Amazon Traits

A race of warrior women.

• Ability Score Increase. Your Strength, Constitution, and Charisma scores each increase by 1.
• Age. Amazons reach adulthood in their mid-teens, and usually, live to be just over 200 years old. Their body's showing no sign of age until their final years.
• Alignment. Amazons usually tend toward lawful alignments, as their outlook takes influence from their goliath allies.
• Size. Amazons typically stand roughly between 6 and 8 feet tall and weigh between 200 and 340 pounds. Your size is Medium.
• Speed. Your base walking speed is 35 feet.
• Amazon Weapon Training. You have proficiency with spears, glaives, shortbows, longbows, and shields.
• Earthborn. Amazons, being sculpted and born from the ground are said to be as strong and as resilient as the earth. Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.
• Powerful Build. Your peoples emphasize on self-betterment and your naturally adept body causes you to be significantly stronger than most races your size. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
• Rugged Grace. Amazons have an inherent, nigh-deific, yet somewhat uncivilized presence that other races take note of. Whether this takes the form of noble gesture, bombastic charm or feminine sway, their unusual mannerisms, intentionally or otherwise, fill others' perceptions with warm feelings and clouded judgment. Whenever you make an Charisma (Persuasion) or an Charisma (Intimidation) check against a humanoid creature, you are considered proficient in the Persuasion or Intimidation skill and if you are already proficient you may add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus.
• Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Giant.

Amazon Builds

Though you can play any race with any class, Amazons tend to excel with classes such as the Barbarian, the Fighter, and the Ranger.

Also keep in mind the most Amazon tribes do not tend to get involved in social aspects that others races get involved with, they are generally unknowledgable about most town settings and heirarchies.

Awakened

This cat was different from most Meira met in her travels. It spoke Elvish and understood the magical arts on a level a Human adult could. Its fur was tinged with a darkness that could only be from a small fire. A tiny light manifested in front of it, illuminating its golden eyes as they widened at the sight of it.

"Did you make that, beast?" Meira said in astonishment. The cat merely let out a meow and batted the light with its paws. "Typical of a creature of your kind," she sighed.

"Don't be so dismissive, Elf," the cat said with a tinge of annoyance. It then shot a burst of flame at the light with its paws and walked away as if it had no care in the world. Meira laughed to herself and followed after as they returned home for the night.

Curious and changed from compared to their wildered brethren, Awakened are brought into a world they thought they understood. After their minds are awakened through powerful magic, experimentation, or a stroke of luck, Awakened are introduced to customs they never knew and people they may have never met. Aiding those they meet or who can win their trust first, an Awakened is a powerful ally to have in a world full of dangers.

Small in Size, Large in Mind

An Awakened is nearly indistinguishable from normal animals, nearly. Despite still being quite small compared to most races, Awakened stand nearly 3ft tall and barely weigh more than 50 pounds on average. Whether of feather, fur, or scale, Awakened have a glint of wonder in their eyes that match their attitude towards things as they wander around the vast new worlds now open to them.

Assistants and Explorers

Awakened are eager to learn and explore the world. After being awakened, new experiences are abound for them. They may take time to explore these new experiences and form bonds with humanoids from all walks of life.

Awakened rarely form communities together due to their small numbers. Instead they take residence with humanoids they meet and befriend. They live among them or help with arcane practices, which they find they have a strong attunement too. Others may aid druids and rangers in their quest to protect the wilds, while others are beholden to the divine. A few are even known to be accomplices to those in more unsavoury practices, such as assassination and thievery.

Awakened Names

Awakened take names from those who influenced them or from humanoids they've had a particular bond with and tend to have a pet name from their companion.

• Pet Names: Belle, Drake, Fluffles, Kaya, Littlefoot, Mr. Bumpkins, Peckers, Rose, Shadow, Wolfsbane, Zadie

• Male Names: Bodram, Demesk, Fren, Gosem, Hugin, Iep, Kindroth, Lathyll, Tiew, Vaalyun, Zunod

• Female Names: Ayda, Che, Daethie, Fren, Gosem, Lonal, Nuruh, Mai, Shadil, Vaeri, Zachi

Awakened Traits

Awakened tend to have similar traits among each other no matter their awakening.

• Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1.

• Age. As an animal, you mature at a far different rate than most other races. Most Awakened are mature after the first year awakened and live a little longer than other animals. They live around 20 years.

• Alignment. Awakened prefer to take no side unless convinced to, leaning towards neutral alignments.

• Size. Awakened are typically a little over 2 - 3 feet tall and weigh under 50 pounds on average. The magic infusing you makes them larger you typical creatures of their species. Your size is small.

• Speed (badger, cat, lizard, weasel). Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

• Speed (eagle, hawk, owl, raven). Your base walking speed is 0 feet and you have a flying speed of 25 feet. To use this speed, you can’t be wearing medium or heavy armor.

• Awakened Form. When you pick this race, choose badger, bat, cat, eagle, hawk, lizard, owl, raven, or weasel. This determines your appearance and speed.

• Beastial Sense. You gain proficiency in the Nature and Perception skill.

• Cantrip. You know one cantrip of your choice from the Wizard spell list. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for it.

• Fumbling Grasp. You can only wield simple weapons with the light property and only one at a time.

• Tooth and Claw. You are proficient with unarmed strikes, which deal your choice of 1d4 slashing or piercing damage on a hit.

• Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice.

Kaldt

Far to the north - beyond the world's spine in the frozen tundra of the Coldlands - dwell the forgotten Kaldt. As most cannot survive in the extreme cold temperatures, their small fortress of Kaldulv remains largely unknown, with the only regular visitors being the inhabitants of the world spine, the frost giants, and perhaps the scarce goliath. The Kaldt, however, revel in the cold and claim the north as their refuge from the politics of the civilized and the in-fighting of the barbarians, living only to hunt and survive in their harsh habitat.

The Kaldt are closely related to wolves, mirroring the ambivalent state of nature. Their bodies are as white as snow, with unique markings covering their bodies and their eyes shimmering in the color of ice or water. Their eyes glow in a green, blue or grey sheen, and their hair is usually white, and occasionally black or red. Their skin might be frighteningly cold, but they share a great warmth in their hearts, sharing sympathy with all natural beings. They care for the clans and friends as if they were part of themselves, for what is life without companionship?

Hunter's Blood

As the gods carved out the races who dominate the world of Toril, the likes of humans, elves, orcs and dwarves, Skaði, goddess of hunting, winter and mountains, was unhappy with the ways of her kin, the frost giants, so she handcrafted a people in her own image, with her blood as their source of strength.

She named them the Kaldt, meaning "cold ones" in Ulvan, an ancient Giant dialect of her design. They would embody the hunt in its purest form, but not sway from honor and duty to their clan. They shall serve nature undetected, inhabit the tundras and drive away evil from the north.

Untainted Innocence

The Kaldt have little interaction with other parts of the world, and rarely every see other creatures, places and sights. The common sense of humans, elves, halflings and dwarves are therefore a curiosity of great value. Many things that their southern neighbors find self-explained or are taken for granted are exotic and unknown to the Kaldt, and one can often gain the trust of a Kaldt with small commodities, hand-crafted trinkets and other small odd valuables.

In exchange, a Kaldt might share their bounty with them, tell of stories of the Kaldt of old or gift them a fur coat to signify their newfound bond. The Kaldt no nothing of politics, culture or religion of the outsiders, and are easily perplexed when visiting settlements and cities, having never seen large amounts of people in one place. Few Kaldt learn Common, and few speak it without flaw, though they will go to great lengths to paraphrase when at a loss for words. They tend to be direct, though they can be tactful. They just happen to be honest, sometimes most brutally so.

Mountain Fortress

The fortress of Koldulv is their only refuge, with few Kaldt ever leaving its borders. It lies on the northern side of the great spine of the world, surrounded by an unnaturally large forest, hard up against the endless ice to the north and bounded on its other side by hundreds of miles of the great mountains. The surrounding land is ruled by the frost giants, with whom the Kaldt are allied to. They live in relative harmony, exchanging knowledge and food on a regular basis.

Koldulv has a temple called the Wolf's Den - deep in the mountain fortress, built out of stone ages ago by the Kaldt of old - which functions as a place of worship to Skaði, where they raise and train their young to this day.

The Wolf's Den is comparable to large hall from the outside, with a throne room bejeweled with the Hunter Queen's throne, made of white dragon bones and the dust of ancient diamonds, assumed to be from an ancient foe slain long ago.

Fronting it is the Table of Spears in the entrance hall, used for celebrations and feasts in peace and meetings in war. The hall also encompasses underground sleeping areas and an enclosed training area to the back of the hall, and functions as the center of Kaldulvian culture.

Naturebound

The Kaldt, or Wolfkin as they are sometimes called, are naturally gifted nomadic hunters, living off the wild. All animals raised and trained by the Kaldt learn Ulvan. The Koldulven wolves live alongside the Kaldt, as part of their family and clan.

Each clan embodies different aspects of nature, from brute force to peaceful growth, which is mirrored in their fighting styles and hunting techniques. All Kaldt are sworn at a young age to be honorable, careful and be true to their word. Once a Kaldt becomes of age, some choose to leave their clan they were born in to join another clan, though such a occurrence being a rarity.

They revere nature, and see the hunt as a ritual to ensure the circle of life continues. Before each hunt, they prey for success to Skaði, and after the Hunt, the unused parts are burned as a sacrifice to honor the goddess and the bones are buried to pay respect to the creature.

The Kaldt are reclusive, slow to trust those outside of their race, but are fierce and loyal allies if you manage to win one over. Just remember to never insult their wolf pets or clan.

Kaldt Names

Every kaldt has two names: a birth name assigned by the clan mother, and the clan name, which they use as their surname outside of Kaldulv. The birth names are often chosen from the name of prominent ancestors, recent deceased relatives, or the name of a god, slightly altered to symbolize the resemblance in spirit. Clan Names are usually two similar or opposite elements which symbolize the ideals of the clan and its members, with the exception of the Helder, the first and eldest clan.

• Male Birth Names: Agni, Anvindr, Arvid, Asger, Asmund, Bjorn, Brandr, Brynjar, Calder, Colborn, Fiske, Fritjof, Halvar, Hjalmar, Hjotr, Ivar, Leif, Oddr, Ove, Ragnar, Rannulfr, Sigurd, Skari, Sten, Stigandr, Stigr, Sven, Trygve, Vali, Vidar

• Female Birth Names: Astrid, Audhid, Birghild, Brenna, Brynhild, Dagmar, Eerika, Eira, Gudrun, Gunhild, Helga, Hertha, Hilde, Hillevi, Ingrid, Iona, Kari, Ragna, Ranveig, Rea, Runa, Saga, Sigrid, Signe, Sigrunn, Solveg, Thora, Ylva

• Clan Names: Ashbolder, Brightwood, Drakespear, Helder, Hornraven, Frosthale, Shieldbeast, Stormwind, Thunderkin, Wolfhide, Icepike, Ringbearer, Firekeeper

Kaldt Traits

Skaði's people are pale-skinned with markings on their entire bodies. Their eyes glow in a green, blue or grey sheen, and their hair is usually white, and occasionally black or red. Typically, they are very solemn and quiet, but you will find them to be quite caring, once you get to know them.

• Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution and Wisdom scores each increase by 1, and you can increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1.
• Age. Kaldt reach maturity around age 20 and live up to 200 years.

Traveling Kaldt

The Kaldt seldomly travel outside of Kaldulv, and therefore usually require a decisive reason for doing so. Perhaps a god has returned to the material plane and threaten Skaði's people, or Skaði herself has gifted an exceptional hunter a dream or vision that calls their presence in foreign lands. Maybe a lost or stolen kaldulvian artefact that is rumored to have been found may move them abroad, a frost giant from the world spine has gone rogue and needs to be put down, or they may send ambassadors to the south to represent their interests.

A travelling Kaldt is a rare sight, and often instigates curiosity and tumult among common folk. A kaldt tends to sleep outside of cities, and generally stays to themselves. They keep to themselves, keeping focused on the objective at hands. If one of your comrades manage to break the ice and a kaldt warms up to you, you have gained a loyal friend for life.

Kri

Society

Kri are a rare race. They understand their bonds of history between them and respect the scars they share. However, most end up taking up isolation, preferring to hunt for their own survival. To a kri, becoming a liability is great shame, and shame is the one thing that they have yet to fully accept. Their pride in their race, scarred history and all, is a source of strength. For it to be marred by weakness and shame is tantamount to death. Kri also believe in honor, being simple people with simple words. They are willing to fight along valiant friends and dedicate their lives to what they hold dear. Kri lack written languages, and so cannot read either. They were barely even taught vocations, instead just sent out often to maul enemies. Even now, their focus is on fighting and survival rather than the art of speaking and other arts.

Kri Names

Kri take their names from broken Common and something like Orcish, with lots of grunts and harsh sounds. Their names have virtually no distinction between gender that one can tell, but they are fiendishly angry when one mixes them up.

• Male: Dugor, Dushnab, Umar, Aughor
• Female: Durza, Shagob, Uloth, Bogdor

Kri Traits

Kri are large and incredibly strong creatures but lack any mental strength.

• Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.
• Age. Kri reach maturity at age 15 and live around 80 years
• Alignment. Kri consider themselves honorable and tend more towards lawful and good alignments.
• Size. An average kri is 10-12 feet tall and weighs 600-900 lbs. Your size is Large.
• Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
• Destructive Strength. You have advantage on Strength checks made to break structures and other objects.
• Leap. Your superior strength allows you to jump twice the distance you would usually be able to.
• Huge Frame. Your powerful muscles allow you to push further beyond what most creatures your size are capable of. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift. However, you require twice as much food and water per day as a normal creature your size, and you have disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks.
• Languages. You can speak but not read or write Common.

Siren

Sirens are creatures of the water who are cousins to mermaids and nymphs. They are amphibious and can live above or below water, transforming to suit their environment; in the water they have mermaid-like tails, and above the surface they walk on humanoid legs. Their relation to nymphs gives them this ability. Sirens rarely visit the surface. They live mostly in watery areas prone to storms and that are overhung by cliffs or rocks to create shade. While sirens are seen as creatures of legend, they are very real and have gained their reputation from rumours, as anyone who sees an undisguised siren is almost sure to parish. Sirens are fueled with an instinct to kill that they can either feed or choose to ignore. If it is left too long unsatisfied, however, a weak-minded siren will go mad. Most sirens guiltlessly fuel their bloodlust, and some believe that their siren song makes a worthy spectacle before the end of a creature's life. The sirens who successfully evade their instincts usually need to focus their energy elsewhere, such as an artistic pursuit or through devotion to a god. Sirens who do not hunt are sometimes outcasts in their communities and are rarely seen above the surface unless disguised or exiled.

