Always on

• Spell MasteryLevel 18

  When At will

  Choose two spells in your spellbook as at-will signature spells. Synesta’s chosen Spell Mastery spells are Mage Armor and Detect Magic, both useful for a scholar who expects trouble.

• SpellcastingLevel 1

  You cast spells from a spellbook, prepare a number of level 1+ spells equal to the Wizard table, and use Intelligence as your spellcasting ability. You can use an Arcane Focus or your spellbook as a focus.

• Ritual AdeptLevel 1

  You can cast any ritual spell in your spellbook as a ritual, even if it is not prepared, as long as you read from the book while casting.

• Arcane RecoveryLevel 1

  When you finish a Short Rest, you can recover expended spell slots whose combined levels are no more than half your Wizard level, rounded up, and none can be 6th level or higher.

• ScholarLevel 2

  Choose one skill from Arcana, History, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, or Religion. You have Expertise in that skill.

• Wizard SubclassLevel 3

  At 3rd level you choose a Wizard subclass. Synesta becomes an Evoker, focusing on explosive elemental magic.

• Wizard CantripsLevel 1

  Choose two cantrips from the Wizard spell list. Synesta likely learned Fire Bolt and Ray of Frost, or similar practical battle cantrips.

• Additional CantripLevel 4

  You know three cantrips at 1st level, and learn additional Wizard cantrips at levels 4 and 10, for a total of five class cantrips by level 18.

• Memorize SpellLevel 5

  Whenever you finish a Short Rest, you can replace one prepared level 1+ Wizard spell with another spell from your spellbook.

• Sculpt SpellsLevel 6

  When you cast an Evocation spell that affects other creatures you can see, you can choose a number of them equal to 1 plus the spell’s level. Those creatures automatically succeed on their saving throws and take no damage if they would normally take half damage on a success.

• Empowered EvocationLevel 10

  You can add your Intelligence modifier to one damage roll of any Wizard Evocation spell you cast.

• OverchannelLevel 14

  When you cast a Wizard spell with a spell slot of levels 1 to 5 that deals damage, you can make it deal maximum damage on the turn you cast it. The first use each Long Rest has no drawback; later uses deal Necrotic damage after casting.

• DarkvisionElfYou have Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.
• Fey AncestryElfYou have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the Charmed condition.
• Keen SensesElfYou have proficiency in the Perception skill.
• TranceElfYou don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep. You can finish a Long Rest in 4 hours if you spend those hours in trancelike meditation, during which you retain consciousness.
• Elven Lineage, High ElfElfYou know the Prestidigitation cantrip. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can replace that cantrip with a different cantrip from the Wizard spell list.
• Elven Lineage, High ElfElfAt character level 3, you always have Detect Magic prepared, you can cast it once without a spell slot per Long Rest, and you can also cast it using spell slots.
• Elven Lineage, High ElfElfAt character level 5, you always have Misty Step prepared, you can cast it once without a spell slot per Long Rest, and you can also cast it using spell slots.
• ResearcherSage

  Sage’s learning and contacts open doors in libraries, archives, monasteries, and academic circles. Synesta knows how to locate obscure lore, secure access to restricted texts, and identify which scholarly authority is worth trusting.