Incarnum

Incarnum is an amorphous magical substance made up of the soul energies of all sentient creatures—living, dead, and, it is theorized, those not yet born.

In its pure form, incarnum resembles a radiant mist, deep blue in color. Those trained or gifted in manipulating incarnum can shape it into physical objects, called soulmelds, or simply use it to imbue themselves with power. Shaping incarnum has no ill effect on the soul energy used. Incarnum is not consumed when it is manipulated by a meldshaper or other character- it is merely “borrowed” from the nigh-infinite supply in the multiverse. That said, the wielders of incarnum recognize that the substance is more than mere magic. It is, very literally, the essence of all creatures.

Talented wielders of incarnum learn to harness specific qualities of incarnum (and by extension, properties of the souls tapped for this power), including particular alignments, insights, experiences, and the like. In fact, most wielders of incarnum have strong moral and ethical outlooks inextricably linked to their use of the substance.

Soulmelds

A soulmeld is a semipermanent magical effect crafted from raw incarnum. Soulmelds are “worn” much like magic items. Once shaped, a soulmeld lasts as long as its creator wants it to.

The characters who make use of these new options gain the ability to shape incarnum into magical objects called soulmelds. Characters who can shape soulmelds are called meldshapers. A soulmeld somewhat resembles a magic item or a spell effect in physical form. It is the physical embodiment of incarnum, linked to the meldshaper’s body and worn almost like a physical item. Shaping incarnum into soulmelds requires time and effort, much like a wizard preparing spells. Unlike spells, though, soulmelds generally last until the meldshaper decides to unshape them, withdrawing the incarnum for future use.

Eseentia

Essentia is a character’s personal store of incarnum. Most characters can’t access this pool of energy, though certain classes, races, and feats open up this potential. Essentia can be invested into soulmelds in order to enhance their effects. Essentia can be reinvested during a short rest to augment soulmelds and other effects as the meldshaper wishes.

Essentia is the substance of a character’s personal soul energy. Everybody has it, but only some characters learn to manipulate it to enhance magical effects. Meldshapers, for instance, can invest it into soulmelds to make them more powerful. Every soulmeld can be enhanced by investing essentia into it, in much the same way as spells improve with higher caster levels.

Unlike caster level, a soulmeld’s invested essentia is not a fixed number; it can shift up or down as the meldshaper desires. The more powerful the character, the more essentia he can invest into his soulmelds and thus the more powerful they can become. In addition to its use in soulmelds, essentia can sometimes be invested into feats, class features, and other abilities. Any character, regardless of whether he can shape soulmelds, can gain access to his personal pool of essentia by the selection of the proper feat or other option.

Chakras

Chakras are the body’s ten centers of power: crown, feet, hands, arms, brow, shoulders, throat, waist, heart, and soul.

The ten chakras represent locations on the body where a meldshaper can place a soulmeld. Meldshapers have access to all their chakras for the purpose of shaping soulmelds to occupy them.

Races

Incarnum is a part of every living creature. On an individual level, incarnum changes those who use it. On a grander scale, it has altered or created entire races whose substance is infused with incarnum. Four of these races are detailed in this chapter.

Rilkan

Rilkans are gregarious, rakish daredevils who revere trade and the garnering of knowledge. The average rilkan stands about as tall as a human and weighs about 160 pounds. She wears beautiful, finely made garments that harmonize with her colorful neck and forearm scales, which can range from turquoise to sapphire to ruby. Because rilkans love trade and new experiences, they venerate merchants and tale-tellers. They are also calculated risk-takers, so they hold their heroes in high regard. Their settlements are typically ruled by trading costers and similar organizations.

Rilkans can pass for humans if they cover their pebbly, corundum-hard scales. These scales range in color from turquoise to sapphire to ruby. In males, the scales are a single solid color; in females, they are patterned and polychromatic. Rilkan men are dashing and handsome, while rilkan women dress to accentuate their femininity.

Like the skarns, the rilkans are descended from the enigmatic race known as the mishtai. Though the rilkans bear an ancient grudge toward their sister race, they get along quite well with members of most other humanoid races. Rilkans speak Common, but many know additional languages as well. They enjoy learning new tongues, not only to better communicate with other races, but also purely for the pleasure of learning.

Incarnate

Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d10 per incarnate level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) your Constitution modifier per incarnate level after 1st

Proficiencies

• Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields
• Weapons: Simple weapons
• Tools: None

• Saving Throws: Constitution, Charisma
• Skills: Choose two from Acrobatics, Athletics, History, Intimidation, Perception, Persuasion, Religion, Survival

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

• (a) scale mail or (b) leather, shortbow, and 20 arrows
• (a) a simple weapon and shield or (b) two simple weapons
• (a) a dungeoneer's pack (b) explorer's pack

Starting Gold

If you choose to start with gold instead of equipment, your starting gold is 4d4 x 10 gp.

Multiclassing

Prerequisites. To qualify for multiclassing into the incarnate class, you must met these prerequisites: Constitution 13

Meldshaping

Beginning at 1st level, you have learned the art of shaping soulmelds, magical enchantments that draw power from your very soul. Which soulmelds you can shape can be found in the Incarnate table. While you have a soulmeld shaped, you cannot wear a magic item on the same part of the body. For example, you cannot wear a magic helmet while you have a crown soulmeld shaped.

Soulmelds remained shaped until they are unshaped, granting their bonuses permanently until unshaped. You can shape and unshape your soulmelds when you finish a long rest. The list of soulmelds and their details can be found in the Soulmeld section of this document. You have access to all soulmelds listed, however you can only have one soulmeld shaped in a particular slot at a time and cannot shape soulmelds that you do not meet the level requirement for.

Detect Opposition

Also at 1st level, you can harness the power of your soul to sense the weight of other souls around you. As a bonus action you sense the souls of every living creature within 30 feet of you For 1 minute. When you do, you know the creature's alignment and location. Creatures warded from divination magic are immune to this feature, and creatures without souls appears as blank spots in your vision. This feature 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.

Once you have used this feature, you cannot do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Chakra Bind

At 2nd level you gain the ability to bind soulmelds to your body's chakra points. This ability strengthens your soulmelds and grants them special abilities. You unlock your chakra points at the corresponding levels shown in the Incarnate table.

Only one chakra can be bound to the same slot at a time, meaning you cannot bind two soulmelds to the crown chakra for example. As well you can only bind soulmelds a certain number of chakra per level, indicated in the Incarnate Table.

Binding or unbinding a soulmeld to your chakra requires intense meditation, you bind or unbind all chosen chakras when you finish a long rest.

Incarnation

At 3rd level your incarnum powers take shape, leading you down the path of an Incarnation. Your choice grants you additional features at 3rd level and again at 7th, 11th, and 15th level.

