Witchcraft
Witches are specialised and powerful Elves, focusing on the mysteries of souls and spirits. Witchcraft is taught to a select few Paekians and witches often form their own tribes or covens.
They have been known to be instrumental in the Free People of Paeko's fight against The Ecarian Empire, using their ability to steal souls as a means of taking out enemy leaders.
Witch
Hit Points
Hit Dice: d6 per Witch level
Hit Points at first Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 + your Constitution modifier per witch level after 1st
Proficiences
Armor: Light armor
Weapons: Simple weapons
Tools: Herbalism kit
Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma
Skills: Choose two from Arcana, Animal Handling, History, Insight, Medicine, Nature, and Religion.
Overview & Creation
A tattooed Elf, veiled and cloaked, draws his obsidian dagger across the sand, calling forth from the lines a ghostly apparition to help him and his allies find their way. A trio of Paekian hermits gather among candles and incense, chanting words of power to bait souls from the shadows. The bejeweled Icherian, dressed in exotic garb and golden chains bellows a spell which echoes with the voices of an army of lost souls, a fiendish glint in his eyes as blood drips from his palm. Witches bind the souls of intelligent beings lost betwixt the realm of the living and the beyond, or even rip them from the still alive. As a witch, you learn to summon these souls and bind them to your will, gaining protection from them as well as the power to debilitate your enemies. As you attain higher levels, the covenant you choose to live by grants you further abilities which extend the utility and power of these bonds in different ways.
Power of the Soul
Witches may or may not have a level of respect for the souls they bind, though one could say they should. Some witches tap into the residual energies of long-departed souls, while others use extant spiritual beings as conduits for their spellcasting. Either way and whether or not they wish, witches bind part of their own soul to those that surround them. Witch spells mostly deal with manipulation of soul energies (both living and dead) and protections against the beings which supply those energies. As part of their connection to the spiritual world, they are also privy to information and secrets normally not meant for mortal minds. As such, witches are often powerful enchanters, abjurers, and diviners.Bonds of the Soul
Witches acknowledge that there is a spiritual connection between all things – forces that inexplicably and randomly bind beings and happenings together in a shared fate or destiny. They see other witches as brothers and sisters. As a consequence, witches are often fond of forming alliances with each other, but seldom with outsiders. The covenant that a witch joins is the manifestation of a philosophy regarding the nature of souls. Some, like the covenant of unity, believe in a supreme energy that extends beyond the physical world, weaving together magic and the collective conscience of all living things. Others, from the covenant of blood for example, believe in a more intimate connection between the physical world and the other side. In this philosophy, each soul is tied to something close to it in the physical world – a body, an object, or location that was important to it when it was alive.Creating A Witch
When deciding on the witch class, think about what led your character to tap into the spirit world. Maybe witchcraft is a tradition in the area, or your character comes from an area rife with a ghostly past. Superstition is also a good trigger for a fascination with souls. What is your relationship with souls and spirits? Is there a measure of mutual respect? Perhaps your character feels more like a servant to the soul than the other way around, or maybe they possess the entitlement to dominate and extort spiritual beings. How did your character come to be an adventurer? It could be that he or she was a pariah in their community due to contact with the other side, cast out and forced to fend for him or herself. Perhaps your character is even haunted by a particular soul, and seeks a way to control or be rid of it.Quick Build
You can make a witch quickly by following these suggestions. First, Charisma should be your highest ability score, followed by Constitution. Second, select the Hermit background. Third, select the chill touch, guidance, and light cantrips along with the following 1st level spells: charm person, detect magic, healing word, and witch bolt. This class is heavily based on the Witch class by Zarieth on GM Binder.
