Magus

A half crazed Elven woman finishes binding together a half dozen craps of parchment. As she touches her fingers to a rune, blue fire streaks out and destroys her prison A burly Goliath slams his warhammer against his shield, the sparks flying off and becoming bolts of flame. Behind that shield are dozens of wands and potions Hands in pockets, a tall human man in a raggedy cloak walks into the unholy temple. As the cultists commands the demons to attack, the man holds up a contract, and the demons turn on their summoners.

These are Magi, the outcasts of arcane study. While wizards are the studied professors of magic and artificers the practical tradesman, magic are a different breed. Working from a half made list filled with their own improvisations, a magus is as mad as she is brilliant

Class Features

As a Magus, you gain the following class features

Spellblade Style

Your style is combat focused and allows you to thrive in the heat of battle. Starting at at 1st level, you gain either the Archery, Defense, Dueling, or Great Weapon fighting style.

You also learn the Rite of Arcane Empowerment. This rite can be performed on a weapon over the course of a minute to change its damage type to fire, cold, acid, or lightning damage. This effect lasts until you apply the ritual to a new weapon.

Arcanist Style

Your style is magic focused and allows you to easily keep pace with more focused spellcasters. Starting at 1st level, choose 2 wizard cantrips. They are now Magus spells for you.

You also learn the Art of Revelation. As an action, you may cause all magical objects, magical creatures, active spells, or creatures under the effect of a spell that are within 30 feet to glow or produce some other sensory effect you notice. The effect may vary based on the magical effect to reflect its nature. You may use this ability a number of times equal to your intelligence modifier, regaining all uses on a long rest

Nighthand Style

Your style is sly and focuses on subterfuge and deception. Starting at 1st level, once per turn when you hit a creature with a weapon attack and have advantage, or when that creature is within 5 feet of an ally who is not incapacitated and you do not have disadvantage, you deal an additional 2d4 damage with that weapon.

You also learn the Vision of the Hunter. As an action, you may target a creature within 30 feet and learn a single damage resistance, damage immunity, or condition immunity it has. You may do so a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier, regaining all used on a long rest.

Arcane Improvisation

Starting at 2nd level, your knowledge of arcane magic has allowed you a nuanced view of its application. The essence of an improvisation is taking a resource you do have but do not need and converting it into something you can use in the moment. Most Improvisations affect your Spells Prepared, but not all. Starting at 1st level, you know two Improvisations. You gain additional Improvisations as your Magus level increases. When you gain an Improvisation, you must be able to use it, meaning you cannot learn an improvisation whos cost is a spell you cannot prepare. If an Improvisation requires a 5th level spell, you cannot learn that Improvisation unless you can prepare 5th level spells

Spellcasting

As a student of arcane magic, you have learned to art of magic through trial and error, and draw your magical skill from improvisation and the combination of other spell effects

Spell Slots

The Magus table shows how many Spell Slots you have to cast your Spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these Magus Spells, you must expend a slot of the spell's level or higher. You regain all expended Spell Slots when you finish a Long Rest.

For example, if you know the 1st-level spell magic missile and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast magic missile using either slot.

Preparing and casting spells

The Magus table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your magus spells. To cast one of your magus spells of 1st level or higher, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.

You prepare the list of magus spells that are available for you to cast, choosing from the magus spell list. When you do so, choose a number of magus spells equal to your Intelligence modifier + half your magus level, rounded down (minimum of one spell). The spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

For example, if you are a 5th-level magus, you have four 1st-level and two 2nd-level spell slots. With an Intelligence of 14, your list of prepared spells can include four spells of 1st or 2nd level, in any combination. If you prepare the 1st-level spell identify, you can cast it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell doesn’t remove it from your list of prepared spells.

You can change your list of prepared spells when you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list of magus spells requires time spent cobbling together spell formulae: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list.

Spellcasting Ability

Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your Magus Spells, since the power of your magic relies on your ability to correctly combine the scraps of magic you know. 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 a Magus spell you cast and when Making an Attack roll with one.

Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier

Spell Attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier

Spellcasting Focus

You can use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus for your Magus Spells.

