Contents

Part I

The Ronin: Lore .............................................................................. 4

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The Ronin: Main Features & Table ............................................. 5

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The Ronin: Class Features & Subclasses .................................. 6

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The Ronin: Subclas Features ....................................................... 7

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The Ronin: Subclas Spell List ................................................... 10

Part II

The Crackshot: Lore ...................................................................... 12

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The Crackshot: Main Features & Table ................................... 13

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The Crackshot: Class Features ................................................. 14

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The Crackshot: Subclas Features ............................................. 15

Part III

The Swordmaster: Lore .............................................................. 20

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The Swordmaster: Main Features & Table ............................. 21

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The Swordmaster: Class Features ........................................... 22

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The Swordmaster: Subclas Features ....................................... 23

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The Swordmaster: Spell List ..................................................... 26

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The Swordmaster: Arcane Swords Descriptions .................. 27

Prologue: Thank you

This project has been in the works for almost five years. All three classes were previously published to receive valuable feedback, which helped in refining and correcting them as needed.

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I am grateful for the journey that has led me to this point, and I hope that those who have supported me with comments, up-votes, and sharing my posts have also enjoyed the content I have created.

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Also, in addition to this book, I have launched a Patreon page where, for those who wish to support me further, I will be sharing exclusive content developed for my campaigns and one-shots. I would be immensely grateful to have you join me there.

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Lastly, I, again, want to express my sincere gratitude for your comments, 'ups', and shares. Your participation is invaluable. So, for those who liked these three classes, I want you to know, that a second book is already on the works.

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Please feel free to share and enjoy this project with your fellow adventurers, creating unforgettable characters together.

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See you in the comments.

~ Gastón.

Thanks to the r/DnDHomebrew community for all your support!

No more Bushido Code

A warrior who swore to protect his master and allies under the Bushido code. Justice, Courage, Compassion, Respect, Honesty, Honor and Loyalty were his virtues, but that was no more the code to follow, no more path to take, neither was the morality of a warrior who lost it all fighting for what previously thought was a good cause.

As an ex-Samurai, you travel, escaping your past and following the steps of a vanishing future which lies about freedom and peace, while searching for a new objective to devote yourself to.

Without Owner

Previously, you owed your life to a Commander or a Leader, not now. Your life is yours and surviving in this land, with your hurt honor and soul only depends on you. Few called you a 'friend', and now, everyone can be your enemy. Your future is blurry and every move, sweep and slash counts when defending yourself.

Some Ronin were seen as adventures, others helped some village's militia instead. There are myths talking about some assasins that look like shadows using long and thin swords and some demonic-faced gigantic warriors that destroy complete armies with a single strike.

Multiclassing and the Ronin

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If your group uses the optional rule on multiclassing, here's what you need to know if you choose Ronin as one of your classes.

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Ability Score Minimum: As a multiclass character, you must have at least a Intelligence score of 13 to take a level in this class, or to take a level in another class if you are already a Ronin.

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Proficiencies Gained: If Ronin isn't your initial class, here are the proficiencies you gain when you take your first level as a Ronin: Martial weapons and one skill of your choice.

Creating a Ronin

When building a Ronin, think about what made your character escape, betray or abandon his/her path, or why it though that wandering in a new world was a great idea. Vengance or safety are great and simple words that you can build your background around.

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Was there a greater mission? Was your master a tyrant? And your family? Was it murdered/exiled? Are you skilled enough? Were you useless?

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These questions could be used as a guide to create a 'fallen' background. As a counterpart, you can always say that you where trained by a Ronin and use some of those questions as a guide.

Hit Points

Hit Dice: 1d8 per Ronin Level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + Constitution Mod.
Hit Points: 1d8 (or 5) + Constitution Mod. per Level

Proficiencies

Armor: Light Armor & Medium Armor
Weapons: Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons (Katana, Nodachi, Naginata)
Tools: Choose one type of Artisan’s Tools or one musical Instrument
Saving Throws: Dexterity, Intelligence
Skills: Choose Three from Acrobatics, Athletics, Intimidate, Insight, Stealth, Medicine, Perception, Religion, Survival.

