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 CONTENTS
Introduction 4 Backgrounds 121 Psionic Powers 280
The Setting 4 Personality 125
Game scenarios 4 Game Mastering 289
How to Play 4 Faiths & Philosophies 127
Environment 289
Character Creation 7 Curses 135 Between Adventures 295
Companions and Henchmen 297
Ability Scores 8 Traps 298
Character Size 13 WereDisease 135 Conditions 300
Appearance 14 Vampirism 137 CR & Experience 302

Races 16 After 1st Level 140

Magical Items 303

Minions 310
General Feats 142
Cyclopes 17
Dwarves 19 Animal Companions 310
Elves 22 Familiars 310
Fairy 25
Giant 27
Equipment 149 Beasts 310

Goblinoids 29 Armor and Shields

Weapons 152
150 The Setting 317
Human 32
Kefali 34 Grenades & Explosives 157 Planes of Existence 317
Cynocephali 36 Special Weapons 158 Mortal Realms 319
Feloran 37 Adventuring Gear 161 Earth 319
Kobold 38 Mounts and Vehicles 170 Gaea 321
Orcs 40 Nibiru 323
Troglodyte 42 Mutations 173 Svartalfheim 325
Kimon 328
Classes 44 Cybernetics 182 Factions and Organizations 329

Berserker 47 Replacements 184 Character Sheet 332

Disciple 51 Enhancements 185
Druid 56
Engineer 62
Instrumentalist 68
Combat 186
Mad Scientist 73 Combat Step by Step 186
Mage 78 Called Shots 192
Martial Artist 84 Damage and Hit Points 194
Modern Soldier 89 Mounted Combat 198
Operative 93
Psionic 97 Magic and Spells 203
Sharpshooter 102
Silvertongue 107 Spells 209
Templar 112 Rune Crafting 274
Warrior 117 Enchanted Tattoos 277

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 INTRODUCTION
THE SETTING
We find ourselves in modern-day Earth. There is a malfunction
at the newly-upgraded Large Hadron Collider that rips the Veil
Between Worlds apart and pulls in creatures and magic from other
realms.
Chaos erupts as communications goes down and the power goes
out. Monsters run wild and cities burn. But there are those who
survive and some discover they have amazing powers.
Enemies like orcs are not the only creatures to emerge from the
Shearing of the Veil. Cautious allies are also discovered. Namely
the elves and dwarves. But there are also the kefali who’s integrity
remains unclear.
To learn more about the DarkEnergy Universe and the events of
the Shearing, you can read the DarkEnergy novels.
The Veil Between Worlds
The Veil is the barrier that separates the realms. The three major
Realms are the Kingdom of Heaven, the Mortal Realms, and the 9
Hells. There is also the transitional realm of the Underworld.
The Veil also limits the influence of Celestial beings in the Mortal
Realm and keeps the Demons trapped in Hell.
The Veil also separates all mortal and Celestial worlds. The Veil
can be traversed by accessing the Axis mundi. More information
is available starting on page 317: The Setting.
GAME SCENARIOS
The scenarios are broken into two categories. Aftermath and
Future. While these are the two scenarios given, that does not
mean they are the only possibilities.
Aftermath
1. Start as a group of humans trying to ride out the initial
aftermath of the Shearing and discovering they have powers while
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encountering new enemies and allies.
2. Start as a character from a race that has been teleported to
earth and must find safety during the chaos of the Shearing.
3. Start as a character from a race that came to earth purposefully
for some reason - to conquer, save, or merely curiosity.
4. Start as a group of humans that has been pulled from Earth to
one of the other races homewords. See page 319 for descriptions
of a few of the major worlds.
Future
Earth is a mix of societies. Some cities/towns were barely affected
by the Shearing. Others were completely destroyed. Some have
been enslaved while others have taken the opportunity to conquer
their neighbors and forge their own fledgling empires. The GM can
choose how these societies have formed since the Shearing.
HOW TO PLAY
DarkEnergy Roleplaying Game is an interactive story where
one player, the Game Master (GM), sets the scene and presents
challenges, while other players take the roles of player characters
(PCs) and attempt to overcome those challenges. Danger comes in
the form of monsters, sneaky traps, the machinations of celestial
agents, shady political maneuvering, dark deals, and more.
The game is usually played in a group of three to seven players,
with one of those players serving as the group’s Game Master. The
GM prepares, presents, and controls the game’s world and story,
posing challenges and playing adversaries, allies, and onlookers.
As each event leads into the next, each player contributes to the
story, responding to situations according to the personality and
abilities of their character. Dice rolls, combined with preassigned
statistics, add an element of chance and determine whether
characters succeed or fail at actions they attempt.
Game Sessions
DarkEnergy is played in sessions, during which players gather
in person or online for a few hours to play the game. A complete
DarkEnergy story can be as short as a single session, commonly
referred to as a “one-shot,” or it can stretch on for multiple
sessions, forming a campaign that might last for months or even
years. If the Game Master enjoys telling the story and the players
are entertained, the game can go as long as you like.
A session can be mostly action, with battles with mutated beasts,
escapes from fiendish traps, and the completion of dangerous
quests. Alternatively, it could include negotiating with a warlord
for rights to a gas well, infiltrating an army of giants, or bargaining
with an demon to aid in slaying a goodly king. Ultimately it’s up
to you and your group to determine what kind of game you are
playing, from dungeon exploration to a nuanced political drama, or
anything in between.

Players
Everyone involved in a DarkEnergy game is a player, including the
Game Master, but for the sake of simplicity, “player” usually refers
to participants other than the GM. Before the game begins, players
invent a history and personality for their characters, using the
rules to determine their characters’ statistics, abilities, strengths,
and weaknesses. The GM might limit the options available during
character creation, but the limits are discussed ahead of time so
everyone can create interesting heroes. In general, the only limits
to character concepts are the players’ imaginations and the GM’s
guidelines. During the game, players describe the actions their
characters take and roll dice, using their characters’ abilities.
The GM resolves the outcome of these actions. Some players
enjoy acting out (or roleplaying) what they do as if they were
their characters, while others describe their characters’ actions
as if narrating a story. Do whatever feels best! If this is your first
experience with a roleplaying game, it is recommended that you
take on the role of a player to familiarize yourself with the rules
and the world.
Game Master
While the other players create and control their characters, the
Game Master (or GM) is in charge of the story and world. The GM
describes all the situations player characters experience in an
adventure, considers how the actions of player characters affect
the story, and interprets the rules along the way.
The GM can create a new adventure—crafting a narrative,
selecting monsters, and assigning treasure on their own— or they
can instead rely on a published adventure, using it as a basis
for the session and modifying it as needed to accommodate
their individual players and the group’s style of play. Some even
run games that combine original and published content, mixed
together to form a new narrative.
Being the GM is a challenge, requiring you to adjudicate the rules,
narrate the story, and juggle other responsibilities.
But it can also be very rewarding and worth all the work required to
run a good game. If it is your first time running a game, remember
that the only thing that matters is that everyone has a good time,
and that includes you. Everything else will come naturally with
practice and patience.
Accessories for Playing
In addition to this book, there are a few things you will need to play.
These supplies can be found at your local hobby shop or online at
various sites (such as www.entanglement-interactive.com).
• Character Sheet: Each player will need a character sheet
to create their character and to record what happens to that
character during play. You can find a character sheet online as a
free pdf. There are both full-color and printer-friendly versions of
the official character sheets available. There is also a character
sheet at the end of this book.
• Dice: The players and GM will need at least one set of polyhedral
dice, although most participants bring their own. Six-sided dice
are quite common, but all the dice in the set can be found at
hobby game stores or online.
• Adventure: Every table needs an adventure to play whether it’s
designed by the GM or found in a publisher resource. You can
find a variety of exciting adventures and even entire adventure
campaigns at entanglement-interactive.com.
• Creature Reference Guide: From terrifying dragons to devious
cybernetic hackers, monsters are a common threat that the PCs
might face, and each type has its own statistics and abilities.
• Maps and Miniatures: The chaos of combat can be difficult to
imagine, so many groups use maps to represent the battlefield.
These maps are marked with a 1-inch grid, and each square
represents 5 feet in the game. Miniatures and illustrated tokens
called pawns are used to represent the characters and the
adversaries they face.
Dice
DarkEnergy requires a set of polyhedral dice. Each die has a
different number of sides—four, six, eight, or more. When these
dice are mentioned in the text, they’re indicated by a “d” followed
by the number of sides on the die. DarkEnergy uses 4-sided dice
(or d4), 6-sided dice (d6), 8-sided dice (d8), 10-sided dice (d10),
12-sided dice (d12), and 20-sided dice (d20). If you need to roll
multiple dice, a number before the “d” tells you how many.
The Basics
Players take on the role of player characters (PCs), while the Game
Master portrays nonplayer characters (NPCs) and monsters.
While PCs and NPCs are both important to the story, they serve
very different purposes in the game. PCs are the protagonists—
the narrative is about them—while NPCs and monsters are allies,
contacts, adversaries, and villains. That said, PCs, NPCs, and
monsters share several characteristics.
Level is one of the most important statistics of the game, as
it conveys the approximate power and capabilities of every
individual creature. PCs range in level from 1st, at the start of the
character’s adventuring career, to 20th, the very height of power.
As the characters overcome challenges, defeat foes, and complete
adventures, they accumulate Experience Points (XP). Every time
a character amasses enough XP, they go up a level, gaining new
abilities so they can take on even greater challenges. A 1st-level
PC might face off against a giant rat or a group of bandits, but at
20th level, that same character might be able to bring ruin to an
entire city with a single spell.
In addition to level, characters are defined by ability scores, which
measure a character’s raw potential and are used to calculate
most of their other statistics. There are six ability scores in the
game.
Strength represents a character’s physical might, while Dexterity
represents agility and the ability to avoid danger. Constitution
indicates a character’s overall health and well-being. Intelligence
represents raw knowledge and problem-solving ability, while
Wisdom measures a character’s insight and the ability to evaluate
a situation. Finally, Charisma indicates charm, persuasiveness,
and force of personality. Ability scores for ordinary folk range from
as low as 3 to as high as 18, with 10 representing average human
capabilities. High-level characters can have ability scores that
range much higher than 18.
An ability score that’s above the average increases your chance
of success at tasks related to the ability score, while those below
the average decrease your chance. This adjustment is called an
ability modifier.
Your player character is also defined by some key choices you
make. The first choice is a PC’s race, representing the character’s
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 parents and heritage, such as human, elf, or goblin. Next up is the
PC’s background, which describes their upbringing, from lowly
street urchin to wealthy noble. Finally, and most importantly, a
PC’s class defines the majority of their aptitudes and abilities, like
a mage’s command of powerful arcane spells or a druid’s power to
transform into a fearsome beast!
In addition to these key choices, player characters also have a
number of feats— individual abilities selected during character
creation and as the character increases in level. Every feat has a
type to denote where its explanation can be found (for example, elf
feats can be found in the elf race) and its theme (mage feats, for
example, grant abilities that deal with spells). Finally, characters
have skills that measure their ability to hide, swim, bargain, and
perform other common tasks.
The Narrative
Characters and their choices create the story, but how they interact
with each other and the world around them is governed by rules.
So, while you might decide that your character undertakes an epic
journey to overcome terrifying foes and make the world a safer
place, your character’s chance of success is determined by their
abilities, the choices you make, and the roll of the dice.
The GM determines the premise and background of most
adventures, although character histories and personalities
certainly play a part. Once a game session begins, the players
take turns describing what their characters attempt to do, while
the GM determines the outcome, with the table working together
toward a specific goal. The GM also describes the environment,
other characters’ actions, and events. For example, the GM might
announce that the characters’ hometown is under attack by
marauding kefali. The characters might track the kefali to a nearby
forest—only to discover that the kefali were driven from their forest
by a fearsome dragon! The PCs then have the choice of taking on
an entire tribe of kefali, the dragon, or both. Whatever they decide,
their success depends on their choices and the die rolls they make
during play.
A single narrative—including the setup, plot, and conclusion—is
called an adventure. A series of adventures creates an even larger
narrative, called a campaign. An adventure might take several
sessions to complete, whereas a campaign might take months or
even years!
Advantage/Disadvantage
Sometimes a special ability or spell tells you that you have
advantage or disadvantage on an ability check, a saving throw, or
an attack roll. When that happens, you roll a second d20 when you
make the roll. Use the higher of the two rolls if you have advantage,
and use the lower roll if you have disadvantage. For example, if
you have disadvantage and roll a 17 and a 5, you use the 5. If you
instead have advantage and roll those numbers, you use the 17.
If multiple situations affect a roll and each one grants advantage
or imposes disadvantage on it, you don’t roll more than one
additional d20. If two favorable situations grant advantage, for
example, you still roll only one additional d20.
If circumstances cause a roll to have both advantage and
disadvantage, you are considered to have neither of them, and you
roll one d20. This is true even if multiple circumstances impose
disadvantage and only one grants advantage or vice versa. In
such a situation, you have neither advantage nor disadvantage.
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When you have advantage or disadvantage and something in the
game lets you reroll the d20, you can reroll only one of the dice.
You choose which one.
You usually gain advantage or disadvantage through the use of
special abilities, actions, or spells. Inspiration can also give a
character advantage. The GM can also decide that circumstances
influence a roll in one direction or the other and grant advantage
or impose disadvantage as a result.
Alignment
You can be Good, Neutral or Evil; Chaotic, Neutral or Lawful.
Nobody said you had to be the hero. Want to save the princess or
murder her? Lead the defense of the city, or burn it to the ground?
Maybe even make yourself the warlord. The choice is yours.
Good and Evil
Your character has a good alignment if they consider the happiness
of others above their own and work selflessly to assist others,
even those who aren’t friends and family. Your character has an
evil alignment if they’re willing to victimize others for their own
selfish gain, and even more so if they enjoy inflicting harm. If your
character falls somewhere in the middle, they’re likely neutral.
Law and Chaos
Lawful characters have a set system in life, whether it’s
meticulously planning day-to-day activities, carefully following
a set of official or unofficial laws, or strictly adhering to a code
of honor. On the other hand, if your character values flexibility,
creativity, and spontaneity over consistency, they have a chaotic
alignment—though this doesn’t mean they make decisions by
choosing randomly.
Many characters are in the middle, obeying the law or following a
code of conduct in many situations, but bending the rules when
the situation requires it. If your character is in the middle, they are
neutral on this axis.
Good Neutral Evil
Lawful Good Lawful Neutral Lawful Evil
Lawful
LG LN LE
Neutral Good True Neutral Neutral Evil
Neutral
NG N NE
Chaotic
Chaotic Good
CG
Chaotic Neutral
CN
Chaotic Evil
CE
Deity
Write down the deity your character worships, if any. See pages
127–134 for more about DarkEnergy deities.
Tech Levels
The Tech Level (TL) describes the current technological
sophistication of the game setting. A traditional fantasy setting
that hasn’t discovered gunpowder or anything more advanced is
considered Tech Level 0 and is generally not noted with a TL score.
TL 1 consists of a more modern setting where advancements
such as firearms and vehicles are common. The Shearing is a
TL 1 setting. TL 2 consists of more advanced, but experimental,
technology that may be aided in its creation by the use of magic.
This includes energy weapons and cybernetic enhancements.
CHARACTER CREATION
1. Choose a Race
Step 1. Your race is the species of creature that you are. From your
average human to the anthropomorphic kefali, you decided what
type of creature you are.

2. Choose a Class
Step 2. Your class determines your skills and primary abilities in
the game. Are you a sneaky operative, devout templar or a mad
scientist?

3. Choose a Background
Step 3. Everybody has a history. Your background gives more
abilities and skills to your character.

4. Finalize Ability Scores

Step 4. Use your Ability Augments and Ability Failings from the
first three steps to finalize your ability scores. These numbers
effect every aspect of the game, so be sure you have them in the
right places.

5. Skill Proficiencies
Step 5. You gained serval proficiencies after picking your race,
class and background. You can use what you are now proficient in
to purchase equipment.

6. Buy Equipment
Step 6. You have a number of Barter Units available based on
your Background to make purchases from the Equipment section.
Buy weapons, armor and whatever supplies you can afford before
setting off on your adventure.

7. Choose a Faith/Philosophy
Step 7. You may choose a celestial pantheon to follow and a
specific deity to worship. This step is only required for Disciples
and some Templars. There are also other faiths and philosophies
if you do not wish to follow a pantheon.

8. Vampires and WereDisease

Optional Step 8. Character creation is unchanged, whether you
play as a vampire or one of The Bitten or not. As WereDisease/
vampirism are treated as a curses, it is applied the same way
to any character of any level. You should make your character
as normal (without considering the curse) and then apply any
modifications that come from the curse after character creation
has been completed. You can only have one of these curses.

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 ABILITY SCORES
Ability Drain
Ability drain actually reduces the relevant ability score. Modify all
skills and statistics related to that ability. This might cause you to
Six abilities provide a quick description of every creature’s physical lose skill points, hit points, and other bonuses. Ability drain can be
and mental characteristics: healed through the use of spells and with medical tools.

• Strength, measuring physical power

• Dexterity, measuring agility
• Constitution, measuring endurance
• Intelligence, measuring reasoning and Memory
• Wisdom, measuring perception and insight
• Charisma, measuring force of personality
Is a character muscle-bound and insightful? Brilliant and
charming? Nimble and hardy? Ability scores define these
qualities—a creature’s assets as well as weaknesses.
The three main rolls of the game—the ability check, the saving
throw, and the attack roll—rely on the six ability scores. The book’s
introduction describes the basic rule behind these rolls: roll a d20,
add an ability modifier derived from one of the six ability scores,
and compare the total to a target number.
This section focuses on how to use ability checks and saving
throws, covering the fundamental activities that creatures attempt
in the game.
Ability Scores and Modifiers
Advantage and Disadvantage
Sometimes a special ability or spell tells you that you have
advantage or disadvantage on an ability check, a saving throw, or
an attack roll. When that happens, you roll a second d20 when you
make the roll. Use the higher of the two rolls if you have advantage,
and use the lower roll if you have disadvantage. For example, if
you have disadvantage and roll a 17 and a 5, you use the 5. If you
instead have advantage and roll those numbers, you use the 17.
If multiple situations affect a roll and each one grants advantage
or imposes disadvantage on it, you don’t roll more than one
additional d20. If two favorable situations grant advantage, for
example, you still roll only one additional d20.
If circumstances cause a roll to have both advantage and
disadvantage, you are considered to have neither of them, and you
roll one d20. This is true even if multiple circumstances impose
disadvantage and only one grants advantage or vice versa. In
such a situation, you have neither advantage nor disadvantage.
When you have advantage or disadvantage and something in the
game lets you reroll the d20, you can reroll only one of the dice.
You choose which one.

Each of a creature’s abilities has a score, a number that defines You usually gain advantage or disadvantage through the use of
the magnitude of that ability. An ability score is not just a measure special abilities, actions, or spells. The GM can also decide that
of innate capabilities, but also encompasses a creature’s training circumstances influence a roll in one direction or the other and
and competence in activities related to that ability. grant advantage or impose disadvantage as a result.

All players start with a base ability score of 8 for all six abilities
before adding ability augments and subtracting ability failings.
Proficiency Bonus
Characters have a proficiency bonus determined by level. Monsters
A score of 10 or 11 is the normal human average, but adventurers also have this bonus, which is incorporated in their stat blocks.
and many monsters are a cut above average in most abilities. The bonus is used in the rules on ability checks, saving throws,
A score of 18 is the highest that a person usually reaches. and attack rolls.
Adventurers can have scores as high as 20, and monsters and
divine beings can have scores as high as 30. Your proficiency bonus can’t be added to a single die roll or other
number more than once. For example, if two different rules say
Each ability also has a modifier, derived from the score and ranging you can add your proficiency bonus to a Wisdom saving throw, you
from 5 (for an ability score of 1) to +10 (for a score of 30). The nevertheless add the bonus only once when you make the save.
Ability Scores and Modifiers table notes the ability modifiers for
the range of possible ability scores, from 1 to 30. Occasionally, your proficiency bonus might be multiplied or
divided (doubled or halved, for example) before you apply it. For
To determine an ability modifier without consulting the table, example, the Operative’s Expertise feature doubles the proficiency
subtract 10 from the ability score and then divide the total by 2 bonus for certain ability checks. If a circumstance suggests that
(round down). your proficiency bonus applies more than once to the same roll,
Because ability modifiers affect almost every attack roll, ability you still add it only once and multiply or divide it only once.
check, and saving throw, ability modifiers come up in play more By the same token, if a feature or effect allows you to multiply your
often than their associated scores. proficiency bonus when making an ability check that wouldn’t
ABILITY SCORES AND MODIFIERS normally benefit from your proficiency bonus, you still don’t add
Score Modifier Score Modifier the bonus to the check. For that check your proficiency bonus is
0, given the fact that multiplying 0 by any number is still 0. For
1 -5 16-17 +3 instance, if you lack proficiency in the History skill, you gain no
2-3 -4 18-19 +4 benefit from a feature that lets you double your proficiency bonus
4-5 -3 20-21 +5 when you make Intelligence (History) checks.
6-7 -2 22-23 +6 In general, you don’t multiply your proficiency bonus for attack
8-9 -1 24-25 +7 rolls or saving throws. If a feature or effect allows you to do so,
10-11 0 26-27 +8 these same rules apply.
12-13 +1 28-29 +9
14-15 +2 30 +10

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Ability Checks
An ability check tests a character’s or monster’s innate talent
and training in an effort to overcome a challenge. The GM calls
for an ability check when a character or monster attempts an
action (other than an attack) that has a chance of failure. When
the outcome is uncertain, the dice determine the results.
For every ability check, the GM decides which of the six abilities
is relevant to the task at hand and the difficulty of the task,
represented by a Difficulty Class (DC). The more difficult a task,
the higher its DC.
To make an ability check, roll a d20 and add the relevant ability
modifier. As with other d20 rolls, apply bonuses and penalties,
and compare the total to the DC. If the total equals or exceeds
the DC, the ability check is a success—the creature overcomes
the challenge at hand. Otherwise, it’s a failure, which means the
character or monster makes no progress toward the objective or
makes progress combined with a setback determined by the GM.
Flat Checks
When the chance something will happen or fail to happen is based
purely on chance, you’ll attempt a flat check. A flat check never
includes any modifiers, bonuses, or penalties—you just roll a d20
and compare the result on the die to the DC. Only abilities that
specifically apply to flat checks can change the checks’ DCs; most
such effects affect only certain types of flat checks.
If more than one flat check would ever cause or prevent the
same thing, just roll once and use the highest DC. In the rare
circumstance that a flat check has a DC of 1 or lower, skip rolling;
you automatically succeed. Conversely, if one ever has a DC of 21
or higher, you automatically fail.
Contests
Sometimes one character’s or monster’s efforts are directly
opposed to another’s. This can occur when both of them are
trying to do the same thing and only one can succeed, such as
attempting to snatch up a magic ring that has fallen on the floor.
This situation also applies when one of them is trying to prevent
the other one from accomplishing a goal—for example, when a
monster tries to force open a door that an adventurer is holding
closed. In situations like these, the outcome is determined by a
special form of ability check, called a contest.
Both participants in a contest make ability checks appropriate to
their efforts. They apply all appropriate bonuses and penalties, but
instead of comparing the total to a DC, they compare the totals
of their two checks. The participant with the higher check total
wins the contest. That character or monster either succeeds at the
action or prevents the other one from succeeding.
If the contest results in a tie, the situation remains the same as
it was before the contest. Thus, one contestant might win the
contest by default. If two characters tie in a contest to snatch a
ring off the floor, neither character grabs it. In a contest between a
monster trying to open a door and an adventurer trying to keep the
door closed, a tie means that the door remains shut.
Skills
Each ability covers a broad range of capabilities, including skills
that a character or a monster can be proficient in. A skill represents
a specific aspect of an ability score, and an individual’s proficiency
in a skill demonstrates a focus on that aspect. (A character’s
starting skill proficiencies are determined at character creation,
and a monster’s skill proficiencies appear in the monster’s stat
block.)
For example, a Dexterity check might reflect a character’s attempt
to pull off an acrobatic stunt, to palm an object, or to stay hidden.
Each of these aspects of Dexterity has an associated skill:
Athletics, Sleight of Hand, and Stealth, respectively. So a character
who has proficiency in the Stealth skill is particularly good at
Dexterity checks related to sneaking and hiding.
The skills related to each ability score are shown in the following
list. (No skills are related to Constitution.) See an ability’s
description in the later sections of this chapter for examples of
how to use a skill associated with an ability.
Sometimes, the GM might ask for an ability check using a specific
skill—for example, “Make a Wisdom (Perception) check.” At other
times, a player might ask the GM if proficiency in a particular skill
applies to a check. In either case, proficiency in a skill means an
individual can add his or her proficiency bonus to ability checks
that involve that skill. Without proficiency in the skill, the individual
makes a normal ability check.
For example, if a character attempts to hack into a computer
mainframe, the Game Master might ask for a Intelligence
(Computer Use) check. If the character is proficient in Computer
Use, the character’s proficiency bonus is added to the Intelligence
check. If the character lacks that proficiency, he or she just makes
a Intelligence check.
Variant: Skills with Different Abilities. Normally, your proficiency in
a skill applies only to a specific kind of ability check. Proficiency
in Stealth, for example, usually applies to Dexterity checks. In
some situations, though, your proficiency might reasonably apply
to a different kind of check. In such cases, the GM might ask for
a check using an unusual combination of ability and skill, or you
might ask your GM if you can apply a proficiency to a different
check. For example, if you have to swim from an offshore island to
the mainland, your GM might call for a Constitution check to see
if you have the stamina to make it that far. In this case, your GM
might allow you to apply your proficiency in Athletics and ask for
a Constitution (Athletics) check. So if you’re proficient in Athletics,
you apply your proficiency bonus to the Constitution check just as
you would normally do for a Strength (Athletics) check. Similarly,
when your orc berserker uses a display of raw strength to intimidate
an enemy, your GM might ask for a Strength (Intimidation) check,
even though Intimidation is normally associated with Charisma.
Passive Checks
A passive check is a special kind of ability check that doesn’t
involve any die rolls. Such a check can represent the average result
for a task done repeatedly, such as searching for secret doors over
and over again, or can be used when the GM wants to secretly
determine whether the characters succeed at something without
rolling dice, such as noticing a hidden monster.
Here’s how to determine a character’s total for a passive check:
10 + all modifiers that normally apply to the check If the character
has advantage on the check, add 5. For disadvantage, subtract 5.
The game refers to a passive check total as a score.
For example, if a 1st-level character has a Wisdom of 15 and
proficiency in Perception, he or she has a passive Wisdom
(Perception) score of 14.
The rules on hiding in the “Dexterity” section below rely on passive
checks.
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 Working Together
Sometimes two or more characters team up to attempt a task.
The character who’s leading the effort—or the one with the highest
ability modifier—can make an ability check with advantage,
reflecting the help provided by the other characters. In combat,
this requires the Help action.
A character can only provide help if the task is one that he or she
could attempt alone. For example, trying to open a lock requires
proficiency with thieves’ tools, so a character who lacks that
proficiency can’t help another character in that task. Moreover,
a character can help only when two or more individuals working
together would actually be productive. Some tasks, such as
threading a needle, are no easier with help.
Group Checks. When a number of individuals are trying to
accomplish something as a group, the GM might ask for a group
ability check. In such a situation, the characters who are skilled at
a particular task help cover those who aren’t.
To make a group ability check, everyone in the group makes the
ability check. If at least half the group succeeds, the whole group
succeeds. Otherwise, the group fails.
Group checks don’t come up very often, and they’re most useful
when all the characters succeed or fail as a group. For example,
when adventurers are navigating a swamp, the GM might call
for a group Wisdom (Survival) check to see if the characters can
avoid the quicksand, sinkholes, and other natural hazards of the
environment. If at least half the group succeeds, the successful
characters are able to guide their companions out of danger.
Otherwise, the group stumbles into one of these hazards.
Using Each Ability
Every task that a character or monster might attempt in the game
is covered by one of the six abilities. This section explains in more
detail what those abilities mean and the ways they are used in the
game.
Strength
Strength measures bodily power, athletic training, and the extent
to which you can exert raw physical force.
Strength Checks
A Strength check can model any attempt to lift, push, pull, or break
something, to force your body through a space, or to otherwise
apply brute force to a situation. The Athletics skill reflects aptitude
in certain kinds of Strength checks.
ATHLETICS. Your Strength or Dexterity (Athletics) check covers
difficult situations you encounter while climbing, jumping, or
swimming. Examples include the following activities:
• You attempt to climb a sheer or slippery cliff, avoid hazards
while scaling a wall, or cling to a surface while something is
trying to knock you off.
• You try to jump an unusually long distance or pull off a stunt
midjump.
• You struggle to swim or stay afloat in treacherous cur rents,
storm-tossed waves, or areas of thick seaweed. Or another
creature tries to push or pull you underwater or otherwise
interfere with your swimming.
Other Strength Checks. The GM might also call for a Strength
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check when you try to accomplish tasks like the following:
• Force open a stuck, locked, or barred door
• Break free of bonds
• Push through a tunnel that is too small
• Hang on to a wagon while being dragged behind it
• Tip over a statue
• Keep a boulder from rolling
INTIMIDATION. When you attempt to influence someone through
overt threats, hostile actions, and physical violence, the GM might
ask you to make a Strength (Intimidation) check. Examples include
trying to pry information out of a prisoner, convincing street thugs
to back down from a confrontation, or using the edge of a broken
bottle to convince a sneering vizier to reconsider a decision.
Attack Rolls and Damage
You add your Strength modifier to your attack roll and your
damage roll when attacking with a melee weapon such as a mace,
a battleaxe, or a javelin. You use melee weapons to make melee
attacks in hand-to-hand combat, and some of them can be thrown
to make a ranged attack.
Carrying Capacity
There is no defined carrying capacity. The GM can ask to check
your inventory at any time and will determine if you carrying a
realistic assortment of items. If it is decided that you are carrying
too much, you can either discard items or take an encumbrance
penalty. The same goes for physical activities like pushing or
lifting, the GM determines if you are strong enough to perform
such an activity.
Dexterity
Dexterity measures agility, reflexes, and balance.
Dexterity Checks
A Dexterity check can model any attempt to move nimbly, quickly,
or quietly, or to keep from falling on tricky footing. The Athletics,
Sleight of Hand, and Stealth skills reflect aptitude in certain kinds
of Dexterity checks.
ATHLETICS. Your Dexterity or Strength (Athletics) check covers
your attempt to stay on your feet in a tricky situation, such as when
you’re trying to run across a sheet of ice, balance on a tightrope, or
stay upright on a rocking ship’s deck. The GM might also call for
a Dexterity (Athletics) check to see if you can perform acrobatic
stunts, including dives, rolls, somersaults, and flips.
DRIVE (PILOT). Whenever you attempt to drive a vehicle or perform
a maneuver such as a jump or sharp turn, the GM might call for a
Dexterity (Drive) check.
SLEIGHT OF HAND. Whenever you attempt an act of legerdemain
or manual trickery, such as planting something on someone else
or concealing an object on your person, make a Dexterity (Sleight
of Hand) check. The GM might also call for a Dexterity (Sleight of
Hand) check to determine whether you can lift a coin purse off
another person or slip something out of another person’s pocket.
STEALTH. Make a Dexterity (Stealth) check when you attempt
to conceal yourself from enemies, slink past guards, slip away
without being noticed, or sneak up on someone without being
seen or heard.
OTHER DEXTERITY CHECKS. The GM might call for a Dexterity
check when you try to accomplish tasks like the following:
• Control a heavily laden cart on a steep descent
• Steer a chariot around a tight turn
• Pick a lock
• Disable a trap
• Securely tie up a prisoner
• Wriggle free of bonds
• Play a stringed instrument
• Craft a small or detailed object
Hiding
When you try to hide, make a Dexterity (Stealth) check. Until you
are discovered or you stop hiding, that check’s total is contested
by the Wisdom (Perception) check of any creature that actively
searches for signs of your presence.
You can’t hide from a creature that can see you, and if you make
noise (such as shouting a warning or knocking over a vase), you
give away your position. An invisible creature can’t be seen, so it
can always try to hide. Signs of its passage might still be noticed,
however, and it still has to stay quiet.
In combat, most creatures stay alert for signs of danger all around,
so if you come out of hiding and approach a creature, it usually
sees you. However, under certain circumstances, the Game Master
might allow you to stay hidden as you approach a creature that is
distracted, allowing you to gain advantage on an attack before you
are seen.
PASSIVE PERCEPTION. When you hide, there’s a chance someone
will notice you even if they aren’t searching. To determine whether
such a creature notices you, the GM compares your Dexterity
(Stealth) check with that creature’s passive Wisdom (Perception)
score, which equals 10 + the creature’s Wisdom modifier, as well
as any other bonuses or penalties. If the creature has advantage,
add 5. For disadvantage, subtract 5.
For example, if a 1st-level character (with a proficiency bonus
of +2) has a Wisdom of 15 (a +2 modifier) and proficiency in
Perception, he or she has a passive Wisdom (Perception) of 14.
WHAT CAN YOU SEE? One of the main factors in determining
whether you can find a hidden creature or object is how well you
can see in an area, which might be lightly or heavily obscured.
Attack Rolls and Damage
You add your Dexterity modifier to your attack roll and your
damage roll when attacking with a ranged weapon, such as a
sling or a longbow. You can also add your Dexterity modifier to
your attack roll and your damage roll when attacking with a melee
weapon that has the finesse property, such as a dagger or a rapier.
Armor Class
Depending on the armor you wear, you might add some or all of
your Dexterity modifier to your Armor Class.
Initiative
At the beginning of every combat, you roll initiative by making a
Dexterity check. Initiative determines the order of creatures’ turns
in combat.
Constitution
Constitution measures health, stamina, and vital force.
Constitution Checks
Constitution checks are uncommon, and no skills apply to
Constitution checks, because the endurance this ability represents
is largely passive rather than involving a specific effort on the part
of a character or monster.
A Constitution check can model your attempt to push beyond
normal limits, however.
The GM might call for a Constitution check when you try to
accomplish tasks like the following:
• Hold your breath
• March or labor for hours without rest
• • Go without sleep
• Survive without food or water
• Quaff an entire stein of ale in one go
Hit Points
Your Constitution modifier contributes to your hit points. Typically,
you add your Constitution modifier to each Hit Die you roll for your
hit points.
If your Constitution modifier changes, your hit point maximum
changes as well, as though you had the new modifier from 1st
level. For example, if you raise your Constitution score when you
reach 4th level and your Constitution modifier increases from +1 to
+2, you adjust your hit point maximum as though the modifier had
always been +2. So you add 3 hit points for your first three levels,
and then roll your hit points for 4th level using your new modifier.
Or if you’re 7th level and some effect lowers your Constitution
score so as to reduce your Constitution modifier by 1, your hit
point maximum is reduced by 7.
Intelligence
Intelligence measures mental acuity, accuracy of recall, and the
ability to reason.
Intelligence Checks
An Intelligence check comes into play when you need to draw on
logic, education, memory, or deductive reasoning. The Arcana,
History, Investigation, Nature, and Religion skills reflect aptitude in
certain kinds of Intelligence checks.
ARCANA. Your Intelligence (Arcana) check measures your ability
to recall lore about spells, magic items, eldritch symbols, magical
traditions, the planes of existence, and the inhabitants of those
planes.
COMPUTER USE. Your Intelligence (Computer Use) check
measures your ability to use technology including cell phones and
computers.
DEMOLITIONS. Your Intelligence (Demolitions) check measures
your ability to install and use explosive devices.
DISABLE DEVICE. Your Intelligence (Disable Device) check
measures your ability sabotage devices such as traps.
INVESTIGATION. When you look around for clues and make
deductions based on those clues, you make an Intelligence
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 (Investigation) check. You might deduce the location of a hidden
object, discern from the appearance of a wound what kind of
weapon dealt it, or determine the weakest point in a tunnel that
could cause it to collapse. Poring through ancient scrolls in
search of a hidden fragment of knowledge might also call for an
Intelligence (Investigation) check.
OCCULTISM. Your Intelligence (Occultism) check measures your
ability to recall lore about deities, rites and prayers, religious
hierarchies, holy symbols, and the obscure practices of secret
cults.
REPAIR. Your Intelligence (Repair) check measures your ability to
fix broken objects and devices.
CRAFT. Your Intelligence (Craft) check measures your ability
create anything from paintings to robots. There are my different
types of crafting. A list of Crafting skills can be found below. You
must be proficient in the proper skill to gain the bonus on a skill
check. For example. If you wanted to create a tattoo, you would
not gain a proficiency bonus to your Craft: Tattoo check unless
you were proficient in Craft: Tattoo.
Crafting Skills
Mechanical
Electronic
Pharmaceutical
Chemical
Structural
Art
Writing
Runes
Tattoo
KNOWLEDGE. Your Intelligence (Knowledge) check measures your
ability to recall anything from historical events, how to perform
surgery, to tactics. A list of knowledge skills can be found below.
Knowledge Skills
Science
Surgery
Civics
Streetwise
Tactics
History
Other Intelligence Checks
The GM might call for an Intelligence check when you try to
accomplish tasks like the following:
• Communicate with a creature without using words
• Estimate the value of a precious item
• Pull together a disguise to pass as a city guard
• Forge a document
• Recall lore about a craft or trade
• Win a game of skill
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Spellcasting Ability
Mages, Engineers and Mad Scientists use Intelligence as their
spellcasting ability, which helps determine the saving throw DCs
of spells they cast.
Wisdom
Wisdom reflects how attuned you are to the world around you and
represents perceptiveness and intuition.
Wisdom Checks
A Wisdom check might reflect an effort to read body language,
understand someone’s feelings, notice things about the
environment, or care for an injured person. The Animal Handling,
Insight, Medicine, Perception, and Survival skills reflect aptitude in
certain kinds of Wisdom checks.
ANIMAL HANDLING. When there is any question whether you can
calm down a domesticated animal, keep a mount from getting
spooked, or intuit an animal’s intentions, the GM might call for
a Wisdom (Animal Handling) check. You also make a Wisdom
(Animal Handling) check to control your mount when you attempt
a risky maneuver.
NATURE. Your Wisdom (Nature) check measures your ability to
recall lore about terrain, plants and animals, the weather, and
natural cycles.
PERCEPTION. Your Wisdom (Perception) check lets you spot, hear,
or otherwise detect the presence of something. It measures your
general awareness of your surroundings and the keenness of your
senses.
RELIGION. Your Wisdom (Religion) check measures your ability
to recall lore about deities, rites and prayers, religious hierarchies,
holy symbols, and the practices of major religious institutions.
SURVIVAL. The GM might ask you to make a Wisdom (Survival)
check to follow tracks, hunt wild game, guide your group through
frozen wastelands, identify signs that owlbears live nearby, predict
the weather, or avoid quicksand and other natural hazards.
TREAT INJURY. A Wisdom (Treat Injury) check lets you try to
stabilize a dying companion or diagnose an illness.
PASSIVE PERCEPTION. A character’s ability to notice what’s
happening around them without actively examining their
surroundings. Calculating passive perception:
10 + Wisdom modifier + proficiency bonus
Spellcasting Ability
Berserkers, Disciples, Druids, Templars and Sharpshooters use
Wisdom as their spellcasting ability, which helps determine the
saving throw DCs of spells they cast.
Charisma
Charisma measures your ability to interact effectively with others.
It includes such factors as confidence and eloquence, and it can
represent a charming or commanding personality.
Charisma Checks
A Charisma check might arise when you try to influence or
entertain others, when you try to make an impression or tell a
convincing lie, or when you are navigating a tricky social situation.

The Deception, Intimidation, Performance, and Persuasion skills
reflect aptitude in certain kinds of Charisma checks.
DECEPTION. Your Charisma (Deception) check determines
whether you can convincingly hide the truth, either verbally or
through your actions. This deception can encompass everything
from misleading others through ambiguity to telling outright
lies. Typical situations include trying to fast-talk a guard, con a
merchant, earn money through gambling, pass yourself off in a
disguise, dull someone’s suspicions with false assurances, or
maintain a straight face while telling a blatant lie.
PERFORMANCE. Your Charisma (Performance) check determines
how well you can delight an audience with music, dance, acting,
storytelling, or some other form of entertainment.
PERSUASION. When you attempt to influence someone or a group
of people with tact, social graces, or good nature, the GM might
ask you to make a Charisma (Persuasion) check. Typically, you
use persuasion when acting in good faith, to foster friendships,
make cordial requests, or exhibit proper etiquette. Examples of
persuading others include convincing a chamberlain to let your
party see the king, negotiating peace between warring tribes, or
inspiring a crowd of townsfolk.
OTHER CHARISMA CHECKS. The GM might call for a Charisma
check when you try to accomplish tasks like the following:
• Find the best person to talk to for news, rumors, and gossip
• Blend into a crowd to get the sense of key topics of conversation
Spellcasting Ability
Instrumentalists, Silvertongues and some Mages use Charisma as
their spellcasting ability, which helps determine the saving throw
DCs of spells they cast.
Saving Throws
A saving throw—also called a save—represents an attempt to
resist a spell, a trap, a poison, a disease, or a similar threat. You
don’t normally decide to make a saving throw; you are forced to
make one because your character or monster is at risk of harm.
To make a saving throw, roll a d20 and add the appropriate ability
modifier. For example, you use your Dexterity modifier for a
Dexterity saving throw.
A saving throw can be modified by a situational bonus or
penalty and can be affected by advantage and disadvantage, as
determined by the GM.
Each class gives proficiency in at least two saving throws. The
Mage, for example, is proficient in Intelligence saves. As with skill
proficiencies, proficiency in a saving throw lets a character add his
or her proficiency bonus to saving throws made using a particular
ability score. Some monsters have saving throw proficiencies as
well.
The Difficulty Class for a saving throw is determined by the effect
that causes it. For example, the DC for a saving throw allowed
by a spell is determined by the caster’s spellcasting ability and
proficiency bonus.
The result of a successful or failed saving throw is also detailed in
the effect that allows the save. Usually, a successful save means
that a creature suffers no harm, or reduced harm, from an effect.
CHARACTER SIZE
Most characters fall in the Medium size category and use the rules
as stated throughout this book, however there are come races
that are Tiny, Small or Large. They have a few adjusted rules to
compensate for their size difference.
Large Characters
A large character is between eight and sixteen feet tall and takes
up more space than an average Medium sized character. This may
cause problems when trying to fit though doorways or tunnels
build for medium sized characters. For example, a giant that gets
into a fight in a dwarven alehouse would have disadvantage due to
it being unable to move freely inside the smaller space.
When playing on a grid, the large character takes up a 10x10
ft. square instead of the usual 5 ft. for medium characters. For
ranged attacks a Large creature can measure the distance from
any of squares it occupies: so it effectively has an extra square
of range.
Larger characters can be used as mounts by Small or smaller
characters assuming the Large character allows it. In combat,
both characters roll normally.
A Large creature is better at tactical blocking: it provides more
cover for allies behind it, and foes path around the creature has
to divert further.
• Two-handed melee weapons can be wielded in one hand
• Weapons and armor cost twice as much for large characters.
• Light weapons have disadvantage on attack rolls.
• Large characters are easier to hit and suffer -2 AC penalty.
• Unarmed strike might deal 5 bludgeoning damage.
• Disadvantage on Stealth checks.
• You must use Huge or larger creatures as mounts.
• Weapons with the “versatile” trait deal the damage given in
parenthesis even if wielded in only one hand.
• Cover is less effective and is downgraded by one level. Where a
Medium creature would find total cover, a Large creature might
only receive three-quarters cover; where a Medium creature
finds three-quarters cover, a Large creature might only receive
half cover; and where a Medium creature finds half cover, a Large
creature might find none.
Small Characters
A small character is between two and four feet tall and takes up
less space than an average Medium sized character. They can
squeeze into smaller spaces and go unnoticed where others
would be spotted easily.
• Disadvantage using any weapon with the “Heavy” tag.
• Small characters are harder to hit and gain +1 AC bonus.
• Advantage on Stealth checks.
• You can also use medium sized creatures as mounts.
• You can move through a hostile creature’s space if it is two size
categories larger than you.
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Tiny Characters
A tiny PC weighs so little and takes up so little space that it doesn’t
cause issues to hitch a ride in a sack, shoulder, or other position
Your character’s appearance is largely up to you. Each race has an
on another PC. However, the amount of coordination required
average height, weight and age range associated with them. But
to ensure you don’t get in each other’s way or jostle each other
for their hair color, skin tone, eyes, and general appearance, that is
into losing actions makes this tactic unfavorable for most fellow
for you to decide.
adventurers during combat. If you’re riding along with another PC
or similar non-minion intelligent creature, roll both your initiatives
and use the lower of the two results. You act in either order on the
same initiative count. While traveling in this way, you each gain
Age
two actions at the start of your turn, instead of three, since they Your character’s age must be at least the minimum adult age for
spend one action keeping you balanced on their back, and you the character’s race and class (see Table Aging).
spend one action maintaining your grip.
With age, a character’s physical ability scores decrease and his
Your tiny character can enter another creature’s space, which is mental ability scores increase (see Table Aging). The effects of
important because your melee Strikes typically have no reach, each aging step are cumulative. However, none of a character’s
meaning you must enter their space to attack them. Like other tiny ability scores can be reduced below 1 in this way. A character who
creatures, you don’t automatically receive lesser cover from being reaches their maximum age dies of old age sometime during the
in a larger creature’s space, but circumstances might allow you to following year.
Take Cover. You can purchase weapons, armor, and other items
for your size with the same statistics as normal gear, except that The maximum ages are for player characters. Most people in the
melee weapons have a reach of 0 for you (or a reach 5 feet shorter world at large die from pestilence, accidents, infections, or violence
than normal if they have the reach trait). before getting to venerable age.

SIZE RANGES AGING

Size Height Range Weight Range RACE Adult Middle Age1 Old2 Venerable3 Max Age

Tiny 1 ft. - 2 ft. 1 lb. - 8 lb. Cyclops 15+ 275 500 650 +5d20

Small 2 ft. - 4 ft. 8 lb. - 60 lb. Dwarf 50+ 200 350 450 +3d20

Medium 4 ft. - 8 ft. 60 lb. - 500 lb. Elf 100+ 1,500 2,500 3,000 +10d20

Large 8 ft. - 16 ft. 500 lb. - 2 tons Fairy 2+ - - - -

Giant 300+ - - - -
Goblinoids 6+ 75 150 225 +3d20
Human 15+ 40 65 80 +2d20
SIZE & REACH Kefali
Size Space Reach Cyno 5+ 20 45 65 +1d20
Tiny Less than 5 feet 0 feet Feloran 15+ 45 80 100 +2d20
Small 5 feet 5 feet Kobold 2+ 100 225 300
Medium 5 feet 5 feet Orc 10+ 30 75 95 +1d20
Large 10 feet 10 feet Troglodyte 12+ 25 50 75 +1d20
1- At middle age, -1 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.
2- At old age, -2 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.
3- At venerable age, -3 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.

Height & Weight

To determine a character’s height and weight, see Table Average
Height and Weight. This will give you an average height and weight
for your character’s race and gender. You choose the height and
weight of your character but you cannot go below the minimum
size/weight or above the maximum for your characters size
category. See table Size Ranges to determine your minimum and
maximum. Most races are of Medium size and therefor have a
height range of 4-8 ft. tall and a weight range of between 60 and
500 lb.

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 AVERAGE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT AVERAGE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT
RACE Average Height Average Weight RACE Average Height Average Weight
Cyclops, male 13 ft. 1 in. 2,200 lb. Cyno, male
Cyclops, female 9 ft. 2 in. 1,700 lb. Warg 7 ft. 2 in. 280 lb.
Dwarf, male 4 ft. 8 in. 230 lb. Canis 5 ft. 11 in. 220 lb.
Dwarf, female 4 ft. 2 in. 170 lb. Leetayo 4 ft. 5 in. 120 lb.
Elf, male 5 ft. 10 in. 180 lb. Jogal 5 ft. 4 in. 150 lb.
Elf, female 5 ft. 4 in. 110 lb. Cyno, female
Fairy, male Warg 6 ft. 0 in. 220 lb.
Gnome 1 ft. 6 in. 5 lb. Canis 5 ft. 5 in. 190 lb.
Leprechaun 1 ft. 11 in. 7 lb. Leetayo 4 ft. 1 in. 90 lb.
Pixie 1 ft. 4 in. 3 lb. Jogal 5 ft. 0 in. 120 lb.
Fairy, female Feloran, male .
Gnome 1 ft. 4 in. 4 lb. Asad 7 ft. 0 in. 350 lb.
Leprechaun 1 ft. 9 in. 6 lb. Jolbar 7 ft. 8 in. 400 lb.
Pixie 1 ft. 2 in. 2 lb. Miw 4 ft. 4 in. 100 lb.
Giant, male 15 ft. 8 in. 3,300 lb. Pardus 6 ft. 2 in. 210 lb.
Giant, female 13 ft. 4 in. 2,550 lb. Lynce 5 ft. 6 in. 180 lb.
Goblinoid, male Feloran, female
Bugbear 7 ft. 8 in. 325 lb. Asad 6 ft. 6 in. 240 lb.
Goblin 3 ft. 8 in. 55 lb. Jolbar 7 ft. 2 in. 310 lb.
Hobgoblin 6 ft. 2 in. 250 lb. Miw 4 ft. 0 in. 60 lb.
Kijimuna 2 ft. 10 in. 30 lb. Pardus 5 ft. 9 in. 180 lb.
Goblinoid, female Lynce 5 ft. 2 in. 150 lb.
Bugbear 7 ft. 4 in. 250 lb. Kobold, male 3 ft. 10 in. 60 lb.
Goblin 3 ft. 0 in. 45 lb. Kobold, female 3 ft. 4 in. 45 lb.
Hobgoblin 5 ft. 10 in. 175 lb. Orc, male 6 ft. 6 in. 250 lb.
Kijimuna 2 ft. 5 in. 25 lb. Orc, female 6 ft. 0 in. 190 lb.
Human, male 6 ft. 0 in. 200 lb. Troglodyte, male 6 ft. 2 in. 220 lb.
Human, female 5 ft. 4 in. 130 lb. Troglodyte, female 5 ft. 9 in. 190 lb.

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 RACES RACES AT A GLANCE
Size
Characters of most races are Medium, a size category including
creatures that are roughly 4 to 8 feet tall. Members of a few races
are Small (between 2 and 4 feet tall), Tiny (between 1 and 2 feet
Race Description tall) or Large (between 8 and 16 feet tall), which means that certain
Cyclopes One-eyed giants that have mastered the art of rules of the game affect them differently. (page 13)
crafting.

Speed
Dwarves Short and sturdy warriors with legendary toughness.
Elves Beautiful and graceful masters of the Arcane Arts.
Fairies Tiny magical beings with great mystical power. Your speed determines how far you can move when traveling
Giants Mighty brutes with superior size and strength. (“Adventuring”) and fighting (“Combat”).
Goblinoids Wicked creatures that enjoy causing pain.
Humans Innovative and tenacious survivors.
Alignment
Kefali Anthropomorphic creatures broken into numerous Most races have tendencies toward certain alignments, described
Houses based on species. in this entry. These are not binding for player characters, but
Kobolds Ingenious trap makes and ambush fighters. considering why your dwarf is chaotic, for example, in defiance
of lawful dwarf society can help you better define your character.
Orcs Fierce and powerful beasts with a strict code of
honor.
Troglodytes Mystical zealots with a thirst for power.
Proficiencies
Each race is proficient at different things. This section shows what
Racial Traits those proficiencies are for that particular race. These include,
weapons, armor and tools.
The description of each race includes racial traits that are common

Languages
to all members of that race. The following entries appear among
the traits of most races. The COMMON trait automatically comes
with that race at level 1.
There are many languages across the DarkEnergy multiverse. This
section explains what languages your character knows.
Ability Score Modifiers A few of the more common ones are listed below.

Each score starts at a base number of 8. Then you add the Ability
Augments and subtract Ability Failings to determine your Ability Major Languages
Scores. Ability Modifiers are given for Race, Class, and Background.
Common (Humans)
Ability Augment Cynoian (Cynocephali)
Increases one or more of a character’s ability scores. Each Draconic (Dragons, Kobolds)
Increase raises the ability score by +2 unless the score is already
18 or higher, then the score increases by +1. Dwarven (Dwarves)

A FREE Augment increases one score of your choice. Elioud (Ogres, Trolls, Giants, Cyclopes)
Elvish (Elves, Dryads)
Ability Failing Enochian (Celestials)
Shows what ability is negatively effaced based on race. Each Felorian (Felorans)
Failing give a -2 to that Ability Score.
Goblin (Goblinoids)

Subraces
Infernal (Devils, Demons)
Orc (Orcs)
Some races have subraces. Members of a subrace have the Primordial (Elementals)
traits of the parent race in addition to the traits specified for their
Roahttu (Ratmen)
subrace. Relationships among subraces vary significantly from
race to race and world to world. Troglodyte (Troglodytes)

Hit Points TL 2 Variant

Each race has a base number of Hit Points to start with. These are In a Tech Level 2 setting, some races may have chosen some
combined with their Class Hit Points + Constitution Modifier to get technological enhancements. If you wish to play one of these races,
your total Hit Points (HP) at 1st level. you should work with your GM to decided on what enhancements
you may start with.

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 CYCLOPES
The cyclopes are a race of one-eyed giants that are known for their legendary crafting abilities. While not actually elioud, legend tells
that the first mortal cyclops was crafted by the three celestial Cyclopean brothers, Arges, Brontes and Steropes to help them in the
forges of Mount Olympus. It is believed by many cyclopes that their Cyclopean Gods modeled their creation on the elioud and therefor
many cyclopes have a fondness for their giant ‘kin’. Despite their mainly neutral nature, cyclopes are known to craft weapons, armor
and even fortresses for the elioud and the evil nephilim.
Cyclopes also have a strong relationship with the elves as it was the
Cyclopean Gods who crafted many of the Olympian’s weapons, including
Zeus’s thunderbolts. One exception is the
most zealous cultists of elves that worship
Apollo still harbor a hatred for cyclopes for
the insult of Zeus using his thunderbolts to
kill Apollo’s sun Asclepius. Luckily the cyclopes
are few in number and so to are overly zealous
Cultists of Apollo, so conflicts are exceedingly
rare.
While cyclopes are generally peaceful giants,
some have developed a taste for human flesh.
Cyclopes have keen senses and are extremely
patient. Some individuals will go so far as to bait
adventurers with tales of treasure and then lie in wait
for human explorers to fall into their trap.
The largest population of cyclopes can be found
on the Cyclopean Isles on Gaea.

Hit Points: 40
Size: Large (-2 AC)
Speed: 40 ft.
aliGnMent
Cyclops are a fairly neutral race as they prefer to spend their
time honing their skills at crafting and building. However, they do
enjoy a little chaos and their legendary talents are used by their
giant kin for various evil purposes.

treMorsense
You can detect and pinpoint the origin of vibrations within
a specific radius, provided that the monster and the source
of the vibrations are in contact with the same ground or
substance.

Proficiencies
Weapon: None Armor: None
Tools:: Smith’s tools, mason’s tools and chemistry kit .

Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common, Elvish
and Elioud. If your Intelligence is 14 or higher,
choose one additional language of your choice.

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 Cyclops Traits & Appearance Elite Crafter
Cyclops range from 8 feet to 14 feet in height, these monstrous Your gain proficiency in one crafting skill of your choice.
humanoids are known for their distinctive single eye. A cyclops is This can be taken multiple times.
usually broad shouldered and muscular, with significant quantities
of hair on it’s legs, arms and torso. The males commonly have
beards and are bald. Keen Senses
Cyclops reach adulthood around age 15 and have been to known
to live for well over 500 years. You have proficiency in the Perception and Survival skills.

Ability Augment Crafting Mastery

WISDOM
Your gain +2 on all Craft checks.
INTELLIGENCE
FREE

Ability Failing
CHARISMA
DEXTERITY

Cyclops Race Traits

COMMON: Crafting Mastery
Your have advantage on all Crafting checks.

Thick Skull
You have resistance against bludgeoning damage the first time
you take damage of that type. This can be used once per long rest.

Stone Cutter
Whenever you make an Intelligence (Knowledge) check related
to the origin of stonework, you are considered proficient in the
History skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check,
instead of your normal proficiency bonus.

Life Near the Forge

You have resistance against fire damage the first time you take
damage of that type. This can be used once per short rest.

Identify Magical Object

You choose one object that you must touch. If it is a magic item
or some other magic-imbued object, you learn its properties and
how to use them, whether it requires attunement to use, and how
many charges it has, if any.

Power of Three
You have advantage on attack rolls against a creature if two other
allied cyclopes are within 10 ft. of the creature and the allies aren’t
incapacitated.

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 DWARVES
The dwarves or Svartalfar are an ancient race who legend says were carved from the bedrock of their homeworld of Svartalfheim.
Dwarves are as hard as steel and as unyielding as stone in the face of their enemies. They are stubborn, standing firm in the face of
even the greatest of foes. Dwarves are capable of taking all of the punishment that their enemies can dish out and more. They value
their ancestral traditions greatly, and will fight to the last to defend their ancestral homes. They are generally acknowledged to be the
greatest craftsman and builders of all the races.
Dwarves value their clan ties and ancestry greatly, and
deeply respect the clan elders. They honor the
long-dead founders of their clans and ancestral heroes,
and are proud of the achievements of their ancestors.
Dwarves greatly honor ancestral weaponry and armor,
treating such artifacts with great respect.
When a dwarf dies their bodies will slowly turn to stone
after several days. Called Dwarf Stone, it is nearly
unbreakable and a source of great pride among the
dwarves. The bodies of the Fallen are propped in a
standing position so that when their bodies harden they
appear as statues, ready for battle. The dwarves believe
that the Fallen will return to life to fight in beside their
gods during Ragnarok.
Dwarves are a pious race, seeking guidance from their
Æsir gods far more than any other. Dwarves look to the
divine for guidance, hope and inspiration in the toughest
of times. All dwarven communities have grand, stone
temples and all but a few dwarves are pious followers of
their gods.

Hit Points: 10
Size: Medium
Speed: 25 ft.
aliGnMent
Most dwarves are lawful, believing firmly in the benefits of a
well ordered society. They tend toward good as well, with a
strong sense of fair play and a belief that everyone deserves
to share in the benefits of a just order.

Darkvision
Accustomed to life underground, you have superior vision in
dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within
60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as
if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness,
only shades of gray.

Proficiencies
Weapon:: All axes, hammers, and polearms.
Armor: medium, heavy and shields.
Tools:: Your choice: smith’s tools, brewer’s supplies, or
mason’s tools.

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 Dwarf Traits & Appearance
Your dwarf character has an assortment of inborn abilities, part
and parcel of dwarven nature. Dwarves are heavily muscled and
generally between four to five feet tall with all males displaying a
beard.
It is common practice for the beards to be braided and ornamented
to show their clan and status. Female dwarves have long hair and
when they are called to battle, they tie their hair under their chin
so when they have a helm on they are indistinguishable from their
male counterparts.
Dwarves mature at the about the same rate as humans, but they’re
considered young until they reach the age of 50. On average, they
live about 350 years.
ability auGMent
CONSTITUTION
FREE
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Dwarven.
If your Intelligence is 14 or higher, choose one additional language
of your choice.
TL 2 Variant: Steam Dwarf
After the Shearing, some injured dwarves on Earth used
archaic steam technology combined with magical runes to
build new limbs to replace lost appendages. The mechanical
parts became so popular among the dwarves that some even
purposefully removed fully-functioning limbs for the sole
purpose to be fitted with a mechanical replacement. These
‘Steam Dwarves’ have become a sub-class of dwarf society.

ability failinG
CHARISMA

Subraces
There are two major clans of dwarves. The Hill Clans and the
Mountain Clans. Both have common characteristics of their
shared dwarven ancestry. They have marked differences that may
be unnoticeable to other races but are vastly apparent to other
dwarves.

Hill Clans
Also known as the Kingdom Above, the Hill Clans reside near the
surface and most of their settlements are equal parts above and
below ground. They are generally taller and have a variety of skin
colors compared to their Mountain Clan counterparts. Wearing
chainmail and wielding spears, axes and round shields, hill clan
dwarves are referred to as short vikings by many humans.

ability auGMent
WISDOM

Mountain Clans
Also known as the Empire Below, the Mountain Clans live deep
beneath the surface in vast networks of cavernous cities. They
are renowned for their stonecutting skills and advanced smithing
techniques. Many Mt. Clan dwarves wear heavy plate armor and
wield hammers and pick axes in battle.

ability auGMent
STRENGTH

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 Dwarf Race Traits Thor’s Chosen
You have resistance against electrical damage the first time you

COMMON: Dwarven Resilience

take damage of that type. This can be used once per long rest.

You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned,

and you have resistance against poison damage.
Naturally Warm
You have resistance against cold damage.

Dwarven Spell Impunity

You have advantage on saving throws against arcane spells,
Dwarven Constitution
and you have resistance against force and psychic damage. Your Hit Point maximum increases by 2, and it increases by 2
every time you gain a level.

Dwarven Polearms Mastery

When you take the Attack action and attack with only a glaive,
Runesmith
poleaxe or spear, you can use a bonus action to make a melee Your have advantage on all Craft: Runes checks.
attack with the opposite end of the weapon. The weapon’s
damage die for this attack is a d4, and the attack deals
bludgeoning damage. Dwarven Shield Block
• While you are wielding a glaive, poleaxe or spear, other
Reaction: While you have your shield raised, you would take
creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they
damage from a physical attack.
enter your reach.
Your shield prevents you from taking an amount of damage up to
the shield’s Hardness. You and the shield each take any remaining
Stonecunning damage, possibly breaking the shield.

Whenever you make an Intelligence (Knowledge) check related

to the origin of stonework, you are considered proficient in Runesmith Mastery
the skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check,
instead of your normal proficiency bonus. Your gain +2 on all Craft: Runes checks.

Immovable
You have advantage on saving throws against being knocked
back, tripped or shoved. Effects only move half distance.

Giantsbane
You gain advantage on attack rolls when attacking any creature
size Large or bigger.

Travel Lore
You can’t get lost.

Heavy Expert
You don’t take any movement penalty for wearing heavy armor
or shields.

Dwarven Toughness
You have resistance against bludgeoning, slashing or piercing
damage the first time you take damage of one of those types.
This can be used once per long rest.

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 ELVES
The Elves, or Aos Si,, are a race of ancient and extremely magical
beings. They primarily worship their Olympian gods but also
have a deep love and understanding of Mother Nature. On their
homeworld of Gaea, the elves are separated by three continents
and countless island city/states that each host a unique culture,
dwellings, and chosen natural element. They are widespread in
the places that they live, and have varying cultures. Many elves
build elegant shining cities and towers, while others dwell in
natural villages deep in beautiful forests. Many more dwell in deep
caverns of astounding natural beauty or by the tranquil seas.
Elves are creatures of magic. It is part of them, infused in their very
cells. That is the reason for their extended life spans. They are the
greatest known practitioners of The Art.
Elves love and revere the natural world, and this, combined with
their expansive life spans, enables them to perceive much in the
natural world that blundering humans could ever hope to. Many
an elf is happiest listening to the music of the waves or singing in
forest glades beneath the skies.
Despite their extraordinarily long life spans, elves are highly
emotional; elves feel emotions far deeper than other races, and
are easily moved to the strongest of emotions. They swiftly react
against threats to their homes or their allies. Elves are considered
by many to be the greatest bastion against evil, as they are known
to rise to the defense of the suffering far more than any other race.

Hit Points: 6
Size: Medium
Speed: 30 ft.
aliGnMent
Elves love freedom, variety, and self expression, so
they lean strongly toward the gentler aspects of chaos.
They value and protect others’ freedom as well as their
own, and they are more often good than not. The
shadow elves are an exception; their exile has
made them vicious and dangerous. Shadow
elves are more often evil than not.

Darkvision
Accustomed to twilight forests and the
night sky, you have superior vision in
dark and dim conditions. You can see
in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and
in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in
darkness, only shades of gray.

Proficiencies
Weapon:: longsword, arming sword, shortbow, and longbow.
Armor: light and medium
Tools:: Your choice: chemistry kit, jeweler’s tools, or thieves’ tools.

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 Elf Traits & Appearance
Your elf character has a variety of natural abilities, the result of
thousands of years of elven refinement. Elves range from under 5
to over 6 feet tall and have slender builds. Their ears are about the
same size as a human’s, but are pointed, like a leaf. Although elves
reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the
elven understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to
encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims adulthood
and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be several
thousand years old.
ability auGMent
DEXTERITY
FREE
ability failinG
CONSTITUTION
Subraces
The three largest groups of elves are the High Elves in their capital,
The White City, on the continent of Hyperborea, Wood Elves deep
in the forest glades of Arcadia, and the Wild Elves in the badlands
of Luilekkerland.
The last kindred of elves is not counted among those named
above, as they betrayed the elves under the banner of The Shadow
and turned to evil. They are called the Shadowed Ones and they
dwell in the Realm of Shadow that they were banished to long ago.
All elves share a burning hatred of the Shadowed Ones, but they
also pity them for their delusions of grandeur and the harshness
of their prison world.
High Elf
The High Elves are the most sophisticated and urban of all elves.
Most live in large cities and spend their time practicing arcane
magic. They have the largest standing army and see themselves
as the defenders of the Light.
ability auGMent
INTELLIGENCE
Wood Elf
The Wood Elves are the guardians of nature and have mastered
elemental magic. Ruled by the Druids, the elves of the woods seek
to preserve the natural world at all costs and desire balance in all
things.
ability auGMent
STRENGTH
Wild Elf
As their name suggests, Wild Elves are the most free-spirited and
emotional of all the elves. They have no real governing body and
are motived primarily by personal desires, seeming acting on a
whim.
ability auGMent
CHARISMA
Shadow Elf
A Shadowed One was an elf that has been condemned for
practicing forbidden Blood Magic or other occult rituals, usually in
an effort to obtain immortality and power.
ability auGMent
*Choose High, Wood, or Wild then see Curse of Vampirism
TL 2 Variant: Synth-Elf
After the Shearing, a rare number of elves embraced human
technology and used it to enhance their own bodies through
cybernetic implants. The vast majority of elves look on in
disgust at these so called ‘synth-elves’ and any elf with any
modifications are generally shunned by other elves.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvish.
If your Intelligence is 14 or higher, choose one additional language
of your choice.
trance
Elves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining
semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. While meditating, you can dream
after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that
have become reflexive through years of practice.
After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human
does from 8 hours of sleep.
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 Elf Race Traits
COMMON: Magical Ancestry
You have immunity against being charmed, and magic can’t put
you to sleep.
Keen Senses
You have proficiency in the Perception and Survival skills.
Extra Language
You can speak, read, and write one extra language of your choice.
Fleet of Foot
Your base walking speed increases to 35 feet.
Mask of the Wild
You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured
by foliage, heavy rain, falling snow, mist, and other natural
phenomena.
Superior Darkvision (Shadow Only)
Your darkvision has a radius of 120 feet.
Exotic Weapon Mastery
You are proficient with all exotic martial weapons.
Elven Accuracy
You have uncanny aim. You gain the following benefits
• Increase your Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20
• Whenever you have advantage on an attack roll, you can reroll
one of the dice once.
Wood Elf Magic
Prerequisite: Wood Elf
You learn the magic of the primeval woods. You learn one
elemental cantrip of your choice. You also learn Longstrider and
Pass Without Trace, each of which you can cast once without
expending a spell slot. You regain the ability to cast the spell in
this way when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting
ability for these spells.
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High Elf Magic
Prerequisite: High Elf
You learn the power of arcane magic. You learn one arcane cantrip
of your choice. You learn Detect Magic and can cast it at will,
without expending a spell slot. You also learn Levitate and Dispel
Magic, each of which you can cast once without expending a spell
slot. You regain the ability to cast the spell in this way when you
finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these
spells.
Wild Elf Magic
Prerequisite: Wild Elf
You learn the exotic magic of the netherworld. You learn one
occult cantrip of your choice. You also learn Misty Step, which you
can cast once without expending a spell slot. You regain the ability
to cast the spell in this way when you finish a long rest. Charisma
is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Arcane Spell Impunity
You have advantage on saving throws against arcane spells, and
you have resistance against force and psychic damage.
Divine Spell Impunity
Prerequisite: Good Alignment
You have advantage on saving throws against divine spells, and
you have resistance against radiant damage.
Elemental Spell Impunity
Prerequisite: Neutral Alignment
You have advantage on saving throws against elemental spells,
and you have resistance against fire, cold and electrical damage.
Occult Spell Impunity
Prerequisite: Evil Alignment
You have advantage on saving throws against occult spells, and
you have resistance against necrotic damage.
Enchanted Tattoo Mastery
Your gain +2 on all Craft: Tattoo checks.
 FAIRY
Fairies, or small folk, are tiny magical humanoids that
are drawn to mystical energy. Magic created them and
magic infuses them.
Fairies habitually live in tiny, reclusive villages in areas
with abundant magic. These areas of concentrated
magical energy are often the location of a Fairy Ring.
These enchanted glades are created by fairies and act
as a wellspring of life for fairy creatures.
The typical Fairy Ring sits in the center of a fairy village.
They are marked by a circular ring of mushrooms within a
forested area, but they also appear in grasslands or
wherever the magical energy is most abundant.
Some rare Fairy Rings are even made with
crystals. To outsiders, a Fairy Ring looks little
more than a ring of mushrooms that gives them
an eerie feeling, but to a fairy, it pulses with
magical energy.
Some Fairy Rings have been known to move.
As the flows of magic change, the fairies
move with them, abandoning the old ring
and building a new one where the magic
has settled. However, not all fairy
villages have a fairy ring. Some
communities are places of natural
beauty, or other curiosities of interest
that attracts the small folk.
Fairies have a deep connection with
magic and nature. They typically are
not the most devout followers but they
do tend worship trickster gods or nature deities.
Adventurers can never be too careful when
encountering one of the small folk. They are a
wild and cunning people.

Hit Points: 1
Size: Tiny (+2 AC)
Languages
Speed: 20 ft. You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvish
If your Intelligence is 14 or higher, choose one additional language
aliGnMent of your choice.
Fairies are chaotic, and are almost never evil.

Darkvision Proficiencies
You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright Weapon: Sling, Blowgun
light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color Armor: None
in darkness, only shades of gray.
Tools: One tool of your choice.

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 Fairy Traits & Appearance
Fairies are tiny humanoids that are only around 1-2 feet tall. They
are mischievous and enjoy playing tricks on the larger races. Their
hair can be any color, sometimes even multiple colors. Their skin
and eyes also can by any variety of color depending on the type
of fairy.
Fairy’s mature quickly, reaching adulthood around age 2. They
never grow old.
Fairy Race Traits
COMMON: Undying
Fairies never stay dead. No effect can prevent a fairy from
resurrecting in this way. When a fairy dies if they are not resurrected
within 48 hours, the fairy is reborn at the nearest Fairy Ring with
1 HP.

ability auGMent
Spirited
INTELLIGENCE
You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and
DEXTERITY magic can’t put you to sleep.

ability failinG
STRENGTH Hidden
CONSTITUTION Your tiny body allows you to effortlessly hide behind nearly
anything. You are proficient in the Stealth skill.

Subraces
There are countless types of fairies and they are all very shy.
Most stay close to the safety of a Fairy Ring but a few do like to
occasionally go on adventures and cause mischief. Three of the
more outgoing fairies are pixies, leprechauns and gnomes.
Pixie
The pixie is what most people think of when they picture a fairy.
They resemble tiny elves and some have wings, but not all of them.
ability auGMent
FREE
Mounted
Choose one Small beast with a challenge rating of 1/4 or lower
and a Strength score of at least 6. This beast is treated as a trained
mount and comes equipped with a riding harness and saddle.
For each second level you gain, your animal companion gains an
additional hit die and increases its hit points accordingly.
Fairy Wings
Prerequisite: Pixie
You have a set of insect-like wings of your choosing, granting you
a flying speed of 30 feet and can hover. Your wings can carry you
no higher than 30 feet, and you cannot fly in Heavy armor.

Leprechaun Natural Invisibility

Leprechauns are among the tallest fairies and live as loners who You may cast Invisibility on yourself at 2nd level without expending
travel across the land in search of excitement. They are identifiable a spell slot. You must complete a long rest before you can use this
by their red beards and preference for green or red jackets and feature again.
buckled hats.

ability auGMent Magical Attack

CHARISMA Your inherent magic pervades your entire being. All your Strikes
are magical, whether with unarmed attacks or weapons.

Gnome
Gnomes are ingenious fairies that live almost exclusively
underground and are known to guard underground treasures.
They are more study than typical fairies with broad facial features,
almost like tiny dwarves, but prettier.
ability auGMent
WISDOM
Fairy Magic
You know the druidcraft and faerie fire spells. You can cast faerie
fire without expending a spell slot, and you must finish a long rest
before you can cast it this way again. You can also cast this spell
using any spell slots you have. Your spellcasting ability for these
spells is your choice of Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma.

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 GIANT
Simply called Giants by lesser creatures, the elioud are a ferocious race of enormous
beings. The elioud first came into existence shortly after the First Fall. When The
Fallen left Heaven and lusted after mortal women, the children produced where the
nephilim. The offspring of the nephilim were the first elioud.
These ‘giants’ were far larger than mortal creatures and they had inherited the cruelty
and savagery of their nephilim progenitors. They terrorized the mortal realms until
after the War in Heaven when the Creator caused a flood to
wash away the corruption of the nephilim and elioud. However, a group
of celestials called the Jotun rescued some of the nephilim and
elioud before the flood could wash them all away. The Jotun hid
the elioud and claimed them as their own. Some elioud were also
saved by an exceptionally evil group of Jotun known as the Muspell.
Since then the elioud have been faithful followers of the Jotun.
Due to the rivalry between the Jotun and Aesir, the elioud have a
deep hatred for dwarves.
Today, the majority of elioud live in remote villages scattered
across various worlds and mainly avoid other races,
preferring a solitary existence. The main exception to this
are the elioud on Svartalfheim that are in a state of
perpetual war with the dwarven empire.
Despite the Jotun’s protection, a few clans of elioud
have held to the worship of their nephilim parent.
These clans, like the Anakim, Rephaim and Daitya,
seek to aid their nephilim overlords in their devious
efforts to free The Fallen.

Hit Points: 50
Size: Large (-2 AC) Proficiencies
Weapon: Club Armor: None Tools: None

Speed: 40 ft.
aliGnMent
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Elioud
Giants tend toward evil when under the influence of a nephilim
or Muspell, but left to their own devices, they are generally more If your Intelligence is 14 or higher, choose one additional language
neutral. of your choice.

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 Giant Traits & Appearance Giant Race Traits
Your elioud (giant) character has certain traits deriving from your
giant ancestry. Giants are solitary beings that can range in height
anywhere from 8-16 ft. tall. COMMON: Icy Life
Elioud mature slower than humans, reaching adulthood well after You gain resistance to Cold damage.
the age of 300. They age noticeably slower and are believed to be
immortal.
Giants look like enormous humans but an elioud will eventually Rock Catching
take on the appearance of its surroundings if it remains in one
If a rock or similar object is hurled at you, you can, with a
area for an extended period of time.
successful DC 10 Dexterity saving throw, catch the missile and
take no bludgeoning damage from it.
Ability Augment
STRENGTH
Fearless
CONSTITUTION
You receive a +2 bonus to saving throws against fear effects.
Ability Failing
INTELLIGENCE Amphibious
DEXTERITY You can breathe air and water.

Subraces Thick Skin

Giants can be divided into three groups based on their primary You have resistance against bludgeoning, slashing or piercing
allegiance. Frost Giants are those loyal to the Jotun. Fire Giants damage the first time you take damage of one of those types. This
follow the will of the Muspell. And Clan Giants worship a nephilim. can be used once per short rest.

Clan Giants Reckless

These elioud are zealous followers of their nephilim progenitor and At the start of your turn, you can gain advantage on all melee
will do whatever the nephilim commands without question. They weapon attack rolls during your turn, but attack rolls against you
are rare but can be found brining chaos and corruption whereever have advantage until the start of your next turn.
they go.

Ability Augment Pummel

FREE As a Bonus Action, your fists are natural weapons, which you can
use to make unarmed strikes if you are unarmed. They do 3d6 +

Fire Giants
Strength modifier, bludgeoning damage.

These elioud were saved by the Muspell and have given these evil
Jotun their loyalty. They prefer to live in hot places like volcanoes
Immovable
and they take pleasure in causing other creatures pain. You have advantage on saving throws against being knocked
back, tripped or shoved. Effects only move half distance.
Ability Augment
FREE Heavy Expert
Frost Giants
You don’t take any movement penalty for wearing heavy armor or
shields.

Most elioud worship their Jotun saviors. They generally dwell in

cold regions where other races find too inhospitable. Elioud Spell Impunity
Ability Augment You have advantage on saving throws against all spells.

FREE

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 GOBLINOIDS
Goblinoids are a family of related humanoid species. Most
goblinoids have an evil reputation and enjoy causing pain and
suffering, though their methods and motivation for doing so vary
Languages
between races. They are generally destructive and universally You can speak, read, and write Common and Goblin
despised by other races. When not enslaved by larger creatures, it
If your Intelligence is 14 or higher, choose one additional language
is common to find goblinoids of different species working together,
of your choice.
often led by the cunning and ambitious hobgoblins.
Goblinoids live a violent, tribal lifestyle with constant shifts in
power. They are not good at farming or hunting and gain most of
their food and materials by stealing. They are incapable of building
Proficiencies
strong structures and are usually driven out of easily accessible Weapon: Simple weapons
locations and forced to live in remote and abandoned places.
Armor: Medium
They are generally cowardly but a constant hunger drives them to
engage in raids to attain resources. Tools: None
The goblinoid species has no known
homeworld but can be found on many
worlds. Generally they
are unpopular with
other races
and live on
the fringes of other
civilizations.

Hit Points: Varies

Size: Varies
Speed: 30 ft.
aliGnMent
Goblinoids can fluctuate their alignment on a whim
but they delight in causing pain and misery.
They lean heavily toward evil but respect
tribal authority and are generally lawful when
kept in line by a strong warlord.

Darkvision
You have superior vision in dark and dim conditions.
You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it
were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light.
You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

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 tactics and discipline, and can carry out sophisticated battle plans
Goblinoid Traits & Appearance under the direction of a strategically minded leader.

Your goblinoid character has certain traits deriving from your

goblinoid ancestry. Though varied in form, all goblinoids have
Hit Points: 8
certain traits in common, notably sharply pointed ears, a shared
language, a lifestyle of hunting and raiding, and an aptitude at Size: Medium
stealth.
Goblins have naturally long arms and are usually less than four Ability Augment
feet in height. The gobs’ skin can range from dark green to sickly
yellow. They have small heads with wide noses, red eyes and large
WISDOM
pointed ears.
Hobgoblins have naturally thick muscles and average around Bugbear
seven feet tall. The hobs are known for their greenish grey skin,
yellow eyes, and large noses. Bugbears prefer a more solitary lifestyle than other goblinoids.
Bugbears are the largest and most vicious goblinoid. They are They do not get along with others and pick fights whenever
hairy brutes that were born for battle. possible. The promise of treasure and bloodshed are the only
means to get a bugbear to follow orders.
Kijimuna are very similar in appearance to goblins but are easily

Hit Points: 10
identifiable by their red hair, small size and large heads.
Gremlins are the smallest goblinoid, they look like tiny goblins with
wide mouths with rows of needle-like teeth.
Goblinoids mature faster than humans, reaching adulthood around Size: Medium
age 6. They age noticeably faster but their lifespan is unknown
due to their brutal lifestyle and tendency toward violence. Ability Augment
STRENGTH
Ability Augment
CONSTITUTION
Kijimuna
FREE
Unlike all other goblinoids the kijimuna are not evil but rather
Ability Failing mischievous tricksters with a chaotic nature. They live in trees
and prefer to be near running water or the ocean as their favorite
INTELLIGENCE food is fish.

Subraces Hit Points: 4

The four most common species of goblinoids are the small goblins
and kijimuna, larger hobgoblins and the largest are the bugbears
Size: Small (+1 AC)
Ability Augment
Goblin CHARISMA
The ferocious goblin is the most common goblinoid. They form
the backbone of any goblinoid army. Goblins are not the most
intelligent creatures and are usually found taking orders from
Gremlin
larger hobgoblins. Tiny gremlins enjoying causing havoc, especially by tinkering with
technology and causing it to malfunction. They aren’t necessary
Hit Points: 4 any smarter than other goblinoids, but they do have a knack for
breaking things.

Size: Small (+1 AC) Hit Points: 1

Ability Augment
DEXTERITY
Size: Tiny (+2 AC)
Ability Augment
Hobgoblin DEXTERITY
Hobgoblins are often found lording over their cousins, the smaller
goblins and the ferocious bugbears. Hobgoblins have a long
history of training animals to service. They have a strong grasp of

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 Goblinoid Race Traits
COMMON: Ambusher
You have advantage on attack rolls against any creature that you
have surprised. .
Martial Advantage
Once per turn, you can deal an extra 2d6 damage to a creature you
hit with a weapon attack if that creature is within 5 ft. of an ally
that isn’t incapacitated.
Savage Attacks
When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can
roll one of the weapon’s damage dice one additional time and add
it to the extra damage of the critical hit.
Martial Training
You are proficient with two martial weapons of your choice and
with light armor.
Saving Face
If you miss with an attack roll or fail an ability check or a saving
throw, you can gain a bonus to the roll equal to the number of allies
you can see within 30 feet of you (maximum bonus of +5). Once
you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or
long rest.
Leadership
Prerequisite: Hobgoblin
For 1 minute, you can utter a special command or warning
whenever a nonhostile creature that you can see within 30 feet
of you makes an attack roll or a saving throw. The creature can
add a d4 to its roll provided it can hear and understand you. A
creature can benefit from only one Leadership die at a time. This
effect ends if you are incapacitated. This can be used once per
short or long rest.
Bite
As a Bonus Action, your bite can be used as a melee weapon
attack. It does 2d4 + Strength modifier, piercing damage.
Claw
As a Bonus Action, your claws are natural weapons, which you can
use to make unarmed strikes if you are unarmed. They do 1d4 +
Strength modifier, slashing damage.
Insult Artist
Insults are your pastime. You gain the cantrip vicious mockery.
Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.
Retreat
When using the disengage action, difficult terrain doesn’t cost you
extra movement on that turn.
Vile Resistance
You have advantage on saving throws against poison and
diseases, and you have resistance against poison damage.
Almost Fire Proof
You have set yourself on fire so often you’ve gotten used to it.
You have resistance against fire damage the first time you take
damage of that type. This can be used once per short rest.
Swimmer
You have a swimming speed of 25 feet.
Advanced Hearing
You gain a +2 bonus on all Perception checks made to hear
sounds. Additionally, you can hear noises that normally only dogs
or other animals can hear, like the sound of a dog whistle.
Bravado
Prerequisite: Goblin
When facing an enemy that’s larger than you are, if you have no
allies in any adjacent squares, your posturing and swagger grant
you a +1 bonus on attack rolls with melee weapons.
Escape Artist
Prerequisite: Goblin, Kijimuna, or Gremlin
You can take the Disengage or Hide action as a bonus action on
each of your turns.
Wolf Rider
Goblinoids have an amicable relationship with wolves, whom they
ride into battle. You have proficiency in the Animal Handling skill.
Sabotage
Prerequisite: Gremlin
You have proficiency in the Disable Device skill. If a class or
background feat also grants proficiency with the Disable Device
skill, this trait grants +2 instead.
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 HUMAN
Humans are by far the most technically advanced race but
they are also the furthest behind in terms of divine intervention
and magical knowledge. Human culture developed with many
influences by other races that had traversed the Veil and arrived
on Earth thousands of years before the Shearing.
When the Veil began to harden, the other races retreated back to
their homeworlds. With the hardening of the Veil, magic was cut
off from Earth and prayers to the gods went unanswered. With no
magic, humans progressed along a different path than the races
that still had access to magic. As the centuries passed, human
technology advanced and they developed firearms, vehicles and
computers.
Humanity resided in ignorant bliss of their magical past until a
malfunction at the Large Hadron Collider tore the Veil apart and
opened rifts that returned magic and monsters to an unprepared
Earth.
Now, humanity fights for its very survival.

Hit Points: 8
Size: Medium
Speed: 30
aliGnMent
Humans tend toward no particular alignment. The best and the
worst are found among them.

Languages
1 Human language of your choice. If your Intelligence is 14 or
higher, choose one additional language of your choice.

Proficiencies
Weapon: simple weapons
Armor: light and medium
Tools:: Your choice: gaming set, first aid kit, or climbing gear.

TL 2 Variant: Bionic
After the Shearing, human technology exploded with the
addition of magic to make more advanced cybernetics and
mechanical enhancements. People that embraced this new
cyber-tech and upgraded their bodies with it have become
known as ‘Bionics’.

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 Human Traits & Appearance Longarm Proficiency (TL 1)
It’s hard to generalize about humans, but your human character You gain firearms proficiency with all longarms and can use them
has these traits. Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and without penalty.
live less than a century. Humans vary widely in height and build,
from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall.
In The Zone
ability auGMent Once a day, you can be in “The Zone” for one minute during which
2 FREE time you have advantage on all rolls.

Human Race Traits Enchanted Tattoo Artist

You have advantage on all Craft: Tattoo checks.

COMMON: General Education

Your human adaptability manifests in your mastery of a range of
Gun Nut
useful abilities. You gain a General Feat. Your gain +2 on all firearms attack rolls.
Special: You can select this trait multiple times, choosing a
different feat each time.

Prodigy
You have become proficient with one weapon of your choice, one
tool proficiency of your choice and one language of your choice.

Skillful
You become proficient in two skills of your choice or gaining +2 in
two skills you already have.

Vanity Mutation
You gain one cosmetic mutation of your choice.
Special: You can select this trait multiple times, choosing a
different mutation each time.

Ego
You have advantage on saving throws against mental effects that
attempt to control your actions.

Part-Human
You are part human and part a race of your choice. Choose one
Race Trait from the other race’s list.
Special: You can select this trait multiple times, choosing a
different trait each time.

Sidearm Proficiency (TL 1)

You gain firearms proficiency with all sidearms and can use them
without penalty.

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 KEFALI
The kefali are an ancient and powerful race of animal-like beings
whose empire once encompassed numerous worlds. They
are divided into powerful Houses based on their species. The
kefali are constantly struggling for control of the Seven Cities
of Gold that are the religious and cultural pillars of their mighty
civilization.
When their gods revealed The Veil Between Worlds
to the kefali, they boldly strode forth from their
homeworld of Nibiru to realms unknown.
They began conquering in the name of the
Ma’at in an effort to establish Order
throughout the universe. Centuries of war
resulted in a mighty empire that was
without equal, and they counted
themselves Masters of the
Multiverse.
Then disaster struck when they encountered the
elves and were handed their first major defeat.
Then (near two thousand years before the Shearing)
the Veil began to mysteriously harden and the kefali
were forced togive up their claimed worlds or be trapped forever.
Despite their mastery of the Veil, nothing they tried could stop
its closing and the heart of their civilization was torn out by this
catastrophe. Over the years the idea of traveling to other worlds
has become nothing more than a fairy tale to most kefali. But
not all have forgotten.
Once the name kefali was feared across the universe. Now
that the Shearing has shattered the Veil, it shall be again!

Hit Points: Varies

Size: Varies
Speed: 30 ft.
aliGnMent
Kefali tend toward one extreme or another. Those that
adhere to law and order are known as followers of Ma’at.
While those who delight in chaos are the Isfet.

Kefali Traits & Appearance

It’s hard to generalize about kefali, but your kefali character has
these traits. Kefali reach adulthood in their late teens and live
less than a century. Kefali species vary widely in height and build,
from barely a foot tall to well over 15 feet tall. TL 2 Variant: Augmented Kefali
After the Shearing, the kefali were exposed to the alien human
technology. Some Houses quickly saw the advantage of such
devices and began experimenting on upgrading themselves
with magically supplemented servo-limbs and advanced
weaponry. These ‘augmented kefali’ are still rare but their
numbers are rapidly growing.

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 Kefali Race Traits Prowler
Perquisite: Feloran

COMMON: Predatory Instincts You gain a +1 bonus on Climb checks. You also gain a +1 bonus on
Stealth checks while climbing.
You have proficiency in the Perception and Stealth skills.

Instinct
Fearsome Roar In any combat in which you act during the surprise round, you gain
You can roar and expend your Attack Action to force each creature a +3 bonus on your initiative check.
of your choice within 30 feet of you to make a Wisdom saving throw

Cat-Scratch Fever
(DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier). A target
automatically succeeds if it can’t hear or see you. On a failed save,
a target becomes frightened for 1 minute. If the frightened target
takes any damage, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect Perquisite: Feloran, Claw
on itself on a success. Your claw attack deals an additional 1d4 persistent poison
damage.

Bite
Rabies
As a Bonus Action, your bite can be used as a melee weapon
attack. It does 2d4 + Strength modifier, piercing damage. Perquisite: Bite
Your bite attack deals an additional 1d4 persistent poison damage
Claw and cause the sickened 1 condition.

As a Bonus Action, your claws are natural weapons, which you can
use to make unarmed strikes if you are unarmed. They do 1d4 + Superior Pack Mentality
Strength modifier, slashing damage.
Perquisite: Cynocephali, Pack Mentality
Your attacks deal 1d6 extra damage to a creature within reach of
Multi-attack one of your allies.

Perquisite: Bite, Claw

As a Bonus Action, you make three attacks, one bite attack and
two claw attacks.

Catlike Grace
Perquisite: Feloran
When you move on your turn in combat, you can double your speed
until the end of your turn. Once you use this Trait, you can’t use it
again until you move 0 feet on one of your turns.

Pack Mentality
Perquisite: Cynocephali
You have advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least
one of your allies is within 5 ft. of the creature and the ally isn’t
incapacitated.

Thick Fur
Your fur is dense and protective, you gain +1 AC.

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 CYNOCEPHALI
Canis
House Canis is the largest and most diverse family of Cynocephali.
They claim their lineage from the honorable dog and their Dog
The Cynocephali or Cyno are a powerful race of dog-like kefali. Soldiers make up the backbone of every Cyno Army.
They are governed by the Canine Council and the Pack Master who
rules from the golden city of Cibola in the heart of Lemuria.
Hit Points: 8
Ability Augment
CHARISMA Size: Medium
FREE Ability Augment
Ability Failing CONSTITUTION
INTELLIGENCE

Languages Leetayo
House Leetayo is the most spiritual family of Cynocephali. They
You can speak, read, and write Common and Cynoian.
claim their lineage from the devout fox.
If your Intelligence is 14 or higher, choose one additional language

Hit Points: 6
of your choice.

Proficiencies Size: Medium

Weapon: Scimitar
Armor: Heavy, Shields
Ability Augment
Tools: Your choice: gaming set, evidence kit, or smith’s tools.
WISDOM

Subraces
There are four Great Packs within House Cyno, they are House
Warg, House Canis, House Leetayo and House Jogal. Each family
has smaller subspecies within it that are not listed here.
Jogal
House Jogal is the smallest and most secretive family of
Cynocephali. They claim their lineage from the sly jackal and
prefer to stay in the shadows.

Warg Hit Points: 6

House Warg are the biggest and most ferocious Cynocephali. They Size: Medium
claim their lineage from the mighty wolf. Most of the ruling class
is made up of Wargs. Ability Augment
Hit Points: 10 DEXTERITY

Size: Medium
Ability Augment
STRENGTH

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 FELORAN
Jolbar
House Jolbar is a powerful family of Feloran that claim their
lineage from the mighty tiger.
The Feloran are a powerful race of cat-like Kefali. The Pharaoh
rules all of the Pride Lands from the golden city of Thinis.
Hit Points: 12
Ability Augment
DEXTERITY Size: Medium
FREE Ability Augment
Ability Failing CONSTITUTION
CHARISMA

Languages Miw
You can speak, read, and write Common and Felorian. House Miw is the largest and most diverse family of Feloran that
claim their lineage from the assertive cat.
If your Intelligence is 14 or higher, choose one additional language
of your choice.
Hit Points: 4
Proficiencies Size: Small (+1 AC)
Weapon: Sickle sword, Whip
Armor: Light, Medium
Ability Augment
Tools: Your choice: poisoner’s kit, tinkers’s tools, or forgery kit. INTELLIGENCE

Subraces
There are five Prides within House Feloran, they are House Asad,
Pardus
House Jolbar, House Miw, House Pardus and House Lynce. Each House Pardus is a varied family of Feloran that claim their lineage
family has smaller subspecies within it that are not listed here. from the mysterious panther.

Hit Points: 8
Asad
House Asad is the dominant family in Feloran society and they
Size: Medium
claim their lineage from the noble lion.
Ability Augment
Hit Points: 10 WISDOM

Size: Medium
Ability Augment Lynce
House Lynce is a small family of Feloran that claim their lineage
STRENGTH
from the solitary lynx.

Hit Points: 8
Size: Medium
Ability Augment
INTELLIGENCE

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 KOBOLD
Kobolds are small reptilian humanoids. They are ingenious
survivors that defend their warrens with overlapping layers of
devious traps. Most kobolds are scavengers and thieves and are
regarded as miscreants to most other humanoids but kobolds do
not care what other races think of them. They know that they have
are the vessels of true draconic power, for they are descended
from dragons.
Kobolds are meek and subservient around powerful creatures but
become bold and adventurous once they secure a powerful patron
like a dragon or some other source of supernatural power. When
they have a dragon overlord, they are zealous adherents to the will
of the dragon and see the dragon as a deity. They will do anything
for their dragon ‘god’.
As a species, kobolds are very cautious and prefer to fight with
surprise and ambushes. Laying traps and swarming a confused
enemy is the hallmark of a kobold battle plan. They generally stay in
their own communities either underground or in remote locations
but sometimes a kobold will leave the safety of the warren to find
power, treasure or on a holy quest from their patron dragon.
Kobolds are aggressive, tribal creatures that live in dark forests or
subterranean caverns. They can be found on multiple worlds and
have no known homeworld. However, the more dragons there are
on a given world, the more kobolds you are likely to encounter.

Hit Points: 4
Size: Small (+1 AC)
Speed: 30 ft.
aliGnMent
Kobolds worship dragons as gods and as such, they
tend to be lawful in their servitude. How good or evil
they behave greatly depends on the dragon that they follow.

Darkvision
You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright
light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color
in darkness, only shades of gray.

Proficiencies
Weapon: Dagger
Armor: Medium
Tools: Thieve’s tools.

Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Draconic
If your Intelligence is 14 or higher, choose one additional language
of your choice.

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 Kobold Traits & Appearance
Your kobold character’s scaly skin can range from dark rusty
brown to a rusty black color. Your heads resemble that of a dog
with a crocodile mouth. Small horns protrude from your skull and
line your jaw. Kobolds have glowing red eyes and a nonprehensile
tail. A kobold is 2 to 2-1/2 feet tall and weighs 35 to 45 pounds.
Kobolds mature quickly, reaching adulthood around age 2. They
age noticeably faster and can live well over 100 years.
ability auGMent
WISDOM
INTELLIGENCE
FREE
ability failinG
STRENGTH
Dragon Kin
You have a set of batlike wings, granting you a flying speed of
30 feet. Your wings can carry you no higher than 30 feet above
any solid or liquid surface, and you cannot fly in Medium or Heavy
armor.
Crafter
Your gain proficiency in one crafting skill of your choice.
Surprise Attack
If you surprise a creature and hit it with an attack during the first
round of combat, the target takes an extra 1d6 damage from the
attack. You can use this trait only once per combat.
This damage increases to 2d6 at 5th level, 3d6 at 11th level, and
4d6 at 17th level.

Kobold Race Traits

COMMON: Pack Tactics
You have advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least
one of your allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t
incapacitated..

Horn Attack
You gain a Bonus Action that acts as an unarmed attack with your
head that deals 1d4 piercing damage.

Retreat
When the odds are against you, at least you can trust your legs.
When using the disengage action, difficult terrain doesn’t cost you
extra movement on that turn.

Bite
As a Bonus Action, your bite can be used as a melee weapon
attack. It does 1d4 + Strength modifier, piercing damage.

Claw
As a Bonus Action, your claws are natural weapons, which you can
use to make unarmed strikes if you are unarmed. They do 1d4 +
Strength modifier, slashing damage.

Trap Expert
You have advantage on identifying, setting, and disarming traps.

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 ORCS
The orcs are a powerful race of ferocious beasts who where
thought to be extinct after a brutal war with the dwarves. It is
discovered during the Shearing that the orcs are not only alive,
but originate from a world of their own. Little is known about the
orc’s homeworld of Kimon. What is known is that at some point
in the ancient past, the noble orc civilization fell under the sway
of demons and have been bound to their hellish overlords ever
since. However, a few tribes escaped being enslaved and now
live in hunted exile. Kimon is divided into numerous
warring shogunates all vying to sit upon the Jaaku Throne.
Orcs are easily identifiable by their green skin, lacquered
armor, wide helmets, elaborate crests and legendary
katanas. The mightiest of these weapons are the mythical
Soul Swords. Made of the metal tamahagane and infused with
demonic energies, an orc Soul Sword can cut through nearly
any material. Only powerful enchantments and Dwarf Steel
can withstand their bite.
The orcs have a unique ability called the
Saikikku Bond which allows them to force a
psychic connection upon each other and even other
humanoid creatures. Using fear and intimidation, an
orc can force their will upon another and bind them as a
henchman. Orc armies are comprised of a chain of
psychically bonded units that all lead back to the warlord.
This allows orc forces to be commanded nearly instantaneously
across vast distances all by one individual. The lone drawback
to this form of control is that should the warlord be killed, the
psychic backlash stuns all connected troops. This is rarely a
concern however because the warlords are generally monstrous
half-demon Oni, like Warlord Stormtusk who attacked the city of
Pittsburgh during the Shearing.

Hit Points: 10
Size: Medium
Speed: 30 ft.
aliGnMent
Due to the vast majority of orcs being enslaved to demonic
overlords, orcs tend toward evil but they are not inherently evil by
nature and can be of good alignment, although this is rare.

Darkvision
You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright
light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color
in darkness, only shades of gray.

TL 2 Variant: Cyborc
Proficiencies After the Shearing, many orcs embraced human technology
Weapon: Katana, Nunchaku and used it to fabricate mechanical upgrades for themselves.
Armor: Medium and Heavy These cybernetically enhanced orcs or ‘Cyborcs’ are a rapidly
growing subset of the orc species.
Tools: Your choice: thieve’s tools or poisoner’s kit,

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 Orc is a harsh language that closely mirrors ancient Japanese. If
Orc Traits & Appearance your Intelligence is 14 or higher, choose one additional language
of your choice.
Your orc character has certain traits deriving from your orc

Orc Race Traits

ancestry. Orcs have naturally thick muscles and can be anywhere
from five to seven feet tall. The orcs are known for their green skin,
red eyes, course black hair and large tusks that protrude up from
their lower jaws.
Orcs mature faster than humans, reaching adulthood around age COMMON: Menacing
10. They age noticeably faster and rarely live longer than 75 years.
You gain proficiency and an additional +2 in the Intimidation skill.
ability auGMent
STRENGTH Relentless Endurance
FREE When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you
can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can’t use this feature again
ability failinG until you finish a long rest.
CHARISMA
Savage Attacks
Subraces When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can
roll one of the weapon’s damage dice one additional time and add
There are three tribes of orc. The vast majority are green orcs and it to the extra damage of the critical hit.
as their name suggests, have green skin. Red orcs are the largest
type of orc due to their demonic heritage and mysterious black
orcs are the dark sorcerers of orc society. Fearless
Green Tribes
You receive a +2 bonus to saving throws against fear effects.

The ferocious green orc is the perfect warrior, strong, fast, cunning
and ruthless. The most populous tribe, there are so many green
orcs that many other races don’t realize that there are any others
types.
Tusk Attack
You gain a Bonus Action that acts as an unarmed attack with your
jaws that deals 1d8 + Strength modifier piercing damage.

ability auGMent
CONSTITUTION
Saikikku Bond
As an action, you can choose one injured humanoid creature

Red Tribes
within 30 ft. of you and attempt to intimidate it into accepting
your control. The creature can resist your bond with either an
Intelligence or Charisma saving throw against your Intimidation
Oni are larger and more violent than even their green cousins. check.
They are the descendents of ancient green orcs that mated with
demons and have developed into a unique species of orc. If the target accepts the bond, it becomes your follower and will
attempt to adhere to any orders you give it. You always know the
ability auGMent creature’s location, unless on a different world.
This bond is permanent and lasts until either you or the bonded
WISDOM creature dies. If you are killed, the bonded creature is still alive, it
is Stunned for one round.

Black Tribes Special: You can select this trait multiple times, allowing you to
control an additional humanoid creature each time.
Stained through countless generations of assassinations and dark

Blade Master
magics, the most feared and mysterious tribe are the black orcs.

ability auGMent You can wield two-handed weapons with one hand.
INTELLIGENCE
Orcish Skin
Languages You have resistance against ballistic, slashing or piercing damage
You can speak, read, and write Common and Orc the first time you take damage of one of those types. This can be
used once per long rest.

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 TROGLODYTE
Troglodytes are reptilian humanoids with distinctive, spiny
crests running down their backs from head to tail and thick furry
forearms. Despite their seeming primitive nature, troglodyte
society is one of the oldest of the intelligent races. Their empire
once stretched across multiple worlds and ancient ruins can be
found both above and below ground. The only civilization that can
be dated with certainty as being older than the troglodytes is that
of the prehistoric O’Saurs.
The troglodytes were once masters of the many worlds they
conquered and kept the other races as slaves. However, as time
went on, the troglodytes
stopped innovating and were
eventually surpassed by the
other races. Today, they are
considered barely more than
savages by more advanced
races. This belief is somewhat
in error as the troglodytes have
an advanced class structure and
society that merely seems primitive
to outsiders. This is due to the
troglodytes secretive nature and
distrust of other races.
Religion and magic are the driving
forces of troglodyte society and each
clan is lead by either a high priest or
powerful sorcerer. Brute strength is a
staple for troglodyte warriors but it
is through intelligence that real
power is attained. Demon worship is
the most common spiritual practice
but some troglodyte clans do
worship neutral or even good
aligned deities.
Troglodytes remember that they
were once the masters of many
worlds and now that the
Shearing opened the path to
more worlds they
seek to be so again.

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 Hit Points: 6 Troglodyte Race Traits
Size: Medium COMMON: Chameleon Skin
You have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide.

Speed: 30 ft.
aliGnMent
Troglodytes are naturally lawful neutral in their own community
but generally they tend toward chaos and evil when outside
troglodyte society.
Darkvision
You have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see
in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in
darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness,
only shades of gray.
Stench
Any creature other than a troglodyte that starts its turn within 5
feet of you must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw
or be poisoned until the start of the creature’s next turn. On a
successful saving throw, the creature is immune to the stench of
all troglodytes for 1 hour.
Bite
As a Bonus Action, your bite can be used as a melee weapon
attack. It does 2d4 + Strength modifier, piercing damage.

Languages Claw
You can speak, read, and write Common and Troglodyte As a Bonus Action, your claws are natural weapons, which you can
If your Intelligence is 14 or higher, choose one additional language use to make unarmed strikes if you are unarmed. They do 1d4 +
of your choice. Strength modifier, slashing damage.

Proficiencies Multi-attack
Weapon: Sling, Spear Armor: None Tools: Chemistry Kit Perquisite: Bite, Claw
As a Bonus Action, you make three attacks, one bite attack and

Troglodyte Traits & Appearance

two claw attacks.

A troglodyte stands about five feet tall, weighs about 150 pounds,
and has an appearance resembling a lizard. They are usually
covered in grey-green scales with thick fur on their forearms. They
have large webbed feet and are slightly bow-legged. Troglodytes
sport a spiny crest that runs from the top of their head to the end
of their tail. A large hairy brow protrudes above reptilian eyes. They
usually wear strips of leather that carry a variety of weapons and
tools.
Troglodytes mature faster than humans, reaching adulthood
around age 12. They may live longer than 50 years.
ability auGMent
Scaly Hide
When you aren’t wearing armor, your AC is 11 + your Dexterity
modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC
if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield’s
benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.
Tail
As a Bonus Action, your tail is natural weapon, which deal 1d8+
Strength modifier, bludgeoning damage on a hit.

INTELLIGENCE
Hurl Flame
DEXTERITY
You know the fire bolt cantrip. Charisma if your spellcasting ability
FREE for this spell.

ability failinG
CHARISMA Enchanted Tattoo Artist
You have advantage on all Craft: Tattoo checks.

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 CLASSES
The rules within each class allow you to bring a wealth of
character concepts to life. Perhaps you want to create a brilliant
but scatterbrained Mage who can rattle off complex components
for arcane items but has trouble remembering his phone number.
Or perhaps you want your character to be a chainsaw wielding
woman who can heal allies with a touch. Maybe they’ll be a
grumpy Engineer who creates a horde of robotic servants to do
their bidding. The choices you make for your character within their
class—such as a Disciples choice of deity, a Solider’s choice of
weapon, or a Psionic’s mental acuity—bring these visions to life
within the context of the rules and the world.
Each entry contains the information you need to play a character
of that class, as well as to advance them from their humble
beginnings at 1st level to the dizzying heights of power at 20th
level. In addition to the class entries, you might need to reference
the following sections, which detail additional character options
and how to advance your character in level.
Leveling Up tells you how to make your character stronger when
you get enough Experience Points to reach a new level.
Animal Companions and Familiars provides rules to create an
animal companion or a familiar to share your adventures with. You

CLASSES AT A GLANCE
Class Description Primary Ability Armor & Weapon Proficiencies
Berserker A wild fighter who uses any weapon at hand while Strength Light and medium armor, shields, simple and
raging to overwhelm enemies. martial weapons
Disciple A devout religious follower able to wield the divine Wisdom Light and medium armor, shields, simple
powers of their god. weapons
Druid A protector of the natural world that can change Wisdom Light and medium armor, shields, clubs, daggers,
shape to fit their needs. darts, javelins, maces, quarterstaffs, sickles,
slings, spears
Engineer A mechanical craftsman that can build mighty Intelligence Light and medium armor, shields, simple
turrets and all manner of hazardous devices. weapons, longarms and sidearms
Instrumentalist An inspiring musician that can play the music of Charisma Light armor, simple weapons, hand crossbows,
creation or a ballad of destruction. longswords, rapiers, arming swords
Mad Scientist An eccentric genius that can make everything Intelligence Light armor, simple weapons, sidearms
including mutagen serums, deadly contagions,
advanced bombs and healing pharmaceuticals.
Mage A spellcaster with all the powers of the arcane at Intelligence Daggers, darts, slings, quarterstaffs, light
their fingertips. crossbows
Martial Artist A martial arts master that has achieved perfect Dexterity & Simple weapons, arming swords
mind-body connection. Wisdom
Modern Soldier A modern warrior, skilled in firearms and all forms of Dexterity & All armor, simple and martial weapons, longarms
combat. Strength and sidearms
Operative A agent that uses stealth and deceit to overcome Dexterity Light armor, simple weapons, hand crossbows,
their enemies. longswords, rapiers, arming swords, sidearms
Psionic A gifted individual with unlimited psychic potential Intelligence Simple weapons, sidearms
and can manipulate their surroundings with a
thought.
Sharpshooter An expert killer that uses distance to their Dexterity & Light and medium armor, shields, simple and
advantage. Wisdom martial weapons, longarms
Silvertongue An eloquent and persuasive speaker that can Charisma Simple weapons, sidearms
convince anyone to do anything.
Templar A fighter that gives their sacred oath to their Strength & All armor, shields, simple and martial weapons
hallowed cause. Wisdom
Warrior A master of physical combat that is skilled in all Strength & All armor, shields, simple and martial weapons
types of weapons and armor. Dexterity

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must have a class feature or feat that grants you a companion or
familiar to use these rules.
Archetypes gives you thematic options that allow you to further
customize your character’s abilities. Though these rules are not
recommended for beginners, the archetypes in this book allow you
to gain abilities from other classes starting at 2nd level.
Reading Class Entries
Every class entry includes information about typical members
of the class. Each class provides your character with an ability
boost to a key ability score; a number of Hit Points they receive at
each level; proficiency ranks for various abilities, equipment, and
skills; special abilities from their class features; and more. Your
character’s class entry also provides the information needed when
they gain levels, so it will be a vital reference throughout the course
of your campaign.
Just as your character’s race plays a key role in expressing their
identity and worldview, their class indicates the training they have
and will improve upon as an adventurer.
Choosing your character’s class is perhaps the most important
decision you will make for them. Groups of players often create
characters whose skills and abilities complement each other
mechanically—for example, ensuring your party includes a healer,
a combat-oriented character, a stealthy character, and someone
with command over magic—so you may wish to discuss options
with your group before deciding.
Playing the Class
The first section of each class describes the interests and
tendencies typical of that class, as well as information on how
others view them. This can help inspire you as you determine your
character’s actions and define their personality, but you aren’t
obligated to play your character as this section describes.
Class Features
This section presents all the abilities the class grants your
character. An ability gained at a higher level lists the required
level next to the ability’s name. All classes include the class
features detailed below, and each class also gets special class
features specific to it. Many class features require you to choose
between options. Unless the specific ability states otherwise, such
decisions can’t be changed.
Hit Points
This section tells you how many Hit Points your character gains
from their class at each level. To determine your character’s
starting Hit Points, add together the Hit Points they got when you
chose their race and the amount listed in this entry, which equals
your Constitution modifier plus a fixed number.
Classes that intend for characters to rush into battle with weapons
bared gain a higher number of Hit Points each level, while those for
characters who cast spells or engage in trickery gain fewer.
Each time your character gains a level, they increase their
maximum Hit Points by the amount listed in this entry.
Ability Augments
This section specifies your key ability. This is the ability score that
a member of your class cares about the most. Many of your most
useful and powerful abilities are tied to this ability in some way.
Most classes are associated with one key ability score, but some
allow you to choose from two options. For instance, if you’re a
warrior, you can choose either Strength or Dexterity as your key
ability. A fighter who chooses Strength will excel in hand-to-hand
combat, while those who choose Dexterity prefer ranged or finesse
weapons.
When you choose your character’s class, they gain an ability
augment to their key ability score, increasing that ability score by
+2.
Additionally, when you choose your character’s class, they
gain four ability augments to the ability scores of their choice,
increasing each ability score by +2, unless the score is already 18
or higher, then the score increases by +1.
Proficiencies
When you choose your character’s class, they gain a set of initial
proficiencies. Proficiencies measure your character’s ability to
perform tasks, use abilities, and succeed at checks.
Characters have a proficiency bonus determined by level. The
bonus is used in the rules on ability checks, saving throws, and
attack rolls.
Your proficiency bonus can’t be added to a single die roll or other
number more than once. For example, if two different rules say
you can add your proficiency bonus to a Wisdom saving throw, you
nevertheless add the bonus only once when you make the save.
Occasionally, your proficiency bonus might be multiplied or
divided (doubled or halved, for example) before you apply it. For
example, the operative’s Expertise feature doubles the proficiency
bonus for certain ability checks. If a circumstance suggests that
your proficiency bonus applies more than once to the same roll,
you still add it only once and multiply or divide it only once.
By the same token, if a feature or effect allows you to multiply your
proficiency bonus when making an ability check that wouldn’t
normally benefit from your proficiency bonus, you still don’t add
the bonus to the check. For that check your proficiency bonus is
0, given the fact that multiplying 0 by any number is still 0. For
instance, if you lack proficiency in the History skill, you gain no
benefit from a feature that lets you double your proficiency bonus
when you make Intelligence (History) checks.
In general, you don’t multiply your proficiency bonus for attack
rolls or saving throws. If a feature or effect allows you to do so,
these same rules apply.
If your character is not proficient in something, you add a
proficiency bonus of +0 when attempting a check or calculating a
DC related to that statistic.
If your character has a negative proficiency, or takes a penalty, you
subtract that number from your roll.
Saving Throws
Each class gives proficiency to at least two saving throws.
Proficiency in a saving throw allows you to add your character’s
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 proficiency bonus to saving throws made using a particular ability an ability score increases it by 1 if it’s already 18 or above, or by 2
score. if it starts out below 18.

Race Traits
Skills This section serves as a reminder of the race traits your character
This section gives you options on what skills you can choose to be gains at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th levels.
proficient in. You gain a proficiency bonus based on your level for Race traits are detailed in each race entry.
every skill that you are proficient in.
If your class would make you proficient in a skill you’re already
trained in (typically due to your background), you gain a +2 bonus
to that skill.
If your character is not proficient in something, you add a
proficiency bonus of +0 when attempting a check or calculating a
DC related to that statistic.
If your character has a negative proficiency, you subtract that
number from your roll.

Starting Equipment
This section is a reminder to purchase your starting equipment
and explains that the amount of BUs available to spend depends
on your background.

Advancement Table
This table summarizes the feats, skill increases, ability boosts, and
other benefits your character gains as they advance in level. The
first column of the class table indicates a level, and the second
column lists each feature your character receives when they reach
that level. The 1st-level entry includes a reminder to select your
racial trait and background.

Class Feats
This section specifies the levels at which your character gains
class feats—special feats that only members of that class can
access. Class feats are granted beginning at 1st or 2nd level,
depending on the class. Specific class feats are detailed at the
end of each class entry.

General Feats
This section specifies the levels at which your character gains
general feats. Most classes grant a general feat at 3rd level and
every 4 levels thereafter. At each of these levels, you can select
any general feat as long as your character qualifies for it. More
information can be found in Feats.

Skill Proficiency
This section specifies the levels at which your character can
increase their proficiency rank in a skill called Skill Prof. At 2nd
level and every even-level thereafter, most classes grant a skill
increase, though operative’s gain them more often.
Your character can use a skill increase to either become proficient
in one skill in which they’re not proficient or gain +1 in one skill in
which they’re already proficient.

Ability Score Improvement

At 5th level and every 5 levels thereafter, your character boosts four
different ability scores. Your character can use these ability score
improvements to increase their ability scores above 18. Improving

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 BERSERKER
More than your average warrior, you are a mighty Berserker.
When in the heat of combat, you enter a trance-like rage. You are
intoxicated by the adrenaline that flows through your veins during
a fight and seek out this rush like an addict. Your unbridled rage
carries you through battle like a tornado of death. You scoff at
the weaklings in their armor. You need no such protection. All you
need is a weapon in your hand and perhaps a sturdy shield on your
arm. Nothing can stand before you. You are a Berserker.

Class Features
As a berserker, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points
12 + your Constitution modifier
Increase your maximum number of HP by this number at 1st level
and every Berserker level thereafter.

Ability Augment
STRENGTH
8 FREE

Proficiencies
Armor:: Light armor, shields
Weapons:: Simple weapons, martial weapons
Tools:: None

Saving Throws
Strength, Constitution

Skills
Choose two from Animal Handling, Athletics, Intimidation, Nature,
Perception, and Survival

Starting Equipment
The equipment you start with is purchased at the end of
character creation. The amount of Barter Units (Bu) that you
have available to purchase with is determined by your
background.

heroic action 1st

Starting at 1st level, and again at 10th and 20th level, you gain a
Heroic Action that can only be used once. The Heroic Action can
function as a any action or can be used to lose the dying condition
when your HP has hit 0 and regain 1 HP.

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 aren’t wearing heavy armor:
BERSERKER
Level Proficiency Feats Rages Rage • If you are able to cast spells, you can’t cast them or concentrate
Bonus Damage on them while raging.
1st +2 Background, Rage, 2 +2 Your rage lasts for 1 minute. It ends early if you are knocked
Racial Trait, Unarmored unconscious or if your turn ends and you haven’t attacked a
Defense, Heroic Action hostile creature since your last turn or taken damage since then.
2nd +2 Skill Prof, Reckless 2 +2 You can also end your rage on your turn as a bonus action.
Attack, Danger Sense Once you have raged the number of times shown for your berserker
3rd +2 General Feat, 3 +2 level in the Rages column of the berserker table, you must finish a
Primal Path long rest before you can rage again.
4th +2 Skill Prof 3 +2
5th +3 Racial Trait, Extra 3 +2 Unarmored Defense 1st
Attack, Fast Movement, While you are not wearing any armor, your AC equals 10 + your
Ability Score
Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier. You can use a
Improvement,
shield and still gain this benefit.
6th +3 Skill Prof, Path Feature, 4 +2

7th +3
Weapon Focus
General Feat, Feral 4 +2
Skill Proficiency 2nd
Instinct At 2nd level and every even-level after, you can choose to become
proficient in a new skill or increase your proficiency in a current
8th +3 Skill Prof 4 +2
skill by +1.
9th +4 Racial Trait, 4 +3

10th +4
Brutal Critical (1 die)
Skill Prof, Ability Score 4 +3
Reckless Attack 2nd
Improvement, Path Starting at 2nd level, you can throw aside all concern for defense
Feature, Heroic Action to attack with fierce desperation. When you make your first attack
11th +4 General Feat, 4 +3 on your turn, you can decide to attack recklessly. Doing so gives
Relentless Rage you advantage on melee weapon attack rolls using Strength
during this turn, but attack rolls against you have advantage until
12th +4 Skill Prof 5 +3
your next turn.
13th +5 Racial Trait, 5 +3
Brutal Critical (2 dice)
Danger Sense 2nd
14th +5 Skill Prof, Path Feature 5 +3
At 2nd level, you gain an uncanny sense of when things nearby
15th +5 General Feat, Ability 5 +3
aren’t as they should be, giving you an edge when you dodge away
Score Improvement,
from danger.
Persistent Rage
16th +5 Skill Prof 5 +4 You have advantage on Dexterity saving throws against effects
that you can see, such as traps and spells. To gain this benefit, you
17th +6 Racial Trait, 6 +4
can’t be blinded, deafened, or incapacitated.
Brutal Critical (3 dice)
18th +6 Skill Prof,
Indomitable Might
6 +4
General Feat 3rd
19th +6 General Feat 6 +4 Starting at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 11th, 15th and 19th level,
you can choose any General Feat as long as you qualify for it.
20th +6 Skill Prof, Ability Score Unlimited +4
Improvement,
Primal Champion,
Primal Path 3rd
Heroic Action At 3rd level, you choose a path that shapes the nature of your
rage. Choose the Path of the Warlord, the Path of the Shaman or
The GM can also award extra Heroic Actions for heroic deeds or the Path of the Urban Legend all detailed at the end of the class
any other reason they see fit. description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again
at 6th, 10th, and 14th levels.
Rage 1st
In battle, you fight with primal ferocity. On your turn, you can enter
Ability Score Improvement 5th
a rage as a bonus action. When you reach 5th level, and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th level,
you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can
• You have advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving increase two ability scores by 1. Your character can only improve
throws. an ability score by 1 if it’s already 18 or above, or by 2 if it starts
• When you make a melee weapon attack using Strength, you gain out below 18.
a bonus to the damage roll that increases as you gain levels as a
berserker, as shown in the Rage Damage column of the berserker Race Traits 5th
table.
In addition to the initial race traits you started with, you gain a race
• You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing trait at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level. The list of race traits available
damage. While raging, you gain the following benefits if you to you can be found in your race’s entry.

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Extra Attack 5th
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once,
whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Fast Movement 5th
Starting at 5th level, your speed increases by 10 feet while you
aren’t wearing heavy armor.
Weapon Focus 6th
At 6th level, choose a specific weapon. You can choose unarmed
strike or grapple for your weapon. You gain a +1 bonus to all attack
rolls you make using the selected weapon.
Feral Instinct 7th
By 7th level, your instincts are so honed that you have advantage
on initiative rolls.
Additionally, if you are surprised at the beginning of combat and
aren’t incapacitated, you can act normally on your first turn, but
only if you enter your rage before doing anything else on that turn.
Brutal Critical 9th
Beginning at 9th level, you can roll one additional weapon damage
die when determining the extra damage for a critical hit with a
melee attack.
This increases to two additional dice at 13th level and three
additional dice at 17th level.
Relentless Rage 11th The Rock
Starting at 11th level, your rage can keep you fighting despite
grievous wounds. If you drop to 0 hit points while you’re raging
and don’t die outright, you can make a DC 10 Constitution saving
throw. If you succeed, you drop to 1 hit point instead.
Each time you use this feature after the first, the DC increases by 5.
When you finish a short or long rest, the DC resets to 10.
Persistent Rage 15th
Beginning at 15th level, your rage is so fierce that it ends early only
if you fall unconscious or if you choose to end it.
Indomitable Might 18th
Beginning at 18th level, if your total for a Strength check is less
than your Strength score, you can use that score in place of the
total.
Primal Champion 20th
At 20th level, you embody the power of the wilds. Your Strength
and Constitution scores increase by 4. Your maximum for those
scores is now 24.
Primal Paths
Warlord
Warlords are those who have risen to their positions by their own
determination, and traditionally they carry a sword and shield.
These warriors can use their fury to become an impenetrable
fortress on the battlefield and protect their allies. The only thing
stronger than their defense is their will.
Shield Mastery 3rd
At 3rd level, when you use a shield and no armor, you gain a bonus
of +1 to AC.
Shield Bash 3rd
At 3rd level, when you choose this path, your shield is considered
an offhand weapon to you. The damage dice for this weapon is
1d4, and it deals bludgeoning damage. This increases to 1d8 when
you reach 10th level
Strength and Perseverance 6th
The strength of a warlord’s will is that of legend. When you reach
6th level, you gain proficiency in Wisdom saving throws.
Additionally, you cannot be charmed or frightened, as your
conviction to your cause is truly unshakable.
Ramming Charge 10th
At 10th level, as part of your movement action, if you come within
5 ft. of a creature you can choose to begin pushing it with your
shield. When you do this, you move in a straight line along with
your target for up to the remainder of your movement, at the end
of which you can choose to drop your target in any open space
within 5 ft. of you. If you attempt to push your target into a wall or
similar impassable terrain, you can attempt to grapple it against
the surface as a bonus action.
14th
At 14th level you become a powerful defender, and can use your
shield to deflect attacks one would not think possible. When you
are wielding a shield and a creature you can see attacks you, or a
target other than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your
reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll.
Additionally, when you are wielding a shield and you are targeted
by a successful attack, or fail a Dexterity saving throw to avoid
a damaging effect, you can use your reaction to negate any
and all damage you would take. This effect can also be applied
simultaneously to another creature within 5 ft. of you.
You have three uses of this feature. All uses are regained after
taking a long rest.
Shaman
Some berserkers are called by the land they live in to be more than
a champion of combat. Those that heed this call follow the Path of
the Shaman and supplement their combat prowess with spells of
nature. Some may be outcast by their tribes, but others are given
positions of power as healers or leaders.
Shamanic Spirit 3rd
Upon taking the Path of the Shaman you gain one use of “Wild
Shape” (See Druid Abilities) Once per short or long rest.
Spellcasting 3rd
When you reach 3rd level you gain the ability to cast spells from
the Elemental spell list.
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 gain levels as a barbarian, as shown in the Rage Damage column
SHAMAN SPELLCASTING
of the berserker table.
Level Cantrips Spells 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

3rd
Known
2
Known
3 2 - - -
Magical Attunement 14th
Starting at 14th level, you have advantage on saving throws
4th 2 4 3 - - -
against spells. Also, while you are raging you gain resistance to
5th 2 4 3 - - - the damage of spells.
6th 2 4 3 - - -

Urban Legend (TL 1)

7th 2 5 4 2 - -
8th 2 6 4 2 - -
9th 2 6 4 2 - - Berserkers that follow the Urban path have mastered combat in an
10th 3 7 4 3 - - urban environment and can survive (and even thrive) in everything
11th 3 8 4 3 - - from a bustling metropolis to the ruins of civilization.
12th 3 8 4 3 2 -
13th 3 9 4 3 2 -
Boomstick Knowhow 3rd
14th 3 10 4 3 2 - At 3rd level, you gain proficiency with sidearms and longarms.
While raging, you can use Strength, instead of Dexterity, for your
15th 3 10 4 3 2 -
ranged attack rolls when you make them within at least 10 feet
16th 3 11 4 3 3 - of the target, as you fire from the hip with no regard for finesse
17th 3 11 4 3 3 - or aiming, pointing at something and shooting until it dies. Also,
18th 3 11 4 3 3 1 you cannot get disadvantage on ranged attack rolls when another
hostile creature is within 5 feet of you while raging.
19th 3 12 4 3 3 1
Additionally, while raging, you can fire out a stream of projectiles in
20th 3 13 4 3 3 2
your bloodlust. When you take the attack action on your turn with
a ranged weapon, you can use your bonus action to make a ranged
Spells known of 1st-level and Higher attack roll at a creature within 5 feet of you.
You know three 1st-level Elemental spells of your choice.
Urban Survival 3rd
Spellcasting Ability 3rd At 3rd level, you gain a +4 bonus on Survival checks in urban areas,
which includes the ability to follow tracks, hunt feral animals, find
Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your Elemental spells,
(or lose) individuals in an urban maze, find safe places to crash,
since your magic is drawn from the land around you. You use your
and avoid hazards peculiar to a city environment.
Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In
addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving
throw DC for an Elemental spell you cast and when making an Rage Loading 6th
attack roll with one. At 6th level, your rage fuels your barrage, and the ammo count
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier of your weapons cannot stop you. While raging, you ignore the
loading property for ranged weapons you are proficient in.
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom
modifier
Improvised Weapons 6th
Ritual Casting 3rd At 6th level, you become an expert at using improvised weapons.
You do not take a -4 penalty on attack rolls when wielding an
You can cast an Elemental spell you know as a ritual if that spell improvised weapon.
has the ritual tag.

Split Mind 3rd Loose Cannon 10th

At 3rd level, when you adopt this path, you gain the ability to
continue your concentration on a spell even when you enter a rage.
Additionally, while raging, you gain advantage on Constitution
saving throws made to maintain concentration due to damage
while raging.
Raging Cantrips 6th
Starting at 6th level, you gain a familiarity with your Elemental
cantrips that allows you to cast them even while raging. Unless
the cantrips include an attack, your rage may still end early.
Shamanistic Fury 10th
Beginning at 10th level, you gain a bonus to the damage rolls of
any spell that deals damage. This bonus damage increases as you
When you reach 10th level, when you take damage, you can use
your reaction to fire your weapons wildly at creatures as a reaction
to taking damage. Any creatures of your choosing within 10 feet
of you that you can see must succeed a Dexterity saving throw.
The DC of this save is equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
Dexterity modifier. On a failed save, they take damage equal to d10
+ your berserker level. The damage is the same type as the ranged
weapon you used. On a successful save, they take half damage.
Rage Shot 14th
At 14th level, while raging, you can use Strength, instead of
Dexterity, for your ranged attack rolls when you make them within
15 feet of a target. Additionally, while raging, you can take a special
action that allows you to fire your ranged weapon at any creature
within 10 feet of you that you can see. On a hit, deal damage as
normal and the creature is pushed back 5 feet.

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 DISCIPLE
You are a conduit of divine power. Sometimes
called a priest, cleric, or pastor, you have answered
the call and become a Disciple. You are the mortal
instrument of your deity’s divine Will. Your spells
can bring healing and protection or death and
destruction. Devout followers receive the blessing
of their gods and you will reap those rewards.
You bring the word of your deity everywhere
you go and you present your holy symbol to strike
fear in the hearts of your foes. Blessed is your calling
and you go forth with righteous fervor.

Class Features
As a disciple, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points
8 + your Constitution modifier
Increase your maximum number of HP by this number at 1st level
and every Disciple level thereafter.

Ability Augment
WISDOM
8 FREE

Proficiencies
Armor:: Light armor, medium armor, shields
Weapons: Simple weapons
Tools: Calligraphers’ supplies

Saving Throws
Wisdom, Charisma

Skills
Choose two from Knowledge, Perception,
Treat Injury, Persuasion, Occultism, Deception
and Religion

Equipment
The equipment you start with is purchased at the end of character
creation. The amount of Barter Units (Bu) that you have available
to purchase with is determined by your background.

heroic action 1st

Starting at 1st level, and again at 10th and 20th level, you gain a
Heroic Action that can only be used once. The Heroic Action can

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 DISCIPLE
Level Proficiency Feats Cantrips 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
Bonus Known
1st +2 Background, Racial Trait, Spellcasting, Domain, Heroic 3 2 - - - - - - - -
Action
2nd +2 Skill Prof, Channel Divinity (1/rest), Domain feature 3 3 - - - - - - - -
3rd +2 General Feat 3 4 2 - - - - - - -
4th +2 Skill Prof 4 4 3 - - - - - - -
5th +3 Racial Trait, Ability Score Improvement, Destroy Undead 4 4 3 2 - - - - - -
(CR 1/2)
6th +3 Skill Prof, Channel Divinity (2/rest), Domain feature 4 4 3 3 - - - - - -
7th +3 General Feat 4 4 3 3 1 - - - - -
8th +3 Skill Prof, Destroy Undead (CR 1), Domain feature 4 4 3 3 2 - - - - -
9th +4 Racial Trait 4 4 3 3 3 1 - - - -
10th +4 Skill Prof, Ability Score Improvement, Divine 5 4 3 3 3 2 - - - -
Intervention, Heroic Action
11th +4 General Feat, Destroy Undead (CR 2) 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 - - -
12th +4 Skill Prof 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 - - -
13th +5 Racial Trait 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 - -
14th +5 Skill Prof, Destroy Undead (CR 3) 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 - -
15th +5 General Feat, Ability Score Improvement, 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 -
16th +5 Skill Prof 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 -
17th +6 Racial Trait, Destroy Undead (CR 4), Domain feature 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
18th +6 Skill Prof, Channel Divinity (3/rest) 5 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
19th +6 General Feat 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
20th +6 Skill Prof, Ability Score Improvement, Divine Intervention 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1
Improvement, Heroic Action

function as a any action or can be used to lose the dying condition
when your HP has hit 0 and regain 1 HP.
The GM can also award extra Heroic Actions for heroic deeds or
any other reason they see fit.
Spellcasting 1st
As a conduit for divine power, you can cast Divine spells.
Cantrips 1st
At 1st level, you know three cantrips of your choice from the Divine
spell list. You learn additional Divine cantrips of your choice at
higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the
Disciple table.
Preparing and Casting Spells 1st
The Disciple table shows how many spell slots you have to cast
your spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells,
you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all
expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.
You prepare the list of Divine spells that are available for you to
cast, choosing from the Divine spell list. When you do so, choose
a number of spells equal to your Wisdom modifier + your Disciple
level (minimum of one spell). The spells must be of a level for
which you have spell slots.
For example, if you are a 3rd level Disciple, you have four 1st level
and two 2nd level spell slots. With a Wisdom of 16, your list of
prepared spells can include six spells of 1st or 2nd level, in any
combination. If you prepare the 1st level spell cure wounds, you
can cast it using a 1st level or 2nd level slot. Casting the spell
doesn’t remove it from your list of prepared spells.
You can change your list of prepared spells when you finish a long
rest. Preparing a new list of Divine spells requires time spent in
prayer and meditation: at least 1 minute per spell level for each
spell on your list.
Spellcasting Ability 1st
Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your Divine spells. The
power of your spells comes from your devotion to your deity. You
use your Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting
ability. In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the
saving throw DC for a Divine spell you cast and when making an
attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom
modifier
Ritual Casting 1st
You can cast a Divine spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag
and you have the spell prepared.
Spellcasting Focus 1st
You can use a holy symbol as a spellcasting focus for your spells.
Domains 1st
Choose one domain related to your deity: Light, Veil or Dark. Each
domain is detailed at the end of the class description, and each
one provides examples of gods associated with it. Your choice

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grants you additional ways to use Channel Divinity when you gain
that feature at 2nd level, and additional benefits at 6th, 8th, and
Destroy Unholy 5th
17th levels. Starting at 5th level, when a fiend or undead fails its saving
throw against your Turn Unholy feature, the creature is instantly
As a Disciple you must choose a pantheon and deity to worship.
destroyed if its challenge rating is at or below a certain threshold,
You can find a list of possible pantheons and deities on pages
as shown in the Destroy Unholy table.
127-134.

Skill Proficiency 2nd Disciple Level

DESTROY UNHOLY
Unholy Creature CR
At 2nd level and every even-level after, you can choose to become 5th 1/2 or lower
proficient in a new skill or increase your proficiency in a current
skill by +1. 8th 1 or lower
11th 2 or lower
Channel Divinity 2nd 14th 3 or lower
At 2nd level, you gain the ability to channel divine energy directly 17th 4 or lower
from your deity, using that energy to fuel magical effects. You start
with two such effects: Turn Undead and an effect determined by
your domain. Some domains grant you additional effects as you Divine Intervention 10th
advance in levels, as noted in the domain description.
Beginning at 10th level, you can call on your deity to intervene on
When you use your Channel Divinity, you choose which effect your behalf when your need is great.
to create. You must then finish a short or long rest to use your
Imploring your deity’s aid requires you to use your action.
Channel Divinity again.
Describe the assistance you seek, and roll percentile dice. If you
Some Channel Divinity effects require saving throws. When you roll a number equal to or lower than your Disciple level, your deity
use such an effect from this class, the DC equals your spell save intervenes. The GM chooses the nature of the intervention; the
DC. effect of any Disciple spell would be appropriate.
Beginning at 6th level, you can use your Channel Divinity twice If your deity intervenes, you can’t use this feature again for 7 days.
between rests, and beginning at 18th level, you can use it three Otherwise, you can use it again after you finish a long rest.
times between rests. When you finish a short or long rest, you
At 20th level, your call for intervention succeeds automatically, no
regain your expended uses.
roll required.
Channel Divinity: Turn Unholy 2nd
As an action, you present your holy symbol and speak a prayer
censuring fiends and undead. Each unholy creature that can see or
Domains
hear you within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw.
If the creature fails its saving throw, it is Turned for 1 minute or
until it takes any damage.
Light Domain
A Turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as far away The Light domain focuses on the vibrant positive energy—one of
from you as it can, and it can’t willingly move to a space within 30 the fundamental forces of the universe—that sustains all life. The
feet of you. It also can’t take reactions. For its action, it can use gods of life promote vitality and health through healing the sick and
only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents wounded, caring for those in need, and driving away the forces of
it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move, the creature can use death and undeath. Almost any non-evil deity can claim influence
the Dodge action. over this domain, particularly agricultural deities, sun gods, gods
of healing or endurance, and gods of home and community.
General Feat 3rd
Starting at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 11th, 15th and 19th level,
War Priest 1st
you can choose any General Feat as long as you qualify for it. When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain proficiency
with heavy armor.
Ability Score Improvement 5th
When you reach 5th level, and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th level,
Disciple of Life 1st
you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can Also starting at 1st level, your healing spells are more effective.
increase two ability scores by 1. Your character can only improve Whenever you use a spell of 1st level or higher to restore hit points
an ability score by 1 if it’s already 18 or above, or by 2 if it starts to a creature, the creature regains additional hit points equal to 2
out below 18. + the spell’s level.

Race Traits 5th Channel Divinity: Preserve Life 2nd

In addition to the initial race traits you started with, you gain a race
trait at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level. The list of race traits available
to you can be found in your race’s entry.
Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to heal the
badly injured.
As an action, you present your holy symbol and evoke healing
energy that can restore a number of hit points equal to five times
your Disciple level. Choose any creatures within 30 feet of you,

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 and divide those hit points among them. This feature can restore a
creature to no more than half of its hit point maximum. You can’t
use this feature on an undead or a construct.
Blessed Healer 6th
Beginning at 6th level, the healing spells you cast on others heal
you as well. When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher that
restores hit points to a creature other than you, you regain hit
points equal to 2 + the spell’s level.
Divine Strike 8th Sight of the Void
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.
Supreme Healing 17th
Starting at 17th level, when you would normally roll one or more
dice to restore hit points with a spell, you instead use the highest
number possible for each die. For example, instead of restoring
2d6 hit points to a creature, you restore 12.
Veil Domain
There are many clerics that stand for something. These holy men
and women often choose to champion the might of their god
by destroying the wicked with the power of Light or seek power
through darkness.
Disciples of the Veil, however, represent neutrality. They are
keepers of knowledge, crafting, and entertainment. The seek no
sides and seek to find the balance in all things.
Disciple of the Void 1st
Your understanding of emptiness allows you to pass through the
world as if you were never there. Starting at 1st level, you gain
proficiency in the Stealth skill and may double your proficiency
bonus on checks pertaining to this skill. Additionally, while wearing
light armor or no armor, you may choose to use your Wisdom
modifier to calculate your armor class rather than your Dexterity
modifier. Finally, the verbal components of your spells are silent,
though you must still perform them to enact the spell.
Channel Divinity: Void Shield 2nd
Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to create
a protective antimagic shield around a creature. As an action, you
may present your holy symbol and select a creature within 30 feet
of yourself. For one minute, or until you lose concentration (as if
concentrating on a spell) or end this effect as a bonus action, the
creature is resistant to all damage from spells.
Channel Divinity: Void Surge 6th
Starting at 6th level, you can use your Channel Divinity to break the
limits of your magical talents. As an action (Or bonus action if the
casting time of your selected spell is 1 bonus action), you present
your holy symbol and invoke the power of the Void, creating the
effect of any spell of your choice. This allows you to cast any spell
from any spellcasting class, following all rules that apply to said
spell including duration, casting time and component cost. When
using this Channel Divinity option, you must also expend a spell
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slot of equal or greater value to the spell which you are attempting
to cast. When you use this Channel Divinity option, you also take
1d6 points of force damage per level of the spell you cast, and this
damage bypasses resistance and immunity. For example, if you
were to cast arcane gate as a 6th level spell using this feature, you
would take 6d6 force damage as a result of doing so. If the damage
that you take as a result of this Channel Divinity option would
reduce you to 0 hit points, you maintain consciousness until you
complete your spell, unless you take damage from another source.
6th
Also starting at 6th level, you gain darkvision with a range of 60
feet if you don’t have it already. (Or an additional 30 feet if you
already have darkvision.)
Divine Strike 8th
Starting at 8th level, you have learned to infuse your attacks with
sacred power. Once on each of your turns, if you strike a creature
with a weapon attack, you may choose to cause that weapon
attack to deal an additional 1d8 force damage. This extra damage
increases to 2d8 force damage by 14th level.
Crown of the Void 17th
At 17th level, you become a nexus between the multiverse and the
Void. While in an area of dim light or darkness, you may use your
action to become invisible and remain so until you enter an area
of bright light, attack, or cast a spell. Additionally, when casting
counterspell, you have advantage on the ability check made to
cast the spell.
Dark Domain
Where there is light, there is also darkness and the gods of evil
have their Dark Disciples as well. These evil powers give the Dark
Disciple unique abilities over other (good/neutral) Disciples.
Darkvision 1st
You have a Darkvision of 60 feet. If you already have darkvision,
increase its range by 60 feet. You can also see through magical
darkness.
Dark Domain Spells 1st
You gain access to the Occult spell list.
Acolyte of Darkness 1st
At 1st level, you learn one Occult cantrip of your choice. You
also gain proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice:
Survival, Intimidation, Deception
Bonus Proficiencies 1st
At 1st level, you gain proficiency with martial weapons and heavy
armor.
Dark Zealot 1st
From 1st level, your god delivers bolts of inspiration to you while
you are engaged in battle. When you use the Attack action, you
can make one weapon attack as a bonus action. 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.
Dark Disciples and Undead 1st
A dark Disciple has an evil allegiance and channels negative
energy to rebuke (awe) or command (control) undead, instead of
turning or destroying them. A dark Disciple makes the equivalent
of a turning check. Creatures that would be turned are rebuked
instead, and those that would be destroyed are commanded.
Channel Divinity: Rebuke Unholy 2nd
As an action, you present your holy symbol and speak a prayer
censuring fiends and undead. Each creature that can see or hear
you within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw. If the
creature fails its saving throw, it is Rebuked and cowers in awe for
1 minute or until it takes any damage.
Dispel Turning 2nd
A dark Disciple may dispel the turning effect of a good Disciple. To
do so, the dark Disciple makes a turning check as if attempting to
rebuke. If the turning check result is equal to or greater than the
turning check result that the good Disciple scored when turning
them, then the creatures are no longer turned. The dark Disciple
rolls turning damage to see how many Hit Dice worth of creatures
you can affect in this way.
Bolster Undead 2nd
A dark Disciple may bolster creatures against turning effects in
advance. You make a turning check as if attempting to rebuke
them, but the Hit Dice result becomes the creatures’ effective Hit
Dice as far as turning is concerned (provided the result is higher
than the creatures’ normal Hit Dice). This bolstering lasts for 10
rounds.
3d6 + your Disciple level on a failed saving throw, and half as much
damage on a successful one. A creature that has total cover from
you is not affected.
Demented Strike 6th
At 6th level, you gain the ability to infuse your weapon strikes
with necrotic 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.
Shadow Step 8th
At 8th level, your attunement with the realm of shadows gives you
the ability to step from one shadow to the next. When you are in
dim light or darkness, as a bonus action you can teleport up to 60
feet to an unoccupied space you can see that is also in dim light
or darkness.
Master of Darkness 17th
At 17th level, you gain Maximize Spell. You learn to cast some of
your spells to maximum effect. All variable, numeric effects of a
maximized spell automatically achieve their maximum values. A
maximized spell deals the most possible points of damage, affects
the maximum number of targets, and so forth, as appropriate.
Saving throws and opposed checks are not affected. Spells
without random variables are not affected.
When a maximized spell is prepared, it is treated as a spell of three
levels higher than the spell’s actual level.