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.

Extra Attack

Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Incarnum Defense

Starting at 9th level you can wreathe your body in the energy of your soul, altering your appearance and bolstering your defenses. You can activate your incarnum defense as an action and gain one of the following benefits of your choice based on your alignment:

Good. Your eyes becomes orbs of solid gold in color, with no visible pupil or iris. You are immune to being frightened.

Evil. Your eyes become solid orbs of shadowy blackness, with no visible pupil or iris. You are immune to being blinded.

Lawful. Your pupils glow with blue energy. You cannot be charmed.

Chaotic. Your irises turn emerald green. You are immune to being paralyzed.

Neutral. Your eyes become translucent. You are immune to being poisoned.

Your incarnum defense lasts for 1 minute, and cannot be used again until you finish a long rest.

Rapid Meldshaping

At 13th level your mastery of incarnum allows you to quickly unshape and reshape soulmelds. As an action you can unshape one soulmeld you have active and shape a different one. When you do this, all essentia invested in the unshaped soulmeld transfers into the newly shaped soulmeld.

Once you've used this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a short rest.

Dual Bindings

At 17th level, your soul overflows through your chakra, allowing you to fuse more soulmelds to them. You gain the ability to have two soulmelds active in the same slot. The soulmelds must be of the same type, such as two crown soulmelds. You cannot bind the second soulmeld to the chakra point, and the second soulmeld can have no more than 3 essentia invested at a time.

True Incarnation

At 20th level, the process of merging incarnum with your flesh is complete and the raw soul energy sustains you for eternity. You suffer none of the frailty of old age, and you can't be aged magically. In addition, you no longer need food or water.

Incarnations

As incarnates gain power, their soul shapes them into an incarnation, an entity who's soul has been shaped by their deepest desires. Incarnations can be anything from powerful melee combantants to potent spellcasters, and each one gets special soulmelds based on their chosen incarnation.

Soulborn

You have honed your martial skills and can expertly weave incarnum into your weapons. As a result you are able to bind soulmelds to your weapon as well as increase your fighting capabilities with incarnum.

Soulcaster

You combine the magic of incarnum with arcane spellcasting in order to obtain even greater magical prowess.

Incarnum Knowledge

Also at 3rd level, your study of the arcane helps you better understand incarnum. You gain proficiency in the Arcana skill if you don't already have it. When you make an Intelligence (Arcana) check relating to incarnum, you double your proficiency bonus for the roll.

Magical Distillation

At 7th level, you learn how to transform your arcane spells into essentia and vise versa. You can use your essentia to gain additional spell slots, or sacrifice spell slots to regain additional essentia.

Creating Spell Slots. You can transform uninvested essentia into one spell slot as a bonus action on your turn. The Creating Spell Slots table shows the cost of creating a spell slot of a given level. You can create spell slots no higher in level than 4th.

Arcane Investment

Starting at 11th level, you weave your ability to cast spells into your soulmeld abilities. Whenever you use an action to activate one of your soulmeld's abilities, you can cast a 1st-level spell or cantrip as a bonus action.

Investiture of Soul

At 15th level your weaving of arcane magic and incarnum is so powerful that you use essentia to empower your spells. Whenever you cast a spell of 1st-level or higher, you can invest essentia into the spell. For every 2 essentia invested, you can raise the spell's level by 1 as if you had cast it using a higher level spell slot.

Totemist

Your reverie for nature and the creatures of the world have allowed you to shape soulmelds resembling various animals and magical beasts, giving you their unique abilities.

Necrocarnate Class Features

Necrocarnum

Beginning when you take this archetype at 3rd level you unlock the ability to use Necrocarnum, the tortured souls of your victims. Whenever an enemy with a soul dies within 30 feet of you, you can store their soul within your own body to use at your command. While stored this way, the soul is in constant pain as your own twisted soul tortures it. You gain a number of necrocarnum equal to half of the creature's CR (minimum 1).

The maximum amount of necrocarnum you can store is equal to your essentia pool maximum. Your own dark soul grants you 1 point of necrocarnum by default. When you have no stored necrocarnum you suffer disadvantage on all ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws until you gain 1 point of necrocarnum. When you finish a long rest, you gain 1 necrocarnum, this cannot exceed your essentia pool maximum.

As an action you can turn a number of essentia from your essentia pool into necrocarnum. Once you use this feature, you can't do so agasin until you finish a long rest.

Necrocarnum Spellcasting

Also at 3rd level, your ability to manipulate necrocarnum allows you to mimic certain spells. You gain access to certain spells at certain levels, show in the Necrocarnum Spells table below. In order to cast one of these spells, you must expend necrocarnum to equal to the spell's level to cast it, but you can't expend additional necrocarnum to cast it at a higher level. When you cast a spell this way, it does not require material components.

You can cast each spell once and regain all uses when you finish a long rest.

Necrocarnum Reanimation

At 7th level you learn how to forge the souls of your victims into a new being of undeath. By blending incarnum and necrocarnum together you are able to create an undead servant that manifests in physical form. You can expend 1 essentia and 1 necrocarnum to create an undead servant in the form of a necrocarnate zombie or necrocarnate skeleton. Controlling the undead follows the same rules as the animate dead spell.

When you summon your undead servant, you can expend additional essentia and necrocarnum to strengthen it, however the amount of essentia expended must always be equal to the number of necrocarnum expended. You can choose multiple options at once provided you spend enough of your resources.

Multiple Souls. By spending 2 additional essentia and necrocarnum, you can summon an additional necrocarnum zombie or necrocarnum skeleton. You can use this feature multiple times, and you can have a number of additional undead servants active at a time equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum 1).

Necrocarnum Strength. By spending 1 additional essentia and necrocarnum, your undead servant adds your proficiency bonus to its attack and damage rolls. If you summon multiple undead servants, this bonus applies to all of them.

Twisted Invigoration. By spending 2 additional essentia and necrocarnum, your undead servant gains additional hit points equal to your level. If you summon multiple undead servants, this bonus applies to all of them.

Undead Armoring. By spending 3 additional essentia and necrocarnum, your undead servant gains a bonus to its AC equal to your proficiency bonus. If you summon multiple undead servants, this bonus applies to all of them.

Once you have used this feature, you cannot do so again until you finish a long rest.

Strength from Suffering

At 11th level, you feel invigorated by the tortured souls within you. When you finish a long rest you gain additional necrocarnum equal to half your Charisma modifier, this cannot exceed your essentia pool maximum.

Soulless One

At 15th level, your own soul is permanently altered by the souls you torture, a mere tool for you to shape your desires. The number of necrocarnum you can store within you is doubled.

Crown

Acrobat Boots

With these leather boots you feel light as a feather.

You gain proficiency in acrobatics if you don't have it already.

