Upcast Mage Armor

Mage Armor

1st level abjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: touch
• Components: VSM (a piece of cured leather)
• Duration: 8 hours

You touch a willing creature who isn’t wearing armor, and a protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. If its AC would otherwise be lower, the target’s base AC becomes 13 + its Dexterity modifier. The spell ends if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell as an action.

At Higher Levels. . When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher up to 5th level, choose one of the following aspects for the mage armor.

• Animal Aspect: The target gains a bonus to initiative rolls equal to the spell level and adds 1d4 to Wisdom (Perception) checks to spot threats.

• Clockwork Aspect: The target chooses an ability score for which it has a negative modifier and instead uses zero as the modifier for skill checks and saving throws using that ability. The target gains a bonus to survival checks for navigation. The bonus is equal to the spell level.

• Cloud Aspect: The target reduces bludgeoning and fall damage by 1d4 per spell level above 1st. The target’s jump distance and height double.

• Elemental Aspect: At casting, the target chooses one of the following damages types: cold, acid, fire, force, or lightning. The target reduces damage of that type by 1d4 per spell level above 1st. When the target takes damage of that type its movement speed increases by 5 ft. until the end of its next turn.

• Earth Aspect: The target reduces slashing damage by 1d4 per spell level above 1st. The target gains tremor sense to a range of 10 ft., knowing both the direction and range to creatures that take movement, make attacks, or make other motions such as casting spells with somatic components, as long as the target and creature are in contact with the ground.

• Radiant Aspect: The target reduces necrotic damage by 1d4 per spell level above 1st. The target gains the ability to cast the cantrip light once before this spell ends.

• Root Aspect: The target adds 1d4 to saving throws to resist the prone condition and forced movement. At casting, the target chooses poison or piercing damage. The target reduces damage of the chosen type by 1d4 per spell level above 1st.

• Shadow Aspect: The target reduces radiant damage by 1d4 per spell level above 1st. The target gains a bonus of 1d4 to stealth checks to avoid being seen.

• Spirit Aspect: The target reduces psychic damage by 1d4 per level above 1st. At casting, the target chooses the spirit type: guiding or menacing. Guiding spirit aspect adds 1d4 to saving throws to resist or end the Frightened condition. Menacing spirit aspect adds 1d4 to Charisma (Intimidation) checks.

• Water Aspect: The target gains a bonus equal to the spell level to checks to oppose shove and grapple attacks and end the Grappled or Restrained condition. The target gains a swim speed equal to their walking speed and doubles their constitution

Revised Warlock Invocation

The warlock invocation Armor of Shadows is revised as follows: