Tome of Heroes

Battlefield Controller Tenets of the Elements Chapter 2: Class Options

Starting at 15th level, you can’t be shoved. When a Though exact interpretations and words of the Oath
hostile creature within 10 feet of you moves more of the Elements vary between those who serve the
than 10 feet away from you, you can use your subtle, elemental spirits of the world and those who
reaction to move up to 10 feet and make an attack serve elemental deities or genies, paladins of this oath
against that creature. share these tenets.

Redoubtable Defender Defend the Natural World. Every mountaintop,
valley, cave, stream, and spring is sacred. You would
At 20th level, as an action, you can touch fight to your last breath to protect natural places
your charge, typically a creature or from harm.
structure, and create a magical link
between you, which appears as a razor-thin, Lead the Line. You stand at the forefront of every
ghostly silver tether. For 1 hour, you gain battle as a beacon of hope to lead your allies to victory.
the following benefits:
Act Wisely, Act Decisively. You weigh your actions
• You know the general status and carefully and offer counsel to those who would behave
well‑being of your charge, such impulsively. When the time is right, you unleash the
as if your charge is wounded or fury of the elements upon your enemies.
experiencing a particularly strong
emotion, or, in the case of an object Integrity. Your word is your bond. You don’t lie or
or structure, if it is damaged. deceive others and always treat them with fairness.

• As an action, you can teleport to an Oath Spells
unoccupied space within 5 feet of
your charge, if it is a person or object. You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the
If the charge is a structure, you can Oath of the Elements Spells table. See the Sacred
choose to teleport to any unoccupied Oath class feature for how oath spells work.
space within the structure.

• You are immune to spells and effects that
cause you to be charmed or might otherwise
influence you to harm your charge.

• If your charge is a creature and within 5 feet
of you, the charge is immune to nonmagical
bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage, and
it has advantage on all saving throws.

• You can use an action to erect a barrier for 1
minute, similar to a wall of force, to protect your
charge. The wall can be a hemispherical dome
or a sphere with a radius of up to 5 feet, or four
contiguous 10-foot-by-10-foot panels. If your
charge is a structure, the barrier can cut through
portions of the structure without harming it.

Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until
you finish a long rest.

OATH OF THE ELEMENTS
The Oath of the Elements is taken by those paladins
who have dedicated their lives to serving the
awakened spirits of air, earth, fire, and water. Such
paladins might also serve a genie, elemental deity, or
other powerful elemental creature.

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OATH OF THE ELEMENTS SPELLS Aura of Resistance

Paladin Level Spells Beginning at 7th level, your power over the elements
forms a magical ward around you. Choose acid, cold,
3rd burning hands, thunderwave fire, lightning, or thunder damage when you finish a
short or long rest. You and friendly creatures within
5th acid arrow, flaming sphere 10 feet of you have resistance to damage of this type.
When you reach 18th level in this class, the range of
9th call lightning, protection from energy this aura increases to 30 feet.

13th conjure minor elementals, ice storm Elemental Companion

17th conjure elemental, wall of stone At 15th level, you can call upon the service of an
elemental companion to aid you on your quests. As
Elemental Language an action, you can summon an elemental of challenge
rating 2 or lower, which appears in an unoccupied
When you take this oath at 3rd level, you learn to space you can see within 30 feet of you. The elemental
speak, read, and write Primordial. is friendly to you and your companions, and it obeys
any verbal commands you issue to it. If you don’t
Channel Divinity issue any commands to it, it defends itself from
hostile creatures but otherwise takes no actions.
At 3rd level, you gain the following two Channel It rolls its own initiative and has its own turns in
Divinity options. See the Sacred Oath class feature for combat.
how Channel Divinity works.
You can have only one elemental companion at a
Abjure the Otherworldly. You can use your Channel time. If you summon a new one, the previous one
Divinity to rebuke elementals and fiends. As an action, disappears. In addition, you can’t have a creature
you present your holy symbol and recite ancient magically bound to you or your service, such as
edicts from when the elements ruled the world. Each through the conjure elemental or dominate person
elemental or fiend that can see or hear you within 30 spells or similar magic, while you have an elemental
feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw. If the companion, but you can still have the willing service
creature fails its saving throw, it is turned for 1 minute of a creature that isn’t magically bound to you.
or until it takes damage.
The elemental continues to serve you until you
A turned creature must spend its turns trying dismiss it as a bonus action or it is reduced to 0
to move as far away from you as it can, and it can’t hit points, which causes it to disappear. Once
willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you. It also you summon an elemental companion, you can’t
can’t take reactions. For its action, it can use only summon another one until you finish a long rest.
the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that
prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move, Elemental Champion
the creature can use the Dodge action.
At 20th level, you can use a bonus action to manifest
Elemental Strike. As a bonus action, you can use the unchained power of the elements. Your eyes glow
your Channel Divinity to magically imbue one weapon with fire, your hair and clothes move as if blown by
you are holding with the power of the elements. a strong wind, droplets of rain float in a watery halo
Choose air, earth, fire, or water. For 1 minute, you around you, and the ground trembles with your every
gain a bonus to damage rolls equal to your Charisma step. For 1 minute, you gain the following benefits:
modifier (minimum of +1) on attacks made with the
weapon. The type of damage is based on the element • You gain the flying speed of an air elemental
you chose: lightning or thunder (air), acid (earth), fire (90 feet with hover), the Earth Glide trait and
(fire), or cold (water). While your weapon is imbued burrowing speed of an earth elemental (30 feet),
with an element, you can choose to deal its damage or the swimming speed of a water elemental (90
type instead of radiant damage when you use your feet).
Divine Smite.
• You have resistance to acid, cold, fire, lightning,
You can end this effect on your turn as part of any and thunder damage.
other action. If you are no longer holding or carrying
this weapon, or if you fall unconscious, this effect ends.

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• Any weapon you hold is imbued with the power Channel Divinity Chapter 2: Class Options
of the elements. Choose an element, as with
Elemental Strike. Your weapon deals an extra When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the
3d6 damage to any creature you hit. The type following two Channel Divinity options. See the
of damage is based on the element you chose: Sacred Oath class feature for how Channel Divinity
lightning or thunder (air), acid (earth), fire (fire), works.
or cold (water). While your weapon is imbued with
an element, you can choose to deal its damage Inspired Leadership. You can use your Channel
type in place of radiant damage when you use your Divinity to inspire your allies with your faith. As an
Divine Smite. action, you can choose a number of creatures you
can see within 30 feet of you equal to your Charisma
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until modifier (minimum of one). For 1 minute, each
you finish a long rest. target has advantage on Strength, Constitution, and
Charisma saving throws.
OATH OF THE GUARDIAN
A paladin who takes the Oath of the Guardian is Turn the Wild. As an action, you can cause wild
sworn to defend the community. Taking the mantle creatures to flee from your presence using your
of a guardian is a solemn vow to place the needs of Channel Divinity. Each creature within 30 feet of you
the many before the needs of yourself and requires with an Intelligence score of 4 or less that can see or
constant vigilance. hear you must make a Wisdom saving throw. If the
creature fails its saving throw, it is turned for 1 minute
Tenets of the Guardian or until it takes damage.

When you take this oath, you always do so with a A turned creature must spend its turns trying
particular group, town, region, or government in to move as far away from you as it can, and it can’t
mind, pledging to protect them. willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you. It also
can’t take reactions. For its action, it can only use
Encourage Prosperity. You must work hard to bring the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that
joy and prosperity to all around you. prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move,
the creature can use the Dodge action.
Preserve Order. Order must be protected and
preserved for all to enjoy. You must work to keep
treasured people, objects, and communities safe.

Decisive Action. Threats to peaceful life are often
nefarious and subtle. The actions you take to combat
such threats should not be.

Oath Spells

You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the
Oath of the Guardian Spells table. See the Sacred
Oath class feature for how oath spells work.

OATH OF THE GUARDIAN SPELLS

Paladin Level Spells

3rd litany of sure hands*, shield of faith

5th mantle of the brave*, spiritual weapon

9th beacon of hope, invested champion*

13th banishment, inspiring speech*

17th creation, hallow

*indicates a spell found in this book

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Aura of Awareness OATH OF THE HEARTH
Paladins who swear the Oath of the Hearth endeavor
Starting at 7th level, allies around you are more to extend the comforts of home to others, by allaying
alert and ready to act. You and friendly creatures the rigors of travel or simply assuring those who grow
within 10 feet of you have advantage on initiative despondent of the possibility of returning home.
rolls. In addition, you and any of your companions Ironically, paladins who follow this oath remain
within 10 feet of you can’t be surprised except when far from home in pursuit of their goals. Their oath
incapacitated. When you reach 18th level in this class, reflects the welcoming warmth and light provided by
the range of this aura increases to 30 feet. the hearth, and paladins following the oath use these
elements to turn away the cold or defeat enemies who
Hold the Line employ cold as weapons.

At 15th level, you can turn an ally’s success into an
opportunity. When a friendly creature you can see
within 20 feet of you is forced to make a saving throw,
you can use your reaction to grant a bonus equal to
your Charisma modifier (minimum of +1) to the
target’s saving throw. If the saving throw is successful,
the target can make one weapon attack against the
attacker as a reaction, provided the attacker is within
the weapon’s range.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to
your Charisma modifier (minimum of once), and you
regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Band of Heroes

At 20th level, you can charge your allies with divine
heroism. As an action, you can choose a number of
creatures you can see equal to your proficiency bonus,
which can include yourself. Each target gains the
following benefits for 1 minute:

• The target is cured of all disease and poison and
can’t be frightened or poisoned.

• The target has advantage on Wisdom and
Constitution saving throws.

• The target gains temporary hit points equal to
your level.

Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until
you finish a long rest.

OATH OF THE HEARTH PALADINS IN MIDGARD

Most paladins who swear the Oath of the Hearth travel to Renowned for their ability to accommodate members of
the Northlands, where they find scores of enemies in frost different, sometimes opposing cultures, Oath of the Hearth
giants, trolls, cultists determined to bring eternal winter to paladins often find themselves in warmer Midgard locations,
Midgard, and agents of Boreas. They also help lost travelers serving as neutral parties for diplomatic meetings. The Seven
find their way home. Northlanders usually extend hospitality Cities see many peace-minded paladins who attempt to
to these paladins, who repay their hosts with protection, end, or at least suspend, the constant warfare among the
but settlements near dangerous giants and other frosty city-states.
menaces sometimes turn away the paladins for fear of
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Tenets of the Hearth OATH OF THE HEARTH SPELLS Chapter 2: Class Options
Paladin Level Spells
Paladins who take the Oath of the Hearth 3rd burning hands, sanctuary
accommodate all creatures and attempt to find
diplomatic solutions to conflicts. Once engaged in 5th calm emotions, flame blade
battle, though, these paladins fight until they defeat
their enemies, or their enemies surrender. They rarely 9th protection from energy, tiny hut
extend this peaceful stance to creatures who attack
with cold or desire to spread cold conditions beyond 13th guardian of faith, wall of fire
natural confines.
17th flame strike, hallow
Bastion of Peace. Reach out the hand of friendship
when encountering strangers, and advocate for Channel Divinity
peace at the outset of any meeting. Encourage your
companions to do likewise. When it becomes clear When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the
your opponents wish for violence, don’t shrink away following two Channel Divinity options. See the
from combat. Sacred Oath class feature for how Channel Divinity
works.
Beacon in the Dark. When winter comes and the
nights increasingly lengthen, shine a welcoming light Cease Hostility. As an action, you can use your
to which all people can rally. No creature shall prey Channel Divinity and speak soothing words. For 1
on others under the cover of darkness while you are minute, each creature within 60 feet of you that can
there. see or hear you must succeed on a Charisma saving
throw to attack another creature. A creature hostile to
Hospitality of Home. Provide the comforts of you has disadvantage on the saving throw. This effect
home to those who meet with you peacefully. Respect ends on a creature if it is attacked or harmed by a spell.
others’ cultures and traditions, provided they don’t
espouse aggression and violence toward others. Turn Boreal Creatures. As an action, you can use
your Channel Divinity and speak a prayer against
Protection from the Elements. Ensure all people unnatural cold. Each cold creature within 30 feet of
have shelter from the weather. Help during spring you and that can see or hear you must succeed on a
flooding, wintry blizzards, and when the blistering Wisdom saving throw or be turned for 1 minute or
sun threatens heatstroke in the summer. until it takes damage.

Repel the Cold. Strive against foes that seek to A turned creature must spend its turns trying
bring eternal winter to the world or expand their to move as far away from you as it can, and it can’t
icy domains into warmer climates. Understand the willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you. It also
necessity of the changing of seasons and seek to can’t take reactions. For its action, it can use only
banish only cold that is abnormal. the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that
prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move,
Divine Sense the creature can use the Dodge action.

In addition to knowing the location of any celestial, Aura of the Hearth
fiend, or undead, your Divine Sense feature allows
you to know the location of any cold creature within Beginning at 7th level, you and friendly creatures
60 feet of you that is not behind total cover. within 10 feet of you have advantage on saving throws
against spells and effects that deal cold damage. If
Fiery Smite
DEFINING COLD CREATURES
When you use your Divine Smite feature, you can
choose for the extra damage you deal to be fire or The oath of the hearth references “cold” creatures for
radiant, and the extra damage increases to 1d8 only if some of its features. The most straightforward definition
the target is an undead or a cold creature. applies to creatures that deal cold damage with their
attacks and other actions. However, this also could
Oath Spells apply to creatures with vulnerability to fire damage, or
resistance or immunity to cold damage, and creatures
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the that use spells and other abilities that inflict cold damage
Oath of the Hearth Spells table. See the Sacred Oath or call forth non-damaging, wintry elements (such as the
class feature for how oath spells work. sleet storm spell).

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106 such a creature succeeds on a saving throw through you, helping you drive off the horrible unlife
against a spell or effect that allows the that was your fate. That power flows through you still.
creature to take only half the cold damage It drives you to defend innocents from the scourge of
on a successful save, the creature instead undeath, and it provides special powers for you to use
takes no damage. In addition, you and in that fight.
friendly creatures within 10 feet of you have
advantage on saving throws against the long- Restriction: Non-Darakhul
term effects of exposure to cold weather. When you
reach 18th level in this class, the range of this aura You can choose this paladin sacred oath only if you
increases to 30 feet. are not a darakhul.

Icewalker Tenets of the Plaguetouched

Starting at 15th level, you have resistance to cold Paladins following the Oath of the Plaguetouched
damage, and you can’t be restrained or petrified by share these tenets.
cold or ice. In addition, you can move across and
climb icy surfaces without needing to make an ability Bravery. In the face of terrible creatures, you stand
check, and difficult terrain composed of ice or snow like a wall between them and the innocent people
doesn’t cost you extra movement. whom those creatures would devour or transform.

Roaring Fire Stop the Spread of Undeath. Fight to ensure the
undead don’t snuff out the light of life in the world.
At 20th level, you can take on the aspects
of a healthy, tended fire, radiating heat and Relentless. Creatures of undeath never tire; you
light. For 1 minute, you gain the following benefits: must remain vigilant.

• You shed bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim Mercy. Those who suffer disease must be cared for.
light for an additional 20 feet. If you could survive certain death, so can they. But
when it is clear they are about to transform into a
• Whenever a cold creature starts its turn within monster, you must end their suffering quickly.
20 feet of you, the creature takes 2d8 fire damage,
which ignores resistance and immunity to fire
damage.

• Whenever you cast a paladin spell that deals fire
damage and has a casting time of 1 action, you can
cast it as a bonus action instead.

• Your weapon attacks deal an extra 1d6 fire damage
on a hit. If you deal fire damage to a cold creature,
it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or
become frightened of you for 1 minute, or until it
takes any damage.

Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until
you finish a long rest.

OATH OF THE PLAGUETOUCHED
After suffering an attack by a darakhul, you were
infected with the dreaded—and generally fatal—
darakhul fever. As you felt your life draining away and
the grasp of eternal undeath clenching its cold fingers
around your heart, you called out to any power that
would answer your prayers. You pledged that you
would do anything asked of you, if only you would be
spared this fate worse than death.

That prayer was answered. The source of that
answered prayer is not known, but its power flowed

Oath Spells radiant damage or its normal type of damage.
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the
Oath of the Plaguetouched Spells table. See the Sacred Bulwark Against Death and Disease
Oath class feature for how oath spells work.
Starting at 15th level, you can expend only 1 hit point
OATH OF THE PLAGUETOUCHED SPELLS from your lay on hands pool to cure the target of a
disease. In addition, your hit point maximum can’t
Paladin Level Spells be reduced, and you have advantage on saving throws
3rd bane, protection from evil and good against effects from undead creatures that reduce
5th enhance ability, lesser restoration your ability scores, such as a shadow’s Strength Drain.
9th life from death*, remove curse
Scourge of Undeath
13th blight, freedom of movement
17th greater restoration, hold monster At 20th level, as a bonus action, you can become
a scourge to undead. For 1 minute, you gain the
*indicates a spell found in this book following benefits:

Channel Divinity • The bright light shed by your Protective Aura is Chapter 2: Class Options
sunlight.
When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the 107
following two Channel Divinity options. See the • You have advantage on attack rolls against undead.
Sacred Oath class feature for how Channel Divinity • An undead creature in your Aura of Radiant
works.
Energy takes extra radiant damage equal to twice
Protective Aura. As a bonus action, you summon your Charisma modifier (minimum of 2) when
forth your power into a shining aura around yourself. you or a friendly creature hit it with a melee
For 1 minute, you shed bright light in a 10-foot weapon attack.
radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. In
addition, each hostile creature within 5 feet of you has Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until
disadvantage on its first attack roll each turn that isn’t you finish a long rest.
against you. If the hostile creature is undead, it instead
has disadvantage on all attack rolls that aren’t against RANGER ARCHETYPES
you. You can end this effect on your turn as part of any
other action. If you fall unconscious, this effect ends. The deadliest of hunters, rangers thrive along the
boundaries between wilderness and civilization,
Turn Undead. As an action, you present your holy stalking prey and protecting their allies from
symbol and call upon your power, using your Channel predation. Some rangers call upon the power of the
Divinity. Each undead that can see or hear you within forest to capture or elude their quarry, some train a
30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw. If variety of animals to fight by their sides, while others
the creature fails its saving throw, it is turned for 1 use their skills at hunting and tracking to capture or
minute or until it takes damage. kill for coin.