Magus Thesis

Magus is a loose title for a large number of those who wish to learn the arts of arcane magic, but seek to more self-capable than wizards. Magi usually divide themselves by their Thesis, which is the term used for a Magus' combined academic interest, magical skill, and personal goals. When you reach 3rd level, choose either the Thesis of the Warbreakers, the Voidlighters, Occultists, Mentalists, or CHronoclasts. You gain additional features based on this choice at 6th, 11th, and 15th levels

Spell Cache

Starting at 3rd level, you have learned mental tricks that allow you to easily recall information. When you prepare your spells for the day, choose a single spell per spell level to enter your Spell Cache. When you complete a short rest and have fewer spells prepared than your maximum number, you may choose to prepare all the spells in your Spell Cache, emptying it. You then cannot use your Spell Cache again until you prepare your spells after a long res

Ability Score Increase

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two Ability Scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature

Arcane Armor

At 7th level, you learn to conduct a ritual to imbibe magic into a set of non-magical armor, or armor that is only magical due to its materials. You spend an hour performing this ritual, and must expend 100gp in gems and rare metals to enchant the armor. If you perform this ritual on a second set of armor, the first set loses its magic. The armor does not apply its benefits to anyone else As part of this ritual, choose one of the following benefits to apply to the armor

• Bulwark: the armor grants a +1 bonus to AC and all saving throws
• Arcanist Armor: you may use your Intelligence modifier, undead of Dexterity, to determine your AC with this armor. You must otherwise obey all other restrictions on the armor
• Indomitable Ward: the armor becomes able to intercept damage for you. When you take damage, you may cause the armor to intercept any portion of that damage (no action required). The armor has hit points equal to half your Magus level plus your intelligence modifier. The armor is fully healed when you complete a short or long rest.

Flexible Spell Cache

At 10th level, you have expanded your mental tricks to be more varied. When you prepare your Spell Cache, you may choose a single level of spells. You prepare no spells of that level, and instead prepare two additional spells of any lower level. For example, if you choose not to prepare a third level spell, you may choose to either prepare two additional second or first level spells.

Shared Knowledge

Research and conference has allowed you to apply other Magus’ knowledge to your own. You may choose the Improvisation you gain at 10th level from any Magus Thesis’s list or any styles list, not just your own or the general. If you choose to exchange that Improvisation later for another, you must choose it from either the general list, your own Thesis’s list, or from the same Thesis you originally chose from.

Improved Arcane Armor

At 14th level, your ability to enchant your defenses improves. You may now grant a single piece of armor two benefits from the Arcane Armor Feature, or a single benefit from the following:

• Bulwark Triumphant: you gain a +2 bonus to AC and all saving throws
• Archmage Armor: you may use your Intelligence, instead of Dexterity to determine your AC with the armor. In addition, you may use a reaction when damaged by a spell to halve the damage against you
• Rebuking Ward: the armor becomes able to intercept damage for you. When you take damage, you may cause the armor to intercept any portion of that damage (no action required). The armor can take a maximum amount of damage equal to your Magus level plus your intelligence modifier. All damage is removed from the armor when you complete a short or long rest. When a creature reduced your armors HP to 0, you may use a reaction to immediately deal force damage to that creature equal to your Magus level plus your intelligence modifier

Trump Card

At 18th level, your research and hunt for magical excellence has led to your opus: A Trump Card. Choose one of the options below as your Trump Card. This choice cannot be changed later. A Trump Card can be used once, and you regain the use when you complete a long rest

• Touch of Primordial Flames: once per day, you can cast the spell investiture of fire, using your Spellcasting Ability modifier. You suffer a level of exhaustion when the spell ends
• Breath of Primordial Air: once per day, you can cast the spell investiture of wind, using your Spellcasting Ability modifier. You suffer a level of exhaustion when the spell ends
• Stance of Primordial Earth: once per day, you can cast the spell investiture of stone, using your Spellcasting Ability modifier. You suffer a level of exhaustion when the spell ends
• Heart of Primordial Ice: once per day, you can cast the spell investiture of ice, using your Spellcasting Ability modifier. You suffer a level of exhaustion when the spell ends
• Ancient Solar Might: once per day, you can cast the spell sunbeam, using your Spellcasting ability modifier. You gain a level of exhaustion immediately after
• Reserve Strength: the first time you are reduced to 0 HP each day, you immediately gain hit points equal to your Magus level times four and stand up

Grand Magus

You have masters the art of magic in your own way. Whenever you roll initiative, if you have fewer than your maximum number of spells prepared, you may immediatley prepare up to 3 spells

Magus Thesis

For a Magus, an Thesis is more than just an area of study. A thesis is life, hobby, and innate talent. A magus users their Thesis to define themselves in the world. When a Magus joins a thesis, they typically make contact weth others who follow that Thesis, and as such tend to have both similar ideas and similar senses of style

Warbreakers

The Warbreakers are so named due to their tendency to end conflicts soon after entering them. Magi who devote themselves to this Thesis are also called swordmages or battlemages, and dedicate themselves to learning the art of combat magic. Warbreakers delve into ancient tomes to learn tactics and strategy, and are well versed in the magical advancements that warfare can drive.

