A Sovereign turns force of personality into supernatural command. Their magic breaks bodies, bends attention, and makes the battlefield feel like a court where everyone else has already lost. Mechanically, the class is a full spellcaster with a small set of potent control features and a talent for punishing enemies who resist its will.
Rule the room. Shape the storm. Make resistance costly.
Full Caster; battlefield controller, magical intimidator, and high-stakes single-target disruptor.
At a glance
Hit die d6
Charisma
ConstitutionYou gain spellcasting, using Charisma as your spellcasting ability. You learn two cantrips and prepare a number of Sovereign spells equal to your Charisma modifier + your Sovereign level (minimum one); you can change prepared spells when you finish a Long Rest. Use the full-caster spell-slot progression in the 2024 Player’s Handbook; your spell list and spellcasting rules are summarized below.
You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill or one other skill from the Sovereign skill list. When you make a Charisma (Intimidation) check, you can treat a d20 roll of 7 or lower as an 8.
When you cast a spell that deals damage to a creature, you can use a Bonus Action to mark one damaged creature you can see within 60 feet for 1 minute. Once per turn when you damage the marked creature with a spell, deal extra Psychic damage equal to your Proficiency Bonus. You can mark a creature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum once), regaining all uses when you finish a Long Rest.
Choose a Sovereign subclass. Your choice grants features at levels 3, 6, 10, and 14.
Ability Score Improvement
You learn one additional cantrip. When you cast a cantrip that deals damage, you can change its damage type to Psychic or Lightning.
You gain one additional use of Grievous Decree, and its extra damage becomes twice your Proficiency Bonus.
When a creature you can see within 60 feet succeeds on a saving throw against one of your Sovereign spells, you can use your Reaction and expend a spell slot to force it to reroll. It must use the new roll. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest.
Ability Score Improvement
Choose one additional Sovereign spell to prepare. You can also cast one prepared spell of level 1 or 2 without expending a spell slot; you regain this ability when you finish a Long Rest.
You gain a Sovereign subclass feature.
When you cast a Sovereign spell that deals Psychic or Lightning damage, you can add your Charisma modifier to one damage roll of that spell.
Ability Score Improvement
You have Advantage on saving throws to avoid or end the Charmed and Frightened conditions. In addition, you can communicate telepathically with any creature you can see within 60 feet if you share a language.
You gain a Sovereign subclass feature.
When a creature fails a saving throw against one of your Sovereign spells, you can give it the Frightened condition until the end of your next turn. You can use this benefit once per turn.
Ability Score Improvement
When you roll Initiative and have no uses of Grievous Decree remaining, you regain one use. You can also cast one prepared spell of level 3 or lower without expending a spell slot; you regain this ability when you finish a Long Rest.
You learn one additional cantrip. When you cast a Sovereign spell that targets only one creature, you can target a second creature within range if the spell’s level is no higher than 5; once you do, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.
Ability Score Improvement and Epic Boon
Once per Long Rest, when you fail a saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead. When you do, each creature of your choice within 30 feet takes Psychic damage equal to your Sovereign level.
CharismaConstitutionConstitutionCharismaHit pointsHit Die: d6 per Sovereign level; Hit Points at 1st Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier; Hit Points at Higher Levels: (or 4) + your Constitution modifier per Sovereign level after 1st.
DefensesYour Sovereign spell save DC equals 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your Charisma modifier; your spell attack modifier equals your Proficiency Bonus + your Charisma modifier.
ArmorLight armor.
WeaponsSimple weapons.
ToolsNone.
SkillsChoose two from Arcana, Deception, History, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, and Persuasion.
Saving ThrowsConstitution and Charisma.
Skill choicesArcana, Deception, History, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Persuasion
ResourceSpell slots following the full-caster progression, plus limited uses of Grievous Decree based on Charisma. Your spells and features do not require a separate point pool.
MulticlassingPrerequisite: Charisma 13. When you multiclass into Sovereign, you gain Light armor proficiency and proficiency with one skill from the Sovereign skill list. For spell slots, combine Sovereign levels with levels in other spellcasting classes as described in the 2024 multiclass spellcasting rules. Your prepared Sovereign spells are determined separately.
You are a full spellcaster and use the spell-slot progression for a full caster in the 2024 Player’s Handbook.
Charisma is your spellcasting ability. You prepare Sovereign spells after a Long Rest as described in Spellcasting; you can use an Arcane Focus as a Spellcasting Focus for your Sovereign spells. The curated spell list is illustrative and includes spells drawn from the Sorcerer, Warlock, and Wizard lists; the DM should approve any spell not included in the table’s allowed sources.
A ruler who turns command into protection and retaliation.
A master of terror whose presence is a weapon.
A wielder of disciplined violence and regal stormcraft.
A Sovereign turns force of personality into supernatural command.
Their magic breaks bodies, bends attention, and makes the battlefield feel like a court where everyone else has already lost. Mechanically, the class is a full spellcaster with a small set of potent control features and a talent for punishing enemies who resist its will.
You are a fragile, resource-conscious full caster who controls the pace of a fight through spell selection, positioning, and a few focused class features.
Mark a dangerous foe with Grievous Decree, use control spells to divide or immobilize opposition, and keep a defensive option ready; your best turns usually shape the encounter rather than maximize raw damage.
Sovereigns are usually self-taught prodigies, court protégés, or students of an order that treats rhetoric and magic as parallel disciplines.
Initiation commonly involves a public test of composure: the candidate must hold authority under pressure without losing control of their own power.
People may admire a Sovereign’s composure and competence, but their talent for command makes even allies wary.
In some courts they are prized counselors; elsewhere they are treated as potential tyrants and watched for signs of coercion.
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