
It can move and use its reaction on its own, but the only action it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn to command it to take another action. In combat, the companion shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. The ancient companion is friendly to you and your companions and obeys your commands. The statue determines the spirit’s appearance. Your choice of spirit determines certain traits in its stat block. When you bond with your ancient companion, choose the type of spirit you bond with: Healer, Sage, or Warrior. See this creature’s game statistics in the Ancient Companion stat block, which uses your proficiency bonus (PB) in several places. Whenever you finish a short or long rest, you can call forth and bond with one such spirit, who comes to inhabit a Medium, freestanding statue within 10 feet of you to serve as your ancient companion. You learn to call on the spirits of the ancient dead and house them temporarily in the remnants of old statues, so they may remain longer on this plane to bolster your studies and aid you in battle. If you are a wizard, you can add these spells to your spellbook upon learning them, without expending any gold, and prepare them as normal. You learn additional spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown on the Lorehold Spells table.Įach of these spells counts as a class spell for you, but it doesn’t count against the number of spells you know. You learn the cantrip Sacred Flame and the 1st level spell Comprehend Languages. You must meet that prerequisite to gain the feature. Each feature has a class level prerequisite, as noted beneath its name. When you subsequently reach a level in your class that gives you a subclass feature, you gain one feature of your choice from the options presented here. If you’re a bard, the College of Lorehold counts as your college if you’re a warlock, the magic of the college serves as your patron and if you’re a wizard, the college represents your arcane tradition. In this subclass’s features, any reference to your class refers to the class from which you gained the subclass.

Upon selecting the Mage of Lorehold subclass, you gain two features: Lorehold Spells and Ancient Companion. Source: Unearthed Arcana 79 - Mages of StrixhavenĬlasses: Bard, Warlock, Wizard Using This Subclass
