Classes

Dancer

 Amidst the bustling taverns, and raucous inns, bards fill the stages spinning wondrous tales as lute and viola strings plink and plunk out amazing tunes to go alongside them. Some seek to tell stories of heroes and monsters, of damsels and pirates. Some instead focus on the more coarse melodies to fit the raucous fair, but a few stages support a different entertainer to accompany the lovely sounds, a true Dancer.

 These practitioners are not simply inn maids that decide to dance a jig for a bit of coin, but instead are traveling souls that seek to better their craft in everything they do, and the difference between them and someone moving to a beat is immediately seen. They capture movements to music in a way that truly entrances those that watch them and can carry a performance as well as any bard could.

 During their travels and adventures, it is likely that they will come to blows, either with ruffians in the back alleys, or Kobolds within the dampen caverns tunnels. They are not some frail thing though, and assuming that would be folly, as they are just as home on the battlefield as they are on the stage. Whether it be through providing ample support to their allies, boosting and pushing them to do even better, or beguiling their foes, causing them to lose sight of the fight at hand or in some cases, become a turncoat until they snap back to themselves. There is even a special style that seeks to hone their battle prowess to the point of obsession, yielding a lithe fighter that is more able fighting for their life than on the stage.

The Allure of the Dance

 Dancers of any style all have at least some ability to use magical means to entrap their audiences. It is not always a negative thing, and in fact, in most cases, their magic is used to provide a boon to their viewer, and instill upon them a vigor and finesse that they may have forgotten they had. Only sometimes do they use these powers to ensnare would be victims in their spells, causing a variety of problems and dangerous effects.

 Regardless of style, it is impressed upon them from the start of their training, the importance of only using such a potent power to aid and assist the common folk and heroes alike. They do not train for the benefit of only themselves, and those that show such tendencies are weeded out during training, though a few skilled manipulators will always manage to find their way through the cracks.

Trained for Pleasure and Purpose

 A dancer is different than the barmaid dancing for coin and a good time, and their training is one of the cornerstones of that difference. Once they are a midling age, they are let into the 'schools' and trained. These schools, if you could call them that, are mostly skilled practitioners that form a troupe, and take in a handful of new students every few years to teach their specific style of dance.

 Over this time, a Dancer is able to travel around and mingle with peoples of a variety of cultures, and in doing so can develop a true knack of understanding. They may not be a doctor, but they certainly can help listen and talk to their patrons, just as any bard or great bartender is able to.

Creating a Dancer

 As you create your dancer character, you will want to think about a couple of things. First and foremost, why did your character become a dancer? Was she inspired at a young age? Perhaps she was a runaway, who sought out comfort and a life in a traveling troupe, only to really take to the dancer ways. She could have had a mother who was a prolific dancer in her younger days, and seeking to emulate her, she chose too, to learn the 'family trade'.

 You will really want to think of a few things, mainly why you chose to become a dancer, as well as what drives you further, over the course of the campaign. It is one things for someone just getting by to become a dancer, but they need a true reason to seek to perfect their craft.

 Regardless of the reasons and paths that you decide on, alignment should be simple, as most dancers will lean towards having a Good alignment, or towars Chaotic, to emulate the 'Free Spirit'.

Quick Build

 You can make a Dancer quickly by following these suggestions. First, Charisma should be your highest stat, followed by Dexterity. Second choose the Entertainer background, or a background with Performance focus. Third, choose the dancing lights and mind sliver cantrips, along with the three of the four following 1st-level spells: charm person, cure wounds, detect magic, healing word.

Class Features

As a Dancer, you gain the following class features

Flow of Battle

 At 1st level, you begin to understand and follow the flow of battle. When you use your action to attack or cast a spell, you gain a point of Flow. You may have a max number of Flow points equal to your charisma modifier. These charges go away as combat ends.

 You may spend a point to take the Dash or Disengage action as a bonus action.

Spellcasting

 Through countless hours of study and practice, you've finally began to understand the weave and ebb of the arcane, grasping the concepts needed to begin your studies in depth. See Chapter 10 of the PHB for the general rules of spellcasting.

Dancer's Defense

 At 2nd level, you gain the ability to read the flow of battle even better, making yourself harder to hit. While you have at least one Flow charge, and are wearing no armor, your AC becomes 10 + your Charisma Modifier + your Dexterity modifier.

Exotic Offense

 Also at 2nd level, you begin to use that same ebb and flow to strike more effectively with your attacks. While you have at least one Flow charge, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. You do not need advantage on this attack if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn't incapacitated, and you don't have disadvantage on the attack roll. If you do so, deduct a Flow charge.

