Soul Binder

A Companion for Life

When soul binders bind themselves to another creature, they do so for life. They will stand together, always, two against the world. They will always look out for each other, because in the end, they need each other. Whether they like it or not. The companion will often be the stronger of the pair, but without the binder to guide it, the companion is nowhere near its full potential.

Split Soul

The process of binding your soul with another creature can be quite taxing, especially if the creature isn't willing at first. Some people disappear into the wild to find a forest animal willing to bind, and return months later with a beast by their side willing to do anything for them.

While others would rather summon a creature of untold horror, and force it into submission, then bind the creature to follow their command. However, having your soul bound to another creature means that your soul will never be full again. There is always something missing. It gets even more apparent for the soul binder when their companion is far away from them. It can sometimes be physical painful for them to be a great distance from their companion.

Creating a Soul Binder

When making your soul binder you must consider how you got your companion. Did you travel the world to seek a companion, was it easy for you, or was it a life goal, was it even your choice to bind your soul? Maybe you were captured by cultist, that forced you to bind with a creature against your and the creatures will.

What kind of relationship do you have with your companion? Are you two inseparable friends? Or is it more of a master and servant relationship. Sometimes a Soul Binder might regret the act of soul binding and want to undo it, though it is a hard and lengthy process.

Soul Binders are in contact with their companion like no other two being will ever be, and when you play as a Soul Binder you can describe how you and your companion act. Maybe your feelings toward your companion changes over times as you travel together, for better or worse.

Class Features

Preparing and Casting Spells

The Soul Binder table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your soul binder spells. To cast one of your soul binder 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 soul binder spells that are available for you to cast, choosing from the soul binder spell list. When you do so, choose a number of soul binder spells equal to your Charisma modifier + half your soul binder level (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 soul binder, you have four 1st-level and two 2nd-level spell slots. With a Charisma 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 heroism, 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 soul binder spells requires time spent in meditation with your companion: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list.

Bond of the Wild

You have been in touch with nature itself and have offered something of yourself to it. In return, you are given a trusty animal companion that will protect you and carry out your orders. You and the beast will form a bond that will make you inseparable.

Aberration Companion

Medium Aberration, Neutral evil

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• Armor Class: 11 + Its Dexterity modifier + your proficiency bonus
• Hit Points: ( 6 (or 1d10) + Its Constitution modifier) x your Soul Binder level
• Hit Die: 1d10 per Soul Binder Level
• Speed: 30ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	12 (+1)	16 (+3)	6 (-2)	12 (+1)	7 (-2)

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• Condition Immunities Frightened
• Senses Darkvision 60ft
• Languages Understand its summoner's languages, but cant speak any

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Actions

Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: (your proficiency modifier + Its Strength modifier) to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit (2d6 + Its Strength modifier) slashing, piercing or bludgeoning damage.

Tentacles. Melee Weapon Attack: (your proficiency modifier + Its Strength modifier) to hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit (1d6 + Its Strength modifier) slashing, piercing or bludgeoning damage.

Controlled Aberrant

At 1st level you gain the servitude of an aberration. The Aberration is always under your control and you can speak with it telepathically as long as you are within 100 feet of it, and when you bind yourself to the aberration you learn to speak, read and write deep speech.

The Aberration can look how you want it, as long as it still looks like an Aberration and follows the given stat block above.

Expanded Spell List

As you bind with this magical being, you are able to have more spells available, these spell are always prepared and don’t count towards your maximum number of prepared spells.

Morph

Beginning at 3rd level, you can use an action to touch your aberration and become absorbed, morphing together as one unit for 1 minute. While you are morphed with your Aberration it will gain several benefits:

• The damage of its Claws deals an additional 1d6 damage. this becomes 2d6 at 11th level, and 3d6 at 18th level.

• The reach of its Tentacles becomes 20 feet.

• It gain temporary hit points equal to half of the soul binder’s current hit points (it will lose these when morph ends).

• Its size becomes one size category larger.

While you are morphed with your aberration you cant take any actions, reactions, bonus action or move unless specified. You can use a bonus action to leave the creature and thereby ending the morph. When you are morphed you can also still use your action to use your Edicts telepathically.

If you are concentrating on a spell while morphed, you must make a concentration check when the aberration is hit, using the aberrations Constitution Saving Throw.

