Swarmkeeper Druid (5e Class)
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Druid of the Swarm[edit]
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Creating a Druid of the Swarm[edit]
- Quick Build
You can make a Swarmkeeper quickly by following these suggestions. First, <!-Wisdom-> should be your highest ability score, followed by Constitution. Second, choose the <!-background name-> background. Third, choose <!-elaborate on equipment choices->
Class Features
As a Swarmkeeper Druid you gain the following class features.
- Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d8 per Swarmkeeper Druid level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + Constitution modifier per Swarmkeeper Druid level after 1st
- Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields not made of metal
Weapons: clubs, daggers, darts, javelins, maces, quarterstaffs, scimitars, sickles, slings, spears
Tools: Herbalism kit
Saving Throws: Wisdom, Intelligence
Skills: pick three from Survival ,Nature, and Arcana, animal handling, insight, medicine, perception, religion
- Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
- (a) arcane focus or (b) Oversized sickle
- If you are using starting wealth, you have 5d4 x 10 gp in funds.
| Level | Proficiency Bonus |
Features | Swarm CR | Swarms Summoned by level | Hp of Swarms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | +2 | Druidic, Spellcasting | 1/4 | 2 | 1d8 |
| 2nd | +2 | Wild Shape, Swarmkeeper's Shape, Swarmkeeper Circle | 1/4 | 2 | 1d10 |
| 3rd | +2 | — | 1/4 | 2 | 1d10 |
| 4th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement, Wild Shape Improvement, Cantrip Versatility | 1/4 | 2 | 1d12 |
| 5th | +3 | — | 1/2 | 3 | 1d12 |
| 6th | +3 | Swarm Improvement | 1/2 | 3 | 2d8 |
| 7th | +3 | — | 1/2 | 3 | 2d8 |
| 8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement, Wild Shape Improvement | 1/2 | 3 | 2d10 |
| 9th | +4 | — | 1 | 3 | 2d10 |
| 10th | +4 | Swarm Improvement , Queen's Aura | 1 | 4 | 2d12 |
| 11th | +4 | — | 1 | 4 | 2d12 |
| 12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement, Wild Shape Improvement | 1 | 4 | 2d12 |
| 13th | +5 | — | 2 | 4 | 3d8 |
| 14th | +5 | Swarm Substitution | 2 | 4 | 3d8 |
| 15th | +5 | — | 2 | 5 | 3d10 |
| 16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement, Wild Shape Improvement | 2 | 5 | 3d12 |
| 17th | +6 | — | 3 | 5 | 3d12 |
| 18th | +6 | Timeless Body, Beast Spells, Hive Body | 3 | 5 | 3d12 |
| 19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 5 | 4d10 |
| 20th | +6 | Archdruid of the Swarm | 3 | 6 | 4d10 |
Druidic[edit]
At 1st level, You know druidic.
Spellcasting[edit]
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier
Swarmkeeper Circle[edit]
At 2nd level, The Swarm-you can use your bonus action to summon swarms you can use this feature twice. You regain all uses when you finish a short or long rest swarms can be changed at every long rest, they use your Pb to hit, any attack that requires a save is at your spell save DC unless better. Hp and number summoned are listed in the above table. You can also speak to swarms.
Once on each of your turns, you can cause the swarm on your body to assist you in one of the following ways, immediately after you hit a creature with an attack:
The attack's target takes 1d6 piercing damage from the swarm.
The attack's target must succeed on a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC or be moved by the swarm up to 15 feet horizontally in a direction of your choice.
You are moved by the swarm 5 feet horizontally in a direction of your choice.
Swarmkeeper's Shape[edit]
Starting at 2nd level, you can use your action to magically assume the shape of a beast swarm that you have seen before. You can use this feature twice. You regain expended uses when you finish a short or long rest, additionally you may substitute use of wildshape with summoning your swarm but not vice versa. If you wildshape into a swarm the assumed form gains the tough feat for the duration.
| Swarmkeeper level | Max CR | Limitations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 1/4 | No fly speed or swim speed, No Constructs | |
| 4th | 1/2 | No fly speed or constructs | |
| 8th | 1 | No constructs | |
| 12th | 2 | Swarm only, No constructs | |
| 16th | 3 | Swarm only, no Contructs |
Your druid level determines the beasts or Swarms you can transform into, as shown in the Beast Shapes table. At 2nd level, for example, you can transform into any beast that has a challenge rating of 1/4 or lower that doesn't have a flying or swimming speed.
Wild Shape[edit]
At 2nd level,
At 4th level,
At 12th level,
At 16th level,
Cantrip Versatility[edit]
At 4th level, Whenever you reach a level in this class that grants the Ability Score Improvement feature, you can replace one cantrip you learned from this class's Spellcasting feature with another cantrip from the druid spell list.
Swarm Improvement[edit]
At 6th level, Your Gathered Swarm grows mightier in the following ways:
The damage of Gathered Swarm increases to 1d8. If a creature fails its saving throw against being moved by Gathered Swarm, you can also cause the swarm to knock the creature prone. You gain a 10ft move speed increase
Queen's Aura[edit]
At 10th level, your command of your swarm improves survivability when swarms are within 30ft they gain +2 to saves and +2 to A/C
Swarm Substitution[edit]
At 14th level, You can discorporate into your swarm, avoiding danger. When you would take damage, you can use your reaction to switch places with a swarm within 40ft
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Hive Body[edit]
At 18th level, swarms have magically strengthened your body and simultaneously made it their home. When you are hit with an attack the current chosen swarm deals one of its attacks damage to the agressor and gain a static +2 to Constitution
Beast Spells[edit]
Beginning at 18th level, you can cast many of your druid spells in any shape you assume using Wild Shape. You can perform the somatic and verbal components of a druid spell while in a beast shape, but you aren't able to provide material components
Archdruid of the Swarm[edit]
At 20th level, you can use your Wild Shape an unlimited number of times.
Additionally, you can ignore the verbal and somatic components of your druid spells, as well as any material components that lack a cost and aren't consumed by a spell. You gain this benefit in both your normal shape and your beast shape from Wild Shape.
Druid of the Swarm Spell List[edit]
You know all of the spells on the basic druid spell list.
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