lords of swords players handbook

credit

in this book you'll find amazing art and i want to say that i own NONE of the amazing art. go check and support them please! the art of the front cover is done by one awesome artist, kentaro kanamoto

Templar

The wind starts to howl as a cloaked woman marches up the frosty peak of the Mountain lifting one foot then the next foot. The cloaked woman stops dead as she now looks up at the giant ice dragon. The dragon speaks. you are a fool to come alone girl. The woman responds. It only takes one of us to kill you. The mighty ice dragon growles with anger. Any last words templar says the dragon. The woman's devoided voice under her cloak. Yes.....say hello to your ancestors for me. The mighty ice dragon has had enough as the cracking of ice is heard in he's throat. You will DIE!!! as he spreads he's enormous wings. The cloaked woman starts chanting. By the light of Alathia bring me strength to smite thy monster with one blow so i can do thy bidding. the cloaked woman rips her cloak off revealing her golden plate armor. She grabs a sword hilt from her side and ignites it. dashes forth and cuts through the dragons breath and makes one swift cut. the dragons head was sent to the floor and the dragon was no more. she then sheathed her blade and disapeared into the blizzard never heard of again.so the tale goes by the bard named elijah lupin blightwood who saw this fight.

stolen childhood

normally when war breaks out children lose everything and become war orphans. then they are forced to join the church. if the priests see potential in them they contact the templars. the church will then give the child to a templar who then takes them to the temple of Alathia. the temple of alathia is a secret temple only churches know about but not even they know it's location.

trained to slay

Once they have officially joined they are given mentors. but there is a special noble house named lionheart. lionhearts are a rare sort of templar know for there giant shields. mentors are normally old templars that have mastered they form. then they are raised to bare no emotions. they train the children till they collapse. till the age of 15 where they are initiated and are given an oath and weapon

a gifted blade

the blade of alathia. it's like a sunblade but this weapon is way stronger. it can cut through the thickest steel,the coldest of stone and even magic itself! but be WARNED not anyone can pick up a blade of alathia and live to tell the tale they also sometimes take up jobs to slay wanted magesmost templars do it for coin some do it for the hunt.

annihilate the wicked

now that the initiate's have been granted a weapon and a oath they must step into the open world and purge it of darkness and wickedness regardless of whom or what stands in their way. they are also tought to abstain from greed,lust,envy and gluttony

quick build

you can make a templar quickly by following these suggestions first either dex or stength should be your highest followed by wisdom.

art work by jarold sng

he's site here

The Templar

Level	Proficiency Bonus	Features	Blitz	Cantrips Know	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
1st	+2	Oath Binded	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	+2	Bonus Feat, Spellcasting, Fighting Style	—	4	—	—	—	—
3rd	+2	Form Style, Weapon Of Light, Blitz	1	4	3	—	—	—	—
4th	+2	Ability Sore Improvement, Bonus Feat	1	5	3	—	—	—	—
5th	+3	Extra Attack, Form improvement, Bonus Feat, Blink Smite	2	5	4	2	—	—	—
6th	+3	Ability Sore Improvement, Horn Of Alathia	2	5	4	2	—	—	—
7th	+3	Form Improvement , Absorb Magic	2	5	4	3	—	—	—
8th	+3	Ability Sore Improvement	3	5	4	3	—	—	—
9th	+4	Bonus Feat, improved weapon of light	3	5	4	3	2	—	—
10th	+4	Improved Messenger, Form improvement	4	6	4	3	2	—	—
11th	+4	Extra Attack, Enhanced Absorb Magic	4	6	4	3	3	—	—
12th	+4	Ability Sore Improvement	4	6	4	3	3	—	—
13th	+5	Bonus Feat, Form improvement	4	6	4	3	3	1	—
14th	+5	Ability Sore Improvement	4	6	4	3	3	1	—
15th	+5	Greater Absorb Magic	5	6	4	3	3	2	—
16th	+5	Ability Sore Improvement	5	6	4	3	3	2	—
17th	+6	Bonus Feat, Form improvement	5	6	4	3	3	3	1
18th	+6	improved weapon of light	6	6	4	3	3	3	1
19th	+6	Ability Sore Improvement	6	6	4	3	3	3	2
20th	+6	extra attack, Form improvement	7	6	4	3	3	3	2

