Astartes Inititate

The Sons of The Angel are noble and fierce fighters that hide a dark and terrible secret. Whilst appearing as one of the more upstanding heritages they're cursed with an unending thirst for blood that gives rise to rumours amongst those who would dare speak ill about them.

Starting at 1st level, you learn to trade accuracy for swift strikes. If you take the Attack action on your turn and have advantage on an attack roll against one of the targets, you can forgo the advantage for that roll to make an additional weapon attack against that target, as part of the same action. You can do so no more than once per turn.

Starting at 4th level as a bonus action on your turn, you can give yourself advantage on weapon attack rolls until the end of the current turn.

You can use this feature three times, and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.

At 8th level, after killing an enemy in melee make a Wisdom saving throw with a DC of 5, on a failed save you're filled with blood thirst and you must use your next action to consume the flesh and blood of the slain, gaining 1d6 hit points when doing so. The DC for the throw goes up to DC 10 after three days of not consuming blood.

"If you truly do hail from the realm that men once called hell, when you return there, tell your kindred it was The Angel who threw you back."

–The Angel, to a defeated fiend

"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself."

–Joseph Campbell

At 13th level, as a reaction when a hostile creature leaves your reach, you may forgo your attack of opportunity to follow the creature for up to half your movement speed and then make your attack if they're still in range to do so.

However you cannot voluntarily take cover or go prone in combat.

Starting at 15th level, you gain a +2 bonus to melee attack rolls.

"My good blade carves the casques of men,

My tough lance thrusteth sure,

My strength is as the strength of ten,

Because my heart is pure."

–Sir Galahad, Tennyson

"It is not the descent toward the shadow nor the rise toward the light that makes us superior. It is the endless struggle between the two that greatness of character lies. We are tested, and we do not break."

–The Angel

Starting at 18th level, your melee weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 18, 19 or 20 if you have advantage on the attack.

The Sons of The Crimson King are renown wizards, lore-masters of the arcane arts and practitioners of dangerous magicks. They possess an arrogance and hubris in their arcane abilities that may well be their undoing.

At 1st level you gain proficiency in the Arcana & History skills. If you are already proficient in one of these skills, your proficiency bonus is doubled for that skill.

At 4th level you gain a tutelary, a celestial, fey or fiend familiar that exists on the astral plane who is controlled by the Dungeon Master. Once a day during a short rest you can meditate and ask it three questions; the Dungeon Master has discretion if the answers are true or false, obvious or cryptic and whether or not your tutelary would actually know the answers you seek.

At 8th level you gain the ability to create spell scrolls. You may possess a number of them equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1); if you create an additional scroll above your limit, you choose which of the pre-existing scrolls is destroyed.

When you find a wizard spell, you can copy it to a spell scroll if you can spare the time to decipher and copy it. For each level of the spell, the process takes 1 hour and costs 25 gp. The cost represents material components you expend making the scroll and the fine inks you need to record the spell itself.

When you copy a spell from an existing spell scroll, you must succeed on an Intelligence (Arcana) check with a DC equal to 10 + the spell's level. If the check succeeds, the spell is successfully copied. Whether the check succeeds or fails, the spell scroll being copied from is destroyed.

"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief."

–Ecclesiastes 1:18

"The minds of gods are not for mortals to know or to judge."

–The Crimson King

At 13th level you begin to unlock your true magical potential, learning to reach into the warp and weave of the unseen world to draw forth power.

Finally when you cast a spell you risk the chance that your magic becomes unstable and uncontrollable, damaging you and others around you. When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher, roll an Intelligence save with a DC equal to 5 + the spell slot level being used.

On a failed save the spell still takes place but you cause a surge in wild magic, after resolving the spell's effects roll on the Wild Magic Surge table to determine the effects. In addition you take a number of d10 equal to the spell's level in psychic damage.

At 15th level you can use a melee weapon you are holding as a spellcasting focus.

Additionally you can use your bonus action when holding a melee weapon to imbue it with magical power by expending a spell slot. The next hit with that melee weapon deals an additional 1d8 psychic damage per spell slot level used. The magical power in the weapon fades after 1 minute if not used or as soon as you are no longer holding the melee weapon.

At 15th level your Intelligence score bonus increases by +2 but your Constitution score bonus cannot raise higher than +6 and your Constitution score cap is lowered to 22.

"If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans."

–Woody Allen

"If I am guilty of anything, it is the simple pursuit of knowledge."

–The Crimson King

At 18th level you gain a bonus depending on what school of magic you've chosen for your spells.

The Sons of The Drake are master craftsmen who claim their lineage descends from the dragons themselves. They focus on who they can save before what they can fight and are generally held in high regard for their consideration towards common-folk during conflicts.