Equipment

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

• (a) Katana, (b) Nodachi or (c) Naginata
• (a) Padded armor, longbow and 20 Arrows or (b) Chain Shirt
• (a) an Explorer’s Pack, (b) a Herbalism kit or (c) a Dungeoneer’s Pack

Wealth [4d4 x 10 Gold Pieces]

Martial Stance

At 1st level, you learn the art of fighting with versatile strategies. At the beginning of any combat, you start without any stance prepared. Depending on the stance you choose, your combat skills will gain advantages and disadvantages. To prepare or switch your stance, you must spend half of your movement speed. Additionally, you can maintain the same stance in subsequent turns without any cost, but you cannot switch to another stance within the same turn.

• Hogo: While being in this stance, you have the ability to use your reaction when you are being targeted by an attack to add your proficiency bonus to your AC against this attack roll.

• Bōkō: While in this stance, you adopt an offensive pose. Each time you attack with your weapon, you gain +2 to your damage roll. However, while using this stance, your movement speed is halved.

• Taira: This stance utilizes the stability of your body to achieve a perfect balance between offense and defense. While in this stance, your movement speed increases by 5ft x your Dexterity modifier. Additionally, you can use your bonus action to Disengage from one creature of your choice.

Snake Dash

At 3rd level, you can make a melee attack with a weapon that has the Reach property and then move 5ft backward. The target of your attack cannot make an opportunity attack against you in response. This feature can be used once per turn.

Unbreakable Cover

At 7th level, when you are targeted by a ranged attack, you can use your reaction to add +3 to your AC against that attack.

If the attack does not hit, you can redirect it by making a ranged weapon attack with a range of 20/40 feet.

This feature can be used a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier per short rest.

Endless Swirl

At 10th level, when facing more than one creature within 10 feet of you, immediately after taking the Attack action, you can use your bonus action to make a number of strikes equal to the number of attacks you make when using your main Attack action. However, these additional attacks do not add your ability modifier to their damage.

Brutal Bleeding

At 14th level, whenever you hit an enemy with slashing or piercing damage, the target must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC equal to 8 + your Intelligence modifier + your proficiency modifier.

If the target fails the saving throw, it takes 1d4 necrotic damage at the start of each of its turns until it reaches 0 hit points.

This bleeding can stack up to three times, dealing a maximum of 3d4 of necrotic damage per turn.

The creature affected by this feature can attempt to stop the bleeding by making a Medicine skill check with a DC equal to the one used for the Constitution save.

Heavy Impact

Beginning at 3rd level, when you make an attack with advantage, you can reroll one of the dice once.

Additionally, your weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20. This feature is active only when you are wielding one weapon that has the Heavy property.

Petrifying Look

Starting at 7th level, you gain the ability to enter a state of tranquil focus, channeling your spirit to fortify your body. As an action, you assume a defensive stance, remaining rooted in place and prepared to withstand any melee attack.

When targeted by a melee attack while in this stance, you are able to deflect the attack, taking no damage, and retaliate, as a reaction, with a counterattack against the assailant.

If you are targeted by a ranged attack while in this stance, you are able to dodge the attack, avoiding the damage entirely. However, if this ranged attack requires you to make a saving throw, like a spell, this feature will not work.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier per short rest.

Complete Soul

At 10th level your hit die become a d12. All hit point rolls for levels 10th to 20th are thrown with this new hit die.

Intense Regeneration

Starting at 14th level, if your current hit points are below half of your maximum hit points, you can harness your inner resilience to initiate a healing process.

As a bonus action, you focus your energy and restore 8 + your Constitution modifier hit points until your current hit points reach half of your maximum hit points. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier + your Intelligence modifier per long rest.

Bonus Proficiency

When choosing this way at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with longbows.

Swift Archery

Starting at 3rd level, when you use the Attack action on your turn to make an attack with your longbow, you can use a bonus action to fire a second arrow in quick succession to the same target. However, this second arrow damage roll does not benefit from your Dexterity modifier.

