Introduction

Welcome to Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition with Stormchaser!

Stormchaser's 5e Overhaul (or 'SC5e', as it has grown to be known) has come a long way since it's inception. Over the last three years, what began as a few house rules for a personal game has bloomed into an expansive compendium that makes up a full system overhaul.

I've taken great pleasure in writing and playtesting SC5e, but it wouldn't be where it is today without my faithful players and patrons. Throughout the development process, members of the Stormchaser Roleplaying community have contributed both their ideas and their time to brainstorming, reviewing, proof-reading and trialling the contents. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved.

This compendium functions as an expansion on the vanilla rules of Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. Anything mentioned is overwritten, but anything unmentioned remains unaltered. If you have questions about the intent behind these rules, please seek me out and I'll be happy to answer any questions.

This index documents the first edition of SC5e that I wrote from 2018 to 2021. These legacy rules originally grew out of my work with Apostol Apostolov on Grit and Glory and popularised SC5e amongst players looking for a darker and more realistic Dungeons and Dragons experience. This document and those linked within it serve to preserve the rules from that period of my work.

The second edition of SC5e can be found here. This new edition of SC5e aims to providing the same visceral feeling of the first edition in an easier-to-use package. It does this by addressing rules that required games masters and players to remember many intricate details, which could be easily forgotten and slowed down play. Additionally, the gameplay will be optimised for asynchronous play-by-post, by eliminating unnecessary feedback loops wherever possible. This is an ongoing process and a changelog itemising the updates is posted regularly on the community discord.

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Enjoy your games!

— Kyle Taylor a.k.a. Stormchaser

Chapter 1: Step-by-Step Characters

4. Describe Your Character

Your character's background describes where they came from, their original occupation and their place in the world.

A background gives your character a background feature (a general benefit), a background feat and a number proficiency points, as described below.

5. Choose Equipment

6. Come Together

Beyond First Level

The Character Wealth by Level table lists the amount of treasure that each PC is expected to have at a specific level, in addition to their first level starting equipment from background and class.

Note that this table assumes a standard fantasy game. Low-fantasy games might award only half this value, while high-fantasy games might double the value. It is assumed that some of this treasure is consumed in the course of an adventure (such as potions and scrolls) and that some of the less useful items are sold for half value so more useful gear can be purchased.

Chapter 2: Races

Dwarf

    Dwarven Combat Training. You have proficiency with all axes and all bludgeoning weapons.

Elf

Half Elf

    Skill Versatility. You gain 4 proficiency points.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write your native tongue and Elvish. Additionally, you gain 1 proficiency point.

Human

Ability Score Increase. One ability score of your choice increases by 2, and two different abilities of your choice increase by 1. Alternatively, four ability scores of of your choice each increase by 1.

Defiant. Humans are known to be stubborn and often refuse to give up, even against the worst odds. You can add a d4 to an attack roll, skill check or saving throw after rolling. You must then finish a short or long rest before you can use this feature again.

Versatile Proficiency. You gain 4 proficiency points.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write your native tongue. Additionally, you gain 1 proficiency point.

Kobold

    Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2 and an additional attribute, determined by your draconic ancestry, increases by 1.

Alignment. Kobolds have an innate inclination towards certain alignments (see table).

Size. Your size is Small.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Draconic Ancestry. You have draconic ancestry. Choose one type of dragon from the Draconic Ancestry table. Your attribute bonus and damage resistance are determined by the dragon type, as shown in the table.

Chapter 3: Classes

Chapter 4: Personality and Backgrounds

Charming Persona

You've master the art of charming those around you, gaining the following benefits:

• Increase your Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in the Persuasion skill. If you are already proficient in it, you instead gain expertise in it.
• If you spend 1 minute talking to someone who can understand what you say, you can make a Charisma (Persuasion) check vs the creature’s passive Wisdom (Insight). If you or your companions are fighting the creature, your check automatically fails. If your check succeeds, the target is charmed by you as long as it remains within 60 feet of you and for 1 minute thereafter.

Empathic

You possess keen insight into how other people think and feel. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in the Insight skill. If you are already proficient in it, you instead gain expertise in it.
• You can use your action to try to get uncanny insight about one humanoid you can see within 30 feet of you. Make a Wisdom (Insight) check contested by the target’s Charisma (Deception) check. On a success, you have advantage on attack rolls and ability checks against the target until the end of your next turn.

Investigator

You have an eye for detail and can pick out the smallest clues. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Intelligence score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in the Investigation skill. If you are already proficient in it, you instead gain expertise in it.
• You can take the Search action as a bonus action.

Loremaster

Your study of history rewards you with the following benefits:

• Increase your Intelligence score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in the History skill. If you are already proficient in it, you instead gain expertise in it.
• When you take the Help action to aid another creature’s ability check, you can make a DC 15 Intelligence (History) check. On a success, that creature’s check gains a bonus equal to your proficiency bonus, as you share pertinent advice and historical examples. To receive this bonus, the creature must be able to understand what you're saying.

Medic

You master the physician’s arts, gaining the following benefits:

• Increase your Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in the Medicine skill. If you are already proficient in it, you instead gain expertise in it.
• During a short rest, you can clean and bind the wounds of up to six willing beasts and humanoids. Make a DC 15 Wisdom (Medicine) check for each creature. On a success, if a creature spends a Hit Die during this rest, that creature can forgo the roll and instead regain the maximum number of hit points the die can restore. A creature can do so only once per rest, regardless of how many Hit Dice it spends.

Naturalist

Your extensive study of nature rewards you with the following benefits:

• Increase your Intelligence score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in the Nature skill. If you are already proficient in it, you instead gain expertise in it.
• You can cast the Detect Poison and Disease spell as a ritual.

Perceptive

You hone your senses until they become razor sharp. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in the Perception skill. If you are already proficient in it, you instead gain expertise in it.
• Being in a lightly obscured area doesn't impose disadvantage on your Wisdom (Perception) checks if you can both see and hear.

Performer

You master performance so that you can command any stage. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in the Performance skill. If you are already proficient in it, you instead gain expertise in it.
• While performing, you can try to distract one humanoid you can see who can see and hear you. Make a Charisma (Performance) check contested by the humanoid’s Wisdom (Insight) check. If your check succeeds, you grab the humanoid’s attention enough that it makes Wisdom (Perception) and Intelligence (Investigation) checks with disadvantage until you stop performing.

Quick-Fingered

Your nimble fingers and agility let you perform sleight of hand. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in the Sleight of Hand skill. If you are already proficient in it, you instead gain expertise in it.
• As a bonus action, you can make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check to plant something on someone else, conceal an object on a creature, lift a purse, or take something from a pocket.

Silver-Tongued

You develop your conversational skill to better deceive others. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in the Deception skill. If you are already proficient in it, you instead gain expertise in it.
• When you take the Attack action, you can replace one attack with an attempt to deceive one humanoid you can see within 30 feet of you that can see and hear you. Make a Charisma (Deception) check vs the target's passive Wisdom (Insight). If your check succeeds, your movement doesn't provoke opportunity attacks from the target and your attack rolls against it have advantage; both benefits last until the end of your next turn or until you use this ability on a different target. If your check fails, the target can’t be deceived by you in this way for 1 hour.

Stealthy

You know how best to hide. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in the Stealth skill. If you are already proficient in it, you instead gain expertise in it.
• If you are hidden, you can move up to 10 feet in the open without revealing yourself if you end the move in a position where you’re not clearly visible.

Survivalist

You master wilderness lore, gaining the following benefits:

• Increase your Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in the Survival skill. If you are already proficient in it, you instead gain expertise in it.
• You learn the Alarm spell. You can cast it once per long rest.

Theologian

You master the theory and practice of religion, gaining the following benefits:

• Increase your Intelligence or Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in the Religion skill. If you are already proficient in it, you instead gain expertise in it.
• You can cast the Ceremony spell as a ritual.

Threatening

You become fearsome to others, gaining the following benefits:

• Increase your Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill. If you are already proficient in it, you instead gain expertise in it.
• When you take the Attack action, you can replace one attack with an attempt to demoralize one humanoid you can see within 30 feet of you that can see and hear you. Make a Charisma (Intimidation) check vs by the target's passive Wisdom (Insight). If your check succeeds, the target is frightened until the end of your next turn. If your check fails, the target can’t be frightened by you in this way for 1 hour.

Tool Feats

Entertaining Competitor

You have a natural gift for performing and competing. Select one gaming set or musical instrument. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Dexterity, Wisdom, or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in the chosen gaming set or musical instrument. If you are already proficient with it, you instead gain expertise with it.
• While playing your chosen instrument or game, you can always readily read the emotions of those paying attention to you. During this time, and for up to one minute after completing, you have advantage on Wisdom (Insight) checks to read the emotions of those you performed for or competed against.

You can select this feat multiple times. Each time you do so, you must choose a different gaming set or musical instrument.

Gourmand

You have mastered a variety of special recipes, allowing you to prepare exotic dishes with useful effects. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency with the chef’s kit. If you are already proficient with it, you instead gain expertise with it.
• As an action, you can inspect a drink or plate of food within 5 feet of you and determine whether it is poisoned, provided that you can see and smell it.
• During a long rest, you can prepare and serve a meal that helps you and your allies recover from the rigors of adventuring, provided you have suitable food, chef’s kit, and other supplies on hand. The meal serves up to six people, and each person who eats it regains two additional Hit Dice at the end of the long rest. In addition, those who partake of the meal have advantage on Constitution saving throws against disease for the next 24 hours.

