Arbiter

Blood voivodes are unshakable juggernauts, able to leech the life force of those they defeat and sacrifice their own blood to cast spells or perform extraordinary feats. Often demonized and labeled heralds of destruction, it is up to you to prove whether or not you're a portent of the evils that are rumored to follow you.

Starting at 1st level when you first choose this ascension, whenever you kill a creature that is branded with your ruincrest, you regain a number of hit points equal to 1d4 + your proficiency bonus. The amount of hit points regained increases as you gain more levels in this class, as shown in the table below.

Crimson sacraments are rituals that blood voivodes perform to enact superhuman feats and acts beyond the capabilities of spellcasters, at the cost of their own vitality. While some sacraments are acts that are difficult for mortals to achieve, others are violent acts that send shivers through onlookers, or merely replicate the effects of spells.

When you reach 3rd level, you learn two sacraments of your choice. You learn more sacraments as you gain more levels as an arbiter, as indicated by blood voivode features that you gain at higher levels. The list of sacraments you can learn at 3rd level are detailed at the end of this feature's description.

Crimson sacraments can only be used so many times per rest. The number of times you can perform a sacrament, the number of hit points needed to use it, and whether or not it requires a free hand to use is noted in its description.

You can't expend hit points to perform a sacrament if you have hit points less than half the maximum result you can roll to determine how many hit points are lost. For example, you can't perform sangrite cleaver if you have less than 6 hit points. As such, your hit points can't be reduced to less than 1 performing a sacrament, and temporary hit points can't be expended to perform sacraments. You regain expended uses after finishing a short rest.

Beginning at 6th level, your maximum hit points and your Constitution score can't be reduced. Then choose two of the following crimson sacraments to learn.

Beginning at 10th level, you have advantage on death saving throws. Additionally, if you do not have darkvision, you gain darkvision out to a range of 45 feet. Then choose two of the three following crimson sacraments to learn.

Beginning at 14th level, whenever you take damage from a creature within 10 feet of you, you can use your reaction to make a weapon attack against that creature; you can't make an attack against a creature outside of your weapon's range. Choose one of the following crimson sacraments to learn.

Starting at 18th level, whenever you kill a creature branded with your ruincrest, you also gain temporary hit points equal to your arbiter level. Additionally, your primal might sustains you so that you suffer none of the frailty of old age, and you can't be aged magically; however you can still die of old age. You also no longer need food or water, and for every 5 years that pass, your body ages only 1 year.

Entropic herrschers are arbiters who carry with them an otherworldly birthright; one that allows them to use abilities that are beyond comprehension. Innately capable of twisting reality with a flick of their wrist, they wield powers conferred to them by forces older and more powerful than the gods.

When you first choose this ascension at 1st level, you learn to manifest the essence of the multiverse into a weapon you can launch at your enemies from a distance to deadly effect.

As an Attack, you can summon a sleek, lance-like needle, provided you have an open hand to guide it, and launch it at a creature or object within 45 feet of you. Make a ranged arbiter attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d6 force damage. The damage dealt increases to 2d6 at 9th level.

At 3rd level, to augment your newfound capabilities, you learn the Cosmic Sword ability and one of the 3 following herrscher abilities shown below. You can use a herrscher ability a number of times equal to 1 plus your Constitution modifier (a minimum of twice) unless specified otherwise. You regain expended uses when you finish a long or short rest.

A creature that makes a roll to learn more about your herrscher abilities rolls with disadvantage unless it has studied them in the past.

Several herrscher abilities require complex hand motions to invoke their power. If a herrscher ability requires a free hand to use, it is noted in its description.

Starting at 6th level, you have a hover speed of 25 feet. You can't hover more than 5 feet above a solid or liquid surface with this movement. You also learn three herrscher abilities of your choice from the list below and gain an additional use of Cosmic Sword.

When you reach 10th level, you gain an additional use of cosmic sword. In addition, whenever you kill a creature that is branded with your ruincrest with a Cosmic Sword or your subspace needle feature, a sphere of negative energy with a radius of 10 feet emerges from it. Each other creature in the sphere's area must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature's movement speed is reduced by 15 feet until the end of its next turn. You also learn two of the three following herrscher abilities of your choice.

When you reach 14th level, the hover speed from the astral grace feature becomes flying speed and is increased to 30 feet. Additionally, you learn one of the following herrscher abilities shown below and gain an additional use of Cosmic Sword.