A turned creature must spend its turns trying FIGHTING STYLE OPTIONS
to move as far away from you as it can, and it can’t When you choose a fighting style at 2nd level, the
willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you. It also following style is added to your list of options:
can’t take reactions. For its action, it can use only
the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that Gunfighting
prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move,
the creature can use the Dodge action. When you roll a 1 on a damage die for an attack
you make with a weapon that has the gunpowder
Aura of Radiant Energy property, you can reroll the die and must use the new
roll, even if the new roll is a 1. The weapon must have
Beginning at 7th level, you and your allies within 10 the gunpowder property for you to gain this benefit.
feet of you have resistance to necrotic damage. In
addition, when you or a friendly creature hit an undead BEAST TRAINER
creature within 10 feet of you with a melee weapon People have used animals in their war efforts since
attack, the attacker can choose if the attack deals time immemorial. As a beast trainer, you teach
animals how to fight and survive on the battlefield.

You also train them to recognize and obey your allies Bestial Flanker
when you aren’t able to direct them. While a beast
trainer can train any type of animal, they often At 7th level, when you hit a creature, you can choose
generate a strong bond with one species and one of your trained animals you can see within 30 feet
focus their training on beasts of that type. of you. If that trained animal attacks the creature you
hit before your next turn, it has advantage on its first
Beast Whisperer attack roll.

Starting at 3rd level, you gain proficiency You can use this feature a number of times equal to
in Animal Handling. If you already have your proficiency bonus. You regain all expended uses
proficiency in this skill, your proficiency bonus is when you finish a long rest.
doubled for any ability check you make with it.
Bred for Battle
Trained Animals
Starting at 11th level, add half your proficiency bonus
Beginning when you take this archetype at 3rd to each trained animal’s AC, attack rolls, damage
level, you gain a beast companion. Choose a beast rolls, saving throws, and to any skills in which it is
that is Medium or smaller and has a challenge rating proficient, and increase each trained animal’s hit
of 1/4 or lower. The beast is friendly to you and your point maximum by twice your proficiency bonus. In
companions, and it obeys any commands that you addition, you can choose Large and smaller beasts
issue to it. In combat, it shares your initiative and when you select trained animals.
takes its turn immediately after yours. The beast can
move and use its reaction on its own, but, if you don’t Primal Whirlwind
issue any commands to it, the only action it takes is the
Dodge action. You can use your bonus action to direct At 15th level, when you command your trained
it to take the Attack, Dash, Disengage, Help, Hide, or animals to use the Attack action, you can choose for
Search action or an action listed in its statistics. one trained animal to attack all creatures within 5 feet
of it, making one attack against each creature.
If you are knocked unconscious, killed, or
otherwise unable to command your trained animal, You can use this feature a number of times equal to
one of your allies can use a bonus action to command your proficiency bonus. You regain all expended uses
it by succeeding on a DC 10 Wisdom (Animal when you finish a long rest.
Handling) check.

When you reach 7th level, you can have more than
one trained animal at a time. All your trained animals
can have a total challenge rating equal to a quarter of
your level, rounded down. A beast with a challenge
rating of 0 is considered to have a challenge rating
of 1/8 for the purpose of determining the number of
trained animals you can have. You can use a bonus
action to direct all your trained animals to take the
same action, or you can use an action to command all
of them to take different actions.

To have one or more trained animals, you
must spend at least one hour each day practicing
commands and playing with your animals, which you
can do during a long rest.

If a trained animal dies, you can use an action to
touch the animal and expend a spell slot of 1st level or
higher. The animal returns to life after 1 minute with
all its hit points restored.

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Fiercely protective of their territory, alseid herds
form close bonds with their home forests. In return At 7th level, you can command the land around you
for their diligent protection, the forests offer their to come to your aid. As a bonus action, choose a
blessings to dedicated alseid rangers. In recent years, point you can see on the ground within 60 feet. You
woodsy adventurers of other races who have earned cause the area within 15 feet of that point to undulate
the forests’ trust also received this blessing, though and warp. Each creature in the area must make a
their numbers are scant. These Grove Wardens can tap Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC.
into the living magic of ancient forests. Your senses On a failure, a creature is pushed up to 15 feet in a
travel through the plants and earth of the woods, and direction of your choice and knocked prone. Once
the very land rises up to strike down your enemies. you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you
finish a short or long rest.
Grove Warden Magic
Wrath of the Forest
Starting at 3rd level, you learn an additional spell
when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown At 11th level, you can call on the land in your vicinity
in the Grove Warden Spells table. The spell counts as to strike at your enemies. When you take the Attack
a ranger spell for you, but it doesn’t count against the action, you can use a bonus action to make a rock,
number of ranger spells you know. branch, root, or other small natural object attack a
creature within 30 feet of you. You are proficient with
GROVE WARDEN SPELLS the attack, it counts as magical for the purpose of
overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical
Ranger Level Spells attacks and damage, and
3rd entangle you add your Dexterity
modifier to the attack and
5th branding smite damage rolls. The damage
is of a type appropriate to
9th speak with plants the object, such as piercing
for a thorny branch or
13th hallucinatory terrain bludgeoning for a rock, and the
damage die is a d8.
17th animate objects

Whispers of the Forest

At 3rd level, when you use your Primeval Awareness
feature while within a forest, you add humanoids to
the list of creature types you can sense. When sensing
humanoids, you know the general direction of the
creatures, and you know if a humanoid is solitary, in
a small group of up to 5 humanoids, or a pack of more
than 5 humanoids.

Forest’s Will

At 3rd level, you can magically draw on the living
essence of the land to hamper your foes. As a
bonus action, choose one creature you can see
within 60 feet of you. Your next
weapon attack against that
creature has advantage. If that
attack hits, the creature’s speed
is reduced by 10 feet until the start
of your next turn. When you reach 11th
level in this class, if that attack
hits, the creature’s speed is
instead halved until the start of
your next turn.

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on itself on a success.
Starting at 15th level, the land around you comes
to your aid when you are in danger, interposing Disarming Shot. You can use the Disarm weapon
rocks, branches, vines, roots, or even the ground option when attacking with a firearm. If the target
itself between you and your foes. When a creature you is beyond the normal range for the weapon, it has
can see targets you with an attack, you can use your advantage on its saving throw. Use your trick shot DC
reaction to roll a d8 and add it to your AC against for this saving throw instead of the weapon option DC.
the attack.
Haft Strike. As a bonus action after you load your
GUNSLINGER firearm, you can whip the weapon around and use the
Gunslingers use their expertise to hunt and track stock to make a melee attack at a target within 5 feet
for coin, using their marksmanship skills to of you. This attack deals 1d6 bludgeoning damage if
bring down their prey. Some gunslingers work done with a one-handed firearm, or 1d8 bludgeoning
by a personal code that defines what they will damage with a two-handed firearm, plus your
or will not do for money, while others have no Strength modifier.
scruples in who or what they hunt.
Improved Ricochet Shot. You can use the Ricochet
Gunslinger Magic Shot weapon option against a target that has total
cover, provided you are aware of which space the
Starting at 3rd level, you learn an additional spell target occupies.
when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown
in the Gunslinger Spells table. Each spell counts as a Manipulate Object. You can fire a round from your
ranger spell for you, but it doesn’t count against the gun to manipulate an object at a distance, up to the
number of ranger spells you know. maximum range of your firearm. This allows you to
take the Use an Object action from a distance, though
GUNSLINGER SPELLS your action is limited to things that can be done with
the impact of the bullet, such as punching a button,
Ranger Level Spell moving a lever, severing a rope, or similar actions.
3rd hunter’s mark
You can also use this trick shot to move an object
5th hold person weighing no more than 10 pounds, pushing it up to

9th clairvoyance

13th locate creature

17th legend lore

Trick Shot

You can use your firearms to pull off special feats of
marksmanship. Trick shots provide special effects or
secondary functions to your firearm attacks. Unless
otherwise stated, you can use a trick shot as part of
the same action you use to attack with the firearm.
You can use only one trick shot each turn. If you
are wielding a blunderbuss, you can use only the
Deafening Blast and Haft Strike trick shots.

If a trick shot requires a saving throw against
its effects, the DC equals 8 + your proficiency
bonus + your Dexterity modifier. Some trick shots
reference weapon options, which can be found in the
Adventuring Rules chapter of this book.

Deafening Blast. As your bullet flies toward your
target, you can cause one creature you can see within
5 feet of the path of the shot to make a Constitution
saving throw. On a failure, the creature is deafened
for 1 minute. The creature can repeat the saving

5 feet away from its original location. If an object Deadeye Chapter 2: Class Options
is being worn or carried, the creature wearing or
carrying it must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw Beginning at 15th level, your weapon attacks with 111
to prevent the object from being moved. firearms score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.

Shifting Shot. You fire a shot into a space occupied HAUNTED WARDEN
by a Large or smaller creature, near its feet or body. It is no secret the wilds are dangerous and that many
The creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving an intrepid adventurer has met an untimely end while
throw or be compelled to move 5 feet in a direction of exploring them. Haunted wardens are rangers who
your choosing. The creature automatically succeeds have come face to face with the restless spirit of one
on this saving throw if it would be compelled to move of those lost wanderers. Somehow during the course
into damaging terrain, such as lava or a pit. of this meeting, the yearning phantom tethers its
spirit to the warden’s in order to put its unfinished
Defensive Tactics business to rest. Even after its final wishes are met, or
in the tragic instance they can’t come to fruition, your
At 7th level, you gain one of the following features of companion remains with you until you meet your
your choice. end, both as a constant confidante and a reminder
that the veil between life and death is thin indeed.
Die Hard. When you fail a death saving throw,
you can choose to succeed instead. You can use this Beyond the Pale
feature a number of times equal to your proficiency
bonus. You regain all expended uses when you finish Starting when you choose this archetype at 3rd level,
a long rest. you can use a bonus action to see into the Ethereal
Plane for 1 minute. Ethereal creatures and objects
Fortified Hearing. You are immune to the deafened appear ghostly and translucent.
condition.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to
Return Fire. When a hostile creature you can see your proficiency bonus. You regain all expended uses
makes a ranged attack against you before your turn when you finish a long rest.
(including during the first round of combat), you can
make a ranged attack against that enemy as a reaction. Haunted Warden Magic

Sudden Withdrawal. When a creature you can see You learn an additional spell when you reach certain
hits you with a melee attack, you can move up to half levels in this class, as shown in the Haunted Warden
your speed as a reaction after the damage is dealt. This Spells table. Each spell counts as a ranger spell for
movement doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks. you, but it doesn’t count against the number of ranger
spells you know.
Improved Trick Shot
HAUNTED WARDEN SPELLS
At 11th level, your impressive marksmanship allows Ranger Level Spell
you to perform even greater trick shots with more 3rd false life
powerful effects. These improved trick shots require
more focus, and you must use an action to perform an 5th invisibility
improved trick shot.
9th speak with dead
Disruptive Shot. Make one ranged attack with
your firearm. On a hit, if the target is concentrating 13th death ward
on a spell, the DC of the Constitution saving throw
to maintain concentration is equal to 10 or the full 17th dispel evil and good
damage taken, whichever is higher.
Spirit Usher
Sharpshooter. Make one ranged attack with your
firearm. Attacking at long range doesn’t impose At 3rd level, you gain an undead spirit that anchors
disadvantage on this attack roll. On a hit, double itself to you and accompanies you on your journeys.
your damage dice for the attack. If you are firing a The spirit is friendly to you and your companions and
blunderbuss, choose one target in range to take the obeys your commands. See the spirit’s game statistics
extra damage, rolling normally for the rest. in the Spirit Usher stat block, which uses your
proficiency bonus (PB) in several places.
Stunning Shot. Make one ranged attack with your
firearm. On a hit, the target takes damage as normal You determine the spirit’s appearance, name, and
and must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or personality. You should choose a personality trait,
be stunned until the end of its next turn.

ideal, bond, and flaw for it, and you should work with SENSES darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
your GM to decide on a background story for the
spirit that fits the campaign. LANGUAGES understands the languages you speak

In combat, the spirit shares your initiative count, CHALLENGE —
but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can
move and use its reaction on its own, but, if you don’t PROFICIENCY BONUS (PB) equals your bonus
issue any commands to it, the only action it takes
is the Dodge action. You can use your bonus action Ethereal Sight. The spirit usher can see 60 feet into the
to direct it to take the Attack, Dash, Disengage, Ethereal Plane when it is on the Material Plane, and vice
Help, Hide, or Search action or an action listed in its versa.
statistics. If you are incapacitated, the spirit can take
any action of its choice, not just Dodge. Incorporeal Movement. The spirit usher can move through
other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain.
When it joins with you, the spirit learns It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an
three cantrips it can cast at will, which object.
you select from the following lists. At
the end of a long rest, you can change Spirit Tether. The spirit usher is magically bound to you,
which cantrips the spirit knows. and you can communicate telepathically with one another
as long as you are both on the same plane of existence.
• Choose one of chill touch, ray of
frost, sacred flame, or vicious mockery. Innate Spellcasting. The spirit usher’s spellcasting ability is
Use your level when determining the Charisma (spell save DC equals 10 + your PB, spell attack
damage of the chosen cantrip. modifier equals your spell attack modifier). It can innately
cast mage hand and the spells you chose in the Spirit
• Choose one of druidcraft, Usher feature, requiring no material components.
prestidigitation, or thaumaturgy.
ACTIONS
• Choose one of dancing lights, message, or
minor illusion. Etherealness. The spirit usher enters the Ethereal Plane
from the Material Plane, or vice versa. It is visible on the
The spirit is bonded to you. It can’t be turned or Material Plane while it is in the Border Ethereal, and vice
destroyed, such as with the cleric’s Turn Undead versa, yet it can’t affect or be affected by anything on the
feature. When the spirit usher dies, it retreats to the other plane.
Ethereal Plane to restore itself and returns to an
unoccupied space within 5 feet of you when you finish
a long rest. If the spirit usher died within the last
hour, you can use your action to expend a spell slot
of 1st level or higher to return it to life after 1 minute
with all its hit points restored.

SPIRIT USHER

Small or Medium undead
ARMOR CLASS 10 + PB (natural armor)

HIT POINTS 3 + three times your ranger level (the spirit
has a number of hit dice [d8s] equal to your ranger level)

SPEED 0 ft., fly 30 ft. (hover)

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
5 (–3)
10 (+0) 10 (+0) 11 (+0) 13 (+1) 14 (+2)

112 DAMAGE RESISTANCES bludgeoning, piercing, and
slashing from nonmagical attacks

DAMAGE IMMUNITIES cold, necrotic, poison

CONDITION IMMUNITIES charmed, exhaustion,
frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned,
prone, restrained

Merge Spirit SNAKE SPEAKER SPELLS Chapter 2: Class Options

Starting at 7th level, you can use an action to cause Ranger Level Spells
your spirit usher to join its essence with you for 1
minute. While merged, you gain the spirit usher’s 3rd charm person
Ethereal Sight trait and can interact with creatures
and objects on both the Ethereal and Material Planes. 5th suggestion
In addition, while you are merged, you become
less substantial and gain the spirit usher’s damage 9th tongues
resistances and damage immunities.
13th confusion
Once you use this feature, you shouldn’t use it
again until you finish a short or long rest. Each time 17th dominate person
you use it again, you suffer one level of exhaustion.
Scaly Transition
Guardian Geist
Beginning at 3rd level, you can take on limited
At 11th level, when you take damage that would serpentine aspects. When you finish a long rest, select
reduce you to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction one of the following features. You gain the benefit
to call out to your spirit usher. If you do, your spirit of the chosen feature until the next time you finish
usher teleports to an unoccupied space within 5 a long rest. Starting at 11th level, you can select two
feet of you and takes half the damage dealt to you, options when you finish a long rest.
potentially preventing your death.
Bite. You develop venomous fangs. When you use
In addition, when your spirit usher dies, you have the Attack action and attack with a weapon, you can
advantage on attack rolls until the end of your next use a bonus action to bite a target within 5 feet of you
turn. with your fangs. You are proficient with the fangs,
which deal piercing damage equal to 1d4 + your
True Psychopomp Strength or Dexterity modifier
(your choice) plus 1d8 poison
At 15th level, you can use your Merge Sprit feature damage on a hit.
as a bonus action instead of an action. When you
and your spirit usher merge forms, you gain its
Incorporeal Movement trait and Etherealness action,
and you are considered to be undead for the purposes
of determining whether or not spells or other magical
effects can affect you.

SNAKE SPEAKER
Like the serpents they adore, snake speakers are
highly adaptable hunters. Snakes are common
throughout the world, and people who need to travel
through snake-filled jungles often retain a snake
speaker guide, trusting the guide to protect them
from scaly poisoners.

Snake Speaker Magic

Starting at 3rd level, you learn an additional spell
when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown
in the Snake Speaker Spells table. The spell counts as
a ranger spell for you, but it doesn’t count against the
number of ranger spells you know.

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Keen Smell. Your nose and olfactory organs change space within 10 feet of you. It looks like you, has your
to resemble those belonging to a snake. You have Armor Class and saving throw bonuses, and has hit
advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely points equal to three times your ranger level. It lasts
on scent and on Wisdom (Insight) checks. for 10 minutes or until it is reduced to 0 hit points.

