Bonus Proficiencies

When you join the College of the Ring, you gain proficiency in Intimidation (Charisma) and two other skills of your choice.

Horrid Visage

When you join the College of the Ring at 3rd level, you to instill fear by subtly planting suggestions in your spells, contorting your visage to them. When a creature makes a saving throw caused by you, you may use your reaction to expend a die of bardic inspiration. At the start of that creature's next turn, it must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell DC or become frightened by you and take psychic damage equal to the amount rolled on your bardic inspiration die at the start of its turn (save ends both effects). You may also have a creature not take damage from this feature.

Unnerving Passage

At 6th level, you learn how to become intangible to the world around you as you move. Before you move on your turn, you may choose to use this feature. You may move through other creatures and objects (including walls). You can have creatures perceive movement through objects as if wrenching yourself through it. If you are knocked unconscious while within another creature or object, you are moved to the nearest available space. If you end your turn within another creature or object, you take 1d10 force damage and are moved to the nearest available space.

Practiced Terror

Starting at 14th level, whenever you use your horrid visage feature, you can roll a d6 and use it instead of expending a Bardic Inspiration die.

College of the Ring - v.1.0

Super edgy homebrew by No Laifu. It's Inktober 2019 and I want to do something this time around; I'll be doing thematic subclasses based on the prompt. Today's (Oct. 1) prompt: ring. First thing that came to mind, being that Halloween's around the corner (end of the month, same thing), the Ring. Good old fashion psychic ghost haunting you.

Image used: "Mystic of the Hidden Way" by Ryan Alexander Lee. Source here.

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Origin Spells

Starting at 1st level, you learn an additional spell when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown in the table below. The spell counts as a sorcerer spell for you, but it doesn't count against the number of sorcerer spells you know.

Bait a Reaction

Starting at 1st level, you quickly identify a prime target and immediately start slinging insults. As part of an action, you mark a hostile creature within 30 feet of you until it falls to 0 hitpoints or until you finish a short or long rest. You can only have one creature marked at a time. The target makes attacks against creatures other than you at disadvantage. If the target casts a spell or uses an effect that requires a saving throw that affects only one creature other than you, you may use your reaction to have that creature add your Charisma modifier to the roll.

Silver Tongue

Your origin gives you the ability to speak in other languages; it's rather difficult to be properly belligerent in a language you can't understand. You learn two languages of your choice.

Additionally, you learn the vicious mockery cantrip if you do not already know it.

Combat Taunt

Beginning at 6th level, you antagonize foes at almost every opportunity you get, much to your delight and their chagrin. Each time a creature marked by you misses an attack roll against you, you regain 1 sorcery point.

Additionally, when a creature makes an attack against you, you may spend 1 sorcery point and cast vicious mockery as a reaction.

Table Hopper

At 14th level, what better way to mock your foes than by harmlessly walking away? If a creature would miss an attack against you, you may move up to 20 feet without provoking opportunity attacks.

Searing Sarcasm

Starting at 18th level, even the slightest remark from you can cause the greatest irritations and the worst disasters. When a creature marked by you would make a saving throw, you may expend 4 sorcery points as a reaction. That creature makes the saving throw at disadvantage without adding any modifiers and takes additional psychic damage equal to your Charisma modifier.

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Expanded Spell List

The winter wolf lets you choose from an expanded spell list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock list for you.

Bonus Cantrips

At 1st level, you learn the frostbite and ray of frost cantrips. They count as warlock cantrips for you, but they don't count against your number of cantrips known.

Flash Freeze

Staring at 1st level, you learn to coat a surface in ice instantaneously. As an action, you can cause a 15-foot area within 30 feet of you to become difficult terrain. If a creature tries to move while in this zone, it must make a Dexterity saving throw against your warlock spell save DC or be knocked prone. The zone persists until the end of your next turn.

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

Wintery Mantle

At 6th level, your patron bestow a boon that repels those who would thwart you and signals its authority. You gain resistance to cold damage, and when you would cast a spell that deals cold damage, you reroll 1s, taking the second result. If the final result still has a 1, you deal additional cold damage equal to your Charisma modifier.

Wolves on the Wind

Starting at 10th level, you are bestowed an aspect of your patron and can call upon its power. You may summon a winter wolf as a reaction to being hit by a creature within 5 feet of you. It appears within 5 feet of you and immediately makes an attack against the creature. The winter wolf acts on your initiative but immediately after your turn. You control the wolf directly. The wolf persists for 10 minutes unless it falls to 0 hitpoints or is dismissed as a bonus action. You must finish a long rest before you can use this feature again.

Fimbulvetr

Starting at 14th level, winter seems to spring from your fingertips, leading your foes to a wintery grave even in summer heats. Whenever you cast a spell that deals cold damage, you may expend one of your warlock spell slots. If you do, creatures affected by the spell must make a Constitution saving throw against your warlock spell save DC. On a failed save, its becomes paralyzed and takes 1d8 cold damage at the start of its turn (save ends both).

Smoldering Anger

Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, you learn to constructively compound your anger. When you enter your rage, you gain a fury count, starting at a minimum of 0 with a maximum equal to 6. You lose this count when you exit your rage. When you are hit with an attack, you decrease your fury count by 1. When you hit with an attack, you add the current value of the fury count to the attack roll then increase the count by 1. When the fury count equals to your Strength modifier, it resets to 1 at the end of the turn. At 14th level, the reset value is equal to 6.