At 18th level, whenever you roll initiative and have no uses of Cosmic Sword, you regain three uses of it. In addition, you gain an additional use of cosmic sword and learn a herrscher ability of your choice that you haven't learned yet, that must be learned from any of this ascension's features. You cannot learn a herrscher ability from the sovereign's grace feature this way.

A hand of arrogation takes what is rightfully theirs, be it willingly or by force. As arbiters that have been augmented with minor psionics, they are able to control their weapons from afar, safe from the dangers of close quarters combat.

When you first choose this ascension at 1st level, you learn a ritual that creates a psychic connection between yourself and one weapon, which you perform over the course of one hour, and can be done during a short rest. It must be within your reach throughout the ritual, at the conclusion of which you touch the weapon and forge the bond.

Once you have bonded a weapon to yourself, you can not be disarmed of that weapon unless you are incapacitated. If it's on the same plane of existence as, you can summon it as a bonus action, causing it to teleport instantly to your hand.

You can have up to two weapons bonded to you, but can only summon one weapon at a time with your bonus action. If you attempt to bond with a third weapon, you must break your bond with one of the other two.

Beginning at 3rd level, you have a contact point, a psionic extension of your body that is invisible to all others, which you can use to make attacks with from a distance. Outside of combat, it follows you as you move and you can order it to move elsewhere in your vicinity at will, which is 5 feet at first and increases as you gain more levels in this class, as shown in the table below. If it moves out of its maximum range, it will automatically move back in range, or if that's not possible, teleport next to you or the nearest unoccupied space (to avoid hitting others when it is wielding a weapon).

Starting at 6th level, you have resistance to psychic damage. In addition, whenever a creature tries to access your mind, it must must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be forced out, suffer 1d10 psychic damage, and alert you to its failed mental incursion. Spells such as phantasmal killer and weird can trigger this feature and have no effect if the caster does not succeed on their saving throw.

When you reach 10th level, you gain another contact point. However, this contact point uses a bonus action rather than the Attack action to move and attack, it can't carry weapons with the heavy or two-handed property, and doesn't gain any benefits when making an attack against a creature branded with your ruincrest. You use your offhand to command this contact point.

Marking Creatures: Because of the nature of contact points, you can simultaneously control two of them at once with pinpoint accuracy and brand a creature with your crest with a bonus action even if you don't have a free hand.

At 14th level, you gain access to a second bonus action to use on each of your turns. You can only make attacks with your second contact point with this bonus action. You also gain a second reaction outside of each of your turns which is reserved for making attacks of opportunity.

Beginning at 18th level, while you're missing more than half your hit points, you no longer subtract your marked penalty to any attack rolls, damage rolls, and saving throws that you make.

Prophet's retainers typically serve a figure of authority, often as agents who act under their direct orders. As the hands of a powerful figure, they act with impunity. Incapable of using supernatural powers like other arbiters, they utilize magic to supplant their martial prowess and make up for their lack of otherworldly powers.

When you first choose this ascension at 1st level, you learn how to cast spells as an agent of authority, to augment your martial capabilities. You only know 1 cantrip of your choice from the cleric spell list at first.

When you reach 3rd level, your inherent magical capabilities awaken. You learn three 1st level cleric spells of your choice and gain proficiency in Arcana if you aren't already proficient with it.

At 6th level, you can manipulate the Weave to cast your cleric spells even when you have no spell slots. You can cast a cleric spell you know of 1st level without using a spell slot, provided it targets a single creature and the target is marked with your ruincrest. Once you cast a spell this way, you can't cast another spell with this feature until you finish a long or short rest.

You cast a cleric spell of 2nd level with this feature when you reach 11th level, a cleric spell of 3rd level at 16th level, and a paladin spell of 3rd level or lower with this feature this way at 18th level.

Beginning at 10th level, you learn to silence your prey when they attempt to cast a spell. Whenever a creature within 60 feet of you that is branded with your ruincrest casts a spell, you can use your reaction to cast counterspell, no spell slot required, targeting that creature. Once you use this feature, you must finish a long or short rest before using it again.

