Vanguard
The Vanguard believes in an eye for an eye: in retaliation against those who have wronged them. Vanguard's have attuned themselves to this principle, enduring the relentless aggression of the enemy and striking back with their own strength. A Vanguard isn't just a normal warrior, but one that seizes every opportunity, embracing their awareness and striking when an opening presents itself.
Vanguard Features
| Fighter Level | Feature |
|---|---|
| 3rd | Battle Sense, Escape Guard |
| 7th | Retaliation |
| 10th | Opportunistic |
| 15th | Dominating Presence |
| 18th | Vigilance |
Battle Sense
At 3rd level, your body has a sixth sense for danger. You gain a bonus to your initiative equal to your Constitution modifier.
Escape Guard
Beginning at 3rd level, allies do not provoke opportunity attacks from creatures within 5 feet of you.
The range of this effect increases by 5 feet at 10th level (10 feet) and 15th level (15 feet).
Art: Michael Chang
Retaliation
At 7th level, when a weapon attack is made against you and it misses, you can use your reaction to make a weapon attack against the attacker.
Opportunistic
When you reach 10th level, if a creature that has taken the disengage action passes within your reach, you can make an opportunity attack against them with disadvantage.
Dominating Presence
When you reach 15th level, your presence on the battlefield demands attention. While you aren't incapacitated, creatures within 15 feet of you cannot have advantage on attack rolls against creatures other than you.
Vigilance
Finally, at 18th level you become an unrelenting force. In combat, you gain a number of special reactions equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum 1). You can take these special reactions once on any creature's turn, except your turn. You can use this special reaction only to make an attack with your Retaliation feature, and you can't use it on the same turn that you take your normal reaction.
You regain any expended special reactions at the beginning of your turn.