Siren Traits

• Bloodlust: Once per day, a siren can recover hit points from a fallen creature that they or their party killed.

This is achieved by the siren drinking the enemy's blood. The player then rolls 1d20 to determine the number of the creature's HP they take (not surpassing the creature's max HP while alive).

A siren dedicated to fighting their bloodlust may not want to use this ability often, but this is more an RP suggestion than a rule.

• Watervision: Sirens can see perfectly underwater and they 20ft of darkvision.
• Desperate Bite: Sirens can bite in combat if unarmed or can utilize this ability while bound. They may also use this if desperate for blood, but this will not satisfy their bloodlust (AKA restore HP).

Player rolls a d20 to determine whether they hit (as per usual), and then roll 1d4 to deal damage. The player must be within 5 feet or must use an action to move closer.

• Siren Song: Casting time: 1 action

Range: 30 ft

Duration: 1 hour

A humanoid you can see must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw, with advantage if you are currently fighting it, or it becomes charmed by you until the spell ends or someone in your party harms it. It will know it has been charmed when the spell ends. When higher level spell slots become available, you may charm one extra creature per level. Does not use a first level spell slot, but uses all higher level slots required when used at higher levels.

• Language Proficiency: Depending on subrace, sirens are proficient in Common as well as at least one other (usually primary) language.

Saltwater Siren: Choose from Elvish, Aquan, or Primordial.

Lake Siren: Choose from Sylvan, Elvish, or Aquan.

Swamp Siren: Sylvan.

Lake Siren

Lake Sirens are evidently the subrace which make their homes in lakes. Although more common than swamp sirens, lake sirens will not dwell in every lake in the land, and are the most selective with their habitat of all the siren subraces. Unlike swamp sirens, lake sirens did not start in freshwater areas. At their origins, they were tribes of saltwater sirens who had been outcast due to their more argumentative nature and less vicious bloodlust. They therefore spread over land long ago to discover new homes for themselves, a task they took very seriously. They chose to make communities only in very large lakes with few fishermen, scouting the perfect locations for months before sending a couple or trio of sirens to settle there. They have the artisan skills from their previous saltwater knowledge, and make homes from lily pads, weeds, and rocks.

Over time, lake sirens adapted in appearance to resemble swamp sirens more closely. However, they still bear some traits resemblant of slatwater sirens as well. Their tails are commonly of a fish variation, usually having a large fin at the end with smaller fins along the sides. Some lake sirens have shark tails or alligator gar-like tails, but if examined, will not yield an exact match to other subraces. They almost always have pale white skin, sometimes tinged yellow or blue. They are the least likely siren subrace to have extra fish features, and therefore look very human when on land. However, some lake sirens will have brightly coloured hair passed down from their saltwater ancestors.

Lake sirens are the least affected by bloodlust, but not noticeably when compared to swamp sirens. They still hunt regularly and they enjoy fulfilling their primal instincts as much as the other sirens. However, it is more acceptable in the lake siren culture to refrain from hunting for bloodlust: exiles are non-existent and outcasting is less prominent. They still, however, frown upon religion and are very vain when it comes to skill, appearance, and traditions.

They have a respect for authority while maintaining a democratic society and, while hotheaded, reach consensus often. They tend to be less charismatic than the other subraces because of their quirky and polarized nature as well as their tendency to confuse others with their quietness one moment and raging anger the next. They are the most emotionally versatile siren subrace.

• Once a Master: Lake sirens were once the same as the educated saltwater sirens. Their people have passed down several skills to their offspring.

Lake sirens gain proficiency in any skill of their choice as well as a modifier of +1 to that skill.

• Ability Score Increase: Lake sirens are not quite as charismatic as their swampy or saltwater bretheren, but they still captivate humanoids with their beauty and siren song.

Lake sirens are more careful when making big decisions than other races. They consider the positives and negatives, choosing the best route in the end, even if they have to argue about it furiously for a bit first.

Charisma +1

Wisdom +1

• Constitution Hit: Lake sirens, like all other sirens, suffer from bloodlust, thus impacting their overall ability to remain unpersuaded, etc.

Constitution -2

Saltwater Siren

Saltwater Sirens make their homes in seas and oceans. Of the siren subraces, saltwater sirens are the most common and tend to have a higher percentage of males in their communities. Their homes are located in deep parts of the ocean overhung by cliffs, shipwrecks, rocks, or underwater trenches. Saltwater sirens have the largest communities and are known for burrowing underneath of coral reefs for camoflage. However, due to their large populations of around 50-75 sirens, they often build onto reefs or wreckage by carving coral pieces into homes or common areas. The quickest way to spot these sirens is to look for shinier coral, intricate designs, or to note where there are an abundance of ruins. Their artistry is more elaborate than the other subraces and they are more dedicated to the education of their young, resulting in higher intelligence.

Saltwater sirens are the most vain of the subraces and, some would say, the most beautiful. They are almost always shades of blue and purple, or are pearly white in complexion. Their tails have the widest variation of shape and colour. Some common tails of saltwater sirens are shark tails, lionfish tails, mermaidic (but unscaled) fish tails, and more rarely octopus and squid tails. Black, grey, silver, orange, white, and brown are very common colourations on their tails, but some saltwater sirens are known for brighter tails than other subraces. Their eyes and hair can be almost limitless in colour, but white hair is very common. Outside of the water, more colourful sirens are easy to spot due to their radiance and jewel-toned skin. Some still have fish features such as webbed hands and ears.

Saltwater sirens are more common, but fewer of them choose to ignore their bloodlust. They hunt in large parties of up to 20 females a trip, and can sink up to five ships per population per year. They believe that they offer sailors a dignified and worthy death. Saltwater sirens mostly hunt humanoids for sport and eat fish, but they have been known to eat their humanoid victims on special occaisions or to boost community morale.

Those who do not hunt or give in to bloodlust among saltwater siren communities often find themselves not only outcast, but exiled entirely, as it is a larger part of their culture to embrace their nature as part of their identities, and they vainly accept every part of their identities as perfect.

Saltwater sirens all know how to speak Common, but their primary languages are usually one of Aquan, Elvish, or, less commonly, Primordial.

• Skill Bonuses: Saltwater sirens are very charismatic, manipulating and luring sailors to their deaths on a regular basis.

They pride themselves in the education of their young on topics such as languages, artistry, magic, and siren history.

Charisma +2

Intelligence +1

• Constitution Blow: Saltwater sirens are raised in an environment where their bloodlust is expected to be exercised. Therefore, they find resistance and discipline are difficult tasks.

Constitution -3

• Language Proficiency: Saltwater sirens learn an extra language in addition to Common and Aquan, Elvish, or Primordial.

Sirens are most likely to learn languages they have heard others speak, or which have been passed down from previous generations.

• Feat: Saltwater sirens get the choice of any feat they meet the requirements for.

Suggested feats: Skilled, Diplomat, Actor, Performer, or Silver-Tongued. Obviously, any can be chosen, but the ones listed fit best with this race's history and profile.

Swamp Siren

Swamp Sirens, as their name suggests, dwell in swamps. This is the rarest subrace of siren, as swamp siren communities were often driven to mass hysteria if they could not satisfy their primal urge to lure creatures to their deaths; many communities were too isolated from intelligent races. Their communities are very small, sometimes consisting of as little as four members. Because the swamps are not very deep, siren homes can sometimes be seen poking out of the water, and can be identified by the braided hive-like pattern formed from water weeds. These sirens are limited in their ability to create art also due to the shallower waters and are slightly less vain than the other subraces.

Swamp sirens speak a different language than the other subraces. Because of their proximity to fey, they have learned to primarily communicate in Sylvan, although they are certainly no strangers to Common. A siren will almost always sing in their dominant language.

Swamp sirens vary in appearance to other subraces of siren; they are less commonly blue or purple-skinned, and sometimes can be born more tanned than other sirens. Their hair is usually a shade of brown, green, or black, and is thicker than most sirens. The males are smaller than other subraces and the females are more plain, often mistaken for bathing farmgirls. The tails of swamp sirens are commonly resemblant of an eel or alligator gar and are most often silver or brown with black spots.

• Ability Score Increase: Swamp sirens gain charisma buffs from their legendary reputation as well as their striking beauty.

Their dexterity is improved from manuevering in tight underwater spaces and from hunting prey.

They are stealthy creatures who are only seen when they wish to be, although they don't often use this ability unless they feel threatened.

Charisma +2

Dexterity +2

Stealth +1

• Constitution Hit: All sirens experience a primal instinct to hunt and kill other humanoid creatures. Although they can resist if they are stalwart enough, their general constitution is lowered as a result, requiring higher levels to compensate for their blood lust.

Constitution -2

Tamarinian

Relatively new to the world, Tamarinians rose to sentience from the jungle-covered islands of the central seas. At the dawn of their existence, Tamarinians lived apart from one another in segregated tribes, where the strong survived by preying on the weak. After several centuries, their people were united by a clever and wise Tamarinian who dramatically changed their culture. Wisdom became valued over strength, causing young Tamarinians to venture the world as a rite of passage to explore and gain life lessons through difficult experiences.

• Ability Score Increase: Your Wisdom score increases by 2.
• Age: Tamarinians reach physical maturity very quickly compared to humans, reaching adulthood by the age of 10. They're considered mentally immature until they complete their rite of passage, which could take as long as 100 years. Tamarinians can live to be 500 years old.
• Alignment: Almost all Tamarinians are of the chaotic alignment. They see freedom and adventure as essential aspects of life, and consider no Tamarinian to be an adult until he/she has seen the world.
• Natural Athlete: You gain Proficiency in Athletics and Acrobatics.
• Bestial Origins: You have claws which deal 1d6 slashing damage when using unarmed attacks, and you are proficient with them.
• Skilled Flingers: You are proficient with javelins, spears, and nets.
• Languages: You can speak, read, and write Tamarinian and Common.
• Subrace: Two very different breeds of Tamarinians grew to sentience simultaneously in their remote jungles. Although two races are technically different species, they can still coexist in their united nation.

Class Features

As a Blood Knight, you gain the following class features

Blood for the Blood God!

Starting at 2nd level, you have a pool of sinister power bestowed upon you by the entity you serve. With that power, you can channel more carnage than usual upon hitting with your melee weapons.

Whenever you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can choose to deal additional damage with the attack equal to 1d6 + half your blood knight level. The added damage is of the same type dealt by the weapon to the target. You cannot use this feature if the creature is a construct, an undead, or any other creature which is incapable of shedding blood and may only use it once per attack.

You may use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one) and you regain all uses of this feature after you finish a long rest.

Blood Knight Archetype

Starting at 3rd level, you choose an archetype that you face the bloodshed and carnage of the battlefield. choose either the Blood Guardian or the Savage Knight, both detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level, 6th level, 10th level, and 14th level.

Ability Score Improvement

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

Extra Attack

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

Bloodthirsty Stride

Starting at 7th level, when you start your turn while you are in the bloodlust, your walking speed is increased by 10 feet and moving through nonmagical difficult terrain costs you no extra movement.

Blood in the Air

Starting at 11th level, whenever you enter the bloodlust, you and a number of friendly creatures within 10 feet of you up to your Charisma modifier(minimum 1) gain the following benefit. Until the start of your next turn, you and the chosen creatures gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls with melee weapons that do not have the finesse property. This feature remains active until your bloodlust ends or an affected creature leaves the area of its influence.

At 18th level, the range of this feature increases to 30 feet.

Bloodthirsty Awakening

Starting at 13th level, whenever you are reduced to 0 hit points whilst in the bloodlust, but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You regain use of this feature after you finish a long rest.

Eldritch Resilience

Starting at 15th level, as long as you are not incapacitated or Stunned, you gain a bonus equal to your proficiency bonus on your Strength and Constitution saving throws.

Appetite for Destruction

Starting at 20th level, your desire for bloodshed and carnage is intense enough to fuel your bloodlust without the actual presence of blood. As a bonus action, you can enter the bloodlust without any prerequisites.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier(minimum one). You regain all uses of this feature after you finish a long rest.

Blood Guardian

The blood guardian stands at the thin line between novelty and barbarism. Clad in blood-covered set of armors, the blood knights hold the ground in order to take the harms from foes and enemies on themselves instead of their allies and comrades.

Bloodthirsty Sentinel

Starting at 14th level, while you are in the bloodlust, you can use your reaction to make an attack or spell targeted at a friendly creature target you instead if you are within range of the attack or spell.

Savage Knight

The savage knight is an oxymoron, but it nonetheless best defines the blood knights who is frenzied at the slightest touch of blood in the air. Reckless, relentless, and merciless, the blood knights tremble with the joy of slaughter in the battlefield, craving blood and gore to the glory of the entity they serve.

Death Knight

An elf in half-plate strides toward an orc warchief. His spear lashes out and keeps the orc distracted while his mount, a great wyrm of lightless scales, flies down to take the orc from behind.

A brass dragonborn sits in meditation as she focuses upon inscribing a new rune upon her warhammer, which will grant her the edge in her upcoming battle.

Two heavily armored knights face off: one a half-orc bound by a Solar, the other an aasimar assassin of Asmodeus. Their weapons glow with runes of green flames and which flare with flashes of energy as they clash, each intent on their opponents doom.

Death knights are attuned to death in an intimate manner. Each death knight has died, then brought back to life by their patron. Sometimes these resurrections were part of a bargain struck, sometimes an act of necessity, sometimes as spite, and on rare occasions the long deceased are brought back to serve a new purpose. The ritual used to create death knights is taxing upon the patron, but each one is a powerful avatar, whether they are willing or not.

Rival

Death knights rarely live long without creating enemies. It is part of the job, but some become more than an enemy. They may be a thorn in your side or perhaps a tool to measure your own growth.

