# Sorcerous Origin: Mistborn The Dark Lords of Ravenloft, or similar dark forces, have left their mark upon you, granting you innate magical capabilities and means to protect yourself even when magic is rare. The power of the Mists, and fragments of those trapped within, power you and your weapon. Will you use your new powers to combat the many threats of the world and inspire hope? Or will you become a source of terror to those who face your spells and weapon? Will you revel in, or fear, the powers that suffuse your being? As a Mistborn Sorcerer, you decide how you acquired your powers. Were you born with them? Or did some event in your life leave you forever changed by the Mists? You can pick from or roll on the Mistborn Origins table for a possible origin of your power. Alternatively, speak with your DM to discuss an origin for your Mistborn Sorcerer. <table> <tr> <th></th> <th></th> </tr> <tr> <th>d12 </th> <th>Origin</th> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>While wandering the Mists of Ravenloft, you were left forever changed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>A ritual to escape a Domain of Dread left you forever altered by the Mists.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>One of your forebears is a Darklord.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>An entity trapped within an amber sarcophagi granted you power in exchange for a service.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>You were a sacrificial offering to the Dark Powers.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>The Dark Powers made you the re-incarnation of a figure of minor importance in Ravenloft.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>You briefly attracted the attention of the Dark Powers, changing you forevermore.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>You were trapped along with a Darklord by the Mists, and left with remnants of power.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>An ancestor of yours escaped the Mists, and now you pay the price.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Your earliest memory is staggering out of the Mists, power welling at your fingertips.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>You died in a Domain of Dread, and were reborn a changed individual.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>You do not know how the power came to you, only that you have held it since birth.</td> </tr> </table> ### Mistborn Sorcerer Quirks Upon becoming a Mistborn Sorcerer, you can pick from or roll on the Mistborn Sorcerer Quirks table to create a possible quirk for your character. Alternatively, speak with your DM to discuss a quirk for your Mistborn Sorcerer <table> <tr> <th></th> <th></th> </tr> <tr> <th>d12 </th> <th>Quirk</th> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>You are always cold and damp to the touch.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Your spells and movements leave behind a misty afterimage for a few seconds.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>You do not bleed your regular blood, but instead a thick, black ichor.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>When you speak, multiple voices are heard alongside your own.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Your shadow's movements do not mirror your own.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>You appear faintly translucent.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Where you would have a visible reflection, there is only mist.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Your eyes are solid black shadows, bleeding small wisps of smoke.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Your shadow points towards light sources rather than away.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Glimpses of those who are dead can be seen around you.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Small plants and insects wither and die in your presence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Ravens, Crows, Vultures and other carion birds follow you, and watch with knowing eyes.</td> </tr> </table> ### Mistborn Spells Starting at 1st level, you learn additional spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown on the Mistborn Spells table. Each of these spells count as a sorcerer spell for you, but it doesn't count against the number of sorcerer spells you know. #### Mistborn Spells <table> <tr> <th></th> </tr> <tr> <th>Sorcerer Level</th> <th>Spells</th> </tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td>Fog Cloud, Wrathful Smite</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td>Misty Step, Spiritual Weapon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td>Gaseous Form, Spirit Shroud</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7th</td> <td>Shadow of Moil, Banishment</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9th</td> <td>Far Step, Steel Wind Strike</td> </tr> </table> ### Mistbound Weapon Starting at 1st level, you gain the ability to bind a weapon to your soul by performing a magical ritual. You perform the ritual over the course of 1 hour, which can be done during a short or long rest. The weapon must be within your reach throughout the ritual, at the