Multiclassing

Ability Score Minimum: Strength 13, Charisma 13
When you gain a level in a class other than your first, you gain only some of that class's starting proficiencies.
Weapons: Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons, Firearms (SCoC)*

If your Dungeon Master allows Firearms, you gain proficiency with the ones found in Smug's Compendium of Changes (SCoC)

The following abbreviations are used in this document. This is a key you can follow to understand them

SCoC = Smug's Compendium of Changes

XGE = Xanathar's Guide to Everything

FTD = Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

EGW = Explorer's Guide to Wildemount

VRGR = Van Riften's Guide to Ravenloft

Creating an Armoured Hero

As you create your armoured hero, keep in mind your character's Goal and how they intend to go about achieving that goal. Are they simply a traveling hero, doing good deeds wherever they go? Are they seeking out a villain who has wronged them or their family in some way for justice? Or are they Evil, and searching for ways to unlock the power of their Relic so they can push their will upon those weaker than them?

Think of how you will handle your Secret Identity and discuss this with the GM; does your Hero let his allies know of his secret, or does he put on a fearful facade when the fight begins, fleeing, only for the Armoured Hero persona he has taken up to appear conveniently and offer to aid the party? Again, discuss this with the GM.

Quick Build

You can make an Armoured Hero quickly by following these suggestions. First, make Strength and Charisma your highest ability scores. Armoured Heroes battle with their Strength, so it pays to be able to deal damage, and their Charisma influences their AC. Make Constitution your next highest score so that you can endure the battles you will inevitably fight in. Then, select the Folk Hero or Haunted One (VRGR) background.

Class Features

• Hit dice: 1d10 per Armoured Hero level.
  
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
  
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per armoured hero level after 1st.

Proficiencies

Armor: none.
Weapons: Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons, Firearms (SCoC)*
Tools: One of your choice, Vehicles (land).
Saving Throws: Strength, Charisma
Skills: Choose any four.

Equipment

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

• (a) Two Simple Weapons or (b) A Martial Weapon
• (a) A Hand Crossbow and 20 Crossbow Bolts or (b) a Revolver (SCoC) and 20 rounds of ammunition.
• (a) a Dungeoneer’s pack or (b) an Explorer's pack

Alternatively, you could begin with starting wealth of 5d4 x 10 gp and purchase starting items of your choice.

*If your Dungeon Master allows Firearms, you are proficient with the ones found in Smug's Compendium of Changes (SCoC)

Fighting Style

Beginning at 1st level, you adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can't take the same Fighting Style option more than once, even if you get to choose again.

Growing Transformation

Starting at 1st level, your Relic grants you access to a Growing Form. As a Bonus Action, you can Transform. While Transformed, you gain the following benefits:

• While making use of your Transformation, your AC is calculated as 10 + Your Strength Modifier + Your Charisma Modifier. At 10th level, your AC with this feature increases by 1.
• Any weapon you use that would normally use Dexterity for its Attack and Damage Rolls can use Strength instead.
• You are treated as if under the effects of the Disguise Self Spell, though unlike the spell the changes to your appearance are tangible. Instead of identifying your appearance as false, a creature makes an Wisdom (Insight) Check against 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your Charisma Modifier. On a success, they realize your true identity.

Your Transformation ends when you choose to end it as a Bonus Action, you are reduced to 0 Hit Points, are rendered Unconscious, or you die. It is not dispelled by Antimagic Fields or similar effects, and if you try to sleep while using this feature you suffer the same penalties as if you were wearing Medium armor.

Finishing Move

Starting at 2nd level, you can empower an attack with a Finishing Move. Once per Turn, when you deal damage with an Attack using an Unarmed Strike or a Weapon with which you are proficient, you can roll your Finishing Move Die as determined by the Finishing Die Column on the Armoured Hero Class Table and deal the result in additional Force damage.

You may use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, and recover all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.

Hero Powers

Also at 2nd level, you gain access to a suite of abilities called Hero Powers.

At 2nd level, you gain two hero powers of your choice. A list of the available options can be found on page [page] of this document. When you gain certain armoured hero levels, you gain additional powers of your choice, as shown in the Powers Acquired column of the Warlock table.

Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the invocations you know and replace it with another invocation that you could learn at that level.

If a hero power has prerequisites, you must meet them to learn it. You can learn the hero power at the same time that you meet its prerequisites. A level prerequisite refers to your level in this class. You must have your Relic on your person to benefit from your Hero Powers, though you need not be using your Growing Transformation feature.

Relic Awakening

At 3rd level, your Relic awakens to its true power. You can choose an archetype from the ones on page 9 that alters your fighting prowess and enhances your body. The archetype you choose grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 11th, and 17th level.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 10th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, 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.