Essentia. As a reaction to falling, you can expend essentia from this soulmeld. When you do, reduce the damage you would take from the fall by 1d6 per point of essentia expended.

Chakra Bind (Feet). You can take the disengage action as a bonus action.

Airstep Sandals

You shape incarnum into a pair of whispy blue sandals, when you rise into the air, it appears as if clouds are covering your feet.

You gain a flying speed equal to your movement speed. If you end your movement in the air, you fall.

Essentia. Your fly speed increases by 5 feet per point of essentia invested in this soulmeld.

Chakra Bind (Feet). You no longer fall at the end of your movement if you are in the air.

Bulette Plates

Prerequisites: Totemist

Your body shimmers with the chitinous plates of a bulette, allowing you to dig deep underground.

You gain a burrow speed equal to your movement speed.

Essentia. Your burrow speed increases by 5 feet per point of essentia invested into this soulmeld.

Chakra Bind (Feet). You ignore difficult terrain while underground.

Chakra Bind (Totem). You gain tremorsense out to a range of 30 feet.

Cerulean Slippers

A pair of vibrant blue slippers that seem to meld to your feet once you touch water, allowing you to traverse the seas more easily.

You can walk on water as though it were solid ground.

Essentia. You gain a swim speed equal to 5 feet per point of essentia invested in this soulmeld.

Chakra Bind (Feet). You ignore difficult terrain as long as you are at least waist deep in water.

Bloodwar Gauntlets

A pair of onyx gauntlets pulsing with red energy, with each attack the glow intensifies.

Unarmed strikes made with these gauntlets deal 1d6 + your Strength modifier bludgeoning damage.

Essentia. The next time you hit with an unarmed strike with this soulmeld, you can expend essentia invested in this soulmeld to deal additional damage equal to the amount expended.

Chakra Bind (Hands). The damage of your unarmed strikes with this soulmeld increases to 1d8 + your Strength modifier.

Chakra Bind (Arms). Your unarmed strikes with this soulmeld score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.

Arcane Bracelet

Prerequisite: Soulcaster

These small blue sapphires orbit around your wrist, always keeping you on the right path

You can see a faint aura emanating from magical traps.

Essentia. As an action, you can expend essentia stored within this soulmeld. When you do, you can see in magical darkness a number of feet equal to the amount essentia expended.

Chakra Bind (Arms). You can see through magical illusions made to alter terrain and mislead you, such as by the illusory terrain spell.

Armguards of Disruption

A set of silver bracers inlaid with pearls that pulse with glowing energy whenever an undead creature is near.

You have advantage on weapon attacks made against undead creatures.

Essentia. You gain a bonus to damage dealt to undead creatures equal to the amount of essentia invested in this soulmeld.

Chakra Bind (Arms). Reducing an undead creature to 0 hit points does not cause the Undead Fortitude trait to trigger.

Bluesteel Bracers

These azure bracers move in perfect sync with your body in combat, allowing you to never feel like your arms are weighed down.

You can take the dodge action as a bonus action.

Essentia. You have a bonus to intiative rolls equal to the amount of essentia invested in this soulmeld.

Chakra Bind (Arms). The first time a hostile creature within 5 feet of you misses you with an attack, it has disadvantage on its next attack made before the end of its turn.

Bracers of Sundering

Prerequisite: Soulborn

These iron bracers have short claws on the end of them, perfect for catching an opponent off balance.

When you score a critical hit on a Large or smaller creature with a melee weapon attack, it is knocked prone.

Essentia. When you score a critical hit on the target, you can expend essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you do, you gain a bonus to your AC until the beginning of your next turn equal to the essentia expended .

Chakra Bind (Arms). When you score a critical hit on a creature, you can take the disarm action against it.

Coffin Bracers

Prerequisite: Necrocarnate

These bracers have the appearance of simple black coffins wrapped with skulls. Whenever you are in danger of cold or death, they glow a faint silver and suck in the magic.

You have resistance to cold and necrotic damage.

Essentia. As an action, you can expend 1 essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you, one creature within 30 feet of you has vulnerability to your choice of cold or necrotic damage until the end of your next turn.

Chakra Bind (Arms). You have advantage on saving throws made against spells that deal cold or necrotic damage.

Girallon Arms

Prerequisite: Totemist

A pair of thick gorrilaesque arms sprout from you back, striking at opponents who aim to harm you.

You can use your attack action to make an attack with this soulmeld using your Strength. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 + your strength modifier bludgeoning damage.

Essentia. When you make a Strength (Athletics) check made to climb, you gain a bonus to the roll equal to the amount of essentia invested in this soulmeld.

Chakra Bind (Arms). When you successfully hit a creature with this soulmeld, you can use your bonus action to grapple the creature.

Lifebond Vestments

Prerequisite: Incandescent Champion

Ornate white and blue robes that allow you to trade some of your life essence to save the lives of others.

When you succeed on a Wisdom (Medicine) check to stabilize a dying creature, you can choose to lose any number of hit points up to your level and transfer them to the stabilized creature, allowing them to regain that many hit points.

Essentia. When you use this soulmeld to transfer your hit points to another creature, you can expend essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you do, the creature gains an additional 2 hit points per point of essentia expended.

Chakra Bind (Arms). You are proficient in the Medicine skill if you aren't already.

Chakra Bind (Heart). For every 1 hitpoint you transfer with this soulmeld, the creature gains 2 hit points instead of 1.

Riding Bracers

These leather bracers have special hooks for riding gear to let the wearer have perfect control of their mount.

You spend no additional movement to mount and dismount a creature.

Essentia. While you're mounted, the movement speed of your mount increases by 5 feet per point of essentia invested in this soulmeld.

Chakra Bind (Arms). You have advantage on saving throws made to avoid being dismounted.

Basilisk Mask

Prerequisite: Totemist

The head of a basilisk adorns your face, it’s eyes glowing with power.

Once per long rest as an action, you can attempt to petrify a creature. Target a creature within 30 feet of you that has line of sight to you. The target makes a Constitution saving throw equal to your soulmeld save DC. On a failed save, the creature magically begins to turn to stone and is restrained. It must repeat the saving throw at the end of its next turn. On a success, the effect ends.

On a failure, the creature is petrified until freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic. A creature that isn't surprised can avert its eyes to avoid the saving throw at the start of its turn. If it does so, it can't see you until the start of its next turn, when it can avert its eyes again. If it looks at you in the meantime, it must immediately make the save.

Essentia. Once per long rest as an action, you can expend 5 essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you do, you can cast the stoneskin spell on yourself without needing material components.

Chakra Bind (Brow). You have advantage on saving throws made against spells and magical effects that would paralzye you.

Chakra Bind (Totem). You are immune to being petrified.

