Warian Collective

The Warian Aura is a Goultani/Daidrin pseudo-subset of magic governing the connection between the living world & the Ethereal Plane. The aura connects with the bodies & souls of all living creatures, which allows them great psionic power over the mind, body & spirit. This aura was secretly created by the Wood Elves at the founding of the Warian Collective, where they sacrificed countless Sun Elves to specially constructed temples during the Solternian Genocide. The essence of the Goultani Gaioforce within them, especially the Gaioforce-casters, was transferred into these temples to break through and combine with the energies of the Ethereal Plane. This new energty was drawn back to the mortal realm through the temples, with later became known as the Warian Nexuses. These Nexuses are maintained and guarded by select few Sentinels, Monks & Sorcerers due to the secretive nature of their truth. The meditation Warians partake in draws upon this energy as a source, since the Nexuses connect the physical and ethereal worlds enough to make their powers work.

 

Warian Collective updates 6/19/2024

  1. The only resurrection spells Warians can inherently cast are Revivify & Raise Dead, requiring the previously specified amount of Warian Life Crystals as the casting component instead of the RAW 5e components   2. The Founders (powerful Goultani Masters) did not start the Solternian Genocide, but rather took advantage of it once the Wood Elf nations of Dalterra didn’t stop destroying the empire & its people. They used their followers within Dalterra to kidnap Sun Elf refugees escaping from fallen cities, taking them to eight specially designed temples across Dalterra for ritual sacrifice. These became the Nexus Temples and were connected to each other via the Goultani Leylines. The Warian Grand Nexus (located within the Wildhaven/Woodhaven Woods/Forest) sits atop a rare intersection of Goultani & Daidrin Leylines. The Warian Collective’s HQ is built around this temple, keeping it at its heart just beneath the Founder’s Council chambers. The Founders each have a near-unbreakable crystalline statue serving as their permanent connection between Gaion & the Astral Fog/Ethereal Plane placed within the Grand Nexus. Each individual Founder has a similar statue at one of the seven Nexus Temples.   3. On the night of a powerful summer solstice, the Founders used their statues at each temple to communicate with their followers guarding the prisoners, all while they prepared the Ritual of Astral Ascension at the Warian Grand Nexus. On their orders, they ordered their followers to sacrifice the many thousands of imprisoned Sun Elves by slitting throats and throwing their dying bodies into a ritual pit, built at the base of that Founder’s statue. While details are scarce due to the secrecy of this event, it is estimated that anywhere between 300,000 & 2 million Sun Elves were killed in this ritual, making it the bloodiest day of the genocide. Once all sacrifices were completed, the Founders had channeled enough Goultani energy (from the Gaioforce Leylines) & biomantic energy (from the sacrifices) to punch through the barrier between the material plane and the Ethereal Plane (using the Daidrin Leyline for interdimensional connectivity). In the same stroke, they activated the statues at each Nexus Temple to pull their surviving followers into the pit, using necrotic dark energy (from the Daidrin leyline) to kill them once they’re in there & seal the secret of this dark ritual.   4. Upon success, the Founders were effectively immortal via being tethered to this plane via their crystalline statues. They would not have a body to inhabit, but they can freely move through the Ethereal Plane & Astral Fog without fear of passing into the afterlife. They can inhabit any of their crystalline statues to commune with Warian Collective members. They also reserve the special power to have all of their souls temporarily inhabit a willing vessel (member of the Collective) as an Astral Avatar, granting them all the powers & skills of the Founders. They can offer as much (or as little) or their knowledge as they want, allowing them to create Astral Avatars in times of need without risking their secrets.   5. Alathor, Last Knight of the Lightbearer, is one of the Founders. After the deaths of Aurovi & Denithor, all paladins & clerics of these deities spontaneously exploded with divine energy, rather than simply forgetting the names of their Elder Gods. The non-cleric/non-paladin followers of these powerful figures did not die in this fashion, but attempted use their magic to contain the divine explosions of their leaders. Most failed and were destroyed in the blast, but some were successful at sealing the blasts (at the cost of their own lives) within powerful gems called an Aurolisk/Denithisk. With no one left to man the temples where these champions fell, many of these gems were either lost within the ruins or the wilds/wherever the champions were when they fell. Alathor’s Aurolisk, however, was recovered by scattered survivors of Aurovi’s following & restored to life. Alathor justified the Solternian Genocide & the Collective’s role in it as Aurovi’s retribution against a deadly & oppressive force, along with establishing a peacekeeping force to prevent these types of powers from rising again. Alathor famously sacrificed himself in the climax of the ??? War (Northern Dalterra/the Faelarian cluster vs. Cyregnorian Vampires) by casting Astral Banishment on Blood Lord Daedrius, severing his ability to permanently bind his spirit to a physical body (as long as he wishes to keep Daedrius back).

