Bonding Magic

1st-level Familiar feature

Your familiar magic allows you to form mystical connections with othher creatures. It is through these attachments that your magic flows to your allies.

As an action, you may touch a willing creature within 5 feet of you. This creature is considered bonded to you until you become separated from it by more then 5 feet, you become incapacitated, or until the beginning of your next turn; whichever happens first. You may only be bonded to one creature at a time and you cannot bond to another familiar. You may choose to continue the bond, without the need to touch the target, as an action at the beginning of each of your subsequent turns.

Once per round, whenever your bonded creature takes an action that deals damage to another creature, you may choose to empower your ally in order to increase the damage. Choose a creature damaged by your bonded target. That creature takes an extra 1d8 damage. This damage is increased by an additional 1d8 for every other level in this class as shown on the Bonding Damage on the Familiar Class Table.

Transfer Vitality

1st-level Familiar feature

As a bonus action, you can expend one of your hit dice in order to roll 1d4. Your bonded creature regains hit points equal to four times the number rolled. You may expend as many hit dice as you wish this way using a single bonus action.

At 11th level, the hit points regained instead becomes five times the number rolled. In addition, when you apply this healing you can also choose to remove one disease or one condition afflicting the bonded creature. The condition can be blinded, deafened, paralyzed, or poisoned.

Soothing Presence

2nd-level Familiar feature

When you take a short rest, you can choose up to 5 other creatures who are also taking a short rest. Each of these creatures can spend one or more hit dice as part of the short rest regain additional hit points equal to your level in this class.

You regain hit points equal to twice your level in the class whenever you finish a short rest.

Familiar Form

2nd-level Familiar feature

The type of familiar you are dictates what kind of wonderous abilities you possess. Choose from Pseudodragon, Pixie, and Animal Familiar, all detailed at the end of the class description. Your familiar form grands you additional racial features, as well as class features at 2nd level and then again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level.

Support Paragon

3rd-level Familiar feature

You can use the Help action as a bonus action. Additionally, when you use the Help action to aid an ally in attacking a creature, the target of that attack can be within 30 feet of you, rather then within 5 feet of you, if that target can see or hear you.

Expertise

3rd-level Familiar feature

Choose two of you skill proficiencies. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.

Ability Score Improvement

4th-level Familiar feature

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 about 20using this feature.

Blink Shield

5th-level Familiar feature

You can focus your energies when the need is great in order to quickly shield your allies from harm. Whenever a willing creature within 30 feet of you that you can see takes damage from a source that you can also see, you may use your reaction in order to magically teleport to the creature if you are not already touching it, form a bond with that creature if you weren't already bonded with it, and halve the damage it would have otherwise taken.

You can only use your reaction this way while already bonded with a creature, and you can only do so a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. You regain all expended uses of it when you finish a short rest.

At 9th level, the target creature also gains an amount of temporary hit points equal to your Familiar level when you use this reaction. The temporary hit points are applied before the damage is dealt.

Power Surge

7th-level Familiar feature

As a bonus action, you can blast your bonded creature with energy in order to push them beyond their limits. Your bonded creature gains an extra action on its next turn. This extra action may not be used to cast a spell of 3rd level or higher.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short rest before you can use it again. Starting at 18th level, you can use it twice per short rest.

Life Ward

9th-level Familiar feature

If your bonded creature falls to 0 hit points, you can make a DC 10 (Charisma is Pseudodragon or Pixie, and Intelligence if Animal Familiar) saving throw. If you succeed, your bonded target instead drops to 1 hit point

Each time you use this feature, the DC increases by 5. When you finish a short rest, the DC resets to 10.

Bonded Cover

11th-level Familiar feature

While bonded to a creature, whenever you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half if you fail.

Dispelling Touch

13th-level Familiar feature

You can use a bonus action to end one spell currently active on your bonded creature. You can activate this feature an amount of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Ultimate Sacrifice

15th-level Familiar feature

If your bonded creature dies, you may choose to instead sacrifice your life as a reaction to save theirs. You die, but in exchange your bonded creature is returned to life with half their hit points and gains resistance to all damage for 1 minute. This feature restores the creature's body back to how it was at the beginning of the current turn. However, it can't return to life a creature that has died of old age.

Coordinated Combat

17th-level Familiar feature

Attack rolls amde against your bonded creature cannot be made with advantage. Whenever your bonded creature makes a dexterity saving throw, they do so with advantage.

Restore Energy

20th-level Familiar feature

Once per day, you can spend a use of your Power Surge feature in order to immediately grant your bonded creature the benefits of a short rest.

