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Wizard

Wizards are supreme magic-users, defined and united as a class by the spells they cast. Drawing on the subtle weave of magic that permeates the cosmos, wizards cast spells of explosive fire, arcing lightning, subtle deception, brute-force mind control, and much more.

hit dice: 1d6 per Wizard level

hit points at 1st level: 6 + Constitution modifier

hit points at higher levels: 1d6 + Constitution modifier per Wizard level after 1st

armor proficiencies: None

weapon proficiencies: Daggers, Darts, Slings, Quarterstaffs, Light Crossbows

tools: None

saving throws: Intelligence, Wisdom

skills: Choose two from Arcana, History, Insight, Investigation, Medicine, and Religion

starting equipment:
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

(a) a quarterstaff or (b) a dagger

(a) a component pouch or (b) an arcane focus

(a) a scholar's pack or (b) an explorer's pack

A spellbook

spellcasting:

class features:

Level	Proficiency	Features	Cantrip	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1	+2	Spellcasting, Arcane Recovery	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	+2	Schools of the Wizards	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	+2	Cantrip Formulas	4	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	+2	Ability Score Improvement	5	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	+3		5	4	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	+3	School Feature	5	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	+3		5	4	4	4	2	-	-	-	-	-
8	+3	Ability Score Improvement	5	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-
9	+4		5	4	4	4	4	2	-	-	-	-
10	+4	School Feature	6	4	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	-
11	+4		6	4	4	4	4	4	1	-	-	-
12	+4	Ability Score Improvement	6	4	4	4	4	4	2	-	-	-
13	+5		6	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	-	-
14	+5	School Feature	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	-	-
15	+5		6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	-
16	+5	Ability Score Improvement	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	-
17	+6		6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1
18	+6	Spell Mastery	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2
19	+6	Ability Score Improvement	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
20	+6	Signature Spells	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Spellcasting

As a student of arcane magic, you have a spellbook containing spells that show the first glimmerings of your true power.

Cantrips

At 1st level, you know three cantrips of your choice from the wizard spell list. You learn additional wizard cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Wizard table.

Spellbook

At 1st level, you have a spellbook containing six 1st-level wizard spells of your choice. The spells that you add to your spellbook as you gain levels reflect the arcane research you conduct on your own, as well as intellectual breakthroughs you have had about the nature of the multiverse. You might find other spells during your adventures. You could discover a spell recorded on a scroll in an evil wizard's chest, for example, or in a dusty tome in an ancient library. Copying a Spell into the Book. When you find a wizard spell of 1st level or higher, you can add it to your spellbook if it is of a level for which you have spell slots and if you can spare the time to decipher and copy it. Copying a spell into your spellbook involves reproducing the basic form of the spell, then deciphering the unique system of notation used by the wizard who wrote it. You must practice the spell until you understand the sounds or gestures required, then transcribe it into your spellbook using your own notation.

Replacing the Book. You can copy a spell from your own spellbook into another book-for example, if you want to make a backup copy of your spellbook. This is just like copying a new spell into your spellbook, but faster and easier since you understand your own notation and already know how to cast the spell. If you lose your spellbook, you can use the same procedure to transcribe the spells that you have prepared into a new spellbook. Filling out the remainder of your spellbook requires you to find new spells to do so, as normal. For this reason, many wizards keep backup spellbooks in a safe place. The Book's Appearance. Your spellbook is a unique compilation of spells, with its own decorative flourishes and margin notes. It might be a plain, functional leather volume that you received as a gift from your master, a finely bound gilt-edged tome you found in an ancient library or even a loose collection of notes scrounged together after you lost your previous spellbook in a mishap.

Preparing and Casting Spells

The Wizard table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your 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 regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest. You prepare the list of wizard spells that are available for you to cast. To do so, choose a number of wizard spells from your spellbook equal to your Intelligence modifier + your wizard level (minimum of one spell). The spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. Casting the spell doesn't remove it from your list of prepared spells. You can change your list of prepared spells when you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list of wizard spells requires time spent studying your spellbook and memorizing the incantations and gestures you must make to cast the spell: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list.

Spellcasting Ability

Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your wizard spells since you learn your spells through dedicated study and memorization. You 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

Ritual Casting

You can cast a wizard spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell in your spellbook. You don't need to have the spell prepared.

Spellcasting Focus

You can use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus for your wizard spells.

Learning Spells of 1st Level and Higher

Each time you gain a wizard level, you can add two wizard spells of your choice to your spellbook. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots, as shown on the Wizard table. On your adventures, you might find other spells that you can add to your spellbook.

Arcane Recovery

You have learned to regain some of your magical energy by studying your spellbook. Once per day when you finish a short rest, you can choose expended spell slots to recover. The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less than half your wizard level (rounded up), and none of the slots can be 6th level or higher. For example, if you're a 4th-level wizard, you can recover up to two levels worth of spell slots. You can recover either a 2nd-level spell slot or two 1st-level spell slots.

Cantrip Formulas

At 3rd level, you have scribed a set of arcane formulas in your spellbook that you can use to formulate a cantrip in your mind. Whenever you finish a long rest and consult those formulas in your spellbook, you can replace one wizard cantrip you know with another cantrip from the wizard spell list.

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.

Spell Mastery

At 18th level, you have achieved such mastery over certain spells that you can cast them at will. Choose a 1st-level wizard spell and a 2nd-level wizard spell that are in your spellbook. You can cast those spells at their lowest level without expending a spell slot when you have them prepared. If you want to cast either spell at a higher level, you must expend a spell slot as normal. By spending 8 hours in study, you can exchange one or both of the spells you chose for different spells of the same levels.

Signature Spells

When you reach 20th level, you gain mastery over two powerful spells and can cast them with little effort. Choose two 3rd-level wizard spells in your spellbook as your signature spells. You always have these spells prepared, they don't count against the number of spells you have prepared, and you can cast each of them once at 3rd level without expending a spell slot. When you do so, you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest. If you want to cast either spell at a higher level, you must expend a spell slot as normal.

subclass options:

Schools of the Wizards

When you reach 2nd level, you choose an arcane tradition, shaping your practice of magic through one of the following schools. Your choice grants you features at 2nd level and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level.

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Lord Mcberry.

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Dungeons & Dragons 5e

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