Class Features

As a death knight, you gain the following class features

Proficiencies

• Armor: All armor, shields
• Weapons: Simple and Martial weapons
• Tools: Calligrapher's supplies
• Saving Throws: Constitution, Charisma
• Skills: Choose two from Arcana, Athletics, Animal Handling, Deception, Intimidation, Persuasion, Survival

Equipment

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

• (a) A martial weapon and a shield, or (b) two martial weapons
• (a) leather armor, or (b) scale mail, or (c) chain mail
• (a) Dungeoneer's pack, or (b) Explorer's pack
• Calligrapher's supplies and 4 javelins

Multiclassing

Prerequisites. To multiclass into or out of the death
knight class, you must meet these prerequisites:
Strength 13 and Charisma 13

Proficiencies. When you multiclass into the death knight class, you gain the following proficiencies: light and medium armor, shields, all simple and martial weapons, and calligrapher's supplies.

Pact Magic. If you multiclass into or out of Warlock,
you calculate your spell slots using the method below:

Your Pact Magic is not split, instead you add your
levels of warlock and half of your levels of death knight
(rounded down), the total combined level is then used to determine spell slots as written on the warlock class table.

Rune Weapon

As a death knight, your weapon is your calling card.
No matter its form, you can imbue it with a measure
of your power, which in turn empowers yourself. Over the course of a short rest, you can inscribe runes of necrotic energy upon up to two weapons. The runes glow with a green-white fire and mark it as your own.

While wielding a rune weapon, you cannot be disarmed unless you are incapacitated, and as long as you have at least one rune weapon, you age at the rate of 1 year for
every 10 years that passes. Additionally, if the
weapon is on the same plane of existence, you can summon
it to your hand as a bonus action.

You can have up to two rune weapons at once. If you
imbue a third rune weapon, you must choose one of
the other two to lose its power.

Knightly Order

Upon becoming a Death Knight, you join an order of
knights that shape your methodology for handling
situations in and out of combat. You may choose the order that best fits your philosophy on matters of conflicts. Each order has an extraplanar place to train in the art of being a death knight.

Your order grants features at 1st level, and again at 6th, 10th, 15th, and 18th level.

Undying Swordsman

Starting at 18th level, if you take damage that would reduce you to 0 hit points but does not kill you outright, you can move up to your walking speed and make a single weapon attack. If you hit, you regain hit points equal to the damage dealt.

Order of Magi

The Umbra Spire, headquarters of the magi located in the Shadowfel, is a place of arcane learning and deadly intrigue. The location within the Shadowfel is ever shifting, and part of one's initiation is to find it before the natives find you, and of those who do only those of great wit can survive the machinations of the masters and students of the spire.

List of Runes

Some runes require a prerequisite to be met before they can be inscribed. Any rune that lists a level requirement refers specifically to death knight levels.

Rune of the Owl

You gain darkvision and can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. If you already have darkvision, then your darkvision intervals increase to 120 feet.

You also have advantage on stealth checks while in darkness.

Rune of the Legendary Mount

Prerequisite: Order of Cavaliers; 13th level

This rune grants your any creature created using your bound mount feature resistance to all damage, and when it deals damage, you can add your proficiency bonus to the damage dealt.

The additional damage is of the same type as the mount's attack, if the attack deals more than one type of damage, the damage bonus is applied to only one type. You choose which type.

Rune of Skill

You can use this rune to add your proficiency bonus to a skill you do not have proficiency in. This feature can be used before or after the roll, but it must be used before the result.

This rune can only be used a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier per long rest.

Rune of the Slayer

Prerequisite: Order of Ebon Blades; 13th level

This rune lets you channel the death of an opponent into a surge of adrenaline. Once per turn, when you reduce an enemy creature to 0 hit points, you can make an additional attack as part of that attack action.

Rune of Spellbinding

Prerequisite: Order of Magi; 13th level

This rune channels additional magical energy that can be used to fuel your powers. You gain 1 additional spell slot equal to the level of your other death knight spell slots.

Rune of Spellbreaking

Prerequisite: 9th level

You can use this rune to attempt to disrupt a spell. As a reaction to a creature within 30 feet of you casting a spell, you make an ability check using your spellcasting ability. The DC equals 10 + the spell’s level. On a success, the creature’s spell fails and has no effect.

You can use this rune a number of times equal to a quarter of your death knight level (rounded down) per long rest.

Rune of Spellstriking

Prerequisite: Order of Magi; 9th level

When you cast a spell, you can use a bonus action to make a spell attack with advantage, or you can impose disadvantage on the saving throw of a single creature affected by your spell.

You can use this rune a number of times equal to a quarter of your death knight level (rounded down) per long rest.

Rune of the Summoner

Prerequisite: Order of Cavaliers

You can use this rune to instantly bring your Bound Mount to your location. You can decide whether it appears next to you, or if it appears under you, allowing you to become instantly mounted.

If there is not enough room for your mount, the summoning fails and your mount takes 4d6 force damage.

You can use this rune once per short or long rest.

Rune of the Weapon Master

Prerequisite: Order of Ebon Blades; 9th level

You regain all uses your of weapon arts on a short or long rest.

Dragoon

A half-elf man approaches the mouth of a dark cave. He shouts loudly, drawing out the monster within. The allosaurus charges out, mouth open to devour the intruder. Focusing his mind, the half-elf sends a surge of magic through his body to jump high out of the way, over the creature's head. Turning in midair, he uses the same magic to come plunging down on top of the allosaur's neck with his spear. He has hit just the right spot to make the monster start bleeding out. All that remains is to finish the beast off.

A tiefling woman finds herself surrounded by gnoll slave traders. The horde plans to add her to their stock of slave inventory. Unknown to them, they deal with a dragoon. The tiefling jumps high into the air, and rains a hail of metal stars onto her aggressors. The gnolls barely have time to realize what has just happened, before the tiefling lands with her spear stuck through one's head. The gnolls attack, and are effortlessly parried and cut down. Soon, they are all dead, and the tiefling goes to free the captured slaves.

Enhanced Jump

A Dragoon’s base jump height is equal to 10 + 5 x Dragoon LVL in ft. The Dragoon takes no falling damage from 10 + 5 x Dragoon LVL in ft while performing a jump. Jumping does not require movement and can only be done once per turn.

Jump Attack

The Dragoon may choose to perform a Jump Attack Takeoff in place of one of their attacks. The Dragoon leaps into the air instead of attacking. On the Dragoons following turn, they may make a melee weapon attack with advantage on their first strike. The dragoon lands within 20 ft of the initial takeoff spot. The target of this attack must be within reach of where the dragoon lands. The higher the dragoon jumps the more damage it deals. For leaping 15 ft you deal an extra 1d6 damage. For leaping 35 ft you deal an extra 2d6 damage. For leaping 55 ft you deal you deal an extra 3d6 damage. For leaping 75 ft you deal an extra 4d6 damage. For leaping 95 ft you deal an extra 5d6 damage. The dragoon may not take actions while in the air, unless specifically stated otherwise. (You can cancel the Jump Attack and drop down as a bonus action if you do not want to complete it. This can be done on either turn, and completes instantaneously whenever the bonus action is used.)

Dragoon Resilience

Starting at 2nd level, because of your trained control of the innate arcane energy in your own body, you've learned to specialize in one of the chromatic elements. You may choose one of the following damage types to become resistant: Fire, Cold, Lightning, Acid, Poison

Dragoon Archetype

Starting at 3rd level, the Dragoon may choose between the Monster Hunter and the Breaker archetypes. The Dragoon gains archetype features at 3rd, 6th, 10th, and 14th level. The features gained from these archetypes are described at the end of this page.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by two or two ability scores of your choice by one. You may do so again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level.

Extra Attack

Starting at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. Initiating a "Jump Attack Takeoff" as well as finishing a "Jump Attack" both count as 1 attack, so you may perform a jump attack in one turn if you devote both of your attacks to do so.

Limber Vaulting

Starting at 5th level, you have learned to maneuver through the battlefield better without needing to attack in the process. You can now use your movement to move through enemies' and allies' spaces alike by pole-vaulting over them. This costs the same amount of movement as it normally would, and requires an adequate amount of vertical space, at least 10 feet higher than you stand. Any creature that does not want to allow you to move around or past them may attempt to prevent you from doing so as a reaction by making an STR (Athletics) check contested by your DEX (Acrobatics). If multiple creatures are trying to prevent your vault, they each make separate contest rolls, stopping you if any of them roll higher than your initial roll.

Aerial Evasion

You are now trained in aerial maneuvers, using your flexibility, agility, and sheer jump height to weave in and out of danger on the battlefield.

Starting at 7th level, the Dragoon has learned to perform aerial maneuvers to avoid harm. While in the air, if the Dragoon is subjected to an effect that allows them to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, they instead take no damage upon success and half damage upon a fail. Additionally, if you succeeded on the saving throw while you are on the ground, you may use your reaction to make a Jump Attack Takeoff without provoking any opportunity attacks. If you are able to make this Jump Attack Takeoff you take no damage instead of half as if you were in the air.

Crippling Strike

Starting at 9th level, whenever the Dragoon lands a successful Jump Attack, they may inflict one of the following effects on the target:

• The target must succeed on a DEX saving throw against the Dragoon’s save DC or be knocked prone.
• The target must succeed on a STR saving throw against the Dragoon’s save DC or be disarmed.
• The target must succeed on a CON saving throw against the Dragoon’s save DC or have their movement speed cut in half until the end of their next turn.

First Strike

Starting at 11th level, the Dragoon has learned to leap into action at any moment. You gain advantage on initiative checks.

Skyfall

Starting at 13th level, you've finally perfected the art of jumping, and have reached the point where you can finally safely tap into your remaining hidden potential when you leap. You gain a significant boost to jump height. Your base jump height is doubled, still using the same formula, and the Dragoon becomes completely immune to falling damage.

Aerial Takedown

Starting at 15th level, when a fighting a flying creature, the Dragoon may choose to execute an Aerial Takedown. Make a melee weapon attack against the creature. On a hit, the creature must succeed on a Strength save or have its fly speed reduced to 0 ft until the end of its next turn. If it hits, whether the flying creature passes the save or not, the Dragoon still lands on the flying creature. In order to stay on the flying creature, the Dragoon needs to make an Athletics check every round after his turn, against an opposing grapple check of the flying creature.

Elemental Polearm

Starting at 17th level, when you successfully attack a creature with a Jump Attack, you can choose to convert the Jump Attack's extra damage to the damage type of your Dragoonic Resilience.

Elemental Takeoff

Starting at 18th level, when you initiate a Jump Attack, you can choose to release a shock-wave of channeled elemental power, which is the same as your Dragoonic Resilience. When you use your jump attack, each creature within 10 feet of you must succeed on a DEX or CON saving throw (dependent on the type of damage you're doing) or take 5d6 damage of the Dragoonic Resilience element, and be knocked prone. On a success, the creature takes half damage and is not knocked prone. After using this feature, the Dragoon must finish a short or long rest before using it again.

Windfury

Starting at 20th level, you can temporarily enter a state of heightened physical prowess. For 2 turns you may channel the same force of momentum as a finished Jump Attack without leaping into the air. Your normal attacks have advantage, and you add your Jump Attack dice to them on a successful hit. After using this feature, you must finish a long rest before using it again. If you attempt this again without completing a long rest it will cause heavy strain on your body, inflicting your current Jump Attack damage in force damage to yourself and a level of exhaustion, each turn that you are in your Windfury state.

Monster Hunter

Monster hunters strive to rid the world of the beasts that plague the material world. Your skills are put to use to fight creatures larger than yourself.

Breaker

Weapon combat is the forte of the Breaker, especially aerial. The focus on skills with their weapon, and jump attacks are their most formidable weapons in their arsenal.

Frostfell Aura

At 2nd level the Frost Bringer gain enough control over the cold to start affecting the world around them. As an action they can turn the ground within a 5 foot radius of you into difficult terrain for other creatures. This feature lasts for up to (2d4 + Frost Bringer level) rounds unless deactivated. This terrain follows you as you move.

Additionally, any other creature that is already in the radius when you use this feature must make a Dex save against the cold blooded DC. On a failed save, the creatures' feet are frozen over, and they are restrained until they break free, with a Str check against the cold blooded DC.

If a creature is prone within the radius and fail their Dex save they are frozen over and paralyzed for 1 round, and take the Icy weapon cold damage. Targets affected by this feature can make a Str check of (8 + Con + Prof) to break free as their action. This feature requires concentration. You can use this feature once per every 2 levels in Frost Bringer. You regain expended uses when you finish a long rest

The area increases to 10 ft radius at 5th level, 15 ft at 10th level, 20 ft at 15th level, and 25 ft at 20th level

Archetypes of Ice

At 3rd level, you chose an archetype. Choose between Binder of Winter or, Walking Storm detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 5th level and again at 10th, 15th, and 20th

Ability Score Increase

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

Extra Attack

At 5th level, you can attack twice instead of once when you take the attack action.

Cloak of cold

At 5th level the Frost Bringer can coat their armor or body in dense sections of ice giving them a +1 to AC this increases to +2 at 9th level to +3 at 15th level

Consuming Cold

At 6th level, your enemies' life forces turns to your whim. As a bonus action, you can envelop all enemies that are inside your Frostfell Aura in tendrils of ice, enemies must make a constitution save against your cold blooded DC or take cold damage equal to your icy weapon bonus, granting you temporary hit points equal to the cumulative damage dealt.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (a minimum of once). You regain expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Control the Cold

At 7th level you have gained enough control over your abilities that your Frostfell Aura no longer affects your allies

Cryogenics

At the 11th level you can as a reaction cover your self in ice or as a bonus action cover another creature in ice. the creature covered in ice is treated as petrified, and gains 6d8 points of temporary hit points if the creature was dying it is stabilized and after 2 rounds regains hit points equal to the Frost Bringer's level. this can be dispelled as a free action You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (a minimum of once). You regain expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Body of Ice

At 14th level the Frost Bringer Becomes immune to cold and poison damage and resistant to slashing damage

Roar of Winter

At 18th level, as an action, you may exhale a blast of cold air exhausting a number Frostfell Aura uses. Each creature in a 60-foot cone must make a Constitution saving throw against your cold blooded DC. A creature takes cold damage equal to (Icy weapon damage X number of exhausted Frostfell Aura uses) on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one; if the result is higher than the creatures hit current HP, they enter a deep freeze. They cannot move or take any actions. The deep freeze lasts for 1 hour, or until the caster dispels it. Any creature that isn't put into a deep freeze is restrained and has to use an action to break out using a str check against your cold blooded DC

Walking Storm

The Walking Storm archetype focuses the Frost Bringer’s power into making their Frostfell Aura into a localized storm that spells death for all enemies that enter it

Binder of Winter

The Binder of Winter archetype allows the Frost Bringer to bind themselves to a weapon and use class abilities through that weapon

Judgment of the Ice Drake

At 20th level when this ability is activated you summon The Ice Drake’s Fang a +5 great sword made of ice that deals 3d8 slashing damage. When you hit a creature with The Ice Drake’s Fang it shatters and it’s shards pierce the creature. On that creature’s next turn they become restrained as 2 huge ice claws smash out of the ground and grab them each claw has 10d6 hit points and a giant dragon head made out of ice forms far above their head and starts falling toward them. If by the end of the creature’s next turn after they were restrained they haven’t broken free from the ice claws and traveled 35 ft away the ice dragon head lands on them consuming them and taking them to the realm of cold.