When you choose this genetic heritage at 1st level you gain proficiency in Smith's Tools and Tinker's Tools.

At 4th level you can speak, read and write Draconic, you gain resistance to Fire damage and weapons that cause Fire damage do twice as much Fire damage when wielded by you.

Additionally you are immune to the frightened condition but have a -2 penalty to initiative rolls.

At 8th level if you are attacking an enemy with a warhammer or maul when they are flanked by a wall or one of your allies with a shield the weapon damage you roll is doubled.

At 10th level your eyes begin glowing red due to a strange "ember-like" bioluminescence. Additionally at 13th level you skin begins to permenantly darken and adopts an unnatural granite-like or obsidian quality.

"Even the softest and sweetest heart was made by design for extreme battle."

–Bryant McGill

At 13th level if you use the Help action to aid an ally's melee attack while you're wielding a warhammer or maul, you knock the target's defence aside momentarily. In addition to the ally gaining advantage on the attack roll, the ally gains a +2 bonus to the roll.

Starting at 15th level your knowledge with the forge and the arts of smithing allow you to upgrade your weapons and armor to be more effective.

For each level you want to upgrade the item the process takes 3 hours and costs five times the item's value in gold. The cost represents the materials required to improve the item; for each level of upgrade a weapon gains a +1 to its attack and damage rolls or a piece of armour gains +1 to its AC.

The maximum number of levels you can upgrade a item is 2; at 18th level the maximum increases to 3.

"The flesh is weak, but deeds endure."

–The Drake, to the Gorgon

At 17th level your Strength and Constitution score bonuses increase by +1 to a total of +9 each, but your Wisdom score bonus does not go higher than +4.

Starting at 18th level you can use your bonus action to ignite a melee weapon you are holding, once ignited it deals an extra 2d6 fire damage for 1 minute and is considered a magic weapon.

Creatures hit by your weapon while this feature is active must succeed a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 8 + your proficiency + your Constitution modifier at the start of their next turn or take an additional 2d4 fire damage.

You regain the use of this feature when you finish a long rest.

The Sons of The Gorgon value strength above all else, resenting even their own enhanced flesh and preferring the cold certainty of steel; going so far as coat their own hands with plates of mithril to show their devotion.

When you take this heritage at 1st level you gain proficiency Smith's Tools and Tinker's Tools and you gain advantage on Knowledge (Intelligence) checks relating to metallurgy and to identify types of metal.

Starting at 4th level you take part in the Manus Tenet Ferrum, a ritual which coats your hands and forearms in segments of magic-infused mithril. You add your Strength modifier twice to your unarmed strike's damage rolls.

At 18th level this also applies to any melee weapons you chose proficiency with from your Training Regimen feature at 4th level and 8th level.

Starting at 8th level you cannot voluntarily take cover or go prone in combat and cannot voluntarily take the disengage action.

Additionally you have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking."

–William Butler Yeats

"By turns our purity inspires and our impurity casts us down."

–Henry David Thoreau

Starting at 13th level when you hit with an opportunity attack using a warhammer, mace or maul the target must succeed on a Strength saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength modifier) or be knocked prone.

At 15th level whilst wearing heavy armour you can negate non-magical damage from ranged attacks. When hit by a ranged attack, roll 2d4 and subtract the number rolled from the attack's damage. This reduction is done before any applicable resistances or vulnerabilities are taken into account. However you suffer a -1 penalty to your initiative value.

"Steel isn't strong, boy. Flesh is stronger. What is steel compared to the hand that wields it?"

–Thulsa-Doom to Conan the Barbarian

"With steel we are stronger, but without a soul we are nothing."

–Kardan Stronos

At 18th level this also applies to any melee weapons you chose proficiency with from your Training Regimen feature at 4th level and 8th level.

At 18th level your Strength and Constitution score bonuses increase by +1, to an eventual total of +9 each at 20th level, but your Dexterity score bonus does not go higher than +4.

Little is known about the Sons of The Hydra, rumours persist that there is only one in existance at any time, despite tales to the contrary, undoubtedly they indulge in deception and subterfuge on a machiavellian scale.

When you choose this heritage at 1st level you always, whenever you're asked your name by someone whom you do not trust, simply reply: "I am one of many." or some other thematic variation there upon. Your true name is kept secret or is simply forgotten.

You gain proficiency in the Deception skill, disguise kits, and forgery kits. Additionally you have advantage on rolls made to disguise yourself as someone of the same race as you.

At 4th level you become proficient with Improvised Weapons and can use your bonus action to grapple a target hit with an improvised weapon or unarmed strike.