 This damage increases by one die for each further 5 levels that you take of the Dancer class. This means 2d6 at 7th level, 3d6 at 12th level, and 4d6 at 17th level.

Style Specialization

  At 3rd level you choose a Style. This style will be the guiding force of your progression as a dancer. There are three main Styles to focus on, as follows. The Succor Soul Style, that gives focus to lending aid and comfort to those in need, as well as supporting those on the frontline of battle. The Siren's Trance style, that focuses on truly confusing and sowing seeds of doubt and mistrust within the minds of their foes. Lastly, there is The Heron's Song style, which focuses on mastering their art of dance and employing it to achieve a level of martial prowess that is only heightened by their magical studies.

Dancer's Expertise

 At 3rd level, choose one of your skill proficiencies besides Performance. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses the chosen proficiency, as well as Performance.

 At 10th level, you can choose another skill proficiency to gain this benefit once more. In addition, your proficiency bonus is now tripled for any checks made with the Performance skill.

Steel Mind

 At 5th level the constant attacks on your character; physically, verbally and mentally; have helped to make you resistant to further abuse. You have advantage on any saves from charms or mind-influencing effects. In addition if you would take Psychic damage, you instead take 5 less.

 At 13th level, you become immune to charm effects entirely, and now instead, have resistance to Psychic type damage.

Evasive Steps

 At 7th level, your knowledge of the flow of combat makes it easier to predict some movements, so that you can dodge accordingly. While you have at least one Flow charge, when you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.

Rhythm is Magic

 At 9th level, you become more adept at weaving your magics into battle. Now, instead of gaining only a single Flow charge from the use of spells, you now gain charges equal to half the level of the spell, rounded down. For example if you would cast a 5th level spell, without this feature you would gain a single Flow charge, but with the feature, you would gain two, and three with a 6th level spell.

Mystifying Ballet

 Stuff to come.

Fluidity of Body and Mind

 At 18th level, your mastery over the battlefield is exceedingly evident in not only your actions but your thoughts. Attackers wishing to attack you with an attack of opportunity must do so at disadvantage. Any checks made to trip, disarm, grapple, or restrain you are done so with disadvantage also. Additionally when knocked prone, it only costs 5ft. of movement to get back up, and any checks to regain your freedom of movement are made at advantage.

Dancer Styles

Succor Soul

 You have devoted most of your time to seeing the world become a better place, either due to a want for good in the world, or to try and make it better than it has been to you. Regardless, you have set your focus to something that will allow you to achieve that goal, so that all may find succor and comfort from you.

Inspired Revelation

 Starting at 3rd level, you can give nearby party members inspiration and vigor, enough so to at times change the hands of Fate. On your turn, as an action, you may target a friendly creature in 15 feet of you to give a revelation point. They may use these points on any check, save or other roll, to roll with advantage. These points will vanish after a short or long rest. At 3rd level, you may use this feature 2 times, at 10th level 4 times, and at 17th level 6 times. Once you have used the feature the appropriate number of times, you cannot do so again until you have finished a long rest.

Peaceful Touch

 Also beginning at 3rd level, your touch becomes infused with the very power you use during battle, though now to heal and aid those in need. You now have access to a pool of healing power, that replenishes when you take a long rest, and has a number of points equal to 5 x your Dancer level. During your turn, you may use an action to touch a willing creature, and expend a number of points from the pool to restore an equal amount of health, up to their maximum hit points.

A Welcome Respite

 At 6th level, you become able to weave your healing magics into your performances. During a short rest, you may perform a special dance for any within your camp. Those that watch you can then heal themselves for 2 hit die. These hit die do not count towards the daily maximum.

Flowing Five Step

 At 10th level, you have become able to blend the use of your battle knowledge with the assistance of your party. As an action, you can spend a Flow charge to target an ally in 30 feet. That ally can then use their reaction to take a single action as though it were their turn. This cannot consist of a movement and an attack, or anything that would result in more than a single action occurring, other than multi-attack. They may also not use a leveled spell, though a cantrip is fine. Once you have used this feature 4 times, you cannot do so again until you have finished a long rest.

Succor's Ardour

 At 15th level, the healing magics that you weave are becoming more and more familiar, resulting in an even smoother incorporation into your normal actions. As a bonus action, you may spend any number of Flow charges to help restore a bit of your healing pool, adding back to it a number of points equal to your Charisma modifier for each charge expended in this way.

