Deckmancer

An event in your past, or in the life of a parent or ancestor, imprinted you with the Blue King's Blessing, enabling you to cast cards from a deck of Crossovers. This blessing, whatever its cause, permits you access to the art of deckmancy. See chapter 1 for the general rules of cardcasting and chapter 2 for the deckmancer card list.

Choose a deck archetype, which describes your deckmancer playstyle, from the list of available archetypes.

Your choice grants you features when you choose it at 1st level and again at 6th, 14th, and 18th level.

At 2nd level, you tap into a deep wellspring of dark elixir. This dark elixir allows you to perform a variety of special actions.

At 3rd level, you gain the ability to adjust certain properties of your deck and the cards within on the fly to suit your needs. You gain two of the following Rigged Deck options of your choice. You gain another one at 10th and 17th level.

You can use only one Rigged Deck option on a card when you play it, unless otherwise noted.

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.

At 4th level, your awareness of the evolving meta of your environment allows you to replace cards in your deck whenever you take a rest, one card for every hour rested.

At 5th level, you can tap into your inner wellspring of dark elixir to try to conjure success from failure. When you make an ability check that fails, you can spend 1 dark elixir to reroll the d20, and you must use the new roll, potentially turning the failure into a success.

At 6th level, you gain a feature granted by your deck archetype.

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 10th level, you learn an additional rigged deck option.

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.

At 14th level, you gain a feature granted by your deck archetype.

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 17th level, you learn an additional rigged deck option.

At 18th level, you gain a feature granted by your deck archetype.

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, you regain 4 expended dark elixir whenever you finish a short rest.