Quick Build

Vou can make a Valkyrja quickly by following these suggestions. First, put your highest ability score in Strength, followed by Charisma. Second, choose the acolyte background.

Class Features

As a Valkyrja, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points

Proficiencies

Armor: All Armors, Shields

Weapons: Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons

Tools: None

Saving Throws: Strength, Dexterity

Skills: Choose two from Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Athletics, History, Insight, Religion and Perception

Equipment

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

• (a) 2 spears and a shield

• (a) any 2 simple melee weapons or (b) any martial melee weapon

• (a) a dungeoneers’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack

• Chain mail

Fighting Style

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. The weapon must have the two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this benefit.

Protection

When a creature you can see attacks a target other than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You must be wielding a shield.

Divine Realm

At 3rd level, you choose one amongst the realms to serve. Choose Asgard, Folkvang, or Midgard, all detailed at the end of the c1ass description. The archetype you choose grants you features at 3rd level and again at 7th, 11th, 15th, and 18th level.

Spark of the Divine

At 3rd level you are granted a touch of divine magic. Choose one cantrip that is from the Valkyrja spell list. You may learn additional cantrips as shown in the Valkyrja class table. Your spellcasting ability for these cantrips is Charisma (spell save DC= 8 + Proficiency + Charisma modifier, spell attack bonus= Proficiency + Charisma modifier)

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 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.

Extra Attack

At 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Call Of the Valkyrie

When you reach 6th level in this class, when your enemy nears death you become more and more frantic to claim its soul. If an enemy has less than half of its hit points once per turn you may deal extra radiant damage equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1).

Fateful Strike

At 9th level, you gain the ability to empower yourself with your Soul Seed dice, after a successful melee attack roll, you may expend one or more of your Soul Seed dice to boost the damage on that attack, all other effects of the Soul Seed dice still apply.

Resistance to Death

At 10th level, the Valkyrja becomes resistant to necrotic damage, in addition if you are at full health and an attack, spell, or other effect would bring you down to 0 hit points, you fall to 1 hit point instead.

Call the Fallen

Starting at 14th level, your connection to Valhalla allows you to recall the fallen warriors. If an ally dies within 30ft of you, you can use a reaction to temporarily bring that creature's spirit back from the dead. The creature receives hit points equal to the value of your Soul Seed dice multiplied by the number of Soul Seed dice you have left. The creature dies again after it loses all its hit points or if the combat ends. You can use this feature once every long rest.

Aura Of Decay

On level 20, revealing your true nature as chooser of the slain, as an action you can start emitting an aura starting from where you are. All hostile creatures within 30 feet of you who have less than ½ hit points must make a Charisma saving throw against your spell save DC or take 4d6 radiant damage on the start of each affected creatures' turn. Roll a d6 to determine how many turns the aura lasts. Creatures that succeed on the save are immune to this effect for 24 hours. You may use this ability once per long rest.

Divine Realms

There are nine realms that are coneccted by Yggdrasil, the tree of life. As a Valkyrja you can choose one of three realms to which you dedicated your sword.

Asgard

Asgard also known as Godheim, is home of the Aesir, the warrior Gods whose king is Odin. Choosing this realms means a servitude to the God Odin, know as the Allfather, Gallows God or Grimnir One-Eye.

As servant to Odin your first responsibility is claiming Einjahar. Scouring battlefields and fighting alongside Odin's chosen heroes. Second and less know is the collection of knowledge which you can pass to Odin via his ravens.

Spellcasting

Spell Slots. The Asgard and Folkvang Spellcasting table show how many spell slots you have to cast your spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.

For example, if you know the 1st-level spell bane and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast bane using either slot.

