Fighter (Variant)

The archetypal Arcane Marksman has spent a significant amount of time off the battlefield, in rigorous study of eldritch texts and spellcasting manuals. They have not aschewed their martial talents entirely, and have choosen instead to augment that talent with magical power delivered at a distance.

Starting at 7th level, you can use your arcane magic to imbue your ranged weapon to create an effect. You gain one of the following shots, which can be performed as an action by imbuing a thrown weapon or piece of ammunition with magic that is cast when the projectile hits its target.

At 10th level, you learn how to direct an errant shot toward a new target. When you make an attack roll through a Spell Shot maneuver and miss, you can use a bonus action to reroll the attack roll against a different target within 30 feet of the original target that you can see.

Starting at 15th level, you've woven the arcane nature of the lunar cycles into your shots. You gain the following shots, which can be performed as an action by imbuing a thrown weapon or piece of ammunition with magic that is cast when the projectile reaches its target.

Starting at 18th level, your marksmanship is always at the ready. When you roll initiative, you regain one use of your superiority feature.

Additionally, your Spell Shot maneuvers can deliver a more stinging blow. Creatures hit by the attack made as part of the maneuver take an additional 1d8 damage.

Those who model themselves after the bounty hunter are those who feel as though their skill is worth its weight in gold. They are often contract mercenaries, or at the very least hold a strong grudge against those that sleight them. Either way, they good at both tracking and hunting certain groups of creatures and those they study and do so with great efficacy.

Starting at 7th level, your expectations of your favored enemies gives you a preternatural sense to avoid ambush. When determining if creatures are surprised, you cannot be surprised if at least one favored enemy is within 60 feet of you.

In addition, you have advantage on checks to notice and avoid traps set by a favored enemy.

At 10th level, your experience with hunting your favored enemy allows you to announce weaknesses to your allies. As a reaction when an ally within 30 feet of you that you can see makes an attack roll against a favored enemy, you can give that ally advantage on its attack roll.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifer (a minimum of once). You regain all expended uses after completing a short or long rest.

Starting at 15th level, you gain advantage on nonmagical saving throws and skill contests from attacks from your favored enemies. Additionally, you cannot be charmed, possessed, or frightened by them and have advantage on death saving throws while within 60 feet of a favored enemy that is hostile to you.

If a blow from one of your favored enemies would reduce you to 0 hitpoints without killing you outright, it reduces you to 1 instead. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

At 18th level, you become a master at slaying your most hunted foes. Once per turn, when you hit one of your favored enemies with a weapon attack, it takes an additional 3d8 bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage (your choice). If it has 30 or less hitpoints, it immediately dies.

The archetypal Champion focuses on the development of raw physical power honed to deadly perfection. Those who model themselves on this archetype combine rigorous training with physical excellence to deal devastating blows.

Starting at 7th level, you can add half your proficiency bonus (round up) to any Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution check you make.

In addition, when you make a running long jump, the distance you can cover increases by a number of feet equal to your Strength modifier.

At 10th level, you can choose a second option from the Fighting Style class feature.

Starting at 15th level, your weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 18—20.

At 18th level, you attain the pinnacle of resilience in battle. At the start of each of your turns, you regain hit points equal to 5 + your Constitution modifier if you have no more than half of your hit points left. You don't gain this benefit if you have 0 hit points.

Those who model themselves after the archetypal bully like to throw their size around, so to speak. They have a long history of picking on the little guy and have learned to exploit their size against them. They don't fare as well against an equal opponent, that's for sure.

Starting at 7th level, just about anything has become your weapon. You are proficient with improvised weapons, which deal at least 1d6 + Strength modifier damage for you.

Additionally, when you force a creature smaller than you to move using a Shove attack or by tossing them, they take 1d8 bludgeoning damage if they collide with a surface or other creature before completing that movement.

At 10th level, you're able to brush off the attacks of those smaller than you as simple nuisances. As a reaction after a creature smaller than you deals damage to you, you can reduce the damage dealt by 1d4 for each size category they are smaller than you.

Starting at 15th level, you are a force of nature, relentless in all things you do. Whenever you score a critical hit against or reduce a creature smaller than you to 0 hit points, you regain a use of your Larger than Life feature.

At 18th level, your size allows you to enter any fray without worry. As an action on your turn, you can leap into a space within 20 feet that is either unoccupied or occupied by a creature smaller than you. Each creature within 15 feet of where you land must make a Strength saving throw against your maneuver save DC. On a failed save they take 1d12 bludgeoning damage and are knocked prone. On a successful save, they take half as much damage and are not knocked prone. Creatures smaller than you within 5 feet have disadvantage on this saving throw and any creature that is occupying the space you leap to automatically fails.

The archetypal duelist has gained his skill in combat as a product of his upbringing. Sometimes a civilized form of combat, married with an overt arrogance. Other times a crass combination of vicious mockery and infamous legend. Those who model themselves after this archetype combine fencing and bravado to entangle and distract foes, utilizing a final strike to put an end to cowards or punctuate whatever point they were making.

Starting at 7th level, your gilded tongue can get you out of as many confrontations as it gets you into. When making an Intimidation or Persuasion check against a creature, you add double your proficiency bonus if you are deliberating insulting or threatening that creature, or if that creature is taunted by you.

Starting at 10th level, your training has honed the harmony between your weapon and fighting techniques.