Combat Casting 2nd

At 2nd level, you become adept at casting spells during combat.
You get a +4 bonus on Concentration checks made to cast a spell
while on the defensive

Command Unholy 5th

Starting at 5th level, when a fiend or undead fails its saving
throw against your Rebuke Unholy feature, the creature becomes
commanded and falls under the mental control of the Disciple, if
its challenge rating is at or below a certain threshold, as shown in
the Command Unholy table.

COMMAND THE UNHOLY

Disciple Level Unholy Creature CR
5th 1/2 or lower
8th 1 or lower
11th 2 or lower
14th 3 or lower
17th 4 or lower

Channel Divinity: Nightmare 6th

Starting at 6th level, you can use your Channel Divinity to harness
the bridge between life and death, banishing light and dealing
psychic damage to your foes. As an action, you present your holy
symbol, and any magical light within 30 feet of you is dispelled.
Additionally, each hostile creature within 30 feet of you must make
a Wisdom saving throw. A creature takes psychic damage equal to

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 DRUID
You belong to one of the most ancient and secretive orders
across the multiverse. As a Druid you may worship any of the
many nature deities but you revere Mother Nature above all
and you draw your powers from Her elemental essence. You
also venerate the forces of nature themselves and hold certain
plants and animals to be sacred. You can be as calm as
a summer breeze or as violent as a tempest. Elemental
powers flow through you and the power to transform
into mighty beasts is yours to command.

Class Features
As a druid, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points
8 + your Constitution modifier
Increase your maximum number of HP by this number
at 1st level and every Druid level thereafter.

Ability Augment
WISDOM
8 FREE

Proficiencies
Armor:: Light armor, medium armor, shields
Weapons: Clubs, daggers, darts, javelins, maces,
quarterstaffs, scimitars, sickles, slings, spears
Tools:: Herbalism kit

Saving Throws
Intelligence, Wisdom

Skills
Choose two from Arcana, Animal Handling, Treat Injury,
Nature, Perception, Religion, and Survival

Equipment
The equipment you start with is purchased at the end
of character creation. The amount of Barter Units (Bu)
that you have available to purchase with is
determined by your background.

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 DRUID
Level Proficiency Feats Cantrips 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
Bonus Known
1st +2 Background, Racial Trait, Spellcasting, Heroic Action, 2 2 - - - - - - - -
Familiar
2nd +2 Skill Prof, Wild Shape, Druidic Essence 2 3 - - - - - - - -
3rd +2 General Feat 2 4 2 - - - - - - -
4th +2 Skill Prof, Wild Shape Improvement, 3 4 3 - - - - - - -
5th +3 Racial Trait, Ability Score Improvement 3 4 3 2 - - - - - -
6th +3 Skill Prof, Druidic Essence Feature 3 4 3 3 - - - - - -
7th +3 General Feat 3 4 3 3 1 - - - - -
8th +3 Skill Prof, Wild Shape Improvement, 3 4 3 3 2 - - - - -
9th +4 Racial Trait 3 4 3 3 3 1 - - - -
10th +4 Skill Prof, Ability Score Improvement, Druidic Essence 4 4 3 3 3 2 - - - -
Feature, Heroic Action
11th +4 General Feat 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 - - -
12th +4 Skill Prof 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 - - -
13th +5 Racial Trait 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 - -
14th +5 Skill Prof, Druidic Essence Feature 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 - -
15th +5 General Feat, Ability Score Improvement 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 -
16th +5 Skill Prof 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 -
17th +6 Racial Trait 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
18th +6 Skill Prof, Timeless Body, Beast Spells 4 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
19th +6 General Feat 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
20th +6 Skill Prof, Ability Score Improvement, Archdruid, 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1
Heroic Action

heroic action 1st sPellcastinG 1st

Starting at 1st level, and again at 10th and 20th level, you gain a
Heroic Action that can only be used once. The Heroic Action can
function as a any action or can be used to lose the dying condition
when your HP has hit 0 and regain 1 HP.
The GM can also award extra Heroic Actions for heroic deeds or
any other reason they see fit.
tree walker 1st
You gain the ability to enter a tree and move from inside it to inside
another tree of the same kind within 500 feet. Both trees must be
living and at least the same size as you. You must use 5 feet of
movement to enter a tree. You instantly know the location of all
other trees of the same kind within 500 feet and, as part of the
move used to enter the tree, can either pass into one of those
trees or step out of the tree you’re in. You appear in a spot of your
choice within 5 feet of the destination tree, using another 5 feet of
movement. If you have no movement left, you appear within 5 feet
of the tree you entered.
You can use this transportation ability once per round for the
duration. You must end each turn outside a tree.
DruiDic 1st
You know Druidic, the secret language of druids. You can speak
the language and use it to leave hidden messages. You and others
who know this language automatically spot such a message.
Others spot the message’s presence with a successful DC 15
Wisdom (Perception) check but can’t decipher it without magic.
Drawing on the divine essence of nature itself, you can cast spells
to shape that essence to your will.
cantriPs 1st
At 1st level, you know two cantrips of your choice from the
elemental spell list. You learn additional elemental cantrips of your
choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of
the Druid table.
PreParinG anD castinG sPells 1st
The Druid table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your
spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these druid spells,
you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all
expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.
You prepare the list of elemental spells that are available for
you to cast, choosing from the elemental spell list. When you do
so, choose a number of elemental spells equal to your Wisdom
modifier + your druid level (minimum of one spell). The spells must
be of a level for which you have spell slots.
For example, if you are a 3rd level druid, you have four 1st level
and two 2nd level spell slots. With a Wisdom of 16, your list of
prepared spells can include six spells of 1st or 2nd level, in any
combination. If you prepare the 1st level spell cure wounds, you
can cast it using a 1st level or 2nd level slot. Casting the spell
doesn’t remove it from your list of prepared spells.
You can also change your list of prepared spells when you finish a
long rest. Preparing a new list of druid spells requires time spent
in prayer and meditation: at least 1 minute per spell level for each
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 Spellcasting Ability 1st
Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your elemental spells, since
your magic draws upon your devotion and attunement to nature.
You use your Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting
ability. In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the
saving throw DC for an elemental spell you cast and when making
an attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier
• When you transform, you assume the beast’s hit points and
Hit Dice. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the
number of hit points you had before you transformed. However,
if you revert as a result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess
damage carries over to your normal form. For example, if you
take 10 damage in animal form and have only 1 hit point left, you
revert and take 9 damage. As long as the excess damage doesn’t
reduce your normal form to 0 hit points, you aren’t knocked
unconscious.

Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom • You can’t cast spells, and your ability to speak or take any
modifier action that requires hands is limited to the capabilities of your
beast form. Transforming doesn’t break your concentration on
Ritual Casting 1st a spell you’ve already cast, however, or prevent you from taking
actions that are part of a spell, such as call lightning, that you’ve
You can cast an elemental spell as a ritual if that spell has the already cast.
ritual tag and you have the spell prepared.
• You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race,
or other source and can use them if the new form is physically
Spellcasting Focus 1st capable of doing so. However, you can’t use any of your special
You can use a druidic focus as a spellcasting focus for your senses, such as darkvision, unless your new form also has that
elemental spells. sense.
• You choose whether your equipment falls to the ground in
Familiar 1st your space, merges into your new form, or is worn by it. Worn
You make a pact with creature that serves you and assists your equipment functions as normal, but the GM decides whether it
spellcasting. You gain a familiar (page 310). is practical for the new form to wear a piece of equipment, based
on the creature’s shape and size. Your equipment doesn’t change
Skill Proficiency 2nd size or shape to match the new form, and any equipment that the
new form can’t wear must either fall to the ground or merge with
At 2nd level and every even-level after, you can choose to become it. Equipment that merges with the form has no effect until you
proficient in a new skill or increase your proficiency in a current leave the form.
skill by +1.
Druidic Essence 2nd
Wild Shape 2nd At 2nd level, you choose to identify with an order of druids: The
Starting at 2nd level, you can use your action to magically assume Natural Way, Mutation or Rot, all detailed at the end of the class
the shape of a beast that you have seen before. You can use this description. Your choice grants you features at 2nd level and
feature twice. You regain expended uses when you finish a short again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level.
or long rest.
Your druid level determines the beasts you can transform into, as General Feat 3rd
shown in the Beast Shapes table. At 2nd level, for example, you Starting at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 11th, 15th and 19th level,
can transform into any beast that has a challenge rating of 1/4 or you can choose any General Feat as long as you qualify for it.
lower that doesn’t have a flying or swimming speed.
You can stay in a beast shape for a number of hours equal to half Ability Score Improvement 5th
your druid level (rounded down). You then revert to your normal
When you reach 5th level, and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th level,
form unless you expend another use of this feature. You can revert
you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can
to your normal form earlier by using a bonus action on your turn.
increase two ability scores by 1. Your character can only improve
You automatically revert if you fall unconscious, drop to 0 hit
an ability score by 1 if it’s already 18 or above, or by 2 if it starts
points, or die.
out below 18.
BEAST SHAPES
Level Max CR Limitations Example Race Traits 5th
2nd 1/4 No flying or swimming speed Wolf In addition to the initial race traits you started with, you gain a race
4th 1/2 No flying speed Giant Goat trait at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level. The list of race traits available
to you can be found in your race’s entry.
8th 1 - Bear

While you are transformed, the following rules apply: Timeless Body 18th
• Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the beast, Starting at 18th level, the primal magic that you wield causes you
but you retain your alignment, personality, and Intelligence, to age more slowly. For every 10 years that pass, your body ages
Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill only 1 year.
and saving throw proficiencies, in addition to gaining those of
the creature. If the creature has the same proficiency as you and Beast Spells 18th
the bonus in its stat block is higher than yours, use the creature’s
Beginning at 18th level, you can cast many of your elemental spells
bonus instead of yours. If the creature has any legendary or lair
in any shape you assume using Wild Shape. You can perform the
actions, you can’t use them.

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somatic and verbal components of an elemental spell while in a
beast shape, but you aren’t able to provide material components.
Archdruid 20th
At 20th level, you can use your Wild Shape an unlimited number
of times.
Additionally, you can ignore any verbal and somatic components
of your druid spells, as well as any material components that lack
a cost and aren’t consumed by a spell. You gain this benefit in
both your normal shape and your beast shape from Wild Shape.
Druidic Essence
Natural Way
Druids following the Natural Way have a natural connection to the
earth around them, as well as the creatures around them. They
are hands of the Mother herself, and protect and heal those whom
reside in her lands.
Druidic Companion 2nd
At 2nd level, you gain a beast companion that accompanies you
on your adventures and fights alongside you. Choose a beast that
is no larger than Medium size and that has a challenge rating of at
most 1/2. The beast has the statistics of a normal member of its
species, with the following changes:
• Your animal companion uses your proficiency bonus instead of
its own.
• Your animal companion adds your proficiency bonus to its
Armor Class.
• Your animal companion gains proficiency in two skills of your
choice, and all saving throws.
• Your animal companion loses the Multiattack action if it has
one.
Your animal companion obeys your commands as best it can.
It rolls for initiative like any other creature, but you determine its
actions, decisions, attitudes, and so on. If you are incapacitated or
absent, your animal companion acts on its own.
When you reach 4th level, and every time you gain a level afterward,
your animal companion gains one additional hit die and its hit
points are recalculated accordingly.
Whenever you gain the Ability Score Improvement class feature,
your animal companion can also increase one ability score of your
choice by 2, or it can increase two ability scores of your choice
by 1. As normal, your animal companion can’t increase an ability
score above 20 using this feature unless its description specifies
otherwise. Alternatively, if you are using the feats optional rule,
your animal companion can instead gain one feat.
If your animal companion is ever slain, you can use 8 hours of
work and 25 Bu worth of rare herbs and fine food to call forth your
companion’s spirit and create a new body for it, returning it to life.
You can return an animal companion to life in this manner even if
you do not possess any part of its body. If you use this ability to
return a former animal companion to life while you have a current
animal companion, your current companion leaves you and is
replaced by the restored companion.
Greater Wild Shape 6th
At 6th level, you can transform into any beast with a CR equal to or
less than your druid level divided by 3 (round down).
Nature’s Ward 10th
When you reach 10th level, you can’t be charmed or frightened by
elementals and you are immune to poison and disease.
Nature’s Sanctuary 14th
When you reach 14th level, creatures of the natural world sense
your connection to nature and become hesitant to attack you.
When a beast or plant creature attacks you, that creature must
make a Wisdom saving throw against your druid spell save DC. On
a failed save, the creature must choose a different target, or the
attack automatically misses. On a successful save, the creature is
immune to this effect for 24 hours.
The creature is aware of this effect before it makes its attack
against you.
Mutation
Mutation Druids have embraced natural evolution through
mutation. Where others may see an abomination, these Druids
see mutations as the next step in becoming closer with Mother
Nature.
Alter Shape 2nd
Starting at 2nd level, your Wild Shape gets replaced by Alter Shape.
You can control your body in a whole new way, allowing for a lot of
interesting “mutations”. You can use Alter Shape on your turn as
a bonus action, rather than as an action. You can use this feature
twice. You regain expended uses when you finish a short or long
rest.
You may expend a use of this feature to gain one of the following
mutations for an unlimited amount of time. You can only have one
mutation active at any given time. Mutations are split up in three
different categories. Some categories can only have one mutation
at a time.
Body Mutations 2nd
ACIDIC STEP: You leak goo while you walk, creating a 5ft wide
acidic line. Creatures walking through this line take 2d4 damage.
This also applies to creatures starting their turn in this line.
This mutation works with the Stronger Corrosion mutation. The
line vanishes after 1 hour. This mutation may grant creatures
advantage on ability checks made to track you or determine your
location.
ADHESIVE: You can’t have Fluid Form and Adhesive at the same
time. You can climb difficult surfaces including upside down on
ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Additionally,
creatures have disadvantage against trying to knock you prone or
disarming you.
AMORPHOUS: You can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch
without squeezing.
BIOSYNTHESIS: When moving on fertile soil or organic-rich
environments, you regain hit points equal to ¼ of your level
rounded down every round, unless you have 0 hit points.
BLINDSIGHT: You change the way you see your surroundings.
By constantly vibrating your head slightly, you emit an inaudible
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 frequency and detect its reflection. Using this, you can perceive
your surroundings up to 60 feet away, regardless of light. You are
blind beyond this radius, however, and cannot perceive light, color,
or any other visual phenomenon. You can’t be blinded by light,
but while you are deafened, however, you also have the blinded
condition.
CAMOUFLAGED: If you haven’t moved on your turn when you
attempt to hide, your coloration blends with your surroundings until
you move, make an attack, fall prone, or cast a spell with a somatic
component, either voluntarily or because of some external effect.
While camouflaged, you can attempt to hide even when only lightly
obscured or even in plain sight. While lightly or heavily obscured,
Wisdom (Perception) checks made to see you have disadvantage
and you have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. When you
attempt to hide in plain sight, anything you are wearing or carrying
may cause disadvantage on the Dexterity (Stealth) check or even
completely prevent you from being able to do so.
CORRODE METAL: Any nonmagical weapon made of metal that
hits you corrodes. After dealing damage, the weapon takes a
permanent and cumulative -1 penalty to damage rolls. If its penalty
drops to -5, the weapon is destroyed. Nonmagical ammunition
made of metal that hits you is destroyed after dealing damage.
You can eat through 2-inch-thick, nonmagical metal in 1 round.
This mutation works with the Stronger Corrosion mutation,
changing the penalty to -2/-3 and allowing you to eat through 4/6
inches of metal in 1 round.
CORROSIVE BODY: Your body now always leaks acid, instead of
only when you make unarmed strikes. Creatures grappled by you
take 1d4 on the start of your turn. Creatures attacking you with a
melee attack also take 1d4 damage. This mutation works with the
Stronger Corrosion mutation. However, any nonmagical weapon or
armor made of cloth, leather, hide, wood, or other organic material
that you hold or wear is destroyed after 1 minute and even faster
when you also have the Stronger Corrosion mutation.
Extra Arms: You gain an extra pair of arms, which are the equivalent
of getting an extra attack option.
EXTRA HEADS: You gain an extra head. As long as you have more
than one head, you gain advantage on. While you have more than
one head, you have advantage on saving throws against being
blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and knocked
unconscious.
Whenever you take damage equal or more than 1/4th of your
maximum hit points in a single turn, one of your heads die. If all your
heads die, you are blinded, deafened and knocked unconscious
until you grow a new head, which takes 1d4 hours.
FLUID FORM: You can’t have Fluid Form and Adhesive at the
same time. Your movement is unaffected by difficult terrain and
you can spend 5 feet of movement to automatically escape from
nonmagical restraints, such as manacles or a creature that has
you grappled.
STICKY THROW: You may lose 5 hit points to make a ranged attack
(range 20/60) slinging a part of your body on the ground. This goo
quickly spreads to cover a 5 ft. area. Every creature starting or
ending its turn in the goo needs to make a Strength or Dexterity
(Athletics) check against your spell save DC or be restrained. They
may redo this saving throw every turn, ending the condition on a
success. If you have the Acidic Step or Corrosive body mutation,
they take 1d4 acid damage on the start of each of their turns. This
mutation works with the Stronger Corrosion mutation.
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STRETCHY: Your reach doubles. In addition, when reaching
vertically, such as to grab a ledge, you can add twice your height,
instead of half your height.
Head Mutations 2nd
DOG HEAD: You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks
that rely on hearing or smell (works like Keen Hearing and Smell)
and you gain a bite attack which uses a 1d6 as a damage die and
deals acid damage instead of piercing damage. This mutation
works with the Stronger Corrosion mutation.
FANGS: Your teeth mutate into vicious fangs.
You gain a vicious bite attack that deals piercing damage
dependent on your size: Small 1d4, Medium-size 1d6, Large 1d8.
If you get multiple attacks in a round, you can bite multiple times.
Your bite is treated as a natural weapon and does not provoke
attacks of opportunity.
GREAT HORNS: You sprout horns capable of damaging or goring a
target. The horns may be curled like a ram’s or pointed like a bull’s.
Conversely, you may grow a single horn in the middle of the
forehead, like that of a rhinoceros, or a large rack of antlers, like
that of a moose.
You gain a single gore attack that deals bludgeoning damage
(curled ram horns or moose antlers) or piercing damage (pointed
bull horns or one great rhino horn). The amount of damage
depends on your size: Small 1d4, Medium-size 1d6, Large 1d8. If
you get multiple attacks in a round, you can gore multiple times.
Your horns are treated as natural weapons and do not provoke
attacks of opportunity.
SHARK HEAD: Your swimming speed increases with 10ft (20ft
while also having the Shark Tail mutation) and you gain a bite
attack which uses a 1d6 as a damage die and deals acid damage
instead of piercing damage. Being underwater imposes no
penalties on your movement or attacks. This mutation works with
the Stronger Corrosion mutation.
Leg mutations 2nd
You can only have one modification to your legs.
SHARK TAIL: You gain a swimming speed equal to double your
normal speed, while taking a 20 ft. penalty while you move on
land. Being underwater imposes no penalties on your movement
or attacks.
SNAKE TAIL: Instead of two legs, you have one long, snake-like
tail. Your speed increases by 10 feet. Additionally, you gain the
Constrict attack; this attack deals 2d4 Acid damage, has a reach
of 10 ft. and the target is grappled. Until this grapple ends, the
target is restrained, and you can’t constrict another target. If you
have the Acidic Step mutation, they keep taking 2d4 acid damage
on the start of each of their turns. This mutation works with the
Stronger Corrosion mutation.
TENTACLES: Your legs turn into 4 tentacles, which have a reach of
10 ft. You can use these tentacles like Mage Hand. You may use
your action and/or bonus action to control one of your tentacles.
Additionally, you can use your tentacles to grapple creatures. You
may take this mutation a maximum of two times for a maximum
number of 8 tentacles.
Familiar Mutation 2nd
Your familiar takes on one mutation of your choosing.
Mutation Master 6th
Starting at 6th level, you can have two mutations active at any
given time. This changes to 3 mutations at 10th level, 4 at 14th
level and 5 at 18th level.
Also at 6th level, you can use the Alter Shape three times before
finishing a short or long rest. This also changes to 4 times at 10th
level, 6 times at 14th level and 7 times at 18th level.
Stronger Corrosion 10th
Starting at 10th level, the damage die of your unarmed strikes
increases by 1 size. A d4 becomes a d6. A d6 becomes a d8 and so
on. This mutation doesn’t count against the maximum amount of
mutations. This increases again on 18th level.
Monstrous Forms 14th
At 14th level, you have learned to alter the physical form of your
allies in subtle ways. You can cast the Enhance Ability spell
as if it were a cantrip (refer to the players guide for details on
Concentration).
a corpse. They are more adept at following commands, but will
break apart after one damage is dealt to them. This ability cannot
be used again until the previous servant has been destroyed.
Become one with Decay 10th
At 10th level your very body becomes aligned with the processes
of decay, causing any damage dealt by you to become necrotic
damage. You become resistant to necrotic damage. Dealing
fatal melee damage to living opponents triggers Refreshing Rot
as though it were a cantrip. As an additional bonus, you may use
Blight as a 4th level spell once per day without using a spell slot,
if this is used to deal fatal damage to an opponent, and triggers
Refreshing Rot, and Double any Hit Points Gained in this way.
Aura of Spores 14th
At 14th level you begin to exude a miasma of spores, the spores
amplify Necrotic damage within their range (20 foot radius from
you). If an enemy is dealt necrotic damage 5 hit points of damage
are added to the damage total.

Rot
Druids the believe in the power of rot see themselves as servants
of the natural cycle of decomposition and growth. They use
borderline necromancy to perform their tasks, and as such are
often shunned by Druid society.

Circle Spells 2nd

Your connection to the forces of death and decay grants you
additional spells. You gain access to the Occult spell list.

Refreshing Rot 2nd

At 2nd level, you gain the ability to channel the energy created at
a living creature’s death to heal themselves or allies. This means
that when you deal lethal damage to a creature with a spell, they
channel hit points equal to twice that spells level (Cantrips count
as 0th level). This is applied as temporary Hit Points to either their
own Hit Point total, or the Hit Point total of an ally within 60 ft.
At higher levels. Up the amount of energy channeled is increased.
+1 HP at 6th level, +2 at 10th level, +3 at 14th level, and +4 at 18th
level.

Fungal Growth 2nd

At 2nd level you gain the ability to speed the growth of all manner
of fungi, and can infect an enemy with a draining fungus. By using
a bonus action at touch range you can implant the spores on the
skin of your opponent. After one round the fungus sprouts. It deals
1 hit point of damage per round for 10 rounds.
At higher levels. At 6th level it becomes 2, at 10th level it becomes
3, at 14th level it becomes 4, and at 18th level it becomes 5.

Rot and Growth 6th

At 6th level you gain the ability to channel the energies of life and
death to create a servant. You may choose either Rot, or Growth.
If rot is chosen you gain the ability to use vines and beetles to
animate a corpse. The effect is similar to the spell Animate Dead,
and as such the ‘zombie’ will follow only basic orders however the
‘zombie’ will break apart after it preforms three attacks. If Growth
is chosen you gain the ability to grow a fungal being. This requires

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 ENGINEER
Masters of mechanical mayhem, Engineers love to tinker with explosives, devices, and all manner of hazardous gadgets. You are no
exception. You can create technological marvels including robotic servants, battlesuits, jetpacks and drones. In combat you deploy a
host of powerful turrets to protect allies and obliterate your enemies. Your love of creating knows no bounds. You are on the cutting edge
of technology and are pushing the boundary of known science. You are no mere mortal. You are an Engineer.

heroic action 1st

Class Features Starting at 1st level, and again at 10th and 20th level, you gain a
As an Engineer, you gain the following class features. Heroic Action that can only be used once. The Heroic Action can
function as a any action or can be used to lose the dying condition
when your HP has hit 0 and regain 1 HP.
Hit Points The GM can also award extra Heroic Actions for heroic deeds or
any other reason they see fit.
8 + your Constitution modifier
Increase your maximum number of HP by this number at 1st level Portable work table 1st
and every Engineer level thereafter.
At 1st level, you can craft non-magical items twice as quickly, and
can use rests during adventuring time to make progress in crafting

Ability Augment an item. To craft an item while adventuring, you can spend a short
rest working on the item. You will not benefit from a short rest
(using Hit Dice, etc) if you use this feature. During an adventure,
INTELLIGENCE two short rests spent using this feature count as one day of
8 FREE downtime.

Proficiencies
Armor:: Light and Medium armor, shields
Weapons:: Simple weapons, sidearms, longarms
Tools:: Mechanic’s Tools, Smith’s Tools,
Electrician’s Tools

Saving Throws
Dexterity, Intelligence

Skills
Choose three from Craft (Mechanical, Electronic,
Chemical, Structural, Pharmaceutical),
Knowledge (Science, Streetwise, History),
Computer Use, Demolitions, Disable Device,
Repair.

Equipment
The equipment you start with is purchased at
the end of character creation. The amount of
Barter Units (Bu) that you have available to
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 you can choose any General Feat as long as you qualify for it.
ENGINEER
Level Proficiency
Bonus
Feats
ProGraM 3rD
1st +2 Background, Racial Trait, Heroic Action, At 3rd level, you choose a specialty that you wish to master,
Portable Work Table, Turrets Artificer, BattleTech Gadgeteer, or Flesh Mechanic all detailed at
2nd +2 Skill Prof,
the end of the class description. Your program choice grants you
features at 3rd level and then again at 7th, 10th, 15th, and 18th
3rd +2 General Feat, Program Feature level.
4th +2 Skill Prof, Healing Turret
5th +3 Racial Trait, Extra Attack, Ability Score healinG turret 4th
Improvement
At 4th level, you can create Healing Turrets A pulsing aura of
6th +3 Skill Prof restorative energy centered on the turret with a radius of 15 ft.
7th +3 General Feat, Program Feature Allied creatures that start their turn within the aura are healed an
8th +3 Skill Prof, Second Turret amount equal to your Int modifier.
9th +4 Racial Trait Creating a Healing Turret costs 15 Bu per Engineer Level and takes
10th +4 Skill Prof, Program Feature, Ability Score 4 hours to complete.
Improvement, Heroic Action Repairing it requires a DC 15 Repair (Mechanic’s Tools) check, and
11th +4 General Feat half the money and time it takes to build it.
12th +4 Skill Prof, Electrified Net Turret
13th +5 Racial Trait extra attack 5th
14th +5 Skill Prof Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once,
15th +5 General Feat, Program Feature, Ability whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Score Improvement
16th +5 Skill Prof, Shield Turret ability score iMProveMent 5th
17th +6 Racial Trait When you reach 5th level, and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th level,
18th +6 Skill Prof, Program Feature you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can
increase two ability scores by 1. Your character can only improve
19th +6 General Feat
an ability score by 1 if it’s already 18 or above, or by 2 if it starts
20th +6 Skill Prof, Ability Score Improvement, out below 18.
Heroic Action
race traits 5th
turrets 1st In addition to the initial race traits you started with, you gain a race
Starting at 1st level, you can create turrets. trait at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level. The list of race traits available
to you can be found in your race’s entry.
GUN TURRET. A small deployable device with an AC of 12 and HP
equal to 5+ (6x your Engineer Level). As an action you can deploy
the turret to a space adjacent to you. An undeployed turret is a seconD turret 8th
6-inch box. Turrets are automated firearms used to defend and At 8th level, you may deploy a second turret at a time, and it takes
support an engineer and their allies. 50% less time and money to rebuild one.
Only one turret may be deployed at a time, unless otherwise stated.
A turret can be undeployed while adjacent to it. A turret is immune electrifieD net turret 12th
to Poison and Psychic damage, cannot be feared or charmed, and At 12th level, you can create Electrified Net Turrets. Enemy
is immune to poison and disease. creatures that enter a 30 ft. radius around the turret, or start
Creating a Gun Turret costs 10 Bu per Engineer Level and takes 2 their turn there, must make a Dex save or be restrained until the
hours to complete. beginning of your next turn. When a target fails their Dex save, they
take 4d6 lightning damage, and cannot take reactions until free.
Repairing it requires a DC 10 Repair (Mechanic’s Tools) check, and
half the money and time it takes to build it. Creating a Electrified Net Turret costs 20 Bu per Engineer Level
and takes 6 hours to complete.
Enemy creatures that enter a 60 ft. radius around the turret, or start
their turn there, must make a Dex save. On a failure they take 2d4 Repairing it requires a DC 15 Repair (Electrician’s Tools) check,
+ Int mod Ballistic damage. They take half damage on a success. and half the money and time it takes to build it
This increases to 3d4 at level 5, 4d4 at level 11, and 6d4 at level 17.
shielD turret 16th
skill Proficiency 2nD At 16th level, you can create Shield Turrets. Friendly creatures
At 2nd level and every even-level after, you can choose to become (Including yourself) within 30 ft. of a shield turret gain the
proficient in a new skill or increase your proficiency in a current benefits of Shield. This effect persists until the destruction or
skill by +1. deconstruction of the turret. You cannot stack the effects of Shield
with two turrets in this way.
General feat 3rD Creating a Shield Turret costs 25 Bu per Engineer Level and takes
Starting at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 11th, 15th and 19th level, 8 hours to complete.

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 Repairing it requires a DC 20 Repair (Mechanic’s Tools) check, and
ARTIFICER SPELLCASTING
half the money and time it takes to build it
Level Cantrips Spells 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Known Known

Programs 3rd
4th
2
2
3
4
2
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5th 2 4 3 - - - -
Artificer 6th 2 4 3 2 - - -
7th 2 5 4 2 - - -
An Engineer that has crossed over from the purely mechanical into
the realm of the arcane. Artificers use a limited amount of spells to 8th 2 6 4 3 - - -
enhance their mechanical handiwork and even bestow sentience 9th 2 6 4 3 2 - -
upon their robotic creations. 10th 3 7 4 3 2 - -
11th 3 8 4 3 3 - -
Spellcasting 3rd 12th 3 8 4 3 3 - -
When you reach 3rd level you gain the ability to cast spells from 13th 3 9 4 3 3 1 -
the Arcane spell list.
14th 3 10 4 3 3 1 -

Spells Known 3rd 15th

16th
4
4
10
11
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
-
-
You know three 1st-level Arcane spells of your choice.
17th 4 11 4 3 3 2 1

Spellcasting Ability 3rd 18th 4 11 4 3 3 3 1

19th 4 12 4 3 3 3 2
Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your Arcane spells,
since your magic is drawn from the land around you. You use your 20th 4 13 4 3 3 3 2
Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability.
In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the and type requires 8 hours of down time and 25 gold. To increase
saving throw DC for an Arcane spell you cast and when making an the CR of the construct requires another 250 Bu to lower it’s CR
attack roll with one. requires nothing. It has the following modifications:
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence • It is considered a construct instead of a living creature.
modifier
• It can’t be charmed.
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence
• It can’t be feared.
modifier
• It is immune to psychic damage.
UNIQUE TL 1+ ARTIFICER SPELLS • It is immune to poison damage and the poisoned condition
Spell Level Name • It gains darkvision with a range of 60 feet if it has eyes or
Cantrips Electrical Extension, On and Off tremorsense with a range of 60 feet if it has no eyes.
1st Data Wipe, Device Access, Power Simple Device, • It understands the languages you can speak when you create it,
Repair Minor Device but it can’t speak.
2nd Data Download, Redacted Photos
• It loses the multiattack ability.
3rd Shutdown
• It loses any skill proficiencies it has.
4th Incognito Video
5th E.M.P., Repair Major Device • It gains proficiency in all saving throws.
• It can be upgraded (Speak with DM about upgrades).

Ritual Casting 3rd • It replaces its proficiency bonus with yours.

• Its AC has a value of 15 + its proficiency bonus (does not benefit
You can cast an Arcane spell you know as a ritual if that spell has
from dexterity or barding).
the ritual tag.
• Gains the “Protection” fighting Style as listed in the Warrior
Magical Item Identification 3rd class features.
Starting at 3rd level, your understanding of magic items allows The servant obeys your orders to the best of its ability. In combat,
you to analyze and understand their secrets. it acts on your initiative, and you determine its actions and
decisions. If you are incapacitated or absent, your servant acts
Robotic Servant 3rd on its own.

Select a Large or smaller creature with a challenge rating of 2 or
less. The servant uses that creature’s game statistics, but it can
look however you like, as long as its form is appropriate for its
statistics. After the creation of your construct you can change
the type and size of the construct, to increase its size and type
requires a week of down time and 250 Bu and to decrease its size
Upon completion of your construct you gain the mending cantrip
if you didn’t already have it, also anytime you use this cantrip on
you construct it regains 1d4+(INT mod), this healing increases to
2d4+(INT mod) at 5th, 4d4+(INT mod) at 11th and 8d4+(INT mod)
at 17th level. Only your mending cantrip is capable of this as you
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For each Engineer level you gain after 7th, your construct gains an
additional hit die and increases its hit points accordingly
Attunement 15th
At 15th level, your superior understanding of magic items allows
Each time you take a long rest, you can repair your construct to
you to master their use. You can now attune to up to four, rather
full. Other than that, it does not regenerate hit points naturally.
than three, magic items at a time. Additionally, you may attune
to an item that does not normally require attunement, such as a
Robotic Servant Improvements 7th mundane weapon, piece of armor or item no larger than a 5ft cube.
At 7th level, the CR of the creature the construct mimics is half Any item attuned to in this way can be summoned into a space
your level rounded down. To change the form of your servant takes adjacent to you using an action. You may only use this ability once
a week of down time. per short rest.
At 10th level, sentience can be given to your construct though a
process that requires 8 hours of down time and the integration of Attunement Mastery 18th
an intelligence increasing item or 3 weeks of down time and 5000 At 18th level you can attune to 6 items. Additionally, you ignore all
Bu worth of materials. Through this process your construct loses class and race restrictions for the use of magical items.
immunity to psychic damage but gains multiattack, can attune to
magical items, is friendly toward your allies and can now speak
and read any languages its creator can. Battletech
At 11th level, the construct can be modified for 3000 Bu and a
The Battletech is an Engineer that loves combat and excels at
week of down time to have a swim speed of 40 or a fly speed of 40
it. They use their superb intellect to create an advanced suit of
and for an additional 3000 Bu it can be modified to replicate the
powered armor to wear in battle.
magical effects of the creature it is modeled after(speak with DM
about this), it also gains the effects of the “Sentinel” Feat.
At 17th level, the construct’s CR rating can now be no higher than
Greater Proficiency 3rd
your level and size can be no larger the Huge. To create a Huge At 3rd level, you gain proficiency with Martial Weapons and Heavy
size construct requires 3 months (8 hours a day) and 25,000 Bu Armor.
of raw materials.
If the servant is killed, it can’t be returned to life via normal means,
Power Suit 7th
such as with the revivify spell. In the event your servant dies you At 7th level, you build a heavy suit of powered mechanical armor,
can over the course of a long rest repair a slain servant if you have you call a Power Suit. The Power Suit functions as a Full Plate
access to its body. Materials to return the mechanical servant to armor. The Power Suit can be enhanced with up to two External
“life” are 100 Bu of raw material per CR of the construct creature. Weapon Mounts and Optics if Tech Level 2 Cybernetics is available.
It returns to life with 1 hit point at the end of the rest. If the servant
is beyond recovery, you can build a new one with one week of work Evasive Maneuvers 10th
(8 hours each day) and 1,000 Bu of raw materials. The newly built
Beginning at 10th level, while wearing your Power Suit, you can
construct doesn’t have any of the modifications the previous one
nimbly dodge out of the way whenever an enemy, in your line of
had but to reapply already known modifications require half the
sight, subjects you to a certain effect that requires a saving throw.
time and funds.
You instead take no damage if you succeed on the roll and only
half damage if you fail. Additionally, you can draw a weapon on
Spell Infusion 10th each of your turns in combat
At 10th level, you gain the ability to channel your artificer spells
into objects for later use. When you cast an artificer spell with a Regeneration Device 15th
casting time of 1 action, 1 bonus action, or 1 reaction, you can
At 15th level, you may, as a bonus action while wearing your Power
increase its casting time to 1 minute. If you do so and hold a
Suit, regain lost HP equal to 1d10 + your Engineer Level. You must
nonmagical item throughout the casting, you expend a spell slot,
complete a short or long rest to use this feature again.
but none of the spell’s effects occur. Instead, the spell transfers
into that item for later use if the item doesn’t already contain a
spell from this feature. Ability Enhancements 18th
Any creature holding the item thereafter can use the casting time At 18h level, your mastery of engineering enhances your physical
of the original spell (1 action, 1 bonus action, or 1 reaction) to capabilities. Your Strength and Dexterity ability scores increase
activate the spell if the creature has an Intelligence score of at by 2.
least 6. The spell is cast using your spellcasting ability, targeting

Gadgeteer
the creature that activates the item. If the spell targets more than
one creature, the creature that activates the item selects the
additional targets. If the spell has an area of effect, it is centered
on the item. If the spell’s range is self, it targets the creature that Some Engineers can’t help themselves, they must build things.
activates the item. If the spell requires concentration, the creature Wether its a tiny drone, a jetpack or a pair of robotic warriors, these
that activates the item maintains the concentration as if they had Gadgeteers are masters at building useful devices of all kinds.
cast the spell.
When you infuse a spell in this way, it must be used within 8 hours.
Robotic Warrior 3rd
After that time, its magic fades and is wasted. When you reach 3rd level, your fascination over robots leads you
to invent the most efficient and versatile construct: a Robotic
You can have a limited number of infused spells at the same time. Warrior. Creating a Robotic Warrior requires 4 hours of time and
The number equals your Intelligence modifier.

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 costs 100 Bu worth of metal, rare threads, and other raw materials.
The Robotic Warrior is a powerful fearsome construct to face in
battle, that will fight to the death for its creator. In combat, the
Robotic Warrior acts as your personal guardian. It’s friendly to
you and your companions and obeys any verbal commands that
you issue to it (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any
commands to your Robotic Warrior, it protects you from hostile
creatures. When a creature hostile to you moves within 10 feet of
the Robotic Warrior makes an attack.
The bludgeoning damage amount increases by 1d6 when at certain
levels: 15th level (2d6), 17th level (3d6), and 19th level (4d6).
If the Robotic Warrior drops to 0 hit points it ceases to function.
However, it can be repaired, but that will require half the time and
cost of raw materials it took to build it.
Robotic Warrior CR 3/4
Medium construct , unaligned
AC 15 HP 25 +1d4 per level Speed 30 ft.
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Damage Immunities Poison, necrotic, psychic, radiant
Condition Immunities Blinded, Charmed, Deafened, Fatigued,
Frightened, Grappled, Paralysed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone,
Restrained, Stunned, Unconscious, Exhausted
Senses passive perception 10
Languages Understands the languages of its creator but can’t speak.
Str +2, Dex +1, Con +2, Int -1, Wis +0, Cha -4
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Constructed Nature. A robotic warrior doesn’t require air, food, drink, or
sleep.
Actions
Mace. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
observing your drone, it can move up to a mile away and be
controlled from this distance.
Jetpack 7th
At 7th level, you can create a jetpack with 150 Bu worth of parts
and 8 hours of construction time The jetpack allows the user to
rise vertically, up to 20 feet, and remains suspended there for the
duration. The user gains a flying speed of 60 feet for ten minutes.
Second Robotic Warrior 10th
At 10th level, you learn to craft and maintain an additional Robotic
Warrior, following the same rules as the first.
Drone Warfare 15th
At 15th level, you may deploy a second drone at a time, and it takes
50% less time and money to rebuild one. You can command both
drones on the same action or bonus action.
IMPROVED ATTACK. As an action, your drone makes a shot at a
target you can see. This attack has a range of 120 ft. On a hit,
drone shot deals 1d8 + Int. Mod ballistic damage
Robo-bike 18th
At 18th level, as an action, your Robotic Warriors can merge into a
singular form. Your new construct takes the form of a motorcycle
that allows you to fight as a seamless unit. The Robo-bike always
obeys your commands and serves you as a mount, both in Combat
and out. While mounted on your vehicle, any ability you cast that
targets only you, also target your vehicle. If it doesn’t receive
further directions from you, it preserves itself to the best of its
ability. As an action on your turn, the Robo-bike can dismantle and
re-build itself into two Robotic Warriors.

Robo-bike CR 3/4
Hit: 1d6 + 2 bludgeoning damage.

SCUBA Gear 3rd Large construct , unaligned

At 3rd level, you can create SCUBA gear with 40 Bu worth of parts AC 17 HP 50 +2d4 per level Speed 200 ft.
and 4 hours of construction time. The gear allows the wearer to __________________________________________________________________________
breath underwater for an hour and you gain a swim speed equal to Damage Immunities Poison, necrotic, psychic, radiant
your walking speed. Condition Immunities Blinded, Charmed, Deafened, Fatigued,
Frightened, Grappled, Paralysed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone,
Drone 7th Restrained, Stunned, Unconscious, Exhausted
Senses passive perception 11
At 7th level, you can create a small deployable flying device with
Languages Understands the languages of its creator but can’t speak.
an AC of 18 and HP equal to 5+(2x your Engineer Level). As an
Str +2, Dex +4, Con +3, Int+0, Wis +0, Cha -2
action you can deploy the drone to a space adjacent to you. An
undeployed drone is a 6-inch sphere. A drone has a flying speed __________________________________________________________________________
of 30 ft., and cannot move more than 300 ft. away from you. A Constructed Nature. A robo-bike doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.
drone moves on your initiative, has its own movement action, but
uses your actions for its abilities. Only 1 may be deployed at a
time, unless otherwise stated. A drone can be undeployed while
adjacent to it.
A drone is immune to Poison and Psychic damage. It cannot be
charmed or frightened, and is immune to poison and disease. It
has a Str Save bonus of +0 and a Dex Save bonus of +2. It fails any
other saving throw.
ATTACK. As an action, your drone makes a shot at a target you
can see. This attack has a range of 60 ft. On a hit, drone shot deals
1d6+ Int. Mod ballistic damage
CAMERA. As an action, you can observe through your drone.
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 Flesh Mechanic (TL 2)
These Engineers push the boundaries of cybernetics. They can
craft unique advancements and apply them to themselves or
others.
Craft Cybernetics 3rd
Build any cybernetic attachment. Must make a successful Craft:
Electronic (DC 15) and a Craft: Mechanical, (DC 15) check.
If both checks succeed, the attachment can be installed at any
time with the Cybernetic Surgery feat.
Cybernetic Surgery 3rd
You make a Treat Injury (DC 15) check to install or remove
cybernetics. Must have surgical tools or access a medical facility
or take a -4 penalty to the check.
Failure of 5 or more results in 1d4 Constitution damage, 10 or
more is Constitution drain instead.
Internal Weapon Mount 18th
At 18th level you can craft and apply subcutaneous weapon
mounts usually embedded in a prosthetic forearm or hand. The
weapon extends from the prosthesis and is visible when in use.
The recipient has a melee or ranged weapon hidden under their
skin. Attempts to disarm the recipient of the attached weapon
automatically fail, and the weapon itself cannot be attacked unless
it is extended. Extending or retracting the weapon is a free action.
Spotting a subcutaneous weapon requires a successful Perception
check opposed by the recipient’s Sleight of Hand check. The
weapon’s size applies a modifier to the Sleight of Hand check.
HARDNESS/HIT POINTS: 10/5 (mount only).
COST: Melee weapon mount 2,000, ranged weapon mount 3,000
TYPE: Internal

Scrapper 7th
At 7th level, the cost of crafting a cybernetic device or enhancement
is reduced by half.

Surgical Wizard 7th

At 7th level, you can apply cybernetic devices and enhancements
on yourself.

Weapon Mount Master 10th

At 10th level, you have perfected the external weapons mount to
the point that you can apply them on heavy armor as well. Only
one weapon mount can be applied to a suit of heavy armor at a
time. Either on an arm or over a shoulder.

Anti-Shock Implant 15th

At 15th level, you can create and install a tiny implant, embedded
near the recipient’s brain stem, protects itself and other cybernetic
hardware against electricity damage.
The implant negates the recipient’s special vulnerability to
electricity.
COST: 1,000 Bu TYPE: Internal
HARDNESS/HIT POINTS: –/1

Subcutaneous Body Armor 18th

At 18th level you can craft and apply subcutaneous body armor
that consists of small plates of flexible armor implanted under the
recipient’s skin.
The character gains a natural armor bonus to AC. The bonus
depends on the density of the armor:
Light +1, Medium +2, Heavy +3.
COST: Light 1,000 Bu, Medium 4,000 Bu, or Heavy 15,000 Bu
TYPE: Internal
HARDNESS/HIT POINTS: –/varies. The armor has one-quarter the
maximum hit points of the recipient.

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 INSTRUMENTALIST
Music is the ultimate form of expression. As an Instrumentalist
you have devoted your life perfecting your musical style. The
symphony of the universe is revealed to you and you have become
one with it. You can play a harmony of creation or a ballad of
destruction with equal ease. A single note from your instrument
and the world is changed forever. Your music will echo through the
halls of eternity as an Instrumentalist.

Class Features
As an Instrumentalist, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points
8 + your Constitution modifier
Increase your maximum number of HP by this number at 1st level
and every Instrumentalist level thereafter.

Ability Augment
CHARISMA
8 FREE

Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor
Weapons:: Simple weapons, hand crossbows, longswords, rapiers,
arming swords
Tools:: Three musical instruments of your choice

Saving Throws
Dexterity, Charisma

Skills
Choose any three

Equipment
The equipment you start with is purchased at the end of character
creation. The amount of Barter Units (Bu) that you have available
to purchase with is determined by your background.

heroic action 1st

Starting at 1st level, and again at 10th and 20th level, you gain a
Heroic Action that can only be used once. The Heroic Action can
function as a any action or can be used to lose the dying condition
when your HP has hit 0 and regain 1 HP.
The GM can also award extra Heroic Actions for heroic deeds or
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 INSTRUMENTALIST
Level Proficiency Feats Cantrips Spells 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
Bonus Known Known
1st +2 Background, Racial Trait, Spellcasting, 2 4 2 - - - - - - - -
Inspiration (d6), Heroic Action
2nd +2 Skill Prof, Jack of All Trades, Song of Rest (d6) 2 5 3 - - - - - - - -
3rd +2 General Feat, Musical Style, Expertise 2 6 3 2 - - - - - - -
4th +2 Skill Prof 3 7 4 3 - - - - - - -
5th +3 Racial Trait, Inspiration (d8), Font of Inspiration, 3 8 4 3 2 - - - - - -
Ability Score Improvement
6th +3 Skill Prof, Countercharm, Musical Style Feature 3 9 4 3 3 - - - - - -
7th +3 General Feat 3 10 4 3 3 1 - - - - -
8th +3 Skill Prof 3 11 4 3 3 2 - - - - -
9th +4 Racial Trait, Song of Rest (d8) 3 12 4 3 3 3 1 - - - -
10th +4 Skill Prof, Inspiration (d10), Expertise, Magical 4 14 4 3 3 3 2 - - - -
Secrets, Ability Score Improvement, Heroic
Action
11th +4 General Feat 4 15 4 3 3 3 2 1 - - -
12th +4 Skill Prof 4 15 4 3 3 3 2 1 - - -
13th +5 Racial Trait, Song of Rest (d10) 4 16 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 - -
14th +5 Skill Prof, Magical Secrets, Musical Style Feature 4 18 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 - -
15th +5 General Feat, Ability Score Improvement, 4 19 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 -
Inspiration (d12)
16th +5 Skill Prof 4 19 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 -
17th +6 Racial Trait, Song of Rest (d12) 4 20 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
18th +6 Skill Prof, Magical Secrets 4 22 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
19th +6 General Feat 4 22 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
20th +6 Skill Prof, Superior Inspiration, Ability Score 4 22 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1
Improvement, Heroic Action

sPellcastinG 1st UNIQUE INSTRUMENTALIST SPELLS

Spell Level Name
You have learned to untangle and reshape the fabric of reality in
Cantrips Electrical Extension, Splitting Chords
harmony with your wishes and music. Your spells are part of your
vast repertoire, magic that you can tune to different situations. 1st Brown Note, Dissonant Whispers
2nd Redacted Photos
cantriPs 1st 3rd Reverb
You know two cantrips of your choice from the occult spell list.
You learn additional occult cantrips of your choice at higher levels, one of the occult spells you know and replace it with another spell
as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Instrumentalist from the occult spell list, which also must be of a level for which
table. you have spell slots.

sPell slots 1st sPellcastinG ability 1st

The Instrumentalists table shows how many spell slots you have
to cast your spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these
spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You
regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.
sPells known of 1st level anD hiGher
You know four 1st level spells of your choice from the Occult spell
list.
The Spells Known column of the bard table shows when you learn
more bard spells of your choice. Each of these spells must be of
a level for which you have spell slots, as shown on the table. For
instance, when you reach 3rd level in this class, you can learn one
new spell of 1st or 2nd level.
Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose
Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your occult spells.
Your magic comes from the heart and soul you pour into the
performance of your music or oration. You use your Charisma
whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you
use your Charisma modifier when setting the saving throw DC for
an occult spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma
modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Charisma
modifier
ritual castinG 1st
You can cast any bard spell you know as a ritual if that spell has
the ritual tag.

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 Spellcasting Focus 1st
You can use a musical instrument as a spellcasting focus for your
bard spells.
Inspiration 1st
You can inspire others through stirring words or music. To do so,
you use a bonus action on your turn to choose one creature other
than yourself within 60 feet of you who can hear you. That creature
gains one Inspiration die, a d6.
Once within the next 10 minutes, the creature can roll the die and
add the number rolled to one ability check, attack roll, or saving
throw it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20
before deciding to use the Inspiration die, but must decide before
the GM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once the Inspiration
die is rolled, it is lost. A creature can have only one Inspiration die
at a time.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma
modifier (a minimum of once). You regain any expended uses
when you finish a long rest.
Your Inspiration die changes when you reach certain levels in this
class. The die becomes a d8 at 5th level, a d10 at 10th level, and a
d12 at 15th level.
Skill Proficiency 2nd
At 2nd level and every even-level after, you can choose to become
proficient in a new skill or increase your proficiency in a current
skill by +1.
Jack of All Trades 2nd
Starting at 2nd level, you can add half your proficiency bonus,
rounded down, to any ability check you make that doesn’t already
include your proficiency bonus.
Song of Rest 2nd
Beginning at 2nd level, you can use soothing music or oration to
help revitalize your wounded allies during a short rest. If you or
any friendly creatures who can hear your performance regain hit
points at the end of the short rest by spending one or more Hit
Dice, each of those creatures regains an extra 1d6 hit points.
The extra hit points increase when you reach certain levels in this
class: to 1d8 at 9th level, to 1d10 at 13th level, and to 1d12 at 17th
level.
General Feat 3rd
Starting at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 11th, 15th and 19th level,
you can choose any General Feat as long as you qualify for it.
Musical Style 3rd
At 3rd level, you delve into the advanced techniques of a musical
style of your choice: Popular Music, Rock’n Roll or Metal, all
detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants
you features at 3rd level and again at 6th and 14th level.
Expertise 3rd
At 3rd level, choose two of your skill proficiencies. Your proficiency
bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of
the chosen proficiencies.
At 10th level, you can choose another two skill proficiencies to
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gain this benefit.
Ability Score Improvement 5th
When you reach 5th level, and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th level,
you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can
increase two ability scores by 1. Your character can only improve
an ability score by 1 if it’s already 18 or above, or by 2 if it starts
out below 18.
Race Traits 5th
In addition to the initial race traits you started with, you gain a race
trait at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level. The list of race traits available
to you can be found in your race’s entry.
Font of Inspiration 5th
Beginning when you reach 5th level, you regain all of your expended
uses of Inspiration when you finish a short or long rest.
Countercharm 6th
At 6th level, you gain the ability to use musical notes or words
of power to disrupt mind influencing effects. As an action, you
can start a performance that lasts until the end of your next turn.
During that time, you and any friendly creatures within 30 feet of
you have advantage on saving throws against being frightened or
charmed. A creature must be able to hear you to gain this benefit.
The performance ends early if you are incapacitated or silenced or
if you voluntarily end it (no action required).
Magical Secrets 10th
By 10th level, you have plundered magical knowledge from a
wide spectrum of disciplines. Choose two spells from any class,
including this one. A spell you choose must be of a level you can
cast, as shown on the Bard table, or a cantrip.
The chosen spells count as bard spells for you and are included
in the number in the Spells Known column of the Instrumentalist
table.
You learn two additional spells from any class at 14th level and
again at 18th level.
Superior Inspiration 20th
At 20th level, when you roll initiative and have no uses of Inspiration
left, you regain one use.
Musical Style
Popular Music
Instrumentalists of Popular Music are purveyors of cautionary
tales, believing that a lesson learned is a mistake avoided. These
Instrumentalists often associate with those that have fallen
from glory, in an effort to keep the fires of passion burning in the
hearts of adventurers everywhere. They travel to distant lands,
seeking knowledge of the downfall of heroes and their greatest
accomplishments. With their songs, they warn of dangers
unknown, so that others may outlive the heroes of old - becoming
the greatest of us all.
Bonus Proficiencies 3rd
At 3rd level, you gain proficiency in Treat Injury, Knowledge, and
Perception.
You also gain proficiency with shields and one martial weapon of
your choice.
Invigoration 3rd
When you join Popular Music at 3rd level, you learn how to use your
charm to embolden, inspire, and otherwise inflate the confidence
and competence of others. When your Inspiration die is rolled, that
creature regains hit points equal to the result of the roll.
If you are within 60 feet of that creature, you regain hit points equal
to half of the result of the roll (round down).
Rejuvenating Medley 3rd Blast Chorus
Also at 3rd level, your allies wounds are mended merely by fighting
at your side. Once per turn, a creature of your choice within 30 feet
of you regains a number of hit points equal to your proficiency
bonus when you deal damage to a creature.
Additionally, when you cast a bard cantrip, you add your proficiency
bonus to the damage it deals.
Battlesinging 6th
At 6th level, your Inspiration has become more consistent, instilling
confidence in your allies at a moment’s notice. When creature that
can hear you within 60 feet rolls a d20, you can use your reaction
and expend one use of Inspiration to grant that creature one
Inspiration die.
Additionally, when you use your action to cast a cantrip, you can
make one weapon attack as a bonus action.
Melody of Inspiration 14th
At 14th level, you can inspire your allies in droves by playing a
tribute to heroes long past, compelling your allies to make better
decisions. You can use your action and expend one use of
Inspiration to grant an Inspiration die to up to 6 creatures you can
see within 120 feet.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency
bonus. You regain any expended uses when you finish a long rest..
Rock ‘n Roll
Instrumentalists of Rock’n Roll pursue the perfection of sound and
music, and are able to use music and sound to great effect.
Bonus Proficiencies 3rd
When you take this subclass at level 3, you may become proficient
in two additional musical instruments of your choice.
Power Ballad Blast 3rd
At 3rd level, you gain the ability to bring harm with your sound. As
an action, you play a harsh, violent note on an instrument. Choose
a target within 120 feet, and that target must make a constitution
saving throw, taking 2d6 plus your charisma modifier thunder
damage on a failed save, and half on a successful save.
Additionally, you gain advantage on any skill checks made to
identify or discern the source of a sound (such as against a ravens
mimicry, or to identify an orcish war horn, but not advantage
on perception checks to attempt to perceive or locate a hidden
opponent).
Power Solo 6th
Beginning at 6th level, you gain advantage on a single bluff or
persuade check against any creature who has heard you play your
instrument for a least one minute, and no longer than one minute
after you have stopped playing. This is not a magical effect.
Additionally, the damage of your Power Ballad Blast increases to
3d6 plus your charisma modifier damage, and can now be fired as
a 60 foot line. Each creature in the path of the blast must make a
constitution saving throw, and take half damage on a successful
save.
14th
Beginning at 14th level, the damage of your Power Ballad Blast
increases to 4d6 plus your charisma modifier, and can now be
made as an effect with a 20 ft. radius at a point within 60 feet, a 60
ft. line, or a 30 ft. cone, with a constitution save for half.
Additionally, Power Ballad Blast now deals full damage to
creatures who are resistant to thunder damage, and half damage
to creatures who are immune to thunder damage.
Metal (TL 1)
Instrumentalists of Metal are downright obsessed with loud noises
and guns. They are experts in performing trick shots and doing
stunts with their firearms and explosive weapons that lends well
to them being effective on the field of adventuring and dungeon
crawling. Members of these colleges are often called many names,
from explosive artists, guns for hire, to less flattering names like
gun nuts and desperados.
Metal Instrumentalists are no strangers to danger, and their
expertise in using lead spewing weapons makes them downright
intimidating foes to have against you. A Metal Instrumentalist
that knows how to precisely weave their magic in with their
gunslinging will find a welcome home in any adventurer’s guild or
shady underground organization.
Bonus Proficiencies 3rd
At 3rd level, you gain proficiency with medium armor and sidearms.
If you’re proficient with a ranged weapon, longarm or sidearm, you
can use it as a spellcasting focus for your Instrumentalist spells.
Fighting Style 3rd
At 3rd level, you adopt a style of fighting as your specialty.
Choose one of the following options. You can’t take a Fighting
Style option more than once, even if something in the game lets
you choose again.
•Akimbo Shooting
When you take the attack action with a light weapon, you can
use a bonus action to make an attack with a light ranged weapon
you are holding. You do not add your ability score modifier to the
damage of this attack, unless that modifier is negative.
•Dueling Edit
When wielding a one-handed weapon in one hand and no other
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 weapons, you get a +2 bonus to your damage rolls with these
weapons.

GunPlay 3rD
Also at 3rd level, you’ve trained yourself to interweave the use of
their guns into your performance in combat. Whenever you take
the Attack action on your turn, you can use one of the following
Gunplay options of your choice. You can only use one Gunplay
option per turn.
Disorienting Shot. You can expend one use of your Inspiration
to cause the firearm to deal extra damage to the target you hit
and leave it open. The damage equals the number you roll on the
Inspiration die. The next attack roll made against the creature is
made with advantage.
Dueling Shot. You can expend one use of your Inspiration die
before you make an attack with a firearm to issue a challenge to a
creature as you attack it with precision. Add the number rolled to
the attack roll. If it hits, the creature has disadvantage on attacks
against creatures other than you until the start of your next turn.
Piercing Shot. You can expend one use of your Inspiration to cause
the weapon to deal extra damage to the target hit and any other
creature of your choice in the same line as your shot. The damage
equals the number you roll on your Inspiration die.
Trick Shot. You can expend one use of your Inspiration before you
make an attack with a firearm to move up to half your walking
speed in any direction. Add the number rolled on your Inspiration
die to the damage roll. You also add the number rolled to your AC
until the start of your next turn.

iron reflexes 6th

Starting at 6th level, your reflexes become razor sharp. When
you hit a creature with a Gunplay feature, you do not provoke
opportunity attacks from that creature.
Additionally, if a creature misses you with an attack, you can use
your reaction to make a weapon attack at them. Once you use this
feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long
rest.

suPreMe GunPlay 14th

When you reach 14th level, whenever you use a Gunplay option,
you can roll a d6 and use it instead of expending an Inspiration die.

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 MAD SCIENTIST
Some scientists take their passion of the natural world to the
extreme. As a Mad Scientist, your obsession with mixing chemicals
and volatile elements has made you force to be reckoned with. You
love to experiment and create... or destroy. Evolution and change
are only natural and you can hack this biological code for good, or
ill. You are a god amongst mortals. Time to show everyone what
true power is!

Class Features
As a Mad Scientist, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points
8 + your Constitution modifier
Increase your maximum number of HP by this number at 1st level
and every Engineer level thereafter.

Ability Augment
INTELLIGENCE
8 FREE

Proficiencies
Armor: Light
Weapons: Simple weapons, sidearms
Tools: Chemistry Kit

Saving Throws
Dexterity, Intelligence

Skills
Choose two from Craft (Mechanical, Electronic, Chemical,
Pharmaceutical), Knowledge (Science, History), Computer Use,
Demolitions, Disable Device, Repair, Treat Injury, Nature.

Equipment
The equipment you start with is purchased at the end of character
creation. The amount of Barter Units (Bu) that you have available
to purchase with is determined by your background.

heroic action 1st

Starting at 1st level, and again at 10th and 20th level, you gain a
Heroic Action that can only be used once. The Heroic Action can
function as a any action or can be used to lose the dying condition
when your HP has hit 0 and regain 1 HP.
The GM can also award extra Heroic Actions for heroic deeds or
any other reason they see fit.

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 SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY. You have learned to amplify your
MAD SCIENTIST
body’s own natural healing processes through careful dietary
Level Proficiency Feats choices. You can now expend up to half your Hit Dice without rest
Bonus as an action.
1st +2 Background, Racial Trait, Heroic Action,
Basic Bomb Skill Proficiency 2nd
2nd +2 Skill Prof, Discoveries
At 2nd level and every even-level after, you can choose to become
3rd +2 General Feat, Field of Study Feature proficient in a new skill or increase your proficiency in a current
4th +2 Skill Prof, skill by +1.
5th +3 Racial Trait, Ability Score Improvement,
Henchmen General Feat 3rd
6th +3 Skill Prof, Field of Study Feature Starting at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 11th, 15th and 19th level,
7th +3 General Feat you can choose any General Feat as long as you qualify for it.
8th +3 Skill Prof,
9th +4 Racial Trait, Upgraded Bomb Field of Study 3rd
10th +4 Skill Prof, Ability Score Improvement, At 3rd level, you choose a specialty that you wish to master, Magic,
Heroic Action Mutation, Disease or Healing, all detailed at the end of the class
11th +4 General Feat, Greater Discoveries description. Your program choice grants you features at 3rd level
and then again at 7th, 10th, 15th, and 18th level.
12th +4 Skill Prof,
13th
14th
+5
+5
Racial Trait, Field of Study Feature
Skill Prof
Ability Score Improvement 5th
When you reach 5th level, and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th level,
15th +5 General Feat, Ability Score Improvement,
you can increase four different ability scores. Your character can
Greater Discoveries
use these ability score improvements to increase their ability
16th +5 Skill Prof, Field of Study Feature scores above 18. Improving an ability score increases it by 1 if it’s
17th +6 Racial Trait already 18 or above, or by 2 if it starts out below 18.
18th +6 Skill Prof, Ultimate Discovery
19th +6 General Feat Henchmen 5th
20th +6 Skill Prof, Ability Score Improvement, At 5th level, you gain 1 henchmen of your choosing (page 297).
Heroic Action This henchmen does not require to be paid for their service. You
gain an additional henchmen at 10th, 15th and 20th level.

Basic Bomb 1st Race Traits 5th

You know how to craft compact, volatile collections of chemicals
in a fragile container—a bomb. As part of the Attack action, you
can craft and throw a bomb up to 20 feet (or up to 60 feet with
disadvantage) as a ranged weapon that does 1d10 damage. When
you throw a bomb, you choose if the damage it does is acid, fire, or
cold damage. You must have your chemistry kit in order to create
a bomb.
Discoveries 2nd
Through your research, you achieve mastery of certain processes
which have immediate value to you. At 3rd level, and again at 7th
level, you can select one of the following discoveries.
SMART ALCHEMY. The volatile compounds of your bombs always
explode exactly how you want them to. Whenever a spell or bomb
would deal damage to a creature that is not hostile to you, it takes
no damage instead. When a spell or bomb requires that a creature
that is not hostile to you make a saving throw, it automatically
succeeds.
EXTEND POTION. You can cause any potion that you drink, other
than one with an instantaneous duration, to last twice its normal
duration. Once you use this discovery, you cannot use it again until
after you take a short rest.
CONCOCTION ADVANCEMENT. You have learned to craft new
forms of your basic bomb. In addition to the basic damage
options, you can now choose if the damage it does is electricity,
or force damage.
In addition to the initial race traits you started with, you gain a race
trait at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level. The list of race traits available
to you can be found in your race’s entry.
Upgraded Bomb 9th
Starting at 9th level, the blast radius of your basic bomb increases:
all creatures within 10 feet of the bomb’s target must make a
Dexterity saving throw or take damage as if they had been also
been hit by a basic bomb. The DC of this saving throw equals your
spell save DC (see below). At 13th level, the damage of your basic
bomb increases to 2d10. At 17th level, the bomb’s blast radius
increases to 30 feet.
Greater Discoveries 11th
Your continuing research unveils mysteries of alchemy beyond
those you achieved earlier. At 11th and 15th level, you can select
one of the following discoveries.
ETERNAL POTION. You can cause the effect of any potion that you
drink, other than one with an instantaneous duration, to last until
you next take a long rest. Once you use this discovery, you cannot
use it again until after you take a long rest.
NAUSEATING FLESH. Because of all the chemicals you have
consumed, you have become unappetizing to monsters. Any
creature that makes a successful bite attack against you or
swallows you whole must make a Constitution save against your
spell save DC or become poisoned for one hour.

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POISON IMMUNITY. You are now immune to acid damage.
MAD SCIENTIST SPELLCASTING
SNARE BOMB. In addition to doing damage, you can cause your Level Cantrips Spells 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
bomb to force the target to make a Strength saving throw or be Known Known
restrained until it is freed by another character using their action
3rd 2 3 2 - - - -
to free it, or until it succeeds in a Strength check. A snare bomb
does not affect formless creatures, or those capable of incorporeal 4th 2 4 3 - - - -
movement. You can use this feature three times, regaining all 5th 2 4 3 - - - -
spent uses after a short or long rest. 6th 2 4 3 2 - - -
7th 2 5 4 2 - - -
Ultimate Discovery 18th 8th 2 6 4 3 - - -
At 18th level, your research allows you to achieve a discovery only 9th 2 6 4 3 2 - -
imagined by your peers. Select one of the following discoveries. 10th 3 7 4 3 2 - -
ELIXIR OF LIFE. You can spend one downtime day per year of your 11th 3 8 4 3 3 - -
actual age to brew a special elixir that affects only you. Once you
12th 3 8 4 3 3 - -
drink it, you do not age that year.
13th 3 9 4 3 3 1 -
PERFECT HEALTH. Whenever you expend Hit Dice to heal, you
14th 3 10 4 3 3 1 -
recover double the usual hit points and can make an additional
save against any one ongoing disease or poison. 15th 4 10 4 3 3 2 -
16th 4 11 4 3 3 2 -
PHILOSOPHER’S STONE. You can use 10 days to create a stone
which you, or anyone else using it, can crush to grant a single wish 17th 4 11 4 3 3 2 1
(as the spell wish). You can only make one stone like this at a time. 18th 4 11 4 3 3 3 1
The creature that wishes upon the stone has a 33% chance to lose 19th 4 12 4 3 3 3 2
the ability to make an unrestricted wish, as per the wish spell.
20th 4 13 4 3 3 3 2
UNBOUND INTELLECT. Your Intelligence score increases by 2.

Field of Study Variant: Spell List

Not all Mad Scientists pursue the arcane. Some delve into the
Alchemist darker arts or into primordial forces . You may use the Occult
or Elemental spell list instead of the Arcane spell list.
A Mad Scientist that has crossed over from pure science into the
realm of the arcane. Alchemists use a limited amount of spells to
enhance their chemical creations. Prepare Stable Compound
At 3rd level, choose one spell you are able to cast.
Spellcasting 3rd You treat this spell as though it had the ritual tag, and can cast it
When you reach 3rd level you gain the ability to cast spells from as a ritual even if you haven’t prepared that spell. When you cast
the Arcane spell list. a spell as an alchemical ritual, you can delay selecting a target
for the spell by up to one minute after the spell is complete, after
Spells Known 3rd which time you must select a target and cast the spell, or its power
is lost. Every time you gain an alchemist level, select one additional
You know two 1st-level Arcane spells of your choice. spell that you can cast this way.

Spellcasting Ability 3rd Alchemist Discoveries 6th

Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your Arcane spells,
since your magic is drawn from the land around you. You use your
Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability.
In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the
saving throw DC for an Arcane spell you cast and when making an
attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence
modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence
modifier
At 6th level, your studies allow you to discover secrets which can
enhance and augment your bombs. You can also select one of
these discoveries instead of a regular discovery at any appropriate
Mad Scientist level. You cannot apply multiple discoveries to a
single bomb.
DESTRUCTIVE ARCANA. Choose two evocation spells from any
class’s spell list. They now count as alchemist spells for you.
DELAY BOMB. Instead of immediately affecting the target, you can
cause the bomb to explode on your turn in a later round, up to 10
rounds later.

Ritual Casting 3rd MIND BOMB. You can choose to have your bombs inflict psychic
damage instead of the standard types of damage your bombs can
You can cast an Arcane spell you know as a ritual if that spell has inflict.
the ritual tag.
SNARE BOMB. In addition to doing damage, you can cause your
bomb to force the target to make a Strength saving throw or be

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 restrained until it is freed by another character using their action
to free it, or until it succeeds in a Strength check. A snare bomb
does not affect formless creatures, or those capable of incorporeal
movement. You can use this feature three times, regaining all
spent uses after a short or long rest.
Arcane Explosives 13th
You infuse a small string of warding magic into your bombs.
Beginning at 13th level any creatures you designate are unaffected
by your explosive’s splash damage. Additionally, your bombs are
considered magic for the purpose of overcoming resistances and
immunities to nonmagical weapons.
Enchant 16th Discoveries of Mutation
At 16th level, as an Action you can surround a melee weapon or
up to 20 pieces of ammunition with a magical field for 10 minutes.
While this magical field is active, the enchanted object counts as a
magical for the purposes of overcoming resistance and immunity
to nonmagical attacks and damage. You can use this feature once,
being unable to use it again until you complete a short or a long
rest.
Mutagen Chemist
Mutagen Chemists are Mad Scientists that have taken body
modification to a new extreme. They can create a mutagen serum
that grants unique powers for a period of time. These Chemists
can also grant permanent mutations to themselves and others if
they choose. Mutations can be found on pages 173-181.
Mutation Initiate 3rd
At 3rd level, and again at 8th level, you gain 3 Mutation Points (MP)
that you can spend on yourself and an additional 3 MP that you
can spend to give allies mutations. The additional MPs can be
divided between several allies. For example; three allies can each
gain a mutation worth 1 MP or one ally can gain a mutation worth
up to 3 MP.
Mutagen Serum 3rd
At 3rd level, on choosing this field of study, you learn how to brew
a personalized, synthetic, serum, which enhances your physical
abilities at the cost of slightly diminished mental capacities while
it is active. You can create a dose of your serum at the end of a
long rest, or as part of any downtime day activity. The dose will
remain viable for up to 10 days before it ceases to have any effect.
If any other character drinks your serum, they must make a
Constitution saving throw against your serum save DC or become
poisoned for 1 minute.
Serum save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence
modifier
When you take an action to drink your serum, you gain the following
abilities and hindrances:
• You become mighty. You have advantage on Strength checks
and Strength saving throws.
• When you make a melee weapon attack using Strength or
unarmed strike, you gain a bonus to your damage roll equal to
half your alchemist level, rounded down.
• You can endure great pain. You have resistance to bludgeoning,
piercing, and slashing damage.
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• Your thoughts lack clarity. You have disadvantage on
Intelligence checks and Intelligence saving throws, and cannot
cast any spells that you know from any source.
The effects of your serum last for 1 minute.
They end early if you are knocked unconscious. You otherwise
cannot end the effects of the serum before the duration’s end.
Once you have drunk your serum, you must take a long rest before
you can use it again. Should you drink a second dose of your
serum before you take a long rest, you gain its effects but must
make a Constitution saving throw against your serum save DC or
become poisoned for the duration.
6th
At 6th and 10th levels, your studies of the science of mutation
allow you to discover secrets which can enhance and augment
your concoctions. You can also select one of these discoveries
instead of a regular discovery at any appropriate alchemist level.
ADDITIONAL SERUM. You can now drink a second dose of your
serum before you take a long rest without risking becoming
poisoned.
CLARITY SERUM. You no longer suffer disadvantage on
Intelligence checks or Intelligence saving throws while using your
serum, but you still cannot cast any spells while it is active.
TOOTH AND CLAW. Your serum-altered form is especially feral.
While using your serum, your unarmed strikes do 1d6 slashing
damage.
TROLL SERUM. The effects of your concoction do not end early if
you are knocked unconscious. While affected by your concoction,
you regain hit points equal to your proficiency bonus at the start
of your turn. If you take acid, fire or psychic damage, this discovery
doesn’t function at the start of your next turn. You must start
making death saving throws only if you start your turn with 0 hit
points and don’t regenerate.
Super Mutagen Serum 13th
At 13th level, you realize the secret of a superior type of serum, and
can choose to create it instead of the regular kind whenever you
create a serum.
The super serum can sometimes be used by others. Anyone other
than you who drinks it must make a Constitution saving throw
against your spell save DC, as usual. On a failure, they become
poisoned for 1 minute, but on a success, they gain the abilities
and hindrances of a standard serum. They cannot make use of
any serum-related discoveries you may possess. While this might
allow your allies to use your serum, an enemy could also steal a
dose and use it against you.
When you drink a dose of your super serum, however, the effects
are greater. You gain these effects in addition to those of your
basic serum:
• Your skin thickens. You add your Constitution bonus to your AC
while wearing no armor or light armor.
• Your senses are razor-sharp. You gain advantage on Wisdom
(Perception) checks, and add your Wisdom bonus to your damage
rolls when you making a ranged weapon attack.
• Your intellect shines through the haze. You add your Intelligence
bonus to your damage rolls when making a melee weapon attack
or an unarmed attack.
• Your movements are fast. You can make an additional attack as
a bonus action whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
All other details of the serum remain the same. You cannot use a
standard serum after using a super serum, or vice versa, without
taking a long rest in between the uses, unless you have made a
discovery which indicates otherwise.
Mutation Master 16th
At 16th level, you gain 6 Mutation Points (MP) that you can spend
on yourself and an additional 6 MP that you can spend to give
allies mutations. The additional MPs can be divided between
several allies.
Plague Doctor
Diseases and contagions are spread by Plague Doctors for
maximum lethality. They enjoy watching flesh rot and blood
vessels burst with new pathogens. Where Plague Doctors go,
pestilence and death follow.
Contagion Resistance 3rd
You have advantage on all saving throws that involve poison, or
disease. You also have resistance to poison damage. At 10th level
you gain immunity to poisons, diseases and poison damage.
Coated Weapons 3rd
You can apply a layer of either acid or poison to your weapon. The
coating last for 10 min. and can only be applied one per short rest.
Disease Discoveries 6th
At 6th and 10th levels, your studies of the science of disease
allow you to discover secrets that allow you to spread contagions
wherever you go. You can also select one of these discoveries
instead of a regular discovery at any appropriate alchemist level.
Common diseases can be found on pages 289-291.
DIRTY BOMB. You have learned to craft new forms of your basic
bomb. In addition to the basic damage options, you can now
choose if the damage it does is poison, or radiation damage.
PLAGUE CANISTER. Your basic bomb has been filled with an
inhaled disease, like anthrax.
SUPERIOR POISON. You have modified your poisons to a degree
that can effect almost anything. Your poisons bypass creatures
resistance to poison damage. This does not count for constructs.
EVASIVE. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you
to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you
instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and
only half damage if you fail..
Thick Coating 13th Serum of Life
You have used your weapon so much with poison and acid that
there is now a permanent coating of poison or acid on it. Starting
at 15th level your weapon is considered magical for the purposes
of over coming resistance.
Poisonous Cloud 16th
The poison in your blood has started to leak out of you as
poisonous gas. Starting at 16th level you give off a poisonous gas
in a 30 feet radius with anything that walks into it takes poison
damage equal to your Treat Injury score.
Physician
A Physician is a Mad Scientist that has devoted their considerable
genius to the art of healing. They craft various pharmaceuticals
and administer them with syringes.
Medical Specialist 3rd
At 3rd level, you receive proficiency on Treat Injury and Craft
(Pharmaceutical) checks. If you are already proficient you gain a
+2 in that skill.
Medical Serum 3rd
At 3rd level, on choosing this field of study, you have mastered
creating healing serums. As an action, you can create and inject
a creature with a syringe filled with a custom blended medical
serum that, when injected, heals 2d8 + your serum modifier.
At 9th level it increases by +2d8 and again at 16th level.
You can use this serum 2+ your Mad Scientist level per long rest.
Serum modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence
modifier
Discoveries in Healing 6th
At 6th and 10th levels, your studies of the science of healing allow
you to discover secrets that improve your ability to heal. You can
also select one of these discoveries instead of a regular discovery
at any appropriate alchemist level.
FORTIFY PATIENT. You can spend 10 minutes advising another
creature on better habits for healthy living. Afterwards, the
creature can use a bonus action to regain 1d6 hit points. The
creature cannot benefit from this discovery again before taking a
short or a long rest.
POTION EXPERT. You can identify the properties of any potion
assuming you handle it for one minute.
PRESERVATION. You have advantage on saving throws against
diseases. You can also treat infections in others, granting them
advantage on their saving throws.
KEEN EYES. You gain darkvision out to a range of 60 feet If you
already possess darkvision, increase the range you can see by 30
feet.
Surgical Precision 13th
Starting at 13th level, you can attack twice whenever you take the
Attack action on your turn. The attack must use a finesse or light
weapon.
16th
At 16th level, you can create a Serum of Life. You can inject the
serum into a creature that has died within the last minute. That
creature returns of life with 2d8 hit points. This serum can’t return
to life a creature that has died of old age, nor can it restore any
missing body parts.
You cannot use the Serum of Life unless the body is present. You
may only create one Serum of Life per long rest.
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 MAGE
Unlimited arcane power flows through you and all it takes is the
Will to summon it. As a Mage, you have learned to harness that
power and it is yours to command. Magic is your life, it infuses
your very cells and begs to be unleashed. You have the power to
create life... or destroy it with merely a word. You can alter reality
with a thought, or even create your own. Knowledge is power and
that is especially true for the Mage.

Class Features
As a Mage, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points
6 + your Constitution modifier
Increase your maximum number of HP by this number at
1st level and every Mage level thereafter.

Ability Augment
INTELLIGENCE OR CHARISMA
8 FREE

Proficiencies
Armor: None
Weapons:: Daggers, darts, slings, quarterstaffs, light crossbows
Tools: None

Saving Throws
Intelligence, Charisma

Skills
Choose two from Arcana, Crafting, Deception,
Perception, Knowledge, Persuasion, and Religion

Equipment
The equipment you start with is purchased at the
end of character creation. The amount of Barter
Units (Bu) that you have available to purchase with
is determined by your background.

heroic action 1st

Starting at 1st level, and again at 10th and 20th level, you gain a
Heroic Action that can only be used once. The Heroic Action can
function as a any action or can be used to lose the dying condition
when your HP has hit 0 and regain 1 HP.
The GM can also award extra Heroic Actions for heroic deeds or
any other reason they see fit.

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 MAGE
Level Proficiency Feats Cantrips 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Bonus Known
1st +2 Background, Racial Trait, Spellcasting, Heroic 3 2 - - - - - - - - -
Action, Familiar
2nd +2 Skill Prof, Arcane Affinity 3 3 - - - - - - - - -
3rd +2 General Feat, Metamagic 4 4 2 - - - - - - - -
4th +2 Skill Prof 4 4 3 - - - - - - - -
5th +3 Racial Trait, Ability Score Improvement 4 4 3 2 - - - - - - -
6th +3 Skill Prof, Arcane Affinity Feature 4 4 3 3 - - - - - - -
7th +3 General Feat 5 4 3 3 1 - - - - - -
8th +3 Skill Prof 5 4 3 3 2 - - - - - -
9th +4 Racial Trait, Metamagic 5 4 3 3 3 1 - - - - -
10th +4 Skill Prof, Arcane Affinity Feature, Ability Score 5 4 3 3 3 2 - - - - -
Improvement, Heroic Action
11th +4 General Feat 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 - - - -
12th +4 Skill Prof 6 4 3 3 3 2 1 - - - -
13th +5 Racial Trait 6 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 - - -
14th +5 Skill Prof, Arcane Affinity Feature 6 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 - - -
15th +5 General Feat, 6 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 - -
Ability Score Improvement
16th +5 Skill Prof, Metamagic 6 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 - -
17th +6 Racial Trait 6 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 -
18th +6 Skill Prof 6 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 -
19th +6 General Feat 6 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1
20th +6 Skill Prof, Arcane Affinity Feature, Ability Score 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1
Improvement, Heroic Action

sPellcastinG 1st
An event in your past, or the DNA of your ancestor, left an indelible
mark on you, infusing you with arcane magic. This font of magic,
whatever its origin, fuels your spells.
cantriPs 1st
At 1st level, you know four cantrips of your choice from the Arcane
spell list. You learn additional Arcane cantrips of your choice at
higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Mage
table.
rePertoire 1st
At 1st level, you have a spell repertoire containing six 1st-level
Arcane Spells of your choice. Your repertoire is the repository of
the Arcane Spells which are fixed in your mind.
of prepared Spells can include six Spells of 1st or 2nd Level, in
any combination, chosen from your Repertoire. If you prepare the
1st-level spell Magic Missile, you can cast it using a 1st-level or
a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell doesn’t remove it from your list
of prepared Spells.
You can change your list of prepared Spells when you finish a Long
Rest. Preparing a new list of Arcane Spells requires time spent
studying what you must do to cast the spell: at least 1 minute per
Spell Level for each spell on your list.
sPellcastinG MethoD 1st
Every mage has the ability to cast spells, but the method of casting
is different for each mage. There are three primary spellcasting
methods. Choose one. This becomes your spellcasting method.
Verbal - Called Magicians, these mages need to speak the magic
words to activate a spell.

PreParinG anD castinG sPells 1st
The Mage table shows how many Spell Slots you have to cast
your Spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these Spells,
you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all
expended Spell Slots when you finish a Long Rest.
You prepare the list of Arcane Spells that are available for you
to cast. To do so, choose a number of Arcane Spells from your
Repertoire equal to your Intelligence modifier + your Mage level
(minimum of one spell). The Spells must be of a level for which
you have Spell Slots.
For example, if you’re a 3rd-level Mage, you have four 1st-level
and two 2nd-level Spell Slots. With an Intelligence of 16, your list
Focus - Called Wizards, these mages require an object to focus
their spell and cast it.
Will - Called Sorcerers, these mages use the power of their mind to
summon the spell into being.
Some spells require more than one method to cast. For example,
the spell Power Word Stun requires the caster to verbalize the
word, even if their method is Focus or Will.
sPellcastinG ability 1st
Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your Arcane spells, since
the power of your magic relies on your ability to project your will
into the world. You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers
to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence

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 modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a Mage spell you
cast and when making an attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence
modifier.
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence
modifier
Variant: Spellcasting Ability - Charisma
Some Pure Mages and Occultists let their emotions fuel
their spellcasting ability. Instead of Intelligence, you can use
Charisma as your spellcasting ability.
Ritual Casting 1st
You can cast a mage spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag.
You don’t need to have the spell prepared.
Familiar 1st
You make a pact with creature that serves you and assists your
spellcasting. You gain a familiar (page 310).
Learning Spells of 1st level and Higher
Each time you gain a Mage level, you can add two Arcane Spells of
your choice to your repertoire for free. Each of these Spells must
be of a level for which you have Spell Slots, as shown on the Mage
table. On your Adventures, you might find other Spells that you can
add to your repertoire.
Arcane Affinity 2nd
Choose a sorcerous pursuits, which describes how you use
your innate magical power: Pure Mage, Tech Mage, Occultist or
Necromancer, all detailed at the end of the class description.
Your choice grants you features when you choose it at 2nd level
and again at 6th, 10th, 14th, and 20th level.
Skill Proficiency 2nd
At 2nd level and every even-level after, you can choose to become
proficient in a new skill or increase your proficiency in a current
skill by +1.
General Feat 3rd
Starting at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 11th, 15th and 19th level,
you can choose any General Feat as long as you qualify for it.
Metamagic 3rd
At 3rd level, you gain the ability to twist your spells to suit your
needs. You gain two of the following Metamagic options of your
choice. You gain another one at 9th and 16th level.
You can use only one Metamagic option on a spell when you cast
it, unless otherwise noted.
CAREFUL SPELL. When you cast a spell that forces other creatures
to make a saving throw, you can protect some of those creatures
from the spell’s full force. To do so, you spend 1 sorcery point and
choose a number of those creatures up to your Charisma modifier
(minimum of one creature). A chosen creature automatically
succeeds on its saving throw against the spell.
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DISTANT SPELL. When you cast a spell that has a range of 5 feet
or greater, you can spend 1 sorcery point to double the range of
the spell.
When you cast a spell that has a range of touch, you can spend 1
sorcery point to make the range of the spell 30 feet.
EMPOWERED SPELL. When you roll damage for a spell, you can
spend 1 sorcery point to reroll a number of the damage dice up to
your Charisma modifier (minimum of one). You must use the new
rolls.
You can use Empowered Spell even if you have already used a
different Metamagic option during the casting of the spell.
EXTENDED SPELL. When you cast a spell that has a duration of
1 minute or longer, you can spend 1 sorcery point to double its
duration, to a maximum duration of 24 hours.
HEIGHTENED SPELL. When you cast a spell that forces a creature
to make a saving throw to resist its effects, you can spend 3
sorcery points to give one target of the spell disadvantage on its
first saving throw made against the spell.
QUICKENED SPELL. When you cast a spell that has a casting time
of 1 action, you can spend 2 sorcery points to change the casting
time to 1 bonus action for this casting.
SUBTLE SPELL. When you cast a spell, you can spend 1 sorcery
point to cast it without any somatic or verbal components.
TWINNED SPELL. When you cast a spell that targets only one
creature and doesn’t have a range of self, you can spend a number
of sorcery points equal to the spell’s level to target a second
creature in range with the same spell (1 sorcery point if the spell
is a cantrip).
To be eligible, a spell must be incapable of targeting more than one
creature at the spell’s current level. For example, magic missile
and scorching ray aren’t eligible, but ray of frost and chromatic
orb are.
Ability Score Improvement 5th
When you reach 5th level, and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th level,
you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can
increase two ability scores by 1. Your character can only improve
an ability score by 1 if it’s already 18 or above, or by 2 if it starts
out below 18.
Race Traits 5th
In addition to the initial race traits you started with, you gain a race
trait at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level. The list of race traits available
to you can be found in your race’s entry.
Arcane Affinity
Pure Mage
These Mages seek to unlock the secrets of the Arcane Arts in their
purest form. The Pure Mage is the true Master of the Arcane.
Tides of Chaos 2nd
Starting at 2nd level, you can manipulate the forces of chance and
chaos to gain advantage on one attack roll, ability check, or saving
throw. Once you do so, you must finish a long rest before you can
use this feature again.
Bend Luck 6th
Starting at 6th level, you have the ability to twist fate using your
arcane gifts. When another creature you can see makes an attack
roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, you can use your reaction
and spend 2 sorcery points to roll 1d4 and apply the number rolled
as a bonus or penalty (your choice) to the creature’s roll. You can
do so after the creature rolls but before any effects of the roll occur.
Piercing Spell 10th
At 10th level, you’ve studied ways of overcoming the innate
resistance to spells that many powerful creatures have. Against
your spells, a creature that has a conditional bonus to saving
throws against magic reduces that bonus by 1.
Spell Mastery 14th
At 18th level, you have achieved such mastery over certain Spells
that you can cast them at will. Choose a 1st-level Arcane spell and
a 2nd-level Arcane spell that are in your repertoire. You can cast
those Spells at their lowest level without expending a spell slot
when you have them prepared. If you want to cast either spell at a
higher level, you must expend a spell slot as normal.
By spending 8 hours in study, you can exchange one or both of the
Spells you chose for different Spells of the same levels.
Signature Spells 20th
When you reach 19th level, you gain mastery over two powerful
Spells and can cast them with little effort. Choose two 3rd-level
Arcane Spells in your repertoire as your Signature Spells. You
always have these Spells prepared, they don’t count against the
number of Spells you have prepared, and you can cast each of
them once at 3rd Level without expending a spell slot. When you
do so, you can’t do so again until you finish a short or Long Rest.
If you want to cast either spell at a higher level, you must expend
a spell slot as normal.
Tech Mage (TL 1)
A Mage that combine technology and the arcane. All Tech Level 1
spells are available, including some special Tech Mage spells that
are listed below.
UNIQUE TECH MAGE SPELLS
Spell Level Name
Cantrips Electrical Extension, On and Off
1st Data Wipe, Device Access, Power Simple Device,
Repair Minor Device
2nd Data Download, Redacted Photos
3rd Shutdown
4th Incognito Video
5th E.M.P., Repair Major Device
Machine Empathy 2nd
At 2nd Level, you are so comfortable with technology that you
gain a +2 bonus with any electronic or mechanical device, and in
addition may use any skill that involves technology untrained.
Automaton CR 2
Medium construct , unaligned
AC 15 HP 55 Speed 30 ft.
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Damage Immunities Poison, necrotic, psychic, radiant
Condition Immunities Blinded, Charmed, Deafened, Fatigued,
Frightened, Grappled, Paralysed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone,
Restrained, Stunned, Unconscious, Exhausted
Senses Blindsight 10 ft., Darkvision 60 ft., passive perception 10
Languages understands commands in any language but can’t speak
Str +2, Dex +1, Con +2, Int -1, Wis +0, Cha -4
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Constructed Nature. An automaton doesn’t require air, food, drink, or
sleep.
Regeneration. The automaton regains 2 hit points at the start of each its
turn if it has at least 1 hit point.
Actions
Multiattack. The automaton makes two fist attacks.
Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d10 +3 bludgeoning damage.
Program Spell 6th
At 6th level,you may spend an action point to insert a spell within a
particular analog or digital device, such that by touching a key (or
flicking a switch), the spell activates. All variables of the spell are
set at the time of casting.
Casting a spell takes the normal amount of time; discharging a
programmed spell is an attack action.
Create Automaton 10th
At 10th level, you can create an automaton. The automaton may
be mechanical, digital, chemical, or biochemical in nature. The
materials used are consumed in the creation of the automaton.
In addition, the creation of an automaton requires a pint of your
blood.
It takes a week to create an automaton. During this time you must
labor for 8 hours a day. A character not actively working on the
ritual must perform no other activities except eating, sleeping, or
talking. If you miss a day, the process fails, and the ritual must
begin anew. At the end of the period, you make an appropriate
skill check for the Craft skill connected with the particular subtype
of automaton (DC 20). A failure indicates loss of the subject
(requiring you to begin again) but no other penalty.
You may create any number of automatons. However, when an
automaton perishes, its death deals 2d10 points of damage to
you, so caution is usually the by-word in automaton creation.
Online Casting 14th
At 14th level, you can cast spells through electronic devices,
including cameras, cell phones, and modems.
If the spell requires the caster to be seen, then the target must see
the caster, if it requires the caster to be heard, then the target must
be able to hear the caster. Range is determined from the caster
to the pick-up device (camera, keyboard, etc.) and then from the
device to its target. The space between keyboard and monitor, or
camera and screen, is not considered. You must be able to see
or otherwise be able to determine the location of his or her target
(“person at the keyboard” is a suitable target). Spells cast online
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 are less effective, such that the target gets a +4 circumstance
bonus on saving throws.
Spell Bombardment 20th
Beginning at 20th level, the harmful energy of your spells
intensifies. When you roll damage for a spell and roll the highest
number possible on any of the dice, choose one of those dice, roll
it again and add that roll to the damage. You can use the feature
only once per turn.
Occultist
Occultists are the stuff of dark secrecy and fell power, things of
legend and forbidden lore. They seek power through deals with
demons and use the pain of others to fuel their dark desires.
Occult Spells 2nd
Mages choosing the path of the Occultist abandon the purely
arcane method and lose access to the Arcane spell list. Now they
gain access to the spells in the Occult Spell list.
In your study of occult lore, you have unearthed eldritch invocations,
fragments of forbidden knowledge that imbue you with an abiding
magical ability.
Devil’s Sight 2nd
You can see normally in darkness, both magical and nonmagical,
to a distance of 120 feet.
Fearsome Presence 2nd
Starting at 2nd level, you learn the ability to project the beguiling
and terrible presence. As an action, you can cause each creature
in a 10-foot cube originating from you to make a Wisdom saving
throw against your Mage spell save DC. The creatures that fail
their saving throws are all charmed or frightened by you (your
choice) until the end of your next turn. Once you use this feature,
you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.
Entropic Ward 6th
At 6th level, you learn to magically ward yourself against attack
and to turn an enemy’s failed strike into good luck for yourself.
When a creature makes an attack roll against you, you can use your
reaction to impose disadvantage on that roll. If the attack misses
you, your next attack roll against the creature has advantage if you
make it before the end of your next turn.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a
short or long rest.
Thought Shield 10th Animate Major Undead
Starting at 10th level, your thoughts can’t be read by telepathy
or other means unless you allow it. You also have resistance to
psychic damage, and whenever a creature deals psychic damage
to you, that creature takes the same amount of damage that you
do.
Eldritch Chains 14th
At 14th level, you can cast hold monster at will—targeting a
celestial, fiend, or elemental—without expending a spell slot or
material components. You must finish a long rest before you can
use this invocation on the same creature again.
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Banished 20th
At 20th level, when you hit a creature with an attack, you can use
this feature to instantly transport the target through the lower
planes. The creature disappears and hurtles through a nightmare
landscape.
At the end of your next turn, the target returns to the space it
previously occupied, or the nearest unoccupied space. If the target
is not a fiend, it takes 10d10 psychic damage as it reels from its
horrific experience.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a
long rest.
Necromancer
The Necromancer is the master of undeath. These Mages have
studied the living and the dead and have learned how to drain the
very life force from their victims.
Occult Spells 2nd
Mages choosing the path of the Necromancer abandon the purely
arcane method and lose access to the Arcane spell list. Now they
gain access to the spells in the Occult Spell list.
In your study of the undeath, you have unearthed eldritch
invocations, fragments of forbidden knowledge that imbue you
with a necromantic magical ability.
Siphon 2nd
Starting at 2nd level, your touch can siphon the life force of others
to bolster your own. As an action, you can make a melee spell
attack against a living creature, dealing necrotic damage equal
to 1d8 + your Intelligence modifier on a hit. You gain temporary
hit points equal to the amount of necrotic damage dealt. If this
feature kills the creature, you gain twice as many temporary hit
points from using this feature. The damage increases by 1d8
when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level
(4d8). You may use this feature a number of times equal to your
Charisma modifier(minimum one) and you regain all uses of this
feature at the end of a long rest.
Spontaneous Unburial 6th
Starting at 6th level, your understanding of necrotic and negative
energies allows you to raise the dead with ease. You may cast the
spell animate dead as an action and you do not require a corpse
or pile of bones to do so; the skeleton or zombie will claw its way
up from underground and acts on your next turn. In addition, you
learn the spell animate dead.
10th
Beginning at 7th level, your pursuit of knowledge has led to
uncover the secrets to mastering undead of all sizes. You can
now raise any corpse that is Huge or smaller of a monstrosity,
humanoid, or beast with challenge rating 5 or lower can be
animated. It keeps its original abilities and attacks, but loses any
resistances, immunities, legendary actions, senses it had and
gains the immunities and vulnerabilities of its type, skeleton or
zombie. You can issue mental commands to the creature as the
animate dead spell. You can only control one major undead at
a time. This feature functions as the spell animate dead except
where otherwise noted. You may use this feature on an existing
undead you control to reassert your control over it. You must
finish a long rest before you can use this feature again.
At level 15, you may animate a monstrosity, humanoid or beast
with a challenge rating of 8 or lower.
At level 18, you may animate a monstrosity, humanoid or beast
with a challenge rating of 10 or lower. In addition, a major undead
now lasts until its hit points are reduced to 0.

coMManD unDeaD 14th

Starting at 14th level, you can use magic to bring undead under
your control, even those created by others. As an action, you can
choose one undead that you can see within 60 feet of you. That
creature must make a Charisma saving throw against your wizard
spell save DC. If it succeeds, you can’t use this feature on it again.
If it fails, it becomes friendly to you and obeys your commands
until you use this feature again.
Intelligent undead are harder to control in this way. If the target
has an Intelligence of 8 or higher, it has advantage on the saving
throw. If it fails the saving throw and has an Intelligence of 12 or
higher, it can repeat the saving throw at the end of every hour until
it succeeds and breaks free.

everlastinG 20th
At 20th level, whenever you fall unconscious, you no longer lose
your senses, instead experiencing the world around you as a life-
like dream. At any moment whenever you are unconscious, you
can choose to sap energy from your surroundings, causing you
wake up and deal 1d4 necrotic damage to all non-construct, non-
undead creatures within 10 feet of you, gaining hit points equal to
the damage dealt. If no creatures are within 10 feet of you, you still
wake up, but only gain 1 hit point. Once you use this feature, you
can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.

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 MARTIAL ARTIST
Perfect harmony of mind and body is the ultimate achievement for
the Martial Artist. You are aware, alert and focused. Your body is
your weapon and you have honed it to perfection. While your fists
are more than enough to defend yourself, you are also skilled with
various weapons including pistols, polearms, and swords. The
path to Enlightenment is no easy journey and you are prepared for
the adventure ahead.

Class Features
As a monk, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points
8 + your Constitution modifier
Increase your maximum number of HP by this number at 1st level
and every Martial Artist
level thereafter.

Ability Augment
DEXTERITY OR STRENGTH
8 FREE

Proficiencies
Armor: None
Weapons:: Simple weapons, arming words
Tools:: Choose one type of artisan’s tools or one musical instrument

Saving Throws
Strength, Dexterity

Skills
Choose two from Intimidation, Athletics, Knowledge, Perception,
Religion, and Stealth

Equipment
The equipment you start with is purchased at the end of character
creation. The amount of Barter Units (Bu) that you have available
to purchase with is determined by your background.

heroic action 1st

Starting at 1st level, and again at 10th and 20th level, you gain a
Heroic Action that can only be used once. The Heroic Action can
function as a any action or can be used to lose the dying condition

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 MARTIAL ARTIST
Level Proficiency Martial Arts Ki Unarmored Feats
Bonus Points Movement
1st +2 1d4 - - Background, Racial Trait, Unarmored Defense, Martial Arts, Heroic Action
2nd +2 1d4 2 +10 ft. Skill Prof, Ki, Unarmored Movement
3rd +2 1d4 3 +10 ft. General Feat, Martial Style, Deflect Missiles
4th +2 1d4 4 +10 ft. Skill Prof, Slow Fall
5th +3 1d6 5 +10 ft. Racial Trait, Extra Attack, Stunning Strike, Ability Score Improvement
6th +3 1d6 6 +15 ft. Skill Prof, Ki Empowered Strikes, Martial Style Feature
7th +3 1d6 7 +15 ft. General Feat, Evasion, Stillness of Mind
8th +3 1d6 8 +15 ft. Skill Prof
9th +4 1d6 9 +15 ft. Racial Trait, Unarmored Movement Improvement
10th +4 1d6 10 +20 ft. Skill Prof, Purity of Body, Ability Score Improvement, Heroic Action
11th +4 1d8 11 +20 ft. General Feat, Martial Style Feature
12th +4 1d8 12 +20 ft. Skill Prof
13th +5 1d8 13 +20 ft. Racial Trait, Tongue of the Sun and Moon
14th +5 1d8 14 +25 ft. Skill Prof, Diamond Soul
15th +5 1d8 15 +25 ft. General Feat, Timeless Body, Ability Score Improvement
16th +5 1d8 16 +25 ft. Skill Prof
17th +6 1d10 17 +25 ft. Racial Trait, Martial Style Feature
18th +6 1d10 18 +30 ft. Skill Prof, Empty Body
19th +6 1d10 19 +30 ft. General Feat
20th +6 1d10 20 +30 ft. Skill Prof, Perfect Self, Ability Score Improvement, Heroic Action

when your HP has hit 0 and regain 1 HP.
The GM can also award extra Heroic Actions for heroic deeds or
any other reason they see fit.
unarMoreD Defense 1st skill Proficiency
Beginning at 1st level, while you are wearing no armor and not
wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier
+ your Wisdom modifier.
Martial arts 1st ki
At 1st level, your practice of martial arts gives you mastery of
combat styles that use unarmed strikes and kata weapons, which
are arming swords and any simple melee weapons that don’t have
the two-handed or heavy property.
Perfect self 1st
You gain the following benefits while you are unarmed or wielding
only monk weapons and you aren’t wearing armor or wielding a
shield:
• You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the attack and
damage rolls of your unarmed strikes and monk weapons.
• You can roll a d4 in place of the normal damage of your unarmed
strike or monk weapon. This die changes as you gain monk levels,
as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Martial Artist table.
• When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or a
monk weapon on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike
as a bonus action. For example, if you take the Attack action and
attack with a quarterstaff, you can also make an unarmed strike
as a bonus action, assuming you haven’t already taken a bonus
action this turn.
Certain monasteries use specialized forms of the kata weapons.
For example, you might use a club that is two lengths of wood
connected by a short chain (called a nunchaku) or a sickle with a
shorter, straighter blade (called a kama). Whatever name you use
for a kata weapon, you can use the game statistics provided for
the weapon.
2nD
At 2nd level and every even-level after, you can choose to become
proficient in a new skill or increase your proficiency in a current
skill by +1.
2nD
Starting at 2nd level, your training allows you to harness the
mystic energy of ki. Your access to this energy is represented
by a number of ki points. Your Martial Artist level determines the
number of points you have, as shown in the Ki Points column of
the Martial Artist table.
You can spend these points to fuel various ki features. You start
knowing three such features: Flurry of Blows, Patient Defense, and
Step of the Wind. You learn more ki features as you gain levels in
this class.
When you spend a ki point, it is unavailable until you finish a short
or long rest, at the end of which you draw all of your expended ki
back into yourself. You must spend at least 30 minutes of the rest
meditating to regain your ki points.
Some of your ki features require your target to make a saving throw
to resist the feature’s effects. The saving throw DC is calculated
as follows:
Ki save DC = 8 +your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier
flurry of blows 2nD
Immediately after you take the Attack action on your turn, you can
spend 1 ki point to make two unarmed strikes as a bonus action.

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 Patient Defense 2nd Extra Attack
You can spend 1 ki point to take the Dodge action as a bonus
action on your turn.
Step of the Wind 2nd Stunning Strike
You can spend 1 ki point to take the Disengage or Dash action as
a bonus action on your turn, and your jump distance is doubled
for the turn.
Unarmored Movement 2nd
Starting at 2nd level, your speed increases by 10 feet while you
are not wearing armor or wielding a shield. This bonus increases
when you reach certain monk levels, as shown in the Martial Artist
table.
At 9th level, you gain the ability to move along vertical surfaces
and across liquids on your turn without falling during the move.
General Feat 3rd
Starting at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 11th, 15th and 19th level,
you can choose any General Feat as long as you qualify for it.
Martial Style 3rd
When you reach 3rd level, you commit yourself to a martial style:
Warrior Monk, Drunken Traveler or Gun-Fu Artist all detailed at the
end of the class description. Your style grants you features at 3rd
level and again at 6th, 11th, and 17th level.
Deflect Missiles 3rd Purity of Body
Starting at 3rd level, you can use your reaction to deflect or catch
the missile when you are hit by a ranged weapon attack. When you
do so, the damage you take from the attack is reduced by 1d10 +
your Dexterity modifier + your Martial Artist level.
If you reduce the damage to 0, you can catch the missile if it is
small enough for you to hold in one hand and you have at least
one hand free. If you catch a missile in this way, you can spend
1 ki point to make a ranged attack with the weapon or piece of
ammunition you just caught, as part of the same reaction. You
make this attack with proficiency, regardless of your weapon
proficiencies, and the missile counts as a monk weapon for the
attack, which has a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of
60 feet.
Slow Fall 4th
Beginning at 4th level, you can use your reaction when you fall to
reduce any falling damage you take by an amount equal to five
times your Martial Artist level.
Ability Score Improvement 5th
When you reach 5th level, and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th level,
you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can
increase two ability scores by 1. Your character can only improve
an ability score by 1 if it’s already 18 or above, or by 2 if it starts
out below 18.
Race Traits 5th
In addition to the initial race traits you started with, you gain a race
trait at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level. The list of race traits available
to you can be found in your race’s entry.
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5th
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once,
whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
5th
Starting at 5th level, you can interfere with the flow of ki in an
opponent’s body. When you hit another creature with a melee
weapon attack, you can spend 1 ki point to attempt a stunning
strike. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or
be stunned until the end of your next turn.
Ki-Empowered Strikes 6th
Starting at 6th level, your unarmed strikes count as magical for the
purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical
attacks and damage.
Evasion 7th
At 7th level, your instinctive agility lets you dodge out of the way of
certain area effects, such as a blue dragon’s lightning breath or a
fireball spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you
to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you
instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and
only half damage if you fail.
Stillness of Mind 7th
Starting at 7th level, you can use your action to end one effect on
yourself that is causing you to be charmed or frightened.
10th
At 10th level, your mastery of the ki flowing through you makes
you immune to disease, poison, mutation and radiation.
Tongue of the Sun and Moon 13th
Starting at 13th level, you learn to touch the ki of other minds so
that you understand all spoken languages. Moreover, any creature
that can understand a language can understand what you say.
Diamond Soul 14th
Beginning at 14th level, your mastery of ki grants you proficiency
in all saving throws.
Additionally, whenever you make a saving throw and fail, you can
spend 1 ki point to reroll it and take the second result.
Timeless Body 15th
At 15th level, your ki sustains you so that you suffer none of the
frailty of old age, and you can’t be aged magically. You can still die
of old age, however. In addition, you no longer need food or water.
Empty Body 18th
Beginning at 18th level, you can use your action to spend 4 ki
points to become invisible for 1 minute. During that time, you also
have resistance to all damage but force damage.
Additionally, you can spend 8 ki points to cast the astral projection
spell, without needing material components. When you do so, you
can’t take any other creatures with you.
Perfect Self 20th
At 20th level, when you roll for initiative and have no ki points
remaining, you regain 4 ki points.
Martial Style
Warrior Monk
The Martial Artists who are warrior monks are steadfast defenders
of truth and freedom, learning the arts of combat with more
weapons than other monks, sharing a bond with these weapons
that is so strong that they can only be considered part of their
identity, their very being.
Bonus Proficiencies 3rd
When you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you gain proficiency
in light armors.
You also gain proficiency in two melee martial weapons of your
choice other than greataxes or greatswords. The chosen weapons
are considered as kata weapons for you.
Weaponized Martial Arts 3rd
Also at 3rd level when you choose this tradition, When you use the
Attack action with an unarmed strike or a kata weapon on your
turn, you can make one weapon attack with a kata weapon as a
bonus action.
Additionally, while you are wearing a light armor, your speed
increases by half the bonus granted by your Unarmored Movement
class feature, rounded down to the nearest 5-feet increment.
Together As One 6th Stumbling Drunk
Starting at 6th level, you can perform the ritual over the course of 1
hour, which can be done during a short rest. The weapon must be
within your reach throughout the ritual, at the conclusion of which
you touch the weapon and forge the bond. Once you have bonded
a weapon to yourself, you gain the following benefits:
• You cannot be disarmed of the bonded weapon, unless you are
incapacitated.
• The bonded weapon counts as magical weapon for the purpose
of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks
and damage.
• As a bonus action, you can spend 1 ki to summon the bonded
weapon to your hand, as long as it is on the same plane of
existence. The bonded weapon instantly teleports into your hand.
You can then make one weapon attack with the bonded weapon
as a part of the same bonus action.
You can have only one bonded weapon. If you attempt to bond
with another weapon, you must first break the bond with the
weapon that is currently bonded to you.
Martial Arts Mastery 11th
Starting at 11th level, you gain one of the following features of
your choice:
Flaring Kick. When you stand up, you can spend 2 ki to make a
spinning kick maneuver that sweeps all creatures within 5 feet of
you. Each creature must succeed a str saving throw against your
ki save DC or is knocked prone, taking bludgeoning damage equal
to half your monk level (rounded down).
Gentle Retribution. When a creature you can see within 5 feet of
you targets you with an attack and the attack misses, you can
spend 1 ki as a reaction to use the attacker’s momentum against
it. The creature must succeed on a Strength saving throw against
your ki save DC or takes bludgeoning damage equal to your monk
level and is knocked prone.
Ki-Unleashing Strike. Once on each of your turn, when you hit a
creature with an unarmed strike, you can spend 1 ki to unleash a
blast of ki to knock down the target. The creature must succeed a
Strength saving throw against your ki save DC or is pushed up to
10 feet away from you.
Enlightened Warfare 17th
At 17th level, any kata weapon you are wielding is considered to
have the finesse and reach property, if it does not have one already.
Additionally, whenever you hit a creature with the weapon bonded
to you with your Together As One feature, the target takes extra
psychic damage equal to your Wisdom modifier (a minimum of 1).
Drunken Traveler
There are many paths to the blessed state known as Enlightenment,
and perhaps the strangest belongs to those solitary beings who
follow the Drunk path. To the uninitiated, their zeal for drink
and shambling style causes them to appear more like vagrants
and wastrels than pilgrims on the road to perfection. But their
seemingly-ragged style belies a cunning strategic mindset, as
they are masters of appearing more inebriated than they actually
are. And their debauchery has a component of spiritual exercise,
as they seek to eliminate boundaries between themselves and the
world around them through wine and song.
3rd
Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you can use
your bonus action to spend 2 ki points and become (or appear to
become) stumbling drunk for one minute. While you’re stumbling
drunk, or at least pretending to be, you gain the following benefits:
You may take the Disengage action as a bonus action on your turn.
If you have the prone condition, you don’t have disadvantage
on your attack rolls and creatures within 5 ft of you don’t gain
advantage on their attack rolls against you. Standing up only
costs you 5 feet of movement.
When you Shove a creature, you may make a Dexterity or Strength
(Athletics) check. If creature within 5 ft. of you makes a melee
attack roll against you and misses, you may use your reaction to
spend a ki point and immediately Shove them.
Life of the Party 3rd
At 3rd level, you are skilled in the art of revelry. You gain proficiency
with either the Performance skill or with brewer’s tools and one
musical instrument of your choice. You never gain the poisoned
condition from consuming alcohol, drugs, or other similar mind-
altering substances.
Fog in the Mind 6th
At 6th level, you’ve become practiced in the fundamental deceit
that lies at the heart of your style. You gain proficiency in the
Deception skill, and you gain advantage whenever attempting
a Charisma check to pretend you are more injured, inebriated,
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 or otherwise inconvenienced than you actually are. You can do
this as a free action once during your turn whenever you drink
something or start using your Stumbling Drunk class feature.
Fire in the Belly 11th
At 11th level, you have become an adept drinker, and have learned
to leech mystic sustenance from liquid substance. You may take
the Use an Object action to drink from anything you are holding as
a bonus action. When you do this, can choose to become stumbling
drunk as part of this action, spending two ki points as normal. If
you are already stumbling drunk, you may remain stumbling drunk
for another minute by spending a ki point.
When you drink a healing potion, you may double the number of hit
points you regain from consuming it, and if you drink something
that offers some sort of temporary benefit, it lasts for twice as
long.
You may also gain temporary hit points equal to your Martial Artist
level and regain two expended ki points when you drink something.
Once you gain them, you can’t do so again until you complete a
short or a long rest.
Drunken Master 17th
At 17th level, you have fully perfected the strange road to
Enlightenment you have taken, and now reap the rewards thereof.
When you are stumbling drunk or pretending to be, and suffer a
damage roll that would reduce you to 0 hit points, you may instead
use your reaction to suffer no damage and gain the prone condition.
Until you move or take any kind of visible action, you appear to be
unconscious and incapacitated. Doing this immediately ends your
stumbling drunken state.
Additionally, you gain twice as many temporary hit points and ki
points when using your Fire in the Belly class feature.
arts die + your Dexterity or Strength bonus on a hit with them. You
can use a bonus action to make your Kata weapons deadlier. On a
hit, these attacks deal extra damage equal to your martial arts die.
You only gain this benefit once per turn.
Gun-Kata Defense 11th
At 11th level, you have perfected your form with your guns so that
your flurry of shots makes you and your allies harder to hit. If you
move 20 feet before you make a ranged weapon attack with your
Kata weapons, the next attack made against you is done with
disadvantage.
Additionally, you can spend 3 ki points when a creature makes
a ranged weapon attack against a creature that is friendly to
you to use deflect missile as you shoot the projectile, throwing
it off course or causing it to miss entirely. You must have the
ammunition available to be able to use this move.
Gun-Fu Master 17th
Once you reach 17th level, you are able to channel your innate ki
powers to empower your furious flurry of strikes. When you make
an attack with your Kata weapon, you can spend 4 ki points to
cause that attack to deal additional damage equal to your Wisdom
modifier.

Gun-Fu Artist (TL 1)

The Martial Artist is a living weapon. To become even more deadly,
these gun-fu artists use firearms as their weapons of choice.

Disciple of Gun-Kata 3rd

At 3rd level, you gain proficiency with sidearms, which count as
kata weapons for you. When wielding these weapons, you gain the
following benefits:
• You do not need a free hand to reload a light weapon with the
loading or reload property.
• You can make an attack with these weapons as part of your
martial arts or flurry of blows features. If you do, these attacks
use your martial arts die instead of its normal weapon damage.
• When you first make a successful attack roll with these weapons,
the next 10 feet of your movement does not provoke opportunity
attacks.
• You can spend a ki point to reload any weapon with the reload
property as a bonus action.

Ballistic Harmony 6th

When you reach 6th level, your Kata weapons count as magical
for the purposes of overcoming resistance and immunity. You can
apply stunning strike to your Kata weapons, as long as the attack
is made within their normal range. Your Kata weapons also count
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 MODERN SOLDIER
Soldiers are the elite warriors of the modern age. You are a master
of firearms and an unparalleled survivalist. You are a living weapon
that just needs to be pointed at the next enemy. Let others do the
thinking and the talking and the planning. You are an instrument
of war that needs to be unleashed. Guns, swords, clubs, rocket
launchers, and knives are the tools of your trade. It is time to let
the master work.

Class Features
As a modern soldier, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points
10 + your Constitution modifier
Increase your maximum number of HP by this number at 1st level
and every Modern Soldier level thereafter.

Ability Augment
DEXTERITY
8 FREE

Proficiencies
Armor: light, medium and heavy
Weapons: simple, martial, longarms, sidearms
Tools: Gaming Set

Saving Throws
Dexterity, Constitution

Skills
Choose four Athletics, Craft, Computer Use, Demolitions, Drive,
Intimidate, Knowledge, Survival, Treat Injury, and Stealth

Equipment
The equipment you start with is purchased at the end of character
creation. The amount of Barter Units (Bu) that you have available
to purchase with is determined by your background.

heroic action 1st

Starting at 1st level, and again at 10th and 20th level, you gain a
Heroic Action that can only be used once. The Heroic Action can
function as a any action or can be used to lose the dying condition
when your HP has hit 0 and regain 1 HP.
The GM can also award extra Heroic Actions for heroic deeds or
any other reason they see fit.

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 MODERN SOLDIER Tactical Aid 4th
Level Proficiency Feats At 4th level, as a full-round action, you provide tactical aid to all
Bonus of your allies (including yourself) within sight and voice range of
1st +2 Background, Racial Trait, Personal your position. This use of tactical aid requires an action. This aid
Firearms Proficiency, Heroic Action provides a +1 competence bonus on attack rolls. The bonus lasts
2nd +2 Skill Prof, Weapon Focus for a number of rounds equal to one-half of your Soldier level,
3rd +2 General Feat, Specialist Feature rounded down.
4th +2 Skill Prof, Tactical Aid
5th +3 Racial Trait, Extra Attack, Ability Score
Extra Attack 5th
Improvement Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once,
6th +3 Skill Prof, Weapon Focus whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
7th +3 General Feat, Specialist Feature The number of attacks increases to three when you reach 11th
8th +3 Skill Prof level in this class and to four when you reach 20th level in this
class.
9th +4 Racial Trait, Improved Reaction,
Weapon Specialization
10th +4 Skill Prof, Specialist feature, Ability Score
Ability Score Improvement 5th
Improvement, Heroic Action When you reach 5th level, and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th level,
11th +4 General Feat, Extra Attack (2) you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can
increase two ability scores by 1. Your character can only improve
12th +4 Skill Prof
an ability score by 1 if it’s already 18 or above, or by 2 if it starts
13th +5 Racial Trait, Improved Critical out below 18.
14th +5 Skill Prof
15th +5 General Feat, Specialist Feature, Ability Race Traits 5th
Score Improvement
In addition to the initial race traits you started with, you gain a race
16th +5 Skill Prof, Crit Mastery trait at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level. The list of race traits available
17th +6 Racial Trait to you can be found in your race’s entry.
18th +6 Skill Prof, Specialist Feature
19th +6 General Feat Improved Reaction 9th
20th +6 Skill Prof, Extra Attack (3), Ability Score At 9th level, the soldier gains a +2 competence bonus on initiative
Improvement, Heroic Action checks.

Weapon Specialization 9th

Personal Firearms Proficiency 1st At 9th level, you gain weapon specialization with a specific weapon
Beginning at 1st level, You can fire any sidearm or longarm without that you have already applied the Weapon Focus feat or class
penalty. Characters without this feat take a -5 penalty on attack feature to. You get a +2 bonus on damage rolls with the chosen
rolls made with personal firearms. weapon.

Skill Proficiency 2nd Improved Critical 13th

At 2nd level and every even-level after, you can choose to become
proficient in a new skill or increase your proficiency in a current
skill by +1.
Weapon Focus 2nd
At 2nd level, and again at 6th level, choose a specific weapon. You
gain a +1 bonus on all attack rolls you make using the selected
At 13th level, for the weapon that you have applied Weapon
Specialization to, attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.
Crit Mastery 16th
At 16th level, for the weapon that you have applied Weapon
Specialization to, attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 18-20.

Specialists
weapon.
Each time you use this feat, you must select a different weapon.

General Feat 3rd

Starting at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 11th, 15th and 19th level,
you can choose any General Feat as long as you qualify for it.
Specialist 3rd
At 3rd level, you choose a specialty that you wish to master,
Bodyguard, Grunt, Heavy Weapons Expert or Field Medic, all
detailed at the end of the class description. Your specialist choice
grants you features at 3rd level and then again at 7th, 10th, 15th,
and 18th level.
Bodyguard
These Soldiers will risk themselves to protect others. A loyal
bodyguard can be the difference between surviving an ambush
and lying dead in the street.
Harm’s Way 3rd
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, once per round, if you
are adjacent to an ally who is targeted by a melee or ranged attack
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the ally’s stead. If the attack hits you, you take damage normally.
If it misses, it also misses the ally.
You must declare your intention to place yourself in harm’s way
before the attack roll is made. You select your ally either prior to
combat or immediately after you make your initiative check. You
can’t change your ally for the duration of the combat.
Combat Sense 3rd
At 3rd level, this ability allows you to designate a single opponent
during your action and receive a +1 competence bonus on attacks
against that opponent. You can select a new opponent on any
action.
At 10th level, the competence bonus increases to +2.
Sudden Action 7th Bullseye
At 7th level, once per day, you can focus your effort to burst into
sudden action when the situation calls for it. Your can change
your place in the initiative order, moving higher in the count by a
number less than or equal to your class level, as you see fit. You
can declare the use of this ability at the start of any round, before
anyone else takes an action.
Improved Charge 10th
At 10th level, you can make a charge without having to move in a
straight line. All other charge rules apply, but you can alter your
direction when making a charge to avoid obstacles.
Defensive Strike 15th Advanced Firearms Proficiency
At 15th level, if an opponent makes a melee attack against you
and misses while you are using the total defense option, you
can attack that opponent on their next turn (as an attack action)
with a +4 bonus on your attack roll. You gain no bonus against
an opponent who doesn’t attack you or against an opponent who
makes a successful attack.
Blanket Protection 18th
At 18th level, you can use your expertise to provide protection for
up to six allies (not including yourself) within sight and voice range
of your position.
You spend 1 action and takes a full-round action to issue orders
and directions. Doing this provides your allies with a +1 insight
bonus to AC for 3 rounds.
Grunt
These grunts are Soldiers that are masters of personal firearms.
They are tough, mean, strong and relentless. True survivalists that
can lay down lots of fire in a short amount of time.
Defensive Position 3rd
At 3rd level, you gain an additional +2 cover bonus to AC and an
additional +2 cover bonus on Dexterity saves whenever you have
any level of cover.
Lightning Shot 7th
Starting at 7th level, you can make a flurry of ranged attacks with
a personal firearm at the expense of accuracy. You may make
one extra ranged attack with a personal firearm in a round at your
highest base attack bonus. This attack and each other attack
made in the round take a -2 penalty. This ability can only be
used when taking the full attack action. The penalty applies to all
attacks for one full round.
Sharp-Shooting 10th
At 10th level, if you use a personal firearm to attack a target, the
cover bonus to the target’s Defense for one-quarter, one-half or
three-quarters cover is reduced by 2.
Greater Weapon Focus 15th
At 15th level, you receive a +1 competence bonus on attack rolls
made with the firearm selected for the Weapon Focus ability. This
bonus stacks with the earlier bonus.
18th
At 18th level, you have become so adept at using the firearm to
which you have applied Weapon Focus and Greater Weapon Focus
that your attacks with that firearm can deal extra damage. With a
successful attack, before damage is rolled, the you can spend 1
action point to deal an additional +3d6 points of damage.
Heavy Weapons Expert
Masters of exotic firearms, these heavy weapons experts have
the ability to lay waste to anything they encounter. Overwhelming
firepower is the hallmark of these specialized Solders.
3rd
At 3rd level, you can fire any personal firearm on auto-fire without
penalty (provided, of course, that it has an auto-fire setting).
Characters without this feat take a -4 penalty on attack rolls made
with personal firearms set on auto-fire.
Burst Fire 7th
At 7th level, when using an automatic firearm with at least five
bullets loaded, you may fire a short burst as a single attack against
a single target. You receive a -4 penalty on the attack roll, but deal
+2 dice of damage. Firing a burst expends five bullets and can only
be done if the weapon has five bullets in it.
NORMAL: Auto-fire uses ten bullets, targets a 10-foot-by-10-foot
area, and can’t be aimed at a specific target. Without this feat, if a
character attempts an auto-fire attack at a specific target, it simply
counts as a normal attack and all the extra bullets are wasted.
If the firearm has a three-round burst setting, firing a burst expends
three bullets instead of five and can be used if the weapon has
only three bullets in it.
Exotic Firearms Proficiency 10th
At 10th and again at 18th level, choose a weapon type from the
following list: cannons, heavy machine guns, grenade launchers,
and rocket launchers.
The character makes attack rolls with the weapon normally.
A character who uses a weapon without being proficient with it
takes a -4 penalty on attack rolls.
Each time you take this feat, you must select a different weapon.
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 Strafe 15th CRAFT PHARMACEUTICAL
At 15th level, when using a firearm on auto-fire, you can affect an Item Craft DC Time Cost
area four 5-foot squares long and one square wide (that is, any Antitoxin 15 1 hour 25 Bu
four squares in a straight line). Healing Serum 1 10 1 day 10 Bu
A firearm on auto-fire normally affects a 1 0-foot-by-10-foot area. Healing Serum II 15 3 days 75 Bu
Healing Serum III 20 1 week 300 Bu

Field Medic Healing Serum IV

HP Booster
25
15
2 weeks
1 day
2,000 Bu
25 Bu
Arguably the most important Solider is the field medic. In war, HP Booster II 20 3 days 100 Bu
injuries are a certainty. Without the aid of magic, it is the job of HP Booster III 25 1 week 750 Bu
these specialized Soldiers to heal their allies and keep them in
Mood Suppressor 15 1 hour 25 Bu
optimal fighting condition.
Mood Suppressor II 20 1 day 250 Bu
Medical Specialist 3rd
At 3rd level, you receive proficiency on Treat Injury and Craft:
Pharmaceutical checks. If you are already proficient you gain a +2
in that skill.

Tactical Medic Gear 3rd

At 3rd level, you gain an Medical Operator Kit which contains four
Healing Serum Is, two Antitoxins, one Mood Suppressor I and one
disposable hazmat suit.

Disease Expert 7th

At 7th level and higher, you have learned how to fight disease. You
have advantage on saving throws against diseases. You can also
treat infections in others, granting them advantage on their saving
throws.

Medical Mastery 10th

At 10th level and higher, your ability to restore hit points with a first
aid kit and a successful use of the Treat Injury skill improves by
+1. In addition to the normal hit point recovery rate (1d8 for a first
aid kit, you restore 1 hit point for every level Soldier level.

Minor Medical Miracle 15th

At 15th level, you can save a character reduced to -10 hit points
or lower. If you are able to administer aid within 3 rounds of the
character’s death, you can make a Treat Injury check. The DC for
this check is 30. If the check succeeds, the dead character can
make a Constitution save (DC 15) to stabilize and be restored to 0
hit points. If you fail the skill check or the patient fails the save, the
dead character can’t be saved.

Medical Miracle 18th

At 18th level, you can revive a character reduced to -10 hit points
or lower. If you are able to administer aid within 3 minutes of the
character’s death, you can make a Treat Injury check. The DC for
this check is 40. If the check succeeds, the dead character can
make a Constitution save (DC 20) to stabilize and be restored to
1d6 hit points. If you fail the skill check or the patient fails the
Constitution save, the dead character can’t be restored.

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 OPERATIVE
Secrecy is the lifeblood of an Operative. You know better than
anyone the importance of keeping a secret... or revealing one. You
are a master of stealth and can infiltrate even the most secure
locations. Nothing can stay hidden from you when you apply your
investigation skills and extracting information is your specialty.
You are an Operative of the highest order and no one is beyond
your reach

Class Features
As a Operative, you have the following class features.

Hit Points
8 + your Constitution modifier
Increase your maximum number of HP by this
number at 1st level and every Operative level
thereafter.

Ability Augment
DEXTERITY
8 FREE

Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor
Weapons:: Simple weapons, hand crossbows, longswords,
rapiers, arming words, sidearms
Tools: Thieves’ tools, Evidence kit

Saving Throws
Dexterity, Intelligence

Skills
Choose any four.

Equipment
The equipment you start with is purchased at the end of character
creation. The amount of Barter Units (Bu) that you have available
to purchase with is determined by your background.

heroic action 1st

Starting at 1st level, and again at 10th and 20th level, you gain a
Heroic Action that can only be used once. The Heroic Action can
function as a any action or can be used to lose the dying condition
when your HP has hit 0 and regain 1 HP.
The GM can also award extra Heroic Actions for heroic deeds or
any other reason they see fit.

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 SECRET AGENT Spy Talk 1st
Level Proficiency Sneak Feats During your Operative training you learned Spy Talk, a secret mix
Bonus Attack of dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to hide messages in
1st +2 1d6 Background, Racial Trait, seemingly normal conversation. Only another creature that knows
Expertise, Sneak Attack, Spy spy talk understands such messages. It takes four times longer
Talk, Heroic Action to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea
2nd +2 1d6 Skill Prof, Cunning Action plainly.
3rd +2 2d6 Skill Prof , General Feat, In addition, you understand a set of secret signs and symbols
Profession used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area
4th +2 2d6 Skill Prof, Shadow Step is dangerous or the territory of a thieves’ guild, whether loot is
5th +3 3d6 Skill Prof, Racial Trait, nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will
Uncanny Dodge, Ability Score provide a safe house for thieves on the run.
Improvement
6th +3 3d6 Skill Prof, Expertise Skill Proficiency 2nd
7th +3 4d6 Skill Prof, General Feat, Evasion At 2nd level and every level after, you can choose to become
8th +3 4d6 Skill Prof proficient in a new skill or increase your proficiency in a current
9th +4 5d6 Skill Prof, Racial Trait, skill by +1.
Profession Feature
10th +4 5d6 Skill Prof, Ability Score Cunning Action 2nd
Improvement, Heroic Action Starting at 2nd level, your quick thinking and agility allow you to
11th +4 6d6 Skill Prof, General Feat, Reliable move and act quickly. You can take a bonus action on each of your
Talent turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dash,
12th +4 6d6 Skill Prof Disengage, or Hide action.
13th +5 7d6 Skill Prof, Racial Trait,
Profession Feature General Feat 3rd
14th +5 7d6 Skill Prof, Blindsense Starting at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 11th, 15th and 19th level,
15th +5 8d6 Skill Prof, General Feat, Slippery you can choose any General Feat as long as you qualify for it.
Mind, Ability Score Improvement
16th +5 8d6 Skill Prof Profession 3rd
17th +6 9d6 Skill Prof, Racial Trait, At 3rd level, you choose a profession that you emulate in the
Profession Feature exercise of your Operative abilities: Investigator, Renegade or
18th +6 9d6 Skill Prof, Elusive Infiltrator, all detailed at the end of the class description. Your
profession choice grants you features at 3rd level and then again
19th +6 10d6 Skill Prof, General Feat
at 9th, 13th, and 17th level.
20th +6 10d6 Skill Prof, Stroke of Luck, Ability
Score Improvement, Heroic
Action
Shadow Step 4th
At 4th level, you gain the ability to step from one shadow into
another. When you are in dim light or darkness, as a bonus action
Expertise 1st you can teleport up to 25 feet to an unoccupied space you can see
At 1st level, choose two of your skill proficiencies, or one of your that is also in dim light or darkness. You then have advantage on
skill proficiencies and your proficiency with thieves’ tools. Your the first melee attack you make before the end of the turn.
proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that
uses either of the chosen proficiencies. Ability Score Improvement 5th
At 6th level, you can choose two more of your proficiencies (in When you reach 5th level, and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th level,
skills or with thieves’ tools) to gain this benefit. you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can
increase two ability scores by 1. Your character can only improve
Sneak Attack 1st an ability score by 1 if it’s already 18 or above, or by 2 if it starts
out below 18.
Beginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a
foe’s distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage
to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on
Race Traits 5th
the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon. In addition to the initial race traits you started with, you gain a race
trait at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level. The list of race traits available
You don’t need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of
to you can be found in your race’s entry.
the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn’t incapacitated, and
you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll.
The amount of the extra damage increases as you gain levels in
Uncanny Dodge 5th
this class, as shown in the Sneak Attack column of the Operative Starting at 5th level, when an attacker that you can see hits you
table. with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack’s
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Evasion 7th
Beginning at 7th level, you can nimbly dodge out of the way of
certain area effects, such as a red dragon’s fiery breath or an ice
storm spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you
to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you
instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and
only half damage if you fail.
Reliable Talent 11th
By 11th level, you have refined your chosen skills until they
approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that
lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9
or lower as a 10.
Blindsense 14th
Starting at 14th level, if you are able to hear, you are aware of the
location of any hidden or invisible creature within 10 feet of you.
Slippery Mind 15th
By 15th level, you have acquired greater mental strength. You gain
proficiency in Wisdom and Intelligence saving throws.
Elusive 18th
Beginning at 18th level, you are so evasive that attackers rarely
gain the upper hand against you. No attack roll has advantage
against you while you aren’t incapacitated.
Stroke of Luck 20th
At 20th level, you have an uncanny knack for succeeding when you
need to. If your attack misses a target within range, you can turn
the miss into a hit. Alternatively, if you fail an ability check, you can
treat the d20 roll as a 20.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a
short or long rest.
Profession
Investigator
Not all Operative work against the law. Investigators use their skills
to serve the law, often in the employ of wealthy clients or in the
pursuit of noble causes. Often an investigator is a free agent who
pursues whatever mysteries come across their path. Of course,
not all investigators serve the law. Crime lords often have squads
of investigators serving their own nefarious purposes.
Jargon 3rd
At 3rd level, you may replace your knowledge of Spy Talk with
two forms of professional jargon. You can convince members
of the chosen professions that you are familiar with their work,
as if you had practiced it; unless they have some reason to be
suspicious (such as your lack of necessary physical attributes),
they will believe you are one of them. You may also use this ability
on the general public. Finally, you may deliberately say things
that seem like professional jargon to the general public, but have
a different meaning, or are obviously joking nonsense, to those
knowledgeable in the profession. You may use this to convey
a message secretly, as with Spy Talk, if the listener makes an
intelligence (Investigation) check against DC 10.
Creative Solutions 3rd
Starting at 3rd level, when you make an active ability check (that is,
one that comes from your action), you may state a creative idea for
how to do it. If the GM allows it, you may then use your intelligence
modifier instead of the ordinary modifier for that check. If the
ordinary modifier is negative, you use both. This is in addition to
any advantage the GM would have given you for the idea without
this feature. You can use this for only one underlying ability score
per long rest, and the number of times depends on the underlying
ability score:
Wisdom: Twice intelligence modifier
Dexterity: Intelligence modifier
Strength: Once (using leverage, etc.)
Con or Charisma: Once, but if you attempt it and the GM does not
allow your idea, subtract your intelligence modifier from the ability
check.
Detective’s Expertise 3rd
At the 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Perception (Investigate)
skill, and your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check
that uses this skill.
Preparation 9th
At 9th level, whenever you take the dodge action, you may name
one ability score aside from dexterity. You gain advantage on
saving throws in the chosen ability as long as you maintain
concentration, for up to 1 minute. Outside of combat, this gives you
advantage on all saving throws and checks against illusion spells,
as long as you are not poisoned, exhausted, or drunk. Illusions you
perceive that would not normally allow you a saving throw give
you a saving throw at disadvantage to note their illusory nature.
Detective 13th
Starting at 13th level, you may make an investigation check
against a creature you can observe. The creature rolls to set the
DC of this investigation check, as described below. If you succeed,
the GM tells you some weakness of this creature. There are two
situations where this applies:
Combat investigation: The creature uses their main attack skill as
a modifier on the DC roll. If your investigation succeeds, the GM
may choose from the following options:
Tell: You notice some subtle quirk of their attacks. You gain +2 AC
for any attacks from this creature, and the first time you hit them
with a sneak attack using this knowledge, they get disadvantage
on all melee attacks until next turn.
Goals: You can deduce something about their combat plans. You
learn something about a special attack or movement ability that
they have but which you haven’t directly observed. This might also
give you some other piece of information that is not otherwise
obvious, such as “the creature is trying to move the party away
from its young, which are hidden in that direction”, “this person
expects reinforcements to arrive soon”, “this spellcaster has spell
X prepared”, or “this person knows there is a secret door in that
wall”.
Weakness: Your sneak attacks against the creature are critical on
an 18 or above. If your sneak attack damages them at all, they
have disadvantage on any concentration checks.
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 Social investigation: The target uses a deception roll to set the
DC. This observation takes at least 1d10 rounds minus your
intelligence modifier, with a minimum of 1 round. You learn a
fact about the target, which you may use to add your intelligence
modifier to charisma-based ability checks against them. If you
can communicate with an ally without the target’s knowledge,
you may pass this knowledge of the target’s weakness to the
ally, and thus the ally may use this ability, using the average (half
the sum) of their intelligence modifier and yours. Facts might be
something the target feels guilty about or doesn’t want others to
know; something they particularly value or are a sucker for; some
particular interest of theirs; etc.
Legendary Detective 17th Sweep
At 17th level, you gain advantage on all checks involved in any of
the abilities above, and on all saving throws except Constitution. All
attempts to deceive you are done with disadvantage. Any creature
hit by your sneak attack automatically loses concentration and
cannot take reactions until your next turn.
Renegade
A special kind of Operative, dissatisfied with the established order
looking to change the balance of power through a more direct
approach.
Bonus Proficiencies 3rd
You gain proficiency in Martial ranged weapons.
Brazen Attack 3rd
Starting at 3rd level, you can use a bonus action before attacking,
to cause your next sneak attack damage roll to affect a second
creature if your roll would hit that creature as well. Doing so will
cause your sneak attack damage to be split in-half between the 2
affected creatures.
I Have Ways... 9th
Starting at 9th level, you always know what time it is currently and
can determine precise timings. Additionally, if you are trying to get
information out of a creature you can choose to roll a Treat Injury
check to attempt to torture the information out if them. After you
roll your check they must make a Constitution or Charisma saving
throw with the total of your Treat Injury check as the DC.
Sadistic Precision 13th Master Infiltrator
Starting at 13th level, a creature that takes damage from
your Brazen Attack must make a Wisdom saving throw,
(DC = 8 + Dexterity modifier + proficiency bonus) being frightened
until the start of your next turn on a failed save.
Ends Justify Means 17th
Starting at 17th level, when you successfully deal damage with
your Brazen Attack, those creatures must make a Constitution
saving throw, or be paralyzed until the end of your next turn, being
poisoned for a minute on a success.
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Infiltrator (TL 1)
An infiltrator can break into places others wouldn’t dream of,
find what it’s looking for, and get back out again while eluding
or evading anyone who would try to stop him. An infiltrator is a
master of stealth, breaking and entering, and second—story work.
Bonus Proficiencies 3rd
When you choose this discipline at 3rd level, you gain proficiency
with the disguise kit and hacking tools.
3rd
Starting at 3rd level, you know how to size up an area and get
the lay of the land in a single sweep of your eyes that often isn’t
perceptible to those around you.
You can use your bonus action granted by your Cunning Action
to make the Search action. You also gain advantage on the check
when looking for alarms, surveillance devices, escape routes and
any expensive objects that can easily be concealed and carried
away.
Infiltration Adept 9th
At 9th level, you have a number of infiltration dice equal to your
Dexterity modifier, which are d8s. You regain all of your expended
infiltration dice when you finish a long or short rest. You can
expend an infiltration dice and add it to the result for the following
checks after you roll, but before the DM says whether the roll
succeeds or fails.
Whenever you make a Dexterity (Stealth) check.
Whenever you make an attack roll while hiding.
Whenever you make a check using, disarming or repairing an
electronic or mechanical device.
Engineering 13th
At 13th level, you understand how machines and electronic devices
work. You gain advantage on checks to use, disarm or repair an
electronic or mechanical devices.
Additionally, when you fail to deactivate a trap, explosive or alarm,
you can use your reaction to avoid triggering the effect (activating
the trap, detonate an explosive or trigger an alarm). You can use
this feature once per short or long rest.
17th
At 17th level, your infiltration dice are now d10s, and you can
expend up to two infiltration dices for each check instead of only
one.
Additionally, whenever you make a check using tools you are not
proficient, you can add half your proficiency bonus to the check.
 PSIONIC
A mind is a terrible thing to waste and no one knows this fact
better than a Psionic. You have unlocked the vast powers of
your mind and can bend the very fabric of reality to your
will. You have the ability to read other creature’s thoughts,
move things with your mind, change the weather around
you, infuse allies with courage, manipulate the perception
of your enemies, unleash blasts of pure psychic power,
and much more. If you think it, you can do it. Unlimited
possibilities await you as a Psionic.

