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SORCEROUS ORIGINS

At 1 st level, a sorcere r gains the Sorcerous Origin fea-

ture. The following options a re available to a sorcerer,

in addition to those offered in the Player's Handbook:

D ivine Soul, Shadow Magic, a nd Storm Sorcery.

DIVINE SOUL

Sometimes the spark of magic that fu e ls a sorcerer

comes from a divine source that glimmers within the

soul. Having s uc h a blessed soul is a sign that your

innate magic might come from a distant but powerful fa.

milial connection to a divine being. Perhaps your ances-

tor was an angel, transformed into a mortal and sent to

fight in a god's name. Or your birth might align with a n

a nc ient prophecy, marking you as a servant of the gods

or a chosen vessel of divine magic.

A Divine Soul, with a natural magnetism, is seen as a

threat by some relig ious hierarchies. As an outsider who

commands sacred power, a Divine Soul can undermine

a n existing order by claiming a direct tie to the divine.

In some c ultures, only those who can claim the power

of a Divine Soul may command religious power. In

these lands, ecclesiastical positions a re dominated by a

few bloodlines and preserved over generations.

DIVINE SOUL FEATURES

Sorcerer Level Feature

1st Divine Magic, Favored by the Gods

6th Empowered Healing

14th O therworldly Wings

18th Unearthly Recovery

DIVINE MAGIC

Your link to the divine allows you to learn spells from

the cleric class. When your Spellcasting feature lets you

learn or replace a sorcerer cantrip or a sorcerer spell of

1st level or higher, you can choose the new spell from

the cleric spell Lis t or the sorcerer spell list. You must

otherwise obey all the restrictions for selecting the

spell, and it becomes a sorcerer spell for you.

In addition, choose a n affinity for the source of your

divine power: good, ev il, law, chaos, or ne utrality. You

learn an additional spell based on that affinity, as shown

below. It is a sorcerer spell for you, but it doesn't count

against your number of sorcere r spells known. If you

later replace this spell, you must replace it w ith a spell

from the cleric spell list.

Affinity

Good

Evil

Law

Chaos

Neutrality

Spell

cure wounds

inflict wounds

bless

bane

protection from evil and good

FAVORED BY THE GODS
Starting at 1 st level, d ivine power guards you r destiny.
If you fail a saving throw or miss with an attack roll, you
can roll 2d4 and a dd it to the total, possibly changing

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again until you finish a short or long rest.

EMPOWERED HEALING

Starting at 6th level, the divine e ne rgy cours ing through

you can empower healing spells. Whenever you or

an ally within 5 feet of you rolls dice to determ ine the

number of hit points a sp ell restores, you can spend 1

sorcery point to reroll any number of those d ice once,

provided you aren't incapacitated. You can use this fea-

ture only once per turn.

OTHERWORLDLY WINGS

Starting at 14th level, you can use a bonus action to

ma nifest a pair of spectral wings from your back. While

the wings are present, you have a flying speed of 30 feet.

The w ings last until you're incapacitated, you die, or you

d ismiss them as a bonus action.

The affinity you chose for your D ivine Magic feature

determines the appearance of the spectral wings: eagle

w ings for good or law, bat wings for evil or chaos, and

d ragonfly wings for neutrality.

UNEARTHLY RECOVERY

At 1 8th level, you gain the ability to overcome grievous

injuries. As a bonus action when you have fewer than

half of your hi t points re m a ining, you can regain a n um-

ber of hit points equa l to half your hit point maximum.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until

you finish a long rest.

SHADOW MAGIC

You are a creature of shadow, for your innate magic

comes from the Shadowfell itself. You might trace your

lineage to a n entity from that place, or perhaps you were

exposed to its fell energy and transformed by it.

The power of shadow magic casts a stra nge pall over

your physical presence. The spark of life that sustains

you is muffled, as if it struggles to remain viable against

the dark energy that imbues your soul. At your option,

you can pick from or roll on the Shadow Sorcere r

Quirks table to create a quirk for your character.

SHADOW SORCERER QUIRKS

d6 Quirk

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You are always icy cold to the touch.

When you are asleep, you don't appear to breathe

(though you must still breathe to survive).

You barely bleed, even when badly injured.

Your heart beats once per minute. This event

sometimes surprises you.

You have trouble remembering that living creatures

and corpses should be treated differently.

You blinked. Once. Last week.