Hyrule: Scion (5e Class)
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It can effectively be used in a traditional setting, but may function best if the campaign uses the Spell Points variant rule (DMG, page 288) or equivalent.
Scion
In Hyrule, a scion has inherited a portion of a great being's supernatural power. This inheritance can be gained in one of numerous ways. Often this comes in the form of a blessing, such as a hero being rewarded for aiding a Great Fairy (5e Creature) in her time of need. It could also be taken by force, such as a warrior slaying a powerful dragon for the sole purpose of absorbing its energy. The inheritance may even be a contract, with the scion slowly gaining boons in exchange for favors to a demon or minor deity. Indeed, the exact powers and means of a scion's gifts vary wildly from one to another.
In all cases, however, a scion is able to train and expand these powers. Even if the supernatural benefactor has passed on, it has already bestowed the seed in the scion, which the scion can independently grow further. The powers gained are innate and instinctive, and exerted almost purely through sheer force of the scion's will.
Creating a Scion
A scion of the dragon subclass.
Source
- Quick Build
You can make a Scion quickly by following these suggestions:
- Charisma should be your highest ability score. Your next highest score should be Dexterity, or optionally Strength if you are a dragon scion. Your third highest should be Constitution.
- Choose the pariah background.
- For your Scion Patron, choose dragon if you favor relentless destruction, choose fairy if you want to focus on supporting your allies, choose poe if you prefer versatility and unusual capabilities, or choose Mask if you like changing your skills to fit the situation.
- Finally, choose your spells:
- If you are a dragon scion, choose the claws of the dragon and power beam cantrips. For your 1st-level spells, choose command and spin attack.
- If you are a fairy scion, choose the guidance and virtue cantrips. For your 1st-level spells, choose cure wounds and faerie fire.
- If you are a poe scion, choose the death bolt and minor illusion cantrips. For your 1st-level spells, choose false life and inflict wounds.
- If you are a mask scion, choose the "primal savagery" and "vicious mockery" cantrips. For your 1st-level spells, choose "hideous laughter" and "transfer pain".
Class Features
As a scion you gain the following class features.
- Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d8 per scion level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + Constitution modifier per scion level after 1st
- Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor
Weapons: Simple weapons, fire rods, ice rods, lightning rods, fire staffs, ice staffs, lightning staffs, scimitars, and shortswords
Tools: None
Saving Throws: Constitution, Charisma
Skills: You are proficient in your choice of one skill in the following list: Acrobatics, Arcana, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Nature, Persuasion, and Religion.
- If your Intelligence score is or becomes at least 11, you gain proficiency in one more of the listed skills, for a total of two.
- If your Intelligence score is or becomes at least 15, you gain proficiency in one more of the listed skills, for a total of three.
- If your Intelligence score is or becomes at least 19, you gain proficiency in one more of the listed skills, for a total of four.
In place of gaining proficiency in a skill, you can instead gain proficiency in any one tool or vehicle of your choice.
- Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
- (a) studded leather or (b) scale mail (if you are a dragon scion)
- (a) any simple melee weapon or (b) a shortsword
- (a) six javelins or (b) a shortbow and 50 arrows or (c) a wooden shield (if you are a fairy scion)
- a backpack, a bedroll, a mess kit, a tinderbox, 10 torches, 10 days of rations, and a waterskin
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Alternatively, your DM may allow you to choose your own starting equipment using 1,000 (4d4 x 100) rupees. If you choose this option, you forgo the equipment granted by your background.
| Level | Proficiency Bonus | Features | Cantrips Known | Spells Known | Max Spell Level | Magic Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | +2 | Scion Patron, Spellcasting | 2 | 2 | 1st | Cha modifier |
| 2nd | +2 | Patron Affinity | 2 | 3 | 1st | +2 |
| 3rd | +2 | Scion Patron feature | 2 | 4 | 1st | +4 |
| 4th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 4 | 1st | +6 |
| 5th | +3 | Spell Versatility | 3 | 5 | 2nd | +8 |
| 6th | +3 | Immutable | 3 | 5 | 2nd | +10 |
| 7th | +3 | Patron's Form | 3 | 6 | 2nd | +12 |
| 8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement, Scion Patron feature | 3 | 6 | 2nd | +14 |
| 9th | +4 | — | 3 | 7 | 3rd | +16 |
| 10th | +4 | Minor Patron | 3 | 7 | 3rd | +18 |
| 11th | +4 | Scion Patron feature | 3 | 8 | 3rd | +20 |
| 12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 8 | 3rd | +22 |
| 13th | +5 | — | 4 | 9 | 4th | +24 |
| 14th | +5 | Improved Spell Versatility | 4 | 9 | 4th | +26 |
| 15th | +5 | Scion Patron feature | 4 | 10 | 4th | +28 |
| 16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 10 | 4th | +30 |
| 17th | +6 | — | 4 | 11 | 5th | +32 |
| 18th | +6 | Willful Reflex | 4 | 11 | 5th | +34 |
| 19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 12 | 5th | +36 |
| 20th | +6 | Scion Patron feature, True Patron, Lengthened Longevity | 4 | 12 | 5th | +38 |
Scion Patron
Choose the type of patron from which your supernatural capabilities are derived: Dragon, Fairy, Mask, or Poe. Each of these choices is described in more detail at the end of this section. This choice represents your subclass, and determines what spells you can cast. Your subclass grants you features at 1st level, and again at 3rd, 8th, 11th, 15th, and 20th levels.
Spellcasting
As an inheritor of supernatural power, you inherently know how to cast a small array of spells. Casting these spells is a talent that feels instinctive to you and grows stronger with practice.
