Introduction

This document exists as one of several that is a way to completely overhault the way Dungeons & Dragons 2024 handles its progresssion and power level. The name comes from older editions of Dungeons & Dragons such as 3rd Edition and similar spinoff games, and aims to empower classes and make D&D 2024 a better feeling game to play for Players.

Hermits and Outcasts

Unchained Psions are loners. Most discover the secrets of their power through vague references in tomes of lore or by ingratiating themselves to a master of the power.

In order to master their power, Unchained Psions must first master themselves. They spend months and years in quiet contemplation, exploring their minds and leaving nothing uncovered. During this time, they shun society and typically live as hermits at the edge of society. An Unchained Psion who studied under a master worked as a virtual slave, toiling away at mundane tasks in return for the occasional lesson or cryptic insight.
When Unchained Psions finally master their power, they return to the world to broaden their horizons and practice their craft. Some Unchained Psions prefer to remain isolated, but those who become adventurers aren't content to remain on the fringe of the world.

Eccentric Minds

In order to maintain the strict discipline and intense self-knowledge needed to tap into their power, Unchained Psions develop a variety of practices to keep their focus sharp.

These practices are reflected in taboos and quirks, strange little behaviors that govern an Unchained Psion's actions. These quirks are oaths or behavioral tics that help keep Unchained Psions in the proper frame of mind while maintaining perfect control over their minds and bodies.

While these taboos are harmless, they help cast Unchained Psions as outsiders. Few feel accepted by society, and fewer still care to become integrated with it. To Unchained Psions, the life of the mind is where they feel most at home.

Quick Build

You can make an Unchained Psion quickly by following these suggestions. First, make Intelligence your highest ability score, followed by Constitution. Second, choose the Sage background.

Proficiencies

Armor: none
Weapons: Simple Weapons
Tools: none
Saving Throws: Intelligence, Charisma
Skills: Any two of your choice.

Equipment

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

• (a) 1 Spear, 2 Daggers, 1 Light Crossbow, 20 Bolts, a Case, a Dungeoneer's Pack, and 6 GP.
• (b) 50 GP.

Psionic Discipline Options

The Psionic Discipline options appear below in alphabetical order.

Metamorph Spells

When you reach an Unchained Psion level specified in the Metamorph Spells table, you thereafter always have the listed spells prepared.

Organic Weapons

At 1st level, you can shape your limbs into weapons. Whenever you take the Attack action or make an Opportunity Attack, you can reform your free hand into one of the following organic weapons: Bone Blade, Flesh Maul, or Viscera Launcher. Your limb immediately returns to its previous form after your Organic Weapon hits or misses its target.

Whenever you attack with the weapon, you can use your Intelligence modifier for the attack and damage rolls instead of using Strength or Dexterity; and you can cause the weapon to deal Psychic damage or its normal damage type.

Bone Blade. A blade made of bone springs from your forearm or extends from your hand. The blade counts as a Simple Melee weapon with the Finesse property, and it deals 1d8 Piercing damage on a hit. You have Advantage on the attack roll you make with the blade if at least one of your allies is within 5 feet of the target and the ally doesn't have the Incapacitated condition.

Flesh Maul. Your fist and forearm coalesce into a hardened mass of flesh and bone. The maul counts as a Simple Melee weapon and deals 1d10 Bludgeoning damage on a hit. A creature hit by the maul has Disadvantage on the next Strength or Constitution saving throw it makes before the start of its next turn.

Viscera Launcher. Your hand and forearm transform into a crossbow made of muscle and sinew that fires bolts of bile. The launcher counts as a Simple Ranged weapon with a normal range of 30 feet and a long range of 90 feet, and it deals 1d6 Acid damage on a hit. Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with an attack roll using the launcher, you can deal an extra 1d6 Acid damage to the target.

Extend Limbs

At 1st level, as a Bonus Action, you can expend one Psionic Energy Die. For the next minute, you gain the following benefits.

Reach. Your reach increases by 5 feet.

Speed. Your Speed increases by 5 feet.

Touch. When you cast a spell that has a range of Touch and a casting time of an action, you can make the spell's range 10 feet.

Extra Attack

At 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. If you know a Cantrip, you can replace one of these attacks with a use of that Cantrip.

Quickened Healing

At 5th level, when you cast Cure Wounds, you can expend two Psionic Energy Dice to change the casting time to a Bonus Action for this casting. When you do, you can roll one Psionic Energy Die and add the number rolled to the total amount of Hit Points restored.

Mutable Form

At 10th level, when you use Extend Limbs, the duration increases to 10 minutes and you gain one of the following benefits of your choice, the effects of which last until Extend Limbs ends.

Stony Epidermis. You have Advantage on Constitution saving throws to maintain Concentration. In addition, choose one of the following damage types: Acid, Bludgeoning, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Piercing, Poison, Slashing, or Thunder. You gain Resistance to the chosen damage type.

Superior Stride. While you aren't wearing armor, you can take the Dash action as a Bonus Action and you have a Climb Speed and Swim Speed equal to your Speed.

Unnatural Flexibility. You gain a +1 bonus to AC, and your body, along with any equipment you're wearing or carrying, becomes pliable. You can move through any space as narrow as 1 inch, and you can spend 5 feet of movement to escape from nonmagical restraints or end the Grappled condition.

Life-Bending Weapon

At 15th level, once per turn when you hit a creature with your Organic Weapon, you can expend one Psionic Energy Die and roll it. Each creature of your choice in a 10-foot Emanation originating from you regains Hit Points equal to the number rolled plus your Intelligence modifier. Additionally, one creature of your choice in that area takes Necrotic damage equal to the number rolled.

Psi Warper Spells

When you reach an Unchained Psion level specified in the Psi Warper Spells table, you thereafter always have the listed spells prepared.