Class Features

As a Templar, you gain the following class features

Hit Points

Hit Dice: 1d10 per templar level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10(or 6) + your Constitution modifier per templar level after 1st

Proficiencies

Armor: all armor, shields
Weapons: simple, and martial weapon
Tools: none

Saving Throws: strength or dexterity ,wisdom
Skills: Choose two from skills

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

(a) a longsword and shield or (b) two simple weapons
(a) ring mail or (b) hide armor
(a) an explorer's pack or (b) a priest's pack

art work by Jason Nguyen

he's site here

Oath binded

becoming a Templar involves taking a pledge and to commit yourself to alathia. alathia is a lesser goddess of order and the sun, she created the templars to bring light, justice and order. but you can choose another god or goddess and is not dishonorable or shameful. you learn find familiar spell as a ritual and you can choose physcat

Bonus Feat

beginning at 2rd level you gain more experience in the vast deadly world. you get a bonus feat, but you can't take magical feats or feats that makes you have more weapons, armor or duel wielding. you can pick more at 4th, 9th, 13th and 17th level.

spellcasting

at 2nd level your magic starts to kick in and flow threw you. see chapter 10 and 11 of the phb to fully understand magic.

Preparing and Casting Spells

The Templar table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your Templar spells. To cast one of your Templar spells of 1st level or higher, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.

You prepare the list of Templar spells that are available for you to cast, choosing from the Templar spell list. When you do so, choose a number of Templar spells equal to your wisdom modifier + half your Templar level, rounded down (minimum of one spell). The spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

For example, if you are a 5th-level Templar, you have four 1st-level and two 2nd-level spell slots. With a wisdom of 14, your list of prepared spells can include four spells of 1st or 2nd level, in any combination. If you prepare the 1st-level spell detect magic, you can cast it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell doesn’t remove it from your list of prepared spells.

You can change your list of prepared spells when you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list of Templar spells requires time spent in meditation: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list.

Spellcasting Ability

wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your Templar spells, since their power derives from the strength of your mind. You use your wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your wisdom modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a Templar spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your wisdom modifier

Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your wisdom modifier

Spellcasting Focus

You can use a weapon as a spellcasting focus for your Templar spells.

art work by mike azevedo

he's site here

fighting style

At 2nd level, you adopt a 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.

Defense

While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.

Great Weapon Fighting

When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll.

Power Attack

When you make a melee attack, before you make the attack roll, you can choose not to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll. If the attack hits, you add your proficiency bonus to the attack's damage. You cannot do this if you are using the finesse property of the weapon.

Dirty Fighter

If you take the Attack action on your turn to make one or more melee weapon attacks—excluding unarmed strikes—but hit with none of them, you can use your bonus action to make an unarmed strike.

Weapon Of Light

at 3rd level you now can call forth a divine (or infernal) light weapon. you may choose one weapon shape: longsword, greatsword, shortsword, katana, bastard sword, khopesh, handaxe, warhammer, morningstar and greataxe. this weapon damage is 1d8 radiant damage. it later upgrades at 9th level dealing 2d8 radiant damage, 18th level it now deals 3d8 radiant damage.

Weapon of Light drawbacks

Read the warnings carefully!

if you wield two blade's of light you will contract blight wraith level 1
if someone that is not a templar activates the blade of light that creature will contract blight wraith level 3

blight wraith

Blight Wraith is a angelic curse that was made by alathia to make sure know one can wield it other than the templars and to make sure the templars stand in line. it slowly consume your body then soul till there's nothing left of the creature, the only way to get rid of it is to either one find a high level cleric, two is to pray at a temple for 4 hours. every day the curse grows stronger

1st stage : every minute you take 5 poison damage

2rd stage : every minute you take 15 poison damage

3rd stage : can't cast spells either than cantrips and every one minute you take 20 damage. this damage cannot be halved in any way.

