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A Kalashtari in chain mail interposes his shield between the ogre’s club and his companion, knocking the deadly blow aside. His companion, a Grung in scale armor, swings two scimitars in a blinding whirl as she circles the ogre, looking for a blind spot in its defenses.<br>

A gladiator fights for sport in an arena, a master with his trident and net, skilled at toppling foes and moving them around for the crowd’s delight—and his own tactical advantage. His opponent’s sword flares with blue light an instant before she sends lightning flashing forth to smite him.<br>

Not every member of the city watch, the village militia, or the queen’s army is a fighter. Most of these troops are relatively untrained soldiers with only the most basic combat knowledge. Veteran soldiers, military officers, trained bodyguards, dedicated knights, and similar figures are fighters.<br>

When you make an Attack with a [[Armor and Weapons#Simple Ranged Weapons|Ranged Weapon]], as part of that Attack, you can apply one of your Arcane Shot options to that attack. You decide to use the option when the arrow hits a creature, unless the option doesn’t involve an attack roll. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining all expended uses of it when you finish a Long Rest.<br>

*'''Banishing Arrow.''' You use abjuration magic to try to temporarily banish your target to a harmless demi-plane. The creature hit by the Attack must also succeed on a Charisma Saving Throw or be banished. While banished in this way, the target’s Speed is 0, and it is [[Conditions#Incapacitated|Incapacitated]]. At the end of its next turn, the target reappears in the space it previously occupied or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied. After you reach 18th Level in this class, the target also takes 2d6 Force Damage when the Attack hits it.

*'''Piercing Arrow.''' You use transmutation magic to give your attack an ethereal quality. When you use this Arcane Shot, you don’t make an Attack Roll for the Attack. Instead, the arrow shoots forward in a 1x30ft Emanated Line, before disappearing. The Attack passes harmlessly through objects, ignoring Cover. Each creature in that line must make a Dexterity Saving Throw. On a failed Save, a creature takes Damage as if it were hit by the Attack, plus an extra 1d6 Piercing Damage. On a successful Save, a target takes half as much Damage. The Piercing Damage increases to 2d6 when you reach 18th Level in this class.

*'''Seeking Arrow.''' Using divination magic, you grant your attack the ability to seek out a target. When you use this Arcane Shot, you don’t make an Attack Roll for this Arcane Shot. Instead, choose one creature you have seen in the past minute. The attack flies toward that creature, moving around corners if necessary and ignoring 3/4 Cover and 1/2 Cover. If the target is within the [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapon's]] Range and there is a path large enough for the attack to travel to the target, the target must make a Dexterity Saving Throw. Otherwise, the [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapons]] or Ammunition reappears in one of your free hands, at your feet, or in a storage container after traveling as far as it can. On a failed Save, the target takes Damage as if it were hit by the Attack, plus an extra 1d6 Force Damage, and you learn the target’s current location. On a successful Save, the target takes half as much Damage, and you don’t learn its location. The Force Damage increases to 2d6 when you reach 18th Level in this class.

*'''Shadow Arrow.''' You weave illusion magic into your arrow, causing it to obscure your foe’s vision with shadows. The creature hit by the Attack takes an extra 2d6 Psychic Damage, and it must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw or be unable to see anything farther than 5ft away from itself until the start of your next turn. The Psychic Damage increases to 4d6 when you reach 18th Level in this class.

Pledged to protect the crown, Banneret Fighters take the fight against evil beyond their kingdom’s borders. They are tasked with wandering the land as knights errant, relying on their judgment, bravery, and fidelity to the code of chivalry to guide them in defeating evildoers.<br>

A knight prefers to lead through deeds, not words. As a knight spearheads an attack, the knight’s actions can awaken reserves of courage and conviction in allies that they never suspected they had.

*Your AC can’t be less than 16.

When a creature that you can see hits you with a Melee Attack while your Mantle of Coral is active, you can use your Reaction to conjure bristling spines from your Armor. When you do this, you halve the Attack’s Damage, and the attacker takes additional Magical Piercing Damage equal to your Fighter Level.

| [[Fighter#Student of War|Student of War]] || 3rd || You get Proficiency in History and a Set of [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Artisan's Tools]

You gain Proficiency in History and one type of [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Artisan's Tools] of your choice.  

