Stressed Student
While many people glorify notorious wizards like Elminister, Mordenkainen or Manshoon, they often are not aware of the effort invested into becoming so powerful. This subclass portrays the less glamorous days of being a wizard - for example all the hours of studying while drinking copious amounts of coffee.
Living on a Budget
Beginning when you select this school at 2nd level, the gold and time you must spend to copy a spell into your spellbook is reduced to 10 gold and 30 minutes per spell level.
Spasms
From 2nd level, every once in a while your lack of sleep causes you to lose control of your magic. When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher for the first time after a short or a long rest, roll an arcana check with a DC of 8 + the spell's level. If you fail, roll on the Sorcerer's Wild Magic Surge table. You can not willingly choose to fail this check.
If you succeed, you will have to make this roll again the next time you cast a spell of 1st level or higher. The DC increases by 1 for every time you have failed, until you succeed.
If you roll a 99-00 you instead regain your highest level expended spell slot.
Last Minute Preparations
From 6th level, you can forego rolling for initiative and choose to go last in the initiative order. If you do so, you can replace one of your prepared spell with another one you know.
Adrenaline Rush
Starting at 10th you can actually momentarily focus your mind for one turn. During this turn you can reduce the casting time of one spell from an action to a bonus action.
Once you've used this ability twice, you can't do so again until you finish a short or a long rest.
Quick Learner
Beginning at 14th level, you can learn new spells by observing others that cast them. If you can see and hear a spell being cast you can spend your reaction to attempt to memorize how it is cast. Make an Arcana check against a DC of 8 + the spell's level. On a successful check, it is added to your list of prepared spells until you finish a long rest.
Before you finish a long rest, you can spend the time and gold necessary to write the spell into your spellbook.
If you attempt to memorize a spell while you already have a spell memorized and you succeed, you will forget the previously memorized spell.
Degree
At 20th level, you receive a degree. It does nothing.
Art
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