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 Table of Contents
Races 1
Class Archetypes 17
New Class: Psion 44
Psionic Powers 49
Volume 1 Feats 58
Volume 2 Feats 61
Beastiary of the Verdant Gale 64
Open Gaming License 77
Races

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Aeloy
E
verything exists in the multiverse – anything
you can imagine. Unfortunately, most
people can't imagine very much.
~Mordenkainen
When Mordenkainen traveled the planes, exploring the
whole of reality, he encountered an astounding number of
bewildering and wondrous sights. A country where the
primary form of entertainment was juggling geese – goslings
in fact; a plane composed completely of blood – its denizens
able to shape and form it to their will; a universe that existed
completely free of time – its entire history happening at once
without causality, rhyme or reason. Of all these sights, sounds
and experiences, Mordenkainen found a particular form of
magic more bewildering and astounding than anything else
he had encountered in his travels.
It was a magic called “technology.”
As near as he could reason, the mages of this plane took a
rock, sliced it very thin, trapped lightning in it and convinced
it that it could think. These thinking machines were capable
of mathematics and magics of the highest order, and with an
alacrity that put scholars of the races to shame.
On a plane dominated by the magic of technology,
Mordenkainen met a race that held his interest for a good
long while. He spent months with a race called the Aeloy. The
Aeloy were homogeneous – every Aeloy was the same as
every other Aeloy. They referred to themselves as clones. The
concepts behind this were confusing, and made little sense to
the “Mage of Wonders.” As near as he could piece together,
the thinking machines were able to make exact copies of a
progenitor.
What Mordenkainen did not know is that the Aeloy were
linked via the thinking machines. The Aeloy were intrigued by
his tales of other places and universes. They came to a
consensus and decided to explore the multiverse themselves
– to see the sights that Mordenkainen spoke of. Their
machines created portals and they began to settle the planes.
From the Same Mold
The Aeloy, to the number, are female. They are all
superficially human – he never got a chance to delve further
into their physiology. It would have been rude to probe
deeper. They stand 5'11” tall, have copper red hair, blue eyes,
pale skin, and freckles. Genetically, they are the same person;
however, each of them is an individual, living separate lives
and becoming distinct and individual creatures.
The Aeloy are cloned on their home plane and then sent
through one of the portals to an other worldly settlement.
When a newborn Aeloy is sent to another plane, they arrive in
a cradle in their settlement and are raised by the community.
Their settlement on the prime material plane is in a cave at
the base of a mountain along the Sword Coast. They live in a
small community, relatively isolated, but travel out to gather
information about the plane they are on. The creation of a
portal consumes an incredible amount of energy, and they
can only be maintained for moments.
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Psionically Gifted
The machines that the Aeloy use are implanted into the skull
during their gestation period in the cloning vat. They collect
the information they seek out on other worlds, and transmit it
back to their home when the portals are open. These
machines allow the Aeloy to communicate with each other,
silently, over vast distances. When they arrived on the sword
coast, they discovered an interesting effect. The magic that
suffused the prime material plane altered the function of their
implants and granted them innate psionic abilities.
Aeloy Names
The Aeloy are possessed of names that span the entire realm
of human experience. Traditional fantasy characters have
fantasy names, some Aeloy do not. Coming from a post
modern realm, some have modern names. Names from
science fiction, fantasy, modern realms, and deed names are
all possible as well.
Aeloy Traits
Your Aeloy character has an assortment of inborn abilities
that are part and parcel of their technological background
and nature.
Ability Score Adjustment: Aeloy are more intelligent than
most, and their gene seed was chosen for this very reason.
Their implants coupled with magic give them psionic
abilities, and this is reflected by an increase in charisma. Your
Intelligence score increases by 2 and your Charisma score
increases by 2.
Age: Aeloy reach adulthood by 15 and live to between 100
and 125 years old.
Alignment: Aeloy can be of any alignment, but tend
towards good. They serve a common purpose and are raised
with an eye towards that goal. In spite of this, they are all
individuals – experiences change their views.
Size: Aeloy are all 5'11” tall and of a medium, well
muscled build.
Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Telepathic Link: All Aeloy are connected to all other Aeloy
on the prime material plane via a telepathic link. This is a
function of the magic of the plane interacting with their
implants in an unforeseen way.
Superior Metallurgical Knowledge: Due to your
technological background, your people are experts at making
arms and armor. Arms and armor from your Aeloy settlement
(both starting and future purchases) have a bonus of +1 while
compared to other arms and armor of the same type.
Timeless Knowledge: It is the nature of the Aeloy
implants to store and access knowledge. They are designed
for data gathering, storage and retrieval. As such, there is a
chance that someone in your settlement has encountered
information on the topic you are discussing. You may make a
history check, DC 18. If you succeed, you have information
about common events and knowledge of this topic. If the
knowledge is particular or extremely obscure, then the DC of
this check is instead 20.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and
Thari. Thari is your people's native language from your native
plane. There are many words and concepts that are
incompatible with Common, as they are based in technology,
computing, and modes of thought that haven't yet been
thought of by the peoples of the prime material plane.

Aeloy Feats
The following feats are available to Aeloy characters.
Psionically Adroit
Prerequisite: Aeloy Race
The potent nature of your implants and their interactions
with the magic of the prime material have gifted you with
additional psionic power. You may choose one power from
ANY of the psionic powers listed in the psionic powers
chapter. You know this power at 1st Rank. You must meet all
Psi Point expenditures to use it, and you cannot increase
your ranks in this power.
Reality Sink
Prerequisite: Aeloy Race, Charisma 15+
The magic of the prime material plane has interacted with
your implants in an odd way. Either through a fluke of the
magic, a slight difference in your implants, or something
slightly different in your physiology – your psionic abilities
have a tendency to negate the psionic powers of those around
you. If a hostile is attempting to spend Psi Points within 10
feet of you-you may use your reaction to force that hostile
creature to make a Charisma check, with a difficulty equal to
8 + your charisma modifier + your proficiency bonus. If they
fail, they cannot spend Psi points this turn.

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Bugbears
“What is the best in life?”
“To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and
to hear the lamentations of their women!”
Born for battle
Bugbears are born for battle, being Massive humanoids that
are distantly related to goblins and and other goblinoid races.
These lumbering figures are fierce combatants and revel in
destruction and mayhem. Bullies of the goblin world,
bugbears despise authority and being bossed around. These
creatures are masters of carnage and bloodshed and will
often go adventuring for the act of combat itself.
Natural Survivors
Bugbears live a life focused on survival. This life is a difficult
one, and individuals adapt to it in different ways – some
becoming fighters, rogues, or barbarians. More intelligent
than their goblinoid cousins, bugbears make excellent
tacticians. The need to survive is paramount to individual
bugbears as their race tends to be far less fertile than other
goblinoid species.
Goblin Bullies
While bugbears will work as mercenaries for their cousins –
acting as enforcers or front line combatants, many bugbears
will simply take control of local goblin settlements. They
often act as chieftains of hobgoblin tribes or simply stroll into
a goblin nest and start issuing orders. This leads the other
goblinoid races to be fearful of their massive cousins.
Brutish Mien
Standing roughly seven feet tall, bugbears resemble hairy
goblins with a feral cast to their features. The name bugbears
comes from their noses and claws, which are similar in
appearance to those of a bear. Their brutish appearance is
enhanced by the piecemeal nature of the arms and armor
they scavenge after combat. Their greenish-red pupils serve
to further the impression that they are monstrous brutes.
Carnivorous to the Core
Bugbears are technically omnivorous, but prefer to subsist on
meat. They will eat anything they kill – including other
sentient species. Since intruders are considered a viable food
source (this includes other playable races and goblinoids),
bugbears will rarely bother with parley or even waste words
on them. One must be careful when dealing with bugbears
lest they end up in the stew pot.
Magpie Syndrome
Bugbears are attracted to shiny objects. Among themselves,
all that glitters might be gold, or a shiny pebble. It doesn't
matter to them – it all has the same value. This will often lead
to them negotiating instead of killing outright. If they think
that they can get something shiny out of a deal that they
couldn't get out of a confrontation, they will speak before
attacking.
Bugbear Names
Bugbear names are often descriptive in the goblin tongue –
describing something identifiable about themselves. What is
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notable to a bugbear may not be notable to everyone else,
however. Since their names are in goblin, they just sound like
a mishmash of syllables to anyone else. Bugbear Names:
Ripneck, Throttle, Giantkiller, Goblineater, Orcbane, Maul
Facesmash
Bugbear Traits
Your Bugbear character has an assortment of inborn abilities
that are part and parcel of Bugbear nature.
Ability Score Adjustment: Your Strength score increases
by 4 and your Constitutions score increases by 2. However,
you are massive and brutish, so your Charisma and Wisdom
scores are reduced by 2.
Age: Bugbears live and mature at the same rate as
humans.
Alignment: Any, but bugbears tend towards chaotic
alignments.
Size: Bugbears stand around 7 feet tall and weigh in at an
average of 450 pounds. While you are massive, your size is
medium.
Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision: Used to living in caves, your eyes are
exceptionally sensitive in low light conditions. You have
superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in
dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in
darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in
darkness, only shades of gray.
Sneaky Bastards: In spite of their massive stature,
bugbears are exceptional hunters. This requires an ability to
hide well and move silently. Bugbears have advantage on
stealth checks.
Extreme Brutality: Bugbears have an affinity for the
crushing power of bludgeoning weapons. Some say that it
tenderizes the meat as you kill it. As such, they have practiced
extensively with them. Bugbears are proficient with all
bludgeoning weapons. Additionally, if an attack roll results in
a natural one, you may reroll that attack roll. If you do so, you
must take the second die roll's result.
Tough: Bugbears automatically gain the toughness feat.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and
Goblin.
Bugbear Feats
Crusher
Prerequisite: Bugbear Race
Your affinity for bludgeoning weapons has almost reached
the point of obsession. As such, you have practiced and
mastered them. You may now add your Proficiency Bonus to
damage rolls made with bludgeoning weapons.
Iron Stomach
Prerequisite: Bugbear Race
Bugbears are primarily carnivorous, but often do not
preserve their food. With this feat, you have the ability to eat
spoiled food without suffering ill effects. Whether this is
carrion or just something that has gone slightly off, you find it
palatable, nourishing and don't run the risk of illness from it.
This does not confer an immunity to poisons.

Centaurs
“Never try an' get a straight answer out of a centaur. Ruddy
stargazers. Not interested in anythin' closer'n the moon.”
Reclusive wanderers, centaurs roam the wild reaches of
the prime material plane. They act as wardens and guardians
of the primeval places of the world. Self appointed guardians
of nature, they take this task very seriously. Preferring to act
as preservationists when they can – avoiding conflict; they
will fight fiercely.
Hinterland Nomads
Centaur tribes wander the wilderness in climates from cold
to temperate to blisteringly hot, but they are always in
arboreal areas. The closest centaur tribes come to civilization
is the outskirts, so many humanoids are completely unaware
of their existence, save for stories. Primarily hunter and
gatherers, centaurs range far and wide in search of food
while patrolling the wilds. The range of each migration is
typically hundreds of miles and can take decades to
complete.
Spiritually Enlightened
Due to their reclusive nature, centaurs spend a majority of
their time deep in the forests and jungles and have developed
an appreciation and connection to the wild that is unrivaled
by any save the wood elves. In short, they take care of the
land, and the land takes care of them. This connection has
given the centaurs a different view of the world. They are slow
to make decisions, as they realize that the lives of humanoids
are but a grain of sand on the beach of time, but once their
minds are set, there is nothing that will stop them in their
action.
Of Bow and Spear
The unique nature of centaur physiology allows them to be
extremely effective with both the bow and spears. Their
equine lower bodies make it possible to be extremely mobile
on the battlefield while still stable enough to be accurate with
arrows while doing so. Their strength and bulk make them
exceptionally deadly with the spear, allowing them to make
particularly punishing and penetrating strikes.
Incongruous Anatomy
By humanoid standards, centaurs are unusually shaped. For
this reason, they are often not welcome in shops, inns, and
other structures. This doesn't really bother the centaurs –
though it can be problematic for their traveling companions.
It is also problematic when procuring gear. Special harnesses
are needed to carry their goods (if they choose to carry any).
And their armor must be custom made. All of which carries a
hefty price tag.
Centaur Names
Centaurs have the same vocal functions as humanoids, and
as such have names that can be pronounced by the other
races with ease. They tend to choose names for their children
that sound impressive and mystical, trying to encapsulate
their connection to nature with the very sound of their name.
Male Names: Uoconos, Halus, Glowes, Sypytion,
Wrugolus, Strybran, Iylans, Griwill, Cywylath, Nebacron.
Female Names: Modaemon, Grohyrus, Cikeus, Paweus,
Orycoeus, Lamoth, Jufan, Jukall,Brodikrol, Muvisal
Centaur Traits
Centaur Traits
Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2,
while your Dexterity score increases by 1.
Speed. Your base walking Speed is 40 feet.
Size. Centaurs are Large creatures. They are larger than
most humanoids, standing almost 9 feet tall and weighing in
at almost 1,200 pounds.
Finesse Weapon Restrictions: Since you are a Large
creature, you cannot use weapons with the light/and or
finesse keywords unless they are made specifically for you.
These weapons cost 1.5 times normal.
Quadrupedal: You are able to carry twice the weight a
biped can for your Strength. Additionally, when you run or
dash, you move 1.5 times as far as bipedal characters (3x or
6x your move rate).
Buffeting Hooves: As you are half horse, you have deadly
weapons on the end of your lower extremities. Provided you
do not move during your turn, you may make an additional
attack with your hooves as a bonus action, either against a
target in front of you – or directly behind you with your rear
legs. Your hooves deal 1d6 + your Strength modifier in
bludgeoning damage. This increases to 1d8 + your Strength
Modifier if you purchase horse shoes made specifically for
you.
Centaur Anatomy: Due to the odd design of your body,
armor is difficult to find and must be made specially for you.
This is expensive and requires a master in the craft. As such,
purchasing armor after character creation costs double the
normal amount.
Stubborn as a Mule: Your quadrupedal stance allows you
to resist effects that would move you or knock you prone
more effectively than your bipedal counterparts. You have
advantage on rolls to resist effects that would move you
against your will or knock you prone. If an effect does not
allow a Saving throw, you may make a Saving Throw to resist
the effect regardless.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and
Sylvan.
Centaur Feats
Over-run Charger
Prerequisite: Centaur Race
Due to your speed and bulk, you are able to move through
an opponent's space when you are are moving at speed.
When you take the dash action, you may over-run an
opponent. To use this feet, you must move in a straight line at
your opponent and through the opponent's space. When you
collide with them, you may make a single slam attack against
your opponent. This slam attack deals damage equal to 1d10
+ your Strength Modifier. Additionally, your target must
succeed in a Dexterity saving throw (DC equal to 8+your
proficiency bonus+your Strength Modifier) or be moved 5 feet
to one side (of your choice) of your path and be knocked
prone. They can not make an opportunity attacks against you
until the start of their next turn.
Flashing Hooves
Prerequisite: Centaur Race
You have learned how to retreat safely from combat, either
by rearing up or otherwise lashing out with your hooves. You
leave a threatened space, you no longer provoke attacks of
opportunity.
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Freigeist
Y
ou are descended from the horrifying
aberrations known as Mind Flayers. Your fore-
runners are the scourge of sentient creatures
across countless worlds. They are psionicists of
incredible power, tyrants and slavers traveling
across the planes. Their depredation and
depravity know no ends. They have harvested
entire races for their own twisted uses. The Githyanki,
Githzerai, Grimlocks, Kuo-toa, and Drow are all races
enslaved, warped, and twisted by your fore-runners. They are
all part of a collective consciousness – a hive mind – working
towards a common goal of total subjugation and domination.
You, however, belong to a settlement of Freigeist. You and
your people shun the name Mind Flayer with a frightening
vehemence. This is because your people have escaped the
collective and have all become individuals free from psionic
control.
Free from the hive mind
Most illithids belong to a colony of Mind Flayers that are
devoted and enslaved by an elder-brain – a massive brain-like
being that resides in a pool of salty water near the center of
the colony. From this pool, the elder brain telepathically
forces members of the community to do its bidding. Illithids
in your community have either been living without an elder-
brain or have risen up against the brain that once controlled
you. Once free of this controlling influence your friends,
family, and community members fled to the surface world
and away from the oppressive gloom of the underdark. Since
you have known the chafing shackles of slavery and psionic
control, you fight against anything that seems to be a
representation of oppression or slavery of any kind.
Psionically Gifted
In spite of the fact that they have fled from your past and
history of psionic domination, Freigeist are possessed of
potent psychic abilities. Without the discipline enforced by an
elder-brain, these psionic talents are mostly untrained and
considered wild talents. Freigeist can communicate with
anyone who is psionically sensitive (any creature with psychic
powers, including other Freigeist and psionicists)
telepathically – speaking mind to mind.
Extreme Cultural Bias
Due to the atrocities caused by your species across the
planes (not to mention the extremely alien and distinctive
appearance of your race) Freigeist will elicit an extreme
reaction from those around you. Members of many races will
simply avoid you on site, while the Drow, Duergar and others
will be extremely hostile. This can actually work to your
benefit while adventuring as Troglodytes, Ogres, Grimlocks
and the like may do your bidding simply as a matter of
course; or may flee from your presence altogether.
The Hunger
Mind Flayers evolved under the control of the elder-brains
that dominated them. The activities that they engaged in
changed them in ways that make most sentient beings cringe
and shudder to even think about. In short – illithids eat
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brains. These brains provide enzymes, proteins and
hormones necessary for their survival. Under the control of
the elder-brains, the naturally occurring psionic energy was
drained from the illithids minds. As such, they needed to refill
this psionic energy – and this required devouring the brains
of sentient races. Freigeist freed of the domination of the
elder-brains are no longer sapped of their psionic energy, but
still require the physical nutrients of brain matter.
Freigeist Names
Since Mind Flayers exist as part of a hive-mind, they have no
need of names. After breaking away from the collective and
elder-brains, the Freigeist learned to communicate verbally.
As such their spoken language is relatively new and has no
words reserved for individual names. As a result, Freigeist
names tend to be single words or phrases that describe past
deeds, ideals or a driving purpose. Some of them embrace
their freedom from enslavement by adopting names from
other cultures. Freigeist Names: Thrive, Thresh, Vendetta,
Life-bringer, Hunter, Pride, Survive.
Freigeist Traits
Your Freigeist character has an assortment of inborn abilities
that are part and parcel of illithid nature.
Ability Score Adjustment: Your Intelligence score
increases by 2 and your Charisma score increases by 2.
Age: Freigeist reach adulthood by 15 and live upwards of
200 years old.
Alignment: Freigeist can be of any alignment, but
centuries of conditioning by elder-brains have structured the
illithid brain to favor order – as such, Freigeist tend toward
lawful alignments.
Size: Freigeist are similar in size to humans, standing a
couple inches shy of 6 feet tall. Their bodies are more slender
than the average human. Your size is medium
Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision: Used to living in caves, your eyes are
exceptionally sensitive in low light conditions. You have
superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in
dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in
darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in
darkness, only shades of grey.
Psionic Resistance: Your innate psionic abilities make you
particularly resistant to psionic attacks. You have advantage
on saving throws against psionic abilities. Additionally, when
you are the target of a spell that allows a saving throw against
a save that you are proficient in, you have advantage on these
saving throws.
Telepathic Prowess: Freigeist can telepathically
communicate with others of their species, as well as any
character gifted with psionic abilities, without the need for
the Telepathy psionic power.
Echoes of the Hive: Due to centuries under the dominion
of the elder-brains, Freigeist are particularly vulnerable to the
mind influencing effects of their deep dwelling cousins. When
a Freigeist player character is targeted by a spell effect or
psionic ability cast by a Mind Flayer, they are at disadvantage
to resist these effects.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and
Deepspeech. Additionally, you can read and write Quall, a
written language unique to the Freigeist race – a tactile
language that consists of subtle raised sigils on special
parchment that are read with the tentacles.

Freigeist Feats
The following feat is available to Freigeist characters.
Projective Telepath
Prerequisite: Freigeist Race
You are able to use your telepathic gift to communicate
with creatures that are not psionically active. Your telepathic
prowess now allows you to communicate telepathically with a
willing, sentient creature in your line of sight – whether or not
they have any psionic abilities.

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Gnolls
“They say don't judge a book by its cover, right? Why would
you judge me by appearance, then?”
As is the case of sorcerers, gnolls are born of spurious
origins. Typical gnolls are feral creatures that rip through
small towns, feasting on the flesh of their humanoid victims,
but some find that life to be distasteful and walk away from
their demonic origins.
Demonic Origin
The origins of the beast men can be traced back to antiquity
when a demon lord stumbled into the Material Plane and
went berserk. Packs of hyenas followed in the demon lord's
wake, feasting on the carnage left by his slaughter. The
corrupting influence of the demon lord left a mark on his
kills. As they feasted and glutted themselves on the flesh of
sentient creatures, they became tainted. This taint caused
changes in the gnoll's physical form. They followed the
demon lord gleefully until he was banished back into the
abyss. Left with no purpose, they scattered across the globe
to unleash havoc.
Nomadic Nature
While gnolls are sentient humanoids, they are still closely
bound to their origins. Like the hyenas they were created
from, gnolls tend to be nomadic – traveling across the land in
search of adventure and resources. Even if they are in a place
with an abundance of food and supplies, they find the need to
travel irresistible. As such, they do not stay in one place for
long. This nomadic nature makes it difficult to form lasting
friendships, but makes them ideally suited for the life of an
adventurer.
Bestial Creatures
Gnoll adventurers are constantly at odds with their bestial
and demonic natures. When participating in combat, gnolls
find themselves fighting to maintain control. The sound of
clashing weapons and scent of blood call to the monster
lurking deep within. In spite of this, or perhaps because of it,
gnolls seek out the thrill of combat whenever they can. This
leads gnolls to be more hands on in combat roles and avoid
magic using classes. However, while rare, there is nothing
preventing gnolls from mastering magic as well.
Wild Visage
To those who do not know differently, Gnolls appear to be
slavering beasts. Gnolls are humanoid creatures, appearing
to be half man/half hyena. They walk upright on canine,
digitigrade legs. They are capable of running and moving on
all fours for bursts of speed. Long, wiry arms end in clawed
hands. Their entire body is covered in course fur. While
technically medium creatures, they maintain that label by the
narrowest of margins – a couple more inches and gnolls
would be considered large creatures.
Indistinguishable Genders
Like their hyena origins, gnoll genders are almost
indistinguishable from one another without an almost
medical examination of their nether regions. The females of
the species have mock or vestigial male genitalia in addition
to the normal female parts.
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Gnoll Names
Gnoll names are typically unpronounceable by humanoid
races – they just don't have the vocal capabilities for it. Their
names are composed of guttural syllables punctuated by
growls and the snapping of jaws. When dealing with other
races, however, Gnolls tend to take on names that describe
their deeds. Gnoll Deed Names: Redjaw, Masher, Stonewall,
Giggles, Questions the Skys, Gore Singer, Ill-Bred, Mocks the
Night, Trails of Dust, Splintered Tongue.
Gnoll Traits
Your Gnoll character has an assortment of inborn abilities
that are part and parcel of Gnoll nature.
Ability Score Increase: Your Dexterity score increases by
2 and your Constitutions score increases by 2.
Age: Gnolls are relatively short lived. They reach physical
maturity by age 12 or 13 and live an average of 45 years.
Alignment: Those gnolls that have walked away from their
demonic natures struggle with the concept of lawful behavior
and tend to be of a chaotic alignment.
Size: Gnolls stand between 6 and a half to 7 and a half feet
tall and average 350 pounds. Your size is medium.
Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision: Touched by demonic the demonic influence
that crafted your ancestors, you can perceive things that the
average person cannot. You have superior vision in dark and
dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you
as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim
light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Rampage: While you walk upright, you have the ability to
drop to all fours like the hyenas you are descended from.
Doing so allows you to take the Dash action as a bonus action
(in the same way a rogue uses their cunning action). When
you do this, you may only make attacks with your teeth and
claws.
Sharp of Tooth and Claw: Your animal nature has given
you sharp teeth and claws that you can attack with. These are
natural weapons and cannot be taken from you. Whenever
you would be able to make a melee weapon attack, you may
instead make a bite or claw attack using your strength
modifier. Claw attacks deal 1d4+strength modifier slashing
damage and bite attacks deal 1d4+ strength modifier piercing
damage. You are considered proficient with your bite and
claw attacks.
Demonic Willpower: You have advantage on saving
throws against charm effects.
Canine Senses: You have advantage on perception checks
that are based on scent and hearing.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and
Infernal.
Gnoll Feats
Pack Tactics
Prerequisite: Gnoll Race
Gnolls are effective pack hunters and coordinate well with
others. As long as one of your allies is within 5 feet of your
target, you have advantage on attack rolls made against that
target.
Pestilent Bite
Prerequisite: Gnoll Race
You are especially close to your hyena origins and your mouth
is a bastion of disease. When you make a successful attack
with your bite and deal at least 1 point of damage to your
target, your bite poisons them. The target must make a
Constitution saving throw against a DC of 14. If they fail the
roll, they become poisoned for 1 hour or until they take at
least 1 minute cleaning the wound. If they succeed on this
saving throw, they are immune to your Pestilent Bite for the
next 24 hours.

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 Husk Traits
Husk Ability Scores. Your Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence,
"I like not being dead. Anything beyond that is just icing on Wisdom and Charisma Scores increase by 1. Your
the cake.My undead cake of livingness." ~Jhonen Vasquez Constitution score drops by 2.
While visiting one of the cities of the prime material plane, Breathlessness. Husks have no need to breath. They do it
one will see the more common races in abundance, and the out of habit, but can go without breathing or the need to.
uncommon races to a lesser extent. Rarely, one will lay eyes Darkvision. Attuned to the negative energy permeating the
on one of the truly rare races. One such race is the Husk. material plane, you use it to penetrate the darkness. You have
superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in
Visage of Death dim light within 60 feet as if it were bright light and in
Some rare few are born as a repository for negative energy. darkness as if it were dim light. You cannot discern color in
Some say that Husks are born without souls, and they would darkness, only shades of grey.
not be wrong. No one is quite sure why, but all husks are born Vigilance of the Dead. You do not need to sleep.
of human stock. Gaunt, pale, and cadaverous – Husk's Age. Husks reach adulthood in their late teens and stop
appearance reflects the negative energy coursing through aging at sometime between their 21st and 35th birthday.
their bodies. The presence of this negative energy makes the They live indefinitely until destroyed.
Husk one of the few forms of Naturally Occurring undead. Alignment. Husks tend toward neutral alignments. Size.
The birth of a Husk is a random event and cannot be Husks vary widely in height, ranging from just under 5 feet
predicted. However, if two Husks find each other, they will tall to well over 6 feet tall. They are all thin to the point of
breed true. being cadaverous.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Long Lasting Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and
Husks grow and mature at the same rate as humans. one extra language of your choice. Husks typically learn the
However, they stop aging once they reach physical maturity – languages of other people they deal with including obscure
some time between 21 and 45. At this point, the Husk's bodily dialects. They are fond of peppering their speech with words
functions cease being necessary – they continue purely as a borrowed from other tongues.
reflex. They will continue to breathe and their heart will
continue to beat, even though it's not required. This means
that Husks do not age and do not need to breathe. Husks are
effectively immortal. As long as they are not killed, they will
not die of natural causes. Their appearance coupled with this
agelessness makes it difficult for Husks to maintain
relationships with other humanoids. Their longevity gives
them a perspective that even the longer lived races lack. If
one can get past the discomfort caused by the negative
energy residing in human form, they will have a a friend for
life.. and beyond. The fact that they will out live everyone they
ever meet is not lost on them. There is an air of sadness to
Husks, as they know everything and everyone else in their
lives is fleeting.
Husk Lands
Husks, being born of humans, have no lands of their own.
They are commonly found where humans make their homes,
and sometimes where humans once were. From time to time,
small settlements of Husks form. These villages and towns
are often far removed from other vestiges of civilization. This
is primarily out of fear. Husks fear that normal humans will
hunt and persecute them for what they are. History has often
proven this to be true.
On Walkabout
Husks who take up the life of an adventurer all make the
choice for different reasons. Some will adventure to test their
mettle. Many of them set out to find others like themselves.
Some find themselves unwelcome in their home villages.
Others go seek treasure and gold. Still others go adventuring
simply for adventure's sake.
Husk Names
Coming from Human stock, Husks have names common to
the area they grew up in.

