#### Creator: U/Maxhydro ♦ Writer: U/ThePumpkinator87 ♦ Editor: U/Resdamalos

A guide to a fantastical, steam-driven fantasy setting for the world's greatest roleplaying game

\page ## Disclaimer Hello all my veiwers. This is to let you know that I appreciate all the love and dedication you have given this project over the years. I am proud to have a community that adores my work on this project and I have big news. ### What's going to happen to this document As of this moment (03/04/2023) this document will not receive any further updates and will be copywritten soon after this date. I do this to pursue legitment publication of this document and future connected documents. I will be cutting a majority of this document at the current moment to protect my copywrite so that no malicious individuals can reproduce and claim this creation as their own. I do applogize to those that come to this project post the before mentioned date and see an incomplete document and I asure you that this is not the end. I will posibly be making some sort of crowd funding or publicated document you can find somewhere but at this time I do not know as of when. I am always here to answer your questions and make any subject about this document clear and open. I hope to see you all in the future and hope that this will keep your interest involved when I produce a professional grade document for all of you to enjoy. ## - Maxhydro \page

## Table Of Contents

- ### [4Overview](#p4) - ### [5Races, New and Old](#p5) - [5Awakened Undead](#p5) - [9Clockwork Automaton](#p9) - [11Dhampir](#p11) - [12Kobold (Revised)](#p12) - [13Shadar-Kai (Shadowfell Variant)](#p13) - [15Racial Adjustments](#p15) - ### [16Classes](#p16) - [16Where's the Artificer?](#p16) - [17Card Master](#p17) - [23Gunslinger](#p23) - [30Existing Class Adjustments](#p30) - [32Warlock Pact Boon: Pact of the Firearm](#p32) - [34Arcane Tradition: School of Invention](#p34) - ### [36Backgrounds](#p36) - [36Doctor](#p36) - [38Law Enforcement](#p38) - [39Mercenary](#p39) - [40Merchant](#p40) - [42Philosopher](#42) - [43Slave](#p43)

\page # Overview >**Veiwers Note: This specific document as of 6/16/21 will no longer receive major edits/updates.** > >**In particular, this specific document will not be where the new steampunk compendium will be done but that does not mean we are ending the project. Infact we are actually continuing this in a seperate more updated version that will have custom art, assets and more. For further info please message the owner of the compendium U/Maxhydro** ## General Info: “Steampunk” imagines an alternate world melding the darkness of the 19th-century Victorian era and the gunslinging Wild West. Dungeon Masters can delve into the age of clockwork industry and create a steampunk adventure for their players using the versatile mechanics, weapons, races, and classes in this compendium. As a homebrew, it is up to you which mechanics to use, adapt, change, or ignore to suit your style of play. You may also find the "Steampunk Monster Manual: What Lurks in Shadows" to be of interest for world-building and combat encounters. There, you can find all the mechanical monstrosities, Victorian horrors, and riveting abominations your cold clockwork heart desires. If you have any questions on rulings, mechanics, or anything involving the book, please do not hesitate to contact one of the three creators via private message on Reddit. ### Optional: World Background Magical factories spurt globs of smog into the air over sullen trudging workers. Outlaws roam little-explored territories with nothing but their double-barrel and trusty automaton steed. Technological advancement is on the rise as cities are born of blazing brass and fire. It is a time of invention and change, with powerful creations melding magic and technology in mind-melting ways. With the expansion of travel and trade, the new is always just around the corner -- sometimes at a bargain price. ``` ``` But with discovery and innovation comes a cost. *How will the people of this new era rise to meet these challenges -- or will they crumble under progress's heavy hand?* #### Rust of Industry Just as acrid smoke fills the skies, so too does industry choke the world. Sparkling new products and accessible technologies are creating an age of miracles, yes, but each miracle has to be built by someone and certainly not for a living wage. Class divisions grow ever steeper as thousands are forced off their ancestral land and into the poverty of the working class. Morality is a privilege most cannot afford if they wish to feed their families, so crime is rampant. Greedy corporations misuse their ill-gotten gains to further their pursuit of power. Pollution has begun to eat away at the natural world as magic becomes an automated process. Cities have become a new beast of sprawling lawlessness, drawing every race imaginable from all corners of the globe like flies to the ephemeral promise of riches and glory. Will your party be privy to the privileged or join the fight of the proletariat? #### Day-to-Day Life Bustling city-goers in top hats and trench coats check their pocket watches and board clockwork trams to go about their daily business. Above the lanterned streets, skyships with globetrotting passengers sputter their way through the darkened clouds, sailing to distant parts of the world to explore, colonize, and plunder. In the market stalls of artificers and engineers, clockwork curios and brass automata have become lucrative merchandise. Many of the constructs follow after their corporate masters as heralds, butlers, and bodyguards. Yet some automata have escaped the grasp of their assigned protocols and created a new name for themselves as sentient beings worthy of their own free will. Whether it is from a respectable physician or a shady field medic, the population has outfitted itself with prosthetic limbs, eyes, and other enchanted enhancements. The question is: Who will you be in this forsaken world?

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# Races, New and Old ## Awakened Undead ##### by u/The_Singular_Anyone THE MISTS CLING TO THE TALL CHARRED PINES *of the valeheart woods like clawed spectral fingers, as the billowing breeze breathing through the trees give this miasma a sinister semblance of life. At once menacing and warding against outside visitors to this deathly realm, the locals know well of the evil nature of this forest, and how willing the very air of this place is to choke the live out of those foolish mortals that venture inside.* *Nevertheless, a gnarled dwarf by the name Blidwenn gazes into the opaque vapor streaming from the trees, his eyes more accustomed to the dim light of this place than the pure sunshine found in more wholesome lands. Braiding a few errant strands of beard, Blidwenn continues his vigil for well on an hour, tracing the elusive forms in the mist for any sign of living movement. Clasping his braid in a ruddy, calloused hand, the dwarf lets loose a sigh and slowly rises to his feet.* *His sharp dwarven eyes snap open and he pauses instantly mid-motion. Movement in the mists, shadows, a shape emerging from the woods. His vision traces the outline of a lean, solitary figure, set bone white against the grey fog. With slow, creaking footsteps, the creature emerges from the fog and advances on the steadfast dwarf.* ``` ```

*"That you, Clacks?" Blidwenn rumbles, his hammer suddenly finding itself in his large hands, "You see anything in there?" "Indeed, friend," the approaching skeleton replies dryly, holding aloft a faint, purple gem, "The master's old phylactery wasn't nearly as well defended as he would have us think."* \page

Death comes for all things in a near-infinite variety of ways. So, too, are there many reasons that the dead might return from the grave. Directly applied necromancy, cursed lands, and unfinished buisness are but a few, and all leave the newly-undead soul with a mere semblance of the life it had before. All undead carry the physical or emotional scars of what ended their mortal lives, though some may be far more subtle than others. ### Dead and Reborn Typically having no lands to call their own, undead with an awakened sense of self are typically perpetual foreigners, wanderers in a land and often a time not their own. Compounding matters, most mortal cultures carry within them an instinctual fear of death and the dead, and many associate necromancy specifically with dark tidings. This forms a wall of (often well earned) prejudice and hatred that sentient undead find themselves up against, and many undead choose to hide their necrotic natures behind clothes, masks, and pungent perfumes when journeying into civilization. Depending on composition, humanoid undead typically range a wide gamut from 20 to 300 pounds, and may possess empty eyes, a colored flame-like magical aimuss in their sockets, or harrowed, surprisingly mortal eyes burning with an inner fire. Hair (if they have it at all) is usually lank, dark, and wrought with grime and grave dirt that no amount of cleansing will fully remove. ### Service and Freedom Undeath is effectively immortality, a strong reason why many mortal spellcasters of a certain moral bent consider it a viable alternative to actually dying. Still, it is not immortality without price - senses and emotions dull, food and drink no longer have taste, and often an undead state comes alongside a subservience of will and unthinking service to a master who likely does not have the world's best intentions at heart. ``` ``` Some undead are born into freedom, while others earn it or have it thrust upon them. Regardless, all undead that have freedom greatly cherish it, as the reminders of what could easily happen were they not fortunate enough to possess free will abound throughout history. Many consider it their sacred duty to free other mindless undead, or simply dispatch them wherever they may be found. The reason is straightforward enough: a final rest awarded to all mortals is greatly preferential to eternal slavery to the likes of a short-sighted, megalomaniacal wizard. ### Fallen Home, Forgotten Past For many awakened undead, the past is a distant homeland to which they may never return, holding names and faces now partially-forgotten, and loves and lives as dead as they are. The anguish of this loss is enough to drive many mad, but others use this rage and pain as a source of power and drive, carrying them further on the road to whatever dark destiny awaits. Frequently, entire countries, customs, and cultures the undead may be familiar with no longer exist, and the sentient dead behaves or speaks in a antiquated fashion because of this. It may be even more difficult than usual for such undead to relate to more modern mortals, and typically these undead leverage what companions they may have to bridge this epoch-long communication gap. ### Undead Names Many undead that awaken into sentience prefer to keep the names they held in their mortal lives. For others
however, their mortal names are forgotten or have lost meaning. These undead often adopt nicknames given to them by their former masters or present companions, and hold them to be as true as any other creature's birth name.

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Examples of names given in this fashion may be seen below: **Names:** Rattlebones, Spore, Rotface, Raven, Bane, Carver, Drudge, Rook, Mort, Pale, Minion, Crumble, Shade ### Awakened Undead Traits Awakened undead have the following traits in common: ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Constitution score increases by 1. ***Dead Immortality.*** You do not age. Given time, the necromantic energies that sustain you will heal most wounds you take at approximately the same rate as a mortal, and your hit dice function as normal. ***Past Life.*** Choose another living race besides this one. Before your death, you were a member of this race and appear as an undead version of it. Your size, height, and movement speed are the same as a typical member of that race. You do not retain special movement speeds from this race (such as swimming or flying), and, though you may choose to have formerly been a member of a subrace of a particular race, you derive no benefits from doing so. ***Undead.*** Raised from the dead as a beaing of undeath, you count as an undead creature for all spells and abilities that affect the undead. You are immune to disease and treat exhaustion as if it was one level less. You do not need to eat or breathe, but you can ingest food and drink if you wish. Instead of sleeping, you enter an inactive state for 4 hours each day. You do not dream in this state; you are fully aware of your surroundings and notice approaching enemies and other events as normal. ***Darkvision.*** Through the necromantic energy animating you, you are able to perceive with greater clarity thatwhich lurks in the darkness. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of grey. ***Languages.*** You can speak, read, and write Common and one language avalible to the race you chose for your Past Life. ***Subrace.*** Three types of awakened undead are avalible to you. Choose Skeleton, Revenant, or Ghost, listed in the following sections. ``` ``` #### Skeletons An animated figure made of dry bones devoid of flesh and muscle, you were likely raised by a necromantic caster or dark, supernatural curse as a simple minion, completely without will and self knowledge. Something changed, however; perhaps your master was slain, the land cleansed, or you merely awoke one day to fragmented memories of your previous life. Whatever the case, possessed of a fragmented sense of self and newfound purpose, you struck out into the wider world to find a new destiny. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Dexterity or Intelligence score increases by 2. ***Bloodless.*** You are immune to poison damage and the poisoned condition. ***Bone Pile.*** When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. If you do, you reduce yourself to a pile of bones, render yourself prone, and are considered under a similar effect to the *feign death* spell. While subject to this condition, you are unable to move or take action other than using your action to end this effect. You can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest. ***Bone To Pick.*** Whenever both of your hands are free (not including equipped shields), you may use a free hand and a bonus action to remove one of your hands or arms. If you remove an arm, it counts as a weapon with the finesse property that deals 1d6 bludgeoning damage, and you have proficiency with your arm while you wield it. If you remove a hand, it counts as thieves' tools or a similar set of simple tools while you hold it. In either case, removed hands and arms may be re-attached by using another bonus action. #### Revenant When a brutal murder or an atrocious crime slays an innocent soul endowed with suffcient willpower, there is a rare occasion where the victim refuses to stand by and stay dead. You were created not at the whim of a mortal spellcaster, but when you were slain and either a god of death, veneance, or justice, or you yourself, took enough umbrage at the death to raise you from the grave, typically at least a full day (though sometimes up to centuries, if the revenge is still relevant) after your death occured. \page

Born again out of an undying thirst for vengeance, you will not rest until the wrongs surrounding your death have been righted. Though you superficially appear similar to a zombie, complete with tattered flesh and sporadic decay, your eye gleam with an intelligent intent, a burning passionate fury that will lay low all in your way. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Charisma or Strength score increases by 2. ***Eternal Vengeance.*** You know at all times the general direction of and relative distance to a creature of the DM's choosing against whom you seek revenge for your death, even if the creature and you are on different planes of existence. Should this creature die by your hand or that of another, you instantly know, and your DM chooses another creature also responsible for your death for their feature to apply to, should such a creature exist. ***Poison Resilience.*** You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage. ***Unnatural Vitality.*** When you drop to 0 hit points, you may choose to stay conscious instead of falling unconscious. If you do, you gain temporary hit points equal to your total character level. In this state, you may take an action or bonus action on your turn, but not both, and you make death saving throws at the end of your turn as usual. You can remain in this state until you fail your first death saving throw (at which point you fall unconscious and continue making death saving throws until you stabilize or regain additional hit points) or die outright to massive damage. You can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest. #### Ghost Lingering souls of the dead and departed, ghost are raised as servants by potent necromancers or hold onto the world theselves where there is unfinished business they yet to accomplish. Adventurous ghosts such as yourself typically either escape the masters that raised them or have something unresolved from their days amongst the living that requires they journey far and wide. If a ghost is charged with unfinished business it can take many forms, from protecting a loved one to keeping a particular item safe to simple revenge. Ghosts are spectral and luminous, but solid to the touch, and can interact with objects as mortals do. All ghosts carry obvious and sometimes twisted marks of what caused their death, which are often quite disturbing to all but the most jaded mortals. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Charisma or Wisdom score increases by 2. ***Bloodless.*** You are immune to poison damage and the poisoned condition. ***Flight.*** You gain a fly speed equal to half your land speed, rounded up to the nearest 5 feet. ***Withering Touch.*** Your unarmed strike deals necrotic damage, as well as additional damage equal to your Constitution modifier. ***Incorporeal Stride.*** You can move through other creature and objects other than physical barriers (such as walls or ceilings) as if they were difficult terrain. Once per short rest, you may pass through up to 10 feet of physical barriers (treating them as difficult terrain) as a part of movement. You take 1d10 force damage if you end your turn inside an object or barrier, and are immediately ejected to the closest available space if within a barrier. > ##### A Matter of Life and Death > > Death doesn't have to be the end for a player character - an interested DM may allow a dead character to rise from their grave as one of the awakened undead, replacing the character's race and subrace features with those listed here. > > Conversely, an awakened undead character can wish to regain their mortal life. This may only be achieved through the use of the *true resurrection* spell, and, again, DM permission. A character returning to their mortal life replaces their awakened undead race and subrace with what they chose for their Past Life feature, loses all features and abilities associated with being an awakened undead, and instead gains abilities typical for a member of their new race. \page ## Clockwork Automaton ##### By u/Maxhydro There was once an ambitious master engineer who wanted to create life. The engineer gave their all to birth such a creation, until finally, using clockwork prosthetics, the scientist created fully sentient automatons. At first they were mindless machines, blindly following orders, but eventually they grew consciousness, thoughts, and emotions. They'd ask questions and wonder if they too were living beings. No such answer was found, and the scientist died in the wake of their creations - or so it is thought. The future of this race of machines is a mystery; only a few automatons were made to the complexity of the scientist's original design, and all of their schematics, blueprints, plans, and notes vanished with their death, save for a single note, telling of a secret apprentice that would continue their work where no one could find them. Few automatons exist claiming to have a "soul", but it's likely more will appear when the apprentice comes out of hiding. ### Physical Description Made of gears, metal, and cogs held together by magic, Clockwork Automatons are beings unlike any other. They are constructed out of combinations of thick ceramic and metal filaments built around a metallic skeletal frame, with a mysterious fibrous material acting as a muscular system. A network of tubes runs through the Automaton's body, filled with a blood-like fluid designed to lubricate and nourish their gears. Automatons are completely sexless and genderless. Though their bodies may have been designed with masculine or feminine features, these are considered by the Automatons to be little more than aesthetics. Automatons are able to be repaired and modified by those with the right training, which makes for an endless array of possible changes to their appearances in the hands of capable engineers. A Clockwork Automaton on average stands little taller than their creator's race's height and weighs in at 100 - 300 lbs. These numbers will vary among specific Automatons. ### Personality Clockwork Automatons have unique personalities and experience anger, pain, fear, and hatred, just like their human creators. But Automatons naturally seem reserved, stoic, and pensive, hiding an array of emotions behind their minorly inexpressive metallic faces. Their faces were not designed to display facial expressions, merely to replicate talking, so at times they appear to be distant to the conversation. Despite their lack of physical facial expressions, they're not completely without them, as their eyes tend to brighten when experiencing strong or specific emotions. Some Automatons have their faces modified to be more expressive for their companion's comfort, but these expressions are learned rather than natural and often appear stilted and awkward. Some Automatons can be incredibly naive and lack a sense of introspection. However, many others are the opposite and question their existence, they wonder if, as constructs, they have souls, and ask what becomes of them in the afterlife. More intelligent automatons create complex philosophies about what they perceive and learn. Though they can show loyalty to religions and organizations, typically they become loyal to a small group of comrades. Automatons built for war understand duty, the chain of command, and conflict. But aside from this, many Automatons often have little life experience as they have spent most of their time working towards one specific duty. If there is one interest all Clockwork Automatons share it is their love of working and the satisfaction of a job well done. Many create endless lists of goals and chores to feed that feeling. They take pride in their work and can work incredibly hard, both traits that make them dislike idleness and failure. Automatons can excel at most tasks, having a single-minded efficiency, especially in combat related roles. But this same single-mindedness can often translate to a lack of creativity and they can be easily surprised or "outflanked." Clockwork Automatons dislike being called "it" and usually accept the gendered pronoun that they most closely resemble. Some Automatons adopt names from the culture they were created in, though most of their names were assigned at construction and are straightforward and related to their job, abilities or rank. Many Automatons simply accept the nicknames given to them by their comrades while others seek more meaningful names that best describe them. ### Automaton Names Clockwork Automatons are usually given names by their creators, either named for their purpose or rank or adopted from the naming tradtions of the race that created them. Some Automatons adopt a "personal name," chosen for themselves after long periods of soul-searching. This name is usually a special designation an Automaton reserves only for their friends and carries sentimental meaning to them. Examples of names given in this fashion may be seen below: **Names:** Andromeda, Hunter, Legacy, Loki, Babylon, Raven, Harmony, Hercules, Exarch, Nexus, Legionnaire, Vagabond, Vice Names of Automatons can also be chosen by trusted companions or by parental figures that hold a sort of close bond. Examples of names given in this fashion may be seen below: **Names:** Prime, Alpha, Gears, Tick Tock, Brass, Spirit, Silver, Gold, Plexi, Bronze, Steel, Id ### Automaton Traits You share a number of traits with other Automatons: ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Constitution score increases by 2. ***Age.*** Automatons are created as adults; they have no childhood or adolescence. It is theorized that Automatons may show signs of physical deterioration after about 150-200 years, but have no further aging effects after that point and no maximum age.

