Artificer - The Expanded Toolbox

# Artificer: Expanded Toolbox v2.1a

### What is the Expanded Toolbox?

The Expanded Toolbox is additional resources for the [Alternate Artificer](https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-LAEn6ZdC6lYUKhQ67Qk) as written by /u/KibblesTasty.

While the Alternate Artificer upgrade system encourages customization, a reoccuring ask is for more upgrades, so here we are: this is what it says on the tin - an Expanded Toolbox to draw from when building your Artificer based on things I have used, have seen suggested, or simply think are good ideas that didn't make it into the primary document.

> ##### Balance Disclaimer!
> Using the Expanded Toolbox for the Revised Artificer is not, nor is intended to be, power neutral, for the simple reason that more options is *always* more power.
>
> Moreover, there is two reasons that something appears here instead of the main document:
> * Either is *new content* that is not yet tested to the level of rigor to make it into the main document, or...
> * It is specialized content that might not be suitable for all games.
> 
> I don't include anything here that I think is completely outrageous or unbalanced, but items from this document should be considered on a case-by-case basis. Use this document the same way you would use Unearthed Arcana content. This is essentially my version of that.

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### Table of Contents:

* Runesmith 
* Cursesmith
* Spells
* Additional Upgrades
* Common Inventions
* Feats
* Backgrounds
* Notable Homebrew

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## Class Features
The following are extended options for the base class that are either new changes be considered for the base class (maked as Playtest) or being considered for inclusion as Variant Class Features.

### Cross Disciplinary Knowledge
*Playtest Feature*

At 6th level, you can expand on your knowledge across fields. You can craft one of the following: a Thundersmith's Stormforged Weapon, an Infusionsmith's Animated Weapon, Blasting Rod, or Infused Weapon, a Potionsmith's Alchemical Reagent Pouch and Alchemical Fire or Alchemical Acid, **a Warsmith's Gauntlet with the Martial Grip, Power Fist or Force Blast Upgrade (note: this does not give Artificial Strength)** or an Unrestricted Gadgetsmith Upgrade.

If you select a Stormforged Weapon, you gain proficiency with that weapon and knowledge of how to make ammunition for it (if required). You cannot apply Infused Weapon to another weapon granted by this class.

If this selection is lost or destroyed, you can remake it following the rules for remaking the select item in subclass.

### Class Upgrades
*Optional Class Feature*

You can take one of these class wide upgrades in place of a subclass upgrade.

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**Shield Proficiency**

You gain proficiency with shields.

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**Tool Proficiency**

You gain proficiency in a tool of your choice.

> ##### Note: Tool Expertise 
> Note that as the Artificer gives Expertise in any tool proficiency gained by this class, this would give expertise in the tool selected.

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### Cursemith
A Cursesmith's power is invariably marked by the dark decisions they've made; some ignore this lingering darkness, pursuing the heights of power their reckless creation allows. Others leverage the twisted side effects themselves, believing there are no mistakes, only opportunities. Darker still are those that truly embrace the darkness of their twisted creations, becoming twisted creations themselves.

A Cursesmith is not always evil, but they walk a path that dangles precariously over evil, making it an easy thing to fall into. They may be Lawful, but the laws they respect are rarely those of normal mortal society that might get in the way of their dark delving.

#### Cursesmith's Proficiency
When you choose this specialization at 1st level, you gain proficiency with one crafting tool of your choice, and learn one language of your choice from Infernal, Abyssal, Deepspeech, or Primordial.

#### Forbidden Artifact
At 1st level, you set yourself apart from other Artificers by seizing power that others dare not wield. You forge a melee weapon into a potent artifact. The weapon can be used as a weapon in its dormant state as a normal weapon, or stirred to life showing its true power as a bonus action. Select one of the following when you create the weapon as its awakened power:

* **Abhorrent Nature:** The weapon twists and writhes with unnatural life; you can select the Abhorrent Mutation Upgrade twice for free, and a third time at 11th level. Your weapon can benefit from multiple mutations.
* **Destructive Power:** The weapon hums with dangerous destructive power. Each time you deal damage with it, it deals additional damage equal to your Curse Die. The damage of the Curse Die is maximized when attacking objects or structures.
* **Necrotic Wounding:** The weapon inflicts *necrotic rot* on hit. This does not require concentration, but can only afflict one target at a time. The weapon deals necrotic damage while awakened.
* **Eldritch Eruption:** At the time of creation, select a evocation cantrip from the Wizard spell list with a spell attack roll. Attacks with this weapon can be replaced by spell attacks of that cantrip. Once per turn, you can add your Intelligence modifier to damage dealt.

