Architect

Architects are Magneturges who treat the battlefield as a structure waiting to be designed. They map vectors, establish anchors, and shape zones of force that make allies difficult to dislodge while turning enemy movement into a liability. An Architect rarely wins by overwhelming a foe directly; instead, they arrange the fight so that every step, charge, retreat, and attack occurs on terms they have already calculated.

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As a Magneturge subclass, you use the Magneturge's 1d8 Hit Die and starting Hit Points of 8 + your Constitution modifier.

Subclass of Magneturge

Architect

Build the battlefield. Decide where everything belongs.

SystemD&D 5E (2024)

RoleBattlefield controller, defensive support, and positional tactician.

Hit DieAs a Magneturge subclass, you use the Magneturge's 1d8 Hit Die and starting Hit Points of 8 + your Constitution modifier.

ResourceGravity Charges, shared with the Magneturge class. Architect features spend charges to create Anchored Zones, Controlled Foundations, and enhanced repositioning effects.

Primary AbilitiesIntelligence & Constitution

SavesUses the Magneturge's saving throw proficiencies and Magneturge spell save DC. Architect features primarily call for Strength saving throws from hostile creatures and improve allies' resistance to forced movement.

SystemD&D 5E (2024)

The Architect

Spellcasting & Powers

You continue to use the Magneturge's full Intelligence-based spellcasting, prepared Magneturge spell list, spell slots through 9th level, spellbook or lodestone focus, Gravity Charges, Deflective Orbit, and other Magneturge features.

Curated Spell List

Cantrips and 1st-Level Themes

Feather Fall A simple expression of controlled downward force that protects allies from sudden drops.
Mage Hand Useful for manipulating distant levers, weights, tools, and architectural components.
Thunderclap A compact force burst that can clear space around a carefully chosen position.

2nd- and 3rd-Level Themes

Levitate Suspends a creature or object as a temporary architectural element.
Shatter Creates a destructive vibration useful against brittle structures and clustered enemies.
Web Forms a temporary restraint grid that complements controlled movement and chokepoints.

4th- and 5th-Level Themes

Fly Grants deliberate three-dimensional movement and access to advantageous positions.
Slow Imposes movement restrictions that make an enemy formation easier to arrange around.
Sleet Storm Creates a large denial zone where footing, visibility, and movement become unreliable.
Wall of Force A nearly perfect temporary wall for dividing encounters and protecting vulnerable allies.

6th- through 9th-Level Themes

Reverse Gravity The ultimate expression of architectural control over orientation and movement.
Forcecage Constructs an inescapable spatial enclosure around a priority threat.
Maze Removes a dangerous creature from the battlefield by displacing it into impossible geometry.
Prismatic Wall Creates a layered defensive boundary that turns a battlefield into a fortified structure.

Multiclassing

You follow the Magneturge's multiclassing requirements and spellcasting rules. Architect features use Intelligence, Gravity Charges, Magneturge spells, Deflective Orbit, and your Magneturge spell save DC. A character multiclassing into Architect does not gain any additional armor, weapon, or tool proficiencies from this subclass.

Proficiencies

You gain no additional proficiencies from this subclass. You retain the Magneturge's proficiency with light armor, medium armor, shields, simple weapons, tinker's tools, Arcana, and the additional skill chosen from the Magneturge skill list.

Training & Initiation

A prospective Architect first learns to map force rather than merely exert it. Training involves balancing weighted frames, memorizing angles, constructing harmless magnetic lattices, and defending a fixed position while instructors alter the surrounding terrain. Initiates earn the title only after they can protect an ally, redirect an enemy, and maintain a stable field simultaneously under pressure.

Societal Perception

Architects are respected as protectors of walls, roads, ships, and communities, but many ordinary people find their invisible constructions unsettling. In wartime they are highly valued for making defensive positions nearly impossible to breach. In peaceful cities, they may be mistaken for obsessive engineers or blamed whenever furniture, tools, or loose stones begin drifting strangely.

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