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Witherbloom Student

Alchemy and the study of life, decay, and healing.

Background benefits

BenefitDescription
Skill ProficienciesNature, Survival
Tool ProficienciesHerbalism kit
LanguagesOne of your choice

Starting equipment

A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, a book about plant identification, an iron pot, an herbalism kit. a school uniform, and a pouch containing 15 gp

Witherbloom Initiate

You gain the Strixhaven Initiate feat (presented later in the chapter) and must choose Witherbloom within it. In addition, if you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic feature, the spells on the Witherbloom Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you area multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.) Witherbloom Spells

Spell levelSpells
1Cure Wounds, Inflict Wounds
2Lesser Restoration, Wither and Bloom
3Revivify, Vampiric Touch
4Blight, Death Ward
5Antilife Shell, Greater Restoration

Source & compatibility

Source: Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos · page 36 · Legacy 5e.

Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos; locally supplied reference, original publisher rights retained.

Campaign adaptation: Legacy background reference: choose 2024 background ability increases and an appropriate Origin feat with the DM before applying it. Do not add this legacy background on top of a second background.

Compatibility: Original option; manual use pending compatibility review.