Sorcerer - Ghost-Touched Origin
Ghost-Touched Sorcerer, by Alifka Hamamm Nugroho
This is the v1.0 update of my Ghost-Touched Origin, a sorcerer who walks the line between life and death and draws upon deathly energies to fuel their magic.
Ghost-Touched sorcerers have a deep connection to mortality itself. They draw power from the other side of the eternal boundary, gaining new abilities to push or pull creatures across it as needed. They can help keep allies alive in desperate situations, or send their spirit ranging outward to seize control of their foes. At high levels, they are practically ghosts themselves - able to become ethereal for almost no cost, tormenting their foes as a sorcerous specter.
Design-wise: On the Boundary is their ribbon - spare the dying and a tiny flavor feature, themed as a miniature speak with dead. Sorcerous Possession is their bread and butter - casting their spirit into another creature and casting from that location. It provides a lot of flexibility in combat situations and some fun exploits in social ones (nothing worse than Subtle Spell can already accomplish, though). Fade Away doubles down on the ghostiness, giving a cheap way to become ethereal, for some tankiness and a nice escape. Death's Face gives frightened immunity and extremely niche possession immunity. Thinning the Boundary at 14th turns you into an excellent combat medic as long as you have the sorcery points to support it. And Ethereal Essence, for a pseudo-capstone, makes you even ghostier. The spell list is written primarily with theme in mind, but doesn't reach too far outside the sorcerer's wheelhouse - it borrows a couple cleric spells, but mostly has a good mix of options.
Changes: Relatively few changes since their initial incarnation, almost a year ago now. Some language cleanup to prevent abuses, nerfs to Fade Away (which originally had an offensive capability). A cleanup on the spell list to eliminate dependency on the Fan Content Policy - every spell included now is available in a CC-BY source. And of course, some stunning original artwork to accompany.
As always, you're invited to come discuss and offer feedback on Discord! I'm currently running a free giveaway and a homebrew contest, both concluding when the community hits 250 members or at the end of the month, whichever comes first.