Brutal Buildup

Starting at 6th level, your ferocity adds to the flames of anger. when you score a critical hit while raging, the fury count increases by two.

Denouement

Starting at 10th level, your body swells as your anger leaves you, carving an imposing figure. When you end your rage, you have advantage on Intimidation (Charisma) checks and add your Constitution to other Charisma checks for the next hour.

Breaking Point

Beginning at 14th level, at the peak of emotion you lunge out and crush your foes. While you are raging and have a fury count of at least 4, you may reduce your fury count to 0 as part of the first attack roll you make. If you do, you make an additional two attacks at disadvantage. If the fury count is equal to 6 when you use this feature, you make three attacks at disadvantage instead. If any of these attacks hit, you may reroll any number of damage dice, taking the second result.

Wolf Magic

Starting at 3rd level, you learn an additional spell when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown in the Wolf Spells table. The spell counts as a ranger spell for you, but it doesn't count against the number of rangers spells you know.

Tenants of Phantasmagoria

Those who take this oath ingrain its tenants into their memories:

Razzle-Dazzle. A little flair goes a long way.

Confound Your Crowd. Brute force is all well and good, but sometimes a more subtle touch is necessary.

Showstopper. Captivate if you can. And should you go out, you do so with a bang.

Mage Plate

Also at 2nd level, you learn to create small field around you that decelerates strikes and effects as they land. As an action, you may expend a spell slot. Damage against you is reduced by 3 times the level of spell slot expended for each instance up to a total reduction of 15 damage. The effect of this feature ends after 1 minute.

Additionally, if a spell slot of 6th level or higher was expended, you gain +1 AC for each slot above 5th.

Magical Pugilist

When you adopt this school at 2nd level, you learn how to layer your fists with magic as your strike. Your unarmed strikes deal 1d4 + your Intelligence modifier bludgeoning damage.

Additionally, you may cast a spell as a melee spell attack using an unarmed strike, centering the area on the target (if applicable). On a miss, the effects still occur and the appropriate spell slot is used but saving throws are made at advantage and damage is halved. Cantrips cast this way do not effect the target if you miss while casting using this feature. If the spell requires you to make a saving throw, you automatically succeed and do not take any damage (if any).

Mystical Boost

At 6th level, you learn to take the residual mana from your magic and fortify the body. When you cast a spell, you may use your reaction to target a creature within 10 feet of you. The target gains a bonus to the next ability check or saving throw they make equal to your Intelligence modifier. This benefits persists until used or after 1 minute has passed.

Arcane Adonis

At 10th level, your magic permeates your body, strengthening it extraordinarily. You add your Intelligence modifier to Athletics (Strength) checks you make. Additionally, once per short or long rest, you may use a reaction to add your intelligence modifier to Strength and Constitution saving throws until the start of your next turn.

Overwhelming Mana

Starting at 14th level, the magic you can unleash from your hands is enough to render foes frail and helpless. If you cast a spell of 6th level or higher as a melee spell attack, the creature must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is restrained until the end of its next turn.

School of Augmentation - v.1.0

Super edgy homebrew by No Laifu. It's Inktober 2019 and I want to do something this time around; I'll be doing thematic subclasses based on the prompt. Today's (Oct. 8) prompt: frail. The frailest thing I could think of off the top of my head was the wizard. 1d6 hit die with no real incentive to put points into Constitution other than to not immediately die. I went with covering these weaknesses (to an extent) and allowing more options for combat in that same vein. If someone gets too close, you're frail, but you're not totally defenseless. Also, it's hard not to play around with the joke of casting fist. Though it's more the vein of "casting fist" in this case.

Image used: "Soulfire Grand Master" by Johannes Voss. Source here.

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Bonus Proficiency

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Athletics, History, Insight, or Performance.

Linked Blades

Starting at 3rd level, each movement, feint or otherwise, lends itself to a duet. When you make an attack against a creature on your turn, you may instead move up to 5 feet and have an allied creature within range of the target that you can see make a weapon attack against the target in place of you. You do not provoke opportunity attacks while moving this way.

Ebb and Flow

Starting at 7th level, each swing of your weapon carries momentum that allows you to evade counters. During your turn, if you hit with a melee attack against a creature, that creature can't make opportunity attacks against you for the rest of your turn.

Graceful Step

At 10th level, you learn to use the empty space in each strike to shuffle along. When you hit with an attack, you can immediately move up to an additional 10 feet.

Additionally, you also benefit from the Dodge action when you use your action to take the Dash action.

Imperial Dragon Dance

Starting at 15th level, you twist and turn while you strike at everything in the path of your frenzied dance. When you use your action to take the Dash action, you may make a number of attacks up to the total number of attacks you can make on your turn as part of this movement. You must target a different creature for each attack.

Reprising Step

Starting at 18th level, a misstep becomes a calculated maneuver. If you miss with an attack, you may use your reaction to immediately make another two attacks against the target with advantage. You can use this feature twice per short or long rest.

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Loomworker

When you choose this subclass at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in wevaer's tools and the Sleight of Hand skill if you don't already have it. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of those proficiencies.

