Lucksoul

"Luck is a horse to ride like any other."

― Matrim Cauthon, Lord of Luck

  Hastily, the man ties a scarf around his eyes and draws one of his knives from his sleeve. The loudest sound is that of the watchers breathing. Not drunk? I’m jucier than a fiddler’s whelp. And yet, he suddenly feels his luck, feels that surge the way he does when he knows which spots would show before the dice stop tumbling. It seems to clear his head a little. “Throw it,” he murmurs calmly. In the stillness, the thunk of steel stabbing wood is as loud as the clatter of the target on the pavement.

  An elf sits in her prison cell, waiting for her chance. Her guard falls asleep eventually, and she begins to weave. She aligns the strands of fate, and suddenly, luck is with her -- the guard was careless, and the keys are within reach. The elf unlocks the door and, weaving fate to ensure she meets no one else, walks calmly out into the night.

  When the halfling opens his eyes, he wonders if he has; for it is just as dark as with them shut. Very slowly he gets up and gropes about on all fours, till luck guides him to the wall of the tunnel. He guesses as well as he can, and crawls along for a good way, until suddenly his hand meets what feels like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor. It was a turning point in his career, but he did not know it. He put the ring in his pocket almost without thinking, luck guiding his hand.

  Some people are born lucky, others unlucky. Lucksoul are born much more than lucky. Lucksouls rely on their innate luck, sometimes manipulating it actively and other times simply letting fate play out in their favor. Regradless, what unites all Lucksouls is that the multiverse, somehow, seems to have their best interests in mind.

Touched by Fate

All Lucksouls are touched by fate. The very fabric of the multiverse conspires in their interests, and this, ironically, doesn't happen at random. The Lucksoul is meant to do something, meant to be something.
    Some Lucksouls know nothing of this, as what they are meant to do is small and innocuous. A woman born to invent something new may luck out on all of her ventures. An orc meant to unite the tribes may be lucky in combat. But other Lucksouls are meant for grand adventures, and their luck manifests itself in large ways every day.

Lucky Explorations

Much of a Lucksouls life is defined by exploring just how far their luck will take them. Some Lucksouls merely perform better at games of chance. Others can wade through a hail of arrows without a scratch. Some people test their luck carefully, while others simply trust in their luck with no regard for consequences. Regardless, the more that a Lucksoul uses their luck the stronger it will tend to grow. And of course, every Lucksoul knows that at some point their luck will run out and -- if they aren't careful -- they'll be left blindsided and speechless.

Talents

One thing that spearates Lucksouls is their talent, or the specific areas that their luck tends to affect. While all Lucksouls see their luck affect their daily lives, some find that they have a talent for a specific line of work. Lucksouls with a talent for ferreting out information and finding people (or things) tend to become bounty hunters. Those whose talents align more in the arcane direction tend to find that manipulating luck is easier for them, and call themselves Luckweavers. And of course, there are those who make a living off the purist form of luck: gambling. All of these and more may be the talents of a Lucksoul.

Creating a Lucksoul

When creating a Lucksoul, here are some important questions to think about: where there any formative events that made you realize you were far luckier than ordinary folk? Do you know about your luck and actively make use of it, or do you mostly take it for granted? How did people in your home view your luck?
    These questions can help you flesh out your Lucksoul, but the most important question has to do with why you adventure. You should roll on the table below to decide your character's Fated Goal, or choose one that appeals to you. Alternatively, talk to your DM about creating a custom fated goal for your campaign.

Keep in mind that your choice of fated goal will alter your 6th level class feature "Your Lucky Stars" by deciding what additional skill you receive (and gain expertise in). All of the options are balanced, but some may better fit your character's goals and motivations. Whatever the reason, rest assured that your choice of fated goal is your own and will not affect your viability in combat.

Fated Goals Roll Table

It is important to remember that while you and the DM should know your character's fated goal, your character may not know their fated goal. And of course, as mentioned before, everyone's luck runs out eventually. Even a character with a fated goal can die, and fail to accomplish the goal.