At 8th level you may choose one bonus from the following list:

You may change your selection when you finish a long rest. At 13th level you may choose a second bonus from the list, and at 18th level you may choose a third. You may not choose the same bonus more than once.

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."

–Kurt Vonnegut

"All around me darkness gathers,

Fading is the sun that shone,

We must speak of other matters,

You can be me when I'm gone."

–The Sandman

At 13th level you may choose a second bonus from the list under your Mutable Tactics feature. You may not choose the same bonus more than once.

Starting at 15th level when you take damage you can use your reaction to cast mirror image. Whilst the spell is active you gain a +1 bonus to your damage rolls for every duplicate you have remaining.

You regain the use of this feature once you finish a long rest.

At 15th level your Dexterity score bonus is increased by +1 and your Charisma score bonus is increased by +2, however your Strength and Constitution score bonuses do not go higher than +6 and both scores cannot go higher than 22.

"When evil faces evil, the Devil is not mocked."

–Ancient Proverb

"I am one of many."

–Son of the Hydra

Starting at 18th level you can use your action to unleash the Blood of The Primogenitor. For 1 minute you gain a +2 bonus to your Strength and Constitution scores, you can make a single additional attack on your turn as a bonus action, and your weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20. Any hitpoints gained by the increase to your Constitution modifier are added to your temporary hitpoints rather than your hitpoint maximum.

You regain the use of this feature once you finish a long rest.

At 18th level you may choose a third bonus from the list under your Mutable Tactics feature. You may not choose the same bonus more than once.

The Sons of The Iron are bonded by a mutual brotherhood forged by their own hatred and bitter paranoia. Masters of long range and siege warfare they are as cold and hard as their name implies; chanting 'The Unbreakable Litany' as they methodically cut down their foes without remorse.

At 1st level you gain proficiency with Smith's Tools and Mason's Tools. You also gain advantage on Intelligence checks relating to offensive siege warfare.

Starting at 4th level when wielding a flail, a maul or a warhammer, you can prepare yourself to extend your swing to sweep over targets' shields as a bonus action on your turn. Until the end of this turn, your attack rolls with a flail, a maul, or a warhammer gain a +2 bonus against any target using a shield.

Starting at 8th level whenever you have disadvantage on a melee attack roll you make with a flail, a maul, or a warhammer, the target takes bludgeoning damage equal to your Strength modifier (minimum of 0) if the attack misses but if the higher of the two d20 rolls would have hit.

"No one becomes depraved all at once."

–Juvenal, Satires

"Tell them ruin has come to their world, death, despair and red war...

Tell them their hopes and pride have come to nothing.

Tell them their empty whispers fall upon deaf ears - their gods are dead, human logic has killed them.

Tell them the Angels of Death have come.

Tell them that nothing can save them now."

–The Iron

At 13th level you have advantage on saving throws against being charmed and frightened.

Additionally at 15th level you gain the following benefits while you are wielding a shield:

Additionally at 15th level you gain the following benefits while you are wielding a shield:

At 15th level, roll a d20. On a roll higher than 13 you become prone to paranoia and suspicion and your Intelligence score bonus is increased by +2 but your Charisma score bonus does not go higher than +2.

"The Iron throws men at walls. If the enemy so much as thought a wall he would pelt it with our men as if there were no other way."

–The Praetorian

"You don't know the things I dream. No one does, no one ever cared enough to find out."

–The Iron

At 18th level you do not have disadvantage when attacking a target beyond a ranged weapon's normal range. If you're attacking a target beyond a ranged weapon's normal range you can make a single additional ranged attack against the same target as a bonus action.

The Sons of The Khan are often recruited from the nomad tribes that inhabit the steppes of their homeland. Their savage fury is tempered by a fierce sense of honour and justice, as they engage in lightning fast cavalry strikes to run down their foes.

At 1st level you gain proficiency with the Animal Handling skill and vehicles (land). You are able to move normally both on foot and on a mount through non-magical difficult terrain.

Starting at 4th level, your mastery as a rider becomes apparent. You have advantage on saving throws made to avoid falling off your mount. If you fall off your mount and descend no more than 10 feet, you can land on your feet if you're not incapacitated. Finally, mounting or dismounting a creature costs you only 5 feet of movement, rather than half your speed.

Starting at 8th level you gain the ability to dash as a bonus action whilst on foot.

"Power and speed be hands and feet."

–Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard."

–attributed to Genghis Khan

At 13th level you gain advantage on melee attack rolls with scimitars and glaives against any unmounted creature that is smaller than your mount if you yourself are mounted.

Additionally for the purposes of riding mounts you only count as weighing 500 lb. even if your weight exceeds that.

At 15th level you can force an attack targeted at your mount to target you instead. If your mount is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if it fails.

"This what I was made for, I will ride out."

