Tome of Battle ll

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 Expanded Martial Manoeuvres
Manoeuvres For All (Optional Rule)
You may wish to implement this rule if you feel high level
martial characters fail to keep up with spellcasters. This
rule aims to give martial classes versatile resources that
are the near-equivalent of spells.
Manoeuvres. Whenever your class grants an ASI, you
gain access to 2 additional manoeuvres of your choice. If
your class grants the Spellcasting or Pact Magic feature, for
every spell it grants, you lose access to one manoeuvre.
This does not include spells granted by your subclass. If
you prepare spells, you can choose to prepare fewer spells
to gain access to more manoeuvres.
You can choose manoeuvres from the list below. When
you choose a manoeuvre, you must already know one
manoeuvre from every previous band in its Martial Focus
table. Each time you learn new manoeuvres, you can also
replace one manoeuvre you know with another
manoeuvre you qualify for.
Superiority Dice. You have a number of superiority
dice equal to your proficiency bonus, reduced by the level
of your highest spell slot (or Mystic Arcanum). Your
superiority die is a d6, unless you have a feature that
increases it. A superiority die is expended when you use it.
You can’t expend more than one superiority die on an
attack, check or saving throw. You regain all of your
expended superiority dice when you finish a short or long
rest.
Saving Throws. Some of your manoeuvres require
your target to make a saving throw to resist the
manoeuvre's effects. The saving throw DC is calculated as
follows:
Manoeuvre save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice)
Martial Focus Tables
Aggression
Grinding Heel, Lunging Attack, Piercing Strike,
1 1
Sundering Blow, Sweeping Attack, Wound
Dual Flurry, Disrupting Attack, Finishing Strike,
2 Hair Trigger, Seismic Hammer, Pushing Attack,
Relentless Advance
Fan of Knives, Eye for an Eye, Find the Gap,
3 Quick Toss
Interdiction, Precision Attack, Quick Toss
Blade Rush, Bloody Swathe, Killing Blow,
4 Strength
Lightning Strike
Command
Commander’s Strike, Distracting Strike,
1 Appraisal, Plan C, Steady Hand, Trapper
Manoeuvring Attack, Rally
Charm Offensive, Commanding Presence,
2 Blacksmith, First Aid
Tactical Assessment
3 Lead the Charge, Morale Boost, Rallying Cry
Barbaric Yawp, Call to Arms, Inspired Tactics,
4
Mass Intimidation
2
Control
Distracting Strike, Debilitating Strike, Sundering
1
Blow, Pocket Sand
Disarming Strike, Disrupting Attack, Goading
2 Attack, Menacing Attack, Pushing Attack, Pinning
Strike, Skirmisher
Countercharge, Crippling Blow, Find the Gap,
3
Interdiction, Precision Attack, Trip Attack
4 Barbaric Yawp, Mass Intimidation
Defence
Bait and Switch, Bodyguard, Shieldwall, Shield
1
Bash, Standfast
2 Defend, Brace, Goading Attack
3 Countercharge, Parry, Take Cover, Eye for an Eye
Battle Time, Defensive Stance, Healing Surge,
4
Himbo, Last Stand
Riding
1 Expert Rider, Steady Hand, Skirmish Cavalry
2 Cavalier’s Control, Heroic Mount, Momentum
3 Trampling Charge, Lead the Charge
4 Bloody Swathe, Lightning Strike
Speed
Dancer, Sprint, Falling with Style, Lunging Attack,
1
Sweeping Attack
Dual Flurry, Evasive Footwork, Hair Trigger, Pushing
2
Attack, Relentless Advance
Fan of Knives, Lead the Charge, Precision Attack,
3
Riposte, Take Cover
4 Battle Time, Blade Rush, Lightning Strike
Strength
Grinding Heel, Knockout, Shield Bash, Standfast,
Sweeping Attack, Sundering Blow, Wound
Choke Hold, Grappling Strike, Seismic Hammer,
2
Throw
Reverse Grapple, Feat of Strength, Trip Attack,
3
Barbaric Yawp, Himbo, Olympic Thrower, Titanic
4
Skill
Creative Talent, Dancer, Detective, Merchant’s
1
Ambush, Hidden Sanctuary, Charm Offensive,
2
3 Camouflage Expert, Combat Medic, Morale Boost
4 Legendary Master, Warrior’s Feast
Wits
Distracting Strike, Feinting Attack, Knockout,
1 Pickpocket, Piercing Strike, Plan C, Pocket Sand,
Trapper
Ambush, Disarming Attack, Escape Artist, Insightful
2 Strike, Pinning Strike, Skirmisher, Tactical
Assessment
Crippling Blow, Death from the Shadows, Fan of
3
Knives, Riposte, Quick Toss
4 Battle Time, Killing Blow, Olympic Thrower
Manoeuvres
Ambush (Improved)
Prerequisite: Stealth proficiency
When you make a Dexterity (Stealth) check or an
initiative roll, you can expend one superiority die and add
the die to the roll, provided you aren't incapacitated.
From 8th level, you can use this manoeuvre as a
reaction when a creature within 30 feet of you fails a
Dexterity (Stealth) check. The creature can reroll, using
your Dexterity (Stealth) bonus in place of its own, and can
roll and add the superiority die to its check.
Bait and Switch
When you're within 5 feet of a creature on your turn, you
can expend one superiority die and switch places with that
creature, provided you spend at least 5 feet of movement
and the creature is willing and isn't incapacitated. This
movement doesn't provoke opportunity attacks. Roll the
superiority die. Until the start of your next turn, you or the
other creature (your choice) gains a bonus to AC equal to
the number rolled.
Barbaric Yawp
Prerequisite: 14th level, 17 Constitution or higher,
Intimidation proficiency
While you have access to this manoeuvre, you can
increase the volume of your voice to up to three times as
loud as normal. Furthermore, as a bonus action, you can
expend and roll 5 superiority dice to unleash a terrifying
war cry. Choose any number of creatures within a 60-foot
cone extending from you. Each creature that can hear you
must make a Wisdom saving throw against a DC equal to
your superiority die total + your proficiency bonus. On a
failed save, a creature suffers cumulative effects based on
its current Hit Points.
50 Hit Points or fewer - Deafened until the end of your
next turn
40 Hit Points or fewer - Frightened of you for 1 minute
30 Hit Points or fewer - Stunned for 1 minute
20 Hit Points or fewer - Frightened and Charmed by you
for 1 hour
You must complete a long rest before using this
manoeuvre again.
Battle Time
Prerequisite: 10th level
As an action you can expend 3 superiority dice to enter a
state where time seems to slow. For the next minute, or
until you lose concentration (as if on a spell), at the end of
each of your turns roll one superiority die. Until the end of
your next turn you can add the number rolled to your
Dexterity checks and saving throws, and to the attack roll
of any Opportunity Attack you make. You can also add it to
your AC as a reaction whenever you are targeted by an
attack. This bonus to AC lasts until the end of your next
turn.
Blacksmith
Prerequisite: Smith’s Tools proficiency
When you make a Smith’s Tools check to repair or create
an item, you can expend one superiority die and add the
die to the roll. On a success, you halve the time and cost
needed to repair or create the item.
From 8th level, when you use this manoeuvre to create a
magic item that requires attunement, that item gains a
random minor magical property (DMG p.219).
Bloody Swathe
Prerequisite: 14th level, wielding either a heavy weapon, or
a weapon in two-hands
While you have access to this manoeuvre, when you
reduce a creature to 0 Hit Points with a melee attack, you
can deal one die of weapon damage to an adjacent
creature of your choice within reach, if your attack roll
would also beat their armour class.
Furthermore, as an action you can expend and roll 5
superiority dice to carve a path through your enemies.
Choose a number of 10-foot cubes equal to your Strength
modifier, which you can place according to the following
requirements:
The first cube you place must be adjacent to you.
Each cube, except the first and last, must have at least
two faces adjacent to the face of another cube.
All cubes must have one face adjacent to a traversable
surface.
You move through each cube, ending your action in an
unoccupied space within the last cube. This movement
does not provoke opportunity attacks. Each creature in the
area must make a Dexterity saving throw. It takes 3d10 + 5
superiority die in weapon damage on a failed save, or half
as much damage on a successful one. You must complete
a long rest before using this manoeuvre again.
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Blade Rush
Prerequisite: Animal Handling proficiency
Prerequisite: 10th level While mounted, as a bonus action you can expend a
As an action you can expend and roll four superiority superiority die and direct your controlled mount to use its
dice to strike a series of targets in quick succession. reaction to take the Dash, Disengage or Attack action (if it
Choose a number of creatures up to your proficiency has any attacks). If you direct it to attack you can add your
bonus that you can see, and that are within 30 feet of you proficiency bonus to the attack roll and if it hits add your
and within reach of a traversable surface. You move to an superiority die to the damage roll.
unoccupied space adjacent to the nearest target and make
a melee weapon attack against them. This doesn’t expend Charm Offensive
your movement or provoke opportunity attacks. You can Prerequisite: Persuasion or Deception proficiency
repeat this movement and attack until you have made one
By spending a minute in conversation with a creature,
attack against each target. On a hit, a target takes the total
you can expend and roll 2 superiority dice and attempt to
of your rolled superiority die in weapon damage.
charm them. The target must be able to see, hear and
understand you, and remain within 15 feet of you. Make a
Bodyguard
Charisma (Persuasion) or Charisma (Deception) check, and
As a bonus action you can expend and roll a superiority add the highest superiority die to your roll. The target
die to guard a creature that is within 5 feet of you. Until
contests your roll with a Wisdom (Insight) check. It
the end of your next turn, while the creature is within 5
automatically succeeds if you or your companions are
feet of you, it can add the superiority die to its AC, and
fighting it. If it fails, it is charmed by you for 10 minutes or
attack rolls against it have disadvantage. until you or your companions do anything harmful to it.
The charmed creature becomes neutral towards you if it
Brace
was hostile, or friendly if it was neutral.
When a creature you can see moves into the reach you
From 8th level, you can target any number of creatures
have with the versatile, two-handed, or heavy melee
with this manoeuvre.
weapon you're wielding, you can use your reaction to
expend one superiority die and make one attack against Combat Medic
the creature, using that weapon. If the attack hits, add the
Prerequisite: Medicine proficiency
superiority die to the weapon's damage roll.
While you have access to this manoeuvre you can use a
Call to Arms healing potion or healer’s kit on another creature as a
bonus action. When you use a healing potion or healer’s
Prerequisite: 18th level, Persuasion proficiency kit, you can expend and roll a superiority die and restore a
While you have access to this manoeuvre creatures number of additional Hit Points equal to the superiority
within 10 feet of you have advantage on saving throws to
die + your proficiency bonus.
end or resist the frightened condition. As an action you
can expend and roll 5 superiority dice to rally those Commander's Strike (Improved)
around you. You can grant a number of hit points equal to
When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can
the total of the superiority dice, multiplied by 20, divided
forgo one of your attacks and use a bonus action to direct
as you choose among any number of conscious creatures
one of your companions to strike. When you do so, choose
that can hear you within 60 feet. When a creature gains
a friendly creature who can see or hear you and expend
these Hit Points you can end the frightened or charmed
one superiority die. That creature can immediately use its
condition affecting them. You must complete a long rest
reaction to make one weapon attack, adding the
before using this manoeuvre again.
superiority die to the attack's damage roll.
Camouflage Expert From 8th level the creature makes this attack with
advantage.
Prerequisite: 8th level, Survival or Disguise Kit proficiency
When you attempt a Wisdom (Survival) or Dexterity
(Disguise Kit) check to create camouflage or a disguise, you
can expend and roll a superiority die and add it to your
total. On a success, you can create sufficient camouflage
or disguises for a number of creatures equal to twice your
proficiency bonus. These grant the wearer advantage on
Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to avoid being seen, or
Charisma (Deception) checks made to avoid attention. This
benefit lasts until the creature completes a long rest, or
until they are no longer wearing the camouflage or
disguise. The camouflage or disguise only works within a
single type of environment (such as a city, forest, the
underdark etc).