Class Features
Quickening
At 1st level, you gain the ability to enter a trance known as the witch’s quickening. Entering the trance is a bonus action and allows you to see into the Ethereal Plane up to 60 feet for up to one minute. You also gain insight into the emotional energy surrounding you, letting you know if and what spiritual creatures are within 60 feet, as well as granting you advantage to Wisdom (Insight) checks for the duration. Finally, while in your quickening, if you cast a spell that deals necrotic damage you can substitute that damage with psychic damage instead. You may use this ability a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier. You regain any expended uses when you finish a long rest.Witch Covenant
At 2nd level you commit yourself to a spiritual philosophy known as a witch's covenant: the Covenant of Blood, the Covenant of Charm, the Covenant of Ruin, the Covenant of Shadows, or the Covenant of Unity, detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 2nd level and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level. Additionally, you learn the find familiar spell and can cast it once without using a spell slot. You cannot do so again until you finish a long rest. As long as you have a familiar you gain access to spells regardless of the familiar's distance or occupied plane of existence.Binding Rites
At 2nd level you can bind souls to your service, taking 10 minutes of uninterrupted activity. During this time, the witch enacts the rite of binding depending on which philosophy the witch belongs to. A blood witch might utilise a bone fragment to bind the soul, while a shadow witch might bargain with the summoned soul, exchanging a secret for the soul's service. When you choose a soul to bind from the list at the end of this class description, you fill one of your available spell slots with the soul. The spell slot used is no longer available for casting spells, and it remains unavailable for as long as the soul filling it remains bound to you. The soul is said to be of a level equal to the spell slot filled to bind it. Thus, a Soul of Passion occupying a 6th level spell slot is a level 6 soul. You cannot have more than one soul with the same name bound at one time. You can have a number of souls bound equal to the number in the class table. Depending on the type of soul, you gain certain benefits while the soul remains bound and an additional effect when you release the soul, as detailed in the Binding Rites section. Releasing a soul is a bonus action, although some souls allow release as a reaction. Once a soul has been released, it no longer provides its passive effect and the spell slot it occupied is considered expended. A witch may exchange any soul they have bound by performing the ritual as described above.Soul Ward
At 3rd level, you learn a rite that offers protection against souls who wish you or your allies harm. As an action, you can create a soul ward with a radius of 30 feet, centered on your location. The ward lasts 1 minute and is stationary for the duration. While inside the ward, friendly creatures (yourself included) cannot be charmed, frightened, or possessed by undead and have resistance to all damage from incorporeal undead sources. Additionally, if a friendly creature is reduced to 0 hit points within the ward but is not killed outright, the creature becomes stable. You can use this feature 3 times. You regain expended uses when you finish a long rest. When you reach 9th level, you regain expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.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.Soulcasting
At 7th level you may call upon the souls you have bound to help you cast your spells. You may dismiss a soul as a bonus action to recover a spell slot of a level equal to that of the soul's. The release effect of the soul you dismissed is not activated.Channel Spell
Beginning at 11th level, damage you deal with spells of 1st level or higher ignore damage resistances of undead and creatures on the Ethereal Plane. In addition, any damage immunities of these creatures become resistances to your spells of 1st level or higher.Strength of Soul
At 15th level, you learn to sap additional fortitude from the souls you bind. When you finish a long rest, you gain temporary hit points equal to 5 times the highest level soul you have bound.Familiar Soul
At 18th level, when cast find familiar or if you already have a familiar, you can awaken spiritual energy within the animal as part of an additional ritual taking 10 minutes. Once complete, you choose one soul from the list at the end of the class description. Its level is equal to your Charisma modifier. Your familiar provides you with the soul's passive effect as long as your familiar is within 100 feet of you. If the familiar dies, the soul you initially chose produces its release effect if you can see any valid targets within range of the familiar when it dies.Ghostly Step
At 20th level you gain the ability to enter the spirit realm as a bonus action by projecting part of yourself beyond the material plane. You and your belongings become invisible and incorporeal for up to 1 minute. You gain resistance to all damage from non-magical sources, and are immune to being grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, and restrained. During this time, you may move your normal speed and may pass through solid objects. If you end your turn in an object, you are dealt 1d10 force damage. You may rematerialize in your present location as a bonus action. If you choose to maintain this form until the duration expires and you are in a location occupied by a creature or solid object, you are shunted to the nearest unoccupied space and take force damage equal to twice the number of feet you are moved as a result. Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again.Starting Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
- (a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) any simple weapon
- (a) a component pouch or (b) an athame used as an arcane focus
- (a) a priest's pack or (b) a scholar's pack
- Any simple weapon and two daggers
Spellcasting
Your contact with the spirit world and intuitive knowledge of the magic sustains it grants you the use of spells.
