DM's Guide to New Dawn is still WIP, will be released.... eventually?

History

The world of New Dawn started as a normal world, like others you have seen. Many races and cultures still exist that prospered back then, and some of the older creatures still remember it well. The world was changed by what may seem like a simple event; one day the sun stopped moving in the sky and turned red. At first this was thought to be an omen and nothing more, with worshipers of the sun gods rejoicing. However it was quickly realized that something terrible had happened, especially when the priests and clerics discovered that their gods had gone silent. Most religions kept this quiet for some time, and most suspected nothing as divine power still remained.

Sun Ring

Getting through the storm, you will find yourself in an eerily calm continent, placed in the middle of the storm. The sky is dotted with clouds and thunderstorms still, but it is far more manageable than the eternal storm. The air is incredibly hot, with temperatures ranging from 20° to 70°C. The land here is either desert or rainforest, depending on how close it is to the ocean and eternal storm's effects. This area is home to the Sun Dynasty, who's settlements were built by sun elves who have changed their DNA to survive the heat and worship the sun. Sandworms and salamanders live here, and anyone who is not properly equipped for the heat will quickly succumb to it.

Aftermath

The world has not fallen into chaos however. The people of this planet were far to hardy to be undone by something that won't kill them itself. After all, necessity is the mother of invention. As noted above, civilization still exists even in the most deadly places of the Black Expanse and the Sun Ring. But it took some effort to get there.

Lunestria

The city of Lunestria was built on top of an abandoned city which was mostly destroyed in the floods and freezing of the Last Days. It was rebuilt by people who used the ruins as a shelter while escaping the Black Expanse. Eventually others joined in and helped to restore the city. Due to the light of the moon they were able to stay relatively safe from hostile creatures and have enough light to build. Because of the moon's help, they named the new city Lunestria.

Lunestria quickly became the final stop for anyone venturing into the Black Expanse, leading many merchants to set up shop to make money off of the flow of adventurers. Eventually it became a large city with its own walls. It was quickly discovered that the city had a strange magical effect that caused everyone to understand any spoken language. This led to trade becoming even easier and various races of beast-like creatures and more sociable monsters calling this place home. Almost every race can be found here, and tons of adventurers decide to live here and raise a family. There is no end to work for adventurers here, as beasts and dangers still lurk just outside the city.

Lucas City

Once a large inn, owned and operated by the half-elf Lucas Yettle, it happened to be positioned at just the right place to receive a massive flood of refugees after the Last Day. Lucas made the most of the situation, working with the refugees to build more housing for everyone. Eventually the Inn could not be expanded more, and houses sprung up around it. Craftsmen and farmers who fled here set up shop, and Lucas Inn quickly became Lucas Town, then officially became Lucas City when a stone wall was built around it. It kept expanding for years, and is now widely renowned as the most hospitable and friendly city in the Mid-Ring to strangers. Staying one night in the massive Lucas Inn is an experience one does not soon forget.

Dizim, the City of Smoke

The city of Dizim is a beautiful or terrifying sight to anyone who witnesses it. The most notable aspect of the city is that it slowly moves across the world, often between places of light and dark in the Mid-Ring or Meltwater ring. The city is dominated by dwarves, and belches out smoke from their massive forges and furnaces which power the enormous city moving contraption. The city has become very decadent, with much wealth and gambling happening inside.

Soul

The heart of the Sun Ring, the city of Soul was built long ago by giants and was all but destroyed in a war with dragons. It was rebuilt not long after the Last Day, when a group of sun elves determined that it was a holy place. With the help of an enslaved earth elemental, Soul's buildings are magnificent enormous structures that pierce the sky. Large, efficient roads stretching throughout the city and beyond, connecting the Sun Dynasty together.

Everything in this town is built as though the average resident was a giant. Each enormous spire in the town is topped with an iron spike, which protects other buildings from the lightning storms that roll over the desert.

Ark

The only well known town that lives within the Black Expanse, the Ark is a frozen town full of haphazardly built buildings that interlace with bridges strewn between them. The citizens of Ark struggle on a daily basis to defend their town and keep people fed, relying mostly on magic to produce their food.

Ark is known for being a place of powerful magic as well, though the danger of living there is incredibly high some scholars make pilgrimages to this town to learn from the great minds of Ark.

Hibersum

Hibersum is a good example of how things can be twisted in unique ways as a result of the Last Day. Once a small farming town, a fleeing noble stopped here and decided to sponsor its growth. He promised the locals that he would give them the same rights as nobles in the town in a vie for mayor-ship of the town, and won by a landslide.

As the town grew from a little river hamlet into a small town, this promise made an interesting dynamic in the town. When the original noble died, the farmers rose to power. No singular person rules this town anymore, instead everything is decided on a majority vote of all farmers.

Divus

Divus is an interesting city, divided into three segments; Mainland, Queensland, and Small-land. The original ruling family had a dispute over who should rule the town, which eventually led to them dividing it between them. They proved to be inept at ruling on their own, adding laws and rules randomly to the city, much to the despair of the townsfolk. Eventually it became so convoluted that you could get jail time from just humming the wrong song as you pass a guard.

Guilds were the saving grace of the town, and due to the revenue they brought in anyone affiliated with a guild was given an extra bit of freedom from the rules. This led to most citizens joining one guild or another, and the town being truly protected and staffed by guilds.

The Silence of gods

Ever since the Last Day, not a peep has been heard from the other planes, including the gods. Power is still given to those who worship the gods, showing that they are still somewhat present. Many scholars still search for the reason for this muting, some believe that the gods have forsaken them and seek to watch the chaos unfold, others think that something out of their control has transpired, forcing them to remain silent for our sake. Every attempt to communicate with a god has failed.

Religion has become incredibly strong, in fact, especially due to the incredible lack of food that the Last Day caused. Most clerics of religious orders are required to learn spells that create food and water. Religions have become almost a necessity in the new world for this trait.

If you wish to become a cleric, it is recommended you join the Order of Faith as they have ways to help you connect to your god.

Shattered Time

Since the Last Day there were many patches of rainclouds that were discovered frozen in place. The rain that was falling from these clouds is similarly stopped, frozen in time where it was falling. Sometimes these patches of timeshattered rain cover a town or city, but since the rain refuses to move from where it is, the citizens and land therein are considered lost.

Scholars like to study this phenomenon, and some wizards have reportedly come up with new spells after studying the timeshattered rain. However these storms are dangrous, and staying within one for too long will cause a phenomenon which has been dubbed "time madness".

The storms are more dangrous the further you go in, eventually encountering shattered creatures such as the common shattered bear to the dangrous shattered dragons.

Shattered Creatures

A new creature type has been added to this setting; shattered. These creatures can be found mostly in timeshattered storms but sometimes venture outside of them if given the oppertunity. Some spells or other effects specifically target or have special effects when targeting shattered creatures, so keep note of this.

Some shattered creatures have two types as well, so just because they are shattered doesn't mean they are not also undead or something else! Expect shattered creatures to deal psychic damage and have sanity draining abilites.

Shattering Magic

A new school of magic has also been added; shattering. These spells typically mess with reality in a timespace way, or with the madness of the mind. Most of these spells are for wizards, but many other classes get to share in the pool.

Severed Dimensions

Travel between planes has become impossible after the last day. Only border planes like the ethereal and dream plane can be entered, but anything beyond that is impossible. Many mages have tried, but any spell or magic item that would allow planar travel seems to fail.

The world is affected by every single creature within it, but it is the actions of kingdoms and factions that truly rock the world. Since the Last Day, many factions have found themselves unchanged, their purpose and goals unchanged. Others have changed to have completely new outlooks and goals, following the changing world to new horizons. Still more sprout anew in this chaos, seeking to help the world or benefit from the chaos.

The world has changed, and with it new races, subraces, classes, subclasses, and feats have become available. All of these are player options, but the DM as always has final say on weather any player can choose them.

Like a moth to fire

Lepi are more naturally aware of magical forces in the world, and often live in villages -or make their own- close to highly magical areas. This sense lets them naturally avoid magical traps, or identify magical items from a hoard with ease. They find themselves drawn to sources of magic by instinct, which often leads them to adventure, or an untimely death.

Lepi Names

Lepi are often named after the coloration of their wings, or a creature that has similar patterns. A Lepi of either gender may have one of these names: Luna, Atlas, Tiger, Hawk, Sulpher, Azure, or Monarch.

Lepi Traits

The Lepi have the following traits.

Ability Score Increase Your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma increases by 2, and your Dexterity increases by 1.

Age Unlike their counterparts, Lepi live on average 40 years. They can live up to a century, but their knack for finding magical trouble typically ends their life earlier.

Alignment Lepi vary greatly in alignment, and do not tend towards one or the other.

