Vagabond

Live Fast, Die Young

Adrenaline Junkies live for the thrill, taking on increasingly death-defying stunts until they grow bored of it all or it kills them. Some subscribe to a grim fatalism, whereas others indulge in excitement-laden decadence.

Your reckless exploits grant you the following benefits.

While you are Bloodied, you can take a Reaction when a creature you can see misses you with an attack to gain Temporary Hit Points equal to half your Vagabond level plus your Constitution modifier.

Your Adrenaline Battle Dice are d8s. Additionally, you gain two Adrenaline Battle Dice at the start of each of your turns while you are Bloodied and one Adrenaline Battle Die while you aren't Bloodied.

Take What You Need at Knifepoint

Brigands encompass all manner of highwaymen, pirates, raiders, and dastardly folk. No tactic, no matter how heinous, is off the table for a band of Brigands, whether that means roadside ambushes or taking hostages at knifepoint. Ultimately, most Brigands are driven to their thievery through desperation; it is fitting that they leave others as few choices as were afforded to them.

When you hit a Medium or smaller creature with an attack using a melee weapon or an Unarmed Strike and reduce the target to a number of Hit Points less than or equal to twice your Vagabond level, you can take a Bonus Action to hold the target hostage. While held hostage, the target has the Grappled and Incapacitated conditions.

While holding a creature hostage, you have Three-Quarters Cover. Attacks that miss you hit the hostage instead. Additionally, you have Advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks against the hostage's allies.

You can take a Reaction in response to any creature's action to release the hostage or attack it with a weapon you are holding.

When you hit a creature with an attack roll, you can give the target Disadvantage on attacks it makes before the start of your next turn.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you roll Initiative or finish a Short or Long Rest.

Ruthlessness is second-nature to you. When you hit a creature with an attack roll and roll the highest number on any damage die, you can roll that damage die again and add it to the damage, rolling again if it is the highest number, and so on. You can roll each damage die up to a maximum of four times.

Use Stealth and Subterfuge to Achieve Victory

Captains that bear the Daggermark—a tattoo, scar, or insignia representing a blade—utilize stealth and clandestine tactics to defeat their foes. Though they prefer ambushes and assassinations, they may acquiesce to direct confrontation if they have an underhanded tactic up their sleeve to safeguard victory. These Captains might be leaders in a Thieves' Guild, career assassins, or bandit captains that mark their closest confidants with the Daggermark to induct them into their ranks.

When you hit a creature with an attack using a weapon, the next attack roll made by an ally against the target before the end of your next turn has Advantage.

You can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain dangers. When you're 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. You can't use this feature if you have the Incapacitated condition. Your Cohort also gains the benefits of this feature.

When a creature you can see within 30 feet makes an attack against you, you can take a Reaction to make one attack with a weapon against the attacker. Resolve your attack before the triggering attack.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest unless you expend one Battle Die (no action required) to restore your use of it.

Wander the Infinite Realms of Cyberspace

Digital Nomads are Vagabonds that wander Cyberspace, a neon plane of data that exists between Arcane Terminals on vast planetary networks. In their travels, they adopt the jargon and techniques of digital natives—a lexicon of points, games, and code. Even while far removed from a Datapad, these game systems follow them and ascribe points to every action they take on a vast leaderboard.

Once on each of your turns when you spend Score Points, you can give an ally within 15 feet of yourself that can see or hear you Advantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.

While you're Bloodied, you can take a Bonus Action to expend any number of Score Points and regain the same number of Hit Points, up to half your Hit Point maximum.

You can spend 50 Score Points on your turn to use one of the following Cheat Codes (no action required). Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest.

Defeat Your Foes with an Arsenal of Maneuvers

Captains under the Dragon Banner are a scourge upon the battlefield. Armed with an array of lethal maneuvers, these captains cut through lesser combatants with ease, turning the tides of battle on their own, if needed. The visage of the Dragon Banner inspires fear and loyalty in equal measure, for the carnage left in a dragon warrior's wake speaks volumes of their skill.

You can take a Bonus Action to regain all of your expended Battle Dice.

