School of Red Magic

A flash of scarlet and the singing of a blade, there is a tangiable smell of steel and smoke in the air as a warrior clad in red flies into the fray from behind the cleric. Her boots click delicately as her rapier flashes with singular, indefaticable purpose, cleaving through an orc. She snaps her fingers, calling a blast of fire from her hands and into the face of a nearby goblin. From under her wide brimmed feathered cap, she smirks, watching her graceful attack land home. 

As she dispatches her mark, she twirles gracefully and poses, naked blade gleaming, scarlet cloaks and robes acting as a bull fighters cape, drawing the enemy to her steel. 

Everyone wants to do something. Some people want to heal & help others, whether by magical or nonmagical means. Some wish to become great warriors, forging their names in battle & increasing their martial prowess. Some wish to become better magicians, learning new spells or having better control over powers they already have. Others wish to to become more skillful, learning new skills & becoming better at the skills they already have. But there are a rare few who wish to do everything at once. These skilled individuals are known as Red Mages. They are Jacks of all trades, but masters of none. 

Clad in scarlet and wielding a dancing saber, these mages are swashbucklers as much as they are spell casters. though they push their proficiency in spell casting, they are somewhat limited in what they can do, as they must balance their stats between their dexterity based swordsmanship and intelligence based spell casting, and suffer from the low HP of a wizard.

Swordsmanship

When you adopt this tradition at 2nd level, you gain proficiency with light armor and Scimitars and Rapiers.

You also gain proficiency in the Performance skill if you don’t already have it.

The Uniform

As the title suggests, most Red Mages will decide to wear scarlet. You may use low level magic to dye an outfit red. 

First Aid

Starting at 2nd level, you can cast a light healing on yourself to patch up any wounds you received while in close quarters combat. (1d10 + your spell casting Modifier)

Repioste

Starting at level 6, The Red Mage can spend a turn readying for an attack. They can either use a cantrip or their blade to attack as a reaction to an enemy attack.

Unparalleled Finesse

Starting at 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Fire, Ice, Thunder

Starting at the 6th level, the red mage has progressed in their training to the point where they have mastered the 3 core Red magic combat elements, fire, ice, and lightning, and may case the spells Shocking Grasp, Burning Hands, and Ray of Frost as Cantrips. Additionally, A red mage now has advantage on attack rolls for spells of these 3 elements.

Fey Footwork

Starting at level 10, a Red Mage can use Fey magic to cast Misty step twice per short rest.

Mass Cure

Beginning at 10th level, when you heal yourself with First Aid, excess Healing Magic Spreads to the rest of your party, healing them all 2d6 plus your spell casting modifier. 

Blood Soaked Blade

Starting at 14th level, you add your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1) to the damage of your melee weapon attacks. Additionally, Attacks done with your blade will heal the mage for half the damage done.

Doublecast

Starting at the 14th level, A Red Mage can cast a spell and a cantrip in one action