Size You are Medium or Small. You choose the size when you select this race. A Lepi's body size can range from 4 feet to 6 feet tall, with their wings adding another 1 to 3 feet on top of that. You are incredibly light, weighing in at 50 to 80 pounds.

Speed Your walking speed is 25 feet.

Beast Your creature type is Beast. You have advantage on saving throws to avoid affects that affect only beasts as your body has adapted far from your original state.

Delicate Flight You have a flying speed of 15 feet. To use this speed, you can't be wearing medium or heavy armor. While flying, you cannot use any weapon that has the heavy property.

Magical Attunement You know the prestidigitation cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the detect magic spell as a ritual.

Languages You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for your character.

Subraces

The Lepi race are incredibly varied amongst their subraces, and despite their inability to interbreed they are considered the same race due to their origin and similar abilities.

Elemental Aarakocra Traits

Ability Score Increase Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age Aarakocra reach maturity by age 3, but don’t usually live longer than 60 years.

Alignment Most aarakocra are good and rarely choose sides when it comes to law and chaos. Tribal leaders and warriors might be lawful, while explorers and adventurers might tend toward chaotic.

Size Aarakocra are about 5 feet tall. They have thin, lightweight bodies that weigh between 80 and 100 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Flight You gain a flying speed of 30 feet. To use this speed, you can’t be wearing medium or heavy armor.

Talons Your talons are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Languages You can speak, read, and write Common, and Aarakocra.

Subraces

Four subraces exist for the elemental Aarakocra, each attributed to one of the four elemental planes.

Each one has an ability that forces a saving throw or skill check. The DC for these abilities are 8 + your Proficiency bonus + your Constitution (for Steel and Phoenix) or your Dexterity (for Aquatic and Tempest) modifier

Child of Magic

The Shardborn are beings of magical intelligence. Some appear as very angular vaguely humanoid figures made of crystals held together by magic, while others are carved to appear almost perfectly like a crystal statue of a person. Typically one can tell if the Shardborn likes or dislikes people by how people-like they appear.

Shardborn Names

Shardborn refer to each other by their magical energies, a language that no others can understand. The closest words that compare to their names are often very strange, as some are named orange, star, yes, C, etc. The shardborn typically see no difference between words that sound the same, and will sometimes spell their names differently each time its written. Some can be convinced to use more conventional names, in which case their name is similar to those they are most around.

Shardborn Traits

The Shardborn have the following traits.

Ability Score Increase Increase one of your ability scores by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1.

Age Shardborn are affected by time only when outside of a timeshattered storm. They reach maturity at age 5, and can grow to be up to 50 years of age. Shardborn who are about to reach the end of their lives will either stay in a storm to live longer or accept their fate.

Alignment Shardborn are rarely neutral in anything, and are either very lawful or very chaotic.

Size Shardborn have very little variance in sizes, and are typically 5 feet tall. They weigh very little for their size due to the magic in their bodies, only weighing 100-150 pounds. Your size is medium.

Speed Your movement speed is 30 feet.

Crystal Body Your body is made of timeshattered crystals, giving you the following traits.

• You are unaffected by the natural time-maddening effects of timeshattered storms.
• You are immune to disease.
• You gain resistance to Psychic damage.
• Armor must be custom made to fit your strange body, raising the price to buy armor by 50%.
• You don't need to breathe or eat.
• Unlike most races, you speak without any visible movement as you have no mouth, and instead your speech originates from vibrations you cause throughout your body. As a result, you cannot have your lips read, and creatures that cannot hear you are unaware that you are speaking.

Elemental Your creature type is elemental, instead of humanoid.

Levis

You are a far lighter than others of your species, and weigh only 50 pounds. You also gain the following traits.

Lightstep You can attempt to move stealthily while traveling at a normal pace.

Magical Infusion You are more infused with magic than the others of your race. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the levitation spell on yourself once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest.

Gravis

You are far heavier than a normal Shardborn weighing around 200-300 pounds. You gain the following traits.

Natural Weapons Your unarmed attacks count as magical weapons for the purposes of overcoming immunity. You are considered proficient with your fists, dealing 1d8 + your Strength modifier bludgeoning damage.

Weighted Shell Whenever an effect would cause you to be forced to move, you can use your reaction to plant yourself in the ground and become unmovable with a speed of 0 until the end of your next turn. It takes a DC 25 Strength check or 2,000 lbs of weight to move you. If there is no solid ground below you, you cannot use this ability.

Petraborn

Your are very durable for your species, with a more rocky exterior than your brethren.

Stone Camouflage You have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks to hide in rocky terrain. You can attempt to hide in rocky terrain even if you are only lightly obscured by it.

Natural Armor You have a hard, rocky exterior. When you aren't wearing armor, your AC is 13 + your Constitution modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield's benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.

Heavenly Purpose

Couati are divine in nature, and they share some of the memories of their Couatl parent. They naturally align with their parents and very rarely stray to their own path. If a Couati were to become evil, they would slowly loose their feathers and transform into a yuan-ti pureblood, forever scorned by their kin.

A DM is free to rule this differently.

Couati Traits

The Couati have the following traits.

Ability Score Increase Your Dexterity increases by 1, and your Wisdom increases by 2.

Age Couati reach maturity at a young age of 7, and can live up to 700 years.

Alignment Almost all Couati are good aligned, but some are neutral.

Size Couati are the size of their humanoid parent, and vary little from this.

Speed Your movement speed is 30 feet.

Languages You can speak, read, and write Common and Celestial.

Celestial Your creature type is Celestial. Additionally, you are resistant to radiant damage.

Darkvision You gain darkvision out to a range of 60 feet.

Bite Your serpentine mouth is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your Dexterity modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Divine Boons

You possess boons that were given to you from your celestial parent. You gain one of the following features of your choice:

Celestial Blood

You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage. In addition you are immune to disease.

Powerful Sight

You have advantage on Intelligence (Investigation) checks to disbelieve illusions. You can also see into the ethereal plane up to a range of 10 feet.

Restoring Touch

You can cast the spell lesser restoration once per long rest.

Divine Tongue

You can cast the tongues spell at will, targeting only yourself.

Healing Touch

You touch a creature as an action, magically restoring up to a number of hit points equal to half your level. In addition, the touch removes all diseases and neutralizes all poisons afflicting the target. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

Radiant Wings

As a bonus action, you sprout divine wings and gain a flying speed of 30 feet for 1 minute. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

Beholderkin Traits

As an adventurous beholderkin, you gain the following traits.

Ability Score Improvement. Increase one ability score by 2, and increase a different one by 1, or increase three different scores by 1.

Aberration. Your creature type is aberration.

Eye Rays. As an action, you can manifest or hide several spectral eyes which float around your head. While the eyes are manifested, you can use an action to cast a random cantrip from one of the eyes. Roll a d8 and consult the below to determine which cantrip is cast.

Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).

*When cast with this feature, its range becomes 60 feet.

Beholder

Your nature is more pure to a monsterous beholder than others, granting you some powers that you or your parent once had.

Dreams of Reality. When you start a long rest, you can choose to have a dream which shapes reality. At the end of this long rest, roll on the dream table below to determine the nature of your dream.

Antimagic Sight. At 5th level, you learn the spell counterspell and can cast it once without expending a spell slot with this trait. You regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. This spell uses the same spellcasting ability modifier as your Eye Rays feature.

Death kiss

When you were formed, blood was on the forefront of the beholder's mind, perhaps the gruesome end of a legend, or a critical slice that made a legend.

Electric Blood. When a creature within 5 feet of you deals piercing or slashing damage to you, you can deal 1d4 lightning damage to the attacking creature.

Spectral Tentacles. You know the cantrip mage hand. When you cast this spell, instead of summoning a hand, you summon a spectral tentacle that appears to reach from your body to the location of the hand. You can have up to 4 of these tentacles active at once, and when you use an action to control one of the tentacles, you can choose to control all of the tentacles instead of one.

Storm of Cuts. At 5th level, you learn the spell bloody banquet and can cast it at 3rd level once without expending a spell slot with this trait. When cast in this way, you do not need material components. You regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. This spell uses the same spellcasting ability modifier as your Eye Rays feature.

Elf

Wizard: School of Shattering

With the dawn of new magic comes a new wizard school that specializes in learning about it. The School of Shattering had its beginnings soon after the Last Day with wizards all across the planet learning about the special properties of the timeshattered storms.

You focus your study on the alien effects of the timeshattered storms, learning about how reality and minds are similarly warped by these phenominon. This knowledge has taught you how to use this power for yourself, granting you extraordinary control over the fabric of time and space.

Monk: Way of the Shattered Fist

Monks of the Way of the Shattered Fist are those who seek to understand the nature of reality and the chaotic elements of the universe and time. To members of this tradition, reality is a secret through which attuning to its natural energies provides a key to unlocking its true potential. Through attuning to the natural energies of the universe, these monks can bend space and alter the very flow of time, harnessing their ki to warp reality to their will.

