Blue Traveler

At 1st level, you gain the ability to magically learn and recreate special actions and spells that successfully hit you. But in order for this to work, you must willingly take the hit and deny any attempt whatsoever to negate its effects. When you are targeted or in the area effect of a foe's spell or learnable special action you can choose to fail any saving throw involved and reduce your AC to 0 for the attack. Instead you make an Intelligence saving throw against the casters/users save DC (If the spell or special action has no DC, it is up to the DM to create a fitting one). If you fail you can not attempt to learn the same spell or special action until you have taken a long rest. If you succeed you still take the full effect of the spell or learnable special action, but you can add it to your list of known spells or special actions.

Learned special actions can only be actions, bonus actions, reactions, or legendary actions. They cannot be listed as a Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack. And they must directly target, or include the blue traveler in it's area of effect. Foe abilities that cast a spell are treated as spells for the purpose of learning. Blue travelers can learn spells of a higher level than they can cast, but they won't be useable until they can cast spells of that level, however they cannot learn spells that require a ritual as they cannot cast rituals. Learned legendary actions are used by spending a normal action, no matter what the cost of using it was to the original creature.

If a special action you are attempting to learn has a multiple choice of effects (such as a beholder's Eye Ray), you can only learn the effect you were hit by. Following with the same example, even though a creature such as the beholder can make three attacks with an Eye Ray using a single action, you may only make one. (In very niche situations where an special action would seem weak without making multiple attacks, your DM may rule otherwise.)

The process of learning from experience happens between the time when damage is dealt and before any conditions are applied, so if a spell or special action were to attempt to inflict a condition (such as unconscious, petrified, charmed, etc.), and you are able to recover from said condition, you will do so having learned the spell or special action if you succeeded on your learning attempt.

You can use any spell you have memorized without preparation, but you must use all components required to cast spells unless otherwise stated. Any metamagic, feat enhancements, or other effects made in the spell when it was learned will not be replicated when you cast them.

At 2nd level, you come to a fork in the road where you must make the life long decision of which path you will travel. Three paths present themselves; the Path of Enlightenment, the Path of Martial Prowess, and the Path of the Gun Mage. All of which are detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 2nd level, then again at 3rd, 5th, 9th, 14th, and 18th level.

Beginning at 2nd level, when traveling, you motivate yourself and your companions to move at a faster pace than usual. When calculating travel speed, add 100 feet per minute, 1 mile per hour, or 6 miles per day to the normal speeds given in the PHB on page 182 under the Travel Pace table. When moving towards dangerous situations (DM's discretion advised) you double this effect.

At level 3 you become more adept at learning thus you may double your proficiency bonus on Intelligence saving throws made when trying to learn.

At 3rd level, you gain a feature granted by your Traveler's Path.

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 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 5th level, you gain a feature granted by your Traveler's Path.

At level 6, you may use your action to make a relevant Intelligence check (Arcana, History, Nature, Religion, Investigation)(DC = 12 + target's challenge rating (to a maximum of 30) to learn some helpful information about a creature's race (weaknesses, resistances, and special actions). To do so you must have a clear line of sight to the creature. If you fail you can not attempt to Analyze the same target for the next 24 hours.

Weathered blue travelers who reach 6th level tend to develop techniques that help them survive when trying to "learn" a new spell or special action. Once per short rest you can choose to be treated as though you have resistance to damage from a spell or special action that you are attempting to learn.

Furthermore, when you are afflicted with a condition after attempting to learn a new spell or special action, you gain advantage on any subsequent saving throw made to end or stave off an effect.

Starting at 7th level, as a reaction you can opt to jump in the way of an incoming effect which threatens an ally, becoming the new target of the effect. You can do this only when a creature attempts to make a weapon or spell attack or declares that an ally must make a Dexterity saving throw.

There must be at least a 5 ft. square of space between the enemy and the target (either the ally for an attack or the targeted point for an AOE) for you to move into and the distance traveled by you can not be greater than 10 feet. You must decide whether to use this feature before the attacker determines whether or not the attack has succeeded.

After interposing yourself between the two, you either become the new target of the effect (and the ally is safe) or the effect becomes centered on you (and your ally gains 3/4 cover against the effect). Note that, if applicable, you may now attempt to learn this effect through normal means.

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.

At 9th level, you gain a feature granted by your Traveler's Path.

Your line of work requires that you put yourself in harms way to further your own progress. To be a blue traveler is to never hesitate in times of desperation, to carry on without worry or fright. At level 10 you become immune to all fear effects.

The most skilled blue travelers have gained the ability of resisting death in order to satisfy their curiosity for the most dangerous special actions. Beginning at level 10, once per long rest, if you are brought to 0 hp by a spell or special action which you are attempting to learn, you can instead, if you succeed on the learning attempt, drop to 1 hp and learn the spell or special action.

At 11th level, you gain a feature granted by your Traveler's Path.

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.

Blue travelers become naturally more resilient as they expose themselves to more situations. At level 13, your hit point maximum increases by an amount equal to twice your level. Whenever you gain a level thereafter, your hit point maximum increases by an additional 2 hit points. (This bonus stacks with the bonus granted by the Tough feat.)

Additionally whenever you roll your hit dice to regain hp you may add 2 to the result.

At 14th level, you gain a feature granted by your Traveler's Path.

Beginning at level 15, twice per short rest, after successfully using intercept, you may immediately use the spell or special action you just blocked against the opponent who cast it. To do this you must make a concentration check, the DC is created by the attack you intercepted. In this very unique case you do not need to have learned the spell or special action to use it.

When you send the attack back at the caster, the attack roll, or save DC is set by your spellcasting ability.

You can not use save the queen if the attack you intercepted causes you to have a condition which restricts you from taking actions.

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.

At level 17, you've picked up a few things having experienced so much of the world in your travels. Choose two of the following background features that you do not already have, the details of which can be found on pages 125-139 of the PHB:

Acolyte, Shelter of the Faithful. For the traveler who has taken to the following of Fharlanghn, the God of Roads, horizons and travelling.

Folk Hero, Rustic Hospitality. For the traveler who has taken to the roads so that they may fight to defend troubled towns, and make their name known.

Guild Artisan, Guild Membership. For the traveler who frequents the travelers guild, and takes their job of mapping never before seen lands seriously.

Hermit, Discovery. For the traveler who has stumbled accross a great finding, or those looking to help the DM with a plot hook.

Outlander, Wanderer. For the traveler who is good at what they do.

Sage, Researcher. For the traveler seeking to learn a great magic.

Sailor, Ship's Passage. For the traveler who has earned their sea legs.

At 18th level, you gain a feature granted by your Traveler's Path.

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.

Upon reaching level 20, once per short rest, through sheer force of will to continue your journey, you gain the ability to open a doorway to another plane of your choice.

You conjure the doorway linking an unoccupied space you can see within 60 ft. to a location on a different plane of existence, the location can be as broad or precise as you determine it to be. The doorway can only be seen and used by creatures you have designated, it's size is undefined making any size creature capable of passing through. The doorway lasts 12 hours.

Deities and other planar rulers can prevent this doorway from being created in their presence.

This doorway can also be used by you to make passage to Journey's End once a year.