Magus

A magus has blended arcane study and combat training, allowing them to perfectly interweave swings of a sword with spells, while shielding themselves with their magic.

The Magus

Magus Level	Proficiency Bonus	Features	Quickcast Level	Cantrips Known	Spells Known	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
1st	+2	Arcane Mantle, Magic Sense, Unarmored Defense	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	+2	Fighting Style, Spellcasting	—	2	2	2	—	—	—	—
3rd	+2	Magus Discipline, Spellstrike (1st-level)	—	2	3	3	—	—	—	—
4th	+2	Ability Score Improvement	—	2	4	3	—	—	—	—
5th	+3	Extra Attack	—	2	5	4	2	—	—	—
6th	+3	Magus Discipline feature, Quickcast	1st	2	6	4	2	—	—	—
7th	+3	Arcane Ward	1st	2	7	4	3	—	—	—
8th	+3	Ability Score Improvement	1st	3	7	4	3	—	—	—
9th	+4	—	2nd	3	8	4	3	2	—	—
10th	+4	Magus Discipline feature	2nd	3	8	4	3	2	—	—
11th	+4	Nullifying Shield, Spellstrike (2nd-level)	2nd	3	9	4	3	3	—	—
12th	+4	Ability Score Improvement	2nd	3	9	4	3	3	—	—
13th	+5	—	3rd	3	10	4	3	3	1	—
14th	+5	Magus Discipline feature	3rd	4	10	4	3	3	1	—
15th	+5	Transposition	3rd	4	11	4	3	3	2	—
16th	+5	Ability Score Improvement	3rd	4	11	4	3	3	2	—
17th	+6	—	4th	4	12	4	3	3	3	1
18th	+6	Enhanced Magic Sense, Spellstrike (3rd-level)	4th	4	12	4	3	3	3	1
19th	+6	Ability Score Improvement	4th	4	13	4	3	3	3	2
20th	+6	Mantle Mastery	4th	4	13	4	3	3	3	2

Hit Points

Hit Dice: 1d8 per Magus level
Hit Points: 10 + 8 times your level

Proficiencies

Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields
Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons
Tools: One instrument of your choice

Saving Throws: Dexterity, Intelligence
Skills: Choose two from Acrobatics, Arcana, Athletics, History, Performance, and Stealth

Multiclassing

Ability Score Minimum: Dexterity 1, Intelligence 1
Proficiencies Gained: Light armor, medium armor, shields, simple weapons, martial weapons

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

(a) one martial melee weapon or (b) two simple melee weapons
(a) a longbow and 20 arrows or (b) any simple ranged weapon
(a) a dungeoneer's kit, (b) an explorer's kit, or (c) a scholar's kit
leather armor and an instrument

For information on equipment, you may check the equipment page.

Arcane Mantle

1st-level Magus feature

You have learned to wreath yourself in a mantle of arcane energy. While your arcane mantle is active, you gain supernatural speed and agility.

You can use a minor action to activate your arcane mantle, which lasts for 1 minute, or until you are incapacitated. You can deactivate your arcane mantle at any time you choose (no action required).

While your arcane mantle is active, you gain the following benefits:

Arcane Shield. When you are hit by an attack, you can use a free reaction to gain a bonus to your AC against that attack equal to your Intelligence (minimum of +1), potentially causing the attack to miss.

Fast Movement. Your walking speed increases by 10 feet.

Enhanced Focus. You gain a bonus to any Constitution saving throw you make to maintain concentration

. The bonus equals your Intelligence (minimum of +1).

You can use this feature once per short rest, and additional times by expending a spell slot.

Magic Sense

1st-level Magus feature

You have learned to sense magic through your touch. When you touch an object or creature, you sense the presence of any magic within it, as well as its school of magic, if any.

Unarmored Defense

1st-level Magus feature

While you are wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, you may calculate your AC as 10 + your Dexterity + your Intelligence score.