- Cantrips
You know two cantrips of your choice from the spell list provided by your scion patron. You learn additional cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Scion table.
| Spell Level | MP Cost |
|---|---|
| 1st | 2 |
| 2nd | 3 |
| 3rd | 5 |
| 4th | 6 |
| 5th | 7 |
- Magic Meter
At 1st level, you gain a number of magic points equal to your Charisma modifier, and you gain an additional 2 for every level you gain in this class. (Your scion patron may grant you even more magic points.) To cast a spell, you must expend a number of magic points dependent on the level of the spell. See the adjacent table.
You can cast a spell at a higher level than normal by expending additional magic points. For example, casting fly, a 3rd-level spell, normally costs 5 magic points. It can be cast as a 5th level spell, allowing it to affect more creatures, by expending the magic points needed to cast a 5th level spell—which is 7 magic points.
Your magic points are fully restored after a long rest. Some class features and magic items can otherwise restore magic points.
- Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher
You know two 1st-level spells from the spell list provided by your scion patron (Dragon, Fairy, Mask, or Poe).
The Spells Known column of the Scion table shows when you learn more scion spells of your choice of 1st level and higher. A spell you choose must be of a level no higher than what’s shown in the table’s Max Spell Level column for your level.
When you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the scion spells you know and replace it with another spell from your scion patron's spell lists. A spell you choose must be of a level no higher than what’s shown in the table’s Max Spell Level column for your level.
- Spellcasting Ability
Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your scion spells, since the power of your magic relies on your ability to project your will into the world. You use your Charisma whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Charisma modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a scion spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.
Patron Affinity
Starting from 2nd level, you become inherently attuned to creatures who share the heritage of your patron; on an instinctive level, you understand their hopes, fears, and rationality. You have advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma ability checks made against or about creatures of a certain type. The type is determined by your scion patron:
| Patron | Creature Type |
|---|---|
| Dragon | Dragon |
| Fairy | Fey |
| Mask | Construct |
| Poe | Undead |
Ability Score Improvement
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. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.
If your campaign is using the feats optional rule, you can replace this feature with a feat for which you qualify.
Spell Versatility
At 5th level, you learn to weave spellcasting and martial prowess more swiftly. When you use your action to cast a scion spell, you can expend 1 magic point to use your bonus action to either make one weapon attack or take the Dash action.
Transmutation Opposition
Your patron has made you more resistant to magic. At 5th level, when you are subjected to a spell that affords a saving throw, you can add your Charisma modifier as a bonus to that saving throw. If this is done for a Charisma saving throw, you effectively add this modifier twice.
Immutable
Starting at 6th level, the supernatural alterations derived from your patron take deep root, and aid in in avoiding some magical ailments. You become immune to any magic effect that only affects certain types of creatures, such as the hold person spell which only affects humanoids. You can similarly choose to be immune to any magic effect that would alter your form, including spells like polymorph.
Patron's Form
Starting from 7th level, you learn to superficially change your appearance to more closely resemble a creature associated with your patron.
As an action, you can change your appearance to more closely resemble a dragon, fairy, or undead creature as decided by your subclass. You otherwise decide what you look like, including your height, weight, facial features, sound of your voice, hair length, coloration, and distinguishing characteristics, if any. If appropriate, you can make yourself appear as a member of another race that more closely resembles your patron. You can change your size to Medium if you are smaller. If you have a fairy patron, you can change your size to Small if you are larger. While transformed, you are treated as the creature type appropriate to your patron (see the table under Patron Affinity): dragon, fey, or undead.
A mask scion uses this feature somewhat differently. You can still change your appearance, but instead of resembling a construct, you change to superficially resemble a humanoid race, such as a Hylian, Deku scrub, Goron or Zora. Your type does not change.
In no case does this transformation alter any of your statistics other than your size.
This transformation lasts until you fall unconscious or use an action to end it.
Minor Patron
Starting at 10th level, your supernatural magic has become so great that you can become a minor patron in your own right. You can conduct a ritual with another willing creature to grant it minor spellcasting capability. This ritual takes 10 minutes and requires consuming 100 rupees' worth of material components. At the end of this ritual, the target gains temporary mastery over some magic you can perform. It gains the capability to cast any one 1st-level scion spell you are able to cast at its lowest level, and must expend its own magic points or stamina points to do so. You decide which spell to grant when you perform the ritual, but you cannot grant a spell which has a duration of 'permanent' or 'until dispelled.'
The target retains this capability until you use this feature again. At 15th level, you may conduct this ritual with a number of creatures equal to your Charisma modifier.
Improved Spell Versatility
At 15th level, you learn to weave spellcasting and martial prowess with even greater ease than before. When you use your action to cast a scion spell, you can use your bonus action to either make one attack or take the Dash action, and do not need to expend magic points to do so.
Willful Reflex
At 18th level, your experience with martial and magical prowess enables you to more acutely evade certain forms of harm. You gain proficiency in your choice of either Dexterity saving throws or Wisdom saving throws.
True Patron
At 20th level, you can choose to become a patron of your own accord. When you complete the ritual of the Minor Patron feature, you can expend an additional 900 rupees of material components. Even if you can become a minor patron of multiple creatures, you may only conduct this stronger ritual with one creature. In doing so, the benefiting creature retains the ability to cast the 1st-level spell of your choice indefinitely, even if you use this feature again. Furthermore, the benefitting creature can gain levels in the scion class even if it does not meet the multiclass prerequisites, and retains the ability to do so forever. If the individual cannot otherwise meet the multiclass prerequisites, it can only gain the subclass you chose.
A creature cannot gain the benefit of your True Patron feature more than once. You can perform the ritual again to change the 1st-level spell granted to it, however.