Warp and Weft

Starting at 3rd level, you learn an archaic form of fighting, employing long, thin strands of wire. You gain an additional way to use Sneak Attack. When you hit with a ranged weapon attack with a dagger or ammunition, you mark the creature as long as the weapon remains embedded in the target. You can use your Attack action to make a melee weapon attack against a marked creature up to 20 feet away, using a thin wire that is attached to it. This attack can trigger sneak attack as long as you do not have disadvantage on the attack and functions as if using a dagger and retrieves the weapon or ammunition as part of the attack. All other rules for Sneak Attack apply

Leave 'em in Stitches

Starting at 9th level, you pull and manipulate your wires to block movement. You can use your Cunning action to make a straight line from you to one marked creature function as difficult terrain. If a creature tries to pass through this terrain, it takes 1d6 slashing damage.

Implicate

Starting at 13th level, you mastery over your wires makes expert puppetmasters green with envy. When you could trigger your alternative method of Sneak Attack, you may forgo the damage and instead initiate a Dexterity contest against the target's Athletics or Acrobatics. If the target fails, it is restrained until the end of its next turn and is knocked prone. Regardless if you succeed or fail, you recover your weapon or ammunition.

Hanging by a Thread

Starting at 17th level, when you successfully hit a creature with a ranged weapon attack using a dagger or ammunition, you may make another attack against another creature with the same weapon.

Additionally, when you make trigger Sneak Attack against a marked creature. You may choose to halve the Sneak Attack damage. One other marked creature takes half the damage.

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Domain Spells

You gain domain spells at the cleric levels listed in the Winter Domain Spells table. See the Divine Domain class feature for how domain spells work.

Bonus Cantrip

When you choose this domain at 1st level, you learn the ray of frost cantrip if you don't already know it.

Bonus Proficiencies

Also at 1st level, you gain proficiency in martial weapons and heavy armor.

Channel Divinity: Chains of Letherna

Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to bind your enemy in icy chains from the Raven Queen's demense in the Shadowfell. As an action, you choose one creature within 10 feet of you and expend a use of your Channel Divinity. The target makes a Dexterity saving throw or takes 2d6 cold damage and is restrained. The target takes an additional 2d6 damage at the start of its turns until it saves. A creature can make an additional save using its action. Creatures that start their turn next to the restrained creature takes cold damage equal to your Wisdom modifier.

Frostbite

Starting at 6th level, when you deal cold damage, you may reduce the movement speed of that creature by 10 feet until the end of its next turn.

Divine Strike

At 8th level, once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can cause the attack to deal an extra 1d8 cold damage to the target. When you reach 14th level, the extra damage increases to 2d8.

Icy Fate

Starting at 17th level, snow and chilling winds bind to attacks as a creature stands at the gates of death. When you or a creature within 30 feet of you scores a critical hit on a target creature, you can use your reaction to make the attack use the highest possible value for each die. For example, instead of dealing 2d6 slashing damage with a greatsword, the attack deals 12 slashing damage.

Draconic Half-Shift

Also at 2nd level, as an action, you may expend a usage of your Wild Shape feature to morph your body to bear several draconic features; this follows the limitations outlined in the Wild Shape feature except that you may cast spells whlie in this state.

For the duration of this feature, you gain temporary hitpoints equal to twice your Druid level + your Wisdom modifier and gain your choice of two of the following benefits:

• Your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier.
• You come under the effects of the dragon's breath spell at 2nd level for the duration of this feature; not requiring concentration. You may expend a spell slot of 3rd level or higher to increase damage, as stated in the spell.
• You add your Wisdom modifier to Charisma checks.
• You add your Wisdom modifier to the damage you deal with any Druid cantrip.

Tongue of the Sky Hunter

Starting at 2nd level, You can speak, read, and write Draconic. Additionally, you have advantage on Charisma checks when interacting with dragons.

Rending Talons

Starting at 6th level, when you adopt draconic aspects, you also gain the dragon's iconic talons. When you use your draconic half-shift feature, you gain claws which are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. Attacking this way counts as magical for purposes for overcoming resistances.

Advanced Half-Shifting

At 10th level, you gain the following options to choose from when you use your draconic half-shift feature

• You gain wings and a flying speed of 30 feet.
• You grow a tail and gain an additional reaction which can only be used to make opportunity attacks with the tail. The tail functions as if an unarmed strike. If you hit with it, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier. This count as magical for purposes for overcoming resistances.
• You can make two attacks instead of one when you take the Attack action.
• You gain resistance to a damage type of your choice from: acid, cold, fire, poison, or lightning damage.

Draconic Scion

At 14th level, you may select up to four options when you use your draconic half-shift feature.

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Torchbearer Magic

Starting at 3rd level, you learn an additional spell when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown in the Torchbearer Spells table. The spell counts as a ranger spell for you, but it doesn't count against the number of rangers spells you know.

Torchbearer Spells

Ranger level	Features
3rd	fog cloud
5th	continual flame
9th	fireball
13th	fire shield
17th	immolation

Ancient Rites

Starting at 3rd level, you gain the knowledge of the mythos behind an ancient burial rite and how to perform it. You learn the produce flame cantrip.

Additionally, you gain proficiency with calligrapher's supplies if you are not already proficient.

Lingering Flame

At 3rd level, you breathe embers into each strike, igniting on contact and burning deeply. Once per turn, you can deal an additional 1d6 fire damage on one of your attacks. At the start of that target's next turn, it takes additional fire damage equal to half the fire damage dealt this way. At 11th level, this damage increases to 2d6.

Covered in Ash

Beginning at 7th level, your prolonged exposure to fire and its remnants grants you insight into how to apply it and mitigate its effects. You gain resistance to fire damage, and any fire damage you deal ignores resistances.

