The Summoner Class: Final Mix

# Summoner Class 5e
##### By Moxretroero and riptidecord.
  
The elven woman walks forward, the deer following her wreathed in flowers. The poachers draw their bows, and the deer springs forward, trampling some as others flee. With a glance from the deer, vines spring up and grab two more of the fleeing men as the elf walks up to her companion, easily healing away the few arrows that stuck the buck true.

The human sits at a desk, writing in a voluminous tome, a raven with glowing red eyes sitting on his desk. He hands the crow a letter, which it takes before vanishing in a puff of brimstone-scented smoke. A moment later, it returns, a ruby the size of a thumb clasped in its mouth. The raven raspily lets its master know that his sanctum is undisturbed, and returns to its perch.

The triton stands on the shoreline, striking down a sahuagin with his staff before he blasts another three to ashes with a bolt of lighting.

Two others sprint forward, tridents poised to strike before the water around them erupts and a being of liquid water and ice bursts forth, dragging them down into the deep. A moment later a tendril of the same creature raises up within a few feet of its master, ready to strike down anyone else who comes close with blasts of deadly ice.

All of these people are summoners, spellcasters who have forged pacts with powerful spirits from other planes of existence for ongoing service. Their summoned companions may be willing allies, bound servants, or gifts in exchange for an offered service, but together, a summoner and their companion can accomplish incredible things.

### The Nature of Espers
The name given to a summoner's companion is called an Esper. The origins of this term are murky and the forms an esper can take are multitudinous, but once called they serve their summoner faithfully until they fall or are dismissed.

##### The Summoner
| Level | Proficiency Bonus | Features | Cantrips Known | Spells Prepared | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|:---:|:---:|:---|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| 1st | +2  | Summon Esper, Esper Shield, Weapon Mastery, Spellcasting | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 2nd | +2  | Soul Link | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 3rd | +2  | Extraplanar Source | 2 | 5 | 3 | ─ | — | — | — |
| 4th | +2  | Ability Score Improvement, Skilled Esper | 2 | 6 | 3 | ─ | ─ | — | — | — |
| 5th | +3  | Multiattack | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 6th | +3  | Planar Lore | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 7th | +3  | Extraplanar Source Feature | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — |
| 8th | +3  | Ability Score Improvement | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — |
| 9th | +4  | ─ | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| 10th | +4 | Extraplanar Source Feature, Improved Soul Link | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| 11th | +4 | Extraplanar Source Feature | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| 12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| 13th | +5 | ─ | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 14th | +5 | Extraplanar Source Feature | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 15th | +5 | Improved Multiattack | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — |
| 16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — |
| 17th | +6 | ─ | 4 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 18th | +6 | Extraplanar Source Feature | 4 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 20th | +6 | Planar Mastery | 4 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |

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## Class Features

### Core Summoner Traits

- **Hit Dice:** 1d6
- **Armor:** Light Armor, Shields
- **Weapons:** Simple weapons, Whips
- **Saving Throws:** Intelligence, Wisdom
- **Skills:** Choose two from Arcana, Deception, History, Insight, Persuasion, Religion, Survival, and Stealth

#### Equipment
- A Whip
- Any Two Simple Weapons
- Leather Armor
- Arcane Focus
- Explorer's Pack
- 10 gp

Instead of starting gear, you may start with 60 gp.

#### As a Level 1 Character
- Gain all the traits in the Core Summoner Traits table.
- Gain the Summoner's level 1 features, which are listed in the Summoner Features table.

#### As a Multiclass Character
- Gain the following traits from the Core Summoner Traits table: Hit Point Die, proficiency with Simple weapons, proficiency in one skill of your choice from the Summoner's skill list, and training with Light Armor and Shields.
- Gain the Summoner's level 1 features, which are listed in the Summoner Features table. See the multiclassing rules to determine your available spell slots.

### Level 1: Summon Esper
You have learned to summon your esper to aid you in battle. As an action, you can call a spirit of power from another plane, made to your specifications, to an open space you can see with 30 ft. Choose its stat block: Brute Esper, Flying Esper, Totem Esper. You also determine the kind of creature it is, choosing a kind appropriate for the stat block. The summon is Friendly to you and your allies and obeys your commands. It vanishes if you die. Summoning a new Esper dismisses the previous one

***Esper In Combat.*** In combat, the Esper shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. They act independently of you but still follow your orders, without taking your actions.

