The Myoshidius

The Myoshidius
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 Level   PB   Points  Features  Tattoos 
1st +2 2 Will Points, Skillslinger 1
2nd +2 3 Diacrosia, Objectivity (x1) 1
Mission Focus, Virtuoso's
3rd +2 3 1
Prowess (x1)
Ability Score Improvement,
4th +2 4 1
Upgrade (x1)
5th +3 4 Extra Attack, Objectivity (x2) 2
6th +3 5 Virtuoso's Prowess (x2) 2
7th +3 5 Tattoo Effects (x2) 2
8th +3 6 Ability Score Improvement 2
Objectivity (x3), Mission
9th +4 6 3
Focus feature
Ability Score Improvement ,

10th +4 6 3
Upgrade (x2)
11th +4 7 Virtuoso's Prowess (x3) 3
12th +4 7 Ability Score Improvement 4
Determination Burst,
13th +5 8 4
Objectivity (x4)
Mission Focus feature, Tattoo
14th +5 8 4
Effects (x3)
Virtuoso's Prowess (x4),
15th +5 9 5
Upgrade (x3)
16th +5 9 Ability Score Improvement 5
17th +6 10 Unwind 5
Skillslinger Improvement,
18th +6 10 6
Upgrade (x4)
19th +6 11 Ability Score Improvement 6
Virtuoso's Ceiling, Tattoo
20th +6 11 6
Effects (x4)

Flavor Text
Under rework. TO DO.
Basic concepts to keep in mind: Myoshidius are very
focused on their objectives and they train until they reach
absolute perfection. In my homebrew world, these qualities
stem from the fact that they were affected by the powers of
old gods, but in your world they can be affected by anything
else or they might be just naturally focused.

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Creating a Myoshidius
When creating a Myoshidius, choose your main objective in
life. Myoshidi tend to heavily focus on a single thing, until
they reach perfection. You may come from a life of crime
and law evasion, and you turned out to become an expert in
infiltration, mastering the art of entering places without
being noticed. Or maybe you are an expert monster hunter,
and your skills allow you to grapple creatures larger than
you with ease. Or even, you studied and understood
everything about the font of Myoshidius power, and
specialized in occult knowledge, which allowed you to cast
spells.
A Myoshidius also recognizes the importance of hard
work and dedication and they always try their best at
everything, but their approach is almost always
straightforward and sometimes that causes them to tunnel
vision and to miss alternative paths to the solution.
Quick Build
You can make a myoshidius quickly by following these
suggestions. First, put your highest ability score in
Strength or Dexterity depending on whether you want to
focus on melee weapons or on finesse weapons. Your next-
highest score should be Constitution, or Charisma if you
plano to follow the Bewitcher Mission Focus. Second,
choose the Soldier background.
Class Features
As a myoshidius, you gain the following class features.
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d10 per myoshidius level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: ld10 (or 6) + your
Constitution modifier per myoshidius level after 1st
Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields
Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons
Tools: Calligrapher's supplies, one musical instrument of
your choice
Saving Throws: Strength, Constitution
Skills: Choose any two
Multiclassing and the myoshidius
If your group uses the optional rule on
multiclassing in the Player's Handbook, here's
what you need to know if you choose
myoshidius as one of your classes.
Ability Score Minimum. As a multiclass
character, you must have at least either a
Strength or Dexterity score of 13, to take a level
in this class, or to take a level in another class if
you are already a myoshidius.
Proficiencies Gained. If myoshidius isn't your
initial class, here are the proficiencies you gain
when you take your first level as a myoshidius:
light armor, medium armor, shields, one skill of
your choice, calligrapher's supplies.
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the
equipment granted by your background:
(a) scale mail or (b) leather armor
(a) two martial weapons or (b) a martial weapon and a
shield
(a) five javelins or (b) a longbow and 20 arrows
(a) burglar's pack, (b) dungeoneer's pack, (c) explorer's
pack or (d) scholar's pack
calligrapher's supplies
If you forgo this starting equipment, as well as the items
offered by your background, you start with 5d4 x 10 gp to
buy your equipment.
