Outlaw

Center of Attention

Charismatic souls and performative combatants, outlaws bask in attention, and may find it quite the task to share in the limelight. Outlaws see every combat as a performance, and rarely shy away from dangerous acts so long as someone is watching them take the risk.

Many tales that bards tell of the "renegade hero" are about outlaws, for their stories easily inspire all those who hear them - filled with romance, intrigue, and action.

Creating an Outlaw

As you develop your outlaw, consider what occurrence in their past drove them to shirk normalcy. Did they suffer an injustice, see their fellows downtrodden by the upper crust, or simply read a romantic novel and fall for the heroics?

Additionally, consider the kind of martial training you may have pursued, or who you may have learned your skills from. Were you a soldier, who has since been discharged from service? A duelist who has grown bored of constrained city life? A member of a theives' guild who learned nimble tricks, but who was never able to stay out of sight?

Recall what brought your character into the world and styles of the outlaw, and use that to drive the archetype and maneuvers that they pick up along the way.

Class Features

As an Outlaw, you gain the following features.

Confidence Maneuvers

At 1st level you have a flair for the dramatic that drives performance in combat, as confidence maneuvers. The power of these maneuvers is represented by a number of confidence points you have, determined by your outlaw level as shown in the Confidence Points column of the Outlaw table. You can spend these points to fuel a variety of features in this class.

At this level you know two of these maneuvers: Artful Swordplay, and Distracting Barb. You learn more confidence features as you gain levels in this class.

When you spend a confidence point, it becomes unavailable until you take a short or long rest. When you take a short rest you may spend 10 minutes gathering your courage. If you do, your confidence points are restored.

Some of your confidence features mention your confidence die. At this level, your confidence die is a d4, but increases as you gain levels in this class as shown in the Confidence Die column of the Outlaw table.

Some of your confidence maneuvers require your target to make a saving throw to resist the maneuver’s effects. The saving throw DC is calculated as follows:

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Extra Attack

Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Witty Repartee

At 6th level you have honed your charm to a razor sharp point. When you succeed on a Persuasion or Deception ability check outside of combat, the subject is considered Charmed by you for 1 minute. While charmed by you, the creature views you as a friendly acquaintance. This condition ends if your or your allies do anything harmful to it.

Invulnerable Confidence

At 9th level your force of personality has no equal. Whenever you make a Charisma saving throw, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.

Stylish Flourish

Starting at 11th level you have personalized your fighting style, enhancing it with a most fitting maneuver. You gain one of the following features, based on the fighting style chosen at 2nd level. If you have more than one fighting style, you may choose one option for a fighting style you know.

Backhanded Jab. Whenever you make a bonus action attack with an offhand weapon you are proficient in you may add your confidence die to your attack roll. In addition, you may choose to expend 1 confidence point to add a confidence die to the damage of this attack.

Duelist's Decorum. Whenever you hit with a melee weapon attack and there are no other creatures within 5ft. of you or your target you may add your Charisma modifier to the damage, in addition to your normal modifier. Also, you may choose to expend 1 confidence point to make an additional attack against that creature as a bonus action.

Quick Load. Whenever you take the Attack action with a weapon that has the loading property you ignore the loading property on that weapon until the end of your turn. Additionally, when you use a ranged weapon at its long range you may expend 1 confidence point to negate the disadvantage for attacking at long range.

Braggadocio

At 14th level you have shown the ability to slough off your failures, and come up on top. Whenever you fail a saving throw you may choose to expend 1 confidence point in order to reroll it and take the second result.

Masterful Maneuver

At 18th level you have become so skilled in your craft, that your confidence truly speaks for your abilities. You have learned one masterful maneuver, which is an improvement over your standard fare. You may choose one of the following maneuvers you know: Distracting Barb, Disarming Swipe, or Sleek Trip. You may change which masterful maneuver you know when you gain a level in this class, as long as you know the original maneuver.

Your masterful maneuvers are much more difficult to evade. The saving throw DC for your masterful maneuvers is calculated as follows:

Confidence Archetypes

Outlaws have many features in common, but subtle differences in how they apply their stylish arts in battle. The four confidence archetypes offered show the different ways that the Outlaw can thrive. These options are: the Dread Pirate, the Highwayman, the Musketeer, and the Pimpernel.

Dreadful Movement

At 7th level you find yourself more easily working around difficult obstacles. You may choose one of the following options.

Elusive

At 13th level you know that your reputation precedes you, which isn't always a good thing. You know you must remain ever vigilant. You gain a +5 bonus to your Passive Perception. In addition, when a creature you can see has advantage on an attack roll against you, you may use your reaction and spend 1 confidence point to negate that advantage.

Fearsome Reputation

When you reach 17th level your name has become known and feared, and you carry yourself in such a way that makes you naturally intimidating. Whenever you make a Charisma (Intimidation) check you may add double your proficiency modifier to the check.

