Ninja

Due to your training as a ninja, you have learned to wield most weapons with the agility others wield daggers. When making an unarmed attack, or when wielding a melee weapon you are proficient with in one hand and it lacks the heavy and two handed properties, you may substitute your DEX modifier for your STR modifier when attacking.

Additionally, you draw and sheathe weapons as a free action.

Your style of fighting relates to a powerful beast of the world, with you mimicking it to supplement your own prowess. Choose one of the following options. You can't take a Fighting Stance option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

At first level, you have been trained to anticipate your enemy's moves. Beginning at 1st level, while you are wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Intelligence modifier when you can see your enemy. At level 10, you no longer need to see your enemy to receive this bonus.

Starting at 2nd level, your training allows you to harness the mystic energy of chakra to cast spells. Your access to this energy is represented by a number of chakra points. Your ninja level determines the number of points you have, as shown in the chakra column of the Ninja table, in addition to your INT modifier. You can spend these points to cast spells and fuel various features. You regain one chakra point when you do one of the following with a weapon attack: 1) deal a killing stroke (reduce any creature to zero hit points) or 2) score a critical hit. After a long rest, you regain all expended chakra. After a short rest, you may use hit dice to regain expended chakra as you would hit points. In either case, you must spend at least 30 minutes of the rest meditating to regain your chakra points. You cannot cast spells or use chakra features if you are wearing armor that is not light or wielding a shield. Some of your chakra features require your target to make a saving throw to resist the feature's effects, or for you to make a spell attack. The saving throw DC and spell attack modifier is calculated as follows:

You immediately learn two 1st-level spells of your choice from the ninja spell list below, and as you level up in the ninja class, you learn more spells of higher levels as shown in the Spells Known column of the Ninja table. To cast a spell, you expend a number of chakra equal to the spell's level, and can cast spells at a higher level up to your Maximum Spell Level as shown on the Ninja Table. When you level up in the Ninja class, you can replace a spell you know with a different one from the ninja spell list. When you cast a spell, you do not need to provide any material components, regardless of cost. Furthermore, none of your spells require verbal components, regardless of the spell description.

Beginning at level 2, you are able to fully and completely conceal half your level rounded down + your INT modifier of unique tiny tools and weapons on your person. If you are stripped completely nude, you can only conceal half as many (minimum of 1). You can buy Concealed Tool components to build your Concealed Tools at any general store. The number of components needed are listed after each Concealed Tool below. Each component costs five copper and weighs 1/100th of a pound. Every Concealed Tool can only be used once after being crafted. Unless indicated otherwise, each Concealed Tool costs an action to use. Starting at level 5, you may use any combination of Concealed Tools that require an Attack action and/or weapon attacks when you perform an Extra Attack. During a short rest, you may craft a number of Concealed Tools equal to your proficiency bonus. During a long rest, you may entirely replenish your stock of Concealed Tools. Regardless of whether you craft during a short or long rest, you need to spend at least 30 minutes crafting, during which time you enter a meditative state and are mostly unaware of your surroundings.

At 3rd level, you commit yourself to following a specific way of the ninja, emulating the Shadows of the original ninjas. Choose from the Shadow of Death, the Shadow of Magic, the Shadow of Seduction, and the Shadow of the Flock, all at the bottom of this page. Your choice grants you features at 3rd, 6th, 11th, and 18th levels.

When you reach 4th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Starting at 4th level, you have trained to draw and throw your shuriken at lightning speed. As a bonus action, you can spend one chakra to throw one shuriken at a creature within range.

Upon reaching 10th level, the number of shuriken increases to 2.

Upon reaching 16th level, the number of shuriken increases to 3.

Starting at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. This includes concealed tools that use an Attack action.

Converter's Note. The class doesn't explicitly say that you gain any additional Fighting Stances, but it is implied from the class table. Use at your discretion.

At 6th level, you gain a feature from your Shadow.

When you reach 6th level, due to your intense training and unnatural control over your body, you can run along walls as if they were the floor, for up to half your movement, with no movement penalty and without having to have free hands nor to find holds in the wall to climb with.

Alternately, if you have an innate climbing speed (e.g. granted by a racial trait, but not an item), you may instead increase both your movement and climbing speed by 10 feet.

By 7th level, your instinctive agility lets you dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a blue dragon's lightning breath or a fireball spell. 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.

When you reach 8th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Beginning at 9th level, as an action, you attempt to melt into the shadow of a creature up to your size or larger that has 1 or more hit points for up to 8 hours. If you attempt this on a creature that is aware of you, it may make a CHA saving throw (DC = 8 + your Proficiency bonus) at advantage, denying you access to their shadow on a success. If the creature is unaware of you, you automatically succeed. While in a shadow, you inhabit the Border Ethereal of the Ethereal Plane. You can see and hear what the host of your shadow sees and hears. If their shadow moves, you move with it, but you cannot move of your own volition. As a bonus action, you can exit the shadow, appearing within 5 feet of the host. If their shadow disappears (for example, in total darkness), you can no longer hear and see what your host does. If the host drops to 0 hit points at any time, you are immediately ejected from their shadow, regardless of whether they actually have one or not at the time. You may use this ability an amount of times equal to your Proficiency bonus per long rest.

Beginning at 10th level, you can draw on your chakra to infuse your spirit with power. As a bonus action, you can expend 2 chakra to add your proficiency bonus to all checks and rolls you make for the next 30 seconds. You must finish a short or long rest before using this feature again.

When you reach 10th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

At level 10, you no longer need to see your enemy to benefit from your Unarmored Defense.

At 11th level, you gain a feature from your Shadow.

When you reach 12th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Converter's Note. The class doesn't explicitly say that you gain any additional Fighting Stances, but it is implied from the class table. Use at your discretion.

At 14th level, you are almost undetectable when you are hiding. When you fail a Stealth check, you can expend 1 chakra to re-roll the check. You must take the new result. Additionally, you can no longer be detected by divination magic.

Starting at 15th level, the night seems to let you ride on it. When traveling for an hour or more during the night, your group's movement speed is doubled.

When you reach 16th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Converter's Note. The class doesn't explicitly say that you gain any additional Fighting Stances, but it is implied from the class table. Use at your discretion.

At 18th level, you gain a feature from your Shadow.

When you reach 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

By 20th level, you have mastered the arts of the ninja. All of your Ninja features and Jutsu that expend chakra now consume 1 less chakra, to a minimum of 1 chakra spent.