*'''Bait and Switch.''' When you’re within 5ft of a creature on your turn, you can expend one Superiority Die and 5ft of movement and switch places with that creature, provided you spend at least 5ft of movement and the creature is willing and isn’t [[Conditions#Incapacitated|Incapacitated]]. This movement doesn’t provoke Opportunity Attacks. Roll the Superiority Die. Until the start of your next turn, you or the other creature (your choice) gains a bonus to AC equal to the number rolled.

*'''Commander’s Strike.''' When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can forgo one of your attacks to direct one of your companions to strike. When you do, choose one creature that can see or hear you and expend one Superiority Die. That creature can immediately use its Reaction to make one Weapon Attack, adding the Superiority Die to the Attack’s Damage Roll.

*'''Disarming Attack.''' When you hit a creature with a Weapon Attack, you can expend one Superiority Die to attempt to attempt to disarm the target, forcing it to drop one item of your choice that it’s holding. You add the Superiority Die to the Attack’s Damage Roll, and the target must make a Strength Saving Throw. On a failed Save, the target drops the object you choose. The object lands at the creature's feet.

*'''Distracting Strike.''' When you hit a creature with a Weapon Attack, you can expend one Superiority Die to distract the creature, giving your allies an opening. You add the Superiority Die to the Attack’s Damage Roll. The next Attack Roll made against the target by a creature other than you before the start of your next turn has Advantage.

*'''Feinting Attack.''' You can expend one Superiority Die as a Bonus Action and choose one creature within 5ft of you. You have Advantage on your next Attack Roll against that creature this turn. If that Attack hits, add the Superiority Die to the Attack’s Damage Roll.

*'''Goading Attack.''' When you hit a creature with a Weapon Attack, you can expend one Superiority Die to attempt to goad the target into attacking you. You add the Superiority Die to the Attack’s Damage Roll and forge the target to make a Wisdom Saving Throw. On a failed Save, the target has Disadvantage on all Attack Rolls against targets other than you until the end of your next turn.

*'''Lunging Attack.''' When you make a Melee Weapon Attack on your turn, you can expend one Superiority Die to increase your Reach for that Attack by 5ft. If you hit, you add the Superiority Die to the Attack’s Damage Roll.

*'''Maneuvering Attack.''' When you hit a creature with a Weapon Attack, you can expend one Superiority Die to maneuver one of your comrades into a more advantageous position. You add the Superiority Die to the Attack’s Damage Roll and you choose a creature that can see or hear you. That creature can use its Reaction to move up to half its Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks from the target of your attack.

*'''Menacing Attack.''' When you hit a creature with a Weapon Attack, you can expend one Superiority Die to attempt to frighten the target. You add the Superiority Die to the Attack’s Damage Roll, and the target must make a Wisdom Saving Throw. On a failed Save, it is [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]] of you until the end of your next turn.

*'''Pushing Attack.''' When you hit a creature with a Weapon Attack, you can expend one Superiority Die to attempt to drive the target back. You add the Superiority Die to the Attack’s Damage Roll, and if the target is Large or smaller, it must make a Strength Saving Throw. On a failed Save, you push the target up to 15ft away from you.

*'''Riposte.''' When a creature misses you with a Melee Attack, you can use your Reaction and expend one Superiority Die to make a Melee Weapon Attack against the creature. If you hit, you add the Superiority Die to the Attack’s Damage Roll.

*'''Trip Attack.''' When you hit a creature with a Weapon Attack, you can expend one Superiority Die to attempt to knock the target down. You add the Superiority Die to the Attack’s Damage Roll, and if the target is Large or smaller, it must make a Strength Saving Throw. On a failed Save, you knock the target [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]].

While the marked creature is within 5ft of you, that creature has Disadvantage on any Attack Roll that doesn’t target you.<br>

You become a master of locking down your enemies. Creatures provoke an Opportunity Attack from you when they move 5ft or more while within your Reach. Additionally, if you hit a creature with an Opportunity Attack, the target’s speed is reduced to 0 until the end of the current turn.

