Faye are courtly wanderers who bind beauty to danger. They wield a thorned blade, a disarming word, and a handful of fey magic to protect allies, ensnare foes, and slip through peril. Their specialty is close-range control: they dart into a fight, mark its most dangerous figure, and make the battlefield feel like a garden with rules only they understand.
A thorn at the border of beauty and danger.
Mobile front-line controller, defender, and half-caster
At a glance
Court Favor
Hit die d10
CharismaStrength or DexterityYou gain proficiency with light armor, medium armor, shields, simple weapons, and martial weapons. You can use a weapon or spellcasting focus as a focus for your Faye spells.
Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with a weapon, you can deal extra Psychic or Slashing damage equal to 1d4. This die becomes 1d6 at level 11 and 1d8 at level 17. You can use this feature only if you aren't incapacitated.
You have a pool of Court Favor points equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regained when you finish a Long Rest. As a Bonus Action, you can spend 1 point to teleport up to 10 feet to an unoccupied space you can see, leaving a brief drift of petals.
You learn to cast spells using Charisma. You prepare a number of Faye spells equal to your Charisma modifier plus half your Faye level (rounded down, minimum of one); you can change them after a Long Rest. Use the Paladin Spell Slot table for a half-caster, gaining spell slots at level 2. Charisma is your spellcasting ability.
When you or a creature you can see within 10 feet takes damage, you can use your Reaction and spend 1 Court Favor point to reduce the damage by 1d8 + your Charisma modifier.
Choose a Faye subclass. Your choice grants features at levels 3, 6, 10, and 14.
When you spend Court Favor, you can move up to 10 feet without provoking Opportunity Attacks immediately before or after the effect.
Ability Score Improvement
You can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Your walking speed increases by 10 feet. You also gain a Climb Speed equal to your walking speed.
Your Faye Court grants you a feature.
When you roll Initiative and have no Court Favor points remaining, you regain 1 point.
Ability Score Improvement
You can cast Misty Step once without expending a spell slot, and regain the ability to do so when you finish a Long Rest. You can also cast it normally using a spell slot.
Your Faye Court grants you a feature.
Your Thornkiss damage becomes 1d6. When you deal Thornkiss damage, you can force the target to make a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC; on a failure, its Speed is reduced by 10 feet until the start of your next turn.
Ability Score Improvement
When you roll Initiative, you regain Court Favor points until you have 2 if you have fewer than 2.
Your Faye Court grants you a feature.
When you use Petal Guard, you can also move the protected creature up to 10 feet to an unoccupied space it can see, without provoking Opportunity Attacks.
Ability Score Improvement
Your Thornkiss damage becomes 1d8. In addition, once per turn when you deal Thornkiss damage, you can regain 1 Court Favor point; you can do so only once per Short or Long Rest.
You have Advantage on saving throws against being Charmed or Frightened. You can also spend 1 Court Favor point to end one of those conditions on yourself as a Bonus Action.
You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another feat for which you qualify. You also gain an Epic Boon feat or another feat for which you qualify.
As a Bonus Action, you manifest a radiant thorn-court for 1 minute. Once on each of your turns, when you hit a creature with a weapon, you can deal an extra 1d8 Psychic damage and teleport up to 10 feet. Once used, this feature can't be used again until you finish a Long Rest.
CharismaStrength or DexterityCharisma
DexterityHit points per Faye level; 10 + your Constitution modifier at level 1, then (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per additional Faye level.
DefensesArmor and shield training; features provide limited reactive damage reduction and resistance to charm and fear effects.
Armorlight armor, medium armor, shields.
Weaponssimple and martial weapons.
Toolsnone. You can use a weapon or spellcasting focus as a focus for your Faye spells.
Skill choicesChoose two: Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Arcana, Deception, Insight, Nature, Persuasion, or Survival.
ResourceCourt Favor: a pool equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regained on a Long Rest, used for short teleports and damage prevention.
MulticlassingPrerequisite: Charisma 13. When multiclassing into Faye, gain proficiency with light armor, medium armor, shields, and martial weapons. Use the multiclass spell-slot rules; Faye levels count as half levels, rounded down, when calculating spell slots.
Half-caster spellcasting beginning at level 2, using Charisma and the Paladin Spell Slot table.
You prepare Faye spells after a Long Rest; prepared spells equal your Charisma modifier plus half your Faye level, rounded down, with a minimum of one. Your spell list contains spells of levels 1 through 5.
Stand between your companions and the thorns.
Turn grace, ceremony, and affection into power.
Make the battlefield lose track of where you are.
Faye are courtly wanderers who bind beauty to danger.
They wield a thorned blade, a disarming word, and a handful of fey magic to protect allies, ensnare foes, and slip through peril. Their specialty is close-range control: they dart into a fight, mark its most dangerous figure, and make the battlefield feel like a garden with rules only they understand.
You are a mobile front-line controller with limited spellcasting and a small defensive resource pool.
Use Thornkiss to pressure one foe, spend Court Favor where its teleport or damage reduction changes the situation, and save spell slots for control, protection, or exploration. You are durable, but not a substitute for a dedicated tank.
A Faye's calling begins with an invitation, an inherited obligation, or a bargain made at a threshold.
Initiates learn weapon forms, etiquette, and the laws of hospitality; their first true lesson is keeping a promise when breaking it would be easier.
Ordinary people often find Faye enchanting until a favor, promise, or boundary becomes involved.
Villagers welcome their protection but may distrust their wordplay; nobles value their diplomacy and fear their ability to make a slight feel like a challenge.
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