Morph will end after 1 minute, when the aberration is incapacitated, or if you choose to end it as a bonus action. When morph ends, the soul binder will emerge from the aberration at an unoccupied space within 5 feet. The morphing process is hard for the soul binder’s body, The first time you exit morph since your last long rest, nothing will happen, but each use after that will give the soul binder one level of exhaustion.

Bond of the Dragonkin

You have been chosen by a dragon to receive a gift. It have made a Guard Drake especially for you, and you have bonded your soul with that Guard Drake that will now follow you everywhere, and protect you at all cost.

Elemental Avatar

Large Elemental, Unaligned

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• Armor Class 11 + it's Dexterity modifier + your proficiency modifier
• Hit Points (6 (or 1d10) + its constitution modifier) x your soul binder level.
• Hit Die: 1d10 per Soul Binder Level
• Speed 30ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	14 (+2)	14 (+2)	6 (-2)	12 (+1)	6 (-2)

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Senses Darkvision 60 ft

Languages Understands the Soul Binder's languages, but can't speak.

Damage Resistance: elemental type

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Actions

Attack. Melee Weapon Attack: (your proficiency modifier + Its Strength modifier) to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit (1d10 + Its Strength modifier) elemental type damage.

Expanded Spell Options

As you bind with the elements and nature itself, you are able to have more spells available, these spell are always prepared and don’t count towards your maximum number of prepared spells.

Aid of the Elements

At 1st level the elements themselves have granted you the aid of an Elemental avatar, the avatar can take different shape dependent on which element you are attuned to.

At level 1 you pick one of the following elements: Fire, Cold, Lightning or Bludgeoning, that is your attuned elemental type. On your turn you can change the attuned elemental type of your avatar as an action.

Each element will also give your Avatar a passive and a cantrip that it can cast, that is unique to each element. The different elements can be found below.

Zombie Companion

Medium Undead, Unaligned

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• Armor Class 12 + your proficiency modifier + Its Dexterity modifier.
• Hit Points (6 (or 1d10) + its constitution modifier) x your soul binder level.
• Hit Die: 1d10 per Soul Binder Level
• Speed 30ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	10 (0)	16 (+3)	4 (-3)	12 (+1)	7 (-2)

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Damage Immunities: Poison

Condition immunities: Poisoned

Senses: Dakvision 60ft

Languages: Understands the Soul Binders languages but can't speak.

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Undead Fortitude . If damage reduces the zombie to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a success, the zombie drops to 1 hit point instead.

Actions

Attack. Melee Weapon Attack: (your proficiency modifier + Its Strength modifier) to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit (1d10 + Its Strength modifier) slashing, piercing or bludgeoning damage.

Afterlife Servitude

At 1st level you gain an Zombie as your companion, it can look like any zombified humanoid, as long as it uses the "Zombie Companion" stat block.

Being bonded with this zombie, have influenced your soul to become resistant to death. You gain the "Undead Fortitude" feature that your Zombie has.

Expanded Spell Options

You tap into the necromantic powers of the dead and you are able to have more spells available, these spell are always prepared and don’t count towards your maximum number of prepared spells.

Guardian of the Heavens

At 1st level you bind your soul with a celestial creature, the creature can look how you want it to, as long as it follows the stat block below.

Additionally, you gain proficiency with medium armor and Martial Weapons. You can also read, write and speak celestial.

Gift of Life

When you reach 3rd level your companion has learned to be selfless and giving, to heal you or your companions.

Your companion can use an action to deal an amount of damage to itself that can be up to its current health, this damage ignores temporary hit points, the companion then chooses a creature within 5 feet of it, that creature then heals for an amount of hit points equal to the damage.

Inspiring Heal

At 7th level you know how to mend wounds and inspire your Guardian to perform better in combat.

You learn the "Healing Word" Spell and always have it prepared, it counts as a Soul Binder spell for you.

Additionally, whenever you cast "Healing Word" on your Guardian, it can use its reaction to make a melee attack.

Edict of Radiance

At the 11th level you can command Guardian with a voice that can pierce the heavens. You learn two edicts. These edicts functions like your "Edict" and will follow the same rules. You learn two new edicts which do not count toward your total known edicts:

• Blinding Light: You command your Guardian to shine the light of radiance. On this turn it can use its action to force any creature of its choice within 10 feet of it to make a Dexterity saving throw, any creature that fails the saving throw is blinded until the end of your next turn.