In addition, during the Initiative phase of combat when you are not surprised you may roll a Charisma (Intimidation) check as a free action. All enemies who can see or hear you must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against a DC equal to the result of that ability check, or else be Stunned. A creature who has been Stunned must make this saving throw at the start of each of its turns, ending this condition on a success. The DC of this saving throw decreases by 1 at the end of each of your turns.

Highwayman

The thieves and brigands who prey on travelers are known as highwaymen - whether or not they're actually men. Many merchants and nobles may fear highwaymen, recounting stories of them and taking precautions against falling victim to the outlaw's blade. The poor on the other hand speak of highwaymen with reverence, occasionally calling them "the knights of the road."

Eagle Eye

At 7th level you have become a master shot, ignoring the limits of physics. The normal and long ranges of ranged weapons you use are doubled. In addition, when you make a Perception check that relies on sight you may add double your proficiency bonus to the check.

All for One

At 13th level you have mastered yourself and have the true patience of a gunslinger. As an action on your turn you may declare a target that you can see within 60ft. of you your Mark. For 1 minute you gain a bonus on all attack rolls to hit that target, against any saving throws made for effects or spells caused by the target, and on Survival and Perception checks made to find that target. That bonus is equal to your Charisma modifier.

While you have a creature marked you may expend 1 confidence point after hitting it with an attack to add your confidence die to the damage.

This effect ends if the creature dies or becomes unconscious; or if you are charmed, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, stunned, are knocked unconscious. You may use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier, and regain all uses of this feature when you complete a long rest.

One for All

When you reach 17th level you have learned how best to benefit from those who fight by your side. Whenever you have an ally within 5ft. of you who is not incapacitated you may add your confidence die to your ranged attack and damage rolls. In addition, when you perform the Help action in combat and your ally succeeds on the aided check, you may flip a coin. On a result of heads, you regain 1 confidence point.

Pimpernel

The Pimpernel is an outlaw with powerful ideals, and a desire for justice... Or more simply: a desire for anonymity. Idealistic or not, the pimpernel wanders fearless into the maw of danger, protected by their bravado.

The Pimpernel takes on an alter ego to protect themselves and those close to them, and this alter ego is a character that is sure to become known not only to bards - but to the villains of the world. Thankfully, the Pimpernel is a skilled combatant capable of impressive feats, and able to take on many challenges.

Outlaw Level	Feature
3	Alter Ego, Heroic Maneuvers
7	Quick Change
13	Lucky Break
17	Household Name

Alter Ego

Starting at 3rd level you develop a costumed alter ego. All creatures that are not aware of your disguise believe you and your alter ego are two different people, and have disadvantage on any attempts to discern your true identity. In addition, you gain proficiency with the Deception skill if you do not already have it, and the Disguise Kit.

If a nearby creature ever discerns your true identity, you can expend 1 confidence point to make a Deception check that adds your confidence die, forcing the creature to make a Wisdom saving throw against a DC equal to your check. If the target fails, they no longer believe that you and your secret identity are one and the same, perhaps thinking they were mistaken in comparing the two of you.

Heroic Maneuvers

When you select this archetype at 3rd level you have embraced the daring-do of the pimpernel's most dramatic actions. At this level you learn two of the following maneuvers. You learn 1 additional maneuver at level 8, and again at level 15. The maneuvers from this feature do not count against your maneuvers known. Anytime you gain a level in this class you may choose to replace one heroic maneuver you know with another maneuver from this list.

When you gain the Masterful Maneuver feature in the outlaw class you may choose Dramatic Entrance instead of the ones presented in the outlaw class description.

The pimpernel can only use these features while disguised as their costumed alter-ego, to preserve their secret identity.

Act of Valor. When you make an Athletics or Acrobatics ability check you may expend 1 confidence point to add your confidence die to the result of that check.

Bounding Strides. When you would high or long jump you may expend 1 confidence point, doubling your normal jump distance and height for a number of rounds equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1). In addition, if you fall while under the effects of this maneuver you may use your reaction to reduce your falling damage by 10ft. times your Charisma modifier (minimum 10 feet).

Deus Ex Maneuver. When you are hit by an attack you may expend 2 confidence points as a reaction to disengage and move 10ft.. If you do and break line of sight with your movement, you may make a Stealth check to hide.

Dramatic Entrance. When you are hidden you may expend 1 confidence point to make a dramatic entrance as a bonus action. Any foe who can see you must make a Wisdom saving throw or else be charmed by you until the end of their next turn. You may expend additional confidence points to extend the duration of this effect. For every 2 confidence points spent in this way, the duration increases by 1 round.

Heroic Reflexes. When you or an ally within 5ft. of you are attacked and you have already used your reaction this round, you may expend 1 confidence point to roll a d4, referring to the Heroic Reflexes table for the result. You may expend 1 additional confidence point to reroll this result, but must take the new roll.

Masked Emotions. When you make a saving throw against being Frightened, Charmed, or Stunned you may use your reaction to expend 1 confidence point to add your confidence die to the saving throw. You may declare use of this feature after you roll, but before the DM determines whether the saving throw is a success or failure.