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Scholarly Scribe

An uncommon occurrence left you unable to cast magic in any way. Where most in this situation would turn to the martial practices, you instead decided that you would pave your own path. Through dedication and study, you unlocked a new way to craft magic.

You do not get spell slots. Without proper preparation, you can only cast spells as rituals. Your power comes from your foresight, and your weakness is getting caught in a situation where you had no time to prepare.

Creating a Sage

When creating a Sage, consider your focal point of arcane study. Do you prefer to focus on a specific school of magic or do you like to study all magic? Are you trying to unlock a new form of magic, or rediscover lost magics that died off in ancient civilizations? A Sage is someone that tries to understand magic at a deep level, and will go out of their way to uncover the secrets they are looking to unveil.

Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d8 per Sage level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per Sage level after 1st.

Proficiencies

• Armor: shields
• Weapons: staves, daggers, hand crossbows
• Tools: calligrapher's supplies

• Saving Throws: Intelligence and Wisdom
• Skills: Choose 3 from Arcana, Insight, Investigation, History, Nature, Perception, Religion, and Slight of Hand.

Equipment

You start with the following:

• A quarterstaff and a dagger
• (a) a shield or (b) 2 daggers
• (a) a ritual book or (b) a shrunken head
• (a) Two 1st-level spell scrolls you know or (b) Two spell scrolls of any level that your DM chooses.
• (a) 100 gp of high quality paper and ink or (b) A greatsword and 50 gp of high quality paper and ink
• A scholar's pack

Alternatively, you may start with 6d10 × 15 gp to buy your own equipment.

Ritual Book

At 1st level, you have a ritual book containing two 1st-level spells from any class' spell list of your choice. Your ritual book is the repository of the spells you know, except your cantrips, which are fixed in your mind.

You can add spells from spell scrolls to your ritual book without making a check, however the scroll is still consumed.

Preparing and Casting Spells

The Sage table shows what level of spells you are able to learn and cast. Unlike other casters, you don't have any spell slots, and can only cast spells as rituals or through special means, like a spell scroll.

For you, all spells are considered ritual spells, however only spells with the ritual tag can be cast infinitely. When you complete a long rest, all spells in your Ritual Book become prepared. When you cast a prepared spell, it becomes unprepared. At 2nd level you can cast any 1st level spell in your ritual book twice before it becomes unprepared. This includes 2nd level spells at 4th level, 3rd level spells at 7th level, 4th level spells at 9th level, and 5th level spells at 12th level.

Spells of 7th level and higher are taxing and hard to use. When you gain access to these spells, you can only cast one 7th, one 8th, and one 9th level spell as a ritual per long rest.

Learning Spells of 1st Level and Higher

You know two + your Intelligence modifier 1st-level spells of your choice from any class' spell list, which are in your Ritual Book. You learn additional spells of your choice based on your level, as shown in the Spells Known column of the Sage table. Each of these spells must be of a level you can cast, and appear in your Ritual Book when you learn them. A Sage cannot create matter from nothing, so there are a handful of spells that a Sage cannot learn, which are detailed in Forbidden Spells.

On your adventures, you might find other spells that you can add to your ritual book. As long as it is of a level you can cast, you can add any spell to your ritual book. This process takes an hour and 50 gold per spell level.

Cantrips

At 1st level, you know three cantrips of your choice from any class' spell list. You learn additional cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Sage table. You can cast cantrips normally.

Spellcasting Focus

You can use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus for your spells. Your ritual book is considered an arcane focus for you.

Spellcasting Ability

Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your spells, since you learn spells through dedicated study. You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for any spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Weave Manifestation Scroll

At 15th level, you can now create a scroll directly from the weave. Whenever you finish a long rest, you create a Weave Manifestation Scroll in addition to your Chromatic Spell Scrolls. A Weave Manifestation Scroll can be used to cast any spell of 9th level or lower that is in your Ritual Book, regardless of whether you have the spell prepared or not. You cannot have more than one Weave Manifestation Scroll at a time, and only you can use Weave Manifestation Scrolls that you create. Spells cast with Weave Manifestation Scrolls cannot be counterspelled.

