WIZARD and even craft entirely new spells.

Renowned
Wizards such as Bigby, Tasha, Mordenkainen,
Primary Ability: Intelligence Yolande, and many more invented iconic spells
now used across the multiverse.
Wizards are supreme magic-users, defined by Wizards’ lives are seldom mundane. The
their careful and exhaustive study of magic’s closest a Wizard is likely to come to an ordinary
inner workings. Drawing on the subtle weave of life is working as a sage or lecturer in a library or
magic that permeates the cosmos, Wizards cast university, teaching others the secrets of the
spells of explosive fire, arcing lightning, subtle multiverse. Other Wizards sell their services as
deception, and spectacular transformations. diviners, serve in military forces, or pursue lives
Their magic conjures monsters from other of crime or domination.
planes of existence, glimpses the future, or turns But the lure of knowledge and power calls
slain foes into zombies. Their mightiest spells even the most unadventurous Wizards from the
change one substance into another, call meteors safety of their libraries and laboratories and into
from the sky, or open portals to other worlds. crumbling ruins and lost cities. Most Wizards
Beyond the sheer power of the spells they cast, believe that their counterparts in ancient
though, Wizards share an approach to magic that civilizations knew secrets of magic that have
is scholarly and exacting. Wizards understand been lost to the ages, and discovering those
magic at a fundamental level, giving them a secrets could unlock the path to a power greater
precise mastery of their spells. They examine the than any magic available in the present age.
theoretical underpinnings of magic, particularly
the categorization of spells into schools of magic,
and use those foundations to alter their spells

WIZARD
Prof. Prepared —Spells Slots per Spell Level—
Level Bonus Class Features Cantrips Spells 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 +2 Arcane Recovery, Spellcasting 3 4 2 — — — — — — — —
2 +2 Scholar 3 5 3 — — — — — — — —
3 +2 Wizard Subclass 3 6 4 2 — — — — — — —
4 +2 Ability Score Improvement 4 7 4 3 — — — — — — —
5 +3 Memorize Spell 4 9 4 3 2 — — — — — —
6 +3 Subclass Feature 4 10 4 3 3 — — — — — —
7 +3 — 4 11 4 3 3 1 — — — — —
8 +3 Ability Score Improvement 4 12 4 3 3 2 — — — — —
9 +4 — 4 14 4 3 3 3 1 — — — —
10 +4 Subclass Feature 5 15 4 3 3 3 2 — — — —
11 +4 — 5 16 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — —
12 +4 Ability Score Improvement 5 16 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — —
13 +5 — 5 17 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — —
14 +5 Subclass Feature 5 18 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — —
15 +5 — 5 19 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 —
16 +5 Ability Score Improvement 5 21 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 —
17 +6 — 5 22 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
18 +6 Spell Mastery 5 23 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
19 +6 Ability Score Improvement 5 24 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
20 +6 Signature Spells 5 25 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1