Pyre Havoc

Beginning at 11th level, your fire leaps from one target to another. When you deal fire damage as part of a spell or attack, you may have another creature within 10 feet of that creature takes additional fire damage equal to your Wisdom modifer.

Ashwraith

At 15th level, you scatter a large clump of ashes and breathe magic into it, causing it to expand rapidly across the battlefield. You may cast the fog cloud spell at 3rd level centered on yourself without expending a spell slot. You can't do so again until you roll for initiative.

Additionally, you can see normally in thick fog, ash, falling snow, and other natural phenomena, both magical and nonmagical

Torchbearer Conclave - v.1.2

Super edgy homebrew by No Laifu. It's Inktober 2019 and I want to do something this time around; I'll be doing thematic subclasses based on the prompt. Today's (Oct. 13) prompt: ash. Interestingly enough, I have a large amount of classes centered around the theme of "ash." This is mostly rooted in a specific faction that appears in my own campaign. However, I'd yet to make one for ranger. Updated in January 2020.

Image used: "Khazar Bagathur" by Joel Chaim Holtzman; Source.

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Creeping Vines

Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you use your ki to cause vines to materialize around your fists when you strike, coiling your target. When you hit with both attacks granted by your Flurry of Blows, the target must make a Dexterity saving throw against your Ki save DC. On a failed save the target is grappled by magical vines and takes bludgeoning damage equal to your martial arts die at the start of its turn. A creature can make a save to escape from this effect at the end of its turn.

Harmonize

Beginning at 6th level, the world responds to you if you but ask. You ignore difficult nonmagical terrain.

Additionally, you learn the druidcraft cantrip and may cast the plant growth and speak with plants spells once per short or long rest without the need for spell slots or material components by spending 1 ki point.

Forest Elder

Starting at 11th level, you meld your ki with the world around you, granting you swift passage. You come under the effects of the tree stride spell when you finish a short or long rest. The effect ends when you fall below half your hitpoint total.

One with Nature

Beginning at at 17th level, your ki can reach out and touch the natural world to create a special harmony. At the start of your turn, you may expend 4 ki points to enter a special trance for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action. While in this trance, you gain the following benefits:

• You regain 5 hitpoints at the start of your turn. This effect ends once you regain a total number of hitpoints equal to your monk level.
• At the start of each of your turns, the space within 10 feet around you is considered nonmagical difficult terrain until the start of your next turn.
• You may use your creeping vines feature without expending ki points a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier.

Way of Verdant Green - v.1.0

Super edgy homebrew by No Laifu. It's Inktober 2019 and I want to do something this time around; I'll be doing thematic subclasses based on the prompt. Today's (Oct. 14) prompt: overgrowth. Much of this subclass revolves around additional mobility around the natural world and controlling it if it doesn't initially grant you that mobility.

Image used: "Azusa, Lost But Seeking" by Winona Nelson. Image source.

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Expanded Spell List

The legendary troop lets you choose from an expanded spell list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock list for you.

Legend in the Making

Starting at 1st level, three heroes of the band step forward and offer you their knowledge. Choose one of the following options:

Mage. you learn a spell from your expanded spell list. You learn an additional spell from this list when your warlock spell level increases. You must be able to cast the spell using a warlock spell slot to learn it. These spells do not count against hte toal number of spells you know.

Warrior. You gain proficiency with martial weapons and light and medium armor. Additionally, you may cast eldritch blast as a melee spell attack using a weapon you are holding. You do not add your weapon's normal damage to this attack.

Thief. You gain expertise in one skill of your choice. Additionally, you can use your bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.

Magical Insight

At 6th level, your patron grants you access to the knowledge of the other spellcasters. Choose one of the following options.

Cleric. You gain proficiency in the Religion skill. You may learn spells from the Cleric spell list; these count as warlock spells for you. You may not learn a spell from this list as your Mystical Arcanum.

Druid. You gain proficiency in the Nature skill. You may learn spells from the Druid spell list; these count as warlock spells for you. You may not learn a spell from this list as your Mystical Arcanum.

Paladin. You gain proficiency in the Persuasion skill. You may learn spells from the Paladin spell list; these count as warlock spells for you.

Ranger. You gain proficiency in the Survival skill. You may learn spells from the Ranger spell list; these count as warlock spells for you.

Wizard. You gain proficiency in the Arcana skill. You may learn spells from the Wizard spell list; these count as warlock spells for you. You may not learn a spell from this list as your Mystical Arcanum.

Veteran Reflexes

Starting at 10th level, you are gifted the intuition to avoid danger at every corner. Choose one of the following options.

Monk. You can use your reaction to deflect or catch the missile when you are hit by a ranged weapon attack. When you do so, the damage you take from the Attack is reduced by 1d10 + your Charisma modifier + your warlock level.

If you reduce the damage to 0, you can catch the missile if it is small enough for you to hold in one hand and you have at least one hand free. If you catch a missile in this way, you can make a ranged Attack (range 20 feet/60 feet) with the weapon or piece of ammunition you just caught, as part of the same reaction. You make this attack with proficiency, regardless of your weapon proficiencies.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier. You regain all uses after a short or long rest.

Barbarian. You have advantage on Dexterity saving throws against effects that you can see, such as traps and spells. To gain this benefit, you can't be blinded, deafened, or incapacitated.

Rogue. When an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack's damage against you.