Kage

Literally translating to “shadow”, Kages are unstoppable assassins who exploit every opportunity they get to surprise their foes from the shadows.

A group of bandits are ravaging the poor area of a city, robbing and murdering the citizens there. A good-willed Kage sees a group of these bandits in an alley attacking a mother and her children. He swiftly shadow steps in, takes out a few before the rest start running away saying, "M'lady". Before the mother starts screaming for help looking at this shadowy scene he disappears with no witness. This is what a Kage is capable of.

Creating a Kage

Are you a mercenary, just looking for money, or a psychopath, who kills for the fun of it? Or are you a hero, who kills the corrupt and wealthy to help the poor, or tyrants oppressing the people? Are you possibly a revolutionist,or just an arse who cant keep friends longer than a prostitutes relationship, who wishes for a new government? Do you do this for yourself, or for others, or maybe both? Are you part of a guild, a party, a private organization, a hound for the government, or nobody but yourself? Why did you turn to the art of shadows? These are all questions you should consider when making a Kage.

Quick Build

You can make a Kage quickly by following these suggestions. First, Dexterity should be your highest ability score, followed by Wisdom. Second, choose the Criminal Background. Third, choose Thieves' tools.

Class Features

As a Kage, you gain the following class features

Proficiencies

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• Armor: Light Armor
• Weapons: Finesse Weapons, Ranged Weapons

• Tools: Thieve's Tools

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• Saving Throws: Dexterity and Wisdom
• Skills: Choose four from Acrobatics, Athletics, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Perception, Sleight of Hand, and Stealth

Equipment

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

• (a) Longbow with 20 arrows or (b) Hand crossbow with 20 bolts
• (a) (2) scimitar or (b) Hand Crossbow with 20 bolts
• (a) Burglar's pack or (b) Explorer's pack or (c) Dungeoneer's pack -Reaper's Dojigiri, Thieves' tools, Cloak of Midnight, Leather Armor

Sneak Attack

You are able to strike subtly to exploit a foe's distraction. When you have advantage on the attack roll, are attacking an opponent that is surprised, or an enemy is within 5 feet of an ally, you deal extra damage as shown on the table. In order to deal this extra damage, you must be wielding a ranged weapon, a finesse weapon, or your Reaper’s Weapon. You may only deal this extra damage once per turn.

Thieves’ Cant

You have learned thieves' cant, a secret mix of dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to hide messages in seemingly normal conversation. Only another creature that knows thieves' cant understands such messages. It takes four times longer to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly.

In addition, you understand a set of secret signs and symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a criminal guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for criminals on the run.

Reaper’s Dojigiri

You have been given a special katana from the reaper himself, as proof of your killing prowess. This is a magical melee weapon that deals 1d10 slashing damage and has the finesse property. This weapon is constantly emitting shadows, no matter the light, which gives advantage on intimidation checks towards anyone who can see the weapon and doesn’t know you personally. While wielding this, you gain advantage on saving throws against being frightened. While wielding this, you may use your Intelligence modifier on intimidation checks. While wielding this, you can’t be holding any other weapon or a shield, and if you do for more than 20 seconds, that weapon or shield bursts into shadows and is destroyed. You can’t cast any spells while wielding this weapon. If this weapon is destroyed, lost, or wielded by another creature, your weapon will burst into shadows, and reappear after a long rest.

Cloak of Midnight

You have a cloak made of the pure darkness of the night. This cloak allows you to blend in very well in the darkness. When you are in dim light or darkness, you gain +2 to all stealth checks. You gain darkvision to 60ft. If you have already darkvision, it is increased by 30ft. This cloak is bonded to you and cannot be removed against your will. At level 10, the cloak increases in power to benefit a circumstance. You choose one cloak archetype.

Expertise

At 1st level, you may choose any two skills that you are proficient in, or your thieves' tools and one skill. Your proficiency bonus for the selected items are doubled.

At 6th level, you may choose two more skills, or your thieves' tools and one skill, to double your proficiency bonus for those skills.

Shadow Step

At level 2, you have learned to walk in and out of shadows. While you are in an area of dim light or darkness, you may use your bonus action or reaction to teleport into another area of dim light or darkness within 60 ft.

After you have used this feature a number of times equal to double your proficiency bonus, you must finish a short or long rest to regain all expended uses.

Acute Deceit

At level 2, you've gotten deceit down to a formula. When making a deception check, you may choose to make it with your Wisdom modifier instead of your Charisma modifier.

Life and Death

At level 3, you have sacrificed durability for attack power. Your constitution score is permanently reduced by 1, but you gain +1 to all attack and damage rolls.

Dark Path

At level 3, you choose an archetype to focus your skills as a master of the shadows. At level 3, choose Path of the Ken Sai, Path of the Shikaku, or Path of the Kesshin. These paths grant you features at level 3, as well as levels 7, 13, and 17.

Ability Score Increase

When you reach 4th level, and again at 6th, 8th, 10th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. You can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Slay

At level 5, when you attack a surprised creature and the attack hits, that attack is an automatic critical.

Swift Reaction

At level 5, your base movement speed is increased by 10 and you have advantage on initiative rolls. Also, on your first turn during combat, you have advantage on attack rolls and deal +4 damage with your Reaper's Dojigiri against creatures that have not yet made an action.

Evasion

At 7th level, your instinctive agility lets you dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a blue dragon's lightning breath or a fireball spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.

Advanced Shadow Step

At level 8, your Shadow Step improves. When you use Shadow Step, You can now teleport to a dark area, area with dim light, or something that casts a shadow, even if you are not in shadow. You can use this feature an unlimited amount of times.

Life and Death 2

At level 9, you have further increased your attack power, in exchange for durability. Reduce your Constitution score by another 1, and add an extra +1 to all attack and damage rolls.

Reaper’s Muramasa

At level 10, your Reaper’s Dojigiri has evolved into a more powerful blade: the Reaper’s Muramasa. This weapon retains all of the features of the Reaper’s Dojigiri, except its damage is increased to 1d12 slashing damage, it gets a critical on a roll of 19-20, and it gains the reach.

Reliable Talent

At level 11, you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.

Life and Death 3

At level 12, your ability to attack in exchange for weakened defenses increases further. Add another +1 to attack rolls and +1 to damage rolls, but decrease your Constitution score by another 1.

Shadow Body

At level 14, your body has further merged with the shadows, making it so you don’t experience the frailty of old age, and you can’t be aged magically. In addition, you no longer need food or water. You do not age, and you can’t be aged magically

Shadow Speed

At level 15, you have become even more merged with shadows which make you harder to hit. Your AC increases by +2. You can only gain this benefit when you are wearing light or no armor, and you are not incapacitated.

Absolute Shadow Step

At level 18, you have mastered the art of the Shadow Step. The range you can Shadow Step is increased to 90 ft. You no longer need to teleport into dim light or darkness.

True Death

At level 18, your ability to disregard defense in exchange for offense has capped. You gain +2 to all attack and damage rolls, but your constitution score is permanently decreased by 1.

Reaper's Masamune

At level 20, your Reaper’s Weapons has evolved into its final form. This weapon retains all of the features of the Reaper's Muramasa, but its damage is increased to 2d8 slashing. When you this weapon is on you, you gain +4 to your Dexterity score and the maximum for your Dexterity score is increased by the same amount. You get a critical on a roll of 18-20. Now you can summon this weapon into your hand at any time as a bonus action.

Dark Paths

Vanguard of Death

At level 3, you’re experienced with using the shadows to protect yourself and your allies. As a reaction, you may impose disadvantage on an attack roll against you or any ally within 10 feet of you. You must be wielding your Reaper’s Dojigiri to use this feature

Shadow’s Protection

At level 7, you have the blessing of the shadows to avoid danger. When you are not wearing medium or heavy armor blinded, deafened, or incapacitated, you gain advantage on all Dexterity and Constitution saving throws.

Reap

At level 13, you can use your blade to absorb the essence of other creatures and restore your own health. When you attack a creature with your Reaper’s Muramasa, after the attack roll but before the damage roll, you may choose to regain hit points equal to half the damage dealt from the attack. You have 3 uses of this feature. After you have finished a long rest, you regain all expended uses.

Grim Resolve

At level 17, you have learned to always maintain your skill, even in the direst of circumstances. When you are below 50% of your maximum hit points, you gain a +3 bonus to your AC and saving throws, and a +5 bonus to your attack and damage rolls.

Malefactor

“Fate… destiny… luck… these are philosophical concepts that many know, but few are able to truly explain or prove. If destiny is predetermined, inevitable and unchangeable, is there any hope for we mortals to set our own paths? What of those that seem to be damned by fate, always at the mercy of a higher power? Is there any hope for us at all? It is rumored that some mortals can choose their own fate by selecting the correct paths as they walk through life. Others think that all of life’s events are predestined. There are rumors of those who understand fate’s cruel whims can free themselves and no longer be slaves to that harsh mistress. I can tell you those rumors are true… I have lived through perils that would kill even the most steeled warriors. I have slain many a fool that thought to prey upon me. I have danced with fate itself, and taken the lead.

What was once my misery is now my salvation, and your damnation. I am an accursed, a doomgiver — I am a malefactor.”

Some children begin life cruelly afflicted. Soon after birth, they and their families are beset by random misfortune, injury, and loss.

Frequently they are abandoned by their communities for being born under an inauspicious sign, or sacrificed to allay curses seemingly brought down by dark gods. In reality, the birth of these unfortunates was attended by intangible chaos-spirits known as Yla (EE-la). While the Yla are not inherently evil, they are prone to destruction, and ignorant of the pain and misfortune that they cause those whom they bond with. Sages do not know what causes the Yla to seek out an individual, but as of yet, no known spell or prayer can separate them from their chosen. Many afflicted by these spirits live lives of sorrowful destitution, sometimes taking their own lives in misery.

A choice few however, realize that while their affliction cannot be suppressed, it can be commanded. Whether through study or epiphany, these few learn to channel and command the devious spirits that surround them, turning their hardship into a powerful weapon. These few are known as malefactors.

In order to preserve their own lives, they willingly bring misfortune and woe to those around them.

They are dangerous to their allies and even more so to their adversaries. A malefactor that has mastered the ability to transfer his own ill fate to others is truly a dangerous opponent.

Role: Malefactors are potent, if haphazard, forces on the battlefield. While malefactors are not the most practiced warriors, their ability to efficiently attenuate the skill, power, and luck of their foes can turn almost any tide. If they can avoid hampering their allies, they can bring a battle to a quick and successful end.

While not inherently evil, good alignments find it problematic to willingly harm allies. The gifts of the Yla are a double-edged sword.

Class Features

As a Malefactor, you gain the following class features

Strife Pool

At 1st level, Yla spirits provide you with a supply of supernatural chaotic energy called strife, which you can use to twist luck in a variety of ways. You gain a number of strife points based on your level. You regain any expended points when you finish a short rest.

As long as you have at least one strife point, you are immune to the effects of your own Aura of Misfortune.

Maledictions

Your most potent power lies with the ability to place your own misfortune upon others. These powers are called maledictions and are powered by your strife points.

At 1st level, you gain one malediction of their choice. You learn additional maledictions as you level when noted.

You cannot select an individual malediction more than once. Any malediction that mimics a spell uses your level as your effective caster level.

Unless otherwise noted, using a malediction is an action that does not provoke an opportunity attack. The save to resist a malediction = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier. At first level, maledictions have a range of 20 ft. This range increases to 40 ft. at 9th level and to 60 ft. at 15th level. The duration for these abilities is equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of 1 round), unless specified otherwise.

Harrowing Strike

As an Attack action, you can spend one of your strife points to make a special attack called a Harrowing Strike. This melee attack has special effects usable only against targets currently suffering from a curse effect (curse spell, item, hex, or malediction).

At 2nd level, when you make a Harrowing Strike you may add your Wisdom bonus as a bonus to attack rolls.

At 5th level, you can add your Wisdom bonus to damage rolls.

At 8th level, you ignore cover bonuses with your Harrowing Strike.

At 11th level, your Harrowing Strike deals +1d8 extra necrotic damage, as a semi-tangible Yla spirit claws and tears at the target.

At 14th level, you may make a second Harrowing Strike as a bonus action, against any eligible target.

At 17th level, your Harrowing Strike are made with advantage.

At 20th level, your Harrowing Strike deals an extra +2d8 necrotic damage.

Strife Surge

Whenever a creature within your Aura of Misfortune rolls a “natural 1” on a saving throw, skill check or attack roll, your Yla spirits become energized. You gain one strife point, up to your normal maximum.

Luck of the Damned

Your experience avoiding the caustic whims of the Yla enable you to subtly step between the jagged tendrils of misfortune. You gain proficiency with Dexterity saves. If you already have proficiency with Dexterity saves, you gain a bonus equal to half your proficiency bonus instead.

Cursebreaker

You can break curses by drawing them into yourself. At will, you can target a creature with remove curse, using your malefactor level as your caster level. You must then attempt a save against the curse’s effects with advantage (at the original DC) each time you use this ability, suffering the effects yourself if the save is failed.

Cursebound

You may now choose to become immune to cursed items and can use the items without suffering any ill effects.

You can use any beneficial properties the item possesses, but are not hindered by the item’s detrimental properties. Once the item is no longer in you possession, it reverts back to its normal, cursed state. You are never hindered in any way by a cursed item, and can always remove them from your possession if you desire to do so.

Example: You pick up a helm of opposite alignment. It functions as a standard helm for you, with no hindrance to your alignment. If that item is then given to another person, it then takes full effect.

Additionally, as long as you have at least one point of strife, you gain advantage on any save against any type of curse attempted against you, such as a bestow curse spell or from an item.

Curse Sense

At 9th level, you gain a precise awareness of the subtle auras given off by a cursed object or creature. You also automatically detect cursed creatures and objects within 30 ft. In addition, you can automatically determine if a magical item is cursed by sight, without the need for a spell or skill check.