Warp Propel

At 1st level, when a target fails its saving throw against your Telekinetic Prope, instead of pushing it, you can teleport the target to an unoccupied space you can see within 30 feet of you that is horizontal to you.

Warp Space

At 5th level, when you cast Shatter, you can expend one Psionic Energy Die to modify the spell so that the radius of the spell's Sphere becomes 20 feet.

In addition, creatures that fail the saving throw against the spell are pulled straight toward the center of the Sphere, ending in an unoccupied space as close to center of the Sphere as possible.

Teleporter Combat

At 5th level, you can cast Misty Step without expending a spell slot, and you must finish a Long Rest before you can cast it in this way again. You can also restore your use of it by expending one Psionic Energy Die (no action required).

Additionally, immediately after you cast Misty Step, you can cast one of your Unchained Psion cantrips that has a casting time of an action as part of the Bonus Action.

Duplicitous Target

At 10th level, when a creature you can see makes an attack roll against you, you can take a Reaction to expend one Psionic Energy Die and choose a willing creature you can see within 30 feet of yourself that doesn't have the Incapacitated condition. You and the willing creature teleport, swapping places with each other. The creature then becomes the target of the attack roll.

Mass Teleportation

At 15th level, as a Magic action, you expend four Psionic Energy Dice and choose Huge or smaller creatures within 30 feet of yourself, up to a number of creatures equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of one creature). Each of the chosen creatures is teleported to an unoccupied space you can see within 150 feet of you. An unwilling creature that succeeds on a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC is unaffected.

Psionic Circle

At 15th level, if you use Teleportation Circle to travel to a destination whose sigil sequence you know rather than drawing a new one, you treat the Casting Time of the spell as l Action, and any creatures of your choice in a 10-foot Emanation around you are considered targets for the spell, being transported with you to the destination you chose.

When you cast Teleporation Circle to travel to a destination whose sigil sequence you know, you ignore its Material Components, meaning that you only require the material components when creating a new Teleportation Circle.

Psykinetic Spells

When you reach an Unchained Psion level specified in the Psykinetic Spells table, you thereafter always have the listed spells prepared.

Telekinetic Techniques

At 1st level, when you use your Telekinetic Propel, you can impose one of the following effects on that target.

Boost. The target's Speed increases by 10 feet until the start of your next turn.

Disorient. The target can't make Opportunity Attacks until the start of its next turn.

Telekinetic Bolt. If the target fails the saving throw, it takes Force damage equal to the number rolled on the Psionic Energy Die.

Empowered Attack Mode

At 5th level, while your Attack Mode is active, you gain a Fly Speed of 60 feet and can hover, and when you cast an Unchained Psion spell, you can add your Intelligence modifier to one damage roll of that spell.

Rebounding Field

At 5th level, when you cast Shield (MCoC) in response to being hit by an attack roll and cause the triggering attack to miss, you can expend one Psionic Energy Die to launch the force back at the attacker. The attacker makes a Dexterity saving throw. Roll two Psionic Energy Dice. On a failed save, the attacker takes Force damage equal to the amount rolled and you gain Temporary Hit Points equal to that amount. On a successful save, the attacker takes half as much damage only.

Enhanced Telekinetic Crush

At 10th level, when you cast Telekinetic Crush, you can expend one Psionic Energy Die to modify the spell so that whether a creature fails or succeeds on the saving throw against the spell, its Speed is halved until the start of your next turn.

Heightened Telekinesis

At 15th level, when you cast Telekinesis, you can expend four Psionic Energy Dice to modify the spell so that it doesn't require Concentration. If you do so, the spell's duration becomes 1 minute for that casting, and you can target Gargantuan creatures and objects.

Telepath Spells

When you reach an Unchained Psion level specified in the Telepath Spells table, you thereafter always have the listed spells prepared.

Potent Thoughts

At 1st level, you add your Intelligence modifier to the damage you deal with any Unchained Psion cantrip.

Telepathic Hub

At 1st level, the range of your Telepathic Connection feature increases to 20 feet. When you expend an Psionic Energy Die as part of using Telepathic Connection to increase the range of your Telepathy, for the duration of the effect, you can simultaneously contact a number of creatures equal to 1 plus the number rolled on the Psionic Energy Die within an emanation centered on you equal to the distance of that feature after the die is rolled.

Telepathic Rebuke

At 1st level, when you take damage from an attack, you can expend an Psionic Die as a Reaction to force the creature to make an Intelligence saving throw or take one roll of your Psionic Die plus your intelligence Modifier (minimum +1) in Psychic Damage.

Empowered Defense Mode

At 5th level, while your Defense Mode is active, whenever you make a saving throw, you add 1d4 to the save.

In addition, while your Defense Mode is active, you can extend this benefit to creatures you are telepathically connected with using your Telepathic Connection.

Mind Infiltrator

At 5th level, when you cast Detect Thoughts, you can expend two Psionic Energy Dice to modify the spell so that the spell doesn't require spell components or Concentration, and the target does not know you're probing its mind if it fails the Wisdom saving throw.

Telepathic Bolstering

At 10th level, the range of your Telepathic Connection feature increases to 30 feet. When you or a creature you can see within range of your Telepathy fails an ability check or misses with an attack roll, you can take a Reaction to expend one Psionic Energy Die, roll the die, and add the number rolled to the d20, potentially turning a failed check into a success or a miss into a hit. The Psionic Energy Die is expended only if the check succeeds or the attack hits.

Scramble Minds

At 15th level, When you cast Confusion, you can expend four Psionic Energy Dice to modify the spell so that the radius of the spell's Sphere becomes 30 feet.

In addition, creatures under the effect of the spell roll two d10s, and you choose which roll determines their behavior on their turns.

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