**Curse:** You gain a **Curse Die**. Your Curse Die is a d4. At level 11, your cursed die becomes a d6. Regardless of the power selected, when you make an attack roll with the weapon using its awakened power, roll a curse die and subtract it from the result.

Once awakened, the weapon can be surpressed back to it's dormant state as a bonus action; if it has been awakened for a number of turns less than your proficiency modifier, you must make a DC 10 Charisma saving throw to cause it to return to it's dormant state.

#### Cursed Path
Starting at 3rd level, the path you've chosen begins to claim your body and soul - some could call it a curse, some could call further opportunity. Select a path from the following:

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**Curse Bearer**

When you would suffer the effect of a curse from an item created by this subclass, you can choose to suppress that instance of being affected by the curse. You can do this a number of times equal to your Artificer level, regaining all uses at the end of the a long rest.

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**Curse Bringer**

When you deal damage with your Forbidden Artifact in its Awakened Form, you can leave a lingering malignity on that target. Until the start of your next turn, every time the target rolls and attack roll or saving throw, the roll a die equal to your Curse Die and subtract it from the value. You can do this a number of times equal to your Artificer level, regaining all uses at the end of the a long rest.

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**Curse Eater**

You consume the darkness of your Forbidden Artifact, destroying it. Its curses mark your body with a dark brand. You gain a natural melee weapon; this weapon deals 1d8 damage of your choice of bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage, and necrotic damage equal to your Curse Die.

You can awaken the power gained from the weapon to your natural weapon as well as the effect of the Forbidden Artifact curse. You can additionally absorb any item you create with this subclass, innately gaining its effect and curse. You gain 1 temporary hit point at the start of your turn for each curse you are afflicted with.

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#### Damned Affinity
Additionally at 3rd level, magical items granted by this subclass that require attunement do not count against your attunement total if that item is cursed.

#### Extra Attack
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

#### Shrouded Soul
Starting at 14th level, the dark dealings have stained your soul, granting it a limited resistance to treading dark waters, a certain numbness. You become immune to *bane*, *hex*, *bestow curse*, and the frightened condition. Additional, you gain resistance to necrotic damage. You may have advantage or immunity to other minor curses at your DMs discretion.

#### Cursesmith Upgrades

##### Unrestricted Upgrades

**Abhorrent Mutation**

Your Forbidden Artifact takes on a twisted new aspect, warping to a more disturbing and twisted form. Select on of the following mutations.

**Life:** It attacks your targets with only mental direction, twist, writhing, lashing... you can apply your Intelligence modifier to the to attack and damage roll of the weapon where you usually apply your Strength or Dexterity modifier.

**Grip:** When you hit a creature with this weapon, you can attempt to grapple that creature with this weapon as a bonus action. You cannot attack other creatures while grappling a creature with this weapon. If you have the Life mutation from this upgrade, you can make an Intelligence (Athletics) check to initiate or contest the grapple.

**Reach:** It stretches and flexes unnaturally in seeking its targets. It gains the reach property.

**Split:** It splits into multiple writhing branches. They batter a creature when attacking; if the weapon's damage die is a d8 or higher the weapon has its damage dice size halved, but number doubled (for example, from a 1d8 to 2d4). If the weapon die is a d6 already, it is reduced to a d4 and it gains only one additional damage die (for example from 2d6 to 3d4). It cannot reduce dice below d4. It can attack other creatures even while grappling or restraining a creature with the Grip mutation from this upgrade, but loses one damage die for each creature it is grappling or restraining.

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**Blood Rites**

Delving your dark path, you formulate a way to form temporary containers of magical power using blood. Select three ritual spells from the Wizard spell list; you gain the ability to cast these spells as Ritual Spells. You can only take spells of a level you could normally cast at the level you take this talent.

To cast these spells as rituals, you require fresh blood; this can be provided by an creature that has been slain in the last hour, or by a creature (including yourself) providing it at a cost of 1d4 slashing damage.

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**Eldritch Lore**

Your pursuits teach you a language of Infernal, Abyssal, Deepspeech, or Primordial, and you gain advantage on History or Arcana checks concerning curses, dark or evil magic, undead, and creatures that speak the language you selected.