Misc

1. The true history is written either in the Warian Aura article or another article dealing with Waria; find this information and make sure it gets saved in the Warian Aura article 2. Rename Warian Aura to Warian Collective; organize under the Faction category instead of Magic 3. Warian Collective is governed by the Council of Founders; the long-lived Elven founders of the Warian Collective. They alone know the Collective’s true history, and they are the only ones that can read the hidden murals & texts within the Nexus Temples Warian Collective The Founders - seven founding members of the Warian Collective. Each one is a powerful spellcaster and represents a tenet of the Collective:   Alathor - Sorcerer Another sorcerer/wizard A bard rogue (rework Rogue subclass to this) Two Druids A Ranger A monk   Nexus Priest -cleric Barkwarden- paladin  

Warian Spellcasting

 

Subclass Traits

• Access to the Warian Aura allows the user access to its magical powers, subject to the spellcasting rules of their respective class/Warian subclass.
• Warian Spell Damage: Once a Warian caster reaches level 6 in their Warian subclass, they can add their spellcasting modifier to the damage roll of any Warian spell or spell dealing psychic damage. They can only apply the mod once per cast, and it can’t be applied to subsequent effects of the same spell.
• Other Warian traits: Proficiency in Perception checks & Wisdom saving throws.

 

Spells (152 as of 12/2/2023)

• 40 Warian spells (4 cantrips & 36 leveled spells)
• 112 5e spells (7 cantrips & 105 leveled spells). For 5e spell descriptions, copy/paste the following link into your broswer and replace the bracketed portion with the spell's name: http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:[insert-spell-name-in-this-format]

Cantrips (4 Warian, 7 5e)

1. Psionic Flash: Warian cantrip, Bonus Action.
2. Empathic Sense: Warian cantrip, Bonus Action. For 1 round, you can detect all the emotions individuals within your range are experiencing, including how strong/weak each emotion is.
3. Grotesque Thought: Warian spell, Action, range 30 ft or anyone the caster is linked with telepathically. The caster plants a disgusting thought in the target's mind, based on their own disgusts and fears in life. The caster chooses Intelligence, Wisdom or Charisma; the target makes a saving throw of the specificed type or is sufficiently revulsed, experiencing disadvantage on those ability checks & saving throws until the start of the caster's next turn.
4. Biosense: Warian spell, Bonus Action.
5. Minor Illusion (5e)
6. Guidance (5e)
7. True Strike (5e)
8. Encode Thoughts (5e)
9. Friends (5e)
10. Mind Sliver (5e)
11. Vicious Mockery (5e)

1st-level (2 Warian, 18 5e)

1. Mind Probe: Warian spell, Action. Opponent must make Intelligence saving throw or have their mind probed by the caster. They can either learn necessary information from the target (inflicting half damage) or inflict full 2d8 psychic damage. On a successful saving throw, the target takes half damage and gives no information.
2. Mind Link: Warian spell, Bonus Action. Willing creatures in a 30 ft radius are telepathically linked to each other and the host. They can share thoughts and communicate freely in the language of thought, not limited to spoken language. Costs an Action and lasts 24 hours, ends if the user dies or is incapacitated. If an individual within the Mind Link chooses to break free of the link, they cannot restore the connection unless the caster recasts the spell.
3. Disguise Self (5e)
4. Silent Image (5e)
5. Detect Evil & Good (5e)
6. Detect Magic (5e)
7. Detect Poison and Disease (5e)
8. Speak With Animals (5e)
9. Beast Bond (5e)
10. Animal Friendship (5e)
11. Charm Person (5e)
12. Command (5e)
13. Compelled Duel (5e)
14. Dissonant Whispers (5e)
15. Heroism (5e)
16. Silvery Barbs (5e)
17. Sleep (5e)
18. Tasha's Hideous Laughter (5e)
19. Cure Wounds (5e)
20. Healing Word (5e)

2nd-level (7 Warian, 20 5e)

