Scholar of Chaos (LIVE - Psychological Research Methods)

Prerequisite: Completion of Professor Maelstrom's Psychological Research Methods class

Description: Through rigorous and chaotic training under the enigmatic Professor Maelstrom, you have gained unique insights into the unpredictable nature of the mind and how to harness chaos to your advantage. Your experience in experimental design, data analysis, and the interpretation of results has granted you abilities that blur the lines between order and disorder.

Benefits:

1. Mind Over Matter:

   • You gain proficiency in Intelligence (Investigation) and Wisdom (Insight) checks. If you are already proficient, you may add double your proficiency bonus to checks with these skills.

2. Chaotic Insight:

   • Once per long rest, you can enter a state of heightened mental acuity as a bonus action. For 1 minute, you have advantage on all Intelligence and Wisdom checks. Additionally, you can roll a d6 and add the number rolled to one Intelligence or Wisdom check during this duration.

3. Unpredictable Defense:

   • When you are hit by an attack, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You can use this ability a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once) per long rest.

4. Experimental Tactics:

   • You can use your action to devise a chaotic plan in combat. Describe an unpredictable tactic or strategy to your DM and make an Intelligence (Investigation) check against a DC determined by the DM (typically 15). On a success, you and your allies gain advantage on attack rolls against a creature of your choice until the end of your next turn.

5. Arcane Anomaly:

   • Your exposure to arcane chaos has left a mark. Choose one 1st-level spell from any class’s spell list (subject to DM approval). You can cast this spell once without expending a spell slot. You regain the ability to cast this spell in this way when you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Rolls:

• Mind Over Matter: Roll for Investigation or Insight checks as usual, applying proficiency or double proficiency as per the feat.
• Chaotic Insight: Roll a d6 and add the result to an Intelligence or Wisdom check during the heightened mental acuity duration.
• Unpredictable Defense: When using this feature, roll a d20 for the attack with imposed disadvantage.
• Experimental Tactics: Roll an Intelligence (Investigation) check and compare to the DC set by the DM.
• Arcane Anomaly: Cast the chosen 1st-level spell as usual, using your Intelligence modifier.

Flavor: Embodying the teachings of Professor Maelstrom, you navigate the fine line between order and chaos, turning unpredictability into a powerful tool both in and out of combat. Whether devising spontaneous strategies or harnessing arcane anomalies, your mind is a fortress of controlled chaos.