Ephemeral Bliss

 At 20th level, you become fully intune with both battle, as well as the ebb and flow of the supportive magics that you use, allowing you to achieve two amazing feats. First, if you cast a spell on an ally of 7th level or lower with only them as the target, you can optionally cause the spell to affect yourself as well, or by spending a Flow charge, another character within the spells range.

 Lastly, you may use this feature to instantly restore all resources of one of the following for yourself; HP, Flow Charges, Revelation Die, or Healing Pool. Using this ability is extremely taxing and leaves you Stunned for the following round. After you have used this feature, you are not able to use it again for another week.

Siren's Trance

 You have seen the power that your appeal has over those who watch you, as well as its moderate effects on the battlefield, and thus have sought out to capitalize on that. Whether it be by sneaky tactics are oppresive magical effects, where there is a will, theres a way.

Spellsong Salsa

 If there is one thing that time on the road and in the thick of battle has shown you, that is that sometimes, there is no time or even use in subterfuge, and that at times the best course of action is kill or be killed. At 10th level, as an action, you may start a special dance, requiring a concetration check if you take damage before your next turn. At the start of your next turn, you may use another action to enact the powers that you wove into being with your dance, casting a spell from the sorcerer/wizard list that is equal to the highest level you are currently able to cast. The spell must have two criteria; Firstly, it must have a casting time of 1 round or less, and secondly, it must contain some form of damage dealing or death mechanic. You may use this feature once at 10th level, after which you are not able to use it again until you have finished a long rest.

Prismatic Prance

 At 15th level, the flow of battle and its gaps are becoming like second nature to you, and using your magical prowess within that flow has become something of a passion. As an action you may expend a minimum of two flow charges to choose a square you can see within 60 feet. You instantly teleport there, and errupt in brilliant array of colors and patterns, causing all creatures in a 20 foot radius to be hit with the prismatic spray and hypnotic pattern spells. For each Flow charge after the second, you may select one creature to exclude from these effects. You may only use this feature once, after which you are not able to use it again until you have finished a long rest.

Magnificent/Malefic Mambo

 At 20th level, the progress you have made with magical research and the ebb and flow of battle have come to a summit, achieving a truly amazing feat of both extreme aid, and extreme detriment. As an action, you may dance and weave a magic of the highest order around the battlefield, cloaking a 100ft square in a brilliant golden wave of magical energy. Enemies caught in the square must make a Wisdom save, equal to your Spell save DC, and must do so for each round that they end their turn within the magic area. For each enemy and ally within the zone roll 1d6, and apply the chart below. If a spell below requires a save before suffering an effect, then the save is equal to the Dancer's spell save of equivalent level. If a spell requires concentration, it does in pertaining to this feature. You may only use this feature once, after which you are not able to use it again for one week.

The Heron's Song

 Within the heat of battle, you've found your purpose, as your blade dances alongside your friend and foe alike, weaving a majestic tale of carnage in your wake. Named after the fabled Blademasters of old, the practitioners of the style hope to show that the heron can fly once more.

Offensive Training - Core Feature

 Some Dancers will prefer to focus on Magic, while others will aim to blend the two. Those that practice the Heron's Song will forego nearly all furtherance of the magical arts, in exchange for focusing their attention on their martial studies. When you are leveling up your character, apply any spells known and spells learned, as though you were 5 levels lower, to a minimum of 3rd level.

Exotic Mastery

 At 3rd level, the same exotic offense that all dancers learn, you begin to master. Your first use of Exotic Offense each combat does not require any Flow charges to be spent. This increases to twice at 6th level, 3 times at 10th, 4 times at 15th, and at 20th level it never requires any Flow charges to be spent.

Fighting Style

 Also at 3rd level, in order to become more cognizant of battle your study of other fighters has led to a deeper understanding. You may choose a Fighting Style, as a Fighter does. For a list of these please see the Fighter section of the Player's Handbook, at page 72.

Extra Attack

 At 6th level, your understanding and skill has widened. You can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Dodging Pirouette

 Also at 6th level, your understanding is not just limited to attacking, but defense as well. As a reaction, you may expend a Flow charge to reduce the damage you would take from any attack to half.

Snake in the Reeds

 At 10th level, the deep understanding of martial techniques are allowing you to do things you would have never even imagined. As a bonus action, you may spend a Flow charge to designate a target. When you do so, you may grant yourself advantage on attack rolls against the designated target this turn.