Lengthened Longevity
At 20th level, your time gaining influence from creatures of great power has increased your lifespan. A Fairy Scion becomes functionally ageless, and as a bastion of life cannot die of old age. A Dragon Scion gains their patron's great lifespan, living as long as 1000 years (Or more if their race would naturally life longer). Poe Scions and Mask Scions take this feature somewhat differently, as their natural lifespans do not grow any longer.
A Poe Scion, once it reaches its natural lifespan, upon its death after a day's time will raise from the dead as if nothing had happened. You are treated as if you are an undead, you can no longer die of old age, nor do you physically age any longer and you do not require food, water or sleep. Your body appears cold, your face appears drained of any life and your eyes do not have the spark of life, though they faintly glow in the dark.
A Mask Scion, upon their death, can choose to transfer their consciousness into their created mask. If this is done, they are treated as a construct, they cannot age and do not require food, water or sleep. As a mask, they gain Truesight for 120 ft. in front of them, can hover up to 10 ft. in the air and cast spells using themselves as a spellcasting focus. In addition, as they can now become a patron to others, another creature can wear their mask and be able to use their spells if the mask scion wishes. However, the Mask Scion can choose to attempt to dominate the creature wearing their mask for 24 hours. A creature wearing their mask must make a Wisdom saving throw or be dominated by the mask for 24 hours. While dominated, the mask can animate their body and use it for their own, taking their voice, mannerisms and memories, but only for as long as their are worn. The creature is aware of what the mask is making them do. They gain any weapon, armor, tool and language proficiencies, and can cast spells known by the creature. Upon reaching 24 hours, the creature can attempt to repeat the saving throw. On a success, the mask's dominion over the creature ends, and the mask can be removed. The Mask Scion can choose to end this domination early.
Dragon Scion
Among other capabilities, a dragon scion can transform its hands into powerful draconic claws.
Source
| Level | Proficiency Bonus | Features | Cantrips Known | Spells Known | Max Spell Level | Magic Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | +2 | Bonus Proficiencies, Draconic Recovery, Spellcasting | 2 | 2 | 1st | Cha modifier |
| 2nd | +2 | Patron Affinity | 2 | 3 | 1st | +2 |
| 3rd | +2 | Dragon Wings, Fighting Style | 2 | 3 | 1st | +4 |
| 4th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 4 | 1st | +6 |
| 5th | +3 | Spell Versatility, Transmutation Opposition | 3 | 4 | 2nd | +8 |
| 6th | +3 | Immutable | 3 | 5 | 2nd | +10 |
| 7th | +3 | Patron's Form | 3 | 5 | 2nd | +12 |
| 8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement, Honed Strikes, Soul of Cinder | 3 | 6 | 2nd | +14 |
| 9th | +4 | — | 3 | 6 | 3rd | +16 |
| 10th | +4 | Minor Patron | 3 | 7 | 3rd | +18 |
| 11th | +4 | Dragon Resilience | 3 | 7 | 3rd | +20 |
| 12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 8 | 3rd | +22 |
| 13th | +5 | — | 4 | 8 | 4th | +24 |
| 14th | +5 | Improved Spell Versatility | 4 | 9 | 4th | +26 |
| 15th | +5 | Weak Point Smash | 4 | 9 | 4th | +28 |
| 16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 10 | 4th | +30 |
| 17th | +6 | — | 4 | 10 | 5th | +32 |
| 18th | +6 | Willful Reflex | 4 | 11 | 5th | +34 |
| 19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 12 | 5th | +36 |
| 20th | +6 | Dragon Form, True Patron, Lengthened Longevity | 4 | 12 | 5th | +38 |
Commonly called a dragon knight or dragon warrior, a scion of this subclass draws its power from a draconic origin. This is usually consequence of absorbing the power of a slain dragon, or ritual worship of a draconic benefactor, but there are many other possibilities. In any case, a dragon scion embodies the ferocity and vitality of the beast it embodies. This is most apparent in a dragon scion's capability to temporarily transform parts of its body into those of a dragon, such as growing claws or functional wings. Much as a dragon breathes fire or spits beams of force, so too do a dragon scion's spells embody such visceral destruction. Dragon scions are infamous for their tenacity, as it seems their magical and physical prowess can tear through entire legions of lesser foes with little rest.
A scion of this subclass casts spells drawn from the dragon scion spell list.
Bonus Proficiencies
You gain proficiency with medium armor and four martial melee weapons of your choice.
You gain proficiency in one skill from Animal Handling, Arcana, Athletics, and Intimidation.
You can read, write, and speak the Lizal language. If you already knew this language, you instead learn another language of your choice.
Choose one damage type from cold, acid, fire or lightning. You gain resistance to that damage type.
Draconic Recovery
Your dragon influence enables you to rapidly recover from your magical feats. When you complete a short rest and expend at least one Hit Die to recover hit points, you regain both hit points and magic points equal to the rolled total. You can only use this feature with Hit Dice derived from this class.
Dragon Wings
Starting from 3rd level, you can temporarily grow magic draconic wings from your back, enabling flight. You can grow these wings as a bonus action by expending 1 magic point, and they last until the start of your next turn. You can maintain these wings seamlessly if you use this bonus action at the start of consecutive turns.
While these wings are present, you have a fly speed equal to your base walking speed or 40 feet (whichever is greater).
Fighting Style
At 3rd level, you adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options.
- Ranged: You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
- Defense: While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.
- Dual-Wielding: You can engage in two-weapon fighting without penalty even when the one-handed melee weapons you are wielding aren't light.
- Dueling: When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.