True Inheritor

Starting at 14th level, your patron's power is now your own, though its source still stems from them. You may choose an additional option from any of the previous features. You may choose another option at 17th level, and another at 20th level.

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Sundering Cleave

Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, you leverage your strength to cut through swathes of enemies with wide and uncontrolled swings. When you hit with a melee attack roll while raging, you may have a creature within 5 feet of you take additional damage equal to half your Strength modifier. The additional damage increases to your Strength modifier at 10th level.

Brute Force

Starting at 6th level, each strike overwhelms your foes, pushing them back. When you hit a target with an attack while raging, you may use your reaction to cause creatures who took damage from the attack to make a Strength saving throw against your Athletics. On a failed save, a creature is pushed back 5 feet and knocked prone.

Out of My Way!

Starting at 10th level, you shift or shove people to move out of the path of your attacks. You may use your bonus action to move a creature 10 feet to an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you. If the creature is unwilling, it must make an Athletics or Acrobatics check against your Athletics or be moved.

Brutal Cleave

Beginning at 14th level, you learn to trade precision for power. When you make a melee attack while raging, you may choose to forgo adding your proficiency modifier and half your ability modifier (rounded down). You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls for each hostile creature within 5 feet of you. If this attack hits, you deal damage as if you hit with two attacks and you may have a creature within 5 feet of you take additional damage equal to half the damage dealt against the target.

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Path of the Rending Talon - v. 1.0

Super edgy homebrew made by No Laifu. It's Inktober 2019 and I want to do something this time around; I'll be doing thematic subclasses based on the prompt. Today's (Oct. 16) prompt: wild. I designed this as a thematic opposite of the path of measured response barbarian that I designed earlier. The idea was to have wild swinging that would be able to cut through many foes with a single strike. I wanted to play around with "cleaving" effects, but the main concern was how to balances this sudden spike of damage. In the end, I thought against a penalty against the player for the initial features since there needs to be a focus in fights with multiple enemies. Afterwards, the capstone would set this penalty but reward the player with an even greater damage spike.

Image used: "Stormblood Berserker" by Min Yum. Image source.

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Origin Spells

Starting at 1st level, you learn an additional spell when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown in the table below. The spell counts as a sorcerer spell for you, but it doesn't count against the number of sorcerer spells you know.

Disarming Smile

Also at 1st level, your jovial disposition can magically offput your foes. When you aren't wearing armor, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Charisma modifier.

Additionally, at 3rd level, when a creature would attack you, you may spend a sorcery point to have that attack be made at disadvantage.

Little Lights

From the moment you gained this power, you've learned how to entertain others with magic. At 1st level, you learn the dancing lights cantrip.

At 3rd level, you may spend 1 sorcery point to triple the number of lights produced when you cast this spell.

Comforting Arcana

At 6th level, despite the potentially dangerous nature of your magic, it lifts your allies' spirits. when you would cast a spell, you may have a creature within 30 feet of you gain temporary hitpoints equal to the level of the spell cast + your Charisma modifier. This manifests as a small trinket that can be worn on the body which breaks when the temporary hitpoints disappear.

Domain Spells

You gain domain spells at the cleric levels listed in the Forlorn Domain Spells table. See the Divine Domain class feature for how domain spells work.

Unforgotten Boon

When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain one of the following benefits: proficiency in martial weapons; proficiency in heavy armor; an additional cantrip from the Bard, Druid, or Wizard spell list.

Guardian's Circle

Also at 1st level, when a creature you can see attacks a target other than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll. Additionally, when you cause an attack to miss using this feature, the protected creature gains temporary hitpoints equal to your Wisdom modifier.

Channel Divinity: Distant Counter

Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to spur an ally to another's defense. If a creature makes an attack against a target creature within 30 feet of you, you can use your Channel Divinity as a reaction to have a creature within range make an attack roll against the attacking creature. On a hit, the attack made against the target creature misses.

Divine Circle

At 6th level, you learn how to extend protective divine energy toward others to potentially shield them from harm. You may use your guardian's circle feature on a target up to 30 feet away from you. Additionally, the target now gains temporary hitpoints regardless of whether or not the attack against the creature hits.

Divine Blessing

At 8th level, once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with a weapon or spell attack, you can cause the attack to deal an extra force damage equal to your Wisdom modifier.

Channel Divinity: True Grit

Starting at 17th level, you can use your Channel Divinity to spur your allies to push beyond themselves should they falter. If a creature you can see fails an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can expend a use of your Channel Divinity as a reaction to have the roll equal your Cleric level.

Seal Movement

When you adopt this school at 2nd level, you learn how to control coils to hinder your foes. As a bonus action after you cast a spell, you may have a creature within 15 feet of you make an Athletics or Acrobatics check against your spell save DC. On a failed save, the creature is considered grappled by mystical chains or rope that either you provide or are conjured by you. While grappled this way, creatures are unable to make opportunity attacks. You may have multiple creatures grappled this way.

Coiled Shield

At 6th level, in a pinch you can call your coils to defend yourself. When you are hit by a melee attack, you may use your reaction to expend a spell slot. The damage of the attack is reduced by your Intelligence modifier + the level of the spell slot expended. If the damage is reduced to 0, you immediately grapple the creature as if under the effects of your seal movement feature.

Arcane Constrictor

Starting at 10th level, you learn how strain the bindings to deal damage. You may have creatures grappled by your seal movement feature take damage equal to your Intelligence modifier as a bonus action.