***Esper Stats.*** The Esper adds your Proficiency Bonus to its Proficient Saving Throws and Skills. You can replace the Esper's primary stat with your Wisdom stat. Strength for Brute, Dexterity for Flying, and Wisdom for Totem.

***Weapons of Summoning.*** Esper's natural weapon counts as a weapon for the purposes of spells and abilities that require a weapon. This is for clarification for spells and effects that are really weird about their wording of what is and isn't a weapon.

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***Esper Traits.*** The Esper has the following traits innately:

- The Esper's alignment can be chosen by you.
- Their size can be either Small or Medium. 
- They also know any languages you know, in addition to what your subclass gives. 
- If your Esper has multiple damage types listed for their attacks, you choose one when summoning.
- They have a number of Hit Dice [d8s] equal to your Summoner level.

***Summoning an Esper.*** You can summon your Esper a once per day for free. To summon it again, you must use a spell slot of 1st level or higher to summon it again. You can use an action to dismiss your Esper. You can summon it for free again after you complete a long rest.

If the Esper is reduced to 0 hit points, it disappears.

### Level 1: Spellcasting
You have learned to channel the magical essence of the planes to cast spells.

***Spell Slots.*** The Summoner Features table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your level 1+ spells. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a Long Rest.

***Cantrips.*** You know two cantrips of your choice from the Summoner spell list. Whenever you gain a Summoner level, you can replace one of your cantrips with another cantrip of your choice from the spell list.

When you reach Summoner levels 10 and 14, you learn another cantrip of your choice from the spell list, as shown in the Cantrips column of the Summoner Features table.

***Prepared Spells of Level 1+.*** You prepare the list of level 1+ spells that are available for you to cast with this feature. To start, choose three level 1 Summoner spells.

The number of spells on your list increases as you gain Summoner levels, as shown in the Prepared Spells column of the Summoner Features table. Whenever that number increases, choose additional Summoner spells until the number of spells on your list matches the number in the Summoner Features table. The chosen spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For example, if you’re a level 5 Summoner, your list of prepared spells can include seven Summoner spells of level 1 or 2 in any combination.

If another Summoner feature gives you spells that you always have prepared, those spells don't count against the number of spells you can prepare with this feature, but those spells otherwise count as Summoner spells for you.

***Changing Your Prepared Spells.*** Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can replace one spell on your list with another Summoner spell for which you have spell slots.

***Spellcasting Ability.*** Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your Summoner spells.

***Spellcasting Focus.*** You can use an Arcane Focus as a Spellcasting Focus for your Summoner spells.

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### Level 1: Esper Shield
When you or your Esper are hit by an attack and your Esper is within 30 ft. of you, you can use your reaction to have all the damage dealt to the Esper transferred to you, or damage dealt to you transferred to the Esper.

### Level 2: Soul Link
You have developed a link to the Esper. When you cast a spell that only targets you and your Esper is within 30 ft., you can have it target your Esper instead. If you have either the shield or absorb elements spells, you can cast them in this way if your Esper meets the trigger requirements instead of yourself. This counts as you casting that spell on the Esper for the purposes of certain abilities.

### Level 3: Extraplanar Source
You gain a Summoner subclass of your choice. A subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Summoner levels. For the rest of your career, you gain each of your subclass’s features that are of your Summoner level or lower. The Esper also gains an additional 1d4 damage to their attackse. This damage increases to 1d6 at level 14.

- **Beast.** You call a powerful and lethal animal spirit from within the wilds, taking the form of a mighty animal.
- **Celestial.**  You call a benevolent, semi-divine being to your aid, similar to an angel or archon.
- **Elemental.**  You call a curious elemental being from the elemental plane of air, earth, fire, or water.
- **Fey.**  you call a tricky creature such as sprite, pixie, or satyr from within the Feywild.
- **Fiendish.**  You call a fiendish being from one of the lower planes, such as a demon, devil, or yugoloth.
- **Undead.**  You call a creature of death from the shadowfell, made of ectoplasm, rotting flesh, or bone.

### Level 4: Ability Score Improvement
You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another feat of your choice for which you qualify. You gain this feature again at Summoner levels 8, 12, and 16.

### Level 4: Skilled Esper
The spirits you summon have learned to perform basic tasks. When your Esper is summoned, choose a single skill. The Esper is considered proficient in that skill. You can choose 2 skills at level 10.

### Level 5: Multiattack
Your Esper can attack twice, instead of once, whenever they take the attack action on their turn.

