Devil Forgemaster (5e Class)

Devil Forgemaster Features

Forge Specialization

At 2nd level, you chose a Forge Specialization. Choose between Heart and Soul Forge or Flash and Battle Forge detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 2nd Level and again at 5th, 9th, 13th and 17th Level.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 10th, 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.

Devil Forge

At 1st Level, your studies of the ancient arts are put into practice as you bring life from death. fresh, old, it doesn't matter. As long as there are corpses, you always have fresh material to forge creatures to life. At first level, you can only forge CR1 creatures, the rating increases as shown on the Devil Forgemaster table. You can summon a number of creatures based on a select number of creature slots as shown on the table below and regain all expended Creature Slots on a short rest. All Forge Creatures take their turn immediately after your own.

You can summon as many creatures equal to half your level rounded up.

Forge Tool

Your forge tool is a favored weapon of yours and must be one handed that also acts as your Spellcasting focus. This tool is how you forge creatures and is considered magical granting a +1 at 5th Level, +2 at 9th Level and +3 at 13th Level.

Forge Points

Starting at first level you are granted 2 Forge Points that you can use to amplify your Forge Creatures. The amount of Forge Points you gain increase in accordance to your Devil Forgemaster class table for each level. When amplifying your creature, you can grant a number of benefits to your creature as long as the creature itself doesn't already have the benefit. The cost for each benefit are as shown below. Some are blocked by level progression.

Forge Creature Size

Creature Commands

As a bonus action, you can give a direct command to your creatures, wether it be attacking, blocking, capture, or even to find fresh material for you to use. Your Forge Creatures will follow without question. Though their default action is to protect you.

Alternative Creature: Pet

As an alternative creature, you can bring back a dead animal as a pet. This does not take up a creature slot as it is considered an animal companion. The pet cannot attack, and will most likely hide somewhere nearby during combat, however, the pet is good at sniffing out anything that could be of use granting you advantage on Wisdom (Perception) and Intelligence (Investigation) checks.

Spell Casting

As a practitioner of the ancient arts, you can cast Devil Forgemaster spells at 2nd level and higher.

Cantrips At 2nd level, you know two cantrips of your choice from the Devil Forgemaster spell list. You learn additional Devil Forgemaster cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Devil Forgemaster table.

Spell Slots The Devil Forgemaster table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your Devil Forgemaster spells of 2nd level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell's level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.

Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher You know two 1st Level spells of your choice from the Devil Forgemaster spell list. The Spells Known column of the Devil Forgemaster table shows when you learn more Devil Forgemaster spells of your choice. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For instance, when you reach 5th Level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd Level. Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the Devil Forgemaster spells you know and replace it with another spell from the Devil Forgemaster spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

Spellcasting Ability Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your Devil Forgemaster spells. The power of your spells comes from your practice in the ancient arts. You use your Intelligence whenever a Devil Forgemaster spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a Devil Forgemaster spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

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

Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier

Extra Attack

Beginning at 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. Also, when you take the Attack action on your turn, you can forgo one of your attacks to direct one of your companions to strike

Evasion

At 8th level, you can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a red dragon’s fiery breath or a fireball spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity 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.

Alliance Boost

At 11th level, you can choose to use your Forge Points to temporarily boost your allies (or even yourself) instead of your Forge Creatures. Able to boost as many willing creatures equal to your Proficiency granting a temporary use of one ability from the Creature Amplification list shown above. The boost lasts for an hour and once all uses are expended, you can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest.

ReForge

At 18th level, you can reallocate Forge Point abilities on your Forge Creature. You can ReForge for free with the first fix, but the price for each ability is increased by 10 Forge Points. You can also use this feature to take the same ability multiple times enhancing the power of the ability (movement speed is increased by 10 feet, breath weapon are increased by an additional 5 feet, etc.)

Devil Forge Mastery

At 20th level, your mastery over the use of your Devil Forge is completed. The amount of creatures you can forge is now doubled per CR rating.