take fire damage equal to the total value of the rolled dice. On a success the target, the target takes half as much fire damage. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 2nd.
7th-level conjuration
1st-level transmutation Classes: Inventor Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: 1 hour A creature you touch no longer suffers the penalties to movement speed or to their Dexterity (Stealth) checks from wearing medium or heavy armor, and is no longer encumbered from carry weight unless they are carrying more than twice the weight that would encumber them.
2nd-level necromancy (divine)
Unstable Explosion 2nd-level evocation
Classes: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 ft (10 ft radius) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous
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Violent Crush
Classes: Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous
Classes Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous
You cause a sudden savage burst of wind to howl toward you, attempting to pull a Huge or smaller creature within range that you can see toward you. The target must succeed a Strength saving throw or be yanked off their feet and flung toward you, landing within 5 feet of you and falling prone. Flying creatures make the Strength save with disadvantage. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell lot of 3rd level or higher, the range of the spell increases by 10 feet.
You place massive omnidirectional force on a Large or smaller creature or object within range, attempting to crush it in all directions inward. The target must make a Strength saving throw. On failure, the target takes 6d12 bludgeoning damage and falls prone. On success, it takes half as much damage and does not fall prone. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d12 for each slot level above 4th.
Vicious Hound
Vicious Vapors
Classes: Bard, Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S, M (a spiked collar) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Classes: Druid, Occultist, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 ft Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You summon a particularly vicious looking illusory hound that ferociously chases a target within range. Only the target can see the hound that chases them. The target creature can attempt to flee from the hound, moving at least 30 feet in any direction from where they start their turn. If the target does not flee or is unable to move at least 30 feet from where they started by the end of their turn, they take 3d8 psychic damage from being mauled by the hound at the end of the turn. The spell ends early if the target gets more than 120 feet from you. At the end of each of their turns, the target can make a Wisdom saving throw. On success, they realize the hound is an illusion, and the spell ends. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the speed of the hound increases by 10 feet for each slot level above 2nd (meaning that the target must flee 10 additional feet to avoid taking the damage).
You conjure a swirling poisonous miasma around yourself. For the duration of the spell, you are lightly obscured. When you cast the spell, and as a bonus action on each subsequent turn, you can cause the vapors to surge out and swirl around up to three creatures of your choice within range. Each creature must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it takes 1d12 poison damage and becomes poisoned until the start of your next turn. On a successful save, it takes half as much poison damage and is not poisoned. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d12 for each slot level above 2nd.
2nd-level evocation
2nd-level illusion
4th-level transmutation
2nd-level transmutation
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1st-level transmutation (primal) Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You create a violent upburst of wind attempting to toss a Large or smaller creature into the air. The target must make a Strength saving throw, which it can choose to fail. On failure they are knocked 20 feet straight up into the air. If the target cannot hold onto anything or fly, they immediately fall taking 2d6 bludgeoning damage and falling prone. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the target is knocked one additional foot higher second slot level above 1st.
Range: 120 feet Components: V, S, M (a piece of obsidian) Duration: Instantaneous You call fiery forces from below the earth to erupt upwards violently, causing the rocks beneath a point to melt and erupt into magma. The ground in a 10 foot radius explodes in a shower of fire and magma, raining down in a 20 foot radius. Creatures within the area must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, they take 4d10 bludgeoning damage and 4d6 fire damage. If a creature is within the 10-foot inner radius, then they are additionally flung 10 feet into the air, taking 1d6 bludgeoning damage and falling prone when they land. On a successful save, a creature takes half damage, and suffers no additional effects. The center 10 foot radius becomes difficult terrain until cleared. Each 5-foot-square portion of the area requires at least 1 minute to clear by hand.
Vorpal Shot
Vital Surge
5th-level transmutation
Classes: Cleric, Druid, Occultist Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: 8 hours
Classes: Inventor, Ranger Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a piece of ammunition or weapon with the thrown property worth at least 1 cp) Duration: 1 round
You infuse a vital surge of life into up to 4 creatures of your choice within range. Once during the duration of the spell, they can trigger this vital surge as a bonus action, regaining 4d8 hit points. When they trigger this surge, they can expend up to a number of hit dice equal to half the level of the spell slot used to cast this spell, rolling them as they normally would and adding the amount of hit points restored to the effect of this surge. Once a creature triggers this healing surge, the spell ends for that creature.
You touch a piece of ammunition or weapon with the thrown property, imbuing it with the ultimate edge. The first time a creature attacks with the empowered item, it adds +3 to attack and damage rolls, and ignores all resistances and immunities to the weapons damage type. On a hit, the creature takes 6d8 additional damage. If this damage reduces the target to zero hit points, it is killed by a mortal wound. Once an attack has been made with the piece of ammunition or weapon, the spell ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot level above 4th.
Vorpal Weapon
4th-level transmutation
Volcanic Burst
6th-level transmutation (primal) Classes: Druid, Warlock, Spellblade Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action
5th-level transmutation Classes: Inventor Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a weapon worth at least 1 cp) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You touch a weapon and imbue it with power. Until the spell ends, the weapon becomes indescribably
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Vortex Blast
3rd-level evocation Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 Action Range: Self (30-foot cone) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You create a sudden violent vortex that blasts outwards in a 30-foot cone, tossing characters and objects within the area. Creatures in the area take 3d6 bludgeoning damage and must succeed a Strength saving throw or be knocked 30 feet backward and 30 feet upward. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 3rd.
Wasp Barrage
3rd-level conjuration (primal) Classes: Druid, Occultist, Ranger Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (40 foot cone) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You conjure a swarm of magical wasps zip out to sting creatures of your choice within a 40 foot cone. Make a ranged spell attack against each chosen target. On a hit, a target takes 1 piercing damage + 4d12 poison damage. After they attack, the magic wasps fade away. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the poison damage increases by 1d12 for each second slot level above 3nd.
Water Blast
1st-level conjuration Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You conjure a ball of water before hurling it at a target. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 3d6 bludgeoning damage and if it is Large or smaller must make a Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each level above 1st.
Water Bullet
conjuration cantrip Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You create a compressed bead of water and fire it at a creature you can see within range. Make a ranged spell attack. On hit, the target takes 1d6 + your spellcasting ability modifier piercing damage. This spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).
Water Cannon
3rd-level evocation Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (60-foot line) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You unleash a spout of water that blasts out in a line 60-foot-long and 5 foot-wide-line. Creatures in the area must make a Strength saving throw, or take 6d6 bludgeoning damage and be pushed to an open space at the end of the line away from you. If there is no open space to move to (for example they would move
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Waterspout
3rd level conjuration Classes: Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You conjure a large mass of water and form it into a whirling funnel around a point on the ground you can see. The whirling funnel fills a 10-foot-radius, 30-foothigh cylinder. Once per turn, when a creature’s space becomes fully engulfed by the waterspout it must make a Strength saving throw. On a failure, it takes 2d8 bludgeoning damage, and becomes blinded, deafened, and cannot speak. At the start of its next turn, it is expelled from the water to the nearest empty space. On success, it takes half as much damage and suffers none of the spell’s other effects. On your turn, you can move the waterspout up to 20 feet in any direction along the ground as a bonus action, engulfing any creatures in its path. Creatures who fail their save after being engulfed by the waterspout in this way are carried along with its movement until they are ejected at the start of their turn as normal. If the center point of this spell is over a Huge or larger body of water, the size of the waterspout is doubled.
Wind Cutter
2nd-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Inventor Occultist, Ranger, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self (30-feet) Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon that deals damage worth at least 1 cp) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You infuse the weapon used in the spell’s casting with tempestuous power. For the duration, when you make an attack during your turn with the weapon, the weapon used in the spell’s casting gains a reach of 30
feet, releasing slashes of razor sharp wind against foes beyond your normal reach; the weapon deals slashing damage when damaging targets beyond your normal reach. Additionally, the damage you deal with the weapon increases by 1d4, and if there is another creature within 5 feet of the target, you apply the same attack roll to that second creature, dealing half as much damage as the weapon attack on a hit.