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Pangoli
"To build up a library is to create a life. It’s never just a
random collection of books." ~Pangoli Proverb
In the depths of the rain forests and the most remote
reaches of the savannas reside the Pangoli – a reclusive race
of wise sages. Few adventurers have heard of, let alone seen
the Pangoli. The Pangoli are anthropomorphic animals –
humanoid animals. Uplifted from the pangolin, the scaly ant
eater, in an arcane experiment, the Pangoli count themselves
lucky to have been granted sentience. Quiet and
contemplative, the Pangoli are a race of sages and scholars.
Durable Beyond Belief
The pangoli, being descended from the scaly ant eater, are
incredibly durable. Save for their bellies, the pangoli are
covered in tough scales. Unlike reptiles, however, their scales
are not a part of their skin, but modified hair, like the spines
of a porcupine or the horn of a rhinoceros. Their scales grant
them a natural resistance to damage.
Keepers of Lore
The pangoli have an inborn and innate love of information,
lore, and the written word. Their communities have vast
libraries in all languages. A pangoli will scrounge up books,
scrolls, and stories. Even when they can't decipher the script,
they will grab a book at a bazaar, or a scroll in a shop,
muttering to themselves about the hidden mysteries.
Burrowing Denizens
Pangoli adore digging in the soil. Their homes and
settlements tend to be sprawling burrows and warrens with
large, ornate wooden doors at ground level. Unlike most
burrowing creatures, the pangoli's homes are large and
comfortable.
Homelands
The pangoli have no country to call their own, but instead live
in the farthest reaches of the unexplored wilds. Once they
settle in the area, they begin exploring slowly, systematically
scouring for ruins and texts, foraging for food and keeping to
themselves. In many cases, the pangoli are unaware that
there are other humanoids still in existence, let alone living in
the same country. When they discover a humanoid
settlement, the pangoli often realize that there is more to
collecting the knowledge of the world, than their tomes and
scrolls - experience.
Pangoli Language and Names
The pangoli language is soft and subtle and sounds muttered
to outsiders. The language is filled with round, soft
consonants. Their long tongues make hard consonants like k
and t hard for them to pronounce. They can learn other
languages – and often do so with enthusiasm in their pursuit
of knowledge. Pangoli names tend to be long and melodic.
Most of them start with the letter m, such as - Maendellyn,
Maeraddyth, Maeral, Maiele, Malgath, Mardeiym, Marlevaur,
Melandrach, Melisander, Merellien, Mhaenal.
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Pangoli Traits
As a pangoli, you have certain traits in common with your
people.
Ability Score Increase. Your constitution score increases
by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 3.
Age. Pangoli reach maturity by age 15 and live 80-100
years old. However, they do not suffer the effects of aging.
Alignment. Most pangoli are good. They rarely choose
sides when it comes to order or chaos, as long as it is for the
greater good of the warren.
Size. Pangoli are between four and a half to five feet tall.
They are slight of build, but heavily muscled – though this
musculature is hidden by their scaly appearance. They weigh
in between 120 and 175 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base speed is 25 feet.
Armored. Like your pangolin cousins, you have a natural
suit of armor. You gain the benefit of wearing chain mail
without having to wear armor. Wearing armor grants no
further benefit. You can use a shield as normal.
Digging Claws. You have large, developed claws that allow
you to make an unarmed attack that does 1d4 slashing
damage, which you are proficient with. You deal additional
damage equal to your strength modifier when attacking with
your claws.
Inhibiting Claws: Due to the the razor edges on your
claws, you cannot wield bows. When you try to draw them
back, sharp edge of your claws sever the string of the bow.
Darkvision. Pangoli can see in darkness as if it were bright
light out to a distance of 30 feet.
Superior Olfactory Senses: Pangoli have advantage on all
perception (wisdom) checks involving your sense of smell.
Sunlight Sensitivity: While in sunlight, the pangoli have
disadvantage on Attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom
(Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and
Pangoli.
Pangoli Feats
Claw Training
Prerequisite: Pangoli Race
You have trained extensively with your claws in combat.
You now deal 1d8 damage with your claws, and can attack
with them as if they were a light melee weapon as a bonus
action if you attacked with a melee weapon using your action.
Impenetrable Defense
Prerequisite: Pangoli Race
When threatened, you can curl into a tight ball with your
scales facing outward. While curled up like this, you cannot
move, use skills, cast spells or attack, but you gain immunity
to slashing and piercing damage as well as resistance to
bludgeoning damage.

Ratling
“Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in the cage.” ~Billy
Corgan
Wherever humanoids dwell, there will always be rats. It is a
symbiotic relationship that has existed since the two species
first crawled out of the primordial ooze. With rats come
ratlings. These small, dexterous humanoids hide in the
shadows and spaces that the other races ignore. They are
cunning, witty, and sarcastic with a dark sense of humor.
Ratlings are true survivors and will do what ever it takes to
ensure that they live to fight another day.
Survivors to the Core
City, forest, swamp, or desert – ratlings can be found in any
environment. They survive no matter the cost and they do it
with a tenacity that is frightening to some. In most cases this
means skulking in the shadows or running away. However,
when they have no choice, they fight ferociously. There is
nothing more terrifying than a ratling backed into a corner.
Pestilent Perceptions
Due to the fact that rats were instrumental in spreading
numerous diseases, including the plague, there is a stigma
attached to them. People believe them to be dirty and disease
ridden – in spite of the fact that it was the flees that the rats
carried that spread these devastating diseases. The rat
population experienced a boom during the plague as they are
immune to most diseases. This stigma, however, persists and
carries over onto the ratlings and tends to make people
uneasy in their presence. In spite of this perception, rats and
their cousins, the ratlings, are fastidiously clean.
Fleet of Foot
As anyone who has ever tried to catch a rat knows, they are
fast. Nimble and quick, rodents survive most encounters with
their alacrity alone. Ratlings are no different. They move with
a speed that is surprising to most and strike with attacks that
are almost blindingly fast. This makes them unpredictable on
the battlefield and almost impossible to catch when they
choose not to fight.
Treble Voices
Like their rat cousins, ratlings have an extraordinary vocal
range. When conversing with the other races, ratlings
purposely pitch their voices lower so that they can be heard.
In spite of making a conscious effort to be heard, their voices
are still very high pitched, often mistaken for children.
However, among those of their own kind, ratlings can pitch
their voices high enough that most of the humanoid races
cannot hear them speaking. This allows them to
communicate freely without detection.
Like Bitter Herbs
The treatment that most ratlings receive at the hands of
civilized society is poor at best - abusive at least. This has
made most of them bitter. They resent most civilized areas,
even though they are needed for survival. This treatment
makes most ratlings skittish and uncomfortable. They are
slow to trust, expecting harassment, hostility. or violence.
However, once you earn their trust, a ratling will be the
fiercest of friends.
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Ratling Names
Most ratling names are completely unpronounceable by other
races. Their names are spoken in the register that only they
and a few other races can here. They are composed of liquid,
soft sounds punctuated by clicks and chitters. Those who are
can hear them speak their names can only describe them as
name sounds, unique to each individual. In fact, with a few
exceptions, no two ratling names are the same. Since other
races still need to address them, ratlings will often adopt
names from the cultures common in the areas they grow up
in. Others are given names by their traveling companions.
Ratling Traits
Your ratling character has an assortment of inborn abilities
that are part and parcel of ratling nature.
Ability Score Adjustment: Your Dexterity score is
increased by 2 and your Constitution score is increased by 2.
Due to the almost universal prejudice against rats and their
kin, your Charisma score is reduced by 2.
Age: Ratlings are short lived, reaching maturity at age 9-11
and reaching old age by age 50.
Alignment: Since ratlings live hard lives, they tend to be
selfish. Most of them are neutral alignments as a result.
Size: Ratlings range in height from 3'7” to 4'8” with males
being slight larger with more bulk than females. You are a
small creature.
Speed: Your base walking speed is 40 feet.
Hearty Immune System: You are immune to naturally
occurring diseases and have advantage to resist magically
caused ones.
Counterbalancing Tails: Ratling's tails give them superb
balance. As such, ratlings have advantage on acrobatics
checks.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common, and
Ratling. The ratling written language consists of sigils
comprised of scratch marks. Similar to thieves cant, without
training in this written language, it is impossible to decipher.
Further, as these sigils appear to be nothing more than
scratch marks, a perception check is required to even notice
them if you are not a native speaker.
Ratling Feats
Rodent Survival
Prerequisite: Ratling Race
Your experiences early in life have given you an impressive
survival ability, especially when underground. You are
considered to have expertise in the Survival (wisdom) skill,
allowing you to add twice your proficiency bonus to checks
made with the Survival skill.
Natural Burrower
*Prerequisite: Ratling Race
Like your rat cousins, your teeth and claws are incredibly
strong. You can burrow through almost anything. Given
enough time, you can chew your way through anything – even
steel and stone. When borrowing through soft materials
(sand, dirt, etc.), you may do so at a speed of 10 feet per
round. Your passage leaves no trace on the ground above.
When tunneling through harder materials, it takes you 10
minutes per inch of material.
Tessera
B
eyond the east of of the Sword Coast lay lands
of unexplored wastes, lost empires, deserts
filled with shifting magical sands, and wonders
unseen. The remnants of ancient, venerable
magics huddle in ruins of crumbling castles and
keeps. The wonders of the east host equally
wondrous creatures – such as the Sylvanoi, the
Rakash, and Tessera.
In the age before the Sundering, the great mystic
Skandrannon studied the magics of the mind – psionics.
Skandrannon spent a lifetime gathering knowledge, honing
his psionics skills, and stockpiling psionic energy in stones.
When the tapestry of magic that lay across the land was torn
and sundered, Skandrannon's tower fell, and his knowledge,
skill, and power fell with him.
There immense amount of psionic energy stored in
Skandrannon's keep laid undisturbed for centuries before the
echoes, waves of magical energy unleashed by the Sundering,
bounced off distant shores and returned to their points of
origin. These waves crashed against Skandrannon's hold,
destabilizing the vessels containing the reservoirs of psionic
energy. Had anyone lived within view of Skandrannon's keep
they would have witnessed a new cataclysm as the vessels
ruptured, mingled with the magic, and laid waste to the area;
leaving the area nothing more than a glowing field of glass.
The mystic fallout eventually began to fade, soaking into
the glass and fading into forgotten obscurity.
That is until the Great Storm blew across Faerun. The
Great Storm was a cyclone of immense power that churned
its way across the continent. It was a disaster that rivaled the
Sundering in its potency. As it reached the glassy remains of
Skandrannon's keep, the long dormant psionic and magical
energies stirred uneasily beneath the ground, holding the
storm in place. The fury of the storm, the lightning strikes,
and the energy trapped in the glassy ground all mingled.
This energy melted and shattered the glass, and was
released.
Thus, were the Tessera born. The magic and psionic
energy trapped in the now molten and shattered glass was
now conscious.
Naturally Occurring Constructs
The Tessera are concentrated psionic and magic energy
trapped in bodies composed of glass. Their bodies take on a
humanoid form due to the fact that the psionic energy was
filtered through the psyche of Skandrannon. Their bodies are
indescribably beautiful, prismatic psionic energy flowing
through bodies composed of translucent glass. Upon close
inspection, the joints of the Tessera are actually tendrils of
psionic energy – focused telekinesis – holding the individual
parts of their bodies together.
Limited Lands
The Tessera, on the whole, do not venture far from their
birthplace; the remains of Skandrannon's keep. Since every
ounce of psionic energy that was stored in the keep had been
filtered through Skandrannon's body and mind, the Tessera
have his drive for knowledge and learning, and are obsessed
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with learning all they can about the nature of psionic
abilities and the remains of the keep. The Tessera tend to stay
within the area immediately surrounding the remains of the
keep.
Born of Thunder and Power
The Tessera, being constructs, are not born. When the
settlement needs more hands, the Tessera make a decision
(as a group) to procreate. This is done via a ritual that they
discovered in the remains of the keep. It summons another
great cyclone (though not as massive as the one that initially
created them), pounding the glassy plane with more lightning
as the Tessera focus their wills downward, calling out the
mystic energy, and creating more of themselves in the
process. As the storm subsides, the molten glassy rubble
begins to twitch and move, coalescing into young Tessera.
Even though they are new, they come into existence fully
formed and cognizant.
Translucent and Transparent
The Tessera are composed of dark, translucent glass,
encasing magical energy and surrounding a core of psionic
energy. They appear to be a humanoid form composed of
dark, cloudy glass bound together by ropy tendrils of magical
energy with a pulsing energy core in the middle of their torso.
There is a smaller, but brighter, energy core in their head.
Where the chunks of glass meet, instead of grinding, physical
joints; the ropes of magical energy bind the stones together.
Anyone who is familiar with the Tessera are able to read
their emotional state and moods easily. The psionic energy
cores that are nestled in their heads change color with their
mood.
Tessera Names
Tessera have no need to identify themselves with a collection
of sounds – they have a unique psionic signature that is as
individual as fingerprints to those who know how to identify
it. The Tessera can read these signatures as easily as other
races can hear the names of sentients. The Tessera don't take
names for themselves and readily accept any name given to
them by traveling companions – as long as it's given with a
positive intent. Names that are given with malice or without
fondness are dismissed out of hand as the Tessera are able to
read that intent without effort.
Tessera Traits
Your Tessera character has an assortment of inborn abilities
that are part and parcel of their mystical nature.
Ability Score Adjustment: The cores that animate you are
concentrated psionic energy, literally the solidified willpower
of the great mage Skandrannon – as such, your presence of
mind and force of personality are formidable. Your Charisma
score is increased by 2.
Age: Tessera are created fully mature and there is no limit
to their life-span. They are effectively immortal and will live
until they are killed or destroyed.
Alignment: The method of storage of psionic energy
storage that was pioneered by Skandrannon required
that all of the psionic energy pass through Skandrannon's Tessera Feats
mind and body. This imprinted the psionic energy with
Skandrannon's personality. Since Skandrannon was a truly The following feats are available to Tessera characters.
good person, the Tessera tend towards good alignments.
Size: Tessera stand between 5' 6” and 7' 6” tall. Your size Durable Construct
is medium. Prerequisite: Tessera Race
*Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet. The glass that you are composed of, coupled with the
Languages: The Tessera have no language of their own. energy that binds you together is particularly hearty. You are
Instead, they read the psionic impulses that spread outward able to persist, surviving events that would destroy lesser
when a sentient creature attempts to communicate. As the beings. Your Constitution score is increased by 1 and you
intent is to share thoughts and information, these impulses gain a +1 bonus to your AC. Additionally, you gain a +2 bonus
are relatively easy for the Tessera to read. This allows them to to death saving throws.
learn any language within minutes of being exposed to it and
communicate in the creature's own native language. Disassembler
Perception Beyond Sight: The Tessera do not have Prerequisite: Tessera Race
traditional physiology, and as such do not have have eyes. You are adept at stretching the tendrils of magical energy
Their perceptions are completely psionic in nature. This that bind you together. When you are grappled or restrained,
grants them the ability to see in a 360 degree arc around you may disassemble your body and reassemble within 5 feet
themselves. As their psyche is an imprint of Skandrannon, of your previous position. You may add your proficiency
their senses are equivalent to those of other sentients. bonus to any ability or skill check to escape the grappled or
Tessera have dark vision out to 60 feet. restrained conditions. If you already proficient in this ability
Telekinetic Buffer: Your body is composed of disparate or skill, you may add twice your proficiency bonus.
pieces of glass from the plane. Your motivating force is purely Additionally, when you escape a grapple on your turn, you
telekinetic in nature. This force creates a field around you may immediately use your bonus action to attack the creature
and buffers incoming blows, making it harder to damage you. you just escaped.
You gain a +1 bonus to your AC.
Telekinetic Reach: As an extension of your telekinetic
motivational force, you are able to detach you forearms and
hands. Once detached, you can send them away from you out
to a distance of 30 feet. Despite being away from your body,
your hands will function normally in all other ways. You can
feel with them, manipulate objects and the like. While they
are away from your body, there is a faint tendril of glowing
energy that keeps you attached to them. If some other force
cuts or disrupts this magical force, they fall lifelessly to the
ground. You must reattach the forearm for it to gain
functionality once more.
Decidedly Unstealthy: Due to the fact that you glow with a
light that is the equivalent of a bright candle or dim torch, you
have disadvantage on stealth checks involving sight.
The Ultimate Disguise: You are able withdraw all of your
energy into to your chest. When you do so, you collapse into a
pile of glass stones. Unless a creature is relatively familiar
with your race, they will simply overlook you as a pile of
rubble.
No Need for Sleep: You do not possess a brain and central
nervous system. Your thinking machinery does not get tired.
You do not need sleep, however, you still need to rest. You can
achieve the same effects of a long rest in four hours. During
this time, you must rest – you may not engage in any
strenuous activity and must remain relatively docile during
this time. If you do this, you gain the effects of a long rest
within 4 hours. Additionally, it only takes you 30 minutes to
gain the benefits of a short rest.

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Vox
D
eep below the earth, sandwiched between the
surface world and the underdark lays a realm of
twilight. Few know of its existence and fewer
still have ventured there and lived to tell the
story. Mighty strongholds, keeps, and lands have
been hard worn and hewn from the depths of
the earth – by inhuman hands.
The gloaming, a land of shadows and twilight exists
hundreds of meters below the steps of the sentient races.
This is the land of the Vox – a race of giant insects. Giant,
however, is a relative term. The Vox are approximately the
size of men. The Vox had never ventured out of their lands,
until recently. The events surrounding the elemental evils and
the demons in the underdark have recently forced the Vox
from their warrens.
The turmoil below has forced the Vox into the land above
for the first time in millennia. As they came boiling up out of
the earth, the other races were concerned about a possible
invasion and readied arms. The anticipated invasion and
resulting war did not come – however. The Vox simply set out
to explore and find a new place for their nurseries and
families.
The crops and livestock that the Vox had come to rely on in
the gloaming did not fare well on the surface world, so they
were forced to search for new sources of food and survival.
This brought them into direct contact with the other races of
the overworld. The initial contacts did not go well for either
side, as the Vox's appearance is alien and terrifying to most
sentient creatures.
After many unfortunate encounters, an uneasy peace was
reached on both sides. The Vox, when met with violence,
retreated again and again. Only when pressed back into their
settlements, did they fight back. When cornered, their
nurseries threatened, the Vox fought like only a hive could
fight. Eventually, the other races came to realize that the Vox
were no threat as long as they were allowed to live
undisturbed.
The Voice
Each Vox settlement functions as a hive – unified in purpose
by a telepathic signal broadcast from a hive queen. Each hive
has a queen. While each of the Vox serves a queen as part of
the hive mind, each of them is a unique individual. In spite of
this individuality, the Vox all work to the betterment of the
hive. The voice of the queen and the others always echoes in
their mind.
The Vox are driven to better the hive at all times. This does
not dictate their behavior, however. The Vox have the freewill
to decide how best to serve the best interests of the hive and
queen. Adventuring Vox are in the world to find resources,
learn more about the world so the hive can survive better, or
to eliminate threats to the queen.
Alien in Appearance
Scholars have described the Vox as human sized Praying
Mantises. Their visage is, indeed, very similar to
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mantises – they are chitinous, have multiple legs and large
scythe-like forelimbs, and have a heart shaped head with
sharp mandibles and large, many faceted eyes. To any who
are not familiar with the appearance of the Vox, this
appearance can be terrifying – to those who know them,
these features are actually comforting.
Close Talking and Fear
The Vox, living in tunnels, caverns, and warrens too small for
other creatures of comparable size, are very comfortable with
touch. They crawl over and around each other as a matter of
course. This lack of space leads the Vox to have no concept of
personal space. Additionally, the Vox naturally communicate
with subtle nuances that rely on touch, pheromones, and
subtle posture. As the Vox face is chitinous and has no
flexibility, they do not have the ability to convey emotion with
facial expressions.
The tight quarters of the warrens are incredibly comforting
to the Vox. As a result, the open spaces of the sword coast
tend to make the Vox terribly uneasy. They can adjust to it
with time; but most will skitter for cover when confronted
with a shadow from overhead, as their instinctual fear of
predators and uncertainty out in the open kicks in.
Vox Names
The Vox language is unpronounceable to most other races, as
are their names. Their names are incredibly descriptive of
each individual and contain a description of the individual's
description, place in Vox society, family, profession and deeds.
Most of the other races choose names that seem to fit their
Vox traveling companions.
Vox Traits
Your Vox character has an assortment of inborn abilities that
are part and parcel of their technological background and
nature.
Ability Score Adjustment: Vox are durable, and able to
resist diseases and poisons with relative ease – your
Constitution score is increased by 2. Due to the psionic link of
the Vox Hive Mind, you are able to resist most mind altering
effects much easier than most of the other races; your
Wisdom score is increased by 2. However, you are a giant
praying mantis and your appearance is frightening to others;
your Charisma score is reduced by 2.
Age: Vox reach maturity in 2-3 years and live between 50
and 60 years.
Alignment: Vox can be of any alignment, but the voice of
the hive imposes a certain desire for order. As such, Vox tend
towards lawful alignments.
Size: Vox stand between 5 and 6 feet tall. Your size is
medium.
Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Hive Mind: You are a part of the collective consciousness
of your hive. You serve an unerring purpose in life.
Additionally, at all times, you are aware of the condition of
your hive's queen, the location, emotional state, and all
Vox from your hive within 2 miles of your location. When
meeting with Vox from your hive, they are automatically
kindly and welcoming towards you, and you have advantage
to all Charisma based checks to deal with Vox from other
hives.
Naturally Durable, Oddly Fragile: The Vox, being large
insects, have a chitinous exoskeleton which makes them
incredibly durable. Bladed weapons tend to glance of their
armored plates, so you have resistance against slashing
damage. However, this chitin can be crushed and cracked by
blunt force – you are vulnerable to bludgeoning damage and
take double the normal bludgeoning damage. Damage of this
type is incredibly painful and debilitating for the Vox.
Difficult to Outfit: Due to your alien form, armor is
difficult to come by. All armor purchases cost you triple the
standard cost unless you are in a Vox settlement, and must be
made by a master armorer. You will rarely, if ever, be able to
find armor when looting.
Antennae: Your antennae are incredibly powerful olfactory
organs and give you an astounding sense of smell. You may
use them to track creatures and individuals by scent alone as
long as the trail is no more than 5 days old.
Insectile Eyes: Your eyes are large, multi-faceted orbs set
wide on your head. This makes it harder to sneak up on you –
You have advantage on checks to detect creatures who are
sneaking within 15 feet of you. However, since you see each
of the facets in the eyes as a separate image, it is difficult to
make out fine details; you have disadvantage on investigation
checks that are based on fine, static detail.
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Scything Arms: You have large blades as part of your
forearms, you have natural weapons with you at all times. You
are considered to be proficient with these weapons. You
cannot be disarmed of these weapons. You do not have the
ability to stow these weapons, nor can they be concealed. In
all other ways, these blades function as long swords.
Languages: The Vox language cannot be reproduced by
most of the other races – they don't have the mouth parts for
it. Chitin mandibles grind and produce chitters, clicks and
squeaks that are unpronounceable to soft mouth parts. The
Vox, with some difficulty, can speak other languages. You can
read, write and speak common, and any other languages you
know. However, the Vox have no written language.
Vox Feats
The following feats are available to Vox characters.
Vox Wings
Prerequisite: Vox Race
All Vox have wings, but evolution has forced those to be
nothing more than vestigial displays. You, however, have real
wings. These wings allow you to fly at a speed equal to your
base move speed.
Wide Set Eyes
Prerequisite: Vox Race
Your eyes are set wider on your head than most of your
brethren. This makes it much more difficult to sneak up on
you. You may make a perception check in any situation that
stealthy creatures would otherwise be able to sneak up on
you. Additionally, you cannot be flanked if your GM is using
the optional flanking rules.
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Barbarian Archetypes
Ape Totem
In some ecosystems, bears, eagles, wolves, elk, and tigers are
not all that common. As such, the totem warriors embrace
other beasts as their totem spirits. In the forests and jungles
of the material plane, great apes wander. Quiet and wise,
these noble beasts inspire awe and fear of the natives. The
barbarians of these areas venerate them and pattern their
lives after them. Thus the Totem of the Ape was born.
Fists of the Great Apes
Starting at 3rd level, when you choose this path, your
unarmed strikes use a d4 for determining damage instead of
a d4. While raging, this increases to a d8. Additionally, your
totem grants you expertise with Athletics (Strength) checks.
Savage Shove
Starting at 6th level, you have learned how to use your
strength to move foes around the battlefield. When you use
the shove action, you can move the enemy 5 feet in any
direction (not just away from you. If they collide with an
object or structure, they take damage equal to your unarmed
strike. If you move them into another creature, the damage is
divided between the two. Any creature damaged by this action
is knocked prone.
Dauntless Drive
Starting at 10th level, you develop the ability to ignore the
pain associated with being wounded and push on. Once per
rage, you may use your bonus action to gain temporary hit
points. The temporary hit points gained are equal to 1d10
plus your level in the barbarian class. These temporary hit
points fade when your rage ends.
Fists of the Silver-back
Starting at 14th level, your blows have become truly
terrifying. When you make a successful unarmed attack
against a prone or grappled foe, you automatically score a
critical hit. Additionally, the target must make a Constitution
saving throw against a DC equal to 8 + you Strength Modifier
+ your proficiency bonus. If the target fails, they are stunned
til the end of your next turn.
Path of the Bone Rattler
As the winds of undeath flow over the material plane, it
leaves people broken and maddened with grief. None embody
this more than the barbarians who call themselves the bone
rattlers. These cursed few are driven by revenge and grief.
Most are driven so far that they debase themselves and
become worse than that which they hunt. One can only dance
along the edge of the abyss before you fall into the depths
below.
Bone Armory
When you choose this Primal Path at 3rd level, you may
construct weaponry from the bones of the dead. These
weapons deal the normal damage for weapons of their type.
Additionally, while raging, these weapons deal necrotic
damage instead of its normal damage type.
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Armor of the Dead
At 6th level, you may craft a vest of bone. In regards to your
unarmored defense class feature, this vest does not count as
armor. It does, however, increase your Armor Class by +1.
Additionally, you gain resistance to necrotic damage. While
raging, this resistance becomes immunity to necrotic
damage, instead. Only you can gain these benefits from this
vest. It takes 8 hours to craft Armor of the Dead.
Pall of Undeath
At 10th level, your quest to vanquish the unquiet dead has
tainted you with the negative energy of undeath. You have
become nearly indistinguishable from the undead. When
undead creatures look at you, they see another undead
creature. Additionally, you may choose to be affected as if you
were undead for any spell or effect that affects the undead.
Scourge of the Dead
At 14th level, you have mastered the art of destroying the
undead. While you are raging and using the weapons you
crafted with your Bone Armory, you deal an additional 1d8
points of damage against undead creatures. Additionally, you
gain advantage on all saving throws against magical effects
and spells cast or caused by undead creatures.
Praetor
Fighting with reckless abandon, barbarians that follow the
path of the praetor appear to be a blur of blades, blood, and
bone. Erratic and graceful, as they dance to the silent song of
battle, they dance a dance of lethal agility and intent. Praetors
tend to hail from nomadic tribes, lending their blades to any
cause they believe in... or which pays well enough to purchase
their loyalty, however temporarily. They learn the song and
dance of battle, taking up new steps from every opponent
they face in battle.
Praetors treat any one handed slashing weapons as having
the Finesse property. You can only enter a Devilish Dance
rage while wielding slashing weapons and wearing no armor.
You may not enter a Devilish Dance rage while using a shield.
Your rage ends if you do not meet these prerequisites, any
prerequisites for raging normally, or if you do not move at
least 5 feet on your turn.
Additionally, you gain proficiency in the Performance skill
and may use Dexterity in place of Charisma for any checks
involving dance. Your Reckless Attack and Primal Champion
class features may now use Dexterity instead of Strength.
Your speed increases by 5 feet while you are not wearing
armor or using a shield.
Devilish Dance
Starting at 3rd level, you embody the battle song and become
a whirlwind of destruction. While raging, you gain the
following benefits:
1. You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing and slashing
damage
2. When you make a melee weapon attack using a weapon
that uses your Dexterity modifier. You gain a bonus to
damage rolls as shown in the Rage Damage column of the
Barbarian Class Table.
1. You have advantage on Acrobatics (Dexterity) checks and
Dexterity saving throws.
2. When you make an attack against an enemy, you don't
provoke opportunity attacks from them until the start of
your next turn.
Blade Singer
Starting at 6th level, you begin to sing the battle song as you
rage. You keen and wail as you storm around the battlefield.
You have begun to focus your dance into a particular style.
Choose one of the following options.
Blurred Blade Defense: Your blade is a blur, deflecting
incoming blows with ease. While you are wearing no
armor, not using a shield, and using a one handed slashing
weapon, your armor class is increased by +1
Storming Blade Strike: The battle dance allows you to
move swiftly across the battlefield. When you successfully
hit with an opportunity attack and are wielding a slashing
weapon, you may move up to half your speed after the
attack. This is part of the same reaction and does not
provoke opportunity attacks.
Withering Blades: Your attacks are so savage that your
opponents are convinced they are facing a wall of blades.
When you are wielding only slashing weapons in both
hands, and you make an offhand attack, you may add your
Dexterity modifier to the damage of the second attack.
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Frolic with Death
Starting at 10th Level, the line between yourself and the
battle song has become blurred. Starting at 10th level,
when you move at least 5 feet before you attack and make
a melee attack with a slashing weapon using your
Dexterity Mod, your weapon attacks deal an additional
1d6 damage. You may not use this class feature if you are
wearing armor or using a shield.
Dance of Ruination
Starying at 14th level, you are now the pure embodiment of
the battle song – an avatar of death whirling across the
battlefield. When you rage, you may enter the Dance of
Ruination. If you do so, for the duration of your Devilish
Dance rage, you gain an Extra Attack as per the class feature
of the same name – adding one extra attack to your class
feature. Once your Dance of Ruination ends, you suffer one
level of exhaustion.