Class Features

Leap of Faith

You have little fear of jumping from high places, having faith that there will always be something to break your fall.

As a reaction, when you fall, you can spend 1 luck point to roll an amount of Fortune Dice equal to half your Lucksoul level and reduce any falling damage you would take by the result. If you would take no falling damage, you also do not land prone.

Lucky Guess

Often, you can simply guess the answer to a particular problem.

As a reaction, when you make an ability check involving intelligence or wisdom, you can spend one luck point to roll a Fortune Die and add the number rolled to the ability check.

No Ghost of a Chance

While others think they might succeed, you know their chances are rather slim.

As a reaction, when another creature makes a saving throw, you can spend 2 luck points to force that creature to reroll the saving throw.

Rotten Luck

Those who work against you often find their own endeavors turned sour.

As a reaction, when a creature hostile towards you takes an action, you can spend 2 luck points to have that creature make a Charisma saving throw. If the creature fails, it spends its action doing nothing instead.

Fortunate Strike

You seem to get lucky when striking at your enemies, hurting them in unexpected ways.

As a reaction, when you hit a creature with an attack, you can spend one luck point to roll 2 Fortune Dice and add the result plus your Charisma modifier to the damage dealt. The damage type of the additional damage is determined by rolling on the following table:

Tough Luck

Blows you take often aren't as serious as you might expect.

As a reaction, when you are hit by an attack, you can spend one luck point to roll a Fortune Die and reduce the damage of the attack by the number rolled plus your Lucksoul level.

Fortune's Shield

Additionally at 2nd level, you find that you always seem to be in just the right place, at just the right time, to avoid being hit.

When you roll initiative, you can use your reaction to roll a Fortune Die and add the number rolled to your AC for the next minute.

Lucksoul's Talent

When you reach 3rd level, you develop a talent for using your luck in one of the following ways: Bounty Hunter's Talent, Gambler's Talent, Longshot's Talent, or Luckweaver's Talent, all of which are detailed at the end of the class description.

Your choice grants you features at 3rd level, and again at 7th, 10th, and 15th level.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 6th, 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 cannot increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Extra Attack

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

Your Lucky Stars

At 9th level, luck begins to help you with your fated goal.

You gain proficiency in a skill (if you do not already have proficiency in that skill) determined by your Fated Goal, as shown in the table below. Then, you gain expertise with that skill, which means that your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make with it.

Variant: Custom Fateful Goal
If you and your DM decided to choose a custom Fateful Goal rather than one of the general ones from the table, then your DM should choose a skill that is appropriate to your Fated Goal. To be an appropriate skill, the skill should either (a) help you complete your Fated Goal and/or (b) be thematically tied to your Fated Goal.

Improved Critical

Starting at 14th level, your attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19-20.

Second Chance

Starting at 17th level, your luck grants you a second chance to avoid the most dire outcomes.

When you roll a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, saving throw, or Fortune Die, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll.

Blind Luck

At 18th level, you learn to let luck guide you in combat.

When you attack a creature you can't see, your inability to see it does not impose disadvantage on your attack rolls against it. Additionally, you can target a creature with a spell even if you can't see it, as long as it is within 30 feet of you.

Felix Felicis

At 20th level, you find there are some moments where the luck flows so strong that you feel an exhilarating sense of infinite opportunity, as though you can accomplish anything.

As an action on your turn, you enter a state of infinite luck. For the next minute, you find that all of your endeavors succeed. All of your attacks hit, and you succeed on all saving throws and ability checks. Beyond that, your success is at your DM's discretion.

Once you use this feature, roll a Fortune Die. You cannot use it again for an amount of days equal to the number rolled.

Subclass Structure

All subclasses follow a stable subclass structure, as follows:

At 3rd level, they gain the primary subclass feature, which scales at 7th and 10th levels.

At 3rd level, the also gain either bonus proficiencies or another (primarily) out of combat modification.

At 7th level, they gain a fairly minor ability that (while it is useful in combat) is not a game changer.