Whirling Conflagration 3rd-level transmutation
Classes: Ranger Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (15-foot radius) Components: V, M (a melee weapon you are proficient with worth at least 1 cp) Duration: Instantaneous You flourish the weapon used in the casting and then whirl it around, igniting it in whirling conflagration. Make a melee weapon attack against each creature within 15 feet. (Using the same roll against each creature) Each target takes 6d6 fire damage on hit, or half as much on a miss At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th Level or higher, it deals an additional 1d6 damage to each target on hit for each slot level above 3rd.
Windborne Weapon transmutation cantrip
Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet Components: V, S, M (a piece of ammunition or weapon with the thrown property worth at least 1 cp) Duration: Instantaneous Make an attack using this spell’s material component as part of the action used to cast this spell, turning it into a ranged spell attack. This attack ignores cover. On hit, it deals 1d8 damage of the weapon’s damage type. At higher levels: This spell’s damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
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2nd-level transmutation Classes: Druid, Ranger Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V Duration: 1 round You cast your sense into the wind. Until the start of your next turn, you gain a blindsight of 60 feet, and you gain advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks. For the duration, when you make a ranged weapon attack, you do not require line of sight as long as it is in the range of your blindsight, and the target creature does not benefit from cover, as you can send your shots in twisting impossible lines riding the flow of the winds that only you can sense.
Wither
3rd-level necromancy Classes: Occultist, Spellblade, Warlock Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a pinch of powdered bone and sand) Duration: 1 round Dark energy tears the moisture from a body, sapping it of life and vitality. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. The target takes 4d10 + 4 necrotic damage on a failed save and becomes withered until the start of your next turn, or half as much on a successful one and does not become withered. A withered creature gains vulnerability to fire damage if they are not resistant to fire damage, or loses their resistance to fire if they are resistant to fire. At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 5th.
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Psionics
The following are a special branch of ability: Psionics. While much of Psionics is comparable to magic in effect, these are a list of unique abilities to people with Psionic abilities. These are part of the Psion class, but can be opened to any character capable of Psionics at the discretion of the DM.
Compelled Query 1st-level psionic
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: S Duration: Instantaneous You focus your telepathic powers on a creature and ask it a simple question. It must make an Intelligence saving throw, or it conjures a short mental thought or image that answers your question to the best of its ability that you can perceive telepathically. A creature gains a +5 to the saving throw against this spell for each time it has been used on them in the past 24 hours.
Delve Mind
3rd-level psionic Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You delve into a creature’s mind, forcing it to make an Intelligence saving throw. On a failure, for the duration or until you end the spell you gain access to its memories from the past 12 hours, and are able to recall things it remembers as if they are your own memories, but these memories contain only things the target creature remembers. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, you can delve an additional 12 hours further back in the creature’s memories for each slot level above 3rd.
Flicker
1st-level psionic Casting Time: 1 reaction, when you would take damage Range: Self Components: S Duration: 1 round You flicker between the material and ethereal planes. Until the start of your next turn, each time you would take damage, including the triggering attack, roll a d4. On a 2, you gain resistance to that instance of damage. On a 4, you don’t take any damage.
Future Insight 1st-level psionic
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (60-foot radius) Components: S Duration: 10 minutes Your roll 3d4 or 1d12 (your choice) and record the results. During the duration, you can expend one of these dice to add or subtract them from any attack roll, saving throw, or ability check made by a creature within 60 feet of you until the dice are exhausted or the spell ends. You must expend the die after the roll is made, but before you know the outcome of the roll.
Glimpse the Future 2nd-level psionic
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S Duration: 10 minutes You give a creature within range a glimpse of their future. Roll a d4 to determine outcome: Result
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The target foresees an action to come. Roll a d20 and record the value. Until the duration of the spell ends, they can replace one of their d20 rolls with the value rolled. The target sees their own death. If they are reduced to zero hit points by an attack or failing a save throw during the duration, they instead evade the attack or pass the saving throw if they are not otherwise incapacitated prior to being reduced to zero.
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They see a future victory, growing confident. They gain 10 temporary hit points and are immune to the frightened condition for the duration of the spell. The target sees an ambush or surprise, the first time they would be surprised they are not, or the first time an attack would made against them with advantage, it is instead made with disadvantage.
Once any of the events foreseen occur, the spell ends. At Higher Levels. When cast using 3 or more psi points, you can select the effect instead of rolling a d4.
The Unavoidable Death
In the case of number 2, passing the save will not always be enough to make them not be reduced to zero hit points. Sometimes they are reduced to zero by something like falling damage that has no save or attack. Sometimes life’s a bummer that way.
Nullify Effect
A creature takes 6d8 Psychic damage and is stunned until the end of their next turn on a failed save. A creature takes half as much damage and is not stunned on a successful save.
Psychic Drain 2nd-level psionic
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S Duration: Instantaneous You draw on the psychic energy of another creature you can see to sustain yourself. The target must make a Charisma saving throw. On failure it takes 3d8 psychic damage and you gain temporary hit points equal to half the amount of psychic damage dealt and regain one expended psi point. At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the spell deals an additional 1d8 psychic damage.
2nd-level psionic
Shockwave
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when you are forced to make an Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma saving throw Range: Self Components: S Duration: 1 round
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot radius) Components: S Duration: Instantaneous
You gain advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws (Including the triggering save) until the start of your next turn. You also gain resistance to Psychic and Force damage until the start of your next turn. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, you can roll an additional d20 as part of your advantage roll. If you cast this at the 5th level or higher, it grants immunity to Psychic and Force damage for the duration.
Mind Blast
6th-level psionic Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (60-foot cone) Components: S Duration: Instantaneous You emit a blast of psychic energy. Each creature in a 60-foot cone must make an Intelligence saving throw.
5th-level psionic
You unleash a burst of telekinetic force in all directions. Each creature of your choice within 30 feet of you is knocked 5 feet back and must succeed on a Strength saving throw or take 8d6 damage bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. A creature that succeeds on its saving throw takes half as much damage and isn’t knocked prone.
Spatial Manipulation 5th-level psionic
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self(120-foot radius) Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You can swap the position two creatures you can see within range. An unwilling creature can make a Charisma saving throw, preventing the swap on success. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, you can swap an additional set of creatures of each level about 5th.
218 Unlocked Potential 1st-level psionic
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You unlock the potential of a creature’s mind, allowing it to fully reach its limits. For the duration, once per turn the creature can add 1d4 to any attack roll, damage roll, or saving throw it makes. Each time it adds the additional 1d4, it takes 1 psychic damage as it pushes beyond its natural limitations.
Inner World
8th-level psionic Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute As an action, you create and enter an imaginary world. All other creatures within 120 feet are pulled this world with you. This world is centered on you, and extends in 120 feet in all directions. A creature that reaches the edge of this world can make a Charisma saving throw to attempt to exit, spending 5 feet of movement to return where they were before being pulled into the world on success, and being unable to move out the world until the start of their next turn on failure. A creature outside the world can attempt to enter it by moving to where you cast the spell (which is marked by a glowing psionic rift) and making a Charisma saving throw to enter the world. You can allow a creature to automatically pass their save to enter or exit the world. When you create this world, you can create obstacles and terrain of your choice, creating walls, pillars, and other obstacles that take up to twenty 5 by 5 square foot areas (stylistically, these can appear however you choose). These can be placed consecutively or spread out in any method of your choosing, but any area with a creature must contain a path that creature can fit through to both you and the edge of the of the world. You can additionally create up to five hazardous spaces on the ground that are 5 foot squares. These can be fires, spikes, biting mouthes, or whatever you choose, but regardless of its form if a creature takes 4d4 + 4 psychic damage when it enters the effect’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there. Each of these hazards must be at least 20 feet
from another hazard. While in this inner world, if you fail saving throw, you choose to succeed instead. You can do up to 3 times during the duration of the spell. All spells and powers have their psi point cost reduced by one. During the spell, as an action, you can attempt to destroy a creature within the world. The target must make an Intelligence saving throw. On failure, it takes 8d8 + 8 psychic damage and is removed from the imaginary world, returning to where they were before being pulled into it. The world can be brightly or dimly lit, and you control the weather within it. When the spell ends, you and any creature that remains in the world exit the world returning to space you entered the world from.