Herbalist

You are adept at harnessing the useful properties of herbs and other plants. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Intelligence or Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency with the herbalism kit. If you are already proficient with it, you instead gain expertise with it.
• As an action, you can inspect a plant within 5 feet of you and determine whether it is edible or poisonous, provided that you can see and smell it.
• You can apply herbal remedies to help yourself or your allies recover from maladies. Over the course of a short rest, you can remove one poison or disease from a friendly creature within reach. You must have an herbalism kit and access to local herbs to use this benefit.

Master of Disguise

You have honed your ability to shape your personality and to read the personalities of others. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency with the disguise kit. If you are already proficient with it, you instead gain expertise with it.
• If you spend 1 hour observing a creature, you can then spend 8 hours crafting a disguise you can quickly don to mimic that creature. Making the disguise requires a disguise kit. You must make checks as normal to disguise yourself, but you can assume the disguise as an action.

Vehicle Expert

You’re experienced both on land and sea, be it from time in a navy, as a mercenary, or perhaps even piracy. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Dexterity or Intelligence score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in vehicles (land) and vehicles (sea). If you are already proficient, you instead gain expertise.
• Whenever you make an Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Perception) check related to vehicles or ships, you are considered to have expertise in the Investigation or Perception skill.

Other Background Feats

Durable

See Player's Handbook pg. 166.

Fanatic

Every blow that hits your enemies make you feel closer to victory, making you shake in excitement. You gain the following benefits:

• When you score a critical hit with an attack roll or reduce a creature to 0 hit points, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action.
• Whenever a creature you can see within 30 feet is reduce to 0 hit points, you go into a fervor gaining temporary hit points equal to 1d4 + your Constitution modifier.

Force of Personality

Rooms never go unalerted to your presence, and the strength of your personality make others lose focus on their own social game. Powers and other effects infrequently override your force of will.

• Your Charisma score increase by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You can use your Charisma modifier instead of your Wisdom modifier when making Insight checks.
• When you would make a Wisdom saving throw, you can instead make a Charisma saving throw. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier. You regain all expended uses of this feature when you complete a long rest.

Haggler

Your skills at bartering have granted you the following benefits:

• Increase your Charisma score by 1 up to a maximum of 20.
• You have advantage on Charisma (Persuasion) and Charisma (Deception) checks when attempting to barter or trade.
• You are always aware of the current monetary value for any mundane or common magical item. Whenever you identify an item, you gain a rough estimate of its current monetary value.

Healer

See Player's Handbook pg. 167.

Inspiring Leader

See Player's Handbook pg. 167.

Keen Mind

You have a mind that can track time, direction, and detail with uncanny precision. You gain the following benefits.

• Increase your Intelligence score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You always know which way is north.
• You always know the number of hours left before the next sunrise or sunset.
• You can accurately recall anything you have seen or heard within the past month.

Linguist

See Player's Handbook pg. 167.

Magic Initiate

See Player's Handbook pg. 168.

Martial Adept

See Player's Handbook pg. 168.

Observant

Quick to notice details of your environment, you gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Intelligence or Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• If you can see a creature's mouth while it is speaking a language you understand, you can interpret what it's saying by reading its lips.
• You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) and Intelligence (Investigation) checks.

Practiced

You have acquired skills over your career, gaining the following benefits:

• Increase an ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency in any combination of two skills or tools of your choice.

Quick Reflexes

You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Dexterity, Intelligence or Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You have advantage on initiative.

Snappy Interjection

You’ve mastered a quick tongue to aid your allies. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• When an ally makes an attack roll, an ability check or a saving throw, you may spend your reaction to give them advantage on the roll. Once you use this ability, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Weapon Master

You have practiced extensively with a variety of weapons, gaining the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency with 4 martial weapon groups of your choice. If you are already proficient with more than 2 martial weapon groups, gain 1 proficiency point for each excess weapon group.

Well of Power

• Increase your spell points by one per short rest, or by three per long rest.

Chapter 5: Equipment

Damage Reduction

Any AC bonus that, in vanilla 5e, would normally be provided by worn armour parts (excluding Shields) becomes DR. Subtract the sum of all DR bonuses from any damage that you take following an attack roll. Damage associated with a saving throw ignores DR. The DM may choose damage types that ignore DR, specific to the campaign setting.

DR bonuses against specific damage types remain unchanged and are added to the total DR when they apply.

Armour Class

Your Armour Class (AC) that attack rolls must equal or beat, is based on your combat proficiency, your Dexterity modifier, and your shield. Since this no longer includes the effect of armour, it is better termed 'Avoidance Class'.

Combat actions (such as Raise Shield) that give an AC bonus are also unaltered.

Magic

Mage Armour and Barkskin provide DR and have been renamed to Arcane Armour and Steelskin, respectively. Shield provides a bonus to AC. Magical armour overlays with an enhancement bonus applies the bonus to DR, whilst magical shields with an enhancement bonus apply their bonus to AC.

Spells that use a saving throw instead of an attack roll ignore DR and deal full damage.

Abilities

Abilities, actions or weapon properties that provide a bonus to AC should be considered by the DM. As a rule of thumb, abilities that make you harder to hit should retain their AC bonus, while abilities that make you take less damage should be converted to DR.

Abilities that deal extra damage (such as Sneak Attack or Power Attack) are added to the damage before subtracting DR. Abilities that have additional effects on a successful hit require at least 1 point of hp damage after subtracting DR to count as a hit.

Other Abilities

Monster abilities such as Parry should remain a bonus to AC.

The Order of Damage Reduction

• Calculate weapon damage and note its damage type: bludgeoning, piercing or slashing.
• If you have Damage Reduction for the same damage type, subtract it from the damage total.
• If you have Soak for the same damage type, subtract 1 point for each 10 points of damage.
• If you have resistance to the damage type, you only take half of the remaining damage.

Ill-Fitting Armour

Hard armour parts have a restrictive design tailored to specific body proportions, such as height and bulk. Typically, fitted armour is made by special order and requires an armour smith to make it usable for other wearers. There are three distinctive body shapes and the armour fitting depends on its previous wearer or is decided by rolling a 1d6: lean (1-2), stout (3-4), and athletic (5-6). If the wearer and armour's fit differ, the wearer takes disadvantage to Dexterity checks and saving throws.

Realistic Armour

Bashing

You may attack with a shield with the bashing property as though it were a weapon, rolling the damage dice shown in parenthesis.

Beatdown

You can use one of your attacks to make a special unarmed attack beating down on a defenceless target.

If your target is either restrained, or is both grappled and prone, you may choose to beat it down with a special melee attack that deals additional damage equal to your proficiency modifier.

Bulky

Bulky armour has a Strength score requirement of 9 or more. It is usually exposed and may draw attention or even intimidate others, or provoke use of a the Heat Metal spell from hostile spellcasters, if made of metal. Bulky armour cannot be hidden from plain sight and you cannot benefit from the Concealed armour property while wearing any Bulky armour component.

Bulky armour imposes disadvantage on Strength (Athletics) and Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks to swim, climb, run, and similar activities. These penalties can be avoided if your Strength score is at least 2 points higher than the armour's Strength requirement.

Bulky armour impedes your initiative in combat. When you roll for Initiative, subtract 2 for each Bulky armour component you wear. Bulky armour also imposes disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws. These penalties can be avoided if your Strength score is at least 4 points higher than the armour's Strength requirement.

DR (Damage Reduction)

After damage is calculated and before damage resistance (if any) is applied, reduce the damage taken by the amount of Damage Reduction.

If multiple armour components provide Damage Reduction to the same damage type, they stack together.

Free-handed

This weapon or shield attaches to the arm but the hand remains unoccupied. If you attack with a weapon held in your shield hand (such as a two-handed weapon), you must either choose to do so with disadvantage or you cannot benefit from the AC bonus of the shield until the start of your next turn.

Hard

The armour is made of large hard plates making it vulnerable to the Sundering weapon property.

Light

Check the Player's Handbook pg. 147 for this property.

The weapon is able to be used just as effectively whilst you are laying on the ground or whilst you are standing. When you are prone and attack with this weapon, you do not suffer disadvantage if you are proficient with the weapon.

Noisy

This type of armour reduces your ability to move quietly, due to metal components striking against each other. When you wear Noisy armour, you suffer disadvantage on any Dexterity (Stealth) checks that you make to move silently. Other situations, such as hiding without movement or magical silence, are up to the DM.

Non-Lethal

The weapon is designed to incapacitate, or is otherwise capable of delivering a hit that does not kill the target. Weapons with this property still deal their full damage when dealing nonlethal damage.

Soak

After damage is calculated and DR is applied, but before resistance (if any) is applied, if the remaining damage is 10 or more, reduce the damage taken by 1.

Visor

Helmets with a protective visor provide additional protection to the face. The visor is optional (unless stated otherwise) and can be raised or lowered as a bonus action.