Poison Resistance. You have resistance to poison As a bonus action, you can command it to move
damage. up to your speed, using any form of movement
you possess, but it must remain within 120 feet of
Scales. Scales sprout along your body. When you you. Your decoy can’t take actions or use your class
aren’t wearing armor, your AC equals 13 + your features, but it otherwise moves as directed. While
Dexterity modifier. your decoy is within 5 feet of you, its appearance
and movements so closely mimic yours that when
Serpentine Movement. You have a climbing speed a creature that can reach you and your decoy makes
of 30 feet. an attack against you, it has a 50 percent change of
hitting your decoy instead.
Speak with Snakes
It looks exactly as you looked when you used this
Starting at 3rd level, you can comprehend and verbally feature, and it is a convincing duplicate of you. A
communicate with snakes. A snake’s knowledge and creature can discern that it isn’t you with a successful
awareness are limited by its Intelligence, but it can Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell
give you information about things it has perceived save DC. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it
within the last day. You can persuade a snake to again until you finish a long rest.
perform small favors for you, such as carrying a
written message to a nearby companion. SPEAR OF THE WEALD
The alseid have long defended the limits of their forest
Serpent Shape homes. These warriors can make a dizzying variety of
ranged and melee attacks in quick succession, using
When you reach 7th level, you can use an action ancient magic to flash across the battlefield.
to cast polymorph on yourself, assuming the shape
of a giant constrictor snake, flying snake, or giant Restriction: Alseid
poisonous snake. While you are in the form of a
snake, you retain your Intelligence, Wisdom, and You can choose this archetype only if you are an alseid.
Charisma scores. Once you use this feature, you can’t
use it again until you finish a long rest. Weald Spear

Starting at 15th level, you retain the benefits of your When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you
Scaly Transition feature while in the form of a snake, gain the ability to call forth a magical, wooden
and you can use this feature twice between rests. spear from the land of fey into your empty hand as a
bonus action. The spear disappears if it is more than
Sinuous Dance 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more. It also
disappears if you use this feature again, if you dismiss
Beginning at 11th level, your physical movements the weapon (no action required), or if you die. You
can beguile your enemies and strengthen your magic. are proficient with the weapon while you wield it. The
You can choose to use Dexterity as your spellcasting spear’s range is 20/60 feet, and, when you throw the
ability score instead of Wisdom. spear, it reappears in your hand after the attack. The
spear’s damage die is a d8, and it has the finesse and
In addition, when you cast a spell, you can add your reach properties.
Dexterity and Wisdom modifiers together and use
the result as your spellcasting ability modifier when At 7th level, your weald spear attack counts as
determining the DC or spell attack bonus for that magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and
spell. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage, and
until you finish a short or long rest. your weald spear’s damage die is a d10. At 11th level,
your weald spear’s damage die is a d12.
Decoy Skin

Starting at 15th level, you learn to magically shed your
skin and use it as an animate decoy. As an action,
you can shed your skin, which creates a duplicate of
yourself. The duplicate appears in an unoccupied

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Touch of the Fey Land have disadvantage on the ranged attack roll from Chapter 2: Class Options
being within 5 feet of the first creature you hit,
The touch of the land of the fey is always on however, you can still have disadvantage on the attack 115
your spear, hinting at its otherworldly ties. roll from being within 5 feet of other creatures.
Beginning at 3rd level, when you summon
your weald spear, choose one of the following WASTELAND STRIDER
effects. A barren landscape wracked by chaotic magics,
crawling with strange monstrosities and twisted
Aflame. Your spear is ensorcelled in aberrations that warp the minds of those who lay
heatless, white, magical flames whose eyes upon them … you have learned to traverse these
intensity rise and fall to reflect your mood. wastes and face these creatures without flinching. You
When you are at your happiest, your spear patrol its boundaries and stride unseen through its
sheds bright light in a 5-foot radius and harsh landscape, evading danger and protecting those
dim light for an additional 5 feet. who find themselves at the mercy of the arcana-laced
wilds and eldritch horrors.
Entwined. Your spear appears to be
wrapped in writhing green vines which Chaotic Strikes
occasionally coalesce into the shape of a
slender, grasping hand. The hand always points When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you’ve
in the direction of your home forest. learned to channel the unpredictable energies of
magical wastelands into your weapon attacks. You
Everblooming. Your spear is covered in small can use a bonus action to imbue your weapon with
wildflowers that bloom, die, bud, and bloom again chaotic energy for 1 minute. Roll a d8 and consult
within minutes. Pollinating insects are often drawn to the Chaotic Strikes table to determine which type of
your spear as the spear constantly exudes a pleasant, energy is imbued in your weapon. While your weapon
floral fragrance. is imbued with chaotic energy, it deals an extra 1d4
damage of the imbued type to any target you hit
Moonlit. Your spear appears as a pale length of with it. If you are no longer holding or carrying the
wooden moonlight. A trail of star-like motes travels weapon, or if you fall unconscious, this effect ends.
behind the spear’s point.

Canopy

Beginning at 7th level, when a creature within 30 feet
of you, including yourself, is targeted by a ranged
weapon attack, you can use your reaction to summon
a magical canopy of glowing leaves and branches over
the target. The target has resistance to the damage
dealt by the attack, and the canopy bursts into
shredded leaves afterwards. You must then finish a
short or long rest to use your Canopy again.

When you reach 11th level in this class, you can use
your Canopy twice between rests, and at 18th level, you
can use it three times between rests. When you finish a
short or long rest, you regain all expended uses.

Steps of the Forest God

Starting at 11th level, after you make a successful
ranged weapon attack with your weald spear, you can
use a bonus action to teleport to an unoccupied space
within 10 feet of your target.

Overwhelm

At 15th level, after you make a successful melee weapon
attack with your weald spear against a creature, you
can use a bonus action to make one ranged weapon
attack with it against a different creature. You don’t

CHAOTIC STRIKES Call the Otherworldly
d8 Damage Type
1 Fire At 11th level, you’ve gained some control over
otherworldly beings. You can use an action to
2 Cold summon a fiend or aberration with a challenge rating
3 Lightning of 2 or lower, which appears in an unoccupied space
4 Psychic that you can see within range. It disappears after
5 Necrotic 1 hour, when you are incapacitated, or when it is
6 Poison reduced to 0 hit points.
7 Radiant
8 Force The otherworldly being is friendly to you and
your companions. In combat, roll initiative for the
Wasteland Strider Magic creature, which has its own turns. It obeys any verbal
commands that you issue to it (no action required
Also starting at 3rd level, you learn an additional spell by you). If you don’t issue any commands to the
when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown in otherworldly being, it attacks the creature you are
the Wasteland Strider Spells table. Each spell counts attacking, or defends itself from hostile creatures if
as a ranger spell for you, but it doesn’t count against you aren’t attacking a creature, but otherwise takes
the number of ranger spells you know. no actions.

WASTELAND STRIDER SPELLS Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again
until you finish a short or long rest. When you reach
Ranger Level Spell 17th level in this class, you can summon a fiend or
3rd protection from the void* aberration with a challenge rating of 5 or lower with
5th calm emotions this feature.
9th dispel magic
Dimensional Step
13th banishment
At 15th level, you have learned to slip briefly between
17th hold monster worlds. You can cast the dimension door spell without
expending a spell slot. You can use this feature a
*indicates a spell found in this book number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. You
regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Stalwart Psyche
ROGUISH ARCHETYPES
Starting at 7th level, you have learned to guard your
mind against the terrors of the unknown and to Due to their versatility and mastery of various skills,
pierce the illusions of the otherworldly creatures that rogues can be found in all areas of society. Some
lurk in the wastelands. You have advantage on saving rogues perfect the art of burglary, some operate as
throws against being charmed or frightened and on military units focused on undermining building
ability checks and saving throws to discern illusions. foundations, some work for temples or pray to deities
and perform the duties other members of the faith
WASTELAND STRIDERS IN MIDGARD can’t or won’t, while others prefer to surreptitiously
move goods or people across borders or past guards.
The lands of the Wasted West are twisted and filled with
strange magics and eldritch creatures. Wasteland striders CAT BURGLAR
are suited to these unpredictable wilds in a way most As a cat burglar, you’ve honed your ability to enter
others are not, learning their intricacies and secrets. closed or restricted areas, drawing upon a tradition
first developed among the catfolk, who often are
Wasteland striders in Midgard learn Void Speech when innately curious and driven to learn what wonders,
choosing this archetype at 3rd level and have advantage riches, or unusual friends and foes lie beyond their
on saving throws against Void Corruption when speaking reach or just out of sight. In ages past, some allowed
or hearing Void Speech. this inquisitiveness to guide them toward a rogue’s
life devoted to bridging that gap by breaking into any
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that prevented them from satisfying their curiosity.

So successful were these first catfolk burglars that Breaking and Entering Chapter 2: Class Options
other rogues soon began emulating their techniques.
Walls become but minor inconveniences once you At 13th level, when you make an attack against a
work out the best methods of scaling them and learn door, gate, window, shutters, bars, or similar object
to mitigate injuries from falls. In time, cat burglars or structure that is blocking or barring an egress, you
become adept at breaching any openings they find; have advantage on the attack roll, and you can add
after all, if a door was not meant to be opened, why your Sneak Attack damage on a hit. You can choose
would it have been placed there? Those who devote for this damage to be audible out to a range of 100
a lifetime to such endeavors eventually learn to spot feet or to be audible only within 5 feet of the point
and bypass even the cleverest traps and hidden doors, where you hit the object or structure. Similarly, you
including those disguised or warded by magic. can choose for this damage to appear more or less
impactful than it actually is, such as neatly carving a
Some cat burglars use their abilities hole for you to squeeze through a wall or window or
to help themselves to the contents of bursting a door off its hinges.
treasure vaults or uncover hidden secrets,
others become an integral part of an Your expertise at deftly dismantling crafted works
adventuring party that values skillful extends to constructs and undead. You don’t need
infiltration techniques, and still others advantage on the attack roll to use your Sneak Attack
get the jump on their foes by taking the fight to feature against constructs and undead. As normal,
them where and when they least expect it, up to and you can’t use Sneak Attack if you have disadvantage
including private bed chambers or inner sanctums. on the attack roll.
You’ll likely end up someplace you’re not supposed to
be, but those are the places most worth visiting! Master Burglar

Up, Over, and In At 17th level, you can slip past a fire-breathing statue
unscathed or tread lightly enough to not set off a
Beginning when you choose this archetype at 3rd pressure plate. The first time on each of your turns
level, you have a climbing speed equal to your walking
speed. If you already have a climbing speed equal
to or greater than your walking speed, it increases
by 5 feet. In addition, when you are falling, you can
use your reaction to soften the fall. You reduce the
falling damage you take by an amount equal to your
proficiency bonus + your rogue level. You don’t land
prone, unless the damage you take from the fall would
reduce you to less than half your hit point maximum.

Artful Dodger

At 3rd level, alert to the dangers posed by hidden
traps and wards, you have advantage on saving throws
made to avoid or resist a trap or a magic effect with a
trigger, such as the glyph of warding spell, and you have
resistance to the damage dealt by such effects.

Cat’s Eye

Starting at 9th level, you have advantage on Wisdom
(Perception) or Intelligence (Investigation) checks
made to find or disarm traps, locate secret or hidden
doors, discern the existence of an illusion, or spot a
glyph of warding. You can also search for traps while
traveling at a normal pace, instead of only while at a
slow pace.

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that you would trigger a trap or magic effect with Bolstering Light
a trigger, such as the glyph of warding spell, you can
choose to not trigger it. Starting at 9th level, when you reduce a creature to
0 hit points with radiant damage, choose one of the
As a bonus action, you can choose a number of following:
creatures equal to your proficiency bonus that you
can see within 30 feet of you and grant them • Gain temporary hit points equal to twice your
the effects of this feature for 1 hour. Once you rogue level for 1 hour.
grant this feature to others, you can’t do so
again until you finish a long rest. • End one condition affecting you. The condition
can be blinded, deafened, or poisoned.
DAWN BLADE
Even churches and temples of deities • End one curse affecting you.
of goodness and light have need • End one disease affecting you.
of those willing to get their hands
dirty and willing to sully their honor Sudden Illumination
in service of what must be done. Dawn
blades are devout rogues, drawing divine power At 13th level, when you hit a creature with your
from deities of light to strike as a sudden ray of Radiant Beam, it must succeed on a Constitution
searing sunlight in the darkness. They are often saving throw (DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus
considered controversial by other adherents of their + your Wisdom modifier) or be blinded until the end
faith, yet the faith’s leadership understands such of its next turn.
agents are sometimes necessary.
Dawn Flare
Eyes of the Dawn
At 17th level, when you use your Dawn Strike feature
At 3rd level, you gain darkvision out to a range of to deal radiant damage to a creature that can’t see
60 feet. If you already have darkvision, the range you, the creature must make a Constitution saving
increases by 30 feet. throw (DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your

Dawn Strike

Starting at 3rd level, when you deal damage with your
Sneak Attack feature, you can magically change the
extra damage dealt to radiant damage. When you hit
an undead or a creature of shadow with such a Sneak
Attack, you deal an extra 1d6 radiant damage.

Radiant Beam

Beginning at 3rd level, when you deal radiant
damage to a creature with a melee weapon attack,
you can use a bonus action to throw a portion of that
radiant energy at a different creature you can see
within 30 feet of you. Make a ranged weapon attack
against the second creature. You are proficient with
this beam, and you don’t have disadvantage on the
ranged attack roll from being within 5 feet of the
first creature (though you can still have disadvantage
from other sources). On a hit, the beam deals 1d6
radiant damage.

When you reach 10th level in this class, the beam’s
damage increases to 2d6.

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Wisdom modifier). On a failed save, the creature following. Your ability to use this option might be
takes 10d6 radiant damage and can’t regain hit points limited by the available building materials or if the
until the start of your next turn. Once a creature takes ground is too hard to work, at the GM’s discretion.
damage from this feature, it is immune to your Dawn
Flare for 24 hours. • Create a low wall that is large enough to provide
half cover to a Medium creature.
SAPPER
You focus as much on identifying the weak points of • Dig a 5-foot-long, 3-foot-wide trench to a depth
structures as on the weak points of creatures. Sappers of 3 feet.
are deployed with the soldiery to dig trenches, build
bridges, and breach defenses. When troops move • Build a 5-foot-long, 3-foot-wide ladder. Each
into a heavily defended area, it’s your job to make it additional minute spent on this option increases
happen as efficiently as possible. the length of the ladder by 5 feet. The ladder is
sturdy enough to be used as a bridge.
Combat Engineer
Hastily Trap an Area. You can create and set some
When you select this archetype at 3rd level, you gain types of traps quickly. The Creating Traps table
proficiency in alchemist’s supplies, carpenter’s tools, indicates the timeframes required to build and deploy
mason’s tools, and tinker’s tools. Using these tools, commonly used traps. At the GM’s discretion, you can
you can do or create the following. use this feature to make and use other types of traps.

Alchemical Bomb. As an action, you can mix Chapter 2: Class Options
together volatile chemicals into an explosive
compound and throw it at a point you can see within
30 feet of you. Each creature within 10 feet of that
point must make a Dexterity saving throw (DC
equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence
modifier), taking 1d6 force damage on a failed save, or
half as much damage on a successful one. Alchemical
bombs lose their potency and become inert 1 minute
after they are created.

If a construct fails the saving throw or if you throw
the bomb at a structure or an object that isn’t being
worn or carried, your bomb also deals your Sneak
Attack damage to the target.

When you reach certain levels in this class, the
bomb’s damage increases: at 5th level (2d6), 11th level
(3d6), and 17th level (4d6).

Jury Rig Fortification. You are adept at creating
fortifications with whatever materials are at hand.
With 1 minute of work, you can create one of the

CREATING TRAPS Time Required to Build Trap Time Required to Set Trap
Type of Trap 5 minutes for each 5-foot-by-5-foot section When you finish building this trap, it
Collapsing Roof is considered set.
1 minute
Falling Net 1 minute 1 action
Hunting Trap
Pit 5 minutes for a 5-foot-wide, 10-foot‑deep simple pit; 1 bonus action
15 minutes for a 5-foot-wide, 10-foot‑deep hidden pit;
1 hour for a 5-foot‑wide, 10-foot‑deep locking pit; to When you finish building this trap, it 119
add spikes to a pit, increase the time by 1 minute. is considered set. It requires 1 bonus
action to reset a simple pit or locking
pit and 1 action to reset a hidden pit.