Bardic Colleges
College of Ancient Melodies
Some say the planes were spoken into existence. Others say
it all began with a song. The entirety of reality is a tapestry of
metaphysical notes called the Symphony. Bards of the
College of Ancient Melodies have learned to tap into the
symphony and manipulate its notes to produce effects that
other bards can only hope to master.
Bonus Proficiencies
When you join the College of Music at 3rd level, you gain
proficiency in the Performance skill, if you already have that
skill, you may pick another charisma based skill of your
choice. In addition, you receive proficiency with two musical
instruments of your choice.
Song of Preservation
Starting at 3rd level, you may expend one use of your bardic
performance to play a song that preserves the lives of those
around you. As an action during combat, you perform this
song. Each round you sing allows all allies that are 0 hit
points to be automatically stabilized. This song lasts for five
minutes and requires concentration to maintain.
Melpomene
Starting at 6th level, you have learned a melody that disrupts
the magic around you. As an action in combat, you can
expend one use of your bardic inspiration to play this song.
This song forces enemies within 60 feet of you to make a
concentration check to cast a spell. If the target fails this
check, they are unable to cast the spell, but retain the spell
slot. If a spell that requires concentration is already in effect,
the caster is at disadvantage on concentration checks to
maintain the spell. This song lasts for one minute and
requires concentration to maintain.
Song of Revelations
Starting at 14th level, you are able to sing a song that echoes
around you, revealing reality as it truly is. As an action, you
may expend one use of your bardic inspiration to play this
song. As long as you are playing, you and your allies within 30
feet of you gain the benefits of a True Seeing spell. This song
lasts for five minutes and requires concentration to maintain.
College of Fortune
While some bards are poets, spell casters, or warriors, others
scour the earth for what riches, fame, and fortune they can
find. These bards are less about performance and inspiration
and far more concerned about survival. Other bards scoff at
this admirable self interest, but adventuring parties are
constantly on the lookout for a Fortune College bard.
Bonus Proficiencies
When you choose this college at 3rd level, you gain
proficiency with a single skill of your choice. You also gain
proficiency with thieves tools and improvised weapons.
Premonition
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At 3rd level, you gain a sense of how things should be. This
allows you to know when something isn't right and gives you
an edge that others do not possess. You gain advantage
against effects that you can see or hear, such as traps or
spells. If you are blinded, deafened or incapacitated, you can't
use this ability.
Uncanny Dodge
Starting at 6th level, when an attacker that you can see hits
you with an attack, you can use your reaction to make an
uncanny dodge to halve the attack’s damage against you.
Irrepressible
At 14th level, you become almost unstoppable. When you are
below half hit points, you may take an action to spend one use
of your bardic inspiration to bolster yourself and fight on.
When you do this, you regain hit points equal to 1d10+your
levels in bard.
College of Lament
Most bards focus on learning the songs and poems of the
great heroes of ages gone by – songs of hope, joy, and victory.
Bards of the College of Lament are the antithesis of these
bards. Instead of inspiring their allies, the power of these
bards is focused on demoralizing and inspiring dread, fear,
and despair in their enemies.
Few of them are evil, but most of them are chaotic in
nature. With tails of woe and tragedy, they travel the land
granting the release of tears to many that need it. Some
perform at funerals, and others travel the land recording the
time and place of death of great heroes. After all, the death of
great heroes make the best songs.
Expanded Spell List
Starting at 3rd level, the following spells are added to your
spell list.
Spell Level Spells
1st Inflict Wounds
2d Ray of Enfeeblement
3rd Bestow Curse
4th Blight
5th Contagion
Dirge
Starting at 3rd level, you can demoralize your enemies with
your bardic inspiration. When an enemy makes a saving
throw or attack roll, you may expend one use of your bardic
inspiration to force that enemy to make the roll at
disadvantage. You must choose to use this ability before the
roll is made. Creatures that are immune to being charmed
are immune to this effect.
Threnody
At 6th level, your music affects your enemies in a deeply
profound way, breaking their wills. As an action, you may
expend one use of your bardic inspiration to terrify your
enemies. When you use this ability, every enemy within 60
feet of you that can hear you must succeed in a Charisma
saving throw against your spell save DC or be frightened of
you for one minute. You may use this ability once per rest.
Requiem
At 14th level, you gain the ability to crush your enemies with a
word. As an action, you may expend one use of your bardic
inspiration to force one creature within 60 feet of you that
can see you to make a Charisma saving throw against your
spell save DC. If the creature fails this check, they are
paralyzed with fear for a number of rounds equal to your
Charisma Modifier. If they succeed in this check, they are
merely frightened of you for a number of rounds equal to your
Charisma Modifier. You may use this ability once per long
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Cleric Archetypes
Clerical Domain: Luck
The gods of luck favor the brave... and the foolish. In the case
of clerics that align themselves with the gods of luck, there is
rarely any difference. These beings and their servants revel in
randomness, chance, and chaos. Clerics of the luck domain
often have more of the attention of their gods than clerics of
other domains. These deities watch closely and intervene in
small ways – changing fortune when it matters most... or
when an incredible stroke of luck would serve them best.
These gods reward those who take on impossible challenges
or unbeatable odds.
Luck Domain Spells
Level Spells
1st Bless, Bane
3rd Enhance Ability, Remove Curse
5th Bestow Curse, Remove Curse
7th Locate Creature, Divination
9th Mislead, Seeming
Bonus Proficiencies
At 1st level, you gain proficiency with two gaming sets of your
choice.
Channel Divinity: Fate's Grace
Starting at 2nd level, you may expend one use of your
Channel Divinity class feature to make one attack roll, saving
throw, or ability check at advantage.
Channel Divinity: Fortune's Cruel Smile
Starting at 2nd level, you may expend one use of your
Channel Divinity class feature to force an enemy to roll an
attack roll, saving throw, or ability check at disadvantage.
Near Miss
Starting at 6th level, your luck is truly astounding. You can
call upon your deity to change the odds in your favor. When
you make an ability check, a saving throw, or make an attack
you can use this feature to add a d10 to your roll. You can do
so after the roll is made, but before any of the roll's effects
occur. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until
you finish a short or long rest.
Divine Strike
At 8th level, once on each of your turns when you hit a
creature with a weapon attack, you can cause the attack to
deal an extra 1d8 damage of the weapon's type to the target.
When you reach 14th level, the extra damage increases to
2d8.
Luck's Darling
Starting at 17th level, you can enter a transcendent state
which allows your deity to work directly through you. During
this time, you are one with your deity and they move their
hand to your advantage. During this time you have advantage
on ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws. You can
maintain this transcendent state for one minute.
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This state requires an action to enter. After you use this
feature, you cannot use it again until you finish a short or long
rest.
Clerical Domain: Travel
The gods themselves exist in the far reaches of the planes.
Their power reaches across vast metaphysical distances to
empower their chosen clerics. As such, it is only natural that
some of these divine beings would govern the domain of
travel. Clerics of the travel domain are explorers and find
their enlightenment and joy in the simple act of traveling.
Travel Domain Spains
Level Spells
1st Longstrider, Purify Food and Drink
3rd Pass Without Trace, Locate Animals or Plants
5th Phantom Steed, Leomund's Tiny Hut
7th Freedom of Movement, Dimension Door
9th Teleportation Circle, Tree Stride
Channel Divinity: Pathfinder's Blessing
You may use your channel divinity class feature to relieve the
effects of exhaustion on one target of your choosing. You
touch this creature and expend one use of your channel
divinity. When you do so, the target may ignore the effects of
one level of exhaustion until their next long rest. This ignored
level of exhaustion still counts for calculating recovery from
exhaustion and for the total detrimental effects of exhaustion.
Repeated uses of this class feature will ignore further levels
of exhaustion.
Alacrity
Starting at 1st level, you are exceptionally nimble. You gain
+10 feet to your base walking speed.
Unchecked Movement
Starting at 2nd level, naturally occurring difficult terrain does
not impede your speed. Difficult terrain caused by spells and
other effects is still treated as difficult terrain for purposes of
calculating movement speed. Additionally, you have an
inherent and intuitive sense of direction and always know
which way you are facing – north, south, east, or west.
Channel Divinity: Improved Pathfinder's
Blessing
Starting at 6th level, your Pathfinder's Blessing has increased
in power. When you use this class feature, you may choose
one of the following effects: You may completely remove one
level of exhaustion from your target; You may allow them to
ignore two levels of exhaustion per use.
Elusive step
Starting at 6th level, you have the ability to pass through
threatened areas without triggering attacks of opportunity. As
long as you do not start your turn in a threatened square, you
may pass through threatened areas as if you had used the
disengage action. This ability does not take any action to use.
Potent Spellcasting
Starting at 8th level, you may add your Wisdom modifier to all
damage you deal with cantrips.
Exemplary Teleportation
Starting at 14th level, teleportation mishaps never happen to
you or other creatures traveling with you.
Channel Divinity: Superior Pathfinder's
Blessing
Starting at 17th level, when you use this class feature, you
can remove two levels of exhaustion from your target or allow
them to ignore 3 levels of exhaustion.
Infernal Rector
There are those that worship the gods, giving them obeisance
and the lip service of the truly devout. Then there are those
who have come to despise the gods – either through
unanswered prayers, personal misfortune, or direct
intervention of the infernal. They use their personal power to
steal from the divine itself. While not all of these clerics are
evil, all of them have reason to hate the gods.
Infernal Rectors gain their power by stealing their spells
directly from the gods instead of through prayer or devotion.
They will never gain the focus and expertise of a dedicated
cleric via divine domains. However, this is counterbalanced by
a diversity and versatility that other clerics lack. Due to the
deceptive means by which they acquire their spells, Infernal
Rectors are masters of deception.
Infernal Rector Bonus Spells
Level Spells
1st Disguise Self, Inflict Wounds
3rd Invisibility, Pass Without Trace
5th Dispel Magic, Nondetection
7th Banishment, Fabricate
9th Circle of Power, Mislead
Bonus Proficiencies
At 1st level, you gain proficiency in Deception. If you already
posses proficiency in Deception, you may choose another
Charisma based skill to gain proficiency with. Additionally,
you gain proficiency with the disguise kit.
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Duplicity
Starting at 1st level, you gain expertise in the Deception skill.
Additionally, you are able to lie while under the effects of any
spell or effect that detects lies. While under such an effect
(such as Zone of Truth), you may make an opposed (insight vs.
deception) check at the beginning of the spell. If you succeed,
you are able to lie freely and undetected. If you fail – the spell
functions as normal.
Channel Divinity: Divine Legerdemain
Starting at 2nd level, you may use your channel divinity class
feature to change the spells you have readied for the day.
When you use Divine Legerdemain, you may swap one of
your prepared spells for another from your spell list. The
previously prepared spell, for all intents and purposes, was
never prepared for the day. The new spell, for all intents and
purposes, was prepared when you gained your spells for the
day.
Exalted Spells
Starting at 6th level, you are able to sacrifice spell slots in
order to regain an expended spell slot of a higher level. As a
bonus action, you may expend two spell slots of one level to
regain a spell slot of the next level higher. (i.e. You may
sacrifice two 3rd level spell slots to regain an expended 4th
level spell slot). You may use this ability once per long rest.
Transcendent Resistance
Starting at 8th level, you have learned to avoid the searing eye
of the divine. You gain advantage on saving throws against
spells cast from a divine source. Additionally, you are
resistant to radiant damage.
Divine Spell Thief
At 17th level, you gain the ability to magically steal the
knowledge of how to cast a spell from another divine
spellcaster.
Immediately after a creature casts a divine spell that
targets you or includes you in its area of effect, you can use
your reaction to force the creature to make a saving throw
with its spellcasting ability modifier. The DC equals your spell
save DC. On a failed save, you negate the spell’s effect against
you, and you steal the knowledge of the spell if it is at least
1st level and of a level you can cast (it doesn’t need to be a
wizard spell). For the next 8 hours, you know the spell and
can cast it using your spell slots. The creature can’t cast that
spell until the 8 hours have passed.
Once you use this feature and it succeeds, you can’t use it
again until you finish a long rest.

Druid Archetypes
Circle of the Consort
The druids of the circle of the consort have all the same gifts
and abilities as other druids, but have channeled their
connection to the wilds in a different direction than most.
Druids of this circle forge a bond with a companion animal in
much the same way that Rangers do. This bond is mystical in
nature and runs deeper than any other bond the druid is
likely to have – the two live as one, fight as one, and survive as
one.
Animal Consort
Starting at 2nd level, when you choose this circle, you gain an
animal companion that travels with you as you adventure. You
share a bond of friendship and even family with this beast. It
fights with you and defends you to the best of its ability. It
takes its turn on your initiative, though it doesn't act unless
you give it a command. On your turn, as a bonus action, you
may give your consort a command. Common actions are
available to command in combat (Attack, Dash, Disengage,
Dodge or Help). If you are incapacitated, your consort will do
its best to protect you and itself, but takes no other actions in
combat.
Choose a beast with a CR of no more than ¼. As
your consort, this beast gains the following
benefits:
Your consort gains hit dice that can be used the
same way as a player character. It has a number
of hit dice equal to your druid level and the die
size is based on its size – d4 for tiny, d6 for
small, d8 for medium)
Your consort's hit points are increased due to
the mystic bond the two of you share. Its
maximum hit point maximum is equal to the
maximum for a creature of its type or 5 times
your druid level, which ever is higher.
Your consort becomes more adept at many
tasks. It may add your Proficiency Bonus to its
AC, Attack Rolls, Damage Rolls, Saving Throws,
and Skills it is proficient in.
If your beast companion dies, you may bond with another
animal. Doing so requires 8 hours of time spent bonding with
the new animal. Your new consort does not need to be of the
same type as your previous one.
Animal Kinship
Starting at 2nd level, you gain additional benefits that you
share with your consort. You are considered to have the Beast
Bond spell prepared at all times and can cast it as a ritual on
your consort. At 3rd level, you gain access to the Beast
Senses spell. You are considered to have this spell readied at
all times and can cast it as a ritual on your consort. At 5th
level, you gain access to the Revivify spell. These spells can
only be cast on an animal that you are bonded with as your
consort. They cannot be cast on any other creatures.
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Consort Conditioning
Starting at 6th level, the training you have been doing with
your consort has begun to pay off. When your consort uses
the attack action, it may make an additional attack for a total
of two attacks. Additionally, your consort may now use the
dash, dodge or disengage actions as a bonus action.
Primordial Consort
Starting at 10th level, the bond between yourself and your
consort begins to strengthen and your consort begins to
share in your mystical power. Your consort's attacks deal
extra damage equal to your Wisdom Modifier and are
considered magical weapons for the purposes of overcoming
resistance and immunity.
Aggregate Bond
Starting at 14th level, your consort and yourself function
almost as one. When you cast a spell or attack a creature,
your consort can use its reaction to attack the target of your
spell or attack provided that your consort is within attack
range. Additionally, as long as you can see one another, you
and your consort have advantage on saving throws to avoid
being charmed or frightened.
Circle of the Legion
While some druids revel in the power, adrenaline and razor
focus of taking on the form of beasts, others find a single
form cramped and restrictive. These unusual few embrace
the swarm, choosing to become legion. Druids of the Legion
use their Wild Shape ability to transform themselves into
creatures that travel and fight in swarms, splitting their
consciousness into shards and literally becoming each and
every one of the creatures in the swarm.
Hive Mind
Starting at 2nd level, when you use your Wild Shape class
feature, you no longer transform into a beast – instead
becoming a creature with the “swarm” quality (such as a
swarm of bats, swarm of insects, or swarm of rats). In all
other ways, this functions like the Wild Shape class feature
including CR restrictions, frequency, and duration.
Swarming Defense.
Starting at 6th level, you have become truly aligned with the
swarm – to the point where its form is almost instinctual for
you. If you would take damage from an incoming source, you
may avoid that damage by exploding into a swarm of insects
for a moment. You may do this whether or not you have a use
of Wild Shape left. This ability negates damage from one
source – one spell, one attack, one trap, etc. After using this
ability, you cannot do it again until you have completed a long
rest.
Swarm Affinity
Starting at 10th level, your affinity with swarms of creatures
has unlocked the secrets of summoning them. When you cast
a spell that would summon an animal (such as conjure
animals), you can choose to conjure creatures with the
“swarm” quality instead.
Legion
Starting at 14th level, you have mastered the fragmentation of
your consciousness. When you use your Wild Shape class
feature, you can now become two separate swarms of
creatures. Both swarms start occupying the same space and
then move apart. While you are using this ability, you are
literally in two places at the same time. Both swarms act on
your turn and have full movement and actions. They must
remain within 100 feet of each other. If they ever get farther
apart than this, one swarm dissipates – you decide which. If
one of the swarms is destroyed, the damage carries over to
the other swarm. If both are destroyed simultaneously, you
choose which location you will return to your primary form
in. When you choose to return to your primary form, you
choose which location you will do so in. If you can cast spells
while using Wild Shape, you may only cast from one location
in a turn, your choice.
Circle of the Verdant Gale
Though their organization is invisible to most outsiders,
druids are a society that spans the land, ignoring political
borders. All of them serve life, though most are only
peripherally aware of most of the life around them – plants.
Druids of the Verdant Gale connect to the plant life around
them in a way that very few are capable of. Your magics allow
you to be one with your surroundings and control the plants
around you.
Verdant Wild Shape
When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you gain the ability
to use your Wild Shape class feature to assume the shape of
a plant creature. This feature functions exactly like the
druid's Wild Shape feature except you replace the tag “beast”
with the tag “plant.” When you choose this circle, you can no
longer transform into beasts using your Wild Shape class
feature.
Greensong
Starting at 2nd level, while you are using your Wild Shape
class feature, you gain the ability to command nearby plants.
As an action, you can change the terrain type as long as it is
caused by plants. When you use this class feature, you
animate plants in a 10 foot radius centered on you. If the
terrain is not difficult terrain, you can command the plants in
the area to occlude the area under your control and make it
difficult terrain. Alternately, you can command the plants to
clear your path making difficult terrain into passable terrain.
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Additionally, while you are using your Wild Shape Class
feature, you ignore difficult terrain caused by plants. This
effect lasts for ten minutes or until you dismiss it as a bonus
action. After ten minutes have passed, the plants return to
their original configuration.
Root
Starting at 6th level, you gain the ability to sprout roots and
gain endurance from the land around you. On your turn, as
an action you may root yourself firmly in the ground
becoming a hybrid of man and plant. While rooted, your
speed is 0 and you cannot be moved by anything other than
digging your roots up. Your skin becomes thick and bark-like
granting you resistance to slashing and piercing damage and
immunityto bludgeoning damage from non-magical weapons.
You are, however, vulnerable to fire in this form. You may end
this effect as a bonus action on your turn.
Awakening
Starting at 10th level, you can animate one or two trees you
can see within 30 feet of you. These trees will do your
bidding and fight for you. When animate these trees, they
come alive as Awakened Trees (as found in the Monster
Manual). When you use this class feature, it lasts for up to an
hour, until the Awakened Trees are destroyed, or until you
choose to end the effect. When the effect ends, if the
Awakened Trees have not been destroyed, they immediately
take root where they stand, becoming normal trees once
more.
Shambling Guardian
Starting at 14th level, you may expend two uses of your Wild
Shape class feature to become a Shambling Mound.

Fighter Archetypes
Antagonist
Wielding words as well as weaponry, the antagonist
specializes in calling out their enemies, and forcing their
attention. Personality, charisma, and wit are as important to
an antagonist as their sword and armor. Few can resist their
taunts, and fewer still can resist the onslaught the antagonist
will rain down upon them.
Natural Linguist
At 3rd level, you have studied disparate languages to
maximize your ability to enrage your enemies. You may select
two additional languages of your choice. You are able to
speak, read, and write these languages.
Blood and Honor
At 3rd level, the force of your personality is hard to resist, and
your insults carry a certain amount of weight. As an action,
you may issue a challenge and insult an opponent in attempt
to force them into a duel. You choose one creature that you
can see within 60 feet of you and can hear and understand
you. That creature must succeed in a Wisdom saving throw
with a DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
Charisma modifier. If the creature fails, it will attack only you.
This effect ends if any of your allies intervene in any way. You
may use this class feature a number of times equal to
Charisma modifier per short rest. Only one creature can be
affected by this feature at a time.
Blustering Presence
Starting at 7th level, your self assuredness and cockiness
makes opponents incredibly wary. Any enemies who are not
under the effect of your Blood and Honor class feature must
make succeed in a Wisdom saving throw with a DC equal to
8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier. If they
fail, they are very unnerved by your presence. They must treat
the area for 10 feet around you as if it were difficult terrain.
Bewildering Swagger
Starting at 10th level, when fighting an opponent that is
under the effect of your Blood and Honor class feature, your
battle prowess and use of biting quips is intimidating to your
opponents. You may now use a bonus action to frighten a
target that is under the effect of your Blood and Honor class
feature.
Incendiary Wit
Starting at 15th level, you have learned how to communicate
your intent, insults, and challenges with devastating effect.
You may now apply the effects of your Blood and Honor class
feature to up to 3 opponents simultaneously within range.
Additionally, the targeted creatures no longer need to
understand your spoken language to be affected.
Firebrand
Starting at 18th level, you have mastered the art of
antagonizing others. Your insults, gestures and presence is so
infuriating that your enemies are consumed by utter hatred.
The effects of your Blood and Honor class feature no longer
end when your allies intervene.
Black Knight
Black Knight
While some fighters fancy themselves the hero, the black
knight knows he is anything but. Many are sadists of the
highest order, others fancy themselves servants of some dark
power. In reality, these fighters are gifted with the ability to
manipulate the scraps of negative energy that remain on the
material plane. They channel this energy with devastating
efficacy into powerful strikes and maneuvers that leave all but
the strongest opponents incapacitated.
Black Conduit
Starting at 3rd level, you have practiced channeling negative
energy for so long it has infused your very flesh. You are
granted darkvision out to 60 feet. If you already possess
darkvision, the distance you can see in darkness is doubled.
Additionally, you have advantage on saving throws against
being charmed or frightened.
Heartless Killer
Also starting at 3rd level, you begin to absorb small amounts
of negative energy when you kill an opponent. This energizes
your next blow, making it easier to damage your opponents.
Whenever you reduce a creature to 0 hit points, you gain
advantage on your next attack roll. If you do not make an
attack within the next minute, advantage is lost.
Dark Spectacle
Starting at 7th level, your delight in slaughter and
manipulation of negative energy have begun to take a toll on
you – your appearance heralds pain and death. You gain
expertise in the Intimidate (Charisma) skill – you are
considered proficient in the skill and may add double your
proficiency bonus to checks with this skill. Additionally, you
may make an intimidation check as a bonus action.
Improved Critical
Starting at 10th level, your control over the negative energy
saturating your body allows you to deliver particularly savage
blows. Your melee weapon attacks now deal critical damage
on a roll of 19 or 20.
Blighted Strike
Starting at 15th level, you can channel the negative energy
you control and infuse your weapon with it. You may channel
the negative energy into your attack and deal additional
damage. In addition to the weapon's damage, you deal an
additional 2d8 necrotic damage for each hit whenever you
use an action from your Action Surge class feature to attack.
Necrotic Boon
Starting at 18th level, you gain the ability to strengthen
yourself from the suffering and death of your enemies. When
ever you reduce a creature to 0 hit points, you gain 6
temporary hit points. This ability does not work against
undead or constructs.
Samurai
You have embraced ancient traditions passed down through
centuries. The way of the the samurai transcends simple
martial prowess and embraces an entire philosophy. Samurai
learn to use their power efficiently and devastatingly with
their style of sword play as well as the way of the warrior.
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To follow the way of the warrior is to live a simple life of
honor, dignity, and loyalty.
Drawn Breath
Samurai are trained to strike faster than the eye can see. This
training gives you an edge in combat. Beginning when you
choose this archetype at 3rd level,you may add your
proficiency bonus to initiative rolls. Additionally, you have
advantage on attack rolls against any creature that has not
taken a turn in combat yet.
Divided Wind
Starting at 3rd level, you gain the benefits of the Two Weapon
Fighting class feature as long as you are wielding your
Katana (long sword) and Wakizashi (short sword).
Terrifying Edge
Starting at 7th level, you have learned how to intimidate your
enemies simply with your battle prowess. As an action, you
may focus on a creature you can see within 30 feet of you.
With a flurry of your blades you strike an intimidating battle
stance. Your target must make a Charisma saving throw (DC
= 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier). If
they succeed in this saving throw, they are unaffected and
cannot be targeted with it for another 24 hours. If they fail,
they are frightened of you for 1 minute. At the end of each its
turns, the creature may make another Charisma saving
throw. Success ends this effect.
Full Moon Shelter
Starting at 10th level, you have learned how to protect your
friends and allies in combat. As a bonus action you can
choose one ally that you can see. When you are within 5 feet
of them, you may use your reaction to become the target of
the attack, instead. You may only protect one creature at a
time with this class feature.
Reaver
By 15th level, you have all but mastered your sword technique
and become truly terrifying. As an action, you may make a
single melee weapon attack against an opponent who has not
taken a turn in combat yet. This attack is made with expertise
(double your proficiency bonus) and deals an additional 5d10
slashing damage against your opponent. You must be
wielding a katana to use this class feature.
Silent Breath
Starting at 18th level, you have perfected the one-two strike
samurai are renown for. You strike once, and then again while
your opponent is bewildered and off-balance. You may take
two turns during the first round of combat. The first turn is
taken at your initiative check. The second turn is taken at
your initiative check -10. You may not use this class feature
when you are surprised. Once you use this class feature, you
may not use it again until you have completed a short or long
rest.