Familiar Forms

Familiars come in all shapes and sizes. Your options are Pseudodragon, Pixie, and Animal Familiar as presented below.

Pseudodragon

Pseudodragons are intelligent, tiny-sizzed dragons that spend their days entertaining themselves through games and tricks, sometimes at the expense of others. They are natural tricksters who use their powerful venom to incapacitate creatures, before leaving them paralyzed in funny or embarrassing poses.

A pseudodragon spends much of its life attempting to find a creature to bond with, but is fairly picky with who they choose. A pseudodragon typically wishes to only bond with one creature at a time, and will not bond with another until the creature dies. This is not a magical contract, neither a service nor a tutelage; this is a bond of friendship made by equals. A pseudodragon is never a pet.

A pseudodragon does not see itself as a pet and hates to be called one, but loves to be treated like one. They love to be pampered, to be called cute names, to be pampered, to be called cute names, to be scratched and attended. Most pseudodragons are mushy and emotional, using animal sounds to show their mood, such as a purr when content, or a hiss when upset.

As a pseudodragon, you have the following additional racial traits:
Form. Your lizard-like body possesses dragon-like wings, a long tail that ends in a stinger, and scales that camouflage with the environment.
Creature Type. You are a Dragon.
Age. Pseudodragons mature quickly but don't live long. They can live from 10 to 15 years.
Alignment. Pseudodragons are naturally playful and sweet, and seek to beond with parners that share this mindset with them. They love to pamper and be pampered, and positive words of affirmation are the greatest gift they can receive. As such, they are typically neutral good.
Size. With a 1-foot long body and a 2-foot long tail, pseudodragons weigh approximately 7 pounds. Your size is Tiny.
Darkvision. Your draconic body grants your superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern colour in darkness, only shades of grey.
See Invisibility. You can cast the spell See Invisibility a number of times per day equal to your proficiency bonus.
Limited Telepathy. You can magically communicate simple ideas, emotions, and images telepathically with any creature within 100 feet of you that can understand a language
Speed. You have a walking speed of 15 feet and a flying speed of 30 feet.
Languages. You do not know how to read or write, and you cannot speak. However, you can understand Common and Draconic.

Pseudodragon Class Features

As a pseudodragon, you have the following class features:

Poison Sting

2nd-level Pseudodragon feature

You gain a natural weapon attack in the form of a sting which delivers a powerful poison. The sting attack can use your strength or dexterity for the attack roll (your choice). An enemy struck by the sting takes 1 piercing damage and must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier) or become poisoned for 1 hour. If the creatures has a challenge rating or character level equal or less then half your familiar level (rounded down), then the creatures instead becomes poisoned for 24 hours and falls unconscious while poisoned.

If the creature would be surprised by the attack, you may roll a Dexterity (Stealth) check instead of an attack roll; contested against the target's passive Wisdom (Perception). If you succeed, the sting attack automatically hits and the target is not made aware of your presence in spite of the action

A creature that passes its saving throw against your poison becoes immune to its effects for 24 hours. You may onl prooduce this poison a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses of it when you finish a short rest.

Shared Health

6th-level Pseudodragon feature

Whenever your bonded creature takes damage, you may choose to take that damage instead, so long as the damage wouldn't drop your hit points down to 0.

The damage that you take through this feature cannot be reduced in any way, unless it is through the Spell Resistance Pseudodragon feature. You cannot activate this feature on the same turn you use your Blink Shield feature.

Spell Resistance

10th-level Pseudodragon feature

You have resistance against all damage dealt from spells.

Draconic Vitality

14th-level Pseudodragon feature

At the beginning of each of your turns, you regenerate a number of hit points equal to 1d8 + your Charisma modifier as long as you don't have more then half your hit points remaining and you are not at 0 hit points.

Pixie

Pixies are tiny fey creatures that live hidden in their forests from the rest of the world. Their society resembles that of humans and elves, with houses, farms, entertainment, and even similar clothing; but as if everything has been shrunk to a fifth of it's size.

They are extremely curious about other creatures and feel an overwhelming desire to explore and learn, however most of them don't for fear of being attacked thanks to their small size. Thankfully, many pixies have the magical ability to become invisible at will which allows them to satiate their curiosity without being in danger.

Pixies produce their magic thanks to the naturally occurring pixie dust that their bodies (mostly their wings) produce, which looks like a shower of glitter and sparkles. This dust can produce all manner of wonders, from turning creatures invisible, to granting them the power of flight, to even confusing enemies or creating realistic illusions. Only pixies know how to properly utilize pixie dust however, and attempts by other creatures to tap into its magic often results in mayhem.