Whilst the visor is lowered, your face is hidden and you benefit from an additional +1 to DR. However the visor limits the effective field of view. Creatures that you are not directly looking at, or did not attack or target with abilities and spells during your last combat turn, have advantage on attack rolls against you.

You also suffer disadvantage on all Wisdom (Perception) skill checks to notice things out of your direct field of view.

Worn

Weapons with the Worn property are equipped in a way similar to armour, by strapping it firmly to the body. It takes up to 1 minute to don or doff the weapon or shield, and you can do it as part of donning or doffing armour. The DM may allow you to skip the required time if you ignore the Worn property of the weapon or shield until the end of combat.

Whilst the weapon or shield benefits from the Worn property, it cannot be disarmed unless the attack or skill check is a critical hit.

Unwieldy

Small creatures have disadvantage on attack rolls with unwieldy weapons. An unwieldy weapon's size and bulk make it too large for a Small creature to use effectively.

Weapons

Melee damage types are represented by icons: for bludgeoning, for piercing and for slashing damage.

Simple Axes

Name	Cost	Damage	Weight	Properties
Handaxe	5 gp	1d6	2 lb.	Finesse, light, thrown (20/60)
Hatchet	3 gp	1d4	1 lb.	Concealed, finesse, light, thrown (30/90)

Martial Axes

Name	Cost	Damage	Weight	Properties
Battleaxe	10 gp	1d8	4 lb.	Sweeping, versatile
Broadaxe	8 gp	1d10	5 lb.	Sweeping, two-handed
Greataxe	30 gp	1d12	7 lb.	Slow, sweeping, two-handed, wounding, unwieldy
Maulaxe	25 gp	1d8 /	4 lb.	Sweeping, sundering (1), versatile
Urgosh, dwarven	50 gp	2d4 //	12 lb.	Double, slow, sweeping, two-handed, unwieldy
Waraxe	7 gp	1d8	3 lb.	Sweeping

Simple Blades

Name	Cost	Damage	Weight	Properties
Dagger	2 gp	1d4 /	1 lb.	Concealed, finesse, light, thrown (20/60)
Stiletto	5 gp	1d4	1 lb.	Concealed, brutal, finesse, light
Sickle	1 gp	1d4	2 lb.	Finesse, light

Martial Blades

Name	Cost	Damage	Weight	Properties
Broadsword	25 gp	2d4 /	2 lb.	Defensive, parry
Curveblade, elven	80 gp	1d10 /	3 lb.	Critical, finesse, parry, two-handed, unwieldy
Dagger, duelling	10 gp	1d4 /	1 lb.	Concealed, finesse, light, parry
Estoc	70 gp	1d8	3 lb.	Critical, finesse, parry, versatile
Falchion	10 gp	1d8	2 lb.	Brutal, parry
Greatsword	50 gp	3d4 /	6 lb.	Parry, slow, two-handed, wounding, unwieldy
Longsword	5 gp	1d10 /	3 lb.	Parry, two-handed
Rapier	50 gp	1d8	2 lb.	Critical, finesse, parry
Sabre, cavalry	10 gp	2d4	3 lb.	Mounted strike, parry
Scimitar	25 gp	1d6	2 lb.	Finesse, light, mounted strike, parry
Shortsword	10 gp	1d6 /	2 lb.	Finesse, light, parry
Sidesword	25 gp	2d4 /	2 lb.	Finesse, parry
Sword, arming	5 gp	2d4 /	2 lb.	Parry
Sword, bastard	15 gp	2d4 /	3 lb.	Parry, versatile
Sword, double-bladed	50 gp	2d4 /	5 lb.	Double, parry, two-handed, unwieldy

Melee Weapon Properties

Grappling

When you hit with a melee or thrown attack using a weapon with the Grappling property, you can spend your bonus action to attempt to grapple them. Make an attack roll vs the target's passive Dexterity (Acrobatics) skill. If you succeed, your weapon grapples the target. Other weapon properties (Restraining, Preventing, etc.) list this property as a prerequisite and may modify the nature of the grapple.

Whilst your weapon is grappling the target, any attack with the same weapon breaks the grapple. The grapple is broken if you or the target move out of reach. The grappled enemy can also spend an action and attempt a Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check against your Weapon Skill DC. If it succeeds, the weapon grapple is broken. If it is not grappled by a thrown weapon, the target can also break the weapon grapple if it succeeds in Disarming you.

Whilst your weapon is grappling the target and you are holding onto your weapon, you can attempt Shove a Creature action using your Attack roll instead of Strength (Athletics).

Light

See the light armour property.

Limit

Weapons with the Limit property impose disadvantage when not used in the specific way described in parenthesis, such as only or never on a mount, or only when stationary.

Long

Weapons with the Long property impose a disadvantage to attacks within 5 feet. You also cannot attempt any combat actions or special melee attacks with this weapon against any target within that range.

Mounted Strike

When you are riding a creature with a speed of 40 feet or more, you deal additional damage to unmounted targets. The target must not be prone and must not be smaller than one size category below the size of your mount. If the weapon has reach, the target may be prone or two size categories smaller than your mount.

A mounted strike deals doubles the number dice that the weapon rolls for its base damage. Following a mounted strike, you may continue the movement of your mount and you do not provoke an opportunity attack if you leave the reach of your target unless your attack missed.

Non-Lethal

See the non-lethal armour property.

Parry

The weapon has a catching or deflecting feature, allowing it to be used to parry incoming attacks. You can use the Deflect combat action without Dominance over your target.

Phalanx

This two-handed weapon may be used in one hand when combined with a shield.

Reach

The weapon has an extended length. This weapon adds 5 feet to your Reach when you attack with it, and when determining your Reach for attacks of opportunity with it.

Sharp

The weapon is particularly adept at making the most of the advantageous situation when an enemy is lightly armoured. When you attack a target with DR of 2 or less, you ignore DR equal to the value written in parenthesis. Creatures with natural armour or wearing armour of DR 3 or higher are immune to this property.

Slow

A Slow weapon is massive and cumbersome, and requires great strength to wield and multiattack with. The weapon can make only one attack per turn if wielded by a character with a Strength score of 14 or less. It can make up to one extra attack if wielded by a character with a Strength score of 15 or 16, or up to two extra attacks if wielded by a character with Strength score 17 or 18. It can make any number of attacks if wielded by a character with a Strength score of 19 or more.

The limit of number of attacks also affects attacks that use a bonus action and opportunity attacks.

Sundering

The weapon can crush or pierce armour, making it more effective against targets that employ such defences. When you attack a target wearing armour components with the Hard property, or natural armour and its DR is 5 or more, you ignore DR equal to the value in parenthesis.

Sweeping

The weapon makes attacks in broad, sweeping motions. You can use your bonus action to make one of your attacks into a special Sweeping attack. If there's another creature adjacent to both you and your target, and your attack roll would hit both of them, your target takes normal damage and the other creature takes the weapon's damage die in damage. This damage is not modified by damage bonus modifiers or other abilities.

If there are multiple walls, friendly characters of your size or larger adjacent to your target, or other such obstructions adjacent to you, you cannot use this property.

Threatening

You can spend your reaction to perform an opportunity attack against any opponent that enters your weapon's reach after moving 10 feet or further. If this opportunity attack hits, you roll twice as many of the weapon's base damage dice.

Tripping

You have advantage on trip attempts made using the trip action with this weapon.

Thrown

Check the Player's Handbook pg. 147 for this property.

Drawing a Thrown weapon is part of the attack, but you need a free hand. You may use your bonus action to recover any Thrown weapon within your reach. At the end of combat, you can recover all undamaged Thrown weapons by taking up to a minute to search the battlefield.

When you take damage from a thrown weapon and it causes a Wound, the weapon remains lodged in the target. Any time you use your action during your turn with one or several lodged weapons in you, you take 1d4 bleed damage. Removing a lodged weapon is an action.

Two-Handed, Versatile

Check the Player's Handbook pg. 147 for these properties. In addition, when the weapon is held in two hands attempts to disarm you are made at disadvantage. Versatile weapons do not change their damage die when wielded in two hands.

Wielding melee weapons in two hands allows you to put more of your brute strength behind blows. Your damage bonus increases by 50%, as shown on the table below.

Unwieldy (Formerly 'Heavy')

Small creatures have disadvantage on attack rolls with unwieldy weapons. An unwieldy weapon's size and bulk make it too large for a Small creature to use effectively.

Vicious

If a weapon with the Vicious property deals damage, you may reroll any of the weapon dice if it rolls a value of 1. You must use the new value even if it is also a 1. If you have the Great Weapon Fighting style, the two rerolls stack to 1-3 instead.

Worn

See the worn armour property.

Wounding

The weapon is particularly potent in maximizing its unique damage type. When you cause a Wound with this weapon, it will inflict an additional effect based upon the type of damage dealt.

Slashing weapons can tear through defences or otherwise leave a target more vulnerable. The target's worn or natural armour is considered to be suffering from the Broken condition.

Bludgeoning weapons can hit with a singularly bone-shaking blow, stunning the target. If your attack's damage causes wound damage, the target becomes Stunned until the end of your next turn.