You can run down your foes, whether you’re mounted or not. Once on each of your turns, ff you move at least 10ft in a straight line right before you Hit a creature with a Weapon Attack, that creature must make a Strength Saving Throw with a DC of 8 + your Strength Modifier + your Proficiency Bonus, being knocked [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]] on a failed Save.

You attain the pinnacle of resilience in battle. At the start of each of your turns, you regain a number of Hit Points equal to 5 + your Constitution Modifier. You don’t gain this benefit if you have 0 Hit Points.

You can use a Bonus Action to magically manifest an echo of yourself in an unoccupied space you can see within 15ft of you. This echo is a magical, translucent, gray image of you that lasts until it is destroyed, until you dismiss it as a Free Action, until you manifest another echo, or until you’re [[Conditions#Incapacitated|Incapacitated]].<br>

*When a creature that you can see within 5ft of your Echo moves at least 5ft away from it, you can use your Reaction to make an Opportunity Attack against that creature as if you were in the Echo’s space.

You can heighten your echo’s fury. Whenever you take the Attack Action, you can make one additional Weapon Attack from the Echo’s space.<br>

You can temporarily transfer your consciousness to your Echo. As an Action, you can see through your Echo’s eyes and hear through its ears. During this time, you are [[Conditions#Deafened|Deafened]] and [[Conditions#Blinded|Blinded]]. You can sustain this effect for up to 10 minutes, and you can end it at any time as a Free Action. While your echo is being used in this way, it can be up to 1,000ft away from you without being destroyed.

You’ve learned to absorb the fleeting magic of your Echo. When your Echo is destroyed by taking Damage, you gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to 2d6 + your Constitution Modifier.

You can use a Bonus Action to create two Echoes with your Manifest Echo feature, these Echoes can coexist. If you try to create a third Echo, the previous two Echoes are destroyed. Anything you can do from one Echo’s position can be done from the other’s instead. In addition, you can use an Action to regain a use of Unleash Incarnation.

The archetypal Eldritch Knight combines the martial mastery common to all fighters with a careful study of magic. Eldritch Knights use magical techniques similar to those practiced by wizards. They focus their study on two of the eight schools of magic: abjuration and evocation. Abjuration Spells grant an Eldritch Knight additional protection in battle, and Evocation Spells deal damage to many foes at once, extending the fighter’s reach in combat. These knights learn a comparatively small number of spells, committing them to memory instead of keeping them in a spellbook.

Once you have bonded a [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapon]] to yourself, you can’t be disarmed of that [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapon]] unless you are [[Conditions#Incapacitated|Incapacitated]]. You can summon that [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapon]] as a Bonus Action on your turn, causing it to teleport instantly to your hand. Additionally, you can use it as an Eldritch Knight's League Spellcasting Focus.<br>

You learn how to make your Weapon's strikes undercut a creature’s resistance to your spells. When you hit a creature with a Weapon Attack, that creature has Disadvantage on the next Saving Throw it makes against a Spell you cast before the end of your next turn.

On a hit, the Satellite deals Bludgeoning or Piercing damage (depending on the shape of the missile) equal to 1d4 + your Intelligence Modifier. Being within 5ft of a hostile creature doesn’t impose Disadvantage on this Attack.<br>

You can cause the pull of gravity on you to lessen. You learn the [[Level 1#Feather Fall|Feather Fall]] and [[Level 1#Jump|Jump]] Spells. At 10th Level in this class, you also learn the [[Level 2#Levitate|Levitate]] Spell. When you cast one of these Spells, you can target only yourself, and the Spell doesn’t require Material Components.<br>

You can cast each of these Spells once with this feature, and once you cast a Spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.<br>

Your control over your bound missiles can be exerted over others that come near you. When a launched missile (that’s light enough to be a satellite for you) comes within 10ft of you, you can use your Reaction to attempt to alter its course or ensnare it, making a contested Intelligence Check against the original Attack Roll, adding your Proficiency Bonus to the Check. On a success, you can choose a new target for the Attack within 10ft of the original one, using the original Attack Roll to determine whether or not it hits the new target. Alternatively, on a success, you can cause the missile to become a Satellite for you, ending your control over another satellite if necessary.