Banishing Grapple

At 14th level, you are able to shunt your foes into more isolated spaces with your magic. As an action, may have a creature grappled by your seal movement feature come under the effects of the banishment spell. You concentrate on this spell as normal.

School of Binding - v. 1.0

Super edgy homebrew by No Laifu. It's Inktober 2019 and I want to do something this time around; I'll be doing thematic subclasses based on the prompt. Today's (Oct. 19) prompt: Sling. I felt it would be a little easy to build something around throwing weapons. While certainly more mechanically robust in comparison to what I have here, this was pretty fun to design. A wizard who takes advantage of his spells to exert minor telekinetic power to restrict his foes to set things up or to protect themselves while winding up for a big spell. This was partly inspired by something similar a player of mine once did. Granted it was a little more centered around animate object but hey.

Image used: "Zulaport Chainmage" by Chris Rallis. Image source.

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Tenants of the Explorer

Those who take this oath ingrain its tenants into their memories:

Map the Unknown. Seek to fill in the gaps of maps. Make new ones as necessary.

Learn from the World. The world is vast and there is much to see. Satisfy your wanderlust and gain knowledge.

Broaden your Horizons. Some aspects of yourself will never be revealed by hiding at home. Step out to a new vista and better yourself.

Wellspring's Knowledge

Starting at 2nd level, the Wildheart fills you with natural energy, granting you innate clarity and understanding of the elements within its purview. You can speak, read, and write Sylvan or Primordial. Additionally, once per day as a bonus action, you may add twice your Wisdom modifier to Nature checks you make for one minute.

Wild Sanctuary

Also at 2nd level, you can tap into the innate power of your wellspring. As an action, you may expend a usage of your Wild Shape feature to exude vibrant natural energy from yourself. This follows the limitations outlined in the Wild Shape feature except that you may cast spells while in this state. Once per turn, whenever a friendly creature starts its turn or enters within 5 feet of you, that creature gains temporary hitpoints equal to your Druid level + your Wisdom modifier.

Additionally, you may use your reaction to have attacks made against a creature within 30 feet of you with temporary hitpoints gained by this feature have disadvantage until the end of the turn.

Temple of Nature

At 6th level, the power of the Wildheart grows stronger and can repel those that would defile it. The radius of your wild sanctuary feature is considered under the effects of the magic circle spell when you use the feature. This effect ends once you receive damage from any source.

Contortionist

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn how to manipulate your body to fit into odd places to remain hidden. You may have half cover and 3/4 cover for you count as full cover for the purposes of concealment. Additionally, while squeezing, you do not suffer movement penalties and may make attacks without disadvantage.

Shadowy Precision

Also at 3rd level, you learn how to take advantage of your concealment to accurately place a lethal blow. When you would trigger Sneak Attack against a target from being hidden, you may reroll 1s on your Sneak Attack dice, taking the second result.

Open Concealment

Starting at 9th level, shadows seem to cling to you as you leave your hiding spot. If you use the Dash action while hidden, you may leave cover and still remain hidden unless you end this movement outside of cover.

Swift Escape

At 13th level, with a wave of your hands and perhaps sweeping of whatever cloak or clothes you may have, you vanish before your foes' eyes as they strike. When a creature makes an attack against you, you may use your reaction to make a Dexterity check against the target creature's Perception. On a success, you become invisible to the target until the end of your next turn and may move up to 10 feet without provoking opportunity attacks.

Phantom Pain

Starting at 17th level, each strike you leave on a creature digs deep and deteriorates the target's body quickly. On your turn, you may use your bonus action to deal additional necrotic damage to a target creature you triggered Sneak Attack on since the start of your previous turn. The damage is equal to the amount of Sneak Attack damage you dealt to the target.

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Bonus Proficiencies

When you join the College of the Ancient Tongue at 3rd level, parts of the Ancient Tongue resonate with you, granting clarity into the nature of language. You gain proficiency in History and you learn two languages of your choice.

Sealed Verses

Also at 3rd level, you utter words in the Ancient Tongue and inspire either hope or fear. When you use your Bardic Inspiration feature, you may instead have the target to gain an Ancient die which is a d6. A creature cannot roll this die. You may only have 1 such die on a creature at a time. At the start of a creature's turn, you can use a reaction to expend the Ancient die. For the rest of the turn, you can have the target reroll a number of dice equal to the value rolled on the Ancient die, taking the second result.

Lyrical Gestalt

At 6th level, you wield the language with ease, causing your art to transcend natural limitations. creatures who are unable to hear you can be affected by your bardic inspiration and sealed verses features. Additionally, if you or a creature roll a 1 for any of these features, you may reroll the die, taking the second result.

Song of the Ancients

Starting at 14th level, you weave the authoritative nature of Ancient Tongue together in a masterful display of lyricism and comprehension. You can affect a number of creatures equal to your Charisma modifier when you grant a creature an Ancient die using your sealed verses feature.

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Man-at-Arms

Also at 3rd level, you learn how to take advantage of the unique characteristics of each weapon. As a bonus action, you cause the next weapon attack you hit with this turn to cause the target to make a saving throw against a DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength or Dexterity modifier. The saving throw and effect depends on weapon's properties as outlined below.

Bludgeoning Damage. The weight of your blows causes the target to resist or be dazed by the force. The target must make a Constitution saving throw or be blinded until the start of its turn.