Warbreaker Spells

Spell level	Spells
1st	Heroism, shield
2nd	alarm, warding Bond
3rd	Elemental weapon, haste
4th	Death ward, Otiluke's Resilient Sphere
5th	creation, steel wind strike

Combat Mage

Starting at 3rd level when you gain this thesis, you and any creature of your choice within 30 feet may add your Intelligence modifier to Initiative rolls. When a creature benefitting from this bonus rolls initiative, it may choose to use its reaction to move up to half its speed. You also gain proficiency in shields.

Spell Combat

Also at 3rd level, you’ve learned to blend magecraft and magic into a singular fighting form. You gain one of the following Spell Combat options, which cannot be changed later. You gain an additional option at 10th level. As a bonus action on your turn, you may expend a spell slot and choose a creature within 30 feet. For the next minute, the creature can use your Spell Combat option as if it had spent the spell slot itself. The effect ends as normal, and you may only have a single Spell Combat option active at a single time.

• Aegis: you may expend a spell slot and choose another creature within 30 feet to construct an arcane ward around that creature. For the next minute, every time that creature takes damage, the damage is reduced by three times the expended slots level. Whenever you take damage while this ability is active, roll a d20. If you roll lower than twice the expended slots level, the Aegis ends. You may only have one active Aegis at a time.
• Impact: while wielding a two handed weapon, you may expend a spell slot when you hit a creature. That creature takes 1d6 damage, plus an additional 1d6 per slot level expended. This damage is the same as your weapons, but does not count as your weapons damage.
• Ghostly Barrage: when you make a ranged attack roll, you may spend a spell slot to split your weapon into ghostly clones. You create an area of effect around your targeted creature, 5 foot radius per slot level. Each creature in that area takes damage equal to your weapons damage die.
• Arcane Barrier: while wielding a weapon in one hand and nothing in the other, you may expend a spell slot as a reaction against an attack that hits you to form a brief barrier. You gain a bonus to AC against the triggering attack equal to 1+ the spell slots level. If this causes the attack to miss, you may make a single Melee attack as part of the reaction, with a bonus to the attack and damage roll equal to the AC bonus

Sudden Spell

Starting at 6th level, you’ve learned to quickly cast certain spells. When you cast a spell that would affect a willing creature as an action, you can cast that spell as a bonus action. You may only target yourself with this spell. You may use this ability once, regaining the use when you complete a short or long rest

Enspelled Strikes

Starting at 11th level, you deal additional damage while concentrating on a spell. Whenever you deal damage with a weapon attack, or once with a spell that requires an attack roll, you may deal additional damage equal to your Intelligence modifier if you are currently concentrating on a spell.

Tactical Focus

At 15th level, whenever you are concentrating on a spell and fail a concentration check, you may use a reaction to expend a spell slot of a higher level that the spell you are concentrating on. If you do so, you instead pass the concentration check.

Trump Card: Embody the Code

As an action, you speak the words of the Old Code, swearing yourself to be a knight of honor. For the next 10 minutes, you are sheathed in radiant blue-white energy. For the duration, you gain the following:

• You gain 50 temporary hit points
• You have advantage on attack rolls made with simple and martial weapons
• When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you deal an additional 2d6 force damage

Immediately after this effect ends, you must make a constitution saving throw against your spell save DC. On a success, you take a level of exhaustion. On a failure, you gain a level of exhaustion and your current and maximum HP are both halved until you complete a long rest. Once this ability is used, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest

Thesis of the Voidlighter

Voidlighters know better than any that to stare into the abyss is to invite it to stare into you. Sometimes called shadowcasters or nightblades, shadowcasters manipulate the energy of the Void, a dark realm of hungry magic. Voidlighters do so the learn how the Void works and contain its threats, and are the vanguard of fights against dark forces of destruction. Voidlighters are not immune to corruption from the Void, but always take responsibility for hunting down their Fallen.