120 ALTRUISTIC SMUGGLING don’t trigger for the duration. In addition, difficult
terrain in the area doesn’t cost you or any creatures
Not all smugglers engage in their trade for reasons of you designate who can see or hear you extra
greed, profit, or mayhem. Some have been known to movement when moving through it. Once you use
escort refugees across the frontlines of war-torn nations this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a
or away from oppressive regimes. You might find yourself short or long rest.
leading herd animals to safety in the wake of natural
disasters like wildfires or the emergence of a tarrasque, SMUGGLER
slipping through a wartime ship blockade to bring food The transport of goods, creatures, and even people
or medical supplies to coastal commoners, or even can be a lucrative business, particularly if you
smuggling weapons to hidden rebel camps in a nation know how to avoid expensive import and export
ruled by a tyrant. Many might see you as a folk hero or taxes, bridge, highway, and port tolls, and other
outlaw of the people. legal requirements. Exotic poisons from far-off
locales, banned or cursed magic items, and illicit
Sculpt Terrain drugs or bootleg liquor all fetch a high price on the
black market. Thieves’ guilds, pirates, and criminal
At 3rd level, when you throw your alchemical bomb, kingpins pay well to those who can avoid law
you can choose for the bomb to not deal damage. enforcement when moving stolen goods, provide safe
If you do so, the area within 10 feet of the point of channels of communication, break associates free
impact becomes difficult terrain. You don’t need from jail cells or dungeons, or deliver supplies past
advantage on the attack roll to use your Sneak Attack guards. You’ve become adept at all of these things,
against a creature, if the creature is within the difficult perhaps even having developed a network of contacts
terrain created by your alchemical bomb. as a criminal, noble, con artist, or sailor during an
earlier part of your life.
Breach Defenses
Dab-handed Dealer
Starting at 9th level, when you hit a structure or
an object that isn’t being worn or carried, your When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain
attack treats the structure or object as if its damage proficiency with vehicles (land and water) and with
threshold is 5 lower. For example, if you hit a door your choice of either the disguise kit or navigator’s
that has a damage threshold of 10, its damage tools. Moreover, when determining your carrying
threshold is considered 5 when determining if your capacity, you are considered one size category larger
attack’s damage meets or exceeds its threshold. If a than your actual size.
structure or object doesn’t have a damage threshold
or if this feature would allow you to treat its damage Starting at this level, you also have advantage on
threshold as 0 or lower, your attack also deals your Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) checks to hide objects
Sneak Attack damage to the target. on vehicles, and you can use the bonus action
granted by your Cunning Action to make a check to
When you reach certain levels in this class, the control a vehicle, or to make a Dexterity (Sleight of
damage threshold your attacks can ignore increases: Hand) check to conceal a light weapon on yourself,
at 13th level (10) and 17th level (15). opposed by the Wisdom (Perception) checks of
creatures within 5 feet of you; if you succeed on a
Clear the Path check to conceal a weapon in this way, then you have
advantage on your next attack against one of those
At 13th level, you have advantage on checks to disarm creatures using that weapon, including on ranged
traps. If you fail a check made to disarm a trap, the trap attacks even if the target is within 5 feet of you.
doesn’t trigger even if its description states otherwise.
In addition, you can disarm a trap as a bonus action. Smuggler’s Legerdemain

All Clear Also at 3rd level, having made a careful study of laws
and those who enforce them, you’ve become adept
Beginning at 17th level, you can use an action to at avoiding both, even mastering a handful of arcane
declare a 50-foot-square area safe for travel for 1 techniques that aid your smuggling activities. You
minute. Mechanical and magical traps in the area learn two cantrips at this level and, when you reach
7th level in this class, one 1st-level spell of your choice.

The cantrips and spell must be from among the illicit goods. Your speed increases by 10 feet, you Chapter 2: Class Options
illusion or transmutation spells on the wizard spell ignore difficult terrain, and you have advantage on
list, all of which are ideally suited for manipulating initiative rolls.
goods, duping guards, communicating with covert
contacts, or escaping from a failed heist. Having SOULSPY
learned these forms of magic through research and In the eternal war between good and evil, between
rote memorization, Intelligence is your spellcasting light and darkness, between life and death, there are
ability for these spells. many types of participants on each side. Soulspies
are agents of the divine who lurk in the shadows,
You can cast the cantrips at will and the spell once taking a less-visible role in the fight. Occasionally,
at its lowest level; you must finish a long rest before they aid other agents of their deities, but most often
casting the spell again in this way. You can also cast they locate and manage or eliminate threats to
the spell using any spell slots you have. their deities that more scrupulous agents might be
unwilling or unable to handle.
Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can
replace the 1st-level spell with another 1st-level Spellcasting
spell of your choice from among the illusion or
transmutation spells on the wizard spell list. When you reach 3rd level, you gain the ability to cast
spells drawn from the magic of a divine entity.
Hypervigilance
Cantrips
Starting at 9th level, you have advantage on Wisdom
(Perception) checks that rely on sight or hearing, You learn three cantrips of your choice
and you can’t be surprised while you are conscious. from the cleric spell list. You
In addition, you have developed an awareness for learn another cleric
avoiding social or legal entrapment, and you have cantrip of your
advantage on Intelligence (Investigation) checks to choice at 10th level.
discern loopholes and traps in legal documents and
on Wisdom (Insight) checks to discern when you are 121
being manipulated into a bad social or legal situation.

Improved Smuggler’s Legerdemain

At 13th level, to further facilitate your extralegal
activities, you learn a second illusion or
transmutation spell, which must be one of the
following: arcanist’s magic aura, blur, darkvision,
enlarge/reduce, invisibility, knock, levitate, magic mouth,
mirror image, rope trick, or spider climb. Intelligence is
again your spellcasting ability for this spell. You can
cast this spell once at its lowest level and must finish a
long rest before you can cast it again in this way. You
can also cast the spell using any spell slots you have
of 2nd-level or higher. Whenever you gain a level in
this class, you can replace a spell from this list with
another from this list.

In addition, beginning at 13th level, whenever you
cast one of your 1st-level Smuggler’s Legerdemain
spells, you always cast it as if using a 2nd-level spell
slot unless you choose to cast it using a spell slot you
have of a different level.

Slippery as an Eel

Starting at 17th level, you have become especially
adept at slipping away from the authorities and
getting a jump on foes, even when encumbered by

SOULSPY SPELLCASTING

Rogue Level Cantrips Spells 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Known Known

3rd 3 3 2 — — —

4th 3 4 3 — — —
5th 3 4 3 — — —
6th 3 4 3 — — —
7th 3 5 4 2 — —

8th 3 6 4 2 — —

9th 3 6 4 2 — —
10th 4 7 4 3 — —
11th 4 8 4 3 — —
12th 4 8 4 3 — —

13th 4 9 4 3 2 —

14th 4 10 4 3 2 —
15th 4 10 4 3 2 —
16th 4 11 4 3 3 —
17th 4 11 4 3 3 —

18th 4 11 4 3 3 —

19th 4 12 4 3 3 1

20th 4 13 4 3 3 1

Spell Slots must be of a level for which you have spell slots, and
it must be an abjuration or necromancy spell, unless
The Soulspy Spellcasting table shows how many you’re replacing the spell you gained at 3rd, 8th, 14th,
spell slots you have to cast your cleric spells of 1st or 20th level.
level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you
must expend one of these slots at the spell’s level or Spellcasting Ability
higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you
finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your cleric
spells. You learn your spells through meditation and
For example, if you know the 1st-level spell inflict prayer to the powerful forces that guide your actions.
wounds and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot You use your Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your
available, you can cast inflict wounds using either slot. spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Wisdom
modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a
Spells Known of 1st-Level and Higher cleric spell you cast and when making an attack roll
with one.
You know three 1st-level cleric spells of your choice,
two of which you must choose from the abjuration and Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
necromancy spells on the cleric spell list. The Spells Wisdom modifier
Known column of the Soulspy Spellcasting table
shows when you learn more cleric spells of 1st level or Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus +
higher. Each of these spells must be an abjuration or your Wisdom modifier
necromancy spell and must be of a level for which you
have spell slots. The spells you learn at 8th, 14th, and Bonus Proficiency
20th level can be from any school of magic.
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain
When you gain a level in this class, you can choose proficiency in the Religion skill, if you don’t already
one of the cleric spells you know and replace it with have it.
another spell from the cleric spell list. The new spell
122

Divine Symbol In addition, when you cast a spell that deals Chapter 2: Class Options
radiant or necrotic damage, you can switch it to do
Starting at 3rd level, you can use an action to create the other type of damage instead. 123
a symbol of your deity that hovers within 5 feet of
you. The symbol is a Tiny object that is visible but Life Thief
invulnerable and intangible, and it lasts for 1 minute,
until you die, or until you dismiss it (no action At 17th level, you gain the ability to magically
required). While this symbol is active, you gain the channel life force energy out of one creature and
following benefits: into another. When you deal radiant or necrotic
damage with your Divine Symbol attack or a cleric
• Your Divine Symbol functions as a spellcasting spell or cantrip, choose a friendly creature you can
focus for your cleric spells. see within 30 feet of you. That creature regains hit
points equal to half the radiant or necrotic damage
• As a bonus action, you can turn the symbol into dealt. You can target yourself with this feature. Once
thieves’ tools, which you can use to pick locks, you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you
disarm traps, or any other activities that would finish a short or long rest.
normally require such tools. While your Divine
Symbol is functioning in this way, it loses all other UNDERFOOT
properties listed here. You can change it from Though most rogues prefer ambushing their
thieves’ tools back to its symbol form as a bonus opponents from the shadows, erina rogues ambush
action. their opponents from below. These Underfoot
use druidic magic and their natural aptitude for
• The symbol sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius burrowing to defend their forest homes. The
and dim light for an additional 10 feet. You can Underfoot are an elite order of burrow warriors in
extinguish or restore the light as a bonus action. every erina colony. Using a combination of guerilla
When you extinguish the symbol’s light, you attacks and druidic magic, they are a force to be
can also snuff out one candle, torch, or other reckoned with, diving into fights nose-forward.
nonmagical light source within 10 feet of you.
Restriction: Erina
• When you create this symbol, and as an action on
each of your turns while the symbol is active, you You can choose this roguish archetype only if you are
can force the symbol to shoot divine energy at a an erina.
creature you can see within 30 feet of you. Make a
ranged spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 Spellcasting
radiant or necrotic damage (your choice). When
you reach certain levels in this class, the symbol’s When you reach 3rd level, you gain the ability to cast
damage increases: at 5th level (2d8), 11th level spells drawn from the magic of the wilds.
(3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
Cantrips
Sacred Stealth
You learn three cantrips: shillelagh and two other
Starting at 9th level, you can use your Sneak Attack cantrips of your choice from the druid spell list. You
on a creature hit by an attack with your Divine learn another druid cantrip of your choice at 10th
Symbol if the target of the attack is within 5 feet of level.
an ally, that ally isn’t incapacitated, and you don’t
have disadvantage on the attack roll. You can use this Spell Slots
feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom
modifier (a minimum of once). You regain any The Underfoot Spellcasting table shows how many
expended uses when you finish a short or long rest. spell slots you have to cast your spells of 1st level and
higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend
Touching the Soul one of these slots at the spell’s level or higher. You
regain all expended spell slots when you finish a
When you reach 13th level, you can use your Divine long rest.
Symbol to deliver your cleric spells that have a range
of touch. Choose a creature you can see within 30 feet For example, if you know the 1st-level spell
of you as the target of the spell. You can’t use your longstrider and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell
Sacred Stealth feature on a spell delivered in this way. slot available, you can cast longstrider using either slot.
After you cast the spell, your Divine Symbol ends.

Spells Known of 1st-Level and Higher saving throw DC for a druid spell you cast and when
making an attack roll with one.
You know three 1st-level druid spells of your choice,
two of which you must choose from the divination Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
and transmutation spells on the druid spell list. The Wisdom modifier
Spells Known column of the Underfoot Spellcasting
table shows when you learn more druid spells of Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus +
1st level or higher. Each of these spells must be a your Wisdom modifier
divination or transmutation spell of your choice and
must be of a level for which you have spell slots. The Versatile Shillelagh
spells you learn at 8th, 14th, and 20th level can be
from any school of magic. Beginning at 3rd level, when you cast shillelagh, the
spell is modified in the following ways:
When you gain a level in this class, you can choose
one of the druid spells you know and replace it with • Its duration increases to 1 hour.
another spell from the druid spell list. The new spell • The spell ends early only if another creature holds
must be of a level for which you have spell slots, and
it must be a divination or transmutation spell, unless the weapon or if the weapon is more than 5 feet
you’re replacing the spell you gained at 3rd, 8th, 14th, away from you for 1 minute or more.
or 20th level.
• Your Sneak Attack feature can be applied to attack
Spellcasting Ability rolls made with your shillelagh weapon.

Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your druid Undermine
spells. Your magic draws upon your connection with
the natural world. You use your Wisdom whenever a Beginning at 9th level, you can use your action to dig
spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, a hole under a Large or smaller creature within 5 feet
you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the of you. That creature must succeed on a Dexterity
saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
Dexterity modifier) or fall prone. If the target fails
its saving throw, you can make one weapon attack
against that target as a bonus action.

UNDERFOOT SPELLCASTING

Cantrips Spells

Rogue Level Known Known 1st 2nd 3rd

3rd 3 3 2 — —

4th 3 4 3 — —

5th 3 4 3 — —

6th 3 4 3 — —

7th 3 5 42 —

8th 3 6 4 2 —

9th 3 6 4 2 —

10th 4 7 4 3 —

11th 4 8 4 3 —

12th 4 8 4 3 —

13th 4 9 4 3 2

14th 4 10 4 3 2

15th 4 10 4 3 2

16th 4 11 4 3 3

17th 4 11 4 3 3

18th 4 11 4 3 3

124 19th 4 12 4 3 3
20th 4 13 4 3 3

Death From Below Contingent Spell Chapter 2: Class Options

Beginning at 13th level, when you move at least 10 feet You can cast a spell to be triggered at a later time. To do 125
underground toward a target, your next attack against so, you must spend a number of sorcery points equal to
the target with your shillelagh weapon has advantage. the level of the spell slot used to cast the spell. You then
use your reaction to trigger the spell when the event
Vicious you stipulated when you cast the spell occurs.

At 17th level, when you use your Death From Below For example, you use your action, expend a 4th-
feature and hit the target with your shillelagh weapon, level spell slot, and spend 4 sorcery points to cast
the target is restrained by vegetation and soil until the dimension door as a contingent spell that will take effect
end of its next turn. when a creature moves within 5 feet of you. When a
creature moves within 5 feet of you a moment later,
SORCEROUS ORIGINS you use your reaction to trigger the dimension door and
teleport to a space 200 feet away.
Sorcerers tap into magic through latent power
in their blood, gifted by a genetic tie to a peculiar Emotional Spell
ancestor or by external magical influence in their
developing years. Such power can be from the When you cast a spell that allows its target to make
sorcerer’s innate connection with spores and a Wisdom saving throw, you can spend 3 sorcery
fungi, from a connection to ancient serpents and points to change the type of saving throw required to a
serpentfolk, or even from the influence of the body- Charisma saving throw instead.
warping energy found in magical wastelands.
Enlightening Spell
METAMAGIC OPTIONS
When you choose Metamagic options, you can When you cast a spell that targets a creature, you can
choose from the following additional options. spend 1 sorcery point to learn one of your target’s
resistances or immunities. Each time you use this
Autonomous Spell metamagic option on the same creature, it reveals a
new resistance or immunity.
When you cast a spell that has a duration of
concentration, you can spend 3 sorcery points to cast Fearful Spell
it without requiring concentration. For example,
using autonomous spell on detect magic changes When you cast a spell that deals damage to a creature,
its duration to 10 minutes. You can have only one you can spend 3 sorcery points to make the target of
autonomous spell in effect at a time. If you use your spell frightened of you until the end of your next
this metamagic to modify a second spell, the first turn. If your spell affects multiple targets, you can
autonomous spell ends. choose only one of the targets to be frightened.

Bewildering Spell Hidden Spell

You can cast a spell that overwhelms the senses of its When you cast a spell with a duration longer than
target. When you cast a spell that deals damage to one instantaneous, you can spend 2 sorcery points to mask
creature, you can spend 2 sorcery points to increase its magical aura. For the duration of your spell, it can’t
the intensity of the spell’s visual effect. The target of be detected or discerned with spells or effects, such as
your spell has disadvantage on the next Intelligence, the detect magic spell or a chuul’s Sense Magic trait.
Wisdom, or Charisma saving throw it makes within
the next minute. Homing Spell

Concussive Spell When you cast a spell that deals damage to one
creature, you can spend 2 sorcery points to target a
When you cast a spell that deals damage to a creature, creature that has total cover or is heavily obscured,
you can spend 1 sorcery point to push the target of provided you are aware of the target’s presence. This
your spell 10 feet away from you. If the spell affects metamagic option allows you to target the creature,
multiple targets, you can choose only one of the but it doesn’t cause the spell to automatically affect
targets to be pushed away from you. the target. As normal, the target must still make
a saving throw or be hit by your spell attack to be
affected by the spell.

126 Hungry Spell Shared Hunger Spell

When you cast a spell that deals damage to a single When you cast a beneficial spell on a friendly
target, you can spend 1 sorcery point to add your creature, you can spend 3 sorcery points to empower
Charisma modifier to the damage roll of the spell. If the creature’s weapons. The creature’s next weapon
you reduce a creature to 0 hit points with a hungry attack roll has advantage and, if the creature hits,
spell, you regain hit points equal to your Charisma you and the creature regain hit points equal to your
modifier (minimum of 1). Charisma modifier (minimum of 1).

Immaterial Spell BLACK POWDER SORCERY
Your innate magic comes from the explosive power
You can cast a spell without providing costly material of raw alchemy and black powder. You parents
components. You must spend 1 sorcery point for every may have been alchemists, whose long exposure
100 gp in the cost of the material component required. to alchemical reagents mingled with a latent talent
for magic in their bloodlines and caused you
Insatiable Spell to be born with such abilities. Or you may have
been experimented upon—with or without your
When you cast a spell on a creature that is immune permission—when you were younger and those
to the damage or effects of the spell, you can spend 5 alchemical experiments brought this unexpected
sorcery points to bypass the creature’s immunity for magical power to the surface. Whatever the catalyst
this casting of the spell. The creature is affected by the for your powers, they bring with them an affinity for
spell as if it didn’t have immunity to the spell’s damage black powder, allowing you magical prowess that
or effects and must make any saving throws allowed exploits its power to your benefit.
by the spell as normal.
Gun Mage
Lingering Spell
At 1st level, you gain proficiency with simple firearms
When you cast a damaging spell with an instantaneous and with the musket (see the Adventuring Gear
duration that requires a saving throw, you can spend chapter for details on these weapons), and you gain
a number of sorcery points equal to the spell’s level to proficiency with alchemist’s supplies or gunsmith’s
prolong the spell’s damage. A creature that failed its tools (your choice). In addition, you learn the mage
saving throw against your original casting of this spell hand cantrip if you don’t already know it.
must succeed on the same saving throw at the start of
your next turn or take half of the spell’s damage. Gun Hand

Logical Spell Starting at 1st level, when you cast mage hand, you can
perform the following additional tasks with it:
When you cast a spell that allows its target to make a
Wisdom saving throw, you can spend 3 sorcery points • You can use your mage hand to draw or stow a
to change the type of saving throw required to an pistol on your person or pick up a firearm within
Intelligence saving throw instead. 5 feet of you that isn’t being worn or carried. You
can do this once on each of your turns for free,
Robust Spell during either your move or your action.

