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25 New Maneuvers for Battle Master Fighters and Martial Adepts

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Design Notes
The Battle Master fighter is built around its maneuvers--
displays of martial prowess that increase its utility and power
in combat. However, unlike similar features such as spells or
eldritch invocations, maneuvers do not scale with level. A
Battle Master learns new maneuvers at the 3rd, 7th, 10th,
and 15th level, but they all draw from the same pool. This
means the maneuver list you can choose from is always the
same, and the ones you wanted the most are generally
chosen first. Thus, your choices at higher levels are the
options you didn't want as much.
The primary purpose of this material is to alleviate that by
adding maneuvers with prerequisites (primarily level-based).
This means that when you reach the 7th level and get to
choose maneuvers, you have new maneuvers to choose from
that you couldn't choose at the 3rd level. As such, maneuvers
at higher levels tend to be more powerful than maneuvers
learned at lower levels. So yes, many of these maneuvers will
be more powerful than the options present in the Player's
Handbook. Hopefully, these maneuvers don't feel too out of
place, and seem natural for the sort of thing a high-level
fighter should be capable of.
Some additional maneuvers have been added that have
fighting styles as prerequisities to add more diversity to
Battle Masters, as well as a few others to expand the Battle
Master's toolkit.
Maneuvers
If a maneuver has prerequisites, you must meet them to learn
it. A level prerequisite in a maneuver refers to fighter level,
not character level. You can learn a maneuver at the same
time that you meet the prerequisites. If a maneuver adds a
superiority die to multiple rolls, roll the superiority die
separately for each roll you make.
Otherwise, these maneuvers follow the same rules as the
maneuvers in the Player's Handbook.
All-Out Attack
Prerequisite: 15th level, Charisma 13 or higher
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack on your turn,
you can expend any number of superiority dice and use a
bonus action to tell your allies that now is the time to strike.
Add all superiority dice you spend to the attack's damage roll.
For each die you spend, choose a creature friendly to you
that can see and hear you. On that creature's next turn, it
gains an additional action, which it can use only to cast a
cantrip that makes no more than one spell attack or take the
Attack (one weapon attack only), Dash, Disengage, Hide, or
Use an Object action. You can only grant a given creature one
additional action when you use this maneuver.
Attacks on the Run
Prerequisite: 10th level
When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can
expend one superiority die and take the Dash action as a
bonus action. The first time you hit with a weapon attack this
turn, add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll.
Opportunity attacks against you are made at disadvantage
this turn.
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Body Over Mind
Prerequisite: 10th level
When you make a Wisdom, Intelligence, or Charisma
saving throw, you can expend one superiority die (no action
required). Make a Constitution saving throw in place of the
triggering saving throw, and add the superiority die to the
Constitution saving throw.
Bull Charge
   Choose an enemy at least 10 feet away from you that you
can see. You can expend one superiority die and use an
action on your turn to move up to your speed towards the
chosen enemy and must end this move closer to the enemy
than you started. You can then make a melee weapon attack
against the enemy. If it hits, add the superiority die to the
damage roll, and you can attempt to shove the creature you
hit as a bonus action before the end of this turn.
Come and Get It
Prerequisite: 7th level
You can expend one superiority die and use an action on
your turn to cry out in challenge to nearby enemies. Enemies
that can see and hear you within 30 feet must make a
Charisma saving throw. A creature that is immune to being
frightened automatically succeeds on this saving throw. Each
creature that fails this saving throw must immediately use its
reaction to move as far as its speed allows towards you.
Roll the superiority die, and deal that much damage to
each of these creatures that ends the move within 5 feet of
you. The damage is of the same type as can be dealt by a
weapon of your choice that you are wielding.
Defensive Attack
Prerequisite: Defense fighting style
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can
expend a superiority die and use a bonus action to take the
Dodge action. Add the superiority die to the attack's damage
roll.