Discord

At 10th level, creatures that team up to attack you find that they impede each other more than they help. If more than one opponent threatens you, they all suffer disadvantage on attack rolls made against you.

Dire Displacement

As a bonus action, you may spend a point of strife to gain displacement, causing all attacks against you to suffer disadvantage for one round and allowing you to make Stealth checks even when observed, as the Yla spirits shroud your whereabouts.

Reject Defeat

With this ability, you may spend a point of strife whenever you roll a “natural 1” on a saving throw in order to immediately attempt a new saving throw. This ability does not let you use your Strife Surge class feature.

Great Discord

Creatures near you become even more inept.

All creatures within your Aura of Misfortune automatically suffer disadvantage when attacking or making saving throws.

Ruinous Ascension

At 20th level, you undergo a perfect apotheosis of misfortune. You are permanently immune to any spell or effect with the curse descriptor.

Any creature attempting to affect you with a curse effect must also make a save against their own curse, as it targets them instead.

Maledictions

Deflect Weapon

As a reaction, when you are struck by an enemy wielding a manufactured melee weapon, you may use this malediction to lessen its effectiveness, as Yla spirits cling to the weapon’s striking surface and cushion its blows. You gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage against that attack.

An additional point of strife spent increases the duration of the resistance to the beginning of your next turn.

Deafening Din

A loud noise such as a weapon strike leaves the target’s hearing damaged, suffering the deafened condition (a –4 penalty on initiative checks, automatically fails Perception checks based on sound, a –4 penalty on opposed Perception checks, and has a 20% chance of spell failure when casting spells with verbal components) for a number of minutes equal to your Wisdom modifier.

An additional point of strife spent increases the duration of the deafness to a number of hours.

Dolt’s Grace

The target of this malediction must make a Wisdom save or suffer disadvantage on all physical skill checks for a number of minutes equal to your Wisdom bonus (minimum 1).

You may expend an additional point of strife to increase the save DC by +2.

Eye of the Storm

This malediction reduces the effectiveness of damaging area effect spells and effects, such as breath weapons. For the duration of this malediction, the target must make a Wisdom save each time he uses an area effect ability (spell, breath weapon, etc.) that causes hit point damage, or all targets automatically suffer half damage and no damage if they make their successful saving throw against the effect.

You can spend a point of strife to also reduce the damage dice inflicted by 1 die size.

Feast of Fate

The target of this malediction must make a Wisdom save, or be unable to benefit from natural or magical healing for a number of rounds equal to your Wisdom bonus (minimum 1) and you gain 5 temporary hit points for each of their healing attempts that fail.

You can spend one point of strife to double the duration.

Feast of Flame

The target of this malediction is plagued by fire. Any fire source near them seeks them out and they burn as easily as witches on a pyre.

The target must make a Wisdom save or gain weakness to fire (suffering 50% more damage from fire sources) and if they are within 30 ft.

of a fire source, they must make Dexterity saves each round to avoid catching fire as embers float on the wind, seeking them out.

You may spend a point of strife to increase the DC by +2 and the duration to 24 hours.

Foolschant

This cacophonous, nonsensical malediction takes the form of an emanation from you, permeating the extent of its range. Until the end of your next turn, all spellcasters within this emanation must make an Intelligence save or lose concentration and be unable to cast spells until they can make a successful Intelligence save.

Fray

This subtle malediction breaks down and destroys fibrous materials like cloth, ropes, webs, and vines. Attended objects and magical effects are entitled to a wielder’s Charisma save to resist the effect.

Otherwise, the targeted object (or 5 ft. square of fibrous material) takes 5 points of damage per round, bypassing DR, for the duration of the effect, as Yla spirits pick it apart.

At the cost of one point of strife, your destructive energy can be expended in a single round, in the form of an attempt to burst, shred, or break the obstruction. This works similarly to the area effect function of a shatter spell (centered anywhere within the malediction’s range), only targeting fibrous materials.

Graven Step

Choose 1d6 squares within 60 ft. These squares become difficult terrain.

You can expend an additional point of strife to gain an additional 1d6 squares of effect.

Heart Grip

The target of this malediction is plagued with an internal injury, such as a small heart attack or palpitation, minor brain aneurism or other traumatic mishap. The target must make a Constitution save or suffer damage equal to 1d6 + your Wisdom bonus.

For each additional point of strife consumed (up to your Wisdom modifier), you may increase the base damage by +1d6.

Hesitation

The target of this malediction must make a Wisdom save or suffer a -5 penalty to his initiative, immediately lowering his position in the initiative count. If the target has already acted in the round this takes place, he does not act again until the next round. Depending on the initiative count, this may have no effect upon the initiative order.

You may spend one point of strife to increase this penalty to -10.

Ill-Fated

You can expend a point of strife as an action and gain a number of d6s equal to your Charisma bonus (minimum of 1). You may place them on any number of targets’ actions that you predetermine (attacks, saves, skills, etc.) as a luck penalty. The target(s) must take the specified action in order to suffer the penalty, and no more than a single die can apply to the action each time. Multiple ill-fate dice can affect a target’s actions for several rounds however.

Itembreaker

An object you target suffers from an unforeseen internal fracture. The wielder of the object must make a Wisdom save or the object suffers 2d6 damage. Unattended objects do not gain a saving throw unless magical.

For each additional point of strife consumed (up to your Wisdom modifier), you may increase the base damage by +1d6.

Last Call

Targets of this malediction that are stable and at 0 hit points lose their battle with mortality and begin to die. The target must make a Constitution save or begin dying (making death saves as normal). Note that this ability only works on creatures at 0 hit points.

At the cost of 1 point of strife, the target also gains 1 failed death save.

Leadened Limbs

The target of this malediction must make a Constitution save or be unable to take any reactions or bonus actions for the duration of this ability.

By expending an additional point of strife, the target’s movement is also halved.

Lightning Rod

Upon invoking this malediction, you becomes supernaturally attractive to spells and effects that deal electricity damage. For the duration of the effect, any creature that attempts to use an electrical attack that takes the form of a line or bolt (including lightning bolt, call lightning, the breath weapon of a blue dragon, and other, similar effects) must make a Wisdom save, or choose to place you within the area of effect, if possible. You are treated as having resistance versus the effects for the duration of this malediction, and if you makes a successful saving throw, the effect terminates at your square, regardless of its normal range dealing no damage.

By spending an additional point of strife, you become immune to electrical attacks.

Oafstep

You cause a single foe to suddenly lose his footing. Choose a target. They are knocked prone unless they make a successful Dexterity save.

You may expend one point of strife to increase the DC by +2.

Paper Flesh

The target must make a Constitution save or become more susceptible to critical hits. All attacks deal critical hits on one number less (20 becomes 19, etc.) against the target for 1 minute.

Paralyzing Fear

The target of this malediction finds that all of their fears are magnified tenfold. Even the slightest sensation of fear becomes crippling.

The target must make a Wisdom save or become frightened of you for 1 minute.

Squirming Grip

Choose an object held by a target within 60 ft.

You attempt to disarm the target from a distance. The DC to resist is equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + Wisdom bonus.

If within 30 ft., you can spend a strife point to cause the object to fly to your hand (if you have a free hand).

Steal Victory

You can stifle the luck of an opponent. As a reaction, whenever a target within 30 ft. rolls an attack roll, you may force the target to suffer disadvantage unless they can make a successful Wisdom save.

You can spend one point of strife to increase the DC by +2.

Taboo

With an imperious warning, you can decree a single creature within the range of this malediction to be taboo. Creatures that attempt to make a melee attack against, touch, or pass through the square occupied by a taboo crea-ture must make a Wisdom save or become stunned until the end of their turn. You can also make a Large or smaller unattended object taboo (malefactors frequently use this malediction to cut off escape routes). Once a creature successfully saves against the taboo, he cannot be affected by it again for 24 hours (though they can fail against it multiple times until saving). You can only have one taboo active at a given time.

Tanglefoot

The target of this malediction finds themselves caught up or otherwise tangled up in debris, causing them to be entangled momentarily.

The target must make a Strength save or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check with a DC of 15 to remove the entangled condition.

You may expend 1 point of strife to increase the DC by +2.

Ungainly Lunge

The target of this malediction must make a Will save or lose 10 ft. of their movement and be unable to take bonus actions until their next turn.

Unwilling Bodyguard

A creature within range of your Aura of Misfortune may be targeted with this malediction and must make a Wisdom save or become irresistibly attractive to ranged attacks. While this malediction is in effect, any ranged attacks that target you suffers disadvantage. If they miss, they instead attack the unwilling bodyguard using the better die on the attack. You can only have one creature under the effects of unwilling bodyguard at a time.

Vile Sickness

The target of this malediction is suddenly affected by illness causing fever, dizziness and vomiting. The target must make a Constitution save or gain the poisoned condition for 1 round.

Malefactor Archetypes

Curse-Eater

A Curse-Eater draws forth foul magics and consumes them as others would eat honeyed bread. She fears no curse and gains strength from the destruction of curses and dark magic.

Doom Herald

The Doom Herald spells out the doom of others and it becomes truth. They are grand proselytizers who foretell the coming of great events and tragedies. Their words leave the listener more susceptible to ill fate.

Kismet

The Kismet are pleasant folk that attempt to twist away the misfortune of others and bend it to provide benefits to those deserving around them.

Fortuitous Action

At 10th level, as a reaction, you can grant a creature advantage on any skill check. The target creature also gains a bonus equal to your Charisma bonus on the attempt. You may use this ability a number of times each day equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1).

You regain all uses after a long rest.

Hand of Fate

At 15th level, as a reaction, you can grant a creature advantage on any attack roll. The target creature also gains a bonus equal to your Charisma bonus on the attack. You may use this ability a number of times each day equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1).

You regain all uses after a long rest.

Perfect Opening

At 18th level, as a reaction, you can cause any one target to provoke an opportunity attack after its next attack. You may use this ability only once per long rest.

Moirae

The Moirae are those Malefactors that understand destiny to such a degree that they can weave the unescapable tapestry of fate around them and cut short the threads of others. The ancients knew them as the Fates.

Reaver

Reavers are those malefactors that specialize in crippling their opponents with their dangerous powers and then quickly eliminating them in their weakened states.

They are a scourge to all of mankind, seeking to bring only destruction and ruin.

Myrmidon

A man in heavy plate launches from the thin branch on which he was perched. A leather-clad dwarf below him dodges the first strike, but the knight follows through gracefully and brings a second strike down with remarkable speed. Off balance, the dwarf desperately attempts to parry the overhead blow with his buckler, but the staggering force of the blow pushes him to his knees and into the soft earth. The sound of bones shattering crackles through the forest, and the latest of many guild assassins sent to end the vigilante passes out.

A tall elf strides forward calmly as a horde of skeletons charges down the tunnel toward her. The first skeleton swings wildly, but the elf dodges easily, flowing past the dilapidated saber. Her polished cuirass glimmers in the torchlight as she thrusts her hand above her head. The skeletons are suddenly pulled into the air, slamming against the low vaulted ceiling. She pulls her hand down, and the skeletons burst against the stone floor. The clattering of rusty swords echoes through the catacombs.

The warlord and his entourage march up the narrow mountain path. Across the cliffside trail stand two sentries in thick bronze armor. Each has an unadorned zweihänder resting on a pauldron. The warlord takes a step in front of his flanking bodyguards, points at the bronze sentries, and demands, "Stand aside! I have taken this region and I intend to taste of all its fruits!" Motionless, one sentry speaks, "The wellspring is off-limits. Another step forward and your life is forfeit." Frowning, the warlord steps back and motions to his troops, who lower shields and spears into a phalanx. The phalanx begins to advance. The sentry who had spoken raises his sword to the sky while adopting a wide stance. He traces a spiral in the air with tip of his sword and then lowers it, pointing not at the advancing phalanx but to a space beside the trail. A dark speck appears in the air, surrounded by a shimmering distortion like a mirage. The phalanx is pulled off their feet and towards the speck. Their bodies collide and squeeze around the dark speck with a cacophony of folding steel, snapping bones, and shouts of pain. The warlord has grabbed a root and is holding on with both hands while his legs flail uselessly, like a flag in a gale. The second sentry launches into an arc, severing both the warlord’s hands with a single blow. With a gasp, he is pulled away and smashes into the sphere of metal and viscera that was once his most elite fighting force. The first sentry re-shoulders his sword and the ball of trespassers falls into the valley far below. The second sentry pulls her sword from the ground and tosses the two severed hands over the cliff's edge. Taking up her position again she asks, “Who was that?” The first sentry merely shrugs.

The Myrmidon is a martial class that augments traditional combat techniques by manipulating gravity through a specialized type of magic. Myrmidons train body and mind to fight with vigor and elegance, while relying on disciplines to control the battlefield and keep themselves highly mobile even in heavy armor.

Quick Build

You can make a Myrmidon quickly by following these suggestions. First, Strength should be your highest ability score. Your next highest ability score should be Constitution, or Intelligence if plan to focus on disciplines. Next, choose the Folk Hero background.

Optional Rule: Multiclassing

If your group uses the optional rule on multiclassing in the Player's Handbook, here's what you need to know if you choose Myrmidon as one of your classes.

Ability Score Minimums. As a multiclass character, you must have Strength and Intelligence scores of at least 13 to take a level in this class, or take a level in another class if you are already a Myrmidon.

Proficiencies Gained. If Myrmidon isn't your initial class, here are the proficiencies you gain when you take your first level as an Myrmidon: All armor, simple weapons, martial weapons

Focus Pool

Your training allows you to harness and shape the force of gravity through tremendous mental focus. Your ability to maintain this effort is represented by focus points. You have a number of focus points equal to twice your Myrmidon level, as shown in the Focus Points column of the Myrmidon table. You can spend these points to fuel various class features and you regain all focus points on a long rest.

Crushing Blow

You can empower your attacks with increased ferocity by channeling gravity into the swing to increase its momentum. When you make a melee attack using Strength, you can expend one or more focus points to deal additional damage. You can spend a total number of focus points equal to half your Myrmidon level (minimum of one) to deal an extra 1d6 damage per focus point spent. You can only use this feature once per turn, and you must choose how many focus points you want to expend before rolling for the attack.

If you spend four or more focus points in this way, the target must succeed on a Strength saving throw (DC 10 + the number of focus points spent) or the target is knocked prone. Huge or larger creatures automatically succeed on the saving throw.

