The Field Historian

Tome of Discoveries

A Historian always carries his Academy sanctioned Tome of Discoveries, a magically infused Tome in which the Historian records his latest discoveries. As an incentive provided by the Academy, each set number of discoveries recorded in the Tome will bestow the discoverer with bonuses to different aspects of their kit.

Recording the discovery in the Tome, will also magically transcribe it into the Academy's Annals, to which all other Historians have access, bringing prestige and renown amongst the peers, along with the Academy's own rewards.

Arcane Stance

The Field Historian is a nothing if not flexible in mind and body. By studying ancient scroll recorded in the Annals of the Academy, the Historian can make use of different stances which bring bonuses to various aspects of combat. A list of the available stances can be found below.

Archetypes

At level 3, the Field Historian can choose between 2 disciplines: Ancient History and Arcane History.

Arcane History

The Arcane Historian who chooses this discipline, is granted access to a series of timeworn tomes written in an almost impossible language. The tomes describe long forgotten rituals of binding various valorous spirits of the past to the Historian. As the Historian progresses in its class, he or she learns to summon more spirits and to control them better. Whilst not as well defended as the Ancient Historian, the Arcane Historian benefits from being able to use range and numbers in order to overcome any dangers.

Class Features

As a Field Historian, you gain the following class features:

Rewards Tier 1

At level 1, once 3 important discoveries have been recorded, you can choose from one of the Rewards listed below. The choice is permanent.

1. Sense Spirits. You receive a +3 bonus to any Perception related checks when searching for goblinoid, undead, construct or elemental creatures. On a successful roll, you know their number, but not their location. In combat, any creature of the specified type, previously Sensed by you, has disadvantage on their first attack roll made against you.

2. Come prepared. You gain a bonus to AC equal to half of your DEX modifier rounded down, whenever fighting against any goblinoid, undead, construct or elemental creatures.

3. Back to the Wall. Since you spend so much of your time in tight, cramped spaces, the Academy has shared a treaty on fighting in confined spaces. Whenever you are indoors and near a piece of furniture, column or wall, you gain +1 to your attack rolls and DEX saving throws.

Rewards Tier 2

At level 5, once 6 important discoveries have been recorded in total, you can choose one of the Rewards listed below. The choice is permanent.

1. Know thy enemy. In combat, every time a goblinoid, undead, construct or elemental type of creature successfully hits you, as a reaction, you can roll a d20 and add your INT modifier. On a score of 20 or more, you negate all incoming damage. You can use this reaction until you have successfully negated two attacks. You regain the use of the reaction at the start of your next fight.

2. Prepared Potions. During a long rest, you can spend a Pristine Gem to enchant one healing potion or a poison vial to double its effect. This action can be taken once every time you rest. You can use up to 3 Prepared Potions per fight as you would use any other potion.

3. Follow me, I know a shortcut. If you are exploring any ruins of an extinct culture which you are already familiar with, you can use your History skill instead for any Perception or Investigation checks when searching for treasure, traps, or investigating objects or rooms with special significance. The History's proficiency bonus is doubled in this case.

Rewards Tier 3

At level 9, once 9 important discoveries have been recorded in total, you can choose one of the Rewards listed below. The choice is permanent.

1. Empower. During combat, as a bonus action, you can choose to crush a Pristine Gem against your weapon to give it +10 to hit to its next attack. You can use this feature once per turn, for as long as you have Pristine Gems.

2. Gemshine. In combat, as an action, you can throw a Pristine Gem anywhere up to a 30ft away. When it explodes, any creature caught inside its 15ft radius is automatically affected accordingly. If the creature is an enemy, it takes 1d6 + your DEX modifier and is blinded for 1 turn if it fails a DEX save throw against a DC of 8 + your DEX modifier + your proficiency bonus. If the creature is friendly, it receives a radiant shield which grants them 1d6 + their Dex modifier temporary hit points. The shield dissipates after 1 turn or if it took enough damage.

