Shaman

A dragonborn sits in an open field, donning the hide armor they just created from a fallen beast. They whistle and a spiritual entity apparates before them, a floating mote of light by their side.

An elf carefully walks through the forest. A sound in the canopy alters them, and they instantly raise their staff and unleash multiple bursts of elemental energy. The bodies of two intruders fall to the ground.

Hit Points

Hit Dice: 1d8 per shaman level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per shaman level after 1st

Proficiencies

Armor: Light armor, hide armor
Weapons: Simple weapons
Tools: Herbalism kit
Saving Throws: Strength, Wisdom
Skills: Choose two from Animal Handling, Acrobatics, Athletics, Insight, Investigation, Nature, Perception, Religion, and Survival

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background.

• (a) light armor or (b) hide armor
• (a) an explorer's pack or (b) a priest's pack
• Two simple weapons, and a spiritual focus

A spiritual focus acts as a connection to spirits and a spellcasting focus. It is often represented by a piece of nature closely related to spirits its wielder is close to, such as a wooden staff, beasts paw, animal bones, or a petrified flower of other piece of nature.

Cantrips

At 1st level, you know five cantrips of your choice from the shaman spell list. You learn additional shaman cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Shaman table.

Spell Slots

The Shaman table shows how many spell slots you have. The table also shows what the level of those slots is; all of your spell slots are the same level. To cast one of your shaman spells of 1st level or higher, you must expend a spell slot. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a short or long rest.

For example, when you are 5th level, you have two 3rd-level spell slots. To cast the 1st-level spell burning hands, you must spend one of those slots, and you cast it as a 3rd-level spell.

Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher

You know two 1st-level spells of your choice from the shaman spell list.

The Spells Known column of the Shaman table shows when you learn more shaman spells of 1st level and higher. A spell you choose must be of a level no higher than what’s shown in the table’s Slot Level column for your level. When you reach 6th level, for example, you learn a new shaman spell, which can be 1st, or 2nd level.

Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the shaman spells you know and replace it with another spell from the shaman spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

Spellcasting Ability

You cast spells through your connection with spirits. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your shaman spells, so you use your Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a shaman spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

• Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier

• Spell Attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier

Ritual Casting

You can cast any shaman spell you know as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag.

Spellcasting Focus

You can use a spiritual focus as a spellcasting focus for your shaman spells.

Essence Spells

Each essence has a list of associated spells, known as essence spells, that you gain at the shaman levels noted in the essence description. Once you gain an essence spell, you always know it, and it doesn't count against the number of spells you know. If you gain an essence spell that doesn't appear on the shaman spell list, that spell is nonetheless a shaman spell for you.

Essence of Frost

Frost represents the chilled bite of nature, from winter storms to cold nights. These aspects of nature can be harsh and unforgiving, but can also wipe away wrongdoings of the past and freeze out corruption. Shaman of this essence can easily tend to one end of this spectrum, but most fall somewhere in the middle, able to strike a balance within the circle of life.

Essence Spells

Spirit Manifest

Starting at 1st level, you can manifest a mote of spiritual energy in the world. As a bonus action, you conjure a mote of light that floats in the space of a creature you can see with 30 feet of you, and sheds bright light 5 feet around it. It stays in that creature's space and follows it until you use a bonus action to have it follow a different creature you can see within 30 feet of you. You can dismiss it at any time on your turn (no action required). If it is ever more than 120 feet from you, it is automatically dismissed. You can have no more than one mote of light created this way.

You can target the creature this mote is following with shaman spells as if you can see it and as if it is within range of the spell. Any spell cast this way ignores half and three-quarters cover.

Healing Channel

Also at 1st level, you are able to channel the energy of your ancestors to aid others. As a bonus action, you can restore 1d12 hit points to a creature you can see within 60 feet of you. This increases to 2d12 at 6th level, and 3d12 at 10th level in this class.

If the target has your mote of light following it, it regains additional hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of 1).

You can use this feature twice, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.

Flow

Beginning at 6th level, spirits alter your movements in defense. As a reaction to making a saving throw, you can roll an additional d20 and use either result of your choice.

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

Spirit Light

At 10th level, you gain resistance to your choice of acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage. You can change this choice whenever you finish a long rest.

Additionally, when you die, you can choose to destroy your body permanently. If you do, you can't be brought back to life short of a wish spell, and your spirit remains as a Tiny mote of light that follows a creature of its choice and shines bright light 5 feet around it. While this mote of light is following a creature, that creature has advantage on death saving throws, and it can summon or dismiss the light as a bonus action.

