Jormengand
2016-07-20, 06:24 AM
This had to be a thing eventually. I'm fairly new to 5e, so let me know how many of the abilities don't actually make any sense.
LevelProficiency BonusFeaturesLEM KnownLEM LevelLCT KnownLCT LevelLPM KnownLPM Level
1st+2Known Personal True Name, Discipline11st----
2nd+2Knowledge Focus21st----
3rd+2Discipline Feature32nd----
4th+2Ability Score Increase42nd11st--
5th+3Silver Tongue, Extra Attack52nd11st--
6th+3Truename Research63rd11st--
7th+3Knowledge Focus73rd22nd--
8th+3Recitation, Ability Score Increase83rd22nd11st
9th+4Discipline Feature, See the Named93rd22nd11st
10th+4Knowledge Focus104th22nd11st
11th+4Golden Tongue114th33rd11st
12th+4Ability Score Increase124th33rd22nd
13th+5Discipline Feature, Sending134th33rd22nd
14th+5Knowledge Focus145th33rd22nd
15th+5Recitation155th44th22nd
16th+5Ability Score Increase165th44th33rd
17th+6Speak Unto the Masses175th44th33rd
18th+6Discipline Feature185th44th33rd
19th+6Ability Score Increase196th55th33rd
20th+6Say My Name and I am There.206th55th44th
Class Features
As a truenamer, you get the following class features.
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d8 per truenamer level.
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier.
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifer for each Truenamer level after 1st.
Proficiencies
Armour: Light armour
Weapons: Simple weapons
Tools: None
Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom
Skills: Choose two from Arcana, History, Nature, Performance and Religion.
Special: Truespeak
Equipment
You start with the same equipment choices as a sorcerer except you have neither a spell component pouch nor an arcane focus.
Utterances
A truenamer speaks utterances which are drawn from the Lexicon of the Evolving Mind ("LEM"), the Lexicon of the Crafted Tool ("LCT") and the Lexicon of the Perfected Map ("LPM"). The table shows, for each of the three lexicons, the maximum level of the utterance you can learn, and the number of utterances you know.
An utterance, much like a spell, is a one-time magical effect. It lacks a school and only ever has verbal components. In general, the range of an utterance is 60 feet and it usually takes one action to utter. An utterance from the Lexicon of the Evolving Mind affects one creature, from the Lexicon of the Crafted Tool one object, and from the Lexicon of the Perfected Map an area of radius 20 feet. The main difference between a spell and an utterance is that you can use an utterance as many times per day as you like, so long as you can pass a truespeak check. To speak an utterance, you must pass a truespeak check, DC 10 + the utterance level + the number of times you have successfully used the utterance. A long rest resets the counter of how many times you've used the utterance; a short rest reduces it by 1 (minimum 0). If you speak an utterance using a creature's personal true name, they get disadvantage on their saving throw.
You may accept disadvantage on your truespeak check to utter as a bonus action, but if you do you can't speak an utterance with your action, and you can't do so if you've already spoken an utterance with your action. You may also take disadvantage to allow yourself to re-roll any damage dice, though you must take the second roll in this case. Finally, you can take disadvantage on the truespeak check to double the duration of the utterance.
To roll truespeak, roll 1d20+intelligence bonus+proficiency bonus.
Known Personal True Name
You know your own personal true name. You also get a +4 bonus to truespeak checks to utter at yourself.
Discipline
You must choose a discipline of scholars to which to belong at 1st level: Acolyte of the Ego, Bereft, or Disciple of the Word. Your choice grants you additional features at 1st level and again at 3rd, 9th, 13th and 18th level.
Knowledge Focus
At 2nd, 7th, 10th and 14th level, choose Arcana, History, Nature or Religion. You get your proficiency bonus on all rolls for that skill, on top of the bonus if you're already proficient, but you cannot choose the same skill more than once.
Silver Tongue
From 5th level, you have advantage on truespeak checks.
Extra Attack
From 5th level, you can make an extra attack whenever you take the attack action.
Truename Research
At 6th level, you can research a creature or object's personal true name. Researching a creature's true name requires an arcana, history, nature or religion check, depending on what type the creature in question is: Abberations, Constructs, Dragons, Elementals, Oozes and objects require arcana, Giants and Humanoids require history, Beasts, Fey, Monstrosities and Plants require nature and Celestials, Fiends and Undead require religion. In any case, you need to spend at least one hour researching and make a DC 20 check on the relevant skill. You need another hour of research if you fail. You need at least a few books on the topic of a specific creature, stacks of letters written by or about them, or another means of getting an intricate picture of their life to discover their personal true name.
Recitation
At 8th and 15th level, you choose a recitation from the list below. Activating a recitation requires a truespeak check, DC 12 + twice the number of times you've used the recitation (as though it were a 2nd-level utterance; see utterances).
Fortified State: You can speak the recitation of the fortified state as an action. So long as you concentrate, you add 1/3 your truenamer level to your AC if you're not wearing armour heavier than light or using a shield
Meditative State: You can speak the recitation of the meditative state as an action. If you do, you end any fear-based or otherwise emotion-based effects on you.
Mindful State: You can speak the recitation of the mindful state as an action. When you do, you are treated as proficient in Stealth and Sleight of Hand for 10 minutes.
Sanguine State: You can speak the recitation of the sanguine state as an action. When you do, you are cured of all poisons.
Vital State: You can speak the recitation of the vital state as an action. When you do, you are cured of all disease.