Modern Days

All this started with an idea. Black powder and Gunpowder were recent discoveries. The musket, blunderbuss and pistol where not reliable, despite of being revolutionary weaponry.

With this context, in a world of business, creatures, wars and, most importantly, adventurers, something needed to be done. Only a very few could rely on magic, so lots of artisans begun to change their names to 'inventors'.

Smiths learned how to manipulate some alchemical materials, and Alchemists started building their forges.

Now call me: Gun-Smith

You were given a new profession, a new name. You were now a 'gunsmith'. This first wave of gunsmiths, of which you are part, dared to innovate with new materials and techniques, creating rare, complex and often useless weapons.

But, you didn't do such a thing. Your creation was not useless and, after months of no-sleep nights and lots of failures, you created a ranged, metallic, fire spitting weapon: The Revolver.

This is how you begin your journey. With an incredible invention which everyone should be proud of; everyone should know about- ... really? Should they?

Creating a Crackshot

When building a Crackshot, think about what made your character create his/her invention. Remember that as the levels go by, the "project" evolves, so it is not finished in the first levels, far from it, depending on the archetype you choose, changes completely.

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An approach with the phrase: 'too dangerous for our society', can be an easy and practical thing to start with. Or, perhaps, you developed this weaponry to defend your home, who knows.

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These could be used as a guide to create an inventor type of background. As a counterpart, you can always say that you inherited the project or weapon and where taught by someone.

Multiclassing and the Crackshot

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If your group uses the optional rule on multiclassing, here's what you need to know if you choose Crackshot as one of your classes.

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Ability Score Minimum: As a multiclass character, you must have at least an Intelligence score of 13 to take a level in this class, or to take a level in another class if you are already a Crackshot.

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Proficiencies Gained: If Crackshot isn't your initial class, here are the proficiencies you gain when you take your first level as a Crackshot: Smith's tools, Alchemist's Supplies and one skill of your choice.

Feats and Multiclass:

• The ‘Gunner’ feat does not remove the ‘Reload’ property from this class and its weapons.
• Any Crackshot weapon can be used by another class when using the multiclass feature. These weapons are 'class weapons'.
• There are only two ways to Dual Wield with this class: First, a dagger or smth. one handed with the Fast Pace archetype; Second, using the Heavy Artillery archetype, were you are already using the revolver and shotgun each one in one hand (this last eg. is considered Dual Wielding).

Hit Points

Hit Dice: 1d6 per Crackshot Level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 6 + Constitution Mod.
Hit Points: 1d6 (or 4) + Constitution Mod. per Level

Proficiencies

Armor: Light Armor & Medium Armor
Weapons: Simple Weapons
Tools: Alchemist’s supplies and Smith’s tools
Saving Throws: Dexterity, Intelligence
Skills: Choose two from History, Survival, Insight, Persuasion, Investigation, Medicine, Perception.

Equipment

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

• A Dagger and Smith’s tools.
• (a) Leather Armor and Alchemist’s Supplies or (b) Chain Shirt.
• (a) an Explorer’s Pack, (b) a Dungeoneer’s Pack or (c) a gunpowder horn.

Wealth [4d4 x 10 Gold Pieces]

Eureka!

At 1st level, after years of research, you develop new weaponry: the revolver. This new weapon is used with one hand and shoots metal projectiles, propelled by gunpowder, that can travel up to 60ft.

This weapon can hold up to 6 bullets. You can use a bonus action to reload half of the loader, or an Action to reload all six bullets. You are proficient with this and all your new weaponry.

Spice Up

At 1st level, you also craft your first bullets. You obtain 12 bullets when reaching this feature. These projectiles will inflict 1d8 + Dexterity Modifier of piercing damage to a creature when hit, making a thunderous sound when shot that can be heard up to 100ft from your position.

