Spellblade

Aether Blade Spellblades make use of their magical techniques to create a weapon of pure arcane power, with most of their abilities revolving around mastering the use of this weapon.

You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known

Starting at 3rd level when you select this archetype, when you roll initiative or as a bonus action at any time, you can manifest an oversized melee weapon of pure force energy. This can take the shape of any bladed melee weapon, but it is a one-handed weapon that deals 1d10 damage with a range of 5 feet regardless of its form

When you attack with this weapon, you can use your Intelligence modifier (in place of your Strength) for attack and damage rolls. This weapon lasts until you let go of it, become incapacitated, or dismiss it as a bonus action.

While this weapon is temporary and magical, it counts as having a value of 1 sp for purposes of being treated as a material component in spells.

As a ritual taking 1 hour, you can absorb the power from a magical weapon with a bonus to attack and damage rolls. This cannot target artifacts, sentient weapons, or cursed items.

At your GM's discretion, this might not work with other weapons depending on their origin and type. This drains the power from the weapon, leaving it as a mundane weapon, but your Aethersword gains the bonus to attack and damage rolls previously possessed by the magical weapon.

Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge feature:

* You empower your Aether Blade (no action required) causing it to deal an additional die of damage until the end of your next turn. During the effect, you can reroll any weapon damage dice from your Aether Blade once (you must use the new roll after doing so).

Starting at 7th level, the aether weapon manifested by Aethersword grows larger and more powerful. Its damage increases to 1d12, and it gains the reach property.

Starting at 15th level, you gain the effects of Empowering Surge when you use any of your Arcane Surge effects.

Starting at 20th level, you can overcharge your Aether Blade for 1 minute (no action required). For the duration, when you attack with your Aether Blade, you ignore all non-magical armor and defenses to treat the target's AC as 10 + their Dexterity modifier for that attack (magical defenses like the mage armor or shield are not bypassed). While attacking in this way with your Aether Blade, your attacks can target up to 2 creatures as long as they are within 10 feet of each other, though if an attack triggers a spell through Spellstrike, it does not affect the second target unless the spell can target multiple creatures.

Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

A Battlemage is the most general Spellblade technique, balancing a wide range of spells with a well rounded style of fighting. An iconic mix of magic and martial, it has few weaknesses and many options.

You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known

Starting at 3rd level when you select this archetype, whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch one weapon that you are proficient with and that lacks the two-handed property. When you attack with that weapon, you can use your Intelligence modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls. This benefit lasts until you finish a long rest.

Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge feature:

* You can cast a Spellblade spell with a casting time of one action as a bonus action.

At 7th level, when you use Arcane Surge, you can select two of the available options.

Starting at 15th level, when you use your Arcane Surge, you gain enhanced results:

* When you cast detect magic with your Arcane Surge, you also gain the effects of darkvision and see invisibility.

* When you gain advantage on attack through Arcane Surge, you can reroll one of the attack's dice once.When you gain advantage on attack through Arcane Surge, you can reroll one of the attack's dice once.

* When you add your Intelligence to a Strength or Dexterity ability check, you gain advantage on the check.

* When you teleport, the range you can teleport is increased by 10 feet.

Starting at 20th level, you can enter a state of perfect arcane resonance for 1 minute (no action required). During this state the first Arcane Surge you use on your turn does not expend a use of your Arcane Surge feature.

Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

Specializing in defending their allies, spell blades following this technique make broad use of abjuration and self-enhancing magics, often specializing more toward their physical skills. They place themselves at the front of combat, but are a highly mobile line of defense.

You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known

Starting at 3rd level when you select this archetype, you gain proficiency in heavy armor and shields.

Additionally, you can use a melee weapon as your arcane focus, and when you do so you can perform somatic components with the hand holding your arcane focus (even for spells without a material component).

Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge feature:

* As a reaction to an allied creature within 30 feet being hit by an attack or targeted by the magic missile spell, you expend a use of Arcane Surge to cast shield without expending a spell slot, granting that creature the AC bonus instead of yourself.

At 7th level, when you expend a use of Arcane Surge, you gain temporary hit points equal to 1d8 + your Intelligence modifier.

Starting at 15th level, when you use your Arcane Surge to teleport, you can instead swap positions with a willing creature within range, teleporting to their space and teleporting them to your space. When you do so, both you and them gain the temporary hit points from Fortifying Surge.