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Monk Archetypes
Way of the Beasts
Monks seek to master the world through understanding and
inner strength. They take notice of the world around them
and walk away with new wisdom. They then pass on that
knowledge without concern for personal glory. Hence the
source of the animal forms has never been named. A master
of the animal forms has mastered a form of martial arts that
imitates and venerates the animals around them.
Bestial Styles
Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you gain
the ability to practice the ancient bestial styles of martial arts.
These arts allow you to call upon the animals they are
imitating and boost your own abilities with them. Using a
bonus action, you may spend 2 ki points to invoke one of the
bestial styles. The Beast Stance lasts for 1 minute, until you
enter another Beast Stance, or until you become
incapacitated. You know 2 stances and learn an additional
stance at levels 6, 11, and 17. They styles are as follows:
Bear's Crushing Fists: You and the spirit of the Bear are
one – granting you the force to change the battlefield. As
long as this style is active, when you successfully land an
attack on an enemy creature, you may force the target to
make a Strength saving throw with a DC of 8 + your
proficiency bonus + your Dexterity Modifier. If they
succeed, there is no additional effect. If they fail you may
either move them 5 feet directly away from you and knock
them prone, or you may move them ten feet in any
direction you choose, even through your square. They
cannot end this movement in your space.
Crane's Flight Style: The spirit of the Crane fills you,
granting you unrivaled grace in combat. As long as this
style is active, you are considered to have taken the
disengage action at all times. Additionally, you cannot be
pushed or knocked prone.
Dragon's Fierce Breath: The spirit of the Dragon stokes
a fire deep in your belly – allowing you to expel energy and
damage your foes. As long as this style is active, as an
action, you may exhale a blast of energy, resembling
incandescent blue fire. This effect is a line 5 feet x 30 feet
long. Any creature caught in the line must make a
Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, creatures take
1d6 + your monk level radiant damage. On a successful
save, they take half of this damage.
Monkey's Paw Style: You channel the spirit of the
Monkey – agility, speed, and mobility are it's earmarks. As
long as this style is active, you gain advantage on Dexterity
saving throws and Acrobatics (Dexterity) skill. Additionally,
your jumping distances are doubled.
Mantis Fist Style: You call upon the spirit of the Mantis –
striking with deceptive range and speed. As long as this
style is active, you act as though your initiative roll was 5
higher. Additionally, your unarmed attacks gain 5 feet of
reach, and you threaten spaces within 10 feet of you.
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Serpent's Fang Style: You call upon the Serpent Spirit –
allowing you to strike with deadly accuracy. As long as this
style is active, your unarmed strikes and attacks made
with monk weapons score a critical hit on a roll of 19 o 20.
If you roll a 19, you score a critical hit, and a critical hit is
a hit, regardless of the target's Armor Class. Additionally,
you are immune to poison while this style is active.
Tiger's Claw Style: You summon the ferocity of the Tiger
– strong, terrifying, and and devastatingly powerful. As
long as this style is active, when you make an unarmed
strike, you may take a -2 penalty to your attack roll to deal
an additional 1d6 slashing damage.
Turtle's Defense Style: The aspect of Turtle fills you
granting the ability to defend yourself more easily. As long
as this style is active, you are more durable in combat. You
gain a +1 bonus to your Armor Class. Additionally, you
gain resistance to piercing and slashing damage.
Feral Speech
Starting at 6th level, you learn to speak with animals. As an
action, you may spend 2 ki points and gain the effects of the
spell Speak with Animals. Additionally, you may add your
Wisdom Modifier to all Charisma checks made while
interacting with animals.
Fusion of Styles
Starting at 11th level, you have learned how the animal spirits
live in harmony. You may activate 2 Bestial Styles
simultaneously. You must pay the Ki cost for both styles. For
the duration, you gain the benefits of both styles.
Bestial Anima
Starting at 17th level, you have the ability to call for the
animal spirits that empower your fighting styles. As a bonus
action, you may spend 8 ki points. When you do so, you are
engulfed in a blazing wreath of energy. This display takes the
shape of the spirit of one of the bestial styles that you know.
Any creature hostile to you that starts its turn within ten feet
of you must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw. The
creature takes 20 radiant damage on a failed save, half as
much on a successful one. The anima fades when you have
dealt 80 points of damage this way, or 1 minute, which ever
comes first.
Way of the Iron Shirt
One of the 72 sacred techniques, the Iron Shirt technique
focuses on protecting the body from impact and damage as
well as focusing the body's Ki into devastating attacks.
Practitioners believe that directing energy into parts of the
body can reinforce these parts of the body to take and deal
more damage. Training is vigorous, painful, and dangerous,
but those who master this technique agree that it is well
worth it.
Firm Shake
Starting at 3rd level, when activating your Step of the Wind or
Patient Defense class features, you may gain one of the
following following benefits for the duration.
 You gain resistance to slashing, piercing, bludgeoning, fire, These spells are cast without the need for verbal, somatic
and cold damage. or material components and can only be cast on yourself.
You may add your Strength Modifier to your Armor Class.
You gain advantage on checks and saving throws to resist Zephyr Impulse
being grappled, restrained, forcibly moved, or knocked Starting at 11th level, your attunement to the winds allows
prone. your to control the air around you and move like the zephyr.
As an action you may spend 4 Ki points and cast Haste on
Fists of Iron yourself. Doing so does not require verbal, somatic, material
Starting at 6th level, your unarmed attacks become more components, or concentration. Additionally, you can
potent than those of other Monks. Your unarmed attacks now manipulate the air around you as an act of will to create
deal 1d6 points of damage. This increases to 1d8 at 11th minor effects. Within 15 feet of you, you may use the wind to
level and 1d10 at 17th level. fan flames, snuff out a candle, whip your clothes into an
impressive display. Only relatively minor effects may be
Iron Bastion created this way.
Starting at 11th level, your training allows you to shrug off
blows that would fell other creatures. When you are hit by a Heavenly Stride
melee attack, you may use your reaction to reduce the Starting at 17th level, you can slip the bonds of earth and take
damage dealt to you. When you use this class feature, you to the skies. As an action, you spend 5 Ki points to cast the
spend 2 Ki points and reduce the damage dealt by 1d10 + spell Fly. Casting this spell does not require any verbal,
your monk level. If you successfully reduce the damage to 0, somatic, or material components. You also do not need to
as part of the same reaction, you may make a single unarmed concentrate while using this ability.
melee attack against the attacker if you are within range.
Adamantine Fortress
Starting at 17th level, you have conditioned your body to the
pinnacle of perfection. Your Strength, Dexterity, and
Constitution scores each increase by 2, to a maximum of 22.
Way of the Wuxia
Wuxia (pronounced Woo-shee) literally means martial hero.
Adept at melding the combat forms of the traditional monk
with mystic arts, wuxia can channel their Ki to produce
various mystic effects and manipulate their own weight. They
can move in ways that none other can, and find a peace in the
wind that eludes others. The wuxia are masters of extreme
speed, gracefulness, and agility.
Light as a Feather
Starting at 3rd level, your ki mastery allows you to negate a
portion of your own weight. This allows your to perform a
variety of amazing feats. The following abilities are available
to you.
Skyward Leap: As an action, you may cast the spell Jump.
Doing so costs 1 Ki point. Using this ability does not
require verbal, somatic, or material components.
Untrodden Step: You leave no tracks or trail in natural
surroundings and cannot be tracked by natural means
involving sight.
Lofty Gait: You gain proficiency with the Stealth
(Dexterity) and Acrobatics (Dexterity) skills. Additionally,
you may spend 1 Ki point to gain Expertise in these skills
for a 10 minute duration.
Wind Step
By 6th level, you have begun to master the art of the wind
step. You are beginning to let loose the bonds of earth and
embrace the wind. As an action, you can spend 2 Ki points
and cast the spell Misty Step or Spider climb. Alternately, you
may spend 3 Ki points and cast Water Walk.

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Paladin Archetypes
Oath of the Hallowed Templar
Paladins undertake oaths for a variety of reasons. The
Hallowed Templars are considered the most holy. The
Hallowed have vowed their arms, deeds, and their very life to
serve the greater good – at all costs. While this means most
of these templars are of lawful and good alignments, they will
go against the law if the greater good demands it. The
Hallowed Templar follow their higher calling – standing as a
beacon and paragon of good knighthood and all that is right.
Hallowed Templars are paragons of what it means to be a
Paladin.
Tenets of the Hallowed Templar
Immaculate Morality: I must not succumb to temptation
or moral turpitude.
Reverential Defender: Respect all. Defend the weak from
predation while empowering them to better themselves.
Fearlessness: You shall not succumb to fear. Fear is
natural, but you must present a bulwark against it.
Virtue: Act with honor, morality, and respect at all times.
Be deserving of the same.
Hallowed Templar Spells
Level Spells
3rd Sanctuary, Healing Word
5th Prayer of Healing, Warding Bond
9th Beacon of Hope, Spirit Guardians
13th Guardian of Faith, Freedom of Movement
17th Greater Restoration, Resurrection
Channel Divinity
When you undertake this oath at 3rd level, you gain the
following channel divinity options.
Hallowed Brilliance: You may use your Channel Divinity
class feature to draw upon a well of hallowed light. As a
bonus action, you may create a burst of radiance that
blasts outward from the palm of your hand. One creature
of your choice that is within 60 feet of you and can see you
must succeed in a Constitution saving throw against your
spell save DC or be blinded for a number of rounds equal
to your Charisma modifier. A creature affected by this
class feature may make another saving throw at the end of
each of it's turn. On a successful save, the effect ends.
Light of Vigor: You may use your Channel Divinity class
feature to draw from the well of hallowed light that burns
in your soul to heal your allies. As an action, you draw
upon the well of radiance and begin to glow brightly. Your
allies within 10 feet of you are healed when the light
touches them. Any ally in range is healed for an amount
equal to half of your paladin level (rounded down) + your
Charisma modifier. Undead within the effect will instead
take damage equal to half of that you would heal (rounded
down)
Elysian Steed
When you undertake this oath at 3rd level, you gain the ability
to summon a mount nearly anywhere. You are considered to
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have the Find Steed spell readiedat all times. Casting this
spell does not take a spell slot. You may use this Class
Feature a number of times equal to your wisdom modifier per
long rest.
Radiant Emanation
Starting at 7th level, your attunement to the well of radiance
within you allows you to heal your allies in an impressive
display. As an action, you may expend a spell slot to trigger
your Radiant Emanation. This fills the area around you with a
soft golden light that restores vitality to your allies. Allies
within 30 feet of you regain hit points equal to the level of the
spell slot expended + ½ your proficiency bonus (rounded
down) at the end of each of your turns. This will restore a
minimum of 1 hp per turn. This effect lasts for 1 minute.
Divine Intervention
Starting at 15th level, your connection to the radiant well
within has strengthened to the point that your subconscious
desires are projected upon its emanations. Any creature that
is attacking an ally within 10 feet of you, must make a
Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or they
must attack you instead, if they are able.
Radiant Transformation
Starting at 20th level, you have bonded with the well of
radiance to the point that the two of you are almost
indistinguishable from one another. You may use an action to
call the power of the well of radiance up into yourself,
suffusing yourself with it's energy. Your skin begins to glow
with powerful golden light. While this Class Feature is in
effect, you gain the following benefits:
You are immune to Necrotic damage.
Radiant Damage heals you for half of the damage that
would be dealt, instead.
If dropped to 0 hit points, you will automatically stabilize
Healing effects are twice as effective when cast on you
This effect lasts for 1 minute. This Class Feature can be
used once per long rest.
Oath of Malice
Not every paladin serves goodness, righteousness, and
morality. Some serve shadow, evil deities, or their own dark
desires. Depraved, vicious, and violent, these creatures have
been referred to as anti-paladins, blackguard, despoilers, and
worse. While not as vile as all that, it is rare for those who
undertake the oath of malice to follow a good alignment.
Tenets of Malice
Never Bow: You are the master, never bend a knee to
those who are less than you.
Embrace Chaos: Only through chaos can you reach your
goals – embrace it.
Move Forward: Forget what you were... that person is
dead to the world. Move Forward.
Wield the Darkness: Darkness thrives where light does
not. Wield shadow like a knife, excise the light.
Oath of Malice Spells
Level Spells
3rd Bane, Vicious Mockery
5th Darkness, Silence
9th Fear, Vampiric Touch
13th Blight, Greater Invisibility
17th Banishing Smite, Contagion
Channel Divinity
When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following
channel divinity options:
Alarming Visage: The malice and malevolence that
powers your vow can be focused into a wave of
coruscating energy that frightens your enemies. As an
action, you may present your holy symbol and allow the
darkest, most vicious urges to radiate outward from you.
Each creature of your choice within 30 feet of you that can
see you must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed
save, the target is frightened of you for 1 minute. If a
creature affected by this Class Ability ends its turn more
than 30 feet away from you, it may attempt another saving
throw to end this effect.
Inflict Torment: As an action, you may present your holy
symbol and cause a creature to be wracked with
unbearable pain. One creature that you can see within 60
feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw or be
wracked with pain. If the creature succeeds at its initial
saving throw, they take half damage and the pain recedes,
allowing them to act normally. If they fail, the creature
takes 1d10 + your Charisma modifier points of necrotic
damage. Additionally, the pain is incredibly distracting and
prevents your target from taking bonus actions or
reactions. At the end of each of their turns, they make
another Wisdom save – failure continues the effect and
inflicts another 1d10 + your Charisma modifier in damage
as well as preventing them from taking bonus actions and
reactions. Success ends this effect.
Malignant Touch
When you take this oath at 3rd level, your touch can no longer
heal other creatures. Your Lay on Hands Class Feature no
longer heals others – you may still use it to heal yourself.
Now, when you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack,
you can spend points from your Lay on Hands class feature to
deal the equivalent amount of necrotic damage. Additionally,
damage dealt by your Divine Smite class feature now deals
necrotic damage instead of radiant.
Aura of Enmity
Starting at 7th level, you are surrounded by an aura of baleful
energy. You and allies within 10 feet of you gain a bonus to
melee weapon damage rolls equal to your Charisma modifier
(minimum of +1). At 18th level, the range of this aura
increases to 30 feet.
Tenacious Resistance
Starting at 15th level, you gain resistance to bludgeoning,
piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons.
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Mantle of Odium
Starting at 20th level, you can use an action to surround
yourself with a tenebrous aura – causing shadows to spring
up and take on substance. This aura permeates a 30 foot
radius centered on you and lasts for 1 minute. Bright light in
this area is reduced to dim light and dim light is treated as
darkness. You can see through your own mantle of odium.
When an enemy that is frightened of you starts its turn in the
area, it takes 4d10 necrotic damage.
Additionally, you can command the shadows on your turn
as a bonus action. These shadows are capable of conferring
the following effects: You can cloak an ally that is within the
radius of your mantle of odium in a writhing mass of
shadows. The creature can see through it, but enemies
cannot. Enemies attacking an ally that is cloaked in shadow
in this way have disadvantage on attack rolls against this ally.
You can cloak an enemy your can see that is within the radius
of your mantle of odium in a writhing mass of shadows. An
enemy effected in this way has disadvantage on all attack
rolls. Additionally, you and your allies have advantage when
attacking them. You can command the shadows in the area to
lash out and attack a creature. You make a melee spell attack
against the target. If the attack hits, the target is lashed with
solidified shadow and takes necrotic damage equal to 3d10 +
your Charisma Modifier.
Each of these abilities takes a bonus action to use. Once
you have used your mantle of odium class feature, you cannot
use it again until you have completed a long rest.
Oath of Searing Flame
For a majority of paladins, the divine is a blessing, a source of
peace, light, and succor. For those who undertake the Oath of
the Searing Flame, however, the divine is a pillar of flame
burning out corruption and malevolence where ever it hides.
They burn with a fierce inner light and devotion which is all
consuming.
Tenets of the Searing Flame
Audacity: The ember knows no fear, and neither should
you. Do not retreat – keep fighting until you are
extinguished.
Devour: The malevolent, cruel, and corrupt must be
punished. Feed the flames and burn them to ash.
Illuminate: Banish the shadows and darkness with your
light. Warmth: Bring warmth and comfort to those who
need it – the searing flames do not just destroy.
Channel Divinity
When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following
two Channel Divinity options.
Immolate: As an action, you may present your holy
symbol and utter an invocation to the gods of the
consuming flame. One creature you choose within 30 of
you must make a Dexterity saving throw or be engulfed in
flame. For one minute, the target takes 2d6 fire damage at
the start of each of its turns. At the end of each of its turns
the creature may attempt a Dexterity saving throw to put
out the flames. On a successful save, the effect ends.
 Kindle: As an action, you present your holy symbol and
utter an invocation to the gods of consuming flame. You
are surrounded by an aura of light resembling dancing
flames. This aura sheds bright light for a distance of 15
feet and dim light for 15 feet after that. This effect lasts for
10 minutes. While you are surrounded by this aura, you
have resistance to fire and necrotic damage. Additionally,
any undead or fiends that start or end their turn within 15
feet of you take 1d6 fire damage.
Transformational Casting
When you take this oath at 3rd level, all spells you cast deal
fire damage in addition to its original damage type. When a
spell is cast on a creature that has resistance or immunity to
the original damage type must instead take damage from the
type of fire.
Aura of Protective Warmth
Starting at 7th level, you and any allies within 10 feet of you
gain resistance to fire and cold damage. At 18th level, the
range of this aura becomes 30 feet.
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Devastation of Searing Flame
Starting at 15th level, your flames burn with a divine intensity.
Your spells and effects that deal fire damage ignore
resistance to fire damage. Additionally, you treat immunity to
fire damage as resistance.
Scion of Searing Flame
Starting at 20th level, the flames of retribution burn just
beneath your skin. As a bonus action, your body bursts into
flame and you become a being of living flame. This effect
lasts for 1 minute and grants the following benefits:
Any creature that starts it turn within 5 feet of you takes
10 fire damage.
You gain immunity to fire and cold damage.
You add your Charisma modifier to any fire damage dealt
by you.
You may expel a blast of fire from your hands as an action.
Each creature in a 5 x 30 foot line must make a Dexterity
saving throw ore take 5d10 fire damage. Your target half
damage on a successful save.
You must complete a long rest before you can use this
Class feature again.

Ranger Archetypes
Executor
A ranger's favored enemies are enemies for a reason. These
favored enemies are the subject of hatred and vengeance
from the rangers they have wronged. Executors embody this
vengeance, raining death and pain upon those who have
wronged them. Driven by this rage, they train extensively to
be swift and deadly.
Murderous Blow
Starting at 3rd level, you have studied your favored enemies
and know better than most how to deal deadly blows. Using a
bonus action, you take a moment longer than normal to target
your blows. This allows you to add your proficiency bonus
and your Wisdom modifier to the damage rolls made against
one enemy that is a favored enemy this turn.
Unswerving Assault
Starting at 7th level, you have honed your reflexes to the point
where you rarely miss. If you miss with an attack during your
turn, you may use your reaction to immediately make a single
additional attack against the same target.
Mistral Strike
Starting at 11th level, your attacks rain down as a veritable
storm of damage. When you make a successful weapon
attack, you may use your reaction to make another attack
with the same weapon against a different creature that is
within 5 feet of your target and within range of your weapon.
If this attack is successful you may apply your Murderous
Blow damage against the second enemy even if it is not a
favored enemy.
Drifting Stratagem
Starting at 15th level, your mobility on the battlefield disrupts
opponents attacks and allows you to avoid damage. When
attacked by a creature, you may use your reaction to impose
disadvantage on that attack roll as you weave and distract.
You must use this ability before you know the result of the
attack.
Outrider
Scouts, ambushers, and skirmishers, the outrider is the
epitome of what the ranger represents – a skilled warrior
who lives in the forest and punishes those who transgress
against them with subtlety and surprise. Attention to detail,
trained reflexes, and skill with an ambush are the traits of the
outrider.
Eagle Eye
Starting at 3rd level, you have trained your senses to an
impressive degree. You gain proficiency in the Perception
(Wisdom) skill. If you have proficiency, then you gain
expertise in this skill. At 11th level, you may add triple your
proficiency bonus to uses of this skill.
Hastened Step
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Starting at 7th level, you have learned how to move around
the battle field with speed and stealth. Your base walking
speed increases by 5 feet. Every 4 levels after (11th, 15th,
19th levels), your speed increases by additional 5 feet.
Additionally, you may move at your full movement rate
without incurring disadvantage on stealth checks as long as
you have some small amount of cover – shadows, foliage, etc.
Aggressive Drive
Starting at 11th level, you have learned how to move and
attack with a speed and accuracy that is bewildering to your
opponents. When you use the Dash action, at the end of your
movement, you may make a single ranged weapon attack as a
bonus action. Additionally, if this attack is successful, you deal
an additional 5 damage.
Sightless Targeting
Starting at 15th level, you have mastered the art of remaining
unseen and tracking your enemies. The barely held breath,
the change in air currents, the telltale swallow and rustle of
clothing are like a map to you. If you are able to hear, you may
make a Perception (Wisdom) skill check to locate a hidden or
invisible creature that is within 15 feet of you. Additionally,
you make this check with advantage on the rolls.
Twilight Hunter
Not all who wander are lost, and not all rangers who walk the
wilderness do so by the light of day. Twilight hunters stalk the
night, hunting those who need to be brought to justice – or
those who would hunt the hunter. Skulking in shadow, the
night is home and you are a nocturnal creature at heart.
Twilight Magic
The following spells are added to your spell list and are
considered Ranger spells for all purposes: Disguise Self,
Invisibility, See Invisibility, Greater Invisibility, and Mislead.
Light-less Sight
Starting at 3rd level, your visual acuity is markedly improved.
Darkness, fog, smoke, or other nonmagical environmental
effects no longer impose disadvantage on your attack rolls or
Perception (wisdom) checks relying on sight. Additionally, if
you possess darkvision, darkness is treated as bright light
instead of dim, though your sight in darkness is still black and
white.
Wild Shroud
Starting at 7th level, you gain the ability to confuse the special
perception of creatures. You are able to hide as normal
against senses such as darkvision, blindsight, echolocation,
and tremorsense as though the creature did not posses these
senses. This ability has no effect on spells or effects such as
divination or truesight.
Overbearing Strike
Starting at 11th level, you learn to strike with precision for
maximum effect. When you attack a creature which is
surprised with a weapon attack, you do maximum damage for
that weapon instead of rolling. This applies only to the
weapon damage and not to any spells, abilities, or effects that
add damage – those are rolled normally.
Eclipse Perception
Starting at 15th level, you have learned how to obfuscate and
deflect the most potent of senses and spells to remain
unseen. As an action you can invoke a preternatural state of
nondetection. This state lasts for one hour. While using
eclipse perception you are invisible to all divination spells.
Further, you are undetectable to any magical effect that would
be triggered by your presence. Spells, such as locate
creature, cannot detect you or objects you carry. With a
successful Hide check, you can even hide from True Seeing,
although taking any action that would reveal your presence
(such as speaking, moving an object or making an attack) will
reveal your presence instantly. Spells such as augury, which
give vague predictions of success or failure, account for your
presence while calculating the results. Once you have used
this ability, you must complete a long or short rest before you
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Rogue Archetypes
Emissary of Shadows
There exists a sect of rogues that embraces shadow more
deeply than others. For other rogues, the shadows and
silence are simply a means to an end – for you, they are your
home. The shadows are living things and they have welcomed
you into the fold. These thieves take pride in stealing the
impossible and making the preposterous assassination. As
long as you live as a shadow, there is little beyond your reach.
Shadow Sense
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you our affinity
for darkness and shadow has begun to change you in subtle
ways. You have advantage on Hide checks made with your
Cunning Action class feature. Additionally, you gain the ability
to see normally in nonmagical darkness to a distance of 120
feet. At 13th level, this ability extends to magical darkness
effects as well.
Umbral Shift
Starting at 9th level, your link to darkness and shadow has
wrought profound changes in you. You have learned all
shadows actually spring from the same source and can use
this to move between them. As a bonus action, while you are
in shadow (area considered dim light or darkness) you may
move instantly to another space within dim light or darkness
and within 120 feet of you. You may use this feature a
number of times equal to your Charisma modifier. You must
finish a long rest to regain expended uses of this ability.
Penumbral Cloak
Starting at 13th level, you are becoming a being of shadow,
able to wrap yourself in them to aid in your ability to hide.
Any Investigation (Intelligence) or Perception (Wisdom)
checks against your Stealth (Dexterity) skill are made at
disadvantage. Additionally, you may make stealth checks even
when observed, in bright light or without any cover.
Obfuscation
Starting at 17th level, your attunement with shadow and your
obsession with stealth has become a part of every action,
becoming part of your consciousness at the most instinctual
level. When you use your Cunning Action class feature to
Hide, you may cast the spell Invisibility on yourself without
verbal, somatic or material components. Additionally, your
thoughts cannot be read and you are considered to be under
the effects of the spell Nondetection at all times. Once you
use this ability, you must complete a long rest before you can
use it again.
Second Story Agent
Some rogues are happy to be nothing more than thieves and
thugs. Others, however, take the art of thievery to the level of
an art form. You are trained in forms of advanced movement
such as acrobatics, climbing, and wire walking. All of which
allow you to slip into the upper floors of buildings and the like
– hence the name. Your regimen of training has given you
almost preternatural grace – both in combat and out. You can
dance around your opponents and get to places that other
people cannot.
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Vertical Poise
Starting at 3rd level, have learned how to climb and fall with
surprising grace. You gain proficiency in the Acrobatics
(Dexterity) skill if you do not already have it. You also have
advantage on Acrobatics (Dexterity) skill checks. When you
climb, you do so faster than others – climbing no longer costs
you extra movement. When jumping, you jump farther than
others – you add a number of additional feet to your jumping
distances equal to 1 + your Dexterity Modifier. Using a staff
or pole to aid in your jumps allows you to double this number.
Additionally, you can use this ability to fall up to 10 feet times
half your rogue levels (rounded down) and land safely.
Grace Under Fire
Starting at 9th level, you learn how to apply your grace and
agility to battle. You gain the ability to use the Dodge action
as a bonus action. Recovering from being prone no longer
costs any movement. Additionally, you do not suffer
disadvantage when fighting prone.
Gymnast
Starting at 13th level, you have become a master of
movement. You may now use the Tumble option (as outlined
in the DMG) as a bonus action. Additionally, you now have
Expertise in the Acrobatics (Dexterity) skill. However, you
must still take the Disengage option to exit a threatened area
to avoid provoking attacks of opportunity.
Equilibrium
Starting at 17th level, your balance is functionally perfect. You
may now move at your normal speed at almost all times –
even if you are balancing on a tightrope, climbing, or moving
across a precarious surface. You may move normally
(including when taking the Dash action), as long as you do so
in a straight line. Additionally, when you have taken the
Dodge action and are attacked, you may immediately use your
reaction to make a single melee weapon attack against your
attacker provided they are in range of that weapon. This
attack is made at advantage – if you have not used your sneak
attack class feature this turn, you may do so with this
reaction.
Shinobi
Covert actions, espionage, sabotage, infiltration,
assassination, and guerrilla warfare are the bailiwick of the
shinobi. Trained in the arts of an ancient tradition, the shinobi
are considered the champion of the people, avengers of the
poor and protectors of the weak.
Unarmored Defense
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, when you are
not wearing armor or using a shield, your AC equals 10 +
your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier.
Fighting Styles
Also at 3rd level, your training allows you to master a
particular fighting style. The fighting styles available to you
are as follows:
Archery: You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make
with ranged weapons.
 Brawler: You are proficient with unarmed strikes. When
you are unarmed, you deal 1d6 bludgeoning damage with
your strikes. Additionally, your unarmed strikes have the
finesse property. While fighting unarmed, you may use a
bonus action to make a second unarmed strike.
Dueling: when you are wielding a melee weapon in one
hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to
damage rolls with that weapon
Two-weapon Fighting: When you are wielding a weapon
in each hand, you may add your ability modifier to the
damage of the second attack.
Unarmored Movement
Starting at 9th level, when you are not wearing armor or
using a shield, your speed increases by 10 feet. Additionally,
you gain the ability to run up or along a vertical surface at
your full movement. Additionally, you may run across liquids
as if they were a solid surface. You may do this for a total
distance equal to your base movement speed.
Shinobi Magic
Starting at 13th level, your training lends you access to minor
mystic power. You may choose 3 cantrips from any spell lists.
Your spell casting ability is Charisma.
Shinobi Strike
Starting at 17th level, striking from the shadows allows you to
deal devastating damage. When ever you are in dim light or
darkness, you have advantage on all Stealth (Dexterity)
checks and Attack rolls. Additionally, when using your Sneak
Attack class feature, you deal the maximum damage possible
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Sorcerer Archetypes
Occult Conduit
Born of spurious origins, you have an innate talent for magic.
This grasp of magic is merely a fluke of your biology and not
a result of an enchanted bloodline. As such, you draw your
arcane power from the world around you. You soak arcane
energy up like a sponge. Eventually, you learn to absorb this
power as it is thrown your way.
Appropriate Spell
Starting when you choose this origin at 1st level, you are able
to use your innate abilities to draw upon the magical abilities
of others. When you are the target of a cantrip or spell, you
may use your reaction to spend a number of sorcery points
equal to the level of the spell cast (cantrips cost 1) to learn the
spell that was cast. This spell must be of a level that you can
cast, but does not need to be on the sorcerer spell list. You
cannot use this ability to learn a spell of 6th level or higher.
You know this spell until you use this ability again to
appropriate a new spell. This spell doesn't count against your
total number of spells you know.
Spell Extraction
Starting at 6th level, you learn to extract the arcane power of
other creatures to fuel your own abilities. As a bonus action,
choose one creature that you can see within 30 feet of you.
The creature makes a saving throw using their spell casting
modifier against your spell save DC. On a failure, they expend
one spell slot of the highest level they have available. This
refills a spell slot you have expended of equal level or lower.
You may not use this ability if you have not expended a spell
slot. This feature automatically fails if the targeted creature
does not have spell slots or has expended all suitable spell
slots. If you Extract a spell slot of a lower level than you have
an opening, the spell is still extracted, but you gain sorcery
points equal to it's level. Once you succeed in extracting a
spell slot, you must complete a long rest before you can do it
again.
Spell Hoarder
Starting at 14th level, your ability to draw on the magic of
others has grown. When you use your Appropriate Spell class
feature, you may now retain 2 spells. When you use this
ability and are already retaining 2 spells, you choose which is
replaced.
Arcane Sponge
Starting at 18th level, your ability to absorb the arcane energy
around you has manifested fully. When you are hit by a
cantrip or spell that would cause you to take damage, you
may attempt to absorb the energy of this spell and redirect it.
You may choose to use this feature after you have seen the
attack roll, but must do so before the damage is rolled. Using
your reaction, you force the original caster to make a saving
throw using their spellcasting modifier against your spell
save DC. If they fail, the spell is absorbed into your body in a
flash of light as you soak up the arcane energy. No damage is
dealt and you are considered to have the spell readied. As a
bonus action on one of your subsequent turns. You may
unleash the spell as if you were the original caster. If you do
not use this stored spell before your next long rest, the spell
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is lost. Once you use this ability, you must complete a long
rest before you may use it again.
Scion
Like most sorcerers, scions are gifted with arcane power
from an ancient spark in their blood. Unlike other sorcerers,
they don't manipulate arcane energy and cast spells on an
instinctive level. The scion's power comes from intense
mental conditioning, training, and meditation.
Mens Agitat Molem
This is the scion's motto. Literally translated, it means mind
moves matter. When you choose this sorcerous origin, you no
longer need to use verbal, somatic, or material spell
components. Your willpower becomes an arcane focus for all
of your spells.
Cerebral Bulwark
You have trained yourself to erect mental defenses comprised
of will alone. You gain advantage on saving throws to resist
being charmed or frightened as well as resistance to psychic
damage. Additionally, when you take psychic damage, you
may use your reaction to gain immunity to psychic damage
until the beginning of your next turn.
Resolute Spellcasting
You have honed your willpower into a weapon that allows you
to cast certain effects. As a result, the following spells are
added to your spell list.
Scion Spells
Level Spells
2nd Command, Sleep
5th Detect Thoughts, Suggestion
9th Clairvoyance, Sending
13th Confusion, Phantasmal Killer
17th Modify Memory, Telekinesis
Cerebral Casting
Starting at 6th level, your mental prowess has begun to
blossom your spells begin to devastate the mind rather than
the body. When ever you deal acid, cold, fire, lightning, or
thunder damage with a spell of 1st level or higher, you may
use a bonus action to spend a number of sorcery points equal
to the spells level. If you do so, the spells damage type is
psychic instead of the original type. All visual aspects of these
spells remain the same, save for the fact that they are tinged
with an intense purple light.
Sympathetic Transport
Starting at 14th level, you are able to reach out across time
and space and move yourself across the distance with but a
thought. You may choose one creature that you know and is
on the same plane as you are. By taking an action and
spending 7 sorcery points, you teleport to that creature's side,
arriving in an unoccupied space within 15 feet of them. Once
you use this ability, you must complete a long rest before you
can do it again.
Arcane Usurper
Starting at 18th level, you are able to see the tenuous lines of
arcane energy connecting casters to their spells and can
sever that line. You automatically know if a creature that you
can see within 60 feet of you is concentrating on a spell. As an
action, you may force a creature within 60 feet of you to make
a concentration check against your spell save DC. If the
creature fails this check, they lose control of this spell.
Additionally, as a reaction, you may take over the spell. You
are now concentrating on the spell out to its original
duration. You choose the spells target and other variables as
if you were the original caster. Once you use this ability you
must complete a long rest before you can use it again.
Sorcerous Bloodline:
Succubus/Incubus
The fiendish blood of the succubus flows in your veins. You
are descended from a powerful magic user that captured and
bred with a succubus or incubus and managed to survive.
Mellifluous
When ever you make a Charisma skill check against a
humanoid, you are considered to have expertise with that
skill, allowing you to add double your proficiency bonus to the
check. Additionally, you can read, write, and speak Infernal
and Abyssal.
Infernal Durability
As you master the arcane arts, your fiendish blood becomes
infused with arcane energy, bolstering you against physical
harm. Starting at 1st level, when you take this Sorcerous
Origin, your hit point maximum increases by one.
Additionally, you gain one additional hit point per level when
you gain a level in this class.
Kiss of the Succubus
Starting at 6th level, you are able to access your infernal
birthright – the kiss of the succubus. As an action, you may
kiss a creature that is already charmed by you. You spend 3
sorcery points to activate this effect. When you do, the
creature must make a Constitution saving throw against your
spell save DC. This creature takes 5d10 + your Charisma
modifier in psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much
on a successful one. The target's hit point total is reduced by
the amount of damage dealt by this ability. The creature's hit
point total returns to normal after completing a short or long
rest.
When you use this ability, your fiend blood is roused and
empowered granting you one immunity of your choice shared
by your fiendish ancestor – cold, fire, lightning, or poison.
This effect lasts for one hour.
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Fiendish Flight
Starting at 14th level, you learn to access your fiendish origin
in a much deeper way than before. You gain the ability to
grow leathery wings like those of your ancestor. Doing so
takes a bonus action on your turn and grants you the ability to
fly at a speed equal to your current speed. You cannot grow
these wings if you are wearing armor not specially modified
to accommodate them. Clothing not modified to
accommodate these wings may be destroyed when you
manifest them. Manifesting these wings costs two sorcery
points and lasts for ten minutes. When the duration is
expired, you may spend an additional sorcery point to keep
them for another 10 minutes. You may also dismiss them as a
bonus action on your turn. When you use your kiss of the
succubus, and they fail the saving throw, you may have these
wings for one hour without expending the sorcery points
necessary.
Enthrall Creature
Starting at 18th level, your fiendish blood fairly sings in your
veins. As an action you may attempt to enthrall one humanoid
creature you can see within 30 feet of you. They must make a
Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. On a
failure, they are charmed by you for 24 hours, until a remove
curse or greater restoration spell is cast on them, or until you
use this ability again. On a successful save, the creature is
unaffected and is immune to your enthrall creature ability.
You have a telepathic bond with this creature as long as it
is on the same plane of existence as you are. You may use this
bond to give them orders. If the target suffers any harm from
you or your allies or a command that would result in harm or
the creature's death, they may repeat the saving throw, ending
this effect on a success.
 you gain a new spell that is considered a warlock spell. This
Warlock Archetypes spell is considered prepared at all times and does not count
against your prepared spell limit. This spell can be cast using
Otherworldly Patron: Elder one of your warlock spell slots.
Dragon
Draconic Concord
You have been chosen by an ancient wyrm - a dragon of Dragon Type Spell
incredible age and power. This dragon has shared a portion
of its power with you. Not many dragons will part with their Gold, Brass, Red Immolation
power, but those who are deemed worthy are given abilities Blue, Bronze Storm Sphere
that reflect the nature of their draconic benefactor. You must
choose your patron's dragon type when you choose this Black, Copper Vitriolic Sphere
archetype. White, Silver Cone of Cold
Green Cloudkill
Expanded Spell List
Your patron gives you access to an expanded list of spells
when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are Draconic Aspect
added to the warlock spell list for you. Starting at 14th level, you can channel the frightful aura of
your draconic patron, frightening those around you. As an
Expanded SPell List action, you exude and aura ofawe or fear (your choice). Each
Tastiness Cookie Type hostile creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of you must
1st Chromatic Orb, Absorb Elements
succeed on a Wisdom saving throw versus your warlock spell
save DC. If they fail this saving throw, they are Charmed
2nd Detect Thoughts, Enhance Ability (awe) or frightened (fear) until this effect ends. A creature
3rd Protection from Energy, Waterbreathing that succeeds on this saving throw, is immune to this ability
for 24 hours. This effect lasts for 1 minute and requires
4th Greater Invisibility, Polymorph concentration as if you were casting a concentration spell.
5th Dominate Person, Geas Once you use this ability, you must complete a long rest
before you can use it again.
Draconic Knowledge
Starting at 1st level, when you choose this patron, you gain Otherworldly Patron: Ghostly
the ability to speak, read, and write in Draconic. When you Being
make a Charisma based skill check while dealing with In your search for arcane power, you made a pact with a
dragons and their kin (Dragon Turtles, Wyverns, Kobolds and creature long dead. This creature holds little precious power
the like) you are considered to have expertise in the skill and on its own, but when channeled through your arcane skill,
you may add double your proficiency bonus to your roll. and coupled with your living spark, it can be quite formidable.
Additionally, choose one 1st level spell from the Wizard or This being's power tinges your every working. Your pact blade
Sorcerer spell lists. This is now a warlock spell for you and is is a shimmering gossamer object, your familiars are ghostly
always considered to be prepared for you. You may cast it or albino, your spell book's pages seem to be made of smoke
using a 1st level warlock spell slot and does not count against with letters of translucent energy hanging in mid-air.
your total number of prepared warlock spells.
Expanded Spell List
Draconic Restistance Your ghostly patron allows you access to an expanded list of
Starting at 6th level, your patron grants you resistance to the spells whenever you are able to learn a new warlock spell.
energy of its breath weapon. The type of resistance granted The following spells are considered warlock spells for you.
depends on your patron.
Expanded Spell List
Draconic Resistance
Level Spells
Dragon Type Resistance
1st Bane, Inflict Wounds
Gold, Brass, Red Fire
2nd Phantasmal Force, See Invisibility
Blue, Bronze Lightning
3rd Bestwo Curse, Speak with Dead
Black Copper Acid
4th Greater Invisibility, Phantasmal Killer
White, Silver Cold
5th Mislead, Telekinesis
Green Poison

