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Divine Domain: Metal
In the beginning, many believe that the universe was created
by the gods in a singular display of incredible sound, and that
the echoes of this event have crystallized and transformed
within the earth, becoming the mystical metals of adamant,
mithril, and starsteel. Deities of thunder, flame, creation, and
destruction, such as Odin, Thor, Zeus, Jupiter, Creidhne, Gibli,
Gofannon, Hephaestus, Iimarinen, Fulgora, Ogun, Ptah, and
Svarog are commonly revered by clerics of this domain, who
call upon their faith to wield the awesome power of creation
itself. Wield weapons forged from these mystical metals and let
loose the roar of the wrath of the gods and goddesses of metal.
Metal Domain Spells
Cleric Level Spells
1st mercurial weapon*, thunderwave
3rd heat metal, shatter
5th call lightning, conductive spike*
7th hand of hell*, wall of fire
9th flame strike, legend lore
Bonus Proficiencies
When you select this domain at 1st level, you gain proficiency
in the Performance skill, martial weapons, and heavy armor.
Instrument of Destruction
Also at 1st level, you learn to call forth a mystical weapon
from the depths of the earth when you finish a long rest. This
weapon takes the form of a magical martial weapon crafted
from adamantine, and it deals damage of its normal type or
thunder damage (your choice). This weapon is considered
a holy symbol and an instrument of your choosing, you are
proficient with this instrument, and if it is Heavy, Small
creatures can wield it without penalty. When you use your
action to cast a cleric spell that targets one or more friendly
creatures, you can use your bonus action to make an attack with
this weapon.
You can only have one of these weapons at a time. If you
create a second one, the first one vanishes.
Channel Divinity: Enter The Arena
At 2nd level, your power reaches into the deepest pits of the
earth, creating a holy stage upon which you honor your gods.
You can use your action and your Channel Divinity to cause
countless shards of shrieking metal to burst from the ground,
forming a circular arena in a 30-foot radius around your current
location. When a hostile creature starts its turn within the area,
you can cause it to be pushed 10 feet directly towards the center
of the arena by the living metal surrounding it. The arena is
surrounded by a spherical cage of barbed spikes that provide
half-cover, preventing creatures from entering or exiting by
conventional means.
This arena lasts for 1 minute, until you leave the arena, or
until you use your action to dismiss it.
March of the Damned
At 6th level, your flesh is as unyielding as the metal that adorns
it. While you are wearing heavy armor, you gain the following
benefits:
• Any critical hit against you becomes a normal hit.
• You can ignore non-magical difficult terrain.
• You can use your reaction to avoid being forcibly moved
or knocked prone.
Divine Strike
At 8th level, your attacks are infused with the booming voices
of the divine pantheon. Once on each of your turns when you
hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can cause the attack to
deal an extra 1d8 thunder or lightning damage (your choice)
to the target. When you reach 14th level, the extra damage
increases to 2d8.
Avatar of Armageddon
At 17th level, you can use your action to invoke the wrath of
your deity, transforming yourself into a massive and terrifying
Avatar of Armageddon until the end of your next turn. You
can repeatedly use your bonus action during each of your turns
to play an instrument you are holding or to sing, causing the
Avatar transformation to persist for an additional round.
The Avatar transformation ends if you end your turn
without having used your bonus action to sustain it.
You gain the following benefits so long as you are
transformed:
• You grow in size, becoming Large or Huge, chosen by you
when this effect begins.
• You ignore difficult terrain.
• You can’t be charmed, frightened, stunned, paralyzed,
petrified, or restrained.
• Burning, spiked armor covers your body, increasing your
AC to 25 and granting you immunity to fire, lightning,
and thunder damage.
• You gain advantage on attack rolls.
• Once per turn when you hit with a weapon attack, it deals
additional damage equal to your cleric level. This damage
is doubled against objects and structures.
Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you
finish a long rest.
Ten Thousand Years I’ve Waited For - The Time to Open Up
This Door - I Scream With Pain Forever More
But None Will Stop Me Now.
The Gods Have Spoken - The Time Has Come
The Pain Has Only Just Begun
But None Will Stop Me Now!
Your Time is Up. The Clock is Broken.
Your Final Words are Left Unspoken. - A Death Prayer
But None. Will. Stop. Me. Now! of the Stained Hand
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Mercurial Weapon
1st-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 minute
Classes: Druid, ranger, sorcerer, wizard
Liquid and elusive, puncturing flesh and drinking blood, a gluttonous
eel with a taste for the macabre.
You pour energy into a melee weapon you are holding, your
magic making it flex and twist in harmony with its wielder.
For the duration, the weapon’s reach increases by 5 feet, and it
ignores half and three-quarters cover. If the weapon leaves your
possession, the spell ends.
Conductive Spike
3rd-level conjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a small metal spike)
Duration: 1 minute
Classes: Druid, ranger, sorcerer, warlock, wizard
The earth and sky are united in more ways than most expect, for each
desires to make its mark upon the other.
You raise a hand, calling a spike of metal from the earth at a
point you can see within range. If the point is below a creature,
the creature must make a Dexterity saving throw. If the
creature fails, it takes 4d6 magical piercing damage, or half as
much damage if it succeeds.
The spike remains for the duration of the spell. If the
spike is within the area of a spell or effect that deals lightning
damage, the spike absorbs and amplifies some of that power,
becoming charged. You can use your bonus action during
your turn to release the charge, destroying the spike with an
explosion of lightning. All creatures within in a 10-foot radius
of the exploding spike must make a Dexterity saving throw. If
a creature fails, it takes 6d6 lightning damage, or half as much
damage if it succeeds. The spell ends if the spike explodes.
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 4th level or higher, the piercing and lightning damage
each increase by 1d6 per slot level above 3rd.
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Arclight Trinity
4th-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a shard of glass)
Duration: Instantaneous
Classes: Cleric, paladin, sorcerer, warlock, wizard
True purification requires a willingness to cleanse and excise that
which is corrupt and wretched without regard to what will be lost.
You unleash a deadly arc of light, flame, and shocking energy
between three points of your choosing that you can see within
range, creating a razor-thin triangular slice of destruction in
the space amidst the three points. Each creature within the
area must make a Dexterity saving throw. If a creature fails, it
takes 2d6 fire, 2d6 lightning, and 2d6 radiant damage, or half as
much damage if it succeeds. Unattended objects within the area
take twice as much damage.
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 5th level or higher, either the fire, lightning, or radiant
damage (your choice) increases by 1d6 per slot level above 4th.
Hand of Hell
4th-level conjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (an iron gauntlet)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute.
Classes: Cleric, paladin, warlock
In a place of fire and punishment, the only fuel left to burn is the flesh
of the sinful and wicked.
With a gesture, you call forth a massive burning gauntlet from
the ground at an unoccupied point you can see within range,
filling a 5-foot cube. Fire constantly pours from the gauntlet’s
palm in a linear blast that is 5 feet wide and 30 feet long,
pointed in a direction of your choosing. When a creature enters
the area or starts its turn within, it must make a Dexterity
saving throw. If a creature fails, it takes 5d6 fire damage, or half
as much damage if it succeeds.
You can use your action to cause the gauntlet to close and
immediately reopen, blasting fire in a new direction of your
choosing. When the spell ends, the gauntlet and fire vanish.
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 5th level or higher, the fire damage increases by 1d6 per
slot level above 4th.