Voidlighter Spells

Void Touched

Starting at 3rd level when you choose this Thesis, your connection to Dark Magics and shadowcasting has granted you a measure of knowledge. You gain proficiency in Religion or Arcana, your choice. If you are already proficient in both, you instead gain proficiency in a single additional skill from the Magus skill list. You also double your proficiency in all skill checks for either Arcana or Religion. This choice cannot be changed later.

Curse of the Void

Also at third level, you’ve learned how to place a draining curse on your foes. As a bonus action, you expend a spell slot and choose a creature within 30 feet. That creature becomes cursed for one minute. While cursed, that creature gains a a Curse Dice, which it must roll and subtract the result from certain rolls. The size of the curse dice depends on the spell slot expended: a d4 for a first level, a d6 for a second level, a d8 for a third level, a d10 for a fourth level, and a d12 for a fifth level. The curse lasts for one minute, or until the creature rolls a natural 20 on a d20 roll the curse dice is applied to. When a Cursed creature dies, the curse fades. You choose one curse from below to apply each time you use this ability:

• Misfortune: the creature subtracts the curse dice from all saving throws it makes.
• Blindness: the creature subtracts its curse dice from all attack rolls it makes.
• Failure: the creature subtracts the curse dice from all skill checks it makes.

Persistent Curse

Starting at 6th level, you may move a curse from one creature to another as a bonus action. In addition, a curse no longer ends when it’s target dies.

Reaving

Starting at 11th level, once per turn when you deal damage to a cursed creature, you may reroll any 1s or 2s on the damage roll. You must keep the new roll. You cannot affect the damage roll of a spell with this ability.

Malevolent Curse

Starting at 15th level, whenever you curse a creature you may select two options, instead of one

Trump Card: Invite the Void

You summon the Void itself around a creature, imprisoning it. As an action, you choose one creature you can see within 60 feet and fore it to make a Charisma saving throw. On a success, it takes 5d10 psychic damage as the energies of the Void assault it. On a failure, it takes 5d10 psychic damage and the Void surrounds it. The area around the targets space is filled with the Infinite Nothing of the the Void for one minute. The target can see and hear nothing beyond for the duration, and is restrained. If the target is moved out of the space, makes a melee attack through the Void, or reaches any body part through it, the target takes 10d10 psychic damage from the Void and the effect ends

Thesis of the Occulstist

The Thesis of the Occultist are called many names. Exorcist, Inquisitor, Demonist, Witch. The Occultists seek power and knowledge through summoning, binding, and conversing with various summoned spirits from other planes. Uniquely among practitioners or Arcane Magic, the link an occultist can form with certain entities may allow them a touch of divine magic. Occultists differ from warlocks in scope. Where a warlock may be beholden to an immensely powerful creature for a great purpose, the network of an occultist more resembles a network of spies and informant

Occultist Spells

Spell level	Spells
1st	detect evil and good, detect magic
2nd	zone of truth, locate object
3rd	remove curse dead
4th	arcane eye, divination
5th	dispel evil and good, planar binding

Occult Investigator

Starting at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in either Investigation or Survival. In addition, you have advantage on any check to identify information about a creature not native to this plane, and you take half as much time to research those same creatures.

Call Spirit

Also at 3rd level, you have made a contract with a creature that allows you to summon it for aid. Choose either Celestial, Fae, Fiend, or Undead for the contract. This choice cannot be changed later. You gain an additional option at 10th level

As an action, you can summon the creature by expending a spell slot, making it appear in a space within 30 feet of you. While summoned, the creature is friendly to you and obeys you’re commands as best it can. It acts on your turn, immediately after you.

The creature is the same for each contract. When you use a higher level spell slot, the creature becomes empowered. The creature takes the form of a beast with a CR equal to the expended slot level, and remains the same beast for each spell slot level, meaning that the creature will have a different stat block for each slot level. Additionally, based on the contract the creature gains benefit as shown below:

The type of Contract grabs the form special abilities

• Celestial: the summoned ally can touch a creature and roll a number of d6’s equal to the expended spell slot. The touched creature heals that amount. This ability can be used once
• Fey: the creature is considered under the effect of a sanctuary spell, recast at the end of each turn. The DC for the saving throw is 10+ the expended spell slots level
• Fiend: once per turn, the creature deals an additional 1d6 fire damage per level of the spell slot.
• Undead: if the creature is reduced to 0 hp by a non critical hit, it is instead reduced to 1 HP. It may do this a number of times equal to the expended spell slot level

Major Contact

Starting at 6th level, you have made a deal with a more powerful outsider. You may take 10 minutes to draw a magical circle, and then summon a creature to it by offering gold or an item worth at least 250 gold. That creature is bound to the circle, and cannot affect the outside with actions or spells. You ask the creature three questions, which it must answer. It cannot lie, but it can deceive through double meanings, withholding information, or by making implications. After the three questions, or 10 minutes have passed, the creature vanishes. This contract has provisions for you, and every time the creature is summoned you will owe it a favor to be completed later. This favor cannot lead to your certain death, but may be moderately perilous. The deed must be possible, and the contract you originally wrote details that you cannot be asked to do something utterly abhorrent to your views, although it may be somewhat uncomfortable to you.