At 20th level, you can fortify yourself with magic for 1 minute (no action required). For the duration, you have resistance to all damage. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

Some Spellblades hone their magical powers for the sake of countering other magical purposes. They become the anathema of all spellcasters, they fight fire with fire, honing their own magical skills for the purposes of binding and denying the magical powers of others.

You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known

Starting at 3rd level, once per turn when you hit a target with a melee weapon, you deal bonus Force damage equal to your proficiency bonus. This bonus is doubled until end of your turn when you cast an Abjuration or Mage Hunter spell.

Additionally, your weapon attack rolls bypass the effects of 1st level spells (such as mage armor, shield, or sanctuary).

Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge feature.

* On your turn, you can expend a use of Arcane Surge to end a magical effect or supernatural condition (such as being Charmed or Frightened) on yourself (no action required). If the spell is of a level greater than half your Spellblade level (rounded up) you must make an Intelligence saving throw with a DC of 10 + the spell's level to end it. You cannot do use this ability if you are incapacitated.

Starting at 7th level, you can use Purging Surge even when incapacitated. Additionally, you can project the purging power outwards, expending two uses of Arcane Surge to cast counterspell or dispel magic without expending a spell slot.

Starting at 15th level, when you have to make a Spellcasting check to dispel or counter a magical effect with Purging Surge or Nullifying Surge, you can add your Proficiency bonus to the roll.

At 20th level, you can turn yourself into a magical void, devouring and nullifying magic around you. For one minute, you project the effect of antimagic field 5 feet around (no action required). You can still cast spells while within this field, but are limited to Abjuration spells and Cantrips. Once per turn for the duration, when you counter or end the effect of a spell, you regain 1 use of Arcane Surge.

This effect ends early if you become unconscious, or you can end it at any time (no action required).

The lone option able to use their Spellstrike at range, the Spellshot gets a lot of freedom in position and target selection, able to flex their powers across the battlefield raining death from afar, and ever farther their talent grows.

You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known

Starting at 3rd level when you select this archetype, you gain the ability to apply your Spellstrike to pieces of ammunition as well as melee weapons, and can trigger the spell strike on a ranged weapon attack made with the infused piece of ammunition.

Spells infused into a ranged weapon affect the target of the ranged weapon when fired, but only have a range equal to the range of the spell or the normal range of the weapon (whichever is shorter range). If you attack a target beyond that range, the spell fails and is lost.

Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge feature.

* When you infuse a spell into a piece of ammunition with Spellstrike, you can expend an Arcane Surge to increase that spell's range to the range of weapon used to fire that piece of ammunition.

Additionally at 7th level, when you infuse a spell that targets a line, you can transmute your ammunition into the spell effect, releasing the spell in a line from you as if you had cast it, but using your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice) in place of your Intelligence modifier for the spell save DC. When you do this, you add your weapon damage (including modifier) to the spell's damage roll.

Starting at 15th level, when you expend an Arcane Surge, you can add your Intelligence modifier to your next attack roll.

Additionally at 15th level, you can always generate ammunition out of arcane force energy when you fire a ranged weapon. When you do so, you consume no ammunition when firing an ranged weapon with the ammunition property, and your weapon damage becomes force damage.

Starting at 20th level, you can become uncatchable for one minute (no action required). For the duration, you have advantage on Dexterity saving throws, you are under the effect of freedom of movement, and at the start of each of your turns you can teleport up to 30 feet (no action required).

Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

The quickest and most deadly of the Spellblades, Swiftblades specialize in mobility, striking from the shadows and withdrawing as quickly as they appeared, favoring lighter weapons and flurries of blows that leave their target dead before it can retaliate.

You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known

Starting at 3rd level when you gain this archetype, you gain the Two Weapon Fighting Fighting Style.

Starting at 3rd level you can use Spellstrike as part of the Attack action before making a melee weapon attack. You cannot Spellstrike more than once per turn.

Additionally, you can use a melee weapon as your arcane focus, and when you do so you can perform somatic components with the hand holding your arcane focus (even for spells without a material component).

Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge feature.

* You can expend a use of Arcane Surge to make a single weapon attack (no action required).

At 7th level, if you miss an attack empowered by a Spellstrike, you can choose to not trigger the effect. When you do so, your next attack before the end of your turn will trigger it instead.

Starting at 15th level, when you expend an Arcane Surge, you become invisible until the start of your next turn.

At 20th level, you draw on your magic to hasten yourself to blinding speeds (no action required). For one minute, any time you make an attack with an action or bonus action, you can immediately make another attack with the same weapon.

Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.