Class Attributes
Hit Points
- Starting Hit Points (at 1st Level): 6 + your Constitution modifier
- Hit Points at Higher Levels: 4 + your Constitution modifier per Wizard level after 1st
Mana
- Mana per Level: 2 + your Intelligence modifier per Wizard level
Proficiencies
- Armor: none
- Weapons: quarterstaffs
- Tools: none
- Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom
- Skills: Choose 2 from Arcana, History, Insight, Investigation, Medicine, and Religion.
Multiclassing
Ability Score Minimum: Intelligence 12
Class Progression
Class Features
As a wizard, you gain the following class features.
Spellcasting
Starting at 1st level, as a student of arcane magic, you have a spellbook containing spells that show the first glimmerings of your true power.
You'll need to familiarlize yourself with the
rules of spellcasting, and you can choose your spells from the
Wizard Spell List.
Cantrips
At 1st level, you memorize three cantrips of your choice from the wizard spell list. You memorize additional wizard cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Memorized column of the Wizard table. Cantrips do not count against the number of spells you have memorized.
Spellbook
At 1st level, you have a spellbook containing six 1st-level wizard spells of your choice. Your spellbook is the repository of the wizard spells you know.
Your spellbook is a unique compilation of spells, complete with incantations, arcane formulas, and margin notes. Your spellbook's form is up to you. It might be a musty, leather-bound journal, an elegant gold inlaid tome, or an assortment of thin metal disks connected to a brass ring.
Spells Memorized of 1st Level and Higher
You have memorized a number of spells in your spellbook equal to your Intelligence modifier + your wizard level (minimum of one spell). The number of spells you can memorize increases each time your Intelligence modifier or level increases. You cannot memorize a spell that has a higher level than your maximum spell level (as shown in the
Wizard Class Progression table).
You can memorize any spell that you've transcribed into your spellbook by spending 2 hours per level of the spell, during which you rote learn the components and mechanics of the new spell, if memorizing this spell would exceed your maximum number of memorized spells, you must choose another spell to remove from your memory.
Prepared Spells
You can cast a wizard spell from your spellbook at any time by preparing it. You can prepare a spell by using an
action to look through your spellbook, find the necessary incantations, and begin focusing on the spell. Once you do so, you can cast that spell at any point during the next 1 minute, or until you lose your concentration (as if you were concentrating on a spell). If you lose your concentration during that time or if the minute elapses, you lose the incantations and must prepare the spell again.
Spellcasting Ability
You cast your Wizard spells using the Arcane Tradition, for which Intelligence is your spellcasting ability.
Spellcasting Focus
You can use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus for your wizard spells.
Learning Spells of 1st Level and Higher
To learn a spell, you must spend 2 hours per level of the spell, during which you must receive arcane instruction from a person who knows the spell, study a spell tome containing the spell, or copy the incantations from a spell scroll in your possession. Your GM may determine the cost and availability of these resources based on where you are in the world.
Whenever you learn a new spell, you'll transcribe it into your spellbook in the process using your own notation. For each level of the spell, the process costs an additional 30 gp worth of fine inks, which you must have in your possession. You can begin learning a spell of a higher level than your maximum spell level (though you cannot cast it until your maximum spell level matches or exceeds the level of the spell).
Ritual Casting
When you reach 2nd level, you can cast a wizard spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell in your spellbook. You don't need to have the spell memorized. When you cast a spell as a ritual, the casting of the spell takes 10 minutes longer than normal, and can't be cast at a higher level, but also doesn't expend any mana.
Wizard Archetype
When you reach 3rd level, you choose your wizard archetype shaping your practice of magic.
| Archetype | Description |
|---|
| Arcane Scholar |
Dedicated to the pursuit of arcane skills and knowledge in a specific school of magic, specializing in the chosen tradition. |
| Archivist |
A meticulous cataloger of magical knowledge, uses a magical quill to scribe scrolls and an empowered spellbook to enhance spells. |
| War Mage |
Melds destructive magic with combat expertise, using spells to bolster their martial prowess and unleash devastating arcane attacks on the battlefield. |
Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level.
Maximum Spell Level Increase (2nd-Level Spells)
Also at 3rd level, you gain the ability to cast 2nd-level wizard spells.
Academic
At 4th level, you have advantage on Intelligence (Investigation) checks to do research.
Maximum Spell Level Increase (3rd-Level Spells)
At 5th level, you gain the ability to cast 3rd-level wizard spells.
Wizard Archetype Feature
At 6th level, you gain a feature granted by your chosen Wizard archetype.
Maximum Spell Level Increase (4th-Level Spells)
At 7th level, you gain the ability to cast 4th-level wizard spells.
Erudite
At 8th level, While studying magic, you also specialized in an academic field of study. Choose one of the following skills in which you have proficiency: Arcana, History, Nature, or Religion. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses the chosen proficiency.
Maximum Spell Level Increase (5th-Level Spells)
At 9th level, you gain the ability to cast 5th-level wizard spells.
Wizard Archetype Feature
At 10th level, you gain a feature granted by your chosen Wizard archetype.
Maximum Spell Level Increase (6th-Level Spells)
At 11th level, you gain the ability to cast 6th-level wizard spells.
Autodidact
At 12th level, you have become effective at gaining arcane knowledge indendently. You can learn 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-level wizard spells without an instructor, tome, or spell scroll. Learning a spell without any such assistance takes 4 hours per level of the spell.
Maximum Spell Level Increase (7th-Level Spells)
At 13th level, you gain the ability to cast 7th-level wizard spells.
Wizard Archetype Feature
At 14th level, you gain a feature granted by your chosen Wizard archetype.
Maximum Spell Level Increase (8th-Level Spells)
At 15th level, you gain the ability to cast 8th-level wizard spells.
Spell Mastery (1st-Level Spell)
At 16th level, you have achieved such mastery over certain spells that you can cast them at will. Choose a 1st-level wizard spell that is in your spellbook. You can cast the chosen spells at its lowest level without expending mana when you have it memorized.
If you want to cast the spell at a higher level, you must expend a mana as normal. By spending 4 hours in study, you can exchange the chosen spell with another 1st-level spell.
Maximum Spell Level Increase (9th-Level Spells)
At 17th level, you gain the ability to cast 9th-level wizard spells.
Spell Mastery Improvement (2nd-Level Spell)
At 18th level, you gain mastery over another spell, choose a 2nd-level wizard spell that is in your spellbook. You can cast the chosen spells at its lowest level without expending mana when you have it memorized.
If you want to cast the spell at a higher level, you must expend a mana as normal. By spending 8 hours in study, you can exchange the chosen spell with another 2nd-level spell.
Master Ritualist
At 19th level, you can cast any 1st or 2nd-level wizard spell as a ritual.
Spellcrafting
When you reach 20th level, your understanding of core magical principles allows you put together spells without practice or training. You can cast wizard spells of 5th-level and lower even if you don't have them memorized or in your spellbook. When you cast a spell in this way, you expend additional mana equal to the spell's level.
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