As a Level 1 Character

• Gain all the traits in the Core Paragon Traits table.
• Gain the Paragon's level 1 features, which are listed in the Paragon Features table.

As a Multiclass Character

• Gain the following traits from the Core Paragon Traits table: Hit Point Die, proficiency with Martial weapons, and training with Light and Medium armor and Shields.
• Gain the Paragon's level 1 features, which are listed in the Paragon Features table.

Level 1: Heroic Spirit

When you roll Initiative, you gain Heroic Inspiration. When you expend your Heroic Inspiration to reroll a D20 Test, you gain a bonus to the roll equal to half your Paragon level.

Level 1: Heroic Exploits

Your legendary spirit allows you to perform Heroic Exploits—incredible feats of strength, skill, and athleticism fueled by Hero Points.

Hero Points. You have 2 Hero Points. You gain more as you reach higher levels, as shown in the Hero Points column of the Paragon Features table. You regain all expended Hero Points when you finish a Short or Long Rest.

    Exploits Known. You know two exploits of your choice from the "Heroic Exploit Options" section later in this class's description. You learn additional exploits of your choice when you reach certain Paragon levels, as shown in the Exploits Known column of the Paragon Features table.

    Prerequisites. If an exploit has a prerequisite, you must meet it to learn that exploit.

    Replacing Exploits. Whenever you gain a Paragon level, you can replace one exploit you know with a different one for which you qualify.

    Saving Throws. If an exploit requires a saving throw, the DC equals 8 plus your Strength or Charisma modifier (your choice) and your Proficiency Bonus.

Level 1: Weapon Mastery

Your training with weapons allows you to use the mastery properties of two kinds of Simple or Martial weapons of your choice.

Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can change the kinds of weapons you chose.

Level 2: Fighting Style

You gain a Fighting Style feat of your choice.

Level 2: Paragon Talents

Your trials have honed you toward legend, granting you Paragon Talents—exceptional skills, legendary training, and other manifestations of heroic potential. You gain two talents of your choice, detailed in the "Paragon Talent Options" section later in this class's description.

Prerequisites. If a talent has a prerequisite, you must meet it to learn that talent.

    Gaining Talents. When you reach certain Paragon levels, you gain additional talents of your choice, as shown in the Paragon Talents column of the Paragon Features table.

    Replacing Talents. Whenever you gain a Paragon level, you can replace one of your talents with another for which you qualify.

Level 3: Paragon Subclass

You gain a Paragon subclass of your choice. A subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Paragon levels. For the rest of your career, you gain each of your subclass's features that are of your Paragon level or lower.

Blood of Heroes

The blood of heroes courses through your veins. You gain one Origin feat of your choice.

Bronze Skin

While you aren't wearing armor, your base Armor Class equals 12 plus your Strength modifier and all damage you take is reduced by 2.

Champion of the People

Common folk see you as one of their own and you fit in among them with ease. You can find a place to hide, rest, or recuperate among commoners, unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them. They will shield you from the law or anyone else searching for you, though they will not risk their lives for you.

You also gain proficiency in two of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, Insight, Medicine, or Performance.

Heroic Destiny

You have Advantage on Death Saving Throws, and any Critical Hit against you becomes a normal hit.

Imposing Presence

You have Advantage on Charisma (Intimidation and Persuasion) checks.

When you succeed on such a check, the target is Charmed or Frightened (your choice) for 1 minute or until it takes damage.

Keen Senses

You have Advantage on any ability check you make as part of the Search or Study action.

When you take the Search or Study action, you can choose a creature you can see; you know whether that creature has any Immunities, Resistances, or Vulnerabilities, and if the creature has any, you know what they are.

Lightning Reflexes

You have Advantage on Initiative rolls and Dexterity saving throws.

Noble Bearing

Thanks to your noble presence, people are inclined to think the best of you. You are welcome in high society, and people assume you have the right to be wherever you are. The common folk make every effort to accommodate you and avoid your displeasure, and people of high birth treat you as a member of the same social sphere. You can secure an audience with a local noble if you need to.

