Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d8 per Inquisitor Level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per Inquisitor level after 1st.

Proficiencies

• Armor: light armor, medium armor, shields
• Weapons: simple weapons, ranged martial weapons, rapiers, shortswords, whips
• Tools: one artisan's tool of your choice

• Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma
• Skills: Choose two from History, Insight, Intimidation, Perception, Religion, Stealth, and Survival

Equipment

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

• (a) a whip or (b) any simple weapon
• (a) leather armor or (b) scale mail
• (a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) four daggers
• (a) a priest's pack or (b) an explorer's pack
• a holy symbol

Judgment

Starting at 1st level, you can pronounce judgment upon your foes as a bonus action. Starting when the judgment is made, you receive a bonus or special ability based on the type of judgment made.

At 1st level, you can use this ability once per day. You gain additional uses of this ability at 6th level (2 uses), 11th level (3 uses), and 18th level (4 uses).

You regain all expended uses of this ability after you finish a long rest.

Once activated, this ability lasts for 1 minute. If you fall unconscious, all your active judgments end.

When you use this ability, you must select one type of judgment to make. As a bonus action, you can change this judgment to another type. Once you reach higher levels in this class you can activate multiple judgments with just one use of this ability. At 11th level you can have two active judgments, and at 17th level three. When having multiple judgments active switching to a new judgment always replaces the oldest active one.

• Piercing: You bathe your weapon in the light of a divine blessing. Your weapon counts as magical for the purpose of overcoming damage resistances, or immunities. At 11th level you can have your weapon deal force damage on a hit, instead of its normal weapon damage. At 17th level your weapon attacks also cause critical hits on a natural 19 and 20.

• Healing: You surround yourself with a radiant healing light. The light heals you for 1 HP at the start of your turn, as long as the judgment lasts, and you have at least 1 HP. This healing increases at 11th level (1d4 HP), and 17th level (2d4 HP)

• Justice: You spur yourself to issue swift justice to your foes. Your weapon attack rolls gain a +1 bonus. This bonus increases at 11th level (+2), and 17th level (+3). If your weapon already gains a magical attack bonus, only apply the higher bonus to your attack roll, and not both.

• Protection: Your faith is your shield. You gain a +1 bonus to your AC for the duration of this judgment. This bonus increases at 11th level (+2 AC), and 17th level (+3 AC). If you are wearing armor that already grants you a magical bonus to your AC, you only apply the highest bonus to your AC, and not both.

• Purity: Your faith protects you against outside influences. You gain advantage on saving throws. At 11th level you also can add half your proficiency modifier to the result, unless it already uses your proficiecy modifier. At 17th level you can add your full proficiency modifier to the result, unless it already uses your proficiency modifier.

• Resistance: You gain resistance against one of the following damage types: non-magical piercing, non-magical bludgeoning, non-magical slashing, fire, cold, acid, thunder, or lightning. At 11th level you can choose two damage types, and at 17th level three.

• Smiting: You channel the divine wrath of your faith. Your weapon damage rolls gain a +1 bonus. This damage is radiant damage, and increases at 11th level (+2), and 17th level (+3). If your weapon already gains a magical damage bonus, only apply the higher bonus to your damage roll, and not both.

Inquisitorial Intuition

Starting at 1st level, you can add half your Inquisitor level (rounded down, minimum of 1) to any Arcana, History, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation Nature, Religion, or Survival check. You can do so after the roll is made, but before the DM declares if the check was successful or not.

You can use this ability a number of times equal to 1 + your Wisdom modifier, regaining all expended uses after a long rest.

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.

Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can switch out your fighting style against another one from this list. This change represents a shift of focus in your martial training and practice, causing you to lose the benefits of one style and gain the benefits of another style.

Preparing and Casting Spells

The Inquisitor table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your spells. To cast one of your Inquisitor 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 Inquisitor spells that are available for you to cast, choosing from the Inquisitor spell list. When you do so, choose a number of Inquisitor spells equal to your Wisdom modifier + half your Inquisitor level, rounded down (minimum of one spell). The spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. You can change your list of prepared spells when you finish a long rest.

Spellcasting Ability

Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your Inquisitor spells. 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 Inquisitor spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Divine Cause Spells

Starting at 3rd level, you gain Divine Cause spells at the Inquisitor levels listed. These spells do not count against your number of prepared spells per day.

Skills of the Trade

At 3rd level, you gain two proficiencies chosen from the following: Investigation, Perception, Disguise Kit, or Thieves' Tools

Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.

Additionally, when making Investigation checks, you can add your Wisdom modifier to the roll, instead of your Intelligence modifier.

Discern Lies

Starting at 7th level, you can cast discern lies a number of times per day equal to your Wisdom modifier. When you cast the spell in this manner you ignore the spell's components. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Steeled Mind

Starting at 10th level, you gain immunity to the charmed condition, and magic can't put you to sleep.

