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 chevalier as one of your classes.

Ability Score Minimum. As a multiclass character, you must have at least a Dexterity score of 13 and a Charisma score of 13 to take a level in this class, or to take a level in another class if you are already a chevalier.

    Proficiencies Gained. If chevalier isn't your initial class, here are the proficiencies you gain when you take your first level as a chevalier: light armor, medium armor, shields, simple weapons, martial weapons, and one skill from the class' skill list.

Hit Points

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

Proficiencies

• Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields
• Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons
• Tools: None

• Saving Throws: Dexterity, Charisma
• Skills: Choose three from Persuasion, Intimidation, Deception, Performance, Perception, Acrobatics, Athletics, Stealth, or Sleight of Hand

Blind Fighting

You have blindsight with a range of 10 feet. Within that range, you can effectively see anything that isn't behind total cover, even if you're blinded or in darkness. Moreover, you can see an invisible creature within that range, unless the creature successfully hides from you.

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 damage rolls 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 that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. The weapon must have the two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this benefit.

Superior Technique

You learn one maneuver of your choice from among those available to the Battle Master archetype. If a maneuver you use requires your target to make a saving throw to resist the maneuver's effects, the saving throw DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice.)

You gain one superiority die, which is a d6 (this die is added to any superiority dice you have from another source). This die is used to fuel your maneuvers. A superiority die is expended when you use it. You regain your expended superiority dice when you finish a short or long rest.

Corsair Features

Corsair's Technique

When you choose this arte at 3rd level, you gain a new way to gain Confidence, and a new flourish option. Both are detailed below.

Make An Entrance. When you roll initiative and aren't surprised, you gain Confidence.

Parry and Riposte. When someone makes a melee attack against you, you can perform this flourish as a reaction to grant them disadvantage on the roll. If they miss, they take damage as if you had hit them with a melee weapon you are holding. If you perform this flourish and are hit by the attack, you immediately lose Confidence. You must perform this flourish before you know the outcome.

Aplomb

Also at 3rd level, your confidence knows no bounds. On your turn, you can take a bonus action to gain Confidence.

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

Flamboyant Combatant

At 6th level, your flashy fighting style is well-suited to find the gaps in your opponent's defenses. Your melee weapon attacks that use Dexterity score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.

Additionally, when you score a critical hit, you regain the use of your Aplomb feature.

Opportune Riposte

At 10th level, you have perfected your riposte technique. When you use your Parry and Riposte ability, you can add the additional damage granted by Confident Finisher to the damage the target takes on a miss.

Dancing Blades

At 14th level, you can make 3 attacks, instead of 2, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Grazing Strikes

At 18th level, your attacks rarely ever miss completely. Whenever you miss a melee weapon attack roll, roll the damage for the attack as normal; the target of the attack takes damage equal to half the result. This does not count as a hit. However, if you roll a natural 1 on an attack roll, that attack does not gain this benefit.

Exemplar Features

Exemplar's Technique

When you choose this arte at 3rd level, you gain a new way to gain Confidence, and a new flourish option. Both are detailed below.

Leadership. When you give another creature temporary hit points, you gain Confidence.

Inspiring Flair. When a creature that can see or you makes a weapon attack roll, you can attempt this flourish as a reaction. They add your Confidence bonus to the attack roll. They also roll a number of d6's equal to your confidence bonus, and add the total rolled to the damage dealt on a hit. If they miss the attack, you immediately lose Confidence. You may perform this flourish after the die is rolled but before you know the outcome.

Turn the Tide

Also at 3rd level, you inspire your allies as you fight. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack roll, you can give a creature within 30 feet of you that can see or hear you temporary hit points equal to your Charisma modifier + your confidence bonus (minimum of 1).

    You have a number of uses of this feature equal to half your chevalier level (rounded up), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.

Together We Fight

At 6th level, you and your allies fight as one united force. When you use your Turn the Tide feature, you can expend multiple uses of that feature. When you do so, you can choose an additional creature to gain the temporary hit points for each use expended beyond the first.

Inspirational Beacon

At 10th level, you are a great source of inspiration for your allies. When you use your Inspiring Flair ability, the target may reroll half of the additional damage dice (rounded up) and choose which result to take for each die.

Unwavering

At 14th level, you never falter. When you roll initiative and have no uses of your Turn the Tide feature left, you regain a number of uses equal to half your proficiency bonus (rounded down).

Additionally, allied creatures within 10 feet of you are immune to being frightened as long as you aren't incapacitated. The range of this feature extends to 30 feet at 18th level.

Cadence Call

At 18th level, your allies fight in tandem with you. As an action, you can expend up to 5 available uses of your Turn the Tide feature. For each use expended, choose one allied creature within 30 feet of you that can see or hear you.

Each chosen creature may use their reaction, if available, to do one of the following.

• Cast a spell of 5th level or lower.
• Move up to their speed.
• Take the Attack, Hide, Search, or Use an Object action.

You then can't target the chosen creatures with this feature again until you have taken a short or long rest.

