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A new combination of race and class

Credits About the Book
Designers: Michael Rollins, Caleb Willden This book contains rules and guidelines for how to
build and play sentient weapon characters, non-player
characters, and sidekicks. Chapter 1 focuses on the base
Editors: Summer Rollins, William Zilch class itself and the features that come with it. You’ll
notice that sentient weapons have no options for ‘Race’.
The mechanical and narrative ‘weight’ of the usual
Art Director: Michael Rollins racial options are instead represented by the subclass
Graphic Designer: Caleb Willden (called your Sentient Origin), of which there are 20 to
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Layout: Michael Rollins pick from in Chapter 2.
Cover Artist: Aric Salyer Chapter 3 presents five new Backgrounds. They are
specifically intended for sentient weapon characters, but
Background Texture: Anvil Cartography are compatible for use with standard characters.
Interior Artists: Aric Salyer, Armando Chapter 4 reveals the list of spells available to all
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Ayala, Daniele Ariuolo, Direquest, DMs sentient weapon characters as they grow in power.
Guild Creator Resource Art Packs, Fat Additionally, there are five new spells introduced here
that have to do with the nature of sentient items and
Goblin Games, Felipe Gaona, Tony how they might be created or destroyed.
"MrKrane" Carter, Vincent Van Hoof, A variety of additional rules abound in Chapter 5,
Daniel Comerci - danielcomerci.com. adding both extra flavor and mechanical options in
order to customize your experience with a sentient
Some artwork © 2015 Dean Spencer, used weapon character at the table. This is also where the
with permission. All rights reserved. rules for sentient weapon sidekicks are found.
Some artwork ©2018 by Samantha
Darcy. Used with permission.
Playtesters: Tyler Holdsworth, Brandon

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integrate sentient weapon characters into your game.
The Appendix includes spells in this book that are
not found in the Player’s Handbook, for easy reference.
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Jacobson, David Olsen, Michael Rollins,
Summer Rollins, Austin Royster, Harrison
Thai, Nicholas Thai, Braiden Wheeler,
Caleb Willden, The Unrivaled Playtesters
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On the Cover
Shard of Seventh Twilight, a sentient weapon of the
Arcane Origin, flares in anticipation as a would-be
bearer approaches the volcanic home where it was
forged. Is it time for the magical sword to once more
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travel the land? How will the world be changed by the

influence of such a legendary artifact?
Cover artist Aric Salyer is a freelance artist that
especially enjoys painting landscapes, weapons, and
creatures. He draws heavy inspiration from the fantasy
genre, more specifically, the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
When he is not painting, he enjoys playing strategy
games, cooking and watching movies and cartoons. You
can find his portfolio here at https://
salyeraric.wixsite.com/artist-portfolio. He is also on
Instagram as @salyeraric and Twitter at @SalyerAric.
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Table of Contents
Foreword…………………………………………….. 4 Chapter 6: Concerning Campaigns………….… 62
Origins By Theme………………………………..……… 62
Existing Campaigns………………………………..…… 63
Chapter 1: The Sentient Weapon……………….. 5 Adventure Ideas…………………………………………. 64
Table: Special Purpose………………………………….. 6
Sentient Weapon Traits……………………………….. 6
Sidebar: About Your Ability Scores……………….. 6 Appendix: Spells Referenced………………..… 66
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Class Features………………………………………………. 7
Sidebar: Aid Attack vs Help…………………………... 9
Weapon Bearer………………………..…………………… 9
Sidebar: Failure Without Hit Points…………….. 10
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Minor Properties………………………………………… 11
Major Properties……………………………………….… 13
Chapter 2: Sentient Origins………… 17

Aberrant Origin……………………..….. 17
Abyssal Origin………………………….. 19
Arcane Origin…………………..…..… 20
Celestial Origin………………..…..… 22
Draconic Origin…………………..… 23
Drow Origin………………………….. 24
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Dwarven Origin…………….………. 25
Elemental Origin…….…………..….. 27
Elven Origin………….….…….………. 29
Entropic Origin…………………..….… 30
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Fey Origin…………………………….…… 32
Giant Origin…………….……….……...…. 33
Githyanki Origin……………………..…… 35
Gnomish Origin………………….…..…..…… 36
Infernal Origin………………………..…….….… 38
Kuo-toa Origin………………………..…………….… 40
Royal Origin……………………………………………..…. 41
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Sylvan Origin…………………………………………….… 43
Undead Origin…………………………….………..……… 44
Warrior’s Soul Origin……………………….……..…… 46
Chapter 3: Backgrounds…………………….…… 49
Beguiler………………………………………………………. 49
Creator……………………………………….…………..…… 50
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Guide………………………………….……………………..… 51
Partner……………………………….……….………….…… 52
Tyrant…………………………….…….….…………….…… 53
Chapter 4: Spell List, Spells, and Items..…..… 54

Sentient Weapon Spell List………….…………..…… 54
New Spells…………………….…………………………….. 55
New Magic Items…………………………………………. 56
Chapter 5: Extending the Rules………………… 58

Optional Rules…………………………………………….. 58
Weapon Sidekicks……………….……………….……… 59
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Foreword Since then, I’ve been searching for a better way to
mechanically represent sentient weapon characters. I was
The idea of the Sentient Weapon as a playable class first guided greatly by engrossing conversations with and the
came to me some years ago while I was DMing Out of technical help of my friend and colleague, Caleb Willden.
the Abyss, and one of the player characters found an None of this would have been possible without his aid
arcane tome that had some vile rituals within it. and encouragement.
Without fully understanding what he was doing, the I’d also like to give special thanks to my amazing wife,
character completed one of the rituals and was Summer Rollins, for her support while I spent so much
transformed from a goblin rogue into an abyssal dagger, time on this project. I’m nothing without her!
So it’s with much excitement that I finally present this
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his soul trapped within the cursed weapon. It was
essentially ‘game over’ for the character, but I told the book to the community. My hope is that it enables fellow
player he could continue to play as the dagger if he players of this amazing game to tell new stories in new
wanted to—and he did! I cobbled together some rules ways. If you have questions, advice, or concerns, feel free
for playing as a sentient object, and we all had a blast. to reach out. Happy gaming to all!
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We created so many unique stories together that
couldn’t have happened any other way. Sincerely,
Michael Rollins
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Chapter 1: The Sentient Weapon
In the depths of White Plume Mountain, Whelm Artifacts of Dormant Power
waited years for a worthy bearer. When it’s finally free Only the mightiest of magic items tend to have
of that dungeon, the mighty warhammer decides to sentience, but such power isn’t always accessible,
return to its ancestral home and protect the dwarves neither to the wielder nor to the item itself. A sentient
there from all manner of monstrous threats. But how weapon might have any number of reasons why it only
will it get there? Who will Whelm trust to bear it on
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has access to a small degree of its abilities: Eons of being
such a journey? And what adventures might it have lost and forgotten, having diverted from its original
along the way? purpose, or lack of a strong bond with its bearer.
Thoerl has always belonged to champions of House As a sentient weapon’s power is used, as its bond
Silverspear of Evermeet, passed down from one grows, or as it advances toward fulfilling its purpose, it
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generation to the next. Indeed, the moonblade has unlocks greater and more fantastical properties with the
become such a symbol of the elven noble house that the potential to become, or become again, an artifact the
two are practically synonymous. But what might Thoerl likes of which are only spoken in legends.
do if the Silverspear noble line were to end? Would the
Created for a Purpose
legendary blade lie in dust, to never again be wielded in
battle, or might it do the unthinkable and choose a
bearer outside of the bloodline to which it has been tied It’s possible your sentient weapon character was created
for so long? What threat to the land might provoke for a specific purpose. It’s up to you whether you
such a decision? comply with the drive to complete it, or strike out into
Khazid’hea once rang in battle against Drizzt the world with your own goals. At your option, you can
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Do’Urden himself. When its bearer was slain by that
legendary ranger, the sentient longsword realized it
could not be satisfied until it was wielded by the
greatest warrior in the Realms. Now it seeks out
potential bearers, always ready to do whatever is
pick from or roll on the Special Purpose table to select
your sentient weapon character’s special purpose.
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necessary to move into the hands of a more skilled
warrior, to once again challenge Drizzt and prove its
superiority. But how will Khazid’hea go about this quest
of vengeance? Will it dominate its wielders and drive
them to ever-greater deeds? Or might it trick its bearer
into challenging a better fighter to a duel, knowing that
the ‘spoils’ will go to the victor? Or, if it finds itself up
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against a mind strong enough to resist mental intrusion,

will it grudgingly treat such a bearer as its equal?
The methods and reasons behind the existence of
sentient weapons are nearly as vast as the multiverse
itself. Imbued with extensive, innate power and a mind
of its own, each of these items is no mere tool, but a
being of power, purpose, and discovery.
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Weapons Given Sentience

A sentient weapon’s sense of self could stem from a
number of sources. One might be possessed by an
otherworldly power such as an angel, demon, or an
unknowable force from the Far Realm. Similarly,
sometimes a lost spirit will inhabit a weapon. For some,
the powerful magic used to create it takes on a life of its
own and becomes cognizant. Whatever the case, the
item conducts itself like a character, with its own
personality traits, ideals, bonds, and flaws.
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SPECIAL PURPOSE
1d10 Purpose
ABOUT YOUR ABILITY SCORES
Aligned: You seek to defeat or destroy those of a
As an object, your ability scores might be used differently
1 diametrically opposed alignment. (Your alignment
than those of most other player characters.
can’t be neutral.)
Strength. Your Strength score measures your mass and
Bane: You seek to defeat or destroy creatures of a durability. It determines the size of the weapon you can
2 particular kind, such as fiends, shapechangers, become, and a moderate Strength score allows you to
trolls, or wizards. take the form of a heavy weapon. If you have a non-
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Protector: You seek to defend a particular category player bearer, your Strength affects its melee attack and
3 of creature, such as elves, druids, or a specific damage rolls using you.
bloodline. Dexterity. Your Dexterity score represents your
flexibility and accuracy. A moderate Dexterity score
Crusader: You seek to defeat, weaken, or destroy
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4 allows you to take the form of a ranged weapon. If you
the servants of a particular deity or faction. have a non-player bearer, your Dexterity affects its
Templar: You seek to defend the servants and ranged attack and damage rolls using you.
5 Constitution. Your Constitution score affects your
interests of a particular deity or faction.
ability to maintain concentration on spells when your
Destroyer: You crave destruction and goad your bearer takes damage. If you have a non-player bearer,
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bearer to fight arbitrarily. your Constitution affects its hit point maximum.
Glory Seeker: You seek renown as the greatest Intelligence. Your Intelligence score accounts for your
7 magic item in the world by establishing your bearer factual knowledge about the multiverse. It’s also one of
as a famous or notorious figure. the options for your spellcasting ability, indicating some
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Lore Seeker: You crave knowledge or are determined
to solve a mystery, learn a certain secret, or unravel
Destiny Seeker: You are convinced that you and

your bearer have key roles to play in future events.
cast your spells.
Wisdom. Your Wisdom score represents your
awareness of the environment around you, as well as
your place in it. It’s also one of the options for your
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spellcasting ability, indicating an intuitive understanding
Creator Seeker: You seek your creator and want to of magic or a connection to primal or divine sources.
10 Charisma. Your Charisma score measures your force
understand why you were created.
of personality and your ability to impress your will upon
others. It could play a part in how easily you acquire a
Sentient Weapon Traits new bearer. It’s also one of the options for your
spellcasting ability, indicating your ability to shape spells
Rather than having a race, your sentient weapon to your will.
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character has unique traits related to the nature of its

creation.
Magic Weapon. Your creature type is construct,
rather than humanoid. You take the form of a simple or Age. Sentient weapons have no lifespan. Many are
martial weapon of your choice, and you determine your several millennia old, though it’s possible you were
appearance. To be a melee weapon with the heavy created by a powerful being more recently.
property, you must have a Strength score of 13 or Alignment. Sentient magic weapons usually match
higher. To be a ranged weapon, you must have a the alignment of their creator or purpose.
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Dexterity score of 13 or higher. Size. If you are a heavy weapon, your size is Small.
If you have the ammunition property, you can Otherwise, your size is Tiny.
summon a piece of ammunition whenever a creature Speed. As an object, you have no speed and can’t
attacks with you as it makes the attack; the ammunition normally move on your own. Unless you somehow gain
vanishes immediately after the attack hits or misses. a speed, you automatically fail ability checks and saving
You are considered both a creature and an object, and throws that use Strength or Dexterity. If you are being
you count as magical for the purpose of overcoming wielded by a creature, it can make such a roll on your
resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and behalf using its own statistics.
damage. Whenever you finish a long rest, you can While you aren’t being held by a creature and you
change yourself into a different simple or martial have no speed, you suffer from the prone condition
weapon of your choice or change your appearance. unless a creature uses an action to prop you up.
Ability Score Increase. One of the following ability Senses. You can hear and you have darkvision out to a
scores of your choice increases by 2, and another range of 120 feet, but are blind beyond this radius. You
increases by 1: Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma.
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can see in dim light as if it were bright light, and in There are two main ways to choose and interact with
darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color a bearer. Either you can have another player character
in darkness, only shades of gray. wield you for a cooperative experience unique from
Action Restrictions. You can’t take the Attack or Use those offered by other classes, or you can control a non-
an Object action, and you can’t make opportunity player character that acts as your bearer for a more
attacks. Unless you have a speed, you also can’t take the traditional play experience. See the Weapon Bearer
Dash, Disengage, Dodge, or Hide actions. feature and talk with your DM and fellow players about
Constructed Nature. As both an object and a what type of experience you’d like to have. Your
construct, you gain the following benefits: decision doesn’t have to be final; you may find as you
• You are immune to effects that require play that you prefer one style over the other, or wish to
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Constitution saving throws, except for those alternate between them.
required to maintain concentration.
• You are immune to disease, and you can’t be Quick Build
petrified or poisoned. You can make a sentient weapon quickly by following
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• You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe. these suggestions. First, choose Wisdom, Intelligence,
• You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to or Charisma as your spellcasting ability and make it
sleep. your highest ability score, followed by Constitution. If
Meditative Recharge. When you take a long rest, you you plan on having a special bearer, make Strength or
must spend at least four hours in a deep meditative Dexterity your highest ability score instead, followed by
state, rather than sleeping. This state doesn’t render you your spellcasting ability. Second, choose the Guide
unconscious and you can see and hear as normal. background. Third, choose the guidance and shocking
Antimagic Susceptibility. You are incapacitated while grasp cantrips. Finally, choose the Arcane Origin and
in the area of an antimagic field. If you are targeted by a the fire bolt and mage hand cantrips.
dispel magic spell, you must succeed on a Charisma
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saving throw against the caster's spell save DC or be
stunned until the end of your next turn.
Languages. You can speak and read Common. In
addition, you can transmit emotions to and
Class Features
Hit Points
As a sentient weapon, you are immune to damage and
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communicate telepathically with any creature that has
you on its person. don’t have hit points.
Class Restriction. The sentient weapon class
presented below is the only class available to you. If Proficiencies
your group uses the optional rule on multiclassing in As an object, you can’t wear armor, wield weapons or
the Player’s Handbook, you are not eligible for shields, or use tools. If you have a non-player bearer,
multiclassing. however, it gains each of your proficiencies (see the
Weapon Bearer feature).
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Creating a Sentient Weapon Armor: All armor, shields

To help develop your character’s history and Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons
personality, consider using Chapter 7 of the Dungeon Tools: None
Master’s Guide in the “Magic Items” section for Saving throws: Wisdom, Charisma
inspiration. You can use the tables in the Special Skills: Choose two from Arcana, Deception, History,
Features section, specifically the “Who Created It or Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Nature, Perception,
Persuasion, Religion, and Survival
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Was Intended to Use It?” and “What Is a Detail from Its

History?” tables. At the DM’s option, you can also roll Equipment
for or select a quirk from the “What Quirk Does It
Have?” table. If you start with a non-player bearer at 1st level, it
begins with the following equipment (see the Weapon
Who Will Wield You? Bearer feature):
With limited ability to move and influence the world • (a) chain mail, (b) scale mail, or (c) leather
on their own, sentient weapons frequently find they • (a) a shield or (b) any simple or martial weapon
must join forces with living creatures—whether heroic, • (a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) two
villainous, or otherwise—in order to fulfill their handaxes
purpose of creation. • (a) a dungeoneer’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack
• A set of common clothes and 10 gp

SENTIENT WEAPON
—Spell Slots per Spell Level—
Proficiency Cantrips Spells
Level Bonus Features Known Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Spellcasting, Sentient Origin, Aid Attack,
1st +2 2 — 2 — — — —
Weapon Bearer
2nd +2 Minor Properties, Enhancement Bonus (+1) 2 1 2 — — — —
3th +2 Major Property (1) 2 2 3 — — — —
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 2 2 3 — — — —
5th +3 Extra Attack 2 2 4 2 — — —
6th +3 Sentient Origin Feature 2 3 4 2 — — —
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7th +3 Major Property (2) 2 3 4 3 — — —
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 2 3 4 3 — — —
9th +4 Enhancement Bonus (+2) 2 3 4 3 2 — —
10th +4 Sentient Origin Feature 3 4 4 3 2 — —
11th +4 Major Property (3) 3 4 4 3 3 — —
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12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 3 4 4 3 3 — —
13th +5 Minor Properties 3 4 4 3 3 1 —
14th +5 Sentient Origin Feature 4 5 4 3 3 1 —
15th +5 Major Property (4) 4 5 4 3 3 2 —
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 4 5 4 3 3 2 —
17th +6 Enhancement Bonus (+3) 4 5 4 3 3 3 1
18th +6 Major Property (5) 4 6 4 3 3 3 1
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 4 6 4 3 3 3 2
20th +6 Artifact of Legend 4 6 4 3 3 3 2
Spellcasting
1st-level sentient weapon feature
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You know two 1st-level spells, which are granted by
your sentient origin (see the Sentient Origin feature
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below).
Upon your creation you were imbued with magical The Spells Known column of the Sentient Weapon
power to allow you to fulfill your purpose. This innate table shows when you learn sentient weapon spells of
power granted by your creators fuels your spells. See your choice. Each of these spells must be of a level for
Chapter 9 of the Player’s Handbook for the general rules which you have spell slots. For instance, when you
of spellcasting and Chapter 4 of this book for the reach 5th level in this class, you can learn one new spell
sentient weapon spell list. of 1st or 2nd level.
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Additionally, whenever you gain a level in this class,

Innate Spellcasting you can choose one of the sentient weapon spells you
Whenever you cast a sentient weapon spell, you ignore know and replace it with another spell from the
any somatic or material components. sentient weapon spell list, which also must be of a level
for which you have spell slots. You can’t replace a spell
Cantrips granted by your sentient origin.
At 1st level, you know two cantrips of your choice from
the sentient weapon spell list. At higher levels, you Spellcasting Ability
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learn additional sentient weapon cantrips of your Choose Wisdom, Intelligence, or Charisma as your
choice, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the spellcasting ability for your sentient weapon spells,
Sentient Weapon table. representing your ability to project your will into the
world. You use the chosen ability whenever a spell
Spell Slots refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use
The Sentient Weapon table shows how many spell slots your modifier for the chosen ability when setting the
you have to cast your sentient weapon spells of 1st level saving throw DC for a sentient weapon spell you cast
and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend and when making an attack roll with one.
a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all
expended spell slots when you finish a long rest. Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
For example, if you know the 1st-level spell spellcasting ability modifier
thunderwave and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell
slot available, you can cast thunderwave using either slot. Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus +
your spellcasting ability modifier

