Maenad

Coastal sea dwellers, maenads are often considered emotionless and stalwart. This perception is wrong however; maenads have powerful emotions, and so train to control themselves whenever possible. In this manner, they see themselves in the ever-changing sea. Believed to originate from a human nation from a now flooded land, these physically imposing and naturally psionic peoples are covered in small crystals.

Maenad Traits

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score Increases by 2 and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Age

Maenads age similar to humans, although they tend to reach old age slightly sooner.

Alignment

Training to keep their strong emotions in check often leads meanads toward lawful alignments, but there is otherwise little in common among them.

Size

Maenads are slightly taller and stockier than humans. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Warscream

You know the Energy Ray talent. Unless you learn the talent from another source, your Energy Ray only deals thunder damage. Wisdom is your psionic ability for this talent.

Outburst

Starting at 3rd level, a maenad can unleash their inner madness. When you do so, other creatures within 10 feet of you that can hear you must each succeed on a Strength saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier) or become deafened until the end of your next turn. When deafened in this way, they are unable to cast spells or manifest powers.

This ability lasts for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action. During it, once on each of your turns, you can deal extra psychic damage to one target when you deal damage to it with an attack or a spell. The extra psychic damage equals your level.

Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Maenad.

Trained Control

You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened or charmed.

Maenad Feats

Crystalline Shield

Prerequisite: Maenad

Among Maenads, you have particularly dense crystals covering your skin, reinforcing your defenses and unleashing light in certain circumstances. You gain the following benefits.

• You gain resistance to Acid damage.
• You learn the Beacon talent
• You learn the Brilliant Creation Discipline, and can gain it's psychic focus.
• You can manifest the Repulsing Beam power without needing to spend psi points. You regain this ability at the end of a long rest.

Wisdom is your psionic ability for the talent and powers you gain from this feat.

Deafening Shriek

Prerequisite: Maenad

Your psionic warscream is powerful, even among other Maenads. You can empower your warscream. When you do so, creatures in a 30 foot cone must make a Constitution saving throw against a save DC of 8 + your proficiency modifier + your Wisdom modifier. On a failed save they take damage equal to your regular warscream. On a success, they take half as much damage. You can use this ability once, and regain it at the end of a long rest.

Additionally, when you use your outburst ability, you can choose a number of creatures up to your proficiency bonus to automatically succeed on the initial saving throw.