A big and strange man is sitting at a bar, enjoying a drink. This man doesn't wear armor, and all that he have as a weapon are 3 bars connected with chains. After a big monster attacked the town, all the fully-armed guards were severely injured, but the man that didn't wear armor was fine, with just minor wounds.

Infinite

At 2nd level, the infinite is one of the most ancient Cursed Techniques in the world. This techniques brings the concept of the infinity between two determined points to reality, so that anything that might approach the user is slowed to a point that seems frozen in place, or hitting a invisible barrier. While you have the infinite active and one attack is rolled against you, you may use your reaction and roll a d4 and subtract that number from the attack roll. If something other than an attack try to approach you, such as a rock falling on you, you may react doing a dexterity saving throw, and add your infinite die to the roll.

• this die becomes a d6 at 7th, a d8 at 12th and a d10 at 17th level.
• After 7th level, Whenever you need to roll a saving throw against a spell or a attack effect, you may add your infinite die to the roll.
• After 12th level, whenever you succeed on a saving throw that would make you take half damage, you take no damage instead

Six Eyes

The six eyes is one of the rarest techniques in the world. You may have one of the strongest techniques in the shaman world, but it also have a payback. You must use a blindfold or sunglasses too dark for a normal person see through, if you don't use one for more than ten minutes, you get one level of exhaustion for each minute you spend without them. While your eyes aren't covered like that, you can't be surprised, and you can see as far as 1 mile. You can't be blinded. Even with a blindfold, you can see perfectly.

• you gain Darkvision if you don't already have it.

• after the 7th level, whenever an attack is stopped by your infinite, you instantly know where it came from, its properties and its origin, and if its an magic, you instantly know what magic and how it works perfectly. You also may detect poison or anything that may harm you.

• at 17th level, you don't have to use your reaction to trigger the infinite.

• A user of the Limitless should permanently use a blindfold, to avoid exhaustion, but must remove when using the techniques involving the Limitless, except for the Infinite.

• a user of the Limitless, removing his blindfold, so he's able to expand his domain, the Unlimited Void

Ten Shadows Techniques

The ten shadows were developed by a powerful Shaman family, focused in summoning ten shikigami using shadows to protect and attack in the name of the summoner. The technique start as two dogs, but the Shaman can get access to more powerful shikigami by summoning and beating them when he gets to higher levels, to later gain control over them (DM's discretion.).

• you can summon each of those twice per long rest.
• All your shikigami must be summoned as bonus actions, and they have their own initiative. They stay summoned for an amount of hour equal to your proficiency bonus.

• Divine Dog: Totality being summoned by a user of the Ten Shadows Technique

Cursed Speech

The cursed speech is another cursed technique that is passed from one to another. This is one of the hardest, because it narrows the speech of the user, making him choose a set of his favorite thing and only use those words to comunnicate. In Exchange for that, When you speak command words, they are powerful.

• Your Cursed Word die, used for your Cursed Word damage starts as a d6. This die becomes a d8 at 7th level, a d10 at 12th and a d12 at 17th level.

Any Cursed word that you utter that deals damage to the target ( Such as: "Crumble") is force damage. This damage starts at 1d6 and goes up at the expanse of Cursed points. For example. 1 Cursed Point/1d6; 2 Cursed Points/2d6; 4 Cursed Points/3d6. The target must make a constitution saving throw. On a successful roll, the target take half of the damage.

Command words

Your Cursed Speech also have uses other than inflicting direct damage on a target. At the expanse of 4 Cursed Points, you may utter the words "Don't move" to a living creature that can hear you. The target must make an wisdom saving throw. At a succeeded save, the target is struggling to move, so their speed is halved. At a failed throw, their speed is 0. This effect last until the next turn.

Self-harm words

At 5th level, your Cursed speech got more powerful, and your words can inflict more harm, but the payback has also grown. Whenever your target succeeds at a saving throw against your Cursed Speech, you may take damage to make the target fail the saving throw. The damage you must take changes depending on the feature you use.