1. Ether Claw: Gaioforce 2.15, Gaioforce Spellcasting. Limited; Warian Code prohibits one from harming, corrupting or destroying a soul to fuel a spell or otherwise harm/kill the victim.
2. Trauma Wave: Warian spell, Action.
3. Deflect Aggression: Warian spell, Reaction, roll a spell attack against the opponent's attack roll being made against you or an ally within 10 ft or Mind Link. If you beat it, deflect all damage dealt back to opponent as psychic damage. If they win, you each take half of the total, split up by appropriate damage types.
4. Brain Wave: Warian spell, Action. Sends a pulse of psionic energy in either 60 ft any direction or in a 40 ft AoE. Functions as a ranged spell attack, on success the caster can either transmit information to all in range and deal up to half damage, or deal full 4d8 psychic damage without transmitting information. If the damage dealt after transmitting information is enough to KO the opponents and she chooses to spare them, they will follow Kiara's orders unless they succeed on a Wisdom saving throw at disadvantage. For every level above 2nd that this is cast, deal an extra 1d8 psychic damage.
5. Project Memory: Warian spell, Bonus Action.
6. Dark Warp: Gaioforce 2.16, Gaioforce Spellcasting.
7. Warp Dodge: Gaioforce 2.17, Gaioforce Spellcasting.
8. Blur (5e)
9. Magic Mouth (5e)
10. Mirror Image (5e)
11. Phantasmal Force (5e)
12. Augury (5e)
13. Detect Thoughts (5e)
14. Locate Animals or Plants (5e)
15. Mind Spike (5e)
16. See Invisibility (5e)
17. Warp Sense (5e): 2.31
18. Animal Messenger (5e)
19. Calm Emotions (5e)
20. Crown of Madness (5e)
21. Enthrall (5e)
22. Hold Person (5e)
23. Suggestion (5e)
24. Zone of Truth (5e)
25. Tasha's Mind Whip (5e)
26. Protection from Poison (5e)
27. Healing Spirit (5e)

3rd-level (5 Warian, 18 5e)

1. Refractive Image: Gaioforce 3.11, Gaioforce Spellcasting.
2. Mind Stall: Warian spell, Reaction. You can temporarily neutralize the hostile intent/emotions of a creature making a melee or ranged attack against you or an ally within 15 ft or a Mind Link. The target makes a Wisdom saving throw or forgets about the attack they were launching, utilzing the Action or Bonus Action used to make it. If the target is casting a spell that requires targets to make a saving throw, the individual casting Mind Stall must make a spell attack roll against the caster's spell save DC. If they fail, the Mind Stall spell has no effect.
3. Healing Mind: Warian spell, Bonus Action. The caster channels positive thoughts & ethereal energy to heal 3d6 to a target within 60 ft. If any number of creatures are within a Mind Link with the caster or the individual being targeted, they receive the same healing. For each level above 3rd that this is cast, add 1d6 .
4. Fractal Clamp: Gaioforce 3.14, Gaioforce Spellcasting.
5. Beacon: Gaioforce 3.15, Gaioforce Spellcasting.
6. Speak With Plants (5e)
7. Speak With Dead (5e): Limited; can only be used when communing with the dead is considered ethical & necessary for the colelctive good
8. Life Transferrence (5e)
9. Blink (5e)
10. Fear (5e)
11. Hypnotic Pattern (5e)
12. Major Image (5e)
13. Phantom Steed (5e)
14. Clairvoyance (5e)
15. Tongues (5e)
16. Antagonize (5e)
17. Catnap (5e)
18. Enemies Abound (5e)
19. Fast Friends (5e)
20. Incite Greed (5e)
21. Motivational Speech (5e)
22. Revivify (5e)
23. Mass Healing Word (5e)

4th-level (4 Warian, 12 5e)

1. Toy Souldiers: Gaioforce 4.15, Gaioforce Spellcasting.
2. Brain Blast: Warian spell, Action. Chosen opponents in a 30 ft radius from self makes Wisdom saving throw, taking 5d10 psychic upon failure and taking half damage upon success. If any targets are currently in a Mind Link with the user, they take the full attack (no saving throw) plus an extra 1d10 psychic damage, regardless of whether they were chosen or not. When cast at higher levels, the attack does an additional 1d10 psychic damage for every spell slot above 4th.
3. Ether Vine: Gaioforce 4.18, Gaioforce Spellcasting.
4. Space Fake: Gaioforce 4.16, Gaioforce Spellcasting.
5. Banishment (5e)
6. Conjure Woodland Beings (5e)
7. Hallucinatory Terrain (5e)
8. Phantasmal Killer (5e)
9. Arcane Eye (5e)
10. Divination (5e)
11. Locate Creature (5e)
12. Charm Monster (5e)
13. Compulsion (5e)
14. Confusion (5e)
15. Dominate Beast (5e)
16. Raulothim's Psychic Lance (5e)

5th-level (6 Warian, 14 5e)

