Druid - Circle of the Depths

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## Druid Circle

### Circle of the {subclass-name}
Some druids forsake the land, instead finding their communion in the deepest oceans. The Circle of the Depths is for those who revere not just the waters, but their strangest inhabitants. Down on the ocean floor, where the cold and pressure are unbearable and the darkness unending, is where these druids find solace.

Depths druids are more prone to neutrality than others, as very little society exists on the seabed to reflect their morality. Accordingly, they tend more towards detachment, motivated more by curiosity about their bizarre environments. However, Depths druids who leave the benthic zone are by definition atypical, finding cause to seek out the wider world despite their isolation.

#### Circle of the {subclass-name}  Features
| Druid Level  | Feature |
|:---:|:-----------|
|  2nd | Circle Spells, Deep-Sea Diver, Benthic Blessings |
|  6th | Oceanic Defenses |
| 10th | Might of the Depths |
| 14th | Call of the Sea |

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#### Circle of the {subclass-name} Spells
At 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to the spells listed for that level in the Circle of the {subclass-name} 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.

| Druid Level  |  Spells |
|:---:|:-----------|
| 2nd | *water bullet^K^*, *crashing wave^K^*, *create or destroy water*, |
| 3rd | *become water^K^*, *dancing wave^K^* |
| 5th | *water breathing*, *water wall^SDS^* |
| 7th | *geyser^K^,* *whirling water^SDS^* |
| 9th | *pressure cutter^K^*, *whirlpool^SDS^* |
<small>*Spells marked with a ^K^ are by KibblesTasty. Spells marked with ^S^ are by somanyrobots. Spells marked with ^SDS^ are from Spells That Don't Suck.*</small>

#### Deep-Sea Diver
When you join this conclave at 2nd level, you begin to adapt your body to the ocean depths. You gain the ability to breathe water, and you gain darkvision out to 60 feet. If you already had darkvision, its range increases by 30 feet. In addition, you gain the ability to wildshape into forms with a swim speed.

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#### Benthic Blessings
Also at 2nd level, your druidic powers are enhanced to make you suitable for your circle. As a bonus action, you can expend one use of your wildshape to call upon a creature of the deep, deploying some of its powers. You If an effect references a saving throw, it uses your spell save DC. You can select one of the following effects when you do so:
* **Deep-Sea Shark:** You call upon a spectral shark, which bites one creature you can see within 30 feet. Make a melee spell attack which deals 1d8 slashing damage on a hit. This increases to 2d8 slashing damage at 10th level.
* **Giant Squid:** You summon ghostly tentacles, which can lash out against your foes and seize one creature you can see within 30 feet. The target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be restrained until the start of your next turn.
* **Anglerfish:** You conjure a spectral lantern, which just above your head and lures in your foes. The lantern casts bright light for 30 feet and dim light for 60 feet. When you conjure it, creatures of your choice within the bright light must make a Wisdom saving throw or find themselves drawn to it until the start of your next turn, spending 10 feet of movement for each 5 feet they move away.

Your benthic blessing lasts for 1 minute or until you summon one again, and you can reactivate it as a bonus action on each of your turns. Once a creature succeeds on a saving throw against an effect, it is immune to that effect until you expend another use of your wildshape to conjure a new blessing. If you fall unconscious, an active blessing ends.

#### Oceanic Defenses
At 6th level, you further adjust your body to handle the deep sea. You gain resistance to cold damage, and you can call upon some of the rubberiness of the ocean's deepest denizens. As a reaction before you take bludgeoning damage, you can gain resistance to that instance of damage. You can gain resistance in this way a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier, regaining all uses after a long rest.

#### Might of the Depths
At 10th level, you can call upon the ocean's might to augment your abilities. Once per turn when a creature fails a save or is hit by one of your druid spells or benthic blessings, you can channel the sea's power to inflict either 1d8 cold damage or 1d8 bludgeoning damage on them.

#### Call of the Sea
At 14th level, your connection to the depths of the ocean is awe-inspiring. You can expend two uses of your wildshape to activate all three of your benthic blessings simultaneously. If you do so, when you activate them with your bonus action, all three activate at once.

Additionally, when you use your wildshape to turn into a creature with a swimming speed, its CR can be up to one-third your level, and you can use your subclass abilities while wildshaped in this way.

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### Circle of the {subclass-name} quirks
The following are some optional quirks for a player of this Circle to choose from.

| d6  | Quirk |
|:---:|:-----------|
|  1  | Your skin is soft and blubbery, with a fair amount of bounce to it.
|  2  | Your eyes are large and watery, and have a pearlescent glow when you think of the sea. |
|  3  | Your body is covered with scars or tattoos in the shape of squid suckers. |
|  4  | You can drink salt water, and prefer it to fresh. |
|  5  | You are perpetually damp. |
|  6  | When you sleep, your bones tend to fold in on themselves, giving you a distinctly blobby appearance. |

## Appendix 1: Spells

#### Become Water
*2nd-level transmutation*
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- **Classes:** Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
- **Casting Time:** 1 bonus action
- **Range:** Self
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** 1 round
___
You become a burst of elemental water. Until the start of your next turn, you gain the following benefits:
* You are resistant to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks.
* You can move through the space of other creatures and ignore difficult terrain; the first time you move through a Large or smaller creature on a turn, it must pass a Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

#### Water Blast
*1st-level conjuration*
___
- **Classes:** Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 30 feet
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** Instantaneous
___

You conjure a ball of water before hurling it at a target. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 3d6 bludgeoning damage and if it is Large or smaller must make a Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

***At Higher Levels.*** When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each level above 1st.

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#### Water Bullet
*conjuration cantrip*
___
- **Classes:** Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 90 feet
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** Instantaneous
___
You create a compressed bead of water and fire it at a creature you can see within range. Make a ranged spell attack. On hit, the target takes 1d6 + your spellcasting ability modifier piercing damage.

