Immortal (5e Class)

Immortal

The life cycle is a sacred force of nature, that put every living creature in motion. Is the primary drive to every single creature, the need to maintain life, to perpetuate life. Some seek desperately to keep life through magic, or through descendants, and others ensue that the life will have an end, destroying undead creatures and battling the forces that disrupt the cycle. There are, however, those who live outside the cycle of life. Immortals are creatures blessed, and sometimes cursed, by the gods themselves with a spark of their divine immortality. Although the eminence of death can motivate a living creature and give it a goal, the burden of immortality, puts a great responsibility under one's shoulders. Since they will live to see their legacy, they must be careful and thoughtful with their goals, their objectives and obligations.

First Death and Rebirth

All immortals pass through a death experience before attaining their immortality. After dying, their powers are granted - or awakened - and they start to wander the world with their new undying blessing. Sometimes, the immortal's first death gather attention of a powerful entity, such a powerful god or demon, that bestow this grace upon their lifeless body. For others, the first death is the trigger to awaken a hidden power, that starts the rebirth process. And finally, are those who seek immortality, through occult rituals or alchemy, and provoke themselves their own first death, in the pursuit of an eternal life.

Creating an immortal

Immortal by Nino Is.

When creating an immortal, first choose who were you during your life before the first death? Were you a brave warrior, a pious zealot, or did you lived your life as a common person, only turned extraordinary with your death. Second, choose the circumstances of your first death. Have you died in battle, or was an accident? Have you died at service of a god or a demon? Have you discovered a magical concoction that granted you the power of immortality? Your choice in some cases may define your immortal blessing down below. Finally, what were the causes for your rebirth? Did you have a magical bloodline, a lineage of immortals in your family? Have your lifeless corpse been infused with necromantic magic? Have you performed such a great deed in the name of your god, that you were rewarded with immortality? Or maybe your immortality is a curse as punishment for a sin committed against a god.

Quick Build

You can make a immortal quickly by following these suggestions. First, Constitution should be your highest ability score, followed by Strength or Dexterity. Second, choose the Hermit background. Third, choose a scale mail, a longsword and a shield and an explorer's pack as your starting gear.

Class Features

As a Immortal you gain the following class features.

Hit Points

Hit Dice: 1d8 per Immortal level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + Constitution modifier per Immortal level after 1st

Proficiencies

Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields
Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons
Tools: Choose any two
Saving Throws: Constitution, Charisma
Skills: Choose any three

Equipment

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

• (a) scale mail or (b) leather armor, a longbow and a quiver of 20 arrows
• (a) a longsword and a shield or (b) two martial weapons
• (a) a dungeoneer's pack or (b) an explorer's pack

Table: The Immortal

Level	Proficiency Bonus	Features	Spells Known	—Spell Slots per Spell Level—
				1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
1st	+2	Blessing of Immortality, Gift of the Ever-Living, Memory of Ages	—	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	+2	Unbreakable, Spellcasting, Vitality	2	2	—	—	—	—
3rd	+2	Blessing Feature	3	3	—	—	—	—
4th	+2	Ability Score Improvement	3	3	—	—	—	—
5th	+3	Extra Attack	4	4	2	—	—	—
6th	+3	Blessing Feature, Perfect Health	4	4	2	—	—	—
7th	+3	Enduring Body, Memory of Ages	5	4	3	—	—	—
8th	+3	Ability Score Improvement	5	4	3	—	—	—
9th	+4	—	6	4	3	2	—	—
10th	+4	Blessing Feature	6	4	3	2	—	—
11th	+4	Immortal Rebuke	7	4	3	3	—	—
12th	+4	Ability Score Improvement	7	4	3	3	—	—
13th	+5	—	8	4	3	3	1	—
14th	+5	Life Grasp	8	4	3	3	1	—
15th	+5	Lasting Warrior	9	4	3	3	2	—
16th	+5	Ability Score Improvement	9	4	3	3	2	—
17th	+6	—	10	4	3	3	3	1
18th	+6	Blessing Feature	10	4	3	3	3	1
19th	+6	Ability Score Improvement	11	4	3	3	3	2
20th	+6	True Immortality	11	4	3	3	3	2

Blessing of Immortality

Starting at 1st level, you can choose one blessing of immortality as the source of your undying nature. You can choose between the options shown at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 1st level, and again at 3rd, 6th, 10th and 18th levels.

