Introduction

This document exists as one of several that is a way to completely overhault the way Dungeons & Dragons 2024 handles its progresssion and power level. The name comes from older editions of Dungeons & Dragons such as 3rd Edition and similar spinoff games, and aims to empower classes and make D&D 2024 a better feeling game to play for Players.

Devices of Power

All Unchained Rizers use powerful belt-like devices called UpRizers, devices containing immense magical and sometimes ancient power. These UpRizers allow Unchained Rizers the ability to equip themselves with full body armor and weapons styled after it with a vocal command. These UpRizers improve the wearer's speed, strength, and durability while hiding their identities from those around them... so long as they are not seen making use of their UpRizer to don this armor.

Heroes of Justice

Most Unchained Rizers live up to their name, rising above their own personal vices and fears to become heroes. Unchained Rizers usually only reach out to those with noble intentions and a strong will to protect the innocent and downtrodden. These Unchained Rizers fight for others and for the ideals of truth and justice. They ask for little or nothing in return, in part due to the need for them to hide their identity to protect their family and friends from retaliation from their enemies.

Darkness From Light

However, not all Unchained Rizers are so noble. Some are artificial or were crafted by beings of great Evil. Some might even be cursed, driving their users to commit evil deeds. These Unchained Rizers fight for a twisted view of Justice and often for selfish ends. They are often easily identifiable by a purple or black color scheme, and wherever they go horrible things are sure to follow.

Behind the Mask

Despite the fame or fear they generate, Unchained Rizers all have one thing in common: their armor covers them completely, in some cases altering their shape to a more humanoid appearance. Unless an Unchained Rizer dons their armor in front of someone, it is entirely likely that nobody will ever know their true identity. This is a good thing in most cases however; those whose evil deeds they stop if Good could look for revenge against the Hero's family or friends if they knew their identities. Likewise, those who commit atrocities could be hunted down if their identities were ever exposed. Unchained Rizers should only ever expose this identity to those they trust completely, else they suffer the consequences

Quick Build

You can make an Unchained Rizer quickly by following these suggestions. First, make Strength and Charisma your highest ability scores. Unchained Rizers 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.

Proficiencies

Armor: Shields.
Weapons: Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons
Tools: One of your choice
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) A Longsword, A Flintlock Pistol (MCoC), 20 Ball Ammunition (MCoC), an Explorer's Pack, and 3 GP.
• (b) 155 GP.

Strikes

The strikes are presented in alphabetical order.

Charge. Cannot be used with a Ranged Weapon. You move up to half of your movement speed towards a creature that you can see. If you get within 5 feet of that creature, you can make an attack against them with advantage.

You can move up to your full movement speed when you reach 12th level.

Convince. If you fail a Persuasion Skill Check, you can use this Strike to re-roll that check and must use the new result.

When you reach 12th level, you gain a bonus to the re-rolled check equal to your Strength or Dexterity Modifier (you choose which).

Crush. Cannot be used with Ranged weapons. Each creature within a 10-foot Sphere that expands outward from a point within 5 feet of you must make a Dexterity Saving Throw as you slam your weapon or a fist into the ground in front of you. Creatures take a roll of your weapon or unarmed strike's damage dice and are knocked prone on a failed save or half as much damage and are not knocked prone on a successful save.

The radius of the Sphere increases to 20 feet at 12th level.

Speed Time

At 1st level, your Speed is increased by 5 feet while you have the benefits of your Transformation Class Feature.

Your Speed increases by an additional 5 feet at Unchained Rizer Levels 5, 10, and 15 for a maximum increase of 20 feet of Speed at Unchained Rizer Level 15.

Swift Strikes

At 1st level, you can replace any mention of Strength in any Unchained Rizer Class Feature with Dexterity, and can use Dexterity instead of Strength for your Attack and Damage rolls with your Unarmed Strikes.

Clock Up

At 5th level, you have Advantage on all Dexterity Saving Throw you make and against the Slow Spell.

At 15th level, you are immune to the effects of Time Stop Spell.

Accel Rush

At 10th level, if you move at least 20 feet in a straight line towards a creature before making an Unarmed Strike against it, you make the attack with Advantage.

If you land the attack, you deal an additional roll of your Rizer Die in Force damage against the target.