–The Khan

"There is nowhere left to hide, we know you now. We shall hunt you in every plane of reality. So look on me now, yaksha, and know your slayer."

–The Khan

At 18th level, you can run down your foes, whether you're mounted or not. If you move at least 10 feet in a straight line towards a creature and hit it with a melee attack on your turn, that target must succeed on a Strength saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength modifier) or be knocked prone. You can use this feature only once on each of your turns.

The Sons of The Lion hail from a region of dense and dark forests brimming with dangerous and deadly beasts; the Sons of The Lion form Knightly Orders that hunt down and slay these vile beasts to protect their towns and villages from the slaughter wrought by the denizens of the forests.

At 1st level you gain hooded robes designed to be worn over your armour in addition to your starting equipment. You also have significant training in tracking, hunting, and slaying a certain type of enemy. Choose a type of enemy: aberrations, beasts or monstrosities. You have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track your chosen enemies, on Intelligence checks to recall information about them and on attack rolls made against them. You also choose one additional enemy type, at 8th and 15th level.

At 4th level you gain advantage on Wisdom (Insight) checks and advantage on Intelligence (Investigation) checks.

Starting at 8th level when you make an opportunity attack with longswords or greatswords, you make it with advantage.

"The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude."

–Aldous Huxley

"Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god."

–Aristotle

At 13th level you can parry one enemy melee attack as a reaction whilst holding a longsword or greatsword, granting a bonus to your AC equal to your proficiency against the attack whilst you are holding the weapon.

At 15th level your skill with the sword grants you a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls with longswords and greatswords.

"I would rather betray all that is beneath the Heavens before being betrayed by it."

–Cao Cao Mengde

"When you were building empires, I studied the blade. When you were having council meetings, I hunted the Great Beasts. While you wasted your days at the table, writing treatises on tactics, I cultivated inner strength."

–The Lion

At 18th level your melee weapon attacks with greatswords and longswords score a critical hit on a roll of 18, 19 or 20 and you can re-roll damage die of 1 or 2 but must take the second roll.

The Sons of The Lupercal are considered the first and foremost amongst their many kin. They are a formidable force that often form the tip of the spear for a attacking army, poised to drive deep into the enemy's throat and cut off their head in a swift and decisive move.

When you take this genetic heritage at 1st level you gain two extra skill proficiencies from the list of skills presented under class features, or you may choose one of your skill proficiencies; your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses the chosen proficiency.

At 4th level you gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls with melee weapons against a creature if at least one of your allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.

At 8th level you can use your bonus action to make a single unarmed strike.

Additionally at the end of a creature within your reach's turn, you can use your reaction to make a single unarmed strike against that creature if at least one of your allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.

"Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven."

–Satan, in John Milton's Paradise Lost.

"Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell."

–William Shakespeare

At 13th level being within 5 feet of a hostile creature doesn't impose disadvantage on your ranged attack rolls.

Additionally when you use the Attack action and attack with a one-handed weapon, you can use a bonus action to attack with a one-handed ranged weapon you are holding.

Starting at 15th level you gain advantage on initiative rolls. Additionally you have advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn't taken a turn in the combat yet.

"When you have come to the edge of all that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things will happen, that there will be something solid to stand on or you'll be taught to fly."

–The Lupercal

"Tell a man he has a new master and he will shrug.

Tell a man his new master wants a fifth of his income and he will go find his pitchfork."

–attributed to The Lupercal

Starting at 18th level when you score a critical hit with a melee attack you may attempt to cripple your foe. The creature must succeed a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 8 + your proficiency + your Strength modifier or be incapacitated, have their movement speed reduced to 5 ft. and be knocked prone. This effect remains until they are healed by a spell such as greater restoration.

Drawn from the worst cutthroats and criminals in the land, the Sons of The Night are cruel and callous murderers who decorate their armour with the bones and flayed skin of their enemies, stalking the shadows like supernatural predators.

When you take this genetic heritage at 1st level you can use your bonus action to dash if you used your action to disengage.

At 4th level you gain proficiency in the Stealth and Intimidation skills. If you are already proficient in one of these skills, your proficiency bonus is doubled for that skill.

At 8th level if you have a dagger in your inventory you can use your bonus action to draw and throw the dagger at a creature within 10ft with advantage on the attack roll.

At 8th level medium armour that you are proficient with does not impose disadvantage to Dexterity (Stealth) rolls.

At 15th level this also includes heavy armour that you are proficient with.

"He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee."

–Friedrich Nietzsche

"There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment."

–Hunter S. Thompson

At 13th level the range for your darkvision is increased by 60 feet.

However you have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

Additionally roll a d20, on a 13 or higher your eyes become jet black.

