Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training None Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) 2 Daggers, Arcane Focus (Quarterstaff), Robe, Spellbook, Scholar’s Pack, and 5 GP; or (B) 55 GP Becoming a Wizard ... As a Level 1 Character • Gain all the traits in the Core Wizard Traits table. • Gain the Wizard’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Wizard Features table. As a Multiclass Character • Gain the Hit Point Die from the Core Wizard Traits table. • Gain the Wizard’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Wizard Features table. See the multiclassing rules in “Character Creation” to determine your available spell slots. Wizard Class Features As a Wizard, you gain the following class features when you reach the specified Wizard levels. These features are listed in the Wizard Features table. Level 1: Spellcasting As a student of arcane magic, you have learned to cast spells. See “Spells” for the rules on spellcasting. The information below details how you use those rules with Wizard spells, which appear in the Wizard spell list later in the class’s description. Cantrips. You know three Wizard cantrips of your choice. Light, Mage Hand, and Ray of Frost are recommended. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can replace one of your cantrips from this feature with another Wizard cantrip of your choice. Wizard Features Proficiency Bonus Prepared

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ExpandinG and rEplacinG a spEllBook The spells you add to your spellbook as you gain levels reflect your ongoing magical research, but you might find other spells during your adventures that you can add to the book. You could discover a Wizard spell on a Spell Scroll, for example, and then copy it into your spellbook. Copying a Spell into the Book. When you find a level 1+ Wizard spell, you can copy it into your spellbook if it’s of a level you can prepare and if you have time to copy it. For each level of the spell, the transcription takes 2 hours and costs 50 GP. Afterward you can prepare the spell like the other spells in your spellbook. Copying the Book. You can copy a spell from your spellbook into another book. This is like copying a new spell into your spellbook but faster, since you already know how to cast the spell. You need spend only 1 hour and 10 GP for each level of the copied spell. If you lose your spellbook, you can use the same procedure to transcribe the Wizard spells that you have prepared into a new spellbook. Filling out the remainder of the new book requires you to find new spells to do so. For this reason, many wizards keep a backup spellbook. When you reach Wizard levels 4 and 10, you learn another Wizard cantrip of your choice, as shown in the Cantrips column of the Wizard Features table. Spellbook. Your wizardly apprenticeship culminated in the creation of a unique book: your spellbook. It is a Tiny object that weighs 3 pounds, contains 100 pages, and can be read only by you or someone casting Identify. You determine the book’s appearance and materials, such as a gilt-edged tome or a collection of vellum bound with twine. The book contains the level 1+ spells you know. It starts with six level 1 Wizard spells of your choice. Detect Magic, Feather Fall, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Sleep, and Thunderwave are recommended. Whenever you gain a Wizard level after 1, add two Wizard spells of your choice to your spellbook. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots, as shown in the Wizard Features table. The spells are the culmination of arcane research you do regularly. Spell Slots. The Wizard Features table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your level 1+ spells. You regain all expended slots when you finish a Long Rest. Prepared Spells of Level 1+. You prepare the list of level 1+ spells that are available for you to cast with this feature. To do so, choose four spells from your spellbook. The chosen spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. The number of spells on your list increases as you gain Wizard levels, as shown in the Prepared Spells column of the Wizard Features table. Whenever that number increases, choose additional Wizard spells until the number of spells on your list matches the number in the table. The chosen spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For example, if you’re a level 3 Wizard, your list of prepared spells can include six spells of levels 1 and 2 in any combination, chosen from your spellbook. If another Wizard feature gives you spells that you always have prepared, those spells don’t count against the number of spells you can prepare with this feature, but those spells otherwise count as Wizard spells for you. Changing Your Prepared Spells. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can change your list of prepared spells, replacing any of the spells there with spells from your spellbook. Spellcasting Ability. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your Wizard spells. Spellcasting Focus. You can use an Arcane Focus or your spellbook as a Spellcasting Focus for your Wizard spells. Level 1: Ritual Adept You can cast any spell as a Ritual if that spell has the Ritual tag and the spell is in your spellbook. You needn’t have the spell prepared, but you must read from the book to cast a spell in this way. Level 1: Arcane Recovery You can regain some of your magical energy by studying your spellbook. When you finish a Short Rest, you can choose expended spell slots to recover. The spell slots can have a combined level equal to no more than half your Wizard level (round up), and none of the slots can be level 6 or higher. For example, if you’re a level 4 Wizard, you can recover up to two levels’ worth of spell slots, regaining either one level 2 spell slot or two level 1 spell slots. Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest. Level 2: Scholar While studying magic, you also specialized in another field of study. Choose one of the following skills in which you have proficiency: Arcana, History, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, or Religion. You have Expertise in the chosen skill. Level 3: Wizard Subclass You gain a Wizard subclass of your choice. The Evoker subclass is detailed after this class’s description. A subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Wizard levels. For the rest

of your career, you gain each of your subclass’s features that are of your Wizard level or lower. Level 4: Ability Score Improvement You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat (see “Feats”) or another feat of your choice for which you qualify. You gain this feature again at Wizard levels 8, 12, and 16. Level 5: Memorize Spell Whenever you finish a Short Rest, you can study your spellbook and replace one of the level 1+ Wizard spells you have prepared for your Spellcasting feature with another level 1+ spell from the book. Level 18: Spell Mastery You have achieved such mastery over certain spells that you can cast them at will. Choose a level 1 and a level 2 spell in your spellbook that have a casting time of an action. You always have those spells prepared, and you can cast them at their lowest level without expending a spell slot. To cast either spell at a higher level, you must expend a spell slot. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can study your spellbook and replace one of those spells with an eligible spell of the same level from the book. Level 19: Epic Boon You gain an Epic Boon feat (see “Feats”) or another feat of your choice for which you qualify. Boon of Spell Recall is recommended. Level 20: Signature Spells Choose two level 3 spells in your spellbook as your signature spells. You always have these spells prepared, and you can cast each of them once at level 3 without expending a spell slot. When you do so, you can’t cast them in this way again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. To cast either spell at a higher level, you must expend a spell slot. Wizard Spell List This section presents the Wizard spell list. The spells are organized by spell level and then alphabetized, and each spell’s school of magic is listed. In the Special column, C means the spell requires Concentration, R means it’s a Ritual, and M means it requires a specific Material component. Cantrips (Level 0 Wizard Spells) SpellSchoolSpecial Acid SplashEvocation— Chill TouchNecromancy— Dancing LightsIllusionC ElementalismTransmutation— Fire BoltEvocation— LightEvocation— SpellSchoolSpecial Mage HandConjuration— MendingTransmutation— MessageTransmutation— Minor