Disrupting Attack
Prerequisite: 10th level
When a creature you can see and hear begins casting a
spell, you can use your reaction to make a weapon attack
against that creature. On a hit, add the superiority die to the
attack's damage roll. Hit or miss, the creature must
immediately make a Constitution saving throw, with
disadvantage if you make a melee attack and hit. On a failure,
the creature's spell fails and has no effect.
Execution
Prerequisite: Great Weapon Fighting fighting style
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack you make
with a melee weapon you are wielding with two hands, you
can expend a superiority die to try and finish the target off.
Add your superiority die to the attack's damage roll, and use
the maximum value for all of the attack's weapon dice instead
of rolling them.
After taking this damage, if the creature you hit has less hit
points than your proficiency bonus plus twice your fighter
level, it must make a Constitution saving throw. If it fails, it
immediately drops to 0 hit points.
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Grappling Attack
    When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack and
you have a free hand, you can expend one superiority die and
use a bonus action to attempt to grapple the creature you hit.
The creature must be within your reach and no more than
one size category larger than you. Add the superiority die to
the Strength (Athletics) check made to grapple the creature
you hit.
Great Cleave
Prerequisite: 7th level
When you reduce a creature to 0 hit points with a melee
weapon attack on your turn, you can expend one superiority
die to allow you to move 10 additional feet this turn if your
speed is not 0. You gain an extra action that you can use
before the end of this turn, which you can use only to take the
Attack action (one weapon attack only). If you use this action
to make a weapon attack and hit, add the superiority die to
the attack's damage roll.
Hail of Arrows
Prerequisite: 15th level
As an action on your turn, you can expend a superiority die
and make a ranged weapon attack against any number of
creatures that you can see. Make separate attack rolls for
each target, and a single damage roll to apply to each hit,
adding the superiority die to the damage (apply critical hit
damage to individual attacks as appropriate).
Lead the Attack
Prerequisite: 7th level, Charisma 13 or higher
When you hit an enemy with a weapon attack on your turn,
you can expend one superiority die to expose its weak points
to your allies. Add the superiority die to the attack's damage
roll. The first time each turn before the start of your next turn
one of your allies hits the same creature with an attack, add
your proficiency bonus to the attack's damage roll.
Martial Resurgence
Prerequisite: 15th level
You can expend any number of superiority dice and use a
bonus action to take a quick breath and ready yourself for an
especially tough battle. For each die you spend, you can
spend up to four Hit Dice to regain hit points as if you were
taking a short rest, and add the superiority die to the hit
points regained.
Mighty Strikes
Prerequisite: 15th level
When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can
expend one superiority die to strike with deadly precision.
You gain the following benefits for the rest of this turn:
Add the superiority die to each weapon attack roll you
make this turn.
Weapon attacks you make this turn can score a critical hit
on a roll of 19-20.
Each time this turn you make a weapon attack against a
creature you can see, you have advantage on the attack
roll.
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Martial Adept
If you use the optional Feats rule, you may consider
adding the following benefit to the Martial Adept
feat to aid other fighter archetypes who select this
feat:
Each time you gain an ability score increase or
feat, you can also replace one maneuver you
know with a different one.
Off-Hand Strike
Prerequisite: Two-Weapon Fighting fighting style
When you take the Attack action and hit a creature with a
melee weapon attack with a weapon you are holding in one
hand, you can expend one superiority die. You add the
superiority die to the attack's damage roll, and can make an
additional attack as part of this Attack action.
You must make this additional weapon attack with a
different melee weapon that you’re holding in the other hand.
Both weapons must be light weapons unless you have the
Dual Wielder feat.
Parry and Riposte
Prerequisite: Dueling fighting style
When a creature you can see hits you with a melee attack,
you can expend one superiority die and use a reaction to
attempt to parry the incoming attack and counterattack. Add
the superiority die to your AC against the triggering attack,
which may make the attack miss.
After the attack is resolved, you can make a melee weapon
attack with a one-handed weapon against the creature that
made the triggering attack.
Pinning Attack
   When a creature within 5 feet of you moves at least 1 foot,
you can expend one superiority die and use your reaction to
attempt to entrap the enemy with your weapon strikes. Make
a melee weapon attack against the triggering creature, and
add the superiority die to the attack roll.
If the weapon attack hits and the creature you hit is no
more than one size category larger than you, that creature's
speed becomes 0 for the rest of the turn.
Powerful Strikes
Prerequisite: 7th level
When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can
expend one superiority die to add extra power to your
weapon strikes. The first time you hit with a weapon attack
this turn, add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll.
Each time you hit with a weapon attack this turn, add your
proficiency bonus to the attack's damage roll.
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Shield Bash
Prerequisite: Protection fighting style
When you are wielding a shield and hit with a weapon
attack on your turn, you can expend one superiority die and
use a bonus action on your turn to bash an enemy with your
shield. Add your superiority die to the attack's damage roll as
bludgeoning damage. The creature you hit must make a
Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of your
next turn.
Spring Attack
Prerequisite: 7th level
When a hostile creature you can see moves closer to you
and ends the movement within 5 feet of you, you can expend
a superiority die and use you reaction to immediately move
up to half your speed and make a weapon attack against that
creature. If that weapon attack hits, add the superiority die to
the attack's damage roll.
You can make the weapon attack before or after you move,
and this movement doesn't provoke opportunity attacks from
the triggering creature.
Unbroken
Prerequisite: 10th level
When you take damage, you can expend one superiority die
and use your reaction to steel yourself against the blow. You
halve the triggering instance of damage. After you take the
damage, roll the superiority die and add your fighter level. You
gain that many temporary hit points, which last until you
finish a short or long rest.
Unstoppable
Prerequisite: 15th level
When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can
expend one superiority die to become a rampaging engine of
carnage. You gain the following benefits for the rest of this
turn:
Each time you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack,
add the superiority die to the attack's damage.
Each time you reduce a creature to 0 hit points with a
melee weapon attack, you gain an additional weapon
attack that can be made as part of the triggering Attack
action.
Each time you hit a creature with challenge rating 4 or
less with a melee weapon attack, it instantly drops to 0 hit
points. You don't need to roll damage for those attacks.
Volley Fire
Prerequisite: 7th level
As an action on your turn, you can expend one superiority
die and choose a point within range of a ranged weapon you
wield. You unleash a rain of projectiles upon the area. Make a
ranged weapon attack against each creature you choose that
you can see within 10 feet of the chosen point.
Make separate attack rolls for each target, and a single
damage roll to apply to each creature you hit, adding the
superiority die to the damage (apply critical hit damage to
individual creatures as appropriate).
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Warlord's Recovery
Prerequisite: 10th level, Charisma 13 or higher
When a creature friendly to you that you can see takes
damage or fails a saving throw, if that creature can see and
hear you, you can expend one superiority die and use a
reaction to bolster that ally. You grant the creature one of the
following benefits based on the trigger:
If the creature failed a saving throw, it can reroll the
saving throw and use either result, adding the superiority
die to the chosen roll.
If the creature took damage, roll the superiority die and
add your fighter level. Reduce the triggering instance of
damage by the resulting amount.
Warning Shot
Prerequisite: Archery fighting style
When an enemy you can see hits a creature friendly to you
with an attack, you can expend one superiority die and use a
reaction to make a ranged weapon attack against the enemy.
Resolve this attack before the triggering attack. If the weapon
attack hits, add the superiority die to the friendly creature's
AC against the triggering attack, which may make the attack
miss.
Version 1.3 Changes
Changed Mighty Strikes to no longer add a
direct damage buff.
Version 1.1 Changes
Minor grammar fixes and wording changes.
Improvements to All-Out Attack, Martial
Resurgence, and Unstopptable to bring them
more in line with Hail of Arrows and Mighty
Strikes.
Strikes
Slight buff to Warlord's Recovery to bring it
more in line with other level 10 Maneuvers.
Credits
Author: Magil Zeal (magilzeal@gmail.com)
For: Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition
References: D&D 5th Edition Player's Handbook,
Warriors of Myth and Legend
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