Star Caster (5e Class)

Star Caster

Someone with a deeper connection to the sun and a greater knowledge about stars.

Creating a Star Caster

Quick Build

You can make a Star Caster quickly by following these suggestions. First, Intelligence should be your highest ability score, followed by Constitution. Second, choose a reasonable background.

Class Features

As a Star Caster you gain the following class features.

Hit Points

Hit Dice: 1d10 per Star Caster level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 1d10 + Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + Constitution modifier per Star Caster level after 1st

Proficiencies

Armor: none
Weapons: simple melee, martial melee
Tools: none
Saving Throws: Intelligence and Strength
Skills: Choose four from Acrobatics, Athletic, Deception, Intimidation, Perception, Persuasion, Religion and Survival

Equipment

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

• (a) battleaxe or (b) Greataxe or (c) Greatsword
• (a) two Handaxes or (b) a shield and a handaxe
• a dagger
• (a) Dungeoneer's Pack or (b) Explorer's Pack
• If you are using starting wealth, you have 4d4×10 in funds.

Table: The Star Caster

Level	Proficiency Bonus	Features	Fire Strike	Cantrips known	—Spell Slots per Spell Level—
					1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
1st	+2	inner Power, Fire Strike, unarmored Defense	1d4	2	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	+2	Fighting Style, Spellcasting	1d4	2	2	—	—	—	—
3rd	+2	Fire Spirit, Subclass	1d4	2	3	—	—	—	—
4th	+2	Ability Score Improvement	1d6	2	3	—	—	—	—
5th	+3	Extra Attack (1)	1d6	2	4	2	—	—	—
6th	+3	Specialization Feature	1d6	3	4	2	—	—	—
7th	+3	Fireball Upgrade (Yellow Star)	1d8	3	4	3	—	—	—
8th	+3	Ability Score Improvement	1d8	3	4	3	—	—	—
9th	+4	Star Rider	1d8	3	4	3	2	—	—
10th	+4	Support from the stars	1d10	3	4	3	2	—	—
11th	+4	Extra Attack (2)	1d10	4	4	3	3	—	—
12th	+4	Ability Score Improvement, Fireball Upgrade (Magnetar)	1d10	4	4	3	3	—	—
13th	+5	—	1d12	4	4	3	3	1	—
14th	+5	Specialization Feature	1d12	4	4	3	3	1	—
15th	+5	—	1d12	4	4	3	3	2	—
16th	+5	Ability Score Improvement	2d6	5	4	3	3	2	—
17th	+6	Super Eruption	2d6	5	4	3	3	3	1
18th	+6	Specialization Feature	2d6	5	4	3	3	3	1
19th	+6	Ability Score Improvement	2d8	5	4	3	3	3	2
20th	+6	Gamma Ray Burst	2d8	5	4	3	3	3	2

Inner Power

You have a very special and unique power inside of you. It seems to be the energy of a star. However you got it, it grants you the following benefits:

-You gain immunity to fire damage

-Hot or cold weather doesn't affect you. Additionally you have advantage on saving throws against diseases and being poisoned.

-You are toughened up by your inner power. While unarmored, you get an extra bonus to your AC equal to half your proficiency bonus (rounded down).

-You know the Fire Bolt and one other cantrip of your choice from the wizard spell list. You can choose one additional cantrip at 6th level, and again at 11th and 16th level.

Fire Strike

Your Weapon is set on fire. Whenever you take the attack action on your turn, your weapon deals 1d4 additional fire damage. While gaining levels, the extra damage increases as shown in the Fire Strike column of the Star Caster table.

unarmored Defense

While unarmored and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + Dexterity modifier + Constitution modifier + inner Power bonus

Fighting Style

Starting at 2nd level, you can adopt a particular Fighting Style as your speciality. Choose one of the following options. You can't take a Fighting Style more than once, even if you later get to choose again. At 5th level, choose another Fighting Style. At 10th level, choose your final Fighting Style.

Dueling

When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with this weapon.

Defensive

While you are wielding a shield, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.

Protection

When a creature you can see attacks a target other than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You must be wielding a shield.

Two-Weapon Fighting

When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack.

Great Weapon Fighting

When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. The weapon must have the two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this benefit.

Support from the Stars

Whenever it comes to attack rolls that are not high enough to hit the target, you can decide to ad an additional 1d6 to the attack roll. If the attack still misses, you can't roll another d6.

Spellcasting

At 2nd level, you have learned to use the magical essence of your inner power.

Spell Slots

The Star Caster table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these Star Caster 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. For example, if you know the 1st level spell burning hands and have a 1st level and a 2nd level spell slot available, you can cast burning hands using ether slot.

Spells known of 1st Level and Higher

You prepare the list of Star Caster spells that are available for you to cast, choosing from the Star Caster spell list. When you do so, choose a number of spells equal to your Intelligence modifier + your Star Caster level (min. 1 spell). These must be of a level for which you have spell slots. You may change your list of prepared spells whenever you finish a long rest.

Spellcasting Ability

Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your spells, so you use your Intelligence modifier whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a Star Caster 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

Fire expertise

If casting a fire based spell use the following formula:

Spell save DC = 8 + 2× your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier

Spell attack modifier = 2× your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier

Spellcasting Focus

You can use your weapon as a spellcasting focus to cast spells.

Fire Spirit

Starting at 3rd level, you are able to control the fire inside of you slightly better. As a bonus action, you can inflame your entire body for a duration of 10min. This grants you the following benefits. You can use Fire Spirit equal to your Strength modifier and regain all uses after a long rest.

Darkvision

You gain darkvision with a range of 60 ft. If you already have darkvision, the range increases by 30 ft.

Handsome Hellfire

You have advantage on intimidation checks, while your are in this form.