Legionnaire Features

Legionnaire's Technique

When you choose this arte at 3rd level, you gain a new way to gain Confidence, and a new flourish option. Both are detailed below.

Steadfast. When you succeed a saving throw by 5 or more, you gain Confidence.

Valiant Bulwark. When a creature within 5 feet of you is hit by an attack, you can attempt this flourish as a reaction. Roll a number of d10's equal to your confidence bonus; the damage they take from the attack is reduced by the total rolled. You can use this flourish after the damage dice have been rolled. If the damage is reduced by less than half, you immediately lose Confidence.

Champion of Iron

Also at 3rd level, you have trained to use heavier weapons and armor. You gain proficiency in heavy armor, and you can add your Confidence bonus to the damage roll of melee weapons attack that use Strength, as well as Dexterity.

Additionally, you know how to protect those you fight shoulder-to-shield with. While you have Confidence, allied creatures within 5 feet of you gain a bonus to their Armor Class equal to half your confidence bonus (rounded up).

Brave the Worst

At 6th level, you know how to take punishment. While you have Confidence, you have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.

Exact Retribution

At 10th level, you not only protect your allies, but punish your foes as well. When you use your Valiant Bulwark ability, if the attacker is within reach of a weapon you're wielding, they take damage of the weapon's type equal to the amount of damage you reduced. Additionally, you can treat any 1 rolled on the dice for Valiant Bulwark as a 2.

Stand Your Ground

At 14th level, your foes cannot get past you. Creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they move 5 feet or more while within your reach, and if you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, the target's speed is reduced to 0 until the end of the current turn.

Legion's Vigil

At 18th level, you are always watching out for your allies. In combat, you can take a special reaction on each creature's turn, except your own. This reaction can only be used to make an opportunity attack or to use your Valiant Bulwark.

Racketeer Features

Racketeer's Technique

When you choose this arte at 3rd level, you gain a new way to gain Confidence, and a new flourish option. Both are detailed below.

Bully. When a creature fails a saving throw or ability check you force them to make, you gain Confidence.

Demoralizing Glare. As a bonus action, you can attempt this flourish to choose a creature within 30 feet of you that can see or hear you. Until the start of your next turn, that creature makes all attack rolls with disadvantage. If they succeed on an attack roll while they have disadvantage granted by this ability, you immediately lose Confidence and then no longer have disadvantage.

Strike Terror

Also at 3rd level, you know how to terrorize your enemies. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill if you didn't have it already.

Additionally, when you reduce a creature to 0 hit points, you can force a number of creatures up to your confidence bonus within 30 feet of you that can see or hear you to make a Wisdom saving throw with a DC of 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier. On a failure, a chosen creature is frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Rough Around

At 6th level, you can bully your opponents with ease. You can use Acrobatics, instead of Athletics, when you attempt to grapple or shove a creature. Additionally, you gain the following benefits.

• While you have a creature grappled, the creature also has the restrained condition.
• When you shove a creature, you can choose to push it 10 feet, or push it 5 feet and knock it prone.

Broken Resolve

At 10th level, your intimidation tactics shatter the resolve of your enemies. When you use your Demoralizing Glare ability, the target also has disadvantage on saving throws until the start of your next turn. However, if they succeed on a saving throw while they have disadvantage granted by this ability, you immediately lose Confidence, and the target no longer has disadvantage on attack rolls or saving throws.

Frozen in Fear

At 14th level, the fear you strike in others' hearts locks them in place. When you frighten a creature, they also suffer one of the following effects of your choice while they are frightened.

• They can't take reactions.
• Their speed speed is reduced by 15 feet.

Dishearten

At 18th level, you have a knack for terror. While you have Confidence, you can use your Strike Terror when you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, not just when you reduce a creature to 0 hit points.

Additionally, if you use Strike Terror when you reduce a creature to 0 hit points, the chosen creatures automatically fail the saving throw if you have Confidence.

Troubadour Features

Troubadour's Technique

When you choose this arte at 3rd level, you gain a new way to gain Confidence, and a new flourish option. Both are detailed below.

Debonair. When you charm a creature or succeed on a Charisma skill check, you gain Confidence.

Bon Mot. When you a creature within 60 feet of you that can see or hear you makes an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw, you can attempt this flourish as a reaction. They take psychic damage equal to your Charisma modifier + your confidence bonus, and must make the roll with disadvantage. If they succeed the roll, you immediately lose Confidence. You may perform this flourish after the die is rolled but before you know the outcome.

Good Graces

Also at 3rd level, you are known for your personal charm and speaking ability. You gain proficiency in two of the following of your choice: Persuasion, Deception, or Performance, or a language of your choosing.

Additionally, as an action, you can attempt to charm an intelligent creature within 30 feet of you that can see or hear you. It must make a Wisdom saving throw against a DC of 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier. On a failed save, it is charmed by you for 10 minutes you until you or your allies do something harmful to it. While charmed by you, it regards you as a good friend. Once this effect ends, it is unaware that you had charmed it. You then can't charm the target with this feature again until 1 hour has passed.