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Commanding Presence (Improved)
Prerequisite: Intimidation, Performance or Persuasion
proficiency
When you use your action to make a Charisma
(Intimidation), a Charisma (Performance), or a Charisma
(Persuasion) check, you can expend one superiority die
and add the superiority die to the ability check.
From 8th level, when you use this manoeuvre, you can
expend an additional superiority die to encourage
creatures that can see and hear you. Choose a number of
creatures that is up to a quarter of the total of your check
(rounded up). For the next minute, whenever one of these
creatures makes an attack roll or a saving throw, the target
can roll a d4 and add the number rolled to the attack roll
or saving throw. This d4 bonus replaces any additional
dice granted by spells or class features. This effect ends
early if you lose concentration (as if on a spell).
Countercharge
Prerequisite: 8th level
When a hostile creature moves to within 15 feet of you,
as a reaction you can expend a superiority die to move to
an adjacent unoccupied space, and make a melee weapon
attack against them with a versatile or heavy weapon. On a
hit, you can add the superiority die to the damage roll, and
the creature’s speed is reduced to 0 until the end of their
turn.
Creative Talent
While you have access to this manoeuvre, you gain
proficiency in one set of tools or a kit of your choice. When
you make a check to create something using a set of tools
or a kit with which you are proficient, you can expend one
superiority die and add it to your roll.
From 8th level, when you roll 5 or more above the DC to
create an object, you create a masterwork. The
masterwork is worth 10 times the object’s normal cost. If
the masterwork is a consumable that deals damage or
heals (like a trap or potion), you can roll twice the number
of damage or healing dice. If the masterwork has a DC (like
a poison or a disguise), its DC is increased by 5.
Crippling Blow
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can
expend one superiority die to strike a crippling blow,
temporarily hindering the target’s mobility. You add the
superiority die to the attack’s damage roll, and the
creature must expend an additional foot of movement for
each foot of its movement it uses until the end of your
next turn.
From 8th level, the hindered creature must make a
Dexterity saving throw if it takes the Dash action, falling
prone and ending its movement on a failure.
Choke Hold
Prerequisite: Athletics proficiency
When you make a melee attack, you can instead attempt
to put a creature of your size or smaller you have grappled
into a choke hold. Make a grapple attempt and expend a
superiority die. On a success, while you have the creature
grappled it is unable to speak or breathe, and at the start
of each of its turns it takes bludgeoning damage equal to
your Strength modifier + the superiority die. This
manoeuvre uses both your hands.
Dancer
Prerequisite: Acrobatics or Performance proficiency
While you have access to this manoeuvre you can use
either Dexterity (Acrobatics) or Dexterity (Performance)
when putting on a dance performance, or when
attempting to Tumble through another creature’s space.
When you dance or Tumble you can expend one
superiority die to gain advantage on the roll, and you can
add the superiority die to your total.
From 8th level, when you use this manoeuvre to Tumble,
it no longer requires the use of your action or bonus
action.
Death from the Shadows
Prerequisite: Stealth proficiency
When you attack while hidden, and reduce a creature to
0 Hit Points with the attack, as a reaction you can expend
and roll a superiority die and make a Dexterity (Stealth)
check to attempt to hide, adding the superiority die to
your total. On a success, your position is not revealed.
Debilitating Strike
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can
expend one superiority die to attempt to debilitate the
target. You add the superiority die to the attack’s damage
roll and the target must make a Constitution saving throw.
On a failed save, for the next minute the target deals only
half damage with weapon attacks that use Strength. The
creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of
its turns, ending the effect on a success.
Defend
When you or an ally within 5 feet of you is hit by an attack,
you can expend and roll a superiority die as a reaction to
intervene. The damage is reduced by the amount rolled on
the superiority die + your Constitution modifier, and you
take any remaining damage.
Defensive Stance
Prerequisite: 12th level
You can expend 4 superiority dice as an action to
assume a defensive stance. You gain resistance to
bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from attacks,
and at the end of each of your turns you can roll one
superiority die, and gain that many temporary Hit Points.
The effects of this manoeuvre end after 1 minute, or if you
lose concentration (as if on a spell).
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Detective
Prerequisite: Insight proficiency
When you make a Wisdom (Insight) or Intelligence
(Investigation) check, you can expend one superiority die
and add the die to the roll. When you use this manoeuvre
and succeed in a Wisdom (Insight) versus Charisma
(Deception) contest, you deduce the creature’s surface
thoughts.
Disrupting Attack
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can
expend and roll a superiority die to attempt to disrupt the
creature’s concentration. The creature suffers a penalty
equal to the number rolled on the superiority die to any
Constitution saving throw it makes to maintain
concentration as a result of the attack.
Disarming Attack
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can
expend one superiority die to attempt to disarm the
target, forcing it to drop one item of your choice that it's
holding. You add the superiority die to the attack's damage
roll, and the target must make a Strength saving throw. On
a failed save, it drops the object you choose. The object
lands at its feet.
Distracting Strike (Improved)
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can
expend one superiority die to distract the creature, giving
your allies an opening. The next attack roll against the
target by an attacker other than you has advantage if the
attack is made before the start of your next turn, and you
can add the superiority die to the attack roll.
Dual Flurry
Prerequisite: 8th level
While wielding a melee weapon in each hand as an
action you can expend and roll 2 superiority dice. You can
make a number of melee weapon attacks equal to the
number rolled on the highest superiority die. These
attacks must be against the same target.
Escape Artist
Prerequisite: Acrobatics proficiency
As a bonus action you can expend and roll a superiority
die to make a Dexterity (Acrobatics) check, adding the
superiority die to your total. If you are tied up, manacled,
grappled or restrained, you can use this check to attempt
to escape. Moreover, until the end of your turn, you ignore
difficult terrain, climbing and swimming do not cost any
additional movement, and any creature that attempts an
Opportunity Attack against you must first make an attack
roll against a DC equal to your Dexterity (Acrobatics) check.
On a failure, their reaction is wasted.
Evasive Footwork (Improved)
When you move on your turn, you can expend and roll one
superiority die. Until the start of your next turn you add
the number rolled to your AC and you gain a +10 feet
bonus to your walking speed.
Expert Rider
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Prerequisite: Animal Handling proficiency
When your controlled mount fails a saving throw, you
can expend and roll a superiority die and make a Wisdom
(Animal Handling) check as a reaction, adding the die to
your total. You can then replace the mount's saving throw
with your roll, potentially turning it into a success.
Eye for an Eye
Prerequisite: 8th level
When an ally is hit by an attack, as a reaction you can
expend and roll a superiority die to move up to half your
speed to an unoccupied space within reach of the attacker.
You can then make one melee weapon attack against the
attacker. On a hit, you can add the superiority die to the
damage roll.
Falling with Style
Prerequisite: Acrobatics proficiency
While you have access to this manoeuvre, when you
begin to fall you can make a Dexterity (Acrobatics) check as
a reaction, and expend one superiority die and add it to
your roll. If you would take damage from the fall, you can
reduce this damage by an amount equal to your check. If
you reduce the damage to 0, you can potentially prevent
the fall entirely. You might cling to the cliffedge by your
fingertips, throw a grappling hook, slow your fall by driving
your weapon into the wall, or angle your descent into a
hay cart or midden.
Fan of Knives
Prerequisite: 8th level, 17 Dexterity or higher
As an action you can expend and roll 2 superiority dice
to make a ranged attack with a dart or dagger against each
creature of your choice within a 20-foot cone. You can
draw the weapon as part of making each attack. On a hit,
you deal damage equal to the total of the superiority die +
your Dexterity modifier.
Feat of Strength
Prerequisite: Athletics proficiency
When you make a Strength (Athletics) check you can
expend one superiority die and add the die to the roll. For
this check, and for the next minute, you count as one size
larger when determining your carrying capacity and the
weight you can push, drag, or lift. Alternatively, when you
make an attack and hit an object, you can add the
superiority die to the damage roll. The object has
vulnerability to the damage of this attack.
Feinting Attack
You can expend one superiority die and use a bonus
action on your turn to feint, choosing one creature within
5 feet of you as your target. You have advantage on your
next attack roll against that creature this turn. If that attack
hits, add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll.