Quickly Constructed Worlds
The casting time of this spell is 1 action, which is 6 seconds in game. While this should not be taken literally, it is also an indication that this is a quickly constructed world. It is recommended that that you come up with a general layout and any resources needed for this spell in collaboration with your GM when you select the spell, and make at most minor changes to the world when casting it. It is reasonable for a GM to limit world planning time to one minute.
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Blood Magic Occultist Traditions Blood Cultist The dark tradition of a Blood Cultist is one that seeks power at any cost. They are those prepared to give up everything for power, dedicated themselves to mysterious rituals, forbidden techniques, and whispered taboos in order to grasp hold of ancient and terrible powers. Masters of sacrifice, blood magic, and willing to cast aside their humanity (or relevant equivalent!) they are driven beyond what most would consider rational, natural, or even possible on their eternal quest to go beyond the limiting walls of mortality to find new dark powers.
Unusual Resources
Cultists are a unique type of full caster. They sacrifice the majority of their spell slots to empower themselves, which would normally leave them with little room to cast spells, but make up for that shortcoming through being able to more freely sacrifice their own hit points through Blood Magic.
Variable Casting Stat
There’s a reasonable argument for Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma as a casting stat for the Cultist subclass. It’s perfectly fine if you allow them to use any casting stat, but it’s recommended to disallow multiclassing if allowing them to select casting stats other Wisdom.
Blood Casting
Starting at 1st level, you learn the blood boltK cantrip and gain the following blood magic spells as you level, and can select additional spells from blood magic when you learn new spells. Occultist Level
Spells Learned
1st
crimson poisonK, sense bloodK
3rd 5th 7th 9th
compelled convulsionK, morbid puppetK blood explosionK, vampiric bladeK exsanguinateK, macabre marionetteK explode heartK, life linkK
Dark Dedication
Starting at 1st level, your hit point maximum increases by 1 and increases by 1 again whenever you gain a level in this class and you gain the ability to sacrifice spell slots for dark boons. At the end of a long rest, select up to 2 sacrifices to make from the following list. When you sacrifice a spell slot, that spell slot is expended and cannot be regained while the boon is active. The boon ends and regains the expanded spell slot when you complete your next long rest, unless you select the same boon again at the end of that long rest continuing its effect. The number of sacrifices you can make to receive boons increases at 3rd level (to 3), 6th level (to 4), 9th level (to 5), 12th level (to 6), 15th level (to 7), and 18th level (to 8).
Boon of False Life (1st level+) You sacrifice a 1st level or higher spell slot, gaining 8 temporary hit points. When you complete a short rest under the effect of this boon, you regain 1d4 + 4 temporary hit points. You can sacrifice higher level
spell slots, gaining an additional 2 temporary hit points on use, and an additional 1 temporary hit point when you short rest per level of spell slot sacrificed.
Boon of Demonic Claws (1st Level+) You sacrifice a 1st level or higher spell slot, reforming one or more (based on the table below) of your arms into natural weapons in the form of demonic claws. The power of the demonic claw depends on the level of the spell slot sacrificed, gaining a larger damage dice and a growing bonus to attack and damage rolls. When making attacks with your demonic claw, you can use your Spellcasting modifier in place of your Strength modifier for attack and damage rolls. If you have more than one claw, you can make a single weapon attack with the second claw as a bonus action after making an attack with the first claw. Spell Slot Sacrificed
Claw Damage
Attack/ Damage Bonus
# of Claws
1st
1d6
+1
1
2nd
1d6
+1
2
3rd
1d8
+1
2
4th
1d8
+2
2
5th
1d10
+2
2
6th
1d12
+2
2
7th
1d12
+3
2
Boon of Swiftness (1st level) You sacrifice a 1st level spell slot, increasing your movement speed by 10 feet.
Boon of Demonic Leaps (1st level) You sacrifice a 1st level spell slot, tripling your jumping distance. You can use your Spell Casting ability score to determine your jumping distance instead of your Strength ability score.
Boon of Demonic Sight (2nd level) You sacrifice a 2nd level spell slot, gaining a 60 foot darkvision. If you already have darkvision, the range of your dark vision increases by 60 feet.
Boon of Fiendish Talent (2nd level) You gain proficiency in on skill or tool of your choice. If you were already proficient in that skill or tool, you gain expertise (meaning you can add twice your proficiency modifier to ability checks made with that skill or tool).
Boon of Frenzy (2nd level) You sacrifice a 2nd level spell slot, gaining the TwoWeapon Fighting or Dueling Fighting Style of the Fighter class.
Boon of Burning Eyes (3rd Level) You sacrifice a 3rd level spell slot, gaining the ability to cast eyes of immolationK at-will without expending a spell slot.
Boon of Fiendish Vigor (3rd level) You sacrifice a 3rd level spell slot, gaining 5 current and maximum hit points. If you regain hit points by spending Hit Dice at the end of a short rest, you regain an extra 1d6 hit points.
Boon of Fury (3rd Level) You sacrifice a 3rd level spell slot, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Boon of Demonic Resistance (4th level) You sacrifice a 4th level spell slot, gaining resistance to one of acid, cold, fire, or poison damage. You can select this boon multiple times.
Boon of Telepathy (4th level) When you gain this feature, you can communicate telepathically with any creature you can see within 30 feet of you. You don’t need to share a language with the creature for it to understand your telepathic utterances, but the creature must be able to understand at least one language. Creatures you communicate with can reply in kind.
Boon of Unholy Strength (4th level) You sacrifice a 4th level spell slot, making your Strength ability score equal to your Spell Casting ability score.
Boon of Resilience (5th Level) You sacrifice a 5th level spell slot, gaining proficiency in a saving throw of your choice.
Boon of Unholy Weapon (6th level) You sacrifice a 6th level or higher spell slot, increase the damage of your melee weapon attacks by 1d8 necrotic damage.
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Boon of Demonic Wings (6th level) You sacrifice a 6th level spell slot, causing demonic wings to erupt from your back. You gain a flying speed of 30 feet.
Boon of Unholy Nature (7th level) You sacrifice a 7th level spell, gaining resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical sources.
Boon of Magic Resistance (8th level) You sacrifice an 8th level spell slot, granting you advantage on saving throws against spells and magical effects.
Sacrificial Casting
Starting at 3rd level, you gain the Blood Fuel, granting you the feature and the included ability to cast Blood Magic spells with your hit points.
Rite: Blood Fuel
You can sacrifice your essence to cast blood magic spells in place of expending a spell slot. To do so, sacrifice 5 hit points per level of the spell. These hit points sacrificed can count towards the hit point cost of the blood Material component of the spell. You can cast a total number of spell levels in this manner equal to your character level, but casting a spell of 6th level or higher this way drains your vitality in a more profound way unless it has the blood magic tag, causing you to gain levels of exhaustion equal to the number of levels over 5th the spell is (1 level for a 6th level spell, 2 for a 7th level spell, etc). You cannot cast spells this way over 5th level while you have any levels of exhaustion. You regain all levels of usage of this rite when you complete a long rest.
Sanguine Power
Beginning at 6th level, when you deal piercing or slashing damage to creature that has blood, the next time you cast a spell with the Blood Magic tag before the end of your next turn, you can reduce the amount of your own hit points you need to expend by the piercing or slashing damage you dealt to that creature with that attack (you can pick the highest damage piercing or slashing damage attack you made during that time).
