The Adept

Adepts are spellcasters that hone their minds in order to manipulate the four elements. They can also summon powerful elemental avatars to aid them in battle. Adepts like to flavor their magic off of concepts and figures from the multiverse's many mythologies.

Class Features

As an adept, you gain the following class features.

PP Cost per Spell Level

Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher

You know two 1st-level spells of your choice from the adept spell list.

The Spells Known column of the Adept table shows when you learn more adept spells of your choice. Each spell you choose to learn must be of a level you are able to cast spells at within your PP limit.

Additionally, whenever you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the adept spells you know and replace it with another spell from the adept spell list, following the same rules as above.

Spellcasting Ability

Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your adept spells, since Psynergy requires great mental discipline in order to control. 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 adept spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Spellcasting Focus

You can use an arcane focus or a druidic focus (see chapter 5 of the Player's Handbook) as a spellcasting focus for your adept spells.

Adept Archetype

Choose an adept archetype, which represents how you train to apply your Psynergy: Elemental Mage or Elemental Warrior, both detailed at the end of the class description.

Your choice grants you features when you choose it at 1st level and again at 6th and 14th level.

Djinn

When you become a 2nd-level adept, you catch the interest of the djinn, minor elemental spirits that embody aspects of the world. Djinn lend their power to adepts, granting them potent abilities and access to new Psynergy.

Spirit Summon

With the aid of the djinn at your side at 2nd level, you can summon more powerful spirits to help you.

Spirit Effects

The description of a spirit describes the effect it creates, and all summon effects are magical. Typically, the effect involves casting a spell. The casting is at the spell's lowest level unless specified otherwise. The spell is considered an adept spell for you while you are casting or concentrating on it but doesn't count as an adept spell known. Whenever a spirit effect forces something to make a saving throw or requires you to make a spell attack roll, use your adept spell save DC and spell attack modifier.

A spirit typically involves a sensory effect of some kind, which lasts until the end of the turn in which the spirit was summoned unless otherwise specified (if the effect isn't static, it plays out during that turn). This effect is an illusion and has no physical presence or lasting impact on the world.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Elemental Savant

When you reach 10th level, you are able to pull greater power from the djinn you ally yourself with to learn spells outside of your primary element. When you learn or replace an adept cantrip or spell, you can choose the new spell from the list for any element for which you have at least one djinni. The spell is considered an adept spell for you as long as you know it.

If at any time you know an adept spell that doesn't appear on your adept spell list or the spell lists of any of your djinn's elements (such as after replacing one of your djinn when gaining a level), you must immediately replace that spell with a different adept spell you can know.

Greater Summon

At 11th level, you are granted the knowledge of a powerful spirit forgotten by time. Choose a spirit from the list of Secret Spirits for which you meet the cost prerequisites. You can summon it once just like any other spirit, but must then finish a long rest before doing so again.

Similarly, you learn how to summon an Ancient Spirit at 13th level, a Legendary Spirit at 15th level, and a Forbidden Spirit at 17th level, each of which you can summon once and must finish a long rest before summoning again. None of your Greater Summons count against your number of summons known.

Elemental Ascension

At 18th level, you can temporarily assume an elemental form. You can use your action to cast a specific spell, and must finish a long rest before doing so again. The spell you cast is determined by your primary element: Investiture of wind for Wind, investiture of fire for Fire, investiture of ice for Water, and investiture of stone for Earth. The spell uses your adept spell save DC for this casting, and it ends early if you use your action for anything other than the action granted by the spell (it doesn't end early if you choose not to use your action).

One with the World

At 20th level, your bond with the world deepens significantly. You age more slowly, only physically aging 1 year for every 5 that pass. In addition, you can set any number of djinn to you after a short rest, and you can replace one of your djinni with another one by spending 8 hours in meditation with nature.

Adept Archetypes

All adepts train diligently, and your archetype reflects whether you focus on training your mind or physical body.

Armed Caster

At 1st level, you gain proficiency with light and medium armor, shields, and all martial weapons. In addition, if you are proficient with a simple or martial weapon you wield, you can use it as a spellcasting focus for your adept spells, and you can perform the somatic components of adept spells even when you have weapons or a shield in one or both hands.

Extra Attack

Starting at 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Battle Psynergy

At 14th level, you learn how to follow up your Psynergy with a mighty blow. When you use your action to cast an adept spell, use a djinni feature, or summon a spirit, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action.

Djinn

This section contains information on each of the elemental djinn you can select from. You can choose djinn aligned with any element, regardless of your primary element. A djinni's element has no effect, but some adept features care about it.

Many djinni features grant access to spells. Spells marked with an asterisk (*) are found in Xanathar's Guide to Everything. Those marked with two (**) are found in the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. All other spells can be found in the Player's Handbook.

Mars Djinn

The Mars djinn embody aspects of heat, light, and flames and are aligned with the Fire element.