Class Features
As a Psionic, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points
8 + your Constitution modifier
Increase your maximum number of HP by this number at
1st level and every Psionic level thereafter.

Ability Augment
INTELLIGENCE
8 FREE

Proficiencies
Armor: None
Weapons:: Simple weapons, sidearms
Tools: None

Saving Throws
Intelligence, Wisdom

Skills
Choose two from Arcana, Perception, Animal Handling, Treat
Injury, Occultism, and Religion

Equipment
The equipment you start with is purchased at the end of character
creation. The amount of Barter Units (Bu) that you have available
to purchase with is determined by your background.

heroic action 1st

Starting at 1st level, and again at 10th and 20th level, you gain a
Heroic Action that can only be used once. The Heroic Action can
function as a any action or can be used to lose the dying condition
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PSIONIC
any other reason they see fit.
Level Proficiency Feats Powers Psi
Psionic Ability 1st 1st
Bonus
+2 Background, Racial Trait,
Known Points
2 4
You gain access to the Common psionic powers listed on the Psionic Ability, Animal
Table: Psionic Powers. Intelligence is your ability for your psionic Companion, Heroic Action
powers. You use your Intelligence modifier when setting the 2nd +2 Skill Prof, Telepathy 3 8
saving throw DC for a psychic discipline or when making an attack
3rd +2 General Feat, Psychic 4 12
roll with one.
Discipline
Save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Int modifier 4th +2 Skill Prof 5 16
Attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Int modifier 5th +3 Racial Trait, 6 20
Psychic Infusion (1d8)
Animal Companion 1st Ability Score Improvement

Your mental powers gain you the service of a young animal 6th +3 Skill Prof, Psychic 7 24
Discipline Feature
companion that travels with you and obeys psychic commands as
best as it can. See Animal Companions on page 310. 7th +3 General Feat 8 28
8th +3 Skill Prof, Devouring Will 9 32
Skill Proficiency 2nd 9th +4 Racial Trait 10 36
At 2nd level and every even-level after, you can choose to become 10th +4 Skill Prof, Psychic Discipline 11 40
proficient in a new skill or increase your proficiency in a current Feature, Ability Score
skill by +1. Improvement, Heroic Action
11th +4 General Feat 12 44
Telepathy 2nd 12th +4 Skill Prof, Psychic Infusion 13 48
At 2nd level, your mind awakens to the ability to communicate via (2d8)
telepathy. You can telepathically speak to any creature you can 13th +5 Racial Trait 14 52
see within 120 feet of you in this manner. You don’t need to share 14th +5 Skill Prof, Psychic 15 56
a language with the creature for it to understand your telepathic Discipline Feature
messages, but the creature must be able to understand at least 15th +5 General Feat, 16 60
one language or be telepathic itself. Ability Score Improvement
16th +5 Skill Prof 17 64
Psychic Discipline 3rd 17th +6 Racial Trait 18 68
At 3rd level, you choose a discipline that you aspire to master, 18th +6 Skill Prof, Psychic 19 72
Telepath, Battle Mind or Mystic all detailed at the end of the class Discipline Feature,
description. Your discipline grants you features at 3rd level and
19th +6 General Feat 20 76
then again at 6th, 10th, 14th and 18th level.
20th +6 Skill Prof, Transcendent, 21 80
General Feat 3rd Ability Score Improvement,
Heroic Action
Starting at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 11th, 15th and 19th level,
you can choose any General Feat as long as you qualify for it.
Devouring Will 8th
Ability Score Improvement 5th At 8th level, you gain the ability to sacrifice your physical durability
When you reach 5th level, and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th level, in exchange for psionic power. When activating a psionic power,
you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can you can pay its psi point cost with your hit points, instead of using
increase two ability scores by 1. Your character can only improve any psi points. Your current hit points and hit point maximum
an ability score by 1 if it’s already 18 or above, or by 2 if it starts are both reduced by the number of hit points you spend. This
out below 18. reduction can’t be lessened in any way, and the reduction to your
hit point maximum lasts until you finish a long rest. Once you use
Race Traits 5th this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.
In addition to the initial race traits you started with, you gain a race
trait at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level. The list of race traits available
Transcendent 20th
to you can be found in your race’s entry. At 20th level, your mastery of psionic power causes your mind to
transcend the body. Your physical form is infused with psionic
Psychic Infusion 5th energy. You gain the following benefits:
At 5th level, you gain the ability to infuse your weapon attacks with • You gain resistance to ballistic, bludgeoning, piercing, and
psychic energy. Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature slashing damage.
with a weapon, you can deal an extra 1d8 psychic damage to that • You no longer age.
target. When you reach 12th level, this extra damage increases to
2d8. In addition, you add your Intelligence modifier to any damage • You are immune to disease, poison damage, and the poisoned
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 • If you die, roll a d20. On a 10 or higher, you discorporate with 0 hit
points, instead of dying, and you fall unconscious. You and your
gear disappear. You appear at a spot of your choice 1d3 days
later on the plane of existence where you died, having gained the
benefits of one long rest.
Psychic Disciplines
Each discipline gives you access to a different set of psionic
powers; see table Psionic Powers at the end of this section. All
disciplines have access to the Common powers.
Telepath
The telepath is a Psionic that uses their vast mental powers
for teleportation, telekineses, mind manipulation, and psychic
domination. They are the elite mental powerhouse.
Psicraft 3rd
Use this skill to identify psionic powers as they manifest or psionic
effects already in place.
Psionic Investigation 3rd
Starting at 3rd level, you can focus your mind to read the psionic
imprint left on an object. If you hold an object and concentrate on
it for 10 minutes (as if concentrating on a psionic discipline), you
learn a few basic facts about it. You gain a mental image from the
object’s point of view, showing the last creature to hold the object
within the past 24 hours.
You also learn of any events that have occurred within 20 feet of
the object within the past hour. The events you perceive unfold
from the object’s perspective. You see and hear such events as if
you were there, but can’t use other senses.
Additionally, you can embed an intangible psionic sensor within
the object. For the next 24 hours, you can use an action to learn
the object’s location relative to you (its distance and direction) and
to look at the object’s surroundings from its point of view as if you
were there. This perception lasts until the start of your next turn.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a
short or long rest.
Trigger Power 6th
At 6th, 9th, and 14th level, you choose one psionic power that you
can attempt to manifest for no Psi Point cost.
At each of these levels, you select one 1 psi, 2 psi, 3 psi or 4 psi
power you can use. From that point on, you can attempt to trigger
that power without paying its cost. To trigger a power, you must
have enough Psi Points to cover the normal cost of the power
manifestation. Then, make an ability check appropriate to the
power. If you succeed at the ability check, the power manifests
with no cost in power points. If the check fails, you pay the Psi
Point cost and the power manifests.
DCs for the ability check depend on the number of the Psi Points
the power costs: 1 psi, DC 11; 2 psi, DC 13; 3 psi, DC 15; and 4 psi,
DC 17.
Superior Teleportation 10th Phantom Knife
At 10th level, you gain a superior talent for teleportation. When you
use a psionic power to teleport any distance, you can increase that
distance by up to 30 feet.
Psionic Surge 14th
Starting at 14th level, you can overload your psychic focus to batter
down an opponent’s defenses. You can impose disadvantage on
a target’s saving throw against a power or talent you use. You
cannot use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest.
Maximize Power 18th
At 18th level, you learn to manifest psionic powers to maximum
effect. All variable, numeric effects of a maximized power
automatically achieve their maximum values. A maximized power
deals the most possible points of damage, affects the maximum
number of targets, and so forth, as appropriate. Saving throws
and opposed checks are not affected. Powers without random
variables are not affected.
A maximized power costs a number of Psi Points equal to its
normal cost +6.
Battle Mind
A battle mind has honed their mental acuity for pure destruction.
Psychic blades and blasts of pure psychic power are at the
forefront of their fearsome repertoire.
Psi-Blade 3rd
Upon choosing Battle Mind, you gain the ability to manifest a
blade of psychic energy. As a bonus action, you create scintillating
knives of energy that project from both of your fists. You can’t hold
anything in your hands while manifesting these blades. You can
dismiss them as a bonus action. For you, a psi-blade is a martial
melee weapon with the light and finesse properties. It deals 1d8
psychic damage on a hit. As a bonus action, you can prepare
to use the blades to parry; you gain a +2 bonus to AC until the
start of your next turn or until you are incapacitated. At 7th level,
the psi-blade gains a +1 enhancement bonus. At 11th level the
enhancement bonus improves to +2. At 14th level, it improves to
+3, and at 17th level it improves to +4. You can apply the Weapon
Focus feat to the psi-blade.
Psychic Shield 3rd
Upon choosing Battle Mind, you can manifest a shield of psychic
energy, outlining your body in a barely perceptible glowing nimbus
that provides a +3 bonus to AC. The shield can be manifested as
a move action, and it lasts for a number of rounds equal to your
level or until you will it to dissipate. You can create another shield
on your next move action, as long as your Psi Point reserve is 1 or
more.
Consumptive Knife 6th
Starting at 6th level, whenever you slay an enemy creature with a
psi-blade attack, you immediately regain 2 psi points.
Improved Psi-Blade 10th
At 10th level, your psi-blade increases in damage capability. It now
deals 2d8 points of psychic damage on a successful attack.
14th
Starting at 14th level, you can make an attack that phases through
most defenses. As an action, you can make one attack with
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regardless of the target’s actual AC.

Improved Psychic Shield 14th

At 14th level, your psychic shield improves. It now provides a +6
bonus to AC.

Ultimate Psi-Blade 18th

At 18th level, your psi-blade increases further in damage capability.
It now deals 3d8 points of psychic damage on a successful attack.

Mystic
Mystics have transcended the mortal and delve into the etherial
with powers that shape creation. Healing and elemental forces
are at their beck and call. Such Psionics bring life and death with
equal ease.

Psionic Resilience 3rd

Starting at 3rd level, your psionic energy grants you extraordinary
fortitude. At the start of each of your turns, you gain temporary hit
points equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 0) if you
have at least 1 hit point.

Surge of Health 6th

Starting at 6th level, you can draw on your psychic focus to escape
death’s grasp. As a reaction when you take damage, you can halve
that damage against you. Your psychic focus immediately ends if
it’s active, and you can’t use it until you finish a short or long rest.
You can’t use this feature if you can’t use your psychic focus.

Spectral Form 10th

At 10th level, you gain the ability to become a ghostly figure of
psionic energy. As an action, you can transform into a transparent,
ghostly version of yourself. While in this form, you have resistance
to all damage, move at half speed, and can pass through objects
and creatures while moving but can’t willingly end your movement
in their spaces. The form lasts for 10 minutes or until you use an
action to end it.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a
long rest.

Immortal Will 14th

Starting at 14th level, you can draw on your reserves of psionic
power to survive beyond death. At the end of your turn while at
0 hit points, you can spend 5 psi points to immediately regain a
number of hit points equal to your mystic level + your Constitution
modifier.

Avatar of Healing 18th

Beginning at 18th level, you project an aura of resilience. While
you aren’t incapacitated, each ally within 30 feet of you who can
see you regains additional hit points equal to your Intelligence
modifier (minimum of 0) whenever they regain hit points from a
psionic power.

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 PSIONIC POWERS
COMMON TELEPATH BATTLE MIND MYSTIC
1-PSI POINT 1-PSI POINT 1-PSI POINT 1-PSI POINT
Floating Path Charming Damage Dealer Chain Lightning
Mental Weapon Darkness Enhance Weapon Corrosive Touch
Psionic Blast Depression Force Back Flesh of Stone
Psychic Parry Perceived Threat Incinerate Healing Thoughts
Push 2-PSI POINTS 2-PSI POINTS Ice Spear
Seize Weapon Assess Foe Defensive Foresight Soothing Presence
2-PSI POINTS Attention Grab Greater Strength Venom
Find Comfort Pre-Cog Wind Tunnel
Hold Weapon Coordinated Projectile Awareness 2-PSI POINTS
Psychic Tide Create Fear Psychic Backlash Acid
3-PSI POINTS Emotion Sense Thick Skin Cocoon
Fire Box Fake Conscience 3-PSI POINTS Ice Slick
Grab Incite Violence Enhanced Senses Illuminate
Identify Object Mindless Charge Group Cloak Primordial Resistance
Rebounding Field Remove Fear Pre-Cog II Tornado
5-PSI POINTS 3-PSI POINTS Telekinetic Wall Wall of Clouds
Detonation Assess Foe II Translucent Armor 3-PSI POINTS
Floating Path II Aura of Advantage 5-PSI POINTS Adaptation Reserve
Lurker Vision Aura of Mirth Augment Weapon Palisade
Water Breathing Phantom Blazing Armor Swap
6-PSI POINTS Restoration Covering Fire Water Cannon
Skip Travel X-Ray Vision Psychic Bubble 5-PSI POINTS
7-PSI POINTS 5-PSI POINTS Tactical Force Breath of Acid
Psychic Bombardment Dominating Will 6-PSI POINTS Breath of Life
Double-Cross Psychic Blast Lexicon
Group Panic Thick Skin II Light Ray
Mental Storm 7-PSI POINTS Lightning Dance
Revulsion Gigantic Mind Tickle
6-PSI POINTS Mad Rush Primordial Resistance II
Confidence Microscopic Recovery Field
Grand Delusion Overwhelming Assault Swap II
Psychic Paralysis Sleet Storm
7-PSI POINTS 6-PSI POINTS
Charming Presence Ice Wall
Imaginary Treasure Misty Form
Lasting Invisibility Thunder Screen
Psychic Domination Water Orb
7-PSI POINTS
Animate Elemental
Gateway
Poison Breath
Primordial Immunity
Restoring Touch
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 SHARPSHOOTER
You are the supreme distance killer. As a Sharpshooter you are
the elite of the elite in ranged combat. Bows and firearms are
your weapons of choice. The greater the range,
the better you like it. However, you aren’t afraid
to get up close and personal.
You may even choose to
have an animal companion to watch your back.
But your lethal prowess does not merely rely on such
mundane skills. You have also tapped into the vast powers of
nature. Elemental forces are yours to command. Blade, bullet and
spell make you a true triple-threat.

Class Features
As a ranger, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points
10 + your Constitution modifier
Increase your maximum number of HP by this number at 1st level
and every Sharpshooter level thereafter.

Ability Augment
DEXTERITY
8 FREE

Proficiencies
Armor:: Light armor, medium armor, shields
Weapons:: Simple weapons, martial weapons, longarms
Tools: None

Saving Throws
Strength, Dexterity

Skills
Choose three from Animal Handling, Athletics, Knowledge, Nature,
Perception, Stealth, and Survival

Equipment
The equipment you start with is purchased at the end of character
creation. The amount of Barter Units (Bu) that you have available
to purchase with is determined by your background.

heroic action 1st

Starting at 1st level, and again at 10th and 20th level, you gain a
Heroic Action that can only be used once. The Heroic Action can
function as a any action or can be used to lose the dying condition

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 SHARPSHOOTER
Level Proficiency Feats Spells 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Bonus Known
1st +2 Background, Racial Trait, Favored Enemy, Natural Explorer, Heroic Action - - - - - -
2nd +2 Skill Prof, Fighting Style, Spellcasting 2 2 - - - -
3rd +2 General Feat, Vocation, Primeval Awareness 3 3 - - - -
4th +2 Skill Prof, Called Shots 3 3 - - - -
5th +3 Racial Trait, Extra Attack, Ability Score Improvement 4 4 2 - - -
6th +3 Skill Prof, Favored Enemy and Natural Explorer improvements 4 4 2 - - -
7th +3 General Feat, Vocation Feature 5 4 3 - - -
8th +3 Skill Prof, Land’s Stride 5 4 3 - - -
9th +4 Racial Trait 6 4 3 2 - -
10th +4 Skill Prof, Natural Explorer improvement, Hide in Plain Sight, Ability Score 6 4 3 2 - -
Improvement, Heroic Action
11th +4 General Feat, Vocation Feature 7 4 3 3 - -
12th +4 Skill Prof 7 4 3 3 - -
13th +5 Racial Trait 8 4 3 3 1 -
14th +5 Skill Prof, Favored Enemy improvement, Vanish 8 4 3 3 1 -
15th +5 General Feat, Vocation Feature, Ability Score Improvement 9 4 3 3 2 -
16th +5 Skill Prof 9 4 3 3 2 -
17th +6 Racial Trait 10 4 3 3 3 1
18th +6 Skill Prof, Feral Senses 10 4 3 3 3 1
19th +6 General Feat 11 4 3 3 3 2
20th +6 Skill Prof, Foe Slayer, Ability Score Improvement, Heroic Action 11 4 3 3 3 2

when your HP has hit 0 and regain 1 HP. the following benefits:
The GM can also award extra Heroic Actions for heroic deeds or • Difficult terrain doesn’t slow your group’s travel.
any other reason they see fit.
• Your group can’t become lost except by magical means.

favoreD eneMy 1st
Beginning at 1st level, you have significant experience studying,
tracking, hunting, and even talking to a certain type of enemy.
Choose a type of favored enemy: aberrations, beasts, celestials,
constructs, dragons, elementals, fiends, giants, monstrosities,
oozes, plants, or undead. Alternatively, you can select two races of
humanoid (such as elves and orcs) as favored enemies.
• Even when you are engaged in another activity while traveling
(such as foraging, navigating, or tracking), you remain alert to
danger.
• If you are traveling alone, you can move stealthily at a normal
pace.
• When you forage, you find twice as much food as you normally
would.

You have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track your
favored enemies, as well as on Intelligence checks to recall
information about them.
When you gain this feature, you also learn one language of your
choice that is spoken by your favored enemies, if they speak one
at all.
You choose one additional favored enemy, as well as an associated
language, at 6th and 14th level. As you gain levels, your choices
should reflect the types of monsters you have encountered on
your adventures.
natural exPlorer
You are particularly familiar with one type of natural environment
and are adept at traveling and surviving in such regions. Choose
one type of favored terrain: arctic, coast, desert, forest, grassland,
mountain, or swamp. When you make an Intelligence or Wisdom
check related to your favored terrain, your proficiency bonus is
doubled if you are using a skill that you’re proficient in.
While traveling for an hour or more in your favored terrain, you gain
• While tracking other creatures, you also learn their exact number,
their sizes, and how long ago they passed through the area.
You choose additional favored terrain types at 6th and 10th level.
fiGhtinG style 2nD
At 2nd level, you adopt a particular style of fighting as your
specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can’t take
a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to
choose again.
Shooter. You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged
weapons.
1st Defense. While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.
Dueling. When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and
no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that
weapon.
Two-Weapon Fighting . When you engage in two weapon fighting,
you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second
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 Skill Proficiency 2nd
At 2nd level and every even-level after, you can choose to become
proficient in a new skill or increase your proficiency in a current
skill by +1.
Spellcasting 2nd
By the time you reach 2nd level, you have learned to use the
magical essence of nature to cast spells from the Elemental spell
list.
Spell Slots 2nd
The Sharpshooter table shows how many spell slots you have to
cast your spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells,
you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all
expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.
For example, if you know the 1st-level spell animal friendship and
have a 1st level and a 2nd level spell slot available, you can cast
animal friendship using either slot.
Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher
You know two 1st level spells of your choice from the Elemental
spell list.
The Spells Known column of the Sharpshooter table shows when
you learn more spells of your choice. Each of these spells must be
of a level for which you have spell slots. For instance, when you
reach 5th level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or
2nd level.
Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose
one of the Elemental spells you know and replace it with another
spell from the Elemental spell list, which also must be of a level for
which you have spell slots.
Spellcasting Ability 2nd
Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your Elemental spells,
since your magic draws on your attunement to nature. You use
your Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability.
In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving
throw DC for a Elemental spell you cast and when making an
attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom
modifier
General Feat 3rd
Starting at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 11th, 15th and 19th level,
you can choose any General Feat as long as you qualify for it.
Vocation 3rd
At 3rd level, you choose a vocation that you strive to achieve:
Hunter, Sniper or Beast Lord, all are detailed at the end of the class
description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again
at 7th, 11th, and 15th level.
Primeval Awareness 3rd
Beginning at 3rd level, you can use your action and expend one
ranger spell slot to focus your awareness on the region around
you. For 1 minute per level of the spell slot you expend, you can
sense whether the following types of creatures are present within
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1 mile of you (or within up to 6 miles if you are in your favored
terrain): aberrations, celestials, dragons, elementals, fiends, and
undead. This feature doesn’t reveal the creatures’ location or
number.
Called Shots 4th
When you reach 4th level, you can make called shots (page 192).
Ability Score Improvement 5th
When you reach 5th level, and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th level,
you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can
increase two ability scores by 1. Your character can only improve
an ability score by 1 if it’s already 18 or above, or by 2 if it starts
out below 18.
Race Traits 5th
In addition to the initial race traits you started with, you gain a race
trait at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level. The list of race traits available
to you can be found in your race’s entry.
Extra Attack 5th
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once,
whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Land’s Stride 8th
Starting at 8th level, moving through nonmagical difficult terrain
costs you no extra movement. You can also pass through
nonmagical plants without being slowed by them and without
taking damage from them if they have thorns, spines, or a similar
hazard.
In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against plants
that are magically created or manipulated to impede movement,
such those created by the entangle spell.
Hide in Plain Sight 10th
Starting at 10th level, you can spend 1 minute creating camouflage
for yourself. You must have access to fresh mud, dirt, plants, soot,
and other naturally occurring materials with which to create your
camouflage.
Once you are camouflaged in this way, you can try to hide by
pressing yourself up against a solid surface, such as a tree or wall,
that is at least as tall and wide as you are. You gain a +10 bonus
to Dexterity (Stealth) checks as long as you remain there without
moving or taking actions. Once you move or take an action or a
reaction, you must camouflage yourself again to gain this benefit.
Vanish 14th
Starting at 14th level, you can use the Hide action as a bonus
action on your turn. Also, you can’t be tracked by nonmagical
means, unless you choose to leave a trail.
Feral Senses 18th
At 18th level, you gain preternatural senses that help you fight
creatures you can’t see. When you attack a creature you can’t see,
your inability to see it doesn’t impose disadvantage on your attack
rolls against it.
You are also aware of the location of any invisible creature within
30 feet of you, provided that the creature isn’t hidden from you and
you aren’t blinded or deafened.
Foe Slayer 20th
At 20th level, you become an unparalleled hunter of your enemies.
Once on each of your turns, you can add your Wisdom modifier to
the attack roll or the damage roll of an attack you make against
one of your favored enemies. You can choose to use this feature
before or after the roll, but before any effects of the roll are applied.
Vocation
Hunter
Hunters are the bulwark between civilization and the terrors of
the wilderness. They learn specialized techniques for fighting the
threats they face, from rampaging ogres and hordes of orcs to
towering giants and terrifying dragons.
Hunter’s Prey 3rd
At 3rd level, you gain one of the following features of your choice.
COLOSSUS SLAYER. Your tenacity can wear down the most potent
foes. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, the creature
takes an extra 1d8 damage if it’s below its hit point maximum. You
can deal this extra damage only once per turn.
GIANT KILLER. When a Large or larger creature within 5 feet of you
hits or misses you with an attack, you can use your reaction to
attack that creature immediately after its attack, provided that you
can see the creature.
HORDE BREAKER. Once on each of your turns when you make
a weapon attack, you can make another attack with the same
weapon against a different creature that is within 5 feet of the
original target and within range of your weapon.
Long Range 3rd
At 3rd level, attacking at a weapon’s short or long range no longer
poses disadvantage on the attack roll.
Surprise Attack 3rd
At 3rd level, Nothing is more surprising than an arrow flying at you
when you can’t see the shooter. If you are hidden from your target,
your ranged weapon attacks can score a critical hit on a roll of 18
or higher.
Snares 7th
At 7th level. You can create snares. You know how to create four
snares. It takes one 1 min and 50 Bu to create a snare A snare is
built within a single 5-foot square. Once constructed, it can’t be
moved without destroying (and often triggering) the snare.
Unless stated otherwise in a snare’s description, when a Small or
larger creature enters a snare’s square, the snare’s effect occurs
and then the snare is destroyed.
Warning Snare: Using materials specific to the area, you connect
a sound‑making component to a trip wire or a pressure plate.
Its subtle sound blends into ambient noise. You can detect this
sound as long as you’re within 1,000 feet of the snare and aren’t
prevented from hearing it. Other creatures in that area who are
searching might notice the sound if their Perception check
exceeds the DC 20.
Spike Snare: This basic snare consists of hidden spikes that rely
on a creature’s momentum to lacerate or potentially impale it as
it enters the snare’s square, dealing 2d8 piercing damage. The
creature must attempt a DC 17 basic Reflex saving throw.
Flashbang Snare: When a creature enters this snare’s square,
it triggers a flashbang device, which explodes with a bang that
can be heard from 200 feet away and deals 1d8 fire damage. The
creature must attempt a DC 18 Reflex save. On successful save,
the creature takes half damage, on a failure the creature takes full
damage and is deafened for one round.
Vice Snare: The snare’s jaws shut on the leg of a creature that
steps on it. The snare deals 5d6 piercing damage to the first
creature that enters its square; that creature must attempt a DC 18
Reflex save. On a successful save the creature takes half damage,
on a failed save the creature takes full damage and cannot move
until they have a successful save.
Tenacious Assault 11th
At 11th level, you have the ability to ensure your attacks count.
If you miss with an attack during your turn, you can immediately
make an additional attack against the same creature. You can
gain one additional attack during your turn with this ability.
Volley 15th
At 15th level, You can use your action to make a ranged attack
against any number of creatures within a 10 feet radius of a
point you can see within your weapon’s range. You must have
ammunition for each target, as normal, and you make a separate
attack roll for each target.
Sniper (TL 1)
The sniper is the ultimate distance killer. Bows and longarms
are their preferred weapons. No enemy is safe when a sniper is
present.
Sharpest Shooter 3rd
You have mastered longarms and can make shots that others find
impossible. You gain the following benefits:
• Attacking at long range doesn’t impose disadvantage on your
firearm attack rolls.
• Your firearm weapon attacks ignore half cover and three-
quarters cover.
• Before you make an attack with a firearm that you are proficient
with, you can choose to take a -5 penalty to the attack roll. If the
attack hits, you add +10 to the attack’s damage.
Silent Shot 3rd
At 3rd level, you can mentally silence the sound of your firearm’s
gunshot. You can use this ability a number of times based on your
Sharpshooter level. You regain all spend uses after a long rest.
Evasion 7th
At 7th level, you let nothing escape their watchful eyes, and are an
expert at dodging wide area attacks, such as a storm of bullets or
acidic waves. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you
to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you
instead take no damage if you succeed.
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 Trick Shot 11th
At 11th level, shooting a longarm has become so easy to you that
you’ve decided to challenge yourself by making trick shots. These
trick shots have special effects that apply when you hit the target.
Choose three of the following special effects to learn. You may
apply one effect per ranged weapon attack you make and only one
per attack action. You may use up twice your Wisdom modifier
Trick Shots per short rest.
DISARM. When you hit a creature with a longarm attack, it drops
one item (of your choice) that it is holding. That item flies 15 feet
from the creature in a random direction.
PIN. When you hit a creature with a longarm attack, it is immobilized
until the end of your next turn.
HEAD SHOT. When you hit a creature with a longarm attack, add
1d10 damage to the damage roll.
POISON ARROW. When you hit a creature with a longarm attack, it
is poisoned for its next 1d6 turns.
FORCEFUL SHOT. When you hit a creature with a longarm attack,
it is pushed back 10 feet.
SETUP SHOT. When you hit a creature with a longarm attack, you
have advantage on your next attack against it.
Ever Vigilant 15th
At 15th level, you have become a vigilant guardian for all those you
protect, be it from close range or afar. You can use a reaction in
order to take a shot at any enemy that is within your weapon’s range
if they attempt to attack or cast a spell at any creatures friendly to
you. If you hit, the creature’s attack or spell automatically fails,
dealing no damage if it would normally do so. If they were casting
a spell, the spell slot is wasted.
decisions, attitudes, and so on. If you are incapacitated or absent,
your companion acts on its own.
• When using your Natural Explorer feature, you and your animal
companion can both move stealthily at a normal pace.
• Your companion uses your proficiency bonus rather than its
own for attacks and skills which it is proficient in.
• An animal companion also adds your proficiency bonus to its
AC and to its damage rolls.
• For each level you gain after 3rd, your animal companion gains
an additional hit die and increases its hit points accordingly.
Whenever you gain the Ability Score Improvement class feature,
your companion’s abilities also improve. Your companion can
increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or it can increase
two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, your companion
can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature unless
its description specifies otherwise.
Your animal companion gains the benefits of your Favored Enemy
feature, and of your Greater Favored Enemy feature when you gain
that feature at 6th level. It uses the favored enemies you selected
for those features.
Coordinated Attack 7th
Beginning at 7th level, when you use the Attack action on your
turn, if your companion can see you, it can use its reaction to make
a melee attack against any creature within range.
Storm of Claws and Fangs 11th
At 11th level, your companion can use its action to make a melee
attack against each creature of its choice within 5 feet of it, with
a separate attack roll for each target. This does not interfere with
Coordinated Attack.

Beast Lord Beast Master 15th

At 15th level, you gain the ability to summon a second beast
These Sharpshooters are a friend to all beasts and they assist
companion of CR 1/3 your level or lower.
them in their adventures. Not a lone wolf, beast lords hunt in packs
with their animal companions to make a fearsome team.

Animal Companion 3rd

At 3rd level, you can select your companion from any beast with
a CR of 1/4 of your level rounded down. However, your GM might
pick one of these animals for you, based on the surrounding terrain
and on what types of creatures would logically be present in the
area. At 7th level your CR cap increases to 1/3 your level.
Your animal companion gains all the benefits of your Companion’s
Bond ability.
If your animal companion is ever slain, the magical bond you share
allows you to return it to life. With a full day of rest, you call forth
your companion’s spirit and use your magic to create a new body
for it. You can return an animal companion to life in this manner
even if you do not possess any part of its body.
See Animal Companions on page 310.

Companion’s Bond 3rd

Your animal companion gains a variety of benefits while it is linked
to you.
• The companion obeys your commands as best it can. It rolls for
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 SILVERTONGUE
Words hold power. Silvertongues know and appreciate this fact
more than most. As a Silvertongue, you are well aware that the
right words can soothe the savage beast or ignite the spark
of revolution. You have the wisdom and cunning to entice and
encourage. Victory belongs to those who control the narrative!

Class Features
As a Silvertongue, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points
6 + your Constitution modifier
Increase your maximum number of HP by this number at 1st level
and every Silvertongue level thereafter.

Ability Augment
CHARISMA
8 FREE

Proficiencies
Armor: None
Weapons: Simple weapons, sidearms
Tools: Forgery kit, Disguise kit

Saving Throws
Charisma, Dexterity

Skills
Choose any two

Equipment
The equipment you start with is purchased at the
end of character creation. The amount of Barter
Units (Bu) that you have available to purchase with
is determined by your background.

heroic action 1st

Starting at 1st level, and again at 10th and 20th level,
you gain a Heroic Action that can only be used once.
The Heroic Action can function as a any action or can
be used to lose the dying condition when your HP has
hit 0 and regain 1 HP.
The GM can also award extra Heroic Actions for heroic
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 follows: A hostile target ceases being Hostile, yet would not be
SILVERTONGUE
considered Friendly. A target who is neither Hostile nor Friendly
Level Proficiency Feats becomes Friendly with you. A target who is Friendly with you is
Bonus now Charmed. These effects last until you use this ability on a
1st +2 Background, Racial Trait, Heroic Action, different target. If your check fails, the target has advantage on its
Battle Cry, Con Artist, Scathing Insult Wisdom (Insight) roll to contest this for 1 hour.
2nd +2 Skill Prof, Commanding Presence At 20th level, Your soothing words have incredible power, getting
3rd +2 General Feat, Persuasiveness Feature you out of even the most difficult situations. If your check passes,
4th +2 Skill Prof, AutoCorrect you have the ability to shift the target’s opinion of you as follows:
5th +3 Racial Trait, Ability Score Improvement A Hostile target becomes friendly A target who is neither Friendly
nor Hostile becomes Charmed A target who is Friendly is Charmed
6th +3 Skill Prof, Distraction
A target who has gone into a Rage ceases their Rage immediately
7th +3 General Feat, Persuasiveness Feature and becomes Hostile to you. These effects last for as long as the
8th +3 Skill Prof, Class Feat target remains within 30 feet of you, and can be used on many
9th +4 Racial Trait targets at a time. If your check fails, the target has advantage on
its Wisdom (Insight) roll to contest this for 1 minute, rather than
10th +4 Skill Prof, Persuasiveness Feature, Ability
1 hour.
Score Improvement, Heroic Action
11th
12th
+4
+4
General Feat,
Skill Prof, Psychologist
Scathing Insult 1st
Words can hurt. As an attack action, you unleash a string of insults
13th +5 Racial Trait
laced with malicious hatred at a creature you can see within
14th +5 Skill Prof range. If the target can hear and understand you, it must succeed
15th +5 General Feat, Persuasiveness Feature, on a Charisma saving throw or take 1d6 fire damage and have
Ability Score Improvement disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its
16th +5 Skill Prof next turn.
17th +6 Racial Trait On a successful save, the target gains advantage on the first
18th +6 Skill Prof, Persuasiveness Feature attack roll it makes against you before the end of its next turn.
19th +6 General Feat At Higher Levels. This feat’s damage increases by 1d6 when you
reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).
20th +6 Skill Prof, Ability Score Improvement,
Heroic Action
Commanding Presence 2nd
Starting at 2nd level, you gain proficiency in the Intimidation or
Battle Cry 1st Persuasion skill, and if you already have proficiency in them, you
can double your proficiency bonus.
At 1st level, you can inspire those around you to take up arms. As
a bonus action, you can call out to all allied creatures within 120
ft., making them deal addition damage on all attacks equal to your Skill Proficiency 2nd
Charisma modifier(minimum of one) until the start of your next At 2nd level and every even-level after, you can choose to become
turn. Once you use your Battle Cry in this way, you must complete proficient in a new skill or increase your proficiency in a current
a short or long rest before you can do so again. skill by +1.

Con Artist 1st General Feat 3rd

At 1st level, You develop your conversational skill to better deceive
others. When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can
replace one attack with an attempt to deceive one humanoid you
can see within 30 feet of you that can see and hear you. Make
a Charisma (Deception) check contested by the target’s Wisdom
(Perception) check. If your check succeeds: Any attack the targeted
humanoid makes against you is made with disadvantage. Any
attack or ability check you make against the targeted humanoid is
made with advantage Both benefits last until the end of your next
turn or until you use this ability on a different target. If your check
fails, the target can’t be deceived by you in this way for 1 hour.
At 5th level, You have honed this ability and are able to use it
outside of combat. If your check passes, you also have the ability
to make any humanoid who is neither hostile nor friendly towards
you now be considered friendly. Along with this, if your check fails,
the target can’t be deceived by you in this way for 1 minute, rather
than 1 hour.
At 14th level, Your quick wit and sharp tongue have granted you
the ability to get out of trouble in a pinch. If your check passes,
you also have the ability to shift the target’s opinion of you as
Starting at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 11th, 15th and 19th level,
you can choose any General Feat as long as you qualify for it.
Persuasiveness 3rd
At 3rd level, you choose a specialty that you wish to master,
Politician, Mentalist or Brawler, all detailed at the end of the class
description. Your program choice grants you features at 3rd level
and then again at 7th, 10th, 15th, and 18th level.
AutoCorrect 4th
At 4th level, as a reaction you can attempt to interrupt a creature in
the process of casting a spell that you can hear.
If the creature is casting a spell of 2nd level or lower, you can
change the name of the spell and the spell automatically fails.
Depending on how the name is changed, the GM can alter the spell
to have some relatively harmless effect.
If it is casting a spell of 3rd level or higher, make an ability check
using your charisma ability. The DC equals 10 + your Charisma
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relatively harmless effect described by the GM.
Ability Score Improvement 5th
When you reach 5th level, and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th level,
you can increase four different ability scores. Your character can
use these ability score improvements to increase their ability
scores above 18. Improving an ability score increases it by 1 if it’s
already 18 or above, or by 2 if it starts out below 18.
Race Traits 5th
In addition to the initial race traits you started with, you gain a race
trait at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level. The list of race traits available
to you can be found in your race’s entry.
Distraction 6th C ommanding Voice
Beginning at 10th level when a friendly creature makes a melee
At 6th level, you can try to distract one humanoid you can see who
can see and hear you. Make a Charisma (Performance/Deception/
Persuasion) check contested by the humanoid’s Wisdom (Insight)
check. If your check succeeds, you grab the humanoid’s attention
enough that it makes Wisdom (Perception) and Intelligence
(Investigation) checks, and all attacks not made against you with
disadvantage until you stop performing.
At 17th level, your ability to draw attention to yourself increases
dramatically. If your check succeeds, you grab the humanoid’s
attention enough that it all ability checks are made with
disadvantage and the humanoid cannot attack anyone other than
you, until you stop performing.
Psychologist 12th
At 12th level, you tear people apart from inside the mind You gain
the following benefits: Whenever you make a Wisdom (Treat Injury)
check to diagnose a mental illness or madness, you are considered
proficient in the Treat Injury skill and add double your proficiency
bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus.
You have advantage on Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom
(Perception) checks to discern illusions. If you spend at least 10
minutes observing or interacting with a creature with which you
share a language, you have advantage on Wisdom (Insight) and
Charisma (Persuasion) checks made towards them
Persuasiveness
Politician
Extremely charming individuals who excel at convincing others to
support them, and leading their supporters to victory, even if they
aren’t actually doing much work.
Diplomacy 3rd Psionic Ability
At 3rd level, you master the arts of diplomacy. If you spend 1
minute talking to someone who can understand what you say,
you can make a Charisma (Persuasion) check contested by the
creature’s Wisdom (Insight) check. If the creature is Enraged,
Hostile, or Opposed to you, your check automatically fails. If your
check succeeds, the target is charmed by you as long as it remains
within 60 feet of you and for 1 minute thereafter.
Protection Services 3rd
At 5th level, you gain 1 henchmen that acts as your personal
bodyguard (page 297). You gain an additional henchmen at 10th,
15th and 20th level.
Blameless 7th
At 7th level you have mastered the art of shifting blame off
of yourself, and often onto other people. You have advantage
on Charisma (Deception) checks to convince someone of
your innocence. If your check passes, you can roll a Charisma
(Deception) check contested by a Charisma (Persuasion) check to
shift the blame to another creature of your choosing.
10th
attack against a creature that is within 5 feet of you, you can use
your reaction to grant advantage on the attack roll. Whenever
you make a Charisma (Persuasion) check to motivate a crowd
or inspire troops, you have advantage on the roll. Count your
Charisma score as being 4 higher for the purposes of calculating
the maximum loyalty score of followers.
Leadership 15th
At 15th level you can spend 10 minutes inspiring your companions,
shoring up their resolve to fight. When you do so, choose up to six
friendly creatures (which can include yourself) within 30 feet of
you who can see or hear you and who can understand you. Each
creature can gain temporary hit points equal to your level + your
Charisma modifier. A creature can’t gain temporary hit points from
this feature again until it has finished a short or long rest.
Rabble Rouser 18th
At 18th level you have mastered the ability to get people to follow
you. In a settlement of village size or larger you can attract a
number of commoners equal to 5 times your Charisma modifier
who will serve you loyally and even fight for you, at no cost besides
basic lifestyle expenses. You may use a bonus action on each of
your turns to command the commoners to take one of the following
actions in addition to their movement: Attack, Dash, Disengage,
Dodge, Help, Hide, Search, or Use an Object. The commoners add
your proficiency bonus to their AC, attack rolls, and damage rolls,
and your level to their HP.
Mentalist
A mentalist is extremely well versed in human nature, and is
adept at predicting people, and how they think. And if they cannot
predict, they use their psionic powers to force their will on others.
3rd
Charisma is your ability for your psionic powers. You use your
Charisma modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a psychic
power or when making an attack roll with one.
Save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier
Attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier
Observant 3rd
At 3rd level you are quick to notice details of your environment,
you gain the following benefits: If you can see a creature’s mouth
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 Charisma (Deception) check. If your check succeeds, you have
MENTALIST
advantage on attack rolls and ability checks against the target
Level Powers Known Psi Points until the end of your next turn.
3rd 1 2
4th 1 4 Sneak Attack 15th
5th 2 6 Beginning at 15th level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a
6th 2 8 foe’s distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 2d6 damage
7th 3 10 to one creature you hit with an Attack if you have advantage on
the Attack roll. You don’t need advantage on the Attack roll if
8th 3 12
another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn’t
9th 4 14 Incapacitated, and you don’t have disadvantage on the Attack roll.
10th 4 16
11th 5 18 Precognition 18th
12th 5 20 At 18th level your knowledge of human tendencies is so complete
13th 6 22 that you can easily predict your enemies next moves, you gain the
14th 6 24 following benefits: You gain a +5 bonus to initiative You also gain
the following abilities, which are each used as actions.
15th 7 26
16th 7 28 Predict Melee Attack: You attempt to predict the next attack that
will be launched against you. Your AC is +3 for the purposes of
17th 8 30
defending against melee attacks until your next turn, or until a
18th 8 32 melee attack is attempted, whichever happens first.
19th 9 34
Predict Ranged Attack: You attempt to predict the next attack that
20th 10 36 will be launched against you. Your AC is +3 for the purposes of
defending against ranged attacks until your next turn, or until a
while it is speaking a language you understand, you can interpret ranged attack is attempted, whichever happens first.
what it’s saying by reading its lips. Being in a lightly obscured Predict Next Move: You attempt to deduce the next move of a
area doesn’t impose disadvantage on your Wisdom (Perception) creature. Roll a Wisdom (Insight) check with a DC of the creature’s
checks if you can both see and hear. Intelligence Score. On a success you learn what they currently
plan on doing on their next turn, or, outside of combat, what they
Cold Read 7th next plan to do in general.
At 7th level, you have mastered the art of reading people, and have
honed it to an art. You can spend 10 minutes talking to someone. MENTALIST POWERS
Doing so gives you information about their -Class Levels and 1-PSI POINT
subclass -Background -Alignment -Names of Close Family Charming Psychic Parry
Members You can press further, and learn any one specific piece
Mental Weapon Push
of information that the target knows and is not actively hiding.
Make a Charisma (Deception/Persuasion) check contested by Psionic Blast Seize Weapon
the target’s Wisdom (Insight) check. This check is made with 2-PSI POINTS
disadvantage if the target is Hostile or Opposed to you, and is Attention Grab Find
made with advantage if the target is Friendly with you. If your
Comfort Hold Weapon
check succeeds, you get the piece of information, if it fails, the
target knows you are cold reading them. Create Fear Psychic Tide
Emotion Sense Remove Fear
At 15th level, you have mastered the art of reading people, and have
honed it to an art. You can spend 10 minutes talking to someone, 3-PSI POINTS
giving you the general info as usual with Cold Read. You can press Fire Box Identify Object
further, and learn any specific information the target knows. Make a Grab Rebounding Field
Charisma (Deception/Persuasion) check contested by the target’s
5-PSI POINTS
Wisdom (Insight) check. This check is made with advantage if the
target is indifferent, friendly, or charmed, if the target is enraged, Detonation Group Panic
hostile, or opposed, the check is made regularly. If your check Floating Path II Lurker Vision
succeeds, you get the information, if it fails, the target knows you 6-PSI POINTS
are cold reading them.
Confidence Skip Travel

Empathy 10th Charming Presence

7-PSI POINTS
Psychic Bombardment
At 10th level you possess keen insight into how other people
think and feel. You gain the following benefits: Use your Wisdom
(Insight) modifier plus your Proficiency Bonus instead of your
dexterity modifier for initiative You can use your action to try to get
uncanny insight about one humanoid you can see within 30 feet
of you. Make a Wisdom (Insight) check contested by the target’s

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 Brawler
Deadly even with nothing in their hands, a brawler eschews using
the fighter’s heavy armor and the monk’s mysticism, focusing
instead on perfecting many styles of brutal unarmed combat.
Versatile, agile, and able to adapt to most enemy attacks, a
brawler’s body is a powerful weapon.

Martial arts 3rD

At 3rd level, you gain proficiency with martial weapons and the
following benefits while you are unarmed or wielding a weapon
and you aren’t wearing a shield, medium or heavy armor:
You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for your attack and
damage rolls.
When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or a weapon,
you can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action. For example,
if you take the Attack action and attack with a quarterstaff, you
can also make an unarmed strike as a bonus action, assuming you
haven’t already taken a bonus action this turn.

PriMal screaM 7th

By 7th level, your very voice can be a source of horror for some.
As an action, you may make all enemy creatures within 60 ft. of
you make a Wisdom saving throw equal to 8 + your proficiency
bonus + your Charisma modifier. On failure, they are frightened
for 1 minute. At the end of their turn they may repeat this saving
throw. A creature that succeeds on this saving throw is immune
to your aura for 24 hours. You regain use of this feature after you
finish a short or long rest.

harDeneD resolve 10th

By 10th level, you have steeled your resolve. When you fail an
ability saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead. You can
use this feature equal to your Charisma modifier rounded down.
You regain use of this feature after you finish a long rest.

exPerienceD coMbative 15th

By 15th level, you have obtained unrivaled experience in close
range combat. Whenever you are hit with a melee attack, you may
use your reaction to reduce the damage by 2d8 + your Strength
and Constitution modifier.

reinviGorateD 18th
By 18th level, you are accustomed to long fights. As a bonus
action, you can gain temporary hit points equal to double your
commander level that last for a minute. You regain use of this
feature after you finish a short or long rest.

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 TEMPLAR
A Templar is the ultimate defender of faith. As a Templar, your Oath is your life. You have devoted yourself to your belief and strive to
overcome all challengers to your holy calling. You wield divine power to smite your foes while summing powerful shields to protect your
allies. As a devout Templar for Good, you can turn evil creatures away or as a Dark Templar those evil creatures can be bent to your will.
You are the instrument of divine will. Go forth and become the champion that you were born to be.

Class Features
As a Templar you gain the following class features.

Hit Points
10 + your Constitution modifier
Increase your maximum number of HP by this number at 1st level
and every Templar level thereafter.

Ability Augment
STRENGTH
8 FREE

Proficiencies
Armor: All armor, shields
Weapons:
Simple weapons
martial weapons
Tools: None

Saving Throws
Wisdom, Charisma

Skills
Choose two from Athletics, Perception, Intimidation,
Treat Injury, Persuasion, Occultism and Religion.

Equipment
The equipment you start with is purchased at the end of character
creation. The amount of Barter Units (Bu) that you have available
to purchase with is determined by your background.

heroic action 1st

Starting at 1st level, and again at 10th and 20th level, you gain a
Heroic Action that can only be used once. The Heroic Action can
function as a any action or can be used to lose the
dying condition when your HP has hit 0 and regain 1 HP.
The GM can also award extra Heroic Actions for heroic
deeds or any other reason they see fit.

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 TEMPLAR
Level Proficiency Bonus Feats 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1st +2 Background, Racial Trait, Sense Allegiance, Lay on Hands, - - - - -
Heroic Action, Shield, Shield Block
2nd +2 Skill Prof, Fighting Style, Spellcasting, Smite 2 - - - -
3rd +2 General Feat, Divine Health, Sacred Oath, Channel Divinity 3 - - - -
4th +2 Skill Prof 4 1 - - -
5th +3 Racial Trait, Extra Attack, Ability Score Improvement 4 2 - - -
6th +3 Skill Prof, Protective Barrier 5 2 - - -
7th +3 General Feat, Sacred Oath feature 5 3 - - -
8th +3 Skill Prof 5 3 1 - -
9th +4 Racial Trait 5 3 2 - -
10th +4 Skill Prof, Aura of Courage, Ability Score Improvement, Heroic Action 5 3 2 - -
11th +4 General Feat, Improved Smite 6 3 3 - -
12th +4 Skill Prof 6 3 3 - -
13th +5 Racial Trait 6 4 3 1 -
14th +5 Skill Prof, Cleansing Touch 6 4 3 1 -
15th +5 General Feat, Sacred Oath feature, Ability Score Improvement 6 4 3 2 -
16th +5 Skill Prof 6 4 4 2 -
17th +6 Racial Trait 6 4 4 3 1
18th +6 Skill Prof, Aura Improvements 6 4 4 3 1
19th +6 General Feat 6 4 4 4 2
20th +6 Skill Prof, Sacred Oath feature, Ability Score Improvement, Heroic Action 6 4 4 4 3

sense alleGiance 1st shielD block 1st

The presence of strong evil and powerful good awakens your You gain the Shield Block general feat. This is a reaction that lets
senses. As an action, you can open your awareness to detect such you reduce damage with your shield.
forces. Until the end of your next turn, you know the location of any
celestial, fiend, or undead within 60 feet of you that is not behind skill Proficiency 2nD
total cover. You know the type (celestial, fiend, or undead) of any
being whose presence you sense, but not its identity. Within the At 2nd level and every even-level after, you can choose to become
same radius, you also detect the presence of any place or object proficient in a new skill or increase your proficiency in a current
that has been consecrated or desecrated, as with the hallow spell. skill by +1.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to 1 + your

Wisdom modifier. When you finish a long rest, you regain all
fiGhtinG style 2nD
expended uses. At 2nd level, you adopt a style of fighting as your specialty. Choose
one of the following options. You can’t take a Fighting Style option
lay on hanDs 1st more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

Your blessed touch can heal wounds. You have a pool of healing
power that replenishes when you take a long rest. With that pool,
you can restore a total number of hit points equal to your Templar
level × 5.
As an action, you can touch a creature and draw power from the
pool to restore a number of hit points to that creature, up to the
maximum amount remaining in your pool.
Alternatively, you can expend 5 hit points from your pool of healing
to cure the target of one disease or neutralize one poison affecting
it. You can cure multiple diseases and neutralize multiple poisons
with a single use of Lay on Hands, expending hit points separately
for each one.
This feature has no effect on undead and constructs.
DEFENSE. While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.
DUELING. When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and
no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that
weapon.
GREAT WEAPON FIGHTING. When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die
for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding
with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll.
The weapon must have the two handed or versatile property for
you to gain this benefit.
PROTECTION. When a creature you can see attacks a target other
than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to
impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You must be wielding a
shield.

shielD 1st sPellcastinG 2nD

You know the Shield spell and it is a Cantrip for you. By 2nd level, you have learned to draw on divine magic through
meditation and prayer to cast spells as a Disciple does.

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 Preparing and Casting Spells 2nd
The Templar table shows how many spell slots you have to cast
your spells. To cast one of your Templar spells of 1st level or
higher, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You
regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.
You prepare the list of Templar spells that are available for you to
cast, choosing from the Divine spell list. When you do so, choose a
number of Divine spells equal to your Wisdom modifier + half your
Templar level, rounded down (minimum of one spell). The spells
must be of a level for which you have spell slots.
For example, if you are a 5th level Templar, you have four 1st level
and two 2nd level spell slots. With a Wisdom of 14, your list of
prepared spells can include four spells of 1st or 2nd level, in any
combination. If you prepare the 1st level spell cure wounds, you
can cast it using a 1st level or a 2nd level slot. Casting the spell
doesn’t remove it from your list of prepared spells.
You can change your list of prepared spells when you finish a long
rest. Preparing a new list of Divine spells requires time spent in
prayer and meditation: at least 1 minute per spell level for each
spell on your list.
Spellcasting Ability 2nd
Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your Divine spells, since
their power derives from the strength of your convictions. You use
your Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability.
In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving
throw DC for a Templar spell you cast and when making an attack
roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom
modifier
Spellcasting Focus 2nd
You can use a holy symbol as a spellcasting focus for your Divine
spells.
Smite 2nd
Starting at 2nd level, when you hit a creature with a melee weapon
attack, you can expend one spell slot to deal radiant (good/
neutral) or necrotic (evil) damage to the target depending on your
alignment, in addition to the weapon’s damage. The extra damage
is 2d8 for a 1st level spell slot, plus 1d8 for each spell level higher
than 1st, to a maximum of 5d8.
For the good or neutrally aligned Templar, the damage increases
by an additional 1d8 if the target is an undead, a fiend or of evil
alignment.
General Feat 3rd
Starting at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 11th, 15th and 19th level,
you can choose any General Feat as long as you qualify for it.
Divine Health 3rd
By 3rd level, the divine magic flowing through you makes you
immune to disease.
Sacred Oath 3rd Cleansing Touch
When you reach 3rd level, you swear the oath that binds you as
a Templar forever. Up to this time you have been in a preparatory
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stage, committed to the path but not yet sworn to it. Now you
choose the Oath of Good, Neutral or Evil, all detailed at the end of
the class description.
Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 7th, 15th,
and 20th level. Those features include oath spells and the Channel
Divinity feature.
Channel Divinity 3rd
Your oath allows you to channel divine energy to fuel magical
effects. Each Channel Divinity option provided by your oath
explains how to use it.
When you use your Channel Divinity, you choose which option to
use. You must then finish a short or long rest to use your Channel
Divinity again.
Some Channel Divinity effects require saving throws. When you
use such an effect from this class, the DC equals your Templar
spell save DC.
Ability Score Improvement 5th
When you reach 5th level, and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th level,
you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can
increase two ability scores by 1. Your character can only improve
an ability score by 1 if it’s already 18 or above, or by 2 if it starts
out below 18.
Race Traits 5th
In addition to the initial race traits you started with, you gain a race
trait at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level. The list of race traits available
to you can be found in your race’s entry.
Extra Attack 5th
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once,
whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Protective Barrier 6th
At 6th level, as an action, you create a transparent wall of divine
energy, at least one portion of which must be within 25 feet of you.
The wall is 20 feet long, 10 feet high, and 1 inch thick. The wall
lasts until your concentration ends or you release it.
At 18th level you can split your concentration and summon two
Barriers at the same time. Both will end if your concentration is
broken.
Aura of Courage 10th
Starting at 10th level, you and friendly creatures within 10 feet of
you can’t be frightened while you are conscious.
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Improved Smite 11th
By 11th level, you are so suffused with divine might that all your
melee weapon strikes carry divine power with them. Whenever you
hit a creature with a melee weapon, the creature takes an extra
1d8 radiant or necrotic damage. If you also use your Smite with
an attack, you add this damage to the extra damage of your Smite.
14th
Beginning at 14th level, you can use your action to end one spell
on yourself or on one willing creature that you touch. You can use
this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (a
minimum of once). You regain expended uses when you finish a
long rest.
Sacred Oaths
GOOD OATH
The Good Oath binds a Templar to the loftiest ideals of justice,
virtue, and order. Sometimes called cavaliers, white knights,
or holy warriors, these Templars meet the ideal of the knight in
shining armor, acting with honor in pursuit of justice and the
greater good. They hold themselves to the highest standards of
conduct, and some, for better or worse, hold the rest of the world
to the same standards. Many who swear this oath are devoted to
gods of law and good and use their gods’ tenets as the measure
of their devotion. They hold angels—the perfect servants of good—
as their ideals, and incorporate images of angelic wings into their
helmets or coats of arms.
Channel Divinity 3rd
When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two
Channel Divinity options.
Channel Divinity: Vow of Enmity
As a bonus action, you can utter a vow of enmity against a creature
you can see within 10 feet of you, using your Channel Divinity. You
gain advantage on attack rolls against the creature for 1 minute or
until it drops to 0 hit points or falls unconscious.
Channel Divinity: Turn the Unholy
As an action, you present your holy symbol and speak a prayer
censuring fiend and undead, using your Channel Divinity. Each
fiend or undead that can see or hear you within 30 feet of you must
make a Wisdom saving throw. If the creature fails its saving throw,
it is turned for 1 minute or until it takes damage.
A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as far away
from you as it can, and it can’t willingly move to a space within 30
feet of you. It also can’t take reactions. For its action, it can use
only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents
it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move, the creature can use
the Dodge action.
Aura of Devotion 7th
Starting at 7th level, you and friendly creatures within 10 feet of
you can’t be charmed while you are conscious.
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Soul of Vengeance 15th Aura of Warding
Starting at 15th level, the authority with which you speak your Vow
of Enmity gives you greater power over your foe. When a creature
under the effect of your Vow of Enmity makes an attack, you can
use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against that
creature if it is within range.
Avenging Angel 20th
At 20th level, you can assume the form of an angelic avenger.
Using your action, you undergo a transformation. For 1 hour, you
gain the following benefits:
• Wings sprout from your back and grant you a flying speed of 60
feet.
• You emanate an aura of menace in a 30-foot radius. The first
time any enemy creature enters the aura or starts its turn there
during a battle, the creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving
throw or become frightened of you for 1 minute or until it takes
any damage.
Attack rolls against the frightened creature have advantage.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a
long rest.
NEUTRAL OATH
The Neutral Oath is still considered ‘Good’ in the fact that they still
use radiant power, but the Neutral Templars are not necessarily
devoted to a Good deity or any deity at all. Some have such a belief
in either them self or others that they manifest divine powers.
Spellcasting Focus 3rd
Because of your neutral oath, you don’t need a physical object as
your spellcasting focus. You can use yourself or an ally as your
focus.
Channel Divinity 3rd
When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two
Channel Divinity options.
Channel Divinity: Abjure Enemy
As an action, you present your holy symbol and speak a prayer
of denunciation, using your Channel Divinity. Choose one creature
within 60 feet of you that you can see. That creature must make
a Wisdom saving throw, unless it is immune to being frightened.
Fiends and undead have disadvantage on this saving throw. On a
failed save, the creature is frightened for 1 minute or until it takes
any damage. While frightened, the creature’s speed is 0, and it
can’t benefit from any bonus to its speed. On a successful save,
the creature’s speed is halved for 1 minute or until the creature
takes any damage.
Channel Divinity: Holy Flame
As an action, you tap into the Ether. For one minute per Templar
level, you gain the following benefits:
• Enhanced Darkvision – you can see in magical darkness
• You have advantage on all saving throws.
• You gain 2 temporary Hit Point per Templar level.
7th
Beginning at 7th level, ancient magic lies so heavily upon you that
it forms an eldritch ward. You and friendly creatures within 10 feet
of you have resistance to damage from spells.
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Undying Sentinel 15th
Starting at 15th level, when you are reduced to 0 hit points and are
not killed outright, you can choose to drop to 1 hit point instead.
Once you use this ability, you can’t use it again until you finish a
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 long rest. Additionally, you suffer none of the drawbacks of old
age, and you can’t be aged magically.
Corona 20th
At 20th level, as an action, you unleash a blast of radiant damage
in a 10 ft. radius around you. Each creature in that area must make
a Dexterity saving throw, taking 10d10 radiant damage on a failed
save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a
long rest.
EVIL OATH
Aura of Malice 7th
Starting at 7th level, you and any creatures allied to you within
10 feet of you, gain a bonus to melee weapon damage rolls equal
to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of +1). A creature can benefit
from this feature from only one Dark Templar at a time. At 18th
level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Command the Unholy 10th
Starting at 10th level, when a fiend or undead fails its saving throw
against your Rebuke the Unholy feature, the creature becomes
commanded and falls under your mental control if its CR of 1/4 of
your Templar level rounded down.

The Evil Oath binds a Templar to the powers of darkness.
Sometimes called revers, dread knights, or unholy warriors, these
Dark Templar embody evil. They hold themselves to the highest
standards of martial perfection and devotion to their dark deities.
Many who swear this oath are devoted to gods of chaos and evil
and use their gods’ tenets as the measure of their devotion. They
hold devils—the divine embodiment of evil—as their ideals, and
incorporate images of demonic wings and horns into their helmets
or coats of arms.
Evil Oath Spells 3rd
You gain access to the Occult spell list.
Baleful Touch 3rd
Upon choosing this Oath at level 3, you can no longer use Lay
on Hands on another creature. You can still use it on yourself,
however. As an action you may attempt to touch a target and draw
on the negative forces and cast bestow curse. Using this action
consumes 1 spell slot.
Also, damage dealt by your Smite class feature is dealt as necrotic,
not radiant.
Dark Resistance 15th
At 15th level, you gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, slashing
and ballistic damage from nonmagical weapons
Dread Lord 20th
At 20th-level, you can, as an action, surround yourself with an aura
of gloom that lasts for 1 minute. The aura reduces any bright light
in a 30-foot radius around you to dim light. Whenever an enemy
that is frightened by you starts its turn in the aura, it takes 4d10
psychic damage. Additionally, you and creatures you choose in the
aura are draped in deeper shadow.
Creatures that rely on sight have disadvantage on attack rolls
against creatures draped in this shadow. While the aura lasts, you
can use a bonus action on your turn to cause the shadows in the
aura to attack one creature. You make a melee spell attack against
the target. If the attack hits, the target takes necrotic damage
equal to 3d10 + your Wisdom modifier.
After activating the aura, you can’t do so again until your finish a
long rest.

Channel Divinity 3rd

When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two
Channel Divinity options.

Channel Divinity: Desecrated Weapon

As an action, you can imbue one weapon that you are holding with
negative energy, using your Channel Divinity. For 1 minute, you
add your Charisma modifier to attack rolls made with that weapon
(with a minimum bonus of +1). The weapon also emits hellish light
in a 20-foot radius and dim light 20 feet beyond that. If the weapon
is not already magical, it becomes magical for the duration.
You can end this effect on your turn as part of any other action.
If you are no longer holding or carrying this weapon, or if you fall
unconscious, this effect ends.

Channel Divinity: Rebuke the Unholy

As an action, you present your holy symbol and speak a prayer
censuring 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 Wisdom saving throw. If the creature fails its saving throw,
it is rebuked for 1 minute or until it takes damage.
A rebuked creature cannot move, as it just spend its turns cowering
in awe.

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 WARRIOR
As a true Warrior, you are the personification of martial skill and a
master of warfare. All weapons and armors are known to you and
there is no limit to your skills in combat. You have become one
with your weapons and nothing can stand in your way. Tactics
come second nature to you and you have honed those skills to
perfection. Your prowess is in high demand in these chaotic
times. Others will look to you for protection or perhaps as a
rival. Be wary, the life of a Warrior is a difficult one, but it can
also be the most rewarding.

Class Features
As a warrior, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points
10 + your Constitution modifier
Increase your maximum number of HP by this
number at 1st level and every Warrior
level thereafter.

Ability Augment
STRENGTH OR DEXTERITY
8 FREE

Proficiencies
Armor:: All armor, shields
Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons
Tools:: None

Saving Throws
Strength, Constitution

Skills
Choose two skills from, Animal
Handling, Athletics, Craft, Knowledge,
Intimidation, Perception, and Survival.

Equipment
The equipment you start with is purchased at the
end of character creation. The amount of
Barter Units (Bu) that you have available
to purchase with is determined by your
background.

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 WARRIOR Two-Weapon Fighting. When you engage in two weapon fighting,
you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second
Level Proficiency Feats attack.
Bonus
1st +2 Background, Racial Trait, Fighting Style, Second Wind. You have a limited well of stamina that you can
Second Wind, Heroic Action, Shield Block draw on to protect yourself from harm. On your turn, you can use
a bonus action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter
2nd +2 Skill Prof, Action Surge (one use)
level. Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long
3rd +2 General Feat, Militant Occupation rest before you can use it again.
4th +2 Skill Prof
5th +3 Racial Trait, Extra Attack, Ability Score Shield Block 1st
Improvement
You gain the Shield Block general feat a reaction that lets you
6th +3 Skill Prof reduce damage with your shield.
7th +3 General Feat, Militant Occupation Feature
8th +3 Skill Prof Skill Proficiency 2nd
9th +4 Racial Trait, Indomitable (one use) At 2nd level and every even-level after, you can choose to become
10th +4 Skill Prof, Militant Occupation Feature, proficient in a new skill or increase your proficiency in a current
Ability Score Improvement, Heroic Action skill by +1.
11th +4 General Feat, Extra Attack (2)
12th +4 Skill Prof Action Surge 2nd
13th +5 Racial Trait, Indomitable (2 uses) Starting at 2nd level, you can push yourself beyond your normal
14th +5 Skill Prof limits for a moment. On your turn, you can take one additional
action on top of your regular action and a possible bonus action.
15th +5 General Feat, Militant Occupation Feature,
Ability Score Improvement Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest
16th +5 Skill Prof before you can use it again. Starting at 17th level, you can use it
twice before a rest, but only once on the same turn.
17th +6 Racial Trait, Action Surge (2 uses),
Indomitable (3 uses)
18th +6 Skill Prof, Militant Occupation Feature
General Feat 3rd
19th +6 General Feat Starting at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 11th, 15th and 19th level,
you can choose any General Feat as long as you qualify for it.
20th +6 Skill Prof, Extra Attack (3), Ability Score
Improvement, Heroic Action
Militant Occupation 3rd
Heroic Action 1st At 3rd level, you choose an occupation that you strive to emulate
in your combat styles and techniques. Choose Mercenary, Man-
Starting at 1st level, and again at 10th and 20th level, you gain a at-Arms, or Drifter, all detailed at the end of the class description.
Heroic Action that can only be used once. The Heroic Action can The archetype you choose grants you features at 3rd level and
function as a any action or can be used to lose the dying condition again at 7th, 10th, 15th, and 18th level.
when your HP has hit 0 and regain 1 HP.
The GM can also award extra Heroic Actions for heroic deeds or Ability Score Improvement 5th
any other reason they see fit.
When you reach 5th level, and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th level,
you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can
Fighting Style 1st increase two ability scores by 1. Your character can only improve
You adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose an ability score by 1 if it’s already 18 or above, or by 2 if it starts
one of the following options. You can’t take a Fighting Style option out below 18.
more than once, even if you later get to choose again.
Shooter. You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged Race Traits 5th
weapons. In addition to the initial race traits you started with, you gain a race
Defense. While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC. trait at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level. The list of race traits available
to you can be found in your race’s entry.
Dueling. When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and
no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that
weapon.
Extra Attack 5th
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once,
Great Weapon Fighting. When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding
with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, The number of attacks increases to three when you reach 11th
even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. The weapon must have the two level in this class and to four when you reach 20th level in this
handed or versatile property for you to gain this benefit. class.
Protection. When a creature you can see attacks a target other
than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to Indomitable 9th
impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You must be wielding a Beginning at 9th level, you can reroll a saving throw that you fail. If
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again until you finish a long rest.
You can use this feature twice between long rests starting at 13th
level and three times between long rests starting at 17th level.
Militant Occupation
Mercenary
The mercenary often has a bad reputation for being a bad guy. But
mercenaries don’t care what other people think. They love a good
fight and will gladly get paid to do what they love.
Shieldless 3rd
Starting at 3rd level you gain a +1 bonus to weapon attack rolls
and a +1 bonus AC when you wield a versatile weapon in both
hands, a two-handed weapon, or light weapon in each hand.
True Heart 7th
Starting at 7th level, if you observe a humanoid for 1 minute you
gain advantage on subsequent Wisdom (Perception) checks made
to determine their alignment and motives.
Not to Be Outdone 10th
From 10th level onwards, when a melee attack roll is made against
you, you can use your reaction to gain a +2 bonus to your next
melee attack roll and damage roll against the triggering creature
before the end of your next turn.
Anticipate and Move 15th
From 15th level onwards, you gain the Opportunity Attack feat and
the first opportunity attack you make each round does not use up
your reaction.
Survivor 18th
Starting at 18th level, at the start of each of your turns if you have
less than half your hit points and you are not incapacitated, you
regain 5 + your Constitution modifier hit points..
Man-at-Arms
The classic Warrior is the man-at-arms. Strong, courageous, and
a master of blades. These individuals are the definition of what a
true Warrior is.
Overflowing Strength 3rd
Starting at 3rd level you can use your strength modifier for all types
of weapons, even ranged weapons. You also have double carrying
capacity and have easy access to any weapon you are carrying.
Armed and Dangerous 7th Maneuvers
Starting at 7th level, you can forgo half your movement on your
turn to swap weapons. Additionally you can change weapons as
a free action once per round. You can use this free action twice,
regaining all charges on a short rest. You also gain proficiency
in Intimidation, adding double your proficiency bonus if you are
already proficient in the skill. You also gain advantage on Arcana
checks made on weapons.
Follow Through 10th
At 10th level, if you successfully landed an attack with at least
2 different weapons, you can use a bonus action to force a
contested Athletics check after the attack resolves, pushing the
target a number of feet equal to 5 times your strength modifier on
a failed roll.
Master of Arms 15th
Starting at 15th level, each time you hit an attack with a different
weapon on the same turn, you gain an additional 1 damage on
subsequent damage rolls.
Thousand Blades 18th
At 18th level, when you take the attack action, you can choose
to make 7 attacks, each one must use a different weapon. You
cannot move or use bonus actions the turn you use this ability;
this feature can only be used once per long rest.
Drifter
Some Warriors roam wherever the fates take them. These drifters
call no place home and therefore are always on the lookout for
danger. They live a life of adventure and will take the path least
traveled.
Tactical Aid 3rd
Beginning when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, as a bonus
action, you can give advantage to an ally on the next ability check
or attack roll versus an opponent you can see within 30 feet of
you. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your
proficiency bonus before finishing a short or long rest.
Superiority 3rd
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn maneuvers
that are fueled by special dice called superiority dice.
Maneuvers. You learn three maneuvers of your choice, which are
detailed under “Maneuvers” below.
Many maneuvers enhance an attack in some way. You can use
only one maneuver per attack.
Superiority Dice. You have four superiority dice, which are d8s. A
superiority die is expended when you use it. You regain all of your
expended superiority dice when you finish a short or long rest.
You gain another superiority die at 7th level and one more at 15th
level.
Saving Throws. Some of your maneuvers require your target to
make a saving throw to resist the maneuver’s effects. The saving
throw DC is calculated as follows:
Maneuver save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength or
Dexterity modifier (your choice)
3rd
CLAPBACK. When a creature damages you, you can use your
reaction to cast compelled duel. The creature takes 2d6 psychic
damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a success.
REACTIVE. You can cast compelled duel or vicious mockery as
bonus actions on your turn. You can cast vicious mockery as a
reaction to taking damage.
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 PARTING SHOT. When a creature reduces you to 0 hit points or
critically hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to
make a weapon attack against that creature.
SUPERIORITY You make the attack with advantage. If you
SUPERIORITY.
succeed, you regain hit points equal to your Charisma modifier
(minimum of 1).
FINISHING MOVE. When you hit a creature whose size category is
equal to or greater than your own with a weapon attack, you can
expend one superiority die to perform a flashy finishing move. You
add the superiority die to the attack’s damage roll, and if the attack
reduces the target to 0 hit points, you regain one spent superiority
die.
CLEAN BREAK. If you are suffering from the grappled, restrained
or paralysed conditions on your turn, you can expend a superiority
die to shrug off such bonds. The condition ends immediately.

liGhtninG reflexes 7th

At 7th level, your pure grit allows you to react before others in
combat. You gain advantage on initiative rolls.

Dauntless 10th
At 10th level, your maneuvers are able to push you through the
toughest conditions. When you use a maneuver on your turn, you
can end one effect on yourself that is causing you to be frightened
or poisoned. Additionally, when you use the superiority option
of your maneuvers, your movement ignores difficult terrain for 1
minute.

surGe stockMan 15th

Starting at 15th level, when you action surge, you can instantly
reload any ranged weapons you have, ignore the loading and
reload properties for 1 minute, and immediately move 5 feet
without provoking opportunity attacks.

first contact 18th

At 18th level, if you take the Attack action on your first turn of a
combat, you can make one additional ranged weapon attack as
part of that action.

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BACKGROUNDS
You might want to tweak some of the features of a background so
it better fits your character or the campaign setting. To customize
a background, you can replace one feature with any other one,
choose any two skills, and choose tool proficiencies or languages
from the sample backgrounds. You can either use the equipment
package from your background or spend coin on gear as described
in the equipment section. (If you spend Barter Units, you can’t also
take the equipment package suggested for your class.)
Each background has available Barter Units to purchase your
starting equipment at 1st level. If you are starting with a character
higher than 1st level increase the available Bu by 50 for every five
character levels or the GM can assign their own starting Bu.
If any of the skill proficiencies gained from your background are
skills that you are already proficient in, you gain a +2 to that skill.
If a skill like Knowledge or Crafting is listed and no specific type is
given, then you can choose any type from that skill.
If you can’t find a feature that matches your desired background,
work with your GM to create one.

Athlete
Athletes include amateur athletes of Olympic quality and
professional athletes of all types, including gymnasts, weight
trainers, wrestlers, boxers, martial artists, swimmers, skaters, and
those who engage in any type of competitive sport.
Available Barter units: 300 Bu

skill Proficiencies
(choose two): Athletics, Intimidation, Drive, Performance and
Stealth

ability auGMents
STRENGTH OR DEXTERITY
FREE

Blue Collar
Blue collar occupations include factory work, food service jobs,
construction, service industry jobs, taxi drivers, postal workers,
and other jobs that are usually not considered to be desk jobs.
Available Barter units: 200 Bu

skill Proficiencies
(choose two): Craft (electronic, mechanical or structural), Athletics,
Drive, Animal Handling, Repair and Disable Device

tool Proficiencies
(choose two): carpenter’s tools, smith’s tools, brewer’s supplies,
glassbolower’s tools, woodcarver’s tools

ability auGMents
INTELLIGENCE OR WISDOM
FREE

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 Celebrity ability auGMents
INTELLIGENCE OR WISDOM
A celebrity is anyone who, for whatever reason, has been thrust
into the spotlight of the public eye. Actors, entertainers of all FREE
types, newscasters, radio and television personalities, and more
fall under this starting occupation.
Available Barter units: 350 Bu
Emergency Services
Rescue workers, firefighters, paramedics, hazardous material
skill Proficiencies handlers, and emergency medical technicians fall under this
(choose two): Craft (visual art or writing), Persuasion, Deception, category.
Performance and Occultism Available Barter units: 300 Bu

tool Proficiencies skill Proficiencies

Calligrapher’s supplies, forgery kit (choose two): Athletics, Computer Use, Knowledge (science),
Perception, Treat Injury and Survival
ability auGMents
CHARISMA OR WISDOM tool Proficiencies
Evidence kit, first aid kit
FREE
ability auGMents
Creative INTELLIGENCE OR WISDOM
The creative starting occupation covers artists of all types who FREE
fan their creative spark into a career. Illustrators, copywriters,
cartoonists, graphic artists, novelists, tattoo artists, actors,
sculptors, game designers, musicians, screenwriters, Felon
photographers, and web designers all fall under this occupation.
You are an experienced criminal with a history of breaking the
Available Barter units: 175 Bu law. You have spent a lot of time among other criminals and still
have contacts within the criminal underworld. You’re far closer
skill Proficiencies than most people to the world of murder, theft, and violence that
(choose two): Computer Use, Craft (visual art, writing or tattoo), pervades the underbelly of civilization, and you have survived up
Knowledge, Performance, Slight of Hand and Perception to this point by flouting the rules and regulations of society.
Available Barter units: 150 Bu
tool Proficiencies
(choose two): calligrapher’s supplies, cartographer’s tools, cook’s skill Proficiencies
tools, painter’s supplies, potter’s tools and tattoo artist’s tools (choose two): Deception, Stealth, Slight of Hand, Survival,
Intimidation and Disable Device
ability auGMents
INTELLIGENCE OR CHARISMA tool Proficiencies
Thieves’ tools, forgery kit
FREE
ability auGMents
Doctor DEXTERITY OR INTELLIGENCE
A doctor can be a physician (general practitioner or specialist), a FREE
surgeon or a psychiatrist.
Available Barter units: 350 Bu
Law Enforcement
skill Proficiencies Law enforcement personnel include uniformed police, state
(choose two): Craft (Pharmaceutical), Computer Use, Knowledge( troopers, federal police, federal agents, SWAT team members, and
Science), Treat Injury and Persuasion military police.
Available Barter units: 200 Bu
tool Proficiencies
(choose two): chemistry kit, surgical tools, herbalism kit, poisoner’s skill Proficiencies
kit (choose two): Persuasion, Drive, Intimidate, Knowledge (civics,
streetwise, or tactics), Survival, Athletics, Disable Device and
Animal Handling

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 skill Proficiencies
(choose two): Animal Handling, Survival, Drive, Treat Injury and
Performance

tool Proficiencies
One type of professional tools

ability auGMents
DEXTERITY OR WISDOM
FREE

Military
War has been your life for as long as you care to remember.
You trained as a youth, studied the use of weapons and armor,
learned basic survival techniques, including how to stay alive on
the battlefield. You might have been part of a standing national
army or a mercenary company, or perhaps a member of a local
militia who rose to prominence during a recent war. When you
choose this background, work with your GM to determine which
military organization you were a part of, how far through its ranks
you progressed, and what kind of experiences you had during your
military career.
Available Barter units: 250 Bu

skill Proficiencies
(choose two): Athletics, Intimidation, Drive, Disable Device, Drive,
Demolitions, Repair and Survival

tool Proficiencies
(choose two): One type of gaming set, brewers supplies, first aid
kit and demolition kit

MoDern solDier (tl 1)

Longarm and Sidearm Proficiency

ability auGMents
bonus feat CONSTITUTION OR STRENGTH
Combat Martial Arts, Light Armor Proficiency or Sidearm
Proficiency FREE

tool Proficiencies Professor

Evidence kit, disguise kit
You have spent years learning from the greatest experts on the
ability auGMents subjects that interest you. Your efforts have made you a master in
your fields of study.
CONSTITUTION OR STRENGTH
Available Barter units: 300 Bu
FREE
skill Proficiencies
Local Legend (choose three):Arcana, Knowledge, Computer Use, Craft, Deception,
Investigation, Perception and Occult
You come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so
much more. Already the people of your home village regard you lanGuaGes
as their champion, and your destiny calls you to stand against the
Two of your choice (page 16)
tyrants and monsters that threaten the common folk everywhere.
Available Barter units: 200 Bu

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 Ability Augments Skill Proficiencies
INTELLIGENCE OR WISDOM (choose two): Computer Use, Craft (Chemical, Electronic,
Mechanical or Structural), Knowledge, Repair, Disable Device,
FREE Drive and Demolitions

Rural Tool Proficiencies

(choose two): demolition kit, electrician’s tools, mechanic’s tools,
Farm workers, hunters, and others who make a living in rural smith’s tools, mason’s tools
communities fall under this category.
Available Barter units: 200 Bu Ability Augments
INTELLIGENCE OR CONSTITUTION
Skill Proficiencies
FREE
(choose two): Athletics, Drive, Animal handling, Repair, Disable
Device, Survival, Crafting and Religion
White Collar
Bonus Feat
Brawl or Longarms Proficiency Office workers and desk jockeys, lawyers, accountants, insurance
agents, bank personnel, financial advisors, tax preparers, clerks,
sales personnel, real estate agents, and a variety of mid-level
Tool Proficiencies managers fall within the scope of this starting occupation.
(choose two): carpenter’s tools, smith’s tools, brewer’s supplies, Available Barter units: 300 Bu
gaming stet, mason’s tools, tinker’s tools

Ability Augments Skill Proficiencies

(choose two): Computer Use, Persuasion, Knowledge and
DEXTERITY OR WISDOM Deception
FREE
Ability Augments
Student INTELLIGENCE OR WISDOM
FREE
A student can be in high school, college, or graduate school.
He or she could be in a seminary, a military school, or a private
institution. A college-age student should also pick a major field Zealot
of study.
Available Barter units: 150 Bu Choose a god, a pantheon of gods, from among those listed in
“Celestial Pantheons” or those specified by your GM, and work
with your GM to detail the nature of your religious service. Were
Skill Proficiencies you a lesser functionary in a temple, raised from childhood to
(choose two): Computer Use, Knowledge, Performance, Deception, assist the priests in the sacred rites? Or were you a high priest
Slight of Hand and Stealth who suddenly experienced a call to serve your god in a different
way? Perhaps you were the leader of a small cult outside of any
Tool Proficiencies established temple structure, or even an occult group that serves
a fiendish master.
(choose two): brewer’s supplies, cook’s utensils, gaming set,
forgery kit, herbalism kit Available Barter units: 200 Bu

Ability Augments Skill Proficiencies

(choose two): Perception, Religion, Occultism and Treat Injury
INTELLIGENCE OR CHARISMA
FREE Languages
Two of your choice
Technician Ability Augments
Scientists and engineers of all types fit within the scope of this
starting occupation.
CONSTITUTION OR WISDOM
Available Barter units: 250 Bu FREE

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 PERSONALITY
Characters are defined by much more than their race and class.
They’re individuals with their own stories, interests, connections,
and capabilities beyond those that class and race define. This
chapter expounds on the details that distinguish characters from
one another, including the basics of name and physical description,
the rules of backgrounds and languages, and the finer points of
personality and alignment.
Character Details
Your character’s name and physical description might be the first
things that the other players at the table learn about you. It’s worth
thinking about how these characteristics reflect the character you
have in mind.
Name
Your character’s name should align with the naming convention
of your race. Put some thought into your name even if you’re just
picking one from a list. If you are unsure of how to name your
character, consult your GM or find additional info on the DarkEnergy
universe at darkenergy.fandom.com/wiki/DarkEnergy_Wiki
Sex
You can play a male or female character without gaining any
special benefits or hindrances.
Height and Weight
You can decide your character’s height and weight, using the
information provided in your race description. Think about what
your character’s ability scores might say about his or her height
and weight. A weak but agile character might be thin. A strong and
tough character might be tall or just heavy.
Other Physical Characteristics
You choose your character’s age and the color of his or her hair,
eyes, and skin. To add a touch of distinctiveness, you might
want to give your character an unusual or memorable physical
characteristic, such as a scar, a limp, or a tattoo.
Alignment
A typical creature in the game world has an alignment, which
broadly describes its moral and personal attitudes. Alignment is
a combination of two factors: one identifies morality (good, evil,
or neutral), and the other describes attitudes toward society and
order (lawful, chaotic, or neutral). Thus, nine distinct alignments
define the possible combinations.
These brief summaries of the nine alignments describe the typical
behavior of a creature with that alignment. Individuals might vary
significantly from that typical behavior, and few people are perfectly
and consistently faithful to the precepts of their alignment.
LAWFUL GOOD (LG) creatures can be counted on to do the right
thing as expected by society. Gold dragons, Templars, and most
dwarves are lawful good.
NEUTRAL GOOD (NG) folk do the best they can to help others
according to their needs. Many celestials, some cyclopes, and
most gnomes are neutral good.
CHAOTIC GOOD (CG) creatures act as their conscience directs,
with little regard for what others expect. Copper dragons, many
elves, and unicorns are chaotic good.
LAWFUL NEUTRAL (LN) individuals act in accordance with law,
tradition, or personal codes. Many martial artists and some mages
are lawful neutral.
NEUTRAL (N) is the alignment of those who prefer to steer clear of
moral questions and don’t take sides, doing what seems best at
the time. Most druids, and many humans are neutral.
CHAOTIC NEUTRAL (CN) creatures follow their whims, holding
their personal freedom above all else. Many berserkers and
operatives, and some instrumentalists, are chaotic neutral.
LAWFUL EVIL (LE) creatures methodically take what they want,
within the limits of a code of tradition, loyalty, or order. Devils, blue
dragons, and many orcs are lawful evil.
NEUTRAL EVIL (NE) is the alignment of those who do whatever
they can get away with, without compassion or qualms. Many
giants and goblins are neutral evil.
CHAOTIC EVIL (CE) creatures act with arbitrary violence, spurred
by their greed, hatred, or bloodlust. Demons, red dragons, and
kefali that follow the tenants of the Isfet are chaotic evil.
Alignment in the Multiverse
For many thinking creatures, alignment is a moral choice. Humans,
dwarves, elves, and other humanoid races can choose whether to
follow the paths of good or evil, law or chaos. According to myth,
the good aligned gods who created these races gave them free
will to choose their moral paths, knowing that good without free
will is slavery.
The evil deities who created other races, though, made those races
to serve them. Those races have strong inborn tendencies that
match the nature of their gods. While other races like the orcs have
been corrupted by evil celestials and are now inclined toward evil.
Alignment is an essential part of the nature of celestials and
fiends. A devil does not choose to be lawful evil, and it doesn’t
tend toward lawful evil, but rather it is lawful evil in its essence. If
it somehow ceased to be lawful evil, it would cease to be a devil.
Most creatures that lack the capacity for rational thought do not
have alignments—they are unaligned. Such a creature is incapable
of making a moral or ethical choice and acts according to its
bestial nature. Sharks are savage predators, for example, but they
are not evil; they have no alignment.
Languages
Your race indicates the languages your character can speak by
default, and your background might give you access to one or
more additional languages of your choice. Note these languages
on your character sheet.
Choose your languages from the Major Languages list on page 16,
or choose one that is common in your campaign. With your GM’s
permission, you can instead choose a language from a secret
language, such as spy talk or the tongue of druids.
Some of these languages are actually families of languages with
many dialects. Creatures that speak different dialects of the same
language can communicate with one another.
Personal Characteristics
Fleshing out your character’s personality—the array of traits,
mannerisms, habits, beliefs, and flaws that give a person a unique
identity—will help you bring him or her to life as you play the game.
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 Think about your character’s favorite words or phrases, tics and
habitual gestures, vices and pet peeves, and whatever else you
can imagine.
Each background presented later in this chapter includes suggested
characteristics that you can use to spark your imagination. You’re
not bound to those options, but they’re a good starting point.

Personality Traits
Give your character two personality traits. Personality traits are
small, simple ways to help you set your character apart from every
other character. Your personality traits should tell you something
interesting and fun about your character. They should be self-
descriptions that are specific about what makes your character
stand out. “I’m smart” is not a good trait, because it describes a
lot of characters.
Personality traits might describe the things your character likes,
his or her past accomplishments, things your character dislikes
or fears, your character’s self- attitude or mannerisms, or the
influence of his or her ability scores.
A useful place to start thinking about personality traits is to look at
your highest and lowest ability scores and define one trait related
to each. Either one could be positive or negative: you might work
hard to overcome a low score, for example, or be cocky about your
high score.

Backgrounds
Every story has a beginning. Your character’s background reveals
where you came from, how you became an adventurer, and your
place in the world. Your engineer might have been a scientist or a
technician. Your Mage could have been a professor or an artisan.
Your operative might have gotten by as a felon or commanded
audiences as a celebrity.
Choosing a background provides you with important story cues
about your character’s identity. The most important question to
ask about your background is what changed? Why did you stop
doing whatever your background describes and start adventuring?
Where did you get the money to purchase your starting gear, or, if
you come from a wealthy background, why don’t you have more
money? How did you learn the skills of your class? What sets you
apart from ordinary people who share your background?

Proficiencies
Each background gives a character proficiency in two or more
skills.
In addition, most backgrounds give a character proficiency with
one or more tools..
If a character would gain the same proficiency from two different
sources, he or she can choose to gain a +2 to that skill or choose
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FAITHS & PHILOSOPHIES
There are countless faiths and philosophies scattered across the
DarkEnergy Universe. Just because the gods exist, doesn’t mean
everyone chooses to follow one.

atheisM
After the Shearing, most have conceded to
the knowledge that gods exist. However,
there are still those that either see
the ‘gods’ as unworthy of worship
or completely dismiss their existence entirely.

earth Mother
Believers see nature itself as a divine being. Mainly practiced by
Druids, they believe in Balance and Harmony with Nature.

Personal belief
Anyone who puts their faith in themselves or other mortal
beings. They may acknowledge the existence of the gods,
but they choose to believe in their physical, mortal self.

Celestials
Celestials are immortal and immensely powerful
beings that dwell in their own Celestial Plane.
Those celestials that have a Good Alignment reside in the
Kingdom of Heaven are called Gods or Angels by the mortal
races. Those of a more Neutral Alignment dwell in the
Underworld, while celestials of Evil Alignment trapped in the
9 Hells are known as Demons or Devils.
There are many celestial pantheons, some of which have been
listed in this book, but this is not a complete list and new gods and
pantheons may be discovered at any time.
There are several types of celestials. Most classifications are
made based on the celestial’s origin or alignment.
Devils
PriMorDials The Fallen are powerful celestials that were once Angels but have
been cast into the 9 Hells as punishment for rebelling against
The most ancient beings in all of creation. They are considered the The Creator during the War in Heaven.
first gods born from the void of Chaos. They often come in pairs of
one male and one female. They are generally of Neutral Alignment Devil may also refer to the creatures created by the Fallen that
and are incredibly rare. serve as generals in their infernal armies.
Devils follow a specific hierarchy with the Seven Princes of Hell
anGels being the primary overlords but where Satan rules supreme.
Angels are celestials that were created by, and are still in the
service of, The Creator. They are of Lawful Good Alignment and DeMons
rarely interact with the mortal realms. Demons are celestials that were either created in the 9 Hells or
were gods imprisoned there after the War in Heaven for allying
GoDs themselves with The Fallen. They make up the vast majority of
the Legions of Hell and are bound to the Plane that they were
Gods are immensely
created in. They can escape by being summoned or possessing
powerful celestial beings that were birthed from an ancient
the body of a mortal.
Primordial or are a child of two older gods. They are of varying
Alignments and occasionally interact with their mortal Devotees. The most powerful demons are the Demon Lords who rule vast
regions with the hellish realm to which they are bound.
To most mortals, any member of the 9 Hells is considered a
demon.

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Pantheons
Æsir
The Æsir (or Aesir) is the pantheon of the dwarven gods that
includes two main families, the original Æsir and the Vanir. Once
enemies, these two families have become one against their
common enemies, the Jotun.
Most Aesir make their home in the realm of Asgard within the
Kingdom of Heaven.
Anunnaki
The Anunnaki are a pantheon of celestials. Some of them reside
in Jennah, a region within the Kingdom of Heaven but many of the
Anunnaki fought for Satan during the War in Heaven and became
Demon Lords and Archdevils in the 9 Hells.
Asuras
The Asuras are a pantheon of gods that allied with Satan during
the War in Heaven and have been imprisoned in the 9 Hells. Their
primary rivals are the Devas.
Atua
The Atua are a pantheon of gods that allied with the Creator during
the War in Heaven. They reside mainly in Hunamoku, a region
within the Kingdom of Heaven.
Cyclopes
The Cyclopes are three Celestials that are the gods of the cyclopes.
Most believe them to be dead, but in reality they where hidden
by Hephaestus and now reside in secret within Hephaestus’s
workshop on Mount Olympus, part of the Kingdom of Heaven.
They are the sons of Uranus and Gaea and the brothers of the
Hecatoncheires and the Titans
Devas
The Devas are a large pantheon of gods that allied with the Creator
during the War in Heaven. They reside in Swarga Loka, a region
within the Kingdom of Heaven. Their primary rivals are the Asuras.
Elohim
The Elohim are a pantheon of Celestials. Those not banished to the
9 Hells, reside in Mot, a region within Limbo. Many of the Elohim
fought for Satan during the War in Heaven and became Demon
Lords and Archdevils.
Hao Shén
The Hao Shén is a pantheon of gods that allied with the Creator
during the War in Heaven. They mainly reside in Tian, a region
within the Kingdom of Heaven.
Isfet
The Isfet is a large pantheon of kefali gods that allied with Satan
during the War in Heaven and have been imprisoned in the 9 Hells.
The Isfet are those of the Ma’at that rejected the Divine Order and
chose the path of Chaos. They are eternal enemies of the Ma’at.
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Jotun
The Jotun or Frost Giants, are a group of celestials that refused
to aid the Æsir during the War in Heaven and were banished to icy
Niflhel within the 9 Hells. They are the gods of the giants.
An exceptionally evil sect of Jotun known as the Muspell or Fire
Giants that fought for Satan during the War in Heaven were cast
into Muspelheim within the 9 Hells.
The Jotun are bitter rivals of the Æsir.
Kami
The Kami are a powerful group of Celestials that are the gods of
the orcs. They reside within Takamagahara, part of the Kingdom
of Heaven.
Their primary rivals are the Akuma.
Ma’at
The Ma’at are the gods of the kefali. Their appearances vary
wildly. From Fenrir that is an enormous wolf, to Hathor that is a
beautiful woman, to Tlaloc that resembles a frog with jaguar fangs
and heron feathers. They primarily reside within Aaru, part of the
Kingdom of Heaven.
They are eternal enemies of the Isfet.
Olympians
The Olympians are the pantheon of the elven gods that allied with
the Creator during the War in Heaven. They reside in Olympus, a
region within the Kingdom of Heaven.
Their primary rivals are the Titans.
Orishas
The Orishas are a pantheon of celestials that allied with the
Creator during the War in Heaven. They primarily reside in Orun
Oke, a region within the Kingdom of Heaven.
The Fallen
The Fallen are Angels who were cast from Heaven by The Creator
after the First Fall and then later after the War in Heaven and are
now imprisoned in the 9 Hells. The Fallen are now Archdevils and
as such they ‘rule’ the 9 Hells and use demons to enforce their
will. They cannot escape their prison but they can influence the
mortal realms.
Titans
The Titans are a pantheon of elven gods that were defeated by the
Olympians during the War in Heaven and banished to Tartarus.
Their primary rivals are the Olympians.
The War in Heaven
The War in Heaven (The Second Fall) was the titanic battle
between the Celestials for control of Heaven. It started when The
Lucifer of Heaven instigated a rebellion that spread throughout the
Heavenly Realms. The conflict eventually drew in both Angels and
Gods from across the Multiverse.
You can learn more about the War in Heaven by visiting:
darkenergy.fandom.com/wiki/War_in_Heaven
 Fanatic
Devotee Benefits Anytime after reaching 12th level, devotees at this level are usually
tasked with a more difficult mission in the hopes of gaining even

Believers
Anyone can follow a god but only the most faithful devotees can
reap all the rewards that their pantheon can offer.
Believer
Believers at level 1 gain a proficiency based on the pantheon that
they have chosen to follow. If you are already proficient in that
skill, you gain +2 to that skill.
Follower
At level 3, Followers choose a specific deity that matches their
Alignment to worship and they then gain a proficiency from that
celestial. If you are already proficient in that skill, you gain +2 to
that skill.
more favor and prove their fanaticism. The usual reward is listed
in the Fanatic column of the Pantheon tables.
Characters may instead choose to have one of their current
weapons blessed, giving it the magical property and +1 to attack
and damage rolls. If the weapon already has a bonus of +1, add the
blessing, making the weapon +2. A weapon can have a maximum
of +3.
DEIFIC WEAPON: Function the same as a normal weapon except
that their attacks are magical and have +1 to attack and damage
rolls. Attunement : Deific weapons do an additional 1d6 of Radiant
damage for Good and Neutral Aligned characters while dealing
Necrotic damage for Evil Aligned characters.
Characters awarded a deific weapon automatically gain proficiency
with that weapon.
ARMOR BLESSING: The deity blesses your armor and it gains +1
AC bonus.

Devotee
Only the truly devoted can access these gifts. The rewards listed
below are granted after completing some kind of service to the
pantheon or deity. The GM will act as the messenger of the gods
and determine the appropriate quest.
For example, at level 8 a messenger from the Olympians arrives and
tells you that a mysterious group has hacked into the Olympians
official website. Your mission is to eradicate the hackers and
restore the web page.
Adherent
Anytime after reaching 8th level, a messenger of the gods may
appear to bring you a divine quest, or you may stumble upon
something in your travels that pleases the gods enough for them
to reward you.
MAGIC ITEMS Varies based on the deity that bestows it. Some
examples are included in the section Magic Items.
SPELL: Can be up to a 5th level spell.
ANIMAL COMPANION: A beast companion from the Beast List.
MAGIC INSTRUMENT: Varies based on the deity that bestows it.
Some examples are included in the section Magic Items.
Apostle
Anytime after reaching 18th level, the most devout followers can
prove their faithfulness and become Apostles. The tasks of the
gods may seem impossible to fullfil at this stage but anyone who
can will be greatly rewarded with divine favor. The reward from
each pantheon is listed on the table: Celestial Pantheon Gifts.
A character may choose to negotiate for a different reward should
their achievement be deemed glorious enough in the eyes of the
pantheon.

CELESTIAL PANTHEON GIFTS

PANTHEON BELIEVER - LEVEL 1 ADHERENT - LEVEL 8 APOSTLE - LEVEL 18
Æsir Craft HP +15 Cybernetics- Arm Cannon (dwarf only)
Anunnaki Survival Poison Damage Resistance Radiation Immunity
Asuras Deception +2 MPs +1 Henchmen
Atua Drive Aumakua familiar Disease Immunity
Cyclopes Crafting Fire Damage Resistance Cybernetics-eye (cyclops only)
Devas Knowledge +4 Initiative Mutation: Extra Arms
Elohim Persuasion 2,000 Bu Bu reward varies based on devotion
Hao Shén Knowledge Force Damage Resistance Long Dragon Hatchling
Isfet Demolitions +4 MPs FREE Ability Augment (kefali only)
Jotun Nature Cold Damage Resistance FREE Ability Augment (giant only)
Kami Intimidation +2 Initiative +2 Henchmen (orc only)
Ma’at Religion +10 HP FREE Ability Augment (kefali only)
Olympians Arcana Psychic Damage Resistance FREE Ability Augment (elf only)
Orishas Animal Handling Nature +4 Radiation Immunity
The Creator Any Skill Prof Necrotic Damage Resistance FREE Ability Augment
The Fallen Occultism +6 MPs FREE Ability Augment
Titans Stealth Vampirism +1 Henchmen

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 ÆSIR PANTHEON
ÆSIR ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Odin, god of knowledge and war NG Watching blue eye Knowledge Animal Companion (wolf or raven)
Balder, god of beauty and poetry LG Gem-covered silver chalice Persuasion Magic Item
Eir, goddess of healing NG Leech Treat Injury Magic Item
Forseti, god of justice and law N Head of a bearded man Investigation Deific Battle axe
Frey, god of fertility and the sun NG Ice-blue greatsword Religion Deific Greatsword
Freya, goddess of sorcery and love NG Falcon Arcana Spell
Frigg, goddess of birth and fertility CN Cat Persuasion Magic Item
Heimdall, god of watchfulness LG Curling musical horn Perception Armor Blessing
Hermod, god of luck N Winged scroll Performance Magic Instrument
Motsognir, god of crafting and life NG Burning stone block Crafting Magic Item
Njord, god of sea and wind NG Gold coin Survival Deific Greataxe
Odur, god of light and the sun CG Solar disk Treat Injury Magic Item
Sif, goddess of war NG Upraised sword Athletics Deific Arming Sword
Thor, god of storms and thunder CG Hammer Athletics Deific Stun Gun
Tyr, god of courage and strategy LN Sword Intimidation Deific Longsword
Uller, god of hunting and winter CN Longbow Survival Deific Longbow

ANUNNAKI PANTHEON
ANUNNAKI ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Ashur, god of war LG Winged sun Survival Deific Arming Sword
Dagan, god of fertility NG Plow Religion Magic Item
Enlil, god of wind and storms CG Horned crown Drive Deific Mace
Enki, god of wisdom and mischief CN Fish and Goat Perception Magic Item
Ereshkigal, Queen of the Dead LE Naked woman with Slight of Hand Spell
downward-pointing wings
Gula, godess of healing N Dog Treat Injury Magic Item
Inanna (Ishtar), goddess of love, sex and war CG Eight-pointed star Athletics Deific Longsword
Ishkur, god of thunder CN Lightning fork Disable Device Deific Battleaxe
Marduk (Bel), chief god LN Dragon Athletics Deific Net
Nabu , god of prophesy N Clay tablet and stylus Knowledge Deific Rapier
Nergal, demon lord of pestilence CE Lion-headed mace Intimidation Deific Mace
Ninazu , god of the underworld N Snake Stealth Magic Item
Ningishzida, god of nature and medicine CN Snakes twining around Treat Injury Deific Staff
an axial rod
Ninhursag, mother goddess NG Omega-like symbol with knife Persuasion Deific Dagger
Nanna, god of the moon N Recumbent moon Nature Magic Item
Ninurta, god of hunting and war LG Perched bird Animal Handling Deific Bow
Utu (Shamash), god of the sun and justice LN Sun Disk Investigation Spell

ASURAS PANTHEON
ASURAS ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Hiranyakashipu, demon NE Worn crown Computer Use Deific Shortbow
Hiranyaksha, demon NE Golden eyes Demolitions Magic Item
Kali, demon CE Dice Slight of Hand Magic Item
Mahishasura, demon CE Buffalo Drive Magic Instrument
Nisumbha, demon LE Broken bone Repair Deific Staff
Raktabīja, demon CE Drop of blood Stealth Spell
Sumbha, demon NE Broken sword Survival Deific Morningstar
Tārakāsura, demon CE Puppet Deception Deific Arming Sword
Vritra, demon dragon CE Snake and Castle Intimidation Deific Chain

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 ATUA PANTHEON
ATUA ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Kanaloa, god of the oceans CN Squid Survival Magic Item
Kāne, god of forests and chief god NG White Clay Knowledge Magic Item
Kū, god of war N Feathered god Athletics Deific Weapon
Lono, god of fertility and music CG Waterspout Performance Magic Instrument
Milu, god of the dead LN Coconut Cup Stealth Magic Item
Miru, demoness of death NE Kava Occult Magic Item
Pele, goddess of volcanoes CN Volcano/fire Craft Magic Item
Rongo, god of agriculture NG Kumara Nature Magic Item
Tāwhirimātea, god of weather CN Red/black clouds Intimidation Magic Item
Tūmatauenga, god of war LG Angry Face Treat Injury Deific Weapon
Whiro, demon of darkness CE Cave with teeth Arcana Spell

CYCLOPS PANTHEON
CYCLOPES ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Arges LG Stone wall Crafting Magic Item
Brontes N Clenched fist Repair Magic Item
Steropes CE Single Eye Demolitions Magic Item

DEVAS PANTHEON
DEVAS ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Brahma, the creator N Water lily Crafting Deific Bow
Shiva, the destroyer CN Linga Demolitions Deific Trident
Vishnu, the preserver LN Spiral shell Perception Blessed Armor
Kartikeya, god of war LG Vel Spear Intimidation Spear
Lakshmi, goddess of good fortune N Red Lotus Persuasion Magic Instrument
Parvati, mother goddess of power LG Yoni Arcana Spell
Saraswati, goddess of knowledge NG Veena Knowledge Magic Item
Durga, goddess of war LG Various crossed weapons Athletics Deific Scimitar
Kali, goddess of time CG Garland of human heads Computer Use Magic Item
Mariamman, goddess of medicine NG Bowl and trident Treat Injury Deific Trident
Indra, chief god of lightning CG Vajra Religion Deific Mace

ELOHIM PANTHEON
ELOHIM ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Anat, demoness of war and strife CE Atef Crown Survival Deific Flail
Astarte, demoness of sex and war LE Star within a circle Persuasion Deific Arming Sword
Ba’al, demon lord of storms CE Lightning bolt, bull Drive Deific Stun Gun
Chemosh, demon lord of destruction NE Bloody dagger Demolitions Deific Dagger
Kothar-wa-Khasis, god of crafting N Three stars over an anvil Crafting Magic Item
Moloch, demon lord of fire CE Twisting flames Occultism Deific Flamethrower
Mot, god of the underworld LN Tumbleweed Slight of Hand Spell
Resheph, demon lord of plagues CE Firebolt Treat Injury Deific Spear
Shapash, goddess of light CG Burning Chariot Perception Magic Item
Yam, god of seas CN Serpent Drive Spell

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 HAO SHÉN PANTHEON
HAO SHÉN ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Caishen, god of wealth N Golden Rod Computer Use Deific Staff
Chang’e, goddess of the moon CG Silver elixir Treat Injury Deific Crescent Moon Knife
Fuxi, god of knowledge N Clay Knowledge Magic Item
Guan Yin, goddess of mercy NG Willow branch Persuasion Magic Instrument
Jade Emperor, ruler LG Jade lóng dragon Perception Magic Item
Long Wang, dragon king CN Golden lóng dragon Intimidation Deific Arming Sword
Nezha, god of protection LG Fire wheels Athletics Blessed Armor
Nüwa, goddess of crafting NG Yellow mud Crafting Magic Item
Xiwangmu, queen mother CG Peach Nature Spell
Yan Wang, god of death LN Judge’s cap Arcana Deific Chakram

HELLISH PANTHEON
THE FALLEN ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Azazel, archdevil of crafting LE Goat Crafting Deific Longsword
Baphomet, archdevil of mutation LE Goat Head Occultism Magic Instrument
Harut & Marut, archdevils of magic LE Mug of blood Arcana Spell
Iblis, archdevil of jinn LE Flame Disable Device Deific Scimitar
Samyaza, archdevil of sex LE Silk ropes Intimidation Magic Item
Satan, ruler of the 9 Hells E Various Any Skill Prof Weapon or Armor Blessing
Tamiel, archdevil of murder LE Corpse Slight of Hand Deific Dagger
THE SEVEN PRINCES OF HELL
Abaddon, prince of pride LE Locusts Athletics Deific Greatsword
Asmodeus, prince of lust LE Chimera Persuasion Magic Item
Astaroth, prince of wrath LE Viper Intimidation Deific Greataxe
Beelzebub, prince of gluttony LE Flies Survival Deific Compound Bow
Belial, prince of sloth LE Open manacles Computer Use Magic Item
Leviathan, prince of envy LE Deformed dragon Deception Magic Item
Mammon, prince of greed LE Chipped coins Stealth Spell

ISFET PANTHEON
ISFET ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Ammit, Devourer of Souls NE Part Lion, Hippo and Crocodile Survival Deific Morningstar
Ao Guang, Dragon King of disasters CN Water Dragon Athletics Deific Longsword
Apedemak, demon lord of war NE Snake with a lion head Deception Deific Greatsword
Apep, demon lord of evil, fire, and snakes CE Giant Snake Occultism Deific Was Staff
Babi, demon lord of virility of the dead CN Baboon Persuasion Deific Chainsaw
Cizin, ruler of the dead CE Dancing Skeleton with cigarette Disable Device Magic Item
Echidna, Queen of Monsters CE Half-woman and half-snake Animal Handling Animal Companion
Kutkh, god of thieves CN Raven Slight of Hand Magic Item
Malsumis, demon lord of chaos and thorns CE Thorny vine Survival Magic Item
Setesh, demon lord of desert storms CE Was-sceptre Stealth Deific Staff
Sobek, demon lord of water and crocodiles CN Crocodile head with horns and Perception Deific Greataxe
plumes
Tezcatlipoca, god of memory and time CN Obsidian mirror Computer Use Magic Item
Typhon, god of destruction and monsters NE Man with wings, lower body of Intimidation Animal Companion
snakes
Vual, demon lord of the sand CE Camel Arcana Spell

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 JOTUN PANTHEON
JOTUN ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Aegir, god of the sea and storms CG Rough ocean waves Drive Deific Sidearm
Angrboda, goddess of sorrow CN Ironwood Tree Demolitions Magic Instrument
Hel, goddess of the underworld LN Rotting woman’s face Slight of Hand Magic Item
Loki, god of thieves and trickery CN Flame Stealth Magic Item
Skadi, goddess of the wilderness NG Mountain peak Nature Animal Companion
Skrymir, god of illusions CN Three concentric rings Deception Spell
Thrym, god of frost giants and cold CE White double-bladed axe Athletics Deific Greataxe
MUSPELL
Surtur, demon lord of fire giants LE Flaming sword Intimidation Deific Greatsword
Sinmara, demoness of fire giants NE Flaming dagger Occultism Deific Dagger

KAMI PANTHEON
KAMI ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Amaterasu, goddess of the sun LG Red sun with rays Knowledge Spell
Benzaiten, goddess of music NG Biwa Performance Magic Instrument
Daikokuten, god of wealth N Golden mallet Deception Deific Maul
Fūjin, demon lord of wind NE Oni with Windbag Drive Magic Item
Hachiman, god of warriors LG Dove Athletics Deific Katana
Inari Ōkami, goddess of fertility NG Fox Treat Injury Deific Nunchaku
Izanagi, god of life NG Water droplet Knowledge Magic Item
Izanami, demoness of death NE Screaming skull Investigation Deific Katana
Omoikane, god of wisdom LN Connected brains Perception Magic Item
Raijin, god of thunder and lightning CG Oni with drums Intimidation Magic Instrument
Ryūjin, dragon demon of the seas CE Jellyfish Survival Deific Katana
Susano-o , god of storms CN White sword Drive Deific Arming Sword
Tsukuyomi, god of the moon N Crescent moon Computer Use Spell
Uzume, goddess of revelry CN Bare-chested female Persuasion Magic Instrument
Takemikazuchi, god of swords NG Catfish Disable Device Deific Katana

MA’AT PANTHEON
MA’AT ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Acat, god of tattooing CG Ink bottle Craft (Tattoo) Magic Item
Amun-Ra, ruler of the gods LG Ram Perception Deific Was Staff
Anubis, god of judgment and death LN Black jackal Investigation Deific Sickle Sword
Bast, goddess of cats and vengeance CG Cat Stealth Deific Fist Claws
Bau, goddess of healing CN Dog Treat Injury Deific Hook Spear
Fenrir, god of wolves and the hunt N Wolf Intimidation WereDisease (Wolf)
Hathor, goddess of love and music NG Horned cow’s head with Performance Magic Instrument
lunar disk
Horus, god of the sky LG Falcon head with lunar disk Religion Animal Companion (Falcon)
Huitzilopochtli, god of war and sacrifice LN Hummingbird Occultism Deific Atlatl
Imhotep, god of crafts and medicine NG Step pyramid Crafting Magic Item
Isis, goddess of fertility and magic NG Ankh and star Arcana Spell
Nanuk, god of ice and the hunt N Polar Bear Animal Handling Deific Spear
Osiris, god of nature and the underworld LG Horns around a lunar disk Nature Deific Flail
Ptah, god of crafts, knowledge, and secrets LN Bull Knowledge Magic Item
Quetzalcoatl, god of wind NG Feathered Serpent Survival Magic Item
Sun Wukong, god of martial arts CG Monkey Athletics Deific Staff
Thoth, god of knowledge and wisdom N Ibis Knowledge Magic Item
Tlaloc, god of storms CG Goggle eyes and fangs Computer Use Deific Dagger
Ursa, god of travel and bears NG Bear Drive Deific Bow
Xolotl, god of fire, lighting and death CG Monstrous dog Intimidation Deific Scimitar

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 MONOTHEISM
SUPREME BEING ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
The Creator G Various Any skill prof Weapon or Armor Blessing

OLYMPIAN PANTHEON
OLYMPIANS ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Zeus, god of the sky, ruler of the gods NG Fist full of lightning bolts Knowledge Deific Taser
Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty CG Sea shell Persuasion Magic Item
Apollo, god of light, music, and healing NG Lyre Treat Injury Magic Instrument
Ares, demon lord of war and strife CE Spear Occultism Deific Spear
Artemis, goddess of hunting and childbirth NG Bow/arrow on lunar disk Animal Handling Deific Compound bow
Athena, goddess of wisdom and civilization LG Owl Knowledge Animal Companion (owl)
Cerberus, god of protection LG Three linked collars Animal Handling Animal Companion (dog)
Demeter, goddess of agriculture NG Mare’s head Nature Deific Sickle
Dionysus, god of mirth and wine CN Thyrsus Performance Deific Thyrsus Staff
Hades, god of the underworld LN Black ram Stealth Deific Scythe
Hecate, goddess of magic and the moon CN Setting moon Arcana Spell
Hephaestus, god of smithing and craft NG Hammer, anvil and tongs Crafting Deific Warhammer
Hera, goddess of marriage and intrigue CN Fan of peacock feathers Deception Deific Fan
Hercules, god of strength and adventure CG Lion’s head Athletics Magic Item
Hermes, god of travel and commerce CG Caduceus Drive Magic Item
Hestia, goddess of home and family NG Hearth Religion Magic Instrument
Nike, goddess of victory LN Winged woman Survival Magic Item
Pan, god of nature CN Syrinx (pan pipes) Nature Magic Pan Flute
Poseidon, god of the sea and earthquakes CN Trident Survival Deific Trident
Silvanus, god of forests CN Summer oak tree Animal Handling Animal Companion
Tyche, goddess of good fortune N Red pentagram Disable device Magic Item

ORISHA PANTHEON
ORISHA ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Babalú-Ayé, god of plagues and medicine N Broom Treat Injury Deific Darts
Eshu, demon lord of misfortune CG Walking stick Deception Deific Staff
Nana Buluku, goddess of life and creation N Old woman Crafting Magic Item
Obá, goddess of wives NG Machete Perception Deific Machete
Ọbatala, god of purity LG Snail Persuasion Magic Item
Ogun, god of iron CN Iron Repair Deific Handaxe
Oko, god of fertility LG opa orisa oko Religion Magic Item
Olokun, goddess of mental health NG Chain Treat Injury Deific Chain
Ọrunmila, god of wisdom, knowledge and prophesy CG Ifa divination Knowledge Magic Item
Ori, god of healing and destiny LN Head Treat Injury Magic Instrument
Ọsanyin, god of plants and magic CN Ase Arcana Spell
Oshosi, god of hunting and justice LG Bow and arrow Investigation Deific Longbow
Ọya, goddess of storms CN Flywhisk Nature Deific Fist Claws
Shango, god of lightning and virility CG Flaming lightning bolt Computer Use Deific Boomerang
Yemọja, goddess of water NG Cowrie shells Drive Magic Item

TITAN PANTHEON
TITANS ALIGNMENT SYMBOL FOLLOWER FANATIC
Cronus, demon lord of vampires LE Scythe Stealth Deific War Scythe
Oceanus, demon lord of the seas CE River encircling a world Intimidation Deific Javelin
Mnemosyne, goddess of memory N Rippling pool Perception Spell
Rhea, prime demoness CE Tambourine Deception Magic Instrument
Themis, goddess of divine law LN Scales of Justice Investigation Magic Item

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CURSES
WEREDISEASE
A humanoid creature can be afflicted with the curse of WereDisease
after being bitten by a Bitten (person with WereDisease), or a
kefali, under the light of a full moon. Or if one or both of the parents
have WereDisease. A remove curse spell can rid an afflicted of
the curse if successfully performed before their first full moon
transformation after being afflicted, but a natural born Bitten or
those that have made their first Change can be freed of the curse
only with a wish.
Someone infected with WereDisease can either resist the
curse or embrace it. By resisting the curse, a person
retains its normal alignment and personality while
in humanoid form. It lives its life as it always has,
burying deep the bestial urges raging inside it.
However, when the full moon rises, the curse
becomes too strong to resist, transforming
the individual into its horrible hybrid form
that combines animal and humanoid traits.
When the moon wanes, the beast within can
be controlled once again. Especially if the
cursed creature is unaware of its condition, it
might not remember the events of its
transformation, though those memories often
haunt a Bitten as bloody dreams. With time and
experience, they learn to master their shapechanging
ability and can assume hybrid form at will. Some
individuals see little point in fighting the curse and
accept what they are. Most Bitten that embrace
their bestial natures succumb to bloodlust,
becoming evil, opportunistic creatures that prey
on the weak.
Bitten are universally shunned if not outright hunted
by the various races. For example, the dwarves of the
militaristic order of the Hands of Tyr are a Bitten
hunting organization. While on the other hand, the
dwarven Cult of Fenrir is made entirely of
CynoBitten. Members of the Cult of Fenrir are
constantly being hunted by the Hands of Tyr.
VARIANT: NONHUMAN BITTEN
The statistics presented in this section assume
a base creature of human. However, you can
also use the statistics to represent nonhuman
Bitten, adding verisimilitude by allowing a
nonhuman Bitten to retain one or more of its
humanoid racial traits. For example, an
orc werewolf might retain its tusks
while in hybrid form.

STARTING AS ONE OF THE BITTEN

As a Bitten, you retain statistics and while in hybrid form, gain the Bitten’s statistics. A humanoid bit during a full moon by a Bitten
Bitten’s damage resistances, traits, and actions that don’t involve must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (DC 8 +the Bitten’s
equipment. You are proficient with the Bitten’s natural attacks, proficiency bonus+ the Bitten’s Constitution modifier) or be cursed
such as its bite or claws, which deal damage as shown in the with WereDisease.

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Ability Augment
DEXTERITY
CONSTITUTION
WISDOM
Senses
Darkvision 60 ft.
Passive Perception 13
Transform
You can take an action to change into your Hybrid Form and then
back into your humanoid form. While in Hybrid Form you can wield
weapons as normal. You are able to wear certain equipment at the
DM’s discretion, such as circlets and robes. You can stay in your
hybrid form for up to one hour and it can only be activated once
per day.
At Higher Levels: At 10th level you can transform twice a day and
three times at 18th level.
Cursed Rampage
You gain the benefits of the WereDisease, but for the three days
of a full moon, you turn into a bloodthirsty monster of Chaotic Evil
alignment under the control of the GM and, unless preparations
were made to contain you beforehand, you go on a mindless
rampage.
Hybrid Form Traits
Toughness
While in hybrid form, you gain temporary hit points equal to your
level + your Constitution bonus (minimum of 1).
Were Resistance
While in hybrid form, you take half damage from any attacks that
aren’t silvered and/or magical. At the start of your turn you gain
1d4+ your constitution modifier of health back. You can only gain
this benefit if you have at least 1 hit point.
When in your humanoid form, you are vulnerable to silvered
weapons and take double damage from them.
Multi-Attack
As a Bonus Action while in hybrid form, you can make three
attacks: one bite attack and two claw attack.
If a race, mutation, or any other feature grants a bite and claw
attack, they do not stack with multi-atttack. .
Bite
As a Bonus Action, your bite can be used as a melee weapon
attack. It does 1d10 + Strength modifier, piercing damage. If the
target is a humanoid and the moon is full, it must succeed on a
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DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be cursed with WereDisease.
The Bitten’s bite is used instead of any other natural bite attacks
while in hybrid form.
Claw
Melee weapon attack: Your claws are natural weapons, which you
can use to make unarmed strikes if you are unarmed. They do 1d8
+ Strength modifier, slashing damage.
The Bitten’s claws are used instead of any other natural claw
attacks while in hybrid form.
Pounce (Feloran Hybrid Form Only)
While in hybrid form, if you move at least 15 feet straight toward
a creature and then hit it with a claw attack on the same turn,
that target must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or be
knocked prone. If the target is prone, you can make one bite attack
against it as a bonus action.
Gore (Tusked Only)
As a Bonus Action while in hybrid form, your tusks can be used
as a melee weapon attack instead of Bite. It does 2d6 + Strength
modifier, piercing damage. If the target is a humanoid and the
moon is full, it must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw
or be cursed with WereDisease.
Universal Traits
Silver Allergy (Both forms)
Silver is the bane of your existence. Even touching a silver coin
burns your skin.
Tracking (Both forms)
You can detect opponents within 15 feet by sense of smell. If the
opponent is upwind, the range increases to 40 feet; if downwind, it
drops to 5 feet. Strong scents can be detected at twice the ranges
noted above. Overpowering scents can be detected at triple normal
range. When a creature detects a scent, the exact location of the
source is not revealed—only its presence somewhere within range.
Dark-Vision (Both forms)
You can see in non-magical darkness out to 60 ft., you cannot
discern different colors and can only see in shades of grey.
Animal Empathy (Both forms)
You can communicate with animals of your curse type.
Keen Senses (Both forms)
You are Proficient in Survival, Nature, Intimidation and Perception
skills and have advantage on checks that rely on hearing, smell,
or vision.
Beastly Brotherhood (Both forms)
You have advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least
one allied Bitten is within 5 ft. of the creature and the ally isn’t
incapacitated.
 VAMPIRISM
Awakened to an endless night, vampires hunger for the life they
have lost and sate that hunger by drinking the blood of the living.
Vampires abhor sunlight, for its touch burns them. They never
cast shadows or reflections, and any vampire wishing to move
unnoticed among the living keeps to the darkness and far
from reflective surfaces.

Dark Desires
Whether or not a vampire retains any memories from its
former life, its emotional attachments wither as once-pure
feelings become twisted by undeath. Love turns into hungry
obsession, while friendship becomes bitter jealousy. In place
of emotion, vampires pursue physical symbols of what they
crave, so that a vampire seeking love might fixate on a young
beauty. A child might become an object of fascination for a
vampire obsessed with youth and potential. Others surround
themselves with art, books, or sinister items such as torture
devices or trophies from creatures they have killed.

Born from Death

Most of a vampire’s victims become vampire spawn- ravenous
creatures with a vampire’s hunger for blood, but under the control
of the vampire that created them. If a true vampire allows a spawn
to draw blood from its own body, the spawn transforms into a true
vampire no longer under its master’s control. Few vampires are
willing to relinquish their control in this manner. Vampire spawn
become free-willed when their creator dies.

Undead Nature
Vampires are undead. They do not need sleep, air, or food, and
the only drink that sustains them is humanoid blood. They are
affected as such by spells, items and abilities that function
differently when used on the undead. For example, Cure
Wounds has no effect on them, and they’re subject to the
secondary effect of Chill Touch.

Shadow Elves
Fallen from the Light and embracing the Shadow, these
elves have been transformed into vampires either by
the bite of another Shadowed One or by performing
the Blood Rite.

STARTING AS A VAMPIRE
The game statistics of a player character
transformed into a vampire don’t change, except
that you receive a Strength, Dexterity, and Charisma
Augment to a max of 18. In addition, you gain the vampirism
damage resistances, darkvision, traits, and actions. Attack and
damage rolls for your attacks are based on Strength.
Charm save DC is 8 + your proficiency bonus+ you Charisma
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 Ability Augment Vampire Weaknesses
As a Vampire, you have the following flaws
STRENGTH
DEXTERITY Bloodthirst
CHARISMA Every night that you go without drinking blood, the starvation
causes you to gain 1 level of Exhaustion that cannot be removed
Saving Throws by any means except for drinking blood. A pint of specially-
prepared, bottled humanoid blood counts as a Potion of Healing
Dexterity, Wisdom when imbibed by a Vampire, and removes 1 level of Exhaustion
caused by Bloodthirst. Each successful use of your bite attack
Skills against a willing, incapacitated or restrained humanoid removes
Perception, Stealth 1 level of Exhaustion caused by Bloodthirst.
Bottles of stored blood can be created with a DC 15 Intelligence
Damage Resistances (Alchemy tools) check. Each check requires a pint of fresh humanoid
blood (either drawn from a living victim or from a corpse slain
Necrotic, poison; ballistic, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing
no longer than an hour ago), and a dose of anticoagulant worth
from nonmagical weapons
50 Bu. Each check takes 10 minutes of work drawing the blood,
measuring and mixing the anticoagulant. If the check succeeds, a
Condition Immunities single bottle of blood is created, and will last indefinitely without
Poisoned drying or spoiling. If the check fails, no item is created and the
materials are wasted.
Senses
Darkvision 120 ft.
Forbiddance
You can’t enter a residence without an invitation from one of the
occupants.
Passive Perception 17 Damage Vulnerability
Alignment As an undead vampire, you are vulnerable to Radiant damage and
take double damage from them.
Lawful Evil or possibly Neutral
Harmed by Running Water
VAMPIRE SKILLS You take 10 acid damage if you end your turn in running water.

Shapechanger Stake to the Heart

If you aren’t in sun light or running water, you can use your action
to polymorph into a Tiny bat or a Medium cloud of mist, or back
into your true form.
While in bat form, you can’t speak, your walking speed is 5 feet,
and you have a flying speed of 30 feet. Your statistics, other than
your size and speed, are unchanged. Anything you are wearing
transforms with you, but nothing you are carrying does. You revert
to your true form if you drop to 0 HP.
While in mist form, you can’t take any actions, speak, or manipulate
objects. You are weightless, have a flying speed of 20 feet, can
hover, and can enter a hostile creature’s space and stop there. In
addition, if air can pass through a space, the mist can do so without
squeezing, and it can’t pass through water. You have advantage
on Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution saving throws, and you are
immune to all nonmagical damage, except the damage you take
from sunlight.
If a piercing weapon made of wood is driven into your heart, you
are paralyzed until the stake is removed. Driving a stake through
your heart takes an action, and requires that you be willing,
incapacitated or restrained. If you suffer a critical hit from a
wooden weapon, that weapon has a 20% chance of piercing your
heart. This chance is reduced to 10% if you are wearing medium
armor or benefiting from a mage armor spell, or a Martial Artist’s
Wisdom-based or Berserker’s Constitution-based AC bonus. You
cannot be staked by a critical hit with a wooden weapon while
wearing heavy armor.
Sunlight Hypersensitivity
You take 20 radiant damage when you start your turn in sunlight.
While in sunlight, you have disadvantage on attack rolls and ability
checks.

Spider Climb
You can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings,
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 spellcaster casting control undead or other appropriate spell of
VAMPIRE ACTIONS 7th level or higher.
This skill has no effect on creatures with legendary actions.
Unarmed Strike (True Form Only) The skill ends when the undead is destroyed, or when control of it
Melee weapon attack: 1d8 + Dex bonus of bludgeoning damage. is taken away.
Instead of dealing damage, you can grapple the target (escape DC
18).

Claw (True Form Only)

Melee weapon attack: Your claws are natural weapons, which you
can use to make unarmed strikes if you are unarmed. They do 1d8
+ Dex modifier, slashing damage.
The Vampire’s claw is used instead of any other natural claw
attacks while in true form.

Bite (Bat or True Form).

Melee weapon attack: Your bite is a natural weapon. You gain a bite
attack that deals 1d6 Piercing damage plus 3d6 necrotic damage,
has the Finesse property, and counts as a magical weapon. If the
target is a willing, incapacitated, or restrained humanoid, you have
an opportunity to drink some blood from the target, and recovers
the same amount of hit points (up to their maximum) that the
opponent lost from the necrotic damage.
The Vampire’s bite is used instead of any other natural bite attacks
while in true form.

Charm
You target one humanoid that you can see within 30 feet of you.
If the target can see you, the target must succeed on a DC 17
Wisdom saving throw against this magic or be charmed by you.
The charmed target regards you as a trusted friend to be heeded
and protected. Although the target isn’t under your control, it takes
your requests or actions in the most favorable way it can, and it is
a willing target for your bite attack.
Each time you or your companions do anything harmful to the
target, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on
a success. Otherwise, the effect lasts 24 hours or until you drop to
0 HP, is on a different plane of existence than the target, or takes a
bonus action to end the effect.

Cursed Bite (True Form Only)

If the target is a humanoid, and their health is reduced to 0 or less
from the bite, then it must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving
throw or be cursed with vampirism.

Control Undead (True Form Only)

You target an undead creature within 30 ft. of you. The creature
must make a Intelligence saving throw; It has disadvantage
on this saving throw if its Intelligence score is 10 or less, and it
automatically fails if its intelligence score is 5 or less. On a failed
save, the target is brought under your mental control.
While an undead is under your control, and within 100 feet of you,
you may telepathically issue commands to it which they follow to
the best of their ability. If no commands are given, it will defend
itself against hostile creatures.
During combat, the undead rolls for its own initiative. You decide
what actions it takes and where it may move.
Undead controlled by this spell cannot be freed by means other
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 AFTER 1ST LEVEL
As your character goes on adventures and overcomes challenges,
Multiclassing
Multiclassing allows you to gain levels in multiple classes. Doing
so lets you mix the abilities of those classes to realize a character
he or she gains experience, represented by experience points. A concept that might not be reflected in one of the standard class
character who reaches a specified experience point total advances options.
in capability. This advancement is called gaining a level. With this rule, you have the option of gaining a level in a new class
When your character gains a level, his or her class often grants whenever you advance in level, instead of gaining a level in your
additional features, as detailed in the class description. Some of current class. Your levels in all your classes are added together
these features allow you to increase your ability scores, either to determine your character level. For example, if you have three
increasing two scores by 1 each or increasing one score by 2. levels in Mage and two in Warrior, you’re a 5th level character.
You can’t increase an ability score above 20. In addition, every As you advance in levels, you might primarily remain a member of
character’s proficiency bonus increases at certain levels. your original class with just a few levels in another class, or you
Each time you gain a level, you gain 1 additional Hit Die. Roll that might change course entirely, never looking back at the class you
Hit Die, add your Constitution modifier to the roll, and add the total left behind. You might even start progressing in a third or fourth
to your hit point maximum. Alternatively, you can use the fixed class. Compared to a single class character of the same level,
value shown in your class entry, which is the average result of the you’ll sacrifice some focus in exchange for versatility.
die roll (rounded up).
When your Constitution modifier increases by 1, your hit point Prerequisites
maximum increases by 1 for each level you have attained. For To qualify for a new class, you must meet the ability score
example, if your 7th level fighter has a Constitution score of 18, prerequisites for both your current class and your new one, as
when he reaches 8th level, he increases his Constitution score shown in the Multiclassing Prerequisites table. For example, a
from 17 to 18, thus increasing his Constitution modifier from +3 to Berserker who decides to multiclass into the Druid class must
+4. His hit point maximum then increases by 8. have both Strength and Wisdom scores of 13 or higher. Without
The Character Advancement table summarizes the XP you need to the full training that a beginning character receives, you must be
advance in levels from level 1 through level 20, and the proficiency a quick study in your new class, having a natural aptitude that is
bonus for a character of that level. Consult the information in your reflected by higher than average ability scores.
character’s class description to see what other improvements you
gain at each level. MULTICLASSING PREREQUISITES
Class Ability Score Minimum
CHARACTER ADVANCEMENT Berserker Strength 13
Experience Points Level Proficiency Bonus Disciple Wisdom 13
0 1st +2 Druid Wisdom 13
300 2nd +2 Engineer Intelligence 13
900 3rd +2 Instrumentalist Charisma 13
2,700 4th +2 Mage Intelligence 13
6,500 5th +3 Modern Soldier Dexterity 13
14,000 6th +3 Martial Artist Dexterity 13 and Wisdom 13
23,000 7th +3 Operative Dexterity 13
34,000 8th +3 Psionic Intelligence 13 and Charisma 13
48,000 9th +4 Sharpshooter Dexterity 13 and Wisdom 13
64,000 10th +4 Templar Strength 13 and Wisdom 13
85,000 11th +4 Warrior Strength 13 or Dexterity 13
100,000 12th +4
120,000 13th +5
140,000 14th +5
Experience Points
165,000 15th +5
The experience point cost to gain a level is always based on your
195,000 16th +5 total character level, as shown in the Character Advancement
225,000 17th +6 table, not your level in a particular class. So, if you are a Disciple 6/
265,000 18th +6 Warrior 1, you must gain enough XP to reach 8th level before you
305,000 19th +6 can take your second level as a Warrior or your seventh level as a
Disciple.
355,000 20th +6
Hit Points and Hit Dice
You gain the hit points from your new class as described for levels
after 1st. You gain the 1st level hit points for a class only when you
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You add together the Hit Dice granted by all your classes to form
your pool of Hit Dice. If the Hit Dice are the same die type, you can
simply pool them together. For example, both the Warrior and the
Templar have a d10, so if you are a Templar 5/Warrior 5, you have
ten d10 Hit Dice. If your classes give you Hit Dice of different types,
keep track of them separately. If you are a Templar 5/Disciple 5, for
example, you have five d10 Hit Dice and five d8 Hit Dice.
level spells. If your Intelligence is 16, you can prepare six Mage
spells.
Each spell you know and prepare is associated with one of your
classes, and you use the spellcasting ability of that class when
you cast the spell. Similarly, a spellcasting focus, such as a holy
symbol, can be used only for the spells from the class associated
with that focus.

Proficiency Bonus
Your proficiency bonus is always based on your total character
level, not your level in a particular class. For example, if you are
a Warrior 3/Operative 2, you have the proficiency bonus of a 5th
level character, which is +3.
Proficiencies
When you gain your first level in a class other than your initial
class, you gain the new class’s starting proficiencies.
Class Features
When you gain a new level in a class, you get its features for
that level. You don’t, however, receive the class’s starting
equipment, and a few features have additional rules when you’re
multiclassing: Channel Divinity, Extra Attack, Unarmored Defense,
and Spellcasting.
Channel Divinity
SPELL SLOTS. You determine your available spell slots by adding
together all your levels in the Instrumentalist, Disciple, Druid and
Mage classes, and half your levels (rounded down) in the Templar
and Sharpshooter classes. Use this total to determine your spell
slots by consulting the Multiclass Spellcaster table.
If you have more than one spellcasting class, this table might give
you spell slots of a level that is higher than the spells you know or
can prepare. You can use those slots, but only to cast your lower
level spells. If a lower level spell that you cast, like burning hands,
has an enhanced effect when cast using a higher level slot, you
can use the enhanced effect, even though you don’t have any
spells of that higher level.
For example, if you are the aforementioned Sharpshooter 4/Mage
3, you count as a 5th level character when determining your spell
slots: you have four 1st level slots, three 2nd level slots, and two
3rd level slots. However, you don’t know any 3rd level spells, nor do
you know any 2nd level ranger spells. You can use the spell slots
of those levels to cast the spells you do know—and potentially
enhance their effects.

If you already have the Channel Divinity feature and gain a level in
a class that also grants the feature, you gain the Channel Divinity MULTICLASS SPELLCASTER
effects granted by that class, but getting the feature again doesn’t Level 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
give you an additional use of it. You gain additional uses only
1st 2 - - - - - - - -
when you reach a class level that explicitly grants them to you. For
example, if you are a Disciple 6/Templar 4, you can use Channel 2nd 3 - - - - - - - -
Divinity twice between rests because you are high enough level 3rd 4 2 - - - - - - -
in the Disciple class to have more uses. Whenever you use the 4th 4 3 - - - - - - -
feature, you can choose any of the Channel Divinity effects 5th 4 3 2 - - - - - -
available to you from your two classes.
6th 4 3 3 - - - - - -

Extra Attack 7th 4 3 3 1 - - - - -

8th 4 3 3 2 - - - - -
If you gain the Extra Attack class feature from more than one class,
the features don’t add together. You can’t make more than two 9th 4 3 3 3 1 - - - -
attacks with this feature unless it says you do (as the Warrior’s 10th 4 3 3 3 2 - - - -
version of Extra Attack does). 11th 4 3 3 3 2 1 - - -
12th 4 3 3 3 2 1 - - -
Unarmored Defense 13th 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 - -
If you already have the Unarmored Defense feature, you can’t gain 14th 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 - -
it again from another class.
15th 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 -

Spellcasting 16th
17th
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1 1
-

Your capacity for spellcasting depends partly on your combined

18th 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
levels in all your spellcasting classes and partly on your individual
levels in those classes. Once you have the Spellcasting feature 19th 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
from more than one class, use the rules below. If you multiclass 20th 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1
but have the Spellcasting feature from only one class, you follow
the rules as described in that class.
Spells Known and Prepared. You determine what spells you know
and can prepare for each class individually, as if you were a single
classed member of that class. If you are a Sharpshooter 4/Mage
3, for example, you know three 1st level ranger spells based on
your levels in the Sharpshooter class. As 3rd level Mage, you know
three Mage cantrips, and ten Mage spells, two of which (the two
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 GENERAL FEATS
A feat represents a talent or an area of expertise that gives a
character special capability. It embodies training, experience, and
abilities beyond what a class provides.
You must meet any prerequisite
specified in a feat to take that
feat. If you ever lose a feat’s
prerequisite, you can’t use that
feat until you regain the
prerequisite.

