Revised Fighter

Our fiction is filled with tales of martial heroes; the very source books we use for the world's most popular role playing game have listed such luminaries as Hercules, Beowulf, Achilles, Cu Chulainn and more over the years as inspiration for playing a fighter. However, more often than not these notables, heroes of song and story tend to fall to the wayside in actual play. Relegated to making the same attacks over and over, unless they also happen to be casting spells. There is little room inside the mechanics of this edition of Dungeons and Dragons to have a martial character who is not also slinging spells like a wish dot com Gandalf.

With that in mind, I've made the following changes to the Fighter class:

1. Superiority Dice and Maneuvers.

Among the mechanics presented within this edition, I had fallen in love with that of the battlemaster fighter. Originally the superiority dice were an element of all martial classes, not just one archetype within one class. While this document only covers Fighter, my aim was to bring the idea of a skilled combatant more to the forefront of the class as a whole, making maneuvers a core part of the class, to give all fighters a resource they can manage and meaningful choices they can make turn to turn to better interact with the rules at large. Don't worry, though, the battlemaster still exists, and is still the best at maneuvers!.

2. Extra Attack.

In accordance with my aim to bring mechanical contributions in line with other classes, I have moved Extra Attack from 20th level, to 17th. This brings it in line with when casters receive the fourth die or fourth attack on their resourceless attack cantrips. This is a change that helps raise up the falloff Fighter has in later levels.

3. Indomitable.

Through an incredible amount of play experience, and the comments and concerns of others whose expertise I'd heeded, I have updated Indomitable to function the same as Legendary Resistance, as suggested by a legend in his own right, u/Badooga1. I also shifted the third use of it to 20th level, where it is joined by...

4. An Actual Capstone.

With Extra Attack (3) moved to 17th level, and it being a rather uninspiring 20th level ability to begin with, I have provided a new 20th level ability that that allows you to further embody the different archetypical heroes we grew up reading about.

5. Updated Player Options.

With changes to the core of the class, I have also included updates for all of the official Martial Archetypes, and a few of my own, Chosen to either fulfill a particular fantasy, or re-create something that I felt was better realized in a previous edition. New Maneuvers (most donated by Badooga1) and feats!

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Table of Contents

• 1Introduction

• 2Part I: The Fighter, Revised

• 5Part II: Updated Martial Archetypes

  • 6Arcane Archer
  • 6Battlemaster
  • 7Cavalier
  • 8Champion
  • 8Echo Knight
  • 8Eldritch Knight
  • 9Psi Warrior
  • 9Purple Dragon Knight/Banneret
  • 9Rune Knight
  • 10Samurai

• 11Part III: New Martial Archetypes

  • 12Adept
  • 13Destroyer
  • 14Hexblade
  • 15IronBlooded

• 16Part IV: Maneuvers

  • 17Existing Maneuvers
  • 18New and Updated Maneuvers

• 20Part V: Feats

  • 21Martial Feats
  • 23Gladiator Feats

• 25Reference (Conditions & Actions)

• 27Part VI: Art Credits & Thank Yous

Warning!

This document does increase the mechanical potency, and particularly, narrative agency of Fighters, and while I aim for solid balance with regards to other classes and multiclassing, I have not tested every single multiclass choice that exists, and there may yet be unforeseen power spikes that can alter your encounter planning. So, as with any homebrew, I recommend reading this through prior to bringing it to your table. Remember that the goal of this document is the same as the goal of any good Dungeon Master: to help empower your players to have fun. If something stands out as harmful to the fun of the table, I certainly won't be offended if you let me know. I welcome and appreciate any and all feedback.

Class Features

As a fighter, you gain the following class features

Multiclassing

Ability Score Minimum: Strength 13 or Dexterity 13
Armor: light armor, medium armor, shields
Weapons: simple weapons, martial weapons

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Fighting Style

You adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the options available to Fighters (PHB pg. 72, TCE pg. 41). You can't take the same Fighting Style option more than once, even if you get to choose again.

Second Wind

You have a limited well of stamina that you can draw on to protect yourself from harm. On your turn, you can use a bonus action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.

Martial Superiority

At 1st level, you learn maneuvers that are fueled by special dice called superiority dice.