At 13th level your Dexterity score bonus is improved by +1, to an eventual total of +7 at 20th level; but your Strength score bonus does not go higher than +7.

Additionally roll a d20, on a roll of 13 or higher your natural skin tone becomes increasingly pale until it is deathly white.

Starting at 15th level when you take the Attack action and attack with only a glaive, halberd, or quarterstaff, you can use your bonus action to make a melee attack with the opposite end of the weapon. This attack uses the same ability modifier as the primary weapon. The weapon's damage die for this attack is a d6, and the attack deals bludgeoning damage.

"Know how I stayed alive this long? All these years? Fear. The spectacle of fearsome acts. Somebody steals from me: I cut off his hands. He offends me: I cut out his tongue. He rises against me: I cut off his head, stick it on a pike. Raise it high up so all in the streets can see. That's what preserves the order of things. Fear."

–Bill the Butcher, Gangs of New York

"It is better by far to be an object of fear than of respect, for one is a truth of the soul and the other an illusion of the mind."

–The Codex Hydra

At 18th level you gain +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls against a creature if the number of your allies who aren't incapacitated within 5 feet of the creature is greater the number of the creature's allies who aren't incapacitated within 5 feet of the creature.

Perfectionists through and through, be it in martial warfare or the arts, the Sons of the Phoenician strive to be the best at what they lay their hands to, creating some of the finest duellists and artisans.

At 1st level you gain proficiency in two artisan's tools from the following list: Calligrapher's Supplies, Glassblower's Tools, Jeweler's Tools, Painter's Supplies, Potter's Tools, Woodcarver's Tools, or any musical instrument.

Additionally your perfectionist nature and bohemian interests make you more prone to addiction and more likely to indulge in hedonism.

At 4th level you gain a fighting style from the following list.

At 13th level and again at 18th level you may choose an additional fighting style. You may not choose the same fighting style twice.

At 8th level you gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls when you're attacking a creature in melee that has a challenge rating (or level) equal to or higher than your level.

However you take a -2 penalty to attack rolls against creatures with a challenge rating (or level) lower than a quarter of your level. This bonus or penalty is cumulative with a fighting style.

"I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."

–Rita Mae Brown

"He that loves pleasure must to pleasure fall"

–Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

At 13th level you gain an additional fighting style from the list. You may not choose the same fighting style twice.

At 13th level your appearance may change, roll a d20. On a roll of 15 or higher your eyes become naturally violet in hue.

Additionally on a roll of 20 you lose your Melanchromic Organ feature as the implant malfunctions, leaving your skin a pale white colour.

At 15th level you've honed your reactions and gain a +5 bonus to your Initiative.

"There's a point where this needs to stop and we've clearly passed it, but let's keep going and see what happens."

–anonymous

"There is such a thing as perfection and our purpose for living is to find that perfection and show it forth. Everything that limits us we have to put aside."

–The Phoenician

At 18th level your weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 18, 19 or 20.

At 18th level you gain an additional fighting style from the list. You may not choose the same fighting style twice.

The Sons of The Praetorian are masters in the art of fortress building, the work of their craft is nigh impregnable and has stood undaunted for thousands of years much like the Sons themselves.

At 1st level you gain proficiency with Carpenter's Tools and Mason's Tools. You also gain advantage on Intelligence checks relating to defensive siege warfare.

At 4th level you gain advantage on saving throws against being frightened. Additionally if you're in three-quarters cover you can use your bonus action to make a single additional ranged attack if you took the attack action on your turn.

Starting at 13th level this also includes half cover.

At 8th level you gain advantage on ranged attacks whilst in at least three-quarters cover.

At 18th level this also includes half-cover.

"It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit."

–Noël Coward

When you reach 12th level roll a d20, on a 1 you lose the use of your Sus-an Membrane feature.

When you reach 17th level roll a d20 again, on a 1 you lose the use of your Betcher's Gland feature.

Starting at 13th level your Unfaltering Fire feature also includes half cover.

Starting at 15th level if you move 0ft on your turn you gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls with crossbows (light, heavy, hand, etc) and you ignore the loading quality of crossbows with which you are proficient.

"If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it."

–Marcus Tullius Cicero

When you reach 17th level roll a d20, on a 1 you lose the use of your Betcher's Gland feature.

Starting at 18th level you can use your action to plant your shield in the ground to create a 5ft wide by 4ft tall area of half cover as long as your shield is big enough to provide that size of cover (at your DM's discretion). This cover lasts until the shield is either destroyed or uprooted as a bonus action on your turn.

At 18th level your Steady Marksman feature also includes half-cover.

The Sons of The Raven are dark mannered and brooding, their sombre nature belying their true power. Masters of fast, harrowing attacks that are over as swiftly as they begin, leaving only death behind.

