Aphrodisian

“A single drop can invite a thousand sensations.”

Lore Overview

Aphrodisians distill desire into scent, oil, perfume, and delicate alchemical preparations. Their work tunes sensation: anticipation can become exhilarating, a racing pulse can settle, and a shared fragrance can turn release into a moment of connection. Their craft supports chosen experiences and gives them tools to disturb an opponent’s concentration through telegraphed sensory magic.

Subclass Features

Gain proficiency with alchemist’s supplies or herbalism kit; if already proficient with both, gain proficiency in Medicine. At the end of a long rest, prepare a reusable alchemical atomizer and choose two formulations: Bloom, Stillwater, or Ember. Change these choices at the end of a long rest. The atomizer is a Tiny focus held in one hand; no consumable vials are tracked.

As a bonus action, expend 1 Spark and deliver a prepared formulation to yourself or a willing creature you can see within 30 feet. Choose its sensory expression—a scent, oil, mist, or perfume. Bloom grants temporary hit points equal to 1d6 + your Intelligence modifier (minimum 1) for 1 minute. Stillwater lets the target add 1d4 to the next Constitution or Wisdom saving throw it makes within 1 minute. Ember lets the target move up to 10 feet without provoking opportunity attacks. The formula ends after its stated benefit; repeated temporary hit points do not stack.

Veiled Play. When receiving Bloom or Ember, the target may gain 1 Arousal. If it actually gains that Arousal, it gains advantage on its next ability check before the end of its next turn. Stillwater’s recipient may instead reduce its Arousal by 1.

Unveiled Play. When delivering any formulation, you may spend 1 Libido. Bloom’s target may gain 1 Arousal and add your proficiency bonus to the temporary hit points; Stillwater’s target may reduce its Arousal by 2; Ember’s target may gain 1 Arousal and move an additional 10 feet. The target chooses whether to accept the Arousal change.

During a short or long rest, spend 10 minutes preparing a scent with up to your proficiency bonus willing participants. Each participant chooses a comforting sensory note. Once before their next long rest, a participant may add 1d4 to a Wisdom (Insight) or Charisma (Persuasion) check made during a conversation with another participant. A creature benefits from this rite once per long rest.

Veiled Play. At the rite’s end, a participant may gain 1 Arousal. Unveiled Play. One participant may spend 1 Libido to let another willing participant reduce Arousal by 1. No effect reveals feelings or compels intimacy.

When a creature you can see within 30 feet makes an attack roll against you or a willing creature, use your reaction and expend 1 Spark to release a momentary scent that disturbs its focus. It makes a Constitution saving throw against your Relicwright spell save DC; on a failure, subtract 1d6 from that attack roll. The scent is perceptible and the effect works on creatures that cannot smell, as magical sensory interference.

Veiled Play. If it fails, it gains 1 Arousal. Unveiled Play. If it fails, it gains 1 Arousal; you may spend 1 Libido to also prevent it from taking reactions until the start of its next turn. A failed save never establishes attraction or consent.

You can prepare all three formulations. When you deliver one by spending a Spark, you can deliver a second, different prepared formulation to the same willing creature or another willing creature within 30 feet. Its baseline effect resolves as part of the same bonus action. This does not spend another Spark; only the first chosen recipient can use the mode-specific option from Aphrodisian Formulations.

Veiled Play. After a recipient of either formulation resolves a Climax before the start of your next turn, you may use your reaction to deliver Stillwater’s baseline effect to a willing creature within 30 feet. Use this reaction a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus per long rest.

Unveiled Play. When you use this reaction, you may instead let the chosen creature reduce Arousal by 1. It gains no Stillwater saving-throw bonus. Both options share the same uses.

Once per long rest, as an action, expend 1 Spark to release a designed bouquet for 1 minute, requiring concentration as if on a spell. At activation choose up to your proficiency bonus willing creatures you can see within 30 feet. Deliver one prepared formulation’s baseline effect to each; choose the same or a different formula for each creature. At the start of each of your turns, you may deliver one prepared formulation’s baseline effect to one chosen creature you can see within 30 feet. These deliveries spend no further Sparks and do not trigger Formulations’ mode-specific options.

Veiled Play. Once during the bouquet, after a chosen creature resolves Climax, it can regain 2d6 hit points. Unveiled Play. Once per turn, when you deliver a formulation through this feature, you may spend 1 Libido to let its recipient reduce Arousal by 1. Neither effect replaces normal Climax consequences.

Play Modes and Desire Resolution

Use the current Mechanics of Desire for the shared limits and resolution. A creature normally gains at most 3 Arousal during one turn unless a rule explicitly provides an exception. A benefit conditional on gaining or reducing Arousal requires that change actually to occur, and reductions cannot take the total below 0. An EROSave uses Constitution or Wisdom as allowed by the shared rules, with proficiency only when proficient in the chosen saving throw.

At 6 Arousal, resolve the applicable Climax Effect, reduce Libido by 1 where tracked, reset Arousal to 0, and then resolve eligible aftermath features. Healing, Exhaustion, and Spark recovery occur only when an applicable rule grants or imposes them. Pay any optional post-Climax Libido cost after the normal Libido loss. Changing play modes restores no expended uses, charges, reactions, or resources.

Your creations cannot determine attraction, consent, identity, or lasting feelings. A willing participant can stop using a preparation, transformation, or device as its feature permits. Agree on the sensory description; emotional or magical resonance and veiled description use the same mechanics.

• Classic Play. Use baseline effects and any expressly stated Classic alternative without tracking Arousal or Libido. A feature that only responds to or changes Desire supplies no extra Classic benefit.
• Veiled Play. Use the baseline feature and its Veiled option. Add each stated Arousal gain to the creature’s current total; apply an expressly stated reduction numerically. Features do not assign or replace a Desire state. If a gain reaches 6 Arousal, resolve Climax immediately before continuing. Do not also apply the Unveiled option.
• Unveiled Play. Use the baseline feature and its Unveiled option, plus any effect explicitly labeled for both modes. The two mode-specific alternatives do not stack. Spend Libido only when the feature permits it and you have enough to pay the cost; a feature without a Libido cost remains available subject to its normal requirements.