Credits
Lead Designer/Producer: Jonoman3000
References: 2e Warriors of Heaven (Guardinal Lore)
Cover Illustrator: Rovina Cai
Interior Illustrators: Chase Stone (Astran 1, Druidic Avatar),
Ryan Alexander Lee (Astran 2, Mirror Shield), James Ryman
(Guardrin 1), John Stanko (Guardrin 2), Cynthia Sheppard
(Volcanus), Johan Grenier (Fiery Familiar), Victor Adame
(Blazing Sun, Lightcaller), Will Murai (Celestial Avatar), James
Paick (College of Benevolence, Moonsilver), Anna Steinbauer
(Artistry Domain, Flametouched), Lius Lasahido (Courage
Domain), Chris Rahn (Hunt Domain, Divine Hand, Shooting
Star), Magali Villeneuve (Justice Domain), Tyler Jacobson
(Justice Domain), Seb McKinnon (Circle of the Sun, Petrifying
Light), Noah Bradley (Devout, Fireworks), Livia Prima (Ember
Knight), David Gaillet (Eternal Spirit), Randy Vargas (Oath of
Cinders), Chris Rallis (Oath of Radiance, Pyromancy), Daniel
Ljunggrens (Heroic Ancestry), Daarken (The Firebird), Christine
Choi (The Elder Sphinx), Howard Lyon (Transcendence Domain,
Scepter), Kieran Yanner (Heliomancy), Zack Stella
(Firescrapper), Wesley Burt (Lightslinger, Lava Coils), Käri
Christensen (Elemental Wand), Brian Valeza (Spell Lists),
Denman Rooke (Angel Wings), Yongjae Choi (Arsenal of Flame),
Mark Behm (Bonds of Light, Cindervines), Eytan Zaya
(Destructive Impact), Alex Constad (Flaming Serpent), Chris
Ostrowski (Fiery Portal), William Wu (Radiant Deathflare),
Slawomir Maniak (Seeking Sunfire), Richard Wright (Sphere of
Judgment), Johannes Voss (Spirit Tracks), Clint Cearley (Zealous
Smite)
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Races………………………………………....3
Astran…………………………………………………………….3
Guardrin………………………………………………………….5
Volcanus………………………………………………………….7
Chapter 2: Subclasses………………………………...9
Barbarian: Path of the Blazing Sun……………………………...9
Barbarian: Path of the Celestial Avatar………………………...10
Bard: College of Benevolence………………………………….11
Cleric: Artistry Domain………………………………………...12
Cleric: Courage Domain………………………………………..13
Cleric: Hunt Domain…………………………………………....14
Cleric: Justice Domain………………………………………….15
Cleric: Transcendence Domain…………………………………16
Druid: Circle of Divinity……………………………………….17
Druid: Circle of the Sun………………………………………...18
Fighter: Devout………………………………………………....19
Fighter: Ember Knight………………………………………….20
Monk: Way of the Eternal Spirit………………………………..21
Paladin: Oath of Fervor………………………………………...22
Paladin: Oath of Truth………………………………………….23
Ranger: Lightcaller……………………………………………..24
Rogue: Divine Hand……………………………………………25
Sorcerer: Flametouched………………………………………...26
Sorcerer: Heroic Ancestry……………………………………...27
Warlock: The Firebird…………………………………………..28
Warlock: The Elder Sphinx……………………………………..29
Warlock: Pact/Invocations……………………………………...30
Wizard: School of Heliomancy…………………………………31
Wizard: School of Pyromancy………………………………….32
Artificer: Firescrapper………………………………………….33
Artificer: Lightslinger…………………………………………..34
Artificer: Infusions……………………………………………...35
Chapter 3: Spells……………………………………….36
Spell Lists………………………………………………………36
Spell Descriptions………………………………………………39
Appendix A: Retired Subclasses………………..59
Cleric: Elemental Domain……………………………………...59
Fighter: Ember Knight V1……………………………………...60
Fighter: Ember Knight V2……………………………………...61
Paladin: Oath of Cinders………………………………………..62
Paladin: Oath of Radiance……………………………………...63
Warlock: The Firebird V1………………………………………64
Wizard: School of Elements…………………………………....65
Preface
Light, fire, and divinity are some of the most well-established
magical motifs in the worlds of D&D. This supplement aims to
expand these options, adding new races, subclasses, and spells,
among other things. If your dungeon master allows, these options
can be used in any of your campaigns.
 Chapter 1: Races
HIS CHAPTER PRESENTS THREE NEW
Races to supplement those in the Player’s
Handbook: Astran, Guardrin, and Volcanus.
The Astran are a race born from the stars, alien in
both appearance and mannerisms. The Guardrin
are a race of bestial half-celestials, sired by the
noble guardinals and destined for greatness. The
volcanus are a race made from primordial flames
and filled with determination that never wanes throughout their
short lifespans. These new options are available when you make a
character, provided that your DM allows them in your campaign.
Astran
Hailing from the stars, as their name suggests, astrans are
reclusive beings seldom seen by other races. They live on remote
mountaintops or deserted islands, eking out a meager existence
far from civilization. Few folk can claim to have met an astran,
but those that do seldom forget the encounter. Their strange,
mystifying appearance causes most other races to initially fear
them, but their peaceful nature and penchant for wisdom
makes them good friends of those that can get past the
first impression.
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Mystical Outsiders
Those that look upon an astran’s peculiar features can tell that
these creatures are not of this world. Although humanoid in form,
an astran’s appearance is off-putting. Their bodies are long and
wiry, and their skin is the color of ash, accented by deep crimson
hues. But their most unique feature is the shape of their head,
which is characterized by a set of three tentacle-like protrusions
from the back of their skull, as well as pairs of smaller protrusions
set into their slender face.
They are approximately 7 feet tall on average, though some can
stand up to 8 and half feet tall. Despite their staggering height,
astrans usually only weigh between 130 and 170 pounds. They
have no hair on any part of their bodies. To the other races all
astrans look quite similar. While astrans can easily tell their kind
apart, most others need to study their features for at least a few
moments before coming to a conclusion. If in doubt, all astrans
can be set apart by their uniquely colored eyes, which can take on
nearly any color and often contain complex patterns that are as
unique as fingerprints.
Life from Fallen Stars
Astrans are not born like other races. The rare, tiny embryos that
eventually grow up into astrans can be found encased within
meteorites. The origins of these meteorites is unknown—some
believe that they are created by some celestial deity that casts
down shooting stars from the heavens. Others believe that these
meteorites are the destroyed remains of an ancient planet, still
harboring sparks of life within its countless fragments.
After an astran meteorite lands, it behaves much like an egg.
The astran embryo grows inside the meteorite, until it emerges a
few weeks later as a tiny creature, only 1-2 feet tall. Astrans are
capable of fending for themselves as soon as they emerge. They
can protect themselves with their innate magical capabilities, and
they know the astran language and basic survival skills from their
inception. They grow quickly, reaching their full size in
approximately 1-2 years.
Even if young astrans are better equipped to survive alone than
most humanoid young, the world is still an exceptionally
dangerous place for a young astran. Some older astrans watch the
night sky for shooting stars, and trek great distances to find where
meteorites have landed. Through these treks they seek to find a
meteorite that holds an astran embryo, so that the young astran
might have a better chance of surviving to adulthood, and so that
they might have a companion to ease their loneliness.
Alone Through the Ages
Astrans often live for close to a millenia, and during their long
lives little changes about them from a physical standpoint. The
changes made by aging are subtle—typically their skin changes
color, becoming darker and losing some of its luster, and the light
of their eyes becomes slightly dimmer. These changes happen so
slowly that they are nearly unnoticeable, however, and only
similarly long lived races, like elves, would have a chance of
noticing an astran’s aging.
The vast majority of astrans spend their long lives carefully
avoiding long-lasting friendships, fearing the sadness that
comes with watching their friends grow old as they, in turn,
remain unchanged by the years. This fear often fades over
time, and they might make friends with other long-lived
races, particularly elves, once they have a few centuries
behind them. While they tend to make their homes in places
untraveled by other folk, they don’t actively avoid other races
when those folk happen upon their humble abodes, and in fact
they often welcome their visitors inside and are eager to share
their wisdom with individuals that would appreciate it.
One of the few relationships that an astran is willing to take on
with another race is that of a mentor-student relationship, where
the astran imparts its knowledge and skill upon a worthy student.
Even these associations are often short-lived, however, as they
seek to not become too attached to their pupils.
Exploring the World
While most astrans tend to stay put when they can help it, there
are many points in their lives where they might take up
adventuring. Some astrans are compelled to adventure when they
take up students, as they seek to train them in real-life situations.
Others might become unintentionally involved in worldly
conflicts, if those conflicts reach their homesteads. Their typical
kindness might make them protectors of refugees or escorts of
travelers, where their involvement can easily rope them into
greater adventures. Adventuring astrans tend to be the exception,
rather than the rule, and may learn to make lasting friendships
with their comrades.
Astran Names
An astran chooses their own name shortly after they emerge from
their meteorite. Since astrans are genderless, there are no ‘male’
or ‘female’ names for them. Their lack of true parents also means
they lack a family name. An astran’s real name, taken from the
astran language, is often difficult for other races to pronounce.
Therefore, astrans tend to translate these names into common
when dealing with other races. A few of the common translations
are listed below.
Astran Names: Antlia, Aquila, Aries, Caelum, Cepheus,
Circinus, Crux, Dorado, Equuleus, Fornax, Horologium,
Hydrus, Leo, Libra, Monoceros, Orion, Pavo, Sculptor,
Serpens, Tucana, Virgo, Volans.
As an action, you can touch a willing creature, and select a skill
that you are proficient in. If the target isn’t already proficient in
that skill, it becomes proficient in it for 24 hours or until you use
this trait again.
Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a
long rest.
Natural Survivor. You have proficiency in the Survival skill.
Starlight Navigator. Your memory is exceptionally good when
it comes to the locations of all the stars that dot the night sky. As
long as you can see the night sky, you know which way is north,
and you have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks made to
avoid becoming lost.
Wielder of Light and Flame. As a child of the stars, you can
call upon innate magic granted to you by your astral heritage.
You know the light and control flames cantrips. When you reach
3rd level, you can cast faerie fire with this trait, and starting at 5th
level, you can also cast pyrotechnics with it as a 2nd level spell.
Once you cast a spell with this trait, you can’t cast it again until
you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for
these spells.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and
Astran. Astran is a language different from all other worldly
languages, and many of its words and common sounds are
difficult for other races to pronounce. The different
intonations used by this language often spill into
the other languages an astran knows, causing
them to often emphasize the wrong
part of a word, or even order
their sentences in a non-
standard manner.

Astran Traits
Your otherworldly heritage manifests as a variety of traits that
you have in common with all other astrans.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and
your Dexterity score increases by 1.
Age. Astrans emerge from their meteoritic egg with intellectual
capabilities similar to that of a 12-year-old human child, and they
grow to full size in less than 2 years. From this point on their
aging virtually stops, and they can live on, unchanging, for nearly
a thousand years.
Alignment. Most astrans are kind hearted, though occasionally
distant. Though they often live in solitude, they are welcoming of
visitors and eager to lend their aid to others. The typical astran
tends towards neither law nor chaos, instead opting for a more
neutral path. While this is their most common disposition, it isn’t
uncommon for an astran to be of any good or neutral alignment,
and even evil alignments aren’t completely out of the question.
Size. Astrans average about 7-8 feet tall, though they have
exceptionally wiry builds, and often weigh only about 150
pounds. Your size is Medium. Art by Ryan
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Astral Resistance. You have resistance to fire damage and
radiant damage.
Mystical Mentor. With your touch, you can temporarily
transfer some of your skill and knowledge to another creature.

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 Guardrin
Strong and proud, guardrins are the descendants of guardinal and
human parents. They are touched by the divine power of elysium,
a beautiful plane of rolling hills and flowering meadows that the
mighty guardinals call home. Guardrins are not often born in this
plane, however. They are usually born on the material plane, as
the result of a guardinal traveling there during their missions to
ward off evil. Once they come of age, guardrins are expected to
take up the mantle of their celestial parent, and do their part in
smiting evil and protecting those weaker than them. They are a
noble race, as strong and graceful as the animals they resemble.
Animalistic Champions
A guardrin’s appearance takes after its guardinal parent, granting
it an animalistic form similar to that of a true guardinal. Like their
celestial parents, the degree of animalism in their appearance
varies greatly. Some guardrins look like humans, but with a light
covering of fur over parts of their bodies, and a few distin-
guishing features like horns, claws, or fangs. Other guardrins
more closely resemble animals, and look just like beasts that have
learned to walk on two legs and wear clothing.
Guardrins are typically tall and muscular, though their exact
height varies among their different varieties. More human-like
guardrins are usually beautiful to behold, and even the more
animalistic ones resemble only the most magnificent members of
their corresponding species. Even the most bestial members
typically hold some resemblance to their human parent, such as a
shared eye color, hair color, or other identifying feature.
Gentle Allies, Ruthless Enemies
Though guardrins are compassionate and gentle to their friends,
they are merciless to all that commit evil. Their disposition can
change quickly as the situation commands it, with calm
tranquility quickly transitioning to blind anger when evil rears its
ugly head. They have no qualms with killing those that have
commited evil, especially those that have killed innocents.
When it comes to close friends and family, guardrins are fierce
protectors and loving companions. They value these close
connections above all else, and will fight to protect them even
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when they are clearly outmatched. When it comes to their friends,
guardrins are selfless and willing to sacrifice their lives for them.
Wandering Warriors
When they come of age, guardrins typically leave home and
wander the world, searching for those that would need their help
and companionship, and rooting out evil wherever they find it.
Guardrins have a natural inclination towards adventuring, and are
usually quite good at it. Their strong sense of justice oftens leads
them to become heroes, celebrated far and wide for their great
deeds. They fight against oppression, dethrone tyrants, and
become champions of moral causes.
Guardrin Names
Guardrins typically grow up with their non-celestial parent, and
therefore use human naming conventions. They often have more
atypical names, however, and might be given names themed
around the beast they share features with.
Guardrin Traits
As a guardrin, you have a multitude of traits inherited through
your celestial lineage.
Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score and Charisma
score each increase by 1.
Age. Guardrins mature at a rate slightly slower than humans,
and reach adulthood around the age of 30. They live far longer
than ordinary humans, with many living for over three centuries.
Many die in battle before reaching old age, however.
Alignment. Most guardrins are neutral good, though any good
alignment is common. They are kind and loyal almost as a rule,
and have no tolerance for evil acts. While it is possible for a
guardrin to turn to evil, it is exceptionally improbable and is
practically unheard of.
Size. Guardrins vary in size, though most are at least 6 feet tall,
with some standing up to 8 feet tall. They usually weigh more
than a human of the same height, thanks to their muscular build.
Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Animal Kinship. You have the ability to communicate in a
limited manner with beasts, and most beasts are naturally friendly
towards you. Beasts can understand the meaning of your words,
though you have no special ability to understand them in return.
You have advantage on all checks made to influence them, and
they are unlikely to attack you unless provoked.
Darkvision. Your bestial eyesight allows you to 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.
Root Out All Evil. You can cast detect evil and good with this
trait, using Charisma as your spellcasting ability for it. Once you
do so, you can’t do so again until you finish a short or long rest.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and
Celestial.
Subraces. Six subraces of guardrin exist, one for each of the
guardinal varieties. Choose one of them for your character, based
on the variety of guardinal you chose for your celestial parent.
Avoral Guardrin
Avoral guardrins resemble the cross between a majestic, golden
eagle and a human. Their faces are usually more human than
avian, but their hair resembles a feathery cowl, and their eyes are
bright and golden. They have feathered, wing-like arms, and their
legs end in wickedly sharp talons. They are proud creatures,
though more solitary than most other guardrins.
Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 1.
Far-sighted. Your normal eyesight remains effective for twice
the range of normal humanoids, allowing you to discern fine
details as though you were looking at something half as far away.
Talons. The long, sharp talons on your feet make for an
effective natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed
strikes. Your unarmed strikes with your talons use a d4 as their
damage die, and deal slashing damage rather than the
bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed attack.
Underdeveloped Wings. While you don’t have true wings, your
feathered, winglike arms can help you glide and buffer your falls.
You take half as much damage from falling, and you take no
damage from falls less than 30 feet. For every 2 feet you fall
vertically, you can also move 1 foot horizontally.
Wind Magic. You know the gust cantrip. Charisma is your
spellcasting ability for it.
Cervidal Guardrin
Cervidal guardrins are the most peaceful of their kind, and resort
to violence far more rarely than their kin. They bear a striking
resemblance to satyrs, with goat-like horns and hooves for feet.
They are slim yet strong, and their thick skin is often at least
partly covered by short fur in shades of red or brown.
Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.
Sure-footed. You have advantage on saving throws made to
avoid falling prone.
Cervidal Resilience. You have advantage on saving throws
against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.
Revealer of Truth. If you touch your horns to an illusion, the
illusion is instantly dispelled. Illusions caused by spells of a level
greater than a third of your level (rounded up) are not dispelled.
Equinal Guardrin
Equinal guardrins combine the features of a human and a stocky
draft horse. They have broad chests and shoulders and their arms
end in thick fingers that are as hard as a hoof. Their legs are even
more equine in form, with true horse-hooves for feet. A flowing
mane runs from their neck to their back, and their faces are long
and narrow. Their personalities are often boisterous, and many of
them are fond of athletic contests and games of skill
Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.
Fleet of Foot. Your base walking speed increases by 10 feet.
Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining
your carrying capacity and the weight you
can push, drag, or lift.
Leonal Guardrin
Leonal guardrins resemble proud, humanoid lions, with
impressive manes and golden fur. Their powerful arms
end in claws that are as strong and sharp as swords,
and perhaps more deadly. Their leonine visages are
both regal and terrifying, and they
have a presence that commands
respect and exudes bravery.
Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.
Brave. You have advantage on saving throws against being
frightened.
Claws. Your claws are natural weapons, which you can use to
make unarmed strikes. Your unarmed strikes with your claws use
a d6 as their damage die, and deal slashing damage rather than the
bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed attack.
Roar. As a bonus action, you can release a mighty roar. Each
creature of your choice within 10 feet of you that can hear you
must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw with a DC of 8 + your
proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier or become deafened
and have disadvantage on attack rolls until the end of your next
turn. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish
a long rest.
Lupinal Guardrin
Lupinal guardrins are half-man and half-wolf with lean, rangy
physiques and pronounced muzzles filled with canine teeth. Their
legs are bent like a wolf’s, and they are covered in silver-grey fur.
They are often mistaken for werewolves, but their well-groomed
visage and strict loyalty set them apart from most lycanthropes.
Most of them are highly driven in their fight against evil, and
become quickly bored by mundane tasks.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Perceptive. You have proficiency in the Perception skill.
Survivor. You have proficiency in the Survival skill.
Tracker. If you know a creature’s scent, such as through having
one of their belongings or interacting with them, you can use your
action to sniff them out. If the creature is within 1,000 feet of you,
you know the distance to and general direction towards its
location.
Ursinal Guardrin
Ursinal guardrins are hulking men and women with bearlike
attributes. They stand approximately 8 feet tall and are covered
with golden, red, or brown fur. Their faces have pronounced
muzzles and high ear tufts—and, usually, a kindly expression.
Despite their intimidating looks, they are scholarly creatures that
often seek to avoid physical confrontations, though they are
capable combatants when push comes to shove.
Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.
Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining
your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
Scholarly. You gain proficiency in two skills and one tool of
your choice.
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CHAPTER 1 | RACES
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 Volcanus
Volcani are a rare, ancient people, first born of primordial fire in
an age long past. They live in places seldom traveled to by other
races—volcanic mountain ranges and island chains, too hot for
most other creatures to stand. But within these lands volcanus
society thrives, as they build impressive structures and fortresses
from igneous rock, with streams of lava flowing between and
around their settlements like rivers. Volcani are highly driven, and
many can accomplish great feats during their short lives that
many of the longer lived races wouldn’t even consider.
Molded from Flame
The primordial god of fire, Kossuth, forged the first volcani from
the white-hot magma that flows within the outer edges of the
Plane of Fire, which he molded and cooled into a humanoid shape
that resembled his own divine image. Over many generations, the
physical appearance of volcani has mellowed somewhat, and they
have become less elemental and more humanoid. They typically
stand between 5 and 6 feet tall, though they are heavier than
humans of equivalent height. Their skin color ranges from a deep
black to a lighter red, but the most common shades are lighter
browns and greys, occasionally accented by streaks of red. Their
eyes are often brown or grey, though shades of red, orange, and
yellow are also common. Their hair, usually kept of medium
length, tends to be of a similar shade to their skin color.
A volcanus has a more elemental form that they can
temporarily manifest, however. For short periods of time, a
volcanus can unleash their inner elemental power, causing their
eyes to become motes of elemental fire, as their skin darkens
and takes on a metallic sheen. According to legend, this
form was the natural form of the first volcani, and it only
became temporary after many generations.
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Unbounded Determination
Kossuth made the volcani for a purpose. They were designed as
his servants, driven to build to his specifications, fight for his
causes, and exist as an extension of his will. And to this end they
served him well, for a time. Kossuth’s dealings on the material
plane were short lived, however, and he eventually found himself
without need of his volcani servants. So he left them to their own
devices, abandoned upon the material plane while he returned to
the Plane of Fire.
Though their god had left them, the volcani lived on without
him, transforming their drive to work for his purposes into a
desire to better themselves. While their physical appearance has
mellowed over the centuries, the same cannot be said about their
determination. All volcani believe they were born for a reason,
and they are always searching for the purpose they believe they
must fulfill. When a volcanus finds their purpose, they either
complete it or die trying. For a volcanus, there is no such thing as
procrastination or giving up.
Vanishing Embers
A volcanus’ soul is like a flickering flame—bright and full of life,
up until the moment it’s snuffed out. Moreso than any other race,
a volcanus’ lifespan is uncertain. After reaching adulthood, a
volcanus shows no more signs of aging, and can die a natural
death at any point thereafter. Some might die as early as 20 years
old, while others might live to the age of 80. The volcani believe
that their lifespan is tied to their innate purpose—when they
complete that purpose, death is surely just around the corner.
But for a volcanus, death isn’t truly the end. Death merely
signals the beginning of the next generation. When a volcanus
dies, their body burns to ash—colored a deep black for males and
a vibrant red for females. It is from this ash that a volcanus’
children are born. By taking some of the ash of an adult male
volcanus, combining it with some of the ash of an adult female
volcanus, and using fresh lava to set that mixture ablaze, a new
volcanus is born after the flames subside. A pair of two volcani
has enough ash to sire four children, but most couples only
sire two or three. The memories of a volcanus are in
part passed down to their children, who often see
the memories of their parents in vivid
dreams. These memories can also
give a volcanus a natural
aptitude in the skills
their parents knew.
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Cynthia
Sheppard
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The unique reproductive system of volcani, combined with
their uncertain lifespans, makes it common for a volcanus to plan
for their death early in life. It is almost considered a coming of
age ceremony for a young adult volcanus to write their first will.
A volcanus’ will generally specifies what is to be done with their
material possessions, like the wills of other races, but more
importantly it specifies what should be done with their ashes.
Married volcani will typically create joint wills, stating potential
names for their future children, and how many children they wish
to have. Unmarried volcani are expected to donate their ashes
their community, so that they might be used for adoption
purposes. Another oddity of volcanus culture is the creation of a
personal urn, which a volcanus either commissions or forges
themself. These urns are heavily decorated with symbols telling
the life story the volcanus they were made for, and are used to
hold and transport a volcanus’ ashes upon their death.
Tight-knit Societies
Volcani live in small communities on the outskirts of active
volcanoes, where they construct impressive stone buildings and
complex roadways. The members of a volcanus community are
expected to help the other members of their community,
particularly in fulfilling their wills. Many volcani have jobs as
caretakers, where they are tasked with raising the children of past
community members. Some volcani are “seekers,” a job where
they are tasked with finding and recovering the ashes of those that
died in the field, so that those ashes can be brought back to the
community and used as that volcanus’ will specified. There are
also many adventurers among the volcani, as the desire to find
their purpose leads many volcani to travel and perform great
deeds, such as hunting down a deadly monster, fighting against
oppressive regimes, or otherwise helping those in need.
Volcanus Names
As volcani couples are forced to choose their child’s names
before they can know their gender, volcani names are typically
gender-neutral. They also lack true family names—a volcanus’
last name is traditionally their father’s first name, followed by
their mother’s first name, separated by a dash.
Volcanus Names: Aldebrand, Azar, Cinaed, Fiamett, Fintan,
Flann, Hurik, Ignati, Phoenix, Pyrrhus, Shula, Uriah, Uriel
Volcanus Traits
Your volcanus character has a number of traits in common with
all other volcani.
Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2,
and another ability score of your choice increases by 1.
Age. Volcani mature quickly, often reaching adulthood by the
age of 10. After reaching adulthood, their remaining lifespan is
highly variable, and completely unpredictable, as they show no
more signs of aging. A volcanus can die a natural death at the age
of 20, though some can live to the age of 80. On average, they
live less than 50 years.
Alignment. Volcani are most often good, though many are of
neutral alignment. They seek to do good deeds, and generally
work well together. Their somewhat regimented society and
adherence to tradition gives them a lawful bent. They are reliable
allies, and ease into both leader and follower roles.
Size. Volcani have similar builds to humans, and are generally
between 5½ and 6½ feet tall. Their dense, stone-like bodies cause
them to weigh more than a human of similar height. A volcanus
typically weighs over 200 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Ancestral Aptitude. When you rest, your dreams of the past
Optional Feat
If your DM allows the use of feats from chapter 6 of the
Player’s Handbook, your volcanus character has access to the
following special feat. Adventuring volcani often use
familiars to notify their community of their death. When a
volcanus dies in the field, their familiar is tasked with
returning to their community and notifying their companions,
so that the volcanus’ will can be upheld.
Fiery Familiar
Prerequisite: Volcanus
You have trained to better harness your innate magical
capabilities, gaining the following benefits:
• Increase your Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You learn the find familiar spell and can cast it only as a
ritual. When you cast this spell to create a beast familiar,
you can choose for that creature to be an elemental rather
than a beast. When you do so, the familiar gains the
following additional traits:
Fire Immunity. Your familiar is immune to fire damage.
Fiery Body. When a creature within 5 feet of your
familiar hits it with a melee attack, the attacking creature
takes 1d4 fire damage.
Also, the familiar gains the following additional action:
Ignite. The familiar touches an object that isn’t being
worn or carried, and ignites it.
can imbue you with skills inherited from your parents. Choose
two skills, one that your mother was proficient in and one that
your father was proficient in.
When you finish a long rest, you can choose one of these skills,
and gain proficiency in it until you use this trait again.
Ashen Resistance. You have resistance to fire damage.
Eruption of Power. Starting at 3rd level, You can use your
action to unleash the primordial energy within you. When you do
so, you gain temporary hit points equal to 1d4 + your level. These
temporary hit points last for up to 10 minutes, and as long as they
last, you have immunity to fire damage.
Once you unleash this power, you can’t do so again until you
finish a long rest.
Lineal Visions. You can call upon your ancestral visions to
help you recall lore that your parents might have known about.
After you fail an Intelligence check made to recall lore, you can
choose to immediately spend 1 minute searching for a vision,
allowing you to remake the Intelligence check. At the DM’s
discretion, you might be able to discover lore that you had no
chance of knowing, but your parents could have known.
Once you call upon a vision, you can’t do so again until you
complete a long rest.
Primordial Flames. You know the produce flame cantrip.
Charisma is your spellcasting ability for it.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common
and Primordial.
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 Chapter 2: Subclasses
HIS CHAPTER PRESENTS TWENTY-FIVE
new subclasses to supplement those in the
Player’s Handbook: one or more for each class.
These new options are available when you make a
character, provided that your DM allows them in
your Campaign.
For subclasses that use the spells featured in this
companion, those spells are denoted by BDPC.
Primal Paths
At 3rd level, a barbarian gains the Primal Path feature. The
following additional options are available to a barbarian: the Path
of the Blazing Sun and the Path of the Celestial Avatar.
Path of the Blazing Sun
There are many cultures, particularly in the harsh outlands that
many barbarians call home, that revere the power of the sun.
Barbarians who follow the Path of the Blazing Sun take this
reverence a step further, and learn to how to transform and
harness this power. These barbarians transform their rage into a
dazzling display of magic, where powerful flames leap from their
weapons and their movement becomes impossible to track as they
disappear in a flash of light only to reappear moments later, ready
to strike down their foes with radiant energy.
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Barbarians who draw on the power of the sun are versatile
fighters, capable of clearing groups of enemies with ease. In a
display of their reverence, these barbarians typically adorn
themselves with tattoos and markings that represent the sun, and
often adorn their clothing with these symbols as well.
Sunlit Fury
Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, the burning rage
in your heart manifests as white-hot fire and dazzling radiance.
While you rage, you can enhance the first attack you make each
turn with either fire or radiance. The weapon’s damage type for
the attack becomes fire or radiant, respectively, and it gains a
secondary effect, outlined below:
Fire. Upon hitting your primary target, you can choose up to
two secondary targets that are also within your weapon’s reach. If
the attack roll you made against the primary target would also hit
a secondary target, the arcing flames cause that target to take fire
damage. This fire damage equals 1d6 + half your Barbarian level
if you chose a single secondary target, or 1d4 + a third of your
Barbarian level if you chose two secondary targets.
Radiance. Your reach for this attack is increased by 15 feet.
Immediately after you declare your attack’s target, you teleport to
an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the target in a flash of light,
and complete the attack. If there is no space available within 5
feet of the target, you remain at your original location and the
attack fails. In order to select this option, your speed can’t be 0.
Aspect of the Sun
Beginning at 6th level, the warm touch of the sun can invigorate
you. When you take a short rest and spend the entire rest in
sunlight, you regain an additional 1d6 hit points if you spent at
least one hit die during the rest, and you regain 1 additional hit
point for every hit die you spend. Also, you are provided with
enough nourishment to sustain yourself for one day.
Also, you gain both the control flames cantrip and the light
cantrip if you don’t already have them. Your spellcasting ability
for these spells is Constitution.
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Radiant Steed Celestial Blessing
At 10th level, you learn to form the radiance and fire of your soul At 6th level, you gain resistance to radiant and necrotic damage.
into a separate entity—a mighty steed. You can cast the phantom Additionally, once per rage you can use your bonus action to
steed spell at-will, without expending a spell slot. For you, this become momentarily incorporeal, as your body and all of your
spell summons a semi-transparent steed made from light and fire. equipment appears to transform into brilliant starlight. For the
The steed sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius, and dim light 10 next 10 feet of movement you make on your turn, you can move
feet beyond that. through other creatures and objects as if they weren’t there, and
your movement doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks. If this
Blazing Retribution movement ends and you’re still inside an object or creature, you
At 14th level, when a creature within your weapon’s reach hits are transported to the nearest unoccupied space outside of it, and
you with an attack while you’re raging, you can use your reaction take 2d6 force damage.
to cause magical energy to streak towards your attacker. Choose
fire or radiance. The creature must make a Constitution saving Divine Guidance
throw with a DC of 8 + your proficiency bonus + your At 10th level, you can cast the divination spell, but only as a
Constitution modifier. It then suffers one of the following effects: ritual. The entity you are put in contact with for this spell is the
Fire. The creature takes 3d8 fire damage on a failed save, or celestial guide you chose when you selected this subclass.
half as much damage on a successful one.
Radiance. On a failed save, the creature is blinded until the Avatar of Light
start of its next turn. Starting at 14th level, you can cause your rage to give off divine
light. For the duration of your rage, bright light extends 15 feet
Path of the Celestial Avatar from you in every direction, and dim light extends 15 feet beyond
that. Creatures of your choice within the bright light gain
Some barbarians revere the celestial spirits that roam the lands resistance to radiant damage, necrotic damage, and one other
and skies, and seek them out to be their guides and personal damage type of your choice that isn’t bludgeoning, piercing, or
connection to the divine. A few barbarian clans have slashing damage. You choose the damage type whenever you
pre-established connections to celestial spirits, and for activate your rage.
those clans taking this path is merely proving yourself
worthy of that creature’s power. For many barbarians,
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become an avatar.
Most any celestial creature is capable of granting
a barbarian this path. The most common among these
are unicorns, couatls, and low-ranking angels, who
accept righteous barbarians as their avatars—extensions
of their power that help them carry out their divine will.
For some barbarians that take this path, their rage
becomes reminiscent of divine possession—in rage,
their personality can take on some of the attributes of
their celestial guide’s personality.
Avatar of Might
When you adopt this path at 3rd level, you gain a celestial
guide that you will serve as its avatar. In return for your
service, the guide bestows upon you the ability to channel
divine magic through your rage. You gain access to the following
spells: compelled duel, divine favor, and heroism. Wisdom is your
spellcasting ability for all the spells granted by this feature.
As part of the bonus action used to start your rage, you can cast
one of the spells you gained with this feature without expending a
spell slot or using material components. The spell is cast at 1st
level, doesn’t require concentration if it normally does, and lasts
for the duration of rage rather than the spell’s normal duration.
At 10th level, you cast all the spells you gain with this feature
at 2nd level, and you gain access to the following additional
spells: silence, spiritual weapon, and warding bond.
At 14th level, you cast all the spells you gain with this feature
at 3rd level, and you gain access to the following additional
spells: beacon of hope, crusader’s mantle, and elemental weapon.
After your spellcasting improves at 10th and 14th levels, if you
would cast a spell with this feature that doesn’t benefit from being
cast at a higher level, you gain 5 temporary hit points for each slot
level above the spell’s base level. These temporary hit points last
for the duration of your rage.