\page ***Alignment.*** Automatons tend toward lawful alignments, as they were constructed to be built for one purpose, usually to help their creator or other sentient beings. ***Size.*** Automatons who are gendered as "male" tend to have broader and heavier builds while "female" gendered automatons are thinner, looking more like the race they were modeled after, with more elegant facial features. Your size is Medium. ***Speed.*** Your base walking speed is 30 feet. ***Living Construct.*** Even though you were constructed, you are a living creature. You are immune to disease. You do not need to eat or breathe, but you can ingest food and drink if you wish. Instead of sleeping, you enter an inactive state for 4 hours each day. You do not dream in this state; you are fully aware of your surroundings and notice approaching enemies and other events as normal. ***Composite Plating.*** When you aren't wearing armor, your AC is 11 + your Dexterity modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield's benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor. ***Languages.*** You can speak, read, and write Common and your creator's native language (select one language at random if your creator is human). ***Overclocking.*** Whenever you take lightning damage, the power surges through your mechanical parts and magical circuitry. You gain the benefits of the *haste* spell until the end of your next turn - that is, your speed is doubled, you get a +2 bonus to AC, you have advantage on Dexterity saving throws, and you get an additional action, which you can use to take the Attack (one weapon attack only), Dash, Disengage, Hide, or Use an Object action. However, at the end of your turn, as the energy dissipates, the damage becomes apparent. Make a Constitution saving throw. The DC of this save is equal to 15 or half the lightning damage dealt to you earlier, whichever is higher. On a failed save, you are completely immobilized until the end of your next turn; on a success, you are still negatively affected and can't take any actions or bonus actions, though you can still move your speed as normal. ***Subraces.*** Only three configurations for Automatons were known to have been created or altered, each quite unique in their own respect, built for different jobs. #### Robust Frame Clockwork automatons with robust frames were built to protect and serve others. They fight off foes and can physically carry the helpless out of harm's way. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Strength score increases by 1. ***Evacuation Subroutine.*** Your frame is built for carrying people and items to safety. Your speed cannot be reduced due to being overencumbered or when lifting, carrying, or dragging another creature. ***Hulking Build.*** You gain proficiency in your choice of either Athletics, Intimidation, or Survival. ``` ``` #### Finesse Frame Automatons with this frame type are agile, small, and quick on their feet. These types were primarily built for entertaining crowds with their daredevil stunts, though their speed can easily be put to other uses. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Dexterity score increases by 1. ***Bounce Back.*** Your are designed to take a tumble. It only takes you 5 feet to stand up from being knocked prone, instead of half your movement. ***Nimble and Lightweight.*** You gain proficiency in your choice of either Acrobatics, Sleight of Hand, or Stealth. #### Mystical Frame Using the magic inside them to their full potential, these Automatons were built to assist those that were more magically inclined, with a greater capacity for learning as well as the ability to store and use magic themselves. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Intelligence score increases by 1. ***Keen Intellect.*** You gain proficiency in a single skill chosen from the following: Arcana, History, Investigation, Nature, or Religion. ***Magical Processing.*** Your exposure to magical power has manifested itself in the ability to replicate parts of it with your own abilities. You learn a wizard cantrip of your choice. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this spell. ``` ```

\page ## Dhampir ### Physical Characteristics Tall and slender and with well-defined musculature, dhampirs look like statuesque humans of unearthly beauty. Their hair, eye, and skin colors resemble unnerving versions of their mothers’; many possess a ghastly pallor, particularly in the sunlight, while those with dark complexions often possess skin the color of a bruise. While many dhampirs can pass as humans in ideal conditions, their features are inevitably more pronounced and they move with an unnaturally fluid grace. All dhampirs have elongated incisors. ### Society Dhampirs have no culture of their own, nor do they have any known lands or even communities. Often born in secret and abandoned at orphanages or left to die on the outskirts of town, they tend to live solitary lives as exiles and outcasts. Individuals acquire the cultural beliefs and teachings of the regions in which they grew up, and adopt additional philosophies over the course of their complex lives. This ability to adapt to a verity of circumstances provides dhampirs with a social camouflage that hides them from both predators and prey. In rare instances, dhampirs might gather to form small groups or cabals dedicated to resolving their joint issues. Even so, the philosophies of such groups reflect the interests of the individuals involved, not any common dhampir culture. ### Relations As dhampirs are scions of evil, few races view them favorably. They share an affinity for those half-breeds whose sinister ancestry also sets them apart from human society, particularly tieflings and half-orcs. Humans view them with a combination of fear and pity, though such feelings often devolve into hatred and violence. Other humanoid races, such as dwarves, elves, and halflings, simply shun them. Similarly, dhampirs bear a deep-seeded loathing for living creatures, their hatred planted by jealousy and fed by frustration. ### Alignment & Religions Most dhampirs succumb to the evil within their blood. They are unnatural creatures, and the foul influence of their undead heritage makes an evil outlook difficult to overcome. Those who struggle against their wicked natures rarely progress beyond a neutral outlook. ### Dhampir Names Lacking a culture and unified traditions, dhampirs share humans’ predilection for a diversity of names, and most keep their human birth names. Many dhampirs take their mother’s surname, while others take the surname of the towns or regions in which they were born, or use a surname derived from a significant event.

### Dhampir Traits Dhampirs share certain abilities with Vampires thanks to the curse they share. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Dexterity increases by 2 and Charisma by 1. ***Age.*** Dhampirs are long lived thanks to their vampire heritage. They reach adulthood at the same rate as a human, but can live for several hundred years. ***Size.*** Dhampir have the same range of height and weight as humans. ***Speed.*** Your base walking speed is 30 feet. ***Darkvision.*** Cursed by your vampire heritage, you can easily see through darkness. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. ***Vampiric Resistance.*** You have resistance to Necrotic damage. ***Sunlight Sensitivity.*** You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight. ***Vampiric Magic.*** You know the *minor illusion* cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the *charm person* spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the *misty step* spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells. ***Bite.*** Your fangs are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike ***Blood Thirst.*** In the heat of battle, you can throw yourself into a bloodlust. As a bonus action, you can make a special attack with your bite. If the attack hits, it deals its normal damage, and you gain temporary hit points (minimum of 1) equal to your Constitution modifier, and you can’t use this trait again until you finish a short or long rest. ***Languages.*** You can speak, read, and write Common and one additional language.

\page ## Kobold (Revised) ##### Originally by u/Elevatorrampage Kobolds are small humanoid creatures, distantly related to dragons. They are feisty and aggressive, yet inward and industrious at the same time. They are known for their skill at mining and tunneling, trapmaking, and ambush tactics. Often, kobolds are found serving dragons, becoming useful yet expendable minions. A kobold adventurer, however, might have shrugged off a life of servitude, seeking something bigger in the world outside their caves and tunnels. ### Kobold Traits As a kobold you have the following racial traits: ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Dexterity score increases by 1. ***Age.*** Kobolds reach adulthood at age 6 and can live up to 120 years (but rarely do so). ***Alignment.*** Kobolds are fundamentally selfish, yet often rely on the strength of the group. This causes them to trend towards lawful and evil alignments. ***Size.*** Kobolds are between 2 and 3 feet tall and weigh between 25 and 35 pounds. Your size is Small. ***Speed.*** Your base walking speed is 30 feet. ***Darkvision.*** You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. ***Gear-smith.*** As part of a long rest, you can use an appropriate set of artisan's tools, such as smith's tools, alchemists's supplies, or a poisoner's kit, to harvest raw materials and process them into one of the following items: a hunting trap, a flask of alchemist's fire, a vial of acid, or a vial of basic poison. If you use this feature, you always create at least one of these items; however, you can attempt to create a second one as part of the same long rest by succeeding an appropriate DC 15 artisan's tools check. The items created are of crude make and are thus of no value to merchants. Each item is only good for a single use. ***Sunlight Sensitivity.*** You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight. ***Languages.*** You can speak, read, and write Common and Draconic. ***Subrace.*** Three subraces of Kobold exist: Kobold Dragonheart, Kobold Skirmisher, and Kobold Scavenger. Choose one of them for your character. ``` ``` #### Kobold Dragonheart Kobold dragonhearts, also known as dragonwrought kobolds or Urd, are more closely connected to their dragon kin, which shows itself in the following traits: ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Charisma score increases by 2. ***Hardened Scales.*** While you are not wearing any armor, your Armor Class equals 12 + your Dexterity modifier. ***Flight.*** You have a flying speed of 30 feet. To use this speed, you can’t be wearing medium or heavy armor. ***Kobold’s Breath.*** You can cast the *color spray* spell once with this trait, requiring no material or somatic components. You regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell. #### Kobold Skirmisher Kobold skirmishers are the iconic type you might find skittering in the hallways and tunnels of a dungeon or cave. They are quick and deadly, at least as long as they stay in a group. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Dexterity score increases by an additional 1, and your Wisdom score increases by 1. ***Quick on Your Feet.*** As part of your movement on your first turn of a combat encounter, you can sprint towards a foe, moving an additonal amount equal to half your speed towards any creature that has not yet moved this combat. ***Subterranean.*** Whenever you make an Wisdom (Survival) check while underground, you are considered proficient in the Survival skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus. ***Kobold Weapons Training.*** You have proficiency with the dagger, shortsword, whip, and hand crossbow. #### Kobold Scavenger Kobold Scavengers are the crafty and resourceful ones. Usually, the pesky traps found in a kobold den are of their design. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Intelligence score increases by 2. ***Use What You Got.*** You are proficient with improvised weapons and you increase the damage die of an improvised weapon attack to a d6. Additionally, you may use your Intelligence modifier in place of Strength or Dexterity for your attack and damage rolls. You must use the same modifier for both rolls. ***Gear Tinker.*** You are able to more effectively use your creations. The saving throw DC of a trap you create with your Gear-smith racial trait is equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier. ***Tool Versatility.*** You gain proficiency in two tools of your choice. ***Skill Proficiency.*** You are proficient with one Intelligence based skill of your choice.

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(Shadowfell Variant) ##### Originally by u/moowl *LURKING IN THE DARKENED SHADOWS OF A
narrow back alley in the Gloomwrought, Talis kept to herself as she watched two creatures wrestling for survival. Other creatures passed the alleyway, undoubtedly hearing the hostile commotion going on, while none paid them any attention. One of the creatures seemed to gain the upper hand and eventually managed to strangle its opponent. It grabbed the dead one's bad of gems, letting out a lesser growl to celebrate its own victory. Talis then made her advance. Unsheathing her magical sword, she emerged from the shadows only to plunge it into the creature. A violet stream of warm alien blood covered her sword as she withdrew it from the creature's flesh. "All too easy," she thought.* *"For you, Mistress of the Night," she said aloud, and then cut herself on her wrist and tasted her own blood. Although no sun or moon indicated the days' end in the Shadowfell, Talis knew that it was time to find shelter, as the gray dim light of day soon gave way to the grim darkness of the starless night.* Long eons in the Shadowfell have shaped the shadar-kai into a fiery and, some say, cruel people. Fighting the apathy pervasive in their home plane, shadar-kai live passionately and fearlessly, albeit grimly. They see themselves as instruments of death and dissolution, the bringers of the righteous end to complacency, stagnation, and life itself. Theirs is a harsh society of self-interest. Among shadar-kai, the strong of body and mind excel and create legends. The weak molder to dust, passing into eternity unremembered. ### Children of the Dark Lady A shadar-kai has a colorless complexion that varies from alabaster to dark gray. Shadar-kai hair is similarly drab or raven black. The eyes are lustous red or black, lacking any white or clear pupil. Shadows near a shadar-kai may seem to reach out or deepen, especially when that shadar-kai is angry. Most shadar-kai are followers of Shar, a deity of darkness that once upon a time bestowed her gifts upon a group of humans. This shadowy heritage compelled them to move into the dark parallel of the Prime Material plane known as the Shadowfell. ### Passion for the Extreme Prolonged existance in the Shadowfell did not come without a price. The grim misery that defined the plane initially tore the shadar-kai into dreadful beings. Gripped by the dark despair, some shadar-kai simply faded from existance, first turning insubstantial and then vanishing altogether. As their people began to fade into the shadows, many shadar-kai sought to stimulate their mind and bodies, committing themselves to passion and excess to stave off the overbearing malaise. Over time, the shadar-kai became a people of extreme emotions and incredible appetites. Some reveled in pleasure and pain. Others found stimulation in complex fighting styles and difficult weaponry, such as the spiked chain. A few turned to the dark art of the Shadow Weave and became masters of its powers. Their culture included means of self-flagellation; they pierce their skin and bones with cruel objects, abrade their flesh with jagged barbs, and cover themselves in scars and tattoos for little more than the rush of feeling that these acts arouse. ### Shadar-kai Names Shadar-kai frquently take names of heroes of their culture or great warriors that they revere. **Male Names:** Albrek, Baden, Codren, Emul, Hutahn, Ioan, Lucyan, Mahahn, Niku, Ovid, Razvahn, Serbahn, Shathys, Teodahr, Vasylay, Zahar. **Female Names:** Afyn, Bahnka, Codruta, Doru, Dyon, Floahr, Ghita, Helayana, Ioana, Jenit, Katryn, Lucya, Markella, Nadya, Roduka, Sahyeh, Talis, Yelda, Zyna

\page ``` ``` ### Shadar-kai Traits Shadar-kai share certain traits only abided by natives of the Shadowfell. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1. ***Age.*** While on their native plane, a shadar-kai ages at half the rate of a normal human. Otherwise, their rate of aging is no different from other humans. ***Alignment.*** Shadar-kai inherit a tendency towards chaotic alignments, brought on by living in the Shadowfell. Most often find themselves to lean towards neutral or evil. ***Size.*** Shadar-kai are humanlike, but the weight of existance in the Shadowfell has shaped them to be slightly shorter and much thinner than their human counterparts. Your size is Medium. ***Speed.*** Your base walking speed is 30 feet. ***Darkvision.*** Your shadowy heritage has acquainted you with seeing in dark conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. ***Shadar-kai Weapon Training.*** You are proficient with the spiked chain, flail, net, and whip. ***Shadow Jaunt.*** You can cast the *misty step* spell once using this trait. You regain this ability to do so when you finish a short or long rest. ***Sunlight Sensitivity.*** You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight. ***Languages.*** Shadar-kai retain their home dialect, since they were once humans; their existence rarely gives them any need to learn any other. You can speak, read, and write Common and Undercommon. > ##### Spiked Chains > The spiked chain is an exotic weapon chiefly found in the shadar-kai's arsenal. It is highly unusual and unwieldy, making it difficult to master. > > In order to wield the spiked chain effectively, you must have the *Great Weapon Master* feat, otherwise, each weapon attack you make with it has disadvantage. The shadar-kai, who have been trained to use this weapon from a young age, can ignore this requirement. > > ***Spiked Chain.*** This length of chain with spikes welded onto its links weighs five pounds. It has the *heavy*, *reach,* and *versatile* properties. For those daring enough to use it one-handed, it deals 1d6 piercing damage on a hit; for standard, two-handed use, it deals 2d4 piercing damage instead. > > Shadar-kai legends tell of their ancient warlords that wielded dual spiked chains, one in each hand, and led their people to conquer the darkest reaches of the Shadowfell.

