Messenger

You possess some knowledge of the many traditional customs, beliefs, and stories of the various communities that compose the Free Peoples. Whenever you make an Intelligence check related to one of these topics, you are considered proficient in the Old Lore skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus. Likely the result of your wanderings, this information may help you when dealing with strangers, allowing you to come up with some useful facts regarding their folk or a smattering of the appropriate language.

Beginning at 1st level, your speed increases by 5 feet while you are not wearing heavy armour. In addition, whenever you must make a fatigue saving throw during a journey (see Chapter 5), you gain a bonus to the saving throw equal to your Messenger level.

The speed bonus increases to 10 feet when you reach 6th level in this calling. At 10th level, the speed bonus increases to 15 feet, and whenever you finish a short rest, your exhaustion level (if any) is decreased by 1.

Where such laws hold, it is custom for ambassadors not to be assailed. While you are wearing no armour and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Charisma modifier.

At 2nd level, and again at 4th, 6th, 8th, and 10th level, you can take a common or cultural virtue of your choice. You can take each virtue only once. As normal, you cannot increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

At 2nd, 6th, and 10th level, instead of taking a virtue you can gain a craft slot and a craft of your choice from the Scholar's Crafts list (see Crafts).

Starting at 2nd level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe's distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon.

You don't need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn't incapacitated, and you don't have disadvantage on the attack roll.

The amount of the extra damage increases as you gain levels in this calling, as shown in the Sneak Attack column of the Messenger table.

By 3rd level, the many errands you've borne during your travels have made you proficient in a little bit of everything. You can add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that doesn't already include your proficiency bonus.

At 3rd level, you choose a path that shapes your calling as a Messenger. Choose the path of the Counsellor or the path of the Herald, both detailed at the end of the calling description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 7th level.

At 4th level, you can take a common or cultural virtue of your choice (see Chapter 4).

Beginning at 5th level, when an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack's damage against you.

At 6th level, you can take a common or cultural virtue of your choice (see Chapter 4). You can take each virtue only once. As normal, you cannot increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

At 6th level, instead of taking a virtue you can gain a craft slot and a craft of your choice from the Scholar's Crafts list (see Crafts).

The speed bonus increases to 10 feet when you reach 6th level in this calling.

At 7th level, you gain a feature granted by your Messenger Path feature.

At 8th level, you can take a common or cultural virtue of your choice (see Chapter 4).

At 10th level, the speed bonus increases to 15 feet, and whenever you finish a short rest, your exhaustion level (if any) is decreased by 1.

At 10th level, you can take a common or cultural virtue of your choice (see Chapter 4). You can take each virtue only once. As normal, you cannot increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

At 10th level, instead of taking a virtue you can gain a craft slot and a craft of your choice from the Scholar's Crafts list (see Crafts).