If the attack is a Critical hit, you instead deal the maximum value of your Rizer Die in Force Damage against the target.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Dexterity Modifier (minimum once), and regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest. If you have no uses of this feature remaining, you can spend 4 Focus Points (no action required) to regain a use of this Feature.

Accel Distortion

At 10th level, you can spend 8 Focus Points as a Magic Action to cast the Slow Spell as a Level 2 Spell. The target makes its Saving Throw a gainst your Focus Save DC.

Accel Pause

At 15th level, you can spend 20 Focus Points as a Magic Action to cast the Time Stop Spell. When cast with this feature, its duration is 1 Round instead of its normal duration.

Once you cast Time Stop with this feature, you cannot do so again until you finish a Long Rest, even if you have enough Focus Points to cast it again.

Accel Skip

At 15th level, if you would be hit with an Attack Roll, you can spend 10 Focus Points to force it to miss.

You must finish a Long Rest to use this Feature again, even if you have enough Focus Points to use it again.

Buster's Training

At 1st level, you gain proficiency in any one Skill and with any one Tool of your choice.

Additionally, choose a Skill and a Tool you have Proficiency with. You gain Expertise with that Skill or Tool.

Buster's Weapon

At 1st level, any Ranged Weapon that has the Ammunition Property you wield gains the following benefits.

• You do not suffer Disadvantage for attacks made within 5 feet of a target with this weapon.
• If the weapon has the Loading or Reload Property, you ignore it while wielding the weapon.
• If the weapon does not have any ammunition loaded, it creates its own ammunition when fired. The ammunition is the same as nonmagical ammunition of the weapon's type, and vanishes upon hitting or missing a target.
• The Normal and Long Ranges of the weapon are increased by 10 feet.

Buster Bomber

At 5th level, Once per Round, you can spend 4 Focus Points (no action required) to replace one Attack you make as part of the Attack Action with a Weapon that benefits from your Buster's Weapon Subclass Feature with a use of this Feature. Target a creature you can see within the weapon's Normal Range. That creature and all other creatures of your choice in a 10-foot emanation around it of your choice must make a Dexterity Saving Throw against your Focus Save DC, taking three rolls of your Rizer Die in Radiant Damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful save. Fiends and Undead take an additional roll of Radiant Damage from this Feature.

Improved Buster's Weapon

At 10th level, all Wweapons that benefit from your Buster's Weapon Class Feature gain the following benefits.

• The weapon's Normal and Long Ranges are doubled. The 10 feet of range from Buster's Weapon is added before this.
• The weapon deals Force Damage instead of its normal damage type.
• The weapon scores a Critical hit on a roll of 18-20 on the D20 for its Attack Rolls.

Buster Blast

At 15th level, your Buster Bomber feature improves as follows.

• Its emanation is now 30 feet.
• You can spend an additional 2 Focus Points when you use your Buster Bomber feature (no action required) to cause it to deal an additional three rolls of your Rizer Die in Damage.
• The Damage of your Buster Bomber feature can be Force or Radiant. You choose which when you use your Buster Bomber feature.

Spellcasting

At 1st level, you have learned to cast spells. See chapter 7 of the 2024 Player's Handbook for the rules on spellcasting. The information below details how you use those rules as a Phantomage Unchained Rizer.

Cantrips. You know two cantrips of your choice from the Unchained Sorcerer spell list (see that class's document for its list). Sorcerous Burst and Shocking Grasp are recommended. Whenever you gain an Unchained Rizer level, you can replace one of these cantrips with another cantrip of your choice from the Unchained Sorcerer spell list.

When you reach Unchained Rizer level 10, you learn another Unchained Sorcerer cantrip of your choice.

Spell Slots. The PHantomage Spellcasting table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your level 1+ spells. You regain all expended slots when you finish a Long Rest.

Prepared Spells of Level 1+. You prepare the list of level 1+ spells that are available for you to cast with this feature. To start, choose two level 1 spells from the Unchained Sorcerer spell list. Absorb Elements (XGE) and Burning Hands are recommended.

The number of spells on your list increases as you gain Unchained Rizer levels, as shown in the Prepared Spells column of the Phantomage Spellcasting table. Whenever that number increases, choose additional spells from the Unchained Sorcerer spell list until the number of spells on your list matches the number on the table. The chosen spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For example, if you're a level 7 Unchained Rizer, your list of prepared spells can include eight Unchained Sorcerer spells of levels 1 and 2 in any combination.