Mercury Djinn

The Mercury djinn embody aspects of liquids, ice, and healing and are aligned with the Water element.

Foam

Foam is the spirit of churning oceans. While Foam is set to you, you have a swim speed equal to your walking speed.

Unleash Foam. As an action, you can unleash Foam to cast create or destroy water at 1st level without expending PP. The level you cast it at increases by 1 for each additional djinni you unleash alongside Foam. You can only choose to create water with this casting of create or destroy water.

Watery Grasp. You can spend 2 PP as an action to generate a magical wave that surges forth and then retreats to you like the rising tide. You create a wave in a 20-foot-by-10-foot square. At least some portion of the square's border must be within 5 feet of you. Any creature in that square must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, a target takes 2d6 bludgeoning damage, is knocked prone, and is pulled up to 10 feet closer to you. On a successful save, a target takes half as much damage and isn't knocked prone or pulled.

Tidal Wave. You can spend 5 PP to cast the tidal wave* spell.

Hail

Hail is an ice spirit that waits in the clouds and attacks from above. While Hail is set to you, you adopt the Archery Fighting Style.

Unleash Hail. When you hit with a ranged weapon attack, you can unleash Hail to deal an additional 2d6 cold damage. The damage increases by 1d6 for each additional djinni you unleash alongside Hail.

Snowball Swarm. You can spend 3 PP to cast the Snilloc's snowball swarm* spell.

Ice Storm. You can spend 6 PP to cast the ice storm spell.

Rime

Rime is the spirit of frost that chills its foes to weaken their mind and body. While Rime is set to you, you can use your action to cast the frostbite* cantrip.

Unleash Rime. As a reaction when you see a creature within 60 feet of you casting a spell, you can unleash Rime to cast the counterspell spell without expending PP. This casting of counterspell is special: It is a 1st-level spell instead of a 3rd-level spell, it can only cause a 1st-level spell or cantrip to fail automatically, and it cannot counter spells of higher levels with a successful ability check. For each additional djinni you unleash alongside Rime, the level of spell that this special casting of counterspell can cause to fail increases by 1.

Dispel Magic. You can spend 5 PP to cast the dispel magic spell.

Counterspell. You can spend 7 PP to cast the counterspell spell at 5th level.

Shell

Shell is the spirit of seashells and crustaceans and protects its allies. While Shell is set to you, you adopt the Protection Fighting Style. You can benefit from it even if not wielding a shield if you are able to perform a magical somatic gesture (as if for a spell component to cast an adept spell) to conjure a small barrier when you use the feature's reaction.

Unleash Shell. As a reaction when you are hit by an attack, you can unleash Shell to gain a +3 bonus to AC until the start of your next turn as an invisible, magical barrier protects you, potentially causing the triggering attack to miss you. This bonus to your AC increase by an additional +2 for each additional djinni you unleash alongside Shell.

Shield of Faith. You can spend 2 PP to cast the shield of faith spell.

Wall of Water. You can spend 5 PP to cast the wall of water* spell.

Spring

Spring is the spirit embodying clean, pure water and can help to heal even the gravest wounds. Whenever you use a spell of 1st level or higher for which you roll to determine an amount of hit points restored to a target, if Spring is set to you, roll an extra die of the same type and add it to the total restored.

Unleash Spring. As an action, you can unleash Spring to cause magical healing water to sprinkle down from the air around you. Choose any number of creatures you can see within 15 feet of you, then roll 2d4, plus an additional 1d4 for each additional djinni you unleash alongside Spring. The result is the number of hit points you can restore, which are divided up as evenly as possible among the creatures you chose (you choose which creatures receive more healing if it can't be divided equally). This feature can't restore hit points to an undead or construct.

Healing Word. You can spend 2 PP to cast the healing word spell.

Aura of Vitality. You can spend 5 PP to cast the aura of vitality spell.

Venus Djinn

The Venus djinn embody aspects of plants, minerals, and life and death and are aligned with the Earth element.

Flint

Flint is the spirit of rocks that are sharp as knives. While Flint is set to you, you adopt the Dueling Fighting Style.

Unleash Flint. When you hit with a melee weapon attack, you can unleash Flint to deal force damage to the target. The extra damage is 2d6, plus an additional 1d6 if the target is an object or construct. This damage increases by a further 1d6 for each additional djinni you unleash alongside Flint.

Mighty Cleave. When you hit with a melee weapon attack, you can expend 2 PP to deal force damage to the target. The extra damage is 2d8, plus an additional 1d8 if the target is an object or construct.

Ragnarok. You can spend 5 PP to cast the lightning bolt spell. When you cast lightning bolt in this way, it deals force damage instead of lightning damage, takes the form of a 10-foot-long sword of pure force that travels from you along the length of the spell's area (instead of a lightning bolt), and doesn't ignite flammable objects.