If you have successfully hit a creature with a weapon attack this round, that creature has disadvantage on any saving throw from the next maneuver you use against it before the start of its next turn.

Upon reaching 15th level, your confidence inspires fear in your enemies.

When you use your Action Surge feature, you can spout a threat to any number of creatures within 20 feet that can see and hear you. Each creature affected must make a Wisdom saving throw against your maneuver save DC. Any creatures that fail this saving throw drop whatever they are holding and become frightened. If you have taunted a creature, it automatically fails this saving throw.

A creature can repeat this saving throw at the end of any turn where it cannot see you or cannot hear you. On a successful save, they are no longer frightened.

Starting at 18th level, your mastery and flourish leave your opponents open to more punishing strikes.

The next attack you make against a creature after you have succesfully affected it with a maneuver deals an extra 2d8 + Charisma modifier damage.

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.

Beginning at 7th level, when you use your action to cast a cantrip, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action.

At 10th level, you learn how to make your weapon 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.

At 15th level, you gain the ability to teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see when you use your Action Surge. You can teleport before or after the additional action.

Starting at 18th level, when you use your action to cast a spell, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action.

Those who model themsleves after this archetype have developed the skills to persist and flourish in any environment. They have an innate ability to blend in and use their knowledge of the terrain and its denizens to take every advantage and succeed the day.

At 7th level, your adeptness at traveling and surviving in the rough and untamed regions of the world allows you to lead others more easily through any environment. While traveling for an hour or more in the wilderness, you gain the following benefits:

Starting at 10th level, you can spend 1 minute creating natural camouflage for yourself. You must have access to fresh mud, dirt, plants, soot, and other naturally occuring materials with which to create your camouflage.

Once you are camouflaged this way, you gain a +10 bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) checks against creatures while you remain in terrain similar to your natural disguise. Once you move or make an attack, this effect is suppressed until the beginning of your next turn.

Your camouflage lasts 1 hour or until physical conditions otherwise ruin it (such as swimming or rain).

At 15th level, whenever a creature attacks you and does not have advantage, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the creature's attack roll against you. You can use this feature before or after the attack roll is made, but it must be used before the outcome of the roll is determined.

At 18th level, you gain preternatural senses that help you fight creatures you can't see. When you attack a creature you can't see, your inability to see it doesn't impose disadvantage on your attack rolls against it.

You are also aware of the location of any invisible creature within 30 feet of you, provided that the creature isn't hidden from you and you aren't blinded or deafened.

Those who emulate the archetypal Tactician employ a studied knowledge of combat and battlefield leadership. To a Tactician, combat is an academic field, sometimes including subjects beyond battle such as weaponsmithing and calligraphy. Not every fighter absorbs the lessons of history, theory, and artistry that are reflected in the Tactician archetype, but those who do are well-rounded fighters of great skill and knowledge.

Starting at 7th level, if you spend at least 1 minute observing or interacting with another creature outside combat, you can learn certain information about its capabilities compared to your own. The DM tells you if the creature is your equal, superior, or inferior in regard to two of the following characteristics of your choice:

At 10th level, your inspiring presence on the battlefield helps your companions push past their maladies and return to the fray. When you use the superiorty option of a maneuver, you can choose one friendly creature that can see or hear you. That creature can immediately end one condition affecting it. If you use this feature, you cannot have a creature benefit from your Battlefield Superiority feature.

At 15th level, your ability to push the limits of your maneuvers has exceeded that of most other fighters. You can use the superiority option for maneuvers an additional two times, regaining all expended uses after taking a short or long rest.

Starting at 18th level, when you use the superiority option of a maneuver, you can choose one friendly creature that can see or hear you. That creature can use its reaction to use the original maneuver you used. Your maneuver DC is used for any saving throws. If you use this feature, you cannot have a creature benefit from your Battlefield Superiority feature.

Those who model themselves after the archetypal Templar have dedicated themselves to a singular divine directive. To root out profane magic and uphold the virtues of their deity. Templars receive the divine accent of their power from their devotion to a particular deity who is opposed to arcane magic.

Starting at 7th level, you've become adept at predicting the nature of magic and delaying its effect. If a creature you can see or hear within 60 feet casts a spell, you can use your reaction to attempt to stall its effect and potentially end it. If that spell is 3rd level or lower and has a casting time of 1 action or less, that creature must make a contested Charisma check to resist your delaying effect. If you succeed, the creature is forced to concentrate on the spell until it's next turn, and the creature must cast the spell immediately at the start of it's turn (no action required). If it can't, the spell is wasted.

You can use this feature twice. You regain all expended uses after completing a long rest.

Beginning at 10th level, your experience dealing with magic and its effects has given you a sheen of reflex against it. After taking damage from a spell or magical source, you can use your reaction to gain resistance to that damage type until the end of your next turn. If a single spell or effect deals damage of more than one type, you gain resistances to all types dealt.

At 15th level, your diety has rewarded you for your furious pursuit of your goal. You and any number of creatures within 30 feet that can see or hear you gain temporary hit points equal to your Fighter level when you use Action Surge.

Starting at 18th level, your mastery over fighting spellcasters has allowed you to develop a technique for interrupting their ongoing magical boons. Any maneuver you use that affects a creature forces that creature to make a Constitution saving throw to maintain their concentration. The DC for this is equal to your maneuver save DC. If the maneuver also deals damage to the creature, it must make a separate concentration check for that damage as normal.