See the Named
From 9th level, you can cast scrying on a creature by speaking its true name successfully (DC 14). If you do this, whether you succeed or fail, you can't do it again until you take a long or short rest.
Because of the awesome power afforded by a personal true name, the subject receives no saving throw.
Golden Tongue
From 11th level, you not only have advantage on truespeak checks, but you roll 3 dice and pick the highest, rather than 2. If you would lose your advantage because you have disadvantage as well, you roll 2 dice as normal for advantage. If you have two disadvantages, you would roll a die as normal, and if you had three, you would roll with disadvantage as normal.
Sending
From 13th level, you can cast sending as though it were a third-level utterance, although you can only target people whose personal true names you know.
Speak Unto the Masses
From 17th level, you can use an utterance on multiple creatures at once. You may modify an utterance from the Lexicon of the Evolving Mind so that it targets any number of creatures, no two of which are more than 30 feet apart. However, the DC of the truespeak check increases by 2 for each creature beyond the first, and for later uses of the same utterance, you are treated as having used the utterance once for each affected creature.
Say My Name and I am There
At 20th level, a truenamer chooses a "True nickname" - not actually a true name, but some obscure, unused word in truespeak, or else the truenamer's common name. A creature who knows the true nickname can speak it with no truespeak check. Whenever the truenamer's true nickname, a creature who speaks the name in a deliberate attempt to refer to the truenamer allows the truenamer to teleport immedately, with no actions, to a space within 5 feet of the speaker, and also reveals a glimpse of the location (which is enough to tell the truenamer if the area is safe, but offers little in the way of detail).
Disciplines
Different truenamers use their knowledge of the workings of the world in different ways, but the three main ways are Acolytes of the Ego, Berefts and Disciples of the Word.
Acolyte of the Ego
You specialise in benefiting yourself, and inspiring awe in your enemies through your immense power. You seek mastery of your own true name.
Morphic Cadences
You learn a single morphic cadence at 1st level. A morphic cadence is a third-level utterance, but its actual power depends on how many morphic cadences you know: you gain another morphic cadence at 3rd, 9th, 13th and 18th levels. A morphic cadence can only be spoken on you, but you can speak more than one as part of the same action. For each one beyond the first, the DC increases by 2 and you're considered to have used a use of all of them. The following are the morphic cadences available to the Acolyte of the Ego:
Distant Step: You immediately teleport 100 feet per morphic cadence you know. You can only choose this cadence from 9th level.
Frightful Mind: You cause enemies within 5 feet per morphic cadence you know to become frightened for 5 rounds unless they pass a wisdom save. Add the number of morphic cadences you know to the normal utterance DC.
Iron Skin: For 5 rounds, you take 2 fewer points of damage per morphic cadence you know from each weapon attack that deals damage to you.
Living Fortress: For 5 rounds, you have a 20% chance per morphic cadence you know to negate any critical hit or sneak attack scored against you, treating it as a regular attack instead.
Lucky Fool: For 5 rounds, you get a bonus on all saving throws equal to the number of morphic cadences you know.
Lost Wound: For 5 rounds, you heal 1 hit point per round per morphic cadence you know.
Mighty Bull: Your strength is increased by the number of morphic cadences you know for 5 rounds.
Prowling Tiger: Your dexterity is increased by the number of morphic cadences you know for 5 rounds.
Secret Mask: You become disguised as disguise self. Add the number of morphic cadences you know to the save DC.
Swallowed Spell: You gain a bonus on saving throws against spells equal to twice the number of morphic cadences you know for 5 rounds.
Thunder Drake: You breathe out a cone of painful noise that deals 2d6 sonic damage per morphic cadence you know in a 20 foot cone.
Ursine Heart: Your constitution is increased by the number of morphic cadences you know for 5 rounds.
Berefts
A bereft is fascinated by the words of the universe as a tool of destruction, as well as creation. They gain access to the powerful word of unmaking, which destroys a creature outright.
Syllables of Unmaking
At 1st level, you learn the syllable of detachment, at 3rd level, you learn the syllable of affliction, at 9th level you learn the syllable of exile, at 13th level you learn the syllable of dissolution, and at 18th level you learn the syllable of enervation, which also allows you to complete the word of unmaking. Each syllable is an utterance of the level given in its description.
Syllable of Detachment: Utterance level 2nd. You cause a creature to become less capable, and it loses the skills that would usually aid it: for as long as you concentrate, up to 1 minute, it gets half the benefit from all proficiencies.
Syllable of Affliction: Utterance level 4th. You cause a creature who is already under the effect of the syllable of detachment to become blinded or deafened (your choice) for the remainder of the duration (in addition to the other effect).
Syllable of Exile: Utterance level 6th. You cause a creature who is already under the effect of the syllable of affliction to be pinned in place for the remainder of the duration (in addition to the other effects). They can still take actions, they just can't move from the square they're in.
Syllable of Dissolution: Utterance level 7th. You cause a creature who is already under the effect of the syllable of exile to take 5d6 points of force damage per round for the remainder of the duration (in addition to the other effects).
Syllable of Enervation: Utterance level 8th. You cause a creature who is already under the effect of the syllable of dissolution to lose all the class features from their last two levels for the remainder of the duration (in addition to the other effects). If you speak each syllable uninterrupted in consecutive rounds, you complete the word of unmaking, inflicting an 8th-level disintegrate upon the hapless creature.
Disciples of the Word
Disciples of the word use the power of words to unlock their inner physical prowess, substituting truespeak for ki.