Cantrips
You know three cantrips of your choice from the witch spell list. You learn additional witch cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Witch table.Spell Slots
The Witch table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your spells of 1st level and above. To cast one of these witch spells, you must expend a spell slot of the spell's level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest. For example, if you know the 1st-level spell cure wounds and you have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast cure wounds using either slot.Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher
You know four 1st-level spells of your choice from the witch spell list. The Spells Known column of the Witch table shows when you learn more witch spells of your choice. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots, as shown on the table. For instance, when you reach 3rd level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level. Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the witch spells you know and replace it with another spell from the witch spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots.Spellcasting Ability
Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your witch spells, since your magic comes from bargaining with souls. 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 witch spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one. Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifierRitual Casting
You can cast a witch spell as a ritual if the spell you know has the ritual tag.Spellcasting Focus
You can use an athame as a spellcasting focus for your witch spells. Alternatively, choose a focus that you feel would suit your character.Subclass Options
Covenants
The covenant that a witch swears by at 2nd level relates to the witch's personal philosophy on souls. When entering a covenant, the witch joins other likeminded witches and is granted abilities which align with these core philosophies. Though witches of different covenants may hold similar opinions of souls, it is important to think on how each covenant's teachings shape your character's attitudes towards the binding and utilization of souls. Each covenant has a list of spells that you gain at the witch levels noted in the covenant description. Once you gain a spell from the list, you always have it prepared, and it doesn't count against the number of spells know. If a covenant spell doesn't appear on the witch spell list, the spell is nonetheless a witch spell for you. You only have access to these spells so long as you have a familiar as granted by the find familiar spell.Covenant of Blood
Witches of the Covenant of Blood believe in strong connections between the physical world and the spiritual one. Souls are connected to the physical world through objects that were important to them while they were alive. This knowledge allows a witch to bind souls to their power more easily — as long as they know a bit about the soul's life. Though not always, witches from the covenant of blood tend to dominate the souls under their control. They generally take care to leave souls intact and in a state no worse than before they were bound, but nevertheless are capable of using a soul's weaknesses against them, taking advantage of their connections to the physical world in order to gain power over them. As long as you have a familiar, you may also add the following spells to your spells known list.Covenant of Blood Familiar Spells
| Witch Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 3rd | Hold Person, Locate Object |
| 5th | Remove Curse, Vampiric Touch |
| 7th | Locate Creature, Polymorph |
| 9th | Awaken, Greater Restoration |
Awaken the Blood
Beginning at 2nd level, when you release a soul, you can use the energy from the spiritual bonds to repair corporeal bodies. When you release a soul, you and a creature you can touch regain hit points equal to 3 times the level of the soul.Sympathetic Magic
At 6th level, you gain the power to cast spells on targets over vast distances beyond what the spell may ordinarily allow. If you have an article (blood, hair, clothing) from a creature on the same plane of existence, your spells of 5th level or lower that target only one creature may target that creature. When you cast a spell that affects a creature this way, the article you have from the target is consumed.Blood Binding
At 10th level, if a hostile living creature dies within 30 feet of you, you may bind its soul as a reaction. You bind a soul type of your choice to an unused spell slot. This binding expires after 24 hours or whenever you use this ability again. The creature who provided the soul cannot be resurrected by any means short of a true resurrection or wish spell. Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again.Call Forth the Flesh
At 14th level, you gain the ability to force ethereal and incorporeal creatures into the material plane as an action, and bind them to a corporeal form. Such a creature within 60 feet must succeed at a Constitution saving throw or lose its incorporeal movement trait and immunities to grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, and restrained for 1 minute. Alternatively, you can use this feature to to cast revivify once without expending a spell slot or material components. Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again.Covenant of Charm
