Vessel, Variant (5e Class)

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Vessel[edit]

A small, black figure with a white mask stands atop of a rocky cliff. Their pitch-black eyes stare out over the small town below. Their cloak billows in the wind howling around them. They draw their nail- a small, cracked, metal stick that comes to a point on the end- and jumps off the cliff, falling hundreds of feet to the stone cavern below.

A broken shell lays on the ground. It is long dead. Its soul of void has long since moved on, leaving just the body and the cracked white mask with curved horns laying on the ground. As a figure wrapped in a grey cloak approaches, little blobs of Infection taken form clamber into the empty head of the dead vessel. More and more clamber in, until finally they take over the body. It jerks upright and lets out a mighty roar, then lunges at the creature in front of it.

A large, black creature with massive horns producing from their white mask stands chained in the center of a large chamber glowing with orange light. They have been chained here for ages now. Their mind has slowly been corrupted, destroyed by the Infection raging within. Their eyes glow with orange light, even though they are blind to their surroundings. And, as a small black creature with a white mask walks in and starts breaking down the chains, they just tell themselves over and over again the same thing they have been telling themselves since they were told their purpose; "Do not think... Do not speak... Do not hope... Do not..."

Vessels are the spawn of the White Lady and the Pale King. They are imbued with void and are designed for one purpose- to contain the Infection.

Born of Wyrm and Void[edit]

Vessels are the spawn of the Pale King and the White Lady, imbued with void from the abyss. When the Infection started ravaging the the kingdom of Hallownest, the Pale King sought to contain it. So, he started creating the vessels. He and the White Lady gave birth to many vessels, imbuing them with the mysterious void from the abyss. However, almost all of them were flawed. Only one was chosen to contain the Infection- the Hollow Knight. After years of training, the Hollow Knight was prepared to contain the Infection. However, they were not perfectly hollow as they were trained to be. Their connection to the Pale King left them imperfect, impure, tarnished by an idea instilled. Still, even though the King knew they were imperfect, they were sealed away inside the Black Egg Temple, trapping the Infection in their mind. The Infection stopped for a while, but over time, as the Hollow Knight got more and more corrupted, the Infection started to creep back out, reanimating the corpses of the bugs that had died to the Infection previously and turning Hallownest into an infected Wasteland.

Cast-Aside Experiments[edit]

Creating a Vessel[edit]

Quick Build

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Class Features

As a Vessel you gain the following class features.

Hit Points

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

Proficiencies

Armor:
Weapons: simple weapons, longswords, rapiers, scimitars, and shortswords
Tools: None
Saving Throws: Dexterity, Intelligence
Skills: Choose three from Arcana, Acrobatics, History, Investigation, Perception, Persuasion, Stealth, and Survival

Equipment

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

(a) longsword or (b) shortsword
(a) dungeoneer's pack or (b) explorer's pack
A grey cloak and a white mask
If you are using starting wealth, you have 5d4 in funds.

Table: The Vessel
Level	Proficiency Bonus	Soul Meter	Charm Notches	Features	—Spell Slots per Spell Level—
Level	Proficiency Bonus	Soul Meter	Charm Notches	Features	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
1st	+2	99	-	Unarmored Defense, Soul Points, Focus Soul	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	+2	99	3	Charms,	2	—	—	—	—
3rd	+2	99	3	<!-Class Feature3->	3	—	—	—	—
4th	+2	99	3	Ability Score Improvement	3	—	—	—	—
5th	+3	132	5	—	4	2	—	—	—
6th	+3	132	5	—	4	2	—	—	—
7th	+3	132	5	—	4	3	—	—	—
8th	+3	132	5	Ability Score Improvement	4	3	—	—	—
9th	+4	132	6	—	4	3	2	—	—
10th	+4	132	6	—	4	3	2	—	—
11th	+4	165	7	—	4	3	3	—	—
12th	+4	165	7	Ability Score Improvement	4	3	3	—	—
13th	+5	165	8	—	4	3	3	1	—
14th	+5	165	8	—	4	3	3	1	—
15th	+5	165	9	—	4	3	3	2	—
16th	+5	165	9	Ability Score Improvement	4	3	3	2	—
17th	+6	198	10	—	4	3	3	3	1
18th	+6	198	10	—	4	3	3	3	1
19th	+6	198	11	Ability Score Improvement	4	3	3	3	2
20th	+6	198	11	—	4	3	3	3	2

Unarmored Defense[edit]

All you need is a cloak on your back to protect yourself from harm. While unarmored, your armor class is 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier.