Find the Gap
Before you make a melee attack with a dagger or stiletto
against a grappled or restrained creature, you can expend
a superiority die as a bonus action. On a hit, you deal
additional weapon damage equal to your level + the
superiority die.
Finishing Strike
If during your turn you hit the same creature with a melee
attack for the fourth time in a row, you can expend a
superiority die to make an additional attack, adding the
superiority die to your attack roll. On a hit, if the creature’s
remaining Hit Point total is below your level, it dies.
First Aid (Improved)
Prerequisite: Medicine proficiency
As an action you can expend a superiority die and touch
a conscious and willing creature. The target can expend
one of their Hit Dice to regain Hit Points equal to the
number rolled on the Hit Die + your proficiency bonus +
your superiority die.
From 8th level, at the start of a short or long rest you
can choose a number of creatures up to your proficiency
bonus, and expend a superiority die to administer aid to
them over the course of the rest. When you complete the
rest each creature regains an expended Hit Die.
Goading Attack (Improved)
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can
expend one superiority die to attempt to goad the target
into attacking you. You add the superiority die to the
attack's damage roll, and the target must make a Wisdom
saving throw. On a failed save, the target has disadvantage
on attack rolls against targets other than you until the end
of your next turn.
From 8th level, an affected creature cannot willingly
move away from you, or cast spells that do not include you
as a target.
Grappling Strike
Prerequisite: Athletics proficiency
Immediately after you hit a creature with a melee attack
on your turn, you can expend one superiority die and then
try to grapple the target as a bonus action (see the Player's
Handbook for rules on grappling). Add the superiority die
to your Strength (Athletics) check.
Grinding Heel
When you cause a creature within 5 feet of you to become
prone, you can expend a superiority die and crush it under
your boot. The creature must succeed on a Dexterity
saving throw or take bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 +
your Strength modifier + your superiority die.
Hair Trigger
While wielding a crossbow you are proficient with, when
you roll initiative you can expend a superiority die as a
reaction to make a ranged attack with it. This attack is
made at disadvantage. On a hit you can add the
superiority die to the damage roll.
Healing Surge
Prerequisite: 14th level
While you have access to this manoeuvre, you regain all
expended Hit Die at the end of a long rest. In addition, you
can expend and roll 5 superiority dice as an action to
regain a number of Hit Points equal to your level + the
total of the superiority die. You must complete a long rest
before using this manoeuvre again.
Heroic Mount
Prerequisite: Animal Handling proficiency
While you are mounted, and your mount is reduced to 0
Hit Points, as a reaction you can expend and roll a
superiority die. Instead of falling unconscious or dying,
your mount is reduced to 1 Hit Point, gains temporary Hit
Points equal to the superiority die + your level, and can
move up to its speed using its reaction. These temporary
Hit Points disappear after 1 minute.
Hidden Sanctuary
Prerequisite: Survival proficiency
When you make a Wisdom (Survival) check to attempt to
find or hide a location, you can expend one superiority die
and add the die to the roll. This manoeuvre assists your
ability to find a secure and well hidden resting place for
your party, and to further cloak it from detection by
covering tracks, creating a screen of foliage, building a
smokeless fire, or similar. If you hide a location it requires
a successful Wisdom (Perception) check against a DC equal
to the total of your skill check to be found.
Himbo
Prerequisite: 12th level, 20 Strength or higher
While you have access to this manoeuvre, you can have
your AC equal 10 + your Strength modifier + your
Charisma modifier while you aren’t wearing any armour or
wielding a shield.
Furthermore, when you fail a Wisdom, Intelligence or
Charisma saving throw, you may expend and roll 4
superiority dice as a reaction, and add the highest
superiority die + your Strength modifier to the roll,
potentially turning it into a success. You must complete a
long rest before using this manoeuvre again.
Insightful Strike
Prerequisite: Insight proficiency
Before making an unarmed or weapon attack against a
creature you can expend a superiority die and roll a
Wisdom or Intelligence (Insight) check. If you roll higher
than the creature’s AC, the attack has advantage, and you
can add the superiority die to the roll to hit.
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Inspired Tactics
Prerequisite: 16th level, History, Investigation or Insight
proficiency
While you have access to this manoeuvre, you can take
the Help action as a bonus action, and its range increases
by 30 feet. Additionally, as an action you can take the lead,
coordinating those around you to act in support of each
other. Expend 5 superiority dice, and choose any number
of creatures within 30 feet of you. These creatures gain
advantage on all saving throws, and other creatures have
disadvantage on attack rolls against them. The effects of
this ability end after 1 minute, or if you lose concentration
(as if on a spell). You must complete a long rest before
using this manoeuvre again.
Interdiction
Prerequisite: 10th level
When a creature you can see within your reach begins to
cast a spell, you can expend and roll 3 superiority dice to
use your reaction to make an Opportunity Attack against
that creature. On a hit, you deal weapon damage equal to
the total of the superiority dice, and the caster must
succeed on a Concentration saving throw or the spell fails.
Killing Blow
Prerequisite: 18th level, 20 Strength or Dexterity or higher
While you have access to this manoeuvre, when you
critically hit with a weapon the target takes an additional
die of weapon damage. On a hit with a weapon attack you
can expend 5 superiority dice to perform a killing blow. If
the creature has fewer than 50 Hit Points, it dies.
Otherwise, the attack has no effect. You must complete a
long rest before using this manoeuvre again.
Knockout
When you hit with a melee attack and do nonlethal
damage, you can expend and roll 2 superiority die. If the
creature’s remaining Hit Points are below the total of the
superiority die + 3d8, the creature falls unconscious for 1
minute. The creature wakes if it takes damage, or if
someone uses an action to shake or slap it awake.
Last Stand
Prerequisite: 18th level, 17 Constitution or higher
When you are reduced to 0 Hit Points you can expend
and roll 5 superiority dice. For a number of rounds equal
to the highest superiority die, you cannot die or fall
unconscious, and your Hit Points can become negative.
While you have negative Hit Points your movement speed
becomes 10 feet. If you end your turn during the last of
these rounds, or you lose concentration (as if on a spell),
and you have negative Hit Points, you die.
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Lead the Charge
Prerequisite: 8th level
As a bonus action you can expend and roll 2 superiority
dice to lead a charge. Choose a number of creatures equal
to the total of the superiority die that can see and hear
you, and are within 30 feet of you, and then move up to
your speed toward a hostile creature. If you are mounted
on a controlled mount, you can direct the mount to move
its speed instead. The creatures you chose can use their
reactions to move their speed. They must end their
movement closer to you than where they began.
Legendary Master
Prerequisite: 16th level, Arcana and a Tool or Kit
proficiency
While you have access to this manoeuvre, you are able
to create items of legendary rarity, such as a Ring of
Invisibility or Vorpal Sword, if you have proficiency in the
appropriate tool or kit (Jewellers and Smith’s Tools,
respectively). The time and cost to create such an item is
halved, and on a successful check it gains a major
beneficial property of your choice (DMG p.219). When you
fail a check to use a set of tools or a kit with which you are
proficient, you can expend one superiority die to reroll,
and add the superiority die + your proficiency bonus to
your total. You must use the new roll. You must complete
a long rest before using this manoeuvre again.
Lightning Strike
Prerequisite: 14th level, 20 Strength or Dexterity or higher
While you have access to this manoeuvre, your speed
increases by 10 feet. If you are mounted, your mount also
receives this benefit. While wielding a weapon, you can
expend and roll 5 superiority dice to perform a lightning
quick charge through a group of enemies. Choose 5
creatures within 120 feet of you. Each creature you target
must be within 30 feet of another target, and within reach
of a traversable surface. Each target must make a
Dexterity saving throw, taking 5d8 + the superiority die in
weapon damage on a failed save, or half as much on a
successful one. You move between each target, ending
your move in an unoccupied space adjacent to the target
most distant from your original position. You must
complete a long rest before using this manoeuvre again.
Lunging Attack (Improved)
When you make a melee weapon attack on your turn, you
can expend one superiority die to increase your reach for
that attack by 5 feet. If you hit, you add the superiority die
to the attack's damage roll.
From 8th level you can increase your reach by 10 feet,
and the benefit lasts until the end of your turn.