Ancestral Spirits

By 14th level, you can conjure ancestral spirits into the material world. When you deal damage to a creature, you can call forth the spirits of your ancestors to materialize and attack it. Visible spirits swirl around the target until the start of your next turn. During this time, the creature is blind, has a speed of 0, and has total cover. At the start of your next turn, the target must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, the target takes 8d8 psychic damage. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage.

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

Essence Spells

Essence Spells

Divine Sprite

At 1st level, you gain a divine sprite that aids and guides you. This entity takes the form of your choice, but must be Tiny in size, and it floats in your space unless otherwise noted. You can summon or dismiss this sprite at any time on your turn (no action required).

The sprite has the following properties:

• Creed. You have proficiency in the Religion skill while your divine sprite is summoned. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any check you make with this skill relating to a deity or divine spirit.
• Radiant Luminous. Once per turn, when you make a ranged spell attack as part of a shaman cantrip, your sprite can surge glowing light into it. The range of the attack becomes 120 feet unless it was already higher, it ignores half and three-quarters cover, and it deals radiant damage instead of its normal type.
• Divine Eye. As an action, you can have your sprite move up to 30 feet, and you can make an Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Perception) check as if you were in its space. It returns to you at the end of the turn.

Illuminating Light

Also starting at 1st level, you can call divine light down upon your enemies. As an action, choose a point within 60 feet of you, bright light shines in a 10 foot radius 100 foot high cylinder originating from that point. Each creature in the light must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC or be blinded until the start of your next turn, or until it takes damage.

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

Flight of the Divine

Beginning at 6th level, you can summon spectral wings of light from your back as a bonus action. These wings last until the end of your next turn and shine bright light 5 feet around you. During this time, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed, and your movement doesn't provoke opportunity attacks.

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

Radiant Body

At 10th level, you gain resistance to radiant damage, and radiant damage you deal ignores resistance to radiant damage.

In addition, as an action, you can move your divine sprite up to 30 feet and teleport to its location in a flash of light. Once you teleport this way, you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Divine Calling

Starting at 14th level, your divine sprite can alter its form and cast spells for you. As an action, your divine sprite transforms, taking the appearance of a celestial of your choice. It then casts up to 5 shaman cantrips of your choice that each have a casting time of 1 action, using your Wisdom as its spellcasting ability, and your level as its character level. Each of these cantrips can benefit from its Radiant Luminous ability if it is able. It then returns to its normal form.

Once your divine sprite transforms this way, it can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Essence Spells

Heroic Soul

By 1st level, the heroic spirits you channel grant you abilities beyond your normal training. You gain proficiency with martial melee weapons, all medium armor, and heavy armor.

In addition, Starting at 2nd level in this class, when you use your action on your turn to cast a shaman cantrip, you can make one melee weapon attack as a bonus action that turn.

Striking Spirit

Finally beginning at 1st level, you have advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened, you can use a weapon you are proficient in as a spellcasting focus for your shaman spells, and you don't have disadvantage on ranged spell attacks due to being within 5 feet of a hostile creature.

Quick Step

Beginning at 6th level, once on each of your turns, immediately before or after you make a melee weapon attack or a spell attack as part of a shaman cantrip, you can move up to 10 feet without provoking opportunity attacks. Every 2 feet of this movement expends only 1 foot of your movement.

Warrior's Guidance

Starting at 10th level, once per turn, you can add your Wisdom modifier to the damage of a weapon attack you hit.

Resilience

Also starting at 10th level, the first time on each turn you take damage from a creature you can see within 5 feet of you, that damage is reduced by 2.

Hero's Strike

By 14th level, as an action, you can channel the spirits of fallen heroes to strike with you in a whirlwind of magical attacks.

Make your choice of a melee weapon attack or melee spell attack that applies to each creature and object of your choice you can see in a 30-foot cone originating from you. On a hit, a target takes force damage equal to 2d12 + your Wisdom modifier (minimum of 1), and if it is a creature it is knocked prone and pushed up to 10 feet in a horizontal direction of your choice. On a miss, a target takes half as much damage and no other effects.

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

Bestial Strike

transmutation cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 10 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You gain bestial natural weapons, such as claws, teeth, or a tail. Make two melee spell attacks against one creature, or two different creatures within range. On a hit, each attack deals 1d4 magical bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage (your choice). If you hit a same creature with both attacks, you can push it up to 5 feet directly away from you. After you make the attacks, the natural weapons fade.

