Chaos Mage

"How can my foes prepare against me, when even I have no idea what the hell's going to happen next?" -

Spells Known and Spells Per Day: A Chaos Mage can use his Arrays at will. He learns a number of spells each level as a wizard, chosen from the Wizard or Cleric list, and must place them in his Array in a ceremony requiring ten minutes of contemplation of the arcane. When he is the target of a spell, the Chaos Mage can make a spellcraft check with a DC equal to the spell's saving throw plus its spell level to add it to his spells known. If the spell is too high a level, however, he may not be able to add it to his array. A Chaos Mage can never learn a spell with an XP component. He may not learn spells with material components unless he has the feat "Eschew Materials." Since he influences the universe through sheer force of will, the Chaos Mage's spellcasting modifier is Charisma.

Minor Array (Sp): At the start of each day, the <class name> selects 5 cantrips or orisons from the Cleric, Wizard, and Bard list. These are assigned to numbers on a 6. On a roll of 1-5, the corresponding spell is cast, but on a roll of 6, reroll twice. Both spells are cast. Unlike most d6 rolls for spells, this can repeat infinitely.

Unknowable Energies (Su): Part of the unpredictability of a Chaos Mage's spells comes from the randomly shifting energies. When casting a damaging spell with energy descriptors, roll a d6 and consult the following table. Repeat this for each energy descriptor, rolling once for each damage type. If the spell is already of the energy descriptor rolled, it does not gain the secondary effect.

d6    result
1     Fire Damage- Target may catch fire
2     Cold Damage- Target's move speed is halved
3     Acid Damage- Reduce target's armor bonus to AC by 1 per damage die
4     Electricity Damage- target must make DC 10 fort save or drop held items
5     Bludgeoning- target must make a strength check against DC 10+[Casting Modifier]+1/5 Damage or fall prone.
6     Re-roll twice, spell gains both effects. Damage is half-and-half.

At level 5, you may use the following chart instead:


d12    result
1-2     Fire Damage- Target may catch fire
3-4     Cold Damage- Target's move speed is halved
5-6     Electricity Damage- target must make DC 10+[Casting Modifier] fort save or drop held items
7       Acid Damage- Reduce target's armor bonus to AC by 1 per damage die
8       Bludgeoning- target must make a strength check against DC 10+[Casting Modifier]+1/5 Damage or fall prone.
9       Sonic- reduce damage die by one step, DC 10+[Casting Modifier] fort save or deafened for one round
10      Dessication- increase damage die one step against elementals
11      Force- reflex save or be knocked prone
12      Re-roll twice, spell gains both effects. Damage targets the worse of the target's resistances*

At level 10, you may use the following chart instead. When using this chart, roll for all damaging spells:

d20    result
1-2     Fire Damage- Target may catch fire
3-4     Cold Damage- Target's move speed is halved
5-6     Electricity Damage- target must make DC 10+[Charisma Modifier]+Spell Level fort save or drop held items
7-8       Acid Damage- Reduce target's armor bonus to AC by 1 per damage die
9-10       Sonic- reduce damage die by one step, DC 10+[Charisma Modifier]+Spell Level fort save or deafened for one round
11-12      Dessication- increase damage die one step against elementals and plants
13-14      Force- reflex save or be knocked prone
15      Bludgeoning- target must make a strength check against DC 10+[Casting Modifier]+1/5 Damage or fall prone.
16      Positive Energy- +1 Damage/Healing per die (you may change the target in exchange for losing the extra damage)
17      Hellfire Damage
18      Frostburn Damage- target must save or be slowed, as per the spell.
19      Negative Energy-  +1 Damage/Healing per die (you may change the target in exchange for losing the extra damage)
20      Re-roll twice, spell gains both effects. Damage targets the worse of the target's resistances*

Unknowable Power (Su): If you have no idea what you're about to do, the universe has no idea how to limit your might. Remove the caster level caps for spells. For example, a Chaos Mage casting Magic Missile would have 5 missiles at level 9 as normal. Upon reaching level 11, however, they would have 6, 7 at level 13, and so on.


Expanded Array: At third level, the Chaos Mage's Array expands to a d8. This allows him to choose 7 spells for the array. It expands again at level 8 to a d10, and reaches its maximum of a d12 at level 15.

Lesser Array (Sp): At Fourth level, a Chaos Mage can add first or second level spells to their array.

Shifting Magic: At sixth level, a Chaos Mage can change the spells in his array once per day as a full-round action. He gains another daily use at level 10.

Array (Sp): At eighth level, a Chaos Mage can add 3rd or 4th level spells to their array.

Greater Array (Sp): At 12th level, a Chaos Mage can add 5th or 6th level spells to their array.

Master's Array (Sp): At 15th level, a Chaos Mage can add 7th level spells to their array.

Anarchic Apotheosis: Magic doesn't know what to do with you. Each day, you can choose to become either an Outsider or Aberration with the [Chaos] subtype. You may choose to remain your normal type of creature as well.