### Level 6: Planar Lore
You have learned a great deal about the other planes through your studies and interactions with otherworldly creatures that you know much of other planes by heart. You can use your Wisdom stat instead of Intelligence to make checks to recall knowledge about other planes of existence or extraplanar creatures.

### Level 10: Improved Soul Link
When you use Soul Link to cast a spell, you can have it target both yourself and your Esper.

### Level 15: Improved Multiattack
Your Esper can attack three times instead of once whenever they take the Attack action on their turn.

### Level 20: Planar Mastery
Your body is an infinite conduit to the power of the planes, ensuring you an unlimited supply of spiritual allies.

***Endless Spirit.*** Whenever you roll Initiative, you may resummon the Esper for free.

***Planar Gateway.*** You can cast the Gate spell without expending a spell slot and ignoring the material cost. Once you do so, you cannot cast it again until you complete a long rest.

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# Extraplanar Sources List

## Beast
Originating in the forests, these beasts represent the natural aspects of the natural world and the bestial might of creatures in the forest.

### Level 3: Beast Esper Spells
When you reach a Summoner level specified in the Beast Esper Spells table, you thereafter always have the listed spells prepared. You can choose to cast these spells as if you were in your Esper's space.

##### Beast Esper Spells Table
| Level | Spell |
|:----:|:-------------|
| 3rd | *Animal Friendship, Ensnaring Strike* |
| 5th | *Beast Sense, Flock of Familiars* |
| 9th | *Conjure Animals, Plant Growth* |
| 13th | *Guardian of Nature, Grasping Vine* |
| 17th | *Awaken, Commune with Nature* |

### Level 3: Beast Esper Traits
Your Esper gains traits based on the type of creature it is. When you summon your Esper, choose one form for your Esper to take from this list.

* **Hunter.** The Esper has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks and an additional 10 ft. of movement speed.
* **Arboreal.** The Esper has a climbing speed equal to its movement speed and has advantage on its Strength checks and saving throws.
* **Aquatic.** The Esper has a swimming speed equal to their movement speed and can breath underwater.

You can also choose to summon your Esper as a Large creature instead of Medium or Small.

### Level 3: Marked Prey
Your Beast Esper can mark a target that it hits. When they hit a target with an attack, they can choose to mark the target for 1 hour. The following benefits are applied:

- Your Esper always knows how far away the marked target is. 
- The target can not benefit from being invisible or hiding.

You can only mark one target at a time. Marking a new target removes the mark on the previous one.

### Level 7: Speech of Beast and Bush
Your Esper can communicate with beasts, plants, and plat creatures as if they shared a language.

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### Level 11: Intimidating Roar
Your beast Esper can exude a terrifying presence.

Once per turn when your Esper takes the attack action, they can replace one of their attacks with an Intimidating Roar, which forces every hostile creature within a 30 ft. of the Esper of your choice to make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failure, the creatures are frightened of the Esper until the end of its next turn. On a success, the creature is immune to this ability for the next 24 hours. Marked creatures have disadvantage on this saving throw.

Your Esper can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus before you need to take a long rest.

### Level 10: Beastial Attunement
You gain additional hit points equal to your Summoner level, and you have advantage on saves against the frightened condition.

### Level 14: Call of the Wild
Your beast Esper becomes even more dangerous, gaining the following benefits:

- Your Esper's attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.
- When a friendly creature ends its turn within 30 feet of your Esper, it gains temporary hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier.

### Level 18: Primal Fury
When your Beast Esper is uses Intimidating Roar, it goes into a primal rage. They gain the following benefits for 1 minute:

- Your Esper gains resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.
- The all attacks your Esper makes are made at advantage.
- The damage from Beast Esper Traits increases to 1d10.

Your Esper can only activate this feature once until you need to take a long rest.

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## Celestial
Beautiful and inspiring creatures born of divine essence and filled with radiant light, those who call celestials seek to aid others, and their Espers help their summoners and allies simply by being near.

### Level 3: Celestial Esper Spells
When you reach a Summoner level specified in the Celestial Esper Spells table, you thereafter always have the listed spells prepared. You can choose to cast these spells as if you were in your Esper's space.