Multiattack

Starting at 5th level, when you take the Attack action, you can make attacks equal to your Proficiency Bonus.

Power Attack

Beginning at 5th level, once per Turn when you make an attack, you can take a penalty equal to your proficiency bonus to that attack. If you do and the attack hits, you gain a bonus to your damage with that attack equal to 2 x your proficiency bonus.

Relic Machine

At 6th level, you gain a powerful vehicle of artifice and magic called a Relic Machine. You may call upon it as a Bonus Action from anywhere, and it will appear 5 feet away from you in empty space so long as there is solid ground. It is a Land Vehicle that has a speed of 50 feet, lacks flying, swimming and climbing speeds, has an AC equal to 13 + your Charisma Modifier, has HP equal to 2 + Your Charisma Modifier + (3 x Your Armoured Hero Level), and has two wheels and seating for up to two people. If the Mending cantrip is cast on it, it recovers 2d4 hit points. If it is destroyed, you must spend an hour during a Long Rest focusing on your Relic to create a new Relic Machine. You can only have one Relic Machine at a time and if you try to create a second, the first is instantly destroyed and replaced with the new Relic Machine.

Enhanced Reflexes

At 7th level, your Transformation feature can be used at will, without using an action or bonus action.

Additionally, When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.

Relic Courage

Also at 7th level, you become immune to the Frightened Effect. At 15th level, this becomes a 15-foot radius aura that grants any allied creatures within that radius immunity to the Frightened effect.

Mighty Power

At 9th level, you now score a Critical Hit on a 19 or 20 and any damage you would deal because of a Critical Hit is Force Damage instead of the damage type it would normally be.

Relic Resistance

Also at 9th level, your Relic empowers you. You may add half of your Proficiency Bonus (rounded down) to any Saving Throws with which you are not proficient.

Battle Momentum

At 13th level, you know how to take advantage of the battle when it turns in your favor. If an enemy misses with an Attack Roll, you have advantage on your next Attack against that enemy. This advantage is lost if not used before the end of your next turn.

You may only have advantage in this way against one creature at a time; if multiple creatures miss Attacks against you in one Round, you have Advantage against the last one that missed before your next turn begins.

Enhanced Relic Resistance

At 14th level, your Relic protects you further. When you gain this feature, choose one damage type other than Psychic or Force. You gain Resistance to that damage type while using your Transformation feature.

At the end of a Long Rest, you may change this damage type to another type other than Psychic or Force.

Full Force

At 18th level, you know how to strike at full force. When you use a Finishing Move, you may expend two uses instead of one to deal maximum damage with your Finishing Move die.

You must finish a Long Rest to use this feature again.

Final Relic Awakening

At 20th level, you achive your full power with your Relic. Your Strength and Charisma Scores increase by +2, and their maximums are now both 22.

Additionally, your Relic cannot be destroyed by any means other than a Wish spell or direct intervention from a god or being of similar power, and if it is removed from your person for longer than 12 hours it magically returns to you.

Finally, if you roll a 1 on any damage dice while using your Finishing Move feature, you treat those 1s as 2s.

Heroic Awakenings

Below are the archetypes for the Armoured Hero class, called Heroic Awakenings. At 3rd level, you choose one of these options for your character, and that choice grants you features at 3rd as well as at later levels as described on the Armoured Hero Class table.

Artifice Awakening

A Relic that awakens to this power is in fact the result of artifice, crafted either recently by its user or by ancient smiths and enchanters, and as such an Artifice Hero's abilities follow suit. With this Awakening, a hero's skill is peerless and their aim with ranged weapons is unmatched. Able to augment their Relics with magical artifacts they find along their journeys, they are extremely adaptable and capable of making use of magical equipment as if it were part of their Relic.

Relic Magnum

At 3rd level, by spending 1 hour focusing on any Weapon with the Loading or Reload property, you can grant it the following benefits:

• You may change one Damage Type of the weapon to one of the following damage types: acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, thunder. You may change which Damage Type it deals at the end of a Short or Long Rest.
• You ignore the Loading or Reload property with this weapon.
• If the weapon lacks ammunition, it produces its own, automatically creating one piece of magic ammunition when the wielder makes a ranged attack with it. The ammunition created by the weapon vanishes the instant after it hits or misses a target.

You may only have one Weapon empowered in this way at a time, and if you empower a second then the first loses its benefits from this feature.

Relic Boost

At 3rd level, you gain 5 feet of movement speed and your jumping height and distance are tripled as is the distance you must fall to take falling damage.

