Metamagician

Wizards study long and hard to master the various Schools of Magic. Most keep within the well-trodden avenues of established practice, producing predictable, reliable, if unremarkable results. You are not that timid. You dare to test the limits of Magic, making new discoveries, and taking whatever risks may be necessary to do so. While there are risks, and things can, and often do, go awry, the rewards are more than worth it. Most major leaps forward in magical understanding have come from those willing to take such risks, and you are determined to forge your legacy in the same way.

Rather than selecting a traditional Arcane School as other Wizards do, at second level the Metamagician gains access to a pool of Metamagic points, and the same Metamagic effects that Sorcerers use becoming available at third level, with the same drawbacks that Wild Magic Sorcerers suffer.

Inspired Spellcaster

 

Experimental Spellcaster

Your atypical study and practice of wizardly magic has set you on the fast-track for the discovery of arcane secrets, but not without a cost. Your spells are often less reliable than those of a more traditional wizard, though the unpredictable results can be beneficial as often as not. You see these "surges" as opportunities, each revealing new secrets and mysteries beyond the grasp of those unwilling to take the risks. While greater benefits await you at higher levels, to begin with you gain double proficiency on Arcana checks. 

Wild Magic Surge

Starting when you choose this subclass at 1st level, your spellcasting can unleash surges of untamed magic. Once per turn, the DM can have you roll a d20 immediately after you cast a wizard spell of 1st level or higher. If you roll a 1, roll on the Wild Magic Surge table to create a magical effect. If that effect is a spell, it is too wild to be affected by your Metamagic, and if it normally requires concentration, it doesn’t require concentration in this case; the spell lasts for its full duration.

Wild Magic Surge

Metamagic

Metamagic

At 2nd level, you gain the ability to twist your spells to suit your needs. You gain two of the following Metamagic options of your choice. You gain another one at 6th, 10th, and 14th level.

You can always use one Metamagic option on a spell when you cast it without penalty or consequence, provided you can pay its cost in Metamagic points.

Metamagic Points

You have 2 metamagic points, and you gain one per level as your level increases (3 at 3rd, 4 at 4th, and so on until 20 at 20th). These can be used to alter your spells using the Metamagic abilities described below

Careful Spell

When you cast a spell that forces other creatures to make a saving throw, you can protect some of those creatures from the spell’s full force. To do so, you spend 1 sorcery point and choose a number of those creatures up to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of one creature). A chosen creature automatically succeeds on its saving throw against the spell.

Distant Spell

When you cast a spell that has a range of 5 feet or greater, you can spend 1 sorcery point to double the range of the spell.

When you cast a spell that has a range of touch, you can spend 1 sorcery point to make the range of the spell 30 feet.

Empowered Spell

 

When you roll damage for a spell, you can spend 1 sorcery point to reroll a number of the damage dice up to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of one). You must use the new rolls.

You can use Empowered Spell even if you have already used a different Metamagic option during the casting of the spell.

Extended Spell

When you cast a spell that has a duration of 1 minute or longer, you can spend 1 sorcery point to double its duration, to a maximum duration of 24 hours.

Heightened Spell

When you cast a spell that forces a creature to make a saving throw to resist its effects, you can spend 3 sorcery points to give one target of the spell disadvantage on its first saving throw made against the spell.

Quickened Spell

 When you cast a spell that has a casting time of 1 action, you can spend 2 sorcery points to change the casting time to 1 bonus action for this casting.

Subtle Spell

When you cast a spell, you can spend 1 sorcery point to cast it without any somatic or verbal components.

Twinned Spell

 When you cast a spell that targets only one creature and doesn’t have a range of self, you can spend a number of sorcery points equal to the spell’s level to target a second creature in range with the same spell (1 sorcery point if the spell is a cantrip).

To be eligible, a spell must be incapable of targeting more than one creature at the spell’s current level. For example, magic missile and scorching ray aren’t eligible, but ray of frost and chromatic orb are.

Overloaded Spells

Starting at 6th level, your spells can be enhanced even further, adding a second Metamagic effect, at the cost of forcing an automatic roll on the Wild Magic table in addition to the extra Metamagic points expended. The spell is cast as intended, but the Wild Magic result also occurs. At 10th level you may tweak the effects of spells instead of applying any standard Metamagic, such as changing the damage type (e.g. a fireball that deals cold damage, or a scorching ray that deals acid damage), for the same risk-cost. Note that if one does this, they may not also apply standard Metamagic effects. Stranger enhancements may be allowed, at DM discretion. Very powerful effects may require a Wild Magic roll with disadvantage. 

Controlled Chaos

At 10th level, you gain a modicum of control over the surges of your wild magic. Whenever you roll on the Wild Magic Surge table, you can roll twice and use either number.

 

Spell Bombardment

Beginning at 14th level, the harmful energy of your spells intensifies. When you roll damage for a spell and roll the highest number possible on any of the dice, choose one of those dice, roll it again and add that roll to the damage. You can use the feature only once per turn.