You can make a spell difficult for other spellcasters • You can use a bonus action to reload a pistol held
to counter or dispel by spending 2 sorcery points. A by your mage hand. Your mage hand visibly becomes
creature that must make an ability check to counter or a pair of spectral hands to complete this action, the
dispel your spell has disadvantage on the check. second hand vanishing once the pistol is loaded.

Sapping Spell • When a creature within 5 feet of you attacks you
with a melee weapon, you can use a reaction to
You can increase the damage you deal with a spell fire a pistol held by your mage hand at the attacker.
by expending 2 sorcery points and up to half your Being within 5 feet of the target doesn’t impose
remaining Hit Dice. Roll the Hit Dice and add the disadvantage on the attack roll.
total result to the damage dealt by the spell. You then
take damage equal to half the amount of damage your You can create multiple mage hands with this feature
Hit Dice added to the spell’s damage. when you reach higher levels. You gain a second mage

hand at 5th level, and an additional mage hand Absorb Power Chapter 2: Class Options
at 9th, 13th, and 17th level. Unlike your
primary mage hand, these additional mage At 14th level, you can replenish your sorcerous
hands can be used only for the tasks power by absorbing the latent energy of black
described under this feature and powder. In a ritual that takes 1 minute, you can
any other aspects of this class that absorb the power in up to 30 cartridges’ worth of
reference this feature. Each extra black powder (equivalent to a full gunpowder horn).
mage hand remains within 5 feet of For every 10 cartridges worth of gunpowder, you
you and vanishes if it is unable to regain 1 expended sorcery point. The black powder is
remain within 5 feet of you. consumed in the process. Once you use this feature,
you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.
Fusillade
Ensuing Shot
Also at 1st level, when you use
the Attack action, you can make At 18th level, when you use your action to cast a spell
the attack with a weapon you are using a spell slot of 4th level or lower, you can make
wielding or with a pistol held in one one attack with a pistol as a bonus action. This pistol
of your mage hands. When you attack can be held by you or by one of your mage hands. If you
with a pistol held in one of your mage spend 6 sorcery points, you can make one attack with
hands, you can use your Charisma each pistol held by you and your mage hands instead.
modifier, instead of Dexterity, for the
attack and damage rolls.

In addition, when you reach 2nd
level, you can use an action and spend 1
or more sorcery points to magically reload
and fire a pistol held by one of your mage hands.
The ammunition fired is magically created and
dissipates after being fired, hit or miss. For each
sorcery point you spend, you can magically reload
and fire another pistol held in another of your mage
hands as part of the same action. These attacks have
a range of 30 feet. Attacks from your mage hand-held
pistols can attack separate targets or the same target,
dealing damage, including the possibility of a burst,
as normal on a hit. Each mage hand’s attack counts as
a separate attack for the purposes of determining the
number of bursts that can happen. Once you use this
feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short
or long rest.

Magic Bullets

Beginning at 6th level, your attacks with firearms
count as magical for the purpose of overcoming
resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and
damage. In addition, when you make an attack with
a firearm, you can spend 1 sorcery point to imbue
the attack with elemental energy. Choose one of the
following: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder. On
a hit, an imbued attack deals an extra 2d6 damage
of the chosen type. At 14th level, you can spend 2
sorcery points instead, increasing the damage to 4d6.

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COLD-BLOODED You can use this feature a number of times equal to
The serpentfolk slithered across the surface of the your proficiency bonus. You regain all expended uses
world in the primordial times before the warm- when you finish a long rest.
blooded races became dominant. They worked their
will upon the land and ocean and created works Spirit Venom
to show their mastery of the magical arts. Their
artistry did not end with the landscape. They also At 14th level, you sap the will and resolve of creatures
experimented on any warm-blooded creatures they that are under your sway. If you start your turn with
captured until they had warped and molded the at least one creature within 30 feet of you that is
creatures into new and deadly forms. currently charmed, frightened, paralyzed, restrained,
or stunned by a spell you cast or a magical effect
One or more of your ancestors was experimented on you created, such as from a magic item, you can use
or an associate of the world’s earliest serpentfolk. Your your reaction to force each such creature to take 6d4
ancestor’s natural affinity for magic was nurtured, psychic damage.
expanded, and warped by the experimentation of
their ophidian masters in order to transform them You can use this feature a number of times equal
into something closer to the serpentine ideal. Those to your proficiency bonus. You regain all expended
alterations made so long ago have waxed in you, uses when you finish a long rest. If you have expended
allowing you to influence intelligent creatures more all your uses of this feature, you can spend 5 sorcery
easily. Now you must decide if you will follow the points at the start of your turn to use it again.
serpent’s path of dominance and subjugation or if you
will fight against their influence and use your power Mirrored Lamina
for a greater purpose.
Starting at 18th level, when you fail a saving throw
Ophidian Metabolism against being charmed, frightened, paralyzed,
restrained, or stunned by a spell or other magical
At 1st level, your affinity with serpents grants you a effect, you can use your reaction to force the creature
measure of their hardiness. You can go without food that cast the spell or created the magical effect to
for a number of days equal to 3 + your Constitution succeed on a saving throw against your spell save DC
modifier (minimum 1) + your proficiency bonus or suffer the same condition for the same duration.
before you suffer the effects of starvation. You also
have advantage on saving throws against poison If both you and the creature that targeted you are
and disease. affected by a condition as a result of this feature and
that condition allows for subsequent saving throws
Patterned Scales to end the effect, the condition ends for both of you
if either one of you succeeds on a subsequent saving
Also at 1st level, when you use magic to trick or throw.
deceive, the residual energy of your spell subtly alters
how others perceive you. When you cast an illusion HUNGERING
spell using a spell slot of 1st level or higher, you have Your innate magic comes from a deep, primal source
advantage on Charisma (Deception) and Charisma of hunger and craving. Perhaps your line was cursed
(Persuasion) checks for the duration of the spell and for its greed by a god of plenty or generosity. Perhaps
for 10 minutes after the spell’s duration ends. one of your forebears was marked by the hungering
undead. Sorcerers with this origin have an unyielding
Insinuating Serpent appetite for arcana and go to nearly any length to
satiate their desire to increase their magical power.
Starting at 6th level, even when a creature resists
your unsettling allure, your presence gets under their Hungry Eyes
skin. When you cast an enchantment or illusion spell
using a spell slot of 1st level or higher, and your target At 1st level, you can sense when a creature is nearing
succeeds on its saving throw against your spell, your death. You know if a creature you can see that isn’t
target becomes charmed by you until the start of undead or a construct within 30 feet of you is below
your next turn. If the spell you cast affects multiple half its hit point maximum. Your spell attacks ignore
targets, only one of those targets can be affected by half cover and three-quarters cover when targeting
this feature. creatures you sense with this feature.

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Thirsty Soul extended period on a plane dominated by elemental Chapter 2: Class Options
lightning and thunder or by unceasing screams of
Beginning at 1st level, when you reduce a hostile madness; you yourself may have been born on such
creature to 0 hit points, you regain hit points equal a cacophonous plane. Alternately, you or a forebear
to your sorcerer level + your Charisma modifier may have suffered prolonged exposure to the
(minimum of 1). This feature can restore you to deafening thunderclaps of a bronze dragon’s lair. Or
no more than half your hit point maximum. you may even have been experimented on by aboleths
or other maniacal spellcasters, escaping before the
Feast of Arcana transformation was complete.…

Starting at 6th level, when you reduce one Whatever its source, resonant magic infuses your
or more hostile creatures to 0 hit points very existence, causing you to manifest one or more
with one spell of 1st level or higher, you unusual characteristics. At your option, you can create
regain 1 spent sorcery point. a quirk or roll a d6 and consult the Resonant Body
Quirks table to determine a quirk for your character.
Glutton for Punishment

Starting at 14th level, you can use your
reaction to intentionally fail a saving throw
against a spell that deals damage and that
was cast by a hostile creature. If you do
so, you regain a number of spent sorcery
points equal to half your Charisma modifier
(minimum of 1).

Greedy Heart

At 18th level, when you spend sorcery points to create
spell slots or use metamagic, you reduce the cost by 1
sorcery point (this can’t reduce the cost below 1).

RESONANT BODY
You are a conduit for the power that exists in
sounds and vibrations, your body a living tuning
fork capable of emitting, focusing, muting, and
transmuting sound and sonic forms of magic.
Perhaps you endured overexposure to transmutation
magic, arcane thunder, or the ear-splitting cries
of an androsphinx, bukavac (see Tome of Beasts), or
avalanche screamer (see Tome of Beasts 2). Maybe you
can trace your lineage to an ancestor who spent an

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d6 Quirk
1 You emit a faint hum, audible to any creature within 5 feet of you.

2 In response to natural or magical thunder, your body flickers into brief transparency with the sound of each
thunderclap.

3 Beasts with the Keen Hearing trait initially respond aggressively when you come within 30 feet of them.

4 If you hold a delicate, nonmagical glass object such as a crystal wine glass for longer than one round, the
object shatters.

5 Every time you speak, your voice randomly changes in pitch, tone, and/or resonance, so that you never
sound quite the same.

6 When another living creature touches you, you emit a brief, faint tone like a chime, the volume of which
increases with the force of the touch.

130 Reverberating Quintessence that deals thunder damage, the creature takes half the
cantrip’s damage but suffers no additional effect from
At 1st level, you harbor sonic vibrations within the cantrip.
you. You are immune to the deafened condition,
and you have tremorsense out to a range of 10 feet. Moreover, you can increase the power of some
In addition, you have advantage on saving throws of your spells. When you cast a sorcerer spell of 1st
against effects that deal thunder damage. through 5th level that deals thunder damage, you can
cause the spell to maximize its damage dice. Once
When you reach 3rd level in this class, you have you use this feature, you shouldn’t use it again until
resistance to thunder damage, and at 6th level, your you finish a long rest. Each time you use it again, you
tremorsense extends to 20 feet. take 2d12 force damage for each level of the spell you
cast. This force damage ignores any resistance or
Signature Sound immunity to force damage you might have.

Starting at 1st level, you can cast the alarm spell RIFTHOPPER
(audible option only) once without expending a spell Rifthoppers are the living embodiment of
slot or requiring material components. Once you cast wanderlust. The yearn to travel and witness unseen
alarm in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish vistas burns in them and manifests in their ability to
a long rest. move nearly at the speed of thought. The origin of
the rifthoppers’ powers remains a mystery, as they
When you reach 3rd level in this class, you can refuse to stay in one place long enough to be studied
expend 3 sorcery points to cast the shatter or silence extensively. Given the lack of empirical evidence,
spell without expending a spell slot or requiring many scholars have hypothesized that rifthoppers
material components. absorb energy from the world itself, typically through
an innate connection with ley lines or with areas
Sonic Savant where the borders between planes are thin, and can
use it to alter their own magic.
Beginning at 6th level, whenever you use a
Metamagic option on a spell that deals thunder Adventuring rifthoppers often concern themselves
damage, deafens creatures, or silences or magnifies with investigating mysterious portals to unknown
sounds, you expend only a fraction of your effort to locations, researching ley lines and other mystic
do so. With these sorts of spells, Metamagic options phenomena, or seeking out and stopping spatial and
that normally cost only 1 sorcery point instead cost 0 temporal disturbances.
sorcery points; all other Metamagic options cost half
the normal number of sorcery points (rounded up). Teleport Object

You can use your Sonic Savant feature to reduce the Starting at 1st level, you can use an action to teleport
cost of a number of Metamagic options equal to your a small object that isn’t being worn or carried and
proficiency bonus. You regain all expended uses when that you can see within 30 feet of you into your hand.
you finish a long rest. Alternatively, you can teleport an object from your
hand to a space you can see within 30 feet of you. The
Sound and Fury object can weigh no more than 5 pounds and must be
able to fit into a 1-foot cube.
At 14th level, your resistance to thunder damage
becomes immunity. In addition, when you cast a The weight of the object you can teleport increases
spell that deals damage, you can change the damage when you reach certain levels in this class: at 6th (10
type to thunder. If the spell also imposes a condition pounds), 14th level (15 pounds), and 18th level (20
on a creature damaged by the spell, you can choose pounds).
to impose the deafened condition instead. You can
use this feature a number of times equal to your Shift Space
proficiency bonus. You regain all expended uses when
you finish a long rest. At 1st level, once on each of your turns, you can spend
an amount of movement equal to up to half your
Resounding Spellcasting speed and teleport to an unoccupied space you can
see within a number of feet equal to the movement
Beginning when you reach 18th level, any of your you spent. If your speed is 0, such as from being
cantrips that deal thunder damage affect even those grappled or restrained, you can’t use this feature.
creatures that avoid the brunt of the effect. When a
creature succeeds on a saving throw against a cantrip

When you reach 3rd level in this class,
you can spend movement equal to your full
speed, reducing your speed to 0 for the turn,
and expend a spell slot of 2nd level or higher
to teleport yourself to a destination within
range. The range you can travel is dependent on
the level of the spell slot expended as detailed in
the Rifthopper Teleportation Distance table. You
bring any objects you are wearing or carrying with
you when you teleport, as long as their weight doesn’t
exceed your carrying capacity. If you teleport into an
occupied space, you take 4d6 force damage and are
pushed to the nearest unoccupied space.

RIFTHOPPER TELEPORTATION DISTANCE

Spell Slot Level Distance Teleported

2nd 30 feet

3rd 60 feet

4th 120 feet

5th 240 feet

6th 480 feet

7th or higher 960 feet

Tactical Swap You can be familiar with a number of locations Chapter 2: Class Options
equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of
At 6th level, when a creature you can see within 60 1). You can choose to forget a location (no action
feet of you starts its turn or when you or a creature required) to make room for familiarizing yourself
you can see within 60 feet of you is attacked, you can with a new location.
use your reaction to swap positions with the creature.
The target must be willing. You can teleport creatures with this feature a
number of times per day equal to your proficiency
If you use this feature when you or another creature bonus. You regain all expended uses when you finish
is attacked, the attack’s target becomes the creature a long rest.
that now occupies the space being attacked, not the
original target. Dimensional Ambler

You can use this feature a number of times equal to Starting at 18th level, you can use an action to
your proficiency bonus. You regain all expended uses transport yourself and a number of willing creatures
when you finish a long rest. equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1)
within 30 feet of you and that you can see to the Astral
Familiar Locations Plane or to the Ethereal Plane. While you are on these
planes, you and the creatures you transported can
Starting at 14th level, if you spend an hour in a move normally, but each transported creature must
location, familiarizing yourself with its features stay within 60 feet of you. You can choose to return
and noting its peculiarities, you can use an action to all of you to the Material Plane at any time as a bonus
teleport yourself and a number of willing creatures action. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it
equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1) again until you finish a long rest.
within 30 feet of you and that you can see to the
location. You can teleport to this location over any
distance as long as both you and it are on the same
plane of existence. If the location is mobile, such as a
boat or wagon, you can’t familiarize yourself with it
enough to use this feature.

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SPORE SORCERY a sorcerer cantrip or a sorcerer spell of 1st level or
One of the most omnipresent elements in the higher, you can choose the new spell from the druid
atmosphere is practically invisible and often ignored: spell list or the sorcerer spell list. You must otherwise
spores. Plants of all varieties, fungal sentient life obey the restrictions for selecting the spell, and it
forms like mushroomfolk, and even animals emit becomes a sorcerer spell for you.
these tiny pieces of life. You’ve always had an affinity
for the natural world, and your innate magic is carried In addition, when you reach 5th level in this class,
within the power of these omnipresent spores. you can cast speak with plants without expending a
spell slot a number of times equal to your proficiency
Spore sorcerers are regularly found among the bonus. You regain all expended uses when you finish
mushroomfolk and derro who grow large gardens a long rest.
of fungi deep beneath the surface of the world.
Spore sorcerers can also be found in any area with an Spore Transmission
abundance of plant life, such as forests, swamps, and
deep jungles. At 1st level, your spores allow you to communicate
with creatures telepathically. You can use a bonus
Nature Magic action to create a telepathic link with one creature
you can see within 30 feet of you. Until the link ends,
Your affinity with the natural world and the spores you can telepathically speak to the target, and, if
that exist between all plants and creatures allows it understands at least one language, it can speak
you to learn spells from the druid class. When telepathically to you. The link lasts for 10 minutes or
your Spellcasting feature lets you learn or replace until you use another bonus action to break the link
or to establish this link with a different creature.
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If the target is unwilling, it can make a Charisma
saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending
the link on a success. If an unwilling target ends the
link in this way, you can’t establish a link with that
target again for 24 hours.

Metamagic Spore Transmission

Starting at 6th level, the spores connecting you and
the target of your Spore Transmission enhance your
metamagic effects on the linked target. You gain
the following benefits when using the indicated
Metamagic options:

Careful Spell. If the spell allows a target to take
only half damage on a successful saving throw, the
linked target instead takes no damage.

Distant Spell. When you use this Metamagic
option to increase the range of a touch spell, the
spell’s range is 60 feet when cast on the linked target.

Extended Spell. If cast on the linked target, the
spell’s duration is tripled rather than doubled, to a
maximum of 36 hours.

Hungry Spell. If the linked target is reduced to
0 hit points with your hungry spell, you regain hit
points equal to double your Charisma modifier
(minimum of 2).

Lingering Spell. If the linked target failed its
saving throw against your lingering spell, it has
disadvantage on the saving throw to avoid the
additional damage at the start of your next turn.

Shared Hunger Spell. If you use this Metamagic
option on the linked target, you and the target

regain hit points equal to double your Charisma work on simultaneous tasks. You can use the Search Chapter 2: Class Options
modifier (minimum of 2) if the target hits with its action or make an Intelligence or Wisdom check as a
weapon attack. bonus action on your turn. 133

Twinned Spell. By spending 1 additional sorcery Digitigrade Legs. Your legs are similar to the
point, you can affect the linked target in addition to rear legs of a wolf or horse. Your movement speed
the two original targets. increases by 10 feet, and you can stand up from
prone by spending 5 feet of movement rather than
Spore’s Protection half your speed.