Guardian Spirits

Starting at 11th level, you have learned how to keep a panoply of spirits around you at all times. Whenever you complete a short or long rest, you gain temporary hit points equal to your as Magus level. Whenever those temporary hit points are reduced to 0, the creature who reduced them takes damage equal to your Magus level

Summon Benefactor

At 15th level, you've managed to create a contract with a powerful outsider. Choose a single fey, fiend, celestial, or undead spirit (such as a ghost) with a CR of 7 or lower. You may use an action to summon that creature for 1 minute. That creature has its it's own turn, and you don't directly control it although you may use an action on your turn to force it to perform a single specific task on its turn. The creature acts to your benefit, although it also seeks its it's own agenda. The creature is the same each time you summon it. Once you use this ability, it cannot be used again until you complete a 10 minute ritual on the completion of a long rest. You sacrifice any number of hit dice of your choice and roll them. If the result is 20 or higher, you regain the ability to summon the Benefactor

Trump Card: Thousand Bargains

Over time, occultists form deals, bargains, and relationships with dozens or even hundreds of planar creatures. To many people, the most frightening force in the universe is an Occultist willing to call all of those bargains in. As an action, you call on those bargains and become Empowered for one minute. While empowered, you gain one of the following benefits, which are lost when the effect ends:

• you gain a pool of d6 equal to your Magus level. You may expend an amount up to your Intelligence modifier as a bonus action to touch a creature or yourself and roll the dice, healing that creature by that amount
• Once per turn when you deal damage to a creature with a weapon attack or a spell, you deal additional fire damage equal to half your level
• A creature that makes an attack against you must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC, attacking a different creature on a failure. If you have attacked a creature, or used a spell that affects an enemy creature, since the attacking creatures last turn, it makes this saving throw win advantage
• You have resistance to non magical damage, and may use a bonus action to become invisible until the start of your next turn

When his ability ends, you must make a charisma saving throw. On a failure, you now owe a powerful creature of the DMs choice a favor. This favor must be of relative difficulty to the situation that made you use this ability. If a powerful entity already owes you a favor, your DM May rule that this abilities usage has evened that favor.

Thesis of the Mentalist

Mentalist Magi are those who have used magic to delve into the secrets of the mind. These magic seek to unlock the mental secrets normally only held by Psionic monsters. Mentalists tend towards mental centers, as they try to help those suffering from mental sickness

Thesis of the Chronoclast

Magi look to many sources of magic to gain power. As their nature is to suspicion, few delve deeply into more studied areas frequented by wizards. However, as their nature is to insanity, many magi lean into magical arts which those of a more balanced mindset seem too dangerous to be allowed. Chronoclasts are magi who weaponise time itself, and break the natural laws of time imposed upon them.

Rewound Time

Starting at 6th level, you have learned to convert some of your Temporal Energy into rewinding your personal timeline. Whenever you spend Temporal Energy, you regain 1d4 hit points

Temporal Generation

Starting at 11th level, when you roll initiative and have no Temporal Energy, you gain 1 Temporal Energy

Leap Through Time

At 15th level, you have learned how to selectively time travel. You may use 1000gp of special materials and a 1 hour ritual to set your current time as a Temporal Anchor, then you may leap forward in time, up to a number of years equal to your magus level. You use an action to return to the time of your Temporal Anchor. You may not leave or return with any magical item, or any item which does not fit within a 1 cubic foot space that travels with you.

Trump Card: Brave New World

You reach out to an adjacent timeline and steal yourself. As an action, you cast a special version of the simulacrum spell. The simulacrum has the same hit points as you, lasts only for 1 minute, and is made from flesh and blood. Once the simulacrum dies, the minute ends and it returns to its own timeline or is destroyed, you gain a level of exhaustion. When you use this ability, roll a d20. On a 1, the simulacrum has the opposite alignment of you. If you choose to gain this Trump Card, other versions of you will as well, meaning there is a chance that you may be pulled into another timeline by this ability.