Piercing weapons can inflict gaping wounds and cause profuse bleeding. The target takes an additional point of bleed damage at the start of its turns, or two extra points if the wound was caused by a critical hit. To stop the excessive bleeding, the Medicine check DC is raised to 15. Objects, Constructs, and Elementals are immune to this effect.

Ranged Weapons

Ranged damage types are represented by icons: for bludgeoning, for piercing damage and for slashing damage.

Simple Hurled Weapons

Name	Cost	Damage	Weight	Range	Properties
Blowgun	10 gp	1	1 lb.	25/100	Loading
Blowgun, large	15 gp	1d4	2 lb.	30/120	Loading
Dagger, throwing	8 gp	1d4	¼ lb.	30/120	Light, limit (only thrown), thrown(30/120)
Dart	5 cp	1d4	¼ lb.	20/60	Light
Sling	1 sp	1d4	-	30/120	Light, pellets

Simple Bows

Name	Cost	Damage	Weight	Range	Properties
Bow, hunter's	25 gp	1d6	2 lb.	80/320	Two-handed
Bow, pellet	15 gp	1d4	2 lb.	40/160	Pellets, two-handed

Martial Bows

• The 'longbows' presented here are consistent with the tabletop RPG concept of a longbow and represent 3 to 4-foot bows. A full sized, 6-foot english longbow is best treated as a greatbow.
• All martial bows have the brutal and two-handed properties, in addition to those listed below.

Name	Cost	Damage	Weight	Range	Properties
Shortbow, self	30 gp	1d6	2 lb.	90/360	Strength (7)
Shortbow, composite	75 gp	1d8	2 lb.	150/600	Strength (9)
Shortbow, recurve composite	150 gp	1d10	3 lb.	300/1200	Strength (11)
Longbow, self	50 gp	1d8	2 lb.	150/600	Strength (9), limit (not mounted), unwieldy
Longbow, composite	100 gp	1d10	3 lb.	300/1200	Strength (11), limit (not mounted), unwieldy
Longbow, recurve composite	200 gp	1d12	3 lb.	500/2000	Strength (13), limit (not mounted), unwieldy
Greatbow	150 gp	1d12	3 lb.	500/2000	Strength (13), slow, limit (not mounted), unwieldy, volley, wounding

Simple Crossbows

All crossbows are considered Simple ranged weapons. Instead of requiring martial proficiency, Heavy crossbows take longer to reload.

Name	Cost	Damage	Weight	Range	Properties
Hand, standard	75 gp	1d6	3 lb.	30/120	Light, loading, point-blank
Hand, repeating	400 gp	1d6	5 lb.	30/120	Light, loading (5), mag (6), point-blank
Light, standard	25 gp	1d8	5 lb.	80/320	Loading (1), stock, two-handed
Light, double	50 gp	1d8	9 lb.	80/320	Loading (2), mag (2), stock, two-handed
Light, repeating	250 gp	1d8	8 lb.	30/120	Loading (5), mag (6), two-handed
Heavy, standard	50 gp	1d10	18 lb.	100/400	Loading (2), stock, two-handed, unwieldy
Heavy, double	100 gp	1d10	36 lb.	75/300	Loading (4), mag (2), two-handed, unwieldy
Heavy, repeating	300 gp	1d10	24 lb.	50/200	Loading (7), mag (6), two-handed, unwieldy
Blade Crossbow	300 gp	1d4	19 lb.	50/200	Caliber (3), loading (1), stock, two-handed
Pellet Crossbow	20 gp	1d6	5 lb.	40/160	Loading, pellets, stock, two-handed

Firearms

Medieval Firearms

All Medieval Firearms have the Misfire (2) and Sundering (3) properties in addition to those listed below.

Name	Cost	Damage	Weight	Range	Properties
Handgonne	240 gp	2d12	7 lb.	150/600	Loading (4), two-handed
Two-Faced Gonne	370 gp	2d12	11 lb.	150/600	Loading (8), mag (2), two-handed, unwieldy
Ten-Eyed Gonne	920 gp	2d12	27 lb.	15/45	Buckshot (5), loading (40), mag (2), two-handed, unwieldy

Renaissance Firearms

All Renaissance Firearms have the Misfire(1) and Velocity properties in addition to those listed below.

Name	Cost	Damage	Weight	Range	Properties
Wheellock Pistol	400 gp	1d10	3 lb.	200/800	Light, loading (3), point blank
Pocket Pistol	380 gp	1d8	½ lb.	80/320	Concealed, light, loading (3), point blank
Flintlock Pistol	400 gp	2d10	3 lb.	200/800	Light, loading (2), point blank
Duck's Foot Pistol	550 gp	1d8	2 lb.	30/90	Buckshot (4), light, loading (12)
Snaphaunce Pistol	250 gp	1d8	1 lb.	125/500	Light, loading (3), point blank
Tantsutsu	350 gp	1d12	5 lb.	125/500	Light, loading (7), point blank
Arquebus	300 gp	2d10	10 lb.	200/800	Loading (9), two-handed
Caliver	270 gp	2d10	7 lb.	250/1000	Caliber (1), loading (9), two-handed
Carbine	580 gp	2d12	7 lb.	250/1000	Caliber (1), loading (6), two-handed
Flintlock Carbine	490 gp	2d12	4 lb.	200/800	Loading (6), two-handed
Fusil Ordinaire	300 gp	2d12	7 lb.	200/800	Caliber (1), loading (6), two-handed
Matchlock Musket	350 gp	2d12	21 lb.	300/1000	Caliber (2), loading (9), two-handed
Flintlock Musket	400 gp	2d12	13 lb.	300/1000	Caliber (2), loading (3), two-handed
Puckle Gun	3600 gp	2d12	90 lb.	150/600	Limited (tripod), loading (14), mag (9), two-handed
Teppo	340 gp	1d10	9 lb.	150/600	Loading (9), two-handed
Wall Gun	850 gp	2d12	28 lb.	300/1000	Caliber (3), limited (tripod), loading (6), two-handed
Winged Tiger Gun	440 gp	2d10	7 lb.	150/600	Loading (27), mag (3), two-handed
Breechloading Carbine	540 gp	2d10	9 lb.	150/1500	Loading (1), two-handed
Jäger Rifle	600 gp	2d10	11 lb.	200/2000	Caliber (1), loading (9), two-handed
Jäger Rifle, Double	1000 gp	2d10	20 lb.	200/2000	Caliber (1), loading (18), mag (2), two-handed
Blunderbuss	330 gp	2d8	11 lb.	30/90	Buckshot (3), loading (2), two-handed
Fowling Piece, Single	270 gp	1d6	10 lb.	30/90	Buckshot (5), loading (6), two-handed
Fowling Piece, Double	340 gp	1d6	17 lb.	30/90	Buckshot (5), loading (12), mag (2), two-handed

Industrial Firearms

All Industrial Firearms have the Velocity property in addition to those listed below.

Name	Cost	Damage	Weight	Range	Properties
Derringer	400 gp	1d10	½ lb.	200/2000	Concealed, loading(1), light, mag(2), point blank
Revolver	600 gp	2d8	2½ lb.	400/4000	Loading(2), light, mag(6), point blank
Rifle-Musket	600 gp	2d10	9 lb.	2000/6000	Caliber(2), loading(2), two-handed
Cartridge Rifle	800 gp	2d10	6 lb.	2000/6000	Caliber(3), loading, two-handed
Lever-Action Carbine	2400 gp	2d8	7 lb.	1500/9000	Caliber(3), loading(3), mag(7), two-handed
Double-Barreled Shotgun	1800 gp	2d8	10 lb.	30/90	Buckshot(5), loading(1), mag(2), two-handed, unwieldy

Ranged Properties

Stock

Ranged weapons with the Stock property can improve your aim when set on firm ground.

If you lay prone and make a ranged attack with it, you can ignore disadvantage when shooting at long range (but no further than 1000 feet), but you suffer disadvantage if you shoot at targets within close range.

Strength

Ranged weapons with the Strength property require raw strength to draw the string. You must have the minimum Strength score as shown in parenthesis in order to use them.

Velocity

Advanced firearms shoot projectiles at a higher velocity than all other ranged weapons. While causing less bleeding than arrows, bullets deal more trauma and are very effective at killing quickly. When rolling for damage, roll one additional weapon die then remove the die with the lowest result.

When using weapons with the Velocity property the target does not benefit from any DR from armour components with the Hard property.

Volley

Weapons with the Volley property are less effective at close distances. Your attacks against targets that are within 30 feet from you suffer disadvantage.

Optical Scope

Firearms with ranges above 1000 feet require optical scopes for extreme range increments. Your weapon must have an optical or magical attachment costing a minimum of 100gp per 1000 feet increment beyond the natural limit of 1000 feet.

If you have not moved since the end of your last turn, you can use an action to aim down the scope of a firearm that has this trait at a specific target. Once you do so, you are incapacitated and your speed becomes 0 until the start of your next turn. However, the first attack you make against the target at the start of your next turn can extend beyond the 1000 feet natural range, and ignore disadvantage on your attack roll from long range.

Lodged Arrows and Bullets

When you take damage from a ranged weapon using arrow projectiles and it causes you to suffer a Wound, the arrow lodges deep into your body. Anytime you use your action during your turn with one or several lodged arrows in you, you take 1d4 internal damage. Removing a lodged arrow is an action. You can use your action to remove the arrow, make a DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check. If you fail, the arrow breaks and the arrowhead remains in your body.