Manoeuvring Attack
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can
expend one superiority die to manoeuvre one of your
comrades into a more advantageous position. You add the
superiority die to the attack's damage roll, and you choose
a friendly creature who can see or hear you. That creature
can use its reaction to move up to half its speed without
provoking opportunity attacks from the target of your
attack.
Mass Intimidation
Prerequisite: 14th level, Intimidation proficiency
While you have access to this manoeuvre, you can add
double your proficiency bonus to Intimidation checks.
When you critically hit or reduce a creature to 0 hp, or as
an action, you can expend and roll 5 superiority dice to
attempt to command a number of creatures up to the
total of the superiority die. The creatures must be within
30 feet of you and be able to hear and understand you.
You can command any combination of the following
actions:
Drop: The target drops whatever it is holding and then
ends its turn.
Fall Prone: The target falls prone and then ends its turn.
Flee: The target spends its turn moving away from you
by the fastest available means.
Halt: The target doesn't move and takes no actions. A
flying creature stays aloft, provided that it is able to do
so. If it must move to stay aloft, it flies the minimum
distance needed to remain in the air.
Surrender: The target becomes charmed by you, and
will not attack you or your companions.
You might also issue a command other than one
described here. If you do so, the DM determines how the
target behaves. If the target can't follow your command, or
if the command would cause the creature to come to
immediate harm, the command fails. Creatures that can’t
be frightened are immune to this manoeuvre.
When you speak your command, each target must make
a Wisdom saving throw. A creature that fails its save
pursues the course of action you commanded to the best
of its ability until it believes itself to be safe, or until you
command differently. If you or any of your companions
damage a creature affected by this ability, the effect ends
for all creatures affected by it. You must complete a long
rest before using this manoeuvre again.
Merchant’s Appraisal
Prerequisite: Investigation, Insight or Persuasion
proficiency
When you make an Intelligence (Investigation), Wisdom
(Insight) or Charisma (Persuasion) check to ascertain the
value of an item and haggle over its price, you can expend
one superiority die and add the die to the roll. If you roll
higher than the seller’s Charisma (Deception) check, you
learn the approximate value of the item, and the lowest
price the seller can accept.
Menacing Attack
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can
expend one superiority die to attempt to frighten the
target. You add the superiority die to the attack's damage
roll, and the target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On
a failed save, it is frightened of you until the end of your
next turn.
Momentum
Prerequisite: Animal Handling proficiency
While mounted, when your mount moves 10 feet or
more in a straight line and you immediately hit with a
weapon attack against a creature within 30 feet of you,
you can expend and roll a superiority die. The target
suffers additional weapon damage equal to the superiority
die + 1 for every 10 feet in a straight line your mount has
moved on your turn (up to a maximum of 60 feet).
Morale Boost
Prerequisite: 8th level, Persuasion, Performance, or
Medicine proficiency
When you spend and complete a long rest in the
company of your allies, you can expend and roll a
superiority die, and choose a number of creatures equal to
the superiority die + your proficiency bonus who can see,
hear and understand you. These creatures gain
Inspiration.
Olympic Thrower
Prerequisite: 14th level, 20 Strength or Dexterity or higher
While you have access to this manoeuvre, the normal
range of thrown weapons and objects doubles for you.
Furthermore, when you make a ranged attack with a
thrown weapon you can expend and roll 5 superiority dice
to send it flying toward one creature or object within 120
feet of you. On a hit, the target takes weapon damage
equal to the total of the superiority dice + 4d12.
Parry (Improved)
When a creature you can see hits you or an ally within 5
feet of you with an attack, as a reaction you can expend
one superiority die to increase either your or your ally’s AC
by the number you rolled on the superiority die,
potentially causing the attack to miss. The bonus to AC
lasts until the end of the turn.
Pickpocket
Prerequisite: Sleight of Hand proficiency
When you hit a creature with a melee attack, and you
have a free hand, you can expend a superiority die to try
to pickpocket a tiny item that they are carrying as a bonus
action. Make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check contested
by the target's Wisdom (Perception) check, adding the
superiority die to your total. On success, you pickpocket
the item.
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Pinning Strike
When you hit with a weapon attack you can expend and
roll one superiority die. Add the die to the damage roll.
The creature must succeed on a Strength saving throw or
its movement becomes 0 until the end of its next turn, or
until the creature uses its action to free itself.
Piercing Strike
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can
expend and roll one superiority die to ignore any
resistance it has to the damage of that attack. The creature
takes additional weapon damage equal to the superiority
die.
From 8th level when you use this manoeuvre until the
end of your turn all of your attacks against the creature
ignore its resistance to damage.
Plan C
Prerequisite: Thieves Tools proficiency
When you fail a Dexterity (Thieves Tools) check to pick a
lock or disarm a trap, you can expend one superiority die
to reroll, and you can roll and add the die to your total.
You must use the new roll.
From 8th level, when you use this manoeuvre, if the lock
was under the effects of the Arcane Lock spell, you can
ignore the spell’s effects.
Pocket Sand
As a bonus action you can expend one superiority die to
try to blind a creature within 5 feet of you. The target must
succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be blinded until
the end of its next turn. The next attack that hits the
creature while it is blinded can add the superiority die to
its damage roll.
Precision Attack
When you make a weapon attack roll against a creature,
you can expend one superiority die to add it to the roll.
You can use this manoeuvre before or after making the
attack roll, but before any effects of the attack are applied.
Pushing Attack (Improved)
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can
expend one superiority die to attempt to drive the target
back. You add the superiority die to the attack's damage
roll, and if the target is Large or smaller, it must make a
Strength saving throw. On a failed save, you push the
target up to 15 feet away from you. From 8th level, when
you hit with a melee weapon attack and successfully push
a creature, as a reaction you can move up to your speed to
the nearest unoccupied space adjacent to it, and make
another attack. On a hit the creature must make another
Strength saving throw or be pushed another 15 feet away
from you.
Quick Toss
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As a bonus action, you can expend one superiority die and
make a ranged attack with a weapon that has the thrown
property. You can draw the weapon as part of making this
attack. If you hit, add the superiority die to the weapon's
damage roll.
Rally
On your turn, you can use a bonus action and expend one
superiority die to bolster the resolve of one of your
companions. When you do so, choose a friendly creature
who can see or hear you. That creature gains temporary
Hit Points equal to the superiority die roll + your Charisma
modifier. From 8th level, you can end the frightened
condition on a creature that receives these temporary Hit
Points.
Rallying Cry
Prerequisite: 10th level
You can expend and roll 3 superiority dice as a bonus
action to let loose a rallying cry. You can cause creatures of
your choice that can hear you, and that are within 30 feet
of you to regain a number of Hit Points equal to the total
of the superiority dice.
Relentless Advance
When you take the Attack action and reduce a creature to
0 Hit Points with a weapon attack, you can expend a
superiority die and use your bonus action to move up to
your speed and make a melee weapon attack, adding the
superiority die to the damage roll on a hit.
Reverse Grapple
Prerequisite: Athletics proficiency
As a reaction when a creature successfully grapples you,
you can expend a superiority die and begin a grapple
contest with the creature, adding the superiority die to
your check. On a success you end the creature’s grapple,
and can choose to grapple the creature.
Riposte
When a creature misses you with a melee attack, you can
use your reaction and expend one superiority die to make
a melee weapon attack against the creature. If you hit, you
add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll.
Shield Bash
Prerequisite: Proficiency in shields
While you are wielding a shield, when you attempt to
shove a creature you can expend and roll a superiority die
and add the result to your check. On a success you cause
the creature to take bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 +
your Strength modifier.
Shieldwall
While you are wielding a shield, during your turn you can
use a bonus action to expend a superiority die and raise
your shield. Roll the superiority die and choose up to 2
allied creatures that are wielding a shield and are within 5
feet of you. Until the start of your next turn, and while you
remain within 5 feet of each other, you and any creature
you chose gain a bonus to AC equal to the number rolled.