Magus Spell List

Improvisations

Flamebound

• Cost: varies
• Casting time: varies

When you gain this improvisation, choose a single item to be your Flamebound Item. You may use an action to spend spells you know to add a number of charges to the Flamebound Item equal to that spells level. A Flamebound Items maximum charges are equal to your Intelligence modifier, and it loses all charges when you complete a short or long rest. While you hold a Flamebound item with charges, you may cast the produce flame cantrip. You may expend charges to cast the following spells without expending a spell slot: burning hands (1 charge), scorching ray (2 charges), fireball (3 charges), wall of fire (4 charges), conjure elemental (5 charges, fire elemental only)

Stormbound

• Cost: varies
• Casting time: varies

When you gain this improvisation, choose a single item to be your Stormbound Item. You may use an action to spend spells you know to add a number of charges to the Stormbound Item equal to that spells level. A Stormbound Items maximum charges are equal to your Intelligence modifier, and it loses all charges when you complete a short or long rest. While you hold a Stormbound item with charges, you may cast the gust cantrip. You may expend charges to cast the following spells without expending a spell slot: shatter (1 charge), gust of wind (2 charges), call lightning (3 charges), storm sphere (4 charges), maelstrom (5 charges)

Lorebound

• Cost: varies
• Casting time: varies

When you gain this improvisation, choose a single item to be your Lorebound Item. You may use an action to spend spells you know to add a number of charges to the Lorebound Item equal to that spells level. A Lorebound Items maximum charges are equal to your Intelligence modifier, and it loses all charges when you complete a short or long rest. While you hold a Lorebound item with charges, you may cast the message cantrip. You may expend charges to cast the following spells without expending a spell slot: comprehend languages (1 charge), augury (2 charges), clairvoyance (3 charges), divination (4 charges), legend lore (5 charges)

Earthbound

• Cost: varies
• Casting time: varies

When you gain this improvisation, choose a single item to be your Earthbound Item. You may use an action to spend spells you know to add a number of charges to the Earthbound Item equal to that spells level. A Earthbound Items maximum charges are equal to your Intelligence modifier, and it loses all charges when you complete a short or long rest. While you hold a Earthbound item with charges, you may cast the mold earth cantrip. You may expend charges to cast the following spells without expending a spell slot: earth tremor (1 charge), earthbind (2 charges), meld into stone (3 charges), stoneshape (4 charges), wall of stone (5 charges)

Oceanbound

• Cost: varies
• Casting time: varies

When you gain this improvisation, choose a single item to be your Oceanbound Item. You may use an action to spend spells you know to add a number of charges to the Oceanbound Item equal to that spells level. A Oceanbound Items maximum charges are equal to your Intelligence modifier, and it loses all charges when you complete a short or long rest. While you hold a Oceanbound item with charges, you may cast the shape water cantrip. You may expend charges to cast the following spells without expending a spell slot: fog cloud (1 charge), misty step (2 charges), water breathing (3 charges), control water (4 charges), conjure elemental (5 charges, water elemental only)

Hoaxbound

• Cost: varies
• Casting time: varies

When you gain this improvisation, choose a single item to be your Hoaxbound Item. You may use an action to spend spells you know to add a number of charges to the Hoaxbound Item equal to that spells level. A Hoaxbound Items maximum charges are equal to your Intelligence modifier, and it loses all charges when you complete a short or long rest. While you hold a Hoaxbound item with charges, you may cast the minor illusion cantrip. You may expend charges to cast the following spells without expending a spell slot: disguise self (1 charge), pass without trace (2 charges), blink (3 charges), greater invisibility (4 charges), dominate person (5 charges)

Deathbound

• Cost: varies
• Casting time: varies

When you gain this improvisation, choose a single item to be your Deathbound Item. You may use an action to spend spells you know to add a number of charges to the Deathbound Item equal to that spells level. A Deathbound Items maximum charges are equal to your Intelligence modifier, and it loses all charges when you complete a short or long rest. While you hold a Deathbound item with charges, you may cast the chill touch cantrip. You may expend charges to cast the following spells without expending a spell slot: false life (1 charge), ray of enfeeblement (2 charges), animate dead (3 charges), blight (4 charges), contagion (5 charges)