Starting at 14th level, when an attacker you can see Grasping Tentacle. You can use an action to
targets you with a melee attack, you can use your transform one of your arms into a grotesque
reaction to call forth spores to cloud its senses. tentacle. The tentacle is a natural melee weapon
The attacker has disadvantage on the attack roll. If with the reach property, which you can use to make
the attack hits, you gain 10 temporary hit points unarmed strikes. When you hit with it, you can use
as the spores bind the wound for a short time. The Charisma instead of Strength for the attack, and the
temporary hit points last for 1 minute. tentacle deals bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 +
your Charisma modifier. At the start of your turn, if
Spore Form you are grappling a creature with the tentacle, you
can deal 1d6 bludgeoning damage to it. You don’t
At 18th level, you gain immunity to poison damage have fine motor control over your tentacle, and you
and the poisoned condition. In addition, as an action, can’t wield weapons or shields or do anything that
you can radiate spores in a 20-foot radius around you
for 1 minute. Each friendly creature that starts its turn
in the area regains hit points equal to your Charisma
modifier (a minimum of 1). Each hostile creature that
starts its turn in the area takes poison damage equal to
your Charisma modifier (a minimum of 1). The target
of your Spore Transmission regains (if it is friendly)
or takes (if it is hostile) double this amount. Once you
use this action, you can’t use it again until you finish a
long rest.

WASTELANDER
Eldritch power and residual magical energy left
over from a horrific arcane war is drawn to you as a
lodestone is drawn to iron. Perhaps this attraction
is due to a pact one of your ancestors made with an
ancient eldritch horror. Perhaps it is an unfortunate
twist of circumstance. Regardless, your physiology
is in a constant state of transformation as a result
of your condition. Some sorcerers who arise
from magical wastelands embrace their body’s
modifications, others take to adventuring to find a
cure for what they see as their affliction, while others
still seek to make a mark on the world before oblivion
claims them.

Alien Alteration

At 1st level, the influence of raw magical energy in your
bloodline remodeled your form. You choose one of the
following features as the alteration from your ancestry.

Binary Mind. Your cranium is larger than most
creatures of your type and houses your enlarged brain,
which is partitioned in a manner that allows you to

134 requires manual precision, such as using tools or Third Arm (Prehensile Tail). Your tail extends to
magic items or performing the somatic components a length of 15 feet and the end splits into five finger-
of spells. You can revert your tentacle back into an like appendages. You can do anything with your tail
arm as a bonus action. you could do with a hand, such as wield a weapon. In
addition, you can use your tail to drink a potion as a
Prehensile Tail. You have a prehensile tail, which bonus action.
allows you to take the Use an Object action as a
bonus action on your turn. Your tail can’t wield Absorb Arcana
weapons or shields, but it is capable of some
manual precision, allowing you to use your tail Starting at 14th level, when you succeed on a saving
to hold material components or perform the throw against a spell that would deal damage to you,
somatic components of spells. In addition, you can you can use your reaction and spend a number of
interact with up to two objects for free during your sorcery points equal to the spell’s level to reduce the
movement and action, provided you use your tail to damage to 0.
interact with one of the objects.
Spontaneous Transformation
Aberrant Physiology
At 18th level, your body becomes more mutable. You
Starting at 1st level, when a creature scores a critical can use a bonus action to gain a second option from
hit on you, you can use your reaction to shift the the Alien Alteration feature and its evolved form from
positions of your vital organs and turn the critical hit the Advanced Transformation feature for 1 minute.
into a normal hit. Any effects triggered by critical hit Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until
are canceled. you finish a short or long rest.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to WARLOCK OTHERWORLDLY
your proficiency bonus. You regain all expended uses PAT R O N S
when you finish a long rest.
At some point in each warlock’s life, they struck a
Advanced Transformation bargain with an otherworldly entity. These entities
can range from malicious to benign or simply be
At 6th level, your increase in power also increases unknowable. Some warlocks choose to make bargains
the concentration of raw magical energy in your with the eldest dragons, some with beings of chaos,
blood, further altering your body. The alteration you and some with the subtle intelligences behind the
chose from your Alien Alteration feature evolves world’s oldest magical forests or even the land itself.
as described below. Alternatively, you can choose
a second option from the Alien Alteration feature ELDRITCH INVOCATIONS
instead of evolving the alteration you chose. When you choose Eldritch Invocations, you can
choose from the following additional options. If an
Caustic Tentacle (Grasping Tentacle). Your tentacle eldritch invocation has prerequisites, you must meet
excretes acidic mucus. You can use a bonus action to them to learn it. You can learn the invocation at the
suppress the mucus until the start of your next turn. same time that you meet its prerequisites. A level
While the tentacle excretes acidic mucus, it deals an prerequisite refers to your level in the warlock class.
extra 2d6 acid damage to any target it hits. A creature
that is grappled by your tentacle at the start of your Chaotic Aegis
turn takes the extra acid damage when it takes the
bludgeoning damage. Prerequisite: 5th level, Wyrdweaver patron
The pact with your patron offers protection from the
Cognitive Split (Binary Mind). Your cranium powers of entropy. When you or a creature targeting
expands even further as your brain swells in size. you with an effect must roll a die or dice and consult a
When you use your action to cast a spell, you can use table to determine the outcome of the effect, such as
a bonus action to make one melee or ranged weapon with the confusion spell, you can use your reaction to
attack against a target in range. force a reroll of the die or dice. You must use the new
result. You must finish a short or long rest before you
Fell Sprinter (Digitigrade Legs). Your legs elongate can use this invocation again.
and your body sheds some of its weight to allow you
to reach greater speeds. You can take the Dash or
Disengage action as a bonus action on each of your
turns. When you Dash, the extra movement you gain
is double your speed instead of equal to your speed.

Chaotic Luck Entangling Blast Chapter 2: Class Options

Prerequisite: 3rd level, Wyrdweaver patron Prerequisite: 5th level, eldritch blast cantrip,
The tumbling dice of fate sometimes fall in your Old Wood patron
favor. When you are hit by an attack, you can use your When you hit a creature with eldritch blast, the creature
reaction to force the attacker to reroll the damage must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be
dice. You must accept the new damage roll. You must grappled by roots, vines, and other vegetation until
finish a short or long rest before you can use this the end of its next turn. The DC for this saving throw
invocation again. and to escape this grapple is your spell save DC.

Convulsions of the World Extinguishing Blast

Prerequisite: 3rd level Prerequisite: eldritch blast cantrip, Hunter in Darkness
Your mind reaches deep into the ground and an patron
elder voice answers. You can use an action to cause When you hit a creature with eldritch blast, you reduce
a localized tremor to shake the ground around you. the light surrounding it until the end of your next
Each creature other than yourself within 20 feet of turn. If the creature is in bright light, the area within
you must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be 10 feet of it becomes dim light. If the creature is
knocked prone. You can choose a number of creatures in dim light, the area within 10 feet of it becomes
equal to half your proficiency bonus to automatically darkness.
succeed on this saving throw. You must finish a long
rest before you can use this invocation again. Forest-Trained

Doom Hound You gain proficiency in the Nature and Survival skills.

Prerequisite: 7th level, Pact of the Chain feature, Hunter in Green Thumb
Darkness patron
As a bonus action, your familiar transforms into a Prerequisite: 5th level, Old Wood patron
more powerful creature for 1 minute. At 7th level and You can cast plant growth once using a warlock spell
higher, it transforms into a dire wolf. At 12th level slot. You can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.
and higher, it transforms into a winter wolf. At 18th
level and higher, it transforms into a hound of the Improved Companion
night (see Tome of Beasts). You must finish a short or
long rest before you can use this invocation on your Prerequisite: 12th level, Patron Companion feature
familiar again. When your patron sends you a beast as part of your
Patron Companion feature, you can choose a beast
Earthblood Geyser that relates to your patron (as shown in the beast
type column in the Animal Lords table) that has a
Prerequisite: 15th level challenge rating of 3 or lower.
Tapping the living mind of the world, you call
forth retribution from the ground. You can cast Knowledge of the Wood
magma spray (see the Magic and Spells chapter)
at will, without expending a spell slot or material Prerequisite: 15th level, Old Wood patron
components. When you are within 5 feet of a body of water in a
forest, you can cast scrying on any creature in that
Echo of the First Words forest at will, without expending a warlock spell slot or
material components. You must remain within 5 feet
Prerequisite: 9th level, Primordial patron of the body of water for the duration or the spell ends.
The echo of the first magical utterance reverberates
across time, confounding those who hear it. You can Lurker in Gloom
cast babble once using a warlock spell slot. You can’t
do so again until you finish a long rest. Prerequisite: 7th level, Hunter in Darkness patron
As a reaction when you take damage while in dim light
or darkness, you wrap shadows around yourself and 135
have resistance to that instance of damage. Once you
use this invocation, you can’t use it again until you
finish a short or long rest.

Nature’s Armor ANCIENT DRAGONS
You have made a pact with one or more ancient
Prerequisite: Old Wood patron dragons or a dragon god. You wield a measure of
You can use your action to sprout hard thorns across their control over the elements and have insight into
your skin for 1 hour. Your Armor Class becomes 12 their deep mysteries. As your power and connection
+ your Dexterity modifier, and, when a creature hits to your patron or patrons grows, you take on more
you with a melee weapon attack while within 5 feet draconic features, even sprouting scales and wings.
of you, it takes piercing damage equal to half your
warlock level. You must finish a short or long rest Expanded Spell List
before you can use this invocation again.
The Great Dragons allows you to choose from an
Patient Hunter expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell.
The following spells are added to the warlock spell list
Prerequisite: Pact of the Tome feature, Hunter in Darkness for you.
patron
When you identify a creature’s tracks using your ANCIENT DRAGONS EXPANDED SPELLS
tome, you have advantage on Wisdom (Perception)
and Wisdom (Survival) checks to find and track the Spell Level Spells
creature for the next 24 hours. 1st inflict wounds, magic missile
2nd heat metal, scorching ray
Primal Link 3rd dispel magic, lightning bolt
4th greater invisibility, ice storm
You can cast animal friendship at will, without 5th cloudkill, flame strike
expending a spell slot or material components.
Dragon Tongue
Shadow Arrow
Starting at 1st level, you can speak, read, and write
Prerequisite: 12th level, Pact of the Blade feature, Hunter in Draconic.
Darkness patron
When you hit a creature with an arrow shot from your Wyrmling Blessing
pact weapon, you can fire a second, shadow arrow at
the creature as a bonus action. If it hits, the shadow Also starting at 1st level, your connection to your
arrow deals necrotic damage equal to the damage draconic patron or patrons bestows a blessing upon
dealt by the first arrow. you. When you finish a long rest, you choose which
blessing to accept. You can have only one blessing at a
Silent Stalker time. The blessing lasts until you finish a long rest.

You gain proficiency in the Stealth and Survival skills. Aquatic Affinity. You gain a swimming speed
equal to your walking speed, and you can breathe
Speaker for the Trees underwater. In addition, you can communicate with
beasts that can breathe water as if you had cast the
Prerequisite: 9th level, Old Wood patron speak with animals spell.
You can cast speak with plants at will without
expending a spell slot. Draconic Hunger. When you are below half your hit
point maximum and you reduce a hostile creature to
Touch of the Forest 0 hit points, you regain hit points equal to twice your
proficiency bonus. This feature can restore you to no
Prerequisite: 9th level, Old Wood patron more than half of your hit point maximum.
You can cast awaken once using a warlock spell slot.
You can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Draconic Sight. You gain darkvision out to a
range of 60 feet. If you already have darkvision, this
136 blessing increases its range by 30 feet. In addition,
you can use an action to create an invisible sensor
within 30 feet of you in a location you can see or in an
obvious location within range, such as behind a door
or around a corner, for 1 minute. The sensor is an
extension of your own senses, allowing you to see and
hear through it as if you were in its place, but you are

WARLOCKS OF THE ANCIENT DRAGONS IN MIDGARD

Worship of the dragon gods (known as the “Great Dragons” represents celebration, the excitement and joy that comes Chapter 2: Class Options
in Midgard) is rare outside of the Dragon Empire or with spontaneity. When you choose Baal as your focus for
dragon‑worshipping communities like the Children of the day, you may act rashly and boldly. You understand
Veles in the Southlands and those devoted to Nidhogg or that rage itself can be a true aspect of worship, and this is
Jormungandr in the Northlands. The Dragon Empire holds Baal’s embrace. “Fires must be fed” is an oft-heard scripture.
the grandest shrines and the most notable of clergy, usually The following blessings are associated with Baal: Draconic
devoted to only one of the gods or another. However, some Hunger, Elemental Expertise, Elemental Versatility, and
solutions must come from outside the typical doctrine, or the Hunger Crystallized.
usual priesthood, and maybe outside the church altogether.
In such cases, a pact is made with the Great Dragons, often Khespotan. Khespotan sees fate as a road to follow.
for purposes that don’t fit neatly with the needs of church Though you may stray, yet you will find your way back, again
and empire or the needs of the immediate community. and again, for this is the path you follow. When danger lies
ahead, when a challenge seems too great, there will be
Warlocks of the Ancient Dragons act as emissaries. They a solution, and it is reliant upon you to find that solution.
aren’t typically as entrenched in a given dogma as a cleric When you choose Khespotan as your focus for the day, you
or paladin might be. Though their pact creates a strong may find comfort in the earth and be grounded in the fates.
bond with the dragon gods, they are rarely fanatics and are You may seek out answers only to find a greater destiny. You
often more capable of navigating the often-conflicting goals may see fate unfolding before you, and, rather than fight it,
of the various dragon gods. Rarely do they feel quite as you’ll instead embrace whatever lies ahead. The following
devoted to all, choosing to favor one or two over the others, blessings are associated with Khespotan: Draconic Senses,
and knowing where one stands in relation with each of the Draconic Sight, Elemental Expertise, and Elemental Versatility.
dragon gods can be of great importance.
Seggotan. Knowledge is eternal, never truly forgotten.
A warlock of the Ancient Dragons in Midgard can have And oaths are binding, never broken. From this, power arises
one or more of the following dragon gods as their patron. from knowledge and oath. Seggotan exists as the ocean
Each dragon god has suggested traits to add to your tide, reaching out to wherever water resides. Bathe in the
roleplay for your warlock of the Ancient Dragons when waters and be forever beholden to them. Seggotan notices
that dragon god is your focus for the day. You can change those who eliminate his foes. When you choose Seggotan as
which dragon god is your focus each time you change your focus for the day, your fortune may be best when on
your blessing. For added flavor, you can associate each the water. You may see the world anew, awash in the body
dragon god with particular blessings and manifest those of Seggotan, welcoming of a life more unpredictable, a life
roleplaying aspects when you are under the effects of one of without certainty. The following blessings are associated with
those blessings. Each dragon god has suggested associated Seggotan: Aquatic Affinity, Aquatic Command, Elemental
blessings in its entry. Expertise, and Elemental Versatility.

Azuran. Azuran is the god of wind, an embodiment of Veles. Power beyond imagining, Veles rarely shows favor,
the creation and the awareness of what comes next. With even to those considered their children. As the Creator of
wisdom, sight, and awareness, one can follow their path Midgard and Father of Serpents, Veles can’t be chosen as
of exploration and inspiration. When you choose Azuran your focus for the day. Instead, when you choose a dragon
as your focus for the day, you are primed to seek out new god as your focus each day, there is a 10 percent chance
discoveries, to explore all that you see. You may speak your focus is magically shifted to Veles rather than the
boldly, proudly, and with confidence. You may move ahead dragon god you chose. By embracing this power, you like
with declarations and avoid holding your tongue. Creation to think you’ve gained a sliver of Veles’s attention, and in
comes through action and voice, embodying the truth that return, you wield your given power in Veles’s name for the
Azuran lives. This enables the piercing of the veil, discovering day. The blessing you choose is unaffected, as any blessing
the mysteries, guiding you to new wisdom, and seeing the can be associated with Veles, but you temporarily adopt a
world as Azuran wills. The following blessings are associated more somber, worldly view. You feel you must make a mark
with Azuran: Draconic Hunger, Draconic Senses, Draconic on this day, whether for good or ill. The end is coming, of
Sight, and Hunger Crystallized. that inevitability there is no doubt, and Veles will be there
to see it. The only way to slow its arrival is to help preserve
Baal. Bold and rapid action embody Baal. Sacrifices are the natural world and the natural magic within it, buying
willingly given in the form of gold, jewels, and even blood. longevity for the world one day at a time.
Each sacrifice is more fuel for the blaze that is Baal’s spirit.
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138 deaf and blind with regard to your own senses while only beasts that can breathe water. You can cast each
using this sensor. As a bonus action, you can move spell once in this way and regain the ability to do so
the sensor anywhere within 30 feet of you. The sensor when you finish a long rest.
can move through other creatures and objects as if
they were difficult terrain, and if it ends its turn inside Crystallized Hunger. While this blessing is active,
an object, it is shunted to the nearest unoccupied you receive all the benefits of the Draconic Hunger
space within 30 feet of you. You can use an action to wyrmling blessing. When you kill a creature, you can
end the sensor early. crystallize a portion of its essence to create an essence
gem. This gem functions as an ioun stone of protection,
A creature that can see the sensor, such as a but it works only for you and has no value. As a
creature benefiting from see invisibility or truesight, bonus action, you can destroy the gem to regain one
sees a luminous, intangible dragon’s eye about the expended spell slot. You can have only one essence
size of your fist. gem at a time. If you create a new essence gem while
you already have an essence gem, the previous gem
Elemental Versatility. Choose one of the following crumbles to dust and is destroyed. Once you create an
when you accept this blessing: acid, cold, fire, essence gem, you can’t do so again until you finish a
lightning, or poison. You can’t change the type until long rest.
you finish a long rest and choose this blessing again.
When you deal damage with a spell, you can choose Draconic Senses. While this blessing is active,
for the spell’s damage to be of the chosen type instead you receive all the benefits of the Draconic Sight
of its normal damage type. wyrmling blessing. You have blindsight out to a

Draconic Mien

At 6th level, you begin to take on draconic aspects.
When you finish a long rest, choose one of the
following types of damage: acid, cold, fire, lightning,
or poison. You have resistance to the chosen damage
type. This resistance lasts until you finish a long rest.