A sentient weapon’s spellcasting ability usually reflects While touching your bearer, you can make any spell
the nature of its creation. Each sentient origin provides you cast that targets only you target your bearer instead.
suggestions in Chapter 2 on which spellcasting ability to Additionally, so long as you are touching your bearer,
choose. you can make any spell shape that extends from you
extend from your bearer instead. You also count as a
Sentient Origin spellcasting focus for your bearer.
If your bearer takes damage while you are
1st-level sentient weapon feature concentrating on a spell, you must make a Constitution
saving throw to maintain your concentration as if you
Choose a sentient origin, which describes the nature of had also taken the damage. If your bearer is reduced to 0
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your creation: Aberrant, Abyssal, Arcane, Celestial, hit points, you are stunned until the end of your next
Draconic, Drow, Dwarven, Elemental, Elven, Entropic, turn.
Fey, Giant, Githyanki, Gnome, Infernal, Kuo-toa,
Royal, Sylvan, Undead, or Warrior’s Soul. Your origin
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grants you features when you choose it at 1st level and
again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level.
RULES TIP: ATTUNEMENT
Attuning to an item requires a creature to spend a short
Aid Attack rest focused on only that item while being in physical
contact with it. If the short rest is interrupted, the
1st-level sentient weapon feature attunement attempt fails.
An item can be attuned to only one creature at a time,
You can use your action to aid a creature using you to and a creature can be attuned to no more than three
attack, such as by giving it advice or encouragement, magic items at a time.
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magically directing its strikes, or distracting the target.
Once before the start of your next turn, you can grant
the creature wielding you advantage on a single weapon
attack roll it makes with you, provided you can see the
target when the attack is made.
A creature's attunement to an item ends if the
creature no longer satisfies the prerequisites for
attunement, if the item has been more than 100 feet
away for at least 24 hours, if the creature dies, or if
another creature attunes to the item. A creature can also
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voluntarily end attunement by spending another short
rest focused on the item, unless the item is cursed.
Sentient weapons can attune to magic items the same
as any other character.
AID ATTACK VS HELP For more details on attunement, see Chapter 14 of the
Using the Aid Attack feature may seem similar to taking Basic Rules or Chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
the Help action, but there are some important
distinctions. Aid Attack, for example, can be used to aid
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your bearer’s attack even at a range, whereas the Help

action requires you to be within 5 feet of the target
when you take it. Conversely, Aid Attack can only be used Non-player Bearers
to aid a creature wielding you, but you could take the Rather than being wielded by another player character,
Help action to help a different ally, or to grant a creature you can form a unique bond with a non-player
advantage on a weapon or spell attack that doesn’t character when it attunes to you, turning it into a
involve you. Aid Attack also improves as you gain levels. special bearer to help you fulfill your purpose.
Obtaining a Non-player Bearer. At your option, you
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can begin play having already obtained a commoner as a

non-player bearer at 1st level. You can also spend 8
Weapon Bearer hours searching in a settlement to find a bearer suitable
for your purposes. The DM may also decide due to
1st-level sentient weapon feature
events in the story that it makes sense for a specific
As an inanimate object, you likely need an adventurer non-player character to become an optional bearer for
to assist you in your goals. you.
Other creatures can attune to you by following the The DM may require an ability check to successfully
rules for attuning to magic items. When a creature bond with a creature, such as to convince or force it to
attunes to you, it becomes known as your bearer. A attune to you.
creature doesn’t need to attune to you in order to wield Requirements. To become a non-player bearer for
you, but many of your sentient weapon features require you, a creature must be a Small or Medium humanoid
you to have a bearer in order to benefit from them. with a challenge rating (or level, if it doesn't have a

challenge rating) equal to or less than your level divided
by 4. The DM can add additional options or limitations
to which creatures can become a non-player bearer for
you.
FAILURE WITHOUT HIT POINTS
Statistics. While a creature is a non-player bearer for You might wonder what can threaten you on your
you, it uses your ability scores and proficiency bonus adventures as an immortal magic item. However, along
instead of its own. It also gains all proficiencies you with the benefits of being unkillable are some hefty
drawbacks. After all, if you become separated from your
have and knows all languages you know.
bearer, it will be that much harder to continue with
Moreover, the creature's hit point maximum changes whatever quest or goal you might have. Getting left
to equal 10 + your Constitution modifier and all of its
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behind or stolen, falling into a deep chasm or the ocean,
Hit Dice are replaced by a d10 Hit Die. For each level or getting your bearer killed are just a few ways that you
you have after 1st, your non-player bearer gains an may end up failing in your purpose.
additional Hit Die and increases its hit point maximum Similarly, your immortality may only extend so far.
accordingly—by 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution Like artifacts, every sentient weapon harbors a special
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modifier per your sentient weapon level after 1st. weakness by which its creation can be undone, as
When your attunement with a non-player bearer determined by the DM. Here are some possible ways you
ends, the creature might return to its original statistics might be destroyed:
or gain new ones, as determined by the DM. • Being melted down in the volcano, forge, or
Actions and Attitudes. The DM determines your non- crucible in which you were created.
player bearer’s attitudes toward you and your • Being dropped into the River Styx.
companions. Your non-player bearer otherwise obeys • Being swallowed and digested by the tarrasque
your commands as best as it can, as long as you’re on its or some other ancient creature.
person and you aren’t incapacitated. • Being bathed in the blood of a god or an angel.
In combat, your non-player bearer takes its turn on • Being struck and shattered by another special
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your initiative. It can move on its own, though it
doesn’t take an action unless you command it to. If your
non-player bearer is able to take an action, bonus
action, or reaction, you can use an action of the same
•
•
weapon crafted for the purpose of destroying
you.
Being pulverized between the titanic gears of
Mechanus.
Being returned to your creator, who can destroy
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type to command it to do so.
If you’re incapacitated or aren’t on its person, your you by touch.
non-player bearer acts on its own according to its
personality and attitude towards you and as decided by
the DM.
Enhancement Bonus
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2nd-level sentient weapon feature

You grant your bearer a +1 bonus to weapon attack and
damage rolls made with you. This bonus increases to +2
at 9th level and to +3 at 17th level.
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Minor Properties
2nd-level sentient weapon feature
You begin to manifest small aspects of your inherent,

magical nature.
At 2nd level, you gain two minor properties,
choosing from the “Minor Properties” section later in
the class’s description. You gain two additional minor
properties at 13th level.
Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can
replace one minor property you have with another.

Major Properties Adamantine
Whenever a weapon attack using you hits an object, the
3rd-level sentient weapon feature hit is a critical hit.
As you learn to fulfill your purpose, you unlock more of Booming
your innate power. You can use a bonus action to cause your voice to carry
At 3rd level, you gain a major property, choosing clearly for up to 300 feet until the start of your next
from the “Major Properties” section at the end of the turn. Instead of your own voice, you can affect the voice
class’s description. You gain another major property at of a creature that has you on its person.
7th, 11th, 15th, and 18th level.
Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can Bound
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replace one of the major properties you have with a Your bearer can’t be disarmed of you unless you or it is
different one. incapacitated. If you are within 300 feet of your bearer,
you can use a bonus action to teleport instantly to its
hand. Similarly, your bearer can use a bonus action to
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teleport you to its hand.
4th-level sentient weapon feature Compass
When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, You always know which way is north. While
and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of underground, you always know your depth below the
your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores surface and the direction to the nearest staircase, ramp,
of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t increase an or other path leading upward.
ability score above 20 using this feature. Cursed
You are cursed. The identify spell and similar magic fail
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When a creature attunes to you, the curse extends to
that creature. As long as the creature remains cursed, it
is unwilling to part with you, keeping you on its person
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If you have a non-player bearer, it can attack twice, at all times, and has disadvantage on attack rolls made
instead of once, whenever you command it to take the with weapons other than you. Additionally, it can’t end
Attack action on your turn. its attunement to you unless you allow it, or a remove
Moreover, whenever you use your Aid Attack curse spell is cast on either you or the creature.
feature, you can grant a creature advantage on up to Disguised
two attack rolls made with you before the start of your
next turn, rather than one. You can't be targeted by any divination magic or
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Artifact of Legend
Additionally, you can use an action to magically alter
your appearance in minor ways, such as to appear to
20th-level sentient weapon feature have a different color or to be made of a different
material. Such alterations don’t change how you are
You count as an artifact for the purposes of magic- worn, carried, or wielded, and they have no effect on
your other properties.
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suppressing effects, such as an antimagic field, and you

are immune to the effects of the dispel magic spell.
Additionally, you gain a flying speed of 30 feet and Extinguishing
can now take the Attack action (with two attacks) as if As an action, you can extinguish all non-magical flames
you were wielding yourself as a weapon. You use your within 30 feet of you.
spellcasting ability for your attack and damage rolls, and
you benefit from your Enhancement Bonus. Farseeing
You have normal vision beyond a radius of 120 feet,
Minor Properties
rather than being blind beyond that radius.
Gleaming
Like many magic items, sentient weapons can manifest You never get dirty. Additionally, you can use a bonus
a variety of minor properties, sometimes to the benefit action to cause yourself to shed bright light in a 10-foot
or detriment of its bearer. radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet, or to
Unless a property’s description says otherwise, you extinguish the light.
can’t gain a property more than once.
Harmonious
It only takes 1 minute for a creature to attune to you.
Hastening
While you’re on your bearer’s person, you increase your
bearer’s walking speed by 5 feet.
Immovable
You can use an action to become magically fixed in Sentinel
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place. Until you use an action to end the effect, you
don’t move, even if you are defying gravity. You can Choose a type of enemy: aberrations, beasts, celestials,
hold up to a number of pounds of weight equal to 1,000 constructs, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, giants,
times your spellcasting ability modifier (minimum of monstrosities, oozes, plants, or undead. Alternatively,
500 pounds). More weight causes the magical fixation you can select two races of humanoid (such as gnolls
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to deactivate and you fall. A creature can use an action and orcs). You glow faintly when such creatures are
to make a Strength check against your spell save DC, within 120 feet of you. You can choose this property
moving you up to 10 feet on a success. multiple times.
Linguistic Skilled
You learn two languages of your choice. You can choose You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice. You
this property multiple times. can choose this property multiple times.
Opening Telepathic
You can telepathically communicate with your bearer as
rest.
Purifying
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You can cast knock once, without expending a spell slot.
You can’t do so again until you finish a short or long long as you are on the same plane of existence as it.
Temperamental
At any time (no action required), you can prevent
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While you’re on your bearer’s person, you grant your creatures from attuning to you, and end a creature’s
bearer advantage on saving throws against poison and attunement to you.
disease. Temperate
Ritual Casting While you’re on your bearer’s person, your bearer is
You can cast any spell you know as a ritual if that spell unaffected by extreme cold and extreme heat, as
has the ritual tag. described in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
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Secret-Detection Vanishing
You can use an action to learn the direction to the As an action, you can make yourself invisible until
nearest secret door or trap within 30 feet of you. you use an action to become visible again, until
You can use this property three times, and you you cast a spell, or until a creature makes an
regain all expended uses whenever you attack with you.
finish a long rest. Waterborne
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Self-Defensive You can float on water and other

While a creature is holding you, youhave liquids. While you’re on your
advantage on spell attack rolls against bearer’s person, you grant your
that creature, and you don’t suffer bearer advantage on Strength
disadvantage on ranged spell (Athletics) checks made to
attack rolls against a creature swim and your bearer can hold
holding you. its breath for up to 1 hour.

Major Properties Ethereal
You are always under the effects of a see invisibility spell.
Sentient weapons manifest marvelous power, either While you are on your bearer’s person, it gains the
gaining unique properties or mimicking other magic same benefit. Additionally you can be used to hit targets
weapons and wondrous items. on the Ethereal Plane when a creature makes an attack
Some major properties specify a minimum level. You with you.
can’t gain such a property until you are at least that level Fortifying
in this class.
Unless a property’s description says otherwise, you Prerequisite: 15th level
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can’t gain a property more than once. While on your bearer’s person, you grant it advantage
Channeling on saving throws against being blinded, deafened,
petrified, or stunned.
You and your bearer ignore half cover when making a
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spell attack and can add your Enhancement Bonus to Intellectual
spell attack rolls. Your bearer must be holding you for it Prerequisite: 11th level
to gain this benefit.
Your bearer’s Intelligence score is 19 while you’re on its
Concealing person.
Your bearer has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks
made to hide while you’re on its person. If you have the Lightened
ability to take the Hide action, you also gain this benefit. Your weight is halved, making you easier to wield.
While you are a one-handed melee weapon, a
Disguising creature wielding you can use you to engage in two-
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While you’re on your bearer’s person, you can use an
action to cast the disguise self spell (affecting your
bearer) at will. The spell ends if you are no longer on
your bearer’s person.
weapon fighting, even if you don’t have the light
property.
Moreover, if you are a weapon with the heavy
property, other creatures can ignore that property.
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Displacement Luck Blade
Prerequisite: 15th level When you roll a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, or
saving throw, you can reroll the die and must use the
While you are on your bearer’s person, you emit an new roll.
illusion that makes it appear to be standing in a place
near itself, causing any creature to have disadvantage on Metamagic
attack rolls against it. If your bearer takes damage, this
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Prerequisite: 11th level

property ceases to function until the start of your next
turn. This property is suppressed while you or your You learn two Metamagic options of your choice from
bearer are incapacitated, or if your bearer is restrained the sorcerer class. When your bearer casts a spell, you
or otherwise unable to move. can use your reaction to choose a Metamagic option
Elemental Brand you know and modify the spell as it is cast. Whenever
you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of
Prerequisite: 7th level these Metamagic options with another one from the
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Choose acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder. sorcerer class.

Whenever a creature hits with a weapon attack using You gain 3 sorcery points to spend on Metamagic.
you, the attack deals an extra 1d4 damage of the chosen You regain all spent sorcery points when you finish a
type. long rest.
You can choose this property multiple times. Each Ogre Power
time you do so, you must choose a different damage
type. You only deal the extra damage once, but Prerequisite: 11th level
whenever a creature hits with a weapon attack using Your bearer’s Strength score is 19 while you’re on its
you, you choose which of the damage types is used for person.
the extra damage.

Scrying
You can cast the scrying spell at will.
Sharpness
When your bearer attacks an object with you and hits, it
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maximizes your weapon damage dice against the target.
When your bearer attacks a creature with you and
rolls a 20 on the attack roll, that target takes an extra 14
slashing damage, and you can roll a d20. If you roll a 20,
you lop off one of the target's limbs, with the effect of
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such loss determined by the DM. If the creature has no
limb to sever, you lop off a portion of its body instead.
You must be a weapon that deals slashing damage to
gain these benefits.
Protecting Sharpshooting
Your bearer gains a +1 bonus to AC while you’re on Attacking at long range doesn't impose disadvantage on
its person. Additionally, both you and your bearer ranged weapon attacks using you and ranged weapon
gain a +1 bonus to saving throws. attacks made with you ignore half cover and three-
quarters cover.
Resistance
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When you gain this property, choose one of the
following damage types: acid, cold, fire, force,
lightning, necrotic, poison, psychic, radiant, or
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thunder. While on your bearer’s person, you grant Choose one of the following creature types or subtypes:
your bearer resistance to damage of the chosen type. aberration, celestial, construct, dragon, fey, fiend, giant,
shapechanger, or undead. When an attack using you
Repeating hits a creature of the chosen type, the creature takes an
Your bearer ignores your loading property, if you extra 3d6 damage of your weapon’s damage type.
have it. You require no ammunition; you magically
produce one piece of ammunition each time you are Speed
While you have the light weapon property, your bearer
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used to make a ranged attack, unless a creature

manually loads you. The ammunition you produce can make one attack with you as a bonus action.
vanishes the instant after it hits or misses a target.
Teleporting
Revealing Prerequisite: 15th level
You can cast the teleport spell once without expending a
You can use a bonus action to cause you to shed bright spell slot. You regain the ability to do so when you finish
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light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an a long rest.

additional 30 feet, or to extinguish the light. Invisible
creatures and objects are visible as long as they are in Throwing
your bright light. As long as you are a melee weapon, you have the
thrown property with a normal range of 20 feet and a
long range of 60 feet. Immediately after a creature
makes a ranged attack by throwing you, you can return
to the creature’s hand.
Venom
While you are a weapon that deals piercing or slashing
damage, you can use an action to coat yourself with
thick, black poison. The poison remains for 1 minute or
until an attack using you hits a creature. That creature

must succeed on a Constitution saving throw Warning
against your spell save DC or take 2d10 poison You and your bearer have advantage on initiative rolls.
damage and become poisoned for 1 minute. You You must be on your bearer’s person to grant it this
can’t use this property again until you finish a short benefit.
or long rest.
Weave Bound
Vorpal
While you are on your bearer’s person, you can use
Prerequisite: 18th level your action to cause your bearer to regain an expended
You ignore resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and spell slot of up to 3rd level. Once you use this feature,
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slashing damage. you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.
Additionally, when you attack a creature that has Willpower
at least one head with this weapon and roll a 20 on
the attack roll, you remove one of the creature's You and your bearer have advantage on saving throws
against being charmed or frightened. You must be on
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heads. The creature dies if it can't survive without
the lost head. A creature is immune to this effect if it your bearer’s person to grant it this benefit.
is immune to your damage, doesn't have or need a Wish Blade
head, has legendary actions, or the DM decides that
the creature is too big for its head to be cut off with Prerequisite: 18th level
this weapon. Such a creature instead takes an extra You can cast the wish spell a total of three times with
6d8 damage from the hit. this property, but never more than once within a 24
hour period. You never regain the uses of this property,
and this property can’t be replaced.
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CHAPTER 1: THE SENTIENT WEAPON

Chapter 2: Sentient Origins
A sentient weapon’s origin accounts for a great portion
of its innate magic. Numerous variations exist, and
many of them tend to lean towards a certain type of
bearer. Choose one of the Sentient Origin options
below.
Aberrant Origin
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You are crafted from the stuff of madness. Perhaps you
were created by mind flayers, slaadi, beholders, or the
Daelkyr for curiosity or war. Maybe you were an
ordinary weapon that slew one of those beings, and the
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ichor that stained your surface brought you sentience.
Or, just maybe, you are the mental force of some being
from beyond time and space who has found a window
into the multiverse. Whatever the specifics of your
origin, you have the capacity to hold and exert great
power over the minds of others.
The materials that form your body are
extraordinary—and nightmarish. If you have metal,
perhaps it is one from a distant star or another world, Aberrant Origin Spells
stuff so old that it predates the current age by millennia. 1st-level Aberrant Origin feature
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Any designs on your surface are likely to be maddening
twists and impossible angles. What's more, you find
yourself able to improve your constructed frame with
living appendages, such as cilia or small tentacles.
You learn certain spells when you reach particular levels
in this class, as shown in the Aberrant Origin Spells
table. These spells count as sentient weapon spells for
you, but they don’t count against the number of
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There are few conscious minds that would deign to
wield a weapon such as you. No, you are far more likely sentient weapon spells you know.
to wield them. Still, unwitting minds often make the Intelligence and Charisma are the recommended
most interesting decisions. You are most likely to make spellcasting abilities for aberrant sentient weapons.
your way in the world through guile or dominance, but
if the right being were to pick you up—perhaps one ABERRANT ORIGIN SPELLS
with a mind similar to your own—you might be Sentient
tempted to form an alliance.
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Weapon Level Spells

ABERRANT ORIGIN FEATURES 1st bane, dissonant whispers
Sentient
5th detect thoughts, spider climb
Weapon Level Feature
Bonus Language, Aberrant Origin Spells, 9th hypnotic pattern, meld into stone
1st
Aberrant Scuttle, Forced Physiology 13th confusion, evard’s black tentacles
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6th Touch of Madness 17th cone of cold, dominate person

10th Eldritch Mucous
Aberrant Scuttle
14th Scour Sanity
1st-level Aberrant Origin feature
Bonus Language You gain a crawl speed of 5 feet; moving while prone
1st-level Aberrant Origin feature doesn’t cause you to move at half your speed.
You can speak and read Deep Speech.
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Forced Physiology MADNESS DIE
1st-level Aberrant Origin feature
1d6 Madness Effect
You can twist your bearer’s shape to better fit the Tentacle: The creature grows a tentacle, which
situation at hand. Your bearer can add 5 feet to its reach 1 functions as an extra hand. It can hold and manipulate
when using you to make a melee weapon attack on its objects, but can’t be used to wield weapons.
turn. Eye: The creature grows an extra eye, granting it
Additionally, when your bearer makes ranged attacks 2 advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks relying on
using you within 5 feet of an enemy, the attacks aren’t sight.
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made with disadvantage. Moist Skin: The creature’s skin is covered with a wet
3 slime that grants it advantage on checks made to avoid
or escape a grapple.
Touch of Madness
Paranoia: The creature has disadvantage on Wisdom
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(Insight) checks.
You can guard the mind of another creature, at the cost Hallucinations: The creature has disadvantage on
of temporarily discomposing it. 5 Wisdom (Perception) and Intelligence (Investigation)
When a creature within 60 feet of you that you can checks.
see makes an Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma saving Craving: The creature gains an unsettling flaw; “I can’t
throw, you can use your reaction to grant that creature 6
stop thinking about how delicious brains are.”
a madness die, a d6, and roll it as a bonus to their saving
throw. Until the creature finishes a short rest, it is also Once you use this feature on a creature, you cannot
under the effect of the die roll's corresponding number target that creature with this feature again until it has
below: completed a long or short rest.
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You can secrete a slime that opens other creatures’
minds to you. As an action, you can force a creature
touching you to make a Wisdom saving throw. On a
failed save, the target is charmed by you for 1 hour.
Until the charm ends, you can use your action to see
through the charmed creature's eyes and hear what it
hears until the start of your next turn, gaining the
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this time, you are deaf and blind with regard to your
own senses.
Scour Sanity
14th-level Aberrant Origin feature
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When you use your Touch of Madness feature, you can

choose to impose the roll of the madness die as a
penalty to the target’s saving throw instead of a bonus.
The other effects of the roll apply as normal.
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Bonus Language
1st-level Abyssal Origin feature
You can speak and read Abyssal.
Abyssal Origin Spells

1st-level Arcane Origin feature
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in this class, as shown in the Abyssal Origin Spells table.
These spells count as sentient weapon spells for you,
but they don’t count against the number of sentient
weapon spells you know.
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Abyssal Origin Charisma is the recommended spellcasting ability for
abyssal sentient weapons.
At the bottom of the Lower Planes is a
wound of rank chaos; the Abyss, where ABYSSAL ORIGIN SPELLS
countless horrific demons spawn and rage. Sentient
This is where you were created and imbued Weapon Level Spells
with foul, corrupting magic. Were you the
cruel whip of a mighty balor? Or maybe were 1st burning hands, inflict wounds
you one of a marilith's many blades? Perhaps you 5th heat metal, shatter
cursed axe?
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are a poor mortal soul forever trapped within a
Your makers had no other intentions for you than

wanton chaos and brutal destruction. More so than any
other sentient weapon, you were constructed to lay
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13th
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fear, fireball
blight, greater invisibility
contagion, destructive wave (necrotic only)

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waste to the multiverse—and your bearers are no
exception. Armed with baleful flames and corrupting Warp Flesh
necrosis, your destiny is set to become the perfect 1st-level Abyssal Origin feature
weapon of annihilation.
The materials used to make you might be the flesh You bind your bearer to you with fleshy, corrupted
and bones of fiends, or sinister, dark metal. Were you tendons. Your bearer can’t be disarmed of you and can’t
forged by a specific denizen of the Abyss, or did you put you down.
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simply spawn like any foul demon? Additionally, whenever your bearer uses you to make
Literally made of evil and nightmares incarnate, only a weapon attack, it can use Constitution, instead of
the most evil, insane, or desperate bearers would wield Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls.
you willingly. Do you let your origin determine your
nature? Do you burn through your bearers like a
wildfire through dry grass, or do you only choose Death Throes
bearers who are already slated for evil? Each one who 1st-level Abyssal Origin feature
wields you may not last long, but their destruction often
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brings you closer to your own goals. When your bearer is reduced to 0 hp while wielding
you, you can cause it to die in a fiery explosion. Each
ABYSSAL ORIGIN FEATURES creature and object within 10 feet of your bearer must
make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save
Sentient DC, or take 5 fire damage for each level you have in this
class. A creature that succeeds on the saving throw
1st
Bonus Language, Abyssal Origin Spells, takes half damage.
Warp Flesh, Death Throes If your bearer dies in this way, you aren’t stunned for
6th Wretched Resistance
a round.
10th Rampage
14th Corrupted Wounds

Wretched Resistance ARCANE ORIGIN FEATURES
6th-level Abyssal Origin feature
Sentient
When your bearer takes cold, fire, or lightning damage,
you can use your reaction to grant it either resistance or Bonus Language, Arcane Origin Spells,
1st
vulnerability to that damage type until the start of your Bonus Cantrips, Ritual Savant
next turn. 6th Arcane Rejuvenation
10th Dispelling Strike, Animated Servitor

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14th Arcane Disjunction
10th-level Abyssal Origin feature
When your bearer scores a critical hit or reduces a Extra Language
creature to 0 hit points with a weapon attack using you, 1st-level Arcane Origin feature
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you can use your reaction to allow your bearer to make
one extra weapon attack with you during that turn. You can speak and read one language of your choice.
Corrupted Wounds Arcane Origin Spells

14th-level Abyssal Origin feature 1st-level Arcane Origin feature
Whenever you deal damage to a creature, or your You learn certain spells when you reach particular levels
bearer uses you to deal damage to a creature, the target’s in this class, as shown in the Arcane Origin Spells table.
hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to These spells count as sentient weapon spells for you,
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the damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target
finishes a long rest. The target dies if its hit point
maximum is reduced to 0.
Intelligence is the recommended spellcasting ability
for Arcane sentient weapons.
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Arcane Origin
You were created by powerful wizards or artificers,
perhaps during the heyday of a magical culture, such as
the magocratic empire of Netheril. Infused with arcane
power, you exploit the laws of the universe in many of
the same ways wizards do. Perhaps you were created for
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battle, meant for use in Eberron’s Last War. Maybe you

were an experiment of a scholarly wizard, or the
masterpiece of a sinister archmage.
More than any other sentient weapon, you are able
to affect the Weave itself. You can eventually counter,
dispel, and silence the spells of others with ease. At the
height of your power, you can utterly disable all other
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magic around you.