Unarmed Strike
Your unarmed strikes deal damage just like a monk's from 1st level.
Movement perfected
From 3rd level, you can walk on walls, and other surfaces that would not normally support your weight. You must end your move on a surface that can support you normally.
Fist Unravelling
From 9th level, when you strike a creature with your unarmed strike, you are entitled to a dispel magic, except that you must always take the check to end a spell (even a 3rd-level or lower spell) but the check is a truespeak check.
Mystic Deflection
From 13th level, you can cast counterspell as an utterance of 3rd level, except that you must always take the check to end a spell (even a 3rd-level or lower spell) but the check is a truespeak check.
Speed Unfettered
From 18th level, as an utterance of 6th level, you can move as a reaction.
Utterances
These are the general rules that pertain to an utterance.
Speaking An Utterance
Speaking an utterance is usually an action. To speak an utterance requires a truespeak check, DC 10, plus the utterance level, plus the number of times you've used the utterance since your last long rest (a short rest decreases that parameter by 1 to a minimum of 0). The save DC against an utterance is 8+your charisma modifer+your proficiency modifier.
To roll truespeak, roll 1d20+your intelligence bonus+your proficiency bonus.
Empower, Extend or Quicken Utterance
By accepting disadvantage on your truespeak check, you can either:
- Reroll any damage dice dealt by the utterance.
- Double the utterance duration.
- Speak the utterance as a bonus action.
Personal True Name
Normally, when you speak an utterance that sets a human soldier ablaze, the words of power you say are something along the lines of "Set fire to the human with the axe who I can see." This is unambiguous (assuming you can indeed only see one human with an axe) but also lacks a certain punch to it, not only to a human ear but to the universe itself.
However, each creature has a personal true name. This true name generally doesn't change (but see the Ritual of Renaming); instead it denotes a single creature always and forever. Truenamers can use their truename research class feature to find it out, and certain divination spells can find a creature's personal true name.
If you know a creature's personal true name, it gets disadvantage on all saves against your utterances.
The Universe Keeps Track of You
It's important to understand what a single creature is for purposes of a true name. If a druid turns into a wolf, is killed and is raised as a zombie, that druid still retains their true name. No matter how much you change form, as long as there is some continuity of existence between the two, you keep your true name. In rare cases, where one creature becomes two, they may both have the same personal true name.
Objects have a personal true name, but this is more related to their form. If a sword undergoes a temporary polymorphing effect, it is still the same sword and has the same personal true name, and so does it have the same name if broken then repaired. If it is smashed and melted down into metal which is thenceforth used to forge many items, they don't share the sword's true name.
The Universe Hears Just Fine
Your utterances have verbal components, but it doesn't matter if no-one hears them. Your utterances aren't ruined if you're silenced, but they are if you physically can't move your mouth and form the words.
Range and Duration
In general, utterances tend to have a range of 60 feet and a duration of either instantaneous or 5 rounds as appropriate. This should be assumed where one or both of these values is not given. The utterance descriptions are very short, but are in fact the entire rules text of the utterance.
The Lexicon of the Evolving Mind
The following are the utterances of the lexicon of the evolving mind.
1st:
Defensive Edge: Either grant an ally +2 to AC, or an enemy -2 to AC.
Inertia Surge: Either enemy can't move for 1 round (they can act normally, just not move from the save they're currently in., or ally can't be stopped from moving in any way for 1 round.
Knight's Puissance: Either grant an ally +2 to attack rolls, or an enemy -2 to attack rolls.
Universal Aptitude: Grant ally advantage on skill checks and truespeak checks or enemy disadvantage on skill checks and truespeak checks.
Word of Nurturing, Minor: Ally heals 1 hit point per round or enemy takes 1d6 necrotic damage this round and you can concentrate until next round to deal another 1d6.
2nd:
Archer's Eye: Ally's ranged attacks ignore cover, or ally takes half damage from ranged attacks.
Hidden Truth: Ally gets a +10 to their next knowledge check or ally gets +10 to their next bluff check. Lasts 5 rounds or until used.
Perceive the Unseen: Ally ignores penalties for being blind and invisible creatures get no bonus against them, or creature is concealed by a thick fog.
Silent Caster: Ally can cast with no verbal components (even for utterances) or enemy is silenced.
Speed of the Zephyr: Ally's speed increased by 20 feet and they can walk on walls (but must end move on a surface that can support them normally) or foe's speed reduced by 10 feet.
Strike of Might: Ally's next attack deals 10 more damage or enemy's next attack deals 5 less damage (min 0). Lasts 5 rounds or until used.
Temporal Twist: Ally gets a free move right now, or enemy must take a wisdom save or can't do anything for 1 round.
Word of Nurturing, Lesser: Ally heals 3 hit points per round or enemy takes 2d6 necrotic damage this round and you can concentrate until next round to deal another 2d6.
3rd:
Accelerated Attack: Ally can disengage with no action or ally doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity.
Energy Negation: Ally gets resistance to one damage type or enemy takes 2d6 damage of any one type each round for 5 rounds.
Seek the Sky: Ally can fly at their speed or enemy can't fly but gets feather fall effect.
Speed of the Zephyr, Greater: Ally gets benefit of haste or enemy gets penalty of slow.
Temporal Spiral: Ally gets a free attack right now, or enemy must take a wisdom save or can't do anything for 3 rounds.
Vision Sharpened: Ally benefits from see invisibility, or ally is invisible.