Will Points
You have 2 will points, and you gain more as you reach
higher levels, as shown in the Will Points column of the
Myoshidius table. You will gain access to several features
that allow you to spend these points. You regain all spent
will points when you finish a long rest.
Skillslinger
Whenever you make an ability check, you can spend 1 will
point to get a 15 on a d20 roll. You can wait until after the
roll before deciding to use this feature, but must decide
before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails.
Starting at 18th level, this effect improves to a 17 on the
roll.
Tactical Usage of Skills
Skills can offer a lot of versatility in fights,
specially if the player knows all actions that they
can take in combat. Here are a few examples of
the most common uses of skills in combat:
Grapple (PHB p. 195): You can hold a
creature in place, and move it around,
manipulating the battlefield. Furthermore, you
only use one hand to grapple, and if your
other hand is free, you can still attack.
Shove (PHB p. 195): When you successfully
shove a creature, you can knock it prone,
which grants advantage on melee attacks
made against it.
Hide (PHB p. 192): Hiding in combat can not
only help you escape attacks, but also gives
you advantage on an attack against a creature
that doesn't see you.
Tumble (DMG p. 272): When a creature is
blocking your path, or when you want to
surround a creature, you can Tumble through
its space, using an action or bonus action. If
your table uses the Optional Flanking Rule,
tumbling is a good way to flank an enemy.
Skillslinger's Tattoo
Using Calligrapher's supplies, you can make a magical
tattoo that enhances your skills and gives you incredible
and somewhat magical abilities. You take 2 hours and 8 gp
worth of fine ink to make the tattoo.
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 When you finish the tattoo, it gains one effect of your
choice (see "Tattoo Effects" below).
Once per turn, when you make an ability check using an
action or a bonus action, you can spend 1 Will point and
choose one effect of a Skillslinger Tattoo you have to
activate.
Beginning at 7th level, you can activate two different
effects, instead of one, whenever you use this feature. The
number of different effects increases to three when you
reach 14th level in this c1ass and to four when you reach
20th level in this c1ass.
All tattoo effects happen as part of the same
action/bonus action that you took to make the ability check,
and you can choose the order in which everything occurs.
At your GM's discretion, you may use an action or bonus
action to activate tattoo effects without making an ability
check.
You gain an additional Skillslinger Tattoo of your choice
when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown in the
No. of Tattoos column of the myoshidius table.
You can always change a Skillslinger's Tattoo that you
have for another of your choice, but you have to spend
again 2 hours and 8 gp.
Tattoo Effects
Sword Tattoo. You can instantly make a single attack
using a light weapon.
Fish Tattoo. You can instantly take a Disengage or
Dodge action.
Vortex Tattoo. You can instantly teleport up to 3m/10ft
to an unoccupied space you can see.
Crystal Tattoo. Choose a creature within 9m/30ft of you.
You can instantly pull them 1,5m/5ft towards your
direction.
Lyre Tattoo. Choose a creature within 3m/10ft of you.
Make a Charisma (Peformance) check contestesd by their
Wisdom (Insight) check. If the creature fails, it becomes
Charmed by you until the start of your next turn.
Goggles Tattoo. If you make an Intelligence, Wisdom or
Charisma check, you gain knowledge about a creature or
object you can see. You learn about one of its damage
resistances, immunities or vulnerabilities (your choice), if
any.
Spider Tattoo. If you are grappling, shoving, climbing, or
tumbling through a creature, it has disadvantage on the
first attack of its next turn.
Top Hat Tattoo. You can instantly take a Use an Object
action without anyone noticing, and you can speak without
moving your mouth until the start of your next turn.
Tressym Tattoo. You can see invisible creatures or
objects and into magical darkness until the start of your
next turn.
Wyrm Tattoo. Walking, swimming and climbing doesn't
cost you any extra feet until the start of your next turn.
