Dragoncrown 5E Rogue (WiP)

Creating a Rogue

Class Group: Specialist
Primary Ability: Dexterity

To create a Rogue, consult the following lists, which provide Hit Points, proficiencies, and armor training. If you’re making a 1st-level character, also consult the “Starting Equipment” section, and if you’re using the multiclassing rules, see the “Multiclassing and the Rogue” sidebar.

Then look at the Rogue table to see the class features you get at each level in this class. The descriptions of those features appear in the “Rogue Class Features” section.

Starting Equipment

You start with the following items, plus anything provided by your background.

• A rapier or a shortsword
• A shortbow and quiver of 20 arrows or a shortsword
• A burglar's pack, a dungeoneer's pack, or an explorer's pack
• Leather armor, two daggers, and thieves' tools

Alternatively, you can start with 4d4 × 10 gp to buy your own equipment instead.

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1st Level: Rogue Archetype

You gain a Rogue archetype of your choice—a specialization that grants you special abilities at certain Rogue levels. For the rest of your career, you gain each of your archetype’s features that are of your Rogue level and lower.

If you are unsure which one to pick, consider selecting the Thief archetype.

At Higher Levels. You gain additional features for your Rogue archetype at 3rd, 6th, 10th, and 14th level, as shown on the Rogue table.

1st Level: Sneak Attack

You know how to turn a foe’s distraction into a deadly opening. Once per turn, when you hit a creature with a weapon that has the Finesse or Ranged property, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage of the weapon’s type if you meet at least one of the following requirements:

Advantage. You have Advantage on the attack roll.

Opportune Ally. An ally who is not incapacitated is within 5 feet of the target and you don’t have Disadvantage on the attack roll.

At Higher Levels. Your Sneak Attack’s extra damage increases with your Rogue level, as shown in the Rogue table.

1st Level: Thieves' Cant

You know Thieves’ Cant, the flash cloves wit since kiddeys (the hidden argot that rogues learn early into their practice). Canting is not a true language, but a way to conceal meaning using slang, euphemisms, gestures, or other clever linguistic means. Magic that reveals literal interpretations, such as the Comprehend Languages spell, not only fail to translate the cant’s true meaning, but might even obscure it further.

In addition to communicating covertly with other rogues and shady characters, you can use Thieves Cant in the following ways:

Fox Wink. You can improvise phrases and signs to openly disguise a message meant for a target who does not know Thieves Cant, provided you are familiar enough with the target to craft a custom code only they would understand.

Rum Pad Chant. You understand a set of secret signs and symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area is dangerous, it's the territory of a thieves' guild, there is loot nearby, or the locals will provide safe haven for rogues on the run.

2nd Level: Cunning Action

Your fast thinking and agility allow you to move and act quickly. On your turn, you can take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide Action as a Bonus Action.

At Higher Levels: After you become a 9th Level Rogue, you can take the Search Action as a Bonus Action.

2nd Level: Cunning Strike

You have developed shrewd ways to use your Sneak Attack. When you deal Sneak Attack damage, you can add one of the following Cunning Strike effects. Each effect has a die cost, which is the number of Sneak Attack damage dice you must forego to add the effect. You remove the die before rolling, and the effect occurs immediately after the attack’s damage is dealt. For example, if you add the Feint effect, remove 1d6 from the Sneak Attack’s damage before rolling.

Some effects might also require that your attack rolls a 18 or higher on the d20 and have other conditions.

• Distract (Cost: 1d6) The next attack a creature other than you makes against the target has Advantage until the end of your next turn.
• Feint (Cost: 1d6) The target's next attack against you has Disadvantage until the end of your next turn.
• Trip (Cost: 1d6, d20 roll 18+, target is Large or smaller). The target is Prone.
• Withdraw (Cost: 1d6). Immediately after the attack, you move up to half your Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks.

At Higher Levels. When you reach 8th level in this class, you can use up to two Cunning Strike effects when you deal Sneak Attack damage, paying the die cost for each effect.

