War Chanter

Battlefield Music

When most people speak of magic, they often imagine exploding fireballs, or lightning shooting from their
fingertips. War Chanters, however, walk to a different beat. Weapon in hand, they stand side by side their allies attacking both near and far with both unbridled strength and a
pulsing ballad. Allies who hear their chant are roused to
fight that much harder, which for a War Chanter, is music to their ears.

War Chanter Training

War Chanters hail from all walks of life, but one and all, are trained from a young age for the battlefield. These schools serve a dual role in giving these young individuals a shot at a future. Once they complete their curriculum, they are awarded a certificate in the performing arts, and can freely choose to graduate and go on to live a productive life. However, the most promising among them are also given an offer to learn the other side of the chant.

For those that decide to stay, they are retaught everything from the ground up, learning how to weave magic into their words, while simultaneously learning combat tactics and marrying the two disciplines into a singular discipline that transforms their performing talents into a martial display of savage grace.

Those who take up the calling of War Chanter are no less passionate about the performing arts, but are also consumate soldiers, bred for war.

Cantrips

You know any three non-druid Cantrips of your choice that have a verbal component from the conjuration, enchantment, evocation, or illusion schools. You learn additional War Chanter Cantrips at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the War Chanter table.

Rubato

The War Chanter Table shows how much rubato you have available to you each day. This amount increases as you gain levels in this class to a maximum of 35. You regain all expended rubato once you finish a long rest.

Spellcasting Ability

Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your War Chanter spells. Your magic is fueled by years of devotion and training to mold your performances into a weapon as sharp as any sword. You use your Charisma whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Charisma modifier and proficiency bonus when setting the spell save DC for a War Chanter spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Minor:

For 1 rubato, you can perform the following:

• Add one add additional die of damage to the Cantrip.
• Increase a ranged Cantrip by 30 feet.
• Gain a +1 to spell attack rolls.

Moderate

For 2 rubatos, you can perform the following::

• Any elemental Cantrip that you cast ignores elemental resistance.
• Ranged Cantrips ignore three-quarters cover.
• You have advantage on Cantrips with a range of touch.

Major

For 3 rubatos, you can perform the following:

• Increase all damage die by 1 step
• Raise the spell DC by +3.

Multiclassing

Prerequisites: To qualify for multiclassing as a War Chanter, you must meet the following requirements: Charisma 13.

Proficiencies gained: Performance

Ictus

Beginning at 3rd level, whenever you hit with a weapon attack, the next weapon attack against that creature has advantage until the start of your next turn.

Extra Attack

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

Metronome

Starting at 10th level, after applying ictus to a creature, as a bonus action, you can spend 2 rubato to give an ally Metronome until the start of their next turn. If that ally hits a creature with a weapon attack, they also apply ictus, and with your permission, can spend 2 of your rubatos as a bonus action to give another ally Metronome.

Whiplash

Conductor's demand even their foes to stay on beat. Beginning at 13th level, Whenever you hit a foe, inflicted with ictus, you can use your rubato as a reaction to stun the target. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the target is stunned until the end of its next turn, or nothing on a successful save.

If the target is already dazed, paralyzed, restrained, or stunned and inflicted with ictus, you can use a rubato as a reaction to give the target disadvantage on its next saving through to end the effect.

Big Show

When you reach 17th level, as an action, you put on a big show. Big show lasts for 1 minute, until you dismiss it, or are incapacitated. While active, so long as you do not move for one round, you gain resistance to all damage. While standing in place, you can use your action to give an ally an extra action. You can use your bonus action to give an ally a weapon attack, and use your move action to allow an ally to move in your stead. Any creature that takes damage while this ability is active is struck with Ictus.

Once this feature is used, it can't be used again until after a long rest.

Elemental Freestyle

At 3rd level, you imbue your weapon with
one of the following magical properties:
acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder. Damage
dealt by your weapon now deals damage matching
your elemental type. At 5th level, you add 1d6 to the
elemental damage. This bonus damage increases to
2d6 at 10th level, and 3d6 at 16th level. You can
change the elemental property of the weapon as
a bonus action.

Dervish

You are a blur of motion and deadly
agility. At 5th level, so long as you move at
least 10 feet when you take the attack action,
you can make an extra melee weapon attack,
or ranged weapon attack as long as you are
within 10 feet of a creature that you can see.

Dance Step

Beginning at 10th level, so long as
you move at least 10 feet, whenever
you hit with a weapon attack or a
rubato that requires an attack roll,
you deal an additional 1d6 damage.

Or you can use your rubato
to produce one of the following
spells using the appropriate
action, Misty Step (1 rubato),
Far Step (2 rubatos), or
Thunder Step* (3 rubatos).
You must take a short or
long rest before you can
use each step again.

Dirty Dancing

Starting at 13th level, you can summon an elemental shadow of yourself. As an action, you can spend 3 rubato to call forth your shadow as if you used conjure minor elemental. The shadow's element matches your Elemental Freestyle, using the same statistics as the elemental, but in a form that looks like an elemental version of yourself. During summoning, you can use a major extemporization to summon a second shadow, or summon a stronger shadow as if you had used conjure elemental instead.

