DnD Secret Crafts Celestologist

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Secret Craft of the Celestials

aka Masters of the Heavens, Celestologist, Heralds or Celestials

A group of crafters of secret known how to tap into the celestial realms. These are abilities granted by the grace of the patrons of celestial beings.

Source Material: This secret craft was built from material gained from various editions of the game. Principalities of Glantri (gaz3), Deep Magic 6 – Angels and Wards (DM9), Encyclopaedia Arcane – Abjuration (ea21), Ultimate Prestige Classes Vol 1 (Divine Emissary, Divine Hammer, Divine Herald, Hierarch, Scion)

List of Practitioners of the Celestologist Secret Craft

• Initiate – Shoval – Paladin of Vengeance (Fri)
• 1st Circle –
• 3rd Circle –
• 5th Circle –

Celestologist Craft Locations

Characters in these locations can activate a secret craft without expending points on a success or failure, but still suffer the full effects of a critical failure. In some instances, a critical success enhancement has become permanent.

Good Magic Locations – Algorn’s Last Stand (Alfheim(13,24)),

Craft Magical Items – Celestologist

• Very Rare
  • Candle of Invocation – (Energy, Entropy, Matter, Thought, Time)

Ranks of the Celestologist Secret Craft

• Initiate (from 1st level)
• 1st Circle (from 6th level)
• 2nd Circle (from 11th level)
• 3rd Circle (from 16th level)
• 4th Circle (from 21st level)
• 5th Circle (from 26th level)

Celestologist Initiate

To become an initiate, one must be part of a Great Temples of the Known World.

Secret Craft – Celestologist – Initiate

• Craft Bonus = Proficiency + Wis + circle +2 (good aligned)
• Craft DC: The Base DC of a secret craft abilities is: Base Craft DC = 8 + Prof + Wis mod + circle achieved +2 (good aligned).
• Bonus Language – Celestial (Angelic)
• Associated Sphere – Most Immortals from any sphere as long as they are not a specific elemental god, but any Immortal who is a Patron of good is also valid.
• Expanded Magic: Characters gain extra spells to their spell list from this secret craft. A prepared caster gains them as spells in their spellbook, a spontaneous caster can swap out the spells with their known spells during craft downtime.
• Artefacts of Good (any) You can make a craft check to use a artefact of good without expending the items power by paying for it with your own life force instead. This avoids the chance of a penalty being activated. You can also steal power from an artefact to heal your soul burn. If you are attuned to the artefact, you can use its power to activate your secret craft features without a chance of a penalty being activated. Any attuned racial magical items allow you to pinch their charges for the day using 1 charge to replace 1 soul burn, and for each level or rarity above common the magical item can replace an additional point.

Celestologist Additional Crit Effects

• Celestologist Additional Craft Mishap: In addition to the base critical failure effect, you radiate a wave Radiant energy which causes the irreducible damage (from the standard mishap) as a punishment from your mentor, this hit point damage also affects everyone in your manifestation. You are unable to use anything with Celestial until you have a long rest.
• Celestologist Additional Craft Boon: In addition to the base critical success effect you are able to put out a wave of Radiant energy and feel invigorated by the effect (from the standard boon), this hit point healing also affects everyone in your manifestation. Your grasp of the Celestial tongue is beyond your normal understanding, until you have a long rest you have Advantage on any rolls using this language.

Associated Classes: These classes can select this secret crafts as part of their level advancement.