Piercing Damage. Your strike lands true, leaving a wound that debilitates mobility. The target must a Strength saving throw or have it's movement speed halved until the end of its next turn.

Slashing Damage. Using wide sweeps, you aim to knock aside your foes' balance. The target must make a Dexterity saving throw or be unable to use their reactions until the start of its turn.

Quickdraw

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn how to best draw your weapons. You can draw or stow an additional weapon as part of an attack on your turn.

Patient Strategist

Starting at 7th level, you throw a feint to bide time to set up your strikes. you may forgo one of your attack to have the next attack you make on your turn come under the effects of your man-at-arms feature.

Atypical Mastery

At 10th level, your knowledge of weapon traits grows even further. You gain additional benefits when using your man-at-arms feature depending on special properties of the weapon as detailed below. You only benefit from one of the following (your choice) per attack.

Ammunition/Thrown. Your weapons embed themselves deeply into the target, increasing the pain of removal. The target takes an additional 1d6 damage of the weapon's type at the start of its next turn.

Finesse. You flourish your weapon with ease back into a defensive stance. You have +2 AC against the next attack made against you until the start of the your next turn.

Heavy. The ferocity of the weighted attack causes the target to buckle slightly. If the target succeeds the saving throw, you may push it 5 feet away from you.

Reach. As you lever down on your attacks, you use the momentum to reposition yourself. You may move up to 10 feet without provoking opportunity attacks.

Two-Handed. You learn to better lean your weight into your weapon strikes. You add your Constitution modifier to damage rolls.

Versatile. Taking advantage of the spacing potential of your weapon, you move in to grapple the target. You may choose to also grapple the target if it fails the saving throw.

Redoubling Bane

Starting at 15th level, as a creature tries to recover from your assault, you lay into it again to thwart its efforts. When a creature succeeds on a saving throw caused by you during your turn, you can use your reaction to make another attack against the target. If this attack hits, you cause it to repeat the saving throw at disadvantage.

Weapon Master

Starting at 18th level, manipulating weapons is second nature, to a point where some function outside of their normal purview. When you use a weapon, you can grant it one additional property listed in the atypical mastery feature, using it accordingly. Additionally, you now benefit from up to two options (your choice) listed in the atypical mastery feature.

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Expanded Spell List

The Inner Shadow lets you choose from an expanded spell list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock list for you.

Bonus Cantrips

At 1st level, you learn the guidance and resistance cantrips. They count as warlock cantrips for you, but they don't count against your number of cantrips known.

Beneath Your Shadow

Staring at 1st level, since you've encountered your unconscious self, danger doesn't seem to phase you as much. You add your Charisma modifier to your initiative rolls. Additionally, if you are surprised and the resulting initiative check equals or exceeds your Warlock spell save DC + 2, you are not surprised and can immediately move up to an additional 10 feet.

Inner Potential

At 6th level, your patron reveals your inner potential and what you could have been had you chosen a different path. You can use your reaction to add your proficiency bonus to an ability check or saving throw. If you already have proficiency in that roll, you roll at advantage instead. You can use this feature once per short or long rest.

Shadow-Possessed

Starting at 10th level, you can temporarily induce fear and moral corruption using your patron's power. When you are hit with an attack, you may use your reaction to have the creature make a Wisdom saving throw against your Warlock spell save DC. On a failed save, the creature takes psychic damage equal to your Charisma modifier and becomes frightened of you. While frightened this way, the creature moves away from you to attack the nearest target on its turns until it saves. A creature can use its action to attempt to save from this effect. If the creature saves from this effect, it is immune from its effects for the next 24 hours.

Merged Persona

Starting at 14th level, you begin a life-long journey of integrating your patron with your active consciousness, granting you enhanced capabilities. You gain two special proficiencies in skills or saving throws of your choice; you may choose a skill or saving throw that you are already proficient in. While you have this special proficiency, you gain a bonus to rolls using these proficiencies equal to your Charisma modifier.

Additionally, as a reaction to you making a roll, you may choose to rescind one of the proficiencies and treat the roll as a value equal to your Warlock level. You regain a proficiency expended this way at the end of a long rest.

Renegade's Brutality

Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you brutalize others' ki using your own, restricting their perception and movements. Whenever you hit a creature with one of the attacks granted by your Flurry of Blows, you can impose one of the following effects:

• It must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, you move up to 5 feet, moving the target creature to an adjacent space within 5 feet of you if it is no more than one size larger than you.
• A creature must make a Wisdom saving throw. If it fails, it becomes frightened of you until it saves. It can make an additional save at the end of its turns and as an action.
• It can't take reactions until the end of your next turn.

Draining Blow

Starting at 6th level, you learn how to draw the life force of others to invigorate yourself. When you hit a creature with an attack granted by your Flurry of Blows, you may use your reaction to heal hitpoints equal to half the damage you deal. You may heal a total amount of hitpoints equal to 3 times your monk level per long rest.

Repulsion

Beginning at 11th level, you learn how to drive away your foes with a wave of ki. You can spend 2 ki points to cast the hellish rebuke spell at 1st level, but it deals force damage rather than fire damage. Additionally, the target is also pushed back 10 feet away from you.

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Purging Essence

Beginning at at 17th level, you learn how to alight a target using their own life force. When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike, you can spend 4 ki points to cause a creature to make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 3d6 fire damage and takes an additional 3d6 fire damage at the start of its turns. On a successful save, the creature takes 3d6 fire damage and does not suffer ongoing damage. Fire damage caused by this feature cannot be reduced or prevented in any way. Ongoing damage can only be ended by you as an action.