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 Bard Colleges
At 3rd level, a bard gains the Bard College feature. When a bard
gains this feature, the following additional option is available to
them: the College of Benevolence.
College of Benevolence
Bards of the College of Benevolence honed their craft in the
upper planes, or at least through the tutelage of a creature native
to the upper planes. These bards often learn their magic from
celestial creatures, such as lesser angels, couatls, ki-rin, and
unicorns. Others might be tutored by humanoids that have visited
or taken residence in the upper planes, and gained enough
knowledge of the celestial workings of the world to pass on that
knowledge to others.
Regardless of their tutor, these bards learn to be master
physicians and therapists, adept at healing both magically and
nonmagically, and capable of putting others at ease with just a
few choice words or a calming melody. While bards of this
college aren’t usually true pacifists, they typically seek out
non-violent solutions whenever they can. They often attempt to
persuade or reason with their foes, and can also use a variety of
powerful magics to end conflicts before they start.
Bards of this college often travel through the lands and planes
of the world, acting as both traveling doctors and traveling
musicians. They heal the sick and injured, resolve conflicts, and
bring joy and merriment to all settlements they pass through.
Bonus Proficiency
When you join the College of Benevolence at 3rd level, you gain
proficiency with the Medicine skill. Also, you can attempt to
stabilize a creature as a bonus action, rather than needing to use
your action.
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Merciful Inspiration
At 3rd level, the magic laced into your voice can bring your
comrades back from the brink of death.
When a creature within 60 feet of you is reduced to 0 hit points
but not killed outright, you can use your reaction to expend one
use of Bardic Inspiration, rolling the Bardic Inspiration die and
causing the creature’s hit point value to equal the number rolled,
rather than 0.
Once you use this feature on a creature, that creature can’t
benefit from this feature again until it finishes a short or long rest.
Celestial Protection
At 6th level, you learn the sanctuary spell. This spell counts as a
bard spell for you, but doesn’t count against the number of bard
spells you know.
Also, the celestial magic within you alerts you to danger, and
protects your allies from harm. You can’t be surprised, have
advantage on initiative rolls, and any creature of your choice
within 30 feet of you that is surprised gains the effect of the
sanctuary spell. This effect ends at the start of the creature’s next
turn after it recovers from surprise.
Calming Presence
Starting at 14th level, your magical presence can cause hostilities
to cease before they even begin.
When you roll initiative, you can use your reaction to
immediately cast calm emotions, without expending a spell slot.
When you cast calm emotions in this way, you can choose to
target any number of creatures that you can see within 120 feet of
you, rather than just targeting a 20-foot sphere, and the creatures
you target don’t need to be humanoid. Additionally, creatures
make their save against this spell with disadvantage.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you
finish a long rest.
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Cleric Domains
At 1st level, a cleric gains the Divine Domain feature. When a
cleric gains this feature, the following additional options are
available to them: the Artistry Domain, Courage Domain, Hunt
Domain, Justice Domain, and Transcendence Domain.
Artistry Domain
Gods of artistry—such as Denier, Milil, Branchala, and Apollo—
promote creativity and imagination above all. These gods value
all of the arts, including music, painting, sculpting, and other
skilled crafts, though they often specialize in one craft above the
others. Clerics of a god of artistry are creative souls infused with
the desire to create and share their emotions with others, whether
through song, artwork, or other means.
Artistry Domain Spells
Cleric Level Spells
1st heroism, silent image
3rd calm emotions, enthrall
5th hypnotic pattern, major image
7th fabricate, phantasmal theatre
9th creation, dream
Bonus Proficiencies
When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain proficiency in
the Performance skill, and one of the following artisan’s tools:
calligrapher’s supplies, glassblower’s tools, jeweler’s tools,
painter’s supplies, potter’s tools, or woodcarver’s tools. Also, you
gain proficiency in a musical instrument of your choice.
Artistic Compositions
Also at 1st level, you can conjure magical pieces of artwork that
you design in your mind. Over a long rest, you can create musical
compositions, paintings, and sculptures. You can create a number
of these objects equal to your Wisdom modifier (a minimum of
1), and they can last until you complete your next long rest. You
can create a single option multiple times, or create a variety of
different options. The options are described below:
Musical Composition. You write a musical composition upon a
few conjured pages. As an action, you can cause the music to
magically play within the mind of a creature you can see within
15 feet of you. That creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving
throw or be charmed by you until the start of your next turn. A
creature charmed this way can’t willingly move away from you.
As you use this action, the pages disintegrate into nothingness.
Painting. You conjure a painting of your design that fits within
a rectangular area no larger than 3 feet on a side, and no smaller
than half a foot on a side. As an action, you can enter into the
painting if you are within 5 feet of it. You, along with anything
you’re wearing or carrying, disappears before appearing at a
location of your choice within the painting. You can remain
within the painting for up to 10 minutes, though you are also
forced out if the painting takes any damage. While within the
painting, you can see, hear, and smell as normal.
Once you leave the painting, it disintegrates into nothingness.
Sculpture. You conjure a tiny sculpture of yourself. While you
are within 30 feet of the sculpture, you can use your bonus action
to teleport to its location. If there is insufficient room at the
sculpture’s location, you teleport to the location nearest to the
sculpture that has sufficient room for you.
Once you teleport, the sculpture disintegrates into nothingness.
Channel Divinity: Deluge of Creativity
Beginning at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to fill
a creature’s mind with music and color, drowning out reality.
As an action, you present your holy symbol, and a creature you
can see within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw.
On a failed save, the creature is blinded and deafened until the
end of your next turn or until it takes any damage, as vibrant
colors fill its vision and beautiful music drowns out all other
noise. On a successful save, the creature is not blinded nor
deafened, but it still has disadvantage on attack rolls until the end
of your next turn or until it takes any damage.
Regardless of whether the creature succeeded or failed its save,
if it takes any damage before the end of your next turn, it is dealt
additional psychic damage equal to 1d4 + half your cleric level.
Channel Divinity: Bring to Life
At 6th level, you can use your Channel Divinity to create real
creatures and objects from artwork.
As an action, you touch your holy symbol to a piece of artwork
and cause a single object or creature depicted within that piece to
be conjured at an unoccupied location within 30 feet of you, in a
perfectly realistic form. To be an eligible target, the real version
of a selected creature or object must fit within a 10-foot cube. If
the target is a creature, it must either be a beast of CR 1/4 or
below or a CR 0 creature of any creature type. A conjured
creature is friendly to you and obeys your commands. Any
creature or object conjured by this feature lasts for 1 hour or until
it is destroyed or dismissed as a bonus action on your turn.
The maximum CR of any beast you conjure with this feature
increases to 1 at 11th level and 2 at 17th level.
Potent Spellcasting
Starting at 8th level, you add your Wisdom modifier to the
damage you deal with any cleric cantrip.
Aura of Artistry
Starting at 17th level, certain spells you cast will create auras of
divine magic. Whenever you cast an enchantment or illusion
spell, you can cause magical energy to radiate from you in an aura
with a 10-foot radius. For 1 minute or until you use this feature
again, the aura moves with you, centered on you. The effects of
the aura depend on the spell’s school of magic:
Enchantment. The aura is filled with
inspiring music. A friendly creature
that starts its turn within the aura
gains 2d6 temporary hit points that
last until it leaves the aura.
Illusion. The aura is filled with
illusory images and sounds that
distract opponents. Hostile creatures
within the aura have disadvantage on
attack rolls.
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 Courage Domain
The Courage domain focuses on personal heroics, and acts of
valor and self-sacrifice. While the Courage domain bears many
similarities to the War domain, it is more individualistic and isn’t
directly connected to war. Clerics of this domain often take part in
smaller conflicts, and focus on personal battles over grandois
wars. Many war-like deities can claim influence over this domain,
however, including Torm, Heironeous, Kiri-Jolith, Dol Arrah.
Gods of endurance and loss, such as Ilmater and Shar, can claim
some influence over this domain as well, as they promote courage
in the face of hardship. Regardless of their patron deity, clerics of
this domain make for heroic warriors, eager to face their fears and
fight against the odds to achieve their goals.
Courage Domain Spells
Cleric Level Spells
1st compelled duel, heroism
3rd find steed, spiritual weapon
5th beacon of hope, crusader’s mantle
7th aura of purity, staggering smite
9th circle of power, holy weaponXGE
Bonus Proficiencies
When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain proficiency
with martial weapons and heavy armor.
Renewed Spirit
Also at 1st level, you learn to rally yourself or your allies against
danger, pushing them to fight on. As a bonus action, you can
choose yourself or another creature you can see within 30 feet of
you, and cause one of the following effects:
• If the target is afflicted by the charmed or frightened condition,
you end one of those conditions on it.
• The target can use its reaction to move up to its speed towards
a hostile creature of its choice that it can see, without
provoking opportunity attacks.
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You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom
modifier (a minimum of once). You regain all expended uses
when you finish a long rest.
Channel Divinity: Force of Will
Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to
unleash a wave of divine energy that invigorates your allies and
enervates your foes.
As an action, you present your holy symbol and invoke the
name of your deity. Each friendly creature within 30 feet of you
gains temporary hit points equal to 1d10 + half your cleric level,
and each hostile creature within 30 feet of you takes force damage
equal to 1d10 + half your cleric level. A creature that has total
cover from you is not affected.
Paragon of Valor
At 6th level, you become immune to the frightened condition.
Additionally, if you aren’t incapacitated and start your turn with
two or more hostile creatures within 5 feet of you, you gain
temporary hit points equal to half your cleric level. A swarm
counts as a single creature.
Divine Strike
At 8th level, you gain the ability to infuse your weapon strikes
with divine energy. 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 force damage to the target. When you reach 14th level,
the extra damage increases to 2d8.
Undaunted
Beginning at 17th level, your courage doubles down when you’re
fighting against the odds. If you start your turn below half your
hit point maximum or with two or more hostile creatures within 5
feet of you, you become undaunted until the start of your next
turn. While undaunted, you gain resistance to bludgeoning,
piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks, and you
can use Renewed Spirits without expending a use, even if you
have already expended all of your uses of that feature.
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Hunt Domain
The gods of the hunt value skill above all else—whether it be
skill as a tracker of cunning prey, a slayer of mighty beasts, or a
marksman of unparalleled accuracy—it does not matter. Deities
of this domain include Malar, Balinor, Sekolah, Artemis, and
Uller. While rangers are often the most common servants of these
deities, most of gods of the hunt employ clerics as well. The
clerics of a hunting god often take a more active role in advancing
their god’s interests, compared to rangers. Followers of this
domain might defend sacred groves and shrines to their god from
the assault of evil monstrosities or hunt down the enemies of
whatever deity they follow.
Hunt Domain Spells
Cleric Level Spells
1st hunter’s mark, snareXGE
3rd cordon of arrows, locate animals or plants
5th conjure barrage, lightning arrow
7th
9th
freedom of movement, locate creature
conjure volley, scrying
Bonus Proficiencies
When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain proficiency
with martial weapons and either the Survival skill or the Stealth
skill (your choice).
Hunter’s Guidance
Also at 1st level, you can channel the divine power of the hunt
into your weapon attacks. Once per turn when you hit a creature
with a weapon attack, you can use this feature to apply a
secondary effect to your attack. The secondary effect depends on
whether the triggering attack was a melee or ranged attack.
Ranged Weapon Attack. The target of your attack takes 1d4
bonus damage and has their speed halved until
the start of your next turn.
Melee Weapon Attack. The target of your attack takes 1d4
bonus damage. Your speed is increased by 10 feet until the end of
your turn, and for that duration your movement doesn’t provoke
opportunity attacks from the target of your attack.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your
Wisdom modifier (a minimum of once). You regain all expended
uses when you finish a long rest.
Channel Divinity: Prized Quarry
Beginning at 2nd level, you can magically reward a creature for
its successful kill. When a creature you can see within 300 feet of
you is reduced to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction and
expend a use of your Channel Divinity to reward the creature that
reduced it to 0 hit points. That creature regains a number of hit
points equal to your Wisdom modifier + your Cleric level, and
can immediately use its reaction to move up to its speed without
provoking opportunity attacks. An undead or construct cannot be
healed by this feature.
Seeker’s Mark
Starting at 6th level, your weapon attacks begin to hit unerringly,
and can mark their targets for your fellow hunters. If you miss
with a weapon attack roll on your turn, you can use your bonus
action to reroll the attack and take the new roll. Alternatively, if
you hit with a weapon attack on your turn, you can use your
bonus action to surround the target with divine light, causing it to
shed dim light in a 10-foot radius until the end of your next turn.
Divine Strike
At 8th level, you gain the ability to infuse your weapon strikes
with the divine energy of the hunt. 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 same type dealt by the
weapon to the target. When you reach 14th level, the extra
damage increases to 2d8.
Master of the Hunt
At 17th level, your divine skill with weaponry has reached its
peak. You gain advantage on the first weapon attack roll you
make each turn. Additionally, whenever you make a weapon
attack with advantage and hit, if the lower of the two rolls would
also hit then the attack deals an additional 1d8 damage and pushes
its target up to 10 feet away from you.
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 Justice Domain
Gods of justice and law—including Tyr, Pholtus, Trithereon,
Aureon, Anubis, and Forseti—exemplify order and lawfulness,
and the pursuit of just reparations and retributions. Some of these
gods are ruthless in their pursuit of justice, and are quick to enact
retribution when crimes are committed, while others are more
forgiving and open to punishments other than death. Clerics of
this domain often act as judges, lawyers, and investigators, and
are well respected by their compatriots and hated by their
opponents and detractors. They use their divine powers to find
truth, root out evil, and bring justice to criminals.
Justice Domain Spells
Cleric Level Spells
1st detect evil and good, detect poison and disease
3rd branding smite, zone of truth
5th clairvoyance, speak with dead
7th arcane eye, locate creature
9th commune, dispel evil and good
Bonus Proficiencies
When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain proficiency
with martial weapons, heavy armor, and the Investigation skill.
Divine Retribution
Also at 1st level, you can use your divine power to defend your
allies and rebuke your enemies. When a creature you can see
within 30 feet of you takes damage from another creature, you
can use your reaction to halve the damage taken by the target.
You take an equal amount of damage, which can’t be reduced in
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any way, and you gain advantage on the next attack roll you make
against the creature that damaged the target, as long as you make
the attack before the end of your next turn. On a hit, the attack
deals 1d4 bonus radiant damage.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your
Wisdom modifier (a minimum of once). You regain all
expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Channel Divinity: Reveal Injustice
Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to assist
you in investigating deaths.
By performing a minute-long ritual on the remains of a creature
that has been dead for no more than 7 days and hasn’t been
targeted by this feature before, you can learn its cause of death. If
the creature was killed by another creature, you can also learn
details about the creature’s killer by making a Wisdom (Insight)
check with a DC equal to the killer’s passive Charisma
(Deception) score. You automatically fail this check if the killer
is protected from divination magic, such as through the
nondetection spell. On a successful check, you learn the killer’s
creature type, and the distance and direction to its location as of
the completion of the ritual. On a failed check, the killer knows
that divination magic was attempted on it, but it doesn’t know
its source.
The DM might allow you to use this feature to investigate
events other than deaths. For example, scenes of a recent robbery
or evidence of an assault might be viable targets for this Channel
Divinity, at your DM’s discretion. In these cases, you would
discover information about the main perpetrator of that event,
rather than a “killer.”
Channel Divinity: Chains of Reckoning
At 6th level, you can use your Channel Divinity to restrain a
creature with divine chains.
As an action, you present your holy symbol, causing chains of
light to emerge from the ground and attempt to restrain a creature
you can see within 60 feet of you. That creature must make a
Strength saving throw. On a failed save, it takes radiant damage
equal to 2d6 + your cleric level, and is restrained until the end of
your next turn. On a successful save, it takes half as much
damage and its speed is halved until the end of your next turn.
If you target a creature that has failed the check imposed by
your Reveal Injustice feature, that creature makes this save at
disadvantage, and it is paralysed until the end of your next turn on
a failed save, rather than restrained. Once you use this bonus
effect on a creature, you can’t use it on that creature again until
you succeed on another check imposed by your Reveal Injustice
feature against that creature.
Divine Strike
At 8th level, you gain the ability to infuse your weapon strikes
with divine energy. 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 radiant damage to the target. When you reach 14th
level, the extra damage increases to 2d8.
Seeker of Truth
At 17th level, your senses can see through lies. You know when
you hear a lie, and you gain truesight with a range of 60 feet.
Your ability to detect lies allows you to know when something
explicitly untruthful is said; it does not detect misleading yet
literally true statements.
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Transcendence Domain
Clerics of the Transcendence domain strive for the ideal of
constant self-improvement in both body and mind. Deities of this
domain include Bahamut, Lathander, and Athena, though a great
many gods teach their followers to strive for perfection and are
therefore connected to this domain. These clerics often worship
alongside monks, who strive for similar ideals of asceticism and
personal perfection. They make it their mission to improve
themselves and then lead others down the same path.
Transcendence Domain Spells
Cleric Level Spells
1st heroism, longstrider
3rd alter self, enhance ability
5th fly, haste
7th aura of purity, freedom of movement
9th ambrosiaBDPC, skill empowermentXGE
Bonus Proficiency
When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain proficiency
with martial weapons and a skill of your choice.
Exalted Personage
Also at 1st level, you can use remnants of the magic within your
divine spells to augment your body or mind. When you cast a
cleric spell of 1st level or higher using a spell slot, you can
choose one of the six ability scores. You gain advantage on saving
throws using the chosen ability.
If the spell you cast requires concentration, this effect lasts for
the spell’s duration. Otherwise, it lasts for 1 minute or until you
lose your concentration (as if you were concentrating on a spell).
Channel Divinity: Self-Perfection
Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to
momentarily transcend beyond your normal limits, allowing you
to act with supernatural speed.
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As a bonus action, you present your holy symbol and then
immediately use the Dodge action or any two of the Dash,
Disengage, Help, Hide, or Search actions.
Channel Divinity: Shared Perfection
Starting at 6th level, you can use your Channel Divinity to allow
another creature to transcend as you do.
As a bonus action, you present your holy symbol and choose
one creature you can see within 30 feet of you. That creature can
use its reaction to immediately use the Dodge action or any two
of the Dash, Disengage, Help, Hide, or Search actions.
Bestowed Personage
Also at 6th level, your spells can augment the bodies or minds of
others. When you use your Exalted Personage feature, you can
choose to grant its effect to a creature you can see within 30 feet
of you, rather than yourself.
Divine Strike
At 8th level, you can infuse your weapon strikes with divine
energy. 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 same type dealt by the weapon to the target. When
you reach 14th level, the extra damage increases to 2d8.
Transcendent Tutor
At 17th level, you grow powerful enough to push a multitude of
creatures beyond their normal limits at once.
You can target up to four creatures, instead of one, when you
use Shared Perfection. You can choose yourself as one of the
targets, in which case you don’t need to use your reaction.
Also, when you use your Exalted Personage feature, you can
grant its effect to up to four creatures you can see within 30 feet
of you. You can choose the same or different ability scores for
each creature targeted. In order for you to gain the feature’s
effect, you must target yourself as one of the four creatures.
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 Druid Circles Avian Spells
At 2nd level, a druid gains the Druid Circle feature. When a druid Druid Level Spells Example Beasts
gains this feature, the following additional options are available to 2nd zephyr strikeXGE axe beak, bat, blood hawk,
them: the Circle of Divinity and the Circle of the Sun. 3rd gust of wind eagle, giant bat, giant eagle,
5th thunder stepXGE giant owl, giant vulture,
Circle of Divinity 7th freedom of movement
hawk, owl, raven, stirge,
vulture
Druids who are members of the Circle of Divinity hail from 9th control winds
regions within or with ties to the upper planes. Many deities and
celestials act as guardians of the natural world, and druids of this Caniform Spells
sect act as their divine hands. Granted power by the celestials
Druid Level Spells Example Beasts
they’ve allied themselves with, the bestial forms of these druids
take a divine appearance and abilities to match. Capable of 2nd hunter’s mark badger, black bear, brown
3rd mind spikeXGE bear, cave bear, dire wolf,
casting spells even while wild shaped, these druids use their
5th haste giant badger, giant hyena,
divine powers to guard the most sacred lands of the world.
giant weasel, hyena, jackal,
7th locate creature
Celestial Blessing 9th far stepXGE
mastiff, polar bear, weasel,
wolf
When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you learn how to speak,
read, and write Celestial, and you learn one cantrip from the cleric
spell list. Feline, Primate, and Rodent Spells
Divine Emissary Druid Level
2nd
Spells
hex
Example Beasts
ape, baboon, cat, giant rat,
Also at 2nd level, you gain the ability to use Wild Shape on your lion, panther, rat, saber-
3rd suggestion
turn as a bonus action, rather than as an action. When you use toothed tiger, tiger
5th bestow curse
your Wild shape, you can have the beast you transform into take
on some celestial traits, as described below: 7th dominate beast
9th enervationXGE
• Your type becomes celestial, rather than beast.
• You can speak, but only in Celestial.
• The form’s hit points are increased by 3 for each level you Insect and Arachnid Spells
have in this class. Druid Level Spells Example Beasts
• You can cast any cantrips you know. 2nd ray of sickness beetle, giant centipede,
• You can cast certain spells based on the form you choose. See 3rd blindness/deafness giant spider, giant wasp,
your Divine Emissary Spells feature for details. Until the end giant wolf spider, scorpion,
5th stinking cloud
of your next long rest after using this feature, you can only spider
7th blight
gain the benefits of this bullet point again if you transform into
9th insect plague
a beast of the same category as before.
These benefits last for the duration of your Wild Shape.
Marine and Amphibian Spells
Divine Emissary Spells Druid Level Spells Example Beasts
Your Divine Emissary feature allows you to cast certain spells 2nd fog cloud crab, frog, giant crab, giant
based on the form you choose. When you transform, note which frog, giant octopus, giant
3rd misty step
of the categories shown in the tables on the right best fit the beast sea horse, giant toad,
5th wall of waterXGE
you transformed into. A large number of examples for each hunter shark, octopus,
category are shown for your convenience. 7th watery sphereXGE
quipper, reef shark, sea
You can cast any spell listed in that table if you have reached 9th maelstromXGE
horse
the required druid level for it. Until you gain the Beast Spells
feature at 18th level, these are the only spells you can cast while Reptile and Dinosaur Spells
wild shaped. If you gain access to a spell that isn’t on the druid
Druid Level Spells Example Beasts
spell list, the spell is nonetheless a druid spell for you.
2nd burning hands allosaurus, constrictor
3rd dragon’s breathXGE snake, crocodile, flying
5th lightning bolt snake, giant constrictor
snake, giant lizard, giant
7th fire shield
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9th cone of cold
plesiosaurus, poisonous
snake, pteranodon
Ungulate Spells
Druid Level Spells Example Beasts
2nd healing word boar, camel, deer, draft
3rd lesser restoration horse, elk, giant boar, giant
5th mass healing word elk, giant goat, goat, mule,
pony, rhinoceros, riding
7th aura of life
horse, warhorse
9th greater restoration