2nd Level: Skill Expertise

You can deploy your skills in clever ways, often making you seem more capable or knowledgeable than you truly are. You gain Expertise in two separate skills you're already proficient with, or with the Thieves' Tools and one skill you're already proficient with.

At Higher Levels. You gain the benefits of this feature again at 6th level, as shown on the Rogue table.

3rd Level: Steady Aim

You can sacrifice your mobility to look for an opening in the enemy's defenses. As a Bonus Action, you can give yourself Advantage on your next attack roll until the end of your current turn. You can only use this feature if you haven't moved during this turn, and once you use it, your speed is 0 until the end of the current turn.

At Higher Levels. After you become a 12th level Rogue, using this feature only halves your speed until the end of the current turn, instead of reducing it to 0.

4th Level: Character Improvement

One Ability Score of your choice increases by one (to a maximum of 20) and you gain one feat of your choice for which you qualify.

At Higher Levels. You gain the benefits of this feature again at 8th, 12th, 16th and 19th level, as shown on the Rogue table.

Delaying Your Archetype Choice

Player Characters in Dragoncrown 5E gain their class Archetype (subclass) at 1st level.

If you are not sure which Archetype to choose when you create your character, or if the GM wants the party to start without them at 1st level for any reason, you can gain your Rogue Archetype at 2nd or 3rd level instead.

Archetypes and Multiclassing. If you multiclass, you do not gain your Archetype features for a class beyond your first until you reach 2nd level in that additional class.

Proficiency, Expertise, and Mastery

Dragoncrown 5E uses a custom proficiency system featuring three tiers of competency for both skills and weapons. Each tier's benefits are summarized below.

Skill and Tool Proficiency Tiers

Tier	Benefit
Proficiency	You can add your Proficiency Bonus to checks involving that skill or tool.
Expertise	Your Proficiency Bonus increases by 2 on d20 Tests with skills or tools you have Expertise with.
Mastery	Your Proficiency Bonus increases by 3 on d20 Tests with skills or tools you have Mastery with. If you fail that d20 Test, you can reroll the d20. You must use the new roll.

Weapon Proficiency Tiers

Tier	Benefit
Proficiency	You can add your Proficiency Bonus to attack rolls made with that weapon.
Expertise	Your Proficiency Bonus increases by 2 on attack rolls with weapons you have Expertise with.
Mastery	Your Proficiency Bonus increases by 2 on attack rolls with weapons you have Mastery with. Once on each of your turns, you can roll an extra die for the mastered weapon’s damage on a hit.

1st Level: Trained Killer

You have comprehensive training in the art of assassination and infiltration, which grants you the following benefits.

Murderous Momentum. Scoring a critical hit counts as meeting a requirement for your Sneak Attack.

Potent Toxins. When a creature makes a Saving Throw against your poisons, the save DC is 8 plus your Dexterity Modifier and Poisoner's Kit Proficiency Bonus, unless that poison's normal save DC is higher.

Tools of the Trade. You gain proficiency with Medicine, the Disguise Kit, and the Poisoner’s Kit. If you are already proficient, you gain Expertise instead.

3rd Level: Killer Instinct

You are adept at getting the drop on your opponents, which grants you the following benefits.

Ambush. You have Advantage on Initiative rolls.

Backstab. When you score a Sneak Attack on a creature that hasn't taken a turn in combat yet, your Sneak Attack deals its maximum damage.

Precise Killer. You can use d8's to roll your Sneak Attack damage, and you can spend those d8's to pay for Cunning Strike costs as if they were d6's.

3rd Level: Lethal Strike

You have learned how to strike at your foes in deadly ways. The following effects are now among your Cunning Strike options.

• Bleeding Wound (Cost 2d6, d20 roll 18+). The target loses a number of Hit Points equal to your Proficiency Bonus at the start of each of its turns until it regains Hit Points or a creature staunches the bleeding as an Action.
• Quick Dip (Cost: 2d6, d20 roll 18+). You can expend one use of a Contact or Injury poison you are carrying and add its effects to the attack.

6th Level: Infiltrator

You are adept at gaining access to places you haven’t been invited to, and leave them as surreptitiously as you entered, which grants you the following benefits.