Maneuvers. You learn two maneuvers of your choice, which are listed under "Fighter Maneuvers" below. Martial Archetypes allow selection from an expanded list of additional Maneuvers, found in the archetype descriptions in the following pages. Many maneuvers enhance an attack in some way. Unless otherwise noted, you can use only one maneuver per attack. You learn two additional maneuvers of your choice at 7th, 10th, and 15th level. Maneuvers learned from other sources such as archetypes or feats do not limit the number of maneuvers you learn via fighter levels.

Superiority Dice. You gain a number of superiority dice equal to 2 + your proficiency bonus. These dice are d6s. A superiority die is expended when you use it, and you regain all expended superiority dice when you finish a short rest.

Saving Throws. Some of your maneuvers require your target to make a saving throw to resist the maneuver's effects. The saving throw DC is calculated as follows:

Maneuver save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice)

Action Surge

Starting at 2nd level, you can push yourself beyond your normal limits for a moment. On your turn, you can take one additional action.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again. Starting at 17th level, you can use it twice before a rest, but only once on the same turn.

Heroism

At 3rd level, any time you are forced to make a Wisdom saving throw to avoid being frightened, you can make a Constitution saving throw instead.

Martial Archetype

At 3rd level, you choose a path that shapes the nature of your rage from the list of available paths. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th levels.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th, 6th, 8th, 12th, 14th, 16th, and 19th levels, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature. If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Extra Attack

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

The number of attacks increases to three when you reach 11th level in this class and to four when you reach 17th level in this class.

Adaptable Combatant

Starting at 6th level, once per round, you can use a maneuver without expending a superiority die. The numerical bonus is equal to half your proficiency bonus, rounded down.

Indomitable

Beginning at 9th level, if you fail a saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead, and you can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest. If you use this feature on a death saving throw, it counts as rolling a 15 on the d20.

You can use this feature twice between long rests starting at 13th level and three times between long rests starting at 20th level.

Legendary Hero

When you reach 20th level, you are renowned for your legendary prowess. Choose one of the following benefits to reflect the form your greatness takes. You gain +2 to one of the listed ability scores. Your maximum for the chosen score is now 22.

Genius Tactician (Intelligence or Wisdom): The save DCs and additional damage of your maneuvers are increased by your Intelligence or Wisdom Modifier. After initiative is rolled, you may swap positions in the initiative order with an enemy.

Speed of Thought (Dexterity): Your speed increases by 10ft, and you can move along vertical surfaces. Additionally you can use a bonus action to dash. If you do, your movement this turn does not provoke opportunity attacks.

Titanic (Strength or Constitution): You have advantage on all Strength and Constitution ability checks, and any of your maneuvers that affect only large or smaller creatures can now affect huge or smaller creatures.

Larger than Life (Charisma): Enemies within 10ft of you that are not immune to fear suffer a penalty to attack rolls equal to your charisma modifier. When you successfully influence a creature, you regain one expended superiority die.

Fighter Maneuvers

A fighter may select any of the following maneuvers
Break Free
Disarming Attack
Fast Footwork
Feinting Attack
Lunging Attack
Parry
Precision Attack
Pushing Attack
Riposte
Sweeping Attack
Survivalist

Updated Martial Archetypes

As the core identity and capability of the Fighter class is altered in this variant, So too have some Martial Archetypes been updated. Some Martial Archetypes do not receive any changes at this point and will be noted as such. Others
may gain access to unique
maneuvers or
ways to interact with the
Martial Superiority
mechanics.


The following pages describe these
changes and additions to
existing Martial Archetypes.

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Cavalier (XGE pg. 30)

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Champion (PHB pg. 72)

Echo Knight (EGW pg 183)

Eldritch Knight (PHB pg. 74)

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Psi Warrior (TCE pg. 42)

Purple Dragon Knight / Banneret (SCAG pg. 128)

Rune Knight (TCE pg. 44)

Giant's Might (Updated)

You have learned how to imbue yourself with the might of giants. As a bonus action, you magically gain the following benefits, which last for 1 minute:

If you are smaller than Large, you become Large, along with anything you are wearing. If you lack the room to become Large, your size doesn't change. You have advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws. Once on each of your turns, one of your attacks with a weapon or an unarmed strike can deal an extra 1d6 damage to a target on a hit. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.