4th stage :healing spells have no effect on you only potions

5th stage :your speed becomes 0 and you can see death's creatures

wither oath : death

both arts belong to mansik yang

he's site here

Blitz

starting at 3rd level your mastery with your blade of light increases and now you can perform special skills called Blitz, number of blitz you have is equal to your blitz table.

slashing blitz. you expend one blitz to make an precise cut threw your enemy you deal extra 1d8 slashing damage and roll for a 1d6 for the chart table listed below:

d6	effects
1	takes no effect
2	extra 1d4 slashing damage
3	the creature is stunned for 1 turn
4	takes no effect
5	the creature takes 1d4 bleeding damage every turn until heal
6	takes an extra 2d6 slashing damage

leap strike. you expend one blitz to roll DC dexterity saving throw (DC for your leap depends on there height if small has no DC, medium 13, large 18) to leap over the enemy and be granted attack of opportunity or you can automatically grapple the enemy, enemy must make a DC 10 + templar strength to escape grapple at the end of there turn.

one strike many foes. you can expend one blitz to make a melee attack against any number of creatures within 5ft of you, with a separate attack roll for each target

rushing blitz. you can expend one blitz If you move at least 10 feet straight toward a creature and then hit the creature with a weapon attack on the same turn, that target must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. If the target is prone, you can make one weapon attack against it as a bonus action.

blasting blitz. when you attack a creature with a weapon attack you can expend one blitz to deal an extra 1d8 thunder damage and you can expend more than just one for example (you spend 4 blitz and use blasting blitz your damage will be 4d8 thunder damage)

disarming strike. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one blitz to attempt to disarm the target, forcing it to drop one item of your choice that it's holding. the target must make a DC 14 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, it drops the object you choose. The object lands at its feet.

karmic strike. When a creature misses you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction and expend one blitz to make a melee weapon attack against the creature. If you hit, you add your wisdom to the attack's damage roll.

penetrating blitz. requires counter striker. when you attack a creature you can expend two blitz to pierce a vain dealing 6 bleeding damage every round until healed

roaring rage. requires 4th level slayer, withered: you can throw aside all concern for defense to attack with fierce desperation. When you make your first attack on your turn, you can decide to attack recklessly. Doing so gives you advantage on melee weapon attack rolls plus your wisdom on damage rolls using dexterity during this turn, but attack rolls against you have advantage until your next turn.

withered touched. requires 10th level withered: you expend one of your blitz to wither it's soul away. choose one target to be choosen that creature needs to roll a constitution save DC 17 if failed he gets blight wraith and one point of exhaustion. you can only do this ones every long rest

perfect strike. requires 7th level slayer: when you attack a creature you can expend one blitz to deal an extra 2d8 slashing and creature must make a constitution DC 14 saving throw or be stunned for a minute. creature can roll again at the end of it's turn

ground smiter. requires 7th level defense, slayer: if your touching the ground you preform a ground breaking strike. you can expend two blitz to have 30ft around you to become difficult terrain.

cyclone throw. requires 4th level defense: you can expend one blitz to throw your tower shield at your enemy. to throw your shield roll a range attack, your plus is strength + proficiency and damage is strength, if a creature is small or medium they automatically fall prone but if large must make DC 14 strength saving throw if fail becomes prone

exploit weakness. requires 8th level slayer: after 5 turns in combat you can expend one blitz to know your enemy's weakness. you can now know the creatures : health points, armor class and what it immune to, plus you do extra 1d6 + templar wisdom, damage to that creature

crippling strike. requires 15th level: when you attack a target and hit you can expend one blitz to make him roll DC 16 constitution saving throw or be paralyzed in a body part of choice

art by david benzal

he's site here

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 6th, 8th, 12th, 14th, 16th, and 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.