Frostbound

• Cost: varies
• Casting time: varies

When you gain this improvisation, choose a single item to be your Frostbound Item. You may use an action to spend spells you know to add a number of charges to the Frostbound Item equal to that spells level. A Frostbound Items maximum charges are equal to your Intelligence modifier, and it loses all charges when you complete a short or long rest. While you hold a Frostbound item with charges, you may cast the ray of frost cantrip. You may expend charges to cast the following spells without expending a spell slot: armor of Agathys (1 charge), spike growth (2 charges), sleet storm (3 charges), ice storm (4 charges), cone of cold (5 charges)

Analytical Mind

• Cost: an Enchantment spell
• Casting Time : 1 reaction

You’ve learned how to literally cheat your way to victory. When you make a skill check you may use a reaction to add the spells level to the check, or twice the spell level if the ability check uses intelligence. You may do so after you roll your check, but before the DM tells you if it is a success.

Eldritch Wall

• Cost: an Abjuration Spell
• Casting Time : 1 action

You are able to harden the air with magic into a series of thin panels made of solid force. You create two 5 foot sqaure, opaque panels per level of the spell, and all panels must either be contiguous or stacked into a single thick wall. Each has an AC of 10+ your intelligence modifier and hit points equal to your magus level. the panels show a creature behind them, but count as full cover and partial obscurement

Ablative Force

• Cost: an Evocation Spell
• Casting Time : 1 action

You are able to barely contain energy into easily broken walls of force around yourself. You gain 5 temporary hit points per level of the spell. WHile you have these temporary hit points, any time you take 5 or more points of damage an explosion of force surrounds you, pushing the creature who dealt the damage to you 5 feet back from you

Kinetic Pulse

• Cost: a Conjuration Spell
• Casting Time : 1 bonus action

You are able to thrust enough kinetic force to move a creature. Choose a single target within 30 feet to make a strength saving throw. On a failure, it is pushed or pulled (your choice) 5 feet per spell level either towards or away from you. If a creature fails by 5 or more, it falls prone.

Balefire

• Cost: a divination Spell
• Casting Time : special

Sometimes a magus gets ahead by cheating. Other times, it’s by doing something so stupid everyone else knows not to do it. You start channeling this power by using an action to expend a spell and choosing a target, and may continue channeling on your turn for a number of turns equal to the spell level. While channeling, your target takes force damage equal to your magus level every time you use your action to continue, and you take force damage equal to half your magus level. You must maintain Concentration on this channeling, like a spell. When you finish channeling, an explosion of magic rocks your target and it takes force damage equal to your magus level multiplied by the number of turns you were channeling. A creature affected by this explosion may make a Charisma saving throw to reduce it by half. If your concentration breaks, the explosion and damage affects you. Any creature killed by the force damage if the spell is disintegrated and annihilated from the timelines, and cannot be revived.

Siphon

• Cost: a necromancy Spell
• Casting Time : 1 action

You’re able to quickly shuffle life force from one creature to another. Choose two creatures, a willing creature as a Recipient and another as a Donor, who may be unwilling. Both creatures must be within 60 feet of you and 60 feet of each other. The Donor makes a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, they take necrotic damage equal to twice the spell level plus your intelligence modifier, and the recipient receives healing equal to half the damage dealt. On a success, they take necrotic damage equal to your Magus level and the Recipient is not healed

Shadow of Styx

• Cost: an illusion spell
• Casting Time : 1 action

You set a trap on the mind of a creature you can see within 30 feet. This trap lasts for one hour, and while it is not triggered the creature feels a sense of looming dread. You dictate what action or action the creatures takes will trigger the trap, such as "when it speaks". When the trap triggers, a terrifying visage springs to life in a manner you preset, forcing the creature to make an intelligence saving throw or take psychic damage equal to your Magus level. The creature perceives this damage as a type appropriate to the trap's appearance, If the creature succeeds on the saving throw, they take no damage and perceive themselves as narrowly avoiding the consequence of their action.