##### Celestial Esper Spells
| Level | Spell |
|:----:|:-------------|
| 3rd | *Bless, Sanctuary* |
| 5th | *Warding Bond, Zone of Truth* |
| 9th | *Daylight, Revivify* |
| 13th | *Aura of Purity, Death Ward* |
| 17th | *Greater Restoration, Holy Weapon* |

### Level 3: Celestial Esper Traits
Your Celestial Esper has the following additional traits.

- The Esper gains resistance to radiant damage.
- You learn Celestial.
- The damage from Extraplanar Source becomes Radiant.

You can chose to make your Esper's type become Celestial when you summon it. They also shed a bright light within 30 ft and dim light within an additional 30 ft.

### Level 3: Radiant Light
Your Esper is a being of light. Your Esper gains a number of d6s equal to half your Summoner level (rounded up).

- The Esper can use an action to expend any number of these d6s and heal a creature within 5 ft. of them.
- When an ally within 30 ft. of the Esper is damaged, they can use their reaction to expend any number of these d6s to make the enemy make a Dexterity Saving Throw and take damage equal to a number of d6s you expend in Radiant damage, or half as much on a success.

You regain these d6s when you finish a long rest.

### Level 7: Aura of Grace
Your Esper radiates an aura of serene grace that soothes wounds and aids those who are suffering. Whenever a creature within 10 ft. of your Esper recovers Hit Points from any source, the creature gains a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to your Wisdom modifier.

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### Level 10: Celestial Attunement
You gain resistance to radiant damage, and you are immune to diseases.

### Level 11: Divine Justice
When your Esper is reduced to 0 hit points, they can use their reaction to drop to 1 hit point instead. When this happens, enemies within 30 ft. must make a Dexterity Saving Throw or take 4d8 radiant damage, or half as much on a success. You use your reaction to spend a spell slot to add 2d8 extra radiant damage per level of spell slot used.

Your Esper can use this feature once before you need to take a short rest.

### Level 14: Heaven's Mantle
Your Esper's gains the following improvements to the Aura of Grace feature:

- The radius increases to 30 ft.
- Allied creatures in the aura gains advantage on saves against charm or fear effects.
- You can discern if any creature within the aura is telling a lie.

### Level 18: Angelic Sacrifice
Your angelic Esper can sacrifice itself to keep an ally alive. When an ally within 60 ft of your Celestial Esper is reduced to 0 Hit Points, you can spend a 5th level spell slot to have them use their reaction to heal 20d6 health to that ally, and that ally can stand up from prone (no action required). Your Esper is dismissed upon doing this.

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## Elemental
Creatures composed of the four formative elements of creation - Air, Earth, Fire, and Water - elementals are beings of pure, raw, primordial magic, whose very touch is infused with elemental power.

### Elemental Esper Spells
When you reach a Summoner level specified in the Elemental Esper Spells table, you thereafter always have the listed spells prepared. You can choose to cast these spells as if you were in your Esper's space.

##### Elemental Esper Spells
| Level | Spell |
|:----:|:-------------|
| 3rd | *Absorb Elements, Chromatic Orb* |
| 5th | *Dragon's Breath, Misty Step* |
| 9th | *Elemental Weapon, Gaseous Form* |
| 13th | *Conjure Minor Elementals, Elemental Bane* |
| 17th | *Conjure Elemental, Far Step* |

### Level 3: Elemental Esper Traits
Your Elemental Esper has the following additional traits.

- The Esper gains a resistance based on the type from Elemental Immutability.
- You learn Primordial.
- The Esper learns the Elementalism cantrip.
- The damage from Extraplanar Source becomes the type associated with Elemental Mutability.

You can choose to make your Esper's type become Elemental when you summon it.

### Level 3: Elemental Mutability
Also at 3rd level, your Esper's form can vary based on the part of the plane from whence it is called. When you summon your Esper, and as an action on subsequent turns, choose one form for your Esper to take from this list.

- **Air.** The Esper gains a fly speed of 30 ft. If it already has a fly speed, that fly speed increases by 10 ft. The associated damage type is Lightning.
- **Earth.** The Esper gains a burrow speed of 30 ft and 15 ft. of Tremorsense. To use this burrowing speed, they must spend 2 turns digging. The associated damage type is Bludgeoning.
- **Fire.** The Esper deals 1d4 fire damage to any creature of its choice that starts its turn within 5' of it. The associated damage type is Fire.
- **Water.** Your Elemental gains a swim speed of 30 ft. and can breath underwater. The associated damage type is Cold.

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When you cast a Summoner spell that deals damage associated with your Esper's element, it gains a bonus to the damage rolls equal to your Wisdom modifier.