At 11th level, you gain a flying speed equal to your walking speed.

Relic Shield

At 6th level, you may expend a use of your Finishing Move feature as a reaction when you take damage to roll your Finishing Die + your Charisma Modifier. Reduce the damage you take by the amount rolled.

If you reduce the damage to 0, you can make an attack against the creature that dealt the damage as part of your reaction.

Relic Bonding

At 11th level, you can now absorb Magic Items into your Transformation. The types of Magic Items you can absorb are as follows, and you may only equip one of each:

• A Helmet
• A Suit of magical Armor
• A pair of boots
• An Accessory (such as a Ring or Cloak)

While fused to your Relic, these Magic Items do not count against your total amount of Attuned Magic Items, but you must spend time as if attuning to these items fusing them to your Relic to make them properly attach to your Relic.

Might and Mind

At 17th level, you now add half of your Intelligence Modifier (rounded down, minimum 1) to your AC while using your Growing Transformation Class Feature and the damage you deal with your Finishing Move class feature.

Additionally, you gain proficiency with all Artisan's Tools that you lack proficiency with.

Bio Awakening

When a Relic awakens with the power of a Bio Hero, the user is transformed on a genetic level. Their Relic gives them greater strength and allows their bodies to shift, changing their Transformation from merely a visual one to a physical one. Bio heroes become something more, and in the process are faster, stronger, and deadlier than their peers.

Die Set Down

At 17th level, your combat instincts are perfected. You gain the following benefits:

• You are now immune to Poison Damage and the Poisoned condition
• Your Movement Speed increases by an additional 10 feet
• All of your Unarmed Strikes and Melee Weapon Attacks deal additional Force Damage equal to your Charisma Modifier.
• If you roll a 1 on Initiative, you can re-roll your Initiative once and must use the new result, even if it is still a 1.

Kaijin Awakening

While Bio Heroes might be enhanced, they are still whatever they were before - just augmented. Those unfortunate enough to experience the fearsome Kaijin Awakening truly lose themselves. They cease to be whatever they were before in anything but appearance, and even then when they unleash a Transformation they take on a monstrous form. Some go mad, some spiral into depression, but the select few who rise above know that it is not how one looks that determines their worth as a hero, but their actions - they just have to work a bit harder than others.

Kaijin General

At 17th level, you reach your apex as a Kaijin. You gain the following benefits while Transformed:

• +1 AC while using your Kajin Transformation feature's abilities.
• Resistance to one damage type of your choice other than Necrotic, Radiant, Force, or Psychic (you cannot change your choice later).
• Your Natural Weapons now use a D10 for their damage die and deal additional damage of the type you chose resistance to with this feature equal to your Charisma Modifier.
• You have advantage on death saving throws and cannot be killed by spells or effects that instantly reduce a creature to 0 hit points if they are below a certain amount of hit points, such as Power Word: Kill.
• Once per Long Rest, you can use your Finishing Move Class Feature without expending a use. You must use it for that feature, and not for any granted by your Awakening.

Magical Awakening

Those whose relics are arcane in nature awaken to the power of magic. Drawing upon their very soul, Magical Heroes can cast spells alongside martial prowess in a more offensive capacity than something like an Eldritch Knight. A Hero of this Awakening generally favors a flashy style of combat and mixing magic and melee to confound and overwhelm their foes.

Warrior Awakening

Warrior Armoured Heroes are the most common. They excel at combat above all else, and can both fight off evil and defend the weak with their mastery of weapons. A Warrior Hero might see their very weapon be their Relic, giving them a very unique appearance compared to their peers.

Growing Weapon

At 3rd level, you can bind your Relic to a weapon of your choice with which you are Proficient that lacks the Thrown or Ranged properties. Doing so gives it a +1 to Attack and Damage rolls (this bonus incrases to +2 at 11th level and +3 at 17th level and does not stack with the bonus from a Magical Weapon, replacing that bonus if a Magical Weapon is bound in this way). You can bind up to three weapons that meet the criteria for this feature in this way.

By spending an hour during a Short rest per weapon, you can change what three weapons are bound to your Relic.

A weapon bound by this feature gains the following benefits:

• You cannot be disarmed of this weapon while you are wielding it.
• You can stow or draw this weapon as an item interaction, shunting it to a pocket dimension when it isn't in use.

Instead of a Weapon, you can choose to empower your Unarmed Strikes. Doing so gives them the same bonus as a bound weapon from this feature, but also causes all of your Unarmed Strikes to do Your Finishing Die + Your Strength Modifier in Force damage. You must be completely unarmed and not using a shield to benefit from the bonuses granted by this feature in this way.

