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  ELDRITCH PARAGON 
  Steeped from childhood in the art of spellcasting, you avidly listened the the tales of the heroes of old and 
  the powerful magic they controlled.  Some say that the days of magic are waining, that the technology of 
  the press and gun is weakening the ancient arts. You pay no heed to these doomsayers, for you have 
  found the path to become a paragon amost your eldritch peers.   
  Whilst not, for now, able to wield more powerful magics, you have found ways of increasing your daily 
  sustainablity, mirroring those who follow multiple paths whilst keeping your powers within your chosen 
  tradition. 
   
  ELDRITCH PARAGON 
  FEAT 4 
  UNCOMMON 
  ARCHETYPE 
  DEDICATION 
  MAGICAL 
  Access an ancestry feat that grants a cantrip or innate spell. 
  Prerequisites trained in Arcana, Nature, Religion or Occultism, 
  trained in a tradition of spellcasting that casts using spell slots. 
  You are a paragon with a single tradition of magic.  Select a tradition 
  that you already have spell slots for, this becomes your paragon 
  tradition. 
  If you learn two additional cantrips from your paragon tradition. 
  If you're a prepared caster, you can prepare these in addition to 
  your usual cantrips per day; if you're a spontaneous caster, you add 
  these cantrip to your spell repertoire. 
  Special You can't select another dedication feat until you have 
  gained two other feats from the eldritch archer archetype. 
  BASIC ELDRITCH PARAGON SPELLCASTING 
  FEAT 6 
  ARCHETYPE 
  Prerequisites Eldritch Paragon Dedication 
  You gain additional spell slots, adding the slots to those you already 
  have for your paragon tradition. At 6th level, you gain a 1st-level 
  spell slot, at 8th level, they grant you a 2nd-level spell slot, and at 
  10th level, they grant you a 3rd-level spell slot.  
  Each time you gain a spell slot of a new level from this archetype, 
  add a spell of the appropriate spell level to your repertoire, either 
  a common spell of your paragon tradition or another spell of that 
  tradition you have learned or discovered. 
  METAMAGIC HASTE 
  FEAT 8 
  ARCHETYPE 
  Prerequisites Eldritch Paragon Dedication, a focus pool. 
  You gain the Metamagic Haste focus spell. 
   
  METAMAGIC HASTE  
  FOCUS 4 
   UNCOMMON . TRANSMUTATION .  
  Traditions arcane, divine, occult, primal 
  Cast somatic 
  Duration until the start of your next round. 
  You become infused with magical potential. You gain the 
  quickened condition and can use the extra action each round 
  only to activate metamagic feats. 
  Heightened (6th) The spell lasts until the end of your next 
  round. 
  Heightened (8th) The spell lasts for 1 minute. 
  Heightened (10th) The spell lasts for 10 minutes. 
   
  PARAGON BREADTH 
  FEAT 10 
  ARCHETYPE 
  Prerequisites Basic Eldritch Paragon Spellcasting 
  Your repertoire expands, and you can cast more paragon spells 
  each day. Increase the number of spells in your repertoire and the 
  number of spell slots granted to you from eldritch paragon 
  archetype feats by 1 for each spell level other than your two highest 
  spell levels. 
   
   
  EXPERT ELDRITCH PARAGON SPELLCASTING 
  FEAT 12 
  ARCHETYPE 
  Prerequisites Basic Eldritch Paragon Spellcasting.  
  Expert proficiency with spell DC’s for your paragon tradition. 
  You gain additional spellcasting benefits, adding the slots to those 
  you already have for your paragon tradition. At 12th level you gain 
  an additional 4th-level spell slot, at 14th level you gain a 5th-level 
  spell slot, and at 16th level, you gain a 6th-level spell slot.  
  PREPARED METAMAGIC 
  FEAT 14 
  ARCHETYPE 
  Prerequisites Paragon Breadth, prepared spell caster. 
  When you prepare your spells, you can pre-apply a single 
  metamagic feat that you know to a spell in advance.  The spell takes 
  two slots of the same level instead of one, and the spell must be at 
  least two levels lower than your highest spell level. 
  SPONTANEOUS METAMAGIC 
  FEAT 14 
  ARCHETYPE 
  Prerequisites Paragon Breadth, spontaneous spell caster. 
  When you cast a spell, you can use two spell slots of the same level 
  to cast it instead of one to apply a single metamagic feat that you 
  know to a spell as a free action.  The spell must be at least two levels 
  lower than your highest spell level. 
  OPEN SLOT 
  FEAT 16 
  ARCHETYPE 
  Prerequisites Paragon Breadth, prepared spell caster. 
  When you prepare your spells, you can leave one slot per level 
  empty, ready to fill as circumstances change thoughout the day.  
  You can fill an empty slot by refocusing for 10 minutes, then 
  selecting the replacement spell from those you know of the same 
  tradition. 
  ADAPTABLE SIGNATURE SPELL  
  FEAT 16 
  ARCHETYPE 
  Prerequisites Paragon Breadth, spontaneous spell caster. 
  Frequency once per day. 
  You designate one of your signature spells as adaptable.  You can 
  refocus for 10 minutes to select which of the spells you know of the 
  same tradition is a signature spell for that day. 
  MASTER ELDRITCH PARAGON SPELLCASTING 
  FEAT 18 
  ARCHETYPE 
  Prerequisites Expert Eldritch Paragon Spellcasting.  
  Master proficiency with spell DC’s for your paragon tradition. 
  You gain additional spell slots, adding the slots to those you already 
  have for your paragon tradition. Upon reaching 18th level you gain 
  a 7th-level spell slot and at 20th level, you gain an 8th-level spell 
  slot.  
  LEGENDARY ELDRITCH PARAGON SPELLCASTING 
  FEAT 20 
  ARCHETYPE 
  Prerequisites Master Eldritch Paragon Spellcasting.  
  Legendary proficiency with spell DC’s for your paragon tradition. 
  You gain an additional spell slot, adding an additional 9th level slot 
  to those you already have for your paragon tradition.  
  
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