This is a homebrew healing, and fae magic themed subclass with a pixie companion. This is intended to be the ranger alternative to Life Domain Clerics.
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Thanks Shivero for the effects Libraries https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/3888 Thanks jonhinkerton for the Summon Dolly Dolly Dolly mod which I used as a starting point for my Pixie Summon https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/5855 Thanks decamhian for the Custom Animation Library which I used as a refence point for my Pixie's floating and flying animations. https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/7929
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Changelogs
Version 1.1.3.1 (4/19/25)
Fixed a bug where Arrow of Pixie Power could heal undead and constructs.
Version 1.1.3.0 (4/19/25)
Tested patch 8 compatibility
Arrow of Pixie Power: Extended the level map to level 16
Pixie's Grace: Extended the level map to level 16
Violet now has a death effect
Violet no longer leaves a blood surface when she dies or is unsummoned
Fixed some imperfections in my Fae Infusion icon (no more hangnail)
Removed ImpUI as a requirement
Version 1.1.2.0 (4/6/25)
Added a weapon draw animation for Violet (her staff no longer teleports into her hand)
Changed Shillelagh sheathing to "DontChange" so she keeps her staff in whatever location it was in when she starts the animation.
Version 1.1.1.0 (4/3/25)
Violet Animations: -Improved violet's attack recovery animation (she no longer leans back at the end) and spell prepare animation (transitions more fluidly into the prepare loop). -Changed shillelagh animation so she keeps her staff sheathed during the animation (looks more natural)
Arrow of Pixie Power: -Scaling reduced slightly (now 2d4-4d4 instead of 2d4-5d4). Because of the pixie blessing healing passive and being able to use this with extra attack it was more powerful than I intended. -Changed the tooltip damage list so it no longer adds the healing number to the damage number in the damage list. Healing still shows in the spell description
Pixie Exalted (level 7 passive): Tooltip now correctly shows the psychic damage boost.
Progression Tooltips: -Pixie Dust (action resource) now shows on the level up screen. -Violet's progressions are now detailed on the level up screen
Wings of Mercy (Violet's Passive): -Name changed to Pixie's Prerogative to better reflect the choice between using a healing spell or a confusion spell. -I also made a new icon for the ability
Misc Icons: I changed the icon background for pixie blessed and fae spell weaving to the purple passive background.
Version 1.1.0.0 (3/29/25)
Added 43 custom animation for Violet. -She now has proper wing animations and airborne spell animations. -This took me 4 weeks and 100+ hours between researching different implementations, learning how to animate and implementing everything. If you enjoy my work, please show your love <3.
Violet's Staff Improved: -Now has a weapon action that can be used once per combat (Psychic Slam). Deals bonus psychic damage = to Violet's proficiency bonus. The target must succeed a wisdom saving throw or be feared for 2 turns. -Her staff also deals an addition 1d4 psychic damage starting at level 10
New Violet Ability: Bamboozle. This is an alternative bonus action ability that can be used after proccing Wings of Mercy. Confuses a target. See description for more details.
Violet's Phantasmal Force rework: Now targets all foes in a 6m radius. Afflicted targets have disadvantage on Intelligence saving throws and take psychic damage each turn. See description for more details.
Pixie Curse Improved: -Fixed an issue where Pixie Curse did not have a cooldown -Now can target up to 3 targets -Targets with the curse also take psychic damage each turn equal to Violet's level
Arrow of Pixie Power: Healing reduced slightly (no longer gains an additional 1d4 at level 6).
Version 1.0.2.0 (2/28/25)
Added Tav voice 2 to Violet
Violet New Passive (Wings of Mercy):After casting a non-cantrip spell, violet can use a bonus action to cast "Glittermend" which heals a creature (levelx2 + Charisma Modifier).
Violet Curse Change: Bestow Curse changed to "Pixie Curse." A creature afflicted by this curse has disadvantage on Strength/Dexterity Saving throws and ability checks and has disadvantage on attack rolls.
Violet's cooldowns can only be used in combat.
Removed concentration from Violet's Crown of Madness, Phantasmal Force, Pixe Curse and Polymorph
Changed Violet's help ability to the bonus action version
Version 1.0.1.0 (2/24/25)
Violet Animation Improvements:
Violet now defaults to floating while in combat
Violet's prepare cancel animation goes back to floating rather than going to the ground first
Dash now has a floating animation
Help now has a floating prepare animation
Violet now has significantly improved prepare VFX (thanks shivero <3)
Gamepley:
Pixie Empowerment now lasts 2 rounds or until it is used, rather than falling off at the end of the round it was cast on. I also changed to status VFX to go more with the pink/purple color scheme.
Passive: Pixie Blessed -When you heal a creature, heal an additional 2 x Proficiency Bonus.