\page ## Racial Adjustments In this more advanced age, the growing presence of magic and technology has changed the way races interact with their surroundings. These changes will evolve with the campaign as it goes. Everything you see here is capable of changing in the future or not being involved in the game at DMs discretion. ### Dwarves: #### Hill dwarves Many of those that used to be referred to as “hill dwarves” moved on to fill in as intermediaries between the deep-dwelling mountain dwarves and the growing “civilized” world. Hill dwarves have become surface dwellers that gain advantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks among common folk, but have lessened darkvision, up to 30 feet. #### Mountain dwarves Many of the mountain dwarves remained in seclusion within mountainous fortresses. As a result, they have trouble congregating into civilized areas and prefer more natural areas. Their heritage retains the dwarves' 60 foot darkvision. ### Elves: With the exception of drow and moon elves, adapting to modern technology has left most elves without darkvision, but provided other unique traits instead. #### High elves High elves have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks involving eyesight in direct sunlight. Moon elves have darkvision up to 60 feet in direct moonlight, as long as there are no other light sources within 60 feet. They also have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks in these conditions. #### Wood elves Wood elves are likely to have spent most of their time living outside of the “civilized” world. They have adapted to using electrical lighting with modern technology, but still retain an uncanny familiarity with the “uncivilized” world. Thus, they will notice small differences in natural environments and will have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks outside of civilization as long as they can see. #### Drow All drow were born in the underdark. They retain their 60 feet of darkvision. The banishment of the drow to the underdark is still in effect, even now. They are a rare sight on the surface world, and are - at the very least - regarded in a suspicious manner. Drow have disadvantage on all Charisma checks if they are recognized as drow. The few drow that have a reason to leave the underdark know to hide their true identity. A character who plays a surface dwelling drow will have proficiency with the disguise kit. If a class or background would normally grant proficiency with the disguise kit, they gain proficiency with another toolkit of their choice instead (at the DM's discretion). ``` ``` ### Gnomes: #### Rock gnomes “Rock gnomes” are now more commonly known as “Tinker gnomes” as their tinkering typically places them in technological roles. They have advantage on any checks that involve manipulating a mechanical or electric item. #### Forest gnomes Forest gnomes typically avoid the bustle of the cities, instead choosing to hone and maintain their knowledge of the world outside their walls. They have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks outside of civilization as long as they can see. ### Half-Elves Life spent among modern technology and readily accessible lighting has left half-elves without darkvision. As half-breeds, half-elves are haunted by the social stigma of their mixed ancestry. Quick thinking and the need to adequately assess social situations has granted them advantage on Wisdom (Insight) checks against commoners, but they have disadvantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks against individual who have “racial pride,” particularly regarding Elves and Humans. As half-breeds, half-elves are unable to reproduce. ### Half-Orcs Orcs can still be found in the modern world as a sentient species, but are more often than not in highly vegetated areas far from civilization, usually farmers or secluded societies. Half-orcs deal with prejudice similarly to half-elves, but tend to be more feared (usually with good reason). They gain advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks against common folk, but have disadvantage on other Charisma checks against them. Having distanced themselves from the cities, half-orcs (and Orcs, for that matter) are unlikely to have a major understanding of technology and will have disadvantage on checks involving technology unless they have received training. Half-orcs tend to be particularly adept at “sizing up” opponents. They may analyze an opponent by rolling a Wisdom (Perception) check contested by the target's Charisma (Deception) to determine its threat level (CR). As half-breeds, half-orcs are unable to reproduce. ### Tieflings In “modern” society, sin and vice run rampant. Tieflings are the offspring of demons with humanoid races, and typically are treated as such: children of vice. Tieflings have disadvantage on all Charisma checks when dealing with “normal” commoners in “normal” situations, but have advantage on all Charisma checks when dealing with individuals of a “shady” nature. This extends to individuals who glorify a life of “sin and vice.” Due to their urban upbringing, surrounded by technology, most Tieflings have never spent time in the dark except when taking their rests. Tieflings still retain their darkvision, but only out to 30 feet.

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# Classes Additional classes have been added to the universe of Dungeons and Dragons made by content creators and Wizards of the Coast. These are to give players more options when selecting a class to play making in game roleplay and combat a more fun experience. > ## Where's the Artificer? > > Yes, a steampunk setting seems remiss without an artificer class, you are correct. However, many have tried and succeeded in creating an artificer class, including Wizards of the Coast themselves, and it would be a disservice to ignore those efforts. > > This document originally came with a reprint of the Artificer rework performed by reddit user u/Revlid. His take on an artificer is that of magical artisan, able to create "temporary" magic items with his own magical essence. Its subclasses include the Apothecary, Golemancer, and Wandslinger. This artificer can be found here: [Artificer [5e class]](https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/H1fWc1avZ) > > Alternatively, Wizards has finally made their Artificer official, as of the printing of *Eberron: Rising from the Last War*. Their artificer relies on his own tools to create magical effects. They are capable of using Artificer Infusions to create magic items, but rather than simply replicating spell effects, they are capable of other feats. Subclasses for the Artificer include the Alchemist, the Artillerist, and the Battle Smith. > > Feel free to use one or both, or neither, depending on the needs of your setting.

\page ## Card Master, Revised ##### by u/resdamalos and u/shadowan An elven woman sits opposite a stuffed-shirt noble, waving her hands over a crystal ball as she plucks cards from the deck in front of her. She whispers tales of woe and misfortune, a terrible fate that will surely occur unless the noble pays the penalty. Sobbing, the noble tears off his gold and jewels, casting them to the ground. The elf smiles, knowing that no matter what cards she had drawn, the result would be to her benefit. A human, cloaked in brown and black, is cornered in an alleyway. He holds out a hand, revealing that he is unarmed, save for his trusty deck of cards. There is a flash of light and an explosion of color, and in the dust left behind, the man picks up his discarded cards, leaving one behind — the Ace of Spades, his favorite calling card. Two men dressed in ornate clothing stand on opposite sides of an arena, amid the sounds of cheering spectators. They channel their magics into their decks, ready to pit them against each other in a ritualistic battle for glory, fame... and perhaps blood. ### A Different Kind of Magic A card master is a practitioner of a mystical art that relies on cards as a magical implement. Instead of flimsy wands, clumsy staves, or messy spell components, card masters focus their magical power into their collection of arcane cards, releasing the stored energy in the form of fiery explosions, flashing illusions, and crackling lightning, among other spectacles. Their magic is seen as unorthodox and childish by their peers, who do not understand the intricacies of card magic. Because of this stigma, or perhaps in spite of it, a card master's talents for manipulating magic as well as the people around them is always in demand. Some card masters use their gifts in nomadic solitude, stealing from the unsuspecting or drifting from tavern to tavern to gamble or offering their services as a mercenary. Others flaunt their power in public, seeking out others of their ilk to either collaborate and trade with or to battle for superiority. In combat, a card master's talents are suited to supporting their allies and weakening their enemies through strategic use of their cards. However, in a pinch, a good card master always has an ace up their sleeve, able to unleash a powerful spell to keep an enemy at bay, giving their allies time to regroup... or, perhaps, for the card master themselves to make a clean getaway. ### Creating a Card Master Every card master begins with a small starter set of cards. How did your character obtain this set of cards? Did you have a master you learned from? Did you find them in a ancient ruin, and then experiment with them until you figured out how to use them? Did you have natural talent, or did it come slowly to you after years of practice? What causes you to start adventuring? Are you on a quest to add to your collection? Have you taken on an apprentice to whom you are teaching your art? Or perhaps you simply wish to put your newfound power to the test. ## Class Features A card master gains the following class features: #### Hit Points ___ - **Hit Dice:** 1d8 per card master level - **Hit Points at 1st Level:** 8 + your Constitution modifier - **Hit Points at Higher Levels:** 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per card master level after 1st #### Proficiencies ___ - **Armor:** Light armor - **Weapons:** Simple weapons, sidearms and firearms with the *scatter* property - **Tools:** Gaming set (playing cards) ___ - **Saving Throws:** Intelligence, Charisma - **Skills:** Choose two from Acrobatics, Arcana, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, and Sleight of Hand #### Quick Build You can make a card master quickly by following these suggestions. First, Charisma should be your highest ability score, followed by Dexterity or Constitution. Second, choose the Charlatan background. Third, choose *card throw*, *minor illusion*, and *light* as your cantrips, and add the following spell cards to your collection: *burning hands, color spray, disguise self,* and *shield*. #### Equipment You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background: - *(a)* a light crossbow and 20 bolts or *(b)* any simple weapon or *(c)* a primitive firearm and 20 rounds - *(a)* a scholar's pack or *(b)* a dungeoneer's pack - leather armor, a playing card set, and two daggers

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##### The Card Master | Level | Proficiency Bonus | Features | Cantrips Known | Deck Points | Maximum
Spell Level | |:---:|:---:|:---|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | 1st | +2 | Card Magic, Full House | 3 | 4 | 1st | | 2nd | +2 | Following Suit | 3 | 6 | 1st | | 3rd | +2 | Cycling | 3 | 14 | 2nd | | 4th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 17 | 2nd | | 5th | +3 | — | 4 | 27 | 3rd | | 6th | +3 | Suit Feature | 4 | 32 | 3rd | | 7th | +3 | Awe Strike | 4 | 38 | 4th | | 8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 44 | 4th | | 9th | +4 | — | 4 | 57 | 5th | | 10th | +4 | Suit Feature | 5 | 64 | 5th | | 11th | +4 | Legendary Card (6th level) | 5 | 75 | 5th | | 12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 5 | 75 | 5th | | 13th | +5 | Legendary Card (7th level) | 5 | 85 | 5th | | 14th | +5 | Suit Feature | 5 | 85 | 5th | | 15th | +5 | Legendary Card (8th level) | 5 | 95 | 5th | | 16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 5 | 95 | 5th | | 17th | +6 | Legendary Card (9th level) | 5 | 100 | 5th | | 18th | +6 | — | 5 | 100 | 5th | | 19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 5 | 100 | 5th | | 20th | +6 | Deck of Legends | 5 | 125 | 5th |

### Card Magic Your magic comes from your cards, specially scribed pieces of stiff wood sheets, vellum, or another laminated material, bearing the arcane glyphs required to focus and unleash magical energy. #### Cantrips At 1st level, you know the cantrip *card throw* as well as two other cantrips from the card master spell list. You learn additional card master cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Card Master table. #### Your Growing Card Collection At 1st level, you have a collection of four 1st-level card master spell cards of your choice. Additionally, each time you gain a card master level, you can add two additional card master spell cards of your choice to your collection. Each of these spell cards must be a spell from the card master spell list whose level is no higher than your Maximum Spell Level, as shown in the column in the Card Master table. You may also come across other spell cards over the course of your travels, either by themselves as one would find a spell scroll, or perhaps by finding another card master who is willing to share their gains with you. It is assumed that card masters have multiple copies of their spell cards that they are willing to trade, so no spells are lost as a result of these trades. Finally, if you find a spell written in a scroll or spell book, if the spell is on the card master spell list, you can create a new spell card for that spell and add it to your collection, using the same rules as that of a wizard's spellbook. #### Your Deck The card master, unfortunately, does not have his entire collection of spell cards available to him at all times. He must instead take cards from his collection and create a deck of cards from which to draw his power from in the heat of battle. The cards in your deck determine the spells you will be able to cast that day; therefore, it must be prepared at the completion of a long rest, in much the same way a cleric, druid, or ranger would prepare their daily list of spells. However, your method of preparation is different.

\page #### Preparing your Deck To prepare your deck, you choose a number of spell cards from your collection to add to your deck. Your deck, once complete, will have a total of twenty cards in it. Each card represents a single casting of a spell at its base spell level. If you wish to be able to cast the same spell multiple times, or increase your likelihood of drawing it, you will need to add the card to your deck multiple times. A card master is assumed to have enough copies of the spell cards in their collection to accomodate for this requirement. You may have up to three copies of a single spell card in your deck. Each spell card you add to your deck has a point value based on its spell level, as indicated by the Point Cost table: ##### Point Cost | Spell Level | First Copy | Each Additional Copy |:---:|:---:|:--:| | 1st | 2 points | 0 points | | 2nd | 3 points | 1 point | | 3rd | 5 points | 2 points | | 4th | 6 points | 3 points | | 5th | 7 points | 4 points | The total point value of the cards in your deck must not exceed the value stated in the Deck Points column of the Card Master table. There will likely come a point where you cannot create a complete twenty-card deck using the cards in your collection. In that case, any remaining spots in the deck are filled with blank cards worth 0 points. #### Your Hand As an action, you may draw a hand of five cards from your deck. This is a representation of the powers from your deck brought to the fore, ready to be unleashed. Cards drawn into your hand are not truly in your actual, physical hand; instead, they float intangibly about your person, circling your body but providing no real cover. When you have used all the cards in your hand, either by casting them or discarding them, you may draw a new hand of five cards as a bonus action. Alternatively, if you do not like the hand dealt to you, you may use your action to "mulligan", shuffling your hand into your deck and drawing a new hand consisting of one fewer card than what was shuffled in. #### Casting Spells You cast spells from your hand by taking the floating card and channeling energy into it. The card itself drops to your feet, its magic spent, before transporting itself into your discard pile. When you use a spell card to cast a spell, it is done at the lowest possible spell level. However, as part of the same action used to cast the spell, you can discard additional cards from your hand to increase the effective spell level of that spell for this casting. Each card discarded increases the spell level by one, up to your Maximum Spell Level. You may use any card, even a blank card as described above, to cast a card master cantrip you know. When you do so, the card is shuffled into your deck, ready to be drawn again. ``` ``` #### Your Discard Pile Whether as a result of of casting a spell card or discarding it from your hand, expended spell cards are transported to an extradimensional space known as the discard pile. Cards in this pile are returned to your collection at the end of a long rest. #### Spellcasting Ability Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your card master spells, as card magic is fueled by sheer force of will. 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 card master 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 #### Spellcasting Focus Your cards themselves serve as an arcane focus, replacing any material components that do not have a gold value. Your card magic is intrinsically tied to having these cards in your possession; a card master's collection must be kept complete and in good condition at all times. > ##### A Deck with Dice? > > The easiest way to play as a card master is... well... with *cards*. Using a deck of standard playing cards as a prop is the simplest way to track what is in your deck, hand, and discard pile. Simply make a note of which card represents which spell. > > If such a prop is unavailable to you, it is possible to represent the randomness of a deck of cards with a single d20. Keep a list of what spells correspond to what numbers on the dice, 1-20. Whenever you would draw a card, instead roll the d20 once, and mark down which number was rolled. > > When you roll the dice again, if you get a result that has already been used, simply take the next highest number. ### Full House At 1st level, as you practice your card magic, you become adept at drawing out every bit of magic you can from the cards you use. Once per day, when you finish a short rest, you can choose five cards in your discard pile and shuffle them back into your deck. ### Following Suit When you reach 2nd level, you choose a suit from the list of known suits: the Duelist, the Fortune Teller, the Gambler, and the Prestige. Your choice grants you features at 2nd level and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level.

