Arcanist

Arcanists are the academics of Sphaera. Scholarly and bookish, arcanists see no distinction between the sciences and magic arts. To arcanists, magic is both a facet of the natural world to be understood, and a tool with which to gain understanding of the cosmos.

Arcanists vary greatly in their specialties. Some are Mages, masters of the arcane. Some are Engineers, innovative creators of fabulous inventions. And some are purely Scholars, devoted to the study of the world in various disciplines both natural and cultural.

Ability

+1 INT

Vitals

+2 MP

Skill

Academia

Class Feature

Arcane Knowledge

Being educated in advanced academics, you have acquired esoteric knowledge of magic. You have advantage on macromagic rolls.

Engineer

Path Skill: Tech

Engineers are the people who make the world tick, driven by curiosity and an intuitive sense of how things work. Some engineers have a knack for improvisational inventions, others seem to really enjoy dismantling contraptions and reassembling them in different configurations. These tinkerers work with different scales, materials, and methods, but their creations are always designed to solve problems wherever they are found.

Path Features

First Tier Options

Jerry-Rig

You are adept at improvising technology. Whatever weapon you have, you may add a second tag to it, either damage or type.

Dismantle

You are adept at taking things apart. When faced with mechanical traps, you have advantage on tool checks to disarm them.

Mage

Path Skill: Arcana

Mages are students of the arcane, forever learning the secrets of magic and perfecting their techniques. Generally, mages specialize in one of the two phyla of magic: teletics or alchemics. Teleticists manipulate their surroundings with the energy of fundamental forces, most commonly gravity and electromagnetism. Alchemists, on the other hand, use the nuclear forces to alter the composition and state of matter around them.

Path Features

First Tier Options

Teletics

Your arcane specialty is the manipulation of energy. Add your proficiency bonus to any macromagic rolls that alter the forces of gravitics and electromagnetism.

Alchemics

Your arcane specialty is the manipulation of matter. Add your proficiency bonus to any macromagic rolls that alter the state, arrangement, or composition of matter.

Scholar

Path Skill: Perception

Scholars, in complement to their Mage counterparts, are students of the mundane. They tend to take a more hands-off approach to their study of the world than mages, instead honing their observational skills in an endless quest to connect the dots of the cosmos’ grand design. Scholars may study the natural world or the unnatural world, seeking answers to questions of physics, biology, psychology, and many other disciplines.

Path Features

First Tier Options

Natural Science

You gain proficiency in Nature, as this is your domain of study.

Social Science

You gain proficiency in Insight, as this is your domain of study.