Artist Credit: JeeHyung Lee

### Fighter Archetype: Sword Sage In the far reaches of the world, there exist places where the art of fighting isn't taught through the power of the body or the speed of one's hand. Instead, it's taught to utlize your mind in the most powerful of ways, to disconnect the hand from the self and wield more weapons than any fighter ever could. These are the sword sages, fighters who through the power and discipline of their mind wield a plethora of weapons at once in a halo of steel. Very few have ever found the skill necessary to utilize this discipline, and even fewer have mastered it. However, the tales of those few masters tell the story of warriors who could dominate an entire battlefield without ever lifting their hands. Now, you have embraced this discipline, and have embarked on your path to the mental mastery of the blade. #### Halo of Swords Beginning when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you unlock the special ability to mentally manipulate and control multiple weapons using just your mind. As a bonus action, you may target a number of melee weapons you're proficient with equal to 1 plus your Intelligence modifier within 10 feet of you that are not held by another creature. They must lack the two-handed, heavy, and special properties. If they have the versatile trait, they do not benefit from it while in your Halo of Swords. These weapons float around and follow you like a halo, and are considered held by you even though you're making no contact with them. While you maintain a Halo of Swords, you are considered to be concentrating on a spell, but taking damage doesn't cause you to roll to maintain concentration on it. **Attacking.** When you would make a weapon attack, you may choose to make that attack with your Halo of Swords. They have a reach of 5 feet, and you must not be wielding a shield to attack with them. When you do, you make the attack and damage rolls with your Intelligence modifier. When you hit with an attack using your Halo of Swords, you choose the damage die and type of one weapon in your Halo of Swords, and you gain to bonus to damage rolls equal to each weapon in your Halo of Swords except the first two. **Save DCs.** Certain effects will require enemies to roll saving throws against your effects. This is calculared as follows:

**Save DC** = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier

#### Sagely Pursuits Also at 3rd level, choose one skill from the following list: Arcana, History, Investigation, Nature, and Religion. You gain proficiency in that skill. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses the chosen skill. #### Sword Sage's Arcana At 7th level, your continuous training of your mind has allowed you to replicate the effects of certain spells that benefit your unique way of fighting. You gain the _Prestidigitation_ and _Mending_ cantrips. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these spells. In addition, you may use your bonus action on your turn to ward your mind against attack. Choose Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma. For 1 minute, you gain proficiency in saving throws made with the chosen ability. If you already have proficiency in saving throws for that ability, you instead make those saving throws with advantage. You also gain resistance to psychic damage for the same duration. You may use this feature three times before needing to take a short or long rest. #### Phalanx of Swords At 10th level, you learn to use your Halo of Swords for a wider variety of uses. You may use your action on your turn to make a single large sweeping attack in the area around you. Each enemy within 15 feet of you must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take damage equal to the total dice of the weapons in your Halo of Swords and fall prone. Once you use this feature in this way, you must finish a short rest or long rest before using it again. In addition, as an action while your Halo of Swords has 4 or more weapons in it, you may form your Halo of Swords around you as a barrier, giving you resistance to slashing, piercing, and bludgeoning damage until the start of your next turn. If you do, you may make one attack as part of the same action. #### Razor Intellect Beginning at 15th level, your mind has sharpened to a point that you're a constant threat on the battlefield. You gain a number of additional reactions each round equal to the number of weapons in your Halo of Swords that may only be used for opportunity attacks. For each opportunity attack you make in a round past the first, when you hit with that attack, it deals only the damage you roll on its weapon die. Do not add any additional modifiers or dice. You may only make one opportunity attack per trigger. #### Reign of Steel Beginning at 18th level, as a bonus action on your turn while you're maintaining a Halo of Swords with 4 or more swords in it, you may empower your Halo of Swords with frightening mental might to dominate the battlefield like no one else can. For 1 minute, your reach increases to 20 feet, enemies within your reach that move more than five feet, cast a spell, or make an attack that doesn't include you provoke opportunity attacks from you, and when you hit a creature with an attack using your Halo of Swords, your bonus damage from your Halo of Swords is doubled. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you have finished a short or long rest.

\page ### Bonus: Fighting Style Option _1st-level Fighter feature_

#### Mental Combatant Your razor-sharp mind allows you to supernaturally guide your weapon in ways your body may not otherwise be able to. You may use your Intelligence modifier instead of Strength or Dexterity for the attack and damage rolls of any weapons that lack the two-handed, heavy, and special properties. In addition, you gain proficiency in a tool or a skill from the following list: Arcana, History, Investigation, Nature, or Religion.

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Artist Credit: BryanSyme

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