School of the Arcane Horizon (5A)

This is a Wizard arcane tradition for 5A.

Source: Mike Myler in En5ider 147 under the name School of the Inside Out.

Since the dawn of time, mages and priests have pursued ancient secrets revealing the fabric of reality, suffering eternally for their hubris. The school of the arcane horizon has proceeded further than most, unlocking a path to forbidden arcana otherwise shrouded in mystery. But these powers come at a price. To learn true perception, a student must first rid themselves of false perception.

Psionic Subclasses

In 5E, psionics does not have its own classes, it is instead expressed through subclasses. The this subclass uses psionic powers, along with a number of other subclasses in the game, the artificer Archivist and Psychometrist, bard College of Whispers and Psychic, cleric Spiritualist, fighter Psi Warrior, monk Way of the Soft Whisper, Spiral Monk, rogue Soulknife, sorcerer Aberrant Mind and Mystic, and wizard Arcane Horizon and Mentalist.

Arcane Tradition Features

Psionic Wizardry

At second level, when you join this college, you learn to use Psionic Wizardry. By focusing the power of a spell inwards you can cast it inside your mind before releasing it into the world outside. Doing so burns out the pattern of the spell in your mind.

When you cast a spell using Psionic Wizardry, you cannot cast that spell again until you take a long or short rest. The spell requires no verbal or somatic components. It requires no material components unless the components are consumed by the spell.

Occult Blindness

Starting at 6th level, you learn the secrets of what lies behind the veil of reality. As an action, you pull away the curtain of existence to disturb a single creature within 30 feet. If the target has an Intelligence of 6 or more and can see you, it must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw against your wizard spell save DC or be unhinged for a number of rounds equal to your proficiency bonus. An unhinged creature is allowed a new Intelligence saving throw at the end of each its turns to end the effect.

A unhinged creature is blinded, but gains tremorsense 60 feet. Attack rolls against the creature have advantage, and the creature’s attack rolls and ability checks have disadvantage. Once the effect ends, or if the creature succeeds on its initial saving throw against this effect, that creature always succeeds on saving throws against your use of Occult Blindness until you finish a short rest.

You can use this ability a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining all uses on a long or short rest.

Occult Reality

Starting at 10th level, when you use Occult Blindness, you can consume an additional use of the ability to instantly transport the target to a place both within and outside of reality. The creature must make an Intelligence saving throw against your spell save DC or disappear and shudder across the underpinning matrix of existence for a number of rounds equal to your proficiency bonus.

The creature is incapacitated during this time. If the target is not an aberration, it takes 3d10 psychic damage at the start of each of its turns as it reels from its horrific experience. At the end of its turn it is allowed an Intelligence saving throw to end the effect. On a successful save the creature returns to the space it previously occupied (or the nearest unoccupied space) and is unhinged until the end of its next turn, as Occult Blindness above.

Occult Sight

Beginning at 14th level, you gain resistance to psychic damage and Truesight with a range of 120 feet. You can give targets of your Occult Blindness ability this Truesight as well if you wish, in addition to all the other effects of Occult Blindness. A creature can choose to fail its saving throw against Occult Blindness when you use this ability.

Editor's Notes

Moved the abilities around.