Wielders of the Four study the living forces of flame, tide, stone, and gale—not as servants of nature, but as negotiators with its most volatile powers. They are full spellcasters who excel at adapting elemental magic to the battlefield, shaping modest bursts of energy into protection, movement, and precise damage. Their elemental practices are flexible, but they do not replace the breadth or raw spell-slot power of a wizard or druid.
Four forces, one steady hand.
Full caster; adaptable elemental blaster, battlefield controller, and situational protector.
At a glance
Uses
Hit die d8
Wisdom
ConstitutionYou learn to channel elemental spellcraft. You gain Spellcasting as a full caster: choose two cantrips from the Wielder spell list, and prepare a number of 1st-level Wielder spells equal to your Wisdom modifier plus your Wielder level (minimum one). You use the standard full-caster spell-slot progression, regain expended slots on a Long Rest, and can change prepared spells when you finish a Long Rest.
Choose one option from the Fourfold Practices list. You gain its benefit, and can change your choice whenever you finish a Long Rest.
You gain a pool of elemental surges equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regained when you finish a Long Rest. When you cast a Wielder spell that deals acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage, you may expend one surge to change all damage it deals to one of those types; once on each of your turns when that spell deals damage, add your Wisdom modifier (minimum 1) to one damage roll.
Choose a subclass, which grants features at Wielder levels 3, 6, 10, and 14.
Ability Score Improvement
You learn one additional Wielder cantrip. When you deal damage with a Wielder cantrip, you can change its damage type to acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder.
You gain a subclass feature.
Choose a second option from the Fourfold Practices list. You can use only one Fourfold Practice option at a time; you may change your active option when you finish a Long Rest.
Ability Score Improvement
When you use Elemental Surge, you can also move one creature you can see within 30 feet of you up to 10 feet horizontally, provided it is no more than one size larger than you. An unwilling creature can make a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC to resist.
You gain a subclass feature.
You have Resistance to one damage type chosen from acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder. You can change this choice when you finish a Long Rest.
Ability Score Improvement
When you roll Initiative and have no elemental surges remaining, you regain one surge.
You gain a subclass feature.
When you cast a Wielder spell that deals one of the damage types available to Elemental Surge, you can expend a surge to ignore Resistance to that spell's damage type. This does not overcome Immunity.
Ability Score Improvement
When you roll Initiative and have fewer than two elemental surges remaining, you regain surges until you have two.
When you use Elemental Nudge, you can move the target up to 20 feet instead of 10 feet. If the target fails its saving throw, you can also knock it Prone.
Ability Score Improvement and Epic Boon
Once per turn when you expend an elemental surge, you can use its benefit without expending the surge. You can do so a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum once), and regain all uses when you finish a Long Rest.
WisdomConstitutionWisdom
CharismaHit pointsHit Die: per Wielder level; Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier; at Higher Levels: (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per Wielder level after 1st.
DefensesSpell save DC = 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your Wisdom modifier; spell attack modifier = your Proficiency Bonus + your Wisdom modifier.
ArmorLight armor, medium armor, Shields.
WeaponsSimple weapons.
ToolsNone. Choose two skills from Arcana, Animal Handling, Insight, Nature, Perception, Survival, and Medicine.
Skill choicesArcana, Animal Handling, Insight, Nature, Perception, Survival, Medicine
ResourceSpell slots (standard full-caster progression) and elemental surges (Proficiency Bonus per Long Rest, with additional recovery at levels 13 and 17).
MulticlassingPrerequisite: Wisdom 13. When you multiclass into Wielder, you gain Light armor, medium armor, and Shield training. Use the multiclassing spell-slot rules; your Wielder levels count as full-caster levels. You prepare Wielder spells separately, using your Wielder level and Wisdom.
Full Spellcasting using Wisdom.
You use the standard full-caster spell-slot progression and prepare Wielder spells after a Long Rest. At 1st level, you know two Wielder cantrips and prepare Wielder spells equal to your Wielder level plus your Wisdom modifier (minimum one); you learn one additional cantrip at level 5. The spellList is a thematic curated selection, not a replacement for the complete Wielder spell list; use the listed spells as the class's available spells.
Choose one practice at 1st level, and a second at 7th level; only one is active at a time.
You gain a Climb Speed equal to your Speed, and you have Advantage on ability checks made to climb natural stone.
You gain a Swim Speed equal to your Speed, and you can hold your breath for 1 hour.
Once per turn when you deal fire damage with a Wielder spell, you can illuminate a 10-foot-radius area with harmless light until the start of your next turn.
You can cast Feather Fall without expending a spell slot once per Long Rest, and you always have it prepared while this practice is active.
You learn the Mold Earth cantrip. It counts as a Wielder cantrip for you and does not count against your cantrips known.
You learn the Shape Water cantrip. It counts as a Wielder cantrip for you and does not count against your cantrips known.
Turn flame into both warning and weapon.
Guide the force that nourishes, carries, and overwhelms.
Make the ground itself a steadfast ally.
Wielders of the Four study the living forces of flame, tide, stone, and gale—not as servants of nature, but as negotiators with its most volatile powers.
They are full spellcasters who excel at adapting elemental magic to the battlefield, shaping modest bursts of energy into protection, movement, and precise damage. Their elemental practices are flexible, but they do not replace the breadth or raw spell-slot power of a wizard or druid.
Play as a prepared full caster who changes the character of a spell to meet the moment.
Use control, protection, and elemental damage rather than trying to outshine specialists at every task; your limited surges make each empowered spell a deliberate choice.
A Wielder usually begins as an apprentice to a practitioner, community order, or self-taught survivor of elemental upheaval.
Initiation involves learning to recognize elemental patterns, practicing safe cantrips, and making a personal vow about when not to use overwhelming force. The title is earned through demonstrated control, not a single ritual or inherited gift.
Most people admire Wielders when their power protects a settlement, but fear them when storms, fires, or quakes are nearby.
Rural communities may welcome one as a mediator with the land, while officials often demand warning and oversight before elemental magic is used in populated areas.
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