The Whisperer Class Guide, 5e(2014) compatible

Creating a Whisperer

When creating a Whisperer, think about your character's motivations. Do they work for a king, a noble, a temple, a secret organization, or do they simply perhaps work by themselves, for the highest bidder? What led them to this life of secrecy, and who has trained and taught them everything they know? Do they have a boss or a mentor? Did they find themselves in the local tavern as a part of a mission they are already on, or are they simply enjoying a brief moment of respite before their next order sends them tumbling down into a maze of intrigue and espionage?

As your character progresses through their journey, you will also have to think of their specialization. Do you want to be a slippery, agile combatant boosted by a selection of spells? Alternatively, do you want to rely on the power of your words and your magic to extract information out of everyone in your path and build a network of informants who will provide you with secrets you should not know? Or, perhaps, do you want to be a bulkier fighter who uses their skills to give advantages to yourself and your adventuring party, and to make your enemies' lives just a little bit more miserable?

Class Features:

As a Whisperer, you have the following class features:

Improvisation Points

Your training has taught you to master your surroundings and take advantage of any situation that you might find yourself in. At first level you get one Improvisation Point, and for every other level you gain in the Whisperer class, your Improvisation Points rise by one. Starting at level 1, using an Improvisation Point means rolling an Improvisation Die, and adding that roll to any roll you make.

Starting at level 1, you Improvisation Die is a d4. Starting at level 8 your Improvisation Die is a d6. Starting at level 15 your Improvisation Die is a d8. You can add only one Improvisation Point to a roll, unless otherwise stated. You regain all expended Improvisation Points when you finish a long rest.

Ease of Movement

Starting at level 2, if you are unarmored or wearing light armor, and if you are not carrying a shield, your speed increases by 10 feet.

Skill Expertise

At level 3 choose one of the skills you have proficiency with, and double your proficiency bonus with it for all checks including that skill. At 10th level choose one more skill to apply Skill Expertise to.

Weapon Expertise

At level 4 choose one of the types of weapons you have proficiency with, and double your proficiency bonus with it for your attack bonus. At 11th level choose one more weapon type to apply Weapons expertise to.

Ability score increase

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. You can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Extra Attack

Starting at level 5, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. Starting at level 14, you gain another extra attack, and can attack three times whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Sound Mind

Your training has not only given you the means to deal damage and extract information. It has also taught you mental fortitude. Starting at level 6, you have advantage on all saves from spells from the Enchantment school of magic which are targeting you.

Inner Strength

Sometimes the fights might get a bit hairy, but you have learned how to take care of yourself. Beginning at level 7 you may expend two Improvisation Points to roll one Improvisation Die and heal yourself with the result of the roll.

Always Alert

Starting at level 10, you cannot be surprised unless you are unconscious or incapacitated.

Whisperer Senses

Starting at level 15 you can use your senses to gain knowledge of the location and species/race of all potential adversaries within a fifty foot sphere, even if they are invisible. At the cost of a bonus action, you can use this power twice before taking a long rest.

Critical Surprise

Starting at level 18, your attack on a creature that is surprised is an automatic critical hit.

Second Chance

At level 20, if you are reduced to 0 HP, but not killed, you may choose to expend any number of your remaining Improvisation Points to roll Improvisation Dice equal to the number of Improvisation Points chosen, and then heal yourself for the amount rolled.

Skilled Interrogator

Your training has made you quite adept in extracting information. At level 3 you gain advantage on all Persuasion and Deception checks.

Informant Network

What is a diplomat without their connections? Starting at level 9, you are able to build your network of informants. Your network can contain, at most, 5 individuals at the same time.

To induct an individual into your network you must succeed on three persuasion, deception or intimidation checks contested with the individual's Wisdom or Intelligence (their choice) saves, within three days. If the individual is proficient with their saves, they make them with advantage. You can make no more than two of those checks per day. The cost of attempting each check is 2 Improvisation points. If you fail any of those checks, you cannot attempt to induct that person into your informant network again for one year.

Once the individual is inducted into your Informant Network, you gain the ability to see, for the duration of a maximum of 10 consecutive seconds, the world through their eyes. For the duration of those 10 seconds you lose your vision and hearing and gain theirs. You can use this ability once per long rest per informant. The informant is not aware of your ability to do so unless you tell them, and will not be able to feel it happening when you do it.

Additionally, every time you do interact in person with your informant, you will be able to cast Zone of Truth, whether or not it is in your Spells Known. You do not expend a spell slot for that casting, but the effect radius of the spell is not a 15-foot-sphere, but the informant themself. The informant needs to be standing within 10 feet of you for you to be able to cast it. The informant has to make the Charisma saving throw with disadvantage.

You can release the informant from your network after at least one month has passed from their induction. If the informant dies, they do not leave your network until you learn of their death. The informant cannot leave your network of their own volition, but they can attempt to evade meeting you.

Inspired Casting

Starting at level 13 you gain the ability to expend 2 Improvisation points to replace a used spell slot of any level that you have access to.

Spell evader

Starting at level 17 choose a school of Magic: you now have resistance to spells belonging to that school. Additionally, choose another school of Magic: you now have immunity to spells belonging to that school.

The Quartermaster

The Quartermaster's Eyes and Ears

Starting at level 17, you gain the ability to expend 3 Improvisation Points to magically produce a pair of black spheres of glass the size of a Human eyeball. When looking into one of the spheres, the individual can hear and see everything that is happening in a 30 foot radius of the other sphere. The sphere's sight and vision is constrained in the same way that the sight and hearing would be of the individual that produced it. The sphere cannot see through solid objects. The sphere's hearing is impeded in the same way that the hearing of its maker would be if they were positioned in the sphere's location. The spheres will retain their properties for 1d8 hours, after which they will vanish from existence. You cannot make another pair of spheres before the one you previously made vanishes.