Special Help

Thanks for nice flavorful wording from r/Yorviing on the Discord of Many Things

Community Domain Spells

Bonus Cantrip

When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain the guidance cantrip if you don't already know it.

Consecrate Meal

When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain the ability to bless the food your allies consume. You can spend 1 minute in prayer to bless a meal before it is consumed, providing all creatures of your choice who consume the meal a d4 blessed dice. This dice lasts until the creature takes a rest. The dice can be spent as part of an attack or ability check, allowing the creature to add 1d4 to the roll.

Your blessed dice becomes 1d6 at 10th level.

Channel Divnity: Shared Shelter

At 2nd level, you can conjure a barrier to protect your allies as an action. The barrier has a hit point maximum equal to 5 times your Cleric level. Whenever an allied creature that is conscious within 30 feet of you takes damage, can choose to have the barrier take half of the damage. If the barrier is broken and damage remains, leftover damage carries over to the creature's hit points.

This effect ends after 1 minute, or until you fall unconscious or die.

Memory of Madness

Your shattering magic infused soul grants you magic that you naturally learn, as shown on the table below. Each of these spells counts as a sorcerer spell for you, but it doesn't count against the number of sorcerer spells you know.

Sealed Mind

Your mind is incredibly resilient, allowing you to overcome those who would attempt to pry into it. At 1st level, if you fail an Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma saving throw, you can choose to add your Charisma modifier to the roll, potentially turning it into a success.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest. When you reach 2nd level in this class, you can also use this feature by spending 1 sorcery point.

Additionally, you are immune to any effect that would read your mind.

Psychic Storm

At 6th level, you can manifest fragments of the timeshattered storm's madness. When you cast a shattering spell of 1st level or higher, you can cause creatures of your choice within 15 feet of yourself or a creature affected by the spell to take psychic damage equal to half your sorcerer level.

Additionally, you are resistant to psychic damage.

Stormfront

At 14th level, the energy from the timeshattered storms run in your blood, and can be focused momentarily to create a localized timeshattered storm. As an action, you can choose a point you can see within 60 feet of you. Each creature in a 10-foot-radius sphere of that point must make an Intelligence saving throw. On a failure, the creature is incapacitated until the end of its next turn and takes 4d8 cold damage and 4d8 psychic damage as both its body and mind begin to freeze. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage and isn't incapacitated.

You can use this feature twice, and regain all expended uses when you complete a Long rest.

Spatial Tear

At level 18 you can spend 5 sorcery points as a bonus action to enter between time and space, as entropic and violent frozen energies hum through your flesh. Any creature of your choice that start its turn within 15 feet of you takes psychic or cold damage (your choice) equal to your Charisma modifier.

While in this form you use your action to force a creature within 60 feet of you to make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the creature's speed is reduced to 0 and it takes 4d12 psychic damage. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and its speed is not reduced.

Bonus Proficiencies

When you join the College of Weavesong at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Performance skill if you are not already, and your proficiency bonus is doubled for Charisma (Performance) checks you make while using an instrument you are proficient with.

Inspiring Song

When you start this song choose one skill you are proficient in. All creatures of your choice (including yourself) have advantage on any check with that chosen skill for the duration of the song while within its range. Should the chosen skill require discretion, the song doesn't make any sound to creatures you didn't choose.

At 14th level, the song grows even stronger and more powerful. You can choose any skill to give advantage on, even if you are not proficient in the chosen skill. Additionally, any creature of your choice within range of your song that rolls below a 10 on the chosen skill can replace their rolled number with a 10.

Rallying Song

You begin to sing or play a song that rallies the spirits of creatures around you, shoring up their will to fight. Whenever a creature within range of your song misses an attack or fails a saving throw, you can use your reaction to roll a d20. The creature can choose to use this result in place of their own. If this was an attack roll, the attack deals extra damage equal to your Charisma modifier. If this was a saving throw, the creature gains a number of temporary hit points equal to your Charisma modifier.

At 14th level, your song speaks to the very soul of those around you. While this song is playing, if a creature within range is charmed or frightened you can use your reaction to end the effect. In addition, when an allied creature is healed within the song's radius, it can add your bardic inspiration dice to the result.

Vicious Song

When you start this song and as a bonus action on subsequent turns, target one creature within range of the song, and string together a weave of insults and diminishing verses. Until the start of your next turn, when an attack is made against that creature you can use your reaction to grant it advantage. If the creature makes an attack, you can use your reaction give it disadvantage.

At 14th level, your cutting words become more ferocious. When you choose a target of this song, that creature must make a Charisma saving throw against your spell save DC or take 14 (4d6) psychic damage. In addition, if the creature is forced to make a saving throw, you can use your reaction to give it disadvantage.

Shattered Heart Expanded Spells

Bonus Cantrips

At 1st level, you learn the shattercraft and warp cantrips. They don't count against your number of cantrips known.

Mystical Secret

Also at 1st level, your bond with your patron teaches you how to use magic that you normally couldn't learn. Choose one 1st level spell from any class's spell list. You can cast this spell once without expending a spell slot. You must finish a long rest before you can do so again.

Whenever your warlock spell slot level increases you can replace this spell with another one. The new spell must be of a level equal to or lower than your warlock spell slot level.

At 11th level and every level afterwards, you can choose to replace your chosen spell, following the same rules as before.

Body of the Storm

At 6th level, your body becomes changed in strange ways, and you begin to become more like the creatures native to the storms. You gain the following traits.

• For the purposes of spells and magical effects, you are considered to not have a creature type.
• You gain proficiency in Intelligence saving throws.

Tenets of Apocalypse

Depending on what apocalyptic event may have transpired in a given world, the tenets may vary.

The End is Never the End. No matter how things may appear now, there is always a tomorrow to fight for.

Civilization. In order for a world to recover from an apocalypse, civilization must remain strong through any means necessary.

Restoration. You will restore the natural order and prevent further atrocities from damaging it more.

Avenger. You will right the wrongs caused by this apocalypse, by eliminating the cause or protecting those that remain.

Channel Divinity

When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two Channel Divinity options.

• Defy As a reaction to taking damage you shout a cry of defiance to the world. You and all friendly creatures within 30 feet of you who were also damaged by the triggering effect can reduce the damage by 1d6 + your Paladin level. If this reduces the damage a creature takes to 0, they also suffer no other effects from that attack, spell, or effect.

• Wrecking Ball As a bonus action you target a creature you can see within 10 feet and ready yourself to take it down. You gain advantage on weapon attack rolls against the creature for 1 minute or until you hit the creature. Upon hitting the creature, you deal bonus damage equal to your Paladin level.

Aura of Perseverance

Starting at the 7th level, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage that you and friendly creatures within 10 feet of yourself take from nonmagical weapons is reduced by an amount equal to your Charisma modifier to a minimum of 1.

At level 18, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet, and the damage reduction also applies to magical weapons.

Unbreakable

At 15th level you have gotten used to fighting against incredible odds. When you take damage, you may use your reaction to shrug it off, taking half damage instead.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Avatar of the Apocalypse

At 20th level you have fought against the apocalypse for so long that you have learned how to become one. As an action, for 1 minute you transform into a being of unstoppable might.

• You gain a number of temporary hit points equal to half your maximum hit points.
• The damage from Improved Divine Smite increases to 2d8 extra radiant damage.
• Whenever you use Divine Smite, all creatures of your choice within 5 feet of the target must make a Dexterity Saving throw against your spell save DC. On failure the creature takes half of the Divine Smite damage.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Long rest.

Evolving Touch

At 2nd level, you can spend one minute in contact with a plant and cause it to evolve and become better suited to its current environment. When a plant is evolved in this way, it can grow and produce food (if it does) as though it was in its preferred environment with no care needed to sustain it.

This effect lasts 30 days. At 6th level, it lasts 1 year. At 9th level, it lasts until the plant dies.

Shape of Dawn

Also at 2nd level, you can call upon nature to help you fight more directly. You can expend a use of Wild Shape to change into the Dawn Shape instead of a beast (stat block provided below the subclass).

At various levels your Dawn Shape improves in power.

At 4th level the dawn shape gains a swimming speed of 20 feet.

At 6th level the dawn shape gains the following trait. In addition, the dawn shape's slams are considered magical for the purposes of overcoming resistances.

Multiattack. The dawn shape makes two slam attacks. If both attacks hit a Medium or smaller target, the target is grappled (escape DC equal to your spell save DC), and the dawn shape uses its Engulf on it.

At 8th level when you wild shape into the dawn shape, you can choose for the dawn shape's size to become Large.

At 10th level the dawn shape gains the following ability which it can use as a bonus action.

Reform. The dawn shape teleports itself to an unoccupied space within 30 feet of itself that has plant life by reforming itself at the destination.