• Spread Your Wings: Your Guardian gain a 60 feet flying speed and doesn't provoke opportunity attacks until the start of your next turn.

Death Prevention

When you reach 15th level Your Guardian have gain the powers to protect people from the grasps of death.

Whenever a creature within 60 feet of your companion drops to 0 hit points your Guardian can use its reaction to teleport to an unoccupied space within 5 feet of that creature and heal it for 10d10 hit points.

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

Trickster Spirit

At 1st level you make a bond with a playful creature from the fey wilds.

The Fey creature can look how you want it to as long as it follows the "Fey Companion" stat block listed below.

Additionally As your soul is bonded with the creature you learn to speak its language, you can speak, read and write sylvan.

Expanded Spell List

As you bind with this magical creature from another plane, you are able to have more spells available, these spells are always prepared and don’t count towards your maximum number of prepared spells.

Tricksters Dance

At 3rd level your companion has learned to use the magical powers that it channels from the fey wild to confuse and play trick on its enemies.

Whenever your companion is hit with a melee attack, it can use its reaction to reduce the damage of the attack by 1d8 + your Charisma modifer + your Soul Binder level.

If the damage is reduced to 0 or less, your companion can force the enemy to make a Wisdom Saving throw, on a fail the creature takes damage equal to the original amount of damage the attack would have dealt.

It can activate this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1), regaining all uses on a long rest.

Magic Evasiveness

When you reach 7th level you have learned to channel the powers from the fey wild and can use that energy to form a protective veil over your companion.

Whenever your companion is forced to make a saving throw due to a spell or another magical effect, you can use your reaction to give your companion advantage on the saving throw if you are within 30 feet of it.

A Jesters Edict

At 11th level, you can command your companion to pull playful manoeuvres. You learn two edicts. These edicts functions like your "Edict" and will follow the same rules. You learn two new edicts which do not count toward your total known edicts:

• Hide and Seek: You command your companion to hide itself from preying eyes. On its next turn it can use a bonus action to turn itself invisible until the start of its next round, the invisibility is broken if the companion attack or otherwise harms another creature.

• Hop and Skip: You command your companion to blink in and out of the fey wild to jump to a different position. On this turn your companion can use its bonus action to teleport up to 30 to a point that it can see.

Friend from the Abyss

At 1st level you have made a bond with a demon from the depth of the abyss. The demon can look like any demon you want, as long as it uses the stat block above. As you bind your soul with this demonic being, you learn to speak with its tongue and can speak, read and write abyssal.

Whip Master

When you choose this bond at level 1 you gain proficiency with Whips, additionally when you use a whip it have special properties:

• You can extends the reach of the whip with demonic fury, the whip gain an additional 5 feet reach, to a total of 15 feet.
• The whip is even deadlier in your hands and brings more pain. The whips damage die increases to 1d6. This damage increases to 1d8 when you reach 6th level.

Pain Powered Killing Machine

At 3rd level your demon loves the pain, and it evokes a burning rage within it. As a bonus action on your turn you can make one attack against your companion, this attack always hit, and the demon takes the damage and gains advantage on it's next attack roll this turn.

The demon also gains and amount of "pain" equal to the damage it took, and the next time the demon hits a creature with a melee attack it can add the damage an amount equal to its stored pain, and all the pain is then gone. All stored pain is lost at the end of each of it's turns.

Bloody Veins

when you reach 7th level your demons fights best when it is covered in blood. Whenever your demon is below half of its maximum hit points, it gain several benefits:

• It gains double the amount of temporary hit points from the its "Demonic Skin".

• When it is hit with your whip, it now gains twice the amount of pain as the damage it took.

• It can choose to make its melee attacks deal fire damage instead of its normal type.

Painful Edict

Starting at level 11, you can command your demon to inflict pain to both its enemies and itself. You learn two edicts. These edicts functions like your "Edict" and will follow the same rules. You learn two new edicts which do not count toward your total known edicts:

• Painful Retaliation: You command your demon to remember the damage that foes around it inflict on it. Until the end of your next turn, all damage that the demon takes, gets stored as pain as per the use of the "Pain Powered Killing Machine" feature.
• Sucker for Pain With this edict your demon looses all care for its own health and goes for an all out offensive. Until the start of your next turn your demon deals double damage with all its melee attacks, it also becomes vulnerable to all damage.