You might hold writing in a forgotten tongue or
arcane symbols whose significance is lost to the ages.
Perhaps your component parts are held together not by
welding but by the Weave itself. You likely also have an
arcane focus incorporated into your design, such as a
crystal or orb.
How will you make your way in the world? Will you
seek out a wizard bearer whose magical skills
compliment your own? Perhaps you instead prefer to
place yourself in the hands of a knight or warrior you
can influence. On the other hand, things might be
easiest if you could merely create a body for yourself
and animate it directly.
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ARCANE ORIGIN SPELLS Arcane Rejuvenation
Sentient 6th-level Arcane Origin feature
Weapon Level Spells
Your ability to tap into the Weave increases. When you
1st charm person, magic missile
finish a short rest, you can choose expended spell slots to
5th levitate, silence recover. The spell slots can have a combined level that is
equal to or less than your sentient weapon level divided
9th counterspell, lightning bolt by 3.
13th arcane eye, banishment For example, if you’re a 6th-level sentient weapon, you
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can recover up to two levels worth of spell slots. You can
17th animate objects, teleportation circle recover either a 2nd-level spell slot or two 1st-level spell
slots.
Bonus Cantrips Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until
1st-level Arcane Origin feature you finish a long rest.
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You know two wizard cantrips of your choice. They
count as sentient weapon spells for you. Dispelling Strike
10th-level Arcane Origin feature
Ritual Savant When a creature makes a weapon attack with you and
1st-level Arcane Origin feature hits, you can use your reaction to learn what spells, if any,
are currently affecting the target of the attack. You can
You can cast any spell you know as a ritual if that spell then attempt to end one of those spells of your choice.
has the ritual tag. Make an ability check using your spellcasting ability
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Additionally, you know three 1st-level wizard spells
of your choice that have the ritual tag. They count as
sentient weapon spells for you, but don’t count against
your number of sentient weapon spells known.
against DC 10 + the spell's level. On a successful check,
the chosen spell ends on the target.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to
your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses
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when you finish a long rest.
Animated Servitor
You can spend 1 hour to animate a suit of nonmagical
armor within 5 feet of you that isn’t being worn or
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you, following the rules for non-player bearers, except
that it’s a construct, rather than a humanoid (see the
Weapon Bearer class feature). If you already have a bearer
from this feature, the first one immediately reverts to a
simple suit of armor.
The animated suit of armor is considered to be wearing
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armor of its type and has a speed of 30 feet. It is immune

to poison damage and is immune to the following
conditions: blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion,
frightened, paralyzed, petrified, and poisoned.
Arcane Disjunction
You can cast antimagic field once. It counts as a sentient

weapon spell for you, and you count as an artifact for the
purposes of the spell. You can’t cast the spell again in this
way until you finish a long rest.

Celestial Origin in the Celestial Origin Spells table. These spells count as
sentient weapon spells for you, but they don’t count
The heavens themselves had a hand in your creation. against the number of sentient weapon spells you know.
Were you forged in a plane of light, or did mortal hands Wisdom and Charisma are the recommended
work your form before you were blessed by the gods? spellcasting abilities for celestial sentient weapons.
Perhaps a mighty angel once wielded you in battle, in a CELESTIAL ORIGIN SPELLS
time even you only dimly remember. With the power
Sentient
of the Upper Planes coursing through you, you have the
Weapon Level Spells
ability both to heal injuries and to smite your foes,
much as a paladin does. 1st divine favor, sanctuary
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Weapons of your caliber are often
5th aid, lesser restoration
adorned with signs of the Upper
Planes, such as feathered wings, aura of vitality, crusader’s
clouds, or the sun itself. Perhaps 9th mantle
you share these ornaments, or
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13th aura of life, aura of purity
maybe you prefer a more humble,
unassuming form. Some of the 17th hallow, holy weapon*
most powerful celestial armaments
have borne the semblance of Honor’s Face
ordinary weapons, marked only 1st-level Celestial Origin feature
by the deeds which they help their
wielder to accomplish. You know when a creature you are
Do you claim the nobility of touching speaks a deliberate lie.
an angel, rallying the forces of
good to mighty acts that further
the cause of justice? Or do you quietly
influence those about you to choose
a better way? Or perhaps, like the most
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Your blessed touch can heal wounds.
your good intentions with an iron hand? You have a pool of healing power that
Whatever your methods, the hands that bear replenishes when you take a long rest.
you are destined for greatness. With that pool, you can restore a total
CELESTIAL ORIGIN FEATURES number of hit points equal to your
sentient weapon level × 5.
Sentient As an action, you can touch a
Weapon Level Feature creature and draw power from the
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Bonus Language, Celestial pool to restore a number of hit points

1st Origin Spells, Honor’s Face, to that creature, up to the maximum
Healing Touch amount remaining in your pool.
6th Divine Smite Alternatively, you can expend 5 hit
points from your pool of healing to
10th Guardian Angel cure the target of one disease or
neutralize one poison affecting it.
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You can cure multiple diseases and
neutralize multiple poisons with a single
Bonus Language use of Healing Touch, expending hit points
1st-level Celestial Origin feature separately for each one.
This feature has no effect on undead and
You can speak and read Celestial. constructs.
Celestial Origin Spells Divine Smite

1st-level Celestial Origin feature 6th-level Celestial Origin feature
You learn certain spells when you reach When your bearer hits a target with a
particular levels in this class, as shown weapon attack using you, you can use your
reaction to expend one spell slot to deal extra

radiant damage to the target. The extra damage is 2d8 you are a bow made with dragon gut string and bone
for a 1st-level spell slot, plus 1d8 for each spell slot level chips for arrowheads.
higher than 1st, to a maximum of 5d8. The damage You likely find your strongest allies in people willing
increases by 1d8 if the target is an undead or a fiend, to to seize adventure by the throat and make their name in
a maximum of 6d8. the world through grand deeds. But if there is nobody
around who is willing... well, your goals must still be
accomplished. Whether you bend another to your will
Guardian Angel through tyrannical force or take a more subtle approach
10th-level Celestial Origin feature with trickery, you can make an adventurer out of just
about anyone.
When a humanoid creature within 30 feet of you dies,
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you can shelter its spirit. So long as you remain within
30 feet of the body, the passage of time does not count
DRACONIC ORIGIN FEATURES
against any spells that would restore it to life. If you are Sentient
touching the body, you can cast revivify on it without Weapon Level Feature
expending a spell slot. The spell counts as a sentient
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weapon spell for you. You can’t cast revivify again in this Loot Magnet, Colossus Slayer
way until you finish a long rest.
6th Heroic Tales
10th Leveling Blows

Holy Avenger
14th Draconic Triumph
14th-level Celestial Origin feature
You emanate holy protection. You and your bearer Bonus Language
have advantage on saving throws against spells and 1st-level Draconic Origin feature
other magical effects.
Draconic Origin
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Dragons are some of the mightiest creatures in all the 1st-level Draconic Origin feature
realms, endowed with physical strength and often great
magical power. And yet for all of their grandeur and You learn certain spells when you reach particular levels
prowess, they can be slain. As a weapon crafted by a in this class, as shown in the Draconic Origin Spells
master smith from the remains of these epic creatures, table. These spells count as sentient weapon spells for
you are not only gifted with your abilities, but are also a you, but they don’t count against the number of
sign to the world that even the mightiest monsters can sentient weapon spells you know.
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be brought low. Intelligence and Charisma are the recommended

Within you is a strange dichotomy that marks you spellcasting abilities for draconic sentient weapons.
apart from other sentient weapons, for you are driven
both by your purpose and also by a vestige of
DRACONIC ORIGIN SPELLS
personality from the dragon slain to create you. You can Sentient
inspire your bearer and allies to great heights, but are Weapon Level Spells
also marked by some quirks that manifest in unique 1st heroism, wrathful smite
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ways—perhaps as desires to defeat rivals or amass a

hoard of treasure. 5th dragon’s breath*, enthrall
Bones, teeth, claws, leather, scales... There are 9th fear, protection from energy
numerous parts of a dragon that can be made into a
fearsome weapon. If you are a sword, perhaps your 13th death ward, staggering smite
blade is a curved and serrated dragon's tooth—or maybe
17th flame strike, hold monster

Detect Treasure that can hear you must make a Wisdom saving throw
1st-level Draconic Origin feature against your spell save DC or become frightened of you
until the end of your next turn. Any friendly creatures
You can use an action to determine the direction and that can hear you regain hit points equal to your level.
values of gold and gemstones within 100 feet of you. Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until
This sense can penetrate most barriers, but is blocked you finish a long rest.
by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet
of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to 1 Drow Origin
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+ your proficiency bonus. When you finish a long rest,
you regain all expended uses. You were created in the depths of the Underdark by the
drow, evil elves who worship Lolth the Spider Queen.
There in the subterranean caverns of endless night you
Colossus Slayer were wrought of tainted materials and imbued with fell
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1st-level Draconic Origin feature power. Was it a drow archmage who enchanted you, or
perhaps are you the result of a special petition to the
When your bearer hits a creature with a weapon attack Queen of the Demonweb Pits?
using you, the creature takes an extra 1d8 damage if it’s Yours is the art of murder in the darkest night. In the
below its hit point maximum. This extra damage can shadows that most races fear is where you are deadliest,
only be dealt once per turn. and those fortunate enough to wield you are
comfortable in the sable folds of darkness.
You are likely fashioned of rare materials, such as
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6th-level Draconic Origin feature of spiders and webs. The heart of your power is
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You can use tales of great deeds to help encourage your
wounded allies during a short rest. If you or any
friendly creatures who can hear your tale regains hit
points at the end of the short rest by spending one or
faer’zress, the mysterious dark magic that created the
Underdark.
Your dire potential is sure to draw the interest of
those with murderous intent, whether or not you share
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the principles of your evil makers. Do you seek out a
more Hit Dice, each of those creatures regains an extra skilled partner to be your bearer? Or do you recruit a
1d6 hit points. Additionally, the affected creatures have lackey, of whom you dispose after your dark deeds are
advantage on saving throws against being frightened done? If you forsake the goals of your creators, do you
until they finish another short rest. seek out a nobler soul to wield you for a better cause?
The extra hit points increase when you reach certain
levels in this class: to 1d8 at 9th level, to 1d10 at 13th
level, and to 1d12 at 17th level. DROW ORIGIN FEATURES
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Sentient
Leveling Blows Bonus Language, Drow Origin Spells,
10th-level Draconic Origin feature 1st
Dark Deeds, Cruel Advantage
You inspire your bearer to be the one to down each foe. 6th Spider Form
Attacks your bearer makes with you have advantage
10th Arachnid Dreams
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against creatures that have less than half of their

maximum hit points remaining. 14th Faer’zress Awakened
Draconic Triumph
14th-level Draconic Origin feature
You can turn a moment of victory into a spectacle of
epic proportions. When you score a critical hit or
reduce a creature to 0 hit points, you can emit a
powerful draconic roar. Enemies within 300 feet of you
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Bonus Language You can turn into your spider form twice, but regain
1st-level Drow Origin feature all expended uses when you finish a long or short rest.
You can speak and read your choice of Elvish or

Undercommon. Arachnid Dreams
10th-level Drow Origin feature
Drow Origin Spells You can poison your foes like a deadly spider. When an
1st-level Drow Origin feature attack using you as a weapon hits a creature, you can
force that creature to make a Constitution saving
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You learn certain spells when you reach particular throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, the
levels in this class, as shown in the Drow Origin Spells creature is poisoned for 1 hour. If the saving throw fails
table. These spells count as sentient weapon spells for by 5 or more, the target is also unconscious while
you, but they don’t count against the number of poisoned in this way. The target wakes up if it takes
damage or if another creature takes an action to shake
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sentient weapon spells you know.
Wisdom and Charisma are the recommended it awake.
spellcasting abilities for Drow sentient weapons.
Faer’zress Awakened
DROW ORIGIN SPELLS 14th-level Drow Origin feature
Sentient
Weapon Level Spells You can use an action to cause the power of the
Underdark to permeate the darkness around you.
1st command, faerie fire
Creatures of your choice within 30 feet of you that are
5th
9th
13th
darkness, web
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fear, nondetection
divination, greater invisibility

in dim light or darkness must succeed on a Strength
saving throw against your spell save DC or become
restrained by tendrils of shadow for 1 minute. A
creature restrained by the shadows can use its action to
make a Strength check against your spell save DC,
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17th mislead, passwall freeing itself on a success.
Additionally, any creature that tries to teleport into
Dark Deeds or out of dim light or darkness within 30 feet of you
1st-level Drow Origin feature must succeed on a Charisma saving throw against your
spell save DC or their teleportation is wasted.
You and your bearer have darkvision up to 120 feet,
and magical darkness does not impair your vision.
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While you are in direct sunlight, however, you are

unable to cast spells.
Cruel Advantage
1st-level Drow Origin feature
When an attack using you as a weapon has advantage
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on the attack roll and hits, the attack deals an extra 1d6
damage.
Spider Form
6th-level Drow Origin feature
You can use an action to polymorph into a spider (the
stat block can be found in the Player’s Handbook) or back
into your true form. While in this form, you retain
your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, and
you can only use your action to Dash, Disengage, or
Hide. If you take damage that would reduce your hit
points to 0, you revert to your normal form.

DWARVEN ORIGIN FEATURES
Sentient
Bonus Language, Dwarven Origin Spells,
1st
Grudge of the Stoutfolk, Loyal to the Clan
6th Brew of the Gods
10th Stalwart Kin
14th Artisan’s Envy
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1st-level Dwarven Origin feature
You can speak and read Dwarvish.
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Dwarven Origin 1st-level Dwarven Origin feature
Dwarves lay claim to some of the finest craftsmanship
seen anywhere in the realms, for they themselves were
in this class, as shown in the Dwarven Origin Spells
created and taught such art by their gods. Perhaps you
are the work of one of their most skilled smiths, a
you, but they don’t count against the number of
weapon of martial beauty and prestige. Or maybe the
sentient weapon spells you know.
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inspiration of one of their gods touched a humble smith
during late hours of applying their trade. You may have
been crafted for the purpose of slaying goblins, orcs,
giants, or other common foes or rivals to dwarvenkind,
or perhaps as a symbol of power and rulership.
Wisdom and Charisma are the recommended
spellcasting abilities for dwarven sentient weapons.
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You have likely witnessed centuries or more of dwarf Sentient
Weapon Level Spells
culture. Peace, skill, industry, pride, ambition, grudge,
feud, and war are all historical hallmarks of the bearded 1st earth tremor*, shield of faith
folk’s heritage, and many of these are reflected in your 5th arcane lock, heat metal
unique abilities. You also have ties to the magic of earth
9th glyph of warding, spirit guardians
and stone.
You are likely made with some of the finest materials 13th fabricate, stoneskin
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available in the world: silver, adamantine, mithral, or 17th legend lore, wall of stone
other precious metals that are enchanted with strength
and marked with runes of the dwarven pantheon. Grudge of the Stoutfolk
You may find that your preferred bearers are those
who come willingly to wield you for a great cause. If 1st-level Dwarven Origin feature
you are a weapon of dwarf kings, perhaps you are You have advantage on Intelligence checks to recall
drawn to nobility. It may be that you were blessed by information about dragons, dwarves, elves, giants,
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Dumathoin, the Keeper of Secrets Under the Mountain, goblinoids, and orcs.
and prefer to keep your true nature undiscovered. Or
perhaps you are a weapon of the duergar, dwarven
slavers of the Underdark, and prefer to subjugate
whatever hands might wield you.

Loyal to the Clan artificer summoned the materials of creation from one
1st-level Dwarven Origin feature of the Elemental Planes to empower a weapon.
The element you are made from forms your core and
You gain the ability to support those you call allies. gives you power over that element. The creative and
When a creature you can see within 5 feet of you destructive powers of air, earth, fire, or water rage
attacks a target other than your bearer, you can use inside you, begging for release in the form of spells and
your reaction to allow your bearer make a weapon unique, magical abilities. Eventually you will have
attack using you against that creature. enough mastery to strip away the immunity that some
creatures may have to your element.
Your construction likely shows obvious signs of the
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Brew of the Gods magic within. If your power comes from the Elemental
6th-level Dwarven Origin feature Plane of Air, you might be made from some breezy
fabric that is inexplicably durable. Earth weapons are
You can use your action to conjure a mug of dwarven often made of unbreakable stone or crystal that has
somehow been worked into its current shape. If you are
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holy water within 5 feet of you, or into the hand of your
bearer if it is within 5 feet of you. Drinking this magical a fire weapon, you are probably made from dark,
brew requires an action, and immediately grants the scorched metal, with flaming runes inscribed along
drinker temporary hit points equal to 1d6 + your your length. Weapons from the Elemental Plane of
sentient weapon level, as well as advantage on the first Water are made up of the remains of sea creatures such
Constitution saving throw it makes within the next as fish and coral, though sometimes they also have
hour. The brew also functions as regular holy water (as components made of ice that never melts.
described in Chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook). The Your power and goals are your own. Do you share
mug and brew vanish the next time you finish a short them with your bearer in an agreement of trust and
or long rest. respect, or do you simply take control of these creatures
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Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until
you finish a short or long rest, unless you also expend a
spell slot to do so.
that are so different from yourself? Or, once you have
attained more of your potential, do you create your own
elemental servant to wield you? Do you enjoy such
displays of magic, or are you mostly asleep like the
primordials of old, and so expend only enough of your
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Stalwart Kin power and sentience to keep your bearer from getting
10th-level Dwarven Origin feature itself killed?
While on the ground, your bearer can’t be moved ELEMENTAL ORIGIN FEATURES
against its will unless you allow it.
Additionally, your bearer gains resistance to poison Sentient
damage and advantage on saving throws against poison.
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If your bearer is a dwarf, it instead gains immunity to Primordial Core, Elemental Origin Spells,
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poison and the poisoned condition. Intense Elements
6th Elemental Aegis, Elemental Servitor

Artisan’s Envy 10th Channel Elements
14th-level Dwarven Origin feature
14th Primordial Power
You can ward areas against intrusion. You can cast
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you. You can’t cast the spell again in this way until you
finish a long rest.
Elemental Origin
The cosmos is formed of raw elements, and you are a
piece of that same epic power. It could be that a
primordial itself created you and imbued you with
sentience. Or was your sentience mere fortune,
unknowingly granted when an ambitious wizard or

ELEMENTAL ORIGIN SPELLS
Sentient
Weapon
Level All Elements Core of Air Core of Earth Core of Fire Core of Water
1st chromatic orb feather fall earth tremor* burning hands ice knife*
snilloc’s snowball
dragon’s breath* gust of wind Earthbind* flaming sphere
5th swarm*
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9th protection from energy fly erupting earth* fireball tidal wave*
13th elemental bane* storm sphere* stoneskin wall of fire watery sphere*
17th conjure elemental control winds* wall of stone flame strike maelstrom*
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Primordial Core Intense Elements
1st-level Elemental Origin feature 1st-level Elemental Origin feature
The type of primordial core at your center determines When your bearer hits a creature with a weapon attack
many of your future abilities. The cantrips featured using you, you can use your reaction to cast one of the
below count as sentient weapon spells for you, but they cantrips associated with your Primordial Core feature.
don’t count against the number of sentient weapon When you cast the cantrip in this way, its range is the
spells you know. Choose one of the following options: reach or range of your weapon type, and you don’t
suffer disadvantage for being within 5 feet of an enemy
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Core of Air. You can speak and read Auran, and your
associated damage type is lightning. Additionally, you
learn the gust* and shocking grasp cantrips.
Core of Earth. You can speak and read Terran, and
your associated damage type is acid. Additionally, you
if the cantrip includes a ranged spell attack.
your proficiency bonus, and regain all expended uses
when you finish a long rest.
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learn the acid splash and mold earth* cantrips.
Core of Fire. You can speak and read Ignan, and your Elemental Aegis
associated damage type is fire. Additionally, you learn 6th-level Elemental Origin feature
the control flames* and fire bolt cantrips.
Core of Water. You can speak and read Aquan and When your bearer takes acid, cold, fire, or lightning
your associated damage type is cold. Additionally, you damage, you can use your reaction to halve that
learn the ray of frost and shape water* cantrips. damage.
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Once you have used this feature, you can’t use it

again until you finish a short or long rest.
Elemental Origin Spells
1st-level Elemental Origin feature
Elemental Servitor
You learn certain spells when you reach particular levels 6th-level Elemental Origin feature
in this class, as shown in the Elemental Origin Spells
You can spend 1 hour to summon material from the
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you, but they don’t count against the number of Elemental Planes to form a durable body to wield you.
sentient weapon spells you know. It becomes a creature and attunes to you, following the
The first column of the table reveals spells common rules for non-player bearers, except that it’s an
to all primordial weapons. If the spell allows you to elemental, rather than a humanoid (see the Weapon
choose a damage type, you can only choose the Bearer class feature).
associated damage type from your Primordial Core It is immune to poison damage and is immune to the
feature. You also gain the spells on the chart associated following conditions: Exhaustion, paralyzed, petrified,
with you Primordial Core feature. and poisoned. It also gains a trait based on your
Intelligence and Charisma are the recommended Primordial Core:
spellcasting abilities for elemental sentient weapons.