The Frog and Fly

 The deep understanding of martial techniques are allowing you to do things you would have never even imagined. Begining at 10th level, you may use your reaction to deflect a single projectile from the air that has you or a creature directly behind you as the target. To do so, once the attack is confirmed to hit, you may roll 1d10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Dancer level, and reduce it by the amount. You may use this feature a numbder of times per day equal to your Charisma modifier, after which, you are not able to use it again until finishing a long rest.

As the Willow Breaks

 The forms you are begining to truly master are yielding the most impressive of fruits. At 15th level, you may use a bonus action and expend two Flow charges, to make all attacks that you make until your next turn have an expanded crit range of 17-20. You may use this feature twice, after which, you are not able to use it again until finishing a long rest.

Expanded Awareness

 You've grown more and more accustomed to battles, and are finally beginning to develop a sort of sixth sense. Also at 15th level, whenever you roll initiative, you may add 1 Flow charge. In addition, it is now impossible to surprise you via non-magical means.

Mastery of the Flow

 At 20th level you have attained a sort of zen nature amidst the crash and clatter of steel. If you gain 1 Flow charge from an action, you now gain two. In addition, any abilities other than spells that regenerate at a long rest, now only need a short rest to do so.

Scion

 There are those in the world that are born with amazing talents of all sorts, and those born with special blood running through their veins, allowing them to control the very earth and air. Some are even born with the ability to commune with the gods, and truly understand their patron's grand designs. Fewer still though are born with a truly magnificent and unique gift that allows them that allows their mind to mend and break the very fabric of reality. These people, who grow to become paragons or evil incarnate are Scions.

Class Features

As a Scion, you gain the following class features

A Scion and The Hue

 There are temples, hidden across the world, where dedicated teachers take students under their wing, teaching them to grow and about the rights and wrongs of the world, though they do their best to remain neutral, never wanting to push a student one way too far. They walk the younger ones through the steps of controlling the power within them, and in time once the Scion is ready, they perform a ritual. It has many names at the many different temples, but it is essentially the same everywhere.

 The new scion is made to hold a cluster of special star crystal, and focus a trickle of their own power within it. Upon doing so the crystal will glow a certain color. Red for those with power stems best suited to the branch dubbed the Knights, a group of specialized fighters who use their powers of the mind and martial prowess to rain supreme upon the battlefield, even at times fashioning a rare blade to be used that converts their Psionic energy into a potent weapon.

 Other times the crystal will glow a brilliant blue, indicating the Scions propensity for Stealth and Subterfuge. These scions tend to try and puppeteer wide reaching schemes from the shadows. Rarely, the crystal will turn a shining shade of emerald green, marking the Scion as being a prime candidate for the Sages. They are an order that focus on documenting all the knowledge they can, and when adventuring into the world, will combine their Psionic powers with further enhanced magical prowess to wreak havoc on the battlefield.

Spellcasting

 Your powers come through in strong burst, and thanks to your teacher's efforts, you've learned to use your mental energy to cast spells. See "Casting a Spell"^{PHB, p202} for the general rules of Spellcasting and the Scion spell list under "Scion Spells by Level", further on in this document.

Psionics

 As a Scion, your mind is your greatest weapon. While this may be true of most with a good brain, it is especially so for you, as your mind is the crucible where your weapons, also know as 'Warps', are formed. At 1st level you have two warps, and gain more as you level up. Each of these warps have different activation requirements, some take actions, others reactions. These warps cost the resource mentioned within the Scion table, known as Psi Points. These points will regenerate on a long rest.

Psychic Recovery

 You begin to understand methods that can be used to eek out even more psychic energy from your body, although at a slight cost. At 5th level, you gain the ability to regain some spent Psi points. During a short rest, anytime that you could use a hit die to regain health, you may instead choose to regenerate 2 Psi points. You must make this decision before rolling the spent hit die.

 This bonust increases to 4 Psi points at 15th level.

Psionic Warp Expansion

 You have studied over various tomes and coupled with experiments, have worked out how to apply a couple of new warps to your Psi energy. At 5th level, you may choose two warps from the list of available warps to add to your repertoire, bringing your base amount up to 4.

 You will gain this feature again at 9th and 14th level, increasing your count of available warps by two each time.

Psionic Warp Mastery

 Your mastery over the abilities you possess are becoming clear to you, allowing access to your reserves even after running yourself dry. At 18th level, when you roll for initiative and have no Psi points remaining, you regain 5 Psi points

Warp Seed Creation

 Your understanding of these psychic powers has become something of a revelation, as your toying with things has yielded results that others may only dream of. Choose two spells of seventh level or lower, from any classes spell list, and add them as a warp. They cost a number of Psi points equal to their level and retain any material cost over 100g to use. Additionally, choose a feature, feat, ability or spell located within the game. Discuss these choices with your DM and work to make your very own signature warp unique to them. Aim to design something that is both expressive of your character's progression and traits, as well as something that will still be balanced, as to not cause any issue with your other party members.