At 12th level the dawn shape gains resistance to cold and fire damage. Also the dawn shape's slam attack deals 1d6 additional damage.

At 14th level when using Instant regrowth while in dawn shape, the ability considers your expended spell slot as one higher than intended.

At 16th level the dawn shape's multiattack increases to three attacks. It only needs to hit a creature with two attacks to engulf it.

Circle Spells

You gain access to an expanded spell list to help you in restoring the world and enchanting plants around yourself. At 2nd level, you learn the thorn whip cantrip. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to the spells listed for that level in the Circle of Dawn Spells table.

Once you gain access to a circle spell, 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.

Catalytic Rage

At 3rd level, your mutant abilities become dramatically heightened alongside powerful emotions. While raging, you gain two of the following features of your choice:

• Reactive. You gain one additional reaction, as your mind adapts superhuman reaction speed. At 10th level, you gain a second additional reaction.
• Stretched. Melee attacks you make have their reach increased by 5 feet, as your body bends and twists in unnatural ways. At 10th level, this becomes 10 feet.
• One Winged. You mutate a singular wing on your back, which protects you from attacks. The wing is considered a shield that you are wielding. At 10th level, the wing grants a +3 bonus to your AC instead of +2.
• Spiked. Spines erupt from your flesh, causing any creature that attacks you with unarmed attacks or natural weapons to take 1d4 piercing damage each time they hit you. At 10th level the damage increases to 1d8.
• Thick Knuckles. Your flesh hardens around your fists, causing your unarmed strikes to deal 1d6 bludgeoning damage. At 10th level, these attacks are considered magical for the purpose of overcoming resistances and immunities, and deal 1d8 damage.

Mutant Adaptations

At 6th level, your body has evolved more clearly in strange yet useful ways. When you finish a short or long rest, choose up to two of the following benefits, which lasts until you finish your next short or long rest:

• You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
• You are immune to falling damage while conscious and not wearing armor as your body grows a thick wing-like film to slow you down. When falling you descend at 60 feet per round.
• You gain a climbing speed equal to half your walking speed while unarmored and can climb on vertical surfaces and upside down on ceilings.
• Whenever you hit a creature with a critical hit, you can knock them prone with the force of your blow.

Terrifying Transformation

At 10th level you can cause your body to suddenly warp and become disfigured, striking fear into those around you. As a reaction to being targeted by an melee attack you can make a Charisma (Intimidation) check and force the attacking creature to make a Charisma saving throw against the result of your check. On failure, the creature becomes frightened of you until the start of your next turn.

Alternatively you may use your action to use this ability, performing the same ability check and force all creatures that can see you within 15 feet to make a Charisma saving throw or become frightened of you until the start of your next turn. So long as at least one hostile creature is forced to make this saving throw, this is considered an attack against them for the purposes of maintaining your rage.

Once you use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1), you can't use it again until you finish a Long rest.

Abomination

At 14th level, your body becomes so mutated that you can hardly be recognized as who you once were, as your creature type becomes Monstrosity. Additionally, as an action you can make an attack with Harpoon Strike, causing a harpoon like appendage to grow from your body. You can have up to your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1) creatures grappled by the harpoon strike at a time.

Witchblade

When you choose this archetype at level 3, you learn how to infuse a weapon with cursed energy. During a short rest you can spend the time causing a non-magical weapon you are proficient with to become a witchblade. If it is on the same plane of existence, you can summon that weapon as a bonus action on your turn, causing it to teleport instantly to your hand. At 9th level, the weapon gains a +1 bonus to hit and damage when you use it. At 13th level, this becomes a +2 bonus, and at 17th level it becomes a +3 level.

When you deal sneak attack damage with an attack using your witchblade, you may try to inflict a curse you know onto the target. It must succeed on a Wisdom Saving throw against your Curse save DC or be cursed.

Alternatively, as an action you can touch a creature and attempt to curse it without attacking directly. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your Curse save DC or be cursed. A creature that succeeds the saving throw against your curse in this way becomes immune to your curses for 1 hour. This method makes no noise, and the target feels nothing regardless of their save.

Curse save DC = 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your Intelligence modifier

Curses

Also at 3rd level, you gain the knowledge of curses and how to apply them. When you gain this feature, you learn two curses of your choice from the curse table below. You learn another one at 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 15th, and 18th level. Each time you learn new curses, you can also replace one curse you know with a different one.

Each curse has a secondary effect. In order to trigger it, you must see the target within 30 feet of yourself. Activating the effect causes you to stop being hidden, if you are.

The curse lasts for a number of hours equal to half your Rogue level (rounded up). Only one curse can be applied to a creature at a time, applying a new curse causes the previous one to end.

You can have a number of creatures up to half your rogue level (rounded up) cursed at the same time. If you attempt to curse another, you must choose an already cursed creature and end its curse. You can end a curse on a target at any time as a bonus action.

Mind Break

At 9th level, when you are targeted by a creature that is cursed by you, you can use your reaction to end the curse on the creature and force them to make an Intelligence saving throw against your Curse save DC. On success, you give the attack disadvantage. On a failed save, the creature must choose a new target or lose the attack.

Once you use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of 1), you can't use it again until you finish a Long rest.

Cursed Link

Also at 9th level, creatures you curse have a hidden bond linking yourself to them. You innately know the location of any creature that you have cursed, so long as it is not on a different plane of existence.

Flurry of Curses

At 13th level, you can attempt to curse every creature around you, releasing many curses in a burst. As an action you can force every creature within 10 feet of yourself to make a Wisdom saving throw against your Curse save DC, cursing them on a failed save.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Long rest.

Cursed Implosion

At 17th level, you can re-absorb your curses to unleash a devastating blast. As an action, you can cause any number of creatures within 30 feet of yourself to stop being cursed. After drawing in the cursed energy, you unleash it, dealing necrotic damage to creatures of your choice within 30 feet equal to your sneak attack + an additional 2d6 per curse absorbed.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Long rest.

Thought Eater

Can read surface level thoughts of this creature while they are within 30 feet of you. The range increases by 15 feet at 9th, 13th, and 17th level.

As a bonus action on your turn you can roll half of your sneak attack dice (rounded up) and cause one creature affected by this curse to take psychic damage equal the damage rolled. After dealing damage in this way, the curse immediately ends for the damaged creature.

Idiopathic

The curse has no effect at first.

When the affected creature takes damage from your sneak attack, you can cause them to become Poisoned for 2 rounds, after which the curse ends. The creature can make a Constitution Saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the Poisoned condition and the curse on success. At 9th level, the creature also takes 1d6 necrotic damage at the start of each of its turns while the curse remains. At 13th level the damage increases to 2d6.

Crippling

The creature's movement speed is reduced by 5 feet. The creature's speed is further reduced by 5 more feet at 9th, 13th, and 17th level.

As a reaction made when the creature attempts to move, you reduce its speed to 0 until the end of its current turn and the curse immediately ends.

Linking

So long as at least one creature cursed by this curse is within 30 feet of you, both you and any creature within 30 feet of you with this curse gains a +1 bonus to its AC. At 13th level, the bonus becomes +2.

If any creature other than yourself with this bonus to its AC takes damage, it chooses to either end the curse on itself or reduce the damage taken by half. If the creature chooses to reduce the damage in this way, you receive damage equal to the amount reduced.

Vampiric

If the creature with this curse damages a creature with blood with an attack, they regain 1 hit point. At 9th, 13th, and 17th level, the creature regains 1 additional hit point. A creature cannot regain more hit points than the damage it deals.

If a creature that has this curse lands a critical hit, at the end of it's turn it must either end the curse on itself become stunned until the start of it's next turn.

Synergize

All creatures with this curse within 30 feet of you share proficiencies with each other. If one cursed creature within range is proficient in a skill or Saving throw, all creatures cursed by this within range are considered proficient.

If a cursed creature fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed the saving throw and ends the curse on itself as long as at least one creature cursed by this within 30 feet succeeded the saving throw.

Oceanic Home

At 2nd level the water is your natural home, allowing you to breathe underwater. While not in a wild shape you gain a swimming speed equal to your walking speed. If you use wild shape to assume the form of a creature that does not have a swimming speed, you gain a swimming speed equal to half of the creature's walking speed as it grows adaptations to an aquatic environment, such as webbed feet or fins.

As an action you can gift this ability with willing creatures you can see within 10 feet of you, up to a number of creatures equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of one creature). This shared swimming speed and water breathing lasts for 1 hour. Once you share it, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a spell slot of any level to share it again.

Shape of the Depths

As a bonus action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape feature to assume a more eldritch form, rather than transforming into a beast.

While in your eldritch form, you retain your game statistics, but your body sprouts a watery-tentacle; emerging from a point of your choosing, and your body becomes soaked in water as long as you remain in this form. You can stay in your eldritch form for a number of hours equal to half your druid level (rounded down). It ends early if you dismiss it (no action required), are incapacitated, die, or use this feature again.