• Cursed Speech damage is half the damage you inflict.
• Incapacitating Distortion damage is 3d6.
• Cursed Lullaby damage is 2d8.
• Organic Explosion damage is 5d8.
• Gravitational collapsing damage is 8d6.
• Self-Harm words won't work if the target rolls a natural 20.

Incapacitating Distortion

At 7th level, you discovered a way to incapacitate someone thats wielding a weapon against you. At the expanse of 8 Cursed points, you may utter the word "Twist", targeting specifically the arm / member they're using to hold the weapon. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. At a failed save, their arm / member is twisted, they take 4d6 force damage and can only be healed by magic.

They also drop anything they're holding on that arm / member. On a succeeded save, the arm / member is superficially hurt, the target takes half damage and drops whatever they're holding, but they can still use that arm / member.

Cursed Lullaby

At 9th level, you gained more control over your Cursed energy. At the expanse of 10 Cursed Points, you may utter the word "Sleep" to any creature with the same size you have or smaller, then they must make an intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, the target is instantly unconscious. On a succeeded save, the target feels light-headed and have disadvantage in any roll against your Cursed speech until the next turn. If a 20 is rolled on the saving throw, you take 3d8 Force damage and the target is immune to your Cursed speech until the end of the next turn.

Organic explosion

At 12th level, you started applying more Cursed energy into your words, and you figured how to use all that to influence the same forces that move the World. At the expanse of 30 Cursed points and dealing 3 Cursed Speech damage dies to yourself, you may utter the word "Explode" to any living creature that can hear you, and use them to start a 30ft radius explosion. This explosion deals 10d8 Fire/Bludgeoning damage and anyone in the explosion's range must do a constitution saving throw. At a succeeded save, you take half damage. At a failed save, you have disadvantage at any saving throw against Cursed Speech in the next minute.

The target at the center of the explosion also needs to make a constitution saving throw. At a succeeded save, they take half damage, and your explosion radius is reduced to 15ft.

Gravitational collapsing

At 14th level, your words can influence gravity almost as if you were a member of the gojo clan. Either way, you still are very powerful. At the expanse of 40 Cursed points and 4 Cursed speech damage dice to yourself, you may utter the word "Collapse" and deal 12d6 Force damage. The target must make a constitution saving throw. On a succeeded save, they take half damage, and aren't knocked prone. If your target rolls a 20 on their saving throw, they take no damage, and you take an additional half of the damage you're going to take.

Proficiencies

When you choose this Cursed Technique tree, you gain proficiency with all weapons, and your dexterity goes up by two, to a max of 22, and your hit die is a d10.

Cursed Tool

You may not have any Cursed energy by yourself, but you can still manage Cursed Tools, weapons imbued with Cursed Energy. You may take any weapon you're attuned with and spend a short rest to turn that weapon into a Cursed Tool. A generic Cursed Tool's damage is a d8. Cursed Tools keep their reach and their features such as versatile.

Enhanced Reflexes

Shamans use Cursed energy to enhance their reflex and execute chain attacks. You can't afford Cursed energy, but even without it, your reflexes are as good as their's. At each turn that you took the attack action, you may do an extra attack. You may use an additional extra attack each turn at 11th level and again at 17th level.

Reinforced body

At 5th level, you have already started to see the results of your training with your Cursed weapon and your body. You gain the Action Surge feature, twice per long rest. you may also use, twice per long rest, a hit die to heal yourself mid battle. Your Cursed Tool base die becomes a d12.

Cursed Tool: Stacking Cursed Energy

At 7th level, your Cursed Tool got deadlier, and now can stack Cursed energy to deal extra damage. each turn you hit an enemy with your Cursed weapon and you don't get hit, your Cursed Tool's damage die goes up by one. For example, it starts as a d8, than a d10, than a d12, than 2d6, than 2d8 as long as you aren't hit. you also crit on a 19 and a 20.

The damage goes back to normal whenever you get hit or when the combat ends

Heavenly restriction

At 11th level, your body is finally being compensated for the null amount of Cursed energy that you have. Your Constitution goes up by 2 for a maximum of 22 and you gain 20ft of movement speed. You have expertise in every weapon. Your Cursed weapon die becomes 2d12.