Ancient Wisdom

By 18th level, you've learned magics that warp the weave. You can add half your Wisdom modifier (rounded up) to attack rolls, damage rolls, and your spell save DC.

Ritual Sage

At 20th level, you've become an unrivaled expert in your field of study. Your Intelligence and Wisdom scores increase by 4. Your maximum for those scores is now 24.

Additionally, you gain one 3rd level and one 6th level spell slot, which you can use to cast any spell in your ritual book. You regain expended spell slots during a long rest.

Printing Press

At 2nd level, you've learned a shortcut for crafting spell scrolls. As an action, you can create a spell scroll of any spell in your Ritual Book by expending a number of gold pieces worth of high quality paper and ink equal to double the normal cost of crafting the scroll, or 100 gold pieces (whichever is higher), as shown in transcription.

Weave Parchment

At 2nd level, you learn how to harvest magical parchment directly from the weave. Once per day when you finish a long rest, you gain a number of gold pieces worth of magical parchment and ink equal to 100 x half your Sage level (rounded up).

Spell Shorthand

At 2nd level, you've developed a faster method for using scrolls. You can cast any spell with a cast time of 1 action from a spell scroll you made, or from a Chromatic Spell Scroll, as a bonus action rather than an action. You can do so even if you cast a spell of 1st level or higher as an action. You can use this ability twice per long rest. Casting a Cantrip spell scroll does not consume a use of this ability.

Spellcraft

At 6th level, whenever you finish a long rest, you create two spell scrolls of spells in your Ritual Book, up to 6th level, at no cost. Only you can use these spell scrolls, and they turn to dust if you create more scrolls using this ability.

Philosopher's Stone

At 2nd level, you create a Philosopher's Stone, which acts as your ritual book. All spells in your Ritual Book appear in your Philosopher's Stone, and your ritual book turns to dust. While you hold your Philosopher's Stone, you know all spells stored inside it. The time and cost of copying spells into your ritual book is reduced by half. To copy a spell into your Philosopher's Stone, you expend gold pieces worth of gems and precious metals instead of paper and ink, which your Philosopher's Stone consumes.

• For every 10 years that pass, your body ages 1 year.
• As a reaction, when you see a creature cast a spell of a level you can cast, you can pay the cost for copying the spell into your ritual book to instantly copy it into your Philosopher's Stone. You can do this once per long rest.

If you lose or destroy your philosopher's stone, you can summon it back to you with a 10 minute ritual.

Alchemical Spellcraft

At 2nd level, you can create spell scrolls using gems or precious metals with a value equal to or exceeding the spell scroll cost, as shown in transcription. You can store multiple spells within a single gem or precious metal object if the cost permits. When a spell is expended, the value of the object drops proportionately to the spell scroll cost, as shown in transcription, and when its value reaches 0, the object turns to dust.

Equivalent Exchange

At 2nd level, you can choose to cast spells at their normal casting time, or cantrips as a bonus action, by expending gold pieces worth of precious metals, gems, or other valuables whose total value is equal to 3 x the cost of crafting it as a scroll, detailed in Transcription, or 100 gold pieces (whichever is higher). Valuables you expend in this exchange turn to dust.

Eternal Youth

At 6th level, you stop aging, you do not suffer the frailty of old age, and you cannot be magically aged. Whenever you finish a short rest your exhaustion level, if any, is reduced by 1, and whenever you finish a long rest you regain all expended hit dice instead of half.

Philosopher's Staff

At 11th level, you attach your philosopher's stone to your sage's staff. The storage capacity of your sage's staff increases by 4 levels worth of spells. Using your staff as a medium, you can cast a spell you have prepared immediately, ignoring the ritual casting requirement. You can cast spells in this way a number of times equal to half your wisdom modifier (rounded up, min 1) per long rest.

Eternal Life

At 17th level, you've unlocked the hidden secrets of magic. You cannot be killed except by failing 3 death saving throws. When you die, your body turns to dust, and any equipment you were carrying or wearing disappears. After 1d4 days, you reappear anywhere of your choice on the plane where you were born along with all of your equipment, as though you just finished a long rest. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again for 30 days.

Pierce the Veil

At 2nd level, you learn how to peek at the latent magic of the weave. Once per day when you finish a long rest, one random spell scroll appears among your belongings. This scroll can contain any spell of 1st level or higher that is not in your ritual book. Your DM chooses the spell.

Mana Stream

At 2nd level, by collecting the magic in the air, you create pages of pure magic. You gain a number of spell pages, equal to your Sage level. These pages can be used to cast spells of a level equal to the number of pages you spend. You regain any expended pages at the end of a long rest.

Arcane Booster

At 2nd level, you can force the weave to give you magical power. When you cast a spell that allows you to activate additional effects as an action or bonus action (e.g. witch bolt, heat metal, etc.), you can activate their additional effects once per turn for free, and when you do, they deal an additional 2d6 force damage. You can do so on the turn you cast the spell, however you cannot activate a spell effect more than once per turn on subsequent turns.

Magic Resistance

By 6th level, you protect yourself against magic. You have advantage on saving throws against magical effects, and damage you take that is caused by magical effects is reduced by an amount equal to your Intelligence modifier.

Dual Casting

At 11th level, you learn how to split your consciousness into two entities. You can now cast two ritual spells simultaneously. Once per short or long rest when you cast a spell as an action, you can immediately cast another spell in your ritual book of the same level or lower for free as part of that same action. The spell must have a casting time of 1 action.

Spell Stacking

At 17th level, you've discovered how to manipulate magic better than most other mages. When you cast a spell with a spell slot, you can combine its effects with another spell. Choose a spell in your ritual book that is prepared, but is also 1 level lower than the spell you are casting. The spell effects are added to the spell you are casting, and are applied in the same way as the spell you are casting. For example, if you are casting Fireball and combine the spell Hold Person, the creatures are effected by Hold Person if they fail Fireball's dexterity Saving throw, rather than Hold Person's wisdom saving throw.

Anti-magic

At 2nd level, when you see a creature within 120 feet of you cast a spell you have prepared, or one you know via Photographic Memory, you know what spell is being cast and can use your reaction to make an Arcana check versus the creature's spell save DC. On a success, the spell fails, and the caster can't cast that spell again for 1 minute. Whether you succeed or fail, the spell in your Ritual Book becomes unprepared, and you forget the spell if you have it memorized via Photographic Memory.

Nullify

At 2nd level, you gain more opportunities to unravel magic. You gain an additional reaction each round, and when you attempt to use Anti-magic, counterspell, or dispel magic and fail, you can use a reaction to reroll the check. Additionally, you have advantage on saving throws against magic that only targets you.

Deeper Knowledge

At 2nd level, you learn deeper magical secrets. You gain expertise in Arcana. You learn four additional spells of a level you are able to cast and 1 additional spell whenever you gain a level in this class after this one, all of which appear in your Ritual Book when you learn them.

At 5th level, when you gain Photographic Memory, you can memorize a maximum number of spells equal to your Intelligence modifier, rather than 1.

Sword Saint

At 2nd level, you learn how to augment your blade with magic. You gain proficiency with greatswords. You can use Intelligence for the attack and damage rolls made with a two-handed weapon, and if it has the Heavy property, it loses that property and gains the Finesse property for the attack.

You can use your weapon as a focus for your sage spells, and you can designate a it as your Sage's Staff, allowing you to store spells within it. You can only designate one weapon as your sage's staff at a time. While you are wielding a weapon in two hands, you can cast spells, activate magic items, or access your ritual book even if you do not have a free hand.