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Heavenly Bond
At 6th level, you learn an additional cantrip from the cleric spell
list. Also, your connection to the divine grants you protection
against unholy creatures. You can’t be charmed, frightened, or
possessed by fiends or undead.
Many-Faced
Beginning at 10th level, you can gain the full benefits of your
Divine Emissary feature whenever you use your Wild Shape, even
if you transform into a beast of a different category.
Archon of Nature
At 14th level, you can use your Wild Shape to transform into a
beast with a challenge rating as high as 2, allowing you to go
beyond the Max CR stated in the Beast Shapes table. Also, you
have advantage on any Constitution saving throws you make to
maintain concentration on a spell while Wild Shaped.
Circle of the Sun
The Circle of the Sun is an ancient offshoot of the Circle of the
Shepherd that looks beyond the material plane, and seeks to draw
upon and defend the entire multiverse. Both of these circles
commune with the spirits of nature, but the Circle of the Sun
generally calls upon elemental and celestial spirits, rather than the
spirits of beasts and fey.
These elemental and celestial spirits are drawn directly from
the Elemental Plane of Fire and from the upper planes,
respectively, and willingly ally themselves with these druids in
order to achieve the common goal of ridding the multiverse of
evil. Members of this circle tend to be more proactive than other
druids—they aren't afraid to leave the wilderness they call home
and go on vast journeys to achieve their goals.
Circle Spells
Your connections to various elemental and celestial spirits grant
you access to certain spells. At 2nd level, you learn the word of
radiance cantrip. At 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain
access to the spells listed for that level in the Circle of the
Spiritcaller Spells table.
Once you gain access to one of these spells, you always have it
prepared, and it doesn't count against the number of spells you
can prepare each day. If you gain access to a spell that isn’t on the
druid spell list, the spell is nonetheless a druid spell for you.
Circle of the Sun Spells
Druid Level Spells
2nd burning hands, hand of heliosBDPC
3rd aganazzar’s scorcher, flame blade
5th beacon of hope, spirit guardians
7th aura of life, aura of purity
9th circle of power, destructive wave
Spiritcaller
When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you gain the ability to
channel magical energy to form tiny creatures that follow your
commands. As a bonus action on your turn, you can expend a use
of your Wild Shape feature to awaken the magical energy within
you, rather than transforming into a beast form, and you gain 4
temporary hit points for each level you have in this class.
This feature lasts for 10 minutes, until you lose all these
temporary hit points, or until you use your Wild Shape again. As
part of the bonus action used to enter this form, and as a bonus
action on each turn thereafter for as long as this feature lasts, you
can summon up to two spirits in unoccupied spaces that you can
see within 30 feet of you. Each spirit takes the form of a Tiny CR
0 beast without a flying or swimming speed, and it lasts for the
duration of this feature. A spirit has the same statistics as the beast
it resembles, but its type is celestial or elemental (your choice), it
cannot take actions other than the Dodge, Dash, Disengage, and
Hide actions, it’s visibly magical, and it gives off dim light to a
range of 5 feet. You can dismiss a spirit at any time (no action
required). You can have no more than six spirits active at once, to
summon more you must first choose spirits to dismiss.
The spirits act on your turn, and move and take actions as you
telepathically command them (no action required). This telepathy
has a maximum range of 120 feet. Additionally, as an action, you
can see through a spirit’s eyes and hear what it hears until the start
of your next turn, gaining the benefits of any special senses that
the spirit has. During this time, you are deaf and blind with regard
to your own senses.
Lastly, you can cast druid spells as though you were in the
space of any spirit you can telepathically communicate with. If
you cast a druid spell with a range of self, you can have the spell
treat the spirit as if it were you for as long as the spirit remains.
For example, if you cast spirit guardians on one of your spirits,
the area would follow the spirit. If the spirit disappears before the
spell ends, the area would follow you for the remaining duration.
Starting at 4th level, your spirits can take forms with swimming
speeds, and at 8th level, they can take forms with flying speeds.
Protective Spirits
Starting at 6th level, whenever a creature within 5 feet of one of
the spirits conjured by your Spiritcaller feature takes damage, you
can use your reaction to have the spirit protect that creature. The
spirit is dismissed, and you take that damage, instead of that
creature taking it. This feature doesn't transfer any other effects
that might accompany the damage, and this damage can't be
reduced in any way.
Additionally, you can use a bonus action on each of your turns
to allow one of your spirits to take the Help action.
Transient Light
Starting at 10th level, you can use your action to transform your
body into a mote of sunlight until the end of the turn. While
you’re in this form, you gain a flying speed equal to twice your
walking speed, and your movement doesn’t provoke opportunity
attacks. If your Spiritcaller feature is active, you can allow any
number of your conjured spirits to fly up to 30 feet without
provoking opportunity attacks as part of the same action.
Primordial Body
At 14th level, your body becomes imbued with magic, and your
senses are enhanced. You gain resistance to radiant damage and
fire damage, and you gain the ability to cast detect evil
and good at-will, without expending a spell slot.
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 Martial Archetypes
At 3rd level, a fighter gains the Martial Archetype feature. When
a fighter gains this feature, the following additional options are
available to them: the Devout, and the Ember Knight.
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Devout
An archetypical Devout bears a distinct resemblance to paladins
and clerics, particularly in the way they present themselves.
While they lack the divine magic offered by these classes, their
divine fervor is far from lacking. A Devout fights for their deity,
commonly acting as crusaders or, less commonly, inquisitors of
the faith. These fighters come from all walks of life, united by
their zealotry and unbreakable faith. In their training, they
become capable combatants, devoted friends, and learned
scholars of their faith. A Devout’s way of life is arduous—they
are always fighting for something, whether it be for their god,
their companions, or simply for a moral cause.
Bonus Proficiency
At 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Religion skill. If you
already have this proficiency, you instead gain proficiency in
another skill of your choice.
Zealot’s Devotion
At 3rd level, you can devote yourself to a cause. This devotion is
represented by your zealotry die, which starts as a d6 and
increases in size as you level. It becomes a d8 at 7th level, a d10
at 10th level, and a d12 at 15th level. Starting at 18th level, you
roll your zealotry die twice and take the higher of the two rolls.
As a bonus action, you can devote yourself towards either
defender of kin or slayer of foes, which are described below. Both
choices use your zealotry die as part of their effects, and your
choice lasts until you choose a different one or are incapacitated.
Defender of Kin. You devote yourself towards defending your
allies. While this feature lasts, you can use your bonus action to
rally a creature other than you that is within 5 feet of you. You
roll your zealotry die, and the targeted creature gains temporary
hit points equal to the number rolled. These temporary hit points
last until the start of your next turn.
Slayer of Foes. You devote yourself towards slaying your
enemies. If you hit a creature with an attack while this feature
lasts, you can use your bonus action to empower that attack. You
roll your zealotry die, and add it to the attack’s damage roll.
Scholar of Evil and Good
The creatures of evil and good—aberrations, celestials,
elementals, fey, fiends, and undead—are intricately connected
with the dealings of the gods. By 7th level, you have learned
much about these creatures, granting you advantage on any
Charisma checks you make while interacting with them, and
allowing you to add your proficiency bonus to any Wisdom,
Charisma, or Intelligence save imposed by one of these creatures
if you don’t add your proficiency to that save already.
Surge of Faith
Starting at 10th level, using your Action surge also allows you to
take an additional bonus action on your turn, and increases your
speed by 15 feet until the end of the turn.
Endless Fervor
Beginning at 15th level, your Zealot’s Devotion feature is
improved. You gain a +1 bonus to your AC while defender of kin
is active, and a +1 bonus to your weapon attack rolls while slayer
of foes is active.
Deus Ex Machina
By 18th level, the gods have noticed your ceaseless devotion, and
have taken interest in your fate. You have advantage on death
saving throws, and you roll a d6 every time you finish a long rest.
A roll of 6 means that your deity visited you in your dreams and
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Ember Knight
An ember knight employs martial techniques
combined with potent fire magic. While ember
knights are often mistaken for the more common
eldritch knights at first glance, the source of an
ember knight’s magic comes from within, rather than
from the study of magic. In this way they are comparable
to sorcerers. While the potential to become an ember knight might
be within someone from birth, this potential typically doesn’t
manifest until that person has a few battles under
their belt. This event is generally referred to as an ember
knight’s “kindling,” where they first begin to wield their
fiery powers.
Once an ember knight “kindles,” their skills become a
desired commodity. Their presence can inspire fear in their
opponents, and awe in their onlookers, as their fiery weapons and
arrays of burning embers sow death and destruction. Many
become mercenaries, or even leaders of mercenary groups, and
their services are often highly sought after. Anyone that employs
an ember knight finds them to be worth their price.
Flameborn
Starting at 3rd level, you can use a bonus action to imbue fire
magic into a weapon you wield. Until the weapon leaves your
possession or you end this feature using another bonus action, the
weapon’s damage type becomes fire damage and it sheds bright
light in a 10-foot radius and dim light 10 feet beyond that.
Also, you gain darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. If you
already have darkvision, its range instead increases by 60 feet.
Your darkvision is unusual: everything you see in darkness is in a
shade of red.
Ember Magic
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Also at 3rd level, you can use a bonus action to allow fiery power
to swell within you. When you activate this feature, and at the
start of each of your turns for the next minute, you roll a d8. This
die increases to a d10 at 10th level and a d12 at 18th level. You Improved Ember Magic
conjure a number of embers equal to the number rolled. These
At 10th level, the three abilities associated with your
embers float around you until they are spent or until they vanish
Ember Magic feature improve as follows:
at the start of your next turn
Ember Strike. You can cause another creature of your choice
You have two uses of this feature, and you regain all expended
within 5 feet of the target to also take 1 fire damage for every
uses of it when you finish a long rest. You gain an additional use
ember spent.
at 7th level and one more at 15th level.
Propelling Blasts. This flight doesn’t provoke opportunity
The embers conjured by this feature can be spent to fuel the
attacks.
following abilities:
Smoke Pillars. In the radius of your darkvision, you can see
Ember Strike. When you hit a creature with an attack, you can
through the smoke pillars as if they were only lightly obscured.
cause any number of your conjured embers to fly at the attack’s
target. The target takes 1 fire damage for each ember you spend. Fiery Surge
Propelling Blasts. On your turn, you can spend any number of Starting at 15th level, your Action Surge becomes imbued with
your conjured embers to propel yourself with blasts of fire (no fire magic. When you use your Action Surge, your speed
action required). You can fly up to 5 feet for every ember spent. increases by 10 feet until the end of the turn. While this speed
Smoke Pillars. On your turn, you can spend any number of increase lasts, your movement doesn’t provoke opportunity
your conjured embers to create pillars of smoke (no action attacks, and you can choose to leave behind a trail of fire where
required). For each ember spent, you create a cloud of thick you step. The trail is 5 feet wide, follows your movement, and
smoke that fills a 5-foot diameter, 10 foot high cylinder centered lasts until the start of your next turn. A creature other than you
on a point you can see within 30 feet of you. The smoke heavily that enters the trail for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there
obscures its area, and lasts until the start of your next turn. takes fire damage equal to your fighter level.
Swift Spark Pyromancer Adept
At 7th level, the fire within you energizes your spirit. Your speed At 18th level, you gain resistance to fire damage, and the
increases by 10 feet, and you gain proficiency in Dexterity saving minimum number of embers you can gain on a turn from your
throws. If you already have this proficiency, you instead gain Ember Magic feature equals your Constitution modifier.
proficiency in another saving throw of your choice.

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 Monastic Traditions Enduring Body
At 3rd level, a monk gains the Monastic Tradition feature. When At 11th level, the positive energy that runs through your body
a monk gains this feature, the following additional option is causes you to age more slowly. For every 10 years that pass, your
available to them: the Way of the Eternal Spirit body only ages 1 year.
You can also harness this energy to help your body brush off
Way of the Eternal Spirit attacks. As a bonus action, you can spend up to 3 ki points to
increase the effectiveness of your unarmored defense. For the
Monks of the Way of the Eternal Spirit learn to channel the next minute, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your
energy of the positive plane, using the powers that it grants to Wisdom modifier + the number of ki points spent, as long as you
defend their allies and come to the aid of those that need it most. are wearing no armor and not wielding a shield.
Unlike the monks of most monastic traditions, monks of the way
of the eternal spirit don’t typically live in monasteries or cloisters. Spiritual Defender
Monks that follow this tradition are wanderers that travel through At 17th level, you gain the ability to commune with those you
the lands, and sometimes even across planes, as they train and meet, and come to their defense in their time of need. You can, for
lend their aid to those they encounter. It is common for these 1 minute, touch your palm to the chest of a willing creature that
monks to travel in small groups, where a single master leads and speaks at least one language to grant them your protection. As
teaches one to three students. long as that creature is under your protection, you know the
Monks of this tradition are often easily identifiable by the distance and direction to its location, and you can sense its current
intricate, magical tattoos that they adorn their bodies with. These emotional state and whenever it takes any damage. You can have
tattoos are thought to improve their connection to the positive up to six creatures under your protection at any one time, and a
plane, so that they can more easily channel its energy. When a creature remains under your protection until you choose to end it
monk of this tradition harnesses their ki, their tattoos can change (no action required), or until the creature is ever on a different
color or even begin to glow. plane of existence than you.
Bonus Proficiencies As an action, you can spend 10 ki points to teleport yourself
and up to eight willing creatures of your choice within 10 feet of
When you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you gain proficiency you to the location of one of the creatures under your protection.
in the Medicine skill if you don’t already have it. You also gain You and the creatures you transport with you appear in
proficiency in the herbalism kit if you don’t already have it. unoccupied locations within 60 feet of the targeted creature.
Radiant Guardian Once you teleport in this way, you can’t teleport to a target
Also at 3rd level, you can manipulate your ki to come to the more than 5 miles away from you until you finish a long rest.
defense of your allies. You gain the following options:
• As a bonus action, you can cause a creature you can see within Art by Ekaterina Burmak
30 feet of you to gain temporary hit points equal to a roll of
your Martial Arts die. When you use this option, you can
choose to spend up to 2 ki to increase the number of temporary
hit points gained by one Martial Arts die per ki point spent.
These temporary hit points last until the end of your next turn.
• When another creature within 30 feet of you takes damage,
you can use your reaction and spend 1 ki point to disappear in
a flash of light. You teleport to an unoccupied location within 5
feet of that creature, and grant it resistance to the triggering
instance of damage. When you do so, you take damage
equal to the damage that creature takes.
When you use this option, you can choose to spend 2
ki points, rather than 1. If you do so, you don’t take
damage equal to the damage the creature takes.
If you are within 5 feet of your target when you use this
option, you can choose to not teleport. In that case, the
total ki cost for this option decreases by 1, to a
minimum of 0.
Restoring Spirit
Beginning at 6th level, tapping into the magic of
ki mends your wounds. Whenever you spend ki,
you regain hit points equal to the number of ki
points you spend.
When you regain hit points in this way, you
can choose to regain additional hit points
equal to half your monk level. Once you
do so, you can't do so again until you
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Sacred Oaths Aura of Rebirth
At 3rd level, a paladin gains the Sacred Oath feature. When a Starting at 7th level, you emanate an aura that helps others return
paladin gains this feature, the following additional options are from the brink of death. Friendly creatures within 10 feet of you
available to them: the Oath of Fervor, and the Oath of Radiance. gain advantage on death saving throws while you are conscious.
Additionally, corpses and other remains within 10 feet of you
Oath of Fervor are protected from decay and can’t become undead while you are
conscious. This also effectively extends the time limit on raising
The Oath of Fervor calls to paladins that are driven by fiery ideals creatures from the dead, since time spent within the aura doesn’t
from which they would never back down. Sometimes called red count against the time limit of spells such as raise dead.
knights, phoenix knights, or simply zealots, these paladins hold At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
no one set of goals—their oath dictates the way that they strive
towards their goals, rather prescribing what those goals should be. Inner Flame
As such, the paladins of this oath may be of any alignment, and At 15th level, the fiery spirit within you refuses to go out. You
could hold many opposing ideals. Their consistency is in their gain resistance to fire damage, advantage on death saving throws,
impulsiveness, which hurts them as often as it helps. and any spell that has the sole effect of restoring you to life (but
Tenets of Fervor not undeath) doesn’t need material components to be cast on you.
The tenets of the Oath of Fervor inspire a paladin to always take Zealous Champion
action and never back down. Starting at 20th level, you can use your action to invigorate
Aggression. Hesitation is weakness. Act quickly and with yourself, granting you the following benefits for 1 minute:
purpose, for many opportunities last but a moment.
Passion. Do not give up on the things you are passionate about, • Your speed is increased by 10 feet.
no matter what stands in your way. • You regain 5 hit points at the start of each of your turns.
Rebirth. Do not fear death, for fate is on your side. Trust that • When you use your Divine Smite, you can choose for it to deal
your companions will bring you back from the dead, and promise fire or lightning damage, rather than radiant damage. If you
to do the same for them. choose fire, the damage dice of the smite become d12s, rather
than d8s. If you choose lightning, a bolt jumps to another target
Oath Spells you can see within 15 feet of the creature you smited. That
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed. creature must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking the full
smite damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a
Oath of Fervor Spells successful one. If you choose radiant, you gain 2d4 temporary
hit points, plus 1d4 temporary hit points for each slot level of
Paladin Level Spells
the smite above 1st.
3rd burning hands, heroism
5th flaming sphere, heat metal
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you
9th crusader’s mantle, revivify
finish a long rest.
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Channel Divinity
When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following
two Channel Divinity options.
Cleansing Flame. As an action, you present your holy symbol
and speak a prayer against fiends and undead, using your Channel
Divinity. Each fiend or undead that can see or hear you within 30
feet of you must make a Constitution saving throw. A target takes
fire damage equal to your paladin level on a failed save, or half
as much damage on a successful one. This damage ignores fire
resistance. Also on a failed save, a target becomes incapacitated
by a burning pain for 1 minute. The incapacitated creature can
repeat this saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the
effect on itself on a success.
Fervent Blade. As a bonus action, you imbue a melee weapon
you’re holding with magical energy, using your Channel Divinity.
For 1 minute, the weapon’s damage type becomes fire, lightning,
or radiant (your choice), and it emits bright light in a 10-foot
radius and dim light 10 feet beyond that.
Whenever you hit a creature with this weapon, that creature
suffers an effect based on the damage type you chose. If you
chose fire, you can roll your damage roll twice and take the
higher of the two rolls. If you chose lightning, the target can’t
take reactions until the start of your next turn. If you chose
radiant, the target sheds dim light in a 5-foot radius and can’t
benefit from invisibility until the start of your next turn.

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 Oath of Truth
The Oath of Truth is sworn to the ideals of knowledge, integrity,
and sincerity. Sometimes called seekers, paladins who swear this
oath are often scholars that devote themselves to the pursuit of
knowledge. These paladins are not content with merely knowing
the truth, however—they also devote themselves to upholding it.
They refuse to utter lies or deceptions, and make it their duty to
correct any falsehoods they come across.
Paladins that follow the Oath of Truth often adorn their armor
and clothing with angelic images, including wings and halos, as
they idealize the angelic ability to perfectly tell truth from lie.
Images of eyes are also common, whether incorporated into their
coat of arms or even tattooed upon their body.
Aura of Insight
Starting at 7th level, a magical aura begins to lie upon you,
divining information about surrounding creatures. If a creature is
within 10 feet of you, you learn of any damage resistances and/or
immunities that the creature possesses. Also, the DM tells you if
the creature is your equal, superior, or inferior in regard to the
following characteristics:
• Armor Class
• Current hit points
• Total class levels (if any)
• Paladin class levels (if any)
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Tenets of Truth All-Seeing

Though those that take this oath do so for an array of reasons, Beginning at 15th level, you are always under the effects of a see
they generally all follow these core tenets: invisibility spell. Also, for you see invisibility now has a range of
Hone Your Knowledge. As an arbiter of truth, you must have 30 feet, rather than self, allowing you to grant its effects to
enough information to tell truth from fiction. another creature within range when you cast it.
Set Things Straight. When you hear a lie, it it your duty to Angel of Truth
correct it and let the truth be known
At 20th level, you can assume an angelic form, becoming an
Speak Only Truth. Never utter a lie, under any circumstance.
ultimate arbiter of truth. Using your action, you undergo a
Oath Spells transformation. For 1 hour, you gain the following benefits:
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed. • Feathered wings sprout from your back, granting you a flying
speed of 60 feet.
Oath of Truth Spells • You know when you hear a lie. This ability allows you to
Paladin Level Spells know when something explicitly untruthful is said; it does not
3rd detect evil and good, detect magic
detect misleading yet literally true statements.
• As a bonus action, you can point to a creature you can see
5th see invisibility, zone of truth
within 30 feet of you and force it to make a Wisdom saving
9th clairvoyance, daylight
throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, the
13th arcane eye, divination
creature becomes caged in white light until the end of your
17th commune, legend lore next turn or until it takes any damage. For the duration, the
creature’s speed is 0, it sheds dim light in a 10-foot radius, it
Channel Divinity can’t benefit from being invisible, and attacks against it are
made with advantage.
When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two
Channel Divinity options. Once you use this feature, you can't use it
Divine Perception. You can use your Channel Divinity to again until you finish a long rest.
augment your senses. As a bonus action, you grant yourself a +5
bonus to Wisdom (Insight) and Wisdom (Perception) checks for
the next 10 minutes.
Truthseeker’s Will. As a bonus action, you can use your
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speed is increased by 10 feet, and you gain darkvision to
a range of 60 feet if you don’t already have it. If you
already have darkvision, its range instead increases by
30 feet. Also, each hostile creature within 60 feet of you
must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become marked
for the same duration. Fey, fiends, and undead have disadvantage
on this saving throw.
If a marked creature is within the range of your darkvision,
you gain the following benefits against it:
• You can see the marked creature, even if it is invisible or
obscured in some way (such as being behind cover). If the
creature is a shapechanger, you can see its true form.
• Against the creature, your melee weapon attacks have a
30-foot increased reach, and their damage type becomes
psychic if the target is outside of your normal reach. These
attacks strike directly at the creature’s mind without any
projectile, and therefore ignore cover.

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 Ranger Archetypes
At 3rd level, a ranger gains the Ranger Archetype feature. When a
ranger gains this feature, the following additional option is
available to them: the Lightcaller.
Lightcaller
Rangers that walk the path of the Lightcaller draw their power
from the positive plane, and use that power to defend the
wildlands and hunt down the evils that dwell there. These rangers
wield their radiant weapons like extensions of their body, and
learn combat techniques that make them highly varied in their
combat styles. To them, every weapon holds a distinct purpose
when hunting down prey. Fiends and undead are often these
ranger’s favored enemies, and many of them ally with celestials.
Radiant Armaments
Starting at 3rd level, you learn to draw from the radiant energy of
the positive plane, and craft that energy into weaponry.
Immediately before you would make a weapon attack, you can
choose to conjure a radiant weapon to attack with. The weapon
appears in your free hand, lasts until you attack with it, and takes
the form of any weapon that you’re proficient with. It is identical
to a normal weapon, except its damage type is radiant. If the
weapon requires ammunition, radiant ammunition that lasts until
you attack with it is conjured alongside the weapon itself.
Dawnstriker
Also at 3rd level, your strikes become imbued with the power of
the dawn. Once per turn when you hit a creature with a weapon
attack, you can cause the target to take 1d6 bonus radiant damage.
When you use this feature, you can expend a spell slot to
increase its power. The attack gains an additional effect based on
the properties of the weapon used for the attack, and if the spell
slot used is of 2nd level or higher, the bonus radiant damage is
increased by 1d6 for each spell level higher than 1st.
The effects are described below, with the associated property in
bold. You can only choose one of the additional effects, even if
the weapon has multiple applicable properties. If an effect
requires a saving throw, the DC equals your ranger spell save DC.
Finesse. After the attack, you can choose to teleport up to 15
feet to an unoccupied space that you can see. You then gain
advantage on attack rolls until the end of your next turn.
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Heavy. The target and each creature of your choice within 5
feet of it must each make Strength saving throws. On a failed
save, a creature falls prone.
Melee. Until the start of your next turn, attacks made against
you are made with disadvantage.
Ranged. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving
throw. On a failed save, it is blinded until the end of your next
turn, and its speed is halved for the same duration.
Reach. Each creature in a 30-foot long, 5-foot wide line
extending away from the target, not including the target, must
make a Dexterity saving throw. With a 1st level slot, a creature
takes 2d6 radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much
damage on a successful one. With a higher level spell slot, the
damage increases by 1d6 for each spell level higher than 1st.
Thrown. The target must make a Strength saving throw. On a
failed save, it is pulled up to 15 feet closer to you, and is
restrained until the end of your next turn.
Dawnlight Distortion
At 7th level, you can magically distort the light around you,
making your exact location difficult to pinpoint from a distance.
You gain a +3 bonus to AC against attacks originating more than
15 feet away from you. An attacker is immune to this effect if it
doesn't rely on sight, as with blindsight.
Twin Suns
Starting at 11th level, you can use your Dawnstriker feature twice
per turn, instead of only once per turn, and the damage dice of
that feature turn into d8s.
Also, weapons conjured by your Radiant Armaments feature
gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls
Luminescent Armor
At 15th level, whenever you finish a short or long rest, a
shimmering aura begins to surround you, granting you temporary
hit points equal to your Ranger level. When you lose all
these temporary hit points, the aura dissipates in a
final burst of light. Each creature of your choice
within 10 feet of you must succeed on a
Constitution saving throw against your
ranger spell save DC or be blinded
until the end of your next turn.
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 Roguish Archetypes Swift Judge
At 3rd level, a rogue gains the Roguish Archetype feature. When Starting at 9th level, whenever you mark a foe with your
a rogue gains this feature, the following additional option is Judgment feature, you can use one the actions granted by your
available to them: the Divine Hand Cunning Action as part of the same bonus action.