\page ### Cycling At 3rd level, you have become more efficient with the way you manipulate your deck to bring forth the cards you wish to use. As a bonus action, you can discard a blank card from your hand and draw a new card to replace it. ### 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. ### Awe Strike When you reach 7th level, your powerful will makes itself known in the way you cast your spells. Whenever you cast a spell of 4th level or higher that targets one or more enemies, you can force one of them to make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, the creature is stunned until the end of its next turn. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you complete a short or long rest. ### Legendary Card At 11th level, your card magic manifests a special, powerful spell card known as your Legendary Card. Each Legendary Card is reminiscent of its owner to some degree, and depicts how its master's magic has been influenced and shaped by their travels. This card distinguishes itself from the cards in your collection, and is not considered a part of it. Your Legendary Card vanishes from existence if you die, though it returns if you are brought back to life. The magic held within your Legendary Card is incredibly potent. Adding it to your deck requires 25 points. However, when you draw it, its benefits are immense. As long as it is in your hand, your spell attack bonus and spell save DC get a +1 bonus, and if you attempt to discard it for any reason, it is instead shuffled into your deck. Finally, when you first acquire your Legendary Card, choose a 6th-level spell from the card master spell list. The spell is added to your Legendary Card. Additionally, at higher levels, your Legendary Card gains more spells: one 7th-level spell at 13th level, one 8th-level spell at 15th level and one 9th-level spell at 17th level. Each of these spells may be cast from your Legendary Card once. When you cast a spell from your Legendary Card, it returns to your deck. If you have already cast all the spells stored on your Legendary Card, it becomes the equivalent of a blank card until its magic returns at the end of your next long rest. ### Deck of Legends Starting at 20th level, when preparing your deck, you can choose to have two copies of your Legendary Card in your deck, allowing you to cast each of your 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th-level spells twice — once from each copy. Adding the second copy of your Legendary Card to your deck costs an additional 25 points. ``` ``` ## Following Suit Not all card masters are created equal. Even the cards that they use themselves differ to some degree. But different specialized groups have emerged, each following a different card-based tradition. These specializations are known (in a tongue-in-cheek way) as "suits", and a card master who has chosen their path is known as "following suit" or "suited". ### The Duelist Card masters following this suit show off their magical abilities, seeking to become stronger and smarter all for the purpose of taking on other card masters. Duels between followers of this suit tend to be flashy, dramatic affairs with chains of reactive plays and sudden turns. A mild cult following has grown around Duelists, and public duels and magical tournaments are not uncommon. #### One with the Cards When you follow this suit at 2nd level, you develop a bond with your cards that extends beyond mere ownership. As an action, you may discard a card to cause it to animate, moving up to your movement speed, where it hovers in place for 1 minute before returning to your discard pile. As long as it is in the space, you can choose to perceive through it (no action required), seeing and hearing things as if you were in the space. Additionally, as a bonus action, you may choose to teleport to the card's location, ending the effect immediately. #### Trump Card At 6th level, your intuition for dueling helps you sense weakness in your opponent. As a reaction when you see an opponent make an attack or cast a spell within 20 feet of you, you may cast a spell from your hand that takes 1 action or less to cast. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you complete a short or long rest. #### Spell Resonance When you reach 10th level, your spells can be made more powerful with the right cards in hand. Whenever you cast a spell, if you have another copy of that spell card in your hand, you may increase the spell level for this casting by one, up to your Maximum Spell Level. #### Duelist's Heart At 14th level, your connection to your cards and your deck borders on complete union as you defy chance to draw exactly the card you need at the exact moment you need it. If your hand is empty, instead of drawing a new hand, you can use your bonus action to take a card of your choice from your deck and put it into your hand. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

\page ### The Fortune Teller A far cry from the duelist or gambler, this type of card master prefers to keep their magic shrouded an air of mysticism. With the power of their cards, they claim to see visions of the future and influence fate. Often times, they find employ as oracles or soothsayers, operating out of tents filled with incense and smoke, waving their hands over crystal balls. Nevertheless, their powerful divination magic is not to be underestimated. #### Scrying Sense When you follow this suit at 2nd level, your powers of divination allow you to influence your deck. Whenever you draw your hand, you may instead draw six cards, returning one of your choice to your deck. #### Portentous Reading At 6th level, you may attempt to peer through the veil, catching glimpses of the future. You can take 10 minutes to perform a ritual, targeting a single willing creature, to attempt to influence fate in their favor by reading their fortune in your cards. Roll a d4. Based on the result, the DM alters fate for the targeted creature, typically by applying a bonus or penalty to random attack rolls or ability checks the target makes within the next 24 hours, using the table below: ##### Portent | d4 Result| Reading | Maximum
Bonus/Penalty | |:----:|:----:|:----:| | 1 | Catastrophe | -5 | | 2 | Misfortune | -2 | | 3 | Small Blessing | +2 | | 4 | Triumph | +5 | Other possible results of this reading include finding gold, stumbling into a trap, or getting a lucky bounce from a missed spell. Ultimately the effect is at the DM's discretion. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until the next dawn. #### Forging Fate At 10th level, your deck's magic shifts in focus, granting you power when you guide fate along. Whenever you cast a spell that targets one or more allies, both you and each of those allies gain temporary hit points equal to the point value of the spell card used. #### Whispers from Beyond At 14th level, your connection to your deck reaches outside of space and time. As long as you have more than ten cards in your discard pile, your ability checks are made at advantage. ``` ``` ### The Gambler Followers of this suit are charismatic daredevils that revel in chaos and risk, pushing the limits of their magic and themselves, calculating chance and making large sacrifices to reap large rewards. These are the card masters likely to take their places in casinos and gambling dens, either gainfully employed as entertainers, or scamming people of their hard-earned coin. #### Up the Sleeve When you follow this suit at 2nd level, after drawing a hand, you may choose one of the cards in it and make a Sleight of Hand check. The DC of this check is equal to 12 + the point value of the card you choose. If you succeed, the card disappears, and you draw a new one to replace it. At any time before you draw a new hand, you may cast this spell card. If you do, you may ignore its verbal and somatic components for this casting only. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you complete a short or long rest. #### Know When to Fold At 6th level, when you are the target of an attack that you can see, or if you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you may discard a card from your hand as a reaction to try to escape. If you use this feature against an attack, you only take half damage from the triggering attack. If you use it against a damaging effect, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail. #### Tip the Scales Starting at 10th level, you have a knack for introducing additional risk to a tense situation. Whenever you make an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can choose to roll an additional 1d10 any time after making the roll but before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. If the number rolled on the d10 is even, then you add the value to your result. If the number if odd, you instead subtract the value from your result. #### All In When you reach 14th level, you gain the ability to manipulate your own luck at the cost of your own life. You may use this feature when you make an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw. When you do, choose any number between 1 and 20 and use that number in place of the die roll. After the result of the roll is resolved, you then take psychic damage equal to the result (including any modifiers). This psychic damage cannot be reduced. If you choose to roll a 20 using this feature, it does not count as a critical success. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

\page ### The Prestige Following this suit means adopting a different sort of mentality with your card magic. Rather than leading the high life, your stick to the shadows and back alleys, using your card magic to give you an edge over others. Through illusion and misdirection, you present yourself as a run of the mill rogue, only tipping your hand when absolutely necessary. #### Hidden Hand When you follow this suit at 2nd level, you can suppress the most ostentatious part of your ability - the floating, spectral cards that make up your hand. When you draw your hand, or as a bonus action on your turn when your hand is already drawn, you can make your cards visible to the naked eye or invisible. #### Boomerang Card Additionally at 2nd level when you follow this suit, you have improved your finesse when handling your cards. When you cast the *card throw* cantrip, if you miss a creature with one of your cards, you can cause it to curve, targeting a different creature within 10 feet of the original target. Make an additional attack roll for the new target. You can use this ability once each time you cast *card throw*. #### No Flash... When you reach 6th level, you are able to subtly cast your spells, allowing you to go even further undetected. On your turn, when you cast a spell card, you may discard one or two cards from your hand. For each card discarded, choose one of the following options: * You may ignore somatic components of the spell. * You may ignore verbal components of the spell. Additionally, when a card master spell you cast would deal damage to a target, you can use your reaction to discard spell cards from your hand. If you do, the spell deals an additional 1d6 force damage for each card discarded this way. #### Trick Card At 10th level, your knack for subterfuge improves, giving you new ways to cast your spells. As an action, you can cause one of the cards in your hand to lay flat against the floor or a solid surface. When placed this way, the card is slightly obscured, requiring an Investigation check against your spell save DC to see. When a creature other than you moves within 5 feet of the space the card was placed in, the spell card releases a burst of magic. If the spell card you placed was an Illusion spell, it triggers the spell as if you cast it centered on that point before returning to your hand, ready to be cast again. If the spell card you placed is not an Illusion spell, it detonates with a burst of light and sound before being discarded from your hand. Choose an effect below; the triggering creature must make a saving throw against your spell save DC based on the choice made. On a failed save, the creature suffers the resulting condition until the end of its next turn. ``` ``` ##### Trick Card Effects | Effect | Save | Result | | :-: | :-: | :-: | | Crack | Constitution | Deafened | | Flash | Dexterity | Blinded | | Shock | Wisdom | Stunned | #### ...All Substance When you reach 14th level, your control over your own power defies what is physically possible. On your turn, when discarding spell cards as part of your No Flash... feature, you may discard up to four cards from your hand, and you have two more options to choose from: * The spell effect makes no noise. * The spell effect is invisible. Additionally, the damage dealt by discarding additional cards as part of the No Flash... feature improves to 1d8 per card discarded. > ##### The Card Master's Conundrum > > It may be overwhelming for a card master to have to build their deck after each long rest. Selecting the exact number of each spell you want to have ready for the day is not a simple task, especially with others at the table waiting. > > With this in mind, it would be a good idea to have one or more deck lists prepared beforehand, adjusting them as your collection of spell cards grows larger. Making adjustments to a deck list as needed is far simpler than constructing one from whole cloth.

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## Gunslinger, Revised ##### by u/resdamalos A human checks the weaponry in her hands and strapped to her back, her mind focused. The myriad guards standing in her way are insignificant compared to the revenge she seeks. She strides forward purposefully, taking shot after shot as she easily dispatches her enemies in a graceful display of bullets and bloodshed. Atop a nearby tree, a half-elf sits quietly, eyes trained through a high-powered scope. His target has made no effort to conceal themselves - a fire giant, roaring and shouting commands to his incoming army. He steadies his aim, takes a quiet breath in... and pulls the trigger. A band of orcs surround a tiefling and her friends, their weapons drawn. They jeer at the group, claiming their superiority in numbers and in firepower. Undeterred, the tiefling unholsters her weapons, imbuing them with crackling arcane energy, as the orc horde around them gives pause. Anyone with some basic training and the right aptitude can wield a gun. Some of them can even do so effectively. A gunslinger, on the other hand, takes it to another level. Their understanding of their weapon borders on the preternatural, and their skill and precision when using it is the hallmark of their combat style. > ##### Is This Right for My Setting? > > The gunslinger makes the most sense in a world where firearms are prominent, and a variety of them are readily available. It's difficult to be a distributor of supersonic lead death when you have to constantly reload your flintlock. > > With that in mind, other options exist for those who wish to utilize firearms. The [Gunslinger Martial Archetype](https://www.dmsguild.com/product/170778/Gunslinger-Martial-Archetype-for-Fighters), to name just one, is a good way to introduce such powerful weaponry into a world that has not experienced it yet. Alternatively, a Fighter or Ranger or other PHB class could easily be adapted to make use of firearms, as listed in the Existing Class Adjustments section on page XXX.

### 'There are many like it, but this one is Mine." The gunslinger lives and dies on the presence of firearms in your world's setting. In a world where primitive firearms are rare, the gunslinger is equally so. However, in a world where guns are more mainstream, where advanced firearms are available, the gunslinger is a specialist, focusing on a specific type of firearm, though demonstrating proficiency with all types to some degree. The gunslinger is an innovator, a soldier, and a showman all at once, wielding their favored weaponry as if it were a part of them, capable of feats that defy expectation even in a world full of fantasy and magic. ### Creating a Gunslinger When creating a gunslinger, consider the following: Did your character stumble across their weapon and train with it on their own, or did they have a mentor who showed them the nuances of their weapon? Alternatively, did they develop the firearm themselves, and adventure in the hopes of showing what it can do?

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##### The Gunslinger | Level | Proficiency Bonus | Features | |:---:|:---:|:---|:---:| | 1st | +2 | Gunman's Creed, Talking Shop | | 2nd | +2 | Firearm Maintenance, Gun Tactics | | 3rd | +2 | Loadout | | 4th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement | | 5th | +3 | Loadout Feature | | 6th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement | | 7th | +3 | Slinger's Sense | | 8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement | | 9th | +4 | Clean and Ready | | 10th | +4 | Loadout Feature | | 11th | +4 | Feeling Lucky, Punk? | | 12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | | 13th | +5 | Loadout Feature | | 14th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | | 15th | +5 | Weakness Sense | | 16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | | 17th | +6 | Loadout Feature | | 18th | +6 | Nowhere to Run | | 19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | | 20th | +6 | Over My Dead Body |

### Quick Build To quickly build a gunslinger, make Dexterity your highest ability score, followed by Wisdom. Second, choose the Perception and Acrobatics skills. Lastly, choose the Folk Hero, Guild Artisan, or Soldier background. ## Class Features As a Gunslinger, you get the following class features. #### Hit Points ___ - **Hit Dice**: 1d8 per Gunslinger level - **Hit Points at 1st level**: 8 + your Constitution modifier - **Hit Points at Higher Levels**: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per Gunslinger level after 1st ``` ``` #### Proficiencies ___ - **Armor**: Light armor and medium armor or shields - **Weapons**: Longarms, sidearms, clubs, crossbows, daggers, scimitars, shortswords, rapiers, and whips - **Tools**: Tinker’s tools or smith's tools - **Saving Throws**: Dexterity, Intelligence - **Skills:** Choose two from Arcana, Acrobatics, Animal Handling, History, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Perception, Performance, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand, or Survival. #### Equipment You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background: - *(a)* Leather armor, or *(b)* scale mail (if proficient). - *(a)* A primitive or advanced sidearm (depending on availability) and 20 rounds, or *(b)* a primitive or advanced longarm and 20 rounds. - *(a)* A shortsword, dagger, rapier, whip, or scimitar, or *(b)* a shield (if proficient), or *(c)* a primitive or advanced sidearm and 10 rounds. - *(a)* A dungeoneer’s pack or *(b)* a scholar’s pack. Alternatively, you may start with 5d4 × 10 gp to buy your own equipment. If you do, you may also start with one primitive firearm, which does not count against your starting gold. ### Gunman's Creed Some people, foolish people, do not understand you or your choice of weapon, seeing it as cowardly or unrefined. However, to you, your gun is more than a weapon. It represents years of rigorous training and dedication. It represents a bond. Your gun is a part of you, and to insult and denigrate your weapon would be to insult and disparage you. At 1st level when you choose this class, decide on a creed, a phrase a few words long that represents this connection, and add it to the Bonds section of your character sheet. If you are ever subjected to the frightened condition while your firearm is drawn, you can spend your action to brandish it with a flourish and speak your creed. If you do, you become filled with supernatural courage, immediately ending the frightened condition on yourself and gaining temporary hit points equal to 1d10 + your gunslinger level. ### Talking Shop Gunslingers have an odd tendency to be able to find each other, bonding over their weapons of choice and discussing technical terms that go over everyone else's head. Beginning at 1st level, you may add your proficiency bonus to any Wisdom (Insight), Charisma (Deception), and Charisma (Persuasion) checks made against a creature who has proficiency with firearms.

\page ### Firearm Maintenance A gunslinger's firearm is as much a part of them as their own arms and legs. Failure to clean and maintain your weapon is tactically disadvantageous - akin to being caught unwashed or unclothed. At 2nd level, you gain proficiency with tinker's tools. You may use them during a long rest to perform routine maintenance on a single firearm you possess. If you do so, you may apply a +1 bonus to each attack roll you make with that weapon, until it needs to be reloaded. If you do not use that firearm before your next short or long rest, the benefit is wasted. ### Gun Tactics At 2nd level, choose a gun tactic as detailed below. You can’t take a gun tactic more than once, even if you get the option to choose again. ##### Akimbo Shooting When wielding two *light* firearms, you can add your ability score modifier to the damage of the second attack. You can reload both *light* firearms at once using a bonus action. ##### Breacher When you make an attack with a firearm at a creature within 15 feet of you and you roll a 1 or 2 on the damage die, you can reroll the damage die and must take the new roll, even if the number is a 1 or a 2. The firearm must have the *scatter* property for you to gain this benefit. ##### Gun Duelist When wielding a sidearm in one hand and no other weapons, you get a +2 bonus to your damage rolls with these weapons. ##### Longshot If you make an attack with a two-handed firearm beyond 30 feet, you get a +2 bonus to damage rolls. The firearm cannot have the *scatter* property in order to gain this benefit. ##### Riflery When wielding a *two-handed* firearm without the *bulky* or *scatter* property, you get a +2 to attack rolls. ##### Shield Shooting You can now wield a *two-handed* firearm with a shield, but must brace it against the shield as a bonus action to fire it. ### Loadout At 3rd level, you choose a loadout - a name representing the firearms and techniques you are the most proficient with. You can choose from the Enforcer, Marksman, and Spellshot loadouts. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 5th, 10th, 13th, and 17th level. ### Ability Score Improvement When you reach 4th level, and again at 6th, 8th, 12th, 14th, 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. ### Slinger's Sense Beginning at 7th level, your senses and reflexes have become more acute. You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dodge, Hide, or Search action. ### Clean and Ready At 9th level, you have become so intimately familiar with your weapon that taking it apart and putting it back together is second nature. You can perform maintenance on a single firearm as described in the Firearm Maintenance feature over the course of a short rest, or perform the maintenance on multiple firearms you own over the course of a long rest. You can work on a number of firearms equal to your Dexterity or Wisdom modifier (minimum 2). ### Feeling Lucky, Punk? At 11th level, your attachment to your weapons of choice borders on unsettling. When you gain this feature, choose either Insight, Intimidation, or Persuasion. Whenever you make a check with the chosen skill, you may add your proficiency bonus to the check if you are not doing so already, provided you are holding your firearm at the time you make the check. ### Weakness Sense At 15th level, you can use your bonus action to make a Wisdom (Perception) check against a creature you can see within the normal range of your firearm. This check is contested by the target's Armor Class. On a successful check, you discover a flaw in the target's defenses, small enough to go unnoticed to all but your sharp senses. Until the end of your turn, attacks you make against that target ignore resistance to bludgeoning and piercing damage. ### Nowhere to Run When you reach 18th level, hitting stationary targets is as easy as breathing. When you target a creature with a ranged weapon attack, if that creature did not move more than 5 feet during its previous turn, you have advantage on the attack roll. ### Over My Dead Body At 20th level, you are so blindingly fast that no one can outdraw or outshoot you. When combat starts, as long as you are not surprised, you can draw a firearm and make a single weapon attack with it before anyone else even rolls initiative. If you are a marksman, you can instead use this action to enter overwatch; if you are a spellshot, you may make a spell bullet attack with a cantrip you know instead. After this action has been taken, initiative is rolled and combat continues.