### Level 7: Become the Element
The elemental Esper can seamlessly meld into the element it represents. When the Esper is in the element associated with Elemental Mutability, it can use an action to turn invisible. The invisibility wears off when it moves, attacks, or makes an otherwise hostile action. The environments are clouds for Air, burrowed in the ground for Earth, an active fire for Fire, and submerged in water for Water. The Esper can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom Modifier.

### Level 10: Elemental Attunement
You gain resistance to the damage type chosen with Elemental Mutabiliy, and you have advantage on saving throws against the petrified and poisoned conditions.

### Level 11: Volatile Composition
Your elemental Esper can burst with energy. As an action, your Esper can send the blast of energy on a point of the Esper's choosing within 30 feet of it, and each creature in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on that point must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 4d6 damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The damage is based on the damage type from Elemental Mutability. Your Esper takes 1d6 damage that cannot be reduced after using this.

The damage die increases to 6d6 at level 11, and 8d6 at level 17. The self damage increases to 2d6 and 3d6 at those levels as well.

### Level 14: Primordial Form
Your Esper becomes closer to the elemental creatures that it represents. Your Esper gains abilities based on the chosen Elemental Mutability:

- **Air.** When a creature fails the saving throw against your Volatile Composition ability, it gets pushed 15 ft. in a direction of your choosing.
- **Earth.** Once per turn when it attacks a creature, it can deal an additional 1d10 Bludgeoning damage.
- **Fire.** The damage from Elemental Mutability becomes 1d10 fire damage.
- **Water.** As an action while in the space of a creature, your Esper can force the creature to make a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failure, the creature is restrained until the start of its next turn.

### Level 18: Elemental Armageddon
The Volatile Composition feature gains the following benefits:

- The radius increases to 20 ft.
- Creatures of your choice in the range take no damage from the blast.
- The damage ignores resistances.

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## Fey
Originating in the feywild, these fey represent the playful and chaotic aspects of the natural world and the serene beauty of creatures in the forest.

### Level 3: Fey Esper Spells
When you reach a Summoner level specified in the Fey Esper Spells table, you thereafter always have the listed spells prepared. You can choose to cast these spells as if you were in your Esper's space.

##### Fey Esper Spells
| Level | Spell |
|:----:|:-------------|
| 3rd | *Charm Person, Sleep* |
| 5th | *Silence, Suggestion* |
| 9th | *Blink, Catnap* |
| 13th | *Conjure Woodland Beings, Polymorph* |
| 17th | *Dominate Person, Modify Memory* |

### Level 3: Fey Esper Traits
Your Fey Esper has the following additional traits.

- The Esper gains resistance to psychic damage.
- You learn Sylvan.
- The damage from Extraplanar Source becomes Psychic.

You can choose to make your Esper's type become Fey when you summon them. They can also become Tiny, instead of Small or Medium.

### Level 3: Beguiling Trickster
Once per turn, the Esper can use an action or replace one of its attacks to Charm a target. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or become Charmed. The Charmed effect ends at the end of your next turn. Creatures Charmed by you or your Esper must subtract 1d4 from their attack rolls or saves. After a creature recovers from the Charm or succeeds on the saving throw, it is immune to the effect for 24 hours.

### Level 7: Dream Tamper
When you reach 7th level, your Esper is capable of tampering the dreams of creatures. As an action or replacing one of its attacks, your Esper can target one unconscious creature within 30 ft. of them and cause the target to either have a Good Dream or a Nightmare.

- **Good Dream.** The creature experiences a calming, delightful dream. They gain temporary hit points equal to your Summoner Level, and they can choose to make an attack roll, saving throw, or ability check at advantage once before they take a long rest.
- **Nightmare.** The creature suffers a terrible nightmare, giving a restless sleep. The creature's next 5 D20 tests are made with disadvantage.

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### Level 10: Fey Attunement
You gain resistance to psychic damage, and have advantage on saving throws against the charmed condition.

### Level 11: Magic Resistance
Your Fey Esper has higher defenses against magic. The Esper has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

### Level 14: Secrets of the Fey
Your Fey Esper has well-hidden knowledge about jinxes and illusions. They can use their action to cast one enchantment or illusion spell from any spell list that has an Action or Bonus Action casting time, using one of your spell slots of the appropriate level. The spell can be upcasted and does not require material components. Once the Esper uses this feature, it cannot do so until you take a short rest.

Additionally, you can cast Eyebite once per long rest, but you can only apply the Asleep effect.