Lightness

At 2nd level, you have begun to learn how to dissociate yourself from the force of gravity. While you are conscious, your body's weight, the weight of any weapon you are wielding, and the weight of any armor or clothing you are wearing, is reduced by one-quarter. You may choose to ignore this feature at any time, quickly returning to your natural weight. Your sensitivity to natural gravity means that you always know which direction is up, unless magically disoriented. Unencumbered by weight, your speed increases by 5 feet.

As you are less hindered by weighty armor, you are able to move adroitly even while wearing medium or heavy armor. When you wear medium armor and are not wielding a shield, you can add 3, rather than 2, to your AC if you have a Dexterity of 16 or higher. When you wear heavy armor and are not wielding a shield, you can add 1, rather than zero, to your AC if you have a Dexterity of 12 or higher.

This feature gains additional benefits at 9th, 13th, and 17th levels.

Paradigm

At 3rd level, you choose a paradigm for your advancement. Choose from Vanguard, Centurion or Skirmisher, each detailed at the end of the class description. The paradigm you choose grants you features at 3rd level and again at 7th, 10th, 15th, and 18th level.

Disciplines

Starting at 3rd level, you have access to trained forms that bend gravity to your will. These disciplines are, in essence, variations on a specialized, psionic spell which requires a somatic component to translate the energy and to intensify your focus. This somatic component involves the entire body, as in a dance or martial arts form. Unlike normal spellcasting, you do not require a free hand to perform the somatic component, but you are unable to cast a discipline if you are Grappled, Prone, Restrained, or otherwise unable to freely move your body. While these conditions do not break concentration on disciplines already cast, all the normal rules for concentrating on spells apply to your disciplines. When you use a discipline that affects an area or volume, you may choose a number of creatures or objects equal to 1 + your Intelligence modifier to isolate from the effects of the discipline. This number includes yourself. The chosen creatures or objects are unaffected by the discipline for the duration, though you may choose different objects or creatures at the end of each of your turns for as long as you maintain concentration on the discipline.

The effects of your disciplines are always limited by your range and if an affected creature moves out of your range the effect is ended immediately. For disciplines affecting an area, that area is a circle centered on you with a radius equal to your range. For disciplines affecting a volume, that volume is a sphere centered on you with a radius equal to your range. Your Myrmidon level determines the range of your disciplines and the highest tier which you can utilize. When you gain access to higher tier disciplines at 7th, 11th, and 15th level, you gain access to all disciplines at that tier.

Some of your disciplines require your target to make a saving throw to resist the ability's effect. The saving throw DC is calculated as follows:

Paradigms

Myrmidons embrace different paradigms to hone their skills, each choosing to emphasize different aspects of the art. These paradigms may represent personal choices in study or different schools of thought from different Myrmidon enclaves, depending on how you choose to present Myrmidons in your game.

Disciplines

Although the energy for creating the following effects is psionic, Myrmidons use trained motions to facilitate their casting, much like traditional magic users use somatic components. Myrmidon magic is highly specialized in gravity control, but very versatile in the specific effects it can produce. The list below provides examples of the myriad ways gravity can be harnessed by a skilled Myrmidon.

Manipulate Gravity

These disciplines involve manipulating local gravity dynamically, causing it to fluctuate chaotically, finessing it deliberately, or quickly alternating its direction.

Redirect Gravity

These disciplines shift the orientation of local gravity.

Implosive Gravity

These disciplines involve creating a small volume of intense gravity to tug everything around it inwards.

Necromancer

Robes billowing around him, a human stands atop a hill watching legions of unholy march towards a city in the dead of a night. As the front lines reach the gates an alarm goes off within the city, but it was too late. The city is surrounded, and there’s no help coming.

With her scythe cutting through the last stalk of wheat, an elf wipes the sweat from her brow and takes a moment to observe her undead friends in front of her, all with scythes cutting wheat themselves. Out of the corner of her eye, she notices a ghoul shambling over a nearby hill. With a quick glare from the elf, the ghoul stops and turns around, reporting to her that there is an army following it. The elf takes off running with what wheat she has and the skeletons follow her.

A halfling kneels behind a column at the dead body of his best friend, a dwarf. Crying, he reaches out to the body and mutters disdainfully. He asks out loud if his friend would lend him his strength so that one of them might be able to live. After a few seconds, his friend stands up once again and charges a nearby goblin, buying the halfling just enough time to get away. He runs back to town just in time to warn them of the coming goblin horde.

Necromancers channel the power of life and death. They may be weak themselves, but they make up for it by surrounding themselves with undead minions that they control as if they were an extension of the necromancer’s own body. Necromancy is not something people undertake lightly, as a false step in the wrong company may cause one to lose their head.

Spellcasting

As a adept of dark arts, you have a grimoire that is your spellbook which is containing spells that show the first glimmerings of your true power. See chapter 10 for the general rules of spellcasting. You can find a list of Necromancer Spells at the end of the document.

Learning Spells of 1st Level and Higher

Each time you gain a necromancer level, you can add two necromancer spells of your choice to your grimoire. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots, as shown on the Necromancer table. On your adventures, you might find other spells that you can add to your grimoire

Ritual Casting

You can cast a necromancer spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell in your grimoire. You don't need to have the spell prepared.

Spellcasting Focus

You can use an arcane focus (found in chapter 5) as a spellcasting focus for your necromancer spells.

Spellcasting Ability

Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your Necromancer Spells, so you use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when Setting the saving throw DC for a Necromancer spell you cast and when Making an Attack roll with one.

Voice of the Damned

At 2nd level, you gain the ability to feel if the undead creature is under of someone's control.

You gain advantage on Charisma checks when you are interacting with undead or determining if it is under someone's control. If they are under someone's control, You can also try to understand their simple tasks or goals given to them by making Charisma Check with a DC equal to 10 + half of target's CR, rounded down. If creauture has control over undead, you know its type, for example celestial, fiend, or undead, but not its identity (the vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich, for instance).

Necromantic Aspiration

At 3rd level choose a Necromantic Aspiration: Overlord, Reaper, or Lich. All detailed information is at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level, and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level.

Ability Score Improvement

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

Aura of Undeath

Starting at 5th level, you learn how to release a flow of necrotic energy, that can infuse your undead minions. You can use a bonus action to activate one of auras you know and you can turn it off as a free action on your turn. Your Aura of Undeath has a radius of 30 ft and affects all undead creatures under your control within the radius. Aura exists 1 minute or until you fall unconscious.

You learn one of the following auras when you gain this feature, and again at 11th and 18th levels.

If a Aura of Undeath and a Holy Aura overlap, creatures in the overlapping areas get none of the benefits of either Auras.

Once you use this feature, you must finish short or a long rest to use it again.

Unholy General

At 20th level, your soul becomes partially bounded to necrotic energy itself, which transforms into your own lifeforce.

Whenever you gain control over undead creature of CR 1 or less, your current and maximum hit points are not reduced. Furthermore, you can control any amount of undead creatures that are 1\2 CR or less and they doesn't count against the number of creatures that can be under your control.

Necromantic Aspirations

Necromancers share their affinity with undead, but how they treat their undead often varies. A Necromancer that minds their undead carefully is very different from a Necromancer that sits back while his army wages war, and both of these are very different from a Necromancer that fights on the front line with their undead as their leader.

Sanguine Feast

Starting at 14th level, you found a way to rip off lifeforce of nearest enemy, fufilling your own, dark hunger.

While wielding a weapon, you can use an action to force all creatures within 5 feet of you to make a constitution saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failure, creature takes necrotic damage equal to your necromancer level and if it has blood, you regain hit points equal to half of damage dealt, up to your maximum. If succeed, creature only takes half of the damage dealt by this feature.

You regain ability to use this feature after completing a long rest.

Lich

The lich is one of the most powerful magical creatures in all of the realms. It has a masterful knowledge over spells, and it can utilize the innate magic within to overcome its foes, and a lot of necromancers searching for such powers.

Optional Feature

The Rune Fury

Quick build: First, your highest score should be strength or dexterity. Second should be constitution. Finally choose the soldier background

Class Features

As a Rune Fury, you gain the following class features

Proficiencies

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• Armor: All Armors
• Weapons: All Melee Weapons
• Tools: Tattoo Tools

Equipment

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

• a) One simple melee weapon or b) One martial melee weapon
• a) Half-plate and a shield or b) Chainmail
• a) A dungeoneers pack or b) An explorers pack
• Tattoo Tools

Fury

Starting at 1st level you have the ability to control your inner anger. As a Bonus Action you can enter Fury, and it lasts for 1 minute. After the duration is over, and the Fury Use is expended, the Rune Fury gains 1 level of exhaustion .See the Rune Fury Class Table for how many times you can use Fury and the additional damage you deal when in Fury. You regain all Fury Uses once you complete a long rest.

• Fury Save DC = 8 + constitution modifier + proficiency bonus

Runic Tattoo

As part of your teachings you are gifted with tattoos that grant different effects and abilities. Starting at 1st level you are given a tattoo to signify your beginning journey as a Rune Fury. Consult your class table for when you gain additional tattos. Some tattoos have requirements that must be met in order to be obtained, while all tattoos have ingredient that must be supplied by you in order for you to gain them.

Outrageous Might

Starting at 2nd level, you have learned to focus some of your fury into a skill. Add your Fury Output into one of the following skills, based on the saving throw you chose. Athletics if you chose the Strength Savinng Throw, or Acrobatics if you chose the Dexterity Saving Throw. This feature is active at all times.

Fighting Style

You adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can't take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

• Defense: While you are wearing armor you gain a +1 bonus to AC.
• Dueling: When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damagerolls with that weapon.
• Great Weapon Fighting: When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and you must take ue the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or 2. The weapon must have the two-handed property for you to gain this benefit.

Rune Fury Archetype

Starting at 3rd level, your inner anger has manifested itself in a way that allows you to best rid your enemies of their lives. Choose from Ravager, Storm Bringer, or Radiant Mind. All Archetypes and their features are listed at the end of this section.

Runic Enchantment

Starting at 3rd you are able to place runes upon items to grant minor buffs to the object. You can place up to 2 runes at a time per long rest. the following is a list of runes you can place on objects:

• Rune of Movement: Increase movement speed by 5 feet so long as this rune is active. (distance increases to 10 feet at level 6, 15 feet at level 11, and 20 feet at level 17) \page

• Rune of Elements: This rune placed on a piece of armor with grant resistance to that type of damage, This rune placed on a weapon turns the damage type to that type of damage.

• Rune of Proficiency: Grants proficiency in a skill, armor, weapon, or tool.

• Rune of Freedom: Grants immunity to to difficult terrain

• Warding Rune: Choose a creature type, Creatures of that type can't sense you and you know the location of the closest creature of that type.

Ability Score Improvement

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

Extra Attack

Starting at 5th level, you can attacl twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack Action on your turn.

Ruthless Headbutt

Beginning at 7th level, once per short rest and as an action you can headbutt one target you can see, within 5 feet of you. The target must succeed a Constitution saving throw against your ability save DC. on a failed save the target takes 1d8 + str/dex (whichever is higher) bludgeoning damage and is stunned until the end of your next turn. on a success they take half as much damage and aren't stunned.

Anger Rising

At 9th level, you anger is quick to manifest, as a free action and at the start of combat you may choose to enter Fury but will suffer 2 levels of exhaustion at the end of its duration.

Trap Rune

Starting at 10th level, you can imbue your runes to lay traps for your enemies. You can only have 1 trap rune active at a time. You can use this feature a number of times up to your Constitution Modifier (minimum of 1) per long rest. Runes require a DC 15 investigation check to spot.

• Slow Rune: A creature who steps on this rune has their movement speed reduced to half for 30 seconds. Creatures within 5 feet of the rune must succeed a Constitution Saving throw or have their speed reduced as well.

• Exploding Rune: All creatures within a 10 foot radius centered at this rune must succeed a Dexterity Saving throw against your Rune Save DC or take 8d8 fire damage, or half as much on a success.

• Freezing Rune: All creatures within a 10 foot radius centered at this rune must succeed a Strength Saving throw against your Rune Save DC or have their movement speed reduced to 0 for 1 round and take 8d8 cold damage, on a success they take half as much damage and do not have their movement speed reduced. Targets killed with this rune are frozen solid.

• Blindness/Deafness Rune: A creature that sets off this rune must succeed a Constitution Saving throw or become blind or deaf for 1 minute.

• Stunning Rune: A creature who steps on this rune must succeed a Conitution Saving throw against your Rune Save DC or be stunned for 1 minute. A creature stunned this way, can make a Constitution Saving throw at the end of each of their turns to end the effect.

Charge Breaker

Beginning at 13th level, Once per long rest, when you move your full movement in a round you can use your action to make a melee attack, if the attack is successful the target is knocked prone.

Ruin of Runes

At 14th level and once per long rest you can designate an area no larger than a 30 foot circle. the edges of this area glow with runes, enemies in the area when it is set and at the start of each turn they are inside it, takes damage equal to your Fury Output in necrotic damage. This area is concidered difficult terrain for targets you see as enemies.

Wide Swing

at 18th level, you've all but mastered your anger. Once per long rest and only when you land a hit, you can choose to maximise weapon damage and deal double your Fury Output bonus damage.

Colossus

You've finally fully mastered your anger. at level 20, you can enter an enlarged state as a bonus action. This enlarged state lasts for 1 minute and can only be used once per long rest. during the duration you gain the following benefits:

• Your size is doubled, as is your lifting, pushing, dragging, and carrying capacities.
• Entering Fury while in Colossus does not grant a level of exhaustion when its finished.
• You deal 1d8 additional damage.
• You gain resistance to all damage except Psychic.
• You gain advantage on Constitution saving throws while in this form.

Archetypes

Ravager

When you choose this archetype at level 3 you gain the following features:

Storm Bringer

Spell List

• Cantrip: Chill Touch, Frostbite, Lightning Lure, Ray of Frost, Gust, Shape Water, Shocking Grasp, Thunderclap
• 1st Level: Armor of Agathys, Create or Destroy Water, Ice Knife, Thunderous Smite, Thunderwave, Zephyr Strike, Witch Bolt
• 2nd Level: Gust of Wind, Misty Step, Snilloc's Snowball Storm, Dust Devil, Levitate
• 3rd Level: Call Lightning, Elemental Weapon, Gaseous Form, Lightning Bolt, Sleet Storm, Thunder Step, Tidal Wave, Wall of Water, Water Breathing, Waterwalk, Wind Wall
• 4th Level: Control Water, Ice Storm, Storm Sphere, Watery Sphere

Fury Overcharge

At 6th level, you can expend uses of your Fury to restore spellslots up to the number of Fury Uses you choose to expend, this counts as a bonus action and does not grant levels of exhaustion.

