Spook

You know hundreds of years of knowledge passed from Spook to Spook. Much of the information is rather useless or even just wrong but some of it can mean the difference between life and death. When you take the Study action on a creature whose CR is lower than your level and succeed the check you learn information on the Folk Knowledge table (The DM has great latitude when you apply the knowledge gained in how it affects the encounter.)

“In some cases it is less about the race but more about the individual creature so take care when repeating folk solutions on the same type of creature later” - Dungeon Master.

Folk Knowledge Table

Not all threats are huge but many are dangerous and well annoying. You can imbue your strikes with finesse and care as well as innate knowledge of Ooze physiology. When you deal damage to a creature one or more sizes smaller than you you deal an additional 1D6 Force damage the first turn you attack each turn. If you attack a Slime the damage increases to 1D8 Force damage.

A Spook is nothing without their signature bad. Each bag is different for each Spook in design but all are fundamentally the same. Every Spook Bag can only be accessed by the Spook it was intended for, anyone else using it would find a regular old bag. The bag holds many odd ends and things a Spook might need. Your Spook Bag was stocked for you by the one who trained you as a Spook. A Spook’s Bag is much like a Bag of Holding but its opening can only fit objects less than 1 lb and 8x16 inches with no living things being able to enter the bag.

The bag is an ally of sorts who may reject certain things or accept others it might not normally with a general rule being Spooks Bags don’t like holding weapons, coins, or valuables cause those are for sheathes, coin purses, and banks not Spook Bags naturally. For instance, One Spook Bag may keep food and rations while another may not and another may keep jewelry but not a bejeweled book.

Inventory: Your Spook Bag contains the following items and is most likely to accept items of a similar nature.

One small mirror that latches shut

One metal container with a lid holding bacon fat

Two bars of lye soap

One small lantern with green tinted glass

Two bottles of lavender perfume

One bottle of rosemary perfume

One beat up silver pocketwatch

One vial of nun blood

Ten drawings done by a certain child

One pinky bone of St Geoffrey

One poorly tuned viol with “Don’t tune me” scratched on the side

Three bags of soot

One bottle of vinegar

One vial of Mongrelfolk blood

One ring finger of a zombie on a braided leather cord

One pouch of cumin powder

One dried and preserved bouquet of flowers containing 8 different varieties

One canteen of hot spring water

One small vial of sulphur powder

One whistle made of onyx

One quill made of adamantine

One animal skin pouch of whale blubber

One crystal of ionized salt “whatever that is”

One jar of sealed distilled water

One parchment rubbing of the rune: Svifitble

One lovingly made full sized canvas portrait of yourself placed by a wise and handsome teacher

One adjustable wrench

One framed page from a book containing 5,000 symbols, letters, and numbers from 1,500 different sources

One crudely drawn dragon with a smudged label signed by Arnaghad, the Bloody

One pouch containing a gold, red, and clear blue scale

A set of fake gold coins from a dozen different nations current and long gone

One masterwork, goldleafed sparrow figurine in a gilded cage

Three vials in a leather holder containing: whisky, wolf’s blood, and Frost Giant urine

One paper mache Behir mask

One stub of a Tharin Candle

One stick of Dead Man’s Incense

One old bell used to alert cemetery groundskeepers of someone buried alive

One large feather coated in pitch

One 5 inch diameter ring made of obsidian

One stalagmite top cut off about 4-5 inches and painted black

One dried skin of a carp

Two magnets that won’t come together unless forced

One pad of sodium wrapped in a tough layer of sealskin and coated in oil

One tube of substance made from water and finely ground corn

One insulated cube containing a single piece of Mystic’s Ice or Billowing Ice

One packet of copper flakes

One pack of magnesium flakes

Two wool gloves

One jar of dried leaves held upside down deep underwater and then sealed

One pouch of salt

One container of cream

One tin saucer

One canteen of spirits

One pouch of sugar

Two holly berries

One crown of woven daisies

One branch of a rowan tree

One sheet of papyrus with 17 different prayers inscribed in 17 different languages

One fake business agreement 200 pages long

One complex symbol on a lacquered sheet of strange skin

One bottle of ink mixed with salt and silver

One brush made of white hair

One tattered bag of hair, white substance, and perhaps dirt or an unremarkable mixture