As a pixie, you have the following additional racial traits:
Form. A pixie looks like a diminutive elf, but with proportionally longer ears and gossamer wings.
Creature Type. You are a Fey.
Age. Many rules are broken in the realms of the fey, but on the material plane a pixie can live for up to 300 years.
Alignment. Pixies are good-natured beings, and thoroughly enjoy judging others according to their own standards. An evil creature might be pranked relentlessly by a pixie out of all its belongings, while a good creature might be rewarded with treasure or magic. Pixies are typically neutral good.
Size. Pixies range between 1 o 2 feet in height, and can weigh from 5 to 15 pounds. Your size is Tiny.
Gift of the Forest. you know the Druidcraft and Dancing Lights cantrips.
Fey Race. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.
Speed. You have a walking speed of 10 feet and a flying speed of 30 feet.
Languages. You know how to read, write, and speak common and sylvan.

Pixie Class Features

As a pixie, you have the following class features:

Fey Magic

2nd-level Pixie feature

The wonderous, and often chaotic, magic of the fey courses through your veins, allowing you to innately produce spells to confound those who hurt your friends. Starting at 2nd level and again at 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, and 14th levels you gain access to certain spells as shown in the Fey Magic table below. You can cast each of these spells once per long rest without the need for spell Slots

Fey Magic Table

You can recast a spent spell by instead spending the usage of another spell of its same spell level or hight. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells. You carry a small bag which holds carefully prepared faerie dust mixed with magic, which you use instead of material components for these spells. If the bag is lost of otherwise destroyed, you cannot cast any spell that requires material components until you recreate your bag, which takes 8 hours of work.

Superior Invisibility

2nd-level Pixie feature

As an action, you can magically turn invisible until your concentration ends (as if concentrating on a spell). Anything you are wearing or carrying is invisible as long as it is on your person.

Pixie Dust

6th-level Pixie feature

You can choose to expend a usage of one of your Fey Magic spells in order to create one dose of pixie dust. The dose of pixie dust lasts for 24 hours or until used on a creature. The pixie dust has two uses:

As an action, you can sprinkle this dust on yourself or another creature within 5 feet of you. The creature gains a flying speed of 30 feet and the ability ot hover for 1 minute. If the creature is airborne when this effect ends, it falls safely to the ground, taking no damage and landing on its feet.

As an action, you can blow this dust onto another creature within 5 feet of you. If blown by a pixie, then roll twice on the Wild Magic Surge table (PHB'14 p.104) and then pick one of the two effects; otherwise you roll once on the table. The effect takes place centered on the target creature as if they were the source of the wild magic surge. On a roll of 99-100, instead of what it says on the table, the pixie immediately regains the usage of one spend Fey Magic spell of their choice. Then roll again on the table.

Hidden Paths

10th-level Pixie Feature

You can spend a bonus action to teleport both you and your bonded creature to an unoccupied space up to 30 feet in any direction. You can use this feature a number of times up to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.

Faerie's Perception

14th-level Pixie feature

Your boned creature becomes immune to charm and fear effects. In addition, while bonded with a creature, both you and the bonded creature have advantage on ability checks and saving throws made to see through illusions, and become immune against effects that would magically confuse you (such as the Confusion spell or the confusing gaze of umber hulks).

Animal Familiar

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The universe is filled with spirits which yearn for life and purpose. Some are sent to the mortal world from the heavens as emissaries from gods while others are granted physical shape through magic and spells. Animal familiars are such spirits, summoned into existence for a purpose which they must fulfil to the best of their abilities; taking on the animal shape which best conforms to the personality of the spirit.

An animal familiar strives to complete its goals and find meaning in existence by achieving those goals. An animal familiar is not a slave, however, and will not suffer abuse, nor will it work to fulfil an aim it itself does not agree with. When a spellcaster uses magic to call for a spirit, such as with the find familiar spell, the magic uses the personality of the caster to search for a like-minded spirit to summon, which helps prevent dissimilar personalities between the two.

Without adventures, quests, or tasks to complete, an animal familiar grows depressed and irritable. If left without purpose for too long, many animal familiars seek to recontextualize old tasks in order to give themselves more to work on, building upon an already completed project out of desperation. If left unfulfilled by such endeavours, it will attempt to sever the magic that binds it so that it may seek another master in some other world.