Your knowledge of these things makes you innured to disturbing sights and revelations. You have advantage on saving throws against creature effects that seek to frighten, stun, confuse, incapacity or inflict insanity or madness if the creature is an aberration.

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**Helm of Invulnerability** *You can only wear 1 Helm at a time*

*Attunement, Cursed*.

You forge a helmet, making yourself invulnerable... almost. As reaction to taking to bludgeoning piercing or slashing damage, you can become immune to bludgeoning piercing and slashing damage until the start of your turn. Once you use this upgrade, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

**Curse:** Whenever this helm prevents damage, you take necrotic damage equal half the damage you would have taken. This damage cannot resisted.

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**Helm of Madness** *You can only wear 1 Helm at a time*

*Attunement, Cursed*.

With great madness comes great power. As a bonus action, you can allow the madness to take your mind. The next time you take the Attack action before the end of your turn, when you take an attack as part of the attack action, you can make an additional attack for each attack made. Once you use this upgrade, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

**Curse:** For each additional attack you make with this helm your AC and bonus to saving throws is reduced by 5 until the start of your next turn.

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**Helm of Fangs** *You can only wear 1 Helm at a time*

*Attunement, Cursed*

You make an imposing helming with large stylized metal fangs. While wearing this helm, you can bite a bite a creature as a bonus action. This is a natural weapon the deals 1d4 piercing damage. You can use this upgrade a number of times equal to your Proficiency bonus after which you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

**Curse:** When you make an attack roll with the weapon, roll your **Curse Die** and subtract it from the result unless the target is grappled, restrained, charmed or frightened.

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**Diary of Darkness**

You record some of the foulest effects your experiments have had, codifying them into magical spells. You learn the following spells:

| Spell Level  | Spells Learned |
|:---:|:-----------:|
|  1st  | *necrotic rot*, *cause fear* |
|  2nd  | *blindness/deafness, ray of enfeeblement* |
|  3rd | *rain of spiders, hungar of hadar* |

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**Ring of Gilded Lies**

*Attunement, Cursed*.

You create a ring that magical enhances your social abilities. Some of them. When your roll Deception or Performance, roll a d4 and add it to the result.

**Curse**: When you roll for Persuasion, roll a d4 and subtract it from the result.

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##### 5th Level Upgrades

**Ghostgrasp Gloves** *You can only wear 1 set of Gauntlets at a time*

*Cursed, Attunement*

When you pull on these pale white gloves, your hands become ethereal, ghostlike appendages that drift and float from your wrists. You can interact with objects with you hands with a range of 10 feet, including picking up objects, opening doors, or grappling foes; you can attack with these hands at range only if wielding light weapons.

**Curse**: You have disadvantage on grappling checks and the amount you can lift or drag with your hands is halved as things slip through them.

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**Mantle of the Beast**

*Attunement, Cursed*

You forge magical mantle by seeping it in the blood beasts. By dripping it in the blood of a beast slain within the past week, you can gain on trait of that beast for an hour while wearing the mantle (such as Keen Senses or Spiderclimb).

**Curse:** When you activate it's power by dipping it in the blood of a beast, the languages you can speak become the languages the beast could speak (you still can understand any language you could previously understand) until the effect ends.

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**Skeletal Gauntlets** *You can only wear 1 set of Gauntlets at a time*

You forge pair of gauntlets that cause your hands to appear as skeletal appendages of dark metal. While wearing these gauntlets, if you grapple a creature, at the start of its turn it takes 1d6 necrotic damage, and cannot regain hit points until the start of the of its next turn. Additionally, you have advantage against any check or save that would disarm you.

While wearing these gauntlets, you can cast *grip of the dead* spell.

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**Soul Tranfer Token**

You creature a dark magic object that allows you cast *possess corpse*. Once you use this upgrade, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest.

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**Vicious Effigy**

You learn the *cruel puppetry* spell and can cast it once without expending a spell slot. Once you use this upgrade, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest.

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**Whispers of the Night**

After tinkering with the properties of your Artifact, you can hear it... whisper. You can hear that too, right? You gain the ability to cast *guidance*. When you cast *guidance* in this way, it has a range of 20 feet, the target need not be willing, but unwilling targets can make a Wisdom saving throw. On failure, the spell effects them and you can choose if the roll is added or subtracted from the targets skill check; on success, they are not affected by the spell.

