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Burden of Truth
Tasked with unveiling the world’s deceptions and delivering to the people a profound truth, martyrs tasked with the Burden of Truth face an endless battle with disillusionment and lies. Such a martyr must earn the people’s hearts and minds, turning their favors away from evil influences and toward divine ones. It is an uphill battle, but one that rarely requires grievous violence except in the most dire of circumstances.
Martyrs of Truth are often deemed prophets, for their gods entrust them with knowledge of the future, insights into the past, and sagacious perspective on the present. Such information is proof of their messages’ divine origin and is a necessary balm, for the truths such martyrs are called to preach are often a bitter pill for listeners to swallow.
Burden Spells
You gain burden spells at the martyr levels listed.
| Martyr Level | Spells |
| 3rd | charm person, identify |
| 5th | augury, detect thoughts |
| 9th | sending, speak with dead |
| 13th | divination, freedom of movement |
| 17th | legend lore, scrying |
Starting at 1st level, you can add your Wisdom modifier instead of your Charisma modifier to Charisma (Persuasion) checks. Additionally, others can naturally sense when you are telling the truth.
Maxim of Truth
Also at 1st level, your force of personality compels others to truthfulness. You can use your bonus action to cast the spell zone of truth, centered on yourself with a 5-foot radius area. This effect lasts for 1 minute. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell.
Once you cast this spell in this way, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.
Sacrosanct Spell
At 6th level, when you cast one of your Burden Spells or a spell that has the sole effect of causing a creature to regain hit points, you lose no hit points from casting the spell if you cast it at its lowest level. Casting the spell still counts against your total number of spell uses.
Foretold Escape
Starting at 14th level, when a creature you can see makes an attack roll against you, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on that roll.
Eyes of Prophecy
By 18th level, you are entrusted with glimpses of the future, allowing you to replace the roll of one attack roll, ability check, or saving throw you make with a 20.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.