\page ## Loadout A gunslinger is typically a good shot with just about any firearm. However, every gunslinger has their own preferred specialization that lends itself to what they are best at. Some gunslingers are best in the middle of the fray, applying their combat expertise with their weapons to neutralize a group of defenders. Others prefer to stay out of the action - far, far away, where they can calmly calculate their shot before taking it. Still others combine their gunslinging with specially crafted firearms and rounds, dramatically boosting their own potency. Each "loadout" represents one of these specializations, from their preferred type of firearm, to the skills and abilities that set them apart from other gunslingers. ### Enforcer This particular specialization is the type to face down a cadre of incoming attackers and come out on top, specializing in the use of pistols, shotguns, and other weapons that work best at short-to-medium range. Despite its moniker, the enforcer does not utilize excessive force, instead relying on precise positioning and tactical takedowns to defeat foes as they come. Watching an enforcer do his work is like watching an elegant dance of death, and some of the best have elevated themselves to legend on their skill alone. #### Keep Your Enemies Close At 3rd level when you choose this loadout, you are just as potent with your firearms at close range as you are at a distance. You no longer have disadvantage when making an attack with a firearm against a hostile creature within 5 feet of you. #### Extra Attack Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. If before making the second attack you need to reload your weapon, you may reload your weapon as part of that second attack. #### Gun Fu At 10th level, your movements are direct and precise, letting you easily adapt to the flow of battle. Whenever you make a successful ranged attack with a firearm, choose one of the following: - You may move up to 10 feet without provoking attacks of opportunity, as long as you start and end the movement in a space where there are still enemies within the normal range of the firearm you are using, or if you end the movement in a space where you have at least half cover. - You get a +1 bonus to AC until the start of your next turn. - The next attack you make this turn is made with advantage, as long as the target of your attack is a different hostile creature within 5 feet of you. #### Extra Attack (2) Beginning at 13th level, you can attack three times when you take the Attack action on your turn. You may reload your weapon as part of the second attack or the third attack if you need to do so. #### Decisive Strike At 17th level, you have mastered the art of subduing your opponents with your overwhelming speed and precise shots to vital areas. After making three attacks with the Attack action, you may use your bonus action to make a fourth attack, as long as the following criteria are met: - All three of the attacks you made with the Attack action were against the same target. - The target is within 10 feet of you. - All three of the attacks hit their target, or at least one of them was a critical hit. - At least one of the attacks you made with the Attack action was made with a firearm. This fourth attack must be made against the same target, using a firearm you wield. It is made with advantage. ### Marksman This loadout represents a gunslinger who excels with high-powered rifles at long distances, striking their target undetected. The marksman is patient and careful, lying in wait for the perfect moment to take the shot. From a support standpoint, they can provide covering fire, holding enemies at bay for enforcers or other combatants to take care of the dirty work. The marksman's patient philosophy also shows itself in their equipment. Given time, they are able to create devices to improve their effectiveness, often times completely from scratch. #### I Can See You At 3rd level, your have honed the technique required to improve your efficacy when operating firearms at long distances. Whenever you wield a longarm, you may add 50 feet to its normal and maximum range. #### Lesser Overwatch At 5th level, your reflexes have improved significantly. You may make an opportunity attack against a creature that you can see within your firearm's normal range, using your reaction as normal. This attack may be made against any creature that moves into or out of your firearm's range, or makes an attack while within that range. #### Tools of the Trade When you reach 10th level, at the end of any short or long rest, you can create one of these three temporary items to assist you. The item breaks down at the end of your next short or long rest. - ***Ghillie Suit.*** You create a suit, made up of materials from the surrounding environment, that obscures your presence. While wearing the suit and moving no more than half your speed, creatures have disadvantage on their Wisdom (Perception) checks to see you, and you have advantage on your Dexterity (Stealth) checks to remain hidden.

\page - ***Advanced Silencer.*** The device you create magically muffles the next three shots you take with your firearm. When an enemy is hit by a bullet fired while the silencer is active, it can use its reaction to make a Wisdom (Perception) check, contested by your Dexterity (Stealth) to try to see you; otherwise, you remain hidden. - ***Bullet With Your Name.*** You can prepare a number of rounds equal to your Wisdom modifier, imbuing them with the power required to dispatch a specific target. Choose a specific creature or group of creatures — i.e. "Thomas Greensleeves", "the bulette that we are hunting", "the ghouls in the graveyard". If one of these special bullets is used in a successful attack against the named target, the damage is considered magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. Additionally, on a successful hit, you may roll the damage for the attack twice, taking either result. #### Eagle Eyes By the time you reach 13th level, your skills at picking off targets at long range have improved to a supernatural level. Whenever you wield a longarm, you may add 50 feet to its normal and maximum range. This is in addition to the 50 feet of range granted by the I Can See You class feature. #### Greater Overwatch At 17th level, you showcase your abilities best when picking off targets at long range. You may use your action to lie in wait, entering the Overwatch state. While in this state, you have a number of reactions equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum 1), instead of the usual one. While in Overwatch, you can use a reaction to make an opportunity attack against a creature who moves more than 10 feet, makes an attack roll, or casts a spell within your firearm's maximum range. While in Overwatch, your reactions cannot be used for anything except making one of these special opportunity attacks. Additionally, if an enemy is hit by an overwatch attack, it suffers the following penalties in addition to the ones normally suffered: - If a creature is moving, its speed drops to 0 and it can't take reactions until the end of your next turn. - If a creature is making an attack roll as a result of a weapon attack, the attack is made at disadvantage. - If a creature is casting a spell, it must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw, as if concentrating on a spell. If it fails the save, the spell fails and has no effect. ### Spellshot This specialization represents the gunslinger who does not wish to stick to lead and steel. This is a magical world, right? Why not make use of it? The spellshot reinforces her weapon or weapons of choice with magic, allowing her to utilize specially crafted rounds known as spell bullets. Created as a result of a special magical ritual, these bullets concentrate arcane energy that is released on impact. Usually, spell bullets are fired from revolvers or other smaller, handheld firearms; however, a spellshot who fires rounds from a distance with a rifle can be just as effective, if not more so. Spellshots can take on a support role in a party, especially as the number of spells they can forge into bullets increases, but most find themselves blasting away enemies with powerful evocation magic. #### Spellcasting When you reach 3rd level and choose this loadout, you learn how to augment your gunslinging with magical bullets. In doing so, you learn spells from the wizard spell list. However, your method of casting these spells is far from conventional, requiring special materials and a ritual. ***Cantrips.*** You learn two cantrips from the wizard spell list. You learn an additional wizard cantrip of your choice at 9th level, and another at 17th level. When casting a wizard cantrip you know, you can either cast it normally or utilize your gun, as explained in the Arcane Armament feature. ***Preparing Spell Bullets.*** Instead of casting spells normally, you instead know a ritual that takes spells you know and infuses them into special metal casings known as spell bullets. This ritual requires two hours out of a long rest. If you have any expended spell slots or unused spell bullets before you begin the ritual, you regain those spell slots, and your unused spell bullets lose their magic and become mundane rounds. The Spellshot Spellcasting table shows how many spell slots you can expend during the ritual to infuse spells into spell bullets.

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##### Spellshot Spellcasting | Gunslinger Level | Cantrips Known | Spells Known | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | 3rd | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | | 4th | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | | 5th | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | | 6th | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | | 7th | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | — | — | | 8th | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | — | | 9th | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | — | | 10th | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | — | — | | 11th | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | — | — | | 12th | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | | 13th | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | | 14th | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | | 15th | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | | 16th | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | | 17th | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | | 18th | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | | 19th | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | | 20th | 4 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |

While undergoing this ritual, you can cast a wizard spell you know of 1st level or higher into a spell bullet by expending a spell slot of the spell's level or higher and providing the verbal, somatic, and material components of the spell. When cast this way, the spell has no effect except to be stored in the spell bullet. Later, you can fire these bullets out of your firearm, releasing the stored spell on impact, as explained in the Arcane Armament feature. ***Spells Known of 1st-Level and Higher.*** You know three 1st-level wizard spells of your choice, two of which you must choose from the evocation or transmutation spells on the wizard spell list. The Spells Known column of the Spellshot Spellcasting table shows when you learn more wizard spells of 1st level or higher. Each of these spells must be a transmutation or evocation spell of your choice, and must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For instance, when you reach 10th level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level. The spells you learn at 8th, 14th, and 20th level can come from any school of magic. Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of the wizard spells you know with another spell of your choice from the wizard spell list. The new spell must be of a level for which you have spell slots, and it must be an evocation or transmutation spell, unless you're replacing the spell you gained at 3rd, 8th, 14th, or 20th level from any school of magic. ***Spellcasting Ability.*** Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for spells, since they come from a place of scientific experimenation and arcane theory. You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a wizard spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one. ___ - **Spell save DC** = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier - **Spell attack modifier** = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier #### Arcane Armament At 3rd level when you choose this loadout, you also select a nonmagical firearm that requires manual reloading of its ammunition, such as a revolver, rifle, or any firearm with the *loading*, *long load*, or *shell loading* property. This firearm becomes your arcane armament, and the spell bullets you prepare must be used in that weapon alone. You can select another nonmagical firearm to become your arcane armament at the end of any long rest, during the same ritual in which you prepare your spell bullets. Spell bullets must be loaded into your arcane armament, requiring you to choose one or more of them when you reload the weapon. When you take the Attack action with your arcane armament, you can replace one of your attacks with a spell bullet attack, a special ranged spell attack using one of your loaded spell bullets, releasing the spell effect on impact with a creature or hard surface. A spell bullet attack has the following properties: - The effect of the spell in the spell bullet is based on the level at which it was initially cast. - The verbal, somatic, and material components for the spell were already fulfilled when casting the spell into the bullet, thus you do not need to provide them again when the spell is released. - A spell that requires concentration needs only be concentrated on once it is released from the spell bullet. - If the spell has a range of self, the bullet releases its magic as soon as it is fired, allowing the spell's effect to affect you normally. - If the spell has a range of touch or greater, the range of the spell becomes equal to the maximum range of your arcane armament. - If the spell requires one or more melee or ranged spell attack rolls, you determine if the first attack roll is a success based on whether or not your spell bullet attack hits. On a hit, the first of the spell's attack rolls is an automatic success. Any subsequent attack rolls, be they against other targets or the same target, must be rolled normally. On a miss, the spell fails and has no effect. - If the spell targets one or more creatures without requiring an attack roll, you must still successfully make a spell bullet attack against one of the creatures you choose. On a hit, your spell affects that creature, and additional targets can be chosen normally, starting from that creature. On a miss, the spell fails and has no effect.

\page - If the spell creates an area of effect, you can choose a point on the ground, wall, or other solid surface within the range of your arcane armament to make the spell bullet attack against. In this case, the spell bullet attack automatically succeeds, and the spell effect originates from that point. As an alternative to casting a wizard cantrip you know normally, you may cast it as if it were a spell bullet attack, without expending any ammunition. If you choose to do so, it follows the same rules as detailed above. #### Explosive Transmutations At 5th level, you can alter the properties of normally harmless spells cast into your spell bullets. If you create a spell bullet for a transmutation spell that subjects one or more creatures to an effect that does not deal damage (such as the flash of a *pyrotechnics* spell, the reduction effect of *enlarge/reduce*, or the binding energy of *earthbind*), you can choose to have that spell bullet deal damage to one of those creatures. In addition to its normal effects, the spell now deals 2d6 force damage, plus an additional 1d6 damage for each level of the spell beyond 1st level. If the spell already requires a saving throw, this damage is halved on a successful save. Otherwise, the creature can make a Constitution saving throw to attempt to reduce this damage, taking half damage on a success. #### Flexible Preparation By the time you reach 10th level, your familiarity with the ritual used to create your arcane ammunition has given you the confidence to experiment with it. When you prepare a spell bullet with a spell that deals acid, cold, fire, lightning, necrotic, radiant, or thunder damage, you can substitute that damage with another damage type from this list, altering the spell's properties before you infuse it into the bullet. Additionally, when you prepare a spell bullet with a spell that would require a Dexterity, Constitution, or Wisdom saving throw, you may choose to change that saving throw to another one from this list, altering the spell before infusing it into the bullet. This change requires expending a spell slot one level higher than usual, but does not increase the spell level of the infused spell. #### Broadened Horizons At 13th level, you begin to see how you can adapt the spellwork of other classes to infuse them into your spell bullets. When you learn new spells as a spellshot, you may now choose the spell from the cleric, paladin, ranger, or wizard spell list. The spell must still be an evocation or transmutation spell. Once learned, it counts as a wizard spell for you, even if it is not on the wizard spell list. You also have a new option for using your spell bullets. If a spell infused in a spell bullet would create a persistent effect, such as that of *spiritual weapon* or *continual flame*, you may activate the spell within it either by loading and firing it or by pressing it against the ground or an appropriate object. In either case, the spell bullet is expended like a regular round. ``` ``` #### The Big Kaboom At 17th level, you can use your action to overload your arcane armament, preparing to unleash a powerful blast of force. When you do this, your action on your next turn must be used to fire the charged energy, making a spell bullet attack against against a point on a solid surface within your arcane armament's maximum range. This special attack expends a spell bullet as normal. At the chosen point, a gigantic burst of energy surges forth, filling a 20-foot radius sphere. Simultaneously, a shockwave of thundrous power erupts from the same point, out to 40 feet. The energy blast spreads around corners to fill the area, as with the *fireball* spell. Each creature and object caught in the 20-foot radius of the energy blast must make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC, taking 8d6 fire and 6d6 force damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success. Each creature in the 40-foot radius of the shockwave is rocked by the powerful force, requiring them to make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, a creature takes 4d6 thunder and 2d6 force damage; on a success, it takes half as much damage. The surface struck also is affected by the cataclysmic force of the attack, instantly vaporizing the material and leaving behind a spherical crater or hole up to 20 feet deep and 20 feet wide. If you start to use this feature and overload your arcane armament, but then fail to use your next action to fire the charged energy, your arcane armament explodes at the end of your turn, destroying it utterly. This causes the energy burst effect described above to occur, but with you as its center. If you use this feature more than once before the next time you take a long rest, you must spend at least four hours of that rest to repair your arcane armament or apply modifications to a new firearm. This forces you to forego the benefits of a long rest, gaining the benefits of a short rest instead. > ##### Altering Spell Examples > While the Flexible Preparation feature offers increased versatility, at the table its effects can be difficult to spot by the other players. If you're playing a spellshooter, take a moment to describe how you alter your spells. For example, if you altered the *burning hands* spell to deal thunder damage instead of fire, perhaps it creates a wide, pulsating shockwave. As another example, a *blight* spell set for cold damage may cause sharp shards of ice to crystallize in the target. > > By that same token, feel free to explain why your modified spells require a different save than usual. Perhaps a *fireball* that requires a Wisdom save is all in the mind, affecting the creatures without truly existing.