Seismic Hammer
Prerequisite: 20 Strength or higher
As an action you can expend and roll 2 superiority dice
and strike the ground, causing a tremor in a 10-foot cube
extending from you. Each creature in that area must make
a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes
bludgeoning damage equal to the total of the superiority
dice and is knocked prone. If the ground in that area is
loose earth or stone, it becomes difficult terrain until
cleared.
Skirmish Cavalry
Prerequisite: Animal Handling proficiency
When you direct a controlled mount to take the
disengage action, you can expend and roll a superiority
die. Until the beginning of your next turn the mount can
add the superiority die to its AC, attack rolls against it have
disadvantage, and its speed increases by 20 feet.
Skirmisher
When you make a ranged attack roll with a thrown
weapon, you can expend a superiority die to ignore any
disadvantage imposed by attacking at long range. On a hit,
roll and add the superiority die to the damage roll.
From 8th level, on a hit against a creature, you reduce
their speed by 10 feet until the end of your next turn.
Sprint
Prerequisite: Athletics proficiency
As a bonus action you can expend one superiority die to
attempt a burst of speed. Make a Strength (Athletics)
check, roll and add the superiority die, and then double
your total. You can move this many additional feet. From
8th level, when you use this manoeuvre your movement
ignores difficult terrain until the end of your turn.
Standfast
When you fail a skill check or saving throw made to avoid
being knocked prone, moved, or shoved, you can expend a
superiority die to reroll, and add the superiority die to your
total. You must use the new roll.
Steady Hand
Prerequisite: Vehicles (land or water) proficiency
When you fail a check to control a vehicle, you can
expend one superiority die to reroll, and you can add the
superiority die to your roll. You must use the new roll.
Sundering Blow
Before you make an attack against a creature wearing
nonmagical armour you can expend a superiority die to
declare a Sundering Blow. If you hit, you do no damage
but reduce that creature's AC by a number equal to that
rolled on the superiority die. It costs 1/4 of the armour’s
purchase price to repair it.
Sweeping Attack (Improved)
When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack on
your turn, you can expend one superiority die to attempt
to damage another creature with the same attack. Choose
another creature within 5 feet of the original target and
within your reach. If the original attack roll would hit the
second creature, it takes weapon damage equal to the
number you roll on your superiority die.
From 8th level, you can target a third creature, and
creatures you hit cannot take opportunity attacks until the
end of your turn.
Tactical Assessment (Improved)
When you use your action to make an Intelligence
(Investigation), an Intelligence (History), or a Wisdom
(Insight) check, you can expend one superiority die and
add the superiority die to the ability check.
From 8th level, when you use this manoeuvre, you can
expend an additional superiority die to focus your
attention on one area of the battlefield and assess
creatures within a 20 foot cube you can see within 60 feet
of you. Creatures of your choice in the area must make an
Intelligence saving throw against a DC equal to the total of
your skill check. On a failure, you recognise the creature’s
tactical vulnerabilities, and highlight these to your
companions. For the next minute, any attack roll against
the creature has advantage if the attacker can see it. This
effect ends early if you lose concentration (as if on a spell).
Take Cover
Prerequisite: 8th level
When you make a Dexterity or Constitution saving throw
against an Area-of-Effect spell or ability you can see, as a
reaction you can expend 2 superiority dice to raise your
shield or dive for cover. You can roll and add the highest
superiority die to your saving throw, and you gain
resistance to the damage of the spell or ability.
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Titanic Strength
Prerequisite: 16th level, 20 Strength or higher
While you have access to this manoeuvre, you gain
resistance to bludgeoning damage from falling, or from
debris falling on you. If you already have resistance to this
damage, you gain immunity. As an action you can expend
5 superiority dice. For the next minute, as part of this
action, and as an action on your subsequent turns, you
can strike the ground or a structure:
The ground. You create a seismic pulse in a 100-foot-
square area of ground extending from you. The ground
in the area becomes difficult terrain. Each creature on
the ground that is concentrating must make a
Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the
creature’s concentration is broken. Each creature on
the ground in the area must make a Dexterity saving
throw. On a failed save, the creature is knocked prone.
A structure. Choose a structure (or a section of a
structure) within reach that is contained within a 100-
foot cube. You deal 100 damage to the structure. If the
structure drops to 0 Hit Points, it collapses and
potentially damages nearby creatures. A creature
within half the distance of a structure’s height must
make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the
creature takes 5d6 bludgeoning damage, is knocked
prone, and is buried in the rubble, requiring a DC 20
Strength (Athletics) check as an action to escape. The
GM can adjust the DC higher or lower, depending on
the nature of the rubble. On a successful save, the
creature takes half as much damage and doesn’t fall
prone or become buried.
You must complete a long rest before using this
manoeuvre again.
Throw
Prerequisite: Athletics proficiency
When you take the Attack action, you can forgo an attack
and instead expend and roll a superiority die to throw a
creature or object that is your size or smaller, and that you
are grappling or holding. Make a Strength (Athletics) check
against the AC of a target you can see within 15 feet. On a
hit, both the target and the thrown object or creature take
bludgeoning damage equal to the superiority die. A
creature that takes this damage must make a Strength
saving throw or fall prone. Hit or miss, the thrown creature
or object lands in the nearest unoccupied space to the
target. From 8th level, you can throw a creature or object
20 feet, and on a hit both the target and the thrown object
or creature take additional damage equal to your Strength
modifier.
Trampling Charge
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Prerequisite: 8th level
While mounted you can expend and roll 2 superiority
dice as an action to begin a charge. The mount moves up
to its speed across the ground in a straight line. This
movement does not provoke opportunity attacks, and can
be made through the spaces of creatures that are smaller
than your mount. Creatures that were within 5 feet of the
mount during its movement must make a Strength saving
throw or be knocked prone and take bludgeoning damage
equal to the total of the superiority dice + 2d6. On a
success a creature takes half damage and is not knocked
prone.
Trapper
Prerequisite: Survival or Tinker’s Tools proficiency
By expending a superiority die and spending a minute of
work, you can create hidden traps. Make a Wisdom
(Survival) or Intelligence (Tinker’s Tools) check, and add the
superiority die to your total. You can make one of the
following traps:
Intruder Alert. You place a tripwire over a door,
window, corridor, path or road. The tripwire can be up
to 20 feet long. When a creature moves over the
tripwire, you can have it ring a bell, pull a string, ignite a
fire, or warn you in some other way.
Snaring Trap. You place a circle of cord or rope with a 5-
foot-radius on a flat surface within your reach, with one
end of the rope hoisted over a secure point at least 10
feet above. The trap triggers when a Small creature or
larger moves into the 5-foot-radius area. The triggering
creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or
fall prone and be hoisted into the air until it hangs
upside down from the secure point, where it is
restrained. The restrained creature can make a
Dexterity saving throw with disadvantage at the end of
each of its turns and ends the restrained effect on a
success. Alternatively, another creature that can reach
the secure point can use an action to free the
restrained creature.
The trap is nearly invisible and requires a successful
Intelligence (Investigation) check against a DC equal to the
total of your skill check to be found.
Trip Attack (Improved)
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can
expend one superiority die to attempt to knock the target
down. You add the superiority die to the attack's damage
roll, and if the target is Large or smaller, it must make a
Strength saving throw. On a failed save, you knock the
target prone.
From 8th level Huge and smaller creatures can be
knocked prone with this manoeuvre.