Warrior's Fortitude

Also at 3rd level, your hit point maximum increases by 3 and increases by 1 whenever you gain a level in this class thereafter.

Additionally, you gain proficiency with Constitution Saving Throws.

Rugged Warrior

At 6th level, you ignore difficult terrain and gain a climbing and swimming speed equal to your walking speed.

Additionally, you gain resistance to cold damage and have advantage on any skill checks to endure extreme cold and on saving throws against spells that deal cold damage.

Unyielding Warrior

At 11th level, if you fail a saving throw, you may choose to succeed instead. Once you have used this Feature, you cannot use it again until you finish a long rest.

Ultimate Warrior

At 17th level, you reach the pinnacle of a warrior's ability. If you miss an attack roll, you may spend a Finishing Move use to instead succeed (though not critically succeed). If you do so, you cannot use the Finishing Move feature on that attack.

Additionally, you are considered immune to the Charmed effect.

Finally, if you would be affected by a spell or other effect that does one of the following, you can choose to negate that spell or the use of the ability. Doing so still forces the caster to expend a spell slot (if a spell) or a use of that ability (if not a spell).

• Traps you in a prison of magical force.
• Transports you to a different plane.
• Moves you against your will (this does not include the Shove action).

You may negate a spell or effect in this way once per Long Rest.

Valkyrie Awakening

This awakening mainly happens in young women, namely those who stumble across a Relic and are living miserable lives and in need of a light to drag them out of their darkness. In following their light to freedom and a better life, they become a beacon of hope for others like them and even those who simply live in misery. Valkyrie heroes are warriors who lift the spirits of their allies as they charge into battle. Unlike other Armoured Heroes whose Transformation covers their face, Valkyrie Heroes have their faces hidden by the power of their Relic, but are the least like their namesake, guarded by magical power instead.

Haunting Song

Also at 3rd level, as an Action, you can expend a Finishing Move use to force any creatures that can hear you of your choice within a 15-foot radius of you to make a Wisdom saving throw against 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your Charisma Modifier. On a failed save, they are Paralyzed until the end of your next turn.

At 17th level, the radius of this feature increases to 30 feet.

You may use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, and regain all expended uses at the end of a Long rest.

Hero Powers

Icy Form

Prerequisite(s): 5th Level

By spending 1 use of your Finishing Move feature, you can cast the Armor of Agathys spell on yourself. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Identity Manipulation

Prerequisite(s): N/A

You can cast Disguise Self at will.

Infinity Style

Prerequisite(s): 18th Level, Magical Awakening

You ignore the Material components of any spells you cast using the Magical Awakening archetype's Spellcasting feature, unless those material components are consumed or have a gold cost. If the components would be consumed but have no gold cost, you can instead expend uses of your Finishing Move Feature equal to the spell's level to cast that spell.

Justifaiz

Prerequisite(s): N/A

If you fail a saving throw against a spell or other effect, you can use your Reaction to give yourself advantage on your next attack against the creature that cast that spell or used that effect. If you do so, you cannot use a Finishing Move on that attack.

Jyama Speech

Prerequisite(s): 11th Level

By spending 2 uses of your Finishing Move feature, you can cast the Speak with Plants spell. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Magical Smite

Prerequisite(s): 5th Level, Magical Awakening

Once per turn when you hit a creature with your Focal Weapon or an Unarmed Strike, you can expend a spell slot to deal an extra 1d8 Cold, Fire, Lightning or Thunder damage (you choose which when you use this Power) damage to the target, plus another 1d8 per level of the spell slot, and you can knock the target prone if it is Huge or smaller.

Magnum Strike

Prerequisite(s): 3rd Level, Artifice Awakening

You learn two Arcane Shot Options from the Arcane Marksman archetype of the Fighter (Revised Class. Instead of the normal amount of uses, you expend a Finishing Move use to make use of these Arcane Shot options.

You do not gain the benefits a Fighter would at 18th level in the Armoured Hero Class with this feature's Arcane Shot Options. You use Charisma instead of Strength for calculating the Saving Throw DC for any options you choose that require a Saving Throw.

Mighty Fists

Prerequisite(s): 5th Level, Unarmed Fighting Fighting Style

Your fists are empowered by your relic. You gain a +1 to Attack and damage rolls with Unarmed Strikes and your unarmed strikes now count as magical for piercing resistance and immunity.

Monstrous Features

Prerequisite(s): 5th Level, Kaijin Awakening

Your Natural Weapons now scale the same as the Martial Arts die from the Monk (Revised) class, being a d6 at 3rd level, a d8 at 5th level, a d10 at 11th level, and a d12 at 17th level. If you stop benefiting from this power, the damage die for your Natural Weapons returns to normal for your level (d6 at 16th level or below, d10 at 17th level).

