Mirror Magic

Stare into a world much like your own and draw from its power.
 Introduction
The following document contains several new class options
and spells use in any Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition
adventure or campaign. All of these share the common
theme of mirrors and their magical properties which will
be given in a separate lore section.
Archetypes
The archetypes presented on the following pages were
designed to complement and mimic the official class
options of the Player's Handbook and should feel neither
particularly more or less powerful than the archetype
options given there.
Class Archetype
Fighter Mirror Guard
Sorcerer Mirror Touched
Warlock Patron: The Mirror
Wizard School of the Mirror
Lore
The Lore section offered here is a suggestion for including
the magic of mirrors in any campaign or adventure. Details
are left intentionally vague and open for interpretation for
the gamemaster to include his own lore or ideas
concerning the specific lore of his world.
The Magic of Mirrors is one of the most ancient magical
schools in the known world. Its power is centered around
turning and manipulating the magical energies inside
oneself or those created by others to focus, dampen or alter
its effects or even flinging them back at its master.
Altering Magic
Like most schools of magic, the first practitioners of this
art lived in ancient times before even most of the other
disciplinces even existed. A group of scholars and wizards
found the potential for magical energy in the mirrors of the
world and tried to harness this power into their own
incantations. While successful in their endavour, they found
the energies residing inside the foci crafted from mirrors
was more suited to alter the effects of already existing
magic.
Frowned upon by their peers the first mages of the
mirror school used the research of others and
experimented mostly with changing formulas and gestures.
They found ways to mirror other wizards magic without
fully understand the language or energies used and crafted
their own magic around them.
A Way Through
It did not take long for the mages of the mirror to discover
the potential for magical travel inside the mirrors they used.
Not accustomed to the use of conjuration magic they tried
to adjust the passages they did not understand and force
their way through. With success.
Their unusual practions, however, lead to complaints
from the other schools, accusing the wizards of the mirror
of copying the life's work of others for a fast way to increase
their own power.
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The World Inside
Not only did the wizards discover a way to push through
the mirrors of the world, connecting them by ways they
could not grasp, forcing a two-way connection, they found a
world beneath their traveling network, strange and exotic.
While most mages went on from the successful travel
inside their own plane, some tried to force a connection to
this new world, new plane they had seen.
They soon found a way to connect to the so called plane
of mirrors. Like every portal created before using the magic
of mirror foci, the gateway, however, opened in both ways.
Strange beings erupted from the other world, beings
looking almost exactly like those at home in the material
world but somehow twisted, turned and surreal. As the
creatures immediatly attacked, murdered and killed, it
seemed like the wizards of the mirror had opened a portal
to a new kind of Abyss full of twisted copies and creatures
bend on destruction.
The Mirror Itself
It was at the time of the connection between the material
world and the world of mirrors that some of the wizards
felt a connection with a being beyond the gateway, a being
of ancient power and wisdom. While some resisted and
tried to shut out the entity living in the other, murderous
world that attacked their own, some reached out either to
exploit the energies from beyond or to understand what it
was the others tried to achieve.
Whatever their goal, only a handful of masters managed
to resist the powers of the other side. They finally
recognized the dangers of their craft and with the help of
the wizards of other schools they accomplished the
destruction of the gateway, shutting the mysterious
creatures out. They outlawed the use of their own craft,
burning any and all books containing its secrets and magic.
Still, there are those that were touched by the mirror
unable to resist, twisted by its magic.
Forbidden and Forgotten
Today the magic of mirrors is not only forbidden but
forgotten by most. Ancient libraries hide the tomes they
collected and even keep them from the greatest masters of
the craft. Only a handful of powerful wizards and savants
even know of what transpired centuries ago or of the
magical potential hidden inside those small and large
pieces of furniture mostly owned by rich nobles.
There are rumors between the great mystics of a craft
long forgotten, a craft that nearly killed the greatest
wizards of its time and destroyed parts of the material
plane in the process. Some whisper of twisted visages they
see in the mirrors of old, faces unnaturally distorted that
stared back at them from a world beyond.

