Vestige Magic and Phagists

Of all the pursuits of replicating and awakening one's self to The Dream, none are more volatile than vestige magic and their practioners referred to as phagists.

Vestige magic involves the destruction and consumption of power components from creatures that possess a natural fount. These biological remnants are then ground and mixed with various materials, most often tabaco and drugs, and consumed as snuff. Many creatures, such as faeries and various good-natured magical beasts (e.g. blink dogs, unicorns, etc.) have become near extinct or retreated from the gaze of civilization in fear of being used to fuel vestige magic. While the consumption of snuff and using vestige magic is not inherently evil, certain kingdoms and groups find it distasteful to utilize certain creatures (especially intelligent). Phagists have a (somewhat) undeserved reputation as corpse eaters and grave robbers, second only to the public's justified fear of magical discord. As phagists utilize snuff to cast magic, the continued use can eventually lead to wild magic surges, often devestating both the phagist and his surroundings.

As a result, some phagists wear a device called the sequestravisse, or "The Vise" for short. Designed by arcanologists, The Vise was originally a magelock restraint for spell-users under subjugation. Modifications over time have allowed it to help a phagist numb himself to the overwhelming torrent of energy from The Dream and resist magical discord.

Abyssolithic Faith

A religion that was formed around The Hollow itself, it is common among kernegyn and those that delve into The Hollow often. Instead of believing in supernals or saints, abyssals deify The Hollow, believing that if one loses their life within The hollow, one's soul will descend and rest in the unreachable depths as a spirit, dependent on their own descendants and friends still living to satisfy their soul's impetus through delving in The Hollow and rituals performed.

Ascendant Faith

The Ascendant Faith follows four essential doctrines: the necessity of skill alone for spiritual salvation, the sole authority of self-guiding principles, the belief that ever individual being has the opportunity to live well without the interposition of another person or institution, and honoring but not venerating saints. Saints are those mortals who have passed on as examples of how to live as an ascendant, but do not receive prayer like supernals.

Code of the Sagaz

The Code of the Sagaz is an ancient lifestyle widely embraced by the namesake people of the Crescent Coast, but also lived by some converts. Their communal identity is tied to the core principles of kindness and respect in conflict resolution- everything from familial affairs to war is viewed in this lens. Additionally, a great emphasis is placed on hospitality to strangers. To this point, the leader of the Sagaz is a deposed prince from the nearby lands of Mashrek who opened his city's walls to the gnomid Iron Legion, sparring his people from a siege like those in the Biladi city of Xeifa suffered during the War of Two Dowries.

While the Code of the Sagaz do attribute life and its complex design to a singular Creator entity, followers of the lifestyle tend to focus more on their connection to their people and lands and how they will be remembered among them than any supernal force.

Cult of The Red Veil

A Mashrek based cult, The Cult of The Red Veil believes in the transcendence to undeath as a way to both ultimate survival and harmony with others. In undeath, the soul is the purest form and trappings that are a part of the mortal form such as sexual desires, hunger, drugs, species, wealth, gender, even the afterlife are removed. This allows the soul to shine its brightest- and for a doomed nation state such as Mashrek, to survive. Following The Great Misery, believers began to appear in Levantine, believing the transition to undeath would finally free them from the yoke of the hagiocrats and autocrats. Their presence is limited and secretive though given the capital punishment concerning heresy in those lands.

Cult of the Unwitting Oracle

The Cult of the Unwitting Oracle originates from Iċ-Ċirku, an abandoned Cyclopean funerary complex in the Ashlands of The Shattered Isles. The Cult worships a vessel entity they describe as being, "...coterminous with all of time and space." Through this medium, the cult can communicate with the spirits of those lost to The Shards ("Current Day Events," pg. XX). These communications are believed to be capable of providing useful knowledge about moral and ethical issues, as well as the potential future. As such, members of this cult often work to join judiciary positions and other positions of guidance.

Beyond this, there are no prescribed principles or rules to the Cult of the Unwitting Oracle, nor knowledge of how a vessel entity is chosen. One persistent rumor is that a special faction of devout cultists serve as caretakers for the Unwitting Oracle whose visions either cause the medium to lash out violently or seek an end to their own cursed half-life.

Daken Al-Kimya and Second Face

The Daken Al-Kimya of Bilad is an occult secret society and banking institution, headed by the eldritch figure The Black Pharoah. Membership into Daken Al-Kimya is offered when presented an option to receive payment in their signature black coins. This currency is said to hold the intrinsic value of the person spending the coin, meaning the value of a black coin fluctuates depending on whom is holding it. Through eldritch connections, it determines the personal philosophic value of the service or good being bought to the spender, free of markets and ethics. This assigns a secret value known as "gilt," the currency of souls. An example is that a single black coin spent by a grieving widow hiring an assassin does not hold the same as a jealous, slighted lover hiring one. While they both spend a single black coin, the amount of gilt will determine the true value of the coin and therefore, the skill of assassin it attracts.

This value theory has created an unspoken social philosophy which upholds the Biladi concept of Second Face. It is the belief that every social transaction has good and bad consequences depending on prevailing conditions, so each person should have two faces- one for the unfettered will and one for ethics in society. This Logic-Ethics dichotomy challenges the "incorrigible subjectivity" of ethics as incomprehensible. Ethical thinking avoids cold calculation and weighing judgments on the weights of reason, and when making the hard evaluations of survival and war, ethics does not burden itself with proofs. How does an ethical type survive what the Shamites did under The Red Veil? What exactly is the worth of an ethical person and what can they do? It is this philosophy that the creation of Bilad was founded on and continues to influence their progression into a sovereign nation.

Seronia Days

Sacred Names

Separate from their ‘common’ names (which are usually related to physical characteristics, professions, or even ideals which can change over time), the agogi believe that knowledge of one’s true name is a very sacred trust. When an agogi shares their name with an individual, there is an exchange of gifts called namestones (typically a textured gem or other mineral). Agogi keep someone’s namestone in their dual-chambered stomach, as the weight reminds them of their namefriend’s constant presence. An exchanged name will typically happen only a handful of times in an agogi’s life. This is as close as traditional agogi come to marriage, as their communal norms extend to erotic and romantic relationships.

The deeds of namefriends (whether agogi or of another race) reflect on both parties. Perhaps even more pronounced than how a parent would feel the pride (and sometimes shame) of their children’s actions is the bond between an agogi and their namestone friend. The nefarious (or in the case of evil agogi, embarrassing) deeds of a namefriend can be enough to warrant an end to their association, or the agogi might kill their disgraced namefriend to reclaim their sacred name (in addition to potentially taking a quest/pilgrimage to make amends for the ill actions).

Example common names: Mudmaw, Bluetongue, Deadhorse, Almslord, Heartguard, Clutchmother, K.C. (initialism for “King’s Counsel”), Ironeye

Example sacred names: Rak’sa, Ke’kas, Pim’bur, Me’gua, Sat’ria, Pen’hir, Ul’ama, Ah’li

Agogi Looks

Hairless, the agogi’s leathery skin is studded with tiny bumps comprised of two to three colors. The most common colors are various shades of green, rust, black and mustard. Some have been found with rarer tones that included gold, red and white. In old age, the skin becomes mottled and hangs loose. Their jaw line is extremely wide, with the corners of their mouths almost reaching their temples. Agogi are sometimes thought to be toothless, but in actuality their tiny serrated teeth are underneath a gum flap which is lacerated during feeding to produce their signature toxic red saliva to aid in swallowing food. While agogi do have claws present on their hands and feet as well as a nub-like vestigial tail, they are too stunted to be of any effective combat use.

Agogi Personality

Since the mouth is the most dangerous part of the agogi, they have a societal impulse of being laconic, often speaking concisely (or even avoiding speaking) to the point of bordering on terse. Some agogi hide their mouths with veils or decorative muzzles, forcing them to speak softly and quietly. This care to avoid threatening facial and verbal cues is another reason why a namestone is so important to them, as agogi can have full communication (via telepathy) with their bonded without opening their mouths.

With only a few taste buds in the back of their throat, the Agogi can eat almost anything, with some communities living almost entirely off carrion including, much to the horror of other races, their own dead. Agogi lead communities often have a monthly feasting festival, with an emphasis on fresh offerings.

Agogi-dominate communities tend to lean towards neutral good, as adherence to laws that clash with their cultural norms and mores don’t sit right with them. They typically have a greater devotion to helping others in their community over helping a leader or king. While evil Agogi are rare, if they are clever enough to hide their base motivations they can amass considerable power and/or do tremendous damage to an altruistic agogi community before being found out.

Agogi Adventurers

Agogi adventurers are usually motivated by a desire to pursue the accumulation of wealth in order reinvest a sizable portion in their chosen community, or based on a compelling need of their kin or kith. Good agogi will sponsor apprenticeships or build communal buildings like feast halls and baths with their spoils, while more selfish agogi might invest in monuments and great works to be worthy of remembrance once they’ve left for further adventure. Agogi adventurers also often have their career launched based on the need to help a specific namefriend or—on the opposite end of the spectrum—to right wrongs committed by/recover a name from a former namefriend.

Their childrearing and communitarian instincts can cause agogi to “adopt” adventuring parties as their own clutch, wishing to travel with them in order to ensure their safety, watch them grow as individuals worthy of their pride, or ensure the party continues to serve a path deemed by the agogi as best for their community.

Varan Agogi

The Varan are the most common agogi, descendants of resettled and colonized tribes following their devastating war with the gnomid.

Extreme Omnivore. You can consume nearly anything that can provide sustenance, gaining advantage on saving throws against disease and becoming Poisoned.

Still and Silent. You gain proficiency in the Stealth skill. Additionally, you can sign and understand Joynts Cant. This does not count towards your maximum amount of languages.

Nourishment. As an action, you can consume food or alcohol to gain 1d4+4 temporary hit points for one hour. If the nourishment is currently stored in your dual chambered stomach, you may use this feature as a bonus action instead.

Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Mazoi Agogi

The Mazoi are desert dwelling agogi, often becoming adventurers to support their tribe back in the Tel'Mazo desert.

Desert Adaptation. You're naturally adapted to extreme heat (DMG, pg. 110). Additionally, you ignore difficult terrain in deserts.

Archer Training. You gain in cartographer’s tools and all bow-like weapons. Additionally, if you gain the Fighting Style class feature, you may add Mazoi Archery (pg. 32) to your list of options.

Trade Tongue. You can speak, read, and write Common.

Avani Agogi

The Avani descend from the terrifying seaspawn in the Orkaan, adapted to a life among ships and the open ocean.

Amphibious. You can breathe both air and water.

Deep Sight. You are specially adapted to the lightless depths of the oceans, but not to air-filled environments. You have blindsight of 60ft while underwater, but do not gain this benefit out of water.

Swimmer. You gain a swimming speed equal to your walking speed. Additionally, whenever you make a Constitution check for Forced March from swimming, you can add twice your proficiency bonus, instead of any proficiency bonus you normally apply.

Elf Traits

As an elf, you gain an assortment of inborn abilities.

Age. An elf typically claims Adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 500 years old. Death elves have extended lifespans and can live to be 1250 years old.

Size. Elves range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Keen Senses. You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvish.

Gnomid Traits

As an gnomid, you gain an assortment of inborn abilities.

Age. A gnomid reaches Adulthood at the age of 20 and generally lives into the middle of their first century.

