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Shapeshifter Class Features

1 - Shapeshifting

In battle, you unleash your true form, shifting your body into something faster, stronger, and more resilient. You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for unarmed strike attack and damage rolls.

As a bonus action, you can enter a primal shift, which lasts for 1 minute unless you are incapacitated or wearing heavy armor. While shifted, you gain a bonus to melee weapon damage rolls equal to your proficiency bonus, resistance to all damage except necrotic, psychic, and radiant, and advantage on Strength saving throws. You cannot maintain concentration on spells while shifted.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.

1 - Enhanced Senses

You have proficiency in Perception skill checks. You can see normally in darkness, both magical and nonmagical, to a distance of 60 feet. This vision is doubled when you get darkvision from your race.

1 - Shapeshifter Subclass

You gain a Shapeshifter subclass of your choice. A subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Shapeshifter levels. For the rest of your career, you gain each of your subclass’s features that are of your Shapeshifter level or lower.

2 - Defensive Stance

When an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack's damage against you.

2 - Cunning Action

Your quick thinking and agility allow you to move and act quickly. You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.

4 - Ability Score Improvement

You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another feat of your choice for which you qualify. You gain this feature again at Shapeshifter levels 8, 12, and 16.

5 - Adaptable Form

You can subtly alter your form to adapt to different needs. When you shift, you can choose one of the following adaptations:

Aquatic Adaptation: You gain a swim speed equal to your walking speed and can breathe underwater.
Climbing Adaptation: You gain a climbing speed equal to your walking speed, and you can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Fleet Adaptation: Your movement speed increases by 10 feet, and opportunity attacks against you are made with disadvantage.

6 - Extra Attack

You can attack twice instead of once whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

7 - Primal Strike

Your attacks while shapeshifted count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

9 - Regenerative Shifting

While shapeshifted, you regain hit points equal to your Constitution modifier at the start of each of your turns if you have at least 1 hit point and no more than half of your hit points remaining.

11 - Evasion

You can dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a red dragon's fiery breath or an Ice Storm spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Strength or Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.

13 - Blindsense

If you are able to hear, you are aware of the location of any hidden or invisible creature within 10 feet of you.

15 - Swift Strike

While shifted, you can take an additional reaction each round, which can only be used for opportunity attacks or to reduce falling damage.

16 - Elusive

You are so evasive that attackers rarely gain the upper hand against you. No attack roll has advantage against you while you aren't incapacitated.

18 - Elemental Affinity

You gain resistance to fire, cold, lightning, and acid. When you shift, you gain immunity to these damage types until the end of your shift.

20 - Shifting Paragon

Your shapeshifting ability reaches its peak. You can now shapeshift an unlimited number of times without needing a rest. Additionally, when you shapeshift, you gain temporary hit points equal to your proficiency bonus.

Shapeshifter Subclasses

Coven Shapeshifter Features

Coven Shapeshifter

The Coven Shapeshifter embodies the dark allure and predatory prowess of a vampire, blending deadly precision with supernatural grace. You channel the essence of your coven’s power—becoming faster, stronger, and more dangerous while shifted.

Your abilities emphasize elegance and lethality, allowing you to stalk prey with ease and drain vitality from foes to sustain your own strength.

Sanguinaire (1st Level Feature)

You gain proficiency in the History skill. You can drink blood as a form of ration, and can climb vertical surfaces using your walking speed.

In addition, you have all the characteristics of your race; when shifted, you can enter a bat form or vampire form. In bat form, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed but cannot attack; in vampire form, you take 1d8 radiant damage per round in sunlight, and you gain an additional 1d6 to Charisma skill checks. You can extend the duration of this form up to 1 hour.

Vampiric Bite (3rd Level Feature)

While shifted, you gain a Vampiric Bite attack. This bite is a simple melee weapon with which you are proficient, using your Constitution modifier for attack and damage rolls, and it deals 1d6 piercing damage on a hit.

If you are missing half or more of your hit points, you have advantage on attack rolls with this bite. In addition, when you hit a creature that isn’t a Construct or Undead with your bite, you regain hit points equal to your proficiency bonus.

Mistform (6th Level Feature)

While shifted, as a reaction when you take damage, you can become an incorporeal mist until the start of your next turn. While intangible, you have resistance to all damage except radiant and force, and you can move through creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain.

If you end your turn inside an object, you are immediately shunted to the nearest unoccupied space and take 1d10 force damage.

Shadow’s Kiss (10th Level Feature)

When you hit a creature with your Vampiric Bite attack, you can choose to deal additional necrotic damage equal to your level. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier) or be charmed by you until the end of your next turn.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Vampiric Resilience (14th Level Feature)

When you reduce a creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack, you regain hit points equal to your Constitution modifier plus your proficiency bonus.

In addition, you have immunity to necrotic damage and the charmed condition.

Thirst Unbound (19th Level Feature)

Your hunger becomes unstoppable. Your Vampiric Bite now deals 4d6 piercing damage, and when you hit a creature with it, you regain hit points equal to twice your proficiency bonus.