Demonic Ascension
Starting at 14th level, you can fully invest into the rites of your dark faith, being granted a form of terrifying power. As a bonus action, you transform
into a demonic form for 1 minute, gaining the following benefits: • While in this form you have resistance to nonmagical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. • Your movement speed increases by 10 feet. • You optionally can become large sized for duration, increasing your weapon attack damage by 1d4. • Each time you kill a creature, the duration of the demonic form increases by 1 minute. • Once you assume this form, you cannot assume it again until you complete a long rest.
Cultist Specific Rites Abandoned Humanity (Prerequisite: Creature Type of Humanoid) You cast aside your humanity. Your creature type ceases to be humanoid. Select a new creature type from aberration, fiend, or monstrosity. Blood Leeching When you cast blood magic spell of 1st level or higher with Sanguine Power, if the spell does not consume all of the stored hit points, you gain temporary hit points equal to the remainder. Boon Seeker You can make one additional sacrifice to receive a boon using your Dark Dedication feature. Cultist’s Touch (Prerequisite: 7th-level Blood Cultist) When you use your action to cast a cantrip with a range of touch, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action. Demon Within (Prerequisite: 15th-level Blood Cultist) The first time you drop to 0 hit points, you assume your Demonic Ascension form (not counting as a use of the feature) and regain half your maximum hit points. Once this effect is triggered, you cannot trigger it again until you complete a long rest. Empowered Blood Magic (Prerequisite: 5th level Blood Cultist) When you cast a spell that deals damage damage on cast and has a blood magic tag, you can add your Spellcasting modifier to the damage dealt. Sacrificial Absolution You can cast lesser restoration on a willing creature without expending a spell slot, however when you
223 cast it in this way you suffer any condition or effect that spell cleared. When you reach 9th level, you can instead cast greater restoration this way. It does not consume a material component when you cast it this way. If you remove a cursed item’s effect (ending its attunement to creature), it instead becomes attuned to you. Unholy Gift Once per turn, when you expend your own hit points to cast a spell using Blood Magic, you can cause one allied creature other than yourself within 30 feet to gain temporary hit points equal to the sacrificed hit points. Wretched Resilience You gain immunity to diseases, and advantage on saving throws against the poisoned condition.
Zealous Conviction You gain advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened. Zealous Dedication (Prerequisite: Zealous Conviction, 12th level Blood Cultist) When you are reduced to 0 hit points, you can make a Spellcasting ability check with a DC of 5 + the damage taken. On success, you are reduced to 1 hit point instead. On failure, you can expend a spell slot to increase the value rolled by an amount equal to the level of the spell slot, potentially during a failure into a success. Once you spend a spell slot to do so, you cannot do so against until you complete a short or long rest.
Witch Options The witch subclass of the Occultist clas gains an additional coven option:
Coven: Red Coven
When you select your coven, you gain an additional option: the blood stained Red Coven.
Red Coven Spells You learn the following spells at the following levels. They do not count against your spells known. Witch Level
Bonus Spells
1st
sense bloodK, hemorrhaging curseK
3rd
hold person, morbid puppetK
5th 7th 9th
blood explosionK, rupturing curseK exsanguinateK, macabre marionetteK bloodline curseK, hold monster
Familiar Bond: Red Coven As a reaction to an allied creature taking damage while within 5 feet of your familiar, you can transfer up to four times your Occultist level of that damage (up to 12 at level 3 when you get this feature) to another willing creature within 60 feet of it. The damage transferred cannot exceed the current hit points of the target of the transfer. You can do this a number of times equal to your Spellcasting modifier, regaining all uses when you complete a long rest.
224 Additional Witch Specific Rites Malicious Transfusion (Prerequisite: Red Coven) When your familiar redirects damage, you can target an unwilling creature. When you do so, the target creature must make a Charisma saving throw. On failure, it takes the redirected damage as normal, and the amount transferred can exceed its current hit points. On success, it takes half the redirected damage, and you take the other half the redirected damage. Bathed in Blood (Prerequisite: Red Coven) When you take damage as part casting blood magic (from contributing the material component or through the Blood Magic rite) it does not force a saving throw to maintain concentration if you are concentrating on a spell. Additionally, expend hit points casting a spell with blood magic, you gain temporary hit points equal to hit points expended on its material components. Sanguine Sacrifice (Prerequisite: Red Coven) When you restore hit points with an Occultist spell, you can increase the hit points restored by up to your Occultist level by spending an equal number of your own hit points (equal to the total number of additional hit points restored across all targets if the spell targets multiple targets). Sanguine Secrets (Prerequisite: Red Coven, Hemomancer rite) You can cast spells without the Blood Magic tag using the Hemomancer rite. Sanguine Vitality (Prerequisite: Red Coven) Your rich diet of the blood of your enemies empowers you. Your maximum hit points are increased by 1 for each Occultist level you have. Stolen Life (Prerequisite: 5th-level Red Coven) As an action, you can touch a recently deceased corpse, drawing last fragments of life out of it. When you do so, you recover hit points equal to the creatures CR or levels, and can optionally assume it’s appearance as if by the disguise self spell, but with an indefinite duration. You can store a number of stolen appearances this way equal to your Wisdom modifier, assuming any of them as an action. You can end the illusion or assume a different stored appearance as an action. Witch’s Fangs (Prerequisite: Red Coven) As an action, you grow long canine fangs and attempt to bite a creature within 5 feet of you, making
a melee spell attack. On hit, the target takes 1d4 piercing damage and 1d4 necrotic damage, and you gain temporary hit points equal to the necrotic damage dealt. The piercing and necrotic damage increase by 1d4 at 5th level (2d4), 11th level (3d4), and 17th level (4d4). Starting at 6th level, you can apply your Witch’s Touch feature to attacks made with this feature.
Red Coven Spells
Hemorrhaging Curse
1st-level necromancy (blood magic) Classes: N/A Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes and a drop of your blood worth at least 1 hit point, which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You curse a target with unclosing wounds. If the target has taken piercing or slashing since the end of their last turn or takes piercing or slashing damage for the duration of the spell, its hit points are reduced by 1d8 at the end of each of its turns for the duration. This damage cannot be stopped by first aid, staunching the wound, or any non-magical means, but is ended if the creature is restored to full hit points by magical healing or the spell ends.
Rupturing Curse
3rd-level necromancy (blood magic, curse) Classes: N/A Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes and a drop of your blood worth at least 2 hit point, which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You invoke a curse on a creature you can see within range, rupturing their tendons. For the duration, the creatures hit points are reduced by 2d4 for each 5 feet they move. Creatures without blood are immune to this curse.
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5th-level necromancy (blood magic) Classes: N/A Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S, M (something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) which the spell consumes and a drop of your blood worth at least 5 hit point, which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You invoke a curse on a creature’s bloodline. Up to 5 creatures of your choice (other than the target) of the same creature type within range are bound to that creature by a magical curse. If a creature is directly related (ancestor, descendant, or sibling) to the target creature, the range at which they can be cursed with this bond increases to 1 mile. When that creature becomes bloodied (reduced to less than half its maximum hit points) and again if that creature dies, all creatures effected by the curse must make a Charisma saving throw, taking 5d6 +
twice the cursed creature’s CR (or level) necrotic damage on failed save, or half as much on success. This curse has no effect on creatures without blood. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell with a 6th level slot or higher, the number of creatures you can target increases by 1 for each level above 5th. When using a 9th level spell slot, the range at which you can target a related creature can be unlimited, though you must be aware of the target’s existence.
Self Targeted Curse
It’s intentional you can use this curse on yourself or an allied creature to target creatures of your choice that are not allied creatures but at the same creature type. It’s naturally less value as you generally won’t get both the death effect as well.