You’ve learned how to briefly adjust the way that gravity affects you, increasing your sturdiness and reducing that of your enemies. You have Advantage on any Ability Check or Saving Throw you make to resist being pushed, pulled, or knocked [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]]. In addition, when you take the Shove Action, you add your Intelligence Modifier to the Ability check.

| [[Fighter#Off Duty Watch|Off Duty Watch]] || 3rd || You gain Proficiency in Initiative Rolls and a [[Adventuring Gear#Tools|Set of Tools], and you become Immune to Surprise

You add your Proficiency Bonus to your Initiative Rolls. You also gain Proficiency with one [[Adventuring Gear#Tools|Set of Tools] of your choice. Finally, you cannot be Surprised.

As a Psi Warrior, you might have honed your psionic abilities through solo discipline, unlocked it under the tutelage of a master, or refined it at an academy dedicated to wielding the mind’s power as both weapon and shield.

You can shield yourself and others with telekinetic force. As a Bonus Action, you can choose a number of creatures equal to your Intelligence Modifier within 30ft of you. Each of the chosen creatures is protected by 1/2 Cover for 1 minute or until you’re [[Conditions#Incapacitated|Incapacitated]]. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it until you finish a Long Rest, unless you expend a Psionic Energy Die to use it again.

Your ability to move creatures and objects with your mind is matched by few. You can cast the [[Level 5#Telekinesis|Telekinesis]] Spell, requiring no Components, using Intelligence as your Spellcasting Ability. On each of your turns while you Concentrate on this Spell, including the turn when you cast it, you can make a single Weapon Attack as a Bonus Action. Once you cast the Spell with this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest, unless you expend a Psionic Energy Die to cast it again.

Rune Knights enhance their martial prowess using the supernatural power of runes, an ancient practice that originated with giants. Rune cutters can be found among any family of giants, and you likely learned your methods first or second hand from such a mystical artisan. Whether you found the giant’s work carved into a hill or cave, learned of the runes from a sage, or met the giant in person, you studied the giant’s craft and learned how to apply magic runes to empower your equipment.

| [[Fighter#Bonus Proficiencies|Bonus Proficiencies]] || 3rd || You get Proficiency with [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Smith's Tools] and learn [[Languages#Giant|Giant]]

You gain Proficiency with [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Smith's Tools], and you learn to speak, read, and write [[Languages#Giant|Giant]].

==== Giant’s Might ====

*If you are smaller than Large, you become Large, along with anything you are wearing or carrying. If you lack the room to become Large, your size doesn’t change.

Additionally, while your Giant's Might feature is active and you hit on a Weapon Attack, you roll the Weapon's Damage Die an additional time and add it to the Damage Roll. Also the extra damage you deal with the Giant’s Might feature increases to 2d8

You learn how to amplify your rune-powered transformation. As a result, the extra damage you deal with the Giant’s Might feature increases to 3d10. Moreover, when you use that feature, your size can increase to Huge, and while you are that size, your Reach increases by 10ft.

:In addition, when you or a creature you can see within 30ft of you is hit by an Attack, you can use your Reaction to invoke the Rune and choose a different creature within 30ft of you. The chosen creature becomes the target of the Attack, using the same roll. This magic can transfer the Attack’s effects regardless of the Attack’s Range. Once you invoke this Rune, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.

*'''Fire Rune.''' This Rune’s magic channels the masterful craftsmanship of great smiths. While wearing or carrying an object inscribed with this Rune, you are considered to have Expertise in all [[Adventuring Gear#Tools|Tools] you have Proficiency in.

:In addition, when you hit a creature with a Weapon Attack, you can invoke the Rune to summon fiery shackles, causing the Attack to deal an additional 2d6 Fire Damage, and the target must succeed on a Strength Saving Throw or be [[Conditions#Restrained|Restrained]] for 1 minute. While [[Conditions#Restrained|Restrained]] by the shackles, the target takes 2d6 Fire Damage at the start of each of its turns. The target can repeat the Saving Throw at the end of each of its turns, banishing the shackles on a successful Save. Once you invoke this Rune, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.