Word of Nurturing, Moderate: Ally heals 5 hit points per round or enemy takes 4d6 necrotic damage this round and you can concentrate until next round to deal another 4d6.
4th:
Breath of Cleansing: Ally gets advantage on saves or enemy gets disadvantage on saves.
Caster Lens: Ally's spells cast at +2 spell level or enemy can't cast highest 2 levels of spells.
Morale Boost: Ally stops being frightened, or enemy takes wisdom save or is frightened.
Spell Rebirth: Restore a spell that the target cast but that was dispelled, or automatically dispel the highest-level spell affecting the target.
Word of Bolstering: Ally gets +1d6 to strength, dexterity or constitution, or enemy gets -1d6 penalty to one of those three.
Word of Nurturing, Potent: Ally heals 10 hit points per round or enemy takes 6d6 necrotic damage this round and you can concentrate until next round to deal another 6d6.
5th:
Eldritch Attraction: Enemy must take a charisma save. If they fail: move them up to 40 feet towards you or move them up to 40 feet away from you.
Energy Negation, Greater: Ally takes no damage from one damage type or ally gets a special ability which deals 10 damage of any one type (chosen when you speak the utterance) to a creature who attacks them each time that creature does so.
Essence of Lifespark: Enemy loses all class features of latest level or ally gets all class features of next level.
Preternatural Clarity: Ally can claim advantage on any one roll in the next 5 rounds, or enemy must take an intelligence save or spend the next 5 rounds lashing out at the nearest creature with their strongest weapon or spell.
Seek the Sky, Greater: Ally can fly at double their speed or enemy cannot fly.
Sensory Focus: Ally automatically senses all creatures they have line of effect to, or enemy must take a constitution save or be blinded and deafened.
Ward of Peace: Ally cannot be attacked for 5 rounds or until they attack, or enemy must take a charisma save or cease to exist for 5 rounds.
Word of Nurturing, Critical: Ally heals 15 hit points per round or enemy takes 4d6 necrotic damage this round and you can concentrate until next round to deal another 8d6.
6th:
Breath of Recovery: Ally loses all harmful status effects or enemy must take a charisma save or can't take actions or movement.
Ether Reforged: Ally can attack incorporeal or ethereal opponents directly for 5 rounds, or instantaneously banish a creature to the ethereal plane unless they make a wisdom save.
Knight's Puissance, Greater: Ally gets +5 to attack and damage rolls, or enemy gets -5 to attack and damage rolls.
Mystic Rampart: Ally gets +5 to AC and saves or enemy gets -5 to AC and saves.
Singular Mind: Free creature from curses, enchantments and other control, or dominate monster but only for 5 rounds.
Word of Nurturing, Moderate: Ally heals 20 hit points per round or enemy takes 10d6 necrotic damage this round and you can concentrate until next round to deal another 10d6.
The Lexicon of the Crafted Tool
These utterances target objects.
1st
Fortify Armour: Armour protects wearer from critical hits and sneak attacks, always, or armour cursed to double their effects on the wearer.
Keen Weapon: Weapon deals +1d6 damage, or weapon deals -1d6 damage.
2nd
Agitate Metal: Armour deals 2d8/round cold damage to wearer or 2d8/round fire damage to wearer.
Analyse Item: Reveal all properties of item, or item's function is unfindable for 24 hours.
3rd:
Rebuild Item: Repair item to normal, undamaged state or unequip item from wearer onto the ground.
Suppress Weapon: Weapon loses magical properties for 10 minutes or weapon's magic properties are twice as effective for 5 rounds.
4th:
Suppress item: Item loses all mundane and magical properties for 10 minutes or item's mundane and magical properties are twice as effective for 5 rounds.
Transmute Weapon: Change weapon's material or change armour's material.
5th:
Metamagic Catalyst: Give a magic item that casts a spell the benefit of one of the sorcerer's metamagic abilities, or it has its minimum effect.
Seize Item: Item immediately goes to your hand, or item immediately moves 60 feet away from you.
The Lexicon of the Perfected Map
These utterances affect an area, usually a circle of radius 20 feet.
1st:
Fog from the Void: Creatures in the area are invisible or creatures in the area lose invisibility.
Shield of the Landscape: Attacks and spells are blocked by the area or attacks and spells can't be blocked in the area.
Shockwave: Creatures in the area take 1d4 damage and dexterity save or fall prone, or creatures in area stand up right now.
2nd:
Energy Vortex: All creatures in the area take 2d6 damage of your choice of type, or all creatures in the area have resistance to your choice of type.
Speak Rock to Mud: All rock in area turns to mud or vice versa.
Transform the Landscape: All terrain in area is difficult terrain or no terrain in area is difficult terrain.
3rd:
Lore of the World: 10 mile radius centred on you: Either find any one location in that area, or all divination spells in the area don't work for the next day.
Master the Four Winds: Either destroy all construction in area and deal 10d6 damage to each creature there, or prevent weather effects in 10 mile radius for one day.
Thwart the Traveller: For the next day, creatures can't make extradimensional travel into or out of the area. Or, every creature in the area teleports up to 1 mile.
4th:
Anger the Sleeping Earth: Destroy all construction in 60 foot radius area and deal 14d6 damage to each creature there, or prevent weather effects in 20 mile radius for one week.
Conjunctive Gate: Create a permanent gate for planar travel to a point of your choice on another plane and back, or close a means of extradimensional travel.
Deny Passage: Creatures cannot enter or leave area for 5 rounds, or creatures are thrown out of the area by the nearest path and take 1d6 points of damage for each 5 feet moved in this way.