Warden Bonds Blood Forger Blood Forgers are immediately different from other Wardens, drawing their power from something more visceral but no less primal than the forces of nature: the blood of creatures. Fundamentally tied to the essence of life that beats in the heart of every creature, they are tied to life itself, selfappointed guardians and gardeners of it, preserving, curating, and pruning. The comfort with blood and death often makes creatures uncomfortable, but they can be as potent an ally as they are a dangerous enemy, capable of giving life as easily as taking it, able to keep the companions alive against all odds.
Blood Forge
Starting at 1st level, when you roll initiative or as a bonus action at any time, you can forge your blood into armaments. You can conjure up to two weapons or weapon and a shield at a time this way. Weapons and shields created this way are automatically equipped as part of the bonus action, and can be dismissed at any time (no action required). Shields act as a normal shield would, while weapons depend on the properties selected from the Blood Forged Weapon table below. If you become bloodied (reduced to half your maximum hit points or less), your Blood Forged weapons deal 1d4 additional necrotic damage. The size of this die increases at 5th (to 1d6), 11th (to 1d8), and 17th (to 1d10) level.
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Blood Forged Weapon Table Properties
Damage Dice
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1d4 slashing + 1d4 necrotic
Light
1d6 slashing
Reach
1d6 slashing
Two-Handed
1d6 slashing + 1d6 necrotic
Life Bond
Additionally at 3rd level, once per turn, when a creature within range of your Primal Interdiction takes damage, you can give one (or more if if multiple creatures take damage at the same time) resistance to the damage taken (no action required). When you do so, you take the same amount of damage (after the resistance is applied).
Restore Vitality The damage die of these weapons are increased by any Warden class feature that increases the damage die of natural weapons. If the damage die of any d6 weapon is increased to a d8, it instead becomes 1d4 slashing and 1d4 necrotic damage. When the damage die of any weapon with multiple dice increases, you can select which damage die to increase.
Starting at 7th level, your Innate Magic ability to cast blood transfusion without expending a spell slot is refreshed when you complete a short rest. When you cast blood transfusion on a target other than yourself, you can expend hit points up to your Warden level (instead of up to 5), increasing the amount it heals the target based on the spell effect.
Crimson Font
Reaper’s Harvest
At 1st level, when you cast a blood magic spell, you can contribute hit points of blood up to your Warden Level to the spell without taking damage. Any hit points contributed beyond that reduce your hit points as normal. You are immune to any effect that drains your blood or makes you bleed.
Additionally at 7th level, once per turn while you are bloodied (at less than half your maximum hit points) and deal necrotic damage to an enemy, you regain hit points equal to your Constitution modifier. This cannot restore hit points beyond half of your maximum hit points.
Innate Magic
Life Control
Additionally when you select this bond, you gain access to several innate magical abilities by channeling the power of your primal connection. You gain the following spells at the listed levels, and can cast each spell once without components or spell slots. Once you cast the spell in this way, you cannot cast it again until you complete a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting modifier for these spells. You can cast a spell again before completing a long rest by spending 1 + the level of the spell Endurance Dice.
Starting at 14th level, you are under the effects of death ward until the effect is triggered, ending the effect as normal. You regain this effect when you complete a long rest. Additionally, when a creature makes a death save within 60 feet of you, you can use your reaction to turn the roll into a 20, allowing them to recover with 1 hit point. Once you do so, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest.
Blood Warden Spells
Starting at 17th level, as a bonus action you exert influence over the blood of creatures within 20 feet for 1 minute. All allied creatures of your choice within range gain resistance to slashing and piercing damage, while all hostile creatures in range bleed profusely when taking piercing or slashing damage, taking an additional 10 damage at the start of their turn if they’ve taken piercing or slashing damage since the end of their last turn. Additionally, once during the effect as an action, you can exert your full control over the field to cast to cast hold monster or hold person at the 5th level without expending a spell slot targeting a creature (or creatures if the spell targets multiple creatures) affected by the domain. When you cast it this way, if a
Warden Level
Innate Spells (1/long rest each)
1st
blood transfusionK
3rd
sense bloodK
5th
morbid puppetK
9th
crimson tideK
13th
locate creature
17th
ichorous bloodK
Blood Domain
227 creature passes their saving throw against the effect, they are under the effect of slow until the start of your next turn. Creatures without blood are unaffected by the blood domain. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
Spellblade Tradition Sanguine Sword Spellblades of the Sanguine Sword are rare and feared lot, blood seekers that fuel their bloody rampages with the blood they spill. They slash their way through hordes in a never ending flurry of blood, magic, and blade, their fallen foes feeding further violence. Those that follow the Sanguine Sword are not inherently evil - or at least not all view themselves as such - but the slaughter fueled nature of their powers provide a dark path of temptation, the next kill always offering a temptation to drive the slaughter further. Even their staunchest ally may give them a wide berth on the battlefield, while many will dismiss them as more savage beast than hero, regardless of their goals and intentions.
Sacrificial Blade Spells
You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known. Additionally, all spells with the “Blood Magic” tag are added to the Spellblade spell list for you. Spellblade Level
Spells Learned
3rd
blood slashK
5th
bloody burstK
9th
vampiric bladeK
13th
exsanguinateK
17th
explode heartK
Blood Stained Blade
Starting at 3rd level, when you select this archetype, you gain special affinity when wielding a blood-coated weapon. For 1 minute after a melee weapon deals 1 more points of damage to a living creature that has blood, you can use use your Intelligence modifier, instead of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for attack and damage rolls with that weapon. A weapon bloodied in this way is consider magical for the
purposes of overcoming resistance to non-magical damage. You can sacrifice 1 of your own hit point at any time (no action required) to bloody a blade activating this effect.
Sanguine Surge
Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge feature: • When you cast a spell with the Blood Magic tag, you can expend an Arcane Surge to gain temporary hit points equal to your spellcasting modifier + half your spellblade level (rounded down).
Catharsis of Carnage
Starting at 7th level, when you make an attack that is a critical strike or that kills a creature that is CR 1/4 or higher, you regain one use of Arcane Surge. If you are bloodied when you trigger this ability, you additionally regain hit points equal to your proficiency spellcasting modifier.
Gore and Gibblets
Starting at 15th level, your score a critical strike on a 19 or 20 when making an attack roll. Additionally, when your attack kills a creature, damage dealt by Splash Damage is to nearby creatures is increased to 2d8.
Red Eyed Rampage
Starting at 20th level you fall into a bloody-crazed trance of slaughter (no action required). For the duration, you gain a truesight of 120 feet against bloodied creatures and have advantage on attack rolls against them. Once per turn for the duration, when you trigger Catharsis of Carnage, can immediately take an additional action.
Warlock Patron The Bloodbound The Bloodbound Patron is an ancient and powerful entity of blood. Ancient vampires or other creatures that feast on the power of blood are most often, but there is a primordial power to blood that has created many ancient entities with deep ties to the secrets of life and death that may be sought for the impressive eldritch powers. As a warlock with a Bloodbound Patron, you gain unique abilities to manipulate blood and the life force of creatures.
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Blood Patron Expanded Spells Spell Level
Spells
1st
inflict wounds, false life
You can spend a total number of hit points this way equal to your Warlock level, after which you cannot spend more hit points to empower your spells until you complete a long rest.
2nd
bloody burstK, compelled convulsionK
Vital Reserves
3rd
crimson tideK, invest lifeK
4th
blood frenzyK, vital surgeK
5th
dominate person, life supportK
Life Drain
At 1st level, you gain the ability to drain the vitality of other creatures through their blood. When you hit a creature with an attack, you can use your bonus action to drain their life, dealing additional necrotic damage equal to your Charisma modifier and regaining life equal to the necrotic damage dealt. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses when you complete a long rest.
Beating Hearts
Starting at 1st level, you can sense the beating heart of life in creatures around you. You can use your spellcasting modifier, instead of your Wisdom modifier, for making Perception and Insight checks against living creatures with blood, and to your passive scores to sense living creatures. You can heighten this sense further by casting sense blood without expending a spell slot or material component, but once you do so, you cannot do so this way again until you complete a long rest.