Draconic Concord Unearthly Essence

Starting at 10th level, your patron has empowered your ability
to deal damage. When you deal damage with a spell whose
damage is the same as your patron's dragon type, you may
add your Charisma modifier to the damage. Additionally,
When you take this patron, you gain the Chill Touch cantrip.
You may choose a different cantrip of your choice from the
warlock spell list if you already know Chill Touch.
Additionally, you gain the ability to perceive creatures and
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you can see 60 feet into the material plane if you are on the
ethereal plane.
Phantom Skip
Starting at 6th level, your ghostly patron grants you the ability
to step halfway between the material and ethereal planes. As
an action, you can become ethereal until the end of your next
turn. While in this state, you gain resistance to all damage
except psychic and force damage. You can move through
creatures and objects. When you do this, you treat them as
difficult terrain for calculating movement distance. If you are
occupying the same space as a creature or object when this
effect ends, you are immediately shunted to the nearest
unoccupied space that you can occupy. You will take 1d10
force damage for every 5 feet you are moved in this manner.
Once you have used this class feature, you cannot use it again
until you finish a short or long rest.
Quintessence Shield
Starting at 10th level, your ghostly patron has invested
enough time and energy into your empowerment that they
take an active roll in protecting your soul. Your thoughts
cannot be read by telepathy or other similar effects unless
you allow it to happen. You are also immune to being
charmed or frightened. Additionally, you gain resistance to
psychic damage.
Dominion
Starting at 14th level, your patron shares the secrets of
possession with you. As an action, you may assume a ghostly
form and attempt to possess one large or smaller creature
within 5 feet of you. This creature must make a Charisma
saving throw against your Warlock spell save DC. On a
failure, you take possession of their body. The target is
incapacitated and loses control of their body to you. They are
still aware of what is happening. Spells or effect that target
you cannot do so directly, and instead target the body you
have possession of. The only spells or effects that can target
you directly are those that deal psychic damage and effects
that turn or control undead. You retain your personality,
alignment, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma, and class
features. All other statistics are those of your possessed
target's. You do not gain access to the target's knowledge,
skills, or class features.
This ability lasts for 8 hours, until the possessed creature
is reduced to 0 hit points, you release them as a bonus action
on your turn, or you are forced out by a spell or effect such as
the dispel good and evil spell. Once the possession ends, you
reappear in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the
possessed target. You are once again completely material in
nature. The target is immune to further attempts at
possession for 24 hours if they succeed at their saving throw
as well as after the possession ends.
Once you use this class feature, you must complete a long
rest before you can use it again.
Otherworldly Patron: Illuminated
Being
Your patron is a powerful extra-planar being, serving the
sources of light and good. They are not a god, but still
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powerful enough to carry a certain amount of metaphysical
clout. This being empowers you with purity and grants you
access to the well of light which all divine beings draw their
power from.
White Lighter
Your patron is a being of light and this is reflected in the
spells they grant you access to.
Expanded Spell List Your patron allows you to choose from
an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The
following spells are added to the warlock spell for you.
Expanded Spell List
Level Spells
1st Cure Wounds, Light
2nd Blindness/Deafness, Zone of Truth
3rd Beacon of Hope, Daylight
4th Aura of Purity, Divination
5th Geas, Sunbeam
Nimbus of Light
Starting at 1st level, your patron allows you to draw from the
well of light to defend yourself from evil. As an action, you
begin to glow brightly. Each evil creature within 10 feet of you
must make a Wisdom saving throw against your warlock
spell save DC. Any creature that fails this saving throw is
frightened of you until the end of their next turn. Alternately,
you may make all of your allies within 10 feet of you to gain
immunity to fear til the end of your next turn. Once you use
this feature, you must complete a short or long rest before
you can use it again.
Flicker
Starting at 6th level, you can momentarily transcend your
physical form in response to being harmed. When you take
damage from an attack, you may use your reaction to
transform yourself into living, coherent light for a brief
instant. When you do this, you ignore all damage from a
single source. This causes a flash of extremely bright light
over a radius. You may do this a number of times equal to
your Charisma modifier. Once these uses are expended, you
must complete a long rest before you can do it again.
Lux et Fidesque
Starting at 10th level, your patron teaches you how to use the
well of light to protect yourself against mind affecting magic.
You are immune to all fear effects and which cause fear. Also,
when another creature attempts to frighten you, you may use
your reaction to reflect that fear effect back on the original
creature. The creature must succeed at a Wisdom saving
throw against your warlock spell save DC or the spell or
effect is cast on them instead. When this happens, you are
considered to be the original caster of the effect, and the
original caster is considered to be the original target of the
effect.
Caeca Lumen
Starting at 14th level, your patron allows you to access the
well of light and shape it into a searing blast of radiance. As
an action, you may choose one creature you can see within
60 feet of you. That creature must make a Wisdom saving
throw against your warlock spell save DC. On a failed save,
the creature is blinded and stunned for 1 minute. You must
concentrate on this effect as if you are concentrating on a
spell. The effect ends immediately if the creature takes any
damage. Until this effect ends, the target perceives you as a
creature composed of blinding, searing light which they
cannot look away from. The creature can see and hear only
you, itself, and the light. Once you use this ability, you must
complete a short or long rest before you can use this ability
again.
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Eldritch Invocations
The following eldritch invocations are available to those who
have the patronage of the Illuminated Being.
Carapace of Light: As an action you may invoke the well
of light which surges up and encases you in a carapace of
radiant energy. Any evil creature attempting to attack you
has disadvantage on attack rolls against you while this
effect is active.
Resplendent Flare: (Prerequisite: Eldritch Blast cantrip)
When you cast Eldritch Blast, if the target is undead or
evil, you deal maximum damage with this cantrip.

Wizard Archetypes
Arcane Desecrator
Your studies have led you to attempt to unbind the formulas
of the spells you cast. You have managed to unfetter the
arcane power contained within and augment them with the
negative energy in the world around you. As you cast , you can
call upon that negative energy to power your spells and make
them more powerful.
The taint of negative energy shows in every spell you cast.
Shimmering sheets of dark power cascade over you and
cause effects all around you. The flames of your spells burn
with a dark, necromantic tinge and your cold spells carry the
chill of the grave.
Construct Undead Familiar
At 1st level, your understanding of the necromantic arts
allows you to cobble together an undead familiar.
This familiar takes on the form of a tiny undead beast (bat,
cat, crab, frog, hawk, etc.) It takes several hours to complete
the construction of your familiar, but once you have done so,
you are able to animate it with a malevolent spirit. This class
feature behaves exactly as the 1st level spell find familiar with
the following exceptions.
Your familiar shares your hit points. When your familiar
takes damage, that damage is dealt to you.
You may dispel your familiar with a bonus action, causing
it to fade into the ethereal plane. Calling it back to you is
also a bonus action.
An undead familiar can attack a target.
As long as your undead familiar is within 100 feet of you,
you are able to cast all spells through it as a conduit. All
spells function as they are printed, except that you can use
your undead familiar as the point of origin. All other
variables are unchanged.
Terrifying Mien
At second level, the energies that you wield are barely held in
check. This is terrifying to all who witness you casting magic.
You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill if you didn't
already have it. Additionally, when ever you cast a spell in
front of intelligent creatures, you may attempt to intimidate
one as a free action.
Corruption
Starting at Second level, you are able to draw negative energy
out of the environment to drive and fuel your spells. As you do
so, the negative energy native to the material plane bubbles
up through the earth and flows into you in streams of dark
energy. This kills all plant life, insects, and tiny or smaller
creatures within a radius of 5 feet per level of the spell being
enhanced. If there is no life within the sphere, the earth itself
is corrupted, turning ashen and grey - nothing will ever grow
or live within this radius again unless cured by powerful
divine magic.
When you us this ability, you may double either your
proficiency bonus or your spellcasting ability score for the
purposes of calculating all spell effects (including saving
throw DCs and spell attack rolls).
You may use this ability a number of times equal to your
spell casting ability modifier before taking a long rest.
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Arcane Restoration
Starting at 6th level, you may use your corruption power to
perform one of the following effects.
You may regain expended spell slots with a combined level
of your wizard level or lower divided by 5 (round down).
You may cast lesser restoration on your self with no
components.
Using this ability corrupts the environment as usual and
counts against your total number of uses of Corruption.
Desecrated Form
Starting at 10th level, your constant use of negative energy
has begun to warp your very body. Your skin darkens and
begins to become chitinous. Upon close examination, the
energy can be seen flowing and writhing just below the outer
layers of your skin.
When you are not wearing armor, your AC becomes 13 +
your dexterity modifier and your hit point Maximum is
increased by 10. Each time you level in this class you gain an
additional 10 to your hit point maximum on top of the usual.
However, you have become addicted to the magic you wield.
When ever you take a long rest without using your Corruption
ability at least once, you suffer a level of exhaustion. If you go
a week without using it, you are considered poisoned. If you
go two weeks without using your Corruption ability, you
suffer an additional level of exhaustion. You take an
additional level of exhaustion for every week you go without
using your Corruption ability, eventually leading to your
death.
Devourer
Starting at 14th level, you have become a ravening beast,
devouring negative energy and corrupting life force almost
reflexively. When you use your Corruption ability, choose one
creature within the area of effect. That creature must make a
constitution save or suffer necrotic damage equal to 1d6
times the level of the spell being enhanced. If this damage
kills the creature, it will rise as a zombie under your control
in 1d4 rounds.
Illuminated Thaumaturge
On the outskirts of civilization, arcane traditions skew far
from the normal. There are wizards who cast spells
exclusively through animals, some that enchant clay tablets
with inscribed runes, and some far weirder. One of the most
esoteric is a reclusive order of mages that call themselves the
Illuminated Thaumaturges. They take their name from the
fact that each of these arcane casters resemble an
illuminated manuscript with runes, inscriptions, and arcane
formulas tattooed onto their skin. The ink used to create
these tattoos is composed from materials mundane and
unknown, and helps these wizards to channel mystical energy
more efficiently that others – but at a cost.
Adept Arcanist
Starting at 2nd level, your tattoos have filled you with arcane
energy that simmers just below the surface. You gain
proficiency in the Arcana (Intelligence skill). If you are already
proficient in this skill, you gain expertise. Additionally, due to
the suffusion of arcane energy in your body, you gain
proficiency on Constitution saving throws. If you are already
proficient in Constitution saving throws, you instead gain
advantage on them.
Mystic Conductor
Starting at 2nd level, you have learned how to channel your
spells through your tattoos, bolstering their power. When you
cast a Wizard spell of 1st level or higher and use this class
feature, you may treat this spell as if it was cast using a spell
slot of one level higher. This does not expend the higher level
spell slot, but it is treated as it used a spell slot one level
higher for all calculations of range, duration, targets, number
of targets, and damage. Doing so causes you to take Mana
Burn equal to the spell level of the spell cast this way + 1.
Mana Burn
When you use your tattoos to modify, alter, or cast
spells – you take damage from the power that you
you wield. As the arcane damage ripples through
your skin, it burns your flesh and sears your nerves.
You cannot ameliorate, reduce, or remove this
damage in any way. The amount of damage taken is
described in each ability.
Illuminated Casting
Starting at 6th level, you have inscribed low level spells onto
your skin and made them part of you. You may do this with a
number of 1st level wizard spells equal to your Intelligence
modifier. These spells are considered to always be prepared
for you. Casting these spells causes Mana Burn equal to the
spell level +1. Additionally, you may cast these spells without
using a spell slot, but this triples the amount of Mana Burn
taken using this feat. These spells are cast without the need
for verbal, somatic or material components.
Arcane Resonance
Starting at 10th level, you are able to cast a spell that
resonates through your body. As a result of this resonance,
you cast the same spell twice. On your turn, when you cast a
spell that has only one target and does not have the range of
self, you may cast the spell again, with a different target for
the second casting. Using this ability causes Mana Burn
equal to twice the spell's level +2.
Incantrix
Starting at 14th level, you have completed the tattoos that
cover your body and they have reached their full power. When
you cast a spell, you may use this ability to quicken the spell's
casting. Once per turn, you may cast a spell that has a casting
time of 1 action, and may, instead, cast it as a bonus action.
Additionally, this allows you to cast this spell and another as
your action for the turn – for a total of 2 two spells in a turn.
Using this ability causes Mana Burn equal to the spell's level
+3.
School of Dimensional Divergence
Wizards of this school seek to control the most fundamental
aspects of the universe – time and space. They consider
themselves above the natural order. Many apprentices suffer
mishaps when their will slips. Those whose wills are strong
enough to maintain a grip on the fabric of time and space as
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it revolts and attempts to shake off the effects you impose
upon it are incredibly powerful.
Chronosavant
Starting when you select this school at 2nd level, copying a
spell into your spellbook takes half as much time as normal.
Tempus Fugit
Starting at 2nd level, you can cause a small wrinkle in the
fabric of reality. Using this ability allows you to delay the
effects of a spell you just cast for a short time. You may delay
the effect of your spell for one full round, though you can
trigger it earlier than this. If you move in the intervening time
before your spell effects “arrive”, the spell originates from the
space you occupied when it was originally cast.
Confluence
Starting at 6th level, you are aware that there is a multiverse
of realities. In the closest realities, there are alternate
versions of yourself. These alternate versions of yourself often
have different spells. You may now prepare your spells from
these other spell books. Choose one spell of a level you can
cast. You are considered to always have this spell prepared
and cast it by spending a spell slot of the appropriate level.
You may use this ability to learn an additional alternate spell
at 9th, 12th and 15th levels (for a total of four alternate
spells). When you cast one of these spells, you may not do so
again until you complete a short or long rest.
Carpe Arcanum
Starting at 10th level, you have learned to manipulate the
weave of the universe to spin a more enduring spell. When
you cast a spell that has a duration of 1 minute or longer, you
may double the duration of the spell. When the spell duration
would expire, you may use your reaction to continue the spell
for another duration. Creatures that were granted a saving
throw against the effects of the spell may retry their saving
throw when you use this ability. Once you use this ability, you
must complete a long rest before you can use it again.
Arcane Anomaly
Starting at 14th level, you are able to assist yourself across
the veil of worlds. At any time, you may choose a spell of 5th
level or lower with a casting time of 1 action, bonus action, or
reaction from your spellbook or confluence spell lists. This
spell is cast spontaneously with no material, verbal, or
somatic components required. If the spell requires
concentration, it immediately ends unless you seize control
and begin concentrating on the spell. Once you cast a spell in
this manner, you may not do so again until you complete a
short or long rest.
The downside of this ability is that your other selves can
call upon your arcane aid in the same manner. After you have
memorized your spells for the day, roll a d20. If you roll a 1,
one of your alternate selves has requested aid. When this
happens, roll a d10 to determine what level spell has been
cast. 1-2 is a 1st level, 3-4 is a 2nd level, 5-6 is a 3rd level, 7-8
is a 4th level, and 9-10 is a 5th level spell. You choose the spell
that you have prepared of the appropriate slot and it
expended as if you had cast it intentionally.
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Psion
“I
t is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It
is by the juice of sapho that thoughts
acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, the
stains become a warning. It is by will alone
I set my mind in motion.” ~Piter De Vries
Masters of the mind and will, Psions manipulate the world
through force of will alone. Unlike Sorcerers, Warlocks,
Clerics or Rogues; Psions call on reservoirs of power from
deep within as opposed to external sources. Through force of
will the mind focuses psionic energies and inner strength to
perform reality altering feats; the caliber of which is only
rivaled by the energy arcane. Personal introspection,
meditation, self-realization and exploration of the psyche are
the tools that allow the Psion to direct inner strength and
psionic energies.
The great Sundering left the world fractured, magic
crippled, and the average people suffering. They blamed
magic for their suffering and in spite of the fact that magic
was non-functional for a time, hunted down anyone they
suspected of being a magic user. Torch and pitchfork wielding
mobs killed anyone displaying any arcane knowledge. This
included the Psions.
With the magic gone, the only people that demonstrated
any inkling of mystical ability were the Psions. The common
folk, fearing another cataclysm, hunted them. The pogrom
drove the Psions to the brink of extinction. Facing impending
doom, the Psions withdrew. Some hid their abilities. Others
formed small communities on the edge of civilization.
Separate Is Not Equal
Psionics are not present to the same extent on every plane.
Some planes have never encountered the willworkers, those
with the ability to change the nature of reality with nothing
more than the power of their mind. Other planes, ones with
little or no access to arcane energies, have a larger number of
Psions. Only your Game Master knows for sure.
While the powers presented in this book are balanced, it is
up to your GM to decide if they fit the flavor of the campaign.
Training
Psions are gifted with the ability at birth. Most never manifest
this power, and those that do train their mind and will
rigorously. It is a life of dedication and pursuit of individual
power. Most study and expand their abilities in solitude, but
some are lucky enough to receive training from others gifted
with psionic abilities. On planes that feature many Psions,
there are schools dedicated to training the gifted.
No matter how many Psions exist in a particular world, the
Psion is a paragon of personal discipline.
Creating a Psion
The most important decision to make when creating a Psion
is what archetype you will choose. This decision dictates the
powers available to your Psion, and to a great extent, their
personality and behavior. A bio-manipulator will be more
focused on themselves than others – this can be reflected by
a selfish personality, or a rough personality.
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A Psychokinetic will be more bombastic and tend to be more
animated; usually outgoing with a flare for the dramatic, or
forceful and direct. An Esper will be more reserved than
other Psions; the ability to read the thoughts and emotions of
others is a sobering reality.
The source of your powers is uncertain – no one knows
where the gifted get their abilities. It is certain, however, that
there is a biological component – Psionic ability tends to run
in families. Parents who are psionically gifted tend to make
children who are as well.
Class Features
As a Psion, you gain the following class features.
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d6 per level
Hit Points at 1st level: 6 + your constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) + your Constitution
modifier per level after 1st.
Proficiencies
Armor: Light Armor
Weapons: Simple Weapons
Tools: None
Saving Throws: Charisma, Constitution
Skills: Choose two from History, Insight, Investigation,
Medicine, Nature, Perception and Religion.
Equipment
You start with the following equipment in addition to the
equipment granted by your background:
(a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) any simple weapon
(a) a scholars pack or (b) an explorer's pack
Leather armor and 2 daggers
Psionic Aptitude
At 1st level, you have trained in a specific form of psionic
abilities. This choice dictates the abilities and powers you
have access to. The archetypes available are Bio-
manipulator, Esper, Psychokinetic and Wild Talent. Each
of these archetypes, save for the Wild Talent, have access to a
signature power, and have access to the abilities from the
appropriate discipline. The Wild Talent, however is different.
They sacrifice a signature ability for flexibility; gaining access
to powers from every discipline.
Class Archetypes
Starting at 1st level, you choose a Psion class archetype. The
Psion Archetypes are Bio-manipulator, Esper, Psychokinetic,
and Wild Talent. The Bio-manipulator, Esper and
Psychokinetic archetypes are denoted by a “signature ability”.
This signature ability is what denotes each of these
archetypes. They give the Psion an edge. Additionally, each
archetype is restricted to powers from their specific Aptitude
(Bio-manipulation, Extra Sensory Perception and
Psychokinesis respectively). The Wild Talent, by comparison,
does not have a signature ability.
The Psion
Level Features Psi Points
1st CLass Archetype( Bio-manipulator, Esper, Psychokinetic, Wild Talent) 5
2nd 1st Rank of First Psionic Power 7
3rd 2nd Rank of First Psionic Power 9
4th Ability Score Improvement 11
5th 3rd Rank of First Psionic Power 13
6th 15
7th 4th Rank of First Psionic Power 17
8th Ability Score Improvement 19
9th 5th Rank of First Psionic Power 21
10th 23
11th 1st Rank of Second Psionic Power 25
12th Ability Score Improvement 27
13th Second Rank of Second Psionic Power 29
14th 31
15th 3rd Rank of Second Psionic Power 33
16th Ability Score Improvement 35
17th 4th Rank of Second Psionic Power 37
18th 39
19th 5th Rank of Second Psionic Power 41
20th Ability Score Improvement, 1st Rank of Third Psionic Power 43