- Endurance: You can use a bonus action to regain hit points equal to your scion level plus your Constitution modifier. Once you use this feature, you must complete a long rest before you can use it again.
- Heavy Strikes: After you roll damage with a weapon you are wielding in two hands, you can choose to roll one of the damage dice again, but if you do so you must accept the second roll even if it is lower. You can only gain this benefit with a weapon that has the two-handed or versatile properties, and can only benefit from it once per turn.
- Power Beams: While you are at full hit points and use the Attack action on your turn to make at least one melee attack, you can cast power beam as a bonus action. When you cast power beam in this way, it inflicts half its normal damage. You can also cast power beam as an action by expending 1 stamina point.
- Reckless Attacker: Before making any melee weapon attack roll, you may spend 1 magic point to give yourself advantage on the attack roll. However, any attack made against you after this attack is made is made with advantage.
- Shoving: When you use your action to make at least one melee attack, you can use your bonus action to attempt to shove a creature you hit with your attack.
- Dragon Rage: When in combat, you may use your bonus action to enter a Rage. While raging, you have advantage on all strength checks and saving throws; when you make a melee weapon attack using Strength, you gain a bonus to the damage roll equal to your proficiency bonus; and you have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. If you are able to cast spells, you can't cast them or concentrate on them while raging, with the exception of claws of the dragon, dragon rend and dragon's breath, as well as the patron's form, dragon wings and dragon form features. Your rage lasts for one minute, and you can rage a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier before needing a long rest.
Honed Strikes
Starting from 8th level, you can augment your martial prowess and accuracy with magical finesse. For the purpose of making a called shot, you can expend magic points as if they were stamina points.
Soul of Cinder
At 8th level, your power over draconic magic surges. Choose one type of damage from acid, cold, fire or lightining. Any spell you cast that inflicts this damage type has its damage dice increased one step. For example, if a spell would normally inflict 4d6 fire damage, it instead inflicts 4d8 fire damage when you cast it. You cannot increase a damage die above d12 with this feature.
In addition to dealing more damage, your spells also rip through resistances more easily. Your scion spells ignore any damage resistance a creature has to your chosen damage type. Your scion spells treat any immunity to this damage as though it was damage resistance instead.
| Normal Die | Empowered Die |
|---|---|
| d2 or d3 | d4 |
| d4 | d6 |
| d6 | d8 |
| d8 | d10 |
| d10 | d12 |
| d12 | d12 |
Dragon Resilience
Starting from 11th level, you have resistance to one type of damage when you are transformed by your Patron's Form feature. Choose from acid, cold, fire, or lightning. Whenever you use your action to alter your appearance using the Patron's Form feature, you can change this resistance to one of the other types. If you already have resistance to this damage type, such as the one gained at 1st level, you gain immunity.
In addition, when hit by this damage type, if you have gained immunity through this feature, you gain an amount of health equal to half the damage taken.
Extra Attack
Beginning at 11th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Weak Point Smash
At 15th level, you learn to better exploit the weaknesses of your foes when you strike with a weapon attack. On a hit, your weapon attack inflicts damage as if it was a critical hit under any one of the following conditions:
- You have the advantage on the attack roll and the target of your attack is within 30 feet of you.
- You make a called shot to hit a creature's weak point, if it has one.
Dragon Form
Starting at 20th level, you can very briefly assume the form of a Huge dragon at the start of your turn by expending 10 magic points. In doing so, you gain the following benefits until the start of your next turn:
- You gain a fly speed of 60 feet.
- You gain temporary hit points equal to your level.
- You can choose for your unarmed strike to inflict slashing damage equal to 3d6 + your Strength modifier, and your unarmed strikes become magic weapons. If you are concentrating on claws of the dragon, this increases to 4d6, and it is considered a light weapon.
- You have advantage on every attack roll made with a melee weapon.
- You have advantage on all saving throws.
- You have advantage on Strength and Constitution checks, and on Charisma (Intimidation) checks.
- You can cast a scion spell you are otherwise able to cast with 1 action as if it had a casting time of 1 bonus action.
This effect is magical, and can be dispelled as if it was a 7th-level spell. Once you use this feature, you must complete a short or long rest before you can use it again.
Fairy Scion
A fairy scion will often superficially resemble a Great Fairy.
Source
| Level | Proficiency Bonus | Features | Cantrips Known | Spells Known | Max Spell Level | Magic Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | +2 | Spellcasting, Bonus Proficiencies, Restful Aura | 2 | 2 | 1st | Cha modifier |
| 2nd | +2 | Patron Affinity | 2 | 3 | 1st | +2 |
| 3rd | +2 | Avatar of Life, Half Magic, Smiting Attack | 2 | 3 | 1st | +4 |
| 4th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 4 | 1st | +6 |
| 5th | +3 | Spell Versatility, Transmutation Opposition | 3 | 4 | 2nd | +8 |
| 6th | +3 | Immutable | 3 | 5 | 2nd | +10 |
| 7th | +3 | Patron's Form | 3 | 5 | 2nd | +12 |
| 8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement, Fairy Form | 3 | 6 | 2nd | +14 |
| 9th | +4 | — | 3 | 6 | 3rd | +16 |
| 10th | +4 | Minor Patron | 3 | 7 | 3rd | +18 |
| 11th | +4 | Healing Surge | 3 | 7 | 3rd | +20 |
| 12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 8 | 3rd | +22 |
| 13th | +5 | — | 4 | 8 | 4th | +24 |
| 14th | +5 | Improved Spell Versatility | 4 | 9 | 4th | +26 |
| 15th | +5 | Fairy Magic | 4 | 9 | 4th | +28 |
| 16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 10 | 4th | +30 |
| 17th | +6 | — | 4 | 10 | 5th | +32 |
| 18th | +6 | Willful Reflex | 4 | 11 | 5th | +34 |
| 19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 12 | 5th | +36 |
| 20th | +6 | Fairy's Wish, True Patron, Lengthened Longevity | 4 | 12 | 5th | +38 |
As its name implies, a fairy scion is one who has been blessed with a significant portion of a Great Fairy's magical power. A scion of this subclass often transforms over time to be remarkably beautiful or handsome, with fey-like features or accents that superficially resemble its patron. The spells and powers invoked by a fairy scion tend towards protection, restoration, and harmony. As such, those who seek and gain this power tend to be good-natured.