One tattered bag of spikes, a piece of parchment with a blurry symbol, and a gray bar of unknown metal

One stake made of an unknown silvery wood

One common old folk toy or puzzle of sticks and rings that can interlock

One bag of dried beans

One gold painted goose feather

One small harp with a maiden carved into it and painted gold

One jar of gold paint

One fine paint brush

One green fang that leeks green stuff every once in a while

One mastercrafted glass eye

One lock of silvery hair wrapped in a golden ribbon

One bottle with a small lifelike figurine in it

One hollow ring containing four handkerchiefs tied together

One bottle of yellow liquid that smells of urine labeled PW urine don’t waste

One ball of rags soaked in pitch and a substance known as black powder

One sealed bottle cold to the touch labeled: Winter

One set of zippers from an old pair of pants

One roll of of product alchemists call tape

One whole rabbit

One tube of green paint

One set of leather gloves coated in oil

One pump bottle containing silvery liquid with a fine nozzle

One stuffed bird

One music box that plays a bird song

One dried Ithilid Tadpole

One bag of salt and pewter

One fine rag

One bottle labeled cleaning solution

Bucket of red paint

Paint roller

Dark bottle labeled Yellow Slime Juice

One jar of pitch

One black and sticky brush

One wrapped package labeled dried orange

One prepared salad with 3 different types of dressings: Oil/vinegar, lemon/oil, balsamic vinegar

One 4x4 inch pane of glass

One pouch of dusty old corn meal

Five dehydrated marigolds

One bottle containing a solution of vinegar and handsoap from a renowned hospital

One stack of old manuscripts

One waterskin full of ale with a note reminding you not to drink it

One pouch of a substance known as baking soda

One net full of yellow fruit

One vial of milky sap

One bundle of sage

One stuffed cat

One bag of garlic cloves

One nonsilvered mirror

One pair of iron scissors

One bundle of sticks of various trees with supposed beneficial properties

One pair of tiny wire handcuffs that self tighten

One bundle of fine incense

One bundle of cheap incense

The life of a Spook is an uncertain one but one can make preparations and find a path forward. You can spend one hour studying a location, creature, or source of information and gain great insights.

Location: If you study a place you memorize the floorplan and placement of everything within a 60 ft diameter sphere. You automatically succeed Investigation checks within the location and you gain a Blindsight of 10 ft in the area.

Creature: If you study a creature you roll 1D20 at the end of the hour. You learn everything equal to and below the result. 1-4 you learn its Alignment.

5-8 You gain advantage on Insight checks on the creature for one hour.

9-12 You have a 1D6 bonus to CHA based checks on the target.

13-16 You learn its creature type or that it is a shapechanger if it is disguised.

17-20 You know if the creature is a spellcaster and you learn one random spell it is able to cast.

Source of Information: If you study a source of information such as a book or wall of a temple covered in sigils you can identify its language, can summarize broadly what information it contained, and you know if there are any hidden messages present.

You can use this feature once per long rest.

Cultures from around the world have developed tools for facing a variety of threats and you and those before you have collected an assortment of them and now that you have progressed a courier has added a selection of them to your Spook Bag. These carefully selected tools would be useless if not destroyed in the hands of others. Only one Exotic Tool can be accessed at a time. If you would try to pull out a new one the previous tool vanishes and any active features end.

Sacred Drum: The Sacred Drum is a masterwork of a variety of techniques. It is composed of a cedar wood and deer hide and is adorned with stones and talismans. You can spend 10 minutes playing the drum and during this time you enter a trancelike state. Various spirits appear to you in this trance. If a creature died there within the last month and was not able to pass on or cannot pass on at all you can choose one such spirit and consult them as if you cast the spell Speak with Dead.

You can use this feature once per long rest.

Spirit Rattles: The Spirits Rattles are a set of rattles each made of a polished gourd filled with seeds and crystals. They emit vibrations that help dispel the unnatural. You can use an action and shake them and force each creature within 30 ft of you using an Illusion spell or is using a shapechanging feature to make a WIS save equal to your Sign save DC and on a failed save the spell ends or they revert to their true form.