Size. Gnomids are between 3 and 4 feet tall and average about 40 pounds. Your size is Small

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Nimbleness. You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.

Gnomid Cunning. You have advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic.

Skeptical. You gain proficiency in the Insight skill.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Gnomish.

Biladi Heritage

From a rich, coastal oasis, the Biladi are masters of the unspoken word and unseen step (Arabic/Lebanese)

Subterfuge. You have proficiency with the Deception skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus.

Second Face. You have proficiency with one gaming set of your choice, disguise kit, and the Stealth skill. You have advantage on all Stealth checks made while within urban terrain.

Inix Heritage

Born on the Isles of Iniquity, the Inix are raised for a harsh life at sea (Marabou)

Seaborn. You have proficiency with the Athletics skill and Vehicles (Water). You have advantage on all Athletics checks made while swimming. You can hold your breath for 15 minutes before risking suffocation (replaces the calculation on PHB pg. 183).

Bravo Training. You have proficiency with the longsword, whip, battleaxe, net, and light armor. You have proficiency with one firearm of your choice.

Kor Heritage

The hill folk of Kor'dren are often employed as high-end, unbreakable mercenaries (Scottish/Irish)

Healthy. You have advantage on saves against diseases. Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.

Resilient. You have Resistance to psychic damage. When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a long rest.

Levantine Heritage

After plague and war, the Hagiocratic Levantine seized power from the Aristocratic Levantine (Italian/German)

Highborn

Ironblood. You know the mending cantrip, except it only functions on objects with a majority of metal components. You can cause a touched piece of iron or steel to grow into a simple object weighing up to 10 pounds, such as a sword, crowbar, or light steel shield. This object remains in this form for 10 minutes or until broken or destroyed, at which point it shrinks back to its original size and shape. After you use Ironblood, you can’t use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

Coerce. You have proficiency with the Intimidate skill. You have advantage on Persuasion checks to gather information and Intimidate checks to force an opponent to act friendly towards you.

Lowborn

Working Class. You gain proficiency with two tools of your choice: carpenter's tools, cobbler's tools, cook’s utensils, glassblower’s tools, potter’s tools, or weaver’s tools and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus.

Conditioned. You have Resistance against poison damage. You only need the smallest amount of food to sustain yourself, functioning as if you don't need to eat. You are naturally adapted to cold climates.

Variant: Human Dominant Half-Race

Half-elves and half-goblings are conveyed as dominant on their non-human side. The following is a variant that instead presents a more human-dominant selection, both physically and culturally, such as when one parent is biracial themselves.

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Human Marginal Trait. Choose one: you gain the Eternal Hope human trait or one trait from the Marginal Traits table based on your human parent (see left). Then, choose one of the following marginal traits based on your non-human parent (see below).

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Elf Marginal Trait. Choose one of the following: Fleet of Foot elf trait, Urban Camouflage elf trait, or Greenwoods Training elf trait.

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Gobling Marginal Trait. Choose one of the following: Darkvision gobling trait, you gain proficiency in two martial weapons and one musical instrument of your choice, or you gain proficiency in light and medium armor.

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Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common, your non-human parent's language, and your human parent's regional language.

Marginal Traits

Biracial Height and Weight

Consult Table: Human Random Height and Weight on pg. 18 for a general idea on what your parent's sizes could have been. Convert the father's height and mother's height into inches (12 inches = one foot) and add both of them together. Divide the sum by twelve, then divide that new number by two. For weight, add both of your parent's weights together in pounds and divide by 2 for male, 3.5 for female, and any number from 2 to 3.5 for dīvum. This is baseline only and doesn't necessarily reflect a character's lifestyle choices and wealth privilege.

Third Gender: Dīvum

While known by different names in other countries and race's tongues, the commonly accepted term for the third gender in Seronia is dīvum. While dīva occur in all races, it seems to occur frequently amongst biracial offspring and identical twins. Dīvum refers to the fact that some deific figures in the supernal faith present both masculine and feminine qualities. To find height and weight for a dīvum character, simply average your results between both male and female counterparts or choose whatever one fits you best.

Dwarf Traits

As a dwarf, you gain an assortment of inborn abilities.

Age. Dwarves mature at the same rate as humans, but they’re considered young until they reach the age of 50. On average, they live about 350 years.

Size. Dwarves stand between 5 and 5 and a half feet tall and average about 200 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet, but your speed is never modified by armor.

Darkvision. You can see in the dark up to 60 feet.

Mineral Infusions. Your skin, skeleton, and muscles are reinforced by naturally occurring complex carbon structures. When you aren't wearing armor, your AC is equal to 14 + your Dexterity modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield's benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor. In addition, your body treats Jeweler's tools as a Surgeon's kit for repairing a Damaged Organ or Devastated Limb.

Tool Proficiency. You gain proficiency with any artisan’s tools of your choice.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common, Dwarven, and Maynek.

Combat Specialists

After the annulment of a controversial assumption of arms law from Imperium-controlled lands (known as The Inspections), the privilege of pedigree was no longer required to carry steel in a majority of human settlements. This gave rise to a new profession: the armiger, one who bore arms and armor by the right of their own skill.

Not every city guard, militia member, or professional soldier is considered to be an armiger. Born with an innate talent with the armaments of war and a keen battle instinct, a true armiger cannot resist the call of battle and adventure. If they could do anything else they would, but it is only by their gifts for violence do they have a hope of surviving the cruelty of Seronia.

Evolving Warfare

Any warrior can swing an axe. However, the armiger wields weapons and armor as an extension of their very self, transforming upon the battlefield into a force of nature.

Class Features

As an Armiger, you gain the following class features.

Multiclassing

Prerequisites. To qualify for multiclassing into the armiger class, you must met one of these prerequisites: Strength 13 or Dexterity 13.

Proficiencies. When you multiclass into the armiger class, you gain the following proficiencies: light armor, medium armor, shields, simple weapons, martial weapons, and one firearm of your choice.

Fighting Style

At 1st level you choose a Fighting Style that best reflects your training. You cannot select a Fighting Style more than once, even if a feature allows you to select another Fighting Style.

Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can switch your Fighting Style for another Fighting Style of your choice.

Cultural Fighting Styles

While a number of these new fighting styles convey the cultural history of Seronia's warfare, the mechanics of each can be adapted to suit a character that doesn't have an associated background.

E.g. Chausson is an option for those wishing to make an "unarmed armiger" brawler archetype. In this case, replace the net mechanics with the following benefit: "While you are unarmed, you have advantage on Strength (Athletics) checks made to Shove."

Expertise Dice

The Armiger table shows how many Expertise Dice you have to perform your Martial Maneuvers. To use an Maneuver, you must expend one of these Dice. You can only use one Maneuver per attack, ability check, or saving throw and you regain all expended Expertise Dice when you finish a short or long rest.

Your Expertise Dice begin as d4s, and increase in size as you gain levels in this class, as indicated in the Armiger table.

Preparing and Using Maneuvers

You prepare the list of Maneuvers that are available for you to use, choosing from the Armiger Martial Maneuvers list. When you do so, choose a number of Maneuvers equal to your Wisdom modifier + your proficiency bonus.

For example, with a Wisdom of 16, your list of prepared Maneuvers can include any combination of five Maneuvers. Using the maneuver doesn't remove it from your list of prepared Maneuvers.

You can change your list of prepared Maneuvers when you finish a Long Rest. Preparing a new list of Armiger Maneuvers requires time spent practicing drills, weapon katas, refering to martial manuals or meditating on the battles ahead.

Saving Throws

If a Maneuver requires a creature to make a saving throw, your Maneuver saving throw DC is calculated as follows:

Champion Maneuvers

You learn certain Maneuvers at the armiger levels noted in the table below. They don't count against your total number of Prepared Maneuvers and can't be switched upon gaining a level.

Mighty Warrior

When you adopt this Archetype at 3rd level, the raw physical might that you have cultivated enhances your attacks. Your weapon attacks now score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.

When you reach 15th level, your critical hit range increases again to 18-20.

Remarkable Athlete

You can regularly perform feats of athleticism that would be impossible for most mortals. Starting at 7th level, whenever you use either feat of strength or mighty leap, you can roll a d6 and use it instead of expending an Expertise Die.

When you reach 15th level, this d6 becomes a d10.

Brutal Critical

Starting at 10th level, you roll one additional weapon damage die when determining the extra damage for a critical hit.

This increases to two additional damage dice at 15th level.

Legendary Champion

You are a nearly perfect specimen of physical vigor, and have become exceedingly hard to kill. Starting at 18th level, if you start your turn with half of your hit points or less remaining, you immediately regain hit points equal to 5 + your Constitution modifier (minimum of 5 hit points).

You do not regain any hit points from this feature if you begin your turn with 0 hit points.

Envoy Maneuvers

You learn certain Maneuvers at the armiger levels noted in the table below. They don't count against your total number of Prepared Maneuvers and can't be switched upon gaining a level.

Influence of Peace

At 3rd level, seeing a sacred envoy on the battlefield restores hope to your allies, helping them fight on past their injuries. When you use your Second Wind feature, you can choose up to two creatures within 60 feet of you that are allied with you. Each one regains hit points equal to 1d10 + your armiger level, provided that the creature can see or hear you, and ignores any exhaustion levels from Wounds (pg. 138) until the end of combat.

Starting at 15th level, the range and amount of allies you can affect are doubled.

Diplomatic Recognition

At 7th level, you gain proficiency in the Persuasion skill. If you are already proficient in it, you gain proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, History, Insight, Intimidate, or Performance. Alternatively, you learn one language of your choice.

Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses Persuasion. You receive this benefit regardless of the skill proficiency you gain from this feature.

Turn The Tide

At 10th level, when you use your Action Surge feature, you can choose one allied creature within 60 ft of you. That creature can make one melee or ranged weapon attack with its reaction, provided that it can see or hear you.

Starting at 18th level, you can choose two allies within 60 feet of you, rather than one.

Recognized Authority

Beginning at 15th level, you can extend the benefit of your Indomitable feature to an ally. When you decide to use Indomitable to reroll an Intelligence, a Wisdom, or a Charisma saving throw and you aren’t Incapacitated, you can choose one ally within 60 feet of you that also failed its saving throw against the same effect. If that creature can see or hear you, it can reroll its saving throw and must use the new roll.

Note: The Thematics and Mechanics of Greyguard's Absolute Authority

Thematically, greyguards often serve a religious or legal code and have absolute authority (granted by a higher-ranking agent of that code) to enforce it, This means that if the greyguard catches criminals, they may judge them guilty (given sufficient proof ) and order their execution, or do it themselves if need be. However, disputes about jurisdiction and challenges from other forms of authority can still apply.

Mechanically, examples of this class feature being utilized include a greyguard checking an angry mob intent on lynching a jailed prisoner, or convince a stubborn mayor that interfering with the greyguard’s efforts is likely to anger the lord they both work for. Even against individuals who don’t acknowledge his code of laws (such as thieves or warriors from other lands), the greyguard’s fervor still grants these skill bonuses. They do not, however, gain these bonuses in situations where their code of laws would not apply or hold no bearing (like trying to convince unintelligent beasts and monsters or chaotic supernals).

Guerilla Maneuvers

You learn certain Maneuvers at the armiger levels noted in the table below. They don't count against your total number of Prepared Maneuvers and can't be switched upon gaining a level.