### Level 18: Archfey
The Esper has ascended to a powerful fey being. They gain the following benefits:

- Beguiling Trickster's duration becomes 1 minute.
- The spell from Secrets of the Fey can be a level 6 or 7 enchantment or illusion spell from any spell list that has an Action or Bonus Action casting time. You cannot use this feature again until you take a long rest, and you must expend a 5th level spell slot.

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## Fiend
Fiends are cruel, dangerous, and capricious, interested in personal gain and the corruption of mortals. Those with the proper balance of care and foolishness can call one to their aid, hopefully without risking their immortal souls.

### Level 3: Fiendish Esper Spells
When you reach a Summoner level specified in the Fiend Esper Spells table, you thereafter always have the listed spells prepared. You can choose to cast these spells as if you were in your Esper's space.

##### Fiendish Esper Spells
| Level | Spell |
|:----:|:-------------|
| 3rd | *Disguise Self, Hellish Rebuke* |
| 5th | *Invisibility, Scorching Ray* |
| 9th | *Bestow Curse, Summon Lesser Demons* |
| 13th | *Fire Shield, Summon Greater Demon* |
| 17th | *Infernal Calling, Seeming* |

### Level 3: Fiend Esper Traits
Your Fiend Esper has the following additional traits.

- The Esper gains resistance to Fire.
- You learn Infernal or Abyssal.
- The damage from Extraplanar Source becomes Fire.

You can choose to make your Esper become a Fiend.

### Level 3: Fiendish Gifts
When you summon your Fiendish Esper, it gains one of the following gifts, which it can use once. You regain all uses of this ability when you take a long rest. At 10th level and again at 15th level, your Fiendish Esper can use this ability an additional time between rests.

- **Unseen Evil.** Your Esper can use an action to magically turn invisible until it attacks, or until its concentration ends (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the Esper wears or carries is invisible with it.
- **Hellish Jaunt.** Your Esper can replace one of its attacks to teleport to a location you have seen within 100 miles of your current location. It returns at the end of its next turn in the same manner. Additionally, it can take one object weighing up to 5 pounds with it each time it teleports, and it need not be the same object both times.
- **Shapechanger.** Your Esper can use its action to turn into any CR 0 creature with the beast type, remaining in that form until it chooses not to. If it loses all its hit points in this new form, its form reverts to the form it was summoned in. Damage dealt over the amount required to destroy the animal form is dealt to your Esper’s normal health. While in its new form, your Esper retains its Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as the ability to speak and understand any language it knows.

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### Level 7: Parting Gift
When your fiendish Esper is slain, it still can prove useful. When your fiendish esper is reduced to 0 HP, your Esper can relay a psychic message to you, with everything it saw, heard, and said in the last 5 minutes of its life. When this happens, you can also use your reaction to make a weapon attack or cast a cantrip.

### Fiendish Attunement
You gain resistance to fire damage, and creatures within 5’ of you who hit you with a melee attack take fire damage equal to your Wisdom modifier.

### Level 11: Blood Contract
Your Esper makes a blood contract for power. Their Charisma stat becomes 16, and you can choose to acquire 1 Eldritch Invocation from the Warlock class. The invocation can be any of which you meet the prerequisites of. For clarification purposes, your Summoner spells do not count as Warlock spells, your Summoner levels do not count as Warlock levels, and you do not qualify for subclass requirements.

You can spend 4 of your unspent hit dice to choose a second Eldritch Invocation. Until your next long rest, you gain the benefits of that invocation.

### Level 14: Gift of the Archfiend
Your Fiendish Esper has been noticed by more powerful fiendish beings, and has gained a boon from one of them for its service. Pick one of the following options when you summon your fiend Esper, which it retains until it dies or is dismissed.

- **Evil Eye.** Your Esper can use a reaction to curse the creature that last hit it. That creature must make a Wisdom saving throw, and on a failure it has disadvantage on D20 tests for 1 minute. They may make a Wisdom saving throw at the end of their turn to end the effect.
- **Hide of the Hells.** Your Esper gains a +1 bonus to their Armor Class and can cast Hellish Rebuke without needing to use a spell slot.
- **Abyssal Tendrils.** Your Esper's attacks can have abyssal tendrils. When the Esper hits with an attack on a creature, the target has the Grappled condition (escape DC equals your spell save DC).