To balance this obvious short fall in ability out, the Wild
Talent is able to choose from all three aptitudes. Additionally,
the Wild Talent has a larger pool of Psi Points to pull from.
Most classes have a wide variety of abilities representative
of the experience necessary for a chosen vocation. The Psion
class, however, has a much narrower focus. To master the
inner strength and willpower necessary wield psionic powers
with any degree of efficacy, Psions train rigorously in solitude,
focused on their inner journey.
As every sentient creature views the world through the
warped lens of their own experiences, every Psion must learn
to master their own – very personal – psyche. While some
planes have schools that teach Psions how to master their
minds and abilities, most do not.
Psi Points
Starting at 1st level, your training allows you access to a pool
of Psi Points. These points allow you access to your psionic
powers and fuel your works of willpower and psionic might.
To activate one of your powers, you spend points from this
pool of Psi Points. The number of Psi Points you have is
based on your levels in the Psion class (outlined in the Psion
Class table). You also add your Charisma Modifier to your Psi
Point total.
When you take a short rest, you may regain a number of
Psi Points by meditating for most of the time spent resting.
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The number of Psi Points regained is determined by rolling a
number of d4s equal to half of your Psion levels (rounded
down) + your Charisma Modifier. When you take a long rest,
you may meditate for at least a quarter of the time – and you
regain all of your expended Psi Points.
Psionic Powers
As you gain levels in the Psion class, you will gain access to
psionic powers. Each Power has 5 ranks, and is organized by
its Aptitude. As you progress in character level, you gain
access to ranks in these powers and eventually, new powers.
Each Archetype, save for the Wild Talent, is restricted to the
Aptitude associated with the archetype you have chosen.
Charisma is your ability for your psionic powers. You use your
Charisma modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a
psionic ability and when making an attack role with one.
Psionic Save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
Charisma modifier
Psionic Attack Modifier = your proficiency bonus + your
Charisma modifier
Psionic Aptitude
Starting at 2nd level, you may choose one power from the
Aptitude associated with your Archetype. You have access to
the 1st Rank of this power. At 3rd level, and every other level
afterwards (5th, 7th, and 9th level), you gain access to the
next rank in this power.
Starting at 11th level, you gain access to a second psionic
power at 1st Rank. Every other level afterwards (13th, 15th,
17th, and 19th level) you gain access to the next rank in this
power.
Lastly, at 20th level, you may choose a third psionic power
at 1st Rank.
Ability Score Improvement
When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th,16th and
20th level, you may increase one ability score of your choice
by 2 or you may increase two ability scores by 1. Alternately,
you may choose to take a feat instead of increasing any ability
scores.
Psion Archetype: Bio-manipulator
You have spent years mastering control of your physical form.
By turning your will inward, you have learned to control how
your body functions. You will be able to grow blades from
your body, move faster than other creatures, and ignore the
effects of exhaustion. As a Bio-manipulator, you are restricted
to psionic powers from the Bio-manipulation Aptitude.
Signature Ability: Bio-regeneration
Psi Cost: 3 per die healed
Activation Time: Bonus Action
Duration: Instantaneous
You focus your will inward and channel your psionic power
back into your body. This causes skin, muscled and
connective tissue to heal, and bones to knit together almost
instantaneously. When you activate this power, you regain hit
points.
At 1st Level, activation of this power heals 1d6+ your
Charisma Modifier in hit points.
At 6th Level, activation of this power heals 2d6+ your
Charisma Modifier in hit points.
At 10th Level, activation of this power heals 3d6+ your
Charisma Modifier in hit points.
At 14th Level, activation of this power heals 4d6+ your
Charisma Modifier in hit points.
At 18th Level, activation of this power heals 5d6+ your
Charisma Modifier in hit points.
Psion Archetype: Esper
You have always been sensitive to the psychic emanations of
other creatures. You know things that you have no reasonable
way to know and this makes other sentients uneasy in your
presence. You can project your awareness and perceive
events at a distance, hide your presence from the minds of
others, and read the psychic signature left on objects. As an
Esper, you are restricted to powers from the Extra Sensory
Perception Aptitude.
Signature Ability: Telepathy
Psi Cost: 3
Activation Time: 1 Action
Duration: Varies
This psi power allows you to read the thoughts of another
creature. The creature must be within 600 feet of you. Your
mental contact remains in effect for a limited time.
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At 1st Level: While this power is active, you can
understand anything your target says, in any language. You
are reading the subject's surface thoughts, and gleaning
their meaning directly from their mind. This power lasts
for 1 minute.
At 6th Level: You are able to probe deeper into the mind of
your target. You receive random and disjointed thoughts,
such as the target's name or the name/identity of someone
or something the target is actively thinking about. This
power is instantaneous – the information is revealed at the
end of your turn.
At 10th Level: You are able to communicate telepathically.
You may select one target that you can see within 30 feet
of you. You may now project your thoughts directly into
their head and they will hear them in their native language
and may respond in kind. Use of this power lasts for 10
minutes.
At 14th Level: You may now probe deeper into the mind of
your target. Complete surface thoughts can be read – all of
the above information is received as well as some key
piece of information that you were hoping to discover.
Since you are now actively probing your target's mind, use
of this rank allows a Charisma Saving Throw versus your
Psi Save DC. If your target makes this save, you still
receive the information from your rank 1 and 2 telepathy,
but do not discover the additional information. This power
is instantaneous – the information is revealed at the end of
you turn.
At 18th Level: You are able to rifle through the target's
memory for specific information. You have to have some
idea of what you are looking for, and the target has to
know the information to find it. The target must make a
Charisma Saving Throw versus your Psi Save DC. On a
success, you are unable to find what you are looking for.
You do not know why you cannot find it; it could be that
you just couldn't find it, or that they don't know it. You only
know that you cannot find the info.
Psion Archetype: Psychokinetic
You have the ability to move objects with the power of your
mind alone. Psychokinesis will allow you to fling bolts of
force, allow your allies to move with greater speed, or hold
objects and people in place.
Signature Ability: Telekinesis
Psi Cost: Varies
Activation Cost: 1 Bonus Action
Duration: Varies
At 1st Level: Your telekinesis is just beginning to manifest.
You may manipulate objects that are within 30 feet of you
as if you were doing it with your hands. There is no visible
effect aside from the motion of objects. This effect does
not allow you to feel the objects being manipulated. It is
not clumsy, but is limited to line of site, so operating a
complex device on the other side of a panel would not be
possible. You can move up to 15 pounds or shove an
unsuspecting creature of up to medium size or larger up
to 5 feet. Use of this power costs 2 Psi Points and lasts for
one minute.
At 6th Level: The weight you can move, and the range of
your 1st Rank telekinesis are doubled without increasing
the Psi point cost. Additionally, you may now make melee
attacks at range with your telekinesis. Use of this ability
requires that you make a melee attack roll as normal.
When you hit, this attack does 2d8 bludgeoning damage.
You may make these attacks at a range of 60 feet. Use of
this power in this manner is instantaneous and costs 3 Psi
Points.
At 10th Level: The damage from your 2nd Rank power is
increased to 3d8. You can now manipulate and lift objects
with the only limitation being weight. The weight of
objects that you can lift cannot exceed what you could lift
and move with some elbow grease. Additionally, you can
now receive tactile information from your psychokinesis
and can perform tasks by feel. If you cannot see the
objects to be manipulated, you perform these tasks at
disadvantage. Use of this power lasts 1 minute and costs 5
Psi Points.
At 14th Level: You have honed your telekinetic abilities to
the point that you can deflect incoming blows with the
power of your mind. When an attacker you can see hits
you with an attack, you may spend 4 Psi Points and take
half damage from that attack. Doing so uses your reaction.
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At 18th Level: You have mastered your telekinetic abilities
by this point. You may use this power to take flight,
levitating through the air. You are able to fly for the
duration of this power. Your speed in flight is 30 feet. Use
of this power costs 2 Psi Points per round you choose to
fly. If you run out of Psi Points in mid flight, the power
gives out and you plummet to the ground.
Psion Archetype: Wild Talent
Wild Talents are less focused than other Psions. They are not
focused on a specific aptitude. This means that the Wild
Talent does not have a signature power. However, they are
also more flexible in their abilities, as they are not restricted
to a single aptitude. This greater flexibility is favored by some.
You may choose psionic powers from the Bio-manipulation,
Extra Sensory Perception and Psychokinesis Aptitudes.
You also gain an additional number of Psi Points. Your
bonus Psi Points is equal to your class level + your Charisma
Modifier. These Psi Points are, in all ways, identical your
base Psi Points.
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What are Psionics?
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any RPG systems treat psionics as a
form of magic powered by a character's
strength of will and intellect. We have
chosen to treat psionics in a more
traditional manner. Psionics is a broad
term used to describe a set of extra-
normal powers that derive from the
force of mind and will, rather than by channeling the arcane
and divine energies that drive magic and fuel spells. Psionic
abilities are found in almost every race, but the ability to
perform these feats is incredibly rare. In spite of the rising
tide of mana increasing the number of arcane practitioners
(almost exponentially), the incidents of those with psionic
abilities have not increased.
This does not, however, explain what psionic abilities are.
To the layman, the term “Mind Magic” seems to apply when
discussing psionic powers. This is not the case. Magic relies
on mana, a force from outside the wielder and their ability to
manipulate it. Psions, however, work only with willpower –
power within themselves. Like magic users, they manipulate
the world around them; unlike magic users, they utilize the
power residing in themselves by which to do it.
Prior to 5th edition, psionics were, in all reality and
practicality, practitioners of “Mind Magic.” The psionic
abilities could be supplemented by spells that were fueled by
the willpower of the user. In the design of this book, we shied
away from that concept, using explanation and mechanics.
So, for the purposes of “It Builds Character: Psych!” we
have come up with the following definition of psionics:
Psionics is the practice of asserting ones will over the
world around them in a series of effects that can only be
described as “Mind Over Matter.”
Psionic powers are divided into several broad divisions,
referred to as Aptitudes. The Aptitudes are Bio-manipulation,
Extra Sensory Perception, and Psychokinetics. Bio-
manipulation powers are all about asserting one's will over
their own body; forging changes in their own flesh to survive,
deal more damage, and move faster. Extra Sensory
Perception powers allow the user access to information that
they could not obtain via mundane means; allowing them to
read the minds of another, rifle through the memories of
another, and see the events that have left their mark on an
object. Psychokinetic powers allow the user to move matter
with the power of their mind; freezing objects, causing them
to burst into flames, and moving objects with just a thought.
Bio-manipulation
The Bio-manipulation aptitude deals with modification of the
body's functions. This can be anything from healing one's self,
or others, to sprouting weapons or adapting to one's
environment.
Adrenal Boost
Psi Cost: 2
Activation Time: Reaction
Duration: Instant
With a thought, you can stimulate your adrenal gland,
which gives you razor sharp senses for one action.
1st Rank:
1st Rank: When you activate this power you add an
additional 1d4+1 to one skill check, attack roll, saving
throw or damage roll.
2nd Rank: this bonus increases to 1d6+2.
3rd Rank: this bonus increases to 1d8+3.
4th Rank: this bonus increases to 1d10+4.
5th Rank: this bonus increases to 1d12+5.
Bio-weaponry
Psi Cost: 4
Activation Time: 1 Action
Duration: 10 minutes
You focus your will inward and your body begins to
rearrange itself, growing weapons. Bony spikes grow from
your elbows or knees, or you grow blades from the backs of
your hands. You decide the nature of the weapon at the time
of activation. This weapon confers the following advantages:
You have a melee weapon that deals damage of the
appropriate type. You are considered proficient with this
weapon when you wield it. You cannot be disarmed of this
weapon. This weapon deals 1d8 + your Charisma Modifier
points of damage of the appropriate type of damage. Each
additional rank in Bio-weaponry increases the damage dealt
by this weapon by an additional 1d8 to a maximum of
5d8+your Charisma Modifier.
Damage Absorption
Psi Cost: Special
Activation Time: 1 Action
Duration: Instantaneous
By touching another creature, you can transfer damage
they have suffered to yourself. To use this power, you place
your hands on your target, and spend a number of Psi Points.
1st Rank: Each 2 Psi Points spent will heal 1 point of
damage your target has suffered and inflict the same
amount of damage to yourself. This damage cannot be
negated in any way – use of this power inflicts this damage
no matter what.
2nd Rank: Your use of Psi becomes more efficient – You
now spend one Psi to absorb 1 hp of damage.
3rd rank: Your efficiency with this power increases again,
allowing you to absorb 2 HP per every point of Psi spent.
4th rank: As a reaction, you are able to redirect the
damage you take onto yourself with this power – you are
able to transfer damage you take to another creature. If
this creature is unwilling, they must make a Charisma
Save versus your Psi-Save DC. You can only transfer
damage you have taken onto yourself by use of this power.
5th rank: You are able to shake off a portion of the
damage you deal to yourself using this power – when you
use this power to transfer damage to yourself, you may
make a Charisma Save at DC 17. If you succeed at this
save, the damage you suffer is halved (you still heal full
damage to your target). If you score a critical success on
this save, you take no damage from the use of this power.
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Endorphin Release
Psi Cost: 4
Activation Time: 1 action
Duration: 8 hours
Use of this power allows you to ignore the effects of
exhaustion for the duration. Starting at 1st rank, you can
ignore one level of exhaustion for the duration of this power.
If you have suffered more than 1 level of exhaustion, you act
as if you had one less level of exhaustion in effect. For every
Rank after the 1st, you are able to ignore one additional level
of exhaustion, up to a maximum of 5 levels of exhaustion
ignored at 5th rank.
Metabolic Boost
Psi Cost: 3
Activation Time: Bonus Action
Duration: Special
By focusing your will inward, you are able to accelerate
your metabolism and increase your movement speed for a
short time. Use of this power takes your reaction. This power
gives you an additional 10 feet of movement for the duration.
Each additional rank adds 10 feet more to your movement
speed for the duration (i.e. +20 feet at 2nd rank, +30 feet at
3rd rank, to a maximum of +50 feet at 5th rank). This bonus
lasts for a number of rounds equal to your Charisma Modifier
between any rest.
Metabolic Control
Psi Cost: 4
Activation Time: Instant
Duration: Varies
You have trained your mind and body to control your
metabolic processes. This allows you to survive without food
and water or through other hostile and adverse conditions. If
an environment inflicts multiple conditions, you must pay the
cost for all of the effects you wish to ignore. This does not
allow you to negate the effects of magic or traps. If you want
to use multiple ranks of this power, you must pay the
activation cost for all of them.
1st Rank: You can ignore the need for food or water for
for 8 hours.
2nd Rank: You are able to ignore the effects of
environments and situations that would inflict exhaustion
for 2 hours per activation.
3rd Rank: This rank allows you to ignore effects that
cause damage from the environment, such as extreme
heat or cold for 10 minutes per activation.
4th Rank: You can now double the duration of each of
these effects.
5th Rank: This rank allows you to survive intensely
dangerous environments. You can ignore the damage from
one source of environmental damage (such as lava, fire, or
magical cold) for one round per activation. You may use
the rank 5 version of this power a number of times equal
to your charisma modifier between long rests.
Psi-Endurance
Psi Cost: 2
Activation Time: 1 Action
Duration: 1 Hour
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By focusing your will, you become harder to kill.
1st Rank: You gain 1d4+4 temporary hit points for the
duration.
2nd Rank: You gain 1d4+9 temporary hit points for the
duration.
3rd Rank: You gain 1d4+14 temporary hit points for the
duration.
4th Rank: You gain 1d4+19 temporary hit points for the
duration.
5th Rank: You gain 1d4+24 temporary hit points for the
duration.
Shimmer
Psi Cost: 4
Activation Time: 1 action
Duration: 1 round
You are able to vibrate your body in a way that allows you
to phase through solid objects. For the duration of this power,
you step into the ethereal plane. You can move in any
direction, if you move up or down, each foot of movement
cost an additional foot of movement. While in this state, you
can see the plane you originated from, but only out to a
distance of 60 feet. Everything you see is in shades of grey.
You can see and be seen by creatures on the material plane
as normal, but you are semi-transparent. You cannot interact
with objects on the material plane and may, in fact walk
through them as if they were not there. If the duration ends,
and you occupy the same space as an object, structure or
creature on the material plane, you must pay the Psi cost to
maintain this power (you may not choose to end it if you still
have Psi remaining). If you are out of Psi when this happens,
you are shunted to the nearest unoccupied space and take
damage equal to the twice the distance shunted. Otherwise,
you may end this effect as a free action. Each additional rank
in this power allows you to stay in the ethereal plane for an
additional round, up to a maximum of 5 rounds before you
have to pay the activation cost again.
Extra Sensory Perception
Extra Sensory Perception powers allow you to perceive
information that you would have no other way of knowing.
Battle Sense
Psi Cost: Varies
Activation Time: Varies
Duration: Varies
By focusing all of their attention and psionic ability on an
enemy, the Psion can read the intent, actions, and immediate
future of a target; giving the Psion a decided edge in battle.
Masters of the battle sense are fierce combatants and
incredibly deadly. You must choose a single target of this
power – once you do, you cannot choose another target until
the end of combat, or the target is dead.
1st Rank: For the duration of the combat, you may cast
the Shield spell as a free action that does not use your
action, reaction, or bonus action. Each time you do this,
you must spend 2 Psi Points do do so. There are no verbal
or semantic components to the spell when cast this way
and the spell functions in all other ways like the spell.
2nd Rank: As a bonus action, you may activate this power.
For one minute, you are able to anticipate incoming
attacks from your target, allowing you to roll with the
punches, as it were. For one minute, you gain resistance
against bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from
attacks by your target. Use of this power costs 4 Psi
Points.
3rd Rank: You are able to anticipate your target's attacks
and react accordingly. This makes it harder for your target
to hit you. The target creature has disadvantage on attacks
against you for one minute. Activating this power takes a
bonus action and costs 5 Psi Points.
4th Rank: Due to your ability to anticipate the actions of
your opponent, you are able to keep them from attacking
you at inopportune moments. Activating this power takes
a reaction, costs 4 Psi Points, and lasts one minute. While
it is active, your opponent cannot make attacks of
opportunity against you. Additionally, you may make an
attack of opportunity against this target once per turn
without using your reaction.
5th Rank: You are so in tune with your target that you can
now strike with greater precision against your target.
Activating this power takes a bonus action. For one
minute, you have advantage on attacks versus your target.
Use of this power costs 5 Psi Points.
Clairaudience
Psi Cost: 3
Activation Time: 1 Action
Duration: 1 minute
This ability allows you to project a portion of your mind to a
location, hearing sounds as if you were physically there. This
power doesn't filter out ambient noise, so you may have
problems picking out a particular sound. This provides no
assistance in understanding languages you do not know.
Once this power is activated it requires concentration, and
the “remote ear” cannot move from the location it is sent to.
1st Rank: You can place the ear at a spot within 600 feet
of you that you can see.
2nd Rank: This rank allows you to place it in a location or
near a person that you are familiar with – you must have
spent at least 10 minutes making yourself familiar with
the location or person and that point must be within 1
mile of you.
3rd Rank: You can project this point to any place or
person you have seen once and is within 5 miles of you.
4th Rank: You can project this perception point on a
location or person that someone has described to you,
provided they are present as you use this power; allowing
you to use their psyche to gain a fix. This point must be
within 10 miles of you.
5th Rank:Your power has blossomed fully. You are now
able to place your perception point anywhere on the plane
you are located on as long as you have a map, book, or
written description that describes the location/person
accurately. You must make a Psi check at DC 14 to place
the “ear” where you want it. If you fail this check, the
power still takes effect, but will not be on target –
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your perception point will be 2d10 feet away from your
targeted location in a random direction. If your target is
moving and you fail this check, you must cancel this power
and start it over to target it again. If your target is moving,
and you succeed in the initial check, additional checks are
required for every 100 feet the target moves.
Clairvoyance
Psi Cost: 3
Activation Time: 1 Action
Duration: 1 minute
This ability allows you to project a portion of your mind to a
location, seeing everything as if you were physically there.
Once this power is activated it requires concentration, and
the “remote eye” cannot move from the location it is sent to.
1st Rank: You can place the eye at a spot within 600 feet
of you that you can see.
2nd Rank: This rank allows you to place it in a location or
near a person that you are familiar with – you must have
spent at least 10 minutes making yourself familiar with
the location or person and that point must be within 1
mile of you.
3rd Rank: You can project this point to any place or
person you have seen once that is within 5 miles of you.
4th Rank: You can project this perception point on a
location or person that someone has described to you,
provided they are present as you use this power; allowing
you to use their psyche to gain a fix. This point must be
within 10 miles of you.
5th Rank: Your power has blossomed fully. You are now
able to place your perception point anywhere on the plane
you are located on as long as you have a map, book, or
written description that describes the location/person
accurately. You must make a Psi check at DC 14 to place
the “eye” where you want it. If you fail this check, the
power still takes effect but will not be on target; your
perception point will be 2d10 feet away from your targeted
location in a random direction. If your target is moving
and you fail this check, you must cancel this power and
start it over to target it again. If your target is moving and
you succeed in the initial check, additional checks are
required for every 100 feet the target moves.
Empathy
Psi Cost: 3
Activation Time: 1 Action
Duration: Varies
Using this power, you are able to “read” the active emotions
of another creature.
1st Rank: This power provides you with an understanding
of the target's emotional state. This grants you advantage
on rolls to interact with them (insight, intimidation, etc).
2nd Rank: You gain the ability to read the surface
emotions of two characters and ascertain how they feel
towards each other.
3rd Rank: You gain the ability to see the body's bioelectric
field and evaluate the overall state of health of a target:
healthy, diseased, injured, sick, insane, poisoned, etc.
 4th Rank: You are able to forge a link between yourself
and a target. To establish this link, the subject must be
willing at the time of this power's use, but they can be
coerced to do so by means of mind affecting spells or
effects. Once established, this link allows you to read their
emotional state and overall health at a distance of 1 mile
per character level. Ascertaining this information takes an
action. You may have a number of links active equal to
your charisma modifier. If you establish a new link that
would exceed this number, you must relinquish your link
to another creature. You may end any or all of your active
links as a reaction.
5th Rank: You are able to influence the emotions of a
single creature that you can see within 60 feet of you.
There are 6 attitudes that a creature can have on a sliding
scale. These are, in order: Hostile (angry), Wary
(suspicious), Indifferent (blase), Acquainted (favorable),
Friendly (friendly, ironically enough), and Loyal (devoted).
When you use this power, you may adjust your target's
attitude by a number of steps in either direction. Your
target must make a Charisma Save against your Psi save
DC. On a success, nothing happens. On a failure, you may
change their attitude in either direction. Each step you
adjust their attitude costs you 3 Psi Points. It would cost
you 3 Psi Points to change their mood from Friendly to
Loyal and 6 Psi Points to change it from Friendly to
Indifferent. This effect lasts for 10 minutes. When it
expires, you can choose to keep their attitude adjusted by
spending the Psi Points again.
Mind Blast
Psi Cost: 5
Activation Time: 1 Action
Duration: Instantaneous
You reach out with your mind and rip into the mind of
another creature. You choose one creature within 60 feet of
you that you can see. You make a Psi attack against that
target. On a hit, you inflict the following damage.
1st Rank: Your Mind Blast deals 1d6 points of psychic
damage.
2nd Rank: Your Mind Blast deals 2d6 points of psychic
damage.
3rd Rank: Your Mind Blast deals 3d6 points of psychic
damage.
4th Rank: Your Mind Blast deals 4d6 points of psychic
damage.
5th Rank: Your Mind Blast deals 5d6 points of psychic
damage.
Obscure
Psi Cost: Varies
Activation Time: Varies
Duration: Varies
You are able to confuse and confound the mind of creatures
that are observing you. This allows you to be effectively
invisible. However, this is not true invisibility. It is an effect
that affects the mind directly, and does not actually change
the environment or conceal the individual using the power.
1st Rank:
1st Rank: While you are partially hidden or obscured by
shadows, you can remain unseen. You must remain
stationary for this power to function. As long as you are
still, silent. and obscured, you cannot be detected by any
means other than a true sight spell or similar effect. This
power costs 1 Psi point per minute to use. You must be
hidden and unobserved when your start using this power.
2nd Rank: You can now remain unseen while moving. You
seem to be covered in a cloak of shadow, and others seem
to avoid you, as your power directs them away from you.
You cannot interact with anything in your environment
without becoming visible again. You have to be quiet, or
other creatures will become alert to your presence and
become suspicious. As long as you do not give them a
reason to search, you may move about freely, albeit slowly
and carefully. If you have made a creature suspicious, they
may make a charisma save vs. your Psi save DC. On a
successful save, they can perceive you. You must be
hidden and unobserved when you start using this power.
Use of this power costs 3 Psi Points per minute to use.
3rd Rank: You may now activate the 1st and 2nd ranks of
this power while being observed – effectively disappearing
from view as if teleported away. Using this power costs an
additional 2 Psi Points above the cost of the 1st and 2nd
Rank powers.
4th Rank: You may now apply all previous ranks in this
power to friendly creatures within 30 feet of you. When
you activate the 1st and 2nd rank of this power, you may
apply its effects to yourself and a number of additional
friendly creatures up to your charisma modifier. The
duration of the 1st and 2nd Rank powers is unchanged,
and this power costs an additional 2 Psi Points per
additional creature hidden.
5th Rank: Your skill at clouding the minds of others has
become truly phenomenal. When you activate the 3rd
Rank of this power, you may now edit yourself from the
minds of creatures observing. When you do this, your
target must make a Charisma Save vs. your Psi save DC.
If they fail this save, they forget that they have seen you
within the last 5 minutes. If this was the first time they
have seen you, they will not remember anything about
your appearance, the events that surrounding your
appearance, your voice, or anything else pertaining to you.
They are left confused and bewildered. Only a minor
restoration spell will restore these memories. If they
succeed in the save, they will remember your face, voice,
and events surrounding your appearance. However, they
will be left confused. They will know they saw you, and
eventually remember exactly what happened, but when
you vanish, they will be unable to raise an alarm or even
be aware that they saw something out of the ordinary. This
confusion will remain for a number of minutes equal to 5x
your Charisma Modifier. Using this power costs 7 Psi
Points and lasts as long as the 1st and 2nd Rank power
would normally last.
Postcognition
Psi Cost: 5
Activation Time: 1 Minute
Duration: Instantaneous
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Due to the magnetic and magical fields that permeate the
planes, events that incite strong emotions will leave a mark
on the environments that these events occur in. Use of this
power allows the Psion to read these events after they have
happened. You must be in the location you wish to view the
past events of – this can be achieved through the use of
Clairvoyance or Clairaudience. All uses of this power require
a Psi roll. The DC is listed with the description of each rank.
1st Rank: You are able to read the emotions left over after
an event has happen. You can perceive the emotions from
events that happened within a number of days equal to
twice your Charisma modifier. The DC to use this power is
13.
2nd Rank: You receive all of the information from 1st
rank. Additionally, you receive flashes of the event that
allow you to see faces, items, and the like. These events
may or may not make sense to you. You can perceive
events that transpired out to a number of weeks equal to
your Charisma modifier. The DC to use this power is 14.
3rd Rank: You may now see the event you are attempting
to perceive in its entirety. You can see and hear everything
that happened in that event. You can see faces and hear
voices clearly, and will be able to witness the events as
they actually happened. You may view events that
happened up to your Charisma modifier in months passed.
The DC to use this power is 15.
4th Rank: You gain all of the information from the 3rd
rank of this power as well as additional information. You
are treated as if you were present for the event and can
choose one subject at the event and gain the same
information from that target as if you were using the 1st
rank of Telepathy. The DC to use this power is 16.
5th Rank: You gain all of the information gathered by the
4th rank of this power. Additionally, you may choose one
target that was present at the event and track them
backwards toward their origin point. You may “follow”
them back to their previous long rest. This target does not
have to be the one that you gleaned surface thoughts from.
Repeated uses of this power allow you to follow multiple
targets. You can look back a number of years equal to
twice your Charisma Modifier in years. The DC to use this
power is 17. If you have used Pychometry on an item that
was involved in these events, the DC to use Postcognition
powers is reduced by 2.
Psychometry
Psi Cost: 3
Activation Time: 1 Action
Duration: Instantaneous
Every object absorbs a bit of the energy from its previous
owners. This energy allows you to gain information about the
owner and events surrounding the object. This power will not
work on just any object. Objects to be read must have been
present at an event of intense emotional impact or an item of
personal significance; something that was owned for at least
2 weeks.
1st Rank: You can read emotions associated with the
item. Example: If it's a sword, you will gain an
understanding of whether it was a treasured item, a family
heirloom, a gift, the class of the owner, etc.
2nd Rank:
2nd Rank: you gain images associated with the object.
You might see the owner of the object, get a flash of
significant events surrounding the object. Additionally, you
begin to gain understanding of details of those events.
3rd Rank: This power gives you detailed information
about the object's owner – their name, race, origin, etc. As
well as a significant event that happened in the object's
presence.
4th Rank: This rank allows you to experience a brief
vignette of events containing strong emotion that
happened in the presence of the item.
5th Rank: This allows you to gain access to the entire
history of the item and detailed information of the
previous owners of the item.
Psychokinetics
Mind over matter – Psychokinetics allow the user to
manipulate matter on the most basic of levels.
Binding
Psi Cost: Varies
Activation Time: Varies
Duration: Varies
You have learned to brace yourself with your psychokinetic
abilities – allowing you, or others you choose, to resist
outside forces acting upon them.
1st Rank: Your telekinetic powers allow you to grasp
weapons more securely than others. When you activate
this power you, or an ally of your choosing, cannot be
disarmed for the duration. Additionally, your weapons
cannot be damaged or destroyed for the duration.
Activating this power takes a bonus action. This power
lasts for one minute and costs 2 Psi Points.
2nd Rank: You can now use your psychokinesis to hold
your ground. While this power is active, you or an ally of
your choice cannot be knocked prone. This power lasts for
one minute and costs 3 Psi Points.
3rd Rank: You have become the legendary immovable
object. As a reaction, you may activate this power. For the
next minute, if you would be affected by a spell, effect,
ability, etc. that would move you from your occupied
space, it automatically fails to do so if it would move you
30 feet or less. If the effect would move you more than 30
feet, you may make a Psi Save equal to 10+1 for every 5
feet over 30. If you succeed in this save, you are not moved.
Activation of this power costs 4 Psi Points.
4th Rank: You have learned to use the power of binding
on others. As an action, you may activate this power. While
this power is active, all enemy creatures within 30 feet of
you must succeed in a Strength Save versus your Psi save
DC. On a failed save, these creatures treat all terrain as
difficult terrain for purposes of calculating movement
speed. When a creature first enters this area of effect
while this power is active, they must make a Strength
Save. This power lasts for 1 minute and costs 5 Psi
Points.
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 5th Rank: You may now bind creatures completely –
rendering them unable to move. As an action, you may use
this power. When you activate this power, choose a
number of creatures equal to your Charisma Modifier
within 60 feet of you that you can see. These creatures
must make a Strength Save against your Psi Save DC. On
a failed save, these creatures are considered to have a
movement speed of zero for the duration. On a successful
save, they suffer the effects of the 4th Rank of this power.
This power lasts for 1 minute and costs 6 Psi Points to
activate.
Cryo-Kinesis/Pyro-Kinesis
Psi Cost: Varies
Activation Time: 1 Action
Duration: Varies
You are able to control the atoms that comprise objects and
creatures and force them to release energy or take in energy
from the environment. Doing so allows you to inflict a
number of effects related to cold and fire damage. When you
activate the individual powers of this ability, you may choose
whether to inflict cold or fire damage at the time of activation.
1st Rank: Your control of energy is just beginning to
manifest. You may heat or chill a weapon that you are
wielding. While this power is in effect, the weapon
crackles softly with cold, and frost forms on it or eaves of
heat ripple upward from it. Condensation leaves trails of
cold mist in its wake. When you strike with this weapon
while this power is active, it deals an additional 1d8 cold
or fire damage. Additionally, you can increase or
decrease the size of a fire no larger than a 5 foot square.
This power lasts 1 minute and costs 3 Psi Points.
2nd Rank: You are able to rapidly remove or add heat to
an area. You cast your hands outward, fingers spread wide
and a blast of cold or heat erupts from your hands. Every
creature in a 15 foot cone must make a Dexterity Save
against your Psi Save DC. A creature takes 3d6 cold or
fire damage on a failed save, and half as much on a
successful one. Additionally, you may increase or
decrease the size of a fire up to a 10 foot square – the size
of a small bonfire. This power costs 3 Psi Points.
3rd Rank: You send three bolts of fire or frost lancing
outward at your enemies. You can hurl them at one target
or several. Make a ranged Psi attack for each of these
bolts. On a hit, the target takes 2d6 cold or fire damage.
Additionally, you may increase or decrease the size of a
fire up to a 20 foot square – the size of a huge bonfire.
This power costs 4 Psi Points.
4th Rank: A terrifying lance of cold or fire blasts outward
from you. This blast is 5 feet wide and 100 feet long. Any
creature in this line must make a Dexterity Saving Throw
against your Psi Save DC. They take 8d6 cold or fire
damage on a failed save and half as much on a successful
one. Additionally, you may now use this power to animate
flame, giving it a semblance of life. This allows you to
move fire from one place to another, or even appear as an
otherworldly being of flame. When you use this power, you
can create a “fire creature” out of flame. This creature acts
on your turn and acts on your command. This creature
cannot be bigger than a large creature, but may take on
any appearance you wish; the only limitation
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being that it appears to be composed of flame. Attacks from
this creature deal 3d6 fire damage. When using this power in
this way, the expenditure of Psi Points allows you to do this
for 1 minute. When the minute expires you must spend Psi
Points again, or the effect.ends. Commanding this creature of
flame takes a bonus action. This power costs 5 Psi Points.
5th Rank: Your body is either covered in a rime of frost
with the air around you chilled to well below freezing, or
you are surrounded in a shimmering veil of heat. This
effect provides you with protection from cold or fire,
granting resistance to cold or fire damage for the duration.
When a creature hits you with a melee attack, the field
deals 2d8 cold or fire damage. Additionally, your control
over the atomic structure of items and creatures now
allows you to use your Psycho kinetic abilities to effect
and control magical fire and flames. This power lasts 1
minute and costs 6 Psi Points.
Fetching
Psi Cost: 5
Activation Time: 1 Bonus Action
Duration: Instantaneous
This power allows you to move objects through space with
the power of your mind alone. You may pull an object from a
distant location to yourself or send an object somewhere else.
1st Rank: You may attune yourself to a single object that
weighs no more than 5 pounds. This attunement takes 1
hour to complete (this attunement does not count against
your attunement to magic items nor does it have a max).
When this power is activated, this object materializes in
your hand. Alternatively, you may send your attuned object
to a place that you are intimately familiar with – like a
prized chest, your home, a secret stash you created or
found just for this item.
2nd Rank: This rank functions exactly like the 1st Rank
of this power with the following exception: You may call
any object that you own to yourself. This object must have
been owned for at least 1 weeks time for it to have become
attuned to you.
3rd Rank: The weight of objects that you can move with
this power has doubled.
4th Rank: You may now call a number of objects to
yourself equal to your charisma modifier at a time. Each of
the objects to be summoned cannot weigh more than 15
pounds apiece. Additionally, you no longer have to
summon these objects to your hand. They must be
summoned in direct contact with your body. Each item
summoned, costs 5 Psi Points. It is possible, for example,
to summon an entire suit of armor around your body.
5th Rank: You can now call generic objects to yourself.
You must own one object of the type in question. You can
use this power to obtain another object of this type, or to
replace one object that you owned that has been lost or
destroyed within the last hour. Objects summoned in this
manner are ordinary objects of its type – they cannot be
worth any more than any other object of this type, cannot
have any magical properties of any sort – they are
mundane, normal objects (Even if the object you own has
magical properties).
Image Projection
Psi Cost: 4
Activation Time: 1 action
Duration: Varies
By exciting the molecules in the air, and projecting planes
of telekinetic force, you are able to project illusions that
others can see. At lower levels, you can project simple
images. At higher levels, these images can move, make sound,
and even cause harm.
1st Rank: You may conjure a minor, static illusion that
effects one sense. You may create a stench, the image of a
stone wall, or the feel of fine linen. Please note that though
tactile illusions can be felt they have no substance and
cannot restrain anyone or cause harm. Use of this power
lasts for 1 minute. This illusion must be within line of
sight.
2nd Rank: You may now create an illusion that confounds
all the senses. Though these are complete (touch, feel,
scent, sound and sight), these illusions still remain static.
Although these illusions have no substance, it is easy
enough to make an old nag look and feel like a
resplendent warhorse or a straw mattress and a couple
logs feel like a luxurious four poster bed. This power lasts
for 10 minutes. This illusion must be within line of sight.
3rd Rank: You may now create illusions that can fool all
the senses and have life and motion. You can create a
living being, a roaring fire, or a white water river. This
power lasts for 10 minutes. This illusion must be within
line of sight.
4th Rank: With this power, you can create images with all
the features listed above. Now, however, you no longer
need to remain in eyesight of the illusions you have
created. They will persist for an amount of time dictated
by the number of Psi Points you spend at the time of
creation of the illusion. The standard 4 Psi Points will
create an illusion that lasts 10 minutes. For a total of 8 Psi
Points, the image will last for an hour. For 12 Psi Points,
the image will last for 1 day. For 16 Psi Points, the illusion
will persist for a week. 20 Psi Points will create an illusion
that continues for 1 month. 24 Psi Points will create an
illusion that remains for 1 year.
5th Rank: Your illusions are, for all intents and purposes,
real. Due to the intense willpower required to perform this
feat, you must be able to see the illusion. If you cannot see
it, it ceases to exist. This allows you to create illusions that
affects all 5 senses and have motion. This allows you to
create a wall that stops people from passing through its
space, a fire that burns, a river that can drown someone,
or a sword that cuts like real steel. This power lasts for 10
minutes.
Subdual
Psi Cost: Varies
Activation Time: 1 Action
Duration: Instantaneous
You are able to use your power over matter to sap the will
and energy of your opponents. You choose one creature that
you can see within 60 feet of you. That creature must make a
Charisma Save vs your Psi Save DC. On a successful
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save, this power has no effect (the Psi Points are still spent,
however). You may try again on your next turn. Consecutive
uses of this power have no additional effect – the maximum
effect is determined by the rank you have in this power.
1st Rank: On a failed save, your target is now suffering
from 1 level of exhaustion. Your target must complete a
long rest before this level of exhaustion fades. This power
costs 5 Psi Points to use.
2nd Rank: On a failed save, your target suffers from 2
levels of exhaustion. A long rest will remove one level of
exhaustion that you have inflicted (i.e. 2 long rests are
required to remove the effects of this rank in Subdual).
This power costs 10 Psi Points to use.
3rd Rank: On a failed save, your target suffers from 3
levels of exhaustion. A long rest will remove one level of
exhaustion that you have inflicted (i.e. 3 long rests are
required to remove the effects of this rank in Subdual).
This power costs 15 Psi Points to use.
4th Rank: On a failed save, your target suffers from 4
levels of exhaustion. A long rest will remove one level of
exhaustion that you have inflicted (i.e. 4 long rests are
required to remove the effects of this rank in Subdual).
This power costs 20 Psi Points to use.
5th Rank: On a failed save, your target suffers from 5
levels of exhaustion. A long rest will remove one level of
exhaustion that you have inflicted (i.e. 5 long rests are
required to remove the effects of this rank in Subdual).
This Power costs 25 Psi Points to use.
Surge
Psi Cost: 5
Activation Time: 1 Bonus Action
Duration: 1 minute
By focusing your will, you are able to aid an ally in combat.
You manipulate the air around them, reducing friction and
apply gentle force allowing them to run faster for the duration
of this power.
1st Rank: your ally's movement speed is increased by 10
feet.
2nd Rank: your ally's movement speed is increased by 15
feet.
3rd Rank: your ally's movement speed is increased by 20
feet.
4th Rank: your ally's movement speed is increased by 25
feet.
5th Rank: your ally's movement speed is increased by 30
feet.
Telekinetic Armor
Psi Cost: 2 Psi Points per Rank activated
Activation Time: Reaction
Duration: 1 Minute
You surround yourself with a shimmering, rippling field of
telekinetic energy. This field blunts the force of blows
directed against you, making it more difficult to damage you.
1st Rank: Damage dealt to you by all damage types except
psychic is reduced by 1d2 per source of damage.
2nd Rank: Damage dealt to you by all damage types
except psychic is reduced by 1d4 per source of damage.
 3rd Rank: Damage dealt to you by all damage types
except psychic is reduced by 1d6 per source of damage.
4th Rank: Damage dealt to you by all damage types
except psychic is reduced by 2d4 per source of damage.
5th Rank: Damage dealt to you by all damage types
except psychic is reduced by 2d6 per source of damage.
Telekinetic Blast
Psi Cost: 5
Activation Time: 1 Action
Duration: Instantaneous
This is the least elegant use of Psychokinesis. You project
rippling waves of telekinetic force outward to damage foes.
As your mastery of this power increases, so does the damage
you deal.
1st Rank: Your telekinetic blast deals 1d8 points of
bludgeoning damage.
2nd Rank: Your telekinetic blast deals 2d8 points of
bludgeoning damage.
3rd Rank: Your telekinetic blast deals 3d8 points of
bludgeoning damage.
4th Rank: Your telekinetic blast deals 4d8 points of
bludgeoning damage.
5th Rank: Your telekinetic blast deals 5d8 points of
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Armor of the Elements
Prerequisites: The ability to cast one spell; proficiency in
light, medium, or heavy armor
When you choose this feat, choose one of the following
damage types: Acid, cold, fire, or lightning. While you are
wearing armor, you have resistance to that damage type.
Additionally, while wearing armor, when you are hit with a
melee weapon attack, you may use your reaction to give your
attacker vulnerability to your chosen element til the end of
your next turn. If the creature has resistance to your chosen
element – they instead lose that resistance and cannot gain
vulnerability through this feature.
Articulate Beast
Prerequisite: access to the Wild Shape class feature
You have spent so much time in beast form that you have
learned to emulate human speech while in your Wild Shape
form. It is indistinct and sounds like animal sounds, but you
can make yourself understood with a successful performance
check at a DC of 10. You cannot use this ability to cast spells.
Brachiation
Prerequisite: Proficiency in the Survival Skill
Through extensive time spent in and around trees, you
have grown capable of moving through them like a monkey.
You may move at your base land speed swinging from branch
to branch in a sufficiently dense forest (or other such hand-
holds). Additionally you may make attacks as long as they do
not require both hands.
Cantrip Adept
Prerequisite: The ability to cast at least one spell
Through study and practice, your cantrips are more potent.
When you cast a cantrip that deals damage, you may add your
spellcasting modifier to the damage if you do not already do
so. Opponents have disadvantage on saving throws against
your cantrips. You learn one additional cantrip from any list
that requires a saving throw or attack roll.
Combatant
Prerequisite: Strength or Dexterity of 13 or higher
You have trained in a specific style of combat. You learn
one fighting style of your choice from the list available to the
fighter class.
Combat Reflexes
You have practiced with your chosen weapons and honed
your reflexes to an impressive degree. This feet grants you an
additional reaction you can only use to make an attack of
opportunity. You may take this feat twice.
Convergence Caster
Prerequisite: The ability to cast at least one spell;
spellcasting ability of 16 or higher.
You are a master of multitasking. You may now maintain
concentration on two spells with the concentration tag
instead of just one. You make concentration roles individually
for them.
Dark Dweller
You have spent a great deal of time under ground, skulking in
shadows, or simply have an affinity for darkness. Your eyes
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have adjusted to low light conditions. You gain advantage
on Perception(Wisdom) checks in darkness. If you have
advantage, you instead gain expertise. Additionally, you gain
darkvision out to 30 feet. If you already have darkvision due
to a racial or class feature, your darkvision extends by an
additional 30 feet.
Dire Defender
Your combat training helps you to turn aside the most
devastating of blows. When you or an ally within 5 feet of you
is the target of a critical hit, you may use your reaction to
change this into a normal hit. Once you have used this ability,
you must complete a long rest before you can use it again.
Elemental Attunement
Your experiences have exposed you one of the elemental
forces of the universe. Something about your physiology has
allowed you to adapt to this energy. When you take this feat,
choose one of the following damage types: Acid, cold, fire,
lightning, poison, or necrotic. You have resistance to the type
of damage you have chosen. Additionally, when you score a
critical hit, you deal an additional 1d6 damage of the chosen
type.
First Strike
Prerequisite: Dexterity 13 or higher
You have trained to be the fastest. This allows you to strike
when others cannot and before others can strike. If you are
surprised, you may use your reaction and your bonus action
on your turn during the surprise round. You are still
considered surprised and cannot use your movement or take
a normal action. Additionally, you may make an attack of
opportunity against an opponent who enters a space you
threaten.
Foreseer
Prerequisite: Wisdom 14 or higher
You have always had a connection to the ebb and flow of
time. When you finish a long rest, roll two d20s and record
the numbers rolls. As a free action, you can replace any
attack, saving throw or ability check rolls made by a creature
that you can see with one of these two rolls. Each one can
only be used once. When you finish another long rest, the
previous rolls are lost.
Great Fortitude
You can survive things that would fell a lesser being. You
increase your Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
When you are forced to make a Constitution saving throw
that would allow you to take half damage, you instead take no
damage on a successful saving throw.
Indestructible
Prerequisite: Constitution 13 or higher
You are able to fight off death through your durability and
strength of will. When you are reduced to 0 hit points, but not
killed outright, you are instead reduced to 1 hit point. You
can't use this feature again until you finish a short or long
rest.
Lightning Reflexes
Prerequisite: Dexterity 13 or higher
A life lived on the edge has trained you to respond to threats
with alacrity that others cannot muster. You add your
proficiency bonus to your initiative modifier. Additionally, you
have advantage on your initiative rolls.
Magic School Adept
Prerequisite: The ability to cast at least one spell
You have an affinity for a specific school of magic. Choose
one of the following schools of magic: Abjuration,
Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment, Evocation, Illusion,
Transmutation, or Necromancy. You gain a +1 bonus to spell
attack rolls made with spells from this school. Your spell save
DC with this school is increased by 1. You have advantage on
Concentration (Constitution) checks while concentrating on
spells from this school. You may choose this feat multiple
times. Each time you do, you must choose a different school.
Ricochet Spell
Prerequisite: The ability to cast at least one spell
You have learned how to bank spells off of hard surfaces to
hit enemies behind cover. When an enemy is behind cover (½
cover or better) and there is an available hard surface for you
to hit, you may ricochet your shot off the surface, hitting them
behind. This ranged spell attack is made as normal, without
the benefits of cover and without disadvantage. You must be
aware of the enemy's presence to use this ability.
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Stealth Master
You have studied the techniques involved in being unseen and
moving while hiding. You have advantage on Stealth
(Dexterity) checks. Additionally, you gain advantage
Perception(Wisdom) and Investigation (Intelligence) checks
to spot strategic vantage points or other points of interest.
You may also move at full speed while moving stealthily.
Trickshot
Prerequisite: Proficiency with a ranged weapon
You have learned how to bank shots off of hard surfaces to
hit enemies behind cover. When an enemy is behind cover (½
cover or better) and there is an available hard surface for you
to hit, you may ricochet your shot off the surface, hitting them
behind. This attack is made as normal, without the benefits of
cover and without disadvantage. You must be aware of the
enemy's presence to use this ability.
Vigorous Caster
Prerequisite: The ability to cast at least one spell
Once per turn, when you roll damage for a spell, you can re-
roll the damage dice and choose which total to use. You may
use this ability a number of times equal to your spell casting
modifier between long rests.
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Feats
The following feats are available for your character.
Adamantine Will
Prerequisite: None
Your mind is particularly resilient, allowing you to shrug off
blows from psionic powers. When you are forced to make a
save against any psionic power, if you are not already
proficient in the save in question, you may add your
proficiency bonus to your save. If you are already proficient in
this save, you gain advantage on this save.
Flash Defense
Prerequisite: The ability to spend Psi Points
You have learned how to defend yourself with the strength
of your mind. When you are hit by an attack, you may use
your reaction to spend 5 Psi Points. When you do this, you
are surrounded by a scintillating curtain of psionic energy.
You gain a +5 bonus to your Armor Class against all attacks,
including the one that triggered this reaction, until the
beginning of your next turn.
J.O.A.T.
Prerequisite: None
You are a Jack Of All Trades. You have traveled extensively.
In those travels, you have learned a little about everything.
You may add half of your proficiency bonus (rounded down)
to all skill checks in skills you are not already proficient in.
Knowledge of the Narrator
Prerequisite: None
You are a storyteller, like the bards and minstrels of old. In
your travels, you've collected stories, and tidbits of
knowledge. Your ability to absorb information and recall it
gives you an edge. You gain proficiency in the History skill. If
you are already proficient, you gain expertise in the History
skill (you may add twice your proficiency bonus to your
History skill checks).When you are trying to recall
information about any topic (whether you have encountered it
in game play or not) you may make a History check to see if
you know anything about the topic. The success of your roll
determines what information you gain.
Multitasker
Prerequisite: The ability to cast at least one 1st level spell
You have trained and expanded your mind's ability to
contain the warp and weft of spells. You may now maintain
concentration on two spells at the same time. Casting the
second spell requires a concentration check as you cast it.
Failure of this check ends the first spell as you begin
concentrating on the second one.
Potent Psionicist
Prerequisite: Psion Class
You have trained rigorously trained with your psionic
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powers. This training has forged your will into a formidable
weapon. When you take this feat, your psionic powers are
more difficult to resist. You gain a bonus of +2 to your Psi
Save DC's.
Projector
Prerequisite: the ability to spend Psi points
You are a battery of psionic energy – unfortunately, you
constantly leak minute amounts of psionic energy. When your
intent is to cause harm, this energy takes form. Your weapon
attacks deal an extra 1d6 psychic damage. This energy is
separate from the weapon itself and does not affect damage
resistances or immunities, except for the additional die of
damage.
Psionic Master
Prerequisite: Psion Class
You inner strength and focus of will is reflected in a fierce
potency to your psionic powers. You may now add your
Charisma modifier to damage rolls for your psionic powers.
Additionally, the range of your psionic powers is doubled.
Psionic Neophyte
Prerequisite: No levels in a psionic class
You were born with psionic potential. Recently, some event
or stress in your life has triggered these innate psionic
abilities. When you take this feat, choose one Aptitude (Bio-
manipulation, Extra Sensory Perception, or Psychokinesis)
and choose one power from this Aptitude. You may now use
the 1st Rank of that power. You have a Psi-Point pool equal to
½ your character level (rounded down) + your Charisma
Modifier. Expended Psi Points are regained after a long rest.
Special: You may take this feat up to three times. Each time
you do so, choose a new Psionic Power from the same
Aptitude. You have access to the 1st rank of this power as
well.
Knowledge of the Narrator Table
Roll Knowledge Gained
10 General knowledge, information considered
common knowledge by the denizens of a specific
area, or information that can be gleaned about local
legends, features, landmarks and the like by
listening carefully at a local tavern.
20 Information that is available to a chosen few,
uncommon but available, or obscure knowledge
lost in dusty tomes and long lost legends.
25 Completely obscure knowledge, known by only a
couple of people, or information that is very hard to
come by, such as the name of Rumpelstiltskin
30 Extremely obscure knowledge known by one or two
people in the world, information that has been
forgotten by most people that ever knew it,
information that can only be found in an ancient
moldering tome that is crumbling with age, or
possibly known by a rube who has no idea the
significance of the knowledge.
Psionic Weapon Focus
Prerequisite: Psion Class
You have learned to focus your will and imbue a weapon
with psionic energy. You may spend two Psi points to imbue a
weapon with your own energy. The weapon begins to glow
when you do. The color is up to you. For one minute, this
weapon counts as magical for purposes of overcoming
immunities and resistances.
Ritual Caster
Prerequisite: The ability to cast at least one 1st level spell
You have an innate understanding of the tapestry of magic.
You have learned to decipher the formulae of spells and
interpret how they manipulate the fabric of the universe. You
may now cast spells of 4th level or lower as rituals. Casting
spells in this manner takes 10 minutes per level of the spell
being cast. Spells cast in this manner function normally in all
other ways.
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Ritual Master
Prerequisite: The ability to cast at least one 1st level spell
You have mastered the ability to reweave the working of a
spell so that you can cast certain spells faster than normal.
You may cast a spell of 4th level or lower that has the “Ritual”
tag faster than normal. You may now cast these spells with
the following modification: the casting time is reduced to 1
action per level of the spell. (a third level spell with the ritual
tag will take three rounds to cast – you start casting on your
turn, and two rounds later, at the end of your action, the spell
goes off).
Stabilizer
Prerequisite: The ability to spend Psi Points
You have learned to use your inner strength to heal others...
to an extent. When a creature is reduced to 0 hit points and is
subject to Death Checks, you may touch them and spend 4
Psi Points. When you do so, this creature automatically
stabilizes.
Ward of the Mind
Prerequisite: Spell slots -OR- the ability to spend Psi Points -
OR- the ability to spend Ki points
Your personal energies huddle just below the surface of
your skin, granting you additional vitality. When you finish a
rest, you gain temporary hit points equal to your character
level + Your Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma or Constitution
Modifier (your choice).
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Denizens of the Verdant Gale