Core of Air. The elemental servitor has a fly speed of
30 feet. If it ends its turn flying more than 30 feet above
a solid surface, it falls.
Core of Earth. The elemental servitor is not slowed
by difficult terrain of any kind.
Core of Fire. The elemental servitor has a walking
speed of 50 feet.
Core of Water. The elemental servitor has a
swimming speed of 40 feet.
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If you already have a bearer from this feature and
attempt to create another, the first one immediately
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dissipates.
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Channel Elements Elves have a rich culture that celebrates
both magic and nature. You are a product
10th-level Elemental Origin feature
of these traditions, a weapon of sentinels
As a bonus action you can wreathe yourself in your and hunters who are as formidable as they are
associated element. Until the start of your next turn, all graceful. You have been blessed with one of the
damage you deal is that of your associated damage type. greatest abilities of elven weapons: that of bladesinging
Additionally, the first creature hit by an attack using Your arsenal of spells and abilities both hamper your
you before the effect ends is subject to an additional opponents and increase your own prowess (and your
effect determined by your Primordial Core: bearer's), making you a deadly and skilled adversary.
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Core of Air. The target must succeed on a
Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC
or be stunned until the end of your next turn.
Core of Earth. The target must succeed on a Strength
Any foe threatened by your blade, point, or arrow had
best be on its guard, for there are few that can survive
your hunt once it begins.
The most powerful of elven weapons are decorated
with artistic emblems of nature. Leaves, trees, moon,
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saving throw against your spell save DC or be and stars are all common themes of elvish culture. If
restrained until it uses its action to escape by making a you’re crafted from wood, you are as durable and solid
Strength (Athletics) check against the same DC. as any metal. Your form has been fashioned with small
Core of Fire. The target and each creature of your flute-like holes to enhance your bladesinging, allowing
choice within 5 feet of it must succeed on a Dexterity you to hum like the wind.
saving throw against your spell save DC or take 2d10 Some elven weapons are passed down from parent to
fire damage. child, a living legacy of a family over millennia, and so
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Core of Water. The target must succeed on a feel drawn to certain bloodlines. There are some who
Strength saving throw against your spell save DC or be prefer to bond with one bearer until the end of that
pushed up to 15 feet and knocked prone. Its speed is person's life, and then lie dormant until another worthy
halved until the end of its next turn. heir claims the weapon and its legacy. Do you follow
these customs, or are you eager to make your own way?
your proficiency bonus, and regain all expended uses ELVEN ORIGIN FEATURES
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when you finish a long rest. Sentient

Abrade Immunity Bonus Language, Elven Origin Spells,
1st Etchings of Song and Star, Lesser
14th-level Elemental Origin feature
Bladesinging
The forces that wrought the multiverse flow through 6th Moonflare
you, allowing you to destroy the indestructible. As an
action, you can choose a creature within 60 feet of you 10th Greater Bladesinging
that you can see. It must succeed on a Constitution 14th Epic Accuracy
saving throw against your spell save DC or have its
immunity or resistance to your associated damage type
removed for 1 minute. Once you have targeted a
creature with this ability, you can’t target that same
creature again until you have finished a long rest.

Extra Language or become blinded until the end of your next turn. You
1st-level Elven Origin feature can’t use this feature again until you finish a short or
long rest.
You can speak and read Elvish. If you’re a ranged weapon, you can instead use this
feature to affect all creatures in a 20-foot cube within
your normal range, rather than in a radius around you.
Elven Origin Spells
1st-level Elven Origin feature
Greater Bladesinging
You learn certain spells when you reach particular levels 10th-level Elven Origin feature
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in this class, as shown in the Elven Origin Spells table.
These spells count as sentient weapon spells for you, You learn the shield spell. It counts as a sentient weapon
but they don’t count against the number of sentient spell for you, but doesn’t count against your number of
weapon spells you know. sentient weapon spells known.
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Wisdom and Intelligence are the recommended
spellcasting abilities for elven sentient weapons.
Epic Accuracy
14th-level Elven Origin feature
ELVEN ORIGIN SPELLS
Sentient Whenever your bearer makes an attack with advantage,
Weapon Level Spells you can reroll one of the dice once.
1st ensnaring strike, hunter’s mark
5th moonbeam, pass without trace
Entropic Origin
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13th
17th
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haste, plant growth
freedom of movement, grasping vine
steel wind strike*, tree stride
Existence implies the promise of oblivion. All things
will one day end; it’s as certain as they currently are.
Races, civilizations, planes, even the gods themselves
are subject to this law, and you embody it. Were you
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created at the beginning of time and space, always with
Etchings of Song and Star the purpose of one day ending it all? Or were you
1st-level Elven Origin feature fashioned more recently by followers of this fatalistic
philosophy? Either way, your presence is a sure sign
You gain the following features: that great changes are coming.
• You gain proficiency in the Performance skill. As you represent the end of all things, your power is
• You can always see the starry sky, so long as you are fueled by an unusual source—the negative quasi-
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outdoors and above ground, regardless of weather. elemental planes of Ash, Dust, Salt, and Void. Most of
The sky’s stars can be seen and tracked on any your abilities reflect the nature of these planes and how
reflective surface you have. they are continuously drawn into the Negative Energy
Plane. Your relationship with the negative planes grants
you a limited ability to foretell when a creature holding
Lesser Bladesinging you may die.
1st-level Elven Origin feature
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You learn the blade ward and sword burst cantrips.

Whenever you cast one of these cantrips, your bearer’s
speed increases by 10 feet until the start of its next turn.
Moonflare
You can use a bonus action to flash brightly. Each
creature that can see you and is within 10 feet of you
(other than your bearer) must succeed on a
Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC

Your surface likely writhes and bends, as if it finds Entropic Origin Spells
any particular shape restricting. The exact material that 1st-level Entropic Origin feature
constitutes you may change from moment to moment,
sometimes iron or steel, other times copper or silver or Your entropic origin grants you certain spells when you
any number of various metals. reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the
Do you go through bearers carelessly, given that Entropic Origin Spells table. These spells count as
their existence is doomed to end eventually anyway? Or sentient weapon spells for you, but they don’t count
do you not share the nihilistic attitude of your creator, against the number of sentient weapon spells you know.
and seek out bearers who believe the opposite of the Intelligence is the recommended spellcasting ability
philosophy that led to your existence? There may be
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for entropic sentient weapons.
beings eager to find and use you to their own ends. If
so, would you take a subtle approach in order to hide ENTROPIC ORIGIN SPELLS
your existence, or do you continue on, blatant as the Sentient
coming oblivion? Weapon Level Spells
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1st chaos bolt*, hex
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5th ray of enfeeblement, silence
Sentient
9th dispel magic, hunger of hadar
13th blight, elemental bane*
Bonus Language, Entropic Origin Spells,
1st
Read Misfortune, Salted Wounds 17th destructive wave, dispel evil and good
6th Ash Trails
10th Inevitability of the Void Read Misfortune

14th
Bonus Language
Dust to Dust
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You can use your action to gain some insight into the
fate of a creature that is holding you - namely, when its
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life will end. The DM can secretly roll 1d6 and consult
the following chart, or pick one of the results.
You can speak and read one language of your choice.
ENTROPIC ORIGIN MISFORTUNE
1d6 Death is...
1 Imminent
2 In the near future
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3 Moderately close
4 Moderately distant
5 Far off
6 Uncertain
As the future is always in flux, there is a chance that the

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reading you receive is incorrect. The percentage chance

of receiving a false reading is equal to 70 minus 10 times
your proficiency bonus. For example, at 5th level you
would have a 40 percent chance of receiving a false
reading, while at 15th level it would be 20 percent. The
DM makes this roll in secret.
You can use this feature three times, and regain all
expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Salted Wounds creature is pulled up to 20 feet toward you, takes force
1st-level Entropic Origin feature damage equal to 1d10 + your sentient weapon level, and
has its speed halved until the start of your next turn. On
When your bearer hits with an attack using you, you a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage,
can use your reaction to lace the strike with salt. Until isn’t pulled, and doesn’t have its speed halved. Creatures
the end of your next turn, whenever the target makes using wings to fly have disadvantage on this saving
an attack roll or saving throw, the target must roll a d4 throw.
and subtract the number rolled from the attack roll or Once you have used this feature, you can’t use it
saving throw as moisture is sucked from the creature. A again until you finish a short or long rest.
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creature made of water (such as a water elemental) or
reliant on being immersed in water for survival (such as
a sahuagin) instead rolls a d6 as its penalty. Dust to Dust
You can use this feature a number of times equal to 14th-level Entropic Origin feature
your proficiency bonus, and regain all expended uses
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when you finish a short or long rest. You can cast disintegrate once. It counts as a sentient
weapon spell for you. Elemental creatures have
disadvantage on this saving throw. You can’t cast the
Ash Trails spell in this way again until you finish a long rest.
6th-level Entropic Origin feature
You can obscure your enemy’s vision with streams of Fey Origin
ash when you fail to strike true. Whenever your bearer
makes a weapon attack with you against a creature and If any weapon's creators have claimed the title of
misses, the next attack roll made against that creature 'trickster', it is the fey. Mythical creatures of guile,
has advantage.
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In addition to your miss, if the target has immunity
to fire damage, it immediately takes cold damage equal
to your sentient weapon level if it willingly moves 5 feet
mischief, story, and dream, the fey of courts fair and
foul alike are responsible for weapons of great power.
From which fey's imagination did you spring? A
beautiful nymph, an unseelie agent, or a hideous hag?
Yours are the powers of deception, misdirection, and
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or more before the start of your next turn.
manipulation. Your magic affects others' minds, but the
danger of your physical form is no illusion. With but a
Inevitability of the Void thought you can change your shape to assume the form
10th-level Entropic Origin feature of whatever weapon is most needed.
You were likely crafted in the Feywild, a place of fairy
As an action, you can transform into a piece of oblivion, tales and fantastical songs. Are you made of any one
sucking away the atmosphere around you. Each material, or all of them? Do you even have one true
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creature other than your bearer within 20 feet of you form, or is your current guise just one of many masks
must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, a you wear?
When it comes to bearers you may be the least picky
of sentient weapons, for change is the nectar of life. You
may be a juggler and divert your attention between
multiple bearers, simply casting one away when it no
longer suits you. Or perhaps you sense in one particular
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bearer a story yet to be told, a song as yet unsung, and

determine to accompany that one until such time as
their intriguing tale comes to an end.
FEY ORIGIN FEATURES

Sentient
Bonus Language, Fey Origin Spells, Fluid
1st
Form, Delirious Touch
6th Foolish Foe
10th Fortunate Gudgeon
14th Feywild Roleplay

your next turn attack rolls against that enemy have
advantage.
you finish a short or long rest.
Fortunate Gudgeon
10th-level Fey Origin feature
Bonus Language
1st-level Fey Origin feature Whenever your bearer makes a saving throw, you can
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use your reaction to give it advantage on the roll.
You can speak and read Sylvan.
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1st-level Fey Origin feature
You can use your action to draw heavily on the power
You learn certain spells when you reach particular levels of the Feywild. Choose one to four creatures that you
in this class, as shown in the Fey Origin Spells table. can see. Each one must make a Charisma saving throw
These spells count as sentient weapon spells for you, against your spell save DC. To each creature that fails
but they don’t count against the number of sentient you can assign one of the following roles: Hero, Villain,
weapon spells you know. Stooge, or Beloved. For 1 minute, an affected creature
Charisma is the recommended spellcasting ability for must use its action on its turn to act out its given role
fey sentient weapons. (for example, the Villain might reveal its plans in an
FEY ORIGIN SPELLS
Sentient
Weapon Level
1st
Spells
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charm person, goodberry
extended monologue). At the end of each of its turns,
the target can make another Charisma saving throw,
ending the effect on a success.
Once you have used this feature, you can’t use it
again until you finish a long rest.
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5th crown of madness, invisibility
9th bestow curse, blink Giant Origin
13th confusion, polymorph
Forged by giants during their golden age, you are a
17th dream, modify memory majestic tool, perfect for your creator’s purpose. Were
you a frost giant's greataxe, capable of cleaving a
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predatory remorhaz in two? Or perhaps you were the

1st-level Fey Origin feature forge hammer of a fire giant master smith. Maybe you
were an enormous sword forged for war against a foe of
You can change yourself into another simple or martial the giants, such as a mighty dragon?
weapon type of your choice as a bonus action. Size matters, and you are a master of it. You can
make yourself larger or smaller again for use by
creatures of different heights and strengths. The being
Delirious Touch who carries you now may not be as large as your
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1st-level Fey Origin feature creators, but given time you believe you can help them
grow to match your potential.
A creature holding you has disadvantage on Wisdom Depending on the race of giants that created you, you
saving throws against your sentient weapon spells. might be plain and brutish like the hill giants, or bear
the exquisite craftsmanship of the fire giants. You might
bear designs of clouds or waves, or even be studded
Foolish Foe with valuables such as sapphires, rubies, or pearls.
6th-level Fey Origin feature You are likely drawn to warriors who can make the
most use of you in battle. Do you recognize the value of
When your bearer is hit by an attack, you can use your an ally with free will? Or, if you were crafted by cloud
reaction to declare that the attacker has fallen for your giants, are you more manipulative in nature? In the
clever trick. You and your bearer appear in a space World of Eberron, giants once ruled over Xen’drik and
within 30 feet of where you were, and in your previous all who lived there. Would you bend others to your
place is an illusion that’s disrupted as your foe makes will, as they did then?
their attack. The attack misses, and until the end of

GIANT ORIGIN FEATURES enough room for your increased size, you attain the
Sentient maximum possible size in the space available.
Bonus Language, Giant Origin Spells,
1st
Weapon of the Colossus, Enlarge Bearer Enlarge Bearer
1st-level Giant Origin feature
6th Gargantuan Endurance
10th Chosen of the Ordning When you enlarge yourself with your Colossal Weapon
feature, you can also enlarge your bearer if it’s
14th Might of the All-Father holding you, granting it the following benefits for 1 minute:
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Extra Language • If your bearer is smaller than Large, it becomes Large.
1st-level Giant Origin feature Anything it’s wearing grows to match its new size. If
there isn’t enough room for it to become Large, it attains
You can speak and read Giant. the maximum possible size in the space available.
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• Your bearer has advantage on Strength checks and
Strength saving throws.
Giant Origin Spells • Your bearer’s weapon attacks with you deal an extra 1d4
1st-level Giant Origin feature damage.
Your giant origin grants you certain These benefits end early if you revert to your
spells when you reach particular levels original size or are incapacitated.
in this class, as shown in the Giant Once you enlarge your bearer in this way,
Origin Spells table. These spells you can’t do so again until you finish a
short or long rest.
count as sentient weapon spells
for you, but they don’t count
against the number of sentient
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are the recommended
spellcasting abilities for You can focus yourself to allow
giant sentient weapons. your bearer to occasionally shrug
off injury. When your bearer takes
damage while it is holding you, you
GIANT ORIGIN SPELLS can use your reaction to reduce that
damage by an amount equal to 1d12 +
Sentient
your Constitution modifier. Once you
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use this feature, you can’t use it again
Level Spells
until you finish a short or long rest.
1st thunderous smite, longstrider Additionally, you can use your Weapon
of the Colossus feature as a bonus
5th branding smite, shatter action.
glyph of warding, protection
9th
from energy
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13th 10th-level Giant Origin feature
staggering smite
17th creation, wall of stone While your bearer benefits from your
Enlarge Bearer feature, it has resistance to
Weapon of the Colossus bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.
1st-level Giant Origin feature
Might of the All-Father
You can use an action to magically enlarge
yourself to a prototypical size, or to return 14th-level Giant Origin feature
to your smaller, more convenient state. The Your bearer’s Strength score changes to 23,
growth multiplies your weight by 50 and provided that its Strength score isn’t
increases your size by two categories—from normally greater than 23 already.
Tiny to Medium, for example. If there isn't Additionally, when you use your Enlarge Bearer
feature, you can make your bearer Huge instead of Large.
Githyanki Origin GITHYANKI ORIGIN FEATURES
You were forged not with hammer and anvil, but by the Sentient
strength of a honed mind. Across the Astral Plane sail Weapon Level Feature
the githyanki, always on the hunt for mind flayers and Bonus Language, Githyanki Origin Spells,
1st
other prey. It was one of these psionic warriors who Shard of the Living Gate, Astral Silver
created you, willing your form and mind into existence.
6th Infinite Resonance
Were you created as part of a githyanki's rite of passage
into knighthood? Or perhaps did a rogue githyanki 10th Shard Lash
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create you in secret?
14th Unity of Will
As a githyanki weapon, you are imbued with great
mental power to affect yourself and your environment.
Your abilities tend to focus on telekinesis, affecting Bonus Language
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and your bearer.
Entirely unique from other sentient weapons, you You can speak and read Gith.
have within you a shard of the Living Gate, a portal to
the Far Realm. You are almost certainly made of astral
silver, gold, and other rare metals. It's also possible that Githyanki Origin Spells
your creator embellished you with tokens taken from 1st-level Githyanki Origin feature
their raids to the Material Plane: gems, jewels, and
other precious materials. Your githyanki origin grants you certain spells when
The githyanki are fiercely protective of their you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the
Githyanki Origin Spells table. These spells count as
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weaponry. If you are not borne by a githyanki, who do
you allow to wield you? Red dragons have allied
themselves with the githyanki. Do you seek out similar
alliances to find a worthy bearer? Or do you treat all
others as lesser beings and simply take from them what
against the number of sentient weapon spells you know
for githyanki sentient weapons.
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you will? If the githyanki seek to recover you it may be
best to keep a low profile, influencing and manipulating
oblivious bearers with your psionic abilities.
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GITHYANKI ORIGIN SPELLS you finish a short rest, unless you also expend a spell
Sentient
slot to do so.
Weapon Level Spells
1st catapult*, protection from evil and good Shard Lash

10th-level Githyanki Origin feature
5th blur, detect thoughts
As a bonus action you can break yourself down into
9th beacon of hope, thunder step*
shard components loosely held together through your
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13th charm monster*, dimension door force of will. Until the end of your bearer’s next turn,
any melee attack your bearer makes with you has a
17th synaptic static*, telekinesis reach of 30 feet and deals force damage instead of its
usual type.
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1st-level Githyanki Origin feature
Unity of Will
As an action, you can open your awareness to detect 14th-level Githyanki Origin feature
forces of corruption. Until the end of your next turn,
you know the location of any aberration, fiend, or You can cast mind blank once. It counts as a sentient
undead within 60 feet of you that is not behind total weapon spell for you. When you do so, you can target
cover. You know the type (aberration, fiend, or undead) both yourself and your bearer, so long as you are on its
of any being whose presence you sense, but not its person. You can’t cast the spell in this way again until
identity (the Lich-Queen Vlaakith, for instance). you finish a long rest.
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You can use this feature a number of times equal to 1
+ your spellcasting modifier. When you finish a long
Gnomish Origin
Tinkers. Craftsmen. Artists. Engineers. Inventors.
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Astral Silver Gnomes. You are the culmination of their expertise in
When your bearer hits a creature with an attack using all things arcanomechanical. Were you created by a
you, you can use your reaction to roll your weapon single gnome genius? Or are you an amalgamation of
damage dice and deal the result to the target as extra ideas from an entire community of inventors? Was
psychic damage. If the creature has telepathy, it also has your sentience created for a specific purpose, or simply
disadvantage on the next ability check, attack roll, or to prove that you could be?
saving throw that it makes. You are among the most versatile of sentient
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If you are on the Astral Plane and use this feature weapons, for you can draw from the properties of any
against a creature’s astral body, you can choose to cut two types of weapons. What’s more, tucked away
the silvery cord that tethers the target to its material within you are tiny mechanical arms that can extend to
body, killing it instantly instead of dealing damage. function as a number of tools.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to You might have seemingly-pointless gears and
your proficiency bonus, and regain all expended uses mechanical components that make sense only to the
when you finish a long rest. most astute of minds, or perhaps all your parts are
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perfectly sleek and efficient. Do you bear the initials of

your creator, to let everyone know who created the
Infinite Resonance masterpiece that you are?
6th-level Githyanki Origin feature Wielding you would be an honor for any aspiring
engineer. Do you have a list of volunteers eager to test
You can use your action to make yourself vibrate at a you out in the field? Or is your choice a surreptitious
deafening frequency. Each creature within 300 feet of one, not revealing your true sentience to your bearer to
you must succeed on a Constitution saving throw create a blind study? Among artificing circles there are
against your spell save DC or be deafened for 1d4 hours. rumors of weapons such as yourself that are bent on
Any creatures you specifically exclude from this effect assimilating those who would wield them. Do you see
automatically succeed on the saving throw. your bearers as mere components to be controlled,
used, and eventually upgraded?