The Insipration for Scions

Over the years, there have been many attempts at designing Psionic based classes, but many fall short or make something greatly overpowered. The book Strongholds and Followers laid out an interesting idea of Manifestations, that led to the design of this class. More Info can be found at the back of the book.

Ruby Hue - The Knight

 Your hue, of brilliant crimson and ruby red, has earned you a truly venerated position. The ones to guard and watch over the schools and temples that teach the young initiates are members of this branch, as are those that are most often seen in the world. Their aim is to help where they can, though their help can sometimes be subjective, as other than a mutual respect for the institution that brought them up, one night is completely different than the other.

A Knights Training

 Knight training varys greatly from the other branches. At 1st level, Your hit die is increased to a d8, and you gain proficiency with Martial Weapons, as well as medium armor and shields.

Psionic Craftsmanship

 As a Knight, you are taken aside and instructed on not only the methods to do battle, but also the proper methods of tending to, caring for, and even crafting weapons of war. At 1st level, you gain Proficiency with Smith's Tools, and gain an additional +2 on checks that have to do with equipment you are proficient with.

Defense of Foresight

 Knights use their intellect as a major facet of their battle toolkit, and as such, learn to fight not with mere reactions alone. Beginning at 3rd level, you gain the ability to replace the Dexterity modifier bonus to your armor class, with your Intelligence modifier. You also gain the parry and riposte features, at the cost of 3 Psi points each. When parry is used in this way, use your Intelligence modifier in place of your Dexterity modifier.

Fighting Style

 Being a martial class, Knights learn and choose a fighting style fairly early in life. At 3rd level, choose a fighting style, of the list found under the Fighter^{PHB, p72}section, with only 'Archery' being unavailable to choose.

A Knight and his Blade

 A large step in becoming a true Knight occurs when the person in question finally finishes completion of their first Psiblade. This weapon is a hilt and guard, usually made of very strong metals, and fine filigree work, that house within a special Niasi crystal. These are rare minerals found in the deep recesses of the earth that are similar to diamonds in makeup, but are able to hold, store, and magnify vast amounts of psychic energy.

 Once a blade is crafted and tuned, using a special toolkit, the weapon is ready to wield. Upon activation, it emits a dense blade of energy, and can be used as a normal sword, with a few caveats. Firstly, the sword must be supplied with power, taking a Psi point for each round that the blade remains active. Secondly, due to the nature of the energy a creature with resistance or immunity to psychic damage, will in turn have the same to attacks made with the weapon, though the same is true with vulnerability. Lastly, they can be dispelled, rendering them inert for a time, as they are a primarily arcane construct. These weapons can be made in a variety of forms, from short to great swords and for more information on them, please consult the section in Chapter X, the equipment and magical items part.

Extra Attack

 The training that Knights undergo has lead to their prowess with a blade and their knack to strike extremely quickly. Beginning at 10th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the attack action on your turn.

Subclasses

Mystra's Champion

Many of those blessed with Spellfire do become paladins of the Oath, but it is not a necessity for those that wish to take the Oath. In a ceremony it can be granted unto them upon their taking of the Oath. If the player character does not have the ability to channel Spellfire when they choose this path, they will gain the Mystra's Touch feat, and will forfeit an ability score increase or feat choice at level 4.

In addition, Paladins that walk this path gain two core additions. The first is the ability to wreath your weapon in spellfire, adding an additional 1d4+1 fire damage per spellfire point spent. The second ability to store more spellfire than normal, with the ability to use stage 1 at level 3, stage 2 at level 8, and stage 3 at level 14

• Base + 1 - Base x 2 : Stage 1 - The character's eyes glow a brilliant white, and any creature, magic item, or spell effect that touches the character causes 1 spellfire point to be discharged as a harmless blast of light. Once per day, the character must make a Constitution Check (DC 10) or take 1d6 as a point errupts in a blast of heat.
• Base x 2 + 1 - Base x 3 : Stage 2 -The character sheds light equal to a torch and feels a burning sensation within their body. This makes concentrating on any one thing extremely difficult, incurring a -5 to any such checks made. A touch will now release 1d6 spellfire points and cause damage equal to the full amount of spells released in this way. The character must now make the eruption Constitution checks at a higher difficulty (DC 16) each minute or take 4d6 fire damage as they lose that same number of spellfire points.
• Base x 3 + 1 - Base x 4 : Stage 3 -The character now radiates a strong heat up to 30 feet and is in constant pain, taking 1d4 piercing damage each minute. A touch expends 3d6 spellfire points and causes an equal amount of damage to the character as well affects anyone, including the character, within 20 feet with Blindness (Constitution Save DC 13). Each round, the character must make a Wisdom Save (DC 19), or be forced to make a maximum strength blast at a target, friendly or foe, within 30 feet.

