I've spent a good amount of time creating this druid subclass but am having trouble finding people to help playtest and look at it, so I thought I would post it here. Please leave some comments on whether you think the subclass is over tuned or under tuned and, if you could, I would really appreciate a playtest from some fellow DND enthusiasts. Feel free to comment on anything -- from the wording to the mechanics themselves -- and please tell me if you think this is a good proof-of-concept. For context, the Circle of the Aurorae (aw-ROAR-ay) is a battlefield control druid who uses persistent magical conduits to promote fast repositioning and melee damage rather than spellcasting. The subclass is based on the natural phenomenon aurora borealis. Happy reading! 

 

Druid – Circle of the Aurorae

Druids of the Circle of the Aurorae seek to draw power from Nature's raw breath, which manifests in the sub-cosmic rays of light mortals term aurorae. Their order grants them the strength to summon and stride through these radiant currents, blessing allies with their beauty while dazzling those who threaten the natural world. These druids see aurorae as more than a spectacle; rather, they represent the living pulse of the world, flowing unseen through the heavens before revealing themselves as dancing curtains of emerald, violet, crimson, and radiant gold. By learning to guide these celestial currents, druids of this Circle weave luminescent pathways across the battlefield to confound those who seek to bring down the natural order.

Coronal Conduit (Level 3)

As a Bonus Action, you can expend one use of your Wild Shape to create a Coronal Conduit, a cascading flow of auroral energy. The conduit is a 20-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter horizontal cylinder that originates from you or from either end of one of your existing Coronal Conduits and extends in a direction you choose. Coronal Conduits can't overlap.

The conduit remains fixed in place for up to 1 minute. Maintaining it requires Concentration, as if concentrating on a spell. All Coronal Conduits you create share the same instance of Concentration.
The conduit sheds Bright Light for 10 feet and Dim Light for an additional 10 feet. Creatures can move through a Coronal Conduit freely. Entering or leaving a conduit has no effect unless one of your Circle of the Aurorae features says otherwise.

When the conduit appears, each creature of your choice in it must make a Constitution saving throw against your Spell Save DC. On a failed save, the creature takes 1d4 Radiant damage and is swept into the auroral current, where it remains suspended approximately 10 feet above the ground. While suspended, its Speed is 0, and it has disadvantage on attack rolls as the dazzling currents obscure its vision and impede its movement. At the end of each of its turns, it can repeat the saving throw, using Strength instead of Constitution. On a success, the effect ends, and the creature falls unless it can remain aloft by other means.

While you are in a Coronal Conduit, your Speed is doubled.

Circle of the Aurorae Spells (Level 3)

When you reach a Druid level specified in the Circle of the Aurorae Spells table, you always have the listed spells prepared.

Druid Level	Prepared Spells
3	Light, Color Spray, Guiding Bolt, Longstrider, Blindness/Deafness
5	Aura of Vitality, Dispel Magic
7	Aura of Purity, Freedom of Movement
9	Greater Restoration, Steel Wind Strike

Boreal Mastery (Level 6)

• By learning to ride the currents rather than merely create them, you weave broader ribbons of auroral light.

While you are in a Coronal Conduit, you add your Wisdom modifier to Constitution saving throws you make to maintain Concentration on your Coronal Conduits.

When you create a Coronal Conduit using Wild Shape, you can create two Coronal Conduits instead of one. Each conduit must originate from you or from either end of one of your existing Coronal Conduits.

In addition, the damage dealt by your Coronal Conduit increases to 2d4.

Empyrean Torrent (Level 10)

• By embracing the auroral flow, you move as effortlessly as light itself, allowing the ever-shifting currents of the heavens to bend around and protect you.

While you are in a Coronal Conduit, you have a flying Speed equal to twice your walking Speed.
After moving at least 20 feet through a Coronal Conduit on your turn, choose Cold, Lightning, or Radiant damage. You have resistance to the chosen damage type until the start of your next turn.

Once on each of your turns, after moving through two or more different Coronal Conduits, you can use a Bonus Action to empower your next attack before the end of the turn. If that attack hits, it deals an extra 1d8 Radiant damage for each different Coronal Conduit you moved through this turn.

In addition, the damage dealt by your Coronal Conduit increases to 3d4.

Incandescent Weave (Level 14)

• Though few druids ever master more than a single current, the eldest of the Circle weave entire skies of living light, gliding through the Material Plane with effortless grace.

When you create a Coronal Conduit using Wild Shape, you can create three Coronal Conduits instead of one. Each conduit must originate from you or from either end of one of your existing Coronal Conduits.

Your Coronal Conduits can pass through nonmagical objects and terrain. While you are in a Coronal Conduit, you can move through the spaces of other creatures and through nonmagical objects and terrain as though they were difficult terrain as your body becomes a thread of auroral light carried within the current. You can't willingly end your movement in another creature's space. If you end your movement inside an object, you are immediately moved to the nearest unoccupied space and take Force damage equal to twice your Druid level. You can't use this movement to pass through objects thicker than 5 feet.

While you are in a Coronal Conduit, the first time each round you fail a Constitution saving throw to maintain Concentration, you can choose to succeed instead.

Friendly creatures wholly or partially inside one of your Coronal Conduits have Half Cover.

In addition, the damage dealt by your Coronal Conduit increases to 4d4.