A scion of this subclass casts spells drawn from the fairy scion spell list.
Bonus Proficiencies
You gain proficiency with shields, including heavy shields.
You gain proficiency in two skills from Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Medicine, Nature, Performance, and Stealth.
You can read, write, and speak the Deku language. If you already knew this language, you instead learn another language of your choice.
Restful Aura
Beginning at 1st level, your mere presence helps to revitalize allies and soothe wounds. If you complete a short rest alongside your allies and they expend at least one Hit Die to restore hit points, they regain an additional number of hit points equal to your proficiency modifier. A creature cannot benefit from more than one Restful Aura (or one Song of Rest) during its short rest.
Avatar of Life
Starting from 3rd level, your healing spells are more effective. Whenever you use your action to cast a spell of 1st level or higher to restore hit points to a creature, the creature regains additional hit points equal to your proficiency modifier + the spell's level.
Half Magic
At 3rd level, your magic point maximum permanently increases by an amount equal to your Charisma modifier + 4, and increases by an additional 2 for every scion level you gain after this. (This effectively doubles the number of magic points you gain from this class.)
Smiting Attack
Starting from 3rd level, you become able to energize your strikes with glistening magical power. Once per turn, when you hit a creature with a weapon attack during your turn, you can expend 1 magic point to inflict an extra amount of radiant damage equal to your Charisma modifier. The weapon is considered magical for this attack.
If you use this feature when you hit with an unarmed strike, you can treat the damage dice for your unarmed strike as 1d4 instead of 1.
Fairy Form
Starting from 8th level, your transforming abilities become more robust. When you transform with your Patron's Form feature, you can gain any or all of the following effects for the duration of the transformation:
- You have resistance to radiant damage.
- You gain a fly speed equal to your base walking speed, and can hover in place.
- You gain the reduced condition. If you do so, your speed isn't reduced from the condition, and your fly speed from this feature is increased by 20 feet.
- Your entire body glows, emitting bright light to a radius of 20 feet, and dim light for an additional 20 feet.
As an action, you can change which of these effects are affecting you.
Mending Magic
At 8th level, your ability to heal wounded creatures is night-unparalleled. Any spell you cast that heals a target or object has its dice increased one step. For example, if a spell would normally heal 4d6 hit point, it instead heals 4d8 hit point when you cast it. You cannot increase a damage die above d12 with this feature.
In addition to healing more health, your spells also can affect more creatures. Instead of being unable to heal undead or constructs, your healing spells only heal for half the health you would otherwise give.
| Normal Die | Empowered Die |
|---|---|
| d2 or d3 | d4 |
| d4 | d6 |
| d6 | d8 |
| d8 | d10 |
| d10 | d12 |
| d12 | d12 |
Healing Surge
Starting from 11th level, you can channel life energy from any spell you cast. Whenever you expend magic points to cast a scion spell, you can expend 1 extra magic point to regain 1d4 hit points per level of the spell. For example, casting a 3rd level spell and using this feature causes you to regain 3d4 hit points. You can choose for a living creature within 10 feet of you to regain these hit points instead.
Fairy Magic
Starting at 15th level, you can flex your magic to perform a magical blessing or cast an esoteric spell. As if casting a spell that requires somatic and vocal components, you can use your action do one of the following:
- Grant yourself or any creature within 10 feet of you the ability to cast any single cantrip of your choice, until you use this feature again.
- Choose any spell that does not exceed your Max Spell Level, and has a casting time of 1 action. You cast the spell.
- Grant yourself or any creature within 10 feet of you resistance to one type of damage you choose (other than bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing) until you use this feature again.
This effect is considered magical. It can be ended by dispel magic or a similar feature as if it was a 6th-level spell. Once you use this feature, you must complete a long rest before you can use it again.
Fairy's Wish
At 20th level, you embody fairy magic as thoroughly as a Great Fairy, if not more so. You can periodically hone this magic to provide a blessing or cast a powerful spell, among other possibilities. As if casting a spell that requires somatic and vocal components, you can use your action do one of the following:
- Cast any spell of 8th level or lower that has a casting time of 1 action.
- Grant yourself or any creature within 10 feet of you the ability to cast any single 1st or 2nd level spell until you use this feature again. The benefiting creature must expend magic points or stamina points to cast this spell. If the creature has none of either, it can cast the spell once at its lowest level, and regains the ability to do so when it finishes a long rest.
- Enhance any spell effect of 5th level or lower that you or another creature within 10 feet of you is concentrating to maintain. That spell effect becomes permanent until you use this feature again, and does not require concentration to persist. This can only affect a spell that requires concentration.
- Fully recover the hit points of up to ten creatures you can see. These targets are also affected as if by the lesser restoration and greater restoration spells.
This is considered a magic effect. When appropriate, its effect can be dispelled as if it were a 9th level spell.
Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again.