Extra Attack

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

The number of attacks increases to three when you reach 11th level in this class and to four when you reach 20th level in this class.

Blink Smite

at 5th level, you can jump into and out of existence for a brief moment. Anytime you cast a smite spell you can teleport up to 10 feet before you cast it.

Horn Of Alathia

at 6th level you have been blessed with a sacred war horn. as a action when you blow into the horn you cast find greater steed but you can only choose one mount:

griffon
pegasus
displacer beast
dire wolf
owlbear
caishen wolf
skulk (withered only)

creature stats change

mount health is now equal to four times your templar level + 10 + constitution

your mount moves on after your turn or before you turn

your add your profiency to your creatures attack, damage and saves

you choose what your mount does on it's turn either attack, disengage, dash or help

Absorb Magic

starting at 7th level, you can absorb magical energy off of a spell cast at you. if you are forced to make a saving throw to avoid the effect of a spell that was cast using a spell slot of 1st level or higher, and you succeed on the save, you regain one use of your blitz. later when you become 15th level you can choose instead of regaining blitz, you can regain one spell slot

Form Style

you now have an oath, messenger and now a form style. form style is how you fight, do you protect your allies with a mighty shield in hand? are you calm and collective and wait for your foe to strike? or will you be the templar that reeks malice and chaos on your enemies? it's your choice but remember there is no right or wrong just order. starting at 3rd level you now are a novice templar choose a form style: defense, counter strike, slayer or withered one.

art work by Seunghee Lee

click here to visit site

Form I: Defense

this class is for people who don't like getting hurt. in this form you will learn to perfectly defend you and your allies from damage and magic.

Tower Shield

at 3rd level you can now wield a tower shield! you gain proficiency with tower shields.

tower shield

Armor Class (AC)+3

strength required is 18

disadvantage on stealth

While you are holding a tower shield: You have disadvantage on attack rolls. unless wielded with a spear

You can use a bonus action to give a creature within 5 feet of you three quarters cover.

This massive shield is used frequently in organized combat for its effectiveness at protecting other templars, mages and aiding in the formation of lines.

Shielder Fighting Style

starting at 5th level you learn the shielder fighting style

shielder. when you are wielding a tower shield you can stick the shield in the ground, you and an ally can use it as full cover but it takes an action to pull it out the ground

shield punisher

you now can attack with your shield that does 1d6 bludgeoning damage as a bonus action. as an action instead of doing damage you can knock one creature prone

Mirror

beginning at 7th level your shield now has hit points equal to your templar level + double your wisdom. when a creature does damage to you as a reaction you can choose the shield to take that damage unless the damage is more than the shields HP then you take all damage and can't use mirror blast. but your shield has a damage storage, it can hold 100 damage and every 1 hour it decreases by 10 damage

mirror blast. when it's your turn you can blast them with there own damage! this blast's damage equals creature's damage + wisdom

Magic Hold

at 10th level your absorb magic gets improved now when you use absorb magic you can instead of putting into blitz or spell slots you can put it in 5 mirror blast damage

Devour

starting at 13th level your shield now growls with hunger. when a creature is at low Hp of 1-10 and you are 10ft close, you can use an action to make your shield eat them, you choose to either put there life essence into one of this:

hp : creatures hit die + wisdom
spell slots : 1 spell slots
blitz : 1 blitz

Anti-Magic Shield

at 17th level your shield is now amplefied

Improved Mirror

you've reach 20th level congrats your blast damage now does: creatures damage doubled + wisdom + strength

art by david gaillet

he's site here

Form II: Counter-strike

this class is for people that wait patiently for the perfect opening and then strike!

Counter Striker

Starting at 3rd level, when a creature attacks with a weapon attack you can use a reaction to counter strike that with a parry.