Spellshatter

By harnessing the divine connection between yourself and your god, you becomes able to rend magic assunder with blade alone. Once per day starting at 7th level, a paladin may choose to deliver a targeted greater dispel magic with a normal melee attack. The decision to use this ability must be made before the attack is rolled, and if the attack misses, the effect is wasted.

At 14th level, you gain an extra use of this feature.

Spellfire Deflection

Over time, the paladin will become more and more adept in the use of Mystra's gift, resulting in a plethora of useful abilities. One such example is the use of Spellfire to deflect attacks or projectiles.

Starting at 7th level, you may use your reaction to deflect or catch a missile or spell that has you as the target. Doing so will cost 3 points from your spellfire pool. When you do so, the damage you take from the attack is reduced by 1d8 + your Con modifier + half your paladin level.

Aura of Sanctity

At 10th level, you may choose to gain this feature, in place of one of your Aura abilities. Aura of Sanctity allows you and friendly creatures within 10 feet of to now longer be able to be can't be charmed or enchanted while you are concious.

At 18th level, the range of this aura becomes 30 feet.

Spellcrush

Through the rigors of battle, you've finally mastered the art of using spellfire to drain magic from not only the weave, but items as well.

At 10th level, you may forego any damage from an attack, and instead choose to drain a magic item that a creature holds of its latent magical energy, rendering it useless for 24 hours, with the item rarity making it harder to drain. Sentient and Legendary items are, however, immune. To drain the item, the target must make a Wisdom Save (DC 18). On a failed check, the item is drained as stated above, and a number of spellpoints are restored, as per the chart below.

Spellsteal

As you work through your understanding of the weave and the things Mystra has let you see, you come to work out the means of capturing magic that is turned towards you, in a whole new way.

At 15th level, when absorbing a spell, you can choose to instead store the spell as a full spell rather than as spellfire levels. You may only have a single spell of each level stored at a time, and these stored spells count toward your stored spellfire energy level limit. You may use your action to release a spell, using your own level and stats to determine the needed elements of the spell.

If the character possesses any feats that affect spellfire, either the way in which it is absorbed or the manner in which it is used, they may be used in conjunction with this ability. Any cost or requirements are still needed to be paid or taken care of. An example would be absorbing a spell quickly with the Hasty Absorption feat after succeeding the check, or changing the type of damage from a fireball to partly acid after paying 2 spellfire pool points.

Spellfire Flight

The divine will of Mystra has guided you through many things, and now has blessed you with the knowledge of flight.

At 18th level, as long as you have at least a single point in your spellfire pool, you gain a fly speed equal to your current land speed.

Mystra's Avatar

By the divine will of Mystra, you are able to call upon her power and channel forth her destructive presence.

At 20th level, you gain the ability to wreath your hands, weapons and armor in a gleam of Silver Fire, that lasts for 1 minute. While affected by the Silver Fire, you gain the following.

• You emit a cool white light, brightly lighting the area in a 60-foot radius, and with a dim light for an additional 60 feet.
• Your weapon and armor are cloaked in Silver Fire, a substance many assumed to no longer exist. Your attacks deal an additional 1d8 fire damage, and 1d8 radiant damage, and any enemy that ends its turn in a square adjacent to you also takes 1d8 fire damage, and 1d8 radiant damage.
• When using the Divine Smite feature, and choosing to channel spellfire into your attack, your blade glows with the power of a Greater Goddess causing your attack to automatically hit, and expend spell levels, up to your Constitution score, adding 1d4 radiant damage for each point spent this way. No feature can be used to negate this, outside of divine-tier power levels. Your weapon must be of at least a +3 enchantment, or a rarity of Very Rare or higher, or be damaged to the point of unusability after such an attack.