Warrior’s Feast
Prerequisite: 12th level, 1000gp spent on chefs, and on
food and drink (which are consumed)
You prepare or commission a great feast, including
magnificent food and drink. Expend and roll 4 superiority
dice. The feast takes 8 hours to prepare and 1 hour to
consume, and the beneficial effects don't set in until this
time is over. Up to 50 other creatures can partake of the
feast. A creature that partakes of the feast gains several
benefits:
It becomes immune to being frightened.
It makes all Wisdom saving throws with advantage.
Its hit point maximum increases by an amount equal to
the total of the superiority dice, and it gains the same
number of Hit Points.
Wound
When you hit with a weapon attack, you can expend a
superiority die to attempt a wounding strike. The creature
must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the
creature begins to take damage equal to a roll of your
superiority die at the end of each of its turns. This effect
automatically ends if the creature regains any of its Hit
Points, or a creature within 5 feet of it uses its action to aid
it. Undead, elementals and constructs are immune to this
effect.
From 8th level, you can expend another superiority die
to impose an additional effect when you wound a
creature. You can either impose disadvantage on its attack
rolls; on its concentration saving throws; or halve its
speed. This additional effect ends when the wound effect
ends.

These benefits last for 24 hours. You must complete a

long rest before using this manoeuvre again.

Weapons
Simple Melee Weapons
Weapon Cost Damage Weight Properties
Bill-Hook 3 sp 1d6 p./s. 6 lb. Hooked, Long, Two-handed, Unhorsing
Club 1 sp 1d4 b. 2 lb. Light
Dagger 2 gp 1d4 piercing 1 lb. Execute, Finesse, Light, Thrown (range 20/60)
Greatclub 2 sp 1d8 bludgeoning 10 lb. Execute, Two-handed
Handaxe 5 gp 1d6 slashing 2 lb. Light, Thrown (range 20/60)
Javelin 5 sp 1d6 piercing 2 lb. Thrown (range 30/120)
Light Hammer 2 gp 1d4 bludgeoning 2 lb. Light, thrown (range 20/60)
Mace 5 gp 1d6 bludgeoning 4 lb. AP
Quarterstaff 2 sp 1d6 bludgeoning 4 lb. Versatile (1d8)
Sickle 1 gp 1d4 slashing 2 lb. Light
Spear 1 gp 1d6 piercing 3 lb. Thrown (range 20/60), versatile (1d8)

Simple Ranged Weapons

Weapon Cost Damage Weight Properties
Crossbow, light 25 gp 1d8 piercing 5 lb. Ammunition (range 80/320), Loading, Two-handed
Dart 5 cp 1d4 piercing 1/4 lb. Finesse, Thrown (range 20/60)
Shortbow 25 gp 1d6 piercing 2 lb. Ammunition (range 80/320), Two-handed
Sling 1 sp 1d4 bludgeoning — Ammunition (range 30/600)

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Weapon Cost Damage Weight Properties
Battleaxe 10 gp 1d8 slashing 4 lb. Shield-Turning, Versatile (1d10)
Crow’s Beak 20 gp 1d8 b./p. 6 lb. AP, Heavy, Hooked, Reach, Two-Handed
Flail 10 gp 1d8 bludgeoning 2 lb. Shield-Turning
Glaive 20 gp 1d10 slashing 6 lb. Heavy, Reach, Sweep, Two-handed
Greataxe 30 gp 1d12 slashing 7 lb. Execute, Heavy, Sweep, Two-handed
Greatsword 50 gp 2d6 slashing 6 lb. Execute, Heavy, Sweep, Two-handed
Halberd 20 gp 1d10 s./p. 6 lb. Heavy, Hooked, Reach, Two-handed, Unhorsing
Lance 10 gp 1d12 piercing 6 lb. Heavy, Reach, Special, Unhorsing
Longaxe 30 gp 1d10 s./b. 6 lb. Heavy, Hooked, Long, Shield-Turning, Two-handed
Longspear 2 gp 1d6 piercing 3 lb. Long, Unhorsing, Versatile (1d8)
Longsword 15 gp 1d8 s./p. 3 lb. Sweep, Versatile (1d10)
Maul 10 gp 2d6 bludgeoning 10 lb. AP, Heavy, Two-handed
Morningstar 15 gp 1d8 b./p. 4 lb. AP
Pike 5 gp 1d10 piercing 18 lb. Heavy, Reach, Long, Two-handed, Unhorsing
Rapier 25 gp 1d8 piercing 2 lb. Finesse
Sabre 25 gp 1d8 slashing 2 lb. Finesse
Scimitar 20 gp 1d6 slashing 3 lb. Finesse, Light
Stiletto 5 gp 1d4 piercing 1/4 lb AP, Execute, Finesse, Light
Sword-Staff 15 gp 1d8 b./s. 3 lb. Long, Sweep, Two-handed
Shortsword 10 gp 1d6 s./p. 2 lb. Finesse, Light
Trident 5 gp 3d2 piercing 4 lb. Thrown (range 20/60), Versatile (3d3)
War-Pick 5 gp 1d8 b./p. 2 lb. AP
Warhammer 15 gp 1d8 bludgeoning 2 lb. AP, Versatile (1d10)
Whip 2 gp 1d4 slashing 3 lb. Finesse, Shield-Turning, Reach

Martial Ranged Weapons

Weapon Cost Damage Weight Properties
Blowgun 10 gp 1 piercing 1 lb. Ammunition (range 25/100), Loading, Special
Crossbow, hand 75 gp 1d6 piercing 3 lb. Ammunition (range 30/120), Light, Loading
Crossbow, heavy 50 gp 1d10 piercing 18 lb. AP, Am. (range 100/400), Heavy, Loading, Two-handed
Longbow 50 gp 1d8 piercing 2 lb. AP, Ammunition (range 150/600), Heavy, Two-handed
Net 1 gp — 3 lb. Special, Thrown (range 5/15)