Rage of the Tempest

Starting at 11th level, your anger can be sent through your spells. When you cast a damaging spell that adds your constitution modifier to damage, you may also add your Fury Output.

Storm Incarnate

At 17th level, your ability to control the storm has been mastered. You can now take on the physical appearance of an Ascended Rune Fury when you enter Fury. You can add another one half of your Fury Output (total of 1.5x) rounded up to your damaging spells. In addition you gain a flying speed equal to your movement speed in your Ascended form.

Storm Bringer Tattoos

Radiant Mind

Spell List

• Cantrips: Guidence, Light, Mending, Spare the Dying, Word of Radiance
• 1st Level: Bless, Ceremony, Cure Wounds, Detect Good & Evil, Goodberry, Guiding Bolt, Healing Word, Protection from Good & Evil, Sanctuary
• 2nd Level: Augury, Detect Thoughts, Healing Spirit, Lesser Restoration, Prayer of Healing
• 3rd Level: Aura of Vitality, Clairvoyance, Crusader's Mantle, Daylight, Life Transference, Mass Healing Word, Revivify
• 4th Level: Aura of Life, Aura of Purity, Death Ward, Divination, Guardian of Faith

Radiant Soul

Starting at 6th level, you may add half your Fury OUtput (rounded up) to your healing spells.

Damage Absorbtion

Starting at 11th level, if an ally within 5 feet of you is hit with a critical, you can use your reaction to have the hit redirected towards you. You can only use this ability once per short rest.

Lazarus Effect

At level 17, if you are reduced to 0 hit points you can instead choose to expend a use of your Fury to roll a hit die. for each Fury Use you expend you gain 1 hit die. This feature can be used so long as you have Fury Uses to expend. You gain 1 level of exhaustion for every 2 Fury Uses you expend using this feature. Once you use up all your Fury you must complete a long rest before gaining this feature back. Hit dice rolled using Lazarus Effect count against your total hit dice you can roll in a short rest

Radiant Mind Tattoos

The Shaman

A wild looking half-orc lumbers through the forest, his arcane tattoos glistening in the light that penetrates the forest canopy. A child from his tribe had reportedly seen a group of goblins cutting down ceremonial trees in their sacred grove. Slicing his hand the half-orc smeared his blood on a the hilt of his heartwood maul. His weapon now pulsed with a deep green energy as he ventured forth to deal with the fools that would dare profane their grove. They would pay for desecrating the resting place of his ancestors.

A hunched over, elderly halfling grips his necklace as he faces down the leader of the hobgoblin war-band. The necklace, made from the finger bones of the previous shamans of his tribe, allows their spirits to take charge of his body. With their aid his life force is enhanced by theirs and he moves with the vigor of youth. Quick as lightning, he strikes at the hobgoblin’s head with his ancient club. As his foe slumps to the ground, he reflects on his time defending his people as their champion. Soon his time would end, and his body would die, but his spirit would join the previous shamans, aiding the next champion of their tribe.

A hunched over elvish woman uses her primal connection to life-magic to conduct an ancient ritual on a stolen lock of hair. Far across town, the village fool comes down with a mysterious illness, and within hours he succumbs to the strange pox. The townsfolk suspect dark magic was at play, but after a few days they bury the fool and move on. The man who had dared to insult the old elf had paid for the transgression with his life.

Class Features

As a Shaman, you gain the following class features

Spirituality

At 1st level, you choose your Spirituality, the way that you interact with the primal forces of nature. Choose between the Curse-Binder, Spirit-Warrior, or Witch-Doctor, each of which is detailed at the end of this class description.

Primal Magic

The Shaman table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your shaman spells of 1st through 5th level. The table also shows what the level of those slots is; all of your spell slots are the same level. To cast one of your shaman spells of 1st-level or higher, you must expend a spell slot. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a short or long rest.

For example, when you are 5th level, you have two 3rd-level spell slots. To cast the 1st-level spell heroism you must spend one of those slots, and you cast it as a 3rd-level spell.

Spellcasting Focus

You can use a Druidic Focus (see the Adventuring Gear section) as a spellcasting focus for your Shaman spells. A shaman's spellcasting focus is often an item of great personal or tribal significance, like the bone of an ancestor, the branch from a sacred tree, or a small doll made in the likeness of their spirit animal.

Ritual Casting

You can cast a shaman spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag. The spell does not need to be one of your known shaman spells to be cast as a ritual.

Totems

You insight into the natural world has given you the ability to enhance your own body with the forces of nature. Special Totems allow you to tap into primeval power without the risk of overwhelming your body and soul. Your Totems could be carved from wood, tattooed onto your body with magical inks, or made from the shrunken heads of your enemies.

At 2nd level, you gain two Totems of your choice. When you gain certain shaman levels, you gain additional totems of your choice, as shown in the Totems column of the Shaman table. Additionally, when you complete a long rest, you can swap out one of the Totems you have selected for another.

Ability Score Improvement

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

Primeval Conduit

At 11th level, your spiritual connection with the natural world deepens, and you gain the ability to directly channel the raw power of nature. Choose one 6th-level spell from the Shaman spell list. You can cast your Primeval Conduit spell once without expending a spell slot. You must finish a long rest before you can do so again.

At higher levels, you gain more shaman spells of your choice that can be cast in this way: one 7th-level spell at 13th level, one 8th-level spell at 15th level, and one 9th-level spell at 17th level. You regain all uses of your Primeval Conduit spells when you finish a long rest.

Totemic Mastery

At 20th level, you can draw the natural energy of the world around to regain expended spell slots. As an action, you can regain one expended spell slot. You can use this ability a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier. You regain all uses when you finish a long rest.

Spirituality

For Shamans, their spirituality is their way of life. Each shaman learns to approach the world by way of contemplation and simplicity. They must rid their minds of all things in order to tap into to the primeval forces of creation. Once they have established this link, their bodies become channels of immense natural power.

Spiritual Analyst

Also at 1st level you gain insight into curses and other effects. If you spend one minute observing a creature, you can determine the source and school of magic of any malady or curse currently afflicting them.

Primal Curse

At 3rd level your ability to place curses on the living grows. If you gain a sample of a creatures blood, some of their hair, or an item of great importance to them you can create a special cursed totem at the end of a short or long rest.

Once you create this cursed totem, that creature has disadvantage on saving throws against your spells as long as you are in possession of the cursed totem, or until the cursed totem is destroyed. You can only have one of these cursed totems created at a time, once you create another the magic in the first one dissipates.

At 10th level you can have two cursed totems active at once, and at 15th level you can have up to three active.

Inscrutable Mind

Starting at 6th level, your work manipulating the natural forces of the world to cause maladies has given you insights into warding your own mind against such misfortunes. You are immune to having your emotions or thoughts read by magic. Creatures that make Wisdom (insight) checks against you do so with disadvantage.

Shamanistic Ward

Starting at 10th level, you can ward your body with magic to resists specific types of attacks. At the end of each short or long rest, you choose one damage type to gain resistance to. Damage with silvered weapons ignores this resistance.

Foul Summoner

At 14th level, you can cast the spell create undead at 6th level without providing any of the material components or using a spell slot. Spirits of long dead creatures rise out of the ground in the shape of the undead you summon. They are under your control until the end of your next long rest, or they are destroyed.

Once you use this ability you must complete a long rest before you can use it again.

Spirit-Warrior

As a Spirit-Warrior, you allow the spirits of the natural world to flow into you and enhance your physical and mental abilities. Once enhanced, these champions act as protectors of ancient temples, sacred groves, and burial grounds.

With their impressive martial prowess, Spirit-Warriors make stalwart allies and terrible foes. Woe to those who would rouse these ancient protectors to action.

Eyes of the Spirit World

Starting at 6th level, your bond with the spiritual world grants you enhanced sight. You have advantage on saving throws and skill checks to see through illusions. This sight also allows you to see 60 ft. into the ethereal plane when you are on the material plane, and vice versa.

One Foot in the Grave

When you draw close to death your connection to the spirits strengthens as your own life force wanes. At 10th level, when have 10 hit points or fewer (this does not include temporary hit points), you gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from non-magical weapons. You have advantage on melee attack rolls, and your melee weapon attacks deal an extra 2d6 of their damage type on hit.

Possessed Warrior

At 14th level you can allow the spirits of the natural world to take control of your body. As a bonus action on your turn, you enter a possessed state that lasts for one minute, or until you are reduced to 0 hit points. While in this state your movement speed is doubled, and your melee weapon attacks deal an additional 2d6 necrotic damage on hit.

Additionally, your body becomes semi-corporeal, allowing you to move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. If you end your turn inside an object, you are shunted to the nearest open space and take 1d6 force damage for every 5 ft. you are forced to move.

Once you use this ability you must complete a long rest until you can use it again.

Witch-Doctor

When all other options for help have been exhausted, nobles and peasants alike will turn to the medicine men of old, the Witch-Doctors. They are practitioners of ancient healing ceremonies and traditional herbal remedies.

As a Witch-Doctor, your connection to the life-energy that flows through all things allows you to manipulate that energy to mend the spiritual and physical ailments of those around you. You channel the primal magic of creation to enhance your allies, and heal those marred by the foul touch of evil.

Potent Life Force

Starting at 6th level, your knowledge of your own body and soul grants you abilities beyond that of a normal mortal. Any time you gain hit points you gain additional hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier (this does not include temporary hit points).

Improved Primal Blessing

At 10th level, your spirit is enhanced when you grant blessings to your allies. For each Totem granted to an allied creature through your Primal Blessing feature you gain a +1 bonus to each of your saving throws.

Conduit of Creation

At 14th level, the line between your own life energy and that of the lives around you has blurred. You can choose to fall unconscious and distribute your life force among creatures within 60 ft. As an action, you distribute all of your remaining hit points among allied creatures, and if you have any spell slots remaining, you can use them to restore an allied creature's spell slot of that level or lower.

Upon using this action you immediately fall unconscious, but stabilized. You do not need to make death saving throws. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

Totems

If a Totem has prerequisites, you must meet them to learn it. You can learn the totem at the same time that you meet its prerequisites. A level prerequisite refers to your shaman level. The Totems presented here are in alphabetical order.

Totem of the Pond

You can hold your breath for up to 1 hour, and you gain a viscous coating on your skin that gives you advantage on skill checks to escape the grappled condition.

Totem of the Rainstorm

You gain resistance to acid and poison damage, and have advantage on saving throws to resist being poisoned.

Totem of the River

Prerequisite: 7th level You gain a swimming speed equal to your movement speed, and you can breathe both air and water.

Totem of the Rockslide

Your unarmed attacks deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier on hit. At 6th level, your unarmed attacks count as magical for the sake of overcoming resistances.

Totem of the Sapling

Prerequisite: 9th level, Witch-Doctor Spirituality As a bonus action on your turn you grant yourself temporary hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier + your proficiency bonus.

Totem of the Skies

Prerequisite: 16th level, Spirit-Warrior Spirituality You gain a flying speed equal to your movement speed, and as a reaction you can reduce any falling damage you take by an amount equal to your shaman level.

Totem of the Stars

Prerequisite: 5th level When you roll a 1 on an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw, you may re-roll the die, but you must use the new roll.

Totem of the Storm

Prerequisite: 5th level, Spirit-Warrior Spirituality You can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the attack action on your turn.

Totem of the Sun

Prerequisite: 9th level When you fail a saving throw, you may choose to succeed instead. Once you use this ability you must complete a long rest before you can use it again. Starting at 16th level, you can use this ability twice per long rest.

Totem of the Swamp

Prerequisite: 5th level, Curse-Binder Spirituality As an action, you force every creature within 15 ft. of you to make a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, they are poisoned until the end of your next turn. On a save, the creature is immune to this effect for 24 hours.

Totem of Twilight

Prerequisite: Curse-Binder Spirituality You gain Superior Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 120 ft. as if you were in bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light.

Totem of the Whirlwind

When you score a critical hit on a weapon attack you may roll an addition damage die of the weapons damage type.

Totem of the Waves

When an enemy creature hits you with a critical hit, you can use your reaction to change it into a regular hit. Once you use this ability, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.

Soul Binder

Loneliness. Weakness. The call to adventure. For most people these are passing moments, a part of the ups and downs of everyday life. There are those however, who are defined by these feelings. Whether feeling alone in a crowd, powerless to get what they deserve or eager to see all things the world has to offer, soul binders have taken a drastic step to solve their problems. Unable to meet the demands of the world alone they choose to give up a piece of their soul to bond with another creature and face life's challenges together.

Bonded Companion

At 1st level, you gain a companion that will serve and aid you in every way it possibly can. The companion gets some bonuses from being linked to your essence. In combat, the companion moves and acts on your turn in initiative. You can tell it what to do verbally (no action needed) and if you are incapacitated, it will do its best to protect you and itself from harm. Your companion needs your guidance in combat to thrive, and it can be tasking to control it and act yourself. If you take the Attack action or cast a spell with a casting time of one action, your companion can't take the Attack action this turn, and if your companion takes the Attack action, you can't take the Attack action or cast a spell with a casting time of one action this turn.

It gains proficiency in two skills of your choice. In areas where it would use its proficiency bonus, it uses your proficiency bonus instead. It also adds your proficiency bonus to its AC. Your companion will always use Strength for it's attack and damage rolls (unless otherwise specified), and its damage dice is shown in the Companion Damage Die column of the Soul Binder table. If a feature for you or your companion requires another creature to make a saving throw, the DC is equal to your Spell Save DC.

If your companion is reduced to 0 hit points, it falls unconscious and makes death saving throws. When it is reduced to 0 hit points, the soul binder will take any excess damage from the attack. If it is killed, you can return it to life as part of a long rest. The process of reviving can be very hard for your soul, and you gain one level of exhaustion at the end of the rest when you revive your companion. The companion has its own hit die, and can spend them during a short rest.

