The Planar Sniper

Deep breath in, deep breath out... The man calmly begins aligning his aim, with the target. He feels the wind as he aims at the foe and measures distance, until the final breath, with which only a slight 'click' is heard, before the rifle in his hands lights up. Colors of yellow, red, and black surge through the gun as the bullet flies out, only leaving the flaming trace behind, puncturing through stone, wood, and metal, unstoppable and untethered, for it will find its mark in the end.

The sounds of scraping, rough metal, and heavy footsteps echo through the empty dungeon halls until a single figure is found in front. The panicked bandit raises his crossbow and shoots, seeing the shot pierce the unknown figure's body. A heartbeat passes, but no blood flows and nobody moves; only a mix of lights shows from the inside as a single emotionless voice is heard "Threat Engaged".

A laughing man runs through a battle with a gun at his side, never staying long in one place, shooting and screaming his victories. Blood pools beneath him, but he does not care as arrows fly by him and swords cannot touch him. He dances the dance of death — his true and endless performance of mayhem. Looking for more and more subjects to show it off to!

Planar Snipers may seem ordinary to some, but they carry a tool of rare existence, the Planar Rifle. Their aim is supported by it, and its deadliness being able to see through to the death of anything. But such power meets the hands of few, and who it is varies greatly, as do the very guns they carry, leaving only the question, "What will you do with it?".

Planes Made Manifest

Rifles of The Planes are rare existences, formed from the primal energies themselves, sometimes naturally and sometimes artificially, but either way, their creation is a long and near impossible process. Each one is unique, made of different planar energies that form themselves in unique and special ways, becoming empowered by their planes of origin.

Unlikely Fate

The Planar Rifles are rare beyond belief, with only a few existing throughout the planes themselves, so finding one is near impossible. Be it dark dealings with an outsider entity, sometimes determined by one's very fate, or sheer improbable luck, but no matter who finds it, it changes the course of the individual's life forever.

Eternal Bond

Once the owner of the planar rifle is found, it attunes itself to the owner's soul, drawing itself partially into the gun and shaping itself to fit the owner more. With the weapon and the wielder bonding eternally, they are even connected after the user's death, permanently becoming one until a new user is found.

Rifle of The Planes

Starting at 1st Level you gain the use of a Rifle of the Planes, which has the following statistics.

Rifle's Mark

When you reach 3rd level, you choose a Mark. Choose between the Mark of the Sniper, Mark of Assault, Mark of the Unseen, and Mark of the Symbiote, all detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 7th, 10th, 15th and 18th 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.

Extra Attack

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

Planar Visor

At 6th level, your connection to your Rifle, and thus to the Planes it is connected to, has deepened. This connection has reached sufficient depth to unlock the Rifle's companion, the Realm Visor. The Visor appears to be a black head wear of your choice with a clear pane on the front. From the outside, this pane appears to be opaque, and of a color chosen by the wearer. The Visor may be freely worn and removed by the wearer, but may not be removed by an outside force. When wearing the Visor, you may choose to see through the scope of your Rifle remotely from any distance. You may also select a Planar Visor Upgrade from the list below.

• Astral Plane - Astral Control.

This visor allows you to aim and shoot your rifle remotely at a distance of up to 500 feet, rotating in space in the last place that it was set down. If while in this state it takes any damage, its remote control stops functioning, until you repair it during a long rest. While broken in this way you may still summon it to your hands and use it as normal.

• Neutral Aligned Plane - Plane Vision.

You can see the home plane and true form of any creature. Additionally you gain advantage on Wisdom (Insight) checks against extraplanar creatures and can see into the ethereal plane.

• Shadowfell - Darkened Eyes.

You can see normally in darkness, both magical and nonmagical, to a distance of 120 feet.

Foreign Understanding

Beginning with 6th level, the experience you have gathered through working and bonding with the planar rifle, has given you a better understanding of all things otherworldly. You have advantage on all checks to gather knowledge about extraplanar creatures as well as all Charisma checks when conversing with them.

Additionally, your understanding of the Planes has given you insight to easier recharge your Planar Rifle. Once per day when you finish a short rest, you can choose to regain up to half your maximum Planar Charges (rounded up).

Planar Stock

Starting at 9th level, the Planes integrate further into your Rifle, altering and expanding its capabilities. You may select one Planar Stock Upgrade from the list below.

• Chaos Aligned Plane - Break The Shackles.

As a bonus action you may attempt to brush off all of the effects of one spell or condition, of your choice, that is currently affecting you and gain advantage on the Saving Throw to end the condition until the start of your next turn. If you are unable to take actions on your turn and have at least 1 hit point, when you start your turn, without having to use your bonus action you gain advantage on the Saving Throw to end the condition.