Ghastly Visage

Prerequisite: Necrocarnate

A mask depicting a twisted skeletal creature covers your face, altering in the eyes of those around you to better suit what they fear most.

Hostile creatures within 30 feet of you have disadvantage on saving throws to avoid being frightened of you.

Essentia. As an action you can expend 1 essentia invested in this soulmeld to attempt to frighten a creature within 15 feet of you. The target makes a Wisdom saving throw equal to soulmeld save DC. On a failed save the creature if frightened of you for 1 minute. A frightened target can repeat the save at the end of its turn, ending the effect on a success. On a successful save, the creature is immune to this effect for 24 hours.

Chakra Bind (Brow). You have advantage on Intelligence (Insight) checks made to oppose a creature's Charisma (Deception) and Charisma (Intimidation) checks.

Guardian's Halo

Prerequisite: Soulborn

This golden ring of light surrounds your head and eye level, allowing you to fight through the crippling of your senses.

You do not suffer disadvantage on attack rolls due to being blinded.

Essentia. As an action, you can expend a point of essentia invested in this soulmeld to remove blindness or deafness from a creature within 30 feet of you.

Chakra Bind (Brow). You are immune to being deafened.

Illusion Veil

A simple translucent blindfold masks your eyes, seeing through the lies of spellcasters.

You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) to see invisible creatures.

Essentia. You can use an action to expend essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you do, choose a friendly creature within 30 feet of you. The next time that creature casts an illusion spell that requires an ability check or saving throw by another creature, the check or saving throw DC is increased by 1 per point of essentia invested into this soulmeld.

Chakra Bind (Brow). You can see through magic made to hide or alter one’s personal appearance, such as with the disguise self spell.

Keen-Eye Lenses

Prerequisite: Incandescent Champion

These golden spectacles seem to focus on what matters, even when there’s nothing to see.

You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.

Essentia. When you invest essentia into this soulmeld, you gain blindsight equal to 5 feet per point of essentia invested in this soulmeld.

Chakra Bind (Brow). You can see in magical darkness as if it were dim light.

Mage's Spectacles

Prerequisite: Soulcaster

When reading with these glasses, magical texts seem to make more sense to you.

You have advantage on Intelligence (Arcana) checks made to decipher magical scripts.

Essentia. You can use an reaction when a creature you can see casts a spell to expend essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you do, you can make an Intelligence (Arcana) check to try and discern what the spell is. You get a bonus to this roll equal to the amount of essentia expended.

Chakra Bind (Brow). You can see the auras created by magic on magical objects small enough to fit into your hand.

Adamant Pauldrons

Prerequisite: Incandescent Champion

These shoulderguards are just large enough to make for useful combat gear without being absurdly large.

You have resistance to nonmagical slashing, piercing, and bludgeoning damage.

Essentia. When you roll to escape a grapple, you can expend essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you do, you get a bonus to the roll equal to the amount expended.

Chakra Bind (Shoulders). Whenever a spell forces you to make a Strength saving throw, you have advantage on the roll.

Bone Spines

Prerequisites: Necrocarnate

Segmented tentacles of bone protrude from your back, each one ending in a sharp point. When a hostile force gets to close, they lash out attempting to strike down your foes.

Whenever a creature steps within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to lash out with the bone spines. The target makes a Dexterity saving throw equal to your soulmeld save DC. On a failed save, the target takes 2d10 piercing damage, or half as much on a successful save.

Essentia. When you deal damage with this soulmeld, you can expend essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you do, you deal additional damage to the target equal to the amount expended.

Chakra Bind (Shoulders). The range of your bone spines increases to 10 feet.

Displacer Beast Mantle

Prerequisite: Totemist

A cloak made from the hide of a displacer beast unfurls from your back, from it the signature tentacles of the creature sprout.

You gain proficiency in the Stealth skill if you aren't already.

Essentia. As an action, you can expend essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you do, you cast the blur spell without needing to concentrate on it. The spell's duration is equal to the amount of essentia expended.

Chakra Bind (Shoulders). You gain a tentacle attack with a reach of 10 feet that uses your Strength. As a bonus action you can make an attack with the tentacles, on a hit the target takes 1d4 bludgeoning damage plus 1d4 piercing damage.

Chakra Bind (Totem). When you expend essentia with this soulmeld, you can cast the mirror image spell instead of blur. It lasts a number of rounds equal to the amount of essentia expended.

Mantle of Flame

A cloak of azure flame surrounds you, lashing out at those who seek to harm you.

When a hostile creature hits you with a melee weapon attack, you can use your reaction to deal 1d4 fire damage to the target. You can use this feature a number of times per day equal to your Charisma modifier.

Essentia. When you deal damage with this soulmeld, you can expend essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you do, you deal additional damage to the target equal to the amount expended.

Chakra Bind (Shoulders). You have resistance to fire damage.

Pauldrons of Health

These cloth shoulder pouches contain all the necessary ingredients to cure any sickness.

You are immune to diseases.

Essentia. When you make a saving throw against being poisoned, you can use your reaction to expend essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you do, you get a bonus to the roll equal to the amount expended.

Chakra Bind (Shoulders). You have resistance to poison damage.

Tendrils of Deflection

Prerequisite: Soulborn

From a great blue sapphire on your shoulder extends lashes of pure energy that seem to snake down your arm and wrap around your weapon. When an enemy gets too close, they lash out in defense of you.

You gain a +1 bonus to your AC.

Essentia. When you are hit by a ranged attack, you can use your reaction to expend essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you do, you can reduce the damage of the attack by the amount of essentia expended + your Incarnate level.

Chakra Bind (Shoulders). Any critical hit against you becomes a normal hit.

Apparition Ribbon

This dull gray scarf turns translucent when spirits are around.

Creatures with incorporeal movement, such as ghosts, cannot move through or end their turn in a space you occupy.

Essentia. You gain a bonus to saving throws amde against spells and magical effects caused by incorporeal creatures. The bonus is equal to the amount of essentia invested in this soulmeld.

Chakra Bind (Throat). Once per long rest as an action you can turn incorporeal for up to 1 minute. While in this state you cannot take damage or make actions other than movement actions, your movement speed is halved, and you can move through occupied squares. If you become physical in a space occupied by another creature, both you and the creature take 1d10 force damage.

Banshee's Gorget

Prerequisite: Necrocarnate

A whirling blue fog coalesces around your throat, giving you the ability to let loose an otherworldy scream when you are in pain.

Oncer per long rest when you are hit with a melee weapon attack you can use your reaction to force the creature away from you. The target makes a Strength saving throw equal to your soulmeld save DC. On a failed save, the creature is pushed up to 10 feet away and knocked prone. On a successful save it is only pushed 5 feet away.