To craft these bullets, you will need Smith’s tools and some gunpowder, having to throw a crafting DC 10 Saving Throw when taking a short or long rest. If failed, you craft one bullet per gunpowder use, when passed, you craft two bullets per gunpowder use. (Crafting recipes are at the end of the class)

Your crafting save modifier is equal to your Intelligence Modifier + your proficiency bonus. Whenever you make a crafting saving throw to make some bullets, you can add this modifier to your throw.

The Crackshot

Level	Proficiency Bonus	Features
1st	+2	Eureka!, Spice Up
2nd	+2	Master's Touch
3rd	+2	Primed!
4th	+2	Ability Score Improvement
5th	+3	Extra Attack
6th	+3	Primed! Feature
7th	+3	Nice Touch
8th	+3	Ability Score Improvement
9th	+4	Primed! Feature
10th	+4	Master's Craft
11th	+4	Primed! Feature
12th	+4	Ability Score Improvement
13th	+5	Nice Touch II
14th	+5	Master Smith
15th	+5	Primed! Feature
16th	+5	Ability Score Improvement
17th	+6	Extra Attack II
18th	+6	Old Reliable
19th	+6	Ability Score Improvement
20th	+6	Crackshot

Gunpowder (DMG + Special Rules):

The gunpowder uses is the number of times a gunpowder canister can be used to craft bullets before it runs out.

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Taking the DMG as reference, these gunpowder canisters are:

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• Gunpowder Horn (35gp, 2lb): Can be used 20 times before it's empty.

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• Gunpowder Keg (250gp, 20lb): Can be used 150 times before it’s empty.

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Also, there is a list of special rules at the end of the class that you might want to read.

Master's Touch

At 2nd level, when crafting your own bullets, all successful crafting throws will give you 4 bullets instead of 2, and all failed crafting throws will give you 2 instead of 1.

Primed!

At 3rd level, you choose one Weaponry Branch in what you will specialize yourself. Choose from Fast Pace, High Caliber, Heavy Artillery or Wyvern Gunner, all detailed at the end of the class description. The archetype you choose grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 9th, 11th and 15th level.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability score of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Extra Attack

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 17th level in this class.

Nice Touch:

At 7th level, you correct certain downsides of your weapon. When reaching this level, you craft one of the following upgrades for your weapon:

• Rifling: You add spiral impressions in the barrel to make the bullets spin while in the air. This gives the bullets +30ft range and +1 to the attack roll.
• Larger Hammer: You change the weight of the hammer, adding a stronger spring to the mechanism which makes for a powerful shooting. This gives your bullets +1d4 to the damage roll but makes the weapon-kick harder to handle, resulting in a -1 to your attack roll.
• Bigger Loader: You enlarge the slot of the loader to fit a bigger one. This causes the weapon's ammo capacity to increase by +2 shots before needing to reload. This upgrade does not change the reload action. You still reload 6 bullets with an action and 3 bullets with a bonus action.

Any of these upgrades will require that you spend, at least, 1 day working on your gear before it becomes effective (crafting the modifications and adding them to the weapon). This will also apply for the 13th level feature "Nice Touch II".

Master's Craft

At 10th level, now when crafting your own ammo successfully, you will get 6 bullets instead of 4, and when failing, you will gain 3 instead of 2.

Also, when using your Smith’s Tools to repair any small size object, the repairing DC is lowered 5 points.

Nice Touch II:

At 13th level, you come by the idea for a second upgrade to your weapon. Choose one of the following:

• Magnifying Glass: You add a glass-sight at the top of your gun that helps you aim at your target. With this upgrade you ignore all disadvantage related to your sight. To use this upgrade you must be able to see, meaning that any darkness, invisibility or blindness affects you anyways. Also, when using this upgrade, you can use the glass-sight upgrade to reroll one attack roll per turn. You must use the new roll after using this feature.
• Explosive Rounds: By using your Smith's tools and your Alchemist's supplies combined with three gunpowder uses you create rounds with an effective range of 25ft and a damage on hit of 1d8. These rounds explode on impact or when at maximum range, inflicting 3d8 of fire damage to each creature in a radius of 5ft that fails a DC 15 Dexterity Saving throw.
• Silence Maker: You modify the structure of the weapon’s cannon making part of it hollow, reducing the sound that makes when shooting the weapon. With this upgrade you do not lose your stealth when shooting while hidden to a creature at a range greater than 20ft.