While your Giant's might is active and you are Large or larger, any damage dealt by your superiority dice are increased to d8s.

Rune Knight Additional Maneuvers

As Rune Knight, whenever you select a maneuver for your Martial Superiority class feature, you may also select from the following
Brace
Bait and Switch
Body Blow
Grappling Strike
Great Fortitude
Trip Attack

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Samurai (XGE pg. 31)

New Martial Archetypes

The following Martial Archetypes are new, created for myself or my players to fulfill a particular fantasy. Some are completely new, others are based on previous editions or altered from other class subclass options.

You may notice archetypes that share a name with subclasses for other classes - As a rule of thumb, a player character may not take a subclass with the same name as another subclass they currently have (Current Example being Hexblade - You cannot be both a Warlock hexblade and a Fighter Hexblade, as this can cause mechanical issues with named features)

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Adept

A master of martial maneuvers, the Adept is an artisan with weaponry — a blade wizard whose knowledge of the combined arms techniques lets him unlock potent abilities.

Disciplines

Vanguard

Vanguards are implacable combatants, their measured strikes batter opponents like a waterfall batters rocks.
Granted Proficiency. athletics
Granted Maneuvers. Body Blow, Knock Away
Stance Benefits. While wearing medium or heavy armor, if an effect moves you against your will, you can reduce the distance you are moved by up to 10 feet, and you cannot be knocked prone.

If you successfully shove a creature with an attack, you can move 5 feet toward it. You do not provoke an opportunity attack with this move.
Greater Technique. Any maneuver dice added to damage for attacks made with versatile melee weapons increase to d10s. Any maneuver dice added to damage for attacks made with heavy melee weapons increase to d12s.

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Destroyer

Destroyers are hulking brawlers and titans on the battlefield. While many also use weapons, most Destroyers would prefer to tear down the stone towers of their enemies with bare hands. Destroyers can often be found making coin in fighting pits, mercenary companies, and as living siege weapons - crumbling fortifications is something they are expert at, and they are uniquely capable of enhancing their already formidable abilities by absorbing magical weapons.

Instruments of Destruction

At 18th level, your ferocity is unmatched. When you you hit a target with an unarmed strike, the target must make a Constitution saving throw against a save DC of 8+Strength modifier + proficiency bonus or suffer one level of exhaustion. A target may receive multiple levels of exhaustion in this way, all of which end at the start of your next turn. This effect cannot make a target exceed three levels.

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Hexblade

Combining the dynamic powers of martial prowess and arcane might, the hexblade presents a deadly challenge to opponents unused to such a foe. This is a take on the original Hexblade, an arcane-tinted martial class from days of yore.

Malefactor

Beginning at 18th level, When you hit a creature under the effect of your hex spell with a weapon attack, you can expend one hex die to cast bestow curse as if with a fifth-level spell slot using Charisma as your spellcasting ability.

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Ironblooded

Ironblooded are anathema to creatures of magic. They don't intrinsically hate magic, but rather accutely aware of it's impact on the world - and are inured to it's potency. Ironblooded are often loners, but most welcome companionship and are potent allies.

Salt and Stone

At 18th level, You become resistant to damage from any magical source. Additionally, any time you hit with a melee attack, if the target is capable of casting spells, under the effect of any spells, or currently possesses any magical items, You deal an additional 1d8 force damage to your target.

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Maneuvers

The following is an listing
of all available maneuvers.
This is a living document,
though, and more maneuvers
may show up here (and listed
in the various archetype
lists!) It can be a good idea
to record your selected Maneuvers on
your character sheet for ease of use!

Thissection provides a reference for
where to find the existing maneuvers
and new additions - either modifications
of existing maneuvers or entirely
new maneuvers that you can use
to enact your martial dreams.

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Existing Maneuvers

The following Maneuvers are found in the Player's Handbook, p73. These function as normal and are not modified in any way.

New Maneuvers

Guardian Stance

As a bonus action, you can expend a superiority die to enter a stance that lasts until the start of your next turn. While in this stance, you can make opportunity attacks without using your reaction, and you can use your reaction to make a melee attack against a creature that moves more than 5 feet while within your reach.

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Iron Will

When you make a saving throw against being charmed or frightened, or against taking psychic damage, you can expend one superiority die to add it to the roll. You can use this maneuver before or after making the save, but before any consequences of the roll take effect.