At 10th level, they gain a fairly powerful ability helps define the subclass in later levels.

Finally, 15th level, they get a powerful ability to help them in the upcoming godlike tier of play.

Bounty Hunter's Talent

The talents of a Bounty Hunter lie in persistence and survival, in catching their quarry no matter where it runs. Bounty Hunters recognize that while skill may take you far, and luck may take you farther, it is the combination of both that makes someone truly unstoppable.

Wanted Dead

Starting at 15th level, when you intend to kill a target, fate seems to oblige.

When a hostile creature within your reach takes damage, you can use your reaction to make an attack against that creature. On a hit, the attack scores a critical hit.

Convoker's Talent

"Summoning is like balancing on a rooftree while screaming an epic poem in a foreign language at the top of your lungs."

— Kethryveris of House Pheregrul, Allegedly

The talents of a Convoker lie in getting help at all the right moments. Most Convoker's began summoning completely by accident, summoning a minor fiend or fey, or something else entirely, that would become their companion. Convoker's recognize that help from others is a powerful tool, and that luck will get them the best help there is.

Lucksoul Level	Feature
3rd	Convoker's Companion, Extra Langauge
7th	What a Coincidence
10th	A Little Help Here
15th	Deus Ex Machina

Summoned Ally Table

Summoned Ally	Find Familiar Form	Extra Language	Damage Resistance
Aberration	Eyeless Watcher	Deep Speech	Psychic
Celestial	Cherub	Celestial	Radiant
Demon	Quasit	Infernal	Cold
Devil	Imp	Abyssal	Fire
Dragon	Platinum Pseudodragon	Draconic	Poison
Elemental	Formling	Primordial	Lighting
Fey	Sprite Chief	Sylvan	Force

Convoker's Companion

When you choose this Talent at 3rd level, choose a summoned ally: aberrations, celestials, demons, devils, dragons, elementals, or fey. You learn the find familiar spell and can cast it as a ritual, with your familiar taking the form associated with your summoned ally, as shown in the Summoned Ally Table above.

Additionally, when you take the attack action, you can forgo one of your own attacks to allow your familiar to make one attack of its own. Your familiar's attacks or attacks made against your familiar can be the target of your Lucky feature.

For each level you gain after 3rd, your familiar has an additional hit die when summoned, and increases its hit points accordingly. At 7th your familiar takes an Ability Score Increase when summoned, and at 10th level your familiar takes 2 Ability Score Increases when summoned.

Extra Language

Additionally at 3rd level, you learn the language associated with your summoned ally.

What a Coincidence

When you reach 7th level, you gain resistance to the damage resistance associated with your summoned ally.

A Little Help Here

When you reach 10th level, help seems to arrive right when you want it to.

As an action, you can summon creatures of the same type as your summoned ally that appear in an unoccupied space that you can see within 60 feet and remain for 1 hour. Choose one of the following options for what appears:

• One creature of challenge rating 6 or lower.
• Two creatures of challenge rating 3 or lower.
• Six creatures of challenge rating 1 or lower.

Roll initiative for the summoned creatures as a group. They obey any verbal commands issued by you, as long as the command is not directly harmful to it. If you don’t issue any commands to the creatures, they defends themselves from hostile creatures but otherwise takes no actions.

A creature summoned this way disappears when it is reduced to 0 hit points, and all summoned creatures disappear when you lose concentration (as if concentrating on a spell).

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Dues Ex Machina

Beginning at 15th level, you have a small chance of being noticed by a greater ally when you need them.

As a bonus action, roll a percentile die and describe the help you're hoping for. If you roll a number equal to or lower than your Lucksoul level, a powerful being comes to your aid. What being comes to your aid is up to your DM, though (for example) an Elder God, powerful Celestial, Demon Lord, Devil Prince, Ancient Dragon, powerful Elemental, or Archfey might be appropriate. The nature of the aid they provide will depend on their alignment.

If a being comes to your aid this way, you can't use this feature again for another 7 days. Otherwise, you can use it again after you finish a long rest.