The damage of each of this spell’s attacks increases by 1d4 when you reach 5th level (2d4), 11th level (3d4), and 17th level (4d4).

Death Read

divination cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S, M (a pinch of ash)
• Duration: Instantaneous

You touch the body or remains of a creature. If the creature died within the past 24 hours, you learn one of the following pieces of information of your choice:

• How long ago the creature died.
• The creature's name, if it had one.
• How the creature died.
• The type of the creature, and subtype it if has one.

After you cast this spell on a body or remains, you can't cast it on that target again.

When you cast this spell, you can increase the casting time by up to 3 minutes. For each minute you increase it, you learn an additional piece of information of your choice.

Elemental Bombardment

conjuration cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You conjure a ball of elemental energy and split it into its essential elements. Choose one of the following damage types: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder. Make a ranged spell attack against a creature you can see within range. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 damage of the chosen type.

You choose an additional damage type at 5th level (2 types), 11th level (3 types), and 17th level (4 types). The attack deals 1d8 damage of each of the chosen types on a hit.

Guide Energy

transmutation cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You alter the spiritual energy given off by an object or plant of your choice within range. You can alter minor properties of the chosen object, such as flickering a fire, blooming a flower, or shinning metal. This effect must be something the object is naturally capable of doing. Alternatively, you can create a small sensory effect around the object, such as sparkles, sounds of the object, or moisture in the air. The effect persists for 1 round, unless you use your action to continue it for an additional round.

Icicle

evocation cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You form an icicle in your free hand, and hurl it at a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the creature. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 cold damage, and has its speed reduced by 10 feet until the start of your next turn.

The spell’s damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).

Ignite Earth

evocation cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 120 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You ignite fire beneath a creature you can see within range. The target must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 1d8 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful save.

The spell’s damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).

Lightning Leap

evocation cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a Tiny piece of metal)
• Duration: Instantaneous

Make a ranged spell attack against a creature you can see within range, as a jolt of lightning arcs towards it. On a hit, the target takes 1d4 lightning damage. Hit or miss, the lightning arcs to up to one other creature of your choice within 10 feet of the target. If the attack roll would hit that creature, it takes 1d4 lightning damage.

This spell’s initial and secondary damage each increase by 1d4 when you reach 5th level (2d4), 11th level (3d4), and 17th level (4d4).

Chain Link

1st-level enchantment

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a ravens feather)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You create a mystical chain between yourself and another creature you can see within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 necrotic damage and must succeed on a Strength saving throw or become tethered to you and be unable to willingly move more than 30 feet away from you. A creature tethered this way can use its action to repeat the saving throw, ending the tether on a success.

As an action on subsequent turns, you can repeat the spell attack against the target if it is within range. On a hit, the target must repeat the saving throw if it is not tethered to you, becoming tethered on a failure.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage the attack deals increases by 1d10 for each spell slot above 1st.

Frigid Winds

1st-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (20 feet)
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You create a 5 foot wide 20 foot long line of blistering cold winds originating from you. Each creature in the line must make a Constitution saving throw. A creature that fails its save takes 2d6 cold damage and has its speed reduced by 10 feet until the end of its next turn. A creature that succeeds takes half as much damage and doesn't have its speed reduced.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage is increases by 1d6 for each spell level above 1st.

Beast Claw

2nd-level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 10 feet
• Components: S, V
• Duration: Instantaneous

You summon the visage of a beast spirit around you, and make 3 melee spell attacks against targets of your choice within range. On a hit each attack deals 1d10 bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage (your choice).

At higher levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd-level or higher, you can make 1 additional melee spell attack for each slot level above 2nd, up to a maximum of 6 attacks.

Flair

2nd-level illusion (ritual)

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 100 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a bit of ash)
• Duration: Instantaneous

You shoot a flair of illusory colors and effects into the air from a point you can see within range. The flair flies a distance of your choice up to 1000 feet straight up, then explodes into a burst of colors. You choose the colors of the burst and can add up to 3 additional simple visual effects to it, such as trailing tails, forming a simple shape, or shimmering. The size of the burst and effects can't exceed a 30-foot sphere. This illusion can be seen for up to 10 miles.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you can create an additional illusory burst for each spell slot above 2nd. You can choose the same or different colors and effects for each burst, and each can be shot from a different point you can see within range.

Create Totem

3rd-level Conjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You create a totem in an unoccupied space you can see within range. The totem is a Small magical wooden pole that radiates a magical aura within 30 feet of it. When you cast this spell, choose one of the following effects for the aura, and you can designate any number of creatures to be unaffected by it:

Determine. Creature's in the aura can add 1d6 to Wisdom, Charisma, and Intelligence saving throws.

