Vanguard

Weapon Bond

At 1st level, you learn how to create a magical bond between yourself and your weapons. A weapon must be equipped during the process, at the conclusion of which you touch the weapon and forge a bond that lasts indefinitely. You can forge this bond once per long rest. You can have up to two bonded weapons.

Once you have bonded a weapon to yourself, you can't be disarmed of that weapon. After throwing the weapon as part of your attack, it immediately teleports back into your hand.

After casting a spell and while holding your bonded weapon, you can spend 1 eldritch point to activate Eldritch Combat, allowing you to make one additional melee attack on your turn.

Fighting Style

At level 2, you adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can't take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

• Defense: While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.
• Dueling: When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.
• Great Weapon Fighting: When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. The weapon must have the two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this benefit.
• Two-Weapon Fighting: When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack.

Symbiotic Channeling (Melee)

At 2nd level, you learn to how to channel magical energies from weapon actions. Using a Weapon Action provides magical benefits, and casting a leveled spell enhances your physical attacks.

After using a weapon action (such as Cleave) on a bonded weapon, you temporarily gain the following:

• Martial Flow State: Add the greater of your Strength or Dexterity modifiers to cantrip damage rolls.
• Ethereal Pirouette: A bonus action that teleports the player 15 feet. Enemies within 5 feet of the teleporting player must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be considered surprised against your actions until the end your next turn. Surprised enemies have a -2 penalty to their attack rolls and vanguards have a +2 advantage on attack rolls against them.

Martial Flow State remains active and Ethereal Pirouette is usable for a number of turns equal 2 + your vanguard level divided by 2.

• Note: Weapon actions are a mechanic specific to Baldur's Gate 3 that have limited usage. Normal weapon attacks cannot trigger Symbiotic Channeling. Note that weapon actions refresh after a short rest.

Arcane Armor

At 3rd level, you may use Intelligence, in place of Dexterity, when calculating your Armor Class in light and medium armor.

Symbiotic Channeling (Spells)

At 4th level, you learn to how to channel magical energies from spellcasting. After casting a leveled spell or using an action that consumes a spell slot, you temporarily gain the following:

• Synergetic Strikes, which adds your Intelligence modifier to weapon damage rolls.
• Eldritch Mark - A bonus action that enhances your damage potential. On use, it marks a target with your personal sigil. The next time the target is hit with a melee attack from your bonded weapon or a spell you cast from a range of 5 feet or less, a burst erupts out in a 10-foot radius, dealing 1d6 force damage to all enemies in the area. The mark then transfers to another random target, making them vulnerable to your next attack. The mark's damage increases every time it transfers to a new target in this order: 1d6, 1d8, 1d10, 1d12. If there is no other valid target within range, the effect expires and the player is able to mark another target. Once activated, Eldritch Mark cannot be used again until another leveled spell has been cast.

Note: Eldritch Mark may sometimes get blocked by obstacles when attempting to travel to its next target. In these cases, and when there are no more creatures for your mark to target, you will gain a temporary ability to reapply Eldritch Mark to a target of your choice.

Synergetic Strikes remains active and Eldritch Mark is usable for a number of turns equal 2 + your vanguard level divided by 2.

Improved Weapon Bond

At level 5, your bonded weapons gain the Thrown property, regardless of their type.

Blade Dash

At 5th level, you may throw your Bonded Weapon at a creature or location and teleport there instantly. You gain the effects of the Blur spell for 2 turns. If you use a normal Throw attack and successfully hit a creature, you may choose to teleport to it after confirmation of the hit. Using this ability costs 1 eldritch point.

Martial Magic

Beginning at 6th level, you can make a standard attack and cast a cantrip when taking your action. This ability does not stack with any sources of Extra Attack, with the exception of Eldritch Combat.

Close Cantrips

At level 6, you can enhance your cantrips when they are cast within 5 feet of your target: you ignore disadvantage for close range attacks, add your spellcasting modifier to damage rolls, and enemy saves against your cantrips are made at Disadvantage. This does not apply to cantrips that use weapons attacks.

Superior Weapon Bond

At level 8, strikes with your bonded weapon apply Eldritch Strike: the affected creature has disadvantage on the next saving throw it makes against a spell you cast before the end of your next turn.

Symbiotic Throw

At level 10, you have become adept at manipulating your bonded weapons. When any form of Symbiotic Channeling is active, you may make a throw attack with a bonded weapon as a bonus action and take advantage of Blade Dash, if desired. Hitting an enemy tagged by Eldritch Mark will trigger the mark's normal effects. In addition, you may use Blade Dash to teleport to the next enemy your mark has settled upon.