Magic Swordsman

At 2nd level, you can cast magic quickly between attacks with your blade. You do not have disadvantage on ranged attack rolls with spells cast against creatures that are within 5 feet of you, and you can use your bonus action each turn to make 1 weapon attack.

Sage Armor

At 2nd level, you can use Intelligence, rather than Constitution, when calculating maximum hit points each level (including this one). Whenever you take a short or long rest, you gain a number of temporary hit points equal to your Sage level + your Intelligence modifier.

War Magic

By 6th level, you can attack twice whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. When you take the attack action, you can cast a cantrip in place of one of your attacks. When you make a weapon attack with a two-handed weapon as part of your action, you can use your bonus action to cast a spell that is stored in your Sage's Staff.

Sword Enhancement

At 11th level, you can augment your sword with magic power. You learn tenser's transformation, which appears in your ritual book. It is always prepared, and you can cast it as a bonus action for free once per long rest. Whenever you cast tenser's transformation, the spell does not restrict you from casting cantrips, spells cast with magic items, or spells stored in your sages' staff. When the spell ends, you automatically succeed the spell's Constitution saving throw.

Blade Aura

At 17th level, you no longer need to concentrate on tenser's transformation when it is cast through Sword Enhancement. You can end its effects at will, and can cast it as a bonus action twice per long rest rather than once. While you are under the effects of tenser's transformation;

• Hostile creatures that come within 5 feet of you for the first time on a turn or start their turns there take 2d12 force damage.
• A creature that ends its turn within 5 feet of you has disadvantage on saving throws versus spells you cast until the end of your next turn.
• If you use your action to cast a spell, you can attack twice with a two-handed weapon as a bonus action.

Lucky 7

At 2nd level, you craft a pair of 6-sided dice from fragments of the weave. While you possess these dice, whenever you make an ability check, saving throw, or attack roll, you can choose to make a luck check instead, and when you do, you can reroll both dice once.

If you lose the dice, they reappear among your belongings when you finish a short or long rest. The dice turn into mundane dice when you die.

Additionally, you learn the spells new pair of shoes and arcane roulette, which appear in your ritual book.

No Whammy

At 2nd level, you can attempt to cast a spell of 6th level or lower using its normal casting time. This spell does not need to be in your Ritual Book, but it must be of a level you can cast. When you do, make a luck check. On a success, you cast the spell at its lowest level. On a failure, nothing happens and you cannot use this ability again until you finish a long rest.

High Roller

At 2nd level, with more ways to earn comes more ways to get rewarded. Whenever you make a luck check and do not roll a 7, you gain one reward point. You have a maximum of one reward point. Your maximum number of reward points increases by one at 6th level (2), 11th level (3), and 17th level (4).

Loaded Dice. Whenever you make a luck check, you can expend one reward point to roll one additional d6, then select and use the rolls from at least two of the three dice.

Grifter. When a creature within 60 feet of you makes an attack roll or saving throw, you can expend one reward point have them roll at advantage or disadvantage.

Hedge Your Bets

At 6th level, you always have a trick hidden up your sleeve. After your make a luck check, you can choose to replace your roll with a 7. You can use this ability twice per long rest.

The House Always Wins

At 11th level, you gain the following abilities.

Casino Advantage. Whenever you make a luck check, you can expend 1 reward point to add or subtract 1 from any die rolled.

Russian Roulette. When a creature within 60 feet of you takes damage, you can expend 1 or more reward points and roll a luck check for each point spent. The damage is reduced by 7 for each point spent, and you take 7 psychic damage for each luck check you failed.

Blazing 7s

At 17th level, the number 7 becomes even luckier for you. You gain the following abilities.