Advanced Firearms Proficiency (TL 1)
PREREQUISITE: Longarm or Sidearm Proficiency
You can fire any longarm or sidearm on auto-fire without penalty
(provided that it has an auto-fire setting).
Animal Affinity
You get a +2 bonus on all Animal Handling checks.
Armor Proficiency - Light
You have trained to master the use of light armor, gaining the
following benefits:
• Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a max of 20.
• You gain proficiency with light armor.
Armor Proficiency - Medium
You have trained to master the use of medium armor and shields,
gaining the following benefits:
• Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a max of 20.
• You gain proficiency with medium armor and shields.
Armor Proficiency - Heavy
You have trained to master the use of heavy armor, gaining the
following benefits:
• Increase your Strength score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency with heavy armor.
Attacker
You gain a +2 bonus on all attack rolls.
Bayoneteer (TL 1)
PREREQUISITE: Proficiency in Longarms
You have mastered the art of fighting with weapons attached to
the barrel of your longarm. You gain the following benefits:
• You gain a +1 bonus to damage rolls with bayonets.
• You gain proficiency in improvised weapons.
• Firearms with bayonets attached gain a reach of 10 feet.
• When you take the attack action with a firearm that has a
bayonet attached to it, you can use a bonus action to make a
melee attack with the bayonet at a creature within 5 feet of you.
Beast Companion
You form a powerful and magical bond with a beast, a small and
weak, yet loyal animal that aids you along your adventures.
When you gain this feat, you gain a pet. You can select a beast
of CR 1/4 or lower. However, your DM might pick one of these
animals for you, based on your background and past experiences.
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like any other creature, but you determine its actions, decisions,
attitudes, and so on. If you are incapacitated or absent, your pet
acts on its own.
If your pet is ever slain, the magical bond you share allows you to
return it to life. With 8 hours of work and the expenditure of 25 Bu
worth of rare herbs and fine food, you call forth your pet’s spirit
and perform a ritual to create a new body for it.
Bitten Mindset
PREREQUISITES: Cursed with WereDisease, 7th level
You have learned to control the Cursed Rampage of WereDisease.
For the three days of a full moon, you no longer turn into a
bloodthirsty monster.
Blind-Fight
In melee combat, every time you miss because of concealment
or darkness, you can reroll the missed roll one time to see if you
actually hit.
Brawl
When making an unarmed attack, you receive a +1 bonus on
attack rolls, and you deal nonlethal damage equal to 1d6 + your
Strength modifier.
Builder
Pick two of the following skills: Craft (Chemical), Craft (Electronic),
Craft (Mechanical), and Craft (Structural). You gain proficiency in
those skills. If you are already proficient you get a +2 bonus.
SPECIAL. You can select this feat twice. The second time, you
apply it to the two skills you didn’t pick originally.
Burst Fire (TL 1)
PREREQUISITES: Advanced Firearms Proficiency.
When using an automatic firearm with at least five bullets loaded,
you may fire a short burst as a single attack against a single
target. You receive a -4 penalty on the attack roll, but deal +2 dice
of damage.
Firing a burst expends five bullets and can only be done if the
weapon has five bullets in it.
SPECIAL. If the firearm has a three-round burst setting, firing a
burst expends three bullets instead of five and can be used if the
weapon has only three bullets in it.
Called Shot
You can make called shots. (pages 192-193)
Cautious
You gain a +2 bonus on all Demolitions and Disable Device checks.
Cleave
PREREQUISITES: Strength 13
If you deal an opponent enough damage to make the opponent
drop (either by knocking the opponent out due to massive damage
or by reducing the opponent’s hit points to less than 0), you get an
immediate extra melee attack against another opponent adjacent
to you. You can use this ability once per round.
Close Quarters Shooter
You have trained yourself in the delicate art of using ranged
weapons in close quarters combat. You gain the following benefits:
• Making an attack with a ranged weapon while within 5 ft. of a
hostile creature does not impose disadvantage on the attack roll.
Combat Martial Arts
When you score a critical hit on an opponent with an unarmed
strike, you deal triple damage.
Combat Throw
PREREQUISITE: Defensive Martial Arts.
You gain a +2 bonus on opposed Strength and Dexterity checks
any time you attempt a trip or grapple attack, or when you try to
avoid a trip or grapple attack made against you.
Confident
You gain a +2 bonus on all Deception and Intimidate checks, and
on checks to resist Intimidation.
Craft Ammo (TL 1)
PERQUISITES: Craft (Mechanical), Knowledge (Science)
Build any type of ammunition. Must have 10 Bu in raw materials
and make a successful Craft (Mechanical), (DC 15) check. On a
failed check, the 10 Bu in materials is lost.
If the check succeeds, 20 rounds of that ammunition type is
created.
Craft Cybernetics (TL 2)
PERQUISITES: Craft (Electronic), Craft (Mechanical), Knowledge
(Science)
Build any cybernetic attachment. Must make a successful Craft
(Electronic) (DC 25) and a Craft (Mechanical), (DC 25) check.
If both checks succeed, the attachment can be installed at any
time with the Cybernetic Surgery feat.
Craft Sidearm (TL 1)
PERQUISITES: Craft (Mechanical), Knowledge (Science)
Build any sidearm. Must have 100 Bu in raw materials and make
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 a successful Craft (Mechanical), (DC 20) check. On a failed check,
the 100 Bu in materials is lost.
If the check succeed, the sidearm is created.
Craft Simple Gun Turret (TL 1)
PREREQUISITES: Craft (Mechanical), Craft (Electronic),
Knowledge (Science)
You can create simple gun turrets. A gun turret is a small
deployable device with an AC of 12 and HP equal to 5+ (4X your
level). As an action you can deploy the turret to a space adjacent
to you. An undeployed turret is a 6-inch box.
You can then attach a sidearm to the turret. As a bonus action
during your turn, you can command the gun turret to fire at a
chosen enemy. The gun can fire until it runs out of ammunition,
then you must use a full turn to reload the gun to make the turret
functional again.
Only one may be deployed at a time, unless otherwise stated. A
turret is immune to Poison and Psychic damage, cannot be feared
or charmed, and is immune to poison and disease.
Creating a Simple Gun Turret costs 50 Bu and takes 4 hours to
complete.
Repairing it requires a DC 15 Repair (Mechanic’s Tools) check, and
half the money and time it takes to build it
Cybernetic Surgery (TL 2)
PREREQUISITES: Treaty Injury proficiency, Surgical Tools
You make a Treat Injury (DC 20) check to install or remove
cybernetics. Must have surgical tools or access a medical facility
or take a -4 penalty to the check.
Failure of 5 or more results in 1d4 Constitution damage, 10 or
more is Constitution drain instead.
NORMAL: Without this feat take a -8 penalty on Treat Injury.
Damage Dealer
You gain a +2 bonus on all damage rolls.
Deceptive
You gain a +2 bonus on all Deception and Persuasion checks.
Defensive Martial Arts
You gain a +1 dodge bonus to AC against melee attacks.
Dodge
PREREQUISITE: Dexterity 13.
During your action, you designate an opponent and receive a +1
dodge bonus to AC against any subsequent attacks from that
opponent. You can select a new opponent on any action.
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Double Tap (TL 1)
PREREQUISITES: Dexterity 13, Point Blank Shot.
When using a semiautomatic firearm with at least two bullets
loaded, you may fire two bullets as a single attack against a single
target. You receive a -2 penalty on this attack, but deals +1 die of
damage with a successful hit. Using this feat fires two bullets and
can only be done if the weapon has two bullets in it.
Drive-By Attack (TL 1)
You take no vehicle speed penalty when making an attack while
in a moving vehicle. Also, if you are the driver, you can take your
attack action to make an attack at any point along the vehicle’s
movement.
NORMAL. When attacking from a moving vehicle, you take a
penalty based on the vehicle’s speed. Passengers can ready an
action to make an attack when their vehicle reaches a particular
location, but the driver must make his or her attack action either
before or after the vehicle’s movement.
Dual Wield (Melee)
You have mastered fighting with two melee weapons and have
gained the following benefits:
• You receive a +1 bonus to AC when you are wielding a separate
melee weapon in each hand.
• You can use two-weapon fighting even when the one- handed
melee weapons you are wielding aren’t light.
Dual Wield (Sidearms) (TL 1)
You master the art of wielding two ranged weapons at once. You
gain the following benefits:
• You can draw or holster two sidearms when you would normally
be able to draw or holster only one.
• If you are wielding two ranged weapons with the loading
property, you can ignore the loading property for those weapons,
and do not need a free hand to reload them.
• You can wield two one-handed ranged weapons at once, even if
they do not have the light property.
Dual Wield (Sidearm/Melee) (TL 1)
You have mastered the art of dueling with gun and sword, and gain
the following benefits:
• When you use the attack action with a one-handed melee
weapon, you can spend a bonus action to fire a small or smaller
firearm you wield in your other hand. You can use this bonus
action to attack with a one-handed melee weapon if you use your
attack action with a light firearm.
• While wielding a small firearm and a one-handed melee weapon,
you gain a +1 bonus to your AC.
• Ignore the loading time and reload action for light firearms. You
do not need a free hand to load in the ammunition.
 Educated
Pick two Knowledge skills. You gain a +2 bonus on all checks with
those skills.
SPECIAL. You can select this feat multiple times. Each time, you
select two new Knowledge skills.
Elusive Target
PREREQUISITES: Dexterity 13, Defensive Martial Arts.
When fighting an opponent or multiple opponents in melee, other
opponents attempting to target you with ranged attacks take a -4
penalty. This penalty is in addition to the normal -4 penalty for
firing into melee, making the penalty to target to character -8.
Enchanted Tattoo Artist - Beginner
You gain Tattoo Artist’s Tools and proficiency in their use. You
learn Craft (Tattoo) and can now craft and apply Simple Tattoos.
Enchanted Tattoo Artist - Master
PREREQUISITES: Enchanted Tattoo Artist - Skilled
You can now craft and apply Ornate tattoos.
Enchanted Tattoo Artist - Skilled
PREREQUISITES: Enchanted Tattoo Artist - Beginner
You can now craft and apply Average tattoos.
Exotic Melee Weapon Proficiency
PREREQUISITE: Base attack bonus +1.
Choose one exotic melee weapon. You are proficient with that
melee weapon in combat.
You can gain this feat multiple times. Each time you take the feat,
you select a different exotic melee weapon.
Exotic Ranged Weapon Proficiency
PREREQUISITE: Base attack bonus +1.
Choose one exotic ranged weapon. You are proficient with that
ranged weapon in combat.
You can gain this feat multiple times. Each time you take the feat,
you select a different exotic ranged weapon.
Far Shot
When you use a ranged weapon, its range increment increases by
one-half (multiply by 1.5). When you throw a weapon, its range
increment is doubled.
Focused
You gain a +2 bonus on all Athletics and Concentration checks.
Frightful Presence
PREREQUISITE: Charisma 15
When you use this feat, all opponents within 10 feet of you must
make a Will saving throw (DC 10 + 1⁄2 your level + your Charisma
modifier). An opponent who fails their save is shaken, taking a -2
penalty on attack rolls, saves, and skill checks for a number of
rounds equal to 1d6 + your Charisma modifier. You can use the
feat once per round as a free action.
A successful save indicates that the opponent is immune to your
use of this feat for 24 hours. This feat does not affect creatures
with an Intelligence of 3 or lower.
Gearhead (TL 1)
You gain a +2 bonus on all Computer Use and Repair checks.
Gifted
Choose a spell type: Arcane, Divine, Elemental, or Occult. You
learn two cantrips of your choice from that spell list.
Great Cleave
PREREQUISITES: Strength 13, Cleave
As Cleave, except that you have no limit to the number of times
you can use it per round.
Greater Fortitude
You gain a +2 bonus on all Constitution saving throws.
Guide
You get a +2 bonus on all Nature and Survival checks.
Gunmaster (TL 1)
You are a veritable master with guns, and gain the following
benefits:
• Ignore the loading property for non-heavy firearms.
• If you are disarmed, you can use your reaction to draw and fire
a sidearm.
• Increase the normal range of all firearms you wield by 30 ft.
Heavy Weapon Proficiency (TL 1)
You gain firearms proficiency with all heavy weapons and can use
them without penalty.
Improved Brawl
PREREQUISITES: Brawl
When making an unarmed attack, you receive a +2 competence
bonus on your attack roll, and you deal nonlethal damage equal to
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 1d8 + your Strength modifier.
Improved Initiative
You gain a +4 bonus on initiative checks.
Improved Knockout Punch
PREREQUISITES: Brawl, Knockout Punch
When making your first unarmed attack against a flat-footed
opponent, treat a successful attack as a critical hit. This critical hit
deals triple damage. The damage is nonlethal damage.
SPECIAL. Even if you have the ability to treat unarmed damage
as lethal damage, the damage from a knockout punch is always
nonlethal.
Inked
PREREQUISITES: Constitution 14 or higher
You really enjoy the look and feeling of having tattoos. You may
have more tattoos than your body would normally allow. You may
either have 1 additional Large tattoo, 2 additional Medium tattoos,
or 4 additional Small tattoos.
Journeyman Runesmith
Prerequisite: Novice Runesmith
You have advanced in the art of Runesmithing. You can now create
Major Runes.
Knockout Punch
PREREQUISITES: Brawl
When making your first unarmed attack against a flat-footed
opponent, treat a successful attack as a critical hit. This damage
is nonlethal damage.
SPECIAL. Even if you have the ability to treat unarmed damage
as lethal damage, the damage from a knockout punch is always
nonlethal.
Longarm Master (TL 1)
PREREQUISITE: Longarm Proficiency
Rifles are complex weapons, but you know just how to make
every shot count. You gain the following benefits when wielding
longarms.
You gain a +1 bonus to damage rolls with these weapons. You
can reroll 1s and 2s to damage with these weapons. If you roll a
critical hit or deal a killing blow with these weapons, you can use
your reaction to take an additional shot at a creature within 10 feet
of the creature hit.
The range of these weapons increases by 150.
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Longarm Proficiency (TL 1)
You gain firearms proficiency with all longarms and can use them
without penalty.
Master Runesmith
Prerequisite: Journeyman Runesmith
You have truly mastered art of Runesmithing. You can now create
Superior Runes.
Medical Expert (TL 1)
You gain a +2 bonus on all Craft (Pharmaceutical) and Treat Injury
checks.
Melee Weapon Upgrade (TL 2)
PERQUISITES: Craft (Electronic), Craft (Mechanical), Knowledge
(Science)
Upgrade a melee weapon with a plasma or energy upgrade.
Must make a successful Craft (electronic) (DC 30) and a Craft
(Mechanical), (DC 30) check.
If both checks succeed, the upgrade is successful and one
additional damage die of that weapon type is added that does the
upgraded damage type.
Mounted Shooting (TL 1)
You wield guns with deadly efficiency on mounts. While you are
mounted and aren’t incapacitated, you gain the following benefits:
• You get a +1 bonus to attack rolls with firearms while mounted.
• Being within 5 feet of a hostile creature when making an attack
roll with firearms while mounted does not impose disadvantage
on the attack roll as long as the creature’s size is smaller than
your mount.
• You have advantage on attacks rolls against any unmounted
creature smaller than your mount within your firearm’s normal
range.
Multiattack
PREREQUISITE: Two or more natural attacks
You are adept at using all your natural weapons at once. As your
Attack Action, you can attack once with each of your natural
attacks.
If a combination of race, mutation, or any other feature grants
multiple bite or claw attacks, they do not stack with multiatttack.
Nerve Pinch
PREREQUISITE: Combat Martial Arts, attack bonus +4
Make an unarmed attack against a living creature, if the attack
succeeds, the target takes no damage but must succeed on a
Constitution save (DC 10+ half your level + your Str modifier) or be
paralyzed for 1d4+1 rounds.
SPECIAL: Does not work on creatures without nervous systems or
unknown anatomies like oozes.
Nimble
You gain a +2 bonus on all Athletics and Sleight of Hand checks.
Novice Runesmith
Prerequisite: Level 3, ability to cast spells
You have begun the journey to learn the art of Runesmithing.
You gain proficiency in Craft (Runes). You can now create Minor
Runes.
Opportunist
PERQUISITE: Opportunity Attack
You have mastered techniques to take advantage of every drop in
any enemy’s guard, gaining the following benefits:
• When a creature within 5 feet of you makes an attack against a
target other than you (and that target doesn’t have this feat), you
can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against the
attacking creature.
Opportunity Attack
An enemy that takes certain actions while in a threatened square
provokes an attack of opportunity from you. You can only make
attacks of opportunity with melee weapons, never with ranged
weapons.
• Two actions can provoke attacks of opportunity: moving out of a
threatened square, and performing an action within a threatened
square that distracts from defending and lets the character’s
guard down.
Paramedic
You are an able physician, allowing you to mend wounds quickly
and get your allies back in the fight. You gain the following benefits:
• When you use a first aid kit to stabilize a dying creature, that
creature also regains 6 Hit Points.
Pistol Whipper (TL 1)
You are skilled in using guns as melee weapons when and if they
run out of bullets. You increase your Strength or Dexterity ability
score by 1, to a maximum of 20, and are now considered proficient
with firearms you use as melee weapons. The damage die for these
firearms is as follows: sidearms are d6, and they are considered
finesse weapons, longarms are d8, and heavy longarms are d10.
The damage type for these attacks is bludgeoning.
Point Blank Shot
You gain a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls with ranged
weapons against opponents within 30 feet.
Polearm Expert
You can keep your enemies at bay with reach weapons. You gain
the following benefits:
• When you take the Attack action and attack with only a
poleaxe, halberd, or quarterstaff, you can use a bonus action to
make a melee attack with the opposite end of the weapon. The
weapon’s damage die for this attack is a d4, and the attack deals
bludgeoning damage.
• While you are wielding a poleaxe, halberd, pike, or quarterstaff,
other creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when
they enter your reach.
Ranged Weapon Upgrade (TL 2)
PERQUISITES: Craft (Electronic), Craft (Mechanical), Knowledge
(Science)
Upgrade a ranged weapon with a plasma or energy upgrade.
Must make a successful Craft (Electronic) (DC 30) and a Craft
(Mechanical), (DC 30) check.
If both checks succeed, the upgrade is successful and one
additional damage die of that weapon type is added that does the
upgraded damage type.
NOTE: Ammunition (20 box) must also be upgraded in the same
manner as the weapon for it to function.
Shield Block
PREREQUISITES: Proficiency with shields
Reaction: While you have your shield raised, you would take
damage from a physical attack.
Your shield prevents you from taking an amount of damage up to
the shield’s Hardness. You and the shield each take any remaining
damage, possibly breaking the shield.
Sidearm Master (TL 1)
PREREQUISITE: Sidearm Proficiency
You have mastered the art of wielding a sidearm with delicate
precision. You gain the following benefits:
• You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls made with these weapons.
• When you take the attack action with a sidearm can use a bonus
action to make an attack roll at a creature within 10 ft. of you.
• When you roll initiative and are not surprised, you can use
your reaction to draw a sidearm and attack a creature within its
normal range.
Sidearm Proficiency (TL 1)
You gain proficiency with all sidearms and can use them without
penalty.
Simple Weapons Proficiency
You gain proficiency with all simple weapons.
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 Skip Shot (TL 1)
PREREQUISITES: Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot.
If you have a solid, relatively smooth surface on which to skip a
bullet (such as a street or a concrete wall), and a target within 10
feet of that surface, you may ignore cover between you and the
target. However, you receive a -2 penalty on your attack roll, and
your attack deals -1 die of damage.
SPECIAL. The surface doesn’t have to be perfectly smooth and
level; a brick wall or an asphalt road can be used.
Spring Attack
PREREQUISITES: Dexterity 13, Dodge
When using an attack action with a melee weapon, you can move
both before and after the attack, provided that the total distance
moved is not greater than your speed.
You can’t use this feat if you are carrying a heavy load or wearing
heavy armor.
Strafe (TL 1)
PREREQUISITES: Longarm and/or Sidearm Proficiency, Advanced
Firearms Proficiency.
When using a firearm on auto-fire, you can affect an area four
5-foot squares long and one square wide (that is, any four squares
in a straight line).
NORMAL. A firearm on auto-fire normally affects a 10-foot-by-
10-foot area.
Streetfighting
Once per round, if you make a successful melee attack with an
unarmed strike, a light weapon or an improvised weapon you deal
an extra 1d6 points of damage.
Suppressive Fire (TL 1)
When you have a firearm with the automatic or burst fire property
drawn, you can use an action to suppress a field of fire within a 10
foot radius at any point within your weapon’s normal range. This
ability expends a number of bullets equal to half your firearm’s
total reload count when used. You cannot take bonus actions if
you take this action. You must have at least half your gun’s reload
count loaded into your weapon to use this ability. When you use
this ability, you gain the following benefits until the beginning of
your next turn. Creatures within the area have disadvantage on
attack rolls and Dexterity Saving Throws. Creatures within the area
can only move at half speed and cannot Dash. If any creatures
move or take an action within the area or moves into its area for
the first time, you can make an attack against them. You can make
this attack for a number of times equal to half your proficiency
bonus. You cannot make this attack at the same creature more
than once. This attack does not expend ammunition.
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Sunder
PREREQUISITES: Strength 13,
When you strike an object held or carried by an opponent, such as
a weapon, the character does not provoke an attack of opportunity.
You gain a +4 bonus on any attack roll made to attack an object
held or carried by another character. You deal double normal
damage to objects, whether they are held or carried or not.
Trustworthy
You gain a +2 bonus on all Investigation and Persuasion checks.
Ultra-Immune System
PREREQUISITE: Constitution 13
You gain a +2 bonus on Constitution saving throws to resist
poisons, diseases, and radiation.
SPECIAL: Any permanent ability drain inflicted on you is treated as
temporary ability damage instead.
Unbalance Opponent
PREREQUISITE: Defensive Martial Arts
During your action, you designate an opponent no more than
one size category larger or smaller than yourself. That opponent
doesn’t get to add his or her Strength modifier to attack rolls when
targeting you. (If the opponent has a Strength penalty, he or she
still takes that penalty.)
The opponent’s Strength modifier applies to damage, as usual.
You can select a new opponent on any action.
Vehicle Dodge (TL 1)
PREREQUISITES: Drive proficiency, Vehicle Expert.
When driving a vehicle, during your action you designate an
opposing vehicle or a single opponent. Your vehicle and everyone
aboard it receive a +1 dodge bonus to AC against attacks from that
vehicle or opponent. You can select a new vehicle or opponent on
any action.
Vehicle Expert (TL 1)
You gain a +2 bonus on all Drive(Pilot) checks.
Weapon Focus
PREREQUISITE: Proficient with weapon
Choose a specific weapon. You can choose unarmed strike or
grapple for your weapon for purposes of this feat.
You gain a +1 bonus on all attack rolls you make using the selected
weapon.
SPECIAL. You can gain this feat multiple times. Each time you take
the feat, you must select a different weapon.
EQUIPMENT
startinG equiPMent
When you create your character, you have an amount of Barter across magic items or spells to purchase. The value of magic is
Units (Bu) available to purchase your starting equipment based far beyond simple Barter Units and should always be treated as
on your background. The GM can change the initial amount of Bu such.
available. GEMS, JEWELRY, AND ART OBJECTS. These items retain their full
You decide how your character came by this starting equipment. value in the marketplace, and you can either trade them in for coin
It might have been an inheritance, or goods that the character or use them as currency for other transactions. For exceptionally
purchased during his or her upbringing. You might have been valuable treasures, the GM might require you to find a buyer in a
equipped with a weapon, armor, and a backpack as part of military large town or larger community first.
service. You might even have stolen your gear. A weapon could
be a family heirloom, passed down from generation to generation
until your character finally took up the mantle and followed in an
ancestor’s adventurous footsteps.

currency
Wealth appears in many forms in a DarkEnergy world. Coins,
gemstones, trade goods, art objects, animals, and property can
reflect your character’s financial well-being. Members of the
peasantry trade in goods, bartering for what they need and paying
taxes in grain and cheese. Members of the nobility trade either in
legal rights, such as the rights to a mine, a port, or farmland, or in
gold bars, measuring gold by the pound rather than by the coin.
Only merchants, adventurers, and those offering professional
services for hire commonly deal in coins.
Common coins come in several different denominations
based on the relative worth of the metal from which
they are made. The three most common coins are
the gold piece (gp), the silver piece (sp), and the
copper piece (cp).
A standard coin weighs about a third of an
ounce, so fifty coins weigh a pound.

barter units (bu)

When the worlds collided, humans needed a way to keep track of
their money, but each race had their own form of currency. It was
agreed upon that a silver piece was equal to one US dollar and
both equaled a new, neutral form of currency called a Barter Unit.
1 US = 1 EUR = 1 sp = 1 Bu
10 cp = 1 sp
10 sp = 1 gp

sellinG treasure
Opportunities abound to find treasure, equipment, weapons,
armor, and more in the dungeons you explore. Normally, you can
sell your treasures and trinkets when you return to a town or other
settlement, provided that you can find buyers and merchants
interested in your loot.
ARMS, ARMOR, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT. As a general rule,
undamaged weapons, armor, and other equipment fetch half their
cost when sold in a market. Weapons and armor used by monsters
are rarely in good enough condition to sell.
MAGIC ITEMS. Selling magic items is problematic. Finding
someone to buy a potion or a scroll isn’t too hard, but other items
are out of the realm of most but the wealthiest individuals. Likewise,
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 ARMOR AND SHIELDS
DarkEnergy worlds are a vast tapestry made up of many different cultures, each with its own
technology level. For this reason, adventurers have access to a variety of armor types, ranging from
leather armor to bullet proof vests to advanced powered armor with several other kinds of armor in
between. The Armor table collects the most commonly available types of armor found in the game
and separates them into three categories: light armor, medium armor, and heavy armor. Many
warriors supplement their armor with a shield.
The Armor table shows the cost, weight, and other properties of the common types of armor worn in the
worlds of DarkEnergy.

ARMOR
TYPE AC MAX DEX DAMAGE RESISTANCE STRENGTH STEALTH SPEED BU
BONUS COST
Unarmored +0 - - - - -
LIGHT ARMOR
Impromptu - Light +1 +4 Bludgeoning (2) - - 10
Leather Hides +1 +4 Slashing (2) - - 20
Gambeson +2 +3 Piercing (2) - - 40
Undercover vest (TL 1) +2 +3 Ballistic (2) - - 75
MEDIUM ARMOR
Impromptu- Med +3 +2 Bludgeoning (3) - - 10
Leather Plate +3 +2 Piercing (3) - - 20
Chain Shirt +3 +2 Slashing (3) - Disadvantage 45
Light-duty vest (TL 1) +3 +2 Ballistic (3) - - 70
Scale mail +4 +1 Slashing (3) - Disadvantage 50
Tactical Body Armor (TL 1) +4 +1 Ballistic (3) - - 250
Firefighter Suit (TL 1) +4 +1 Fire (3) - Disadvantage -5 ft. 500
HEAVY ARMOR
Chain mail +5 +1 Slashing (3) 16 Disadvantage 100
Brigandine +5 +1 Slashing (4) 16 Disadvantage -5 ft. 250
Full Plate +6 +0 Slashing(4), Bludgeoning (4) 18 Disadvantage -5 ft. 500
Soldier Protective System (TL 1) +4 +2 Ballistic (4) - - 600
Forced Entry Unit (TL 1) +7 +0 Ballistic (4), Bludgeoning (4) 16 Disadvantage -15 ft. 1000

SHIELDS
TYPE AC BONUS 1 HARDNESS HP STRENGTH STEALTH SPEED BU COST
Impromptu shield +1 1 5 - - - -
Wooden Shield +2 3 10 - - - 10
Steel Shield +2 5 20 16 Disadvantage - 20
Tower Shield +3 5 30 18 Disadvantage -5 ft. 100
1- Gaining a shield’s circumstance bonus to AC requires using the Raise Shield action.

TRADE GOODS. On the streets, many people conduct transactions Armor Class
through barter. Like gems and art objects, trade goods—bars of
iron, bags of salt, livestock, and so on—retain their full value in the Armor protects its wearer from attacks. The armor (and shield)
market and can be used as currency. you wear determines your base Armor Class (AC).

arMor Proficiency calculatinG ac

Anyone can put on a suit of armor or strap a shield to an arm. Only
those proficient in the armor’s use know how to wear it effectively,
however. Your class gives you proficiency with certain types of
armor. If you wear armor that you lack proficiency with, you have
disadvantage on any ability check, saving throw, or attack roll that
involves Strength or Dexterity, and you can’t cast spells.
Armor Class = 10 + armor’s AC bonus+ Dexterity modifier (up to
armor’s Max Dex) + proficiency bonus + other bonuses/penalties.
stealth
If the Armor table shows “Disadvantage” in the Stealth column, the
wearer has disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks.

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 TL 2 EXPERIMENTAL ARMOR
LIGHT AC BONUS MAX DEX DAMAGE RESISTANCE STRENGTH STEALTH BU COST
Nanotube +4 - Slashing (2), Bludgeoning (2) - - 750
MEDIUM
Enhanced Plastics +5 +2 Piercing (3), Slashing (3) - - 1500
HEAVY
Powered Armor1 +8 (Hardness 5) +0 Unique Str 18 Disadvantage 10,000
SHIELD
Energy shield +3 - - Disadvantage 250
1-See description for special rules.

Shields Heavy Armor

A shield is made from wood or metal and is carried in one hand.
Wielding a shield increases your Armor Class only while your
shield is raised. This requires using the Raise Shield action.
Shield HP
The shield’s Hit Points (HP) measure how much damage the shield
can take before it’s broken and unusable (its total HP). A shield
can be repaired with half the cost of the shield and 1 hour of time.
A repaired shield permanently loses 5 HP each time it is repaired.
So in this manner, an impromptu shield that only starts with 5 HP
cannot be repaired.
Hardness
Whenever an object takes damage, the amount of damage it takes
is reduced by this amount.
Variant: Equipment Sizes
Of all the armor categories, heavy armor offers the best protection.
These suits of armor cover the entire body and are designed to
stop a wide range of attacks. Only proficient warriors can manage
their weight and bulk.
Damage Resistance
Some armor comes with natural resistance to a certain type of
damage. This natural resistance is limited however and once it has
taken that type of damage the given number of times, it no longer
has resistance to that damage type until it has been repaired.
A critical hit automatically removes all remaining resistance
charges.
Repairing the damage resistance to a piece of armor requires a
successful Intelligence (Repair) check. The requirements for
repairing damage resistance can be found on the table Armor
Repair. Worn armor can also be repaired at an armorsmith or
similar expert.

In most campaigns, you can use or wear any equipment that you Armor looses a resistance charge each time it is repaired. For
find on your adventures, within the bounds of common sense. example; if a chain shirt lost all of its charges during battle and
is repaired for the first time, it will have (2) resistance to slashing
The GM can impose more realism. For example, a suit of plate damage instead of its original (3).
armor made for one human might not fit another one without
significant alterations, and a guard’s uniform might be visibly ill- ARMOR REPAIR
fitting when an adventurer tries to wear it as a disguise. TYPE REPAIR DC MATERIALS COST TIME
Using this variant, when adventurers find armor, clothing, and Light 10 30 Bu 1 hours
similar items that are made to be worn, they might need to visit Medium 15 75 Bu 1d4 hours
an armorsmith, tailor, leatherworker, or similar expert to make
the item wearable. The cost for such work varies from 10 to 40 Heavy 20 150 Bu 1d6 hours
percent of the market price of the item. The GM can either roll 1d4

TL 2 Experimental Armor
x 10 or determine the increase in cost based on the extent of the
alterations required.

Light Armor Powered Armor

Made from supple and thin materials, light armor favors agile
adventurers since it offers some protection without sacrificing
mobility. If you wear light armor, you add your Dexterity modifier
to the base number from your armor type to determine your Armor
Class.
Medium Armor
Medium armor offers more protection than light armor, but it also
impairs movement more. If you wear medium armor, you add your
Dexterity modifier, to a maximum of +2, to the base number from
your armor type to determine your Armor Class.
Firefighter Suit
Coat, pants, boots and helmet developed for fighting fires. This
does not include breathing apparatuses.
Powered armor is an experimental suit of armor made of articulated
plates of metal over an inner layer of flexible, bulletproof armor
which provides a thick layer of cushioning against blunt trauma.
Thanks to a hidden framework of artificial muscles, the armor is
practically weightless. Some models include the ability to transmit
and receive radio signals, but that is not a universal feature.
While wearing powered armor you have constant resistance to
nonmagical ballistic, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.
The weight of your armor does not count towards your carrying
capacity or encumbrance.
Powered armor is extremely resistant to damage and provides the
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 WEAPONS
The weapons covered here are grouped into three categories based on their general utility: ranged weapons, explosives and splash
weapons, and melee weapons.

weaPon Proficiency use effectively. Most warriors use martial weapons because these
weapons put their fighting style and training to best use.
Your race, class, and feats can grant you proficiency with certain
Proficiency with a weapon allows you to add your proficiency
weapons or categories of weapons. The two categories are simple
bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with that weapon.
and martial. Most people can use simple weapons with proficiency.
If you make an attack roll using a weapon with which you lack
These weapons include clubs, maces, and other weapons often
proficiency, you do not add your proficiency bonus to the attack
found in the hands of commoners. Martial weapons, including
roll.
swords, axes, and polearms, require more specialized training to

weaPon ProPerties
Many weapons have special properties related to their use, as
shown in the Weapons table.
AMMUNITION. You can use a weapon that has the ammunition
property to make a ranged attack only if you have ammunition
to fire from the weapon. Each time you attack with the weapon,
you expend one piece of ammunition. Drawing the
ammunition from a quiver, case, or other container is
part of the attack. At the end of the battle, you can
recover half your expended arrows by taking a
minute to search the battlefield.
RANGED. Ranged weapons fall into three general
groups: handguns, longarms, and other ranged weapons
such as crossbows.
When using a ranged weapon, the wielder applies
his or her Dexterity modifier to the attack roll.
Handguns and longarms are personal firearms.
A personal firearm is any firearm designed to be
carried and used by a single person.
If you use a weapon that has the ammunition
property to make a melee attack, you treat the
weapon as an improvised weapon (see “Improvised
Weapons” later in the section). A sling must be loaded
to deal any damage when used in this way.
FINESSE. When making an attack with a finesse
weapon, you use your choice of your Strength or
Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage rolls.
You must use the same modifier for both rolls.
HEAVY. Small creatures have disadvantage on attack
rolls with heavy weapons. A heavy weapon’s size and
bulk make it too large for a Small creature to use
effectively.
LIGHT. A light weapon is small and easy to handle, making it ideal
for use when fighting with two weapons. See the rules for two-
weapon fighting.
LOADING. Because of the time required to load this weapon,
you can fire only one piece of ammunition from it when you use
an action, bonus action, or reaction to fire it, regardless of the
number of attacks you can normally make.
RANGE. A weapon that can be used to make a ranged
attack has a range shown in parentheses after the
ammunition or thrown property. The range lists two
numbers. The first is the weapon’s normal range
in feet, and the second indicates the weapon’s
maximum range. When attacking a target beyond

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 MELEE WEAPONS
SIMPLE MELEE WEAPONS DAMAGE DAMAGE TYPE RANGE PROPERTIES WEIGHT BU COST
Bayonet (fixed) (TL 1) 1d4 Piercing - Special, Large 1 lb. 5
Brass Knuckle 1d4 Bludgeoning - Light, Hidden 2 lb. 1
Club 1d4 Bludgeoning - Light 2 lb. 1
Dagger 1d4 Piercing Thrown (20 ft.) Finesse, Light 1 lb. 2
Fist Claws 1d4 Slashing - Light, Exotic 1 lb. 2
Handaxe 1d6 Slashing Thrown (20 ft.) Light 2 lb. 5
Mace 1d6 Bludgeoning - - 4 lb. 12
Machete (TL 1) 1d6 Slashing - Small 2 lb. 10
Quarterstaff 1d6 Bludgeoning - Versatile (1d8) 4 lb. 2
Scythe 2d4 Slashing - Heavy, Two-Handed 4 lb. 5
Sickle 1d4 Slashing - Finesse, Light 3 lb. 10
Spear 1d6 Piercing Thrown (20 ft.) Versatile (1d8) 3 lb. 10
Stun Gun (TL 1) 1d3 Electricity - Special, Tiny 1 lb. 50
Sword cane 1d6 Piercing - Special 3 lb. 10
Unarmed strike 1d4 Bludgeoning - - - -
MARTIAL MELEE WEAPONS
Arming sword 1d6 Piercing - Versatile (1d10) 2 lb. 10
Battleaxe 1d8 Slashing - Versatile (1d10) 4 lb. 10
Chain 1d6/1d6 Bludgeoning - Special, Large 5 lb. 10
Chainsaw (TL 1) 2d6 Slashing - Heavy, Two-Handed 10 lb. 150
Crescent moon knife 1d4 Slashing - Special, Finesse, Light, Exotic 2 lb. 10
Fan 1d4 Slashing - Finesse, Light, Exotic 1 lb. 5
Flail 1d8 Bludgeoning - Exotic 4 lb. 10
Glaive 1d10 Slashing - Heavy, Reach, Two-Handed 6 lb. 20
Greataxe 1d12 Slashing - Heavy, Two-Handed 7 lb. 30
Greatsword 2d8 Slashing - Heavy, Reach, Two-Handed 7 lb. 100
Hook Spear 1d8 Slashing/Piercing - Special, Heavy, Reach, Two-Handed 7 lb. 100
Katana 2d6 Slashing - Two-Handed, Large ,Exotic 6 lb. 40
Lance 1d12 Piercing - Special, Reach 6 lb. 10
Longsword 1d10 Slashing - Two-Handed, Large 3 lb. 10
Maul 1d6 Bludgeoning - Heavy, Two-Handed 10 lb. 10
Morningstar 1d8 Piercing - - 4 lb. 15
Nunchaku 1d6 Bludgeoning - Finesse, Light 1 lb. 5
Poleaxe 1d10 Piercing - Heavy, Reach, Two-Handed 18 lb. 5
Rapier 1d8 Piercing - Finesse 2 lb. 25
Sai 1d4 Bludgeoning Thrown (20 ft.) Special, Finesse, Light, Exotic 3 lb. 25
Scimitar 1d6 Slashing - Finesse, Light 3 lb. 25
Sickle sword 1d6 Slashing - Finesse, Light 3 lb. 20
Trident 1d6 Piercing Thrown (20 ft.) Versatile (1d8) 4 lb. 5
Three-section staff 1d10/1d10 Bludgeoning - Special, Exotic 4 lb. 5
Warhammer 1d8 Bludgeoning - Versatile (1d10) 2 lb. 15
War Scythe 2d4 Slashing - Heavy, Reach, Two-Handed 13 lb. 15
Whip 1d4 Slashing - Finesse, Reach 3 lb. 2

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 RANGED WEAPONS
DAMAGE RANGE
SIMPLE RANGED WEAPONS DAMAGE PROPERTIES WEIGHT BU COST
TYPE INCREMENT
Atlatl (Dart) 1d6 Piercing 20/60 ft. Ammunition, Two-Handed, Exotic 2 lb. 2
Atlatl (Javelin) 1d8 Piercing 30/90 ft. Ammunition, Two-Handed, Exotic 2 lb. 5
Atlatl (Spear) 1d8 Piercing 20/80 ft. Ammunition, Two-Handed, Exotic 2 lb. 5
Boomerang 1d4 Slashing Thrown (20 ft.) Special, Finesse, Exotic 3 lb. 50
Crossbow (light) 1d8 Piercing 40 ft. Ammunition, Loading, Two-Handed 5 lb. 25
Dart 1d4 Piercing Thrown (20 ft.) Finesse 1/4 lb. 2
Javelin 1d6 Piercing Thrown (30 ft.) - 2 lb. 1
Pepper spray (TL 1) - - 5 ft. Special, Tiny .5 lb. 5
Shortbow 1d6 Piercing 40 ft. Ammunition, Two-Handed 2 lb. 30
Sling 1d4 Bludgeoning 20 ft. Ammunition - 1
Taser (TL 1) 1d4 Electricity 10 ft. Special, Small, 1 int. 2 lb. 100
MARTIAL RANGED WEAPONS
Blowgun - 1 Piercing 20 ft. Ammunition 1 lb. 10
Chakram 1d10 Slashing Thrown (80 ft.) Finesse, Exotic 3 lb. 50
Compound bow, small (TL 1) 2d4 Piercing 20/80 ft. Ammunition 3 lb. 50
Compound bow, large (TL 1) 1d12 Piercing 30/120 ft. Ammunition 8 lb. 100
Crossbow (hand) 1d6 Piercing 30 ft. Ammunition, Exotic 3 lb. 25
Crossbow (heavy) 1d12 Piercing 40 ft. Ammunition 18 lb. 75
Flamethrower (TL 1) 3d6 Fire - Large, 10 int., Special, Exotic 50 lb. 250
Longbow 1d8 Piercing 90 ft. Ammunition 2 lb. 50
Net - - Thrown (15 ft.) Special 3 lb. 1
Shuriken 1d4 Piercing Thrown (20 ft.) Tiny, Exotic .5 lb. 1

normal range, you have disadvantage on the attack roll. You can’t
attack a target beyond the weapon’s long range.
REACH. This weapon adds 5 feet to your reach when you attack
with it.
SPECIAL. A weapon with the special property has unusual rules
governing its use, explained in the weapon’s description (see
“Special Weapons” later in this section).
THROWN. If a weapon has the thrown property, you can throw the
weapon to make a ranged attack. If the weapon is a melee weapon,
you use the same ability modifier for that attack roll and damage
roll that you would use for a melee attack with the weapon. For
example, if you throw a handaxe, you use your Strength, but if you
throw a dagger, you can use either your Strength or your Dexterity,
since the dagger has the finesse property.
TWO-HANDED. This weapon requires two hands to use.
VERSATILE. This weapon can be used with one or two hands. A
damage value in parentheses appears with the property—the
damage when the weapon is used with two hands to make a melee
attack.
EXOTIC. This weapon is rare and requires a special proficiency to
wield.
broken glass, a table leg, a frying pan, a wagon wheel, or a dead
goblin.
In many cases, an improvised weapon is similar to an actual
weapon and can be treated as such. For example, a table leg is
akin to a club. At the GM’s option, a character proficient with a
weapon can use a similar object as if it were that weapon and use
his or her proficiency bonus.
An object that bears no resemblance to a weapon deals 1d4
damage (the GM assigns a damage type appropriate to the object).
If a character uses a ranged weapon to make a melee attack, or
throws a melee weapon that does not have the thrown property,
it also deals 1d4 damage. An improvised thrown weapon has a
normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet.
Silvered Weapons
Some monsters that have immunity or resistance to nonmagical
weapons are susceptible to silver weapons, so cautious
adventurers invest extra coin to plate their weapons with silver.
You can silver a single weapon or ten pieces of ammunition for
100 Bu. This cost represents not only the price of the silver, but
the time and expertise needed to add silver to the weapon without
making it less effective.

Improvised Weapons
Sometimes characters don’t have their weapons and have to
Statistics
attack with whatever is close at hand. An improvised weapon Ranged weapons are described by a number of statistics, as
includes any object you can wield in one or two hands, such as shown on Table: Ranged Weapons.

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 TL 1 FIREARMS
DAMAGE RANGE BU
SIDEARMS RATE OF FIRE MAGAZINE SIZE RELOAD WEIGHT
(BALLISTIC) INCREMENT COST
9mm 1d6 40 ft. Semi 9 box Small 9 3 lb. 150
.45 1d8 60 ft. Semi 7 box Small 7 3 lb. 250
.50AE 1d10 60 ft. Semi 6 box Med 6 4 lb. 500
.22 1d4 30 ft. Semi 10 box Tiny 10 1 lb. 100
9mm machine pistol 1d6 30 ft. Semi, Burst 20 box Med 20 4 lb. 400
LONGARMS
Assault Rifle 1d8 10/500 ft. Semi, Burst 30 box Large 30 10 lb. 500
Sniper Rifle (.50 Cal) 2d8 50/5,000 ft. Single 11 box Huge 1 35 lb. 1000
Shotgun 1d10 10/50 ft. Semi 6 int. Large 6 8 lb. 200
Submachine Gun 1d6 10/50 ft. Semi, Auto 30 box Large 30 7 lb. 350
Sniper Rifle 1d10 30/3,000 ft. Single 5 box Large 1 16 lb. 500
Light Machine Gun 1d8 10/60 ft. Auto Linked Huge 120 22 lb. 750
Hunting Rifle 1d8 20/1,000 ft. Single 5 int. Large 1 8 lb. 150
HEAVY WEAPONS
Heavy Machine Gun 4d8 20/110 ft. Auto Linked Huge 120 75 lb. 1500
Rocket Launcher 8d10 1
30/1,000 ft. Single 1 int. Large 1 5 lb. 7,500
Grenade Launcher Varies1 30/500 ft. Single 1 int. Large 1 7 lb. 1500
1-This weapon does special damage. See weapon description
TL2 EXPERIMENTAL RANGED WEAPONS
RANGED RANGE RATE OF
DAMAGE MAGAZINE SIZE RELOAD WEIGHT BU COST
WEAPONS INCREMENT FIRE
Beam Rifle 1d12 (Radiant) 50/500 ft. Single 5 box Large 1 12 lb. very rare
Plasma Pistol 1d8 (Ballistic) + 1d4 (Fire) 60 ft. Semi 6 box Med 6 3 lb. rare
Plasma Rifle 1d10 (Ballistic) + 2d4 (Fire) 20/200 ft. Semi 20 box Large 10 10 lb. very rare
TL2 EXPERIMENTAL MELEE WEAPONS
MELEE WEAPONS DAMAGE DAMAGE TYPE PROPERTIES WEIGHT BU COST
Chainsaber 2d6 Slashing Finesse, Light 5 lb. rare
Energy Sword 1d6 Slashing +1d12 Electricity 2 lb. very rare

Damage Rate of Fire

The damage the weapon deals on a successful hit.
Critical
The threat range for a critical hit. If the threat is confirmed, a
weapon deals double damage on a critical hit (roll damage twice,
as if hitting the target two times).
Some ranged weapons have a rate of fire of 1, which simply means
they can be employed once per round and then must be reloaded
or replaced. Firearms, which operate through many different
forms of internal mechanisms, have varying rates of fire. The three
possible rates of fire for sidearms, longarms, and heavy weapons
are single shot, semiautomatic, burst and automatic.

Damage Type Single

Ranged weapon damage is classified according to type: ballistic
(all firearms), energy (of a specific type), piercing (some simple
ranged weapons), or slashing (a whip). Some creatures or
characters may be resistant or immune to some forms of damage.
Range Increment
Any attack at less than this distance is not penalized for range.
However, each full range increment causes a cumulative -2
penalty on the attack roll. Ranged weapons have a maximum
range of ten range increments, except for thrown weapons, which
have a maximum range of five range increments.
A weapon with the single shot rate of fire requires the user to
manually operate the action (the mechanism that feeds and cocks
the weapon) between each shot. Pump shotguns and bolt-action
rifles are examples of firearms with single shot rates of fire. A
weapon with the single shot rate of fire can fire only one shot per
attack, even if the user has a feat or other ability that normally
allow more than one shot per attack.
Semiautomatic (Semi)
Most firearms have the semiautomatic rate of fire. These firearms
feed and cock themselves with each shot. A semiautomatic
weapon fires one shot per attack (effectively acting as a single
shot weapon), but some feats allow characters armed with
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 in more than one shot per attack. two-handed. A Large weapon requires two hands. A Huge weapon
requires two hands and a bi-pod or other mount.
Burst Fire. (Burst) A Small or smaller weapon is considered a light weapon. It can be
A weapon that has the burst fire property can make a normal used one-handed and, as a light weapon, is easier to use in your
single-target attack, or it can spray a 10-footcube area within off hand.
normal range with shots. Each creature in the area must succeed
on a Dexterity saving throw or take the weapon’s normal damage Reload
(DC equals to 12 + your proficiency bonus if proficient). This action The weapon can be fired a number of times equal to its Reload
uses ten pieces of ammunition. score before you must spend an action or a bonus action to reload.
You must have one free hand to reload a firearm.
Automatic (Auto)
Automatic weapons fire a burst or stream of shots with a single Concealed Weapons and Objects
squeeze of the trigger. Only weapons with the automatic rate of fire It’s assumed that, when attempting to conceal a weapon or other
can be set on auto fire or be used with feats that take advantage object, a character is wearing appropriate clothing.
of automatic fire.
Drawing a concealed weapon is more difficult than drawing a
Suppressing Fire regularly holstered weapon, and normally requires an attack
action. Keeping the weapon in an easier-to-draw position makes
Every firearm can do suppressing fire. As an action, you can spray concealing it more difficult.
in a 10-foot-cube area within the firearm’s normal range using
up to ten pieces of ammunition. Each creature in the area must
succeed on a Wisdom saving throw (DC equal to 8+ the number Sleight of Hand Checks
of bullets used) or be frightened of you until the end of your next
turn. If a creature succeeds on its saving throw, it’s immune to To conceal a weapon or other object, make a Sleight of Hand
suppression fire for 24 hours. check. A character concealing an object before he or she heads
out into public can usually take 10 minutes unless he or she is
Magazine rushed, trying to conceal it when others might see, or under other
unusual constraints.
The weapon’s magazine capacity and type are given in this
column. The amount of ammunition a weapon carries, and hence
how many shots it can fire before needing to be reloaded, is Spotting Concealed Objects
determined by its magazine capacity. How the firearm is reloaded Noticing a concealed weapon or other object requires a Spot
depends upon its magazine type. The number in this entry is the check. The DC varies: DC 25 for tiny objects, DC 20 for small
magazine’s capacity in shots; the word that follows the number objects and a DC 10 for medium sized items being concealed. If
indicates the magazine type: box, cylinder, or internal. A fourth type, the target made a roll when concealing an object, the DC of the
linked, has an unlimited capacity; for this reason the entry does Spot check to notice the object is the same as the target’s check
not also have a number. Weapons with a dash in this column have result.
no magazines; they are generally thrown weapons, or weapons
Spot Check = Object DC + Target’s Sleight of Hand skill modifier
(such as bows) that are loaded as part of the firing process.
An observer attempting to spot a concealed object receives a -1
BOX: A box magazine is any type of magazine that can be removed
penalty for every 10 feet between him or herself and the target, and
and reloaded separately from the weapon.
a -5 penalty if distracted.
CYLINDER: A revolver keeps its ammunition in a cylinder, which
Patting someone down for a hidden weapon requires a similar
is part of the weapon and serves as the firing chamber for each
check. However, the skill employed is Search, and the searcher
round as well. Unlike box magazines, cylinders can’t be removed,
gets a +4 circumstance bonus for the hands-on act of frisking
and they must be reloaded by hand. However, most revolvers can
the target. Some devices may also offer bonuses under certain
be used with a speed loader. Using a speed loader is much like
circumstances.
inserting a box magazine into a weapon. Without a speed loader, a
firearm with a cylinder magazine must be loaded by hand.
Spotting Concealable Armor
INTERNAL: Some weapons keep their ammunition in an internal
space, which must be loaded by hand. This is the case with most Concealable armor can be worn under clothing if the wearer wants
shotguns, as well as some rifles. it to go unnoticed. Anyone attempting to notice the armor must
make a Spot check (DC 30).
LINKED: Some machine guns use linked ammunition. The bullets
are chained together with small metal clips, forming a belt.
Typically, a belt holds 50 bullets; any number of belts can be
clipped together. In military units, as the gunner fires, an assistant
clips new ammunition belts together, keeping the weapon fed.
SIZE: Size categories for weapons and other objects are defined
differently from the size categories for creatures. The relationship
between a weapon’s size and that of its wielder defines whether it
can be used one-handed, if it requires two hands, and if it’s a light
weapon.
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 GRENADES & EXPLOSIVES
Some of the explosives can be bought as a grenade or a planted
explosive, giving them particular properties depending on how it’s
used.
Thrown Explosives
When using a grenade, it’s considered a martial ranged weapon
(range 30/60).
If a grenade requires a saving throw, the DC is 8 + your Dexterity
modifier + your proficiency bonus. Tear gas grenades use its own
DC.
Plastic Explosive
Plastic explosive is a soft and hand-moldable solid form of
explosive material. Plastic explosives are especially suited for
explosive demolition of obstacles and fortifications by engineers,
combat engineers and criminals. It can be cut, formed, wrapped,
and combined with others of its type.
PLANTED. Each creature within 5 feet of the explosive must make
a Dexterity saving throw, taking 3d6 bludgeoning damage on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. It deals
double damage against objects and structures.

Planted Explosives
You need a detonator for each explosive you use. The saving throw
DC for planted explosives is 12.
Flashbang
A flashbang is a non-lethal explosive device used to temporarily
disorient an enemy’s senses. It is designed to produce a blinding
flash of light and an intensely loud “bang” without causing
permanent injury.
THROWN. As an action, a character can throw a flashbang at a
point. Each creature within 20 feet of the point must make a
Dexterity saving throw or be blinded and deafened until the end
of your next turn.
Fragmentation Grenade
These explosives are designed to disperse lethal fragments
on detonation. The body is generally made of a hard synthetic
material or steel, which will provide some fragmentation as shards
and splinters.
THROWN. As an action, a character can throw a grenade at a point.
Each creature within 20 feet of the point must make a Dexterity
saving throw, taking 5d6 piercing damage on a failed save, or half
as much damage on a successful one.
PLANTED. When it’s activated, each creature within 20 feet of the
point must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 5d6 piercing
damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful
one.
You can combine units of plastic explosive so they explode at the
same time. Each additional pound of plastic explosive increases
the damage by 1d6 (to a maximum of 10d6) and the burst radius
by 5 feet (to a maximum of 20 feet).
In addition, when you combine two or more units, you can change
the burst radius to a cone-shaped explosion (you must determine
the area affected by the explosive when you plant it).
Smoke Grenade
Smoke grenades are used as ground-to-ground or ground-to air
signaling devices, target or landing zone marking devices, and to
create a smoke-screen for concealment. When buying a smoke
grenade you can also select the color of the smoke.
THROWN. As an action, a character can throw a smoke grenade
at a point. One round after the grenade lands, it emits a cloud of
smoke that creates a heavily obscured area in a 20-foot radius.
It disperses after 1 minute, though a moderate wind (at least 10
miles per hour) disperses the smoke in 4 rounds; a strong wind (20
or more miles per hour) disperses it in 1 round.
Tear Gas Grenade
Tear gas works by irritating mucous membranes in the eyes, nose,
mouth and lungs, and causes crying, sneezing, coughing, difficulty
breathing, pain in the eyes, and temporary blindness.
THROWN. As an action, a character can throw a smoke grenade
at a point. One round after the grenade lands, it emits a cloud of
tear gas that creates a heavily obscured area in a 20-foot radius.
It disperses after 1 minute, though a moderate wind (at least 10

TL 1 GRENADES & EXPLOSIVES

BURST RANGE BU
GRENADE TYPE DAMAGE DAMAGE TYPE REFLEX DC SIZE WEIGHT
RADIUS INCREMENT COST
Acid (mild) 1d6 Acid 10 ft. - - Tiny 1 lb. 10
C4/Semtex 4d6 Force 10 ft. 18 - Small 1 lb. 20
Det cord 2d6 Fire Special1 12 - Med 2 lb. 10
Dynamite 2d6 Force 5 ft. 15 10 ft. Tiny 1 lb. 20
Fragmentation grenade 4d6 Piercing 20 ft. 15 10 ft. Tiny 1 lb. 30
Molotov cocktail 1d6 Fire 10 ft. 10 10 ft. Small 1 lb. 10
Smoke grenade - - Special 1
- 10 ft. Small 2 lb. 10
Tear gas grenade 1 - - Special1 - 10 ft. Small 2 lb. 20
Thermite grenade 4d6 Fire 5 ft. 12 10 ft. Small 2 lb. 60
White phosphorus grenade 2d6 Fire 20 ft. 12 10 ft. Small 2 lb. 30
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miles per hour) disperses the smoke in 4 rounds; a strong wind
(20 or more miles per hour) disperses it in 1 round. Any creature
starting its turn in the gas is considered blinded and it must make
a Constitution saving throw or be incapacitated (DC 15). A creature
wearing a gas mask automatically succeeds the saving throw.
Thermite Grenade
Thermite does not technically explode. Instead, it creates intense
heat meant to burn or melt through an object upon which the
thermite is set.
PLANTED. Each creature that ends its turn in the same space of
the thermite must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 6d6 fire
damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful
one. It last for 1 minute and it provides bright light for a 5-foot
radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet while burning. It deals
double damage against objects and structures.
White Phosphorus Grenade
White phosphorus devices use an explosive charge to distribute
burning phosphorus across the burst radius.
THROWN. As an action, a character can throw a grenade at a point.
Each creature within 10 feet of the point must make a Dexterity
saving throw, taking 2d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as
much damage on a successful one. One round after the grenade
lands, it emits a cloud of white phosphorus that creates a heavily
obscured area in a 10-foot radius. It disperses after 1 minute,
though a moderate wind (at least 10 miles per hour) disperses
the smoke in 4 rounds; a strong wind (20 or more miles per hour)
disperses it in 1 round. Any creature starting its turn in the gas is
considered blinded and it must make a Constitution saving throw
taking 1d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage
on a successful one (DC 15).
Molotov Cocktail
A Molotov cocktail is a flask containing a flammable liquid,
plugged with a rag. A Molotov cocktail is easily made by hand
Craft: Chemical check DC 10 or Intelligence check DC 15. The
purchase DC given is for the components.
THROWN. The rag must first be lit, requiring a move action (and
a lighter or other source of flame). The cocktail detonates in 2
rounds or on impact with a solid object, whichever comes first. A
target that takes a direct hit is dealt an additional 1d6 points of fire
damage in the following round and risks catching on fire.
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SPECIAL WEAPONS
Ranged weapons that are not firearms include such diverse
objects as crossbows, tasers, and pepper spray. The feat that
provides proficiency with these weapons varies from weapon to
weapon, as indicated on
Flamethrower (TL 1)
A flamethrower consists of a pressurized backpack containing
fuel, connected to a tube with a nozzle. It shoots a 5-foot- wide,
30-foot-long line of flame that deals 3d6 points of fire damage to
all creatures and objects in its path. No attack roll is necessary,
and thus no feat is needed to operate the weapon effectively. Any
creature caught in the line of flame can make a Dexterity save (DC
15) to take half damage. Creatures with cover get a bonus on their
Reflex save.
A flamethrower’s backpack has hardness 5 and 5 hit points.
When worn, the backpack has a Defense equal to 9 + the wearer’s
Dexterity modifier + the wearer’s class bonus. A backpack reduced
to 0 hit points ruptures and explodes, dealing 6d6 points of fire
damage to the wearer (no save allowed) and 3d6 points of splash
damage to creatures and objects in adjacent 5-foot squares
(Dexterity save, DC 15, for half damage).
Any creature or flammable object that takes damage from a
flamethrower catches on fire, taking 1d6 points of fire damage
each subsequent round until the flames are extinguished. A fire
engulfing a single creature or object can be doused or smothered
as a full-round action. Discharging a fire extinguisher is a move
action and instantly smothers flames in a 10- foot-by-10-foot
area.
A flamethrower can shoot 10 times before the fuel supply is
depleted. Refilling or replacing a fuel pack has a purchase price
of 50 Bu.
Pepper Spray (TL 1)
A chemical irritant that can temporarily blind a target, pepper spray
comes in a single-shot container. To use it, make a ranged touch
attack against the target. The target must make a Constitution
saving throw (DC 15) or be blinded for 1d4 rounds. Pepper spray is
limited to 5 range increments.
Taser (TL 1)
A taser uses springs or compressed air to fire a pair of darts at a
target. On impact, the darts release a powerful electronic current.
On a successful hit, the darts deal 1d4 points of electricity damage
and the target must make a Constitution saving throw (DC 15) or
be paralyzed for 1d6 rounds. Reloading a taser is a full-round
action.
Bayonet (Fixed) (TL 1)
The statistics given describe a bayonet fixed at the end of a
longarm with an appropriate mount. With the bayonet fixed, the
longarm becomes a double weapon-club-like at one end and
spear-like at the other. A character can fight with it as if fighting
with two weapons, but if the character does so, he or she incurs
all the normal attack penalties associated with fighting with two
weapons, as if using a one-handed weapon and a light weapon.
Sword Cane
This is a lightweight, concealed sword that hides its blade in
the shaft of a walking stick or umbrella. Because of this special
construction, a sword cane is always considered to be concealed;
it is noticed only with a Perception check (DC 18). (The walking
stick or umbrella is not concealed, only the blade within.)
Chain
Also called the manriki-gusari, this is a simple chain with weighted
ends. It can be whirled quickly, striking with hard blows from the
weights. One end can also be swung to entangle an opponent.
The chain can be used either as a double weapon or as a reach
weapon. A character can fight with it as if fighting with two
weapons, incurring all the normal attack penalties as if using a
one-handed weapon and a light weapon. In this case, the character
can only strike at an adjacent opponent.
If a character uses the chain as a reach weapon, he or she can
strike opponents up to 10 feet away. In addition, unlike other
weapons with reach, the character can use it against an adjacent
foe. In this case, the character can only use one end of the chain
effectively; he or she can’t use it as a double weapon.
Because a chain can wrap around an enemy’s leg or other limb, a
character can make a trip attack with it by succeeding at a melee
touch attack. If the character is tripped during his or her own trip
attempt, the character can drop the chain to avoid being tripped.
When using a chain, the character gets a +2 equipment bonus
on his or her opposed attack roll when attempting to disarm
an opponent (including the roll to avoid being disarmed if the
character fails to disarm the opponent).
A character can select the Weapon Finesse feat to apply his or her
Dexterity modifier instead of Strength modifier to attack rolls with
a chain.
Three-Section Staff
Originally a farm implement for threshing grain, this weapon is
composed of three sections of wood of equal lengths, joined at
the ends by chain, leather, or rope. The three-section staff requires
two hands to use.
The three-section staff is a double weapon. A character can fight
with it as if fighting with two weapons, but if he or she does, the
character incurs all the normal attack penalties associated with
fighting with two weapons, as if using a one- handed weapon and
a light weapon.
Stun Gun (TL 1)
Although the name suggests a ranged weapon, a stun gun requires
physical contact to affect its target. (The taser is a ranged weapon
with a similar effect.) On a successful hit, the stun gun deals
1d3 points of electricity damage, (do not add the character’s Str
bonus) and the target must make a Fortitude saving throw (DC 15)
or be paralyzed for 1d6 rounds.
Boomerang
Once thrown, the boomerang will return to the wielder if it misses
its target at the beginning of the thrower’s next turn.
Lance
You have disadvantage when you use a lance to attack a target
within 5 feet of you. Also, a lance requires two hands to wield when
you aren’t mounted.
Net
A Large or smaller creature hit by a net is restrained until it is freed.
A net has no effect on creatures that are formless, or creatures
that are Huge or larger. A creature can use its action to make a
DC 10 Strength check, freeing itself or another creature within its
reach on a success. Dealing 5 slashing damage to the net (AC 10)
also frees the creature without harming it, ending the effect and
destroying the net.
When you use an action, bonus action, or reaction to attack with
a net, you can make only one attack regardless of the number of
attacks you can normally make.
Hook Spear
Hook Spears have the potential to dismount cavalry. When you
make a successful slashing attack against mounted opponents,
they must make a Strength saving throw. The DC for this saving
throw equals 8 + your Strength modifier + your proficiency bonus.
On a failed save, the target is dismounted from their mount.
Crescent Moon Knife
An adjoining pair of crescent shaped form a Crescent Moon Knife.
These knives are usually used in pairs, and, as such, are commonly
sold in pairs.
CONCEALED. While the wielder is benefitting from Unarmored
Defense, they gain a +2 bonus to all stealth checks made to
conceal the blade.
DISARM. While the wielder is wearing nothing more than light
armor and is benefitting from Dodge, the wielder gains +1 AC and
can use a reaction to attempt to disarm an opponent. They make
a strength saving throw contested by your dexterity (athletics)
check. If they lose the contest, and the weapon is not bonded to
them physically, they are disarmed of the weapon and it is placed
within a 5-foot radius of you, where anyone can pick it up as their
free action.
Sai
These weapons are usually used in pairs, and, as such, are
commonly sold in pairs. The sai’s three blunted points are perfect
for blocking and catching weapons.
DISARM. When wielding two sai, you gain +1 AC and can use a
reaction to attempt to disarm an opponent. They make a strength
saving throw contested by your dexterity (athletics) check. If they
lose the contest, and the weapon is not bonded to them physically,
they are disarmed of the weapon and it is placed within a 5-foot
radius of you, where anyone can pick it up as their free action.
Rocket Launcher
This is a rocket-propelled high-explosive grenade launcher. It
can be fired at a point within range. You do not make an attack
roll: each creature within 10 feet of the impact point must make
a Dexterity saving throw, taking 5d6 piercing damage on a failed
save, or half as much on a successful one. At normal range, the DC
is 15; at long range the DC is 10.
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 Grenade Launcher
As an action, a character can throw a grenade at a point up to 60
feet away. With a grenade launcher, the character can propel the
grenade up to 120 feet away.

Improvised Weapons
Any portable object can be used as a weapon in a pinch. In most
cases, an object can be wielded either as a melee weapon or a
ranged weapon.
A character takes a -4 penalty on his or her attack roll when
wielding or throwing an improvised weapon. An improvised
weapon is not considered simple or exotic, so weapon proficiency
feats cannot offset the -4 penalty.

TL 2 Weapon Upgrades
If you are playing in a Tech Level 2 setting, weapon advancements
are still in the experimental stages. Weapons from lower tech
levels can be upgrade to do additional damage. At TL 2 there are
only two types of available upgrades; Plasma and Energy.

Plasma Upgrade (TL 2)

Bladed melee weapons can have their edges upgraded with plasma
technology to do one additional damage die of fire damage.
Ranged weapons and their ammunition must be fitted with plasma
upgrades to do one additional damage die of fire damage.

Energy Upgrade (TL 2)

Blunt melee weapons can have their bodies upgraded with energy
technology to do one additional damage die of electricity damage.
Ranged weapons and their ammunition must be fitted with energy
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 ADVENTURING GEAR
This section describes items that have special rules or require further explanation.

Acid EQUIPMENT PACKS CAPACITY BU COST

Burglar’s Pack 30 lb. 20
As an action, you can splash the contents of this vial onto a creature
Entertainer’s Pack 30 lb. 40
within 5 feet of you or throw the vial up to 20 feet, shattering it on
impact. In either case, make a ranged attack against a creature or Explorer’s Pack 30 lb. 10
object, treating the acid as an improvised weapon. On a hit, the Hacker’s Briefcase 30 lb. 500
target takes 2d6 acid damage. Medic’s Pack 30 lb. 40
Priest’s Pack 30 lb. 20
Arcane Focus Repairman’s Toolbag 30 lb. 150
An arcane focus is a special item— an orb, a crystal, a rod, a Scholar’s Pack 30 lb. 40
specially constructed staff, a wand-like length of wood, or some Search and Rescue Pack 30 lb. 75
similar item— designed to channel the power of arcane spells. A Soldier’s Pack 30 lb. 60
Mage or warlock, can use such an item as a spellcasting focus, as
described in chapter 10.
Chest
Backpack Holds 12 cubic feet or 300 lb. of gear.
This is a good-sized backpack, made of tough water-resistant
material. It has one or two central sections, as well as several
exterior pockets and straps for attaching tents, bedrolls, or other
Compass
gear. It can carry up to 60 pounds of gear. A compass relies on the Earth’s magnetic field to determine
the direction of magnetic north. A compass grants its user a +2
Ball Bearings (TL 1) equipment bonus on Navigate checks.

As an action, you can spill these tiny metal balls from their pouch
to cover a level area 10 feet square. A creature moving across the
covered area must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw
or fall prone. A creature moving through the area at half speed
doesn’t need to make the saving throw.
Binoculars (TL 1)
Component Pouch
A component pouch is a small, watertight leather belt pouch
that has compartments to hold all the material components and
other special items you need to cast your spells, except for those
components that have a specific cost (as indicated in a spell’s
description).

Standard binoculars reduce the range penalty for Spot checks

to -1 for every 50 feet (instead of -1 for every 10 feet). Using
Crowbar
binoculars for Spot checks takes five times as long as making the Using a crowbar grants advantage to Strength checks where the
check unaided. crowbar’s leverage can be applied.

Candle Druidic Focus

For 1 hour, a candle sheds bright light in a 5-foot radius and dim
light for an additional 5 feet.
Case, Crossbow Bolt
This wooden case can hold up to twenty crossbow bolts.
Case, Map or Scroll
This cylindrical leather case can hold up to ten rolled-up sheets of
paper or five rolled-up sheets of parchment.
Chain
A chain has 10 hit points. It can be burst with a successful DC 20
Strength check.
Chemical Light Stick (TL 1)
This disposable plastic stick, when activated, uses a chemical
reaction to create light for 6 hours. It illuminates an area only 5
feet in radius. Once activated, it can’t be turned off or reused. The
listed purchase DC is for a pack of 5 sticks.
A druidic focus might be a sprig of mistletoe or holly, a wand or
scepter made of yew or another special wood, a staff drawn whole
out of a living tree, or a totem object incorporating feathers, fur,
bones, and teeth from sacred animals. A druid can use such an
object as a spellcasting focus, as described in chapter 10.
Duct Tape (TL 1)
The usefulness of duct tape is limited only by a character’s
imagination. Duct tape can support up to 200 pounds indefinitely,
or up to 300 pounds for 1d6 rounds. Characters bound with duct
tape must make a Strength or Survival check (DC 20) to free
themselves. A roll provides 70 feet of tape, 2 inches wide.
Fire Extinguisher (TL 1)
This portable apparatus uses a chemical spray to extinguish small
fires. The typical fire extinguisher ejects enough extinguishing
chemicals to put out a fire in a 10-foot-by-10-foot area as a move
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 GEAR Bu Cost Adventuring Gear (cont.) Bu Cost Clothing (cont.) Bu Cost
Ammunition Holy water (flask) 25 Ghillie suit 100
Arrows (20) 10 Hourglass 25 Uniform 40
Blowgun needles (50) 5 Hunting trap 5 Professional Tools
Crossbow bolts (20) 10 Ink (1 oz. bottle) 10 Brewer’s supplies 20
Sidearm bullets (20) 30 Ink pen .25 Calligrapher’s supplies 10
Longarm bullets (20) 50 Jug or pitcher .5 Carpenter’s tools 8
Shotgun Shells (10) 40 Ladder (10 ft.) 1 Cartographer’s tools 15
Machine Gun bullets (100) 300 Lantern 10 Chemistry Kit 50
Rocket (1) 50 Lock 10 Climbing gear 25
Sling bullets (20) 1 Magnifying glass 100 Cook’s utensils 5
Weapon Accessories Manacles 2 Demolition kit 200
Box magazine 10 Map 5 Electrician’s tools 75
Detonator (triggered) 10 Mess kit 2 Evidence kit 25
Detonator (radio controlled) 50 Miner’s Pick 2 Gaming Set 15
Detonator (timed) 5 Oil (flask) 1 Glassblower’s tools 30
Detonator (wired) 25 Paper (one sheet) 2 Jeweler’s tools 25
Holster (hip) 10 Parchment (one sheet) 1 Mason’s tools 5
Holster (concealed) 20 Pharmaceuticals Varies Mechanic’s tools 100
Laser sight 75 Piton .5 Painter’s supplies 10
Scope 150 Poison (basic, vial) 100 Potter’s tools 10
Scope (thermal) 1000 Pole (10 ft.) 5 Smith’s tools 20
Speed loader 50 Portable stove 40 Tinker’s tools 50
Suppressor 200 Pouch 5 Weaver’s tools 5
Adventuring Gear Quiver 1 Woodcarver’s tools 5
Acid (vial) 25 gp Ram (portable) 4 Disguise kit 25
Arcane Focus 30 Rations (1 day) 5 Forgery kit 15
Backpack (empty) 2 Rope (50 ft.) 10 First Aid kit 25
Ball bearings (bag of 1,000) 10 Sack 1 Surgical tools 100
Bedroll 1 Scale 5 Herbalism kit 5
Binoculars 30 Sealing wax 5 Musical Instruments Varies
Blanket 5 Shovel 2 Navigator’s tools 25
Bottle (glass) 2 Signal whistle 5 Poisoner’s kit 50
Candle .25 Sleeping Bag 40 Tattoo Artist’s tools 150
Case, crossbow bolt 5 Spellbook 50 Thieves’ tools 25
Case, map or scroll 1 Spikes (iron, 10) 1 Surveillance Gear
Chain (10 ft.) 5 Spyglass 750 Black box 10
Chalk (1 piece) .25 Tent (2-person dome) 55 Caller ID defeater 20
Chemical light sticks (5) 3 Tent (4-person dome) 75 Cellular interceptor 225
Chest 5 Tent (8-person dome) 150 Lineman’s buttset 65
Compass 20 Tinderbox 5 Metal detector 55
Component pouch 25 Torch Night vision goggles 100
Crowbar 5 Vial .5 Tap detector 30
Druidic Focus 5 Waterbottle (full) 2 Telephone tap 65
Duct Tape 10 Whetstone 1 Telephone line tracer 225
Fire extinguisher 35 Computers and Electronics Bags and Boxes
Fishing tackle 1 Camera 150 Aluminum case (75 lb.) 80
Flashlight 10 Smartphone 250 Briefcase 30
Flask or tankard 2 Tablet 500 Day pack 20
Gas mask 65 Portable satellite phone 100 Outerwear
GPS receiver 75 Walkie-talkie 30 Coat 35
Grappling hook 2 Clothing Fatigue jacket 30
Hammer 1 Business Suit 150 Hazmat Suit 1,000
Hammer (sledge) 2 Formal 75 Parka 40
Holy Symbol 5 Fatigues 60 Tool belt 40

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Fishing Tackle
This kit includes a wooden rod, silken line, corkwood bobbers,
steel hooks, lead sinkers, velvet lures, and narrow netting.
Flashlight (TL 1)
Flashlights come in a wide variety of sizes and quality levels.
Those covered here are professional, heavy-duty models, rugged
enough to withstand the rigors of modern adventuring. Flashlights
negate penalties for darkness within their illuminated areas.
DC 15 Dexterity check. Your GM may decide that better locks are
available for higher prices.
Magnifying Glass
This lens allows a closer look at small objects. It is also useful
as a substitute for flint and steel when starting fires. Lighting a
fire with a magnifying glass requires light as bright as sunlight to
focus, tinder to ignite, and about 5 minutes for the fire to ignite. A
magnifying glass grants advantage on any ability check made to
appraise or inspect an item that is small or highly detailed.

Gas Mask (TL 1) Manacles

This apparatus covers the face and connects to a chemical air These metal restraints can bind a Small or Medium creature.
filter canister to protect the lungs and eyes from toxic gases. It Escaping the manacles requires a successful DC 20 Dexterity
provides total protection from eye and lung irritants. The filter check. Breaking them requires a successful DC 20 Strength check.
canister lasts for 12 hours of use. Changing a filter is a move Each set of manacles comes with one key. Without the key, a
action. The purchase of one extra filter canister is 6 Bu. creature proficient with thieves’ tools can pick the manacles’ lock
with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. Manacles have 15 hit
Holy Symbol points.
A holy symbol is a representation of a god or pantheon. It might
be an amulet depicting a symbol representing a deity, the same Mess Kit
symbol carefully engraved or inlaid as an emblem on a shield, or a This tin box contains a cup and simple cutlery. The box clamps
tiny box holding a fragment of a sacred relic. Appendix B lists the together, and one side can be used as a cooking pan and the other
symbols commonly associated with many gods in the multiverse. as a plate or shallow bowl.
A Disciple or Templar can use a holy symbol as a spellcasting
focus, as described in chapter 10. To use the symbol in this way,
the caster must hold it in hand, wear it visibly, or bear it on a shield.
Oil
Oil usually comes in a clay flask that holds 1 pint. As an action,
Holy Water you can splash the oil in this flask onto a creature within 5 feet
of you or throw it up to 20 feet, shattering it on impact. Make a
As an action, you can splash the contents of this flask onto a ranged attack against a target creature or object, treating the oil as
creature within 5 feet of you or throw it up to 20 feet, shattering it an improvised weapon. On a hit, the target is covered in oil. If the
on impact. In either case, make a ranged attack against a target target takes any fire damage before the oil dries (after 1 minute),
creature, treating the holy water as an improvised weapon. If the the target takes an additional 5 fire damage from the burning oil.
target is a fiend or undead, it takes 2d6 radiant damage. You can also pour a flask of oil on the ground to cover a 5-foot-
A Disciple or Templar may create holy water by performing a square area, provided that the surface is level. If lit, the oil burns for
special ritual. The ritual takes 1 hour to perform, uses 25 Bu worth 2 rounds and deals 5 fire damage to any creature that enters the
of powdered silver, and requires the caster to expend a 1st-level area or ends its turn in the area. A creature can take this damage
spell slot. only once per turn.
PHARMACEUTICALS
Hunting Trap Item Cost
When you use your action to set it, this trap forms a saw-toothed Antibiotic I 150 Bu
steel ring that snaps shut when a creature steps on a pressure plate Antibiotic II 2,000 Bu
in the center. The trap is affixed by a heavy chain to an immobile
Antibiotic III 5,000 Bu
object, such as a tree or a spike driven into the ground. A creature
that steps on the plate must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving Antibiotic IV 10,000 Bu
throw or take 1d4 piercing damage and stop moving. Thereafter, Antitoxin 75 Bu
until the creature breaks free of the trap, its movement is limited Antiviral I 8,000 Bu
by the length of the chain (typically 3 feet long). A creature can use
Antiviral II 30,000 Bu
its action to make a DC 13 Strength check, freeing itself or another
creature within its reach on a success. Each failed check deals 1 Healing Serum 1 25 Bu
piercing damage to the trapped creature. Healing Serum II 150 Bu
Healing Serum III 500 Bu
Lantern Healing Serum IV 5,000 Bu
A hooded lantern casts bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim HP Booster 50 Bu
light for an additional 30 feet. Once lit, it burns for 6 hours on a HP Booster II 250 Bu
flask (1 pint) of oil. As an action, you can lower the hood, reducing
HP Booster III 2,000 Bu
the light to dim light in a 5-foot radius.
Iodine tablets 75 Bu
Lock Mood Suppressor 100 Bu
Mood Suppressor II 1,000 Bu
A key is provided with the lock. Without the key, a creature
proficient with thieves’ tools can pick this lock with a successful Vaccine 2,000 Bu

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 Pharmaceuticals (TL 1) You regain 8d8+30 Hit Points when you are injected with this drug.

These drugs do a variety of tasks. Each dose comes in a 10 mL

syringe. Applying the dose takes an action.
HP Booster
Item (Pharmaceutical) Uncommon
Antibiotic I You gain 5 Temporary Hit Points for 1 hour when you are injected
with this drug. HP Booster injections do not stack.
Item (Pharmaceutical) Common
When you take or are injected with an antibiotic, you gain a +4
bonus to saving throws against bacterial disease for 3 days.
HP Booster
Item (Pharmaceutical) Rare
Antibiotic II You gain 10 Temporary Hit Points for 1 hour when you are injected
with this drug. HP Booster injections do not stack.
Item (Pharmaceutical) Uncommon
When you take or are injected with an antibiotic, you gain a +5
bonus to saving throws against bacterial disease for 3 days.
HP Booster
Item (Pharmaceutical) Very Rare
Antibiotic III You gain 30 Temporary Hit Points for 1 hour when you are injected
with this drug. HP Booster injections do not stack.
Item (Pharmaceutical) Rare
When you take or are injected with an antibiotic, you gain a +6
bonus to saving throws against bacterial disease for 3 days.
Iodine Tablets
Item (Pharmaceutical) Uncommon
Antibiotic IV When you ingest these tablets, you gain a +4 bonus to saving
throws against radiation poisoning for 1 day.
Item (Pharmaceutical) Very Rare
When you take or are injected with an antibiotic, you gain a +7
bonus to saving throws against bacterial disease for 3 days.
Mood Suppressor
Item (Pharmaceutical) Rare
Antitoxin You gain advantage on saving throws against being charmed or
frightened for 1 hour when you are injected with this drug. You
Item (Pharmaceutical) Uncommon
must wait until the effects wear off before taking another injection.
You gain advantage on saving throws against poison for 1 hour. It
confers no benefit to undead or constructs. Mood Suppressor II
Antiviral I Item (Pharmaceutical) Very Rare
You gain temporary immunity to being charmed or frightened for 1
Item (Pharmaceutical) Uncommon
hour when you are injected with this drug. You must wait until the
When you take or are injected with an antiviral, you gain a +3 bonus effects wear off before taking another injection.
to saving throws against viral disease for 3 days.
Vaccine
Antiviral II Item (Pharmaceutical) Uncommon
Item (Pharmaceutical) Rare
Once injected, the vaccine has a chance of conferring immunity
When you take or are injected with an antiviral, you gain a +4 bonus to one specific disease of your choice. A DC 15 flat check will
to saving throws against viral disease for 3 days. determine if the vaccine was successful. On a success you are
immune to the disease.
Healing Serum I SIDE EFFECTS: There is also a chance of a side effect after taking
Item (Pharmaceutical) Uncommon the vaccine. A DC 10 flat check will determine the outcome. On a
failure, you become sickened 1 for a week. On a critical failure you
You regain 1d8 Hit Points when you are injected with this drug.
become sickened 2, stupefied 1 and fatigued for 2 weeks.

Healing Serum II Poison (Basic)

Item (Pharmaceutical) Rare
You can use the poison in this vial to coat one slashing or piercing
You regain 3d8+10 Hit Points when you are injected with this drug. weapon or up to three pieces of ammunition. Applying the
poison takes an action. A creature hit by the poisoned weapon or
Healing Serum III ammunition must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take
1d4 poison damage. Once applied, the poison retains potency for
Item (Pharmaceutical) Very Rare
1 minute before drying.
You regain 6d8+20 Hit Points when you are injected with this drug.
Portable Stove (TL 1)
Healing Serum IV This small stove works on kerosene or white gasoline, and can
Item (Pharmaceutical) Legendary easily be broken down and carried for backpacking.

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Pouch
A cloth or leather pouch can hold up to 20 sidearm bullets or
50 blowgun needles, among other things. A compartmentalized
pouch for holding spell components is called a component pouch
(described earlier in this section).
Quiver
A quiver can hold up to 20 arrows.
Ram, Portable (TL 1)
You can use a portable ram to break down doors. When doing so,
you gain a +4 bonus on the Strength check. One other character
can help you use the ram, giving you advantage on this check.
Rope
Climbing rope can support up to 1,000 pounds.
Scale
A scale includes a small balance, pans, and a suitable assortment
of weights up to 2 pounds. With it, you can measure the exact
weight of small objects, such as raw precious metals or trade
goods, to help determine their worth.
Spellbook
Essential for certain Mages, a spellbook is a leather-bound tome
with 100 blank vellum pages suitable for recording spells.
Tinderbox
This small container holds flint, fire steel, and tinder (usually dry
cloth soaked in light oil) used to kindle a fire. Using it to light a
torch—or anything else with abundant, exposed fuel—takes an
action. Lighting any other fire takes 1 minute.
Torch
A torch burns for 1 hour, providing bright light in a 20-foot radius
and dim light for an additional 20 feet. If you make a melee attack
with a burning torch and hit, it deals 1 fire damage.
Computers and Electronics (TL 1)
Rules for operating computers appear under the Computer Use
skill. Some of the items in this section have monthly subscription
costs as well as initial purchase costs. The purchase DC accounts
for both costs; once a character has obtained the item, he or she
doesn’t have to worry about ongoing subscription costs.
Portable Satellite Telephone
This object looks much like a bulky cell phone, and functions in
much the same way as well. However, because it communicates
directly via satellite, it can be used anywhere on earth, even in
remote areas well beyond the extent of cell phone service.
Portable satellite phones are very expensive to use. When used in
a place not served by regular cellular service, each call requires a
Wealth check (DC 6).
Walkie-Talkie
This hand-held radio transceiver communicates with any similar
device operating on the same frequency and within range.
This dime-store variety has only a few channels. Anyone else
using a similar walkie-talkie within range can listen in on the
character’s conversations. It has a range of 2 miles.
Clothing
The items described here represent special clothing types, or
unusual outfits that a character might need to purchase.
For the most part, clothing choice is based on character concept.
It’s generally assumed that a hero owns a reasonable wardrobe
of the sorts of clothes that fit his or her lifestyle. Sometimes,
however, a character might need something out of the ordinary.
When that’s the case, he or she will have to purchase it like any
other piece of gear. Clothes have two effects on game mechanics:
one on Disguise checks, and one on Sleight of Hand checks.
First, clothing is part of a disguise. See the Disguise skill description
for more on how appropriate dress affects Disguise checks.
Clothes also help to hide firearms, body armor, and small objects.
Tightly tailored clothing imposes a penalty on an attempt to
conceal an object; clothing purposely tailored to conceal objects
provides a bonus.
Fatigues (TL 1)
Called “battle dress uniforms” (or BDUs) in the United States
Army, these are worn by hardened veterans and wannabes alike.
They’re rugged, comfortable, and provide lots of pockets. They
are also printed in camouflage patterns: woodland, desert, winter
(primarily white), urban (gray patterned), and black are available.
When worn in an appropriate setting, fatigues grant a +2 bonus on
Hide checks.
Ghillie Suit (TL 1)
The ultimate in camouflage, a ghillie suit is a loose mesh
overgarment covered in strips of burlap in woodland colors, to
which other camouflaging elements can easily be added. A figure
under a ghillie suit is nearly impossible to discern.
A character wearing a ghillie suit with appropriate coloration
gains a +10 bonus on Hide checks. (The suit’s coloration can be
changed with a move action. However, the bulky suit imposes a
penalty of -4 on all Dexterity checks, Dexterity-based skill checks
(except Hide), and melee attack rolls.
Tool Belt
This sturdy leather belt has numerous pockets and loops for tools,
nails, pencils, and other necessities for repair and construction
work, making it easy to keep about 10 pounds of items on hand.
The pockets are open, however, and items can easily fall out if the
belt is tipped.
Tool kits
A tool helps you to do something you couldn’t otherwise do, such
as craft or repair an item, forge a document, or pick a lock. Your
race, class, background, or feats give you proficiency with certain
tools. Proficiency with a tool allows you to add your proficiency
bonus to any ability check you make using that tool. Tool use is
not tied to a single ability, since proficiency with a tool represents
broader knowledge of its use. For example, the GM might ask
you to make a Dexterity check to carve a fine detail with your
woodcarver’s tools, or a Strength check to make something out of
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 particularly hard wood. of gaming sets exist. If you are proficient with a gaming set, you
can add your proficiency bonus to ability checks you make to play
Climbing Gear a game with that set. Each type of gaming set requires a separate
proficiency.
All of the tools and equipment that climbing enthusiasts use to
make climbing easier and, in some cases, possible, including
ropes, pulleys, helmet and pads, gloves, spikes, chocks, ascenders, Chemistry Kit
pitons, a handaxe, and a harness. It takes 10 minutes to remove This kit contains a variety of instruments such as element samples,
the gear from its pack and outfit it for use. Use this gear with the reagents, and pouches and vials used by chemists to create
Climb skill. everything from explosives to pharmaceuticals . Proficiency with
this kit lets you add your proficiency bonus to any ability checks
Demolitions Kit (TL 1) you make to identify or apply drugs.
This kit contains everything needed to use the Demolitions skill
to set detonators, wire explosive devices, and disarm explosive Herbalism Kit
devices. Detonators and explosives must be purchased separately. This kit contains a variety of instruments such as clippers, mortar
and pestle, and pouches and vials used by herbalists to create
Disguise Kit remedies and potions. Proficiency with this kit lets you add your
proficiency bonus to any ability checks you make to identify or
This pouch of cosmetics, hair dye, and small props lets you create apply herbs. Also, proficiency with this kit is required to create
disguises that change your physical appearance. Proficiency with antitoxin and potions of healing.
this kit lets you add your proficiency bonus to any ability checks
you make to create a visual disguise.
Mechanic’s Tools (TL 1)
Electrician’s Tools (TL 1) This kit, which fits in a portable toolbox, allows a character to make
Craft and Repair checks for mechanical devices without penalty.
This collection of hand tools and small parts typically includes a
variety of pliers, drivers, cutting devices, fasteners, power tools,
and leads and wires. Musical Instruments
Several of the most common types of musical instruments are
This small kit allows a character to make Craft and Repair checks
shown on the table as examples. If you have proficiency with a
to electronic or electronic devices without penalty.
given musical instrument, you can add your proficiency bonus to
any ability checks you make to play music with the instrument.
Evidence Kits (TL 1) An instrumentalist can use a musical instrument as a spellcasting
Law enforcement agencies around the world use generally the focus. Each type of musical instrument requires a separate
same tools to gather evidence. Having an evidence kit does not proficiency.
grant access to a law enforcement agency’s crime lab; it merely
assists in the proper gathering and storing of evidence for use
by such a lab. Without an evidence kit, a character receives a -4 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
penalty to use the Collect Evidence option of the Investigate skill. INSTRUMENT Bu Cost INSTRUMENT Bu Cost
A basic evidence kit includes clean containers, labels, gloves, Accordion 40 Harp 25
tweezers, swabs, and other items to gather bits of physical Bagpipes 30 Keyboard 100
evidence and prevent them from becoming contaminated. Banjo 50 Lute 25
Cello 50 Natural Horn 10
First Aid Kit Clarinet 15 Pan Flute 20
This kit of bandages, medicine, and simple surgical tools is Conch 1 Saxophone 300
necessary for checks to Treat Injury. Skill checks made without a
first aid kit incur a -5 penalty. Didgeridoo 10 Shakers 5
Drums 5 Tambourine 30
The kit has ten uses. As an action, you can expend one use of the
kit to stabilize a creature that has 0 hit points, without needing to Dulcimer 50 Theremin (TL 1) 500
make a Treat Injury check. Flute 10 Trumpet 50
Guitar (Acoustic) 75 Violin 50
Forgery Kit Guitar (Electric) (TL 1) 150 Vuvuzela 5
This small box contains a variety of papers and parchments, pens
and inks, seals and sealing wax, gold and silver leaf, and other
supplies necessary to create convincing forgeries of physical Navigator’s Tools
documents. Proficiency with this kit lets you add your proficiency This set of instruments is used for navigation at sea. Proficiency
bonus to any ability checks you make to create a physical forgery with navigator’s tools lets you chart a ship’s course and follow
of a document. navigation charts. In addition, these tools allow you to add your
proficiency bonus to any ability check you make to avoid getting
Gaming Set lost at sea.
This item encompasses a wide range of game pieces, including
dice and decks of cards (for games such as Three-Dragon Ante). A
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Poisoner’s Kit
A poisoner’s kit includes the vials, chemicals, and other equipment
necessary for the creation of poisons. Proficiency with this kit lets
you add your proficiency bonus to any ability checks you make to
craft or use poisons.
Surgical Tools (TL 1)
About the size of a small backpack, this kit contains the
instruments needed for emergency field surgery. A surgery kit is
required when performing surgery. A character performing surgery
without a surgery kit takes a -4 penalty on the Treat Injury check.
(This penalty is in addition to the -4 penalty that applies if the
character does not have the Surgery feat.)
Tattoo Artist’s Tools
This kit is a sturdy briefcase which can hold a variety of hammers,
needles, medical supplies needed for sterilization, and differently
colored inks, all of which are necessary in the creation of magical
and mundane tattoos. The kit may also include a sketchbook filled
with original designs, and has space for any magical templates
the owner finds during their journeys.
Thieves’ Tools
This set of tools includes a small file, a set of lock picks, a small
mirror mounted on a metal handle, a set of narrow-bladed scissors,
and a pair of pliers. Proficiency with these tools lets you add your
proficiency bonus to any ability checks you make to disarm traps
or open locks.
Equipment Packs
The starting equipment you get from your class includes a
collection of useful adventuring gear, put together in a pack. The
contents of these packs are listed here. If you are buying your
starting equipment, you can purchase a pack for the price shown,
which might be cheaper than buying the items individually.
Burglar’s Pack
Includes a backpack, a bag of 1,000 ball bearings, 10 feet of string,
a bell, a standard flashlight, a crowbar, a hammer, 10 pitons, 5 days
rations, a tinderbox, and a waterskin. The pack also has 50 feet of
rope strapped to the side of it.
Entertainer’s Pack
Includes a backpack, a bedroll, 2 costumes, a flashlight 5 days of
rations, a water bottle, and a disguise kit.
Explorer’s Pack
Includes a backpack, a bedroll, a mess kit, a lighter, a flashlight, 10
days of rations, and a water bottle. The pack also has 50 feet of
rope strapped to the side of it.
Hacker’s Briefcase (TL 1)
Includes a briefcase, laptop, smartphone, Forgery kit, camera, 2
telephone taps, 2 days of rations, and a water bottle
Medic’s Pack (TL 1)
Includes a backpack, 4 First Aid kits, 10 days of rations, , blanket,
sleeping bag, tent (4-person), and a water bottle.
Priest’s Pack
Includes a backpack, a blanket, 10 candles, a tinderbox, an alms
box, 2 blocks of incense, a censer, vestments, 2 days of rations,
and a water bottle.
Repairman’s Toolbag (TL 1)
Mechanic’s tools, Electrician’s tools, a water bottle, 2 days of
rations, toolbelt and duct tape.
Scholar’s Pack
Includes a backpack, a book of lore, a pen, 10 sheets of parchment,
a little bag of sand, and a small knife.
Search-and-Rescue Pack (TL 1)
This waist pack contains a 2 First Aid kits, a compass, waterproof
matches, a lightweight “space” blanket, a flashlight, 50 feet of
rope, two smoke grenades, and one signal flare.
Soldier’s Pack (TL 1)
Includes a backpack, walki-talkie, one extra magazine of ammo, a
First Aid kit, 10 days of rations, BUS receiver, gas mask, binoculars,
night vision goggles and a water bottle.
Surveillance Gear (TL 1)
Keeping an eye on suspects or tracking the moves of potential
enemies is a crucial part of the modern adventurer’s job.
Black Box (TL 1)
This device, easily concealed in the palm of one hand, emits digital
tones that convince the phone system to make a long- distance
connection free of charge. They also let a user “bounce” a call
through multiple switches, making the call harder to trace (the DC
of any Computer Use check to trace the call is increased by 5).
Caller ID Defeater (TL 1)
When a phone line contains a caller ID defeater, phones attempting
to connect with that line show up as “anonymous” or “unavailable”
on a caller ID unit. Such a call can still be traced as normal,
however.
Cellular Interceptor (TL 1)
About the size of a small briefcase, a cellular interceptor can detect
and monitor a cell phone conversation within a 5-mile area by
listening in on the cellular service’s own transmitters. Intercepting
the calls of a particular cell phone requires a Computer Use check
(DC 35); if the user knows the phone number of the phone in
question, the DC drops by 10. Obviously, the phone must be in use
for someone to intercept the call. A cellular interceptor cannot be
used to intercept regular (ground line) phone connections.
Lineman’s Buttset (TL 1)
This device resembles an over-sized telephone handset with
a numeric keypad on the back and wire leads hanging from the
bottom. It functions as a portable, reusable telephone line tap.
With a Repair check (DC 10), a user can connect to a phone wire
and hear any conversation that crosses it.
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 Metal Detector (TL 1)
This handheld device provides a +10 equipment bonus on all
Perception checks involving metal objects.
Night Vision Goggles (TL 1)
Night vision goggles use passive light gathering to improve vision
in near-dark conditions. They grant the user the ability to see in
darkness, also called darkvision (range 120 ft.)-but because of the
restricted field of view and lack of depth perception these goggles
provide, they impose a -4 penalty on all Perception checks made
by someone wearing them.
Night vision goggles must have at least a little light to operate. A
cloudy night provides sufficient ambient light, but a pitch- black
cave or a sealed room doesn’t. For situations of total darkness, the
goggles come with an infrared illuminator that, when switched on,
operates like a standard flashlight whose light is visible only to the
wearer (or anyone else wearing night vision goggles).
Tap Detector (TL 1)
Plug this into a telephone line between the phone and the outlet,
and it helps detect if the line is tapped. To detect a tap, make a
Computer Use check (the DC varies according to the type of
telephone tap used; see below). With a success, the tap detector
indicates that a tap is present. It does not indicate the type or
location of the tap however. Also, it can’t be used to detect a
lineman’s buttset.
Telephone Tap (TL 1)
These devices allow a character to listen to conversations over a
particular phone line, Repair check (DC 5). Detecting a tap by using
a tap detector requires a Computer Use check (DC 15).
Telephone Line Tracer (TL 1)
Essentially a highly specialized computer, a line tracer hooked to a
phone line can trace phone calls made to that line, even if there’s
a caller ID defeater hooked up at the other end. All it takes is time.
Operating a line tracer is a full-round action requiring a Computer
Use check (DC 10). Success gains one digit of the target phone
number, starting with the first number of the area code.
Accessories
As if modern weapons weren’t dangerous enough, a number of
accessories can increase their utility or efficiency.
Box Magazine
For weapons that use box magazines, a character can purchase
extras. Loading these extra magazines ahead of time and keeping
them in a handy place makes it easy to reload a weapon in combat.
Detonator
A detonator activates an explosive, causing it to explode. The
device consists of an electrically activated blasting cap and some
sort of device that delivers the electronic charge to set off the
blasting cap. Connecting a detonator to an explosive requires a
Demolitions check (DC 15). Failure means that the explosive fails
to go off as planned. Failure by 10 or more means the explosive
goes off as the detonator is being installed.
TRIGGERED A planted explosive with a pressure trigger will
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explode when a creature stands on the detonator.
RADIO CONTROL This device consists of two parts: the detonator
itself and the activation device. The activation device is an
electronic item about the size of a deck of cards, with an antenna,
a safety, and an activation switch. When the switch is toggled, the
activation device sends a signal to the detonator by radio, setting
it off. It has a range of 500 feet.
TIMED This is an electronic timer connected to the detonator. Like
an alarm clock, it can be set to go off at a particular time.
WIRED This is the simplest form of detonator. The blasting cap
connects by a wire to an activation device, usually a small pistol-
grip device that the user squeezes. The detonator comes with 100
feet of wire, but longer lengths can be spliced in with a Demolitions
check (DC 10).
Holster
Holsters are generally available for all Medium-size or smaller
firearms.
HIP. This holster holds the weapon in an easily accessed-and
easily seen-location.
CONCEALED CARRY. A concealed carry holster is designed to help
keep a weapon out of sight (see Concealed Weapons and Objects).
In most cases, this is a shoulder holster (the weapon fits under
the wearer’s armpit, presumably beneath a jacket). Small or Tiny
weapons can be carried in waistband holsters (often placed inside
the wearer’s waistband against his or her back). Tiny weapons can
also be carried in ankle or boot holsters.
Laser Sight
This small laser mounts on a firearm, and projects a tiny red dot on
the weapon’s target. A laser sight grants a +1 equipment bonus on
all attack rolls made against targets no farther than 30 feet away.
However, a laser sight can’t be used outdoors during the daytime.
Scope
A standard scope increases the range increment for a ranged
weapon by one-half (multiply by 1.5). However, to use a scope a
character must spend an attack action acquiring his or her target.
If the character changes targets or otherwise loses sight of the
target, he or she must reacquire the target to gain the benefit of
the scope.
THERMAL. Thermal imaging scopes give the ability to detect heat
signatures of objects and turn them into visible images.
Speed Loader
A speed loader holds a number of bullets in a ring, in a position
that mirrors the chambers in a revolver cylinder. Using a speed
loader saves time in reloading a revolver, since a character can
insert all the bullets at once.
Suppressor
A suppressor fits on the end of a firearm, capturing the gases
traveling at supersonic speed that propel a bullet as it is fired. This
eliminates the noise from the bullet’s firing, dramatically reducing
the sound the weapon makes when it is used. For handguns, the
only sound is the mechanical action of the weapon (Listen check,
DC 15, to notice). For longarms, the supersonic speed of the bullet
itself still makes noise. However, it’s difficult to tell where the
sound is coming from, requiring a Listen check (DC 15) to locate
the source of the gunfire.
Modifying a weapon to accept a suppressor requires a Repair
check (DC 15). Once a weapon has been modified in this manner, a
suppressor can be attached or removed as a move action.
Suppressors cannot be used on revolvers or shotguns. A
suppressor purchased for one weapon can be used for any other
weapon that fires the same caliber of ammunition.
Bags and Boxes (TL 1)
Aluminum Travel Case (TL 1)
A travel case is a reinforced metal box with foam inserts. Wing-
style clamps keep it from opening accidentally.
Briefcase (TL 1)
A briefcase can carry up to 5 pounds worth of gear. A briefcase
can be locked, but its cheap lock is not very secure (Disable Device
DC 20; break DC 10).
Day Pack (TL 1)
This is a small backpack, the sort often used by students to carry
their books around, or by outdoor enthusiasts on short hikes.
It holds 8 pounds of gear and fits comfortably over one or both
shoulders.
Outerwear
Hazmat Suit
Useful for first responders and doctors, a hazmat suit (hazardous
materials suit) is a piece of personal protective equipment that
consists of an impermeable whole-body garment worn as
protection against the harmful presence of nuclear, biological, and
radiation (NBC) contaminants. Such suits are often combined with
self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) to ensure a supply
of breathable air. Hazmat suits are mostly used by firefighters,
Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics, researchers,
personnel responding to toxic spills, specialists cleaning up
contaminated facilities, and workers in toxic environments.
A hazmat suit provides the wearer with immunity against all
diseases when coming into contact with a source.
A hazmat suit cannot be worn with any armor. Only one weapon
may be worn on your person and no more than 10 lbs. of extra
gear. Receiving any damage from piercing or slashing weapons
destroys the suit (nullifying it’s benefits). If damage is received
from a bludgeoning weapon, make a Dex check vs. DC 10 + half
damage received to determine if the suit has been compromised.
All hazmat suits are equipped with full head gear that’s designed
to either filter air or pull air from a self-contained breathing
apparatus. One noticeable affect that this has on the wearer is a
significant reduction in peripheral vision. Due to the tunnel vision
caused by the mask, you suffer disadvantage on all perception
checks made to notice or see things not occurring in your direct
line of sight.
Your AC is considered to be 10 + Dex Mod when wearing this outfit.
Alternatively, you may opt for a disposable variation. This suit
grants the same benefits and drawbacks as above, the difference
being that the suit is good for one use only. Subsequent use of the
suit will not be granted its advantages. The suit also cannot be
worn perpetually, but will last for 1d10 hours, minimum of 5. This
variation is drastically cheaper, costing 50 Bu and weighing 1 lb.
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 MOUNTS AND VEHICLES
A good mount can help you move more quickly through the
wilderness, but its primary purpose is to carry the gear that would
otherwise slow you down. The Mounts and Vehicles table shows
each speed and base carrying capacity.
An animal pulling a carriage, cart, chariot, sled, or wagon can
move weight up to five times its base carrying
capacity, including the weight of the vehicle.
If multiple animals pull the same vehicle, they
can add their carrying capacity together.

Mount Items
barDinG
Barding is armor designed to protect an
animal’s head, neck, chest, and body. Any
type of armor shown on the Armor table can
be purchased as barding for mounts sized Large
or smaller. The cost is four times the equivalent armor
made for humanoids, and it weighs twice as much.

saDDles
A military saddle braces the rider, helping you keep your seat on
an active mount in battle. It gives you advantage on any check you
make to remain mounted. An exotic saddle is required for riding
any aquatic or flying mount.
MOUNTS
MEDIUM MOUNTS Cargo Top Speed Bu Cost
MOUNT ITEMS
War Dog 150 lb. 40 ft. 100
MOUNT ITEM Weight Bu Cost
Pony 200 lb. 40 ft. 50
Barding x4 x2
Great Bat 150 lb. 10 ft., fly 40 ft. 250
Bridle 1 lb. 2
Dragon Hatchling 250 lb. 30 ft., fly 60 ft. 20,000
Cart 200 lb. 20
Shark 200 lb. Swim 40 ft. 500
Chariot 100 lb. 250
LARGE MOUNTS
Exotic Saddle 50 lb. 150
Horse 480 lb. 60 ft. 500
Saddle 30 lb. 50
Mule 425 lb. 40 ft. 50
Saddlebags 8 lb. 5
Camel 480 lb. 50 ft. 100
Sled 300 lb. 20
Unicorn* 300 lb. 60 ft. Unique
Wagon 400 lb. 100
Dire Wolf 450 lb. 50 ft. 800
Great Cat 550 lb. 50 ft. 1,000

Vehicles (TL 1) War Rhino

War Bear
1,750 lb.
750 lb.
40 ft.
40 ft.
750
650
Vehicles are described by a number of statistics, as shown on the Wyvern* 500 lb. 20 ft., fly 80 ft. 2,500
respective tables. Griffin* 650 lb. 30 ft., fly 90 ft. Unique
Young Dragon* 1,250 lb. 40 ft., fly 80 ft. Unique
vehicle Proficiency Great Shark 500 lb. Swim 60 ft. 750
If you have proficiency with a certain kind of vehicle (land or HUGE MOUNTS
water), you can add your proficiency bonus to any check you make
Adult Dragon* 5,000 lb. 40 ft., fly 80 ft. Unique
to control that kind of vehicle in difficult circumstances.
Great Rhino 3,000 lb. 50 ft. 1,500
crew Great Bear 1,500 lb. 50 ft. 1,200
The standard number of crew. In most cases, only one person is War Elephant 2,000 lb. 40 ft. 1,000
needed to drive the vehicle; other crew members serve as gunners Killer Whale 2,000 lb. Swim 80 ft. 1,400
or copilots. * Intelligent

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 TL 1 CIVILIAN VEHICLES
WHEELED Pass Carrying Capacity Top Speed AC Max Dex HP Hardness Bu Cost
Car 4 275 lb. 185 ft. 14 +2 50 5 3000
Pickup Truck 2 1,700 lb. 175 ft. 13 - 75 5 4000
Motorcycle 1 0 lb. 275 ft. 18 - 30 5 1000
SUV 8 500 lb. 175 ft. 14 +2 100 5 5000
Armored pickup 2 3,600 lb. 175 ft. 16 - 100 10 5,000
ATV 0 675 lb. 95 ft. 17 +1 50 5 500
School Bus 39 23,000 lb. 120 ft. 11 +0 100 10 6,500
AIRCRAFT
Helicopter 4 250 lb. 245 ft. 13 - 50 5 8,000
Prop Plane 3 120 lb. 210 ft. 13 - 75 5 10,500
UAV 0 60 lb 80 ft. 18 +2 25 - 500
WATER VEHICLES
Boat 5 2,100 lb. 55 ft. 14 +2 50 5 1000
Jetski 1 60 lb. 105 ft. 18 +1 30 5 250

TL 1 MILITARY VEHICLES
TYPE Crew Pass Carrying Capacity Top Speed AC Max Dex HP Hardness Bu Cost
Tank 4 0 825 lb. 80 ft. 20 - 400 30 500,000
Tracked APC 3 7 625 lb. 90 ft. 19 - 200 20 75,000
Attack Helicopter 2 14 9,000 lb. 325 ft. 22 +2 100 10 125,000
Armored Humvee 2 3 1,000 lb. 130 ft. 18 +1 250 15 50,000

TL2 EXPERIMENTAL VEHICLES

TYPE Crew Pass Carrying Capacity Top Speed AC HP Hardness Bu Cost
Mech Suit1 1 0 800 lb. 80 ft. 19 250 20 Unique
Hover Tank 4 0 1000 lb. 100 ft. 22 300 25 Unique
1-See description for special rules.

TL 1 VEHICLE WEAPONS
TYPE Damage Damage Type Range Rate of Fire Magazine Size
120mm Main Cannon 15d10 Ballistic 30/5,000 ft. Single +1 Huge
25mm Cannon 4d8 Ballistic 20/1,000 ft. A Linked Huge
Heavy Machine Gun 3d10 Ballistic 500 ft. A Linked Huge
*These weapons are part of the vehicles on which they are mounted.

TL2 EXPERIMENTAL VEHICLE WEAPONS

TYPE Damage Damage Type Range Rate of Fire Magazine Size
Railgun 30d12 Ballistic 100/10,000 ft. Single +1 Huge
Particle Cannon 10d12 Fire 30/5,000 ft. A Linked Huge
Laser Machine gun 4d12 Fire 250 ft. A Linked Huge
*These weapons are part of the vehicles on which they are mounted.

PassenGers carGo caPacity

The number of passengers (in addition to the crew) the vehicle
is designed to carry. Vehicles that carry passengers can use that
space to carry additional cargo when passengers aren’t present.
Each unused passenger slot allows the vehicle to carry an
additional 100 pounds of cargo.
The amount of cargo the vehicle is designed to carry. Many
vehicles can carry extra passengers instead of cargo, but doing so
is usually a cramped, uncomfortable, and often unsafe experience
for those passengers. As a rule of thumb, one additional passenger
can be carried for each 250 pounds of unused cargo capacity.

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 Top Speed
The maximum number of squares the vehicle can cover in 1 round
at Character Scale (with the number of squares at Chase Scale in
parentheses). This is the fastest the vehicle can move.
Hardness
The vehicle’s hardness. Subtract this number from any damage
dealt to the vehicle.
Fuel
The availably and cost of the fuel that powers vehicles is
determined by the setting and the GM.
Civilian Vehicles
Unless otherwise noted, civilian cars provide three-quarters cover
for their occupants (although passengers who lean out of windows
or sunroofs, perhaps to fire weapons, may be reduced to one-half
or even one-quarter cover).
Military Vehicles
Tank
It is crewed by a driver, a gunner, a gun loader, and a commander.
It has three top hatches, one for the driver and two on the turret.
(The driver’s position cannot be reached from the other positions,
which are all in the turret.) It takes a full-round action to enter a
tank and another full-round action to start it moving. The tank
is three squares wide and six squares long. It provides full cover
to its occupants. This vehicle comes equipped with a 120mm
Cannon (see Table: Vehicle Weapons) and a Heavy Machine Gun
(see Table: Vehicle Weapons), both mounted in full turrets.
Armored Humvee
It is crewed by a driver and a gunner. It has one top hatch. In addition
to its own armament, the humvee windows allow passengers to
fire their personal weapons from within the vehicle. The humvee
is two squares wide and three squares long. It provides three-
quarters cover to its occupants. This vehicle comes equipped with
a Heavy Machine Gun (see Table: Vehicle Weapons) mounted in a
full turret.
TL2 Experimental Military Vehicles
Mech Suit
A mech suit is a 12-foot tall suit of robotic powered armor. It is
powered by magical crystal source, providing power for up to 10
years of operation.
Powered Armor. The weight of the mech suit does not contribute
towards your encumbrance. Furthermore, while you are wearing
the armor, your Strength score changes to 25 if it is not already
higher. Additionally, your walking speed changes to 60 feet if it is
not already higher, and you gain a jumping speed of 60 feet.
Large. While you are wearing the mech suit, your size is Large.
This means that you can wield Large-sized weapons. Your
unarmed strikes are Large-sized weapons as well; as such the
damage of your unarmed strikes is doubled. Your reach is 10
feet. Your carrying capacity is your Strength score multiplied by
150. It is harder for you to find cover; where a Medium creature
would find total cover, you might only receive three-quarters cover.
(GM’s choice).
Life Support. The mech suit has a 24-hour self-contained air
supply. While you are wearing it, you have resistance to fire and
cold damage, and you are unaffected by high air pressure or by the
vacuum of space, and you are immune to radiation. You are also
immune to harmful gases and vapors.
Mech-Fist. While you are wearing the mech suit, you can roll 2d8
in place of the damage of your unarmed strikes.
Sensors. While you are wearing the mech suit, you can see in dim
light or darkness within 600 feet of you as if it were bright light,
and you are aware of the location of any creature or object of
Large size or larger within that range.
Integral Weaponry. The mech suit is equipped with one or two
integral, Large-sized firearms, or Medium-sized heavy weapons
(such as rocket launchers or machine guns). If the firearms in
question are energy weapons, then they run off the mech suit’s
power supply and do not require reloading.
Vehicle Weapons
Cannons require the Exotic Firearms Proficiency [Cannons] feat to
use.

Tracked APC
It is crewed by a driver, a gunner, and a commander. It has three
top hatches, one above each crew position, and a large door in
back for infantry soldiers to load or disembark. It takes a full-round
action to enter the vehicle through a top hatch, and another full-
round action to start it moving. In addition to its own armament,
the APC passenger compartment has ports that allow passengers
to fire their personal weapons from within the vehicle. The APC is
three squares wide and four squares long. It provides full cover to
its occupants. This vehicle comes equipped with a 25mm Cannon
(see Table: Vehicle Weapons) mounted in a full turret.

Military Helicopter
The attack helicopter is three squares wide and twelve squares
long. It provides three-quarters cover to crew and passengers
(one-quarter cover to passengers if the cargo doors are open).
This vehicle comes equipped a Heavy Machine Gun (see Table:
Vehicle Weapons).

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MUTATIONS
Mutations are common in apocalyptic settings. Mutants vary
from horrid brutes maddened by radiation burns to creatures with
psionic powers— whole new species arisen from the ashes.
game effect other than to change a creature’s appearance in
some fashion. Cosmetic mutations cost 0 MP.
MINOR: A minor mutation not only changes a creature’s
appearance in some fashion but also grants it a beneficial (if
minor) special ability or useful feature, such as darkvision or gills.
A minor mutation costs 1–3 MP and can usually be offset by a
single drawback.
MAJOR: A major mutation fundamentally changes the genetics

Mutation as a Reward and physiology of a particular creature. Moreover, it grants

the creature a beneficial special ability or feature it couldn’t
A GM can pass out Mutation Points (MP) as a reward for otherwise possess, such as telekinesis or the ability to fly. A
successfully overcoming one or more encounters. This is major mutation costs 4 or more MP and must be offset by one or
particularly appropriate in campaigns where wealth and goods more drawbacks.
are rare and a GM rarely wishes to pass out useful items as DRAWBACKS: A creature with minor or major mutations also has
rewards. Using mutation (from being exposed to radiation, drawbacks to offset them. Drawbacks are special disabilities or
nanites, or DNA-altering goop, or being bitten by a radioactive vulnerabilities that negatively affect a creature.
spider) allows a GM to grant players new powers Each drawback has an MP value, and a creature
and options for their characters without making can spend these MP on minor and major
resources any less scarce. mutations to offset the negative
There are drawbacks to using mutant points as treasure. effects of the drawback.
First, not everyone wants to play a character with
mutations, and not everyone wishes to play an obvious
mutant character. A GM should be sure players are happy
with mutant characters before using MPs as rewards.
Second, the GM should allow players some choice on what
mutations their characters gain. The easiest way to do
this is to give characters MPs and allow players to
spend them however they wish. A player may decide
to give a character a new drawback at the same time,
earning extra points to buy mutations worth more
than the MP award given.
Not all players appreciate gaining mutations as
rewards for their adventures. Players can instead
spend MP on bonus feats (5 MP per feat) and
increases to ability scores (10 MP per point of increase).

Hiding Physical Deformities

Many mutations come with physical deformities.
Some mutations are easy to hide, while others
are harder to conceal.
Any mutation that alters a creature’s physical
appearance imposes a penalty
on the creature’s Disguise
checks. For creatures
trying to conceal
multiple
physical
deformities
or alterations,
the penalties stack.
A cosmetic mutation
imposes a –1 penalty on Disguise
checks, while a minor or major mutation imposes
a –2 penalty on Disguise checks. Drawbacks do
not apply penalties to Disguise checks.

Mutation Descriptions
COSMETIC: The simplest and least mechanically complicated
mutation is a cosmetic mutation. A cosmetic mutation has no

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 Cosmetic Mutations
Extra Digits [Cosmetic] MP Cost: 0
You gain an extra digit on each hand and foot. The extra fingers or
toes, although fully functional, do not confer any special benefit,
nor do they hinder you in any way.
Fins [Cosmetic] MP Cost: 0
Your body sprouts fishlike fins. A fin might begin on the top of your
head and go all the way down your spine. Others might appear on
your forearms or calves, or they might sprout from your shoulders
or ears. The fins confer no special abilities.
Forked Tongue [Cosmetic] MP Cost: 0
You gain a forked tongue like that of a snake. Your new tongue
might be a different color and longer than your old one.
Scaly Skin [Cosmetic] MP Cost: 0
Your flesh becomes thicker and less porous, giving rise to a thin
layer of scales covering your flesh. The scales are typically smooth
and dry, like those of a snake, and can vary in color and pattern.
The scales may not cover your entire body, instead appearing in
patches on your face, neck, torso, and limbs.
Small Horns [Cosmetic] MP Cost: 0
Two or more tiny horns sprout from your head, shoulders, or arms.
These blunt-tipped nubs are too small to serve any use in combat.
Thin Fur Coat [Cosmetic] MP Cost: 0
You grow a thin coat of brown or golden-brown fur, similar to that
of a small mammal.
SPECIAL: A creature with fur, scales, or chitin cannot gain this
mutation.
Unnatural Eyes [Cosmetic] MP Cost: 0
The color of your eyes changes drastically. The color, whatever it
may be, is unnatural and atypical of your species. Perhaps your
eyes turn dead black, maybe they change color to suit your mood,
or perhaps they glow faintly in the dark.
Unnatural Hair [Cosmetic] MP Cost: 0
Your hair or fur color changes drastically to a shade that is
uncommon for your species. You may have fur or hair that is
multicolored, streaked, splotched, or slightly luminescent. Your
hair or fur may also change color with your mood.
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Unnatural Skin [Cosmetic] MP Cost: 0
The color of your skin or exoskeleton changes drastically,
assuming a hue or texture that is both unnatural and atypical
of your species. Your skin might be a single color, splotched, or
patterned in some freakishly unnatural way. Your skin might gain
dynamic pigments that change color based on outside stimuli,
such as exposure to ultraviolet light.
Unnatural Voice [Cosmetic] MP Cost:0
Your voice changes in some marked fashion. It might change pitch
or become more lyrical, raspy, whispery, or guttural.
Minor Mutations
Acidic Saliva [Minor] MP Cost: 1
Your saliva can burn other creatures like acid.
Your bite attack deals an extra 1d4 points of acid damage with
each successful hit.
SPECIAL: You must have a natural bite attack to take this mutation.
You cannot gain this mutation if you have the Venomous Bite
mutation.
Adrenaline Jolt [Minor] MP Cost: 3
You can flood your bloodstream with extreme amounts of
adrenaline to temporarily boost your Strength or Dexterity.
Once per day, as a free action, you can temporarily increase either
your Strength or your Dexterity by 1d4+1 points. The increase lasts
for a number of rounds equal to 3 + your Constitution modifier.
Chameleon Skin [Minor] MP Cost: 1
Your skin (or chitin, fur, or scales) can change color to match your
surroundings.
You gain a +4 mutation bonus on Stealth checks. This bonus is
reduced to +2 if you wear clothing or armor.
Claws [Minor] MP Cost: 1
Your hands mutate into sharp claws.
You gain a single claw attack that deals slashing damage
dependent on your size: Small 1d4, Medium-size 1d6, Large 1d8.
If you get multiple attacks in a round, you can strike with multiple
claws. Your claws are treated as natural weapons and do not
provoke attacks of opportunity.
SPECIAL: You cannot gain this mutation if you already have claws.
Direction Sense [Minor] MP Cost: 1
You can perceive true north.
As long as you are awake, you always know what direction is true
north.

Darkvision [Minor] MP Cost: 3
You can see in total darkness out to a range of 60 feet. Darkvision
is black and white only but is otherwise like normal sight.
Energy Diffusion [Minor] MP Cost: 2
Your body’s ability to withstand energy damage increases.
You gain resistance to one type of energy, chosen from the
following list: acid, cold, electricity, fire, or thunder/concussion the
first time you take damage of that kind once per short rest.
Fangs [Minor] MP Cost: 1
Your teeth mutate into vicious fangs.
You gain a vicious bite attack that deals piercing damage
dependent on your size: Small 1d4, Medium-size 1d6, Large 1d8.
If you get multiple attacks in a round, you can bite multiple times.
Your bite is treated as a natural weapon and does not provoke
attacks of opportunity.
SPECIAL: This mutation can be used in conjunction with the
Acidic Saliva or Venomous Bite mutation and you cannot gain this
mutation if you already have a bite attack.
Force Barrier [Minor] MP Cost: 3
You can generate an electromagnetic force field around yourself
to deflect or absorb incoming attacks.
As a free action, you can generate an invisible electromagnetic
barrier around yourself that provides resistance against incoming
weapon attacks and force effects. The barrier lasts a number of
rounds equal to your current Constitution modifier (minimum 1
round). You can create the force field three times per day.
SPECIAL: Portable electronic devices such as cell phones and
headsets temporarily cease to function if held or worn by you
while the electromagnetic force barrier is in effect.
Gills [Minor] MP Cost: 2
You grow a set of gills that can draw the oxygen out of water. The
gills appear on your neck, chest, or back (near your windpipe or
lungs).
You can breathe both air and water. You can operate underwater
indefinitely, with no fear of drowning.
Great Horns [Minor] MP Cost: 1
You sprout horns capable of damaging or goring a target. The
horns may be curled like a ram’s or pointed like a bull’s. Conversely,
you may grow a single horn in the middle of the forehead, like that
of a rhinoceros, or a large rack of antlers, like that of a moose.
You gain a single gore attack that deals bludgeoning damage
(curled ram horns or moose antlers) or piercing damage (pointed
bull horns or one great rhino horn). The amount of damage
depends on your size: Small 1d4, Medium-size 1d6, Large 1d8. If
you get multiple attacks in a round, you can gore multiple times.
Your horns are treated as natural weapons and do not provoke
attacks of opportunity.
Hypersensitivity [Minor] MP Cost: 3
Your are particularly (some might say unnaturally) sensitive to
your surroundings.
You gain a +2 mutation bonus on Listen, Search, and Spot checks.
You also gain Blind-Fight as a bonus feat (page 143).
Leaper [Minor] MP Cost: 1
You gain the ability to leap incredible distances.
You gain a +10 mutation bonus on jumping Athletic checks and
you can jump twice as far.
Living Furnace [Minor] MP Cost: 3
Your body generates a tremendous amount of heat, and your
touch can cause things to burn and melt.
You deal an extra 1 point of fire damage with a successful unarmed
attack or attack with a natural weapon. Three times per day, as a
free action, you can channel more of your body’s heat and increase
the fire damage to 2d6 points (instead of 1 point).
You gain a +4 bonus on Constitution saves against extreme heat
temperatures.
This mutation does not grant immunity or resistance to fire.
Psionic Talent [Minor] MP Cost: 2
You have a single psionic power.
Choose one psionic power worth 1-Psi Point from the Common
Psionic Powers list (page 101).
You can manifest this power three times per day at no power point
cost.
SPECIAL: This mutation may be taken more than once. It can
be used to increase the number of times you may use the same
power, or give you a new power you may use three times per day.
Radiation Resistance [Minor] MP Cost: 3
You can ignore the effects of some levels of radiation.
You gain radiation resistance. You treat an irradiated area
or radiation source as one degree weaker for the purpose of
determining radiation exposure (severe becomes high, high
becomes medium, medium becomes low, and you are unaffected
by low degrees of exposure).
Scaly Armor [Minor] MP Cost: 3
Thick, overlapping scales cover your body. The scales are hard but
dry to the touch.
You gain a +1 natural armor bonus to AC, or your existing natural
armor bonus improves by 1.
SPECIAL: A creature with fur, chitin, or the Exoskeleton mutation
cannot gain this mutation.
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 Scent [Minor] MP Cost: 1
You can detect approaching enemies, sniff out hidden foes, and
track by sense of smell. You can also identify familiar odors the
way humans do familiar sights.
Second Wind [Minor] MP Cost: 2
Once per day, as a free action, you can heal yourself of a number
of points of damage equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum
1).
Smokescreen [Minor] MP Cost: 1
You expel chemicals through your pores to create an inky-black
cloud of smoke, engulfing yourself and the surrounding area.
Once per day, as a free action, you can produce a 20-foot-radius
cloud of smoke centered on yourself. The cloud is stationary
once created. The inky-black smoke obscures all sight, including
darkvision, beyond 5 feet. A creature 5 feet away has one half
concealment (20% miss chance). Creatures farther away have
total concealment (50% miss chance, and the attacker cannot use
sight to locate the target).
This ability functions underwater. A moderate wind or current
disperses the cloud in 4 rounds. A strong wind or current disperses
the cloud in 1 round.
Tail [Minor] MP Cost: 1
You grow a thick tail. The tail may be fur-covered, slender and
whip-like like a rat’s, or scaly like a lizard’s. Although the tail
improves your balance and can serve as a weapon, it cannot be
used for gripping objects.
The tail provides a +2 mutation bonus on all Athletic (Balance)
checks. In addition, you gain a single tail slam attack that deals
bludgeoning damage dependent on your size: Small 1d4, Medium-
size 1d6, Large 1d8. If you get multiple attacks in a round, you can
strike multiple times with your tail. Your tail is treated as a natural
weapon and does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
SPECIAL: A creature that already has a tail or the Prehensile Tail
mutation cannot gain this mutation. This mutation can be used in
conjunction with the Stinger mutation.
Thick Fur Coat [Minor] MP Cost: 1
You grow a thick, protective layer of fur over your body.
You gain a +4 mutation bonus on Constitution saves against
extreme cold temperatures.
SPECIAL: A creature with scales, or chitin cannot gain this
mutation.
Thick Hide [Minor] MP Cost: 3
You have an unusually tough hide.
Increase your AC by 1 when you are unarmored.
SPECIAL: A creature with thin skin, very thick hide, an extremely
thick hide, or scaly armor cannot gain this mutation.
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Ultra Immune System [Minor] MP Cost: 2
You develop a powerful immune system capable of repelling many
poisons, diseases, and radiation sickness.
You gain Ultra Immune System (page 148) as a bonus feat even
if you don’t meet the feat’s prerequisite. The bonus you gain on
Constitution saves against poisons, diseases, and radiation is
treated as a mutation bonus.
Wall Crawler [Minor] MP Cost: 2
You can walk on walls and cling to ceilings like a spider. You have
tiny barbs on your hands and feet to facilitate climbing, and your
fingers and toes secrete a transparent adhesive that lets you cling
to smooth surfaces.
As long as your hands and feet are uncovered, you can climb
perfectly smooth, flat, vertical surfaces. In addition, you gain a +4
mutation bonus on all Athletics (Climb) checks. Wearing gloves or
footwear reduces the bonus to +2, and wearing both gloves and
footwear negates the bonus entirely.
You also gain a +4 mutation bonus on Athletics (Balance) checks
when moving a cross a slippery surface. Wearing any kind of
footwear negates this bonus.
Webbed Digits [Minor] MP Cost: 1
You grow webbing between your fingers or toes and can move
more easily through liquids.
You gain a +4 mutation bonus on all Athletics (Swim) checks.
Having webbed digits does not interfere with your ability to grasp
or manipulate objects.
Major Mutations
Adaptive Body (Major) MP Cost: 6
Your body can adapt to better absorb different types of weapon
damage.
You gain one of the following types of damage resistance (your
choice): Ballistic, bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing. At the start
of your turn, as a free action, you can alter the type of damage
reduction, choosing a different type from the list above. The
change persists until the start of your next turn.
Blindsight [Major] MP Cost: 5
You can perceive things in your immediate vicinity without sight.
You have blindsight with a range of 15 feet.
Danger Sense [Major] MP Cost: 6
You have a mild form of precognition that warns you of impending
attack.
When you are surprised at the beginning of combat, you may
make a Wisdom check (DC 10). If you succeed, you may act in the
surprise round as if you aren’t surprised.
 Dual Brains [Major] MP Cost: 5
You have two brains, one in your head and one located in another
location. You have Advantage on all Intelligence rolls. Additionally,
the penalty for fighting with two weapons is lessened by 1.
Echolocator [Major] MP Cost: 5
You develop the ability to absorb sound waves and translate
them into mental images that accurately portray the surrounding
environment. This ability is similar to a bat’s ability to operate and
hunt in total darkness via echolocation.
You gain the blindsight ability out to a range of 60 feet.
Elasticity [Major] MP Cost:4
You can bend and twist your body in unnatural ways and squeeze
through very tight spaces.
You gain a +10 mutation bonus on Athletics (Evade) checks.
Moreover, you can squeeze through an opening or passage one-
tenth as wide and tall as your height, in inches. A creature using
this mutation to move through a tight space moves at one-quarter
normal speed.
Energy Absorption [Major] MP Cost: 4
You can absorb impressive amounts of harmful energy.
You gain resistance to one type of energy, chosen from the
following list: acid, cold, electricity, fire, or force.
Enlarged Form [Major] MP Cost: 6
You grow, becoming an freakishly large specimen of your kind.
You become as large as your size category allows (8 feet tall for
Medium-size characters, 4 feet tall for Small characters). However,
you function in many ways as if you were one size category larger.
Whenever you are subject to a size modifier or special size modifier
for an opposed check (such as during grapple checks, bull rush
attempts, and trip attempts), you are treated as one size larger
when it is advantageous to you. You are also considered to be
one size larger when determining whether special attacks based
on size (such as improved grab or swallow) can affect you. You
can use weapons designed for a creature one size larger without
penalty (for example, a Medium-size character with this mutation
can wield a Large weapon one-handed).
This mutation does not change your reach.
Exoskeleton [Major] MP Cost: 5
A thick exoskeleton forms over your skin. The exoskeleton usually
consists of interlocking plates of bone or chitin covering 90% or
more of your body.
You gain a +2 natural armor bonus to AC
SPECIAL: A creature with fur, scales, or the Scaly Armor mutation
cannot gain this mutation.
Extra Arms [Major] MP Cost: 6
You grow an additional pair of arms. The extra arms look and
behave exactly like your other arms.
As a creature with more than two arms, you gain a +4 mutation
bonus on Athletics (Climb and grapple) checks. For the purposes
of combat, both extra arms are treated as “off hands” (that is, you
still have only one primary hand).
SPECIAL: If you have three or more natural claw attacks, you meet
the prerequisites for the Multiattack feat. This mutation does not
give you Multiattack as a bonus feat, however.
Gazing Eye [Major] MP Cost: 4
You grow an extra eye in the middle of your forehead. In addition
to improving your visual acuity, the “weird eye” gives you a special
gaze attack that makes other creatures tremble.
The extra eye grants a +2 mutation bonus on Perception checks.
As a free action, you can use the extra eye to make a special gaze
attack against one creature within 20 feet. The creature must
succeed on a Charisma save (DC 10 + one-half your level + your
Charisma modifier) or be shaken for 2d6 rounds. This gaze attack
is a mind-affecting compulsion, and any creature that successfully
saves against your gaze attack cannot be affected again for 24
hours. The gazing eye has no effect on other creatures with gazing
eyes.
Pheromone Attraction [Major] MP Cost: 6
You can regulate the production of pheromones in your body and
release them at will, altering the moods of other nearby creatures.
You gain a +4 mutation bonus on all Deception, Persuasion,
Handle Animal, and Intimidate checks made against creatures
within 30 feet that can smell.
SPECIAL: You cannot take this mutation if you have the Pheromonal
Repulsion drawback.
Plant Traits [Major] MP Cost: 5
You have plantlike traits. You are not a plant, but your skin turns a
ripe shade of green and your eyes are dull yellow.
You gain a +2 mutation bonus on saving throws against sleep,
paralysis, stunning, and mind-influencing effects. You also gain
low-light vision.
Prehensile Tail [Major] MP Cost: 4
You grow a tail that can grasp and hold objects.
A prehensile tail grants a +2 mutation bonus on Athletics (Balance)
checks. It can also grasp and manipulate a simple object up to
one size category smaller than the creature’s size category. A
prehensile tail cannot be used to operate a piece of equipment
that requires opposable digits or fine motor control (such as a cell
phone).
A creature can “hang” from its prehensile tail indefinitely by
wrapping it around a larger object, thereby freeing up its other
limbs. The prehensile tail isn’t dexterous or strong enough to fire
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 ranged weapons or make melee attacks, however.
SPECIAL: A creature that already has a tail cannot gain this
mutation.
Prickly Pear [Major] MP Cost: 4
Bony spurs or chitinous spikes protrude from your joints, giving
you a jagged profile and making you dangerous to grapple.
You deal 1d4 points of piercing damage to any creature you are
grappling or any creature that grapples you. Furthermore, you
deal 1d4 points of piercing damage per round to any creature that
swallows you using the swallow ability.
Psionic Talent, Greater [Major] MP Cost: 6
You have a single psionic power.
Choose one psionic power worth up to 3-Psi Points from the any
of the Psionic Powers lists (page 101).
You can manifest this power three times per day at no power point
cost.
SPECIAL: This mutation may be taken more than once. It can
be used to increase the number of times you may use the same
power, or give you a new power you may use three times per day.
Psionic Talent, Moderate [Major] MP Cost: 4
You have a single psionic power.
Choose one psionic power worth 2-Psi Points from the Common
Psionic Powers list (page 101)
You can manifest this power three times per day at no power point
cost.
SPECIAL: This mutation may be taken more than once. It can
be used to increase the number of times you may use the same
power, or give you a new power you may use three times per day.
Quadruped [Major] MP Cost: 4
You move swiftly on all fours.
Your base land speed increases by 10 feet when you move on all
fours. If you have anything in your hands, you cannot run on all
fours.
Radioactive [Major] MP Cost: 5
You are immune to some radiation and can emit bursts of harmful
radiation from your body.
You are immune to low, and medium degrees of radiation
exposure. In addition, your body acts as a radiation battery, storing
the energy for later use. Once per day as a free action, you may
release a 60-foot-radius burst of radiation centered on you. All
creatures within the burst radius are exposed to a medium degree
of radiation (Constitution DC 18, incubation period 3d6 hours,
initial and secondary damage 1d6–1 Con).
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Shocker [Major] MP Cost: 4
You can discharge a powerful stroke of lightning from your
fingertips.
Once per day, as a standard action, you can shoot a 5-foot-wide,
30-foot-long line of lightning that deals 5d6 points of electricity
damage to every creature in its path. You can choose to widen
and shorten the lightning bolt, making it 10 feet wide and 15 feet
long. The bolt begins at your fingertips. A successful Reflex save
(DC 10 + your character level + your Charisma modifier) halves the
damage.
The lightning bolt sets fire to combustibles and damages objects
in its path. It can melt metals with low melting points, such as
lead, gold, copper, silver, and bronze. If the damage caused to
an interposing barrier shatters or breaks through it, the bolt may
continue beyond the barrier out to its maximum range; otherwise,
it stops at the barrier.
This mutation does not grant immunity or resistance to electricity.
Skeletal Reinforcement [Major] MP Cost: 5
Your bones become more resilient, allowing you withstand greater
amounts of punishment.
Your massive damage threshold increases by +3. In addition, the
damage you take from a fall is reduced by one die.
SPECIAL: You cannot take this mutation if you have the Brittle
Bones drawback.
Stinger [Major] MP Cost: 4
A poisonous stinger erupts from some part of your body—usually a
needlelike barb protruding from an arm or leg joint, or a scorpion-
like stinger on the end of a tail or similar appendage.
Your sharp stinger deals piercing damage dependent on your size:
Small 1d4, Medium-size 1d6, Large 1d8. If you get multiple attacks
in a round, you can sting multiple times. The stinger is treated as
a natural weapon and does not provoke attacks of opportunity. In
addition, the stinger injects poison into the target.
SPECIAL: This mutation can be used in conjunction with the Tail
mutation, but the tail cannot be used as a bludgeoning weapon
during the same round the stinger is used.
Telekinetic Mind [Major] MP Cost: 5
You can perform minor telekinetic feats.
As a move action, you can move an unattended object weighing up
to 5 pounds up to 15 feet in any direction. Using this ability does
not provoke attacks of opportunity. You must be able to see the
object you are affecting, however. You must concentrate on the
object to move it telekinetically. If your concentration is broken
while you are levitating the object, the object falls.
This ability can be used at will.
 Telepathy [Major] MP Cost: 5
You gain limited telepathic ability.
As a free action, you can forge a telepathic link with another living
creature within 100 ft. of you. The creature with which you form the
link must have an Intelligence score of 6 or higher, and it must be a
willing participant in the link. You can communicate telepathically
through the link even if you do not share a common language, but
no special control or influence is established as a result of the
link. If you and the linked creature move more than 100 feet apart,
the telepathic link severs instantly. You can telepathically link with
only one creature at a time during any given round, but the ability
can be used at will.
Tentacle [Major] MP Cost: 6
A single tentacle grows from your side or back. The tentacle
might resemble an octopus’s suckered tentacle or a simple, scaly
pseudopod.
The tentacle grants a +4 mutation bonus on grapple checks. It can
also grasp and manipulate a simple object of your size category or
smaller. For example, a Medium-size creature can use the tentacle
to grasp and manipulate a Medium-size or smaller object. The
tentacle cannot be used to operate a piece of equipment that
requires opposable digits or fine motor control (such as a cell
phone).
You can “hang” from your tentacle indefinitely by wrapping it
around a larger object, thereby freeing up your other limbs. The
tentacle isn’t dexterous enough to fire ranged weapons, but it can
be used to make a slam attack. The tentacle’s slam attack deals
an amount of bludgeoning damage dependent on your size: Small
1d4, Medium-size 1d6, Large 1d8. If you get multiple attacks in a
round, you can strike with the tentacle multiple times. The tentacle
is treated as a natural weapon with a 10-foot reach, and attacks
made with it do not provoke attacks of opportunity.
Venomous Bite [Major] MP Cost: 4
Your natural bite attack injects poison into your victim’s
bloodstream.
Any creature you successfully hit with your bite attack must make
a successful Constitution save (DC 10 + one-half your level + your
Constitution modifier) to negate the effects (initial and secondary
damage 1d4 Con).
SPECIAL: You must have a natural bite attack to gain the benefit of
this mutation. You cannot take this mutation if you have the Acidic
Saliva mutation.
Very Thick Hide [Major] MP Cost: 6
You have an unusually tough hide. Increase your natural armor
bonus to AC by 2.
SPECIAL: A creature with thin skin, thick hide, an extremely thick
hide, or scaly armor cannot gain this mutation.
Vexing Voice [Major] MP Cost: 4
You can vex another creature using the peculiar resonance of your
voice.
Select any living creature within 30 feet of you as the target; the
creature must be able to hear your voice to be affected. Upon
hearing your voice, the creature must make a successful Charisma
save (DC 10 + one-half your level + your Charisma modifier) or
be dazed for 1 round. A successful save negates the effect. This
ability is a mind-affecting compulsion usable three times per day.
Using this ability is a free action.
Wings [Major] MP Cost: 6
You sprout a pair of birdlike or bat-like wings.
Your wings grant a natural flying speed of 40 feet.
X-RAY VISION [Major] MP Cost: 6
You can see into and through solid matter.
X-ray vision allows you to see through 1 foot of brick or stone, 1
inch of metal or composite alloy, and up to 3 feet of wood, plaster,
or dirt. Thicker substances or a thin sheet of lead blocks your
vision. X-ray vision has a maximum range of 20 feet and allows
you to see as if you were looking at something in normal light,
even if there is no illumination.
Mutation Drawbacks
Ability Decay [Drawback] MP Value: 4
Your body or mind suffers from some marked deformity or
deterioration.
One of your ability scores (your choice) permanently decreases by
2. You cannot apply this drawback to an ability score of 3 or less.
SPECIAL: You may take this drawback multiple times. Its effects
stack.
Achilles Heel [Drawback] MP Value: 2
Any attack roll made to confirm a critical hit against you gains a +4
circumstance bonus.
Blood Hunger [Drawback] MP Value: 1
You crave the taste of blood. Moreover, you need to drink blood to
survive.
You must drain a pint of blood from a living creature once every 24
hours. Doing so is an attack action, and you can only drain blood
from a willing, helpless, or dying (but not dead) creature. The bitten
creature takes normal damage from the bite attack plus an extra
1d6 points of damage from the blood loss.
If you go 24 hours without consuming blood, you take 1d4 points
of Constitution damage. Drinking a pint of blood cures the ability
damage caused by blood deprivation in 1d6 rounds. Ability
damage caused by blood deprivation cannot be restored through
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 natural healing.
SPECIAL: You must have a natural bite attack to take this
drawback.
Brittle Bones [Drawback] MP Value: 4
Your bones weaken such that you can no longer withstand hard or
sudden impacts.
Your massive damage threshold decreases by 3. In addition,
you take an additional 1d6 points of damage from a fall and
bludgeoning attacks.
SPECIAL: You cannot take this drawback if you have the Skeletal
Reinforcement mutation.
Combat Fear [Drawback] MP Value: 4
Due to a chemical imbalance in your brain, you are gripped by an
inexplicable fear whenever you face a dangerous or frightening
situation.
After initiative is rolled but before you take your first action in
combat, make a Intelligence saving throw (DC 15). If you fail the
Intelligence save, you are shaken for the rest of the encounter,
taking a –2 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, and skill checks.
If the save succeeds, you overcome your moment of fear and
negate the ill effects.
Special: Creatures immune to critical hits cannot have this
drawback.
Festering Sores [Drawback] MP Value: 2
Your skin is covered with painful, festering sores.
The festering sores are more aggravating than harmful, but they
make it especially hard to wear armor. When you wear any type of
armor, decrease the armor’s maximum Dexterity bonus by –2 and
increase its armor penalty by +4.
Frailty [Drawback] MP Value: 3
Your body is particularly vulnerable to the ravages of poison,
disease, radiation, and other ailments. You also have trouble
stabilizing when severely wounded.
You take a –2 penalty on all Constitution saves, including saves
made to stabilize at negative hit points.
Heat/Cold Susceptibility [Drawback] MP Value: 1
Your body does not react well to particularly hot or cold
temperatures.
You take double damage from heat or cold.
Lethargy [Drawback] MP Value: 2
Thanks to slow electronic impulses along your central nervous
system, you have trouble reacting quickly to danger.
You take a –2 penalty on all Dexterity saves.
SPECIAL: You cannot take this mutation if you have the Lightning
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Reflexes feat.
Light Sensitivity [Drawback] MP Value: 1
Your eyes cannot adjust to bright light.
Abrupt exposure to bright light (such as sunlight) blinds you for
1 round. On subsequent rounds, you take a –1 penalty on attack
rolls, Perception checks as long as you remain in the affected area.
Lost Arm [Drawback] MP Value: 4
One of your arms withers or gets eaten away, leaving behind a
stump.
You lose one arm of your choice. You cannot effectively wield
weapons that require two hands. In addition, you take a –2 penalty
on climb checks, swim checks, and grapple checks.
SPECIAL: You can replace your lost arm with a cybernetic
replacement arm, assuming such technology is available and you
can afford it.
Mindslave [Drawback] MP Value: 2
You have certain mental deficiencies that make it harder to resist
mind-influencing effects.
You take a –2 penalty on all Intelligence saves.
SPECIAL: You cannot take this mutation if you have the Iron Will
feat.
Monocular Vision [Drawback] MP Value: 2
You have only one eye. You have poor depth perception.
All range increments are halved (including those for Spot checks).
Pheromone Repulsion [Drawback] MP Value: 1
You release pheromones that other creatures find repulsive.
You take a –4 penalty on all Persuasion and Animal Handling
checks made against creatures within 30 feet of you.
SPECIAL: You cannot take this drawback if you have the
Pheromone Attraction mutation.
Poisonous Blood [Drawback] MP Value: 6
Your blood is poisonous to your own body. You must take regular
doses of antitoxin to resist the poison’s effects.
If you go 24 hours without taking a dose of antitoxin you must
make a successful Constitution save (DC 15) or take 1d4 points
of Constitution damage. Taking a dose of antitoxin cures the
ability damage caused by antitoxin deprivation in 1d6 rounds.
Ability damage caused by antitoxin deprivation cannot be restored
through natural healing.
SPECIAL: This drawback can be taken only in Tech Level 1 or
higher campaigns (when antitoxin is available).
 AGING
RACE Middle Age 1
Old2 Venerable3 Max Age
Dwarf 150 225 300 +3d20
Elf 1,500 2,500 3,000 +10d20
Human 40 60 80 +1d20
Kefali
Cyno 20 40 60 +1d20
Feloran 45 75 100 +2d20
Orc 30 55 75 +1d20
1- At middle age, -1 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.
2- At old age, -2 to Str, Dex, and Con; +2 to Int, Wis, and Cha.
3- At venerable age, -3 to Str, Dex, and Con; +3 to Int, Wis, and Cha.