Warbreaker

Peacekeeper

• Cost a spell of 3rd level or higher
• Casting Time : 1 bonus action

You are able to suppress violence around you, letting you set up a dialogue. Choose a number of creatures you can see equal to the spell level. These creatures must make a Charisma Saving throw. On a failure, a creature cannot be violent to another creature and has resistance to all damage for one minute. This means a creature cannot attack, damage a creature with a spell, deal damage in any way, or force a saving throw or a harmful effect. On a success, nothing happens.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

• Cost: a spell of 4th level or higher
• Casting Time : 1 action

You create seven pillars of obviously illusory sandstone that erupt from the earth within 60 feet of you. The pillars are 5 feet in diameter, 30 feet tall, and do not block sight or have a physical presenceAny creature of your choice that starts it’s turn within 10 feet of a pillar gains one of the following benefits (its choice):

• increase AC by half the spell level
• Gain a bonus to weapon damage equal to the spell level
• Gain a bonus to saving throws equal to half the spell level
• Gain temporary hit points equal to twice the Spell level

Dawnbreak Ward

• Cost: a spell of 5th level or higher
• Casting Time : 1 action

You create a glowing dome of pure force, both shielding and empowering your allies. The dome has a 20 foot radius and lasts for one minute. Weapon attacks and spells cannot leave or exit the dome. Creatures can leave and exit at will. When an ally of yours inside the dome targets a creature within the dome, they have advantage on all attack rolls and the target has disadvantage on all saving throws. If both advantage rolls would hit the target, the attack is a critical hit. When an enemy starts their turn in the dome, they must make a Constitution saving throw or be blinded

Occultist

Voidlighter

Mentalist

Mental Out

• Cost: a spell of 2nd level or higher
• Casting Time : 1 action

You are able to put a coded thought into someone’s head. You force a creature to make an intelligence saving throw. On a failure, you implant a thought in their head. The thought must be a number of words equal to or less than the spells level. While a creature has this thought in their head, they think it is their own and will act accordingly. This thought remains for one hour, but each time a creature acts in it they may make an intelligence saving throw after, realizing they have been affected on a success and ending the thought. A thought that goes against a creature's morals or puts them in danger allows a creature to make their saves with advantage.

Akashic Field

• Cost: a spell of 3rd level or higher
• Casting Time : 10 mins

You tap into the collective unconscious mind of humanity to garner knowledge. For the next hour, you gain proficiency in a number of skills, languages, or tools of your choice equal to the spells level. If you use this Improvisation multiple times, you may not select the same skill, tool, or language again.

Psychometry

• Cost: a spell of 4th level or higher
• Casting Time : 1 action

You touch and object and use the psychic imprints left on it to learn its history. You learn all events the object was involved in, from its point of view, for the last year. Using a 5th level spell increases this to the last decade. Since you view these events from the objects perspective, the information may be fragmentary but the impression you get is clear.

Psyche Impression

• Cost: a spell of 5th level
• Casting Time : 10 mins

You attempt to rewrite the personality of a creature you can see. You must target a creature who is asleep, unconscious, or incapacitated. Any creature who is conscious or gain consciousness during this feels immense pain, and takes 10d10 psychic damage. At the end of using this ability, make a contested intelligence roll against the creature you affect. If you succeed, you may alter the creatures Alignment, Bonds, Ideals, and Flaws to your liking. You may also imprint phobias, addictions, obsessions, or other connections into the creatures mind. Each month, it makes an intelligence save to undo these changes. Each alteration you make lowers the DC by 1. When a creature succeeds on its saving throw, it realizes all the alterations made to it but does not automatically realize you did the changes

Chronoclast

Spellblade

Arcanist

Nighthand

Shadowchild

• Cost: a spell that has a range greater than touch
• Casting Time : bonus action

You mark yourself with Dark Energy. You turn Invisible and gain a number of Night Marks equal to the spells level. At the start of your turn, as well as whenever you make an attack or force a saving throw, remove one Night Mark from yourself. If you cannot remove a Night Mark, you become visible

Gemini Misdirection

• Cost: a spell that deals damage
• Casting Time : bonus action

You mark yourself with Dark Energy. You turn gain a number of Night Marks equal to the spell level. Whenever you are the target of an attack or the only target of a spell, you can spend a Night Mark as a reaction and force the creature to make a charisma saving throw. If it fails, it must choose another target

Incite Weakness

• Cost: a spell with a range of self
• Casting Time : bonus action

You mark a target with dark energy. That target gains a number of Night Marks equal to the spells level. Whenever you or another creature hit a target with Night Marks, you may choose to expend one and roll a d6. If you roll a 5 or a 6, the attack is a critical hit

Blade of Sorrow

• Cost: a 5th level spell
• Casting Time : bonus action

You imbibe your blade with the essence of theft and blood. For the next minute, every time you hit a creature and deal bonus damage with your Nighthand Style, you gain temporary hit points equal to the bonus damage

Magus and Multiclassing