1. Necrorecovery: Gaioforce 5.7, Gaioforce Spellcasting. Limited; can only be used when stealing the memories of the dead is considered ethical & necessary for the collective good.
2. Pacyfing Blast: Warian spell, Action or Reaction (cannot be used more than once per round). The caster emits a pulse of calming psychic energy in a 30 ft AoE centered on self or a 30 ft cone in a direction. All creatures not allied with the caster must make a Wisdom or Charisma saving throw. Upon failure, they become nonhostile until attacked or an ally of theirs spends an Action rousing them from zen. Upon success, they have disadvantage on the next strike if they were engaged with a creature.
3. Shriek of Mourning: Warian spell, Action. The caster calls upon the sadness & grief within a 100 ft radius or within the departed souls of the Ethereal Plane/Astral Fog, then expels it with an ethereal shriek. All creatures within the radius or in Mind Link must make a Wisdom saving throw or take 5d10 necrotic damage. If an event of extreme sadness and/or tragedy immediately preceding this spell (or memories of such events after a DC 15 Intelligence check, DC 10 if the event was in the past week), double it as if it were a critical hit.
4. Necrotic Whispers: Gaioforce 5.5, Gaioforce Spellcasting.
5. Misery Gem: channels sad/negative emotions from the caster, the people around them and the localized Ethereal Plane to create a crystal of pure arcane energy. The crystal can either power something (a spell, magitech, etc.) or be thrown to release psychic damage
6. Exctasy Gem: channels happy/positive emotions from the caster, the people around them and the localized Ethereal Plane to create a crystal of pure arcane energy. The crystal can either power something (a spell, magitech, etc.) or be thrown to release healing
7. Tree Stride (5e)
8. Contact Other Plane (5e)
9. Dream (5e)
10. Mislead (5e)
11. Seeming (5e)
12. Commune with Nature (5e)
13. Scrying (5e)
14. Dominate Person (5e)
15. Hold Monster (5e)
16. Modify Memory (5e)
17. Geas (5e)
18. Synaptic Static (5e)
19. Raise Dead (5e)
20. Mass Cure Wounds (5e)

6th-level (2 Warian, 6 5e)

1. Memory Swap: Warian spell, Action.
2. Greater Brain Blast: Warian spell, Action.
3. True Seeing (5e)
4. Mental Prison (5e)
5. Programmed Illusion (5e)
6. Mass Suggestion (5e)
7. Otto's Irresistible Dance (5e)
8. Heal (5e)

7th-level (3 Warian, 6 5e)

1. Soul Recall Gaioforce 7.3, Gaioforce Spellcasting
2. Fractal Tunnel: Gaioforce 7.5, Gaioforce Spellcasting
3. Haunted Forest: Gaioforce 7.6, Gaioforce Spellcasting
4. Etherealness (5e)
5. Mirage Arcane (5e)
6. Project Image (5e)
7. Power Word: Pain (5e)
8. Tether Essence (5e)
9. Regenerate (5e)

8th-level (4 Warian, 4 5e)

1. Etherstorm: Gaioforce Spell Workshop 8.12, Gaioforce Spellcasting
2. Life Swap: Gaioforce 8.2, Gaioforce Spellcasting
3. Soul Swap: Gaioforce 8.3, Gaioforce Spellcasting
4. Soul Knight: Gaioforce 8.4, Gaioforce Spellcasting
5. Antipathy/Sympathy (5e)
6. Dominate Monster (5e)
7. Feeblemind (5e)
8. Power Word: Stun (5e)

9th-level (5 Warian, 7 5e)

1. Soul Removal: Gaioforce 9th level, Gaioforce Spellcasting . Forbidden; Warian Code prohibits one from harming, corrupting or destroying a soul to fuel a spell or otherwise harm/kill the victim
2. Aneuryism: Gaioforce 9th level, Gaioforce Spellcasting . Forbidden; Warian Code prohibits one from directly killing a natural creature unless they commit one of the Unforgiven Sins)
3. Soul Anchor: Gaioforce 9th level, Gaioforce Spellcasting . Limited; Warian Code prohibits one from harming, corrupting or destroying a soul to fuel a spell or otherwise harm/kill the victim
4. Soul Reform: Gaioforce 9th level, Gaioforce Spellcasting . Limited; Warian Code prohibits one from harming, corrupting or destroying a soul to fuel a spell or otherwise harm/kill the victim
5. Psychosis: Warian spell, Action. Limited; can only be used when invoking brain damage/mental instability is considered ethical & necessary for the collective good.
6. Foresight (5e)
7. Weird (5e)
8. Power Word: Heal (5e)
9. Power Word: Kill (5e): Forbidden; Warian Code prohibits one from directly killing a natural creature unless they commit one of the Unforgiven Sins)
10. Mass Heal (5e)
11. Psychic Scream (5e)
12. Astral Projection (5e)

10th-level (1; uncastable under normal cricumstances)

1. Astral Banishment

Nezzarae the Warian Witch (special techniques)

Mother of Kiara, former Warian Sorcerer who was expelled from the Warian Collective due to her twisted experiments and philosophy of "preserving life" through transmutation/perversion of existing life. Oh, and they also figured out that she slept with a vampire and gave birth to their child (Kiara).