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

Whenever you reduce an enemy to 0 Hit Points or score a Critical Hit against an enemy, you can strike terror into nearby foes. When you do so, each creature of your choice in a 30-foot Emanation originating from you must make a Wisdom saving throw against your Maneuver save DC. On a failed save, a creature has the Frightened condition for 1 minute. At the end of each of the Frightened creature's turns, the creature repeats the save, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest unless you expend one Battle Die (no action required) to restore your use of it.

When you hit a creature with an attack using a weapon or Unarmed Strike, you can expend two Battle Dice as a Bonus Action to attempt to execute the target. Add the Battle Dice to the attack's damage roll. If you reduce the target to 0 Hit Points, this maneuver doesn't expend any Battle Dice.

Deliver Shots with Pinpoint Accuracy

With sharp eyes and even sharper arrows, Captains of the Eagle Banner seek to master bows, slings, and ballistae alike. Such Captains are just as dangerous in close range as they are perched on the horizon, for they can accurately deliver an arrow or a crossbow bolt at point blank range.

Your skill at scaling walls and gaining a perch above your foes grants you the following benefits.

When an enemy you can see hits a creature with a ranged attack roll, you can take a Reaction and expend one Battle Die to attempt to intercept the attack. You must be holding a Ranged weapon and the creature must be within your weapon's range to use this maneuver. Subtract the Battle Die from the attack roll, potentially causing it to miss.

When you take the Attack action with a Ranged weapon, you can replace one of your attacks with a flurry of projectiles in one of the following ways.

Weird Science and Magical Mutations

In a secret laboratory, unscrupulous magical scientists meddle in the affairs of gods. Their subjects are tormented with arcane serums and invasive tests until their very genetics give way and unlock untold power.

You were one such experiment, now escaped. Though you might not recall the faces of your captors, you know what they did to you and that you'll never be the same.

You gain one of the following mutations of your choice. Whenever you gain a Vagabond level, you can replace the chosen mutation with a different one.

Your skin becomes supernaturally tough. When you're hit by an attack while you're Bloodied and not wearing Heavy armor, any Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage dealt to you by that attack is reduced by an amount equal to your Constitution modifier.

You gain one of the following mutations of your choice. Whenever you gain a Vagabond level, you can replace the chosen mutation with a different one.

Master Your Magical Mood Swings

The Feywild is a labyrinth of winding, magical paths, leading to delightful glades and nightmarish grottos alike. Mortals that wander there often become lost, vanishing for decades before returning without having aged a day. However, they return with infectious fey enchantments that sometimes overwhelm their minds and the minds of those nearby.

You can cast Misty Step without a spell slot.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest unless you expend one Battle Die (no action required) to restore your use of it.

When a creature deals damage to you that causes you to become Bloodied, you can take a Reaction to give the creature the Charmed or Frightened condition for 1 minute. The Charmed or Frightened target makes a Wisdom saving throw against your Maneuver save DC at the end of each of its turns, ending the condition on itself on a success.

As a Bonus Action, you can expend one Battle Die to activate any Fey Mood option of your choice. This mood lasts for 1 minute. If you already have a Fey Mood active or you become Bloodied while this mood is active, you can have both moods active at once.

Cook Monsters into Culinary Masterpieces

Gourmands travel the land in search of the perfect flavor. To this end, they scrounge up rare ingredients from far-off continents, hunt monsters for unique proteins, and tinker with their recipes wherever they travel.

When you hit a creature with an attack using a weapon or Unarmed Strike, you can expend two Battle Dice as a Bonus Action to attempt to butcher the target. Add the Battle Dice to the attack's damage roll. If the creature's type is listed on the Monster Meal table, you gain the related benefit for 1 hour.

At the start of each of your turns, you can eat a snack to use your Breather (no action required). Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest.

You can also restore your use of it by expending one Battle Die (no action required).

When you prepare your Monster Meal, you can choose one of the following benefits for each creature that eats the meal until it finishes a Long Rest.

Travel the Land with a Good Dog at Your Side

Stretching ever onward, the road is grueling and unforgiving. But, as Houndmasters know, it need not be lonely. A single dog, mankind's most loyal companion, can make all the difference in the world. Houndmasters are never found without their dogs, who both serve as inseparable companions and fearsome defenders as the need arises.

Your dog has a sixth sense for danger.