Blend in the Crowd. You can don or doff a disguise as a Bonus Action and you have Advantage on Stealth checks made to Hide in a group of people.

Impostor. At the end of a Short or Long Rest, you can use your Disguise Kit to either assume a false identity or impersonate another creature of a similar size and build to your own. While in a disguise, you have Advantage on Charisma checks you make to pretend to be someone else. To impersonate a creature, you must spend at least 1 hour studying its speech, mannerisms, and behavior. You can also mimic the creature’s handwriting if you spend at least 1 hour practicing the forgery.

Subdue. When you score a Sneak Attack on a creature that hasn't taken a turn in combat yet, you can forgo dealing damage to automatically grapple it instead. While Grappled in this way, the target can't speak. As an Action on your subsequent turns, you can force a Grappled creature to succeed on a Constitution saving throw against your Grapple save DC or become Unconscious for 1 minute or until it takes damage.

10th Level: Toxin Mastery

Your ability to use poisons with maximum efficacy grants you the following benefits.

Adaptive Toxins. Your poisons ignore damage resistances, and when you expend a use of one, you can choose if that poison deals Acid, Poison, or Necrotic damage.

Poisoner's Lore. You have Advantage on skill checks concerning poisons.

Venom Tolerance. You have resistance to Poison damage and Advantage on Saving Throws to avoid or end a poison's effect.

14th Level: Excecute

You are an agent of death capable of rushing your enemies to the grave. Whenever you deal your Sneak Attack damage to a Bloodied creature, the target takes extra damage of the same type equal to your Rogue level and gains one level of Exhaustion.

Making Poisons

At the end of a long rest, you make a Poisoner's Kit check, adding either your Wisdom or Intelligence modifier to the roll. On a success, you make progress towards crafting one dose of the chosen poison. You can only make one such check with the Poisoner's Kit at the end of each Long Rest.

The DC for this check and the number of successes needed to complete one dose is determined by the poison's rarity, as shown on the table below. Each poison has a crafting cost, and some might require special materials as indicated in their description. Assume a Poisoner's kit always has the components to craft common poisons.

On a Failed Check. When you fail a Poisoner's Kit check, your cost and materials are not wasted, but the poison might require extra time to be completed. Perhaps it needs to steep longer, a compound is not distilling properly, or some other delay. Whatever the case, the dose is not ready for use until the required number of successful checks is met.

Assassin's Blood

Special Requirements: None
Duration: 24 Hours
Effect. The creature takes 1d6 Poison damage. At the beginning of its next turn, it must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take 1d12 Poison damage and become Poisoned for the duration.

Basic Poison

Special Requirements: None
Duration: 1 Minute
Effect. The creature takes 1d4 Poison damage. At the beginning of its next turn, it must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take 1d4 Poison damage and become Poisoned for the duration.

Serpent Venom

Special Requirements: None
Duration: 1 Minute
Effect. The creature must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw, taking 3d6 Poison damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.

Poisons

Truth Serum

Special Requirements: None
Duration: 1 Hour
Effect. The creature must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 hour. The poisoned creature can’t knowingly speak a lie, as if under the effect of a Zone of Truth spell.

Crawler Mucus

Special Requirements: Carrion Crawler gland or similar
Duration: 1 Minute
Effect. The creature must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or become Paralyzed and Poisoned for the duration. The creature can repeat the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Drow Poison

Special Requirements: Giant Spider venom or similar
Duration: 1 Minute
Effect. The creature must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or become Poisoned for the duration. If it fails the save by 5 or more, it also has the Unconscious condition for the duration. The creature wakes up if it takes damage or if another creature takes an action to shake it awake.

Malice

Special Requirements: Ground Night's Eye seeds or similar
Duration: 1 Hour
Effect. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become Poisoned and Blinded for the duration.

Pale Tincture

Special Requirements: Pure Nightshade extract or similar
Duration: Varies
Effect. The creature must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or take 1d6 Poison damage and become Poisoned. It repeats the save every 24 hours, taking 1d6 Poison damage on a failed save. The damage the poison deals can't be healed by any means while the creature remains Poisoned. After seven successful saves against the poison, the creature is no longer Poisoned.