LevelProficiency BonusFeaturesLEM KnownLEM LevelLCT KnownLCT LevelLPM KnownLPM Level
1st+2Known Personal True Name, Discipline11st----
2nd+2Knowledge Focus21st----
3rd+2Discipline Feature32nd----
4th+2Ability Score Increase42nd11st--
5th+3Silver Tongue, Extra Attack52nd11st--
6th+3Truename Research63rd11st--
7th+3Knowledge Focus73rd22nd--
8th+3Recitation, Ability Score Increase83rd22nd11st
9th+4Discipline Feature, See the Named93rd22nd11st
10th+4Knowledge Focus104th22nd11st
11th+4Golden Tongue114th33rd11st
12th+4Ability Score Increase124th33rd22nd
13th+5Discipline Feature, Sending134th33rd22nd
14th+5Knowledge Focus145th33rd22nd
15th+5Recitation155th44th22nd
16th+5Ability Score Increase165th44th33rd
17th+6Speak Unto the Masses175th44th33rd
18th+6Discipline Feature185th44th33rd
19th+6Ability Score Increase196th55th33rd
20th+6Say My Name and I am There.206th55th44th
Class Features
As a truenamer, you get the following class features.
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d8 per truenamer level.
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier.
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifer for each Truenamer level after 1st.
Proficiencies
Armour: Light armour
Weapons: Simple weapons
Tools: None
Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom
Skills: Choose two from Arcana, History, Nature, Performance and Religion.
Special: Truespeak
Equipment
You start with the same equipment choices as a sorcerer except you have neither a spell component pouch nor an arcane focus.
Utterances
A truenamer speaks utterances which are drawn from the Lexicon of the Evolving Mind ("LEM"), the Lexicon of the Crafted Tool ("LCT") and the Lexicon of the Perfected Map ("LPM"). The table shows, for each of the three lexicons, the maximum level of the utterance you can learn, and the number of utterances you know.
An utterance, much like a spell, is a one-time magical effect. It lacks a school and only ever has verbal components. In general, the range of an utterance is 60 feet and it usually takes one action to utter. An utterance from the Lexicon of the Evolving Mind affects one creature, from the Lexicon of the Crafted Tool one object, and from the Lexicon of the Perfected Map an area of radius 20 feet. The main difference between a spell and an utterance is that you can use an utterance as many times per day as you like, so long as you can pass a truespeak check. To speak an utterance, you must pass a truespeak check, DC 10 + the utterance level + the number of times you have successfully used the utterance. A long rest resets the counter of how many times you've used the utterance; a short rest reduces it by 1 (minimum 0). If you speak an utterance using a creature's personal true name, they get disadvantage on their saving throw.
You may accept disadvantage on your truespeak check to utter as a bonus action, but if you do you can't speak an utterance with your action, and you can't do so if you've already spoken an utterance with your action. You may also take disadvantage to allow yourself to re-roll any damage dice, though you must take the second roll in this case. Finally, you can take disadvantage on the truespeak check to double the duration of the utterance.
To roll truespeak, roll 1d20+intelligence bonus+proficiency bonus.
Known Personal True Name
You know your own personal true name. You also get a +4 bonus to truespeak checks to utter at yourself.
Discipline
You must choose a discipline of scholars to which to belong at 1st level: Acolyte of the Ego, Bereft, or Disciple of the Word. Your choice grants you additional features at 1st level and again at 3rd, 9th, 13th and 18th level.
Knowledge Focus
At 2nd, 7th, 10th and 14th level, choose Arcana, History, Nature or Religion. You get your proficiency bonus on all rolls for that skill, on top of the bonus if you're already proficient, but you cannot choose the same skill more than once.
Silver Tongue
From 5th level, you have advantage on truespeak checks.
Extra Attack
From 5th level, you can make an extra attack whenever you take the attack action.
Truename Research
At 6th level, you can research a creature or object's personal true name. Researching a creature's true name requires an arcana, history, nature or religion check, depending on what type the creature in question is: Abberations, Constructs, Dragons, Elementals, Oozes and objects require arcana, Giants and Humanoids require history, Beasts, Fey, Monstrosities and Plants require nature and Celestials, Fiends and Undead require religion. In any case, you need to spend at least one hour researching and make a DC 20 check on the relevant skill. You need another hour of research if you fail. You need at least a few books on the topic of a specific creature, stacks of letters written by or about them, or another means of getting an intricate picture of their life to discover their personal true name.
Recitation
At 8th and 15th level, you choose a recitation from the list below. Activating a recitation requires a truespeak check, DC 12 + twice the number of times you've used the recitation (as though it were a 2nd-level utterance; see utterances).
Fortified State: You can speak the recitation of the fortified state as an action. So long as you concentrate, you add 1/3 your truenamer level to your AC if you're not wearing armour heavier than light or using a shield
Meditative State: You can speak the recitation of the meditative state as an action. If you do, you end any fear-based or otherwise emotion-based effects on you.
Mindful State: You can speak the recitation of the mindful state as an action. When you do, you are treated as proficient in Stealth and Sleight of Hand for 10 minutes.
Sanguine State: You can speak the recitation of the sanguine state as an action. When you do, you are cured of all poisons.
Vital State: You can speak the recitation of the vital state as an action. When you do, you are cured of all disease.
See the Named
From 9th level, you can cast scrying on a creature by speaking its true name successfully (DC 14). If you do this, whether you succeed or fail, you can't do it again until you take a long or short rest.