Adaptable Combatant

Starting at 3rd level, you can adjust your skills to meet the challenge at hand. You can change your list of prepared Maneuvers when you finish a short or long rest.

Survivalist

At 3rd level, you are an expert at overcoming natural obstacles. Choose two of the following skills: Athletics, Perception, Stealth, or Survival. Whenever you make an ability check with that skill you gain a bonus to your roll equal to your Expertise Die.

Upon reaching 7th level in this class, you can choose two additional skills from the list above to gain the same benefit.

By Land or Sea

You have trained to succeed in any environment, no matter the obstacles. At 7th level, you gain one of the features below. You gain the other feature from this list at 10th level.

Alpine Combatant. You steel yourself for battle at great heights. You gain a climbing speed equal to your movement speed, and when you fall, you can use your reaction to reduce any falling damage by an amount equal to your armiger level.

Marine Combatant. You have prepared for amphibious combat. You gain a swimming speed equal to your movement speed, and you can hold your breath for up to 1 hour underwater.

Adaptable Fighting Style

Starting at 10th level, when you finish a long rest, you can replace your Fighting Style with another Style of your choice from the list in the armiger class description.

Unwavering

You are remarkably resilient. Beginning at 15th level, when you use Second Wind you gain the following benefits:

• You regain one of your expended Expertise Dice.
• Your level of exhaustion, if any, is reduced by 1.
• You gain a bonus to the next Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution ability check or saving throw you make within the next minute equal to your Expertise Die.

Legendary Guerrilla

Starting at 18th level, when you roll initiative and are not surprised, you gain one of the following benefits of your choice:

• You gain temporary hit points equal to your armiger level.
• You can immediately move up to your full speed.

Marksman Maneuvers

You learn certain Maneuvers at the armiger levels noted in the table below. They don't count against your total number of Prepared Maneuvers and can't be switched upon gaining a level.

Elite Training

When you adopt this Archetype at 3rd level, your specialized training has enhanced your reaction times. You gain proficiency with all gunnes.

Additionally, whenever you make a Dexterity check or saving throw, you can expend an Expertise Die and add it to your roll. You can do so after you roll, but before you know whether you succeed or fail.

Steady Aim

You can quiet your body so as to fire with deadly accuracy. Starting at 3rd level, if you haven't moved during your turn, you can use your bonus action to Steady Aim, granting you the following benefits until the end of your current turn:

• Your movement speed is reduced to 0 feet.
• Until you hit a creature with a ranged weapon attack, you have advantage on all ranged weapon attack rolls.
• When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a ranged weapon, you can re-roll the die. You must use this new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2.

Cunning Shot

Your experience as a Marksman has trained you to react to danger at a moment's notice. Beginning at 7th level, you can add your proficiency bonus to your Initiative rolls.

You have also learned to identify and exploit even the smallest weak points in your enemy's defenses. Your attacks with ranged weapons ignore resistance to piercing and ballistic damage.

Reposition

Starting at 10th level, when you use Second Wind, your speed increases by 10 feet and opportunity attacks against you are made at disadvantage until the end of your current turn.

Reliable Shot

You make even impossible shots with ease. Beginning at 15th level, your normal and long range for ranged weapon attacks increases by a number of feet equal to 10 times your level.

In addition, once per turn, when you have advantage on a ranged weapon attack, you can forgo advantage and make one additional ranged weapon attack against that creature.

Legendary Marksman

Your marksmanship is supernatural in its precision. Starting at 18th level, when you use Steady Aim the benefits last for 1 minute, and you have advantage on all ranged weapon attacks for the duration. This effect only ends early if you move more than 10 feet in one turn, or you are incapacitated.

Master-at-Arms Maneuvers

You learn certain Maneuvers at the armiger levels noted in the table below. They don't count against your total number of Prepared Maneuvers and can't be switched upon gaining a level.

Fluid Forms

Whether through innate talent or training, you have mastered multiple styles of combat. At 3rd level, you learn an additional Fighting Style of your choice. However, you can only gain the benefits of one of the Fighting Styles you know at a time.

As a bonus action, you can change your current Fighting Style to another of your choice Fighting Style that you know.

Master of Maneuvers

Your ability to learn and utilize martial techniques exceeds most other warriors. When you adopt this Archetype at 3rd level, your total number of Expertise Dice increases by 2.

Your training has also made your Maneuvers more potent than the average armiger. Your Expertise Dice become d8s. At certain armiger levels they increase again; at 5th level they become d10s, and finally at 11th level they become d12s.

Consistent Skill

You are able to fight at your peak capability for longer than most other warriors. Starting at 7th level, when you use your Second Wind, you regain one of your expended Expertise Die.

Threefold Technique

By 7th level, your technical skill with the weapons of war has grown, allowing you to learn exotic techniques from a variety of disciplines. You learn another Fighting Style of your choice (for a total of three), though you can still only gain the benefits of one of your known Fighting Styles at a time.

Additionally, choose two maneuvers from any archetype. These Maneuvers don't count against your total number of Prepared Maneuvers.

You learn one additional Maneuver of your choice from any archetype at 15th level and 18th level.

Masterful Surge

You can draw on your techniques as a reflex in times of great need. Starting at 10th level, when you use your Action Surge, you gain one Expertise Die that must be used as part of the additional action granted to you by your Action Surge. If not used, it disappears at the end of your additional action.

Also, you can benefit from two of your Fighting Styles at once. Though, you can only switch one per bonus action.

The Fourfold Way

In your studies you have mastered an impressive amount of combat styles. At 15th level, you learn another Fighting Style of your choice (for a total of four), though you can still only gain the benefits of one of your Fighting Styles at a time.

You also learn one additional Maneuver of your choice, which doesn't count against your total number of Maneuvers Known.

The Warrior With A Thousand Moves

Upon reaching 18th level, your mastery over the armaments of war has become nearly supernatural. Once per turn, when you use an Maneuver you know, you can roll a d6 and use it instead of expending one of your Expertise Dice.

Also, at the end of each long rest, you can replace one Fighting Style you know with another Fighting Style of your choice.

Snuff User

When you choose this Martial Archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with the Arcana skill and Draconic language.

In addition, you gain a snuff box (as per the Phagist class feature Vestige Magic). Snuff may be ingested from a snuff box as an action during combat, or as a reaction outside of combat. Your snuff box is presumed to contain an unlimited amount of level one snuff. Your snuff box can be filled as an action from another container holding snuff.

Protection from Ballistics

3rd-level snuffer and engineer abjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S, M (a cartridge casing)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

This spell enchants the flesh of the target against the impact of bullets. Until the spell ends, the target has resistance to non-magical ballistic damage.

Snuffer Spell List

Swordpoint Maneuvers

You learn certain Maneuvers at the armiger levels noted in the table below. They don't count against your total number of Prepared Maneuvers and can't be switched upon gaining a level.

Professional Guile

At 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Deception skill and whenever you make an Charisma (Deception) check , you gain a bonus to your roll equal to your Expertise Die.

Dirty Trick

When you take this archetype at 3rd level, you learn how to employ a variety of underhanded moves to gain the upper hand in a fight. Once per turn when you hit a creature you can see with a melee attack, you can choose to either gain advantage on your next attack roll targeting that creature, or impose disadvantage on that creature's next attack roll by performing a dirty trick. This trick can represent throwing dirt in your opponent's face, striking a low blow, or delivering a deep, debilitating cut.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Dexterity or Strength modifier (your choice), and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a short or long rest. When you have no uses remaining, you can expend an Expertise Die to use this feature again.

Hammer The Gap

Starting at 7th level, you find the chink in one's armor after an opening attack. When you successfully attack the target of a Dirty Trick, your damage ignores resistances (but not immunities).

Cutthroat's Withdrawal

At 10th level, you know when things are going a little too south and how to get the hell out. When you use Second Wind, you also gain the benefits of the Dash action and your movement does not incur opportunity attacks.

Deathblow

Beginning at 15th level, your tactics are insidious and show no mercy. The first time you successfully hit the target of a Dirty Trick with a weapon attack in a turn, the attack deals maximum damage instead of rolling.

If the attack reduces the target to 0 hit points, you instantly regain a use of Dirty Trick.

Quartermaster Maneuvers

You learn certain Maneuvers at the armiger levels noted in the table below. They don't count against your total number of Prepared Maneuvers and can't be switched upon gaining a level.

Bonus Proficiencies

At 3rd level, you gain proficiency with cook's utensils, land vehicles, and in Animal Handling. Whenever you make an ability check that uses one of the proficiencies you gained through this feature, you a bonus to your roll equal to your Expertise Die.

Rations

Beginning at 3rd level, you are able to prepare potent morsels of food that keep your allies in peak condition. At the end of each long rest, you can prepare a number of these Rations equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1) from the list at end of this subclass.

As a bonus action, you can eat a prepared Ration, or feed a Ration to a creature within 5 feet. Consuming a Ration ends any current Ration effects on that creature. Any Rations you have prepared become inert at the end of your next long rest.

As an action, you can expend an Expertise Die to prepare an additional Ration of your choice. You can eat a Ration or feed it to a creature as part of the same action used to create it

Dependable

Starting at 7th level, you can take any of the special actions below as bonus action on your turn:

Administer. You feed a potion, Ration, or consumable item to a willing or unconscious creature within 5 feet of you.

Arm. You give a weapon, item, or any ammunition you are carrying to a creature within 5 feet. The creature can then equip the given item, and stow one item as a free action.

Encourage. You take the Help action, targeting a creature of your choice within 10 feet that can see or hear you.

Wrangle. You make a Wisdom (Animal Handling) or a land vehicles check to control a mount or cart you are riding.

Improved Rations

Beginning at 10th level, you have greatly improved the speed at which you prepare Rations. You can use a bonus action on your turn to create a Ration of your choice, eating it or feeding it to a creature within 5 feet of you as part of that same bonus action.

Ever Ready

At 15th level, you are always ready to support your companions. When you roll initiative, so long as you are not surprised, you prepare one Ration of your choice without expending an Expertise Die.

Iron Stomach

Upon reaching 18th level, your experiments with new Ration formulas have toughened your body and hardened your stomach. Your Constitution score, and maximum Constitution score, increase by 2, and you are immune to the poisoned condition.

In addition, you are always under the effects of one Ration of your choice with a duration of at least 1 minute. It does not need to be a Ration that you prepared, and you can change the Ration effect at the end of each short or long rest.

Rations

Below are the Rations available to Quartermaster armigers. If a Ration has an armiger level prerequisite, you can prepare the Ration at the same time you meet the prerequisite level.

Fortifying Ration (3rd level; duration, 1 minute).

Upon consumption, the creature chooses either Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution. For the duration, the creature can add your Constitution modifier (minimum of +1) to any ability check or saving throw for the chosen ability score.

At 10th level the duration of the effect increases to 1 hour.

Invigorating Ration (3rd level; duration, instantaneous).

Upon consumption, the creature regains hit points equal to 1d10 + your Constitution modifier (minimum of +1).

Starting at 10th level, this Ration restores an additional 1d10 hit points, and any hit points they regain that exceed their hit point maximum become temporary hit points.

Revitalizing Ration (3rd level; duration, instantaneous).

Upon consumption, the creature ends one of the following conditions currently affecting it: blindness, deafness, poison, or they reduce their exhaustion level by 1.