Parry

your parry equals. wisdom + proficiency to hit, if hit damage equal to 1d6 + Dexterity, radiant damage or you can use one blitz

your quick thinking and agility allow you to move and act quickly. You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.

Uncanny Dodge

Starting 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. and Through intense training, you have learnt to unthinkingly react to many things at once even in the midst of combat You may take a number of reactions equal to your dexterity modifier (min 1) per round.

no point in delay

at 7th level, you confidence propels you into battle. you can give yourself a bonus to your initiative rolls equal to your wisdom.

Reliable Talent

By 10th level, you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.

all ways steady

Beginning at 13th 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.

Precise Striker

beginning at 17th level when you make a parry attack you can also expend one blitz to stab a creature dealing 1d6 bleeding damage every turn until healed.

Stroke Of Luck

At 20th level, you have an uncanny knack for succeeding when you need to. If your attack misses a target within range, you can turn the miss into a hit. Alternatively, if you fail an ability check, you can treat the d20 roll as a 20.

Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Form III: Slayer

this class is not for the faint hearted this class strives to make your character the perfect Warrior.

art by dan dos santos

can't find site

Dispassionate Storm

at 3rd level, In battle, you fight with emotionless anger. On your turn, you can enter a dispassionate storm as a bonus action.

While in dispassionate storm, you gain the following benefits:

You can pick three and you have resistance too until the end of dispassionate storm: slashing, psychic, lightning, acid or fire damage.

Your dispassionate storm lasts for 1 hour. It ends early if you are knocked unconscious. You can also end your dispassionate storm on your turn as a bonus action.

Nemesis

At 5th level, you have significant experience studying, tracking, hunting, and even talking to a certain type of enemy.

Choose any 6 additional type of nemesis: aberrations, beasts, celestials, constructs, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, giants, monstrosities, oozes, plants, or undead. Alternatively, you can select two races of humanoid (such as elves and firbolgs) as nemesis.

You have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track your favored nemesis, as well as on Intelligence checks to recall information about them. you also can detect them 30 feet around you, unless knocked unconscious

When you gain this feature, you also learn one language of your choice that is spoken by your favored enemies, if they speak one at all. also your speed increases by 10 feet

Watchful Eye and Relentless Hunter

at 7th level nothing escapes you gaze, you can use this spell only equal to wisdom for every long rest.

your relentless slayer spirit can keep you fighting despite grievous wounds. If you drop to 0 hit points while you’re in dispassionate storm and don’t die outright, you can make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. If you succeed, you drop to 5 hit point instead.

Each time you use this feature after the first, the DC increases by 5. When you finish a short or long rest, the DC resets to 15.

divine eye

Divination

Casting Time: bonus action

Range: Self

Components: V, S

Duration: Instantaneous

You can see a particular creature you choose that is on the same plane of existence as you. you will automatically no where they are and what they are doing but the creature will no someone is spying on them. for it does make the creature hear church bells.

Master Slayer

Starting at 10th level, you can use the Hide action as a bonus action on your turn. Also, you can’t be tracked by nonmagical or magical means, unless you choose to leave a trail. you also gain 3 more blitz and 2 bonus feats!

Blitz Dancer

starting at 13th level you can use 2 blitz with one action but next turn your speed becomes 0.

Indomitable Slayer

Beginning at 17th level, if your total for a dexterity check is less than your dexterity score, you can use that score in place of the total.