As an animal familiar, you have the following additional racial traits:
Form.You are a spirit that has taken a physical form which resembles an animal. Your form can be that of any animal provided you follow the size restrictions as described belo. For all intents and purposes, other than what is explained below, your biology conforms exactly to that of the animal you have choses as your vessel.
Creature Type.You are a Beast.
In collaboration with the DM your type may also be Celestia, Fey, or Fiend, or something else, depending on the nature of your familar.
Age. You spiritual essence is immortal, however your physical vessel is not. You take on the life expectancy of whichever animal you assimilate, multiplied by three.
Alignment. Your personality and ethics are shaped by the nature of the animal which your form takes. For example a cat might be prideful, a snake deceitful, an owl logical, etc.
These are based of the steriotypes of the animals and don't reflect the nature of the actual animals.
Size. Your creature must be Tiny, which means you may not be larger then two and a half feet or smaller then half a foot.
False Appearance. You are visually indistinguishable from a normal animal. If your spirit vessel showcases magical traits (such as glowing eyes), you are able to dismiss them momentarily in order to look like a mundane version of your animal shape.
Speed. You have a walking speed of 30 feet as long as your animal vessel has legs.
Languages. You speek Common and a language of your choice from those your summoner speaks.
Variable Features. You have been granted a corporeal form in the shape of a beast. Depending on the nature of your vessel, choose two traits that best represent your shape and abilities.

Variable Feature Table

Animal Familiar Class Features

As an animal familiar, you have the following class features:

Spellcasting

2nd-level Animal Familiar features

Your spirit vessel is augmented with the ability to cast spells.
Cantrips. You learn two cantrips of your choice from the Wizard spell list. You gain an additional cantrip at 10th level.
Spell Slots. The Animal Familiar spellcasting table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your wizard spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell's level or higher. You gain all expended spell slots when you finishing a long rest.
Spells Known of 1st-Level and Higher. You know two 1st-level wizard spells of your choice.
The spells known column of the Animal Familiar spellcasting table shows when you learn more wizard spells of 1st level of higher.
Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of the wizard spells you know with another spell of your choice from the wizard spell list. The new spell must be of a level for which you have spell slots.
Spellcasting Ability. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your wizard spells, since you learn your spells through study and memorization. You can use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a wizard spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

• Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier
• Spell attack modifier = Your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier

Bound Grimoire. Your known spells are stored within a magical book called a grimoire, that is bound to your spirit. The book normally resides in an extra dimensional plane, which you can summon and unsummon at will as an action. When summoned, it levitates and follows you around at a range of 5 feet. the book reconstitutes over the course of 24 hours in its extradimentional plane if it is ever destroyed.
you can copy a spell of 1st level or higher from a spellbook or a spellscroll into your grimoire. For each level of the spell, the tprocess takes 2 hours and costs 50 gp. Whenever you copy a spell into your grimoire this way, you must erase a different spell from it. You can't ever have more spells in your grimoire than your spells known as shown on the Animal Familiar class table.

Fast Cast

2nd-level Animal Familiar feature

As part of the action you take to either bond to a creature or maintain a current bond, you may also cast a spell of a 1st level or higher.

Soul-Linked

6th-level Animal Familiar feature

Wizard spells you cast that target you also target your bonded creature. These spells must be of 1st level or higher, must be from the Abjuration, Illusion, or Transmutation school of magic, and must have a range of self without having an area of effect. If the spell requires concentration, you can hold concentration for both targets as a single effect.

Transfer Energy

6th-level Animal Familiar feature

When you finish a short rest, you may target another creature within 30 feet of you. You infuse the creature with a portion of your innate spiritual energy, granting them the ability to restore spend spell slots. The restored spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less then half your Familiar levels (rounded up), and none of the slots can be of 6th level or higher. Once you use this feature, you cannot do so again until you finish a long rest.

Calming Presence

10th-level Animal Familiar feature

Your concentration cannot be broken as a result of taking damage. If bonded to a creature, their concentration cannot be broken as a result of taking damage.

Absorb Magic

14th-level Animal Familiar feature

In times of great need, you have learned how to siphon magical power to enhance your own spellcasting ability.

Whenever you cast a spell of 1st level or higher during your turn, you may choose to use one of your bonded creature's unspent spell slots rather then your own, so long as they are willing. If you cast a spell of 4th level or higher this way, you may not deal damage through your Bonding Magic feature until the beginning of your next turn.

You may also attempt to absorb magic from spells direct at you. Whenever you or your bonded creature are targeted by a spell, you can attempt to negate it as a reaction by succeeding an ability check using your Spellcasting ability. The DC equals 10 + the spell's level. On a success, the spell is negated and you regain a number of spell slots with combined levels up to the level of the spell negated. Once you succeed in negating a spell using this feature, you may not do so again until you finish a long rest.