Double or Nothing. Whenever you make an attack and roll a 7 on a luck check, you can expend 2 reward points. Roll two more luck checks. If you roll 7 on both checks, the attack is treated as a critical hit. If one or more of your rolls is not a 7, the total for your roll becomes 7.

Jackpot. As an action, you can expend 4 reward points to regain one expended Chromatic Spell Scroll.

New Pair of Shoes

1st-level Transmutation (ritual)

Casting Time: 1 bonus action

Range: Self

Components: M (A coin of any value, which the spell consumes)

Duration: 8 hours

You have supernatural protection granted to you by your dice. While this spell is active, if combat begins and at the start of your turn thereafter, roll 2d6. While you are wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, your armor class becomes 10 + the number you rolled. You cannot gain extra armor class from other sources other than spells when your armor class is determined by this ability.

Arcane Roulette

1st-level Transmutation (ritual)

Casting Time: 1 bonus action

Range: Self

Components: M (A coin of any value, which the spell consumes)

Duration: 8 hours

You never know how well you'll do, but with some luck you'll do great! When you cast this spell, at the beginning of combat, and at the start of each of your turns thereafter, you must roll 2d6. Your spell save DC becomes 8 + the number you rolled.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell at 4th level or higher, your save DC becomes 10 + the number you rolled. When you cast this spell at 8th level or higher, your save DC becomes 12 + the number you rolled.

Natural Charisma

At 2nd level, you can add your Intelligence modifier to any Charisma checks you make.

When you cast a spell, you can replace any somatic or material components with verbal components. If the spell has a material component cost, you must provide that component.

Cantrip Colloquialisms

At 2nd level, you've developed a verbal shorthand for casting canrips. You can cast any cantrip you know that has a casting time of 1 action as a bonus action. When you cast a cantrip in this way, you must replace any somatic or material components with verbal components.

Chromatic Voice

At 2nd level, you gain two special spell slots, known as Chromatic Spell Slots, which can be used to cast any 6th level or lower spell in your ritual book. When you cast a spell in this way, you must replace any somatic or material components with verbal components. You regain expended Chromatic Spell Slots at the end of a short or long rest. You gain an additional Chromatic Spell Slot at 11th level (3), and another at 17th level (4).

Enchanting Dialogue

By 6th level, when you speak, you can choose to lace your words with magic. When you do, all creatures that can understand at least 1 language and have a minimum of 3 intelligence can understand what you say.

Additionally, when you make a Charisma check, you treat any d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.

Immutable Voice

At 11th level, your voice has become a force that cannot be ignored. Being unable to speak does not prevent you from casting Verbal spells, and you can choose for your words to be heard clearly even if you are gagged, in an area of silence, underwater, or if you would normally be rendered unable to be heard.

Power Word

At 17th level, you can cast any spell with a single word. As an action, you can cast any spell in your Ritual Book instantly, ignoring the casting time and ritual requirement. Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again.

Dark Gift

At 2nd level, you've gained the favor of something unknown even to you. You gain an additional Chromatic Spell Scroll, and you regain any expended Chromatic Spell Scrolls, as well as your Scholarly Mind feature, whenever you complete a short or long rest.

Forbidden Knowledge

At 2nd level, you've discovered secrets that would drive lesser men mad. Select a number of spells of a level you can cast equal to your Intelligence modifier. These spells appear in your Ritual Book. You can exchange any number of these spells for different spells whenever you take a short rest. If you try to make a spell scroll using one of these spells, the spell disappears from your Ritual Book and you gain a scroll of vicious mockery instead.

Eldritch Hallucinations

At 2nd level, madness has begun to seep into your psyche. You no longer need to sleep. Whenever you finish a short rest, your exhaustion level is reduced by 1, and whenever you finish a long rest, your exhaustion level is reduced to 0. Your spell save DC increases by 1 for each level of exhaustion you have. When you reach 6 levels of exhaustion, your exhaustion level is reduced to 0, and you are reduced to 0 hitpoints rather than dying.