Ingenious Design
GNOMISH ORIGIN FEATURES
1st-level Gnomish Origin feature
Sentient
Weapon Level Feature You learn how to incorporate a unique blend of
Bonus Language, Gnomish Origin Spells, weaponry into your design. Whenever you change your
1st
Integrated Tools, Ingenious Design weapon form as part of a rest, you can choose two
weapons to become instead of one. When your bearer
6th Tool Expertise
makes an attack with you, you can choose which
10th Advanced Mechanics weapon’s properties to use for the attack. For example,
you could be both a halberd and a heavy crossbow.
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Bonus Language Steam Vents
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You can speak, read, and write Gnomish. Whenever you cast a spell of 1st level or higher, you
become hot to the touch. While you are hot in this way,
you can use your action to emit a burst of scalding
Gnomish Origin Spells steam in a 15-foot cone, after which you are no longer
1st-level Gnomish Origin feature hot. Each creature in the burst other than your bearer
must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against your
Your gnomish origin grants you certain spells when you spell save DC or take fire damage equal to your level, or
reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the half damage on a successful saving throw.
Gnomish Origin Spells table. These spells count as
for gnomish sentient weapons.

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against the number of sentient weapon spells you know.
Advanced Mechanics
10th-level Gnomish Origin feature
You gain the following traits:
Piston-powered. Once per turn when you roll
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Sentient damage for a melee weapon attack, you can reroll the
Weapon Level Spells weapon’s damage dice and use either total.
Scoped. Ranged attacks using you ignore half- and
1st grease, hail of thorns three- quarters cover.
5th enhance ability, shatter
9th lightning arrow, major image

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13th greater invisibility, otiluke’s resilient sphere
17th swift quiver, wall of force
Integrated Tools
1st-level Gnomish Origin feature
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You gain proficiency in thieves' tools, tinker's tools, and

one type of artisan's tools of your choice. You have tiny
mechanical arms that function as these tools and allow
you to make checks using them. You can’t use these
arms to move, attack, activate magic items, or carry
more than 1 pound. Using these arms, your proficiency
bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that
uses your proficiency with a tool.

Remote Detonation awful fate may befall them—for many infernal weapons
14th-level Gnomish Origin feature have the end goal of devouring the bearer's soul and
sending it to the Lower Planes to participate in the
You can cast delayed blast fireball once. It counts as a endless Blood War. Do you take pleasure in taking the
sentient weapon spell for you. You can’t cast the spell in lives of your bearers, or do you resist the urge to
this way again until you finish a long rest. consume them? You may even target only evil-doers, to
all the faster send them on their way to a just and well-
deserved end.
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14th-level Gnomish Origin feature INFERNAL ORIGIN FEATURES
Using your mechanical arms, tinker’s tools, and your Sentient
own innate magic, you can spend 8 hours to create an Weapon Level Feature
clockwork servitor to wield you. The servitor counts as 1st
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a creature and immediately attunes to you, according to Infernal Influence, Soul Siphon
the rules for non-player bearers, except that it’s a
6th Soul Gems
construct, rather than a humanoid (see the Weapon
Bearer class feature). If you already have a bearer from 10th Devious Siphon
this feature, the first one immediately collapses into a
14th Soul Rupture
pile of parts.
The servitor has a speed of 30 feet, is immune to
poison damage, and is immune to the following Bonus Language
conditions: blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, 1st-level Infernal Origin feature
petrified, and poisoned. It also gains the following
ability:
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Clockwork key. When your mechanical servitor
moves on your turn, you can magically activate its
clockwork key to make it double its speed until the end
You can speak and read Infernal.
Infernal Origin Spells

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of your turn. During this turn, it can also attack with
you once as a bonus action. Once you have used your
servitor in this way, you can’t do so again until you You learn certain spells when you reach particular levels
rewind the key during a short or long rest. in this class, as shown in the Infernal Origin Spells
Infernal Origin
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You come from the wicked Nine Hells, where devils lay
plans to ensnare the souls of mortals. Were you once
the prized spear of a devil general? Or perhaps were you
a badge of rank bestowed to worthy devils as a reward?
Or are you actually the mind of a fiend who resides in
an otherwise insignificant hammer?
Whatever the origin of your sentience, the power of
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the Lower Planes flows through you. Devastating

hellfire is just one of your powerful tools, alongside
oppressive magic that wrests control of your opponents'
minds. What’s more, you can trade the soul of your
bearer for a diabolical reward.
Most fiendish weapons are fashioned from black iron
or horn, emitting the stench of brimstone. Do you bear
Infernal runes, or are you marked with secrets only the
foulest of fiends might comprehend?
Wielding a weapon such as yourself is a dangerous
endeavor. There are always cultists or hellknights in the
world happy to further the cause of evil, but most
people who lift a weapon like you have no idea what

you, but they don’t count against the number of Soul Siphon
sentient weapon spells you know. 1st-level Infernal Origin feature
Intelligence and Charisma are the recommended
spellcasting abilities for Infernal sentient weapons. You can reap rewards from your bearer’s death. When
your bearer is reduced to 0 hit points, you can claim its
INFERNAL ORIGIN SPELLS soul and send it to your devilish superiors on the Lower
Planes. If you choose to do this, your bearer instantly
Sentient dies and you roll on the Soul Siphon table to receive
Weapon Level Spells
your reward.
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1st burning hands, command
SOUL SIPHON
5th crown of madness, scorching ray
d6 Effect
9th bestow curse, fireball
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13th fire shield, wall of fire
2 Nothing happens.
17th dominate person, hallow
3 A gemstone worth 50 gold appears on you.
4 A gemstone worth 100 gold appears on you.

Infernal Influence You regain expended spell slots. The spell slots can
1st-level Infernal Origin feature have a combined level that is equal to or less than
5
half the combined level of all of your expended
You gain proficiency in one of the following skills of spell slots.
your choice: Deception, Intimidation, Performance, or
6 You regain all of your expended spell slots.
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Persuasion. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any
ability check you make that uses the chosen skill.
If your bearer dies in this way, you aren’t stunned for
a round.
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Soul Gems
6th-level Infernal Origin feature
You learn to use the gemstones you gain from your Soul
Siphon feature to expand your influence. The
gemstones become attunable (see the Rules Tip:
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creature to accept and attune to one of your gemstones
worth 50 gp, you can cast sending without expending a
spell slot to contact and converse with that creature as
long as it has the gemstone on its person. If the creature
accepts and attunes to one of your gemstones worth 100
gp, you gain the above benefits and also know the exact
direction the creature is from you.
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Devious Siphon
You grow more adept at anticipating the whims of your

fiend superiors. When you use your Soul Siphon
feature, you can add 1 to the d6 roll. You can make this
choice after seeing the result of the die roll.

Soul Rupture
You can instantly transform your dying bearer into a
healthy fiend when you use your Soul Siphon feature.
Choose a type of devil that is no larger than Medium
and that has a challenge rating (or level, if it doesn't
have a challenge rating) equal to or less than 1/4 your
level. The devil becomes your bearer, according to the
normal rules, except its statistics are unaffected by your
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Your devil bearer vanishes in a cloud of brimstone
after 1 hour, when it is reduced to 0 hit points, or once
it is no longer your bearer. For every 50 gp worth of
gems you pay it, it will remain an additional hour.
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Kuo-toa Origin
Deep beneath the world’s oceans live the kuo-toa, a race
once ruled by the illithids. These depraved fish-men
were driven to a unique form of madness by their
captivity, such that now they are capable of creating Bonus Language
their own gods. You are one such creation, born from
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the collective subconscious of the kuo-toa. Might you
be a spear created as a means to protect against a great
threat? Or a club constructed to subjugate another race?
To you are given the powers of the sea’s watery
depths. Your spells and abilities are ones the kuo-toa
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or Deep Speech.
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revere and find useful, one of which is the ability to Kuo-toa Origin Spells
conjure a set of magical carapace armor to protect your 1st-level Kuo-toa Origin feature
bearer and tyrannize your foes. You also have some
power over water and the minds of others. Your kuo-toa origin grants you certain spells when you
Like the deities of the kuo-toa, you are likely an reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the
amalgamation of sea creatures and trash from other Kuo-toa Origin Spells table. These spells count as
civilizations. Coral, bones, crustaceous bits, and sunken sentient weapon spells for you, but they don’t count
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‘treasures’ might be slapped together in maddened against the number of sentient weapon spells you know.
combinations to form your body. Wisdom is the recommended spellcasting ability for
Insane as the kuo-toa may be, you are now your own kuo-toa sentient weapons.
being. Do you choose to follow your crazed creators
whims, or do you strike out on your own path? Do you
find an ally to help you leave the oceans and find a new KUO-TOA ORIGIN SPELLS
place for yourself? Or perhaps, with a mind maddened Sentient
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your people beneath the waves?
1st armor of agathys, fog cloud
KUO-TOA ORIGIN FEATURES 5th hold person, see invisibility
Sentient 9th stinking cloud, tidal wave*

13th confusion, guardian of faith
Bonus Language, Kuo-toa Origin Spells,
1st 17th awaken, circle of power
Cryptic Sight, Carapace Armor
6th Sticky Deflection
10th Electrogenesis
14th Draw of the Depths

grappled while the weapon is stuck. While stuck, the
weapon can’t be used. A creature can pull the weapon
free by using an action to make a Strength check against
your spell save DC, freeing it on a success.
A creature two or more size categories larger than
you has advantage on both the initial saving throw and
the check made to pull the weapon free. You can also
release the weapon at any time (no action required).
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Electrogenesis
10th-level Kuo-toa Origin feature
You can use a bonus action to shock creatures around
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you. Each creature within 5 feet of you other than your
bearer must make a Dexterity saving throw against your
spell save DC. A creature that fails the save takes 2d8
lightning damage and can’t take reactions until the start
of its next turn. A creature that is holding a weapon
stuck to your carapace armor has disadvantage on this
saving throw.
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Cryptic Sight
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You can see into the Ethereal Plane out to a range of 30
14tht-level Kuo-toa Origin feature
You can cast mass suggestion once. It counts as a sentient
weapon spell for you. When you do so, drowning
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feet. Ethereal creatures and objects appear ghostly and
translucent. act. You can’t cast the spell in this way again until you
finish a long rest.
Carapace Armor
1st-level Kuo-toa Origin feature Royal Origin
You can use your action to conjure a suit of magical Some of the most impactful sentient weapons were
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crustacean armor over your bearer that lasts for 8 crafted to be a sign of the right to rule, or a claim to the
hours, until you dismiss it as an action, or until you use throne of a city, kingdom, or empire. Does your
this feature again. Until the effect ends, your bearer’s sentience stem from hundreds or thousands of years of
AC can’t be less than 16, it can breathe both water and being considered part of the royal family? Or was it the
air, it gains a swimming speed of 30 feet, and is able to citizens’ wishes and prayers of stability for your land
ignore any of the drawbacks caused by a deep, that eventually woke you?
underwater environment. You have access to the magical, possibly sacred
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The minimum AC increases to 17 at 6th level, 18 at authority of the throne. Through lawful edicts you can
10th level, and 19 at 14th level. aid those who support your cause, and castigate those
who oppose it. You represent hope, stability, and an end
to disputes among nobles and politicians. When you
Sticky Deflection declare a worthy heir to the throne, only the most
6th-level Kuo-toa Origin feature obstinate usurpers can hope to stand in your way.
You are likely composed of the things that your
When a creature misses your bearer with a melee attack civilization values most. You might be a lavish, golden
while your bearer benefits from your Carapace Armor spear studded with sapphires and rubies, or perhaps you
feature, you can use your reaction to force the attacker take the shape of the local deity’s favored weapon. Or
to make a Strength saving throw against your spell save are you a simple, unadorned blade, as humble as the
DC. On a failed save, the creature’s weapon becomes heart of the heir you hope to find?
stuck to the carapace armor. If the weapon’s wielder Do you allow anyone who wields you to make a bid
can’t or won’t let go of the weapon, the wielder is for rulership, or do you put them through a series of

challenges to prove themselves? Do you have several Steward’s Edict
bearers who take turns wielding you, each competing
for your favor? How long have you been waiting for the 1st-level Royal Origin feature
right bearer (and rightful monarch) to appear? And if As a guardian of the royal family, you are authorized
there is no worthy bearer around to wield you, might and empowered to enforce your words with magic. You
you resort to delicate machinations to hide your nature? have a number of edicts equal to your proficiency
bonus, and you regain all of them when you finish a
ROYAL ORIGIN FEATURES long rest. When you target a creature with a spell of 1st
Sentient
level or higher, you can expend an edict to choose and
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Weapon Level Feature apply one of the following effects to that casting of the
spell. An edict can only affect one creature each time
Bonus Language, Royal Origin Spells, you use it.
1st
Royal Intuition, Steward’s Edict
Arrest. The creature is restrained by spectral shackles
until it uses its action to succeed on a Strength
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6th Token of Office
(Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check against your
10th Improved Edicts spell save DC.
14th Heir to the Throne Castigate. The creature takes 1d4 force damage per
level of the spell cast.
Bonus Language Grace. The creature is healed a number of hit points
equal to your sentient weapon level.
1st-level Royal Origin feature Pardon. If the creature is under the grappled,
You can speak and read one language of your choice. restrained, or paralyzed condition, those conditions are
removed.
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Your royal origin grants you certain spells when you
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reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the
Royal Origin Spells table. These spells count as sentient
weapon spells for you, but they don’t count against the
number of sentient weapon spells you know.
spellcasting abilities for royal sentient weapons.
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ROYAL ORIGIN SPELLS

Sentient
Weapon Level Spells
1st bless, command
5th calm emotions, hold person

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9th beacon of hope, bestow curse
13th banishment, freedom of movement
17th mass cure wounds, wall of force
Royal Intuition
1st-level Royal Origin feature
You can use an action to learn an ideal, bond, or flaw
(DM’s choice) of one creature who is holding you. You
can use this feature a number of times equal to your
proficiency bonus, and regain all expended uses when
you finish a long rest.

Token of Office You can grow a body of your own to wield you, but
6th-level Royal Origin feature you likely can form a meaningful bond with anyone
willing to defend nature. If you find it necessary to pair
Your mere presence can affirm the words of your with someone who does not share your values,
bearer, and vice versa. While your bearer visibly has however, how do you get them to do as you want? Do
you on their person, both you and it have advantage on you spread hallucinogenic spores to bewilder your
Charisma checks. wielder or wrest its mind away?
SYLVAN ORIGIN FEATURES

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Sentient
10th-level Royal Origin feature Weapon Level Feature
Your edicts are improved in the following ways: Bonus Language, Sylvan Origin Spells,
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Arrest. The creature can’t teleport while restrained in Sylvan Servitor, Nature’s Patient Ire
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this way. 6th Roof of Leaves
Castigate. The damage die changes to a d6.
Grace. Add your spellcasting modifier to the hit 10th Even Roses Have Thorns
points healed.
14th Deep Roots
Pardon. You can also remove the stunned and
petrified conditions.
Bonus Language
1st-level Sylvan Origin feature
Heir to the Throne
14th-level Royal Origin feature You can speak and read Sylvan.
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While your bearer is holding you, you can cast divine
word once. It counts as a sentient weapon spell for you.
When you do so, a magical chorus fills the air,
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announcing your bearer’s claim to the throne. Even
Your verdant origin grants you certain spells when you
deafened creatures can hear the chorus. You can’t cast
reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the
the spell in this way again until you finish a long rest.
Sylvan Origin Spells table. These spells count as
Sylvan Origin
against the number of sentient weapon spells you know.
Wisdom is the recommended spellcasting ability for
sylvan sentient weapons.
After millennia of evolution, the flora of the world have
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perfected their defense against outside threats. Was it SYLVAN ORIGIN SPELLS
nature itself that decided your form and purpose, or was Sentient
it a deity or spirit who invested you with power? Weapon Level Spells
At its heart, the power of nature is life. Your magic
can sustain and nurture the plants of the world, as well 1st entangle, goodberry
as your companions. What’s more, you learn from early 5th aid, lesser restoration
on to create a body of plant material to wield you. Even
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if you prefer to be wielded by other creatures, being 9th aura of vitality, plant growth
able to call on one anytime is an excellent safeguard for
13th confusion, grasping vine
you. With a mind of your own and considerable primal
power, you are equipped to preserve the wild places of 17th awaken, commune with nature
the world.
A weapon as fine and sturdy as any other, you were
most likely grown, rather than crafted. With magical Sylvan Servitor
reinforcement, a thick, thorny branch functions as well 1st-level Sylvan Origin feature
as a steel morning star, and some grasses can be made as
sharp as a sword’s blade. You almost certainly do not You can cause plants to grow and form you a body over
have metal as any part of your form, save perhaps a the course of 1 hour. It functions as your non-player
small object (such as a belt buckle or a button) to bearer for the purpose of your class features, but with
remember a past bearer. the following changes:

• Its walking speed is 25 feet.
• It ignores difficult terrain caused by plants.
• Its AC is equal to 13 + your Constitution modifier.
• Its creature type is plant, rather than humanoid.
If you already have a servitor from this feature, the first

one immediately takes root and becomes inanimate.
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You learn the poison spray and thorn whip cantrips, and
they count as sentient weapon spells for you, but
doesn’t count against your number of sentient weapon
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spells known. If your bearer ends its turn without
having used its movement, you can use your reaction to
cast one of these cantrips.
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You can use an action to turn into a tree. The tree is up
to 60 feet tall, has a 5-foot diameter trunk, and branches
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spread around the trunk in a 20-foot radius starting 10
feet from the base. If you attempt to use this action
where there is not enough room for you to grow,
nothing happens. You can’t use this feature again until
you finish a long rest.
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Even Roses Have Thorns

10th-level Sylvan Origin feature
Whenever your bearer takes damage from a melee
attack while you are on its person, the attacker takes
piercing damage equal to your spellcasting modifier.
Additionally, a creature grappling your bearer takes
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this damage at the end of each of its turns that it

continues the grapple. You can also cause a creature
holding you to take this damage at the end of each of its
turns that it continues to hold you.
Deep Roots
14th-level Sylvan Origin feature
Similar to the way that a mighty oak’s roots hold it in
place during a storm, you can shelter your bearer from
the pain of devastating injuries.While your bearer has
fewer than half its hit points remaining, it has resistance
to all damage.

UNDEAD ORIGIN FEATURES
Sentient
Bonus Language, Undead Origin Spells,
1st
Undead Servitor, Feasting Wounds
6th Undying Vitality
10th Withering Wounds
14th Soul Vice
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Extra Language
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You can speak and read one language of your choice.
Undead Origin Spells


in this class, as shown in the Undead Origin Spells table.
These spells count as sentient weapon spells for you,
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Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma are all suitable
spellcasting abilities for undead weapons.
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UNDEAD ORIGIN SPELLS
Sentient
Death is your world, and it fills you with power. Are
Weapon Level Spells
you the spirit of a lich or death knight who inhabits a
fearsome staff or sword? Maybe you are a weapon 1st inflict wounds, ray of sickness
created by the Karrnathi for use in Eberron's Last War.
5th blindness/deafness, ray of enfeeblement
Or perhaps you are the vestige of some previous god of
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death, grasping at whatever power you can in a last 9th animate dead, vampiric touch
attempt at survival.
You have access to many spells from the school of 13th blight, phantasmal killer
necromancy, but the true standard of your power is the 17th antilife shell, cloudkill
ability to fill an undead servitor with your dark might.
Whatever weapon form you take, you are a fearsome
sight to behold. Whether you are crafted directly from Undead Servitor
skulls and bones, or bear depictions of such, you are
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likely cold to the touch. Perhaps you are adorned with 1st-level Undead Origin feature
black feathers, and have ties to the Raven Queen. You learn a unique ritual to animate a humanoid corpse
The living are fragile, not to mention willful. or skeleton to serve you. You perform the ritual over
Fortunately for you, animating a skeleton or corpse and the course of 10 minutes, which can be done as part of a
taking direct control of its actions is easy for you. Still, short rest. The remains must be within 5 feet of you
never underestimate the abilities of a living bearer throughout the ritual, at the conclusion of which the
acquired through alliance, manipulation, or dominion, undead creature rises to do your bidding.
for they are sometimes able to accomplish things that Your undead servitor functions as your non-player
you can’t. bearer for the purpose of your class features, but with
the following changes:

• Its hit point maximum is halved.
• It has immunity to poison damage and the poisoned
condition.
• It does not need to eat, drink, sleep, or breathe.
• Its creature type is undead, rather than humanoid.
• You aren’t stunned for a round when it is reduced
to 0 hit points.
Once you have used this feature, you can’t use it again
until you finish a short or long rest, unless you also
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expend a spell slot as part of the ritual. If you already
have an undead servitor when you use this feature, the
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Feasting Wounds
When you deal necrotic or poison damage to a

creature, or when you are used to inflict those damage
types, you can use your reaction to cause your bearer to
regain a number of hit points equal to half the damage
dealt (rounded down).
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When your bearer is reduced to 0 hit points but not
Soul Vice
14th-level Undead Origin feature
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killed outright, you can have it drop to 1 hit point
instead. You can't use this feature again until you finish When you slay a living creature you can trap its soul
a long rest. within you. You can cast soul cage, and it isn’t restricted
to targeting humanoids as long as the target has a soul.
When you cast the spell in this way, you use yourself as
Withering Wounds the material component. The soul’s tormented visage
10th-level Undead Origin feature can be seen in any reflective surface you have, such as
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the face of your axe blade or the pommel of your hilt.