Lightning Tattoo. You gain 4,5m/15ft of additional
movement until the start of your next turn.
Magmin Tattoo. Your weapon attacks deal fire damage
instead of their normal damage until the start of your next
turn.
Spring Tattoo. Your jump distance is tripled for any one
jump that you make before the start of your next turn.
Specter Tattoo. You become invisible until the end of
your next turn. This effect ends if you attack or cast a spell.
Crow Tattoo. You can perfectly mimick the voice or
sound of any creature you have heard for the next minute.
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Smoking Pipe Tattoo. If you make a Wisdom (Insight)
check in the next minute to detect if a person is lying, you
also catch a glimpse of their mind, gaining knowledge of
their surface thoughts and intentions (it varies with the
result of the check).
Optional Details
The options described here try to cover some scenarios
that might occur and also add a little more depth to
skillslinger's tattoos. But they are optional and can be
partially or totally ignored if your GM chooses to do so.
Tattoo Customization
Up to your GM, the tattoos can be customized, be creative!
Your tattoo doesn't need to be a sword, or fish, or
goggles, it can be anything you want, as long as you
don't change the original effect and don't confuse
yourself;
The tattoos can have or be specific symbols or even
written words;
You can have more than one tattoo on the same body
part. Your back is wide enough to fit easily three tattoos
or more, but the back of your hand is not.
Tattoos made on wrists, arms, legs and other parts can
be a decorated line that wraps around the body part;
The tattoos can be colored, shine very faintly in a
mystical way, have a specific smell or a specific feel
when touched;
Some tattoos can be joined into a single, bigger tattoo,
where each smaller tattoo represents a part of the total.
Losing a Skillslinger's Tattoo
Losing a tattoo (by severed members, severe burn,
transmutation effects, etc) makes you lose the ability to
activate the effect of that tattoo. Your GM decides if a
situation is severe enough to cause you to lose a tattoo
completely or just temporarily.
At any point after losing a tattoo you can recreate it
(spending 2 hours and 8 gp), with the same effect as before,
or maybe with another one of your choice that you don't
already have.
Diacrosia
At 2nd level, you gain a choice of improving your mental
capacity or your physical prowess. You can choose to gain
both abilities described below, or you can gain one fighting
style of your choice available in the fighter class instead. All
abilities below have a DC of 15 and the GM can only use
information from the creature's stat block (otherwise the
feature fails).
Identify Weakness
When a creature takes an action, you can use your reaction
to make an Intelligence (Investigation) check to deduce
information about that creature. If you succeed, you ask
your GM a polar question (a yes–no question) about the
creature, and your character gains knowledge of the
answer.
Compare Strength
When a creature takes an action, you can use your reaction
to make a Wisdom (Insight) check, and if you succeed, you
gain an idea of that creature's characteristics when
comparing to you.
You choose a characteristic like Strength score, Armor Unwind
Class, current hit points, etc. and the GM says if it's higher,
equal or lower than yours. Your character gains knowledge At 17th level, you gain the ability to regenerate your will
of the answer. power. If you started your turn without any Will Points, you
can use an action and restore a number of them equal to
Objectivity your Constitution modifier.
At 2nd level, you gain proficiency with one skill of your Virtuoso's Ceiling
choice. Also choose one of your skill proficiencies. You gain
expertise with that skill, which means that your proficiency At 20th level, you achieve the peak of skill level. You can't
bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses have disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks or saving
the chosen proficiency. throws.
At 5th, 9th and 13th, you gain both effects again,
choosing one more skill to gain proficiency and one more
skill you are proficient to gain expertise.
Mission Focus
At 3rd Level, you choose a Mission Focus. Your character
has goals in life, and they train to achieve those goals. You
have four options of Mission Focus to choose from,
Defensive, Offensive, Swasher and Bewitcher, each of
which is detailed at the end of the class's description.
Each Mission Focus gives you features at 3rd, 9th and
14th levels, two new tattoo options and a group of
upgrades.