You also gain one or more of the following quirks:

Madness to Power

At 6th level, whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 insanity point. These points can be used to cast spells of a level equal to the number of points you spend. You can have a total number of insanity points up to half your Sage level (rounded up), to a maximum of 9. When you cast a spell using insanity points, you must roll on the Madness Chart, detailed at the end of this subclass. You can choose to not roll on the Madness Chart, but if you do, you gain 1 level of exhaustion. You do not gain insanity points when casting spells with this ability. You lose any remaining insanity points when you finish a long rest.

Otherworldly Delirium

At 11th level, you peer into a world that should not be seen by mortal eyes. Whenever you take a turn in combat, you can take an action in place of a bonus action, or a bonus action in place of an action.

Antediluvian Horror

At 17th level, when you die, your soul invades a humanoid of your choice within 120 feet of you. You can remain within a host for a number of days equal to your Intelligence modifier, after which you die. During this time, you can choose to invade a different humanoid that comes into contact with your host, or you can begin corrupting your host.

Once you begin corruption, you cannot invade a different humanoid, and you no longer die unless cleansed. At this time, your host must make an Intelligence saving throw versus your Spell Save DC. On a success, it feels that something is wrong.

A detect evil and good spell will sense a fiend within their body. A creature can attempt to cleanse you before your corruption is complete. This can be done with a wish spell, which kills you immediately, or a greater restoration spell, which forces you to make an Intelligence saving throw versus the caster's spell save DC. On a success, the caster believes you were cleansed and you retain your hold on your host. On a failure, you die.

After a number of days equal to your host's Constitution modifier (or 1, whichever is higher), you complete the corruption and fully manifest underneath its skin. The creature's stats and abilities are replaced with yours and you gain control over its body. You gain the creature's memories, but maintain your personality, and can pass as your host for 24 hours before you shed its skin, revealing your previous form.

Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again for 30 days.

Black Magic

At 2nd level, you create a shrunken head, which acts as your ritual book. While you hold your shrunken head, you know all spells stored within it. When you add spells to your shrunken head, you must expend collected souls rather than gold pieces worth or parchment and ink. You do so by whispering into its ear for one minute per spell level, rather than an hour per spell level.

Collected Souls. When a creature within 120 feet of you dies, you collect its ethos, also known as its soul or its life essence. Its value is based on the creature's CR in life.

Legendary creature souls are worth double unless they are above CR 19. Particularly evil or virtuous souls, as well as player character souls, may have added value that is determined by your Dungeon Master even if their CR is less than 1/2.

Ethosomancy

At 2nd level, you can craft spell scrolls, or cast spells from your shrunken head at their normal cast times, by expending souls whose total value meets or exceeds the cost of crafting a spell scroll of its level, as shown in transcription. You can create multiple scrolls out of a single soul if the cost permits.

Ephesia Grammata

At 2nd level, when you collect a soul, you can read its magical knowledge. A creature's soul acts as a spell book for you, containing all spells it knew in life (if any). You can read these spells and add them to your shrunken head by expending time and souls as necessary. You can add spells of a higher level than you would normally be able to cast to your shrunken head, however you cannot cast them in any way until you meet the level requirements. These souls may be worth more to liches, devils, or gods.

Omphalos Arcanum

At 6th level, as an action, you can close your eyes and sit. Until you end this effect as an action, your physical body is blind, cannot move, and cannot take any actions. You create a temporary extra dimensional space, made for buying and selling souls, into which you project your astral body. Your astral body is unrecognizable to creatures that enter your space. Entrances to this space appear randomly throughout the planes in places where beings may want to buy or sell souls. Creatures that enter your space cannot do you any harm or steal from you. You have advantage on checks you make to barter in this space.