Starting at 10th level, this Ration can also cure the charmed, frightened, paralyzed, and stunned conditions.

Stimulating Ration (3rd level; duration, instantaneous).

This Ration must be consumed as part of a short rest. Upon consumption, the creature gains advantage on the roll for any Hit Dice they choose to expend during that short rest.

Starting at 10th level, consuming this Ration allows the creature to treat any Hit Dice they expend during the short rest as their maximum possible result instead of rolling.

Limbering Ration (5th level; duration, 1 minute).

Upon consumption, the creature's speed increases by 10 feet.

At 10th level the creature's speed increases by 20 feet.

First Form Maneuvers

First form maneuvers are minor techniques slightly more complicated then swinging a weapon. They can be learned by warriors with modest training and have no level prerequisite.

Aggressive Sprint.

As a bonus action on your turn, you can expend an Expertise Die to draw upon your battle fury and move up to your full speed toward a hostile creature you can see.

Aristocratic Education.
Prerequisite: Intelligence of 11

When you make an Intelligence (History), Wisdom (Animal Handling), or Charisma (Persuasion) check, you can expend an Expertise Die and add it to the roll. You can use this Maneuver after you roll, but before you know if you succeed or fail.

Blinding Debris.

As a bonus action, you can expend an Expertise Die and force a creature within 10 feet to make a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, it takes piercing damage equal to your Expertise Die and is blinded until the start of your next turn.

Brace Up.
Prerequisites: Constitution of 11

You steel yourself for combat, preparing to take incoming blows. As a bonus action, you can expend an Expertise Die to gain temporary hit points equal to 1 + your Expertise Die.

Charlatan's Guile.
Prerequisites: Dexterity or Charisma of 11

Whenever you make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand), Charisma (Deception), or a Charisma (Performance) check, you can expend an Expertise Die and add it to the result of your roll. You can use this Maneuver after you roll, but before you whether you succeed or fail.

Commander's Presence.
Prerequisites: Intelligence or Charisma of 11

Whenever you make a Charisma (Intimidation), Charisma (Persuasion), or Intelligence (History) check, you can expend an Expertise Die and add it to your roll. You can use this Maneuver after you roll, but before you know if you succeed or fail.

Crippling Strike.

When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend an Expertise Die and force it to make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, it takes additional damage equal to your Expertise Die and its speed is 0 until the start of your next turn.

Disarm.

When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend an Expertise Die to force it to make a Strength saving throw. On a failure, it takes additional damage equal to your Expertise Die, and it drops an item of your choice it is holding.

Engineer's Design.
Prerequisites: Intelligence of 11

Whenever you make an ability check with a set of artisan's tools, thieves' tools, or tinker's tools, you can expend an Expertise Die and add it to your roll. You can use this Maneuver after you roll, but before you know if you succeed or fail.

Feat of Strength.
Prerequisites: Strength or Constitution of 11

Whenever you make a Strength or Constitution-based ability check or saving throw, you can expend an Expertise Die and add it to the result of your roll. You can use this Maneuver after you roll, but before you know whether you succeed or fail.

Feint.

When you make a melee weapon attack against a creature that can see you, you can expend an Expertise Die to attempt a feint as part of that attack. The target of your attack must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw, or you add your Expertise Die to both your attack roll and damage roll for that attack.

Possessed by Power

In Seronia, eidolons are supernals who have slipped between the realms into The The Oversoul and found their way into a mortal's soul. Whether or not this compact is willing differs from mortal host to host. Regardless, the only way the supernal can remain in the mortal realm is by fusing with their host, granting them access to remnants of power from beyond.

The process of possession infuses the mortal with the essence of their supernal being, manifesting as aspects (innate powers that are passive) and sudden understanding and access to lore that functions as spell-like abilities.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution increases by two, and your Charisma increases by 1.

Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d10 per eidolon level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per eidolon level after 1st

Multiclassing

Prerequisites. To qualify for multiclassing into the eidolon class, you must met these prerequisites: Constitution 13 and Charisma 13.

Proficiencies. When you multiclass into the eidolon class, you gain the following proficiencies: light armor and simple weapons.

Aspects

You have become possessed by a supernal whose escaped the cosmic realms. As the host, you are able to manifest qualities derived from the supernal's original self. Choose one from the list at the end of the class description.

You gain access to an additional aspect at 9th level and 17th level.

Eidolon's Curse

Starting at 1st level, your possession by a supernal cuts you off from the Oversoul, meaning Healing from sources other than your eidolon class features has no effect on you with the exception of recovering from Wounds or stabilizing you if you are dying.

Additionally, your hit points can not be increased by magical means. This does not effect temporary hit points, as well as Short or Long rests.

Spells

You gain spells at the eidolon levels listed. These spells don't count against the number of eidolon spells you know. If you gain a spell that doesn’t appear on the eidolon spell list, the spell is nonetheless an eidolon spell for you.

Spell Slots

The eidolon table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest. For example, if you know the 1st-level spell absorb elements and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast absorb elements using either slot.

Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher

You know two 1st-level spells of your choice from the eidolon spell list. The Spells Known column of the eidolon table shows when you learn more eidolon spells of your choice. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For instance, when you reach 5th level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level.

Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the eidolon spells you know and replace it with another spell from the eidolon spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

Spellcasting Ability

Constitution is your spellcasting ability for your eidolon spells, since your spells are cast by focusing the pain from your supernal's power bursting forth. You use your Constitution whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Constitution modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a eidolon spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Auspicious

Minor Form. When you roll a 1 on the d20 for an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll. If you already have a feature that allows you to do this, you can choose to reroll the d20 when you roll a 1 or a 2 for an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw and must use the new roll.

Major Form. When you fail a saving throw, you can use your reaction to succeed instead. Once you have used this power, you cannot use it again until you finish a long rest.

In addition, you have advantage on all checks made when gambling.

Bestial

Minor Aspect. Once per long rest, you can spend 10 minutes designating a minimum of two and up to six willing creatures that you can see within 30 feet of you as your pack. While a pack, you and the chosen creatures gain the following benefits:

• If half or more of your pack are making a saving throw against the same effect, you all use the highest result rolled among the pack members.
• You have advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of your pack members is within 5 feet of the creature and isn’t incapacitated.

The benefits of the pack lasts for 1 hour. The benefits end early for a creature if it is ever more than 1 mile away from another pack member or if it deals damage to another pack member. The benefits end early for all creatures if the number of members in the pack becomes less than 3.

At 14th level, the duration of the pack benefits listed under your chosen power extends to 8 hours.

Major Aspect. You can cast animal messenger at will, beasts will never be hostile towards you or attack you without provocation, and you gain a bonus to one damage roll per turn equal to your proficiency bonus when you successfully hit a creature if at least one of your pack members is within 5 feet of the creature and isn’t incapacitated.

Deceitful

Minor Form. . You are proficient in the Deception skill and you add twice your proficiency bonus to the roll when you use the skill.

Once per short or long rest, you can use a bonus action to make a Charisma (Deception) check against another creature’s Wisdom (Insight) check. On a successful check, you convince the creature to let its guard down, imposing one of the following effects: you have advantage on your next attack roll against the creature before the end of your turn, or it has disadvantage on the next saving throw it makes before the end of your turn.

Major Form. You have advantage on opportunity attacks, attacks against creatures that are Surprised, and attacks against non-hostile creatures. Surprised and non-hostile creatures also have disadvantage on saving throws if they originate from you.

Elemental

Minor Aspect. You can speak, read, and write Primordial and you have advantage on Intelligence checks made to recall information about elementals.

In addition, choose fire, cold, lightning, poison, or acid when you first choose this Aspect. You cannot change it afterwards. You gain resistance to your chosen damage type.

Major Aspect. Once per long rest, you can use a bonus action to cause your weapon attacks to deal your chosen damage type instead of its normal weapon damage for 10 minutes. During that same duration, once on each of your turns, you can deal extra damage to one target when you deal damage to it with an attack or a spell. The extra damage equals your level and is your chosen damage type.

Etregite Features

Lore Spells

At 3rd level, you gain spells at the eidolon levels listed.

Radiance

At 3rd level, the light from The Illuminated Mountain shines from you. As a bonus action, you may spend essence die up to your maximum to shine radiance from you in a form you determine, such as a halo or glyph. One allied creature within 30 feet of you is shone upon as your light reaches them, blessing them with restorative magic. They immediately gain a number of temporary hit points equal to the amount shown on the essence dice. At the beginning of the allied creature's turn, if they have no temporary hit points, they gain temporary hit points equal to your level + your Constitution modifier. These temporary hit points last for 1 minute. It ends early if you are reduced to 0 hit points, the target is reduced to 0 hit points, or you are Incapacitated. You may only shine Radiance on one allied creature at a time.

Psychopomp Features

Lore Spells

At 3rd level, you gain spells at the eidolon levels listed.

Conjure Headstone

At 3rd level, your ties to Gehenna allow you to summon in a palladium as a manifestation of a headstone in the Infinite Crypts. As a bonus action, you can expend any number of essence dice (minimum 1) to place the headstone in an unoccupied space within 60 feet of you. The headstone is considered a medium size object with an AC of 10 + proficiency bonus + Constitution modifier and has hit points equal to twice your eidolon level + your Constitution modifier. The headstone is immune to all conditions, poison damage, psychic damage, and has resistance to all other damage types. Since the totem is now a physical object in the world, it is now visible for all to see.

When you place the headstone, it creates an aura that is a 15- foot radius sphere centered on it. Whenever a creature enters the aura, or starts its turn there, you can choose to force it to make a Constitution saving throw equal to your spell save DC. On a failure, the creature's speed is reduced by 10 feet, and their weapon attack rolls are reduced by your proficiency modifier. At the end of each of the afflicted creature's subsequent turns, it can make the save again, ending the effect on a success.

On a successful save, the creature is immune to the headstone's aura for as long as it remains in its radius. If the creature leaves the aura's raadius and later enters it again, it must make the save again. If a creature succeeds on the saving throw by 5 or more, it is immune to the headstone's aura for 24 hours. When a creature leaves the headstone's aura, it automatically loses all afflictions.

Spireborne Features

Lore Spells

At 3rd level, you gain lore spells at the eidolon levels listed.

Create Gilt

At 3rd level, you gain a single coin that acts as a manifestation of your supernal vault, known as a Gilded Coin. You can summon the coin to your hand or dismiss this coin as a bonus action regardless of its location. Other creatures see this coin as 1 gp or other appropriate currency of equivalent value. You are always aware of who is in possession of your Gilded Coin. As an action, you can choose to convert all currency you have in your possession into an equivalent value in any other denomination or currency. For example, you can convert gold pieces into an equivalent value of silver marks or change them into other currencies you’ve seen before (e.g. Hacksilver necklaces, gemstones, etc). Additionally, you can choose to conceal currency you possess in a pocket dimension, which you can access using a bonus action. If you die, the currency reappears on your corpse.

Additionally, whenever you reduce a Small or larger creature to 0 hit points using your Essence Strike or Essence Surge class feature, you can choose to capture a fraction of their soul (no action required), granting you an amount of Gilt equal to the creature’s hit point maximum. Once you’ve acquired Gilt from a creature, you can’t acquire more from that creature until their Gilt has been spent in full. Whenever you cast a spell using a eidolon spell slot that has a material component cost of more than 1 bp, or use downtime to Scribe a Spell Scroll, Buy or Craft Magic Items (including brewing potions of healing), you can choose to pay an equal amount of Gilt in place of the material components. You can also use Gilt in Gambling downtime activies with other creatures that possess it (with DM's approval as creatures with Gilt are often terrible and powerful).