Mirror Guard
Mirror Shield
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you are able to
conjure a mirror shield in one of your hands using a bonus
action. The shield has a mirroring front and counts as
magical, it disappears back into the mirror world if it leaves
your hand or you will it to disperse.
Your mirror shield increases in effectiveness as you gain
more experience and increases your Armor Class (AC) by 1
+ half your Proficiency Modifier. Additionally the shield
seems to weigh almost nothing and does not add to your
encumberance.
Mimic Movement
Beginning at 7th level, when an opponent you can see uses
its movement, you can immediately move up to half the
distance traveled by the creature. This movement does not
provoke attacks from enemy creatures.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your
proficiency modifier but only once per turn. After you finish
a long rest you regain all uses of this feature.
Turn Attack
Starting at 10th level, you are able to turn your enemies
attacks against them. When an opponent misses you with a
melee attack while you are wearing your mirror shield, you
can use your reaction to turn their attack back at him. The
attack automatically hits your opponent dealing half the
amount of damage it would have dealt against you ignoring
resistances and immunities of the creature.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to 1 +
half your Proficiency Modifier, regaining all uses once you
finish a long rest.
Turn Spell
At 15th level, you are able to turn not only physical attacks
but even strong magic against its creator. When you are
forced to make a saving throw against a magical spell
directed at you or because you are in its area of effect, you
have advantage on that saving throw.
Additionally, when you roll a 20 on such a saving throw,
you can use your reaction to turn the spells effect back at
the caster. If the spell targeted one or more creatures
directly, only the caster of that spell is effected by the
turned spell. If you were effected by an area spell, the same
spell is cast again with its original caster as its point of
origin and its area of effect halfed. Creatures that are forced
to make a saving throw against the turned spell use the DC
of the original spell caster to resist the effect. Should one
creature be affected by two sources of the same spell
overlaping, the spell will only affect that creature once.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you
finish a long rest.
Stored Energy
Starting at 18th level, you have mastered the full potential
of your mirror shield. When you are the target of an enemy
spell or inside its area of effect and wearing your mirror
shield, the magical energies of the spell are stored within it.
For every spell level of the spell cast, your shield gains one
charge up to 10 charges. Using your action you can use
these charges in the following ways:
You release the stored energy into a 20-foot cone of
sparkling light and colors, damaging anything caught
within. You are able to shape the cone to your will with
the energy stored. For every charge stored you may
increase the cone's range by 10 feet. You then pick an
elemental damage type (acid, cold, fire or lightning).
Every creature or object caught in the cone must
succeed on a Constitution saving throw against 8 + half
your fighter level rounded down. A creature that fails its
saving throw takes 1d6 damage of the choosen type for
every charge stored.
You release a bright light of protecting energies in a 10-
foot sphere around you, shielding yourself and your
allies from elemental energies. For every charge stored
you may target one additional creature besides yourself
and increase the sphere's radius by 5 feet. You then pick
an elemental damage type (acid, cold, fire or lightning).
Every creature you choose including yourself gains
resistance to the choosen type for a number of rounds
equal to the stored charges. If you are able to use 10
charges in this way, you may instead grant any creature
choosen immunity of this energy type until the start of
your next turn.
After using the stored charges the magical energy
vanishes from your shield setting your charges to zero and
you are unable to use your shield in this way again until you
finish a short or long rest.
Mirror Touched
Spell Steal
At 1st level you gain the ability to mirror the magical forms
and effects of other spellcasters. When another creature
you can see casts a spell of level 5 or lower you can use a
reaction to mirror the effects of the spell for your own use.
Once used, you cannot mirror another spell until you finish
a long rest.
Until you finish a long rest the spell your mirror is
considered a known spell for you and uses your Charisma
Ability modifier instead of its original spellcasting ability
score. You can cast this spell using your spell slots and
enhance its effects using the Metamagic feature.