Share the pain

When you reach level 15th level your demon is in love with all pain, and wants to share it with others. As an action your demon can try to make a blood bond with a creature within 10 feet of it. The target have to make a Constitution saving throw or be bound by blood to the demon for 1 minute or until one of them reaches 0 hit points. Whenever the demon takes any kind of damage, the target takes half of that damage. All damage the demon takes from the target for the duration of the bond is stored and can be be used as the "Pain Powered Killing Machine" feature.

The affected target can use its action to repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on a success. The demon can only bond with one creature at a time.

Monster Companion

Medium Monstrosity, unaligned

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• Armor Class 11 + Its Dexterity modifier + your proficiency bonus
• Hit Points (6 (or 1d10) + Its Constitution modifier) x your Soul Binder level
• Hit Die: 1d10 per Soul Binder Level
• Speed 30ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
14 (+2)	14 (+2)	14 (+2)	2 (-4)	9 (-1)	7 (-2)

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• Languages Understands the Soul Binder's languages, but can't speak.

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Actions

Arms. Melee Weapon Attack: (your proficiency modifier + Its Strength modifier) to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit (2d6 + Its Strength modifier) slashing, piercing or bludgeoning damage.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: (your proficiency modifier + Its Strength modifier) to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit (1d12 + Its Strength modifier) piercing damage.

Your Creation

At 1st level you have managed to create your own creature from different parts and infused it with your soul. You can a Monster Companion, the monster can look how you want as long as it follows the Monster Companion statblock above. As a base for your creation you must also pick one of the following options to serve as a chassis:

• Muscly. Your Monster get +2 to its Strength score, and its size is now Large.

• Feline. Your Monster get +2 to its Dexterity score, and it gains additional 10 feet walking speed, and a climbing speed equal to it's walking speed.

• Chitinous. Your Monster get +2 to its Constitution score, and it get +1 to its AC.

Expanded Spell List

As you bind and use your magic on your Monster you get a better understanding of the arcane and can have more spells available, these spell are always prepared and don’t count towards your maximum number of prepared spells.

Modified Arms

When you reach 3rd level, you have managed to switch out the arms of your monster to something more interesting, pick one of the following options to give to your Monster:

• Tentacles. The monsters Arms now have 5 feet additional reach. additionally, whenever your Monster hits a creature with a Arms attack it can make an attempt to grapple that creature as a bonus action.

• Multiple Arms. Whenever your Monster takes the attack action, it can choose to forgo adding its proficiency bonus to all its attacks, if it does so, it can make one extra attack as part of that action.

• Blunt Fists. When the monster hits a creature with its Arms, it can use its bonus action to make a shove attempt. Additionally, your monster deals and additional 1d6 with its Arms when attacking prone creatures.

Modified Head

At 7th level, you have experimented with trying new things and changes for your Monsters head, and you have finally managed to implement it. You choose one of the following options to give to your Monster:

• Poisonous Teeth. When the Monster hits a creature with a Bite, that creature must succeed a Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute, the target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself with a success. If a target succeds on the save they are immune to this effect for 24 hours.

Ooze Companion

Large Ooze, Unaligned

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• Armor Class 10 + your proficiency modifier + Its Dexterity modifier.
• Hit Points (6 (or 1d10) + its constitution modifier) x your soul binder level.
• Hit Die: 1d10 per Soul Binder Level
• Speed 30ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	9 (-1)	16 (+3)	3 (-4)	9 (-1)	5 (-3)

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Damage Resistances: Acid

Condition immunities: blinded, deafened, prone

Senses: blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius)

Languages: Understands the Soul Binders languages but can't speak.

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Amorphous. The ooze can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.

Actions

Attack. Melee Weapon Attack: (your proficiency modifier + Its Strength modifier) to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit (1d10 + Its Strength modifier) acid or bludgeoning damage.

Liquid Friend

At 1st level you have bound yourself to an Ooze and gained it as your companion. The Ooze can look how you want as long as it is using the "Ooze Companion" statblock.

Expanded Spell Options

Also at 1st level you tap into the magical powers of oozes and you are able to have more spells available, these spell are always prepared and don’t count towards your maximum number of prepared spells.