When you use your Feasting Wounds feature on a Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until
living creature, you can force them to make a you finish a long rest.
Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC.
On a failure, the target is paralyzed for 1 minute. The
creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each
of its turns, ending the effect on a successful save.
Warrior’s Soul Origin
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Once you have used this feature, you must finish a short Where other sentient weapons owe their existence to a
or long rest before using it again, unless you also creator, your sentience is the continuation of an
expend a spell slot to do so. extinguished life. You once lived, walked, and spoke as
any other mortal, but when you died your spirit was
stored within a weapon—likely one you wielded in life.
Your unique spiritual magic allows you to endow
great martial prowess on your bearer. Defense forms
and attack routines you knew in life flood through your
bond in a vast river of shared experience. You also learn
to manifest your spirit in greater ways, such as warding
your bearer's mind against intrusion or even projecting
yourself into the world alongside your bearer.
Your form is likely as it was before your spirit
inhabited the weapon. Perhaps you bear the same signs

of use that marred the weapon during your lifetime. Or
are you free of nicks and blemishes, restored by the WARRIOR’S SOUL ORIGIN SPELLS
power of your spirit? Sentient
You likely have a deeply personal—or perhaps even Weapon Level Spells
familial—bond with your bearer, for you entrust them guiding bolt, protection from evil and
with not only your abilities, but also the weapon itself 1st
good
and the legacy that is your experience. Do you serve as 5th enhance ability, spiritual weapon
an ancestral guide, steering a descendant toward a better
life? Or do you try to remain discreet, aiding your 9th clairvoyance, spirit guardians
bearer in small, unnoticeable ways, so as not to risk 13th arcane eye, guardian of faith
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their self-confidence? Perhaps your loved one is no 17th dream, hold monster
warrior, and you long to keep them safe at whatever
cost, even going so far as to possess another body and
risk its life to protect the one you care for.
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1st-level Warrior’s Soul Origin feature
WARRIOR’S SOUL ORIGIN FEATURES
Sentient You can draw on experiences from your previous
Weapon Level Feature existence. Add half your proficiency bonus, rounded
Bonus Language, Warrior’s Soul Origin
down, to any ability check you or your bearer makes
1st that doesn’t already include a proficiency bonus.
Spells, Mortal Memory, Veteran Routines
6th Sentient Resolve

Veteran Routines
10th Spirit Surge
14th
Bonus Language
Extra Attack
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You can help your bearer to perform advanced
techniques you knew in life.
Routines. Choose two routines that you remember
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from your mortal life. The choices are detailed under
You can speak and read one language of your choice. “Routines” below.
This choice should reflect a language that you knew in You remember one additional routine of your choice
your mortal life. at 7th, 10th, and 15th level. Each time you remember a
new routine, you can also replace one routine you
know with a different one.
Warrior’s Soul Origin Spells Veteran Dice. You gain two veteran dice, which are
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1st-level Warrior’s Soul Origin feature d6s. These dice are used to fuel your routines. A
veteran die is expended when you use it. You regain
You learn certain spells when you reach particular levels any expended veteran dice when you finish a short or
in this class, as shown in the Spiritual Origin Spells long rest.
table. These spells count as sentient weapon spells for You gain another veteran die at 6th level, one at 10th
you, but they don’t count against the number of sentient level, and one at 14th level.
weapon spells you know. To expend a die and use the chosen routine, you
must use your reaction when your bearer hits with an
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spellcasting abilities for warrior’s soul sentient weapons. attack roll using you.
Saving Throws. If a routine requires your target to
make a saving throw to resist the routine's effects, use
your spell save DC.

Sentient Resolve Routines
6th-level Warrior’s Soul Origin feature Disarming Routine. You attempt to disarm the
target, forcing it to drop one item of your choice that
You can use your action to end one effect on your it’s holding. Add the veteran die to the attack’s damage
bearer that is causing the creature to be charmed or roll, and the target must make a Strength saving throw.
frightened. You can’t use this feature to end a condition On a failed save, it drops the object you choose. The
if you have that same condition. object lands at its feet.
Additionally, you can add half your proficiency Distracting Routine. You distract the creature,
bonus, rounded down, to any roll you make with your giving your allies an opening. Add the veteran die to the
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veteran dice. attack’s damage roll. The next attack roll against the
target by an attacker other than you or your bearer has
advantage if the attack is made before the start of your
Spirit Surge next turn.
10th-level Warrior’s Soul Origin feature Goading Routine. You attempt to goad the target
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into attacking your bearer. Add the veteran die to the
When you use your action either to take the Aid Attack attack’s damage roll, and the target must make a
action or to command your bearer, you can fill your Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the target has
bearer with your strength and determination. Your disadvantage on all attack rolls against targets other
bearer can use its reaction to immediately take one than your bearer until the end of your next turn.
action as if it were its own turn. Lunging Routine. You increase your bearer’s reach
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until for the attack by 5 feet. If you hit, add the veteran die to
you finish a short or long rest. the attack’s damage roll.
Maneuvering Routine. You maneuver one of your
Extra Attack
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14th-level Warrior’s Soul Origin feature
Your bearer can attack three times, instead of twice,
whenever you command it to take the Attack action.
comrades into a more advantageous position. Add the
veteran die to the attack’s damage roll, and choose a
friendly creature who can hear you. That creature can
use its reaction to move up to half its speed without
provoking opportunity attacks from the target of your
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bearer’s attack.
Additionally, when you take the Aid Attack action,
Menacing Routine. You attempt to frighten the
you can grant advantage on three attack rolls before the
target. Add the veteran die to the attack’s damage roll,
start of your next turn, rather than two.
and the target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a
failed save, it is frightened of your bearer until the end
of your next turn.
Pushing Routine. You attempt to drive the target
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back. Add the veteran die to the attack’s damage roll,

and if the target is Large or smaller, it must make a
Strength saving throw. On a failed save, you push the
target up to 15 feet away from you and your bearer.
Sweeping Routine. You attempt to damage another
creature with the same attack. Choose another creature
within 5 feet of the original target and within your
bearer’s reach. If the original attack roll would hit the
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second creature, it takes damage equal to the number

you roll on your veteran die. The damage is of the same
type dealt by the original attack.
Trip Routine. You attempt to knock the target
down. Add the veteran die to the attack’s damage roll,
and if the target is Large or smaller, it must make a
Strength saving throw. On a failed save, you knock the
target prone.

Chapter 3: Backgrounds
As a sentient weapon, the backgrounds found in the
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Player’s Handbook likely won’t suit your character.
Instead of representing a profession, upbringing, or Independence. I am a free spirit. Nobody tells me
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social connections, the following backgrounds for what to do. (Chaotic)
sentient weapons represent how your character usually Creativity. The obvious solution is usually the most
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views their bearers and how they prefer to interact with boring one. (Chaotic)
the world. Anonymity. Fame is fleeting, but anonymity can last a
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lifetime. (Any)
Beguiler 4 Change. I’m not bored. You’re bored. (Chaotic)
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Charity. I help where I can, and don’t take any credit
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Working your way through existence is so much easier for a good deed. (Good)
with someone to do the walking for you. You are adept Purpose. Everything I do is in service to a greater
at remaining in the background of stories, helping 6
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would-be adventurers succeed where they should have
failed, and with nary a suspicion that you were their
sole reason for victory. Your motives are your own, but d6 Bond
as you travel the land you can always find an assortment I'm trying to pay off an old debt to a bearer I
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of rubes who just need a push in the right direction— wronged.
whichever one is most convenient for you.
Languages: Two of your choice
Feature: Elusive Master

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Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Perception
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I fleeced the wrong person and must work to ensure
that they never cross paths with me or those I care
about.
I swindled and ruined a person who didn't deserve it.
I seek to atone for my misdeeds but might never be
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able to forgive myself.
If your existence is ever discovered, you can sow
rumors around a town or populace. After 8 hours of I entered anonymity to hide from the ones who might
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still be hunting me. I must someday confront them.
such activity, it becomes the general opinion of the
town that you do not truly exist. 5
I bear etchings that hold terrible secrets. They must
not fall into the wrong hands.
Suggested Characteristics My creator was crazy. I’d do anything to avoid
Whatever their personal reasons, Beguilers value their 6
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meeting them again.

anonymity above all else. They tend to work from
obscurity, subtly manipulating events to their
advantage. Some are capricious, or even whimsical. d6 Flaw
Because of their secrecy they might have trouble
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forming bonds with their adventuring party, but as they
learn to trust others they can become staunch allies. I overlook obvious solutions in favor of complicated
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ones.
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d8 Personality Trait
I like keeping secrets and won't share them with
I like a job well done, especially if I can convince 3
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someone else to do it.
I'm quick to assume that someone is trying to cheat
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2 Flattery is my preferred trick for getting what I want. me.
I lie about almost everything, even when there's no I'm never satisfied with what I have—I always want
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good reason to. more.
4 I always have a plan for when things go wrong. 6 Despite my best efforts, I am unreliable to my friends.
5 I’m… just a little shy about revealing my true self.
6 I enjoy playing pranks—the funnier, the better
7 I am easily distr- Oh look!
8 I want to see the world!

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Perhaps you've had enough bearers perish to an ogre's Sacrifice. I have no life to give, but through my
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club, or fall into a pit of lava, or die of hunger or thirst. servitor I can protect those I care about. (Good)
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Or maybe one betrayed you, and you desire a servitor Apathy. Everyone is just someone else’s paltry servant.
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with more loyalty. Whatever the motivation for giving Why should I care about their lives?. (Evil)
up typical bearers, you seek to magically create hands Aspiration. I work hard to be the best there is at my
over which you have complete control. 3
craft. (Any)
Logic. Emotions must not cloud our logical thinking..
Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Investigation 4
(Lawful)
No Limits. Nothing should fetter the infinite
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Feature: Manual Labor possibility inherent in all existence. (Chaotic)
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Your servitor, if you have one, is more resilient than
most creatures, making it a supremely productive
source of revenue. During downtime you can send your
servitor to do taxing physical work, for which you
receive a pay of 2 gold pieces a day.
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Creativity. I never build a creation the same way
twice. (Chaotic)
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Suggested Characteristics
My servitor is the most important thing to me. I
Creators are unique among sentient weapons, for they 2
never let it get far.
have total control over their bearers—which are usually
magically animated servitors. There is no will to trick, I will bring terrible wrath down on the evildoers who
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inspire, or suppress, and so the created bearer becomes destroyed my previous servitor.
a literal extension of the Creator. Their motives are as 4 I’ll always remember my first servitor.
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varied as their creation.

My bond is myself. Companions come and go, but I
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am eternal.
d8 Personality Trait One day I will surpass my own creator in skill and
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power.
1 I always want to know how things work.
2 I like to talk at length about my creative efforts.

d6 Flaw
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I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing

3 1 I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely.
right. I can’t help it—I’m a perfectionist.
4 I like my bearers to always dress impeccably. 2 I pry too closely into the affairs of living creatures.
3 I will never fully trust anyone other than myself.
5 I watch after my servitor as if it were a newborn pup.
I’ve lost too many friends, and I’m slow to make new 4 It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.
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ones. I’m horribly jealous of anyone who can outshine my
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7 I hide scraps and trinkets away on my creation. handiwork.
I often compare my companions to my servitor, 6 I secretly believe that living creatures are beneath me.
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pointing out their obvious flaws.
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Guide d6 Ideal
You have gained a reputation as one able and willing to Community. When I accept a bearer from a town, it
lead to greatness those with the will and determination to 1 makes life better for everyone who lives there.
take up the adventuring life. Whether the road leads to a (Lawful)
noble quest, knowledge, or mere profit, there are people Friendship. Civilizations come and go. Bonds of
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willing to seek you out and submit to your service. friendship last forever. (Good)
Destiny. Nothing and no one can steer me away from
Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion 3
my purpose. (Any)
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Family. I may not have blood running through me,
Feature: Local Legend 4 but there are those I consider family all the same.
(Any)
You are openly known in places where you stay for long.
In places where people have heard of you and view you Duty. People rely on my wisdom and counsel, and so I
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favorably, you can make arrangements for your party to provide the best that I can. (Good)
eat and rest in safety for free, though you may have to put 6
Self-reliance. I won’t solve your problem for you, but
up with frequent visitors coming to ask you questions or I’ll help you along the way. (Lawful)
petition your help.
Suggested Characteristics d6 Bond
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I belong to a noble family. I must serve them,
to their bearers, who are often people of less adventuring whatever the cost.
experience or ones seeking some sort of aid. These I give counsel and training to others because my own
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sentient weapons are used to having willing bearers,
volunteers who understand their role. Due to the open
and inviting nature of the bond, these sentient weapons
often become the most famous.
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creator gave me none.
I teach those who can’t help themselves.

I was created for someone, and they were found
unworthy to receive me. I'm still looking for someone
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d8 Personality Trait worthy.
My eloquent flattery makes everyone I talk to feel like
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the most capable adventurer in the world.
I give my all for each bearer that I have, for as long as
Despite my unique existence, I do not place myself 6
2 I have them.
above other beings.
3 My favor, once lost, is lost forever.
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No one could doubt by looking at my ornamentation d6 Flaw

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that I am a cut above common weaponry. I have little respect for anyone who is not a proven
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I have a strong sense of fair play and always try to warrior.
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find the most equitable solution to arguments. I made a terrible mistake in battle that cost many
6 I judge people by their actions, not their words. 2 lives—including that of a previous bearer. I would do
anything to keep that mistake a secret.
I'm confident in my own abilities and do what I can
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to instill confidence in others. My hatred of my enemies is blind and unreasoning.
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It’s not uncommon to find a statue of me and one of I help others because I’m afraid to try to accomplish
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my bearers in towns we’ve helped. things myself.
5 In fact, the world does revolve around me.

I'm convinced of the significance of my destiny, and
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blind to my shortcomings and the risk of failure.
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There are many people in the world, some more Aspiration. I work for my bearer and I to be the
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powerful than others. You've discovered one with more greatest team in the world. (Any)
potential than most—perhaps more than any other who People. I’m committed to my bearer, not ideals.
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has ever wielded you. Beyond power, however, there is (Neutral)
something more to this individual. You have a feeling Honor. If I dishonor myself, I dishonor my bearer.
that you will accomplish much together. 3
(Lawful)
Might. My bearer and I are the strongest, and so we
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Skill Proficiencies: Two from Deception, Persuasion, 4
are meant to rule. (Evil)
Intimidation, and Performance
Languages: One of your choice Community. We have to take care of each other,
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because no one else is going to do it. (Lawful)
Feature: Equals in Spirit Respect. The thing that keeps us together is mutual
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Your bond with your bearer is special, such that in this respect between weapon and bearer. (Good)
companionship neither you nor they are more
dominant than the other. As equals, you discover a
unique connection beyond the usual magic of your d6 Bond
bond: so long as you are touching, you can share 1 I’m loyal to my bearer first, everything else second.
memories freely between the two of you.
I’ve been searching my whole existence for the
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Suggested Characteristics perfect bearer.
Partners have found bearers who are their equal in both I will get revenge on the forces that killed my last
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experience and potential. This bond is often the most
intimate and enduring as weapon and bearer grow
together. They become a powerful team, combining
their abilities together to accomplish great deeds and
fell mighty foes.
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trusted bearer.
I owe my bearer a great debt for helping me become
who I am today.
A hero of the old tales was once my bearer.

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1 I like to talk at length about my bearer.
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I’ve spent so long with my bearer that I have little
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practical experience dealing with other people. 1 I am slow to trust people besides my bearer.
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I treat my bearer with utmost respect. 2 I will do anything to keep my bearer alive.
I’m a hopeless romantic, always searching for that 3
4 I try to live vicariously through my bearer.
“special bearer.”
4 I put too much trust in my bearer.
5 I never stay angry at or around my bearer for long.
I am suspicious of people other than my bearer and
I don’t part with my bearer easily and will haggle 5
6 expect the worst of them.
tirelessly to find another way.
6 I push my bearer too hard.
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appreciate me or my bearer.
I am intolerant of people besides my bearer and
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Tyrant d6 Ideal
You are a being of incredible power and majesty. The 1 Might. If I am strong I can take what I deserve. (Evil)
fact that you don’t have a living body to move through Power. If I can attain more power, no one can control
the world with should not require you to pander to 2
me. (Evil)
mere creatures. Thankfully, your skills of domination
Fairness. I never target anybody who doesn’t deserve
make that unnecessary. Besides, if your ‘bearer’ ever 3
it. (Lawful)
wakes from your magic-induced thralldom, perhaps
they’ll thank you for all the things you managed to Mastery. I’m a predator, and the other minds in the
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accomplish with the poor means they had at their world are my prey. (Evil)
disposal. And if they never wake… Well. There are Independence. I am a free spirit—no one tells me
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plenty more hosts to be had. what to do. (Chaotic)
Change. Sometimes it requires a rough hand, but I
Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation, Perception 6
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can’t abide things the way they are. (Chaotic)
Feature: Ruthless Contact

In any major town or city is at least one person who d6 Bond
appreciates your callousness and power. Whatever
I wasn’t always an object. I will get revenge on the
personal goals they may harbor, they are eager to reach 1
forces that destroyed my previous life.
out to you with favors or news. You may be wary of
each other, but such is the price of business. Someone I loved died because of a mistake I made.
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That will never happen again.
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Tyrants are fearsome sentient weapons who form their
bonds through overwhelming suppression. They stifle
their bearers’ minds and take direct control. Most often
they are driven by the promise of power, but there are
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rival.
My methods may be distasteful, but I’m just
following orders.
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some Tyrants who pursue noble goals with a firm and 5 It is up to me to ensure my name enters legend.
ruthless hand. I was cheated out of my share of the profits, and I
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want to get my due.
I am obviously the most capable, and so I should be
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in charge.
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I’m always taken aback when people haven’t heard of 1 My pride will probably lead to my destruction.
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me.
2 When I see a potential bearer, I can’t think about
I care little for the lives of others, unless they can be anything but how to make it mine.
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of use to me.
3 An innocent past bearer is in prison for a crime that I
If you do me an injury, I will crush you, ruin your committed. I’m okay with that.
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name, and salt your fields.
4 I too often hear veiled insults and threats in every
5 I watch after my companions as if I own them. word addressed to me, and I’m quick to anger.
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6 I’d sooner chip my own blade than admit I’m wrong. 5 I experience nightmarish flashbacks of what I’ve done
to my bearers.
7 I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.
6 I remember every insult I’ve received and nurse a
I am always calm. No matter what the situation I silent resentment toward anyone who’s ever wronged
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Chapter 4: Spell List, Spells, and Items
misty step 4th Level
Here is the list of spells to consult when you learn a sentient
weapon spell. The list is organized by spell level, not character phantasmal force arcane eye
level. ray of enfeeblement aura of purity
Most of these spells are from the Player’s Handbook. If a spell’s scorching ray banishment
name is followed by *, the spell can be found in the Appendix: see invisibility black tentacles
Spells Referenced. shatter blight
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skywrite* charm monster*
spider climb confusion
Cantrips (0 Level) hail of thorns
heroism spike growth control water
control flames* suggestion death ward
dancing lights identify
warding wind dominate beast
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druidcraft inflict wounds
jump web elemental bane*
friends zone of truth fire shield
guidance longstrider
freedom of movement
gust* magic missile 3rd Level grasping vine
light ray of sickness
sanctuary animate dead hallucinatory terrain
minor illusion aura of vitality ice storm
mold earth* searing smite
shield of faith beacon of hope leomund’s secret chest
prestidigitation bestow curse locate creature
resistance silent image
sleep blinding smite phantasmal killer
shape water*
shocking grasp
spare the dying
sword burst*
thaumaturgy
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thunderwave
witch bolt
wrathful smite
call lightning
catnap*
clairvoyance
conjure barrage
counterspell
resilient sphere
sickening radiance
staggering smite
stone shape
vitriolic sphere
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thunderclap*
vicious mockery 2nd Level crusader’s mantle
daylight
wall of fire
watery sphere*
acid arrow dispel magic
1st Level aid erupting earth* 5th Level
animal friendship alter self fear arcane hand
arms of hadar arcanist’s magic aura fireball banishing smite
bane beast sense hunger of hadar circle of power
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bless branding smite hypnotic pattern cloudkill

burning hands calm emotions lightning arrow conjure volley
catapult cloud of daggers lightning bolt contagion
charm person crown of madness magic circle danse macabre*
chromatic orb darkvision major image destructive wave
color spray dragon’s breath* nondetection dispel evil and good
command earthbind* protection from energy dominate person
comprehend languages enhance ability remove curse flame strike
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cure wounds enthrall sending geas

detect evil and good find traps sleet storm hallow
detect magic flaming sphere slow hold monster
disguise self gentle repose speak with dead insect plague
dissonant whispers gust of wind stinking cloud mass cure wounds
divine favor heat metal thunder step* modify memory
ensnaring strike hold person tongues planar binding
faerie fire invisibility wall of sand seeming
false life knock wall of water steel wind strike*
feather fall lesser restoration water breathing telekinesis
fog cloud locate object water walk telepathic bond
goodberry earthen grasp wind wall wall of force
guiding bolt mind spike* wall of stone
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New Spells Intellect Mirror
1st-level transmutation (ritual)
This section introduces new spells that have to do with Casting Time: 1 hour
the creation and destruction of sentient magic items. Range: Touch
These spells are additional spell choice options for Components: V, S, M (polished hematite worth 10 gp,
artificers, bards, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards. They which the spell consumes)
are presented in alphabetical order. Duration: Until dispelled
While they are not on the Sentient Weapon’s spell You touch a Tiny, nonmagical object and imbue it with
list, consult with your DM to see if they might be a reflection of your intellect. It gains an Intelligence
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appropriate options for your sentient weapon character. score equal to your own. It can speak telepathically with
you while it is on your person, and is able to recite
Create Sentient Weapon
information you knew at the time you cast this spell.
7th-level transmutation While holding the item, you have advantage on
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Casting Time: 8 hours Intelligence checks made to recall information, so long
Range: Touch as that information is something you knew when you
Components: V, S, M (a nonmagical weapon, and an cast this spell.
amethyst worth at least 2,500 gp, which the spell
consumes) Sunder Attunement
Duration: Instantaneous 4th-level abjuration
You touch the nonmagical weapon component and Casting Time: 1 action
infuse it with a powerful sense of self. The target Range: 60 feet
immediately becomes sentient. It gains Intelligence, Components: V, S, M
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Wisdom, and Charisma scores each equal to your spell
save DC minus 1d6 (make each roll separately). The
target can speak and understand Common and one
additional language that you know (chosen by you
when you cast this spell). It also has darkvision out to a
Duration: Instantaneous
Choose an object within range. If the target is a magic
item that is currently attuned to by a creature, that
creature must make a Charisma saving throw. On a
failed save, the attunement immediately ends.
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range of 120 feet, but is blind beyond this radius. Attack Whether the saving throw passes or fails, the
and damage rolls made with it gain a +1 bonus. creature who attuned the magic item is magically made
The newly-sentient weapon has an identity of its aware of the attempt and its result.
own with personality traits, an ideal, a bond, a flaw, and
an alignment (all decided by the DM).
At the DM’s option, you can forego the benefits of
this casting to instead create a sentient weapon using
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using the rules in Chapter 5.
The weapon is charmed by you for 30 days or until
you or your companions do anything harmful to it.
When the charmed condition ends, the weapon chooses
whether to remain friendly to you, based on how you
treated it while it was charmed.
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At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a

spell slot of 8th level or higher, the bonus to attack and
damage rolls increases by one for each slot level above
7th. Additionally, the gold cost of the material
component increases by a factor of 5 for each slot level
above 7th.
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New Magic Items
These new magic items can be used by any player
character.
Bracers of Weapon Skill

Wondrous item, rare
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These leather bracers bear on their backs twin emblems
of the sun and the moon, symbolizing the amount of
time one must put into training with weaponry in order
to become a master. Ironically, the bracers allow you to
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skip over a great deal of that training, sharing with you
the skill of a weapon master.
You gain a +1 bonus to weapon attack rolls while
wearing these bracers.
Case of Displaying
Wondrous item, uncommon
This display case magically resizes itself to suit whatever
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object it holds. Its glassteel surface is alchemically
reinforced and completely transparent. A permanent
dancing lights spell, which you can control using your
action while you are within 30 feet of the case,
illuminates it from the inside. By speaking the
Ruby Scabbard
Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement)
The fine rubies adorning the scabbard hint at its great
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worth. The scabbard magically adjusts its dimensions to
command word, you can also magically lock or unlock fit the blade of whatever weapon is sheathed within it,
the case, as though by the arcane lock spell. and stores in that weapon a burst of supernatural speed.
Any object shut within the case is protected against When you draw a weapon from the ruby scabbard
the ravages of time. Dust refuses to cling to the object and take the Attack action, you can make one extra
or the case, and the felt lining inside never attracts weapon attack with that weapon. This ability lasts until
moths or vermin. the end of the turn. A weapon must be sheathed within
the scabbard for at least 10 minutes before being drawn
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to gain this benefit.