Fortitude. Creature's in the aura can add 1d6 to Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution saving throws.

Menace. On each creature's turn while in the aura, it can add 1d6 to 1 attack roll it makes.

Nimble. Creature's ignore difficult terrain in the aura. A creature that starts its turn in the aura gains a 10 foot bonus to its speed that turn.

You can use your action on subsequent turns to move the totem up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see.

At higher levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th-level or higher, you create another additional totem for each spell slot above 3rd. You must choose a different effect for each totem. Each additional totem sits on top of the others and moves with the first.

Primeval Barrier

3rd-level abjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (10-foot-radius)
• Components: V S
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You create a glowing barrier of energy around yourself. For the duration, you shed bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for another 10 feet, and the first time each turn a creature hits you with a melee attack, it takes radiant damage equal to your spellcasting ability modifier.

When the spell ends, the energy is expelled in a wave out from you, forcing each creature other than you within 10 feet of you to make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 4d10 radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

At higher levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th-level or higher, the damage from the spell ending increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 3rd.

Rearrange

3rd-level enchantment

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

Choose up to 3 creatures or objects you can see within range. Each target is pulled up to 20 feet in a direction of your choice within range. An unwilling creature that succeeds on a Constitution saving throw is unaffected.

At higher levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th-level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot level above 3rd.

Release Spirit

3rd-level divination

• Casting Time: 1 minute
• Range: 10 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

Choose a willing creature to briefly separate its spirit from. The creature must remain within range for the entire casting of the spell, at the end of which, a ghostly visage of itself rises from its body. The creature becomes paralyzed for the duration of the spell, except it can't talk, it can see and hear as if it were in its visages space, and it can use its action to move its visage up to 15 feet, or make a Wisdom (Perception) check from its visages location.

The visage can move in any direction and it can move through objects and structures no more than 1 foot thick. The paralyzed creature can choose to end the spell at any time (no action required).

Acid Stream

4th-level conjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (30 feet)
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You conjure a stream of acid in a 5-foot wide 30 foot long line originating from yourself. Each creature in the stream must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 4d6 acid damage and becomes blinded until the start of your next turn. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage an isn't blinded.

At higher levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th-level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each spell level above 4th.

Twist Body

4th-level enchantment

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S, M (the eye of a newt)
• Duration: Instantaneous

You can control of the body of a creature within range and attempt to pull it in all directions at the same time. The target must make a Constitutions saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 6d6 force damage and is thrown up to 20 feet in a random direction. Roll a d4 for the direction: 1, north; 2, south; 3, east; or 4, west. If the target fails its saving throw by 5 or more, you can choose the direction instead, and you can choose for the direction to be directly up. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isn't thrown.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the damage increase by 1d6 for each slot level above 4th.

Blast of Air

5th-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

Make a ranged spell attack against a creature you can see within range, as you launch a blast of air towards it. On a hit, the target takes 10d6 bludgeoning damage, and is pushed up to 20 feet in a direction of your choice.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 and the distance you can push the creature increases by 10 feet for each spell level above 5th.

Chasm

5th level transmutation

• Classes: druid
• Casting Time: 10 minutes
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (5 pounds of stone from at least 30 feet beneath the ground which the spell consumes)
• Duration: Instantaneous

You rip open a 30 foot long 10 foot wide 30 foot deep chasm through the ground within range. Any creature, object, or structure on the ground directly above the chasm falls into the chasm if it can fit and there is nothing else holding it aloft.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the length of the chasm increases by 10 feet for each slot level above 5th.

Infinite Choice

5th-level divination

• Casting Time: 1 hour
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S, M (a strand of hair, fingernail, or other body part of the target, and 200 GP worth of charcoal, and incense, all of which the spell consumes)
• Duration: 8 hours

You preform a ritual cursing a creature you are familiar with that you have a piece of. At the end of the casting of the spell, if the target is on the same plane of existence as you, a curse is placed on it until the spell ends.

While a creature is cursed this way, you always know its distance from you.

You can target the cursed creature with any spell you cast of 5th level or lower that is capable of targeting that creature, without regard to range or your inability to see the cursed creature. Any part of the spell that would travel to the target is instead teleported to its space. Targeting the cursed creature this way ends the spell.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, you can target the cursed creature with a spell of a level less than or equal to the spell slot used.