*'''Frost Rune.''' This Rune’s magic evokes the might of those who survive in the wintry wilderness, such as frost giants. While wearing or carrying an object inscribed with this Rune, you have Advantage on Wisdom (Animal Handling) Checks and Charisma (Intimidation) Checks.

:In addition, you can invoke the Rune as a Bonus Action to increase your sturdiness. For 10 minutes, you gain a +2 bonus to all Ability Checks and Saving Throws that use Strength or Constitution. Once you invoke this Rune, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.

*'''Stone Rune.''' This Rune’s magic channels the judiciousness associated with stone giants. While wearing or carrying an object inscribed with this Rune, you have Advantage on Wisdom (Insight) Checks, and you have Darkvision out to a range of 120ft.

:In addition, when a creature you can see ends its turn within 30ft of you, you can use your Reaction to invoke the Rune and force the creature to make a Wisdom Saving Throw. On a failed Save, the creature is [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] by you for 1 minute. While [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] in this way, the target's Speed is reduced to 0 and it is [[Conditions#Incapacitated|Incapacitated]], descending into a dreamy stupor. The creature repeats the Saving Throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success. Once you invoke this Rune, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.

*'''Hill Rune (7th Level or Higher).''' This Rune’s magic bestows a resilience reminiscent of a hill giant. While wearing or carrying an object that bears this Rune, you have Advantage on Saving Throws against being [[Conditions#Poisoned|Poisoned]], and you have Resistance against Poison Damage.

:In addition, you can invoke the Rune as a Bonus Action, gaining Resistance to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing Damage for 1 minute. Once you invoke this Rune, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.

*'''Storm Rune (7th Level or Higher).''' Using this Rune, you can glimpse the future like a storm giant seer. While wearing or carrying an object inscribed with this Rune, you have Advantage on Intelligence (Arcana) Checks, and you can’t be Surprised as long as you aren’t [[Conditions#Incapacitated|Incapacitated]].

:In addition, you can invoke the Rune as a Bonus Action to enter a prophetic state for 1 minute or until you’re [[Conditions#Incapacitated|Incapacitated]]. Until the state ends, when you or another creature you can see within 60ft of you makes an Attack Roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw, you can use your Reaction to give the roll Advantage or Disadvantage (your choice). Once you invoke this Rune, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.

The Samurai is a fighter who draws on an implacable fighting spirit to overcome enemies. A Samurai’s resolve is nearly unbreakable, and the enemies in a Samurai’s path have two choices: yield or die fighting.

Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest.

You learn to magically launch yourself with a mighty leap. While standing on a solid surface, you can use a Bonus Action to leap 15ft in any direction. When you reach 7th Level in this class, the leap’s distance becomes 30ft.<br>

You can’t use this feature if your Speed is 0, and if you leap completely horizontally, you still leap 1ft off the ground.<br>

Leaping in this way doesn’t Provoke Opportunity Attacks, and if you fall immediately after using this leap, you can subtract up to 30ft from the fall when calculating Fall Damage.<br>

You are remarkably light on your feet and capable of counterbalancing even some of the most awkward of equipment. [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Melee Weapons|Lances]] have the Versatile property for you while you're not mounted, dealing 1d8 Piercing Damage when held with one hand and 1d12 Piercing Damage when wielded with two hands. When you use your Launch and hit with a Melee Weapon Attack while wielding a [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Melee Weapons|Lance]] with one hand during or immediately before or after that leap, it counts as if you’re wielding it with two hands.<br>

Wearing Armor doesn’t impose Disadvantage on your Dexterity (Stealth) Checks. In addition, whenever you make a Dexterity Saving Throw that would have you take Damage on a failed Save or half as much Damage on a successful Save, you can use your Launch as a Reaction. When you do so, you take no Damage on a successful Save, and only half Damage on a failed Save.<br>

In addition, you can push yourself beyond your normal limits when you use your Launch. When you do, your leap can total a maximum of 120ft, instead of 30ft, and you don’t suffer any Damage from falling after the leap. Additionally, you deal twice as much Damage to any creatures you Attack during this Launch. However, after you use this enhanced Launch, you suffer one level of [[Conditions#Exhausted|Exhaustion]].