Knock Away

When you attempt to shove a creature, you can expend one superiority die and add it to your Strength (Athletics) check. You can then attempt to push another creature within 5 feet of the original target as part of the same motion. If your original check beats the creature's contested check, you successfully shove the second creature as well.

Revitalising Surge

When you use your Second Wind class feature, you may expend a superiority die to bolster your reserves. Roll the superiority die, and add the number rolled to the number of hit points you recover from the second wind. You also gain this many temporary hit points.

Steely Restoration

When you use your Second Wind class feature, you may expend a superiority die to defend yourself as you recover. Roll the superiority die, rolling the die and adding the number rolled to your AC until you the start of your next turn, or you move (voluntarily or non-voluntarily).

Spring Attack

When you take the Disengage or Dodge action on your turn, you can use your bonus action to expend one superiority die and make a single weapon attack. If you hit, add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll.

Surprising Combination

As a bonus action, you can expend one superiority die and make an unarmed strike at a target within your reach. If you hit, add the superiority die to the weapon's damage roll and gain advantage on your next attack against the same target this turn.

Survivalist

When you make an Intelligence (Nature), a Wisdom (Animal Handling), or a Wisdom (Survival) check, you can expend one superiority die and add the superiority die to the ability check.

Sweeping Attack (updated)

When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to attempt to damage another creature with the same attack. Choose another creature within 5 feet of the original target and within your reach. If the original attack roll would hit the second creature, it takes damage equal to the number you roll on your superiority die plus your Strength modifier. The damage is of the same type dealt by the original attack.

Throat Strike

When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike you made with advantage, you can expend one superiority die to attempt to silence the target. You add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll, and the target must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target is silenced until the end of it's next turn. If this attack causes a concentration check, that check is made at disadvantage.

Uppercut

When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike you made with advantage, you can expend one superiority die to attempt to disorient the target. You add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll, and if the target is Large or smaller, it must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target is dazed until the start of it's next turn.

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Martial Feats

The feats in this section are either
modified from the original or
completely new, to provide better
mechanical choices for Martial
characters - though unless
otherwise noted these feats are
indeed available to anyone
who meets the prerequisites.

As with the maneuvers list, this is a
living document and more feats will be
added as I finish, playtest, and
format them.

A series of feats have been added
as a sort of experiment in bringing the
class-like style differentiation between
gladiators in to 5e. These are meant to
be seperate from the rest of the feats
as an optional plug-in. I would love to
hear your feedback!

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Martial Feats

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Martial Adept (updated)

You have martial training that allows you to perform special combat maneuvers. You gain the following benefits:

• You learn two maneuvers of your choice from among those available to the Fighter class and to the Battle Master archetype in the fighter class. If a maneuver you use requires your target to make a saving throw to resist the maneuver's effects, the saving throw DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice). If you have maneuvers from your class, these do not count against the number of maneuvers known.
• You gain two superiority dice, which are d6es (these dice are added to any superiority dice you have from another source). These dice are used to fuel your maneuvers. A superiority die is expended when you use it. You regain your expended superiority dice when you finish a short or long rest.

Martial Dilletante

Prerequisites: 4th level, Must have at least one Maneuver

You do not limit yourself to the maneuvers of your chosen path.

• Increase your Strength or Dexterity by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You learn two maneuvers of your choice. If you have maneuvers from your class, these do not count against the number of maneuvers known.
• Once per turn, after rolling superiority dice, you may reroll the dice after seeing the result

Massive

You are very large. This comes with the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength or Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain the powerful build trait.
• As a bonus action, you can choose to spend a Hit Die. Roll the die and regain hit points equal to the total plus your Consitution modifier. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (a minimum of once). You regain any Hit Dice spent in this way when you finish a long rest

Medium Armor Master (updated)

Prerequisites: Proficiency with medium armor

You have practiced moving in medium armor to gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength or Dexterity by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• Wearing medium armor doesn't impose disadvantage on your Dexterity (Stealth) checks.
• When you wear medium armor, you can add 3, rather than 2, to your AC if you have a Dexterity of 16 or higher.
• While you are wearing medium armor, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage that you take from nonmagical weapons is reduced by your half of your proficiency bonus.