### Level 18: Devilish Arcanum
Your Esper has struck a powerful deal to ascend your magic capabilities. Choose the Summon Fiend or Tasha's Otherworldly Guise spells. You can cast this spell once without expending a spell slot, and you must finish a Long Rest before you can cast it in this way again.

Additionally, you no longer need to give up hit dice to choose a second invocation from Blood Contract.

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## Undead
Undead are living death, created with negative energy and a disturbing mockery of life. Undead, while inherently fueled by dark magic, often have weak or even no wills in their lingering spirits, making them tempting for pragmatic summoners.

### Undead Esper Spells
When you reach a Summoner level specified in the Undead Esper Spells table, you thereafter always have the listed spells prepared. You can choose to cast these spells as if you were in your Esper's space.

##### Undead Esper Spells
| Level | Spell |
|:----:|:-------------|
| 3rd | *False Life, Ray of Sickness* |
| 5th | *Gentle Repose, Ray of Enfeeblement* |
| 9th | *Life Transference, Speak With Dead* |
| 13th | *Blight, Compulsion* |
| 17th | *Danse Macabre, Enervation* |

### Level 3: Undead Esper Traits
Your Undead Esper has the following traits.

- Your Esper gains resistance to necrotic damage.
- You learn Abyssal.
- Your Esper does not need to eat, sleep, or breathe.
- The damage from Extraplanar Source becomes Necrotic.

You can choose to make your Esper's type become Undead.

### Level 3: Vampiric Drain
When you use the Esper Shield feature, you can channel that energy to bolster the unliving endurance of the Esper. The Esper gains temporary hit points equal to your level in this class.

### Level 7: Sense the Living
Your Undead Esper can feel the life essences of creatures around it. As an action, your Esper can detect the approximate location and direction of all creatures within 30 feet that aren't undead or constructs.

### Level 10: Undead Attunement
You gain resistance to necrotic damage, and your hit point maximum cannot be reduced.

### Level 11: Paralyzing Touch
Your Undead Esper channels necrotic forces to lock down enemies. When they hit with an attack, if the target is a creature other than an undead, it must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. The Esper can use this ability once before you need to take a long rest.

### Level 14: Unliving Threat
When your Esper gains the following features:

- When the Esper uses the Vampiric Drain ability, its attacks until the end of its next turn gain a +1 to attack and damage rolls.
- Any critical hits against the Esper counts as a normal hit instead, unless they are incapacitated.
- They cannot be poisoned.

### Level 18: Dead Tide
Your undead servant can create additional servants under your control. Whenever your Undead Esper reduces a target to 0 Hit Points, it can use its reaction to cast Danse Macabre targeting the target only, using your spellcasting modifier, which lasts for 1 hour requiring no concentration before reverting to a corpse. The Esper cannot use its Bonus Action to control them, the Summoner will need to issue commands with their own Bonus Action.

Your Esper can cast this spell in this way a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier, and it regains all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

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# Espers
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***Esper Creature Type.*** All the Espers count as Beasts at base.

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> ## Brute Esper
> ___
> - **Armor Class** 12 + your Wisdom modifier
> - **Hit Points** 5 times your Summoner level
> - **Speed** 30 ft.
>___
>| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
>| 15 (+2) | 10 (+0) | 14 (+2) | 6 (-2) | 11 (+0) | 6 (-2) |
>___
> - **Saving Throws** Str (+4), Con (+4)
> - **Skills:** Athletics +4, Survival +2
> - **Senses** darkvision, passive Perception 10
> ___
> ### Traits
> ***Charge.*** If the brute Esper moved at least 20 feet straight toward the target before they make an attack, the target must make a Strength saving throw or receive the Prone condition if it is a Large or smaller creature on a failure.
> ___
> ### Actions
> ***Natural Weapon.*** *Melee Attack Roll:* Bonus equals your spell attack modifier, reach 5 ft. *Hit:* 1d8 + 2 plus your Wisdom modifier Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing damage.

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> ## Aerial Esper
> ___
> - **Armor Class** 13 + your Wisdom modifier
> - **Hit Points** 5 times your Summoner level
> - **Speed** 10 ft., Fly 40 ft.
>___
>| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
>| 6 (-2) | 15 (+2) | 12 (+1) | 7 (-2) | 12 (+1) | 7 (-2) |
>___
> - **Saving Throws** Dex (+4), Con (+3)
> - **Skills:** Perception +3, Stealth +4
> - **Senses** darkvision, passive Perception 13
> ___
> ### Traits
> ***Flyby.*** The Esper doesn't provoke Opportunity Attacks when it flies out of an enemy's reach.
> ___
> ### Actions
> ***Natural Weapon.*** *Melee Attack Roll:* Bonus equals your spell attack modifier, reach 5 ft. Hit: 1d6 + 2 plus your Wisdom modifier Slashing damage.