When you take damage from a ranged weapon using bullet projectiles and it causes you to suffer a Wound, the whole bullet or a fragment of it remains lodged in your body. Normal bullets leave one fragment while Buckshot bullets leave 1d4 fragments.

Having arrows or fragments of bullets in your body will elicit a foreign body reaction and become encapsulated by connective tissue unless removed. Until all fragments are removed, any time you have one or more open Wounds you always take the minimum roll amount of healing from restorative abilities, magical healing or using hit dice during rest.

To remove all fragments left by bullets in your body, you or an ally must spend one use of a Healer's Kit and make a Wisdom (Medicine) skill check at DC 10 + the number of lodged pieces lodged in your body (maximum DC 20). If the check fails, you can still remove any amount of fragments but you lose 1 hit point for each fragment removed. The manipulation takes 1 minute per fragment removed.

If you do not have Healer's Kit available, you can use a blade or even your fingers to attempt to remove fragments lodged in your body. If you choose to do so the DC is 12 + the number of fragments lodged in your body (maximum DC 20) and if you fail, you can remove any number of fragments but you lose 1d4 hit points for each fragment removed. The manipulation takes 2 minutes per fragment removed.

Siege Weapon Damage Types

Siege Weapons introduce three new types of damage: impaling, crushing and explosive.

Structures and Materials

Structures made of solid material have Damage Reduction based on the material they are made from. Subtract DR from any damage dealt to them unless they are vulnerable to the damage type. Their size determines the base siege AC and the smaller the target is, the harder it is to hit.

Siege Weapon Properties

Push/Move Weapon

When a siege weapon is built, assembled or placed stationary it is considered to be facing in a chosen direction (including diagonals). The weapon can only fire in that direction. Only if mounted on a mobile platform, vehicle or a living creature, its direction may change on command.

You can spend your action during combat to push or pull a siege weapon to change its direction of fire, or move it to a new position. To do this with a Large siege weapon you must have Strength score 13 or more and make a DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check.

For each size category above Large, raise minimum Strength score by +2 and DC by 5. The DM may allow you to roll with advantage if the weapon has means to rotate or move (such as wheels) or impose a disadvantage if has large friction area and stationary.

A number of creatures that meet the Strength requirement can Help you, up to the Crew value of the siege weapon.

If you attempt to move to siege weapon and succeed, it can be moved up to half your speed if Large or smaller, or only by 5 feet if Huge. Gargantuan siege weapons cannot be moved without wheels, platforms or beasts of burden.

Once a siege weapon is moved or repositioned, it is no longer Aimed and all Aiming benefits are lost.

Aim

Aiming involves precise targetting or trajectory calculation that improve the odds of hitting the target. To Aim a siege weapon during combat, spend your action to make a DC 15 Intelligence (Siege Weapon proficiency) check. Only one creature can Aim with the same siege weapon, up to a number of times equal to its Intelligence modifier. On success, an effect is applied to the next Fire action:

Precise Targetting. You gain advantage to the next Fire action with the siege weapon. This advantage ignores the general rule for only one advantage to the roll. You can take this option multiple times, each time adding one more d20 die to your next Fire action.

Predict Positioning. When you fire a siege weapon that deals impaling or explosive damage against a target that moved during its previous turn (such as creature or a vehicle), you ignore AC bonuses from movement. Effect is ignored if the target chooses not to use its movement during any of its following turns prior the Fire action.

Calculate Trajectory. When you fire a siege weapon that deals crushing damage, it will ignore half and three quarters cover unless the cover is positioned above the target.

Collateral Damage. When you fire a siege weapon that deals explosive damage, instead of doing collateral damage on missing the AC by 2 or less, you do so on missing the AC by 4 or less.

Fire

Fire is either manual action or a given command to an ally who uses its reaction to fire the siege weapon. Firing a siege weapon is not a ranged attack, and abilities and feats that benefit ranged attacks do not apply. After the weapon is fired, all Aiming benefits are lost.

You can either spend your action or reaction to Fire a siege weapon. Make a Dexterity or Intelligence (Siege Weapon proficiency) check and add the weapon's Aim modifier. If you use your reaction, you or an ally suffers disadvantage to the check. You must meet or beat the Siege AC of the target.

The Aim action allows you to roll one or several extra d20 and take the highest result. You always hit if you roll more natural 20s than natural 1s with all dice.

The Siege AC of the target is based on its size, movement, or evasion ability. Use the tables to calculate the AC by choosing Base and applying all related modifiers.

Damage Resolution

Siege Damage Injuries

For living creatures, a siege weapon impact is almost a death warrant. Not only you may die, but the prospects of finding remains of your body or being able to resurrected it may be uncertain.

If siege damage deals more than half your max hp and reduces you to 0 Wounds, you suffer Siege Critical Injury. Make a natural d20 roll on the Siege Critical Injury table. Roll with advantage if the damage is impaling. Roll with disadvantage if the damage is explosive.

Adventuring Gear

Poisons

Given their insidious and deadly nature, poisons are illegal in most societies but are a favorite tool among assassins, draw, and other evil creatures.

Poisons come in the following four types.

Contact. A creature that touches contact poison with exposed skin suffers its effects.

Ingested. A creature must swallow an entire dose of ingested poison to suffer its effects. You might decide that a partial dose has a reduced effect, such as allowing advantage on the saving throw or dealing only half damage on a failed save.

Inhaled. These poisons are powders or gases that take effect when they are inhaled. A single dose fills a 5-foot cube.

Injury. A creature that takes slashing or piercing damage from a weapon or piece of ammunition coated with injury poison is exposed to its effects.

Purchasing Poison

In some settings, strict laws prohibit the possession and use of poison, but a black-market dealer or unscrupulous apothecary might keep a hidden stash. Characters with criminal contacts might be able to acquire poison relatively easily. Other characters might have to make extensive inquiries and pay bribes before they track down the poison they seek.

The Poisons table gives suggested prices for single doses of various poisons.

Crafting and Harvesting Poison

During downtime between adventures, a character can use the crafting rules in the Player's Handbook to create basic poison if the character has proficiency with a poisoner's kit At your discretion, the character can craft other kinds of poison. Not all poison ingredients are available for purchase, and tracking down certain ingredients might form the basis of an entire adventure.

A character can instead attempt to harvest poison from a poisonous creature, such as a snake, wyvern, or carrion crawler. The creature must be incapacitated or dead, and the harvesting requires 1d6 minutes followed by a DC 20 Intelligence (Nature) check. (Proficiency with the poisoner's kit applies to this check if the character doesn't have proficiency in Nature.) On a successful check, the character harvests enough poison for a single dose. On a failed check, the character is unable to extract any poison. If the character fails the check by 5 or more, the character is subjected to the creature's poison.

Mounts and Vehicles

A good mount can help you move more quickly through the wilderness, but its primary purpose is to carry the gear that would otherwise slow you down. The Common Mounts and Pack Animals table shows each animal's speed and base carrying capacity. Each of these animals costs 50% more if combat trained. A warhorse is already combat trained.

An animal pulling a carriage, cart, chariot, sled, or wagon can move weight up to five times its base carrying capacity, including the weight of the vehicle. If multiple animals pull the same vehicle, they can add their carrying capacity together.

Mounts other than those listed here are available in the worlds of D&D, but they are rare and not normally available for purchase. These include flying mounts (pegasi, griffons, hippogriffs, and similar animals) and even aquatic mounts (giant sea horses, for example). Acquiring such a mount often means securing an egg and raising the creature yourself, making a bargain with a powerful entity, or negotiating with the mount itself.

Barding. Barding is armor designed to protect an animal's head, neck, chest, and body. Any type of armor shown on the Armor table in this chapter can be purchased as barding. The cost is four times the equivalent armor made for humanoids, and it weighs twice as much.

Saddles. A military saddle braces the rider, helping you keep your seat on an active mount in battle. It gives you advantage on any check you make to remain mounted. An exotic saddle is required for riding any aquatic or flying mount.

Vehicle Proficiency. If you have proficiency with a certain kind of vehic1e (land or water), you can add your proficiency bonus to any check you make to control that kind of vehicle in difficult circumstances.

Rowed Vessels. Keelboats and rowboats are used on lakes and rivers. If going downstream, add the speed of the current (typically 3 miles per hour) to the speed of the vehicle. These vehicles can't be rowed against any significant current, but they can be pulled upstream by draft animals on the shores. A rowboat weighs 100 pounds, in case adventurers carry it over land.

Other Creatures

Dire Animals

These feral beasts are all but untamable, and are typically only sought out by violent brawlers or cruel lords, either for brutish protection or to pit against equally vicious creatures in violent animal fights. At the GM’s discretion, PCs who acquire dire animals may be required to attempt Animal Handling checks every day to keep their pets from running away or attacking them and their allies. Dire animals are not generally suitable as mounts, though the GM may make exceptions at their discretion.

Other Mounts

When reared from birth, the following animals can easily be ridden by Small or Medium humanoids, depending on the riding animal’s size. In addition, most of these animals can be purchased already trained for combat.