Witches of the Covenant of Charm tap deep into the emotions which govern lingering souls’ behaviours. They use these emotions as signposts and guides to manipulate the desires and shape the aspirations of the living. They believe that although lingering soulsare echoes of the past, they hold the key to individual futures. By harnessing the raw emotional energy of the beyond, one can gain absolute control over the hearts and minds of those around them. Witches of this philosophy vary in their treatment of souls. Some befriend and learn from the souls they bind, using that knowledge to further their own ends. Others take only cursory notice of the souls they enslave – an attitude that often carries over into their living interactions, manipulating and charming those they will, without any true regard for the desires of those they meet. As long as you have a familiar, you may also add the following spells to your spells known list.Covenant of Charm Familiar Spells
| Witch Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 3rd | Detect Thoughts, Suggestion |
| 5th | Hypnotic Pattern, Tongues |
| 7th | Hallucinatory Terrain, Phantasmal Killer |
| 9th | Dream, Modify Memory |
In Perfect Trust
At 2nd level, you have grown attuned to the hearts and minds of those around you. While in your quickening, you may add your proficiency bonus to Charisma (Deception) and Charisma (Persuasion) checks, or twice your proficiency bonus if you are already proficient. In addition, during your quickening, you gain the ability peer into the heart of a creature within 60 feet. Much like the detect thoughts spell, you may use an action to force the target to make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. If it fails, you gain insight into its emotional state and something that is currently influencing this state such as something it worries over, desires, loves, or hates. If the target succeeds on its saving throw, nothing happens. Unlike detect thoughts , the target does not become aware of the intrusion. Constructs and creatures immune to being charmed are not affected. Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again.Soul Token
At 6th level you may tie one of your souls you already have bound to a small object as an action. The soul still counts towards your maximum bonds while attached to the object. When you create a token, you also choose a recipient to whom the token bears significance. As long as the recipient is in possession of the token, the soul provides its passive effect as though the soul were bound by the recipient (even if the holder of the token is not a witch). In either case, the magic holding the soul to the object expires after 24 hours when it returns to your control. If the token is returned to you, you can break this magic sooner as a bonus action, regaining use of the soul.Of One Heart
At 10th level, foes charmed by you are also considered charmed by your allies. Additionally, whenever you trigger a soul's release effect, allies within 60 feet may damage charmed foes until the end of their next turn without breaking the charm.Crux of Desire
At 14th level, your spells and souls which can charm creatures affect those with immunity to being charmed. These creatures instead gain advantage on all saving throws to resist or break free of the effect. In addition, you are immune to being charmed.Covenant of Ruin
The Covenant of Ruin has less respect for spirits than the other covenants. Witches who bind these spirits utilize their magic to torture and pressure spirits in order to extract power from them. Their philosophy revolves around invoking ruin and causing as much damage as possible. Though good witches of this covenant are rare, they are not unknown. Good witches who share this covenant's ideology typically aim to bind evil spirits, turning these beings into weapons for good against their will (though this can hardly be considered to be completely benign). These witches often claim this is for the greater good — using evil to combat evil. As long as you have a familiar, you may also add the following spells to your spells known list.Covenant of Ruin Familiar Spells
| Witch Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 3rd | Crown of Madness, Shatter |
| 5th | Bestow Curse, Call Lightning |
| 7th | Confusion, Ice Storm |
| 9th | Cloudkill, Destructive Wave |
Doom
Beginning when you choose this circle at 2nd level, hostile creatures who are the target of any of your souls’ release effects have disadvantage on the next ability check, attack roll, or saving throw they make within 10 minutes.Devastating Release
At 6th level, souls you release erupt with energy as their bonds are broken, causing harm to those around you. When you release a soul, hostile creatures within 30 feet of you are dealt 1d6 points of psychic damage per level of the soul. Those who take damage hear wails and screams as the soul is released, and feel a rush of sorrow and discomfort.Ruinous Ward
Beginning at 10th level, the Soul Wards you create are accompanied by spiritual dissonance which can strain and break the weak of soul. In addition to the described effects above, when a creature starts its turn in your Soul Ward, you can choose for the ward to deal 1d6 psychic damage to the creature (no action required by you).Rite of Exorcism