Master Smith

At 14th level, when crafting your own ammo, every successful crafting throw will give you 10 bullets instead of 6, and every failed crafting throw will give you 5 instead of 3.

Besides, you can now perfectly repair small size objects without any skill throw and any materials needed and use the cantrip Mending as a non-magial action only with your Smith's tools.

Old Reliable

At 18th level, you get to choose one more upgrade from anyone on 'Nice Touch' crafting lists (I or II).

Crackshot

At 20th level, your mastery with your new weaponry is such that you created an ultimate concentration technique. On your turn, you can stand still aiming and calculating bullet trajectories against your objectives. In order not to break your concentration, you must not be hit or use any action, reaction or movement. In case of being hit, you must throw a concentration check.

When your next turn arrives, you fire all your bullets left in your loader as an attack action with full power and precision at the targets you were aiming. Each bullet fired with this feature has +5 to the attack roll and +4d8 damage.

You can use this feature twice per long rest.

Normal Bullets recipes:

Common Bullets: 1 Gunpowder use + Smith’s tools per craft roll.

High Caliber Rounds: 2 Gunpowder uses + Smith’s tools per craft roll.

Shotgun - Pellet Shell: 2 Gunpowder uses + Alchemist Supplies per craft roll.

High Caliber - Magnified Rounds: 4 Gunpowder uses + Alchemist Supplies + Smith’s tools per craft roll.

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Alchemical Shells recipes:

Paralyzing darts: 1 Gunpowder use + Alchemist Supplies + Smith’s tools per craft roll.

Sleeping darts: 1 Gunpowder use + Alchemist Supplies + Smith’s tools per craft roll.

Tearing Slugs: 4 Gunpowder uses + Smith’s tools per craft roll.

Dragonbreath Shells: 5 Gunpowder uses + Alchemist Supplies per craft roll.

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The amount of bullets crafted depends on the crafting saving throw.

The Bowgun

At 3rd level, you learn to transform your revolver into a much larger weapon: a Heavy Bowgun, a unique and powerful ranged weapon.

This new weapon has the same loader and reloading times as your old revolver, and its ammo has the same crafting DCs and times as your old bullets. However, you cannot load your loader with different ammo types.

Bowgun Ammo recipes:

Normal Ammo: 1 Gunpowder use + Smith’s tools per craft roll.

Elemental Ammo: 1 Gunpowder use + Alchemist Supplies + Smith’s tools per craft roll.

Piercing Ammo: 2 Gunpowder uses + Smith’s tools per craft roll.

Spread Ammo: 2 Gunpowder uses + Smith’s tools per craft roll

Exhausting Ammo: 2 Gunpowder uses + Alchemist Supplies + Smith’s tools per craft roll.

Cluster Ammo: 4 Gunpowder uses + Alchemist Supplies + Smith’s tools per craft roll.

Wyvernheart Charge: 10 Gunpowder uses + Alchemist Supplies + Smith’s tools per craft roll.

Wyvernsnipe Charge: 10 Gunpowder uses + Alchemist Supplies + Smith’s tools per craft roll.

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The amount of bullets crafted depends on the crafting saving throw.

Forgotten and Rediscovered

Their combat style was not merely a dance of steel, but a harmonious blend of strength, agility, and profound understanding of magic. They embraced the philosophy that true mastery lay not only in the physical realm but also in the mastery of oneself, being a balance between body, mind, and soul.

Now, the Swordmasters exist as a fading memory of a bygone era. The echoes of their battles have grown silent, and their training grounds lie abandoned, reclaimed by nature. Yet, the spirit of the Swordmasters lives on, echoing through the veins of those who dare to take up the mantle.

