Bard
Base Class: Bard

puppets are used to channel magic they can be used to help fight the users foes.

Puppeteer’s tools

Starting at 3rd level you learn the ways of puppeteering.Gain proficiency in Woodcarver's tools and Weaver's tools. It takes time to craft puppets, it takes 4 hours per puppet you wish to craft. Your puppets are tiny constructs, as an action if you have one hand open you can gain control up to 5 puppets, each able to hold weapons with the light property. You are able to control at max ten puppets as long as you are not wielding any weapons in either of your hands. Your puppets share your initiative, as a bonus action you may use up to 3 of your puppets to make an attack against a creature. Each puppet has an armor class of 13 and HP of 15. Your puppets must stay within 20 ft of you or you lose control of them.

Creature puppeteering

At 6th level you learn to make puppets out of the living. Choose a creature that you can see within 50 ft of you. That creature must succeed a constitution saving throw or be controlled by you. If you have control of a creature on its turn that creature must succeed a constitution saving throw or stay controlled by you. If the creature is still controlled by you on its turn you may use that creature to make attacks.

Living puppet

You learn to give puppet an artificial soul using the lives of fey creatures. You summon a fey creature and then place its soul into a puppet. You can only make one living puppet at a time. This puppet can now move, speak and act on its own but since you gave it life it has a sense of loyalty to you. This puppet has its own initiative. The puppet can wield any weapon and armor. Look at the table below for living puppet stats.

Living Puppet

Medium Humanoid

Armor Class/15

Hit Points/1d6 times your level

Speed/30

STR/14 DEX/16 CON/18 INT/12 WIS/10 CHA/12

Saving Throws/ Dex+2   Con+1

Skills/ Acrobatics+3

Damage Immunities/Poison

Condition Immunities/Exhaustion, Charmed, Poisoned

Senses/Passive perception 10+3

Languages/any that you speak

Proficiency Bonus/ equals your bonus

ACTIONS

Casting

Faery Fire, Message, Create bonfire, Alarm.

Multi-Attack/The Puppet makes three melee attacks.

Help/The puppet makes the help action.

Puppet casting

Also at 3rd level you learn to fuse and cast magic through your puppets. When casting a spell and you are in control of at least one puppet you may cast a spell through it. Your puppets can also concentrate on spells, but only one at a time.

Intricate puppets

You learn to create puppets of people you see or know, it takes 24 hours to create an intricate puppet. Once you have an intricate puppet you may control it and speak, hear and see through it. They are also able to carry any martial weapon that does not have the heavy property and as a bonus action you may make an attack with it. The intricate puppet must stay within 100 ft of you.

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