Gambler's Talent

Gambler's Intuition

Starting at 10th level, you learn how to intuitively guess at the traits of your opponents.

You can use your Bonus Action to study a creature. When you do so, you learn one of the creature's traits. The trait you learn is determined by rolling on the following table:

All In

Starting at 15th level, you learn how to put everything you have into an attack.

You can use a Bonus Action to go all in. For the next minute, when you roll an attack roll, guess odd or even. If you guess correctly, your attack scores a critical hit. If you guess incorrectly, your attack misses.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Longshot's Talent

The Longshot's talent is that of making impossible shots. Those million-to-one chances, the last desperate attempts, are where a Longshot shines. Longshots recognize that you'll miss every shot your don't make, and luck can help where aim is lacking.

Lucky shot

Starting at 10th level, you can land shots under at great distances under impossible circumstances, always hitting your target right where it hurts.

Your ranged weapon attacks ignore half cover and three-quarters cover, and the range of your ranged weapons is doubled. Additionally, you deal an extra 1d6 damage to the target whenever you hit with a ranged weapon attack.

Fateful Flight

Starting at 15th level, your shots seem to be corrected by fate when they miss.

Whenever you miss a target with a ranged weapon attack, you can make a ranged weapon attack against another target within 10 feet of the first target (once per target). This attack does not require a new piece of ammunition, and ignores the loading property.

Luckweaver's Talent

The talents of a Luckweaver lie in the pure manipulation of luck itself. Luckweavers have not only luck in their ordinary lives, but the extraordinary ability to manipulate their luck through magic. Luckweavers recognize that there's no limit to how lucky you might be, if only you have the will to take Fate by the reins.

Appendix A: Lucksoul Spell List

Appendix B: Convoker's Companions

The following statblocks detail the familiar options for the "Convoker's Companion" feature. I have purposefully omitted the lore of these creatures, to leave more room for you and your DM to work with. However, if you or your DM still desire a fundamental change in familiar, and CR 1 Tiny creature should do fine.

Aberration: The Eyeless Watcher

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Eyeless Watcher

Tiny aberration, neutral

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• Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 14 (4d4 + 4)
• Speed 5 ft., fly 30ft., swim 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
4 (-3)	17 (+3)	13 (+1)	16 (+3)	16 (+3)	10 (+0)

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• Skills Perception +8
• Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, slashing from nonmagical attacks
• Condition Immunities blinded
• Senses Blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 18
• Languages Deep Speech.
• Challenge 1 (200 XP)

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Amphibious. The eyeless watcher can breathe both air and water.

Dream Visitor. When the moon is full, the eyeless watcher can visit the dreams of a creature within 10 miles of it during a long rest. It can observe and speak with the dreamer in the dreamscape, but otherwise cannot interact.

Eerie Whispers. The eyeless watcher can take the Help action at a range of 10 feet.

Improved Magic Resistance The eyeless watcher has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects, and resistance to damage from spells.

Actions

Disturbing Touch. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage plus 8 (1d8 + 3) psychic damage and the creature must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or be incapacitated for 1 round.

Celestial: The Cherub

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Cherub

Tiny celestial, lawful good

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• Armor Class 12
• Hit Points 10 (3d4 + 3)
• Speed 5 ft., fly 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
1 (-5)	17 (+3)	13 (+1)	16 (+3)	16 (+3)	14 (+2)

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• Skills Perception +5, Insight +5
• Damage Resistances radiant; bludgeoning, peircing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Damage Immunities necrotic, poison
• Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, poisoned
• Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 15
• Languages Celestial, Common
• Challenge 1 (200 XP)

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Innate Spellcasting. The cherub's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12). The cherub can innately cast the following spells, requiring only verbal components.
At will: detect good and evil
1/day: bless, bane

Angelic Insight. The cherub knows when it is told a lie by any creature.

Magic Resistance. The cherub has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Actions

Holy Song (1/day). The cherub begins to sing a holy song, provided it has not been damaged in the last round. This song has no effect against celestials or aasimar. All creatures within 30 feet of the cherub that can hear must make a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by the cherub for 1 minute. Damage ends this effect early.