Mounted Combatant (updated)

You are a dangerous foe to face while mounted. While you are mounted and aren't incapacitated, you gain the following benefits:

• You have advantage on melee attack rolls against any unmounted creature that is smaller than your mount.
• You can force an attack targeted at your mount to target you instead.
• If your mount is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if it fails.
• at the end of a short rest, you may select a suitable creature as a mount, that gains a bonus to it's HP equal to 3x your level + your proficiency bonus, and it gains a bonus to its Armor Class equal to your proficiency bonus. These bonuses remain until the mount dies or you select a different creature as a mount.

Polearm Master (updated)

You can keep your enemies at bay with reach weapons. You gain the following benefits:

• When you take the Attack action and attack with only a glaive, halberd, pike quarterstaff, trident or spear, you can use a bonus action to make a melee attack with the opposite end of the weapon; this attack uses the same ability modifier as the primary attack. The weapon's damage die for this attack is a d4, and the attack deals bludgeoning damage.
• While you are wielding a glaive, halberd, pike, quarterstaff, trident or spear, other creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they enter the reach you have with that weapon.

Sharpshooter (updated)

You have mastered ranged weapons and can make shots that others find impossible. You gain the following benefits:

• Your ranged weapon attacks reduce the effects of target cover by one step - 3/4 cover becomes 1/2 cover, 1/2 cover becomes no cover. Targets do not gain a bonus to their armor class from using shields.
• Targets within range that are not in your long range that dodge do not impose disadvantage to you for ranged attack rolls against them.

Tandem Tactician (by Badooga1)

Prerequisite: Intelligence 13 or higher
Your presence in a scrap tends to elevate your comrades. You gain the following benefits:

• You can use the Help action as a bonus action. If you could already do this, you can take the Help action twice as a part of the same bonus action.
• When you use the Help action to aid an ally in attacking a creature, increase the range of the Help action by 10 feet. Additionally, you can help an additional ally that is targeting the same creature within range when you use the Help action this way.

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Gladiator Feats

Latin? in my fantasy game?

While not a panoply of the different types of gladiators, the following feats represent broad gladiator archetypes. Please don't look for historical accuracy here, that's not the aim. These feats are intended to open up dramatic methodologies that aren't universally applicable, but can be potent under the right circumstances. This section includes both the more recognizable gladiators such as the Retiarius or Secutor, and some of the more esoteric methodologies, such as the Bestarius, but it also includes some of the supporting staff that keep the ludus in fighting shape.

Bestarius (Gladiator)

Prerequisites: Proficiency in Animal Handling

Your ability to understand and train animals has been put to use in the arena - When dangerous game enters the arena, it is you that directs their teeth and claws.

• Increase your Wisdom Score by 1 to a maximum of 20
• You add double your proficiency bonus to Wisdom (Animal Handling) checks.
• You have advantage on Charisma (Intimidate) and Wisdom (Insight) checks made against creatures of the beast type.
• You can use a bonus action on your turn to command one friendly beast within 60 feet of you that can hear you and isn't currently following the command of someone else. You decide now what action the beast will take during it's next turn, or you issue a general command that lasts for 1 minute, such as to guard a particular area.

Carnifex (Gladiator)

Prerequisites: Proficiency with Martial Weapons and Shields

As a Carnifex, you are the finisher; the executioner. When a gladiator is beyond saving, beyond fighting back, you are called in to speed their passage. Your visage is feared, for it always spells doom to the injured.

• On your turn, when you score a critical hit with a melee weapon, the target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength bonus) or take an additional 2d4 necrotic damage
• When you hit a prone creature with a Warhammer, Maul, Battle Axe, or Great Axe, their movement is reduced to zero until the end of their next turn, while you are adjacent to them.
• When you reduce an enemy to 0 hit points, you gain Temporary hp equal to the number of allies and enemies that can see you, with a maximum number equal to your Charisma score.

Cestus (Gladiator)

Prerequisite: Strength 13 or higher

Used to fighting in small clothes or even completely nude, you are adept at grappling and deadly accurate punches that can cause brutal internal bleeding and broken bones.