Because of the awesome power afforded by a personal true name, the subject receives no saving throw.
Golden Tongue
From 11th level, you not only have advantage on truespeak checks, but you roll 3 dice and pick the highest, rather than 2. If you would lose your advantage because you have disadvantage as well, you roll 2 dice as normal for advantage. If you have two disadvantages, you would roll a die as normal, and if you had three, you would roll with disadvantage as normal.
Sending
From 13th level, you can cast sending as though it were a third-level utterance, although you can only target people whose personal true names you know.
Speak Unto the Masses
From 17th level, you can use an utterance on multiple creatures at once. You may modify an utterance from the Lexicon of the Evolving Mind so that it targets any number of creatures, no two of which are more than 30 feet apart. However, the DC of the truespeak check increases by 2 for each creature beyond the first, and for later uses of the same utterance, you are treated as having used the utterance once for each affected creature.
Say My Name and I am There
At 20th level, a truenamer chooses a "True nickname" - not actually a true name, but some obscure, unused word in truespeak, or else the truenamer's common name. A creature who knows the true nickname can speak it with no truespeak check. Whenever the truenamer's true nickname, a creature who speaks the name in a deliberate attempt to refer to the truenamer allows the truenamer to teleport immedately, with no actions, to a space within 5 feet of the speaker, and also reveals a glimpse of the location (which is enough to tell the truenamer if the area is safe, but offers little in the way of detail).
Disciplines
Different truenamers use their knowledge of the workings of the world in different ways, but the three main ways are Acolytes of the Ego, Berefts and Disciples of the Word.
Acolyte of the Ego
You specialise in benefiting yourself, and inspiring awe in your enemies through your immense power. You seek mastery of your own true name.
Morphic Cadences
You learn a single morphic cadence at 1st level. A morphic cadence is a third-level utterance, but its actual power depends on how many morphic cadences you know: you gain another morphic cadence at 3rd, 9th, 13th and 18th levels. A morphic cadence can only be spoken on you, but you can speak more than one as part of the same action. For each one beyond the first, the DC increases by 2 and you're considered to have used a use of all of them. The following are the morphic cadences available to the Acolyte of the Ego:
Distant Step: You immediately teleport 100 feet per morphic cadence you know. You can only choose this cadence from 9th level.
Frightful Mind: You cause enemies within 5 feet per morphic cadence you know to become frightened for 5 rounds unless they pass a wisdom save. Add the number of morphic cadences you know to the normal utterance DC.
Iron Skin: For 5 rounds, you take 2 fewer points of damage per morphic cadence you know from each weapon attack that deals damage to you.
Living Fortress: For 5 rounds, you have a 20% chance per morphic cadence you know to negate any critical hit or sneak attack scored against you, treating it as a regular attack instead.
Lucky Fool: For 5 rounds, you get a bonus on all saving throws equal to the number of morphic cadences you know.
Lost Wound: For 5 rounds, you heal 1 hit point per round per morphic cadence you know.
Mighty Bull: Your strength is increased by the number of morphic cadences you know for 5 rounds.
Prowling Tiger: Your dexterity is increased by the number of morphic cadences you know for 5 rounds.
Secret Mask: You become disguised as disguise self. Add the number of morphic cadences you know to the save DC.
Swallowed Spell: You gain a bonus on saving throws against spells equal to twice the number of morphic cadences you know for 5 rounds.
Thunder Drake: You breathe out a cone of painful noise that deals 2d6 sonic damage per morphic cadence you know in a 20 foot cone.
Ursine Heart: Your constitution is increased by the number of morphic cadences you know for 5 rounds.
Berefts
A bereft is fascinated by the words of the universe as a tool of destruction, as well as creation. They gain access to the powerful word of unmaking, which destroys a creature outright.
Syllables of Unmaking
At 1st level, you learn the syllable of detachment, at 3rd level, you learn the syllable of affliction, at 9th level you learn the syllable of exile, at 13th level you learn the syllable of dissolution, and at 18th level you learn the syllable of enervation, which also allows you to complete the word of unmaking. Each syllable is an utterance of the level given in its description.
Syllable of Detachment: Utterance level 2nd. You cause a creature to become less capable, and it loses the skills that would usually aid it: for as long as you concentrate, up to 1 minute, it gets half the benefit from all proficiencies.
Syllable of Affliction: Utterance level 4th. You cause a creature who is already under the effect of the syllable of detachment to become blinded or deafened (your choice) for the remainder of the duration (in addition to the other effect).
Syllable of Exile: Utterance level 6th. You cause a creature who is already under the effect of the syllable of affliction to be pinned in place for the remainder of the duration (in addition to the other effects). They can still take actions, they just can't move from the square they're in.
Syllable of Dissolution: Utterance level 7th. You cause a creature who is already under the effect of the syllable of exile to take 5d6 points of force damage per round for the remainder of the duration (in addition to the other effects).
Syllable of Enervation: Utterance level 8th. You cause a creature who is already under the effect of the syllable of dissolution to lose all the class features from their last two levels for the remainder of the duration (in addition to the other effects). If you speak each syllable uninterrupted in consecutive rounds, you complete the word of unmaking, inflicting an 8th-level disintegrate upon the hapless creature.
Disciples of the Word
Disciples of the word use the power of words to unlock their inner physical prowess, substituting truespeak for ki.
Unarmed Strike
Your unarmed strikes deal damage just like a monk's from 1st level.
