Favored Soul Rework (5e Subclass)
Favored Soul, Rework[edit]
Sometimes the spark of magic that fuels a sorcerer comes from a divine source that glimmers within the soul. Having such a favored soul, your innate magic might come from a distant but powerful familial connection to a divine being. Perhaps your ancestor was an angel, transformed into a mortal and sent to fight in a god’s name. Or your birth might align with an ancient prophecy, marking you as a servant of the gods or a chosen vessel of divine magic.
Favored souls, with their natural magnetism and strong personalities, are often seen as threats by traditional religious hierarchies. As outsiders who command the power of the gods, these sorcerers can undermine the existing order and claim a direct tie to the divine.
In some cultures, only those who can claim the power of a favored soul may command religious power. In these lands, ecclesiastical positions are dominated by a few bloodlines and preserved over generations.
Divine Magic[edit]
When your spellcasting feature lets you learn a sorcerer spell, you can choose the new spell from the cleric spell list, in addition to the sorcerer spell list. You must otherwise obey all the restrictions for selecting the spell, and it becomes a sorcerer spell for you.
Additionally, at 1st level, you choose one of the cleric class' divine domains. You add that domain's spells for 1st-level clerics to your known spells. These spells do not count against the number of spells you can know, and they are considered to be sorcerer spells for you. When you reach 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th levels in the sorcerer class, you likewise learn your domain's spells that become available at those levels.
You may use a holy symbol as your spellcasting focus for your sorcerer spells.
Divine Resilience[edit]
At 1st level, the blessing of the gods grants you enhanced resilience. Your hit point maximum increases by 2, and it increases by 2 again whenever you gain a level in this class.
Favored by the Gods[edit]
Starting at 1st level, divine power guards your destiny. If you fail a saving throw or miss with an attack roll, you can roll 2d4 and add it to the total, possibly changing the outcome. You can use this feature once and must finish a short or long rest to use it again.
Blessed Countenance[edit]
Starting at 6th level, your divine essence causes you to undergo a minor physical transformation. Your appearance takes on an otherworldly version of one of the following qualities (your choice): beautiful, youthful, kind, or imposing. Whatever your choice, if your proficiency bonus applies to a Charisma check, double that bonus. In addition, you can select one skill that isn't charisma based. You gain expertise in that skill.
Additionally, Beginning at 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
The number of attacks increases to three when you reach 11th level in this class and to four when you reach 20th level in this class.
Divine Purity[edit]
At 14th level, you become immune to disease, poison damage, and the poisoned condition
Angelic Recovery[edit]
At 18th level, you gain the ability to overcome grievous injuries. As a bonus action when you have less than half of your hit points remaining, you can regain a number of hit points equal to half your hit point maximum. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.
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