Fifth Edition Fantasy

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Bring tabletop fifth-edition fantasy to Valheim. Choose from 58 playable races, 13 classes with 47 subclasses, 52 feats and 176 spells, pick a background and a patron god, face 69 monsters from the fifth-edition SRD, hunt for magic items, and grow in power as you defeat the Forsaken.

Features

Races (58)

Every race has its own racial abilities and its own look: skin and hair tones plus hand-built horns, ears, tails, tusks, snouts, beaks, crests, manes, fins, crystals, shells and wings.

• Fairy: small, winged and fey. Gossamer wings that fold at rest and beat in flight, pointed ears, a cat-like tail, Druidcraft and Faerie Fire as racial spells, plus a full appearance customizer.
• Flyers: Skyfolk and Owlkin (feathered wings), Glidefolk (glide membranes), Fairy. Aesborn grow radiant wings during Radiant Awakening.
• Flying skill: flying trains its own skill, which makes flight cheaper on stamina the way Run does for running.
• Plus: Half-Elf, Versatile Human, High Elf, Wood Elf, Drow, Season Elf, Shadow Elf, Dwarf, Highland Dwarf, Duergar, Halfling, Sturdy Halfling, Gnome, Woodland Gnome, Deep Gnome, Tiefling, Dragonborn (all ten colors), Elemental-kin (Emberkin, Windkin, Stonekin, Tidekin), Goliath, Firbolg, Catfolk, Shellfolk, Triton, Lizardfolk, Tuskfolk, Minotaur, Kobold, Goblin, Bugbear, Orc, Half-Orc, Serpentblood, Mindwarden, Witchblood, Runeforged, Harefolk, Satyr, Lionfolk and Moonbloods (Hide, Fang, Swift).
• Small races shrink, big races grow. Carry weight, stealth, damage resistances and movement all vary by race.
• Darkvision for the races that have it, and Stonecunning: dwarves, duergar and deep gnomes sense metal ore nearby. Dwarven Resilience, Fey Ancestry and Dragonborn breath that grows with your level.

Classes (13) and subclasses (47)

Class	Subclasses
Barbarian	Berserker, Bear Spirit, Eagle Spirit, Wolf Spirit, Fervent
Bard	Lore, Skald
Cleric	Life, Sun, Storm, Lore, Wild, Guile, Battle
Druid	Beast, Land (with Wild Shape into Valheim creatures and SRD beasts you've seen)
Fighter	Champion, Tactician (Battle Master maneuvers), Spellblade
Monk	Open Hand, Dusk, the Elements
Paladin	Devotion, the Green, Retribution
Ranger	Hunter, Beast Warden (an animal companion), Night Warden
Rogue	Thief, Assassin, Spellthief
Sorcerer	Draconic (dragon wings at level 12), Chaos Sorcery
Warlock	Fiend, Fey Patron, Deep Dreamer
Wizard	Evocation, Warding, Summoning, Foresight, Beguiling, Glamours, Grave Arts, Change
Runesmith	Alchemist, Siegesmith, Forge Warden

Classes have their rulebook features for levels 1 to 12 (Transmutation wizards even get Minor Alchemy at the workbench): Eldritch Invocations and Pact Boons, Metamagic, Battle Master maneuvers, Turn Undead, Extra Attack, Sneak Attack dice, Aura of Protection, Action Surge and more. Use them with the class feature key (G); Shift+G picks the next one.

Feats (52)

Heavy Swing, Deadeye, Spear Dancer, Tough, Alert, Skilled, Fleet-Footed, Fortune's Favored, Battle Mage, Shieldwall Guard, Fey-Blessed, Magic Initiate, Weapon Training, Ritekeeper, Chef, Healer and many more. Feats with an active ability fill the Feat ability keys in order, so no key is tied up by a feat you don't have.

Spells (176)

Cantrips and leveled spells from Fire Bolt and Eldritch Blast up to Fireball, Cone of Cold, Wall of Fire, Globe of Invulnerability and Heal, each with a painted icon, a casting animation and Valheim-style effects. Find Familiar summons a scouting raven (or a rat, frog, snake or spider) and Find Steed a rideable spectral Lox. Conjure Animals, Conjure Elemental and Planar Binding call creatures to fight for you.