Essentia. When a creature fails its saving throw from this soulmeld it is pushed an additional 5 feet per point of essentia invested in this soulmeld.

Chakra Bind (Throat). A creature that fails the save of this soulmeld is also deafened for 1 minute.

Commanding Gorget

Prerequisite: Incandescent Champion

This iron gorget has a large peridot in the center of it. When you challenge an enemy, it seems to force them into accepting it.

Once per long rest as an action, you can cast the compelled duel spell.

Essentia. When you cast compelled duel with this soulmeld, you can expend essentia invested in it. When you do, the range of the spell increases by 5 feet per point of essentia expended.

Chakra Bind (Throat). The target of your compelled duel has disadvantage on saving throws made to resist its effects.

Dragon's Breath

Prerequisite: Totemist

Your throat is covered in red draconic scales, orange energy pulsing from beneath them.

Once per long rest as an action you can exhale fire in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in the area of the exhalation must make a Dexterity saving throw equal to your soulmeld save DC. On a failed save, the effected creatures take 4d6 fire damage, or half as much on a successful save.

Essentia. When you use this soulmeld, you can expend 1 essentia invested in it to change the range to a 60 ft line.

Chakra Bind (Throat). When you bind the dragon’s breath to your throat chakra, choose one from acid, cold, lightning, or poison. This souldmeld deals the chosen damage type instead of fire.

Chakra Bind (Totem). The damage of this soulmeld increases to 6d6.

Incarnum Focus

Prerequisite: Soulcaster

This small sapphire in the middle of your throat allows you to better focus on your spells.

You have advantage on Constitution saving throws made to maintain concentration on your spells.

Essentia. When you cast a spell with a range of touch, you can expend 1 essntia to increase the spell's range to 30 feet.

Chakra Bind (Throat). Spells you cast don't require verbal components.

Planar Ward

Prerequisite: Soulborn

A glowing blue orb embedded in the base of your throat. When an extraplanar creature strikes you, the orb flares with blue light, enveloping the attacker for an instant.

You are immune to conditions from spells and abilities from creatures not native to the plane you are currently on.

Essentia. You gain a bonus to attack rolls made against creatures not native to the plane you are currently on. The bonus is equal to the amount of essentia invested in this soulmeld.

Chakra Bind. You can cast the banishment spell once per day, using Charisma as your spellcasting modifier for it.

Headhunter

Prerequisite: Necrocarnate

This black belt is adorned with five ornate skulls, each one glowing a deep emerald green. When you run your hand over them you feel the vigor of life untouched within them.

As an action you can pull one of the five skulls from the belt and crush it in your hand. When you do, you gain temporary hit points equal to 10 plus your incarnate level. When all five skulls are crushed, the soulmeld unshapes and any remaining essentia invested in it is lost. The belt replenishes 1d4+1 skulls at dawn for as long as the soulmeld remains shaped.

Essentia. As a bonus action you can turn 1 essentia that is invested in this soulmeld into 1 necrocarnum. You can't exceed your necrocarnum maximum this way.

Chakra Bind (Waist). As long as all five skulls are intact, you regenerate 5 hit points at the beginning of your turn as long as you are conscious.

Gravitational Ring

Prerequisite: Soulborn

A small ring of pebble like asteroids orbit your waist, they seem to push and pull the energies around you.

You cannot be knocked prone or pushed against your will.

Essentia. Once per long rest as an action you can expend essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you do, you send out a wave of force at adjacent enemies. Each creature within 5 feet of you must succeed on a Strength saving throw equal to your soulmeld save DC. On a failed save, each creature takes 1d10 force damage and are pushed back 5 feet per point of essentia invested in this soulmeld. On a successful save, each creature takes half of the damage, and are pushed 5 feet.

Chakra Bind (Waist). Creatures pushed back by this soulmeld are knocked prone after being pushed.

Strongheart Vest

Prerequisite: Soulcaster

A silver chain vest covered in topazes that glow brightly whenever you're in danger.

You have advantage on Constitution saving throws to resist poison and disease.

Essentia. When an ally within 30 feet of you makes a saving throw to resist poison or disease you can use your reaction to expend essentia from this soulmeld. When you do, that ally gains a bonus to their roll equal to the amount expended.

Chakra Bind (Waist). You are immune to damage from spells that would drain your health in order to revitalize your foes, such as vampiric touch and enervation.

Chakra Bind (Heart). You have advantage on death saving throws.

Vitality Belt

Prerequisite: Incandescent Champion

A green leather belt inlaid with rubies, each one containing what appears to be a healing draught.

When you shape the vitality belt, increase your hit point maximum by 1 per incarnate class level. You lose these hit points when you unshape this soulmeld.

Essentia. When you roll for initiative you gain 2 temporary hit points per point of essentia invested into this soulmeld.

Chakra Bind (Waist). You are immune to spells and magical effects that would reduce your hit point maximum.

Wormtail Belt

Prerequisite: Totemist

The scales of a purple worm wrap around your waist, ending in a retractable stinger that slides out of slot where the buckle should be.

Your unarmored defense becomes 13 + your Dexterity modifier + your Charisma modifier.

Essentia. You gain 5 feet of tremorsense per point of essentia invested in this soulmeld.

Chakra Bind (Waist). You can use the stinger on the belt as a weapon. As an action you can make a melee weapon attack using your Strength. On hit you deal 2d10 piercing damage and the target makes a saving throw equal to your soulmeld save DC. On a failed save, the target is poisoned for 1 minute.

Chakra Bind (Totem). You are immune to poison damage.

Beholder's Eye

Prerequisite: Totemist

The large eye of a beholder erupts from your chest, killing any magic in your vicinity.

You create an area of antimagic, as if cast by the antimagic field spell, in a 5 foot radius centered on you. This does not effect your incarnate class features.

Essentia. Once per long rest you can expend essentia from this soulmeld. When you do, the radius of this soulmeld increases by 5 feet per point of essentia expended until the start of your next turn.

Chakra Bind (Heart). As a bonus action you can choose to hover 10 feet off the ground. While hovering, your speed is halved.

Chakra Bind (Totem). Once per long rest as a bonus action you can vomit a ball of slime to a point within 60 feet of you. When it lands it splatters in a 20-foot radius, making the area difficult terrain. At the end of your next turn, the slime evaporates.

Blink Shirt

Prerequisite: Incandescent Champion

This tattered blue shirt seems to constantly have parts of it blinking in and out of existence.

As part of your movement, you can teleport up to 10 feet to an unoccupied space.

Essentia. When you teleport with this soulmeld, you can expend essentia invested in it. When you do, your teleportation distance increases by 5 feet per point of essentia expended.

Chakra Bind (Heart). When you end your teleport, hostile creatures within 5 feet of you take 2d10 force damage.

