Anubis Arbiter

An Anubis Arbiter walks the boundary between life and death. They judge souls for worthiness, guiding honorable spirits to rest while binding or banishing those unworthy. Wielding both gentle compassion and stern retribution, they commune with undead, heal the departed, and strike down unbalanced forces. Always calm, their presence evokes reverence and fear in equal measure.

Class Features

Hit Die d8

Primary Ability Wisdom, Charisma

Saving Throws Wisdom, Charisma

Proficiencies

Armor Light armor, Medium armor, Shields

Weapons Simple weapons

Skills Choose two from Insight, Medicine, Religion, Persuasion, Intimidation, Perception

Starting Equipment

• A quarterstaff or a mace

• A holy symbol

• Leather armor

• A priest’s pack

Class Resources

Judgment Points 5 (Short rest)

Class Abilities

Spellcasting

Spellcasting Ability Wisdom

Cantrips Known 3

Toll the Dead

Cantrip Necromancy

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 60 feet

Components: V, S

Duration: Instantaneous

You point at a creature to deal necrotic damage.

Damage

Saving Throw: Wisdom

Damage: 1d8 necrotic

At Higher Levels:

+1d8 damage

Spare the Dying

Cantrip Necromancy

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: Touch

Components: V, S

Duration: Instantaneous

Stabilize a dying creature.

Utility

Damage:

Guiding Passage

Level 1 Necromancy

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 30 feet

Components: V, S

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You grant a creature advantage on saving throws against fear and necrotic damage.

Buff

Damage:

Detect Good and Evil

Level 1 Divination

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: Self

Components: V, S

Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

Detect aberrations, celestials, elementals, fey, fiends, undead.

Utility

Damage:

Gentle Repose

Level 2 Necromancy

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: Touch

Components: V, S, M

Duration: 10 days

Preserve a corpse or remains from decay, and prevents it from becoming undead.

Utility

Damage:

Silence

Level 2 Illusion

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 120 feet

Components: V, S

Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

Create a 20-foot-radius sphere of silence.

Control

Damage:

Revivify

Level 3 Necromancy

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: Touch

Components: V, S, M

Duration: Instantaneous

You touch a creature that died within the last minute. The target returns to life with 1 hit point.

Healing

Damage:

Healing: 1 hit point

Animate Dead

Level 3 Necromancy

Casting Time: 1 minute

Range: 10 feet

Components: V, S, M

Duration: Instantaneous

Create a skeleton or zombie under your control for 24 hours.

Control

Saving Throw: Wisdom

Damage:

Death Ward

Level 4 Abjuration

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: Touch

Components: V, S, M

Duration: 8 hours

The next time the target would drop to 0 hit points, it instead drops to 1 hit point, and the spell ends.

Buff

Damage:

Guardian of Souls

Level 4 Necromancy

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: Self

Components: V, S

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You summon an ephemeral shield of souls. You and friendly creatures within 10 feet gain resistance to necrotic and radiant damage.

Buff

Damage:

Martial Abilities

Resource Judgment Points

Judgment Strike

Bonus Action 1 Judgment Point Level 1

You expend 1 Judgment Point to strike with divine balance. Make a melee weapon attack; on hit you deal your weapon’s damage plus 1d8 radiant damage, and the target must succeed on a Wisdom save or be frightened until end of your next turn.

Damage Effect

Saving Throw: Wisdom

Damage: 1d8 radiant (+1d8 per 6 Arbiter levels)

Conditions: Frightened

Duration: Until end of your next turn

Undead Rebuke

Reaction 1 Judgment Point Level 2

As a reaction when an undead within 30 feet hits a creature you can see, expend 1 Judgment Point. The attacker takes radiant damage equal to your Arbiter level.

Damage Effect

Damage: 1dArbiter radiant (+1 radiant damage per Arbiter level)

Scale of Death

Action 2 Judgment Points Level 6

You spend 2 Judgment Points to grant up to three creatures within 30 feet a spectral scale that absorbs damage. They gain a damage-absorbing shield equal to 3 × your Wisdom modifier (minimum 3).

Buff Effect

Duration: 1 minute

Weigh Soul

Action 2 Judgment Points Level 10

Spend 2 Judgment Points to target a creature that drops to 0 hit points within 60 feet. You teleport to its side and stabilize it automatically, and you can choose to either send its soul onward (the creature dies permanently) or bind it as an undead servant under your command for 1 hour.

Utility Effect

Deathly Judgment

Action 3 Judgment Points Level 14

You expend 3 Judgment Points to mark a creature within 60 feet. For the next minute, each time that creature takes damage, it takes an extra 2d8 radiant or necrotic (your choice) damage (no save).