Pets

The following reared animals don’t fit into one of the aforementioned categories, but can still be purchased by sellers who have access to them. Some may be purchased already combat-trained at the GM's discretion, and typically cost an amount equal to 1-1/2 × the price of the standard animal.

Trade Goods

Food, Drink and Lodging

Magic Items

Scroll of Telescription

Scroll, uncommon.
Cost: 160 to 200 gp per charge.

Also known as a 'fire message', this magical scroll of parchment can be used to send written messages.

Write a message upon the Scroll of Telescription, while concentrating on the name, image, or identity of a creature with which you are familiar. Upon completion of message, the Scroll of Telescription will begin to burn from one end until it is consumed and evaporates into fine ashes. A flame will appear in the air in front of the recipient creature and slowly 'burn' in reverse until the entire piece of parchment has appeared. If not caught in the air it will then fall slowly to the ground. Once sent, the parchment loses its magic.

Scrolls of Telescription are typically sold in rolls of 10 charges and each charge can send a short message of twenty-five words or less. Multiple charges may be combined for a single longer message.

You can send the message across any distance and even to other planes of existence, but if the target is on a different plane than you, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn't arrive.

Spell Scrolls

Any character can use a spell scroll, provided they have a spellcasting ability equal to 10 + the spell's level.

A creature who tries and fails to cast a spell from a spell scroll must make a DC 10 Intelligence saving throw. If the saving throw fails, roll on the Scroll Mishap table.

Runic Script

Scripts are instructions for etching runes. You can usually read a script as long as you can read the language it’s written in, though you might lack the skill to craft the item.

You can buy scripts at the price listed in the Script Price table below, or you can hire an NPC to let you copy their formula for the same price. A purchased script is typically a schematic on rolled-up parchment. You can copy a a script in 1 hour.

If you have a runed item, you can try to reverse‑engineer its script. This takes the same amount of time as creating the item from a script would. You attempt a crafting check against the same DC it would take to craft the item. If you succeed, you craft the script at its full price. You can work for longer in order to reduce the price.

The Etching Process

Etching a rune on an item follows the same process crafting an item. You must have the script for the rune, the item you're adding the rune to must be in your possession throughout the etching process, and you must meet any special crafting requirements of the rune. The rune has no effect until crafting is complete. You can etch only one rune at a time.

You can upgrade a rune already etched on a suit of armour to a stronger version, increasing the values of the existing rune to those of the new rune. You must have the script of the stronger rune to do so, and the price of the upgrade is the difference between the two runes' prices.

Transferring Runes

You can transfer runes between one item and another, including a runestone. This lets you either move one rune from one item to another or swap a rune on one item with a rune on the other item. To swap, the runes must be of the same form (fundamental or property).

If an item can have two or more property runes, you decide which runes to swap and which to leave when transferring. If you attempt to transfer a rune to an item that can’t accept it, such as transferring a melee weapon rune to a ranged weapon, you automatically failure your crafting check. If you transfer a potency rune, you might end up with property runes on an item that can’t benefit from them. These property runes go dormant until transferred to an item with the necessary potency rune or until you etch the appropriate potency rune on the item bearing them.

The DC of the Crafting check to transfer a rune is determined by the item level of the rune being transferred, and the Price of the transfer is 10% of the rune’s Price, unless transferring from a runestone, which is free. If you're swapping, use the higher level and higher Price between the two runes to determine these values. It takes 1 day to transfer a rune or swap a pair of runes, and you can continue to work over additional days to get a discount.

Energy Resistant

Usage: Etched onto armour.
Level: 8
Price: 6000 gp

These symbols convey protective forces from the Elemental Planes. You gain resistance to acid, cold, electricity, or fire. The crafter chooses the damage type when creating the rune. Multiple energy-resistant runes can be etched onto a suit of armour, but each must provide resistance to a different damage type.

Invisibility

Usage: Etched onto light armour.

Light seems to partially penetrate this armour.

As an action you can whisper the command word and become invisible for 1 minute, gaining the effects of a 2nd-level invisibility spell.

Fortification

Usage: Etched onto medium or heavy armour.
Level: 12
Price: 500 gp

A fortification rune wards against the most deadly attacks. While you're wearing it, any critical hit against you becomes a normal hit.

Antimagic

Usage: Etched onto medium or heavy armour.
Level: 15
Price: 65000 gp

This intricate rune displaces spell energy, granting you resistance on saving throws against magical effects.

Weapon Property Runes

Returning

Usage: Etched onto a thrown weapon.
Level: 3
Price: 500 gp

When you make a ranged attack with this weapon, it flies back to your hand after the attack is complete. If your hands are full when the weapon returns, it falls to the ground in your space.

Disrupting

Usage: Etched onto a melee weapon.

A disrupting weapon pulses with radiant energy, dealing an extra 1d6 radiant damage to undead. On a critical hit, the undead is also frightened until the end of your next turn.

Greater: If the target has 25 hit points or fewer after taking this damage, it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be destroyed. On a successful save, the creature becomes frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Shifting

Usage: Etched onto a melee weapon.
Level: 6
Price: 500 gp

With a moment of manipulation, you can shift this weapon into a different weapon with a similar form.

As an action, you can cause this weapon to take the shape of another melee weapon that requires the same number of hands to wield. The weapon's runes and any precious material it’s made of apply to the weapon's new shape. Any property runes that can't apply to the new form are suppressed until the item takes a shape to which they can apply.

Wounding

Usage: Etched onto a piercing or slashing melee weapon.
Level: 7
Price: 2000 gp

Hit points lost to this weapon's damage can be regained only through a short or long rest, rather than by regeneration, magic, or any other means.

Once per turn, when you hit a creature with an attack using this magic weapon, you can wound the target. At the start of each of the wounded creature's turns, it takes 1d4 necrotic damage for each time you've wounded it, and it can then make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, ending the effect of all such wounds on itself on a success. Alternatively, the wounded creature, or a creature within 5 feet of it, can use an action to make a DC 15 Wisdom (Medicine) check, ending the effect of such wounds on it on a success.

Corrosive

Usage: Etched onto a weapon.

Acid sizzles across the surface of the weapon. When you hit with the weapon, add 1d6 acid damage to the damage dealt. In addition, on a critical hit, the target’s armour (if any) takes 3d6 acid damage. If the target has a shield, the shield takes this damage instead.

Greater: Increase the acid damage dealt to armour or a shield on a critical hit to 6d6.

Flaming

Usage: Etched onto a weapon.

This weapon is empowered by flickering flame. You can use a bonus action to speak this magic sword's command word, causing flames to erupt from the blade. These flames shed bright light in a 40-foot radius and dim light for an additional 40 feet. While the sword is ablaze, it deals an extra 1d6 fire damage to any target it hits. The flames last until you use a bonus action to speak the command word again or until you drop or sheathe the sword. The weapon deals an additional 1d10 persistent fire damage on a critical hit.

Greater: Increase the persistent damage on a critical hit to 2d10.

Frost

Usage: Etched onto a weapon.

This weapon is empowered with freezing ice. It deals an additional 1d6 cold damage on a successful strike. In addition, while you hold the sword, you have resistance to fire damage. In freezing temperatures, the weapon sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 ft.

Greater: When you draw this weapon, you can extinguish all non-magical flames within 30 feet of you. This property can be used no more than once per hour.

Shocking

Usage: Etched onto a weapon.

Electric arcs crisscross this weapon, dealing an extra 1d6 lightning damage on a hit. On a critical hit, electricity arcs out to deal an equal amount of lightning damage to all other creatures of your choice within 5 feet of the target.

Greater: The electricity arcs to all other creatures of your choice within 10 feet of the target.

Thundering

Usage: Etched onto a weapon.

This weapon lets out a peal of thunder when it hits, dealing an extra 1d6 thunder damage on a successful strike. On a critical hit, the target has to succeed at a DC 15 Fortitude save or be deafened for 1 minute (or 1 hour on a critical failure).

Greater: The save DC is 20, and the deafness is permanent.

Dancing

Usage: Etched onto a melee weapon.
Level: 13
Price: 2000 gp

A dancing weapon flies autonomously and strikes your foes. You can use a bonus action to toss this magic sword into the air and speak the command word. When you do so, the sword begins to hover, flies up to 30 feet, and attacks one creature of your choice within 5 feet of it. The sword uses your attack roll and ability score modifier to damage rolls.

While the sword hovers, you can use a bonus action to cause it to fly up to 30 feet to another spot within 30 feet of you. As part of the same bonus action, you can cause the sword to attack one creature within 5 feet of it.

After the hovering sword attacks for the fourth time, it flies up to 30 feet and tries to return to your hand. If you have no hand free, it falls to the ground at your feet. If the sword has no unobstructed path to you, it moves as close to you as it can and then falls to the ground. It also ceases to hover if you grasp it or move more than 30 feet away from it.

Spell-Storing

Usage: Etched onto a melee weapon.
Level: 13
Price: 24000 gp

A spell-storing rune creates a reservoir of eldritch energy within the etched weapon. This weapon stores spells cast into it, holding them until the attuned wearer uses them. The weapon can store up to 5 levels worth of spells at a time. When found, it contains 1d6−1 levels of stored spells chosen by the GM.

