Soulvessel Class

There are some individuals in the multiverse with a natural affinity to the Ethereal Plane. An affinity, which draws the attention of all manner of spirits and souls. These individuals have the power to share their body and hold the spirit of another entity within them, harnessing the energies of the ethereal as well as learning the knowledge and experience of the spirit within them. These individuals, are known as "Soulvessels".

Soulvessels combine martial techniques with the magical prowess granted to them by their spirit and their connection to the weave of the ethereal; This allows them to release necrotic energy with their strikes to harm their enemies, or summon spectral armaments in the heat of battle.

The kind of spirit that you bond with and elements of its unique ethereal energies, as well as its own knowledge, often change the abilities that the vessel holds. Bond with a Spirit of a Cursed One, a spirit of a malevolent entity or that of a cursed soul, to imbue your ethereal energy with malicious power, turning it vile and parasitic. Or you could have bonded with a Spirit of Nature, instead learning how to track and hunt with the effectiveness and ferociousness of a wild beast, as your natural spirit teaches you. Perhaps you've bonded with a Spirit of a Master Swordsman, rather, and learned from him the skills and experiences of a veteran adventurer, as well as how to better control the ethereal energies that flow through you. Alas, you could have also bonded with the Spirits of the Elements, a quartet of elemental spirits that took to forming a truce between them to share your body, and teach you how to use the raw energies that form the material plane.

This bond between you and your spirit, is what makes you a Soulvessel.

Changelog:

Version 1.1: Spirit of a Cursed One - Vile Constitution: Changed the temporary hit points given after each Short or Long Rest to the character's soulvessel level x 3 instead of the soulvessel level + 1d10.