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DESIGN NOTE: WIZARD UPDATES Skills (Choose 2): Arcana, History, Insight,
Here are the main updates in this class since its last Investigation, Medicine, Religion
playtest version: Weapons: Simple Weapons
Tools: None
• Arcane Recovery returns to level 1.
• Spellcasting now allows you to change a cantrip
ARMOR TRAINING
whenever you finish a Long Rest, incorporating
None
the functionality of the Cantrip Formulas feature
in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. This feature
also returns to using the Wizard spell list, and the STARTING EQUIPMENT
total number of spells prepared has increased As a level 1 character, you start with the following
since the last playtest. equipment, or you can forgo it and spend 55 GP on
• Wizard’s Spellbook is absorbed into the equipment of your choice.
Spellcasting feature.
Arcane Focus Scholar’s Pack
• Scholar replaces Academic at level 2, and it
(Quarterstaff) 5 GP
offers Expertise in one skill chosen from a list.
Dagger (2)
• Memorize Spell is now a feature rather than a
Robe
spell. It allows you to prepare a spell that you
didn’t already have prepared.
MULTICLASSING AND THE WIZARD
• Modify Spell and Create Spell are gone.
If your group uses the multiclassing rules in the
• Spell Mastery returns to level 18. In addition, the Player’s Handbook, here’s what you need to know
chosen spells must have a casting time of an if you choose Wizard as one of your classes.
action, you always have them prepared, and you Ability Score Minimum. As a multiclass
can change one of them whenever you finish a character, you must have a score of at least 13 in
Long Rest. Allowing at-will casting of non-action the Wizard’s primary ability, Intelligence, to take a
spells, such as Shield, was too powerful. level in this class or to take a level in another class
• Signature Spells returns to level 20. if you’re already a Wizard.
CREATING A WIZARD Spell Slots. Add all your Wizard levels to the
appropriate levels from other classes to determine
To create a Wizard, consult the following lists, your available spell slots for casting spells, as
which provide Hit Points, proficiencies, and detailed in the multiclassing rules.
armor training. If you’re making a level 1 You prepare spells for each of your classes
character, also consult the “Starting Equipment” individually, referring to the rules of each class to
section, and if you’re using the multiclassing determine the number of spells you prepare for it.
rules, see the “Multiclassing and the Wizard”
sidebar.
Then look at the Wizard table to see the class WIZARD CLASS FEATURES
features you get at each level in this class. As a Wizard, you gain the following class
Descriptions of those features appear in the features when you reach the specified levels in
“Wizard Class Features” section. this class. These features are listed on the
Wizard table.
HIT POINTS
Hit Dice: 1d6 per Wizard level LEVEL 1: ARCANE RECOVERY
Hit Points at Level 1: 6 + your Constitution You have learned to regain some of your magical
modifier energy by studying your spellbook. When you
Hit Points per Later Level: 1d6 (or 4) + your finish a Short Rest, you can choose expended
Constitution modifier spell slots to recover. The spell slots can have a
combined level that is equal to or less than half
PROFICIENCIES your Wizard level (rounded up), and none of the
Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom slots can be level 6 or higher.
For example, if you’re a level 4 Wizard, you can
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regaining either a level 2 spell slot or two level 1 Spell Slots. The Wizard table shows how many
spell slots. spell slots you have to cast your spells of level 1
Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must
until you finish a Long Rest. expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You
regain all expended spell slots when you finish a
LEVEL 1: SPELLCASTING Long Rest.
As a student of arcane magic, you have learned Prepared Spells of Level 1+. You prepare the
to cast spells. See the Player’s Handbook for rules list of spells of level 1 and higher that are
on spellcasting. The information below details available for you to cast with this feature. To do
how you use those rules as a Wizard. so, choose four spells from your spellbook. The
Cantrips. You know three cantrips of your chosen spells must be of a level for which you
choice from the Wizard spell list (see the have spell slots.
“Wizard Spell List” sidebar). Rather than The number of spells on your list increases as
choosing, you may start with Light, Mage Hand, you gain Wizard levels, as shown in the Prepared
and Ray of Frost. Whenever you finish a Long Spells column of the Wizard table. Whenever that
Rest, you can replace one of your cantrips from number increases, choose additional spells from
this feature with another Wizard cantrip of your the Wizard spell list until the number of spells on
choice. your list matches the number on the table. The
When you reach levels 4 and 10 in this class, chosen spells must be of a level for which you
you learn another Wizard cantrip of your choice, have spell slots. For example, if you’re a level 3
as shown in the Cantrips column of the Wizard Wizard, your list of prepared spells can include
table. six spells of levels 1 and 2 in any combination,
chosen from your spellbook.
WIZARD SPELL LIST If another Wizard feature gives spells that you
As you playtest this version of the Wizard, please always have prepared, those spells don’t count
use the Wizard spell list in the 2014 Player’s against the number of spells you can prepare
Handbook. If you have Xanathar’s Guide to with this Spellcasting feature, but those spells
Everything or Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, you otherwise follow the rules in this feature.
may use the Wizard spells there too. Changing Your Prepared Spells. Whenever
you finish a Long Rest, you can change your list
Spellbook. Your wizardly apprenticeship of prepared spells, replacing one or more of the
culminated in the creation of a unique book in spells there. Preparing a new list requires time
your possession: your spellbook. It is a Tiny spent studying your spellbook and memorizing
object that weighs 3 pounds, and it contains 100 the incantations and gestures you must make to
pages, which can be read only by you or cast a spell: at least 1 minute per spell level for
someone casting Identify. You determine the each spell you add to the list.
book’s appearance and materials, such as a gilt- Ritual Caster. You can cast any spell as a
edged tome or a collection of vellum bound Ritual if that spell has the Ritual tag and the spell
together by twine. is in your spellbook. You needn’t have the spell
The book contains the spells you know of level prepared, but you must read from the book to
1 and higher. It starts with six level 1 spells of cast a spell in this way.
your choice from the Wizard spell list. Instead of Spellcasting Ability. Intelligence is your
choosing spells, you can have your book contain spellcasting ability for the spells you cast with
the following spells: Detect Magic, Feather Fall, your Wizard features.
Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Sleep, and Spellcasting Focus. You can use an Arcane
Thunderwave. Focus or your spellbook as a Spellcasting Focus
Whenever you gain a Wizard level after 1, add for the spells you cast with your Wizard features.
two Wizard spells of your choice to your
spellbook. Each of these spells must be of a level EXPANDING AND REPLACING YOUR SPELLBOOK
for which you have spell slots, as shown on the The spells that you add to your spellbook as you
Wizard table. The spells are the culmination of gain levels reflect the magical research you
arcane research you do regularly. conduct on your own, but you might find other
spells during your adventures that you can add to