If you reduce a creature to 0 hit points using your Vampiric Bite, you can immediately shapeshift without using a bonus action or expending a use.

Howler Shapeshifter Features

Howler Shapeshifter

The Howler Shapeshifter combines lycan ferocity, aggression, and supernatural endurance into a fierce combat style. Thriving in chaos, you overwhelm foes with quick strikes and powerful hits, making every fight a relentless hunt.

Playing a Howler requires an aggressive, mobile style—swiftly engaging enemies, punishing escapes, and regenerating in the heat of battle.

Frenzied Packleader (1st Level Feature)

You gain proficiency in Intimidation or Survival (your choice).

In addition, as a bonus action, you let out a rallying howl. Until the end of your next turn, you and friendly creatures within 30 feet gain advantage on attacks against any enemy within 5 feet of another ally. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses on a long rest.

Bloodlust (3rd Level Feature)

Your instincts sharpen in battle. You gain an extra 10 feet of movement when a creature within 60 feet is below half its hit points.

In addition, when an enemy enters your reach, you can use your reaction to make an unarmed strike or melee weapon attack against them.

Lethal Pounce (6th Level Feature)

When you move at least 10 feet before making a melee weapon attack or unarmed strike, you can force the target to make a Strength saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength modifier).

In addition, on a failure the target is knocked prone and takes bludgeoning damage equal to your proficiency bonus.

Relentless Hunter (10th Level Feature)

You refuse to let your prey escape. If a creature within 5 feet moves away from you, you can use your reaction to move up to your speed and make a melee weapon attack against them, provided you are within range.

Unstoppable Beast (14th Level Feature)

While shifted, at the start of each of your turns you regain hit points equal to your Constitution modifier if you have at least 1 hit point.

In addition, when you score a critical hit with a melee weapon or unarmed strike, you can make one additional melee attack as part of the same action.

Bloodfang's Ferocity (19th Level Feature)

You are the embodiment of untamed ferocity. While shifted, your movement speed increases by 20 feet, and you score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.

In addition, whenever you reduce a creature to 0 hit points with a melee weapon or unarmed strike, you can immediately move up to half your speed and make another melee attack.

Oni Shapeshifter Features

Oni Shapeshifter

Oni Shapeshifters bear the weight of a cursed legacy intertwined with ancient infernal pacts, transforming their mortal guise into a fearsome embodiment of demonic power. Their shifting form channels an eldritch might that not only enhances their combat prowess but also casts a palpable aura of dread over their enemies.

Mask of the Oni (1st Level Feature)

You gain proficiency in either Stealth, Insight, or Intimidation, reflecting the imposing nature of your Oni heritage.

While you are shifted, a dark, demonic shroud radiates from you in a 10-foot radius. This shroud causes the area within it to be treated as dim light, regardless of the ambient lighting. As a bonus action you can cause a terrifying wind to blow within the shroud, any creature within the shroud or enters it for the first time until the start of your turn must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier) or become frightened of you until the start of its next turn.

Demon's Wrath (3rd Level Feature)

While you are shifted, any attack you make against a creature that is frightened of you deals an additional 1d6 necrotic damage. When you reach 11th level, this bonus damage increases to 2d6.

Demonic Skin (6th Level Feature)

While shifted, you gain resistance to all damage types except radiant damage. In addition, you are vulnerable to radiant damage.

Shadow Hunter (10th Level Feature)

Creatures in your demonic shroud range from Mask of the Oni have disadvantage on saving throws. In addition, you have 15 additional movement speed while in dim light or darkness.

Demon Lord Ascendant (14th Level Feature)

Your demonic shroud from Mask of the Oni's range is increased to 30 feet. While shifted, on your turn and as a reaction to a creature entering your shroud, you can deal necrotic damage equal to 4d6 + your Charisma modifier to all frightened creatures within your shroud.

Oni No Kage (19th Level Feature)

While you are shifted, you gain the following benefits:

When you reduce a creature to 0 hit points or cause it to become frightened, you can use your reaction to teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. As part of the same reaction, you can make one melee weapon attack.
Once per shift, when you are reduced to 0 hit points, you are instead reduced to 1 hit point and all hostile creatures within 30 feet of you must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier) or become frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Spirit Shapeshifter Features

Spirit Shapeshifter

Become one with the spirit realm as a Spirit Shapeshifter, communing with the dead and shifting between the material and ethereal planes. Harness the power of ancestral spirits to protect allies and evade danger.

The Spirit Shapeshifter bridges life and death, connecting with ancestral spirits to gain the ability to become incorporeal, pass through objects, and communicate with the departed. Whether guiding your party in haunted areas or invoking ancestral protection, you blend the living and the dead.

Spirit Channeling (1st Level Feature)

You gain proficiency in the Religion skill. Your connection to the spirit world allows you to both draw upon their insight and commune with lingering echoes of the dead.

