House of Cards

SubclassValdaSpire242014Warmage

Subclass features

House of Cards

Level 3

Push Your Luck With Hands of Cards

Warmages who join the House of Cards approach combat the same way they do games of chance: with high stakes and calculated gambles. Each Warmage of this house wields a special deck of cards tied to the very threads of fate, through which they can empower their magic with deft flurries of hands. However, while these Warmages command incredible power, their magical surges are at the whims of the cards, and so they must make strategic, ingenious plays to master them.

Bluff

Your poker face carries you through practically any lie. You gain proficiency in the Deception skill and with the Gaming Kit (Playing Cards), if you don't already have it. Additionally, you gain a bonus to Charisma (Deception) checks equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum bonus of +1).

Deck of Fate

You gain a deck of magical playing or tarot cards, called a Deck of Fate, through which you can enhance the power of your cantrips. Shuffle a standard 52-card playing card deck and draw a hand of five cards when you roll Initiative.

Whenever you target an enemy with a Warmage spell that deals damage, you can take a Bonus Action to play one or more cards from your hand to enhance the power of the spell. If the cards exactly match one of the results on the Hands table, the spell deals extra damage to one of its targets of your choice or grants you one additional effect, according to the result. If the cards don't match a result, they have no effect. Aces count as ones for results. Once you play a card, place it on the bottom of your deck and draw until you have five cards in your hand again.

Hands

Result	Cards	Benefit
Straight	Any five sequential cards, regardless of suit.	You deal an extra 12 damage.
Flush	Any five cards of the same suit, regardless of order.	You deal an extra 10 damage.
Three of a Kind	Any three of the same rank.	You deal an extra 6 damage.
Pair	Any two of the same rank.	You deal an extra 2 damage.
Hearts	Any two hearts.	You gain Temporary Hit Points equal to your Intelligence modifier.
Spades	Any two spades.	Your Speed increases by 10 feet until the start of your next turn.
Diamonds	Any two diamonds.	You gain a +1 bonus to your AC until the start of your next turn.
Clubs	Any two clubs.	You gain a +1 bonus to saving throws until the start of your next turn.

High Stakes

Level 7

On your turn, you can choose any number of cards from your hand and place them on the bottom of your ValdaSpire24 (no action required), losing 2 Hit Points per card you choose. You then draw until you have five cards in your hand again.

Dealer's Choice

Level 10

You can take a Bonus Action to gain one of the following benefits, chosen by the GM. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest.

Resistance

You gain Resistance to all damage until the end of your next turn.

Teleportation

You teleport to an unoccupied space you can see within 60 feet of you.

Demiplane

You vanish into a safe, endless demiplane. At the start of your next turn, you reappear in the space you left or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied.

Card Reading

Level 15

Once on each of your turns when you draw a card from your deck as part of your ValdaSpire24 feature, you can declare a suit (Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, or Spades) and check the top card of your deck. If you guessed the suit correctly, you can take the Dash, Disengage, or Utilize action as part of the Bonus Action used for the feature.

Ace in the Hole

Level 18

Whenever you would draw one or more cards from your deck, draw twice as many. Put half of the cards drawn on the bottom of your deck and the other cards in your hand.

Raw data

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