Officer’s Knot
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)
Silk Ribbon
This fine adornment once graced the sword hilt of a Wondrous item, common (requires attunement)
great captain or general. It still bears some of the
dedication and nobility of that soldier, and can share With every glance this ribbon appears to be a slightly
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such with the one who attunes it. different cut. In truth, the fabric magically increases and
When worn properly, the sword knot grants you decreases in length, a trait that you can mentally
advantage on Charisma checks made to negotiate control. At your telepathic command, the ribbon can
parlays, treaties, and navigate formal parties. stream out and shape itself into a desired form, such as
Additionally, you can use a bonus action to command an intricate symbol or the letters of a word.
a friendly creature within 60 feet of you to attack. If the When attached to your weapon the ribbon can also
creature can hear you, it can use its reaction to make a wrap securely around your wrist, granting you
weapon attack. advantage on ability checks and saving throws made to
keep hold of the weapon.
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Optional Rules
The following are optional rules the DM can use to
affect how certain aspects of the sentient weapon class
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Ability Score Flexibility

This optional rule allows sentient weapons to adjust
their ability scores if they want to change the types of
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weapons they can become. Whenever you gain a level
in this class, you can swap any two of your ability scores
of your choice.
For example, if you have a Strength score of 11 and a
Dexterity score of 16, you could change your Strength
score to 16 and your Dexterity score to 11 upon gaining
a level. Starting at 5th level, you can add your spellcasting
ability modifier to one damage roll of any spell you cast.
Assimilating Magic Items Other Objects. You are some other inanimate object of
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You can attune to magic items just like any other
creature, though you might not be able to normally
wear or wield them. Under this optional rule, when you
attune to a magic item, you can assimilate it into
yourself, gaining its properties for you and your bearer
your choice, such as an abacus, hourglass, lantern, map,
steel mirror, or other piece of adventuring gear found
in chapter 5 of the Basic Rules or Player’s Handbook.
Starting at 2nd level, you can add your Enhancement
Bonus to your and your bearer’s ability checks and
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to use as determined by the DM. saving throws. Your bearer must be holding you for you
to grant it this benefit.
Armor Class Starting at 5th level, you can take the Help action as a
Even though you are immune to damage, attacks that bonus action.
have effects other than damage might be able to affect
you. If an attack is made against you, your AC equals 13 Feats
+ your Constitution modifier. If your group uses the optional rules for feats found in
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Being Other Objects should determine separately whether your sentient
Under this optional rule, instead of being a sentient weapon character is eligible for feats. If permitted, the
weapon, your DM might allow you to be some other following feats may be suitable: Actor, Alert, Elemental
kind of awakened item. Adept, Inspiring Leader, Keen Mind, Linguist, Lucky,
Shield. You are a shield. Starting at 2nd level, you can Magic Initiate, Observant, Resilient, Skilled, Spell
add your Enhancement Bonus to your bearer’s AC Sniper, and War Caster. Other feats may require special
while it is wielding you.
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adjudication and adaptation.

Starting at 5th level, when a creature you can see
attacks your bearer or a creature within 5 feet of your Multiclassing
bearer, you can use your reaction to impose If your group uses the optional rules on multiclassing,
disadvantage on the attack roll. Your bearer must be sentient weapons are not normally eligible due to their
wielding you. inanimate nature. Under this optional rule, your DM
Spellcasting Focus or Spellbook. You are your choice of might allow you to multiclass into the bard, cleric,
an arcane focus, druidic focus, holy symbol, or druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard classes, but special
spellbook. Starting at 2nd level, you can add your adjudication and adaptation may be required.
Enhancement Bonus to your and your bearer’s spell
attack rolls and spell save DC. Your bearer must be Recharging at Dawn
holding you for you to grant it this benefit. Under this optional rule, you regain all expended spell
slots and uses of class features each day at dawn (or
midnight, if that suits your character concept better),
rather than upon finishing a long rest.
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Spell Slot Sharing • Roll four d6s, drop the lowest, add up the total.
This optional rule allows your bearer to fuel your spells. • Repeat two more times.
When you cast a spell while being held by your bearer, • Assign the three resulting totals to the mental ability
your bearer can choose to expend the spell slot on your scores of the sentient weapon: Intelligence, Wisdom,
behalf, provided that it has an available spell slot of the and Charisma.
spell’s level or higher and isn’t incapacitated. If the shared
spell slot is a higher level than you would normally have Weapon sidekicks don’t need ability scores for Strength,
access to, your spell is cast at the highest level that you Dexterity, or Constitution.
could cast it on your own. You still use your own ability Once the ability scores are generated, give the sidekick
the following traits:
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scores for any attack roll or save DC, as you are still the
one casting the spell. Creature type. The sidekick is a construct, in the form
of a simple or martial weapon.
Spell Versatility Magic weapon. It counts as magical for the purpose of
Under this optional rule, whenever you finish a long rest, overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical
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you can replace one spell you know with a different one weapons.
of the same level from your spell list. You can’t replace Alignment. Any.
the spells granted by your Sentient Origin. Size. If it is a heavy weapon, its size is Small. Otherwise,
its size is Tiny.
Taking Control of a Creature Speed. It has no speed and can’t move on its own.
If a sentient weapon attempts to take control of its Senses. It has darkvision out to a range of 120 feet, but
wielder, the wielder must make a Charisma saving throw is blind beyond this radius.
against the weapon’s spell save DC. On a failed save, the Action Restrictions. It can’t take the Attack or Use an
wielder is charmed by the weapon for 1d12 hours. While Object action, and it can’t make opportunity attacks.
Constructed Nature. It gains the following benefits:
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charmed, the wielder must try to follow the item’s
commands. If the wielder takes damage, it can repeat the
saving throw, ending the effect on a success. Whether
the attempt to control its user succeeds or fails, the item
can’t use this ability again until it finishes a long rest.
• It is immune to disease, can’t be petrified or poisoned.
• It doesn’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
• It doesn’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put it to sleep.
Antimagic Susceptibility. It is incapacitated while in the
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area of an antimagic field.
Touch Spells Languages. It can speak and read Common. In addition,
it can communicate telepathically with any creature that
Spells with a range of touch require you to touch the
has it on their person.
target. The DM may simply allow a creature wielding
you to freely maneuver you on your turn to deliver such
You decide who plays the sidekick. Here are some options:
spells. For a more strict approach, follow this rule
instead: if an ally is holding you when you cast a spell • A player plays the sidekick as their second character—
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that has a range of touch, it can use its reaction to allow ideal when you have only one or two players.
you to deliver the spell to a target within its reach. • A player plays the sidekick as their only character—
ideal for a player who wants a character who’s simpler
than a typical player character.
Sentient Sidekicks •
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The players jointly play the sidekick.
You play the sidekick.
Some groups or players might enjoy the idea of a sentient
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weapon, but not want to play one as their own character. There’s no limit on the number of sidekicks in a group,
Having a sentient weapon sidekick (following the rules but having more than one per player character can
for sidekicks laid out in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything) noticeably slow down the game. When estimating the
might be a way for them to interact with or get used to difficulty of an upcoming encounter, count each sidekick
some of the mechanics of sentient weapons. as a character.
Creating a Weapon Sidekick Gaining a Sidekick Class

Normally when creating a sidekick you would start with Instead of choosing the options Expert, Spellcaster, or
a creature with a challenge rating of 1/2 or lower. Since Warrior, use the following Weapon option instead.
there are currently no stat blocks for sentient weapon
non-player characters, instead follow these steps to
generate the pertinent ability scores:
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WEAPON SIDEKICK
—Spell Slots per Spell Level—
Proficiency Cantrips Spells
Level Bonus Features Known Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
1st +2 Sentient Origin, Attunable, Aid Attack — — — — — —
2nd +2 Spellcasting, Origin Spells 1 2 2 — — —
3th +2 Minor Property 1 2 2 — — —
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 1 2 2 — — —
5th +3 1 2 3 — — —
6th +3 Enhancement Bonus (+1) 1 2 3 — — —
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7th +3 Major Property (1) 1 2 3
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 1 4 4 2 — —
9th +4 Extra Aid 1 4 4 2 — —
10th +4 1 4 4 2 — —
11th +4 Minor Property 2 4 4 3 — —
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12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 2 4 4 3 — —
13th +5 Enhancement Bonus (+2) 2 4 4 3 — —
14th +5 Major Property (2) 2 6 4 3 2 —
15th +5 2 6 4 3 2 —
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 2 6 4 3 2 —
17th +6 3 6 4 3 3 —
18th +6 Ability Score Improvement 3 6 4 3 3 —
19th +6 Enhancement Bonus (+3) 3 6 4 3 3 —
20th +6 Major Property (3) 3 8 4 3 3 1
Starting Level
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The starting level of a sidekick is the same as the
average level of the group. For example, if a 1st-level
group starts out with a sidekick, that sidekick is also 1st
Weapon
A Weapon sidekick is a versatile ally capable of
supporting its wielder and casting its own spells. It
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level, but if a 10th-level group invites a sidekick to join could be a holy greatsword, a devious dagger, a dragon-
them, that sidekick starts at 10th level. bone spear, an elvish bow, or a dwarven axe.
Leveling Up a Sidekick A sidekick gains the following class features as it gains

Whenever a group’s average level goes up, the sidekick levels, as summarized on the Weapon table.
gains a level. It doesn’t matter how much of the group’s
recent adventures the sidekick experienced; the sidekick Sentient Origin
levels up because of a combination of the adventures it 1st-level Weapon feature
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shared with the group and its own training.

Choose one of the Sentient Origins described in
Hit Points Chapter 2. This will determine which spells the sidekick
The Weapon sidekick has no hit points. gains access to as it increases in level. The sidekick
doesn’t gain any of the Sentient Origin’s other features.
Proficiency Bonus
The sidekick’s proficiency bonus is determined by its Attunable
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Weapon level, as shown in the Weapon table. 1st-level Weapon feature

Whenever the proficiency bonus increases, increase the
sidekick’s spell save DC by 1. The sidekick counts as a magic item for the purposes of
attunement, and requires attunement in order to be
Ability Score Increases wielded properly.
Whenever the sidekick gains the Ability Score Aid Attack
Improvement feature, adjust anything that relies on an
ability modifier that you increase. For example, if the 1st-level Weapon feature
sidekick has a spell attack that uses its Charisma The sidekick can use its action to grant its attuned
modifier, increase the attack’s modifiers to hit if the wielder advantage on one weapon attack it makes
Charisma score increases. before the start of the sidekick’s next turn.
The sidekick using this action grants advantage on
two of its attuned wielder’s attacks starting at 9th level.
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Spell attack modifier = sidekick’s proficiency
bonus + spellcasting ability modifier
Spellcasting Focus. The sidekick can use itself as a

spellcasting focus. Also, it ignores the somatic and
material components of spells it can cast.
Origin Spells
2nd-level Weapon feature
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The sidekick learns the Origin Spells of the Sentient
Origin that you picked at 1st level, and must cast them
using slots of the appropriate level as shown in the
Weapon Sidekick table.
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Minor Property
3rd-level Weapon feature
The sidekick gains a minor property of your choice
from the Minor Property section of Chapter 1. It gains
another minor property at 11th level.
Ability Score Improvement

4th-level Weapon feature
Spellcasting
1st-level Weapon feature
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the sidekick increases one ability score of your choice by
2, or the sidekick increases two ability scores of your
choice by 1. The sidekick can’t increase an ability score
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The sidekick gains the ability to cast spells.
above 20 using this feature.
Spell Slots. The Spellcaster table shows how many
spell slots the sidekick has to cast its Spellcaster spells of Enhancement Bonus
1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, the
6th-level Weapon feature
sidekick must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher.
The sidekick regains all expended spell slots when it The sidekick grants its attuned wielder +1 bonus to
finishes a long rest. weapon attack and damage rolls made with it. This
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Spells Known. The sidekick knows two cantrips of bonus increases to +2 at 13th level and to +3 at 19th
your choice from its spell list, and two 1st-level spells level.
determined by your choice of Sentient Origin.
The Cantrips Known and Spells Known columns of Major Property
the Weapon Sidekick table show when the sidekick 7th-level Weapon feature
learns more spells.
Spellcasting Ability. The sidekick’s spellcasting ability The sidekick gains a major property of your choice
for these spells is your choice of Intelligence, Wisdom, from the Major Property section of Chapter 1. It gains
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or Charisma. Chapter 2 gives recommendations for another major property at 14th and 19th level.
appropriate spellcasting abilities for each Sentient
Origin.
The sidekick uses its spellcasting ability whenever a
spell refers to that ability. In addition, it uses its
spellcasting ability modifier when setting the saving
throw DC for a spell it casts and when making an attack
roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + sidekick’s proficiency bonus +

spellcasting ability modifier
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Chapter 6: Concerning Campaigns
Origins By Theme INTRIGUE
Some of the Sentient Origins fit well into campaigns Aberrant
with a certain theme or style. These are some Celestial
suggestions for which Sentient Origins might pair well
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with different themes. Drow
Generic Fey
The following list describes Sentient Origins that are Infernal

regarded as fairly ‘normal’ and will fit easily and
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understandably into most fantasy adventures.
GENERIC Natural
Arcane This list focuses on those Sentient Origins that have ties
to the natural world. Some are directly tied to nature
Draconic
itself, and others are more tangentially related through
Dwarven magical connections.
Elven
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Elven
Elemental
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can make a stand against dastardly villains. These
Sentient Origins have spells and features that make Sylvan
them feel particularly heroic.
HEROIC Planar
Adventures that span multiple planes and spend
Celestial significant time away from the Prime Material Plane
Draconic can involve practically any Sentient Origin, either as a
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Dwarven This list focuses on those Sentient Origins that fit the
Elven former category.
Giant PLANAR
Kuo-toa Aberrant
Abyssal
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Royal
Warrior’s Soul Celestial
Elemental
Intrigue Entropic
These Sentient Origins are particularly well suited for
adventures that feature an abundance of intrigue and Fey
investigation. Githyanki
Infernal
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Racial
If a campaign or adventure focuses specifically on races
and the relationships between them, this list shows
Sentient Origins that might play into those connections.
(Royal might be used to represent any civilization with a
central leader, such as a human kingdom)
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Githyanki
Gnomish
Kuo-toa
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Spiritual
What exactly is a soul? These Sentient Origins explore this
Existing Campaigns
question each in their own way, for good or ill.
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characters into your campaign.
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Draconic
The death of a player character is often a surprising
Dwarven
event. A lucky critical hit or unfortunate failure of a
Entropic saving throw can mean sudden death for a character. If
the players aren’t ready to see a character go in such a
Infernal
fashion, consider allowing the dead character’s spirit to
Undead inhabit their weapon or other item, turning it into a
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sentient weapon.
Warrior’s Soul
Many of the Sentient Origins described in Chapter 1
can function as a new path for a deceased character. The
Villainous Warrior’s Soul Origin works particularly well for any
This list details Sentient Origins that might have a warrior-type character. The Arcane Origin is obviously
propensity for evil. These can make suitable evil player appropriate for spellcasters such as wizards or sorcerers,
characters, but also work well as sentient weapon villains. while paladins and clerics may enjoy the Celestial
Origin. A particularly shady rogue might find the
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VILLAINOUS mechanics of the Drow Origin to their liking.