Fighting Style

2nd-level Magus feature

You adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can't take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

You have blindsight with a range of 10 feet. Within that range, you can effectively see anything that isn't behind total cover, even if you're blinded or in darkness. Moreover, you can see an invisible creature within that range, unless the creature successfully hides from you.

In addition, you cannot have disadvantage on attacks against a creature that you can sense with blindsight.

Defense

While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.

Dueling

When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.

Great Weapon Fighting

When you roll damage for an attack you made with a two-handed or versatile melee weapon that you wielded with two hands, you can reroll any of the weapon's damage dice. You must use the new rolls.

Two-Weapon Fighting

When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack.

In addition, you can draw or stow two one-handed weapons when you would normally be able to draw or stow only one.

Unarmed Fighting

Your unarmed strikes can deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength on a hit. If you aren't wielding any weapons or a shield when you make the attack roll, the d6 becomes a d8.

At the start of each of your turns, you can deal 1d4 bludgeoning damage to one creature grappled by you.

Spellcasting

2nd-level Magus feature

You have learned to seamlessly blend blade and spell.

Cantrips. You know two cantrips of your choice from the magus spell list. You learn additional magus cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Magus table.

Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of these cantrips with another cantrip from the Magus spell list.

Spell Slots. The Magus table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your magus spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell's level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.

For example, if you know the 1st-level spell shield

and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast shield using either slot.

Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher. You know two 1st-level spells of your choice from the magus spell list.

The Spells Known column of the Magus table shows when you learn more magus spells of your choice. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For inmantle, when you reach 5th level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level.

Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the magus spells you know and replace it with another spell from the ranger spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

Spellcasting Ability. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your magus spells, since you learn your spells through study and memorization.. You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence score when setting the saving throw DC for a magus spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence score
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence score

Spellcasting Focus. You can use a weapon you are proficient with, or an arcane focus as your spellcasting focus.