When you chose this heritage at 1st level you have learnt how to use quick retreats between your attacks to avoid danger. You may disengage as a bonus action.

At 4th level you gain proficiency in the Stealth skill and armour no longer imposes disadvantage to Stealth checks. If you are already proficient in Stealth, your proficiency bonus is doubled for that skill.

Starting at 8th level while you are wielding a melee weapon with the light property in each hand you gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls with those weapons.

"When you're on your own, behind enemy lines, no artillery, no air strikes, no hope of an evac, you don't fight dirty. You do things that make dirty look good."

–The Punisher

"You cannot see the future with tears in your eyes."

–Navajo Proverb

Starting at 13th level 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.

Starting at 15th level you are so evasive that attackers rarely gain the upper hand against you. No attack roll has advantage against you while you aren't incapacitated and are aware of the attacker.

At 16th level roll a d20, on a 1 your implant fails and you lose your Mucranoid feature. At 17th roll another d20, on a 1 your Betcher's Gland implant fails and you lose that feature too. Additionally over time your skin becomes naturally paler until almost white and your eyes and hair become a deep black.

At 16th level your Dexterity score bonus increases by +1 but your Strength score bonus does not go higher than +7, and the score cannot go higher than 23.

"We are the shadow that kills, the hidden death that none suspect."

–The Raven

When you reach 18th level you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe's distraction. Once per turn, if you have advantage on your first attack roll using a weapon with the light property, then on a hit you can deal three times the damage rolled; this only applies to your first attack and not any subsequent attacks on your turn.

The Sons of The Reaper are macabre masters of poison and decay. Revelling in their resistance to toxins even other astartes cannot handle and delighting in the rot and ruin they bring to others, their unwavering advance cutting down their quarry like the very scythes they wield.

At 1st level you gain proficiency with the poisoner's kit and you can apply poison to a weapon or 10 pieces of ammunition as a bonus action on your turn. The poison applied also retains its potency for as long as the item remains in your possession.

At 4th level you gain proficiency with Manreapers, a large and vicious scythe weapon. You can spend 1 hour and 10gp to craft a war pick into a Manreaper. Resembling a large scythe it now deals slashing damage instead of piercing and it gains the versatile (1d10) property.

If you are wielding a manreaper with two hands you may make your attack at disadvantage to target up to three creatures that are within 5 feet of you and adjacent to each other.

At 8th level your movement speed can never be decreased below 5 feet. Effects that would cause you to be unable to move, like the paralyzed condition, will still stop you from moving.

"We are all tyrants. Do not fool yourself. We were bred for nothing else."

–The Reaper

"Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

–Robert Oppenheimer, quoting the Hindu religious text, the Bhagavad Gita

At 13th level you gain immunity to poison damage and you are immune to the poisoned and frightened conditions.

At 15th level you also gain resistance to necrotic damage.

At 15th level you also gain resistance to necrotic damage.

"I am not like you. I do not wallow in this corruption. I use it. I control it. I set bounds on it."

–The Reaper

At 17th level your Constitution score bonus increases by +1 to a total of +9, but your Charisma score bonus does not go higher than +3.

At 18th level you can use your bonus action to enchant your weapon. For one minute your attacks deal extra necrotic damage equal to half the damage rolled (rounded down).

Additionally a creature hit by your attacks while this feature is active must succeed on a Constitution saving throw at the start its turn or become poisoned and take 2d8 poison damage; the save has a DC of 8 + your Constitution modifier. On a successful save the creature is not poisoned and takes half of the poison damage.

You can regain the use of this feature when you finish a long rest.

The Sons of The Regent are empire builders in their entirety, priding themselves on the small dominion they carved themselves in the land. Trained in squad warfare they fight alongside one another with almost supernatural precision.

When you choose this heritage at 1st level you gain proficiency in one artisan's tools of your choice.

Starting at 4th level you can use your bonus action to use one of the Combat Tactics detailed below. You can do this twice and regain expended uses after you finish a short or long rest.

You gain two additional uses of this feature at 10th level and another two uses at 18th level.

At 8th level you have advantage on Wisdom saving throws that would cause you to become frightened or flee from a hostile creature.

At 13th level this includes Charisma saving throws.

"Leadership is not magnetic personality, that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not "making friends and influencing people", that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations."

–Peter F. Drucker

At 10th level you gain two additional uses of your Combat Tactics feature.

"Julius Caesar learned that Alexander, having completed nearly all his conquests by the time he was thirty-two years old, was at an utter loss to know what he should do during the rest of his life, whereat Augustus expressed his surprise that Alexander did not regard it as a greater task to set in order the empire which he had won than to win it."