Changing your Prepared Spells. Whenever you gain an Unchained Rizer level, you can replace one spell on your list with another Unchained Sorcerer spell for which you have spell slots.

Spellcasting Ability. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your Unchained Sorcerer spells.

Spellcasting Focus. Your Phantom gives you magical power and channels that power. Therefore, your Unchained Sorcerer Spells do not require a Spellcasting Focus or Material Components except if the Spell has Material components that are consumed by the spell or that have a cost specified in the spell.

Magical Barrier

At 1st level, you always have the Shield (MCoC) Spell prepared, and it doesn't count against the total number of Spells you have prepared.

Additionally, when a creature you can see within 30 feet of you is the target of an attack or the Magic Missile spell, you may spend 2 Focus Points to ignore the normal Range of the Shield Spell and cast it as a reaction on that creature.

Stylish Brawler

At 1st level, you gain Proficiency in the Performance Skill. If you are already proficient in this Skill, you gain Expertise in the Performance Skill instead.

Additionally, you can replace any mention of Strength in any Unchained Rizer Class Feature with Charisma other than your UpRizer Armor Feature and your Martial Might Feature, which remain unchainged, and can use Charisma instead of Strength for your Attack and Damage rolls with your Weapon Attacks and Unarmed Strikes.

Magical Adaptation

At 5th level, whenever you deal damage with a Cantrip, Weapon, or Unarmed Strike, it can deal your choice of Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Thunder damage or its normal damage type.

Phantom Strike

At 5th level, when you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of the attacks with a casting of one of your Unchained Sorcerer cantrips that has a casting time of an action.

Phantom Fear

At 10th level, when you deal damage to a creature with an Unchained Sorcerer Spell of level 1 or higher, you can spend 4 Focus Points to force that creature must make a Wisdom Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC. On a failure, it is Frightened of you until the end of your next Turn.

Relic Font

At 15th level, any Material Component with a Cost has that cost halved for you (Rounded down, minimum 1 GP).

Additionally, choose a single Evocation spell of 1st Level that deals Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Thunder damage from the Unchained Sorcerer list. You always have that Spell prepared, it does not count against the number of Unchained Sorcerer Spells you have prepared, and you no longer have to expend a Spell Slot to cast this Spell.

Additional Martial Strikes

At 1st level, and again at Unchained Rizer Levels 6, 12, and 18, you learn one additional Martial Strike.

Striker's Blade

At 1st level, and again when you finish a Short or Long Rest, you can choose one Melee Weapon you're touching. The weapon gains the following benefits while you are wielding it.

• You can use your Rizer Die instead of the Weapon's Damage Die to calculate the Weapon's Damage.
• You cannot be disarmed of this weapon while you are wielding it unless you choose to drop the weapon.
• If the Weapon has the Thrown Property, it immediately returns to your hand after it hits or misses a ranged attack you make with it, provided you have a hand empty to receive it. If you do not, it lands at your feet instead.
• You can call the weapon to your hand as a Bonus Action. If you do, it will take the most direct path and fly harmlessly into your grip, provided you have an empty hand to receive it.

If you attempt to bond yourself to another Melee Weapon while already bound to one, the bond with the first Weapon breaks and it is no longer affected by this feature.

Improved Striker's Blade

At 5th level, a Weapon benefiting from your Striker's Blade Feature gains the following benefits.

• It deals Force Damage instead of its normal damage type.
• It treats all 1s it rolls on its Damage Dice as 2s instead.
• It scores a Critical Hit on a roll of 19 or 20.

Strash

At 5th level, you have learned to unleash a wave of energy from your Striker's Blade. Once per Round, you can spend 4 Focus Points (no action required) to replace one Attack you make as part of the Attack Action with a use of this feature. If you do, all all creatures of your choice in a 30-foot long, 5-foot wide line emitting from you must make a Dexterity Saving Throw against your Focus Save DC. A creature takes three rolls of your Rizer Die in Force Damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful save.

Greater Striker's Blade

At 10th level, a Weapon benefiting from your Striker's Blade Feature gains the following benefits.