Divine Hand Divine Gift

At 13th level, your deity bestows divine magic upon you. You
As a Divine Hand, you focus your training on the arts of death learn the guidance and thaumaturgy cantrips, and you can cast
and execution. However, unlike an assassin you do not employ detect magic, but only as a ritual. Your spellcasting ability for
yourself in the service of mortals. You have a higher calling, and these spells is Wisdom.
have devoted yourself into the service of a deity. With this deity Also, you can call upon your deity as a bonus action, and have
you have formed a personal connection—they speak with you them reveal their enemies to you. Until the end of your next turn,
directly, ordering you to dispose of their enemies and giving you you know the location of any of your divine quarries within 120
other such tasks. To assist you in your endeavors, your deity has feet of you that are not behind total cover. You know the creature
granted you divine powers. These powers can help you slay any type of any being you sense, but not its specific identity.
foe, but are especially effective against the enemies of your deity. You can take this bonus action a number of times equal to 1 +
Divine Hands are often members of a clergy, working directly your Wisdom modifier. When you finish a long rest, you regain
for the church of their deity. But others work outside of any all expended uses.
organization, and perform their duties independently—working
only for themselves and their deity. Holy Executioner
Beginning at 17th level, your divine judgment becomes especially
Right Hand of God harsh. Whenever you use your Judgment feature against a
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you develop a closer creature and choose to empower your strike, your
relationship with your deity. You gain proficiency in the Religion attack deals an additional 4d6 radiant damage to your target.
skill. If you already have this proficiency, you instead gain
proficiency in another skill of your choice.
Also, you gain the duty to hunt down the enemies of your deity.
When you gain this archetype, determine with your DM what the
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(such as fiends and undead), specific types of humanoids, or even
members of specific organizations. These enemies are considered
your divine quarries. If your deity has many enemies, then only
their most important ones might be considered your divine
quarries, at the DM’s discretion.
You have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track your
divine quarries.
Judgment
Also at 3rd level, you can mark a foe as the target of your divine
ire. As a bonus action, you can choose one creature you can see
within 120 feet of you. Until the end of the turn, you can use your
Sneak Attack against that target even if you don’t have advantage
on the attack roll, but not if you have disadvantage on it.
If you use your Sneak Attack against the marked target during
the duration, you can expend a use of this feature to empower
your strike. The attack’s damage type becomes radiant, and it
gains one of the following bonus effects:
• The target’s speed is reduced by 10 feet.
• The target can’t take reactions.
• The target can’t regain hit points.
The effect you choose lasts until the start of your next turn.
You can empower your attack a number of times equal to your
Wisdom modifier (a minimum of once), and you regain all
expended uses when you finish a long rest. If the target
is one of your divine quarries, you can empower your
strike against it without expending a use of this
feature, even if this feature has no uses
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Sorcerous Origins
At 1st level, a sorcerer gains the Sorcerous Origin feature. When
a sorcerer gains this feature, the following additional options are
available to them: Flametouched and Heroic Ancestry.
Flametouched
Your magic stems from the primordial energy of elemental fire.
Many sorcerers with this power can trace their ancestry to the
creatures of the Plane of Elemental fire, particularly the Efreeti.
This origin is not always ancestral, however. Your powers might
have manifested after a near-death experience with a creature of
fire, like the legendary phoenix, or simply through constant
exposure to fire. In rare cases, those that live near volcanoes can
spontaneously gain these powers, especially if they’ve lived near
one since childhood. Regardless of how this magic manifested, it
causes flames to permeate your soul and define your magic.
Fire Within
Your inner flame grants you aptitude in all forms of pyromancy.
When your Spellcasting feature lets you learn or replace a
sorcerer cantrip or a sorcerer spell of 1st level or higher, you can
choose the new spell from any spell list if the chosen spell can
deal fire damage. You must otherwise obey all the restrictions for
selecting the spell, and it becomes a sorcerer spell for you. Spells
that don’t deal fire damage must still be chosen from the sorcerer
spell list, as normal.
Cinder Mage
Starting at 1st level, you can cause your magic to leave behind
magical cinders in its wake. After you cast a spell of 1st level or
higher, you can conjure a cloud of cinders that fills a 10-foot
radius area centered either on you or on a target of the spell. The
cloud remains in the place it was conjured, and lasts for 1 minute
or until a wind of moderate or greater speed (at least 10 miles per
hour) disperses it. The area of the cloud is lightly obscured, and is
difficult terrain for hostile creatures. Also, you gain the following
benefits while you are within a cloud conjured by this feature:
• As a bonus action, you can teleport up to 15 feet to another
point you can see within a cloud. You can’t use this action if
your speed is 0, and you can’t cast a spell during the same turn
unless that spell is a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action.
• Opportunity attacks made by other creatures within the cloud
have disadvantage against you.
• You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly
obscured by the cloud.
Fleeting Flames
At 6th level, your magic begins to rekindle your spirit. When you
cast a spell of 1st level or higher, your speed increases by 10 feet
until the end of the turn. This speed bonus is increased to 20 feet
at 14th level, and 30 feet at 18th level.
Phoenix’s Inferno
Also at 6th level, you can ignite your conjured cinders into
magical flames that invigorate allies and burn enemies. Once per
turn when you deal fire damage to a creature within a cloud
conjured by your Cinder Mage feature, you can choose to expend
1 to 5 sorcery points to cause these flames to spread throughout
the cloud and any clouds that intersect with it. Hostile creatures
within the connected clouds take 2d6 fire damage if 1 sorcery
point was expended, plus 1d6 fire damage for each sorcery point
beyond the first. Friendly creatures within the area receive half
that amount as temporary hit points.
Enkindled Body
At 14th level, you become one with your inner flame. You gain
resistance to fire damage, and your Cinder Mage feature is
improved. When you activate that feature, you can either create
two clouds at once—one centered on you and one centered on the
spell’s target—or create a single, 15-foot radius cloud centered on
you. Additionally, the distance you can teleport within these
clouds is increased to 30 feet. This teleportation also no longer
restricts your spellcasting, and can be used when your speed is 0.
Ascendant Flame
Starting at 18th level, you can use your bonus action and spend 2
sorcery points to transform yourself into a fiery form for 10
minutes. While this feature lasts, you are immune to fire damage,
have a flying speed equal to your walking speed, and a 15-foot
radius cloud of magical cinders, like those created by your Cinder
Mage feature, is conjured and follows you for the duration.
Also, you can choose to activate this feature without spending
sorcery points. If you do so, it requires your concentration (as if
you were concentrating on a spell).
Variant: Flametouched Spell List
In Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, sorcerer subclasses were
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given additional spells known. If you like that design
decision, replace the Fire Within feature with the following:
Fire Within
You learn additional spells when you reach certain levels in
this class, as shown on the Pyromancy Spells table. Each of
these spells counts as a sorcerer spell for you, but it doesn't
count against the number of sorcerer spells you know.
Whenever you gain a sorcerer level, you can replace one
spell you gained from this feature with another spell of the
same level. The new spell must be able to deal fire damage,
and can be from any class spell list.
Pyromancy Spells
Sorcerer Level Spells
1st burning hands, hellish rebuke
3rd flaming sphere, heat metal
5th fireball, Melf’s minute meteors
7th elemental bane, fire shield
9th flame strike, immolation
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 Heroic Ancestry
Your innate magic comes from your connection to an ancient
hero—an ancestor of yours that defeated mighty foes and reached
the peak of physical ability. In the years beyond their death, your
ancestor’s deeds have been immortalized by history, and their
bloodline has been blessed by the gods. Through your blessed
blood, you can channel the abilities of your ancestor, mimicking
their unmatched strength and prowess.
Variant: Heroic Ancestry Spell List
In Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, sorcerer subclasses were
given additional spells known. If you like that design
decision, add the following feature to the subclass.
Ancestral Magic
You learn additional spells when you reach certain levels in
this class, as shown on the Heroic Spells table. Each of these
spells counts as a sorcerer spell for you, but it doesn't count
against the number of sorcerer spells you know.
Heroic Spells
Sorcerer Level Spells
1st heroism, thunderous smite
3rd branding smite, find steed
5th beacon of hope, crusader’s mantle
7th freedom of movement, zealous smiteBDPC
9th legend lore, skill empowermentXGE
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Ljunggrens
Most of these bloodlines are well-established, and deeply
connected to royal or noble blood. Some of these bloodlines have
been obscured by time, however, and many sorcerers of this
origin have no knowledge of their history. Not all members of a
heroic bloodline awaken this magic, so it can remain hidden for
generations and slowly forgotten before suddenly re-emerging.
Heir to Heroics
You have inherited some of your ancestor’s skills with armor and
weaponry. At 1st level, you gain proficiency with light armor,
simple weapons, and melee martial weapons.
Ancestral Avatar
Also at 1st level, you can call upon the strength of your ancestor
to aid you. As a bonus action, you can temporarily augment your
musculature and harden your body against attack. For 1 minute,
you gain the following benefits:
• You gain temporary hit points equal to your sorcerer level.
• You can use your Charisma for anything that would normally
require Strength. This includes, but is not limited to: Strength-
based attacks, carrying capacity, Strength (Athletics) checks,
and other Strength-based checks or saves.
• When you activate this feature, and as a bonus action on each
of your turns thereafter, you can attempt to shove or grapple a
creature within 5 feet of you.
• Creatures you are grappling have disadvantage on attacks
made against you.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you
finish a short or long rest.
Extra Attack
Starting at 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once,
whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Ancestral Champion
By 6th level, your connection with your ancestor has improved,
allowing you call upon their strength more often. Even if you
have no uses of Ancestral Avatar remaining, you can activate the
feature by spending 2 sorcery points.
Inspiring Presence
At 14th level, you become an inspiring beacon like your ancestor
before you. You are immune to the frightened condition, and
friendly creatures within 30 feet of you have advantage on saving
throws against being frightened.
Additionally, whenever a friendly creature other than you
within 30 feet of you misses an attack, you can use your reaction
to roll a d4 and add the result to its attack roll, potentially causing
the attack to hit. If the attack still misses, you can spend 2 sorcery
points to add an additional d4.
Hero of Legend
By 18th level, you have reached your full potential, and can
become just as much of a heroic figure as your ancestor. When
you activate your Ancestral Avatar feature, you can spend
additional sorcery points to further improve the feature. For every
2 sorcery points you spend, you can gain one of the following
benefits for the duration of the feature:
• You can attack three times, instead of twice, whenever you
take the Attack action on your turn.
• You gain resistance resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and
slashing damage from nonmagical weapons.
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Otherworldly Patrons
At 1st level, a warlock gains the Otherworldly Patron feature.
When a warlock gains this feature, the following additional
options are available to them: The Firebird and The Elder Sphinx.
The Firebird
Your patron is a mighty phoenix, a creature of the elemental plane
of fire. While ordinary phoenixes do not have the intelligence to
make such a pact, particularly powerful ones, known as firebirds,
can bestow great elemental power to a warlock. The aims of a
firebird are far from complex—they seek destruction, and use
their warlocks to further that goal. They pay no great heed to how
a warlock uses the powers they grant them, however, instead
tending to assume that those fiery powers would naturally be used
to incite chaos and destruction. While warlocks of this pact are
often driven to burn and destroy as their patrons do, some manage
to use their abilities for good, utilizing their magic in their fight
against evil.
Expanded Spells
The Firebird lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when
you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the
warlock spell list for you.
Firebird Expanded Spells
Spell Level Spells
1st burning hands, cure wounds
2nd lesser restoration, pyrotechnics
3rd boilBDPC, fireball
4th fire shield, wall of fire
5th destructive impactBDPC, greater restoration
Blessing of the Phoenix
At 1st level, whenever a creature you can see within 60 feet of
you is reduced to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to
conjure magical phoenix-fire and choose either death or rebirth.
Once you use this feature on a creature, you can't use it on the
same creature again until you finish a short or long rest. The
reaction's effects are described below.
Death. Red flames leap from the target towards another creature
of your choice that you can see within 30 feet of the target. That
creature must make a Dexterity saving throw against your warlock
spell save DC, taking 1d6 + your warlock level in fire damage on
a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Rebirth. White flames imbue the target with life, causing it to
regain hit points equal to 1d4 + half your warlock level.
Wings of the Firebird
Starting at 6th level, you can conjure fiery wings and take flight.
As a bonus action, you give yourself a flying speed equal to your
walking speed. This flying speed lasts for 10 minutes, or until you
lose your concentration (as if you were concentrating on a spell).
When the feature ends, the wings disappear in a burst of flame,
causing each creature of your choice within 10 feet of you to take
fire damage equal to your warlock level.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish
a short or long rest.
Ashen Soul
Starting at 10th level, you gain resistance to fire damage and
advantage on death saving throws. Also, if you die, your body
burns away into ash, and you are put under the effect of the gentle
repose spell for 10 days. A spell that has the sole effect of
restoring you to life (but not undeath) can be cast on your ashes
without needing to use material components. You can be restored
to life even from only a small portion of your ashes.
Searing Inferno
Beginning at 14th level, when you deal fire damage to a creature,
you can use this feature to further increase the potency of your
flame and then transform it into healing energy. The creature takes
5d10 fire damage, and you regain 5d10 hit points as the
flame’s embers magically return to you.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until
you finish a long rest.
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 The Elder Sphinx Loremaster
You have made a pact with an ancient sphinx born in a bygone At 1st level, you gain proficiency in one of the following skills of
age, a being made manifest through the power of devout prayer or your choice: Arcana, History, or Religion.
the direct intervention of the gods. Such beings are tasked with Also, you can call upon your patron to grant you knowledge
guarding the secrets and treasures of the gods, and revealing those about a creature you designate. As a bonus action, choose one
secrets to those that pass their trials and show their worth. One creature you can see within 30 feet of you. For 1 minute, you are
such treasure that a sphinx can impart is the power of magic. granted foreknowledge about that creature’s intentions, allowing
Through your completion of a Sphinx’s trial, you have gained you to better engage it both socially and in combat. This effect
access to powerful magic that augments your mind and body. ends early if the target dies, you die, or if you are incapacitated.
Until the effect ends, you gain the following benefits:
Expanded Spells • When the target hits you with an attack, you can use your
The Elder Sphinx lets you choose from an expanded list of spells reaction to add your proficiency bonus to your AC for that
when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to attack, potentially causing the attack to miss you.
the warlock spell list for you. • When you fail a saving throw imposed by the target, you can
use your reaction to add your proficiency bonus to that saving
Elder Sphinx Expanded Spells throw, potentially causing the saving throw to succeed.
Spell Level Spells • You can add your Intelligence modifier to the result of any
1st detect evil and good, detect magic Charisma check or Wisdom (Insight) check you make when
2nd lesser restoration, zone of truth interacting with the target.
3rd clairvoyance, create food and water • When you use this feature on a target, you can specify some
4th divination, freedom of movement small tidbit of knowledge you wish to gain from the creature. If
5th greater restoration, legend lore the target dies during the duration and is capable of providing
this knowledge, you are granted it in the form of a few cryptic
sentences or a riddle. This knowledge is based on what that
Alternate Spellcasting Ability creature knew in life, and could therefore be false if that
When you choose this patron at 1st level, you can choose to use creature was misinformed or left unanswered if the creature
Intelligence rather than Charisma as your warlock spellcasting didn’t have that knowledge.
ability. If you choose to do so, Eldritch Invocations you take also Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you
use Intelligence rather than Charisma when applicable. This
finish a short or long rest. Beginning at 10th level, you can use
choice is permanent.
this feature twice between rests, and regain all expended uses
when you finish a short or long rest.
Sphinx’s Displacement
Starting at 6th level, you can channel the abilities of your patron
to allow you to teleport, as you briefly make mental contact with
your patron. As a bonus action, you can teleport up to 60 feet to
an unoccupied space you can see. Your patron then grants you
some of its divine foreknowledge, giving you advantage on attack
rolls until the end of the turn.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you
finish a short or long rest.
Inscrutable Mind
At 10th level, your mind becomes as inscrutable as a sphinx’s.
You are immune to any effect that would sense your emotions or
read your thoughts, and any Wisdom (Insight) checks made to
ascertain your intentions or sincerity have disadvantage.
Roar of the Sphinx
Starting at 14th level, you can unleash a terrifying roar that
echoes around you. As an action, you can force each creature of
your choice within 60 feet of you that can hear you to make
Constitution saving throws against your warlock spell save DC.
On a failed save, a creature takes 6d10 thunder damage, falls
prone, and is frightened of you until the end of your next turn. On
a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage and
suffers no other effects.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you
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Pact Boon
At 3rd level, the warlock gains the following additional choice of
pact boon, if the DM allows it.
Pact of the Scepter
Upon completing a long rest, you can summon a pact scepter in
your empty hand. This scepter counts as an arcane focus, and it
lasts until you summon a new one. When you summon the
scepter, you also choose two spells on the warlock spell list of a
level you have warlock spell slots for, and imbue them into the
scepter. While you hold the scepter, you can cast each of the
imbued spells using your warlock spell slots. You can summon a
new scepter every long rest, and can imbue the same spells or
different ones each time you do so.
Eldritch Invocations
At 2nd level, a warlock gains the Eldritch Invocations feature.
The following new options are available for that feature.
If an eldritch invocation has a prerequisite, you must meet it to
learn the invocation. You can learn the invocation at the same
time that you meet its prerequisite. A level prerequisite refers to
your level in this class.
Bond of the Chain Master
Prerequisite: Pact of the Chain feature
Whenever you cast a warlock spell that targets you or has a range
of self, you can have the spell also target your familiar if it is
within 100 feet of you. Additionally, you can cast warding bond
once on your familiar without expending a spell slot. You regain
the ability to do so when you finish a long rest.
Bound Combatant
Prerequisite: 5th level, Pact of the Chain feature, and the eldritch
blast cantrip.
When you cast eldritch blast, you can have the cantrip create one
less beam to allow your familiar to make an attack using its
reaction. Also, your familiar adds your proficiency bonus to its
attack rolls, AC, and saving throws.
Gaze of the Witch
You can cast detect evil and good once without expending a spell
slot. You regain the ability to do so when you finish a short or
long rest.
Gift of the Undying Warden
Prerequisite: 15th level
You are always under the effects of a protection from evil and
good spell.
King’s Sovereignty
Prerequisite: 18th level, Pact of the Scepter feature
You can cast dominate person at will, without expending a spell
slot. You must finish a long rest before you can use this
invocation on the same creature again.
Lordly Scepter
Prerequisite: 9th level, Pact of the Scepter feature
You can cast command at will, without
expending a spell slot.
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Scepter of Arcane Might
Prerequisite: Pact of the Scepter feature
You can now summon a new scepter every short or long rest,
allowing you to cast spells from the scepter more often.
Also, the scepter gives you an alternative way to cast spells at a
higher level. Whenever you would cast a spell using a warlock
spell slot of a higher level than the spell, you can choose to gain 5
temporary hit points for each slot level above the spell’s base
level. This is decreased to 3 temporary hit points per level if the
spell has a casting time of 1 bonus action or 1 reaction. These
temporary hit points last for up to 1 hour. If the spell already
benefits from being cast at a higher level, you can choose to gain
the temporary hit points, gain the spell’s regular benefits, or gain a
combination of the two choices.
For example, if you are a 9th level warlock and cast shatter
using one of your 5th level warlock spell slots, you can choose to
gain 15 temporary hit points and have the spell deal 3d8 damage.
You can also choose to gain no temporary hit points and have the
spell deal 6d8 damage, or gain 5 or 10 temporary hit points and
have the spell deal 5d8 or 4d8 damage, respectively.
Sunblade
Prerequisite: 9th level, Pact of the Blade feature
When you conjure your pact weapon, you can choose to imbue it
with radiant energy. The weapon’s damage type becomes radiant,
and once per turn when you hit a creature with the weapon, that
creature begins to glow until the start of your next turn or until it is
hit by another attack. The glowing creature gives off dim light out
to a 10-foot radius, and attacks made against the creature are made
with advantage.
Tome of the Anima
Prerequisite: 7th level, Pact of the Tome feature
Your book of shadows becomes a sentient object with an
Intelligence score of 15 + your proficiency bonus, a Wisdom score
of 12 + your Proficiency bonus, and a Charisma score of 14 + your
Proficiency bonus. Also, it is imbued with some of the knowledge
of your patron, and shares its alignment. It is also proficient in two
skills from the following list: Arcana, History, Insight,
Investigation, Nature, Perception, and Religion. While it is capable
of seeing and hearing its surroundings, it is not capable of speech
nor moving on its own. It communicates
by writing within the book’s pages, and through
its writing it can make or help with
mental ability checks.
For example, the book could make
an Intelligence (History) check to
recall lore, and then write down
whatever it recalls.
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 Arcane Traditions
At 2nd level, a wizard gains the Arcane Tradition feature. The
following additional options are available to a wizard: the Hall of
Heliomancy and the Hall of Pyromancy.
Hall of Heliomancy
As a heliomancer, you focus your studies on the magical energy
of the sun, and use it to create powerful bursts of radiance and
dazzling displays of light. Though much of your magic is
normally considered divine, you have managed to emulate these
same spells and effects through rigorous study and careful
experimentation. Some heliomancers learn their magic with the
company of clerics, and become respected members of a temple
or shrine. Others learn their magic in academic institutions—
though most institutions only focus on the regular schools of
magic, some teach rarer traditions such as this one.
Heliomancy Savant
Beginning when you select this school at 2nd level, the gold and
time you must spend to copy a spell that deals radiant damage
into your spellbook is halved.
Also, all spells that deal radiant damage or create light are
considered to be on the wizard spell list for you, unless the spell
can also restore hit points. These spells are considered wizard
spells for you and can be added to your spellbook, but other
wizards can’t copy these spells from your spellbook into their
own spellbooks.
Improved Light
When you choose this school at 2nd level, you learn the light
cantrip. If you already know this cantrip, you learn a different
wizard cantrip of your choice. The cantrip doesn’t count against
your number of cantrips known.
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For you, light has a casting time of 1 bonus action, a casting
range of 120 feet, and the spell no longer ends if you cast it again.
Instead, you can have a number of lights equal to your
Intelligence modifier (a minimum of 1) active at once. If you cast
light when you already have the maximum number of lights
active, you choose one of the lights to dismiss. You can also
dismiss a light using your bonus action.
Lastly, when you cast a spell that targets a creature within an
area of bright light created by one of your light spells, the spell’s
damage type becomes radiant if it isn’t already.
Lightcaster
Starting at 6th level, for the duration of light you can cast spells
as though you were in the space of the object that light was cast
on. You must use your own senses for the casting.
If you cast a spell of 1st level or higher in this way, you can
choose to telekinetically move the object that light was cast on up
to 20 feet in a direction of your choice if you cast a 1st level spell,
plus 10 feet for each slot level above 1st. The object must weigh
no more than than double your Wizard level in pounds, and it
must not be worn or carried. You can choose to move the object
before or after the spell is cast.
Arcane Splendor
Starting at 10th level, when you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for
a spell that deals radiant damage, you can reroll the die and must
use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. Also, when you
deal radiant damage to a creature, that creature begins to shed dim
light in a 5-foot radius until the end of your next turn. For this
duration, the creature can’t benefit from being invisible.
Exposing Radiance
At 14th level, the light you conjure begins to expose weaknesses
of creatures within it. When a creature within an area of bright
light that you’ve created would make a saving throw against one
of your spells, you can choose to impose disadvantage on that
saving throw. Once you impose disadvantage on a saving throw in
this way, you can’t impose it against the same creature again until
you finish a short or long rest.
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As a member of the Hall of Pyromancy, you have honed your
ability to harness the destructive power of elemental fire. Though
this school is often considered a sub-branch of the School of
Evocation, it also employs the use of transmutation magic that
controls fire, and is overall more specialized than an evoker.
Called pyromancers, members of this hall are often in high
demand in times of war, where their offensive power can be used
to redefine the battlefield and turn the tides of war. While many of
the most famous pyromancers are those employed in a state’s
military, many others are self-employed, working as adventurers,
mercenaries, or even simple bandits.
While many people unfamiliar with the hall think of
pyromancers as unhinged pyromaniacs, these wizards think of
combat in a very tactical manner. The flames and smoke they
conjure are used to manipulate the battlefield, giving the
pyromancer and their allies tactical advantages.
Pyromancy Savant
Beginning when you select this school at 2nd level, the gold and
time you must spend to copy a spell that deals fire damage into
your spellbook is halved.
Also, all spells that deal fire damage are considered to be on the
wizard spell list for you, unless the spell can also restore hit
points. These spells are considered wizard spells for you and can
be added to your spellbook, but other wizards can’t copy these
spells from your spellbook into their own spellbooks.
Scintillating Sparks
At 2nd level, you can manifest fire-starting sparks when you cast
spells. Once per turn when you cast a spell of 1st level or higher,
you can choose a number of unoccupied 5-foot squares on the
ground that you can see within 30 feet of you. The maximum
number of squares you can choose equals half the spell’s level,
rounded up. If the spell deals fire damage, you can choose twice
as many squares at maximum. Magical sparks fly towards each of
the areas you choose, lighting fires that fill 5-foot cubes extending
from those squares. When you light a fire in this way, you also
choose the fire’s color: green, violet, or white.
Each fire lasts until the start of your next turn, or until a
creature enters the fire’s area. When a creature enters a fire’s area,
the fire dissipates as that creature takes 1d4 fire damage and
suffers another effect based on the fire’s color, described below:
Green. The creature must make a Wisdom saving throw against
your wizard spell save DC. On a failed save, it takes necrotic
damage equal to half your wizard level, and it has disadvantage
on the next Dexterity saving throw it makes before the start of its
next turn.
Violet. The creature must make an Intelligence saving throw
against your wizard spell save DC. On a failed save, it takes
psychic damage equal to half your wizard level, and it has
disadvantage on the next Strength saving throw it makes before
the start of its next turn.
White. The creature must make a Charisma saving throw
against your wizard spell save DC. On a failed save, it takes
radiant damage equal to half your wizard level, and it has
disadvantage on the next Constitution saving throw it
makes before the start of its next turn.
Sparkmage
Starting at 6th level, your cantrips can create sparks as well. You
can use your Scintillating Sparks feature whenever you cast a
cantrip, rather than only when you cast spells of 1st level or
higher. When you use the feature in this way, you can choose up to
two 5-foot squares on the ground if the cantrip deals fire damage,
or one 5-foot square for other cantrips.
Toxic Smoke
Beginning at 10th level, when you cast a spell of 1st level or
higher than deals fire damage, you can cause the spell to leave
behind thick, black smoke. If the spell effects specific targets, a
5-foot radius of smoke extends from each target. If the spell
effects an area, the smoke fills the same area as the spell.
The smoke lasts until the start of your next turn, and its area is
heavily obscured for the duration. A creature that enters the smoke
for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there must make a
Constitution saving throw against your wizard spell save DC. On a
failed save, the creature is poisoned until the end of its next turn.
A creature that doesn’t need to breathe automatically succeeds on
this saving throw.
Protective Flames
Starting at 14th level, the fires created with your Scintillating
Sparks feature can be used to protect your allies.
When a friendly creature enters a fire’s area, you can choose to
have the fire not deal damage to the creature. Instead, as the fire
dissipates it grants that creature temporary hit points equal to half
your wizard level. These temporary hit points last until the end of
that creature’s next turn. Also, the creature gains an additional
benefits based on the fire’s color, described below:
Green. The creature has advantage on the next Dexterity or
Wisdom saving throw it makes before the start of its next turn.
Violet. The creature has advantage on the next Intelligence or
Strength saving throw it makes before the start of its next turn.
White. The creature has advantage on the next Charisma or
Constitution saving throw it makes before the start of its next turn.
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 Artificer Specialists
At 3rd level, an artificer gains the Artificer Specialist feature.
When an artificer gains this feature, the following additional
options are available to them: Firescrapper and Lightsmith.
Firescrapper
As the name implies, firescrappers specialize in the use of
pyromantic magic. They are quite unlike wizardly pyromancers,
however, as they use this magic to become powerful front-line
fighters rather than back-line mages. In the Last War, efforts of
firescrappers turned the tides of many a battle, and they were
highly valued assets of many different armies. Since the war’s
conclusion, the demand for these artificers has decreased
dramatically, but there are still many that learn and pass on the
techniques of this specialization.
Tool Proficiency
When you adopt this specialization at 3rd level, you gain
proficiency with smith's tools. If you already have this
proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan's
tools of your choice.
Firescrapper Spells
Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain spells prepared after
you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the
Firescrapper Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for
you, but they don't count against the number of artificer spells
you prepare.
Firescrapper Spells
Artificer Level Spells
3rd absorb elements, shield
5th flaming sphere, heat metal
9th fireball, lightning bolt
13th elemental bane, fire shield
17th dawn, immolation
Arcane Gauntlets
At 3rd level, you learn how to craft magical, technologically
enhanced gauntlets that make for brutally effective weapons.
Creating a pair of these magical gauntlets takes an hour of
uninterrupted work, which can coincide with a short or long rest,
and requires the use of smith's tools and 30 gp of materials.
Creating your first pair of gauntlets is free. The gauntlets are
specially designed for your body, and are ineffective when used
by other creatures. They are considered martial melee weapons
with which you are proficient. They deal 1d8 bludgeoning
damage on a hit, have the light property, and you use your
Intelligence modifier for their attack and damage rolls. Also,
when you engage in two-weapon fighting with these gauntlets,
you can add this modifier to the damage of the secondary attack.
Though the gauntlets are magical, they can still be infused.
While wielding these gauntlets, you can activate them as a
bonus action. Once you do so, you can't do so again until you
finish a long rest. You can also expend a spell slot of 1st level or
higher as an alternative way to activate them. If you spend a slot
of 2nd level or higher, the first time you hit a creature with the
activated gauntlets you deal an additional 1d8 fire or lightning
damage (your choice) to the target for each slot level above 1st.
The gauntlets remain activated for up to 1 minute. When
you hit a creature with one of your activated gauntlets, you
can choose to have the gauntlet deal an additional 1d8 fire
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damage or lightning damage to its target (you choose when you
activate the gauntlets). However, when you do so, each of your
gauntlets become heated until the end of the turn. If you choose to
deal this bonus damage while your gauntlets are heated, they
become overheated. This causes the target to take 3d8 additional
fire or lightning damage, rather than 1d8, and each creature in a
15-foot cone behind the target must make a Dexterity saving
throw against your artificer spell save DC, as heat is expelled
from your gauntlets in a blast of energy. A creature takes 3d8 fire
or lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on
a successful one. After your gauntlets overheat, they deactivate
and cannot be activated again for the next minute
Extra Attack
Starting at 5th level, you can attack twice, rather than once,
whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Enhanced Weaponry
By 9th level, you have incorporated a multitude of improvements
into your arcane gauntlets:
• Your gauntlets use d10s, rather than d8s, for all of their
damage rolls. This includes their weapon damage dice, as well
as the damage dice used for their activated effects.
• While you wield your gauntlets in both hands, you gain a +1
bonus to your AC.
• When you deal fire or lightning damage with your gauntlets,
you can choose to push damaged targets up to 10 feet away
from you.
Charged Defense
Starting at 15th level, you can channel the energy within your
contraptions into arcane armor. When you hit a creature with a
weapon attack, you can use this feature to gain 4d6 temporary hit
points that last until the start of your next turn. If any of these
temporary hit points remain at the end of their duration, a burst of
flame or lightning is expelled from you. Each creature within 5
feet of you takes fire damage or lightning damage (your choice)
equal to the remaining temporary hit points.
You can use this energy a number of times equal to your
Intelligence modifier (minimum of once), but you can do
so no more than once on a turn. You regain all expended
uses when you finish a long rest.
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Lightslinger
A Lightslinger learns how to harness magical, radiant energy and Lightsmith Weapons
put it to use in their weaponry. These artificers create complex Weapon Damage Properties
machines that channel and focus light, turning that energy into Aurum Blaster 1d8 radiant Ranged (60/240), recharge (4)
powerful beams that can sear their foes. These machines come in
Bolt Shooter 1d12 radiant Ranged (300/1200), recharge (2),
multiple varieties, each with a distinct purpose and common two-handed
name. The aurum blaster is the generalist weapon, and also the
Lux Cannon 1d8 radiant Special, recharge (2), two-handed
most defensive weapon, considering its common pairing with a
shield. The bolt shooter is a long range weapon, capable of The lux cannon’s special property is described below:
outranging longbows and taking out targets with powerful, Special. You do not make attack rolls with this weapon. Instead,
focused blasts. The lux cannon is a short ranged weapon, capable your attacks with it shoot blasts of radiant energy that fill a line
of hitting multiple foes at once. 5-feet wide and 10-feet long extending from you. Each creature in
Though lightslingers were relatively uncommon in the time of the area must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against your
the Last War, those that did exist made versatile combatants that Artificer spell save DC or take the damage of this weapon.
were an asset to any army. Capable both as front-line soldiers and
back-line artillery, these artificers are well respected warriors. Empowered Ammunition
Also at 3rd level, you can temporarily empower the shots of your
Tool Proficiency Lightsmith weapons. When you recharge one of these weapons,
When you adopt this specialization at 3rd level, you gain you can use this feature by expending a spell slot of 1st level or
proficiency with glassblower's tools. If you already have this higher. Also, once per long rest you can use this feature without
proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan's expending a spell slot, and gain the same effects as if you had used
tools of your choice. a 1st level spell slot. When you use this feature, the weapon gains
one of the following enhanced effects (based on the weapon’s
Lightslinger Spells type) until it is next recharged:
Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain spells prepared after Aurum Blaster. Attacks made with the weapon deal bonus
you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the radiant damage on a hit: 2d4 for a 1st level slot, plus 1d4 for each
Lightslinger Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for spell level higher than 1st. You can deal this bonus damage only
you, but they don't count against the number of artificer spells once per turn.
you prepare. Bolt Shooter. Attacks made with the weapon explode in a burst
of light. Hit or miss, the target and each creature within 5 feet of it
Lightslinger Spells must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against your artificer
Artificer Level Spells spell save DC or take 2d6 radiant damage for a 1st level slot, plus
3rd faerie fire, guiding bolt 1d6 for each spell level higher than 1st.
5th branding smite, moonbeam
Lux Cannon. The area of effect of attacks made with the
weapon become cones, rather than lines, and any creature that fails
9th crusader’s mantle, daylight
its save against this weapon is pushed up to 5 feet away from you,
13th guardian of faith, sickening radiance
knocked prone, and dealt 1d4 additional radiant damage. The
17th dawn, wall of light
cone’s size is equal to the line’s length. If you use a slot of 2nd
level or higher, the additional damage is increased by 2d4 for each
Lightsmith spell level higher than 1st.
Beginning at 3rd level, whenever you finish a short or
long rest, you can magically construct one of the
following weapons: an aurum blaster, a lux cannon,
or a bolt shooter. If you already have a weapon
constructed, you must transform that weapon into
a new type rather than constructing a new one.
After you gain this subclass, the first weapon you
construct is free. If you lose your weapon, however,
replacing it requires 50 gp of materials. Transforming
your weapon is always free. You are proficient with
these weapons, and you use your Intelligence modifier
for their attack and damage rolls. They function by
channelling your inner magic, and thus cannot be
wielded by other creatures. Each of these weapons
have the following special property:
Recharge (X). Only X attacks can be made with
a weapon that has the recharge property before it
needs to be recharged. A weapon can be recharged
as a bonus action (even if it still has charges left),
but it cannot be recharged on the same turn it
is used to make an attack.
The weapons’ other properties are detailed
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 Augmented Armaments
At 5th level, all of your weapons are improved. None of these
improvements can be combined with the Extra Attack feature.
Aurum Blaster. The aurum blaster’s recharge (4) property is
replaced with the recharge (8) property, and you can attack twice,
instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn
and attack only with your aurum blaster.
Bolt Shooter. When you take the Attack action on your turn,
you can make a single attack with your bolt shooter. This attack is
made with advantage, and unless this advantage is cancelled out
by disadvantage, it deals an additional 1d12 radiant damage on a
hit if the lower of the two rolls would also hit the target.
Lux Cannon. The lines created by this weapon have a length
of 20 feet, rather than 10 feet, and a creature that succeeds on the
save imposed by this weapon takes half damage, rather than none.
Aurum Bombs
At 9th level, you learn how to craft magical explosives, called
aurum bombs, that create bursts of blinding light. Whenever you
finish a long rest, you can create a number of aurum bombs equal
to your Intelligence modifier (minimum 1). Unused bombs
disappear when you take your next long rest.
As an action, you can throw an aurum bomb at a point you can
see within 60 feet of you. The bomb explodes at that point,
forcing each creature within a 10-foot radius area to make
Dexterity saving throws against your Artificer spell save DC. On
a failed save, a creature takes 2d10 radiant damage and is blinded
until the end of your next turn. On a successful save, a creature
takes half as much damage and is not blinded.
Radiant Mastery
Starting at 15th level, your Aurum Bombs and Lightsmith
Weapons are both improved.
• The damage of your aurum bombs is increased to 4d10.
• Each of your Lightsmith Weapons have an additional damage
die, for a total of 2d8 for the Aurum Blaster and Lux Cannon
and 2d12 for the Bolt Shooter.
• Whenever you use your Empowered Ammunition feature, you
can transform your Lightsmith weapon into another type
immediately before recharging it.
Focused Lightblade
Prerequisite: 6th-level artificer
Item: a rod, staff, or wand (requires attunement)
While holding this item, a creature gains a +1 bonus to spell
attack rolls. Also, the wielder of this item can use its bonus action
and expend a spell slot to cause a blade of radiant energy to
emerge from the tip of this item. For up to 1 minute, the item
becomes a simple melee weapon with the finesse property and a
+1 bonus to its attack and damage rolls. If the infused item is a
staff, it also has the reach and two-handed properties. It deals 1d8
radiant damage on a hit if the slot used is of 1st level. The damage
is increased to 2d8 for a 2nd or 3rd level slot, 3d8 for a 4th or 5th
level slot, 4d8 for a 6th or 7th level slot, or 5d8 for a slot of 8th
level or higher.
The effect ends early if the item leaves its wielder's hands.
Helm of Heat-vision
Prerequisite: 10th-level artificer
Item: a helmet (requires attunement)
While wearing this helmet, a creature has darkvision with a range
of 120 feet. Out to the range of this darkvision, the helmet’s
wearer can clearly see any objects or creatures that give off heat
(such as through a creature’s body temperature), even if those
creatures or objects are heavily obscured (though not behind total
cover), within an area of magical darkness, or invisible.
Shining Armor
Prerequisite: 6th-level artificer
Item: a suit of armor (requires attunement)
While wearing this armor, a creature gains a +1 bonus to Armor
Class, and can use a bonus action to cause the armor to shed dim
light in a 10-foot radius. The wearer can extinguish this light as a
bonus action.
Whenever a creature within this area of dim light takes
damage, the wearer can use its reaction to grant that creature
resistance to that instance of damage. The wearer cannot target
itself with this reaction.