Additional Tattoo Effects
Your choice of Mission focus gives you two new tattoo
effects. These tattoos don't count towards your maximum
number of tattoos, so once you imprint them onto your
body, there's no need to remove them.
Upgrades
At 4th, 10th, 15th and 18th levels, you choose one upgrade
from the list to obtain. When selecting an upgrade, you can
select one that has been already selected before, and their
effects stack.
Virtuoso's Prowess
Starting at 3rd level you greatly improve your ability
towards some skills. Choose a skill. Whenever you make an
ability check that uses your proficiency bonus with the
chosen skill, you can treat a d20 roll of 10 or lower as a 11.
You can apply this effect to an additional skill of your
choice at 6th, 11th and 15th levels.
Ability Score Improvement
When you reach 4th, 8th, 10th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level,
you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or
you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As
normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using
this feature.
Extra Attack
Beginning at 5th Level, you can attack twice, instead of
once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Determination Burst
At 13th level, you gain proficiency with Wisdom saving
throws. Additionally, when you fail a Wisdom saving throw,
you may add your Constitution modifier to the roll,
potentially causing you to succeed the save. You can only
do so again after you finish a short or long rest.

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 Mission Focus
Defensive
You already took too many risks in your life and that made
you more sturdy and attentive.
Additional Tattoo Effects
You gain two new tattoo effects. These tattoos don't count
towards your maximum number of tattoos.
Hand Tattoo. For the next minute, you can take one
reaction, when a creature within 1,5m/5ft from you is about
to take damage.
You switch places with that creature if the At 4th, 10th, 15th and 18th levels you choose one of the
creature is willing and isn't incapacitated. This movement
doesn't provoke opportunity attacks. After that you take all
the damage that the creature would take.
Rhino Tattoo. You gain temporary hit points equal to
1d4 + your proficiency bonus.
Upgrades
At 4th, 10th, 15th and 18th levels you choose one of the
upgrades below. You can repeat upgrades.
Stout. Your hit point maximum increases by an amount
equal to your level. Whenever you gain a level thereafter,
your hit point maximum increases by an additional 1 hit
point.
Impervious. While wearing armor and using a shield,
reduce damage from weapon attacks by 2.
Elusive. Whenever you make a saving throw to avoid the
effects of a spell, add a +1 bonus to the roll.
Vigorous. Your Hit Dice restore 2 additional hit points
each.
Plate Adept
At 3rd level, when choosing this group as your focus, you
gain 2 benefits:
You gain proficiency with heavy armor;
You don't suffer disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth)
checks caused by armor;
Battle Epicenter
At 9th level, you became accustomed to being in the center
of the fight. Whenever you make a saving throw to avoid the
effects of a spell, you can automatically succeed if the
caster is friendly to you and allows you to do so.
Additionally, whenever you would make an opportunity
attack, you instead take an Attack action, which must
include at least one attack against the provoking creature.
Ever Stand
At 14th level, you become a pillar of vigor. You gain
resistance to a damage type of your choice. With a bonus
action, you can change this resistance for another of your
choice.
Additionally, if you end a short rest without any Hit Dice
remaining, you restore 4 and you can immediately spend
up to 2 of them if you wish.
Offensive
You are more of a lone wolf and you'd rather help yourself
slay goblins and dragons instead of others.
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Additional Tattoo Effects
You gain two new tattoo effects. These tattoos don't count
towards your maximum number of tattoos.
Snake Tattoo. You need to pay 1 additional will point to
activate this tattoo. You can instantly make a single weapon
attack, and it deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Thri-Kreen Tattoo. You can instantly stow up to 2
weapons and draw up to 2 other weapons.
Upgrades
upgrades below. You can repeat upgrades.
Precise. Choose a type of martial weapon, while you are
using weapons of that type, it gains +2 to attack rolls.
Upgrading this option further gives you the same bonus
with more types of weapons.
Crusher. You add +2 to the damage roll of one-handed
martial weapons.