• Each spell has its own recast cooldown, shown on the Spells tab.
• Targeted, area and healing spells cost nothing if nothing is in range to affect.
• A ring shows who a targeted spell will hit and where an area spell will land. Press T to lock on to a target.
• Many spells call for a saving throw against your spell save DC; damaging ones deal half damage on a success.
• No spellcasting while wild shaped.
• Casting costs stamina like a weapon swing (8 for a cantrip, more for higher levels), and the Spellcasting skill lowers it as you use magic, down to half at 100. Class, race and feat actions cost stamina too when they go off (toggles are free).
• Leveled spells use spell slots that come back when you rest (see Fifth Edition rules below). Prepared casters pick their daily spells, known casters learn a set number, and every caster knows a set number of cantrips (2014 tables). Bards, Clerics, Druids and Wizards can cast Find Familiar and Speak with Animals as a slot-free ritual.
• Switch spells on or off on the Spells tab so O only cycles through the ones you use.
• Concentration spells (Bless, Hex, Moonbeam, Haste and others): one at a time, and a heavy hit can break them. Cast the same spell again to end it yourself.
• Tap O for the next spell and I (or Shift+O) for the previous one. Hold O to open the spellbook: every spell you know, grouped by level. Scroll to pick, press 0-6 to jump to a spell level, and let go to keep your choice. Ctrl+O keeps it open.

Fifth Edition rules

The mod plays by the 2014 fifth-edition rules wherever Valheim allows:

• Ability scores (STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS, CHA) with racial bonuses, set in Session Zero: standard array, point buy or 4d6 drop the lowest. They change melee, bow and spell damage, carry weight and health.
• Spell slots, prepared and known spells, and rituals.
• Short rests by a fire with hit dice, and long rests in a bed.
• Class resources with their 2014 uses: Rage, Bardic Inspiration, Channel Divinity, Wild Shape, Ki, Lay on Hands and more.
• Attack rolls against armor class, with advantage and disadvantage.
• Death saving throws: at 0 health you're Downed, not dead. Your party sees it and can Stabilize you.
• Ability Score Improvements at levels 4, 8 and 12, and a level-up screen.
• 18 skills with proficiency, Expertise, Jack of All Trades and passive Perception. Pick locks on locked chests, spot hidden caches, haggle with traders and recall lore about the creatures you meet.
• Conditions (the full 5e list) with saving throws, and six levels of exhaustion.
• Reactions: Shield, Counterspell, opportunity attacks, Hellish Rebuke, Uncanny Dodge, Deflect Missiles and more trigger on their own.
• Damage types like radiant, necrotic and force, with resistances and vulnerabilities.
• Legendary bosses with Legendary Resistance, Legendary Actions and Lair Actions.
• Alignment, chosen in Session Zero (servers can let it shift with how you play).

Server admins can tune or switch off each rule in the [FifthEdition] config section, including going back to the Eitr spell system.

Monsters

69 creatures from the fifth-edition SRD live in Valheim's biomes: kobolds and giant rats in the Meadows, owlbears, gnolls and green trolls in the Black Forest, ghouls, wights and gelatinous cubes in the Swamp, giants and winter wolves in the Mountains, gorgons and bulettes in the Plains, phase spiders in the Mistlands, and hell hounds and fire elementals in the Ashlands. They use their stat-block tricks (pack tactics, regeneration, lycanthropy, petrification, splitting oozes, frightful presence) and drop parts for crafting. Twenty have their own 3D models; the rest are reworked Valheim monsters. Server admins control them in the [Bestiary] config section.

Magic items

102 SRD magic items (potions, rings, cloaks, boots, belts, amulets, wands and staves with charges) and 40 enchanting runes that add +1 to +3 bonuses or effects like Flame Tongue and Vorpal to your own gear. Find them in dungeon chests and on monsters, or craft most of them from monster parts. Boots have their own slot, so you can wear them with a belt or ring.

The Scroll of Revivify (level 3 workbench: 200 coins, 5 leather scraps, a ruby) saves you from death: keep it on your hotbar, and when you would really die it burns away and you get back up with a third of your health.

Leveling

Start at level 1 and gain a level for each boss you defeat, up to level 12. In multiplayer, everyone who hit the boss or was within 60 m when it died levels up. New levels unlock class features, subclass features, feats and higher-level spells.