Muteki Power

Prerequisite(s): 18th Level

As a Bonus Action, you can expend five uses of your Finishing Move Class Feature make yourself immune to all damage except for Psychic damage for 1d4-1 rounds. You may only use this Power once per Long Rest.

Natural Resilience

Prerequisite(s): 3rd Level, Bio Awakening

You gain resistance to Poison damage and have advantage on saving throws against the Poisoned condition.

At 11th level, this becomes immunity to Poison damage and the Poisoned condition.

Optic Searcher

Prerequisite(s): N/A

You can read all writing.

Quiz Flash

Prerequisite(s): 11th Level

By spending 3 uses of your Finishing Move feature, you can cast the Confusion spell. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Relic Artifice

Prerequisite(s): 3rd Level, Artifice Awakening

When you take this Power, you gain the benefits of the Replicate Magic Item Infusion from Artificer (Revised) once. When you gain a level in the Armoured Hero class, you can change what this Infusion replicates. If you no longer have this Hero Power, you lose the magic item that has been replicated.

Relic Protection Aura

Prerequisite(s): 9th Level

Instead of adding half of your proficiency bonus to Saving throws with which you are not proficient, you now add your full Charisma Modifer to all saving throws you make.

At 18th level, this affects all allied creatures in a 15-foot radius centered on you (you are also affected by this aura).

Revolve Remix

Prerequisite(s): 11th Level

By spending 3 uses of your Finishing Move feature, you can cast the Polymorph spell with a range of Self. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Rising Jump

Prerequisite(s): 5th Level

You can cast the Jump spell on yourself at will, without material components.

Super Speed

Prerequisite(s): N/A

You gain additional walking speed equal to 5 x your Dexterity Modifier (minimum 5 feet). Additionally, you can take the Dash Action as a Bonus Action instead.

Tactical Fire

Prerequisite(s): 5th Level

You can spend 2 Finishing Move uses to cast the Aganazzar's Scorcher (XGE) Spell . Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Tactical Strike

Prerequisite(s): N/A

You gain 2d6 superiority dice and learn two Maneuvers from the Battlemaster archetype of the Fighter (Revised Class. You gain an additional Superiority Die (D6) and learn an additional Maneuver at 7th and 13th level.

These dice are recovered at the end of a Short or Long Rest.

Trust Last

Prerequisite(s): N/A

You can spend 1 Finishing Move use to cast the Silvery Barbs (Revised) Spell from Smug's Compendium of Changes. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Ultimate Finder

Prerequisite(s): N/A

You can see normally in darkness, both magical and nonmagical, to a distance of 120 feet.

Ultimate Finish

Prerequisite(s): 18th Level, Warrior Awakening

When you use a Finishing Move with a weapon or unarmed strike enhanced by your Growing Weapon feature, you roll an additional Finishing Die and deal that amount in Force damage to all hostile creatures within a 30-foot radius of your target.

Valkyrie's Armament

Prerequisite(s): 5th Level, Valkyrie Awakening

Choose one type of weapon, such as a Longsword (for the purposes of this feature, a type of weapon refers to all weapons that are categorized as a specific weapon. For example, a Flametongue Longsword and a Silvered Longsword are both Longswords and would benefit from this power if you chose Longsword) or Unarmed Strikes. It gains the following benefits while you wield it:

• It receives a +1 to Attack and Damage Rolls unless it already has a magical bonus to attack or damage rolls.
• It counts as magical for the purpose of piercing resistance and immunity.
• If it has the Loading or Reload property, it ignores those.
• If the weapon has the Ammunition property and lacks ammunition, it produces its own, automatically creating one piece of magic ammunition when the wielder makes a ranged attack with it. The ammunition created by the weapon vanishes the instant after it hits or misses a target.
• If you choose Unarmed Strikes, they deal 1d8 + your strength modifier in damage instead of the normal amount. This increases to 1d10 at 11th level and 1d12 at 17th level.
  
  You may change what Weapon type (or if you instead chose Unarmed Strikes, change to a weapon type) whenever you gain a level in this class. If you lose the benefits of this Power, the weapon type (or your Unarmed Strikes) lose all the benefits of this feature.

Valkyrie's Pride

Prerequisite(s): 18th Level, Valkyrie Awakening

You have advantage on saving throws against spells or other magical effects.

Additionally, if you or an allied creature within 15 feet fails a saving throw against a spell or other magical effect, you can expend 3 Finishing Move uses to turn that failure into a success. You may only use this part of this Power once per Long Rest.

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