Arcane Skirmishing Adept

Prerequisite: The ability to cast at least one spell

You are a particularly slippery and crafty spellcaster, learning special casting techniques.

You gain 3 skirmisher points. Whenever you cast a leveled spell on your turn you can spend one skirmisher point to gain the following benefits:

Your walking speed increases by 10 feet and you gain a +2 bonus to AC, Dexterity checks, and Dexterity saving throws until the start of your next turn.
If the triggering spell targets more than one target, you can break up your movement once during the casting of the spell. The spell's instantaneous effects resolve for each target. This doesn't apply to spells that effect an area like burning hands or hypnotic pattern.
If the triggering spell targets an area that normally that wouldn't spread around corners, this casting of the spell can spread around corners.

You regain your skirmisher points when you finish a long rest.

Previous Versions

Name	Date Modified	Views	Adds	Version	Actions
Arcane Skirmisher	7/17/2024 11:59:37 PM	24	1	--	Coming Soon
Arcane Skirmisher (Half-feat)	7/17/2024 11:59:47 PM	16	1	--	Coming Soon

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Posted Jul 17, 2024
This is (probably) the final version. The first two were created with a much higher-power campaign in mind. This one would be the best option for any who want to add it to their campaign.

Changes from Arcane Skirmisher & Arcane Skirmisher (Half-Feat):

Added skirmisher points - limiting the number of uses to be in line with Lucky's limited uses.

Changed name - Arcane Skirmisher sounds fine, but Arcane Skirmishing Adept sounds more in line with Eldritch/Elemental/Martial/Metamagic Adept, and offers a similar power boost.

Limited number of times you could break up movement - this was to avoid situations that could slow down the game, i.e. casting scatter and moving between each target teleported or moving nine or more times with an upcasted magic missile/scorching ray.

Removed confusing language about targeting self - this was a limit previously aimed at speeding the game up, but the above limit does a better job and being able to target yourself is an interesting option. I also struggled to word this restriction succinctly and accurately in previous versions.

Increased movement granted from 5 feet to 10 feet - now that the feat has a limited number of uses, a bigger 1 round boost felt appropriate.

Extended the AC, Dex Save/Check bonus to start of next turn - a little boost to the utility. Giving a bonus while slipping in and out of engagement AND allowing you to dodge better if you are further targeted.

Cleaned up language.

Made snippet text and limited uses show up properly in Character Sheet.

Made Arcane Skirmishing show up in Actions tab under Special.

Removed examples.
Last edited by scryptid_: Jul 17, 2024

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