At 14th level, you can attempt to exorcise a living creature’s own soul. If a creature within 30 feet fails a Wisdom or Charisma save against your spell save DC, you can use your reaction to attempt to exorcise that creature. The target takes 5d6 psychic damage and 5d6 necrotic damage as their soul is torn from their body, and they are stunned until the end of your next turn. On a successful save the creature takes half damage and is not stunned. Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.Covenant of Shadows
The Covenant of Shadows subscribes to the belief that everything that exists, both physically and metaphysically, is like a shadow cast by that which came before it. Shadows are windows into worlds beyond the material plane — as one world becomes dimmer, others become brighter and easier to see by comparison. There is reason to be wary of the dark. Witches from this covenant are more cautious dealing with souls. They know that dangers lurk in the shadows, and they are careful with their dealings lest the souls they bind show their dark side. As long as you have a familiar, you may also add the following spells to your spells known list.Covenant of Shadows Familiar Spells
| Witch Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 3rd | Darkness, Pass Without Trace |
| 5th | Invisibility, Nondetection |
| 7th | Dimension Door, Greater Invisibility |
| 9th | Mislead, Seeming |
The Shadows Have Eyes
You can use the souls which dwell in the darkness to see. Beginning at 2nd level, you can see in magical and nonmagical darkness up to 120 feet as long as you have at least 1 soul bound, and you have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks in dim light or darkness.Blinding Shackles
At 6th level, hostile targets that are affected by any of your souls’ release effects must make a Constitution saving throw or be blinded for one round per level of the spirit released. This ability cannot affect creatures who do not use light to see.Dark Mimicry
Beginning at 10th level, as long as you have at least one soul bound, you may call upon the movements of nearby shadows to replace the somatic components of your spells. Alternatively, the ghostly whispers of your bound soul may replace the verbal components of your spells. You may therefore cast spells with these components even if you yourself cannot motion or vocalize. Additionally, when you are hidden from a creature and cast a spell, casting the spell doesn't reveal your position.Haunting Shades
Beginning at 14th level, when you release a soul that targets a hostile creature, you may choose for the soul to haunt that creature for up to 1 minute, requiring your concentration as if on a spell. The passive effect of the soul continues but uses the haunted creature as the origin. The passive effect otherwise treats you as the When the minute expires or you lose concentration, the soul's release effect activates again. Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again.Covenant of Unity
The Covenant of Unity subscribes to a philosophy that all spiritual entities are connected by a collective consciousness. They use this knowledge to surmount power over the spiritual realm itself. In other words, these witches gain their abilities by harnessing the secrets which govern the very basis of spiritual existence, rather than focusing on the relationships between the metaphysical and the material world. The Covenant of Unity is perhaps a little more sympathetic to the souls these witches bind. Witches of this covenant tend to see souls more as allies. They trust the souls they bind enough to allow their power to grow under their command with the purpose of sharing this power. As long as you have a familiar, you may also add the following spells to your spells known list.Covenant of Unity Familiar Spells
| Witch Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 3rd | Augury, Blur |
| 5th | Feign Death, Spirit Guardians |
| 7th | Death Ward, Find Greater Steed |
| 9th | Legend Lore, Telepathic Bond |
Spirit Link
You can link yourself to the souls of others, gaining knowledge of them. Beginning at 2nd level, while in your quickening you can use your action to learn all conditions currently afflicting a creature you can see, as well as the school of magic of any spell or spells currently affecting it.Forceful Presence
When you reach 6th level, you can retain control over a soul after it produces its release effect so that it remains bound and ready to be released again. You may use this ability a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once). You recover all expended uses after a long rest.Powerful Bonds
At 10th level, your body and soul develop the ability to contain more powerful souls. The level of souls you bind are considered 1 higher than the spell slot you use to bind them.Pale Host
At 14th level, when you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, your body becomes possessed by a soul you control and you may continue to act for 1 round per level of the highest level soul you have in your power. You cannot use this ability if you do not have any souls bound. During this time, your hit points remain at 0 and you continue to make death saving throws (though a prepared witch may move to her spirit ward to become stable). Onlookers notice a strangeness in your movements, eyes, and voice while you remain possessed. While possessed, you can use your action on your turn to activate the release power of one of the souls you have bound and have it remain bound. This does not expend any uses of the Forceful Presence ability. Should you be healed under the possession (including by yourself), you awaken from the possession, conscious. Otherwise, when the duration expires, your body collapses.Soul Bindings