conclusion of which you must touch the weapon and forge the bond. You are proficient with your Mistbound Weapon while you wield it. As an action, you can dismiss your weapon, shunting it into an extradimensional space. Your Mistbound Weapon can be recalled into your hand from extradimensional space with a subsequent action. \pagebreak The weapon ceases being your Mistbound Weapon if you die, if you perform the 1-hour ritual on another weapon, or if you use a 1-hour ritual to break your bond to it. The weapon appears at your feet if it is in the extradimensional space when the bond breaks. You can use your Misbound Weapon as a spellcasting focus for your Sorcerer Spells. ### Shrouded Form Wisps of mist and fog partly obscure your form, making you harder to hit. Starting at 1st level, while you are wearing no armour and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Charisma modifier. ### Mistbound Arcanum You have learned to better weave your spells around your Mistbound Weapon. Beginning at 6th level, when you use your action to cast a cantrip, you can make one weapon attack with your Mistbound Weapon as a bonus action. ### Torments of the Darklords The bond between you and your Mistbound Weapon grows, allowing you to channel slivers of the Torments ordinarily held for the Darklords through your Mistbound Weapon Beginning at 6th level, you can alter one attack made with your Mistbound Weapon with a Torment. You may only use one Torment on a Mistbound Weapon attack unless otherwise noted. Once you have used a Torment, you may not do so again until the start of your next turn. **Torment of the Coward** When you roll to attack with your Mistbound Weapon, you can spend 2 sorcery points and channel the Torment of the Coward into your attack. You ignore half, three-quarters and total cover when making the attack with your Mistbound Weapon. **Torment of the Socialite** You can spend 2 sorcery points to roll to attack with your Mistbound Weapon, so long as you have it on your person or it is contained within your extradimensional space. When you make an attack in this fashion, you do so without moving or visually using your Mistbound Weapon as the Torment of the Socialite is inflicted upon your target. **Torment of the Pursued** When you make an attack with your Mistbound Weapon, you can spend 1 sorcery point to double the range of the attack. If your Mistbound Weapon is melee, the range of your attack is increased to 30ft. **Torment of the Immaculate** When you roll damage for your Mistbound Weapon, you can force the Torment of the Immaculate upon your target by spending 1 sorcery point. When you do so, the target's hit point maximum decreases by an amount equal to the damage dealt by your Mistbound Weapon. **Torment of the Evasive** If you make an attack roll for your Mistbound Weapon and miss, you can spend 2 sorcery points to reroll the d20, and you must use the new roll. You can use Torment of the Evasive even if you have already used a different Metamagic option upon attacking with your Mistbound Weapon. **Torment of the Stalwart** When you hit a target with your Mistbound Weapon, you can spend 2 sorcery point and attempt to channel the Torment of the Stalwart into your target. The target of your Mistbound Weapon attack must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be moved 5 feet in a direction of your choice. The target can not be moved into or through a solid object. A creature can willingly fail this save. ### Vengeful Escape Starting at 14th Level, when you take damage from a weapon attack or spell targeting you, you can use a reaction and spend 3 sorcery points to disperse into a cloud of mist. When you do, the damage you take is halved, you teleport up to 20 feet and you make one attack with your Mistbound Weapon. ### Form of the Mistwraith Beginning at 18th level, you can spend 6 sorcery points and channel fragments of the Mists through yourself, temporarily transforming yourself for 1 minute, until you loose concentration (as if you were casting a concentration spell). or until you use a subsequent bonus action. While transformed into a sliver of the Dark Powers, the following occurs: * Your physical form becomes like the Mists permeating Barovia. While in the Form of the Mistwraith, you can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. You take 5 force damage if you end your turn inside an object. * Once per turn, you may add your Charisma modifier (minimum of +1) to the damage of your Mistbound Weapon attacks. * Once per turn when you damage a creature with your Mistbound Weapon, you can attempt to force unnatural fear into the target. The creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become frightened until the Form of the Darklords ends. A frightened enemy can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. A creature that succeeds on this saving throw is immune to the frightening effect of the Form of the Mistwraith until the feature is used again. * You can teleport up to 10 feet at the beginning of each of your turns. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest. \pagebreak #### Credits Written by Nexiax Kaa #### Changelog * 0.1.0 - Document first draft created. * 0.1.1 - Edited spelling mistakes throughout document. * 0.2.0 - Changed 7th level Misborn Spell from "Dimension Door" to "Staggering Smite". * 0.2.0 - Changed the damage immunity from Vengeful Escape to Half Damage. * 0.2.0 - Added Flavour Text to Vengeful Escape. * 0.2.0 - Renamed the 7th level feature from "Extra Attack" to "Arcane Armaments". * 0.2.0 - Replaced Arcane Armaments feature - baseline extra attack & cantrip replacement for one attack instead of bonus action attack with cantrip casts & 1 sorcery point to add to action. Metamagics can be used on Mistbound Weapon attacks. * 0.2.0 - Added new 1st Level feature: "Shrouded Form". Base AC = 13 + Dex. * 0.2.1 - Adjusted Level of Lost Techniques and Arcane Armaments from 7th to 6th to be in line with other Sorcerer subclasses. * 0.3.0 - Added 1 additional spell known at each level bracket of Mistborn Spells. You now learn 2 spells instead of 1 at 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th level. * 0.3.0 - Replaced the 7th level Mistborn Spell "Staggering Smite" with "Shadow of Moil" * 0.3.0 - Shrouded Form changed from Base AC = 13 + Dex while unarmoured to base AC = 10 + Dex + Cha while unarmoured. * 0.3.0 - Added functionality to Mistbound Weapon. It will now function as spellcasting focus for your Sorcerer spells. * 0.3.0 - Moved the extra attacks & cantrip attack portion of "Arcane Armaments" to "Lost Techniques" * 0.3.0 - Changed "Lost Techniques". Cha attacks instead of Str/Dex been removed. An attack can no longer be made using the same action as a cantrip - a bonus action is required. * 0.3.0 - Arcane Armaments has been significantly elaborated upon. Each metamagic has an explanation for how it can be used with Mistbound Weapon attacks & flavour text has been added to explain why metamagic affects your Mistbound Weapon * 0.3.0 - The teleport function of Vengeful Escape has been reduced to 20ft instead of 30ft * 0.3.0 - "Advanced Binding" has been renamed to "Darklord's Techniques" * 0.3.0 - "Darklord's Techniques"'s secondary function of spending a sorcery point to make an attack with your Mistbound Weapon in addition to a spell as a part of the same action has been removed. * 0.3.0 - A spelling error for "Darklord's Techniques" has been corrected. * 0.3.0 - Added 18th level feature "Form of the Darklords". Take on a powerful form for 1 minute/long rest to deal more damage with Misbound Weapon attacks equal to your Cha modifier, have resistance to all damage and force targets of your choosing in 30ft to make wisdom saving throws or be frightened of you. * 0.3.1 - Fixed "Arcane Armaments". The feature is now given at 6th level instead of 7th to be in line with other sorcerer subclasses. * 0.4.0 - Adjusted flavour text for the Mistborn Sorcerer, and added the Origin table. * 0.4.0 - Expanded the "Mistborn Sorcerer Quirks" from d6 options to d12 options. * 0.4.0 - Revised the "Mistborn Spells" list. 1st level spell "Unseen Servant" replaced by "Wrathful Smite". 3rd level spell "Silence" replaced with "Spiritual Weapon". * 0.4.0 - Corrected the wording and layout on "Mistborn Spells" to better match the PHB. * 0.4.0 - Adjusted the wording of "Shrouded Form" to better match the PHB, and add in the functionality that it doesn't work with a shield. * 0.4.0 - "Darklord's Techniques" have been removed. * 0.4.0 - "Lost Techniques" has been renamed to "Mistbound Arcanum" * 0.4.0 - The extra attack portion of "Mistbound Arcanum" has been removed. * 0.4.0 - "Arcane Armaments" has been renamed as "Torments of the Darklords" * 0.4.0 - "Torments of the Darklords" has been reworked. Instead of metamagics being usable on your Mistbound Weapon attacks, you instead have one maneuver per turn to use with a sorcery point cost. * 0.4.0 - "Form of the Darklords" has been replaced with "Form of the Mistwraith" * 0.5.0 - Revised Quirks "9: Strange horrors can be glimpsed in the shadows around you." has been replaced with "9: Your shadow points towards light sources rather than away." "3: You do not bleed, instead leaking black fog from your wounds." has been altered to "3: You do not bleed your regular blood, but instead a thick, black ichor." "8: Your eyes are solid black shadows." has been altered to "8: Your eyes are solid black shadows, bleeding small wisps of smoke" "12: Inanimate objects near to you move slightly without reason." has been replaced with "12: Ravens, Crows, Vultures and other carion birds follow you, and watch with knowing eyes." * 0.5.0 - Revised Origins "11: You died and were reborn in a Domain of Dread, only something went wrong." has been reworded to "11: You died in a Domain of Dread, and were reborn a changed individual" "10: In a moment of intense emotion, the mists called to you." has been replaced with "10: Your earliest memory is staggering out of the mists, power welling at your fingertips" * 0.5.0 - "Torment of the Hidden" has been renamed to "Torment of the Coward" * 0.5.0 - "Torment of the Coward" has been renamed to "Torment of the Pursued" * 0.5.0 - "Torment of the Nimble" has been renamed to "Torment of the Evasive" * 0.5.0 - Added "Torment of the Stalwart" - force an enemy to make a Str save or be moved 5ft * 0.5.1 - Added a space between "d12" and "Origin" in the Sorcerer Origin table, as well as a space between "d12" and "Quirk" in the Mistborn Sorcerer Quirks table <div class='footnote'>Version 0.5.1</div>