Elven high magic is very powerful and extremely rare.
With high magic and sufficient time, an elven wizard can
accomplish just about anything. It is a closely guarded
secret, practiced only by the elves and their half born
relatives. Non-elves are never taught the ways of this
school. That's both a sign of the elves' sense of superiority
and an unfortunate practicality. High magic can take
centuries to master, and humans and other short-lived
races simply don't live long enough to become skilled in
this art.
Except as noted below, practitioners of elven high magic
function as wizards and use the wizard spell list.
RITUAL SAVANT
Beginning at 2nd level when you select this school, the
gold and time you must spend to copy a high magic spell
into your spellbook is halved.
RITUAL FOCUS
Starting at 2nd level, you can spend 10 minutes centering
your mental energy and creating a ritual focus. When you
choose to do so, you can expend your ritual focus to create
one of the following effects when casting the ritual version
of a spell.
- You can cast a ritual version of a spell without adding the additional 10 minutes to the casting time that's normally required.
- You can expend a spell slot equal to or higher than the spell's nominal level as you cast the ritual version of the spell, provided the spell allows that as an option. The ritual takes effect at a level one higher than the expended spell slot instead of the minimum. You must be able to cast spells of the ritual's elevated level for the ritual to take effect.
Some spells have additional effects that you can invoke
by expending your ritual focus. You can't use your ritual
focus again until after you complete a short or long rest.
BOUND MAGIC
At 6th level, you begin to master an understanding of
elven high magic. You bind magic into the fabric of a place,
making it last without any concentration. Choose a ritual
spell you know that targets an area. Cast the ritual version
of the spell and expend your ritual focus while burning
expensive herbs worth 200 gp per level of the ritual. The
spell's duration in that location becomes a year and a day.
If you cast the ritual every day for 30 consecutive days,
the spell becomes permanent in that location until it's
dispelled or otherwise destroyed.
Additionally, you can expend your ritual focus twice
between rests.
RITUAL MASTER
Beginning at 10th level, you can copy any spells with the
ritual tag, regardless of class, into your spellbook. Ritual
spells that you copy into your spellbook using this ability
must be no higher in level than half of your wizard level
(rounded up). You can cast these spells only as rituals
unless you also learn them by other means.
HIGH MAGIC
Starting at 14th level, ritual versions of spells that you
cast are treated as if they were cast using a spell slot one
level higher than the slot you actually use. High magic
can be combined with the increased spell level benefit of
expending your ritual focus. This applies only to spells that
can be cast at higher levels.
Additionally, you can expend your ritual focus three
times between rests.
ELVEN HIGH MAGIC SPELL LIST
Spell Level |
Spells |
1st |
Extract Foyson, Guest of Honor |
2nd |
Black Swan Storm, Clearing the Field, Heartache, Shadows Brought to Light, Vine Trestle |
3rd |
Song of the Forest |
4th |
Shadow Retribution |
5th |
Tongue Tied |
6th |
Encroaching Shadows |
7th |
Celebration |
8th |
Bloom, Desolation, Harsh Light of Summers Glare |
9th |
Afflict Line, Cosmic Alignment |
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