• Barbarian: Path of the Zealot (xge11)
• Bard: College of Virtue (br183)
• Cleric: Balance Domain (br184), Knowledge Domain (ph59), Justice Domain (mhh61), Light Domain (ph)
• Fighter: Sword-Dancer (mhh39)
• Monk: Way of the Sun Soul (xge35)
• Paladin: Oath of the Ascetic (br194), Oath of Devotion (ph85), Oath of the Radiance (mhh39)
• Ranger: Hidden Guardians (fk11), Horizon Walker (xge42)
• Sorcerer: Divine Inspiration (br200), Divine Soul (xge50)
• Warlock: Pact of the Celestial (xge54)
• Wizard: Arcane Tradition of Angelic Scribe (mhh76), School of Conjuration (ph116)

Available Feats for an Celestologist:

Spell List – Secret Craft – Celestologist (Celest)
(Celestial, Divine, Good and Radiant based spells)

Cantrip – Benediction (mhh151), Guidance (ph249), Sacred Flame (ph273), Spare the Dying (ph278), Starburst (mhh195), Thaumaturgy (ph283), Word of Radiance (xge171)

1st Level Spells – Angelic Guardian (mhh149), Bless (ph220), Cloth of Honourable Melee (bls32), Command (ph223), Compelled Duel (ph225), Create or Destroy Water – R (ph230), Cure Wounds – R (ph231), Detect Evil and Good – R (ph232), Detect Magic – R (ph232), Detect Poison and Disease – R (ph232), Divine Beacon (bls46), Divine Favour (ph235), Guiding Bolt (ph249), Healing Word (ph251), Holy Infusion (bls71), Inflict Wounds (ph254), Mercurial Smite (bls86), Protection from Evil and Good – R (ph271), Purify Food and Drink – R (ph271), Sanctuary (ph273), Shield of Faith (ph276),

2nd Level Spells – Aid (ph212), Augury – RO (ph216), Blade of Light (bls20), Blessed Halo (mhh153), Blindness/Deafness (ph220), Branding Smite (ph220), Calm Emotions (ph222), Chanting (bls29), Continual Flame – R (ph228), Find Steed – RO (ph241), Find Traps – RO (ph242), Gentle Repose – R (ph246), Orb of Light (mhh184), Prayer of Healing – RO (ph268), Protection from Poison – R (ph271), Restoration – R (ph256), Sanctified Reverie of Arms (bls101), Silence – R (ph276), Spirit Cartographer (bls112), Spiritual Weapon (ph278), Vigil of Enlightenment (bls122), Warding Bond (ph288), Wisdom of the Divine (bls128)

3rd Level Spells – Beacon of Hope – R (ph218), Bestow Curse (ph219), Blade of Wrath (mhh153), Blinding Smite (ph220), Clairvoyance (ph223), Create Food and Water – R (ph230), Crusader’s Mantle (ph231), Daylight (ph231), Divine Mantle (bls47), Favour Mount (bls56), Godly Patronage (bls64), Mass Healing World (see Healing Word), Mighty Steed (bls86), Protection from Energy (ph271), Remove Curse (ph272), Revivify – R (ph273), Sending (ph275), Speak with Dead – R (ph278), Spirit Guardians (ph279), Tongues (ph284), Water Breathing – R (ph288), Water Walk – R (ph288), Weapon of Retribution (bls126), Wind Wall (ph289), Wings of Heaven (bls128)

4th Level Spells – Aura of Purity (ph217), Balance of the Mind (bls17), Circle of Divine Censure (bls32), Control Water (ph228), Death Ward (ph231), Diva’s Wings (mhh163), Divination – R (ph235), Divine Charge (bls46), Divine Communion (bls46), Elemental Bane (xge155), Exorcise (bls55), Freedom of Movement (ph245), Guardian of Faith (ph248), Hand of Judgement (bls66), Paean of Greater Glory (bls92), Paean of the Holy (bls92), Sickening Radiance (xge164), Test of Souls – R (br208), Wall of Fire (ph286)

5th Level Spell – Blazing Chariot (mhh153), Circle of Power (ph222), Commune – RO (ph224), Dawn (xge153), Destructive Wave (ph232), Dispel Evil and Good (ph234), Divine Beacon’s Answer (bls46), Fair Light (br207), Flame Strike (ph243), Geas – RO (ph245), Greater Restoration (see Restoration), Hallow – RO (ph250), Harmony of the Gods (bls68), Holy Blazon (bls71), Holy Ground (mhh174), Holy Weapon (xge157), Light of the Moon (br207), Sacred Champion (bls101), Starfall (mhh195), Wall of Light (xge170)