• Law Aligned Plane - Fate Predetermined

When you miss an attack with the Planar Rifle, you may instead treat the die roll as a 10, potentially turning a miss into a hit. Once you use this feature, you can't use it use again until you finish a short or long rest.

• Good Aligned Plane - See The Stained.

As an action, you may see the Stained. For the next minute, you see a bloody mark over the head of those who have committed certain crimes. This manifests as a tear for those who have killed a creature of Intelligence 4 or more in the last 24 hours, a coin for those who have consciously stolen anything in the last 24 hours, and a clenched fist for those who have harmed another creature of Intelligence 4 or more in the last 24h.

• Evil Aligned Plane - Smell The Prey.

When you deal damage to a creature with the Planar Rifle, as a reaction you may Mark the creature. For the next 24 hours, you always know the exact location of the Marked creature and if it's on the same plane as you are. You may only have one creature marked at a time and if you Mark a new creature, the previous Mark disappears.

Planar Loading

At 11th level, your rifle has adapted to imbue the ammunition with the power of one of the energy planes. You may select one Planar Loading Upgrade from the list below.

• Positive Energy Plane - Blessed Bullets

Your Planar Shots have +4 to hit.

• Negative Energy Plane - Corrupting Ammo

Your Planar Shots deal 2d8 extra Necrotic damage.

Planar Bipod

Starting at 13th level, you have taken the power of the darker Planes and incorporated them into your Rifle. You may select one Planar Bipod Upgrade from the list below.

• The Abyss - Contained Wrath

As an action, you may steady your aim and gain +1 to hit and increase your critical hit range to 19 and 20 for the next attack you make within the next minute. You may repeat this action to keep increasing the benefit up to a +10 to hit and critting on a 10 or higher. If you move or take any other action than aiming, you lose the benefit of Contained Wrath and have to start over.

• Limbo - Unknown Existence.

While prone, you may as a bonus action become invisible. You remain invisible for as long as you stay prone and additionally you do not gain disadvantage on ranged attacks while prone.

• Nine Hells - Call of the Underworld.

Once per Long rest, you may have a bullet you fire transform upon impact into a Fiend of CR equal to half your level (rounded down) or lower, that remains for 1 minute or until it dies. The Fiend is friendly to you and hostile to everyone else, and will obey verbal instructions.

Desperate Charge

When you reach 14th level, you have figured a way to draw upon more power in the most desperate of times no matter the price. As an action you may regain up to half (rounded up) expended Planar Charges. Afterwards roll 2d6 for each charge regained and take the the rolled result as Necrotic damage that cannot be prevented or reduced. Once you use this feature, you can't use it use again until you finish a short or long rest.

Beyond The Material

At 16th level, the bond with your weapon has allowed you to tear open a interdimensional space between different planes, granting you a way to travel between them. You may Cast Plane Shift once per long rest, without requiring material components.

Planar Merge

Starting at 17th level, you and your Rifle, and thus the Planes it embodies, have become so deeply intertwined as to be inseparable. This has allowed you, not just your Rifle, to harness the power of the Synergy Planes. You may select two Planar Merge Upgrades from the list below.

• Synergy Plane of Lightning - Lightning Reflexes.

Grants a +5 to initiative, and if an opponent makes a melee attack against you, you may use your reaction to grant yourself +5 AC against that attack and then move up to half your movement speed, without provoking attacks of opportunity.

• Synergy Plane of Vacuum - Elemental Void.

Once per long rest, as a Reaction to an attack that deals Lightning, Cold, Fire, Psychic, Radiant, Necrotic, or Force damage, you may gain immunity to that damage type for the next minute.

• Synergy Plane of Steam - Flowing Form.

As an action, you may become steam for the next minute. While in steam form, you have a +5 to Stealth checks and can fit through spaces of up to 1 inch additionally all the gear on you gets transformed with you and you may still attack while in this form. Once you use this feature, you can't use it use again until you finish a long rest.

• Synergy Plane of Salt - Withering Soul.

When a creature hit's you with a melee attack, it takes necrotic damage equal to half your level (rounded down). Plant type creatures take double damage from this feature.

• Synergy Plane of Dust - The Ground Around Us.

Your walking speed increases by 20 feet of movement, and you gain a climbing speed equal to your walking speed. Additionally, you may dash as a bonus action and when you take the dash action, you don't provoke attacks of opportunity.

• Synergy Plane of Minerals - Deep Blade.