Mask Scion
| Level | Proficiency Bonus | Features | Cantrips Known | Spells Known | Max Spell Level | Magic Points |
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| 1st | +2 | Spellcasting, Bonus Proficiencies, Shapechanger | 2 | 2 | 1st | Cha modifier |
| 2nd | +2 | Patron Affinity | 2 | 3 | 1st | +2 |
| 3rd | +2 | Shapechanger, Enduring Mask | 2 | 3 | 1st | +4 |
| 4th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 4 | 1st | +6 |
| 5th | +3 | Spell Versatility, Transmutation Opposition | 3 | 4 | 2nd | +8 |
| 6th | +3 | Immutable | 3 | 5 | 2nd | +10 |
| 7th | +3 | Patron's Form | 3 | 5 | 2nd | +12 |
| 8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement, Expert Shapechanger | 3 | 6 | 2nd | +14 |
| 9th | +4 | — | 3 | 6 | 3rd | +16 |
| 10th | +4 | Minor Patron | 3 | 7 | 3rd | +18 |
| 11th | +4 | Two-Faced, Dispel Defense | 3 | 7 | 3rd | +20 |
| 12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 8 | 3rd | +22 |
| 13th | +5 | — | 4 | 8 | 4th | +24 |
| 14th | +5 | Improved Spell Versatility | 4 | 9 | 4th | +26 |
| 15th | +5 | Master Shapechanger | 4 | 9 | 4th | +28 |
| 16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 10 | 4th | +30 |
| 17th | +6 | — | 4 | 10 | 5th | +32 |
| 18th | +6 | Willful Reflex | 4 | 11 | 5th | +34 |
| 19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 12 | 5th | +36 |
| 20th | +6 | Fierce Deity, True Patron, Lengthened Longevity | 4 | 12 | 5th | +38 |
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| One of the first Mask Scions was a Tunic, famous for his travels through time. Source |
You draw your supernatural abilities from one or more mysterious, unknowable forces that seem to defy the logic or limitations that seem to apply to most races. These forces can change the very being of those draw power from them, granting them power beyond mortal imagining.
Drawing on the power of these aberrant forces, you become capable of magic that transforms your body in numerous and fundamentally different ways. Many of your spells are cast by you donning a literal mask you have crafted or otherwise obtained, which helps to house the bizarre magic you wield.
These masks can be simple casting focuses, objects that whisper suggestions to their hosts though they lack a will of their own, or even sentient beings with their own personalities and goals. Whatever the case, Mask Scions are often seen as evil, or at the very least chaotic beings, dabbling in forces they do not understand.
Bonus Proficiences
You gain proficiency in one artisan's tool, which must be a tool you can use to craft a wearable mask for yourself. If you already have proficiency in such a tool, you can instead gain proficiency in any artisan's tool, the disguise kit, or any musical instrument.
You gain proficiency in one skill from Animal Handling, Deception, Insight, Sleight of Hand, and Perception.
You must create a mask of your own design in order to cast spells and use the other abilities of your subclass. The mask is created using 500 rupees’ worth of materials and an arcane focus, and takes 3 days to create. If the mask is destroyed or otherwise lost, another can be created in its place. If another creature wears your mask, they will be subjected to a polymorph into a Fairy of Navigation, a Deku Scrub or a beast of CR 1 or lower at your discretion. They cannot remove the mask unless you want them to, however if they are dropped to 0 hit points, the mask breaks and they are restored to their true form.
If a mask is destroyed or lost, you maintain the spell levels gained in the class, but must re-choose new spells and cantrips, though you may choose to create a replica of the original mask.
Shapechanger
Your mask has unlocked the power to change your being. At 3rd level, you can cast alter self on yourself by expending 1 magic point. This does not count against your known spells.
Enduring Mask
Beginning at 3rd level, you can begin and maintain your mask-based transformations with ease. When you use your action to cast a transformation spell, you can expend 1 less magic point than usual to do so (minimum of 1 magic point).
Expert Shapechanger
At 8th level, Your mask has unlocked the power to change your form more efficiently.
You can cast polymorph on yourself by expending 6 magic points. When you do so, you can only do so into any creature equal in CR to your Scion level. This does not count against your known spells.
Shifter's Craft
At 8th level, your transformations are more potent- and more dangerous. Any damage you deal has its damage dice increased by one step while under the affects of a transmutation or transformation spell (Such as alter self or primal savagery). For example, if a spell would normally inflict 4d6 slashing damage, it instead inflicts 4d8 slashing damage when you cast it. You cannot increase a damage die above d12 with this feature.
In addition to dealing more damage, your transformation spells are also more potent. Your transformation spells' durations last twice as long.
| Normal Die | Empowered Die |
|---|---|
| d2 or d3 | d4 |
| d4 | d6 |
| d6 | d8 |
| d8 | d10 |
| d10 | d12 |
| d12 | d12 |
Dispel Defense
At 11th level, you learn to fortify your magic against dispelling effects. When one of your scion spells is targeted by dispel magic or a similar effect, you can make a Charisma ability check. The caster or source of dispel magic must make an ability check with its casting ability, and unless its result exceeds yours, the effect fails and the spell (if any) is lost. If the source of dispel magic is an object or otherwise does not have a casting ability, replace its check result with a d20 roll that has a +10 bonus.
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| One of the most powerful Mask Scions ever known wore the mask known as Majora. This Skull Kid nearly brought about the end of a world with the power of its mask. Source |
Two-Faced
Starting from 11th level, you become able to blend the effects of two of your transforming spells into one. Whenever you are concentrating on polymorph or another transmuatation spell, you can use your bonus action to cast another transmutation spell on yourself, and you can maintain concentration on both of these spells simultaneously as if you were concentrating on one spell. You cannot cast the other spell on another creature.
