Circle of Resplendence

# Circle of Resplendence
To some Druids, Earth, Wood and Stone are not enough. Instead they turn to the most precious material of all: Crystals. Gems, jewels and magic crystals are the sole focus of their Druidcraft. Not only do they possess beauty like few other things in nature do, they also contain great power which the Druids from the Circle of Resplendence harness, and to great effect.

### Circle Spells

Your attunement to the radiance of crystals grants you access to certain spells. At 2nd level, you learn the *Light* cantrip. At 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th level you gain access to the spells listed for that level in the Circle of Resplendence table.

Once you gain access to one of these spells, you always have it prepared, and it doesn't count against the number of spells you can prepare each day. If you gain access to a spell that doesn't appear on the druid spell list, the spell is nonetheless a druid spell for you.

#### Circle of Resplendence Spells

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### Dazzling Retribution

At 2nd level, you learn to return the favor to any would-be attackers.

When an enemy misses an attack against you while within 5 feet of you they take magical slashing damage equal to your Wisdom modifier.
This effect extends to all allies affected by Bastion.

### Bastion

At 2nd level, you gain the ability to call upon the power of gems to stave off spells and unwanted afflictions.

As an action, you can expend one use of your Wild Shape feature to manifest a shimmering aura around yourself. This aura extends outward from you for 20 feet, and lasts for 5 minutes or until dismissed using a bonus action. Choose an amount of creatures you can see equal to or less than your spellcasting modifier. These creatures will be enveloped in a dazzling gleam while inside your aura.

All chosen creatures within this aura has their Armor Class increased by 2 against any spell or other type of magic attack, not including magical weaponry.

Additionally, if any affected creature were to roll a saving throw against a spell or other effect, after the dice is rolled but before you know the outcome, you can use your reaction to increase the creatures roll by an amount equal to your proficiency bonus.

While Bastion is active you gain access to **Glimmering Ward**.

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##### Glimmering Ward

As a bonus action, you can can choose one willing creature within 30ft of you to be covered in a glimmering ward of crystallized energy. This shield lasts for 1 minute or until you use a bonus action to dismiss it. While the shield is active, any damage the creature takes is reduced by 1d4. The shield breaks if the warded creature is critically hit. Only one ward can be active at a time.

You can use this feature an amount of times equal to your proficiency bonus.

The damage reduction increases by 1d4 when you reach 5th level (2d4), 11th level (3d4) and 17th level (4d4).

### Resplendent Rebuke

At 6th level, your protective power manifests itself in the form of volatile retaliation.

Whenever a creature within 30 feet of you is hit by an attack, you can use your reaction to retaliate in an explosion of crystal shards.

The attacked creature gains resistance to the attack, and the attacker takes the same amount of damage as magical slashing damage.
If the attacker used a spell or other means of magical attack, not including magical weaponry, the attacker instead takes twice as much damage as magical psychic damage.

You can use this feature an amount of times equal to your half your spellcasting modifier (rounding up), a minimum of once.

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### Safeguard

At 10th level, you learn how to preemptively shield your allies from harm.

As an action, you can choose one creature you can see within 30 feet of you and envelop them in a radiant light until the end of your next turn. If the creature is hit by an enemy while the effect is active, it instead takes no damage and is granted temporary hit points equal to half the damage it would have taken, and you regain one use of this feature.

If the effect wears out, the radiant light simply will dim out and fade after a few seconds.

You can use this feature an amount of times equal to your half your spellcasting modifier (rounding up), a minimum of once.

### Transcendant Form

At 14th level your form is imbued with a dazzling radiance. You can optionally choose to assume a fully crystalline form, made entirely of glimmering crystals.

You emit bright light within 30 feet of you and dim light for an additional 30 feet.

When you cast a spell with a spell slot and the spell deals acid, cold, fire, lightning, force, necrotic, radiant, or thunder damage, you can substitute that damage type with psychic damage, and add your spellcasting modifier to the damage total.

Additionally, you gain resistance to psychic damage.

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# Addendum
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The balance of this subclass may require some work at parts. I'm not particularly good at balancing, made this class mostly for fun and to have a defensive support option for Druids. That and I love the whole crystal theming.

#### Optional Content
I've also homebrewed some Druid spells centered around the crystal aesthetic, which can be found here: [*Crystal Arcanum*](https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-M-p_6WDUL9psI5wiFSL)
Again, the balance on these may be subpar, and these were mostly designed for flavor reasons. If desired, these can also be implemented into the spell repertoires of other spellcasters, at your DM's discretion.

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# Credits
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Homebrew Designer - [Santer](https://www.reddit.com/user/santerpipe)

# Art Credits
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GM Binder Thumbnail - [Jaden Taylor](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/W2VXR2)

Cover Artwork - [Unknown Artist, taken from the Guild Wars 2 Wiki](https://wiki-en.guildwars2.com/images/2/23/PoF_Concept4.jpg)

Crystalline Elemental - [Lily Abdullina](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/x5WOR)

# Additional Credits
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Sample Codes for Images - [Unknown Author](https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-LNKsc1ZWIwwDRvfScQu)