Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d10 per ardent level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per ardent level after 1st

Proficiencies

• Armor: All armor
• Weapons: All melee weapons
• Tools: None
• Saving Throws: Constitution, Wisdom
• Skills: Choose two from Animal Handling, Arcana, Athletics, Insight, Medicine, Perception, Persuasion, or Survival

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
• (a) chain mail or (b) scale mail
• (a) five javelins or (b) two simple melee weapons
• (a) a dungeoneer's pack or (b) an explorer's pack
• two melee martial weapons

Quick Build

You can make an ardent quickly by utilizing the following suggestions. First, Strength should be your highest ability score, followed by Wisdom.

Second, choose the hermit background.

Psionic Spellcasting

Wielding psionic power, your control over emotions happens to manifest into magic, infecting your enemies with doubt while filling your allies and your attacks with confidence.

Emotional Ideal

At 1st level, you choose an ideal which represents the emotion you exude most often. Your choice grants a feature at 1st level and again at 6th, 10th, and 18th level.

Your choice also adds effects to your Ardent Surge feature, which you gain when you reach 2nd level in this class.

Fighting Style

Starting at 2nd level, you adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can't take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose another Fighting Style.

Ardent Surge

Starting at 2nd level, you can launch a surge of powerful emotion that revitalizes a faltering creature. As an action, choose a creature within your mantle's aura. That creature can expend a hit die, rolling it, adding their Constitution modifier, and regaining a number of hit points equal to the total (minimum of 1) + an additional amount of d6s, as shown in the Ardent Surge column on the Ardent table.

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

Psychic Font

At 2nd level, through discipline and careful observation, you've expanded your psionics beyond the capabilities of normal magic, which offers immense might.

Psychic Ascendant

At 20th level, You've become so entrenched with your psychic abilities that you can bend and warp reality around your will. You can cast Wish and if you undergo the spell's casting stress, you have no chance of losing the ability to cast the spell. In addition, you can cast Wish to replicate any spell
of 1st through 8th level.

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

Enlightenment

You read your enemies' weaknesses and reveal them to your allies, and your keen insight helps your allies overcome what would otherwise be a grim fate while ushering foes toward it.

Euphoria

You can scarcely contain the emotions that strain against your will like a crashing tide. Your attacks flood from you, granting your allies confidence and denying foes any courage.

Capriciousness

You have little use for caution or careful planning, allowing your natural talent and fate to guide your actions. You deliver punishing blows and strip away the strength of your foes.

Ardent Spell List

Conflicted Emotions

enchantment cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp)
• Duration: 1 round

You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within range. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s normal effects, and then becomes charged with psychotic energy until the start of your next turn.

If the target willingly ends its turn within 5 feet of another creature, it takes psychic damage equal to your spellcasting ability modifier, and the spell ends.

At Higher Levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 psychic damage to the target on a hit, and the damage the target takes for ending its turn within 5 feet of another creature increases to 1d8 + your spellcasting ability modifier. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at 11th level (2d8 and 2d8) and 17th level (3d8 and 3d8).

Fatal Attraction

enchantment cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp)
• Duration: 1 round

You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within range. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s normal effects, and you goad the target until the start of your next turn.

If the target attacks any creature other than you, it takes psychic damage equal to your spellcasting ability modifier.

At Higher Levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d6 psychic damage to the target on a hit, and the damage the target takes for attacking another creature increases to 1d6 + your spellcasting ability modifier. Both damage rolls increase by 1d6 at 11th level (2d6 and 2d6) and 17th level (3d6 and 3d6).

Impetuous Ruin

necromancy cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp)
• Duration: 1 round

You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within range. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s normal effects, and your strike dulls their reflexes until the start of your next turn.

The creature's reactions can only be provoked by you.

At Higher Levels. The melee attack deals an extra 1d6 necrotic damage on a hit at 5th level (1d6), 11th level (2d6), and 17th level (3d6).