Memory of Ages

Starting at 1st level, whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check and roll a 9 or lower, you can choose a 10 instead.

At 7th level, you can recall information about the past, due to your long immortal life. A number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1), you can use your action to gain proficiency in one language, skill or tool proficiency of choice. The gained proficiency lasts until you finish a short rest. You regain uses of this feature after a short or a long rest.

Gift of the Ever-Living

Also at 1st level, you have incredible durability against effects that would kill other individuals. Whenever you are reduced to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to be reduced to 1 hit point instead you regain use of this ability after a long rest.

In addition, when you roll a 19 or a 20 on a death saving throw, you regain 1 hit point. Moreover, you no longer age, and you are immune to being magically aged.

At 2nd level, when you use the reaction to be reduced to 1 hit point, you can spend a spell slot of 1st-level or higher, to gain additional hit points equal to 1d8, plus 1d8 per level of the slot spent above first.

Unbreakable

At 2nd level, your body resilience increases even further. You gain an unarmored defense equal 10 + your Constitution modifier + your Charisma modifier.

In addition, while not wearing heavy armor, you reduce the damage taken by an amount equal to your proficiency bonus.

Spellcasting

By 2nd level, you start to develop the immortality blessing, in a form of magical powers.

Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher

You know two 1st-level spells of your choice from the immortal spell list. The Spells Known column of the immortal spellcasting table shows when you learn more immortal spells of 1st level or higher.

Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of the immortal spells you know with another spell of your choice from the immortal spell list. The new spell must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

Spellcasting Ability

Constitution is your spellcasting ability for your immortal spells, since your power derives from your vital energy. You use your Constitution whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Constitution modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a master of the arcane sword spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier

Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier

Spellcasting Focus

You can use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus for your master of the arcane sword spells.

Vitality

Starting at 2nd level, you gain a special die, called vitality die. Whenever you regain hit points or reduce damage using a reaction, you can add your vitality die to the amount of hit points you regain. Your vitality die is a d4. Starting at 7th level you roll 1d6, 1d8 at 14th level and 1d10 at 20th level.

Whenever you take damage, you can use your reaction to reduce the damage taken by a roll of your vitality die. In addition, whenever are reduced to 0 hit points when using the reaction given by your Vitality feature, you are reduced to 1 hit point instead.

Extra Attack

Starting at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action.

Perfect Health

At 6th level, you become immune to disease and poison.

Enduring Body

Beginning at 7th level, when you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Constitution saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.

Immortal Rebuke

Starting at 11th level, whenever you reduce the damage taken with your Vitality feature, you can make an attack against the creature that caused the damage. On a hit, you deal damage equal to your vitality die.

Life Grasp

You no longer fall unconscious when reduced to 0 hit points. You still die if you fail 3 saving throws.

Lasting Warrior

Starting at 15th level, you gain a special reaction, that you can take once on every creature's turn, except your own turn. You can use this special reaction only to use your Gift of The Ever-Living feature. You can't use this feature on the same turn you take your normal reaction.

Immortal Blessings

Blessing of the Undying

The blessing of the undying is the most common of all of the gifts received by immortals. Those who bear this blessing usually have extremely long lives taking care of their loved ones in times of peace, or become legendary warriors, famous for their victories in the battlefield in times of war.

Undying Spells

You learn the spells below as Undying spells. This spells doesn't count against your maximum number of spells known, and are Immortal spells for you.

Undying Blessing Spells

Immortal Level	Spells
3rd	heroism
5th	blur
9th	fear
13th	death ward
17th	antilife shell

Undying Knowledge

Starting at 1st level, over the course of a short or a long rest, you can recall one memory from your long life. You gain proficiency in one language, tool or skill, that lasts until your next rest.

Power of the Living

At 3rd level, keeping your vitality enhances your strength and endurance. While you are at your maximum of hit points, whenever you roll the maximum on a damage die or vitality die, you roll one vitality die and add the number rolled to the result.

In addition, if you have at least more hit points than half your maximum, when you roll your vitality die you can roll twice and choose the highest result.

Aura of Vitality

Starting at 10th level, when you are at your maximum amount of hit points, you emanate an aura of life. Friendly creatures inside the aura (including you) gain a bonus equal to your Constitution modifier, with a minimum of 1, to Death saving throws, Strength, Dexterity and Constitution checks.