Adventurer's Log

Press K for your journal, titles, background, deity, multiclass (from level 4), spells, skills, class features, reactions, alignment, your dice rolls and bounties. Look at another player and press K to inspect them.

• Backgrounds (13): Soldier, Sage, Outlander, Criminal, Acolyte, Folk Hero, Charlatan, Entertainer, Guild Artisan, Hermit, Noble, Sailor or Urchin. Each gives a small permanent bonus, skill proficiencies and a Valheim feature: Folk Heroes plant berry bushes, mushrooms, thistle and dandelions (the saplings look like the plant, and picked plants show where they regrow) and can sow a whole grid of crops in one click, Sailors turn the wind behind their ship once a day, Hermits get extra mead, Outlanders see the next weather coming, and more.
• Deities (14): Odin, Thor, Freyja, Tyr, Loki, Heimdall, Hel, Njord, Skadi, Baldr, Frigg, Ullr, Forseti or Frey. Clerics and Paladins get the full boon.
• Bounties: vendors post daily hunting and gathering jobs for coins, scrolls and magic items.
• Titles: 17 to earn, shown after your name.

World and loot

• Wayshrines, druid groves and ruined wizard towers to discover, and mimics hiding among treasure chests.
• Magic items: Boots of Striding and Springing, Cloak of Elvenkind, Ring of Feather Falling, Wand of Magic Missiles, Pearl of Power, the SRD items above, and 38 spell scrolls anyone can read.
• A natural 20 doubles a hit's damage (a natural 1 halves it), and bosses adapt to one-note tactics. Both can be turned off.

Character sheet

Press L to open the character sheet (it opens your inventory with it), or press Tab and click its tab button. It has tabs for your race, class, subclass, feats and spells, with full descriptions. A new character starts with no race: pick one on the Race tab, then a class.

Wards

Anyone allowed on a ward can press Shift + E on it to repair every damaged building piece inside its circle, one piece every 2 seconds.

Bag of Holding

A craftable pouch (level 2 workbench) that opens your own bottomless chest. Only you can use it. It has no slot limit, a search box and auto-sort by type, name or amount. Star items as favorites to keep them out of "Put in everything". The contents weigh nothing, stay with you on death, count for crafting and building wherever you are, and can feed smelters, kilns, cooking stations and fires. The crafting and build menus show how many of each ingredient you have. Coins in the bag pay traders, and a trash slot destroys items you don't want (it asks first).

Vendors

Talk to Haldor, Hildir or any other trader for extra options:

• Reset race, class and feats: 200 coins
• Change appearance: 50 coins

Default keys

Key	Action
L	Character sheet
K	Adventurer's Log (look at a player: inspect them)
O	Next spell (hold: spellbook)
I	Previous spell
P	Cast the selected spell (hotbar slot 1)
Z, X, H, J, N, B, Y, U	Ability hotbar slots 2-9 (class, race and feat abilities, or any spell you put there)
1-8	Item hotbar (vanilla). Rebind or clear each slot, or turn them all off with [Hotkeys] ItemSlotKeys
F	Toggle flight (flying races)
Space / Left Ctrl	Ascend / descend while flying
G	Class feature (Shift+G: next feature)
T	Lock on to a spell target
F7	Error log: copy errors for a bug report
Arrow keys	Folk Hero grid planting: more/fewer columns (Right/Left) and rows (Up/Down), with a plant on the cultivator
Shift + E on a ward	Repair every damaged piece inside the ward, one every 2 s
F8	Party window (Shift+F8: its settings)
V	Help the player you're looking at (advantage on their next attack or check)
(unbound)	End your concentration spell (or cast the same spell again)

Valheim's own keys still apply: Q is vanilla Auto-run (press W or S to stop it). Where a mod key shares a key with a vanilla action (L = Toggle walk, F = Forsaken power for flyers), the mod key wins.

Ability hotbar: the bar at the bottom of the screen shows each slot's key, icon, name and cooldown, with your spell slots and class resources above it. Slot 1 always casts the spell picked with Next/Previous spell. Open the inventory to edit it: press Abilities and drag class, race and feat abilities or spells onto a slot, drag slots onto each other to swap them, and drag one off (or right-click it) to clear it. A spell on its own slot leaves the Next/Previous cycle until you take it off the bar. Slot 10 starts unbound.

