Awakened

Madness and despair. Death and the inevitable extinction of all life. These aren’t just feelings of foreboding for you—they are prophetic visions imparted by The Dreamer. This eldritch influence manifests in your abilities as you learn to use its corruption to your advantage.

Every step you take is a balance between survival and succumbing to the Dreamer's influence. You may endure sleepless nights, warped by visions of horrors, and yet you stand resilient against the inevitable, wielding darkness as your weapon against the void.

As an Awakened by The Dreamer, you delve into a world of corruption effects, horrifying visions, and terrifying power that only a few can withstand.

Trained Sleep Deprivation

Your fear and avoidance of The Dreamer and its influence have taught you to overcome the need for conventional sleep. When you take a long rest, you must spend at least six hours in an inactive but alert state rather than sleeping. In this state, you cannot be surprised, and you gain advantage on saving throws against exhaustion and immunity to magical sleep effects.

Corrupted Strike

When making a Sneak Attack, you can forgo the additional damage to instead force the target to make an Intelligence saving throw. On a failure, the target gains one corruption point and half the Sneak Attack damage as psychic damage. The save DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier.

If the target succeeds, it takes your Sneak Attack damage as psychic damage. After making this save once, all subsequent saves are at disadvantage regardless of success. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum once), regaining all uses after a long rest.

Corruption Points and Effects

A creature afflicted with one or more corruption points suffers from the following drawbacks, determined by rolling a d4 for each corruption points it has. All previous effects of corruption carry forward, meaning a creature can suffer from 9 different corruption effects before it is wholly corrupted (see the Corruption Effects table below).

Curing Corruption

Unlike the loss of hit points, madness, exhaustion, curses, and various other conditions and effects; corruption cannot easily be removed. Some player options, items, etc. allow for its reduction and removal; but a Game Master may instead rule that corruption points can only be removed by characters spending time to recover from the traumatic events or strange creatures they encountered. In such a case, characters must spend 1 day per corruption point that they have in a peaceful environment, recovery group, or other environment where they can deal with the traumas they have encountered. Alternatively, Game Master’s may rule that spells such as remove curse, lesser restoration, or greater restoration remove 1 corruption point per spell level. This is determined by the Game Master based on the severity and the horror of how the corruption was applied. These spells might also remove only the effects of corruption points but not the points themselves.

A long rest in a hostile or potentially treacherous environment does not normally remove corruption points. In fact, a character that has corruption points who takes a short rest in such an area may gain 1 corruption point and may gain 2 on a long rest, as the character's rest plagued by horrible dreams and recollections of the terrors they have witnessed.

Corruption Points

When receiving a new corruption point, a target must roll a d4 to determine the effect. 

1 Point

1. Indefinite Madness. The creature suffers from a form of indefinite madness of the Game Master’s choosing.

2. Leaking Eyes. The creature’s eyes leak a grotesque fluid. You have disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks and Intelligence (Investigation) checks that rely on sight.

3. Crusted Ears. The creature’s ears crust over with blood and strange fleshy growths. You suffer from a constant deafened condition.

4. Grotesque Arm. One of the creature’s arms becomes swollen and horrid to behold. The creature cannot use that arm to interact with objects.

2 Points

1. Bleeding Eyes. The creature’s eyes bleed, and it suffers from a constant blinded condition.

2. Indefinite Madness. The creature suffers from a form of indefinite madness of the Game Master’s choosing.

3. Insane Cackle. The creature laughs at incredibly inappropriate times. It has disadvantage on Charisma-related skill checks. In addition, the creature must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw each time it attempts to cast a spell with verbal components or have the spell fail.

4. Paranoia. The creature thinks everyone is out to get it, it begins looking for ways to ensure its companions are slain without anyone knowing it was involved.

3 Points

1. Agoraphobia. The creature hates open spaces. When in an area with open sky, it has disadvantage on all attack rolls, ability checks, skill checks, and saving throws.

2. Psychotic Rage. The creature cannot contain its rage. In combat, it must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw at the start of each of its turns or view all creatures around it as foes, attacking the closest one to it on its turn.

3. Obsession. The creature becomes obsessed with an item of the Game Master’s choosing. The creature wishes to obtain this item or refuse to let anyone touch it at all costs, becoming violent if someone does so.

4. Lame Leg. The creature’s leg is twisted and corrupted beyond recognition. Its speed is halved (minimum 5 feet).

4 Points

1. Prophetic. The creature is plagued by prophetic visions, some of which come true, others not. Because of these visions, the creature must rest for twice the normal amount of time to gain the benefits of a short or long rest.

2. Webbed Hands. The creature's hands are horribly disfigured. The creature can no longer interact with an object as part of its action (such as drawing a sword and attacking with it), and interacting with an object now requires its full action.

3. Mutated Organs. The creature’s internal organs (or similar structures) are horribly mutated. Healing spells and effects have only half of their normal effect on it.

4. Necrophobia. The creature is terrified of the dead. While it can see a dead creature or while being an Undead creature, it has the frightened condition.