You gain a finesse, magical natural weapon that deals 1d10 piercing damage and 2d10 force damage. Additionally when you hit an enemy with this attack and if you're at 0 Planar Charges, you regain 3 Planar Charges.

• Synergy Plane of Ash - Ashes to Ashes.

Once per short or long rest, you may dissolve into ash as a bonus action. While in ash form all of your gear is transformed with you, you may not be harmed, and have a speed of 0, though others may still move you. You also can sense all heat sources out to 120 feet, and may reform within 5 feet of one of them as an action.

• Synergy Plane of Radiance - Divine Eruption.

You may, as a bonus action, allow the pure radiant energy of the Plane of Radiance to flow through and out of you. Every creature in a 15-foot radius emanating from you must make a Constitution Saving Throw against your Planar DC or be blinded for 1 minute. Once you use this feature, you can't use it use again until you finish a short or long rest.

Reap What you Sow

Starting at 20th level, you have become an Embodiment of the Rifle of the Planes. As such, you may combine the power of all Planes for one brief, glorious second. Once per day, as an Action you may make a Pure Shot. You make a number of shots against a number of enemies in a 500-foot radius that you can see. You may make 5 shots against 1 target, 3 shots against 2-5 targets, 2 shots against 6-10 targets, or 1 shot against 11 or more targets. There is no maximum to the number of targets that may be hit at once by the 1 shot per target ability. This ability does not require ammo.

Rifle's Mark

Each Planar Rifle is a unique creation, very often adapting to the user, to fit their preferred fighting style, be it an assassin who seeks to kill their target and leave without ever even having been seen or an adrenaline junkie, seeking to get in close and personal and experience the thrill of battle. The gun shall morph and as sometimes the user as well.

Mark of The Sniper

Those of the, Mark of The Sniper, aim to end their fights quick and safely with as few shots as possible. Their deadliness is unrivaled and their targets, rarely return due to the snipers peerless aim as well as unrelenting nature, leaving no one safe in the snipers aim.

Armor Piercing

Starting at 3rd level, you gain the ability to break through your opponents defenses. If you make a shot with your Planar Rifle against a creature wielding a shield or wearing armor (including natural armor), you get +1 to hit. This increases to a +2 to at 10th level, and to a +3 at 15th level.

Vital Shot

When you reach 3rd, you may focus on trying and hitting the truly important spots. Whenever you make an attack, you may choose to get disadvantage on the attack, but you deal extra 1d10 damage in return. This damage increases to 2d10 at 10th level and 3d10 at 15th level.

Stop For Nothing

Starting at 7th level, your bullets let nothing stand between them and their target. You now ignore half cover and three quarters cover. Additionally your bullets can now freely penetrate materials with a standing armor class of 17 and up to 5 inches thick This increases to a standing armor class of 19, 8 inches thick. And a final upgrade in penetration power to a standing armor class of 21, 12 inches thick. This feature doesn't apply to penetrating through a conscious creature's AC, but going through object they are hiding behind.

Let None Escape

Starting at 10th level, you make sure that no enemy can flee from you. Whenever you hit a creature with an attack, the creature takes -5 movement penalty for the next 1 minute and continuous hits increase this penalty by -5 up to a maximum of -20. Additionally you may take the Search actions as a bonus action.

Undeniable Damage

Starting at 15th level, your rifles power has managed to find weakness even in your enemies strengths. Any damage you deal with your Rifle or its abilities overcomes resistance. At 20th level, any damage you deal with your Rifle or its abilities also overcomes Immunity.

Deaths Approach

Starting at 18th level, you have become the pinnacle of a Marksman. As such, you have been granted by the Planes a shot to topple empires. Once per week, as long as the target is within 20 miles and you have seen it in the last month, you may as an Action fire a Death Shot. Once fired, the Shot teleports directly in front of the target, in the nearest unoccupied space. If there is no unoccupied space in front of the target, the Shot teleports to a random unoccupied side. The Death Shot hits automatically and deals 4d10 Piercing damage, 4d10 Force damage, 2d10 Fire damage, 2d10 Cold damage, 2d10 Radiant damage, and 2d10 Necrotic damage.

Mark of Assault

Be it the thrill of combat, or the courage to see your foe face to face, those of the Mark of Assault are not afraid to face their enemies at close range and use their rifles up close and evade their enemies with speed and fervor seen nowhere else. Their shots deadly and their instincts precise, their foes shall heal a deafening bang before their last breath.

Evasion

Starting at 15th level, you can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a red dragon's fiery breath or a lightning bolt 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.

