Mentor: Difference between revisions

Prerequisite: 8th level.

You have been many places, and thus know many things. By spending 10 minutes smoking or otherwise enjoying 250gp worth of incense you may bring to mind a brief summary of the significant lore about a person, place or object. This functions like the spell Legend Lore. Alternatively, you may cast the spell Find the Path.

Once used, you may not use this ability again until after a long rest.

I'll Hold Them Off

Prerequisite: Ask your Dungeon Master if this ability fits the style of campaign they're running.

You may spend an action to remove yourself, and a number of enemy creatures whose combined CR sum equals no more than 1.5 times your Mentor level, from combat. You “hold off” the removed creatures long enough for your allies to finish the remainder of the encounter and/or escape.

Once your allies are out of Initiative (either by escaping or overcoming the remaining threats), roll a d20 that cannot be modified or rerolled.

On a 1-3 you die heroically. This death is permanent and cannot be reversed via resurrection spells, nor can the loss of the character be staved off by any other means, such as a Death Ward or Clone spell. Having protected your allies, your soul is at peace and does not return.

 

On a 4-19 you somehow managed a tense standstill or daring escape. Reduce your HP to half of what it was when you enacted this ability (minimum of 1). If your allies stayed to continue the fight, have everyone roll for Initiative again. If they escaped, you catch up to them.

 

On a 20, you killed all enemy creatures that were removed from combat. Put yourself at 1 HP. If your allies escaped, you catch up to them. Should the critical success occur, future 20’s can only result in a standstill for the next month.

 

When a creature within 60 feet of you makes a Survival, Insight or Investigation check you may as a reaction expend up to two dice from your Bided Time pool and increase their result by the amount rolled. You may choose to use this ability after the roll but before knowing whether the check succeeded or failed.

 

By repeatedly throwing objects at allies, you hone their reflexes. You may make non-damaging ranged weapon attack rolls against allied creatures. For each of these attacks that hit a creature, they gain a +1 bonus to their AC against ranged attacks until their next long rest.

 

 

You can make a total number of these attacks up to to your Lesson modifier. This Lesson can be selected multiple times on the same day.

 

You assure a creature that they are unique, wonderful and worthwhile.

 

When a creature within 60 feet of you makes a Persuasion, Performance or Animal Handling check you may as a reaction expend up to two dice from your Bided Time pool and increase their result by the amount rolled. You may choose to use this ability after the roll but before knowing whether the check succeeded or failed.

 

Prerequisite: 11th level, I'll Hold Them Off and permission from your DM.

 

You can choose to enact the I’ll Hold Them Off ability instead of making a death saving throw. This entails the Mentor willing themselves back to 1 hitpoint for the purpose of aiding their allies.

 

When you use the “I’ll Hold Them Off” ability you may increase the combined CR sum of creatures you are able to remove from combat. If you do this, the range of rolls that results in your death expands by a similar amount. For example, if you wish to Hold Off enemies with a CR sum that is 3 higher than you could normally Hold Off, you may do so. But you now die on a roll of 1-6 instead of 1-3.

 

Should you die when using your “I’ll Hold Them Off” ability, one of the following effects occur (DM’s choice):

 

Your party members level up.

You kill, seal away or fundamentally defeat one creature of your choice among the enemies held off.

You return to life 24 hours later as a class of your choice other than the Mentor, whilst retaining your level. This is the only exception to the otherwise permanent character loss of I'll Hold Them Off.

As an action, you embrace a willing creature other than yourself and try to help them work through difficult emotions. If they are experiencing Exhaustion, Maximum Hitpoint reduction, a curse or the Frightened condition, you may purge one of those effects from them at the risk of transferring it to yourself.

 

 

When you or any creature within 30 feet of you rolls for Initiative, you may expend one Bided Time die from your pool and increase their Initiative by the amount rolled. If you wish to target multiple creatures with this ability a separate Bided Time die must be expended for each creature.

 

This occurs AFTER rolling for Initiative causes you to remove half the dice from your Bided Time pool.

 

You spar with an ally, and talk them into truly striking you. At the end of a short or long rest, one willing creature of your choice can make a weapon attack roll against you, dealing damage as normal upon a hit.

 

 

This benefit also fades during your next long or short rest.