Alternatively, you can cast *message*, but the message is always delivered in a haunting, unearthly, or creepy voice.

##### 9th Level Upgrades

**Aspect of the Damned**

*Prerequisite: Curse Eater, 2 upgrades consumed*

The powers you have pilfered for your soul have tainted it... naturally this gives you great power. In addition to the powers you have gained from your upgrades, selected two of the following powers to permanently gain:

* **Aberrant Life:** You no longer count as a humanoid creature, your creature type becomes aberration.
* **Creature of Darkness**: Your eyes become inky black pools. You can see normally in darkness, both magical and nonmagical, to a distance of 120 feet.
* **Hungering Soul**: Once per turn on your turn when you turn while you are grappling or grappled by another creature, you can inflict 1d8 necrotic damage on them as you sap their life force through the contact. Any healing they receive that turn is reduced by half.
* **Physical Mutation**: The darkness within warps your body, you can choose an unrestricted Fleshsmith upgrade (it must be one that effects your body).
* **Unlife**: You have found yourself in an odd half living state. You gain resistance to necrotic damage, and you no longer need to consume food.

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**Chain of Agony**

You forge a 10 feet of non-magical chains into a set of magical chains. Choosing a command word, when you speak it while carrying the chains, they spring to life, wrapping around Large or smaller creature of your choice within 15 feet. The target creature must make a Dexterity saving throw, or become restrained on failure.

The target is restrained for 1d6 turns. For each turn it is restrained, it takes 1d4 * the number of turns it has been restrained necrotic damage. The creature can make an athletics or acrobatics check against your spell save DC to try to end the effect early.

The chains have an AC of 16, hit points equal to twice your Artificer level, and resistance to non-magical bludgeoning and piercing damage. If they are destroyed, a restrain creature is freed.

Once the chains have been used, they fall to the ground as mundane chains their magic does not recharge until you complete a short or long rest. Destroyed chains are restored to on completing a short or long rest.

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**Spell Eating Ring**

You make a magical item that consumes magic around you. You can activate the item, casting *counterspell* or *dispel magic* against a target within 15 feet of you. Any spell you that is stopped or ended by the effect, you can choose to consume, restoring 1d4 hit points to you per level of the spell, or gain the effect of the spell stopped or ended yourself until the end of your next turn if it could effect a creature and had a duration other than instantaneous. A spell stolen in this way does not require concentration to maintain, but lasts only a number of turns equal to your Intelligence modifier or the spells duration, whichever is shorter.

Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete long rest.

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**Ring of Nightmares**

*Attunement, Cursed*

You forge a ring of, well, pure evil. It can bring the horrifying nightmares to life in reality in a way that you don't quite understand, but is very effective. When you invoke a nightmare, you can cast *hungar of hadar*, *rain of spiders*, *summon lesser demons*, or *enemies abound* without expending a spell slot. Once you use the ring to invoke a nightmare, you cannot use it until you complete a long rest.

**Curse:** You cannot choose the nightmare invoked. When you invoke a nightmare, roll 1d4 (1: *hungar of hadar*, *rain of spiders*, 3 *summoner lesser demons*, 4 *enemies abound*)

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**Shadow Vessel**

You create a container filled with an inky shadow. You can open the container to cast *summon shadowspawn* without expending a spell slot. You can expend a spell slot of a higher level to cast the spell at the level of the expended spell slot plus one level. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete long rest.

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**Consuming Power**

*Attunement, Cursed*

You create a worn magical item - such as a set of bracers, bands or a ring - that leverages a dark bargain. Souls for power... starting with bits of your own.

As a bonus action, you allow it feed its consumption from your own soul. You can decrease your Charisma ability score by up to your Proficiency modifier, increasing your Strength ability score by an amount equal to your decreased Charisma. You cannot increase your Strength beyond its normal maximum in this way. This lasts until you use an action to reclaim your Charisma from the item.

Whenever you slay a creature of CR 1/4 or higher, you gain +1 current and maximum Strength ability score.  Both of these effects fade after 1 minute without killing a creature.

**Curse:** At the end of each turn your strength is increased by weapon, you take 1 + the amount of additional maximum Strength you have gained Necrotic damage. This damage cannot resisted.