When a creature you can see hits your hound while it is within 5 feet of yourself with an attack roll, you can take a Reaction to force the attack to hit you instead. Alternatively, your hound can take a Reaction to use this feature to cause an attack that hits you to hit it instead.

Your dog has learned how to perform dangerous combat maneuvers.

Command Your Crew on the High Seas

The skull and crossbones of the Jolly Roger need no introduction: it means thieves, brigands, treasure, and adventure on the high seas. Moreover, it means the strong backs of a crew working in unison, piloting a ship from horizon to horizon under the command of a fierce captain and their first mate.

Your elegant swordplay puts enemies where you want them. Whenever you hit a creature of Large size or smaller with a Melee weapon, you can force the target to move to an unoccupied space within 5 feet of it, and you can move 5 feet. This movement doesn't provoke Opportunity Attacks.

Once per turn when you hit a creature with a Melee weapon, you can use one of the following effects.

At your directive, your crew works in perfect unison. As a Bonus Action, you can issue a series of directives to allies within 30 feet of yourself that can see or hear you. Each ally has Advantage on the next D20 test it makes before the start of your next turn.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier and regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.

Uphold Your Chivalrous Values

Knights that have failed, forsaken, or betrayed their masters are known as Knights Errant. Though they no longer follow the dictates of a lord, these knights are usually reluctant to abandon their vows of ethics entirely. Many wander the lands seeking out honorable quests and worthy adversaries, for disgraced knights are knights nonetheless.

When you become Bloodied, you can give Heroic Inspiration to yourself and allies who can see or hear you within 30 feet of yourself (no action required).

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

When a creature you can see hits an ally within 5 feet of you with an attack roll, you can take a Reaction to force the attack to hit you instead. You have Resistance to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage dealt by the triggering attack.

You can take a Bonus Action to summon up a well of determination. Until the start of your next turn, you gain the following benefits. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. You can also restore your use of it by expending two Battle Dice (no action required).

Cure Sickness with Brutal Medical Practices

As maladies sweep the countryside, plague doctors follow close behind. Wielding brutal medical instruments and techniques to balance the humors, plague doctors inspire hope and fear in equal measure.

Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with an attack using a weapon or Unarmed Strike, you can imbalance its humors using one of the following options. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest unless you expend one Battle Die (no action required) to restore your use of it.

When you use your Remedy maneuver, you can give yourself or the ally Temporary Hit Points equal to your Vagabond level.

You learn the Wounding Strike maneuver. If you already know it, you learn a different maneuver of your choice.

You can use your Wounding Strike maneuver by expending 1-3 Battle Dice. You add only one Battle Die to the attack's damage roll, but the target gains a number of bleeding wounds equal to the number of Battle Dice expended.

Crush Foes with Your Fists

Knuckles crack and a meaty fist rears back to crush bone. Pugilists are hand-to-hand brawlers with a tolerance for pain and a willingness to inflict it at a moment's notice. Unlike martial artists that emphasize speed and precision, Pugilists leverage brute force in their blows. Why strike several times when once will do?

You learn the Horrific Strike maneuver. If you already know it, you learn a different maneuver of your choice.

When you use Horrific Strike, you can perform a frightening display in a 10-foot Emanation originating from you. Each creature you choose in the Emanation must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your Maneuver save DC or have the Frightened condition until the start of your next turn.

When you fail a saving throw while you are Bloodied, you can choose to succeed instead.

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

When you hit a creature with an Unarmed Strike, you can expend three Battle Dice as a Bonus Action to attempt to knock the target out. Add the Battle Dice to the attack's damage roll. If the target has fewer Hit Points than three times your Vagabond level after taking damage, it has the Unconscious condition until it regains any Hit Points or finishes a Long Rest.

Master the Sword to Survive in a Harsh World

You were once an honorable blademaster without peer. But those days are long gone. Disgraced and despised, people know you only as a dangerous swordmaster—someone to be feared. You may search for purpose, a way to redeem the black mark on your honor, or simply to survive another day in your endless journey. Perhaps your broken vows still guide you, or perhaps you have abandoned all semblance of honor; only your conduct and your blade define you.

You're used to being outnumbered, granting you the following benefits.