Following is a list of different souls a witch may bind.Agony
In the presence of a soul of Agony, foes’ wounds continue to bleed and fires continue to burn. While Agony is bound, for every damage die you roll that shows a 1, you may treat the roll as the maximum possible number for that die for a number of dice up to the level of the soul. Release. You may release Agony as part of any attack or spell which deals damage. In addition to the damage, you may roll an extra number of equivalent dice equal to the level of the soul. If the attack or spell uses more than one type of die, choose the largest. This extra damage is psychic damage. Additionally, all 1s are treated as the maximum value for each die.Desire
Souls of Desire impress your will onto others and enhance existing desires. Friendly and charmed creatures within 30 feet of you have disadvantage on Wisdom saving throws against your spells. Once an affected creature succeeds on a Wisdom saving throw against one of your spells, that creature is immune to this soul’s passive effect for 24 hours. Release. When you release this soul as a bonus action, a number of creatures within 30 feet up to the soul level become charmed if they fail a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. This effect lasts one minute. The effect ends prematurely if you or your allies damage the creature. The soul's level also determines what kind of creatures can be charmed. At 3rd level and below, only humanoids and animals can be affected. At 4th level and above, all creatures can be affected.Empathy
Souls of Empathy force your enemies to share your pain. While Empathy is bound, whenever you are dealt damage from a creature, you may use your reaction to deal the creature psychic damage equal half your witch level (rounded up) plus the level of this soul. Release. You can release Empathy as a reaction when you or an ally within 30 feet takes damage from a creature. The creature is dealt psychic damage equal to half the damage taken plus three times the soul’s level.Envy
Souls of Envy take from others what they covet for themselves – life. Whenever you deal damage to a hostile creature while Envy is bound, you regain the soul’s level in hit points. You may only gain hit points this way once per turn. Release. You may release Envy as a bonus action to grant yourself or an ally within 30 feet temporary hit points equal to 3 times the soul level. As long as these temporary hit points remain, enemies within 30 feet of the ally have disadvantage on attack rolls against creatures other than the affected creature.Fear
Souls of Fear bring nightmares to life. While Fear is bound, you gain proficiency in Charisma (Intimidation) checks, or add twice your proficiency bonus if you already are proficient. In addition, attacks made against you are at disadvantage. Once a foe has rolled against you with disadvantage and hits, it can no longer be affective by this passive ability for 24 hours. Release. When Fear is released from its bonds as a bonus action, a number of creatures equal to the soul level within 30 feet make a Wisdom save or be frightened of you for 1 minute. An affected creature must make a Wisdom saving throw at the start of each of its turns. On a successful save, the fear effect ends.Generosity
Souls of Generosity are always willing to make sacrifices for those who bind them with good intentions. Your spells that heal restore an additional 1d4 hit points per level of the soul. If the spell heals more than one creature each creature is instead healed an extra number of hit points equal to the soul level. Release. You may release Generosity as a bonus action and gift the soul to an ally within 30 feet. The soul protects the ally, granting them temporary hit points equal to 5 times the soul level. These temporary hit points last 10 minutes.Guilt
Souls of Guilt cause your enemies hesitation in acts that would wrong you and your allies. While Guilt is bound, as a reaction when you or an ally within 30 feet are hit with an attack, you can raise the AC of the target creature by the level of the soul. Hit or miss, the effect then ends. Release. When you release Guilt from your power as a bonus action, a single target within 30 feet has disadvantage on attack rolls against you or an ally of your choice for a number of rounds equal to the level of the soul released.Hate
Souls of Hate inspire a ferocity in you. When you are damaged by a creature, you gain advantage on attack rolls against that creature until the end of your next turn. Release. When you are hit by an attack or spell, you can use your reaction to make an attack or cast a spell with a casting time of 1 action and an attack roll against the creature who struck you. The creature is dealt additional psychic damage equal to 1d6 per soul level regardless of whether you hit.Hunger
