Dungeons & Dragons 5e Class Features : Apothecary
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Apothecary
A bespectacled man stands at an operating table, studying the dissected monstrosity resting upon the slab. The crackle of electric conductors harmonize with his arcane mumblings as he takes up his scalpels and saws. As he finishes the final stitch, the creature’s hand twitches and jolts to life once more.
Cloaked in an acid-stained heavy coat, a tall half-elf brews tinctures and tonics. Her face is concealed behind thick black goggles and a heavy breathing mask as she performs an unusual combination of herbalism, alchemy, medicine, and magic. Her mixtures bubble and boil as she muses whether the cure will be worse than the disease.
A lithe tiefling soothes a suffering patient as they draw a sample of contaminated blood. Lifting the vial to examine the liquid within, they pull upon eldritch energy to distill the sample into a pure contagion. Scribbling their findings down in a withered notebook, they add the vial to their collection of pathogens and scourges to use against their foes.
hit dice:
1d8 per level
hit points at 1st level:
8 + your Constitution modifier
hit points at higher levels:
1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per level after 1st
armor proficiencies:
light armor, medium armor
weapon proficiencies:
simple weapons, short swords, hand crossbows
tools:
any tool proficiency, plus another of your choice from the following: poisoner’s kit, herbalism kit, or alchemist’s supplies.
saving throws:
Intelligence, Wisdom
skills:
Choose two skills from Arcana, History, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, and Religion
starting equipment:
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
- a light crossbow and 20 bolts, a shortsword, or any simple weapon
- a component pouch or an arcane focus
- a scholar’s pack or a dungeoneer’s pack
- hide armor, any simple weapon, and two daggers
- a healer’s kit
spellcasting:
Your arcane research has given you facility with spells. Refer to the Core Rules for the general rules of spellcasting and the Spells Listing in this book for the apothecary spell list. Formula Book You have a book or collection of notes that you study to prepare your apothecary spells, develop your esoteric theories, and record your occult practices. You may use your formula book as an arcane focus for your apothecary spells. You may describe this book any way you like. Some examples of your book’s appearance include: h A large leatherbound tome with yellowing pages bound shut with an iron lock
Your arcane research has given you facility with spells. Refer to the Core Rules for the general rules of spellcasting and the Spells Listing in this book for the apothecary spell list. Formula Book You have a book or collection of notes that you study to prepare your apothecary spells, develop your esoteric theories, and record your occult practices. You may use your formula book as an arcane focus for your apothecary spells. You may describe this book any way you like. Some examples of your book’s appearance include: h A large leatherbound tome with yellowing pages bound shut with an iron lock
- A scattered assortment of scribbled notes loosely held together by rope
- A pristine journal with perfect edges and beautiful penmanship
- A leather briefcase with two small golden locks
- A medical bag with surgical symbols on the sides
- A beat-up satchel slung over one shoulder with vials and bottles poking out of every pocket
class features:
Occult Practices At 1st level, you take up one of the Occult Practices, a chosen discipline which defines your ongoing research of the body and spirit: the Alienist, the Chemist, the Exorcist, the Mutagenist, the Pathogenist, or the Reanimator. Your choice grants you additional proficiencies and an expanded spell list at 1st level, and additional class features at 3rd, 6th, 10th, 14th, and 18th level. Esoteric Theories You have discovered esoteric theories, scraps of forbidden lore that you can use to augment your magical abilities. At 2nd level, you gain two esoteric theories of your choice. Your theory options are detailed at the end of the class description. When you gain certain apothecary levels, you gain additional theories of your choice, as shown in the Theories Known column of the Apothecary table. Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the theories you know and replace it with another theory that you could learn at that level. Ability Score Improvement 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. Using the optional feats rule, you can forgo taking this feature to take a feat of your choice instead. Greater Formula At 11th level, you discover a magical secret called a Greater Formula. Choose one 6th-level spell from the apothecary spell list as this formula. You can cast your Greater Formula once without expending a spell slot. You must finish a long rest before you can do so again. At higher levels, you gain more apothecary spells of your choice that can be cast in this way: one 7th-level spell at 13th level, one 8th-level spell at 15th level, and one 9th-level spell at 17th level. You learn an additional 6th level spell at 19th level, and an additional 7th level spell at 20th level. You regain all uses when you finish a long rest. Master Reformulation. Whenever you finish a long rest and consult your formula book, you can replace one spell you gained from this feature with another spell of the same level from the Apothecary spell list. Miraculous Recovery At 20th level, you can spend 5 minutes channeling power into a number of creatures (which can include yourself) equal to your Intelligence modifier to facilitate an abnormally fast recovery. You must tend to the creatures during this period, using a healer’s kit with at least one use remaining. The targets regain hit points, spell slots, hit dice, and other abilities as if they completed a long rest. A creature can only benefit from one Miraculous Recovery in a 24-hour period. Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Apothecary Esoteric Theories Apothecaries develop esoteric theories during their adventures and experiments, representing their own unique synthesis of medical and occult practices. The description of each esoteric theory details the benefits you gain from selecting that theory. Some esoteric theories specify a minimum apothecary level. You can’t learn such an esoteric theory until you are at least that level. Unless an esoteric theory’s description says otherwise, you can’t learn an esoteric theory more than once. Acquired Tolerance You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you gain resistance to poison damage. In addition, you automatically succeed on saving throws against your own apothecary spells, and never take damage from your own apothecary spells. Adrenaline Surge Prerequisites: 6th-level apothecary A creature at 0 hit points who regains hit points from a spell you cast using an apothecary spell slot gains resistance to all damage and has advantage on saving throws until the end of its next turn. It gains advantage on the first attack roll it makes on its next turn. Anatomical Precision When you make a weapon attack, you can use your Intelligence modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls. Anesthesiology Prerequisites: 14th-level apothecary You can cast hold person without expending a spell slot or requiring material components. You must finish a long rest before you can use this theory on the same creature again. Bedside Manner You gain proficiency in the Insight and Persuasion skills. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of these skills. Caustic Formulae Prerequisites: 6th-level apothecary Once per turn when you deal damage to a creature or object with an apothecary spell, you can expend an apothecary spell slot to deal 2d4 extra acid damage to that target, plus another 2d4 per level of the spell slot. Clinical Conditioning Prerequisites: 6th-level apothecary You gain proficiency in Constitution saving throws. Combat Medic You gain proficiency with martial weapons and shields. Corrosive Compound Prerequisites: 6th-level apothecary When you deal poison damage with your apothecary spells, you can choose to deal half the spell’s damage as poison damage and half the spell’s damage as acid damage instead. Cosmetic Surgery You can spend 8 hours performing an occult surgical procedure upon a willing creature, permanently transforming its appearance. You decide what the creature looks like, including facial features, the sound of its voice, hair length, coloration, and distinguishing characteristics, but none of its game statistics change. You can’t alter the size of a creature, and its basic shape stays the same. The resulting transformation is non-magical, however, a greater restoration spell or similar magic cast upon the creature can restore it to its original appearance. Critical Condition Prerequisites: 6th-level apothecary When a creature rolls a natural 1 on a saving throw made against one of your apothecary spells that deals damage, roll all of the spell’s damage dice twice and add them together. Then add any relevant modifiers as normal to determine the damage that creature takes from the spell. Diagnosis You can take the Help action as a bonus action on your turn. Doctor’s Note Prerequisites: 6th-level apothecary You can cast the sending spell at-will. You must finish a long rest before you can use this theory to contact the same creature again. Double Dose Prerequisites: 10th-level apothecary When you cast an apothecary spell using an apothecary spell slot that targets a single creature and restores hit points to that creature, you can target an additional creature within range. Extracurricular Research You learn two additional cantrips of your choice from any class’s spell list. These cantrips become apothecary cantrips for you. Inoculation You have resistance to necrotic damage, and your hit point maximum can’t be reduced. In addition, you are immune to diseases. Interdisciplinary Practice Prerequisites: 14th-level apothecary When you use your action to cast a spell, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action. Laboratory Assistant You learn the spell find familiar, and always have this spell prepared. It doesn’t count against the number of apothecary spells you can prepare. Liability Insurance Prerequisites: 14th-level apothecary You can cast contingency once on yourself without material components. You can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Medical Expertise You gain proficiency in the Medicine and Nature skills. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of these skills. Medical Lexicon You learn six languages of your choice. You can cast detect poison and disease at will. Nerve Agent Prerequisites: 14th-level apothecary When you deal poison damage with your apothecary spells, you can choose to deal psychic damage instead. Noxious Blood Prerequisites: 6th-level apothecary When a creature hits you with a melee attack while within 5 feet of you, it takes poison damage equal to 1d6 + your Constitution modifier. Pharmacology When you cast a spell using an apothecary spell slot or your Greater Formula feature which restores hit points to a creature, the creature regains additional hit points equal to your Intelligence modifier. Physiological Analysis If you spend at least 1 minute observing or interacting with another creature outside combat, you can learn certain information about its physiology. The Game Master reveals to you two of the following characteristics of your choice:
Occult Practices At 1st level, you take up one of the Occult Practices, a chosen discipline which defines your ongoing research of the body and spirit: the Alienist, the Chemist, the Exorcist, the Mutagenist, the Pathogenist, or the Reanimator. Your choice grants you additional proficiencies and an expanded spell list at 1st level, and additional class features at 3rd, 6th, 10th, 14th, and 18th level. Esoteric Theories You have discovered esoteric theories, scraps of forbidden lore that you can use to augment your magical abilities. At 2nd level, you gain two esoteric theories of your choice. Your theory options are detailed at the end of the class description. When you gain certain apothecary levels, you gain additional theories of your choice, as shown in the Theories Known column of the Apothecary table. Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the theories you know and replace it with another theory that you could learn at that level. Ability Score Improvement 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. Using the optional feats rule, you can forgo taking this feature to take a feat of your choice instead. Greater Formula At 11th level, you discover a magical secret called a Greater Formula. Choose one 6th-level spell from the apothecary spell list as this formula. You can cast your Greater Formula once without expending a spell slot. You must finish a long rest before you can do so again. At higher levels, you gain more apothecary spells of your choice that can be cast in this way: one 7th-level spell at 13th level, one 8th-level spell at 15th level, and one 9th-level spell at 17th level. You learn an additional 6th level spell at 19th level, and an additional 7th level spell at 20th level. You regain all uses when you finish a long rest. Master Reformulation. Whenever you finish a long rest and consult your formula book, you can replace one spell you gained from this feature with another spell of the same level from the Apothecary spell list. Miraculous Recovery At 20th level, you can spend 5 minutes channeling power into a number of creatures (which can include yourself) equal to your Intelligence modifier to facilitate an abnormally fast recovery. You must tend to the creatures during this period, using a healer’s kit with at least one use remaining. The targets regain hit points, spell slots, hit dice, and other abilities as if they completed a long rest. A creature can only benefit from one Miraculous Recovery in a 24-hour period. Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Apothecary Esoteric Theories Apothecaries develop esoteric theories during their adventures and experiments, representing their own unique synthesis of medical and occult practices. The description of each esoteric theory details the benefits you gain from selecting that theory. Some esoteric theories specify a minimum apothecary level. You can’t learn such an esoteric theory until you are at least that level. Unless an esoteric theory’s description says otherwise, you can’t learn an esoteric theory more than once. Acquired Tolerance You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you gain resistance to poison damage. In addition, you automatically succeed on saving throws against your own apothecary spells, and never take damage from your own apothecary spells. Adrenaline Surge Prerequisites: 6th-level apothecary A creature at 0 hit points who regains hit points from a spell you cast using an apothecary spell slot gains resistance to all damage and has advantage on saving throws until the end of its next turn. It gains advantage on the first attack roll it makes on its next turn. Anatomical Precision When you make a weapon attack, you can use your Intelligence modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls. Anesthesiology Prerequisites: 14th-level apothecary You can cast hold person without expending a spell slot or requiring material components. You must finish a long rest before you can use this theory on the same creature again. Bedside Manner You gain proficiency in the Insight and Persuasion skills. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of these skills. Caustic Formulae Prerequisites: 6th-level apothecary Once per turn when you deal damage to a creature or object with an apothecary spell, you can expend an apothecary spell slot to deal 2d4 extra acid damage to that target, plus another 2d4 per level of the spell slot. Clinical Conditioning Prerequisites: 6th-level apothecary You gain proficiency in Constitution saving throws. Combat Medic You gain proficiency with martial weapons and shields. Corrosive Compound Prerequisites: 6th-level apothecary When you deal poison damage with your apothecary spells, you can choose to deal half the spell’s damage as poison damage and half the spell’s damage as acid damage instead. Cosmetic Surgery You can spend 8 hours performing an occult surgical procedure upon a willing creature, permanently transforming its appearance. You decide what the creature looks like, including facial features, the sound of its voice, hair length, coloration, and distinguishing characteristics, but none of its game statistics change. You can’t alter the size of a creature, and its basic shape stays the same. The resulting transformation is non-magical, however, a greater restoration spell or similar magic cast upon the creature can restore it to its original appearance. Critical Condition Prerequisites: 6th-level apothecary When a creature rolls a natural 1 on a saving throw made against one of your apothecary spells that deals damage, roll all of the spell’s damage dice twice and add them together. Then add any relevant modifiers as normal to determine the damage that creature takes from the spell. Diagnosis You can take the Help action as a bonus action on your turn. Doctor’s Note Prerequisites: 6th-level apothecary You can cast the sending spell at-will. You must finish a long rest before you can use this theory to contact the same creature again. Double Dose Prerequisites: 10th-level apothecary When you cast an apothecary spell using an apothecary spell slot that targets a single creature and restores hit points to that creature, you can target an additional creature within range. Extracurricular Research You learn two additional cantrips of your choice from any class’s spell list. These cantrips become apothecary cantrips for you. Inoculation You have resistance to necrotic damage, and your hit point maximum can’t be reduced. In addition, you are immune to diseases. Interdisciplinary Practice Prerequisites: 14th-level apothecary When you use your action to cast a spell, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action. Laboratory Assistant You learn the spell find familiar, and always have this spell prepared. It doesn’t count against the number of apothecary spells you can prepare. Liability Insurance Prerequisites: 14th-level apothecary You can cast contingency once on yourself without material components. You can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Medical Expertise You gain proficiency in the Medicine and Nature skills. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of these skills. Medical Lexicon You learn six languages of your choice. You can cast detect poison and disease at will. Nerve Agent Prerequisites: 14th-level apothecary When you deal poison damage with your apothecary spells, you can choose to deal psychic damage instead. Noxious Blood Prerequisites: 6th-level apothecary When a creature hits you with a melee attack while within 5 feet of you, it takes poison damage equal to 1d6 + your Constitution modifier. Pharmacology When you cast a spell using an apothecary spell slot or your Greater Formula feature which restores hit points to a creature, the creature regains additional hit points equal to your Intelligence modifier. Physiological Analysis If you spend at least 1 minute observing or interacting with another creature outside combat, you can learn certain information about its physiology. The Game Master reveals to you two of the following characteristics of your choice:
- Any one ability score
- Armor Class
- Current hit points
- Resistances (if any)
- Immunities (if any)
- Vulnerabilities (if any)
subclass options:
Alienist, Chemist, Exorcist, Mutagenist, Pathogenist, Reanimator
Alienist, Chemist, Exorcist, Mutagenist, Pathogenist, Reanimator
| Level | Proficiency Bonus | Features | Cantrips Known | Spell Slots | Slot Level | Theories Known |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +2 | Apothecary Magic, Occult Practice | 3 | 1 | 1st | – |
| 2 | +2 | Esoteric Theories | 3 | 2 | 1st | 2 |
| 3 | +2 | Occult Practice Feature | 3 | 2 | 2nd | 2 |
| 4 | +2 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 2 | 2nd | 3 |
| 5 | +3 | - | 4 | 3 | 3rd | 3 |
| 6 | +3 | Occult Practice Feature | 4 | 3 | 3rd | 4 |
| 7 | +3 | - | 4 | 3 | 4th | 4 |
| 8 | +3 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 3 | 4th | 5 |
| 9 | +4 | - | 4 | 4 | 5th | 5 |
| 10 | +4 | Occult Practice Feature | 5 | 4 | 5th | 6 |
| 11 | +4 | Greater Formula (6th) | 5 | 4 | 5th | 6 |
| 12 | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 5 | 4 | 5th | 7 |
| 13 | +5 | Greater Formula (7th) | 5 | 5 | 5th | 7 |
| 14 | +5 | Occult Practice Feature | 5 | 5 | 5th | 8 |
| 15 | +5 | Greater Formula (8th) | 5 | 5 | 5th | 8 |
| 16 | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 5 | 5 | 5th | 9 |
| 17 | +6 | Greater Formula (9th) | 5 | 6 | 5th | 9 |
| 18 | +6 | Occult Practice Feature | 5 | 6 | 5th | 10 |
| 19 | +6 | Ability Score Improvement; Additional Greater Formula (6th) | 5 | 6 | 5th | 10 |
| 20 | +6 | Miraculous Recovery, Additional Greater Formula (7th) | 5 | 6 | 5th | 11 |
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