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

#### Water Wall
*3rd-level conjuration*
___
- **Classes:** Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard
- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 60 feet
- **Components:** V, S, M (a drop of water)
- **Duration:** Concentration, up to 10 minutes
___
You summon a wall of swirling water at a point you can see on the ground within range. The wall can be up to 30 feet long, 10 feet high, and 5 feet thick, or a ring up to 15 feet in diameter, 20 feet high, and 5 feet thick. Moving within the wall costs 3 feet of movement for each foot. The wall's water disappears when the spell ends.

Creatures entering the wall must make a Strength saving throw, suffering 2d6 bludgeoning damage on a failure or half as much on a success. Ranged attacks  passing through the wall have disadvantage and deal half damage. Fire effects passing through are instantly extinguished. Cold effects passing through apply to any creature within 5 feet of the point they touch the wall. Lightning effects apply half their damage to any creature in contact with the wall when they pass through.

#### Whirling Water
*4th-level conjuration*
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- **Classes:** Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard
- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 90 feet
- **Components:** V, S, M (a droplet of water)
- **Duration:** Concentration, up to 1 minute
___
You create a swirling sphere of water in a 10-foot radius at a point on the ground or in water you can see within range. Any creature that enters the sphere on its turn or starts its turn in it must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be restrained and trapped within the water. At the start of each of its turns, a restrained target can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on a success. A Huge or smaller creature partially within the sphere makes its saving throw with advantage, while a Gargantuan creature automatically succeeds.

As an action, you can cause the sphere to roll up to 30 feet, carrying all restrained creatures with it. If this causes a creature in the sphere to collide with a creature outside it, both creatures take 4d6 bludgeoning damage. Restrained creatures are not affected by any terrain the sphere passes over. It puts out any fires it passes through.

As a bonus action, you can hurl a restrained creature out of the sphere. It is thrown 20 feet in a direction of your choice and takes 4d6 bludgeoning damage. If it collides with another creature, that creature must make a Dexterity saving throw or take 4d6 bludgeoning damage.

When the spell ends, creatures restrained by it fall prone and it extinguishes all fires within 20 feet. The water disappears afterward.

#### Whirlpool
*5th-level evocation*
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- **Classes:** Druid
- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 120 feet
- **Components:** V, S, M (a spoon)
- **Duration:** Concentration, up to 1 minute
___
You conjure a 30-foot disc of water centered on a point you can see within range, which whirls and spirals endlessly. It must be on the ground or in a body of water. The whirlpool's area is difficult terrain, but it is not deep enough to require swimming. Any creature that starts its turn there or enters on its turn must make a Strength saving throw. On a failure, they take 5d8 bludgeoning damage and are pulled 10 feet towards the center. If you target an existing body of water, the damage increases to 6d8.

***At Higher Levels.*** When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 per level above 5th.

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## Changelog
#### v{current-version}
* Doubled spell list
* Clarified Anglerfish (and reordered blessings)
* Clarified Oceanic Defenses
* Reduced Call of the Sea's CR limit (almost no effect, with just the SRD beasts)

#### 0.3
* Added Spells Appendix

#### v0.2
* Tweaked Oceanic Defenses
* Limited CR on Call of the Sea

#### v0.1
* First Draft

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> ##### Credits & References:
> Circle of the {subclass-name} created by [somanyrobots](https://www.somanyrobots.com "somanyrobots.com")</br>
> [Discord](https://discord.gg/6p6DqCxTTw "Discord") | [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/somanyrobots "patreon.com/somanyrobots")
>___
> ##### Spells
> * by somanyrobots & Omega Ankh: Water Wall, Whirling Water
> * by KibblesTasty: Water Blast, Water Bullet, Become Water
>___
> ##### Art
> Depths Druid, by [Duong Thanh Lam](https://www.artstation.com/greenforest4)
>___
> ##### Background Image Stains
> [Jared Ondricek](https://watercolors.giantsoup.com/)
> ___
> ##### Licensing
> ___
> Includes spells from Spells That Don't Suck by Omega Ankh and somanyrobots, which is licensed [CC-BY](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode "CC-BY") and available [here](https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-NR0OWlW60yv2EfA3qQp "Spells That Don't Suck").
>___
> Includes spells from Kibbles' Casting Compendium 2.0 by KibblesTasty Homebrew LLC, which is licensed CC-BY and available [here](https://www.kthomebrew.com/krd "KibblesTasty KRD").
> ___ 
> ##### 5E SRD Content
> * This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD 5.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC, [available here](https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document "SRD 5.1").
> 
> * The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License [available here](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode "CC-BY").