Whenever you assume your eldritch form, you gain certain benefits.

Ocean Born. If you are completely submerged in water, your movement speed increases by 30 feet.

Tentacle Attack. As a bonus action you can make a melee attack with your tentacle, using your Wisdom modifier for its attack and damage rolls. It deals 1d6 cold damage on a hit and has a reach of 15 feet.

At 6th level, this becomes 1d8 damage. At 10th level, this becomes 1d10.

Tentacle Grab. As an action you attempt to grapple a creature within 15 feet of you using your tentacle. When you do so, you can forgo the Strength (Athletics) check and use your spell save DC in its place. If you are underwater, your movement speed is not halved. While you grapple a creature in this way, it is also restrained. The tentacle can only grapple one creature at a time, and cannot make attacks while grappling a creature.

Circle Spells

Your mystical connection to the land infuses you with the ability to cast certain spells. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to spells listed in the table below. In addition, you learn the ray of frost cantrip.

Once you gain access to a circle spell, 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.

At 3rd level, when you learn the find steed spell from this feature, you can summon the spirit of a reef shark in addition to the other forms mentioned in the spell.

Ally of the Sea

At 6th level, you can speak to beasts that have a swimming speed. Most beasts lack the intelligence to convey or understand sophisticated concepts, but a friendly beast could relay what it has seen or heard in the recent past. This ability doesn’t grant you friendship with beasts, though you can combine this ability with gifts to curry favor with them.

Ocean's Fury

Also at 6th level, you ignore resistance to cold damage. Additionally, if you are completely submerged in natural water you have advantage on melee attacks.

High Tide

At 10th level, you learn how to summon the ocean to yourself in times where you are without water. As an action, you summon water to fill a 40 foot radius sphere around you. This water spreads around corners and is considered natural water for the purposes of your abilities, but does not leave the boundary of the original sphere.

After 1 minute, the water begins to fade away, lowering the water level from the top of the sphere by 10 feet per round.

You can use this feature twice, and when you finish a Long Rest, you regain all expended uses.

Performing Savant

While anyone can know a story, it takes an expert to tell it right. At 2nd level, you gain proficiency in the History skill if you are not already proficient. If you are already proficient in History, you can instead gain proficiency in another Intelligence based skill.

Additionally, whenever you make a Charisma (Performance) check to tell a story, you can choose to roll an Intelligence (History) check instead.

Manifest Story

Also at 2nd level, you can weave heroic stories into powerful forms. As an action you weave one of these forms around you, choosing to appear as a character from legend and gaining bonuses for the form you choose. In addition, you can choose two willing creatures within 60 feet of yourself when you assume a form to gain partial benefit from your form. You maintain this form for 10 minutes, or until you fall unconscious, drop to 0 hit points, or die. At 6th and 10th level, these forms gain a new ability.

You can use your bonus action to swap to a different form. Once you do so, you cannot swap to a different form in this way until you use this feature again.

You can use this feature once, and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. If you have no uses remaining, you can expend a spell slot of any level to use the feature instead.

Storyteller

At 6th level, when a friendly creature you can see within 60 feet of yourself makes an ability check, you can use your reaction to make an Intelligence (History) check. The creature can choose to use the result of your check in place of its own.

Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

Many Tales

At 10th level, you can swap to a different form an unlimited number of times instead of once.

Undying Story

Starting at 14th level, your Manifested Story forms can sacrifice themselves to save you. If any source of damage would reduce you to 0 hit points or kill you outright while you have a Manifested Story form active, you may instead ignore the triggering effect as your current Manifested Story form takes the brunt of the blow. Your current form immediately ends and you cannot manifest that form until you finish a long rest. You can then swap to a new form as a reaction. If you have no more forms to manifest, your Manifest Story ability ends immediately and can't be used until you finish a long rest.

Shatterpoint

You have always had an uncanny sense for danger, but now you have developed an unnatural ability to predict upcoming disaster. At 3rd level, you can no longer be surprised, and no attack can have advantage against you as a result of being hidden from you.

Additionally, you can spend time in meditation sensing how an upcoming situation will likely turn out. You can cast Augury, ignoring its material components.

Once you cast this spell you cannot cast it again in this way until you complete a short or long rest.

Timeless Travel

At 3rd level, you gain the ability to stop time as you move, appearing to teleport to your destination. As a bonus action on your turn, you can briefly stop the flow of time for everyone but yourself. No time passes for other creatures until you take an action or until the end of your current turn, while you can act as normal.

Additionally, when you take this bonus action, you can choose to grant a number of allied creatures you can see within 30 feet of yourself equal to your Intelligence modifier the ability to take this bonus action as well. They can use this feature once, and loose the ability to do so at the start of your next turn.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Premonition

At 9th level, you know when an ally is about to fail or an enemy is about to succeed incredibly well. When a non-hostile creature within 30 feet of yourself gets a 1 or 2 on the d20 for an attack, skill, or saving throw, you can use your reaction to allow them to make the roll again. If they do this, the creature must take the second roll.

Alternatively, if a hostile creature makes an attack roll against a creature within 30 feet of yourself and gets a critical hit, you can use your reaction to force them to roll another d20. The creature must use this new roll.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Marked for Misfortune

Your ability to feel what the future holds and twist it to your favor has become even stronger, and now you can cause the future of a creature to become filled with misfortune. At 13th level, when you hit a creature with a sneak attack, you can use your bonus action to mark them for 1 minute. While marked, all attacks have advantage against this creature.

Once you use this feature you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

Out of Time

At 17th level, you have become so in tune with your time altering abilities that you can push you and your allies into the space between time. As an action, you cause As an action, you can bestow willing creatures within 30 feet of you with the effect of the blink spell, with the following changes:

• Instead of rolling a d20 at the end of your turn, a creature under this effect can choose the result they desire.
• The first attack roll a creature under this effect makes at the start of their turn has advantage.
• Attacks of opportunity against creatures under this effect are made with disadvantage.
• Creatures return to an unoccupied space of their choice that they can see within 30 feet of the space they vanished from, instead of 10 feet.

You must concentrate on this effect as though you had cast the spell. If you loose concentration, the effect ends on all creatures.

Once you use this feature you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

Awoken

Some adventurers never had a backstory, no family or friends in their memory. Sometimes, their only memory is waking up one day with no memories before it. Whether this is due to being an artificial lifeform (like the Dawnforged or Shardborn), or an adventurer with amnesia, or even an animal given intelligence with no memory of their former self, they are alive now.

You are an awoken creature, with a life ahead of you of your choosing. You do not know where the roads ahead will take you, but with nothing holding you back you stride forward.

Skill Proficiencies. Survival, Investigation

Tool Proficiencies. One artisan tool of your choice

Equipment. One set of traveler's clothes, any one tool you are proficient with, an item that holds significance to when/where you awoke (Alien) OR an item from your past (Amnesiac), and a pouch containing 5 gp

Feature: Runaway

You may have left the cult behind, but they still remember you. The leader of the cult may start to search for you in an attempt to make an example of you. Every day you fear that someone near you may be a cult member ready to take you back.

However your time in the cult has taught you many things, and can help you understand and undermine future encounters with other cults. Many cults operate in similar ways, so you would be able to spot the signs of a cult and more easily trace leads to the head of the beast.

Suggested Characteristics

Ex-cultists have seen the worst of people. Your time in the cult or whatever caused you to join initially likely is your flaw, while your reasoning for leaving the cult helps to shape your bond.

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To Watch the World Unfold

Watchers pursue understanding just as a wizard hunts knowledge. To know the world and the creatures which inhabit it is their greatest goal, leading most watchers into a life of adventure. A watcher never stops pursuing wisdom, never stopping to settle down. The slower their lives become, the stronger their desire to journey forth becomes.

Creating a Watcher

When creating a watcher, it is important to know who you were before you took the path of the watcher. Were you a simple warrior, a doctor, or an urchin? Was the mantle of watcher thrust upon you by a mentor, or did you find and choose this path yourself?

A watcher can be any alignment, but they are never lazy. Sometimes they are driven by a single question or goal, while others are driven by the desire to understand everything they can. What do you search the world for? Why?

Hit Points

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

Proficiencies

• Armor: light armor, medium armor, shields
• Weapons: simple weapons, hand crossbows, longbows, longswords, rapiers, shortswords
• Tools: none
• Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom
• Skills: Choose two from Arcana, Athletics, History, Insight, Investigation, Medicine, Religion, Survival

Equipment

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

• (a) a longsword or (b) any simple weapon
• (a) a hand crossbow with 20 bolts or (b) 3 javelins
• (a) leather armor or (b) a chain shirt
• (a) a diplomat's pack or (b) an explorer's pack
• an arcane symbol, a simple weapon, and a shield

Eyes from Beyond

At 1st level, as you begin to learn the ways of the watcher your sight becomes far more powerful. You gain the following features.