When a creature you can see within 5 feet of yourself makes an attack against you, you can take a Reaction to make one attack with a Melee weapon against the attacker. You can draw a weapon as a part of this Reaction. Resolve your attack before the triggering attack. On a hit, the triggering attack automatically misses you.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest unless you expend two Battle Dice (no action required) to restore your use of it.

Once per turn when you miss with an attack roll, you can repeat that attack against the same target.

Cheer and Coach Your Team to Victory

Siegeball is a beloved sport, and Captains adorned with a Siegeball Jersey live and breathe it. Such Captains view the entire world through sports metaphors and place themselves in the privileged position of the team captain or perhaps the coach...

When you use your Blitz feature, you can direct your Cohort or an ally within 60 feet of yourself to take a Reaction to use one of the following options.

When you make a Strength or Dexterity saving throw, you can make a Constitution saving throw with Advantage instead.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest unless you expend one Battle Die (no action required) to restore your use of it.

When you are reduced to 0 Hit Points, you can take a Reaction to delay the Unconscious condition. You can immediately move up to twice your Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks and take an action and a Bonus Action. Taking damage causes Death Saving Throw failures as normal, and three Death Saving Throw failures can still kill you. Following this, you have the Unconscious condition if you still have 0 Hit Points.

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

Fortify Yourself and Your Allies

The fortified defenses of Captains who fly the Tower Banner are legendary. Their tactics emphasize fortification and survival, as well-protected soldiers cannot only win battles, but entire wars. Thinking long term is key to any defensive strategy, as Captains of the Tower know the answer is never how they shall counterattack, but when.

When a creature you can see hits an ally within 5 feet of you with an attack roll, you can take a Reaction to force the attack to target you instead. If the attack roll equals or exceeds your AC, the attack hits you instead; otherwise, it misses.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest unless you expend one Battle Die (no action required) to restore your use of it.

Your determination allows you to shrug off effects that would otherwise harm you. When you're subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Constitution 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. You can't use this feature if you have the Incapacitated condition. Your Cohort also gains the benefits of this feature.

Whenever a creature within 5 feet of you misses you with an attack roll, you can strike them with a Shield if you're carrying one (no action required), dealing 3d6 Bludgeoning damage to the attacker.

Inspire Your Allies Wherever You Travel

A lyre, a flute, or perhaps a set of bagpipes at their side, a Troubadour sets out on the open road, playing music wherever they go. While Troubadours often travel in musical troupes, they might also ply their trade alone, wandering between taverns and street corners in search of an audience, coin, and perhaps fame.

You can take the Influence action to attempt to befriend a creature you can see within 30 feet of yourself that can hear or see you. The creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw (DC 8 plus Charisma modifier and your Proficiency Bonus) or have the Charmed condition for 1 minute or until it takes damage. While it has the Charmed condition, it is friendly to you and your allies.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest unless you expend one Battle Die (no action required) to restore your use of it.

When a creature you can see within 60 feet of yourself misses you with an attack roll or forces you to make a saving throw and you succeed, you can take a Reaction to insult the creature. The target takes Psychic damage equal to 1d10 plus half your Vagabond level (round down).

When you use your Inspiring Tune maneuver, you can target a number of allies up to your Charisma modifier. Each chosen ally gains a Battle Die.

Enthrall Your Friends and Foes with Eldritch Madness

The Yellow Sign is a twisting symbol of eldritch chaos, the signature of an otherworldly leviathan ready to consume all of reality. Captains bearing its distinctive mark upon their Shields and armor aren't commanders—they are cult leaders dedicated to incomprehensible alien masters...

You can take a Bonus Action to trace the Yellow Sign in the air and create a 10-foot Emanation of psychic energy centered on yourself for 1 minute or until you have the Incapacitated condition. Once per turn, when a creature within the Emanation makes a D20 Test, you can roll 1d6 and subtract it from the roll (no action required).

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest unless you expend one Battle Die (no action required) to restore your use of it.

Your eldritch master's influence grows, granting you the following benefits.

While the Emanation of your Pallid Aura is active, you and your allies within the Emantion deal an extra 1d6 Psychic damage when hitting an enemy with a weapon or an Unarmed Strike.