Spiritualist 5e

An original character class designed for D&D 5th edition. This class draws loose inspiration from the Baten Kaitos video game series for the base ideas surrounding it. The class itself involves an individual whose soul is joined with that of an ethereal spirit to gain access to magical powers and martial prowess. The spirit serves as both a kindred soul and driving force for the player character as they adventure the world with the spirit at their side. The bond formed with a guardian spirit grants a spiritualist insight into an unexplored plane known as the spirit world and its residents, the minor spirits.

Included alongside the full base class for this character are three different archetypes of spiritualists based on the nature of origin for their guardian spirit: Godling, Ancient Warrior, and Primordial Fragment. Godlings are fragments of now-dead and forgotten gods who took up residence within creatures to regain strength in their weakened state. They bestow their vast knowledge upon the player character to grant them an edge in combat while combining this with a variety of magical elements to expose weaknesses in your foes. The Ancient Warrior was a once proud and powerful warrior of times past of great renown who departed the world with deeds left undone. They serve a more empowering role for their player characters providing them with enhanced martial prowess over the other guardian spirits while enhancing their senses and reflexes. Primordial fragments are shed portions of the powerful and ancient Primordials sent to the material plane with a mission that grants them their existence. They grant their player characters a greater influence over minor spirits permeating the planes allowing them to even manifest them temporarily for greater magical control over the battlefield.

This character class was created with the intentions of providing more options to players open to using homebrew content within their 5e campaigns. Consultation with peers has been conducted with this class, but playtesting has not been performed yet and any who decide to use this class should remember to keep this in mind when playing it. I am open to any feedback regarding this class, both from those just reading and those who decided to give this class a spin in a campaign. If you have any questions about vagueness regardin this class I will be happy to answer them when I have an opportunity to. If any pointsare brought up regarding balance or vagueness that I feel need to be addressed, I will update the PDF when I can to hopefully deal with the issue.

Most importantly though, I hope any players who are interested in this class enjoy their time with it.