Armour Penetration (AP)
This weapon is suited to attacking armoured foes. When
you make an attack against a creature wearing medium or
heavy armour (or with equivalent natural armour such as
hard scales or a carapace) you gain a +1 to your attack roll.
Ranged weapons can only gain this benefit while targeting
creatures within their normal range.
Blowgun
Special. If you make an attack with this weapon while
hidden and miss, your position is not revealed.
Execute
If you make an attack with this weapon and score a hit
against an incapacitated creature, you can roll one
additional weapon damage die when determining the
damage it takes.
Hooked
You can use this weapon to attempt to grapple a creature
within its reach, and you do not need a free hand to do so.
If you are using this weapon to grapple you cannot use it
for anything else. During your turn, you can move a
creature grappled in this way within the area of the
weapon’s reach by succeeding on a grapple contest and by
expending 2 feet of movement for each foot the creature
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Long
You can increase the reach of a weapon with this property
by 5 feet on your turn.
Shield-Turning
As part of making an attack with this weapon against a
creature wielding a shield you can pull away or otherwise
overcome its shield. You can ignore a shield’s benefit to
your target’s AC when determining if your attack hits.
Sweep
When you hit with this weapon you can deal 1d4 weapon
damage to an adjacent creature that is also within your
reach, if your attack roll would also hit that creature.
Unhorsing
When you hit a mounted creature with this weapon on
your turn, you can immediately use your bonus action to
attempt to shove the creature. If you succeed, the creature
falls prone in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of its
mount.
Feats
8 Diagram Polearm Fighter
Prerequisite: Monk
You master the naginata, gaining the following benefits:
Increase your Dexterity or Wisdom score by 1, to a
maximum of 20 (your choice).
You gain proficiency with the sword-staff and glaive,
which count as monk weapons for you.
As a bonus action you can expend 1 ki point and make
a melee weapon attack against any number of
creatures within 10 feet of you, with a separate attack
roll for each target.
You must be wielding a quarterstaff, sword-staff, or
glaive.
Charger (improved)
As a bonus action you can move up to your speed in a
straight line toward an enemy you can see.
If you move at least 10 feet in a straight line
immediately before making an attack, you gain a +5
bonus to the attack’s damage roll. Alternatively, if you
successfully attempt to shove a creature, you can push
the target up to 10 feet away from you.
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Crossbow Expert (balanced)
Thanks to extensive practice with the crossbow, you gain
the following benefits:
Being within 5 feet of a hostile creature doesn’t impose
disadvantage on your ranged attack rolls.
You ignore the loading quality of crossbows with which
you are proficient.
You can engage in two-weapon fighting while wielding a
hand crossbow, and you can add your ability modifier
to the damage roll of an offhand crossbow, if you don’t
already.
You do not need a free hand to reload a hand crossbow
if you are wielding a weapon in your other hand.
When you take the Ready action to make an attack with
a heavy crossbow, you have advantage on the attack
roll, and can ignore half and three-quarters cover.
Defensive Duelist (improved)
Prerequisite: Dexterity 13 or higher
You have become an agile and dangerous duelist,
gaining the following benefits:
While wielding a finesse weapon with your other hand
free, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.
When you are wielding a finesse weapon with which
you are proficient and another creature hits you with a
melee attack, you can use your reaction to add your
proficiency bonus to your AC for that attack. If you
cause the attack to miss you, until the end of your next
turn you have advantage on your next attack roll with a
finesse weapon against the attacker.
You have advantage on attack rolls made to disarm a
creature.
Dual Wielder (improved)
You master fighting with two weapons, gaining the
following benefits:
You make all your two-weapon fighting attacks as part
of the Attack action, instead of using your bonus action.
You gain a +1 bonus to AC while you are wielding a
separate melee weapon in each hand.
You can use two-weapon fighting even when the one-
handed weapons you are wielding aren't light.
You can draw or stow two one-handed weapons when
you would normally be able to draw or stow only one.

Grappler (improved)
Prerequisite: Strength 13 or higher
You’ve developed the skills necessary to hold your own
in close-quarters grappling. You gain the following
benefits:
Increase your Strength score by 1, up to a maximum of
20.
You have advantage on attack rolls against a creature
you are grappling.
You can use your bonus action to try to pin a creature
grappled by you. To do so, make another grapple
check. If you succeed, you and the creature are both
restrained until the grapple ends. You have three-
quarters cover while restraining a creature in this way.
When a creature’s movement provokes an opportunity
attack from you, you can instead attempt to grapple
them.
Gladiator
You wield exotic weapons and nets to entertain the crowd,
and draw strength from their applause.
You can wield a one-handed weapon with a net in your
offhand, even if neither weapon has the light property.
For example, you could wield a trident in one hand and
a net in the other.
Making an attack with a net doesn’t impose any
restrictions on your other attacks. Being within 5 feet of
a hostile creature, or attacking at long range, no longer
imposes disadvantage on your ranged attack rolls with
nets. The DC to escape from a net you throw is 8 + your
Dexterity score + your proficiency bonus.
As a bonus action on your turn during combat, you may
make opposed Charisma (Performance) checks with a
hostile creature you can see within 15 feet of you. On a
success, you gain Inspiration, which disappears at the
start of your next turn.
Hammerer
You use bludgeoning weapons to pummel your opponents
into submission. You gain the following benefits when
using a club, greatclub, mace, flail, maul, morningstar, or
warhammer:
If you take the Attack action and hit a creature, you may
make an additional attack against that creature as a
bonus action. This attack uses the same ability modifier
as the primary attack. The damage die for this attack is
a d4, and it deals bludgeoning damage.
When you hit a creature during your turn, you gain a
bonus to your weapon damage rolls equal to the
number of times you have previously hit that creature
since the start of your turn.
When you hit a creature leaving your reach with an
opportunity attack, you may make a shove attempt to
knock the creature prone.
Hoplite
You have mastered the discipline of the phalanx, and gain
the following benefits:
Pikes lose the heavy property and gain the versatile
property (1d8/1d10) for you.
While you are wielding a shield, other creatures of your
choice within 5 feet of you gain half cover.
While you are wielding a crow’s beak, glaive, halberd,
longspear, or pike, you have advantage on melee attack
rolls against mounted creatures and mounts.
Huscarl
You can use the battleaxe, longaxe, and greataxe to
skilfully overcome and disable your enemies. You gain the
following benefits:
As a bonus action you may use battleaxe, longaxe or
greataxe to briefly pull away an adjacent creature’s
shield, weapon, limb or other defence. Until the start of
the creature’s next turn, the next attack against it has
advantage, and gains a bonus to the attack roll equal to
your Strength modifier.
When you critically hit a creature that has limbs with a
battleaxe, longaxe or greataxe, you may choose one of
the limbs and disable it. The creature drops whatever it
is holding with that limb. If you chose an arm, the
creature suffers disadvantage on attack rolls, and on
Strength checks and saving throws. If you chose a leg or
wing, the creature’s movement speed is halved, and it
has disadvantage on Dexterity checks and saving
throws. These effects last until the creature regains one
or more Hit Points.
When wielded by you battleaxes and greataxes gain the
thrown property (15/30 feet).
Legionary
While wielding a shield and a longsword or shortsword,
you gain the following benefits:
You gain a +1 bonus to your AC.
As a bonus action, you can prepare yourself to make a
quick strike. If a creature moves within your reach or
misses on an attack against you before the start of your
next turn, you can make an opportunity attack against
it without expending your reaction. This attack uses the
same ability modifier as your primary attack. On a hit,
the normal damage die is replaced by 1d4. This would,
for example, replace the damage dice granted by the
Rogue’s Sneak Attack feature.
When you or a creature within 5 feet of you are
targeted by a ranged attack, as a reaction you can
impose disadvantage on the attack roll, interposing
your shield between yourself and the source of the
attack.
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Master of Tooth and Claw
Prerequisite: Proficiency with a natural weapon
Whether it be your claws, fangs, or other natural
appendages, you have learned to hone your assets for use
in combat. You gain the following benefits: Natural
weapons you use increase their damage die to a d8, unless
already higher. When you use the Attack action and attack
only with a natural weapon, you can use a bonus action to
make an additional attack with a natural weapon. You
cannot be wielding a shield when you make this attack.
Attacks you make with natural weapons count as magical
for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to
nonmagical attacks and damage.
Mage Slayer (improved)
You have practised techniques in melee combat against
spellcasters, gaining the following benefits.
When a creature you can see within your reach begins
to cast a spell (or use a spell-like ability), you can use
your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against
that creature. On a hit the caster must succeed on a
concentration saving throw or the spell fails.
When you damage a creature that is concentrating on a
spell, that creature has disadvantage on the saving
throw it makes to maintain its concentration. You have
advantage on saving throws against spells cast by
creatures within your reach.
Martial Adept (improved)
Prerequisite: Strength or Dexterity 17 or higher
You have martial expertise that allows you to perform
special combat manoeuvres. You gain the following
benefits:
You learn a number of manoeuvres equal to your
proficiency bonus from the Manoeuvres list. If the
manoeuvre requires a saving throw, the DC is equal to
8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength or Dexterity
modifier (your choice). These manoeuvres cannot have
a level prerequisite. Each time you gain a level, you can
replace one of these manoeuvres with another
manoeuvre that lacks a level prerequisite.
You gain a number of superiority die equal to half your
proficiency bonus (rounded up). If you don't already
have superiority dice, it is a d6. This die is used to fuel
your manoeuvres. It is expended when you use it, and
is regained when you finish a short or long rest.
Mixed Martial Arts
Prerequisite: Ki points
You have learned to combine multiple styles of martial
arts and have expanded the number of fighting techniques
you know. You learn a number of manoeuvres equal to
half your proficiency bonus (rounded up) from those
available to the Battle Master archetype. If the manoeuvre
requires a saving throw, the DC is equal to 8 + your
proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier. You must
expend one ki to use a manoeuvre. Your superiority die is
equal to your Martial Art die.
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Mounted Combatant (improved)
You are a dangerous foe to face while mounted. While you
are mounted and aren’t incapacitated, you gain the
following benefits:
You have advantage on melee attack rolls against any
unmounted creature that is smaller than your mount.
You can force an attack targeted at your mount to
target you instead.
If your mount is subjected to an effect that allows it to
make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half
damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on
the saving throw, and only half damage if it fails.
While mounted on an independent mount, when you
roll initiative you can choose to replace your roll with
that of your mount, and to act either immediately
before or after it takes its turn.
Polearm Master (balanced)
You gain the following benefits:
When you take the Attack action and attack with only a
crow’s beak, glaive, halberd, longspear, pike, sword-
staff or quarterstaff, you can use a bonus action to
make a melee attack against a creature within 5 feet of
you, with either the opposite end of the weapon or with
your shield. This attack uses the same ability modifier
as the primary attack. The damage die for this attack is
a d4, and it deals bludgeoning damage.
While you are wielding a crow’s beak, glaive, halberd,
longspear, pike, sword-staff or quarterstaff, other
creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you
when they enter the reach you have with that weapon.
This attack must be made with one of the listed
weapons.
Savage Attacker (improved)
Increase your Strength score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
The critical hit range of your melee weapon attacks
expands by 1.
Once per turn, when you hit with a melee weapon
attack and roll the maximum on a weapon damage die,
you can roll an additional weapon damage die and add
it to the total.
Shield Master (improved)
You use shields not just for protection but also for offence.
You gain the following benefits while you are wielding a
shield:
When you take the Attack action, you can use a bonus
action to try to shove a creature within 5 feet of you
with your shield, either immediately before or after you
take an attack.
If you aren't incapacitated, you can add your shield's AC
bonus to any Dexterity saving throw you make against
a spell or other harmful effect. If you are subjected to
an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving
throw to take only half damage, you can use your
reaction to take no damage if you succeed on the
saving throw, interposing your shield between yourself
and the source of the effect.