• It scores a Critical Hit on a roll of 18-20 instad of 19 or 20.
• When you use the Weapon's Mastery Property, you can also use the Cleave Property.

Final Strash

At 15th level, your Strash Feature improves in the following ways.

• The line becomes 15 feet wide and 60 feet long.
• You can spend 2 additional Focus Points to increase the Damage to six rolls of your Rizer Die in Force Damage.
• Fiends and Undead have Disadvantage on their Saving Throws against your Strash Feature.

Titant's Fortitude

At 1st level, and every time you gain an Unchained Rizer level thereafter, you increase your maximum Hit Points by 1.

Titan's Protection

At 1st level, if a creature within 15 feet of you would be the target of an attack, you can use a Reaction to move within 5 feet of the target of the attack and take the attack instead, reducing the damage you take by one roll of your Rizer Die plus half of your Unchained Rizer Level plus your Strength Modifier. If you do not reduce the damage to 0, reduce your Speed by the distance you moved to use this feature until the end of your next Turn.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Strength Modifier (minimum once), and regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest. If you have no uses of this feature remaining, you can expend 2 Focus Points (no action required) to regain a use of this Feature.

Titan's Quake

At 5th level, you have learned to unleash a devastating shockwave of energy by striking the ground at your feet. Once per Round, you can spend 4 Focus Points (no action required) to replace one Attack you make as part of the Attack Action with a use of this feature. If you do, all creatures of your choice in a 10-foot Emanation centered on you must make a Strength Saving Throw against your Focus Save DC. A creature takes two rolls of your Rizer Die in Force Damage and gains the Prone Condition on a failed save, or half as much damage and does not gain the Prone Condition on a successful save.

Titan's Armor

At 10th level, you gain resistance to non-magical Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage.

Superior Titan's Protection

At 10th level, using your Titan's Protection Feature no longer reduces your Speed, even if you don't reduce the Damage to 0.

Titan's Wrath

At 15th level, your Titan's Quake feature improves as follows.

• The Emanation becomes 30 feet.
• The damge dealt is now three rolls of your Rizer Die, and you can spend an additional 2 Focus Points when you use your Titan's Quake Feature to increase the damage to six rolls of your Rizer Die.
• The ground within the Emanation becomes Difficult Terrain for any creature other than you and your allies until the end of your next Turn.

Ultraforce Beam

At 1st level, you learn how to make a special Ranged Weapon Attack with a range of 60 feet. You are proficient with it, and you add your Strength modifier to its attack and damage rolls. Its damage is Radiant, it uses your Rizer Die for damage, and any feature from the Unchained Monk Class that would apply to your Unarmed Strikes also applies to this attack option. Aberrations and Fiends take an additional roll of your Rizer Die in Radiant damage when they are hit with this Weapon Attack.

The Range of this Feature increases to 90 feet at Unchained Rizer Level 5, 120 feet at Unchained Rizer Level 10, and 150 feet at Unchained Rizer Level 15.

Ultraforce Rise

At 1st level, you can use a Bonus Action while already transformed using your Transformation Feature to gain the following benefits for 1 minute, until you are reduced to 0 Hit Points, or you gain the Incapacitated Condition.

• If you are smaller than Large, you become Large, along with anything you are wearing. If you lack the room to become Large, your size doesn't change.
• You have advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.
• You reduce all nonmagical Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing damage you take from creatures that are Medium or smaller by your Strength Modifier (minimum 1).

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Strength Modifier (Minimum once) and regain all expended uses when you finish a Long rest.

Ultraforce Shine

At 5th level, your Unarmed Strikes can deal Radiant Damage instead of their normal type. You choose the damage type when you deal damage with an Unarmed Strike.

Ultraforce Delta Rise

At 5th level, your Ultraforce Rise feature gains the following improvements.

• You can become Large or Huge if you are smaller than Huge, along with anything you are wearing. If you lack the room to become the size you chose, your size doesn't change.
• Your Unarmed Strikes now deal an additional 1d4 Thunder Damage against targets that are at least one Size smaller than you.
• You gain Resistance to Radiant Damage.

Ultraforce Air

At 10th level, while you benefit from your Transformation Unchained Rizer Class Feature, you gain a Fly Speed equal to your Speed.