Scion

Creating a Psion

Creating a Psion character demands a backstory dominated by your contact with the psionic arts. Decide how you acquired your powers. Were you born with them, and did they manifest throughout childhood? Or did an extraordinary event later in life leave you shining with psionic awareness? You could be a brash human youth flush with your mental ability’s first flowering, a tattooed cenobite enrolled in a secret psionic academy, a fey enchanter using ancient techniques to beguile your foes, or perhaps a specially trained inquisitor who has learned one secret too many.

Quick Build

You can make a Psion quickly by following these suggestions. First, Intelligence should be your highest ability score, followed by Constitution or Dexterity. Second, choose the Sage Background. Third, choose the Mage Hand, Mind Sliver, and Minor Illusion cantrips.

Class Features

As a Psion, you gain the following class features

Spellcasting

As a student of psionics⁠, you can hone your mind’s energy to cast spells. See "Casting a Spell" for the general rules of Spellcasting and the Psion spell list under "Psion Spells by Level".

Psionic Talent

At 2nd level, you tap into a wellspring of psionic power within yourself, an energy that ebbs and flows as you channel it in various ways. This power is represented by your Psionic Talent die, the starting size of which is a d6.

Psionic Talent Options. You can use your Psionic Talent die in the following ways:

Psionic Casting. When you cast a spell, you can use your mind to form it, rather than relying on words, gestures, and materials. To do so, roll your Psionic Talent die. The spell then requires no verbal component, and if you rolled the level of the spell or higher, the spell doesn’t require somatic or material components either.

Psionic Rituals. You can use your psionic talent to cast a psion spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell prepared. To do so, roll your Psionic Talent die. If you rolled the level of the spell or higher, you can cast that spell as a ritual; if not, you must cast the spell as normal.

Telepathic Speech. You can form a telepathic connection between your mind and the mind of another. As a bonus action, choose one creature you can see, and roll your Psionic Talent die. For a number of hours equal to the number you rolled, you and the chosen creature can speak telepathically with each other while the two of you are within a number of miles of each other equal to the number you rolled. To understand each other, you each must speak mentally in a language the other knows. The telepathic connection ends early if you use this ability to form a connection with a different creature.

Changing the Die’s Size. If you roll the highest number on your Psionic Talent die, it decreases by one die size after the roll. This represents you burning through your psionic energy. For example, if the die is a d6 and you roll a 6, it becomes a d4. If it’s a d4 and you roll a 4, it becomes unusable until you finish a long rest.

Conversely, if you roll a 1 on your Psionic Talent die, it increases by one die size after the roll, up to its starting size. This represents you conserving psionic energy for later use. For example, if you roll a 1 on a d4, the die then becomes a d6.

Whenever you finish a long rest, your Psionic Talent die resets to its starting size. When you reach certain levels in this class, the starting size of your Psionic Talent die increases: at 5th level (d8), 10th level (d10), and 15th level (d12).

Psi Replenishment. As a bonus action, you can calm your mind for a moment and restore your Psionic Talent die to its starting size. You then can’t use Psi Replenishment again until you finish a long rest. You can only use Psi Replenishment if you have your psionic talent die available.

Psionic Recovery

At 5th level, you learn how to better maintain your psionic energies. If your psionic talent die is unusable, you can regain use of it by expending spell slots. As an action, you expend a spell slot of a level indicated on the table below to regain the use of your psionic talent die, and restore it to that size. You can’t increase the size of your psionic talent die above its starting size this way. Once you’ve restored your die this way, you can’t do it again until you finish a long rest.

Psi Overcharge

At 18th level, you learn how to recharge your psionic energies in your time of direst need. As an action, you can roll your psionic talent die to restore some of your spell slots. You can restore a number of spell slots with levels totaling the number rolled on your psionic talent die.

For example, if you roll a 4, you can restore two 2nd-level spell slots; a 3rd-level spell slot and a 1st-level spell slot; a 2nd level spell slot and two 1st -level spell slots; or four 1st-level spell slots. You can’t restore more spell slots this way than you normally have, and you can’t restore spell slots of a level greater than 5th.

Your Psionic Talent die becomes unusable until your finish a long rest, and you can’t use this ability until you finish a long rest.

Superior Talent

At 20th level, your mastery of your psionic energies is unparalleled. When you roll initiative, if your psionic talent die is unusable, you regain use of it at its lowest size (a d4).

In addition, during a short rest, you can restore your Psionic Talent die to one size smaller than its starting size.

Psionic Arts

Each psion manifests their abilities in different ways, but there are general patterns that one can ascribe to users of psionics. These are known as psionic arts; no two exactly alike, each presenting a radically different approach to the power of the mind.

