Dark Knight

Beginning at the 1st level, you are able to draw on the darkness in your heart and use it as power. You have a number of Well of Darkness points shown for your Dark Knight level in the Well of Darkness Points column of your Dark Knight table. You regain all of your expended uses of your Well of Darkness when you finish a long rest.

Certain features make use of your Well of Darkness and require your target to make a saving throw, the saving throw is calculated as follows.

When using spells which require you to make a ranged spell attack, your spell attack modifier is calculated as follows.

Also beginning at 1st level, as a bonus action you may spend one Well of Darkness point to fill your body with dark power for a number of rounds equal to your Charisma Modifier. When you make a melee weapon attack while under the effect of Darkside, you deal additional necrotic damage as indicated on the Class Table.

Beginning at the 2nd level, you adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty, Choose one of the following options. You can't take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

Also beginning at the 2nd level, as a bonus action you may expend one of your hit die and roll it. You recover Well of Darkness points equal to the result. You cannot exceed your maximum number of Well of Darkness points.

At 3rd level, you choose which path of the dark knight to follow. The Blackblood focuses on martial ability, relying on powerful swordplay over magical arts. The Abyss Knight lets the dark powers within themselves flow freely, letting them become more powerful the more dire their situation is, and the Dark Magus uses that inner darkness to cast powerful magical spells alongside their stellar sword skill.

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.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

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

At the 6th level, you gain a feature granted by your Archetype.

Beginning at the 7th level, as a bonus action you may expend one Hit Die to create a barrier which protects you or a creature within 30ft. of you. Roll the expended hit die, the target gains temporary hit points equal to the die result + your Charisma modifier.

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.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Beginning at the 9th level you are able to spend 2 Well of Darkness points to cast the cause fear or compelled duel spells.

Beginning at the 10th level, on your turn you may use a bonus action to curse a creature. The curse lasts for 1 minute. The curse ends when the creature dies, you die or are incapacitated. Until the curse ends, you gain the following benefits:

You must then finish a long rest to use Curse of the Abyss again.

At the 11th level, you gain a feature granted by your Archetype.

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.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Beginning at 13th level, you may spend 6 Well of Darkness points to cast Rary's telepathic bond.

Beginning at the 14th level, you strike with a swirl of dark energy. As an action, you may spend 2 Well of Darkness points to make a melee weapon attack to all creatures within 10ft. of you. You may expend one hit die and roll it to deal additional necrotic damage equal to the result to all creatures attacked.

Beginning at the 15th level, you gain proficiency in Wisdom saving throws.

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.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

At the 17th level, you gain a feature granted by your Archetype.

Beginning at the 18th level, your body becomes fueled by your inner darkness. 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.

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.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Beginning at the 20th level when you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, instead of becoming unconscious, you may expend one hit die and recover hit points equal to the result + your Constitution modifier.