Reflective Skin
The magic of mirrors has altered your body slightly,
granting you a shimmering, almost reflecting skin. Starting
at 1st level, when you are the target of an attack that
critically fails you may expend 1 sorcery point to reflect the
attack back at the opponent. The attack automatically hits
the enemy creature dealing the same damage it would have
dealt hitting you.
Elemental Prism
At 6th level, when you cast a spell that deals elemental
damage (acid, cold, fire or lightning), you may change that
spells damage type to another element by spending 1
sorcery point.
Focusing Sphere
Starting at 14th level, you are able to control the magical
energies of your own spells like a magical mirror would.
When you cast a spell that deals elemental damage (acid,
cold, fire or lightning), and affects either a sphere, cube or
cone, you can focus or disperse the magical energies to
your liking using 3 of your sorcery points.
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 Focusing the magical energies decreases the area of effect
but increases the power on creatures effected. The effected
area of the spell is halfed but any creature caught inside
makes its saving throw against your spell with
disadvantage. The dispersing of a spell has the opposite
effect, broadening the area of its effect but decreasing the
overall power of the spell. In this case the area of effect is
doubled but creatures inside make their saving throw
against the spell with advantage.
Absorbing Skin
When you reach 18th level, your reflective skin hardens and
glitters even more than before, indicating your connection
to the mirror plane. When you are the target of a spell or
ability that deals elemental damage (acid, cold, fire or
lightning) or are inside the area of effect of such an effect,
you can expend 3 sorcery points to one of the following
effects:
Your skin absorbs part of the effect on yourself, granting
you resistance to the damage dealt. Additionally, you
may use your reaction to expell the energy outward,
dealing damage equal to the damage you took after the
resistance applied in a 10-foot sphere around you.
You focus the damaging effects inward, gaining
immunity to this damage type until the end of your next
turn. This effect applies after the initial damage was
dealt.
You try to absorb the energy of the blast and convert it
into a more soothing power. At the start of your next
turn you can use a bonus action to gain 1d4 temporary
hit points for every spell level that damaged you. If the
damage was the result of a creatures ability that was not
a spell, you instead gain 1d4 temporary hit points for
half the number of hit die of the creature.
You may only use this feature once per turn and can't use
it again until the start of your next turn.
Patron: The Mirror
Expanded Spell List
The Mirror lets you choose from an expanded list of spells
when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are
added to the warlock spell list for you.
Mirror Expanded Spells
Spell Level Spells
1st Color Spray, Shield
2nd Blindness / Deafness, Locate Object
3rd Blink, Slow
4th Fabricate, Phantasmal Killer
5th Modify Memory, Wall of Force
Mirror Stealth
Starting at 1st level, you gain the ability to fade into your
environment, mirroring your surroundings almost perfectly.
You gain proficiency in the Stealth skill against creatures
relying on sight. Furthermore, while standing still you gain
a +10 bonus to Stealth skill checks against those creatures.
Additionally after standing still for 1 minute you turn
invisible as per the Invisibility spell. This invisibility lasts for
1 minute or until you perform an action specified in the
spell description.
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Spell Turning
When you reach 6th level, when a creature you can see
casts a spell effecting you, you can use a reaction to
instantly mirror the effect back at the caster. To turn the
creatures spell, you must be able to cast a spell of at least
the same spell slot that has been used and expend one of
your own spell slots. The target of the turned spell is the
creature casting the spell you turn, area-of-effect spells will
center around that creature.
If the spell being cast is of a level less than your warlock
spell slot level and profits from being cast with a higher
spell slot, the spell is cast with your spell slot level gaining
every benefit from this casting. Turning a cantrip will use
your level instead of the creature's level to determine its
potency.
Once you used this feature you can't use it again until you
finish a long rest.
Rorrim Kaeps
Starting at 10th level, your patron bestows upon you the
ability to quickly mask your magical gestures and formulas
from your enemies, making them harder to interrupt or
even understand by fluently speaking backwards but still
creating the magical circuits needed. The spell slot needed
by an enemy spellcaster to counter your spells using
Counterspell or Dispel Magic is increased by one. If the
caster needs to succeed on an Ability check to counter your
spell she does so with disadvantage.