In addition, as an action, you can harness a
portion of your patrons’ mighty presence, causing
a spectral version of your dragon patron’s visage to
appear over your head. Choose up to three creatures
you can see within 30 feet of you. Each target must
succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your
warlock spell save DC or be charmed or frightened
(your choice) until the end of your next turn. Once
you use this action, you can’t use it again until you
finish a short or a long rest.

Ascended Blessing

At 10th level, your connection to your draconic
patron or patrons grows stronger, granting you more
powerful blessings. When you finish a long rest, you
choose which ascended blessing to accept. While you
have an ascended blessing, you receive the benefits
of its associated wyrmling blessing in addition to any
new features of the ascended blessing. You can have
only one blessing active at a time. The blessing lasts
until you finish a long rest.

Aquatic Command. While this blessing is active,
you receive all the benefits of the Aquatic Affinity
wyrmling blessing. You can cast the control water and
dominate beast spells without expending spell slots.
When you cast the dominate beast spell, you can target

range of 15 feet, and you have advantage on Wisdom Your patron is one such animal lord. Animal lords
(Perception) checks. are varied in their motivations and often come into
conflict with each other. They each command legions
Elemental Expertise. While this blessing is active, of animal followers and gather information from all
you receive all the benefits of the Elemental Versatility of them. Unlike many other patrons, animal lords
wyrmling blessing. When you cast a spell that deals often have close relationships with those they bind
damage of the chosen type, including a spell you with pacts, some to control, others to guide and
changed using Elemental Versatility, you add your advise. You are your animal lord’s hand in the affairs
Charisma modifier to one damage roll of the spell. of humanoids, and your allies are as numerous as the
In addition, when a creature within 5 feet of you hits spiders in the corner or the birds in the sky.
you with an attack, you can use your reaction to deal
damage of the chosen type equal to your proficiency You choose a specific animal lord to be your patron
bonus to the attacker. You can use this reaction a using the Animal Lord table. Each type of animal in
number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. You the world can potentially have an animal lord. If you
regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. want to follow a specific type of animal lord, work
with your GM to determine the animal lord’s affinity
Draconic Manifestation and beast type and where that animal lord fits in the
world. For a deeper dive on specific animal lords and
At 14th level, you can assume the form of a dragon. for their game statistics, see Creature Codex and Tome
As an action, you can transform into a dragon with of Beasts 2. These books aren’t required to choose an
a challenge rating as high as your warlock level animal lord as your patron or to play this class option.
divided by 3, rounded down, for 1 minute. This
transformation works like the polymorph spell, except ANIMAL LORDS
you can take only the form of a dragon, and you
don’t need to maintain concentration to maintain Animal Lord Affinity Beast Type Chapter 2: Class Options
the transformation. While you are in the form of a Bat King Air Bats
dragon, you retain your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Brother Ox Earth Hooved mammals
Charisma scores. For the purpose of this feature, Lord of Vultures Air Vultures, birds
“dragon” refers to any creature with the dragon type, of prey
including dragon turtles, drakes, and wyverns. Once Mouse King Earth Rodents
you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you Queen of Birds Air Birds
finish a long rest. Queen of Cats Earth Felines

ANIMAL LORDS Queen of Serpents Earth Reptiles
While humanoids have vast pantheons and divine
figures of every stripe, the animals of the world have Queen of Scorpions Earth Arachnids
much simpler forms of faith. Among each species Amphibians
there is always one paragon that embodies the animal Toad King Water
spirit in a humanoid form, the better to speak to
others and represent the animals in the fey courts Expanded Spell List
and the Upper Planes. These timeless entities are
connected to every animal of the kind they represent, Animal Lords let you choose from an expanded list
and their primary concerns are for the well-being of of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The Animal
these animals and the natural world as a whole. Lord Expanded Spells table shows the animal lord
spells that are added to the warlock spell list for you,
along with the spells associated with your patron’s
affinity: air, earth, or water.

ANIMAL LORDS EXPANDED SPELLS

Spell Level Animal Lord Spells Air Spells Earth Spells Water Spells
1st speak with animals thunderwave longstrider fog cloud
2nd mark prey* gust of wind pass without trace misty step
3rd conjure animals fly phantom steed water breathing
storm of wings* sudden stampede* control water
4th polymorph insect plague hold monster cloudkill

5th commune with nature

*indicates a spell found in this book 139

Natural Blessing table) that has a challenge rating of 1/4 or lower. If
you have the Pact of the Chain Pact Boon, this beast
Starting at 1st level, you learn the druidcraft cantrip, becomes your familiar.
and you gain proficiency in the Animal Handling skill.
Your patron companion is friendly to you and
Animalistic Insight your companions, and you can speak with it as if you
shared a language. It obeys your commands and, in
At 1st level, your patron bestows upon you the ability combat, it shares your initiative and takes its turn
to discern your foe’s flaws to aid in its downfall. You immediately after yours. Your patron companion
can use an action to analyze one creature you can see can move and use its reaction on its own, but, if you
within 30 feet of you and impart this information to don’t issue any commands to it, the only action it
your companions. You and a number of creatures takes is the Dodge action. You can use a bonus action
within 30 feet of you equal to your proficiency
bonus each gain one of the following benefits (your
choice). This benefit lasts for 1 minute or until the
analyzed creature dies.

• You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls
against the analyzed creature.

• You gain a +1 bonus to the damage roll
when you hit the analyzed creature with
an attack.

• You have advantage on saving throws against
the spells and effects of the analyzed creature.

• When the analyzed creature attacks you, you
gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class.

Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again
until you finish a short or long rest. When you
reach 10th level in this class, each +1 bonus
increases to +2.

Patron Companion

At 6th level, your patron sends you a beast
companion that accompanies you on your adventures
and is trained to fight alongside you. The companion
acts as the animal lord’s eyes and ears, allowing your
patron to watch over you, and, at times, advise, warn,
or otherwise communicate with you.

Choose a beast that relates to your patron (as
shown in the Beast Type column in the Animal Lords

ANIMAL LORD WARLOCKS IN MIDGARD The centaurs of the Rothenian Plains have seen eldritch
blast wielding nomads who follow the Lord of Vultures, and
Khandiria boasts the most followers of the animal lords. reports from the Underworld speak of Bat King warlocks
Every king in the so-called “Land of a Thousand Kingdoms” among the ghouls of the Imperium. Travelers who survive
boasts an animal lord avatar as an advisor, and many the Plateau of Leng long enough to reach the hidden
warlocks in that far-off land forge pacts with the animal sanctum of the yakfolk can learn at the feet of Brother Ox
lords. But they are not the only ones. The Queen of himself. While they don’t claim widespread fame, animal
Scorpions carefully cultivates warlocks in hidden enclaves lord warlocks can be found across all of Midgard.
in Nuria. Warlocks pledged to the Mouse King trade
140 information for power in Zobeck. An aerie in the Arbonesse
acts as a school for the pact-followers of the Queen of Birds.

to direct it to take the Attack, Dash, Disengage, HUNTER IN DARKNESS
Help, Hide, or Search action or an action listed in its The Hunter in Darkness is an entity that sees all
statistics. If you are incapacitated, the companion can creatures as prey and enjoys instilling fear in its prey.
take any action of its choice, not just Dodge. It prefers intelligent prey over mere beasts, as their
fear tastes so much sweeter. Hunters who display
If your companion dies, your patron sends a new impressive prowess for hunting pique its interest. The
one to you after 24 hours. If your patron companions Hunter in Darkness often bestows its power on such
die too often, your patron might be reluctant to send individuals to spread fear further than the Hunter can
a new one or might reprimand you in other ways. by itself.

Primal Mastery Though your patron isn’t mindless, it cares only
for the thrill of the hunt and the spreading of fear. It
At 10th level, you can use your bond to your patron to cares not what you do with the power it grants you
tap into the innate connection between all animals. beyond that. Your connection with the Hunter can
At the end of each short or long rest, choose one of sometimes cause changes in your worldview. You
the following benefits. The benefit lasts until you might view every creature you meet as either predator
finish a short or long rest. or prey, or you might face problems with a “kill or be
killed” attitude.
• Cat Eyes. You have darkvision out to a range of
60 feet. If you already have darkvision, its range Expanded Spell List
increases by 30 feet.
The Hunter in Darkness lets you choose from an
• Chameleonic. You have advantage on Dexterity expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell.
(Stealth) checks. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list
for you.
• Fangs. You grow fangs. The fangs are a natural
melee weapon, which you can use to make HUNTER IN DARKNESS EXPANDED SPELLS Chapter 2: Class Options
unarmed strikes. When you hit with your fangs,
you can use Charisma instead of Strength for Spell Level Spells
the attack, and your fangs deal piercing damage 1st bloodhound*, hunter’s endurance*
equal to 1d6 + your Charisma modifier, instead of 2nd instant snare*, mark prey*
the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed 3rd clairvoyance, nondetection
strike. 4th harry*, heart-seeking arrow*
5th killing fields*, legend lore
• Hold Breath. You can hold your breath for 10
minutes. *indicates a spell found in this book

• Keen Senses. You have advantage on Wisdom Savage Hunter
(Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell.
Starting at 1st level, when you reduce a hostile
• Leap. Your jump distance is doubled. creature to 0 hp, its nearest ally within 30 feet of you
must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your
• Spry. You have advantage on Dexterity warlock spell save DC or be frightened of you until
(Acrobatics) checks. the end of its next turn.

• Swift. Your speed increases by 10 feet. The Hunter in Darkness and Your Pact Boons 141

• Thick Hide. You gain a +1 bonus to your Armor When you select your pact boon at 3rd level, it is
Class. altered by your patron in the following ways.

• Webbed Limbs. You have a swimming speed of Pact of the Chain. Your familiar is a hunting hound
20 feet. made of shadow, and it uses the statistics of a wolf.

Call the Legions Pact of the Blade. Your pact weapon can be a
longbow or shortbow in addition to a melee weapon.
At 14th level, you can summon a horde of beasts to You must provide arrows for the weapon.
come to your aid. As an action, you call upon your
animal lord, and several beasts of your patron’s type Pact of the Tome. Your tome contains descriptions
appear in unoccupied spaces that you can see within of tracks made by a multitude of creatures. If you
60 feet of you. This works like a 7th-level conjure consult your tome for 1 minute while inspecting
animals spell, except you don’t need to maintain
concentration. Once you use this feature, you can’t
use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

142 tracks, you can identify the type of creature boughs, and one has heard your call for power. You
that left the tracks (such as a winter wolf), are a guardian of the Old Wood, a questing branch
though not the creature’s name or specific issuing from a vast, slumbering intelligence sent to
appearance (such as Frosttooth, the one-eyed act on its behalf, perhaps even to excise these lesser
leader of a notorious pack of winter wolves beings from its borders.
that terrorizes the area).
Expanded Spell List
Step Into Shadow
Your connection to the forest allows you to choose
Beginning at 6th level, you can disappear into from an expanded list of spells when you learn a
darkness and reappear next to an enemy. As a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the
bonus action while in dim light or darkness, you can warlock spell list for you.
disappear in a puff of inky smoke and
reappear in an unoccupied space that OLD WOOD EXPANDED SPELLS
is also in dim light or darkness within Spell Level Spells
5 feet of a creature within 30 feet of 1st animal friendship, faerie fire
you. If that creature is frightened and you 2nd animal messenger, spike growth
attack it, you have advantage on the attack 3rd conjure animals, protection from energy
roll. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it 4th conjure woodland beings, giant insect
again until you finish a short or long rest. 5th greater restoration, tree stride

Strike from the Dark Sap Magic

Beginning at 10th level, your patron’s constant At 1st level, your patron bestows upon you the ability
hunger for fear inures you to it. You are immune to to absorb magic from nearby spellcasting. When a
being frightened. In addition, when you are in dim creature casts a spell of a level you can cast or lower
light or darkness and you hit a creature with a weapon within 30 feet of you, you can use your reaction to
attack, it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw
against your warlock spell save DC or be frightened
of you for 1 minute or until it takes any damage.

Avatar of Death

Starting at 14th level, if you reduce a target to 0 hp
with a weapon attack, you can use a bonus action to
force each ally of the target within 30 feet of you to
make a Wisdom saving throw against your warlock
spell save DC. On a failure, the creature is frightened
of you for 1 minute or until it takes any damage. If a
creature is immune to being frightened, it is instead
stunned until the end of its next turn. Once you use
this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a
short or long rest.

OLD WOOD
You have made a pact with the ancient intelligence
of a primeval forest. Before the rise of human
civilization, before the time of the elves, before even
the dragons, there were the forests. Empires rise
and fall around them, but the forests remain as a
testament to nature’s endurance.

However, times are changing, and the unchecked
growth of civilization threatens the green. The
intelligences that imbue the antediluvian forests
seek emissaries in the world that can act beyond their

synthesize the magic. The spell resolves as normal, Avatar of the Wood
but you have a 25% chance of regaining hit points
equal to your warlock level + your Charisma modifier Starting at 14th level, you can channel the power of
(minimum of 1 hit point). the forest to physically transform, taking on many
of its aspects. Your legs, arms, and torso elongate,
Forest’s Defender your body becomes covered in thick, dark bark,
and branches sprout from your head as your hair
At 1st level, your patron gifts you with the skills recedes. You can transform as a bonus action and the
necessary to defend it. You gain proficiency with transformation lasts 1 minute. While transformed,
shields, and you learn the shillelagh cantrip. Shillelagh you gain the following benefits:
counts as a warlock cantrip for you, but it doesn’t
count against your number of cantrips known. • Your Armor Class is 16 plus your Dexterity
modifier.
The Old Wood and Your Pact Boons
• You gain tremorsense with a radius of 30 feet,
When you select your pact boon at 3rd level, it is and your attacks can reach 5 feet further.
altered by your patron in the following ways:
• Your hands become branch-like claws, and you
Pact of the Chain. When you conjure your familiar can use the Attack action to attack with the claws.
or change its form, you can choose the form of an You are proficient with the claws, and the claws
awakened shrub or child of the briar (see Tome of count as magical for the purpose of overcoming
Beasts) in addition to the usual familiar choices. resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks
and damage. You add your Charisma modifier to
Pact of the Blade. The blade of the Old Wood is a your attack and damage rolls with the claws. The
weapon made of wood and thorns and grows out of damage is slashing and the damage die is a d6. If
your palm. When you cast shillelagh, your Pact Blade is you have the Pact of the Blade feature, your claw
affected by the spell, regardless of the form your Pact
Blade takes. Chapter 2: Class Options

Pact of the Tome. The Old Wood grows a 143
tome for you. The tome’s cover is hardened
bark from the forest’s native trees, and its
pages are leaves whose color changes with the
seasons. If you want to add a new spell to your
book, you must first plant it in the ground.
After 1 hour, the book emerges from the soil
with the new spell inscribed on its leaves. If your
tome is lost or destroyed, you must return to your
patron forest for it to grow you a new one.

Predatory Grace

Starting at 6th level, you are able to cast pass without
trace without expending a spell slot. Once you use
this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish
a short or long rest. In addition, difficult terrain
caused by roots, underbrush, and other natural forest
terrain costs you no extra movement. You can
pass through nonmagical plants without being
slowed by them and without taking damage
from them if they have thorns, spines, or a
similar hazard.

Nature’s Endurance

At 10th level, your patron has suffused your body
with a portion of its ability to withstand harmful
magic. You gain resistance to damage from spells of a
level you can cast or lower.

attack benefits from your invocations as if it was a 30-foot line that is 5 feet wide, or a 20-foot-radius
a pact weapon. burst. The ripples originate from or are centered
on the point you chose, depending on the form the
• Your Sap Magic feature changes to Arcasynthesis: ripples take. Each creature in the cone, line, or burst
When a spell of 5th level or lower is cast within 60 must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d8
feet of you, you can use your reaction to synthesize bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. If the
the magic. The spell resolves as normal, but you ground in the area is loose earth or stone, it becomes
have a 50 percent chance of regaining 1d10 hp per difficult terrain until the rubble is cleared. Each
level of the spell cast. 5-foot-diameter portion of the area requires at least 1
minute to clear by hand.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until
you finish a short or long rest. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again
until you finish a short or long rest. When you reach
PRIMORDIAL certain levels in this class, the damage increases: at
Some who search for power settle on lesser gods or 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
demon lords, others delve into deeper mysteries until
they touch elder entities. These great entities build Redirection
worlds, crafting mountains and species as if sculpting
clay, or annihilate them utterly. Embodying creation, At 6th level, you learn to channel the reality-bending
destruction, and the land itself, your patron is an powers of your patron to avoid attacks. When a
ancient power beyond mortal understanding. creature you can see attacks only you, you can use
your reaction to redirect the attack to a target of
Primordials stand in opposition to the Great Old your choice within range of the
Ones, the other side of the scale that maintains the attacker’s weapon or spell. If no
balance of reality. Your primordial patron speaks to other target is within range, you
you in the language of omens, dreams, or intuition, can’t redirect the attack.
and may call upon you to defend the natural world, to
root out the forces of the Void, or even to manipulate
seemingly random people or locations for reasons
known only to their unfathomable purpose. While
you can’t grasp the full measure of your patron’s
designs, as long as your bond is strong, there is
nothing that can stand in your way.

Expanded Spell List

The Primordial 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.