Immovable Object

At 14th level, you have trained your body until it's limit. You gain an additional 10ft of movement speed, 1 point of dexterity and 1 point of constitution to a max of 22( if they aren't already maxed out). You also gain resistance to bludgeoning, slashing and piercing damage. You can't be frightened nor intimidated.

Unstoppable force

At 17th level, you have become a creature as dangerous as all-powerful wizards and Shamans. You gain expertise in all the skills you're proficient with, and your Cursed weapons die starts at a 3d12. Whenever you're hit with some type of damage that you aren't resistant to, you may gain resistant to it until your next short rest. You may do this once per short rest. When you do this, you may attempt to intimidate your enemies. Any enemy you attempt to intimidate must make a Charisma saving throw or being intimidated.

Electrified Cursed Energy

When you choose this Cursed Techniques Tree at 2nd level, your Cursed Energy gains the properties of an electric current, and your body is on a constant state of electrification. Whenever you land a Cursed strike, you may spend your bonus action to add 1d4 lightning damage on a hit.

• This lightning damage die becomes a d6 at 7th level, a d8 at 12th level and a d10 at 17th level.
• You also gain resistance to lightning damage.

Lightning Build-up

At 5th level, you discovered a way to explore the limit of your electrified body. Whenever you land a hit with your Electrified Cursed technique, or an enemy lands a hit against you, you gain 1 Lightning Build-up point. You may spend Lightning Build-up points to add extra effects while in combat.

• Spending 2 Lightning Build-up points, you can add 1 extra lightning damage die to your Cursed Strike
• Spending 4 Lightning Build-up points, you add +1 to your AC until you get hit next, and, the enemy that lands a hit on you takes one Lightning damage die
• Spending 5 Lightning Build-up points, anyone hit by your next Electrified Cursed Energy must make a constitution saving throw, and, on a failed save, they're paralyzed until the end of the turn.

Lightning Discharge

At 7th level, you learned that, if you store a greater quantity of your Electrified Cursed Energy, you can create a giant Cursed discharge. You can spend how many Cursed points you want, at a minimum of 9, to shoot a lightning beam with a range of 30ft. This beam does 1d6 damage for each 3 Cursed points you spend. You must roll an attack to hit the beam, and this roll is calculated with your dexterity modifier + your proficiency modifier. On a hit, your target must make a constitution saving throw, and, on a failed save, the target is Stunned until the next turn.

Cursed Immunity

Also at 7th level, you gain immunity to lightning damage and resistance to thunder damage.

Fully Charged

At 12th level, at the expanse of 30 Cursed points, you may enter a state, as a bonus action, where your Electrified Cursed energy is overflowing from your body. For 1 minute, you double your lightning damage die. Whoever lands a hit on you takes 2 Lightning damage dice. Your attacks also stack 2 Lightning Build-up points instead of one, and you gain 20ft of movement speed for the duration.

Electrified mantle

At 17th level, at the expanse of 40 Cursed points, you create a mantle that surrounds you in a 5ft radius. Anyone that approaches within your mantle's range must make a constitution saving throw. On a failed save, they are Stunned until the end of the next turn. You also may spend 5 Lightning Build-up points to get +2 to your AC. The mantle lasts for 1 minute.

• You also gain immunity to thunder damage at 17th level.

• A Electrified Brawler getting Fully Charged

Cursed Technique: Dismantle

You developed one of the twin blades techniques, a technique that allows you to shape your Cursed Energy into invisible Blades. You're able to spend 3 Cursed point to make a ranged attack (10 ft) that does 3d6 slashing damage. You have proficiency with this attack roll and use the Dexterity modifier. This damage die becomes 4d6 at 7th level, 5d6 at 12th level and 6d6 at 17th level.

Cursed Technique: Cleave

At 7th level, you develop the other twin blade, The Cleave focus in creating a vulnerability to your blades. You may target someone at 60ft of you, and, at the expanse of 8 Cursed Points, the target must make a constitution saving throw. At a failed save, the target has vulnerability to your Dismantle's slashing damage. You can have only one target under Cleave's effect. If you target another creature with Cleave, the previous creature vulnerability will cease.

Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine

At 12th level, you developed the supreme form of art. At the expanse of 30 Cursed points, you may summon the Malevolent Shrine behind you. this is a 25 square ft Astral Buddhist Shrine with 7 giant skulls. Keeping the Malevolent Shrine works just as a concentration spell. While the Malevolent Shrine is active, any enemy within 200ft of the shrine may be an target of your Dismantle or your Cleave, and you may use Cleave as a bonus action and keep up until 3 creatures under Cleave's effect at once. You must spend new Cursed points for each enemy affected by Dismantle or Cleave, but you may roll only one attack roll, considering the enemies a hoard.

• If your concentration on the Malevolent Shrine is broken, the Shrine will fade within 12 seconds. You may spend a bonus action and try to reconnect your energy with the Shrine, by spending 5 cursed points. For reconnecting with your Malevolent Shrine, you must pass a DC 16 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the Shrine fades away immediately.

You also may use the Malevolent Shrine to use Cleave once and Dismantle three times on the same target.

∎ : Open

At 14th level, you can access a secret technique that was carved into your Cursed Energy. You gain the ability to shoot a fire Arrow. You must spend 15 Cursed points to make a ranged attack roll (60/120ft) that deals the same number of damage dies as Dismantle, but the die is a d12. The damage is Fire magical damage.

Reverse Cursed Technique: Perfect Usage

At 17th level, you developed a perfect usage of the Reverse Cursed Technique. At any moment that you drop to 0 hit points, you may spend 5 usages of Reverse Cursed Technique to regain consciousness and 8 hit points.

• the Malevolent Shrine being summoned behind its user

Rika's Body and Memory

When choosing this Cursed technique tree at second level whenever you're wielding a martial weapon, this weapon becomes a Cursed Tool. A generic Cursed Tool's damage is a d8, and the weapon keep its reach and its features such as versatile. As a bonus action, you may call Rika to keep your weapons inside her body. Whenever a feature (Such as: Action Surge, Cursed Technique: Cleave or even a Blood Maledict), a Cursed Technique or even a spell (You must be able to access the spell with your shaman level by following the required level in the original caster's class) is used in favor or against you, you may spend 2 Cursed Points to store it in Rika's memory. You may also , as a bonus action, use any of Rika's memories for 1 minute. All this memories counts as bonus actions, and you may use a number of memories equal to your proficiency bonus per long rest. The amount of Cursed points you must spend to use a feature is equal to the feature's original level (minimum 3 Cursed points.) and you must respect the feature's original limitations (such as: Action surge 1 per long rest).

Rika's call

At 5th level, you have learned that Rika is willing to help you push through trouble. Whenever you fell the need to ask Rika for help, you may roll a d20 as an action, and, if you roll a number equal or lower than your Shaman level, Rika will come to aid you at the expanse of half your total Cursed Points. Rika's stats evolve with you, while you level up. Every time you roll a hit die to increase your max HP, you must also roll one of Rika's Hit die to increase her health. You also may increase her proficiency bonus as long as yours increase. Rika has her own initiative, and you may give her a command using your bonus action. Rika is very intelligent, and may complete simple task easily, and even some more complicated task (Dm's discretion). If Rika doesn't come to your aid, you can't call her again for 1 minute.

Rika's Cursed energy

At 7th level, you learned that, even if Rika can't aid you directly, she can still lend you her Cursed energy to imbue your weapon. At the expanse of 7 Cursed points, your imbued weapon's damage die becomes 2d12 for 1 minute. For this minute's duration, whenever you land a hit against an enemy, your target must make a constitution saving throw and, on a failed save, they get -2 on their AC for 1 minute.

Advanced Reverse Cursed technique

At 9th level, you developed your Reverse Cursed technique further than other shamans, to the point that you can use it to heal your allies. You must spend 6 Cursed points for each d8 you add to heal a companion.

Orimoto Rika: Unrestrained

At 12th level, you discovered how to make Rika obey you. Now, Rika will come whenever you call, at the expanse of half your Cursed Points. Everything that applies to Rika's call also applies to this feature. You may also expand 20 Cursed points to release all of Rika's Cursed energy at once. This is listed as True Love Cannon in Orimoto Rika: Unrestrained Statblock.