Marksman. While using a weapon that has range, its
range is increased by:
6m/12m (20ft/40ft) if it has the thrown property;
12m/36m (40ft/120ft) if it has the ammunition property.
Refined Strikes. Choose a type of martial weapon, while
you are using weapons of that type, it gains the finesse
property. Upgrading this option further gives you finesse
with more weapons.
Weapon Master
Starting at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with improvised
weapons. Additionally, you can always add your proficiency
bonus to any weapon attack you make that doesn't already
include your proficiency bonus.
Adrenaline
At 9th level, the adrenaline you feel during a fight gives you
uncanny focus. Whenever you land a critical hit with a
martial weapon, you restore 1 Will point.
Bonus Fighting Style
Also at 9th Level, you gain a fighting style of your choice
available in the fighter class.
Somatic Channeling
At 14th Level, you learn to channel your body strength into
a short burst of weapon attacks. When you activate your
Snake Tattoo, you can choose to make two attacks instead
of one.
You can use this ability once and you restore its use after
a short or long rest.
Swasher
You improved your sense of tactics and positioning, that
came along with some roguish techniques and tricks.
Additional Tattoo Effects
You gain two new tattoo effects. These tattoos don't count
towards your maximum number of tattoos.
 Acrobat Tattoo. Until the end of the turn, your weapon
attacks deal additional damage equal to 1d8 + your
proficiency modifier when you hit the last creature that you
successfully tumbled through this turn. You can't be using a
shield when you activate this effect.
X Tattoo. Until the end of the turn, your weapon attacks
that miss still deal half damage if the target hasn't taken a
turn yet this round. You can't be using a shield when you
activate this effect.
Upgrades
At 4th, 10th, 15th and 18th levels you choose one of the
upgrades below. You can repeat upgrades.
Swift. Your walking speed increases by 1,5m (5ft.).
Alert. You add a +2 bonus to initiative.
Multitasker. Choose a skill you're proficient with.
Checks with that skill (that would be made as an action)
can also be made as a bonus action.
Tactical Warning. After you roll initiative, another
creature of your choice adds a +2 bonus to their initiative.
Advantageous Position
At 3rd level, you gain an upper hand in combat against
slower targets. You have advantage on ability contests
against any creature that hasn't taken a turn in the round
yet.
Strategical Diversion
Starting at 9th level, after you roll for initiative, you may
choose up to two creatures that you can see. One of them
adds 5 to their initiative count and the other subtracts 5.
Herald of Lightspeed
Starting at 14th level, you exhale an agility aura, that makes
you and your friends fast and harder to predict. After you
roll initiative, your agility aura gains an initiative count,
which is equals to your count minus 12. You can't do
anything during your aura's turn, but you gain two benefits:
Creatures that act after your aura have disadvantage on
attacks against allies that act before your aura;
Creatures that act before your aura have advantage on
attacks against enemies that act after your aura;
Bewitcher
You studied more about the origins of the Class Primes,
and of their powers. You unraveled occult secrets of old
times, and that allowed you to become a specialist on
Skillslinging, mixing it with magic.
Additional Tattoo Effects
You gain two new tattoo effects. These tattoos don't count
towards your maximum number of tattoos.
Monkey Tattoo. When you create this tattoo, you choose
a spell from your list of known spells (see "Spellcasting"
below) with a casting time of an action or a bonus action to
store as the effect of this tattoo. When you activate this
tattoo, you cast the stored spell at its lowest level without
expending spell slots. If the spell is 3rd-level or higher, you
also have to pay 1 additional will point as part of casting
the spell.
A myoshidius doesn't ignore the components of the spell
when casting it, only the spell slots.
You can have a number of Monkey Tattoos equal to your
Charisma modifier, and they each count as a different
tattoo, as long as you choose a different spell for each.
Since you can't cast more than one non-cantrip spell per
turn (PHB p. 203), you also can't activate more than one
Monkey Tattoo per turn.
Drum Tattoo. You can cast a cantrip.