You also gain proficiency in two of the following skills of your choice: Deception, Intimidation, Persuasion, or Performance.

Peerless Athlete

You gain proficiency and Expertise in the Acrobatics and Athletics skills.

Primal Pathfinder

You can't become lost except by magical means. You always know which way is north, and you perfectly remember the geography, settlements, and notable landmarks of places you've visited.

You also gain proficiency in two of the following skills of your choice: Athletics, Nature, Stealth, or Survival.

Seeker of Knowledge

When you attempt to learn or recall a piece of lore, if you do not know the information, you often know where and from whom you can obtain it. Usually, this information comes from a library, scriptorium, university, or a sage or other learned person or creature. The DM might rule that the knowledge you seek is secreted away in an almost inaccessible place, giving you a natural destination for your next quest.

You also gain proficiency in two of the following skills of your choice: Arcana, History, Nature, or Religion.

Titan's Grasp

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity, and you can Grapple and Shove creatures up to two sizes larger than you.

Moreover, creatures must choose Strength when making saving throws against your Unarmed Strikes.

Boundless Endurance

Prerequisite: Level 5+ Paragon

You can't have more than 5 levels of Exhaustion, and all penalties you suffer from Exhaustion are halved.

In addition, when you spend one or more Hit Point Dice to regain Hit Points, you can instead use the highest number possible for each die.

Glorious Victory

Prerequisite: Level 5+ Paragon

When you score a Critical Hit or reduce an enemy to 0 Hit Points, you gain Heroic Inspiration.

Limitless Advance

Prerequisite: Level 5+ Paragon

Your Speed increases by 10 feet, your jump distance is doubled, and you ignore Difficult Terrain.

Level 3: Golden Aegis

While you are not wearing Heavy armor, all damage you take is reduced by an amount equal to half your Paragon level.

Level 3: Formation Tactics

While you are wielding a Shield, allies within 5 feet of you have Half Cover. You also gain the Protection or Interception Fighting Style feat.

Level 6: Vigilant Defense

You can take up to two Reactions each round, but only one Reaction on each turn. In addition, enemies provoke Opportunity Attacks from you when they move 5 feet or more while within your reach.

Level 10: Relentless Retribution

You can attack twice instead of once whenever you make an Opportunity Attack. Moreover, whenever you take a Reaction that isn't making an Opportunity Attack or casting a spell, you can make one attack with a Melee weapon or Unarmed Strike as part of that Reaction.

Level 14: Eternal Defender

You can take up to three Reactions each round, but only one Reaction on each turn.

In addition, you can perform the Heroic Intervention exploit without spending a Hero Point.

Level 3: Battlefront Leader

When you take the Attack action, you can forgo one of your attacks to command one ally within 30 feet of you. The ally can immediately use its Reaction to carry out one of the following commands of your choice.

Strike! The ally makes one attack with a weapon or Unarmed Strike.

    Move! The ally moves up to half its Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks.

    Endure! The ally gains Temporary Hit Points equal to half your Paragon level plus your Charisma modifier.

    Rally! The ally ends the Charmed or Frightened condition on itself.

Level 3: Rousing Presence

Whenever you expend your Heroic Inspiration, each Bloodied ally within 30 feet of you regains Hit Points equal to your Paragon level plus your Charisma modifier.

Level 6: Clarion Commander

When you use Battlefront Leader, you can command up to two allies instead of one. You can give both allies the same command or a different command to each ally.

In addition, your allies within a 30-foot Emanation originating from you have Advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws.

Level 10: Lead From the Front

Your allies have Advantage on attack rolls against any enemy within 5 feet of you. In addition, you can use Battlefront Leader without forgoing an attack.

Level 14: Legendary Commander

When you use Battlefront Leader, you can target up to three allies instead of two. Moreover, when you use Battlefront Leader to issue a command to an ally, you can instead issue two different commands to that ally. The ally gains the benefits of both commands as part of the same Reaction.