No simple swordsman

In a world that has forgotten the true essence of swordsmanship, you will wield your blade with ancient and forgotten techniques. Through discipline, perseverance, and the unwavering spirit of a true warrior, you will revive the art of the Swordmaster and carve a new legend in history.

Prepare yourself, for the shadows of darkness loom, and the realm yearns for a new hero. A champion who will honor the legacy of the Swordmasters and rekindle the flame of their ancient art.

Creating a Swordmaster

When building a Swordmaster, think about what event made your character learn this special tradition. Who or what made it learn about magic but also train its combat skills.

You can also think of the Swordmaster as an ancient and forgotten Wizard school that transformed into the Blade Singing school.

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How did your character find this knowledge? Who taught him/her?

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This can be used as a guide, but you can always ignore this and think of the Swordmaster as a special school of Wizardry.

Multiclassing and the Swordmaster

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If your group uses the optional rule on multiclassing, here's what you need to know if you choose Swordmaster as one of your classes.

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Ability Score Minimum: As a multiclass character, you must have at least an Intelligence score of 13 to take a level in this class, or to take a level in another class if you are already a Swordmaster.

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Proficiencies Gained: If Swordmaster isn't your initial class, here are the proficiencies you gain when you take your first level as a Swordmaster: Light Armor and choose one from: Arcane, Athletics, History, Insight, Investigation, Perception, Religion.

Hit Points

Hit Dice: 1d10 per Swordmaster Level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + Constitution Mod.
Hit Points: 1d10 (or 6) + Constitution Mod. per Level

Proficiencies

Armor: Light Armor & Medium Armor
Weapons: Simple Weapons and Shortswords
Tools: None
Saving Throws: Constitution, Intelligence
Skills: Choose two from Arcane, Athletics, Insight, History, Perception, Investigation, and Religion.

Cantrips

At 1st level, you know a number of cantrips equal to your proficiency modifier of your choice from the Swordmaster spell list.

Runic Reserves Pool

You have a Runic Reserves pool that fuels your magical abilities. The size of this pool is determined by your Swordmaster level + your Intelligence modifier. You regain all expended points from your Runic Reserves pool when you complete a long rest.

Runic Conversion

Unlike Wizards, who study external arcane forces, Swordmasters channel the power of ancient runes and the energy stored within their blades.

Instead of spell slots, you expend points from your Runic Reserves pool to cast spells from the Swordmaster spell list.

However, your ability to learn and cast spells of higher levels follows the Runic Conversion Level Table shown at your class table. You know spells equal to your Intelligence modifier + half your Swordmaster level from the swordmaster spell list of your choice.

Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the swordmaster spells you know and replace it with another spell from the swordmaster spell list, which also must be of a level you can cast.

The cost of casting a spell is determined by its level, as shown in the following table:

Spellcasting ability

Intelligence is your spellcasting abilily for your swordmaster spells, since you learn your spells through practice and memorization. You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a swordmaster spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Void Walker

This school was developed by an ancient order of wizards. These wise and scholarly individuals, whose knowledge has been lost to time, explored the secrets of the void and created a unique style of magic based on their mastery.

Bonus Proficiency

When choosing this mastery at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with Smith's Tools.

Forging Initiate

At 3rd level, you have the ability to summon one of your swords as a physical weapon using an action. These summoned swords can be handed to other individuals. When a sword is passed to someone else, it gains the concentration property, meaning the wielder must maintain concentration while holding it to prevent the weapon from disappearing.

It's important to note that you cannot summon more weapons than the ones you have previously bound. Additionally, the summoned weapons will disappear once their duration, which is 1 minute, comes to an end.

Weapon Incantation

At 7th level, when summoning any sword, you can improve its properties by choosing one of the following options:

• (a) Duplicate the sword's duration.
• (b) Add +2 to the sword's attack roll.
• (c) Add +1d6 to the sword's damage roll.

The chosen bonus lasts until the duration of the sword reaches its limit.

Forging Expert

At 11th level, you have the ability to forge one of your bound swords into a magical item that you can now keep as a physical weapon. The sword will no longer have the properties of a spell, such as duration or verbal and somatic components, but it will retain any inner spells, features or upgrades it had.