You can use this feature once per long rest.

Crystal Pendulum Trio: The Crystal Pendulum Trio contains a Clear Quartz pendant on a gold chain and a Red Quartz pendant on a bronze chain and an Purple Amethyst pendant on a silver chain. You can spend 10 minutes and consult one of the Pendulums. The Pendulums can answer in the following ways: Yes/No questions are answered with a counterclockwise spin for no and a clockwise spin for yes. Questions that are ambiguous are answered with a line with a diagonal line from lower left to upper right for a positive affirmative or a line with a diagonal line from upper left to lower right or a negative affirmative. If the question does not fall within a yes/no or positive/negative affirmative it will spin in an ellipse. If you ask a question using the wrong Pendant the Pendant will remain still but the use of this feature is not consumed. The Pendulum can indicate a wide range of answers but is unable to relay information that you would be unable to come up with using what you know as they are tools that amplify what you do know.

Clear Quartz: You can consult this pendulum for matters of clarity such as factual matters.

Red Quartz: You can consult this pendulum for matters of the heart such as personal questions.

Purple Amethyst: You can consult his pendulum for spiritual matters such as ethical matters.

You can use this feature once per long rest.

Spirit Totems: The Spirit Totem Set contains wooden figurines of a Bear, Eagle, Fox, and Owl. They help one enhance one’s own innate talents through a spiritual medium. Each totem can be used once per long rest.

Bear: The Bear Totem symbolises strength. When you fail a STR saving throw you can use your reaction and roll again and take the new roll.

Eagle: The Eagle Totem symbolises courage. When you fail a WIS saving throw you can use your reaction and roll again and take the new roll.

Fox: The Fox Totem symbolises willpower. When you fail a CHA saving throw you can use your reaction and roll again and take the new roll.

Owl: The Owl Totem symbolizes knowledge. When you fail an INT saving throw you can use your reaction and roll again and take the new roll.

Ceremonial Pipe: The Ceremonial Pipe is a tool for guiding. It is made of fired and glazed red clay. You can light it magically as a free action and the pipe provides a small amount of medicinal herbs to smoke. The smoke can take the shape of something important, an enemy that is nearby, or wafts in a distinct direction that can lead to good or evil. You can use the pipe once per long rest.

Spirit Bell: The Spirit Bell is a powerful tool for resonating with the spiritual energies within and without. It is composed of ancient, oxidized copper. While it is in your possession you have a +1 bonus to WIS saving throws and WIS based skill checks.

Protective Barrier (2 Charges): A field of energy surrounds you like a second skin. You can use a reaction when attacked to gain Resistance to damage originating from a creature that is not native to the plane of existence you are in.

Spirit Ally (3 Charges): You call upon protection from the great beyond. You use an action to cast the spell Spirit Guardians without expending a spell slot using WIS as your spellcasting ability. The spell does not require Concentration but does end early if you become Incapaciated.

Regain Energy (2 Charges): You request aid from those before you. You use an action to regain 2D4 + your WIS modifier (Minimum 1) Stamina.

See Beyond the Now (1 Stamina): You can see what lies beyond the sight of man. You use a bonus action to gain either a 2D10 bonus to your next Perception, Insight, or Investigation check within the next minute or you can see Invisible creatures and objects for the next minute.

Sacred Stone Set: The Sacred Stone Set contains 4 Stones: Black Obsidian, Clear Quarts, Red Jasper, and Blue Turquois. You can spend one hour meditating with a chosen stone and gain a property associated with the stone for the next 4 hours. Each stone can be used once per long rest.

Black Obsidian: This stone offers protection on journeys. You cannot be Surprised.

Clear Quarts: This stone cleanses energy. You gain Resistance to Necrotic and Radiant damage.

Red Jasper: This stone provides grounding: You gain Immunity to being Charmed or Frightened.

Blue Turquoise: This stone offers healing: You regain one hit point every minute.

Sometimes the only thing that can get the job done is grit and an unconquerable spirit. When you fail a D20 test you can use your reaction to succeed the test instead (Succeeding the save does not mean you can perform miraculous feats but it may mean that something bad that would happen doesn’t happen).

You can use this feature once per long or short rest.