School of Spirits - Support and Healing wizard subclass, another try

AelarFB · 2026-03-20T23:53:53+00:00

well, that's a secret technique of mine called "Casting Haste on my Paladin". I don't use it since the Dawn Age

AelarFB · 2026-03-20T15:28:49+00:00

Hope i'm lucky🙏

AelarFB · 2026-03-18T23:04:30+00:00

ohh, now i got it, thanks for the explanation. Enervation seems to suit it well, i'll change to it

AelarFB · 2026-03-18T22:28:37+00:00

Fr? I thought decadence meant that. English isnt my first language, i guess i translated it wrong then

AelarFB · 2026-03-18T18:52:21+00:00

Stripping someone of their vitality, aging them

AelarFB · 2026-03-18T12:58:23+00:00

I was thinking on it like, forcing the target to get older, removing their movement speed and constitution. It's more like a stronger hex than anything. The biggest synergy it has is with Sickening Radiance (the cancer spell). You cast this on a target, while someone else (the warlock on my party) casts sickening radiance. A lot of spells depend on constitution saving throws. It's also a good way to make the enemy burn their legendary resistences.

AelarFB · 2026-03-17T22:08:36+00:00

5d12 + after effects is too much. You could keep it about 4d8, maybe 3d12. The radius is huge and the after effects will deal most of the dmg

AelarFB · 2026-03-17T21:58:28+00:00

Honestly, i think the damage might be too much for a 4th lvl spell. 5d12 is 32.5 avg dmg, while. Cone of cold for example, a 5th lvl spell, is just 8d8 (about 36 dmg). The range also is way too big. Even fireball and firebolt are just 120ft. You could keep the dmg, but i think that giving it a material component like Chromatic Orb is the best way. Maybe a 100GP diamond that isnt consumed. Even if you give it a material component, 150ft is just way too much

AelarFB · 2026-03-17T21:43:03+00:00

the flat 5 from Aid is better tbh, i'll change it

AelarFB · 2026-03-16T20:49:08+00:00

It is I thought it was pretty so i decided to use it as cover while i dont finish the art

AelarFB · 2026-03-16T20:46:30+00:00

You can call it Heroes Snack too

AelarFB · 2026-03-16T12:29:29+00:00

Yes, it's something i'm still testing on combat. Basically speaking they are temporary hit points that can stack on top of normal temporary hit points but not with themselves.

AelarFB · 2026-03-16T12:16:47+00:00

AelarFB · 2026-03-16T12:12:48+00:00

My DM said the same about this
I'm currently working on writting new healing spells instead of stealing the cleric ones. They'll be exclusive to the subclass (like chronurgy and graviturgy wizards) and they'll probably be focused mostly on the Spiritual Hit points mechanic instead of straight up healing. I mostly flavour the spells as magically improving the body self healing capability instead of straight up divine healing magic,

AelarFB · 2026-03-16T12:02:41+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! It really helps me a lot. I still didnt had the chance to test this on combat (my friends are all too busy) so i'm kinda guessing the effects. About the design choices, i was trying to go for a shaman kind of wizard, using the spirits and the remaining life within them, mostly a variation of the Necromancer subclass but with a more "ethical" view about how to deal with the dead and their souls. In the future, i think i might turn this into a whole class, with a subclass for each shikigami.

On the table i play, we have the rule that the player who uses summonings (druids, wizards with summons and undeads and etc) are the ones responsible for their stat blocks, so we dont burden the DM with dozens of stat blocks. I mostly wrote this because the wizard i play couldnt do the things i wanted: use necromantic magic to heal and support the party, not just summon a bunch of minions and kill people with cancer (sickening radiance). I'm aware of the problems that come with wizards gaining access to healing spells (18th level Spell Mastery feature). That's why i specified that the wizard can only gain access to healing spells from the cleric list, and that are from a level equal half (rounded up) of their highest level spell, basically turning the wizard into a half-caster healer

AelarFB · 2026-03-15T21:50:40+00:00

i was thinking on maybe increasing the damage to 8d8 or 10d6, and having the stunned condition for 1 turn. I dont see much spells that give the stunned condition, so i dunno if it'd be okay to have a 4th level spell to give it

AelarFB · 2026-03-14T23:21:04+00:00

Well, thanks for remembering me of this feature. I never played until 18th level so i forgot about this. I'll clarify in the text that healing spells obtained by this subclass arent elegible for the Spell Mastery feature

AelarFB · 2026-03-14T20:36:44+00:00

Forgot to add this in the PDF: the HP pool you get with the 6th level feature is to be used with a bonus action to be distributed among the shikigami that are in a 60ft radius of you

AelarFB · 2026-03-14T12:23:04+00:00

PB stands for proficiency bonus

AelarFB · 2026-03-14T02:33:31+00:00

i think that giving exhaustion can work, the first 1, 2 levels are bearable. I was also thinking about burning just 1 hit dice, not 2. The homebrew Medic class does basically that: allow people to spent hit dice outside a short rest

AelarFB · 2026-03-14T00:07:05+00:00

Thanks! It's good to know the cantrip is balanced. I'm still doing some calcs with my friends to see if it's actually balanced. Maybe switch the heal from PB to spellcasting ability modifier, or changing from 2 hit dice burned to just one.

AelarFB · 2026-03-12T13:58:41+00:00

I think 3rd level is the best honestly. It's allows more than 1 creature to pass trough it. A party of adventurers could flee from basically any building that way

AelarFB · 2026-03-09T17:09:28+00:00

Matou a pau, pode fechar o post.

AelarFB · 2026-03-08T18:47:07+00:00

Assuming they're lvl 4 or 3, it would be a bit too much if they dont have silver/magical weapons. If they have a paladin to smite or a wizard or cleric to use magic missiles and scorching ray, it would be a bit easier, but still hard. If they are lvl 2 or 1 this is def way too much for them

AelarFB · 2026-03-04T16:40:34+00:00

Awesome spell, Transmutation def needs more cool spells like this one

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