UNRAVELED ARCHIVES Sorcerer: Symbiote

Sample file Harness the power of Limbo through partnership with one of its denizens. long-term host for an egg. Or maybe the premature Sorcerous Origin slaad simply likes you. Whatever the case, this stunted slaad cannot survive At 1st level, a sorcerer gains the Sorcerous Origin without you, and you have discovered that you can tap feature. At the DM’s discretion, the Slaad Symbiote is into its magic to fuel your own arcane spells. In this available as an option for that feature. symbiotic relationship, you and the slaad grow together to become something more than either of you could on your own.

PENNY DUCKS BEHIND A COLUMN AS STREAMS SLAAD SYMBIOTE FEATURES of sickly green light streak about her. A scream says that Sorcerer at least one party member didn’t find cover fast enough, Level Features and Penny’s toes curl in fear. “Why did we take on a lich?” she thinks to Brunar. 1st Slaad Familiar, Symbiotic Health Though she can’t see the dwarf from his hiding place 6th Symbiotic Resistance, Slaad Speaker behind some rubble, she can hear his panicked thoughts 14th Symbiotic Survival, Familiar Shapechange plainly in her mind. Penny peeks around her column. “We can’t abandon our party now… How about a 18th Slaad Regeneration, Metamorphosis distraction? Here, give back Slimy.” As she watches, a long, moist tadpole with sharp teeth Slaad Familiar flies out from behind Brunar’s rubble pile and lands with Starting at 1st level, you can direct the chaotic, a wet smack between it and her column. It wiggles its elemental magic of Limbo to temporarily advance your warty body in an attempt to reach Penny, but it’s slaad egg into a tadpole and teleport it out of your body. reduced to slime in another flash of green. You learn thefind familiar spell. It doesn't count against The slime vanishes as an uncomfortable weight settles your number of sorcerer spells you know, and you don’t into Penny’s chest. She sighs. She can’t be rid of the need material components to cast it. creature that easily. She closes her eyes in concentration Whenever you cast the spell, your familiar is your and focuses Slimy- now an egg embedded in her chest slaad in the form of a slaad tadpole rather than a spirit once more. She mentally taps on it, seeking a connection. in the form of an animal. For its game statistics, see the “Wake up! I need you!” The alien mind stirs, somehow slaad tadpole stat block in the the Appendix on page 4, understanding. Through magic she’d rather not think or in theMonster Manual. You can’t use the spell to cause about she bids the egg to grow a step nearer to hatching. your familiar to adopt a new form. It’s painful, but worth it. A roiling mess of chaotic magic When you take the Attack action, you can forgo one floods through her veins. of your own attacks to allow your slaad familiar to make Penny steps out from behind the column and walks one attack with its reaction. confidently across the floor towards the lich. The undead If you dismiss your slaad familiar, if you or it drops to creature’s eyes flare with a cold green light, and it points 0 hit points, or if it would be sent to another plane of a withered hand at her, chanting a deadly spell. Penny existence, it teleports inside you and changes back into groans as it hits, but grits her teeth, trusting her safety to an egg. If it drops to 0 hit points, you can’t summon it the maelstrom of energies within. The spell slips off her until you cast the spell again. like water off a duck’s back. Behind the lich she sees Starting at 2nd level, you can cast the spell by Brunar inching forward, dagger held aloft. She exhales spending 1 sorcery point. If you cast it with a sorcery and takes another step forward, grinning at the lich. point, the spell’s casting time is 1 action for that casting. “Want to try that again, Rattle-bones?” Symbiotic Health Beginning at 1st level, your symbiote actively works to keep your body healthy. While your slaad egg is inside you, you are immune to disease. If a disease afflicts you Slaad Symbiote while you don’t have this benefit, the disease ends when your slaad egg is inside you again. A slaad egg has been placed in your body, whether by In addition, while your slaad egg is inside you, you misfortune or on purpose. While the incubation of such have advantage on death saving throws. If you roll a an egg would normally result in the discomfort, death, death saving throw while you have this benefit and fail, and devouring of the host body, your situation has not you lose this benefit until you are stabilized as your yet been brought to that point. Perhaps the egg was slaad tadpole panics and tries to escape your dying body. damagedSample somehow before it was placed within you, or file When you die, your slaad grows into a tadpole after perhaps being exposed to such chaotic magic has 1 minute, chews its way out of your chest, and dies. worked a change in your body to make it a suitable,