• You gain darkvision for 60 feet. If you already had darkvision, increase it's range by 30 feet.
• You gain proficiency in Perception.
• You add double your proficiency bonus to all Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
• You can take the Search action as a bonus action.

Arcane Discipline

You learn two cantrips of your choice from the wizard or bard spell list. They count as watcher spells for you, and Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for them. Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of these cantrips with another cantrip from the wizard or bard spell list.

Defense

While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.

Dueling

When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.

Overwatch

At the end of your turn while holding a ranged weapon, choose a direction, aiming an attack down a 60 foot line. If any creature you can see moves into your line of fire, you can use your reaction to make a ranged attack using the held weapon against the creature. The damage from this attack does not include your ability modifier.

Protection

When a creature you can see attacks a target other than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You must be wielding a shield.

Two-Weapon Fighting

When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack.

Spell Slots

The Watcher table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your spells of first level or higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a spell slot of the spell's level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.

Preparing and Casting Spells

The Watcher table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your spells. To cast one of your watcher spells of 1st level or higher, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.

You prepare the list of watcher spells that are available for you to cast, choosing from the watcher spell list. When you do so, choose a number of watcher spells equal to your Wisdom modifier + half your watcher level, rounded down (minimum of one spell). The spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

For example, if you are a 5th-level watcher, you have four 1st-level and two 2nd-level spell slots. With a Wisdom of 14, your list of prepared spells can include four spells of 1st or 2nd level, in any combination. If you prepare a 1st-level spell, and you can cast it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell doesn’t remove it from your list of prepared spells.

You can change your list of prepared spells when you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list of watcher spells requires time spent in silent meditation: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list.

Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus +
your Wisdom modifier

True Watcher

Watchers who's focus is purely on their purpose are given the title of True Watchers. True Watchers appear as pacifists to others, while in reality they are waiting for the right moment to strike.

Live Dissection

At 3rd level, after dealing damage with a weapon attack against a creature you do not currently understand, you can choose to understand the creature. The creature remains understood until the start of your next turn.

Push the Advantage

Also at 3rd level, when you damage a creature you understand with a weapon attack, you deal additional damage equal to your Understood Bonus.

Flow of Battle

At 7th level, you have learned how to turn dodging one attack into dodging them all. If a hostile creature misses an attack against you, you can use your reaction to instantly take the dodge action.

Perfect Opening

At 11th level, you can spot rare but advantageous moments in combat to exploit. As an action, you move in a straight line in a direction of your choice a number of feet equal to your walking speed. You can make a melee attack against every creature or object that comes into your melee range during this movement, and your reach with melee weapons is considered 10 feet if it is not already higher. Any opportunity attack made against you while moving in this way is made with disadvantage.

If the direction chosen would not allow you to move your full movement, you instead move the maximum possible distance. You can use this action only if you haven't moved during this turn, and after you use the action, your speed is 0 until the end of the current turn.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Critical Understanding

At 15th level, you know exactly how to make the most out of an attack against an enemy you understand. Attacks against an understood creature score a critical hit on a roll of 18-20.

Comprehend Beyond

At 3rd level, when you cast a divination spell from the watcher spell list, you can target up to three creatures within 60 feet of yourself. The targets are considered understood until the end of your next turn as you peer into the possible future and glean insight into the creatures' potential.

If the spell was a cantrip, you only target one creature instead of three.

Stolen Fate

Also at 3rd level, you have learned how to give luck from one creature to another. As a reaction when an understood or willing creature is about to make an attack roll or ability check with advantage, you cause that roll to loose its advantage. As part of that same reaction choose a creature within 30 feet of yourself. That creature has advantage on the next attack roll or ability check it makes.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier. When you finish a long rest, you regain all expended uses.

Foreseen

At 7th level, your ability to sense the near future allows you to anticipate danger and counter it. When you or a non-hostile creature within 15 feet of yourself take damage, you can use your reaction to reduce the severity of the damage, causing all creatures within 15 feet of yourself to instead take the minimum possible roll of that damage.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Bend Fate

At 11th level, you have learned how to not only see into the future, but how to change it. If you or a creature you can see makes an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can choose to give it advantage or disadvantage (your choice). This can be done even after a result is determined as you were only seeing a possible future.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Diviner

At 15th level, you can choose three divination spells in any spell list from 1st to 3rd level. These spells become watcher spells for you and are always prepared, and do not count against your maximum prepared spells. You may cast each chosen spell once at its lowest level without using a spell slot, and regain the ability to do so when you complete a long rest.

Open Book

At 3rd level you gain telepathy up to a range of 30 feet. This range increases to 60 feet at 7th level, and 120 feet at 15th level.

If a creature within this range makes an attack, you can choose to understand it for 1 minute, or until it moves outside of this range. You can only have one creature understood in this way at a time.

Psychic Claws

Also at 3rd level, you can manifest a weapon or claws on your hands made of psionic energy as a bonus action. This weapon can be used as a spellcasting focus, has the light and finesse property, and has a reach of 10 feet. It deals 1d6 psychic damage, dealing additional damage equal to your Wisdom modifier to understood creatures. You can cause the weapon to vanish with a bonus action.

This weapon's damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th Level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).

Mind Over Body

At 7th level, you can alter reality such that an effect targets a creature's mind instead of its physical body. When you or an understood creature within your telepathy's range is forced to make a Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution saving throw, you can change the saving throw to Intelligence or Wisdom (your choice).

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier. When you finish a long rest, you regain all expended uses.

Psionic Surge

At 11th level, you can release a surge of powerful psionic energy, enfeebling enemies and bolstering allies. As an action, choose any number of creatures within 30 feet. A chosen creature gains an additional action on its next turn, which cannot be used to cast a 1st level or higher level spell. Creatures not chosen can’t make more than one melee or ranged attack during its next turn, regardless of abilities or magical items on. If a creature that was not chosen attempts to cast a spell with a casting time of 1 action on its next turn, it fails.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Mental Master

At 15th level, you can cast the spell telekinesis once without expending a spell slot, regaining the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you cast telekinesis and whenever you use your action to use the spell, you can take an additional action on your turn to use it again.

Additionally, when you affect a creature with telekinesis and succeed the skill contest, you can choose to deal 4d6 psychic damage to the creature as well.

1st Level

• alarm
• cause fear (XGE)
• color spray
• command
• compelled duel
• cure wounds
• detect evil and good
• detect magic
• detect poison and disease
• disguise self
• faerie fire
• find familiar
• identify
• presence of mind (ND)
• sleep
• tasha's hideous laughter
• zephyr strike (XGE)

2nd Level

• alter self
• blindness/deafness
• blur
• continual flame
• crown of madness
• detect thoughts
• find traps
• invisibility
• knock
• lesser restoration
• levitate
• locate object
• mind spike (XGE)
• mirror image
• misty step
• pass without trace
• power word pause (ND)
• reposition (ND)
• see invisibility
• silence
• suggestion

3rd Level

• blinding smite
• blink
• clairvoyance
• counterspell
• enemies abound (XGE)
• fly
• focus (ND)
• gaseous form
• glyph of warding
• haste
• hypnotic pattern
• major image
• nondetection
• protection from energy
• revivify
• sending
• slow
• twist fate (ND)
• thunder step (XGE)
• water breathing

4th Level

• arcane eye
• banishment
• confusion
• death ward
• dimension door
• divination
• dominate beast
• fabricate
• freedom of movement
• greater invisibility
• hallucinatory terrain
• locate creature
• phantasmal killer
• smoke and mirrors (ND)
• stoneskin
• withdraw (ND)

5th Level

• animate objects
• circle of power
• contact other plane
• creation
• dominate person
• from whence one came (ND)
• geas
• legend lore
• mind shield (ND)
• mislead
• passwall
• steel wind strike (ND)
• telekinesis
• wall of force

Arcane Meditation

When you complete a short rest, you can recover one 1st level spell slot. Once you use this feature, you cannot do so again until you finish a long rest.

Charming Personality

You learn the spell charm person. You always have this spell prepared and it doesn't count against the number of Spells you can prepare each day. You can cast it once without expending a spell slot, and can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Defenses Laid Bare

As an action, you can force a creature within 30 ft. of you that can see you to make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the creature is instantly petrified. Otherwise, a creature that fails the save begins to turn to stone and is restrained. A creature restrained by this effect must make another Constitution saving throw at the end of its next turn. If it successfully saves against this effect, the effect ends. On failure it is turned to stone. This effect also ends if you use your action to do anything else other than continue this effect, lasting up to 1 hour.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

The world of new dawn was broken by the timeshattered storms, but the frozen raindrops led scholars down paths that would have never been known without this event. New spells, many centered around time and/or space have been discovered.