3. Tapdaggers. During a short or a long break by expending 2 Pristine Gems, you can modify one health potion you carry. The modified health potion acts like a weapon which also heals you when you hit with it. As an action, you can attack one enemy in melee range. The Tapdagger has +5 to hit. On a successful hit, you deal damage equal to half of the hit points gained as if you were to drink it, rounded down, and it shatters. It is not destroyed on a miss. You can use 1 Tapdagger per fight.

Rewards Tier 4

At level 15, once 12 important discoveries have been recorded in total, you can choose one of the Rewards listed below:

1. Waste Not, Want Not. Every time you use an ability that requires and destroys a Pristine Gem in combat, you have a chance to retain the gem. After you have used the ability, you can roll a d20. If the score is 10 or above, you can keep the gem.

2. Step Lightly Whenever you step onto a pressure plate (either previously discovered or otherwise), that would damage the location in which you stand, you get a free reaction which you can use to jump to the nearest safe location, up to 10ft away, chosen by you. You can add your DEX modifier + WIS modifier to your saving throw.

3. Arcane tendrils In combat, as an action, you can point at a creature which is either goblinoid, undead, construct or elemental, up to 30ft away from you and which you have clear sight of. Misty tendrils shoot out of the tip of your finger to envelop the creature. On its turn, if the creature attacks, it suffers a reduction to its hit score equal to your WIS modifier. If the creature misses, the tendrils dissipate, otherwise they stay in place until the creature misses.

Rewards Tier 5

At level 19, once 15 important discoveries have been recorded in total, you receive both of the Rewards listed below:

1. Ancient Spirit. You can now summon an Ancient Spirit. It reveals itself as an old man or woman of a random humanoid race. When asked, the spirit reveals to you the answer to questions pertaining to ancient history matters. Whenever you are required to roll for an ability check requiring the History skill, you gain a bonus equal to your half of current level rounded down, on top of every other bonus applicable. In combat, as an action, you can summon the Ancient Spirit who plants a ward at your feet and then disappears. The ward deflects the next oncoming spell and redirects it at the nearest enemy creature. Once used, this feature cannot be used again and no other spirits can be summoned until the next dawn, and you have finished at least 1 long rest.

2. Arcane Spirit You can now summon an Arcane Spirit. It reveals itself in various luminous shapes. When asked, it reveals to you answers to questions pertaining to ancient arcane practices. Whenever you are required to roll for an ability check requiring the Arcana skill, you gain a bonus equal to your current level rounded down, on top of every other bonus applicable. In combat, as an action, you can summon the Ancient Spirit who infuses your next spell with +10 to hit and doubles the number of dice used to calculate its damage. Once used, this feature cannot be used again and no other spirits can be summoned until the next dawn, and you have finished at least 1 long rest.

Increased Rewards

At level 10, you gain Increased Rewards, which lets you choose one of the Rewards from Tier 1 and 2, already in your kit, and increase its effect according to the list below.

• Back to the wall. Your now receive +2 bonus to your attack and DEX saving throws rolls.
• Sense Spirits. You have advantage for your first attack on any Sensed creature. At level 20, for the first round, no Sensed creature can attack you unless you attack it first and you have advantage to your first attack roll.
• Come Prepared. The bonus to your AC is now equal to your full DEX modifier.
• Know thy enemy. In addition to negating all damage on 19-20 score, you now also only receive half of the damage on a 17-18 score, from the attacks of the chosen type of enemy. You can half the damage received any number of times, however successfully negating all damage, you cannot use this bonus again until your next fight.
• Prepared potions. You can now prepare 2 potions per rest, however, you need to spend an additional Pristine Gem. In combat, you can use as many Prepared Potions as you have available, provided you use one per turn.
• Follow me, I know a shortcut. You can also now tell the general layout where the treasure is usually kept and what type of traps one might expect, based on what you already know about the respective culture.