\page ## Existing Class Adjustments Unearthed Arcana’s “Modern Magic” subclass are compatible with this compendium, with some exceptions. The articles can be found here: [UA Modern Magic](http://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/dnd/UA_ModernMagic.pdf); >GM Note: As the game progresses, higher caliber firearms may have a strength requirement to be able to attack using your proficiency bonus. ### Barbarian Barbarians, due to their primal nature and general lack of formal weapons training, do not start with proficiency in firearms unless already given from another class, feat or special training. ### Bard Bards add sidearms, muskets, rifles, carbines, estoc, and boot knife to their weapons proficiencies. A bard may start with the following items, plus anything provided by your background. * *(a)* a rapier, *(b)* a longsword, *(c)* any simple weapon, or *(d)* any primitive sidearm and 20 rounds * *(a)* a diplomat's pack or *(b)* an entertainer's pack * *(a)* a lute or *(b)* any other musical instrument * A dagger, and *(a)* leather armor or *(b)* light undercover shirt ### Cleric Clerics start with proficiency in all sidearms and with longarms that have the *scatter* property. A cleric may start with the following items, plus anything provided by your background. * *(a)* a mace or *(b)* a warhammer (if proficient) * *(a)* scale mail, *(b)* leather armor, *(c)* heavy coat, or *(d)* chain mail (if proficient) * *(a)* a light crossbow and 20 bolts, *(b)* any simple weapon, or *(c)* any primitive sidearm and 20 rounds * *(a)* a priest's pack or *(b)* an explorer's pack * a shield and a holy symbol A cleric may take the City Domain if it is appropriate for the campaign setting but may not prepare any technomagic spells except at the DM's discretion. ### Fighter Fighters have grown their battle prowess with the changing times and in addition to their proficiency with simple and martial weapons they also have proficiency with sidearms and long arms, and may select from the following starting items (if proficient): * *(a)* chain mail, *(b)* multi-layer vest, or *(c)* leather armor, longbow, and 20 arrows * *(a)* a martial weapon and a shield, *(b)* two martial weapons, or *(c)* a primitive long arm and 20 rounds ``` ``` * *(a)* a light crossbow and 20 bolts, *(b)* a primitive sidearm and 20 rounds, or *(c)* two handaxes * *(a)* a dungeoneer's pack or *(b)* an explorer's pack Additionally, fighters can choose from any Gun Tactic in place of a Fighting Style when choosing Fighting Styles. Finally, the Archery Fighting Style applies to sidearms and long arms. ### Monk Monks may take proficiency with primitive firearms, but they do not count as monk weapons, and their starting items do not change accordingly. The Deflect Missiles feature gained at 3rd level cannot be used against ranged attacks from firearms, unless the monk is wielding a simple melee weapon with which to deflect the attack. Additionally, or as an alternative to the Deflect Missiles feature entirely, a monk can gain this feature: ***Bullet Time.*** Starting at 3rd level, when you are hit with a ranged weapon attack from a firearm, you can use your reaction to expertly weave out of the bullet's path. When you do so, the damage you take from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + your Dexterity modifier + your monk level. If you reduce the damage to 0, you can spend 1 ki point to move up to 10 feet without provoking attacks of opportunity. ### Mystic Mystics add primitive firearms and pistols to their weapons proficiencies, and may select from the following starting items: * *(a)* a spear or *(b)* a mace * *(a)* leather armor, *(b)* studded leather armor, or *(c)* light undercover shirt * *(a)* a light crossbow and 20 bolts, *(b)* a primitive firearm and 20 rounds, or *(c)* any simple weapon * *(a)* a scholar's pack or *(b)* an explorer's pack ### Paladin Paladins have used their training in battle to gain additional proficiencies beyond simple and martial weapons and now have proficiency with sidearms and long arms, and may select from the following starting items (if proficient): * *(a)* a martial weapon and a shield, (b) two martial weapons, or *(c)* a primitive long arm and 20 rounds * *(a)* five javelins, *(b)* any simple melee weapon, or *(c)* a primitive sidearm and 20 rounds * *(a)* a priest's pack or *(b)* an explorer's pack * A holy symbol and *(a)* chain mail, *(b)* sheet metal vest, or *(c)* multi-layer vest Paladins can use firearms for Divine Smite, Improved Divine Smite, and any spells that would require them to take an attack with a melee weapon before taking effect, but you must be within at least 10 feet of the target to do so. Additionally, paladins can choose the Akimbo Shooting, Breacher, Gun Duelist, or Shield Shooting Gun Tactic in place of a Fighting Style when choosing Fighting Styles.

\page ### Ranger Rangers have advanced their ranged fighting capabilities beyond proficiency with simple and martial weapons and now have proficiency with sidearms and long arms, and may select from the following starting items (if proficient): * *(a)* scale mail, *(b)* leather armor, or *(c)* light undercover shirt * *(a)* two shortswords, *(b)* two simple melee weapons, or *(c)* two primitive sidearms and 40 rounds * *(a)* a dungeoneer's pack or *(b)* an explorer's pack * *(a)* a longbow and a quiver of 20 arrows or *(b)* a primitive long arm and 20 rounds Additionally, rangers can choose the Gun Duelist, Riflery, or Sniper Gun Tactic in place of a Fighting Style when choosing Fighting Styles. Finally, the Archery Fighting Style applies to sidearms and long arms. ### Rogue Rogues are proficient with sidearms, muskets, wheellock guns, carbines, and rifles. Additionally, a rogue can substitute proficiency with longswords, rapiers, and shortswords for proficiency with long arms. A rogue may select from the following starting items (if proficient): * *(a)* a rapier, *(b)* a shortsword, or *(c)* a primitive long arm and 20 rounds * *(a)* a shortbow and quiver of 20 arrows, *(b)* a primitive sidearm and 20 rounds, or *(c)* a shortsword * *(a)* a burglar's pack, *(b)* a dungeoneer's pack, or *(c)* an explorer's pack * Leather armor, two daggers, and thieves' tools ### Sorcerer Sorcerers are proficient with sidearms, and may start with a primitive sidearm and 20 rounds instead of a light crossbow and 20 bolts at the DM's discretion.

> ##### Variant: Firearms are Prominent > > In a world where firearms are more common, you may (at the DM's discretion) select from advanced sidearms and long arms when choosing starting items. > > Additionally, barbarians can have proficiency with long arms. A barbarian may start with the following items, plus anything provided by your background. > > * *(a)* a greataxe, *(b)* any martial melee weapon, or *(c)* any long arm > * *(a)* two handaxes or *(b)* any simple weapon > * An explorer's pack, and *(a)* four javelins or *(b)* 20 rounds of ammunition ``` ``` ### Warlock Warlocks are proficient with sidearms, and may start with a primitive sidearm and 20 rounds instead of a light crossbow and 20 bolts at the DM's discretion. A warlock may take the Ghost in the Machine as their patron if it is appropriate for the campaign setting but cannot learn any technomagic spells except at the DM's discretion. ### Wizard Wizards are proficient with sidearms, and may start with a primitive sidearm and 20 rounds instead of a quarterstaff or dagger at the DM's discretion. A wizard may take the Technomancy arcane tradition if it is appropriate for the campaign setting but cannot learn any technomagic spells except at the DM's discretion. ### Gun Tactics Gun Tactics are gun shooting specializations. They serve as alternatives to **Fighting Styles**. You can't take the same Gun Tactic more than once, even if you get to choose again. ##### Akimbo Shooting When wielding two *light* firearms, you can add your ability score modifier to the damage of the second attack. You can reload both *light* firearms at once using a bonus action. ##### Breacher When you make an attack with a firearm at a creature within 15 feet of you and you roll a 1 or 2 on the damage die, you can reroll the damage die and must take the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. The firearm must have the *scatter* property for you to gain this benefit. ##### Gun Duelist When wielding a sidearm in one hand and no other weapons, you get a +2 bonus to your damage rolls with these weapons. ##### Riflery When wielding a two handed firearm without the *bulky* or *scatter* property, you get a +2 bonus to attack rolls with these weapons. ##### Sniper If you make an attack with a two-handed firearm beyond 30 feet, you get a +2 bonus to your damage rolls with these weapons. The firearm cannot have the *scatter* property and gain this benefit. ##### Shield Shooting When you wield a *two-handed* firearm with a shield you now can brace it against the shield as a bonus action but now move at half your movement speed.

\page ## Warlock Pact Boon: Pact of the Firearm You can use your action to create a pact weapon in your empty hand. You can choose the form that this firearm takes each time you create it . You are proficient with it while you wield it. This firearm counts as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. This firearm uses a magical reserve of ammunition supplied by your patron that does not run out. You still have to reload it, however. You can only summon a primitive firearm as your pact weapon until you reach 13th level, when you can now summon firearms. Your pact firearm disappears if it is more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more. It also disappears if you use this feature again, if you dismiss the weapon (no action required), or if you die. You can transform one magic firearm into your pact weapon by performing a special ritual while you hold the firearm. You perform the ritual over the course of 1 hour, which can be done during a short rest. You can then dismiss the weapon, shunting it into an extradimensional space, and it appears whenever you create your pact weapon thereafter. You can’t affect an artifact or a sentient weapon in this way. The weapon ceases being your pact weapon if you die, if you perform the 1-hour ritual on a different weapon, or if you use a 1-hour ritual to break your bond to it. The weapon appears at your feet if it is in the extradimensional space when the bond breaks. ___ >##### Variant Rule: Firearms are Prominent > If firearms are a common sight in your world, you can also summon firearms as well as primitive firearms until you reach level 13. ___ > ##### Pact Boon If your patron is the Archfey, your weapon might be a shiny redwood rifle decorated in gold plated patterns shaped in complex leaf designs. If you have the Fiend patron, your gun might be a charcoal black shotgun adorned with flames, with an evil dark steel barrel. If you draw your magic from The Great Old one as a patron, your gun might resemble a pepperbox made from ancient stonework, engraved everywhere with glowing, yellow-orange eyes. ``` ``` ## Eldritch Invocations #### First Impressions You have a knack for making an impression in combat. Add your Charisma modifier to your initiative rolls. #### Blast & Shoot *Prerequisite: Pact of the Firearm feature, eldritch blast cantrip, 5th level*
When you cast *eldritch blast*, you can attack with your pact weapon as a bonus action. #### Gunstorm *Prerequisite: Pact of the Firearm feature, 5th level*
You can attack twice when you take the attack action on your turn using your pact weapon. #### Improved Pact Weapon *Prerequisite: Pact of the Blade or Pact of the Firearm feature, 5th level*
Any weapon you create using your pact feature is a *+1 weapon*. This invocation doesn't affect a magic weapon you transformed into your pact weapon. #### Show of Force *Prerequisite: 9th level, Pact of the Firearm or Pact of the Blade feature*
You can use your Charisma modifier, instead of your Dexterity modifier, for your attack and damage rolls for your pact weapon.

\page #### Superior Pact Weapon *Prerequisite: Pact of the Blade or Pact of the Firearm feature, 9th level*
Any weapon you create using your pact feature is a *+2 weapon*. This invocation doesn't affect a magic weapon you transformed into your pact weapon. #### Draining Shot *Prerequisite: 11th level, Pact of the Firearm feature.*
When you make a successful shot against a creature with your pact firearm, you can choose to drain that creature of life and transfer it to you. a dark crimson line leads back to the barrel of your gun, give you temporary HP equal to half the amount of damage dealt. #### Greater Pact Firearm *Prerequisite: Pact of the Firearm feature, 13th level.*
You can summon a special firearm when you invoke your pact weapon as part of your *Pact of the Firearm* feature. You can change your current weapon to become one of these special firearms when you take this invocation. #### Customized Pact Weapon *Prerequisite: Pact of the Firearm feature, 13th level*
Any firearm you create using your Pact of the Firearm feature can start with one *Attachment* or *Custom Part* of your choice that can be used with it. This invocation doesn't affect a magic weapon you transformed into your pact weapon. When you reach 17th level, your pact weapon can start with any number of two *Attachements* or *Custom Parts*. #### Eldritch Strike *Prerequisite: 9th level, Eldritch Blast cantrip*
When you cast eldritch blast, you can use a bonus action to make a weapon attack. #### Ultimate Pact Weapon *Prerequisite: Pact of the Blade or Pact of the Firearm feature, 15th level*
Any weapon you create using your pact feature is a *+3 weapon*. This invocation doesn't affect a magic weapon you transformed into your pact weapon. #### Eldritch Storm *Prerequisite: Pact of the Firearm feature, eldritch blast cantrip 18th level*
You can concentrate the *eldritch blast* cantrip through the barrel of your pact weapon, focusing the crackling beams into one large ray of magical force. Make a ranged spell attack roll. If the attack hits, roll four *eldritch blast* damage rolls. Add your Dexterity modifier to the damage of this attack. #### Sly Sniper *Prerequisite: Archfey patron, Pact of the Firearm feature* You can create an arquebus (or a heavy rifle if firearms are prominent, or when you reach 13th level) forged from a spindly wood, who's barrel is a bright brass adorned with ornate carvings. Vines are wrapped around the gun's length. When you hit a creature with its ammunition, you can expend a spell slot to deal an additional 2d8 poison damage to the target per spell level, and makes the creature charmed by you until the end of your next turn. #### Grasp of The Ancient One *Prerequisite: Great Old One patron, Pact of the Firearm feature* You can create a blunderbuss (or shotgun if firearms are prominent, or when you reach 13th level.) made from a black, inky marble and a sickly, green colored steel that seems to glow. Spectral tentacles writhe around the barrel of the shotgun, slurping sounds following every shot you make with it. When you hit a creature with its ammunition, you can expend a spell slot to deal an additional 2d8 psychic damage to the target per spell level, and you can make the creature frightened of you until the end of your next turn. #### Wrath of The Inferno *Prerequisite: Fiend Patron, Pact of the Firearm feature* You can create a musket (or a rifle if firearms are prominent, or when you reach 13th level.) forged in the fires of Pandemonium. Its wood is a black, unbreakable charcoal, and its barrel is blood red. Flames seem to surround the trigger that don't hurt you when you put your finger inside it. When you hit a creature with its ammunition, you can expend a spell slot to deal an additional 2d8 fire damage to the target per spell level that ignores resistance and immunity.

\page ## Arcane Tradition:
School of Invention > This is a modification of the wizard Arcane Tradition originally published in [Unearthed Arcana: Three Subclasses](https://media.wizards.com/2018/dnd/downloads/UA-3Subclasses0108.pdf). It includes changes to the class features that makes use of material from this compendium. The School of Invention claims credit for inventing the other schools of magic - a claim other wizards find absurd. Wizards of this school push magic to its limits. They stretch the known laws of arcane power and strive to reveal important truths about the nature of the multiverse. Adherents of this school believe that innovation is best served through experimentation. They have a reputation for acting first, thinking second. Most wizards are scholars who have mastered their craft through careful study, rigorous practice, and endless hours of repetition. These wizards would rather throw spells together and see what happens. Many wizards of this tradition are gnomes, alchemists, or both, and they take pride in the magic-infused armor they don. The armor not only provides protection, but it is also designed to help the wizard channel magic in unpredictable ways. Wizards of this tradition are regarded as savants to their faces, but wizards of other traditions often think of them as lunatics. ### Tools of the Inventor At 2nd level, you gain proficiency with two tools of your choice. ### Arcanomechanical Armor Innovation is a dangerous practice, at least as far as members of this school practice it. As a shield against this risk, you have developed a suit of arcane armor. Starting at 2nd level, you gain proficiency with light armor and gain a suit of arcanomechanical armor - a magic item that only you can attune to. While you are attuned to it and wearing it, it grants you resistance to force damage. The armor is light armor and provides an AC of 12 + your Dexterity modifier. It also has ballistics resistance (BR 1). It weighs 8 pounds. You can create a new suit of it at the end of a long rest by touching a nonmagical suit of studded leather armor, which magically transforms it. Doing so removes the magic from your previous arcanomechanical armor, turning it into nonmagical studded leather. ### Reckless Casting Starting at 2nd level, you can attempt to cast a spell you don’t have prepared. When you use this ability, you use your action and choose one of the following options: * Roll on the Reckless Casting table for cantrips and cast the resulting spell as part of this action. * Expend a spell slot and roll twice on the Reckless Casting table for its level, or the 5th level table if the slot is 6th level or higher. Pick which of the two results you want to use and cast the resulting spell as part of this action. ##### Reckless Casting | d10 | Cantrip | | :--: | :-- | |1|*acid splash*| |2|*chill touch*| |3|*card throw*| |4|*fire bolt*| |5|*light*| |6|*mindrending bullet*| |7|*poison spray*| |8|*thorn whip*| |9|*wall of denial*| |10|Roll twice and cast each cantrip, but if you roll another 10 on either die, you cast nothing, wasting your action.| | d10 | 1st-level Spell | | :--: | :-- | |1|*burning hands*| |2|*chromatic orb*| |3|*color spray*| |4|*false life*| |5|*ice bayonet*| |6|*jump*| |7|*magic missile*| |8|*poison gas*| |9|*thunderwave*| |10|Roll twice and cast each spell, but if you roll another 10 on either die, you cast nothing, wasting your action but not the spell slot.| | d10 | 2nd-level Spell | | :--: | :-- | |1|*blur*| |2|*darkness*| |3|*enlarge/reduce*| |4|*invisibility*| |5|*levitate*| |6|*scorching ray*| |7|*shatter*| |8|*shackles of pain*| |9|*soften the sword*| |10|Roll twice and cast each spell, but if you roll another 10 on either die, you cast nothing, wasting your action but not the spell slot.|

\page | d10 | 3rd-level Spell | | :--: | :-- | |1|*fear*| |2|*feign death*| |3|*fireball*| |4|*hydraulic beam*| |5|*gaseous form*| |6|*lightning bolt*| |7|*rotting shot*| |8|*searing smoke*| |9|*sleet storm*| |10|Roll twice and cast each spell, but if you roll another 10 on either die, you cast nothing, wasting your action but not the spell slot.| | d10 | 4th-level Spell | | :--: | :-- | |1|*blight*| |2|*confusion*| |3|*drop shield*| |4|*fire shield*| |5|*ice storm*| |6|*phantasmal killer*| |7|*stoneskin*| |8|*vortex*| |9|*wall of fire*| |10|Roll twice and cast each spell, but if you roll another 10 on either die, you cast nothing, wasting your action but not the spell slot.| | d10 | 5th-level Spell | | :--: | :-- | |1|*cloudkill*| |2|*cone of cold*| |3|*conjure firing squad*| |4|*destructive wave*| |5|*hold monster*| |6|*insect plague*| |7|*mass cure wounds*| |8|*wall of force*| |9|*wall of stone*| |10|Roll twice and cast each spell, but if you roll another 10 on either die, you cast nothing, wasting your action but not the spell slot.| ``` ``` ### Alchemical Casting At 6th level, you learn to channel magic through your arcanomechanical armor to augment spells in a variety of ways. When you cast a spell while wearing that armor and attuned to it, you can expend one additional spell slot of 1st or 2nd level to alter the spell. The effect depends on the spell slot you expend. A 1st-level slot allows you to manipulate the spell’s energy. When you cast a spell that deals acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage, you can substitute that damage type for another one from that list. A 2nd-level slot increases the spell’s raw force. If you roll damage for the spell when you cast it, increase that damage by 2d10 force damage against one of the spell’s targets (your choice) this turn. ### Arcanomechanical Shielding At 10th level, you improve your arcanomechanical armor to stand up to effects both mundane and magical in nature. As a reaction while wearing your armor, you can expend a 1st-level spell slot to gain resistance to nonmagical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage for 1 minute. Additionally, while you are wearing and attuned to your arcanomechanical armor, you can expend a 1st or 2nd level spell slot to cast *absorb elements*. When cast this way, you add the extra damage to the damage roll of your next melee attack, ranged attack, or damaging spell not requiring an attack roll. ### Controlled Chaos At 14th level, your ability to improvise magic grows stronger. Whenever you roll on a Reckless Casting table for a spell other than a cantrip, you can roll on the table that is one level higher than the expended spell slot.