Sanguine Empowerment
Starting at 6th level, you can sacrifice your hit points to empower your magic. When you expend a Pact Magic spell slot to cast a spell that has an effect that scales with spell level, you can expend a number of hit points equal 1 + to the level of the spell to increase the level at which you cast the spell by one level (for example, if you cast the 2nd level spell hold person using a 3rd level Pact Magic Spell slot, you could expend 3 hit points to cast it at the 4th level). When you cast a cantrip, you can scale the cantrip to its next level of power (for example, casting it as if you were 11th level) by spending 3 hit points this way. This works even when you are 17th level, and the cantrip would generally not scale further (adding an additional die or firing an additional beam in the case of eldritch blast).
Starting at 10th level, your maximum hit points are increased by your Warlock level.
The Hunger
Beginning at 14th level, you can temporarily transform into a powerful avatar that devours blood. As an action, you assume this form for 1 minute, gaining the following powers: • You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from non-magical attacks. • You have advantage on attack rolls against bloodied creatures (creatures with less than half of their maximum hit points). • You can use Life Drain without expending uses of the feature. • When you use Sanguine Empowerment, you gain temporary hit points equal to the hit points expended. This form ends early if you end your turn without dealing or receiving damage since the start of your last turn or if you become incapacitated. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.
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Blood Magic Spells Limited Availability Blood magic is not restricted by an special feat or requirement, but your DM may rule that there are special requirements to learn blood magic. The only inherent restriction is that to use only hit points to cast blood magic is restricted to the Hemomancer feat or the Occultist’s Blood Magic rite.
Blood Components Blood magic spells all have a material component that reads “a drop [or splash] of blood worth [X] hit points”. If a a material component is “up to X ‘’ number of hit points, it can be as little as 1 hit point up to the amount listed. When you cast a blood magic spell, you take damage equal to the blood required for the spell, which you can draw as part of casting the spell (no additional action required). This blood must come from you, unless you have features or feats that allow you to use other sources of blood to power your magic. If you cast a Blood Magic spell at a higher level, the minimum hit points increases to the level the spell is cast at. You cannot spend more hit points than you have this way.
Blood Damage Damage taken from casting blood magics reduces your current hit points and bypasses any temporary hit points or damage reduction you have (as you need blood to power the spell).
Concentration While not universally true, many blood magic spells lack the Concentration requirements of normal spells. This is intentional, and part of what makes them appealing options to mages, but is also somewhat necessary as blood mages often take small amounts of damage from casting their spells, making it easy for them to lose concentration to their own spell casting otherwise.
Blood Bolt Tramutation cantrip
Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S, M (a drop of your blood worth at least 1 hit point, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous You transmute a drop of blood into a crimson dart and launch it at creatures within range, making a ranged spell attack. On hit, the target takes 1d6 piercing damage and 1d6 necrotic damage. The piercing and necrotic damage increase by 1d6 at 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6). The blood consumed also increases when the damage increases at 5th (2), 11th (3), and 17th (4).
Bloody Burst 2nd-level necromancy (blood magic)
Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S, M (a drop of your blood worth at least 2 points, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous You cause a creature’s blood to erupt outward in a violent burst. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it takes 4d6 necrotic damage, and any creature within 10 feet of the target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 2d6 necrotic damage from the blood spray. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage and the blood spray does not occur. A creature without blood is immune to this spell. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage to the target increases by 2d6, and creatures within 10 feet take an additional 1d6 damage for each level over 2nd.
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Blood Frenzy
2nd-level divination (blood magic)
4th-level enchantment (blood magic)
Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: S, M (a drop of your blood worth at least 2 hit points which the spell consumes, and another creature’s blood) Duration: Instantaneous
Classes: Druid, Occultist, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: S, M (a splash of your blood worth at least 4 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You can drop a single drop of your blood into a bloodstain or sample of another creature’s blood while casting this spell to created a magical resonance. This tells you the creature’s current condition (if it is alive, wounded, or dead), its creature type, its general distance from you (nearby, distant, or far away), and its general direction. If the blood is more than 24 hours old, the spell becomes more difficult, and you must pass DC 10 spellcasting check to gain any information, with the DC increasing to 15 if the blood is more than a week old, and 20 if the DC is more than a month old.
Blood Explosion 3rd-level necromancy (blood magic)
Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S, M (a splash of your blood worth at least 3 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous Targeting a Medium or larger corpse of a creature that had blood that has been slain within the last minute, you seize control of the blood within it causing it to explode into piercing crimson lances. Make a ranged spell attack against up to 4 creatures of your choice within 30 feet of the corpse. On hit, creatures take 3d8 piercing damage and 3d8 necrotic damage. A corpse cannot be targeted with this spell again. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each spell slot level above 3rd.
You touch a willing creature, launching them into an empowered frenzy. For the duration, all attacks against the target creature have advantage, but the target gains the following benefits: • The target is immune to the charmed and frightened conditions. • The target has advantage on melee weapon attack rolls. • When taking damage would reduce the creature to 0 hit points, they must make a Constitution saving throw with the DC equal to half of the damage taken. On success, they are reduced to 1 hit point instead. If you are the target of this spell, you automatically pass saving throws to maintain concentration on it as a result of taking damage.
Blood Slash
1st-level transmutation (blood magic) Classes: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S, M (a splash of your blood worth up to 2 hit points) Duration: Instantaneous You create a blade of blood and fling at a creature you can see within range. Make a ranged spell attack. On hit, the creature takes 2d6 slashing damage and 2d6 necrotic damage. At higher levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the slashing damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 1st.
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Compelled Convulsion
Classes: Occultist, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self or 60 feet Components: S, M (a splash of your blood worth at least 2 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous
Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: S, M (a drop of your blood worth at least 2 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous
A slashing storm of blood forms a ripping vortex with a 15-foot radius around you or a point of your choice within range. Each creature (other than if you casting it with a range of Self) within range must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, they take 3d8 slashing damage. On success, they take half as much damage. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 3d8 for each slot level above 2nd.
You attempt to briefly take control of the blood of a creature within range you can see. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On failure, you can force the creature to use its reaction to move up to 10 feet (or its movement speed, whichever is less) and make a single weapon attack against a target of your choice within reach. Creatures without blood are immune to this effect. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you can target an additional creature for each level above 2nd level.
2nd-level transmutation (blood magic)
Blood Wave
2nd-level transmutation (blood magic) Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Spellblade, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (15-foot cone) Components: V, S, M (a splash of your blood worth at least 4 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous You release a wave of magical blood that spreads out in a 15-foot cone. Creatures in the path of the wave must make a Strength saving throw. On failure, a creature takes 2d6 bludgeoning damage and 2d6 necrotic damage and is knocked prone. On a success, it takes half as much damage and is not knocked prone. When the wave passes over a creature that has died within the last minute or kills a creature, if that creature had blood, it strengthens the wave and causes it to travel and additional 5 feet (turning it into a 20-foot cone or more), up to a maximum of twice its original length. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the spell’s range increases by 5 feet and the necrotic damage increases by 1d6 damage for each slot level above 2nd.
2nd-level necromancy (blood magic)
Crimson Poison 1st-level transmutation (blood magic)
Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp and a splash of your blood worth up to 5 hit points) Duration: 1 minute You sacrifice up to 5 hit points (included in the material components) and invest them into an ichorous crimson poison coating that coats a weapon you are holding. The next three times you deal damage with that weapon, it deals acid damage equal to the hit points invested. After dealing damage with the weapon three times, the spell ends. If the spell ends before dealing damage for a 3rd time, the blood dries, becoming non magical and harmless. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you can invest up to 1 additional hit point in the casting for each slot level above 1st, up to a maximum of 10 hit points at 6th level.
