The Mystic, Reworked (Kind Of)

Mystic Infusion

At 1st level, your body is in tune with the arcane energies of the universe. When you finish a long rest, pick one type of energy from fire, radiant, lightning, thunder, force, cold, or necrotic.

Once you have done so, you receive the following benefits:

• The arcane energy causing through your body is expressed as your Mystic Energy die. At 1st level, this die is 1d4, and if it is used for damage, it is always of the type you infused. This die changes as you gain Mystic levels, as shown in the Mystic Energy column.
• When you hit with a weapon attack, you can use a bonus action to channel your attuned energy into the weapon and cause additional damage equal to your mystic energy die.
• Your Mystic Energy die replaces the damage of your unarmed strikes, and you may make an unarmed strike as a bonus action if you use your action to attack with a light melee weapon or unarmed strike. In addition, you can choose to use dexterity instead of strength for your unarmed strikes.

Unarmored Defense

After you have chosen your mystic energy, magical energy reinforces your body. At 1st level, your AC is equal to 10+Dex+Int as long as you are not wearing armor or using a shield.

Mind Over Matter

At 2nd Level, you learn to apply your mystic energy in more specific ways. Your mystic level determines the number of uses you have, as shown in the Mind Over Matter Uses column of the Mystic table. You regain all uses of Mind Over Matter when you complete a long rest.

Some uses of Mind Over Matter require require your target to make a saving throw to resist the feature's effects. The saving throw DC is equal to your spell save DC (8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier).

You can spend these uses to fuel various Mystic abilities. You start knowing three such features: Mystic Physicality, Arcane Defense, Mystic Healing, and Unnatural Speed.

Spellcasting

Mystic Focus

At 3rd level, you choose a focus for your mystic pursuits: Focus of the Mind, Focus of the Body, or Focus of Freedom. The archetype you choose grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 11th, and 16th level.

Magical Mercy

Starting at 3rd Level, when you take damage of the same type as your Mystic infusion, you can use your reaction to reduce the incoming damage by your Mystic Energy die+your intelligence modifier+your Mystic level. If you reduce the damage to 0, you can expend one use of mind over matter to add your mystic energy die to your weapon damage if you hit a creature with a weapon attack before the end of your next turn.

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.

Infused Strike

At 4th level, when you use Mystic Infusion to deal Mystic Energy damage to a creature as a bonus action, you can expend one use of Mind Over Matter to force the target to make a Constitution Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC. If the target fails, you cause an effect based on the type of damage you are infused with:

Fire- Takes a penalty to attacks and saving throws equal to your Mystic Energy die until the end of your next turn.

Radiant- Blinded until the end of your next turn.

Lightning- Cannot take reactions until the end of your next turn.

Thunder- Deafened until the end of your next turn.

Force- Pushed back 15 feet.

Cold- Movement reduced by 15 feet.

Necrotic- Cannot regain hit points until the end of your next turn.

Extra Attack

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

War Magic

Beginning at 7th level, when you use your action to cast a spell, you may make one melee weapon attack as a bonus action.

Arcane Absorption

Beginning at 10th level, when you take damage from a spell, you can use your reaction to gain resistance to the spell’s damage. You cannot use this reaction again until you complete a short or long rest. When you take this reaction, you gain a number of d6s equal to the spell’s level. These dice disappear when you complete a short or long rest. When you hit with a weapon attack or unarmed strike, and have these d6s available, you can choose to add any number of the d6s to the damage roll. These dice do the same kind of damage as the spell they were absorbed from.

Elemental Aura

Beginning at 14th level, you may use an action and spend 3 uses of Mind Over Matter to create a blast of energy from your body. All creatures within 10 feet of you must succeed on a dexterity saving throw against your Mystic Spell DC or take 3 Mystic Energy Dice Of damage, or half as much on a successful save.

Arcane Rejuvenation

Beginning at 15th level, when you use Arcane Absorption, you can choose to gain spell slot levels equal to the spell slot level of the spell that triggered the reaction instead of gaining the damage dice. You cannot gain spell slots of a level higher than what you can already cast.

In addition, you can use a bonus action to expend three uses of mind over matter to regain the use of Arcane Absorption.

Mystic Health

Beginning at 15th level, you become immune to disease. You age at half the rate of a usual member of your race, and if not killed, can live twice the expected lifespan of your race.

Accelerated Casting

Beginning at 18th level, Choose one spell with a casting time of one action. Its casting time is now one bonus action for you.

Mystic Ascension

Beginning at 20th level, you can take ten uninterrupted minutes to switch the energy type of your Mystic Infusion at any time.

Soul Seeker

Beginning at 16th level, you are able to cast the spell Astral Projection on only yourself. You must complete a long rest before you can do so again. In addition, your Telepathy and its Sense Intent benefits now have a range of 60’.

Mystic Spell List