• 6th Level – Angel’s Cloak (bls13), Heavenly Crown (mhh173), Primordial Ward (xge163), Winter’s Radiance (mwb437)
• 7th Level – Crown of Stars (xge152), Divine Intervention (bls47), Sacred Aegis (bls100). Seal of Sanctuary – R (mhh190), Temple of the Gods (xge167)
• 8th Level – Call Divine Warrior (bls27), Divine Assimilation (bls45), Godsblood (bls64), Quintessence (mhh187), Summon Star (mhh196)
• 9th Level – Anwyn’s Elysian Palace (br206), Circle of Devastation (mmh157), Divine Inspiration (bls47), Form of the Gods (mhh168), Greater Seal of Sanctuary – R (mhh171), Judgement of Maal – R (br207), Shooting Stars (br207)

R – Ritual Spells.
Source: bls, br, mhh, mwb (GM Only), ph, xge

Celestologist 1st Circle (Apprentice)

Secret Crafts – Celestologist – 1st Circle

Secret Crafts – Manifestations (Replaces other active secret craft manifestation when activated) Each Manifestation uses a light colour based on the Sphere it is being drawn from Energy (red), Entropy (black), Matter (green), Thought (white), Time (Blue). Each manifestation lasts until the end of your next long rest, and you can spend 1 soul burn to keep it active until the next long rest without rolling or you dismiss it.

Celestologist Apprentice (Manifestation SB 1 DC 16): When you activate this manifestation, you have a golden halo and project bright light out 10ft. When dealing radiant damage, a roll of a 1 is treated as a 2.

Celestologist Apprentice Enhancements and Powers (Requires Celestologist Apprentice to be active)

• Celestial Specialisation (Enhancement SB 1 DC 16): Activate as part of a short rest. You can prepare one spell from the craft list as a known spell. You can reactivate this power to replace the known spell. Non-spellcasters can use this to gain a cantrip if listed.
• Divine Fear (Power SB 1 DC 16: As an action you can you can change your light radius to include it also causing fear in its radius while you concentrate up to ten minutes.
• Divine Speech (Enhancement SB 1 DC 16): Activated during a short rest. Your speech is understood by anyone who hears you. This does not grant you the ability to understand others.
• Divine Smite (Power SB 1 DC 16): Activated as a bonus action. You can smite as a paladin, and the smite has the same effects as a Searing Smite spell.

Downtime Activities: can require 1 or more soul burn points to activate and maintain. You do not require you to have the manifestation active to use. Use of downtime abilities cannot be offset by magical items or artefacts.

• Eclesiarch’s Right (SB 1) You can requisition 5,000 gp of items from your religion to upgrade your church.
• Divine Question (SB 1) In a shrine, or holy place for your religion, you can spend a week in devotion and ask one question and gain a truthful answer.
• Craft Specialisation (SB 1+): You gain a known or prepared spell from the list of spells in this craft for each level you can cast. If you know more than one craft you can only have this available for one. Repeat activations changes the these slots to the activating craft. Costs 1 point per level of the spell. This loss is permanent while you have access to these spells. Unlike regular spells, Cantrips cost 1 point per character level.
• Celestial Familiar (SB 1+): You spend a week to training a familiar to take on Celestial traits. This gives the familiar resistance on radiant damage and once per short rest its touch heals 1d8 damage. This will cost you 1 soul burn per character level (or 1 point if you have the familiar class feature or follow a pantheons). You cannot recover the soul burn while you retain the familiar.
• Celestial Companion (SB 1+): You spend a week to training a companion to take on Celestial traits. This gives the companion resistance on radiant damage and once per short rest its touch heals 1d8 damage. This will cost you 1 soul burn per character level (or 1 point if you have the companion class feature or follow a pantheons). You cannot recover the soul burn while you retain the companion.
• Celestial Mount (SB 1+): You spend a week to training a mount to take on Celestial traits. This gives the mount resistance on radiant damage and once per short rest its touch heals 1d8 damage. This will cost you 1 soul burn per character level (or 1 point if you have the mount class feature or follow a pantheons). You cannot recover the soul burn while you retain the mount.
• Celestial Scroll (SB 1+) You can spend a week scribing any spell from this secret crafts list onto a scroll, with the craft DC equal to 10 + spell level. Success causes SB equal to the spell level, which remains until the scroll is used. Unlike other scrolls, this scroll requires no check to activate and always succeeds at being cast. The soul burn spent on the scroll returns once the scroll is used.