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Explode Heart
3rd-level conjuration (blood magic)
5th-level necromancy (blood magic)
Classes: Occultist, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (15-foot radius) Components: S, M (a splash of your blood worth at least 10 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: 1 round
Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: S, M (a splash of your blood worth at least 6 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous
You unleash a sweeping tide of blood along the ground, transforming the terrain into difficult terrain for all creatures but yourself until the start of your next turn. Creatures in the area when you cast the spell must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, they take 6d6 necrotic damage, or half as much on a success. At the start of your next turn, the tide recedes as the spell ends, collecting the blood and returning it to you, restoring the 10 hit points used to cast the spell.
You point at a creature and attempt to make their heart explode in a violent spasm. If the target creature has fewer than 20 hit points, their heart explodes and they die. If they have more than 20 hit points, the target must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed saving throw it takes 10d6 necrotic damage and are stunned until the start of your next turn. On a successful save, they take half as much damage and are not stunned. If this damage reduces them to 0 hit points, they die. Creatures without a heart are immune to effect, though at your GM’s discretion similar organs or functions (such as a golem’s magic core) may qualify as a heart.
Devouring Mist 7th-level necromancy (blood magic)
Classes: Occultist, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S, M (a splash of your blood worth at least 15 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: 1 round You transform into a 15-foot radius swirling cloud of blood mist. While in this form, you have a 60-foot flying speed and you have resistance to all damage besides radiant, force, and psychic damage, but cannot take any actions. The first time a creature is engulfed within the blood mist (including from your movement while transformed), it must make a Constitution saving throw. On failure, they take 6d8 necrotic damage, and you regain 10 hit points. On a success, they take half as much damage, and you regain only 5 hit points. You can regain a total of 50 hit points, after which you do not regain additional hit points from this effect. At the start of your next turn, you reform into your previous form.
Exsanguinate 4th-level necromancy (blood magic)
Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a splash of your blood worth at least 4 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous You drain a creature of blood, causing it to burst forth from it. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On failure, its current and maximum hit points are reduced by 6d6. On success, their current hit points are reduced by half as much, and their maximum hit points are not reduced. If the target is bloodied, their current hit points are reduced by an additional 6d6 hit points (pass or fail). Any reduction to maximum hit points is removed when they complete a long rest, or by the effects of the greater restoration spell. A creature without blood is immune to this spell. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the hit point reduction is increased by 1d6 for each level over 4th.
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Life Support
4th-level necromancy (blood magic)
5th-level necromancy (blood magic)
Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: S, M (a splash of your blood worth at least 4 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: 10 minutes You transmute your blood into sluggish black ichor, which forms a layer of armor as you bleed. You gain 8 temporary hit points, and for the duration of the spell, you reduce any bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage you take by 4 (to a minimum of 1 damage), and any time you are hit with a melee attack, the attacker takes 4 acid damage. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell with a 5th level or higher spell slot, the damage reduction and acid damage dealt to attackers increases by 1 for each level over 4th.
Classes: Cleric, Occultist, Wizard Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you can take when a creature is reduced to 0 hit points within range. Range: 60 feet Components: S, M (a splash of your blood worth at least 5 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute When a creature is reduced to 0 hit points, you can forge a link to them, bolstering their life force with your own. For the duration of the spell, they do not fall unconscious from being at 0 hit points and can act normally, and any damage they take is instead transferred to you.
Life Link
4th-level necromancy (blood magic)
5th-level abjuration (blood magic)
Classes: Cleric, Occultist, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: S, M (a splash of your blood worth at least 5 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You link the life of two creatures you can see within range for the duration of the spell, selecting either an life link or inverse life link, with the following effects based on which option you select: • Life Link: When one target regains hit points so does the other target, and one target takes damage, the other target takes an equal amount of damage as necrotic damage. • Inverse Life Link: When one target loses hit points the other gains and equal number of hit points, when one target regains hit points (other than from this effect), the other takes an equal amount of necrotic damage. Regardless of the option, the link lasts until the spell ends, or the link has transfered 40 hit points of healing or damage to the other target. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell with a 6th level spell slot or higher, the number of hit points the link can transfer increases by 10 for each level above 5th.
If a creature regains hit points and is no longer at 0 hit points, the spell ends.
Macabre Marionette
Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S, M (a splash of your blood worth at least 4 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You attempt to control a creature’s movements by using the blood to marionette them to your commands. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw. If the target fails their saving throw, for the duration of the spell you can use your bonus action force them to spend their reaction to move up to 20 feet (or their movement speed, whichever is less) and make a single weapon attack. Until the target breaks free of the spell, they cannot use their own reaction. At the end of each of the target’s turns, they can repeat the saving throw against the spell, ending it on success.
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Sanguine Spears
Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S, M (a drop of your blood worth at least 2 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: 1 minute
Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S, M (a splash of your blood worth at least 6 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: 10 minutes
You can seize control of the blood within a freshly (within the last minute) deceased Medium or smaller sized corpse or unconscious creature. For the duration, as a bonus action you can make the corpse or creature move up to 20 feet, and make a single melee attack, using your spell casting modifier for the attack roll. If the corpse is carrying a weapon or has a natural weapon, it deals the weapon’s damage (not gaining any special modifiers to that damage the living creature may have had with that weapon). Otherwise it makes a slam attack dealing 1d6 (or 1 for a Tiny sized creature) + your spellcasting modifier damage. If a creature that was unconscious regains consciousness during the duration of the spell, they can make a Charisma saving throw at the end of each of their turns to regain control of their body. You can end this spell at any time (no action required). At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell with a 4th or higher level spell slot, you can target a Large sized corpse.
You transform some of your blood into three floating spears of crimson power. While you have one or more spear remaining, you can use an action or bonus action to launch one of the spears at a creature within range making a range spell attack. On hit, the target takes 2d6 piercing damage and 2d6 necrotic damage, and you regain 5 hit points. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, for each spell slot level above 3rd, you can sacrifice 2 additional hit points to create an additional spear.
Sanguine Doom
You gain the ability to sense the blood of other creatures. For the duration, you gain advantage on your Wisdom (Perception) and Wisdom (Insight) ability checks against living creatures with blood. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd or 4th level, the duration becomes 8 hours. When you use a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the duration becomes 24 hours.
2nd-level transmutation (blood magic)
6th-level necromancy (blood magic) Classes: Cleric, Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: S, M (a splash of your blood worth at least 6 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous You target a point within range. Darkness washes over an a 30 foot radius area extinguishing all lights (including lights caused by magical effects of a lower level spell) as blood rains down from above over the area. Creatures and objects that are not being worn or carried within the area take 4d6 acid damage, and creatures must make a Wisdom saving throw against being cursed with doom. On failure, the creature gains the doomed curse, and the next time they are hit with an attack roll, that attack becomes a critical hit. On success, they suffer no further effect.
3rd-level transmutation (blood magic)
Sense Blood
1st-level divination (blood magic) Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: S, M (a drop of your blood worth at least 1 hit point, which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
Stirge Swarm
6th-level conjuration (blood magic) Classes: Occultist, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: S, M (a splash of your blood worth at least 10 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You conjure a swirling swarm of magical Striges that swirl around within 20 foot radius of the target point.
235 Creatures with blood other than the caster that start their turn within the area or enter it for the first time during a turn must make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, they are drained of their blood by the swirling storm of Striges, reducing their hit points by 4d4 + 12 damage and restoring 4 hit points to the caster. On a successful save, they half as much damage and restore 2 hit points to caster. As a bonus action on each of their turns for the duration of the spell, the caster and move the swirling swarm of Striges up to 30 feet in any direction.
Transfuse Life
1st-level necromancy (blood magic) Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: S, M (a splash of your blood worth 5 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous You infuse a creature you touch with life divested from the blood used in the material component of the spell, causing the target to regain twice the hit points expended. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the amount of hit points consumed by the spell increases by 5 (and the amount of hit points restored increases by a corresponding amount).