Rapid Aging [Drawback] MP Value: 2

You age at an increased rate due to the strain your mutations place
on your cells. You appear many years older than your actual age.
Double your actual age to get your effective age. Your effective
age determines your ability score penalties. You do not gain any of
the benefits of aging (increased mental ability scores).

Reduced Speed [Drawback] MP Value: 3

You are unable to move as quickly as normal due to various
mutations and deformities.
Reduce your speed by 5 feet. This speed decrease also applies to
any natural burrow, climb, fly, or swim speed you might have.
SPECIAL: You may take this drawback multiple times. Its effects
stack.

Thin Skin [Drawback] MP Value: 5

You are more susceptible to harm.
You take 3 additional point of damage each time you are wounded.

Ultraviolet Allergy [Drawback] MP Value: 3

Ultraviolet light burns your flesh and causes it to ignite.
Ultraviolet light (including direct sunlight) burns you for 2d6 points
of fire damage per round and causes any light, flammable clothing
you are wearing to ignite.

Weak Immune System [Drawback] MP Value: 1

Your body has difficult preventing infections from entering its
system, and thus it is prone to sickness and disease.
You take a –2 penalty on all Constitution saves against poison,
disease, and radiation sickness.
SPECIAL: You cannot take this drawback if you have the Ultra
Immune System feat.

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 CYBERNETICS
As with all forms of technology, advancements in cybernetics
can be tracked by Tech Level.

Tech Level 2
Cybernetics is still in its formative stage. This era sees the
first use of independently powered cybernetics, including
servolimbs.
As cybernetics is still new and can have negative side
effects, its adoption is not universal. Most people still
prefer mundane equipment, which is generally cheaper,
safer, and less troublesome to repair, replace, or upgrade.
Cybernetics becomes the preferred choice only when
mundane equipment is impractical or unavailable— or when
the recipient is fixated on self-improvement.
Medical plans eventually come to offer at least baseline
prosthetics to compensate for disabling injuries, such as the
loss or partial loss of a limb, though such plans do not cover
elective cybernetic surgery. Their concern is overall health—not
“cosmetic” enhancement. For those who want more than just
replacements, a new kind of clinic appears, offering cybernetic
enhancements.

Cybernetic Attachments
Two kinds of cybernetic attachments exist: replacements and
enhancements.

rePlaceMents
Replacements are prosthetic or artificial units intended to
replace lost limbs and damaged organs. Common replacements
provide no benefits other than duplicating the essential
functions of their biological counterparts, and they present little
strain on the beneficiary’s overall well-being. In appearance, a
cybernetic replacement can be recognizably artificial or virtually
indistinguishable from the real thing.

enhanceMents
Enhancements bestow new abilities or improve the recipient in
some fashion. Enhancements include skeletal reinforcement,
subcutaneous communications hardware, and weapon mounts.
Some enhancements have visible external components, while
others are hidden beneath the skin. Enhancements put more of
a drain on the body’s resources, and recipients frequently suffer
debilitating physical or mental side effects.

construction anD rePair

Cybernetic attachments are complex instruments with both
electronic and mechanical components. Consequently, a character
must have the Craft Cybernetics feat to build a cybernetic
attachment.
Repairing a damaged or nonfunctional cybernetic attachment
requires 10 hours of work, half the cost of the item and a successful
Repair check (DC 20). A character needs both an electronic tool kit
and a mechanical tool kit to facilitate repairs. Without one or the

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 SIDE EFFECTS
D% ROLL SIDE EFFECT
0-8 Blurred Vision: Character suffers a -1 on all attack rolls.
9-17 Constant Trembling: Character takes a -2 penalty on Dexterity-based skill checks.
18-25 Cybernetic Rejection: Character loses 1d4 points from Max HP per day.
26-34 Dizziness: Character takes a -1 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, ability checks, and skill checks.
35-42 Impaired Hearing: Static distortion imposes a -2 penalty on all Listen checks.
43-50 Impaired Vision: Distorted images impose a -2 penalty on Spot checks.
51-59 Insomnia: Character can only sleep for minutes at a time and gains insufficient rest to heal naturally.
60-67 Muscle Cramps: Character moves at half speed.
68-76 Muscle Fatigue: Character takes a -2 penalty on Strength-based skill checks.
77-84 Power Surge: Character is shaken for 1 round if wounded; a successful Constitution save (DC 12) negates.
85-93 Psychosis: Character suffers 1d4 points of Charisma damage per day, lapsing into a coma if the score drops to 0.
94-100 Sensory Overload: Character is stunned for 1 round if wounded; a successful Constitution save (DC 15) negates.

MASSIVE DAMAGE EFFECTS

another, a character takes a –4 penalty on the check; without both
kits, the penalty increases to –8. D% ROLL EFFECT OF FAILED FORTITUDE SAVE
0-30 Normal Effect
installation anD reMoval 31-60 Attachment Disabled
Installing or removing a cybernetic attachment, regardless of 61-80 Normal Effect and Attachment Disabled
whether it’s a replacement or enhancement, requires a successful 81-100 Attachment Damaged and Side Effect
Treat Injury check. A character with the Cybernetic Surgery feat
suffers no penalty on the check.
electricity vulnerability
Removing a cybernetic attachment without proper surgery causes
A creature with one or more cybernetic attachments takes 50%
lasting physical trauma to the patient’s body, dealing 1d4 points of
more damage from any attack that deals electricity damage.
permanent Constitution drain.

nuMber of attachMents neGative levels

Only living creatures can have cybernetic attachments. In addition,
a living creature can have a maximum number of cybernetic
attachments equal to 1 + the creature’s Constitution modifier
(minimum 0).
A creature may have more cybernetic attachments installed on its
body can it can bear. However, the creature gains 1 negative level
per cybernetic attachment that exceeds its maximum allowed.
For each negative level, the creature takes a –1 penalty on all
skill checks and ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws,
and loses one effective level or Hit Die whenever level is used in
a die roll or calculation. Further, a character with psionic powers
loses the ability to manifest one power of the highest level she
can manifest (player’s choice), while a character with spellcasting
ability loses the ability to cast one spell of the highest level he can
cast. This loss persists until the negative level is removed.
Negative levels caused by having too many cybernetic attachments
remain until the offending attachments are removed.
benefits anD Drawbacks
Cybernetic attachments provide countless benefits to their
recipients. For example, cybernetic eyes can bestow darkvision,
or improve the accuracy of the recipient’s ranged attacks. A
cybernetic brain implant can improve the recipient’s response time
in a crisis, protect against mind-influencing attacks, or increase
the flow of adrenaline throughout the body. The possibilities of
cybernetic technology are endless. Although the benefits make
cybernetics very alluring, the drawbacks are equally discouraging:
Whenever a creature exceeds its maximum number of cybernetic
attachments, it gains negative levels until the excess attachments
are removed (see Number of Attachments, above).
suscePtibility to attack
External cybernetic attachments are subject to attacks as if they
were objects worn by their recipients.
Massive DaMaGe effects
Massive damage wreaks havoc with cybernetic attachments.
Whenever a creature with cybernetic attachments fails a
Constitution save against massive damage, the GM should roll
percentile dice and consult Table: Massive Damage Effects to
determine what happens.
NORMAL EFFECT: The character immediately drops to –1 hit
points and is dying.
ATTACHMENT DISABLED: One cybernetic attachment (determined
randomly or chosen by the GM) ceases to function until repaired
(see Construction and Repair, above). The character suffers
the effects of the disability—as noted in the description of the
cybernetic attachment— for as long as the attachment remains
disabled.
ATTACHMENT DAMAGED: One cybernetic attachment (determined
randomly or chosen by the GM) continues to function but develops
an unpleasant side effect that persists until the attachment is
repaired (see Construction and Repair, above).
SIDE EFFECT: The character suffers a debilitating side effect as
the result of a damaged attachment. Various side effects are
presented on Table: Side Effects.

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 REPLACEMENTS
The most basic replacement limbs and organs don’t bestow
any special benefits, but they suffer the usual drawbacks (see
Benefits and Drawbacks, above). They don’t add measurably to
the recipient’s weight.
Each replacement description includes the following information:
COST: How many Barter Units worth of parts you need to create
the replacement.
TYPE: Replacements can be external or internal. External
replacements are subject to sunder attacks; internal replacements
are not.
HARDNESS/HIT POINTS: The hardness and hit points of the
replacement. Internal replacements don’t have hardness.

Tech Level 2 Cybernetics

Artificial Organ (TL 2)
An artificial organ fully replaces a defective or destroyed biological
organ, such as a heart, lung, eye, or ear.
The artificial organ duplicates the function of its biological
counterpart. It provides no special game benefits.
COST: 1,500 Bu TYPE: Internal
HARDNESS/HIT POINTS: –/2.

Servo-Arm (TL 2)
A servo-arm fully replaces a lost or destroyed biological arm. The
servo-arm may begin at the shoulder, elbow, or wrist.
The servo-arm duplicates the function of its biological counterpart.
It provides no special game benefits.
COST: 1,000 Bu TYPE: External
HARDNESS/HIT POINTS: 3/5.

Servo-Leg (TL 2)
A servo-leg fully replaces a lost or destroyed biological leg. The
servo-leg may begin at the thigh, knee, or ankle.
The servo-leg duplicates the function of its biological counterpart.
It provides no special game benefits.
COST: 1,000 Bu TYPE: External
HARDNESS/HIT POINTS: 3/7.

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 ENHANCEMENTS
Cybernetic enhancements are available starting at Tech Level 2.
Unlike standard replacements, they bestow new abilities upon
their recipients.
Each enhancement description includes the following information:
COST: How many Barter Units worth of parts you need to create
the enhancement.
TYPE: Enhancements can be external or internal. External
enhancements are subject to sunder attacks; internal
enhancements are not.
HARDNESS/HIT POINTS: The hardness and hit points of the
enhancement. Internal enhancements don’t have hardness.
Targeting Optics (TL 2)
Your eyes are replaced with ocular implants that you to improve
your aim. All of your eyes must be replaced to gain any benefit.
You gain +1 on ranged attack rolls.
COST: 1,000 Bu TYPE: Internal
HARDNESS/HIT POINTS: –/2 (per eye).
External Weapon Mount Upgrade (TL 2)
Your mounting bracket is upgraded with a targeting computer that
can be fired independently.
Firing the external weapon is now a Bonus action.
COST: 2,000 Bu TYPE: External

Tech Level 2 Enhancements

HARDNESS/HIT POINTS: 10/5 (mount only).

Suspension System (TL 2)

External Weapon Mount (TL 2)
Your servo-arm is equipped with a mounting bracket that allows
a sidearm to be strapped to your arm and can be fired remotely.
You can still hold another weapon in your hand with the mounted
sidearm. Firing the external weapon counts as an Attack action.
COST: 1,000 Bu (Sidearm purchased separately) TYPE: External
HARDNESS/HIT POINTS: 10/5 (mount only).
PREREQUISITE: All legs must be Servo-legs
Your servo-legs are upgraded with a suspension system that
allows for faster movement.
Your speed is doubled and you can jump twice as far.
COST: 5,000 Bu TYPE: External
HARDNESS/HIT POINTS: 10/5 (mount only).

Identity Chip (TL 2)

Identity chips provide identification without requiring visual
recognition— high-tech ID cards that function even when the
wearer is unrecognizable.
An identity chip functions as both legal ID and a credit card.
COST: 50 Bu TYPE: Internal
HARDNESS/HIT POINTS: –/1.

Nightvision Optics (TL 2)

Your eyes are replaced with ocular implants that you to see better
in the dark. All of your eyes must be replaced to gain any benefit.
You gain darkvision out to a range of 60 feet.
COST: 1,500 Bu TYPE: Internal
HARDNESS/HIT POINTS: –/2 (per eye).

Stabilizer (TL 2)
A stabilizer releases chemical coagulants into a dying recipient’s
bloodstream to prevent excess blood loss, effectively stabilizing
them. A stabilizer is usually installed near your heart.
If reduced to negative hit points, you automatically stabilize.
COST: 3,500 Bu TYPE: Internal
HARDNESS/HIT POINTS: –/3.

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 COMBAT
The Order of Combat
A typical combat encounter is a clash between two sides, a flurry
of weapon swings, feints, parries, footwork, and spellcasting. The
game organizes the chaos of combat into a cycle of rounds and
turns. A round represents about 6 seconds in the game world.
During a round, each participant in a battle takes a turn. The order
of turns is determined at the beginning of a combat encounter,
when everyone rolls initiative. Once everyone has taken a turn, the
fight continues to the next round if neither side has defeated the
other.
COMBAT STEP BY STEP
1. Determine surprise. The GM determines whether anyone
involved in the combat encounter is surprised.
2. Establish positions. The GM decides where all the characters
and monsters are located. Given the adventurers’ marching order
or their stated positions in the room or other location, the GM
figures out where the adversaries are— how far away and in what
direction.
3. Roll initiative. Everyone involved in the combat encounter rolls
initiative, determining the order of combatants’ turns.
4. Take turns. Each participant in the battle takes a turn in initiative
order.
5. Begin the next round. When everyone involved in the combat
has had a turn, the round ends. Repeat step 4 until the fighting
stops.
Surprise
A band of adventurers sneaks up on a bandit camp, springing from
the trees to attack them. A gelatinous cube glides down a dungeon
passage, unnoticed by the adventurers until the cube engulfs one
of them. In these situations, one side of the battle gains surprise
over the other.
The GM determines who might be surprised. If neither side tries
to be stealthy, they automatically notice each other. Otherwise,
the GM compares the Dexterity (Stealth) checks of anyone hiding
with the passive Wisdom (Perception) score of each creature on
the opposing side. Any character or monster that doesn’t notice a
threat is surprised at the start of the encounter.
If you’re surprised, you can’t move or take an action on your first
turn of the combat, and you can’t take a reaction until that turn
ends. A member of a group can be surprised even if the other
members aren’t.
Initiative
Initiative determines the order of turns during combat. When
combat starts, every participant makes a Dexterity check to
determine their place in the initiative order. The GM makes one roll
for an entire group of identical creatures, so each member of the
group acts at the same time.
The GM ranks the combatants in order from the one with the
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highest Dexterity check total to the one with the lowest. This is
the order (called the initiative order) in which they act during each
round. The initiative order remains the same from round to round.
If a tie occurs, the GM decides the order among tied GM-controlled
creatures, and the players decide the order among their tied
characters. The GM can decide the order if the tie is between a
monster and a player character. Optionally, the GM can have the
tied characters and monsters each roll a d20 to determine the
order, highest roll going first.
On a critical success, you have advantage on you first attack and
on a critical failure, you have disadvantage on your first attack.
Your Turn
On your turn in combat, you can make up to three actions.
Attack Action: Attack rolls take a variety of forms and are often
highly variable based on the weapon you are using for the attack,
but there are three main types: melee attack rolls, ranged attack
rolls, and spell attack rolls.
Move Action: You can move a distance up to your speed and take
one action. You decide whether to move first or take an action
first. Your speed—sometimes called your walking speed—is noted
on your character sheet.
Free Action: You drink a potion, shout an order, raise your shield, or
any other minor action that is not an Attack or Move Action.
The most common actions you can take are described in the
“Actions in Combat” section later in this chapter. Many class
features and other abilities provide additional options for your
action.
You can forgo moving, taking an action, or doing anything at all
on your turn. If you can’t decide what to do on your turn, consider
taking the Dodge, Ready or Total Defence action.
Bonus Actions
Various class features, spells, and other abilities let you take
an additional action on your turn called a bonus action. The
Cunning Action feature, for example, allows an operative to take
a bonus action. You can take a bonus action only when a special
ability, spell, or other feature of the game states that you can do
something as a bonus action. You otherwise don’t have a bonus
action to take.
You can take only one bonus action on your turn, so you must
choose which bonus action to use when you have more than one
available.
You choose when to take a bonus action during your turn, unless
the bonus action’s timing is specified, and anything that deprives
you of your ability to take actions also prevents you from taking a
bonus action.
Free Action
You can communicate however you are able, through brief
utterances and gestures, as you take your turn.
You can also interact with one object or feature of the environment
for free, during either your move or your action. For example, you
could open a door during your move as you stride toward a foe, or
you could draw your weapon as part of the same action you use
to attack.
If you want to interact with a second object, you must use it in
place of one of your other actions. Some magic items and other
special objects always require an action to use, as stated in their
descriptions.
The GM might require you to use an action for any of these
activities when it needs special care or when it presents an
unusual obstacle. For instance, the GM could reasonably expect
you to use an action to open a stuck door or turn a crank to lower
a drawbridge.
Reactions
Certain special abilities, spells, and situations allow you to take a
special action called a reaction. A reaction is an instant response
to a trigger of some kind, which can occur on your turn or on
someone else’s. The opportunity attack is the most common type
of reaction.
When you take a reaction, you can’t take another one until the start
of your next turn. If the reaction interrupts another creature’s turn,
that creature can continue its turn right after the reaction.
Movement and Position
In combat, characters and monsters are in constant motion, often
using movement and position to gain the upper hand. On your
turn, you can move a distance up to your speed. You can use as
much or as little of your speed as you like on your turn, following
the rules here.
Your movement can include jumping, climbing, and swimming.
These different modes of movement can be combined with
walking, or they can constitute your entire move. However, you’re
moving, you deduct the distance of each part of your move from
your speed until it is used up or until you are done moving.
Speed
Every character and monster has a speed, which is the distance
in feet that the character or monster can walk in 1 round. This
number assumes short bursts of energetic movement in the midst
of a life- threatening situation.
Burrow Speed
A burrow Speed lets you tunnel through the ground. You can use
the Burrow action if you have a burrow Speed. Burrowing doesn’t
normally leave behind a tunnel unless the ability specifically
states that it does. Most creatures need to hold their breath when
burrowing, and they may need tremorsense to navigate with any
accuracy.
Climb Speed
A climb Speed allows you to move up or down inclines and vertical
surfaces. Instead of needing to attempt Athletics checks to Climb,
you automatically succeed and move up to your climb Speed
instead of the listed distance.
You might still have to attempt Athletics checks to Climb in
hazardous conditions, to Climb extremely difficult surfaces, or to
cross horizontal planes such as ceilings. You can also choose to
roll an Athletics check to Climb rather than accept an automatic
success in hopes of getting a critical success. Your climb Speed
grants you a +4 circumstance bonus to Athletics checks to Climb.
If you have a climb Speed, you’re not flat-footed while climbing.
Fly Speed
As long as you have a fly Speed, you can use the Fly and Arrest a
Fall actions. You can also attempt to Maneuver in Flight if you’re
trained in the Acrobatics skill.
Wind conditions can affect how you use the Fly action. In general,
moving against the wind uses the same rules as moving through
difficult terrain (or greater difficult terrain, if you’re also flying
upward), and moving with the wind allows you to move 10 feet for
every 5 feet of movement you spend (not cumulative with moving
straight downward). For more information on spending movement,
see Movement in Encounters.
Upward and downward movement are both relative to the gravity
in your area; if you’re in a place with zero gravity, moving up or
down is no different from moving horizontally.
Swim Speed
With a swim Speed, you can propel yourself through the water with
little impediment. Instead of attempting Athletics checks to Swim,
you automatically succeed and move up to your swim Speed
instead of the listed distance. Moving up or down is still moving
through difficult terrain.
You might still have to attempt checks to Swim in hazardous
conditions or to cross turbulent water. You can also choose to
roll an Athletics check to Swim rather than accept an automatic
success in hopes of getting a critical success. Your swim Speed
grants you a +4 bonus to Athletics checks to Swim.
Having a swim Speed doesn’t necessarily mean you can breathe
in water, so you might still have to hold your breath if you’re
underwater to avoid drowning.
Breaking Up Your Move
You can break up your movement on your turn, using some of your
speed before and after an action. For example, if you have a speed
of 30 feet, you can move 10 feet, take your action, and then move
20 feet.
Moving between Attacks If you take an action that includes more
than one weapon attack, you can break up your movement even
further by moving between those attacks. For example, a warrior
who can make two attacks with the Extra Attack feature and who
has a speed of 25 feet could move 10 feet, make an attack, move
15 feet, and then attack again.
Using Different Speeds
If you have more than one speed, such as your walking speed and
a flying speed, you can switch back and forth between your speeds
during your move. Whenever you switch, subtract the distance
you’ve already moved from the new speed. The result determines
how much farther you can move. If the result is 0 or less, you can’t
use the new speed during the current move.
For example, if you have a speed of 30 and a flying speed of 60
because a Mage cast the fly spell on you, you could fly 20 feet,
then walk 10 feet, and then leap into the air to fly 30 feet more.
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 Difficult Terrain
Combat rarely takes place in bare rooms or on featureless plains.
Boulder-strewn caverns, briar- choked forests, treacherous
staircases—the setting of a typical fight contains difficult terrain.
Every foot of movement in difficult terrain costs 1 extra foot. This
rule is true even if multiple things in a space count as difficult
terrain.
Low furniture, rubble, undergrowth, steep stairs, snow, and shallow
bogs are examples of difficult terrain. The space of another
creature, whether hostile or not, also counts as difficult terrain.
Space
A creature’s space is the area in feet that it effectively controls in
combat, not an expression of its physical dimensions. A typical
Medium creature isn’t 5 feet wide, for example, but it does control
a space that wide. If a Medium hobgoblin stands in a 5-foot-wide
doorway, other creatures can’t get through unless the hobgoblin
lets them.
A creature’s space also reflects the area it needs to fight effectively.
For that reason, there’s a limit to the number of creatures that
can surround another creature in combat. Assuming Medium
combatants, eight creatures can fit in a 5-foot radius around
another one.

Being Prone
Combatants often find themselves lying on the ground, either
because they are knocked down or because they throw themselves
down. In the game, they are prone, a condition described in
Conditions.
To get up from being prone, you must use an action. Usually this
is your free action. Once you are no longer prone you can use your
other two actions if you haven’t already.
To move while prone, you must crawl or use magic such as
teleportation. Every foot of movement while crawling costs 1 extra
foot. Crawling 1 foot in difficult terrain, therefore, costs 3 feet of
movement.
Moving Around Other Creatures
You can move through a non-hostile creature’s space. In contrast,
you can move through a hostile creature’s space only if the
creature is at least two sizes larger or smaller than you. Remember
that another creature’s space is difficult terrain for you.
Whether a creature is a friend or an enemy, you can’t willingly end
your move in its space.
Flying Movement
Flying creatures enjoy many benefits of mobility, but they must
also deal with the danger of falling. If a flying creature is knocked
prone, has its speed reduced to 0, or is otherwise deprived of the
ability to move, the creature falls, unless it has the ability to hover
or it is being held aloft by magic, such as by the fly spell.
Because larger creatures take up more space, fewer of them
can surround a creature. If five Large creatures crowd around
a Medium or smaller one, there’s little room for anyone else. In
contrast, as many as twenty Medium creatures can surround a
Gargantuan one.
Reach
Reach is how far you can physically reach with your body or a
weapon. Melee Strikes rely on reach. Your reach also creates an
area around your space where other creatures could trigger your
reactions. Your reach is typically 5 feet, but weapons with the reach
trait can extend this. Larger creatures can have greater reach; for
instance, an ogre has a 10-foot reach. Unlike with measuring most
distances, 10-foot reach can reach 2 squares diagonally. Reach
greater than 10 feet is measured normally; 20-foot reach can
reach 3 squares diagonally, 25-foot reach can reach 4, and so on.
Squeezing into a Smaller Space
A creature can squeeze through a space that is large enough
for a creature one size smaller than it. Thus, a Large creature
can squeeze through a passage that’s only 5 feet wide. While
squeezing through a space, a creature must spend 1 extra foot for
every foot it moves there, and it has disadvantage on attack rolls
and Dexterity saving throws. Attack rolls against the creature have
advantage while it’s in the smaller space.
Variant: Playing on a Grid
If you play out a combat using a square grid and miniatures or
other tokens, follow these rules.
Squares. Each square on the grid represents 5 feet.
Speed. Rather than moving foot by foot, move square by square on

Creature Size
the grid. This means you use your speed in 5-foot segments. This
is particularly easy if you translate your speed into squares by
dividing the speed by 5. For example, a speed of 30 feet translates
Each creature takes up a different amount of space. The Size into a speed of 6 squares.
Categories and Reach table shows how much space a creature of
a particular size controls in combat. Objects sometimes use the If you use a grid often, consider writing your speed in squares on
same size categories. your character sheet.
SIZE CATEGORIES AND REACH Entering a Square. To enter a square, you must have at least 1
square of movement left, even if the square is diagonally adjacent
Size Space Reach
to the square you’re in.
Tiny 2.5 ft. or less 0
If a square costs extra movement, as a square of difficult terrain
Small 5 ft. 5
does, you must have enough movement left to pay for entering it.
Medium 5 ft. 5 For example, you must have at least 2 squares of movement left to
Large 10 ft. 10 enter a square of difficult terrain.
Huge 15 ft. 15 CORNERS. Diagonal movement can’t cross the corner of a wall,
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Ranges. To determine the range on a grid between two things—
whether creatures or objects— start counting squares from a
square adjacent to one of them and stop counting in the space of
the other one. Count by the shortest route.
Actions in Combat
When you take your action on your turn, you can take one of the
actions presented here, an action you gained from your class or a
special feature, or an action that you improvise. Many monsters
have action options of their own in their stat blocks.
When you describe an action not detailed elsewhere in the rules,
the GM tells you whether that action is possible and what kind of
roll you need to make, if any, to determine success or failure.
Dash
When you take the Dash action, you gain extra movement for the
current turn. The increase equals your speed, after applying any
modifiers. With a speed of 30 feet, for example, you can move up
to 60 feet on your turn if you dash.
Any increase or decrease to your speed changes this additional
movement by the same amount. If your speed of 30 feet is reduced
to 15 feet, for instance, you can move up to 30 feet this turn if you
dash.
Dodge
When you take the Dodge action, you focus entirely on avoiding
attacks. Until the start of your next turn, any attack roll made
against you has disadvantage if you can see the attacker, and
you make Dexterity saving throws with advantage. You lose this
benefit if you are incapacitated (as explained in appendix A) or if
your speed drops to 0.
Help
You can lend your aid to another creature in the completion of a
task. When you take the Help action, the creature you aid gains
advantage on the next ability check it makes to perform the task
you are helping with, provided that it makes the check before the
start of your next turn.
Alternatively, you can aid a friendly creature in attacking a creature
within 5 feet of you. You feint, distract the target, or in some other
way team up to make your ally’s attack more effective. If your ally
attacks the target before your next turn, the first attack roll is made
with advantage.
Hide
When you take the Hide action, you make a Dexterity (Stealth)
check in an attempt to hide, following the rules for hiding. If you
succeed, you gain certain benefits, as described in the “Unseen
Attackers and Targets” section later in this chapter.
Raise Shield
PREREQUISITE: Wielding a shield
You position your shield to protect yourself. When you have Raised
Shield, you gain its listed circumstance bonus to AC. Your shield
remains raised until the start of your next turn.
Ready
Sometimes you want to get the jump on a foe or wait for a
particular circumstance before you act. To do so, you can take the
Ready action on your turn so that you can act later in the round
using your reaction.
First, you decide what perceivable circumstance will trigger your
reaction. Then, you choose the action you will take in response to
that trigger, or you choose to move up to your speed in response
to it. Examples include “If the cultist steps on the trapdoor, I’ll pull
the lever that opens it,” and “If the goblin steps next to me, I move
away.”
When the trigger occurs, you can either take your reaction right
after the trigger finishes or ignore the trigger. Remember that you
can take only one reaction per round.
When you ready a spell, you cast it as normal but hold its energy,
which you release with your reaction when the trigger occurs.
To be readied, a spell must have a casting time of 1 action, and
holding onto the spell’s magic requires concentration. If your
concentration is broken, the spell dissipates without taking effect.
For example, if you are concentrating on the web spell and ready
magic missile, your web spell ends, and if you take damage before
you release magic missile with your reaction, your concentration
might be broken.
Improvising an Action
Your character can do things not covered by the actions in this
chapter, such as breaking down doors, intimidating enemies,
sensing weaknesses in magical defenses, or calling for a parley
with a foe. The only limits to the actions you can attempt are your
imagination and your character’s ability scores.
When you describe an action not detailed elsewhere in the rules,
the GM tells you whether that action is possible and what kind of
roll you need to make, if any, to determine success or failure.
Search
When you take the Search action, you devote your attention to
finding something. Depending on the nature of your search, the
GM might have you make a Wisdom (Perception) check or an
Intelligence (Investigation) check.
Use an Object
You normally interact with an object while doing something else,
such as when you draw a sword as part of an attack. When an
object requires your action for its use, you take the Use an Object
action. This action is also useful when you want to interact with
more than one object on your turn.
Command
If you have a minion (Animal Companion or Familiar) you can give
it a command that allows the minion to perform 2 actions. If no
commands are given during your turn, the minion will do nothing
if they are mindless (example: a golem), animals will follow their
instincts and intelligent minions will do as they please.
Minion Actions
A minion can use only 2 actions per turn and can’t use reactions.
The minion acts on your turn during combat, once per turn, after it
has been given a command. It can perform one Move Action and
one Support Action.
Move Action: The minion can move a distance up to its speed.
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 Support Action: The minion can attack an enemy, retrieve a potion,
press a button, or any other minor action that is not a Move Action.
Defense
A character’s Defense represents how hard it is for opponents to
land a solid, damaging blow on the character. It’s the attack roll
result that an opponent needs to achieve to hit the character. A
character’s Defense is equal to:
TOTAL AC + SIZE MODIFIER
Making an Attack
Whether you’re striking with a melee weapon, firing a weapon at
range, or making an attack roll as part of a spell, an attack has a
simple structure.
1. Choose a target. Pick a target within your attack’s range: a
creature, an object, or a location.
2. Determine modifiers. The GM determines whether the target has
cover and whether you have advantage or disadvantage against
the target. In addition, spells, special abilities, and other effects
can apply penalties or bonuses to your attack roll.

Size Modifier 3. Resolve the attack. You make the attack roll. On a hit, you
roll damage, unless the particular attack has rules that specify
The bigger an opponent is, the easier it is to hit in combat. The otherwise. Some attacks cause special effects in addition to or
smaller it is, the harder it is to hit. Since this same modifier applies instead of damage.
to attack rolls a creature doesn’t have a hard time attacking
another creature of the same size. Size modifiers are shown on If there’s ever any question whether something you’re doing
Table: Defense Size Modifiers. counts as an attack, the rule is simple: if you’re making an attack
roll, you’re making an attack.
DEFENSE SIZE MODIFIERS
Size (Example) Size Modifier AC Second Strike
Colossal (blue whale [90 ft. long) -8 After your Attack Action, if you haven’t moved, you may choose
Gargantuan (gray whale [40 ft. long) -6 to replace your Move Action with the Second Strike option. This
Huge (elephant) -4
allows you to make a second Attack Action but with a -5 penalty
to the attack roll.
Large (lion) -2
Medium-size (human) 0 Attack Rolls
Small (German shepherd) +1
When you make an attack, your attack roll determines whether the
Tiny (housecat) +3 attack hits or misses. To make an attack roll, roll a d20 and add the
Diminutive (rat) +4 appropriate modifiers. If the total of the roll plus modifiers equals
Fine (horsefly) +8 or exceeds the target’s Armor Class (AC), the attack hits. The AC
of a character is determined at character creation, whereas the AC
Total Defense Action of a monster is in its stat block.

Instead of attacking, a character can use his or her attack action

simply to defend. This is called a Total Defense action. The
character doesn’t get to attack or perform any other activity,
but does get a +4 dodge bonus to his or her AC for 1 round. The
character’s Defense improves at the start of this action.
Modifiers to the Roll
When a character makes an attack roll, the two most common
modifiers to the roll are an ability modifier and the character’s
proficiency bonus. When a monster makes an attack roll, it uses
whatever modifier is provided in its stat block.

Cast a Spell
Spellcasters such as Mages and Disciples, as well as many
monsters, have access to spells and can use them to great effect
in combat. Each spell has a casting time, which specifies whether
the caster must use an action, a reaction, minutes, or even hours
to cast the spell. Casting a spell is, therefore, not necessarily
an action. Most spells do have a casting time of 1 action, so a
spellcaster often uses his or her action in combat to cast such a
spell.
Attack
The most common action to take in combat is the Attack action,
whether you are swinging a sword, firing an arrow from a bow, or
brawling with your fists.
With this action, you make one melee or ranged attack. See the
“Making an Attack” section for the rules that govern attacks.
Certain features, such as the Extra Attack feature of the Warrior,
allow you to make more than one attack with this action.
Ability Modifier. The ability modifier used for a melee weapon
attack is Strength, and the ability modifier used for a ranged
weapon attack is Dexterity. Weapons that have the finesse or
thrown property break this rule.
Some spells also require an attack roll. The ability modifier
used for a spell attack depends on the spellcasting ability of the
spellcaster.
Proficiency Bonus. You add your proficiency bonus to your
attack roll when you attack using a weapon with which you have
proficiency, as well as when you attack with a spell.
Melee attack roll result = d20 roll + Strength modifier (or optionally
Dexterity modifier for a finesse weapon) + proficiency bonus +
other bonuses + penalties
Rolling 1 or 20
Sometimes fate blesses or curses a combatant, causing the
novice to hit and the veteran to miss.
If the d20 roll for an attack is a 20, the attack hits regardless of any
modifiers or the target’s AC. In addition, the attack is a critical hit,
as explained later in this chapter.
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any modifiers or the target’s AC.

unseen attackers anD tarGets

Combatants often try to escape their foes’ notice by hiding, casting
the invisibility spell, or lurking in darkness.
When you attack a target that you can’t see, you have disadvantage
on the attack roll. This is true whether you’re guessing the target’s
location or you’re targeting a creature you can hear but not see.
If the target isn’t in the location you targeted, you automatically
miss, but the GM typically just says that the attack missed, not
whether you guessed the target’s location correctly.
When a creature can’t see you, you have advantage on attack rolls
against it.
If you are hidden—both unseen and unheard—when you make an Flanked
attack, you give away your location when the attack hits or misses.

flankinG
When you and an ally are flanking a foe, it has a harder time
defending against you. A creature is flat-footed (taking a –2
penalty to AC) to creatures that are flanking it.
To flank a foe, you and your ally must be on opposites sides or
corners of the creature. A line drawn between the center of your Flanked
space and the center of your ally’s space must pass through
opposite sides or opposite corners of the foe’s space. Additionally,
both you and the ally have to be able to act, must be wielding
melee weapons or able to make an unarmed attack, can’t be under
any effects that prevent you from attacking, and must have the
Melee Attacks
enemy within reach. If you are wielding a reach weapon, you use Used in hand-to-hand combat, a melee attack allows you to
your reach with that weapon for this purpose. attack a foe within your reach. A melee attack typically uses
a handheld weapon such as a sword, a warhammer, or an axe.

Ranged Attacks
When you make a ranged attack, you fire a gun or a crossbow,
hurl a handaxe, or otherwise send projectiles to strike a foe at a
distance. A monster might shoot spines from its tail. Many spells
also involve making a ranged attack.
Ranged attack roll result = d20 roll + Dexterity modifier +
proficiency bonus + other bonuses + penalties
ranGe
You can make ranged attacks only against targets within a
specified range.
If a ranged attack, such as one made with a spell, has a single
range, you can’t attack a target beyond this range.
Some ranged attacks, such as those made with a longbow or a
shortbow, have two ranges. The smaller number is the normal
range, and the larger number is the long range. Your attack roll
has disadvantage when your target is beyond normal range, and
you can’t attack a target beyond the long range.
ranGeD attacks in close coMbat
Aiming a ranged attack is more difficult when a foe is next to you.
When you make a ranged attack with a weapon, a spell, or some
other means, you have disadvantage on the attack roll if you are
within 5 feet of a hostile creature who can see you and who isn’t
incapacitated.
A typical monster makes a melee attack when it strikes with its
claws, horns, teeth, tentacles, or other body part. A few spells also
involve making a melee attack.
Most creatures have a 5-foot reach and can thus attack targets
within 5 feet of them when making a melee attack. Certain
creatures (typically those larger than Medium) have melee attacks
with a greater reach than 5 feet, as noted in their descriptions.
When you are unarmed, you can fight in melee by making an
unarmed strike.
two-weaPon fiGhtinG
When you take the Attack action and attack with a light melee
weapon that you’re holding in one hand, you can use a bonus
action to attack with a different light melee weapon that you’re
holding in the other hand. You don’t add your ability modifier to
the damage of the bonus attack, unless that modifier is negative.
If either weapon has the thrown property, you can throw the
weapon, instead of making a melee attack with it.
GraPPlinG
When you want to grab a creature or wrestle with it, you can use
the Attack action to make a special melee attack, a grapple. If
you’re able to make multiple attacks with the Attack action, this
attack replaces one of them.
The target of your grapple must be no more than one size larger
than you, and it must be within your reach. Using at least one
free hand, you try to seize the target by making a grapple check,
a Strength (Athletics) check contested by the target’s Strength or
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 If you succeed, you subject the target to the grappled condition.
The condition specifies the things that end it, and you can release
the target whenever you like (no action required).
Escape
A grappled creature can use its action to escape. To do so, it must
succeed on a Strength or Dexterity (Athletics) check contested by
your Athletics check.
Attack An Object
Sometimes a character needs to attack or break an object
Strike An Object
Objects are easier to hit than characters because they usually
don’t move, but many are tough enough to shrug off some damage
from each blow.
CALLED SHOTS
To perform a called shot, a player must have a Trait or Feat that
allows called shots. In order to perform a called shot, a player
must declare their called shot attempt and location before making
their attack rolls. Once declared, the player suffers disadvantage
on the called shot attack roll. An attack roll suffering disadvantage
already automatically fails as a called shot attempt.
Each called shot attempt also modifies a target’s AC. If the attack
roll succeeds, hitting the monster’s modified called shot AC, the
attacker hits and deals damage normally, but also deals the called
shot effect.
Sometimes a save is called for. In such cases, the target must
make a Constitution save equal to the amount of damage inflicted.
On a failed save, they suffer a penalty of some kind, or an additional
effect.
Optional Rule: If both attacks hit the target, but you missed the
increased AC of the called shot, you do normal damage against
the target as though you made a normal attack (no special effect).
Arms/Wings (+2 AC)
On a failed Constitution save, any ability checks made using
the wounded arm suffer disadvantage for 1d4 minutes or until
the creature receives healing. A flying creature shot in the wing
descends involuntarily if they fail their saving throw.
Critical Effect: On a critical hit, if the target fails their save, the
attack severs an important muscle or tendon and the arm or wing
becomes useless unless healed with a lesser restoration or heal
spell.
If the critically effected arm is a Servo-Arm, a successful DC 20
Repair check for 1d4 rounds is required to mend it.
Healing: When an effect requires healing, any rest that allows you
to regain hit points, curative magic or potions also counts. Some
effects require magic healing.
Chest (+0 AC)
A called shot to the chest deals no additional damage, but causes
the target to gain 1 level of exhaustion.
Critical Effect: On a critical hit the exhaustion levels increase to
1d3.
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Ear (+4 AC)
A called shot to the ear deafens that ear for 1d4 minutes, and
imposes disadvantage on hearing-based Perception checks. A
creature that loses hearing in all ears is deafened until hearing is
returned by way of the lesser restoration spell or a similar effect.
Critical Effect: On a failed save, the target is permanently deafened
unless healed with a lesser restoration or heal spell.
Eye (+4 AC)
On a failed Dexterity save, a called shot to the eye causes
disadvantage on attacks and disadvantage on all sight-based
Perception checks. If the creature only has one functional eye
prior to the called shot, it is blinded instead.
Hand (+2 AC)
On a failed Dexterity save, for 1d4 rounds, any attack rolls, ability
checks made using the wounded hand suffer disadvantage,
including attack rolls with two-handed weapons. Damage rolls
do not gain any benefit from Strength or Dexterity scores. If the
target is wielding a weapon or other held object, they must make a
successful Strength or Dexterity saving throw (target’s choice) or
drop the held object.
Critical Effect: If the target fails their saving throw, the hand is
permanently damaged and the resulting penalties also become
permanent unless the target receives healing from a lesser
restoration or heal spell.
Head (+2 AC)
A called shot to the head leaves the target stunned for 1 round. If a
creature has more than one head, it instead suffers disadvantage
on its next action on its turn.
Critical Effect: If the target fails their saving throw, they are instead
stunned (or suffer disadvantage) for 1d4 rounds.
Heart (+4 AC)
A critical hit to the heart pierces the organ, causing exhaustion
and double damage. In addition, the target suffers damage each
round equal to the base damage dice inflicted until dead or healed.
In either case, stopping the damage requires either regeneration
(spell or special ability), magic healing that heals as many points
of damage (from one or more sources) as the original blow dealt, or
a successful DC 20 Heal check that takes 1d4 rounds to complete.
Critical Effect: If the target fails their saving throw, they lose half
their maximum hit points and suffer the ongoing damage as above.
Leg (+2 AC)
On a failed Strength or Dexterity save, a called shot to a leg
halves the target creature’s speed for 1d4 rounds if it has two or
fewer legs, and by 10 feet if it has more than two legs. The speed
penalty for hits on legs stack, but the creature’s speed cannot be
reduced below 5 feet per round. Additionally, any skill or ability
checks involving movement (such as Athletics checks) suffer
disadvantage.
Critical Effect: If the target fails their saving throw, their leg is
permanently damaged and healing that damage requires either
regeneration (spell or special ability), magic healing that heals
as many points of damage (from one or more sources) as the
original blow dealt, or a successful DC 20 Heal check that takes
1d4 rounds to complete.
If the critically effected leg is a Servo-Leg, a successful DC 20 opponents.
Repair check for 1d4 rounds is required to mend it. If a character uses a full-round action to make an attack against
an inanimate, immobile object, the character gets an automatic hit
Neck (+2 AC) with a melee weapon, or a +5 bonus on his or her attack roll with
A called shot to the neck makes speaking above a hoarse whisper a ranged weapon.
impossible for 1d4 rounds. Spells with verbal components suffer An object being held, carried, or worn has a Defense equal to
disadvantage, and attempts to activate command word items the below figure + 5 + the opponent’s Dexterity modifier + the
suffer a 50% chance of failure. In addition, the target suffers the opponent’s class bonus to Defense. Striking a held, carried, or
effects of critical damage. worn object provokes an attack of opportunity from the character
Critical Effect: If the target fails their save, they suffer the above who holds it.
effects, but also suffer ongoing damage equal to the base damage
dice that inflicted the wound each round until healed. Hardness
Each object has hardness-a number that represents how well it
Vitals (+2 AC) resists damage. Whenever an object takes damage, subtract its
A called shot to the vitals leaves the target stunned for 1 round. hardness from the damage. Only damage in excess of its hardness
While suffering from the effects of this blow, the target cannot take is deducted from the object’s hit points (see Table: Substance
the Dash or Disengage action. Hardness and Hit Points and Table: Object Hardness and Hit
Points).
Critical Effect: If the target fails their save, the duration of the
above effects are increased to 1d4 rounds.
Hit Points
An object’s hit point total depends on what it is made of or how
Object Defense and Bonuses to Attack big it is (see Table: Substance Hardness and Hit Points and Table:
Object Hardness and Hit Points).
Objects are harder or easier to hit depending on their size and
whether they are immobile or being held, carried, or worn by
SUBSTANCE HARDNESS AND HIT POINTS
OBJECT HARDNESS AND HIT POINTS SUBSTANCE Hardness Hit Points
OBJECT Hardness Hit Points Break DC Paper 0 2/in. thickness
Cinderblock wall 8 90 35 Rope 0 2/in. thickness
Chain 10 5 26 Plastic (soft) 0 3/in. thickness
Firearm, Medium-size 5 7 17 Glass 1 1/in. thickness
Handcuffs 10 10 30 Ceramic 1 2/in. thickness
Lock (Cheap) 0 1 10 Ice 0 3/in. thickness
Lock (Average) 3 5 15 Plastic (hard) 2 5/in. thickness
Lock (High quality) 5 10 20 Wood 5 10/in. thickness
Lock (High security) 10 120 35 Aluminum 6 10/in. thickness
Lock (Ultrahigh security) 20 150 40 Concrete 8 15/in. thickness
Metal bars 10 15 30 Steel 10 30/in. thickness
Manufactured objects (Fine)1 0 1 10
Manufactured objects
0 1 10 Energy Attacks
(Diminutive)1
Acid and sonic/concussive attacks deal normal damage to most
Manufactured object (Tiny)1 1 2 10 objects. Electricity and fire attacks deal half damage to most
Manufactured object (Small)1 3 3 12 objects; divide the damage by 2 before applying the hardness.
Manufactured object Cold attacks deal one-quarter damage to most objects; divide the
5 5 15
(Medium-size)1 damage by 4 before applying the hardness.
Manufactured object Large) 1
5 10 15
Manufactured object (Huge)1 8 10 20 Ineffective Weapons
Manufactured object The GM may determine that certain weapons just can’t deal
8 20 30
(Gargantuan)1 damage effectively to certain objects.
Manufactured object
(Colossal)1
10 30 50
Breaking Objects
Rope 0 2 23 When a character tries to break something with sudden force rather
Simple wooden door 5 10 13 than by dealing damage, use a Strength check to see whether he
Strong wooden door 5 20 23 or she succeeds. The DC depends more on the construction of the
object than on the material.
Steel door 10 120 35
1- Figures for manufactured objects are minimum values. The GM If an object has lost half or more of its hit points, the DC to break
may adjust these upward to account for objects with more strength it decreases by 2.
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Repairing Objects
Repairing damage to an object takes a full hour of work and
appropriate tools. (Without the tools, a character takes a -4
penalty on his or her Repair check.) At the end of the hour, make a
Repair check (DC 20). Success restores 2d6 hit points. If damage
remains, the character may continue to make repairs for as many
hours as it takes to restore all the object’s hit points.
Disarm
As a melee attack, a character may attempt to disarm his or
her opponent. If the character does so with a weapon, he or she
knocks the opponent’s weapon out of his or her hands and to the
ground. If the character attempts the disarm while unarmed, the
character ends up with the weapon in his or her hand.
If a character is attempting to disarm the wielder of a melee
weapon, follow the steps outlined here. Disarming the wielder of a
ranged weapon is slightly different; see below.
Grabbing Objects
A character can also use Disarm to snatch away an object worn
by a target. Doing this works the same as a disarm attempt (see
above), except for the following.
Shoving a Creature
Using the Attack action, you can make a special melee attack to
shove a creature, either to knock it prone or push it away from you.
If you’re able to make multiple attacks with the Attack action, this
attack replaces one of them.
The target of your shove must be no more than one size larger
than you, and it must be within your reach. You make a Strength
(Athletics) check contested by the target’s Strength (Athletics) or
Dexterity (Athletics) check (the target chooses the ability to use).
If you win the contest, you either knock the target prone or push it
5 feet away from you.
Cover
Walls, trees, creatures, and other obstacles can provide cover
during combat, making a target more difficult to harm. A target can
benefit from cover only when an attack or other effect originates
on the opposite side of the cover.
There are three degrees of cover. If a target is behind multiple
sources of cover, only the most protective degree of cover applies;
the degrees aren’t added together. For example, if a target is
behind a creature that gives half cover and a tree trunk that gives
three- quarters cover, the target has three-quarters cover.
A target with half cover has a +2 bonus to AC and Dexterity saving
throws. A target has half cover if an obstacle blocks at least half
of its body. The obstacle might be a low wall, a large piece of
furniture, a narrow tree trunk, or a creature, whether that creature
is an enemy or a friend.
A target with three-quarters cover has a +5 bonus to AC and
Dexterity saving throws. A target has three- quarters cover if
about three-quarters of it is covered by an obstacle. The obstacle
might be a portcullis, an arrow slit, or a thick tree trunk.
A target with total cover can’t be targeted directly by an attack or
a spell, although some spells can reach such a target by including
it in an area of effect. A target has total cover if it is completely
concealed by an obstacle.
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DAMAGE AND HIT POINTS
Injury and the risk of death are constant companions of those who
explore the worlds of DARKENERGY. The thrust of a sword, a well-
placed arrow, or a blast of flame from a fireball spell all have the
potential to damage, or even kill, the hardiest of creatures.
Hit Points
Hit Points represent a combination of physical and mental
durability, the will to live, and luck. Creatures with more hit points
are more difficult to kill. Those with fewer hit points are more
fragile.
A creature’s current hit points (usually just called hit points) can
be any number from the creature’s hit point maximum down to 0.
This number changes frequently as a creature takes damage or
receives healing.
Whenever a creature takes damage, that damage is subtracted
from its hit points. The loss of hit points has no effect on a
creature’s capabilities until the creature drops to 0 hit points.
Damage Rolls
Each weapon, spell, and harmful monster ability specifies the
damage it deals. You roll the damage die or dice, add any modifiers,
and apply the damage to your target. Magic weapons, special
abilities, and other factors can grant a bonus to damage.
When attacking with a weapon, you add your ability modifier—the
same modifier used for the attack roll— to the damage. A spell
tells you which dice to roll for damage and whether to add any
modifiers.
If a spell or other effect deals damage to more than one target at
the same time, roll the damage once for all of them. For example,
when a Mage casts fireball or a Disciple casts flame strike, the
spell’s damage is rolled once for all creatures caught in the blast.
Critical Hits
When you score a critical hit, you get to roll extra dice for the
attack’s damage against the target. Roll all of the attack’s damage
dice twice and add them together. Then add any relevant modifiers
as normal. To speed up play, you can roll all the damage dice at
once.
For example, if you score a critical hit with a dagger, roll 2d4 for
the damage, rather than 1d4, and then add your relevant ability
modifier. If the attack involves other damage dice, such as from
the Operative’s Sneak Attack feature, you roll those dice twice as
well.
Damage Types
Different attacks, damaging spells, and other harmful effects deal
different types of damage. Damage types have no rules of their
own, but other rules, such as damage resistance, rely on the types.
The damage types follow, with examples to help a GM assign a
damage type to a new effect.
ACID. The corrosive spray of a black dragon’s breath and the
dissolving enzymes secreted by a black pudding deal acid damage.
BALLISTIC. Damage taken from firearm attacks, including
handguns and rifles’, deal ballistic damage.
BLUDGEONING. Blunt force attacks—hammers, falling,
constriction, and the like—deal bludgeoning damage.
COLD. The infernal chill radiating from an ice devil’s spear and the
frigid blast of a white dragon’s breath deal cold damage.
FIRE. Red dragons breathe fire, and many spells conjure flames to
deal fire damage.
FORCE. Force is pure magical energy focused into a damaging
form. Most effects that deal force damage are spells, including
magic missile and spiritual weapon.
LIGHTNING (ELECTRICITY). A lightning bolt spell and a blue
dragon’s breath deal lightning damage.
NECROTIC. Necrotic damage, dealt by certain undead and a spell
such as chill touch, withers matter and even the soul.
PIERCING. Puncturing and impaling attacks, including spears and
monsters’ bites, deal piercing damage.
POISON. Venomous stings and the toxic gas of a green dragon’s
breath deal poison damage.
PSYCHIC. Mental abilities such as a psionic’s psionic blast deal
psychic damage.
RADIANT. Radiant damage, dealt by a Disciple’s flame strike
spell or an angel’s smiting weapon, sears the flesh like fire and
overloads the spirit with power.
SLASHING. Swords, axes, and monsters’ claws deal slashing
damage.
THUNDER. A concussive burst of sound, such as the effect of the
thunderwave spell, deals thunder damage.
Damage Resistance and Vulnerability
Some creatures and objects are exceedingly difficult or unusually
easy to hurt with certain types of damage.
If a creature or an object has resistance to a damage type, damage
of that type is halved against it. If a creature or an object has
vulnerability to a damage type, damage of that type is doubled
against it.
Resistance and then vulnerability are applied after all other
modifiers to damage. For example, a creature has resistance
to bludgeoning damage and is hit by an attack that deals 25
bludgeoning damage. The creature is also within a magical aura
that reduces all damage by 5. The 25 damage is first reduced by 5
and then halved, so the creature takes 10 damage.
Multiple instances of resistance or vulnerability that affect the
same damage type count as only one instance. For example, if a
creature has resistance to fire damage as well as resistance to all
nonmagical damage, the damage of a nonmagical fire is reduced
by half against the creature, not reduced by three-quarters.
Firearms
The most basic form of attack with a firearm is a single shot. One
attack is one pull of the trigger and fires one bullet at one target.
There are three types of firearms, they are; Sidearms, Longarms
and Heavy Weapons. There are certain feats that allow a character
to make this sort of attack without penalty. If a character isn’t
proficient in firearms, they takes a -4 penalty on attacks with that
type of weapon.
A number of other feats allow a character to deal extra damage
when they fire more than one bullet as part of a single attack at
a single target. (If a character doesn’t have those feats, he or she
can still fire more than one bullet-but the extra bullets don’t have
any effect, and are just wasted ammunition.)
Auto-fire
If a ranged weapon has an automatic rate of fire, a character may
set it on auto-fire. Auto-fire affects an area and everyone in it, not
a specific creature. The character targets a 10-foot-by-10-foot
area and makes an attack roll; the targeted area has an effective
Defense of 10. (If the character does not have the Advanced
Firearms Proficiency feat, he or she takes a -4 penalty on the attack
roll.) If the attack succeeds, every creature within the affected area
must make a Reflex save (DC 15) or take the weapon’s damage.
Auto-fire shoots 10 bullets, and can only be used if the weapon
has 10 bullets in it.
Auto-fire is not the same thing as burst fire, which involves firing
a short burst at a specific target. Firing a burst requires the Burst
Fire feat. If a character fires a blast of automatic fire at a specific
target without the Burst Fire feat, it’s treated as a standard attack.
The attack, if successful, only deals normal damage-all the extra
ammunition the character fired is wasted.
Some firearms-particularly machine guns-only have auto-fire
settings and can’t normally fire single shots.
Grenades and Explosives
An explosive is a weapon that, when detonated, affects all
creatures and objects within its burst radius by means of shrapnel,
heat, or massive concussion. Its effect is broad enough that it can
hurt characters just by going off close to them.
Some explosives, such as grenades, can be thrown, and they
explode when they land. Others are planted, with fuses or timers,
and go off after a preset amount of time elapses.
Thrown Explosives
An attack with a thrown explosive is a ranged attack made against
a specific 5-foot square. (A character can target a square occupied
by a creature.) Throwing the explosive is an attack action. If the
square is within one range increment, you do not need to make an
attack roll. Roll 1d4 and consult the table to see which corner of
the square the explosive bounces to.
If the target square is more than one range increment away,
make an attack roll. The square has an effective Defense of 10.
Thrown weapons require no weapon proficiency, so a character
doesn’t take the -4 non-proficient penalty. If the attack succeeds,
the grenade or explosive lands in the targeted square. Roll 1d4
and consult the table above to see which corner of the square the
explosive bounces to.
If the character misses the target, the explosive lands at a corner
of a square nearby in a random direction. Consult the tables below
to determine where the explosive lands. If the weapon was thrown
two to three range increments (11 to 30 feet), roll 1d8. For ranges
of up to five range increments (31 to 50 feet), roll 1d12.
After determining where the explosive landed, it deals its damage
to all targets within the burst radius of the weapon. The targets
may make Reflex saves (DC varies according to the explosive
type) for half damage.
Planted Explosives
A planted explosive is set in place, with a timer or fuse determining
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 when it goes off. No attack roll is necessary to plant an explosive;
the explosive sits where it is placed until it is moved or goes off.
When a planted explosive detonates, it deals its damage to all
targets within the burst radius of the weapon. The targets may
make Reflex saves (DC varies according to the explosive type) for
half damage.
Splash Weapons
A splash weapon is a ranged weapon that breaks apart on impact,
splashing or scattering its contents over its target and nearby
creatures or objects. Most splash weapons consist of liquids in
breakable containers.
To attack with a splash weapon, make a ranged touch attack
against the target. Thrown weapons require no weapon proficiency,
so characters don’t take the -4 non-proficient penalty. A hit deals
direct hit damage to the target and splash damage to all other
creatures within 5 feet of the target.
A character can instead target a specific 5-foot square, including a
square occupied by a creature. Use the rules for thrown explosives.
However, if a character targets a square, creatures within 5 feet are
dealt the splash damage, and the direct hit damage is not dealt to
any creature.
If the character misses the target (whether aiming at a creature or
a square), check to see where the weapon lands, using the rules
for thrown explosives. After determining where the object landed,
it deals splash damage to all creatures within 5 feet.
Death, Dying, and Healing
Unless it results in death, damage isn’t permanent. Even death is
reversible through powerful magic. Rest can restore a creature’s
hit points and magical methods such as a cure wounds spell or a
potion of healing can remove damage in an instant.
When a creature receives healing of any kind, hit points regained are
added to its current hit points. A creature’s hit points can’t exceed
its hit point maximum, so any hit points regained in excess of this
number are lost. For example, a Druid grants a Sharpshooter 8 hit
points of healing. If the Sharpshooter has 14 current hit points and
has a hit point maximum of 20, the ranger regains 6 hit points from
the Druid, not 8.
A creature that has died can’t regain hit points until magic such as
the revivify spell has restored it to life.
Dropping to 0 Hit Points
When you drop to 0 hit points, you either die outright or fall
unconscious, as explained in the following sections.
Instant Death
Massive damage can kill you instantly. When damage reduces
you to 0 hit points and there is damage remaining, you die if the
remaining damage equals or exceeds your hit point maximum.
For example, a Disciple with a maximum of 12 hit points currently
has 6 hit points. If she takes 18 damage from an attack, she is
reduced to 0 hit points, but 12 damage remains. Because the
remaining damage equals her hit point maximum, the Disciple
dies.
Falling Unconscious
If damage reduces you to 0 hit points and fails to kill you, you fall
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unconscious. This unconsciousness ends if you regain any hit
points.
Death Saving Throws
Whenever you start your turn with 0 hit points, you must make
a special saving throw, called a death saving throw, to determine
whether you creep closer to death or hang onto life. Unlike other
saving throws, this one isn’t tied to any ability score. You are in the
hands of fate now, aided only by spells and features that improve
your chances of succeeding on a saving throw.
Roll a D20
If the roll is 10 or higher, you succeed. Otherwise, you fail. A
success or failure has no effect by itself. On your third success,
you become stable (see below). On your third failure, you die. The
successes and failures don’t need to be consecutive; keep track of
both until you collect three of a kind. The number of both is reset
to zero when you regain any hit points or become stable.
ROLLING 1 OR 20. When you make a death saving throw and roll a
1 on the d20, it counts as two failures. If you roll a 20 on the d20,
you regain 1 hit point.
DAMAGE AT 0 HIT POINTs. If you take any damage while you have
0 hit points, you suffer a death saving throw failure. If the damage
is from a critical hit, you suffer two failures instead. If the damage
equals or exceeds your hit point maximum, you suffer instant
death.
Stabilizing a Creature
The best way to save a creature with 0 hit points is to heal it. If
healing is unavailable, the creature can at least be stabilized so
that it isn’t killed by a failed death saving throw.
You can use your action to administer first aid to an unconscious
creature and attempt to stabilize it, which requires a successful
DC 10 Treat Injury check. A stable creature doesn’t make death
saving throws, even though it has 0 hit points, but it does remain
unconscious. The creature stops being stable, and must start
making death saving throws again, if it takes any damage. A stable
creature that isn’t healed regains 1 hit point after 1d4 hours
Monsters and Death
Most GMs have a monster die the instant it drops to 0 hit points,
rather than having it fall unconscious and make death saving
throws.
Mighty villains and special nonplayer characters are common
exceptions; the GM might have them fall unconscious and follow
the same rules as player characters.
Knocking a Creature Out
Sometimes an attacker wants to incapacitate a foe, rather than
deal a killing blow. When an attacker reduces a creature to 0 hit
points with a melee attack, the attacker can knock the creature
out. The attacker can make this choice the instant the damage is
dealt. The creature falls unconscious and is stable.
Temporary Hit Points
Some spells and special abilities confer temporary hit points to a
creature. Temporary hit points aren’t actual hit points; they are a
buffer against damage, a pool of hit points that protect you from
injury.
When you have temporary hit points and take damage, the
temporary hit points are lost first, and any leftover damage
carries over to your normal hit points. For example, if you have 5
temporary hit points and take 7 damage, you lose the temporary
hit points and then take 2 damage.
Because temporary hit points are separate from your actual hit
points, they can exceed your hit point maximum. A character can,
therefore, be at full hit points and receive temporary hit points.
Healing can’t restore temporary hit points, and they can’t be added
together. If you have temporary hit points and receive more of
them, you decide whether to keep the ones you have or to gain
the new ones. For example, if a spell grants you 12 temporary hit
points when you already have 10, you can have 12 or 10, not 22.
If you have 0 hit points, receiving temporary hit points doesn’t
restore you to consciousness or stabilize you. They can still
absorb damage directed at you while you’re in that state, but only
true healing can save you.
Unless a feature that grants you temporary hit points has a
duration, they last until they’re depleted or you finish a long rest.
Healing
After taking damage, a character can recover hit points through
natural healing (over the course of days) or through medical
technology (somewhat faster) or magical healing is also available.
In any case, a character can’t regain hit points past his or her full
normal total.
Treat Injury
PREREQUISITE: Proficiency in Treat Injury
You spend 10 minutes treating one injured living creature (targeting
yourself, if you so choose). The target is then temporarily immune
to Treat Injury actions for 1 hour.
The Treat Injury check DC is usually 15, though the GM might
adjust it based on the circumstances, such as treating a patient
outside in a storm, or treating magically cursed wounds. The
damage dealt on a critical failure remains the same.
If you succeed at your check, you can continue treating the target
to grant additional healing. If you treat them for a total of 1 hour,
double the Hit Points they regain from Treat Injury.
The result of your Treat Injury check determines how many Hit
Points the target regains.
Critical Success. The target regains 4d8 Hit Points, and its
wounded condition is removed.
Success. The target regains 2d8 Hit Points, and its wounded
condition is removed.
Critical Failure. The target takes 1d8 damage.
Natural Healing
A character recovers 1 Hit Point per character level per evening of
rest (8 hours of sleep).
A character undergoing complete bed rest (doing nothing for an
entire day) recovers 2 hit points per character level.
Healing Ability Damage
Ability damage returns at the rate of 1 point per evening of rest (8
hours of sleep). Complete bed rest (24 hours) restores 2 points
per day.
Increases in Constitution and Current Hit Points
An increase in a character’s Constitution score-even a temporary
one-can give the character more hit points (an effective hit point
increase), but these are not temporary hit points. They can be
restored through normal healing. When a character’s Constitution
drops back down to its previous score after a temporary increase,
the character’s full normal hit points go down accordingly.
Heroic Actions
At level 1, 10 and 20 you earn a Heroic Action. The DM can also
award Heroic Actions for performing heroic deeds, which grant
you good fortune or let you recover from the brink of death.
These Heroic Actions are a one-time use only. For example, if a
player at level 1 falls to 0 Hit Points and uses their level 1 Heroic
Action to return to 1 HP, that Heroic Action is gone forever and they
will not get another Heroic Action until the reach level 10. However,
the DM may reward exceptionally heroic deeds with Heroic Actions
that have already been spent, but no player can have more than
three Heroic Actions available.
You can spend your Heroic Actions in one of two ways.
You can spend Heroic Actions even if you aren’t able to act. You
can spend a Heroic Action on behalf of your familiar or animal
companion.
Spend a Heroic Action to reroll a check or save. You can use which
ever roll is higher. You can’t use more than 1 Heroic Action on a
check/save).
Spend a Heroic Action to reroll an attack, giving you Advantage, or
make an enemy reroll an attack with Disadvantage.
Spend a Heroic Action to avoid death. You can do this when your
dying condition would increase. You lose the dying condition
entirely and stabilize with 1 Hit Points. You don’t gain the wounded
condition or increase its value from losing the dying condition in
this way, but if you already had that condition, you don’t lose it or
decrease its value.
Describing Heroic Deeds
Because spending Heroic Actions reflects heroic deeds or tasks
that surpass normal expectations, if you spend a Heroic Action,
you should describe the deed or task your character accomplishes
with it to the other players.
Your character’s deed might invoke a lesson learned in a past
adventure, could be spurred by a determination to save someone
else, or might depend on an item that ended up on their person
due to a previous exploit. If you don’t want to describe the deed
or don’t have any strong ideas about how to do so, ask the GM
to come up with something for you. This can be a collaborative
process, too. The GM might remind you of a long-forgotten event
in the campaign, and all you have to do is fill in how that event
comes to mind just at the right time, motivating you to push past
your limits.
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 MOUNTED COMBAT
A Templar charging into battle on a warhorse, a Mage casting
spells from the back of a dragon, or a Disciple soaring through the
sky on a griffin all enjoy the benefits of speed and mobility that a
mount can provide.
A willing creature that is at least one size larger than you and
that has an appropriate anatomy can serve as a mount, using the
following rules.
MountinG anD DisMountinG
Once during your move, you can mount a creature that is within 5
feet of you or dismount. Doing so costs an amount of movement
equal to half your speed. For example, if your speed is 30 feet, you
must spend 15 feet of movement to mount a horse. Therefore, you
can’t mount it if you don’t have 15 feet of movement left or if your
speed is 0.
If an effect moves your mount against its will while you’re on it,
you must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or fall off
the mount, landing prone in a space within 5 feet of it. If you’re
knocked prone while mounted, you must make the same saving
throw.
If your mount is knocked prone, you can use your reaction to
dismount it as it falls and land on your feet. Otherwise, you are
dismounted and fall prone in a space within 5 feet it.
controllinG a Mount
While you’re mounted, you have two
options. You can either control the
mount or allow it to act independently.
Intelligent creatures, such as dragons,
act independently.
You can control a mount only if it has been
trained to accept a rider. Domesticated horses,
donkeys, and similar creatures are assumed to
have such training. The initiative of a controlled
mount changes to match yours when
you mount it. It moves as you direct it.
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A controlled mount can move and act even on the turn that you
mount it.
An independent mount retains its place in the initiative order.
Bearing a rider puts no restrictions on the actions the mount
can take, and it moves and acts as it wishes. It might flee
from combat, rush to attack and devour a badly injured foe, or
otherwise act against your wishes.
In either case, if the mount provokes an opportunity attack while
you’re on it, the attacker can target you or the mount.
intelliGent Mounts
Mounts with Intelligence scores of 5 or higher are more like
NPCs than they are like traditional mounts and are considered
independent. As a result, characters can use Persuasion checks to
negotiate what the mount will and will not do. Intelligent mounts
may insist on special care, such as a hireling devoted to that
specific mount, special food, or even a share of the party treasure.
DraGon Mounts
There are two methods of getting a dragon as your mount: raising
the dragon from youth or negotiating with a grown dragon. The
first may be easier and cheaper, but requires far more time.
Raising a true dragon from an egg until it’s large enough to use
as a mount can take several years. Even lesser dragons, such as
wyverns, mature at such a slow rate that most characters simply
aren’t willing to wait the necessary amount of time. When you
successfully complete the rearing process, you can begin to teach
the domesticated dragon how to perform tasks.
Riding a dragon requires an exotic saddle. A dragon can fight while
carrying a rider.
A dragon mount, although it may be loyal to you, is still an
independent, intelligent creature with a mind of its own. Expect
the GM to treat a dragon mount as an NPC, not as a passive
participant. However, some special bond could form between you
and the dragon and the GM may allow you to control the dragon.
A dragon mount ages normally, but does not gain experience
points.
MounteD eneMies
A rider on an intelligent mount acts as two enemies, with the
rider and mount each having their own stats and turns. You can
chose which enemy to attack but if you are on foot, you have
disadvantage on attacking the rider while the rider has advantage
against you.
Aerial Combat
Many monsters can fly, and PCs can use spells and items to gain
the ability to fly. Flying creatures have to use the Fly action to
move through the air. Performing an especially tricky maneuver—
such as trying to reverse course 180 degrees or fly through a
narrow gap—might require using Athletics to Maneuver in Flight.
Creatures might fall from the sky, using the falling rules. At the
GM’s discretion, some ground-based actions might not work in
the air. For instance, a flying creature couldn’t Leap.
Underwater Combat
When adventurers pursue naga back to their undersea homes, fight
off sharks in an ancient shipwreck, or find themselves in a flooded
dungeon room, they must fight in a challenging environment.
Underwater the following rules apply.
When making a melee weapon attack, a creature that doesn’t
have a swimming speed (either natural or granted by magic) has
disadvantage on the attack roll unless the weapon is a dagger,
javelin, arming sword, spear, or trident.
A ranged weapon attack automatically misses a target beyond
the weapon’s normal range. Even against a target within normal
range, the attack roll has disadvantage unless the weapon is a
crossbow, a net, or a weapon that is thrown like a javelin (including
a spear, trident, or dart).
Creatures and objects that are fully immersed in water have
resistance to fire damage.
Vehicles
For simply traveling from point to point, the vehicle used is largely
a matter of personal style and finances. Skill checks are only
required in extraordinary circumstances. These rules are primarily
focused on civilian vehicles and military vehicles. The rules can be
modified for boats and aircraft.
characters in vehicles
A character in a vehicle fills one of several possible roles, which
determines what the character can do.
Driver
The driver of the vehicle controls its movement. Most vehicles
have only one position from where the vehicle can be driven, so
the person seated there is the driver. Driving a vehicle is, at a
minimum, a move action, which means that the driver may be able
to do something else with his or her attack action. There can be
only one driver in a vehicle at one time.
coPilot
A copilot can help the driver by taking an aid another action. The
copilot must be seated in a location where he or she can see the
road and advise the driver (in a car, this generally means the front
passenger seat). Aiding the driver is a move action, leaving the
copilot with an attack action each round to do something else. A
vehicle can have only one copilot at a time. A copilot can also drive
the vehicle if the driver cannot or chooses not to, provided there
is a second set of controls at the copilot’s seat (usually true in
aircraft, but not ground vehicles).
Gunner
Some vehicles have built-in weapons. If such a weapon is
controlled from a location other than the driver’s position, a
character can man that position and become the gunner. A vehicle
can have as many gunners as it has gunner positions.
PassenGer
All other personnel aboard the vehicle are considered passengers.
Passengers have no specific role in the vehicle’s operation, but
may be able to fire weapons from the vehicle or take other actions.
scale
These rules use two scales. If the encounter involves both vehicles
and characters on foot, use Character Scale. If the scene involves
only vehicles, and they’re likely to move at much higher speeds
than characters or creatures on foot, use Chase Scale.
character scale
Character scale is identical to the standard movement scale:
It’s carried out on a grid in which each square equals 5 feet. In
character scale, most vehicles are large enough to occupy multiple
squares on the map grid. How many squares a vehicle occupies is
specified in the vehicle’s description. In character scale, more than
one ground vehicle cannot occupy the same square.
When moving a vehicle, count the squares from the vehicle’s rear.
When turning, pivot the vehicle on the rear square toward which it
is turning. When firing weapons, count squares from the location
of the weapon.
chase scale
In chase scale, each square of the grid represents 50 feet. In
chase scale, most commonly encountered vehicles occupy only
one square. (Some especially large vehicles, such as ships or
jumbo jets, might occupy more than one square.) More than one
vehicle can occupy the same square. Vehicles in the same square
are considered to be 20 feet apart for the purposes of determining
range for attacks.
Getting Started
Most vehicles can be entered with a move action and started
with a second move action. An exception is noted in a vehicle’s
description when it applies.
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 Moving
On his or her action, the driver moves the vehicle a number of
squares that falls within the vehicle’s speed category.
Unlike characters, a vehicle cannot double move, run, or otherwise
extend its movement (except by changing to a higher speed
category).
Every vehicle has a top speed, included in its statistics on the
Vehicle tables. A vehicle cannot move more squares than its top
speed. This means that some vehicles cannot move at all-out
speed, or even highway speed.
Count squares for vehicles just as for characters. Vehicles cannot
move diagonally. Unlike with moving characters, a vehicle’s facing
is important; unless it changes direction, a vehicle always moves
in the direction of its facing (or in the opposite direction, if it’s
moving in reverse).
Vehicle Speed
Vehicle speed is expressed in five categories: stationary, alley
speed, street speed, highway speed, and all-out. Each of these
speed categories represents a range of possible movement Each
round, a vehicle moves according to its current speed category.
Stationary
The vehicle is motionless.
Alley Speed
This speed is used for safely maneuvering a vehicle in tight spaces,
such as alleys and parking garages. It tops out at about the speed
a typical person can run.
Street Speed
The vehicle is traveling at a moderate speed, up to about 45 miles
per hour.
Highway Speed
The vehicle is moving at a typical highway speed, from about 45
to 80 miles per hour.
All-Out
The vehicle is traveling extremely fast, more than 80 miles per
hour.
Declaring Speed
At the beginning of his or her action, a driver must declare his or
her speed category for the round. The driver can choose to go one
category faster or slower than the vehicle’s speed category at the
end of the previous round. A stationary vehicle can change to alley
speed in either forward or reverse. Most vehicles cannot go faster
than alley speed in reverse.
The Effects of Speed
A fast-moving vehicle is harder to hit than a stationary one-but it’s
also harder to control, and to attack from.
As shown on Table: Vehicle Speeds and Modifiers, when a vehicle
travels at street speed or faster, it gains a bonus to Defense.
However, that speed brings along with it a penalty on all skill
checks and attack rolls made by characters aboard the vehicle-
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including Drive checks to control the vehicle and attacks made
from it.
VEHICLE SPEEDS AND MODIFIERS
Defense Check/Roll
SPEED CATEGORY Modifier Modifier
Stationary1 0 -
Alley speed 0 0
Street speed +1 -1
Highway speed +2 -2
All-out +4 -4
1- A stationary vehicle cannot move or maneuver.
Driving a Vehicle
Driving a vehicle is a move action, taken by the vehicle’s driver.
During his or her move action, the driver moves the vehicle a
number of squares that falls within its speed category. The
driver can attempt maneuvers to change the vehicle’s course or
speed. These maneuvers can be attempted at any point along
the vehicle’s route. The driver can choose to use his or her attack
action to attempt additional maneuvers.
The two kinds of vehicle movement are simple maneuvers and
stunts.
Ram
At Character Scale, a driver does not have to perform a maneuver
to ram another vehicle-he or she only needs to drive his or her
vehicle into the other vehicle’s square, and a collision occurs (see
Collisions and Ramming).
At Chase Scale, however, more than one vehicle can occupy the
same square and not collide-so ramming another vehicle requires
a simple maneuver. The driver moves his or her vehicle into the
other vehicle’s square and states that he or she is attempting
to ram. Resolve the ram as a collision, except that the driver of
the target vehicle can make a Reflex save (DC 15) to reduce the
damage to both vehicles by half.
Avoid Hazard
Vehicle combat rarely occurs on a perfectly flat, featureless plain.
When a vehicle tries to move through a square occupied by a
hazard, the driver must succeed on a Drive check to avoid the
hazard and continue moving.
Structures simply cannot be avoided. Also, if a driver cannot make
a check (if he or she has used all his or her actions for the round in
performing other stunts), he or she automatically fails to avoid the
hazard. In such cases, a collision occurs.
The DC to avoid a hazard varies with the nature of the hazard.
On a failed check, the vehicle hits the obstacle. For caltrops, this
means the caltrops make an attack against the vehicle (Caltrops).
An oil slick forces the drive to make a Drive check (DC 15) to
retain control of the vehicle. Failing to avoid an object results in a
collision with the object (see Collisions and Ramming).
Jump
A driver can attempt to jump his or her vehicle across a gap in his
or her path.
To make a jump, the vehicle must move in a straight line a number
of squares equal to its turn number. If the vehicle doesn’t have
enough movement left to clear the gap, it must complete the jump
at the start of its next turn.
The DC for a jump depends on the width of the gap, modified by
the vehicle’s speed category.
On a failed check, the vehicle fails to clear the gap, and instead
falls into it (or collides with the far side). Determine damage as for
a collision (see Collisions and Ramming).
A shallow gap (1 to 3 feet deep) is equivalent to a Medium-size
object; the vehicle may be able to avoid taking collision damage
from the failed jump by treating the far side as a hazard and then
continue moving (see Avoid Hazard, above).
A moderately deep gap (4 to 10 feet deep) is equivalent to a Huge
object. The vehicle can only drive out of the gap if the walls are
not too steep.
A deeper gap (11 feet or deeper) is equivalent to a Colossal object.
The vehicle can only drive out of the gap if the walls are not too
steep.
If the gap is filled with water, the vehicle takes only half damage
from the collision with the ground. However, if the water is too
deep or the bottom is too soft (GM’s discretion), the vehicle might
not be able to move.
VEHICLE JUMP
Gap Width Jump Gap DC
1-3 ft. (ditch) 15
4-8 ft. (culvert) 20
8-15 ft. (creek, small ravine) 25
16-25 ft. (narrow road, small pond) 35
26-40 ft. (wide road, small river) 45
VEHICLE JUMP SPEED
Speed Category Jump Gap DC Modifier
Ally speed +10
Street speed +5
Highway speed 0 to the check.
All-out -5
Sideswipe
During a vehicle’s movement, a driver can attempt to sideswipe a
vehicle or other target, either to deal damage without fully ramming
it or to cause another driver to lose control of his or her vehicle.
At Character Scale, a vehicle must be side by side with its target
(that is, occupying the square or squares directly to its side) and
moving in the same direction. Attempting a sideswipe costs 1
square of movement.
At Chase Scale, the vehicle must be in the same square as its
target and moving in the same direction. There is no movement
cost.
If the stunt is successful, the sideswiping vehicle and the target
both take damage as if they had collided (see Collisions and
Ramming), except that the collision multiplier is 1/4, and the target
(or driver of the target vehicle) can make a Reflex save (DC 15) to
reduce the damage to both by half. If the target is another vehicle
the driver must succeed at a Drive check (DC 15) at the beginning
of his or her next action or lose control of the vehicle.
The DC for a sideswipe is 15. It’s modified by the relative size and
speed of the target.
On a failed check, both vehicles take damage as though the
sideswipe attempt was a success. However, the other driver does
not need to make a check to retain control.
Driver Options
Here is what a vehicle driver can do in a single round:
The driver may increase or decrease his or her vehicle’s speed
category by one (or keep it the same).
Optional Action Before Movement
If the driver wants, he or she can use his or her attack action before
moving the vehicle. If the driver does so, however, he or she will be
limited to a single stunt during movement.
Movement
Move the vehicle any number of squares within the vehicle’s speed
category. Along the way, perform any number of simple maneuvers
(limited only by their movement cost). The driver may also attempt
a single stunt as part of the movement (or two, if the driver didn’t
take his or her attack action before moving).
Optional Action After Movement
If the driver did not take an attack action before moving, and
performed one or fewer stunts, the driver has an attack action left.
Hide and Seek
When being pursued, a driver can attempt a Hide check to lose the
pursuer in heavy traffic, or a Bluff check to misdirect the pursuer
before turning onto an off-ramp or a side street.
To make a Hide check, use the normal rules for hiding (see the Hide
skill description). The normal size modifiers apply, but because
the driver is hiding among other vehicles, most of which are size
Large or Huge, he or she gains a +8 bonus on the check. This use
of the Hide skill can only be attempted in fairly heavy traffic; in
lighter traffic, the GM might not allow it or might apply a penalty
A driver can use Bluff to make a pursuer think he or she is going a
different direction from what the driver intends. Just before making
a turn onto an off-ramp or side street, make a Bluff check opposed
by the pursuer’s Sense Motive check. If the driver is successful,
the pursuer takes a -5 penalty on any Drive check needed to make
the turn to follow the driver. If the other driver can make the turn
using only simple maneuvers and does not have to make a Drive
check, the Bluff attempt has no effect.
Collisions and Ramming
A collision occurs when a vehicle strikes another vehicle or a solid
object. Generally, when a vehicle collides with a creature or other
moving vehicle, the target can attempt a Reflex save (DC 15) to
reduce the damage by half.
Resolving Collisions
The base damage dealt by a vehicle collision depends on the
speed and size of the objects involved. Use the highest speed and
the smallest size of the two colliding objects and refer to Tables:
Collision Speed Damage and Collision Size Damage.
Once the damage has been determined, apply it to both vehicles
(or objects or creatures) involved in the collision. Both vehicles
reduce their speed by two speed categories. If not, it pushes the
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 other vehicle or object aside, if possible, and continues until it maximum hit points, dealing 4d6 fire damage to every creature
has moved the minimum number of squares for its new speed that moves through the vehicle or starts its turn in the vehicle.
category.
The driver of the vehicle that caused the collision must immediately Repairing a Vehicle
make a Drive check (DC 15) or lose control of the vehicle. The Repairs to a damaged vehicle can be made in a car workshop
driver of the other vehicle must succeed on a Drive check (DC 15) using the mechanic tools. On a successful Intelligence (Repair)
at the beginning of his or her next action or lose control of his or check, (DC 20) you repair a number of hit points equal to 2d6 +
her vehicle. your Intelligence modifier and costs 40 Bu for material and labor
per day.
COLLISION SPEED DAMAGE
Highest Speed
Ally speed
Damage Die Type
d2
Energy Attacks
Vehicles are treated as objects when subjected to energy attacks.
Street speed d4
Highway speed d8
Exploding Vehicles
All-out d12
If the attack that disables a vehicle deals damage equal to half
its full normal hit points or more, the vehicle explodes after 1d6
COLLISION SIZE DAMAGE
rounds. This explosion deals 10d6 points of fire damage to
Object or Creature Size Number of Dice everyone within the vehicle (Reflex save, DC 20, for half damage),
Colossal 20 and half that much to everyone and everything within 30 feet of the
Gargantuan 16 explosion (Reflex save, DC 15, for half damage).
Huge 12
Large 8
Vehicle Called Shot
Medium 4 In order to perform a called shot, a player must have the abitly to
make Called Shots and then must declare their called shot attempt
Small 2
and location before making their attack rolls. Once declared, the
Tiny 1 player suffers disadvantage on the called shot attack roll. An
Smaller than Tiny 0 attack roll suffering disadvantage already automatically fails as a
called shot attempt.
Damage to Vehicle Occupants Each called shot attempt also gives the vehicle +2 to its AC. If the
attack roll succeeds, hitting the vehicle’s modified called shot AC,
When a vehicle takes damage from a collision, its occupants may
the attacker hits and deals damage normally, but also deals the
take damage as well. The base amount of damage depends on the
called shot effect.
cover offered by the vehicle. Each of the occupants may make a
Reflex save (DC 15) to take half damage. For example, a player may want to shoot out the tire of a car that
is following them. On a successful shot, the desired effect was for
OCCUPANT DAMAGE the tire to be blown out, causing the vehicle to spin out of control,
Cover Damage
thus ending the pursuit.
None
One-quarter
Same as damage taken by vehicle
1/2 damage taken by vehicle
Object Interaction
A character’s interaction with objects in an environment is often
One-half 1/4 damage taken by vehicle
simple to resolve in the game. The player tells the GM that his or
Three-quarters or more None her character is doing something, such as moving a lever, and the
GM describes what, if anything, happens.

Vehicle Combat
As a general rule, the driver has disadvantage on attack rolls while
the vehicle is moving, and the driver can only use one handed
ranged weapons while driving, such as pistols.
• When making a ranged attack, you can target the vehicle or the
occupants.
• Vehicles grants half cover to its occupants. Alternatively, they
can use the vehicle AC instead (whichever is higher).
Vehicles are immune to all conditions and to necrotic, poison,
psychic and radiant damage.
Vehicle Hit Points
A vehicle reduced to 0 hit points is considered non-functional.
If a vehicle is reduced to 0 hit points and there is damage remaining,
it burst into flame if the damage equals or exceeds the vehicle
For example, a character might decide to pull a lever, which might,
in turn, raise a portcullis, cause a room to flood with water, or open
a secret door in a nearby wall. If the lever is rusted in position,
though, a character might need to force it. In such a situation, the
GM might call for a Strength check to see whether the character
can wrench the lever into place. The GM sets the DC for any such
check based on the difficulty of the task.
Characters can also damage objects with their weapons and
spells. Objects are immune to poison and psychic damage, but
otherwise they can be affected by physical and magical attacks
much like creatures can. The GM determines an object’s Armor
Class and hit points, and might decide that certain objects have
resistance or immunity to certain kinds of attacks. (It’s hard to
cut a rope with a club, for example.) Objects always fail Strength
and Dexterity saving throws, and they are immune to effects that
require other saves. When an object drops to 0 hit points, it breaks.
A character can also attempt a Strength check to break an object.
The GM sets the DC for any such check.

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MAGIC AND SPELLS
what is a sPell?
A spell is a discrete magical effect, a single shaping of the
magical energies that suffuse the multiverse into a specific,
limited expression. In casting a spell, a character carefully plucks
at the invisible strands of raw magic suffusing the world,
pins them in place in a particular pattern, sets
them vibrating in a specific way, and then
releases them to unleash the desired effect—in
most cases, all in the span of seconds.
Spells can be versatile tools, weapons, or
protective wards. They can deal damage or undo
it, impose or remove conditions, drain life energy
away, and restore life to the dead.
Uncounted thousands of spells have been
created over the course of the multiverse’s
history, and many of them are long forgotten.
Some might yet lie recorded in crumbling
spellbooks hidden in ancient ruins or trapped in
the minds of dead gods. Or they might someday be reinvented by
a character who has amassed enough power and wisdom to do
so.

sPell level
Every spell has a level from 0 to 10. A spell’s level is a general
indicator of how powerful it is, with the lowly (but still impressive)
magic missile at 1st level and the earth-shaking wish at 10th.
Cantrips—simple but powerful spells that characters can cast
almost by rote— are level 0. The higher a spell’s level, the higher
level a spellcaster must be to use that spell.
Spell level and character level don’t correspond directly. Typically,
a character has to be at least 19th level, not 10th level, to cast a
10th-level spell.

known anD PrePareD sPells

Before a spellcaster can use a spell, he or she must have
the spell firmly fixed in mind, or must have access to
the spell in a magic item. Members of a few classes,
including Instrumentalists, have a limited list of
spells they know that are always fixed in mind. The
same thing is true of many magic-using monsters. Other
spellcasters, such as Disciples and Mages, undergo a process
of preparing spells. This process varies for different classes, as
detailed in their descriptions.
In every case, the number of spells a caster can have fixed in mind
at any given time depends on the character’s level.
sPell slots
Regardless of how many spells a caster knows or prepares, he
or she can cast only a limited number of spells before resting.
Manipulating the fabric of magic and channeling its energy into
even a simple spell is physically and mentally taxing, and higher-
level spells are even more so. Thus, each spellcasting class’s
description includes a table showing how many spell slots of
each spell level a character can use at each character level. For
example, a 3rd-level Mage has four 1st-level spell slots and two
2nd-level slots.
When a character casts a spell, he or she expends a slot of that
spell’s level or higher, effectively “filling” a slot with the spell. You
can think of a spell slot as a groove of a certain size—small for a
1st-level slot, larger for a spell of higher level. A 1st-level spell fits
into a slot of any size, but a 10th-level spell fits only in a 10th-level
slot. So when Ted casts magic missile, a 1st-level spell, he spends
one of his four 1st-level slots and has three remaining.
Finishing a long rest restores any expended spell slots.
Some characters and monsters have special abilities that let them
cast spells without using spell slots.
castinG a sPell at a hiGher level
When a spellcaster casts a spell using a slot that is of a higher
level than the spell, the spell assumes the higher level for that
casting. For instance, if Quillan casts magic missile using one of
her 2nd-level slots, that magic missile is 2nd level. Effectively, the

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 spell expands to fill the slot it is put into.
Some spells, such as magic missile and cure wounds, have more
powerful effects when cast at a higher level, as detailed in a spell’s
description.
Cantrips
A cantrip is a spell that can be cast at will, without using a spell
slot and without being prepared in advance. Repeated practice
has fixed the spell in the caster’s mind and infused the caster with
the magic needed to produce the effect over and over. A cantrip’s
spell level is 0.
Rituals
Certain spells have a special tag: Ritual. Such a spell can be cast
following the normal rules for spellcasting, or the spell can be cast
as a ritual. The ritual version of a spell takes 10 minutes longer to
cast than normal.
It also doesn’t expend a spell slot, which means the ritual version
of a spell can’t be cast at a higher level. To cast a spell as a ritual,
a spellcaster must have a feature that grants the ability to do
so. The Disciple and the Druid, for example, have such a feature.
The caster must also have the spell prepared or on his or her list
of spells known, unless the character’s ritual feature specifies
otherwise, as the Mage’s does.
Casting a Spell
When a character casts any spell, the same basic rules are
followed, regardless of the character’s class or the spell’s effects.
Each spell description begins with a block of information,
including the spell’s name, level, casting time, range, duration and
components. The rest of a spell entry describes the spell’s effect.
Casting Time
Most spells require a single action to cast, but some spells require
a bonus action, a reaction, or much more time to cast.
Bonus Action
A spell cast with a bonus action is especially swift. You must use
a bonus action on your turn to cast the spell, provided that you
haven’t already taken a bonus action this turn. You can’t cast
another spell during the same turn, except for a cantrip with a
casting time of 1 action.
Reactions
Some spells can be cast as reactions. These spells take a fraction
of a second to bring about and are cast in response to some event.
If a spell can be cast as a reaction, the spell description tells you
exactly when you can do so.
Longer Casting Times
Certain spells (including spells cast as rituals) require more time to
cast: minutes or even hours. When you cast a spell with a casting
time longer than a single action or reaction, you must spend your
action each turn casting the spell, and you must maintain your
concentration while you do so (see “Concentration” below). If your
concentration is broken, the spell fails, but you don’t expend a spell
slot. If you want to try casting the spell again, you must start over.
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Range
The target of a spell must be within the spell’s range. For a spell
like magic missile, the target is a creature. For a spell like fireball,
the target is the point in space where the ball of fire erupts.
Most spells have ranges expressed in feet. Some spells can target
only a creature (including you) that you touch. Other spells, such
as the shield spell, affect only you. These spells have a range of
self.
Spells that create cones or lines of effect that originate from you
also have a range of self, indicating that the origin point of the
spell’s effect must be you (see “Areas of Effect”).
Once a spell is cast, its effects aren’t limited by its range, unless
the spell’s description says otherwise.
Components
Casting some spells requires particular objects, specified in
parentheses in the spell entry.
A character can use a component pouch or a spellcasting focus
in place of the components specified for a spell. But if a cost is
indicated for a component, a character must have that specific
component before he or she can cast the spell.
If a spell states that a material component is consumed by the
spell, the caster must provide this component for each casting of
the spell.
A spellcaster must have a hand free to access these components,
but it can be the same hand that he or she uses to perform somatic
components.
Duration
A spell’s duration is the length of time the spell persists. A duration
can be expressed in rounds, minutes, hours, or even years. Some
spells specify that their effects last until the spells are dispelled
or destroyed.
Instantaneous
Many spells are instantaneous. The spell harms, heals, creates,
or alters a creature or an object in a way that can’t be dispelled,
because its magic exists only for an instant.
Concentration
Some spells require you to maintain concentration in order to keep
their magic active. If you lose concentration, such a spell ends.
If a spell must be maintained with concentration, that fact appears
in its Duration entry, and the spell specifies how long you can
concentrate on it. You can end concentration at any time (no
action required).
Normal activity, such as moving and attacking, doesn’t interfere
with concentration. The following factors can break concentration:
• Casting another spell that requires concentration.
You lose concentration on a spell if you cast another spell that
requires concentration. You can’t concentrate on two spells at
once.
• Taking damage. Whenever you take damage while you are
concentrating on a spell, you must make a Constitution saving
throw to maintain your concentration. The DC equals 10 or half
the damage you take, whichever number is higher. If you take
damage from multiple sources, such as an arrow and a dragon’s
 breath, you make a separate saving throw for each source of
damage.
• Being incapacitated or killed. You lose concentration on a spell
if you are incapacitated or if you die.
The GM might also decide that certain environmental phenomena,
such as a wave crashing over you while you’re on a storm-tossed
ship, require you to succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw
to maintain concentration on a spell.
Targets
A typical spell requires you to pick one or more targets to be
affected by the spell’s magic. A spell’s description tells you
whether the spell targets creatures, objects, or a point of origin for
an area of effect (described below).
Unless a spell has a perceptible effect, a creature might not know
it was targeted by a spell at all. An effect like crackling lightning
is obvious, but a more subtle effect, such as an attempt to read a
creature’s thoughts, typically goes unnoticed, unless a spell says
otherwise.
A Clear Path to the Target
To target something, you must have a clear path to it, so it can’t be
behind total cover.
If you place an area of effect at a point that you can’t see and an
obstruction, such as a wall, is between you and that point, the point
of origin comes into being on the near side of that obstruction.
Targeting Yourself
If a spell targets a creature of your choice, you can choose yourself,
unless the creature must be hostile or specifically a creature other
than you. If you are in the area of effect of a spell you cast, you can
target yourself.
Areas of Effect
Spells such as burning hands and cone of cold cover an area,
allowing them to affect multiple creatures at once.
A spell’s description specifies its area of effect, which typically has
one of five different shapes: cone, cube, cylinder, line, or sphere.
Every area of effect has a point of origin, a location from which the
spell’s energy erupts. The rules for each shape specify how you
position its point of origin. Typically, a point of origin is a point in
space, but some spells have an area whose origin is a creature or
an object.
A spell’s effect expands in straight lines from the point of origin.
If no unblocked straight line extends from the point of origin to a
location within the area of effect, that location isn’t included in the
spell’s area. To block one of these imaginary lines, an obstruction
must provide total cover.
CONE. A cone extends in a direction you choose from its point of
origin. A cone’s width at a given point along its length is equal
to that point’s distance from the point of origin. A cone’s area of
effect specifies its maximum length.
A cone’s point of origin is not included in the cone’s area of effect,
unless you decide otherwise.
CUBE. You select a cube’s point of origin, which lies anywhere on a
face of the cubic effect. The cube’s size is expressed as the length
of each side.
A cube’s point of origin is not included in the cube’s area of effect,
unless you decide otherwise.
CYLINDER. A cylinder’s point of origin is the center of a circle of
a particular radius, as given in the spell description. The circle
must either be on the ground or at the height of the spell effect.
The energy in a cylinder expands in straight lines from the point
of origin to the perimeter of the circle, forming the base of the
cylinder. The spell’s effect then shoots up from the base or down
from the top, to a distance equal to the height of the cylinder.
A cylinder’s point of origin is included in the cylinder’s area of
effect.
LINE. A line extends from its point of origin in a straight path up to
its length and covers an area defined by its width.
A line’s point of origin is not included in the line’s area of effect,
unless you decide otherwise.
SPHERE. You select a sphere’s point of origin, and the sphere
extends outward from that point. The sphere’s size is expressed
as a radius in feet that extends from the point.
A sphere’s point of origin is included in the sphere’s area of effect.
Saving Throws
Many spells specify that a target can make a saving throw to avoid
some or all of a spell’s effects. The spell specifies the ability that
the target uses for the save and what happens on a success or
failure.
The DC to resist one of your spells equals 8 + your spellcasting
ability modifier + your proficiency bonus + any special modifiers.
Attack Rolls
Some spells require the caster to make an attack roll to determine
whether the spell effect hits the intended target. Your attack bonus
with a spell attack equals your spellcasting ability modifier + your
proficiency bonus.
Most spells that require attack rolls involve ranged attacks.
Remember that you have disadvantage on a ranged attack roll if
you are within 5 feet of a hostile creature that can see you and that
isn’t incapacitated.
Combining Magical Effects
The effects of different spells add together while the durations of
those spells overlap. The effects of the same spell cast multiple
times don’t combine, however. Instead, the most potent effect—
such as the highest bonus—from those castings applies while
their durations overlap.
For example, if two Disciples cast bless on the same target, that
character gains the spell’s benefit only once; he or she doesn’t get
to roll two bonus dice.
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 DIVINE SPELLS Crusader’s Mantle 7TH LEVEL 2ND LEVEL
CANTRIPS (0 LEVEL) Daylight Conjure Celestial Acid Arrow
Guidance Dispel Magic Divine Word Animal Messenger
Light Divine-Bullet (TL 1) Etherealness Arc Cannon (TL 1)
Mending Feign Death Fire Storm Barkskin
Resistance Glyph of Warding Plane Shift Beast Sense
Revivify Magic Circle Regenerate Cordon of Arrows
Sacred Flame Mass Healing Word Resurrection Darkvision
Spare the Dying Meld into Stone Symbol Enhance Ability
Thaumaturgy Protection from Energy 8TH LEVEL Find Traps
1ST LEVEL Remove Curse Antimagic Field Flame Blade
Bane Sending Create Food and Water Flaming Sphere
Bless Speak with Dead Control Weather Find Steed
Command Spirit Guardians Earthquake Gust of Wind
Compelled Duel Tongues Holy Aura Heat Metal
Cure Wounds Water Walk 9TH LEVEL Hold Person
Detect Good and Evil 4TH LEVEL Astral Projection Lesser Restoration
Detect Magic Aura of Life Mass Heal Locate Animals or Plants
Detect Poison and Disease Aura of Purity Power Word Heal Locate Object
Divine Favor Banishment True Resurrection Misty Step
Guiding Bolt Control Water ELEMENTAL SPELLS Moonbeam
Healing Word Death Ward CANTRIPS (0 LEVEL) Pass without Trace
Heroism Divination Blood-Lightning Bullet (TL 1) Protection from Poison
Protection from Evil and Good Drop Shield Druidcraft Silence
Purify Food and Drink Freedom of Movement Guidance Soften the Sword
Sanctuary Guardian of Faith Mending Spike Growth
Shield of Faith Locate Creature Poison Spray 3RD LEVEL
2ND LEVEL Stone Shape Ray of Frost Call Lightning
Aid 5TH LEVEL Resistance Conjure Animals
Augury Circle of Power Shillelagh Conjure Barrage
Blindness/Deafness Commune Thorn Whip Daylight
Calm Emotions Dispel Evil and Good 1ST LEVEL Dispel Magic
Continual Flame Flame Strike Alarm Elemental Bullets (TL 1)
Enhance Ability Geas Animal Friendship Feign Death
Find Steed Greater Restoration Charm Person Hydraulic Beam (TL 1)
Find Traps Hallow Cure Wounds Lightning Arrow
Gentle Repose Insect Plague Detect Magic Meld into Stone
Hold Person Legend Lore Detect Poison and Disease Non-Detection
Lesser Restoration Mass Cure Wounds Ensnaring Strike Plant Growth
Locate Object Planar Binding Entangle Protection from Energy
Prayer of Healing Raise Dead Faerie Fire Sleet Storm
Protection from Bullets (TL 1) Scrying Fog Cloud Speak with Plants
Protection from Poison 6TH LEVEL Goodberry Water Breathing
Silence Blade Barrier Hail of Thorns Water Walk
Spiritual Weapon Create or Destroy Water Healing Word Wind Wall
Warding Bond Find the Path Hunter’s Mark 4TH LEVEL
Zone of Truth Forbiddance Ice Bayonet (TL 1) Blight
3RD LEVEL Heal Jump Confusion
Animate Dead Heroes’ Feast Longstrider Conjure Minor Elementals
Aura of Vitality Planar Ally Panic Line Conjure Woodland Beings
Beacon of Hope True Seeing Purify Food and Drink Control Water
Bestow Curse Word of Recall Speak with Animals Dominate Beast
Clairvoyance Thunderwave Faithful Hound

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Freedom of Movement Feeblemind Witch Bolt 4TH LEVEL
Giant Insect Sunburst 2ND LEVEL Banishment
Grasping Vine Tsunami Animal Messenger Black Tentacles
Hallucinatory Terrain 9TH LEVEL Arc Cannon (TL 1) Blight
Ice Storm Foresight Blindness/Deafness Compulsion
Locate Creature Shapechange Calm Emotions Confusion
Polymorph Storm of Vengeance Cloud of Daggers Create Undead
Stone Shape OCCULT SPELLS Crown of Madness Dimension Door
Stoneskin CANTRIPS (0 LEVEL) Darkness Freedom of Movement
Vortex Blood-Lightning Bullet (TL 1) Detect Thoughts Ghost Bullets (TL 1)
Wall of Fire Chill Touch Enhance Ability Greater Invisibility
5TH LEVEL Dancing Lights Enthrall Hallucinatory Terrain
Awaken Daring Ditty Heat Metal Locate Creature
Commune with Nature Eldritch Blast Hold Person Polymorph
Conjure Elemental Friends Invisibility 5TH LEVEL
Conjure Firing Squad (TL 1) Mending Knock Animate Objects
Conjure Volley Message Lesser Restoration Antilife Shell
Contagion Minor Illusion Locate Animals or Plants Awaken
Geas Poison Spray Locate Object Conjure Firing Squad (TL 1)
Greater Restoration Prestidigitation Mirror Image Contact Other Plane
Insect Plague Produce Flame Misty Step Contagion
Mass Cure Wounds True Strike Phantasmal Force Dominate Person
Planar Binding Vicious Mockery Ray of Enfeeblement Dream
Reincarnate Ward See Invisibility Geas
Scrying 1ST LEVEL Shatter Greater Restoration
Swift Ammunition Animal Friendship Silence Hold Monster
Wall of Stone Bane Spider Climb Legend Lore
6TH LEVEL Charm Person Spiritual Firearm (TL 1) Mislead
Create or Destroy Water Comprehend Languages Suggestion Modify Memory
Find the Path Cure Wounds Zone of Truth Planar Binding
Freezing Sphere Detect Magic 3RD LEVEL Raise Dead
Greater Panic Line Disguise Self Animate Dead Scrying
Heal Dissonant Whispers Bestow Curse Seeming
Heroes’ Feast Expeditious Retreat Clairvoyance Teleportation Circle
Move Earth Faerie Fire Counterspell 6TH LEVEL
Planar Ally False Life Dispel Magic Circle of Death
Sunbeam Feather Fall Fear Create Undead
Transport via Plants Healing Word Feign Death Eyebite
Wall of Thorns Hellish Rebuke Fly Find the Path
Wind Walk Heroism Gaseous Form Flesh to Stone
7TH LEVEL Hex Glyph of Warding Guards and Wards
Fire Storm Identify Hypnotic Pattern Harm
Mirage Arcane Illusory Script Magic Circle Magic Jar
Plane Shift Inflict Wounds Major Image Mass Suggestion
Regenerate Jinx Non-Detection Planar Ally
Reverse Gravity Longstrider Remove Curse Programmed Illusion
8TH LEVEL Protection from Evil and Good Rotting Strike True Seeing
Animal Shapes Ray of Sickness Sending 7TH LEVEL
Antipathy/Sympathy Silent Image Speak with Dead Etherealness
Control Weather Sleep Stinking Cloud Finger of Death
Cryobomb (TL 1) Speak with Animals Tongues Forcecage
Earthquake Thunderwave Vampiric Touch Mirage Arcane
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 Plane Shift Ice Bayonet (TL 1) 3RD LEVEL 5TH LEVEL
Power Word Blind Identify Blink Animate Objects
Project Image Illusory Script Clairvoyance Arcane Hand
Resurrection Jump Counterspell CloudkilI
Symbol Longstrider Daylight Cone of Cold
Teleport Mage Armor Dispel Magic Conjure Elemental
8TH LEVEL Magic Missile Elemental Bullets (TL 1) Conjure Firing Squad (TL 1)
Demiplane Power Simple Device (TL 1) Fear Contact Other Plane
Dominate Monster Shield Feign Death Creation
Feeblemind Silent Image Fireball Dominate Person
Glibness Sleep Fly Dream
Mind Blank Thunderwave Gaseous Form Geas
Power Word Stun Unseen Servant Glyph of Warding Hold Monster
9TH LEVEL Witch Bolt Haste Insect Plague
Astral Projection 2ND LEVEL Hypnotic Pattern Legend Lore
Foresight Alter Self Lightning Bolt Mislead
Imprisonment Arc Cannon (TL 1) Magic Circle Modify Memory
True Polymorph Arcane Lock Major Image Passwall
ARCANE SPELLS Blindness/Deafness Non-Detection Planar Binding
CANTRIPS (0 LEVEL) Blur Phantom Steed Scrying
Acid Splash Cloud of Daggers Protection from Energy Seeming
Dancing Lights Continual Flame Remove Curse Telekinesis
Fire Bolt Crown of Madness Sending Teleportation Circle
Friends Cryostasis (TL 1) Sleet Storm Wall of Force
Light Darkness Slow Wall of Stone
Mage Hand Darkvision Stinking Cloud 6TH LEVEL
Mending Detect Thoughts Tongues Arcane Gate
Message Enhance Ability Water Breathing Chain Lightning
Minor Illusion Enlarge/Reduce Water Walk Chromatic Wave
Poison Spray Enthrall 4TH LEVEL Contingency
Prestidigitation Flaming Sphere Arcane Eye Create Food and Water
Produce Flame Gentle Repose Banishment Disintegrate
Ray of Frost Gust of Wind Confusion Flesh to Stone
Shocking Grasp Heat Metal Conjure Minor Elementals Globe of Invulnerability
True Strike Hold Person Control Water Guards and Wards
Ward Invisibility Dimension Door Instant Summons
1ST LEVEL Knock Dominate Beast Mass Suggestion
Alarm Levitate Fabricate Move Earth
Burning Hands Locate Object Fire Shield Programmed Illusion
Charm Person Magic Mouth Greater Invisibility Sunbeam
Chromatic Orb Magic Weapon Hallucinatory Terrain True Seeing
Color Spray Mirror Image Ice Storm Wall of Ice
Comprehend Languages Misty Step Locate Creature 7TH LEVEL
Delayed Chromatic Blast Phantasmal Force Phantasmal Killer Arcane Sword
Detect Magic Protection from Bullets (TL 1) Polymorph Delayed Blast Fireball
Disguise Self Rope Trick Private Sanctum Etherealness
Expeditious Retreat Scorching Ray Quick Load (TL 1) Fire Storm
Feather Fall See Invisibility Secret Chest Forcecage
Find Familiar Shatter Stone Shape Mirage Arcane
Floating Disk Spider Climb Stoneskin Magnificent Mansion
Fog Cloud Spiritual Firearm (TL 1) Wall of Fire Plane Shift
Frag Blast (TL 1) Suggestion Power Word Blind
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 SPELLS
Prismatic Spray
Project Image
Reverse Gravity
Sequester This chapter describes the most common spells.
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Symbol
Teleport
Wall of Iron
8TH LEVEL
Antimagic Field
Acid Arrow 2nd-Level
Antipathy/Sympathy Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet
Clone Duration: Instantaneous
Control Weather A shimmering green arrow streaks toward a target within range
Cryobomb (TL 1) and bursts in a spray of acid. Make a ranged spell attack against
Demiplane the target. On a hit, the target takes 4d4 acid damage immediately
Dominate Monster and 2d4 acid damage at the end of its next turn. On a miss, the
arrow splashes the target with acid for half as much of the initial
Earthquake
damage and no damage at the end of its next turn.
Feeblemind
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
Incendiary Cloud level or higher, the damage (both initial and later) increases by 1d4
Maze for each slot level above 2nd.
Mind Blank
Power Word Stun
Sunburst
Acid Splash Cantrip
Telepathy Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
9TH LEVEL Duration: Instantaneous
Astral Projection
You hurl a bubble of acid. Choose one creature within range, or
Foresight choose two creatures within range that are within 5 feet of each
Imprisonment other. A target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take
Meteor Swarm 1d6 acid damage.
Prismatic Wall This spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level
Shapechange (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).
Time Stop
True Polymorph Aid 2nd-Level
Weird
Wish Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
10TH LEVEL Duration: 8hours
Gate Your spell bolsters your allies with toughness and resolve. Choose
Hyper Beam up to three creatures within range. Each target’s hit point maximum
and current hit points increase by 5 for the duration.
Pocket Nuke (TL 1)
Power Word Kill At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
level or higher, a target’s hit points increase by an additional 5 for
each slot level above 2nd.