Spells in italics are from the shattering school of magic.

Cantrips

Amplification

1st-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a hearing horn)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Bard, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock

You mark a creature within range, causing magic that harms it to suddenly magnify in power and lash out at the surrounding area. Once per turn, when that creature takes acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage from a magical source, all other creatures within 10 feet of it must make a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d6 damage of the triggering type.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell with a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 per two spell slot levels above 1st.

Arcane Wax

1st-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 minute
• Range: Touch
• Components: S, M (a sticky material)
• Duration: 24 hours
• Classes: Artificer, Bard, Wizard

You touch an object, reinforcing it with magic. Until the spell ends, the object gains +5 to its AC and 20 temporary hit points. If the object is larger than 15 foot cube, the spell fails.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd or higher, the object gains 5 more temporary hit points and can be up to 5 feet larger in every dimension for each spell slot level above 1st.

Blackout

1st-level illusion

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a black onyx worth at least 50 gp)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

Target a creature within range that you can see, forcing it to make a Charisma saving throw. A creature with truesight automatically succeeds this saving throw. On failure, its senses are diluted and its eyes fog, causing its vision and any sense it has to be limited to only 30 feet. The creature is blind beyond this radius. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on success.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell with a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you can target one additional creature per spell slot level above 1st.

Disrupting Note

1st-level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a musical instrument)
• Duration: instantaneous
• Classes: Bard

You play a discordant note on your instrument aimed at a creature concentrating on a spell or effect within range. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On failure, it looses concentration on the spell or effect and takes 2d6 psychic damage.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher the target creature has disadvantage on their saving throw.

Guilt

1st-level illusion

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Bard, Cleric, Warlock

You point at a creature you can see within range, forcing it to make an Charisma saving throw. On failure, the spell compels it to relive its mistakes and experience the consequences of its wrongdoings, or manifests false memories in absence of such. For the duration of the spell, the creature has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and Constitution saving throws to maintain concentration. An affected creature can repeat the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the spell on success. On a failed save, it takes 1d8 psychic damage as the regrets dig deeper into its psyche.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 per spell level above 1st.

Insulate

1st-level abjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S, M (a piece of wool)
• Duration: 8 hours
• Classes: Artificer, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

You create a ward against basic environmental hazards. Any creature under this effect is considered to have resistance to cold/fire damage for the purposes of avoiding the effects of extreme temperatures.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot above 1st.

Arcane Trap

2nd-level enchantment (ritual)

• Casting Time: 1 minute
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S, M (a silver bell with thread)
• Duration: 8 hours
• Classes: Artificer, Cleric, Wizard

You touch a point on the floor, wall, or a ceiling within reach that isn't within 15 feet of another trap created by this spell, placing an arcane trap on the surface. When you create a trap you can designate any number of creatures that do not trigger it, and you also choose which type of damage it deals: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder.

Whenever a creature other than you or those you designated comes within 15 feet of the trap for the first time on a turn while you are within 60 feet of said trap, the trap will activate and force the creature to make a Dexterity saving throw. On failure, the creature takes 5d6 of the chosen damage, or half as much on success. Once the trap activates, the spell ends.

Artist's Blade

2nd-level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Bard

You condense your artistic magic into a fine blade, which sings with song every time you swing it. The blade uses your spellcasting modifier, and deals 2d4 psychic damage on hit. It has the finesse and light properties. Whenever you hit a creature with the weapon the creature is dazed by your magic and has disadvantage on all attack rolls against you until the start of your next turn.

If you drop the weapon, it dissipates at the end of your turn. Thereafter, while the spell persists, you can use a bonus action to cause the blade to reappear in your hand.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a 4th-level spell slot, the damage increases to 3d4. When you cast it using a 6th-level spell slot, the damage increases to 4d4. When you cast it using a 8th-level spell slot, the damage increases to 5d4.

Blindspot

2nd-level enchantment

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a small glass eye)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Bard, Ranger, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

Target a creature within range that you can see, forcing them to make an Intelligence saving throw. On failure, the creature considers you Invisible for the duration of the spell. If you damage the creature or otherwise make yourself known to it, the creature can repeat this saving throw, ending the spell on success.

Bloody Banquet

2nd-level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (15-foot radius)
• Components: S, M (a melee weapon that deals slashing damage worth at least 1gp)
• Duration: Instantaneous
• Classes: Bard, Cleric, Druid, Warlock

You swing the weapon in a sweeping arc, blood forming at the tip of the weapon to cut around you. Creatures of your choice that you can see within 15 feet of you must make a Dexterity saving throw or take 4d6 necrotic damage.

For each small or larger creature that failed the save, you can choose to heal one creature you can see within range. That creature regains 1d6 hit points.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for every slot above 2nd.

Climate Control

2nd-level evocation (ritual)

• Casting Time: 1 minute
• Range: Self (15-foot radius)
• Components: V, S, M (an umbrella of any kind)
• Duration: 12 hours
• Classes: Artificer, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

You create a ward against basic environmental hazards. A 15-foot-radius mobile dome of whirling energy springs into existence around and above you and remains centered on your location for the duration.

The atmosphere inside the ward is comfortable and dry, regardless of the temperature or weather outside. Creatures and objects can move through the ward freely, and this ward does not provide protection from any weapons or spells. The ward will repel fog and other cloud based effects, unless the gas deals a non-poison type damage in which case the spell ends.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd or higher, the radius increases by 5 feet.

Dance Battle

3rd-level enchantment

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (30-foot radius)
• Components: V
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Bard

You cause music to suddenly fill a 30-foot radius sphere around you. The music is so magically enjoyable that all creatures in the area can't help but dance. At the start of a creature's turn within the sphere it must make a Charisma saving throw. Creatures of your choice automatically succeed this saving throw. On failure, the creature falls prone and takes 2d4 psychic damage as the magic fills them with embarrassment. Creatures that can't be charmed are immune to this spell.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell with a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 2d4 and the range increases by 30 feet per spell slot level above 3rd.

Divine Purge

3rd-level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S, M (holy symbol)
• Duration: Instantaneous or 1 minute
• Classes: Cleric, Paladin

You touch a creature, making a melee spell attack against it. On hit, the creature takes 6d6 radiant damage. If the target is possessed, the attack deals no damage to the possessed creature. Instead, the possessing creature takes the damage and must make a Charisma saving throw. On failure, the creature is forced out of the possessed creature and becomes incapacitated and unable to move until the end of your next turn. For the duration of the spell, you can use your action on subsequent turns to keep the possessor incapacitated and unable to move until the end of your next turn. Otherwise, the spell ends.

Endothermal Core

3rd-level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Artificer, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

Target a point within range. All heat in a 45-foot radius sphere centered on that point begins to converge at that point, freezing the areas furthest from it as the heat is drawn in.

This spell creates two areas, the first affecting creatures within 15 feet of the point you chose, and the second affecting creatures more than 30 feet from the chosen point.

When a creature enters an affected area for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there, it must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 3d8 damage, taking half as much on success. The damage is fire if it is affected by the inner area and cold if it is affected by the outer area.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell with a spell slot of 4th level or higher, each area deals an additional 1d8 damage per spell slot level above 3rd.

Focus

3rd-level enchantment

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: Self
• Components: S, M (a leaf of lavender)
• Duration: 1 minute
• Classes: Artificer, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Warlock, Watcher, Wizard

For the duration of the spell, you focus your mind on one particular topic. You have advantage on Intelligence saving throws and saving throws made to maintain concentration for the next minute.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell with a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you gain a +1 bonus to all concentration checks made for the duration of the spell per spell slot level above 2nd.

Fracture

shattering cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: S
• Duration: Instantaneous
• Classes: Artificer, Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard

You snap, causing a sudden crack in reality to form from a point within range, causing a loud sound to emanate from that point which can be heard up to 100 feet away. Any creature within 5 feet of that point must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 1d6 thunder damage. If a creature has the keen hearing trait, it has disadvantage on the saving throw. Any creature that is deafened or cannot hear automatically succeeds the saving throw.

This spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).

Return

shattering cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: Self
• Components: S, M (an object, ammunition, or a weapon worth at least 1 sp)
• Duration: Instantaneous
• Classes: Artificer, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

You enchant the item used in the casting of this spell. Until the start of your next turn, whenever you throw or fire this item as part of an attack, you can cause it to reverse in time and fly back to your hand immediately after the attack. When returning, it passes through any object or creature in the way harmlessly.

Rush

shattering cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, S, M (1 cp, consumed upon casting the spell)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 round
• Classes: Artificer, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

Choose a willing creature within range who is currently casting a spell. At the start of the creature's next turn, the remaining casting time is reduced by 30 seconds, provided that this spell hasn't ended. If this reduces the casting time to 0 or less, the spell immediately completes casting without requiring an action from the creature.

