Circle of the Butterfly

Druids of the Circle of the Butterfly are highly aware of the chaos inherent to nature: the smallest change to it can have massive, unpredictable consequences. They are capable of amplifying these properties to spectacular effect, altering the weather itself in a myriad of ways.

Wings of Disruption

2nd-level Circle of the Butterfly feature

You learn druidcraft (or another druid cantrip of your choice if you already know the spell), and can ignore its verbal and somatic components.

When you cast druidcraft, you can choose a point within 30 feet of you and cause the area in a 5-foot cube originating from that point to subtly change. Roll on the Weather Anomaly table to determine the effect produced. The effects of your Anomaly last for 1 minute, or until you use this feature again.

As a bonus action, you can move your Anomaly up to 30 feet, and increase its size by 5 feet, up to a 20-foot cube in size. The maximum size of your Anomaly increases when you reach certain levels in this class, increasing to a 30-foot cube at 5th level, a 40-foot cube at 11th level, and a 50-foot cube at 17th level.

Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest, unless you expend a spell slot to use it again. When you expend a spell slot of 2nd level or higher to use this feature, you can increase the size of the cube by 5 feet for each slot level above 1st.

Weather Anomaly

d4	Effect
1	Blistering heat assaults the area. Each creature that enters the cube for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there takes 1d4 fire damage. The damage increases to 1d6 when you reach 10th level in this class.
2	Terrible cold permeates the area. Each creature that enters the cube for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there takes 1d4 cold damage. The damage increases to 1d6 when you reach 10th level in this class.
3	A strong wind* blows through the area, and you can turn the cube into difficult terrain.
4	Heavy rain* or heavy snowfall* (your choice) blankets the area, and you can cause the cube to be heavily obscured.

* (pg. 110 of the DMG)

Lorenz Attractor

6th-level Circle of the Butterfly feature

As an action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape feature to touch a willing creature and bring its surrounding air currents into an unstable equilibrium for 10 minutes. While in this state, the target has a flying speed of 20 feet, and is unaffected by the effects of your Anomaly, which harmlessly circulate around it.

Exponential Divergence

10th-level Circle of the Butterfly feature

The small changes that you introduce into the environment have a broader range of potential consequences. When you create your Anomaly, you can cause it to produce an additional effect, which you determine by rolling on the Anomalous Surge table.

Anomalous Surge

d4	Effect
1	Thunder sweeps the area. Immediately after moving your Anomaly, you can force each creature inside the cube to succeed on a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC or take 1d6 thunder damage and be pushed up to 10 feet away from the center of the cube (you choose how far).
2	Lightning strikes the area. Immediately after moving your Anomaly, you can make a ranged spell attack that targets one creature inside the cube. On a hit, the attack deals lightning damage equal to 1d10 + your Wisdom modifier.
3	Hail buffets the area. Each creature that enters the cube for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC or take 1d6 bludgeoning damage and fall prone.
4	Bright light envelops the area. This light is sunlight. Each creature that enters the cube for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC, taking 2d6 radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Feedback Storm

14th-level Circle of the Butterfly feature

When you move your Anomaly, you can trigger a cascade of transformations to its current state, which lets you roll on the Weather Anomaly and Anomalous Surge tables, and produce the effects rolled. These effects replace the current effects of your Anomaly.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

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