Alarm (Ritual) 1st-Level

Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 30 feet
Duration: 8 hours
You set an alarm against unwanted intrusion. Choose a door, a
window, or an area within range that is no larger than a 20-foot
cube. Until the spell ends, an alarm alerts you whenever a Tiny or
larger creature touches or enters the warded area. When you cast
the spell, you can designate creatures that won’t set off the alarm.
You also choose whether the alarm is mental or audible.
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 within 1 mile of the warded area. This ping awakens you if you are
sleeping.
An audible alarm produces the sound of a hand bell for 10 seconds
within 60 feet.
Alter Self 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You assume a different form. When you cast the spell, choose one
of the following options, the effects of which last for the duration
of the spell. While the spell lasts, you can end one option as an
action to gain the benefits of a different one.
AQUATIC ADAPTATION. You adapt your body to an aquatic
environment, sprouting gills and growing webbing between your
fingers. You can breathe underwater and gain a swimming speed
equal to your walking speed.
CHANGE APPEARANCE. You transform your appearance. You
decide what you look like, including your height, weight, facial
features, sound of your voice, hair length, coloration, and
distinguishing characteristics, if any.
You can make yourself appear as a member of another race, though
none of your statistics change. You also can’t appear as a creature
of a different size than you, and your basic shape stays the same;
if you’re bipedal, you can’t use this spell to become quadrupedal,
for instance. At any time for the duration of the spell, you can use
your action to change your appearance in this way again.
NATURAL WEAPONS. You grow claws, fangs, spines, horns, or a
different natural weapon of your choice. Your unarmed strikes deal
1d6 bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage, as appropriate to
the natural weapon you chose, and you are proficient with your
unarmed strikes. Finally, the natural weapon is magic and you
have a +1 bonus to the attack and damage rolls you make using it.
Animal Friendship 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 24 hours
This spell lets you convince a beast that you mean it no harm.
Choose a beast that you can see within range.
It must see and hear you. If the beast’s Intelligence is 4 or higher,
the spell fails. Otherwise, the beast must succeed on a Wisdom
saving throw or be charmed by you for the spell’s duration. If you
or one of your companions harms the target, the spells ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, you can affect one additional beast for each slot
level above 1st.
Animal Messenger (Ritual) 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 24 hours
By means of this spell, you use an animal to deliver a message.
Choose a Tiny beast you can see within range, such as a squirrel,
a blue jay, or a bat. You specify a location, which you must have
visited, and a recipient who matches a general description, such
as “a man or woman dressed in the uniform of the town guard”
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or “a red-haired dwarf wearing a pointed hat.” You also speak a
message of up to twenty-five words. The target beast travels for
the duration of the spell toward the specified location, covering
about 50 miles per 24 hours for a flying messenger, or 25 miles for
other animals.
When the messenger arrives, it delivers your message to the
creature that you described, replicating the sound of your voice.
The messenger speaks only to a creature matching the description
you gave. If the messenger doesn’t reach its destination before the
spell ends, the message is lost, and the beast makes its way back
to where you cast this spell.
At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3nd level
or higher, the duration of the spell increases by 48 hours for each
slot level above 2nd.
Animal Shapes 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 24 hours
Your magic turns others into beasts. Choose any number of willing
creatures that you can see within range. You transform each
target into the form of a Large or smaller beast with a challenge
rating of 4 or lower. On subsequent turns, you can use your action
to transform affected creatures into new forms.
The transformation lasts for the duration for each target, or until
the target drops to 0 hit points or dies. You can choose a different
form for each target. A target’s game statistics are replaced by
the statistics of the chosen beast, though the target retains its
alignment and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. The
target assumes the hit points of its new form, and when it reverts
to its normal form, it returns to the number of hit points it had
before it transformed. If it reverts as a result of dropping to 0 hit
points, any excess damage carries over to its normal form. As
long as the excess damage doesn’t reduce the creature’s normal
form to 0 hit points, it isn’t knocked unconscious. The creature is
limited in the actions it can perform by the nature of its new form,
and it can’t speak or cast spells.
The target’s gear melds into the new form. The target can’t
activate, wield, or otherwise benefit from any of its equipment.
Animate Dead 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 10 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
This spell creates an undead servant. Choose a pile of bones or a
corpse of a Medium or Small humanoid within range. Your spell
imbues the target with a foul mimicry of life, raising it as an undead
creature. The target becomes a skeleton if you chose bones or a
zombie if you chose a corpse (the GM has the creature’s game
statistics).
On each of your turns, you can use a bonus action to mentally
command any creature you made with this spell if the creature
is within 60 feet of you (if you control multiple creatures, you can
command any or all of them at the same time, issuing the same
command to each one). You decide what action the creature will
take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue
a general command, such as to guard a particular chamber or
corridor. If you issue no commands, the creature only defends
itself against hostile creatures. Once given an order, the creature
continues to follow it until its task is complete.
The creature is under your control for 24 hours, after which it stops
obeying any command you’ve given it. To maintain control of the
creature for another 24 hours, you must cast this spell on the
creature again before the current 24-hour period ends. This use of
the spell reasserts your control over up to four creatures you have
animated with this spell, rather than animating a new one.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
4th level or higher, you animate or reassert control over two
additional undead creatures for each slot level above 3rd. Each of
the creatures must come from a different corpse or pile of bones.
Animate Objects 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Objects come to life at your command. Choose up to ten
nonmagical objects within range that are not being worn or carried.
Medium targets count as two objects, Large targets count as four
objects, Huge targets count as eight objects. You can’t animate
any object larger than Huge. Each target animates and becomes
a creature under your control until the spell ends or until reduced
to 0 hit points.
As a bonus action, you can mentally command any creature you
made with this spell if the creature is within 500 feet of you (if
you control multiple creatures, you can command any or all of
them at the same time, issuing the same command to each one).
You decide what action the creature will take and where it will
move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command,
such as to guard a particular chamber or corridor. If you issue
no commands, the creature only defends itself against hostile
creatures. Once given an order, the creature continues to follow it
until its task is complete.
An animated object is a construct with AC, hit points, attacks,
Strength, and Dexterity determined by its size. Its Constitution is
10 and its Intelligence and Wisdom are 3, and its Charisma is 1.
Its speed is 30 feet; if the object lacks legs or other appendages
it can use for locomotion, it instead has a flying speed of 30 feet
and can hover. If the object is securely attached to a surface or
a larger object, such as a chain bolted to a wall, its speed is 0. It
has blindsight with a radius of 30 feet and is blind beyond that
distance. When the animated object drops to 0 hit points, it reverts
to its original object form, and any remaining damage carries over
to its original object form.
If you command an object to attack, it can make a single melee
attack against a creature within 5 feet of it. It makes a slam attack
with an attack bonus and bludgeoning damage determined by its
size. The GM might rule that a specific object inflicts slashing or
piercing damage based on its form.
At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th
level or higher, you can animate two additional objects for each
slot level above 5th.
Antilife Shell 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (10-foot radius)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
A shimmering barrier extends out from you in a 10-foot radius
and moves with you, remaining centered on you and hedging out
creatures other than undead and constructs. The barrier lasts for
the duration.
The barrier prevents an affected creature from passing or reaching
through. An affected creature can cast spells or make attacks with
ranged or reach weapons through the barrier.
If you move so that an affected creature is forced to pass through
the barrier, the spell ends.
Antimagic Field 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (10-foot-radius sphere)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
(a pinch of powdered iron or iron filings)
A 10-foot-radius invisible sphere of antimagic surrounds you.
This area is divorced from the magical energy that suffuses the
multiverse. Within the sphere, spells can’t be cast, summoned
creatures disappear, and even magic items become mundane.
Until the spell ends, the sphere moves with you, centered on you.
Spells and other magical effects, except those created by an
artifact or a deity, are suppressed in the sphere and can’t protrude
into it. A slot expended to cast a suppressed spell is consumed.
While an effect is suppressed, it doesn’t function, but the time it
spends suppressed counts against its duration.
Targeted Effects. Spells and other magical effects, such as magic
missile and charm person, that target a creature or an object in the
sphere have no effect on that target.
Areas of Magic. The area of another spell or magical effect, such
as fireball, can’t extend into the sphere.
If the sphere overlaps an area of magic, the part of the area that
is covered by the sphere is suppressed. For example, the flames
created by a wall of fire are suppressed within the sphere, creating
a gap in the wall if the overlap is large enough.
Spells. Any active spell or other magical effect on a creature or an
object in the sphere is suppressed while the creature or object is
in it.
Magic Items. The properties and powers of magic items are
suppressed in the sphere. For example, a +1 longsword in the
sphere functions as a nonmagical longsword.
A magic weapon’s properties and powers are suppressed if it is
used against a target in the sphere or wielded by an attacker in the
sphere. If a magic weapon or a piece of magic ammunition fully
leaves the sphere (for example, if you fire a magic arrow or throw a
magic spear at a target outside the sphere), the magic of the item
ceases to be suppressed as soon as it exits.
Magical Travel. Teleportation and planar travel fail to work in the
sphere, whether the sphere is the destination or the departure
point for such magical travel. A portal to another location, world, or
plane of existence, as well as an opening to an extradimensional
space such as that created by the rope trick spell, temporarily
closes while in the sphere.
Creatures and Objects. A creature or object summoned or created
by magic temporarily winks out of existence in the sphere. Such a
creature instantly reappears once the space the creature occupied
is no longer within the sphere.
Dispel Magic. Spells and magical effects such as dispelmagic
have no effect on the sphere. Likewise, the spheres created by
different antimagic field spells don’t nullify each other.
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 Antipathy/Sympathy 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 hour Range: 60 feet
Duration: 10 days
(either a lump of alum soaked in vinegar for the antipathy effect or
a drop of honey for the sympathy effect)
This spell attracts or repels creatures of your choice. You target
something within range, either a Huge or smaller object or creature
or an area that is no larger than a 200-foot cube. Then specify
a kind of intelligent creature, such as red dragons, goblins, or
vampires. You invest the target with an aura that either attracts or
repels the specified creatures for the duration. Choose antipathy
or sympathy as the aura’s effect.
Antipathy. The enchantment causes creatures of the kind you
designated to feel an intense urge to leave the area and avoid the
target. When such a creature can see the target or comes within
60 feet of it, the creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw
or become frightened. The creature remains frightened while it
can see the target or is within 60 feet of it. While frightened by the
target, the creature must use its movement to move to the nearest
safe spot from which it can’t see the target. If the creature moves
more than 60 feet from the target and can’t see it, the creature is
no longer frightened, but the creature becomes frightened again if
it regains sight of the target or moves within 60 feet of it.
Sympathy. The enchantment causes the specified creatures to
feel an intense urge to approach the target while within 60 feet of it
or able to see it. When such a creature can see the target or comes
within 60 feet of it, the creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving
throw or use its movement on each of its turns to enter the area or
move within reach of the target. When the creature has done so, it
can’t willingly move away from the target.
If the target damages or otherwise harms an affected creature,
the affected creature can make a Wisdom saving throw to end the
effect, as described below.
Ending the Effect. If an affected creature ends its turn while not
within 60 feet of the target or able to see it, the creature makes
a Wisdom saving throw. On a successful save, the creature is
no longer affected by the target and recognizes the feeling of
repugnance or attraction as magical. In addition, a creature
affected by the spell is allowed another Wisdom saving throw
every 24 hours while the spell persists.
A creature that successfully saves against this effect is immune to
it for 1 minute, after which time it can be affected again.
Arc Cannon (TL 1) 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
You evoke a gun that shoots lightning bolts in your free hand. The
gun is similar in size, shape, and function to a flintlock pistol or a
pistol, if appropriate for the setting, and lasts for the duration. If
you let go of the cannon, it disappears, but you can evoke the gun
again as a bonus action.
You can use your action to make a ranged spell attack with the
sparking gun, with a range equal to the long range of the gun. On
a hit, the target takes 3d6 lightning damage. You have advantage
on attack rolls against objects or creatures made entirely of metal,
such as a steel pole or an iron golem.
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Arcane Eye 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You create an invisible, magical eye within range that hovers in the
air for the duration.
You mentally receive visual information from the eye, which has
normal vision and darkvision out to 30 feet. The eye can look in
every direction.
As an action, you can move the eye up to 30 feet in any direction.
There is no limit to how far away from you the eye can move, but
it can’t enter another plane of existence. A solid barrier blocks
the eye’s movement, but the eye can pass through an opening as
small as 1 inch in diameter.
Arcane Gate 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 500 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
You create linked teleportation portals that remain open for the
duration. Choose two points on the ground that you can see, one
point within 10 feet of you and one point within 500 feet of you. A
circular portal, 10 feet in diameter, opens over each point. If the
portal would open in the space occupied by a creature, the spell
fails, and the casting is lost.
The portals are two-dimensional glowing rings filled with mist,
hovering inches from the ground and perpendicular to it at the
points you choose. A ring is visible only from one side (your
choice), which is the side that functions as a portal.
Any creature or object entering the portal exits from the other
portal as if the two were adjacent to each other; passing through
a portal from the nonportal side has no effect. The mist that fills
each portal is opaque and blocks vision through it. On your turn,
you can rotate the rings as a bonus action so that the active side
faces in a different direction.
Arcane Hand 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
You create a Large hand of shimmering, translucent force in an
unoccupied space that you can see within range. The hand lasts
for the spell’s duration, and it moves at your command, mimicking
the movements of your own hand.
The hand is an object that has AC 20 and hit points equal to your
hit point maximum. If it drops to 0 hit points, the spell ends. It has
a Strength of 26 (+8) and a Dexterity of 10 (+0). The hand doesn’t
fill its space.
When you cast the spell and as a bonus action on your subsequent
turns, you can move the hand up to 60 feet and then cause one of
the following effects with it.
Clenched Fist: The hand strikes one creature or object within 5
feet of it. Make a melee spell attack for the hand using your game
statistics. On a hit, the target takes 4d8 force damage.
Forceful Hand: The hand attempts to push a creature within 5
feet of it in a direction you choose. Make a check with the hand’s
Strength contested by the Strength (Athletics) check of the target.
If the target is Medium or smaller, you have advantage on the
check. If you succeed, the hand pushes the target up to 5 feet
plus a number of feet equal to five times your spellcasting ability
modifier. The hand moves with the target to remain within 5 feet
of it.
Grasping Hand: The hand attempts to grapple a Huge or smaller
creature within 5 feet of it. You use the hand’s Strength score to
resolve the grapple. If the target is Medium or smaller, you have
advantage on the check. While the hand is grappling the target,
you can use a bonus action to have the hand crush it. When you
do so, the target takes bludgeoning damage equal to 2d6 + your
spellcasting ability modifier.
Interposing Hand: The hand interposes itself between you and a
creature you choose until you give the hand a different command.
The hand moves to stay between you and the target, providing you
with half cover against the target. The target can’t move through
the hand’s space if its Strength score is less than or equal to the
hand’s Strength score. If its Strength score is higher than the
hand’s Strength score, the target can move toward you through
the hand’s space, but that space is difficult terrain for the target.
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th
level or higher, the damage from the clenched fist option increases
by 2d8 and the damage from the grasping hand increases by 2d6
for each slot level above 5th.
Arcane Lock 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Until dispelled
(gold dust worth at least 25 Bu, which the spell consumes)
You touch a closed door, window, gate, chest, or other entryway,
and it becomes locked for the duration. You and the creatures
you designate when you cast this spell can open the object
normally. You can also set a password that, when spoken within
5 feet of the object, suppresses this spell for 1 minute. Otherwise,
it is impassable until it is broken or the spell is dispelled or
suppressed. Casting knock on the object suppresses arcane lock
for 10 minutes.
While affected by this spell, the object is more difficult to break or
force open; the DC to break it or pick any locks on it increases by
10.
Arcane Sword 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You create a sword-shaped plane of force that hovers within
range. It lasts for the Duration.
When the sword appears, you make a melee spell Attack against
a target of your choice within 5 feet of the sword. On a hit. the
target takes 3d10 force damage. Until the spell ends, you can use
a Bonus Action on each of your turns to move the sword up to 20
feet to a spot you can see and repeat this Attack against the same
target or a different one.
Astral Projection 9th-Level
Casting Time: 1 hour Range: 10 feet
Duration: Special
(for each creature you affect with this spell, you must provide one
jacinth worth at least 1,000 Bu and one ornately carved bar of
silver worth at least 100 Bu, all of which the spell consumes)
You and up to eight willing creatures within range project your
astral bodies into the Netherworld (the spell fails and the casting
is wasted if you are already on that plane). The material body
you leave behind is unconscious and in a state of suspended
animation; it doesn’t need food or air and doesn’t age.
Your astral body resembles your mortal form in almost every way,
replicating your game statistics and possessions. The principal
difference is the addition of a silvery cord that extends from
between your shoulder blades and trails behind you, fading to
invisibility after 1 foot. This cord is your tether to your material
body. As long as the tether remains intact, you can find your way
home. If the cord is cut—something that can happen only when
an effect specifically states that it does—your soul and body are
separated, killing you instantly.
Your astral form can freely travel through the Netherworld and can
pass through portals there leading to any other plane. If you enter
a new plane or return to the plane you were on when casting this
spell, your body and possessions are transported along the silver
cord, allowing you to re-enter your body as you enter the new
plane. Your astral form is a separate incarnation. Any damage or
other effects that apply to it have no effect on your physical body,
nor do they persist when you return to it.
The spell ends for you and your companions when you use your
action to dismiss it. When the spell ends, the affected creature
returns to its physical body, and it awakens.
The spell might also end early for you or one of your companions.
A successful dispelmagic spell used against an astral or physical
body ends the spell for that creature. If a creature’s original body
or its astral form drops to 0 hit points, the spell ends for that
creature. If the spell ends and the silver cord is intact, the cord
pulls the creature’s astral form back to its body, ending its state of
suspended animation.
If you are returned to your body prematurely, your companions
remain in their astral forms and must find their own way back to
their bodies, usually by dropping to 0 hit points.
Augury (Ritual) 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self
Duration: Instantaneous
(specially marked sticks, bones, or similar tokens worth at least
25 Bu)
By casting gem-inlaid sticks, rolling dragon bones, laying out
ornate cards, or employing some other divining tool, you receive
an omen from an otherworldly entity about the results of a specific
course of action that you plan to take within the next 30 minutes.
The GM chooses from the following possible omens:
• Weal, for good results
• Woe, for bad results
• Weal and woe, for both good and bad results
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 • Nothing, for results that aren’t especially good or bad
The spell doesn’t take into account any possible circumstances
that might change the outcome, such as the casting of additional
spells or the loss or gain of a companion.
If you cast the spell two or more times before completing your next
long rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each casting
after the first that you get a random reading. The GM makes this
roll in secret.
Aura of Life 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot radius)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
Life-preserving energy radiates from you in an aura with a 30-foot
radius. Until the spell ends, the aura moves with you, centered
on you. Each non-hostile creature in the aura (including you) has
resistance to necrotic damage, and its hit point maximum can’t
be reduced. In addition, a non-hostile, living creature regains 1 hit
point when it starts its turn in the aura with 0 hit points.
Aura of Purity 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot radius)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
Purifying energy radiates from you in an aura with a 30-foot radius.
Until the spell ends, the aura moves with you, centered on you.
Each nonhostile creature in the aura (including you) can’t become
diseased, has resistance to poison damage, and has advantage
on saving throws against effects that cause any of the following
conditions: blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, paralyzed,
poisoned, and stunned.
Aura of Vitality 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot radius)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Healing energy radiates from you in an aura with a 30-foot radius.
Until the spell ends, the aura moves with you, centered on you.
You can use a bonus action to cause one creature in the aura
(including you) to regain 2d6 hit points.
Awaken 5th-Level
Casting Time: 8 hours Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
(an agate worth at least 1,000 Bu, which the spell consumes)
After spending the casting time tracing magical pathways within
a precious gemstone, you touch a Huge or smaller beast or plant.
The target must have either no Intelligence score or an Intelligence
of 3 or less. The target gains an Intelligence of 10. The target also
gains the ability to speak one language you know. If the target is a
plant, it gains the ability to move its limbs, roots, vines, creepers,
and so forth, and it gains senses similar to a human’s. Your GM
chooses statistics appropriate for the awakened plant, such as the
statistics for the awakened shrub or the awakened tree.
The awakened beast or plant is charmed by you for 30 days or
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until you or your companions do anything harmful to it. When the
charmed condition ends, the awakened creature chooses whether
to remain friendly to you, based on how you treated it while it was
charmed.
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Bane 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
Up to three creatures of your choice that you can see within range
must make Charisma saving throws. Whenever a target that fails
this saving throw makes an attack roll or a saving throw before the
spell ends, the target must roll a d4 and subtract the number rolled
from the attack roll or saving throw.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot
level above 1st.
Banishment 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
(an item distasteful to the target)
You attempt to send one creature that you can see within range
to another plane of existence. The target must succeed on a
Charisma saving throw or be banished.
If the target is native to the plane of existence you’re on, you
banish the target to a harmless pocket universe. While there, the
target is incapacitated. The target remains there until the spell
ends, at which point the target reappears in the space it left or in
the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied.
If the target is native to a different plane of existence than the
one you’re on, the target is banished with a faint popping noise,
returning to its home plane.
If the spell ends before 1 minute has passed, the target reappears
in the space it left or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space
is occupied. Otherwise, the target doesn’t return.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th
level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot
level above 4th.
Barkskin 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You touch a willing creature. Until the spell ends, the target’s skin
has a rough, bark-like appearance, and the target’s AC can’t be
less than 16, regardless of what kind of armor it is wearing.
Beacon of Hope 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
This spell bestows hope and vitality. Choose any number of
creatures within range. For the duration, each target has advantage
on Wisdom saving throws and death saving throws, and regains
the maximum number of hit points possible from any healing.
Beast Sense (Ritual) 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You touch a willing beast. For the duration of the spell, you can
use your action to see through the beast’s eyes and hear what it
hears, and continue to do so until you use your action to return to
your normal senses.
Bestow Curse 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You touch a creature, and that creature must succeed on a
Wisdom saving throw or become cursed for the duration of the
spell. When you cast this spell, choose the nature of the curse
from the following options:
• Choose one ability score. While cursed, the target has
disadvantage on ability checks and saving throws made with that
ability score.
• While cursed, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls
against you.
• While cursed, the target must make a Wisdom saving throw at
the start of each of its turns. If it fails, it wastes its action that
turn doing nothing.
• While the target is cursed, your attacks and spells deal an extra
1d8 necrotic damage to the target.
A remove curse spell ends this effect. At the GM’s option, you
may choose an alternative curse effect, but it should be no more
powerful than those described above. The GM has final say on
such a curse’s effect.
At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th
level or higher, the duration is concentration, up to 10 minutes. If
you use a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the duration is 8 hours. If
you use a spell slot of 7th level or higher, the duration is 24 hours.
If you use a 9th level spell slot, the spell lasts until it is dispelled.
Using a spell slot of 5th level or higher grants a duration that
doesn’t require concentration.
Black Tentacles 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
(a piece of tentacle from a giant octopus or a giant squid)
Squirming, ebony tentacles fill a 20-foot square on ground that
you can see within range. For the duration, these tentacles turn the
ground in the area into difficult terrain.
When a creature enters the affected area for the first time on a turn
or starts its turn there, the creature must succeed on a Dexterity
saving throw or take 3d6 bludgeoning damage and be restrained
by the tentacles until the spell ends. A creature that starts its turn
in the area and is already restrained by the tentacles takes 3d6
bludgeoning damage.
A creature restrained by the tentacles can use its action to make a
Strength or Dexterity check (its choice) against your spell save DC.
On a success, it frees itself.
Blade Barrier 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
You create a vertical wall of whirling, razor-sharp blades made of
magical energy. The wall appears within range and lasts for the
duration. You can make a straight wall up to 100 feet long, 20 feet
high, and 5 feet thick, or a ringed wall up to 60 feet in diameter, 20
feet high, and 5 feet thick. The wall provides three-quarters cover
to creatures behind it, and its space is difficult terrain.
When a creature enters the wall’s area for the first time on a turn
or starts its turn there, the creature must make a Dexterity saving
throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 6d10 slashing damage.
On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage.
Bless 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
(a sprinkling of holy water)
You bless up to three creatures of your choice within range.
Whenever a target makes an attack roll or a saving throw before
the spell ends, the target can roll a d4 and add the number rolled
to the attack roll or saving throw.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot
level above 1st.
Blight 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
Necromantic energy washes over a creature of your choice that
you can see within range, draining moisture and vitality from it.
The target must make a Constitution saving throw. The target
takes 8d8 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much
damage on a successful one. This spell has no effect on undead
or constructs.
If you target a plant creature or a magical plant, it makes the
saving throw with disadvantage, and the spell deals maximum
damage to it.
If you target a nonmagical plant that isn’t a creature, such as a
tree or shrub, it doesn’t make a saving throw; it simply withers
and dies.
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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Blindness/Deafness 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 1 minute
You can blind or deafen a foe. Choose one creature that you can
see within range to make a Constitution saving throw. If it fails, the
target is either blinded or deafened (your choice) for the duration.
At the end of each of its turns, the target can make a Constitution
saving throw. On a success, the spell ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot
level above 2nd.
Blink 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: 1 minute
Roll a d20 at the end of each of your turns for the duration of the
spell. On a roll of 11 or higher, you vanish from your current plane
of existence and appear in Limbo (the spell fails and the casting
is wasted if you were already on that plane). At the start of your
next turn, and when the spell ends if you are in Limbo, you return
to an unoccupied space of your choice that you can see within 10
feet of the space you vanished from. If no unoccupied space is
available within that range, you appear in the nearest unoccupied
space (chosen at random if more than one space is equally near).
You can dismiss this spell as an action.
While in Limbo, you can see and hear the plane you originated from,
which is cast in shades of gray, and you can’t see anything there
more than 60 feet away. You can only affect and be affected by
other creatures in Limbo. Creatures that aren’t there can’t perceive
you or interact with you, unless they have the ability to do so.
Blood-Lightning Bullet Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
(firearm)
As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a
ranged attack with a weapon against one creature within it’s
normal range, otherwise the spell fails. On a hit, the target suffers
the attack’s normal effects, and blood-red lightning leaps from the
target to a different creature of your choice that you can see within
5 feet of it. The second creature takes lightning damage equal to
your spellcasting ability modifier.
At Higher Levels. This spell’s damage increases when you
reach higher levels. At 5th level, the ammunition deals an extra
1d8 lightning damage to the target, and the lightning damage to
the second creature increases to 1d8 + your spellcasting ability
modifier. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at 11th level and 17th
level.
Blur 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Your body becomes blurred, shifting and wavering to all who can
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see you. For the duration, any creature has disadvantage on attack
rolls against you. An attacker is immune to this effect if it doesn’t
rely on sight, as with blindsight, or can see through illusions, as
with true sight.
Brown Note 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You play a jarring note on your instrument and any creature within
30 feet of you must succeed a constitution saving throw equal to
your spell save DC. On a failed save the target’s bowels loosen and
they poop themselves and until the start of your next turn attacks
made against them have advantage.
Burning Hands 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (15-foot cone)
Duration: Instantaneous
As you hold your hands with thumbs touching and fingers spread,
a thin sheet of flames shoots forth from your outstretched
fingertips. Each creature in a 15-foot cone must make a Dexterity
saving throw. A creature takes 3d6 fire damage on a failed save, or
half as much damage on a successful one.
The fire ignites any flammable objects in the area that aren’t being
worn or carried.
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.
C
Call Lightning 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
A storm cloud appears in the shape of a cylinder that is 10 feet
tall with a 60-foot radius, centered on a point you can see 100 feet
directly above you. The spell fails if you can’t see a point in the air
where the storm cloud could appear (for example, if you are in a
room that can’t accommodate the cloud).
When you cast the spell, choose a point you can see within range.
A bolt of lightning flashes down from the cloud to that point. Each
creature within 5 feet of that point must make a Dexterity saving
throw. A creature takes 3d10 lightning damage on a failed save, or
half as much damage on a successful one. On each of your turns
until the spell ends, you can use your action to call down lightning
in this way again, targeting the same point or a different one.
If you are outdoors in stormy conditions when you cast this spell,
the spell gives you control over the existing storm instead of
creating a new one. Under such conditions, the spell’s damage
increases by 1d10.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th
or higher level, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level
above 3rd.
 Calm Emotions 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You attempt to suppress strong emotions in a group of people.
Each humanoid in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point
you choose within range must make a Charisma saving throw;
a creature can choose to fail this saving throw if it wishes. If a
creature fails its saving throw, choose one of the following two
effects.
You can suppress any effect causing a target to be charmed or
frightened. When this spell ends, any suppressed effect resumes,
provided that its duration has not expired in the meantime.
Alternatively, you can make a target indifferent about creatures of
your choice that it is hostile toward. This indifference ends if the
target is attacked or harmed by a spell or if it witnesses any of its
friends being harmed. When the spell ends, the creature becomes
hostile again, unless the GM rules otherwise.
Chain Lightning 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You create a bolt of lightning that arcs toward a target of your
choice that you can see within range. Three bolts then leap from
that target to as many as three other targets, each of which must
be within 30 feet of the first target. A target can be a creature or an
object and can be targeted by only one of the bolts.
A target must make a Dexterity saving throw. The target takes
10d8 lightning 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, one additional bolt leaps from the first target to
another target for each slot level above 6th.
Charm Person 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 1 hour
You attempt to charm a humanoid you can see within range. It
must make a Wisdom saving throw, and does so with advantage
if you or your companions are fighting it. If it fails the saving
throw, it is charmed by you until the spell ends or until you or your
companions do anything harmful to it. The charmed creature
regards you as a friendly acquaintance. When the spell ends, the
creature knows it was charmed by you.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot
level above 1st. The creatures must be within 30 feet of each other
when you target them.
Chill Touch Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: 1 round
You create a ghostly, skeletal hand in the space of a creature
within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the creature to
assail it with the chill of the grave. On a hit, the target takes 1d8
necrotic damage, and it can’t regain hit points until the start of
your next turn. Until then, the hand clings to the target.
If you hit an undead target, it also has disadvantage on attack rolls
against you until the end of your next turn.
At Higher Levels. This spell’s damage increases by 1d8 when you
reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
Chromatic Orb 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 Action Range: 90 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You hurl a 4-inch-diameter sphere of energy at a creature that you
can see within range. You choose acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison,
or thunder for the type of orb you create, and then make a ranged
spell attack against the target. If the attack hits, the creature takes
3d8 damage of the type you chose.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level
above 1st.
Chromatic Wave 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 Action Range: Self
Duration: Instantaneous
You charge up and release a wave of magical energy charged with
either acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison or thunder damage. Each
creature you choose within 30 feet of you must succeed a Dexterity
saving throw or take 5d6 damage of one type of your choosing,
5d6 damage of another type of your choosing, and are stunned
until the beginning of your next turn. A creature that succeeds the
saving throw takes half the damage and isn’t stunned.
Circle of Death 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
A sphere of negative energy ripples out in a 60-foot- radius sphere
from a point within range. Each creature in that area must make a
Constitution saving throw. A target takes 8d6 necrotic 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, the damage increases by 2d6 for each slot level
above 6th.
Circle of Power 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot radius)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
Divine energy radiates from you, distorting and diffusing magical
energy within 30 feet of you. Until the spell ends, the sphere moves
with you, centered on you. For the duration, each friendly creature
in the area (including you) has advantage on saving throws against
spells and other magical effects.
Additionally, when an affected creature succeeds on a saving
throw made against a spell or magical effect that allows it to
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 make a saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no
damage if it succeeds on the saving throws.
Clairvoyance 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: 1 mile
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
(a focus worth at least 100 Bu, either a jeweled horn for hearing or
a glass eye for seeing)
You create an invisible sensor within range in a location familiar
to you (a place you have visited or seen before) or in an obvious
location that is unfamiliar to you (such as behind a door, around
a corner, or in a grove of trees). The sensor remains in place for
the duration, and it can’t be attacked or otherwise interacted with.
When you cast the spell, you choose seeing or hearing. You can
use the chosen sense through the sensor as if you were in its
space. As your action, you can switch between seeing and hearing.
A creature that can see the sensor (such as a creature benefiting
from see invisibility or truesight) sees a luminous, intangible orb
about the size of your fist.
Clone 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 hour Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
(a diamond worth at least 1,000 Bu and at least 1 cubic inch of
flesh of the creature that is to be cloned, which the spell consumes,
and a vessel worth at least 2,000 Bu that has a sealable lid and
is large enough to hold a Medium creature, such as a huge urn,
coffin, mud-filled cyst in the ground, or crystal container filled with
salt water)
This spell grows an inert duplicate of a living creature as a
safeguard against death. This clone forms inside a sealed vessel
and grows to full size and maturity after 120 days; you can also
choose to have the clone be a younger version of the same
creature. It remains inert and endures indefinitely, as long as its
vessel remains undisturbed.
At any time after the clone matures, if the original creature dies,
its soul transfers to the clone, provided that the soul is free and
willing to return. The clone is physically identical to the original
and has the same personality, memories, and abilities, but none of
the original’s equipment. The original creature’s physical remains,
if they still exist, become inert and can’t thereafter be restored to
life, since the creature’s soul is elsewhere.
Cloudkill 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
You create a 20-foot-radius sphere of poisonous, yellow- green
fog centered on a point you choose within range. The fog spreads
around corners. It lasts for the duration or until strong wind
disperses the fog, ending the spell. Its area is heavily obscured.
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 Constitution
saving throw. The creature takes 5d8 poison damage on a failed
save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Creatures are
affected even if they hold their breath or don’t need to breathe.
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The fog moves 10 feet away from you at the start of each of your
turns, rolling along the surface of the ground. The vapors, being
heavier than air, sink to the lowest level of the land, even pouring
down openings.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level
above 5th.
Cloud of Daggers 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You fill the air with spinning daggers in a cube 5 feet on each side,
centered on a point you choose within range. A creature takes 4d4
slashing damage when it enters the spell’s area for the first time
on a turn or starts its turn there.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
level or higher, the damage increases by 2d4 for each slot level
above 2nd.
Color Spray 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (15-foot cone)
Duration: 1 round
A dazzling array of flashing, colored light springs from your hand.
Roll 6d10; the total is how many hit points of creatures this spell
can effect. Creatures in a 15-foot cone originating from you are
affected in ascending order of their current hit points (ignoring
unconscious creatures and creatures that can’t see).
Starting with the creature that has the lowest current hit points,
each creature affected by this spell is blinded until the spell ends.
Subtract each creature’s hit points from the total before moving
on to the creature with the next lowest hit points. A creature’s hit
points must be equal to or less than the remaining total for that
creature to be affected.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, roll an additional 2d10 for each slot level above 1st.
Command 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: 1 round
You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within
range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or
follow the command on its next turn. The spell has no effect if the
target is undead, if it doesn’t understand your language, or if your
command is directly harmful to it.
Some typical commands and their effects follow. You might issue
a command other than one described here. If you do so, the GM
determines how the target behaves. If the target can’t follow your
command, the spell ends.
APPROACH. The target moves toward you by the shortest and
most direct route, ending its turn if it moves within 5 feet of you.
DROP. The target drops whatever it is holding and then ends its
turn.
Flee. The target spends its turn moving away from you by the
fastest available means.
GROVEL. The target falls prone and then ends its turn.
HALT. The target doesn’t move and takes no actions. A flying
creature stays aloft, provided that it is able to do so. If it must
move to stay aloft, it flies the minimum distance needed to remain
in the air.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, you can affect one additional creature for each slot
level above 1st. The creatures must be within 30 feet of each other
when you target them.
Commune (Ritual) 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self
Duration: 1 minute
(incense and a vial of holy or unholy water)
You contact your deity or a divine proxy and ask up to three
questions that can be answered with a yes or no. You must ask
your questions before the spell ends. You receive a correct answer
for each question.
Divine beings aren’t necessarily omniscient, so you might receive
“unclear” as an answer if a question pertains to information that
lies beyond the deity’s knowledge. In a case where a one-word
answer could be misleading or contrary to the deity’s interests, the
GM might offer a short phrase as an answer instead.
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. The GM makes this roll in
secret.
Commune with Nature (Ritual) 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self
Duration: Instantaneous
You briefly become one with nature and gain knowledge of
the surrounding territory. In the outdoors, the spell gives you
knowledge of the land within 3 miles of you. In caves and other
natural underground settings, the radius is limited to 300 feet.
The spell doesn’t function where nature has been replaced by
construction, such as in dungeons and towns.
You instantly gain knowledge of up to three facts of your choice
about any of the following subjects as they relate to the area:
• terrain and bodies of water
• prevalent plants, minerals, animals, or peoples
• powerful celestials, fiends, elementals, or undead
• influence from other planes of existence
• buildings
For example, you could determine the location of powerful undead
in the area, the location of major sources of safe drinking water,
and the location of any nearby towns.
Compelled Duel 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You attempt to compel a creature into a duel. One creature that
you can see within range must make a Wisdom saving throw.
On a failed save, the creature is drawn to you, compelled by your
divine demand. For the duration, it has disadvantage on attack
rolls against creatures other than you, and must make a Wisdom
saving throw each time it attempts to move to a space that is more
than 30 feet away from you; if it succeeds on this saving throw,
this spell doesn’t restrict the target’s movement for that turn.
The spell ends if you attack any other creature, if you cast a spell
that targets a hostile creature other than the target, if a creature
friendly to you damages the target or casts a harmful spell on it, or
if you end your turn more than 30 feet away from the target.
Comprehend Languages (Ritual) 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: 1 hour
For the duration, you understand the literal meaning of any spoken
language that you hear. You also understand any written language
that you see, but you must be touching the surface on which the
words are written. It takes about 1 minute to read one page of text.
This spell doesn’t decode secret messages in a text or a glyph,
such as an arcane sigil, that isn’t part of a written language.
Compulsion 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Creatures of your choice that you can see within range and that can
hear you must make a Wisdom saving throw. A target automatically
succeeds on this saving throw if it can’t be charmed. On a failed
save, a target is affected by this spell. Until the spell ends, you can
use a bonus action on each of your turns to designate a direction
that is horizontal to you. Each affected target must use as much of
its movement as possible to move in that direction on its next turn.
It can take its action before it moves. After moving in this way, it
can make another Wisdom saving to try to end the effect.
A target isn’t compelled to move into an obviously deadly hazard,
such as a fire or pit.
Cone of Cold 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (60-foot cone)
Duration: Instantaneous
A blast of cold air erupts from your hands. Each creature in a 60-
foot cone must make a Constitution saving throw. A creature takes
8d8 cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a
successful one.
A creature killed by this spell becomes a frozen statue until it
thaws.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level
above 5th.
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 Confusion 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
This spell assaults and twists creatures’ minds, spawning
delusions and provoking uncontrolled action. Each creature in
a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on a point you choose within
range must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw when you cast this
spell or be affected by it.
An affected target can’t take reactions and must roll a d10 at the
start of each of its turns to determine its behavior for that turn.
d10 Behavior
1 The creature uses all its movement to move in a random direction.
To determine the direction, roll a d8 and assign a direction to each
die face. The creature doesn’t take an action this turn.
2-6 The creature doesn’t move or take actions this turn. 7-8 The
creature uses its action to make a melee attack against a randomly
determined creature within its reach. If there is no creature within
its reach, the creature does nothing this turn.
9-10 The creature can act and move normally.
At the end of each of its turns, an affected target can make a
Wisdom saving throw. If it succeeds, this effect ends for that
target.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th
level or higher, the radius of the sphere increases by 5 feet for each
slot level above 4th.
Conjure Animals 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You summon elemental spirits that take the form of beasts and
appear in unoccupied spaces that you can see within range.
Choose one of the following options for what appears:
• One beast of challenge rating 2 or lower
• Two beasts of challenge rating 1 or lower
• Four beasts of challenge rating 1/2 or lower
• Eight beasts of challenge rating 1/4 or lower
Each beast disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the
spell ends.
The summoned creatures are friendly to you and your companions.
Roll initiative for the summoned creatures as a group, which has
its own turns. They obey any verbal commands that you issue to
them (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any commands
to them, they defend themselves from hostile creatures, but
otherwise take no actions.
The GM has the creatures’ statistics.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using certain higher-
level spell slots, you choose one of the summoning options above,
and more creatures appear: twice as many with a 5th-level slot,
three times as many with a 7th-level slot, and four times as many
with a 9th-level slot.
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Conjure Barrage 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (60-foot cone)
Duration: Instantaneous
You throw a nonmagical weapon or fire a piece of nonmagical
ammunition into the air to create a cone of identical weapons that
shoot forward and then disappear. Each creature in a 60-foot cone
must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 3d8
damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful
one. The damage type is the same as that of the weapon or
ammunition used as a component.
Conjure Celestial 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 90 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You summon a celestial of challenge rating 4 or lower, which
appears in an unoccupied space that you can see within range.
The celestial disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the
spell ends.
The celestial is friendly to you and your companions for the
duration. Roll initiative for the celestial, which has its own turns.
It obeys any verbal commands that you issue to it (no action
required by you), as long as they don’t violate its alignment. If you
don’t issue any commands to the celestial, it defends itself from
hostile creatures but otherwise takes no actions.
The GM has the celestial’s statistics.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 9th-level spell
slot, you summon a celestial of challenge rating 5 or lower.
Conjure Elemental 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 90 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
(burning incense for air, soft clay for earth, sulfur and phosphorus
for fire, or water and sand for water)
You call forth an elemental servant. Choose an area of air, earth,
fire, or water that fills a 10-foot cube within range. An elemental
of challenge rating 5 or lower appropriate to the area you chose
appears in an unoccupied space within 10 feet of it. For example,
a fire elemental emerges from a bonfire, and an earth elemental
rises up from the ground. The elemental disappears when it drops
to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.
The elemental is friendly to you and your companions for the
duration. Roll initiative for the elemental, which has its own
turns. It obeys any verbal commands that you issue to it (no
action required by you). If you don’t issue any commands to the
elemental, it defends itself from hostile creatures but otherwise
takes no actions.
If your concentration is broken, the elemental doesn’t disappear.
Instead, you lose control of the elemental, it becomes hostile toward
you and your companions, and it might attack. An uncontrolled
elemental can’t be dismissed by you, and it disappears 1 hour
after you summoned it.
The GM has the elemental’s statistics.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th
level or higher, the challenge rating increases by 1 for each slot
level above 5th.
Conjure Firing Squad (TL 1) 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 Action Range: 90 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
(Any piece of nonmagical ammunition)
You fire a piece of nonmagical ammunition from a firearm towards
a point within range. Choose a number of creatures within 30
feet of the point chosen. For each creature, a set of magical guns
blinks into view, fires at it, and disappears. Make a ranged spell
attack roll at the creatures chosen. On a hit, the attack deals 6d10
ballistic damage.
Conjure Minor Elementals 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 90 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You summon elementals that appear in unoccupied spaces that
you can see within range. You choose one the following options
for what appears:
• One elemental of challenge rating 2 or lower
• Two elementals of challenge rating 1 or lower
• Four elementals of challenge rating 1/2 or lower
• Eight elementals of challenge rating 1/4 or lower.
An elemental summoned by this spell disappears when it drops to
0 hit points or when the spell ends.
The summoned creatures are friendly to you and your companions.
Roll initiative for the summoned creatures as a group, which has
its own turns. They obey any verbal commands that you issue to
them (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any commands
to them, they defend themselves from hostile creatures, but
otherwise take no actions.
The GM has the creatures’ statistics.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using certain higher-
level spell slots, you choose one of the summoning options above,
and more creatures appear: twice as many with a 6th-level slot
and three times as many with an 8th-level slot.
Conjure Volley 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You fire a piece of nonmagical ammunition from a ranged weapon
or throw a nonmagical weapon into the air and choose a point
within range.
Hundreds of duplicates of the ammunition or weapon fall in a
volley from above and then disappear. Each creature in a 40-foot-
radius. 20-foot-high cylinder centered on that point must make a
Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 8d8 damage on a failed
save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The damage
type is the same as that of the ammunition or weapon.
Conjure Woodland Beings 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You summon beast that appear in unoccupied spaces that you
can see within range. Choose one of the following options for what
appears:
• One beast of challenge rating 2 or lower
• Two beast of challenge rating 1 or lower
• Four beast of challenge rating 1/2 or lower
• Eight beast of challenge rating 1/4 or lower
A summoned creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or
when the spell ends.
The summoned creatures are friendly to you and your companions.
Roll initiative for the summoned creatures as a group, which have
their own turns. They obey any verbal commands that you issue to
them (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any commands
to them, they defend themselves from hostile creatures, but
otherwise take no actions.
The GM has the creatures’ statistics.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using certain higher-
level spell slots, you choose one of the summoning options above,
and more creatures appear: twice as many with a 6th-level slot
and three times as many with an 8th-level slot.
Contact Other Plane (Ritual) 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self
Duration: 1 minute
You mentally contact a demigod, the spirit of a long-dead sage,
or some other mysterious entity from another plane. Contacting
this extraplanar intelligence can strain or even break your mind.
When you cast this spell, make a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw.
On a failure, you take 6d6 psychic damage and are insane until
you finish a long rest. While insane, you can’t take actions, can’t
understand what other creatures say, can’t read, and speak only in
gibberish. A greater restoration spell cast on you ends this effect.
On a successful save, you can ask the entity up to five questions.
You must ask your questions before the spell ends. The GM answers
each question with one word, such as “yes,” “no,” “maybe,” “never,”
“irrelevant,” or “unclear” (if the entity doesn’t know the answer to
the question). If a one-word answer would be misleading, the GM
might instead offer a short phrase as an answer.
Contagion 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 7 days
Your touch inflicts disease. Make a melee spell attack against a
creature within your reach. On a hit, you afflict the creature with a
disease of your choice from any of the ones described below.
At the end of each of the target’s turns, it must make a Constitution
saving throw. After failing three of these saving throws, the
disease’s effects last for the duration, and the creature stops
making these saves. After succeeding on three of these saving
throws, the creature recovers from the disease, and the spell ends.
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 Since this spell induces a natural disease in its target, any effect
that removes a disease or otherwise ameliorates a disease’s
effects apply to it.
BLINDING SICKNESS. Pain grips the creature’s mind, and its
eyes turn milky white. The creature has disadvantage on Wisdom
checks and Wisdom saving throws and is blinded.
FILTH FEVER. A raging fever sweeps through the creature’s body.
The creature has disadvantage on Strength checks, Strength
saving throws, and attack rolls that use Strength.
FLESH ROT. The creature’s flesh decays. The creature has
disadvantage on Charisma checks and vulnerability to all damage.
MINDFIRE. The creature’s mind becomes feverish. The creature
has disadvantage on Intelligence checks and Intelligence saving
throws, and the creature behaves as if under the effects of the
confusion spell during combat.
SEIZURE. The creature is overcome with shaking. The creature
has disadvantage on Dexterity checks, Dexterity saving throws,
and attack rolls that use Dexterity.
SLIMY DOOM. The creature begins to bleed uncontrollably.
The creature has disadvantage on Constitution checks and
Constitution saving throws. In addition, whenever the creature
takes damage, it is stunned until the end of its next turn.
Contingency 6th-Level
Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: Self
Duration: 10 days
(a statuette of yourself carved from ivory and decorated with gems
worth at least 1,500 Bu)
Choose a spell of 5th level or lower that you can cast, that has a
casting time of 1 action, and that can target you. You cast that
spell—called the contingent spell—as part of casting contingency,
expending spell slots for both, but the contingent spell doesn’t
come into effect. Instead, it takes effect when a certain
circumstance occurs. You describe that circumstance when you
cast the two spells. For example, a contingency cast with water
breathing might stipulate that water breathing comes into effect
when you are engulfed in water or a similar liquid.
The contingent spell takes effect immediately after the
circumstance is met for the first time, whether or not you want it
to and then contingency ends.
The contingent spell takes effect only on you, even if it can normally
target others. You can use only one contingency spell at a time. If
you cast this spell again, the effect of another contingency spell on
you ends. Also, contingency ends on you if its material component
is ever not on your person.
Continual Flame 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Until dispelled
A flame, equivalent in brightness to a torch, springs forth from an
object that you touch. The effect looks like a regular flame, but it
creates no heat and doesn’t use oxygen. A continual flame can be
covered or hidden but not smothered or quenched.
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Control Water 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 300 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
Until the spell ends, you control any freestanding water inside
an area you choose that is a cube up to 100 feet on a side. You
can choose from any of the following effects when you cast this
spell. As an action on your turn, you can repeat the same effect or
choose a different one.
FLOOD. You cause the water level of all standing water in the area
to rise by as much as 20 feet. If the area includes a shore, the
flooding water spills over onto dry land.
If you choose an area in a large body of water, you instead create
a 20-foot tall wave that travels from one side of the area to the
other and then crashes down. Any Huge or smaller vehicles in
the wave’s path are carried with it to the other side. Any Huge or
smaller vehicles struck by the wave have a 25 percent chance of
capsizing.
The water level remains elevated until the spell ends or you choose
a different effect. If this effect produced a wave, the wave repeats
on the start of your next turn while the flood effect lasts.
PART WATER. You cause water in the area to move apart and
create a trench. The trench extends across the spell’s area, and
the separated water forms a wall to either side. The trench remains
until the spell ends or you choose a different effect. The water then
slowly fills in the trench over the course of the next round until the
normal water level is restored.
REDIRECT FLOW. You cause flowing water in the area to move in a
direction you choose, even if the water has to flow over obstacles,
up walls, or in other unlikely directions. The water in the area
moves as you direct it, but once it moves beyond the spell’s area,
it resumes its flow based on the terrain conditions. The water
continues to move in the direction you chose until the spell ends
or you choose a different effect.
WHIRLPOOL. This effect requires a body of water at least 50 feet
square and 25 feet deep. You cause a whirlpool to form in the
center of the area. The whirlpool forms a vortex that is 5 feet wide
at the base, up to 50 feet wide at the top, and 25 feet tall. Any
creature or object in the water and within 25 feet of the vortex is
pulled 10 feet toward it. A creature can swim away from the vortex
by making a Strength (Athletics) check against your spell save DC.
When a creature enters the vortex for the first time on a turn or
starts its turn there, it must make a Strength saving throw. On a
failed save, the creature takes 2d8 bludgeoning damage and is
caught in the vortex until the spell ends. On a successful save,
the creature takes half damage, and isn’t caught in the vortex.
A creature caught in the vortex can use its action to try to swim
away from the vortex as described above, but has disadvantage
on the Strength (Athletics) check to do so.
The first time each turn that an object enters the vortex, the object
takes 2d8 bludgeoning damage; this damage occurs each round it
remains in the vortex.
Control Weather 8th-Level
Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: Self (5-mile radius)
Duration: Concentration, up to 8 hours
(burning incense and bits of earth and wood mixed in water)
You take control of the weather within 5 miles of you for the
duration. You must be outdoors to cast this spell. Moving to a
place where you don’t have a clear path to the sky ends the spell
early.
When you cast the spell, you change the current weather
conditions, which are determined by the GM based on the climate
and season. You can change precipitation, temperature, and wind.
It takes 1d4 x 10 minutes for the new conditions to take effect.
Once they do so, you can change the conditions again. When the
spell ends, the weather gradually returns to normal.
When you change the weather conditions, find a current condition
on the following tables and change its stage by one, up or down.
When changing the wind, you can change its direction.
Cordon of Arrows 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 5 feet
Duration: 8 hours
You plant four pieces of nonmagical ammunition – arrows or
crossbow bolts – in the ground within range and lay magic upon
them to protect an area.
Until the spell ends, whenever a creature other than you comes
within 30 feet of the ammunition for the first time on a turn or ends
its turn there, one piece of ammunition flies up to strike it. The
creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d6
piercing damage. The piece of ammunition is then destroyed. The
spell ends when no ammunition remains.
When you cast this spell, you can designate any creatures you
choose, and the spell ignores them.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
3rd level or higher, the amount of ammunition that can be affected
increases by two for each slot level above 2nd.
Counterspell 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when you see a creature
within 60 feet of you casting a spell
Range: 60 feet Duration: Instantaneous
You attempt to interrupt a creature in the process of casting
a spell. If the creature is casting a spell of 3rd level or lower, its
spell fails and has no effect. If it is casting a spell of 4th level or
higher, make an ability check using your spellcasting ability. The
DC equals 10 + the spell’s level. On a success, the creature’s spell
fails and has no effect.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th
level or higher, the interrupted spell has no effect if its level is less
than or equal to the level of the spell slot you used.
Create Food and Water 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You create 45 pounds of food and 30 gallons of water on the
ground or in containers within range, enough to sustain up to
fifteen humanoids or five steeds for 24 hours. The food is bland
but nourishing, and spoils if uneaten after 24 hours. The water is
clean and doesn’t go bad.
Create or Destroy Water 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
(a drop of water if creating water or a few grains of sand if
destroying it)
You either create or destroy water.
CREATE WATER. You create up to 10 gallons of clean water within
range in an open container. Alternatively, the water falls as rain in
a 30-foot cube within range, extinguishing exposed flames in the
area.
DESTROY WATER. You destroy up to 10 gallons of water in an
open container within range. Alternatively, you destroy fog in a 30-
foot cube within range.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
2nd level or higher, you create or destroy 10 additional gallons of
water, or the size of the cube increases by 5 feet, for each slot level
above 1st.
Create Undead 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 10 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
(one clay pot filled with grave dirt, one clay pot filled with brackish
water, and one 150 Bu black onyx stone for each corpse)
You can cast this spell only at night. Choose up to three corpses of
Medium or Small humanoids within range. Each corpse becomes
a ghoul under your control. (The GM has game statistics for these
creatures.)
As a bonus action on each of your turns, you can mentally
command any creature you animated with this spell if the creature
is within 120 feet of you (if you control multiple creatures, you
can command any or all of them at the same time, issuing the
same command to each one). You decide what action the creature
will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can
issue a general command, such as to guard a particular chamber
or corridor. If you issue no commands, the creature only defends
itself against hostile creatures. Once given an order, the creature
continues to follow it until its task is complete.
The creature is under your control for 24 hours, after which it stops
obeying any command you have given it. To maintain control of
the creature for another 24 hours, you must cast this spell on the
creature before the current 24-hour period ends. This use of the
spell reasserts your control over up to three creatures you have
animated with this spell, rather than animating new ones.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 7th-level spell
slot, you can animate or reassert control over four ghouls. When
you cast this spell using an 8th-level spell slot, you can animate
or reassert control over five ghouls or two ghasts or wights. When
you cast this spell using a 9th-level spell slot, you can animate
or reassert control over six ghouls, three ghasts or wights, or two
mummies.
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Creation 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 30 feet
Duration: Special
(a tiny piece of matter of the same type of the item you plan to
create)
You pull wisps of shadow material from darkmatter to create a
nonliving object of vegetable matter within range: soft goods,
rope, wood, or something similar. You can also use this spell to
create mineral objects such as stone, crystal, or metal. The object
created must be no larger than a 5-foot cube, and the object must
be of a form and material that you have seen before.
The duration depends on the object’s material. If the object is
composed of multiple materials, use the shortest duration.
Using any material created by this spell as another spell’s material
component causes that spell to fail.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
6th level or higher, the cube increases by 5 feet for each slot level
above 5th.
Crown of Madness 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
One humanoid of your choice that you can see within range must
succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become charmed by you
for the duration. While the target is charmed in this way, a twisted
crown of jagged iron appears on its head, and a madness glows
in its eyes.
The charmed target must use its action before moving on each
of its turns to make a melee attack against a creature other than
itself that you mentally choose. The target can act normally on its
turn if you choose no creature or if none are within its reach.
On your subsequent turns, you must use your action to maintain
control over the target, or the spell ends. Also, the target can
make a Wisdom saving throw at the end of each of its turns. On a
success, the spell ends.
Crusader’s Mantle 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 Action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Holy power radiates from you in an aura with a 30-foot radius,
awakening boldness in friendly creatures. Until the spell ends,
the aura moves with you, centered on you. While in the aura, each
non-hostile creature in the aura (including you) deals an extra 1d4
radiant damage when it hits with a weapon attack.
Cryobomb (TL 1) 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 Action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
(A piece of dry ice and silver powder worth 25 Bu)
A glowing bead of ice forms from your finger and shoots out to
a point within range, where it remains and grows colder for the
duration. When the spell ends, either because your concentration
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is broken or because you decide to end it on your turn, the bead
breaks apart and lets out an ice storm that flash freezes anything
near it and spreads around corners. Each creature within a
20 foot radius sphere centered on the point must succeed a
Constitution saving throw. A creature takes cold damage equal to
the accumulated damage and is paralyzed for a number of rounds
equal to the accumulated number on a failed save. If a creature
succeeds the save, it takes half the damage and is not paralyzed.
A creature can remake the Constitution saving throw at the end of
each of its subsequent turns in order to end the paralysis.
This spell’s base damage is 8d6 and it’s base paralysis time is 1
round. If at the end of your turn the bead has not yet detonated, the
damage increases by 1d6 and the paralysis increases by 1 round.
If the glowing bead is touched before the interval has expired, the
creature touching it must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed
save, the spell ends immediately, causing the bead to explode in a
freezing storm of ice. On a successful save, the creature can throw
the bead up to 40 feet. When it strikes a creature or a solid object,
the spell ends, and the bead explodes. The cold freezes objects in
the area and puts out nonmagical flames.
Cryostasis (TL 1) 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You choose one creature within range. You close your fist and flash
freeze the air around them in an attempt to lock their joints up and
freeze them in place. The creature must succeed a Constitution
saving throw. On a failed save, it takes 2d6 cold damage and has
its movement speed reduced to 0 for 1 minute. At the end of each
of its subsequent turns, the creature can remake the saving throw
in order to end the spell’s effects on itself.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
level or higher, increase the damage by 1d6 for every level you cast
it higher than 2nd.
Cure Wounds 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
A creature you touch regains a number of hit points equal to 1d8
+ your spellcasting ability modifier. This spell has no effect on
undead or constructs.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, the healing increases by
1d8 for each slot level above 1st.
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Dancing Lights Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
You create up to four torch-sized lights within range, making them
appear as torches, lanterns, or glowing orbs that hover in the air
for the duration. You can also combine the four lights into one
glowing vaguely humanoid form of Medium size. Whichever form
you choose, each light sheds dim light in a 10-foot radius.
As a bonus action on your turn, you can move the lights up to
60 feet to a new spot within range. A light must be within 20 feet
of another light created by this spell, and a light winks out if it
exceeds the spell’s range.
Daring Ditty Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: 1 minute.
(Musical instrument)
You play or sing a quick little ditty for you or a single ally you can
see within range. This spell appears as but a song unless a creature
makes a Wisdom (Perception) check to recognize otherwise, the
DC of which is determined by your spell save DC. You invigorate
your ally and give them the ability to use one the following benefits
for 1 minute. Once an ability is used, this spell’s effects end.
The creature’s movement speed is doubled for one movement
action.
The creature gets advantage on one saving throw to resist being
charmed, frightened or put to sleep.
The creature gets advantage on a Death saving throw.
Alternatively, you can use this cantrip to roll the required Saving
Throw for your ally to escape a spell’s effect, treating it as a
Charisma saving throw, instead of using the required attribute
dictated by the spell.
You can only affect up to three creatures with this spell. If you cast
it a fourth time, the spell ends for the first creature it was cast on if
the creature has not yet used one of its benefits.
Darkness 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
Magical darkness spreads from a point you choose within range to
fill a 15-foot-radius sphere for the duration. The darkness spreads
around corners. A creature with darkvision can’t see through this
darkness, and nonmagical light can’t illuminate it.
If the point you choose is on an object you are holding or one
that isn’t being worn or carried, the darkness emanates from the
object and moves with it. Completely covering the source of the
darkness with an opaque object, such as a bowl or a helm, blocks
the darkness.
If any of this spell’s area overlaps with an area of light created
by a spell of 2nd level or lower, the spell that created the light is
dispelled.
Darkvision 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 8 hours
You touch a willing creature to grant it the ability to see in the dark.
For the duration, that creature has darkvision out to a range of 60
feet.
Data Download (TL 1) 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You run your finger over any machine-readable data source (a
barcode, a computer disk, a USB drive, or any similar record) to
understand the content of the data. You experience the data as it
would normally be experienced through an appropriate machine.
For example, if reading a USB with music, you hear the music
in your head. If reading a word processor file, you visualize and
read an image of the page. If reading a barcode, you see the serial
number, pricing information, or other barcoded data.
The amount of time required to experience the data is the same
as that required to read it by conventional means. You can
normally read 2 pages of documents in 1 minute. This spell does
not decode encrypted data. Without the encryption code, an
encrypted document or file appears as a seemingly random string
of characters. If you know the encryption code, however, you can
read encrypted data normally with this spell.
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
or 4th level, you can maintain your concentration on the spell for
10 minutes. When you use a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you
can maintain your concentration on the spell for 1 hour.
Data Wipe (TL 1) 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
By touching a single device that contains electronic files, such as
a computer, external hard drive, USB flash drive, or magnetic disk,
you erase all files on that device. The device is rendered empty of
data.
Daylight 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: 1 hour
A 60-foot-radius sphere of light spreads out from a point you
choose within range. The sphere is bright light and sheds dim light
for an additional 60 feet.
If you chose a point on an object you are holding or one that isn’t
being worn or carried, the light shines from the object and moves
with it. Completely covering the affected object with an opaque
object, such as a bowl or a helm, blocks the light.
If any of this spell’s area overlaps with an area of darkness created
by a spell of 3rd level or lower, the spell that created the darkness
is dispelled.
Death Ward 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 8 hours
You touch a creature and grant it a measure of protection from
death.
The first time the target would drop to 0 hit points as a result of
taking damage, the target instead drops to 1 hit point, and the spell
ends.
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 If the spell is still in effect when the target is subjected to an effect
that would kill it instantaneously without dealing damage, that
effect is instead negated against the target, and the spell ends.
Delayed Blast Fireball 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
A beam of yellow light flashes from your pointing finger, then
condenses to linger at a chosen point within range as a glowing
bead for the duration. When the spell ends, either because your
concentration is broken or because you decide to end it, the bead
blossoms with a low roar into an explosion of flame that spreads
around corners. Each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered
on that point must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes
fire damage equal to the total accumulated damage on a failed
save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
The spell’s base damage is 12d6. If at the end of your turn the
bead has not yet detonated, the damage increases by 1d6.
If the glowing bead is touched before the interval has expired, the
creature touching it must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a
failed save, the spell ends immediately, causing the bead to erupt
in flame. On a successful save, the creature can throw the bead
up to 40 feet. When it strikes a creature or a solid object, the spell
ends, and the bead explodes.
The fire damages objects in 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 8th
level or higher, the base damage increases by 1d6 for each slot
level above 7th.
Delayed Chromatic Blast 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet
Duration: 1 Round
You hurl a 3 inch diameter sphere at a space of your choice within
range, imbued with either acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison or
thunder energy. It explodes into a 10 foot radius sphere around
the point at the start of your next turn. Anyone within the sphere
must make a Dexterity Saving Throw or take 2d8 damage of the
type you choose, and half as much damage on a successful save.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level
above 1st.
Demiplane 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: 1 hour
You create a shadowy door on a flat solid surface that you can see
within range. The door is large enough to allow Medium creatures
to pass through unhindered. When opened, the door leads to
a demiplane that appears to be an empty room 30 feet in each
dimension, made of wood or stone. When the spell ends, the door
disappears, and any creatures or Objects inside the demiplane
remain trapped there, as the door also disappears from the other
side.
Each time you cast this spell, you can create a new demiplane, or
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have the shadowy door connect to a demiplane you created with a
previous casting of this spell. Additionally, if you know the Nature
and contents of a demiplane created by a casting of this spell by
another creature, you can have the shadowy door connect to its
demiplane instead.
Detect Good and Evil 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
For the duration, you know if there is an aberration, celestial,
elemental, fiend, or undead within 30 feet of you, as well as where
the creature is located. Similarly, you know if there is a place or
object within 30 feet of you that has been magically consecrated
or desecrated.
The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot
of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of
wood or dirt.
Detect Magic (Ritual) 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
For the duration, you sense the presence of magic within 30 feet of
you. If you sense magic in this way, you can use your action to see
a faint aura around any visible creature or object in the area that
bears magic, and you learn its school of magic, if any.
The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot
of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of
wood or dirt.
Detect Poison and Disease (Ritual) 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
For the duration, you can sense the presence and location of
poisons, poisonous creatures, and diseases within 30 feet of
you. You also identify the kind of poison, poisonous creature, or
disease in each case.
The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot
of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of
wood or dirt.
Detect Thoughts 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
For the duration, you can read the thoughts of certain creatures.
When you cast the spell and as your action on each turn until
the spell ends, you can focus your mind on any one creature that
you can see within 30 feet of you. If the creature you choose has
an Intelligence of 3 or lower or doesn’t speak any language, the
creature is unaffected.
You initially learn the surface thoughts of the creature—what is
most on its mind in that moment. As an action, you can either shift
your attention to another creature’s thoughts or attempt to probe
deeper into the same creature’s mind. If you probe deeper, the
target must make a Wisdom saving throw. If it fails, you gain insight
into its reasoning (if any), its emotional state, and something that
looms large in its mind (such as something it worries over, loves,
or hates). If it succeeds, the spell ends. Either way, the target
knows that you are probing into its mind, and unless you shift your
attention to another creature’s thoughts, the creature can use its
action on its turn to make an Intelligence check contested by your
Intelligence check; if it succeeds, the spell ends.
Questions verbally directed at the target creature naturally shape
the course of its thoughts, so this spell is particularly effective as
part of an interrogation.
You can also use this spell to detect the presence of thinking
creatures you can’t see. When you cast the spell or as your action
during the duration, you can search for thoughts within 30 feet of
you. The spell can penetrate barriers, but 2 feet of rock, 2 inches of
any metal other than lead, or a thin sheet of lead blocks you. You
can’t detect a creature with an Intelligence of 3 or lower or one that
doesn’t speak any language.
Once you detect the presence of a creature in this way, you can
read its thoughts for the rest of the duration as described above,
even if you can’t see it, but it must still be within range.
Device Access (TL 1) 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: 10 minutes
You can use any electronic device within range as if you were
holding it in your hands. This is not telekinetic. You are able to
manipulate a device just as a person would manually. You can
only access one device at a time.
Dimension Door 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 500 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You teleport yourself from your current location to any other spot
within range. You arrive at exactly the spot desired. It can be a
place you can see, one you can visualize, or one you can describe
by stating distance and direction, such as “200 feet straight
downward” or “upward to the northwest at a 45-degree angle, 300
feet.”
You can bring along objects as long as their weight doesn’t exceed
what you can carry. You can also bring one willing creature of your
size or smaller. The creature must be within 5 feet of you when you
cast this spell.
If you would arrive in a place already occupied by an object or a
creature, you and any creature traveling with you each take 4d6
force damage, and the spell fails to teleport you.
Disguise Self 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: 1 hour
You make yourself—including your clothing, armor, weapons, and
other belongings on your person—look different until the spell
ends or until you use your action to dismiss it. You can seem 1
foot shorter or taller and can appear thin, fat, or in between. You
can’t change your body type, so you must adopt a form that has
the same basic arrangement of limbs. Otherwise, the extent of the
illusion is up to you.
The changes wrought by this spell fail to hold up to physical
inspection. For example, if you use this spell to add a hat to your
outfit, objects pass through the hat, and anyone who touches it
would feel nothing or would feel your head and hair. If you use
this spell to appear thinner than you are, the hand of someone
who reaches out to touch you would bump into you while it was
seemingly still in midair.
To discern that you are disguised, a creature can use its action
to inspect your appearance and must succeed on an Intelligence
(Investigation) check against your spell save DC.
Disintegrate 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
(a lodestone and a pinch of dust)
A thin green ray springs from your pointing finger to a target that
you can see within range. The target can be a creature, an object,
or a creation of magical force, such as the wall created by wall of
force.
A creature targeted by this spell must make a Dexterity saving
throw. On a failed save, the target takes 10d6 + 40 force damage.
If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, it is disintegrated.
A disintegrated creature and everything it is wearing and carrying,
except magic items, are reduced to a pile of fine gray dust. The
creature can be restored to life only by means of a true resurrection
or a wish spell.
This spell automatically disintegrates a Large or smaller
nonmagical object or a creation of magical force. If the target is a
Huge or larger object or creation of force, this spell disintegrates a
10-foot-cube portion of it. A magic item is unaffected by this spell.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th
level or higher, the damage increases by 3d6 for each slot level
above 6th.
Dispel Evil and Good 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
(holy water or powdered silver and iron)
Shimmering energy surrounds and protects you from undead,
and creatures originating from beyond the Material Plane. For
the duration, celestials, elementals, fiends, and undead have
disadvantage on attack rolls against you.
You can end the spell early by using either of the following special
functions.
BREAK ENCHANTMENT. As your action, you touch a creature you
can reach that is charmed, frightened, or possessed by a celestial,
an elemental, a fiend, or an undead. The creature you touch is no
longer charmed, frightened, or possessed by such creatures.
DISMISSAL. As your action, make a melee spell attack against a
celestial, an elemental, a fiend, or an undead you can reach. On
a hit, you attempt to drive the creature back to its home plane.
The creature must succeed on a Charisma saving throw or be sent
back to its home plane (if it isn’t there already). If they aren’t on
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Dispel Magic 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
Choose one creature, object, or magical effect within range. Any
spell of 3rd level or lower on the target ends. For each spell of
4th level or higher on the target, make an ability check using your
spellcasting ability. The
DC equals 10 + the spell’s level. On a successful check, the spell
ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th
level or higher, you automatically end the effects of a spell on the
target if the spell’s level is equal to or less than the level of the
spell slot you used.
Dissonant Whispers 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You whisper a discordant melody that only one creature of your
choice within range can hear, wracking it with terrible pain. The
target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, it
takes 3d6 psychic damage and must immediately use its reaction,
if available, to move as far as its speed allows away from you. The
creature doesn’t move into obviously dangerous ground, such as
a fire or a pit. On a successful save, the target takes half as much
damage and doesn’t have to move away. A deafened creature
automatically succeeds on the save.
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.
Divination (Ritual) 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Instantaneous
(incense and a sacrificial offering appropriate to your religion,
together worth at least 25 Bu, which the spell consumes)
Your magic and an offering put you in contact with a god or a god’s
servants. You ask a single question concerning a specific goal,
event, or activity to occur within 7 days. The GM offers a truthful
reply. The reply might be a short phrase, a cryptic rhyme, or an
omen. The spell doesn’t consider any possible circumstances
that might change the outcome, such as the casting of additional
spells or the loss or gain of a companion.
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 a random reading. The GM makes this
roll in secret.
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Divine Bullet (TL 1) 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
The next time you make a ranged weapon attack during the spell’s
duration, the weapon’s ammunition, or the weapon itself if it’s a
thrown weapon, gathers an explosive divine energy around it. Make
the attack roll as normal. The target takes 4d8 radiant damage on
a hit, or half as much damage on a miss, instead of the weapon’s
normal damage. Whether you hit or miss, each creature within 10
feet of the target must make a Constitution saving throw. Each of
these creatures takes 2d8 radiant damage on a failed save, or half
as much damage on a successful one. The piece of ammunition or
weapon then returns to its normal form.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th
level or higher, the damage for both effects of the spell increases
by 1d8 for each slot level above 3rd.
Divine Favor 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Your prayer empowers you with divine radiance. Until the spell
ends, your weapon attacks deal an extra 1d4 radiant damage on
a hit.
Divine Word 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You utter a divine word, imbued with the power that shaped the
world at the dawn of creation. Choose any number of creatures
you can see within range. Each creature that can hear you must
make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a creature suffers
an effect based on its current hit points:
• 50 hit points or fewer: deafened for 1 minute
• 40 hit points or fewer: deafened and blinded for 10 min
• 30 hit points or fewer: blinded, deafened, and stunned
for 1 hour
• 20 hit points or fewer: killed instantly
Regardless of its current hit points, a celestial, an elemental or a
fiend that fails its save is forced back to its plane of origin (if it isn’t
there already) and can’t return to your current plane for 24 hours
by any means short of a wish spell.
Dominate Beast 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You attempt to beguile a beast that you can see within range. It
must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by you for
the duration. If you or creatures that are friendly to you are fighting
it, it has advantage on the saving throw.
While the beast is charmed, you have a telepathic link with it as
long as the two of you are on the same plane of existence. You can
use this telepathic link to issue commands to the creature while
you are conscious (no action required), which it does its best to
obey. You can specify a simple and general course of action, such
as “Attack that creature,” “Run over there,” or “Fetch that object.”
If the creature completes the order and doesn’t receive further
direction from you, it defends and preserves itself to the best of
its ability.
You can use your action to take total and precise control of the
target. Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the
actions you choose, and doesn’t do anything that you don’t allow
it to do. During this time, you can also cause the creature to use
a reaction, but this requires you to use your own reaction as well.
Each time the target takes damage, it makes a new Wisdom saving
throw against the spell. If the saving throw succeeds, the spell
ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell with a 5th-level spell
slot, the duration is concentration, up to 10 minutes. When you
use a 6th-level spell slot, the duration is concentration, up to 1
hour. When you use a spell slot of 7th level or higher, the duration
is concentration, up to 8 hours.
Dominate Monster 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You attempt to beguile a creature that you can see within range. It
must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by you for
the duration. If you or creatures that are friendly to you are fighting
it, it has advantage on the saving throw.
While the creature is charmed, you have a telepathic link with it as
long as the two of you are on the same plane of existence. You can
use this telepathic link to issue commands to the creature while
you are conscious (no action required), which it does its best to
obey. You can specify a simple and general course of action, such
as “Attack that creature,” “Run over there,” or “Fetch that object.”
If the creature completes the order and doesn’t receive further
direction from you, it defends and preserves itself to the best of
its ability.
You can use your action to take total and precise control of the
target. Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the
actions you choose, and doesn’t do anything that you don’t allow
it to do. During this time, you can also cause the creature to use
a reaction, but this requires you to use your own reaction as well.
Each time the target takes damage, it makes a new Wisdom saving
throw against the spell. If the saving throw succeeds, the spell
ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell with a 9th-level spell
slot, the duration is concentration, up to 8 hours.
Dominate Person 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You attempt to beguile a humanoid that you can see within range.
It must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by you
for the duration. If you or creatures that are friendly to you are
fighting it, it has advantage on the saving throw.
While the target is charmed, you have a telepathic link with it as
long as the two of you are on the same plane of existence. You can
use this telepathic link to issue commands to the creature while
you are conscious (no action required), which it does its best to
obey. You can specify a simple and general course of action, such
as “Attack that creature,” “Run over there,” or “Fetch that object.”
If the creature completes the order and doesn’t receive further
direction from you, it defends and preserves itself to the best of
its ability.
You can use your action to take total and precise control of the
target. Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the
actions you choose, and doesn’t do anything that you don’t allow
it to do. During this time you can also cause the creature to use
a reaction, but this requires you to use your own reaction as well.
Each time the target takes damage, it makes a new Wisdom saving
throw against the spell. If the saving throw succeeds, the spell
ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 6th-level spell
slot, the duration is concentration, up to 10 minutes. When you
use a 7th-level spell slot, the duration is concentration, up to 1
hour. When you use a spell slot of 8th level or higher, the duration
is concentration, up to 8 hours.
Dream 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Special
Duration: 8 hours
(a handful of sand, a dab of ink, and a writing quill plucked from a
sleeping bird)
This spell shapes a creature’s dreams. Choose a creature known
to you as the target of this spell. The target must be on the same
plane of existence as you. Creatures that don’t sleep, such as
elves, can’t be contacted by this spell. You, or a willing creature
you touch, enters a trance state, acting as a messenger. While in
the trance, the messenger is aware of his or her surroundings, but
can’t take actions or move.
If the target is asleep, the messenger appears in the target’s
dreams and can converse with the target as long as it remains
asleep, through the duration of the spell. The messenger can also
shape the environment of the dream, creating landscapes, objects,
and other images. The messenger can emerge from the trance at
any time, ending the effect of the spell early. The target recalls the
dream perfectly upon waking. If the target is awake when you cast
the spell, the messenger knows it, and can either end the trance
(and the spell) or wait for the target to fall asleep, at which point
the messenger appears in the target’s dreams.
You can make the messenger appear monstrous and terrifying
to the target. If you do, the messenger can deliver a message
of no more than ten words and then the target must make a
Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, echoes of the phantasmal
monstrosity spawn a nightmare that lasts the duration of the
target’s sleep and prevents the target from gaining any benefit
from that rest. In addition, when the target wakes up, it takes 3d6
psychic damage.
If you have a body part, lock of hair, clipping from a nail, or similar
portion of the target’s body, the target makes its saving throw with
disadvantage.
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Drop Shield 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 Action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You create a soothing shield in a 10 foot radius sphere that
heals the wounds of allies within it’s boundaries. The shield’s hit
points are equal to (your caster level) x 5 and has an AC of 15. All
creatures can enter and exit the shield freely.
Creatures friendly to you that start their turn within the shield or
enter it’s area for the first time regain d6 + your spellcasting ability
modifier hit points. Attacks and spells cannot be cast from within
the shield at enemies outside of the shield, or vice versa, but can
target the shield itself. If the shield’s hit points are reduced to 0,
spell ends.
Druidcraft Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
Whispering to the spirits of nature, you create one of the following
effects within range:
• You create a tiny, harmless sensory effect that predicts what the
weather will be at your location for the next 24 hours. The effect
might manifest as a golden orb for clear skies, a cloud for rain,
falling snowflakes for snow, and so on. This effect persists for 1
round.
• You instantly make a flower blossom, a seed pod open, or a leaf
bud bloom.
• You create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as
falling leaves, a puff of wind, the sound of a small animal, or the
faint odor of skunk. The effect must fit in a 5-foot cube.
• You instantly light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a small
campfire.
E Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Earthquake 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 500 feet
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
(a pinch of dirt, a piece of rock, and a lump of clay)
You create a seismic disturbance at a point on the ground that
you can see within range. For the duration, an intense tremor rips
through the ground in a 100-foot-radius circle centered on that
point and shakes creatures and structures in contact with the
ground in that area.
The ground in the area becomes difficult terrain. Each creature on
the ground that is concentrating must make a Constitution saving
throw. On a failed save, the creature’s concentration is broken.
When you cast this spell and at the end of each turn you spend
concentrating on it, each creature on the ground in the area must
make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is
knocked prone.
This spell can have additional effects depending on the terrain in
the area, as determined by the GM.
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FISSURES. Fissures open throughout the spell’s area at the start of
your next turn after you cast the spell. A total of 1d6 such fissures
open in locations chosen by the GM. Each is 1d10 x 10 feet deep,
10 feet wide, and extends from one edge of the spell’s area to the
opposite side.
A creature standing on a spot where a fissure opens must succeed
on a Dexterity saving throw or fall in. A creature that successfully
saves moves with the fissure’s edge as it opens.
A fissure that opens beneath a structure causes it to automatically
collapse (see below).
STRUCTURES. The tremor deals 50 bludgeoning damage to any
structure in contact with the ground in the area when you cast
the spell and at the start of each of your turns until the spell ends.
If a structure drops to 0 hit points, it collapses and potentially
damages nearby creatures. A creature within half the distance of a
structure’s height must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed
save, the creature takes 5d6 bludgeoning damage, is knocked
prone, and is buried in the rubble, requiring a DC 20 Strength
(Athletics) check as an action to escape. The GM can adjust the
DC higher or lower, depending on the nature of the rubble. On a
successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and
doesn’t fall prone or become buried.
Eldritch Blast Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
A beam of crackling energy streaks toward a creature within range.
Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target
takes 1d10 force damage.
At Higher Levels. Two beams at 5th level, three beams at 11th
level, and four beams at 17th level. You can direct the beams at
the same target or at different ones. Make a separate attack roll
for each beam.
Electrical Extension (TL 1) Cantrip
Duration: 1 hour
You lengthen an electrical cord that you can touch by up to 15 ft.
This spell lasts for 1 hour or until you cast this spell again.
Elemental Bullets (TL 1) 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 Action Range: Self
Duration: Instantaneous
(pieces of nonmagical ammunition)
You infuse a number of pieces of mundane ammunition equal to
your spellcasting ability modifier with a single element of your
choice. Choose from fire, cold, lightning, acid, poison, or thunder.
These bullets now deal an extra 2d6 of the chosen type of damage
if the round hits.

E.M.P. (TL 1) 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
This spell produces an electromagnetic pulse that radiates from
the caster. All electronic devices within range are shut down for
the duration of the spell.
Enchanted ID (TL 1) Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You touch a small card or slip of paper appear to be a valid
identification card of your choosing. The card bears your name,
likeness, and all other data expected by anyone examining such
a card. However, it is only visually accurate and does not contain
any valid machine-readable data or electronic coding. You cannot
use this spell to make an electronic passkey.
Enhance Ability 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You touch a creature and bestow upon it a magical enhancement.
Choose one of the following effects; the target gains that effect
until the spell ends.
BEAR’S ENDURANCE. The target has advantage on Constitution
checks. It also gains 2d6 temporary hit points, which are lost when
the spell ends.
BULL’S STRENGTH. The target has advantage on Strength checks.
CAT’S GRACE. The target has advantage on Dexterity checks.
It also doesn’t take damage from falling 20 feet or less if it isn’t
incapacitated.
EAGLE’S SPLENDOR. The target has advantage on Charisma
checks.
FOX’S CUNNING. The target has advantage on Intelligence checks.
OWL’S WISDOM. The target has advantage on Wisdom checks.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot
level above 2nd.
Enlarge/Reduce 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
You cause a creature or an object you can see within range to
grow larger or smaller for the duration. Choose either a creature or
an object that is neither worn nor carried. If the target is unwilling,
it can make a Constitution saving throw. On a success, the spell
has no effect.
If the target is a creature, everything it is wearing and carrying
changes size with it. Any item dropped by an affected creature
returns to normal size at once.
ENLARGE. The target’s size doubles in all dimensions, and its
weight is multiplied by eight. This growth increases its size by
one category—from Medium to Large, for example. If there isn’t
enough room for the target to double its size, the creature or object
attains the maximum possible size in the space available.
Until the spell ends, the target also has advantage on Strength
checks and Strength saving throws. The target’s weapons also
grow to match its new size. While these weapons are enlarged, the
target’s attacks with them deal 1d4 extra damage.
REDUCE. The target’s size is halved in all dimensions, and
its weight is reduced to one-eighth of normal. This reduction
decreases its size by one category—from Medium to Small, for
example. Until the spell ends, the target also has disadvantage
on Strength checks and Strength saving throws. The target’s
weapons also shrink to match its new size. While these weapons
are reduced, the target’s attacks with them deal 1d4 less damage
(this can’t reduce the damage below 1).
Ensnaring Strike 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
The next time you hit a creature with a weapon attack before this
spell ends, a writhing mass of thorny vines appears at the point of
impact, and the target must succeed on a Strength saving throw
or be restrained by the magical vines until the spell ends. A Large
or larger creature has advantage on this saving throw. If the target
succeeds on the save, the vines shrivel away.
While restrained by this spell, the target takes 1d6 piercing
damage at the start of each of its turns. A creature restrained by
the vines or one that can touch the creature can use its action to
make a Strength check against your spell save DC. On a success,
the target is freed.
At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level
above 1st.
Entangle 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Grasping weeds and vines sprout from the ground in a 20-foot
square starting from a point within range. For the duration, these
plants turn the ground in the area into difficult terrain.
A creature in the area when you cast the spell must succeed on
a Strength saving throw or be restrained by the entangling plants
until the spell ends. A creature restrained by the plants can use its
action to make a Strength check against your spell save DC. On a
success, it frees itself.
When the spell ends, the conjured plants wilt away.
Enthrall 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: 1 minute
You weave a distracting string of words, causing creatures of
your choice that you can see within range and that can hear
you to make a Wisdom saving throw. Any creature that can’t be
charmed succeeds on this saving throw automatically, and if you
or your companions are fighting a creature, it has advantage on
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 the save. On a failed save, the target has disadvantage on Wisdom
(Perception) checks made to perceive any creature other than you
until the spell ends or until the target can no longer hear you. The
spell ends if you are incapacitated or can no longer speak.
Etherealness 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Up to 8 hours
You step into the border regions of Limbo, in the area where it
overlaps with your current realm. You remain in Limbo for the
duration or until you use your action to dismiss the spell. During
this time, you can move in any direction. If you move up or down,
every foot of movement costs an extra foot. You can see and hear
the realm you originated from, but everything there looks gray, and
you can’t see anything more than 60 feet away.
While in Limbo, you can only affect and be affected by other
creatures on that realm. Creatures that aren’t in Limbo can’t
perceive you and can’t interact with you, unless a special ability or
magic has given them the ability to do so.
You ignore all objects and effects that aren’t on Limbo, allowing
you to move through objects you perceive on the realm you
originated from.
When the spell ends, you immediately return to the realm you
originated from in the spot you currently occupy. If you occupy the
same spot as a solid object or creature when this happens, you are
immediately shunted to the nearest unoccupied space that you
can occupy and take force damage equal to twice the number of
feet you are moved.
This spell has no effect if you cast it while you are in Limbo.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
8th level or higher, you can target up to three willing creatures
(including you) for each slot level above 7th. The creatures must
be within 10 feet of you when you cast the spell.
Expeditious Retreat 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
This spell allows you to move at an incredible pace. When you cast
this spell, and then as a bonus action on each of your turns until
the spell ends, you can take the Dash action.
Eyebite 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
For the spell’s duration, your eyes become an inky void imbued
with dread power. One creature of your choice within 60 feet of
you that you can see must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or
be affected by one of the following effects of your choice for the
duration. On each of your turns until the spell ends, you can use
your action to target another creature but can’t target a creature
again if it has succeeded on a saving throw against this casting
of eyebite.
ASLEEP. The target falls unconscious. It wakes up if it takes any
damage or if another creature uses its action to shake the sleeper
awake.
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PANICKED. The target is frightened of you. On each of its turns,
the frightened creature must take the Dash action and move away
from you by the safest and shortest available route, unless there
is nowhere to move. If the target moves to a place at least 60 feet
away from you where it can no longer see you, this effect ends.
SICKENED. The target has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability
checks. At the end of each of its turns, it can make another Wisdom
saving throw. If it succeeds, the effect ends.
F
Fabricate 4th-Level
Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: 120 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You convert raw materials into products of the same material. For
example, you can fabricate a wooden bridge from a clump of trees,
a rope from a patch of hemp, and clothes from flax or wool.
Choose raw materials that you can see within range. You can
fabricate a Large or smaller object (contained within a 10-foot
cube, or eight connected 5-foot cubes), given a sufficient quantity
of raw material. If you are working with metal, stone, or another
mineral substance, however, the fabricated object can be no larger
than Medium (contained within a single 5-foot cube). The quality
of objects made by the spell is commensurate with the quality of
the raw materials.
Creatures or magic items can’t be created or transmuted by this
spell. You also can’t use it to create items that ordinarily require a
high degree of craftsmanship, such as jewelry, weapons, glass, or
armor, unless you have proficiency with the type of artisan’s tools
used to craft such objects.
Faerie Fire 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Each object in a 20-foot cube within range is outlined in blue,
green, or violet light (your choice). Any creature in the area when
the spell is cast is also outlined in light if it fails a Dexterity saving
throw. For the duration, objects and affected creatures shed dim
light in a 10-foot radius.
Any attack roll against an affected creature or object has advantage
if the attacker can see it, and the affected creature or object can’t
benefit from being invisible.
Faithful Hound 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 8 hours
(a tiny silver whistle, a piece of bone, and a thread)
You conjure a phantom watchdog in an unoccupied space that
you can see within range, where it remains for the duration, until
you dismiss it as an action, or until you move more than 100 feet
away from it.
The hound is invisible to all creatures except you and can’t be
harmed. When a Small or larger creature comes within 30 feet of
it without first speaking the password that you specify when you
cast this spell, the hound starts barking loudly. The hound sees
invisible creatures and can see into Limbo
At the start of each of your turns, the hound attempts to bite
one creature within 5 feet of it that is hostile to you. The hound’s
attack bonus is equal to your spellcasting ability modifier + your
proficiency bonus. On a hit, it deals 4d8 piercing damage.
False Life 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: 1 hour
(a small amount of alcohol or spirits)
Bolstering yourself with a necromantic facsimile of life, you gain
1d4 + 4 temporary hit points for the duration.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, you gain 5 additional temporary hit points for each
slot level above 1st.
Fear 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot cone)
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
You project a phantasmal image of a creature’s worst fears. Each
creature in a 30-foot cone must succeed on a Wisdom saving
throw or drop whatever it is holding and become frightened for
the duration.
While frightened by this spell, a creature must take the Dash action
and move away from you by the safest available route on each of
its turns, unless there is nowhere to move. If the creature ends
its turn in a location where it doesn’t have line of sight to you, the
creature can make a Wisdom saving throw. On a successful save,
the spell ends for that creature.
Feather Fall 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when you or a creature
within 60 feet of you falls
Range: 60 feet Duration: 1 minute
Choose up to five falling creatures within range. A falling creature’s
rate of descent slows to 60 feet per round until the spell ends. If
the creature lands before the spell ends, it takes no falling damage
and can land on its feet, and the spell ends for that creature.
Feeblemind 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
(a handful of clay, crystal, glass, or mineral spheres)
You blast the mind of a creature that you can see within range,
attempting to shatter its intellect and personality. The target takes
4d6 psychic damage and must make an Intelligence saving throw.
On a failed save, the creature’s Intelligence and Charisma scores
become 1. The creature can’t cast spells, activate magic items,
understand language, or communicate in any intelligible way. The
creature can, however, identify its friends, follow them, and even
protect them.
At the end of every 30 days, the creature can repeat its saving
throw against this spell. If it succeeds on its saving throw, the spell
ends.
The spell can also be ended by greater restoration, heal, or wish.
Feign Death (Ritual) 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 1 hour
(pinch of graveyard dirt)
You touch a willing creature and put it into a cataleptic state that
is indistinguishable from death.
For the spell’s duration, or until you use an action to touch the
target and dismiss the spell, the target appears dead to all outward
inspection and to spells used to determine the target’s status.
The target is blinded and incapacitated, and its speed drops to 0.
The target has resistance to all damage except psychic damage.
If the target is diseased or poisoned when you cast the spell, or
becomes diseased or poisoned while under the spell’s effect, the
disease and poison have no effect until the spell ends.
Find Familiar (Ritual) 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 hour Range: 10 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
(10 Bu worth of charcoal, incense, and herbs that must be
consumed by fire in a brass brazier)
You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal
form you choose: bat, cat, crab, frog (toad), hawk, lizard, octopus,
owl, poisonous snake, fish, rat, raven, sea horse, spider, or weasel.
Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the familiar has
the statistics of the chosen form, though it is a celestial or fiend
(your choice) instead of a beast.
Your familiar acts independently of you, but it always obeys your
commands. In combat, it rolls its own initiative and acts on its
own turn. A familiar can’t attack, but it can take other actions as
normal.
When the familiar drops to 0 hit points, it disappears, leaving
behind no physical form. It reappears after you cast this spell
again.
While your familiar is within 100 feet of you, you can communicate
with it telepathically. Additionally, as an action, you can see
through your familiar’s eyes and hear what it hears until the start
of your next turn, gaining the benefits of any special senses that
the familiar has. During this time, you are deaf and blind with
regard to your own senses.
As an action, you can temporarily dismiss your familiar. It
disappears into a pocket dimension where it awaits your
summons. Alternatively, you can dismiss it forever. As an action
while it is temporarily dismissed, you can cause it to reappear in
any unoccupied space within 30 feet of you.
You can’t have more than one familiar at a time. If you cast this
spell while you already have a familiar, you instead cause it to
adopt a new form. Choose one of the forms from the above list.
Your familiar transforms into the chosen creature.
Finally, when you cast a spell with a range of touch, your familiar
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 can deliver the spell as if it had cast the spell. Your familiar must
be within 100 feet of you, and it must use its reaction to deliver the
spell when you cast it. If the spell requires an attack roll, you use
your attack modifier for the roll.
Find Steed 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: 30 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You summon a spirit that assumes the form of an unusually
intelligent, strong, and loyal steed, creating a long-lasting bond
with it. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the steed
takes on a form that you choose, such as a warhorse, a pony, a
camel, an elk, or a mastiff. (Your GM might allow other animals
to be summoned as steeds.) The steed has the statistics of the
chosen form, though it is a celestial or fiend (your choice) instead
of its normal type. Additionally, if your steed has an Intelligence
of 5 or less, its Intelligence becomes 6, and it gains the ability to
understand one language of your choice that you speak.
Your steed serves you as a mount, both in combat and out, and
you have an instinctive bond with it that allows you to fight as a
seamless unit. While mounted on your steed, you can make any
spell you cast that targets only you also target your steed.
When the steed drops to 0 hit points, it disappears, leaving behind
no physical form. You can also dismiss your steed at any time as
an action, causing it to disappear. In either case, casting this spell
again summons the same steed, restored to its hit point maximum.
While your steed is within 1 mile of you, you can communicate
with it telepathically.
You can’t have more than one steed bonded by this spell at a time.
As an action, you can release the steed from its bond at any time,
causing it to disappear.
Find the Path 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 day
(a set of divination tools—such as bones, ivory sticks, cards, teeth,
or carved runes— worth 100 Bu and an object from the location
you wish to find)
This spell allows you to find the shortest, most direct physical
route to a specific fixed location that you are familiar with on the
same plane of existence. If you name a destination on another
plane of existence, a destination that moves (such as a mobile
fortress), or a destination that isn’t specific (such as “a green
dragon’s lair”), the spell fails.
For the duration, as long as you are on the same plane of
existence as the destination, you know how far it is and in what
direction it lies. While you are traveling there, whenever you are
presented with a choice of paths along the way, you automatically
determine which path is the shortest and most direct route (but
not necessarily the safest route) to the destination.
Find Traps 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You sense the presence of any trap within range that is within line
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of sight. A trap, for the purpose of this spell, includes anything that
would inflict a sudden or unexpected effect you consider harmful
or undesirable, which was specifically intended as such by its
creator. Thus, the spell would sense an area affected by the alarm
spell, a glyph of warding, or a mechanical pit trap, but it would
not reveal a natural weakness in the floor, an unstable ceiling, or a
hidden sinkhole.
This spell merely reveals that a trap is present. You don’t learn the
location of each trap, but you do learn the general nature of the
danger posed by a trap you sense.
Finger of Death 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You send negative energy coursing through a creature that you can
see within range, causing it searing pain. The target must make a
Constitution saving throw. It takes 7d8 + 30 necrotic damage on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
A humanoid killed by this spell rises at the start of your next turn
as a zombie that is permanently under your command, following
your verbal orders to the best of its ability.
Fireball 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
A bright streak flashes from your pointing finger to a point you
choose within range and then blossoms with a low roar into an
explosion of flame. Each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere
centered on that point must make a Dexterity saving throw. A
target takes 8d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much
damage on a successful one.
The fire spreads around corners. It ignites flammable objects in
the area that aren’t being worn or carried.
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.
Fire Bolt Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You hurl a mote of fire at a creature or object within range. Make
a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes
1d10 fire damage. A flammable object hit by this spell ignites if it
isn’t being worn or carried.
This spell’s damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th level
(2d10), 11th level (3d10), and 17th level (4d10).
Fire Shield 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: 10 minutes
Thin and wispy flames wreathe your body for the duration, shedding
bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10
feet. You can end the spell early by using an action to dismiss it.
The flames provide you with a warm shield or a chill shield, as you
choose. The warm shield grants you resistance to cold damage,
and the chill shield grants you resistance to fire damage.
In addition, whenever a creature within 5 feet of you hits you with
a melee attack, the shield erupts with flame. The attacker takes
2d8 fire damage from a warm shield, or 2d8 cold damage from a
cold shield.
Fire Storm 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
A storm made up of sheets of roaring flame appears in a location
you choose within range. The area of the storm consists of up to
ten 10-foot cubes, which you can arrange as you wish. Each cube
must have at least one face adjacent to the face of another cube.
Each creature in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw. It
takes 7d10 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage
on a successful one.
The fire damages objects in the area and ignites flammable
objects that aren’t being worn or carried. If you choose, plant life
in the area is unaffected by this spell.
Flame Blade 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
You evoke a fiery blade in your free hand. The blade is similar in
size and shape to a scimitar, and it lasts for the duration. If you let
go of the blade, it disappears, but you can evoke the blade again
as a bonus action.
You can use your action to make a melee spell attack with the fiery
blade. On a hit, the target takes 3d6 fire damage.
The flaming blade sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim
light for an additional 10 feet.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for every two slot
levels above 2nd.
Flame Strike 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
A vertical column of divine fire roars down from the heavens in a
location you specify. Each creature in a 10-foot-radius, 40-foot-
high cylinder centered on a point within range must make a
Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 4d6 fire damage and 4d6
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
6th level or higher, the fire damage or the radiant damage (your
choice) increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 5th.
Flaming Sphere 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
A 5-foot-diameter sphere of fire appears in an unoccupied space
of your choice within range and lasts for the duration. Any creature
that ends its turn within 5 feet of the sphere must make a Dexterity
saving throw. The creature takes 2d6 fire damage on a failed save,
or half as much damage on a successful one.
As a bonus action, you can move the sphere up to 30 feet. If you
ram the sphere into a creature, that creature must make the saving
throw against the sphere’s damage, and the sphere stops moving
this turn.
When you move the sphere, you can direct it over barriers up to
5 feet tall and jump it across pits up to 10 feet wide. The sphere
ignites flammable objects not being worn or carried, and it sheds
bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20
feet.
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.
Flesh to Stone 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
(a pinch of lime, water, and earth)
You attempt to turn one creature that you can see within range
into stone. If the target’s body is made of flesh, the creature must
make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it is restrained
as its flesh begins to harden. On a successful save, the creature
isn’t affected.
A creature restrained by this spell must make another Constitution
saving throw at the end of each of its turns. If it successfully saves
against this spell three times, the spell ends. If it fails its saves
three times, it is turned to stone and subjected to the petrified
condition for the duration. The successes and failures don’t need
to be consecutive; keep track of both until the target collects three
of a kind.
If the creature is physically broken while petrified, it suffers from
similar deformities if it reverts to its original state.
If you maintain your concentration on this spell for the entire
possible duration, the creature is turned to stone until the effect
is removed.
Floating Disk (Ritual) 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 1 hour
(a drop of mercury)
This spell creates a circular, horizontal plane of force, 3 feet in
diameter and 1 inch thick, that floats 3 feet above the ground in an
unoccupied space of your choice that you can see within range.
The disk remains for the duration, and can hold up to 500 pounds.
If more weight is placed on it, the spell ends, and everything on the
disk falls to the ground.
The disk is immobile while you are within 20 feet of it. If you
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 move more than 20 feet away from it, the disk follows you so
that it remains within 20 feet of you. It can move across uneven
terrain, up or down stairs, slopes and the like, but it can’t cross an
elevation change of 10 feet or more. For example, the disk can’t
move across a 10-foot-deep pit, nor could it leave such a pit if it
was created at the bottom.
If you move more than 100 feet from the disk (typically because it
can’t move around an obstacle to follow you), the spell ends.
Fly 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
You touch a willing creature. The target gains a flying speed of 60
feet for the duration. When the spell ends, the target falls if it is still
aloft, unless it can stop the fall.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th
level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot
level above 3rd.
Fog Cloud 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You create a 20-foot-radius sphere of fog centered on a point
within range. The sphere spreads around corners, and its area
is heavily obscured. It lasts for the duration or until a wind of
moderate or greater speed (at least 10 miles per hour) disperses it.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, the radius of the fog increases by 20 feet for each
slot level above 1st.
Forbiddance (Ritual) 6th-Level
Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: Touch
Duration: 1 day
(a sprinkling of holy water, rare incense, and powdered ruby worth
at least 1,000 Bu)
You create a ward against magical travel that protects up to 40,000
square feet of floor space to a height of 30 feet above the floor. For
the duration, creatures can’t teleport into the area or use portals,
such as those created by the gate spell, to enter the area. The
spell proofs the area against planar travel, and therefore prevents
creatures from accessing the area by way of another plane or the
plane shift spell.
In addition, the spell damages types of creatures that you choose
when you cast it. Choose one or more of the following: celestials,
elementals, fiends, and undead. When a chosen creature enters
the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there,
the creature takes 5d10 radiant or necrotic damage (your choice
when you cast this spell).
When you cast this spell, you can designate a password. A creature
that speaks the password as it enters the area takes no damage
from the spell.
The spell’s area can’t overlap with the area of another forbiddance
spell. If you cast forbiddance every day for 30 days in the same
location, the spell lasts until it is dispelled, and the material
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components are consumed on the last casting.
Forcecage 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 100 feet
Duration: 1 hour
(ruby dust worth 1,500 Bu)
An immobile, invisible, cube-shaped prison composed of magical
force springs into existence around an area you choose within
range. The prison can be a cage or a solid box, as you choose.
A prison in the shape of a cage can be up to 20 feet on a side and is
made from 1/2-inch diameter bars spaced 1/2 inch apart.
A prison in the shape of a box can be up to 10 feet on a side,
creating a solid barrier that prevents any matter from passing
through it and blocking any spells cast into or out from the area.
When you cast the spell, any creature that is completely inside the
cage’s area is trapped. Creatures only partially within the area, or
those too large to fit inside the area, are pushed away from the
center of the area until they are completely outside the area.
A creature inside the cage can’t leave it by nonmagical means.
If the creature tries to use teleportation or interplanar travel to
leave the cage, it must first make a Charisma saving throw. On
a success, the creature can use that magic to exit the cage. On a
failure, the creature can’t exit the cage and wastes the use of the
spell or effect. The cage also extends into Limbo, blocking ethereal
travel.
This spell can’t be dispelled by dispelmagic.
Foresight 9th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Touch
Duration: 8 hours
You touch a willing creature and bestow a limited ability to see
into the immediate future. For the duration, the target can’t be
surprised and has advantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and
saving throws. Additionally, other creatures have disadvantage on
attack rolls against the target for the duration.
This spell immediately ends if you cast it again before its duration
ends.
Frag Blast (TL 1) 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
(a small bag of gunpowder)
You conjure up a magical bomb at a point you can see within range,
which explodes with a blast of thunder and fire. Creatures within a
10 foot radius sphere must succeed a Dexterity saving throw. They
take 2d6 fire and 2d6 thunder damage on a failed saving throw,
and half as much damage on a successful save. This spell deals
maximum damage to objects and structures.
You can choose to conjure the bomb up into your hand and not
immediately throw it when you cast the spell. When you do so, you
or a creature you hand it to can throw it to a point they can see
within 60 feet of them, after which the bomb explodes on contact
with a creature or surface. After 1 minute of being cast in this way,
the bomb explodes.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, the fire damage or the thunder damage increases
by 1d6 for each slot level above 1st.
Freedom of Movement 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 1 hour
You touch a willing creature. For the duration, the target’s
movement is unaffected by difficult terrain, and spells and other
magical effects can neither reduce the target’s speed nor cause
the target to be paralyzed or restrained.
The target can also spend 5 feet of movement to automatically
escape from nonmagical restraints, such as manacles or a
creature that has it grappled. Finally, being underwater imposes
no penalties on the target’s movement or attacks.
Freezing Sphere 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 300 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
A frigid globe of cold energy streaks from your fingertips to a point
of your choice within range, where it explodes in a 60-foot-radius
sphere. Each creature within the area must make a Constitution
saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 10d6 cold damage.
On a successful save, it takes half as much damage.
If the globe strikes a body of water or a liquid that is principally
water (not including water-based creatures), it freezes the liquid
to a depth of 6 inches over an area 30 feet square. This ice lasts for
1 minute. Creatures that were swimming on the surface of frozen
water are trapped in the ice. A trapped creature can use an action
to make a Strength check against your spell save DC to break free.
You can refrain from firing the globe after completing the spell, if
you wish. A small globe about the size of a sling stone, cool to the
touch, appears in your hand. At any time, you or a creature you
give the globe to can throw the globe (to a range of 40 feet) or hurl
it with a sling (to the sling’s normal range). It shatters on impact,
with the same effect as the normal casting of the spell. You can
also set the globe down without shattering it. After 1 minute, if the
globe hasn’t already shattered, it explodes.
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level
above 6th.
Friends Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
For the duration, you have advantage on all Charisma checks
directed at one creature of your choice that isn’t hostile toward
you. When the spell ends, the creature realizes that you used magic
to influence its mood and becomes hostile toward you. A creature
prone to violence might attack you. Another creature might seek
retribution in other ways (at the GM’s discretion), depending on
the nature of your interaction with it.
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Gaseous Form 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You transform a willing creature you touch, along with everything
it’s wearing and carrying, into a misty cloud for the duration. The
spell ends if the creature drops to 0 hit points. An incorporeal
creature isn’t affected.
While in this form, the target’s only method of movement is a
flying speed of 10 feet. The target can enter and occupy the space
of another creature. The target has resistance to nonmagical
damage, and it has advantage on Strength, Dexterity, and
Constitution saving throws. The target can pass through small
holes, narrow openings, and even mere cracks, though it treats
liquids as though they were solid surfaces. The target can’t fall
and remains hovering in the air even when stunned or otherwise
incapacitated.
While in the form of a misty cloud, the target can’t talk or
manipulate objects, and any objects it was carrying or holding
can’t be dropped, used, or otherwise interacted with. The target
can’t attack or cast spells.
Gate 10th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
(a diamond worth at least 5,000 Bu)
You conjure a portal linking an unoccupied space you can see
within range to a precise location on a different plane of existence.
The portal is a circular opening, which you can make 5 to 20 feet
in diameter. You can orient the portal in any direction you choose.
The portal lasts for the duration.
The portal has a front and a back on each plane where it appears.
Travel through the portal is possible only by moving through its
front. Anything that does so is instantly transported to the other
plane, appearing in the unoccupied space nearest to the portal.
Deities and other planar rulers can prevent portals created by
this spell from opening in their presence or anywhere within their
domains.
When you cast this spell, you can speak the name of a specific
creature (a pseudonym, title, or nickname doesn’t work). If that
creature is on a plane other than the one you are on, the portal
opens in the named creature’s immediate vicinity and draws the
creature through it to the nearest unoccupied space on your side
of the portal. You gain no special power over the creature, and it
is free to act as the GM deems appropriate. It might leave, attack
you, or help you.
Geas 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 60 feet
Duration: 30 days
You place a magical command on a creature that you can see
within range, forcing it to carry out some service or refrain from
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 some action or course of activity as you decide. If the creature
can understand you, it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw
or become charmed by you for the duration. While the creature is
charmed by you, it takes 5d10 psychic damage each time it acts
in a manner directly counter to your instructions, but no more than
once each day. A creature that can’t understand you is unaffected
by the spell.
You can issue any command you choose, short of an activity
that would result in certain death. Should you issue a suicidal
command, the spell ends.
You can end the spell early by using an action to dismiss it. A
remove curse, greater restoration, or wish spell also ends it.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th
or 8th level, the duration is 1 year. When you cast this spell using a
spell slot of 9th level, the spell lasts until it is ended by one of the
spells mentioned above.
Gentle Repose (Ritual) 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 10 days
You touch a corpse or other remains. For the duration, the target is
protected from decay and can’t become undead.
The spell also effectively extends the time limit on raising the
target from the dead, since days spent under the influence of this
spell don’t count against the time limit of spells such as raise
dead.
Ghost Bullets (TL 1) 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: 1 hour
(Pieces of nonmagical ammunition)
By speaking a ghostly incantation, you transform 4 nonmagical,
mundane bullets in your inventory into ghostly projections that
can pass through inorganic material for 1 hour. These bullets
ignore cover bonuses to AC, and are targeted using a creature’s
unarmored AC. These rounds deal double damage to spirits,
however, due to their focus on targeting organic material,
constructs are not affected by these bullets, and attacks made
against them automatically miss.
Giant Insect 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
You transform up to ten centipedes, three spiders, five wasps,
or one scorpion within range into giant versions of their natural
forms for the duration. A centipede becomes a giant centipede, a
spider becomes a giant spider, a wasp becomes a giant wasp, and
a scorpion becomes a giant scorpion.
Each creature obeys your verbal commands, and in combat, they
act on your turn each round. The GM has the statistics for these
creatures and resolves their actions and movement.
A creature remains in its giant size for the duration, until it drops
to 0 hit points, or until you use an action to dismiss the effect on it.
The GM might allow you to choose different targets. For example,
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if you transform a bee, its giant version might have the same
statistics as a giant wasp.
Glibness 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: 1 hour
Until the spell ends, when you make a Charisma check, you can
replace the number you roll with a 15. Additionally, no matter what
you say, magic that would determine if you are telling the truth
indicates that you are being truthful.
Globe of Invulnerability 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (10-foot radius)
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
(a glass or crystal bead that shatters when the spell ends)
An immobile, faintly shimmering barrier springs into existence in a
10-foot radius around you and remains for the duration.
Any spell of 5th level or lower cast from outside the barrier can’t
affect creatures or objects within it, even if the spell is cast using
a higher level spell slot. Such a spell can target creatures and
objects within the barrier, but the spell has no effect on them.
Similarly, the area within the barrier is excluded from the areas
affected by such spells.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th
level or higher, the barrier blocks spells of one level higher for each
slot level above 6th.
Glyph of Warding 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 hour Range: Touch
Duration: Until dispelled or triggered
(incense and powdered diamond worth at least 200 Bu, which the
spell consumes)
When you cast this spell, you inscribe a glyph that harms other
creatures, either upon a surface (such as a table or a section of
floor or wall) or within an object that can be closed (such as a
book, a scroll, or a treasure chest) to conceal the glyph. If you
choose a surface, the glyph can cover an area of the surface no
larger than 10 feet in diameter. If you choose an object, that object
must remain in its place; if the object is moved more than 10 feet
from where you cast this spell, the glyph is broken, and the spell
ends without being triggered.
The glyph is nearly invisible and requires a successful Intelligence
(Investigation) check against your spell save DC to be found.
You decide what triggers the glyph when you cast the spell. For
glyphs inscribed on a surface, the most typical triggers include
touching or standing on the glyph, removing another object
covering the glyph, approaching within a certain distance of the
glyph, or manipulating the object on which the glyph is inscribed.
For glyphs inscribed within an object, the most common triggers
include opening that object, approaching within a certain distance
of the object, or seeing or reading the glyph. Once a glyph is
triggered, this spell ends.
You can further refine the trigger so the spell activates only under
certain circumstances or according to physical characteristics
(such as height or weight), creature kind (for example, the ward
could be set to affect aberrations or vampires), or alignment. You
can also set conditions for creatures that don’t trigger the glyph,
such as those who say a certain password.
When you inscribe the glyph, choose explosive runes or a spell
glyph.
EXPLOSIVE RUNES. When triggered, the glyph erupts with magical
energy in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on the glyph. The
sphere spreads around corners. Each creature in the area must
make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 5d8 acid, cold,
fire, lightning, or thunder damage on a failed saving throw (your
choice when you create the glyph), or half as much damage on a
successful one.
SPELL GLYPH. You can store a prepared spell of 3rd level or lower
in the glyph by casting it as part of creating the glyph. The spell
must target a single creature or an area. The spell being stored
has no immediate effect when cast in this way. When the glyph is
triggered, the stored spell is cast. If the spell has a target, it targets
the creature that triggered the glyph.
If the spell affects an area, the area is centered on that creature. If
the spell summons hostile creatures or creates harmful objects or
traps, they appear as close as possible to the intruder and attack
it. If the spell requires concentration, it lasts until the end of its full
duration.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th
level or higher, the damage of an explosive runes glyph increases
by 1d8 for each slot level above 3rd. If you create a spell glyph, you
can store any spell of up to the same level as the slot you use for
the glyph of warding.
Goodberry 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
Up to ten berries appear in your hand and are infused with magic
for the duration. A creature can use its action to eat one berry.
Eating a berry restores 1 hit point, and the berry provides enough
nourishment to sustain a creature for one day.
The berries lose their potency if they have not been consumed
within 24 hours of the casting of this spell.
Grasping Vine 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You conjure a vine that sprouts from the ground in an unoccupied
space of your choice that you can see within range. When you cast
this spell, you can direct the vine to lash out at a creature within
30 feet of it that you can see. That creature must succeed on a
Dexterity saving throw or be pulled 20 feet directly toward the vine.
Until the spell ends, you can direct the vine to lash out at the same
creature or another one as a bonus action on each of your turns.
Grease 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: 1 minute
Slick grease covers the ground in a 10-foot square centered on a
point within range and turns it into difficult terrain for the duration.
When the grease appears, each creature standing in its area must
succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or fall prone. A creature that
enters the area or ends its turn there must also succeed on a
Dexterity saving throw or fall prone.
Greater Invisibility 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You or a creature you touch becomes invisible until the spell ends.
Anything the target is wearing or carrying is invisible as long as it
is on the target’s person.
Greater Panic Line (Ritual) 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 24 hours
You summon a 30-foot-radius invisible sphere of mystical energy
to impede foes passage that extends from a point you choose
within range. The outer 10 feet of the radius forms a protective
Panic Line dome that creates a 20 foot radius of safe space in the
center. Before you cast the spell, choose who may pass through it.
Those who are chosen may walk through unimpeded. Anyone else
must make a Constitution Saving Throw (DC 25) after entering the
Line. If they succeed, they move forward 5 feet and must roll again
for the next five feet. If they fail, they are consumed with fear and
are forced to retreat from the Line until they are out of movement.
At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level
or higher, the overall radius increases by 10 feet for each slot level
above 7th.
Greater Restoration 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
You imbue a creature you touch with positive energy to undo a
debilitating effect. You can reduce the target’s exhaustion level by
one, or end one of the following effects on the target:
• One effect that charmed or petrified the target
• One curse, including the target’s attunement to a cursed magic
item
• Any reduction to one of the target’s ability scores
• One effect reducing the target’s hit point maximum
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Guardian of Faith 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 8 hours
A Large spectral guardian appears and hovers for the duration in
an unoccupied space of your choice that you can see within range.
The guardian occupies that space and is indistinct except for a
gleaming sword and shield emblazoned with the symbol of your
deity.
Any creature hostile to you that moves to a space within 10 feet
of the guardian for the first time on a turn must succeed on a
Dexterity saving throw. The creature takes 20 radiant damage on
a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The
guardian vanishes when it has dealt a total of 60 damage.
Guards and Wards 6th-Level
Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: Touch
Duration: 24 hours
(burning incense, a small measure of brimstone and oil, a knotted
string and a small silver rod worth at least 10 Bu)
You create a ward that protects up to 2,500 square feet of floor
space (an area 50 feet square, or one hundred 5-foot squares or
twenty-five 10-foot squares). The warded area can be up to 20
feet tall, and shaped as you desire. You can ward several stories of
a stronghold by dividing the area among them, as long as you can
walk into each contiguous area while you are casting the spell.
When you cast this spell, you can specify individuals that are
unaffected by any or all of the effects that you choose. You can
also specify a password that, when spoken aloud, makes the
speaker immune to these effects.
Guards and wards creates the following effects within the warded
area.
CORRIDORS. Fog fills all the warded corridors, making them heavily
obscured. In addition, at each intersection or branching passage
offering a choice of direction, there is a 50 percent chance that
a creature other than you will believe it is going in the opposite
direction from the one it chooses.
DOORS. All doors in the warded area are magically locked, as if
sealed by an arcane lock spell. In addition, you can cover up to ten
doors with an illusion (equivalent to the illusory object function of
the minor illusion spell) to make them appear as plain sections of
wall.
STAIRS. Webs fill all stairs in the warded area from top to bottom,
as the web spell. These strands regrow in 10 minutes if they are
burned or torn away while guards and wards lasts.
OTHER SPELL EFFECT. You can place your choice of one of the
following magical effects within the warded area of the stronghold.
• Place dancing lights in four corridors. You can designate a
simple program that the lights repeat as long as guards and
wards lasts.
• Place magic mouth in two locations.
• Place stinking cloud in two locations. The vapors appear in the
places you designate; they return within 10 minutes if dispersed
by wind while guards and wards lasts.
• Place a constant gust of wind in one corridor or room.
• Place a suggestion in one location. You select an area of up to
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5 feet square, and any creature that enters or passes through the
area receives the suggestion mentally.
The whole warded area radiates magic. A dispel magic cast on a
specific effect, if successful, removes only that effect.
You can create a permanently guarded and warded structure by
casting this spell there every day for one year.
Guidance Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You touch one willing creature. Once before the spell ends, the
target can roll a d4 and add the number rolled to one ability check
of its choice. It can roll the die before or after making the ability
check. The spell then ends.
Guiding Bolt 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: 1 round
A flash of light streaks toward a creature of your choice within
range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the
target takes 4d6 radiant damage, and the next attack roll made
against this target before the end of your next turn has advantage,
thanks to the mystical dim light glittering on the target until then.
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.
Gust of Wind 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (60-foot line)
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
A line of strong wind 60 feet long and 10 feet wide blasts from you
in a direction you choose for the spell’s duration. Each creature
that starts its turn in the line must succeed on a Strength saving
throw or be pushed 15 feet away from you in a direction following
the line.
Any creature in the line must spend 2 feet of movement for every 1
foot it moves when moving closer to you.
The gust disperses gas or vapor, and it extinguishes candles,
torches, and similar unprotected flames in the area. It causes
protected flames, such as those of lanterns, to dance wildly and
has a 50 percent chance to extinguish them.
As a bonus action on each of your turns before the spell ends, you
can change the direction in which the line blasts from you.
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Hallow 5th-Level
Casting Time: 24 hours Range: Touch
Duration: Until dispelled
(herbs, oils, and incense worth at least 1,000 Bu, which the spell
consumes)
You touch a point and infuse an area around it with holy (or unholy)
power. The area can have a radius up to 60 feet, and the spell fails
if the radius includes an area already under the effect a hallow
spell. The affected area is subject to the following effects.
First, celestials, elementals, fiends, and undead can’t enter the
area, nor can such creatures charm, frighten, or possess creatures
within it. Any creature charmed, frightened, or possessed by such
a creature is no longer charmed, frightened, or possessed upon
entering the area. You can exclude one or more of those types of
creatures from this effect.
Second, you can bind an extra effect to the area. Choose the effect
from the following list, or choose an effect offered by the GM. Some
of these effects apply to creatures in the area; you can designate
whether the effect applies to all creatures, creatures that follow a
specific deity or leader, or creatures of a specific sort, such as ores
or trolls. When a creature that would be affected enters the spell’s
area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it can make
a Charisma saving throw. On a success, the creature ignores the
extra effect until it leaves the area.
COURAGE. Affected creatures can’t be frightened while in the area.
DARKNESS. Darkness fills the area. Normal light, as well as
magical light created by spells of a lower level than the slot you
used to cast this spell, can’t illuminate the area.
DAYLIGHT. Bright light fills the area. Magical darkness created by
spells of a lower level than the slot you used to cast this spell can’t
extinguish the light.
ENERGY PROTECTION. Affected creatures in the area have
resistance to one damage type of your choice, except for
bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing.
ENERGY VULNERABILITY. Affected creatures in the area have
vulnerability to one damage type of your choice, except for
bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing.
EVERLASTING REST. Dead bodies interred in the area can’t be
turned into undead.
EXTRADIMENSIONAL INTERFERENCE. Affected creatures can’t
move or travel using teleportation or by extradimensional or
interplanar means.
FEAR. Affected creatures are frightened while in the area.
SILENCE. No sound can emanate from within the area, and no
sound can reach into it.
TONGUES. Affected creatures can communicate with any other
creature in the area, even if they don’t share a common language.
Hallucinatory Terrain 4th-Level
Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: 300 feet
Duration: 24 hours
You make natural terrain in a 150-foot cube in range look, sound,
and smell like some other sort of natural terrain. Thus, open fields
or a road can be made to resemble a swamp, hill, crevasse, or
some other difficult or impassable terrain. A pond can be made
to seem like a grassy meadow, a precipice like a gentle slope, or
a rock-strewn gully like a wide and smooth road. Manufactured
structures, equipment, and creatures within the area aren’t
changed in appearance.
The tactile characteristics of the terrain are unchanged, so
creatures entering the area are likely to see through the illusion.
If the difference isn’t obvious by touch, a creature carefully
examining the illusion can attempt an Intelligence (Investigation)
check against your spell save DC to disbelieve it. A creature
who discerns the illusion for what it is, sees it as a vague image
superimposed on the terrain.
Hail of Thorns 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
The next time you hit a creature with a ranged weapon attack
before the spell ends, this spell creates a rain of thorns that
sprouts from your ranged weapon or ammunition. In addition to
the normal effect of the attack, the target of the attack and each
creature within 5 feet of it must make a Dexterity saving throw. A
creature takes 1d10 piercing damage on a failed save, or half as
much damage on a successful one.
At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level
above 1st (to a maximum of 6d10).
Harm 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You unleash a virulent disease on a creature that you can see
within range. The target must make a Constitution saving throw.
On a failed save, it takes 14d6 necrotic damage, or half as much
damage on a successful save. The damage can’t reduce the
target’s hit points below 1. If the target fails the saving throw, its
hit point maximum is reduced for 1 hour by an amount equal to
the necrotic damage it took. Any effect that removes a disease
allows a creature’s hit point maximum to return to normal before
that time passes.
Haste 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
Choose a willing creature that you can see within range. Until the
spell ends, the target’s speed is doubled, it gains a +2 bonus to
AC, it has advantage on Dexterity saving throws, and it gains an
additional action on each of its turns. That action can be used
only to take the Attack (one weapon attack only), Dash, Disengage,
Hide, or Use an Object action.
When the spell ends, the target can’t move or take actions until
after its next turn, as a wave of lethargy sweeps over it.
Heal 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
Choose a creature that you can see within range. A surge of
positive energy washes through the creature, causing it to regain
80 hit points. This spell also ends blindness, deafness, and any
diseases affecting the target. If the target is undead, you deal that
amount of positive damage to it, and it gets a basic Constitution
save. This spell has no effect on constructs.
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 At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th
level or higher, the amount of healing increases by 10 for each slot
level above 6th.
Healing Word 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
A creature of your choice that you can see within range regains
hit points equal to 1d8 + your spellcasting ability modifier. If the
target is undead, you deal that amount of positive damage to it,
and it gets a basic Constitution save. This spell has no effect on
constructs.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, the healing increases by 1d10 for each slot level
above 1st.
Heat Metal 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Choose a manufactured metal object, such as a metal weapon or
a suit of heavy or medium metal armor, that you can see within
range. You cause the object to glow red-hot. Any creature in
physical contact with the object takes 2d8 fire damage when you
cast the spell. Until the spell ends, you can use a bonus action on
each of your subsequent turns to cause this damage again.
If a creature is holding or wearing the object and takes the damage
from it, the creature must succeed on a Constitution saving throw
or drop the object if it can. If it doesn’t drop the object, it has
disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the start of
your next turn.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level
above 2nd.
Hellish Rebuke 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take in response to being
damaged by a creature within 60 feet of you that you can see
Range: 60 feet Duration: Instantaneous
You point your finger, and the creature that damaged you is
momentarily surrounded by hellish flames. The creature must
make a Dexterity saving throw. It takes 2d10 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 2nd
level or higher, the damage increases by 1dlOfor each slot level
above 1st.
Heroes’ Feast 6th-Level
Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: 30 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
(a gem-encrusted bowl worth at least 1,000 Bu, which the spell
consumes)
You bring forth a great feast, including magnificent food and drink.
The feast takes 1 hour to consume and disappears at the end of
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that time, and the beneficial effects don’t set in until this hour is
over. Up to twelve other creatures can partake of the feast.
A creature that partakes of the feast gains several benefits. The
creature is cured of all diseases and poison, becomes immune to
poison and being frightened, and makes all Wisdom saving throws
with advantage. Its hit point maximum also increases by 2d10,
and it gains the same number of hit points. These benefits last
for 24 hours.
Heroism 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
A willing creature you touch is imbued with bravery. Until the
spell ends, the creature is immune to being frightened and gains
temporary hit points equal to your spellcasting ability modifier at
the start of each of its turns. When the spell ends, the target loses
any remaining temporary hit points from this spell.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot
level above 1st.
Hex 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: 90 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You place a curse on a creature that you can see within range.
Until the spell ends, you deal an extra 1d6 necrotic damage to the
target whenever you hit it with an attack. Also, choose one ability
when you cast the spell. The target has disadvantage on ability
checks made with the chosen ability.
If the target drops to 0 hit points before this spell ends, you can
use a bonus action on a subsequent turn of yours to curse a new
creature.
A Remove Curse cast on the target ends this spell early.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
or 4th level, you can maintain your concentration on the spell for
up to 8 hours. When you use a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you
can maintain your concentration on the spell for up to 24 hours.
Hold Monster 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Choose a creature that you can see within range. The target
must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be paralyzed for the
duration. This spell has no effect on undead. At the end of each of
its turns, the target can make another Wisdom saving throw. On a
success, the spell ends on the target.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th
level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot
level above 5th. The creatures must be within 30 feet of each other
when you target them.
 Hold Person 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Choose a humanoid that you can see within range. The target
must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be paralyzed for
the duration. At the end of each of its turns, the target can make
another Wisdom saving throw. On a success, the spell ends on the
target.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
level or higher, you can target one additional humanoid for each
slot level above 2nd. The humanoids must be within 30 feet of
each other when you target them.
Holy Aura 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
Divine light washes out from you and coalesces in a soft radiance
in a 30-foot radius around you. Creatures of your choice in that
radius when you cast this spell shed dim light in a 5-foot radius
and have advantage on all saving throws, and other creatures have
disadvantage on attack rolls against them until the spell ends. In
addition, when a fiend or an undead hits an affected creature with
a melee attack, the aura flashes with brilliant light. The attacker
must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be blinded until
the spell ends.
Hunter’s Mark 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: 90 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You choose a creature you can see within range and mystically
mark it as your quarry. Until the spell ends, you deal an extra 1d6
damage to the target whenever you hit it with a weapon attack,
and you have advantage on any Wisdom (Perception) or Wisdom
(Survival) check you make to find it. If the target drops to 0 hit
points before this spell ends, you can use a bonus action on a
subsequent turn of yours to mark a new creature.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
or 4th level, you can maintain your concentration on the spell for
up to 8 hours. When you use a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you
can maintain your concentration on the spell for up to 24 hours.
Hydraulic Beam (TL 1) 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 Action Range: Self(15 foot wide line)
Duration: Instantaneous
Your knowledge of water pressure allows you to project a beam
of water from your hand or an object of your choosing on your
person in a 15 foot wide, 30 foot long line in a direction of your
choosing. Creatures within the line must succeed on a Strength
saving throw. On a failed save, they take 6d6 bludgeoning damage
and are knocked prone. They take half damage on a success and
are not knocked prone.
At Higher Levels. For every level this spell is cast above 3rd level,
increase the damage by 1d6 for every spell slot level above 3rd.
Hyper Beam 10th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 300 feet
Duration: Concentration, 12 hours
(An emerald worth 5,000 Bu, which the spell consumes)
You call upon a mighty, destructive beam of magical force to
destroy your enemies and burn the earth around them until it’s
surface is but glass.
Choose a point within range. You summon forth a large, white
orange pulsating beam in a 30 foot radius, 50,000 foot high column
centered around that point. Creatures that start their turn within
that point or enter its area for the first time take 8d10 fire damage,
8d10 radiant damage, 8d10 force damage, and 8d10 necrotic
damage. After two rounds, the beam turns the surface within it
into cracked and jagged glass, destroying plants and objects
that aren’t being worn or carried. This turns the area into difficult
terrain that is extraordinarily painful to cross. Any creature that
moves more than half its speed on this terrain takes 2d10 piercing
damage. Structures hit by this beam take double the damage from
this spell.
You must use your action to maintain the beam. As long as you
maintain the beam, your movement speed is 0, and you have
disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws. You can use your bonus
action to move the beam up to 20 feet in any direction you wish.
Hypnotic Pattern 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You create a twisting pattern of colors that weaves through the
air inside a 30-foot cube within range. The pattern appears for
a moment and vanishes. Each creature in the area who sees the
pattern must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the
creature becomes charmed for the duration. While charmed by
this spell, the creature is incapacitated and has a speed of 0.
The spell ends for an affected creature if it takes any damage or
if someone else uses an action to shake the creature out of its
stupor.
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Ice Bayonet (TL 1) 1st-Level
Casting Time: bonus action Range: Touch
Duration: 1 minute
You create a shard of ice at the end of the barrel of one of your
guns (Restricted to rifles, muskets, blunderbusses and shotguns).
For 1 minute, you can treat your firearm as a melee weapon with
reach that does 1d6 Piercing damage and 2d6 cold damage.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, the cold damage increases by 1d6 for each slot
above 1st.
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Ice Storm 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 300 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
A hail of rock-hard ice pounds to the ground in a 20-foot-radius,
40-foot-high cylinder centered on a point within range. Each
creature in the cylinder must make a Dexterity saving throw. A
creature takes 2d8 bludgeoning damage and 4d6 cold damage on
a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Hailstones turn the storm’s area of effect into difficult terrain until
the end of your next turn.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th
level or higher, the bludgeoning damage increases by 1d8 for each
slot level above 4th.
Identify (Ritual) 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
You choose one object that you must touch throughout the
casting of the spell. If it is a magic item or some other magic-
imbued object, you learn its properties and how to use them,
whether it requires attunement to use, and how many charges it
has, if any. You learn whether any spells are affecting the item and
what they are. If the item was created by a spell, you learn which
spell created it.
If you instead touch a creature throughout the casting, you learn
what spells, if any, are currently affecting it.
Illusory Script (Ritual) 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Touch
Duration: 10 days
(a lead-based ink worth at least 10 Bu, which the spell consumes)
You write on parchment, paper, or some other suitable writing
material and imbue it with a potent illusion that lasts for the
duration.
To you and any creatures you designate when you cast the spell,
the writing appears normal, written in your hand, and conveys
whatever meaning you intended when you wrote the text. To all
others, the writing appears as if it were written in an unknown or
magical script that is unintelligible. Alternatively, you can cause
the writing to appear to be an entirely different message, written in
a different hand and language, though the language must be one
you know.
Should the spell be dispelled, the original script and the illusion
both disappear.
A creature with truesight can read the hidden message.
Imprisonment 9th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 30 feet
Duration: Until dispelled
(a vellum depiction or a carved statuette in the likeness of the
target, and a special component that varies according to the
version of the spell you choose, worth at least 500 Bu per Hit Die
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of the target)
You create a magical restraint to hold a creature that you can see
within range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw
or be bound by the spell; if it succeeds, it is immune to this spell if
you cast it again. While affected by this spell, the creature doesn’t
need to breathe, eat, or drink, and it doesn’t age. Divination spells
can’t locate or perceive the target.
When you cast the spell, you choose one of the following forms of
imprisonment.
BURIAL. The target is entombed far beneath the earth in a sphere
of magical force that is just large enough to contain the target.
Nothing can pass through the sphere, nor can any creature teleport
or use planar travel to get into or out of it.
The special component for this version of the spell is a small
mithral orb.
CHAINING. Heavy chains, firmly rooted in the ground, hold the
target in place. The target is restrained until the spell ends, and it
can’t move or be moved by any means until then.
The special component for this version of the spell is a fine chain
of precious metal.
HEDGED PRISON. The spell transports the target into a tiny
demiplane that is warded against teleportation and planar travel.
The demiplane can be a labyrinth, a cage, a tower, or any similar
confined structure or area of your choice.
The special component for this version of the spell is a miniature
representation of the prison made from jade.
MINIMUS CONTAINMENT. The target shrinks to a height of 1
inch and is imprisoned inside a gemstone or similar object. Light
can pass through the gemstone normally (allowing the target to
see out and other creatures to see in), but nothing else can pass
through, even by means of teleportation or planar travel. The
gemstone can’t be cut or broken while the spell remains in effect.
The special component for this version of the spell is a large,
transparent gemstone, such as a corundum, diamond, or ruby.
SLUMBER. The target falls asleep and can’t be awoken. The
special component for this version of the spell consists of rare
soporific herbs.
Ending the Spell. During the casting of the spell, in any of its
versions, you can specify a condition that will cause the spell
to end and release the target. The condition can be as specific
or as elaborate as you choose, but the GM must agree that the
condition is reasonable and has a likelihood of coming to pass.
The conditions can be based on a creature’s name, identity, or deity
but otherwise must be based on observable actions or qualities
and not based on intangibles such as level, class, or hit points.
A dispel magic spell can end the spell only if it is cast as a 9th-
level spell, targeting either the prison or the special component
used to create it.
You can use a particular special component to create only one
prison at a time. If you cast the spell again using the same
component, the target of the first casting is immediately freed
from its binding.
Incendiary Cloud 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
A swirling cloud of smoke shot through with white-hot embers
appears in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point within
range. The cloud spreads around corners and is heavily obscured.
It lasts for the duration or until a wind of moderate or greater
speed (at least 10 miles per hour) disperses it.
When the cloud appears, each creature in it must make a Dexterity
saving throw. A creature takes 10d8 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.
The cloud moves 10 feet directly away from you in a direction that
you choose at the start of each of your turns.
Incognito Video (TL 1) 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: 1 hour
If you appear in any video, like security camera footage, that video
of you shows your body completely distorted as a jumbled mass
of pixels. No program can decipher the scrambled image. You are
visible to any people around, only the video itself is distorted.
This does not effect photos.
Inflict Wounds 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
Make a melee spell attack against a creature you can reach. On a
hit, the target takes 3d10 necrotic damage.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level
above 1st.
Insect Plague 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 300 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
Swarming, biting locusts fill a 20-foot-radius sphere centered
on a point you choose within range. The sphere spreads around
corners. The sphere remains for the duration, and its area is lightly
obscured. The sphere’s area is difficult terrain.
When the area appears, each creature in it must make a
Constitution saving throw. A creature takes 4d10 piercing 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.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level
above 5th.
Instant Summons (Ritual) 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Touch
Duration: Until dispelled
You touch an object weighing 10 pounds or less whose longest
dimension is 6 feet or less. The spell leaves an invisible mark on
its surface and invisibly inscribes the name of the item on the
sapphire you use as the material component. Each time you cast
this spell, you must use a different sapphire.
At any time thereafter, you can use your action to speak the item’s
name and crush the sapphire. The item instantly appears in your
hand regardless of physical or planar distances, and the spell
ends.
If another creature is holding or carrying the item, crushing the
sapphire doesn’t transport the item to you, but instead you learn
who the creature possessing the object is and roughly where that
creature is located at that moment.
Dispel magic or a similar effect successfully applied to the
sapphire ends this spell’s effect.
Invisibility 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
A creature you touch becomes invisible until the spell ends.
Anything the target is wearing or carrying is invisible as long as it
is on the target’s person. The spell ends for a target that attacks
or casts a spell.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot
level above 2nd.
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Jinx 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 reaction when hit by an attack
Range: 90 feet Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
When a creature makes an attack roll against you, you can use a
reaction to place a curse on them. This curse wracks their minds
whenever they attempt to attack you. When this spell is cast, and
every round afterward, every time the cursed creature targets you
with an attack roll, it takes 1d4 psychic damage. As a bonus action
during your turn or if the cursed creature is killed, you can move
this curse to a new target.
Jump 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 1 minute
You touch a creature. The creature’s jump distance is tripled until
the spell ends.
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Knock 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
Choose an object that you can see within range. The object can
be a door, a box, a chest, a set of manacles, a padlock, or another
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 object that contains a mundane or magical means that prevents
access.
A target that is held shut by a mundane lock or that is stuck or
barred becomes unlocked, unstuck, or unbarred. If the object has
multiple locks, only one of them is unlocked.
If you choose a target that is held shut with arcane lock, that spell
is suppressed for 10 minutes, during which time the target can be
opened and shut normally.
When you cast the spell, a loud knock, audible from as far away as
300 feet, emanates from the target object.
L creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw to avoid the
Legend Lore 5th-Level
Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: Self
Duration: Instantaneous
(incense worth at least 250 Bu, which the spell consumes)
Name or describe a person, place, or object. The spell brings to
your mind a brief summary of the significant lore about the thing
you named. The lore might consist of current tales, forgotten
stories, or even secret lore that has never been widely known. If
the thing you named isn’t of legendary importance, you gain no
information. The more information you already have about the
thing, the more precise and detailed the information you receive is.
The information you learn is accurate but might be couched in
figurative language.
Lesser Restoration 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
You touch a creature and can end either one disease or one
condition afflicting it. The condition can be blinded, deafened,
paralyzed, or poisoned.
Levitate 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
One creature or object of your choice that you can see within
range rises vertically, up to 20 feet, and remains suspended there
for the duration. The spell can levitate a target that weighs up to
500 pounds. An unwilling creature that succeeds on a Constitution
saving throw is unaffected.
The target can move only by pushing or pulling against a fixed
object or surface within reach (such as a wall or a ceiling), which
allows it to move as if it were climbing. You can change the
target’s altitude by up to 20 feet in either direction on your turn. If
you are the target, you can move up or down as part of your move.
Otherwise, you can use your action to move the target, which must
remain within the spell’s range.
When the spell ends, the target floats gently to the ground if it is
still aloft.
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Light Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 1 hour
You touch one object that is no larger than 10 feet in any
dimension. Until the spell ends, the object sheds bright light in a
20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet. The light
can be colored as you like. Completely covering the object with
something opaque blocks the light. The spell ends if you cast it
again or dismiss it as an action.
If you target an object held or worn by a hostile creature, that
spell.
Lightning Arrow 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
The next time you make a ranged weapon attack during the spell’s
duration, the weapon’s ammunition, or the weapon itself if it’s
a thrown weapon, transforms into a bolt of lightning. Make the
attack roll as normal, The target takes 4d8 lightning damage on
a hit, or half as much damage on a miss, instead of the weapon’s
normal damage.
Whether you hit or miss, each creature within 10 feet of the target
must make a Dexterity saving throw. Each of these creatures takes
2d8 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on
a successful one.
The piece of ammunition or weapon then returns to its normal
form.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th
level or higher, the damage for both effects of the spell increases
by 1d8 for each slot level above 3rd.
Lightning Bolt 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (100-foot line)
Duration: Instantaneous
A stroke of lightning forming a line 100 feet long and 5 feet wide
blasts out from you in a direction you choose. Each creature in
the line must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 8d6
lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on
a successful one. The lightning ignites flammable objects in the
area that aren’t being worn or carried.
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.
Locate Animals or Plants (Ritual) 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Instantaneous
Describe or name a specific kind of beast or plant. Concentrating
on the voice of nature in your surroundings, you learn the direction
and distance to the closest creature or plant of that kind within 5
miles, if any are present.
 Locate Creature 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
Describe or name a creature that is familiar to you. You sense
the direction to the creature’s location, as long as that creature
is within 1,000 feet of you. If the creature is moving, you know the
direction of its movement.
The spell can locate a specific creature known to you, or the
nearest creature of a specific kind (such as a human or a unicorn),
so long as you have seen such a creature up close—within 30
feet—at least once. If the creature you described or named is in
a different form, such as being under the effects of a polymorph
spell, this spell doesn’t locate the creature.
This spell can’t locate a creature if running water at least 10 feet
wide blocks a direct path between you and the creature.
Locate Object 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
Describe or name an object that is familiar to you. You sense the
direction to the object’s location, as long as that object is within
1,000 feet of you. If the object is in motion, you know the direction
of its movement.
The spell can locate a specific object known to you, as long as you
have seen it up close—within 30 feet—at least once. Alternatively,
the spell can locate the nearest object of a particular kind, such as
a certain kind of apparel, jewelry, furniture, tool, or weapon.
This spell can’t locate an object if any thickness of lead, even a
thin sheet, blocks a direct path between you and the object.
Longstrider 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 1 hour
You touch a creature. The target’s speed increases by 10 feet until
the spell ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot
level above 1st.
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Mage Armor 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 8 hours
You touch a willing creature who isn’t wearing armor, and a
protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. The
target’s base AC becomes 13+ its Dexterity modifier. The spell
ends if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell as an
action.
Mage Hand Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 1 minute
A spectral, floating hand appears at a point you choose within
range. The hand lasts for the duration or until you dismiss it as an
action. The hand vanishes if it is ever more than 30 feet away from
you or if you cast this spell again.
You can use your action to control the hand. You can use the hand
to manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow
or retrieve an item from an open container, or pour the contents
out of a vial. You can move the hand up to 30 feet each time you
use it.
The hand can’t attack, activate magic items, or carry more than
10 pounds.
Magic Circle 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 10 feet
Duration: 1 hour
(holy water or powdered silver and iron worth at least 100 Bu,
which the spell consumes)
You create a 10-foot-radius, 20-foot-tall cylinder of magical
energy centered on a point on the ground that you can see within
range. Glowing runes appear wherever the cylinder intersects with
the floor or other surface.
Choose one or more of the following types of creatures: celestials,
elementals, fiends, or undead. The circle affects a creature of the
chosen type in the following ways:
• The creature can’t willingly enter the cylinder by nonmagical
means. If the creature tries to use teleportation or interplanar
travel to do so, it must first succeed on a Charisma saving throw.
• The creature has disadvantage on attack rolls against targets
within the cylinder.
• Targets within the cylinder can’t be charmed, frightened, or
possessed by the creature.
When you cast this spell, you can elect to cause its magic to operate
in the reverse direction, preventing a creature of the specified type
from leaving the cylinder and protecting targets outside it.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th
level or higher, the duration increases by 1 hour for each slot level
above 3rd.
6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self
Duration: Until dispelled
(a gem, crystal, reliquary, or some other ornamental container
worth at least 500 Bu)
Your body falls into a catatonic state as your soul leaves it and
enters the container you used for the spell’s material component.
While your soul inhabits the container, you are aware of your
surroundings as if you were in the container’s space. You can’t
move or use reactions. The only action you can take is to project
your soul up to 100 feet out of the container, either returning to
your living body (and ending the spell) or attempting to possess a
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 humanoids body.
You can attempt to possess any humanoid within 100 feet of you
that you can see (creatures warded by a protection from evil and
good or magic circle spell can’t be possessed). The target must
make a Charisma saving throw. On a failure, your soul moves into
the target’s body, and the target’s soul becomes trapped in the
container. On a success, the target resists your efforts to possess
it, and you can’t attempt to possess it again for 24 hours.
Once you possess a creature’s body, you control it. Your game
statistics are replaced by the statistics of the creature, though you
retain your alignment and your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma
scores. You retain the benefit of your own class features. If the
target has any class levels, you can’t use any of its class features.
Meanwhile, the possessed creature’s soul can perceive from the
container using its own senses, but it can’t move or take actions
at all.
While possessing a body, you can use your action to return
from the host body to the container if it is within 100 feet of you,
returning the host creature’s soul to its body. If the host body dies
while you’re in it, the creature dies, and you must make a Charisma
saving throw against your own spellcasting DC. On a success, you
return to the container if it is within 100 feet of you. Otherwise,
you die.
If the container is destroyed or the spell ends, your soul immediately
returns to your body. If your body is more than 100 feet away from
you or if your body is dead when you attempt to return to it, you die.
If another creature’s soul is in the container when it is destroyed,
the creature’s soul returns to its body if the body is alive and within
100 feet. Otherwise, that creature dies.
When the spell ends, the container is destroyed.
Magic Missile 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You create three glowing darts of magical force. Each dart hits
a creature of your choice that you can see within range. A dart
deals 1d4 + 1 force damage to its target. The darts all strike
simultaneously, and you can direct them to hit one creature or
several.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, the spell creates one more dart for each slot level
above 1st.
Magic Mouth (Ritual) 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 30 feet
Duration: Until dispelled
You implant a message within an object in range, a message
that is uttered when a trigger condition is met. Choose an object
that you can see and that isn’t being worn or carried by another
creature. Then speak the message, which must be 25 words or
less, though it can be delivered over as long as 10 minutes. Finally,
determine the circumstance that will trigger the spell to deliver
your message.
When that circumstance occurs, a magical mouth appears
on the object and recites the message in your voice and at the
same volume you spoke. If the object you chose has a mouth
or something that looks like a mouth (for example, the mouth
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of a statue), the magical mouth appears there so that the words
appear to come from the object’s mouth. When you cast this spell,
you can have the spell end after it delivers its message, or it can
remain and repeat its message whenever the trigger occurs.
The triggering circumstance can be as general or as detailed as
you like, though it must be based on visual or audible conditions
that occur within 30 feet of the object. For example, you could
instruct the mouth to speak when any creature moves within 30
feet of the object or when a silver bell rings within 30 feet of it.
Magic Weapon 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You touch a nonmagical weapon. Until the spell ends, that weapon
becomes a magic weapon with a +1 bonus to attack rolls and
damage rolls.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th
level or higher, the bonus increases to +2. When you use a spell
slot of 6th level or higher, the bonus increases to +3.
Magnificent Mansion 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 300 feet
Duration: 24 hours
(a miniature portal carved from ivory, a small piece of polished
marble, and a tiny silver spoon, each item worth at least 5 Bu)
You conjure an extradimensional dwelling in range that lasts for
the duration. You choose where its one entrance is located. The
entrance shimmers faintly and is 5 feet wide and 10 feet tall. You
and any creature you designate when you cast the spell can enter
the extradimensional dwelling as long as the portal remains open.
You can open or close the portal if you are within 30 feet of it.
While closed, the portal is invisible.
Beyond the portal is a magnificent foyer with numerous chambers
beyond. The atmosphere is clean, fresh, and warm.
You can create any floor plan you like, but the space can’t exceed
50 cubes, each cube being 10 feet on each side. The place is
furnished and decorated as you choose. It contains sufficient food
to serve a nine-course banquet for up to 100 people. A staff of
100 near-transparent servants attends all who enter. You decide
the visual appearance of these servants and their attire. They are
completely obedient to your orders. Each servant can perform any
task a normal human servant could perform, but they can’t attack
or take any action that would directly harm another creature.
Thus the servants can fetch things, clean, mend, fold clothes,
light fires, serve food, pour wine, and so on. The servants can
go anywhere in the mansion but can’t leave it. Furnishings and
other objects created by this spell dissipate into smoke if removed
from the mansion. When the spell ends, any creatures inside the
extradimensional space are expelled into the open spaces nearest
to the entrance.
Major Image 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
You create the image of an object, a creature, or some other visible
phenomenon that is no larger than a 20-foot cube. The image
appears at a spot that you can see within range and lasts for the
duration. It seems completely real, including sounds, smells, and
temperature appropriate to the thing depicted. You can’t create
sufficient heat or cold to cause damage, a sound loud enough to
deal thunder damage or deafen a creature, or a smell that might
sicken a creature (like a troglodyte’s stench).
As long as you are within range of the illusion, you can use your
action to cause the image to move to any other spot within range.
As the image changes location, you can alter its appearance so
that its movements appear natural for the image. For example, if
you create an image of a creature and move it, you can alter the
image so that it appears to be walking. Similarly, you can cause the
illusion to make different sounds at different times, even making it
carry on a conversation, for example.
Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion,
because things can pass through it. A creature that uses its
action to examine the image 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 image, and its other sensory qualities
become faint to the creature.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th
level or higher, the spell lasts until dispelled, without requiring your
concentration.
Mass Cure Wounds 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
A wave of healing energy washes out from a point of your choice
within range. Choose up to six creatures in a 30-foot-radius
sphere centered on that point. Each target regains hit points equal
to 3d8 + your spellcasting ability modifier. This spell has no effect
on undead or constructs.
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.
Mass Heal 9th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
A flood of healing energy flows from you into injured creatures
around you. You restore up to 700 hit points, divided as you
choose among any number of creatures that you can see within
range. Creatures healed by this spell are also cured of all diseases
and any effect making them blinded or deafened. This spell has no
effect on undead or constructs.
Mass Healing Word 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
As you call out words of restoration, up to six creatures of your
choice that you can see within range regain hit points equal to
1d4 + your spellcasting ability modifier. This spell has no effect on
undead or constructs.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of
4th level or higher, the healing increases by 1d4 for each slot level
above 3rd.
Mass Suggestion 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: 24 hours
You suggest a course of activity (limited to a sentence or two)
and magically influence up to twelve creatures of your choice
that you can see within range and that can hear and understand
you. Creatures that can’t be charmed are immune to this effect.
The suggestion must be worded in such a manner as to make the
course of action sound reasonable. Asking the creature to stab
itself, throw itself onto a spear, immolate itself, or do some other
obviously harmful act automatically negates the effect of the spell.
Each target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save,
it pursues the course of action you described to the best of its
ability. The suggested course of action can continue for the entire
duration. If the suggested activity can be completed in a shorter
time, the spell ends when the subject finishes what it was asked
to do.
You can also specify conditions that will trigger a special activity
during the duration. For example, you might suggest that a group
of soldiers give all their money to the first beggar they meet. If
the condition isn’t met before the spell ends, the activity isn’t
performed.
If you or any of your companions damage a creature affected by
this spell, the spell ends for that creature.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 7th-level spell
slot, the duration is 10 days. When you use an 8th-level spell slot,
the duration is 30 days. When you use a 9th-level spell slot, the
duration is a year and a day.
Maze 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
You banish a creature that you can see within range into a
labyrinthine pocket universe. The target remains there for the
duration or until it escapes the maze.
The target can use its action to attempt to escape. When it does
so, it makes a DC 20 Intelligence check. If it succeeds, it escapes,
and the spell ends. When the spell ends, the target reappears in the
space it left or, if that space is occupied, in the nearest unoccupied
space.
Meld into Stone (Ritual) 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 8 hours
You step into a stone object or surface large enough to fully contain
your body, melding yourself and all the equipment you carry with
the stone for the duration. Using your movement, you step into the
stone at a point you can touch. Nothing of your presence remains
visible or otherwise detectable by nonmagical senses.
While merged with the stone, you can’t see what occurs outside
it, and any Wisdom (Perception) checks you make to hear sounds
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 outside it are made with disadvantage. You remain aware of the
passage of time and can cast spells on yourself while merged in
the stone. You can use your movement to leave the stone where
you entered it, which ends the spell. You otherwise can’t move.
Minor physical damage to the stone doesn’t harm you, but its partial
destruction or a change in its shape (to the extent that you no
longer fit within it) expels you and deals 6d6 bludgeoning damage
to you. The stone’s complete destruction (or transmutation into a
different substance) expels you and deals 50 bludgeoning damage
to you. If expelled, you fall prone in an unoccupied space closest to
where you first entered.
Mending Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
This spell repairs a single break or tear in an object you touch,
such as a broken chain link, two halves of a broken key, a torn
cloak, or a leaking wineskin. As long as the break or tear is no
larger than 1 foot in any dimension, you mend it, leaving no trace
of the former damage.
This spell can physically repair a magic item or construct, but the
spell can’t restore magic to such an object.
Message Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: 1 round
You point your finger toward a creature within range and whisper a
message. The target (and only the target) hears the message and
can reply in a whisper that only you can hear.
You can cast this spell through solid objects if you are familiar with
the target and know it is beyond the barrier. Magical silence. 1 foot
of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of
wood blocks the spell. The spell doesn’t have to follow a straight
line and can travel freely around corners or through openings.
Meteor Swarm 9th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 1 mile
Duration: Instantaneous
Blazing orbs of fire plummet to the ground at four different points
you can see within range. Each creature in a 40-foot-radius sphere
centered on each point you choose must make a Dexterity saving
throw. The sphere spreads around corners. A creature takes 20d6
fire damage and 20d6 bludgeoning damage on a failed save,
or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature in the
area of more than one fiery burst is affected only once. The spell
damages objects in the area and ignites flammable objects that
aren’t being worn or carried.
Mind Blank 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 24 hours
Until the spell ends, one willing creature you touch is immune to
psychic damage, any effect that would sense its emotions or read
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its thoughts, divination spells, and the charmed condition. The
spell even foils wish spells and spells or effects of similar power
used to affect the target’s mind or to gain information about the
target.
Minor Illusion Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 1 minute
You create a sound or an image of an object within range that
lasts for the duration. The illusion also ends if you dismiss it as an
action or cast this spell again.
If you create a sound, its volume can range from a whisper to a
scream. It can be your voice, someone else’s voice, a lion’s roar,
a beating of drums, or any other sound you choose. The sound
continues unabated throughout the duration, or you can make
discrete sounds at different times before the spell ends.
If you create an image of an object—such as a chair, muddy
footprints, or a small chest—it must be no larger than a 5-foot
cube. The image can’t create sound, light, smell, or any other
sensory effect. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be
an illusion, because things can pass through it.
If a creature uses its action to examine the sound or image, the
creature 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 illusion becomes
faint to the creature.
Mirage Arcane 7th-Level
Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: Sight
Duration: 10 days
You make terrain in an area up to 1 mile square look, sound, smell,
and even feel like some other sort of terrain. The terrain’s general
shape remains the same, however. Open fields or a road could be
made to resemble a swamp, hill, crevasse, or some other difficult
or impassable terrain. A pond can be made to seem like a grassy
meadow, a precipice like a gentle slope, or a rock-strewn gully like
a wide and smooth road.
Similarly, you can alter the appearance of structures, or add them
where none are present. The spell doesn’t disguise, conceal, or
add creatures.
The illusion includes audible, visual, tactile, and olfactory elements,
so it can turn clear ground into difficult terrain (or vice versa) or
otherwise impede movement through the area. Any piece of the
illusory terrain (such as a rock or stick) that is removed from the
spell’s area disappears immediately.
Creatures with truesight can see through the illusion to the terrain’s
true form; however, all other elements of the illusion remain, so
while the creature is aware of the illusion’s presence, the creature
can still physically interact with the illusion.
Mirror Image 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: 1 minute
Three illusory duplicates of yourself appear in your space. Until the
spell ends, the duplicates move with you and mimic your actions,
shifting position so it’s impossible to track which image is real.
You can use your action to dismiss the illusory duplicates.
Each time a creature targets you with an attack during the spell’s
duration, roll a d20 to determine whether the attack instead targets
one of your duplicates.
If you have three duplicates, you must roll a 6 or higher to change
the attack’s target to a duplicate. With two duplicates, you must
roll an 8 or higher. With one duplicate, you must roll an 11 or higher.
A duplicate’s AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier. If an attack
hits a duplicate, the duplicate is destroyed. A duplicate can be
destroyed only by an attack that hits it. It ignores all other damage
and effects. The spell ends when all three duplicates are destroyed.
A creature is unaffected by this spell if it can’t see, if it relies on
senses other than sight, such as blindsight, or if it can perceive
illusions as false, as with truesight.
Mislead 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You become invisible at the same time that an illusory double
of you appears where you are standing. The double lasts for the
duration, but the invisibility ends if you attack or cast a spell.
You can use your action to move your illusory double up to twice
your speed and make it gesture, speak, and behave in whatever
way you choose.
You can see through its eyes and hear through its ears as if you
were located where it is. On each of your turns as a bonus action,
you can switch from using its senses to using your own, or back
again. While you are using its senses, you are blinded and deafened
in regard to your own surroundings.
Misty Step 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self
Duration: Instantaneous
Briefly surrounded by silvery mist, you teleport up to 30 feet to an
unoccupied space that you can see.
Modify Memory 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You attempt to reshape another creature’s memories. One
creature that you can see must make a Wisdom saving throw.
If you are fighting the creature, it has advantage on the saving
throw. On a failed save, the target becomes charmed by you for the
duration. The charmed target is incapacitated and unaware of its
surroundings, though it can still hear you. If it takes any damage
or is targeted by another spell, this spell ends, and none of the
target’s memories are modified.
While this charm lasts, you can affect the target’s memory of an
event that it experienced within the last 24 hours and that lasted no
more than 10 minutes. You can permanently eliminate all memory
of the event, allow the target to recall the event with perfect clarity
and exacting detail, change its memory of the details of the event,
or create a memory of some other event.
You must speak to the target to describe how its memories are
affected, and it must be able to understand your language for
the modified memories to take root. Its mind fills in any gaps in
the details of your description. If the spell ends before you have
finished describing the modified memories, the creature’s memory
isn’t altered. Otherwise, the modified memories take hold when
the spell ends.
A modified memory doesn’t necessarily affect how a creature
behaves, particularly if the memory contradicts the creature’s
natural inclinations, alignment, or beliefs. An illogical modified
memory, such as implanting a memory of how much the creature
enjoyed dousing itself in acid, is dismissed, perhaps as a bad
dream. The GM might deem a modified memory too nonsensical
to affect a creature in a significant manner.
A remove curse or greater restoration spell cast on the target
restores the creature’s true memory.
At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level
or higher, you can alter the target’s memories of an event that took
place up to 7 days ago (6th level), 30 days ago (7th level), 1 year
ago (8th level), or any time in the creature’s past (9th level).
Moonbeam 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
A silvery beam of pale light shines down in a 5-foot- radius,
40-foot-high cylinder centered on a point within range. Until the
spell ends, dim light fills the cylinder.
When a creature enters the spell’s area for the first time on a
turn or starts its turn there, it is engulfed in ghostly flames that
cause searing pain, and it must make a Constitution saving throw.
It takes 2d10 radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much
damage on a successful one.
A shapechanger makes its saving throw with disadvantage. If it
fails, it also instantly reverts to its original form and can’t assume
a different form until it leaves the spell’s light.
On each of your turns after you cast this spell, you can use an
action to move the beam 60 feet in any direction.
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.
Move Earth 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, 2 hours
(an iron blade and a small bag containing a mixture of soils—clay,
loam, and sand)
Choose an area of terrain no larger than 40 feet on a side within
range. You can reshape dirt, sand, or clay in the area in any
manner you choose for the duration. You can raise or lower the
area’s elevation, create or fill in a trench, erect or flatten a wall, or
form a pillar. The extent of any such changes can’t exceed half the
area’s largest dimension. So, if you affect a 40-foot square, you
can create a pillar up to 20 feet high, raise or lower the square’s
elevation by up to 20 feet, dig a trench up to 20 feet deep, and so
on. It takes 10 minutes for these changes to complete.
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 At the end of every 10 minutes you spend concentrating on the
spell, you can choose a new area of terrain to affect.
Because the terrain’s transformation occurs slowly, creatures
in the area can’t usually be trapped or injured by the ground’s
movement.
This spell can’t manipulate natural stone or stone construction.
Rocks and structures shift to accommodate the new terrain. If
the way you shape the terrain would make a structure unstable, it
might collapse.
Similarly, this spell doesn’t directly affect plant growth. The moved
earth carries any plants along with it.
N Passwall
Non-Detection 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 8 hours
For the duration, you hide a target that you touch from divination
magic. The target can be a willing creature or a place or an object
no larger than 10 feet in any dimension. The target can’t be
targeted by any divination magic or perceived through magical
scrying sensors.
O Phantasmal Force
On and Off (TL 1) Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You can activate or deactivate any electronic device within range,
as long as the device has a clearly defined on or off function that
can be easily accessed from the outside of the device.
P also evident only to the creature.
Panic Line 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 Minute
You summon a 50 foot long, 15 foot tall and 10 foot thick invisible
wall of mystical energy to impede foes passage that extends from
a point you choose within range. Before you cast the spell, choose
who may pass through it. Those who are chosen may walk through
unimpeded. Anyone else must make a Constitution Saving Throw
(DC 15) after entering the Line. If they succeed, they move forward
5 feet and must roll again for the next five feet. If they fail, they are
consumed with fear and are forced to retreat from the Line until
they are out of movement.
At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, the thickness increases by 5 feet for each slot level
above 1st (to a maximum of 20 feet).
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Pass without Trace 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
A veil of shadows and silence radiates from you, masking you and
your companions from detection.
For the duration, each creature you choose within 30 feet of you
(including you) has a +10 bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) checks and
can’t be tracked except by magical means. A creature that receives
this bonus leaves behind no tracks or other traces of its passage.
5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 1 hour
A passage appears at a point of your choice that you can see on
a wooden, plaster, or stone surface (such as a wall, a ceiling, or
a floor) within range, and lasts for the duration. You choose the
opening’s dimensions: up to 5 feet wide, 8 feet tall, and 20 feet
deep. The passage creates no instability in a structure surrounding
it.
When the opening disappears, any creatures or objects still in the
passage created by the spell are safely ejected to an unoccupied
space nearest to the surface on which you cast the spell.
2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You craft an illusion that takes root in the mind of a creature that
you can see within range. The target must make an Intelligence
saving throw. On a failed save, you create a phantasmal object,
creature, or other visible phenomenon of your choice that is no
larger than a 10-foot cube and that is perceivable only to the target
for the duration. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs.
The phantasm includes sound, temperature, and other stimuli,
The target can use its action to examine the phantasm with an
Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If
the check succeeds, the target realizes that the phantasm is an
illusion, and the spell ends.
While a target is affected by the spell, the target treats the
phantasm as if it were real. The target rationalizes any illogical
outcomes from interacting with the phantasm. For example, a
target attempting to walk across a phantasmal bridge that spans
a chasm falls once it steps onto the bridge. If the target survives
the fall, it still believes that the bridge exists and comes up with
some other explanation for its fall it was pushed, it slipped, or a
strong wind might have knocked it off.
An affected target is so convinced of the phantasm’s reality that
it can even take damage from the illusion. A phantasm created to
appear as a creature can attack the target. Similarly, a phantasm
created to appear as fire, a pool of acid, or lava can burn the target.
Each round on your turn, the phantasm can deal 1d6 psychic
damage to the target if it is in the phantasm’s area or within 5
feet of the phantasm, provided that the illusion is of a creature or
hazard that could logically deal damage, such as by attacking. The
target perceives the damage as a type appropriate to the illusion.

