Special characteristics: has nothing to loose except their chains
spell called Lathe of Heaven that lets you summon a demon but inflicts psychic damage on self
Lathe of Heaven makes what you say come true, but only when you don't want it to
Hexbearer's strength is in collective action - the class becomes stronger if more party members are performing the same task.
what system we talking about here, 5e? because that would clearly be a warlock subclass im thinking hexblade with a few modifications
obviously you get some shapeshifting for one of your features because you'd need to be an actual bear
Perhaps the wild shape could come from a cursed Ushanka. Otherwise, Warlock/Druid would be hella MAD.
This mf watched Jujutsu Kaisen once and decided they needed to implement a homebrew class into 5e.
Also just play an Eldritch Knight and say the source of your power is that you're cursed, you don't need to homebrew a new class for everything.
I mean, JJK itself has plenty of examples. And HxH has plenty more, within a basically identical power system
class: vanguard theoretician
item: magic mirror with lenin's soul inside
gets permamently stronger the more interactions it has with peasantry/proles (learns from current material conditions and develops theory)