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> ## Totem Esper
> ___
> - **Armor Class** 11 + your Wisdom modifier
> - **Hit Points** 5 times your Summoner level
> - **Speed** 30ft.
>___
>| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
>| 10 (+0) | 10 (+0) | 13 (+1) | 8 (-1) | 15 (+2) | 8 (-1) |
>___
> - **Saving Throws** Con (+3), Wis (+4)
> - **Skills:** Perception +4, Survival +4
> - **Senses** darkvision, passive Perception 14
> ___
> ### Traits
> ***Innate Spellcasting.*** The totem Esper can cast the following spells. They use their Wisdom as their spellcasting ability modifier.
>
> At will: *prestidigitation, light*
> ___
> ### Actions
> ***Energy Blast.*** *Ranged Attack Roll:* Bonus equals your spell attack modifier, ranged 30 ft. *Hit* 1d6 + 2 plus your Wisdom Modifier fire, cold, lightning, necrotic, poison, psychic, radiant, or thunder damage.

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# Appendix B: Summoner Spells
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##### Cantrips
- Acid Splash
- Blade Ward
- Booming Blade
- Chill Touch
- Encode Thoughts
- Friends
- Green-Flame Blade
- Light
- Lightning Lure
- Mage Hand
- Magic Stone
- Message
- Mind Sliver
- Minor Illusion
- Primal Savagery
- Produce Flames
- Ray of Frost
- Resistance
- Sacred Flame
- Shillelagh
- Shocking Grasp
- Thunderclap
- True Strike
- Toll the Dead

##### 1st Level 
- Absorb Elements
- Chaos Bolt
- Comprehend Languages
- Cure Wounds
- Create or Destroy Water
- Detect Magic
- Detect Poison and Disease
- Expeditious Retreat
- False Life
- Feather Fall
- Heroism
- Jump
- Lethal Strikes
- Longstrider
- Protection from Evil and Good
- Ray Of Sickness
- Shield
- Speak With Animals
- Witch Bolt

##### 2nd Level 
- Aid
- Alter Self
- Animal Messenger
- Barkskin
- Beast Sense
- Darkvision
- Enhance Ability
- Enlarge/Reduce
- Flame Blade
- Healing Spirit
- Kinetic Jaunt
- Lesser Restoration
- Magic Weapon
- Misty Step
- Pass Without Trace
- Protection from Poison
- Scorching Ray
- See invisibility
- Summon Beast
- Spider Climb

##### 3rd Level 
- Ashardalon's Stride
- Conjure Animals
- Dispel Magic
- Haste
- Fly
- Magic Circle
- Meld into Stone
- Nondetection
- Phantom Steed
- Protection From Energy
- Summon Fey
- Summon Lesser Demons
- Summon Shadowspawn
- Summon Undead
- Tongues
- Water Breathing
- Water Walk

##### 4th Level 
- Banishment
- Blight
- Conjure Minor Elementals
- Conjure Woodland Beings
- Death Ward
- Elemental Bane
- Freedom of Movement
- Grasping Vine
- Locate Creature
- Mordenkainen's Faithful Hound
- Stoneskin
- Summon Aberration
- Summon Construct
- Summon Elemental

##### 5th Level 
- Awaken
- Conjure Elemental
- Contact Other Plane
- Legend Lore
- Mass Cure Wounds
- Planar Binding
- Rary's Telepathic Bond
- Skill Empowerment
- Summon Celestial
- Summon Dragon

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#### Lethal Strikes
*1st-level transmutation*
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- **Casting Time:** 1 bonus action
- **Range:** Self
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:**  Concentration, up to 10 minutes
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You augment yourself to make your weapon attacks more lethal. Until the spell ends, you deal an extra 1d4 damage when you hit with a weapon attack.

Once before the spell ends, when you hit with a weapon attack, you can choose between 2 effects. Activating one of them ends the spell.

- The target must make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC. On a fail, they take 2d6 acid damage, or half as much on a success.
- You roll 2d6, and heal your Esper that amount.

**At Higher Levels.** The damage and healing increases by 1d6 for each spell slot above level 1.

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