Swordmage

You know a ritual that creates a magical bond between yourself and one weapon. You perform the ritual over the course of 1 hour, which can be done during a short rest. The weapon must be within your reach throughout the ritual, at the end of which you touch the weapon and forge the bond.

Once you have bonded a weapon to yourself, you can't be disarmed of that weapon unless you are incapacitated. If it is on the same plane of existence, you can summon that weapon as a bonus action on your turn, causing it to teleport instantly to your hand. As long as it is on the same plane as you, you also know its precise location at all times.

If your bonded weapon is broken or damaged, you can spend 1 hour of meditation to recreate the weapon from a fragment. This can be done during a short rest. This process automatically destroys any other fragments of the weapon in existence, so you can't use it to create multiple copies of a broken weapon.

If you attempt to bond with a second weapon, you must break the bond with your existing weapon.

As an action, you can open yourself to the Weave, allowing you to feel the magical power of objects around you. Until the end of your next turn, you can sense any magic items within 60 feet of you that are not behind total cover. You can sense the presence of a magic item hidden on a person, such as in a pocket or tucked into a boot, so long as the person is not behind total cover. You cannot sense an item contained in an extradimensional space, such as in a bag of holding. You also cannot sense an object protected from divination magic, such as through the spell nondetection, or one affected by a spell such as Nystul's magic aura which hides its magical nature. A thin sheet of lead also blocks your magic sense.

When you use this feature, you can select one of the magic items you sense and learn its rarity (common, uncommon, rare, very rare, legendary, or artifact) and its magic item categor

You can use this feature a number of times equal to 1 + your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

At 2nd level, you adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can't take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

2nd-level swordmage optional feature

When you choose a fighting style, the following styles are added to your list of options

Your time spent learning the intricacies of magic allows you to create greater effects beyond the form of your weapon, giving you the ability to cast spells at 2nd level.

Beginning at 2nd level, you gain the ability to infuse your bonded weapon with arcane energy. As a bonus action, while holding your bonded weapon you can expend one spell slot, infusing your weapon for ten minutes. While infused, your weapon deals additional force damage equal to 1 + the level of the spell slot you expended, to a maximum of 4 damage. If your weapon is not already magical, it becomes magical for the duration.

Instead of force damage, when you apply your arcane infusion you can choose to have it deal another type of damage. The damage must be one which you can deal using a swordmage spell that you know (for example, if you know the spell burning hands, your infusion can deal fire damage) but cannot be bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage.

This effect ends early if your bonded weapon is more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more, if you fall unconscious, or if you choose to end it (no action required).

Starting at 3rd level, you can use an action on your turn to attempt a Spell Strike, concentrating a spell into your bonded weapon and delivering the spell through your attack. Choose a spell you know of 1st level or higher with a casting time of one action, and spend a spell slot as if you were casting the spell as normal. You must be wielding your bonded weapon, and the spell you cast must be capable of targeting a hostile creature or have an area of effect in the shape of a cone, cube, cylinder, line, or sphere.

As part of the action, you then make a single weapon attack with your bonded weapon against a single target, though you can move between casting the spell into your weapon and making the weapon attack if you have movement to do so. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack's normal effects. The target is then also subjected to the effects of the spell as if you had cast the spell normally at the level of the spell slot you expended to use this feature.

If the spell requires the target to make a Dexterity saving throw, the target is considered to automatically fail it. If the spell requires the target to make any other kind of saving throw, then the target must make that saving throw with disadvantage. If the spell requires you to make an attack roll, use the results of the weapon attack made as part of this action in place of the spell attack roll, including whether or not the attack was a critical hit. Only the target is affected by the spell; if the spell normally affects an area it does not do so when used with this feature.

Whether the weapon attack hits or misses, the spell slot is expended and the magic fades from your weapon. A creature can attempt to interrupt the spell at the moment you cast it into your weapon (such as by casting counterspell). If the spell fails or the magic is suppressed before you make the weapon attack, such as by entering the area of an antimagic field, the magic of the spell is lost but you can still make the weapon attack as part of the action. Whether you make the attack or not, your action is also expended.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1), expending a use only when you successfully hit your target with a weapon attack. You regain expended uses when you finish a long rest.

At 3rd level, you focus your martial and arcane prowess into a particular discipline, Battlemage, Eldritch Archer, Shieldbearer, or Spellsword. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 7th, 11th, and 15th level.

When you reach 4th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

4th-level swordmage optional feature

Whenever you reach a level in this class that grants the Ability Score Improvement feature, you can replace a fighting style you know with another fighting style available to swordmages. This replacement represents a shift of focus in your martial practice.

Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Beginning at 6th level, you can add half your Intelligence modifier (round up) to any Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution ability check you make.

At 7th level, you gain a feature granted to you by your Swordmage Discipline.

When you reach 8th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Starting at 10th level, your Spell Strikes leave behind traces of glimmering magic. When you successfully hit a creature with the weapon attack made with your Spell Strike feature, the next attack roll made against the target before the end of your next turn has advantage.

At 11th level, you gain a feature granted to you by your Swordmage Discipline.

When you reach 12th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Beginning at 14th level, the magic of your bond projects a constant ward against magic. Whenever you suffer damage from a spell or other magical effect and you are wielding your bonded weapon, you can reduce the damage by an amount equal to your Intelligence modifier.

At 15th level, you gain a feature granted to you by your Swordmage Discipline.

When you reach 16th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Beginning at 18th level, when you roll dice for the spell you used for your Spell Strike, you can reroll a number of the dice up to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of one). You must use the new rolls.

When you reach 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

At 20th level, the bond with your weapon becomes even stronger. Your bonded weapon gains a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls. Additionally, while wielding your bonded weapon you gain a +1 bonus to your spell attack modifier and your spell save DC increases by 1.