In addition your spells can't be turned by other warlocks
of the same patron as yours, stolen as per the Spell Steal
feature of the Sorcerer's Origin or mirrored as per the
Mirror Spell feature of the School of the Mirror.
Duplicate
At 14th level, you feel the presence of your patron
surrounding you at all times, watching your doing and
mirroring your thoughts and gestures. When you cast a
spell using one of your warlock spell slots you can duplicate
the spells effect, creating a mirror version of yourself,
following your incantations like a perfect clone. You may
choose a different target creature or point for the
duplicated spell. Both spells effects occur simultanously
and each requires its own saving throw or attack roll. A
creature may be the target of both spells at the same time
either by being the sole target of the spells or having the
areas of effect of the spells overlap.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you
finish a long rest.
School of the Mirror
Mirror Focus
Beginning when your select this school at 2nd level, you
may use any mirror at hand as your arcane focus. It does
not need to have any magical properties.
Mirror Spell
Starting at 2nd level, you have mastered the art of quickly
identifying and copying the spells of others. When a
creature you can see and hear casts a spell you may cast
the same spell on your turn using your spell slots as long as
the spell is of a level you are able to cast. Once your turn
ends you are unable to cast those spells if you do not have
them prepared yourself.
Mirror Counter
When you reach 6th level, you learn the 3rd-level spell
Counterspell and always have it prepared. In addition,
when you counter a spell using Counterspell and do not
need to make an Ability check to determine its success, you
instantly fling the spells magical energies back at its caster.
If the spell targets more than one creature, the turned spell
instead only affects the original caster. If the spell instead
affects a whole area the spell is turned with the original
caster as its point of origin such that its direction is directly
mirrored backwards.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you
finish a short or long rest but you are still able to cast the
Counterspell spell.
Arcane Stealing
Beginning at 10th level, you are able to cast spells inscribed
on spell scrolls even if you do not speak the language
written. Activating a spell scroll does not consume the
scroll but you are unable to use the magical energies to
cast the spell from this particular script again. You may still
copy the spell in your spellbook which will consume the
scroll as usual or let another creature read and activate the
spell scroll as normal.
Mirror Gateway
When you reach 14th level, you have mastered the art of
teleportation through mirrors. Using an action you are able
to transform any ordinary or magical mirror into a gateway
to another mirror you have previously seen. The opened
gateway lasts for 1 minute and is able to transport
creatures and objects from one side to the other or vice
versa.
The mirrors used for teleportation do not need to exist
on the same plane of existence as long as you have seen it
at least once. However, a particularly strong entity such as a
deity or a demon lord might notice and prevent the use of
such teleportation into or from his or her domain.
While one gateway is opened you may close it again as
an action. You are unable to open a second gateway as long
as another one persists.

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Eldritch Invocations
If an eldritch invocation has prerequisites, you must meet
them to learn it. You can learn the invocation at the same
time that you meet its prerequisites. A level prerequisite
refers to your level in this class.
Mimicry
Prerequisite: Mirror Patron
Your dark patron bestows upon you the art of mimicking
the language and speech patterns of other creatures. After
listening to a creature for at least one minute you are able
to perfectly mimic its voice fooling even close friends and
family. You do not need to speak the language of the
creature you try to mimic and instead are able to speak and
understand that language for the rest of the day.
After finishing a long rest you will loose the ability to
speak like the creature you observed before your rest and
any language you might have picked up using this
invocation.
Spells
The spells detailed below are part of the lore in the first
chapter of this document. As such, they should not be freely
usable or used by any spellcaster but extremely rare or
even restricted to those characters using the class options
above or NPCs fitting the story.
Please consult your gamemaster before using any of
these spells and figure out a possibility to achieve these in a
way thats appropriate to the story your are trying to tell.