Action Resource: Pixie Dust (3 charges per short rest)
Fae Magic: Pixie's Grace -Costs a bonus action and a Pixie Dust -Heals the target, removes restrained and applies Pixie Empowerment which empowers the targets next attack. -Healing is based on the following level map + Wisdom Modifier: Level 3: 3d4 + Wisdom Modifier Level 5: 4d4 + Wisdom Modifier Level 7: 5d4 + Wisdom Modifier Level 9: 6d4 + Wisdom Modifier Level 11: 7d4 + Wisdom Modifier Level 13: 8d4 + Wisdom Modifier Level 15: 9d4 + Wisdom Modifier
Pixie Empowerment -A character with Pixie Empowerment deals additional psychic damage = to the Ranger's Wisdom Modifier
Fae Magic Ranger Spells: -Tasha's Hideous Laughter (always prepared) -Hideous Laughter cannot be removed by help -Guidance
Level 4
Violet has 44 custom animations
Summon Violet: Your beloved Pixie Companion -Violet can only be summoned outside of combat -Violet gains additional stats and abilities every 2 levels (note, you need to resummon her after you level.) She starts with the following abilities:
Shillelagh
Vicious Mockery
Fly
Help (uses a bonus action and has 4.5m range
Tasha's Hideous Laughter (once per combat cooldown)
Wings of Mercy (passive)
Glittermend (situational)
Bamboozle (situational)
Psychic Slam (once per combat weapon action)
Pixie's Prerogative (Violet's Passive) -After casting Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Phantasmal Force, Slow, Pixie Curse or Polymorph Violet can cast "Glittermend" or "Bamboozle" using a bonus action.
Glittermend (Violet's Ability) -Costs a bonus action -Can only be used once per turn after triggering her "Wings of Mercy" passive -Heal a creature Levelx2 + Charisma Modifier
Bamboozle (Violet's Ability) -Costs a bonus action -Can only be used once per turn after triggering her "Wings of Mercy" passive -Target creature must succeed a Wisdom saving throw or become confused for 2 turns.
Psychic Slam (Violet's Weapon Action) -Weapon attack -Deals additional psychic damage equal to Violet's proficiency bonus -A foe hit with this attack must succeed a wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 2 turns.
Fae Magic: Arrow of Pixie Power -Costs an action (works with extra attack) and a Pixie Dust -Deals weapon damage as psychic to a target (attack roll) and explodes into a cloud of healing magic that heals allies in the area. Healing is based on the following level map:
Level 4: 2d4 + Wisdom Modifier
Level 8: 3d4 + Wisdom Modifier
Level 12: 4d4 + Wisdom Modifier
Level 16: 5d4 + Wisdom Modifier
Level 5
Passive: Fae Spell Weaving -After casting Cure Wounds, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Crown of Madness or Slow you can make an attack without using an action.
Free Action: Fae Infusion -As a free action you can spend a spell slot to regain a Pixie Dust. There are no limitations on this allowing you to freely create Pixie Dust using spell slots at your discretion.
Level 6
Violet Levels Up -Learns Violet's special Phantasmal Force (once per combat cooldown) -No concentration -All hostile creatures in a 6m radius must succeed an intelligence saving throw or be afflicted with phantasmal force for 10 turns. -A creature afflicted by phantasmal force has disadvantage on intelligence saving throws and takes psychic damage equal to the level map below. Level 6: 1d6 Level 8: 1d8 Level 10: 1d10 Level 12: 1d12 -Each turn, the creature can make a intelligence saving throw to remove phantasmal force -Improved stats -Her staff is upgraded to a +1 staff with +1 to Spell DC
Level 7
Passive Improved: Pixie Exalted -Your Pixie Blessing grows more powerful. Your attacks deal additional psychic damage equal to half your Wisdom Modifier
Fae Magic Ranger Spells: -Slow (always prepared) -Mass Healing Word (always prepared) Note in vanilla Ranger's don't get level 3 spell slots until level 9, so I recommend using my RangerQOL Mod
Violet Levels Up -Learns Pixie Curse (once per combat cooldown) -Costs an action -60ft range -Targets up to 3 creatures -A creature targeted by Pixie Curse must succeed a wisdom saving throw or be afflicted by "Curse of the Pixie" for 3 turns. -A creature with this curse has disadvantage on dexterity ability checks, dexterity saving throws, strength ability checks, strength saving throws and attack rolls. -They also take 1x Level Psychic damage per turn -Improved stats
Level 10
Violet Levels Up -Learns Slow (once per combat cooldown) -Improved Stats -Her staff is upgraded to a +2 staff that gives +2 to spell DC. It also deals an additional 1d4 Psychic damage.
Violet Levels Up -Learns Polymorph (once per combat cooldown) -No concentration -Improved Stats
-I recommend using this mod with my Ranger QOL Mod -Healing numbers are intended to be balance relative to the UA8 Healing Buffs Mod -I also recommend using this mod with Syrchalis's Druid Perfection (for Shillelagh) and Rebalance series of mods (load my mods after theirs). -If you like healing subclasses, you might also enjoy the other healing subclasses in my restoration series Circle of Restoration and College of Restoration.