The sword you choose to forge permanently will gain one property from the Weapon Incantation feature. Once it is forged, you cannot change the chosen property from the Weapon Incantation feature, nor can you replace this weapon with another bound weapon from your arsenal.

Forging Expert II

At 15th level you can now forge another of your weapons as a magical item, as explained in the 11th-level feature.

Sorcerous Knight

This school was created by a warrior who combined the secrets of the wizards with the mighty power of paladins.

Bonus Proficiency

When choosing this mastery at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with shields.

Empowerment

At 3rd level, you can channel your runes to enhance your attacks. You can choose one of these techniques per turn.

• Imperabus: By expending 1 runic reserve, your next attack imposes disadvantage on the target's next attack action.

• Selerio: By expending 3 runic reserves, you can use your bonus action to make an additional attack. If you expend 5 runic reserves, you can make two additional attacks instead of one.

• Empodare: By expending 2 runic reserves, you add an extra d6 of damage to all your attacks made within your next attack action.

Skillful Combatant

At 7th level, your expertise in combat allows you to adapt easily to different equipment, enabling you to develop two distinct combat styles:

Spells

1. Arcane Sword: Scapha

Conjuration cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 Bonus Action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 minute

A flaming longsword is summoned before you. This sword inflicts 1d8 + Intelligence modifier of fire damage.

While summoning this weapon, you can use 3 runic reserves to add 1d8 + Strength modifier of fire damage until the weapon disappears.

2. Arcane Sword: Luxuria

Conjuration cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 Bonus Action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 minute

You touch both hands and summon a shiny white dagger, that inflicts 1d4 + Intelligence modifier of psychic damage.

You can halve this weapons duration once to obtain another dagger with the same properties and halved duration.

3. Arcane Sword: Selenium

Conjuration cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 Bonus Action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 minute

You freeze the water in the air to create a frozen white greatsword that inflicts 3d4 + your Intelligence modifier of cold damage.

When hitting a creature with this weapon, you can use 2 runic reserves to add +1d4 of cold damage while also reducing the creature speed by 15ft until the end of its turn.

4. Arcane Sword: Piscatores

Conjuration cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 Bonus Action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 minute

A rose-like rapier appears in your hands. Unlike a normal rapier, it inflicts 1d4 + your Dexterity/Strength modifier + Intelligence modifier of poisonous damage.

You can use a 1 runic reserve as a bonus action to inflict poisoned condition to the creature hit until the end of its next turn.

5. Arcane Sword: Harpax

Conjuration cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 Bonus Action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 minute

A black dust burst from your hand, creating an obscure sickle that inflicts 1d4 + Intelligence Modifier as necrotic damage.

When a creature is hit with this weapon, you can use 1 runic reserve after rolling damage to heal yourself the same amount of damage done to the creature as hit points.

6. Arcane Sword: Verus

Conjuration cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 Bonus Action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 minute

You summon a metallic-green scimitar that, when hitting enemies, leaves a burning yellowish cut, inflicting 1d6 + Intelligence + 1 of acid damage.

You can use 2 runic reserves as a bonus action to add another +3 of acid damage.

7. Arcane Sword: Siricus

Conjuration cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 Bonus Action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 minute

You extend your hand with your fist closed, pretending to point a sword at your enemy. This summons a black sword handle in your hand, which does create a radiant longsword. This one inflicts 1d8 + Strength Modifier of radiant damage.

This weapon inflicts 2d8 + Intelligence Modifier of radiant damage to undead or fiendish creatures.

8. Arcane Sword: Lyco

Conjuration cantrip

• Casting Time: 1 Bonus Action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 minute

A yellowish ball of lighting emerges from your hands from which you form a greatsword. This one will inflict 2d6 + your Strength modifier of lightning damage.

When hitting a creature, you can expend your bonus action and 3 runic reserves to fire a wave of lightning through the target, hitting any other creature close by 10ft inflicting 1d8 of lightning damage.