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Silverquill Student

Source: Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos (5e 2014).

You have spent years practicing your writing and oration in the hope of becoming a student of Silverquill College. Your studies focus on language, literature, and the power of words, both magical and otherwise. The metaphorical power of words to illuminate or conceal is joined with the literal ability of magic to do the same in your academic pursuits. Source: Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Benefits

Feature Details
Skill Proficiencies Intimidation
Persuasion
Languages Two of your choice
Equipment A bottle of black ink Value: 10gp Weight: 0
an ink pen Value: 2cp Weight: 0
a book of poetry
a school uniform
and a pouch Value: 5sp Weight: 1lb containing 15 gp. Feature Silverquill Initiate You gain the Strixhaven Initiate feat
must choose Silverquill within it. In addition
if you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic feature
the spells on the Silverquill Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists
these spells are added to all of them.) Silverquill Spells Spell Level Spells 1st Dissonant Whispers
Silvery Barbs 2nd Calm Emotions
Darkness 3rd Beacon of Hope
Daylight 4th Compulsion
Confusion 5th Dominate Person
Rary's Telepathic Bond Consider customizing how your spells look when you can cast them. Your Silverquill spells might be accompanied by visual effects resembling splotches of ink or radiating ripples of golden light. Any auditory effects of your spells often sound like amplified echoes of your own voice speaking the spells' verbal components-even amid the crash of lightning or a fiery eruption. Building a Silverquill Character Many Bards find a home in Silverquill
putting the power of their voices to use with Silverquill magic. Wizards (especially those who study the Schools of Illusion
Enchantment ) are common in Silverquill
as are Warlocks . Clerics with the Divine Domains of Light
Trickery also fit in well among the mages of Silverquill. A number of both Paladins
Rogues attend Silverquill College as well
highlighting the diversity of the student body. Suggested Characteristics. With the college's intense standards looming over them
Silverquill students range from cocky
cutthroat to overwhelmed perfectionists. The Silverquill Personality Traits table suggests a variety of traits you might adopt for your character. Silverquill Personality Traits d6 Personality Trait 1 I'll say whatever I need to in order to maintain my high social status. 2 I prefer saying the blunt truth over a pretty lie
and I don't particularly care whose feelings I hurt. 3 I believe that uplifting my peers is the best way to succeed. 4 I've mastered the art of using humor as a defense
and I always have a charming joke ready. 5 I always wait before speaking
analyzing the situation for whichever angle is most advantageous to my goals. 6 No one knows about the all-nighters I've pulled to keep my magic looking effortless
and I'm going to keep it that way. Silverquill Trinkets. When you make your character
you may roll once on the Silverquill Trinkets table
instead of on the Trinkets table in the Player's Handbook
for your starting trinket. Silverquill Trinkets d6 Trinket 1 A black leather notebook filled with half-finished poems 2 A set of flashcards detailing different colloquialisms
their meanings 3 A canteen that makes any liquid drunk from it taste sweet 4 A forged permission slip granting access to the special archives of Strixhaven's libraries 5 A stylish silver pin that references a famous series of novels about warlocks 6 A stack of small pieces of parchment
each enchanted to stick to whatever surface it's pressed against
peel off easily