If you or your companions are fighting the target, they make the saving throw with advantage unless you have Confidence.

You can charm a creature using this feature a number of times equal to half your proficiency bonus (rounded down), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.

Incisive Exchange

At 6th level, you learn how to quickly gather information about someone under the guise of an innocent conversation. If you spend at least 1 minute interacting with a creature outside of combat, you learn whether they are your equal, superior, or inferior in regard to two of the following characteristics of your choice.

• Charisma score.
• Intelligence score.
• Wisdom score.
• Class levels (if any).

In place of one of both of these, you can choose to instead learn one of the creature's personality traits, or a piece of its personal history.

Witty Repartee

At 10th level, your enemies' failures inspire your allies' successes. When you use your Bon Mot ability and the target fails the roll, one allied creature of your choice within 60 feet of you that can see or hear you has advantage on the next attack roll, saving throw, or ability check they make before the end of their next turn.

Trusted Confidante

At 14th level, you have a knack for getting people to trust you. When you use your Incisive Exchange feature, you can choose to expend an available use of your Good Graces feature. When you do so, you learn 4 pieces of information, instead of 2, and the target is charmed by you for 10 minutes, as per your Good Graces feature. You can do this once, and must finish a short or long rest before doing so again.

Duelist's Wit

At 18th level, your witty remarks don't stop simply because a fight breaks out. When you roll initiative, you regain an expended use of your Good Graces feature. Additionally, the first time you or your allies do something harmful to a creature charmed by your Good Graces feature, the effect doesn't end.

Vigilante Features

Vigilante's Technique

When you choose this arte at 3rd level, you gain a new way to gain Confidence, and a new flourish option. Both are detailed below.

Hidden Blade. When you successfully Hide from a creature you can see, you gain Confidence.

Backstab. You can use your action to attempt this flourish and strike an opponent's weak spot. Make one melee weapon attack; if it hits, it becomes a critical hit. Whether you hit or miss, you then immediately lose Confidence and can't gain it again until the end of your next turn.

Silent Step

Also at 3rd level, you learn how to stay hidden. You become proficient in the Stealth skill if you aren't already, and you can take the Hide action as a bonus action.

Shadow Stalk

At 6th level, you are a master of remaining unseen. If you are hidden from a creature and you move, you remain hidden to the creature until the end of your movement. If you end your movement in a position that would prevent the creature from seeing you----such as being behind a wall or in dense fog----you remain hidden and do not need to take the Hide action again or make a Stealth check.

Run Through

At 10th level, you exploit your enemies' weak points with ease. When you use your Backstab ability, you can add the additional damage granted by Confident Finisher to the damage roll, but you do not gain Confident Finisher's bonus to the attack roll.

Quick to Action

At 14th level, you always enter a fight prepared. When you roll initiative and aren't surprised, you can immediately take one action or bonus action, and move up to half your speed.

Additionally, if you are surprised at the start of combat and aren't incapacitated, you can act normally on your first turn.

Killing Spree

At 18th level, you can move and attack quicker than the eye can see. As an action while you are hidden, choose up to 5 creatures that you can see within a number of feet equal to your movement speed. Make a melee weapon attack against each chosen creature with a weapon your are wielding. On a hit, a creature takes damage equal to your chevalier level + the damage granted by Confident Finisher. You then move to an unoccupied space with 5 feet of one of the chosen creatures, without provoking opportunity attacks.

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

Multiclassing

You must have a Wisdom score of 13 or higher, instead of Charisma, to take a level in this class, or to take a level in another class if you are already a samurai.

Proficiencies

A samurai's proficiencies are identical to the chevalier's, with the following changes.

• You are proficient in Strength saving throws instead of Charisma saving throws.
• You remove Deception from the skills available to you at 1st level, and replace it with Insight.

Disciplined Poise

A samurai's Disciplined Poise feature functions identically to the chevalier's Elegant Poise feature, with the following change.

• You add your Wisdom modifier, instead of Charisma, to initiative rolls.

Determination

A samurai's Determination feature functions identically to the chevalier's Confidence feature, with the following changes.

• You gain a bonus to Wisdom checks, instead of Charisma, for the duration. This bonus is called your determination bonus.
• A samurai's Confidence is called Determination. Anything that refers to Confidence refers to Determination instead.

Iron Resolve

A samurai's Iron Resolve feature functions identically to the chevalier's Bravado feature, except for the following changes.

• You can use this feature on Charisma saving throws, instead of Wisdom saving throws.
• You add youre Wisdom modifier, instead of Charisma, to the saving throw.

Renamed Features

The following features are renamed, but are not altered in any other way.

• Confident Flourish is renamed to Determined Flourish.
• Chevalier Arte is renamed to Samurai Code.
• Alacrity is renamed to Quick Step.
• Audacious Warrior is renamed to Keen Warrior.
• Man, Myth, Legend is renamed to Hero of Myth.

Other Features

Any other features not mentioned, such as those from your code, that refers to your Charisma modifier instead refers to your Wisdom modifier.