Butterfly of Light

The Butterfly of Light sorcerer subclass weaves the delicate balance of radiant light and necrotic darkness. Guided by a celestial butterfly spirit, you command swarms of magical butterflies to protect your allies, confuse your enemies, and alter the tide of battle.

From summoning gentle butterflies to heal fiends and undead to unleashing devastating swarms that siphon life force, this subclass offers a unique mix of support and destruction. As you grow in power, your connection to the butterfly spirit allows you to perform incredible feats, from absorbing damage with radiant wings to summoning catastrophic swarms of light and darkness.

With the grace of a butterfly and the fury of a storm, the Butterfly of Light stands as a radiant enigma on the battlefield, blending beauty, danger, and mysticism into one.

Level 3: Butterfly of Light

When you choose this subclass at level 3, you channel the ethereal energy of light and dark, manifesting as butterflies that are both beautiful and deadly. With the guidance of a celestial butterfly spirit, you can command these magical insects to deal necrotic damage, heal the unholy, and disrupt your enemies in combat.

You gain the Butterfly's Kiss cantrip, which does not count against your number of known cantrips. This cantrip allows you to summon a butterfly to gently land on a target and siphon vitality. You can use your Charisma modifier as the spellcasting ability for this cantrip. If you target a creature that is a demon, fiend, or undead, it instead heals the creature for necrotic damage equal to your sorcerer level. If the creature is neither a demon, fiend, nor undead, it deals necrotic damage equal to your sorcerer level.

Butterfly Swarm

Feature: Linked to Butterfly's Kiss

When you cast Butterfly's Kiss, you can expend 1 sorcery point to conjure a cloud of ethereal butterflies in a 15-foot radius centered on a point you can see within 60 feet. The cloud lasts for 1 minute and provides the following effects:

• Creatures within the area have disadvantage on attack rolls as the butterflies obscure their vision and distract them.
• You have advantage on saving throws against spells cast by creatures within the area.

The butterflies are a manifestation of your bond with the Butterfly of Light spirit and shimmer softly with radiant or necrotic energy.

Level 3: Detect Presence and Butterfly Spells

Starting at 3rd level, you can sense the presence of enemies nearby. As a bonus action, you detect any creatures within 30 feet of you that are not behind total cover. You can use this ability a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once) per long rest.

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Spell Slot Usage for Butterfly of Light

Sorcerer Level	Spell	Spell Slot Required
3rd	Faerie Fire	No
	Cure Wounds	Yes
5th	Mirror Image	Yes
	Moonbeam	Yes
7th	Spirit Guardians	No
	Fly	No
9th	Greater Invisibility	Yes
	Aura of Life	No
11th	Wall of Light	Yes
	Mass Cure Wounds	Yes
15th	Regenerate	Yes
19th	Mass Heal	Yes

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Celestial Shroud

At 3rd level, the celestial butterfly spirit bestows a radiant aura upon you. When you take damage, you can use your reaction to reduce the damage by an amount equal to your Charisma modifier + your sorcerer level. You can use this feature once per short or long rest.

Level 6: Wings of the Darkness

At 6th level, you can summon an overwhelming swarm of butterflies to damage enemies and heal yourself.

As an action, you release a burst of 50 butterflies in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in the area must make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC.

• Enemies: On a failed save, a creature takes necrotic damage equal to 3d8 + your Charisma modifier. On a successful save, they take half damage.
• Healing: For every creature that takes necrotic damage, you regain hit points equal to 50% of the damage dealt.
• Undead, Fiends, and Demons: These creatures are not damaged but are instead healed for 3d8 + your Charisma modifier.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus per long rest.

Level 14: Butterfly's Fury

At 14th level, you unleash the devastating power of your butterflies over a large area.

As an action, you summon a vast swarm of celestial butterflies that fills a 1-mile radius around you. Each creature in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC.

• On a failed save, the creature takes 10d6 necrotic damage and is blinded for 1 minute.
• On a successful save, the creature takes half damage and suffers no blindness.

Additionally, you regain hit points equal to 50% of the total necrotic damage dealt to all creatures. You can use this feature once per long rest.

Level 18: Veil of Eternal Light

At 18th level, you summon an aura that reveals hidden enemies and disrupts their abilities.

As an action, you create a glowing field with a 60-foot radius that lasts for 10 minutes.

• Detection: You can sense the exact location of all creatures within the field, even if they are invisible or hidden.
• Stealth Disruption: Creatures in the area have disadvantage on Stealth checks and cannot benefit from invisibility.
• Healing Burst: As part of this action, each ally within the area regains hit points equal to your sorcerer level + your Charisma modifier.

You can use this feature once per short or long rest.