Spellsword
Prerequisite: Wisdom, Intelligence or Charisma 13 or
higher
You learn to meld might and magic, mixing spells and
weapon attacks.
You learn two cantrips of your choice from the Cleric,
Bard, Druid, or Wizard spell list. These cantrips use your
Wisdom, Intelligence or Charisma modifier (your
choice).
When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can
cast a cantrip you chose, or any cantrip you know that
requires a weapon attack roll, in place of one of your
attacks. You cannot cast another cantrip during the
turn you use this option, or use this option if you have
already cast a cantrip on your turn. You can use this
option a number of times equal to half your proficiency
bonus (rounded down). You regain all uses when you
complete a short or long rest.
You can use a weapon you are wielding as a
spellcasting focus for your spells.
Slinger
You have mastered the sling.
When you make a ranged attack with a sling, the
damage die increases to a d8.
The critical range of your ranged attacks with slings
expands by 1. When you score a critical hit with a sling
the creature must make a Constitution save (DC 8 +
your proficiency + your Dexterity modifier), or be
stunned until the end of its next turn.
Swordmaster
You use every part of your blade and body to press the
attack, weaving brilliant combinations of strikes and
parries. You gain the following benefits when using the
shortsword, longsword, scimitar, rapier, sabre, or
greatsword:
When you take the Attack action and attack with the
weapon, as a bonus action you can make a melee
attack with the weapon, its pommel, or with your shield
or an unarmed strike. This attack uses the same ability
modifier as the primary attack. The damage die for this
attack is a d4, and it deals bludgeoning, piercing or
slashing damage (your choice).
When you would be hit by a melee weapon attack, you
can use your reaction to parry, forcing your attacker to
reroll the attack roll. If the attack still hits, you regain
the use of your reaction. You can parry a number of
times equal to half your proficiency bonus (rounded
up). You regain all uses when you complete a short or
long rest. When you make an opportunity attack with
the weapon, you have advantage on the attack roll.
Tao Master
While not wearing medium or heavy armour, and while
having at least one free hand, you gain the following
benefits:
Increase your Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
You can read your enemy's intentions and use their
strength against them. You can use a Wisdom (Insight)
check instead of a Strength (Athletics) check when
attempting to grapple or shove a creature.
When a humanoid creature within 5 feet of you misses
on a melee attack against you, you can use your
reaction to attempt to shove them prone. If your shove
is successful you also move them to an unoccupied
space that is adjacent to you.
Tavern Brawler (improved)
Accustomed to rough-and-tumble fighting using whatever
weapons happen to be at hand, you gain the following
benefits:
You are proficient with improvised weapons, and your
attacks with them use a d8 for damage, if it isn’t already
higher.
When making attack rolls with improvised weapons,
you critically hit on a 19 or 20.
Your unarmed strike uses a d8 for damage, if it isn’t
already higher.
When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike or an
improvised weapon on your turn, you can use a bonus
action to attempt to grapple or shove the target.
Tough (improved, incl. Durable)
Hardy and resilient, you gain the following benefits:
Your Hit Point maximum increases by an amount equal
to twice your level when you gain this feat. Whenever
you gain a level thereafter, your Hit Point maximum
increases by an additional 2 Hit Points
When you roll a Hit Die to regain Hit Points, the
minimum number of Hit Points you regain from the roll
equals twice your Constitution modifier (minimum of 2).
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Whip Specialist
You master the whip, using it as a natural extension of
your own body.
When you make an attack with a whip, the damage die
increases to a d6.
When you hit a creature that is your size or smaller with
a whip, as a bonus action you can attempt to pull or trip
them. Make an attack roll contested by your opponent's
Strength (Athletics) check or Dexterity (Acrobatics)
check. On a success you can either pull the target up to
5 feet towards you, or knock them prone. When you
take the Use An Object action to pick an object up, you
can use the whip to pull an object within reach into
your hand.
If there is a secure point within reach, you may swing
from it using your whip, and jump to any unoccupied
hex that would also be within reach of that point. This
expends movement as if you travelled directly to that
point, but your movement does not provoke
opportunity attacks.
Quake Fighter
You are attuned to elemental earth, and augment your
attacks with its power.
Increase your Strength or Constitution score by 1, to a
maximum of 20. When you take the Attack action you
can replace one of your attacks with a strike against the
ground. When you do so you can replicate the effects of
the Thunderclap or Earth Tremor spells. Strength is
your spellcasting ability for these spells. You can use
this ability a number of times equal to your proficiency
bonus. You regain all uses when you complete a long
rest.
You have resistance to bludgeoning damage caused by
stone and earth objects and structures. If you already
have resistance to this damage, you gain immunity.
Armour Feats
Martial Training (incl. Lightly Armoured,
Moderately Armoured, and Heavily
Armoured)
You have received weapons and armour training.
Increase your Strength, Dexterity or Constitution score
by 1, to a maximum of 20.
You gain proficiency with light armour. If you already
have proficiency in light armour you gain proficiency
with medium armour and shields. If you already have
proficiency in medium armour you gain proficiency with
heavy armour and shields.
You gain proficiency in one weapon of your choice.
You can take this feat multiple times.
Light Armour Master
You have become adept at leaping to cover and retreating
safely:
You increase your Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum
of 20.
When an attack against you misses, or immediately
before making a Dexterity saving throw against an area-
of-effect spell or ability, you may use your reaction to
move 10 feet without provoking opportunity attacks.
When you Disengage you can move up to half your
speed as part of the same action.
You lose the above benefits if you don medium or heavy
armour, or if your speed becomes 0.
Medium Armour Master (improved)
Prerequisite: Proficiency with light or medium armour
You have practised moving in medium armour to gain
the following benefits:
You increase your Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum
of 20
Wearing medium armour doesn't impose disadvantage
on your Dexterity (Stealth) checks.
When wearing medium armour, the maximum
Dexterity modifier to AC you can apply increases to 3,
instead of 2.
Heavy Armour Master (improved)
Prerequisite: Proficiency with medium or heavy armour
You can use your armour to deflect strikes that would
kill others. You gain the following benefits:
You increase your Strength or Constitution score by 1,
to a maximum of 20.
While you are wearing heavy armour, bludgeoning,
piercing, and slashing damage that you take from
nonmagical weapons is reduced by 1 + half your
proficiency bonus (rounded up). If you are wearing
magical heavy armour you also reduce magical
bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.
 
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