• While you are not wearing any armor, your Armor Class equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier.
• While you have an opponent grappled, you can attempt to restrain your opponent. as an attack, make a new Strength (Athletics) roll as if you were attempting a grapple. If successful, your opponent is restrained until the grapple is broken. While restraining your opponent you are grappled by them.
• While you have an opponent grappled or restrained, your unarmed strikes deal an additional 1d4 necrotic damage to them.

Hoplomachus (Gladiator)

Prerequisites: Proficiency with Martial Weapons and Shields

With Spear, Shield, and Dagger, your skills mirror that of professional soldiers.

• You can wield a light weapon in the same hand as a shield with no penalty
• When you wield a versatile weapon, it gains the Reach trait, and its damage and its versatile damage both increase by one die step
• Allies may not be targeted by opportunity attacks while adjacent to you.

Medicus (Gladiator)

Prerequisite: Proficiency in Medicine

Arena fights are rarely to the death. That makes for a short season. You are skilled at patching up your fellow gladiators, but are also capable of shedding blood.

• Increase your Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You add double your proficiency bonus to Wisdom (Medicine) checks.
• 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 may use this for a number of hit dice equal to your proficiency modifier.
• You can add additional 1d4 necrotic damage when determining the extra damage for a critical hit with a melee attack made with a
  piercing weapon.

Luctator (Gladiator)

Prerequisite: Strength 13 or higher

You are a skilled and powerful wrestler, able to control your foes with your mighty techniques

• When you successfully grapple or push an opponent, they must make a strength saving throw (save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength modifier). On a failure they are knocked prone and take 1d10+ your Strength modifier damage.
• When you win an ability contest to shove a creature prone or to avoid being shoved by a creature, you can choose to push that creature up to 5 feet away from you.
• When you push a creature, instead of directly away from you, you can choose to push them to any space you are adjacent to.

Retiarius (Gladiator)

Prerequisites: Proficiency with Martial Weapons and Shields

You've mastered the ability to control your opponent, keeping them at range or entangled in your net using clever rope tricks and leverage.

• You treat nets as having a range of 10/20 and being within 5 feet of a hostile creature doesn't impose disadvantage on your ranged attack rolls made with a net, when that creature is the target of the attack. When attacking with a net you are no longer limited to only one attack per action.
• When restraining an enemy with a net, the escape DC is 8 + your Strength bonus + your proficiency bonus.
• When you wield a trident, its damage and its versatile damage both increase by one die step, and the distance of your pushes is increased by 5 feet.

Scutarius (Gladiator)

Prerequisites: Proficiency with Martial Weapons and Shields

You intentionally draw out fights to spur the cheering of the crowd, being a master of your large shield, useful both in defense and offense.

• When you take the dodge action, your shield bonus is doubled from 2 to 4.
• You can attack with your shield as a bonus action. for the purposes of the attack, your shield is a martial melee weapon with the Heavy property. it deals 1d8 + your Strength modifier bludgeoning damage.
• You have advantage on Strength (Athletics) rolls made to shove opponents.

Secutor (Gladiator)

Prerequisites: Proficiency with Martial Weapons and Shields

As a secutor, you chase your opponents down, drawing blood over and over while close in to slake the blood-thirsty sands of the arena.

• Your speed increases by 5 feet.
• When grappling or being grappled by an opponent, the damage of daggers you wield increases by one die step (1d4->1d6)
• When you have a shield equipped, if not holding anything else, your shield arm is an open hand for the purposes of grappling.

Superstes (Gladiator)

Prerequisite: At least one other gladiator feat

You are a veteran of many battles, and you have the scars to show it.

• When a creature makes an attack roll against you, you can use your reaction to negate the advantage. No attack roll has advantage against you until the end of the current turn, including the triggering attack. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
• When you win an ability contest to shove a creature or to avoid being shoved by a creature, you can choose to push that creature up to 5 feet away from you (no reaction required).
• When you take the dodge action, you may make one melee weapon attack.

Venator (Gladiator)

Prerequisite: Proficiency in Survival

You have spent time hunting creatures, both in and out of the arena, gaining the following benefits:

• You add double your proficiency bonus to Wisdom (Survival) checks.
• You know the hunter’s mark spell, and Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for it. You can use it a certain number of times without expending a spell slot equal to your Proficiency modifier. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. When you use this ability against a creature of the (Beast) subtype, it does not expend one of your uses.
• You have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track and hunt beasts and other creatures with Intelligence score 8 or lower.