Artificer Infusions
At 2nd level, an artificer gains the Artificer Infusions feature.
When an artificer gains this feature, the following additional
infusions are available to them.
The description of each of the following infusions details the
type of item that can receive it, along with whether the resulting
magic item requires attunement.
Some infusions specify a minimum artificer level. You can't
learn such an infusion until you are at least that level.
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Elemental Focus
Prerequisite: 6th-level artificer
Item: a rod, staff, or wand (requires attunement)
When you infuse this item, choose one of the following damage
types: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder. While holding this
item, a creature’s spells ignore resistance to damage of the chosen
type. Also, the creature gains a +1 bonus to the damage rolls of
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Chapter 3: Spells
HIS CHAPTER PRESENTS NEW SPELLS TO
to supplement those in the Player’s Handbook.
These new spells allow your character to better
harness divine magic, fire magic, and light magic.
Your DM might allow access to these spells at
character creation, or they might be discovered in
Phantasmal theatre (illusion)
Soothing hot spring (conjuration)
5th Level
Jono’s fiery portal (conjuration)
6th Level
Moonsilver (transmutation)
Sheltering light (evocation)

Cleric Spells
ancient tomes or taught by powerful celestials.

Spell Lists Cantrips (0 level)

Judgment (evocation)
The following spell lists show which spells can be cast by Lightshape (transmutation)
characters of each class. A spell's school of magic is noted in Radiant blast (evocation)
parentheses. If a spell can be cast as a ritual, the ritual tag also Reveal (evocation)
appears in the parentheses. 1st Level
Artificer Spells Ceremony (bonus rite) (abjuration)
Crystalline eye (divination)
Cantrips (0 level) Endurance (transmutation)
Reveal (evocation) Hand of helios (evocation)
Sensory transfer (transmutation) Silverflame torch (evocation)
Thermal burst (transmutation) Touch of dawn (evocation)
1st Level 2nd Level
Endurance (transmutation) Bind spirit (necromancy)
Silverflame torch (evocation) Charm of protection (abjuration)
Incandescent chain (conjuration)
2nd Level Mend wounds (evocation)
Charm of protection (abjuration) Soulstrike (transmutation)
Fire bombs (conjuration) 3rd Level
Wall of smoke (evocation)
Divine armament (conjuration)
3rd Level Holy rain (conjuration)
Bonds of light (conjuration) Pact of forgiveness (enchantment)
4th Level 4th Level
Aegis (transmutation) Aegis (transmutation)
Jono’s cozy shack (transmutation) Angel wings (conjuration)
5th Level Oath of peace (enchantment)
Navigator’s map (divination, ritual) Soothing hot spring (conjuration)
5th Level
Bard Spells Ambrosia (conjuration)
Halo (evocation)
Cantrips (0 level) Navigator’s map (divination, ritual)
Lightshape (transmutation) Sundisk (transmutation)
Radiant blast (evocation) 6th Level
Reveal (evocation)
Sensory transfer (transmutation) Moonsilver (transmutation)
Sheltering light (evocation)
1st Level
7th Level
Crystalline eye (divination)
Endurance (transmutation) Divine insight (divination, ritual)
Hand of helios (evocation) Restoration (transmutation)
Nobility/peasantry (enchantment) 9th Level
Sunmotes (conjuration) Petrifying light (transmutation)
2nd Level Sphere of judgment (conjuration)
Mend wounds (evocation)
Soulstrike (transmutation) Druid Spells
Spirit tracks (divination) Cantrips (0 level)
3rd Level Cindervines (conjuration)
Circle of smothering (transmutation) Lightshape (transmutation)
Pact of forgiveness (enchantment) Radiant blast (evocation)
4th Level Thermal burst (transmutation)
Oath of peace (enchantment) Reveal (evocation)