Soul Points[edit]

You are a higher being connected to the soul of living creatures around you. You have a maximum number of soul points equal to the number in the Soul Meter column of the Vessel table. You start with 0 soul points, and you reset to 0 soul points whenever you finish a long rest. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you gain 11 soul points. You can use soul points on a variety of features throughout this class.

Focus Soul[edit]

You have learned how to focus your soul to heal yourself. As an action, you can expend 33 soul points to begin to focus. While focusing, your movement speed is reduced to 0, and you cannot take any actions or bonus actions. If you take damage before the start of your next turn, the focus ends. At the start of your next turn, you regain 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier hit points, and the focus ends.

Charms[edit]

At 2nd level, you gain access to charms, items that provide benefits to the wearer. You have 4 Charm List, and every time you level up you gain 2 more charms. If a charm has a prerequisite, you must meet that prerequisite to equip that charm.

Each charm has a charm notch cost. During a long rest, you may change and equip any number of Charm List that has a total notch cost less than or equal to the number in the Charm Notches column of the Vessel table. If you equip a Charms that would cause you to go over your total number of Charm Notches, you overcharm. While overcharmed, you gain vulnerability to all damage, and you cannot equip any more charms. If you lower the total charm notch cost back to below your Charm Notch maximum, the effect goes away.

Some Charm List have a synergy bonus with another charm. If you equip a charm that has a synergy bonus with another charm, the charm gains that synergy bonus if it is equipped at the same time as the other charm.

Soul Spells[edit]

At 2nd level, you have gained the ability to concentrate soul into powerful soul spells. As an action, you can expend 33 Soul Points to cast a soul spell. You learn the Vengeful Spirit spell at 2nd level, the Desolate Dive spell at 5th level, and the Howling Wraiths spell at 7th level. If a spell requires a saving throw, the DC is 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier.

At 9th level, you imbue one of your spells with the power of Void. Choose one of your spells. They become void enhanced, and gain additional benefits as described underneath the soul spell descriptions. One more spell becomes void enhanced at 11th level, and again at 15th level.

Soul Spell Descriptions

Vengeful Spirit. You have learned how to conjure a spirit of the dead using your soul. When you cast Vengeful Spirit, every creature within a 5-foot wide, 30-foot long line of you in a direction of your choice must make a Dexterity saving throw. They take 2d8 force damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one.

Void Enhanced. If you choose to enhance the Vengeful Spirit with void, it upgrades into the Shade Soul. The damage increases to 3d8 force damage.

Desolate Dive. You gain the ability to concentrate soul into a powerful blast. When you cast Desolate Dive, every creature within a 15-foot radius of you must make a Dexterity saving throw. They take 2d8 force damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful save. In addition, if they are within a 5-foot wide, 15-foot tall cylinder centered on yourself, they must make an additional Dexterity saving throw, taking an additional 1d8 force damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one.

Void Enhanced. If you choose to enhance the Desolate Dive with void, it upgrades into the Descending Dark. The damage within a 15-foot radius increases to 3d8 force damage. In addition, the cylinder's height increases from 15 feet to 20 feet, and the cylinder's damage increases to 2d8 force damage. Finally, the first attack roll against you before the start of your next turn has disadvantage.

Howling Wraiths. You have learned how to summon the voices of the deceased into a powerful blast of soul. When you cast Howling Wraiths, every creature within a 20-foot long cone of you must make a Dexterity saving throw. They take 2d8 force damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one. In addition, if a creature starts their turn within the cone, they take an additional 1d8 force damage.

Void Enhanced. If you choose to enhance the Howling Wraiths with void, it upgrades into the Abyss Shriek. The cone's size increases from 20 feet to 30 feet. In addition, the initial damage dealt increases to 3d8 force damage, and the damage they take if they start their turn in the cone increases to 2d8 force damage.

Vessel Pathway[edit]

At 3rd level, you chose a path of vessel. Choose between the Hollow Vessel, the Infected Vessel, and the Outcast Vessel, all detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level, and again at 6th level, 11th level, and 17th level.

Ability Score Improvement[edit]

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.

Mothwing Cloak[edit]

At 4th level, you have been blessed with a cloak made of moth's wings, which you can use to propel yourself forward. As a bonus action, you may dash forward a distance equal to half your movement speed. You may pass through the space of other creatures. However, this movement can provoke opportunity attacks, as if you had simply walked through that space.

At 13th level, you imbue your mothwing cloak with the power of void to turn it into the Shade Cloak. Dashing forward no longer provokes opportunity attacks, and the first attack roll against you before the start of your next turn has disadvantage.