Psychometrist (5A)
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This is an Artificer Specialization for 5A.
A psychometrist is a psychic and medium that reads and channels psychic the impressions carried by objects. This allows the psychometrist to find out what has happened around an object they examine, making them excellent detectives. But even beyond this, a skilled psychometrist can channel psychic impressions into magical effects. Psychometrism is not taught, it is mastered by life experience. A beginner artificer might find themselves drawn into the psychic reality of objects, rather than to conventional invention or magical craft. After their initial studies, they find that no particular field attracts them, and instead delve into objects as they are, discovering additional dimensions to even the most mundane of objects.
Greyhawk: Most psychometrists awaken their powers by accident. Only in far to the west is psychometry studied as a psychic art. In places like Zindia and the Baklunish lands, psychometry may be the most common type of artificer.
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, rogue Soulknife, sorcerer Aberrant Mind and Mystic, and wizard Arcane Horizon and Mentalist.
Subclass Features
Psychometrist's Spells
Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Geometrician's Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.
| Artificer Level |
Spells |
| 3 | Comprehend Languages, Earth Tremor |
| 5 | Knock, Locate Object |
| 9 | Meld Into Stone, Speak with Dead |
| 13 | Guardian of Faith, Summon Construct |
| 17 | Animate Objects, Holy Weapon |
Mundane Insights
When you adopt this specialization at 3rd level, you learn the Investigation skill. If you already have this skill, you learn instead another skill of your choice or any three languages.
Seance
At 3rd level you can hold a seance, which allows you to cast the following spells as rituals.
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Object Reading
At 3rd level, you can use an action to read psychic impressions of an object within 5 feet. This covers a 5 ft square, and reads all auras in this space. This tells you if anything in the area is magical, cursed, trapped, or currently under a magical effect or spell.
By spending an action focusing on an object you touch, you discover specific information.
- For a magic item you learn its properties and how to use them, whether it requires attunement to use, and how many charges it has, if any.
- For a cursed object you learn what the curse does and how it can be removed.
- For a trapped object you learn how the trap is triggered and what effect is has, but not the DC to disarm it.
- For an item currently under a magical effect you learn what spells or effects are affecting the item. If the item was created by a spell, you learn which spell created it.
Psychic Investigation
At 5th level, you gain expertise (double proficiency bonus) in the Investigation skill. When you use Intelligence (Arcana, History, Investigation, Nature, or Religion) to see if you know something about an object you touch, how it is used, and what it does, you have advantage on the roll, and you can make such a roll even if you previously failed the same task when not touching the object.
Release Psychic Impression
At 9th level, you can channel the psychic impression on objects into spells.
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At 15th level, you can