1. Mind Erase
2. Mind Control
3. Soul Catch
4. Life Drain
5. Organic Alchemy
6. Dark Vine
7. Drain Root
8. Flesh Puppet

Uncategorized

• Telepathy (lvl 2)
• Mind Pinch
• Brain Pulse
• Alter Emotion
• Alter Short-term Memory
• Mind Control (forbidden)
• Alter Long-term Memory (forbidden)
• Soul Cleanse
• Flinch: Reaction when a creature you can see, sense or are Mind Linked with is forced to make an Intelligence, Wisdom or Charisma saving throw. Gives the creature advantage on the saving throw.
• Mass Flinch: same as above, but can target up to 5 creatures or everyone within a Mind Link)

Powers and Techniques [non-canon]

  • Organic Magic - Warians can control biological magic to create & alter life   • Waria Sense- The most notable ability of the Warias and one of the first techniques one would learn. The Waria sense is a 6th sense that allows the Seregan to feel and visualize all the living energy in the area of effect (which varies depending on the user). This gives them a 360 picture of their surroundings, allowing them to see anything that’s coming. This also gives them the ability to navigate in areas of low visibility with little issue, as well as allowing for minor levels of precogntion/foresight (usually in the form of flashes & visions).   • Spiritual Cleansing- Waria are capable of purifying certain spiritual entities that have been corrupted in some way, whether sentient beings or spiritual objects. The effectiveness of the cleansing depends on the power and skill of the user. A master could purify a spiritually corrupted mortal soul, or even perform exorcisms.   • Spiritual Transcendence- With their deep spiritual connection to energy, Waria are capable of spiritually travelling between the existential planes of Gaion. Doing so requires great skill and mastery, along with heavy meditation. While out of their physical body, their spirit can have new abilities, as well as limitations. However, they cannot stay separated from their body too long, as prolonged separation will kill them physically. Many master Waria transcend their bodies when close to death, choosing to live out the rest of their soul life in the spirit realms.   • Astral Push- Similar to transcendence, a skilled Waria could apply the same principles to another person and push their soul out of their body, whether willingly or by force. This can be used to incapacitate foes or send allies to other locations spiritually, perhaps even across dimensions.     • Telepathy- A Waria can utilize their psychic energy to transfer their brain waves/thoughts across to another person. A master could even create a two-way channel of telepathy with their recipient. The telepathic range of the user depends on their power and mastery of the technique.

• Mind Control- An extremely advanced form of telepathy technique, a Waria can psychically command other people’s brain waves and use his/her own to impose his/her will on another being. This can range from subtle suggestions which the recipient may not even realize, to total mind control which can damage and hurt the recipient’s brain. A master Waria can even take control of multiple people at once, though the strength and scope of this depends on their power and skill

  • Sensitivity to Magicks- Waria can become skilled in various forms of magic due to their natural interconnection with the Astral Fog.   • Spiritual Alteration- With their strong connection to the spiritual side of magic, a master Waria could alter their own spiritual essence, or that of another living being or spirit. It is a rare and ancient ability that is only used by the highest monks, shamans and sages in the Waria Collective. This ability was first seen being used by the Waria Collective to give a small society of humans the power of the Rouzhai Aura after it fell in the Sanhi Desert (which would later grow into the city-state of Banatar), and again to change the Blauri Seregans who wanted to join Jaga's society into Pluronis Seregans. The next (and last) known time this ability was used was when the High Shaman of the Waria Collective used the remaining essence of Serega's magic to cleanse Viko of Danos' corruption, seeing that the combination of Thatos and Serega's divine blood could be the key to destroying Thatos once and for all.   • Soul Removal- The Auran can spiritually and psychically reach into a person’s heart and mind, take control of their soul, and tear it from their body, along with the rest of the living energy within them. This obviously kills the being, and the soul pulled from them must be channeled into another vessel (such as another body or a Soul Gem), while the energy can either be absorbed into the body or released in an explosion around the user. Absorption of the energy can be used to expand one’s own lifespan, but this requires the user to be strong-willed and incorruptible by their own moral and spiritual standards.