IllusionIllusion— Poison SprayNecromancy— PrestidigitationTransmutation— Ray of FrostEvocation— Shocking GraspEvocation— True StrikeDivination— Level 1 Wizard Spells SpellSchoolSpecial AlarmAbjurationR Burning HandsEvocation— Charm PersonEnchantment— Chromatic OrbEvocationM Color SprayIllusion— Comprehend LanguagesDivinationR Detect MagicDivinationC, R Disguise SelfIllusion— Expeditious RetreatTransmutationC False LifeNecromancy– Feather FallTransmutation— Find FamiliarConjurationR, M Floating DiskConjurationR Fog CloudConjurationC GreaseConjuration— Hideous LaughterEnchantmentC Ice KnifeConjuration— IdentifyDivinationR, M Illusory ScriptIllusionR, M JumpTransmutation— LongstriderTransmutation— Mage ArmorAbjuration— Magic MissileEvocation— Protection from Evil and GoodAbjurationC, M Ray of SicknessNecromancy— ShieldAbjuration— Silent ImageIllusionC SleepEnchantmentC ThunderwaveEvocation— Unseen ServantConjurationR

Level 2 Wizard Spells SpellSchoolSpecial Acid ArrowEvocation— Alter SelfTransmutationC Arcane LockAbjurationM Arcanist’s Magic AuraIllusion— AuguryDivinationR, M Blindness/DeafnessTransmutation— BlurIllusionC Continual FlameEvocationM DarknessEvocationC DarkvisionTransmutation— Detect ThoughtsDivinationC Dragon’s BreathTransmutationC Enhance AbilityTransmutationC Enlarge/ReduceTransmutationC Flaming SphereEvocationC Gentle ReposeNecromancyR, M Gust of WindEvocationC Hold PersonEnchantmentC InvisibilityIllusionC KnockTransmutation— LevitateTransmutationC Locate ObjectDivinationC Magic MouthIllusionR, M Magic WeaponTransmutation— Mind SpikeDivinationC Mirror ImageIllusion— Misty StepConjuration— Ray of EnfeeblementNecromancyC Rope TrickTransmutation— Scorching RayEvocation— See InvisibilityDivination— ShatterEvocation— Spider ClimbTransmutationC SuggestionEnchantmentC WebConjurationC Level 3 Wizard Spells SpellSchoolSpecial Animate DeadNecromancy— Bestow CurseNecromancyC BlinkTransmutation— ClairvoyanceDivinationC, M CounterspellAbjuration— Dispel MagicAbjuration— SpellSchoolSpecial FearIllusionC FireballEvocation— FlyTransmutationC Gaseous FormTransmutationC Glyph of WardingAbjurationM HasteTransmutationC Hypnotic PatternIllusionC Lightning BoltEvocation— Magic CircleAbjurationM Major ImageIllusionC NondetectionAbjurationM Phantom SteedIllusionR Protection from EnergyAbjurationC Remove CurseAbjuration— SendingDivination— Sleet StormConjurationC SlowTransmutationC Speak with DeadNecromancy— Stinking CloudConjurationC Tiny HutEvocationR TonguesDivination— Vampiric TouchNecromancyC Water BreathingTransmutationR Level 4 Wizard Spells SpellSchoolSpecial Arcane EyeDivinationC BanishmentAbjurationC Black TentaclesConjurationC BlightNecromancy— Charm MonsterEnchantment— ConfusionEnchantmentC Conjure Minor ElementalsConjurationC Control WaterTransmutationC Dimension DoorConjuration— DivinationDivinationR, M FabricateTransmutation— Faithful HoundConjuration— Fire ShieldEvocation— Greater InvisibilityIllusionC Hallucinatory TerrainIllusion— Ice StormEvocation— Locate CreatureDivinationC Phantasmal KillerIllusionC

SpellSchoolSpecial PolymorphTransmutationC Private SanctumAbjuration— Resilient SphereAbjurationC Secret ChestConjurationM Stone ShapeTransmutation— StoneskinTransmutationC, M Vitriolic SphereEvocation— Wall of FireEvocationC Level 5 Wizard Spells SpellSchoolSpecial Animate ObjectsTransmutationC Arcane HandEvocationC CloudkillConjurationC Cone of ColdEvocation— Conjure ElementalConjurationC Contact Other PlaneDivinationR CreationIllusion— Dominate PersonEnchantmentC DreamIllusion— GeasEnchantment— Hold MonsterEnchantmentC Legend LoreDivinationM MisleadIllusionC Modify MemoryEnchantmentC PasswallTransmutation— Planar BindingAbjurationM ScryingDivinationC, M SeemingIllusion— Summon DragonConjurationC, M TelekinesisTransmutationC Telepathic BondDivinationR Teleportation CircleConjurationM Wall of ForceEvocationC Wall of StoneEvocationC Level 6 Wizard Spells SpellSchoolSpecial Chain LightningEvocation— Circle of DeathNecromancyM ContingencyAbjurationM Create UndeadNecromancyM DisintegrateTransmutation— EyebiteNecromancyC Flesh to StoneTransmutationC Freezing SphereEvocation— Globe of InvulnerabilityAbjurationC Guards and WardsAbjurationM Instant SummonsConjurationR, M Irresistible DanceEnchantmentC Magic JarNecromancyM Mass SuggestionEnchantment— Move EarthTransmutationC Programmed IllusionIllusionM SunbeamEvocationC True SeeingDivinationM Wall of IceEvocationC Level 7 Wizard Spells SpellSchoolSpecial Arcane SwordEvocationC, M Delayed Blast FireballEvocationC EtherealnessConjuration— Finger of DeathNecromancy— ForcecageEvocationC, M Magnificent MansionConjurationM Mirage ArcaneIllusion— Plane ShiftConjurationM Prismatic SprayEvocation— Project ImageIllusionC, M Reverse GravityTransmutationC SequesterTransmutationM SimulacrumIllusionM SymbolAbjurationM Telepor tConjuration—