–Plutarch

At 13th level you gain advantage on Knowledge (Arcana) and Knowledge (Nature) checks to identify the weaknesses of an enemy.

At 13th level your And They Shall Know No Fear feature includes Charisma saving throws.

Starting at 15th level, you can add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down, to 2 skills of your choice from the list under class features that you are not proficient with.

"Never wish for danger. Danger needs no help. There is no such thing as fate that can be tempted, but morale is never improved by an active lust for war."

–The Regent

"What does not kill me... is not trying hard enough."

–The Regent

At 18th level you can make a Coup De Grâce attack. The target of this attack requires a head or similar vital organ. Using your action make a single attack roll with a weapon. On a hit, the target makes a Constitution saving throw with a DC equal to 10 + the difference between your attack roll and the target's AC. If they fail the save they are dealt a mortal blow, such as a decaptiation, are reduced to 0 hitpoints and die outright. If they succeed they take five times the damage rolled for the attack you used. You can use this feature once, and regain the use of it when you finish a long rest.

At 18th level you gain two additional uses of your Combat Tactics feature.

The Sons of The Slaughterer are bloodthirsty and barbaric, bordering on the outright insane. Primal gladiators of raw violence that revel in bloodshed, they're eventually driven to madness by the Butcher's Nails boring into their brains. They make terrifying opponents that leave naught but rent and riven corpses in their wake.

At 1st level you gain proficiency in one martial melee weapon of your choice and you may take that weapon in place of the shortsword in your starting equipment.

Starting at 4th level you may re-roll dice rolls of 1 on damage dice for melee weapon attacks.

At 13th level you may also re-roll dice rolls of 2 as well.

At 8th level magic-infused metal rods known as the Butcher's Nails are implanted into your brain. When you kill an enemy you must make a Wisdom saving throw with a DC equal to 5 + the number of creatures you have reduced to 0 hit points since you last finished a long rest.

On a failed save you enter a Murderous Rage, gaining advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws, 1d4 bonus damage to melee attacks which goes up to 2d4 at 15th level. You also gain resistance to non-magical bludgeoning, piercing and slashing damage. On your turn you must move as far as you can towards the nearest enemy creature in range, and use your attack action against it. If there are no hostile creatures within view then any creature (including friendly creatures) within view becomes your target. If you are unable to attack a target after using your full movement you must use your action to dash towards the target; if this enables you to reach your target you can make one melee attack at disadvantage as a bonus action. If you are unable to attack a target on your turn you take 1d8 psychic damage. Attacks against you have advantage.

Your murderous rage ends if: Your rage has lasted 1 minute and you have not attacked a creature on your previous turn, you are knocked unconscious by any means or if you've not attacked any creatures during your last two turns. If any of these conditions are met at the end of one of your turns, your Murderous Rage ends and you take 2d8 psychic damage.

Once a Murderous Rage occurs you must finish a short or a long rest before it can occur again.

"I was born in blood, raised in darkness and I shall die free!"

–The Slaughterer

"I-I am going to be a storm-a flame-

I need to fight whole armies alone;

I have ten hearts; I have a hundred arms;

I feel too strong to war with mortals-,

BRING ME GIANTS!"

–Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac

Starting at 13th level when you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon's damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.

At 13th level you may also re-roll dice rolls of 2 as well on damage dice for melee weapon attacks.

Starting at 15th level when you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you instead remain on 1 hit point and gain 1d12 + your Constitution modifier in temporary hit points, entering a Murderous Rage if you're not already in one. You can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest.

"That's because you're free. The world can be beautiful, when you finally get to see it without chains."

–The Slaughterer

"Courage is fighting the kingdom which enslaves you, no matter that their armies outnumber yours by ten-thousand to one. You know nothing of courage! Honor is resisting a tyrant when all others suckle and grow fat on the hypocrisy he feeds them. You know nothing of honor!"

–The Slaughterer

At 18th level when you take the attack action and make at least one melee attack, you may make two additional attacks with a bonus action.

Due to their continued effects on your brain the Butcher's Nails increase your aggression even further, your Murderous Rage is no longer limited to occuring once and the DC for the wisdom saving throw you take when killing an enemy is now 10 + the number of enemies you've reduced to 0 hit points since you last finished a long rest.

The Sons of The Wolf King hail from the frozen wilds teeming with packs of winter wolves, they are outwardly savage and seem little better than the creatures from which they draw their name-sake. However behind this ruse lies a fierce cunning and loyalty few other Astartes could match.

When you choose this genetic heritage at 1st level you learn how to speak, read and write Giant and Winter Wolf, the latter having no written script.

At 1st level you begin your right of passage, forgoing the Training Regime feature listed previously. You lose your Light Armour proficiency and instead gain proficiency with Heavy Armour.