At level 14, your chosen Tier 3 Reward has its effects increased accordingly:

• Concentration. The bonus to hit is increased to +2.
• Gemshine. The DC for the DEX save throw against blindness is increased to 17. Additionally, the radiant shield now grants 1d6 + DEX to allied creatures caught inside the radius of the blast.
• Tapdaggers. You can now use 2 Tapdaggers per fight and you can also roll with advantage whenever you use one.

Avid Reader

Starting at 1st level, you have read all you could find at the Academy about a specific culture. Choose a humanoid culture (extinct or still in existence). You can double your proficiency bonus of any History or Arcana skill checks when trying to obtain information about that particular culture or object belonging to that culture. At level 20, your rolls will automatically succeed.

Spellcasting

At level 2, you gain the Spellcasting ability. The spells you learn are limited in number but versatile enough in options. Every spell can be cast a certain number of times equal to the number of spell slots available per level. You can use an additional spell slot to cast a spell at a higher level, and each subsequent level requires an extra spell slot. A level 1 spell, for example, can be cast as a level 3 spell by expending 2 additional spell slots.
You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest. The number of spells known at each level is shown in the Field Historian table.
During a long rest, you can swap up to 1d4 of the spell known for others of the same level from the list at the end of the document.

Spellcasting Ability

Use your Intelligence modifier whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Avid Study

At level 11, after spending endless hours studying the nature of the Arcana in the halls of some mage guild or another, you are now able to cast a spell at maximum level available at your current level without expending any spell slots, once per a long rest.

Gems Stipend

When your reach level 14, your dice used to create the gems increase to 2d20.

Reconsider Reward

When you reach level 17, you can swap your Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 Rewards with any other from their own respective Tiers. The replaced Rewards have their effects increased according to the Increased Rewards tables at levels 10 and 14.

The Judgement of the Ghostly Council of Times Past

At level 20, you have learned how to call on the Council of Judges, the wardens of the god(s) of History. In combat, as an action, you can call forth the council. Three ghostly figures appear in any empty space around you. These are The Ruler, The Warrior, and The Wizard. You point to one of them and ask it to bring down their Judgement on your foes. The Judgement is different, depending on which Judge you point to. See below for the list of possible Judgements:

Once summoned, the Council cannot be called again for another full week.

Ancient History Discipline

Beginning at level 3, you can choose to follow the Ancient History discipline. Many of its features revolve around the use of your Servitorb, which you receive upon taking this path.
Upon taking the Ancient History path, you can add half of your INT modifier, rounded down, to your AC score. You are also proficient at wearing Medium Armor, restricted to Hide and Chain Shirt.
When you take up this discipline, choose an extinct race or culture. You are now proficient in the use of their language and can read and write in all dialects of that extinct race or culture.
In combat, if you are next to a wall or a piece of masonry or furniture which is at least the size of a dinner table, whenever an enemy creature in melee range has missed its attack, as a reaction, you can attempt to bash the creature into the wall or piece of furniture. Roll a d20. If your score is higher than the creature's own attack roll which missed, you can use the creature's own momentum to guide it into a wall or piece of furniture and dealing 1d8 + INT modifier points of damage to it as bludgeoning damage.
As a passive feature, you also gain a bonus to any Acrobatics related ability checks equal to your DEX modifier.

Detonate

At level 18, as a bonus action, you can command the Servitorb to detonate its radiant energies in a 15ft radius. All enemy creatures caught in the blast radius take xd20 points of damage as radiant damage, where x is equal to the number of creatures caught in the blast radius + your DEX modifier. The resulting damage is divided equally amongst all enemy creatures. Once used, Detonate cannot be used again until you finished a short rest.