Level 8 Wizard Spells SpellSchoolSpecial Antimagic FieldAbjurationC Antipathy/SympathyEnchantment— BefuddlementEnchantment— CloneNecromancyM Control WeatherTransmutationC DemiplaneConjuration— Dominate MonsterEnchantmentC Incendiary CloudConjurationC MazeConjurationC Mind BlankAbjuration— Power Word StunEnchantment— SunburstEvocation— Level 9 Wizard Spells SpellSchoolSpecial Astral ProjectionNecromancyM ForesightDivination— GateConjurationC, M ImprisonmentAbjurationM Meteor SwarmEvocation— Power Word KillEnchantment— Prismatic WallAbjuration— ShapechangeTransmutationC, M Time StopTransmutation— True PolymorphTransmutationC WeirdIllusionC WishConjuration— Wizard Subclass: Evoker Create Explosive Elemental Effects Your studies focus on magic that creates powerful elemental effects such as bitter cold, searing flame, rolling thunder, crackling lightning, and burning acid. Some Evokers find employment in military forces, serving as artillery to blast armies from afar. Others use their power to protect others, while some seek their own gain. Level 3: Evocation Savant Choose two Wizard spells from the Evocation school, each of which must be no higher than level 2, and add them to your spellbook for free. In addition, whenever you gain access to a new level of spell slots in this class, you can add one Wizard spell from the Evocation school to your spellbook for free. The chosen spell must be of a level for which you have spell slots. Level 3: Potent Cantrip Your damaging cantrips affect even creatures that avoid the brunt of the effect. When you cast a cantrip at a creature and you miss with the attack roll or the target succeeds on a saving throw against the cantrip, the target takes half the cantrip’s damage (if any) but suffers no additional effect from the cantrip. Level 6: Sculpt Spells You can create pockets of relative safety within the effects of your evocations. When you cast an Evocation spell that affects other creatures that you can see, you can choose a number of them equal to 1 plus the spell’s level. The chosen creatures automatically succeed on their saving throws against the spell, and they take no damage if they would normally take half damage on a successful save. Level 10: Empowered Evocation Whenever you cast a Wizard spell from the Evocation school, you can add your Intelligence modifier to one damage roll of that spell. Level 14: Overchannel You can increase the power of your spells. When you cast a Wizard spell with a spell slot of levels 1–5 that deals damage, you can deal maximum damage with that spell on the turn you cast it. The first time you do so, you suffer no adverse effect. If you use this feature again before you finish a Long Rest, you take 2d12 Necrotic damage for each level of the spell slot immediately after you cast it. This damage ignores Resistance and Immunity. Each time you use this feature again before finishing a Long Rest, the Necrotic damage per spell level increases by 1d12.

Character Origins Character Backgrounds Your character’s background is a collection of characteristics that represent the place and occupation that were most formative before your character embarked on a life of adventure. Parts of a Background A background includes the following parts. Ability Scores A background lists three of your character’s ability scores. Increase one by 2 and another one by 1, or increase all three by 1. None of these increases can raise a score above 20. Feat A background gives your character a specified Origin feat (described in “Feats”). Skill Proficiencies A background gives your character proficiency in two specified skills. Tool Proficiency Each background gives a character proficiency with one tool—either a specific tool or one chosen from the Artisan’s Tools category. Tools are detailed in “Equipment.”