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your book. You could discover a spell on a Spell As shown on the Wizard table, you gain this
Scroll or in an ancient tome, for example, and then feature again at levels 8, 12, 16, and 19.
copy the spell into your spellbook, using the
process below. LEVEL 5: MEMORIZE SPELL
Copying a Spell into the Book. When you find a Studying your spellbook for 1 minute, you can
Wizard spell of level 1 or higher, you can copy it expend mental and magical effort to memorize a
into your spellbook if it is of a spell level you can spell. Choose one spell of level 1 or higher from
prepare and if you can spare the time to copy it. your spellbook that you don’t have prepared.
For each level of the spell, the transcription You now have that spell prepared until you use
process takes 2 hours and costs 50 GP. The cost this feature to prepare a different spell.
represents the fine inks you use as well as Material
components you expend as you experiment with LEVEL 18: SPELL MASTERY
the spell to master it. Once you have spent this You have achieved such mastery over certain
spells that you can cast them at will. Choose a
time and money, you can prepare the spell just like
level 1 and a level 2 spell that are in your
the other spells in your spellbook.
spellbook and that have a casting time of an
Replacing the Book. You can copy a spell from
action. You always have those spells prepared,
your own spellbook into another book—for and you can cast them at their lowest level
example, if you want to make a backup copy of without expending a spell slot. If you want to
your spellbook. This is just like copying a new spell cast either spell at a higher level, you must
into your spellbook but faster and easier, since you expend a spell slot as normal.
already know how to cast the spell. You need Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can
spend only 1 hour and 10 GP for each level of the study your spellbook and exchange one of those
copied spell. spells for another eligible spell of the same level
If you lose your spellbook, you can use the same from that book.
procedure to transcribe the Wizard spells that you
have prepared into a new spellbook. Filling out the LEVEL 20: SIGNATURE SPELLS
remainder of your spellbook requires you to find You gain mastery over two powerful spells and
new spells to do so, as normal. For this reason, can cast them with little effort. Choose two level
many wizards keep a backup spellbook. 3 spells in your spellbook as your signature
spells. You always have these spells prepared,
LEVEL 2: SCHOLAR and you can cast each of them once at level 3
While studying magic, you also specialized in an without expending a spell slot. When you do so,
academic field of study. Choose one of the you can’t do so again until you finish a Short Rest
following skills in which you have proficiency: or Long Rest.
Arcana, History, Nature, or Religion. You have If you want to cast either spell at a higher level,
Expertise in the chosen skill. you must expend a spell slot as normal.

LEVEL 3: WIZARD SUBCLASS WIZARD SUBCLASSES

You gain a Wizard subclass of your choice: A Wizard subclass is a specialization that grants
Abjurer, Diviner, Evoker, or Illusionist. you special abilities at certain Wizard levels, as
Subclasses are detailed after this class’s specified in the subclass. This section presents
description. the following subclasses: Abjurer, Diviner,
A subclass is a specialization that grants you Evoker, and Illusionist.
special features at certain Wizard levels. For the
rest of your career, you gain each of your ABJURER
subclass’s features that are of your Wizard level
and lower. Your study of magic is focused on spells that
block, banish, or protect—ending harmful
LEVEL 4: ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT effects, banishing evil influences, and protecting
You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or the weak. Abjurers are sought when baleful
another feat of your choice for which you qualify. spirits require exorcism, when important
locations must be guarded against magical

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