Ancient Beast: Swan

## Otherworldly Patron
# Ancient Beast: Swan
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Commonly known as the embodiment of purity and grace, the swan is worshiped in many cultures as a sign of true love and healing. Becoming one who follows the aspects of such a creature devotes themselves to being kind and to healing who they can. Only in dire circumstances will they set those vows aside and fight to protect those around them.
#### Expanded Spell List
##### **Ancient Swan Expanded Spells**
| Spell Level  | Spells |
|:---:|:---------|
|  1st  | *beast bond, cure wounds* |
|  2nd  | *animal messenger, calm emotions* |
|  3rd  | *conjure animals, life transference* |
|  4th  | *guardian of nature, guardian of faith* |
|  5th  | *commune with nature, hallow* |

#### Bonus Cantrips
At 1st level, you learn the *resistance* and *spare the dying* cantrips. They count as Warlock cantrips for you, but they don't count against your number of cantrips known.

Additionally, casting *resistance* raises the target's speed by 10 feet, and casting *spare the dying* causes the target to become invisible to hostile creatures until they regain hit points.

#### Wingspan
Also at 1st level, your patron has granted you access to its stark wings. Spells that normally require you to touch a creature now have a range of 10 feet.

Additionally, when you take damage from a melee attack, you can use your Reaction to thrust spectral wings out from your being. Any hostile creatures within 5 feet of you must make a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC or be pushed 10 feet back. You can do this a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier, and regain all uses when you finish a short or long Rest.

#### Stark Plumage
Starting at 6th level, your patron has witnessed your deeds and deemed you worthy of more power. Your Wingspan feature improves in the following ways:
* Touch spells now have a range of 20 feet, and can now target 2 creatures.
* When you take damage from an attack and use your Wingspan reaction, the spectral wings now affect hostile creatures within 10 feet and those creatures take radiant damage equal to your Charisma modifier.

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#### Grace's Blessing
Starting at 10th level, you have advantage on saves against being frightened and gain resistance to radiant damage.

Additionally, when a spell would cause you to make a Dexterity saving throw, you can use your Reaction to imbue yourself with your patron's essence. Until the beginning of your next turn, when you succeed on a spell's Dexterity saving throw, you take no damage from the spell, and only half damage on a failure.

#### Beast Channeling: Beauty of the Highest Heaven
Starting at 14th level, you have gained a great understanding and control over the power your patron holds, and now you can begin to channel even greater power.

As an Action, you can enter a special transformation that lasts for 1 minute. While in this state, your skin becomes a stark white color, feathers of the same color appear along your limbs and the edges of your face, and pure white wings sprout from your back. While in this transformation, you gain the following benefits:
* You gain a flight speed equal to your walking speed.
* Feathers continually fall around you in a 30 foot radius. Choose a number of creatures equal to your Charisma modifier other than yourself. Those creatures regain hit points equal to half your Warlock level plus your Charisma modifier as long as they remain within range for the duration.
* When you cast a spell directed at a single creature, you can choose to cause that creature to make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failure, that creature is blinded until the beginning of your next turn.

You can use this feature once per long rest.

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# Invocations

### Mute Swan
*Prerequisite: 5th level, Ancient Beast: Swan Patron*

Spells no longer require verbal components for you.

### Grace's Embrace
*Prerequisite: Ancient Beast: Swan Patron*

You are permanently under the effects of the *feather fall* spell. You can also cast *feather fall* at will.

### Black Feathers
*Prerequisite: 5th level, Ancient Beast: Swan Patron*

In a desperate attempt to stay alive, you can choose to siphon the life of another creature into your own being. You can now cast the *vampiric touch* spell once per long rest without expending a spell slot.

### Feral Form
*Prerequisite: 3rd level, Ancient Beast Patron*

You gain the ability to, as an Action, polymorph into the same creature as your patron. You can do this once per long rest.

### Perfect Beast Channeling
*Prerequisite: 18th-level Warlock, Ancient Beast Patron*

When you use your Beast Channeling Feature, you gain these additional benefits:

* You gain +1 to your Charisma modifier.
* The duration of your transformation increases to 10 minutes.
* The spell *regenerate* is cast on yourself with you as the caster.

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> ## Swan
>*Small Beast, Unaligned*
> ___
> - **Armor Class** 12
> - **Hit Points** 3 (1d6)
> - **Speed** 10 ft., fly 60 ft.
>___
>|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA|
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
>|6 (-2)|15 (+2)|10 (+0)|2 (-4)|14 (+2)|8 (-1)|
>___
> - **Skills** Perception +4
> - **Senses** Passive Perception 14
> - **Languages** --
> - **Challenge** 0 (10 XP)  **Proficiency Bonus** +2
> ___
> ***Keen Sight.*** The swan has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
>
> ### Actions
> 
>
> ***Beak.*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +4 to hit, Reach 5 ft., one target. *Hit:* 4 (1d4+2) Piercing damage

>##### Art Credit
>* Stephanie Kock - ["Meeting the Swan God"](http://address "https://simsamy.artstation.com/projects/v1K2nO")
>* APPLE - [https://www.artstation.com/user-6185](http://address "title")