Ultraforce Wave

At 10th level, you have learned to transform your Ultraforce Beam into a wave of shining energy. Once per Round, you can spend 4 Focus Points (no action required) to replace one Attack you make as part of the Attack Action with a use of this feature. If you do, all creatures of your choice in a 15-foot cone emanating from you must make a Constitution Saving Throw against your Focus Save DC. A creature takes four rolls of your Rizer Die in Radiant Damage and gains the Blinded Condition until the start of your next Turn on a failed save, or half as much damage and does not gain the Blinded Condition on a successful save. Aberrations and Fiends make this Save with Disadvantage.

Ultraforce Ace

At 15th level, your Ultraforce Rise feature gains the following improvements.

• You can become Large, Huge, or Gargantuan if you are smaller than Gargantuan, along with anything you are wearing. If you lack the room to become the size you chose, your size doesn't change.
• You gain Immunity to nonmagical Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing Damage while you are at least two sizes larger than the creature that would deal that damage.
• You gain Resistance to Necrotic Damage.

Amazing Finish

Prerequisite(s): Unchained Rizer Level 2

When you use your Finishing Move feature with a Melee Weapon Attack or Unarmed Strike, you can move up to 15 feet in a straight line towards the target as part of the attack. You must end this movement adjacent the target of the attack to use this Talent.

Arcane Sight

Prerequisites(s): Proficient in the Arcana skill

You can cast detect magic at will, without expending a spell slot.

Blademaster

Prerequisites(s): 5th level, Proficiency with at least one Martial Weapon.

Select one type of martial weapon with which you are proficient. While you are wielding this weapon, it counts as magical for the purpose of piercing resistance and immunity. You also gain one additional Weapon Mastery.

Buddy Up

Prerequisite(s): Unchained Rizer Level 5

You can spend 4 Focus Points to cast the the Find Familiar (MCoC) Spell. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Carnie

Prerequisites(s): Thrown Weapon Fighting Feat.

The ranges of any weapon you use with the Thrown property are doubled when you throw that weapon.

Chameleon Graft

Prerequisite(s): Unchained Rizer Level 5, Proficient in the Stealth skill.

When you are in an area of dim light or darkness, you can use your action to become invisible until you move or take an action or a reaction.

Additionally, you can take the Hide Action as a Bonus Action instead.

Duel of Honor

Prerequisites(s): Proficient in the Deception or Intimidation Skill. Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma 14 or higher.

You can cast compelled duel at 1st level once without using a spell slot. You can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest. Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your Spellcasting modifier for this spell (you choose which when you take this talent).

Expert

Prerequisites(s): N/A
You choose one Skill or Tool with which you are Proficient. You gain Expertise with that Skill or Tool. This talent can be taken up to two times, and you must choose a different skill or tool to benefit from this Talent for each.

Extreme Regulator

Prerequisite(s): Unchained Rizer Level 7, Proficient in the Survival skill.

You can breathe underwater and in a vacuum, and are considered as a creature that does not need to breathe for the purpose of spells or effects (such as the spell Stinking Cloud).

Falcon's Wings

Prerequisite(s): Unchained Rizer Level 10.

You gain a fly speed equal to your walking speed. If you would already have a fly speed from another source, you instead increase your Speed by 10 feet.

Giantslayer

Prerequisites(s): N/A

You gain a climb speed equal to your speed if you don't already have one. If you already have a climb speed, your speed is increased by 10 feet while using it. You can use your climb speed to scale creatures that are at least one size larger than you. At the start of each of your turns while you are climbing this creature, you must make a Strength (Athletics) skill check contested by a Strength (Athletics) skill check from the creature you are climbing.

While you are climbing a creature in this way, you have advantage on your melee attack rolls against it while that creature has disadvantage on attacks against you. The creature you are climbing has advantage on a Strength (Athletics) Skill Check made to grapple you while you are climbing it.

Gaia Library Access

Prerequisite(s): Intelligence 14 or higher

You add half of your proficiency bonus (rounded down, minimum 1) to any Skill you lack proficiency in.

Additionally, you learn to speak, read, and write 2 languages of your choice.

Hard Landing

Prerequisite(s): Constitution 14 or higher.

You halve any falling damage you take. At 10th level, you reduce any damage you would take from falling to 0.

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