Dreamwalker

Psions who devote their full attention to lucid dreaming can fashion themselves a dream form capable of acting in the waking world, even while the psion remains conscious.

Dream Warrior

At 3rd level, your study of the dreaming arts has allowed you to form a being from dreams called a dream warrior. It is friendly to you and your companions, and it obeys your commands. See this creature's game statistics in the dream warrior stat block. You determine the creature’s appearance; it can be a duplicate of yourself, a nightmarish creature, a strange humanoid, or any other form of your choosing. This has no effect on its game statistics.

If your psionic talent die is available, you can conjure your dream warrior as an action. In combat, the dream warrior shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can move and use its reaction on its own, but the only action it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn to command it to take one of the actions in its stat block or the Dash, Disengage, Help, Hide, or Search action.

As an action, you can use your psionic talent die to restore a number of hit points to your dream warrior equal to the result + your intelligence modifier. If your dream warrior has died within the last hour, you can expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher and roll your psionic talent die to restore it. This process takes meditation for a number of minutes equal to the number rolled on your psionic talent die.

You can’t re-summon your dream warrior if you already have one. You can use your action to immediately summon it to your side at the end of a long rest.

Dream Warrior

Medium construct, neutral

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• Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
• Hit Points equal the dream warrior’s Constitution modifier + your Intelligence modifier + five times your level in this class
• Speed 30ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
14 (+2)	12 (+1)	14 (+1)	9 (-1)	10 (+0)	6 (-2)

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• Damage Immunities Poison
• Condition Immunities poisoned
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
• Languages understands the languages you speak but can only battle cry

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Growing Resolve. The following numbers increase by 1 when your proficiency bonus increases by 1: the warrior's skill and saving throw bonuses (above) and the bonuses to hit and damage of its force strike attack.

Wide Awake. The warrior can't be surprised.

Actions
(Requires Your Bonus Action)

Force Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, Reach 5ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 + 2 force damage.

Desperate Attack (3/day). As a bonus action, the warrior gives itself advantage on its next attack roll. Attack rolls against it have advantage until your next turn.

Forceshaper

Psions who study the manipulation of objects and energy are some of the most feared. While many see those who can move objects with their minds, fewer are familiar with the masters of forceshaping, who can destroy fortresses and armies simply by looking at them.

Guru

Those psions known as gurus are teachers, guides, and guardians, shepherding others and unlocking the full potential of those around them.

Esoteric Enlightenment

At 14th level, you achieve enlightenment and unravel the secrets of the world around you, represented by the following benefits:

• You can use your Akashic Guidance and Telepathic Speech features on a number of creatures at one time equal to your Intelligence modifier.
• Whenever you use your Bend Karma ability on a creature, you deal radiant damage to that creature equal to your intelligence modifier.

Willbender

A willbender is a psion who masters the arts of illusion-casting and mind manipulation. They push their minds to their limits to rule the senses of others, commanding and controlling the desires of others utterly.

True Will

At 14th level, your willpower is such that you can bend the laws of reality to suit you. You can maintain concentration on two spells at a time, within the following restrictions:

• Both spells must be Psion spells.
• Both spells must be from the schools of Enchantment or Illusion.
• Both spells must be 5th level or lower, and can’t be cast using higher level spell slots.

Whenever you must make a Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration, you must make a separate saving throw for each spell you’re concentrating on. If both spells end because you failed a save (even if you begin concentrating on another spell), you gain one level of exhaustion. If the spell ends because the target is dead, because the spell’s duration has passed, because the target is out of range, or because you choose to end concentration on the spell, you don’t gain a level of exhaustion. If either spell ends, you can’t begin concentrating on another additional spell, and can’t concentrate on two spells this way again until you finish a long rest.

Dancer Spell List

Psion Spell List

New Spells

Sensory Overload

Illusion cantrip

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• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 round

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You fill a creature’s senses with a dizzying array of disorienting lights and sounds. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or take 1d8 psychic damage and its speed is 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).

Feats and Abilities

Spellfire Mastery

Conversion Mastery

Hastey Absorption

Mystral Harmony

Abilities

Features

Class Features

As a class_name, you gain the following class features

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Size, Alignment

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• Armor Class AC
• Hit Points Hitpoints
• Speed Speed

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
Str (+Mod)	Dex (+Mod)	Con (+Mod)	Int (+Mod)	Wis (+Mod)	Cha (+Mod)

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• Condition Immunities Some
• Senses Senses
• Languages Languages
• Challenge Senses

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Actions

Ability Description. Attack Style: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit 5 (1d6 + 2)

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