Invoker (5e Class)

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Invoker

An Invoker draws power from a concept which they are tied to. This power is neither nature or divine. It is more like a glitch in reality.

Creating an Invoker

Quick Build

You can make an Invoker quickly by following these suggestions. First, Constitution should be your highest ability score, followed by Wisdom.

Class Features

As a Invoker you gain the following class features.

Hit Points

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

Proficiencies

Armor: Light
Weapons: Any
Tools: nope
Saving Throws: Con/Wis
Skills: Choose 1 of the following; Con Saving throws or Wisdom Saving throws. Choose 1 skill of your choice.

Equipment

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

• A Spell Casting Focus
• A sword
• A crossbow

Table: The Invoker

Level	Proficiency Bonus	Features
1st	+2	Select your Aspect
2nd	+2	Spellcasting, Spellshield
3rd	+2	Invoke Casting
4th	+2	Ability Score Improvement
5th	+3	Aspect Feature
6th	+3	Enhanced Invoke
7th	+3	Better Spellcasting, Gap in Reality
8th	+3	Ability Score Improvement
9th	+4	Attune to Concept
10th	+4	Aspect Feature
11th	+4	Better Spellcasting, Enhanced Invoke
12th	+4	Ability Score Improvement
13th	+5	Attune to Concept II
14th	+5	Invoke Casting II
15th	+5	Aspect Feature
16th	+5	Ability Score Improvement
17th	+6	Better Spellcasting, Enhanced Invoke
18th	+6	Better Spellcasting, Attune to Concept III
19th	+6	Ability Score Improvement
20th	+6	Better Spellcasting, Greater Invoke

-Spell Slots per Level-

Level	Spells Known	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
1	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
2	2	2	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
3	3	3	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
4	3	3	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
5	4	4	2	---	---	---	---	---	---
6	4	4	2	---	---	---	---	---	---
7	6	4	3	2	---	---	---	---	---
8	6	4	3	2	---	---	---	---	---
9	7	4	3	3	---	---	---	---	---
10	7	4	3	3	---	---	---	---	---
11	9	4	3	3	2	---	---	---	---
12	9	4	3	3	2	---	---	---	---
13	10	4	3	3	3	1	---	---	---
14	10	4	3	3	3	1	---	---	---
15	11	4	3	3	3	2	---	---	---
16	11	4	3	3	3	2	---	---	---
17	13	4	3	3	3	3	2	---	---
18	14	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	---
19	15	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	---
20	16	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	1

1st Select your Aspect

At first level, you chose an Aspect. Aspects are detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at first and again at fifth, tenth, and fifteenth.

2nd Spell Casting

You can cast and learn spells starting at second level

2nd Spell Shield

After each rest the first spell cast by an enemy with you as one of its targets fails.

3rd Invoke Casting

During each long rest you may select 1 spell you can cast. You get 1 free cast of it after you invoke. You may cast spells from your effigies.

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.

6th Enhanced Invoke

Your Effigy has 15 more HP and 10 more feet of movement. Your Form has 1d6 more temporary HP and +1 AC while its active. Your Shroud lasts 1d4 more turns. You may invoke one more time per rest. (You can have at most 2 Invokes active at once)

7th Better Spellcasting

Increase your spell level you know +1 more spells and gain +2 third level spell slots.

7th Gap in Reality

Once per rest you may increase your saving throw rolls by +8, this bonus reduces by 2 per effect you resist until your next rest reducing down to -2.

9th Attune to Concept

When you Invoke you may simultaneously make 2 attacks against enemies in your range with advantage. Your attacks and spells may add 1d4 of a damage type associated with your aspect.

11th Better Spellcasting

Increase your spell level you know +1 more spells and gain +1 fourth level spell slot.

11th Enhanced Invoke

Your Effigy has 15 more HP and 10 more feet of movement. Your Form has 1d6 more temporary HP and +1 AC while its active. Your Shroud lasts 1d4 more turns.

13th Attune to Concept II

When your in an environment you can invoke you can track creatures also in it in a radius of 15 + 10 times your Con Modifier feet. Once per day you can target a creature and give it the effects of having had a long rest including yourself as long its no more than 15ft away.