\page ## Backgrounds When included, backgrounds help you create a more believable character. Work with your DM to determine an appropriate background for your character. ### Background: Doctor Whether you were a tribal witch-doctor, a medicine-man, a holy healer, a military field medic, or a genuine medical professional from an unusually enlightened society, you specialize in the treatment of suffering. You have seen injury, disease, poison, and death, and still you have defied it all, fighting to save every last soul. As a medical professional, you have sworn the Hippocratic oath and do your best to adhere to its tenets. In so swearing, you have pledged your life to protect life, that all who suffer are your patient, to support other doctors as family, to train any who swear the oath, to practice to the best of your ability, to always improve upon the art, to practice only your specialization, to practice not for your own gain, to practice within the law, and to keep all of your patients' secrets. Why did you turn away from the medical profession? Or if you haven't, what was it that drew you into the life of the adventurer? What do you think of the oath, or other doctors? ### Specialist Each doctor must choose a field of specialization to practice within the broader art of medicine. | d6 | Specialization | |:-:|:--| | 1 | Diagnostics| | 2 | Apothecary| | 3 | Surgery| | 4 | Bone Setting| | 5 | Therapy| | 6 | Research| ___ - **Skill Proficiencies:** Medicine, Investigation - **Tool Proficiencies:** Medicine Kit - **Languages:** One of your choice - **Equipment:** Doctor's Tools, 2-man tent, bedroll, blanket, Book (About anatomy, disease, apothecary, or surgery), common clothes, five bars of soap, a belt pouch containing 5 gp. ### Feature: Burden of Life Due to your vow, you are expected to cure the ill, regardless of morals or prejudice, even if they are your enemy. Likewise, it is considered a horrid evil to intentionally kill a doctor for no reason. As such, intelligent enemies are less likely to target you, provided they are not overwhelmingly evil or lack a code of honor. Your patients who are enemies will even stay their hand, not attacking you directly while they are under your care. Though... who's to say what happens after they leave your care? Restored individuals may be grateful, or feel some form of life-debt to you. Enemies may repay you by specifically choosing not to kill you, or they may give free information; a scout you once saved may turn a blind eye to your presence. Provided you stay true to your vow as best as you can, you can make use of any hospital or medical facility - typically located in churches, noble estates, universities, and other places of higher learning - as temporary residence for yourself, your patient or patients, and your companions if there is room for them. Doctors will put you up at a lifestyle one step below their own if you can maintain a good relationship with them. However, if ever you are proven to have broken your vow, you will be fully and publicly discredited as a doctor, and other doctors who pay attention to medical society will recognize you as such. You and all who are with you will be turned away from mundane medicine and the places it is provided. Because you swore on your life, breaking your vow is akin to a personal death sentence, though no doctor true to his vows is free to exact it upon you. Even so, more enlightened nations are likely to have laws regarding the treatment of doctors and their vows... and enlightened does not necessarily mean "kind" or "gentle". ### Suggested Characteristics Doctors may come from many walks of life, but all became enrolled in some place of higher learning, or at least were tutored by a renowned doctor, eventually swearing the Hippocratic oath - and that oath is not a light load to bear. Doctors often show their true colors under extreme stress, whether it makes them more studious, intense, and passionate, or clinical, intellectual, and unusually calm. Many are troubled by harrowing events they bore witness to. Some are shockingly pragmatic, with an "it may not be pretty, but you'll live" approach to problems. Many are seemingly tireless, hard-working individuals. Some can be inspiring souls, with a deep appreciation not only for life itself, but for the people they keep alive as well. There is much debate among doctors as to just what the oath means, and what tenets have priority in any given situation. | d8 |Personality Trait| |:-:|:--| |1 | All I think about is saving lives, or I dwell on lives that have been lost that I could have saved.| |2 | I practice in the name of my religion, nation, or clan.| |3 | I am cold and calculating in my every word and action, even when furious or frightened.| |4 | When the bodies hit the floor, my hands go into autopilot.| |5 | I consider magical healers and healing either to be cheating and unaccountable, or an integral future counterpart of a greater medical art. |6 | I am waging a personal war on death itself. |7 | I am entranced and inspired by the brilliance and glory of the living body. |8 | I am actively involved in the medical society and engage in theoretical discourse and debate.

\page | d6 |Ideal| |:-:|:--| |1 | **Life.** I was put in this world to protect and save life. (Good) |2 | **Oath.** I swore my oath, and now I must live by its tenets. (Lawful) |3 | **Vigilantism.** No man can dictate who shall die, when, or how! (Chaotic) |4 | **Profit.** Is it really too much to ask that all who come to me suffering also come bearing compensation? (Evil) |5 | **Survival.** We are all in this together, for better or for worse. (Neutral) |6 | **Right.** Everyone deserves to live. (Neutral) | d6 | Bond| |:-:|:--| |1| I owe everything to my home village/clan, for pooling their resources to have me educated. |2| I was pushed, or encouraged, into the field by my parents, one of whom may have been a doctor. |3| My professor is the most important person in the world to me. |4| My patients are my everything- losing one of them is like dying, but it never ends. |5| I took up the profession because someone close to me died of something treatable. |6| I started my training alone from texts I obtained by my own means. ``` ``` | d6 | Flaw| |:-:|:--| |1| I took the vow not realizing its full implications. |2| No one can know that I have broken my vow. |3| I feel contempt for many of my patients. |4| I think I am better than other doctors, and other people in general. |5| Sometimes I go too far in my search for knowledge. |6| I am frightened/sickened by human suffering. ### Variant Doctor: Veterinarian Your specialization and training still stand, but instead of treating people, your art is focused on our fuzzy friends. Exchange Investigation for Animal Handling or Nature. Animals who have been healed do not behave the same way people do. Some more intelligent creatures, such as wolves, may be capable of feeling gratitude, but have limited ability to express such. Monsters however, true to their name, are usually incapable of such emotion and will likely just attack the moment they recover. Other doctors may not take you as seriously as you deserve, but anyone who has an important animal, such as a knight's steed or a caster's familiar, will have deep respect for you, for even acknowledging that their animal is worth saving.

\page ### Background: Law Enforcement: As a child, you dreamed of serving your city with pride and protecting it from evil and injustice. When you were old enough, you headed to your recruiting station to begin the training to become a member of law enforcement. This background is suitable for uniformed police, military or federal police, government agents, and special forces. ___ - **Skill Proficiencies:** Athletics, Insight - **Additional Proficiency:** Sidearms - **Languages:** One additional language of your choice - **Equiptment:** Light pistol, two full magazines, and a police uniform #### Feature: Civil Ranking Being a officer of the law, you gain privileges suitable to your station. If you are within the city that you served in, patrol officers are likely to follow your orders, within logical reason. Outside of your jurisdiction, you have advantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks and Charisma saving throws (again, within reason) against law enforcement of equal or lesser rank. You must show your badge, thus identifying yourself as a member of law enforcement, to use this feature. When choosing this background, roll a d6, or choose a rank from 1-6 from the options below. Players cannot begin at a rank of 7 or higher. Rankings are as follows: - **Rank 10:** Chief of Police, Superintendent, Director, or Commissioner - **Rank 9:** Deputy/Assistant Chief, Superintendent, Director or Commissioner - **Rank 8:** Major - **Rank 7:** Captain or Commander - **Rank 6:** Lieutenant - **Rank 5:** Staff Sergeant, Sergeant First Class, First Sergeant, Master Sergeant, or Sergeant Major - **Rank 4:** Sergeant - **Rank 3:** Corporal or Senior/Master - **Rank 2:** Trooper or Patrolman - **Rank 1:** Cadet, Recruit, Trainee, or Probationary ``` ``` | d8 | Personality Trait | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | I always wear my uniform outside to show that I am here to keep people safe. | | 2 | I am the law. I get to say who walks free. | | 3 | I look for clues and try my best to get the crook. | | 4 | I love making people happy, as long as I am also keeping them safe. | | 5 | I never trust a criminal. Ever. | | 6 | I enjoy a good chase. My heart beating, my legs pumping... It's what I live for. | | 7 | If I'm paid, I'm happy. It doesn't matter who paid me. | | 8 | I will give everything I have to save my people, including my life. | | d6 | Ideal | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | **Truth.** The duty of law enforcement is to seek and lay bare the truth. (Any) | | 2 | **Justice.** I won't sleep until I catch every dirty criminal I see. (Lawful) | | 3 | **Law.** What good is the law if it isn't followed? (Good) | | 4 | **Glory.** I want money and fame more than anything, even if I have to get my hands dirty. (Evil) | | 5 | **Merciless.** I don't care about the means; as long as the criminal is behind bars it's okay with me. (Chaotic) | | 6 | **Aspiration.** I want to follow in the footsteps of the officer who saved my life. I'll do anything to be like them. (Any) | | d6 | Bond | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | I work to put food on the table and I will work extra just to make sure I do. | | 2 | I truly enjoy being a part of the justice system. | | 3 | These people are my purpose. I can't save them I've failed them. | | 4 | This is just one way that I show my deep devotion to the god I worship. | | 5 | I owe my life to a rookie or officer. | | 6 | I am always on the hunt for a promotion. | | d6 | Flaw | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | I get so caught up in work I don't pay attention to the real world. | | 2 | I will beat the answers out of anyone who don't give me what I want. | | 3 | I get drunk on the job but it keeps me going. | | 4 | I have trouble following orders from my superiors. | | 5 | I put too much trust in my fellow officers even dirty ones. | | 6 | I don't make mistakes, I just do things differently. |

\page ### Background: Mercenary As a mercenary your services were for hire to anyone who could afford you. What drove you to be a soldier of fortune? Was it to escape poverty? Was it the thrill of battle? Or was it simply that fighting was all you knew growing up? Who was your battle company, or did you work alone? What made you give it up... or are you still for hire? Did you make any allies or enemies along the way? What wars or battles were you involved in? What were the consequences? Lost allies? War crime charges? ___ - **Skill Proficiencies:** Intimidation, Perception - **Tool Proficiencies:** One type of gaming set, Vehicles (land) - **Equipment:** Proof of the first contract you completed, a set of common clothes, one gaming set of choice, a belt pouch containing 10 gp ### Feature: Hired Blade You are a soldier of fortune, a fighter who sells his services to the highest bidder. You roam towns and cities in search of a place where your unique set of talents are useful; whether for a lord hunting a group of bandits, or a local barkeep tired of the goblin infestation in his cellar, you can always find some work if you look hard enough. The job itself doesn't matter, so long as you get paid - at least, that's what people tend to think. Sometimes, the jobs you find tend to be of the seedier sort, giving you the choice and the problem of figuring a way to compromise between your ethics and your job. ### Suggested Characteristics You are a mercenary who hunted down your employers' enemies for coin. Were you happy in this life? What made you leave it behind to become an adventurer? Did you leave it at all, or is adventuring just another way of putting food on the table? | d8 | Personality Trait | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | I like to show off, particularly if there's a chance at another job. | | 2 | I am always gregarious and cheerful, no matter the situation, as long as my pockets are full. | | 3 | To me, the whisper of steel and the clash of weapons is just as pleasing as any amount of gold. | | 4 | I always train because training leaves the body ready, even in a moment of respite or weakness. | | 5 | I hold myself to a strict code of ideals. | | 6 | I keep my personal possessions in secret places which known only to me. | | 7 | I take special care to protect my weapons and armor, for I know they will protect me in return. | | 8 | I refuse to lift a finger until I hear the jingling sound of coins. | | d6 | Ideal | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | **Golden Pockets.** I fight for money, and nothing else. (Neutral) | | 2 | **Great Publicity.** I will be known for my deeds, sooner rather than later. (Any) | | 3 | **Power or Death.** In my line of profession, the strong live and the weak starve. (Evil) | | 4 | **Honorbound.** I never break my promises. Ever. (Lawful) | | 5 | **War and Crime.** Whenever chaos flourishes, so too does my work. (Chaotic) | | 6 | **Vigilante.** I am a sellsword who swings his weapon only against those who deserve it. (Good) | | d6 | Bond | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | I became a mercenary to support my family, who would have probably starved in a slum somewhere if not for me. | 2 | I fight for a lover that knows little if not nothing of me. | | 3 | I was inspired by a great hero to become a mercenary. | | 4 | I treat my valued comrades like brothers, and I will let no insult or injury fall upon them. | | 5 | I am protecting something of great importance to me by keeping it a secret... so you'd better forget what you just heard. | | 6 | I never disrespect an employer, as long as they never disrespect me or stop giving me money. | | d6 | Flaw | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | I'll do anything for coin, damn the consequences. | | 2 | As much as I pretend to love fighting, I secretly hate hurting others. | | 3 | I have crippling debts that my work barely pays off. | | 4 | I never fail at my tasks, even if I have to resort to less honourable means to complete them. | | 5 | I would send an innocent to face his death if it means I will win the fight. | | 6 | Someone powerful will do anything to have my head, so I seek to take his or her head first. |

\page ### Background: Merchant Whether you spent a few years as an apprentice or you were self-taught, you know your way around a marketplace. It's like a second home to you, where you can talk for hours on end and you know exactly what you can and can't do. ___ - **Skill Proficiencies:** Persuasion, Insight - **Tool Proficiencies:** One gaming set of your choice, cartographer's tools - **Languages:** Two of your choice - **Equipment:** An item you were unable to sell, a few minor souvenirs from places you've been to, a backpack, a set of traveler's clothes, and a belt pouch containing 50 gp. ### Feature: Soft Skills Your know exactly what to say and do to close a sale. Once per day, you can use this feature to gain advantage on a single Charisma check that involves negotiating a deal with others. > ***Variant Feature: Hard Negotiation.*** This is not role-playing. When attempting to sell a magical item (as detailed in *Xanathar's Guide to Everything*'s downtime rules), you get a +5 bonus to the Charisma (Persuasion) check required for the Magic Item Offer. ### Suggested Characteristics Travelling around and interacting with people shaped how you act around people, consider the following traits. | d8 | Personality Trait | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | I am very protective of my merchandise. | | 2 | I'm very talkative, and I like to interact with people. | | 3 | I like to take notes about my customer's appearance, disposition, and items they have on hand. | | 4 | I talk very quickly, and always cut to the chase. | | 5 | I like to joke around and tell stories. | | 6 | I speak in an unusual dialect. | | 7 | I give my two cents on everything. | | 8 | I like to dabble in many different cultures. It's all so interesting! | | d6 | Ideal | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | **Charity.** I'm doing what I do so others can benefit from my goods. (Good) | | 2 | **Greed.** I'm doing this for money. Nothing else matters. (Evil) | | 3 | **People.** I love to interact with people. That's the most important thing. (Neutral) | | 4 | **Change.** Change makes the world go round. It's everywhere and needs to be embraced. (Chaotic)| | 5 | **Fairness.** Everyone deserves equal opportunity. (Lawful)| | 6 | **Aspiration.** I hope my life and my wares propel me to greatness. (Any) | | d6 | Bond | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | My business is my life. I must always make a sale. | | 2 | I am being pursued by a crime boss I can never repay. | | 3 | All I am trying to do is provide for my family. | | 4 | I will do anything for the right amount of gold. | | 5 | Seeing the world is as valuable as gold, I must see it all. | | 6 | My culture and my past keep me on the road, always looking for the next sale. | | d6 | Flaw | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | The only thing I trust is gold. | | 2 | No amount of gold is worth my life, I will run when in danger. | | 3 | Making a profit is more important than honesty or integrity. | | 4 | People's feelings mean little to me, they are worth only as much as the gold in their pockets. | | 5 | The mere mention of gold throws all my judgement out the window. | | 6 | If there's a bet, then I'm in. All in. Double or nothing. Don't tell me the odds, just roll the dice! |