Vampiric Blade
3rd-level necromancy (blood magic) Classes: Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp and a splash of your blood worth up to 10 hit points, which the spell consumes) Duration: 10 minutes You drain your own life essence to empower the weapon used in the casing of the spell with life drinking power. You sacrifice up to 10 hit points (included in the material components). When you do so, your weapon attacks deal an additional 1d8 necrotic damage, and you regain hit points equal to the necrotic damage dealt, until you have dealt necrotic damage equal to twice the hit points invested.
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Battle System [Unedited] Introduction The rumors fly like leaves on the wind... war comes! A great host descends upon the lands, a wave of darkness sweeping toward the good people. What are your heroes to do but raise their own army and stand against this evil? The Battle System is a relatively simple set of mechanics that fits over a combat encounter of 5e D&D that turns that humble combat encounter into a skirmish at the heart of a raging battle, but also a framework that sits over the campaign for building the unique mechanics fitting for each battle. A battle is not a standalone event, but the culmination of two sides building the forces and meeting in a series of epic clashes, and that’s what this system aims to represent.
Why do you need this?
Like many things I make, this arose from my own games. Over the course of a campaign the players had been hearing of a swelling force of Hobgoblins to the East. Then they heard that the legendary fortress that guards the western lands they adventure in, Ironmount, had fallen to this host. Now they hear that bands are roaming through the lands conquering and pillaging. My players find themselves in a remote border region of farmland and adventure when the distant rumors become reality. The outriders are here. An army comes. They rally the villages to arm themselves and stand against this menace, but as the two forces set up to clash, I find myself wondering... how as a DM do I make all this epic? Does all this seem worth it? This was my solution. I needed something where the players play their characters, it’s what they are here for! I wanted something that they could lose without me just deciding they did. I wanted something where they could be rewarded for having recruited powerful in allies in an obvious way. Most of all, I wanted something that would feel like an epic clash at the heart of a raging battle. And I wanted something lightweight enough to not slow down combat too much. We still have to play the game folks. Many games do not need this system. Many adventurers can go many campaigns without finding themselves in the heat of battle. But when you find yourself gearing up for war, this system is here for you to make it an epic showdown that is, most importantly, a lot of fun.
How does the Battle System Work?
The core of the Battle System is the battle takes part on two levels played simultaneously. The Skirmish, which serves as the beating heart of the battle and focuses on the players and their individual contributions to the fight, and the contextual layer above that that tracks the overall progress of the battle including what the players in the Skirmish are contributing. But the characters contributions in the Skirmish are not the only way the players engage with the battle. At the start of every turn, the DM and players play Battle Cards from a deck built from the Elites of each army (including the players themselves!). These can sway the battle by inflicting devastating effects on the Skirmish, and Casualties on the enemy’s General Forces.
System and Story
It would not be incorrect to call the Battle System a deck building card game that plays out over a 5e encounter, though it is, on its own, a fairly simple system that makes no effort at systematic balance, as what army, elites, leaders, and scouts your players have comes out of the story of how your players have played the game. Recruiting powerful Elites, establishing relationships and character development that unlock further powers, securing your armies, these all correlate to options you will have in combat.
System Overview To run the Battle System, follow these steps, each of which are expanded throughout the system below in greater details. This step by step process can be referenced back to while running a battle, or as a checklist to make sure you have all the steps ready.
Set Up the Battle • Construct two armies (each built of a Leader, Elites, General Forces, and Siege Weapons) with are combined to represent its Fielded Strength. Templates and calculations are provided in Building Your Army. • Calculate the Morale for both armies (based on Fielded Strength, circumstance modifiers, and the Leader). Morale is 1/3 of Fielded Strength + Leader Bonuses. • Create a deck of Battle Cards to simulate the tactical layer for both armies. Battle Cards are granted by the Elites, Siege Weapons, and Events. Templates are are provided in the Battle Cards section.
237 • Draw a circle on a battle map for the Skirmish to take place in.
Running The Battle • The DM adds an Elite to the Skirmish, and than adds enemies from the General Forces (covered in Spawning Enemies) • Play out the Battle Cards, with the DMing playing each card first, until both sides have played as many cards as they can play. • Play a round of D&D 5e combat as normal until the end of the round is reached. • Repeat until the enemy Elite is dead or the players Withdraw • Run an Intermission, the players can choose to immediately continue with a Challenge. Calculate Attrition based on the Player’s Choice of Intermission. • Start the next Skirmish and repeat the Running The Battle steps. • Repeat until one side has their Morale or Fielded Strength reduced to 0.
Tally the Results • Calculate the after math of the battle (covered in the Aftermath section). • The battle is complete.
Mechanics This section will walk through the terms, what they mean, and how to use them.
The Armies
A battle needs an army. Specifically, it needs two of them. An army consists of: • A Leader, who directs the battle and has stats the serve as a force multiplier. • Elites, who represent the most powerful and heroic figures within the army. • General Forces, who represent the bulk of those forces. • Seige Weapons, which represent special warfare tools that grant special Battle Cards. The only element that is not optional is General Forces, but armies missing other elements will be a severe disadvantage. The PC serve as a special kind of Elite that is part of their army, but will play a special role fighting in
the Skirmish - the raging heart at the center of the battle where they will defeat enemy Elites (and potentially the enemy Leader, throwing the enemy into disarray).
General Forces
Will be conscripts, rank and file soldiers, hordes of skeletons, mercenaries, or other mass forces. These are not inherently nameless minions, and can include NPCs or friends of the party, but generally will represent anyone without special warfare skills. This will make up the bulk of your army and its Fielded Strength, but will be very vulnerable to without Elites and Leaders as they cannot play Battle Cards themselves, and contribute only passively (if very importantly) to your army.
Elites
Elites are exceptional creatures that are generally higher CR or level than the general forces. What sort of creatures and CR range would qualify as an elite depends on the tier of play as well as their importance to your game and story. Generally Elites are units that could inflict devastating casualties on General Forces if unopposed by other Elites. Elites contribute to your overall Fielded Strength, but also contribute Battle Cards, and to the number of Battle Cards you can play. Battle Cards represent actions of your Elites that change the course of Battle, and an army without Elites will generally be ravaged by the enemy Battle Cards - but be warned, an army with only Elites will quickly be over run by sheer attrition! Elites alone will struggle to hold a field.
Leaders
Leaders can be Elites as well, but they can also just be capable commanders. A leader is a force multiplier that contributes greatly to your army. A leader can be a player character or NPC. Your army can have multiple leaders, but only one leader’s multiplier can be used, additionally leaders still contribute their morale bonus, and a bonus to the number of Battle Cards you can draw at the start of combat and hold, expanding your tactical flexibility.
Scouts
Scouts can be either General Forces or Elites with the Scout tag, which will come with a Scouting Effectiveness value. They both inform you about the enemy army and defend an army against the enemy learning things about you. They can get their information from scouting, spying, or scrying, all are
238 combined into their scouting effectiveness. This information can provide you with unique and powerful Event based Battle Cards.
Siege Weapons
Siege Weapons grant additional Battle Cards, but do not directly contribute to your Fielded Strength, so cannot carry on a battle on their own.
Fielded Strength
Each creature contributes fielded strength equal to 4 x its CR. Your army has a Fielded Strength that is the sum of the creatures in your General Forces and Elites. This number is then multiplied by your designated Leader’s multiplier.
Morale
Your army has a Morale score that is derived from the Fielded Strength, with additional modifiers from circumstance and your Leader. If your Morale score drops to zero, your army breaks and flees. Some Battle Cards (typically those contributed by Leaders) can raise Morale when played. Starting Morale Score = (Fielded Strength / 2) x Modifiers
Casualties
Attrition, many Battle Cards, and some actions of Elites can deal Casualties. Casualties reduce the Fielded Strength and Morale score of an army. Reducing one of these to zero ends the Battle.
Army Size
Army Size depends on Fielded Strength. It effects how many Battle Cards you can play, but is something that should be kept in mind in relation to the PC’s strength. Sizes are Small (