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

At 8th level your combat skills have grown stronger and you gain proficiency with one martial melee weapon and one martial ranged weapon of your choice.

At 13th level you gain proficiency with shields and gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls made with the martial weapons you chose proficiency with at 8th level.

At 15th level you gain proficiency with all martial weapons; your +1 bonus to attack rolls only applies to the martial weapons you first chose proficiency with at 8th level.

At 4th level you notice your canines starting to lengthen and your fingernails beginning to harden, becoming keen like knives. You now do slashing damage with your unarmed strikes if your head or hands are not covered by armour or clothing.

At 4th level you gain proficiency in Animal Handling and Perception, adding double your proficiency bonus to the latter if you are already proficient. You also gain advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks against wolves, including dire wolves at 13th level and winter wolves at 18th.

Starting at 8th level when you move at least 10 feet towards a creature and take the Attack action on your turn, you gain a +2 bonus to melee attack rolls made against that creature until the end of your turn.

"I am the punishment of God...If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you."

–Genghis Khan

"It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be."

–Virgil

At 13th level your enhanced body has adapted to the cold, making you noticeably very hirsute. You gain resistance to Cold damage.

At 13th level you decorate your armour with runes and totems of warding, a custom from the tribes native to the The Wolf King's homeland. Once a day, you can gain advantage on a saving throw against a spell or halve the damage from a spell attack made against you.

Starting at 15th level you gain advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the your allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.

"Beat your thoughts to the mould of your will."

–The Wolf King

"You will be faster than they are, stronger, quicker to sense corruption and with full sanction to destroy it. You will be girded in the armour of the gods and carry blades of ruin. You will never age, never wither, never weary."

–The Wolf King

When you reach 18th level you feel now more than ever the beast lurking inside you. As a bonus action you may emit a blood curdling howl, dropping any weapons or shields you are holding as you unleash the wolf within.

For 1 minute you may only use your unarmed strikes when you take the attack action, but the number of attacks you make is doubled.

Additionally for the duration, you gain a bite attack that deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier in piercing damage; you can use this bite attack as a bonus action.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before you may use it again.

The Sons of The Word are fanatics and zealots, contrary to the other Sons who are largely secular the Sons of the Word embrace the polar extremes of faith with fervour, channelling their devotion into every action.

When choosing this heritage at 1st level you gain a holy symbol of either a lawful good deity or a chaotic evil deity (your choice).

At 4th level you gain proficiency in the Persuasion and Religion skills. If you are already proficient in one of these skills, your proficiency bonus is doubled for that skill.

Additionally you gain proficiency in Charisma saving throws.

At 8th level when you successfully hit a creature with a melee attack roll using a simple melee weapon that deals bludgeoning damage or a morningstar, you can try to push the creature back. The creature makes a Strength saving throw with a DC of 8 + your proficiency + your Strength modifier, on a failed save the creature is pushed 15 feet away from you and knocked prone.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Strength modifier (minimum of 1). You regain any expended uses of this feature once you finish a short or long rest.

At 10th level, again at 14th level and at 18th level your Charisma score bonus increases by +1, to a total of +7. However your Strength and Constitution score bonuses do not raise higher than +7, with both scores unable to go higher than 23, and your Wisdom score bonus does not go higher than +5.

"From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step."

–Denis Diderot

At 13th level you gain a number of zeal dice equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1), which are d4s. You can roll a die and add the number rolled to one ability check, attack roll, damage roll, or saving throw you make.

Alternatively, when an attack roll is made against you, you can use your reaction to roll the Zeal die and add the number rolled to your AC against that attack, after seeing the roll but before knowing whether it hits or misses.

A zeal die is expended when you use it. You regain all of your expended zeal dice when you finish a long rest. At 18th level your Zeal dice are now d6s.

At 15th level your tenacity and fervent faith spreads to others, you and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you can't be frightened while you are conscious.

"The difference between gods and daemons largely depends upon where one is standing at the time."

–Argel Tal

"Faith is the soul of any army; be it vested in primitive religion or enlightened truth.

It makes even the least soldier mighty, the craven is remade worthy and through its balm any hardship may be endured.

Faith ennobles all of the works the soldier undertakes be they so base or vile, and imports to them the golden spark of transcendant purpose."

–The Bearer of The Word

At 18th level you can use your action to pray to your deity for help. On your turn roll a d20 and add your Charisma modifier against a DC equal to your Charisma score.

On a success for 1 minute you add your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1) to either: your AC and saving throws if the deity you chose is lawful good or your attack and damage rolls if the deity you chose is chaotic evil.

You need to finish a long rest before you can use this feature again.