Once used this ability can't be used again until after a long rest.

Show Stopper

                    Dancers are all about style, rhythm and
                      movement. At 17th level, Show Stopper can be
                         activated as a bonus action, lasting for a                                     number of rounds equal to your Charisma                                      modifier. While active, so long as you                                         move at least 10 feet, you have a +2                                           bonus to AC that lasts until the start                                             of your next turn. Whenever you                                           would be hit by an attack, you can                                          use your reaction to disengage up to
                                       half of your movement speed.

                                                       In addition, whenever you                                                                roll a 5 or 6 with the
                                                           extra die from Dance Step,                                                                you regain a use of a step
                                                    spell, even if you used it already.

                                               This feature can't be used                                                   again until after a long rest.

Class Act

At 3rd level, you gain proficiency in 2 additional skills of your choosing.

Wardrobe Change

At 5th level, you can change your appearance to match the look and sound of any small or medium-sized humanoid creature you’ve interacted with in the past hour. The results change depending on how long you take to assume the role.

As an action, your wardrobe change resembles a mirror image of the creature you’re trying to copy, but you retain your current clothing. Any notable features will appear on you in reverse of the original. Anyone within 30 ft of you, who knows the creature you’re copying has advantage on trying to identify you.

If you spend one minute, all visible features appear in their correct location and you can copy their accent and voice. Anyone within 30 ft of you who knows the creature you’re copying has a -2 penalty to try to identify you.

If you spend 10 minutes, you change everything from your clothing to your tone of voice, but not their mannerisms. Any creature within 30 ft of you who knows the target has disadvantage on trying to identify you.

If you spend 1 hour, your wardrobe change becomes a perfect copy. Everything from your clothing to the distinct way they favor one foot over the other is perfectly copied.

Anyone who knows the creature has disadvantage with a -5 penalty to try to identify you.

The effect ends immediately if you make an attack or a creature succeeds on an insight or investigation check to identify you and calls you out.

Recital

At 10th level, as an action, any creature you make skin to skin contact with must make a Wisdom saving throw or lose a memory of your choice. You can attempt a sleight of hand to perform this ability without being noticed. Before initiating the ability, you must already have a definitive question in mind - such as what languages they know or secret password to the mansion - or risk gaining a completely unrelated memory. If the target succeeds on their saving throw, the ability fails, though they won't realize anything is wrong. You can retain this memory for up to 10 minutes before it fades away.

In addition, you can perform a wardrobe change of the creature you contacted in half the time it would normally take as described above. This feature can be used a number of times a day equal to your Charisma modifier before needing to take a long rest.

Inception

At 13th level, any creature with whom you've engaged in a Recital becomes subject to Inception. Whenever a creature fails a save against recital, you can attempt to modify memory.

This ability can be used a number of times a day equal to your Charisma modifier.

Show Time

You set the stage for the performance of a lifetime. At 17th level, you can perform show time. While show time is active, you can use an action to assume the guise of anyone you used a wardrobe change on in the past 24 hours. You retain the level of detail you assumed with each wardrobe change. This ability lasts for one hour.

Once this feature has been used you must take a long rest before it can be used again.

Maetoso Forte

At 3rd level, you can change your war chant as a reaction, and whenever you or an ally under your war chant scores a critical hit, you regain a rubato.

Chanter's Aura

The gravity of your chants carries your vocal presence to new heights. At 5th level, whenever you extemporize a rubato to change its element, that element is conferred to every ally affected by your war chant until the end of your next turn.

In addition, every ally deals an additional 1d6 elemental damage. However, on a critical hit, theycan use a bonus action to cast the last Cantrip you used, using your spell attack and DC to determine if the spell succeeds.

Counter Song

At 10th level, you can spend your reaction to attempt a counterspell for 3 rubato. You can amplify the attempt to counter the spell as if you used a higher spell slot. minor
to counter at 4th level, moderate to counter at 5th
level, and major to counter at 6th level.

Pitch Perfect

With absolute vocal expertise, the Vocalist
unleashes her most powerful spell.
At 13th level, as an action, you can
combine 3 rubato and an
extemporization into a single
spell, paying the appropriate
cost. The spell uses the
shortest range as the
range of the spell,
combining all effects and
damage. After the spell
is cast, you can not cast another spell until after the end of your next turn. This ability can not be used again until after a short or long rest.

Light Show

Upon reaching 17th level, the Vocalist unleashes the true power of song. As an action, you activate light show forcing every creature, not under your war chant, that can hear you to make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, the creature is stunned until the start of its next turn.

For a number of rounds equal to your Charisma modifier, you do not spend rubatos when extemporizing, and attacks made        with rubato are done with advantage. Allies                                  affected by your chanter's aura gain resistance to                         that element and increase their elemental                           damage dealt to 1d10.