Level 3: Martial Prowess

You can make an Unarmed Strike as a Bonus Action. You must choose the Grapple or Shove option if you are holding a weapon when you make this Unarmed Strike.

When a target fails its saving throw against your Unarmed Strike, you can deal Bludgeoning damage to it equal to half your Paragon level plus your Strength modifier.

Level 3: Enduring Tenacity

When you expend your Heroic Inspiration, you gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to your Paragon level plus your Charisma modifier.

In addition, you have Resistance to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage while you are Bloodied.

Bend Bars, Lift Gates

As a Bonus Action, you can spend 1 Hero Point to accomplish a feat of strength that should be beyond you — tear open a rusted portcullis, snap iron manacles, force apart a jammed vault door, or hold up a collapsing ceiling long enough for others to escape. The DM determines the scope of what's possible, but it should never be merely difficult — it should be the kind of feat storytellers repeat for generations.

Charge to Glory

As a Bonus Action, you can spend 1 Hero Point to move up to your Speed in a straight line without provoking Opportunity Attacks. You can move through other creature's spaces during this movement.

Moreover, you have Advantage on the next attack roll you make before the end of the turn.

Overwhelming Presence

As a Bonus Action, you can spend 1 Hero Point to force each creature of your choice within a 30-foot Emanation originating from you to make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, a creature has the Charmed condition for 1 minute or until it takes any damage.

Fortune's Favor

When you make a D20 Test, you can spend 1 Hero Point to give yourself Advantage on the roll.

Heroic Intervention

When an ally within 30 feet of you would be hit by an attack, you can take a Reaction and spend 1 Hero Point to move up to your Speed toward that ally without provoking Opportunity Attacks. If you end this movement within 5 feet of the ally, you become the target of the attack instead.

Inspire Greatness

When an ally within 30 feet of you fails an ability check or saving throw, you can take a Reaction and spend 1 Hero Point to add your Charisma modifier to the roll, potentially turning failure into a success.

Nerves of Steel

At the start of your turn, you can spend 1 Hero Point to remove the Charmed or Frightened condition from yourself.

Seize the Initiative

When you roll Initiative, you can spend 1 Hero Point to give yourself and all allies within 30 feet of you Advantage on that Initiative roll.

Unbreakable

When you take damage, you can take a Reaction and spend 1 Hero Point to shrug off the blow as though it were nothing. Reduce the damage taken by an amount equal to twice your Paragon level.

Voice of Authority

As a Bonus Action, you can spend 1 Hero Point to issue a clarion call to your allies. Choose a number of allies within 30 feet of you up to your Charisma modifier. Each target gains Temporary Hit Points equal to half your Paragon level plus your Charisma modifier and can use its Reaction to move up to its Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks.

Bear the Heavens

Prerequisite: Level 5+ Paragon

As a Bonus Action, you can spend 1 Hero Point to push yourself beyond mortal limits. For 10 minutes, you have Advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws, and you can drag, lift, or push any creature or object up to one size larger than you, regardless of weight.

Cast Off the Chains

Prerequisite: Level 5+ Paragon

As a Bonus Action, you can spend 1 Hero Point to immediately end every effect on yourself that is reducing your speed or causing you to be Grappled or Restrained. Moreover, you automatically escape from nonmagical restraints, such as manacles or rope.

Defend the Line

Prerequisite: Level 5+ Paragon

As a Bonus Action, you can spend 1 Hero Point to enter a vigilant stance that lasts until the start of your next turn. While in this stance, you can take one additional Reaction each round, but no more than one per turn. Moreover, any creature you hit with an Opportunity Attack has the Prone condition.

Heroic Leap

Prerequisite: Level 5+ Paragon

As a Bonus Action, you can spend 1 Hero Point to jump a number of feet up to your Speed. Until the end of the turn, you take no damage from falling.

Immortal Endurance

Prerequisite: Level 5+ Paragon

When you are reduced to 0 Hit Points, you can spend 1 Hero Point to drop to 1 Hit Point instead. You then gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to your Paragon level.