Phantasmal Killer 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You tap into the nightmares of a creature you can see within range
and create an illusory manifestation of its deepest fears, visible
only to that creature. The target must make a Wisdom saving
throw. On a failed save, the target becomes frightened for the
duration. At the start of each of the target’s turns before the spell
ends, the target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or take
4d10 psychic damage. On a successful save, the spell ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level
above 4th.
Phantom Steed (Ritual) 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 30 feet
Duration: 1 hour
A Large quasi-real, horse-like creature appears on the ground in
an unoccupied space of your choice within range. You decide the
creature’s appearance, but it is equipped with a saddle, bit, and
bridle. Any of the equipment created by the spell vanishes in a puff
of smoke if it is carried more than 10 feet away from the steed.
For the duration, you or a creature you choose can ride the steed.
The creature uses the statistics for a riding horse, except it has a
speed of 100 feet and can travel 10 miles in an hour, or 13 miles at
a fast pace. When the spell ends, the steed gradually fades, giving
the rider 1 minute to dismount. The spell ends if you use an action
to dismiss it or if the steed takes any damage.
Planar Ally 6th-Level
Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You beseech an otherworldly entity for aid. The being must be
known to you: a god, a primordial, a demon prince, or some other
being of cosmic power. That entity sends a celestial, an elemental,
or a fiend loyal to it to aid you, making the creature appear in an
unoccupied space within range. If you know a specific creature’s
name, you can speak that name when you cast this spell to request
that creature, though you might get a different creature anyway
(GM’s choice).
When the creature appears, it is under no compulsion to behave in
any particular way. You can ask the creature to perform a service in
exchange for payment, but it isn’t obliged to do so. The requested
task could range from simple (fly us across the chasm, or help us
fight a battle) to complex (spy on our enemies, or protect us during
our foray into the dungeon). You must be able to communicate
with the creature to bargain for its services.
Payment can take a variety of forms. A celestial might require a
sizable donation of gold or magic items to an allied temple, while
a fiend might demand a living sacrifice or a gift of treasure. Some
creatures might exchange their service for a quest undertaken by
you.
As a rule of thumb, a task that can be measured in minutes
requires a payment worth 100 Bu per minute. A task measured
in hours requires 1,000 Bu per hour. And a task measured in days
(up to 10 days) requires 10,000 Bu per day. The GM can adjust
these payments based on the circumstances under which you
cast the spell. If the task is aligned with the creature’s ethos, the
payment might be halved or even waived. Nonhazardous tasks
typically require only half the suggested payment, while especially
dangerous tasks might require a greater gift. Creatures rarely
accept tasks that seem suicidal.
After the creature completes the task, or when the agreed-upon
duration of service expires, the creature returns to its home
plane after reporting back to you, if appropriate to the task and
if possible. If you are unable to agree on a price for the creature’s
service, the creature immediately returns to its home plane.
A creature enlisted to join your group counts as a member of it,
receiving a full share of experience points awarded.
Planar Binding 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 hour Range: 60 feet
Duration: 24 hours
With this spell, you attempt to bind a celestial, an elemental or
a fiend to your service. The creature must be within range for
the entire casting of the spell. (Typically, the creature is first
summoned into the center of an inverted magic circle in order
to keep it trapped while this spell is cast.) At the completion of
the casting, the target must make a Charisma saving throw. On a
failed save, it is bound to serve you for the duration. If the creature
was summoned or created by another spell, that spell’s duration is
extended to match the duration of this spell.
A bound creature must follow your instructions to the best of its
ability. You might command the creature to accompany you on
an adventure, to guard a location, or to deliver a message. The
creature obeys the letter of your instructions, but if the creature
is hostile to you, it strives to twist your words to achieve its own
objectives. If the creature carries out your instructions completely
before the spell ends, it travels to you to report this fact if you are
on the same plane of existence. If you are on a different plane of
existence, it returns to the place where you bound it and remains
there until the spell ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of a
higher level, the duration increases to 10 days with a 6th-level slot,
to 30 days with a 7th-level slot, to 180 days with an 8th-level slot,
and to a year and a day with a 9th-level spell slot.
Plane Shift 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
(a forked, metal rod worth at least 250 Bu, attuned to a particular
plane of existence)
You and up to eight willing creatures who link hands in a circle
are transported to a different plane of existence. You can specify
a target destination in general terms, such as the Valhalla within
the Kingdom of Heaven or the palace of Baphomet in Tartarus, and
you appear in or near that destination. If you are trying to reach
Valhalla, for example, you might arrive beneath the golden tree
Glasir, just outside the hall, at the GM’s discretion.
Alternatively, if you know the sigil sequence of a teleportation
circle on another plane of existence, this spell can take you to
that circle. If the teleportation circle is too small to hold all the
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 creatures you transported, they appear in the closest unoccupied
spaces next to the circle.
You can use this spell to banish an unwilling creature to another
plane. Choose a creature within your reach and make a melee spell
attack against it. On a hit, the creature must make a Charisma
saving throw. If the creature fails this save, it is transported to a
random location on the plane of existence you specify. A creature
so transported must find its own way back to your current plane
of existence.
Plant Growth 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action or 8 hours Range: 150 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
This spell channels vitality into plants within a specific area. There
are two possible uses for the spell, granting either immediate or
long-term benefits.
If you cast this spell using 1 action, choose a point within range.
All normal plants in a 100-foot radius centered on that point
become thick and overgrown. A creature moving through the area
must spend 4 feet of movement for every 1 foot it moves.
You can exclude one or more areas of any size within the spell’s
area from being affected.
If you cast this spell over 8 hours, you enrich the land. All plants
in a half-mile radius centered on a point within range become
enriched for 1 year. The plants yield twice the normal amount of
food when harvested.
Pocket Nuke (TL 1) 10th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 600 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
(uranium worth 6,000 Bu, which the spell consumes)
A spherical bomb streaks forth from your hand at a point within
range that you can see that explodes into a highly radioactive
cloud in a 60 foot radius sphere. Each creature within the area
must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a
creature takes 10d12 fire damage, 10d12 radiation damage, and
10d12 force damage. On successful save, it takes half as much
damage.
After this bomb explodes, the cloud lingers for 24 hours. A strong
wind (about 40 miles per hour) disperses this cloud after about 6
hours. Creatures that start their turns within the cloud or enter its
area for the first time take 5d6 radiation damage.
You can refrain from firing the bomb after completing the spell,
if you wish. A small metal ball about the size of a cannon ball,
appears in your hand. At any time, you or a creature you give the
bomb to can throw the bomb (to a range of 40 feet) or fire it out of
a cannon or a shoulder cannon (to the weapon’s maximum range).
It explodes on impact, with the same effect as the normal casting
of the spell. You can also set the bomb down without shattering it.
After 1 minute, if the bomb hasn’t already, it explodes.
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Pocket Universe 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: 1 hour
You create a shadowy door on a flat solid surface that you can see
within range. The door is large enough to allow Medium creatures
to pass through unhindered. When opened, the door leads to
a pocket universe that appears to be an empty room 30 feet in
each dimension, made of wood or stone. When the spell ends, the
door disappears, and any creatures or objects inside the pocket
universe remain trapped there, as the door also disappears from
the other side.
Each time you cast this spell, you can create a new pocket
universe, or have the shadowy door connect to a pocket universe
you created with a previous casting of this spell. Additionally, if
you know the nature and contents of a pocket universe created
by a casting of this spell by another creature, you can have the
shadowy door connect to its pocket universe instead.
Poison Spray Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You extend your hand toward a creature you can see within range
and project a puff of noxious gas from your palm. The creature
must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 1d12 poison
damage.
At Higher Levels. This spell’s damage increases by 1d12 when you
reach 5th level (2d12), 11th level (3d12), and 17th level (4d12).
Polymorph 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
This spell transforms a creature that you can see within range into
a new form. An unwilling creature must make a Wisdom saving
throw to avoid the effect. A shapechanger automatically succeeds
on this saving throw.
The transformation lasts for the duration, or until the target
drops to 0 hit points or dies. The new form can be any beast
whose challenge rating is equal to or less than the target’s (or the
target’s level, if it doesn’t have a challenge rating). The target’s
game statistics, including mental ability scores, are replaced by
the statistics of the chosen beast. It retains its alignment and
personality.
The target assumes the hit points of its new form. When it reverts
to its normal form, the creature returns to the number of hit points
it had before it transformed. If it reverts as a result of dropping to 0
hit points, any excess damage carries over to its normal form. As
long as the excess damage doesn’t reduce the creature’s normal
form to 0 hit points, it isn’t knocked unconscious.
The creature is limited in the actions it can perform by the nature
of its new form, and it can’t speak, cast spells, or take any other
action that requires hands or speech.
The target’s gear melds into the new form. The creature can’t
activate, use, wield, or otherwise benefit from any of its equipment.
 Power Simple Device (TL 1) 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
You touch an electrical or mechanical device that requires a power
source. For the duration of the spell, the device functions exactly
as it normally would if it had conventional power.
This spell can affect any household or handheld device, or
general-purpose vehicle. Larger or more intricate devices cannot
be powered with this spell.
Power Word Blind 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
(must be spoken)
You speak a word of power that destroys the senses of one
creature you can see within range, leaving it utterly blinded. If the
target has 150 hit points or fewer, it is blinded. Otherwise, the spell
has no effect. The blinded target must make a Constitution saving
throw at the end of each of its turns. On a successful save, the
spell ends.
Power Word Heal 9th-Level
Casting Time: 1 Action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
(must be spoken)
A wave of healing energy washes over the creature you touch.
The target regains all its hit points. If the creature is charmed,
frightened, paralyzed, or stunned, the condition ends. If the
creature is prone, it can use its reaction to stand up. This spell has
no effect on undead or constructs.
Power Word Kill 10th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
(must be spoken)
You utter a word of power that can compel one creature you can
see within range to die instantly. If the creature you choose has
100 hit points or fewer, it dies. Otherwise, the spell has no effect.
Power Word Stun 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
(must be spoken)
You speak a word of power that can overwhelm the mind of one
creature you can see within range, leaving it dumbfounded. If the
target has 150 hit points or fewer, it is stunned. Otherwise, the
spell has no effect.
The stunned target must make a Constitution saving throw at the
end of each of its turns. On a successful save, this stunning effect
ends.
Prayer of Healing 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: 30 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
Up to six creatures of your choice that you can see within range
each regain hit points equal to 2d8 + your spellcasting ability
modifier. 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 healing increases by 1d8 for each slot level
above 2nd.
Prestidigitation Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet
Duration: Up to 1 hour
This spell is a minor magical trick that novice spellcasters use for
practice. You create one of the following magical effects within
range:
• You create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as
a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint musical notes, or an odd
odor.
• You instantaneously light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a
small campfire.
• You instantaneously clean or soil an object no larger than 1
cubic foot.
• You chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 cubic foot of nonliving material
for 1 hour.
• You make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object
or a surface for 1 hour.
• You create a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that can fit
in your hand and that lasts until the end of your next turn.
If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of its
non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss
such an effect as an action.
Prismatic Spray 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (60-foot cone)
Duration: Instantaneous
Eight multicolored rays of light flash from your hand. Each ray
is a different color and has a different power and purpose. Each
creature in a 60-foot cone must make a Dexterity saving throw. For
each target, roll a d8 to determine which color ray affects it.
1. Red. The target takes 10d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half
as much damage on a successful one.
2. Orange. The target takes 10d6 acid damage on a failed save, or
half as much damage on a successful one.
3. Yellow. The target takes 10d6 lightning damage on a failed save,
or half as much damage on a successful one.
4. Green. The target takes 10d6 poison damage on a failed save, or
half as much damage on a successful one.
5. Blue. The target takes 10d6 cold damage on a failed save, or
half as much damage on a successful one.
6. Indigo. On a failed save, the target is restrained. It must then
make a Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns. If
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 it successfully saves three times, the spell ends. If it fails its save
three times, it permanently turns to stone and is subjected to the
petrified condition. The successes and failures don’t need to be
consecutive; keep track of both until the target collects three of
a kind.
7. Violet. On a failed save, the target is blinded. It must then make
a Wisdom saving throw at the start of your next turn. A successful
save ends the blindness. If it fails that save, the creature is
transported to another plane of existence of the GM’s choosing
and is no longer blinded. (Typically, a creature that is on a plane
that isn’t its home plane is banished home, while other creatures
are usually cast into the Astral or Ethereal planes.)
8. Special. The target is struck by two rays. Roll twice more,
rerolling any 8.
Prismatic Wall 9th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: 10 minutes
A shimmering, multicolored plane of light forms a vertical opaque
wall—up to 90 feet long, 30 feet high, and 1 inch thick—centered on
a point you can see within range. Alternatively, you can shape the
wall into a sphere up to 30 feet in diameter centered on a point you
choose within range. The wall remains in place for the duration. If
you position the wall so that it passes through a space occupied
by a creature, the spell fails, and your action and the spell slot are
wasted.
The wall sheds bright light out to a range of 100 feet and dim light
for an additional 100 feet. You and creatures you designate at the
time you cast the spell can pass through and remain near the wall
without harm. If another creature that can see the wall moves
to within 20 feet of it or starts its turn there, the creature must
succeed on a Constitution saving throw or become blinded for 1
minute.
The wall consists of seven layers, each with a different color. When
a creature attempts to reach into or pass through the wall, it does
so one layer at a time through all the wall’s layers. As it passes or
reaches through each layer, the creature must make a Dexterity
saving throw or be affected by that layer’s properties as described
below.
The wall can be destroyed, also one layer at a time, in order
from red to violet, by means specific to each layer. Once a layer
is destroyed, it remains so for the duration of the spell. A rod of
cancellation destroys a prismatic wall, but an antimagic field has
no effect on it.
1. Red. The creature takes 10d6 fire damage on a failed save, or
half as much damage on a successful one. While this layer is in
place, nonmagical ranged attacks can’t pass through the wall. The
layer can be destroyed by dealing at least 25 cold damage to it.
2. Orange. The creature takes 10d6 acid damage on a failed save,
or half as much damage on a successful one. While this layer is
in place, magical ranged attacks can’t pass through the wall. The
layer is destroyed by a strong wind.
3. Yellow. The creature takes 10d6 lightning damage on a failed
save, or half as much damage on a successful one. This layer can
be destroyed by dealing at least 60 force damage to it.
4. Green. The creature takes 10d6 poison damage on a failed save,
or half as much damage on a successful one. A passwall spell, or
another spell of equal or greater level that can open a portal on a
solid surface, destroys this layer.
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5. Blue. The creature takes 10d6 cold damage on a failed save,
or half as much damage on a successful one. This layer can be
destroyed by dealing at least 25 fire damage to it.
6. Indigo. On a failed save, the creature is restrained. It must then
make a Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns. If
it successfully saves three times, the spell ends. If it fails its save
three times, it permanently turns to stone and is subjected to the
petrified condition. The successes and failures don’t need to be
consecutive; keep track of both until the creature collects three
of a kind.
While this layer is in place, spells can’t be cast through the wall.
The layer is destroyed by bright light shed by a daylight spell or a
similar spell of equal or higher level.
7. Violet. On a failed save, the creature is blinded. It must then
make a Wisdom saving throw at the start of your next turn. A
successful save ends the blindness. If it fails that save, the
creature is transported to another plane of the GM’s choosing and
is no longer blinded. (Typically, a creature that is on a plane that
isn’t its home plane is banished home, while other creatures are
usually cast into Limbo.) This layer is destroyed by a dispel magic
spell or a similar spell of equal or higher level that can end spells
and magical effects.
Private Sanctum 4th-Level
Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: 120 feet
Duration: 24 hours
(a thin sheet of lead, a piece of opaque glass, a wad of cotton or
cloth, and powdered chrysolite)
You make an area within range magically secure. The area is a
cube that can be as small as 5 feet to as large as 100 feet on each
side. The spell lasts for the duration or until you use an action to
dismiss it.
When you cast the spell, you decide what sort of security the spell
provides, choosing any or all of the following properties:
Sound can’t pass through the barrier at the edge of the warded
area.
The barrier of the warded area appears dark and foggy, preventing
vision (including darkvision) through it.
Sensors created by divination spells can’t appear inside the
protected area or pass through the barrier at its perimeter.
Creatures in the area can’t be targeted by divination spells.
Nothing can teleport into or out of the warded area.
Planar travel is blocked within the warded area.
Casting this spell on the same spot every day for a year makes this
effect permanent.
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th
level or higher, you can increase the size of the cube by 100 feet
for each slot level beyond 4th. Thus you could protect a cube that
can be up to 200 feet on one side by using a spell slot of 5th level.
Produce Flame Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: 10 minutes
A flickering flame appears in your hand. The flame remains there
for the duration and harms neither you nor your equipment. The
flame sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an
additional 10 feet. The spell ends if you dismiss it as an action or
if you cast it again.
You can also attack with the flame, although doing so ends the
spell. When you cast this spell, or as an action on a later turn,
you can hurl the flame at a creature within 30 feet of you. Make
a ranged spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 fire damage.
At Higher Levels: This spell’s damage increases by 1d8 when you
reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
Programmed Illusion 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Until dispelled
You create an illusion of an object, a creature, or some other
visible phenomenon within range that activates when a specific
condition occurs. The illusion is imperceptible until then. It must
be no larger than a 30-foot cube, and you decide when you cast
the spell how the illusion behaves and what sounds it makes. This
scripted performance can last up to 5 minutes.
When the condition you specify occurs, the illusion springs into
existence and performs in the manner you described. Once the
illusion finishes performing, it disappears and remains dormant
for 10 minutes. After this time, the illusion can be activated again.
The triggering condition can be as general or as detailed as you
like, though it must be based on visual or audible conditions that
occur within 30 feet of the area. For example, you could create an
illusion of yourself to appear and warn off others who attempt to
open a trapped door, or you could set the illusion to trigger only
when a creature says the correct word or phrase.
Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion,
because things can pass through it. A creature that uses its
action to examine the image 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 image, and any noise it makes
sounds hollow to the creature.
Project Image 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 500 miles
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 day
You create an illusory copy of yourself that lasts for the duration.
The copy can appear at any location within range that you have
seen before, regardless of intervening obstacles. The illusion
looks and sounds like you but is intangible. If the illusion takes
any damage, it disappears, and the spell ends.
You can use your action to move this illusion up to twice your
speed, and make it gesture, speak, and behave in whatever way
you choose. It mimics your mannerisms perfectly.
You can see through its eyes and hear through its ears as if you
were in its space. On your turn as a bonus action, you can switch
from using its senses to using your own, or back again. While you
are using its senses, you are blinded and deafened in regard to
your own surroundings.
Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion,
because things can pass through it. A creature that uses its
action to examine the image 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 image, and any noise it makes
sounds hollow to the creature.
Protection from Bullets (TL 1) 2nd-Level
Casting Time: Attack action Range: Touch
Duration: 10 minutes
The warded creature gains resistance to firearms that fire bullets.
For the duration, the willing creature you touch has resistance to
ballistic damage.
Protection from Energy 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
For the duration, the willing creature you touch has resistance
to one damage type of your choice: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or
thunder.
Protection from Evil and Good 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
(holy water or powdered silver and iron, which the spell consumes)
Until the spell ends, one willing creature you touch is protected
against certain types of creatures: aberrations, celestials,
elementals, fiends, and undead.
The protection grants several benefits. Creatures of those types
have disadvantage on attack rolls against the target. The target
also can’t be charmed, frightened, or possessed by them. If the
target is already charmed, frightened, or possessed by such a
creature, the target has advantage on any new saving throw
against the relevant effect.
Protection from Poison 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 1 hour
You touch a creature. If it is poisoned, you neutralize the poison. If
more than one poison afflicts the target, you neutralize one poison
that you know is present, or you neutralize one at random.
For the duration, the target has advantage on saving throws
against being poisoned, and it has resistance to poison damage.
Purify Food and Drink (Ritual) 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
All nonmagical food and drink within a 5-foot-radius sphere
centered on a point of your choice within range is purified and
rendered free of poison and disease.
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Q takes 1d8 cold damage, and its speed is reduced by 10 feet until
Quick Load (TL 1) 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 Action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
You touch the firearm and ammo of a willing creature, if the
creature has pieces of nonmagical ammunition in their inventory.
The ammunition disappears into time and space in order to appear
later in the firearm. When the reload count of their firearm reaches
0, the bullets appear right inside the firearm, instantly raising it’s
reload count.
R At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
Raise Dead 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 hour Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
You return a dead creature you touch to life, provided that it has
been dead no longer than 10 days. If the creature’s soul is both
willing and at liberty to rejoin the body, the creature returns to life
with 1 hit point.
This spell also neutralizes any poisons and cures nonmagical
diseases that affected the creature at the time it died. This spell
doesn’t, however, remove magical diseases, curses, or similar
effects; if these aren’t first removed prior to casting the spell, they
take effect when the creature returns to life. The spell can’t return
an undead creature to life.
This spell closes all mortal wounds, but it doesn’t restore missing
body parts. If the creature is lacking body parts or organs integral
for its survival—its head, for instance—the spell automatically
fails.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a -4
penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every
time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until
it disappears.
Ray of Enfeeblement 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
A black beam of enervating energy springs from your finger toward
a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the
target. On a hit, the target deals only half damage with weapon
attacks that use Strength until the spell ends.
At the end of each of the target’s turns, it can make a Constitution
saving throw against the spell. On a success, the spell ends.
Ray of Frost Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
A frigid beam of blue-white light streaks toward a creature within
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range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, it
the start of your next turn.
At Higher Levels: The spell’s damage increases by 1d8 when you
reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
Ray of Sickness 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
A ray of sickening greenish energy lashes out toward a creature
within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target.
On a hit, the target takes 2d8 poison damage and must make a
Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it is also poisoned
until the end of your next turn.
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level
above 1st.
Redacted Photos (TL 1) 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: 1 hour
Photos taken of you show your body completely blacked out, as if
your image had been redacted. You are visible to the person taking
the photo, only the photograph itself is blackened.
This does not effect video.
Regenerate 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Touch
Duration: 1 hour
You touch a creature and stimulate its natural healing ability. The
target regains 4d8 + 15 hit points. For the duration of the spell, the
target regains 1 hit point at the start of each of its turns (10 hit
points each minute).
The target’s severed body members (fingers, legs, tails, and so on),
if any, are restored after 2 minutes. If you have the severed part
and hold it to the stump, the spell instantaneously causes the limb
to knit to the stump.
Reincarnate 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 hour Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
(rare oils and unguents worth at least 1,000 Bu, which the spell
consumes)
You touch a dead humanoid or a piece of a dead humanoid.
Provided that the creature has been dead no longer than 10 days,
the spell forms a new adult body for it and then calls the soul to
enter that body. If the target’s soul isn’t free or willing to do so, the
spell fails.
The magic fashions a new body for the creature to inhabit, which
likely causes the creature’s race to change. The GM rolls a d100
and consults the following table to determine what form the
creature takes when restored to life, or the GM chooses a form.
The reincarnated creature recalls its former life and experiences.
It retains the capabilities it had in its original form, except it
exchanges its original race for the new one and changes its racial
traits accordingly.
Remove Curse 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
At your touch, all curses affecting one creature or object end. If
the object is a cursed magic item, its curse remains, but the spell
breaks its owner’s attunement to the object so it can be removed
or discarded.
Repair Major Device (TL 1) 5th-Level
Casting Time: One action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
This spell repairs an electronic or mechanical device that has
taken damage and is no longer functional. This spell can affect
intricate devices and large pieces of machinery.
Repair Minor Device (TL 1) 1st-Level
Casting Time: One action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
This spell repairs an electronic or mechanical device that has
taken minor damage.
This spell can affect any household or handheld device, scratch-
built robot, or general-purpose vehicle. Larger or more intricate
devices cannot be repaired with this spell.
Resistance Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You touch one willing creature. Once before the spell ends, the
target can roll a d4 and add the number rolled to one saving throw
of its choice. It can roll the die before or after making the saving
throw. The spell then ends.
Resurrection 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 hour Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
(a diamond worth at least 1,000 Bu, which the spell consumes)
You touch a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a
century, that didn’t die of old age, and that isn’t undead. If its soul
is free and willing, the target returns to life with all its hit points.
This spell neutralizes any poisons and cures normal diseases
afflicting the creature when it died. It doesn’t, however, remove
magical diseases, curses, and the like; if such effects aren’t
removed prior to casting the spell, they afflict the target on its
return to life.
This spell closes all mortal wounds and restores any missing body
parts.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a -4
penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every
time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until
it disappears.
Casting this spell to restore life to a creature that has been dead
for one year or longer taxes you greatly. Until you finish a long
rest, you can’t cast spells again, and you have disadvantage on all
attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.
Reverb 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You touch a creature and words appear along the appendage you
touched, causing the target to be bombarded with sound. As an
action, you touch a creature and think of a word or sound. The
creature must then make a Wisdom saving throw against your
spell save DC. The creature must make this saving throw at the
start of each of its turns until the spell ends. If the creature fails, it
must suffer one of the following effects:
-You think of a sound, such as thunk, whap, or bam. This sound
then loudly bombards the creature’s ears, causing them to be
stunned and deals 1d6 + 2 psychic damage at the end of each
of it’s turns. The sound stops if the creature succeeds the saving
throw.
-You think of a word or phrase, such as “Believe me!” or “I hate
you!”. This sound then plays in your voice, repeatedly playing in
the creature’s ears. If the creature fails the saving throw, it believes
the words it hears and is convinced they are true. If the creature
succeeds, the creature does not believe the words it hears, causing
the spell to end and the creature to gain resistance to the spell for
1d4 hours.
Reverse Gravity 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 100 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
This spell reverses gravity in a 50-foot-radius, 100-foot high
cylinder centered on a point within range. All creatures and
objects that aren’t somehow anchored to the ground in the area
fall upward and reach the top of the area when you cast this spell.
A creature can make a Dexterity saving throw to grab onto a fixed
object it can reach, thus avoiding the fall.
If some solid object (such as a ceiling) is encountered in this fall,
falling objects and creatures strike it just as they would during
a normal downward fall. If an object or creature reaches the top
of the area without striking anything, it remains there, oscillating
slightly, for the duration.
At the end of the duration, affected objects and creatures fall back
down.
Revivify Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You touch a creature that has died within the last minute. That
creature returns to life with 1 hit point. This spell can’t return to life
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 a creature that has died of old age, nor can it restore any missing
body parts.
Rope Trick 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 1 hour
You touch a length of rope that is up to 60 feet long. One end of the
rope then rises into the air until the whole rope hangs perpendicular
to the ground. At the upper end of the rope, an invisible entrance
opens to an pocket universe space that lasts until the spell ends.
The pocket universe space can be reached by climbing to the
top of the rope. The space can hold as many as eight Medium or
smaller creatures. The rope can be pulled into the space, making
the rope disappear from view outside the space.
Attacks and spells can’t cross through the entrance into or out of
the pocket universe space, but those inside can see out of it as if
through a 3-foot-by-5-foot window centered on the rope.
Anything inside the pocket universe space drops out when the
spell ends.
Rotting Strike 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 Bonus Action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
The next time you hit with a weapon attack roll, the attack tears
away the target’s strength. The attack deals an extra 3d6 necrotic
damage and the target must make a Constitution saving throw. On
a failed save, they have disadvantage on Strength ability checks
and saving throws for the spell’s duration.
At Higher Levels. For every level this spell is cast above 3rd level,
increase the damage dealt 1d8.
S feet of it for the duration. A creature that can see invisible objects
Sacred Flame Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
Flame-like radiance descends on a creature that you can see
within range. The target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw
or take 1d8 radiant damage. The target gains no benefit from
cover for this saving throw.
At Higher Levels: The spell’s damage increases by 1d8 when you
reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
Sanctuary 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 1 minute
You ward a creature within range against attack. Until the spell
ends, any creature who targets the warded creature with an attack
or a harmful spell must first make a Wisdom saving throw. On a
failed save, the creature must choose a new target or lose the
attack or spell. This spell doesn’t protect the warded creature from
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area effects, such as the explosion of a fireball.
If the warded creature makes an attack or casts a spell that affects
an enemy creature, this spell ends.
Scorching Ray 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You create three rays of fire and hurl them at targets within range.
You can hurl them at one target or several.
Make a ranged spell attack for each ray. On a hit, the target takes
2d6 fire damage.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
level or higher, you create one additional ray for each slot level
above 2nd.
Scrying 5th-Level
Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
(a focus worth at least 1,000 Bu, such as a crystal ball, a silver
mirror, or a font filled with holy water)
You can see and hear a particular creature you choose that is
on the same plane of existence as you. The target must make a
Wisdom saving throw, which is modified by how well you know
the target and the sort of physical connection you have to it. If a
target knows you’re casting this spell, it can fail the saving throw
voluntarily if it wants to be observed.
On a successful save, the target isn’t affected, and you can’t use
this spell against it again for 24 hours.
On a failed save, the spell creates an invisible sensor within 10 feet
of the target. You can see and hear through the sensor as if you
were there. The sensor moves with the target, remaining within 10
sees the sensor as a luminous orb about the size of your fist.
Instead of targeting a creature, you can choose a location you have
seen before as the target of this spell. When you do, the sensor
appears at that location and doesn’t move.
Secret Chest 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
(an exquisite chest, 3 feet by 2 feet by 2 feet, constructed from rare
materials worth at least 5,000 Bu, and a Tiny replica made from the
same materials worth at least 50 Bu)
You hide a chest, and all its contents, in Limbo. You must touch
the chest and the miniature replica that serves as a material
component for the spell. The chest can contain up to 12 cubic feet
of nonliving material (3 feet by 2 feet by 2 feet).
While the chest remains in Limbo, you can use an action and touch
the replica to recall the chest. It appears in an unoccupied space
on the ground within 5 feet of you. You can send the chest back
to Limbo by using an action and touching both the chest and the
replica.
After 60 days, there is a cumulative 5 percent chance per day that
the spell’s effect ends. This effect ends if you cast this spell again,
if the smaller replica chest is destroyed, or if you choose to end the
spell as an action. If the spell ends and the larger chest is in Limbo,
it is irretrievably lost.
See Invisibility 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: 1 hour
For the duration, you see invisible creatures and objects as if they
were visible, and you can see into the Ethereal Plane. Ethereal
creatures and objects appear ghostly and translucent.
Seeming 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 8 hours
This spell allows you to change the appearance of any number of
creatures that you can see within range. You give each target you
choose a new, illusory appearance. An unwilling target can make a
Charisma saving throw, and if it succeeds, it is unaffected by this
spell.
The spell disguises physical appearance as well as clothing, armor,
weapons, and equipment. You can make each creature seem 1
foot shorter or taller and appear thin, fat, or in between. You can’t
change a target’s body type, so you must choose a form that has
the same basic arrangement of limbs. Otherwise, the extent of the
illusion is up to you. The spell lasts for the duration, unless you
use your action to dismiss it sooner.
The changes wrought by this spell fail to hold up to physical
inspection. For example, if you use this spell to add a hat to a
creature’s outfit, objects pass through the hat, and anyone who
touches it would feel nothing or would feel the creature’s head and
hair. If you use this spell to appear thinner than you are, the hand
of someone who reaches out to touch you would bump into you
while it was seemingly still in midair.
A creature can use its action to inspect a target and make an
Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If it
succeeds, it becomes aware that the target is disguised.
Sending 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Unlimited
Duration: 1 round
You send a short message of twenty-five words or less to a
creature with which you are familiar. The creature hears the
message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you,
and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables
creatures with Intelligence scores of at least 1 to understand the
meaning of your message.
You can send the message across any distance and even to other
planes of existence, but if the target is on a different plane than
you, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn’t arrive.
Sequester 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Until dispelled
(a powder composed of diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire dust
worth at least 5,000 Bu, which the spell consumes)
By means of this spell, a willing creature or an object can be hidden
away, safe from detection for the duration. When you cast the spell
and touch the target, it becomes invisible and can’t be targeted by
divination spells or perceived through scrying sensors created by
divination spells.
If the target is a creature, it falls into a state of suspended
animation. Time ceases to flow for it, and it doesn’t grow older.
You can set a condition for the spell to end early. The condition
can be anything you choose, but it must occur or be visible within
1 mile of the target. Examples include “after 1,000 years” or “when
the Mothman awakens.” This spell also ends if the target takes
any damage.
Shapechange 9th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
(a jade circlet worth at least 1,500 Bu, which you must place on
your head before you cast the spell)
You assume the form of a different creature for the duration. The
new form can be of any creature with a challenge rating equal to
your level or lower. The creature can’t be a construct or an undead,
and you must have seen the sort of creature at least once. You
transform into an average example of that creature, one without
any class levels or the Spellcasting trait.
Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the chosen
creature, though you retain your alignment and Intelligence,
Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill
and saving throw proficiencies, in addition to gaining those of the
creature. If the creature has the same proficiency as you and the
bonus listed in its statistics is higher than yours, use the creature’s
bonus in place of yours. You can’t use any legendary actions or
lair actions of the new form.
You assume the hit points and Hit Dice of the new form. When
you revert to your normal form, you return to the number of hit
points you had before you transformed. If you revert as a result of
dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to your
normal form. As long as the excess damage doesn’t reduce your
normal form to 0 hit points, you aren’t knocked unconscious.
You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or
other source and can use them, provided that your new form is
physically capable of doing so. You can’t use any special senses
you have (for example, darkvision) unless your new form also has
that sense. You can only speak if the creature can normally speak.
When you transform, you choose whether your equipment falls
to the ground, merges into the new form, or is worn by it. Worn
equipment functions as normal. The GM determines whether it is
practical for the new form to wear a piece of equipment, based
on the creature’s shape and size. Your equipment doesn’t change
shape or size to match the new form, and any equipment that the
new form can’t wear must either fall to the ground or merge into
your new form. Equipment that merges has no effect in that state.
During this spell’s duration, you can use your action to assume
a different form following the same restrictions and rules for the
original form, with one exception: if your new form has more hit
points than your current one, your hit points remain at their current
value.
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Shatter 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
A sudden loud ringing noise, painfully intense, erupts from a
point of your choice within range. Each creature in a 10-foot-
radius sphere centered on that point must make a Constitution
saving throw. A creature takes 3d8 thunder damage on a failed
save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature
made of inorganic material such as stone, crystal, or metal has
disadvantage on this saving throw.
A nonmagical object that isn’t being worn or carried also takes the
damage if it’s in the spell’s area.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level
above 2nd.
Shield 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: 1 round
You raise a magical shield of force. This counts as using the Raise
Shield action, giving you a +1 circumstance bonus to AC until the
start of your next turn, but it doesn’t require a hand to use.
While the spell is in effect, you can use the Shield Block reaction
with your magic shield. The shield has Hardness 5. After you
use Shield Block, the spell ends and you can’t cast it again for
10 minutes. Unlike a normal Shield Block, you can use the spell’s
reaction against the magic missile spell.
Heightening the spell increases the shield’s Hardness by 5.
Shield of Faith 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
A shimmering field appears and surrounds a creature of your
choice within range, granting it a +2 bonus to AC for the duration.
Shillelagh Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Touch
Duration: 1 minute
The wood of a club or quarterstaff you are holding is imbued with
nature’s power. For the duration, you can use your spellcasting
ability instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of melee
attacks using that weapon, and the weapon’s damage die becomes
a d8. The weapon also becomes magical, if it isn’t already. The
spell ends if you cast it again or if you let go of the weapon.
Shocking Grasp Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
Lightning springs from your hand to deliver a shock to a creature
you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. You
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have advantage on the attack roll if the target is wearing armor
made of metal. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 lightning damage,
and it can’t take reactions until the start of its next turn.
At Higher Levels. The spell’s damage increases by 1d8 when you
reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
Shutdown (TL 1) 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 1 minute
The spell shuts down all electronic devices in a 15-foot radius
centered on a point you can see. When the spell ends, the devices
operate again as if their operation had not been interrupted.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th
level or higher, the radius increases by 15 feet for each slot level
above 3rd.
Silence (Ritual) 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
For the duration, no sound can be created within or pass through
a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point you choose within
range. Any creature or object entirely inside the sphere is immune
to thunder damage, and creatures are deafened while entirely
inside it. Casting a spell that includes a verbal component is
impossible there.
Silent Image 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
You create the image of an object, a creature, or some other visible
phenomenon that is no larger than a 15-foot cube. The image
appears at a spot within range and lasts for the duration. The
image is purely visual; it isn’t accompanied by sound, smell, or
other sensory effects.
You can use your action to cause the image to move to any spot
within range. As the image changes location, you can alter its
appearance so that its movements appear natural for the image.
For example, if you create an image of a creature and move it, you
can alter the image so that it appears to be walking.
Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion,
because things can pass through it. A creature that uses its
action to examine the image 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 image.
Simulacrum 7th-Level
Casting Time: 12 hours Range: Touch
Duration: Until dispelled
(snow or ice in quantities sufficient to made a life-size copy of
the duplicated creature; some hair, fingernail clippings, or other
piece of that creature’s body placed inside the snow or ice; and
powdered ruby worth 1,500 Bu, sprinkled over the duplicate and
consumed by the spell)
You shape an illusory duplicate of one beast or humanoid that is
within range for the entire casting time of the spell. The duplicate is
a creature, partially real and formed from ice or snow, and it can take
actions and otherwise be affected as a normal creature. It appears
to be the same as the original, but it has half the creature’s hit
point maximum and is formed without any equipment. Otherwise,
the illusion uses all the statistics of the creature it duplicates.
The simulacrum is friendly to you and creatures you designate. It
obeys your spoken commands, moving and acting in accordance
with your wishes and acting on your turn in combat. The
simulacrum lacks the ability to learn or become more powerful,
so it never increases its level or other abilities, nor can it regain
expended spell slots.
If the simulacrum is damaged, you can repair it in an alchemical
laboratory, using rare herbs and minerals worth 100 Bu per hit
point it regains. The simulacrum lasts until it drops to 0 hit points,
at which point it reverts to snow and melts instantly.
If you cast this spell again, any currently active duplicates you
created with this spell are instantly destroyed.
Sleep 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet
Duration: 1 minute
(a pinch of fine sand)
This spell sends creatures into a magical slumber. Roll 5d8; the
total is how many hit points of creatures this spell can affect.
Creatures within 20 feet of a point you choose within range are
affected in ascending order of their current hit points (ignoring
unconscious creatures).
Starting with the creature that has the lowest current hit points,
each creature affected by this spell falls unconscious until the
spell ends, the sleeper takes damage, or someone uses an action
to shake or slap the sleeper awake. Subtract each creature’s hit
points from the total before moving on to the creature with the
next lowest hit points. A creature’s hit points must be equal to or
less than the remaining total for that creature to be affected.
Undead and creatures immune to being charmed aren’t affected
by this spell.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, roll an additional 2d8 for each slot level above 1st.
Sleet Storm 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Until the spell ends, freezing rain and sleet fall in a 20-foot-tall
cylinder with a 40-foot radius centered on a point you choose
within range. The area is heavily obscured, and exposed flames in
the area are doused.
The ground in the area is covered with slick ice, making it difficult
terrain. When a creature enters the spell’s area for the first time
on a turn or starts its turn there, it must make a Dexterity saving
throw. On a failed save, it falls prone.
If a creature is concentrating in the spell’s area, the creature must
make a successful Constitution saving throw against your spell
save DC or lose concentration.
Slow 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You alter time around up to six creatures of your choice in a 40-
foot cube within range. Each target must succeed on a Wisdom
saving throw or be affected by this spell for the duration.
An affected target’s speed is halved, it takes a -2 penalty to AC and
Dexterity saving throws, and it can’t use reactions. On its turn, it
can use either an action or a bonus action, not both. Regardless of
the creature’s abilities or magic items, it can’t make more than one
melee or ranged attack during its turn.
If the creature attempts to cast a spell with a casting time of 1
action, roll a d20. On an 11 or higher, the spell doesn’t take effect
until the creature’s next turn, and the creature must use its action
on that turn to complete the spell. If it can’t, the spell is wasted.
A creature affected by this spell makes another Wisdom saving
throw at the end of its turn. On a successful save, the effect ends
for it.
Soften the Sword 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You choose a creature within range wielding a nonmagical weapon
forged from metal. This creature’s weapon turns blunt and soft,
making them unable to hit as hard as they usually could. As part
of casting this spell, and as a bonus action during each of your
turns, you can roll a d4. Subtract the result from the weapon’s next
damage roll. This spell only affects one weapon at a time, and you
must cast it again in order to affect a new weapon of your choice.
At Higher Levels. For every level this spell is cost above 2nd level,
increase the die taken from the damage roll of the weapon by 1d4.
Spare the Dying Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Instantaneous
You touch a living creature that has 0 hit points. The creature
becomes stable. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs.
Speak with Animals (Ritual) 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 10 minutes
You gain the ability to comprehend and verbally communicate with
beasts for the duration. The knowledge and awareness of many
beasts is limited by their intelligence, but at minimum, beasts
can give you information about nearby locations and monsters,
including whatever they can perceive or have perceived within the
past day. You might be able to persuade a beast to perform a small
favor for you, at the GM’s discretion.
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Speak with Dead 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet
Duration: 10 minutes
You grant the semblance of life and intelligence to a corpse of
your choice within range, allowing it to answer the questions you
pose. The corpse must still have a mouth and can’t be undead.
The spell fails if the corpse was the target of this spell within the
last 10 days.
Until the spell ends, you can ask the corpse up to five questions.
The corpse knows only what it knew in life, including the languages
it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and the
corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are
hostile to it or it recognizes you as an enemy. This spell doesn’t
return the creature’s soul to its body, only its animating spirit.
Thus, the corpse can’t learn new information, doesn’t comprehend
anything that has happened since it died, and can’t speculate
about future events.
Speak with Plants 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot radius)
Duration: 10 minutes
You imbue plants within 30 feet of you with limited sentience
and animation, giving them the ability to communicate with you
and follow your simple commands. You can question plants
about events in the spell’s area within the past day, gaining
information about creatures that have passed, weather, and other
circumstances.
You can also turn difficult terrain caused by plant growth (such as
thickets and undergrowth) into ordinary terrain that lasts for the
duration. Or you can turn ordinary terrain where plants are present
into difficult terrain that lasts for the duration, causing vines and
branches to hinder pursuers, for example.
Plants might be able to perform other tasks on your behalf, at
the GM’s discretion. The spell doesn’t enable plants to uproot
themselves and move about, but they can freely move branches,
tendrils, and stalks.
If a plant creature is in the area, you can communicate with it as
if you shared a common language, but you gain no magical ability
to influence it.
This spell can cause the plants created by the entangle spell to
release a restrained creature.
Spider Climb 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
Until the spell ends, one willing creature you touch gains the ability
to move up, down, and across vertical surfaces and upside down
along ceilings, while leaving its hands free. The target also gains a
climbing speed equal to its walking speed.
Spike Growth 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
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The ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point within range
twists and sprouts hard spikes and thorns. The area becomes
difficult terrain for the duration. When a creature moves into or
within the area, it takes 2d4 piercing damage for every 5 feet it
travels.
The transformation of the ground is camouflaged to look natural.
Any creature that can’t see the area at the time the spell is cast
must make a Wisdom (Perception) check against your spell save
DC to recognize the terrain as hazardous before entering it.
Spirit Guardians 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (15-foot radius)
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
You call forth spirits to protect you. They flit around you to a
distance of 15 feet for the duration. If you are good or neutral, their
spectral form appears angelic. If you are evil, they appear fiendish.
When you cast this spell, you can designate any number of
creatures you can see to be unaffected by it. An affected creature’s
speed is halved in the area, and when the creature enters the
area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it must
make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes
3d8 radiant damage (if you are good or neutral) or 3d8 necrotic
damage (if you are evil). On a successful save, the creature takes
half as much damage.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level
above 3rd.
Spiritual Firearm (TL 1) 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: 60 feet
Duration: 1 minute
You create a floating, spectral firearm within range that lasts for
the duration or until you cast this spell again. When you cast this
spell, you can make a ranged spell attack against a creature within
normal range of the weapon. On a hit, the target takes damage
equal to 1d8+your spellcasting ability modifier. If the weapon has
the scatter property, the scatter damage is 1d4 force damage. As a
bonus action on your turn, you can move the weapon up to 20 feet
and repeat the attack against a creature within 5 feet of it.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell at a level higher than
2nd, increase the damage the weapon deals by 1d8 or 1d6 for
every level above 2nd.
Spiritual Weapon 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: 60 feet
Duration: 1 minute
You create a floating, spectral weapon within range that lasts for
the duration or until you cast this spell again. When you cast the
spell, you can make a melee spell attack against a creature within
5 feet of the weapon. On a hit, the target takes force damage equal
to 1d8 + your spellcasting ability modifier.
As a bonus action on your turn, you can move the weapon up to
20 feet and repeat the attack against a creature within 5 feet of it.
The weapon can take whatever form you choose. Disciples of
deities who are associated with a particular weapon (as Thor is
for his hammer) make this spell’s effect resemble that weapon.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for every two slot
levels above the 2nd.
Splitting Chords Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
(a musical instrument)
You magically imbue a portion of the sound waves coming from
your music, causing damage to an enemy. Select a creature
within range that can hear you. That creature must succeed on
a Constitution saving throw, or take 2d4 thunder damage and
become deafened until the end of your next turn. Creatures that
have a special trait that strengthens their hearing, such as keen
senses, make this save with disadvantage. The music created
while casting this spell is loud enough to be heard from 100 feet
away.
This spell’s damage increases by 2d4 when you reach 5th (4d4),
11th (6d4), and 17th level (8d4).
Stinking Cloud 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You create a 20-foot-radius sphere of yellow, nauseating gas
centered on a point within range. The cloud spreads around
corners, and its area is heavily obscured. The cloud lingers in the
air for the duration.
Each creature that is completely within the cloud at the start of
its turn must make a Constitution saving throw against poison.
On a failed save, the creature spends its action that turn retching
and reeling. Creatures that don’t need to breathe or are immune to
poison automatically succeed on this saving throw.
A moderate wind (at least 10 miles per hour) disperses the cloud
after 4 rounds. A strong wind (at least 20 miles per hour) disperses
it after 1 round.
Stone Shape 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
You touch a stone object of Medium size or smaller or a section
of stone no more than 5 feet in any dimension and form it into any
shape that suits your purpose. So, for example, you could shape a
large rock into a weapon, idol, or coffer, or make a small passage
through a wall, as long as the wall is less than 5 feet thick. You
could also shape a stone door or its frame to seal the door shut.
The object you create can have up to two hinges and a latch, but
finer mechanical detail isn’t possible.
Stoneskin 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
(diamond dust worth 100 Bu, which the spell consumes)
This spell turns the flesh of a willing creature you touch as hard as
stone. Until the spell ends, the target has resistance to nonmagical
bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.
Storm of Vengeance 9th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Sight
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
A churning storm cloud forms, centered on a point you can see
and spreading to a radius of 360 feet. Lightning flashes in the area,
thunder booms, and strong winds roar. Each creature under the
cloud (no more than 5,000 feet beneath the cloud) when it appears
must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature
takes 2d6 thunder damage and becomes deafened for 5 minutes.
Each round you maintain concentration on this spell, the storm
produces additional effects on your turn.
ROUND 2. Acidic rain falls from the cloud.
Each creature and object under the cloud takes 1d6 acid damage.
ROUND 3. You call six bolts of lightning from the cloud to strike
six creatures or objects of your choice beneath the cloud. A given
creature or object can’t be struck by more than one bolt. A struck
creature must make a Dexterity saving throw. The creature takes
10d6 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage
on a successful one.
ROUND 4. Hailstones rain down from the cloud. Each creature
under the cloud takes 2d6 bludgeoning damage.
ROUND 5-10. Gusts and freezing rain assail the area under the
cloud. The area becomes difficult terrain and is heavily obscured.
Each creature there takes 1d6 cold damage. Ranged weapon
attacks in the area are impossible. The wind and rain count as a
severe distraction for the purposes of maintaining concentration
on spells. Finally, gusts of strong wind (ranging from 20 to 50
miles per hour) automatically disperse fog, mists, and similar
phenomena in the area, whether mundane or magical.
Suggestion 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 8 hours
You suggest a course of activity (limited to a sentence or two)
and magically influence a creature you can see within range that
can hear and understand you. Creatures that can’t be charmed are
immune to this effect. The suggestion must be worded in such a
manner as to make the course of action sound reasonable. Asking
the creature to stab itself, throw itself onto a spear, immolate itself,
or do some other obviously harmful act ends the spell.
The target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save,
it pursues the course of action you described to the best of its
ability. The suggested course of action can continue for the entire
duration. If the suggested activity can be completed in a shorter
time, the spell ends when the subject finishes what it was asked
to do.
You can also specify conditions that will trigger a special activity
during the duration. For example, you might suggest that a knight
give her warhorse to the first beggar she meets. If the condition
isn’t met before the spell expires, the activity isn’t performed.
If you or any of your companions damage the target, the spell
ends.
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 Sunbeam 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (60-foot line)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
A beam of brilliant light flashes out from your hand in a 5-foot-
wide, 60-foot-long line. Each creature in the line must make a
Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 6d8
radiant damage and is blinded until your next turn. On a successful
save, it takes half as much damage and isn’t blinded by this spell.
Undead and oozes have disadvantage on this saving throw.
You can create a new line of radiance as your action on any turn
until the spell ends.
For the duration, a mote of brilliant radiance shines in your hand. It
sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional
30 feet. This light is sunlight.
Sunburst 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
Brilliant sunlight flashes in a 60-foot radius centered on a point
you choose within range. Each creature in that light must make
a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes
12d6 radiant damage and is blinded for 1 minute. On a successful
save, it takes half as much damage and isn’t blinded by this spell.
Undead and oozes have disadvantage on this saving throw.
A creature blinded by this spell makes another Constitution saving
throw at the end of each of its turns. On a successful save, it is no
longer blinded.
This spell dispels any darkness in its area that was created by a
spell.
Swift Ammunition 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
(a quiver containing at least one piece of ammunition)
You transmute your quiver/magazine so it produces an endless
supply of nonmagical ammunition, which seems to leap into your
hand when you reach for it.
On each of your turns until the spell ends, you can use a bonus
action to make two attacks with a weapon that uses ammunition
from the quiver/magazine. Each time you make such a ranged
attack, your quiver/magazine magically replaces the piece
of ammunition you used with a similar piece of nonmagical
ammunition. Any pieces of ammunition created by this spell
disintegrate when the spell ends. If the quiver/magazine leaves
your possession, the spell ends.
Symbol 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Touch
Duration: Until dispelled or triggered
(mercury, phosphorus, and powdered diamond and opal with a
total value of at least 1,000 Bu, which the spell consumes)
When you cast this spell, you inscribe a harmful glyph either on a
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surface (such as a section of floor, a wall, or a table) or within an
object that can be closed to conceal the glyph (such as a book, a
scroll, or a treasure chest). If you choose a surface, the glyph can
cover an area of the surface no larger than 10 feet in diameter. If
you choose an object, that object must remain in its place; if the
object is moved more than 10 feet from where you cast this spell,
the glyph is broken, and the spell ends without being triggered.
The glyph is nearly invisible, requiring an Intelligence (Investigation)
check against your spell save DC to find it.
You decide what triggers the glyph when you cast the spell.
For glyphs inscribed on a surface, the most typical triggers
include touching or stepping on the glyph, removing another
object covering it, approaching within a certain distance of it,
or manipulating the object that holds it. For glyphs inscribed
within an object, the most common triggers are opening the
object, approaching within a certain distance of it, or seeing or
reading the glyph. You can further refine the trigger so the spell
is activated only under certain circumstances or according to a
creature’s physical characteristics (such as height or weight), or
physical kind (for example, the ward could be set to affect hags or
shapechangers). You can also specify creatures that don’t trigger
the glyph, such as those who say a certain password.
When you inscribe the glyph, choose one of the options below for
its effect. Once triggered, the glyph glows, filling a 60-foot-radius
sphere with dim light for 10 minutes, after which time the spell
ends. Each creature in the sphere when the glyph activates is
targeted by its effect, as is a creature that enters the sphere for the
first time on a turn or ends its turn there.
DEATH. Each target must make a Constitution saving throw, taking
10d10 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage
on a successful save.
DISCORD. Each target must make a Constitution saving throw.
On a failed save, a target bickers and argues with other creatures
for 1 minute. During this time, it is incapable of meaningful
communication and has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability
checks.
FEAR. Each target must make a Wisdom saving throw and
becomes frightened for 1 minute on a failed save. While frightened,
the target drops whatever it is holding and must move at least 30
feet away from the glyph on each of its turns, if able.
HOPELESSNESS. Each target must make a Charisma saving
throw. On a failed save, the target is overwhelmed with despair
for 1 minute. During this time, it can’t attack or target any creature
with harmful abilities, spells, or other magical effects.
INSANITY. Each target must make an Intelligence saving throw.
On a failed save, the target is driven insane for 1 minute. An insane
creature can’t take actions, can’t understand what other creatures
say, can’t read, and speaks only in gibberish. The GM controls its
movement, which is erratic.
PAIN. Each target must make a Constitution saving throw and
becomes incapacitated with excruciating pain for 1 minute on a
failed save.
SLEEP. Each target must make a Wisdom saving throw and falls
unconscious for 10 minutes on a failed save. A creature awakens
if it takes damage or if someone uses an action to shake or slap
it awake.
STUNNING. Each target must make a Wisdom saving throw and
becomes stunned for 1 minute on a failed save.
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Telekinesis 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
You gain the ability to move or manipulate creatures or objects by
thought. When you cast the spell, and as your action each round
for the duration, you can exert your will on one creature or object
that you can see within range, causing the appropriate effect
below. You can affect the same target round after round, or choose
a new one at any time. If you switch targets, the prior target is no
longer affected by the spell.
CREATURE. You can try to move a Huge or smaller creature. Make
an ability check with your spellcasting ability contested by the
creature’s Strength check. If you win the contest, you move the
creature up to 30 feet in any direction, including upward but not
beyond the range of this spell. Until the end of your next turn, the
creature is restrained in your telekinetic grip. A creature lifted
upward is suspended in mid-air.
On subsequent rounds, you can use your action to attempt to
maintain your telekinetic grip on the creature by repeating the
contest.
OBJECT. You can try to move an object that weighs up to 1,000
pounds. If the object isn’t being worn or carried, you automatically
move it up to 30 feet in any direction, but not beyond the range of
this spell.
If the object is worn or carried by a creature, you must make
an ability check with your spellcasting ability contested by that
creature’s Strength check. If you succeed, you pull the object away
from that creature and can move it up to 30 feet in any direction
but not beyond the range of this spell. You can exert fine control on
objects with your telekinetic grip, such as manipulating a simple
tool, opening a door or a container, stowing or retrieving an item
from an open container, or pouring the contents from a vial.
Telepathic Bond (Ritual) 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 1 hour
You forge a telepathic link among up to eight willing creatures of
your choice within range, psychically linking each creature to all
the others for the duration. Creatures with Intelligence scores of 2
or less aren’t affected by this spell.
Until the spell ends, the targets can communicate telepathically
through the bond whether or not they have a common language.
The communication is possible over any distance, though it can’t
extend to other planes of existence.
Telepathy 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Unlimited
Duration: 24 hours
(linked silver rings)
You create a telepathic link between yourself and a willing creature
with which you are familiar. The creature can be anywhere on the
same plane of existence as you. The spell ends if you or the target
are no longer on the same plane.
Until the spell ends, you and the target can instantaneously share
words, images, sounds, and other sensory messages with one
another through the link, and the target recognizes you as the
creature it is communicating with. The spell enables a creature
with an Intelligence score of at least 1 to understand the meaning
of your words and take in the scope of any sensory messages you
send to it.
Teleport 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
This spell instantly transports you and up to eight willing creatures
of your choice that you can see within range, or a single object that
you can see within range, to a destination you select. If you target
an object, it must be able to fit entirely inside a 10-foot cube, and
it can’t be held or carried by an unwilling creature.
The destination you choose must be known to you, and it must be
on the same plane of existence as you. Your familiarity with the
destination determines whether you arrive there successfully. The
GM rolls d100 and consults the table.
FAMILIARITY. “Permanent circle” means a permanent teleportation
circle whose sigil sequence you know. “Associated object” means
that you possess an object taken from the desired destination
within the last six months, such as a book from a Mage’s library,
bed linen from a royal suite, or a chunk of marble from a lich’s
secret tomb.
“Very familiar” is a place you have been very often, a place you
have carefully studied, or a place you can see when you cast the
spell. “Seen casually” is someplace you have seen more than
once but with which you aren’t very familiar. “Viewed once” is a
place you have seen once, possibly using magic. “Description” is a
place whose location and appearance you know through someone
else’s description, perhaps from a map. “False destination” is a
place that doesn’t exist.
Perhaps you tried to scry an enemy’s sanctum but instead viewed
an illusion, or you are attempting to teleport to a familiar location
that no longer exists.
ON TARGET. You and your group (or the target object) appear
where you want to.
OFF TARGET. You and your group (or the target object) appear a
random distance away from the destination in a random direction.
Distance off target is 1d10 x 1d10 percent of the distance that was
to be traveled. For example, if you tried to travel 120 miles, landed
off target, and rolled a 5 and 3 on the two d10s, then you would
be off target by 15 percent, or 18 miles. The GM determines the
direction off target randomly by rolling a d8 and designating 1 as
north, 2 as northeast, 3 as east, and so on around the points of the
compass. If you were teleporting to a coastal city and wound up
18 miles out at sea, you could be in trouble.
SIMILAR AREA. You and your group (or the target object) wind up in
a different area that’s visually or thematically similar to the target
area. If you are heading for your home laboratory, for example, you
might wind up in another Mage’s laboratory or in an alchemical
supply shop that has many of the same tools and implements as
your laboratory. Generally, you appear in the closest similar place,
but since the spell has no range limit, you could conceivably wind
up anywhere on the plane.
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 MISHAP. The spell’s unpredictable magic results in a difficult
journey. Each teleporting creature (or the target object) takes 3d10
force damage, and the GM rerolls on the table to see where you
wind up (multiple mishaps can occur, dealing damage each time).
Teleportation Circle 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 10 feet
Duration: 1 round
(rare chalks and inks infused with precious gems with 50 Bu,
which the spell consumes)
As you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the
ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent
teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you know
and that is on the same plane of existence as you. A shimmering
portal opens within the circle you drew and remains open until the
end of your next turn. Any creature that enters the portal instantly
appears within 5 feet of the destination circle or in the nearest
unoccupied space if that space is occupied.
Many major temples, guilds, and other important places have
permanent teleportation circles inscribed somewhere within their
confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a
string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you
first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences
for two destinations on the Material Plane, determined by the GM.
You can learn additional sigil sequences during your adventures.
You can commit a new sigil sequence to memory after studying it
for 1 minute.
You can create a permanent teleportation circle by casting this
spell in the same location every day for one year. You need not use
the circle to teleport when you cast the spell in this way.
Thaumaturgy Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Up to 1 minute
You manifest a minor wonder, a sign of supernatural power, within
range. You create one of the following magical effects within
range:
• Your voice booms up to three times as loud as normal for 1
minute.
• You cause flames to flicker, brighten, dim, or change color for 1
minute.
• You cause harmless tremors in the ground for 1 minute.
• You create an instantaneous sound that originates from a point
of your choice within range, such as a rumble of thunder, the cry
of a raven, or ominous whispers.
• You instantaneously cause an unlocked door or window to fly
open or slam shut.
• You alter the appearance of your eyes for 1 minute.
If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of
its 1-minute effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an
effect as an action.
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Thorn Whip Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You create a long, vine-Iike whip covered in thorns that lashes
out at your command toward a creature in range. Make a melee
spell attack against the target. If the attack hits, the creature takes
1d6 piercing damage, and if the creature is Large or smaller, you
pull the creature up to 10 feet closer to you. This spell’s damage
increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6),
and 17th level (4d6).
Thunderwave 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (15-foot cube)
Duration: Instantaneous
A wave of thunderous force sweeps out from you. Each creature
in a 15-foot cube originating from you must make a Constitution
saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 2d8 thunder
damage and is pushed 10 feet away from you. On a successful
save, the creature takes half as much damage and isn’t pushed.
In addition, unsecured objects that are completely within the area
of effect are automatically pushed 10 feet away from you by the
spell’s effect, and the spell emits a thunderous boom audible out
to 300 feet.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level
above 1st.
Time Stop 9th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Instantaneous
You briefly stop the flow of time for everyone but yourself. No time
passes for other creatures, while you take 1d4 + 1 turns in a row,
during which you can use actions and move as normal.
This spell ends if one of the actions you use during this period, or
any effects that you create during this period, affects a creature
other than you or an object being worn or carried by someone
other than you. In addition, the spell ends if you move to a place
more than 1,000 feet from the location where you cast it.
Tongues 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 1 hour
This spell grants the creature you touch the ability to understand
any spoken language it hears. Moreover, when the target speaks,
any creature that knows at least one language and can hear the
target understands what it says.
Transport via Plants 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet
Duration: 1 round
This spell creates a magical link between a Large or larger
inanimate plant within range and another plant, at any distance,
on the same plane of existence. You must have seen or touched
the destination plant at least once before. For the duration, any
creature can step into the target plant and exit from the destination
plant by using 5 feet of movement.
True Polymorph 9th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
Choose one creature or nonmagical object that you can see within
range. You transform the creature into a different creature, the
creature into an object, or the object into a creature (the object
must be neither worn nor carried by another creature). The
transformation lasts for the duration, or until the target drops to
0 hit points or dies. If you concentrate on this spell for the full
duration, the transformation becomes permanent.
Shapechangers aren’t affected by this spell. An unwilling creature
can make a Wisdom saving throw, and if it succeeds, it isn’t
affected by this spell.
CREATURE INTO CREATURE. If you turn a creature into another
kind of creature, the new form can be any kind you choose whose
challenge rating is equal to or less than the target’s (or its level,
if the target doesn’t have a challenge rating). The target’s game
statistics, including mental ability scores, are replaced by the
statistics of the new form. It retains its alignment and personality.
The target assumes the hit points of its new form, and when it
reverts to its normal form, the creature returns to the number of
hit points it had before it transformed. If it reverts as a result of
dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to its
normal form. As long as the excess damage doesn’t reduce the
creature’s normal form to 0 hit points, it isn’t knocked unconscious.
The creature is limited in the actions it can perform by the nature
of its new form, and it can’t speak, cast spells, or take any other
action that requires hands or speech unless its new form is
capable of such actions.
The target’s gear melds into the new form. The creature can’t
activate, use, wield, or otherwise benefit from any of its equipment.
OBJECT INTO CREATURE. You can turn an object into any kind
of creature, as long as the creature’s size is no larger than the
object’s size and the creature’s challenge rating is 9 or lower. The
creature is friendly to you and your companions. It acts on each
of your turns. You decide what action it takes and how it moves.
The GM has the creature’s statistics and resolves all of its actions
and movement.
If the spell becomes permanent, you no longer control the creature.
It might remain friendly to you, depending on how you have treated
it.
CREATURE INTO OBJECT. If you turn a creature into an object, it
transforms along with whatever it is wearing and carrying into that
form. The creature’s statistics become those of the object, and the
creature has no memory of time spent in this form, after the spell
ends and it returns to its normal form.
True Resurrection 9th-Level
Casting Time: 1 hour Range: Touch
Duration: Instantaneous
You touch a creature that has been dead for no longer than 200
years and that died for any reason except old age. If the creature’s
soul is free and willing, the creature is restored to life with all its
hit points.
This spell closes all wounds, neutralizes any poison, cures all
diseases, and lifts any curses affecting the creature when it died.
The spell replaces damaged or missing organs and limbs.
The spell can even provide a new body if the original no longer
exists, in which case you must speak the creature’s name. The
creature then appears in an unoccupied space you choose within
10 feet of you.
True Seeing 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 1 hour
This spell gives the willing creature you touch the ability to see
things as they actually are. For the duration, the creature has
truesight, notices secret doors hidden by magic, and can see into
the Ethereal Plane, all out to a range of 120 feet.
True Strike Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 1 round
You point a finger at a target in range. Your magic grants you a
brief insight into the target’s defenses. On your next turn, you gain
advantage on your first attack roll against the target, provided that
this spell hasn’t ended.
Tsunami 8th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Sight
Duration: Concentration, up to 6 rounds
A wall of water springs into existence at a point you choose within
range. You can make the wall up to 300 feet long, 300 feet high,
and 50 feet thick. The wall lasts for the duration.
When the wall appears, each creature within its area must make
a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 6d10
bludgeoning damage, or half as much damage on a successful
save.
At the start of each of your turns after the wall appears, the wall,
along with any creatures in it, moves 50 feet away from you. Any
Huge or smaller creature inside the wall or whose space the wall
enters when it moves must succeed on a Strength saving throw or
take 5d10 bludgeoning damage. A creature can take this damage
only once per round. At the end of the turn, the wall’s height is
reduced by 50 feet, and the damage creatures take from the spell
on subsequent rounds is reduced by 1d10. When the wall reaches
0 feet in height, the spell ends.
A creature caught in the wall can move by swimming. Because of
the force of the wave, though, the creature must make a successful
Athletics check against your spell save DC in order to move at all.
If it fails the check, it can’t move. A creature that moves out of the
area falls to the ground.
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Unseen Servant (Ritual) 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: 1 hour
This spell creates an invisible, mindless, shapeless force that
performs simple tasks at your command until the spell ends. The
servant springs into existence in an unoccupied space on the
ground within range. It has AC 10, 1 hit point, and a Strength of 2,
and it can’t attack. If it drops to 0 hit points, the spell ends.
Once on each of your turns as a bonus action, you can mentally
command the servant to move up to 15 feet and interact with
an object. The servant can perform simple tasks that a human
servant could do, such as fetching things, cleaning, mending,
folding clothes, lighting fires, serving food, and pouring wine. Once
you give the command, the servant performs the task to the best
of its ability until it completes the task, then waits for your next
command.
If you command the servant to perform a task that would move it
more than 60 feet away from you, the spell ends.
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Vampiric Touch 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
The touch of your shadow-wreathed hand can siphon life force
from others to heal your wounds. Make a melee spell attack
against a creature within your reach. On a hit, the target takes
3d6 necrotic damage, and you regain hit points equal to half the
amount of necrotic damage dealt. Until the spell ends, you can
make the attack again on each of your turns as an action.
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.
Vicious Mockery Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You unleash a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments
at a creature you can see within range. If the target can hear you
(though it need not understand you), it must succeed on a Wisdom
saving throw or take 1d4 psychic damage and have disadvantage
on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.
At Higher Levels This spell’s damage increases by 1d4 when you
reach 5th level (2d4), 11th level (3d4), and 17th level (4d4).
Vortex 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 Action Range: 90 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
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You snap your fingers and create a 20 foot radius wide arcane
starts its turn within the vortex or enters it’s area for the first time
takes 2d10 force damage and has it’s movement speed reduced
by half. Creatures within the vortex cannot take the Dash action.
Any creature attempting to leave the vortex’s area must succeed
a Strength saving throw. If they fail, they are unable to use their
movement to leave the vortex’s area for the rest of their turn.
Any creature that starts its turn within 5 feet of the vortex must
succeed a Strength saving throw or be pulled into an unoccupied
space within its boundaries. If there is no unoccupied space in the
vortex, the creature is not pulled in.
The vortex stays active for three rounds. At the start of the fourth
round, the vortex implodes, releasing a massive amount of arcane
energy. Anyone within the vortex’s area when this happens must
make a Dexterity saving throw or take 4d10 force damage and be
knocked prone. If they succeed, they take half damage and are not
knocked prone.
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Wall of Fire 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You create a wall of fire on a solid surface within range. You can
make the wall up to 60 feet long, 20 feet high, and 1 foot thick, or a
ringed wall up to 20 feet in diameter, 20 feet high, and 1 foot thick.
The wall is opaque and lasts for the duration.
When the wall appears, each creature within its area must make a
Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 5d8 fire
damage, or half as much damage on a successful save.
One side of the wall, selected by you when you cast this spell,
deals 5d8 fire damage to each creature that ends its turn within
10 feet of that side or inside the wall. A creature takes the same
damage when it enters the wall for the first time on a turn or ends
its turn there. The other side of the wall deals no damage.
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.
Wall of Force 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
An invisible wall of force springs into existence at a point you
choose within range. The wall appears in any orientation you
choose, as a horizontal or vertical barrier or at an angle. It can be
free floating or resting on a solid surface. You can form it into a
hemispherical dome or a sphere with a radius of up to 10 feet, or
you can shape a flat surface made up of ten 10-foot-by- 10-foot
panels. Each panel must be contiguous with another panel. In any
form, the wall is 1/4 inch thick.
It lasts for the duration. If the wall cuts through a creature’s space
when it appears, the creature is pushed to one side of the wall
(your choice which side).
Nothing can physically pass through the wall. It is immune to all
damage and can’t be dispelled by dispel magic. A disintegrate
spell destroys the wall instantly, however. The wall also extends
into Limbo, blocking ethereal travel through the wall.
Wall of Ice 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
You create a wall of ice on a solid surface within range. You can
form it into a hemispherical dome or a sphere with a radius of up
to 10 feet, or you can shape a flat surface made up of ten 10-foot-
square panels. Each panel must be contiguous with another panel.
In any form, the wall is 1 foot thick and lasts for the duration.
If the wall cuts through a creature’s space when it appears, the
creature within its area is pushed to one side of the wall and must
make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes
10d6 cold damage, or half as much damage on a successful save.
The wall is an object that can be damaged and thus breached. It
has AC 12 and 30 hit points per 10-foot section, and it is vulnerable
to fire damage. Reducing a 10-foot section of wall to 0 hit points
destroys it and leaves behind a sheet of frigid air in the space the
wall occupied. A creature moving through the sheet of frigid air
for the first time on a turn must make a Constitution saving throw.
That creature takes 5d6 cold 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, the damage the wall deals when it appears
increases by 2d6, and the damage from passing through the sheet
of frigid air increases by 1d6, for each slot level above 6th.
Wall of Iron 7th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
The caster causes a flat, vertical iron wall to spring into being.
This wall inserts itself into any surrounding nonliving material if
its area is sufficient to do so. The wall cannot be conjured so that
it occupies the same space as a creature or another object. It must
always be a flat plane, though the caster can shape its edges to fit
the available space.
The wall of iron is 1 inch thick per four caster levels. The caster can
double the wall’s area by halving its thickness. Each 5-foot square
of the wall has an AC of 15, 30 hit points per inch of thickness
and hardness 10. A section of wall whose hit points drop to 0
is breached. If a creature tries to break through the wall with a
single attack, the DC for the Strength check is 25 + 2 per inch of
thickness.
If the caster desires, the wall can be created vertically resting on
a flat surface but not attached to the surface so that it can be
tipped over to fall on and crush creatures beneath it. The wall is
50% likely to tip in either direction if left un-pushed. Creatures can
push the wall in one direction rather than letting it fall randomly.
A creature must succeed at a Strength check (DC 40) to push the
wall over. Creatures with room to flee the falling wall may do so
by making successful Reflex saves. Large and smaller creatures
who fail take 10d6 points of damage. The wall cannot crush Huge
and larger creatures. Like any iron wall, this wall is subject to rust,
perforation, and other natural phenomena.
Wall of Stone 5th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
A nonmagical wall of solid stone springs into existence at a
point you choose within range. The wall is 6 inches thick and is
composed of ten 10-foot-by-10-foot panels. Each panel must be
contiguous with at least one other panel. Alternatively, you can
create 10-foot-by-20-foot panels that are only 3 inches thick.
If the wall cuts through a creature’s space when it appears, the
creature is pushed to one side of the wall (your choice). If a
creature would be surrounded on all sides by the wall (or the wall
and another solid surface), that creature can make a Dexterity
saving throw. On a success, it can use its reaction to move up to
its speed so that it is no longer enclosed by the wall.
The wall can have any shape you desire, though it can’t occupy the
same space as a creature or object.
The wall doesn’t need to be vertical or rest on any firm foundation.
It must, however, merge with and be solidly supported by existing
stone. Thus, you can use this spell to bridge a chasm or create a
ramp.
If you create a span greater than 20 feet in length, you must halve
the size of each panel to create supports. You can crudely shape
the wall to create crenellations, battlements, and so on.
The wall is an object made of stone that can be damaged and
thus breached. Each panel has AC 15 and 30 hit points per inch of
thickness. Reducing a panel to 0 hit points destroys it and might
cause connected panels to collapse at the GM’s discretion.
If you maintain your concentration on this spell for its whole
duration, the wall becomes permanent and can’t be dispelled.
Otherwise, the wall disappears when the spell ends.
Wall of Thorns 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
You create a wall of tough, pliable, tangled brush bristling with
needle-sharp thorns. The wall appears within range on a solid
surface and lasts for the duration. You choose to make the wall
up to 60 feet long, 10 feet high, and 5 feet thick or a circle that has
a 20-foot diameter and is up to 20 feet high and 5 feet thick. The
wall blocks line of sight.
When the wall appears, each creature within its area must make
a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 7d8
piercing damage, or half as much damage on a successful save.
A creature can move through the wall, albeit slowly and painfully.
For every 1 foot a creature moves through the wall, it must spend
4 feet of movement. Furthermore, the first time a creature enters
the wall on a turn or ends its turn there, the creature must make a
Dexterity saving throw. It takes 7d8 slashing 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, both types of damage increase by 1d8 for each slot
level above 6th.
Ward Cantrip
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 Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: 1 round
You extend your hand and trace a rune of warding in the air. Until
the end of your next turn, you have resistance against bludgeoning,
piercing, slashing and ballistic damage dealt by weapon attacks.
Warding Bond 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch
Duration: 1 hour
This spell wards a willing creature you touch and creates a mystic
connection between you and the target until the spell ends. While
the target is within 60 feet of you, it gains a +1 bonus to AC and
saving throws, and it has resistance to all damage. Also, each time
it takes damage, you take the same amount of damage.
The spell ends if you drop to 0 hit points or if you and the target
become separated by more than 60 feet. It also ends if the spell
is cast again on either of the connected creatures. You can also
dismiss the spell as an action.
Water Breathing (Ritual) 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 24 hours
This spell grants up to ten willing creatures you can see within
range the ability to breathe underwater until the spell ends.
Affected creatures also retain their normal mode of respiration.
Water Walk (Ritual) 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: 1 hour
This spell grants the ability to move across any liquid surface—
such as water, acid, mud, snow, quicksand, or lava—as if it were
harmless solid ground (creatures crossing molten lava can still
take damage from the heat). Up to ten willing creatures you can
see within range gain this ability for the duration.
If you target a creature submerged in a liquid, the spell carries the
target to the surface of the liquid at a rate of 60 feet per round.
Web 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You conjure a mass of thick, sticky webbing at a point of your
choice within range. The webs fill a 20-foot cube from that point
for the duration. The webs are difficult terrain and lightly obscure
their area.
If the webs aren’t anchored between two solid masses (such as
walls or trees) or layered across a floor, wall, or ceiling, the conjured
web collapses on itself, and the spell ends at the start of your next
turn. Webs layered over a flat surface have a depth of 5 feet.
Each creature that starts its turn in the webs or that enters them
during its turn must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed
save, the creature is restrained as long as it remains in the webs
or until it breaks free.
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A creature restrained by the webs can use its action to make a
Strength check against your spell save DC. If it succeeds, it is no
longer restrained.
The webs are flammable. Any 5-foot cube of webs exposed to fire
burns away in 1 round, dealing 2d4 fire damage to any creature
that starts its turn in the fire.
Weird 9th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Drawing on the deepest fears of a group of creatures, you create
illusory creatures in their minds, visible only to them. Each creature
in a 30-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point of your choice
within range must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save,
a creature becomes Frightened for the Duration. The Illusion calls
on the creature’s deepest fears, manifesting its worst nightmares
as an implacable threat. At the end of each of the Frightened
creature’s turns, it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or
take 4d10 psychic damage. On a successful save, the spell ends
for that creature.
Wind Walk 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 30 feet
Duration: 8 hours
You and up to ten willing creatures you can see within range
assume a gaseous form for the duration, appearing as wisps of
cloud. While in this cloud form, a creature has a flying speed of 300
feet and has resistance to damage from nonmagical weapons. The
only actions a creature can take in this form are the Dash action
or to revert to its normal form. Reverting takes 1 minute, during
which time a creature is incapacitated and can’t move. Until the
spell ends, a creature can revert to cloud form, which also requires
the 1-minute transformation.
If a creature is in cloud form and flying when the effect ends, the
creature descends 60 feet per round for 1 minute until it lands,
which it does safely. If it can’t land after 1 minute, the creature falls
the remaining distance.
Wind Wall 3rd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
A wall of strong wind rises from the ground at a point you choose
within range. You can make the wall up to 50 feet long, 15 feet high,
and 1 foot thick. You can shape the wall in any way you choose so
long as it makes one continuous path along the ground. The wall
lasts for the duration.
When the wall appears, each creature within its area must make a
Strength saving throw. A creature takes 3d8 bludgeoning damage
on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
The strong wind keeps fog, smoke, and other gases at bay. Small
or smaller flying creatures or objects can’t pass through the wall.
Loose, lightweight materials brought into the wall fly upward.
Arrows, bolts, and other ordinary projectiles launched at targets
behind the wall are deflected upward and automatically miss.
(Boulders hurled by giants or siege engines, and similar projectiles,
are unaffected.) Creatures in gaseous form can’t pass through it.
 Wire Transfer (TL 1) 4th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
This spell instantly transports up to six willing creatures of your
choice that you can see within range to the location of a telephone
you call. The telephone must be answered, and it works only over
an open line. You arrive within 5 feet of the device, and any other
creatures transported.
Wish 9th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self
Duration: Instantaneous
Wish is the mightiest spell a mortal creature can cast. By simply
speaking aloud, you can alter the very foundations of reality in
accord with your desires.
The basic use of this spell is to duplicate any other spell of 8th
level or lower. You don’t need to meet any requirements in that
spell, including costly components. The spell simply takes effect.
Alternatively, you can create one of the following effects of your
choice:
• You create one object of up to 25,000 Bu in value that isn’t
a magic item. The object can be no more than 300 feet in any
dimension, and it appears in an unoccupied space you can see
on the ground.
• You allow up to twenty creatures that you can see to regain
all hit points, and you end all effects on them described in the
greater restoration spell.
• You grant up to ten creatures that you can see resistance to a
damage type you choose.
• You grant up to ten creatures you can see immunity to a single
spell or other magical effect for 8 hours. For instance, you could
make yourself and all your companions immune to a lich’s life
drain attack.
• You undo a single recent event by forcing a reroll of any roll made
within the last round (including your last turn). Reality reshapes
itself to accommodate the new result. For example, a wish spell
could undo an opponent’s successful save, a foe’s critical hit, or
a friend’s failed save. You can force the reroll to be made with
advantage or disadvantage, and you can choose whether to use
the reroll or the original roll.
You might be able to achieve something beyond the scope of
the above examples. State your wish to the GM as precisely as
possible. The GM has great latitude in ruling what occurs in such
an instance; the greater the wish, the greater the likelihood that
something goes wrong. This spell might simply fail, the effect you
desire might only be partly achieved, or you might suffer some
unforeseen consequence as a result of how you worded the wish.
For example, wishing that a villain were dead might propel you
forward in time to a period when that villain is no longer alive,
effectively removing you from the game. Similarly, wishing for a
legendary magic item or artifact might instantly transport you to
the presence of the item’s current owner.
The stress of casting this spell to produce any effect other than
duplicating another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress,
each time you cast a spell until you finish a long rest, you take
1d10 necrotic damage per level of that spell. This damage can’t be
reduced or prevented in any way. In addition, your Strength drops
to 3, if it isn’t 3 or lower already, for 2d4 days. For each of those
days that you spend resting and doing nothing more than light
activity, your remaining recovery time decreases by 2 days. Finally,
there is a 33 percent chance that you are unable to cast wish ever
again if you suffer this stress.
Witch Bolt 1st-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
A beam of crackling, blue energy lances out toward a creature
within range, forming a sustained arc of lightning between you
and the target. Make a ranged spell attack against that creature.
On a hit, the target takes 1d12 lightning damage, and on each of
your turns for the duration, you can use your action to deal 1d12
lightning damage to the target automatically. The spell ends if
you use your action to do anything else. The spell also ends if the
target is ever outside the spell’s range or if it has total cover from
you.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd
level or higher, the initial damage increases by 1d12 for each slot
level above 1st.
Word of Recall 6th-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 5 feet
Duration: Instantaneous
You and up to five willing creatures within 5 feet of you instantly
teleport to a previously designated sanctuary. You and any
creatures that teleport with you appear in the nearest unoccupied
space to the spot you designated when you prepared your
sanctuary (see below). If you cast this spell without first preparing
a sanctuary, the spell has no effect.
You must designate a sanctuary by casting this spell within a
location, such as a temple, dedicated to or strongly linked to your
deity. If you attempt to cast the spell in this manner in an area that
isn’t dedicated to your deity, the spell has no effect.
Z
Zone of Truth 2nd-Level
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet
Duration: 10 minutes
You create a magical zone that guards against deception in a
15-foot-radius sphere centered on a point of your choice within
range. Until the spell ends, a creature that enters the spell’s area
for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a
Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a creature can’t speak a
deliberate lie while in the radius. You know whether each creature
succeeds or fails on its saving throw.
An affected creature is aware of the spell and can thus avoid
answering questions to which it would normally respond with a lie.
Such a creature can be evasive in its answers as long as it remains
within the boundaries of the truth.
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 RUNE CRAFTING
The crafting of runes is a skill that only the most dedicated magical light armor can have one rune applied to it while heavy armor can
craftsmen can master. Runesmiths form powerful runes by pulling have three runes. However, only one of each family of rune can be
magic into the symbols they create and then bonding them to the applied. For example, if medium armor has two Minor Runes of
materials that they are working with. Defense, the effects do not stack.
Runes can be attached to nearly any item but the most common Additionally, if two runes of the same family but different types
are applied to weapons and armor. Runes can be either be are applied, only the stronger rune effect is applied. For example,
inscribed or attached. if a Minor Rune of Defense and a Greater Rune of Defense are on
the same armor only the effect of the Greater Rune of Defense is
Each rune has a materials cost, time to craft and a craft DC that
active. Runes of the same family do not stack.
must be successful to create the rune. At the end of the time to
craft, the craft check to finish the rune is performed. On a failed To create a rune, you must be proficient in the Craft (Rune) skill
craft check, the time spent and cost are lost. and have the Feat: Novice Runesmith to create Minor runes,
Journeyman Runesmith for Greater runes and Master Runesmith
A family of runes are when the same rune has different types. For
to make Superior runes. (pages 146-147)
example, Rune of Damage is a family of runes that come in three
types; Minor, Greater and Superior. RUNES BY ITEM
The number of runes that can be attached to an item depend on Item Type Available Rune Slots
what that object is, as shown in Table: Runes By Item. For example,
Light Armor 1
CRAFTING RUNES Medium Armor 2
RUNE TYPE CRAFT DC TIME TO CRAFT Heavy Armor 3
Minor 15 1 Day Shield 1
Greater 20 1 Week Weapon 1
Superior 25 1 Month Ammunition x20 1

attacheD runes
An attached rune is a minor rune that is applied to a small piece
of material and then that material is then attached to an object.
These runes can be removed with a day of work and reattached to
something else with another day of work.
Only minor runes can be attached.

inscribeD runes
An inscribed rune is any rune that is imbued directly into an object.
These runes are permanent and cannot be removed. All rune types
can be inscribed. Objects with a rune are considered magical.

Weapon Runes
Rune of Damage (Minor)
Materials Cost: 500 Bu.
You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this
weapon. The weapon attacks are now magical.

Rune of Damage (Greater)

Materials Cost: 2,000 Bu.
You have a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this
weapon. The weapon attacks are now magical.

Rune of Damage (Superior)

Materials Cost: 10,000 Bu.

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You have a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this
weapon. The weapon attacks are now magical.
Rune of Blessing (Minor)
Materials Cost: 1,000 Bu.
(requires attunement by a good character).
Grants a bonus +1d6 radiant damage to one weapon.
Rune of Blessing (Greater)
Materials Cost: 3,500 Bu.
(requires attunement by a good character).
Grants a bonus +2d6 radiant damage to one weapon.
Rune of Blessing (Superior)
Materials Cost: 8,500 Bu.
(requires attunement by a good character).
Grants a bonus +3d8 radiant damage to one weapon.
Rune of the Elements (Superior)
Materials Cost: 8,000 Bu.
Grants a bonus +3d8 elemental damage of your choice to one
weapon. (fire, electricity, cold, or acid)
Rune of the Impact (Minor)
Materials Cost: 400 Bu.
When you use the Attack action on your turn and hit a Small or
smaller creature, you can send that creature flying. It must succeed
on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be thrown 10 feet directly
away from you and land prone.
Rune of the Impact (Greater)
Materials Cost: 2,500 Bu.
When you use the Attack action on your turn and hit a Medium
or smaller creature, you can send that creature flying. It must
succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or be thrown 10
feet directly away from you and land prone.

Rune of Decay (Minor) Rune of the Impact (Superior)

Materials Cost: 1,500 Bu. Materials Cost: 12,000 Bu.

(requires attunement by an evil character). When you use the Attack action on your turn and hit a Large or
smaller creature, you can send that creature flying. It must succeed
Grants a bonus +1d6 necrotic damage to one weapon. on a DC 25 Constitution saving throw or be thrown 15 feet directly
away from you and land prone.

Rune of Decay (Greater)

Materials Cost: 4,500 Bu. Armor/Shield Runes
(requires attunement by an evil character).
Grants a bonus +2d6 necrotic damage to one weapon. Rune of Defense (Minor)
Materials Cost: 3,500 Bu.
Rune of Decay (Superior) Grants a bonus +1 AC to the chosen armor or shield.
Materials Cost: 10,000 Bu.
(requires attunement by an evil character). Rune of Defense (Greater)
Grants a bonus +3d8 necrotic damage to one weapon.
Materials Cost: 20,000 Bu.
Grants a bonus +2 AC to the chosen armor or shield.
Rune of the Elements (Minor)
Materials Cost: 750 Bu. Rune of Defense (Superior)
Grants a bonus +1d6 elemental damage of your choice to one
Materials Cost: 50,000 Bu.
weapon. (fire, electricity, cold, or acid)
Grants a bonus +3 AC to the chosen armor or shield.

Rune of the Elements (Greater)

Rune of Heat (Greater)
Materials Cost: 3,000 Bu.
Materials Cost: 3,000 Bu.
Grants a bonus +2d6 elemental damage of your choice to one
weapon. (fire, electricity, cold, or acid) The applied armor has resistance to Fire damage.

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 Rune of Cold (Greater) Rune of Hardness (Superior)
Materials Cost: 4,500 Bu. Materials Cost: 35,000 Bu.
The applied armor has resistance to Cold damage. Grants a bonus +15 Hardness to the chosen armor.

Rune of Bludgeoning (Minor) Rune of Regeneration (Greater)

Materials Cost: 3,500 Bu. Materials Cost: 25,000 Bu.
The applied armor has resistance to Bludgeoning damage. You regain 5 HP at the start of each of your turns while wearing
the chosen armor. Hit points regained this way cannot exceed your
current maximum.
Rune of Slashing (Minor)
Materials Cost: 4,000 Bu. Rune of Fear (Minor)
The applied armor has resistance to Slashing damage.
Materials Cost: 1,500 Bu.
You are immune from being Frightened while wearing the chosen
Rune of Piercing (Minor) armor.

Materials Cost: 5,000 Bu.

The applied armor has resistance to Piercing damage. Rune of Glamour (Minor)
Materials Cost: 2,500 Bu.
Rune of Ballistic (Greater) You are immune from being Charmed while wearing the chosen
armor.
Materials Cost: 15,000 Bu.

Rune of Poison (Minor)

The applied armor has resistance to Ballistic damage.

Rune of Spellbreaking (Minor) Materials Cost: 2,000 Bu.

You are immune from being Poisoned while wearing the chosen
Materials Cost: 4,500 Bu. armor.
You have advantage on all saving throws against magic.

Rune of Paralyses (Minor)

Rune of the Spellbreaking (Greater) Materials Cost: 3,500 Bu.
Materials Cost: 15,000 Bu. You are immune from being Paralysed while wearing the chosen
You have advantage on all saving throws against magic and spell armor.
attack rolls against you are made with disadvantage.

Rune of Mental Fortitude (Minor)

Rune of the Spellbreaking (Superior) Materials Cost: 1,000 Bu.
Materials Cost: 45,000 Bu. You have advantage on all saving throws against psychic effects.
You have advantage on all saving throws against magic, spell

Rune of Mental Fortitude (Greater)

attack rolls against you are made with disadvantage, and you have
resistance to any damage dealt by magic.
Materials Cost: 10,000 Bu.
Rune of Hardness (Minor) You have advantage on all saving throws against psychic effects
and psychic attack rolls against you are made with disadvantage.
Materials Cost: 2,500 Bu.

Rune of Mental Fortitude (Superior)

Grants a bonus +5 Hardness to the chosen armor.

Rune of Hardness (Greater) Materials Cost: 25,000 Bu.

You have advantage on all saving throws against psychic effects
Materials Cost: 15,000 Bu. and psychic attack rolls against you are made with disadvantage,
Grants a bonus +10 Hardness to the chosen armor. and you have resistance to any psychic damage.

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 ENCHANTED TATTOOS
Tattoo enchanting is an ancient form of magic, and is a style
of art utilized by many different cultures across the multiverse.
The designs and function of these tattoos varies wildly between
peoples, races, species, countries, continents, worlds and planes.
Enchanted tattoos dimly radiate magic under a detect magic
spell. A successful DC 20 Arcana check may be made in order to
discern the nature of a magical tattoo. Dispel magic will not nullify
a tattoo’s magic, only suppress it for 1d4 rounds. Tattoos cease to
function in the area of an anti-magic field.

Applying a Tattoo
In order to apply a tattoo, there must first be room to draw it into
the skin. Every tattoo has a size and location. The size of the
tattoo scales with the size of the creature. Because of this,
a Large chest tattoo would take up the same space on a
human, a goblin, or a giant, as the size of the tattoo stays
proportional to the size of the creature it is applied to.
Characters are limited only by the amount of available space
on their body. Tattoos are either Small, Medium, or Large,
and are either Simple, Average, or Ornate.

TATTOO ARTISTS
Skill Level Type of Tattoos
Beginner Simple
Skilled Average
Master Ornate

tiMe to aPPly
Tattoos take time to apply based on their size, intricacy, and
skill of the artist. A large but simple tattoo may take the same
amount of time to ink as it would to create a small but detailed
one. Sessions may be broken into chunks of time over the course
of several days, however if the tattoo is not finished within 30
days the magic of the tattoo dissipate and must be started again
from the beginning. Some tattoo artists will demand full payment
up front, while others will charge a part of the price across each
individual session. After the tattoo is finished, you gain the
effects of it after a long rest. Use the following table to determine
how long the procedure will take and how difficult it will be to
craft.

CRAFT TATTOO
Tattoo Size Timing (in hours) Craft DC
Small 1d4 2
Medium 2d4 4
Large 4d4 8
Design Type
Simple 1d4 4
Average 3d4 6
Ornate 5d4 10
Artist’s Skill
Beginner 4d4 8
Skilled 2d4 6
Master 1d4 2

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 AVAILABLE TATTOO SPACE
Mark of Lesser Protection
Body Part Number of Tattoos
Head/Face 1 Medium, or 2 Small Chest/Back, Medium, Average 8,000 Bu
Chest 1 Large, or 2 Medium, or 4 Small You gain a bonus of 1 to your AC while wearing light armor or none.
Back 1 Large, or 2 Medium, or 4 Small
Arm/Wing
Leg or Tail
1 Medium and 1 Small, or 3 Small
1 Medium and 1 Small, or 3 Small
Mark of Greater Protection
Chest/Back, Large, Ornate 15,000 Bu
Size + Type + Skill = DC
You gain a bonus of 2 to your AC while wearing light armor or no
Enchanting a Tattoo armor.

The process of enchanting a tattoo is not wholly different from

the process of acquiring a tattoo. An enchanted tattoo artist of
the correct skill level can apply an enchanted tattoo or a PC can if
they are proficient in Tattoo Artist’s Tools and have an Enchanted
Tattoo Artist Feat (page 145) of the proper level for the desired
tattoo.
Permanence
The properties of enchanted tattoos permeate deep within
the muscles and sinew of the body, and are in most senses
permanent. Very few have ever been reported as having lost their
magical properties, even if the tattoo is no longer visible on the
skin. Incredibly deep burns or loss of limb removes the magically
enchanted parts of the body, removing the effects of any tattoos
on that body part, and possibly allowing for another tattoo to be
acquired. Limbs regrown with regenerate do not grow back their
tattoos. Spells such as raise dead generally keep the tattoos
intact, given that the limb is still present. Reincarnation will not
bring back the subject with their tattoos intact. Clones made with
the clone spell do not have tattoos.
Cantrip Mark
Arm, Medium, Simple 1,500 Bu
Select a cantrips from any spell class. You can now cast this
cantrip up to three times per short rest. This cantrip cannot be
changed once they have been selected.
Mark of Truesight
Face, Medium, Ornate 10,000 Bu
You can utilise Truesight for up to 1 hour per long rest. You can
see in normal and magical darkness, up to 60 feet, see invisible
creatures and objects, automatically detect visual illusions
and succeed on saving throws against them, and perceives the
original form of a shapechanger or a creature that is transformed
by magic. Furthermore, you can see into the Ethereal Plane to a
range of 120 ft..
Truesight is a rare and powerful ability that few artists have
learned to harness in their art. The artist must successfully make

Enchanted Tattoo Templates a DC 25 check to apply the tattoo. Please note crafting rolls must
be made for each session.

Mark of Enhanced Skill Mark of Wisdom

Anywhere, Small, Simple 750 Bu Head, Small, Average 1,500 Bu
Increase any skill by one. Once skill has been selected, it cannot be You gain advantage on Wisdom (Insight) checks.
changed without upgrading the enchantment.

Mark of Striding
Mark of Greater Skill
Leg, Medium, Average 3,500 Bu
Anywhere, Medium, Average 3,000 Bu Your walking speed is increased by 5 feet. This tattoo may be
Increase any skill by two or any two skills by one. Once skill(s) applied to the other leg for an additional +5 feet of movement.
has been selected, it cannot be changed without upgrading the
enchantment.
Mark of Warding
Mark of Superior Skill Anywhere, Large, Average 6,500 Bu
You gain a +1 bonus to all saving throws.
Anywhere, Medium, Ornate 6,000 Bu
Increase any skill by three or any two skills by two and one
respectively. Once skill(s) has been selected, it cannot be changed. Mark of Ability
Chest/Back, Large, Average 7,000 Bu
You chooses an ability score when this tattoo is applied. Thereafter,
you have a +1 bonus to the chosen ability score, to a max of 20.

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 Mark of the Artist Mark of Darkness
Both arms, Small, Ornate 3,500 Bu Anywhere, Medium, Simple 3,000 Bu
You gain proficiency with one type of artisan’s tools. The type of As an action, you emanate a magical darkness, which fills a 15 ft.
tools are worked into the design of the tattoo. radius sphere centred on you and moves with you. Creatures with
darkvision cannot see through this darkness, and non magical
light cannot illuminate it. Completely covering the source of the
Mark of the Sharpshooter darkness with an opaque object, such as a bowl or a helm, blocks
the darkness. The darkness lasts for 1 hour unless dispelled, and
Arm, Medium, Average 2,000 Bu the tattoo may be activated once per long rest.
You gain a +1 bonus on ranged attack rolls with ranged weapons If any of this effect’s area overlaps with an area of light created
that you are proficient with. by a spell of 2nd level or lower, the spell that created the light is
dispelled.

Melee Mark
Arm, Medium, Simple 2,000 Bu
You gain a +1 bonus on attack rolls OR damage rolls with a specific
type of melee weapon (swords, axes, maces, etc), as long as you
are proficient with the weapon and wielding it in the arm the tattoo
is on. The type of weapon and the type of rolls are chosen when
the tattoo is applied, and the weapon is pictured somewhere in the
art of the tattoo.
Mark of Fortitude
Anywhere, Large, Average 5,000 Bu
Once per long rest as an action, you may activate the tattoo.
Thereafter, you gain 5 temporary hit points at the beginning of
each round (these do not stack) for one hour. When the tattoo’s
effects end, you lose any remaining temporary hit points.

Mark of Bravery
Mark of the Reaper
Anywhere, Medium, Simple 3,000 Bu
Chest, Large, Ornate 10,500 Bu
You gain advantage on saving throws against being frightened.
If you drop to 0 hit points as a result of taking damage, you instead
drop to 1 hit point. Alternatively, if you are subjected to an effect
that would kill you instantaneously without dealing damage, that Mark of Understanding
effect is instead negated.
Head, Small, Average 2,000 Bu
Once either effect is used, it cannot be used again for another 30
days. You learn one additional language of the tattoo artist’s choice
when the tattoo is applied. This tattoo may be taken multiple
times, each time choosing a different language.
Mark of Elements
Anywhere, Medium, Ornate 6,000 Bu Mark of the Familiar
You gain resistance to a type of damage, chosen when the tattoo
Anywhere, Small, Simple 1,000 Bu
is applied.
You can cast Find Familiar without the need for components.

Anti-Charm Mark
Mark of the Demon
Anywhere, Medium, Simple 2,000 Bu
Arm, Medium, Ornate 7,000 Bu
You gain immunity to magical sleep, and has advantage on saving
throws against being charmed. You may activate this tattoo as a bonus action, causing the runes
to glow and your arm to change shape for one minute. This ability
may be used once per long rest.
Mark of Life Your arm grows disproportionately larger and becomes scaly and
red, your hand tipped with razor sharp, black claws. Any article of
Chest, Large, Ornate 10,000 Bu
clothing not meant to accommodate the change in limb size is
Your maximum hit points are increased by 1 per character level. destroyed in the process. If the arm is covered in armor not meant
to accommodate the change in limb size this change will not take

Mark of Healing
place.
A melee attack with this arm does 2d8 slashing damage and 1d4
Anywhere, Medium, Ornate 5,000 Bu fire damage.

Once per long rest, you may activate this tattoo as an action. For While the arm is changed, you have an effective Strength modifier
the next minute (or until your concentration lapses), each creature of +8 for anything that only uses the changed arm.
(including enemies) within a 30 ft. radius of you regains the
maximum number of hit points possible from any healing.

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1-Psi Point
Chain Lightning 1–7 psi
As an action, you lash out at one creature you can see within
60 feet of you with tendrils of lightning. The target must make
a Dexterity saving throw, with disadvantage if it’s wearing heavy
armor. The target takes 1d8 lightning damage per psi point spent
on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Charming 1–7 psi

as much damage.
As an action, you exert an aura of sympathetic power. Roll 2d8
per psi point spent on this ability; the total is how many hit
points worth of creatures this option can affect. Creatures within
30 feet of you are affected in ascending order of their hit point
Enhanced Weapon 1–7 psi
maximums, ignoring incapacitated creatures, creatures immune As a bonus action, you imbue a weapon you’re holding or your
to being charmed, and creatures engaged in combat. Starting with unarmed strike with psychic energy. The next time you hit with it
the creature that has the lowest hit point maximum, each creature before the end of your turn, it deals an extra 1d10 psychic damage
affected by this option is charmed by you for 10 minutes, regarding per psi point spent.
you as a friendly acquaintance. Subtract each creature’s hit point
maximum from the total before moving on to the next creature. A
creature’s hit point maximum must be equal to or less than the
remaining total for that creature to be affected.
Flesh of Stone 1–7 psi
As a reaction when you are hit by an attack, you gain a +1 bonus

Corrosive Touch 1–7 psi

to AC for each psi point you spend on this ability. The bonus lasts
until the end of your next turn. This bonus applies against the
triggering attack.
As an action, you deliver a touch of acid to one creature within
your reach. The target must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking
1d10 acid damage per psi point spent on a failed save, or half as
much damage on a successful one.
Floating Path 1–7 psi
As part of your move on your turn, you can fly up to 20 feet for

Damage Dealer 1–7 psi

As a bonus action, you gain a bonus to your next damage roll
against a target you hit with a melee attack during the current turn.
The bonus equals +1d6 per psi point spent, and the bonus damage
is the same type as the attack. If the attack has more than one
damage type, you choose which one to use for the bonus damage.
each psi point spent. If you end this flight in the air, you fall unless
something else holds you aloft.
Force Back 1–7 psi
When you hit a target with a melee attack, you can activate this
ability as a reaction. The target must succeed on a Strength saving
throw or be knocked 10 feet away from you per psi point spent. The

Darkness 1–7 psi

As an action, you create an area of magical darkness, which foils
darkvision. Choose a spot you can see within 60 feet of you.
Magical darkness radiates from that point in a sphere with a 10-
foot radius per psi point spent on this ability. The light produced by
spells of 2nd level or less is suppressed in this area.
target moves in a straight line. If it hits an object, this movement
immediately ends and the target takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage
per psi point spent.
Healing Thoughts 1–7 psi
As an action, you can spend psi points to restore hit points to one
creature you touch. The creature regains 1d8 hit points per psi

Depression 1–7 psi

point spent.

As an action, one creature you can see within 60 feet of you must
make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, it takes 1d8
Ice Spear 1–7 psi
psychic damage per psi point spent, and it can’t take reactions As an action, you hurl a mote of ice at one creature you can see
until the start of its next turn. On a successful save, it takes half within 120 feet of you. The target must make a Dexterity saving

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throw. On a failed save, the target takes 1d8 cold damage per psi
point spent and has its speed halved until the start of your next
turn. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage.
Incinerate 1–7 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As an action, choose one creature or object you can see within 120
feet of you. The target must make a Constitution save. On a failed
save, the target takes 1d10 fire damage per psi point spent, and
it catches on fire, taking 1d6 fire damage at the end of each of its
turns until your concentration ends or until it or a creature adjacent
to it extinguishes the flames with an action. On a successful save,
the target takes half as much damage and doesn’t catch on fire.
Mental Weapon 1 psi
As a bonus action, you temporarily transform one weapon you’re
holding or your unarmed strike into pure psionic energy. The next
attack you make with it before the end of your turn ignores the
target’s armor, requiring no attack roll. Instead, the target makes a
Dexterity saving throw against this discipline. On a failed save, the
target takes the attack’s normal damage and suffers its additional
effects. On a successful save, the target takes half damage from
the attack but suffers no additional effects that would normally be
imposed on a hit..
Perceived Threat 1–7 psi
As an action, choose one creature you can see within 60 feet of
you. The target must make an Intelligence saving throw. On a
failed save, it takes 1d10 psychic damage per psi point spent and
thinks it perceives a threatening creature just out of its sight; until
the end of your next turn, it can’t use reactions, and melee attack
rolls against it have advantage. On a successful save, it takes half
as much damage.
Psionic Blast 1–7 psi
As an action, choose one creature you can see within 60 feet of
you. The target takes 1d8 psychic damage per psi point spent on
this ability.
Psychic Parry 1–7 psi
As a reaction when you make an Intelligence, a Wisdom, or a
Charisma saving throw, you gain a +1 bonus to that saving throw
for each psi point you spend on this ability. You can use this ability
after rolling the die but before suffering the results.
Push 1–7 psi
As an action, choose one creature you can see within 60 feet of
you. The target must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed
save, it takes 1d8 force damage per psi point spent and is pushed
up to 5 feet per point spent in a straight line away from you. On a
successful save, it takes half as much damage.
Seize Weapon 1–7 psi
As an action, your mind seizes control of a one-handed melee
weapon you’re holding. The weapon flies toward one creature
you can see within 30 feet of you and makes a one-handed melee
weapon attack against it, using your discipline attack modifier for
the attack and damage rolls. On a hit, the weapon deals its normal
damage, plus an extra 1d10 force damage per psi point spent on
this ability. The weapon returns to your grasp after it attacks.
Soothing Presence 1–7 psi
As a bonus action, choose up to three creatures you can see within
60 feet of you. Each target gains 5 temporary hit points per psi
point spent on this effect.
Venom 1–7 psi
As an action, you create a poison spray that targets one creature
you can see within 30 feet of you. The target must make a
Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it takes 1d6 poison
damage per psi point spent and is poisoned until the end of your
next turn. On a successful save, the target takes half as much
damage and isn’t poisoned.
Wind Tunnel 1–7 psi
As an action, you create a line of focused air that is 30 feet long
and 5 feet wide. Each creature in that area must make a Strength
saving throw, taking 1d8 bludgeoning damage per psi point spent
and being knocked prone on a failed save, or half as much damage
on a successful one.
2-Psi Points
Acid 2 psi
As a reaction when you take piercing or slashing damage, you
cause acid to spray from your wound; each creature within 5 feet
of you takes 2d6 acid damage.
Assess Foe 2 psi
As a bonus action, you analyze the aura of one creature you
see. You learn its current hit point total and all its immunities,
resistances, and vulnerabilities.
Attention Grab 2 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As an action, you exert an aura of power that grabs a creature’s
attention. Choose one creature you can see within 60 feet of
you. It must make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the
creature is so thoroughly distracted by you that all other creatures
are invisible to it until your concentration ends. This effect ends if
the creature can no longer see or hear you or if it takes damage.
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 Cocoon 2 psi
As an action, you sheathe yourself in an intangible field of magical
force. For 8 hours, your base AC is 14 + your Dexterity modifier, and
you gain resistance to force damage. This effect ends if you are
wearing or don armor.
Comfort 2 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As a bonus action, choose up to three allies you can see (you
can choose yourself in place of one of the allies). Until your
concentration ends, each target can roll a d4 when making a
saving throw and add the number rolled to the total.
Coordinated 2 psi
As a bonus action, choose up to five allies you can see within 60
feet of you. Each of those allies can use their reaction to move up
to half their speed, following a path of your choice.
Create Fear 2 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As an action, choose one creature you can see within 60 feet
of you. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or
become frightened of you until your concentration ends. Whenever
the frightened target ends its turn in a location where it can’t see
you, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on
a success.
Defensive Foresight 2 psi
When you are hit by an attack, you can use your reaction to gain a
+4 bonus to AC against that attack, possibly turning it into a miss.
You then teleport up to 10 feet to an unoccupied space you can
see.
Emotion Sense 2 psi
As a bonus action, you learn a one-word summary of the emotional
state of up to six creatures you can see, such as happy, confused,
afraid, or violent.
Fake Conscience 2 psi
As an action, you target one creature you can communicate with
via telepathy. The target must make an Intelligence saving throw.
On a failed save, the target believes one statement of your choice
for the next 5 minutes that you communicate to it via telepathy.
The statement can be up to ten words long, and it must describe
you or a creature or an object the target can see. On a successful
save, the target is unaffected, and you can’t use this ability on
it again until you finish a long rest. A creature is immune to this
ability if it is immune to being charmed.
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Find 2 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 hour
You cast your mind about for information about a specific creature.
If you concentrate for this option’s full duration, you then gain a
general understanding of the creature’s current location. You learn
the region, city, town, village, or district where it is, pinpointing an
area between 1 and 3 miles on a side (DM’s choice). If the creature
is on another plane of existence, you instead learn which plane.
Greater Strength 2 psi
As a bonus action, you gain a +5 bonus to Strength checks until
the end of your next turn.
Hold Weapon 2 psi
As an action, choose one nonmagical weapon held by one creature
you can see within 60 feet of you. That creature must succeed on
a Strength saving throw, or the chosen weapon can’t be used to
attack until the end of your next turn.
Ice Slick 2 psi
As an action, choose a point on the ground you can see within 60
feet of you. The ground in a 20-foot radius centered on that point
becomes covered in ice for 10 minutes. It is difficult terrain, and
any creature that moves more than 10 feet on it must succeed
on a Dexterity saving throw or fall prone. If the surface is sloped,
a creature that falls prone in the area immediately slides to the
bottom of the slope.
Illuminate 2 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As an action, an object you touch radiates light in a 20-foot radius
and dim light for an additional 20 feet. The light lasts until your
concentration ends. Alternatively, a creature you touch radiates
light in the same manner if it fails a Dexterity saving throw. While
lit in this manner, it can’t hide, and attack rolls against it gain
advantage.
Incite Violence 2 psi
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
If you spend 1 minute conversing with a creature, you can attempt
to leave a simmering violence in its mind. At the end of the minute,
you can use an action to force the creature to make a Wisdom
saving throw to resist feeling violent urges against one creature
you describe to it or name. The save automatically succeeds if the
target is immune to being charmed. On a failed save, the target
attacks the chosen creature if it sees that creature before your
concentration ends, using weapons or spells against a creature it
was already hostile toward or unarmed strikes against an ally or a
creature it was neutral toward. Once the fight starts, it continues to
attack for 5 rounds before this effect ends. This effect immediately
ends if the target or any ally it can see is attacked or takes damage
from any creature other than the one it has been incited against.
On a successful save, the creature is unaffected and has no inkling
of your attempt to bend its will.

Mindless Charge 2 psi
As a bonus action, choose up to three creatures you can see within
60 feet of you. Each target can immediately use its reaction to
move up to its speed in a straight line toward its nearest enemy.
Pre-Cog 2 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As a bonus action, you open yourself to receive momentary insights
that improve your odds of success; until your concentration ends,
whenever you make an attack roll, a saving throw, or an ability
check, you roll a d4 and add it to the total.
or take 1d6 bludgeoning damage and be moved to an unoccupied
space of your choice in the sphere. Any loose object in the sphere
is moved to an unoccupied space of your choice within it if the
object weighs no more than 100 pounds.
Wall of Clouds 2 psi
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
As an action, you create a wall of clouds, at least one portion of
which must be within 60 feet of you. The wall is 60 feet long, 15
feet high, and 1 foot thick. The wall lasts until your concentration
ends. Creatures can pass through it without hindrance, but the
wall blocks vision.

Primordial Resistance 2 psi 3-Psi Points

Adaptation Reserve 3 psi
As an action, you or a creature you touch ignores the effects of
extreme heat or cold (but not cold or fire damage) for the next hour.
When you take acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage, you
Projectile Awareness 2 psi can use your reaction to gain resistance to damage of that type—
including the triggering damage— until the end of your next turn.
As a reaction when you miss with a ranged weapon attack, you

Assess Foe II 3 psi

can repeat the attack roll against the same target.

Psychic Backlash 2 psi Duration: Concentration, 1 hour

As a reaction, you can impose disadvantage on an attack roll
against you if you can see the attacker. If the attack still hits you,
the attacker takes 2d10 psychic damage.
As an action, you study one creature’s aura. Until your concentration
ends, while you can see the target, you learn if it’s under the effect
of any magical or psionic effects, its current hit point total, and its
basic emotional state. While this effect lasts, you have advantage
on Wisdom and Charisma checks you make against it.

Psychic Tide 2 psi

As an action, you unleash a psychic wave that surges forth and
Aura of Advantage 3 psi
then retreats to you like the rising tide. You create a wave in a Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
20-foot-by-20-foot square. At least some portion of the square’s
border must be within 5 feet of you. Any creature in that square As a bonus action, you unleash an aura of rage. Until your
must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, a target concentration ends, you and any creature within 60 feet of you has
takes 2d6 bludgeoning damage, is knocked prone, and is pulled up advantage on melee attack rolls.
to 10 feet closer to you. On a successful save, a target takes half
as much damage. You can increase this ability’s damage by 1d6
per additional psi point spent on it. Aura of Mirth 3 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
Remove Fear 2 psi As a bonus action, you radiate a distracting mirth until your
concentration ends. Each creature within 60 feet of you that can
As a bonus action, choose up to six creatures you can see within see you suffers disadvantage on any checks using the Perception
60 feet of you. If any of those creatures is frightened, that condition and Investigation skills.
ends on that creature.

Enhanced Senses 3 psi

Thick Skin 2 psi
You gain a keen sense of smell and an instinct to detect prey. You
As a bonus action, you gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, can see invisible creatures and objects within 10 feet of you, even
and slashing damage until the end of your next turn. if you are blinded.

Tornado 2 psi Fire Box 3 psi

As an action, choose a point you can see within 60 feet of you. Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
Winds howl in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point. Each
As an action, you create fire in a 20-foot-by-20-foot cube within
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 5 feet of you. The fire lasts until your concentration ends. Any
creature in that area when you use this ability and any creature
that ends its turn there takes 5 fire damage.
Grab 3 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
You attempt to grasp a creature in telekinetic energy and hold it
captive. As an action, choose one creature you can see within 60
feet of you. The target must succeed on a Strength saving throw or
be grappled by you until your concentration ends or until the target
leaves your reach, which is 60 feet for this grapple. The grappled
target can escape by succeeding on an Athletics check contested
by your psionic ability plus your proficiency bonus. When a target
attempts to escape in this way, you can spend psi points to boost
your check, abiding by your psi limit. You gain a +1 bonus per psi
point spent.
While a target is grappled in this manner, you create one of the
following effects as an action:
Crush (1–7 psi). The target takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage per
psi point spent.
Move (1–7 psi). You move the target up to 5 feet per psi point
spent. You can move it in the air and hold it there. It falls if the
grapple ends.
Group Cloak 3 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As a bonus action, cloak yourself from sight. You can target one
additional creature for every additional psi point you spend on this
ability. The added targets must be visible to you and within 60
feet of you. Each target turns invisible and remains so until your
concentration ends or until immediately after it targets, damages,
or otherwise affects any creature with an attack, a spell, or another
ability.
Identify Object 3 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 hour
You carefully study an item. If you concentrate for this option’s full
duration while remaining within 5 feet of the item, you then gain
the benefits of an identify spell cast on that item.
Palisade 3 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 hour
As an action, you create a wall of wood at least one portion of
which must be within 60 feet of you. The wall is 60 feet long, 15
feet high, and 1 foot thick. The wall lasts until your concentration
ends. Each 5-foot wide section of the wall has AC 12 and 100 hit
points. Breaking one section creates a 5-foot by 5-foot hole in it,
but the wall otherwise remains intact.
Phantom 3 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As an action, choose one creature you can see within 60 feet
of you. The target must make an Intelligence saving throw. On
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a failed save, it perceives a horrid creature adjacent to it until
your concentration ends. During this time, the target can’t take
reactions, and it takes 1d8 psychic damage at the start of each
of its turns. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of
each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. You can
increase the damage by 1d8 for each additional psi point spent on
the ability.
Pre-Cog II 3 psi
In response to an attack hitting you, you use your reaction to
impose disadvantage on that attack roll, possibly causing it to
miss.
Rebounding Field 3 psi
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
As a bonus action, you seize control of the air around you to create
a protective veil. Until your concentration ends, attack rolls against
you have disadvantage, and when a creature you can see misses
you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction to force the
creature to repeat the attack roll against itself.
Restoration 3 psi
As an action, you touch one creature and remove one of the
following conditions from it: blinded, deafened, paralyzed, or
poisoned. Alternatively, you remove one disease from the creature.
Swap 3 psi
If you haven’t moved yet on your turn, choose an ally you can see
within 60 feet of you. As a bonus action, you and that creature
teleport, swapping places, and your speed is reduced to 0 until the
end of the turn. This ability fails and is wasted if either of you can’t
fit in the destination space.
Telekinetic Wall 3 psi
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
As an action, you create a transparent wall of telekinetic energy, at
least one portion of which must be within 60 feet of you. The wall
is 40 feet long, 10 feet high, and 1 inch thick. The wall lasts until
your concentration ends. Each 10-foot section of the wall has an
AC of 10 and 10 hit points.
Translucent Armor 3 psi
As an action, choose a nonmagical suit of armor worn by one
creature you can see within 60 feet of you. That creature must
succeed on a Constitution saving throw, or the creature’s AC
becomes 10 + its Dexterity modifier until the end of your next turn.
Water Cannon 3 psi
As an action, you unleash a jet of water in a line that is 60 feet long
and 5 feet wide. Each creature in the line must make a Strength
saving throw, taking 3d6 bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or
half as much damage on a successful one. In addition, you can
move each target that fails its saving throw to any unoccupied
space touching the line. You can increase this ability’s damage by
1d6 per additional psi point spent on it.
X-Ray Vision 3 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As a bonus action, you gain the ability to see through objects that
are up to 1 foot thick within 30 feet of you. This sight lasts until
your concentration ends.
5-Psi Points
Augment Weapon 5 psi
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
As a bonus action, touch one simple or martial weapon. Until your
concentration ends, that weapon becomes a magic weapon with a
+3 bonus to its attack and damage rolls.
Blazing Armor 5 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As a bonus action, you become wreathed in flames until your
concentration ends. Any creature that end its turn within 5 feet of
you takes 3d6 fire damage.
Breath of Acid 5 psi
You exhale a wave of acid in a 60-foot line that is 5 feet wide. Each
creature in the line must make a Constitution saving throw, taking
6d6 acid damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful
one. You can increase the damage by 1d6 per additional psi point
spent on it.
Breath of Life 5 psi
As an action, you touch one creature that has died within the last
minute. The creature returns to life with 1 hit point. This ability
can’t return to life a creature that has died of old age, nor can it
restore a creature missing any vital body parts.
Covering Fire 5 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As a bonus action, you imbue a ranged weapon with a limited
sentience. Until your concentration ends, you can make an extra
attack with the weapon at the start of each of your turns (no action
required). If it is a thrown weapon, it returns to your grasp each
time you make any attack with it.
Detonation 5 psi
As an action, you create a fiery explosion at a point you can see
within 120 feet of you. Each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere
centered on that point must make a Constitution saving throw,
taking 7d6 fire damage and being knocked prone on a failed save,
or half as much damage on a successful one.
Dominating Will 5 psi
As an action, you target one creature you can communicate with
via telepathy. The target must make an Intelligence saving throw.
On a failed save, you choose the target’s movement and action on
its next turn. On a successful save, the target is unaffected, and
you can’t use this ability on it again until you finish a long rest. A
creature is immune to this ability if it is immune to being charmed.
Double-Cross 5 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As an action, you plant delusional paranoia in a creature’s mind.
Choose one creature you can see within 60 feet of you. The
target must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw, or until your
concentration ends, it must target its allies with attacks and other
damaging effects. The target can repeat the saving throw at the
end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. A
creature is immune to this ability if it is immune to being charmed.
Floating Path II 5 psi
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
As a bonus action, you gain a flying speed of 60 feet, which lasts
until your concentration ends.
Group Panic 5 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As an action, choose up to eight creatures you can see within 90
feet of you that can see you. At the start of each of a target’s turns
before your concentration ends, the target must make a Wisdom
saving throw. On a failed save, the target is frightened until the
start of its next turn, and you roll a die. If you roll an odd number,
the frightened target moves half its speed in a random direction
and takes no action on that turn, other than to scream in terror. If
you roll an even number, the frightened target makes one melee
attack against a random target within its reach. If there is no such
target, it moves half its speed in a random direction and takes no
action on that turn. This effect ends on a target if it succeeds on
three saving throws against it.
Lexicon 5 psi
As an action, you attune your mind to the psychic imprint of
all language. For 1 hour, you gain the ability to understand any
language you hear or attempt to read. In addition, when you speak,
all creatures that can understand a language understand what you
say, regardless of what language you use.
Light Ray 5 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As an action, you project a beam of light at one creature you can
see within 60 feet of you. The target must make a Dexterity saving
throw. On a failed save, it takes 6d6 radiant damage and is blinded
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 until your concentration ends. On a successful save, it takes half
as much damage. A blinded target can repeat the saving throw at
the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
You can increase this effect’s damage by 1d6 per each additional
psi point spent on it.
Lightning Dance 5 psi
As an action, you let loose a line of lightning that is 60 feet long
and 5 feet wide. Each creature in the line must make a Dexterity
saving throw, taking 6d6 lightning damage on a failed save, or half
as much damage on a successful one. You can then teleport to
an unoccupied space touched by the line. You can increase this
ability’s damage by 1d6 per additional psi point spent on it.
Lurker Vision 5 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As a bonus action, you gain the ability to see auras even of invisible
or hidden creatures. Until your concentration ends, you can see
all creatures, including hidden and invisible ones, regardless of
lighting conditions.
Mental Storm 5 psi
As an action, choose a point you can see within 60 feet of you. Each
creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point must
make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, a target takes 6d8
psychic damage and suffers disadvantage on all saving throws
until the end of your next turn. On a successful save, a creature
takes half as much damage. You can increase the damage by 1d6
per additional psi point spent on this ability.
Mind Tickle 5 psi
Duration: Concentration, 8 hours
As an action, you create a psychic model of reality in your mind
and set it to show you a few seconds into the future. Until your
concentration ends, you can’t be surprised, attack rolls against
you can’t gain advantage, and you gain a +10 bonus to initiative.
Primordial Resistance II 5 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 hour
As an action, you can touch one creature and give it resistance to
acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage (your choice), which
lasts until your concentration ends.
Psychic Bubble 5 psi
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
As an action, you create a field of protective psychic energy.
Choose any number of creatures within 30 feet of you. Until your
concentration ends, each target has resistance to psychic damage
and advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving
throws.
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Recovery Field 5 psi
As a bonus action, you and up to five allies you can see within
60 feet of you can immediately make saving throws against every
effect they’re suffering that allows a save at the start or end of
their turns.
Revulsion 5 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
You cause a creature to regard all other beings as horrid, alien
entities. As an action, choose one creature you can see within
60 feet of you. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw.
On a failed save, it takes 5d6 psychic damage, and until your
concentration ends, it takes 1d6 psychic damage per creature
within 5 feet of it at the end of each of its turns. On a successful
save, the target takes only half the initial damage and suffers none
of the other effects.
Swap II 5 psi
As an action, choose one creature you can see within 120 feet of
you. That creature must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed
save, you and that creature teleport, swapping places. This ability
fails and is wasted if either of you can’t fit in the destination space.
Sleet Storm 5 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As an action, choose a point you can see within 120 feet of you.
The air in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point becomes
deathly cold and saturated with moisture. Each creature in that
area must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a
target takes 6d6 cold damage, and its speed is reduced to 0 until
your concentration ends. On a successful save, a target takes half
as much damage. As an action, a target that has its speed reduced
can end the effect early if it succeeds on an Athletics check with a
DC equal to this effect’s save DC.
You can increase this effect’s damage by 1d6 per each additional
psi point spent on it.
Tactical Force 5 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As an action, you exert an aura of trust and command that unites
your allies into a cohesive unit. Until your concentration ends, any
ally within 60 feet of you on their turn can, as a bonus action, take
the Dash or Disengage action or roll a d4 and add the number
rolled to each attack roll they make that turn.
Water Breathing 5 psi
As an action, you grant yourself and up to ten willing creatures you
can see within 60 feet of you the ability to breathe underwater for
the next 24 hours.
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 Confidence 6 psi
As an action, you and up to five creatures you can see within 60
feet of you each gain one extra action to use on your individual
turns. The action goes away if not used before the end of your next
turn. The action can be used only to make one weapon attack or to
take the Dash or Disengage action.
Grand Delusion 6 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 hour
While you concentrate on this ability, you probe one creature’s
mind. The creature must remain within 30 feet of you, and you
must be able to see it. If you reach the ability’s full duration, the
target must make three Intelligence saving throws, and you plant
a memory or an idea in it, which lasts for a number of hours based
on the number of saving throws it fails. You choose whether the
idea or memory is trivial or personality-defining.
With one failed saving throw, the idea or memory lasts for the next
4 hours. With two failed saving throws, it lasts for 24 hours. With
three failed saving throws, it lasts for 48 hours.
Ice Wall 6 psi
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
As an action, you create a wall of ice, at least one portion of which
must be within 60 feet of you. The wall is 60 feet long, 15 feet high,
and 1 foot thick. The wall lasts until your concentration ends. Each
10-foot section of the wall has AC 12 and 30 hit points. A creature
that damages the wall with a melee attack takes cold damage
equal to the damage the creature dealt to the wall.
Misty Form 6 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As an action, your body becomes like a misty cloud until
your concentration ends. In this form, you gain resistance to
bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage, and you can’t
take actions other than the Dash action. You can pass through
openings that are no more than 1 inch wide without squeezing.
Psychic Blast 6 psi
As an action, you unleash devastating psychic energy in a 60-foot
cone. Each creature in that area must make an Intelligence saving
throw, taking 8d8 psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much
damage on a successful one. You can increase the damage by 2d8
if you spend 1 more psi point on this ability.
Psychic Paralyses 6 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As an action, you target one creature you can see within 60 feet of
you. The target must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw, or
it is paralyzed until your concentration ends. At the end of each of
its turns, it can repeat the saving throw. On a success, this effect
ends. On a failure, you can use your reaction to force the target to
move up to half its speed, even though it’s paralyzed.
Skip Travel 6 psi
As an action, you and up to six willing creatures of your choice that
you can see within 60 feet of you teleport up to 1 mile to a spot you
can see. If there isn’t an open space for all the targets to occupy at
the arrival point, this ability fails and is wasted.
Thick Skin II 6 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As a bonus action, you gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing,
and slashing damage, which lasts until your concentration ends.
Thunder Screen 6 psi
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
As an action, you create a wall of thunder, at least one portion of
which must be within 60 feet of you. The wall is 60 feet long, 15 feet
high, and 1 foot thick. The wall lasts until your concentration ends.
Every foot moved through the wall costs 1 extra foot of movement.
When a creature moves into the wall’s space for the first time on
a turn or starts its turn there, that creature must succeed on a
Strength saving throw, or it takes 6d6 thunder damage, is pushed
in a straight line up to 30 feet away from the wall, and is knocked
prone.
Water Orb 6 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As an action, you cause a sphere of water to form around a
creature. Choose one creature you can see within 60 feet of you.
The target must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, it
becomes trapped in the sphere of water until your concentration
ends. While the target is trapped, its speed is halved, it suffers
disadvantage on attack rolls, and it can’t see anything more than
10 feet away from it. However, attack rolls against it also suffer
disadvantage. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end
of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a successful one.
7-Psi Points
Animate Elemental 7 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 hour
As an action, you cause an elemental of either air, fire, water or
earth to appear in an unoccupied space you can see within 120
feet of you. The elemental lasts until your concentration ends, and
it obeys your verbal commands. In combat, roll for its initiative,
and choose its behavior during its turns. When this effect ends, the
elemental disappears.
Charming Presence 7 psi
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
As an action, you exert an aura that inspires awe in others. Choose
up to 5 creatures you can see within 60 feet of you. Each target
must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw or be charmed
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 by you until your concentration ends. While charmed, the target
obeys all your verbal commands to the best of its ability and
without doing anything obviously self-destructive. The charmed
target will attack only creatures that it has seen attack you since
it was charmed or that it was already hostile toward. At the end of
each of its turns, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect
on itself on a success.
Gateway 7 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 hour
As an action, you create a 5-foot cube of dim, gray light within
5 feet of you. You create an identical cube at any point of your
choice within 1 mile that you have viewed within the past 24
hours. Until your concentration ends, anyone entering one of the
cubes immediately teleports to the other one, appearing in an
unoccupied space next to it. The teleportation fails if there is no
space for the creature to appear in.
Gigantic 7 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As a bonus action, you gain 30 temporary hit points. In addition,
until your concentration ends, your melee weapon attacks deal an
extra 2d6 bludgeoning damage on a hit, and your reach increases
by 10 feet. If you’re smaller than Huge, you also become Huge for
the duration.
Imaginary Treasure 7 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As an action, you plant the phantom of a greatly desired object in
a creature’s mind. Choose one creature you can see within 60 feet
of you. The target must make an Intelligence saving throw. On a
failed save, you gain partial control over the target’s behavior until
your concentration ends; the target moves as you wish on each of
its turns, as it thinks it pursues the phantom object it desires. If it
hasn’t taken damage since its last turn, it can use its action only
to admire the object you created in its perception. The target can
repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the
effect on itself on a success.
Lasting Invisibility 7 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As a bonus action, you turn invisible and remain so until your
concentration ends.
Mad Rush 7 psi
When you roll initiative, you can use this ability to grant yourself
and up to five creatures of your choice within 60 feet of you a +10
bonus to initiative.
Microscopic 7 psi
Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes
As a bonus action, you become smaller than Tiny until your
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concentration ends. While this size, you gain a +10 bonus to
Dexterity (Stealth) checks and a +5 bonus to AC, you can move
through gaps up to 1 inch across without squeezing, and you can’t
make weapon attacks.
Overwhelming Assault 7 psi
As an action, choose up to five allies you can see within 60 feet of
you. Each of those allies can use their reaction to take the Attack
action. You choose the targets of the attacks.
Poison Breath 7 psi
You exhale a cloud of poison in a 90-foot cone. Each creature
in the line must make a Constitution saving throw, taking 10d6
poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a
successful one.
Primordial Immunity 7 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 hour
As an action, you can touch one creature and give it immunity to
acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage (your choice), which
lasts until your concentration ends.
Psychic Bombardment 7 psi
As an action, you create a 20-foot cube of psychic energy
within 120 feet of you. Each creature in that area must make an
Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, a target takes 8d8
psychic damage and is stunned until the end of your next turn. On
a successful save, a target takes half as much damage.
Psychic Domination 7 psi
Duration: Concentration, 1 minute
As an action, you target one creature you can see within 60 feet
of you. The target must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw,
or you choose the creature’s actions and movement on its turns
until your concentration ends. At the end of each of its turns, it can
repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success. A
creature is immune to this ability if it is immune to being charmed.
Restoring Touch 7 psi
As an action, you can touch one creature and choose one of the
following: remove any reductions to one of its ability scores,
remove one effect that reduces its hit point maximum, or reduce
its exhaustion level by one.
Thunder Dome 7 psi
As an action, choose a point you can see within 60 feet of you.
Thunder energy erupts in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that
point. Each creature in that area must make Constitution saving
throw. On a failed save, a target takes 8d6 thunder damage, and it
is stunned until the end of your next turn. On a successful save, a
target takes half as much damage.
GAME MASTERING
ENVIRONMENT
Acid
Corrosive acids deal damage each round of exposure. Most acids
do 2d6 points of damage on initial contact then 1d6 persistent
damage at the end of each round until either a successful DC 15
flat check or the acid is removed.
Acid damage from an attack reduces hit points. A character fully
immersed in acid takes 10d6 points of damage per round of
immersion.
Light & Vision
The most fundamental tasks of adventuring—noticing danger,
finding hidden objects, hitting an enemy in combat, and targeting
a spell, to name just a few—rely heavily on a character’s ability to
see. Darkness and other effects that obscure vision can prove a
significant hindrance.
A given area might be lightly or heavily obscured.
In a lightly obscured area, such as dim light, patchy fog, or
moderate foliage, creatures have disadvantage on Wisdom
(Perception) checks that rely on sight.
A heavily obscured area—such as darkness, opaque fog, or dense
foliage—blocks vision entirely. A creature effectively suffers from
the blinded condition when trying to see something in that area.
The presence or absence of light in an environment creates three
categories of illumination: bright light, dim light, and darkness.
Bright light lets most creatures see normally. Even gloomy days
provide bright light, as do torches, lanterns, fires, and other sources
of illumination within a specific radius.
Dim light, also called shadows, creates a lightly obscured area. An
area of dim light is usually a boundary between a source of bright
light, such as a torch, and surrounding darkness. The soft light of
twilight and dawn also counts as dim light. A particularly brilliant
full moon might bathe the land in dim light.
Darkness creates a heavily obscured area. Characters face
darkness outdoors at night (even most moonlit nights), within the
confines of an unlit dungeon or a subterranean vault, or in an area
of magical darkness.
Blindsight
A creature with blindsight can perceive its surroundings without
relying on sight, within a specific radius. Creatures without eyes,
such as oozes, and creatures with echolocation or heightened
senses, such as bats and true dragons, have this sense.
Darkvision
Many creatures in fantasy gaming worlds, especially those that
dwell underground, have darkvision. Within a specified range, a
creature with darkvision can see in darkness as if the darkness
were dim light, so areas of darkness are only lightly obscured
as far as that creature is concerned. However, the creature can’t
discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Truesight
A creature with truesight can, out to a specific range, see in
normal and magical darkness, see invisible creatures and objects,
automatically detect visual illusions and succeed on saving throws
against them, and perceives the original form of a shapechanger or
a creature that is transformed by magic. Furthermore, the creature
can see into the Ethereal Plane.
Disease
When a character is exposed to a treatable disease, the character
must make an immediate Constitution saving throw. The victim
must make this roll when he or she comes into contact with
an infectious carrier, touches an item smeared with diseased
matter, consumes food or drink tainted with a disease, or suffers
damage from a contaminated attack. If the character succeeds,
the disease has no effect on him or her-the character’s immune
system fights off the infection. If the character fails the save, he
or she takes damage after an incubation period; once per day
thereafter, the character must succeed at a Constitution saving
throw to avoid secondary damage. Two successful saving throws
in a row indicate that the character has fought off the disease and
recovers, taking no more damage. The characteristics of some
treatable diseases are summarized on Table: Diseases.
Saving Throw. Once you come in contact with a disease, you must
make the DC save or be infected with that disease.
Type. What creates the disease. Most are either bacterial or viral
in nature but a few other types exist. Using antibacterials will help
overcome a bacterial disease and the same for antivirals with
viruses.
Vaccine Available. Tells if using a pharmaceutical vaccine is an
option for a particular disease.
Transmission. The disease’s method of delivery-ingested, inhaled,
or via an injection. Some injected diseases can be transmitted by
a wound as small as an insect bite. Most diseases that are inhaled
can also be ingested (and vice versa).
Incubation. The amount of time before stage 1 takes effect (if the
victim fails their Constitution save).
Stage. Describes what effects happen during that stage if the
save fails. It lasts for the amount of time listed. Then a new saving
throw can be made to avoid progressing to the next stage. This is
repeated until the diseases final stage is reached or the afflicted
is cured.
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 Common Diseases Salmonellosis
Eating or drinking something contaminated with salmonella will
Diseases effect all races and are known by many different names. induce vomiting, fever, and abdominal pain.
If a character is of venerable age, the symptom value at each stage
Saving Throw: DC 16 Constitution
is doubled.
Type: Bacterial Vaccine Available: No
Malaria Transmission: Ingested Incubation: 8 hours
A disease spread by bloodsucking insects, malaria sometimes Stage 1: sickened 1 (1 day)
enters long periods of dormancy. If you succumb to malaria, you
may continue to be periodically affected by the disease, even if Stage 2: sickened 2 (1 day)
you’re cured. You can’t reduce your sickened condition while
affected with malaria. Red Pox Plague
Saving Throw: DC 16 Constitution An infectious disease that usually occurs in outbreaks. This
disease is identifiable by the numerous red pox that fill and burst
Type: Parasite Vaccine Available: No as the disease progresses.
Transmission: Injected Incubation: 10 days Saving Throw: DC 16 Constitution
Stage 1: sickened 1 (1 day) Type: Viral Vaccine Available: Yes
Stage 2: sickened 2 (1 day) Transmission: Inhaled, Contact, Injected Incubation: 12 days
Stage 3: sickened 2, and disease recurs every 1d4 months even if Stage 1: sickened 1 (2 days)
cured (1 day);
Stage 2: sickened 2, visible rash (2 days)
Stage 4: unconscious (1 day);
Stage 3: sickened 3, stupefied 1 and visible red pox (2 days)
Stage 5: death
Stage 4: sickened 3, stupefied 2, enfeebled 1, cant speak and
Anthrax visible red pox (2 days)

A deadly bacteria that has been womanized by many governments Stage 5: death
to use for assassinations and terrorist attacks.
Saving Throw: DC 16 Constitution
West Nile virus
The relatively simple fever caused by this disease leads to a mild
Type: Bacterial Vaccine Available: Yes illness. You can’t reduce your sickened condition while affected
Transmission: Inhaled, Contact, Injected Incubation: 2 days with west nile virus
Stage 1: sickened 1 (1 day) Saving Throw: DC 14 Constitution
Stage 2: sickened 2 enfeebled 1 (1 day) Type: Viral Vaccine Available: Yes
Stage 3: sickened 3 enfeebled 2 and fatigued 1 (1 day) Transmission: Injected Incubation: 2 days
Stage 4: death Stage 1: sickened 1 (2 days)
Stage 2: sickened 2 (2 days)
Pneumonia X
A lab created strain of a respiratory disease, pneumonia X can Necrotizing Fasciitis
pose particular challenges to spellcasters and some performers A flesh eating bacteria that can only be cured by surgically
due to the intense coughing fits it produces. removing the infected tissue.
Saving Throw: DC 14 Constitution Saving Throw: DC 18 Constitution
Type: Bacterial or Viral Vaccine Available: No Type: Bacterial Vaccine Available: No
Transmission: Inhaled Incubation: 3 days Transmission: Contact Incubation: 4 days
Stage 1: sickened 1 (3 days) Stage 1: sickened 2 (1 day)
Stage 2: sickened 1 and coughing requires you to succeed at a DC Stage 2 sickened 2, enfeebled 2 (1 day)
5 flat check to Cast a Spell with a verbal component or Activate an
Item with a command component (1 week) Stage 3: sickened 2, enfeebled 3 and fatigued 1 (1 day) at this
stage the infected limb can be removed to reduce the save DC to
Stage 3: sickened 1, fatigued 1, can’t recover from the fatigued 10.
condition, and coughing requires a successful DC 15 flat check to
Cast a Spell with a verbal component or Activate an Item with a Stage 4: unconscious (1 day)
command component (1 week) Stage 5: death
Stage 4: unconscious (3 days)
Stage 5: death Bubonic Plague
This widespread illness can sweep through entire communities,
leaving few unaffected. The first indication of the disease is a
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into your lungs (pneumonic plague) or blood (septicemic plague),
which is even more fatal. If you have bubonic plague, you can’t
remove the fatigued condition while affected.
Saving Throw: DC 17 Constitution
Type: Bacterial Vaccine Available: Yes
Transmission: Injected Incubation: 6 days
Stage 1: fatigued 1 (1 day)
Stage 2: fatigued 1 and enfeebled 2 (1 day)
Electricity
Electronic hazards come in many forms, including stun guns,
downed power lines, and electric security fences. Table: Electricity
Damage gives damage values for various electronic hazards
based on relative voltage. A character can make a Fortitude
saving throw to reduce the damage by half. If that character is not
grounded or is otherwise insulated from the current, a successful
save indicates that no damage is suffered.

Stage 3: fatigued 1, enfeebled 3 and take 1d6 persistent bleed

damage every 1d20 minutes
COVID-19
The disease of the century. This strain of corona virus causes the
frightened condition in anyone that discovers that someone is
infected. A DC 10 Intelligence save is required to overcome being
frightened of this terrible disease and everyone they see for the
next two weeks. There is a vaccine available, but it must be taken
every month.
Saving Throw: DC 10 Constitution
Type: Viral Vaccine Available: Yes
Transmission: Inhaled Incubation: 12 days
Stage 1: sickened 1 (3 days)
HIV/AIDS
This virus has no cure and attacks the immune system. If allowed
to progress, HIV become full AIDS and is fatal.
Falling
A fall from a great height is one of the most common hazards
facing an adventurer. At the end of a fall, a creature takes 1d6
bludgeoning damage for every 10 feet it fell, to a maximum of
20d6. The creature lands prone, unless it avoids taking damage
from the fall.
Falling Objects
Objects that fall upon characters (or creatures or vehicles) deal
damage based on their size and the distance fallen, as noted on
Table: Damage from Falling Objects.
A successful DC 15 Dexterity Saving Throw indicates that the
target jumped out of the way and takes no damage. The size of
the falling object determines the save DC.
For objects weighing 200 pounds or more, the object deals 1d6
points of damage, provided it falls at least 10 feet. Distance also
comes into play, adding an additional 1d6 points of damage for

Saving Throw: DC 18 Constitution DAMAGE FROM FALLING OBJECTS

Type: Viral Vaccine Available: No Object Weight Falling Distance Maximum damage
200 lb. or more 10 ft. 20d6
Transmission: Contact, Injected Incubation: 2 weeks
100-199 lb. 20 ft. 10d6
Stage 1: sickened 1 and disadvantage on saving throws against
50-99 lb. 30 ft. 5d6
diseases (2 weeks)
30-49 lb. 40 ft. 4d6
Stage 2: sickened 2, fatigued 1 and disadvantage on saving throws
10-29 lb. 50 ft. 3d6
against diseases (1d20 years)
5-9 lb. 60 ft. 2d6
Stage 3: AIDS: sickened 3, fatigued 2, stupefied 1 and disadvantage
on saving throws against diseases (1d4 years) 1-4 lb. 70 ft. 1d6

Stage 3: death every 10-foot increment it falls beyond the first (to a maximum of
20d6 points of damage).
Leprosy Objects smaller than 200 pounds also deal damage when dropped,
but they must fall farther to deal the same damage. Use this table
Leprosy is widely feared for its devastating effects, paralysis
to see how far an object of a given weight must drop to deal 1d6
and crippling of hands and feet while making recovery nearly
points of damage.
impossible. Damage taken from leprosy can’t be healed until the
disease is cured.
Saving Throw: DC 19 Constitution Heat and Cold
Type: Bacterial Vaccine Available: No
Heat and cold deal damage that cannot be recovered until the
Transmission: Contact Incubation: 4 days character counteracts or escapes the inclement temperature. As
Stage 1: sickened 1 (1 day) soon as the character suffers any damage from heat or cold, he or
she is considered fatigued.
Stage 2: sickened 2 (1 day)
A character not properly equipped to counteract the heat or cold
Stage 3: sickened 2 must attempt a Constitution saving throw each hour (DC 15, +1 for
Stage 4: unconscious (1 day) each previous check). Failure means that the character loses 1d4
hit points. Heavy clothing or armor provides a -4 penalty on saves
Stage 5: death
against heat but grants a +4 equipment bonus on saves against
cold. A character who succeeds at a Survival check (DC 15) gains
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 Searing heat or bitter cold (desert or arctic conditions) forces a immune to poison, as detailed in their descriptions, though it is
character to make a Constitution save every 10 minutes. Failure conceivable that a special poison could be synthesized specifically
means that the character loses 1d6 hit points. Appropriate to harm them.
clothing and successful use of the Survival skill can modify the
save, as noted above. POISONS
Poison Delivery Method Price
Catching on Fire Ricin Ingested, Inhaled, Injury 25,000
Characters exposed to open flames might find their clothes, hair, Sarin Gas Inhaled unique
or equipment on fire. Characters at risk of catching fire are allowed Serpent Venom Injury 500 Bu
a Reflex saving throw (DC 15) to avoid this fate. If a character’s Shadow Elf Poison Injury 500 Bu
clothes or hair catch fire, they takes 1d6 points of damage
Truth Serum Ingested 350 Bu
immediately. In each subsequent round, the burning character
must make another Reflex saving throw. Failure means they take VX Contact, Inhaled 40,000
another 1d6 points of damage that round. Success means that Wyvern Poison Injury 3,000
the fire has gone out. (That is, once the character succeeds at the
saving throw, they are no longer on fire.)
A character on fire may automatically extinguish the flames by
jumping into enough water to douse themselves. If no body of
Sample Poisons
water is at hand, rolling on the ground or smothering the fire with
blankets or the like permits the character another save with a +4 Ricin (Ingested, Inhaled, Injury)
bonus. This versatile poison is typically made by humans to assassinate
high-profile targets. A creature subjected to this poison must

Poison succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or be Poisoned for 3

Given their insidious and deadly Nature, poisons are illegal in most
societies but are a favorite tool among assassins, shadow elves,
and other evil creatures.
Poisons come in the following four types:
Contact: Contact poison can be smeared on an object and remains
potent until it is Touched or washed off. A creature that touches
contact poison with exposed skin suffers its Effects.
Ingested: A creature must swallow an entire dose of ingested
poison to suffer its Effects. The dose can be delivered in food or
a liquid. You may decide that a partial dose has a reduced Effect,
such as allowing advantage on the saving throw or dealing only
half damage on a failed save.
Inhaled: These poisons are powders or gases that take Effect when
inhaled. Blowing the powder or releasing the gas subjects creatures
in a 5-foot cube to its Effect. The resulting cloud dissipates
immediately afterward. Holding one’s breath is ineffective against
inhaled poisons, as they affect nasal membranes, tear ducts, and
other parts of the body.
Injury: Injury poison can be applied to Weapons, Ammunition, trap
Components, and other Objects that deal piercing or slashing
damage and remains potent until delivered through a wound or
washed off. A creature that takes piercing or slashing damage
from an object coated with the poison is exposed to its Effects.
Perils of Using Poison
A character has a 5% chance (roll of 1 on 1d20) to expose
themselves to a poison whenever the character applies it to a
weapon or otherwise readies it for use. Additionally, a character
who rolls a 1 on an attack roll with a poisoned weapon must
succeed at a Dexterity saving throw (DC 15) or accidentally poison
him or herself with the weapon.
days. If not cured after 3 days another saving throw is performed.
If the save fails by 5 or more, the creature immediately dies.
Sarin Gas (Inhaled)
This synthetic nerve agent is a colourless, odourless liquid, it is
used as a chemical weapon due to its extreme potency. Sarin is
generally considered a weapon of mass destruction. A creature
subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 25 Constitution
saving throw or be Poisoned and Sickened 1 for 1 week. If the
saving throw fails by 5 or more, the creature has 10 minutes to be
cured before death occurs.
Serpent Venom (Injury)
This poison must be harvested from a dead or Incapacitated
Giant Poisonous Snake. A creature subjected to this poison must
succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw, taking 10 (3d6)
poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a
successful one.
Shadow Elf Poison (Injury)
This poison is typically made only by the shadow elves, and only
in a place far removed from sunlight. A creature subjected to this
poison must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be
Poisoned for 1 hour. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the
creature is also Unconscious while Poisoned in this way. The
creature wakes up if it takes damage or if another creature takes
an action to shake it awake.
Truth Serum (Ingested)
A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 11
Constitution saving throw or become Poisoned for 1 hour. The
Poisoned creature can’t knowingly speak a lie, as if under the
Effect of a Zone of Truth spell.