Any creature can cast a spell of 1st through 5th level into the weapon by touching the weapon as the spell is cast. The spell has no effect, other than to be stored in the ring. If the weapon can't hold the spell, the spell is expended without effect. The level of the slot used to cast the spell determines how much space it uses.

While wielding this weapon, you can cast any spell stored in it. The spell uses the slot level, spell save DC, spell attack bonus, and spellcasting ability of the original caster, but is otherwise treated as if you cast the spell. The spell cast from the weapon is no longer stored in it, freeing up space.

If you hit and damage a creature with this weapon, you may unleash a stored spell, which uses the target of the triggering attack as the target of the spell. If the spell requires a spell attack roll, or a Dexterity saving throw it automatically hits.

Sharpness

Usage: Etched onto a slashing melee weapon.
Level: 13
Price: 1700 gp

When you attack an object with this magic weapon and hit, maximize your weapon damage dice against the target.

When you attack a creature with this weapon and roll a 20 on the attack roll, that target takes an extra 14 slashing damage. Then roll another d20. If you roll a 20, you lop off one of the target's limbs, with the effect of such loss determined by the GM. If the creature has no limb to sever, you lop off a portion of its body instead.

In addition, you can speak the sword's command word to cause the blade to shed bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. Speaking the command word again or sheathing the sword puts out the light.

Speed

Usage: Etched onto a piercing or slashing melee weapon.
Level: 16
Price: 2000 gp

You can make one attack with this weapon as a bonus action on each of your turns.

Vorpal

Usage: Etched onto a slashing melee weapon.
Level: 17
Price: 24000 gp

When you attack a creature that has at least one head with this weapon and roll a 20 on the attack roll, you cut off one of the creature's heads. The creature dies if it can't survive without the lost head. A creature is immune to this effect if it is immune to slashing damage, doesn't have or need a head, has legendary actions, or the GM decides that the creature is too big for its head to be cut off with this weapon. Such a creature instead takes an extra 6d8 slashing damage from the hit.

Fighting Styles

Defense Style

You are skilled at the art of defending yourself. While you are wearing medium or heavy armour with which you are proficient, you gain the following benefits:

• You can use your bonus action to mark a target within 30 feet that you can see until the end of your next turn. When you do so, damage dealt to you by the target is reduced by an amount equal to half your Strength or Constitution modifier (your choice, rounded up, minimum of +1) while marked. You can only have one creature marked in this way at a time.
• You have advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws to avoid being moved.

Disruption Style

You are skilled at fighting and interfering with spellcasters. You gain the following benefits:

• When you force a creature to make a Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration on your turn, and they succeed on the save, you can use your bonus action to force them to reroll the save. They must use the new roll.
• Once per round, when a hostile creature attempts to cast a spell while within 5 feet of you, they must first make a Constitution saving throw as if to maintain concentration (DC = 10 + the spell's level). On a failure, the spell isn't cast and any slots are wasted.

Dual Wielding Style

You are skilled at fighting with two weapons. While you are wielding separate weapons in each hand with which you are proficient, you gain the following benefits:

• When you engage in Two-Weapon Fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of your Two-Weapon Fighting attack as long as it doesn't already include that modifier.
• When you make an opportunity attack, you can attack with both of your weapons.

Defense Mastery

You've mastered the art of defending yourself, treating your armour as a second skin. While you are wearing medium or heavy armour with which you are proficient, you gain the following benefits:

• Damage that you take from weapons is reduced by an amount equal to your proficiency bonus.
• When a creature makes a melee attack against you while within your reach, whether the attack hits or misses, you can use your reaction to attempt to shove that creature up to 10 feet directly away from you.
• The time it takes for you to don and doff armour is reduced by half.

Disruption Mastery

You've mastered fighting and interfering with spellcasters, confounding their concentration. You gain the following benefits:

• When a creature within 30 feet of you that you can see casts a spell, they provoke an opportunity attack from you.
• Whenever you force a creature to make a saving throw to maintain concentration, the DC for the saving throw increases by an amount equal to your proficiency bonus.
• You have advantage on saving throws against spells cast by creatures you can see if you've dealt damage to them since the start of your last turn.

Dual Wielding Mastery

You've mastered fighting with two weapons, becoming a flurry of motion. While you are wielding separate weapons in each hand with which you are proficient, you gain the following benefits:

• When you engage in Two-Weapon Fighting, you may forgo a number of attacks, up to the number of weapons that you are wielding. For each attack that you forgo, choose a target. You may choose the same target twice. Roll damage for the attack and subtract the total from one attack that the target hits you with before the start of your next turn.
• You can use two-weapon fighting even when the one-handed melee weapons you are wielding aren't finesse or light. Instead, these weapons may not be unwieldy or versatile.
• When you use your bonus action to attack with a weapon, you can choose to forgo your proficiency bonus. If you do so, you can make an additional attack with that weapon, also without your proficiency bonus.

Duelist Style

You are skilled in the art of fighting with a single weapon. While you are wielding a weapon in one hand with which you are proficient and no other weapons, you gain the following benefit:

• You have advantage on feint attempts.
• When you miss with a weapon attack on your turn, you can use your bonus action to repeat the attack against the same target. Any modifications to the original attack roll, such as advantage, disadvantage, or without your proficiency bonus, also affect this attack roll.
• Once on each of your turns, drawing or stowing a one-handed weapon no longer requires your object interaction.

Great Weapon Style

You are skilled at putting the weight of a weapon to your advantage. While you are wielding a melee weapon with the two-handed property with which you are proficient, you gain the following benefit:

• When you roll a 1 or 2 on a weapon damage die, you can reroll the die once and keep the better result.
• Grasping a two-handed weapon you are wielding in only one hand with your other hand no longer requires your object interaction.

Mounted Style

You are skilled at fighting while mounted. You gain the following benefits:

• Mounting a creature only uses 5 feet of your movement, provided you can reach it.
• You can force an attack targeted at your mount to target you instead, provided you are a valid target for that attack.

Sharpshooter Style

You are skilled with ranged weapons and can make shots that others find difficult. While you are wielding a ranged weapon with which you are proficient, you gain the following benefits:

• You can use your bonus action to mark a target 30 feet or greater from you. If you do so, and that target moves at least 5 feet before the start of your next turn, they provoke an opportunity attack from you, and you can use a ranged weapon for that opportunity attack.
• Your ranged weapon attacks ignore half cover against targets 30 feet or greater from you.

Throwing Style

You are skilled with the techniques of throwing weapons. While you are wielding a weapon with the thrown property with which you are proficient, you gain the following benefits:

• Whenever you make a ranged attack with a thrown weapon, you can immediately draw another weapon as part of the attack.
• Whenever you make a ranged attack with a thrown weapon, you can move up to 5 feet.
• When you miss with a ranged attack with a thrown weapon, you can use your bonus action to repeat the attack against a creature within 15 feet and behind your initial target. Any modifications to the original attack roll, such as advantage, disadvantage, or without your proficiency bonus, also affect this attack roll.

Versatile Style

You are skilled at using weapons in different ways. While you are wielding a melee weapon with the versatile property with which you are proficient and no other weapons, you gain the following benefits:

• When you miss with a melee weapon attack on your turn while wielding a weapon in two hands, you can use your bonus action to repeat the attack roll against the same target using one hand. Any modifications to the original attack roll, such as advantage, disadvantage, or without your proficiency bonus, also affect this attack roll.
• When you miss with a melee weapon attack on your turn while wielding a weapon in one hand, you can use your bonus action to attempt to shove or trip that creature. Any modifications to the original attack roll, such as advantage, disadvantage, or without your proficiency bonus, also affect this ability check.
• Grasping a versatile weapon you are wielding in only one hand with your other hand no longer requires your object interaction.

Versatile Mastery

You've mastered using weapons in different ways, altering your attack patterns mid-swing. While you are wielding a melee weapon with the versatile property with which you are proficient and no other weapons, you gain the following benefits:

• When you are the target of a melee weapon attack, you can immediately use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against the target without your proficiency bonus. On a hit, the target suffers the attack’s normal effects, and you impose disadvantage on the attack roll made against you.
• Once per turn, when you make an attack roll while wielding a weapon in two hands, you can attempt to follow up on the attack. If the attack hits, the creature must make a Strength saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength modifier). On a failed save, the creature is pushed back 5 feet, and you can immediately move into the space it just vacated without provoking opportunity attacks.
• Once per turn, when you make an attack roll while wielding a weapon in one hand, the target is wielding a shield, and your other hand is empty, you can use your other hand to pull down the shield (no action required). If you do so, the creature gains no benefit to Armour Class from its shield for that attack.

Class Feats

General Feats

Overwhelming Presence

Prerequisite: Charisma 20 or +2 racial bonus to Charisma
You have the presence of the most affluent of leaders, granting the following benefits:

• You gain proficiency in Charisma saving throws. If you are already proficient in them, you add double your proficiency bonus to Charisma saving throws you make.
• While you are conscious, up to five friendly creatures within 30 feet of you who can see or hear you and who can understand you can gain a bonus to one Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma saving throw they make equal to your Charisma modifier. Once they’ve done so, they can’t do so again until they finish a short or long rest.
• As an action, you can attempt to distract up to five creatures you can see within 30 feet of you. Each creature must make a Wisdom saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier). Any creature immune to being charmed is unaffected. If you or your companions are fighting a creature, it has advantage on the saving throw. On a failed save, for the next minute, a creature has disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made to perceive any creature other than you until the effect ends or until the target can no longer see or hear you. The feature ends early if you are incapacitated.