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 1st Level
Endurance (transmutation)
Silverflame torch (evocation)
Sunmotes (conjuration)
Touch of dawn (evocation)
2nd Level
Mend wounds (evocation)
Soulstrike (transmutation)
Spirit tracks (divination)
3rd Level
Boil (transmutation)
Circle of smothering (transmutation)
Flaming serpent (conjuration)
Holy rain (conjuration)
4th Level
Seeking sunfire (evocation)
Soothing hot spring (conjuration)
5th Level
Destructive impact (evocation)
Navigator’s map (divination, ritual)
6th Level
Sheltering light (evocation)
7th Level
Encroaching lava (conjuration)
Restoration (transmutation)
8th Level
Druidic avatar (transmutation)
Ranger Spells
1st Level
Endurance (transmutation)
Jono’s secret campfire (illusion)
2nd Level
Charm of protection (abjuration)
Mend wounds (evocation)
Spirit tracks (divination)
3rd Level
Bonds of light (conjuration)
4th Level
Light arrows (transmutation)
5th Level
Navigator’s map (divination, ritual)
Rainbow (transmutation)
Paladin Spells
1st Level
Ceremony (bonus rite) (abjuration)
2nd Level
Mend wounds (evocation)
Silencing smite (evocation)
3rd Level
Divine armament (conjuration)
Holy rain (conjuration)
Mirror shield (transmutation)
4th Level
Aegis (transmutation)
Zealous smite (evocation)
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5th Level
Ambrosia (conjuration)
Halo (evocation)
Sundisk (transmutation)
Sorcerer Spells
Cantrips (0 level)
Lightshape (transmutation)
Radiant blast (evocation)
Sensory transfer (transmutation)
Thermal burst (transmutation)
1st Level
Hand of helios (evocation)
Jono’s secret campfire (illusion)
Nobility/peasantry (enchantment)
Silverflame torch (evocation)
Sunmotes (conjuration)
Touch of dawn (evocation)
2nd Level
Cauterize (evocation)
Fire bombs (conjuration)
Incandescent chain (conjuration)
Soulstrike (transmutation)
Wall of smoke (evocation)
3rd Level
Boil (transmutation)
Bonds of light (conjuration)
Flaming serpent (conjuration)
4th Level
Mindfire (evocation)
Radiant deathflare (evocation)
Seeking sunfire (evocation)
Sunwhip (conjuration)
5th Level
Destructive impact (evocation)
Jono’s fiery portal (conjuration)
Magma burst (conjuration)
6th Level
Conflagration (evocation)
Lava coils (conjuration)
7th Level
Arsenal of flame (conjuration)
Encroaching lava (conjuration)
8th Level
Fireworks (evocation)
9th Level
Petrifying light (transmutation)
Shooting star (evocation)
Warlock Spells
Cantrips (0 level)
Reveal (evocation)
1st Level
Crystalline eye (divination)
Nobility/peasantry (enchantment)
2nd Level
Incandescent chain (conjuration)
Wall of smoke (evocation)
 3rd Level
Bonds of light (conjuration)
Flaming serpent (conjuration)
4th Level
Mindfire (evocation)
Radiant deathflare (evocation)
Sunwhip (conjuration)
5th Level
Magma burst (conjuration)
6th Level
Lava coils (conjuration)
7th Level
Arsenal of flame (conjuration)
9th Level
Petrifying light (transmutation)
Wizard Spells
Cantrips (0 level)
Lightshape (transmutation)
Radiant blast (evocation)
Sensory transfer (transmutation)
Thermal burst (transmutation)
1st Level
Crystalline eye (divination)
Jono’s secret campfire (illusion)
Nobility/peasantry (enchantment)
2nd Level
Charm of protection (abjuration)
Fire bombs (conjuration)
Wall of smoke (evocation)
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3rd Level
Boil (transmutation)
Circle of smothering (transmutation)
Flaming serpent (conjuration)
4th Level
Aegis (transmutation)
Mindfire (evocation)
Radiant deathflare (evocation)
Seeking sunfire (evocation)
Sunwhip (conjuration)
5th Level
Destructive impact (evocation)
Jono’s fiery portal (conjuration)
Magma burst (conjuration)
Navigator’s map (divination, ritual)
6th Level
Conflagration (evocation)
Lava coils (conjuration)
Moonsilver (transmutation)
7th Level
Arsenal of flame (conjuration)
Encroaching lava (conjuration)
Restoration (transmutation)
8th Level
Fireworks (evocation)
9th Level
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 Spell Descriptions
The spells are presented in alphabetical order. Also, the spell lists
for each spell appear in parentheses next to the spell’s school.
Aegis
4th-level transmutation (artificer, cleric, paladin, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 8 hours
You touch a nonmagical suit of armor. Until the spell ends, that
suit of armor becomes a magical suit of armor that grants a +1
bonus to its wearer’s AC. Also, for the duration the wearer has
resistance to damage from spells.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
6th level or higher, the AC bonus increases to +2. When you use a
spell slot of 8th level or higher, the AC bonus increases to +3.
Ambrosia
5th-level conjuration (cleric, paladin)
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (three fine glass bottles, worth at least 10
gp each)
Duration: 8 hours
You spend the casting time speaking a prayer, and then touch the
three glass bottles used as this spell’s material components. Each
bottle becomes filled with a sweet, aromatic liquid that glows
with divine magic. When the spell ends, this liquid instantly
evaporates if it was not consumed.
As an action, a creature can drink a bottle of ambrosia or
administer it to another creature. The creature is cured of any
disease or poison afflicting it, and for the next hour it is rendered
immune to disease, poison damage, and the poisoned condition,
For the same duration, it has advantage on Constitution saving
throws. Also, the ambrosia provides enough nourishment (both
food and drink) to sustain a creature for 1 day.
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Consistently drinking ambrosia can confer longevity upon
those that consume it. A creature that drinks ambrosia every day
for 30 days begins to reap this benefit. As long as the creature
continues to drink ambrosia every day, it ages at half the normal
rate. If the creature ever misses a day, it must drink for another 30
days before its aging begins to slow down again.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
6th level or higher, 1 additional bottles-worth of ambrosia is
conjured for each slot level above 5th. Additional glass bottles
must be provided for each additional bottles-worth of ambrosia.
Angel Wings
4th-level conjuration (cleric)
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when a creature within
90 feet of you that you can see would be reduced to 0 hit points
but not killed outright.
Range: 90 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
You point your finger, and the creature that would’ve been
reduced to 0 hit points instead drops to 1 hit point, and then
regains additional hit points equal to 1d8 + your spellcasting
ability modifier (minimum 1). The creature is also bestowed with
large, angelic wings that allow it to immediately use its reaction
to fly up to 30 feet without provoking opportunity attacks. The
wings disappear at the end of the turn, causing the creature to fall
if it ended the turn in the air.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
6th level or higher, the healing increases by 1d8 for each slot level
above 5th.
Arsenal of Flame
7th-level conjuration (sorcerer, warlock, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
You cause an array of flaming, spectral weaponry to spark into
existence, and begin to assault your foes. Choose up to six
creatures you can see within range. For each creature you target,
you conjure a flaming weapon in an unoccupied space within 5
feet of the target. Each weapon then makes a melee spell attack
against its target using your spell attack modifier to hit, dealing
6d6 fire damage on a hit.
At the start of each of your turns, each weapon attempts to
move up to 30 feet closer to its target if the target is outside of its
5-foot reach, is within 120 feet of you, and is seen by you. If the
weapon reaches its target, it repeats its attack against it. Also, if
you see a weapon’s target leave the weapon’s 5-foot reach, you
can use your reaction to have the weapon make an opportunity
attack against the target, following the normal rules for
opportunity attacks.
If a weapon’s target dies, that weapon dissipates into ash.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
8th level or higher, you can target two additional creatures for
each slot level above 7th.
Bind Spirit
2nd-level necromancy (cleric)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (a golden ring, bracelet, or necklace inlaid
with a ruby, worth at least 200 gp in total)
Duration: 10 days
You touch the piece of jewelry that serves as the material
component for this spell to a creature that has died within the last
hour. If the creature’s soul is willing, it becomes bound to that
piece of jewelry for the duration.
While the soul is bound in this way, it can telepathically
communicate with any creature that wears the jewelry it is bound
to, and that creature can telepathically communicate to it as well.
The spell ends early if the jewelry is destroyed, if the bound
creature is returned to life, or if this spell is cast on the same
creature again and it chooses to leave to the new of jewelry.
Boil
3rd-level transmutation (druid, sorcerer, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 90 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You cause the area of a 30-foot cube within range to instantly
increase in temperature. This temperature increase lasts for the
duration. When the area appears, each creature in it must make a
Constitution saving throw. A creature takes 3d6 fire damage on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A
creature must also make this saving throw when it enters the
spell's area for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there.
This spell has additional effects when overlapping with areas of
water. Being underwater does not confer resistance against the
fire damage dealt by this spell. Also, any underwater areas within
the spell’s area start bubbling furiously, turning those areas into
difficult terrain and causing them to be heavily obscured.
Above water, however, this spell can be difficult to see. A
creature that starts its turn within 60 feet of the area and can see
the area must make a Wisdom (Perception) check to notice the
heat haze caused by this spell, and therefore notice the spell’s
effect. The DC for this check equals your spell save DC.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot
level above 3rd.
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 Bonds of Light
3rd-level conjuration (artificer, sorcerer, ranger, warlock)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
You conjure a cord of light, and throw it at a creature you can see
within range. The target must make a Strength saving throw. On a
failed save, the target takes 3d6 radiant damage and is restrained
for the spell’s duration as the cord ensnares it. On a successful
save, the cord of light falls to the ground below the target’s space.
On a subsequent turn during the duration, you can use your action
to pick up the fallen cord if you are within 5 feet of it, and you
can start carrying it or throw the cord again at a target within 60
feet of you as part of the same action.
If you are within 60 feet of the restrained target, you can
use your action to move it up to 30 feet in a direction of your
choice, stopping early if it impacts against a solid surface or
would move to be more than 60 feet away from you. If the target
weighs more than 500 pounds, it can only be moved up to 15 feet,
and it cannot be moved upwards or suspended in the air. If the
target would impact against a creature, that creature must make a
Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the target strikes the
other creature and stops moving. When the target strikes
something, the target and what it strikes each take 2d6
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To break out, the restrained target can use its action to make a
Strength check against your spell save DC. On a success, the
target escapes and the cord falls to the ground, where it can be
picked up and thrown again as described earlier.
Also, the bonds shed bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim Charm of Protection
light 10 feet beyond that. 2nd-level abjuration (artificer, cleric, ranger, wizard)
Cauterize Casting Time: 1 minute
2nd-level evocation (sorcerer) Range: Touch
Casting Time: 1 action Components: V, S, M (a golden ring, bracelet, or necklace worth
Range: Touch at least 50 gp in total)
Components: V, S Duration: 24 hours
Duration: 1 round You touch the piece of jewelry that serves as the material
You touch a creature’s wound, causing the creature to regain a component for this spell, bestowing magical energy into it. This
number of hit points equal to 2d8 + your spellcasting ability magic activates when certain conditions are met. By default, it
modifier, while inflicting an excruciating burning sensation. activates when an aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, fiend, or
During its next turn, the creature’s speed is halved and it is undead moves within 30 feet of the jewelry. This trigger can be
incapacitated by pain. This spell does not restore hit points to nor refined to only activate for a subset of those creature types, and
incapacitate constructs or undead. you can choose to exclude specific creatures of your choice from
If you attempt to target an unwilling creature, that creature triggering the activation.
must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw to avoid the spell. When the magic activates, the jewelry begins to glow, emitting
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light 10 feet beyond that.
3rd level or higher, the healing increases by 1d8 for each slot The color of this light depends on the creature type of the creature
level above 2nd. that activated this magic: purple for aberrations, white for
celestials, blue for elementals, yellow for fey, red for fiends, and
Ceremony (Bonus Rite) green for undead. Also, the jewelry creates a magical ward. Roll
When you cast the ceremony spell, the following rite is available 4d4. The ward has hit points equal to the number rolled.
to cast alongside the other options presented in Xanathar’s Guide Whenever the jewelry’s wearer would take damage from an
to Everything. aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, fiend, or undead, the ward
Sibling of the Faith. You touch one humanoid that has been takes the damage instead. If the ward is reduced to 0 hit points,
dedicated to your god’s service for at least one year. A symbol of the wearer takes any remaining damage,
your god is inscribed somewhere on the target’s body, most The magic remains activated for 10 minutes, or until the ward
commonly upon a hand or on the forehead. This symbol is is reduced to 0 hit points. Then the spell ends.
invisible to other creatures, with the exception of other At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
humanoids that bear the same symbol. A creature with truesight 3rd level or higher, the ward’s hit points increase by 2d4 for each
can also see the symbol. slot level above 2nd.
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Cindervines
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Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 15 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
You conjure two cords of fire and ash, and cause them to lash at
one or two creatures within range. If you choose two creatures,
those creatures must be within 15 feet of each other, and you
make one melee spell attack against each of them. If you choose
one creature, you make two melee spell attacks against that
creature. On each hit, a target takes 1d4 fire damage. If an effect
would allow you to add bonus damage to these attacks, you only
add the bonus damage to the first attack that hits.
If you attack two separate targets and both of your attacks hit,
then each target is pulled up to 5 feet closer to the other.
If you attack a single target and both of your attacks hit, that
target is pulled up to 5 feet closer to you.
This spell’s damage increases by 1d4 when you reach 5th level
(2d4), 11th level (3d4), and 17th level (4d4) burning for the duration.
Circle of Smothering At the end of each of its
turns, the target repeats
3rd-level transmutation (bard, druid, wizard) the saving throw. On a
Casting Time: 1 action failed save, roll the same
Range: 60 feet number of d12s as the last
Components: V, S, M (a small piece of a woolen blanket) time you dealt damage with this
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour spell. On a successful save, roll one less d12. When no d12s
remain, the spell ends early. The target takes damage equal to the
You significantly reduce the oxygen content of the air in a 30-foot
number rolled. For example, a creature that succeeds on its saving
radius area centered on a point you can see within range. Due to
throw each turn would take 2d12 damage from the initial save,
the lack of oxygen, any fires within the area near instantly go out,
1d12 from the next save, and the spell would end after the third
and creatures within the area have resistance to fire damage.
save is made.
The area is also dangerous for breathing creatures. When a
If the target dies before the spell ends, its body is reduced to
creature ends its turn in the area without holding its breath or if it
ash and the flames that enveloped it lash out to strike at nearby
stops holding its breath in the area for the first time in a round,
foes. Each creature of your choice within a 20-foot radius
roll 6d6. For each round that the creature has consecutively
centered on the target must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking
remained in the area without holding its breath, add a +10 bonus
6d12 fire damage on a failed saving throw or half as much
to this roll. If the creature’s current hit points are lower than the
damage on a successful one. Then, the spell ends.
total, the creature falls unconscious until it damaged or shaken
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
awake. Creatures that don't need to breathe are unaffected by this
7th level or higher, the initial damage dealt and area damage dealt
part of the spell.
when the target dies each increase by 1d12 for each slot level
When the spell is cast, a creature within the area can use its
above 6th.
reaction to begin holding its breath before the air becomes too
dangerous to breathe. A creature can also hold its breath before Crystalline Eye
entering the area, as normal, but it is impossible for a creature to 1st-level divination (bard, cleric, warlock, wizard)
start holding its breath inside the area, and it is especially difficult
for a creature to hold its breath in the area for long periods. A Casting Time: 1 action
creature that holds its breath while in the area must maintain its Range: Touch
concentration on doing so, as if it were concentrating on a spell. Components: V, S, M (a synthetic eye made from glass or
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of crystal, worth at least 50 gp)
4th level or higher, the roll increases by 1d6 and the radius of the Duration: 1 hour
area increases by 10 feet for each slot level above 3rd. You touch the eye used as this spell’s material component, and
Conflagration imbue it with magical power. As long as you are within 100 feet
of the eye, you can use your action to see out of it until the start of
6th-level evocation (sorcerer, wizard) your next turn, becoming blinded to your own senses. You can see
Casting Time: 1 action from it in any direction.
Range: 150 feet The eye can be manipulated as normal. It can be thrown, rolled
Components: V, S across the floor, or subjected to similar effects without damaging
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute it or ending the spell. The eye has 5 hit points and an AC of 13. If
the eye is reduced to 0 hit points, the spell ends and the material
You cause one creature you can see within range to become
component is rendered unusable for future castings.
enveloped in fire. The target must make a Constitution saving
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
throw. It takes 3d12 fire damage on a failed saving throw, or 2d12
2nd level or higher, the distance threshold for seeing from the eye
fire damage on a successful one. Either way, the target continues
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 Destructive Impact
5th-level evocation (druid, sorcerer, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 300 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 round
You cause an orb of fire and molten rock to come crashing down
from the sky, targeting a point on the ground you can see within
range. You must be outdoors to cast this spell. When you cast this
spell, the fiery orb materializes as an easily visible point in the
sky that casts a 5-foot radius shadow centered on the point you
targeted. At the start of your next turn, the orb lands at that point
and explodes. Each creature in a 40-foot radius sphere centered
on that point must make a Dexterity saving throw. The sphere
spreads around corners. A creature within a 10-foot radius of the
point of impact takes 7d8 fire damage and 3d8 bludgeoning
damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful
one. Creatures within the remaining area only take the fire
damage component of the blast, rather than taking both fire and
bludgeoning damage.
This spell deals twice that amount of damage to objects and
structures within the area, and ignites flammable objects that
aren’t being worn or carried.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
6th level or higher, the fire damage increases by 1d8 for each slot
level above 5th.
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Divine Armament
3rd-level conjuration (cleric, paladin)
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You draw energy from the positive plane, and shape it into
solidified light that forms one of the following sets of equipment:
Axes. You form two battleaxes, one in each of your hands.
Each axe deals 2d6 radiant damage on a hit, and has the light and
thrown properties (range 20/60). If you hit a single target with
both axes on the same turn, that target’s speed is reduced to 0
until the start of your next turn.
Bow. You form a longbow in your hands. The bow magically
forms ammunition when you pull back the string, and it deals
2d10 radiant damage on a hit. It has the ammunition (range
150/600) and two-handed properties. Any effect that normally
only applies to melee weapon attacks can also apply to ranged
attacks made with this weapon.
Hammer. You form a maul in your hands. The maul deals 3d8
radiant damage on a hit, and has the two-handed property. When
you hit a creature with the maul, you can push that creature up to
10 feet away from you.
Spear. You form a long spear in your hands. The spear deals
3d8 radiant damage on a hit, has the two-handed property, and
adds 10 feet to your reach when you attack with it.
Sword and Shield. You form a sword in one of your hands and
a shield in the other. The sword deals 2d8 radiant damage on a hit,
and has the finesse property. The shield provides the same bonus
as a normal shield, but also causes ranged attacks to have
disadvantage against you.
Whip. You form a whip in one of your hands. The whip deals
3d6 radiant damage on a hit, and has the finesse and reach
properties. Whenever you hit a creature with the whip, you can
pull the target up to 5 feet closer to you.
Anything conjured by this spell lasts for the duration, and you
are considered proficient in wielding any conjured equipment.
Also, the equipment sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim
light 10 feet beyond that. If you were holding any objects in your
hands when you cast this spell, you can choose to shunt some or
all of those objects to a temporary demiplane for the duration.
When the spell ends, those objects return to your hands.
If you drop a piece of equipment or throw it, it dissipates at the
end of the turn. Thereafter, while the spell persists, you can use a
bonus action to cause any of the dissipated equipment to reappear
in your hands.
Divine Insight
7th-level divination (ritual) (cleric) Earth. The earth trembles beneath your feet before it
animates and ensnares the creatures around you. Each creature
Casting Time: 1 minute
that fails its save is restrained until the start of your next turn.
Range: Self
Fire. Flames course around you. Each creature that fails its
Components: V, S, M (incense, a drop of your blood, and a vial
save takes 4d8 fire damage.
of holy or unholy water)
Water. Tendrils of water grasp at the creatures around you.
Duration: 1 minute
Each creature that fails its save takes 2d8 bludgeoning damage
You contact your deity or a divine proxy, and ask for a reminder, and is pulled up to 10 feet closer to you.
advice, or an omen. These three options are described below:
While the spell lasts, your form cannot be changed, whether
Reminder. You are given information regarding the past. The
through Wild Shape, polymorph, enlarge/reduce, or other such
divine being you are put in contact with reminds you of the most
magic. When the spell ends, you gain a level of exhaustion.
important piece of information that it thinks you may have
At Higher Levels. When you
forgotten or overlooked.
cast this spell with a 9th level
Advice. You are given information regarding the present. The
spell slot, you gain 75
divine being you are put in contact with gives you advice on how
temporary hit points,
to best complete your current task.
rather than 50.
Omen. You are given information regarding the future. The
divine being you are put in contact with tells you about a
significant event that is likely to occur in the near future.
Regardless of the option you choose, the answer will consist of
at most a few sentences. Art by
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are put in contact with could ask you to choose a different option,
as the being might not have any information to offer you of the
type you sought.
If you cast the spell two or more times before finishing your
next long rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each
casting after the first that you get no answer.
Druidic Avatar
8th-level transmutation (druid)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (three twigs, each from a different species
of tree.)
Duration: 1 minute
You call upon powerful magic of the Old Faith, and transform
yourself into an avatar of nature. For the duration, you gain the
following benefits as you sprout treant-esque limbs and attune
yourself to the elements.
• Your size becomes Huge, and your weight is multiplied by 30.
If there isn’t enough space for your new form, the spell fails.
• You gain 50 temporary hit points. If any of these remain when
the spell ends, they are lost.
• You gain a +1 bonus to your AC.
• You have advantage on Strength saving throws, Constitution
saving throws, and Strength checks.
• Your limbs become natural weapons with a 2d8 damage die
and a 10-foot reach. You are proficient in attacking with them,
and you use your spellcasting ability modifier for their attack
and damage rolls.
• You can attack twice, instead of once, when you take the
Attack action on your turn. You ignore this benefit if you
already have a feature that gives you extra attacks.
• As a bonus action, you can release a burst of elemental energy.
Choose earth, air, fire, or water. Each creature within 15 feet of
you, other than you, must make a Dexterity saving throw. The
effect of this action depends on the element chosen:
Air. The air around you bursts outwards, forcing other
creatures away from you. Each creature that fails its save is
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 Encroaching Lava
7th-level conjuration (druid, sorcerer, warlock, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 150 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Molten lava begins to burst out of a point on the ground that you
can see within range, creating a 1-foot thick layer of lava on the
ground that fills a 30-foot radius area centered on that point. The
lava spreads around corners, and is difficult terrain.
When a creature enters the spell's area for the first time on a
turn or starts its turn there, that creature must make a Dexterity
saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 10d6 fire damage,
and is ignited for the duration. On a successful save, a creature
takes half as much damage and is not ignited. The lava also
damages objects in its area, and ignites flammable objects that
aren’t being worn or carried.
An ignited creature suffers no additional effect while it remains
in the lava. However, if an ignited creature starts its turn outside
of the lava, it takes 2d6 fire damage as it continues to burn. The
effect ends after 1 minute, or if the ignited creature or another
creature within 5 feet of it uses an action to douse the flames.
At the start of each of your turns, the lava spreads out further,
increasing the radius of the area by 10 feet. The lava spreading
into a creature’s space does not damage that creature until it starts
its turn in the lava.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
8th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot
level above 7th.
Endurance
1st-level transmutation (artificer, bard, cleric, druid, ranger)
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (two days worth of rations, worth at least
1 gp in total, which the spell consumes)
Duration: 8 hours
You touch a creature, granting it supernatural endurance. For the
duration, the creature ignores the effects of extreme heat, extreme
cold, frigid water, and high altitude. Also, it can hold its breath for
twice as long as normal. Lastly, the creature has advantage on any
saving throws made to avoid or recover from exhaustion.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
2nd level or higher, you can touch an additional creature during
the cast time for each slot level above 1st. Each creature you
touch is granted this spell’s effect.
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Fire Bombs
2nd-level conjuration (artificer, sorcerer, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (chunks of coal)
Duration: 1 minute
You conjure three fist-sized fiery orbs and hurl them at targets
within range. You can hurl them at one target or several. For each
orb hurled at a creature, that creature can make a Dexterity saving
throw to avoid the orb. On a failed save, the orb sticks to that
creature for the duration. On a successful save, the orb falls,
sticking to the ground in that creature’s space for the duration. As
an action, a creature can remove an orb from itself and let it fall to
the ground. Each orb sheds dim light in a 5-foot radius.
As a bonus action during the duration, you can cause one of the
unexploded orbs to explode. Each creature within 10 feet of the
orb must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d4 fire damage
on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A
creature stuck by the orb automatically fails this saving throw.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
3rd level or higher, you conjure and throw an additional orb for
each slot level above 2nd. If you use a spell of 4th level or higher,
you can explode 2 orbs with a single bonus action. This increases
to 3 with a 6th level slot, and 4 with an 8th level slot.
Fireworks
8th-level evocation (sorcerer, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 300 feet
Components: V, S, M (a pinch of sulfur, and various powdered
metals)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
The ground in a 150-foot-square centered on a point within range
cracks and churns, turning the ground in that area into difficult
terrain until cleared. Each 5-foot-square portion of the area
requires at least 1 minute to clear by hand.
When you cast this spell and at the start of each of your turns
for as long as this spell lasts, choose up to four 5-foot-square
portions of this difficult terrain. From each square chosen, a
5-foot-wide, 300-foot-long line of fire is expelled vertically from
the ground. Each creature within a line must make a Dexterity
saving throw. A creature takes 7d10 fire damage on a failed save,
or half as much damage on a successful one. If a creature would
be in the area of multiple lines, it only makes one saving throw.
The damage roll of that saving throw is increased by 1d10 for
each line the creature is in beyond the first.
Each of these lines then become filled with dark, toxic smoke
until the start of your next turn, heavily obscuring the areas. A
creature that enters the smoke for the first time on a turn or ends
its turn there must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or
become poisoned until the end of its next turn.
Any line of fire that goes its full distance without stopping on a
solid surface explodes in a blast of scintillating colors. These
blasts emit thunderous booms audible out to 1000 feet.
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Flaming Serpent
3rd-level conjuration (druid, sorcerer, warlock, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (the ashes of a snakeskin)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You meld elemental fire into the form of a semi-solid floating
serpent that circles around a Large or smaller creature you can see
within range, sharing its space. For the duration, the serpent sheds
bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10
feet. When you cast this spell, and as an action on each of your
turns until the spell ends, you can choose one of the following
actions for the serpent to perform if it is within 60 feet of you:
Constrict. The serpent attempts to constrict the creature its
circling. That creature must make a Strength saving throw. On a
failed save, it takes 3d8 fire damage and has disadvantage on
attack rolls until the end of your next turn. On a successful save, it
takes half as much damage and suffers no other effect.
Protect. The serpent protects the creature its circling. Until the
end of your next turn, that creature has resistance to fire damage,
attack rolls against it are made with disadvantage, and it makes
Dexterity saving throws with advantage.
Reposition. The serpent moves to a different creature that you
can see within 60 feet of you, and starts circling that creature
instead. It moves to its new target by the shortest possible route.
Each creature of your choice along a 5-foot wide line following
the serpent’s route must make a Dexterity saving throw. Both the
target creature and the creature the serpent was previously
circling are valid choices. A creature takes 3d6 fire damage on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
If the creature the serpent is circling dies, you must take the
reposition action on your next turn. Otherwise, the spell ends.
Halo
5th-level evocation (cleric, paladin)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
A ring of radiant energy forms along the edge of a 20-foot radius,
10-foot high cylinder centered on a point within range. Until the
spell ends, bright light fills the cylinder, and dim light extends 10
feet byond it.
When a hostile creature enters the spell’s area
for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there,
it must make a Constitution saving throw. The
creature takes 3d10 radiant damage on a failed
save or half as much damage on a successful one.
When a friendly creature enters the spell’s area for
the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it gains
3d4 temporary hit points. These temporary hit points
last for as long as the creature remains within the area.
The outer edge of the cylinder forms a wall that
traps hostile creatures within. A hostile creature within
5 feet of the edge of the cylinder can use its action to
attempt to push through the cylinder’s wall. It must
make a Strength check against your spell save DC. On
a success, it moves 5 feet outside of the cylinder.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a
spell slot of 6th level or higher, the damage increases
by 1d10 and the temporary hit points increase by 1d4
for each slot level above 5th.
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Hand of Helios
1st-level evocation (bard, cleric, sorcerer)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 20 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
You form radiant energy into a vaguely hand-shaped form that
sweeps forward along a 5-foot-wide line that is up to 20 feet long.
The line emanates from you in a direction you choose. Each
creature in the line must make a Dexterity saving throw. A
creature takes 2d6 radiant damage on a failed save, or half as
much damage on a successful one. One creature within the line
must also make a Strength saving throw, as the hand attempts to
grasp and throw it rather than merely passing through it. On a
failed save, it takes 1d6 radiant damage and is thrown up to 10
feet in a horizontal direction of your choice.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
2nd level or higher, the damage dealt on a failed Dexterity saving
throw increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 1st.
Holy Rain
3rd-level conjuration (cleric, druid, paladin)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S, M (a drop of holy water)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
Until the spell ends, a light rain falls in a 60-foot-tall cylinder
with a 30-foot radius centered on a point you choose within
range. The area is dim light, and exposed flames within the area
are doused.
This rain is holy water. An undead or fiend that starts its turn
within the area or enters it for the first time on a turn must make a
Constitution saving throw, taking 3d6 radiant damage on a failed
save or half as much damage on a successful one.
The rain also has healing properties. Any corpse within this
area can’t become undead, and any nonhostile, living creature
within the area that starts its turn with 0 hit points is stabilized. A
nonhostile creature that remains within the area regains 1d4 hit
points for every 10 minutes it remains there.
Lastly, if you maintain your concentration on this spell for its
whole duration, plants within the area become enriched. For the
next 10 days, these plants grow twice as fast.
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Incandescent Chain
2nd-level conjuration (cleric, sorcerer, warlock)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute.
You conjure a chain of light connected to a point on a surface that
you can see within range. When the chain is conjured, it attempts
to bind itself to a creature within 30 feet of it. The target must
make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes
2d6 radiant damage and is bound by the chain until the start of
your next turn. On a successful save, the target takes half as much
damage and is not bound. If the spell ends, the bind ends as well.
A bound target’s speed is halved. At the start of your next turn,
the chain attempts to pull its target before it unbinds from it. The
bound creature must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be
pulled up to 15 feet closer to the point the chain is connected to.
While the spell lasts, you can use your action to cause the chain
the attempt to bind itself to a creature in the same manner as when
you first cast the spell. You can target the same creature or a
different one, as long as the targeted creature is within 30 feet of
the point the chain is connected to.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot
level above 2nd.
Jono’s Cozy Shack
4th-level transmutation (artificer, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a 1/24th scale model cabin, worth at least
100 gp for an unfurnished cabin or more for a furnished one)
Duration: 10 days
The model cabin that serves as the material component of this
spell magically expands by a factor of 24, until it becomes the
size of a real cabin. The full-size cabin must fit on a square area
of ground within range that is no larger than 30 feet on a side.
Any creatures within the area are harmlessly pushed out of it as
the cabin expands.
The cabin shares the layout of the model used as its material
component, which must fit within a 15-inch cube. The model is
constructed before the spell is cast. Its walls must make up an
enclosed single story area, with one or two doors and up to four
windows. The walls are constructed with miniature wooden logs,
and are composed of 5-inch tall, 2.5-inch wide panels that are half
an inch thick. As the cabin expands by a factor of 24, the walls of
the full size cabin are therefore composed of 10-foot tall, 5-foot
wide panels that are 1 foot thick. It also has an accordingly sized
roof (with attic space) and wooden flooring.
By default, the cabin is unfurnished. 1/24th scale furnishings
can be added to the model before the spell is cast. Though these
model furnishings require far less raw materials than their full
size counterparts, the magical process used to bind them to the
cabin makes up for the difference, causing them to cost the same
amount as their full size versions. As many furnishings as can fit
inside the model can be added.
As you cast the spell, or as an action during the duration, you
can designate one more more creatures as unwelcome within the
cabin. You can choose individual creatures, or entire creature
types. If an unwelcome creature starts its turn within the cabin, it
must succeed on a Charisma saving throw or be teleported 30 feet
outside of the cabin to a non-harmful location. You can also use
your action to designate unwelcome creatures as welcome.
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When the spell ends, any creatures within the cabin are
harmlessly ejected, as are any objects that were not a part of the
original model. The objects that were a part of the original model
are moved back to their original positions within the model,
though they are not restored to their original conditions. Objects
that were damaged or broken remain so in the model.
As an action, you can end the spell early.
Jono’s Fiery Portal
5th-level conjuration (bard, sorcerer, wizard)
Casting Time: 10 minutes
Range: 10 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: 10 days
As you cast this spell, you burn a series of runic marks onto a
10-foot square surface that you can see within range, creating a
runic pattern that fills the square and lasts for the duration,
unless they are dispelled or the surface they are on is destroyed.
If you have two or more of these patterns active at once, you
can use your action to touch one of the patterns, causing the
marks of that pattern as well as another active pattern of your
choice on the same plane of existence to slowly burn away. After
1 minute, the patterns fully burn away, and both 10-foot square
surfaces become connected portals surrounded by a ring of fire.
These portals remain open for 1 minute. Any creature or object
that enters a portal instantly appears within 5 feet of the opposite
portal or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied,
conserving its momentum as it passes through.
When the portals open, you can allow any number of creatures
you select to safely move between the portals. If any other
creature enters a portal, it takes 4d8 fire damage as it passes
through it. The portals can also be seen through.
If one of the portals is dispelled, both portals close.
When the portals close, the spell ends for each portal.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
6th level or higher, the fire damage increases by 1d8 and the
spell’s duration increases by 10 days for each slot level above 5th.
Jono’s Secret Campfire
1st-level illusion (ranger, sorcerer, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 minute
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Components: S, M (a set of twigs)
Duration: 1 hour
You create a magical, silver-flamed campfire that fills a 5-foot
cube extending from an area of ground that you can see within
range. It lasts for the duration and sheds no smoke, but outside of
that and its silver flames it is identical to a nonmagical fire.
For the duration, a 15-foot radius area around the fire is
concealed by an illusion. When viewed from outside the area,
this illusion causes the area to appear as it did before this spell
was cast, thereby concealing new creatures and objects that
enter the area. The area is also filled with bright light, which
does not extend outside of it.
A creature that uses its action to examine the area can
determine that it is concealed by an illusion with a successful
Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC.
Similarly, a creature that enters the area immediately discerns
the illusion for what it is. If a creature discerns the illusion
for what it is, the creature can see through it.
At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot
of 3rd level or higher, the duration becomes 8 hours. If
you use a slot of 5th level or higher, the duration
becomes 10 days. If you use a slot of 7th level or
higher, the spell lasts until it is dispelled.
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 Judgment next turn, and its speed is halved for the same duration
Evocation cantrip (cleric) If the quiver leaves your possession, the spell ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 5th level
Casting Time: 1 action spell slot, the bonus radiant damage becomes 1d10.
Range: Touch
Components: V, S Lightshape
Duration: 1 round Transmutation cantrip (bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, wizard)
Your hand momentarily flashes with light as you try to touch a Casting Time: 1 action
creature. Make a melee spell attack against the target. You have Range: 60 feet
advantage on the attack roll if the target attacked a creature other Components: V, S
than you on its last turn. On a hit, the target takes 1d6 radiant Duration: Instantaneous or 1 hour (see below)
damage, and it begins to shimmer faintly until the start of your
You choose an area of bright and/or dim light that you can see
next turn. If the target attacks a creature other than you before
within range and that fits within a 20-foot cube. You affect it in
then, it immediately takes 1d6 radiant damage, its attack gains
one of the following ways:
disadvantage, and the spell ends.
Both rolls of this spell’s damage increase by 1d6 when you • You change the light’s color. This change lasts for 1 hour
reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6) • You change the light from dim light to bright light, or vice
versa. The change lasts for 1 hour.
Lava Coils • You focus the light onto a point, causing a flammable object
6th-level conjuration (sorcerer, warlock, wizard) within the area that isn’t being worn or carried to ignite.
Casting Time: 1 action • You cause the light to flash in a creature’s eyes. One creature
Range: 30 feet in the area must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or
Components: V, S have disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the
Duration: Instantaneous end of your next turn, and be unable to make opportunity
attacks for the same duration. A creature immune to the
You conjure coiling tendrils of lava around up to two creatures of blinded condition automatically succeeds on this saving throw.
your choice that you can see within range. Each target takes 4d6
fire damage, and must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three
become restrained until the start of your next turn. When the non-instantaneous effects created by it active at a time, and you
restrain ends, a target takes another 6d6 fire damage. can dismiss such an effect as an action.
If a creature dies while restrained by the spell or from this
spell’s damage, its body is burned and absorbed into the lava,
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items. The creature can be restored to life only by means of a true
resurrection or a wish spell. The lava then falls to the ground,
creating a 1-foot thick layer that fills a square area on the ground
with sides of the same length as the sides of the deceased
creature’s space. The lava pool lasts for 1 minute. A creature that
starts its turn within a lava pool or enters it for the first time on a
turn must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 4d6 fire damage
on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
7th level or higher, you can target an additional creature for each
slot level above 6th.
Light Arrows
4th-level transmutation (ranger)
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (a quiver)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You call upon radiant magic, and imbue it into your
quiver. For the duration, your quiver produces an
endless supply of radiant arrows or crossbow bolts
that you can use for any weapon you wield that
requires those ammunitions.
When you attack with this ammunition, your attacks
deal 1d6 additional radiant damage on a hit, have
triple their normal range, and their damage type
becomes radiant. Also, once per turn when you
hit a creature with this ammunition, you can force
it to make a Constitution saving throw. On a
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Magma Burst A burning target takes 2d4 fire damage at the start of each of its
5th-level conjuration (sorcerer, warlock, wizard) turns, has disadvantage on concentration checks, and takes
Casting Time: 1 action additional fire damage whenever it casts a spell. The fire damage
Range: 60 feet is 2d4 if the creature casts a 1st level spell or a cantrip, and is
Components: V, S increased by 1d4 for each slot level above 1st if the creature casts
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute a higher level spell.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
A mass of magma erupts into existence at a point you can see 5th level or higher, the initial damage increases by 2d4 for each
within range. Each creature in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on slot level above 4th.
that point must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a
target takes 5d10 fire damage, and is enveloped in lava for the Mirror Shield
duration. On a successful save, a target takes half as much 3rd-level transmutation (paladin)
damage and is not enveloped.
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
An enveloped creature’s speed is halved, and it takes 2d10 fire
Range: Touch
damage at the end of each of its turns. As an action, an enveloped
Components: V, M (a shield)
creature can make a Strength check against your spell save DC.
Duration: 10 minutes
On a success, the target is no longer enveloped.
As a bonus action on your turn, you can choose one creature You transmute your shield, strengthening it and causing its front
you can see within 60 feet of you that is enveloped by this lava, to take on a mirror-like luster. If the shield isn’t magical already,
and cause that magma to harden. Beginning at the end of that it grants a +1 bonus to AC while you wield it. This bonus is in
creature’s next turn, it stops taking fire damage from this spell addition to the shield's normal bonus to AC.
and instead becomes restrained for as long as it remains Also when you cast this spell, you must choose one of the
enveloped by the hardened vala. following damage types: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell When you would take damage of the choose type while the spell
slot of 6th level or higher, the initial damage increases by 1d10 lasts, you can use your reaction to gain resistance to that instance
for each slot level above 5th. of damage, and cause the shield to reflect a bolt of radiant energy
at the creature that damaged you if you can see it and it is within
Mend Wounds 60 feet of you. That creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving
2nd-level evocation (bard, cleric, druid, ranger, paladin) throw or take 1d6 radiant damage.
Casting Time: 1 action If the shield leaves your possession, the spell ends.
Range: 60 feet At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
Components: V, S, M (a piece of cloth and a drop of holy water) 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute level above 3rd.
You imbue a creature that you can see within range with positive
energy. That creature regains hit points equal to 1d4 + your
spellcasting ability modifier, and the number of hit points it has
after this healing becomes this spell’s healing threshold for the
duration of the spell.
At the start of each of the creature’s turns, it regains 1d4 hit
points. This healing cannot bring the creature above this spell’s
healing threshold, meaning this healing is only effective
against damage dealt after the spell was cast.
If the creature is reduced to 0 hit points during the
duration, you must roll a d20. On a roll of 10 or
lower, the spell ends.
This spell has no effect on undead or constructs.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell
using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the
initial healing increases by 2d4 for each
slot level above 2nd.
Mindfire
4th-level evocation (sorcerer, warlock, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You point at a creature you can see within range, and
inflict upon it a painful burning sensation that it can feel
yet not see. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw,
taking 8d4 fire damage on a failed save or half as much damage
on a successful one. On a failed save, the target’s mind also burns
for the duration.
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 Moonsilver
6th-level transmutation (bard, cleric, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 hour
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (a nonmagical silvered melee weapon
worth at least 50 gp, and a diamond worth at least 2,500 gp)
Duration: 7 days
After spending the casting time inscribing magical runes into the
the nonmagical silvered melee weapon, you touch the diamond to
its hilt. The diamond is absorbed into the weapon, transforming it
into a magic weapon with a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage
rolls for the spell’s duration.
The weapon also becomes especially effective against creatures
whose resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage
is counteracted by silvered weapons. Against such a creature, the
weapon deals an additional 1d8 radiant damage on a hit.
Additionally, the weapon has 16 charges, which can be
expended in the following ways by the weapon’s wielder:
• As a bonus action, the weapon’s wielder can expend 1 or 2
charges. Until the end of the turn, the wielder can make ranged
weapon attacks by shooting bolts of moonlight from the
weapon’s tip. These ranged weapon attacks have a range of 60
feet if 1 charge was spent, or 300 feet if 2 were spent. They
deal the same damage as the weapon’s melee attacks, but their
damage type is radiant.
• When the weapon hits a creature, its wielder can expend 2
charges to attempt to silence that creature. The creature must
succeed on a Charisma saving throw or be unable to speak
until the end of the wielder’s next turn.
• When the weapon hits a shapechanger, its wielder can expend
2 charges to force that creature to revert to its true form, and
cause it to be unable to change its form for 1 minute. The
creature can make a Wisdom saving throw at the end of each of
its turns, ending this effect on a success.
There is no restriction on combining the above options during a
single turn or for a single attack.
The weapon’s charges are automatically depleted after 24
hours, and can be restored by casting this spell upon the weapon
again. Any creature that knows the moonsilver spell can do so.
Casting the spell in this way is special: the casting doesn’t require
material components, has a reduced casting time of 1 minute, and
it restores the weapon to 16 charges for the next 24 hours.
When the spell ends, the diamond used as this spell’s material
component is magically ejected from the weapon, allowing it to
be reused (if the caster so desires).
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
7th level or higher, the weapon’s maximum number of charges is
increased by 8 for each slot level above 6th. Using a slot of 7th
level or higher for the special casting increases the number of
charges restored by an equivalent amount. If you use an 7th level
slot for the initial casting, the duration is 30 days. If you use an
8th level slot, the duration is 1 year. If you use a 9th level slot, the
spell lasts until it is dispelled. The bonus to attack and damage
rolls is increased to +2 if the slot is of 8th level or higher.
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Navigator’s Map
5th-level divination (ritual) (artificer, cleric, druid, ranger, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a map worth at least 1 sp, and a
golden pin worth at least 5 gp)
Duration: Concentration, up to 8 hours
As you cast this spell, you imbue divination magic into the map
and golden pin used as this spell’s material components. While the
spell lasts, the map displays your current location as a golden point
of light. If you are outside the map’s boundaries when you cast the
spell, the spell fails. Similarly, the spell ends if you ever leave the
map’s boundaries during the duration.
While the spell lasts, you can stick the golden pin anywhere on
the map. As long as the pin is stuck in the map, a golden line marks
the most direct route between your current location and the
location marked by the pin. This route is conceived using only the
information available on the map. When you place the pin, you can
mentally choose what information the route should take into
account. For example, you could choose to have it prioritize roads,
avoid mountains, and avoid water if you are traveling on land.
Alternatively, you could have it avoid land if you are traveling by
boat. The route suggested by the spell is only as good as the map
you’re using. If the map is wrong or overly simplistic, the route
could end up being wrong as well. You can place the pin as many
times as you’d like over the duration.
Nobility/Peasantry
1st-level enchantment (bard, sorcerer, warlock, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
This spell changes how other creatures perceive you. When you
interact with a creature during the duration, that creature must first
make a Wisdom saving throw. A creature that you have already
interacted with for at least 1 minute during the past 24 hours before
casting this spell automatically succeeds on the saving throw.
When you cast the spell, you choose nobility or peasantry as the
spell’s effect. The effect of a creature failing this saving throw
depends on your choice. A creature that succeeds on the saving
throw does not notice your attempted enchantment.
Nobility. You give off an aura of esteem and high status for the
duration. On a failed save, a creature sees you as an important,
high class member of society, such as a member of a noble family
or aristocrat, and treats you as such for the duration. Whenever a
creature witnesses you acting in a manner contrary to how a high
class member of society is expected to act, the creature can repeat
this saving throw, ending the effect on it on a success.
Peasantry. You give off an aura of insignificance and low status
for the duration. On a failed save, a creature sees you as an
unimportant, low class member of society, such as a lowly farmer
or beggar, and treats you as such for the duration. Whenever a
creature witnesses you acting in a manner contrary to how a low
class member of society is expected to act, the creature can repeat
this saving throw, ending the effect on it on a success.
End of the Effect. When this effect ends on a creature, that
creature realizes that its perception of you was altered by magic.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
2nd level or higher, the duration of the spell increases by 2 hours
for each slot level above 1st.
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Oath of Peace
4th-level enchantment (bard, cleric)
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (an olive branch)
Duration: 24 hours
During the casting time, you and up to eight willing creatures
who link hands in a circle take part in an oath to not harm the
other oath-takers. For the duration, a creature affected by this
spell is unable to directly harm or damage any other creature
affected by this casting of the spell. Such a creature is unable to
even attempt to perform such an act—any harmful action it
attempts against another oath-taker is stopped before it can be
completed, causing the creature to waste its action. This spell
does not protect against more indirect forms of harm, such as
lying or leading others into a trap.
If this effect ends early on a creature, such as through the dispel
magic spell, all the other oath-takers immediately know that the
effect has ended on that creature.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
5th level or higher, the duration increases by 72 hours for each
slot level above 4th. If you use a 9th level spell slot, the spell
instead lasts until it is dispelled.
Pact of Forgiveness
3rd-level enchantment (bard, cleric)
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when a hostile creature
you can see within 60 feet of you that is capable of speaking a
language dies.
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: 24 hours
This spell is used to telepathically speak with a hostile creature in
the moments before it passes on, offering a deal in exchange for
its life. The message you give it must be 25 words or less, and it
must include some kind of deal that the creature can agree or
disagree with, and that can reasonably be completed during the
spell’s duration. For example, if you were to use this
feature on a mysterious assassin, you could state “Tell
me who hired you, and I will spare your life.” If the
creature disagrees with your terms or is unable to fulfill
them, its death completes as normal. If it agrees with
them, however, it is revived and left unconscious yet
stable at 0 hit points. When it awakens, it pursues the
course of action that it agreed to the best of its ability
for the duration.
If you or your companions attack or otherwise harm
the target during the duration, the spell smites you with
divine retribution. You take 5d10 radiant damage, which
can’t be reduced in any way, and the spell ends.
As soon as the creature receives the message, it is
granted all the information on this feature it would
need to make an informed decision. The creature
knows that it will be forced to comply if it accepts,
and it knows that you will be smited if you don’t
hold up your end of the deal.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using
a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the duration
increases by 48 hours for each slot level above 3rd.
Petrifying Light
9th-level transmutation (cleric, sorcerer, warlock)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 1000 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 round
A pure white light falls upon a location you specify within range,
filling a 60-foot-radius, 100-foot-high cylinder. Until the start of
your next turn, bright light fills the area. This light is sunlight.
When the light appears, each creature within suffers an effect
based on its current hit points:
• 25 hit points or fewer: The creature turns to stone, subjecting
it to the petrified condition until the effect is removed.
• 50 hit points or fewer: The creature must succeed on a
Constitution saving throw or turn to stone, subjecting it to the
petrified condition until the effect is removed.
• 75 hit points or fewer: The creature must succeed on a
Constitution saving throw or temporarily turn to stone,
subjecting it to the petrified condition for 30 days or until the
effect is removed.
• 100 hit points or fewer: The creature must succeed on a
Constitution saving throw or temporarily turn to stone,
subjecting it to the petrified condition for 24 hours or until the
effect is removed.
• Over 100 hit points: The creature must succeed on a
Constitution saving throw or temporarily turn to stone,
subjecting it to the petrified condition for 1 minute or until
the effect is removed. The creature can repeat this saving throw
at the end of each of its turns.
If a creature enters the light during the duration, it is subjected to
the above effect if it hasn’t been subjected to it already for this
casting of the spell.
If you lose your concentration on this spell before the start of
your next turn, the spell’s effects end early. If you concentrate on
this spell for its full duration, the spell’s effects continue for the
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Phantasmal Theatre
4th-level illusion (bard, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action or up to 2 hours
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Special
This spell creates a carefully scripted illusory performance. You
target an area within range that fits within a 20-foot cube. As you
cast the spell, you decide the content of the illusion. It can include
any number of images, sounds, smells, and even non-harmful
temperature changes that originate within the area and potentially
move around within it. There are no limitations on what can
appear, and there can be scene changes, speaking characters,
sound effects, background music, and other such things. The
performance starts as soon as the spell is cast.
The duration of this spell’s performance is equal to the time
you spend casting it, with a minimum duration of 6 seconds when
you cast the spell using 1 action.
Physical interaction with the performance reveals it to be an
illusion, because things can pass through it. A creature that uses
its action to examine the performance can determine that it is an
illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check
against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for
what it is, the creature can see through the illusion, and any noise
it makes sounds hollow to the creature.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
5th level or higher, the size of the cube increases by 10 feet for
each slot level above 4th.
Radiant Blast
Evocation cantrip (bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self (10-foot line)
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
A line of radiant energy 10 feet long and 5 feet wide emanates
from you in a direction you choose. Each creature within the line
must succeed on a Strength saving throw or take 1d6 radiant
damage and be pushed up to 5 feet away from you
The spell's damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level
(2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).
Radiant Deathflare
4th-level evocation (sorcerer, warlock, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
You envelop a creature of your choice that you can see within
range in pure white light. The target must make a Constitution
saving throw. The target takes 7d8 radiant damage on a failed
save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
If the target is reduced to 0 hit points by this damage, up to
three bolts of light burst out from its body. Each bolt must target
a separate creature within 20 feet of the initial target that has not
yet been targeted by this spell. Each target must make a Dexterity
saving throw, taking 7d8 radiant damage on a failed save or half
as much damage on a successful one.
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If the target failed its save but was not reduced to 0 hit points,
the light continues to envelop it. It sheds dim light in a 10-foot
radius until the end of your next turn, and the next attack made
against it before the light dissipates is made with advantage.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
5th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot
level above 4th.
Rainbow
5th-level transmutation (ranger)
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute.
You imbue your bow or crossbow with magical energy, causing
it to shimmer with scintillating colors. During the duration, when
you attack with the weapon you can conjure magical ammunition
for the attack, choosing among the seven colors listed below. You
can conjure each of the individual colors only once per casting.
Once you have conjured all seven, the spell ends.
Red. Hit or miss, this red-colored arrow/bolt explodes once it
reaches its target. The target and each creature within 10 feet of it
must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d6 fire damage on a
failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
Orange. On a hit, this orange-colored arrow/bolt causes the
target to take an extra 2d6 acid damage, and another 1d6 acid
damage at the end of its next turn.
Yellow. On a hit, this orange-colored arrow/bolt causes the
target to take an extra 2d6 radiant damage, and forces it to
succeed on a Constitution saving throw or become blinded until
the start of your next turn.
Green. On a hit, this green-colored arrow/bolt causes the target
to take an extra 2d8 poison damage, and forces it to succeed on a
Constitution saving throw or become poisoned until the start of
your next turn.
Blue. On a hit, this blue-colored arrow/bolt causes the target to
take an extra 2d4 cold damage, and forces it to make a Strength
saving throw. On a failed save, it is restrained by ice until the start
of your next turn. On a successful save, it is not restrained but its
speed is halved until the start of your next turn.
Indigo. This indigo-colored arrow/bolt forces each creature in a
5-foot wide line between you and the target, including the target,
to make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 2d6 lightning
damage on a failed save or half as much
damage on a successful one.
Violet. On a hit, this violet-colored arrow/bolt
causes the target to take an extra 2d4 psychic
damage, and forces it to succeed on a Wisdom
saving throw or become stunned until the start
of your next turn.
Renewal Sensory Transfer
7th-level transmutation (cleric, druid, wizard) Transmutation cantrip (artificer, bard, sorcerer, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 hour Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 300 feet Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S, M (a golden hourglass, worth at least 250 gp, Components: V, S
filled with platinum dust worth at least 500 gp. The dust is Duration: 1 round
consumed by the casting.)
You point your finger towards a creature within range. If the
Duration: Instantaneous
creature is willing, you can choose to see through its eyes until
Choose a point in time no more than 30 days ago. You cause the the start of your next turn, becoming blinded to your own
terrain, structures, and any inanimate nonmagical objects within a surroundings until then. Alternatively, you can choose to allow
300-foot cube in range to return to the condition they were in at that creature to see through your eyes until the start of your next
the specified point in time. The renewal occurs using only the turn, becoming blinded to its own surroundings until then.
resources contained within the area—if objects were removed You can cast this spell through solid objects if you are familiar
from the area, they remain missing when the spell completes. with the target and know it is beyond the barrier. Magical silence,
Similarly, objects that were added to the area remain in it. 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3
For example, this spell can be used to rebuild a collapsed or feet of wood blocks the spell. The spell doesn't have to follow a
burned down building, restore writing that was scrubbed away straight line and can travel around corners or through openings.
from a wall, and/or cause a fallen tree to stand up again. This
spell cannot restore life to dead creatures, though it can restore Sheltering Light
life to non-sentient plant life (like nonmagical trees). 6th-level evocation (bard, cleric, druid)
The renewal occurs slowly enough that it cannot trap or Casting Time: 1 action
damage creatures within the area. Creatures that would be in the Range: Touch
way of the renewal are instead safely pushed out of it. Components: V, S
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell with an 8th-level Duration: 10 minutes
spell slot, you can choose a point in time no more than a year ago.
With a 9th-level spell slot, you can choose a point in time no A warm light shines down on a location you specify within range.
more than a century ago. Until the spell ends, a 30-foot-radius, 40-foot-high cylinder of
bright light glimmers there. This light is sunlight.
Reveal When a friendly creature within the area starts its turn with 0
Evocation cantrip (artificer, bard, cleric, druid, warlock) hit points, this spell causes it to regain 15 hit points.
The spell ends once it has restored a total of 60 hit points. It
Casting Time: 1 action
ends early if you fall unconscious.
Range: 60 feet
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
Components: V, S
slot of 7th level or higher, the total hit points
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 round
that this spell can restore before it ends
You hurl a mote of light at a creature within range. Make a ranged is increased by 15 for each slot level
spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target becomes above 6th.
outlined in light until the end of your next turn, or until the spell
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An outlined creature can’t benefit from being invisible, sheds
dim light in a 10-foot radius, and its speed is reduced by 10 feet.
On a critical hit, its speed is reduced by 20 feet instead. Also, the
first attack made against the target while the spell lasts is made
with advantage.
Seeking Sunfire
4th-level evocation (druid, sorcerer, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a pinch of sulfur)
Duration: Instantaneous
A beam of fire and radiance surges towards a creature you can see
within range. That creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving
throw or take 3d8 fire damage and 3d8 radiant damage.
Then, you can curve the beam towards a new target that you
can see within 30 feet of the previous target. The new target must
also make a Dexterity saving throw, suffering the same effect on a
failed save. The beam continues curving towards new targets until
three targets fail the saving throw, there are no more valid targets
(creatures that have already been targeted by this casting of the
spell cannot be targeted again), or until you choose to stop.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
5th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot
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 Shooting Star
9th-level evocation (sorcerer, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 1 mile
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
You evoke a mighty beam of starlight that streaks along a 15-
foot-wide line that extends from a point you can see within range.
The length of the line is 100 feet at minimum and up to 1000 feet
at maximum, and it can extend in any direction as long as the
endpoint of the line is lower than the starting point.
Each creature in the line must make a Dexterity saving throw.
The effect of this saving throw depends on the size of the target.
The beam pierces through creatures of size Huge or larger. On
a failed save, such a creature takes 18d10 + 40 radiant damage,
and is knocked prone. On a successful save, a creature takes half
as much damage and is not knocked prone.
The beam envelops and drags along creatures of size Large or
smaller. On a failed save, such a creature takes 18d10 radiant
damage, and is pushed along the line. On a successful save, a
creature takes half as much damage and is pushed to the nearest
unoccupied space outside of the beam’s area.
A creature that is pushed along the line can make a Dexterity
saving throw after every 50 feet it is pushed. On a successful
save, it escapes from the beam and is pushed to the nearest
unoccupied space outside of the beam’s area. When a creature
leaves the beam’s area or reaches its end, its momentum is
conserved, causing it to be pushed an additional 50 feet even after
it leaves the beam. It is also knocked prone.
If the beam would push one creature into another creature, the
pushed creature moves around the other creature rather than
colliding with it and/or pushing it along.
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Silencing Smite
2nd-level evocation (paladin)
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Self
Components: V
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
The next time you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack
during this spell’s duration, your weapon pierces your opponent’s
psyche, and the attack deals an extra 1d6 psychic damage to the
target. Additionally, the target must succeed on a Wisdom saving
throw or be unable to speak until the spell ends. While the spell
lasts, it is impossible for the target to cast a spell that includes a
verbal component.
As an action, the creature can make a Wisdom check against
your spell save DC to reclaim its voice and end this spell.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
3rd level or higher, the extra damage increases by 1d6 for each
slot level above 2nd.
Silverflame Torch
1st-level evocation (artificer, cleric, druid, sorcerer)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a torch, worth at least 1 cp)
Duration: 1 hour
You light the torch used as this spell’s material component with a
silver flame. For the duration, the torch sheds bright light in a 30-
foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. The magical
light of this torch has a special property: it distorts and blurs its
area. The area of bright light is considered lightly obscured to
creatures outside of it.
As you cast the spell, or as an action while you hold the torch,
you can release a burst of radiant energy from it. Each creature of
your choice within 10 feet of you must succeed on a Dexterity
saving throw or take 2d6 radiant damage. Then, the spell ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot
level above 1st.
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Soothing Hot Spring An affected creature that starts its turn within the bright light or
4th-level conjuration (bard, cleric, druid) enters it for the first time on a turn must make a Constitution
saving throw. A creature takes 8d8 radiant damage on a failed
Casting Time: 10 minutes
save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Range: 30 feet
On each of your turns after you cast this spell, you can use your
Components: V, S, M (obsidian worth at least 30 gp, which the
action to move the sphere up to 120 feet in a straight line in any
spell consumes)
direction. If you ram the sphere into a creature, that creature must
Duration: 24 hours
make a Constitution saving throw, and the sphere stops moving
Choose a 15-foot square area on the ground within range. That this turn. The creature takes 5d8 bludgeoning damage plus 5d8
area sinks by 3 feet, and then fills in with comfortably hot, 3-foot radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a
deep water that lasts for the duration. successful one.
A creature that takes a short rest while bathing within the hot Whenever an affected creature dies while within the area of
spring can complete the short rest in just 30 minutes, and regains bright light, its essence is absorbed into the sphere. While the
the maximum number of hit points possible from any hit dice it spell lasts, the creature can be restored to life only through the
spends during the rest, rather than rolling. casting of wish.
A creature that takes a long rest while bathing within the hot If you maintain your concentration on this spell for its whole
spring is cured of any diseases or poisons afflicting it, has its duration, the absorbed creatures are relocated into the opal used
exhaustion level reduced by 2, rather than 1, and gains 5 as this spell’s material component. Until the opal is destroyed or
temporary hit points. dispel magic is cast upon it at 9th level, the creatures can be
You can create a permanent hot spring by casting this spell in restored to life only through the casting of wish.
the same location every day for one year.
When the spell ends, the ground rises back to its previous
position and the water dissipates.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
5th level or higher, the number of temporary hit points granted
increases by 5 for each slot level above 4th.
Soulstrike
2nd-level transmutation (bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self (30-foot-line)
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
You transform yourself into a mass of radiant energy,
and then dart along a 5-foot-wide, 30-foot long line
extending from your location. You move along the
line without provoking opportunity attacks, and each
creature within the line must make a Dexterity saving
throw. A creature takes 2d10 radiant damage on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for
each slot level above 2nd.
Sphere of Judgment
9th-level conjuration (cleric) Art by Richard Wright >>
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 500 feet
Components: V, S, M (a black opal, worth at least 1,000 gp)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You conjure a 10-foot-radius black sphere at an unoccupied
location that you can see within range. The sphere sheds bright
light in a 250-foot radius and dim light for an additional 250 feet,
and it lasts for the duration.
The sphere is an object that has AC 20, 500 hit points, and
immunity to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from
nonmagical attacks. If it drops to 0 hit points, the spell ends.
When you cast the spell, you decide which creatures will be
affected by it. There are no limitations on this decision—it can be
as specific or as broad as you’d like. You might have the spell
affect creatures that are of a certain alignment or creature type,
that follow a certain deity or leader, or that have done a specific
crime or deed. These are just examples—there are many more
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 Spirit Tracks
2nd-level divination (bard, druid, ranger)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self (10-foot radius)
Components: V, S, M
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
Divination magic radiates from you in a 10-foot radius centered
on you, moving with you. When you cast this spell, you can
choose to search for specific creature types, or search for tracks
made by any creature. Until the spell ends, the tracks of creatures
that walked on the ground within the spell’s area during the last
24 hours are highlighted. The highlighted tracks have the same
appearance as the footprints of the creatures that walked there,
and they are colored based on the age of the tracks. The most
recent tracks are colored white, which slowly transitions to
yellow and then red as the tracks get older. The coloring is
distinct enough to tell the age of the tracks down to the hour.
Sundisk
5th-level transmutation (cleric, paladin)
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Self
Components: V, M (a shield)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
You transmute your shield into a disk of solid, radiant energy. If
the shield isn’t magical already, it grants a +1 bonus to AC while
you wield it. This bonus is in addition to the shield's normal
bonus to AC.
When you cast the spell, and as a bonus action on any
subsequent turn while you are wielding the shield, you can choose
to throw it in a line that’s
30 feet long and 5 feet wide
extending from you in a
direction you choose.
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The shield passes through creatures, and stops moving once it hits
a solid surface or reaches the end of the line, where it begins to
float in place. Each creature in the line must make a Dexterity
saving throw. A creature takes 4d8 radiant damage on a failed
save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
While you are not wielding the shield, you can use your bonus
action to cause it to return to you. The shield returns to you by the
shortest possible route, moving around corners if necessary and
passing through creatures. Each creature other than you along a
5-foot wide line following the shield’s route must make a
Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 4d8 radiant damage on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Sunmotes
1st-level conjuration (bard, druid, sorcerer)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour.
You conjure six motes of sunlight that orbit around you until the
spell ends. You can use a bonus action to send up to two of the
motes streaking towards creatures you can see within 60 feet of
you. Each mote must be sent to a separate creature. Once a mote
reaches its target, its magic is imbued into the target until the end
of your next turn, or until the spell ends. Then, the mote is
expended. The spell ends early if you expend the last mote.
If a mote is imbued into a friendly target, the next attack made
against the target while the imbuement lasts is made with
disadvantage. If a mote is imbued into a hostile target, the next
attack made against the target while the imbuement lasts is made
with advantage.
The motes shed dim light in a 5-foot radius around you and
around any creatures imbued by a mote.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 2nd level or higher, you conjure four additional motes for
each slot level above 1st.
Sunwhip
4th-level conjuration (sorcerer, warlock, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You conjure a whip of solidified light in one of your hands, which
lasts until the spell ends. It counts as a simple melee weapon with
which you are proficient. It deals 3d8 radiant damage on a hit, has
a reach of 30 feet, and has the finesse property. When you hit a
creature with this weapon, that creature has disadvantage on the
next attack roll it would make before the start of your next turn,
and also can’t take reactions until the start of your next turn.
If you drop the weapon or throw it, it dissipates at the end of
the turn. Thereafter, while the spell persists, you can use a bonus
action to cause the whip to reappear in your hand.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 5th- or
6th-level spell slot, the damage increases to 4d8. When you cast
it using a 7th- or 8th-level spell slot, the damage increases to
5d8. When you cast it using a spell slot of 9th level, the
damage increases to 6d8.
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Thermal Burst
Transmutation cantrip (artificer, druid, sorcerer, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 5 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
A burst of hot air expands around you. Each creature within
range, other than you, must succeed on a Strength saving throw or
be pushed 5 feet away from you and dealt 1 fire damage.
This spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level
(1d6+1), 11th level (2d6+1), and 17th level (3d6+1)
Touch of Dawn
1st-level evocation (cleric, druid, sorcerer)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: S
Duration: 1 round
Your fingertips take on a golden hue as you attempt to touch
another creature. Make a melee spell attack against the target. On
a hit, the target takes 3d8 radiant damage, and has disadvantage
on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn. If
that attack still hits its target, the attack’s damage is halved.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 2d4 for each slot
level above 1st.
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Wall of Smoke
2nd-level evocation (artificer, sorcerer, warlock, wizard)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a shard of a mirror)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
A thin veil of magical smoke appears at a point you choose within
range, forming a wall. You can make the wall up to 30 feet long,
10 feet high, and 1 inch thick, or a ringed wall up to 10 feet in
diameter, 10 feet high, and 1 inch thick. The wall blocks line of
sight but not movement, and vanishes when the spell ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
3rd level or higher, you can choose 1 creature within range for
each slot level above 2nd. A chosen creature can see through the
wall as if it only lightly obscured the area beyond it.
Zealous Smite
4th-level evocation (paladin)
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Self
Components: V
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
The next time you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack
during the duration, your weapon ignites with zealous fury, and
the attack deals an additional 4d8 fire damage on a hit. Until the
spell ends, you can’t be charmed, frightened, or possessed by the
target. Also, your melee weapon attacks against the target score a
critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 5th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for
each slot level above 4th.
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Appendix A:
Retired Subclasses
HIS APPENDIX CONTAINS SUBCLASSES
that were previously a part of the compendium,
before being removed or reworked.
The Elemental Domain was removed because I
wasn’t very fond of its mechanics, and felt it
didn’t fit the compendiums themes very well.
Ember Knight V1 was reworked to make it less
reliant on fire damage, and improve its gameplay.
Ember Knight V2 was reworked because the first rework
strayed too far from the original flavor and thematics, which most
people preferred.
The Oath of Cinders is the previous version of the Oath of
Fervor. I chose to reflavor and rename this paladin oath, as it
didn’t feel like a well-flavored oath that someone would take, and
was more like a bundle of fire-themed mechanics.
The Oath of Radiance is the previous version of the Oath of
Truth. Like the Oath of Cinders, this subclass was renamed and
reflavored in order to make it feel more like a real paladin oath vs
a bundle of light-themed mechanics.
The Firebird V1 was reworked to lessen its reliance on fire
damage, just like the Ember Knight rework.
The School of Elements is actually a rework of the previous
version of the School of Pyromancy, which was too reliant on fire
damage. However, fixing the mechanics required a change in
flavor, which made the new version not fit the theme of a “School
of Pyromancy.”
I included this section of the compendium mainly for historical
purposes, and so anyone that was already playing as one of these
heavily reworked subclasses can continue referring back to these
options for their ongoing campaigns.
Use these subclasses with caution, as they might not be as
balanced or well designed as the other subclasses in the
compendium. While I intend to fine tune the balance of the
subclasses included in Chapter 2 post-release, these subclasses
will be kept as is.
Cleric: Elemental Domain
Clerics of the Elemental domain are unique among their peers, as
they often worship a group of deities, rather than focusing their
prayers in the worship of only one god. This domain includes
gods of fire, such as Kossuth or Sirrion, gods of water and oceans,
such as Umberlee or Poseidon, gods of the earth, including Ulaa
and Skadi, gods of air and storms, including Talos and Zeus, and
other such deities. These clerics might devote themselves to any
number of these gods, but they typically focus their worship on
one or two of these deities, and specialize their magic
accordingly. While some might train themselves in all these
elemental magics equally, most clerics of this domain tend to
value some elements above others. They might become masters of
fire, devote themselves to learning the ins-and-outs of earth
magic, or otherwise specialize themselves. Gods of this domain
tend to be less involved with their clerics than those of other
domains, but when they give out a decree their followers are
usually quick to respond.
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Elemental Domain Spells
Cleric Level
1st
Spells
absorb elements, chromatic orb .
3rd dragon’s breath, maximilian's earthen grasp
5th elemental weapon, protection from energy .
7th conjure minor elementals, elemental bane
9th conjure elemental, control winds .
Bonus Cantrips
When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain two cantrips
of your choice from the following list: control flames, gust, mold
earth, and shape water.
Disciple of the Elements
Also at 1st level, you can imbue elemental power into your spells.
When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher that affects one or
more creatures, you can choose one of the creatures affected and
select one of the following effects: air, fire, earth, or water. A
creature that succeeds on its save or is missed by the triggering
spell cannot be targeted, even if it would still suffer an effect.
Air. A gust pushes the target 5 feet in a direction of your
choice. If the target is willing, it can be pushed up to 10 feet.
Fire. The target takes fire damage equal to 1 + the spell’s level.
Earth. The target is covered in rocky armor, granting it
temporary hit points equal to 1 + the spell’s level.
Water. Ice envelopes the target, reducing its speed by 10 feet
until the start of your next turn.
Channel Divinity: Elemental Avatar
Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to
summon the four elements to your command.
As an action, you present your holy symbol, causing elemental
energies to begin swirling around you. For the next minute, you
can use a bonus action on each of your turns to make a ranged
spell attack against a creature you can see within 60 feet of you.
That creature takes 1d6 + your Wisdom modifier bludgeoning,
cold, fire, or lightning damage (your choice) on a hit.
This Channel Divinity ends early if you are incapacitated, or if
you use a different Channel Divinity option.
Nature’s Energies
At 6th level, you can choose to infuse elemental power into
yourself when you deal certain damage types: bludgeoning, cold,
fire, or lightning. After you receive one of these infusions, the
infusion lasts until you receive a different one.
Bludgeoning. You are infused with the power of earth, granting
you a +1 bonus to your AC while you wear armor.
Cold. You are infused with the power of water, granting you
resistance to cold damage and a swimming speed equal to your
walking speed.
Fire. You are infused with the power of fire, granting you
resistance to fire damage and a special form of darkvision that lets
you see darkness in shades of red, out to a range of 30 feet.
Lightning. You are infused with the power of air, granting you
a 15-foot bonus to your speed.
Potent Spellcasting
Starting at 8th level, you add your Wisdom modifier to the
damage you deal with any cleric cantrip.
Improved Avatar
At 17th level, you can make two ranged spell attacks, rather than
one, when you use the bonus action attack granted by Elemental
Avatar. Additionally, you can activate Elemental Avatar as a
bonus action, and make the two ranged spell attacks as part of the
bonus action used to activate it.
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Fighter: Ember Knight V1