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**Weapon Apotheosis**

When you awaken your weapon, once per turn when you deal damage with it, it deals an additional 1d6 necrotic damage and it gains an additional benefit based on its nature:

* **Abhorrent Nature:** If the target is large or smaller it must make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC or be restrained until the start of your next turn. You cannot attack other creatures with your weapon until the effect ends.
* **Destructive Power:** Each time you roll damage with it, you can maximize one of its damage dice.
* **Necrotic Rot:** The *necrotic rot* inflicted by the weapon is inflicted as a 2nd level spell.
* **Eldritch Eruption:** You can apply your Intelligence modifier to each damage roll you make with the weapon (rather than once per turn).
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**Infused Power** *Prerequisite: Consuming Power*

You make the Strength granted by the worn item your own; the maximum Strength you can draw from them by sacrificing Charisma becomes 22, and while activated you count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift, and your unarmed strikes become deal 1d4 bludgeoning damage.
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**Incinerate Soul**

In the blackest of rites envisioned only by the evilest of minds, you develop a new technique. As a reaction to killing a CR 1/4 with your Artifact, you can rip free part of the departing lifeforce, turning it into a flaming spectral form. Until the end of your next turn, you can make a ranged spell attack as bonus action to hurl this fragment of flaming power at another creature. On hit, it deals 1d10 fire damage and 1d10 necrotic damage.

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**Ghost Cloak** *You can only wear 1 cloak at a time*.

*Attunement, Cursed*

You forge an item and that chips away at your bounds to the material world around you. At the start of your turn while carrying the item, you can choose to slip those bonds entirely, stepping in the etheral plane. Moving through creatures does not impose a movement penalty, and you can move through objects up to 5 feet thick as difficult terrain. If you end your turn in another creature or objects space, you are moved to the nearest available space taking 1d10 force damage per five feet moved.

Once you activate this item, you cannot activate it again until you complete a short or long rest.

**Curse:** After leaving the Ethereal plane, until the start of your next turn you appear vaguely translucent, all damage you deal is reduced by half and you have resistance to non-magical bludgeoning, piercing and slashing damage.

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**Blood Cloak** *You can only wear 1 cloak at a time*.

*Attunement, Cursed*

You forge a blood red cloak that drinks blood to empower you. Unfortunately mostly your blood. When you take damage from bludgeoning or piercing damage while below half of your maximum hit points, you gain temporary hit points equal to half the damage taken. If you hit a creature while you have these temporary hit points, you can reduce them to 0 to add them to you damage roll.

**Curse:** If you are a healed while you have this temporary hit points, the temporary points are lost and the healing is reduced by the amount of temporary hit points lost.

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##### 15th Level Upgrade

**Amulet of Exiling**

You forge a magical amulet that causes creatures to phase from reality to varying degrees of permanency. You can use this amulet to cast *banish* or *blink* without expending a spell slot. Once you use the amulet to cast a spell, you cannot use it to cast a spell against until you complete a short or long rest.

When you cast *banish* with this amulet, you can choose to target yourself, automatically failing the saving throw and sending yourself to a plane of dark energy. Each time you start your turn in this plane of dark energy, you can absorb some of it, regaining 2d8 hit points. You can end the effect at anytime reappearing in the material world. You can regain hit points up to twice your Artificer level in this way before spending time in the plane of dark energy provides no additional recover.

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**Exude Darkness**

You allow the power of your artifact to leak out. Whenever you cast a spell of 1st level or higher, you gain the effect of *shadow of moil* for a number of turns equal to the level of the spell cast. This effect does not require concentration to maintain.

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**True Artifact**

So long ago you forged great power. Now you realize its full potential. Your cursed weapon becomes a true artifact, any bonus to attack and damage rolls lower than +3 it has is replaced by a bonus of +3, it gains two additional properties from the following list:

* While attuned to this artifact, you are immune to disease.
* While attuned to this artifact, you can't be charmed or frightened.
* While attuned to this artifact, you can cast a 1st or 2nd level spell of your choice once per short rest without expended a spell slot (spell chosen when this upgrade is selected).
* While attuned to this artifact, you can treat a 1 on a Death Saving throw as a 20.
* While attuned to this artifact, one of your ability scores (chosen when this upgrade is selected) increases by 1, to a maximum of 24.

When you select this upgrade, you can a select the condition in which your weapon can be destroyed. Your weapon can no longer be permanently destroyed by any other means. This means can be absurd or implausible, but must be something potentially possible.