5 Points

1. Paralyzed Face. The creature’s face no longer moves. The creature has disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight and cannot speak.

2. I Like It… The creature enjoys the feeling of becoming corrupted by evil. It has disadvantage on saving throws made to resist gaining corruption points.

3. Skull Deformity. The creature’s head and skull are warped horribly. It has disadvantage on Intelligence saving throws.

4. Fatalistic. The creature believes all outcomes to be pre-determined. It has disadvantage on initiative rolls.

6 Points

1. Sores. The creature sprouts awful sores all over its body. Its maximum hit points are reduced by a number equal to its challenge rating or character level.

2. Blood-frenzied. The creature loves bloodshed. If it hasn’t killed a creature in the last 8 hours, it has disadvantage on all ability checks, skill checks, and saving throws.

3. Cowardice. The creature becomes an incorrigible coward. In combat, it must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw at the start of each of its turns or take the Dash action to flee from hostile creatures by the safest route possible unless there is nowhere to move.

4. Unlikeable. The creature’s face is horribly twisted, its words come out in a low hiss or gargled scream, and it drools… a lot. Its Charisma score becomes 5. If its Charisma score was 5 or lower, this has no effect.

7 Points

1. Seizures. At the start of each of its turns in combat, roll a d10. On a 1, the creature is stunned until the start of its next turn.

2. Hallucinations. The creature suffers from hallucinations of the Game Master’s choosing, hallucinations it believes to be entirely real.

3. Wiccaphobia. The creature is terrified of spells and spellcasters. When a spell is cast that it is aware of, it must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for the next 1 minute. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

4. Stupidity. The creature’s brain suffers terrible trauma. Its Intelligence score becomes 5. If its Intelligence score was 5 or lower, this has no effect.

8 Points

1. Lack of Wisdom. The creature just can’t make good decisions anymore. Its Wisdom score becomes 5. If its Wisdom score was 5 or lower, this has no effect.

2. Evil. The creature’s alignment shifts to Chaotic, Neutral, or Lawful Evil. If its alignment was already Evil, it instead gains a form of indefinite madness chosen by the Game Master.

3. Clumsiness. The creature’s body doesn’t seem to move the way it wants it to. Its Dexterity score becomes 5. If its Dexterity score was 5 or lower, this has no effect.

4. Weakened. The creature’s limbs and muscles shrivel. Its Strength score becomes 5. If its Strength score was 5 or lower, this has no effect.

9 Points

1. Unrelenting Terror. The creature suffers from the frightened condition constantly and cannot approach visible combatants.

2. Physically Corrupt. The creature’s flesh has been corrupted. Its Constitution score becomes 5. If its Constitution score was 5 or lower, this has no effect.

3. Masochistic. The creature now loves pain and attempts to ensure it is inflicted upon itself. Creatures have advantage on attacks against it, and it has disadvantage on saving throws.

4. Thrill-seeker. The creature takes the worst possible course of action available, running directly into a dragon’s jaws, jumping into a pit of lava, etc. The creature is almost sure to die if someone doesn't stop it.

10 Points

Wholly Corrupt. A wholly corrupted creature has one of the following occur:

1. The creature is transformed into an Evil-aligned Aberration, Fiend, or Undead of the Game Master’s choosing. The creature’s statistics (including alignment) are completely replaced by those of this new form, and it has no memories of its former life. A creature transformed in this way can only be reverted to its original form by a wish spell or similar magic.

2. The creature’s alignment becomes Chaotic, Neutral, or Lawful Evil, (if it wasn’t already) and is now under the control of the Game Master. A creature corrupted in this way can only be reverted to its original alignment or control by a wish spell or similar magic.

3. The creature is instantly slain.

Incongruity

You’ve learned to use the corruption around you to purify yourself. When you cause a creature to gain corruption points using your abilities, you can remove an equal number of corruption points from yourself. You may remove a maximum number of corruption points equal to your proficiency bonus per long rest.

Fueled by Corruption

You’ve learned to thrive on corruption, gaining power from its dangerous influence. Based on your corruption points, you gain the following benefits:

• 1-3 Points: You have advantage on initiative rolls and Dexterity saving throws.

• 4-6 Points: Your movement speed increases by 10 feet, and you gain temporary hit points equal to your proficiency bonus at the start of combat.

• 7-9 Points: Your Sneak Attack deals an additional 2d6 psychic damage, and you gain resistance to psychic damage.

• 10 Points: You become wholly corrupted. See the "Wholly Corrupted" under the Corruption Points and Corruption Effects feature.

 Starting at level 13, you may roll an Intelligence Saving Throw to prevent reaching 10 points of corruption. DC 20 - your rogue level. You have disadvantage on this roll if it is caused by The Dreamer directly. 

Dreamer's Influence

Your mastery over corruption allows you to manipulate your enemies’ weaknesses. When a creature gains a corruption point from your abilities, you may impose one of the following effects for 1 minute (your choice):

• Disadvantage on all saving throws.

• The creature cannot take reactions.

• The creature is frightened of you.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier per long rest. One creature may only be effected by one of these effects at a time.