Movement perfected
From 3rd level, you can walk on walls, and other surfaces that would not normally support your weight. You must end your move on a surface that can support you normally.
Fist Unravelling
From 9th level, when you strike a creature with your unarmed strike, you are entitled to a dispel magic, except that you must always take the check to end a spell (even a 3rd-level or lower spell) but the check is a truespeak check.
Mystic Deflection
From 13th level, you can cast counterspell as an utterance of 3rd level, except that you must always take the check to end a spell (even a 3rd-level or lower spell) but the check is a truespeak check.
Speed Unfettered
From 18th level, as an utterance of 6th level, you can move as a reaction.
Utterances
These are the general rules that pertain to an utterance.
Speaking An Utterance
Speaking an utterance is usually an action. To speak an utterance requires a truespeak check, DC 10, plus the utterance level, plus the number of times you've used the utterance since your last long rest (a short rest decreases that parameter by 1 to a minimum of 0). The save DC against an utterance is 8+your charisma modifer+your proficiency modifier.
To roll truespeak, roll 1d20+your intelligence bonus+your proficiency bonus.
Empower, Extend or Quicken Utterance
By accepting disadvantage on your truespeak check, you can either:
- Reroll any damage dice dealt by the utterance.
- Double the utterance duration.
- Speak the utterance as a bonus action.
Personal True Name
Normally, when you speak an utterance that sets a human soldier ablaze, the words of power you say are something along the lines of "Set fire to the human with the axe who I can see." This is unambiguous (assuming you can indeed only see one human with an axe) but also lacks a certain punch to it, not only to a human ear but to the universe itself.
However, each creature has a personal true name. This true name generally doesn't change (but see the Ritual of Renaming); instead it denotes a single creature always and forever. Truenamers can use their truename research class feature to find it out, and certain divination spells can find a creature's personal true name.
If you know a creature's personal true name, it gets disadvantage on all saves against your utterances.
The Universe Keeps Track of You
It's important to understand what a single creature is for purposes of a true name. If a druid turns into a wolf, is killed and is raised as a zombie, that druid still retains their true name. No matter how much you change form, as long as there is some continuity of existence between the two, you keep your true name. In rare cases, where one creature becomes two, they may both have the same personal true name.
Objects have a personal true name, but this is more related to their form. If a sword undergoes a temporary polymorphing effect, it is still the same sword and has the same personal true name, and so does it have the same name if broken then repaired. If it is smashed and melted down into metal which is thenceforth used to forge many items, they don't share the sword's true name.
The Universe Hears Just Fine
Your utterances have verbal components, but it doesn't matter if no-one hears them. Your utterances aren't ruined if you're silenced, but they are if you physically can't move your mouth and form the words.
Range and Duration
In general, utterances tend to have a range of 60 feet and a duration of either instantaneous or 5 rounds as appropriate. This should be assumed where one or both of these values is not given. The utterance descriptions are very short, but are in fact the entire rules text of the utterance.
The Lexicon of the Evolving Mind
The following are the utterances of the lexicon of the evolving mind.
1st:
Defensive Edge: Either grant an ally +2 to AC, or an enemy -2 to AC.
Inertia Surge: Either enemy can't move for 1 round (they can act normally, just not move from the save they're currently in., or ally can't be stopped from moving in any way for 1 round.
Knight's Puissance: Either grant an ally +2 to attack rolls, or an enemy -2 to attack rolls.
Universal Aptitude: Grant ally advantage on skill checks and truespeak checks or enemy disadvantage on skill checks and truespeak checks.
Word of Nurturing, Minor: Ally heals 1 hit point per round or enemy takes 1d6 necrotic damage this round and you can concentrate until next round to deal another 1d6.
2nd:
Archer's Eye: Ally's ranged attacks ignore cover, or ally takes half damage from ranged attacks.
Hidden Truth: Ally gets a +10 to their next knowledge check or ally gets +10 to their next bluff check. Lasts 5 rounds or until used.
Perceive the Unseen: Ally ignores penalties for being blind and invisible creatures get no bonus against them, or creature is concealed by a thick fog.
Silent Caster: Ally can cast with no verbal components (even for utterances) or enemy is silenced.
Speed of the Zephyr: Ally's speed increased by 20 feet and they can walk on walls (but must end move on a surface that can support them normally) or foe's speed reduced by 10 feet.
Strike of Might: Ally's next attack deals 10 more damage or enemy's next attack deals 5 less damage (min 0). Lasts 5 rounds or until used.
Temporal Twist: Ally gets a free move right now, or enemy must take a wisdom save or can't do anything for 1 round.
Word of Nurturing, Lesser: Ally heals 3 hit points per round or enemy takes 2d6 necrotic damage this round and you can concentrate until next round to deal another 2d6.
3rd:
Accelerated Attack: Ally can disengage with no action or ally doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity.
Energy Negation: Ally gets resistance to one damage type or enemy takes 2d6 damage of any one type each round for 5 rounds.
Seek the Sky: Ally can fly at their speed or enemy can't fly but gets feather fall effect.
Speed of the Zephyr, Greater: Ally gets benefit of haste or enemy gets penalty of slow.
Temporal Spiral: Ally gets a free attack right now, or enemy must take a wisdom save or can't do anything for 3 rounds.
Vision Sharpened: Ally benefits from see invisibility, or ally is invisible.
Word of Nurturing, Moderate: Ally heals 5 hit points per round or enemy takes 4d6 necrotic damage this round and you can concentrate until next round to deal another 4d6.