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## Cursesmith Spells

#### Cruel Puppetry
*3rd-level necromancy (ritual)*
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- **Classes:** Occultist
- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 120 feet.
- **Components:** V, S, M (a small humanoid doll worth at least 5 gp and something from the target creature (such as blood, hair, or scales) both of which the spell consumes)
- **Duration:**  Concentration, up to 1 minute
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You attempt to bind a creatures soul to a doll, linking the creature to the doll in a sympathetic link. The target must make a Charisma saving throw. On failure, the creature becomes bound to the doll. On a successful save, the creature is not bound and the spell ends.

As part of casting the spell when the creature fails the save, and on subsequent turns using your action until the spell ends, you can perform one of the following actions:
* Hold the doll still, causing the creature to be Restrained until start of your next turn.
* Force the doll to move, causing the creature to move 15 feet in a direction of your choice that it can move.
* Smash the doll, causing it take 4d6 bludgeoning damage.
* Rip the doll in half, ending the spell, destroying the doll, and dealing 4d12 necrotic damage.

Each time after the first you use an action to manipulate the doll, after the effect takes place, the creature can repeat the Charisma with disadvantage, ending the effect on a successful save.

Once a creature has been targeted by this spell, they cannot be targeted again for 24 hours.

**At Higher Levels:** When cast with a 5th level spell slot or above, the range of the spell becomes unlimited, as long as the target is on the same plane as the caster.

#### Necrotic Rot
*1st-level evocation*
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- **Classes:** Occultist, Warlock
- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** Touch
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:**  Concentration, up to 1 minute.
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You touch a creature making a melee spell attack. On hit, you inflict a spreading decay onto that creature. At the start of that creature's turn, it takes 1d4 necrotic damage. If the creature has taken necrotic damage since the end of its last turn, the damage increases to 2d4 necrotic damage. While under the effect of the spell, all healing affects on the target as half as effective unless it is resistant or immune to necrotic damage.

At the end of each of its turns, if the target has not taken necrotic damage since the end of its last turn, the target can make Constitution saving throw. On a success, the spell ends on the target.

**At Higher Levels.** When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the necrotic damage taken increases to 1d8, increasing to a maximum of 1d12 when spending a spell slot of 3rd level or higher.

#### Possess Corpse
*3rd-level necromancy*
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- **Classes:** Occultist
- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 30 feet.
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:**  Concentration, up to 1 minute.
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You target a corpse of a dead humanoid or beast, and temporarily transfer your soul into it. If the corpse has been dead for more than 24 hours, you become a zombie or skeleton (you may become a specialized type of zombie or skeleton based on the corpse at the discretion of your DM, for example a Minotaur Skeleton or Ogre Zombie). Otherwise you become your game Statistics, including mental Ability Scores, are replaced by the Statistics of what the chosen target had in life. It retains its Alignment and Personality. You cannot cast any spells the creature had, and do not get any special abilities unique to that instance of the creature (you become the generic version of that creature has presented in the game Statistics or the closest available option).

You cannot target a corpse or become a creature that has a higher CR than your character level or the level of the spell slot this spell is cast with.

#### Rain of Spiders
*3rd-level conjuration*
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- **Classes:** Druid, Occultist, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
- **Casting Time:** 1 bonus action
- **Range:** 60 feet
- **Components:** V, S, M (a spider leg)
- **Duration:**  Concentration, up to 1 minute.
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A vertical column of spiders begins to rain down in 20 foot radius, 40 foot high cylinder, centered on a location you specify. A Swarm of Spiders (Monster Manual, pg 334) descends onto each creature within the cylinder.

This swarm is considered to be climbing on the target creature and moves with them, even if they leave the affected area, and takes its turn immediately after that creature's turn. A creature can make use its action to attempt to get them off, making a Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check against the spell save DC of the caster.

The swarm will attack the creature it fell on if it can, or move to chase them if it has been knocked off of them. Any spiders that remain when the spell ends disappear.

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### Runesmith
A Runesmith is an Artificer that has narrowed their focus to working a specific language of magic - powerful Runes that can channel long lasting power. These Runes come in many shapes and forms, the lore behind from many sources.

A Runesmith can be a knight, his runes splashed with gleaming power across his armor, or a scholar lending their power to the companions, marking potent runes on their weapons before standing back, or even a strange tatooed mystic, their runes tattooed across their very body.

Runesmiths are not inherently good or evil, though their rigorous attention to detail and patience tend to make them more inclined to a Lawful perspective.