SORCERER: SLAAD SYMBIOTE 2 sorcery point to regain hit points equal to 5 + your Charisma modifier. You don’t gain this benefit if you YOUR SLAAD AND RESURRECTION have 0 hit points. If your character dies, work with your Metamorphosis to consider the implications of resurrection. Has your Starting at 18th level, you can spend 5 sorcery points as slaad become such a part of you that it acts as an organ an action to transform your slaad familiar into a teal and is brought back to life with your? Or has the bond broken, causing you to lose your symbiote? slaad. Its game statistics are replaced by those from the If the bond is broken, are you overjoyed to be free of teal slaad (familiar) stat block in the Appendix on the slaad, or will you mourn the loss of such an ally or page 4. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't friend and its magic? In either case, you are likely transformed. forever marked somehow by the that While transformed, your slaad familiar can attack. once coursed through your veins. Perhaps you now Additionally, you can deliver any spell through the manifest the abilities of a Wild Magic sorcerer, or are familiar, rather than just spells with a range of touch, eager to seek out an otherworldly patron who can grant and regardless of the familiar’s distance from you. you power similar to what you lost. The transformation ends after 1 hour, when you dismiss the familiar, or when the familiar drops to 0 hit points. If the familiar drops to 0 hit points while Symbiotic Resistance transformed, it teleports inside you and changes back into an egg as normal until you cast thefind familiar Starting at 6th level, you can use a bonus action while spell again. your slaad egg is inside you to channel its inherent resistance to magic. You gain advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects for 1 minute. This effect ends early if you summon your WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK! familiar. When the effect ends, you suffer a level of exhaustion. Thanks for your support! We want to make our content the best it can be. Whether you play this subclass or just Slaad Speaker read it, we welcome your feedback inthis survey. Beginning at 6th level, you can telepathically communicate with your slaad familiar regardless of its distance from you. You also learn to speak Slaad. Furthermore, you can telepathically communicate with any creature your slaad familiar is touching. You don’t need to share a language with such a creature for it to understand your telepathic utterances, but the creature must be able to understand at least one language. Symbiotic Survival At 14th level, your slaad allows you to more easily survive extreme environments, such as the slaadi home world of Limbo. While your slaad egg is inside you, you can hold your breath indefinitely and you don’t require sleep, although you still require rest to reduce exhaustion and still benefit from finishing short and long rests. Familiar Shapechange Starting at 14th level, your slaad tadpole familiar can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid, or back into a slaad tadpole. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. SlaadSample Regeneration file At 18th level, you learn to channel one of the slaadi’s greatest defenses. At the start of each of your turns while your slaad egg is inside you, you can spend 1

3 SORCERER: SLAAD SYMBIOTE Appendix Here are the statistics for the creatures referenced in the Slaad Symbiote Sorcerous Origin. For information on TEAL SLAAD (FAMILIAR) how to read a stat block, see theMonster Manual. Large aberration, chaotic neutral

Armor Class 16 (natural armor) SLAAD TADPOLE Hit Points equal to half your hit point maximum Tiny aberration, chaotic neutral Speed 30 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA Armor Class 12 18 (+4) 15 (+2) 16 (+3) 11 (+0) 8 (-1) 15 (+2) Hit Points 10 (4d4) Speed 30 ft. Skills Perception +5 Damage Resistances acid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 7 (-2) 15 (+2) 10 (+0) 3 (-4) 5 (-3) 3 (-4) Senses 60 ft., passive Perception 12 Languages Slaad, telepathy 60 ft. Skills Stealth +4 Damage Resistances acid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder Magic Resistance. The slaad has advantage on saving Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 7 throws against spells and other magical effects. Languages Slaad (understands but can't speak) Regeneration. The slaad regains 10 hit points at the start Challenge 1/8 (25 XP) of its turn if it has at least 1 hit point. Magic Resistance. The slaad has advantage on saving Actions throws against spells and other magical effects. Bite (Slaad Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, Actions reach 5 ft., one target.Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one Hurl Flame. Ranged Spell Attack:+8 to hit, range 60 ft., target.Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage. one target.Hit: 10 (3d6) fire damage. The fire ignites flammable objects that aren’t being worn or carried. Claw (Slaad Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., One target.Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage. If the target is a humanoid, it must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC or be infected with a disease called chaos phage. While infected, the target can’t regain hit points, and its hit point maximum is reduced by 10 (3d6) every 24 hours. If the disease reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target instantly transforms into a red slaad, or if it has the ability to cast spells of 3rd level or higher, a green slaad. Only awish spell can reverse the transformation. Alternatively, instead of the creature transforming, the DM can allow the creature to gain a level in the sorcerer class with the Slaad Symbiote Sorcerous Origin and have its hit point maximum returned to normal. Sample file

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