Feedback
Evocation cantrip
Casting Time: 1 reaction
Range: 30 feet
Components: S, V
Duration: Instantaneous
This spell mirrors the damaging effects of a spell cast on
yourself back at the caster. When a creature targets you
with a spell that deals damage, it must make a Wisdom
saving throw after the damage was dealt. If it fails the
saving throw it takes 1d4 psychic damage as the pain
feedbacks back into its mind.
This spell's damage increases by 1d4 when you reach
5th level (2d4), 11th level (3d4), and 17th level (4d4).
Mirror Trap
5th-level abjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: S, V, M (a mirror worth at least 1,000 gp)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You attempt to banish a creature that you can see within
range into a mirror you are holding or that is near you. The
creature must succeed on a Charisma saving throw or be
trapped inside the mirror.
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While trapped inside you can see the creature through
the mirror on the other side as well as the other way
around. The mirror is able to transmit sounds or even
magical energies but not physical attempts to reach or
attack through. A trapped creature may still cast spells as
long as it does not need a physical connection for the spell
to work. If you concentrate on the spell for its full duration,
the creature is trapped inside the mirror for one week. At
the end of the week you may cast this spell again to try and
renew the duration of its effect. The target makes a
Charisma saving throw again to determine whether is stays
inside the mirror for another week.
When the spell ends before its duration expires, the
target falls out of the mirror into a space adjacent to the
mirror of its own choosing. If the mirror is destroyed while
a creature is trapped inside it must make a Charisma
saving throw against your Spell save DC. A creature takes
5d6 force damage on a failed save, or half as much damage
on a successful one. If it fails this saving throw by 5 or
more it is immediatly destroyed with anything it currently
holds or wears.
As long as a creature is trapped inside, the mirror is
considered a magical object with an AC of 12, 50 hit points
and resistance to damage inflicted by magic. It can't be
damaged by psychic damage or damage from non-magical
weapons.
Mirror Walk
3rd-level abjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Components: S, V
Duration: 1 minute
Using your magical energies you are able to traverse the
boundaries between your own world and the world of
mirrors. On your turn you may enter any ordinary or
magical mirror that you are able to touch and emerge from
any other such mirror you have seen inside a 300-foot
radius around the one you entered. Entering and exiting a
mirror uses no extra movement but you can't end your turn
inside a mirror as you would be trapped inside the other
world. Furthermore the target mirror can't be the one you
entered before in one travel through the mirror world.
Seeing Speculum
2nd-level divination
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 300 feet
Components: S, V, M (a mirror of at least 1 foot diameter)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
With this spell you are able to see through the reflecting
surface of a mirror you have faced, seen or touched. Choose
any mirror that is within range of the spell. As long as you
concentrate on the spell, you are able to use the mirror you
used to cast this spell to see through your desired target.
Your vision is limited by your own senses, for example you
are not able to see if the target mirror is inside a dark room
without having darkvision or if the mirror is covered.
Furthermore, the connection works both ways letting
anyone watching from the target mirror see through the
other world into your own mirror.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 4th level or higher, the mirror is additionally able to
transmit sounds from one mirror to the other. While you
concentrate on the spell any sound from the other side will
be heared on your end and vice versa.
Through the Veil
3rd-level conjuration
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: 60 feet
Components: S, V, (a small mirror)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minutes
When you cast this spell choose two points you can see.
You create a small mirror up to 5 feet in diameter at both
locations that are magically connected through the mirror
world visually and physically. One side of both mirrors,
selected by you when you cast the spell, connects to its
counterpart in the other. Objects can be thrown, shot or
passed through both ends of the connection and exit the
other. However, the connection prevents passing of living
materials, persons or creatures.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 5th level or higher, the mirrors additionally transport
magical energies through the other world to its
counterpart. When casting spells through the mirror, count
the connection as a 5-foot increment for spell range as the
mirror world draws some of the spells power as its travels
through. Spells with an area of effect may pass through the
mirror to the other side. For spherical areas or cones
located at one side of the mirrors, use a cone exiting the
second mirror with an appropriate distance left.