Speak With Poison

Starting at 6th level, you can poison the minds of creatures with your supernal's forked tongue. You can use your bonus action to spend an amount of Gilt equal to or less than your eidolon level to poison the mind of your target. You become Invisible to the target until the start of your next turn. In addition, the target must make a Charisma saving throw against your eidolon spell save DC. If they fail, they become Poisoned and take poison damage equal to half the amount of Gilt spent until the start of your next turn. This poison damage ignores resistance (but not immunity).

Unjust Enrichment

Starting at 10th level, when a creature is reduced to 0 Hit Points by your Essence Strike or Essence Surge class feature, you can use your reaction to send the creature’s Gilt to your supernal instead. The creature’s corpse crumbles into ashes (treat as Disintegrated; see pg.57). Your Gilded Coin becomes charged with supernal favor, granting the creature that possesses it temporary hit points equal to half the maximum Hit Points of the creature that was slain. This lasts until it is used up or until you finish a short rest.

Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you finish the long rest.

Starspawn Features

Lore Spells

At 3rd level, you gain spells at the eidolon levels listed.

Alien Form

Also at 3rd level, your Starspawn supernal can mutate your body to suit your its needs. You may spend an essence die as a bonus action to pick one option from the list of Alien Anatomy below, gaining the benefits for one minute. It ends early if you are reduced to 0 hit points or you are Incapacitated. You may only benefit from one Alien Anatomy option at a time.

Channel Ylem

Starting at 6th level, you can channel the destructive force of Ylem through your weapon. You can treat your proficiency modifier as 2 higher when determining how many essence dice you can spend on Essence Strike.

Even Death May Die

At 10th level, you can accelerate the decay of all matter- even inorganic. As part of an Attack action or spell, you can spend any amount of essence die. On a successful hit, one creature or object damaged by the attack or spell gains vulnerability to the triggering damage type for one minute, If the creature or object is immune to the damage type, it loses the immunity and gains resistance to the damage type instead. If the creature is resistant to the damage type, it loses its resistance instead.

Once you've used this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Protean Form

At 14th level, you learn how to further mutate yourself. You can choose two Alien Anatomy options instead of one when you use the Alien Form class feature. You retain the benefits of the chosen options permanently until you decide to change them.

Revenant Features

Lore Spells

At 3rd level, you gain lore spells at the eidolon levels listed.

Overwhelming Essence

Also at 3rd level, your Essence Strike and Essence Surge works in concert with your allies on the battlefield. Creatures successfully damaged by your Essence Strike or Essence Surge grant advantage to the next attack made against them before their next turn.

Revenant's Brand

Starting at 6th level, the magic of your eidolon resonates through your weapon, stealing the lifeforce of your enemies. Whenever you hit a creature with an Essence Strike, you can use the Protect Host healing feature without spending your reaction. Additionally, while projecting a major Aspect, you may heal for the full amount instead.

Memory of Battles Past

Starting at 10th level, you can harness a creature's natural capabilities and pass them on to you. As an action, you can learn one of a creature's senses, languages, or any special traits they may have, such as a wolf's pack tactics, within 60 feet. The DM determines what you discover. Once learned, you can an expend essence die to gain the learned trait for 1 hour.

In order to use a creature's special trait, you must be able to perform the actions required. For instance, a character without a fly speed cannot use a Giant Owl's flyby trait, where as a character with a fly speed could.

This lasts until you finish a long rest. Once you've used this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

The Endless March

Beginning at 14th level, when you reduce a creature to 0 hit points using your Essence Strike or Essence Surge class feature, you can use a reaction to regain one of your eidolon spell slots. The spell level must be equal to or lower than the amount of essence dice spent.

Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Building a Better World

Engineers are on the cutting edge of the industrial movement of Seronia. They are elite crafters, binding Old World magical components with modern technology to create unique contraptions known as engines. As the arcane continues to fade or become hoarded by the kingdoms of Seronia, the engineer hopes their work can fill one of the many growing voids in society- from security to infrastructure to revitalizing lands stripped bare. Their studies pushes the boundaries of science (and often times sanity and safety).

Field Testing Required

While many engineers may choose to stay safe in a large city, the need for extensive testing calls some to the life of adventure. Those that venture into the field discover not only danger, but also new, rare materials, and ways to build your engines to produce stronger and stranger effects. Necessity is the mother of all invention. As you adventure more, you see many ways that things can be improved that others might have missed.

Class Features

Trinkets

At 2nd level, you learn two cantrips of your choice, referred to as Trinkets, from the engineer spell list. You learn an additional engineer cantrip of your choice when you reach 4th level and again at 10th level.

Tools of the Trade

You gain proficiency with both smith's tools and the Medicine skill. If you are already proficient with smith's tools, you instead gain proficiency with a set of artisan's tools of your choice.

Prosthesis Weapon

You modify one of your limbs to bear a hidden weapon. It is a simple melee weapon with the finesse property that deals 1d8 damage on hit and has the following abilities:

• When you gain this feature, choose ballistic or slashing. Your weapon deals this type of damage. When you gain an engineer level you can switch your damage type with another one of your choice.
• It is completely concealed within your limb unless you use a bonus action to activate or retract your weapon.
• It can bear one Enhancement (see end of archetype). When you gain an engineer level you can replace your Enhancement with another Enhancement of your choice.
• You can use your Intelligence, in place of your Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls of your blade.

Additional Engines

At 3rd level, you've mastered the essential tools, and have begun to tinker with ways to expand your arsenal.

Body Enhancements

Also at 3rd level, you gain one Enhancement of your choice from the list below. They can be attached in place of a missing body part, or over a body part.

When you gain an engineer level you can switch replace your Enhancement with another Enhancement of your choice.

As you gain engineer levels, your body can bear additional Enhancements at one time: at 5th level (2), 9th level (3), and at 15th level (4).

• Mobility Enhancement. You modify one of your legs. You can take the Dash action as a bonus action on each of your turns.
• Nimble Enhancement. You modify one of your hands. You add your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1) to any Dexterity checks you make that involve your modified hand.
• Power Enhancement. You modify one of your arms. You can add your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1) to any Strength checks you make that involve your modified arm.
• Visual Enhancement. You modify one of your eyes. You can add your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1) to any checks you make that rely on your sense of sight.

Combat Enhancement

At 5th level, you have improved your modifications to further augment your combat abilities. You gain the following benefits:

• You can attack twice, rather than once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
• When you use your Prosthesis Weapon as an arcane focus, marking a target. You gain a +1 bonus to engine attack rolls, and you can ignore half cover when making engine attacks. This bonus increases at 11th level (+2) and 17th level (+3)

Improved Enhancements

At 10th level, you may apply two Enhancements to your Prosthesis Weapon instead of one.

Additionally, the damage of your Prosthesis Weapon becomes 2d8.

Masterwork Enhancement

At 14th level, choose one of your Enhancements to become a Masterwork Enhancement, granting you the additional benefits below. Each time you finish a long rest, you can replace your Masterwork Enhancement with another of your choice.

• Weapon Masterwork. Your Prosthesis Weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 on the d20.
• Mobile Masterwork. When you take the Dash action you are immune to opportunity attacks and you can move along vertical surfaces and liquids without falling during the move.
• Nimble Masterwork. When you make a Dexterity saving throw to take half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.
• Power Masterwork. When you make a Strength check with your modified arm, you treat a roll of 9 or lower as a 10.
• Visual Masterwork. When you make a check that relies on your sense of sight, you treat a roll of 9 or lower as a 10.

Tools of the Trade

You gain proficiency with jeweler's tools. If you are already proficient with jeweler's tools, you instead gain proficiency with another set of artisan's tools of your choice.

In addition, you are always aware of the exact time while you are on your home plane of existence. Once you spend a full day on another plane you gain this benefit there as well.

Chronometer

You have learned to construct a wondrous device known as a Chronometer. Over the course of 1 hour, which can be during a short or long rest, you can use your jeweler's tools to construct a Chronometer, which appears as a Tiny object of your choice. Chronometers often resemble tiny hourglasses filled with sand, intricate contraptions, or pocket watches. Your Chronometer can be used as a spellcasting focus by you.

You can only have one Chronometer at a time, and creating a second causes the magic of the first to instantly dispel.

Your Chronometer has a number of Charges equal to twice your Intelligence modifier and regains all expended charges when you finish a long rest. While holding your Chronometer, you can expend 1 Charge to use one of the abilities below:

Accelerate. As a bonus action, you can increase the speed of a creature you can see within 60 feet by a total number of feet equal to 5 times your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 5 feet) until the beginning of your next turn.

Decelerate. As a bonus action, you can force a creature you can see within 60 feet to make a Charisma saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier). On a failed save, its speed is reduced by a number of feet equal to 5 times your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 5 feet) until the beginning of your next turn.

Additional Engines

At 3rd level, you've mastered the essential tools, and have begun to tinker with ways to expand your arsenal.

Improved Chronometer

Also at 3rd level, you have come to a deeper understanding of chronomancy, growing your Chronometer's power. You can expend 1 Charge of your Chronometer to use the following abilities:

Rush. When you roll initiative and aren't surprised, you can replace the d20 for your initiative roll with your artificer level.

Slip. When a creature you can see within 60 feet makes an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can force them to re-roll as a reaction. You can use this reaction after the creature rolls, but before you know if it succeeded or failed.

Warp. As a bonus action, you can switch places with a creature you can see within 60 feet, each instantly teleporting to the other's space. Unwilling creatures must succeed on a Charisma saving throw or be forced to switch places.

Stolen Moments

Beginning at 5th level, your Chronometer can capture time for later use. When you successfully Paralyze, Stun, or reduce a creature's speed to 0 with an engineer spell or one of your Horologist abilities, your Chronometer regains 1d4 of its expended charges. Also, you can use a bonus action to expend a engine slot and cause your Chronometer to regain expended charges equal to your current engine level.

Finally, while holding your Chronometer, you can use your bonus action to spend one charge to cast zephyr strike. You must concentrate on the spell for its duration.

Once you use this feature to cast zephyr strike a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Empowered Chronometer

At 10th level, your understanding and control over time has greatly increased. Your Chronometer improves in the following ways:

Accelerate. Opportunity attacks against the target creature have disadvantage until the end of their next turn.

Decelerate. You can spend an additional Charge to double the speed reduction. If this feature reduces a target's speed to 0, the creature is stunned until the beginning of its next turn.

Rush. You also gain a bonus to your initiative roll equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1)

Stop The Clock

Beginning at 14th level, you have gained limited mastery over time itself. While holding your Chronometer, you can use your action to overload the device, expending all of its remaining Charges, to cast time stop.

Once you use this feature you must finish a short or long rest before you can cast time stop in this way again.

Tools of the Trade

At 1st level, you gain proficiency with smith's tools. If you are already proficient in smith's tools, you instead gain proficiency with another set of artisan's tools of your choice.

Automatons

Beginning at 1st level, you learned to craft unique mechanical devices known as Automatons. You can use your smith's tools as an action to craft a Small Automaton in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you. This Automaton has the abilities of the Agent Automaton detailed on the opposite column (see "Innovative Models").