Additionally, if an effect or spell would lower your Wisdom or Intelligence modifier, you can decide to end one active judgement on yourself as a reaction, to add an additional 1d4 to the result.

Bleed for Information

Starting at 15th level, when you score a critical hit, you can use your reaction to make an Insight check, the DC being the target's Charisma score. On a success, you learn two of the following things of your choice: the target's remaining HP, the target's current AC, any spells currently cast on the target, one of the target's vulnerabilities (if it has any), the highest spell level the target can cast, one immunity the target has (if it has any), the target's highest ability score, or the target's lowest ability score.

Additionally the next attack against the target by you or one of your allies has advantage.

Divine Cause Spells

Starting at 3rd level, you gain Divine Cause spells at the Inquisitor levels listed. These spells do not count against your number of prepared spells per day.

Divine Cause Spells

Starting at 3rd level, you gain Divine Cause spells at the Inquisitor levels listed. These spells do not count against your number of prepared spells per day.

Tools of the Trade

At 3rd level, you gain two proficiencies chosen from the following: investigation, perception, disguise kit, or forgery kit.

Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of these proficiencies.

Additionally, when making Deception or Disguise kit checks, you can add your Wisdom modifier to the roll, instead of your Charisma modifier.

Sudden Switch Tactics

Starting at 7th level, after you have taken damage from an attack from a hostile creature, you can use your reaction to magically switch place with another willing creature within 30ft. of you.

You can use this ability a number of times equal to 2 + half your Wisdom modifier (rounded down, minimum of 1). You regain all uses of this ability after you finish a long rest.

You can expend two of your uses of this ability to try to switch place with a non-willing creature instead. In this case, the non-willing creature has to make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. On a success, it does not switch place with you.

You can't teleport a creature into dangerous terrain in this manner.

Only the Allowed Truth

Starting at 10th level, whenever you make a Deception or Persuasion check, you treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower, as 10.

Additionally, you gain advantage on discerning whether an illusion is real or not, and on saving throws against illusion and mind-influencing spells.

The Sinner's Mind is Weak

Starting at 15th level, when you score a critical hit, the target must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or fall under the effects of a confusion spell until the start of your next turn.

Divine Cause Spells

Starting at 3rd level, you gain Divine Cause spells at the Inquisitor levels listed. These spells do not count against your number of prepared spells per day.

Brand

1st-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: touch
• Components: V, S, M (an iron disk the size of a coin)
• Duration: 1 day

Make a melee spell attack against a creature you can reach. On a hit, the target takes 2d6 fire damage and an indelible rune or mark of no more than 6 characters is etched onto the target. The mark may be placed on any exposed portion of the creature, typically the head or forearm, and remains for the duration. A brand can be hidden by clothing or removed by scraping it away (causing 1d6 points of damage), though the brand returns if the damage is healed.

If the spell was cast as a 1st level spell, the brand can be removed by receiving at least as much HP magical healing as the spell caused damage, or with a lesser restoration spell or similar magic.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd or 4th level, the fire damage increases to 4d6 and the duration is increased to 7 days. The brand can now also only be removed by spells that can end curses, like remove curse or similar magic. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the fire damage increases to 6d6 and the brand lasts until it is removed by magic, such as remove curse or greater restoration.

Discern Lies

2nd-level divination

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

Each round, starting with the action used to cast this spell, you can use your action to concentrate on one target, which must be within 30 ft. of you. The first time you concentrate on a target, it must make a Wisdom saving throw, or you know if the target deliberately and knowingly speaks a lie by discerning disturbances in its aura caused by lying. The spell does not reveal the truth, uncover unintentional inaccuracies, or necessarily reveal evasions.

Each round, you can keep concentrating on your current target as an action, or you may use your action to concentrate on a different target. If you do so the effect ends on the previous target.

Horn of Pursuit

1st-level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self
• Components: S
• Duration: 1 round

You create the sound of a large hunting horn, blowing up to three notes as loud as a roaring dragon. These notes can be heard up to 2 miles away in typical outdoor conditions. You can make these sounds short or long, allowing you to send very simple coded messages.

Lend Judgement

1st-level enchantment

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60ft.
• Components: V, S, M (your holy symbol)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You grant a willing target creature the benefit of one of your active judgments. If you have more than one judgment active, you choose which judgment you lend. The spell ends if the creature you lend your judgment to moves further away from you than 60ft.

At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd or 4th level, you can lend a creature two judgments instead. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you can lend a creature three of your active judgments.

Credits:

Thanks to GM Binder and Hombrewery for the neat templates. The class is based on the Pathfinder Inquisitor class from Paizo. This is unofficial fan content and not endorsed in any way by Wizards of the Coast or Paizo.