Arcane History Discipline

Beginning at level 3, you can choose to follow the Arcane History discipline. Many of its features revolve around summoning Guardians of the Past. These Guardians can be damaged or destroyed and they can interact with the physical world, however a successful Dispel Magic against your Spell Saving DC can dismiss them.
Upon taking the Arcane History path, you can add half of your DEX, rounded down to the damage of any spells you cast.
When you take up this discipline, choose an extinct race or culture. You are now proficient in the use of their language and can read and write in all dialects of that extinct race or culture.
You are also granted 2 uses of every magical scroll before the inscribed spell fades and you can also add your INT modifier when using a wand which requires you to roll for its effect.

Ancient Guardian

The study of dusty tomes at the Academy has taught you how to summon the spirit of bravery in the form of an ancient warrior

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• Armor Class 14
• Hit Points 16 (+1d6 per Historian level after level 3)
• Speed 30
• Bonus to Hit +4

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• Vulnerabilities Dispel Magic
• Damage Immunities poison
• Condition Immunities charmed, sleep, any movement restricting conditions
• Language proficiencies any 2 languages from an extinct culture or race, chosen with the help of the GM.

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Actions in combat

The spirit heeds your call and comes forth, embodying a great warrior who once lived and fought many ages ago. It carries a spear in one hand, which seems to glow in the light, and shield in his other, inscribed with sacred texts in a language unspoken for millenia.

Multiattack
The Guardian can take its action to attack a target up to 15ft away with its spear. dealing 1d8 + your INT modifier as piercing damage. It then bashes its target with its shield, dealing 1d6 + your INT modifier as bludgeoning damage and the target must roll a CON saving throw against DC 14 to avoid being forced prone.

At levels 7, 14 and 18, the damage rolls gain an extra 1d8 die for the spear attack and an extra 1d6 die for the shield attack.

Shadows from the past
On your turn, you can command the Guardian to raise the Shadows from the past. The Ancient Guardian disappears and shadows raise from the ground next to each of the allied creatures, including yourself. They take the shape of the creature they rose next to. On the allied creature's turn, the shadow next to it replicates the creature's following actions: moving, attacking, casting a spell which deals direct damage. casting a protective spell. The shadows target the same creature or object or location that the allied creatures target. If an enemy creature has died following the allied creature's attack or spell, its shadow doesn't act. If an allied creature has healed another allied creature to its full hit points, its shadow doesn't heal that target. Once a shadow has acted, it disappears. When all the shadows disappear, the Ancient Guardian reappears at its place. Shadows of the past cannot be used again until the end of a full rest.

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Actions outside combat

Once per short rest, when not in combat, you can summon the Ancient Guardian which follows you around for up to 6 hours. You do not need to expend a Pristine Gem to do this and can dispel it at wish. Every time your summon the Guardian, it has a different personality, as it inhabits a different warrior from the past. You can choose the era which the warrior is drawn from but not a specific person. You can ask the Guardian to:

• Read and translate for you any script in a language or dialect it knows.
• Retell ancient battles of its era, as well as other militaristic events.
• Communicate with other spirits of the past on your behalf, if they belong to the culture or race that the Guardian has been summoned from. The spirit must be already present, as the Guardian cannot call on them.

Silent Obelix

An Onyx mage, who's name has long since been forgotten, laid out in an unsigned article a technique to call forth a Silent Obelix

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• Armor Class 17
• Hit Points 28 (+1d8 per Historian level after level 3)
• Speed 0

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• Vulnerabilities Dispel Magic
• Damage Immunities poison
• Damage Resistances physical, cold, fire, necrotic
• Condition Immunities all conditions that immobilize or charm

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Actions in combat

A Silent Obelix appears at the designated location. It is made up of shiny black stone, up to 10ft tall and 4ft thick, in the rough shapes of a mythical being, or a sacred monster or spirit, or god, with silver like veins running all across its surface. It cannot move, but can take one action. On your turn, you can use a bonus action to relocate the Silent Obelix, which disappears and reappears at the new designated spot.