Automatons are magical constructs with an Armor Class equal to 12 + your Intelligence modifier and hit points equal to your engineer level + your Intelligence modifier. When they make an ability check or a saving throw, its ability scores are 10 (+0). If mending is cast on one, it regains 2d6 hit points. It disappears if it is reduced to 0 hit points or after 1 hour.

You can create another automaton after you finish a long rest. In order to create an additional Automaton before the end of your next long rest, you must expend a Hit Die, representing the additional strain of work, to create one (maximum of your proficiency bonus). You can only have a single operational Automaton at any one time. Creating a second Automaton causes any previous ones to instantly fall apart.

Your Automatons can do nothing on their own. However, you can use a bonus action on your turn to activate one of your Automatons so long as you are within 60 feet of it. As part of this bonus action, you can also cause your Automaton to climb or move up to 25 feet.

Additional Engines

At 3rd level, you've mastered the essential tools, and have begun to tinker with ways to expand your arsenal.

Innovative Models

Also at 3rd level, you have improved your craft. Whenever you create an Automaton, choose one of the Automaton models below:

Agent Automaton. When activated, you see and hear through the Automaton, so long as you are within 100 feet of it. You are deaf and blind to your senses until you end this link as a bonus action.

Anchor Automaton. When activated, the Automaton latches onto a target within 5 feet, reducing the target's speed by a number of feet equal to 5 times your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 5 feet).

Armor Automaton. When activated, the Automaton attaches itself to a willing creature within 5 feet. While attached, that creature's Armor Class cannot be less than 13 + your Intelligence modifier.

Artisan Automaton. This Automaton is proficient with one set of tools, and when activated, it makes an ability check with its tool set, and adds your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1) to its roll.

Assault Automaton. When activated, the Automaton makes a melee spell attack against a creature within 5 feet or ranged spell attack against a creature within 30 feet. On hit, it deals bludgeoning (melee) or ballistic (ranged) damage equal to 1d8 + your Intelligence modifier.

Additionally, all automatons may add your Intelligence modifier when they must make an ability check or a saving throw.

Engine Conduit

At 5th level, you can implant your engines in your Automatons. When you activate an Engine, you can choose for it to originate from an Automaton of your choice, instead of yourself, so long as you are within 60 feet of it.

Automated Army

Also at 5th level, you now create two Automatons of your choice at the end of each long rest, and you can activate up to two Automatons with the same bonus action.

At 14th level, you can create and control up to three.

Automated Awareness

Starting at 10th level, your automatons feed you additional info about your surroundings. You gain a bonus to your initiative rolls equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1), and cannot be Surprised, so long as you are not Incapacitated.

Automated Defense

Beginning at 14th level, you can use your automatons as "meat" shields. When you or an ally are forced to make a saving throw or are hit by an Attack, you can use your reaction to recall one of your Automatons within 25 feet of the target. The Automaton then becomes the target of the attack or saving throw.

Tools of the Trade

At 1st level, you gain proficiency with smith's tools and heavy armor. If you are already proficient in smith's tools, you instead gain proficiency with another set of artisan's tools of your choice.

Arcannon

At 3rd level, you have finished crafting a custom gunne called an arcannon. At the end of a long rest, you can use smith's tools to an arcannon. You gain the following:

• It is a simple weapon only usable by you.
• You use your Intelligence, in place of Dexterity, for its attack and damage rolls.
• It gains the ranged (90/300) property. On hit, it deals 1d8 lightning damage, and once per turn, when you hit with an arcannon attack, you can cause it to deal an additional 1d8 lightning damage.
• The arcannon grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. This bonus increases at 11th level (+2) and 17th level (+3).

You can only have one arcannon at a time. Creating a second causes the magic of the first to immediately dispel.

Additional Engines

At 3rd level, you've mastered the essential tools, and have begun to tinker with ways to expand your arsenal.

Warplate

Also at 3rd level, you gain a full suit of armor. At the end of a long rest, you can use your smith's tools to transform a set of non-magical armor into Warplate. This armor incorporates your Arcannon, is only usable by you, and while wearing it you gain the following benefits:

• If the set of armor normally has a Strength requirement, your Warplate lacks this requirement for you.
• You can use your Warplate as a spellcasting focus.
• Your Warplate attaches to you and can’t be removed against your will. It expands to cover your entire body, and functionally replaces any missing limbs or body parts. You can don or doff your warplate as an action, and can retract or deploy the helmet as a bonus action.
• You can use a bonus action to grant yourself temporary hit points equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1).

Adapt of War

Beginning at 5th level, you gain the following benefits:

• Upgraded Arcannon. You ignore the disadvantage imposed when attacking at the arcannon's long range.
• Upgraded Warplate. Your warplate can send a jolt to you to refocus your mind. The warplate has 4 charges. Whenever you fail a Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration on a spell, you can use your reaction to spend 1 of the warplate's charges to succeed instead. The warplate regains all expended charges at dawn.

Finally, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn, and you can cast one of your engineer trinkets in place of one of your attacks.

Guraza

At 10th level, you create a pilotable golem known as a guraza. You may choose to have the guraza function as an independent golem or can pilot it by climbing inside of it.

New Spells

Improve Statistics

2nd-level abjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 hour

You modify a weapon or worn item to better serve it's function. If imbued on a weapon, for the duration on an attack roll, the wielder can roll an additional d20 (they can choose to do this after they roll, but before the outcome is determined). The creature can choose which of the d20s is used for the attack roll. If imbued into a worn item, they can roll a d20 when attacked, then choose whether the attack uses the attacker's roll or theirs. With either use, the spell immediately ends upon rolling the extra d20.

Lightning Charged

2nd-level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S, M (a piece of once used lightning rod)
• Duration: 10 minutes

You channel lightning energy into a creature. The energy is harmless to the creature, but escapes in dangerous bursts to other nearby creatures. Every time that creature strikes another creature with a melee attack, a spell with a range of touch, is struck by another creature with melee attack, or ends their turn while grappling or being grappled by another creature, they deal 1d6 Lightning damage to that creature.

Once this spell has discharged 6 times (dealing up to 6d6 damage), the spell ends.

At Higher Levels. The spell can discharge damage 2 additional times (dealing 2d6 more total damage) before the spell ends for each slot level above 2nd.

Dispel Construct

3rd-level abjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You can attempt to purge the magic animating a construct within range, rendering it inert. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw, or be reduced to zero hit points. If the target has more than 100 hit points remaining, it makes this roll with advantage.

Fireburst Mine

3rd-level abjuration

• Casting Time: 1 minute
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S, M (Any tiny nonmagical item, which is destroyed by the activation of the spell)
• Duration: 8 hours

You can set a magical trap by infusing explosive magic into an item. You can set this item to detonate when someone comes within 5 feet of it, or by a verbal command using your reaction (one or more mines can be detonated).

When the magic trap detonates, each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on the item must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 5d8 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If a creature is in the area of effect of more than one fireburst mine during a turn, they take half damage from any subsequent effects of the mines.

A magical mine must be set 5 feet or more from another mine, and cannot be moved once placed; any attempt to move it results in it detonating unless the engineer that set it disarms it with an action.

Repair

4th-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You touch a construct or inanimate object, causing it regain 10d6 hit points. This causes any parts or material that has broken away from the construct or object to reattach, repairing it to the condition it was in before losing those hit points.

If the construct or object damaged state is the result of age, you can instead repair to the condition it was in 10d6 years ago, if it was previously in a better condition during that time (the condition can only improve or not change).

At Higher Levels: The hit points restored increases by 2d6 (or the years restored) for each slot above 4th.

Weapon of the Aureoles

5th-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, Up to 1 hour

You touch a melee weapon and imbue it with Cyclopean power. Until the spell ends, the weapon becomes legendary, ignoring resistance to its damage type, and gains the Siege property, dealing double damage to inanimate objects such as structures. If the weapon has a modifier of less than +3 to attack and damage rolls, its modifier becomes +3 to attack and damage rolls for the duration of the spell.

Additionally, if a critical strike of this melee weapon would leave a creature with less than 50 hitpoints, the target creature is instantly killed.

Creating a Fusilier

When creating a fusilier, consider two major things. Firstly, consider guns are viewed in the region your character is from, and then consider how your character came across their knowledge of how to make and use them? Did they have a eureka moment in a time of renaissance? Did they train with a mentor, army, or mercenary group before deciding to go on their own path? Did they adopt the weapons of their enemies or someone close to them? Are they using it as a way to equal the playing field against lorded knights or are they using it to protect the interests of the sovereign?

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity increases by two, and your Intelligence increases by 1.

Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d10 per fusilier level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per fusilier level after 1st

Proficiencies

• Armor: light armor, medium armor, non-tower shields
• Weapons: simple weapons, longswords, scimitars, shortswords, all firearms and grenades
• Tools: Tinkers' tools, plus a gaming set or musical instrument of your choice
• Saving Throws: Strength, Dexterity
• Skills: Choose two from Acrobatics, Athletics, Deception, History, Insight, Intimidation, Perception, or Survival.

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background (Starting firearms can only be sold as scrap worth 4d10 bronze pence) :

• (a) a wheellock rifle and d6 ammo pouch (b) a dragon pistol and d6 ammo pouch, or (c) a pepperbox and d6 ammo pouch
• (a) munition armor, or (b) leather armor, flintlock pistol, and d6 ammo pouch
• (a) a shortsword and a shield, or (b) a longsword and a simple weapon
• (a) a dungeoneer’s pack, or (b) an explorer’s pack

Breacher

When you make a ranged attack at a creature within 15 feet of you and you roll a 1 or 2 on the damage die, you can reroll the damage die and must take the new roll, even if the number is a 1 or a 2. The weapon must have the scatter property in order to gain this benefit.

Close Quarters Shooter

When making a ranged attack while you are within 5 feet of a hostile creature, you do not have disadvantage on the attack roll. Your ranged attacks ignore half cover and three-quarters cover against targets within 30 feet of you. Finally, you have a +1 bonus to attack rolls on ranged attacks.

Deadeye

You get a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with martial and simple ranged weapons, as well as longarms which do not have the bulky or scatter property.

Sniper

You gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls if you attack a creature further than 60 feet away from you with a ranged weapon or a firearm that does not have the scatter property.

Phalanx

You can now wield a two-handed melee weapon, heavy crossbow, light crossbow, or a longarm with a shield, but you must use an action to brace the weapon against the shield in order to attack with it. The weapon stays braced in this way as long as you move no more than 10 feet during your turn. The weapon loses any benefits you gain from using it with two hands while braced.

Valor Points

You have one valor point per level of Fusilier. You can never have more valor points than your Fusilier level. You regain valor under the following conditions:

• A successful critical hit with a firearm restores one valor point. A critical on a helpless or unaware creature or on a creature that has fewer Hit Dice than half your character level does not restore valor.
• When you reduce a creature to 0 hit points with a firearm attack, you restore one valor point. Reducing a helpless or unaware creature, or reducing a creature that has fewer Hit Dice than half your character level to 0 hit points does not restore any valor.
• You regain all spent valor points when you finish a long rest.

Active Cover. When you are targeted with a ranged attack or subjected to an area effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw, you can spend one valor point to move 5 feet as a reaction; doing so grants you half-cover. Alternatively, you can drop prone to gain three-quarters cover against the triggering attack.