The Taste of Death

You gain strength after eating the heart of a defeated enemy. As part of a short rest, you can eat the heart of one living creature that you helped defeat within the last hour. The creature must have an edible heart. Eating the heart requires 10 minutes of tearing it free, chewing, and swallowing, after which you heal 1d8 vigour points or 1 wound point for each Hit Die of the defeated creature.

Titan's Power

Prerequisite: Strength 20 or +2 racial bonus to Strength
You have the strength that legends tell of, granting the following benefits:

• You gain proficiency in Strength saving throws. If you are already proficient in them, you add double your proficiency bonus to Strength saving throws you make.
• You ignore the two-handed property of weapons with which you are proficient.
• When you miss with a melee weapon attack, the creature takes damage equal to your Strength modifier. This damage is of the same type as the weapon’s damage.

Unnatural Resilience

Prerequisite: Constitution 20 or +2 racial bonus to Constitution
You have the fortitude often attributed to gods, granting the following benefits:

• You gain proficiency in Constitution saving throws. If you are already proficient in them, you add double your proficiency bonus to saving throws you make.
• Enhanced effects, such as powers or medpacs, that would restore hit points to you can’t restore an amount less than half your level + your Constitution modifier. If this amount would exceed that maximum amount of hit points that effect could restore, you instead take that effect’s maximum.
• You can add your Constitution modifier to death saving throws you make.

Meta-Magician

Prerequisite: Wizard
As a wizard’s knowledge of magic grows, he can learn to cast spells in ways slightly different from the norm. Preparing and casting a spell in such a way is harder than normal, and spells modified by metamagic use a spell slot higher than normal. During spell preparation, the wizard chooses which spells to prepare with which kind of metamagic (and thus which ones require higher-level spell slots than normal).

In all ways, a metamagic spell operates at its original spell level, even though it is prepared and cast using a higher-level spell slot. The modifications made only apply to spells cast directly by the wizard. A wizard can’t use metamagic to alter a spell being cast from a wand, scroll, or other device. A wizard can apply multiple metamagic effects to a single spell. Changes to its level are cumulative. You can’t apply the same metamagic effect more than once to a single spell.

Careful Spell. +1 Spell Level
When you cast a spell that forces other creatures to make a saving throw, you can protect some of those creatures from the spell’s full force. Choose a number of those creatures up to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of one creature). A chosen creature automatically succeeds on its saving throw against the spell.

Distant Spell. +1 Spell Level
When you cast a spell that has a range of 5 feet or greater, you can double the range of the spell.

When you cast a spell that has a range of touch, you can make the range of the spell 30 feet.

Empowered Spell. +1 Spell Level
When you roll damage for a spell, you can reroll a number of the damage dice up to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of one). You must use the new rolls.

Extended Spell. +1 Spell Level
When you cast a spell that has a duration of 1 minute or longer, you can double its duration, to a maximum duration of 24 hours.

Heightened Spell +3 Spell Levels
When you cast a spell that forces a creature to make a saving throw to resist its effects, you can give one target of the spell disadvantage on its first saving throw made against the spell.

Quickened Spell +2 Spell Levels
When you cast a spell that has a casting time of 1 action, you can change the casting time to 1 bonus action for this casting.

Subtle Spell. +1 Spell Level
When you cast a spell, you can cast it without any somatic or verbal components.

Twinned Spell. Double Spell Level
When you cast a spell that targets only one creature and doesn't have a range of self, you can target a second creature in range with the same spell.

To be eligible, a spell must be incapable of targeting more than one creature at the spell’s current level. For example, magic missile and scorching ray aren't eligible, but ray of frost and chromatic orb are.

Twin Secrets

You can concentrate on two spells simultaneously without incurring exhaustion. Whenever you take damage while you are concentrating on two spells, you must make a Constitution saving throw to maintain your concentration. The DC equals 10 plus the levels of both spells, or half the damage you take, whichever number is higher. Alternatively, you can choose to stop concentrating on one spell, to retain concentration on the other.

War Caster

Prerequisite: The ability to cast spells
You've practiced casting powers in the midst of combat, learning techniques that grant you the following benefits:

• You have advantage on Constitution saving throws that you make to maintain your concentration on a spell when you take damage.
• You can perform the somatic components of spells even when you have weapons or a shield in one or both hands.
• Once per round, when a hostile creature provokes an opportunity attack from you, you can use your reaction to cast a spell at the creature, rather than making an opportunity attack. The power must have a casting time of 1 action and must target only that creature.

Fighting Master

You've mastered a particular style of fighting. Choose one of the Fighting Mastery options. You can't take a Fighting Mastery option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

Fighting Stylist

You adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty, gaining the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• Choose one of the Fighting Style options.
• You can select this feat multiple times. You can’t take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

Heavily Armoured

Prerequisite: Proficiency with medium armour
You have trained to master the use of heavy armour, gaining the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency with heavy armour. If you are already proficient with heavy armour, instead while you are wearing heavy armour, critical hits made against you are treated as normal hits and you don't suffer from disadvantage on Strength (Athletics) checks due to heavy armour you are wearing. Additionally, the penalty to your initiative due to the bulky property is reduced to -1.

You can take this feat twice.

Lightly Armoured

You have trained to master the use of light armour, gaining the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency with light armour. If you are already proficient with light armour, instead while you are unarmoured or wearing light armour, your speed increases by 5 feet.

Moderately Armoured

You have trained to master the use of medium armour, gaining the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency with medium armour. If you are already proficient with medium armour, instead while you are wearing medium armour, you can add 3, rather than 2, to your AC if you have a Dexterity of 16 or higher, and you ignore the bulky and noisy properties of medium armour.

Revenant Blade

• Increase your Dexterity or Strength score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• While wielding a double-bladed weapon with two hands, the weapon has the finesse trait for your attacks with it and you gain +1 AC.

Savage Attacker

• Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• Once per turn when you roll damage for a melee weapon attack with which you are proficient, you can reroll the weapon's damage dice and use either total.

Racial Feats

Weapon Specialisations

Grappling Specialist

You've developed the skills necessary to hold your own in close-quarters grappling. You gain the following benefits:

• You have advantage on attack rolls against a creature you are grappling.
• Failed grapple checks do not result in loss of the grapple or opportunity attacks.
• While you are grappling an opponent, you can choose not to roll one of your attacks and deal damage equal to your Strength ability modifier. While you are grappling an opponent, if the opponent attempts to escape your grapple and fails, you can spend your reaction to deal damage equal to your Strength ability modifier.

Polearm Specialist

You master polearm-type weapons. You gain the following benefits while wielding any of these weapons, if you are proficient with it:

• You gain a +1 bonus to the weapon’s attack rolls.
• When you take the Attack action, you can use a bonus action to make a melee attack with the opposite end of the weapon. The weapon’s damage die for this attack is a d4, and the attack deals bludgeoning damage. If the weapon has the reach property, the bonus action attack does not benefit from this property.
• When you take the Attack action, you can choose to forgo one of your attacks. If you do so, your reach increases by 5 feet until the start of your next turn.

Rifle Specialist

You master the use of firearms with the two-handed property. You gain the following benefits while wielding any of these weapons, if you are proficient with it:

• You gain a +1 bonus to the weapon’s attack rolls.
• Whenever you have advantage on an attack roll and hit, and the lower of the two d20 rolls would also hit, you can attempt to snare the target. If the target is no more than one size larger than you (your size or smaller if your weapon has the light property), it must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Dexterity modifier) or its movement speed is reduced by half until the end of it's next turn. If it's speed was already reduced by half, it is instead reduced to 5 feet.
• When a creature you can see misses you with an attack roll, you can use your reaction to Disengage and move up to half your speed. You must end this movement further away from the creature than you started.

Sidearm Specialist

You master weapons with the point-blank property. You gain the following benefits while wielding any of these weapons, if you are proficient with it:

• You gain a +1 bonus to the weapon’s attack rolls.
• You learn to load and fire your weapon more efficiently. You can now reload these weapons using your object interaction. You must have one free hand to reload.
• Whenever you score a critical hit against a living creature that has a head, you can attempt to daze the target. If the target is no more than one size larger than you (your size or smaller if your weapon has the light property), it must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Dexterity modifier) or be stunned until the end of its next turn.

Trip Weapon Specialist

You master weapons with the tripping property. You gain the following benefits while wielding any of these weapons:

• You gain a +1 bonus to the weapon’s attack rolls.
• As a bonus action on your turn, you can extend your weapon to sweep around and pull down an opponent’s shield. Until the end of that creature’s next turn, it gains no benefit to AC from its shield.
• When you score a critical hit with the weapon or hit with an opportunity attack using the weapon, you can attempt to trip the opponent as well. If the target is no more than one size larger (your size or smaller if your weapon has the light property), it must succeed on a Strength saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + either your Strength or Dexterity modifier) or be knocked prone.