Split

Your ooze will sometimes fall apart, but you have taught it how to pick itself back together.

Starting at 3rd level whenever your ooze takes damage from an attack that is greater or equal to twice your proficiency modifier it can use it's reaction to shoot off a little piece of itself that will land in an a place your it's choice that is 10 or 15 feet away.

When your ooze comes in contact with a piece it will consume the piece into it's body and regain 1d4 hit points. If not consumed within 1 minute, the piece will disappear.

The healing becomes better at higher levels: 1d6 at 7th level, 1d8 at 11th level and 1d10 at 15th level.

Effective Collection

When you reach 7th level you have taught your ooze how to collect all of it's smaller piece that will fall off more easily.

As a bonus action your ooze can make all piece that are made from the "Split" feature that is within 30 feet of it be collected and consumed, the ooze will heal as normal from every collected piece.

Once the ooze has used this feature it can't do so again before it finishes a short or long rest.

Fluid Edicts

At 11th level you can give out edicts to your ooze with fluidity and perfection. You learn two edicts. These edicts functions like your "Edict" and will follow the same rules. You learn two new edicts which do not count toward your total known edicts:

• Sticky Form: Your ooze can use a bonus action to make a grapple attempt against every creature within 5 feet of it on this turn.

• Fluid Jump: Your ooze can use a bonus action to send itself flying with it's elastic form and leap to a point of it's choice within 60 feet on this turn.

Improving Form

Beginning at 15th level your ooze will learn from it's mistakes and it grown stronger ever time it collects itself.

Whenever your ooze hit's a creature with it's melee attack, it will deal an additional 1d6 for every piece it itself it has collected this turn.

Friendly Flora

At 1st level you have bound yourself with a magical plant and gained it as your companion, your plant can look how you want it to as long as it is using the "Plant Companion" statblock.

Expanded Spell Options

Also at 1st level you become more magically attuned as you bind with a magical plant and you are able to have more spells available, these spell are always prepared and don’t count towards your maximum number of prepared spells.

Entangling Arms

At 3rd level your plant has grown some very long and vine like arms and can entangle creatures with it.

As an Action your plant can force a creature within 10 feet of the plant to make a Strength or Dexterity Saving Throw (targets choice), If the target fails the save it is grappled and restrained by the plant. The target can use it's action to repeat the Saving Throw ending both the grapple and restrained conditions on a success, the plant can only have one creature grappled by the use of this feature, and while it has someone grappled this way, it can only attack that creature.

Root Caller

When you reach 6th level your plant can reach into the earth and call the roots forth to trap its enemies.

Your plant can cast the "Entangle" and "Ensnaring Strike" spells and it uses your Soul Binder Spell Save DC, but the plant is the once concentrating.

The plant can cast the spells two times regains all uses on a long rest.

Edict of Flora

At the 11th level you control your plant with extreme precision. You learn two edicts. These edicts functions like your "Edict" and will follow the same rules. You learn two new edicts which do not count toward your total known edicts:

• Toss: On this turn your plant can use it's bonus action to force an enemy it has grappled to make a Strength Saving Throw, on a failed save the target gets thrown to a point within 30 feet on the plant.
• Extending Vines: On this turn if your plant uses it's "Vine Like Arms" it can target a creature within 30 feet, if the target fails the grappling contest it also gets pulled within 10 feet of the plant.

Life Line

Beginning at 15th level your plant can use a target it is holding to redirect some of the damage it is taking towards.

Whenever your plant takes damage while it is grappling a target with Entangling Arms the damage is reduced by an amount equal to your Charisma modifier and the grappled creature takes damage equal to your Charisma modifier that is of the same type as the damage your plant took.

Additionally your plant can now use it's Entangling Arms as a bonus action.

^SB Spells can be found on the next page

Soul Switch

1st-level conjuration

• Casting time: 1 bonus action
• Target: Your companion
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You and your companion switch positions. You appear where your companion was and the companion appears in your place.

At higher levels When cast at higher levels the range of the spell increases by 30 feet for each level above the first.

Soul Punch

1st-level Transmutation

• Casting time: 1 reaction (which you take when your companion hits a creature within range)
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

After your companion attacks a creature, you are ready to follow through with a infused punch that the target will feel in their very Soul.