1st Level: Magic Fingers

You have learned some magical tinkering to aid in your roguish pursuits, granting you the following benefits.

Arcane Dabbler. You gain proficiency in Arcana. If you are already proficient, you gain Expertise instead.

Mage Hand Adept. You always have the Mage Hand spell prepared, and you can cast it and control its spectral hand as a Bonus Action.

3rd Level: Slick Legerdemain

Your Mage Hand has become all but an extension of your own streetwise digits, granting you the following benefits.

Ghostly Grasp. You can choose to make the spectral hand Invisible, or make it visible again, as part of the Bonus Action you take to cast or control it.

Helping Hand. You can take the Help Action as a Bonus Action to aid a creature within 5 feet of the spectral hand.

Ranged Finesse. You can make Sleight of Hand and Thieves' Tools checks through the spectral hand.

3rd Level: Spellcasting

You have learned to cast spells by dabbling in arcane knowledge. See the Player’s Handbook for the rules on spellcasting. The information below details how you use those rules as a Knave Mage.

Spellbook. You have a spellbook containing all the spells you know. It starts with two cantrips and four 1st-level spells of your choice from the Knave Mage spell list. Instead of choosing, your spellbook can start with the following spells:

• Cantrip. Minor Illusion and Poison Spray.
• 1st Level. Charm Person, Disguise Self, Feather Fall, and Hideous Laughter.

Prepared Cantrips. You choose 2 cantrips from your spellbook, making them available for you to cast. You can prepare additional cantrips when you reach higher Rogue levels as shown on the Prepared Cantrips column of the Knave Mage table.

Spell Slots. The Knave Mage table shows how many Spell Slots you have to cast your spells of 1st level and higher. To cast a Knave Mage spell, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended Spell Slots when you finish a Long Rest.

Prepared Spells of 1st+ Level. You prepare a list of spells of 1st level and higher that are available for you to cast with this feature. To do so, choose three Knave Mage spells from your spellbook. The chosen spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

The number of spells on your prepared list increases with your Rogue level, as shown in the Prepared Spells column of the Knave Mage table. Whenever this number increases, choose additional Knave Mage spells from your spellbook until the number of spells on your list matches the number in the table. For example, if you’re a 7th-level Rogue, your list of prepared spells can include five Knave Mage spells of 1st or 2nd level, in any combination.

Changing Your Prepared Spells. Whenever you gain a Rogue level, or as a Downtime Activity when you finish an Extended Rest, you can replace one of your prepared spells for another spell in your spellbook.

Always Prepared Spells. If a feature gives you spells that you always have prepared, those spells don’t count against the number of spells you can prepare with this feature, but those spells otherwise count as Knave Mage spells for you.

Spellcasting Ability. Intelligence is your Spellcasting Ability for your Knave Mage spells, and it is used when setting the saving throw DC for a Knave Mage spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one as shown below:

1st Level: Daring Do

You thrive in situations that push your sharp wits and swift reflexes, granting you the following benefits.

Braggadocio. You gain one proficiency of your choice from Deception, Intimidation, and Persuasion. If you are already proficient, you gain Expertise instead.

Quick-Witted. You can take the Improvise Action as a Bonus Action. Any movement you take as part of the Improvise Action does not trigger Opportunity Attacks.

3rd Level: Audacious Panache

You approach battle with fearless confidence and skill, which grants you the following benefits.

Dashing Sidestep. When you become the target of an attack, you can take your Reaction to impose Disadvantage on the roll. On a miss, you can move up to 10 feet to an unoccupied space without provoking Opportunity Attacks.

Fearless Duelist. If the target is within 5 feet of you, the only requirement you need to meet for your Sneak Attack is not having Disadvantage on the attack.

3rd Level: Rakish Strike

You have practiced flashy ways to use your Sneak Attack. The following effects are now among your Cunning Strike options.