Probability Flux

abjuration cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp)
• Duration: 1 round

You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within range. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s normal effects, and your strike alters the laws of chance upon the target until the start of your next turn. Any critical hit the target scores is treated as a normal hit instead.

At Higher Levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d6 force damage to the target on a hit. The damage roll increases by 1d6 at 11th level (2d6) and 17th level (3d6).

Stolen Strength

necromancy cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp)
• Duration: 1 round

You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within range. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s normal effects, and your strike saps the target's power until the start of your next turn. The target's weapon attacks deal half damage on a hit.

At Higher Levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d6 cold damage to the target on a hit. The damage roll increases by 1d6 at 11th level (2d6) and 17th level (3d6).

Temporal Strike

abjuration cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp)
• Duration: 1 round

You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within range. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s normal effects, and time bends a protective barrier of 5 feet around you until the start of your next turn.

Any attack of opportunity has Disadvantage if the attack is made against any ally within the protective barrier.

At Higher Levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 force damage to the target on a hit and the protective barrier increases to 10 feet. The damage roll increases by 1d8 at 11th level (2d8) and 17th level (3d8).

Violent Upsurge

evocation cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp)
• Duration: 1 round

You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within range. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s normal effects, and you sunder their psyche until the start of your next turn.

Once per turn, when the target first takes damage, it takes additional damage of the source's type equal to your spellcasting ability modifier.

At Higher Levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d10 fire damage to the target on a hit. The damage roll increases by 1d10 at 11th level (2d10) and 17th level (3d10).

Lingering Fury

1st-level evocation spell

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp)
• Duration: 1 minute

You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within range. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s normal effects, takes an additional 1d10 psychic damage, and is pushed 5 feet away from you. Your strike smashes the target aside, causing them to be shrouded in a lingering fury for the spell's duration.

Once per turn, a creature that deals damage to the target can roll 1d10 and add it to their damage roll as psychic damage. As an action during its turn, the target can make a Wisdom saving throw, ending the spell on a success.

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

Wormhole Plunge

1st-level evocation spell

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp)
• Duration: Instantaneous

You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within range. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s normal effects. Your strike rips open a hole in space, forcing any creatures of your choice within 30 feet of the original target to make a Strength saving throw as the wormhole attempts to pull them closer.

On a failed save, a creature takes 2d10 force damage and is pulled 10 feet closer to the original target. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage and is only pulled 5 feet. Objects of your choice within 60 feet of the original target are pulled up to 20 feet closer toward them.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the force damage increases by 1d10 and the pull by 5 feet for each slot level above 1st.

Cerebral Worm

2nd-level enchantment spell

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp)
• Duration: 1 round

You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within range. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s normal effects. Your strike imparts a shadow of doubt in the target's mind like a parasite, hindering its ability to attack for the spell's duration.

The creature's attack rolls have Disadvantage unless it fights the doubt and takes 2d6 psychic damage, allowing the creature to make an Intelligence saving throw. On a success, the spell ends.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the psychic damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 2nd.

Fate Exchange

2nd-level conjuration spell

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a fistful of blackthorn)
• Duration: 1 round

Your passion bends space to let yourself and one willing creature of your choice within range swap positions by teleporting to the others' previously occupied space.

Until the start of your next turn, when you or a target makes an attack roll or a saving throw before the spell ends, the target can roll a d8 and add the number rolled to the attack roll or saving throw.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot level above 2nd.

Feast of Plenty

3rd-level abjuration spell

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: 15 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a fistful of rose petals)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You force a creature you can see within range to make a Charisma saving throw or be wrapped in a net of psychotic energy for the spell's duration on a failed save. Whenever the target takes damage, the attacker gains temporary hit points equal to 1d6 + your spellcasting ability modifier.

Intellect Bomb

3rd-level enchantment spell

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a fistful of lavender)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

You mark a foe for meltdown as you implant a psychic bomb into the mind of a creature you can see within range. When the spell ends, the target and each creature within 10 feet of them is forced to make an Intelligence saving throw.