#### Runesmith Proficiency
When you choose this specialization at 1st level, you gain proficiency with martial weapons as well as smith's tools or calligrapher's supplies (based on your preferred method of marking runes. You learn one additional exotic language of your choice.

#### Runic Marks

Starting at 1st level, you can mark magical runes, imbuing the things they are marked onto with magic. A rune can be marked on a weapon, piece of armor, or directly onto yourself, as a type of runic tattoo. Each rune grants a passive ability based on what is marked on that enhances the ability of what it is marked on, and has an active ability that can be activated as an action or in place of an attack as part of the Attack action while it is marked.

Only a single rune can be marked on a piece of armor or a weapon, though you can mark multiple runes on yourself. The affected creature of a rune is the creature wielding the weapon or armor it is marked on, or you if the rune is directly marked on you.

When using a rune on yourself, you gain both the weapon effect (applied to your unarmed strikes and natural weapons) and the armor effect (as if you were wearing armor marked with that rune).

You know the following runes, and can learn more from upgrades. You can mark your runes during a long rest, and can have two runes marked at a time, gaining the ability to have an additional rune marked at 3rd level (to three runes), 5th level (to four runes), and 14th level (to five runes). These last until you mark a new rune, with the oldest rune fading when you mark a new one after reaching your maximum number of runes. Upgrades that grant a new Runes does not increase this number, just expands the range of Runes you can mark.

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##### Rune of Power

An imposing rune that speaks to raw power. It has the following effects:

* *Active* **(Empower)**: The next attack of the affected creature before the start of your next turn deals an additional 1d8 + Intelligence modifier force damage.

##### Rune of Fire

An swirling rune that represents fire and burning. It has the following effects:

|     Target     | Effect | 
|:------:|:------:|
| **Weapon**| The first time per turn the weapon deals damage, that damage deals an additional 1d4 fire damage. |
| **Armor** | When the affected creature is by a melee weapon attack, they can use their reaction to deal 1d4 fire damage to the attacker. | 
* *Active* **(Explode)**: Creatures within a 5-foot radius of the affected creature must pass a Dexterity saving throw, or take 1d8 fire damage.

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##### Rune of Lightning

A jagged rune that manipulates energy and controls lightning. It has the following effects:

|     Target     | Effect | 
|:------:|:------:|
| **Weapon**| The first time per turn the weapon deals damage, that damage deals an additional 1d4 lightning damage. |
| **Armor** | The effected creature gains 5 feet of movement speed. | 
* *Active:* **(Hasten):** During the affected creature's turn, they gain an additional action that can be used to attack (one weapon attack with a light weapon or unarmed strike only), dash, disengage, hide, or use an object.

##### Rune of Proficiency

A mark that imbues competency and manipulates ability. It has the following effects:

|     Target     | Effect | 
|:------:|:------:|
| **Weapon:** | Any creature wielding this weapon gains proficiency with it, and the affected creature can add +1 to attack rolls made with it. |
| **Armor** | Any creature wearing this armor (or holding in the case of a shield) gains proficiency with it. If the armor has a strength requirement, it is reduced to 10. |
* *Active* **(Master):** In a surge of skill, the next time the affected creature would add their proficiency bonus to an attack roll, they can add your intelligence modifier as well.

> ##### Tattoo of Proficiency 
> As the effects of a Rune of Proficiency only impact the property of the weapon or armor it is marked on, and those do not apply to the Runesmith, only the active effect would do anything when used marking it on themselves.

##### Rune of Warding

A stalwart rune that wards off harm. It has the following effects:

* *Active* **(Master):** The affected creature gains 1d4 + your intelligence modifier temporary hit points; the creature already has temporary hit points greater than this, the amount increases by your intelligence modifier.

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#### Runic Flare
Starting at 3rd level, you can activate a rune as a bonus action. You can do this a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and regain all uses when complete a short or long rest.

#### Extra Attack
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

You can use Runic Flare in place of either or both attacks.

####  Twin Flares
Starting at 14th level, the first time during your turn you use your Rune Flare feature, you can cause the Active effect of any two Runes or Glyphs

#### Runesmith Upgrades

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**Animate Inscription**

You mark special inscription on yourself or an item in your position to represent a familiar. You can spend a hit die to give it life and cast *find familiar* using this rune. When you cast *find familiar* in this way it does not require a spell slot or require material components, and the casting time is one action.