Two (or more) Domain Expansions

When two Shamans try to expand their Domains at the same time, a conflict is generated. For most Domain Expansions, a sealed barrier is at the limit of the Domain, sealing whoever is inside and out. Some Domains don't have a barrier, either because they're incomplete or because they're special in some way (Just like the Malevolent Shrine, that pushes itself within our reality). If two Shamans that are cooperating expand their domains at the same time, the Barrier that seals the outside will be only from the Domain with the biggest range, but the effects are still limited to the Domain's original range, starting from the user.

If the two Shamans are enemies, when they expand their Domains, they start a dispute for territory. After that, they should roll for a dispute. This roll is calculated the following: + dexterity modifier + constitution modifier + proficiency bonus. The winner pushes the loser, that will have the range of their Domain halved. After that, they proceed with their turn as normal. On the next loser's turn, they must re-roll. If the previous winner wins, the loser gets their Domain completely dismantled, and trapped in the enemies Domain. if the previous loser wins, their Domain get back to normal and back to square one. The loser isn't affected by the winner's Domain until someone's domain is dismantled.

If three or more shamans attempt to expand their domains at the same time, even if they are cooperators, they must succeed a DC (12 + the number of shamans trying to expand their Domain) dexterity saving throw to be able to expand their domain. If the three shamans succeed, the barrier around the domains breaks, and all shamans are susceptible to each other domain's effects.

Shaman's Grade

Shamans are categorized in different grades, to represent their power and their capability to defeat powerful foes.

The grades goes as following, from the weakest to the strongest: Forth-Grade, Semi-Third-Grade, Third-Grade, Semi-Second-Grade, Second-Grade, Semi-First-Grade and First-Grade. Anyone that is categorized as Forth-Grade is considered "weak" in the Shaman society, and anyone above Semi-Second-Grade is considered strong. Besides all this categories, there is an extra one. A Special-Grade Shaman is someone that is at the top of the Shaman society, and very few receive this grading. Being a Special-Grade means you have a great power, but also a great responsibility.

Most times, Special-Grade Shamans are considered to be a one-man army.

Binding Vows

A Binding Vow is a pact made between two parties or you with yourself. The objective of a Binding Vow is to make a deal that neither of the parties can escape. Anyone with Cursed energy can suggest a Binding Vow. To create a binding vow, you must state what you want and what you offer. If both parties agree, the binding vow is created. If any of the parties fails to honor their word, The Cursed energy involving the binding vow will punish (At the DM's discretion) the untrue mentally and/or physically.

A Binding Vow made with itself is different. For example, your Dexterity score is 17, you make a Binding Vow that, while outside combat, your Dexterity score count as 15, but while in battle count as 19. (Be sure to agree with your DM before implementing a Binding Vow on your character. A Binding Vow always benefits you in something while taking something away.)

Cursed Energy Checks

Cursed energy is a natural energy that exists within the world, mostly created by humans. While a Shaman use Dexterity to attack rolls involving Cursed energy, such as Cursed Strikes, any moment a Shaman tries to recall information about Cursed energy or Curses, they must roll a Intelligence (Arcana) check.

Ten shadows Techniques challenge

Whenever a Ten shadows Techniques Shaman hit higher levels, they need to challenge the shikigamis before being able to summon them. To Summon a shikigami for battle, the Shaman must state that they will start a battle against determined shikigami. The Shaman can ask for help from companions. Before the battle start, the Shaman must explain how the summoning works. After defeating the shikigami with the companions that were stated before battle, the Ten Shadows Technique Shamans becomes able to summon this shikigami. If someone that wasn't stated as a challenger before the battle interfere, the shikigami, even if defeated, won't be able to be summoned.

Cursed Techniques Components

Cursed Techniques need somatic components to be activated, as well as Domain Expansions, so if both Shaman's hands are unavailable, they won't be able to activate their Cursed Technique. Users of the Cursed Speech Technique don't need to use somatic components, but need to use vocal components.