Celestologist 2nd Circle (Journeyman)

Celestologist 3rd Circle (Adept)

Celestologist 4th Circle (Master)

Celestologist 5th Circle (Grand Master)

Secret Craft References

• Activation Costs: 1 SB point per circle for Manifestation, Enhancement, Power and Downtime Activity unless otherwise specified.
• Secret Craft Attempt = d20 + Prof + Abi mod + circle achieved.
• Craft Check: The craft check is a d20 plus your proficiency and the associated attribute modifier. This craft check must use the language associated with the craft as part of the check. You add your circle level to the roll with Initiates being +0. For every 5 points you exceed the target number you reduce the Soul Burn cost by 1. For every point you fail the roll by, you can choose to succeed by adding those point to the soul burn cost as long as it was not a critical failure.
  • Base Critical Failure: A roll of a 1 on the craft check is a curse from your patron, and you suffer a mishap. The standard thing that happens is that you increase your soul burn by the Crit Effect Modifier, then it reduces your hit point maximum by the Crit Effect Modifier, and lastly it causes hit point damage equal to the Crit Effect Modifier. Check each of the crafts for what additional effect happen during a mishap.
  • Base Critical Success: A roll of a 20 on this check is a blessing from your patron, and you are granted a boon. The standard thing is that you reduce your Soul Burn by the Crit Effect Modifier, then it can restore damage to your maximum hit points by the Crit Effect Modifier, and lastly it refreshes you repairing hit points equal to the Crit Effect Modifier . Check each of the crafts for what happens during a boon.
  • Crit Effect Modifier: This is 1 + circle ability level + character level.
    • So a 8th level character using a 2nd circle ability would have a crit effect modifier of 11.
    • A 4th level character with a 1st circle ability would have a modifier of 6.
    • A 12th level character with s 3rd circle ability would have a modifier of 16.
    • A 16th level character with a 4th circle ability would have a modifier of 21.
    • A 20th level character with a 5th circle ability would have a modifier of 25.
• Craft DC: The Base DC of a secret craft abilities is: Base Craft DC = 8 + Prof + Ability mod + circle achieved.
• Manifestation – Lasts until the end of a long rest, you expend it, or you dismiss it as a free action. You can extend a craft manifestation for 1 soul burn after a long rest to last until your next long rest without the need for a craft check. Manifestations gives you access to Manifestation Aspects, Enhancements and Powers.
• Manifestation Aspect – Selected as the version of the manifestation used when you activate the Manifestation.
• Enhancement – Lasts as long as the manifestation is active.
• Power – Has a limited duration, but needs the manifestation active to use.
• SB – Soul Burn. Each point of Soul Burn is a reduction to your maximum hit points. If your Soul Burn ever reduces your hit point total to zero your character is destroyed based in the craft and sponsor. Soul Burn can be recovered via downtime or other methods all with GM approval.

Content Updates

• 2022-04-21 – Added in locations.
• 2022-03-13 – Updated the Initiate level abilities and wording. Update of the 1st Circle abilities and powers to bring them more in line with the changes made to the initiate level and through trial in play over the last year
• 2021-10-10 – Wording cleanup to finish transition from copy of Craftologist to a Celestologist page.

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