Power Smite

at 20th level you have become the ultimate hunter, you can as an action cast three smites at the same time. but it requires 4 spell slots.

villianous option: withered one

still in the making

Templar Spell List

Cantrips (0 Level)

blade ward
booming blade
friends
green-flame blade
light
magic stone
mending
message
sword burst

1st Level

detect evil and good
detect magic
ensnaring strike
searing smite
thunderous smite
thunderwave
wrathful smite
zephyr strike

2nd Level

branding smite
calm emotions
detect thoughts
enlarge/reduce
find steed
find traps
flame blade
heat metal
hold person
misty step
scorching ray
shadow blade
zone of truth

3rd Level

blinding smite
blink
call lightning
counterspell
crusader's mantle
dispel magic
fear
galder's tower
lightning bolt
sending
thunder step

4th Level

blight
dimension door
staggering smite
stone shape
stoneskin

5th Level

antilife shell
banishing smite
dawn
destructive wave
dispel evil and good
dominate person
far step
flame strike
hold monster
chain lightning

HellGarde

a man opens the rusty tavern door wearing a leathery black pants and a torn white shirt he walks up to the tavern keeper and says "nice tavern you got here." the tavern keeper replies. "I put my heart and soul into her." the man laughs quietly, he's face becomes dead and says. "i agree with the soul part but..... not the heart part". the tavern keeper's face fills with shock. y-y-you're a Hellgarde. everybody stops still and looks over at the messy man. he says with a dead voice. "this can go two ways, one i kill everybody in the tavern, two everybody goes back to hell and ends this demon shrine stuff, either way i get what i want." everybody in the room shift into chaotic demons. one of the orcs at the back shifts into a big demon and says. "oh yah hellgarde there one of you and hundreds of us." the man bursts with laughter. "guess your taking the first option ".

it was a dark night in the city of Hollow thorn standing at one of the lamppost was a wood elf woman wearing tight leggings and a baggy black shirt flipping a coin. as a noble man walks out of the church looks straight at the elf. the elf says with a smile on her face. "church ah never took a demon for the a holy saint" the noble spits at her with rage. "that matters?! your a hellgarde! assassin for a church! and you patronise me!" the elf replies. "true but there's a bit of a difference between you and me. you kill to feed your boneclaw. "I kill people that feed there bone claw". the noble says to himself. "kill her and make it quick" a boneclaw comes out of the ground and say. "it will be done my sire". the elf stands at the ready and replies. "ok let get this done so i can sleep tonight"

chosen by good and evil

what makes a hellgarde? there special individuals who are picked by the church. people who have lost everything. there homes, family, loved one. there broken people.

infernal angels

most demons are evil let's get that straight. but there are demons who aren't kinder bad. this demons are recognize by the churches and are named infernal angels. infernal angels can walk the material plane but only as ghost or specters. there jobs are to keep demons in the nine hells. but to do that they need a host.

to do holy, you have to do unholy

one's the church has found and pick someone they convince them to do a ritual. a unholy ritual that requires a high ranking priests permission of having a demonic rune attached to there heart. before they do this they must find out which demon to call for.

fight fire with fire

when the ritual is over that persons never alone anymore the infernal angels inhabits that persons body and are ready to receive orders by the church

not knight's in shinning armor

now unlike paladins or clerics you don't do this for the gods you do this because you must your demons duty is to slay demons not to carry a gods name

HellGarde

Level	Proficiency Bonus	transform	Features	demon evolution
1st	+2	-	infernal alignment,	5
2nd	+2	-	Ability Score Improvement	6
3rd	+2	1	infernal angel, transform, devoted sin	7
4th	+2	1	half-shift	8
5th	+3	2	Extra attack, Ability Score Improvement	9
6th	+3	2	demon bond	10
7th	+3	2	devoted sin feature	11
8th	+3	2	Ability Score Improvement	12
9th	+4	2		13
10th	+4	3	Ability Score Improvement	14
11th	+4	3	devoted sin feature	15
12th	+4	3	Ability Score Improvement	16
13th	+5	3		17
14th	+5	3	devoted sin feature	18
15th	+5	4		19
16th	+5	4	Ability Score Improvement	20
17th	+6	4	devoted sin feature	21
18th	+6	4	immortal corpse	22
19th	+6	4	Ability Score Improvement	23
20th	+6	5	divine demon	24