Living Battery

Prerequisite: Necrocarnate

Your body glows with a faint sickly blue aura that seems to pulse in time with the final heartbeats of those dying around you.

Whenever you deal damage with a weapon attack to a creature with a soul, you gain 1 necrocarnum. You cannot exceed your necrocarnum maximum this way.

Essentia. Once per long rest you can expend essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you do, you can regain the use of one of your necrocarnum spells. The amount of essentia expended must be equal to the spell's level.

Chakra Bind (Heart). Once per long rest, you can use an action and spend necrocarnum to get a +1 bonus to your AC, up to a maximum of +3. This bonus to your AC ends at the end of your next turn.

Spellward Shirt

Prerequisite: Soulcaster

A simple cloth shirt that has the strange power to shrug off spells.

You have advantage on saving throws against spells.

Essentia. Once per long rest you can use your reaction to expend essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you do, you can grant a number of allies within 10 feet of you advantage on a saving throw against a spell you are both currently in the area of effect of. The number of allies affected is equal to the amount of essentia expended.

Chakra Bind (Heart). Creatures within 10 feet of you have disadvantage on Constitution saving throws made to maintain concentration on spells.

Unyielding Breastplate

Prerequisite: Soulborn

A steel breastplate covered in onyx gems, no hit seems to penetrate it.

You have resistance to damage from cantrips.

Essentia. Once per long rest when an enemy hits you with a weapon attack, you can expend essentia invested in this soulmeld. When you do, you reduce the attack roll by an amount equal the essentia expended, potentially causing the attack to miss.

Chakra Bind (Heart). You are immune to nonmagical slashing, piercing, and bludgeoning damage.

Absolute Terror Field

Prerequisite: Soulborn

Strange geometric patterns surround you whenever an enemy gets too close, forcing a sense of dread into them.

Once per day as an action you can activate this soulmeld's ability. While active, each creature of your choice that ends its movement within 5 feet of you, or that starts its turn within 5 feet of you, must make a Wisdom saving throw equal to you soulmeld save DC. On a failed save, affected creatures are frightened of you and must use its movement to move to the nearest safe spot from which it can’t see you.

At the end of each of its turns, if the creature cannot see you, it can repeat the save, ending the effect on a success. A creature that succeeds on the saving throw is immune to this soulmeld for 24 hours. The ability lasts for 1 minute, you can dismiss it sooner with no action required.

Essentia. While this soulmeld's ability is active, you gain a bonus to Your AC equal to the amount of essentia invested in it to a maximum of +3.

Chakra Bind (Soul). Whenever a creature successfully hits you with a melee weapon attack, you can use your reaction to stun it until the end of your next turn.

Azure Inspiration

Prerequisite: Charisma 13 or higher, have the Bardic Inspiration class feature.

You can channel incarnum to enhance your allies. When you do so, the affected ally shines with faint blue light.

• You gain 5 essentia, and your essentia pool maximum increases by 5. This cannot stack with other feats that grant essentia or increase your essentia pool maximum unless otherwise stated.
• Once per long rest, when you grant a creature an inspiration die, you can expend essentia from your essentia pool. When you do, that creature can add a bonus to the its next roll of the insperation die before the end of its next long rest. The bonus to the roll is equal to the amount of essentia expended.

Azure Talent

Prerequisites: Charisma 13 or higher, the ability to shape at least one soulmeld.

You can channel incarnum to enhance your natural abilities.

• You gain 3 essentia, and your essentia pool maximum increases by 3. This cannot stack with other feats that grant essentia or increase your essentia pool maximum unless otherwise stated.
• Once per long rest you can expend essentia from from your essentia pool. When you do, you gain a bonus to the next ability check you make within the next hour. The bonus is equal to the amount of essentia expended.

Bonus Essentia

Prerequisites: Charisma 13 or higher, have an essentia pool.

Your use of incarnum allows you to better tap into the power of essentia

• Your essentia pool maximum increases by 2. This increase can stack with other feats that increase your essentia pool maximum.
• When you fail a saving throw against a spell or effect that would divest essentia from one of your shaped soulmelds, half of the divested essentia returns to your essentia pool.

Cerulean Toughness

Prerequisites: Charisma 13 or higher, the ability to shape at least one soulmeld.

You have learned how to use incarnum to boost your physical vigor.

• You gain 3 essentia, and your essentia pool maximum increases by 3. This cannot stack with other feats that grant essentia or increase your essentia pool maximum unless otherwise stated.
• Once per long rest you can expend essentia from your essentia pool. When you do, you gain temporary hit points equal to your proficiency bonus times the number of expended essentia.

Cerulean Turning

Prerequisite: Charisma 13 or higher, have the Turn Undead class feature.

You can channel incarnum to enhance ability to affect the undead. When you use this ability, you radiate a bright blue aura.

• You gain 5 essentia, and your essentia pool maximum increases by 5. This cannot stack with other feats that grant essentia or increase your essentia pool maximum unless otherwise stated.
• Once per long rest, when you use your Turn Undead feature, you can expend essentia from your essentia pool. When you do, the DC of your Turn Undead feature increases by 1 per point of essentia expended.

Essentia Pool

Prerequisites: Charisma 13 or higher

You have learned how to harness the magic of your soul and have access to a small amount of essentia.

• Increase your Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You have an essentia pool equal to your Constitution modifier. If you already have an essentia pool, this feat does nothing.

Essentia

Some spells have the essentia tag. These spells can have essentia invested in them upon casting to enhance the spell. Be warned however that the essentia is divested once the spell ends.

Amulet of Incarnum Shielding

Wondrous Item, rare (requires attunement)

The amulet of incarnum shielding is a silver necklace set with a brilliant amethyst. The amulet has 1d4 +1 charges, it shimmers briefly when activated. Whenever a spell would divest your essentia or unshape a soulmeld, you can use your reaction to use a charge from the amulet to grant immunity from the effect. The amulet regains 1d4 charges at dawn.

Cloak of Incarnum Resistance

Wondrous item, uncommon

A cloak of Incarnum resistance is a finely crafted garment of dark blue or blue-black material with a pair of matching blue quartz crystals where the cloak fastens around the wearer's neck. While wearing this item, you have resistance to any damage caused by soulmelds, as well as damage caused by items and spells that have essentia invested in them.

Essentia Jewel

Wondrous item, common

An essentia jewel appears as a small, translucent white crystal whose facets gleam with faint light. When an essentia jewel is used, it shines briefly with blue light and then crumbles to dust. As a bonus action you can activate the jewel to add 1 essentia to your essentia pool.