Demon: The Quasit

Devil: The Imp

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Imp

Tiny fiend (devil, shapechanger), Lawful Evil

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• Armor Class 13
• Hit Points 10 (3d4 + 3)
• Speed 20 ft., fly 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
6 (-2)	17 (+3)	13 (+1)	11 (+0)	12 (+1)	14 (+2)

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• Skills Deception +4, Insight +3, Persuasion +4, Stealth +5
• Damage Resistances cold; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered weapons
• Damage Immunities fire, poison
• Condition Immunities poisoned
• Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 11
• Languages Infernal, Common
• Challenge 1 (200 XP)

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Shapechanger. The imp can use its action to polymorph into a beast form that resembles a rat (speed 20ft.), a raven (20ft., fly 60 ft.), or a spider (20 ft., climb 20 ft.), or back into its true form. Its statistics are the same in each form, except for the speed changes noted. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true for if it dies.

Devil's Sight. Magical darkness doesn't impede the imp's darkvision.

Magic Resistance. The imp has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Actions

Sting (Bite in Beast Form). Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or take 10 (3d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one.

Invisibility. The imp magically turns invisible until it attacks or uses Scare, or until its concentration ends (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the quasit wears or carries is invisible with it.

Dragon: Platinum Pseudodragon

Elemental: The Formling

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Formling

Tiny elemental, chatoic neutral

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• Armor Class 12
• Hit Points 7 (3d4)
• Speed 0 ft., fly 30 ft. (hover)

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
4 (-3)	14 (+2)	10 (+0)	4 (-3)	10 (+0)	7 (-2)

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• Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, restrained, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Primordial (all dialects)
• Challenge 1 (200 XP)

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Change Form. The formling can use its action to change into one of the following elemental forms. Its statistics are the same in each form except for the changes noted. The form becomes its true form.

Air Form: In air form, the formling's AC becomes 14, it's dexterity becomes 18, it can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there, and it can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.

Earth Form: In earth form, the formling's AC becomes 15 (natural armor), it gains a burrow speed of 30 ft., it's strength becomes 17, it loses immunity to the grappled and restrained conditions, and it deals double damage to objects and structures.

Fire Form: In fire form, the formling's speed becomes 50 ft., it gains immunity to fire damage, and it sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. Additionally, if the formling comes into contact with water, it immediately uses its reaction to change into water form.

Water Form: In water form, the formling's Ac becomes 13 (natural armor), it gains a swim speed of 60 feet., it can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there, and it can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.

Actions

Gust (Air Form only). Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit 7 (1d4 + 4) bludgeoning damage and the target must succeed on a DC 10 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

Slam (Earth or Water Form only). Melee Weapon Attack: +5 or +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit 9 or 8 (1d10 + 3 or 2) bludgeoning damage.

Touch (Fire Form only). Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit 7 (2d4 + 2) fire damage. If the target is a creature or a flammable object, it ignites. Until a creature takes action to douse the fire, the target takes 5 (1d10) fire damage at the start of each of its turns.

Fey: Sprite Chief

A formling in its many forms

Version 2.1 to Version 2.2

• Clarified wording on Lucky feature.
• Edited Fortune's Favors to give 2 at the outset, and another at 11th level. This brings it closer in line with how Sorcerer metamagic works.
• Changed Stroke of Luck's name to Fortunate Strike because we aren't rogues, people.
• Changed Dumb Luck to cost 2 Luck Points instead of 3, making it usable at 2nd level.
• Changed No Ghost of a Chance to cost more and force re-rolls instead.
• Removed the limit on Fortune's Shield so that it functions as the Lucksoul's riskier unarmored defense.
• Changed Signature Spell to have a limit of Cha mod uses per long rest.
• Changed Inescapable Hunter to scale damage as well.
• Changed Gambler's Strike to scale attack penalty as well as damage, making it more rounded.

Version 2.2 to Version 2.3

• Fixed a few typos
• Fixed broken image links and formatting