On a failed save, a creature takes 4d10 psychic damage and becomes dazed until the end of your next turn. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage.

Mountainfall Strike

3rd-level enchantment spell

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp)
• Duration: 1 minute

You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within range. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s normal effects, takes an additional 2d10 bludgeoning damage, and is forced to make a Wisdom saving throw. On a miss, the target takes half as much damage and the spell ends.

On a failed save, the target becomes restrained for the spell's duration and the space 10 feet around them is considered difficult terrain for any of its allies. On a successful save, the target becomes slowed for the spell's duration. As an action during its turn, the creature can make a Wisdom saving throw, ending the spell on a success.

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

Chains of Affinity

4th-level necromancy spell

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a fistful of thorns)
• Duration: 1 minute

You create a magical zone that reciprocates damage against your allies in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point of your choice within range. When you or any ally takes damage while within the zone, each enemy in the zone suffers psychic damage equal to half the amount of damage taken.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the radius increases by 5 feet for each slot level above 4th.

Corridor of Pain

4th-level conjuration spell

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within range. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s normal effects, takes 3d10 force damage, and you can control the target's position for the spell's duration as long as its not two or more sizes larger than you. On a miss, the target takes half as much damage and the spell ends.

When the target takes damage, you can use your reaction to teleport them up to 30 feet but they must reappear in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of an ally.

Mind Rend

4th-level enchantment spell

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (10 feet)
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 minute

You emit a burst of psychic energy, forcing each creature of your choice within range to make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, a creature becomes slowed.

Then, you create a magical zone that dulls the psyche in a 15-foot-radius sphere centered on yourself. Any enemy that ends its turn within the zone becomes dazed until the end of its next turn.

Temporal Acceleration

4th-level conjuration spell

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 5 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp)
• Duration: Instantaneous

You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting. You teleport up to 60 feet and make a melee attack with it against one creature within range. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s normal effects, takes 4d6 force damage, and can't take the Dash or Disengage action until the end of your next turn. On a miss, the target takes half as much damage and the spell ends.

The attack, regardless of hit or miss, causes time to accelerate in jumps as it attempts to catch up to you, forcing each creature within 15 feet of you to make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature becomes slowed until the end of your next turn. Any ally within 15 feet of you is immune to this effect and instead has their movement speed increased by 15 feet.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the force damage increases by 2d6 for each slot level above 4th.

Treachery's Seed

4th-level enchantment spell

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a fistful of lotus petals)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You implant a seed of treachery in the mind of a creature within range, allowing you to control it through its own attacks for the spell's duration as you wrack it with pain each time. When the target hits with an attack, you can use your reaction to force it to attack a target of your choice with that same attack and cause it to take 3d10 psychic damage.

After you take this reaction, the creature can use its reaction to make a Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, the spell ends.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the psychic damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 4th.

Corona of Battle

5th-level evocation spell

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (30-foot radius)
• Components: V, S, M (a fistful of dragonrose petals)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

Passionate psychic energy emanates from you, instilling new courage and prowess to allies within 30 feet of you. Until the spell ends, the sphere moves with you, centered on you. For the duration, each allied creature in the area (including you) gains a bonus to their attack rolls equal to your spellcasting ability modifier and their attacks deal an additional 1d10 force damage on a hit.

Additionally, each allied creature (including you) that ends their turn within the area regains 5 hit points.

Violent Spark

5th-level evocation spell

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (60-foot radius)
• Components: V, S, M (a fistful of dragonrose petals)
• Duration: Instantaneous

You unleash a psychic scream and crimson light shines from your allies' eyes, allowing each ally within the area to make a weapon attack or cast a cantrip (no action required). When an ally deals damage, they deal extra psychic damage equal to your spellcasting ability modifier. If a target misses, they gain temporary hit points equal to their attack roll's total.