Whenever you gain the Ability Score Improvement class feature in this class, your companion’s abilities also improve. You can increase one of its ability scores of your choice by 2, or you can increase two of its ability scores of your choice by 1, at the DM's discretion you can forgo increasing the companions ability scores and instead give it a feat that would make sense for it (Like Mobile or Tough). As normal, you can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature unless its description specifies otherwise. Whenever you gain a level in this class, your companion also levels up, and it can increase its hit point maximum using its hit die normally. At first level, its hit points will be equal to the maximum value of its hit die + its Constitution modifier.

Magic Item Absorption

At level 1, the Soul Binder can perform a special ritual to merge a magic item into its companion during a short rest. Merging with an item requires being in physical contact with the soul binder, item, and companion. Certain items have prerequisites. The companion must meet any prerequisite for the item to successfully merge. Your companion cannot merge with items requiring a class prerequisite. If the short rest is interrupted, the merging fails. Otherwise, at the end of the short rest, the item merges into the companion.

While merged, the companion gains an intuitive understanding of how to activate any magical properties of the item, including any necessary Command words. Your companion can use the magical properties of the item and apply the effects to its natural weapons and natural armor, but doesn't get the benefit of the armor or weapon itself. It can only have one weapon merged at a time, and one piece of armor.

Example: if you bind a +1 Plate armor to your companion it gains +1 to its AC, but not the benefits of wearing Plate armor

Each merged item within the creature counts as an attunement for the soul binder, regardless if whether the item required attunement. Attempting to merge with more than three items fails automatically. The soul binder can voluntarily end the merge by spending another short rest focused on the item, unless the item is cursed.

If the companion dies, all the merges items are expelled from its corpse on the ground around it.

Soul Points

You have 2 soul points, and you gain one additional point every time you level up, to a maximum of 20 at level 20. You can never have more soul points than shown on the table for your level. You regain all spent soul points when you finish a long rest.

Spellcasting

By 2nd level you are now more used to being bonded to a magical creature, and have started to be able to use some magic to help your allies or bolster your companion. See Chapter 10 in the Player's Handbook for the general rules of spellcasting and Chapter 11 for the soul binder spell list.

Spellcasting Ability

Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your soul binder spells, since the power of your magic relies on you being able to communicate with your companion and the bond that you share. You use your Charisma whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Charisma modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a soul binder spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Soul Purification

When you reach 14th you can use your Soul Energy to flush out any bad effects currently impeding your companion.

If your companion is within 30 feet you can use an action and spend 1 soul points to allow it to repeat any saving throw on an effect that would allow it to repeat the saving throw at the end of it's turn, when your companion makes a saving throw because of this feature, it can add your Charisma modifier to the roll.

Infused Energy

At 18th level you can channel your energy though the link that binds you and your compainon, to empower your companions attacks.

As an action you can spend 3 soul points to infuse your companion with energy for 1 minute, when they are infused they can add your Charisma modifier to their damage rolls.

Run With the Pack

When you reach 3rd level, you and your beast are bonded closer than most family and you perform best in combat when you are together. When you and your beast are within 10 feet of each other, and neither of you are incapacitated, you gain the following benefits:

• When your beasts hit a creature with an attack, you can use your reaction to make an attack against the same creature.

• If one of you is prone, it only takes 5 feet of movement to stand up again.

Beastial Evolution

At 7th level, your beast is infused with magic via your bond and can evolve itself in different ways. You can pick one of the following feature to grant to your beast:

• Fast Flyer: Your beast gains a flying speed equal to double its walking speed. It also gains Flyby witch means that it doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.

• Fast Charger: Your beast gains an extra 15 feet walking speed. Additionally, If the beast moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with an attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 11 (2d10) damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

• Relentless Rampager When the beast is reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, it can drop to 1 hit point instead. it can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest. Additionally when the beast reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack, the beast can use its reaction to move up to half its speed and make one attack. If it hits with that attack, it gains half of the damage dealt as temporary hit points.

You also get to pick an additional Beast Trait from the "Beast Companion" feature.

Natures Edict

At 11th level, you can command your beast with the guidance of nature itself. You learn two edicts. These edicts functions like your "Edict" and will follow the same rules. You learn two new edicts which do not count toward your total known edicts:

• Tooth and Nail: Your beast can use its action to make a melee attack against each creature of its choice within 5 feet of it, with a separate attack roll for each target.
• Dodge and Evade Until the end of your next turn, whenever an attacker that your beast can see hits it with an attack, it can use its reaction to half the attacks damage against it.

Ultimate Evolution

When you reach 15th level, your beast has surpassed any limits you could imagine, and your soul is bonded so closely with it that you are able to push it to the limit with energy, and its uses this energy to evolve itself.

You can pick another feature from the "Beastial Evolution" and two new Beast Traits from "Beast Companion".

Additionally the range of "Run with the Pack", that you and your beast have to be within to get the benefits, is now increased to 20 feet.

Bond of the Unknown

By means of some sort of unnatural ritual you have been able to summon a aberration, and have bound it to your command. You might have captured one yourself even, or maybe you had to make a great sacrifice in order to get this unholy being under your command.

Otherworldly Grasp

When you reach 7th level your aberration has learned to pull creatures closer using either tentacles or telekinesis and show them images that can drive mere mortals mad.

As an action your aberration can force up to 6 creatures of its choice within 30 feet of it to make Strength Saving Throws, if a creature fails the Saving Throw it is pulled to an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the aberration.

After doing this your aberration can immediately spend it bonus action to attempt to grapple one of the creatures that failed the Saving Throw. If a creature is being grappled by your aberration, through the use of this feature, it is frightened until the grapple ends.

Once your aberration uses this feature, it must complete a short or long rest before it can do so again.

Unnatural Edict

Starting at 11th level, you gain access to give out edicts for your aberration to do things that will surprise anyone. You learn two edicts. These edicts functions like your "Edict" and will follow the same rules. You learn two new edicts which do not count toward your total known edicts:

• Toxic Spit: You command your aberration to spit a glob of toxin at an enemy within 30 feet of the aberration. The aberration can use its bonus action and spit at that enemy. The enemy must succeed on a constitution saving throw, or be poisoned for 1 minute. The enemy can repeat the save at the end of its turn, ending the effect on a success.

• Horrifying Form: You command your aberration to twist it form and instill fear in your foes, the next time it hits a creature with an attack on this turn, the creature that got hit must make a wisdom save against your Soul Binder spell save DC, on a failed save the creature is frightened until the end of your next turn.

Improved Morph

When you reach 15th level, your body has become more acceptant of your aberration, and you are much more potent at morphing together, whenever you morph together with your aberration it now gains additional benefits:

• While you are morphed, you can still cast spells through the aberration. The aberration will still be the one casting the spells, with your spell slots, but you are the one concentrating on them, and they use your spell save DC and spell attack modifier.

• When you morph you can choose to increase its size by two size categories instead of one.

• Its Armor Class increases by 2 for the duration.

• At the start of the aberrations turn it can roll 1d6, on a 6 it regains the use of "Otherworldly Grasp".

Additionally you can now stay morphed for longer. You can retain your morphed state for 1 hour. You body also has an easier time being morphed. When you end your morph, you can choose to forgo the exhaustion once per short rest.

A Drake's Challenge

At 3rd level your drake is a force to be reckoned with, and it will happily stand at the front line and take many blows for its teammates. Whenever your drake hits a creature, it also challenges that creature to fight the drake. The drake marks the creature. The creature has disadvantage to attack other creatures than the guard drake.

The drake can only have one creature marked at a time, and if a new creature is marked the old mark is removed.

Magic Infused Blood

When you reach 7th level your drake have gotten more used to magic as it have been bonded to you, and effected by your magic. Whenever you target your drake with a spell, it will gain the following benefits untill the end of your next turn:

• It adds your proficiency bonus to its Attack rolls twice instead of once.

• It adds your proficiency bonus to its Damage.

Edict of the Dragonkin

At the 11th level you can command your guard drake with the fury of a dragon. You learn two edicts. These edicts functions like your "Edict" and will follow the same rules. You learn two new edicts which do not count toward your total known edicts:

• Harden Scales: untill your next turn, your drake has resistance to bludgeoning, slashing, piercing and it has immunity to the damage type it got resistance to from the "Guardian of the Dragon" feature.
• Draconic Leap: You point your finger at a target within 60 feet of you. If your drake is within 30 feet of that target, it can use its bonus action to leap to that target, If it does so, the target must succeed a strength saving throw or be knocked prone and take 2d8 bludgeoning damage.

Dragons Blessing

When you reach 15th level, you have been bonded so long with your drake and have learned more about its draconic powers that you can empower it to transform in to a dragon for a short while. As an action, you can spend 2 soul points and cause your drake to grow wings and transform into a dragon for 1 minute. While transformed it get the following benefits:

• It has a flying speed of 60 feet.

• Its size category becomes one larger.

• It has 10 feet reach on all its attacks.

• It is under the effect of the "Dragon's Breath" spell, as if it were cast at 7th level, the spell uses your Soul Binder spell save DC, and the damage type is the same as the resistance it got from "Guardian of the Dragon".

• As a bonus action, it can let out a terrifying roar. Each creature of its choice that is within 120 feet of the drake and aware of it, must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to this effect for the next 24 hours.

The transformation ends after 1 minute, or if the drake uses its bonus action to end it. It can transform once per long rest.

Bond of the Elements

You are in balance with the world, and the elements that surround you. You are so closely bonded with them that you can manifest an elemental avatar, and you have bound your soul to that avatar.

Elemental Burst

At 3rd level your Avatar have learned to harness it's elemental powers with great fury. As an action, it can spend 1 soul point to burst elemental force all around it. Every creature of its choice within 10 feet of it will have to make a saving throw (the save is different for each element), or take 3d8 elemental type damage, and half if they made the save. Additionally, they suffer one of the following effects, dependent on what element type you are attuned to:

• Fire (Dexterity saving throw) : Any hit target that fails it's saving throw they get charred, and they have disadvantage on their next attack.

• Bludgeoning (Strength saving throw) : Any hit target that fails it's saving throw is knocked prone.

• Cold (Constitution saving throw) : Any hit target that fails it's saving throw, have their movement speed reduced to 0 feet, until the end of your next turn.

• Lightning (Strength saving throw) : Any hit target that fails it's saving throw is pushed 15 feet away from the avatar.

The damage of this feature increases by 1d8 as you gain levels in this class: 6th level (4d8), 11th level (5d8), 15th level (6d8), 18th level (7d8).

Your Avatar can use this feature twice and regains all uses on a long rest.

Bond of the Divine

Sometimes The gods grant gifts to worthy mortals, they can take all shapes and forms, but sometimes they offer a friend and protector for life.

Soul Binders that make a bond with a celestial are often followers of the god that the celestial used to serve, and they make a bond to travel the world and spread the word of that god.

Bond of the Playful Fey

Somewhere there are places where the barrier between the material plane and the fey wilds are thin, and sometimes creatures from the one plane end up in another.

Some soul binders have found that creatures from the fey wild make excellent companions and friends. Maybe you got your companion as a gift from an arch fey or maybe the two of you became friends naturally and made a bond.

Fooling Copycat

When you reach 15th level your companion has started to like you, and have learned how to mimic you.

As a bonus action your companion can spend 2 soul points to create an illusion over itself so that it looks just like you, with all the cloth and equipment you are currently wearing. The illusion last for 10 minutes or until the companion ends it as a bonus action. While the illusion is active, the companion gets the following benefits.

• On its turn it can cast the "Soul Switch" Soul Binder spell without needing components or a spell slot.

• While the two of you are within 5 feet of each other, you both have advantage on attack roll, and creatures has disadvantage on attacks against the two of you (unless the a creature has true sight).

• The companion can speak any of your languages, in your voice.

• You and your companion can speak with each other telepathically as long as you are on the same plane.

Blood Demon

Medium Fiend (Demon), Chaotic Evil

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• Armor Class 12 + Its Dexterity modifier + your proficiency bonus
• Hit Points (6 (or 1d10) + Its Constitution modifier) x your Soul Binder level
• Hit Die: 1d10 per Soul Binder Level
• Speed 30ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	12 (+1)	16 (+3)	6 (-3)	9 (-1)	12 (+1)

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• Languages Abyssal, Understands the Soul Binder's languages, but can't speak.

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Demonic Skin: If the demon took any damage since its last turn, it gains temporary hit points equal to your proficiency modifier at the start of its turn.

Actions

Attack. Melee Weapon Attack: (your proficiency modifier + Its Strength modifier) to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit (1d12 + Its Strength modifier) slashing, piercing or bludgeoning damage.

Bond of Demonic Pain

Bond of the Stitcher

Where some Soul Binders turn to nature or living creatures, others use science and magic to create life on their own, and infuse their own soul into their creations to keep them alive and stable. They often will also stitch on new parts to their creation to improve it.

Monstrous Edict

Beginning at 11th level, you have taught your Monster commands that will help it in combat. You learn two edicts. These edicts functions like your "Edict" and will follow the same rules. You learn two new edicts which do not count toward your total known edicts:

• Stomp! Your Monster can use its action to stomp the ground, each creature within 10 feet of it, must make a Strength Saving throw, on a failed save the creature is knocked prone and takes 4d8 bludgeoning damage.

• Stay Safe! You command your Monster to be ready for anything. until the start of your next turn, your Monster can add your charisma modifier to any saving throw it has to make.

Final Modification

When you reach 15th level you have been working a long time on your Monster and thinking of ways to improve it, and now you are finally ready to make your final and most powerful modification. Pick one of the following options to give to your Monster:

• Strong Legs. If the Monster jumps at least 10 ft. as part of its movement, it can then use this action to land on its feet in a space that contains one or more other creatures. Each of those creatures must succeed on a Strength or Dexterity saving throw (target's choice) or be knocked prone and take 6d10 bludgeoning damage. On a successful save, the creature takes only half the damage, isn't knocked prone, and is pushed 5 ft. out of the Monster's space into an unoccupied space of the creature's choice. If no unoccupied space is within range, the creature instead falls prone in the Monster's space.

• Big Wings. Your Monster gains a flying speed equal to twice its walking speed. Additionally, it Can use its action to make a wing attack, when it does so any creature of its choice within 10 feet of it must make a Strength saving throw or take 6d8 bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. On a success a creature takes half damage and isn't knocked prone.

• Displacement. The Monster projects a magical illusion that makes it appear to be standing near its actual location, causing attack rolls against it to have disadvantage. If it is hit by an attack, this trait is disrupted until the end of its next turn. This trait is also disrupted while the Monster is incapacitated or has a speed of 0.

Soul Binder Spells

As a soul binder, when you prepare your spell list you can choose form the following list of spells.