14th Invoke Casting II

During each long rest you may select +1 more spells you can cast. You get 1 free cast of it after you invoke. Your attacks and spells may add 1d4 of a damage type associated with your aspect.

17th Better Spellcasting

Increase your spell level, you know +1 more spells and gain +1 sixth level spell slot.

17th Enhanced Invoke

Your Effigy has 10 more HP and 1 more AC. Your Form has 1d6 +5 more temporary HP. Your Shroud lasts 1d4 more turns and +10ft to its zone.

18th Better Spellcasting

Increase your spell level, you know +1 more spells and gain +1 sixth and seventh level spell slots.

18th Attune to Concept III

Your spells and attacks have advantage when your in your form.

20th Better Spellcasting

Increase your spell level, you know +1 more spells and gain +1 seventh and eighth level spell slots.

20th Greater Invoke

You may invoke 1 more time per rest. When you Invoke, invoke again without consuming an invoke you can use per rest. (You can have at most 2 Invokes active at once)

Nightmare

1st Invoke Nightmare

Once per rest you may invoke one of the 3 following effects as an action.

• Terror Effigy: Summon a construct of nightmares that inflicts the frightened condition on creatures it observes if they fail a Wisdom saving throw equal to your Constitution modifier. Your Effigy can move 20ft on your turn as a bonus action and can effect a new target with another bonus action. Has AC equal to yours minus 2 and has half your HP+10.
• Wraith Form: You gain 3d6+ your Con Modifier in temporary HP, can see and touch ethereal creatures as well as target them with your attacks and spells, move +15 more ft., have advantage with stealth checks and heal 1d4 HP per turn while unseen by enemies. You can also enter a sleeping targets dreams to potentially learn things and/or give them exhaustion if you make it a nightmare. This form lasts for 1 hour or until your temporary HP is depleted.
• Astral Shroud: A zone equal to 15ft + your 10 times your Con Modifier of a nightmarish part of the Astral Sea is created around you it does not connect to the rest of the Astral Sea but follows it's rules. Lasting for 2d4 + your Con Modifier turns.

5th Invoke Nightmare II

Enhance 1 of your Invoke effects to become more powerful

• Terror Effigy now deals 1d4 psychic damage to all targets frightened by it at the end of turn then heals itself for the damage dealt. Any excess healing is distributed amongst allies.
• Wraith Form adds 5 to your chance to hit rolls and 20ft of extra range to your attacks made while unseen. Enemies attempting to enter or influence your mind must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw with disadvantage equal to your Constitution + your Wisdom modifier or be locked in mental combat with your character inside your mind. You have +3 to all damage, AC, and saving throws when inside a mind or nightmare.
• Allies inside your Astral Shroud are undetectable to creatures and magic outside the shroud. Inside enemies more than 20ft from an ally must succeed on a Constitution saving throw equal to your Constitution + 1d4 to detect that ally.

10th Invoke Nightmare III

Enhance 1 of your Invoke effects to become more powerful

• Terror Effigy now sees through Invisibility, magical darkness and can't be blinded and so do you while it is active. Using a bonus action you may teleport to the same space as your effigy or it may teleport to the same space as you.
• After activating Wraith Form you may camouflage into your surrounding with a +15 to your roll stealth check once. Lasts until spotted and while stealthed you don't provoke attacks of opportunity, spells or traps.
• Enemies must succeed a DC 16 wisdom saving throw to avoid being distracted by voices in the Astral Nightmare preventing movement if failed and if failed next turn they move as normal without needing to roll a saving throw.
• Or select one of the enhancements for Invoke Nightmare II

15th Invoke Nightmare IV

Enhance 2 of your Invoke effects to become more powerful

• select one of the enhancements for Invoke Nightmare III
• select one of the enhancements for Invoke Nightmare II

Flood

1st Invoke Flood

You can breath under water and don't take damage from water pressure Once per rest you may invoke one of the 3 following effects as an action.