At 18th level the aura increases to 30 feet.

Quickening

Starting at 10th level, if you are at your maximum amount of hit points, you can impose disadvantage on one attack made against you in each round.

Survivor

At 18th level, you attain the pinnacle of resilience in battle. At the start of each of your turns, you regain hit points equal to 5 + your Constitution modifier if you have no more than half of your hit points left. You don't gain this benefit if you have 0 hit points.

Blessing of the Guardian

Immortals who receive the blessing of the guardian don't gain a gift, but a duty. The duty to protect those who lack the incredible durability of the immortals, and they use their own bodies as shields for those who they protect.

Guardian Spells

Guardian Blessing Spells

Immortal Level	Spells
3rd	shield of faith
5th	warding wind
9th	counterspell
13th	resilient sphere
17th	circle of power

Warding Senses

Starting at 1st level, you gain proficiency in Perception. In addition and with heavy armor. In addition, you can benefit from the damage reduction from your Unbreakable feature while in heavy armor.

Gift of the Sentinel

Starting at 3rd level, you learn how to emanate an aura of protection for 1 minute, using your bonus action. You gain the following benefits:

• Whenever you take damage, you reduce the damage taken by your Vitality Die.
• When a friendly creature within 30 feet take damage, you can use your reaction to use Vitality to protect that creature, reducing the damage.
• You can use your bonus action to give temporary hit points to a creature inside your aura. An amount equal to a roll of your vitality die.

You can use this feature twice, gaining one additional use at 13th and another at 19th levels. You regain your uses of this feature when finishing a long rest.

Shield of the Weak

Starting at 6th level, whenever a creature within 10 feet fail a saving throw, you can make a Dexterity saving throw with advantage. If you succeed, both you and the creature succeed the saving throw. On a failed save, you fail but the creature succeed the save.

In addition, while Gift of the Sentinel is active, you can use your Vitality feature to reduce damage taken by a creature within 30 feet.

Blessing of Aegis

At 10th level, you can use the Vitality feature to add the result to your AC. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier, regaining your uses after a long rest.

When using Blessing of Aegis, you don't need to use your reaction. You still can use only once in each turn.

Surge of Life

At 18th level, you can use your protection to spread a surge of life to creatures around you. You can choose a creature that you can see within range. A surge of positive energy washes through the creature, causing it to regain 50 hit points. This ability also ends blindness, deafness, and any diseases affecting the target. This spell has no effect on constructs or undead.

If Gift of Sentinel is active while you use this feature, you can instead choose up to 5 creatures, including you, to regain 10 hit points.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Blessing of the Celestial

You have been blessed by the gods with immortality. Since birth, you can sense the touch of a higher being, altering your appearance and giving you divine energy, and as you grew you developed these powers, as well acquiring the perception that this gift was bestowed upon you as a mean to undertake a holy matter.

Celestial Spells

Celestial Blessing Spells

Immortal Level	Spells
3rd	protection from evil and good
5th	healing spirit
9th	spirit guardians
13th	guardian of faith
17th	summon celestial

Celestial Heritage

At 1st level, you finally awake your celestial heritage. You gain advantage on saving throws against being frightened or charmed. In addition, you learn how to speak, read and write in celestial.

Heavenly Glow

Starting at 3rd level, you can use your bonus action to summon a heavenly glow to a weapon you wield for 1 minute. For the duration, you deal additional radiant damage equal to your Vitality Die on a hit.

In addition, you shed bright light on a 10 foot radius, plus dim light for another 10 feet.

You can use this feature three times, regaining your uses after a short or a long rest.

Radiant Rebuke

At 6th level, whenever a creature hit you with an attack, you can choose to force a creature to make a Dexterity saving throw or take radiant damage equal to your vitality die as a reaction.

Divine Smite

Starting a 10th level, when you cause radiant damage with your Heavenly Glow, you can spend a spell slot to cause additional radiant damage equal to 1d8 , plus 1d8 per spell slot spent.

Holy Aspect

Starting at 18th level, you can spend one use of your heavenly glow to assume the form of a celestial. For 1 minute, you gain the following benefits:

• You gain a flying speed of 60 feet.
• You have advantage on saving throws against spells or magical effects.
• As a bonus action, you can cause one creature within 30 feet to gain temporary hit points equal to your proficiency bonus.

Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Blessing of the Martyr

You devote your life to protect the others, using your suffering and pain to shield others from this harm. You have been given this power by an entity to serve as a pious protector of those in need.

Martyr Blessing Spells

Immortal Level	Spells
3rd	compelled duel
5th	healing spirits
9th	life transference
13th	divination
17th	raise dead

Suffering for Others

Starting at 1st level, you can choose one creature you can see within 30 feet as a bonus action. You grant the damage reduction from your Unbreakable feature to that creature until the start of your next turn, while you lose this feature for the same duration.

In addition, you gain the Insight skill, if you don't have it already.

Stigma of Protection

Starting at 3rd level, once in each turn when a creature within 30 feet takes damage, you can choose to take that damage instead. You can't use this feature on the same turn you have used a reaction.

Shared Pain

At 6th level, you can touch two willing creatures within range as an action. You roll your vitality die, and you can choose one creature to lose hit points and another to regain hit points equal to the amount rolled. This hit point loss can't be reduced by any means.

Bloodied Strike

At 10th level, when you hit a creature with an attack, you can spend a hit dice to deal additional damage equal to the number rolled. You add your vitality die to this damage roll.

Ultimate Sacrifice

Starting at 18th level, you can touch a creature that has been reduced to 0 hit points and cast heal. You are instantly reduced to 0 hit points after doing so.

In addition, you can cast true resurrection without spending spells slots or spending material components. You instantly die after casting this spell.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Blessing of the Restless Corpse

You have been cursed by immortality after having a contact with an undead being, either involuntarily due to an attack, or voluntarily after a pact. You have looked for the secrets of immortality.

Restless Corpse Spells

Restless Corpse Blessing Spells

Immortal Level	Spells
3rd	charm person
5th	spider climb
9th	gaseous form
13th	polymorph
17th	dominate person

Undead Nature

Starting at 1st level, your type change to undead. You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.

Draining Vitality

Starting at 3rd level, you can drain the vitality of creatures with your touch. You can make a melee spell attack against a creature within range. On a hit, you cause necrotic damage equal to your vitality die + your Constitution modifier, and gain temporary hit points equal to the damage dealt.

If you can make more than one attack in each turn, you can use this feature in place of any of the attacks. You gain temporary hit points equal to the sum of both attacks.

Moreover, if you spend a hit die when using this feature, you can regain hit points as if you had completed a short rest + the amount of temporary hit points you would gain. You don't gain temporary hit points when you do so.

Blood Drinker

Starting at 6th level, whenever you hit a creature with your vitality drain, you can steal one of its hit die, regaining hit points equal to the number rolled + its Constitution modifier.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and regain your uses after completing a long rest.

Deadly Form

At 10th level, whenever you roll initiative, you can assume your dreadful aspect. When you do so, you gain temporary hit points equal to a roll of your vitality die.

In addition, all hostile creatures within 30 feet must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw, or be frightened by you for 1 minute. The creature can try another saving throw at the start of each turn to end the effect.

Bloodied Reflexes

At 18th level, when you drain a creature with your Blood Drinker feature, you can enter in a blood frenzy as a reaction, that lasts for 1 minute, granting you the following benefits:

• Once in each of your turns, when you use your Draining Vitality feature, you regain hit points equal to the amount of temporary hit points you gained.

• You can use your bonus action to move 20 feet. This movement can be either climbing or flying. If you choose to flight, you must end your movement in the ground, or else you fall aloft.

• You can move additional 5 feet after each attack you make.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Immortal Spell List

Immortal spells usually are related to maintaining or restoring one's vitality, as well as to enhance their own physical capabilities.

1st

absorb elements, cure wounds, expeditious retreat, false life, heroism, jump, longstrider, sanctuary, zephyr strike.

2nd

aid, enhance ability, lesser restoration, magic weapon, protection from poison, warding bond.

3rd

aura of vitality, beacon of hope, catnap, feign death, haste, intellect fortress, protection from energy, revivify

4th

aura of life, aura of purity, death ward, freedom of movement, stoneskin

5th

antilife shell, greater restoration, mass cure wounds, skill empowerment, steel wind strike

Multiclassing

Prerequisites. To qualify for multiclassing into the immortal class, you must meet these prerequisites: 13 Strength or 13 Dexterity and 13 Constitution.

Proficiencies. When you multiclass into the immortal class, you gain the following proficiencies: light armor, medium armor, simple weapons, and martial weapons.

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