You make a melee spell attack against a creature your companion have just hit, on hit you deal 2d8 Force damage to the target.

At higher levels When cast at higher levels the damage increase by 1d8 for each level above the first..

Thrashing Tether

1st-level Evocation

• Casting time: 1 action
• Target: Your companion
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You Send a pulse of energy through the bond that links you and your companion, damaging any enemy that stands between you.

Any creature caught in a 5 feet wide line that goes from you to your companion must make a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d12 force damage, taking half damage on a success.

On subsequent turns while the spell is spell active, you can use an action to send another pulse though the tether, and repeat the effect from when the spell was cast.

If you or your companion gets more than 30 feet apart when the spell is active, the spell ends.

At higher levels When cast at higher levels the damage increase by 1d12 for each level above the first.

Energy Eruption

2nd-level Evocation

• Casting time: 1 action
• Target: Your companion
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You flush the area around your companion with soul energy damaging any creature too close.

Any creature of your choice within 10 feet of your companion must make a Dexterity saving throw or take 3d10 force damage, taking half damage on a success.

At higher levels When cast at higher levels the damage increase by 1d10 for each level above the first.

Bonded String

3rd-level conjuration

• Casting time: 1 bonus action
• Target: Your companion
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a piece of rope woven from wolfs fur)
• Duration: 1 hour

You create a soul string between you and your companion that is tougher than most materials. While this spells is active, you and your companion can't unwillingly be pulled farther than 30 feet away from each other. If one of you have to make a Strength saving throw or ability check to avoid being moved beyond that distance, you get advantage while this string is active. You can dispel the string as a bonus action on your turn.

Companion Recall

4th-level conjuration

• Casting time: 1 minute
• Target: Your companion
• Range: self
• Components: V, S, M (a old and rusty compass)
• Duration: Instantaneous

You call your companion back to you. The companion gets teleported to a point within 10 feet of you, if the companion is on a different plane than you, there is a 50% chance the spell will fail.

Unbreakable Skin

5th-level abjuration

• Casting time: 1 bonus action
• Target: Your companion
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a stone of obsidian worth at least 200g)
• Duration: 1 round.

You cover your companion with a thin and impenetrable layer of magical infused obsidian. Until the end of your next turn, your companion is immune to all damage.

Ring of Flowing Life

uncommon Wonderous Item (Requires attunement by a Soul Binder)

Bands of Combined Power

Rare Wonderous Item (Requires attunement by a Soul Binder)

Necklace of Power

Very Rare Wonderous Item (Requires attunement by a Soul Binder)

Staff of Shared Souls

Legendary Staff (Requires attunement by a Soul Binder)

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• Goblin Shaman by d1sk1ss: https://d1sk1ss.deviantart.com/art/goblin-shaman-128635189

• Angels by Laurel "LD" Austin: http://www.blizz-art.com/illustration/6322/

• Ruvian by NukeRooster: https://www.deviantart.com/nukerooster/art/Ruvian-554084019

• Blue by Isihock : https://www.deviantart.com/isihock/art/Blue-493058118

• Bloodfire hades art by Jaggudada: https://www.deviantart.com/art/Hades-529673369

• Blood Moon by Gettyimages https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/718549/Blood-Moon-2018-how-often-does-a-blood-moon-occur-rare-lunar-eclipse

• Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist by Aaron Miller: http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=420654

• Green Alvhemeist by Steve Prescott: ttps://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/savor-flavor/planeswalkers-guide-innistrad-nephalia-and-undead-2011-10-19

• Acidic Ooze by Chris Rahn: https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Chris_Rahn

• Summer Forest - book cover by Azot2018: https://www.deviantart.com/azot2018/art/Summer-Forest-book-cover-460375118

• Plant Monster by Dong Mao: http://tomjogi.tumblr.com/post/148637209298/by-dong-mao

Special Thanks

• Thanks to /r/UnearthedArcana and TheDiscordOfManyThings, for giving me feedback and helping me shape and balance this class.

• and thanks to /u/TheRedstom, /u/OdinTGE and /u/ImpossibeardROK for helping me with my grammar and spelling
• Also thanks to /u/wckz for helping me balance and being there to discuss in depth about the class.

