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I love the thematic elements of this subclass, but the mechanics could use a little work.

To be honest, I think the emphasis and mechanics around the Subconscious Realm are a bit over-specific for a general subclass. If you had a world or campaign that included the Subconscious Realm as part of the lore, it would be great, but it might be prohibitive for a GM to try to shoehorn that into their otherwise-established world. Having some general lore in your description is great, but it needs to be abstract and flexible enough to make sense in a variety of worlds. Again, if this is for a specific campaign, you’re fine to be as specific as you’d like.

For your specific features:

  • Subliminal Affinity - I would remove the Perception proficiency. This feature is already very strong, and Perception doesn’t fit the theme of the subclass. Insight and a free 2nd level spell is both strong and thematic.
  • Channel Divinity: Repose - I’m not sure when or where you’d use this feature. It’s less beneficial than a long rest. Instead, consider making it only an hour long–in addition to the benefits of a short rest, grant the extra healing and removal of an exhaustion level. I’ll also note that this is an odd use of Channel Divinity, which is typically something more combat oriented (though not always). This is a decent feature, but might be worth being its own ability, once per long rest.
  • Partial Delve - like I said before, this is a really lore-defining feature that I can’t see many GMs welcoming. I’m also not sure what this feature is supposed to do mechanically, as I can’t find any information of what a character might do in the Subconscious Realm or why they’d want to be there, unless the GM starts fleshing that all out. And unless your whole party is this domain, it would either do nothing or your character would have a solo sidequest every long rest, which doesn’t sound fun at a table. I’d consider replacing this feature (maybe move the short-rest version of Repose here instead).
  • Memory Palace - as another commenter said, it’s not flashy, but it’s effective. Though keep in mind that other subclasses all get a damage boost at this level (either adding their Wisdom modifier to cantrips, or bonus damage to weapon attacks). It’s not necessarily a bad thing to buck that trend, just keep it in mind for balancing.
  • Dreamcaster - in addition to being lore-defining, this is quite powerful, even for 4th-tier play. If I’m understanding it correctly, the cleric could use this feature to put a bunch of enemies to sleep (though also themselves). And everyone takes a level of exhaustion when waking up. The mechanics feel complicated, and the aspect of the Subconscious Realm would need to be fleshed out to make more sense. I think there’s potential in the save-or-take-exhaustion mechanic, but it could be simpler (e.g., “Choose any number of creatures you can see, who must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, the creatures are subject to an intense weariness and take a level of exhaustion”).

I get the impression you’re really into the Subconscious Realm idea (I’m getting Tel’aran’rhiod vibes, which is cool). But the whole idea might be better suited for some sort of module (which might include some dream-related feats, spells, etc.) rather than a subclass. If you want to explore that more, consider making an adventure module or something in that vein for it.

Here are a few thoughts for features that might fit the overall vibe:

  • While casting Sleep isn’t terribly exciting on its own, why not play around with enhancing the Sleep spell? For example, a Channel Divinity option could involve increasing the number of hit points the Sleep spell effects, and/or at higher levels, targets put to sleep by your Sleep spell take psychic damage each round that doesn’t wake them up? Extending the duration? Removing the V/S/M requirements? Lots of options here to make Sleep useful beyond tier-1 play.
  • A feature that allows you to detect any (intelligent) sleeping creatures nearby. Situational, but could be a good additional feature for a level where you want to add a little more.
  • Just before completing a long rest, the cleric can use the Sending spell without expending a spell slot, but the target of the spell must also be asleep or the spell fails.

Hope that’s helpful!

owenfromcanada,
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Mixing religion and the military has never gone badly for anyone before. We should definitely do that. /s

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Unless they mean it looks like an egg the size of a full-grown chicken.

owenfromcanada,
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“Don’t let the magic smoke out!”

In electrical/computer/embedded engineering, we have a running gag that microchips work by trapping magic smoke inside, and when you do something wrong, you “let out” the magic smoke.

owenfromcanada,
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Yeah, that stuck out to me as well. Awesome feature!

owenfromcanada,
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Or at least a 2-wire cable with RJ11s

owenfromcanada,
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Eh, 10 is fine for LAN Starcraft, as long as nobody is downloading anything.

owenfromcanada,
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Damn, Louisiana got a whole fleet of orphan crushing machines.

owenfromcanada,
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Why would anyone want to undo it? Sturgeon is peak form.

owenfromcanada,
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This little maneuver is gonna cost us 51 years

owenfromcanada,
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Aragorn from the Lord of the Rings. Kiss your homies on the forehead, then stab a nazgul.

I read an article where the author explained how she felt so comfortable with all the men in LotR because of the healthy portrayal of masculinity.

owenfromcanada,
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Pretty sure Fooby showed up in a wig one day, got asked her name, and started with “Foob–” before realizing their mistake, then went with it.

owenfromcanada,
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What do you get when you mix a joke with a rhetorical question?

owenfromcanada,
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Consider where you look when you’re talking to someone in person. Do you look at them continuously? We generally don’t do that, it ends up being weird and creepy. Our eyes wander as we talk, so it’s natural that we’d do the same during a video call.

And consider this: when your own face is visible to you, when aren’t you looking at yourself? Typically when I see my face, it’s in a bathroom mirror, and it’s natural to look at yourself (whether to take note of your appearance or otherwise).

So I think it’s pretty natural, and I’m guessing lots of people do it.

owenfromcanada,
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No idea, I didn’t mean directly for The Crew, just getting DRM-free games. Anything that depends on a server is obviously still subject to the company’s whims, but at least I won’t get my account deleted and lose my library of games.

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