N
estled between the prime material plane,
the elemental plane of earth and the Arratoi
positive energy plane lies a place called the Large rats composed of vegetable matter. They are
Verdant Gale. It is a completely omnivorous and tend to run in swarms.
unremarkable place save for the fact that
that plants, not animals, rule the plane. The
flora are recognizable shapes and forms.
These are some of those forms. Arratoi
Small plant, unaligned
Araneo Armor Class 12
Vines and woody matter skitter across the forest floor, Hit Points 7 (2d6)
hunting prey very much like a giant wolf spider. The aranea Speed 30ft.
are ambush predators, every bit as fearsome as their giant
spider counter parts. Smaller than a giant spider, an araneo STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
hunts prey across open ground or hides in a burrow or
crevice, or in a hidden cavity beneath debris. 7 (-2) 15 (+2) 11 (+0) 2 (-4) 10 (+0) 4 (-3)

Senses darkvision 60ft., passive Perception 10

Languages -
Araneo Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)
Medium plant, unaligned
Keen Smell. The arratoi has advantage on Wisdom
Armor Class 13 (Perception) checks that rely on smell. Pack Tactics.
Hit Points 11 (2d8 + 2) The rat has advantage on an attack roll against a
Speed 40 ft., cl imb 40 ft. creature if at least one of the rat's allies is within 5
feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
Actions
12 (+1) 16 (+3) 13 (+1) 3 (+-4) 12 (+1) 4 (-3)
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft. ,
one target.Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.
Skills Perception +3, Stealth +7
Senses sight 10ft. , darkvision 60ft., passive
Perception 13
Languages -
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Arriri
Elongated plant creatures resembling giant centipedes, Arriri
Spider Climb. The araneo can climb difficult possess one pair of legs per body segment. They are highly
surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, venomous and often inject a paralyzing venom when they
without needing to make an ability check. bite. These creatures are primarily carnivorous.
Web Sense. While in contact with a web, the araneo
knows the exact location of any other creature in
contact with the same web. Arriri
Web Walker. The araneo ignores movement Small plant, unaligned
restrictions caused by webbing.
Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Actions Hit Points 4 (1d6 + 1)
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., Speed 30ft., climb 30ft.
one creature. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) piercing damage, and
the target must make a DC 11 Constitution saving STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
throw, taking 7 (2d6) poison damage on a failed
save, or half as much damage on a successful one. 5 (-3) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 1 (-5) 7 (-2) 3 (-4)
If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit
points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, Senses blindsight 30ft., passive Perception 8
even after regaining hit points, and is paralyzed
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 Languages -
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft .,
one creature.
Hit: 4 (ld4 + 2) piercing damage, and the target
must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving
throw or take 10 (3d6) poison damage. If the
poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit points,
the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even
after regaining hit points, and is paralyzed while
poisoned in this way.
Cactaceae
Cactaceae are self aware succulents that grow in a plethora
of shapes and sizes – cactaceae can be every shape that cacti
can. Most cactaceae, no matter the shape are green or brown
with distinct ridges – all of them are covered with spines and
needles. These creatures gather and store water by nature,
but they can do the same to creatures that they prey on. Once
their prey is restrained, they pierce the poor creature's flesh
and begin to drain their bodily fluids in a deadly embrace.
Many of them sport bright flowers to attract prey, and others
will scatter treasure around themselves to lure in
adventurers.
When slain, their body will yield up to 4 gallons of water.
Cactaceae
Medium plant, unaligned
Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Hit Points 25 (3d10 +10)
Speed 10ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
16 (+3) 8 (–1) 18 (+4) 7 (-2) 10 (+0) 9 (–1)
Damage Vulnerabilities fire
*Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing
*Condition Immunities blinded, deafened
*Senses blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius),
passive Perception 10
*Languages understands Sylvan, but can’t speak
*Challenge 1 (200 XP)
Needle Explosion (1/Day). When reduced below 10
hp (even below 0 hp), the Cactaceae releases an
explosion of needles as a reaction. All creatures
within 15 feet take 10 (3d6) piercing damage, or
half damage with a successful DC 14 Dexterity
saving throw.
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Actions
Multiattack. The cactid makes two attacks with its
tendrils and uses Reel.
Root Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach
15 ft., one creature. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) bludgeoning
damage plus 3 (1d6) piercing damage, and a
Medium or smaller target is grappled (escape DC
13). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained.
The Cactaceae drains the target’s body fluids; at the
start of each of the target’s turns, the target must
make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw. On a
failed save, the creature’s hit point maximum is
reduced by 3 (1d6). If a creature’s hit point
maximum is reduced to 0 by this effect, the
creature dies. This reduction lasts until the creature
finishes a long rest and drinks abundant water or
until it receives a greater restoration spell or
comparable magic. The Cactaceae has two tendrils,
each of which can grapple one target at a time.
Pull. Each creature grappled by the cactid is pulled
up to 5 feet straight toward the cactid.
Chethix
Small plant creatures resembling primates, chethix
congregate in large troupes that are extremely territorial.
Chethix
small plant, unaligned
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 3(1d6)
Speed 30ft., climb 30ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
8 (-1) 14 (+2) 11 (+0) 4 (-3) 12 (+1) 6 (-2_
Senses passive Perception 11
Languages -
Challenge 0 (10 XP)
Pack Tactics. The chethix has advantage on an
attack roll against a creature if at least one of the
chethix's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and
the ally isn't incapacitated.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +1 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one target. Hit: 1 (1d4- 1) piercing damage.
Comadreja
Sinuous forms sckitter through the underbrush, hunting their
prey with a focus and speed that surprises most. Comadreja
appear to be giant weasels composed of heavy, leafless vines.
Comadreja
Medium plant, unaligned
Relentless (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If
the derrtakes 7 damage or less that would reduce it
to 0 hit points, it is reduced to 1 hit point instead.
Actions
Tusk. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one target. Hit: 4 (ld6 + 1) slashing damage.