This movement provokes opportunity attacks. You can only perform this action while wearing light or medium armor, and while carrying no more than a light load.

Cauterize. As long as you have one point of valor, you can use your bonus action to press the hot barrel of your firearm against a Wound to stop the bleeding (this removes the Wound). You can only do so if the firearm has been fired this turn.

You do not have to make an attack with the firearm. Instead, you can shoot the firearm into the air, using ammunition and a dose of blackpowder as normal.

Instinctive Aiming. As long as you have one point of valor, you do not need to take an action to Aim when firing within your firearm's first range increment. You can spend a valor point to extend this to your second range increment.

Quick Clear. You can spend a valor point to clear a misfire as a bonus action (pg. 110).

Bonus Proficiencies

When you choose this specialization at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Acrobatics skill and Persuasion skill.

Shot on The Run

At 3rd level, if you move at least 20 ft on your turn, you can Reload a firearm as part of your movement provided that the action to reload that firearm with that type of ammunition would normally only require a bonus action.

Dragoon's Dash

Also at 3rd level, you can spend 1 valor point as a bonus action to take the Dash action. You can only utilize this feature if you are wearing light or no armor and not using a shield larger than a buckler.

Honed Reflexes

Starting at 7th level, your quick thinking helps in both social and combat situations. You can add 1d6 to all Dexterity and Charisma based ability checks.

Snap Shot

At 9th level, you are quick on the uptake in close quarters. As a reaction, you can spend one valor point to threaten an area 10 feet around you as though you were wielding a melee weapon with the Reach quality. If a creature provokes an opportunity attack from you, you can use your firearm for the opportunity attack, ignoring the normal disadvantage for attacking within 5 feet.

Dual Shot On The Run

When you reach 13th level, you maximize every movement of your body to aid with combat reloading. You can reload two firearms while using the Shot on The Run feature.

Daring Acts

At 17th level, your boldness in combat rewards you with extraordinary luck. You can spend valor to reroll a saving throw or a skill check. It costs 2 valor points to reroll a saving throw, and one valor point to reroll a skill check. You must take the result of the second roll, even if it is lower. This feature’s valor cost cannot be reduced by the true valor class feature.

Bonus Proficiencies

When you choose this specialization at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in heavy armor and tower shields.

Bulwark

Beginning at 3rd level, while wearing medium or heavy armor, you can spend one point of valor to gain temporary hit points equal to your fusilier level + your Constitution modifier as a bonus action. These temporary hit points disappear after one minute. Whenever you are subjected to an effect that would move you, knock you prone, or both while you have these temporary hit points, you can ignore these effects.

In addition, you learn how to maneuver in heavier armor. You reduce the Strength required to wear heavy armor by 1. This is further reduced by 1 at 6th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level.

Stock Strike

Also at 3rd level, when you take the Attack action on your turn, you can forgo one of your attacks to make a melee attack with the stock of your firearm. You are considered to be proficient with the firearm as a melee weapon and gain a bonus on the damage rolls equal to your proficiency bonus from the Fusilier class. The damage dealt by the stock strike is 1d6 bludgeoning for sidearms and 1d10 bludgeoning for longarms.

Additionally, when you successfully hit another creature with a stock strike, you can spend 1 valor point to attempt a shove (no action required).

Imposing Figure

Starting at 7th level, your time on the frontlines has also given you a gruff and commanding presence. You gain proficiency with the Intimidate skill. Whenever you make a Charisma (Intimidation) check, you gain a bonus to the check equal to your Constitution modifier.

Pull Through

Starting at 9th level, when you start the turn unconscious, you can spend one point of valor (if you have a use remaining) as an action to roll hit die equal to one third your fusilier level (rounded down). You regain hit points equal to the amount shown.

Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you complete a long rest.

Gendarme's Resolve

When you reach 13th level, you have strengthened your mind and body against the horrors of war. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, frightened, petrified, paralyzed or poisoned.

Battle Hardened

At 17th level, you gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks.

Bonus Proficiencies

When you choose this specialization at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in Alchemist's Supplies and the Nature skill.

Explosives Expert

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, your tinkering with black powder allows you to create Explosives to harry your enemies with. As an action, you may hurl an Explosive at a creature, object, or surface within 30 feet of you. On impact, an Explosive detonates in a 10-foot radius. Any creature in that area must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against your Explosive save DC. They take 2d6 fire damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a success. When you hit a non-magical structure with one of your Explosives, it is considered an automatic critical hit.

Your Explosive's damage increases by 1d6 when you reach certain levels within this class: 6th level (3d6), 9th level (4d6), 12th level (5d6), 15th level (6d6), and 18th level (7d6).

Creating Explosives requires careful mixing and focus. At the end of each long rest, you can use your Alchemist's Supplies to prepare a number of Explosives equal to your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1).

Bonus Proficiencies

When you choose this specialization at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in siege weapons and the Investigation skill.

Military Engineer

At 3rd level, you gain a Tool Box (as per the Engineer class feature). You also learn how to create a small amount of trinkets and engines to supplement your arsenal.

Blackpowder Magic

Also 3rd level, when you cast an engineer spell with a save DC, you can expend valor points to make a failure more likely. You can spend a number of valor points equal to the spell’s level to impose disadvantage on a single target's initial saving throw.

In addition, as a bonus action on your turn, you can expend one of your engines and gain a number of valor points equal to the engine’s level.

Survey and Supply

At 7th level, your duties include not just quality inspection, but purchasing and issuing. You can take the Use Object action as a bonus action. In addition, you gain proficiency in the Persuasion skill and double your proficiency modifier on any Charisma checks related to purchasing supplies and Intelligence checks to appraise the quality of munitions.

Snuff Load

At 9th level, you can add in some snuff to your powder load to produce intense effects. As a reaction, you can spend one valor point to gain a bonus on all damage rolls equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum 1) with successful firearm and siege weapon attacks you make until the start of your next turn.

Bonus Proficiencies

When you choose this specialization at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in thieves' tools and the Stealth skill.

Ghost of the Road

At 3rd level, you are a master of surprising attacks and misdirection. When you make an attack against a target who cannot see you, they must make a Wisdom saving throw against a DC equal to 10 + your proficiency bonus. On a failure, they are unable to track your movement and you remain hidden from them.

Killshot

Also at 3rd level, when you successfully hit a single creature with a ranged weapon attack, you can expend a number of valor points up to your proficiency bonus to deal an extra 1d6 damage per valor point spent. This damage is not multiplied on a critical hit.

One Eye Open

Starting at 7th level, you excel at picking out hidden enemies and other threats. You no longer need at least one valor point to avoid being surprised while you are conscious.

In addition, you gain proficiency in the Perception, Investigation, or Insight skill (choose one).

Extricate

At 9th level, when you get hit by an attack, you can spend one valor point and use your reaction to move to a safer position. You don't take any damage from the attack and move 30 feet away to an unoccupied space. As part of this reaction, you can attempt to hide, even if only lightly obscured.

Once you use this feature, you can not use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

Ambush Master

Starting at 13th level, you excel at leading ambushes and acting first in a fight. You have advantage on initiative rolls. In addition, the first creature you hit during the first round of a combat becomes easier for you and others to strike; attack rolls against that target have advantage until the start of your next turn.

Vanish

Starting at 17th level, you can use the Hide action as a bonus action on your turn. Also, you can’t be tracked by nonmagical means, unless you choose to leave a trail.

Gentry

All voices fall silent as the woman approaches the execution grounds. She walks with elegance and a dignity scarcely seen in dark times such as these. Every move she makes, every breath she takes, is calculated. She cannot move too fast, lest one would think she is eager to get it over with. She cannot move too slowly, else her people might think her nervous or weak. As she stands before the bound prisoner, she draws her blade. Its decorated hilt and expertly sharpened blade stand in stark contrast to the men it was made to kill, and even more so to the prisoner now cowering before the chopping block.

The gentry addresses the man, hears his last words and considers them. The prisoner speaks of desperation and regret, but neither is enough to change his fate. The gentry raises her voice. She speaks of her duties and her name, and the judgment she came to carry out today. She swings. A head rolls to the ground. The sword is passed to a guard. No blood shall sully her scabbard.

Amongst adventurers stands the gentry. Few exert as much power by merely being present on the battlefield, inspiring their comrades to fight and die in service of their country, religion, or their chosen family. As part of their noble obligations, gentries protect the common folk as they depend on their services and labor to support their family's wealth. While some gentries commit to their tasks out of patriotism, others see it as “fashionable adventuring.” Regardless, they serve as a pillar to their people and as an instrument of justice.

Ability Score Increase

Your Charisma increases by two, and your Strength increases by 1.

Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d8 per gentry level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per gentry level after 1st

Proficiencies

• Armor: light armor, medium armor, non-tower shields.
• Weapons: simple weapons, longbows, longswords, rapiers, scimitars, and shortswords, sidearms.
• Tools: One gaming set of your choice
• Saving Throws: Charisma, Wisdom
• Skills: Choose two skills from Athletics, Deception, History, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, and Persuasion.

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

• (a) a martial weapon (if proficient) or (b) two simple weapons
• (a) a light crossbow with 20 bolts and a shield or (b) a flintlock pistol with 10 musketballs and a powderhorn
• (a) arming doublet or (b) haubergeon armor
• (a) a scholar's pack or (b) a diplomat's pack

Battlefield Commands

Starting at 1st level, you have access to Command Dice. These represent your ability to focus your battlefield presence to powerful results. Your Gentry level determines the size of the dice, as shown on the Command Die column of the Gentry table.

You have a number of Command Dice equal to your proficiency modifier + your Charisma modifier. You can expend them as a reaction to issue Battlefield Commands to creatures within 60 feet of you that can hear you. You regain all your Command Dice when you finish a short or long rest.

You start knowing three battlefield commands: Rally, Overwhelm, and Leadership.

Rally. You can expend a Command die to target a friendly creature. As a reaction, the target can expend one of its Hit Dice to regain hit points equal to its Hit Die roll + its Constitution modifier + your Charisma modifier.

Once you use this feature on a creature, it cannot benefit from this feature again until it finishes a short or long rest.

Overwhelm. You can expend a Command die to mark a hostile creature. The next time that creature is damaged by you or an ally of yours before the start of your next turn, it must make a Constitution saving throw, DC 10 or equal to half the damage dealt (whichever is higher). On a failure, they grant advantage to all attacks against it until the end of its next turn.

This mark lasts for one minute.

Leadership. When a friendly creature would make an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can expend a Command die by rolling it and adding the number rolled to the friend creature's total. You must decide to use this battlefield command before the GM reveals whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once expended, the bonus die is lost.

Close Quarters Shooter

When making a ranged attack while you are within 5 feet of a hostile creature, you do not have disadvantage on the attack roll. Your ranged attacks ignore half cover and three-quarters cover against targets within 30 feet of you. Finally, you have a +1 bonus to attack rolls on ranged attacks.

Defensive Fighting

While wearing armor or wielding a shield, you gain a +1 bonus to your Armor Class.

Dual Wielding

When you take the Attack action while two-weapon fighting, you can make a single additional attack with your off-hand weapon as part of your action instead of your bonus action, adding your ability modifier to the damage of this attack.

Dueling (Revised)

When you are wielding a one-handed weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.

Imperium Fencing

You've studied Imperium fencing, based on former judicial dueling techniques turned aristocratic sport. While you are wielding a finesse weapon and nothing in your other hand, you gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and a +2 to your Armor Class so long as you are not wearing heavy armor.