\page ### Background: Philosopher ##### By u/Ezfi You have dedicated yourself to the pursuit of answers to life's most difficult questions, ones of existence, morality and meaning, and you have made a name for yourself doing so. Perhaps you were privileged and classically trained, inheriting your theories from the world's greatest minds and making them your own. Or maybe you started the quest for truth from nothing, forming your philosophy by debating with any friend or stranger who would entertain you, and your conclusions have only recently received wide attention and acclaim. After spending a lifetime in the realm of thought, it may be surprising to see you pursue the active and practical life of an adventurer. ___ - **Skill Proficiencies:** History, Insight - **Languages:** Two of your choice - **Equipment:** A book of your thoughts, a quill, a jar of black ink, an small trinket that once gave you a philosophical revelation, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp. #### Feature: Debate Ethics Among those who study philosophy, including cultured nobles, academics and other philosophers, there is a chance that at least some of them have heard of your work. Those who respect philosophy will assume you to be a reasonably wise and intelligent person, and they will be more likely to listen to your advice. Using your reputation and experience in debate, you may be able to convince these people that an act which seems evil, wrong, or morally questionable at first glance is, in fact, perfectly fine. While they are not guaranteed to agree with you, they are more likely to give your arguments serious consideration. ``` ```

##### Philosophies | d20 | Philosophy | |:---:|:---| | 1 | **Solipsism.** Knowledge of anything outside one’s own specific mind is unjustified. The external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist. | | 2 | **Determinism.** Every event, including thoughts and behavior, decision and action, is determined by an unbroken chain of prior occurrences. | | 3 | **Utilitarianism.** The moral worth of an action is solely determined by its contribution to overall utility, that is, what creates the most net happiness. | | 4 | **Hedonism.** Pleasure is the only intrinsic good. Actions can be evaluated in terms of how much pleasure they produce. | | 5 | **Positivism.** Knowledge can only come from positive affirmation through a strict scientific method. | | 6 | **Absurdism.** Any effort to find meaning in the universe will ultimately fail (and, hence, is absurd) because no such meaning exists. | | 7 | **Objectivism.** Certain acts are objectively right or wrong. | | 8 | **Relativism.** No belief can have absolute truth, having value only within a certain context or frame of reference. | | 9 | **Nihilism.** Life is without objective meaning, purpose, value or truth. | | 10 | **Existentialism.** All philosophical thought must begin with the experiences of the individual, and it is up to them to give meaning to their own existence. | | 11 | **Rationalism.** The criterion of the truth is not sensory, but intellectual and deductive. | | 12 | **Stoicism.** Emotional and physical self-control leads to inner peace and strength, allowing one to live a happier life. | | 13 | **Aestheticism.** Our main efforts in life should be on creating and enjoying beauty, in all of its forms. | | 14 | **Collectivism.** The greater good is more important than any individual. | | 15 | **Egalitarianism.** All individuals should be treated as equals. | | 16 | **Constructivism.** Reality, and the methods we use to understand it, are subjective constructions rather than an objective reading of events. | | 17 | **Naturalism.** The supernatural and the natural are indistinguishable and can be studied with the same methods. | 18 | **Finalism.** Any event is defined by a pre-set final outcome, and all events leading up to the outcome are shaped by it. | | 19 | **Cynicism.** Selfless qualities like altruism, honest and virtue do not exist. People are only driven by self-interest. | | 20 | I haven't settled on a philosophy. |

\page #### Personal Philosophy After spending a lifetime asking and pondering, you have developed a personal philosophical stance. Choose one from the Philosophies table or roll on it to determine what your character is mainly focused on. #### Suggested Characteristics Philosophers are highly concerned with thoughts, theories, and abstract concepts, and tend to view the world in a way that is tinted by this fixation. They may embrace the world around them as a fascinating manifestation of the universe's inner workings, or they may shun it in favor of their internal experience. | d8 | Personality Trait | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | I never stop asking questions. Ever. | | 2 | I am absent minded and easily distracted. | | 3 | I spend several hours each day in quiet introspection. | | 4 | I love seeing how other respond to paradoxes and strange thought experiments. | | 5 | The philosophical conclusions of common people are just as valuable as those from established academics. | | 6 | I enjoy the challenge of explaining complex philosophical concepts in terms that a layman can understand. | | 7 | I am unflappable in the face of tragedy, analyzing the situation in a calm, academic manner. | | 8 | Everything can be seen as a metaphor for the deeper meaning of life. | | d6 | Ideal | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | **Truth.** There are answers out there and I intend to find them. (Any) | | 2 | **Indoctrination.** I won't be happy until everyone believes exactly what I believe. (Lawful) | | 3 | **Virtue.** What good is a moral system if you don't put it into practice? (Good) | | 4 | **Justification.** I use philosophy to excuse my cruel impulses. (Evil) | | 5 | **Rebellion.** I like thinking and believing differently than everyone else. (Chaotic) | | 6 | **Aspiration.** I want to be like the great philosophers that I look up to. (Any) | | d6 | Bond | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | I have written a book, paper or manifesto on my philosophy and I want to promote it. | | 2 | I need to find meaning in my life. | | 3 | There is a living philosopher that I look up to more than anyone, and I dream of meeting them. | | 4 | My philosophy is just one way that I show my deep devotion to the god I worship. | | 5 | I owe my theories and success to the school of philosophy that trained me. | | 6 | I am always on the hunt for evidence that my philosophy is the correct one. | | d6 | Flaw | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | I get so caught up in thought experiments that I don't pay attention to the real world. | | 2 | My philosophy comes with implications that trouble me deeply, and I fear accepting them. | | 3 | I get personally offended when my views are challenged. | | 4 | I'm a hypocrite who can't follow my own beliefs. | | 5 | Practical problems always stump me. | | 6 | I'm not wrong, I just think on such a high abstract level that no one else gets it. |

### Background: Slave ##### u/Moses_The_Wise You are some kind of slave or indentured servant, or you are or were controlled entirely by another person or group of people. You don’t have to be a slave in the traditional sense; an abused and isolated child, a tortured prisoner, or an underpaid servant or worker, any or all of these people could take this background. Were you a field worker, sweating to bring in harvests? Or were you a house slave who took care of the master and his/her household? Maybe you worked in something similar to a sugar plantation, where the work was highly dangerous and often lethal. You can choose whether you bought your freedom, were freed by someone else or even your master/mistress, escaped and are on the run, or if you still actually serve them but are travelling on your own for one reason or another. ___ - **Skill Proficiencies:** Deception, Intimidation - **Languages:** One of your choice, which you are illiterate in. - **Equipment:** A pair of manacles you at one point wore, A simple memento from your family or a fellow slave, something you used to do your job as a slave, 5 gp. #### Specialty As a slave, you had a job to do - whether you liked it or not. Roll a d8 on the table to determine that job. | d8 | Job | |:---:|:------------| | 1 | Maid/Butler | | 2 | Field Worker | | 3 | Concubine | | 4 | Fisher | | 5 | Miner | | 6 | Assistant | | 7 | Gardener| | 8 | Cook|

\page #### Feature: Grovel You are used to bowing, scraping and apologizing for even slight offenses. While more prideful slaves are loathe to do it, you can earn enough through begging to live a Poor lifestyle in most cities, and you can usually find someone who is willing to take you in - though there may be a price, and it may not be gold. #### Suggested Characteristics Slaves will have been shaped by the way they were treated, and what kind of work they did. Their treatment and their relationships to both other slaves as well as their masters/mistresses affect their mannerisms and ideals. Their flaws might be a side effect of the trauma of their slavery. | d8 | Personality Trait | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | I am shy, rarely speak, and avoid eye contact. | | 2 | My manners are spot on; I’m always polite and respectful. | | 3 | I'm sick of biting my tongue, and am purposefully rude to those I dislike. | | 4 | I am rather uncouth, with little understanding of social etiquette. | | 5 | Sometimes I misinterpret requests as orders.| | 6 | I don’t take commands from anyone. | | 7 | I am subservient and servile. | | 8 | I prefer to be in charge. | | d6 | Ideal | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | **Subservient.** Just follow the rules and do what you’re told, and everything will be alright. (Lawful) | | 2 | **Release.** No one should suffer slavery as I have. (Good) | | 3 | **Freedom.** Everyone should be allowed to do as they please. (Chaotic)| | 4 | **Autonomy.** I just want to live my life undisturbed. (Neutral)| | 5 | **Power.** It would be nice to be the one holding the whip for once. (Evil)| | 6 | **Wander.** I wish to see the world that I’ve never been able to see. (Any)| | d6 | Bond | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | My master treated me well, and I consider them to be my family.| | 2 | I ran away from my old master; they’re still looking for me. | | 3 | I am still in service to my master.| | 4 | Slavery separated me from my family; perhaps I’ll find them again.| | 5 | Someone I love is still a slave; I want to free them.| | 6 | I owe my life, and my freedom, to the one who freed me.| | d6 | Flaw | |:----:|:-------------| | 1 | I am terrified of authority figures.| | 2 | I often will just do what others tell me to.| | 3 | I refuse to listen to anyone else, or take any advice.| | 4 | My scars, both mental and physical, still cause me great pain.| | 5 | I have little pity for slaves that have accepted their fate. | | 6 | I have an extreme fear of confinement and punishment.|

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# Credits ### Documents Used - [Arcane Artillery: The Gun Nut's Guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/comments/6om1nu/arcane_artillery_the_gun_nuts_guide_final_edition/) by u/ZowJr - [AWAKENED UNDEAD RACE v0.3 final! Playable Skeletons, Revenants, and Ghosts!](https://www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/comments/3xrbs9/awakened_undead_race_v03_final_playable_skeletons/) by u/the_singular_anyone - [The Kobold, a redesign by a long time kobold player](https://www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/comments/6n89mk/the_kobold_a_redesign_by_a_long_time_kobold/) by u/elevatorampage - [The Mannequin Race (v1) — Like Warforged, only more fashionable](https://www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/comments/6mey9t/the_mannequin_race_v1_like_warforged_only_more/) by u/ezfi - [5e Background: The Slave](https://www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/comments/6mnqx4/5e_background_the_slave/) by u/Moses_The_Wise - [Background: Philosopher](https://www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/comments/6ng6sa/background_philosopher/) by u/ezfi ### **Art Credits** - Paizo Publishing - "The Exile's Violin" cover by Enggar Ajar Adirasa - "Gene Starwind's Caster Gun" by unknown artist on deviantart.com; credit D. Phoenix 2002 - "Piltover and Zaun" for League of Legends by [Matt Gaser](https://www.mattgaser.com/) - Awakened Undead: Art compiled by u/the_singular_anyone, sources unknown - "Brigh in humanoid construct form" by [Leonardo Borazio](https://www.artstation.com/dleoblack) - https://i.imgur.com/TaiLtqB.jpg?1 [Paizo Publishing](https://paizo.com/) - https://i.imgur.com/kaRd97p.png?1 source unknown - "Black Mage" by [Tony Warne](https://jedi-art-trick.deviantart.com/) - "CHOW 213 Black Mage" by [Eric Young](https://ericyoungart.deviantart.com/) - "Dragonwrought Kobold" by [Carl Frank](http://www.carlfrank.com/) - "A Mannequin's Soliloquy" by [Niki Hunter](https://niki-uk.deviantart.com/) - "Guild Wars 2 Concept Art 121", uncredited - http://i.imgur.com/pZupDPg.png (Mavaro) [Paizo Publishing](https://paizo.com/) - "Clay Golem" from Granblue Fantasy, uncredited - "Alchemist's Vial MtG Art" by Lindsey Look - "Wands" from Pottermore, uncredited - "Underworld Twisted Fate" render from League of Legends, uncredited - "Twisted Fate" render from League of Legends, uncredited - "Sunset Composition 03" from Matt Hatter Chronicles, artist unknown - "Gunslinger Girl" by [Max Dunbar](https://max-dunbar.deviantart.com/) - "Steampunk Sniper Rifle" by [TheVigil24](https://thevigil24.deviantart.com/) - "Critical Role: No Mercy Percy" by [CaptainKato](https://captainkato.deviantart.com/) - "Overwatch - McCree" by [Zendanaar](https://zendanaar.deviantart.com/) - "Gun Mage 2" by Privateer Press, uncredited - "Spellslinger Concept Art" from Wildstar, artist unknown - "The Dark Tower" by [Michael Whelan](http://www.michaelwhelan.com/) - http://orig11.deviantart.net/484f/f/2017/044/b/5/warlock_by_j_money117-dayqpqf.png source unknown - "Gunslinger" by [Frank Hong](https://frankhong.deviantart.com/art/Gunslinger-86855500) - "Dispersal Technician MtG Art" by Scott Murphy - "The Doctor" by Sir Luke Fildes, 1891 - "Steampunk Officer" by [Simon Acty](https://therollingman.deviantart.com/) - "Nouveau - Twisted - Demented Games" by [Alexandre Chaudret](https://eyardt.artstation.com/) - "2012 work" by [Choi Keun Hoon](https://ddddak.artstation.com/) - "Zygmunt Bauman" by [Bastian Restrepo](https://bastianrestrepo.artstation.com/) - "Stonebreaker, Dragonborn Paladin" by u/Polygraf - "Glassing the Planet" by [Lightspeeed](https://lightspeeed.deviantart.com/) - "Ral Zarek" by Eric Deschamps - "Wardens of the Reborn Forge" for Pathfinder, artist unknown - "Steampunk Grenade" by [Artguy21](https://www.etsy.com/shop/Artguy21) - "Gunslinger for the Icarus Project" by [Prokopii Osipov](http://hokunin.deviantart.com/) - "Lady Mechanika Comicon Challenge 2014" by [Olga Starodubtseva](https://olga_starodubtseva.artstation.com/) - "Compass", artist unknown - "Dragonscale Cloak" from Magic Item Compendium, artist unknown - https://i.imgur.com/0BiakjB.png?2 source unknown - https://i.imgur.com/WffuSO5.png?1 source unknown - "soldier firing magic musket" by [~MaximusMk](https://maximusmk1.deviantart.com/art/soldier-firing-magic-musket-270868143), possible source - "The Caliber" by [Stanley Lau](https://artgerm.deviantart.com/) - https://i.imgur.com/yf1MDt4.png?1 source unknown - "Desperado" by [Linda Crockett](https://pixels.com/featured/desperado-linda-crockett.html), 2009 - "Vertical Movement Gear" concept art from Attack on Titan, by Hajime Isayama - "Backpack/Jetpack" by [Greg Chown](https://gregchown.wordpress.com/) - "Forgeman Heavy Armor" concept art from Guild Wars 2, uncredited - "Cleric of Madness" by Mitch Cotie - "Beholder Crown" from Magic Item Compendium, artist unknown - "Steam(punk)train" by [Emil Landgreen](http://emillandgreen.blogspot.com/2009/03/steampunktrain.html) - "City of Ankon" by [Jan Ditlev](https://www.janditlev.com/) - Magic Gunslingers on the Cover http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?213035-PF-The-Gunslinger-s-Handbook - Caster: Takehiko Itō's Outlaw Star - The Ultimate Arsenal" Target Sports USA - Old West Saloon http://danielwachter.deviantart.com/ - Dark Magical Gunslinger: Source Unknown - NCR Ranger: Bethesda Studios - Desperado: Linda Crocket - Gunslinger Girl: Psycho-Fish on DeviantArt - Old West Town: Found on Pintrest, Source Unknown - Prophet Pistols: Psyonix and Square Enix's Nosgoth - No Mercy Percy http://captainkato.deviantart.com/ - Lucca: Akira Toryama - Jesse McCree Fanart http://zendanaar.deviantart.com/ - Machinist's Office http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/07/11/10-tools-every-shooter-should-own/ (Possible Source) - Gun Mage: Privateer Press 2012 - C9 Gunslinger: Webzen Games - Portly Gunsmith: Source Unknown - Gunsmith Teched Out: http://daverapoza.deviantart.com/ - 2nd Magic Gunsmith Pic: Source Unknown - Desperado Sona https://www.pinterest.com/source/leaguesplash.com - Red Dead Redemption Wallpaper: Rockstar Games - Neo Fanart: http://vbagi.deviantart.com/ - Warden Picture: Tyler Edlin - Warlock Pact Picture: Source Unknown - Magic Gunslinger: http://frankhong.deviantart.com/ - Glassing Beam: http://lightspeeed.deviantart.com/ - Gunslinger Shooting Zombies: Paizo Publishing \page ## Credits Cont. - Dragon Gun: Source Unknown - Lightning Gunshot: Source Unknown - K9000 Gun, Lucky Revolver, Mysterious Revolver: Bethesda Software - Ice Sniper: Source Unknown - Swordsplosion: Gearbox Studios - McCree's Revolver (Golden Skin): Blizzard Entertainment - Khvostov 7G-0X: Bungie Studios - Elemental Gunslinger: Source Unknown - Multiple use of Paizo Publishing LLC - Bioshock Francises - Riot Games/Leauge of Legends - https://fontmeme.com/cool-fonts/ - Guild Wars Francises - James Flaxman Concept Art - /u/mrvalor. - Ironclad Game Corporation ### Additional Resources - Title Font generated by fontmeme.com - [D&D Cover Alternate logos](https://imgur.com/a/NbTia) by u/AeronDrake - [Homebrewery Watercolor Stains](https://imgur.com/a/SKmRN) by u/AeronDrake - [Homebrewery Full Page Watercolor Stains](https://imgur.com/a/OZt2m) by u/flamableconcrete

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