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Archivist

Investigator: Subclass Feature
Source: Valda’s Spire of Secrets (2024)

Class and Feature Progression

LevelPBFeatures
1st+2
2nd+2
3rd+2Archivist
4th+2
5th+3
6th+3Erudite Spell
7th+3
8th+3
9th+4
10th+4Encyclopedic Expertise
11th+4
12th+4
13th+5
14th+5Eidetic Memory
15th+5
16th+5
17th+6
18th+6
19th+6
20th+6

Expand Your Rituals Through Ancient Lore

Though most Investigators fill their grimoires with hard-won knowledge borne from encounters with supernatural threats, some prefer to do bookkeeping instead. Such Archivists seek to accumulate knowledge, more so than trinkets, by spending untold hours digging through disparate tomes of occult secrets and compiling them into encyclopedic texts. Through their research, Archivists become academic masters of the arcane and priceless reservoirs of obscure knowledge.

Subclass Features

Thesis (Level 3)

You gain access to certain spells associated with your thesis. Choose one of the following subject areas for your thesis: Corpus, Mentis, Mortis, or Oculus. Consult the table below that corresponds to the chosen thesis; you add the listed spells for your Investigator level to your grimoire for free. The listed spells count as Investigator spells for you and you treat them if they have the Ritual tag.

Whenever you gain an Investigator level, you can replace your thesis with another one. The spells in your grimoire corresponding to your thesis are magically replaced with those of the new thesis for your Investigator level.

Trinkets (Level 3)

You can use the following trinkets.

Aura Lenses. You can cast Detect Magic without a spell slot or components.

Mnemonic Script. You can cast Memorize without a spell slot or components.

Tongue Stone. You can cast Comprehend Languages without a spell slot or components.

Erudite Spell (Level 6)

When you cast a spell that forces a creature to make a saving throw, you can give one target of the spell Disadvantage on saves against the spell.

Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. You can also restore your use of it by expending a use of your Rushed Incantation (no action required).

Encyclopedic Expertise (Level 10)

You can identify any arcane effect from memory. Whenever you see or hear a spell being cast or investigate a magical effect, you can identify the spell that was cast, the magic item responsible, or the creature that produced the effect without an ability check. This feature fails to identify spells, magic items, and creatures that are utterly unique or are otherwise not recorded in arcane texts.

Eidetic Memory (Level 14)

You can effortlessly duplicate spells you see or hear, granting you the following benefits.

Ritual Recall. If you see or hear an Investigator spell being cast, you can thereafter copy it into your grimoire.

Spell Duplication. When you see or hear a spell of level 5 or lower being cast, you can fix the spell in your mind. Within the next minute, you can expend a use of your Rushed Incantation to cast the spell without a spell slot. Once you use this benefit to cast a spell, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.

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