An ember knight employs martial techniques combined with
potent fire magic. While ember knights are often mistaken for the
more common eldritch knights at first glance, the source of an
ember knight’s magic comes from within, rather than from the
study of magic. In this way they bare some resemblance to
sorcerers. While the potential to become an ember knight might
be within someone from birth, this potential typically doesn’t
manifest until that person has a few battles under their belt. This
event is generally referred to as an ember knight’s “awakening,”
where they first begin to wield their fiery powers.
Ember knights make for impressive combatants, capable of
clearing out groups of enemies with the explosive blades they
conjure, or merely cutting down their foes with weapons
wreathed in flame. Their presence can inspire fear in their
opponents, and awe in their onlookers.
These warriors can easily find employment in times of war,
where their magical capabilities can be used to wade through
the tides of battle. Many become mercenaries, or even
leaders of mercenary groups, and their services are
often highly sought after. Anyone that employs an
ember knight finds them to be worth their price.
Gifted Pyromancer
At 3rd level, you learn the control flames
cantrip. Your spellcasting ability for this
cantrip is Constitution, and you can
choose to cast it as a bonus action,
rather than an action.
Flame Wielder
Also at 3rd level, the pyromantic
magic within you lets you imbue
flames into your weaponry. This feature has
3 uses when you gain it, and the number of uses increases
as you gain levels in this class. The feature has 4 uses at 7th level, Flameborn
5 at 10th level, 6 at 15th level, and 7 at 18th level. You regain all By 10th level, your body has become used to working with and
expended uses when you finish a short or long rest. You can wielding fire. You gain resistance to fire damage, and any fire
spend these uses in the following ways: damage you deal ignores fire resistance.
Burning Blade. As a bonus action, you can spend a use of this Also, you can use your bonus action to regain all expended
feature to ignite a weapon you’re holding for 10 minutes. While uses of your Flame Wielder feature. Once you do so, you can’t do
the weapon is ignited, it deals an additional 1d4 fire damage on a so again until you finish a long rest.
hit, and emits bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light 10 feet
beyond that. Fiery Surge
Bursting Blade. When you take the Attack action, you can Beginning at 15th level, your Action Surge becomes imbued with
choose to forgo one or more of your attacks. For each attack you fire magic. When you use your Action Surge, your speed
forgo, you must spend a use of this feature to summon a fiery increases by 10 feet until the end of the turn. While this speed
blade and send it streaking towards a point that you can see increase lasts, your movement doesn’t provoke opportunity
within 60 feet of you. The blade explodes upon reaching its attacks, and you can choose to leave behind a trail of fire where
destination, destroying the blade, igniting unattended flammable you step. The trail is 5 feet wide, follows your movement, and
objects within the area, and forcing each creature within 5 feet of lasts until the start of your next turn. A creature other than you
the blade to make a Dexterity saving throw with a DC of 8 + your that enters the trail for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there
proficiency bonus + your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your takes fire damage equal to your fighter level.
choice). On a failed save, a creature takes 2d8 fire damage. If a Master Pyromancer
creature is in the area of multiple explosions, that creature makes
Starting at 18th level, you have become one with the fiery powers
separate saving throws for each explosion.
you control, allowing you to harness some of them at-will. You
Explosive Impacts gain the following benefits while you are conscious.
Starting at 7th level, the blades you summon with your Flame • You gain immunity to fire damage.
Wielder feature become more powerful. The radius of a blade’s • At the end of each of your turns, you can choose to release a
explosion increases from 5 feet to 10 feet, and a creature that wave of fire that deals 1d8 fire damage to each creature of your
succeeds on its save takes half damage, rather than none. choice within 5 feet of you.
Beginning at 15th level, the explosion radius is further • The Burning Blade feature of Flame Wielder can be activated
increased to 15 feet. without expending a use, and its damage die is 1d6.