1.1

• Added "Reduced Form.
• Removed "Soulstone of safety spell"
• Changed "Toughen Up!" to give less temp hp later on, but more early
• Changed "Block!" to be half of charisma.
• Made "Soul Binder's Command" recharge on short or long rest, instead of only long rest.
• expanded the Soul Binder spell list
• Changed "Fighting Purpose" to "Fighting Spirit"
• Made "Fighting Spirit" a 2nd level spell instead of a 3rd.

1.2

• Soul Binder's Command recharges on a longrest and not short rest.
• Removed Strong Offense.
• Fixed "Fighting Purpose" still being on the spell list.
• Added Resting Voice.
• Moved The other Countermeasure options to later levels.
• Added Magic Item Absorption.
• Added Inspired Attack.
• Moved Fightning Spirit to 3rd level spells.
• Changed Fighting Spirit casting time to 1 bonus action from 1 action.
• Guiding Direction ragne increased to 3 miles form 30 feet.
• Added Soul Switch Soul Switch being able to be cast at higher levels.
• Made Command: Attack! deal damage equal to 1d6 + Your Cha modifier + Half your Soul Binder Level (rounded down) from dealing 1d6 + your Cha modifier.
• Removed Bond of the unkowns "Strech Limbs" Command.
• Added "Horrifying Form" to bond of the unknown's Command.
• Added a Tentaclæe Attack to the Aberration Companion.
• Tentacles Reach increases when morphed.
• Command: Attack! now deals weapon damage instead of Force.

1.3

• Added Advanced Offense
• Moved companion extra attack to advanced offense
• Moved Inspired attack to advanced offense
• You now learn the last soul binder command at level 17 instead of 19.
• Changed martial prowess from giving PC two attacks, to letting companion attack if the PC also attacks.
• Removed Fighting Spirit

1.4

• Removed all spells and spellslots
• Made the companion damage dice scale with Soul Binder level.
• You dont have to use action anymore to make companion attack, but you can't both attack.
• Added another option Advanced Offense where you can both attack on the same turn.
• Changed Dragonkins 6th level feature, so that it doesnt need spells.
• Changed "Finding Self"
• Updated some of the companions AC

1.5

• Spells are back again
• Changed alot of stuff back to 1.3 version
• Changed "Finding Self" Martial Prowess
• Moved "Finding self" to 15th level

1.6

• Added Magic item section
• Changed Soul Binder command to edict
• Edict uses an action instead of bonus action
• Edict has unlimited uses.
• removed Resting Voice
• Removed Infused Energy Spell
• Moved "Magic item absorption" to 1st level and chagned it
• Removed Infused Energy spell
• Made Companion Damge Dice higher at lower levels
• Added custom magic items
• Added Thrasing Tether
• Added Soul Punch
• Added Energy Eruption
• Changed class spell list
• Changed small things on subclasses
• Added Soul Purification
• Added Infused energy as Class feature
• Removed Finding Self
• Added Soul Linked Casting
• You now learn all Edits at the same time
• You now learn all countermeasures at the same time.
• Removed Advanced Offense
• Added Companion Extra Attack

Class overall

The class was made because right now in the 5e design space the pet archetype have not been explored too much, and many people are unhappy with the beast master ranger, and the Conjure Animals druid. I set out to make a class where you would control two characters, and make then interesting in combat, and out of combat.

There was also a need to limit action economy without feeling like any of the characters might as well not be in the combat. There is a need for synergy between the two, that has been made possible not only with class features, but also spells.

The edicts is the main way that the PC will affect their companion, you start out with very limited amount of uses and then at later levels you can spend them more freely.

That way the player will have moments when they can spend lots of recourses (both edicts and spell slots) and other times when they want to save them up and can let other party members shine.

Subclasses

I wanted the subclasses to start at level 1 where you get the stats for your companion, then there are some subclasses that get expanded spell list, and those who dont will get more weapon and/or armor proficiencies. That way some PC's will feel more like a frontliner, and others are more of a supportive caster to their companion.

The 3rd level feature for all the subclasses was what should really define them, and what would be most important to them, something that can be used fairly often or have a big impact when used. This is the level where the subclasses starts to differ the most.

Spells

Many of the spells are rather new, but so far they create an interesting dynamic where the player have another recourse to spend in combat, but many of the spells available to the Soul Binder can also be used for utility out of combat to help them with exploration or social encounter.