• Drowned Effigy: Can create water and grapple using your constitution for its strength when grappled the target can be waterboarded gaining a level of exhausting using your attack action. Your Effigy can move 20ft on your turn as a bonus action or climb 10ft. Has AC equal to yours minus 2 and has half your HP+10.
• Sea Monster Form: You gain 3d6+ your Con Modifier in temporary HP and

Select 1 upgrade it has a permanent effect on your character and an effect that happens when you enter your form.

Upgrade	Shark	Squid	Hagfish	Shrimp
Passive	+10ft swim speed and can smell fresh blood from +40ft away	Can squeeze through small gaps as a bonus action	Can hide inside of a dead body	Can move in and out of melee without taking attacks of opportunity
Form Enhancement	Double the passive effect radius and swim speed	As a bonus action you can spray ink on a target 5ft away from you to blind them until the ink is washed off	When underwater can start turning it into slime which reduces enemy movement by -5ft when in it and water breathing creature suffocate when inside it gives +5ft extra movement to allies.	Claw adds 2d4 piercing damage to unarmed attacks. Once per rest you can release a sonic wave with your unarmed attack making it deal force damage, stun the target and has 10ft more range

• Tides Rising: A zone equal to 15ft + your 10 times your Con Modifier will begin to fill with water the water will not travel out of this zone as if kept in by an invisible force. Each turn the water level increases by 5ft. Lasting for 3d4 + your Con Modifier turns.

5th Invoke Flood II

Enhance 1 of your Invoke effects to become more powerful

• Drowned Effigy now raises drowned targets it holds for at least 1 turn as a zombie
• Sea Monster Form: You gain 3d6+ your Con Modifier in temporary HP and

Select another upgrade it has a permanent effect on your character and an effect that happens when you enter your form.

Upgrade	Shark	Squid	Hagfish	Shrimp
Passive	+10ft swim speed and can smell fresh blood from +40ft away	Can squeeze through small gaps as a bonus action	Can hide inside of a dead body	Can move in and out of melee without taking attacks of opportunity
Form Enhancement	Double the passive effect radius and swim speed	As a bonus action you can spray ink on a target 5ft away from you to blind them until the ink is washed off	When underwater can start turning it into slime which reduces enemy movement by -5ft when in it and water breathing creature suffocate when inside it gives +5ft extra movement to allies.	Claw adds 2d4 piercing damage to unarmed attacks. Once per rest you can release a sonic wave with your unarmed attack making it deal force damage, stun the target and has 10ft more range

• Allies inside the shroud have water-breathing and +10ft swim-speed. Shroud lasts 4 more turns. You can make the shrouds water resist gravity entirely.

10th Invoke Flood III

Enhance 1 of your Invoke effects to become more powerful

• Drowned Effigy has +30ft swim-speed and gives allies swim-speed equal to their move-speed.
• Sea Monster Form: You gain 3d6+ your Con Modifier in temporary HP and

Select another upgrade it has a permanent effect on your character and an effect that happens when you enter your form.

Upgrade	Shark	Squid	Hagfish	Shrimp
Passive	+10ft swim speed and can smell fresh blood from +40ft away	Can squeeze through small gaps as a bonus action	Can hide inside of a dead body	Can move in and out of melee without taking attacks of opportunity
Form Enhancement	Double the passive effect radius and swim speed	As a bonus action you can spray ink on a target 5ft away from you to blind them until the ink is washed off	When underwater can start turning it into slime which reduces enemy movement by -5ft when in it and water breathing creature suffocate when inside it gives +5ft extra movement to allies.	Claw adds 2d4 piercing damage to unarmed attacks. Once per rest you can release a sonic wave with your unarmed attack making it deal force damage, stun the target and has 10ft more range

• The shrouds water level increases by 5 more ft per turn. Also creates a pocket dimension underneath where the water stops that allies can hide in spanning 10ft deep. While active your attacks can push their target 5ft in any direction.
• Or select one of the enhancements for Invoke Flood II

15th Invoke Flood IV

Enhance 2 of your Invoke effects to become more powerful

• select one of the enhancements for Invoke Flood III
• select one of the enhancements for Invoke Flood II

Spell List

You know all of the spells on the basic Invoker spell list and additional spells based on your subclass.