Using this feature often results in you transforming into a bizarre fusion of two different kinds of creatures, which may not resemble any natural creature. You can freely change your appearance at any time to more closely resemble one form or another, but not in such a way that a form's features are hidden. (For example, if you can breathe underwater due to one of these spells, you may be unable to completely hide your gills.)
Master Shapechanger
At 15th level, you have mastered the art of shape changing. You can cast true polymorph on yourself by expending 8 magic points, replacing your previous polymorph. The handicaps of your previous transformations apply.
In addition, when concentrating on a scion transformation spell, you automatically succeed on any Constitution saving throw made to maintain your concentration.
Fierce Deity
At 20th level, you can use your action and expend 1 magic point to assume the form of a Large giant. This form usually resembles a Large, accented, and visibly powerful version of your normal form, mixed with that of your mask. You can only take this action under specific conditions: There must be a hostile creature you can see or otherwise detect that is able to inflict harm on you, and has a CR equal to or exceeding your level. (Your GM may determine other creatures that are "boss monsters" may enable this feature.) You are inherently aware of whether or not a creature meets these conditions. You must maintain concentration on this effect as if concentrating on a spell, though you automatically succeed on Constitution saving throws to do so. Two-Faced applies to this transformation; you can cast another spell and still maintain concertation on this transformation, though this form cannot be altered by true polymorph, polymorph or alter self. This effect is magical, and can be dispelled as if it was a 9th-level spell.
While you are in this Fierce Deity form, you gain the following effects:
- Your base walking speed doubles, and you gain a boost in height to the point where you are counted as a Large creature (10 ft.-15 ft.).
- You gain a Large magical weapon of your choice, which has a +3 bonus to hit. You are proficient with this weapon. The wielding individual can use either its Strength or your Charisma modifier on attack rolls with this weapon. On a hit, the weapon inflicts slashing damage equal to 4d6 + 3 + your Charisma modifier. This weapon disappears when your concentration ends.
- Every turn, you can cast any single cantrip you know as a bonus action. The cantrip must otherwise have a casting time of 1 action and a duration of instantaneous.
- You have resistance to any type of damage derived from an attack. (If the source of damage did not require an attack roll, you do not resist that damage.)
- You have advantage on Strength, Constitution, and Charisma saving throws.
- You have advantage on Strength and Constitution checks, and on Charisma (Intimidation) checks.
At the start of each of your turns, you must either expend 1 magic point or your concentration ends. Your concentration ends immediately if all creatures you can detect that enable it are killed, become non-hostile, become unable to harm you (such as being imprisoned in an inescapable cage), or move far enough away from you that you can no longer detect them. There is a period of 10 minutes if, where said enemies re-engage with you, you may transform again using 8 magic points to transform back into this form.
Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you finish a long rest.
Poe Scion
| Level | Proficiency Bonus | Features | Cantrips Known | Spells Known | Max Spell Level | Magic Points |
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| 1st | +2 | Spellcasting, Bonus Proficiencies, Darkvision, Poe Levitation, Soul Drinker | 2 | 2 | 1st | Cha modifier |
| 2nd | +2 | Patron Affinity | 2 | 3 | 1st | +2 |
| 3rd | +2 | Poe Vanish, Regenerate Magic, Undead Resilience | 2 | 3 | 1st | +4 |
| 4th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 4 | 1st | +6 |
| 5th | +3 | Spell Versatility, Transmutation Opposition | 3 | 4 | 2nd | +8 |
| 6th | +3 | Immutable | 3 | 5 | 2nd | +10 |
| 7th | +3 | Patron's Form | 3 | 5 | 2nd | +12 |
| 8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement, Drain Magic, Necrotic Power, Phantom Tounge | 3 | 6 | 2nd | +14 |
| 9th | +4 | — | 3 | 6 | 3rd | +16 |
| 10th | +4 | Minor Patron | 3 | 7 | 3rd | +18 |
| 11th | +4 | Effortless Levitation | 3 | 7 | 3rd | +20 |
| 12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 8 | 3rd | +22 |
| 13th | +5 | — | 4 | 8 | 4th | +24 |
| 14th | +5 | Improved Spell Versatility | 4 | 9 | 4th | +26 |
| 15th | +5 | Drain Magic (Improved), Improved Undead Resilience, Nether Knowledge | 4 | 9 | 4th | +28 |
| 16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 10 | 4th | +30 |
| 17th | +6 | — | 4 | 10 | 5th | +32 |
| 18th | +6 | Willful Reflex | 4 | 11 | 5th | +34 |
| 19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 12 | 5th | +36 |
| 20th | +6 | Melody of Darkness, True Patron, Lengthened Longevity | 4 | 12 | 5th | +38 |
A poe scion is so named because it often takes on a ghastly appearance reminiscent of poes, though they are known among many other names—poe collector, twisted wizard, necromancer, and so on. If you choose this subclass, you derive your power from undead beings. Among other possibilities, this can come in the form of a pact with a powerful undead monster, or by collecting and absorbing the energy of deceased souls. As your powers grow, you become an embodiment of undeath and shadows yourself, capable of draining the life of your foes to empower yourself. The boundaries of life, death, and undeath become your playground. You can gradually learn to mimic the powers of various undead monsters, from stalfos to redead, and even reanimate corpses to your aid.
A scion of this subclass casts spells drawn from the poe scion spell list.
Bonus Proficiencies
You gain proficiency in one skill from Deception, Intimidation, Persuasion, Religion, and Stealth.
You can read, write, and speak the Stal language. If you already knew this language, you instead learn another language of your choice.
Darkvision
Your eyes take on a faint eerie glow, cuing to your unnatural powers. You gain darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. More specifically, you can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. If you already were capable of darkvision, its range increases by 60 feet.