Upgrades
At 4th, 10th, 15th and 18th levels you choose one of the
upgrades below. You can repeat upgrades.
Adept of Magic. You learn one spell of 1st-level or higher
from the bard spell list or one of these three special spells:
Infuse Training, Discipline and King-of-All-Trades (which
can be found in this link).
This spell doesn't count towards your total number of
spells known, it also must be of a level equal to or lower
than your Max Spell Level and it can be from any school of
magic.
Unveiler. You learn one additional cantrip from the Bard
spell list. You use Charisma as your spellcasting ability for
it.
Exemplar. You increase your maximum number of Will
Points by 1.
Tattoist. Increase your maximum number of
skillslinger's tattoos by 1. You also decrease the cost and
time it takes to make one by half.
Spellcasting
At 3rd level, you improve your skillslinging with the ability
to cast spells.
Cantrips. you learn two cantrips: Guidance and Vicious
Mockery.
Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher. You know two
1st-level spells of your choice, which you must choose from
the enchantment and transmutation spells on the bard
spell list. These spells can be cast using the Monkey Tattoo.
The Spells Known column of the Bewitcher Spellcasting
table shows when you learn more bard spells of 1st level or
higher. Each of these spells must be an enchantment or
transmutation spell of your choice, and must be of a level
equal to or lower than the number shown in the Max Spell
Level column in the Bewitcher Spellcasting table for your
level.
Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace
one of the bard spells you know with another spell of your
choice from the bard spell list. The new spell must be of a
level equal to or lower than the number shown in the Max
Spell Level column in the Bewitcher Spellcasting table for
your level, and it must be chosen from the enchantment
and transmutation spells.
Spellcasting Ability. Charisma is your spellcasting
ability for your bard spells. 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 bard 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. Like a bard, you can use a musical
instrument as a spellcasting focus for your bard spells.
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Bewitcher Spellcasting short or long rest.
Spells Max Spell Spells Max Spell
Level Known Level Level Known Level Eerie Song
3rd 3 1 12th 7 2 At 14th Level, you gain the ability to curse the targets of
4th 3 1 13th 8 3 your spells by playing an eerie song. Whenever you cast a
spell using a Monkey Tattoo and it targets a single creature,
5th 4 1 14th 8 3 you can curse that creature for 1 minute. While cursed, the
6th 4 1 15th 9 3
target must make a Wisdom saving throw at the start of
each of its turns. If it fails, it can't target you with spells
7th 5 2 16th 9 3 until the start of their next turn.
8th 5 2 17th 10 3 You can only have one creature cursed at a time, if you
curse another creature, the previous curse is lifted. A
9th 6 2 18th 10 3 Remove Curse spell also ends this curse. When this curse
10th 6 2 19th 11 4 ends on a creature, it can't be cursed in this way again for
24 hours.
11th 7 2 20th 11 4
Rhythmic Magic
Nug Extraction Also starting at 14th Level, your training with both magic
Starting at 3rd level, you learn to extract magical energies and weapons improves your muscle memory, and allows
you to quickly switch from one to the other. Whenever you
from within yourself. You gain two actual spell slots which use your action to cast a cantrip, you can make a single
are always of a level equal to your Max Spell Level, and that weapon attack as part of the same action.
you can use to cast any of your Spells Known using their
normal casting time.
Magic Ink Mastery
At 9th level, your mastery with magical tattoos allows you
to infuse a slight burst of power into your spells. Whenever
you cast a spell using a Skillslinger's Tattoo, you may
choose to ignore its concentration. The spell then lasts for
its entire duration unless you stop it with an action.
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Myoshidius
A new challenging and complex class for the
world's greatest roleplaying game. Made to fit
the story of my world, Vifel.

Have you ever wanted to make a skill monkey

without being a doormat on the battlefield?
Then this is the class for you. You can get all
skills and still gain benefits that have impact in
combat, specially as a support.

It adds new and different mechanics, mostly

related to skill usage, and focus on unorthodox
combat mechanics like grapple and tumble.

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