Poison Immunity VX (Contact, Inhaled)

Creatures with natural poison attacks are immune to their own This synthetic nerve agent can be either applied directly or as two-
poison. Nonliving creatures and creatures without metabolisms nonlethal components that mix to create VX. A creature subjected
are immune to poison. Oozes and certain kinds of creatures are to this poison must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw

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or be Poisoned and Sickened 1 for 1 day. If the saving throw fails
by 5 or more, the creature has one hour to be cured before death
occurs.
Wyvern Poison (Injury)
This poison must be harvested from a dead or Incapacitated
Wyvern. A creature subjected to this poison must make a DC 15
Constitution saving throw, taking 24 (7d6) poison damage on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Starvation and Thirst
Characters who don’t eat or drink suffer the effects of exhaustion.
Exhaustion caused by lack of food or water can’t be removed until
the character eats and drinks the full required amount.
Food
A character needs one pound of food per day and can make food
last longer by subsisting on half rations. Eating half a pound of
food in a day counts as half a day without food. A character can go
without food for a number of days equal to 3 + his or her Constitution
modifier (minimum 1). At the end of each day beyond that limit, a
character automatically suffers one level of exhaustion. A normal
day of eating resets the count of days without food to zero.
Water
A character needs one gallon of water per day, or two gallons per
day if the weather is hot. A character who drinks only half that
much water must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw
or suffer one level of exhaustion at the end of the day. A character
with access to even less water automatically suffers one level of
exhaustion at the end of the day. If the character already has one
or more levels of exhaustion, the character takes two levels in
either case.
Suffocation and Drowning
A creature can hold its breath for a number of minutes equal to 1 +
its Constitution modifier (minimum of 30 seconds).
When a creature runs out of breath or is choking, it can survive for
a number of rounds equal to its Constitution modifier (minimum
of 1 round). At the start of its next turn, it drops to 0 hit points and
is dying, and it can’t regain hit points or be stabilized until it can
breathe again.
For example, a creature with a Constitution of 14 can hold its
breath for 3 minutes. If it starts suffocating, it has 2 rounds to
reach air before it drops to 0 hit points.
Smoke
Characters breathing heavy smoke or similar toxic gases must
make a Constitution check (DC 10, +1 for each previous check)
each round or spend that round choking and coughing. Characters
who choke for 2 consecutive rounds take 1d6 points of damage.
Smoke also obscures vision, giving one-half concealment (20%
miss chance) to characters within it.
Strangulation
When a character is strangled by an instrument or an attacker, use
the rules below.
A character can strangle or choke a target of the same size
category or one size category larger or smaller. The strangling
attempt incurs an attack of opportunity.
To begin the choke, the attacker must succeed at an opposed
grapple check. If the grapple succeeds, the attacker can choose
to deal normal unarmed damage as well as choke the target. The
target can hold his of her breath for a number of rounds equal to
his or her Constitution score. After this period of time, the target
must make a Constitution check (DC 10, +1 for each previous
check) every round to continue holding his or her breath. The
target begins to suffocate on a failed check.
If at any time the target breaks free or slips free of the grapple,
the stranglehold is broken (although any damage that was dealt
remains). Note that a grappled target who is not pinned can use
his or her attack action to strangle his or her attacker.
Radiation
Radiation can be naturally or artificially produced. All stars
produce radiation in some variety, and planets closer to these
stars typically suffer more severe effects than worlds farther
away. Many pieces of technology incorporate radioactive parts
and fuel cells that can flood an area with harmful radiation when
ruptured or exposed. Whether the source of the radiation is natural
or artificial, any character in an environment rich with radiation
may suffer some negative effects for exposure.
Area of Effect: Radiation suffuses a spherical area of effect that
can extend into solid objects. The closer one gets to the center
of an area of radiation, the stronger the radiation effect becomes.
Radiation entries list the maximum level of radiation in an area, as
well as the radius out to which this radiation level applies. Each
increment up to an equal length beyond that radius degrades the
radiation strength by one level. For example, a spherical area of
high radiation with a radius of 20 feet creates a zone of medium
radiation 21 feet to 40 feet from the center in all directions, and a
similar zone of low radiation from 41 to 60 feet.
Prolonged Exposure
If a character is exposed to radiation for an extended period of
time they will suffer radiation poisoning based on the radiation
level and time of exposure.
A person begins to contract radiation poisoning after spending 1
month in a low radiation area, 1 week in a medium radiation area,
1 day in a high radiation area, or 1 hour in a severe radiation area.
They can attempt a Constitution saving throw to ward of getting
radiation poisoning. On a failed save the character suffers from
the State 1 affliction noted in the description. The time it takes for
that stage to progress to the next stage is listed beside it.
A new save can be rolled to ward off progressing to the next stage
of poisoning. On a success, the character does not progress to
the next stage but must attempt the save again once the time for
the next stage comes again.
Radiation Poisoning: Low
Saving Throw DC 10 Constitution
Stage 1 sickened 1 (1 month)
Stage 2 sickened 2
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Creatures must succeed on a DC 15 Fort save or be blown away
Saving Throw DC 15 Constitution
(Tiny or smaller creatures; knocked prone and rolled 1d4 x 10
Stage 1 sickened 1 (1 week) feet, taking 1d4 points of nonlethal damage per 10 feet), knocked
Stage 2 sickened 2 (1 week) down (Small; prone), or checked (Medium; unable to move forward
against the force of the wind).
Stage 3 sickened 3 (1 week)
Airborne creatures are instead blown back 2d6 x 10 feet and dealt
Stage 4 fatigued and can’t speak 2d6 points of nonlethal damage due to battering and buffeting
(Small or smaller creatures), blown back 1d6 x 10 feet (Medium),
Radiation Poisoning: High or blown back 1d6 x 5 feet (Large).
Saving Throw DC 20 Constitution In addition, thunderstorms are accompanied by lightning that can
Stage 1 sickened 1 (1 day) pose a hazard to characters without proper shelter (especially
those in metal armor). As a rule of thumb, assume one bolt per
Stage 2 sickened 2 (1 day) minute for a 1 hour period at the center of the storm. Each bolt
Stage 3 sickened 3 (1 day) causes electricity damage equal to 1d10 eight-sided dice.
Stage 4 fatigued and can’t speak (1 day) HAIL. The sound of falling hail imposes a -4 penalty on Listen
checks. Sometimes hail can become large enough to deal 1 point
Stage 5 incapacitated (1 day) of lethal damage (per storm) to anything in the open.
Stage 6 unconscious (1 day) A day of hail leaves 1d6 inches of loose ice on the ground. It costs
Stage 7 death 2 squares of movement to enter a hail-covered square.
FOG. Whether in the form of a low-lying cloud or a mist rising from
Radiation Poisoning: Severe the ground, fog obscures all sight, including darkvision, beyond
Saving Throw DC 30 Constitution 5 feet. Creatures 5 feet away have concealment (attacks by or
against them have a 20% miss chance).
Stage 1 sickened 2 (1 hour)
BLIZZARD. The combination of high winds, heavy snow (typically
Stage 2 sickened 3 (1 hour) 1d3 feet), and bitter cold make blizzards deadly for all who are
Stage 3 fatigued and can’t speak (1 hour) unprepared for them.
Stage 4 incapacitated (1 hour) Blizzards reduce visibility to zero, making Spot, Search, and Listen
checks and all ranged weapon attacks impossible. All sight,
Stage 5 unconscious (1 hour)
including darkvision, is obscured beyond 5 feet. Creatures 5 feet
Stage 6 death away have concealment (attacks by or against them have a 20%
miss chance).
Optional: Radiation Mutation Blizzards automatically extinguish candles, torches, and similar
An optional side effect of radiation are mutations. The GM can unprotected flames. They have a 75% chance to extinguish
grant Mutation Points (MP) for prolonged exposure to radiation protected flames, such as those of lanterns.
and allow the player to choose the mutation, or the GM can give a Creatures must succeed on a DC 18 Fort save or be blown away
random mutation. (Small or smaller creatures; knocked prone and rolled 1d4 x 10
feet, taking 1d4 points of nonlethal damage per 10 feet), knocked

Weather down (Medium; prone), or checked (Large or Huge; unable to move

Sometimes you may want the weather to have importance to the
game. A few options for weather and their effects are listed below.
MODERATE WIND. Has a 50% chance of extinguishing candles,
torches, etc.
RAIN. Reduces visibility by half, imposing a -4 penalty on Spot and
Search checks. It also imposes a -4 penalty on Listen checks and
ranged weapon attacks.
Rain automatically extinguishes candles, torches, and similar
unprotected flames. It causes protected flames, such as those of
lanterns, to dance wildly and has a 50% chance to extinguish these
lights.
THUNDERSTORM. The combined effects of precipitation and wind
reduce visibility by three quarters, imposing a -8 penalty on Spot,
Search, and Listen checks. Thunderstorms make ranged weapon
attacks impossible, except for those using siege weapons, which
suffer a -4 penalty on attack rolls.
Thunderstorms automatically extinguish candles, torches, and
similar unprotected flames. They cause protected flames, such
as those of lanterns, to dance wildly and have a 50% chance to
forward against the force of the wind).
Airborne creatures are instead blown back 2d6 x 10 feet and dealt
2d6 points of nonlethal damage due to battering and buffeting
(Medium or smaller creatures), blown back 1d6 x 10 feet (Large),
or blown back 1d6 x 5 feet (Huge or Gargantuan).
In addition, blizzards leave 1d3 feet of heavy snow on the ground
afterward. It costs 4 squares of movement to enter a square
covered with heavy snow. A blizzard may result in snowdrifts 1d4 x
5 feet deep, especially in and around objects big enough to deflect
the wind -- a cabin or a large tent, for instance.
SNOWSTORM. The combined effects of precipitation and wind
reduce visibility by three quarters, imposing a -8 penalty on Spot,
Search, and Listen checks. Snowstorms make ranged weapon
attacks impossible, except for those using siege weapons, which
suffer a -4 penalty on attack rolls.
Snowstorms automatically extinguish candles, torches, and
similar unprotected flames. They cause protected flames, such
as those of lanterns, to dance wildly and have a 50% chance to
extinguish these lights.
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(Tiny or smaller creatures; knocked prone and rolled 1d4 x 10
feet, taking 1d4 points of nonlethal damage per 10 feet), knocked
down (Small; prone), or checked (Medium; unable to move forward
against the force of the wind).
Airborne creatures are instead blown back 2d6 x 10 feet and dealt
2d6 points of nonlethal damage due to battering and buffeting
(Small or smaller creatures), blown back 1d6 x 10 feet (Medium),
or blown back 1d6 x 5 feet (Large).
In addition, snowstorms leave 1d6 inches of snow on the ground
afterward. It costs 2 squares of movement to enter a snow-
covered square.
EXTREME COLD. Extreme cold (below -20°F) deals 1d6 points of
lethal damage per minute (no save). In addition, a character must
make a Fortitude save (DC 15, +1 per previous check) or take
1d4 points of nonlethal damage. Those wearing metal armor or
coming into contact with very cold metal are affected as if by a
chill metal spell.
A character who has the Survival skill may receive a bonus on
her saving throw and may be able to apply this bonus to other
characters as well. Characters wearing winter clothing only need
check once per hour for cold and exposure damage.
A character who takes any nonlethal damage from cold or exposure
is beset by frostbite or hypothermia (treat her as fatigued). These
penalties end when the character recovers the nonlethal damage
she took from the cold and exposure.
Nonlethal damage from cold or exposure cannot be recovered
until the character gets out of the cold and warms up again. Once
a character is rendered unconscious through the accumulation
of nonlethal damage, the cold and exposure begins to deal lethal
damage at the same rate.
DUSTSTORM. These desert storms blow fine grains of sand.
The combined effects of dust and wind reduce visibility by three
quarters, imposing a -8 penalty on Spot, Search, and Listen
checks. Duststorms make ranged weapon attacks impossible,
except for those using siege weapons, which suffer a -4 penalty
on attack rolls.
Duststorms automatically extinguish candles, torches, and similar
unprotected flames. They cause protected flames, such as those
of lanterns, to dance wildly and have a 50% chance to extinguish
these lights.
Creatures must succeed on a DC 15 Fort save or be blown away
(Tiny or smaller creatures; knocked prone and rolled 1d4 x 10
feet, taking 1d4 points of nonlethal damage per 10 feet), knocked
down (Small; prone), or checked (Medium; unable to move forward
against the force of the wind).
Airborne creatures are instead blown back 2d6 x 10 feet and dealt
2d6 points of nonlethal damage due to battering and buffeting
(Small or smaller creatures), blown back 1d6 x 10 feet (Medium),
or blown back 1d6 x 5 feet (Large).
Duststorms leave behind a deposit of 1d6 inches of sand.
SEVERE HEAT. In severe heat (above 110°F), a character must
make a Fortitude save once every 10 minutes (DC 15, + 1 for each
previous check) or take 1d4 points of nonlethal damage.
Characters wearing heavy clothing or armor of any sort take a
-4 penalty on their saves. A character with the Survival skill may
receive a bonus on her saving throw and may be able to apply this
bonus to other characters as well.
A character who takes any nonlethal damage from heat exposure
now suffers from heatstroke and is fatigued. These penalties end
when the character recovers the nonlethal damage she took from
the heat.
Nonlethal damage from heat exposure cannot be recovered
until the character gets cooled off (reaches shade, survives until
nightfall, gets doused in water, is targeted by endure elements, and
so forth). Once rendered unconscious through the accumulation
of nonlethal damage, the character begins to take lethal damage
at the same rate.
BETWEEN ADVENTURES
Between trips to dungeons and battles against ancient evils,
adventurers need time to rest, recuperate, and prepare for their
next adventure. Many adventurers also use this time to perform
other tasks, such as crafting arms and armor, performing research,
or spending their hard-earned barter units.
In some cases, the passage of time is something that occurs with
little fanfare or description. When starting a new adventure, the
GM might simply declare that a certain amount of time has passed
and allow you to describe in general terms what your character
has been doing. At other times, the GM might want to keep track of
just how much time is passing as events beyond your perception
stay in motion.
Resting
Heroic though they might be, adventurers can’t spend every hour of
the day in the thick of exploration, social interaction, and combat.
They need rest—time to sleep and eat, tend their wounds, refresh
their minds and spirits for spellcasting, and brace themselves for
further adventure.
Adventurers can take short rests in the midst of an adventuring
day and a long rest to end the day.
Short Rest
A short rest is a period of downtime, at least 1 hour long, during
which a character does nothing more strenuous than eating,
drinking, reading, and tending to wounds.
A character can spend one or more Hit Dice at the end of a short
rest, up to the character’s maximum number of Hit Dice, which
is equal to the character’s level. For each Hit Die spent in this
way, the player rolls the die and adds the character’s Constitution
modifier to it. The character regains hit points equal to the total.
The player can decide to spend an additional Hit Die after each roll.
A character regains some spent Hit Dice upon finishing a long rest,
as explained below.
Long Rest
A long rest is a period of extended downtime, at least 8 hours long,
during which a character sleeps or performs light activity: reading,
talking, eating, or standing watch for no more than 2 hours. If the
rest is interrupted by a period of strenuous activity—at least 1 hour
of walking, fighting, casting spells, or similar adventuring activity—
the characters must begin the rest again to gain any benefit from
it.
At the end of a long rest, a character regains all lost hit points. The
character also regains spent Hit Dice, up to a number of dice equal
to half of the character’s total number of them (minimum of one
die). For example, if a character has eight Hit Dice, he or she can
regain four spent Hit Dice upon finishing a long rest.
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hour period, and a character must have at least 1 hit point at the
start of the rest to gain its benefits. For example, a creature with
a Constitution of 14 can hold its breath for 3 minutes. If it starts
suffocating, it has 2 rounds to reach air before it drops to 0 hit
points.
Lifestyle Expenses
Between adventures, you choose a particular quality of life and
pay the cost of maintaining that lifestyle.
Living a particular lifestyle doesn’t have a huge effect on your
character, but your lifestyle can affect the way other individuals
and groups react to you. For example, when you lead an aristocratic
lifestyle, it might be easier for you to influence the nobles of the
city than if you live in poverty.
Downtime Activities
Between adventures, the GM might ask you what your character is
doing during his or her downtime. Periods of downtime can vary
in duration, but each downtime activity requires a certain number
of days to complete before you gain any benefit, and at least 8
hours of each day must be spent on the downtime activity for the
day to count. The days do not need to be consecutive. If you have
more than the minimum amount of days to spend, you can keep
doing the same thing for a longer period of time, or switch to a new
downtime activity.
Downtime activities other than the ones presented below are
possible. If you want your character to spend his or her downtime
performing an activity not covered here, discuss it with your GM.
Crafting
You can craft nonmagical objects, including adventuring equipment
and works of art. You must be proficient with tools related to the
object you are trying to create (typically artisan’s tools). You might
also need access to special materials or locations proficient with
smith’s tools needs a forge in order to craft a sword or suit of
armor.
For every day of downtime you spend crafting, you can craft one or
more items with a total market value not exceeding 5 Bu, and you
must expend raw materials worth half the total market value. If
something you want to craft has a market value greater than 5 Bu,
you make progress every day in 5-Bu increments until you reach
the market value of the item. For example, a suit of plate armor
(market value 1,500 Bu) takes 300 days to craft by yourself.
Multiple characters can combine their efforts toward the crafting
of a single item, provided that the characters all have proficiency
with the requisite tools and are working together in the same place.
Each character contributes 5 Bu worth of effort for every day spent
helping to craft the item. For example, three characters with the
requisite tool proficiency and the proper facilities can craft a suit
of plate armor in 100 days, at a total cost of 750 Bu.
While crafting, you can maintain a modest lifestyle without having
to pay 50 Bu per day, or a comfortable lifestyle at half the normal
cost.
Practicing a Profession
You can work between adventures, allowing you to maintain a
modest lifestyle without having to pay 50 Bu per day. This benefit
lasts as long you continue to practice your profession.
If you are a member of an organization that can provide gainful
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employment, such as a temple or a thieves’ guild, you earn enough
to support a comfortable lifestyle instead. If you have proficiency
in the Performance skill and put your performance skill to use
during your downtime, you earn enough to support a wealthy
lifestyle instead.
Recuperating
You can use downtime between adventures to recover from a
debilitating injury, disease, or poison.
After three days of downtime spent recuperating, you can make a
DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a successful save, you can
choose one of the following results:
End one effect on you that prevents you from regaining hit points.
For the next 24 hours, gain advantage on saving throws against
one disease or poison currently affecting you.
Researching
The time between adventures is a great chance to perform
research, gaining insight into mysteries that have unfurled over
the course of the campaign. Research can include poring over
dusty tomes and crumbling scrolls in a library or buying drinks for
the locals to pry rumors and gossip from their lips.
When you begin your research, the GM determines whether the
information is available, how many days of downtime it will take to
find it, and whether there are any restrictions on your research (such
as needing to seek out a specific individual, tome, or location). The
GM might also require you to make one or more ability checks,
such as an Intelligence (Investigation) check to find clues pointing
toward the information you seek, or a Charisma (Persuasion)
check to secure someone’s aid. Once those conditions are met,
you learn the information if it is available.
For each day of research, you must spend 50 Bu to cover your
expenses. This cost is in addition to your normal lifestyle expenses.
Training
You can spend time between adventures learning a new language
or training with a set of tools. Your GM might allow additional
training options.
First, you must find an instructor willing to teach you. The GM
determines how long it takes, and whether one or more ability
checks are required.
The training lasts for 250 days and costs 1 Bu per day. After you
spend the requisite amount of time and money, you learn the new
language or gain proficiency with the new tool.
 COMPANIONS AND HENCHMEN Bandit
Medium humanoid, any alignment
CR 1
Sometimes during your the course of your adventures you gain the AC 15 HP 90 Speed 30 ft.
services of a Companion or a Henchmen. __________________________________________________________________________
These rules are meant for parties with 2 or fewer PCs. For example, Senses passive Perception 11
if there is only the GM and one player. Perhaps that player is a level Languages Common
10 Orc Mage with a level 4 Mage Apprentice Companion and 3 Str +2, Dex +1, Con +1, Int +0, Wis +1, Cha +0
Saikikku bonded henchmen. __________________________________________________________________________

Henchmen Actions

Starting a level 5, you can gain henchmen. Henchmen are chosen Knife. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2d4 +3 slashing damage.
from the standard NPC monsters. Eligible Henchmen include:
Shotgun. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 30 ft., one target.
Bandit, Thug, Modern Soldier etc. An individual Henchman might Hit: 1d10 +3 ballistic damage.
have slightly different Ability scores, proficiencies or weapon types
if it fits the story. A henchmen gets paid for their service but does
not get any xp or leveling up. They can be either controlled by the
player that they serve ( or the GM can take control).
Any acquired henchmen must have a CR rating 1/3 your level or
lower, rounded down.
Thug CR 2
Medium humanoid, any alignment
The total number of henchmen you can have at once depends on
AC 14 HP 100 Speed 30 ft.
your level as shown on the Henchmen by Level chart, unless a Feat
or Trait gives different rules. __________________________________________________________________________
Senses passive Perception 11
A few example henchmen are listed below. More and be found in
Languages Common
the Creature Reference Guide.
Skills Athletics +5, Perception +3
HENCHMEN BY LEVEL
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +2, Int +0, Wis +1, Cha +0
Your level Total Henchmen __________________________________________________________________________
5 1
Actions
10 2
15 3 Multiattack. The survivor makes two melee attacks or one shotgun
attack.
20 4 Pipe. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d8 +3 bludgeoning damage.

Mercenary CR 4 Shotgun. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 30 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d10 +3 ballistic damage.
Medium humanoid (human), any alignment

AC 15 HP 90 Speed 30 ft.
__________________________________________________________________________
Companions
Damage Resistances Ballistic A Companion is character that is built like a normal PC with a
Senses passive Perception 12
character sheet and is controlled by the player. The difference
being they are usually a lower level and take a secondary role to
Languages Common
the main PC. For example, a level 6 Templar may have a level 1
Saving Throws Str +4, Dex +3, Wis +3 Templar Companion to act as their squire.
Skills Athletics +3, Perception +2
Each Companion in the party gets 1/2 of a share of XP awarded
Str +1, Dex +2, Con +1, Int +0, Wis +1, Cha +0
to PCs. i.e. a party of 2 PCs and 1 Companion get 200xp. The
__________________________________________________________________________ Companion gets 40xp and each PC gets 80xp. You must either
Military Tactics. The merc has advantage on an attack roll against a crea- pay your Companion as a Hireling (at 20 Bu+ a day) or give them a
ture if at least one of the merc’s allies is within 30 feet of the creature and share of treasure. The standard Companion treasure share is 15%
the ally isn’t incapacitated.
of what a PC gets but varying this counts as good terms.
Actions
Multiattack. The merc makes two melee weapon attacks or two ranged
weapon attacks
Combat Knife. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2d6 +3 slashing damage
Pistol. Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, range 40 ft., one target.
Hit: 2d6 +4 ballistic damage. The pistol holds 7 ammunition; after the
ammunition is spent, the merc must use its action or bonus action to
reload the weapon.
Assault Rifle. Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, range 10/100 ft., one
target. Hit: 2d8 +4 ballistic damage. The automatic rifle holds 30
ammunition; after the ammunition is spent, the merc must use its
action or bonus action to reload the weapon.

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 TRAPS
Traps can be found almost anywhere. One wrong step in an
ancient tomb might trigger a series of scything blades, which
cleave through armor and bone. The seemingly innocuous vines
that hang over a cave entrance might grasp and choke anyone
who pushes through them. A net hidden among the trees might
drop on travelers who pass underneath. In a fantasy game, unwary
adventurers can fall to their deaths, be burned alive, or fall under a
fusillade of poisoned darts.
A trap can be either mechanical or magical in nature. Mechanical
traps include pits, arrow traps, falling blocks, water-filled rooms,
whirling blades, and anything else that depends on a mechanism
to operate. Magic traps are either magical device traps or spell
traps. Magical device traps initiate spell effects when activated.
Spell traps are spells such as glyph of warding and symbol that
function as traps.
Traps in Play
When adventurers come across a trap, you need to know how the
trap is triggered and what it does, as well as the possibility for the
characters to detect the trap and to disable or avoid it.
Triggering a Trap
Most traps are triggered when a creature goes somewhere or
touches something that the trap’s creator wanted to protect.
Common triggers include stepping on a pressure plate or a false
section of floor, pulling a trip wire, turning a doorknob, and using
the wrong key in a lock. Magic traps are often set to go off when
a creature enters an area or touches an object. Some magic traps
(such as the glyph of warding spell) have more complicated
trigger conditions, including a password that prevents the trap
from activating.
TRAP SAVE DC & ATTACK BONUSES
Trap Danger Save DC Attack Bonus
Setback 10-11 +3 to +5
Dangerous 12-15 +6 to +8
Deadly 16-20 +9 to +12
Detecting and Disabling a Trap
Usually, some element of a trap is visible to careful inspection.
Characters might notice an uneven flagstone that conceals a
pressure plate, spot the gleam of light off a trip wire, notice small
holes in the walls from which jets of flame will erupt, or otherwise
detect something that points to a trap’s presence.
A trap’s description specifies the checks and DCs needed to detect
it, disable it, or both. A character actively looking for a trap can
attempt a Wisdom (Perception) check against the trap’s DC. You
can also compare the DC to detect the trap with each character’s
passive Wisdom (Perception) score to determine whether anyone
in the party notices the trap in passing. If the adventurers detect
a trap before triggering it, they might be able to disarm it, either
permanently or long enough to move past it. You might call for an
Intelligence (Investigation) check for a character to deduce what
needs to be done, followed by a Dexterity check using thieves’
tools to perform the necessary sabotage.
Any character can attempt an Intelligence (Arcana) check to detect
or disarm a magic trap, in addition to any other checks noted in the
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trap’s description. The DCs are the same regardless of the check
used. In addition, dispel magic has a chance of disabling most
magic traps. A magic trap’s description provides the DC for the
ability check made when you use dispel magic.
In most cases, a trap’s description is clear enough that you can
adjudicate whether a character’s actions locate or foil the trap. As
with many situations, you shouldn’t allow die rolling to override
clever play and good planning. Use your common sense, drawing
on the trap’s description to determine what happens. No trap’s
design can anticipate every possible action that the characters
might attempt.
You should allow a character to discover a trap without making an
ability check if an action would clearly reveal the trap’s presence.
For example, if a character lifts a rug that conceals a pressure
plate, the character has found the trigger and no check is required.
Foiling traps can be a little more complicated. Consider a trapped
treasure chest. If the chest is opened without first pulling on the
two handles set in its sides, a mechanism inside fires a hail of
poison needles toward anyone in front of it. After inspecting the
chest and making a few checks, the characters are still unsure if
it’s trapped. Rather than simply open the chest, they prop a shield
in front of it and push the chest open at a distance with an iron
rod. In this case, the trap still triggers, but the hail of needles fires
harmlessly into the shield.
Traps are often designed with mechanisms that allow them to be
disarmed or bypassed. Intelligent monsters that place traps in
or around their lairs need ways to get past those traps without
harming themselves. Such traps might have hidden levers that
disable their triggers, or a secret door might conceal a passage
that goes around the trap.
Trap Effects
The effects of traps can range from inconvenient to deadly,
making use of elements such as arrows, spikes, blades, poison,
toxic gas, blasts of fire, and deep pits. The deadliest traps combine
multiple elements to kill, injure, contain, or drive off any creature
unfortunate enough to trigger them. A trap’s description specifies
what happens when it is triggered.
The attack bonus of a trap, the save DC to resist its effects, and
the damage it deals can vary depending on the trap’s severity.
Use the Trap Save DCs and Attack Bonuses table and the Damage
Severity by Level table for suggestions based on three levels of
trap severity.
A trap intended to be a setback is unlikely to kill or seriously harm
characters of the indicated levels, whereas a dangerous trap is
likely to seriously injure (and potentially kill) characters of the
indicated levels. A deadly trap is likely to kill characters of the
indicated levels.
DAMAGE SEVERITY BY LEVEL
Character Level Setback Dangerous Deadly
1st-4th 1d10 2d10 4d10
5th-10th 2d10 4d10 10d10
11th-16th 4d10 10d10 18d10
17th-20th 10d10 18d10 24d10
Complex Traps
Complex traps work like standard traps, except once activated
they execute a series of actions each round. A complex trap turns
the process of dealing with a trap into something more like a
combat encounter.
When a complex trap activates, it rolls initiative. The trap’s
description includes an initiative bonus. On its turn, the trap
activates again, often taking an action. It might make successive
attacks against intruders, create an effect that changes over time,
or otherwise produce a dynamic challenge. Otherwise, the complex
trap can be detected and disabled or bypassed in the usual ways.
For example, a trap that causes a room to slowly flood works best
as a complex trap. On the trap’s turn, the water level rises. After
several rounds, the room is completely flooded.
slope to begin the process again.
Initiative. The trap acts on initiative count 10 (but see the dynamic
element below).
Active Element. Although the trap is complex in nature, it has a
single active element. That’s all it needs.
Dr. Jone’s Nightmare (Initiative 10). The trap’s active element is
a sphere of steel that almost fills the 10-foot width of the hallway
and rolls to the bottom of the slope on its turn. Each creature in
the sphere’s path must make a DC 20 Strength saving throw. On
a failed save, a creature takes 4d10 bludgeoning damage and is
knocked prone. On a successful save, a creature takes half as

Trap Examples much damage and isn’t knocked prone. Objects that block the
sphere, such as a conjured wall, take maximum damage from the
impact.
Land Mine Dynamic Element. The longer it rolls, the more lethal the sphere
Simple trap (level 1–4, dangerous threat) becomes.

Trigger. Anyone stepping on the Land Mine.
Effect. As the creature steps on the Land Mine it explodes. The
creature must make a DC 16 Dexterity Save. On a failure the target
takes 2d6 Fire Damage, 1d6 Thunder Damage, and is thrown 5 foot
into the air, taking 1d6 Bludgeoning Damage as it falls prone. It
must also then make a DC 16 Constitution Saving Throw against
being stunned and deafened for 2 rounds. On a Success the target
only takes 1d6 Thunder Damage, is knocked prone without taking
Bludgeoning Damage, but must still take the Constitution Save
against being deafened. Either way the Land Mine is destroyed.
Countermeasures. A DC 13 Perception Check reveals the Land
Mine. Unless it’s been disguised/hidden. Spending 1 Minute
burying the Land Mine in a soft surface increases this DC to 20. A
Stealth Check of 18 is required to approach the Land Mine without
detonating. A Demolitions Check of 14 disarms the Land Mine.
Planted Explosive
Simple trap (level 5–10, dangerous threat)
Trigger. Anyone stepping on the tripwire.
Effect. A 15-foot cone of fire erupts, covering the tripwire and
the area around it. Each creature in the cone must make a DC
15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 4d6 fire damage and 3d6 force
damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful
one.
Countermeasures. A DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check
reveals the tripwire. A DC 15 Intelligence (Demolitions) check
allows a creature to deactivate the trap by removing the tripwire
and securing the detonation pin; failing this check causes the trap
to activate.
Speed Kills. After its turn, the sphere gains speed, represented
by its damage increasing by 2d10. While its damage is 10d10 or
greater, it acts on initiative count 20 and 10.
Countermeasures. The trap can be neutralized either by stopping
the sphere or preventing it from teleporting.
Stop the Sphere. Stopping the sphere is the easiest way to disrupt
the trap. A wall of force can do so easily, as can any object placed
in its path that has enough hit points to absorb damage from the
sphere without being destroyed.
Disrupt the Portals. Either portal can be neutralized with three
successful DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) checks, but the process
of analyzing a portal to disrupt it takes time. Faint runes in the
ceiling and floor at both ends of the hallway are involved in the
functioning of the teleportation. A creature must first use an
action to examine a set of runes, then use a subsequent action to
attempt to vandalize the runes. Each successful check reduces the
sphere’s damage by 2d10, as the disrupted sphere loses speed.
Alternatively, a set of runes can be disabled with three successful
castings of dispel magic (DC 19) targeting any of the runes in the
set.
If the southern portal is destroyed, the sphere slams into the south
wall and comes to a halt. It blocks the door to the tomb, but the
characters can escape.

Dr. Jones’s Nightmare

Complex trap (level 5–10, deadly threat)
The mad scientist devised a deadly trap to foil anyone who sought
to steal his enchanted goggles. The scientist’s safe is located at
the end of a 10-foot-wide, 150-foot-long hallway that descends
sharply from north to south. The entrance to the safe is a door on
the eastern wall at the bottom of the slope, at the south end of the
hall.
Trigger. This trap activates as soon as the safe door is opened.
A magic portal opens at the northern end of the hallway and
disgorges an enormous rune-covered titanium sphere, which
hurtles down the slope. When it reaches the bottom of the slope,
the runes activate and teleports the sphere back to the top of the

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 CONDITIONS
A condition lasts either until it is countered (the prone condition is
countered by standing up, for example) or for a duration specified
by the effect that imposed the condition.
If multiple effects impose the same condition on a creature, each
instance of the condition has its own duration, but the condition’s
effects don’t get worse. A creature either has a condition or
doesn’t.
The following definitions specify what happens to a creature while
it is subjected to a condition.
Ability Damaged
The character has lost 1 or more ability score points. The loss is
temporary, and these points return at a rate of 1 per evening of
rest. This differs from “effective” ability loss, which is an effect that
goes away when the condition causing it goes away.
Ability Drained
The character has lost 1 or more ability score points. The loss is
permanent.
Blinded
A blinded creature can’t see and automatically fails any ability
check that requires sight.
Attack rolls against the creature have advantage, and the creature’s
attack rolls have disadvantage.
Charmed
A charmed creature can’t attack the charmer or target the charmer
with harmful abilities or magical effects.
The charmer has advantage on any ability check to interact
socially with the creature.
Clumsy
Your movements become clumsy and inexact. Clumsy always
includes a value. You take a status penalty equal to the condition
value to Dexterity-based checks and DCs, including AC, Reflex
saves, ranged attack rolls, and skill checks using Athletics, Stealth,
and Slight of Hand.
Deafened
A deafened creature can’t hear and automatically fails any ability
check that requires hearing.
Drained
When a creature successfully drains you of blood or life force, you
become less healthy. Drained always includes a value. You take a
status penalty equal to your drained value on Constitution-based
checks, such as Fortitude saves. You also lose a number of Hit
Points equal to your level (minimum 1) times the drained value,
and your maximum Hit Points are reduced by the same amount.
For example, if you’re hit by an effect that inflicts drained 3 and
you’re a 3rd-level character, you lose 9 Hit Points and reduce your
maximum Hit Points by 9. Losing these Hit Points doesn’t count
as taking damage.
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Each time you get a full night’s rest, your drained value decreases
by 1. This increases your maximum Hit Points, but you don’t
immediately recover the lost Hit Points.
Enfeebled
You’re physically weakened. Enfeebled always includes a value.
When you are enfeebled, you take a status penalty equal to the
condition value to Strength-based rolls and DCs, including
Strength-based melee attack rolls, Strength-based damage rolls,
and Athletics checks.
Fatigued
You’re tired and can’t summon much energy. You take a –1 status
penalty to AC and saving throws. While exploring, you can’t choose
an exploration activity.
You recover from fatigue after a full night’s rest.
Flat-Footed
You’re distracted or otherwise unable to focus your full attention on
defense. You take a –2 circumstance penalty to AC. Some effects
give you the flat-footed condition only to certain creatures or
against certain attacks. Others—especially conditions—can make
you universally flat-footed against everything. If a rule doesn’t
specify that the condition applies only to certain circumstances, it
applies to all of them; for example, many effects simply say “The
target is flat-footed.”
Frightened
A frightened creature has disadvantage on ability checks and
attack rolls while the source of its fear is within line of sight.
The creature can’t willingly move closer to the source of its fear.
Grabbed
A grabbed creature is held in place by another creature, giving it the
flat-footed and immobilized conditions. If the creature attempts
an action while grabbed, they must succeed at a DC 5 flat check
or it is lost; roll the check after spending the action, but before any
effects are applied.
Grappled
A grappled creature’s speed becomes 0, and it can’t benefit from
any bonus to its speed.
The condition ends if the grappler is incapacitated.
The condition also ends if an effect removes the grappled creature
from the reach of the grappler or grappling effect, such as when a
creature is hurled away by the thunderwave spell.
Incapacitated
An incapacitated creature can’t take actions or reactions.
Invisible
An invisible creature is impossible to see without the aid of magic
or a special sense. For the purpose of hiding, the creature is heavily
obscured. The creature’s location can be detected by any noise it
makes or any tracks it leaves.
Attack rolls against the creature have disadvantage, and the
creature’s attack rolls have advantage.
Paralyzed
A paralyzed creature is incapacitated (see the condition) and can’t
move or speak.
The creature automatically fails Strength and Dexterity saving
throws.
Attack rolls against the creature have advantage.
Any attack that hits the creature is a critical hit if the attacker is
within 5 feet of the creature.
Persistent Damage
Persistent damage comes from effects like acid, being on fire, or
many other situations. It appears as “X persistent [type] damage,”
where “X” is the amount of damage dealt and “[type]” is the
damage type. Instead of taking persistent damage immediately,
you take it at the end of each of your turns as long as you have the
condition, rolling any damage dice anew each time. After you take
persistent damage, roll a DC 15 flat check to see if you recover
from the persistent damage. If you succeed, the condition ends.
Immunities, resistances, and weaknesses all apply to persistent
damage. If an effect deals initial damage in addition to persistent
damage, apply immunities, resistances, and weaknesses
separately to the initial damage and to the persistent damage.
Usually, if an effect negates the initial damage, it also negates
the persistent damage, such as with a slashing weapon that also
deals persistent bleed damage because it cut you. The GM might
rule otherwise in some situations.
You can be simultaneously affected by multiple persistent
damage conditions so long as they have different damage types.
If you would gain more than one persistent damage condition with
the same damage type, the higher amount of damage overrides
the lower amount. The damage you take from persistent damage
occurs all at once, so if something triggers when you take damage,
it triggers only once; for example, if you’re dying with several types
of persistent damage, the persistent damage increases your dying
condition only once.
Petrified
A petrified creature is transformed, along with any nonmagical
object it is wearing or carrying, into a solid inanimate substance
(usually stone). Its weight increases by a factor of ten, and it
ceases aging.
The creature is incapacitated (see the condition), can’t move or
speak, and is unaware of its surroundings.
Attack rolls against the creature have advantage.
The creature automatically fails Strength and Dexterity saving
throws.
The creature has resistance to all damage.
The creature is immune to poison and disease, although a poison
or disease already in its system is suspended, not neutralized.
Poisoned
A poisoned creature has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability
checks.
Prone
A prone creature’s only movement option is to crawl, unless it
stands up and thereby ends the condition.
The creature has disadvantage on attack rolls.
An attack roll against the creature has advantage if the attacker
is within 5 feet of the creature. Otherwise, the attack roll has
disadvantage.
Restrained
A restrained creature’s speed becomes 0, and it can’t benefit from
any bonus to its speed. It takes a -2 penalty to AC.
Attack rolls against the creature have advantage, and the creature’s
attack rolls have disadvantage.
It can’t use any actions except to attempt to Escape (page 192)
The creature has disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws.
Restrained overrides grabbed.
Sickened
You feel ill. Sickened always includes a value. You take a status
penalty equal to this value on all your checks and DCs. You can’t
willingly ingest anything—including elixirs and potions—while
sickened.
You can spend a single action retching in an attempt to recover,
which lets you immediately attempt a Constitution save against
the DC of the effect that made you sickened. On a success, you
reduce your sickened value by 1 (or by 2 on a critical success).
Stunned
A stunned creature is incapacitated (see the condition), can’t
move, and can speak only falteringly.
The creature automatically fails Strength and Dexterity saving
throws.
Attack rolls against the creature have advantage.
Stupefied
Your thoughts and instincts are clouded. Stupefied always
includes a value. You take a status penalty equal to this value on
Intelligence-, Wisdom-, and Charisma-based checks and DCs,
including Will saving throws, spell attack rolls, spell DCs, and skill
checks that use these ability scores. Any time you attempt to Cast
a Spell while stupefied, the spell is disrupted unless you succeed
at a flat check with a DC equal to 5 + your stupefied value.
Unconscious
An unconscious creature is incapacitated (see the condition),
can’t move or speak, and is unaware of its surroundings
The creature drops whatever it’s holding and falls prone.
The creature automatically fails Strength and Dexterity saving
throws.
Attack rolls against the creature have advantage.
Any attack that hits the creature is a critical hit if the attacker is
within 5 feet of the creature.
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Exhaustion
Some Special Abilities and environmental Hazards, such as
starvation and the long-­term Effects of freezing or scorching
temperatures, can lead to a Special condition called exhaustion.
Exhaustion is measured in six levels. An effect can give a creature
one or more levels of exhaustion, as specified in the effect’s
description.
If an already exhausted creature suffers another effect that
causes exhaustion, its current level of exhaustion increases by the
amount specified in the effect’s description.
A creature suffers the effect of its current level of exhaustion as
well as all lower levels. For example, a creature suffering level 2
exhaustion has its speed halved and has disadvantage on Ability
Checks.
An effect that removes exhaustion reduces its level as specified
in the effect’s description, with all exhaustion Effects ending if a
creature’s exhaustion level is reduced below 1.
Finishing a Long Rest reduces a creature’s exhaustion level by 1,
provided that the creature has also ingested some food and drink.
EXHAUSTION EFFECTS
Level Effect
1 Disadvantage on Ability Checks
2 Speed halved
3 Disadvantage on Attack rolls and Saving Throws
4 Hit point maximum halved
5 Speed reduced to 0
6 Death
CR & EXPERIENCE
CR is a rating system in that estimates the threat level of enemies.
A party of four adventurers can defeat an enemy of CR equal to
their level without suffering any significant trouble. CR is also used
to track XP progression and leveling up.
Every challenge rating from 0 to 30 has a designated amount of
experience points (XP). This XP is awarded to players who defeat
the given monster.
Some creatures pose such a low threat that they are designated
CR 0. Those with any kind of attack are worth 10 XP, and those
without an attack are worth 0 XP.
A creature’s CR also determines its proficiency bonus. This is the
same as how players determine their attack bonuses.
If a party of four players defeats a monster of CR 3, the party
receives 700 XP. Unless specified otherwise by the GM, each
member of the party receives an equal share of 175 XP each.
As players gain XP, they level up, gaining more abilities and
growing in power. This, in turn, allows them to take on monsters
of higher CR.
CR and Tech Level
Be warned. Not all monsters are created equal. If a creature has a
Tech Level (TL) higher than the players, the CR will be inaccurate
and likely overwhelming the players. CR ratings are based on
players having the same TL as the monsters. Even then not all
things fair. There are always things like mutations and enchanted
tattoos that can aid monsters or players alike. DarkEnergy is not a
balanced game. It is chaotic and challenging just as the worlds it
is set in. Be careful who you pick a fight with. You never know who
will have something hidden up their sleeve.

EXPERIENCE BY CR LEVEL
CR XP Prof CR XP Prof
Bonus Bonus
0 0-10 +2 14 11,500 +5
1/8 25 +2 15 13,000 +5
1/4 50 +2 16 15,000 +5
1/2 100 +2 17 18,000 +6
1 200 +2 18 20,000 +6
2 450 +2 19 22,000 +6
3 700 +2 20 25,000 +6
4 1,100 +2 21 33,000 +7
5 1,800 +3 22 41,000 +7
6 2,300 +3 23 50,000 +7
7 2,900 +3 24 62,000 +7
8 3,900 +3 25 75,000 +8
9 5,000 +4 26 90,000 +8
10 5,900 +4 27 105,000 +8
11 7,200 +4 28 120,000 +8
12 8,400 +4 29 135,000 +9
13 10,000 +5 30 155,000 +9

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 MAGICAL ITEMS
Magic items are gleaned from the hoards of conquered monsters
or discovered in long‑lost vaults. Such items grant capabilities a
character could rarely have otherwise, or they complement their
owner’s capabilities in wondrous ways.
Attunement
Some magic items require a creature to form a bond with them
before their magical properties can be used. This bond is called
attunement, and certain items have a prerequisite for it. If the
prerequisite is a class, a creature must be a member of that class
to attune to the item. (If the class is a spellcasting class, a monster
qualifies if it has spell slots and uses that class’s spell list.) If the
prerequisite is to be a spellcaster, a creature qualifies if it can cast
at least one spell using its traits or features, not using a magic
item or the like.
Without becoming attuned to an item that requires attunement, a
creature gains only its nonmagical benefits, unless its description
states otherwise. For example, a magic shield that requires
attunement provides the benefits of a normal shield to a creature
not attuned to it, but none of its magical properties.
Attuning to an item requires a creature to spend a short rest
focused on only that item while being in physical contact with
it (this can’t be the same short rest used to learn the item’s
properties). This focus can take the form of weapon practice (for
a weapon), meditation (for an item), or some other appropriate
activity. If the short rest is interrupted, the attunement attempt
fails. Otherwise, at the end of the short rest, the creature gains an
intuitive understanding of how to activate any magical properties
of the item, including any necessary command words.
An item can be attuned to only one creature at a time, and a creature
can be attuned to no more than three magic items at a time. Any
attempt to attune to a fourth item fails; the creature must end its
attunement to an item first. Additionally, a creature can’t attune
to more than one copy of an item. For example, a creature can’t
attune to more than one ring of protection at a time.
A creature’s attunement to an item ends if the creature no longer
satisfies the prerequisites for attunement, if the item has been
more than 100 feet away for at least 24 hours, if the creature
dies, or if another creature attunes to the item. A creature can
also voluntarily end attunement by spending another short rest
focused on the item, unless the item is cursed.
Wearing and Wielding Items
Using a magic item’s properties might mean wearing or wielding
it. A magic item meant to be worn must be donned in the intended
fashion: boots go on the feet, gloves on the hands, hats and
helmets on the head, and rings on the finger. Magic armor must be
donned, a shield strapped to the arm, a cloak fastened about the
shoulders. A weapon must be held.
In most cases, a magic item that’s meant to be worn can fit a
creature regardless of size or build. Many magic garments are
made to be easily adjustable, or they magically adjust themselves
to the wearer. Rare exceptions exist. If the story suggests a good
reason for an item to fit only creatures of a certain size or shape,
you can rule that it doesn’t adjust. For example, Warg armor might
fit Wargs only. Dwarves might make items usable only by dwarf-
sized and dwarf-shaped folk.
When a nonhumanoid tries to wear an item, use your discretion
as to whether the item functions as intended. A ring placed on a
tentacle might work, but a naga with a snakelike tail instead of
legs can’t wear boots.
Multiple Items of the Same Kind
Use common sense to determine whether more than one of a given
kind of magic item can be worn. A character can’t normally wear
more than one pair of footwear, one pair of gloves or gauntlets,
one pair of bracers, one suit of armor, one item of headwear, and
one cloak. You can make exceptions; a character might be able to
wear a circlet under a helmet, for example, or to layer two cloaks.
Paired Items
Items that come in pairs—such as boots, bracers, gauntlets, and
gloves—impart their benefits only if both items of the pair are worn.
For example, a character wearing a boot of striding and springing
on one foot and a boot of elvenkind on the other foot gains no
benefit from either.
Activating an Item
Activating some magic items requires a user to do something
special, such as holding the item and uttering a command word.
The description of each item category or individual item details
how an item is activated. Certain items use the following rules for
their activation.
If an item requires an action to activate, that action isn’t a function
of the Use an Item action, so a feature such as the secret agent’s
Fast Hands can’t be used to activate the item.
Command Word
A command word is a word or phrase that must be spoken for an
item to work. A magic item that requires a command word can’t
be activated in an area where sound is prevented, as in the area of
the silence spell.
Consumables
Some items are used up when they are activated. A potion or an
elixir must be swallowed, or an oil applied to the body. The writing
vanishes from a scroll when it is read. Once used, a consumable
item loses its magic.
Spells
Some magic items allow the user to cast a spell from the item.
The spell is cast at the lowest possible spell level, doesn’t expend
any of the user’s spell slots, and requires no components, unless
the item’s description says otherwise. The spell uses its normal
casting time, range, and duration, and the user of the item must
concentrate if the spell requires concentration. Many items, such
as potions, bypass the casting of a spell and confer the spell’s
effects, with their usual duration. Certain items make exceptions
to these rules, changing the casting time, duration, or other parts
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Senses
A magic item, such as certain staffs, may require you to use your
With sentience comes awareness. A sentient item can perceive its
own spellcasting ability when you cast a spell from the item. If you
surroundings out to a limited range. You can choose its senses or
have more than one spellcasting ability, you choose which one to
roll on the following table.
use with the item. If you don’t have a spellcasting ability—perhaps
you’re a secret agent with the Use Magic Device feature—your d4 SENSES
spellcasting ability modifier is +0 for the item, and your proficiency 1 Hearing and normal vision out to 30 feet.
bonus does apply.
2 Hearing and normal vision out to 60 feet.

Charges 3
4
Hearing and normal vision out to 120 feet.
Hearing and darkvision out to 120 feet.
Some magic items have charges that must be expended to activate
their properties. The number of charges an item has remaining is
revealed when an identify spell is cast on it, as well as when a Alignment
creature attunes to it. Additionally, when an item regains charges,
the creature attuned to it learns how many charges it regained. A sentient magic item has an alignment. Its creator or nature
might suggest an alignment. If not, you can pick an alignment or
roll on the following table.
Sentient Magic Items d100 ALIGNMENT d100 ALIGNMENT
Some magic items possess sentience and personality. Such an 01-15 Lawful good 74-85 Chaotic neutral
item might be possessed, haunted by the spirit of a previous 16-35 Neutral good 86-89 Lawful evil
owner, or self-aware thanks to the magic used to create it. In any 36-50 Chaotic good 90-96 Neutral evil
case, the item behaves like a character, complete with personality
51-63 Lawful neutral 97-100 Lawful good
quirks, ideals, bonds, and sometimes flaws. A sentient item might
be a cherished ally to its wielder or a continual thorn in the side. 64-73 Neutral neutral

Most sentient items are weapons. Other kinds of items can

manifest sentience, but consumable items such as potions and
scrolls are never sentient.
Sentient magic items function as NPCs under the GM’s control.
Any activated property of the item is under the item’s control, not
its wielder’s. As long as the wielder maintains a good relationship
with the item, the wielder can access those properties normally.
If the relationship is strained, the item can suppress its activated
properties or even turn them against the wielder.
Special Purpose
You can give a sentient item an objective it pursues, perhaps to the
exclusion of all else. As long as the wielder’s use of the item aligns
with that special purpose, the item remains cooperative. Deviating
from this course might cause conflict between the wielder and
the item, and could even cause the item to prevent the use of its
activated properties. You can pick a special purpose or roll on the
following table.

Creating Sentient Magic Items d10

Abilities
A sentient magic item has Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma
scores. You can choose the item’s abilities or determine them
randomly. To determine them randomly, roll 4d6 for each one,
dropping the lowest roll and totaling the rest.
Communication
A sentient item has some ability to communicate, either by
sharing its emotions, broadcasting its thoughts telepathically, or
speaking aloud. You can choose how it communicates or roll on
the following table.
d100 COMMUNICATION
0-60 The item communicates by transmitting emotion to the
creature carrying or wielding it.
61-90 The item can speak, read, and understand one or more
languages.
1
PURPOSE
Aligned: The item seeks to defeat or destroy those of a
diametrically opposed alignment. (Such an item is never
neutral.)
2 Bane: The item seeks to destroy creatures of a particular
kind, such as fiends, shapechangers, trolls, or wizards.
3 Protector: The item seeks to defend a particular race or
kind of creature, such as elves or druids.
4 Crusader: The item seeks to defeat, weaken, or destroy
the servants of a particular deity.
5 Templar: The item seeks to defend the servants and
interests or a particular deity.
6 Destroyer: The item craves the destruction and goads its
user to fight arbitrarily.
7 Glory Seeker: The item seeks renown as the greatest
magic item in the world, by establishing its user as a
famous or notorious figure.
8 Lore Seeker: The item craves knowledge or is
determined to solve a mystery, learn a secret, or unravel
a cryptic prophecy.

91-100 The item can speak, read, and understand one or more 9 Destiny Seeker: The item is convinced that it and its
languages. In addition, the item can communicate wielder have key roles to play in future events.
telepathically with any character that carries or wields it. 10 Creator Seeker: The item seeks its creator and wants to
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 Conflict WEAPON SUBSTANCE FOR RUNES
SUBSTANCE RUNE SLOTS SUBSTANCE
A sentient item has a will of its own, shaped by its personality and Wood 1 Common
alignment. If its wielder acts in a manner opposed to the item’s Bone 1 Common
alignment or purpose, conflict can arise. When such a conflict
occurs, the item makes a Charisma check contested by the Stone 1 Common
wielder’s Charisma check. If the item wins the contest, it makes Bronze 1 Common
one or more of the following demands: Iron 2 Common
• The item insists on being carried or worn at all times. Steel 2 Common
• The item demands that its wielder dispose of anything the item Plastic 1 Uncommon
finds repugnant. Titanium 3 Uncommon
• The item demands that its wielder pursue the item’s goals to the Adamant 3 Rare
exclusion of all other goals. Ilamadin 3 Rare
• The item demands to be given to someone else. If its wielder Armorglass 2 Very Rare
refuses to comply with the item’s wishes, the item can do any or Orichalcum 3 Very Rare
all of the following: Tamahagane 3 Very Rare
• Make it impossible for its wielder to attune to it. Dwarf Steel 4 Legendary
• Suppress one or more of its activated properties.
• Attempt to take control of its wielder.
If a sentient item attempts to take control of its wielder, the wielder
Example Magical Items
must make a Charisma saving throw, with a DC equal to 12 + the
item’s Charisma modifier. On a failed save, the wielder is charmed
by the item for 1d12 hours. While charmed, the wielder must try to
Armor
follow the item’s commands. If the wielder takes damage, it can
repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on a success. Whether Dwarven Rune Armor
the attempt to control its user succeeds or fails, the item can’t use
Armor (Full Plate) Legendary
this power again until the next dawn.
(requires attunement with Str 17+)
While wearing this magic armor, you gain a +3 bonus to AC, plus
Rune Crafting Variant the following benefits.
You have resistance to nonmagical ballistic, bludgeoning and
The GM may allow for rune placement based on the substance piercing damage.
of the weapon or armor instead of the default values given in the
Rune Crafting section. You are immune to nonmagical slashing damage.
Magical attacks made against you have disadvantage to hit.
ARMOR SUBSTANCE FOR RUNES This suit of armor is made of Dwarf Steel, one of the most
SUBSTANCE RUNE SLOTS RARITY legendary substances in existence. While you’re wearing it, any
Leather 1 Common critical hit against you becomes a normal hit.
Cotton 1 Common
Linen 2 Common Green Armor
Bronze 1 Common Armor (Full Plate) Legendary
Iron 2 Common
(requires attunement by a good character)
Steel 3 Common While wearing this armor, you have a +2 bonus to your AC, and
when a fiend or undead that you can see attacks a target other
Silk 2 Uncommon
than you within 30 feet of you, you can use your reaction to impose
Wood 1 Uncommon disadvantage on the attack roll. Alternatively, if a fiend or undead
Bone 1 Uncommon that you can see forces a target other than you to make a saving
Titanium 3 Uncommon throw, you can use your reaction to grant that target advantage on
Plastic 2 Rare the save.
Adamant
Synthetic Fiber
3
3
Rare
Rare
Impact Armor (TL 2)
Armor (Full Plate) Very Rare
Ilamadin 3 Rare
(requires attunement with Str 17+)
Orichalcum 4 Very Rare
While wearing this magic armor, you gain a +3 bonus to AC, plus
Tamahagane 4 Very Rare
the following benefits.
Armorglass 2 Very Rare
You have resistance to nonmagical ballistic, slashing and piercing
Dwarf Steel 6 Legendary
damage.
You are immune to nonmagical bludgeoning damage.

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 While you wear this armor, whenever a creature attacks you with It provides you with immunity to being frightened in all forms.
a nonmagical melee weapon and rolls a 1 on its attack roll, the Fear Aura. Any creature Hostile to the wearer that starts its turn
creature’s weapon is destroyed. This does not apply to claws, within 20 feet of the wearer must make a DC 21 Wisdom saving
bites and other natural weapons. throw, unless you are Incapacitated. On a failed save, the creature
is Frightened until the start of its next turn.
Null Armor
Armor (Clothes) Rare Fire Protective System (TL 1)
(requires attunement with Dex 17+) Armor (Soldier Protective System) Rare
While wearing this magic armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC, While wearing this magic armor, you gain a +1 bonus to your AC
plus you have resistance to ballistic, bludgeoning, slashing and and grants you fire resistance.
piercing damage.

Deadening Hood Enchanted Mage Robes

Armor (Hood) Very Rare
While wearing this hood, you have resistance to psychic damage.
WereArmor
Armor (Counts as Unarmored) Legendary
(requires attunement by a character with WereDisease)
This armor is capable of morphing to accommodate a
werecreature’s transformations between their base form and
Hybrid form. This armor provides a +3 bonus to AC, negates a
werecreature’s vulnerability to silver weapons (normal damage
from silver), increases the power of their unarmed strikes by 1
damage step (1 to 1d4 to 1d6 to 1d8 to 1d10 to 1d12 to 2d8 to
2d10 to 2d12) and makes you proficient with your form’s unarmed
strikes if they weren’t already. While wearing this armor you gain
advantage on all Charisma and Wisdom checks when interacting
with other werecreatures and beasts.
Armor (Clothes) Rare (+1), Very Rare (+2), Legendary (+3)
(requires attunement by a spellcaster)
These magical clothes seem to offer some semblance of protection
from attacks. Mage robes are usually a robe or cloak that comes
with a magical enchantment that protects the wearer upon
attuning to the clothing. You have a bonus to AC while wearing
this magical armor, which is determined by its rarity.
Agility Armor (TL 1)
Armor (Tactical Body Armor) Rare
While wearing this magic armor, you gain a +1 bonus to your AC
and provides a +2 bonus to your Dexterity score, to a maximum
of 20.
Cloak of Concealment
Armor (Cloak) Very Rare

Armor of the Bitten Wearing this cloak grants advantage on all Stealth checks and a
+1 bonus to your AC.
Armor (Counts as Unarmored) Rare
(requires attunement by a character with WereDisease)
Magic Shield
This armor is capable of morphing to accommodate a
Armor (Shield) Uncommon
werecreature’s transformations between their base form and
Hybrid form. This armor provides a +1 bonus to AC. While holding this shield, you have a +1 bonus to AC. This bonus is
in addition to the shield’s normal bonus to AC.
Vest of Vitality (TL 1)
Armor (Undercover Vest) Varies
Plastic Battlemage Armor (TL 2)
At the start of your turn, you gain a small number of temporary hit Armor (Enhanced Plastics) Rare
points, depending on the rarity of this armor. These temporary hit (requires attunement by a mage)
points do not expire, as they refresh every turn seconds for as long While wearing this armor, you suffer no penalty for casting spells
as you wear the armor. and have a +1 bonus to your AC.
Legendary Vest of Vitality has a +1 bonus to your AC. Magical attacks made against you have disadvantage to hit.
Common: 2 hit points
Uncommon: 4 hit points Disciple of Apollo Robes
Rare: 6 hit points Armor (Clothes) Rare
(requires attunement by a martial artist)
Very Rare: 10 hit points
While wearing this armor you have a +1 bonus to your AC, plus
Legendary: 14 hit points magical attacks made against you have disadvantage to hit and
you have advantage on saving throws against spells and other
Helm of Awe magical effects.
Armor (Crown) Unique
(requires attunement by a dwarf character)
The crown of the Emperor of the Dwarves.
While wearing this crown, you gain a +3 bonus to AC, plus as a free
action you can generate an aura of fear with a 30 foot diameter
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 what type of ax it is: violin is a handaxe, guitar and lute are battle-
Items axe, and bass is a greataxe. Speak the command word again to
revert back to instrument.
Endless Quiver Nature’s Allure
Item (Quiver) Very Rare
Wondrous Item (Pan Flute) Rare
This magical quiver never runs out of arrows.
A set of reed pipes made by a Satyr. Their sweet and mysterious
sound grants disadvantage on saving throws to resist being
Shinzui Trap charmed by the musician.
Item (Jewelry) Very Rare
A Shinzui trap is a piece of jewelry, usually a ring or bracelet that Drums o’Doom
has the soul of a Great Beast held within. If you use an action to Wondrous Item (Drums) Uncommon
summon the living creature that slumbers within. The creature
When played enemy creatures have disadvantage on save vs.
appears within 5 feet of you or the next nearest location.
frightened condition. Creatures who are immune to fear/frightened
The creature is friendly to you and your companions. It understands condition are unaffected.
your languages and obeys your spoken commands. If you issue no
commands, the creature defends itself but takes no other actions. DidgeriDont
The creature exists for a duration specific to each Shinzui. At the Wondrous Item (Didgeridoo) Very Rare
end of the duration, the creature dissipates and returns to the
Shinzui. It dissipates early if it drops to 0 hit points or if you use an A long, hollowed out didgeridoo, the DidgeriDont makes a deep
action to banish it while touching it. When the creature returns to and oddly pleasant sound if blown into. If used as a greatclub,
the Shinzui, its property can’t be used again until a certain amount the strikes make powerful echoes, adding an extra 1d6 thunder
of time has passed, as specified in the Shinzui description. damage to each hit.
Great Cat (Rare). This trinket holds a Great Cat within. It can
become a Great Cat for up to 6 hours. Once it has been used, it
Cursed Zither
can’t be used again until 1 days have passed. Wondrous Item (Dulcimer) Very Rare
Hellcat (Rare). This trinket holds a Hellcat within. It can become a A diminutive dulcimer made of a black material. As an action
Hellcat for up to 4 hours. Once it has been used, it can’t be used once per rest, an instrument can play the Cursed Zither and
again until 3 days have passed. force all enemies you see to make a Charisma save (DC 10+ the
Instrument’s performance modifier) or be subjected to the effects
Potion of Healing of the Bane spell. The effect lasts for as long as the instrument
plays, plus 1d6 rounds.
Item (Potion) Uncommon
You regain 1d8+5 Hit Points when you drink this potion. The Inspirational Beat
potion’s red liquid glimmers when agitated.
Wondrous Item (Drums) Very Rare
Greater Potion of Healing A set of drums that when played, summons 1d4 musicians that
will give advantage to any instrumentalist song or inspiration.
Item (Potion) Rare For every musician above the first one that is summoned, the
You regain 3d8+10 Hit Points when you drink this potion. The inspiration/song gains a +2 bonus, for a total of +6.
potion’s red liquid glimmers when agitated.
Appolo’s Flute
Superior Potion of Healing Wondrous Item (Flute) Legendary
Item (Potion) Very Rare A beautifully constructed white flute with golden runes. It is said
You regain 6d8+20 Hit Points when you drink this potion. The that, if it is played correctly, it will restore those who die around it
potion’s red liquid glimmers when agitated. to life (mimicking the effect of the revivify spell).

Grand Potion of Healing Killer Harmonics

Item (Potion) Legendary Wondrous Item (String Instrument) Very Rare
You regain 8d8+30 Hit Points when you drink this potion. The The strings are made of specialized bowstring. When they are
potion’s red liquid glimmers when agitated. plucked in the right way they can shoot an ethereal arrow, which
deals sonic damage and leaves a ringing in the targets ears.

Musical Instruments Box of Motivation

Wondrous Item (Flute Case) Rare
Shredder Magical flute case, which gives another 2 Inspirations to the
Wondrous Item (Guitar) Very Rare wielder.
Any type of string instrument that, when the command word is
spoken, turns into a type of axe. The size of the instrument decides

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Weapons
rikr foerah
Weapon (Mace) Legendary
(requires attunement by a good character)
You have a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this
magic weapon.
Rikr Foerah (the Great Hurler) is an ancient dwarven mace that
was forged in Agartha and inscribed with the runes of superior
impact and thrice blessed in the waters of the Urðarbrunnr. This
magical weapon deals an additional 1d6 force damage
Superior Blessing (Requires Attunement) Grants an additional 3d6
radiant damage.
Superior Impact (Requires Attunement). When you use the Attack
action on your turn and hit a Large or smaller creature with Rikr
Foerah, you can send that creature flying. It must succeed on a DC
20 Constitution saving throw or be thrown 15 feet directly away
from you and land prone.
soul sworD
Weapon (Katana) Rare
(requires attunement of Str 17+)
A large katana made of black tamahagane with red orcish runes
carved in the side of the blade. You gain a +1 bonus to attack
and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. In addition, the
weapon ignores resistance to slashing damage.
Trail of Ash. As a bonus action on your turn you can make the
Soul Sword burn and crackle as a cloud of thick smoke and ash
pours out in a 5-foot radius from the blade. The cloud’s area is
heavily obscured for everyone except you. You must
finish a short or long rest before you can use this feature
again. The ash cloud lasts for 1 minute then disperses.
A strong wind (21 or more miles per hour) can disperse
the cloud after 1 round.
sPear of luGh
Weapon (Spear) Legendary
(requires attunement by a good character)
You have a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made
with this magic weapon.
TrueStrike. Once per short rest, replace an attack roll
with a guaranteed Critical Hit.
The weapon deals 1d10 melee piercing damage.
If thrown, it deals 1d8 ranged piercing damage.
Recall (Requires Attunement) Allows the spear to
reappear in the hand after being thrown.
Leadership (Requires Attunement) Increases the
base number of activations for TrueStrike to 2 per
short rest. Inspiration can still be expended for an
additional activation.
PlaZMax Mark xxiii (tl 2)
Weapon (Poleaxe) Very Rare
(requires attunement by a spellcaster)
You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls
made with this magic weapon.
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Superheated Blade. 2d8 slashing and 2d4 fire damage In addition,
the weapon ignores resistance to slashing damage.
Plasma Blast (Requires Attunement). The weapon has 10 charges.
While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of
its charges to fire a bolt of plasma for 3d10 ballistic and 2d4 fire
damage.
The plazmax regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily.
enchanteD PlasMa revolver (tl 2)
Weapon (9mm Sidearm) Very Rare
You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this
magic weapon.
Recharge. The six enchanted plasma bullets inside the chamber
of the revolver recharge after being fired. This weapon does not
require additional ammunition.
rifle of Penetration (tl 1)
Weapon (Assault Rifle) Legendary
This weapon gives a +2 to attack and damage rolls as well as an
additional 2d8 ballistic damage against an armored target. This
weapon ignores all increases to AC by means of armor, shields,
and magic.
ethereal rifle (tl 1)
Weapon (Hunting Rifle) Rare
You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this
magic weapon.
The conjured bullets this rifle shoots are created when you pull
back the bolt, and can move through solid objects without harming
them until the bullet hits the target or dissipates at your maximum
range. You ignore cover with this rifle as long as you can see or
know where the target you are shooting at is.
forceful firearMs (tl 1)
Weapon (Any Firearm) Uncommon
Bullets fired from this gun strike with far more force than they
should. On a successful hit, the target is knocked backwards if
they are Medium or smaller. Creatures that are Small or Medium
will be knocked backwards 10 feet. Creatures that are Tiny or
smaller will be knocked backwards 20 feet. If the target hits a
solid obstacle, they stop and take 1d6 bludgeoning damage. If
they are driven into another creature, both creatures will take 1d6
bludgeoning damage.
MaGic scePter
Weapon (Scepter) Uncommon
This scepter has 7 charges. While holding it, you can use an action
to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast the magic missile spell
from it. For 1 charge, you cast the 1st-level version of the spell.
You can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional
charge you expend.
The scepter regains 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn.
flaMinG sworD
Weapon (Any Sword) Rare
You can use a bonus action to speak this magic sword’s command
word, causing flames to erupt from the blade. These flames shed
bright light in a 40-foot radius and dim light for an additional 40
feet. While the sword is ablaze, it deals an extra 2d6 fire damage
to any target it hits. The flames last until you use a bonus action
to speak the command word again or until you drop or sheathe
the sword.

Hellish Whip
Weapon (Whip) Very Rare
(requires attunement by an evil character)
You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this
magic weapon.
Purple Flames of Hell. Deals 2d6 slashing +1d6 fire damage with
a reach of 30 ft.

Staff of Elements
Weapon (Unique) Legendary
(requires attunement by a character proficient with three-section
staff)
You have a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this
magic weapon.
This magic weapon can appear as a quarterstaff, shrink to the size
of a scepter, or break into two pieces connected by a length of
chain. When in scepter from, the weapon can be wielded in one
hand but the other two forms require both hands to wield.
Staff Form. Functions as a quarterstaff. Deals 1d8 bludgeoning
damage (Versatile 1d10). You can attack with either end of the
staff.
Requires quarterstaff proficiency to use.
Two-Section Form. When you take the Attack action and attack
with the two-section staff, you can use a bonus action to make
another attack with the other section of the two-section staff.
Deals 1d6 bludgeoning damage (Double weapon 1d6). Can have
one element active on each section.
Requires three-section staff proficiency to use.
Scepter Form. Functions as a club. Can only have one element
active at a time.
Requires simple melee weapons proficiency to use.
Attuned to the weapon, with a thought, you can activate the
elemental powers within the weapon. Each end of the weapon
becomes charged with an elemental power of your choice.
Ice. An icy tip forms on the end of the weapon, changing the
bludgeoning damage to piercing and dealing an additional 2d8
cold damage.
Fire. The end of the weapon catches on fire and becomes extremely
hot. It deals an additional 2d8 fire damage.
Earth. Rocks clump to the end of the weapon increasing its mass
and dealing an additional 2d8 bludgeoning damage.
Lightning. Electricity courses over the end of the weapon, dealing
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 MINIONS
Animal Companions and Familiars are minions. Minions are
creatures that directly serve another creature. A creature with this
trait can use only 2 actions per turn and can’t use reactions.
ANIMAL COMPANIONS
An animal companion is a loyal beast who follows your orders
without you needing to use Animal Handling on it. If your
companion dies, you can spend a week of downtime to replace
it at no cost. You can have only one animal companion at a time.
Riding Animal Companions
You or an ally can ride your animal companion as long as it is
at least one size larger than the rider. If it is carrying a rider, the
animal companion can use only its Speed.
Hit Points
Your animal companion gains a number of Hit Points equal to 6
plus its Constitution modifier for each level you have.
FAMILIARS
Familiars are mystically bonded creatures tied to your magic. Most
familiars were originally animals, though the ritual of becoming
a familiar makes them something more. You can choose a Tiny
animal you want as your familiar, such as a bat, cat, raven, or
snake. Some familiars are different, usually described in the ability
that granted you a familiar.
If your familiar dies, you can spend a week of downtime to replace
it at no cost. You can have only one familiar at a time.
Modifiers and AC
Your familiar’s save modifiers and AC are equal to yours before
applying bonuses or penalties. Its Perception, Acrobatics, and
Stealth modifiers are equal to your level plus your spellcasting
ability modifier (Charisma if you don’t have one, unless otherwise
specified). If it attempts an attack roll or other skill check, it uses
your level as its modifier. It doesn’t have or use its own ability
modifiers and can never benefit from item bonuses.
Hit Points
Your familiar has 5 Hit Points for each of your levels.
Senses
Your familiar has low-light vision and can gain additional senses
from familiar abilities. It can communicate empathically with you
as long as it’s within 1 mile of you, sharing emotions. It doesn’t
understand or speak languages normally, but it can gain speech
from a familiar ability.
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Movement
Your familiar has either a Speed of 25 feet or a swim Speed of 25
feet (choose one upon gaining the familiar).
It can gain other movement types from familiar abilities.
Familiar Abilities
Each day, you channel your magic into two abilities, which can
be either familiar or master abilities. If your familiar is an animal
that naturally has one of these abilities (for instance, an owl has
a fly Speed), you must select that ability. Your familiar can’t be an
animal that naturally has more familiar abilities than your daily
maximum familiar abilities.
Amphibious: It gains a swim Speed of 25 feet (or Speed of 25 feet
if it already has a swim Speed).
Burrower: It gains a burrow Speed of 5 feet, allowing it to dig Tiny
holes.
Climber: It gains a climb Speed of 25 feet.
Damage Avoidance: Choose one type of save. It takes no damage
when it succeeds at that type of save; this doesn’t prevent effects
other than damage.
Darkvision: It gains darkvision.
Fast Movement: Increase one of the familiar’s Speeds from 25 feet
to 40 feet.
Flier: It gains a fly Speed of 25 feet.
Manual Dexterity: It can use up to two of its limbs as if they were
hands to use manipulate actions.
Naturalist: It can understand and speak with animals of the same
species. To select this, your familiar must be an animal, it must
have the speech ability, and you must be at least 6th level.
Scent: It gains scent (imprecise, 30 feet).
Speech: It understands and speaks a language you know.
Spell Battery: You gain one additional spell slot at least 3 levels
lower than your highest-level spell slot; you must be able to cast
4th-level spells using spell slots to select this master ability.
Spell Delivery: If your familiar is in your space, you can cast a
spell with a range of touch, transfer its power to your familiar, and
command the familiar to deliver the spell. If you do, the familiar
uses its 2 actions for the round to move to a target of your choice
and touch that target. If it doesn’t reach the target to touch it this
turn, the spell has no effect.
BEASTS
The following pages contain statistics for various animals and
other critters. The stat blocks are organized alphabetically by
creature name.
Defeating a beast and monsters will grant experience according to
the table: Experience by CR Level on page 302.
This is just a sample list. More creatures can be found in the
Creature Reference Guide.
 Bat CR 0 Cat CR 0
Tiny beast, unaligned Tiny beast, unaligned

AC 12 HP 1 Speed 5 ft., fly 30 ft. AC 12 HP 2 Speed 40 ft., climb 30 ft.

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Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 11 Skills Perception +3, Stealth +4
Languages - Senses passive Perception 13
Str -4, Dex +2, Con -1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -3 Languages -
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Echolocation. The bat can’t use its blindsight while deafened. __________________________________________________________________________
Keen Hearing. The bat has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks Keen Smell. The bear has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that
that rely on hearing rely on smell.
Actions Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Keen Smell. The cat has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that
Hit: 1 piercing damage. rely on smell.
Actions
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1 slashing damage.

Boar CR 1/4
Dire Wolf CR 1
Medium beast, unaligned

AC 11 HP 11 Speed 40 ft.
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Senses passive Perception 9
Languages -
Str +1, Dex +0, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -3
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Charge. If the boar moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and
then hits it with a tusk attack on the same turn, the target takes an
extra 1d6 slashing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed
on a DC 11 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Relentless (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the boar takes 7
damage or less that would reduce it to 0 hit points, it is reduced to 1 hit
point instead.
Actions
Tusk. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d6 +1 slashing damage.
Large beast, unaligned
AC 16 HP 37 Speed 50 ft.
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Skills Perception +3, Stealth +4
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages -
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -2
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Keen Hearing and Smell. The wolf has advantage on Wisdom (Perception)
checks that rely on hearing or smell.
Pack Tactics. The wolf has advantage on an attack roll against a creature
if at least one of the wolf’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the
ally isn’t incapacitated.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2d6 +3 piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed
on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

Bear CR 1
Large beast, unaligned

AC 17 HP 34 Speed 40 ft., climb 30 ft.

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Dog CR 1/8
Medium beast, unaligned
Skills Perception +3
Senses passive Perception 13 AC 12 HP 5 Speed 40 ft.
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Languages -
Skills Perception +3
Str +4, Dex +0, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -2
Senses passive Perception 13
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Languages -
Keen Smell. The bear has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that
rely on smell. Str +1, Dex +2, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -2
Actions __________________________________________________________________________
Keen Hearing and Smell. The mastiff has advantage on Wisdom
Multiattack. The bear makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell.
its claws.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d8 +4 piercing damage.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 +1 piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed
Hit: 2d6 +4 slashing damage on a DC 11 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

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 Eagle CR 0 Giant Bat CR 1/4
Small beast, unaligned Large beast, unaligned

AC 12 HP 3 Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft. AC 13 HP 22 Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft.

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Skills Perception +4 Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 14
Senses passive Perception 14 Languages -
Languages - Str +2, Dex +3, Con +0, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -2
Str -2, Dex +2, Con +0, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha -2 __________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________ Echolocation. The bat can’t use its blindsight while deafened. Keen
Hearing. The bat has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that
Keen Hearing and Smell. The mastiff has advantage on Wisdom rely on hearing.
(Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell.
Actions
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature.
Keen Sight. The eagle has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks Hit: 1d6 +2 piercing damage.
that rely on sight.
Actions
Talons. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d4 +2 slashing damage.

Giant Boar CR 2
Elephant CR 4 Large beast, unaligned

Huge beast, unaligned AC 17 HP 42 Speed 40 ft.

AC 19 HP 76 Speed 40 ft.
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Senses passive Perception 10
Languages -
Str +6, Dex -2, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +0, Cha -2
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Trampling Charge. If the elephant moves at least 20 feet straight toward
a creature and then hits it with a gore attack on the same turn, that
target must succeed on a DC 12 Strength saving throw or be knocked
prone. If the target is prone, the elephant can make one stomp attack
against it as a bonus action.
Actions
Gore. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 3d8 +6 piercing damage.
Stomp. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 5 ft., one prone creature.
Hit: 3d10 +6 bludgeoning damage.
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Senses passive Perception 14
Languages -
Str +3, Dex +0, Con +3, Int -4, Wis -2, Cha -3
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Charge. If the boar moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and
then hits it with a tusk attack on the same turn, the target takes an
extra 7 (2d6) slashing damage. If the target is a creature, it must
succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Relentless (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the boar takes 10
damage or less that would reduce it to 0 hit points, it is reduced to 1 hit
point instead.
Actions
Tusk. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2d6 +3 slashing damage.

Elk CR 1/4 Giant Constrictor Snake CR 2

Large beast, unaligned
AC 10 HP 13 Speed 40 ft.
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Senses passive Perception 10
Languages -
Str +3, Dex +0, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +0, Cha -2
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Charge. If the elk moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then
hits it with a ram attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 7
(2d6) damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 13
Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Actions
Ram. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d6 +3 bludgeoning damage.
Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one prone creature.
Hit: 2d4 +3 bludgeoning damage.
Huge beast, unaligned
AC 18 HP 60 Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
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Skills Perception +2
Senses blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 12
Languages understands Zahhāfa but can’t speak
Str +4, Dex +2, Con +1, Int -5, Wis +0, Cha -4
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Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one creature.
Hit: 2d6 +4 piercing damage.
Constrict. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature.
Hit: 2d8 +4 bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC
16). Until this grapple ends, the creature is restrained, and the snake
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 Giant Eagle CR 1
Large beast, neutral good
AC 17 HP 26 Speed 10 ft., fly 80 ft.
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Skills Perception +4
Senses passive Perception 14
Languages understands Common and Avian but can’t speak
Str +3, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -1, Wis +2, Cha +0
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Keen Sight. The eagle has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks
that rely on sight.
Actions
Multiattack. The eagle makes two attacks: one with its beak and one with
its talons.
Beak. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d6 +3 piercing damage.
Talons. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2d6 +3 slashing damage..
Giant Goat CR 1/2
Large beast, unaligned
AC 11 HP 19 Speed 40 ft.
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Senses passive Perception 11
Languages -
Str +3, Dex +0, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -2
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Charge. If the goat moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and
then hits it with a ram attack on the same turn, the target takes an
extra 2d4 bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must
succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Sure-Footed. The goat has advantage on Strength and Dexterity saving
throws made against effects that would knock it prone.
Actions
Ram. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2d4 +3 bludgeoning damage.
Giant Hyena CR 2
Large beast, unaligned
AC 18 HP 45 Speed 50 ft.
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Skills Perception +3
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages understands Gnoll but can’t speak
Str +4, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -2
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Rampage. When the hyena reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a melee
attack on its turn, the hyena can take a bonus action to move up to half
its speed and make a bite attack.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2d6 +3 piercing damage.
Giant Octopus CR 1
Large beast, unaligned
AC 15 HP 52 Speed 10 ft., swim 60 ft.
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Skills Perception +4, Stealth +5
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
Languages -
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +1, Int -3, Wis +0, Cha -3
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Hold Breath. While out of water, the octopus can hold its breath for 1
hour.
Underwater Camouflage. The octopus has advantage on Dexterity
(Stealth) checks made while underwater. Water Breathing. The
octopus can breathe only underwater.
Actions
Tentacles. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit:
2d6 +3 bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it is grappled
(escape DC 16). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the
octopus can’t use its tentacles on another target.
Ink Cloud (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). A 20- foot-radius cloud
of ink extends all around the octopus if it is underwater. The area
is heavily obscured for 1 minute, although a significant current can
disperse the ink. After releasing the ink, the octopus can use the Dash
action as a bonus action.
Giant Scorpion CR 3
Large beast, unaligned
AC 19 HP 52 Speed 40 ft.
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Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages understands Insectid but can’t speak
Str +2, Dex +1, Con +2, Int -5, Wis -1, Cha -4
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Actions
Multiattack. The scorpion makes three attacks: two with its claws and
one with its sting.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d8 +2 bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled
(escape DC 12). The scorpion has two claws, each of which can
grapple only one target.
Sting. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature.
Hit: 1d10 +2 piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 12
Constitution saving throw, taking 4d10 poison damage on a failed save,
or half as much damage on a successful one.
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 Great Tiger CR 5
Huge beast, unaligned
AC 22 HP 85 Speed 50 ft.
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Skills Perception +5, Stealth +8
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages understands Common but can’t speak
Str +5, Dex +2, Con +3, Int +0, Wis +2, Cha -1
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Keen Smell. The tiger has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that
rely on smell.
Pounce. If the tiger moves at least 20 feet straight toward a creature
and then hits it with a claw attack on the same turn, that target must
succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. If the
target is prone, the tiger can make one bite attack as a bonus action.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2d6 +5 piercing damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2d8 +5 slashing damage.
Giant Shark CR 5
Huge beast, unaligned
AC 21 HP 126 Speed swim 50 ft.
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Skills Perception +3
Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages -
Str +6, Dex +0, Con +5, Int -5, Wis +0, Cha -3
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Blood Frenzy. The shark has advantage on melee attack rolls against any
creature that doesn’t have all its hit points.
Water Breathing. The shark can breathe only underwater.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 3d10 +6 piercing damage.
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Giant Spider CR 1
Large beast, unaligned
AC 14 HP 26 Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.
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Skills Stealth +7
Senses blindsight 10 ft., darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands Insectid but can’t speak
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +0, Cha -3
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Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside
down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Web Sense. While in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact
location of any other creature in contact with the same web.
Web Walker. The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by
webbing.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature.
Hit:1d8 +3 piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 11
Constitution saving throw, taking 2d8 poison damage on a failed save,
or half as much damage on a successful one. If the poison damage
reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but poisoned for
1 hour, even after regaining hit points, and is paralyzed while poisoned
in this way.
Web (Recharge 5–6). Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 30/60 ft.,
one creature. Hit: The target is restrained by webbing. As an action,
the restrained target can make a DC 12 Strength check, bursting
the webbing on a success. The webbing can also be attacked and
destroyed (AC 10; HP 5; vulnerability to fire damage; immunity to
bludgeoning, poison, and psychic damage).
Hatchling Long Dragon CR 2
Medium dragon, Neutral Good
AC 17 HP 48 Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft..
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Saving Throws Dex +4, Con +3, Wis +2, Cha +3
Skills Perception +4, Stealth +2
Damage Immunities Thunder, Lightning
Senses Blindsight 10 Ft., Darkvision 60 Ft., passive Perception 14
Languages Draconic
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +1, Int +0, Wis +0, Cha +1
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Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d10 +2
piercing damage plus 1d4 acid damage.
Lightning Breath The dragon exhales lightning in a 40-foot line that is
5 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 12 Dexterity
saving throw, taking 3d10 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as
much damage on a successful one.
 Lion CR 1
Large beast, unaligned
AC 12 HP 26 Speed 50 ft.
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Skills Perception +3, Stealth +6
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages -
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -1
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Keen Smell. The lion has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that
rely on smell. Pack Tactics. The lion has advantage on an attack roll
against a creature if at least one of the lion’s allies is within 5 feet of
the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated.
Pounce. If the lion moves at least 20 feet straight toward a creature
and then hits it with a claw attack on the same turn, that target must
succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. If the
target is prone, the lion can make one bite attack against it as a bonus
action.
Running Leap. With a 10-foot running start, the lion can long jump up to
25 feet.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d8 +3 piercing damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d6 +3 slashing damage.
Mammoth CR 6
Huge beast, unaligned
AC 22 HP 126 Speed 40 ft.
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Senses passive Perception 10
Languages -
Str +7, Dex -1, Con +5, Int -4, Wis +0, Cha -2
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Trampling Charge. If the elephant moves at least 20 feet straight toward
a creature and then hits it with a gore attack on the same turn, that
target must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or be knocked
prone. If the target is prone, the elephant can make one stomp attack
against it as a bonus action.
Actions
Gore. Melee Weapon Attack: +16 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target.
Hit: 4d8 +8 piercing damage.
Stomp. Melee Weapon Attack: +16 to hit, reach 5 ft., one prone
creature. Hit: 4d10 +8 bludgeoning damage.
Mule CR 1/8
Medium beast, unaligned
AC 10 HP 11 Speed 40 ft.
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Senses passive Perception 10
Languages -
Str +2, Dex +0, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +0, Cha -3
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Sure-Footed. The mule has advantage on Strength and Dexterity saving
throws made against effects that would knock it prone.
Actions
Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d4 +2 bludgeoning damage.
Rhinoceros CR 2
Large beast, unaligned
AC 18 HP 45 Speed 40 ft.
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Senses passive Perception 11
Languages -
Str +5, Dex -1, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -2
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Charge. If the rhinoceros moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target
and then hits it with a gore attack on the same turn, the target takes an
extra 2d8 +5 bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must
succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Actions
Gore. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2d8 +5 bludgeoning damage.
Riding Horse CR 1/4
Large beast, unaligned
AC 10 HP 13 Speed 60 ft.
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Senses passive Perception 10
Languages -
Str +3, Dex +0, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +0, Cha -2
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Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2d4 +3 bludgeoning damage.
Swarm of Bats CR 1/4
Medium swarm of Tiny beast, unaligned
AC 12 HP 22 Speed fly 30 ft.
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Skills Stealth +4
Damage Resistances Bludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing
Condition Immunities Charmed, Frightened, Grappled, Paralyzed,
Petrified, Prone, Restrained, Stunned
Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages -
Str -3, Dex +2, Con +0, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -3
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Echolocation. The swarm can’t use its blindsight while deafened.
Keen Hearing. The swarm has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks
that rely on hearing.
Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa,
and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny
bat. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain temporary hit points.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the
swarm’s space. Hit: 2d4 piercing damage, or 1d4 piercing damage if
the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.
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 Swarm of Insects CR 1/2
Medium swarm of Tiny beast, unaligned
AC 12 HP 22 Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft.
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Damage Resistances Bludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing
Condition Immunities Charmed, Frightened, Grappled, Paralyzed,
Petrified, Prone, Restrained, Stunned
Senses blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 8
Languages -
Str -4, Dex +1, Con +0, Int -5, Wis -2, Cha -5
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Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa,
and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny
insect. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain temporary hit points.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm’s
space. Hit: 4d4 piercing damage, or 2d4 piercing damage if the swarm
has half of its hit points or fewer.
Swarm of Rats CR 1/4
Medium swarm of Tiny beast, unaligned
AC 10 HP 24 Speed 30 ft.
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Damage Resistances Bludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing
Condition Immunities Charmed, Frightened, Grappled, Paralyzed,
Petrified, Prone, Restrained, Stunned
Senses darkvision 30 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages -
Str -1, Dex +0, Con -1, Int -4, Wis +0, Cha -4
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Keen Smell. The swarm has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks
that rely on smell.
Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa,
and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny
rat. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain temporary hit points.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm’s
space. Hit: 2d6 piercing damage, or 1d6 piercing damage if the swarm
has half of its hit points or fewer.
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Tiger CR 1
Large beast, unaligned
AC 12 HP 37 Speed 40 ft.
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Skills Perception +3, Stealth +6
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages -
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -1
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Keen Smell. The tiger has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that
rely on smell.
Pounce. If the tiger moves at least 20 feet straight toward a creature
and then hits it with a claw attack on the same turn, that target must
succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. If the
target is prone, the tiger can make one bite attack against it as a bonus
action.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d10 +3 piercing damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d8 +3 slashing damage.
Wolf CR 1/4
Medium beast, unaligned
AC 13 HP 11 Speed 40 ft.
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Skills Perception +3, Stealth +4
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages -
Str +1, Dex +2, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -2
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Keen Hearing and Smell. The wolf has advantage on Wisdom (Perception)
checks that rely on hearing or smell. Pack Tactics. The wolf has
advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the wolf’s
allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2d4 +2 piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed
on a DC 11 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Warhorse CR 1/2
Large beast, unaligned
AC 11 HP 19 Speed 60 ft.
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Senses passive Perception 11
Languages -
Str +4, Dex +1, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -2
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Trampling Charge. If the horse moves at least 20 feet straight toward a
creature and then hits it with a hooves attack on the same turn, that
target must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or be knocked
prone. If the target is prone, the horse can make another attack with its
hooves against it as a bonus action.
Actions
Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2d6 +4 bludgeoning damage.
THE SETTING
PLANES OF EXISTENCE
The cosmos teems with a multitude of worlds as well as myriad
alternate dimensions of reality, called the planes of existence. It
encompasses every world where GMs run their adventures, all
within the relatively mundane realm of the Material Plane.
Beyond that plane are domains of raw elemental matter and
energy, realms of pure thought and ethos, the homes of demons
and angels, and the dominions of the gods.
Many spells and magic items can draw energy from these planes,
summon the creatures that dwell there, communicate with their
denizens, and allow adventurers to travel there. As your character
achieves greater power and higher levels, you might walk on
streets made of solid fire or test your mettle on a battlefield where
The Fallen fought for control of Heaven.
Portals: A portal is a general term for a stationary interplanar
connection that links a specific location on one plane to a
specific location on another. Some Portals are like doorways, a
clear window, or a fog-- shrouded passage, and simply stepping
through it Effects the interplanar travel. Others are locations—
circles of standing stones, soaring towers, sailing ships, or even
whole towns—that exist in multiple planes at once or flicker from
one plane to another in turn.
Distance is a virtually meaningless concept on the Upper or Lower
Planes. The perceptible regions of the planes often seem quite
small, but they can also stretch on to what seems like infinity. It
might be possible to take a guided tour of the 9 Hells, from the
first layer to the ninth, in a single day—if the powers of the Hells
desire it. Or it could take weeks for travelers to make a grueling
trek across a single layer.

The Material Plane

The Material Plane, or the Mortal Realms, is the nexus where the
philosophical and elemental forces that define the other planes
collide in the jumbled existence of mortal life and mundane matter.
All fantasy gaming worlds exist within the Material Plane, making
it the starting point for most campaigns and adventures. The rest
of the multiverse is defined in relation to the Material Plane.
The worlds of the Material Plane are infinitely diverse, for they
reflect the creative imagination of the GMs who set their games
there, as well as the players whose heroes adventure there. They
include magic--wasted Desert planets and island--dotted water
worlds, worlds where magic combines with advanced technology
and others trapped in an endless Stone Age, worlds where the
gods walk and places they have abandoned.
Upper Planes
The Kingdom of Heaven is made up of the Upper Planes. They are
the planes with some element of good in their nature. Celestials of
good alignment such as angels dwell in the Upper Planes.
There are seven major planes that make up the Kingdom of
Heaven. They are The Empyrean, Paradise, Olympus, Asgard,
Aaru, Tian and Swarga Loka. Each of these planes has smaller
subdivisions within them called Inner Realms. These inner realms
are generally the domains of specific deities. For example, within
Asgard is the inner realm of Valhalla which is the domain of the
dwarven god Odin.

Beyond the Material

Beyond the Material Plane, the various planes of existence are
realms of myth and mystery. They’re not simply other worlds, but
different qualities of being, formed and governed by spiritual and
elemental principles abstracted from the ordinary world.

Planar travel
When adventurers travel into other planes of existence, they are
undertaking a legendary journey across the thresholds of existence
to a mythic destination where they strive to complete their quest.
Such a journey is the stuff of legend. Braving the realms of the
dead or seeking out the celestial servants of a deity will be the
subject of song and story for years to come.
Travel to the planes beyond the Material Plane can be accomplished
in two ways: by casting a spell or by using a planar portal.
Spells: A number of spells allow direct or indirect access to
other planes of existence. Plane Shift and Gate can transport
adventurers directly to any other plane of existence, with different
degrees of precision. Etherealness allows adventurers to enter the
Limbo and travel from there to any of the planes it touches.

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 kinGDoM of heaven
PARADISE: Promised Land, Gan Eden, Jennah
OLYMPUS: Elysium
ASGARD: Valhalla, Folkvangr
AARU: Tlalocan
TIAN: Takamagahara, Hunamoku
SWARGA LOKA: Vaikuntha, Orun Oke, The Summerland
*This is not a complete list

Lower Planes
The 9 Hells are made up of the Lower Planes. Planes with some
element of evil are the Lower Planes. Fiends such as demons and
devils dwell in the Lower Planes.
As the name suggests, there are nine major planes that make
up the 9 Hells. They are Purgatory, Gehenna, Jahannam, Naraka,
Diyu, Xibalba, Niflhel, Tartarus and the Abyss. Each of these planes
has smaller subdivisions within them called Inner Realms. These
inner realms are generally the domains of powerful Archdevils and
Demon Lords.

Transitive Planes 9 HELLS

LAYER RULER
The Netherworld is made up of the Transitive Planes. They are
mostly featureless realms that serve primarily as ways to travel Diyu King Yan
from one plane to another and act as judgment areas for arriving Naraka Kali
souls. Spells such as Etherealness and Astral Projection allow Purgatory Baphomet
characters to enter these planes and traverse them to reach the Gehenna Moloch
planes beyond.
Jahannam Iblis
They are the planes that separate the Heavenly Realms from the Xibalba Cizin
Mortal Realm and the 9 Hells. It is the plane that directly contacts
the Veil and acts as a border for all other planes of existence. Niflhel Surtur
Some of the transitive planes within the Netherworld are Limbo, Tartarus Cronus
Asphodel Meadows, Duat, Hades, Ikole Orun, Mourning Fields, Abyss Satan
Yomi-no-kuni and The Void.
that form a direct link to the other side. If one side is blocked or
aliGnMent destroyed, then the traveler will either appear at a random location
A plane’s Alignment is its essence, and a character whose or not be able to activate the doorway at all.
Alignment doesn’t match the plane’s experiences a profound The third method is to use certain powerful spells allow the user to
sense of dissonance there. When a good creature visits Elysium, enter the Veil or maybe even bypass the Veil entirely.
for example (a neutral good Upper Plane), it feels in tune with the
plane, but an evil creature feels out of tune and more than a little
uncomfortable. Pocket Universes

The Veil Between Worlds

The planes of existence are separated from each other by the
mystical barrier known as the Veil Between Words. This barrier
prevents movement between plans and other worlds.
There are however ways to traverse the Veil. The primary method
is to use the axis mundi (also know as the World Tree, Ygdrassil,
World Pillar, Holy Sycamore, Yaxche and Cosmic Axis, among
others). The axis mundi acts as a bridge that connects different
points across the planes. These locations are natural areas that
allow passage for those who know how to access them.
The second method is to use a magical gateway or portal in the
Veil as a doorway. This usually requires two connecting points
Pocket Universes are small extra dimensional spaces with their
own unique rules. They are pieces of reality that don’t seem to fit
anywhere else. Pocket Universes come into being by a variety of
means. Some are created by Spells, such as Pocket Universe, or
generated at the desire of a powerful deity or other force. They may
exist naturally, as a fold of existing reality that has been pinched
off from the rest of the multiverse, or as a baby universe growing
in power. A given Pocket Universe can be entered through a single
point where it touches another plane. Theoretically, a Plane Shift
spell can also carry travelers to a Pocket Universe, but the proper
frequency required for the tuning fork is extremely hard to acquire.
The gate spell is more reliable, assuming the caster knows of the
Pocket Universe.

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 MORTAL REALMS
EARTH
The Earth is the homeworld of the human race. After The Shearing
it is discovered that the Earth is a nexus world. A nexus world is
any mortal world that is directly connected to 4 or more other
worlds by the axis mundi.
The Earth has four known connections. Gaea, Nibiru, Svartalfheim
and Kimon. More connections are guessed to exist but haven’t
been confirmed.
History
Before the Veil mysteriously hardened some ancient humans
could use magic and powerful creatures still roamed the wilds.
The ancient humans had contact with many other races thanks to
Earth being a nexus world.
The dwarves mainly kept to themselves but they would trade
with the humans while the elves were mainly there as observers.
The kefali on the other hand were working tirelessly to convert
the entire human race to their Ma’at religion. When the elves
discovered what the kefali were doing, they shed their observer
position and took an active role in countering the kefali influence
by introducing the humans to their Olympian gods. It is unknown
how much, if any, contact humanity had with orcs before the Veil
hardened.
harDeninG of the veil
Throughout history it was always possible to traverse the Veil
Between Worlds using powerful magic or by finding one of the
Veil’s secret doorways. But then in the ancient past, the Veil began
to mysterious harden, making planer travel increasingly difficult.
Magic also began to fade as the mystical flow was cut off.
The kefali where the first to realize what was happening and
they abruptly pulled all of their houses back to their homworld.
Eventually the other races also came to the same realization and
followed suit.
Humans were suddenly left alone and with rapidly diminishing
magical powers. Stories of the gods and magic slowly faded into
myth and legend, that is, until the Shearing.
the shearinG of the veil
A catastrophic malfunction at the newly-upgraded Large Hadron
Collider unleashes titanic forces that shear away the veil between
worlds. The shattered veil creates a vacuum that pulls creatures
from connected worlds and scatters them across the earth.
Unsuspecting humanity is suddenly besieged on all sides by races
and monsters that where thought of as only myth and legend. Now
all too real, these creatures rampage across earth and it is up to
human survivors to reestablish their world before they are swept
away. The countries and borders that once existed have been
forgotten and local communities band together with little hope of
help from outside.
The initial bombardment of creatures was scattered and chaotic
as a result of the sudden shearing of the veil. But once the initial
waves calm, there become noticeable regions where certain
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 creatures and races are more likely to be found. pressure continues to mount with no relief in sight. They cant even
rely on their usual savior, the brutal Russian winter. It seems the
North America
colder it gets, the more aggressive the giants become. But even
In North America there is a higher than average concentration of their situation seems better than the unfortunate Japanese.
beasts and mutation. The kefali have a strong presence, mainly
The demons have come pouring out along the Ring of Fire and
the Kaakuush, Cyno, Feloran, Roahttu, Hissan and Tiraan. The orc
are carving a bloody path though everything they encounter. The
tribes quickly carved out small pockets of territory and focus on
Japanese islands along with most of the Pacific coastal countries
gathering as many of the golbins, koblods and troglodyte tribes
are slowly being overwhelmed by vicious orcs and their demonic
to their banner before making any push for more territory. Most
allies.
elves and dwarves have made alliances with the humans that they
encountered, mainly due to their relatable appearance and mutual Australia
enemies in the orcs and kefali. In Australia the kefali have establish a few small camps on the west
Thanks to the military and a heavily armed population, large coast and the orcs have a foothold in the north. However, most of
sections of the United States remain under human control. The the continent has escaped the Shearing relatively unscathed thus
north of Canada has been invaded by giants and much of the far.
surviving population has fled south to the relative safety of the
Americans. In what was Mexico, the cartels have taken over and Bionics
carved out small kingdoms of their own.
After the Shearing, human technology exploded with the addition
South America of magic to make more advanced cybernetics and mechanical
In South America there is an increasingly significant concentration enhancements. People that embraced this new cyber-tech and
of undead creatures. The humans are being driven out as waves of upgraded their bodies with it have become known as ‘Bionics’.
undead invade. Most of the human survivors have taken refuge in
the Andes mountains. Now the undead battle the kefali for control
of the lowlands.
The kefali houses of Avian, Feloran, Naga Insectid, Krokodil, Reptil
and Tortuga have spread surprisingly far and have actually found
followers in some of the human populations.
Europe
In Europe more elves and dwarves have appeared far more than
any other race. Most have allied themselves with humans but
not all have and there is skirmishes between the three races
constantly. Thanks to the numerous castles across Europe the
humans have found great success in repelling invaders but have
been unable to establish a strong push to secure more territory.
This may be due to the fragmented human factions each trying to
seize control and become the dominant faction, going so far as to
make war on each other.
Africa/Middle East
In Africa and the Middle East there is unceasing gorilla warfare as
the humans fight against the seemingly endless hordes of kefali.
The kefali have formed what they call a Golden Legion in what was
Turkey. The Golden Legion brings all of the major Houses together
to conquer in the name of Ma’at and bring their Divine Order to
the world. Thankfully for humanity, the kefali members of the Isfet
work in secret to undermine the Ma’at and sew chaos wherever
they can.
There are also growing reports of undead activity, especially
around Egypt. So far these rumors are unconfirmed.
Asia
In Asia there is a heavy kefali presence, mainly the houses of
Hathi, Primat, Feloran and Kaakuush, but not nearly has strong as
the Golden Legion in the Middle East. However there is the threat
that the kefali scattered across Asia will unite and carve a path to
join the Golden Legion. So far that doesn’t seem to be the case,
but the threat remains. In northern Asia the Hisaan roam until they
reach the frozen lands claimed by tough Russians.
The Russians are caught between a rock and a hard place being
the roving bands of kefali to the south, warring states of Europe to
the east and a growing invasion of ice giants from the north. So
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 GAEA
Homeworld of the Elves. It is made up of three continents and
countless islands. The three continents are Arcadia, Hyperborea,
and Luilekkerland.
Gaea is connected to Earth, Nibiru and by the World Tree and is
attached to the pocket universe called the Shadow Lands.
History
It is unknown who the first Elves were or how they had been
created. That has been lost to antiquity. Or perhaps the elves just
aren’t telling. Known Elven history doesn’t truly begin until the
Shadow Wars.
shaDow wars
Elves were originally all worshipers of The Light, and to many they
are called the Light Elves. But there were some who turned from
the Light and chose the Shadowed Path and thus became known
as the Shadow Elves.
The elves called their world Gaea and they lived in city-states
spread across countless islands. Those city-states made war on
each other constantly, trying to forge an empire. But none could
conquer more than a few cities before either being defeated or
losing control of captured cities.
It is unknown whom or what corrupted the first elves but it is
believed that the first elf leader to turn away from The Light was a
mighty king named Radamanthas. He began by convincing other
city-states to make him their ruler by proclaiming that he was
going to unify the elven people. The Taranis was quick to ally with
Radamanthas and made war on his neighbors. Those that did not
peacefully submit to Radamanthas’ rule were then subject to King
Taranis’ armies.
As more cities fell to the two rulers, Queen Scatha and King
Laomedon joined the alliance and the four rules began their
conquest in earnest.
King Radamanthas continued to convince cities to join him without
fighting while King Taranis made war on everyone he could. King
Laomedon used his powers over nature to bring famine and plague
to the crops of his enemies and forced them to surrender.
During one of the first battles Queen Scatha was struck down. But
her sorcerous powers brought her back from the dead and she
arose as the even more powerful Lich Queen. With her ‘newfound’
necromancer powers she brought all of the dead back to serve in
her now undead armies. It is said using powerful blood magic she
created the first Vampires to act as her generals for all eternity.
Centuries passed and the war raged on. During that time the
corruption became apparent but by then it was too late, many
cities were under their control.
When it was discovered that the four rules had fallen to Shadow all
the remaining city-states rallied together to defeat them. But even
their combined might was not enough to defeat the Shadowed
Ones. The four rules were too powerful; nothing could stand before
them as they led their armies into battle. Thus they became known
as the Harbingers, for everywhere they went, death followed.
It wasn’t until the legendary Archdruid Dagda consulted with The
Oracle that he discovered a way to stop them. The Oracle foretold
that the Harbingers would bathe the world in blood and fire and
that they could not be defeated. But they could be trapped.
So together with Grand Archmage Janus Urelius, Supreme
Sorceress Phyllis, the Chief Priests, Magi, and Druids, Archdurid
Dagda cast his Binding spell, trapping The Four behind The Seven
Seals forever.
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 In honor of the first Archdruid every one after takes the title ‘The But the humans were not alone. The elves discovered the hated
Dagda’ and is the Chief Watcher of the Seals. kefali were already there, seeding their religion across the globe
and showing the primitive humans how to build pyramids to
With the Shadowed Ones defeated, the elves elected Archon Ard-
worship them.
Tiarna as the first Grand Archon of the Aos Si. Ard-Tiarna had held
off the forces of The Four longer than any other and it was agreed Seeing how similar the two races were, the Atlanteans decided to
that she was the best choice to protect them from any future break the Code and interact with the humans to try and thwart
corruption. the kefali. They introduced some humans to their Pantheon of
Olympians and taught them many things. Other elven nations
A desolate pocket universe that had been discovered during the
also traveled to Earth and interacted with the humans, including
war became the prison for the Shadowed Elves. Any elf convicted
Avalon, the mysterious Isle of Seers.
of consorting with the Shadow was cast out. These plane became
known as the Shadow Lands. There was a minor scandal when the Stewards discovered that
some elves had been fornicating with humans and had actually
Years passed and the elves enjoyed a long stretch of relative peace
had children, including the Tuath Dé.
as they slowly recovered from the devastating Shadow Wars.
But before too long (by elf standards) the elves noticed that it
But it was not to last.
was becoming increasingly difficult to move across the Veil. After
many tests the elves discovered that the Veil was hardening. Soon
Kefali Invasion it would become impossible to travel to other worlds. So to avoid
The kefali arrived suddenly and without warning when a rift being trapped, the island nations withdrew and returned to Gaea.
appeared on the island nation of Annwn and hordes of animal-like
beings poured out and viciously attacked the elves. The elves were The Shearing
caught completely off guard and Annwn quickly fell.
The elves remained on Gaea, unable to travel to other worlds for
Among the animal beings that attacked were what the elves thousands of years. Until there was a cataclysmic event upon
named centaurs and minotaurs. The elves only heard the true the connected world that pulled elves and in some cases, whole
names for a few houses from the kefali themselves, one was the islands to Earth.
name of the Cynocephali dog soldiers and the faun was another.
Depending on where the elves were pulled to, the humans they
But those kefali creatures were not alone, for the Avatars of their
first encountered may be hostile or friendly. Thanks to humans
gods walked among them. They called themselves the Ma’at.
and elves looking very similar, the elves mostly find fast allies with
And they believed in what they called the Divine Order. The kefali
humans. This is not always the case however and a few bitter
believed that the only way to establish Order in the Universe was
rivalries have formed between the two races.
for the kefali to rule it all.
Thanks to their long life spans, some of the most ancient elves
The elves rallied together and with the aid of their Olympian
still remember humans and Earth. Although those memories
gods, made war with the invaders. After a long and bitter war, the
may as well be of a different species due to the human’s rapid
elves were victorious and finally forced the Ma’at gods and their
technological advancement since the elve’s withdrawal.
kefali followers back through the rift. The kefali retreated to their
homeworld before the Olympians blocked the doorway the kefali Most notably is the island city-state of Atlantis has returned to
had used upon Annwn, sealing Gaea from the kefali. Earth in the Atlantic Ocean and now acts as a stronghold for the
elves.
But not all kefali escaped before Gaea was shielded. The elves
showed ‘mercy’ to these abandoned kefali and exiled them to a
pair of islands that had been ruined during the war. Kefali remain Synth-Elves
there to this day. There are stories that bands of centaur roam the After the Shearing, a rare number of elves embraced human
forests of Arcadia but the Wood Elves deny such rumors. technology and used it to enhance their own bodies through
cybernetic implants. The vast majority of elves look on in disgust
Stewards at these so called ‘Synth-Elves’ and any elf with any modifications
are generally shunned by other elves.
Once the kefali threat had been defeated, the elves discovered
how to traverse the Veil themselves. An organization was created
with the purpose of overseeing the use of the Veil and to report on
whatever was discovered. Shadow Lands
The Stewards were founded and using their powerful magic, they A pocket universe connected to Gaea where the elves send those
began to explore what they called the World Tree that allowed convicted of consorting with the Shadow. Little is know of this
passage across the Veil. The Stewards established the Code that dark realm. Those that are banished there have never returned.
decreed that the elves should have no contact with the inhabitants
of any world they discovered. They were to observe only. But not
all of the explorers adhered to the Code.
The first world discovered was called Earth and was populated by
being called humans that looked remarkably similar to the elves.
Eventually entire islands nations would be dragged across the Veil
to monitor this world by the island city of Atlantis,
The humans of Earth were remarkably similar to the elves, the
major differences were they did not live nearly as long as elves
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 NIBIRU
SEVEN CITIES OF GOLD
GOLDEN CITY HOUSE RULER
Cahokia Kaakuush Chief Taza
Nibiru is the homeworld of the kefali. There is one primary Cibola Cynocephali Pack Master Salar Shadowfang
continent with a sea in the center and a smaller continent in the Kalapa Hathi Prime Matriarch Varunavi
south eastern corner. It is divided into seven major countries, each Mahoroba Primat The Great Ape
ruled from one of the Seven Cities of Gold.
Paititi Avian Great Speaker Tlatoani
Nibiru is connected to Earth, Gaea and Byyu by the axis mundi. Quivira Gurkan Ratel Lords
Thenis Feloran Pharaoh Cormak
History The Ma’at were always in male-female pairs and there were so
many Ma’at that some creatures had several gods representing
creation Myth them.

In the beginning there was only Atum until He formed the Egg of
Creation. Atum stuck the Egg and it hatched, spewing Chaos and
giving birth the universe.
From the primordial soup of Chaos the first gods emerged. A huge
group of these gods joined together in an effort to create Order
from the Chaos. They called themselves the Ma’at but none of
them could decide who should be the leader of this new Order.
It wasn’t until a group of four male-female pairs of Ma’at joined
together into the Ogdoad and created the god Amun-Ra to be their
leader.
With Amun-Ra at their head, the Ma’at strode forth into the
swirling sea of new creation and discovered a world full of mortal
creatures. Seeing the world as a good place to start their new
Order the Ma’at took on the forms of their chosen animals and
began shaping them into their own. The gods eventually took on
personalizes of the creatures they took the forms of.
It should be noted that there is a theological debate amongst the
kefali wether the gods took on the animal’s traits or the animals
took the god’s traits.
Time passed and Atum watched as the various creatures evolved
and one grew to dominate the others. This superior life form
was then chosen as the basis for The Ideal Template. Seeing
the superiority of the new shape, the Ma’at changed their forms
and those of their mortal followers to more closely resemble The
Template. Some gods kept more aspects of their animals while
others kept very little.
But not all the gods agreed on how their people should be handled.
Some wanted a definite structure and more Order to things. While
others believed they should be able to do whatever they pleased.
The Ma’at quarreled and eventually led to war.
When the War in Heaven broke out, some Ma’at took the opportunity
to abandoned Order and follow Chaos. They became known as the
Isfet and their leader was the Great Serpent God Apep. But not all
the Ma’at wanted to fight. Some chose to flee while others joined
different groups of gods to seek refuge in their Realms including
Ganesh, Narasimba, and Cerberus.
The war eventually ended and found the Ma’at and their allies
victorious. Those of the Isfet were cast into the Abyss to remain
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 The world of the Ma’at became known as Nibiru and grew to house
many powerful kingdoms. The mortal followers of the Ma’at on
this world were called the kefali.
However, the ancient remains of the mysterious O’Saur civilization
challenges the common belief that the kefali were the first to be
given the Template.
Seven Cities of Gold were constructed to honor the gods and
these mighty cities became the foundations of kefali culture and
the seats of the Great Houses that controlled them. Legends
speak of an Eighth golden city underwater, but these rumors are
unconfirmed.
The First Golden Legion
Legend tells that a mythical Naga sorceress named Sassandri
discovered a way to create a doorway to another world. Upon
learning of this doorway, some of the ancient kefali rulers believed
this was a sign from their gods. They took it as a divine sign that
they were tasked with spreading their Ma’at religion to other
worlds. The kefali believed the best way to bring Order to the
universe was to conquer it all.
For the first time in their history, all kefali Houses joined together
under one banner. This created what became known as the First
Golden Legion and it was lead by the legendary Feloran ruler,
Pharaoh Khurn.
The portal Sassandri had created led to a hot and swampy world
populated by numerous tribes of barbaric creatures. The kefali
assault was fast and brutal and the local inhabitants were quickly
brought to heel. The local creatures called themselves troglodytes
and referred to their world with a word the kefali interpreted as
Byyu and that is how the world became know. Within a few short
years the Golden Legion had crushed the last resistance upon
Byyu and the entire world was under the kefali’s control.
After a time a portal was discovered upon Byyu and this one lead to
a small, barren world that was populated by a civilization of small,
scaly creatures that were much more organized than the tribes
upon Byyu. These creatures we called kobolds and they where
cunning and rode wyverns into battle. The kobolds worshiped
mighty dragons that also called that world home. This was the
kefali’s first encounter with dragons and it did not go well for the
mighty Golden Legion. The dragons proved a fearsome foe and
countless kefali warriors fell, but the Ma’at gods came to the aid
of the battered followers. With the help of the gods and a second
legion of reenforcements, the kefali were able to push the kobolds
back and seize much of the worlds surface.
The kefali called it a victory even though the war never really
ended, and they continued discovering worlds and conquering
them to bring their Divine Order to the universe. They might have
succeeded had it not been for the elves.
Gaea Invasion
As the kefali’s dominance grew so did their confidence. When their
sorcerers discovered a new portal upon their homeworld of Nibiru,
a new Golden Legion was formed and immediately sent through to
crush whatever peoples lived there.
This new world was called Gaea and it was the home of the elves.
At first the kefali invasion was a brilliant success with several of
the elven island-cities falling swiftly to the invaders. But, travel
across the oceans to each new island was slow and it gave the
elves time form a proper defense.
The kefali quickly discovered that these elves were unlike any
creatures they had met before, they were extremely intelligent and
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had a mastery of magic that even surpassed House Naga and
House Feloran. What was more, the elves had powerful gods of
their own who contested the Ma’at. These Olympian gods aided
the elves and proved a match for even the most powerful of the
Ma’at.
The war ground to a standstill for many years with neither side
able to gain an advantage. Until radicalized followers of the Isfet
betrayed their fellow kefali and opened a hole in their defensive
line. The elves immediately seized the opportunity and finally
broke the stalemate. The Golden Legion was not able to recover in
time and the kefali were eventually forced back to the portal from
whence they had come.
The once-mighty Golden Legion was shattered and fled back
through the open portal to the safety of their homeworld. The elves
didn’t follow, instead they sealed the portal so that the kefali could
never return.
A New Age
After their humiliating defeat by the elves, the kefali decided that
war was not the only way to conquer a world. And so they began a
new campaign, one of conversion.
The next world they discovered was place called Earth. At firs
the kefali were alarmed upon seeing the human inhabitance,
mistaking them for elves. But once they realized the humans
were not their hated enemy they began a methodical campaign to
slowly influence the human population into following their ways.
Many different groups of kefali began cults all across Earth.
The kefali had nearly uncontested influence of the human race
for centuries until the elves arrived. The elves realized what the
kefali were doing and worked against them. Unbeknownst to the
humans, a war was raging for the hearts and souls of humanity.
The silent war was in full swing when the first kefali sorcerers
noticed that traversing the Veil was becoming increasingly
difficult. It was with great horror that they came to discover that
the Veil was hardening. The kefali rulers believed the Veil would
harden but eventually open back up and so they decided to
pull back most of their assets upon earth and leave only a few
operatives to maintain their influence. However, the kefali did not
expect the hardening to block the flow of magic to Earth. Even
the divine powers from the gods was stifled and with no magic or
divine powers to reassure them, the humans began to lose faith.
The kefali tried to maintain control of all the worlds they had
conquered but as the centuries passed, and no reenforcements
came, each world broke free of their kefali overlords.
Eventually the kefali themselves forgot about traveling to other
worlds and stories of the Golden Legions were little more than
fairy tails told to children.
The Shearing
That all changed the moment the veil was shattered. The ancient
portals came alive once more and the great kefali Houses put
aside their rivalries to join together. The Golden Legions are on
the march once again and this time they will finished what their
forbears started.
Augmented Kefali
After the Shearing, the kefali were exposed to the alien human
technology. Some Houses quickly saw the advantage of such
devices and began experimenting on upgrading themselves with
magically supplemented servo-limbs and advanced weaponry.
 SVARTALFHEIM
Svartalfheim is the homeworld of the dwarves. It has one primary
landmass with a few smaller
Svartalfheim is connected to Earth and Kimon by Ygdrassil.

History
The first dwarf created by the Æsir was Motsognir. He was carved
out of solid stone from the heart of the world. Legend says he was
eight feet tall with a flame red beard, some legends say its beard
was actual flame, and that he could control stone with a thought.
Motsognir burrowed to the center of the world and with the help
of the Æsir gods, built the great city of Holy Agartha that would
become the seat of the Dwarf Empire. After seeing how powerful
he was, the gods decided to make all other dwarves less. That is DWARF EMPIRE
why they are short and broad. CAPITAL Holy Agartha
The second dwarf carved by the gods was Durinn the Mighty, who SUPREME RULER Emperor Otognar Durinnson
would later unify the Clans under one banner and create the Great DOMINANT RELIGION Church of the Allfather
Dwarf Empire. SYMBOL AEgishjalmr
MEMBER STATES Kingdom Above, Empire Below
Durinn the MiGhty
Durinn the Mighty is the legendary Second Dwarf, after Motsognir,
and is considered the Father of the Dwarves. favored of the gods.

Legend has it that Durinn assisted the Gods in carving the first Having no clan of his own, Durinn used the secrets of Carving he
hundred dwarves out of the Living Stone. Those hundred dwarves had learned from the gods to craft his own wives. And thus Durinn
formed into the first ten clans. began his own clan.

But the clans soon made war on each other to gain the favor of the Even though it pained him greatly, when Durinn’s Clan was strong
gods. Durinn saw this and was dismayed. He tried in vein to make enough he led them to conquer the other clans.
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 the ferocious orcs and demonic muspell.
RULING CLANS
MOUNTAIN CAPITAL RULER
Muspell and the First Orc War
Anvilborn* Burdr Geirr King Varnir Anvilborn
There is a debate between dwarf scholars over which came
Armorthrone* Skjaldborg King Olaf Armorthrone
first. Some say the muspell were summoned by the Jotun and
Bloodletter Ban Amadr King Angus Bloodletter they brought their orc slaves with them. While others believe the
Deepmine* Djupr King Nyrath Deepmine orcs had always been Above but it wasn’t until they discovered
Doomtooth Fenrisulfr King Ragnar Doomtooth a way to summon the muspell that they began trying to conquer
the Empire. The muspell are also known as Fire Giants, or more
Durinnson* Agartha Emperor Otognar Durinnson
commonly, demons.
Goldenhall* Gulsalr King Norri Goldenhall
For a thousand years the dwarves fought the orcs and their
Keepbuilder* Borg Kastali King Hakon Keepbuilder
summoned allies but it seemed as soon as the dwarves defeated
Lightningbringer* Duna Foera King Vestri Lightningbringer one tribe another would appear. Eventually the Empire was hard
Silvermace Eyrir King Suri Silvermace pressed by a massive alliance of muspell and orcs when the great
Warblade* Ofrior King Austri Warblade Dwarf Lord Hreidmar went before the Emperor and asked for
permission to lead an army to the surface to face the enemy.
*Founding Clan
Up until this time the dwarves had only defended their deep
HILL CAPITAL RULER fortress-cities, never leaving the safety of their underground
Chainbreaker Nidavellir King Reidmarr Chainbreaker empire. Emperor Bjorn II agreed and Hreidmar took four whole
Firecaller Brennad Thane Frosti Firecaller clans Above to do battle. After nearly one hundred years of brutal
fighting Hreidmar and his clans finally defeated the orc Warchief
Flintstriker Logitaka Thane Suthri Flintstriker
BloodFist at Trogar’s Gap and crushed their demonic alliance.
Hardhelm Hjalmstallr Thane Nyr Hardhelm
Linecracker Brjota Thane Thekk Linecracker Second Golden Age
Swiftaxe Fljotr Sokn Thane Ginnar Swiftaxe
Seeing how the Empire was vulnerable from Above, Hreidmar
Thunderstone Steinn Duna Thane Sven Thunderstone petitioned the Emperor and asked that some clans be allowed to
Tinsickle Hof Run Thane Finn Tinsickle live Above so they could protect the mountain halls from burrowing
Towershield Gneafahlif Thane Fraeg Towershield enemies. Bjorn II refused.
However, Hreidmar was wise and he believed living Above was
Amalgamation War the best way to protect his people. So he took the clan Lords of
the four clans that had battled beside him and again asked the
Seven of the clans yielded to Durinn but one, Clan Cinderbeard Emperor to let them leave. Again he was refused.
refused to yield and were completely destroyed. The remaining two
clans disappeared from history. None now know what happened With typical dwarf stubbornness, Hreidmar did what he thought
to them. best and took his clans and left. When Emperor Bjorn II heard this
he sent an army to bring Hreidmar and his wayward clans back,
Once unified under Durinn, the dwarves proclaimed him the but by the time Bjorn’s army reached the surface, Hreidmar and
First Emperor of the Dwarven Empire. Durinn decreed that from his forces had already locked themselves inside the fortresses
henceforth no dwarf shall make war with another because they they had used during the last orc war.
were all cut from the same rock, and were thus brothers.
Seeing no other choice Bjorn’s forces besieged the rebel
All dwarven clans trace their lineage back to one of the original fortresses. But being unaccustomed to fighting Above, Bjorn’s
eight founding clans. army was quickly routed and fled back underground. Years passed
Three of the original clans were destroyed in the Amalgamation and Bjorn made several other attempts to regain the lost clans.
War, but the remaining seven bent the knee to Durinn and named But he was never successful. Sometime later a large army of Frost
him Emperor. Giants arose from the south and made war with one of the deep
cities. After much fighting it was clear the dwarves couldn’t hold
First Golden Age out much longer. It was then Hreidmar and his people came to the
aid of the besieged city and defeated the Frost Giants.
The symbol of the new Empire was the AEgishjalmr. It’s eight
spears radiating out from a central point, representing the clans’ However the battle was not won without cost, for in the final
unification and defense of the new Empire. It is known in the battle, the Frost Giant King Drofn killed Emperor Bjorn II in a duel
Common tongue as the Helm of Awe. It also became the name of before King Drofn himself was slain by Lord Hreidmar. In gratitude
the crown of the Emperor. Legend says that whoever looks upon for saving the city, Bjorn’s son, and new Emperor Haldor the
the Emperor’s Helm becomes paralyzed with fear. Sunbringer, decreed that any dwarf who wished to live Above was
allowed to do so. Emperor Haldor then established the Kingdom
Except for the occasional skirmish with the Jotun and their giants, Above and made Hreidmar its King.
those days were ones of prosperity for the dwarves as the gods
walked among us and we grew into a powerful nation. Many Four other Clans chose to join Hreidmar‘s four to keep the
consider this the First Golden Age. With the help of the Æsir, the foundation of eight clans like when the Empire had been founded
first Rune Lords created the great Portal Stones that connected by Durinn. Together they formed the Kingdom Above. From then on
all of the major dwarf cities. It was also in those times that the King Hreidmar became known as The Chainbreaker for breaking
legendary Rune Smith Dvalin Swordforger taught the famous away from the Empire and his clan also took on the name.
smiths the Sons of Ivaldi his craft, and they created many King Hreidmar took his new Chainbreaker Clan and founded
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seven Clan Lords each founded fortress-cities of their own and
each took the title of Thane. They pledged their allegiance to King
Hreidmar who in turn pledged his allegiance to the Emperor. This
is considered the start of the Second Golden Age.
Crusade
The Second Golden Age lasted for over two thousand years until
a great host of orcs attacked the Empire. This was not any normal
orc host because nearly every orc tribe had gathered under one
mighty oni war chief to make war on the dwarves. The Kingdom
lost several fortresses to the combined might of the orc tribes.
When asked for help, Emperor Dolgathar refused to aid the
Kingdom. Believing the orcs were only a minor threat to the
Kingdom and no threat at all to the Empire. But upon the sacking
of a Kingdom stronghold, the orcs discovered an underground
highway leading to the Empire city of Doffheim. The orcs destroyed
the city and slaughtered its inhabitants.
Emperor Dolgathar’s sister lived in Doffheim and upon hearing the
news of its destruction, Dolgathar flew into a rage. He immediately
called for a crusade against the orcs and their vile Warlord Grug
the Rotten.
With a massive crusade army at his back, Emperor Dolgathar
met the orc hoards in an underground chamber complex called
Odin’s Forrest for its massive stone pillars. The dwarves had
the advantage fighting underground but the orc hoard was so
immense that the outcome was uncertain. It wasn’t until Emperor
Dolgathar himself met Grug the Rotten on the field of battle and
slew him in single combat that the orcs finally lost heart and were
defeated.
Seeing the ruin such a large force of orcs could bring, Dolgathar
decided to continue his crusade. So he took his army and did
something no other Emperor had done before, he went Above.
Gathering every dwarf he could along the way, Dolgathar soon
amassed an enormous host the likes of which had never been see
before or since. With his crusade ready he made war with the orcs
and destroyed each of their tribes one by one. But this was not an
easy thing to do because the orcs were spread across the whole of
the world and not only were there orcs to fight, but there was also
the threat of goblinkind, giants, and other beasts.
The crusaded lasted for over one hundred years before the orcs
were so hard-pressed that they were forced to do something that
they had never done before; they all joined together in common
cause to defeat Dolgathar and his crusade.
But they were not alone for they had called for help as well. The evil
orc warlocks used all of their sorcerous powers and summoned
legions of muspell to aid them.
With defeat looming, the last of the orcs massed on the Fields
of Gorthak just outside their last and greatest settlement. Their
numbers, combined with the demons, where overwhelming. The
now battle-hardened dwarves had never seen an army of such
size before. The orcs and muspell swarmed over the hills and
fields like a living carpet.
Undeterred, Emperor Dolgathar attacked. The battle lasted for
seven days and seven nights. On dawn of the eight day the dwarves
finally achieved victory, although they had suffered catastrophic
losses, including Emperor Dolgathar himself.
The orcs had been utterly annihilated and Dolgathar became
known from then on as The Orc Slayer. His two sons decided that
nothing like this should ever happen again. The eldest son, Hannar
Orcsbane became Emperor and decreed that a new order would
be created with the sole purpose of hunting down and destroying
every last orc and demon that had escaped the slaughter. And so
The Imperial Order of Wardens was created with Hannar’s younger
brother Finn Demonslayer named as the first High Warden.
The Order of Wardens became primarily a demon hunting order
since the orcs are all but extinct. The Order slowly faded into
obscurity as the orcs were made extinct and the Muspell attacks
ceased The Wardens were very secretive and now have become
a thing of legend as many don’t even believe the Order exists
anymore.
Recent History
Total victory over the orcs was over five thousand years ago.
Since the orcs were vanquished, that made room on the surface
for more dwarf colonies to take shape and expand the Kingdom
Above. That expansion has been slow and is still ongoing due to
the unintended consequences of the void being left by the orcs
that has been aggressively filled in by the giants and goblinkind.
The Empire Dwarves have also established their own fortresses
above ground to protect their mountain halls and the Kingdom
Dwarves spread farther out into the low lands. The Empire has
grown to dominate the entire Ironband Mountain Range.
Eventually the dwarves of the Kingdom Above became known as
the Hill Clans because many of them lived in the hills around the
great mountain ranges. While the Empire Dwarves became more
commonly known as the Mountain Clans because of them all
living deep inside their mountains.
The Shearing
When the Veil Between Worlds was shattered it caused chaos
across Svartalfheim. Whole villages have vanished in an instant
and new monsters have appeared in the heart of the Empire. The
only safe place seems to be the fortress cites that have rune-
protected walls. But even those are not proof against all the
creatures that appear out of mists.
During the events of the Shearing, it is revealed that the Order
of Wardens still exists. The Order has been working in secret for
millennium and not only includes dwarves, but elves, kefali and
most surprisingly, orcs.
Steam Dwarves
After the Shearing, some injured dwarves on Earth used archaic
steam technology combined with runes to build new limbs to
replace lost appendages. The mechanical parts became so
popular among the dwarves that some even purposefully removed
fully-functioning limbs for the sole purpose to be fitted with a
mechanical replacement. These ‘Steam Dwarves’ have become a
sub-class of dwarven society.
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 KIMON
Kimon is the homeworld of the orcs. It is made up of an unknown
number of continents and was once considered a paradise. Now,
most of the surface is a blasted wasteland covered in lava flows
and volcanoes.
Kimon is connected to Earth and Svartalfheim by the World Pillars.
More connections are suspected but unconfirmed.
History
Little is known about Kimon. What is known is that at some point
in the ancient past, the noble orc civilization fell under the sway
of demons and have been bound to their hellish overlords ever
since. However, a few tribes escaped being enslaved and now live
in hunted exile.
Kimon is divided into numerous warring shogunates all vying to sit
upon the Jaaku Throne. The throne is mainly a status symbol as
the demons are the true rulers of Kimon.
orc tribes
There are four distinct species of orc.
Green Orc. These are the most common species of orc and are
usually identified simply as orcs. They are more numerous than
all the other species combined. As their name suggests, their skin
some shade of green. They are large and muscular and make up
the backbone of the orc armies.
Black Orc. These orcs are generally smaller than their Green Orc
cousins but what they lack in size they make up for in magical
power. Black Orcs are primarily the priests and sorcerers of orc
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society. Legends tell that the Black Orcs were once Green Orc that
had their souls stained from the uses of dark magics.
Oni. Not fully orcs, the oni have demon heritage mixed into their
orc bloodline. They are usually larger and more cunning than the
Green Orc and have a reddish tint to their skin.
Blue Orc. These orcs are the rarest of all. Some believe that there
is no such thing as a Blue Orc. They are said to be natural leaders
and the most intelligent of all orcs. Rumor has it that the leader of
the orc resistance is a Blue Orc.
soul sworDs
Blades of incredible power, Soul Swords were crafted by the
powerful Muramasa Tribe of Oni. Made of tamahagane, they can
cut through nearly anything. Only enchanted items and Dwarf
Steel can withstand their bite.
Soul Swords are not sentient but they do attune to their wielders.
This attunement can be felt by a new wielder and is often mistaken
for an evil sentience when in reality it is merely the echoes of the
evil deeds committed with the blade.
cyborc
After the Shearing, many orcs embraced human technology and
used it to fabricate mechanical upgrades for themselves. These
cybernetically enhanced orcs or ‘Cyborcs’ are a rapidly growing
subset of the orc species.
 FACTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS
There are countless factions and organizations spread across
the worlds within the DarkEnergy Universe. A few of the more
prominent ones are listed below.
iMPerial orDer of warDens
Demon Hunters
leaDer: hiGh warDen bJorn thunDersnow
heaDquarters: warDencliff (location unknown)
The Order of Wardens was formed over 5,000 years ago by Emperor
Hannar Orcsbane to protect, not just the dwarven Empire, but all of
Svartalfheim from the demonic Muspell and the bloodthirsty orcs
that summoned them.
The first Wardens learned that secrecy was their strongest ally
against the demons and so they became a secret order that
worked primarily from the shadows. Knowing about the Order was
strictly on a need-to-know basis. Usually when a team of Wardens
was working in a city, it was only the King or Jarl who knew they
were there.
The Order slowly faded into obscurity as the orcs were made
extinct and the demon attacks ceased. The ancient Wardens were
so secretive and had become a thing of myth and legend as many
don’t even believe the Order ever really existed. The Wardens of
today would like to keep it that way and are fiercely protective of
their secret order.
Today the Order of Wardens is not just made up of dwarves, but
many races as they battle demons on worlds near and far. Dwarves
and elves make up the majority of members but there is also a
large percentage of kefali and a surprising number of orcs as well.
The Order is heavily involved in aiding the orc resistance upon
their homeworld of Kimon. Wardens find fertile recruiting ground
amongst the orc resistance fighters. After training them, the new
orc Wardens are sent back to Kimon to recruit more orcs to the
resistance and destroy the demons.
During the Shearing, a team of Wardens reached Earth and aided
a group of humans in defeating a nephilim named Anak. One
of those humans, Mike Strazney later became the first human
Warden in over 2,000 years.
Since the Shearing, demonic forces have increased their influence
and are assaulting every world. The Wardens are constantly
countering demonic incursions but they are getting stretched thin.
steel city GuarD
Pittsburgh Armed Forces
leaDer: General aDaMs
heaDquarters: PittsburGh, earth
The city of Pittsburgh, in what was once the United States, became
known simply as the Steel City by most of its residents after the
Shearing. The survivors condensed the remaining police, military
personnel and combat experienced citizens into a single security
force. This new Guard has become the backbone of the human
defenses in and around the Steel City.
The Steel City Guard is comprised of a corps of infantry, three tank
companies and a squadron of AC-130 gunships. There are also
numerous support vehicles and aircraft. The command center of
the Guard forces is the Duquesne II, a heavily armed, flying castle.
The Duquesne II is a star fort pattern castle that has been heavily
modified with modern armaments and advanced technology. The
fortress is kept aloft by powerful gravity stones, also know as
gravity crystals, that are attached to the rocky base of the fortress
structure. The Duquese II isn’t just a military fortress but also
secretly houses a powerful artefact.
CHUrCH oF THe AllFATHer
Primary Religion of the Dwarves
leaDer: hiGh Priest
heaDquarters: teMPle of oDin, holy aGartha
The Church of the Allfather is the only officially-recognized religion
of the Dwarven Empire. Countless cults exist upon Svartalfheim
dedicated to the numerous Æsir gods, but there is only one Church.
Dwarves are a pious people and they worship the Allfather above
all else.
The iconography of the Church is a dark grey banner with three,
interlocking, silver horns.
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 hanDs of tyr
Werewolf Hunters
leaDer: General MorGrul
heaDquarters: teMPle of tyr, niDavellir
The Hands of Tyr are a militaristic organization of dwarves that
revere the god Tyr.
Their primary objective is to hunt down and destroy werewolves.
They believe werewolves are the offspring of their archenemy, the
monstrous wolf-god Fenrir.
After The Shearing, the Hands discovered the animalistic kefali
race and numerous variants of were-creature. They see all of
these as abominations and work tirelessly against any Bitten or
kefali. The Hands especially target members of House Cyno, with
particular emphasis on the wolf-like Warg.
Their symbol is a white banner with the bloody right-handprint.
isfet
Zealots of Chaos
leaDer: chaos lorDs
heaDquarters: nibiru, unknown
The Isfet are gods that rejected the Divine Order and chose the
path of Chaos. They seek to destroy order and set everything to
what they believe is perfect balance.
There are numerous Isfet gods and their appearances vary wildly.
From Sobek that is an gigantic crocodile, to Rangda that is a old
woman with fangs and claws, to Typhon who has 100 dragon
heads and countless arms.
Isfet also refers to the terrorist organization of kefali that wishes
to spread Chaos. They have no definitive structure as that would
go against pure Chaos. But those warlords that gain enough favor
are granted the title of Chaos Lord.
Isfet cells are hard to identify and they are constantly being hunted
by the Ma’at. It is unknown how many Isfet followers there are and
because of their secretive nature, even the Chaos Lords don’t truly
know how many followers they command.
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DruiDs
Elemental Priests
leaDer: the DaGDa
heaDquarters: PriMe GlaDe, arcaDia
Druids are members of the Druidic Order. Founded in antiquity by
the elves, they function as guardians of Nature and they believe in
divine neutrality. Druids also commonly act as legal authorities,
adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals, and political
advisors.
The Druids are very secretive about their Order and only those that
prove themselves worthy are admitted in.
An emerald green banner with its elaborate, golden tree made from
a dizzying pattern of knotwork is the symbol of the Druidic Order.
Ma’at
Bringers of Order
leaDer: GolDen council
heaDquarters: GolDen city of kalaPa
The Ma’at is the primary religion of the kefali and it is also the
name of the group of deities that the keflai worship.
The base belief of Ma’at is that Order must be brought to a chaotic
universe. True believers of Ma’at strictly follow the tenets of their
gods and prefer a very organized and orderly society. They believe
that through law and order, prosperity and enlightenment will be
achieved.
There are numerous Ma’at gods and their appearances vary wildly.
From Fenrir that is an enormous wolf, to Hathor that is a beautiful
woman, to Tlaloc that resembles a frog with jaguar fangs and
heron feathers.
Some Ma’at gods are seen as chaotic forces, like Fenrir. There are
those who truly understand and can see the order in what may
appear to be chaos.
They primarily reside within Aaru, part of the Kingdom of Heaven,
but Ma’at can be found on many of the Upper and Transitive
Planes. They are eternal enemies of the Isfet.
Battlemages Templar Orders
The elves have a long history of training mages specifically for Individuals with immense powers for protecting others
combat. These Battlemages are masters of arcane destruction often find themselves in one of the Templar orders.
and protection. Few creatures could stand against a fully trained GUARDIAN - Dwarven devotees of Thor are known as Guardians.
Battlemage and live to tell the tale. They harness their Svalinn Fields to protect their allies and use the
thunderous powers of Thor to smite their enemies.
Scadians PALADIN - Elven knights that have trained in the art of defeating
The Scadians were originally human survivors of the Shearing the Shadow are known as Paladins. They are the holy warriors of
that had been members of the SCA. Since then the Scadians have the elves and use their skills to bring the Light to every world.
formed their own community. Scadians make up the vast majority SENTINEL - The kefali Sentinels boast a proud heritage of
of human warriors after the Shearing due to their knowledge of defeating evil and guarding the most precious relics of the Ma’at.
medieval combat and tactics.
PRESERVER - Few in number, but among the bravest of the free
Armored Combat leagues orcs, Preservers are the thorn in the side of Kimon’s demon lords.
They zealously seek the freedom of their race and banishment of
Various leagues of armored combatants existed on Earth before the demons.
the Shearing. But what was once a human hobby, has become
an important skill that catapulted these members into the elite Armed Forces
warriors of humanity.
After the Shearing, the militaries of Earth are a scattered and broken
Police Forces thing. Some have survived better than others but none survived
unscathed. With countries and borders in disarray, those with
Each race has its own way of maintaining law and order. soldiers under their command have taken it upon themselves to
EARTH: For the humans of Earth, whatever laws were in effect either maintain their sworn duty or to seize power for themselves.
before the Shearing are mainly still adhered to and enforced by
local police or in some cases military personnel. Cult of Fenrir
GAIA: On Gaia, each elven city/state maintains is own autonomy Dwarves that worship the wolf god Fenrir. Every member has been
and laws. Those laws are enforced by Arbiters, a specially trained purposefully cursed with WereDisease and is a werewolf. They are
organization of peacekeepers. few in number and are mercilessly hunted by the Hands of Tyr.
SVARTALFHEIM: The dwarves are an orderly society and need very
little in the way of a police force. When conflicts arise, it is the job
of a Judge to determine the outcome. If the Judge cannot settle
the conflict, it then passes to the local lord or clan chief for a final
ruling.
NIBIRU: Marshals are the law keepers of Nibiru. But each House
has its own traditions and laws that make upholding them
difficult. It is the job of the Marshal to know each Houses laws
and to maintain a fair and balanced society as the Ma’at intended.
Due to their important function in keeping a well-ordered society,
Marshals are held in the highest esteem.
If the Marshals cannot resolve an issue or it expands into a
large-scale conflict, then the Peacekeepers are called in. The
Peacekeepers are a militaristic organization based in the golden
city of Kalapa. It is their sworn duty to maintain peace and order
among the peoples of the glorious Ma’at.
KIMON: The law on Kimon is simple. Whatever a demons says
is the law until a more powerful demon says otherwise. The orcs
have Sherifu that act more as snitches and enforces than a police
force, ratting out and punishing their fellow orcs that do not adhere
to their overlord’s wishes.

Psionic Cult
Upon Gaia is a mysterious organization known as the Psionic Cult.
Elves that discover they have a psychic gift are entered into the
cult to learn how to harness their blossoming mental powers. It is
also common for powerful mages to seek out the cult to learn how
to defend themselves from psychic attack.

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