```metadata
title: Circle of the Butterfly
description: >-
  Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Baldur's Gate set off a tornado in
  Thay?
tags:
  - 5e
  - druid
  - subclass
systems:
  - 5e
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# CIRCLE OF THE BUTTERFLY
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A Chaotic, Weather-Changing Druid Subclass <br> for the World's Greatest Roleplaying Game
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### Circle of the Butterfly
Druids of the Circle of the Butterfly are highly aware of the chaos inherent to nature: the smallest change to it can have massive, unpredictable consequences. They are capable of amplifying these properties to spectacular effect, altering the weather itself in a myriad of ways.

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| Druid Level | Features               |
|:-----------:|:-----------------------|
| 2nd         | Wings of Disruption    |
| 6th         | Lorenz Attractor       |
| 10th        | Exponential Divergence |
| 14th        | Feedback Storm         |
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#### Wings of Disruption
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*2nd-level Circle of the Butterfly feature*
___
You learn *druidcraft* (or another druid cantrip of your choice if you already know the spell), and you can cast *druidcraft* without any somatic or verbal components.

When you cast *druidcraft*, you can choose a point within 30 feet of you and cause the area in a 5-foot cube originating from that point to subtly change. Roll on the Weather Anomaly table to determine the effect produced. The effects of your Anomaly last for 1 minute, or until you use this feature again.

As a bonus action, you can move your Anomaly up to 30 feet, and increase its size by 5 feet, up to a 20-foot cube in size. The maximum size of your Anomaly increases when you reach certain levels in this class, increasing to a 30-foot cube at 5th level, a 40-foot cube at 11th level, and a 50-foot cube at 17th level.

Once you create your Anomaly, you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest, unless you expend a spell slot to do so again. When you expend a spell slot of 2nd level or higher to create your Anomaly, you can increase its size by 5 feet for each slot level above 1st.

##### Weather Anomaly
___
| d4 | Effect              |^🞵^(pg. 110 of the DMG)|
|:--:|:--------------------|---------------------------:|
| 1  | Blistering heat assaults the area. Each creature that willingly enters the cube for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there takes 1d6 fire damage. ||
| 2  | Terrible cold permeates the area. Each creature that willingly enters the cube for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there takes 1d6 cold damage. ||
| 3  | A strong wind^🞵^ blows through the area, and you can turn the cube into difficult terrain. Each creature that ends its turn inside the cube takes 1d6 slashing damage.||
| 4  | Heavy rain^🞵^ or heavy snowfall^🞵^ (your choice) blankets the area, and you can cause the cube to be heavily obscured. ||

#### Lorenz Attractor
*6th-level Circle of the Butterfly feature*
___
As an action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape feature to touch a willing creature and bring its surrounding air currents into an unstable equilibrium for 10 minutes. While in this state, the target has a flying speed of 20 feet, and is unaffected by the effects of your Anomaly, which harmlessly circulate around it.
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#### Exponential Divergence
*10th-level Circle of the Butterfly feature*
___
Your subtle changes to the weather have a broader range of consequences. When you create your Anomaly, you can cause it to produce an additional effect, which you determine by rolling on the Anomalous Surge table.

##### Anomalous Surge
___
| d4 | Effect              |
|:---:|:--------------------|
| 1 | Thunder sweeps the area. Immediately after moving your Anomaly, you can force each creature inside the cube to succeed on a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC or take 1d6 thunder damage and be pushed up to 10 feet away from the center of the cube (you choose how far). |
| 2 | Lightning strikes the area. Immediately after moving your Anomaly, you can make a ranged spell attack that targets one creature inside the cube. On a hit, the target takes lightning damage equal to 1d10 + your Wisdom modifier, and it can't take reactions until the start of your next turn. |
| 3 | Hail buffets the area. Each creature that willingly enters the cube for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC or take 1d6 bludgeoning damage and fall prone. |
| 4 | Bright light envelops the area. This light is sunlight. Each creature that enters the cube for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC, taking 2d6 radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. |

#### Feedback Storm
*14th-level Circle of the Butterfly feature*
___
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When you move your Anomaly, you can trigger a cascade of transformations to its current state, which lets you roll on the Weather Anomaly and Anomalous Surge tables, and produce the effects rolled. These effects replace the current effects of your Anomaly.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
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When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher, you can trigger a cascade of alterations to the current state of your Anomaly. Choose one of the following effects:

***Intensification.*** You increase the size of your Anomaly by a number of feet equal to five times the spell's level.

***Transformation.*** You roll on the Weather Anomaly and Anomalous Surge tables. The effects you rolled replace the current effects of your Anomaly.
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# Circle of the Butterfly

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A weather changing Druid subclass that amplifies the inherent chaos of nature.
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### Circle of the Butterfly

| Druid Level | Features                              |
|:-----------:|:--------------------------------------|
| 2nd         | Circle Spells, Larval Form            |
| 6th         | Ablative Cocoon                       |
| 10th        | Imaginal Form                         |
| 14th        | Cyclical Rebirth                      |

#### Circle Spells

You learn *primal savagery*.

| Druid Level | Spells                            |
|:-----------:|:----------------------------------|
| 2nd         | *disguise self, grease*           |
| 3rd         | *invisibility, spider climb*      |
| 5th         | *revivify, stinking cloud*        |
| 7th         | *greater invisibility, polymorph* |
| 9th         | *awaken, reincarnate*             |

#### Larval Form
- Assume form as action
- Eating/growth (temp HP?), special bonus action attack, similar to hungry jaws
- Or when cast spell, 'consume' its essence
- Camouflage, toxins (poisoned condition), or spikes (AC calculation)

#### Ablative Cocoon
- Protection/armour? Resistance to damage? Three-quarters cover?
- Reaction while in Larval form similar to Levistus
- Number of times equal to Wisdom modifier
- Or once per short/long rest, expend 1st level spell slot

#### Imaginal Form
- Flight
- Can emerge out of cocoon at start of next turn
- Can dash/disengage as a bonus action
- Lose bonus action eating, but existing temporary hit points multiplied?

#### Cyclical Rebirth
- Egg laying? At end of each of your turns within 5 feet of you. AC 15, 5 HP.
- Return to Larval form after emerging from an existing egg at start of turn.
- Once per long rest.
- Can replace the reincarnate results with ones of your own choice ().

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