You can rebind every key in game under Settings > Keyboard & Mouse, in the "Fifth Edition Fantasy" section below the vanilla keys. Click a key and press the new one. Esc cancels and Backspace unbinds. Conflicting keys show in red. In the config file every key is under [Hotkeys], and fef config set Hotkeys.CastSpell P works from the console too.

Controller (experimental)

Button	Action
LB + A	Toggle flight (flying races)
Hold A / B	Ascend / descend while flying
Left stick	Fly in any direction
LB + D-pad Right	Next spell (hold: spellbook)
LB + D-pad Left	Previous spell
LB + RT	Cast spell
LB + RB	Class ability

Holding Next spell on a controller opens a radial spell wheel: aim with the right stick. The other actions are unbound on a controller by default. Bind them in the Controller column next to the keyboard keys: select a row, then press a button, or hold one button and press another for a combo. Start clears a binding.

Installation

Install with r2modman or the Thunderstore Mod Manager. BepInExPack_Valheim and Jotunn are installed automatically.

To install manually, put FifthEditionFantasy.dll in BepInEx/plugins.

Vortex users can get it from Nexus Mods instead (install BepInExPack for Valheim and Jotunn from Nexus too).

Multiplayer

Every player needs the mod installed (on a dedicated server, install it on the server too). Your race, class, level and appearance are saved with your character. Gameplay settings follow the server's config. Type /roll 2d6+3 in chat to roll dice for everyone nearby.

• Parties: /party invite <name>, /p <message> for party chat, shared dice and /pin <text> for party map pins.
• Party window (F8): your group's health, stamina, Eitr, armor class and conditions, with as much or as little detail as you like (Shift+F8).
• Help (V), flanking and Inspiration, and Revivify / Raise Dead at a fallen friend's tombstone.
• Run a campaign: the host or a server admin is the DM. Narrate with fef announce, call for checks and saves with fef check / fef save, pause players, spawn balanced encounters, choose which races and classes the world offers, and keep a campaign journal with quests, NPCs and a fef recap for Discord. See the Console Commands wiki page.

Compatibility

• Windows: fully supported.
• macOS: experimental. The mod includes macOS assets, but hasn't been tested on a Mac yet. Please report problems on the Discord.
• Linux (Proton or native): untested.
• Achievements: Valheim normally disables achievements whenever mods are installed. This mod turns them back on (real cheats still disable them). Set AllowAchievementsWhenModded = false in the config to keep vanilla's behavior. Type achievementstatus in the F5 console to check.
• Console crossplay: not supported. Xbox, PlayStation and Switch players can't install mods. On a crossplay server, every PC player still needs the mod.

Notes

• Configuration file: BepInEx/config/jdvanaus.fifthedition.cfg
• Found a bug? Press F7 for the error log: it lists every error with duplicates removed, split into Discord-sized parts. Copy them and post them with /bug on the Discord: https://discord.gg/gPRFKDwe5n (the window has a button for the link).
• Console commands: fef does settings and admin tools, with Tab autofill on every word (fef help lists them; changing characters needs the host or a server admin). fefbug copies a bug report to paste into the Discord's /bug. fefexportlang writes a translation template. achievementstatus shows whether achievements can progress. selftest runs a quick check of every race, class, feat and spell (it's a cheat command: needs devcommands + confirmcheats).

Disclaimer

This is an unofficial fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Wizards of the Coast or Iron Gate.

License notice (SRD)

This work includes material from the System Reference Document 5.1 and the System Reference Document 5.2 ("SRD 5.1" and "SRD 5.2") by Wizards of the Coast LLC, available at https://www.dndbeyond.com/srd. The SRD 5.1 and SRD 5.2 are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.

Races, subclasses, feats and features that are not in the SRD use original names and descriptions written for this mod.

Credits

Created by jdvanaus. Built with BepInEx, Harmony and Jotunn.

• 3D models by Quaternius (Easy Enemy Pack, Ultimate Monsters, Ultimate RPG Items Pack), https://quaternius.com, CC0.
• Wand model by Kay Lousberg (KayKit Adventurers), https://kaylousberg.com, CC0.
• "Owlbear" by Spinnee (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/b073d2499a7a40528d3000bebcd65783), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Only the head is used, cut from the model, rescaled and mounted on Valheim's bear.
• All other creatures reuse and recolour Valheim's own monsters. No Valheim assets are redistributed.