Beginning at 14th level, you know how to cast your cleric spells without relenting against your enemies. Once during each of your turns, you can cast one of your cleric spells of 1st level or higher with a casting time of 1 action in place of one of your attacks. Beginning at 18th level, you can instead cast one of your paladin spells of 1st level or higher with a casting time of 1 action in place of that attack instead.

When you reach 18th level, you learn to memorize and cast cleric and paladin spells. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Upon reaching 18th level, you can replace any number of cleric spells you know with spells of 4th level or lower from the paladin spell list. Whenever you gain a level as an arbiter, you can also replace a cleric or paladin spell you know with another spell of your choice from the cleric or paladin spell list, which must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

In addition, whenever you kill a creature marked with your ruincrest with a weapon attack, you regain a spell slot of 1st level. Whenever you score a critical hit with a weapon attack against a creature marked with your ruincrest and kill it, you regain a spell slot of 2nd level instead.

A sovereign of tides is an arbiter with unparalleled physical might, and is unmatched when it comes to single combat. Relying on their own strength and weapons instead of the enigmatic powers that other arbiters can make use of, they cut down enemies with inhuman efficiency, as if they were hunters in the abyss.

When you first choose this path at 1st level, you gain the ability to breathe underwater and a swim speed of 30 feet. In addition, you choose a benthic origin and gain its feature. You also gain minor physical attributes that are reminiscent of your chosen origin. For example, if your chosen origin is the shark, your skin might be incredibly rough, or you're unusually tall or physically imposing compared to other members of your race if the whale is your chosen origin.

When you reach 3rd level, you become proficient in heavy armor if you aren't proficient with it yet. Additionally, any equipment you are wearing is considered magical for the purpose of ignoring effects that can damage or destroy equipment that isn't magical, such as a black pudding's corrosive form, and you have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

At 6th level, you no longer gain levels of exhaustion due to extreme cold or from extreme levels of water pressure from traversing the depths. Additionally, you gain a supernatural benefit based on the origin of your choice. You can choose the same origin you selected at 1st level or a different one.

Beginning at 10th level, you can enter a trance which lasts one minute as a bonus action. When you do so, you gain a number of temporary hit points equal to your maximum hit points, you have another instance of extra attack, you are immune to being charmed and frightened, your movement speed is increased by 20 feet, and you can't cast spells for the duration of the trance, which ends early if you reach 0 hit points, are incapacitated, or choose to end it early as a bonus action. Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before using it again.

At 14th level, you gain a supernatural benefit based on the origin of your choice. You can choose the same origin you selected previously or a different one.

Beginning at 18th level, whenever you finish a long or short rest, you gain 30 temporary hit points, which last until they are depleted or you finish another rest. In addition, you can now use your abyssal elegy twice between rests, but only if you aren't currently in a trance.

Vermillion knights are arbiters who are capable of calling on fire to aid them in combat. With a fire that extinguishes and begets life at their side, they burn away all who dare oppose them.

Starting at 1st level when you first choose this ascension, when you make a weapon attack, you can set your weapon or its ammunition on fire, changing all of the damage dealt to fire damage on a hit. Additionally, the attack ignites any flammable objects it hits that aren't being worn or carried

As a vermillion knight, you can channel the flame within yourself and shape it into a force of destruction.

Starting at 3rd level, you are capable of drawing energy from yourself and shape it into a fiery tool of destruction with the Action. Your access to this energy is represented by a number of charges, which is determined by your level in this class, as shown in the Charges column of the Vermillion Knight table. When you spend a charge, it is unavailable until you finish a long or short rest, at the end of which your body recovers all spent energy if you have less charges than your base charge.

Choose two of the following vermillion assaults to learn. If a free hand is needed to use a vermillion assault, it is noted in that ability's description.

Starting at 6th level, you have resistance to fire damage. You also learn another vermillion assault of your choice from the list below or from the vermillion assault list.

At 10th level, you can use a vermillion assault twice instead of once before overheating it if you are missing at least half your hit points.

When you reach 14th level, you learn one of the following alpha executions shown below - performances that exhaust the user greatly and are acts of pure, unadulterated carnage.

Overdrive

Using an alpha execution causes you to gain two levels of exhaustion, and the next long rest you finish doesn't reduce your level of exhaustion. You can't use more than one alpha execution per day.

At 18th level, you gain immunity to fire damage, any attacks you make ignore resistance to fire damage, and you regain a charge whenever you kill a creature that's marked with your ruincrest.