Fire Suit

You gain temporary HP equal to your level + your constitution modifier.

Sun Caster Specialization

At 3rd level, you choose a Sun Caster Specialization. Choose between "The Frontliner" or "The Elemental One" all detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 14th and 18th level.

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.

Extra Attack

At 5th 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.

Fireball Upgrade (Yellow Star)

When you reach 7th level, you are a real Star Caster. Your fireballs are no longer just fireballs. They are tiny sun-like yellow stars from now on. Whenever you cast a star in your main hand and throw it (30/120 ft), it deals extra radiant damage equal to the fire damage. On a successful hit, you deal 5d8 fire damage and 5d8 radiant damage on a spell slot of level three. Each damage type increases by one damage die (1d8) at every higher expended spell slot. The target takes only half damage on a successful dexterity saving throw (your fire based spell save DC).

Star Rider

At 9th level, you have mastered the full control of a brown dwarf. A small, dark and cold star. As an action, you can cast a brown dwarf, which acts as your vehicle. While you are riding it, you have a flying speed of 80 feet (floating). The maximum duration of the brown dwarf is one hour. There is no maximum amount of uses.

Support from the Stars

The power inside of you will never leave you alone. At 10th level, whenever you roll for saving throws or ability checks that are 10 or lower, you can threat the roll as 10.

Fireball Upgrade (Magnetar)

At 12th level, the stars you cast are more dangerous than ever before. Very heavy and hot stars with an incredible amount of energy, magnetars. On a successful hit with a magnetar, you deal 6d8 radiant damage and 6d8 lighting damage on a spell slot of level three.The target takes half damage on a successful saving throw. Each damage type increases by one damage die (1d8) at every higher spell slot. If you want to, you can also cast yellow stars as well.

magnetic field

There is one important effect by the magnetar. A heavy magnetic field. Before you throw a magnetar to your target, every creature that is wielding a metallic weapon or any other metallic object, standing in a radius of 30 ft must succeed a strength saving throw. On a failed save, they get 4d8 lighting damage or half as much on a successful one.

Super Eruption

When you reach 17th level, as an action, you have the ability to erupt. You reach an incredible temperature, so that your skin looks like the surface of a red giant. You deal 14d12 fire damage on every creature in a 50ft radius. Half damage, if the targets succeed your fire based spell save DC. The damage increases to 16d12 on 20th level. You can erupt equal to half your constitution modifier rounded down (minimum 1). You regain all expended uses after a long rest.

Gamma Ray Burst

At 20th level, you can cast a star known as supernova, which makes a two miles long gamma ray burst. It ignores all overcoming resistances and immunities. On a successful hit you deal 10d10 radiant damage and 10d10 necrotic. Only half damage, if the target succeed your spell save DC. Every creature inside the gamma ray burst that survived must succeed a constitution saving throw (DC 21) or gets disadvantage on every saving throw and a penalty of -1 to the AC for the next 10 minutes. You can make only one gamma ray burst per long rest.

Star Caster Archetypes

The Frontliner

The Frontliner is the more aggressive and tanky Star Caster type. Those are the Barbarians of the Spell Casters.

Fire Release

On 3rd level, when you hit with a melee weapon attack you can expend one spell slot to deal additional fire damage in addition to the weapons damage. The extra damage is 1d8 for a 1st-level spell slot, plus 1d8 for each spell level higher than first, to a maximum of 5d8. At 14th level, you may release 2d8 fire damage once per day, without expending a spell slot.

Monstrous Athlete

At 6th level, you gain a swimming speed and a climbing speed equal to your movement speed. Additionally, you gain advantage on initiative rolls and proficiency in either dexterity or constitution saving throws, if you don't already have it.

Savage Magic

At 14th level, when you hit a creature with a melee weapon, you may use a bonus action to cast a cantrip at the target, even if the cantrip of your choice requires an action.

Unbeatable Warrior

At 18th level, whenever you make a weapon or spell attack, you make a critical hit on a 19 or 20. Your critical hit rate increases to 18-20 at 20th level.

The Elemental One

What about a lot of damage types? The Elemental One is a specialist in dealing very dangerous damage combinations, but also a specialist in taking it.

Elemental Whip

At 3rd level, as a bonus action, you can summon a whip made out of all elements. The whip, with a range of 30 feet, deals 2d10 bludgeoning, piercing or slashing damage (your choice), plus 1d10 lighting, thunder, poison, acid, cold or force. Choose one of these types. You can change the extra damage type once per round. If a creature does not have a resistance to the damage it takes, it takes 1d4 additional damage of this type at the start of its turn. It requires a bonus action by the creature to end the effect. You may make the whip disappear as a bonus action, The amount of extra damage types the whip has at once, increases to two at 8th level and to three at 14th level.

Magic Resistance

Your life with all the amount of magic toughened you up. At 6th level, every incoming damage is reduced by 3. You also get resistance to a damage type of your choice. Choose one from acid, cold, force, lighting, poison and thunder. You also have advantage on saving throws against magic.

Star of all Elements

At 14th level, your stars (yellow star and magnetar) dealing the same amount of damage as described, but now you can choose to change the damage type. If a creature you hit is not resistant to your chosen damage type, you deal maximum damage. You can choose between all existing damage types, except bludgeoning, piercing and slashing.

Thunder Fly

At 18th level, if you are far away from a target and you want to use your stars, they deal additional 1d6 thunder damage for every 10 feet they fly to the target to a maximum of 10d6 additional thunder damage.

Star Caster Spell List

You know the spells from the Wizard spell list.

Multiclassing

Prerequisites. To qualify for multiclassing into the Star Caster class, you must meet these prerequisites: Intelligence 13

Proficiencies. When you multiclass into the Star Caster class, you gain the following proficiencies: simple and martial melee weapons, one class skill

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