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Level	Spell	School	Domain	Tags
Cantrip	Acid Splash	Conjuration	Arcane	—
Cantrip	Blade Ward	Abjuration	Arcane	—
Cantrip	Booming Blade	Evocation	Arcane	Air
Cantrip	Create Bonfire	Conjuration	Primal	Fire
Cantrip	Crystal Spear	Evocation	Primal	Earth
Cantrip	Dancing Lights	Evocation	Arcane	—
Cantrip	Fire Bolt	Evocation	Arcane	Fire
Cantrip	Frostbite	Evocation	Primal	Water
Cantrip	Green-Flame Blade	Evocation	Arcane	Fire
Cantrip	Light	Evocation	Divine	—
Cantrip	Lightning Lure	Evocation	Arcane	AirFire
Cantrip	Mage Hand	Conjuration	Arcane	—
Cantrip	Minor Illusion	Illusion	Arcane	—
Cantrip	Poison Spray	Conjuration	Primal	—
Cantrip	Prestidigitation	Transmutation	Arcane	—
Cantrip	Quaking Blow	Evocation	Arcane	Earth
Cantrip	Ray of Frost	Evocation	Arcane	Water
Cantrip	Rime Blade	Evocation	Arcane	Water
Cantrip	Shocking Grasp	Evocation	Arcane	AirFire
Cantrip	Sword Burst	Conjuration	Arcane	—
Cantrip	Thunderclap	Evocation	Primal	Air
Cantrip	True Strike	Divination	Divine	—
1st	Absorb Elements	Abjuration	Primal	AirEarthFireWater
1st	Arcane Weapon	Transmutation	Arcane	AirEarthFireWater
1st	Armor of Ice	Abjuration	Arcane	Water
1st	Blazing Strike	Evocation	Arcane	FireSmite
1st	Burning Hands	Evocation	Arcane	Fire
1st	Catapult	Transmutation	Arcane	—
1st	Caustic Spray	Evocation	Arcane	—
1st	Chromatic Orb	Evocation	Arcane	AirEarthFireWater
1st	Color Spray	Illusion	Arcane	—
1st	Detect Magic	Divination	Arcane	Ritual
1st	Disguise Self	Illusion	Arcane	—
1st	Earth Tremor	Evocation	Primal	Earth
1st	Earthen Barrier	Transmutation	Primal	Earth
1st	Expeditious Retreat	Transmutation	Arcane	—
1st	Faerie Fire	Evocation	Arcane	—
1st	False Life	Necromancy	Arcane	—
1st	Feather Fall	Transmutation	Arcane	—
1st	Fog Cloud	Conjuration	Primal	AirWater
1st	Frost Strike	Abjuration	Arcane	SmiteWater
1st	Grease	Conjuration	Arcane	—
1st	Ground Surf	Transmutation	Primal	Earth
1st	Ice Knife	Conjuration	Arcane	Water
1st	Inflict Wounds	Necromancy	Divine	—
1st	Jump	Transmutation	Arcane	—
1st	Longstrider	Transmutation	Arcane	—
1st	Mage Armor	Abjuration	Arcane	—
1st	Magic Weapon	Transmutation	Arcane	—
1st	Sapping Strike	Necromancy	Arcane	Smite
1st	Searing Smite	Evocation	Divine	FireSmite
1st	Seismic Sense	Transmutation	Primal	Earth
1st	Shield	Abjuration	Arcane	—
1st	Silent Image	Illusion	Arcane	—
1st	Thunderous Smite	Evocation	Divine	AirSmite
1st	Thunderwave	Evocation	Primal	Air
1st	Zapping Strike	Conjuration	Arcane	AirFireSmite
1st	Zephyr Strike	Transmutation	Primal	Air
2nd	Aid	Abjuration	Divine	—
2nd	Alter Self	Transmutation	Arcane	—
2nd	Binding Ice	Evocation	Arcane	Water
2nd	Blur	Illusion	Arcane	—
2nd	Clay Armor	Transmutation	Primal	Earth
2nd	Cloud of Daggers	Conjuration	Arcane	—
2nd	Darkness	Evocation	Arcane	—
2nd	Darkvision	Transmutation	Arcane	—
2nd	Detect Thoughts	Divination	Psionic	—
2nd	Earthbind	Transmutation	Primal	—
2nd	Earthen Grasp	Transmutation	Primal	Earth
2nd	Enhance Ability	Transmutation	Divine	—
2nd	Enlarge/Reduce	Transmutation	Arcane	—
2nd	Ethereal Strike	Transmutation	Arcane	Smite
2nd	Fiery Whip	Evocation	Arcane	Fire
2nd	Invisibility	Illusion	Arcane	—
2nd	Levitate	Transmutation	Arcane	—
2nd	Mirror Image	Illusion	Arcane	—
2nd	Misty Step	Conjuration	Arcane	—
2nd	Scorching Blast	Evocation	Arcane	Fire
2nd	Scorching Ray	Evocation	Arcane	Fire
2nd	See Invisibility	Divination	Arcane	—
2nd	Shadow Blade	Illusion	Arcane	—
2nd	Spider Climb	Transmutation	Arcane	—
2nd	Telekinetic Grip	Transmutation	Psionic	—
2nd	Warding Wind	Evocation	Primal	Air
2nd	Web	Conjuration	Arcane	—
3rd	Blink	Transmutation	Arcane	—
3rd	Daylight	Evocation	Divine	—
3rd	Dispel Magic	Abjuration	Arcane	—
3rd	Elemental Weapon	Transmutation	Primal	AirEarthFireWater
3rd	Fear	Illusion	Arcane	—
3rd	Flaming Stride	Transmutation	Arcane	Fire
3rd	Fly	Transmutation	Arcane	—
3rd	Grim Apparitions	Necromancy	Arcane	—
3rd	Haste	Transmutation	Arcane	—
3rd	Lightning Bolt	Evocation	Arcane	AirFire
3rd	Major Image	Illusion	Arcane	—
3rd	Nondetection	Abjuration	Arcane	—
3rd	Protection from Energy	Abjuration	Arcane	AirEarthFireWater
3rd	Slow	Transmutation	Arcane	—
3rd	Thunder Step	Conjuration	Arcane	—
4th	Banishment	Abjuration	Arcane	—
4th	Cloak of Shadow	Necromancy	Arcane	—
4th	Crystal Burst	Transmutation	Primal	Earth
4th	Dimension Door	Conjuration	Arcane	—
4th	Elemental Bane	Transmutation	Primal	AirEarthFireWater
4th	Fire Shield	Evocation	Arcane	FireWater
4th	Freedom of Movement	Abjuration	Divine	—
4th	Greater Invisibility	Illusion	Arcane	—
4th	Staggering Smite	Evocation	Divine	Smite
4th	Stoneskin	Abjuration	Arcane	—
5th	Banishing Smite	Abjuration	Divine	Smite
5th	Cone of Cold	Evocation	Arcane	Air
5th	Creation	Illusion	Arcane	—
5th	Far Step	Conjuration	Arcane	—
5th	Immolation	Evocation	Arcane	Fire
5th	Steel Wind Strike	Conjuration	Arcane	—
5th	Telekinesis	Transmutation	Psionic	—