Spirit Channeling. When you make a skill check or saving throw, you can roll a d4 and add it to the result. You can use this feature after you see the roll but before the outcome is determined. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum once), regaining all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Speak with the Dead. Once per short or long rest, you can ask a single question to a spirit tied to your current location, a creature that has died within the past day, or a spiritual remnant you carry. The spirit responds honestly, though the answer is always vague, cryptic, or emotional in tone. This ability does not require the target to be able to speak or understand a language.

Echoes of the Dead (3rd Level Feature)

You can channel the lingering spirits of the departed to guide your hand or hinder your enemies. When you make an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can summon an echo of a spirit to assist you, granting you advantage on the roll.

Alternatively, when a creature you can see within 60 feet makes an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can conjure a disruptive spirit to impose disadvantage on the roll.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses when you finish a long rest.

Ghost Form (6th Level Feature)

You can phase partially into the realm of the dead, becoming like a ghost until the start of your next turn.

While in this form, you hover and attack rolls have disadvantage against you. You can move through creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain; however, if you end your turn inside a creature or object, you are shunted to the nearest unoccupied space and take 1d6 force damage per 5 feet traveled.

Ancestral Protection (10th Level Feature)

You are imbued with the blessings of ancestral spirits, gaining a pool of spiritual energy represented by a number of d6s equal to your Shapeshifter level.

As a bonus action, you can call upon the spirits to heal an ally within 120 feet. Spend up to half your Shapeshifter level (rounded down) in dice from your pool; roll these dice and add the total to the target’s hit points. They also gain temporary hit points per die spent equal to your proficiency bonus. The pool replenishes after a long rest.

Phantom's Stride (14th Level Feature)

While shifted, the spirits imbue you with supernatural speed and etherealness.

For the duration of your shift, your walking speed increases by 20 feet, and you gain a flying speed equal to your walking speed. You can move through creatures without extra movement cost, and whenever you move through or within 5 feet of an enemy, their soul is burned for 1d12 necrotic damage (each creature can be affected once per round).

Spirit Beyond Death (19th Level Feature)

When you are reduced to 0 hit points, you can immediately shift into a ghostly form instead of falling unconscious. In this form, you gain resistance to all damage except force and radiant, can hover, and can move through creatures and objects.

You cannot cast spells or speak, but you can make attacks with advantage. This state lasts for 1 minute or until you regain hit points. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you finish a long rest.

Void Shapeshifter Features

Void Shapeshifter

Your body has become the host for an eldritch intelligence—a shifting mass of alien flesh and unnatural resilience. It whispers in your mind, fueling your rage, guiding your instincts, and reshaping your very being.

You are no longer just yourself; you are two entities intertwined, each vying for control. This inner struggle is both terrifying and exhilarating as you navigate the unknown territory of your dual existence.

Symbiotic Awakening (1st Level Feature)

You gain proficiency in the History skill and, in addition, when shifted you gain the following benefits:

• Psionic Resilience: While shifted, you have resistance to psychic damage and proficiency in Dexterity saving throws.
• Void’s Embrace: You gain proficiency in Intimidation and Athletics.
• Sentient Flesh: While shifted, your form constantly writhes and adapts. You cannot be restrained, grappled, or paralyzed unless you choose to be.

Eldritch Invocations (3rd Level Feature)

You gain a number of Eldritch Invocations equal to your proficiency bonus.

In addition, you must meet the level requirements for each invocation, and you can swap invocations when you level up.

Living Weapon (6th Level Feature)

Your body becomes a perfect instrument of destruction. When you shift, you choose one mutation:

• Tendril Strike: Make an additional melee attack as a bonus action with 15 ft reach.
• Adaptive Defenses: As a reaction when hit, reduce damage by an amount equal to your level + your Constitution modifier.
• Predator’s Instincts: Gain blindsight 30 ft., and move along vertical surfaces and ceilings as if they were normal terrain.

Each time you shift, you may choose a different mutation.

Devouring Form (10th Level Feature)

Your hunger for battle evolves into a primal force. While shifted, you gain the following benefits:

• Taste for Blood: When you hit a creature with a melee attack, you regain hit points equal to your proficiency bonus.
• Shifting Flesh: As a bonus action, you can instantly regrow a severed limb, remove a level of exhaustion, or end the grappled, poisoned, or blinded condition on yourself.
• Unsatiated Hunger: When you reduce a creature to 0 HP, you can move up to half your speed and make an additional melee attack as part of the same action (once per turn).

Apex Symbiote (14th Level Feature)

While shifted, you have advantage on attack rolls against creatures missing hit points.

In addition, as a bonus action, you can unleash writhing void tendrils. Each creature of your choice within 15 feet must make a Strength saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength modifier). On a failure, the creature is restrained until the start of your next turn.

Writhe Across Worlds (19th Level Feature)

While you are shifted, you can momentarily phase through the fabric of reality. When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can teleport up to 240 feet to an unoccupied space you can see before or after making your attacks.

If you teleport in this way, you can make one additional melee attack as part of the same action.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

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