Prerequisites: Proficiency in arcana or expertise in religion.
Through much study and deep understanding of the world, you have discovered how to change the essences of your very being for short periods of time, focusing all your power into one facet of yourself.
You may begin focusing your essence at any time, although you must maintain concentration on this task like a spell. If concentration is disrupted, you instantly gain one level of exhaustion, but may continue after 5 minutes. When you begin focusing your essence, choose one of the six ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma) to improve.
For every ten minutes you focus, the chosen score increases by 1 with no maximum, but all other scores decrease by 1. You may do this up until an hour of focusing, where you will have 6 more in the chosen score and 6 less in all others. Recalculate your ability modifiers, hit points, and other stuff based on your new scores. This state of focused essence can now last for up to one hour and doesn't require concentration, although choosing to stop or becoming unconscious will end it early.
When you end this state, all your ability scores return to normal. You then gain one level of exhaustion for every point changed, even if this exhaustion will kill you. If the exhaustion is deadly, you explode as your essence leaves the confines of your mortal body, dealing 1d4 force damage to all things within a 20 foot radius for each point you had in the boosted ability. (For example, if you had strength 17 and boosted it to 23, the explosion would deal 23d4 force damage). All that remains will be a charred skeleton and a pile of black Dust of Sneezing and Choking.
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