Mazoi Archery

You've trained with the greatbows of the Mazoi. You can use your Strength score, in place of your Dexterity, for attack and damage rolls with greatbows, longbows, and shortbows.

Mounted Warrior

While riding a trained mount, both you and your mount gain a +1 bonus to your Armor Class, and you can use a bonus action to command it to take one action from its stat block

Protection

When a creature you can see attacks a target other than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You must be wielding a melee weapon or a shield to use this reaction.

Standard Bearer

When a creature within 5 feet of you makes an attack against a creature you can see, you can use your reaction to grant it advantage on its attack roll. You must be carrying a banner, flag, or battle standard in your hand to use this reaction.

Clerical Presence

Using divine blessings and rituals, clerical gentries serve as their church's support on the battlefield.

Faith Healing

Starting at 18th level, you can expend any amount of Command Dice to cast healing word without expending a spell slot, treating the level as the amount of Command Dice spent. When you do so, the spell effects all creatures of you choice within range that could be effected by the spell.

Once you use this ability, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest.

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Heroic Proficiencies

At 1st level, your humble background nevertheless prepared you for the life of a hero. You gain proficiency in longarms, heavy crossbows, a musical instrument and an artisan tool of your choice, and Performance.

Strike Them Down

Starting at 3rd level, when you take the Attack action, you can expend a Command Dice to apply Rally or Overwhelm as part of the same action. Whenever you expend a Command Dice as part of taking the Attack action, you can add the expended Command Dice to the damage roll of the attack.

Additionally, friendly creatures gain a bonus to hit equal to your Charisma Modifier (maximum of your proficiency bonus) to attacks granted by Clout.

Embolden Allies

Also at 3rd level, when a friendly creature within 30 feet of you scores a critical hit, you can use your reaction to grant them temporary hit points equal to your Command Die + your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1).

Stand Defiant

Starting at 7th level, when you are reduced to zero hit points, you instantly regain a number of hit points equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1). Additionally you can expend a number of Command Dice equal to the number of allies within 60 feet of you and rolling them adding the result to the health regained.

Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

Inspired Warrior

Starting at 11th level, once per turn, when one of your allies within 30 feet takes or deals damage, you add one to a pool of d4 dice. You can have a maximum number of d4 dice in this pool equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one). The next time you deal damage, you can expend this pool of d4s as additional damage. Any unused dice are lost at the end of your turn.

Dauntless Resolve

Starting at 15th level, when you fail a Saving Throw, you can choose to succeed instead. Once you do this, you cannot do this again until you complete a long rest.

We Are One

Starting at 18th level, your allies will never fall so long as their symbol of hope remains. When an ally is reduced to zero hit points withing 60 feet of you, they are instead reduced to 1 hit point so long as they can see or hear you.

Once an allied creature benefits from this effect, they cannot benefit from it again until they complete a long rest.

Chieftain Proficiencies

At 1st level, you learn to track and hunt as the predators of the wild. You gain proficiency with martial weapons and in either Perception or Survival. Whenever you make a Wisdom (Perception) or Wisdom (Survival) check to track a creature that is below its hit point maximum, you can treat a roll of 7 or lower on the d20 as an 8.

Warcry

Starting at 3rd level, as part of your Attack action or an extra Attack granted by Clout, you can unleash a mighty Warcry by expending any number of Command Dice. You and any allied creature within 30 feet of you gains temporary hit points equal to half the amount shown + your Charisma modifier. These temporary hit points last for 1 minute.

Brutal Momentum

Additionally at 3rd level, whenever you spend at least one Command Die, you gain advantage on the next attack roll you make before the end of your turn.

Reckless Assault

Starting at 7th level, when a creature with temporary hit points from your Warcry class feature deals damage with a weapon attack, they can sacrifice those temporary hit points to instead deal maximum damage. For example, instead of dealing 2d6 damage to a creature, you deal 12.

Once a creature benefits from Reckless Assault twice, they cannot do so again until they complete a short or long rest.

Ordd Tactics

Starting at 11th level, you excel at taking down prey in coordination with your allies. If you strike a creature that has taken damage from one of your allies since the end of your last turn, your first attack against the creature deals an additional 2d6 damage.

Additionally, if an attack you grant with Clout is used to attack a creature you dealt damage to during your turn, that attack deals additional damage equal to your Command die.

Thrill of the Hunt

Beginning at 15th level, a successful hunt drives you into frenzy. As a reaction when a creature under the effects of your Rally slays a creature, you can grant yourself temporary hit points equal to your gentry level and immediately target another creature within range with Rally without expending an Command Die. You may expend these temporary hit points using your Reckless Assault feature.

Additionally, the range of your Warcry is doubled.

Pack of Predators

Starting at 18th level, both you and creatures within range of Clout gain the following benefits:

• Your movement speed increases by 10 feet.
• Your weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19-20.

Praetorian Proficiencies

At 1st level, a praetorian gentry's studies keeps their mind sharp for war. You gain proficiency in calligrapher's supplies and cartographer’s tools, two gaming sets of your choice, and your choice of History or Investigation. You also add double your proficiency bonus to any ability check that uses your proficiency with gaming sets, or any Intelligence (History) or Intelligence (Investigation) check that has to do with the strategy, tactics, or history of war.

Tactical Edge

Starting at 3rd level, you may substitute Intelligence for your Charisma when using the Battlefield Commands or Legendary Commander feature. Also, friendly creatures gain a bonus to hit equal to your Intelligence Modifier (maximum of your proficiency bonus) to attacks granted by Clout.

Additionally, you gain an additional Command Die. You gain additional Command Dice at 9th level and 15th level.

Calculated Preparations

Also at 3rd level, when you roll initiative, you can switch your place in initiative order with a willing creature, so long as neither of you is Surprised. Doing so grants them Leadership on their first triggering action without having to expend a Command die.

Inscrutable Mind

Starting at 7th level, you gain proficiency in Intelligence Saving Throws.

Additionally, as a reaction when being forced to make a Wisdom, Intelligence, or Charisma Saving Throw, you can expend a Command Die and add the die result to the saving throw.

Gifted Strategist

Starting at 11th level, your plan of actions rarely fail. You gain the following benefits:

• The range of your Clout is doubled.
• Rally healing is treated as its maximum roll.
• Whenever you make an ability check that uses your Intelligence modifier, you can treat a roll of 9 or lower on the d20 as a 10.

Superior Tactics

Starting at 15th level, you cannot be Surprised while you are conscious.

Additionally, you and allied creatures treat a roll of 3 or less on the bonus die granted by your Battlefield Commands feature as a 4.

Secret Gambit

Never to be outdone, you always have a plan for when things go south. Beginning at 18th level, you can reveal one of your previously undisclosed plans to your allies, making an ability check relevant to the plan to determine its effectiveness.

Once you use this feature you can't use it again for 7 days.

Hunter (Variant Ranger)

Rough and wild looking, a free elf stalks alone through the shadows of trees, hunting humans he knows are planning a raid on a nearby farm. Clutching an axe in each hand, he becomes a whirlwind of steel, cutting down one enemy after another, with his trusted boar companion at his side. While together, nothing fazes the two and their resolve only strengths in face of adversity.

After tumbling away from a cone of fresh air, a human finds her feet and draws back her bow to loose an arrow at the white dragon. Shrugging off the wave of fear that emenates from the dragon like the cold of its breath, she sends one arrow after another to find the gaps between the dragon's thick scales.

Holding his hand high, a half-elf whistles to the hawk that circles high above him, calling the bird back to his side. Whispering instructions in Elvish, he points to the owl bear he's been tracking and sense the hawkto distract the creature while he readies his blade.

Far from the bustle of the cities and towns, past the hedges that shelter the most distant farms from the terrors of the while, amid the dense-packed trees of trackless forests and across wide and empty plains, rangers keep their unending watch.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity increases by two, and your Wisdom increases by 1.

Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d10 per hunter level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier.
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per hunter level after 1st

Proficiencies

• Armor: Light armor, medium armor, non-tower shields
• Weapons: All weapons and firearms
• Tools: Choice of cook’s utensils or herbalism kit
• Saving Throws: Strength, Dexterity
• Skills: Choose three from Animal Handling, Atheltics, Insight, Investigation, Nature, Perception, Stealth, and Survival.

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

• (a) munition armor or (b) leather armor
• (a) two short swords or (b) two simple melee weapons
• (a) a dungeoneer's pack or (b) an explorer's pack
• (a) a longbow and a quiver of 20 arrows (b) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (c) an arquebus and 20 musketballs

Favored Enemy

Beginning at 1st level, you have significant experience studying, tracking, hunting, and even talking to a certain type of enemy commonly encountered in the wilds. Choose a type of favored enemy: aberrations, beasts, celestials, constructs, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, giants, monstrosities, oozes, plants, or undead. Alternatively, you can select two races of humanoid (such as humans and orcs) as favored enemies.

You gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls against creatures of the chosen type. Additionally, you have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track your favored enemies, as well as on Intelligence checks to recall information about them. Finally, your favored enemies cannot be hidden from you while they are within 20 feet of you.

When you gain this feature, you also learn one language of your choice, typically one spoken by your favored enemy or creatures associated with it. However, you are free to pick any language you wish to learn.

Natural Explorer

Your experience with traveling through and surviving in different environments lets you guide others through perilous terrain. This grants you the following benefits:

• Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any Nature or Survival check you make if you are proficient with the skill you are using.
• You ignore non-magical difficult terrain and difficult terrain doesn't slow your group's travel.
• You have advantage on Navigation and Perception while traveling. In addition, even when you are engaged in another activity while traveling (such as foraging, navigating, or tracking), you remain alert to danger.
• If you are traveling alone, you can move stealthily at a normal pace.
• When you forage, you find enough food for a second person.
• While tracking other creatures, you also learn their exact numbers, sizes, and how long ago they passed through the area.

Akimbo Shooter

When you take the attack action with a light weapon, you can use a bonus action to make an aimed attack with a light ranged weapon you are holding. You do not add your ability score modifier to the damage of this attack, unless that modifier is negative.

Deadeye

You get a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with martial and simple ranged weapons, as well as longarms which do not have the bulky or scatter property.

Druidic Warrior

You learn two cantrips of your choice from the ovate spell list. They count as ovate spells for you, and Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for them. Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of these cantrips with another cantrip from the ovate spell list.

Dual Wielding

When you take the Attack action while two-weapon fighting, you can make a single additional attack with your off-hand weapon as part of your action instead of your bonus action, adding your ability modifier to the damage of this attack.

Dueling (Revised)

When you are wielding a one-handed weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.

Marine Fighting

When you are not wearing medium or heavy armor, or using a shield, you have a swimming speed equal to your movement speed, and you gain a +1 bonus to your Armor Class.

Sniper

You gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls if you attack a creature further than 60 feet away from you with a ranged weapon or a firearm that does not have the scatter property.

Animal Companion

Starting at 3rd level when you choose this subclass, you gain a beast companion. This beast can be either an existing beast, or one summoned to you through a special ritual during a long rest, but upon becoming your companion, gains a magical bond with you that grants it special powers. Your beast can have the appearance of any beast CR 1/2 or lower, but it's stats are determined by the stat block below and the traits selected.

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Blindsight: Your Companion gains a Blindsight of 10 feet.