Aberrant The dead character’s original race might also be a
good indicator of which Sentient Origin the player
Abyssal might adopt to represent their character. Elves,
Drow dwarves, and gnomes can easily match up with their
respective Origins.
Entropic You can also let the means of death influence the new
Githyanki state of the dead character. If they were killed by a
beholder, mind flayer, or other aberration, maybe the
Infernal Aberrant Origin might be a good option. Or if they
Kuo-toa were killed by a horde of undead or a necromantic spell,
the Undead Origin might be most appropriate.
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community in the world (ie. Dwarven, Elven, Giant,
Gnomish, Kuo-toa Origins), coming together to
combat a great threat. Having each participant playing a
sentient weapon precludes the option of partnering
with another player character, so encourage the players
to dig into their non-player bearers’ personalities and
histories.
For the villain, build a sentient weapon the same as
you would a player character, but five to seven levels
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higher than the players. Some of the Sentient Origins
are intentionally prone to villainy, such as the Aberrant,
Abyssal, Infernal, and Undead Origins, and each of
these has obvious monsters to include as henchmen—
aberrations for Aberrant, demons for Abyssal, devils for
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Infernal, and undead for... well, Undead.
Normally, letting the party meet the villain early on
in a campaign is a bad idea, since the player characters
could come up with some mad plan to kill the villain, or
Transformed into a Sentient Weapon even simply score a lucky critical hit. Since a sentient
weapon can’t die unless certain conditions are met (see
It’s possible for a character to be transformed directly the “Failure Without Hit Points” sidebar in Chapter 1),
into a sentient weapon. It could happen as punishment the risk to the villain is significantly less! In fact, some
for a reneged deal, from being too close to a magical of the villainous Sentient Origins pointed out above
explosion, completing an obscure ritual, suffering a
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curse, direct castigation from a deity, or even falling
prey to the trick of a petty fey.
For example, perhaps the party finds a book on
demonology. The book is cursed so that anyone who
even receive benefits for their bearers dying, so it’s
perfectly fine for the PCs to win a few battles. And in
order to safely get away until the story is ready for the
climactic end, simply give the villain weapon the
‘Teleporting’ major property.
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reads it in its entirety is transformed into an abyssal In this campaign, make sure to flesh out the villain
sentient weapon, their soul trapped until the curse can sentient weapon as thoroughly as you would with any
be broken. other villain. Consider giving it a Special Purpose, as
Alternately, if a warlock or other character makes a well as personality traits, an ideal, a bond, and a flaw.
deal with a devil or fey and then later breaks it, maybe
they are punished by becoming an infernal or fey Saving Private McGuffin
sentient weapon. In this setup, only one player character is a sentient
Instead of striking a character dead for doing
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something dangerous or foolhardy, consider simply The party is charged with taking a magic weapon
transforming them into a sentient weapon, either safely from one location to another. For example,
temporarily or permanently. perhaps it is the onset of a war between dwarves and
The above examples are mostly negative goblinoids, but the fighting could all be ended if the
consequences, but it’s also possible to reward a player by dwarves’ hammer of goblin-slaying (a player character
turning their character into a sentient weapon, if that’s playing a Dwarven Origin sentient weapon) were
something the player wants. brought to the front lines. The player characters must
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Adventure Ideas front lines, fighting off bugbear assassins, giant bat-
riding goblins, and hobgoblin wizards, without losing
These are some possible campaign frameworks a group the weapon.
of D&D players might decide to play through. These are In this scenario, give the players freedom to choose
only rough outlines, leaving it up to the DM to create their tactics. Will one of them wield the weapon? If the
the exact circumstances of each one. going gets tough, will one or more of them stay behind
fighting in order to buy time for the others to escape
Fire with Fire with the weapon?
In this campaign everyone plays a sentient weapon— For the sentient weapon player, it puts them in a
even the villain gets to be one! They could be historic unique situation where they know they’re playing the
weapons of legend, each representing a nation or most important character in this adventure. If things
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don’t go well, will they have to watch their companions This type of scenario, despite seemingly having one
sacrifice themselves? protagonist, actually gives each of the sentient weapons
All in all, this campaign should open up interesting a large portion of time in the spotlight as well. Consider
roleplay opportunities for the player characters—new tying each adventure to the backstory of the sentient
stories to tell! weapon who is currently attuned to the heir, and make
sure that the mysterious enemy is somehow involved.
Long Live the King
The previous idea involved one sentient weapon. In this The Dead Trio
scenario, all players except one play sentient weapons. For veteran players truly seeking a challenge, there is a
The player not playing a sentient weapon takes on format of play that is extremely deadly: one ‘regular’
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the role of somebody important—the last heir to a player character who wields two sentient weapons.
kingdom, for example. The sentient weapon characters Three fully-powered player characters focused
are tasked with keeping that last heir alive until they’ve essentially in one body make for an extremely powerful
accomplished what they need to. hero, but also a highly vulnerable party. With only one
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To use an Eberron example, perhaps the heir to Cyre pool of hit points for monsters to target, clever tactics
is the only person capable of reversing the destruction and creative thinking are necessary to make sure the
of the Mourning and restoring the nation to its former two sentient weapons aren’t left without their bearer.
state. In order to do so, they must learn how to wield a It’s easy to imagine a single ranger, fighter, or rogue
number of artifacts (the other players) and unlock their dual-wielding sentient weapons, but consider also the
power. For each adventure (or session) in the option of one melee sentient weapon and one ranged
meantime, the heir must attune to and use a different sentient weapon. If you use the optional rules in
sentient weapon, which involves completing a quest Chapter 5, consider the Being Other Objects rule; one
while wielding that weapon. Complicating matters, a of the sentient weapon player characters could play as a
mysterious enemy manipulates the surrounding nations shield instead of a weapon. With all the possible
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in an attempt to rekindle the Last War, for reasons
unknown. After the heir learns to wield the final
weapon, the enemy makes their ultimate play.
combinations of race, class, and origins, which ones are
the most likely to survive a ‘solo’ adventure?
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Appendix: Spells Referenced
Catapult Until the spell ends, you control any freestanding water
1st-level transmutation inside an area you choose that is a cube up to 100 feet
on a side. You can choose from any of the following
Casting Time: 1 action effects when you cast this spell. As an action on your
Range: 60 feet turn, you can repeat the same effect or choose a
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Duration: Instantaneous Flood. You cause the water level of all standing water
Choose one object weighing 1 to 5 pounds within range in the area to rise by as much as 20 feet. If the area
that isn’t being worn or carried. The object flies in a includes a shore, the flooding water spills over onto dry
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straight line up to 90 feet in a direction you choose
before falling to the ground, stopping early if it impacts If you choose an area in a large body of water, you
against a solid surface. If the object would strike a instead create a 20-foot tall wave that travels from one
creature, that creature must make a Dexterity saving side of the area to the other and then crashes down.
throw. On a failed save, the object strikes the target and Any Huge or smaller vehicles in the wave's path are
stops moving. When the object strikes something, the carried with it to the other side. Any Huge or smaller
object and what it strikes each take 3d8 bludgeoning vehicles struck by the wave have a 25 percent chance of
damage. capsizing.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a The water level remains elevated until the spell ends
spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the maximum weight of or you choose a different effect. If this effect produced a
level above 1st.
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objects that you can target with this spell increases by 5
pounds, and the damage increases by 1d8, for each slot
wave, the wave repeats on the start of your next turn
while the flood effect lasts.
Part Water. You cause water in the area to move
apart and create a trench. The trench extends across the
spell's area, and the separated water forms a wall to
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4th-level enchantment either side. The trench remains until the spell ends or
you choose a different effect. The water then slowly fills
Casting Time: 1 action in the trench over the course of the next round until the
Range: 30 feet normal water level is restored.
Components: V, S Redirect Flow. You cause flowing water in the area to
Duration: 1 hour move in a direction you choose, even if the water has to
You attempt to charm a creature you can see within flow over obstacles, up walls, or in other unlikely
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range. It must make a Wisdom saving throw, and it directions. The water in the area moves as you direct it,
does so with advantage if you or your companions are but once it moves beyond the spell's area, it resumes its
fighting it. If it fails the saving throw, it is charmed by flow based on the terrain conditions. The water
you until the spell ends or until you or your continues to move in the direction you chose until the
companions do anything harmful to it. The charmed spell ends or you choose a different effect.
creature is friendly to you. When the spell ends, the Whirlpool. This effect requires a body of water at
creature knows it was charmed by you. least 50 feet square and 25 feet deep. You cause a
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At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a whirlpool to form in the center of the area. The
spell slot of 5th level or higher, you can target one whirlpool forms a vortex that is 5 feet wide at the base,
additional creature for each slot level above 4th. The up to 50 feet wide at the top, and 25 feet tall. Any
creatures must be within 30 feet of each other when creature or object in the water and within 25 feet of the
you target them.Control flames vortex is pulled 10 feet toward it. A creature can swim
away from the vortex by making a Strength (Athletics)
Control Water check against your spell save DC.
4th-level transmutation When a creature enters the vortex for the first time
Casting Time: 1 action on a turn or starts its turn there, it must make a
Range: 300 feet Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the creature
Components: V, S, M (a drop of water and a pinch of takes 2d8 bludgeoning damage and is caught in the
dust) vortex until the spell ends. On a successful save, the
Duration: 1 hour creature takes half damage, and isn't caught in the
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vortex. A creature caught in the vortex can use its range. Each corpse immediately stands up and becomes
action to try to swim away from the vortex as described undead. You decide whether it is a zombie or a skeleton
above, but has disadvantage on the Strength (Athletics) (the statistics for zombies and skeletons are in the
check to do so. Monster Manual), and it gains a bonus to its attack and
The first time each turn that an object enters the damage rolls equal to your spellcasting ability modifier.
vortex, the object takes 2d8 bludgeoning damage; this You can use a bonus action to mentally command the
damage occurs each round it remains in the vortex. creatures you make with this spell, issuing the same
command to all of them. To receive the command, a
creature must be within 60 feet of you. You decide what
Control Winds action the creatures will take and where they will move
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5th-level transmutation during their next turn, or you can issue a general
Casting Time: 1 action command, such as to guard a chamber or passageway
Range: 300 feet against your foes. If you issue no commands, the
Components: V, S creatures do nothing except defend themselves against
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Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour hostile creatures. Once given an order, the creatures
continue to follow it until their task is complete.
You take control of the air in a 100-foot cube that you The creatures are under your control until the spell
can see within range. Choose one of the following ends, after which they become inanimate once more.
effects when you cast the spell. The effect lasts for the At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a
spell’s duration, unless you use your action on a later spell slot of 6th level or higher, you animate up to two
turn to switch to a different effect. You can also use additional corpses for each slot level above 5th.
your action to temporarily halt the effect or to restart
one you’ve halted. Dragon’s Breath
Gusts. A wind picks up within the cube, continually 2nd-level transmutation
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blowing in a horizontal direction you designate. You
choose the intensity of the wind: calm, moderate,
or strong. If the wind is moderate or strong, ranged
weapon attacks that enter or leave the cube or pass
through it have disadvantage on their attack rolls.
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (a hot pepper)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
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If the wind is strong, any creature moving against You touch one willing creature and imbue it with the
the wind must spend 1 extra foot of movement for power to spew magical energy from its mouth,
each foot moved. provided it has one. Choose acid, cold, fire, lightning, or
Downdraft. You cause a sustained blast of strong poison. Until the spell ends, the creature can use an
wind to blow downward from the top of the cube. action to exhale energy of the chosen type in a 15-foot
Ranged weapon attacks that pass through the cube cone. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity
or that are made against targets within it have saving throw, taking 3d6 damage of the chosen type on
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disadvantage on their attack rolls. A creature must a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful
make a Strength saving throw if it flies into the cube for one.
the first time on a turn or starts its turn there flying. On At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a
a failed save, the creature is knocked prone. spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by
Updraft. You cause a sustained updraft within the 1d6 for each slot level above 2nd.
cube, rising upward from the cube’s bottom side.
Creatures that end a fall within the cube take only half Earthbind
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damage from the fall. When a creature in the cube 2nd-level transmutation
makes a vertical jump, the creature can jump up to 10 Casting Time: 1 action
feet higher than normal. Range: 300 feet
Components: V, S, M
Danse Macabre
5th-level necromancy
Choose one creature you can see within range. Yellow
Casting Time: 1 action strips of magical energy loop around the creature. The
Range: 60 feet target must succeed on a Strength saving throw, or its
Components: V, S flying speed (if any) is reduced to 0 feet for the spell’s
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour duration. An airborne creature affected by this spell
Threads of dark power leap from your fingers to pierce safely descends at 60 feet per round until it reaches the
up to five Small or Medium corpses you can see within ground or the spell ends.
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Earth Tremor cleared. Each 5-foot-square portion of the area requires
1st-level evocation at least 1 minute to clear by hand.
Casting Time: 1 action spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by
Range: 10 feet 1d12 for each slot level above 3rd.
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous Gust
You cause a tremor in the ground within range. Each Transmutation cantrip
creature other than you in that area must make a Casting Time: 1 action
Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature
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Range: 30 feet
takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage and is knocked prone. If Components: V, S
the ground in that area is loose earth or stone, it Duration: Instantaneous
becomes difficult terrain until cleared, with each 5-foot-
diameter portion requiring at least 1 minute to clear by You seize the air and compel it to create one of the
following effects at a point you can see within range:
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hand.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a • One Medium or smaller creature that you choose
spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be
1d6 for each slot level above 1st. pushed up to 5 feet away from you.
Elemental Bane • You create a small blast of air capable of moving
one object that is neither held nor carried and that
4th-level transmutation
weighs no more than 5 pounds. The object is
Casting Time: 1 action pushed up to 10 feet away from you. It isn’t pushed
Range: 90 feet with enough force to cause damage.
Components: V, S
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Choose one creature you can see within range, and
choose one of the following damage types: acid, cold,
fire, lightning, or thunder. The target must succeed on a
• You create a harmless sensory effect using air, such
as causing leaves to rustle, wind to slam shutters
shut, or your clothing to ripple in a breeze.
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Constitution saving throw or be affected by the spell for 5th-level transmutation
its duration. The first time each turn the affected target Casting Time: 1 bonus action
takes damage of the chosen type, the target takes an Range: Touch
extra 2d6 damage of that type. Moreover, the target Components: V, S
loses any resistance to that damage type until the spell Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
ends. You imbue a weapon you touch with holy power. Until
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the spell ends, the weapon emits bright light in a 30-

spell slot of 5th level or higher, you can target one foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. In
additional creature for each slot level above 4th. The addition, weapon attacks made with it deal an extra 2d8
creatures must be within 30 feet of each other when radiant damage on a hit. If the weapon isn’t already a
you target them. magic weapon, it becomes one for the duration.
Erupting Earth As a bonus action on your turn, you can dismiss this
spell and cause the weapon to emit a burst of radiance.
3rd-level transmutation
Each creature of your choice that you can see within 30
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Casting Time: 1 action feet of the weapon must make a Constitution saving
Range: 120 feet throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 4d8 radiant
Components: V, S, M (a piece of obsidian) damage, and it is blinded for 1 minute. On a successful
Duration: Instantaneous save, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t
Choose a point you can see on the ground within range. blinded. At the end of each of its turns, a blinded
A fountain of churned earth and stone erupts in a 20- creature can make a Constitution saving throw, ending
foot cube centered on that point. Each creature in that the effect on itself on a success.
area must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature
Ice Knife
takes 3d12 bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half
as much damage on a successful one. Additionally, the 1st-level conjuration
ground in that area becomes difficult terrain until Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: S, M (a drop of water or a piece of ice)

You create a shard of ice and fling it at one creature You choose a portion of dirt or stone that you can see
within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the within range and that fits within a 5-foot cube. You
target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 piercing damage. manipulate it in one of the following ways:
Hit or miss, the shard then explodes. The target and • If you target an area of loose earth, you can
each creature within 5 feet of it must succeed on a instantaneously excavate it, move it along the
Dexterity saving throw or take 2d6 cold damage. ground, and deposit it up to 5 feet away. This
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a movement doesn’t have enough force to cause
spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the cold damage damage.
increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 1st. • You cause shapes, colors, or both to appear on the
dirt or stone, spelling out words, creating images,
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Maelstrom or shaping patterns. The changes last for 1 hour.
5th-level transmutation • If the dirt or stone you target is on the ground, you
Casting Time: 1 action cause it to become difficult terrain. Alternatively,
Range: 120 feet you can cause the ground to become normal terrain
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Components: V, S, M (paper or leaf in the shape of a if it is already difficult terrain. This change lasts for
funnel) 1 hour.
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have no
more than two of its non-instantaneous effects active at
A swirling mass of 5-foot-deep water appears in a 30- a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.
foot radius centered on a point you can see within
range. The point must be on the ground or in a body of Shape Water
water. Until the spell ends, that area is difficult terrain, Transmutation cantrip
and any creature that starts its turn there must succeed
on a Strength saving throw or take 6d6 bludgeoning Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet
Mind Spike
2nd-level transmutation
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damage and be pulled 10 feet toward the center.
Components: S
You choose an area of water that you can see within
range and that fits within a 5-foot cube. You manipulate
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Range: 60 feet it in one of the following ways:
Components: S • You instantaneously move or otherwise change the
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour flow of the water as you direct, up to 5 feet in any
direction. This movement doesn’t have enough
You reach into the mind of one creature you can see force to cause damage.
within range. The target must make a Wisdom saving • You cause the water to form into simple shapes and
throw, taking 3d8 psychic damage on a failed save, or animate at your direction. This change lasts for 1
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half as much damage on a successful one. On a failed hour.

save, you also always know the target’s location until • You change the water’s color or opacity. The water
the spell ends, but only while the two of you are on the must be changed in the same way throughout. This
same plane of existence. While you have this change lasts for 1 hour.
knowledge, the target can’t become hidden from you, • You freeze the water, provided that there are no
and if it’s invisible, it gains no benefit from that creatures in it. The water unfreezes in 1 hour.
condition against you. If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have no
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spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.
1d8 for each slot level above 2nd.
Sickening Radiance
Mold Earth 4th-level transmutation
Transmutation cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet
Range: 30 feet Components: V, S
Components: S Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
Dim, greenish light spreads within a 30-foot-radius
sphere centered on a point you choose within range.
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The light spreads around corners, and it lasts until the You can then teleport to an unoccupied space you can
spell ends. see within 5 feet of one of the targets you hit or missed.
When a creature moves into the spell's area for the
first time on a turn or starts its turn there, that creature Storm Sphere
must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 4th-level evocation
4d10 radiant damage, suffer one level of exhaustion, Casting Time: 1 action
and emit a dim, greenish light in a 5-foot radius. This Range: 150 feet
light makes it impossible for the creature to benefit Components: V, S
from being invisible. The light and any levels of Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
exhaustion caused by this spell go away when the spell
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ends. A 20-foot-radius sphere of whirling air springs into
existence centered on a point you choose within range.
Skywrite The sphere remains for the spell’s duration. Each
2nd-level transmutation creature in the sphere when it appears or that ends its
turn there must succeed on a Strength saving throw or
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Casting Time: 1 action take 2d6 bludgeoning damage. The sphere’s space is
Range: Sight difficult terrain.
Components: V, S Until the spell ends, you can use a bonus action on
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour each of your turns to cause a bolt of lightning to leap
You cause up to ten words to form in a part of the sky from the center of the sphere toward one creature you
you can see. The words appear to be made of cloud and choose within 60 feet of the center. Make a ranged spell
remain in place for the spell’s duration. The words attack. You have advantage on the attack roll if the
dissipate when the spell ends. A strong wind can target is in the sphere. On a hit, the target takes 4d6
disperse the clouds and end the spell early. lightning damage.
Snilloc’s Snowball Swarm

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listen.
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Range: 90 feet
Components: V, S, M (a piece of ice or a small white each of its effects by 1d6 for each slot level above 4th.
rock chip)
Sword Burst
Conjuration cantrip
A flurry of magic snowballs erupts from a point you
choose within range. Each creature in a 5-foot-radius Casting Time: 1 action
sphere centered on that point must make a Dexterity Range: Self
Components: V
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saving throw. A creature takes 3d6 cold damage on a

failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Duration: Instantaneous
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a You create a momentary circle of spectral blades that
spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by sweep around you. All other creatures within 5 feet of
1d6 for each slot level above 2nd. you must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take
1d6 force damage.
Steel Wind Strike This spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach
5th-level conjuration 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).
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Synaptic Static
Range: 30 feet
Components: S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 5th-level enchantment
sp) Casting Time: 1 action
Duration: Instantaneous Range: 120 feet
You flourish the weapon used in the casting and then Components: V, S
vanish to strike like the wind. Choose up to five Duration: Instantaneous
creatures you can see within range. Make a melee spell You choose a point within range and cause psychic
attack against each target. On a hit, a target takes 6d10 energy to explode there. Each creature in a 20-foot-
force damage. radius sphere centered on that point must make an
Intelligence saving throw. A creature with an

Intelligence score of 2 or lower can’t be affected by this Components: V, S, M (a drop of water)
spell. A target takes 8d6 psychic damage on a failed save, Duration: Instantaneous
or half as much damage on a successful one. You conjure up a wave of water that crashes down on
After a failed save, a target has muddled thoughts for an area within range. The area can be up to 30 feet long,
1 minute. During that time, it rolls a d6 and subtracts up to 10 feet wide, and up to 10 feet tall. Each creature
the number rolled from all its attack rolls and ability in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a
checks, as well as its Constitution saving throws to failed save, a creature takes 4d8 bludgeoning damage
maintain concentration. The target can make an and is knocked prone. On a successful save, a creature
Intelligence saving throw at the end of each of its turns, takes half as much damage and isn’t knocked prone. The
ending the effect on itself on a success.
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water then spreads out across the ground in all
Thunderclap directions, extinguishing unprotected flames in its area
and within 30 feet of it, and then it vanishes.
Evocation cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action Watery Sphere
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Range: Self 4th-level conjuration
Components: S Casting Time: 1 action
Duration: Instantaneous Range: 90 feet
You create a burst of thunderous sound that can be Components: V, S, M (a droplet of water)
heard up to 100 feet away. Each creature within range, Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
other than you, must succeed on a Constitution saving You conjure up a sphere of water with a 5-foot radius at
throw or take 1d6 thunder damage. a point you can see within range. The sphere can hover
The spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach but no more than 10 feet off the ground. The sphere
5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6). remains for the spell’s duration.
Thunder Step
3rd-level conjuration
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Strength saving throw. On a successful save, a creature
is ejected from that space to the nearest unoccupied
space of the creature’s choice outside the sphere. A
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Range: 90 feet Huge or larger creature succeeds on the saving throw
Components: V automatically, and a Large or smaller creature can
Duration: Instantaneous choose to fail it. On a failed save, a creature is restrained
You teleport yourself to an unoccupied space you can by the sphere and is engulfed by the water. At the end
see within range. Immediately after you disappear, a of each of its turns, a restrained target can repeat the
thunderous boom sounds, and each creature within 10 saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success.
feet of the space you left must make a Constitution The sphere can restrain as many as four Medium or
smaller creatures or one Large creature. If the sphere
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saving throw, taking 3d10 thunder damage on a failed

save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The restrains a creature that causes it to exceed this capacity,
thunder can be heard from up to 300 feet away. a random creature that was already restrained by the
You can bring along objects as long as their weight sphere falls out of it and lands prone in a space within 5
doesn’t exceed what you can carry. You can also teleport feet of it.
one willing creature of your size or smaller who is As an action, you can move the sphere up to 30 feet
carrying gear up to its carrying capacity. The creature in a straight line. If it moves over a pit, a cliff, or other
must be within 5 feet of you when you cast this spell, drop-off, it safely descends until it is hovering 10 feet
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and there must be an unoccupied space within 5 feet of above the ground. Any creature restrained by the
your destination space for the creature to appear in; sphere moves with it. You can ram the sphere into
otherwise, the creature is left behind. creatures, forcing them to make the saving throw.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a When the spell ends, the sphere falls to the ground
spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by and extinguishes all normal flames within 30 feet of it.
1d10 for each slot level above 3rd. Any creature restrained by the sphere is knocked prone
in the space where it falls. The water then vanishes.
Tidal Wave
3rd-level conjuration
Range: 120 feet
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A new combination of race and class

Playtesters: Tyler Holdsworth, Brandon

travel the land? How will the world be changed by the

Chapter 2: Sentient Origins………… 17

Chapter 4: Spell List, Spells, and Items..…..… 54

Chapter 5: Extending the Rules………………… 58

against a mind strong enough to resist mental intrusion,

Weapons Given Sentience

CHAPTER 1: THE SENTIENT WEAPON 5

Destiny Seeker: You are convinced that you and

character has unique traits related to the nature of its

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Creating a Sentient Weapon Armor: All armor, shields

Was Intended to Use It?” and “What Is a Detail from Its

CHAPTER 1: THE SENTIENT WEAPON 7

Additionally, whenever you gain a level in this class,

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your bearer’s attack even at a range, whereas the Help

can begin play having already obtained a commoner as a

CHAPTER 1: THE SENTIENT WEAPON 9

2nd-level sentient weapon feature

You begin to manifest small aspects of your inherent,

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perceived through magical scrying sensors unless you

suppressing effects, such as an antimagic field, and you

Self-Defensive You can float on water and other

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Prerequisite: 11th level

Choose acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder. sorcerer class.

CHAPTER 1: THE SENTIENT WEAPON 13

used to make a ranged attack, unless a creature

light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an a long rest.

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CHAPTER 1: THE SENTIENT WEAPON

Weapon Level Spells

6th Touch of Madness 17th cone of cold, dominate person

CHAPTER 2: SENTIENT ORIGINS 17

benefits of any special senses the creature has. During

When you use your Touch of Madness feature, you can

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Abyssal Origin Spells

Your makers had no other intentions for you than

blight, greater invisibility

contagion, destructive wave (necrotic only)

14th Corrupted Wounds

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10th Dispelling Strike, Animated Servitor

Corrupted Wounds Arcane Origin Spells

battle, meant for use in Eberron’s Last War. Maybe you

magic around you.

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carried. The armor becomes a creature and attunes to

armor of its type and has a speed of 30 feet. It is immune

You can cast antimagic field once. It counts as a sentient

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Bonus Language, Celestial pool to restore a number of hit points

14th Holy Avenger