Soul Drinker
You can regain energy from consuming the life energy of undead beings. When you consume a poe soul, you always regain the maximum amount of hit points from it, and you are filled as if eating a hearty meal.
Poe Levitation
Drawing on the power of your patron's gift, your effort can attain brief and limited flight. Starting from 1st level, you can use your bonus action to gain a fly speed equal to your base walking speed until the start of your next turn. You cannot ascend more than 5 feet above ground when you initiate this flight, but while it persists you can glide at the same altitude even over chasms or cliffs.
By using this bonus action on consecutive turns before you move, you can maintain seamless flight.
Poe Vanish
At 3rd level, you learn to use the magic within you to briefly vanish from sight. When you take the Dodge action on your turn you can spend 1 magic point for you and any objects on your person become invisible until the start of your next turn. By using this action on consecutive turns, you can maintain seamless invisibility.
On a turn you use this action, your bonus action can only be used for Poe Levitation, and you cannot use any reaction until the start of your next turn.
Regenerate Magic
Starting from 3rd level, you can sacrifice your life energy to regain magic power you have expended. As a bonus action, you can sacrifice any number of your hit dice to regain magic points for each one. The hit dice are lost as if you expended them during a short rest, and are regained when you complete a long rest. The amount of magic points you regain is equal to half the size of the Hit Die. For example, a d8 Hit Die recovers 4 magic points.
Phantom Tounge
At 3rd level, you can channel undeath's uncanny nature to confuse your target. You may speak to a target inside their mind up to 30 ft. away. They cannot choose whether or not to hear your words, but they can choose to respond. When this is done, the target must make a Wisdom saving throw equal to your spell save or be frightened of you for 1 hour.
Undead Resilience
At 8th level, you gain resistance to poison damage and necrotic damage. You have advantage on saving throws against poison and on Constitution checks or saving throws to go without sleep. You can also hold your breath for up to 10 minutes at a time, and you can go a number of days equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of one) without water before suffering any ill effects.
Drain Magic
Starting from 8th level, you learn to drain life from others to restore your own magic power. Whenever you use your action to inflict necrotic damage with a scion spell, you can use your bonus action to inflict an additional amount of necrotic damage equal to your Charisma modifier to one living creature damaged by the spell. In doing so, you regain a number of magic points equal to your Charisma modifier.
Prior to 15th level, you must complete a long rest before you can use this feature again.
Starting from 15th level, you can instead use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier if it is positive. All of these uses are restored when you finish a long rest.
In addition, when consuming a poe soul, any knowledge the target possesses becomes yours. No spells can be cast this way, but any important research or strategic info is passed unto you.
Necrotic Power
As a poe scion's power grows, its appearance may become increasingly grotesque.
Source
At 8th level, your power over necrotic magic surges. Any spell you cast that inflicts necrotic damage has its damage dice increased one step. For example, if a spell would normally inflict 4d6 necrotic damage, it instead inflicts 4d8 necrotic damage when you cast it. You cannot increase a damage die above d12 with this feature.
In addition to dealing more damage, your necrotic spells also rip through resistances more easily. Your spells ignore any damage resistance a creature has to necrotic damage. Your scion spells treat any immunity to necrotic damage as though it was damage resistance instead.
| Normal Die | Empowered Die |
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| d2 or d3 | d4 |
| d4 | d6 |
| d6 | d8 |
| d8 | d10 |
| d10 | d12 |
| d12 | d12 |
Effortless Levitation
Starting from 11th level, levitation becomes easy for you. You gain a fly speed equal to your base walking speed or 30 feet (whichever is greater), and can hover in place effortlessly. You can hover in place even if you are incapacitated or have your speed reduced to 0 feet, but cannot continue to hover if you are unconscious.
Improved Undead Resilience
At 15th level, your Undead Resilience improves. While you are transformed with your Patron's Form feature, you gain the following benefits:
- You have immunity to poison damage and necrotic damage. If you already have immunity, being hit by these damage types restore hit points equal to half the damage you would have taken.
- You cannot be poisoned.
- You have no need to breathe, eat, drink, or sleep, but you can still fall unconscious. Instead of sleeping, you enter an inactive state for 4 hours each day. You do not dream in this state; you are fully aware of your surroundings and notice approaching enemies and other events as normal. If you already enter such a state, the time of your inactive state is reduced to 2 hours.
Nether Knowledge
Starting at 15th level, you can rip knowledge from the eternal depths of the undead void—from countless minds that have lived and died. On your turn, you can do one of the following:
- Immediately before making a Intelligence ability check or Intelligence saving throw, you can choose for the d20 roll to be treated as an 18 without rolling.
- Choose any spell that does not exceed your Max Spell Level. You cast the spell, using the normal components and casting time.
- As a reaction, cause any creature that died since the end of your last turn to come back to life with 1 hit point. You must be able to see the creature or be aware that it had just died. This effect can't return to life a creature that has died of old age, nor can it restore any missing body parts.
Once you use this feature, you must complete a long rest before you can use it again.
Melody of Darkness
Beginning at 20th level, your mere presence can drain the life force of that which surrounds you. At the start of your turn, you can choose for any or all living creatures within 120 feet of you to suffer 2 necrotic damage. You can choose for nonmagical plants in this range to wither and die when this occurs, killing flora as small as weeds and flowers instantly, and trees within minutes.
Multiclassing
Prerequisites. To qualify for multiclassing into the scion class, you must have a Constitution score and a Charisma score of at least 13 each.
Proficiencies. When you multiclass into the scion class, you gain proficiency with light armor.
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