PRIMORDIAL EXPANDED SPELLS

Spell Level Spells
1st command, healing word
2nd lesser restoration, mud*
3rd power word fling*, revivify
4th power word rend*, stone shape
5th conjure elemental, creation

*indicates a spell found in this book

144 Convulsion of the Worldbuilder

At 1st level, you can use an action to call upon the
bond between your primordial patron and the world
it created to ripple shockwaves through the ground.
Choose a point you can see within 60 feet of you,
then choose if the ripples happen in a 30-foot cone,

If the attack is from a spell of 4th level or higher, WYRDWEAVER
you must succeed on an ability check using your Your patron is probability itself, the personified
spellcasting ability to redirect it. The DC equals 12 + wellspring of chance as embodied by chosen deities,
the spell’s level. entities, and eldritch beings across the planes. By
binding yourself to the Wyrdweaver, you live by the
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again roll of the dice and the flip of the coin, delighting
until you finish a short or long rest. in the randomness of life and the thrill of new
experiences. You might find yourself driven to invade
Adaptive Shroud a lich’s keep to ask it about its favorite song, or you
might leap onto a dragon’s back to have the right to
At 10th level, your bond with your patron protects call yourself a dragonrider. Life with a pact-bond to
you by adapting itself when you are injured. When your patron might not be long, but it will be exciting.
you take damage, you can use your reaction to gain
resistance to the triggering damage type until the Expanded Spell List
start of your next turn. If you expend a spell slot as
part of this reaction, the resistance lasts for a number The Wyrdweaver lets you choose from an expanded
of rounds equal to your proficiency bonus. Once you list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The
use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish following spells are added to the warlock list for you.
a short or long rest.
WYRDWEAVER EXPANDED SPELLS
Crushing Regard of the Primordial One
Spell Level Spells Chapter 2: Class Options
At 14th level, you learn to direct the weight of your 1st bane, faerie fire
patron’s infinite gaze onto the unworthy. You can use 2nd blur, frenzied bolt*
an action to cause of the following effects. Once you 3rd bestow curse, hypnotic pattern
use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish 4th compulsion, reset*
a long rest. 5th battle mind*, mislead

One Creature. One creature you can see within 60 *indicates a spell found in this book
feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw. On
a failed save, the creature takes 10d10 force damage Probability Wellspring
and is paralyzed for 1 minute. On a successful save,
the creature takes half as much damage and isn’t Starting at 1st level, you gain the ability to manipulate
paralyzed. At the end of each of its turns, a paralyzed probability. You have a pool of d6s that you spend to
target can make another Wisdom saving throw. On a fuel your patron abilities. The number of probability
success, the condition ends on the target. dice in the pool equals 1 + your warlock level.

Multiple Creatures. Each creature in a 20-foot- You can use these dice to turn the odds in your
radius sphere centered on a point you can see within or your ally’s favor. When you or a friendly creature
100 feet of you must make a Constitution saving you can see within 30 feet of you makes an attack
throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 5d10 force roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can use your
damage and is knocked prone. On a successful save, reaction to expend probability dice from the pool,
the creature takes half as much damage and isn’t rolling the dice and adding the total result to that roll.
knocked prone.

PRIMORDIAL WARLOCKS IN MIDGARD are bonded to specific Wind Lords. One of the greatest
servants of the dark god Boreas is Uukkarnit, the Frost
Those who bind themselves to the Primordial seek a deeper Giant primordial warlock currently preparing an invasion
purpose to their search for power than most warlocks. A of Varnerhall. Perhaps the most reclusive practitioner of
bond to the first lords of Midgard ties you to the defense of this pact is Mihi Diaconu, an aasimar warlock bound to
the Material Plane against those seeking its destruction. In Yggdrasil, who currently struggles to cultivate a World Tree
the mighty Dragon Empire, warlocks bonded to Veles often seed in the center of the Wasted West.
hold positions of influence and honor. Many of the powerful
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The maximum number of dice you can spend at once Inconceivable Channeling
equals your Charisma modifier (minimum of one
die). Your pool regains all expended dice when you At 10th level, you learn to redirect magical energy,
finish a long rest. converting the power to restore your pool of
probability dice. When a friendly creature you can see
When you reach certain levels in this class, the size within 30 feet of you takes acid, cold, fire, lightning, or
of your probability dice increases: at 5th level (d8), thunder damage, you can use your reaction to take the
11th level (d10), and 17th level (d12). damage instead. You halve the damage you take as your
probability wellspring absorbs some of the magical
Appropriate Advantage energy. For every 10 damage prevented in this way, you
regain one expended probability die. You can’t regain
At 1st level, you learn to shift the weaves of fate to more than half your maximum probability dice from
aid allies and hinder foes. When a creature you can this feature. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it
see within 60 feet of you makes an attack roll, ability again until you finish a short or long rest.
check, or saving throw with advantage, you can use
your reaction to expend one probability die and Favored Soul
force that creature to make a Charisma saving throw
against your spell save DC, adding the probability Starting at 14th level, your very presence spins
die to the DC. On a failed save, the creature loses probability. When a creature you can see within 60
advantage on that roll, and one friendly creature you feet of you makes an attack roll, ability check, or saving
can see within 60 feet has advantage on its next d20 throw with advantage, you can use your reaction
roll of the same type the creature used (attack roll, to force the creature to make a Charisma saving
ability check, or saving throw). throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save,
the creature has disadvantage on that roll, and you
Improbable Duplicate have advantage on one d20 roll of your choice within
the next minute. Once you use this
At 6th level, you can channel dark power from your feature, you can’t use it again until
patron to empower your attacks and spells. Once on you finish a short or long rest.
each of your turns, when you hit a creature with an
attack, you can expend one or more probability
dice, up to half your Charisma modifier
(minimum of 1), and add the probability dice
to the attack’s damage roll.

WYRDWEAVER WARLOCKS
IN MIDGARD

Warlocks who pledge themselves to probability
and chance certainly don’t exist in vast numbers
in Midgard. However, their often-short influence
throughout the various ages of history is clear.
Whenever events veered off course, the tides of battle
abruptly shifted, or matters took a strange turn, a
Wyrdspinner warlock was involved more often than
not. Currently, Bemmea’s Librarium Caelmarath hosts a
small department dedicated to the study of probability
under the direction of the Wyrdspinner warlock
Maester Varius Oghed. A cabal of Southlands warlocks
in far-off Nangui seeks to manipulate probability
to banish the Green Walker. Around Lake Tahtien,
beyond most maps of the Northlands, a sect of tengu
Wyrdspinner warlocks jealously guard a rune-carved
chest called the Coffer of Possibility.

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WIZARD ARCANE the ray of frost spell, that cantrip or effect has twice the Chapter 2: Class Options
TRADITIONS normal duration.
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Wizards dedicate themselves Empowered Cantrips
to study and the pursuit of
knowledge, particularly on Starting at 14th level, once per turn, when you cast
a specific subject or aspect a wizard cantrip that deals damage, you can deal
of magic. Some study the connection between maximum damage with that spell. You can use this
wizard and familiar and strengthen that bond, feature a number of times equal to your proficiency
some research methods for safeguarding tombs and bonus, and you regain all expended uses of it when
helping the dead seek rest, while others explore the you finish a long rest.
connection between magic and weapons, sending
spells through bows or firearms. COURSER MAGE
A tradition more focused on stalking prey than
CANTRIP ADEPT reading dozens of books, courser mages generally
It’s easy to dismiss the humble cantrip as nothing choose more subtle spells that aid in finding or hiding
more than an unsophisticated spell practiced by from their enemies. They learn to imbue their arrows
hedge wizards that proper mages need not focus on. with spell energy to deliver more deadly shots.
But clever and cautious wizards sometimes specialize
in such spells because while other mages fret when Stalking Savant
they’re depleted of arcane resources, Cantrip Adepts
hardly even notice … and at their command, the At 2nd level, you gain proficiency with longbows and
cantrips are not so humble. shortbows, and you gain proficiency in the Stealth
skill. In addition, you can still perform the somatic
Cantrip Polymath components of wizard spells even when you have a
longbow or shortbow in one or both hands.
At 2nd level, you gain two cantrips of your choice
from any spell list. For you, these cantrips count as
wizard cantrips and don’t count against the number
of cantrips you know. In addition, any cantrip you
learn or can cast from any other source, such as from a
racial trait or feat, counts as a wizard cantrip for you.

Arcane Alacrity

Also at 2nd level, whenever you cast a wizard cantrip
that has a casting time of an action, you can change
the casting time to a bonus action for that casting.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to
your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended
uses of it when you finish a long rest.

When you reach 10th level in this class, you regain
all expended uses of this feature when you finish a
short or long rest.

Potent Spellcasting

Starting at 6th level, you can add your Intelligence
modifier to one damage roll of any wizard cantrip you
can cast.

Adroit Caster

Starting at 10th level, if you cast a cantrip that
doesn’t deal damage or a cantrip that has an effect in
addition to damage, such as the speed reduction of

148 Unseen Assailant In addition, when you cast the find familiar spell,
you can choose for your familiar to take the form of
Starting at 2nd level, as a bonus action, you can any Small or smaller beast that is CR 1/4 or lower,
choose a target you can see within 60 feet of you and such as a flying snake, giant moth (see Creature Codex),
become invisible to that target until the start of your or giant armadillo (see Tome of Beasts 2). The familiar
next turn. Once the effect ends, you can’t use this has the statistics of the chosen beast form, but it is a
feature on that target again until you finish a long rest. celestial, fey, or fiend (your choice) instead of a beast.

Spell Arrow When you reach 6th level in this class, your familiar
can take the form of any Small or smaller beast that is
Beginning at 6th level, you can imbue an arrow you CR 1 or lower. Alternatively, at the GM’s discretion,
fire from a longbow or shortbow with magical energy. your familiar can be any Tiny celestial, dragon, fey, or
As a bonus action, you can expend a 1st-level spell slot fiend that is CR 1 or lower.
to cause the next arrow you fire to magically deal an
extra 2d4 force damage to the target on a hit. If you Greater Familiar
expend a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the extra
damage increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 1st. Also at 2nd level, when you cast find familiar, your
familiar gains the following additional benefits:
Pinpoint Weakness
• Your familiar adds your proficiency bonus to its
At 10th level, when you hit a creature with an arrow Armor Class, and it uses your proficiency bonus in
imbued by your Spell Arrow feature, your next ranged place of its own when making ability checks and
weapon attack against that creature has advantage. saving throws. It is proficient in any saving throw
in which you are proficient.
Multitudinous Arrows
• Your familiar’s hit points equal its normal hit
Starting at 14th level, you can attack twice, instead point maximum or 1 + your Intelligence modifier
of once, whenever you take the Attack action with a + three times your wizard level, whichever is
longbow or shortbow on your turn. If you use your higher. It has a number of Hit Dice (d4s) equal to
Spell Arrow feature, you can imbue both arrows with your wizard level.
arcane power by expending one spell slot. If you imbue
two arrows with this feature, you can’t cast spells other • In combat, your familiar shares your initiative
than cantrips until the end of your next turn. and takes its turn immediately after yours. It
can move and use its reaction on its own, but,
FAMILIAR MASTER if you don’t issue any commands to it, the only
Each wizard has a strong connection with their action it takes is the Dodge action. You can use
familiar, but some mages eschew specializing in a your bonus action to direct it to take any action
school of magic in favor of forming a powerful bond in its stat block or some other action. If you are
with a familiar. This bond allows the two to work in incapacitated, the familiar can take any action of
tandem in ways that few arcane practitioners could its choice, not just Dodge.
even dream of. Those who encounter such a familiar
never look at a rodent or bird the same way again. • Your familiar’s attacks are enhanced by the magic
bond you share with it. When making attack
Familiar Savant rolls, your familiar uses your spell attack bonus
or its normal attack bonus, whichever is higher.
Beginning when you select this arcane tradition at In addition, when your familiar hits with an
2nd level, you learn the find familiar spell if you don’t attack, the attack deals force damage equal to
know it already. You innately know this spell and don’t 1d4 + its Strength or Dexterity modifier (your
need to have it scribed in your spellbook or prepared choice) + your proficiency bonus instead of its
in order to cast it. When you cast find familiar, the normal damage. If the familiar’s attack normally
casting time is 1 action, and it requires no material deals additional damage, such as a flying snake’s
components. poison, or has an additional effect, such as an
octopus’s grapple, the familiar’s attack still has
You can cast find familiar without expending a spell that additional damage or effect.
slot. You can do so a number of times equal to your
proficiency bonus. You regain all expended uses when • Your familiar’s Intelligence increases to 8 unless
you finish a long rest. it is already higher. It can understand and speak
Common and either Celestial (if celestial), Sylvan
(if fey), or Abyssal or Infernal (if fiend).

Strengthened Bond Gravebinder Lore Chapter 2: Class Options

Starting at 6th level, your magical bond with your At 2nd level, you can use an action to inscribe a small
familiar grows stronger. If your familiar has a trait or rune on a corpse. While this rune remains, the corpse
action that forces a creature to make a saving throw, can’t become undead. You can use this feature a
it uses your spell save DC. In addition, you can access number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier
your familiar’s senses by using either an action or a (a minimum of once). You regain all expended uses
bonus action, and whenever your familiar is within when you finish a long rest.
100 feet of you, it can expend its reaction to deliver
any wizard spell you cast. If the spell has a range of In addition, you have proficiency in the Religion
5 feet or more, you must be sharing your familiar’s skill if you don’t already have it, and you have
senses before casting the spell. If the spell requires an advantage on Intelligence (Religion) checks made to
attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you use your recall lore about deities of death, burial practices, and
own statistics to adjudicate the result. the afterlife.

Arcane Amplification Hunter of the Dead

Starting at 10th level, you can add your Intelligence Starting at 2nd level, you gain access to spells passed
modifier to one damage roll of any wizard spell you down by generations of gravebinders. The heart to
cast through your familiar. In addition, your familiar heart (2nd), dead walking (3rd), gird the spirit (3rd), life
has advantage on saving throws against spells and from death (5th), and lay to rest (9th) spells are wizard
other magical effects. spells for you, and you add them to your spellbook
at the indicated wizard levels (see the Magic and
Companion Concentration Spells chapter for details on these spells). Once you
gain access to one of these spells, you always have it
Starting at 14th level, when you are concentrating on prepared, and it doesn’t count against the number of
a spell of 3rd level or lower, you can use an action to spells you can prepare each day.
draw on your connection with your familiar to pass
the burden of concentration onto it, freeing you up Also at 2nd level, you can use your action and
to concentrate on a different spell. You can use this expend one wizard spell slot to focus your awareness
feature a number of times equal to your proficiency on the region around you. For 1 minute per level
bonus. You regain all expended uses when you finish of the spell slot you expend, you can sense whether
a long rest. undead are present within 1 mile of you. You know the
general direction of the undead creatures, though not
GRAVEBINDING their exact locations or numbers, and you know the
While most wizards who desire power over the dead direction of the most powerful undead within range.
focus their efforts on necromancy, there are other,
rarer, paths one can choose. Gravebinders focus their Ward Against the Risen
efforts on safeguarding tombs and graveyards to
ensure the dead remain at rest and the living remain Starting at 6th level, when an undead creature you
safe from the dead. When undead rise to prey upon the can see within 30 feet of you targets an ally with an
living, a gravebinder hunts downs the abominations attack or spell, you can use your reaction to hamper
and returns them to their eternal slumber. the attack or spell. The undead has disadvantage on
its attack roll or your ally has advantage on its saving
Restriction: The Dead Must Rest throw against the undead’s spell. You can use this
feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence
When you choose this wizard arcane tradition, you modifier (a minimum of once). You regain all
can no longer cast spells that animate, conjure, or expended uses when you finish a long rest.
create undead, and, if any such spells are copied in
your spellbook, they fade from the book within 24 Disruptive Touch
hours, leaving blank pages where the spells were.
Beginning at 10th level, when an undead creature
takes damage from a 1st-level or higher spell you
cast, it takes an extra 4d6 radiant damage. Undead
creatures you kill using this feature are destroyed in a
puff of golden motes.

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Radiant Nimbus • You shed bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim
light for an additional 30 feet. This light is sunlight.
At 14th level, you can use your action to envelope
yourself in a shroud of golden flames for 1 minute. • When an undead creature hits you with a melee
While enveloped, you gain the following benefits: weapon attack, it takes 2d10 radiant damage.

• When you summon the flames and as an action Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until
on each of your turns while the flames are active, you finish a long rest.
you can frighten undead within 30 feet of you.
Each undead creature in the area must succeed SCHOOL OF BLACK POWDER
on a Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of The school of black powder bridges magic and
you until the flames fade or until it takes damage. technology. Wizards of this school form a magical
An undead creature with sunlight sensitivity (or bond with a firearm, allowing them to channel their
hypersensitivity, in the case of vampires) also takes magic through the weapon to enhance its effects.
4d6 radiant damage if it fails the saving throw. Students go beyond simple offensive magics, using
their black powder magic to great utility in aiding
150 allies and hindering foes. Practitioners of this school
refer to themselves as powdermancers, though many
folk refer to all spellcasters with an affinity for firearms
as “gun mages,” not fully understanding firearms or
the differences between the various magical disciplines
and styles that utilize them.

Gun Savant

When you select this school at 2nd level, you gain
proficiency with simple firearms and with the musket
(see the Adventuring Gear chapter for details on
these weapons). When attacking with firearms,
you can use your Intelligence modifier, instead of
Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls. You can
use a firearm as a spellcasting focus. In addition,
you gain proficiency with alchemist’s supplies or
gunsmith’s tools (your choice).

Arcane Arms

Starting at 2nd level, you can imbue your firearm
with arcane power to create minor magical effects.
As an action, you can invoke one of the following
effects, provided you have a gun in your hand. The
effects created by this feature don’t cause the firearm
to release an audible boom, but other attacks or
effects from your firearm still create the sound. You
can use this feature a number of times equal to your
proficiency bonus. You regain all expended uses when
you finish a long rest.

Arcane Dusting. You shoot a 15-foot cone of magical
dust from the barrel of your firearm. Each creature or
object in the area that is currently being affected by
a spell, such as mage armor, or that is magical, such as
bracers of archery, glows until the end of your next turn,
shedding dim light in a 5-foot radius.

Flare. You fire a bright ball of magical light from
the barrel of your firearm. If fired into the air, the