To buy a soul, you must pay using gold, silver, or platinum coins. Customers may attempt to barter with you. A customer that buys from you may pay you in gold, but they may try to pay with magic items, a soul of opposite alignment, information, or even a future favor (which may or may not be valid). Some creatures desire particular souls, and may pay more for them. Customers might not enter your shop, and are not obligated to buy or sell anything.

Poiesis Episteme

At 11th level, two heads are better than one. Using your Shrunken Head, you can concentrate on two spells simultaneously. When you make a concentration check, you only make one check, and lose concentration on both spells on a failure.

Dark Bargain

At 17th level, you can offer your soul as collateral for higher magic. You can cast one spell of any level as a bonus action. If you are reduced to 0 hp before you pay your debt, your soul is devoured by your creditor, you die, and you cannot be resurrected by any means. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you pay your debt by performing a 1 minute ritual, in which you expend souls with a total value equal to the cost of the spell you cast, as shown in Transcription. You can also pay your debt through alternative means outlined by your Dungeon Master, however you cannot be prevented from paying your debt with souls.

Sanguine Malediction

At 2nd level, you learn how to drain the life of your foes. You learn the blood curse cantrip, which does not count against the maximum number of cantrips you know.

Bloodcasting

At 2nd level, you can cast spells from your ritual book at their normal cast times by expending 1 hit die per spell level, up to 6th. If you have no hit dice remaining, you can expend hit points. Roll 1d8 per spell level (up to 6th), and take Necrotic damage equal to the number rolled. If this damage reduces you to 0 hitpoints, you are reduced to 1 hitpoint instead once per long rest. This damage cannot be reduced by any other means.

You can expend 13 hit dice or take 13d8 necrotic damage to cast a 7th level spell, 15 for an 8th level spell, and 17 for a 9th level spell. You can only cast one 9th level spell this way per long rest.

Vampiric Physiology

At 2nd level, you have darkvision with a range of 150 feet, in which you can see in darkness as if it were bright light. Your hitpoint maximum increases by twice your Intelligence modifier, and increases by your Intelligence modifier for every Sage level after this one. When you finish a long rest, you regain all expended hit dice.

Coagulation

At 6th level, when you complete a short rest, you regain a number of hit dice equal to your Constitution modifier. The range for blood curse becomes 30 feet, and you gain a bonus to your spell save DC equal to your Constitution modifier for this spell.

Life Drain

At 11th level, you learn how to drain life. You learn the rafflesia arnoldii cantrip, which does not count against the maximum number of cantrips you know. When you cast blood curse on a creature that is missing health, it has disadvantage on its saving throw.

Consume Vitality

At 17th level, Your rafflesia arnoldii cantrip now affects any creature, rather than just plants, and grants an additional hit die when it affects a creature. Its range becomes 30 feet, and the range for blood curse becomes 60 feet.

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Star Light, Star Bright

At 2nd level, whenever you start a turn in direct sunlight, you catch a bead light known as a Star. Stars you catch rotate around you until expended, shedding bright light in a 10 foot radius. You can have a maximum number of stars equal to your Sage level. You can cast spells in your ritual book by expending 1 star per spell level, up to 6th. 7th level spells cost 10 stars, and 8th level spells cost 15 stars. When you cast a spell that deals damage with this ability, its damage type (if any) becomes radiant.

If you end your turn while not in direct sunlight, these Stars begin to fade. You can maintain them by expending a reaction each turn, otherwise they disappear. You cannot benefit from a rest or ritual cast any spells while you are maintaining stars.

Power of the Light

At 2nd level, you gain the following abilities which consume stars.

Stellar Collision. As a bonus action, you can expend one star to make a ranged spell attack against a creature within 60 feet of you, dealing 2d12 radiant damage on a hit, or 4d12 if they are in direct sunlight. A creature that takes this damage glows sunlight in a 10 foot radius until the end of your next turn.