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Fighter: Ember Knight V2
An ember knight employs martial techniques combined with
potent fire magic. While ember knights are often mistaken for
the more common eldritch knights at first glance, the source of
an ember knight’s magic comes from within, rather than from
the study of magic. In this way they are comparable to sorcerers.
While the potential to become an ember knight might be within
someone from birth, this potential typically doesn’t manifest
until that person has a few battles under their belt. This event
is generally referred to as an ember knight’s “kindling,” where
they first begin to wield their fiery powers.
Once an ember knight “kindles,” their skills become a desired
commodity. Their presence can inspire fear in their opponents,
and awe in their onlookers, as their flying, molten blades sow
death and destruction. Many become mercenaries, or even leaders
of mercenary groups, and their services are often highly sought
after. Anyone that employs an ember knight finds them to be
worth their price.
Gifted Pyromancer
At 3rd level, you learn the control flames cantrip. Your
spellcasting ability for this cantrip is Constitution, and you
can choose to cast it as a bonus action, rather than an action.
Molten Blades
Also at 3rd level, you can conjure magical blades of molten
energy. This feature has 4 uses when you gain it, and the number
of uses increases to 5 at 7th level and 6 at 15th level. You regain
all expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.
As a bonus action, you can spend one or more of these uses to
summon a molten blade for each use you spend. Each blade floats
around you until its destroyed, or until its dismissed. You can
dismiss one or more blades as a bonus action, allowing you to
regain a use of this feature for each blade that’s dismissed.
As long as you have at least one of these blades summoned,
you gain the following benefits:
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• The blades are considered martial melee weapons with which
you are proficient. They deal 1d4 slashing + 1d4 fire damage
on a hit, and have the finesse property and either the light or
reach property (your choice for each blade). The blades float,
and therefore don’t need to be held, but attacks with them are
otherwise made normally, and can benefit from the dueling
fighting style if you aren’t using two-weapon fighting with
them. To use two-weapon fighting with the blades, you must
have two blades with the light property summoned at once, and
you must not be wielding a shield.
• When a creature you can see within 30 feet of you misses you
with an attack, you can use your reaction to command a blade
to counterattack. Make a melee weapon attack with the blade
against your attacker. This attack is as described in the first
bullet point, except its reach is increased to 30 feet and it deals
1d6 bonus fire damage on a hit. After it counterattacks, the
blade is destroyed.
• When a creature you can see within 30 feet of you hits you
with an attack, you can use your reaction to command a blade
to parry. Your AC is increased by 3 against that attack,
potentially causing the attack to miss you. After it parries, the
blade is destroyed.
Flameborn
By 7th level, your body has become imbued with fire. You gain
resistance to fire damage and gain darkvision out to a range of 60
feet. If you already have darkvision, its range instead increases by
60 feet. Your darkvision is unusual: everything you see in
darkness is in a shade of red
Master of Blades
Starting at 10th level, you become more adept at counterattacking
and parrying with the blades summoned by your Molten Blades
feature. The features are improved as follows:
Counterattack. When you command a blade to counterattack
and hit, you can choose to detonate the blade in a fiery burst. If
you do so, each creature in a 5-foot-radius around the target, other
than the target, must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw with a
DC of 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier or
take 2d6 fire damage.
Parry. When you command a blade to parry, the initial AC
bonus against the triggering attack is increased to 5, and you also
gain a +3 bonus to your AC until the start of your next turn.
Fiery Surge
Beginning at 15th level, your Action Surge becomes imbued with
fire magic. When you use your Action Surge, your speed
increases by 10 feet until the end of the turn. While this speed
increase lasts, your movement doesn’t provoke opportunity
attacks, and you can choose to leave behind a trail of fire where
you step. The trail is 5 feet wide, follows your movement, and
lasts until the start of your next turn. A creature other than you
that enters the trail for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there
takes fire damage equal to your fighter level.
Pyromancer Adept
Starting at 18th level, you have become one with the fiery powers
you control, allowing you to harness some of them at-will. You
gain the following benefits while you are conscious.
• As a bonus action, you can begin propelling yourself through
the air with flames. Until the end of the turn, you have a flying
speed equal to your walking speed.
• At the end of each of your turns, you can release a wave
of fire that deals 2d4 fire damage to each creature of
your choice within 5 feet of you.
Sacred Oaths
At 3rd level, a paladin gains the Sacred Oath feature. When a
paladin gains this feature, the following additional options are
available to them: the Oath of Cinders, and the Oath of Radiance.
Oath of Cinders
The Oath of Cinders was first taken in an age long past, not long
after the time man first harnessed the power of fire. The paladins
that take this oath are sometimes called pyre knights, red knights,
or ashen knights, as their oath grants them command over the
element of fire. They are known for their limitless bravery and
unwillingness to back down from a losing fight, as they attempt to
keep the flame of hope alive no matter the circumstances. Many
paladins that take this oath are revolutionaries, fighting against
tyranny and protecting the oppressed.
Tenets of Cinders
The tenets of the Oath of Cinders inspire a paladin to always take
action and never back down in the face of evil.
Fan the Flames. A flame left unattended will surely go out. By
leading through example and never backing down, you can keep
your ideals and hopes alive.
Rekindle the Flame. A flame that once burned can burn again.
When hope starts to dwindle, be the one that reignites it.
Be the First Spark. A powerful flame can be born from a
single spark. In the face of evil and tyranny, be the first to rise
against it and bring change.
Oath Spells
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed.
Oath of Cinders Spells
Paladin Level Spells
3rd burning hands, searing smite
5th flaming sphere, pyrotechnics
9th fireball, Melf’s minute meteors
13th fire shield, wall of fire
17th flame strike, immolation
Channel Divinity
When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two
Channel Divinity options.
Branding Blade. As a bonus action, you transform a melee
weapon you’re holding into a flaming weapon, using your
Channel Divinity. For 1 minute, the weapon’s damage type
becomes fire, and it emits bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim
light 10 feet beyond that. Also, the fire damage dealt by this
weapon ignores fire resistance if its target is a fiend or undead.
Whenever you hit a creature with this weapon, that creature
becomes branded until the end of your next turn. If a branded
creature attacks a creature other than you, the brand flares,
dealing 1d8 fire damage to it. Also, if the branded target is a fiend
or undead, its speed is halved and it can’t take reactions for as
long as the brand lasts.
From the Embers. When a creature within 30 feet of you dies,
you can use your reaction and your Channel Divinity to cause its
body to burn away into ash. When you do so, some of the burnt
embers fly back to you and imbue you with power. For 1 minute,
you have resistance to fire damage and gain temporary hit points
equal to your Charisma modifier at the start of each of your turns.
Starting at 7th level, you instead gain immunity to fire damage for
the duration
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Aura of Flames
Beginning at 7th level, you can choose to emit an aura of flames
while you’re not incapacitated. The aura extrends 10 feet from
you in every direction, but not through total cover. Friendly
creatures within the aura gain resistance to fire damage.
Flames flit along the edge of this aura, punishing enemies that
attempt to leave it. Whenever a hostile creature willingly leaves
the aura, it takes fire damage equal to your paladin level.
You can activate and deactivate this aura as a bonus action.
Starting at 18th level, you can also use your bonus action to
increase this aura’s range to 30 feet, or reduce it back to 10 feet.
Soul of Ash and Flame
At 15th level, both of your Channel Divinity options are
improved. When you use Branding Blade, the damage of the
brand is increased to 1d12, and when you use From the Embers,
the number of temporary hit points you gain each turn is
increased by 5. Also, while either Channel Divinity is active your
Lay on Hands feature gains a range of 30 feet.
Lord of Cinder
At 20th level, you can take the form of an elemental knight of
primordial fire. Using your action, you undergo a transformation.
For 1 minute, you gain the following benefits:
• Hostile creatures within 10 feet of you that have resistance to
fire damage lose that resistance. Creatures within the area that
have immunity to fire damage lose that immunity and instead
take half damage from fire damage.
• Once during the duration, you can use one of your Channel
Divinity options without needing to spend a use of your
Channel Divinity. This does not allow you to combine the
effects of the same Channel Divinity if its used multiple times.
• When you use your Divine Smite, it deals fire damage to its
target, rather than radiant damage. Also, each creature of your
. choice within 5 feet of the target, other than the target, must
succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against your paladin spell
. save DC or take fire damage equal to the damage dealt by your
smite (not including any bonus damage dealt from a critical
. strike or vulnerability, or other damage increasing effects).
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you
finish a long rest.
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 Oath of Radiance
The Oath of Radiance is almost as old as the sun that it follows,
and has remained a steady force of good over the ages. Often
called sun warriors or shining knights, paladins that take this oath
seek to bring light and knowledge to even the darkest areas of the
world. Some of them adorn their armor with dazzling inlaid glass
and brilliantly bright metals, so that they can reflect the sun’s
glory and become physical beacons on the battlefield. They also
might wear images of the sun or stars—the holy lights that bring
life and knowledge to this world, and reveal all that is hidden by
shadows and darkness. Like a star in the night, a paladin of the
Oath of Radiance seeks to be a light of truth in the dark.
Aura of Light
Starting at 7th level, you can choose to emit an aura of light while
you’re not incapacitated. The aura extrends 10 feet from you in
every direction, but not through total cover, and its area is bright
light. Dim light extends 10 feet beyond this, but the dim light is
not considered part of the aura. You and friendly creatures within
the aura have resistance to radiant and necrotic damage, and
advantage on death saving throws.
You can activate and deactivate this aura as a bonus action.
Starting at 18th level, you can also use your bonus action to
increase this aura’s range to 30 feet, or reduce it back to 10 feet.
The dim light also changes by the same amount.

Tenets of Radiance All-Seeing

Though those that take this oath do so for an array of reasons, Beginning at 15th level, you are always under the effects of a see
they generally all follow these core tenets: invisibility spell. Also, for you see invisibility now has a range of
Truth. Like a light in the dark, you must reveal the truth when 30 feet, rather than self, allowing you to grant its effects to
it is shrouded in mystery. another creature within range when you cast it.
Leadership. You must become a beacon of light that everyone
else follows, and lead others along the right path.
Radiant Champion
Preservation. Where the light glows strongest, you must be At 20th level, you gain the ability to harness radiant energy and
ready to stand in its defense. become a paragon of light. Using your action, you undergo a
Knowledge. Those that are ignorant to the truth must be shown transformation. For 1 minute, you gain the following benefits:
the light. Spread your knowledge to all those that would accept it. • On your turn, you can spend your movement to teleport a
distance equal to twice the movement you spend. You teleport
Oath Spells to an unoccupied location that you can see.
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed. • When you hit a creature with an attack, it takes an additional
1d8 radiant damage and is basked in radiant energy until the
Oath of Radiance Spells start of your next turn. For the duration, the creature can’t
Paladin Level Spells benefit from being invisible, attacks made against it are made
3rd color spray, faerie fire . with advantage, and it emits dim light out to a range of 10 feet.
5th moonbeam, see invisibility Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again
9th daylight, spirit guardians . until you finish a long rest.
13th arcane eye, guardian of faith
17th dawn, holy weapon .

Channel Divinity
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Blinding Intervention. As an action, you can use
your Channel Divinity to teleport to an unoccupied
location within 5 feet of a creature you can see
within 30 feet of you. That creature must succeed
on a Constitution saving throw or become blinded
for up to 1 minute. The creature can repeat this save at
the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success.
Also, other creatures of your choice within 5 feet of you
after you teleport must also make Constitution saving throws.
On a failed save, a creature has disadvantage on attack rolls
until the start of your next turn.
Divine Sunlight. You can use your Channel Divinity to exude
an aura of light. As an action, you can cause your body to emit
bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light 10 feet beyond
that for 1 minute. This light is sunlight, and it reveals the true
form of shapechangers and creatures altered through magic.
Additionally, magical darkness does not function within the
area of bright light.
Also, fey, fiends, and undead within the bright light have
disadvantage on attack rolls against creatures other than you.
Once you reach 7th level, the radius of the bright light
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Otherworldly Patrons
At 1st level, a warlock gains the Otherworldly
Patron feature. When a warlock gains this
feature, the following additional options
are available to them: The Firebird
and The Elder Sphinx.
The Firebird V1
Your patron is a mighty phoenix, a creature of the elemental plane
of fire. While ordinary phoenixes do not have the intelligence to
make such a pact, particularly powerful ones, known as firebirds,
can bestow great elemental power to a warlock. The aims of a
firebird are far from complex—they seek destruction, and use
their warlocks to further that goal. They pay no great heed to how
a warlock uses the powers they grant them, however, instead
tending to assume that those fiery powers would naturally be used
to incite chaos and destruction. While warlocks of this pact are
often driven to burn and destroy as their patrons do, some manage
to use their abilities for good, utilizing their magic in their fight
against evil.
Expanded Spells
The Firebird lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when
you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the
warlock spell list for you.
Firebird Expanded Spells
Spell Level Spells
1st burning hands, searing smite
2nd lesser restoration, pyrotechnics
3rd boilBDPC, fireball
4th fire shield, wall of fire
5th greater restoration, immolation
Blessing of the Phoenix
At 1st level, your patron grants you the ability to channel flames
into certain spells you cast. Whenever you deal damage with a
warlock cantrip, you can choose to change the cantrip’s damage
type to fire damage.
Once you gain the Pact Boon feature at 3rd level, this benefit
also extends to your pact. Whenever you deal damage with a pact
weapon from the Pact of the Blade, attack with a familiar from
the Pact of the Chain, or deal damage with a cantrip from the Pact
of the Tome, you can change that damage to fire damage as well.
Starting at 6th level, your patron further blesses your magic.
Fire damage you deal begins to ignore fire resistance.
Infused Flames
Also at 1st level, fire damage you inflict begins to have lasting
effects. Whenever you deal fire damage to a creature, that creature
becomes charred until the end of your next turn. A charred
creature receives half as many hit points from any healing, and if a
charred creature within 60 feet of you dies, you can use your
reaction to form the burning embers rising from its body into the
fiery image of a phoenix. This phoenix rushes towards another
creature of your choice that you can see within 60 feet of you.
Make a melee spell attack roll against the target using your
warlock spell attack modifier. On a hit, the target takes fire
damage equal to 1d4 + half your warlock level. On a critical hit,
you add your full warlock level rather than half.
Wings of the Firebird
Starting at 6th level, you can momentarily don fiery wings in
response to harm, allowing you to quickly escape your assailant
while returning a blast of fire at them. When you take damage, you
can use your reaction to gain these wings and then fly up to 60 feet
without provoking opportunity attacks. The wings vanish at the
end of the turn, causing you to fall if you end the turn in the air.
Also, if the creature that damaged you was within 10 feet of you, it
takes fire damage equal to half your warlock level.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish
. a short or long rest.
. Ashen Rebirth
Starting at 10th level, you can resist death using the ashes of your
. enemies. If you are unconscious at 0 hit points and a hostile
creature within 60 feet of you is reduced to 0 hit points, its body
instantly lights on fire. Embers from this flame then travel back to
you, causing you to regain hit points equal to your warlock level.
Once this feature triggers, subsequent triggers will stabilize you
instead of restoring hit points until you finish a short or long rest.
Searing Inferno
Beginning at 14th level, when you deal fire damage to a creature,
you can use this feature to further increase the potency of your
flame and then transform it into healing energy. The creature takes
5d10 fire damage, and you regain 5d10 hit points as the embers of
this flame magically return to you.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish
a long rest.
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 School of the Elements
As a member of the School of the Elements, you have honed your
ability to harness the destructive power of the natural energies of
the world. Though this school is often considered a sub-branch of
the School of Evocation, its magic also connects to both the
School of Transmutation and the School of Conjuration.
Called elementalists, members of this school are often in high
demand in times of war, where their offensive power can be used
to redefine the battlefield and turn the tides of war. While many of
the most famous elementalists are those employed in a state’s
military, many others are self-employed, working as adventurers,
mercenaries, or even simple bandits.
Elemental Savant
Beginning when you select this school at 2nd level, the gold you
must spend to copy a spell that deals acid, cold, fire, lightning, or
thunder damage into your spellbook is halved.
Energy Wisps
At 2nd level, you can weave a wreath of elemental energy around
yourself to punish attackers. When you cast a spell of 1st level or
higher that deals acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage,
you can simultaneously conjure wisps of energy that flit around
you until they are expended or until you finish a long rest. The
number of wisps you conjure is equal to your Intelligence
modifier + half your Wizard level.
Whenever a creature makes an attack against you while you
have these wisps, one of the wisps hurls at your attacker, dealing
it 1d4 acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage (your choice)
and expending the wisp. The attacker is dealt this damage after
the attack completes.
Until you finish a long rest, subsequent spell casts conjure
fewer wisps. When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher that
deals acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage, you conjure
a number of wisps equal to half the spell’s level (rounded up).
The total number of wisps you can have at once can never
exceed your Intelligence modifier + half your Wizard level.
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Controlled Wisps
Starting at 6th level, you can use your bonus action to send some
of the wisps conjured by your Energy Wisps feature to flit around
another creature you can see within 30 feet of you, or return back
to you. The maximum number of wisps you can send or return at
once equals your Intelligence modifier (minimum 1). While the
wisps flit around another creature, they hurl at that creature’s
attackers just as they would for you.
Also, whenever you hurl a wisp at a creature attacking you (not
another creature), you can use your reaction to hurl more wisps at
your attacker. The maximum number of additional wisps you can
hurl equals your Intelligence modifier (minimum 1), and those
wisps deal damage and are expended as normal.
Elemental Servants
At 10th level, you add the conjure minor elementals and the
conjure elemental spells to your spellbook, if they are not there
already. For you, these spells have a casting time of 1 action.
Additionally, whenever you cast a spell that deals acid, cold, fire,
lightning, or thunder damage, you can cast the spell as though you
were in the space of an elemental you’ve conjured, but you must
use your own senses.
You can cast conjure minor elementals without expending a
spell slot. When you do so, you can only conjure one elemental of
challenge rating 1/2 or lower, or two elementals of challenge
rating 1/4 or lower.
Once you cast conjure minor elementals in this way, you can’t
do so again until you finish a long rest, though you can still cast it
normally using an available spell slot.
Master of the Elements
Starting at 14th level, the damage die of your Energy Wisps
feature becomes a d6, rather than a d4.
Also, whenever creatures within 30 feet of you would take acid,
cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage from a single source, you
use your reaction to grant up to 3 of those creatures resistance to
that instance of damage. If you were the source of that instance of
damage, you instead grant those creatures immunity to it.