Souls of Hunger both sustain their friends and deprive their enemies of energy. While Hunger is bound to you, you require no food or water to survive. Release. You may release Hunger as a bonus action to impart one level of exhaustion on a number of creatures within 30 feet equal to the soul’s level. The creature cannot be affected by a Soul of Hunger again for 24 hours.Passion
Souls of Passion give those who bind them the power to push themselves and others further in order to accomplish a task. When this soul is bound you gain a number of bonus dice equal to the soul level. These dice are d6s. You may choose to roll one of these dice and add the result to any attack roll, ability check or saving throw you make, or to any such roll an ally within 30 feet of you makes. You lose all remaining dice when you release Passion. Release. You may release Passion as part of an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw. You make this roll with advantage. In addition all allies within 30 feet of you gain a d6 which they can add once to any attack roll, ability check, or saving throw made. After a number of rounds equal to the soul's level, this effect ends and unused dice are lost.Serenity
Souls of Serenity bring peace and clarity of thought to those who bind them. You require only half the time worth of sleep or rest as long as Serenity remains bound. You still require 8 hours to gain the full benefits of a long rest. Additionally, when you or an ally within 30 feet roll a Hit Die to regain hit points, you regain an additional amount equal to the soul level. Release. When you release Serenity from your power as a reaction when you would suffer from the following conditions, you may avoid being afflicted, or else end their effect as long as you retain your reaction: Blinded, Deafened, Frightened, Paralyzed, Poisoned, and Stunned.Sloth
Souls of Sloth inspire sluggishness and laziness of thought and action around you. While Sloth is bound, spaces within 10 feet of you count as difficult terrain for enemies. Additionally, creatures provoke opportunity attacks from you even if they take the disengage action. Release. When Sloth is released as a bonus action, foes within 30 feet may either move or use their action (but not both) for a number of rounds equal to the soul level.Sorrow
The failures of your enemies continue to haunt them in the presence of a soul of Sorrow. While Sorrow is bound to you, enemies within 30 feet who fail a saving throw against a spell of 1st level or higher cast by you or an ally are dealt psychic damage equal to the soul’s level. Release. When Sorrow is released as a bonus action, choose a creature within 30 feet. That creature has disadvantage on its next saving throw, ability check, or attack roll. Should this roll fail, they are dealt 1d6 psychic damage and this soul's release effect triggers again on the same creature. Once this damage has been dealt a number of times equal to the soul level, it is no longer renewed.Trust
While emboldened by a soul of trust, you can help your allies through cooperative spellcasting, or protect them from harmful spellcasting effects from other allies. While Trust is bound, you can use your reaction to aid an ally within 30 feet to cast a spell, giving them advantage on an attack roll or ability check made with that spell. Alternatively, if that spell requires a saving throw, the spell save DC is increased by 1. Finally, you can also use your reaction to render a single ally within 30 feet immune to the harmful effects of any ally's spells until your next turn. Release. When trust is released as part of your Help action, you impart a bonus to the spell save DC of a single ally within 30 feet for the next spell they cast before your next turn. This bonus is equal to the level of this soul. If the spell forces more than one creature to make a saving throw, only one creature is affected by the increased DC.Valor
Souls of Valor give those who bind them the power to pull through with confidence against poor odds. While Valor is bound, you and allies within 5 feet of you have advantage on saves against being frightened. Additionally when you have line of sight to a hostile creature, you may use an action to inspire an ally within 30 feet, granting them temporary hit points equal to the soul's level. These temporary hit points leave when the hostile creature leaves an ally's line of sight. Release. When you release this soul as a bonus action, one creature per soul level within 30 feet is no longer frightened and may immediately make a saving throw to end any other effect or condition afflicting them which would normally allow saving throws.Wonder
You radiate an aura of awe when a soul of Wonder is bound to you. While Wonder is bound, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on Wisdom (Insight) checks against one creature within 30 feet for the round. You can also use your action to impose disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made by creatures within 30 feet make to notice anything other than you for the round. Release. You may release Wonder from your power as a reaction when you hit a target with a an attack or spell or they fail a save against one of your spells. For a number of rounds equal to the soul level, that creature must choose to either take an action or a move up to their speed, but not both, on each of their turns.
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