1st Level

armor-of-agathys, arms-of-hadar, entangle, fog-cloud, grease, healing-elixir, Ice Knife, Unseen Servant, Command, Compelled Duel, Dissonant Whispers, Puppet, Silvery Barbs, Sleep, Sudden Awakening, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Acid Stream, Chaos Bolt, Chromatic Orb, Earth Tremor, Faerie Fire, Frost Fingers, Healing Word, Jim's Magic Missile, Tasha's Caustic Brew, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt, Distort Value, Silent Image, Unearthly Chorus, Cause Fear, False Life, Create or Destroy Water, Feather Fall, Magnify Gravity

2nd Level

Air Bubble, Cloud of Daggers, Dust Devil, Flaming Sphere, Healing Spirit, Misty Step, Vortex Warp, Wristpocket, Borrowed Knowledge, Detect Thoughts, Fortune's Favor, Mind Spike, See Invisibility, Warp Sense, Gift of Gab, Jim's Glowing Coin, Zone of Truth, Aganazzar's Scorcher, Continual Flame, Darkness, Gust of Wind, Rime's Binding Ice, Shatter, Warding Wind, Blur, Invisibility, Mirror Image, Nathair's Mischief, Nystul's Magic Aura, Silence, Darkvision, Earthbind, Enlarge/Reduce, Knock, Rope Trick

3rd Level

Counterspell, Dispel Magic, Nondetection, Remove Curse, Freedom of the Waves (HB), Galder's Tower, House of Cards (UA), Hunger Of Hadar, Sleet Storm, Stinking Cloud, Thunder Step, Tidal Wave, Clairvoyance, Tongues, Daylight, Fireball, Leomund's Tiny Hut, Lightning Bolt, Mass Healing Word, Melf's Minute Meteors, Pulse Wave, Sending, Wall of Sand, Wall of Water, Wind Wall, Fear, Hypnotic Pattern, Invisibility To Cameras (UA), Major Image, Feign Death, Life Transference, Speak with Dead, Blink, Erupting Earth, Fly, Gaseous Form, Haste, Meld into Stone, Slow, Water Walk

4th Level

Banishment, Death Ward, Freedom of Movement, Gate Seal, Dimension Door, Evard's Black Tentacles, Grasping Vine, Leomund's Secret Chest, Watery Sphere, Arcane Eye, Compulsion, Confusion, Gravity Sinkhole, Otiluke's Resilient Sphere, Sickening Radiance, Widogast's Web of Fire (HB), Greater Invisibility, Hallucinatory Terrain, Shadow Of Moil, Control Water, Polymorph

5th Level

Antilife Shell, Circle of Power, Dispel Evil and Good, Freedom of the Winds (HB), Cloudkill, Far Step, Tree Stride, Scrying, Geas, Modify Memory, Bigby's Hand, Dawn, Hallow, Wall of Force, Wall of Light, Wall of Stone, Wrath Of Nature, Creation, Mislead, Seeming, Contagion, Danse Macabre, Animate Objects, Control Winds, Passwall, Telekinesis, Temporal Shunt, Transmute Rock

6th Level

Forbiddance, Globe of Invulnerability, Drawmij's Instant Summons, Scatter, True Seeing, Blade Barrier, Chain Lightning, Gravity Fissure, Otiluke's Freezing Sphere, Sunbeam, Wall of Ice, Mental Prison, Programmed Illusion, Eyebite, Soul Cage, Disintegrate, Flesh to Stone, Investiture of Flame, Investiture of Ice, Investiture of Stone, Investiture of Wind, Move Earth, Tasha's Otherworldly Guise, Widogast's Transmogrification (HB), Wind Walk

7th Level

Dream of the Blue Veil, Teleport, Power Word: Pain, Crown of Stars, Delayed Blast Fireball, Forcecage, Prismatic Spray, Mirage Arcane, Project Image, Simulacrum, Finger of Death, Etherealness, Regenerate, Reverse Gravity, Sequester

8th Level

Antimagic Field, Mind Blank, Incendiary Cloud, Reality Break, Tsunami, Power Word: Stun, Dark Star, Maddening Darkness, Telepathy, Clone, Control Weather

Multiclassing

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