Soul Armorer

An artificer who discovers a mystical connection to death itself. However, death itself can not stop the Soul Armorer from reaching perfection. Having his soul incorporated into an old armor of his own making, the Soul Armorer uses the souls of his foe to fuel the gears of his passion. The armor is enhanced by souls to hone the artificer's magic, unleash potent attacks, and generate a formidable defense. The artificer's soul bonds with this armor, becoming one with it even as they experiment with it and refine its magical capabilities.

Tools of the Trade

3rd-level Soul Armorer feature

You gain proficiency with heavy armor. You also gain proficiency with smith’s tools. If you already have this tool proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan’s tools of your choice.

Soul Armorer Spells

3rd-level Soul Armorer feature

You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Armorer Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Armorer Spells

Artificer Level	Spell
3rd	magic missile, thunderwave
5th	mirror image, shatter
9th	hypnotic pattern, lightning bolt
13th	fire shield, greater invisibility
17th	passwall, wall of force

Arcane Armor

3rd-level Soul Armorer feature

Your metallurgical pursuits have led to you making armor a conduit for your magic. As an action, you can turn a suit of armor you are wearing into Arcane Armor, provided you have smith’s tools in hand.

You gain the following benefits while wearing this armor:

• If the armor normally has a Strength requirement, the arcane armor lacks this requirement for you.
• You can use the arcane armor as a spellcasting focus for your artificer spells.
• The armor attaches to you and can’t be removed against your will. It also expands to cover your entire body, although you can retract or deploy the helmet as a bonus action. The armor replaces any missing limbs, functioning identically to a limb it replaces.
• You can doff or don the armor as an action.

The armor continues to be Arcane Armor until you don another suit of armor or you die.

Tokens of the Departed

3th-level Soul Armorer feature

When a life ends in your presence, you're able to snatch a token from the departing soul, a sliver of its life essence that takes physical form: as a reaction when a creature you can see dies within 30 feet of you, you can open your free hand and cause a Tiny trinket to appear there, a soul trinket. The trinket will have a level equal to the CR level of the soul's owner. The DM determines the trinket's form or has you roll on the Trinkets table in the Player's Handbook to generate it.

Extra Attack

5th-level Soul Armorer feature

You can attack twice, rather than once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Soul's Life

9th-level Armorer feature

You learn how to use your soul trinket other than just fueling your existence. You can use soul trinkets in the following ways:

• While a soul trinket is on your person, you have advantage on death saving throws and Constitution saving throws, for your vitality is enhanced by the life essence within the object.

• As an action, you can destroy one of your soul trinkets, no matter where it's located. When you do so, you can ask the spirit associated with the trinket one question. The spirit appears to you and answers in a language it knew in life. It's under no obligation to be truthful, and it answers as concisely as possible, eager to be free. The spirit knows only what it knew in life, as determined by the DM.

Ghost Armor

15th-level Soul Armorer feature

Your Arcane Armor gains additional benefits from the realm of the dead.

You can phase partially into the realm of the dead, becoming like a ghost. As a bonus action, you assume a spectral form. While in this form, you have a flying speed of 10 feet, you can hover, and attack rolls have disadvantages against you. You can also move through creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain, but you take 1d10 force damage if you end your turn inside a creature or an object.

You stay in this form for 10 minutes or until you end it as a bonus action. To use this feature again, you must finish a long rest or destroy one of your soul trinkets as part of the bonus action you use to activate Ghost Walk.