Armor Class 13
Hit Points 9 (2d8)
Speed 40ft.
Espina
Espina are a nuisance to all they encounter. Colonizing deep
briar patches and hillsides, they take over every forest
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA location they touch.
11 (+0) 16 (+3) 10 (+0) 4 (-3) 12 (+1) 5 (-3) Despite their tiny size, espina gather in droves and cultivate
the ancient forests into a fortress of thorns and brambles.
Senses darkvision 60ft., passive Perception 13
They creep far and wide to spy on the denizens of the forest –
Languages -
conversing with travelers, adventurers and the forest
Challenge 1/8 (25 XP) creatures gathering news and dirt on anyone and anything
they can. The wise do not believe a word the espina say, for
Keen Hearing and Smell. The weasel has advantage good reason – their words are barbed.
on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on
hearing or smell.

Actions
Espina
Tiny plant, neutral evil
*Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage. Armor Class 13
Hit Points 5020d4)
Speed 20ft., climb 10.

Derr STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Masses of thorny vines tightly woven together into a boar. Ill 6 (–2) 17 (+3) 11 (+0) 13 (+1) 10 (+0) 14 (+2)
tempered and aggressive, derr will attack any creature they
come across. Skills Perception +4, Stealth +7
Damage Vulnerabilities fire
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
Derr Languages Espina, Common, Sylvan
Challenge 1 (200 XP)
Medium plant, unaligned

Armor Class 11 (natural armor) Actions

Hit Points 11 (2d8 + 2) Multiattack. A child of the briar makes two claw
Speed 40ft. attacks. If both attacks hit the same target, the
target is grappled (escape DC 13) and the child of
the briar uses its Thorny Grapple on it. Claw. Melee
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
13 (+1) 11 (+0) 12 (+1) 2 (+-4) 9 (-1) 5 (-3) Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage. Spine Shot
(Recharge 4-6). Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit,
Senses passive Perception 9 range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3)
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) piercing damage. Entangle. Two espina working
together can cast a version of the entangle spell
with no components, at will. Both creatures must
Charge. If the derr moves at least 20 feet straight be within 10 feet of each other, and both must use
toward a target and then hits it with a tusk attack their action to cast the spell. The entangled area
on the same turn, the target takes an extra 3 (1 d6) must include at least one of the casters but doesn’t
slashing damage. If the target is a creature, it must need to be centered on either caster. Creatures in
succeed on a DC 11 Strength saving throw or be the area must make a DC 13 Strength saving throw
knocked prone. or be restrained. All espina are immune to the
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 Thorny Grapple. The long spindly limbs of the espina Gaforre
allow it to grapple creatures of up to medium size. Small plant, unaligned
A grappled creature takes 2 (1d4) piercing damage
at the end of the espina's turn for as long as it Armor Class 11 (natural armor)
remains grappled. Hit Points 2 (1d4)
Speed 20ft., swim 20ft.

Flower of the Abyss STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

2 (-4) 11 (+0) 10 (+0) 1 (-5) 8 (-1) 2 (-4)
Crawling in the darkness of the abyss, the chasm and
underdark, the Flower of the Abyss is a thing of nightmares.
A fiendish blossom smelling of rotten meat, adorned with Skills Stealth +2
teeth sitting atop a writhing mass of vine like tentacles. They Senses blindsight 30 ft. , passive perception 9
Languages -
are possessed of a devastating beauty in spite of this. Challenge 00 (10 XP)
The Drow and other races of the underdark tend and keep
these monstrosities as garbage disposals and guards. The Amphibious. The crab can breathe air and water.
plants live on blood and the life energy of its victims, and have
no need for sunlight. They do fine on the surface, but their
scent tends to draw creatures far more deadly than they, and Actions
as such they do not survive long in the over world. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack:+0 to hit, reach 5 ft .,
one target. Hit: 1 bludgeoning damage.

Flower of the Abyss

Medium plant, unaligned
Guri
Armor Class 12 The guri looks like a sculpture of a large carnivorous plant
Hit Points 18 (4d8) made with exquisite craftsmanship, but it is, in reality an
Speed 20ft. animate plant. The guri will find old masonry, or stone work
and hide against it, waiting for unsuspecting prey. When this
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
prey wanders close enough, the guri will attack with its
petrifying bite.
3(-4) 1(-5) 10(0) 1(-5) 3(-4) 1(-5) If a creature is petrified successfully, the guri will entangle
it in its crawling vines and devour it over the next 24 hours.
Condition Immunities Blinded, Deafened, Frightened
Senses blindsight 30ft (blind beyond this radius),
passive Perception 6
Languages None Guri
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Medium plant, true neutral

False Appearance. While the Flower of the Abys Armor Class 11

reamins motionless, it is indistinguishable from a Hit Points 27(6d6 +6)
normal, albeit large, flower. Speed 20ft.

Multiattack. The fungus makes 1d4 Rotting Touch

attacks. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
6 (-2) 12 (+1) 12 (+1) 2 (-4) 13 (+1) 5 (-3)
Actions
Rotting Touch. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, Senses darkvision 60ft., passive Perception 11
reach 10ft., one creature. Hit: 4 (1d8) necrotic Languages -
damage Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)

False Appearance. While the armor reamin

motionless, it is indistinguishable from a a
Gaforre sculpture of a plant.
Some rangers have joked about the gaforre, stating that they Actions
are plants that got confused and decided that they were giant
hermit crabs. Gaforre wear the cast off shells of sea creatures Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft .,
and prey on the unsuspecting. one creature.

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 Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) piercing damage, and the target Senses passive Perception 13
must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving Languages -
throw against being magically petrified . On a failed Challenge 1/6 (25 xp)
save, the creature begins to turn to stone and is
restrained. It must repeat the saving throw at the Keen Hearing and Smell. The hundo has advantage
end of its next turn. On a success, the effect ends. on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on
On a failure , the creature is petrified for 24 hours. hearing or smell.

Actions
Hakileto Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft ., o
ne target. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) piercing damage. If the
A large ostrich like, woody tree with sharp thorns on its feet target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 11
and a honed, hardwood beak. Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

Hakileto Hundo are impressive hounds prized by humanoids for their

Large plant, unaligned loyalty and keen senses. They can be trained as guards, for
hunting, and wa. Halftings and other Small humanoids ride
Armor Class 13 (Natural Armor) them as mounts.
Hit Points 19 (3d10 + 3)
Speed 50ft.
Kalabera
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA Animated by dark magics, certain animate plants take up
residence in the skeletal remains of sentient creatures and
14 (+2) 12 (+1) 12 (+1) 2 (-4) 10 (+0) 5 (-3) grant the remains a semblance of life. Shambling through the
world, attempting to compete the tasks left unfinished by the
Senses passive Perception 10 deceased, they move through the world with nebulous and
Languages - unclear motives. When their plans are foiled, by people
Challenge 1/4 (50 xp) screaming, interfering or attacking them, they fight back with
a frightening vehemence.
Actions While they are animated by negative energy, the kalabera
Beak. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
are are not technically undead. They have the same dark
one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) slashing damage. A vitality as true undead and can have the same vast array of
Hakileto is a tall hardwood, bird-like flightless interesting forms.
creature with strong legs and a heavy, wedge-
shaped beak. It has a nasty disposition and tends to
attack any unfamiliar creature that wanders too
close.
Kalabera
Medium Plant, chaotic neutral

Armor Class 13 (armor scraps)

Hit Points 13(2d8 +2)
Hundo Speed 30ft.
Large, dense shrubs that have taken on a life of their own, the
hundo are the Verdant Gale's version of a mastiff. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
10 (+0) 14 (+2) 15 (+2) 6 (-2) 8 (-1) 5 (-3)
Hundo Damage Vulnerabilities bludgeoning
Medium plant, unaligned Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities exhaustion, poisoned
Armor Class 12 Senses darkvision 60ft., passive Perception 9
Hit Points 5 (ld8 + 1) Languages Languages understands all languages it
Speed 40ft. knew in life but can't speak
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
13 (+1) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 3 (-4) 12 (+1) 7 (-2)

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Actions
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach
5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.
Shortbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range
80f320 ft ., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing
damage.
Senses passive Perception 10
Languages -
Challenge 1/8 (25 xp)
Beast of Burden. The mulon is considered to be a
Large animal for the purpose of determining its
carrying capacity. *Sure-Footed. The mulon has
advantage on Strength and Dexterity saving throws
made against effects that would knock it prone.

Katu Actions
Prowling through the forests and jungles of the prime Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5
material plane, katu resemble small jungle cats. ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) bludgeoning
damage.

Katu
Tiny plant, unaligned On'kruid
Armor Class 12 Stealthy, terrifying, and dangerous, On'kruid grow from the
Hit Points 2 (1d4) droppings of dragons. They are possessed of a rudimentary
Speed 40ft., climb 30ft. intellect, animal cunning and a reverence for dragons of all
types. When the On'kruid remain motionless they appear to
be nothing more than enormous, exotic flowers. The color of
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA the blossom is reminiscent of the dragon whose droppings
3 (-4) 15 (+2) 10 (+0) 3 (-4) 12 (+1) 7 (-2) they sprouted from.
They appear to be a mass of writhing tentacles topped by a
Skills Perception +3, Stealth +4
large blossom. The blossom glows faintly with an eldritch
Senses passive Perception 13 light that matches the energy type of the dragon the on'kruid
Languages - is associated with. They are found in patches consisting of 3-
Challenge 0 (10 XP) 8 plants. They will wait for the most opportune moment to
attack, striking with surprising speed.
Keen Smell. The cat has advantage on Wisdom They tend to attack using their energy blast and then
(Perception) checks that rely on smell. grapple with stinging vines.
Actions
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit, reach 5 ft., On'Kruid
one target. Hit: 1 slashing damage. Medium Plant, true neutral

Armor Class 13
Hit Points 7(3d6 - 3)
Mulon Speed 25ft.

Pack mules of the verdant gale, Mulon resemble small

horses, donkeys or mules made from wood with manes of STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
long grasses. 7 (-2) 16 (+3) 9 (-1) 8 (-1) 7 (-2) 8 (-1)

Condition Immunities buzzed, melancholy, groovy

Mulon Languages None
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Medium beast, unaligned

Armor Class 12 (natural armor) Pack Tactics. The on'kruid has advantage on an
Hit Points 11 (2d8 + 2) attack roll against a creature if at least one of the
Speed 40ft. on'kruid's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and
the ally isn't incapacitated.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

14 (+2) 10 (+0) 13 (+1) 2 (-4) 10 (+0) 5 (-3)

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 Actions Qesh
Medium plant, unaligned
Energy Blast. Ranged Weapon Attack: 15ft. Cone,
Hit 8 (2d6 + 2) Armor Class 11
Hit Points 5(1d8 + 1)
Vine Whip. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach Speed 50ft.
10ft., one target. Hit 8 (2d6 + 2)

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Pantero 11 (+0) 13 (+1) 12 (+1) 2 (-4) 12 (+1) 5 (-3)

Blending almost perfectly with the shadows, pantero are Skills Perception +3
plant based felines that are composed of sinuous, black vines. Senses passive Perception 13
Their material plane counterparts – panthers are terrifying Languages -
predators. Challenge 0 (10 XP)

Pack Tactics. The qesh has advantage on an attack

Pantero roll against a creature if at least one of the qesh's
allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally
Medium plant, unaligned isn't incapacitated.
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 13 (3d8) Actions
Speed 50 ft ., climb 40ft. *Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one target. Hit: 3 (1d6) piercing damage.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
14 (+2) 15 (+2) 10 (+0) 3 (-4) 14 (+2) 7 (-2)
Sarko
Skills Perception +4, Stealth +6
Senses passive Perception 14
Aquatic plant creatures resembling sharks composed of
Languages -
seaweed. Smaller than giant sharks and hunter sharks, sarko
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) inhabit shallow waters and coral reefs, gathering in small
packs to hunt. A full-grown specimen measures 6 to 10 feet
Keen Smell. The pantero has advantage on Wisdom long.
(Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Pounce. If the pantero moves at least 20 feet
straight toward a creature and then hits it with a Sarko
claw attack on the same turn, that target must Medium beast, unaligned
succeed on a DC 12 Strength saving throw or be
knocked prone. If the target is prone, the pantero Armor Class 12 (natural armor)
can make one bite attack against it as a bonus Hit Points 22 (4d8 + 4)
action. Speed 0 ft., swim 40 ft.

Actions STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one target. 14 (+2) 13 (+1) 13 (+1) 1 (-5) 10 (+0) 4 (-3)

Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage. Claw. Melee Senses blindsight 30 ft ., passive Perception 12
Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft ., one target. Languages -
Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) slashing damage. Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)

Pack Tactics. The sarko has advantage on an attack

Qesh
In the darkness, a giggle echoes off the hills. Your hair stands
on end at the eerie sound, only to hear an answering call from
the opposite side of the forest. Qesh hunt in packs, their
hyena-like giggling terrifying and unnerving all that hear it.
These creatures appear to be a hulking cross between a large
cat and canine.
roll against a creature if at least one of the sarko's
allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally
isn't incapacitated.
Water Breathing. The shark can breathe only
underwater.

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 Multiattack. The ape makes two fist attacks.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., Actions
one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage.
Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage.
Rock. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range
Serpenton 25/50 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) bludgeoning
damage.
Thorny vines entwined into a serpentine form, serpenton
slither and crawl like the snakes they resemble. Their thorny
fangs drip with venom.
Slither
Many an adventurer has fallen to the slither – a large bundle
Serpenton of animated vines that look a great deal like a snake. The
Tiny beast, unaligned slither strikes from cover, catching adventurers unawares.
Once it attacks, the begins to squeeze. The origins of the
Armor Class 13 slither are unknown, but they have killed more than their fair
Hit Points 2 (1d4) share of sentient creatures. One should always be on the
Speed 30ft., swim 30ft. lookout for these deviant creatures.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
2 (-4) 16 (+3) 11 (+0) 1 (-5) 10 (+0) 3 (-4) Slither
Large plant, Unaligned
Senses blindsight 10ft., passive Perception 10
Languages 1 Armor Class 12
Challenge 1/8 (25 xp) Hit Points 13(2d10+2)
Speed 25ft.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage, and the target 15(+2) 14 (+2) 12(+1) 1(-5) 10(0) 3(-4)
must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw,
taking 5 (2d4) poison damage on a failed save, or Condition Immunities stunned
half as much damage on a successful one. Senses blindsight 10ft, passive Perception 10
Languages Latin
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)

Simio Actions
Primates of the verdant gale, simio appear to be apes made Bite.Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
from dense, hard rain forest wood. They are covered in “hair” one creature. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.
of fine grasses growing all over their bodies.
Constrict. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5
ft., one creature. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) bludgeoning
damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 14).
Simio Until this grapple ends, the creature is restrained,
Medium plant, unaligned and the slither can't constrict another target.

Armor Class 12
Hit Points 19 (3d8 + 6)
Speed 30ft., climb 30ft. Snap Dragon
As you wander through the fields, your eyes catch movement.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA You stop and realize that the flowers that you have been
16 (+3) 14 (+2) 14 (+2) 6 (-2) 12 (+1) 7 (-2)
walking through have been following you... and they are
hungry.
Skills Athletics +5, Perception +3
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages -
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)

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 Snap Dragon Tejon
Small plant, neutral evil tiny plant, unaligned

Armor Class 10 Armor Class 10

Hit Points 1 (1d4 - 1) Hit Points 3 (1d4 + 1)
Speed 20ft. Speed 25ft., burrow 5ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
2 (-4) 11 (+0) 9 (-1) 2 (-4) 10 (+0) 4 (-3) 4 (-3) 11 (+0) 12 (+1) 2 (-4) 13 (+2) 5 (-3)

Senses darkvision 30ft., passive Perception 10 Senses darkvision 30ft., passive Perception 11
Languages - Languages -
Challenge 0 (10 XP) Challenge 0 (10 XP)

Actions Keen Smell. The badger has advantage on Wisdom

(Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit, reac h 5 ft .,
one target. Hit: 1d2 fire damage.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage.
Takbok
The lord of the hunt, by his very presence, creates life. The
takbok are an example of this spontaneous creation. Thornbat
Resembling stags sculpted from plant material with horns of
the hardest natural wood, the takbok run the forests, a Tiny plants with large wing-like leaves and fang-like thorns.
remnant of his passage. These creatures swarm through the night eating every insect
they can find. Sometimes, they mistake humanoids for
insects.
Takbok
Medium plant, unaligned
Thornbat
Armor Class 13 Tiny plant, unaligned
Hit Points 4 (1d8)
Speed 50ft. Armor Class 12
Hit Points 1 (1d4 -1)
Speed 5ft., fly 30ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
11 (+0) 16 (+3) 11 (+0) 2 (-4) 14 (+2) 5 (-3) STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Senses passive Perception 12 2 (-4) 15 (+2) 8 (-1) 2 (-4) 12 (+1) 4 (-3)

Languages Sylvan
Challenge 0 (10 XP) Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages -
Challenge 0 (10 XP)
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., Echolocation. The thornbat can't use its blind sight
one target. Hit: 2 (1d4) piercing damage. while deafened . Keen Hearing. The thornbat has
advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely
on hearing.

Tejon Actions
Small, angry, carnivorous plant creatures that are ambush Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
predators. Often working in packs of 4 to 8, Tejon can be one creature. Hit: 1 piercing damage.
fierce adversaries with the ferocity of a badger.

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Vespo Vine Lord
If hatred had a body, it would be a wasp. If it were also the Medium Plant, Chaotic Neutral
size of a large dog and a plant, it would be a vespo. Vespo are
giant wasps composed of thightly woven grasses with wings Armor Class 18 Natural Armor
of semi-transparent, large leaves. The distinct buzzing and Hit Points 33(6d8 + 6)
clicking of vespo can be heard for a hundred feet or more. Speed 25ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Vespo 14 (2) 11 (0) 13 (+1) 1 (-5) 3 (-4) 1 (-5)
Medium beast, unaligned

Armor Class 12 Damage Immunities Poison, psychic

Hit Points 13 (3d8) Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened,
Speed Speed 10ft., fly 50 ft. exhaustion, frigthened, paralyzed, petrified,
poisoned
Senses blindsight 60ft. (blind beyond this radius),
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA passive Perception 6
Languages Understands languages it spoke in life,
10 (+0) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 1 (-5) 10 (+0) 3 (-4) but cannot speak
Challenge 1 (200 XP)
Senses passive Perception 10
Languages -
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP) Actions
Multiattack. The armor makes two melee attacks.
Actions Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
Sting. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6+2)
one creature. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage, and
the target must make a DC 11 Constitution saving
throw, taking 10 (3d6) poison damage on a failed
save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit
Vine Mephit
points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, When a mephit is killed by a plant creature, it's essence can
even after regaining hit points, and is paralyzed be trapped within the roots of the plants. That creature will
while poisoned in this way. eventually sprout a bud, and a vine mephit will be born. They
constantly drone complaints and grudges that druids and
those that can speak with plants can understand, but sound
like the droning of insects in the ears of others.
Vine Lord
A suit of armor filled to capacity with writing vines, animosity
dripping from every tendril, stalks through the night – Vine Mephit
attempting to fulfill the goals of the creature whose armor it Small Plant/Elemental (Effects that effect either
fills. The vine lord will stop at nothing to achieve those goals, plants or elementals will effect the Vine Mephit,
to the point of violence. Once those goals have been met, the Chaotic Evil
vine lord wanders aimlessly – attacking anything that crosses
its path. Armor Class 13 (Natural Armor)
Hit Points 27 (6D6 + 6)
It takes very specific circumstances to create a vine lord. A Speed 29ft.
a sentient creature must die in a particularly painful and
violent manner; the creature must die in a field of ambient
magic left over from the sundering; and that creature's blood STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
must nourish the roots of any of a number of species of vines. 8 (-1) 12 (+1) 9 (-1) 9 (-1) 12 (+0) 7 (-1)
The negative energy left by the death and pain of the sentient
creature mingles with the hungry vines and the ambient
magic left behind to become a vine lord. Damage Immunities Poision
Condition Immunities Poisoned
Senses darkvision 60ft., passive Perception 10
Languages Sylvan, Terran
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)

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 Skills Stealth +3
Death Burst. When the mephit dies, it explodes in a
burst of entangling vines. Each Medium or smaller
creature within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC
11 Dexterity saving throw or be restrained until the
end of the creature's next turn.
False Appearance. While the mephit remains
motionless, it is indistinguishable from an ordinary
mass of vines.
Actions
Fists. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one creature. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) bludgeoning damage.
Vine Blast (Recharge 6). The mephit belches a mass
of restricting vines onto one creature within 5 feet
of it. If the target is Medium or smaller, it must
succeed on a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw or be
restrained for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the
saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending
the effect on itself on a success.
Vine Stalker
Vine Stalkers appear to be a mass of slithering creepers and
vines. They wait in ambush in the undergrowth and wait for
prey to draw near. By animating the plants around them, Vine
Stalkers entangle and trap their prey before attacking.
Vine Stalker
Medium Plant, Neutral Evil
Armor Class 12 (natural armor)
Hit Points 26 (4d8 + 8)
Speed 15ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
15 (+2) 8 (-1) 14 (+2) 5 (-3) 10 (+0) 3 (-4)
Skills Stealth +1
Condition Immunities blinded, deafened
Senses blindsight 60ft. (blind beyond this radius),
passive perception 10
Languages Common
Challenge 1/2 (100xp)
Actions
False Appearance. While the blight remains
motionless , it is indi stingu is hable from a tangle
of vines.
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ACTIONS Constrict. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to
hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2)
bludgeoning damage, and a Large or smaller target
is grappled (escape DC 12) . Until this grapple
ends, the target is restrained, and the vine stalker
can't constrict another target.
Entangling Plants (Recharge 5-6). Grasping roots
and vines sprout in a 15-foot radius centered on
the vine stalker, withering away after 1 minute. For
the duration, that area is difficult terrain for non-
plant creatures. In addition, each creature of the
vine stalker's choice in that area when the plants
appear must succeed on a DC 12 Strength saving
throw or become restrained . A creature can use its
action to make a DC 12 Strength check, freeing it
self or another entangled creature within reach on a
success.
Wolf Weed
After the Great Sundering, the world was tainted by rotting
magic left idle in the wilds. With enough arcane energy
pooling in one place and left to fester, off things can happen.
This uncontrolled magic energy lain dormant, silent but
unstable for decades, and sometimes centuries – anything
could set it off. One such case was Wolf Weed. A patch of
large carnivorous plants struggled to consume a wolf in one
such pool of arcane energy. As this life and death struggle
raged, lightning struck, igniting and awakening the power that
soaked the ground. The wolf and the plant fused and became
one – an animate carnivorous plant driven by hunger.
Wolf Weed, when moving, looks like a wolf composed of a
tangle of vines with glowing blue eyes. At rest, Wolf Weed is
indistinguishable from a patch of vines.
Wolf Weed
Medium Plant, Unaligned
Armor Class 20
Hit Points 11(2d8 + 2)
Speed 31ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
12 (+1) 15(+2) 12(+1) 3(-4) 12(+1) 6(-2)
Skills Perception +3, Stealth +4
Senses passive Perception 13
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
 Pack Tactics. The wolf weed has advantage on attack
rolls against a creature if at least one of the wolf's
allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally
isn't incapacitated.
False Appearance. While the Wolf Weed reamin
motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal
patch of vines and plants.
Actions
Bite: Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one target. Hit: 7 (2d4 + 2) piercing damage. If the
target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 11
Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Zanash
Hidden glens deep in the wooded areas of the world, the fae
rule. The Zanash are considered to be half-breeds by some of
the fae, as they are sentient plants that resemble sprites or
pixies. Others consider them to be oracles, or holy due to
their dual natures.
Protectors of the Forest. Living amongst the trees in
verdant glens, the Zanash allow no creatures other than the
good and pure to enter. If an evil creature sets foot in their
forest, they attack with a frightening viciousness, attacking
with their poison thorns and weapons.
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Zanash
Tiny Plant/Fae, neutral good
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 4 (1d4+2)
Speed 10ft., fly 40ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
3 (-4) 18 (+4) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 13 (+1) 11 (+0)
Skills Perception +3, Stealth +8
Condition Immunities swagged, drunk
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages Common, Elvish, Sylvan
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach
5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 slashing damage.
Thorn Shot Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range
40/160 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage, and
the target must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution
saving throw or become poisoned for l minute. If
its saving th row result is 5 or lower, the poisoned
target falls unconscious for the same duration, or
until it takes damage or another creature takes an
action to shake it awake.
Heart Sight. The zanash touches a creature and
magically knows the creature's current emotional
state. If the target fails a DC l0 Charisma saving
throw, the zanash also knows the creature's
alignment. Celestials, fiends, and undead
automatically fail the saving throw.
Invisibility. The sprite magically turns invisible until
it attacks or casts a spell , or until its concentration
ends (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment
the sprite wears or carries is invisible with it.
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