Shattercraft

shattering cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 10 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Up to 1 minute
• Classes: Artificer, Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

This spell is a minor magical trick that novice spellcasters use for practicing shattered magic. You create one of the following magical effects within range:

• You can cause a small object that is not being worn or held to fall faster or slower than normal until it hits a surface.
• You cause yourself or a willing creature within range to speak twice as fast for up to 1 minute.
• One creature of your choice that you can see within 100 feet hears you speaking as if you were directly next to them. This effect only lasts until you stop speaking.
• You magically know the direction of the closest timeshattered storm.
• You can cause one timeshattered raindrop within range to turn into water.

Warp

shattering cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: S
• Duration: Instantaneous
• Classes: Artificer, Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

Make a melee spell attack against a creature or loose object that isn't being worn or carried, filling it with magical energy that warps the space it occupies. On hit the target takes 1d6 force damage, and if the target is Medium or smaller, you can move it 5 feet in any direction of your choice to an unoccupied space.

This spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6). Also at 11th level, you can move a Large target as well.

Echo

1st-level shattering

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: Self (60-foot line)
• Components: V
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Artificer, Ranger

The next time you hit a creature with a ranged weapon attack before this spell ends, a duplicate projectile seems to fire after the first, following the same path as the triggering attack, and the target takes an additional 1d8 force damage.

For the spell's duration, it enchants the projectile's path, which is a 5-foot-wide and up to 60-foot-long line originating from the point where you fired the original projectile and following the same direction. During this time, whenever a creature enters the projectile's path or ends its turn there, you can use your reaction to cause an echo of the original projectile to hit them, dealing 1d8 force damage.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 1st.

Presence of Mind

1st-level shattering

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self
• Components: S
• Duration: 1 hour
• Classes: Sorcerer, Watcher, Wizard

You send magic into your future, readying yourself should you be placed in sudden danger. When initiative is rolled, if your initiative is below 15 you can choose to make it 15. Additionally, if you would be surprised you cease to be. Once these effects occur, the spell ends.

Remember

1st-level shattering (ritual)

• Casting Time: 1 minute
• Range: Touch
• Components: S, M (an item which you wish to see the past of)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
• Classes: Artificer, Wizard

An illusionary bubble with a 5 ft. radius appears and stays centered around an item you touch. The sphere appears to an outsider like a wavy haze, but does not restrict vision in any way. While within the bubble, the environment appears as it did on the day and location the item used in the casting of the spell was created. Everything here is illusionary, and when attempting to interact with something that is no longer present you will pass through the item.

If you cast the spell two or more times before completing your next long rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each casting after the first that the bubble has falsehoods in it, such as creatures or objects that were not present, or missing things that were. The DM makes this roll in secret.

At Higher Levels: When cast using a 2nd level spell slot or higher, the illusion lasts twice as long and the bubble's radius doubles (cumulative).

Shunt

1st-level shattering

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a timeshattered crystal worth at least 10gp)
• Duration: Instantaneous
• Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard

Choose a creature within range, and with a sudden push attempt to force it to move 10 feet in a direction of your choice. The target must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save it takes 2d4 bludgeoning damage and moves in your designated direction. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage doesn't move.

Time Spike

1st-level shattering

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a timeshattered crystal worth at least 10gp)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Sorcerer, Warlock

You manifest a shard of time and launch it at a creature within range, making a ranged spell attack. On a hit, the target can't take reactions, and its movement speed is halved for the duration. The target or a creature within 5 feet of the target can use an action to remove the spike, ending the spell.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd or higher you may target one additional creature within range.

Arcane Entanglement

2nd-level shattering

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: S
• Duration: 1 minute
• Classes: Paladin, Wizard

Target a creature you can reach, attempting to bind them to you with a touch. If the target is unwilling, make a melee spell attack. On hit or if the target is willing, for the duration of the spell if that creature is within 60 feet you can ignore the range requirement of spells, attacks, conditions, and abilities targeting that creature.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, whenever you cast another spell that targets an area instead of a creature, you can choose to include the affected creature as if it was within the area of effect of that spell as long as it is within 60 feet of you.

Entangled Bond

2nd-level shattering

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a golden top worth at least 10gp)
• Duration: 1 minute
• Classes: Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Wizard

You point to a creature that is not an undead or soulless construct you can see within range, attempting to bind your life force to theirs. If they are unwilling, they must make a Charisma saving throw. On success, the spell ends.

On failure or if the target is willing, a bond is formed between you and that creature. When you take damage the targeted creature also takes damage equal to half the damage received. Whenever the target takes damage from this spell, the target can repeat the saving throw. On success, the spell ends.

The spell ends if you drop to 0 hit points. You can also dismiss the spell as an action.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell with a spell slot of 3rd level, the duration becomes 10 minutes. At 4th level, it becomes 1 hour. At 5th level, it lasts for 1 hour.

Forgotten Whispers

2nd-level shattering

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self
• Components: V
• Duration: 1 minute
• Classes: Warlock

Your mind begins to fill with forbidden knowledge that you cannot understand. Upon casting this spell or as an action on a subsequent turn, you can whisper some of the secrets you are hearing to a creature within 30 feet of yourself. That creature must make a Wisdom saving throw or become incapacitated as they are unable to think about anything but what you told them. The creature remains incapacitated until the spell ends or you choose to target another creature with your action, however you can't target a creature again if it has succeeded on a saving throw against this casting of forgotten whispers.

At the end of each of a targeted creature's turns it can repeat the saving throw against this spell, ending the effect on success.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a 3rd level spell slot, the duration becomes 10 minutes. When you cast this spell using a 4th level spell slot, you can target up to 2 creatures at a time with this spell. When you cast this spell using a 5th level spell slot, you can target a creature within 60 feet of yourself instead of 30, and you can target up to 3 creatures.

Greater Mending

2nd-level shattering

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S, M (Two timeshattered beads)
• Duration: Instantaneous
• Classes: Artificer, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard

Target a damaged object or construct, attempting to reverse recent damage. If you target an object, damage the object has taken in the last 7 days is reversed up to 3 feet in any dimension from where you touch, leaving no trace of the former damage. This spell can repair magic items with a rarity of at most uncommon. If you target a construct, you cause it to regain 2d8 hit points.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell with a spell slot of 4th or 5th level spell slot, you can repair a magic item with a rarity of at most rare, and you heal constructs for 4d8 hit points. If you use a 6th or 7th level spell slot, the rarity increases to very rare and it heals constructs for 6d8 hit points. If you use an 8th level or higher spell slot, the rarity can be legendary and it heals constructs for 10d8 hit points.

Armor of Arcana

3rd-level shattering

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S, M (an adafold shard)
• Duration: 1 hour
• Classes: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

You project a shield of violent magic absorbing energy around you, drawing power from the adafold shard. For the duration, when a creature within 60 feet of you that you can see damages you with a spell or other magical effect, you can use your reaction to target the attacker. The target must succeed on a Charisma saving throw or take 2d6 psychic damage. If this forces the creature to make a Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration on a spell, the saving throw is made with disadvantage.

Armor of arcana ends on you if its material component is ever not on your person.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell with a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 per spell slot level above 3rd.

Astral Barrage

3rd-level shattering

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (A star sapphire worth at least 50 gp)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock

You summon a barrage of starlight from the sky to rain down upon your foes. Upon casting this spell and as an action on subsequent turns, you can choose three points within range. A beam of focused starlight shines down on the chosen spaces, forcing any creatures within a 5 foot radius, 40 feet high succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 3d4 radiant damage, taking half as much damage on success. A creature in the area of more than one beam is affected only once.

At Higher Levels: When cast with a spell slot of 4th level or higher, you can choose one additional point per two spell slots level above 2nd.

Constellation

3rd-level shattering

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a starchart)
• Duration: Instantaneous
• Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

You form a constellation out of beams of light. Choose up to three points within range, each up to 30 feet from one another or yourself. You connect the points with a single line, originating from you to one of the points, then continuing to another point until no points remain unconnected. You can connect to a point which has already been connected to, but a creature can only be affected by at most one beam.

The beams are 5 feet wide, and any creature within the beam's zone must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 2d8 radiant damage and 2d8 force damage, taking half as much damage on success.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell with a 4th level spell slot or higher, you can choose one additional point and the damage increases by 1d8 (to either the radiant or force, your choice) per spell slot level above 3rd.

Crack the Sky

3rd-level shattering

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a silvered feather, worth at least 1 sp)
• Duration: Instantaneous
• Classes: Cleric, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

A fracture appears in the sky above you, releasing 5 beams of cosmic light. Each beam hits a creature of your choice that you can see within range. A beam deals 3d4+3 radiant damage to its target. The beams all strike simultaneously, and a creature cannot be struck by more than one beam at once.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the spell creates one more beam for each slot level above 3rd.

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