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School of Origami

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Created for Azu the Bard’s Homebrew Challenge, Jun 15, 2026. One of the subclasses included in “Chapo the Dog’s Subclass Pack.”

For some wizards, the paper that contains their spells is, in and of itself, a source of magic. These mages can fold their spell scrolls at blinding speeds into origami animals that come alive and fight with them.

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School of Origami

School of Origami

Spellcast Trait: Knowledge

Bring parchment to life to aid you in numerous ways.

Foundation

Paper Familiar: You fold a page of one of your Grimoires to create an animated origami animal. It can fly to a point within Close range as part of your action. Choose one spell from a Grimoire. You can cast this spell using your Familiar as the origin point. Your Familiar lasts until it is targeted by an attack or you create a new Familiar using a different spell. If your Familiar is targeted by an attack, you lose access to the spell it held unless you mark a Stress. Otherwise, you regain the spell on your next rest.

Specialization

Modular Origami: You can use a number of pages equal to your tier to make your Familiar. Each time it is targeted with an attack, it loses a page. You can choose which spell to lose.

Distracting Familiar: If your familiar is in Melee range of an adversary, the adversary takes a penalty to their Difficulty equal to the number of pages your Familiar currently contains.

Mastery

Protective Familiar: If your Familiar is in Very Close range of you, you gain a bonus to your Evasion equal to the number of pages it currently contains.

Paper Army: You can create up to 4 Familiars, splitting your alloted pages among them. You can command them each to move to a location within Far range as part of your action.

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Foundation / Specialization / Mastery
School of Origami
Wizard

School of Origami

Foundation

SPELLCAST TRAIT: Knowledge

Paper Familiar: You fold a page of one of your Grimoires to create an animated origami animal. It can fly to a point within Close range as part of your action. Choose one spell from a Grimoire. You can cast this spell using your Familiar as the origin point. Your Familiar lasts until it is targeted by an attack or you create a new Familiar using a different spell. If your Familiar is targeted by an attack, you lose access to the spell it held unless you mark a Stress. Otherwise, you regain the spell on your next rest.

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School of Origami
Wizard

School of Origami

Specialization

Modular Origami: You can use a number of pages equal to your tier to make your Familiar. Each time it is targeted with an attack, it loses a page. You can choose which spell to lose.

Distracting Familiar: If your familiar is in Melee range of an adversary, the adversary takes a penalty to their Difficulty equal to the number of pages your Familiar currently contains.

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School of Origami
Wizard

School of Origami

Mastery

Protective Familiar: If your Familiar is in Very Close range of you, you gain a bonus to your Evasion equal to the number of pages it currently contains.

Paper Army: You can create up to 4 Familiars, splitting your alloted pages among them. You can command them each to move to a location within Far range as part of your action.

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