Incarnum Focus

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)

An incarnum focus is a tiny star sapphire that attaches to any shaped soulmeld. As a bonus action you can attach the focus to a soulmeld you currently have shaped. While an incarnum focus is attached to a soulmeld, that soulmeld is considered to have 1 invested essentia into it. This essentia can't be spent on abilities of the soulmeld or reallocated to another soulmeld. A soulmeld can only have a single incarnum focus.

Ring of Essentia Storing

Ring, uncommon (1 essentia), rare (2 essentia) very rare (3 essentia)

The ring of essentia is a plain silver band set with a number of small sapphires equal to its rarity. When invested with essentia, the sapphires glows and shimmers faintly. As an action you can invest an amount of essentia equal to its rarity into the ring by simply touching it. This reduces your essentia pool maximum by the same amount. As a bonus action, you can reallocate the invested essentia into a soulmeld. When the ring has no essentia stored within, your essentia pool maximum returns to normal.

Soulbound Armor

Armor (any), very rare (requires attunement by a character with an essentia pool)

This suit of armor appears normal, but glows a faint blue when essentia is invested into it. When you attune to the armor, you can invest up to 3 essentia into it. When you invest essentia into the armor, you gain a bonus to your AC equal to the amount of essentia invested. While essentia is invested in the armor, you can wear it while having a soulmeld bound to a corresponding chakra.

Soulbound Shield

Armor (shield), very rare (requires attunement by a character with an essentia pool)

This shield appears normal, but glows a faint blue when essentia is invested into it. When you attune to the shield, you can invest up to 3 essentia into it. When you invest essentia into the shield, you have a bonus to your AC equal to the amount of essentia invested.

Soulbound Weapon

Weapon, (any), very rare (requires attunement by a character with an essentia pool)

This weapon appears normal, but glows a faint blue when essentia is invested into it. When you attune to the weapon, you can invest up to 3 essentia into it. When you invest essentia into the weapon, you have a bonus to attack and damage rolls with the weapon equal to the amount of essentia invested. While essentia is invested in the weapon, on a hit, you can unshape a soulmeld of your choice from the target or unbind one of the target’s chakras.

Soulvoid Orb

Wondrous item, legendary

A soulvoid orb appears as a black, fist-sized sphere with a faintly greasy feel. When thrown, it vents a shower of orange sparks. As an action you can throw the soulvoid up to 30 feet. When the soulvoid orb strikes a hard surface, it explodes in a 20-foot radius sphere centered on the point of impact. Any creature within the area has all soulmelds unshaped and all essentia they have is divested. Once the soulvoid orb is used, it can't be used again until you finish a long rest.

New Creatures

The influence of incarnum extends far beyond some creatures’ ability to shape soulmelds and channel essentia. The energy of pure souls has infused, tainted, or otherwise affected a wide variety of creatures in ways both positive and negative. It has given rise to new forms of life, and in at least one case, has become sentient on its own.

Ancient Incarnum Dragon

Gargantuan dragon (incarnum), any non-neutral

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• Armor Class 22 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 487 (25d20 + 225)
• Speed 40ft., fly 80 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
30 (+8)	10 (+0)	29 (+8)	18 (+4)	15 (+3)	23 (+6)

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• Saving Throws Dex +7, Con +16, Wisdom +9, Cha +13
• Skills Arcana +11, Perception +16, Stealth +7
• Damage Immunities Radiant
• Senses blindsight 60ft., darkvision 120ft., passive Perception 26
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 23 (32,500 XP)

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Shape Soulmelds. The dragon can shape soulmelds and bind them to chakras. It can have a number of soulmelds shaped equal to its Charisma modifier, all of which can be bound to chakras. The dragon can shape any soulmeld from the Incarnate class.

Essentia Pool. The dragon has an essentia pool with 40 essentia.

Legendary Resistance (3/day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (2d10 + 10) piercing damage. If the target has any shaped soulmelds, it makes a DC 24 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a random soulmeld it has shaped is unshaped and the dragon gains temporary hit points equal to half the damage dealt.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d6 + 10) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (2d8 + 10) bludgeoning damage.

Breath Weapons (Recharge 5-6). The dragon uses one of the following breath weapons.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Radiant Breath. The dragon exhales pure soul energy in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 24 Constitution saving throw, taking 67 (15d8) radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Consuming Breath. The dragon lets loose a cone of resonating energy in a 90-foot cone that separates incarnum from living matter. Each creature with an essentia pool within the cone makes a DC 24 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, all essentia invested or in the essentia pool is divest from the targets. The dragon regains a number of hit points equal to the amount of essentia divested this way.

Legendary Actions

The dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.

Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 25 Dexterity saving throw or take 17 (2d6 + 10) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.

Adult Incarnum Dragon

Huge dragon (incarnum), any non-neutral

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• Armor Class 19 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 243 (18d12 + 126)
• Speed 40ft., fly 80 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
27 (+8)	10 (+0)	25 (+7)	16 (+3)	13 (+1)	21 (+5)

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• Saving Throws Dex +5, Con + 12, Wisdom +6, Cha +10
• Skills Arcana +8, Perception +11, Stealth +5
• Damage Immunities Radiant
• Senses blindsight 60ft., darkvision 120ft., passive Perception 27
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 16 (15,000 XP)

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Shape Soulmelds. The dragon can shape soulmelds and bind them to chakras. It can have a number of soulmelds shaped equal to its Charisma modifier, all of which can be bound to chakras. The dragon can shape any soulmeld from the Incarnate class.

Essentia Pool. The dragon has an essentia pool with 30 essentia.

Legendary Resistance (3/day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (2d10 + 8) piercing damage. If the target has any shaped soulmelds, it makes a DC 24 Constitution saving throw. n a failed save, a random soulmeld it has shaped is unshaped.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d6 + 8) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d8 + 8) bludgeoning damage.

Breath Weapons (Recharge 5-6). The dragon uses one of the following breath weapons.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns , ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Radiant Breath. The dragon exhales pure soul energy in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 20 Constitution saving throw, taking 58 (13d8) radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Consuming Breath. The dragon lets loose a cone of resonating energy in a 60-foot cone that separates incarnum from living matter. Each creature with an essentia pool within the cone makes a DC 20 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, all essentia invested or in the essentia pool is divest from the targets. The dragon regains a number of hit points equal to the amount of essentia divested this way.

Legendary Actions

The dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.

Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 21 Dexterity saving throw or take 15 (2d6 + 8) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.

The scales of good-aligned incarnum dragons have a steelgray, metallic sheen, while those of evil specimens sparkle with blue-gray highlights. Chaotic incarnum dragons tend more toward indigo and have more random shading patterns than their lawful brethren do. To the untrained eye, however, incarnum dragons of different alignments appear nearly identical, since the color variations are too subtle for the casual viewer.