• Disarming Strike (Cost 2d6, d20 roll 18+). The target drops an item of your choice that it is holding.
• Flustering Barb (Cost: 1d6). Until the end of your next turn, the target has Disadvantage on attack rolls against targets other than you and can’t make Opportunity Attacks against targets other than you.
• Rallying Flourish (Cost 2d6). Until the end of your next turn, one creature of your choice within 15 feet can add 1d6 to its next d20 Test.

6th Level: Cunning Riposte

Your instincts are honed to exploit any opening. As a Reaction when a creature within 5 feet misses you with an attack, you can make a melee weapon attack against that creature.

If you use Dashing Sidestep and the triggering attack misses, you can use Cunning Riposte as part of the same Reaction.

10th Level: Valiant Strike

You have practiced bold ways to use your Sneak Attack. The following effects are now among your Cunning Strike options.

• Gallant Parry (Cost: 2d6). Until the start of your next turn, you gain a bonus to your AC equal to 1 plus the number of enemies within 5 feet of you.
• Inspiring Rownde (cost: 3d6). You immediately make an extra attack as part of the same Action you took for your Sneak Attack. On a hit, one creature of your choice within 15 feet can add 1d6 to its next damage roll until the end of your next turn.

14th Level: Supreme Bravado

Your awe-inspiring fearlessness and effortless moxie grant you the following benefits.

All for One. Whenever you use the Rallying Flourish or Inspiring Rownde options for your Cunning Strike, you can increase the cost by 1d6 to choose one additional creature.

Lightning Reflexes. You can take your Reaction without expending it. You can't do so again until the start of your next turn.

1st Level: Savvy Angler

Your furtive life has taught you some valuable skills, which grants you the following benefits.

Appraise Mark. As a Bonus Action, you can determine if a creature you can see is carrying more than 20 gp, potions or magic items, and other valuables. This benefit does not reveal the nature or effects of any items the creature carries.

Fast Hands. As a Bonus Action, you can make Sleight of Hand checks to pick a pocket, disarm a trap or pick a lock with Thieves' Tools, or take the Utilize action.

3rd Level: Roof Worker

You know how to invite yourself into hard-to-reach places, gaining the following benefits.

Able Climber. You gain a Climb Speed equal to your Speed. If you already have a Climb Speed, it increases by 10 feet.

Cat Burglar. You have Advantage on Athletics checks made to climb difficult surfaces. You can also use your movement to climb across a ceiling as if it was a difficult surface, provided there is at least one handhold every 5 feet. You fall if you end your movement without a handhold.

Nimble Jumper. Your can use your Strength or Dexterity to determine your jump distance.

3rd Level: Larcenous Strike

You have learned sly ways to use your Sneak Attack. The following effects are now among your Cunning Strike options.

• Baste and Brush (Cost: 2d6). If you have the Invisible condition, this attack doesn’t end that condition on you if you end the turn while Heavily Obscured or behind at least Three-Quarters Cover.
• Subtle Pinch (Cost: 1d6). You can choose to either take an item from the target or secretly slip one into its pocket. The item must be small enough to fit in your hand, and you cannot take an item the target is wearing or wielding.

6th Level: Tout the Culls

Your senses have been sharpened to always be in the lookout for danger, granting you the following benefits.

Hidden Stash. You can produce a set of Thieve's Tools or a small weapon, even if you have been searched or stripped of your equipment. You can't do so again until you finish a Long Rest.

Trap Sense. As a Reaction when you or a creature you can see within 5 feet of you triggers a trap, you can delay that trap's activation until the end of your next turn.

Watchful Lookout . As a Reaction when you roll Initiative, you can end the Surprised condition on yourself or one creature of your choice within 30 feet of you.

10th level: Twig the Pull

Your quick reflexes and fast footwork allow you to slip away from your enemies. When you use your Uncanny Dodge, you can move up to half your Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks as part of the same Reaction. If you do so, you have Advantage on d20 Tests to avoid the Grappled and Restrained conditions until the start of your next turn.

14th Level: Sharp Shaver

You are adept at laying ambushes and quickly escaping danger. Whenever you roll Initiative and are not Surprised, you can choose to take two turns during the first round of that combat. You take your first turn at your normal Initiative and your second turn at your Initiative minus 10. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a Long Rest.