4th:
Breath of Cleansing: Ally gets advantage on saves or enemy gets disadvantage on saves.
Caster Lens: Ally's spells cast at +2 spell level or enemy can't cast highest 2 levels of spells.
Morale Boost: Ally stops being frightened, or enemy takes wisdom save or is frightened.
Spell Rebirth: Restore a spell that the target cast but that was dispelled, or automatically dispel the highest-level spell affecting the target.
Word of Bolstering: Ally gets +1d6 to strength, dexterity or constitution, or enemy gets -1d6 penalty to one of those three.
Word of Nurturing, Potent: Ally heals 10 hit points per round or enemy takes 6d6 necrotic damage this round and you can concentrate until next round to deal another 6d6.
5th:
Eldritch Attraction: Enemy must take a charisma save. If they fail: move them up to 40 feet towards you or move them up to 40 feet away from you.
Energy Negation, Greater: Ally takes no damage from one damage type or ally gets a special ability which deals 10 damage of any one type (chosen when you speak the utterance) to a creature who attacks them each time that creature does so.
Essence of Lifespark: Enemy loses all class features of latest level or ally gets all class features of next level.
Preternatural Clarity: Ally can claim advantage on any one roll in the next 5 rounds, or enemy must take an intelligence save or spend the next 5 rounds lashing out at the nearest creature with their strongest weapon or spell.
Seek the Sky, Greater: Ally can fly at double their speed or enemy cannot fly.
Sensory Focus: Ally automatically senses all creatures they have line of effect to, or enemy must take a constitution save or be blinded and deafened.
Ward of Peace: Ally cannot be attacked for 5 rounds or until they attack, or enemy must take a charisma save or cease to exist for 5 rounds.
Word of Nurturing, Critical: Ally heals 15 hit points per round or enemy takes 4d6 necrotic damage this round and you can concentrate until next round to deal another 8d6.
6th:
Breath of Recovery: Ally loses all harmful status effects or enemy must take a charisma save or can't take actions or movement.
Ether Reforged: Ally can attack incorporeal or ethereal opponents directly for 5 rounds, or instantaneously banish a creature to the ethereal plane unless they make a wisdom save.
Knight's Puissance, Greater: Ally gets +5 to attack and damage rolls, or enemy gets -5 to attack and damage rolls.
Mystic Rampart: Ally gets +5 to AC and saves or enemy gets -5 to AC and saves.
Singular Mind: Free creature from curses, enchantments and other control, or dominate monster but only for 5 rounds.
Word of Nurturing, Moderate: Ally heals 20 hit points per round or enemy takes 10d6 necrotic damage this round and you can concentrate until next round to deal another 10d6.
The Lexicon of the Crafted Tool
These utterances target objects.
1st
Fortify Armour: Armour protects wearer from critical hits and sneak attacks, always, or armour cursed to double their effects on the wearer.
Keen Weapon: Weapon deals +1d6 damage, or weapon deals -1d6 damage.
2nd
Agitate Metal: Armour deals 2d8/round cold damage to wearer or 2d8/round fire damage to wearer.
Analyse Item: Reveal all properties of item, or item's function is unfindable for 24 hours.
3rd:
Rebuild Item: Repair item to normal, undamaged state or unequip item from wearer onto the ground.
Suppress Weapon: Weapon loses magical properties for 10 minutes or weapon's magic properties are twice as effective for 5 rounds.
4th:
Suppress item: Item loses all mundane and magical properties for 10 minutes or item's mundane and magical properties are twice as effective for 5 rounds.
Transmute Weapon: Change weapon's material or change armour's material.
5th:
Metamagic Catalyst: Give a magic item that casts a spell the benefit of one of the sorcerer's metamagic abilities, or it has its minimum effect.
Seize Item: Item immediately goes to your hand, or item immediately moves 60 feet away from you.
The Lexicon of the Perfected Map
These utterances affect an area, usually a circle of radius 20 feet.
1st:
Fog from the Void: Creatures in the area are invisible or creatures in the area lose invisibility.
Shield of the Landscape: Attacks and spells are blocked by the area or attacks and spells can't be blocked in the area.
Shockwave: Creatures in the area take 1d4 damage and dexterity save or fall prone, or creatures in area stand up right now.
2nd:
Energy Vortex: All creatures in the area take 2d6 damage of your choice of type, or all creatures in the area have resistance to your choice of type.
Speak Rock to Mud: All rock in area turns to mud or vice versa.
Transform the Landscape: All terrain in area is difficult terrain or no terrain in area is difficult terrain.
3rd:
Lore of the World: 10 mile radius centred on you: Either find any one location in that area, or all divination spells in the area don't work for the next day.
Master the Four Winds: Either destroy all construction in area and deal 10d6 damage to each creature there, or prevent weather effects in 10 mile radius for one day.
Thwart the Traveller: For the next day, creatures can't make extradimensional travel into or out of the area. Or, every creature in the area teleports up to 1 mile.
4th:
Anger the Sleeping Earth: Destroy all construction in 60 foot radius area and deal 14d6 damage to each creature there, or prevent weather effects in 20 mile radius for one week.
Conjunctive Gate: Create a permanent gate for planar travel to a point of your choice on another plane and back, or close a means of extradimensional travel.
Deny Passage: Creatures cannot enter or leave area for 5 rounds, or creatures are thrown out of the area by the nearest path and take 1d6 points of damage for each 5 feet moved in this way.