Taunt
The Obelix emanates an invisible agitation in the magical field. Any enemy creature caught inside its radius of 15ft must make a WIS saving throw against your spell DC + your INT modifier or become enraged and target the Obelix. The Taunt lasts until the Obelix takes another action or is destroyed. On the affected enemy creature's turn, they must roll again to try to free themselves from the charm. If the roll fails, the enemy creature must either attack the Obelix or move towards it. All creatures in melee range of the Obelix have their AC lowered by 1 point incrementally for every turn they are still in melee range of the it.

Silent Ruin
On your turn, you can command the Guardian to bring about Ruin to your foes. The Silent Obelix disappears and a great mist sets on all enemy creatures. Their armor rust and their weapons crack as time seems to pass very quickly inside the mist. All enemy creatures have their AC lowered by 5 points and -5 to hit to their next attack roll. Additionally, their hit points are temporarily reduced by 1d6, which is rolled at the start of each enemy creature's turn. If the hit points reduction take the creature at or below 0 points, it instead is reduced to 1 hit point. Once a full round has been completed, the mist dissipates and the Obelix reappears in its location. The AC, hit rolls and temporary hit points are restored, if the creature has not been killed in the meantime. Any enemy creatures which have not been attacked the previous round, retain their temporary reductions until they are attacked. Silent Ruin cannot be used again until you have finished a long rest.

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Actions outside combat

Once per short rest, when not in combat, you can summon the Silent Obelix at the designated location for up to 6 hours. You do not need to expend a Pristine Gem to do this and can dispel it at wish. Every time your summon the Obelix, it appears as a different statue. You can command the Obelix to:

• Point the way towards the nearest treasure.
• Illuminate the surroundings by shining bright light in a 30ft radius and dim light for a further 15ft
• Muffle all sounds in a radius of 15ft centered on itself. Sound behaves normally inside the radius, and speech and spell casting work as normal, but anyone outside the radius cannot hear any sounds coming from within.

Warden of the Imperios

A rare scroll discovered by an Ancient Historian some centuries ago teaches a difficult but powerful summon which calls forth one of the wardens who guarded the borders of the Imperios against dark magic, a long time ago.

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• Armor Class 14
• Hit Points 12 (+1d6 per Historian level after level 3)
• Speed 30

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• Vulnerabilities Dispel Magic
• Damage Immunities poison
• Damage Resistances all types of damage
• Condition Immunities all conditions

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Actions in combat

Whenever you summon one, the spirit of the warden inhabits its own body which is drawn from the ages of the Imperios. The warden is drawn from any of the extinct or still present races which existed during the reign of the High-Emperors. On its turn, the warden can move up to its speed and take one action.

Bauble
On its turn, the warden casts a barely visible bauble around a friendly creature. Every turn, while the bauble is active, the creature gains resistance to elemental, radiant, force and physical damage. The warden can use its consecutive turns to keep the bauble up. The effect ends early when the warden has been given a different command, or has been destroyed.

The High-Emperor's Protection
When commanded, the Warden of the Imperios can instate The High-Emperor's Protection. The warden disappears and a white, iridescent globe appears amidst all allied creatures, 3ft in radius. From it, white, flashy tendrils of pure magic spark towards all allied creatures, wrapping them in beneficial magical energies. All allied creatures gain resistance to the next physical or magical attack they suffer. Once a round has been completed, the sphere disappears. Any allied creatures which have not been attacked on their turn, retain their resistances until they are attacked. The High-Emperor's Protection cannot be used again until you have finished a long rest.

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Actions outside combat

Once per short rest, when not in combat, you can summon the Warden of the Imperios which follows you around for up to 6 hours. You do not need to expend a Pristine Gem to do this and can dispel it at wish. Every time your summon the warden, it appears as an extinct race from the times of the Imperios which you can specify. You can ask it to:

• Guard the camp or a spot during a short rest or while exploring, sounding the alarm when danger is coming, but otherwise taking no other actions.
• Describe the lay of the land if you find yourself on the lands which once belonged to the Imperios. This is established with the help of the GM.
• Identity and describe ancient magic items, scrolls and spells.