Incarnum dragons are most commonly found on the Outer Planes, typically (though not always) on planes that match their individual alignments. Although they can subsist on the diet of a typical carnivore, they have a preference for incarnum. When an incarnum dragon captures a creature with the incarnum subtype, it prefers to separate out the incarnum and consume it, leaving the meat behind. The raw incarnum of one such creature can sustain an adult incarnum dragon for an entire week.

Totem Giant

This giant stands nearly twice the height of a man. Most of its tanned skin is covered with tattoos of many strange beasts, and a mop of black hair sprouts from its head.

Totem giants are true giants who revere magical beasts and have learned how to draw their power into themselves through the use of incarnum. An adult totem giant stands approximately 11 feet tall and weighs about 1,200 pounds. His skin is tattooed with images of totem beasts. All totem giants possess some small amount of meldshaping ability that they use to shape totemist soulmelds.

Typically, a tribe of totem giants holds a few specific kinds of magical beasts in high regard, and their soulmelds are drawn from the abilities of those creatures. The beasts revered by a particular tribe are depicted on totem poles within the giants’ camp, and in the many tattoos that adorn their bodies. Large groups of totem giants typically travel with one or more of the magical beasts that the tribe reveres. Appropriate magical beasts include owlbears, winter wolves, chimeras, bulettes, and other fearsome creatures.

Incarnum Wraith

A shadowy, midnight-blue form hovers in the air. Its vaguely humanoid form twists and reshapes constantly, but regardless of how its features change, its visage retains an expression of menace.

In rare situations, the soul energy of pure incarnum takes on a semimaterial form. Such an amalgam of souls is a sentient undead creature known as an incarnum wraith. Because the many souls that compose its form have varying alignments, the incarnum wraith tends to favor neutrality over any particular ethical outlook. However, its warped mental state causes it to hate all living creatures, particularly those who channel incarnum. An incarnum wraith’s specific features are indistinct and malleable, and it might display a variety of different faces during a single encounter as it shifts among the many souls that make up its form. As an incorporeal creature, it is weightless.

Midnight Construct

A black-hued, angular, humanoid form strides through the night, evidently intent on some dark mission. Its hands end in long claws, and its body seems almost crystalline in nature.

Midnight constructs are animated creations of pure incarnum. Most are created through the use of the conjure midnight construct spells, but occasionally they spontaneously manifest in areas of strong magic. Midnight constructs come in a variety of sizes, though even individuals of the same size vary slightly from each other.

A midnight construct’s physical appearance is determined by its shaper. It can appear as any creature of its size category, or as a hybrid of body parts from different creatures, or in any other form the shaper desires.

Souleater

Darkness emanates from an indistinct, vaguely humanoid shape. Its eyes glow like coals, and its oversized mouth is filled with massive teeth. A cold, dark mist coalesces around the creature, swirling as if some force were drawing it inside the body.

Souleaters feed on soul energy, devouring life in its purest form by consuming incarnum. These horrific creatures roam the Gray Wastes searching for living creatures to sate their unending appetites. Occasionally, a souleater slips through a planar gateway to spread death wherever it roams.

A souleater stands 10 feet tall and weighs nearly 1,000 pounds. It vaguely resembles a human, except for its glowing eyes and its huge, toothy maw. Souleaters do not speak, but they do understand all spoken languages. In the rare cases when they attempt to communicate with others, they do so telepathically.

Creating Necrocarnum Undead

Not all undead can use the necrocarnum undead template. Undead such as ghosts, shadows, and creatures with incorporeal abilities cannot house necrocarnum and therefore cannot use the template.

An undead that can use the template gains the following properties.

• The undead gains the incarnum subtype.
• The undead gains an essentia pool with an essentia pool max equal double their Constitution bonus.
• The undead's CR increases by 1 (if the creature has a CR less than 1, it becomes 1).
• They gaina +2 bonus to Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution.

All necrocarnum undead gain the following traits.

Necrocarnum Defense. By investing essentia into itself, the necrocarnum undead can increase its AC or its saving throws. For each 2 points of essentia invested, it gains a +1 bonus to its AC or its saving throws. It can invest up to 6 essentia in this manner.

Necrocarnum Speed. By investing essentia into itself, the necrocarnum undead can increase its speed. For each 1 point of essentia invested, it gains an 5 ft. increase to its movement. It can invest up to 3 essentia in this manner.

Example

Here is a Zombie with the necrocarnum undead template applied to it.

Lost Template

Any creature can technically become one of the lost provided it has a wisp of incarnum bound to its negative emotions, though it is most common in humanoids and other sentient races. A creature who becomes one of the lost gains the following properties.

• The creature gains the incarnum subtype.
• The creature gains a -6 penalty to their Intelligence (minimum 1). A lost that retains an Intelligence score of 3 or higher speaks any languages that it knew before acquiring the template.
• The creature gains a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls, and gains a number of temporary hit points equal to its Constitution score at the start of combat.
• The creature's CR increases by 1 (if the creature has a CR less than 1, it becomes 1).

Depending on the emotion that binds to one of the lost, it can gain a multitude of different properties. When you make a creature become one of the lost, depending on which emotion you draw from, it gains one of the following.

Bile of Hatred. This lost can use its action to spew acid in a 15-foot cone. Creature's within the cone must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, taking 3d6 acid damage on a failed save.

Fury of Wrath. This lost gains resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. It also gains a +2 bonus to its damage rolls.

Mirror of Despair. This lost can use its action to cause every creature within a 30 foot radius of it to feel intense despair. Each creature within the area makes a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of the lost for 1 minute. A creature can repeat this saving throw at the end of each of their turns, ending the condition on a success. A creature that makes the save is immune to this effect for 24 hours.

Song of Misery. The lost can use its action to begin a droning song. Each creature within 30 feet that can hear the song makes a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or is charmed by the lost for 1 minute. While charmed in this way, the affected creature's speed is reduced to 0. A creature can repeat this saving throw at the end of each of their turns, ending the condition on a success. A creature that makes the save is immune to this effect for 24 hours.

All lost are immune to the effects caused by other lost

Version 1.0

• First draft complete!

Version 2.0

• Incandescent Champion & Soulcaster now have the proper feature names on their tables.
• Soulspark Band is now a general soulmeld.
• Soulborn now has an archetype specific throat soulmeld, the Planar Ward.
• Several feats have been reworked.
• A metric ton of typo and grammar fixings. And I'm sure there's a ton I still missed.

Version 3.0

• "Number of Shaped Soulmelds" has been removed. It was originally part of an early draft that was scrapped and I absentmindedly left it on the Incarnate Class table all this time. The Meldshaping feature has been updated to reflect this.
• The "Belt of Skulls" soulmeld has been renamed to "Headhunter." (still sane, exile?)
• More spelling and grammar fixes. (please tell of any you find!)