Tyrannus (Gladiator)

Prerequisite: Proficiency in Intimidation

You are a fearsome competitor, your strikes sow fear in even the bravest foes.

• Increase your Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You add double your proficiency bonus to Charisma (Intimidation) checks.
• When you score a critical hit, If the target can see or hear you, it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw (DC equal to 8 + double your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier) or be frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Reference

ABILITY CHECK

To determine whether your request or demand is successful, you make a Charisma Check. You have Advantage on the check if the creature is Friendly, and you have Disadvantage if the creature is Hostile.

Choosing a Skill. The Influence Skills table suggests which Skills are applicable when you make the Charisma Check, depending on the interaction that precedes the roll.

Setting the DC. The minimum DC for the check is 15 or the creature’s Intelligence score, whichever is higher.

Outcome. If your check succeeds, the creature does as asked. If your check fails, you must wait to make the same request again. The default wait time is 24 hours, which the DM may shorten or extend depending on the circumstances

Help

When you take the Help Action, you do one of the following: Assist Ability Check. Choose one of your Skill Proficiencies and one ally who can see or hear you. You give Advantage to the next Ability Check that ally makes with the chosen Skill. This benefit expires if the ally doesn’t use it before the start of your next turn. To give this assistance, you must be near enough to the ally to assist verbally or physically when the ally makes the check. The DM has final say on whether your assistance is possible.

Assist Attack Roll. You momentarily distract an enemy within 5 feet of you, granting Advantage to the next Attack Roll by one of your allies against that enemy. This benefit expires at the start of your next turn

Hide

With the Hide Action, you try to conceal yourself. To do so, you must make a DC 15 Dexterity Check (Stealth) while you’re Heavily Obscured or behind Three-Quarters Cover or Total Cover, and you must be out of any visible enemy’s line of sight; if you can see a creature, you can discern whether it can see you. On a successful check, you are Hidden. Make note of your check’s total, which becomes the DC for a creature to find you with a Wisdom Check (Perception).

Jump

With the Jump Action, you attempt to leap more than 5 feet (a jump of 5 feet or less is treated as Difficult Terrain). When you take this Action, your Speed must be greater than 0, and you must make a DC 10 Strength Check (Acrobatics or Athletics). If you don’t Move at least 10 feet immediately before this Action, you have Disadvantage on the check. On a failed check, you leap 5 feet horizontally or vertically. On a successful check, the check’s total determines the distance in feet that you can clear horizontally, or half that total if you’re jumping vertically (round down). This jump doesn’t expend your movement.

Search

When you take the Search Action, you make a Wisdom Check to discern something that isn’t obvious. The Search table suggests which Skills are applicable when you take this Action, depending on what you’re trying to detect.

Study

When you take the Study Action, you make an Intelligence Check to study your memory, a book, a creature, a clue, an object, or another source of knowledge and call to mind an important piece of information about it. The Areas of Knowledge table suggests which Skills are applicable when you take this Action, depending on the area of knowledge the Intelligence Check is about.

New Conditions

The following conditions referenced within the subclasses and maneuvers.

Art Credits

Watercolor Stains
Cover Art: The Islands of the Blessed by Richard Anderson
Page 4: Samurai Battle by David Benzal
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Page 7: Dextarius With Riding Ywain by Yasmine Putri
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Page 9: The Last Warforged by Capt Diablo
Page 10: Gatekeeper by DenmanRooke
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Back Page: Valen by Yasmin Putri
All art used without permission, not for profit. This document is presented as a fan work and not to be sold or printed. I will respect the wishes of any artists who request art be removed, and offer my greatest thanks for the inspiration and creativity they bring to our hobby.

Special thanks:

A lot of this work (especially the indomitable change, which has been stolen whole cloth, and many of the new maneuvers) comes from conversations with Badooga, so special thanks to this gal. u/Badooga1. Her work can be found Here

Also, Fungus for giving me, and others, a place to bounce ideas off of one another, and providing valuable feedback and advice with both content and formatting.

Additional thanks:

To the various clever, creative folks on the various discords I frequent:
Kroth#4109
Toni, Snake Holder#6754
DrGoo282#5334,
El Joscar Magnifico#6353
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And especially to my patient and loving partner, without whom I would probably have left this in an unformatted notepad mess.

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