Additionally, creatures dealt fire damage by this feature have its hitpoint total reduced by an amount equal to the damage dealt. A creature's hitpoint total reduced this way increases by 2d10, up to its original maximum, at the end of a long rest.

Way of the Closed Palm - v.1.1

Super edgy homebrew by No Laifu. It's Inktober 2019 and I want to do something this time around; I'll be doing thematic subclasses based on the prompt. Today's (Oct. 27) prompt: coat. I designed this to be a sort of thematic and mechanical opposite of the Way of the Open Hand, creating abilities that could be seen within the same vein but at a different approach or angle.

Image used: "Taigam's Strike" by David Gaillet. Image source.

Stormrider Magic

Starting at 3rd level, you learn an additional spell when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown in the Stormrider Spells table. The spell counts as a ranger spell for you, but it doesn't count against the number of rangers spells you know.

Bonus Proficiency

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Perception, or Survival.

Rising Threat

Starting at 3rd level, you leap into battle, empowered by the rush of danger as you are battered and beaten about. You add your Wisdom modifier to initiative rolls.

Additionally, While you are at or below half your hit point maximum, you gain +2 AC and your attacks deal additional damage equal to your Wisdom modifier.

Warrior's Intuition

Starting at 7th level, your experience in battle shows. While you are at or below half your hit point maximum, you add your Wisdom modifier to Strength and Dexterity saving throws.

Rallying Strike

Beginning at 10th level, as blows meet their mark, you retaliate as you reach your full potential. When you are reduced to or below half your hitpoint maximum, you may use your reaction to immediately make an attack against a target you can see. If you hit with this attack, you gain temporary hitpoints equal to twice your Fighter level. You may use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier. You regain all expended uses after a long rest.

Honed Senses

Starting at 15th level, your risky fighting preferences demanded a level of focus you constantly surpass. You gain proficiency in either Dexterity or Wisdom saving throws.

Mantle of Steel

At 18th level, on your last legs do you find your second wind to cleave through enemy lines. While you are at or below 30 hitpoints, when you make an attack, you can make another attack with the same weapon against a different creature that is within 5 feet of the original target and within range of your weapon.

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Eyes on the Prize

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you hone your senses to focus on a specific target. As a bonus action or when you roll initiative, you mark a creature you can see within 30 feet of you. A creature is marked until you finish a short or long rest. You can have a number of marks equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1). You have advantage on Nature and Survival checks made to track that creature.

Ratcatcher

Also at 3rd level, your gaze is constantly searching for openings to subdue your mark. When you trigger Sneak Attack against a marked creature on your turn, you may choose to halve the Sneak Attack damage and immediately grapple the target if it is no more than one size larger than you. If you maintain the grapple until the start of your next turn, you may use your bonus action to restrain the target.

Body Block

Starting at 9th level, as threats close in from all sides, sometimes the best defense is your prize. When you would take damage and are within 5 feet of a target creature marked by you, you may use your reaction to cause the target to takes half the damage you would.

Bag And Tag

Starting at 13th level, the moment you lay your hands on a foe, they are subject to the whims of your movement. When you grapple or restrain a creature, you may use your reaction to immediately move up to your movement speed without provoking opportunity attacks.

Brutalize

At 17th level, you make attacks in a manner meant to terrify your foe using ruthless tactics and strikes. When you could use Sneak Attack against a creature on your turn as part of your Attack action, you may forgo it to use your reaction to make an additional attack against the target. This attack scores a critical hit on an 19 or 20 and deals an additional 5d6 damage if you do not have disadvantage on the attack.

Additionally, if this attack scores a critical hit, creatures hostile to you within 20 feet of the target must make a Wisdom saving throw. Creatures marked by you make the save at disadvantage. The DC is equal to half the damage dealt or DC13, whichever is higher. On a failed save, a creature is frightened of you until it saves. It can make an additional save at the end of its turns or as an action.

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Bonus Cantrips

When you adopt this school at 2nd level, you learn the druidcraft cantrip and another druid cantrip of your choice.

Scholar Naturae

Also at 2nd level, you learn how to use arcane energy to produce natural effects. When you would learn a Wizard spell by gaining a Wizard level, you may instead choose to learn a druid spell. Druid spells learned this way can be inscribed into your spellbook and count as Wizard spells for you.

Hortimancy

At 6th level, nature seems to wildly grows as you prod with your arcane powers. The goodberry and spike growth spells are added to your spellbook if they are not already known and count as Wizard spells for you. Additionally, you may cast both spells once per short or long rest without spending a spell slot.

Wild Whispers

Starting at 10th level, you develop a deep inherent understanding of the natural world which understands you in turn. The plant growth and speak with plants spells are always prepared and do not count against the number of spells you can prepare each day.

Additionally, casting the plant growth spell grants additional benefits:

• Enriching the land takes half the time and can affect up to a mile.
• A creature can only move 5 feet on its turns while in difficult terrain caused by this spell. You may use your bonus action to have a creature become immune to this effect until the end of its next turn.

Primal Arcana

At 14th level, despite your arcane origin, you quickly decipher natural magic and can efficiently integrate it into your repetoire. You may now inscribe any druid spell into your spellbook and prepare them accordingly; they count as wizard spells for you. However, you must have seen that spell at least once a day over the course of seven days.

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