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**Arcane Glyph**

Learn how to translate a spell you know with a target of self into a glyph that can marked on a creature or piece of armor. As a special 1 minute ritual your can expend a spell slot of the spells level and mark this glyph on a creature. This glyph has no passive effect, but when activated with an action, it casts the stored spell as if the creature the glyph was marked on cast the spell.

Alternatively, the a creature marked with this glyph or wearing armor marked with this glyph that is aware of it's presence can use this glyph to cast the spell marked within as if they cast the spell stored using a magical item.

The glyph immediately fades after the spell has been cast (the spell lasts as normal). The glyph fades when the Runesmith that marked it completes a long rest.

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**Channel Magic**

You can cast a spell of range Touch on a creature marked by one of your Runes, wearing armor marked by one of your Runes, or wielding a weapon marked by one of your Runes, regardless of the distance between you.

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**Glyphs**

You learn the ability to cast a glyph. Each time you take this upgrade, select a glyph from the table below. If the glyph has a level requirement, this upgrade counts as that level for the purposes of taking this upgrade. You can take this upgrade mutiple times.

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**Paired Effects.**

You formulate a special method to apply two Runes to a single suit of armor or weapon.

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**Reckless Flare** *Prerequisite: 15th level*

As an action, you flare all of your marked runes and glyphs, after the active effect, all of your Runes fade and must be marked once again.

You cannot do this again until you complete a long rest.

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**Runic Magic**

You can expend a spell slot to channel certain forms of magic through runes; the spell is cast as if by the affected creature of the rune, though it uses your spell casting modifiers and concentration (if applicable). The level of the spell slot expended is the level the spell is cast at.

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**Runic Touch**

You gain the ability channel the runic power of runes that are on armor or weapons you are wearing, or on yourself. You can cast the following cantrips if you are the affected creature of the following runes:

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**Rune of Blood**

An esoteric run that binds the essence of life. It has the following effects:

|     Target     | Effect | 
|:------:|:------:|
| **Weapon** |Each time the weapon deals damage to a creature, it stores one charge, up to a maximum number of charges equal to your Intelligence modifier. |
| **Armor**  | If the affected creature is hit by a critical hit or reduced to zero hit points, the rune stores one charge, up to a maximum number of charges equal to your Intelligence modifier. |
* ***Active***: *Revitalize*, The affected creature can immediately expend 1 hit dice, rolling it and regain health as normal. All charges of the rune are consumed, restoring additional hit points to the affected creature for 1d4 per charge consumed.

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**Rune of Gravity**

A complex run that manipulates the interactions of objects to change gravity. It has the following effects:

|     Target     | Effect | 
|:------:|:------:|
| **Weapon** |Marking this one a weapon adds or removes the heavy property. If you remove the heavy property from a melee weapon with this rune, you can also remove the two-handed property. |
| **Armor**  | Any time the affected creature would be moved against their will, they can use their reaction to stay where they are, as long as the movement is not falling. |
* ***Active***: *"Pull"*, All creatures within 20 feet of the affected creature are dragged 5 feet toward the affected creature.

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##### List of Glyphs

#### Glyph of Absorption
*1st level abjuration(glyph)*
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 - **Casting Time:** 1 bonus action.
- **Range:** 5 feet.
- **Components:** S
 - **Duration:**  1 minute.
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 You draw an ethereal mark in the air at a point within range. Creatures within 10 feet of this glyph have resistance to all damage, but this glyphs damage equal to the damage those creature's take (after resistance). The Glyph has 10 hit points. If the glyph is destroyed, it fades without detonating and the spell ends.
 
As an action, you can detonate the glyph. Any creature within 15 feet of this glyph must make a Dexterity saving through, or take Force damage equal to half the amount of damage the Glyph has absorbed. After using this action, the spell ends.

The spell ends early if you until you deactivate it with a bonus action.
 
**At Higher Levels** When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the glyph absorbs 5 additional hit points for each slot level above 1st

#### Glyph of Fire
*1st level evocation(glyph)*
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- **Casting Time:** 1 bonus action.
- **Range:** 5 feet.
- **Components:** S
- **Duration:**  1 minute.
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You draw an ethereal mark in the air at a point within range. Any creature that starts their turn within 5 feet of this glyph takes 1 fire damage.

As an action, you can force all creatures within 15 feet of this glyph must make a Dexterity saving through, taking 3d6 fire damage on failure, or half as much on success. After using this action, the spell ends.