Unrivaled Speed

Starting at 18th level, you become unparalleled in close-quarters combat. You gain an additional action on each of your turns. This additional action can be used only to take the Attack (one attack only), Disengage, Dodge actions. You can also use this action to reload. To use this action to take the Attack action, the target of the attack must be within 15 feet of you, and the attack must be made with your Planar Rifle.

Mark of The Unseen

One should always be on guard once one of the Mark of The Unseen is after them, for you can never know when they strike. They are evasive to the senses and leave no trace after they're done. One might be right by you and you may never know untill it is far too late.

Ghost In The Walls

When you reach 18th level, the bond has started to fade your very presence from the planes and the minds of those who have met you. As an action, for the next 1 minute, you may become a translucent black and white Apparition. While you're in this form, you can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. You take (2d10) force damage if you end your turn inside an object. Additionally, anyone who sees you and then looks away from you must make a Wisdom Saving Throw against your Planar DC or lose all memory of having seen you for that period of time. This memory may not be regained through any means except by a Wish spell. Once you use this feature, you can't use it use again until you finish a long rest.

Mark of The Symbiote

The Mark of The Symbiote and their rifles bond with their weapons unnaturally well, causing to gain complete understanding of them and their tools and have them act as partial extensions of themselves. But beware such closeness to the energies and the powers of the Planar Rifle for eventually, you may struggle finding where the gun ends and you begin.

Mechanized Production

When you reach 15th level, you have created methods of keeping your ammo and gun ready and loaded at all times, even at detriment of yourself. As an action you may take 2d6 damage and create a full magazine for your Planar Rifle. Additionally as a bonus action, you may regain a use of Desperate Charge, if you do, your maximum hp is reduced by your Planar Sniper level. You regain these hit points after you take a long rest.

One With The Gun

Starting at 18th level, you have become a single entity with your Gun, Visor and Armor. There is no longer a creature inside the Armor, you are the Armor. As such you gain the following benefits:

• You are immune to Critical Hits.
• You take no damage from falling
• You gain Darkvision out to 120 feet, if you already have Darkvision, it's range gets increased by 120ft.
• You become immune to the Poisoned condition and have resistance to Poison damage.
• You no longer need to eat or drink and you stop aging.

While benefiting of Combat Brace, as a reaction when you get hit by an attack but before damage, you may gain resistance to the damage types of the attack until the start of your next turn. Lastly the Armor and Visor may no longer be removed under any circumstances.

Planar Shots

Malicious Intent

Evil Aligned Plane

• Charge Cost: 1 Charge
• Perequisite: None

When you make an attack against a creature with this Planar shot, an unstoppable feeling of dread starts filling it's mind as it starts fearing your very existence. The creature must make a Wisdom Saving Throw, becoming frightened of you for the next 1 minute on a failure. At the end of each of it's turns, the creature takes 1d6 Psychic damage and it may repeat the saving throw, ending it on a success.

Saving Grace

Positive Energy Plane

• Charge Cost: 2 Charge
• Perequisite: None

When you take this Planar Shot, you infuse your allies with positive energy, mending their wounds. Your range instead becomes a 60 feet line and all creatures of your choice in it, regain hit points equal to 2d10 + Your Intelligence Modifier.

Withering Wave

Negative Energy Plane

• Charge Cost: 3 Charge
• Perequisite: None

When you take this Planar Shot, you release a wave of negative energy that corrodes your enemies. Your range instead becomes a 60 feet line and all creatures in it must make a Dexterity Saving throw or take Necrotic damage equal to your current Planar Rifle's damage dice + Intelligence Modifier. On a success the creatures take half damage, rounded down.

Flaming Reckoning

The Abyss

• Charge Cost: 2 Charge
• Perequisite: None

When you take this Planar Shot, you imbue the shot with the unbridled fury of The Abyss. This attack deals extra Fire damage equal to twice your level, but the next turn you cannot take the Attack action with the Planar Rifle.

Translocating Shot

Limbo

• Charge Cost: 2 Charge
• Perequisite: None

When you take this Planar Shot, you rip a tear in space as you attempt to switch positions with your target. You switch locations with the target and if it's willing, it takes no damage, but if the target is unwilling it must make a Charisma Saving throw, on a failure switching places with you and takes 2d6 Force damage.

Blood for Blood

Nine Hells

• Charge Cost: 2 Charge
• Perequisite: None

When you take this Planar Shot, you spill your own blood to empower the bullet with unholy fiendish power. Expend up to half your total Hit Dice and roll that amount. You take Necrotic damage that cannot be prevented or reduced equal to the rolled amount and on hit, your next attack deals 1d10 extra Necrotic damage for each Hit Dice expended.

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