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Lightmagemike
2018-07-16, 05:41 PM
This is just a boon idea that I had and decided to put something together for. The varying tiers can mostly be separated by intended usage level, with Lesser being intended for relatively low level play, Greater for 20+, and True for really special circumstances. I am a little worried about balance and or it being too much in one thing.


Boon: Vision of Mortality
Contact with death itself has altered your very perception of the world around you. Whether through a gift granted by a divine source, the result of a demonic pact, or becoming immersed in death and surviving, you are now capable of seeing the death of those around you. With this heightened perception you are further able to sever their ties with life, bringing death near instantly. This boon can come in one of three different varieties, the power of it scaling in accordance with the variety.
Lesser:
As a bonus action, you may activate the Vision of Mortality. For 1 minute, you gain the following benefits:
• Whenever you deal slashing damage, you add an additional 1d6 slashing damage. This damage bypasses all resistances and immunities.
• Whenever you deal critical damage with an attack that deals slashing damage, the target loses a limb chosen at random. If the target has no limbs to sever, a portion of its body is lopped off instead.
• As an action, you may cut through any nonmagical material no more than 3 inches thick. The total area you may cut in this time may not exceed 25 square feet.
• If an enemy is reduced to 0 hit points, they die instantly.
Once you use this feature, you must complete a short or long rest before you can use it again.
Greater:
As a bonus action, you may activate the Vision of Mortality. For 1 minute, you gain the following benefits:
• Whenever you deal slashing damage, you add an additional 3d6 slashing damage. This damage bypasses all resistances and immunities.
• Whenever you deal critical damage with an attack that deals slashing damage, the target loses a head. The target dies if it cannot survive without the lost head. If the target has no head to sever, it is struck through the heart instead to similar effect. If the DM determines that neither option is feasible for the target, or if the target has legendary resistances, the target instead takes 6d8 additional slashing damage.
• As an action, you may cut through any material no more than 5 inches thick. The total area you may cut in this time may not exceed 25 square feet.
• If an enemy is reduced to 0 hit points, they die instantly.
Once you use this feature, you must complete a short or long rest before you can use it again.
True:
As a bonus action, you may activate the Vision of Mortality. For 1 minute, you gain the following benefits:
• Whenever you deal slashing damage, you add an additional 5d6 slashing damage. This damage bypasses all resistances and immunities.
• Whenever you deal critical damage with an attack that deals slashing damage, the target must make a Constitution saving throw DC = 10 + ½ Level, If the target fails the save, they die instantly. If they succeed, they take 100 slashing damage instead.
• As an action, you may cut through any material or magical barrier no more than 1 foot thick. The total area you may cut in this time may not exceed 25 square feet.
• If an enemy is reduced to 0 hit points, they die instantly.
Once you use this feature, you must complete a short or long rest before you can use it again.