Damage Effect

Damage: 2d8 radiant or necrotic

Duration: 1 minute

Arbiter’s Wrath

Action 4 Judgment Points Level 18

You expend 4 Judgment Points to call down a beam of divine balance in a 30-foot line. Each creature in line must make a Dexterity save or take 6d10 radiant or necrotic damage (half on success).

Damage Effect

Saving Throw: Dexterity

Damage: 6d10 radiant or necrotic

Transformations

Jackal’s Guise

1 minute 3 Judgment Points Level 7

You take on the form of Anubis’s jackal aspect, gaining speed and sensory acuity.

Changes:

Your Dexterity score increases by 2 (max 20), You gain darkvision out to 60 ft. or increase it by 30 ft., You have advantage on Perception checks

Special Actions:

Claw Attack: melee weapon attack, 1d6 + Dex mod slashing damage

Limitations:

You can’t cast spells with verbal components while in this form

Anubian Avatar

Concentration, up to 1 minute 5 Judgment Points Level 15

Your form becomes a towering avatar of judgment, an avatar of Anubis cloaked in spectral jackal form.

Changes:

Your size becomes Large, Your Strength and Wisdom scores each increase by 4 (max 24), You gain truesight out to 30 feet

Special Actions:

Avatar Bite: melee weapon attack, 2d10 + Strength mod piercing damage and target is prone on a failed Strength save, Judgment Roar: all creatures in 20 ft. make a Wisdom save or be frightened for 1 minute

Limitations:

You can’t use Judgment Strike or Weigh Soul in this form

Auras

Aura of Passage

10-foot radius Level 3

Your presence soothes dying souls and comforts allies.

Effect:

All friendly creatures have advantage on death saving throws and gain temporary hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier when they drop to 0 hit points within your aura.

Activation:

Free

This aura can be toggled on or off.

Aura of Undeath

10-foot radius Level 9

Your presence unnerves hostile undead.

Effect:

Hostile undead have disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws while within your aura.

Activation:

Free

This aura can be toggled on or off.

Companions

Spectral Jackal

Beast (Undead)

Level 5

A ghostly jackal bound to your service.

Statistics:

HP Arbiter level + Wisdom mod

AC 13

STR 8

DEX 14

CON 12

INT 6

WIS 14

CHA 10

Speed:

Walk 40 ft.

Skills:

Perception

Senses:

Darkvision 60 ft.

Features:

Keen Hearing and Smell, Pack Tactics

Commands:

Attack, Help, Track

Scaling:

Level 11: +1 to attack and damage rolls

Level 15: +1 bonus to AC

Soul Warden

Undead Spirit

Level 11

A small wisp of guiding spirit that aids in healing and protection.

Statistics:

HP 1d6 per Arbiter level

AC 12

STR 6

DEX 16

CON 10

INT 8

WIS 16

CHA 12

Speed:

Walk 30 ft.

Skills:

Insight

Senses:

Darkvision 60 ft.

Features:

Ethereal Step (move through creatures), Soul Ward: blocks one attack per short rest

Commands:

Protect (grant resistance to damage), Guide (grant advantage on one save)

Scaling:

Level 11: +1 to saving throws granted

Level 15: Ethereal Step recharge 1/short rest

Class Features

Death’s Scale (Level 1)

Your intimate balance of life and death grants you enhanced control over soul magic. When you cast a spell that binds, releases, or judges a soul (necromancy spells of 1st level or higher on your spells list), you add your Wisdom modifier to one saving throw DC or attack roll of that spell.

Unsworn Tongue (Level 1)

You can communicate with undead as if you cast Speak with Dead at will, but only for brief questions (max two sentences). Undead must be willing or make a Charisma saving throw against your spell save DC to engage.

Channel Balance (Level 2)

You gain the ability to channel the energies of death and undeath. As an action, you can spend 1 Judgment Point to either Turn Undead (as the cleric feature) or to grant an undead creature you can see temporary hit points equal to twice your Arbiter level. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum once), and regain all uses on a long rest.

Resource Cost: 1 Judgment Point

Soul Authority (Level 6)

Undead creatures have disadvantage on saving throws against your Arbiter spells and martial abilities.

Deathly Aegis (Level 10)

When an undead creature you can see targets you with an attack, you can use your reaction to gain temporary hit points equal to half your Arbiter level and impose disadvantage on that attack. Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Arbiter’s Judgment (Level 14)

Once per long rest, as an action you choose a target you can see (creature or object). If it is undead, you deal 10d8 radiant damage (Con save for half). If it is an object or willing soul, you may release or bind it permanently (as a true resurrection or animate dead, your choice).

Anubian Ascendance (Level 18)

At 18th level, you become an avatar of final judgment. You are immune to poison and disease, and if you are reduced to 0 hit points, you instead drop to 1 hit point and gain 10 temporary hit points. Once you use this, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

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