Magus Discipline

3rd-level Magus feature

You choose an discipline that you strive to emulate from the list of available archetypes. Your choice grants features at 3rd level, and again at 6th, 10th, 14th, and 18th level.

The discipline options are listed below:

Blood Knight

Elementalist

Mindblade

Spellbreaker

Spellstrike

3rd-level Magus feature

You can cast a 1st-level magus smite spell without expending a spell slot. Once you use this feature, you may not do so again until the start of your next turn.

At 11th level, you can cast a 2nd-level magus smite spell without expending a spell slot, and at 18th level, you can cast a 3rd-level magus smite spell.

Ability Score Improvement

4th-level Magus feature

You increase one ability score of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 5 using this feature.

You gain additional ability score improvements at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th levels.

Extra Attack

5th-level Magus feature

After you take the attack

action on your turn for the first time, you can take it again as a free action.

Quickcast

6th-level Magus feature

When you cast a magus spell with a casting time of 1 standard action that targets only yourself, you can cast it as a minor action instead.

Arcane Ward

7th-level Magus feature

You can direct your magic to absorb damage while your arcane mantle is active. When you take damage, you can use a free reaction to expend one spell slot and reduce the damage you take by 10 times the level of the expended spell slot.

Nullifying Shield

11th-level Magus feature

You have learned to enhance your arcane shield to nullify magical effects. When you are forced to make a saving throw against a spell or other magical effect, you may use a reaction to gain a bonus to the saving throw equal to your Intelligence score (minimum of +1).

Transposition

15th-level Magus feature

As a minor action, you may attempt to instantly swap positions with another creature you can see within 60 feet of you. An unwilling creature may resist this effect if it succeeds on a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC.

You may use this feature twice. You regain all expended uses after finishing either a short rest or a long rest.

Enhanced Magic Sense

18th-level Magus feature

You have learned to broaden your senses to detect magic in an area around you, rather than just through touch. You can sense the presence, and school, if any, of magic within 30 feet of you.

Additionally, creatures affected by any magical effects may not benefit from being hidden while within 30 feet of you, and you sense their position as if you could see them.

Arcane Mastery

20th-level Magus feature

Maintaining your arcane mantle has become trivial for you. You may use your Mantle feature an unlimited number of times, and it lasts until either you choose to end it (no action), or become incapacitated.

Additionally, while your arcane mantle is active, you gain a bonus to all saving throws equal to your Intelligence score (minimum of +1).

Magus

The Magus

Hit Points

Proficiencies

Multiclassing

Equipment

Arcane Mantle

Magic Sense

Unarmored Defense

Fighting Style

Blind Fighting

Defense

Dueling

Great Weapon Fighting

Two-Weapon Fighting

Unarmed Fighting

Spellcasting

Magus Discipline

Spellstrike

Ability Score Improvement

Extra Attack

Quickcast

Arcane Ward

Nullifying Shield

Transposition

Enhanced Magic Sense

Arcane Mastery