Spellcasting Ability. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your Valkyrja spells, since you empower your spells through your natural leadership. You use your Charisma whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Charisma modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a Valkyrja spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

• Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier

• Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier

Huginn and Muninn

At 3rd level you'll be able to summon one of Odin's ravens to help you scout. After concentrating for 1 hour you can summon either Huginn or Muninn to aid you for 8 hours. The ravens cannot attack but can be harmed. They have the hitpoints and AC of a raven familiar, and you can also transfer your senses through it as per the Find Familiar spell. Summoning Hugin gives a +1 to all Wisdom checks and saving throws, while summoning Muninn gives a +1 to all Intelligence checks and saving throws.

Odin's Blessing

From 7th level, Odin delivers bolts of inspiration to you while you are engaged in battle. When you use the Attack action, you can cast any one cantrip as a bonus action. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (a minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Gungnir's Reach

At 11th level, you're able to use your action to summon 3 spears throwing them at your enemies. A succesfull attack roll has to be made for each of the spears. They each do 1d6 + your Charisma modifier radiant damage.

Divine Communication

At 15th level you can call unto Odin to gain crucial information about your foe. As an action roll a Wisdom (Insight) check against the target's CR, on a success you learn three aspects about the creature of your choice: Creature Type, Armor Class, Senses, Highest Saving Throw Modifier, Lowest Saving Throw Modifier, Damage Vulnerabilities, Damage Resistances, Damage Immunities, or Condition Immunities.

Avatar of War

By 18th level, you have learned to channel the power of Odin: for 1 minute you gain advantage on all attacks, and each attack you make does an extra d10 damage.

Folkvang

Folkvang is home to Freya, the most powerful of the Aesir Goddesses, who has power over life, death and magic.

As a servant of Freya you are responsible for bringing half of those who fall on the battlefield to the realm of Folkvang. However no less important is the finding of magic items to offer to your godess.

Spellcasting

Spell Slots. The Asgard and Folkvang Spellcasting table show how many spell slots you have to cast your spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.

For example, if you know the 1st-level spell bane and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast bane using either slot.

Spellcasting Ability. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your Valkyrja spells, since you empower your spells through your natural leadership. You use your Charisma whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Charisma modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a Valkyrja spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

• Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier • Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier

Grim Harvest

At 3rd level, you gain the ability to reap life energy from creatures you kill with your spells. Once per turn when you kill one or more creatures with a spell of 1st level or higher, you regain hit points equal to twice the spell’s level, or three times its level if the spell belongs to the School of Necromancy. You don’t gain this benefit for killing constructs or undead.

Völva's Trick

At 7th level, whenever you successfully strike a creature with your Shield Bash, the next attack roll against that creature is made with advantage.

Brisingamen Weapon

From 11th level you can use your bonus action to boost the weapon of an ally within 15 ft. The next attack that creature makes deals an extra d6 radiant damage.

Sessrumnir Strike

At 15th level, you learn how to make your weapon strikes undercut a creature’s resistance to your spells. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, that creature has disadvantage on the next saving throw it makes against a spell you cast before the end of your next turn.

Seidr War

Starting at 18th level, when you use your action to cast a spell, you can make two weapon attacks as a bonus action.

Midgard

Midgard also know as Manheim is the dwelling place of humans. Choosing Midgard means focus on the training of the heroes who've fallen in battle (both those in Valhalla and those in Folksvang). As preparing them for Ragnarok becomes your only focus.

Improved Critical

Beginning when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, your weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.

Remarkable Athlete

Starting at 7th level, you can add half your proficiency bonus (round up) to any Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution check you make that doesn’t already use your proficiency bonus.

In addition, when you make a running long jump, the distance you can cover increases by a number of feet equal to your Strength modifier.

Additional Fighting Style

At 11th level, you can choose a second option from the Fighting Style class feature.

Superior Critical

Starting at 15th level, your weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 18–20.

Survivor

At 18th level, you attain the pinnacle of resilience in battle. At the start of each of your turns, you regain hit points equal to 5 + your Constitution modifier if you have no more than half of your hit points left.

You don’t gain this benefit if you have 0 hit points.