Solar Radiance. As a bonus action, you can expend a number of stars up to your proficiency bonus and touch a creature, healing them for 10 hitpoints per star expended. This cures any poison or disease the creature may be suffering from. Once you heal a creature with this ability, you cannot heal them again in this way until you take a long rest.

Sunset

At 2nd level, you can create light even in complete darkness. As an action, you can catch one Star even if you are not standing in sunlight. If you are standing in the sunlight created by sunrise when you use this ability, you catch two Stars instead.

Sunrise

At 6th level, light created by the as an action, you create a pillar of sunlight that shines down wherever you are standing. This pillar is a cylinder that is 5 feet wide and 60 feet tall, and lasts for 1 minute. It sheds bright light in a 15 foot radius and dim light 15 feet beyond that, however only the cylinder is considered sunlight. If you create a second pillar of sunlight, the first disappears. Whenever you start a turn in this cylinder, you gain temporary hitpoints equal to your Sage level + your Intelligence modifier, which last until either ability ends or you create another pillar of sunlight. You can use this ability twice per short or long rest.

Moonlight

At 11th level, you can collect stars even at night. You treat the light of the moon as sunlight, which is bright light for you. You can see normally as though it is daytime wherever there is moonlight. Whenever you gain a star from your star light, star bright skill, you gain an additional star.

Solar Collapse

At 17th level, once per long rest, you can use your action to catch a Neutron Star. A Neutron Star lasts 1 minute, and can be used to cast any spell of 9th level or lower that is in your ritual book. You can expend this star to use stellar collision. When you do, it automatically hits and deals 100 radiant damage, causing them to glow sunlight in a 60 foot radius until the end of your next turn. Alternatively, you can use it for solar radiance, which grants you 50 temporary hitpoints and heals a creature of your choice within 30 feet of you for all of its missing hitpoints.

Betelgeuse's Curse

Star Light, Star Bright

At 2nd level, you hear the wishes of those around you and can grant them. You cannot cast spells as rituals, nor can you create spell scrolls. You can only cast Cantrips, spells using magic items, or spells with your Chromatic Spell Scrolls or Weave Manifestation Scroll. If you attempt to cast a spell that is not considered a wish in any other way, nothing happens and you waste your action. You gain proficiency in Heavy armor, and ignore strength requirements when wearing it.

A creature can make a wish out loud, and you can use your reaction to attempt to interpret it with a spell. The creature can specify what spell they want you to cast, however if they do not specify a spell or the spell they select is of a higher level than you are able to cast, you can select a similar spell. The spell does not need to be in your ritual book, but must be of a level you can cast. You can target the creature that made the wish with the spell even if the creature is outside the spell's range or if the spell has a range of self.

If a creature attempts to make a wish selfishly or abuse your wish granting powers, your dungeon master can choose to make the wish fail, or cause something unintended to happen.

Creative Interpretation

At 2nd level, you can see the wishes of those around you, and can interpret them at will. As an action, you can select a creature that you can see. If the creature was harmful towards you or one of your allies since your last turn, you can cast a harmful spell that targets it. If the creature is an ally, you can cast a helpful spell that targets it. The spell does not need to be in your ritual book, but must be of a level you can cast. You can use this ability a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus per long rest.

Power of the Light

At 2nd level,

At 6th level, you can now grant more wishes. You gain an additional reaction each round, which you can use to cast spells with star light, star bright.

Moonlight

At 11th level, you can collect stars even at night. You treat the light of the moon as sunlight, which is bright light for you. You can see normally as though it is daytime wherever there is moonlight. Whenever you gain a star from your star light, star bright skill, you gain an additional star.

Wish Upon a Star

At 17th level, once per long rest, when you attempt to grant a creature their wish with star light, star bright, you can instead cast the wish spell, and when you do, you do not suffer its detrimental effects. If the wish is selfish in nature or made by a creature that is not an ally, the wish tends to twist the words of the creature that made it. Effects of the Wish spell cast in this way are determined by your Dungeon Master.