Hemlock

Hemlock is the spirit of deadly plants and potent curses. While Hemlock is set to you, you have advantage on saving throws against poison and resistance to poison damage.

Unleash Hemlock. As a bonus action, you can unleash Hemlock to cast the hex spell without expending PP. For this casting of hex, in order to move the curse to a new target after the initial one drops to 0 hit points, you must unleash an additional djinni alongisde your bonus action (doing so counts as unleashing it alongside Hemlock).

Hex. You can spend 2 PP to cast the hex spell.

Bestow Curse. You can spend 5 PP to cast the bestow curse spell.

Magnet

Magnet is the spirit of naturally-occuring magnetic fields and uses them to hold foes in place. While Magnet is set to you, you can use your action to cast the shocking grasp cantrip.

Unleash Magnet. As an action, you can unleash Magnet to attempt to immobilize a creature you can see within 15 feet. You can choose an additional creature you can see within 10 feet of the initial target for each additional djinni you unleash alongside Magnet. The targets must each succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of their next turn. A target with resistance or immunity to lightning damage has advantage on its saving throw.

Magnetic Hold. You can spend 3 PP to cast the hold person spell. This casting of hold person forces the target to make Constitution saving throws instead of Wisdom saving throws to resist or end its effects, and a target with resistance or immunity to lightning damage has advantage on its saving throws.

Greater Magnetic Hold. You can spend 6 PP to cast the hold person spell at 4th level. This casting of hold person forces the targets to make Constitution saving throws instead of Wisdom saving throws to resist or end its effects, and targets with resistance or immunity to lightning damage have advantage on their saving throws.

Mud

Mud is the spirit of soft earth and muddy waters. While Mud is set to you, you can use your action to cast the mold earth* cantrip.

Unleash Mud. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can unleash Mud to deal an additional 2d4 bludgeoning damage to the target as it is encased in hardening mud. This damage increases by 1d4 for each additional djinni you unleash alongside Mud. The target must also succeed on a Strength saving throw or be restrained until the end of its next turn.

Meld into Stone. You can spend 5 PP to cast the meld into stone spell.

Transmute Rock. You can spend 7 PP to cast the transmute rock* spell.

Vine

Vine is the spirit of seeds and growth. While Vine is set to you, you can use your action to cast the thorn whip cantrip.

Unleash Vine. As an action, you can unleash Vine to cast the entangle spell without expending PP. This casting of entangle ends at the start of each of your turns unless you immediately unleash an additinoal djinni at the start of that turn (doing so counts as unleashing it alongside Vine).

Growth. As an action, you can spend 2 PP to accelerate the growth rate of an area of natural vegetation you can see. The area you choose must be within 30 feet of you and it must fit within a 5-foot-by-5-foot square. A thick vine erupts out from the vegetation towards a creature or surface you can see, traveling no more than 30 feet from its point of origin along a path you can see (the path doesn't need to be direct).

If you chose a creature and the vine can reach it, make a ranged spell attack roll against it. If you hit, the creature takes 2d6 bludgeoning damage and must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be restrained by the vine until the end of its next turn, or until it uses an action to break free.

If you chose a surface and the vine can reach it, it firmly mounts itself on that surface with a natural adhesive, forming a sturdy, continuous vine connecting the surface to the vegetation. The vine can be climbed as easily as a ladder and supports up to 500 pounds at a time without breaking. It deteriorates instantly after 1 minute, or if it breaks.

If you chose either option but the vine didn't reach its destination, it functions as if you had chosen a surface, adhering to any surface the far end is in contact with, if any. A vine that isn't adhered to a surface can only support 250 pounds at a time without breaking.

Plant Growth. You can spend 5 PP to cast the plant growth spell.

Summonable Spirits

This section contains information on each of the summonable spirits you can select from. You may only choose spirits for which you are able to pay the summon cost with your current djinn (including any djinn you gain at the same level as the spirit).

Many spirits grant access to spells. Spells marked with an asterisk (*) are found in Xanathar's Guide to Everything. Those marked with two (**) are found in the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. All other spells can be found in the Player's Handbook.

Moloch

Summon Cost: 2 Mercury, 1 any

Meteor

Summon Cost: 4 Mars, 3 any

Illusory stars appear in the air behind you, and a constellation resembling a Large human warrior is traced among them. You cast the fire storm spell as illusory balls of molten rock drop down on the areas affected by the spell.

Tartarus

Summon Cost: 4 Venus, 3 any

The semitransparent image of a Large hellhound appears in your space. You cast the power word pain* spell.

Legendary Spirits

Forbidden Spirits

Adept Spell List

This section contains the list of spells you consult when you learn an adept spell. The list is divided up by the elements associated with the spells and further organized by spell level within each classification.

Spells marked with an asterisk (*) are found in Xanathar's Guide to Everything. Those marked with two (**) are found in the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. All other spells can be found in the Player's Handbook.