Table Of Contents

Overview 2 Life on the Trail 83

3 Combat 84
Races Cover 84
Beastborn 4 Duels 84
Cactoid 6 Wounds & Injuries 85
Calavera 8 Currency 90
Rucho 10 Equipment and Exploration 91
Sayre 12 Armor 91
Suhnan 14 Weapons 92
Languages 16 Adventuring Gear 95
Classes 18 Tools 98
Arcanist 19 Mounts & Vehicles 100
Brawler 23 Expenses 100
Brute 26 Encumberance 101
Channeler 36 Food & Water 101
Desperado 41 Resting 102
Hexslinger 47 Magic 103
Ley-touched 52 Skills & Feats 110
Magi 59 The 5 Corners 111
Zealot 65 Arroyas 112
Backgrounds 76 Bandera 114
Artisan 77 Cavallo 116
Bounty Hunter 77 Goliad 118
Charlatan 77 Riado Mesa 120
City Slicker 78 Bullseye 122
Cultist 78 Faith & Religion 124
Doctor 78 Church of the Ruined 125
Entertainer 79 Hazonen 126
Gambler 79 Somonastra 127
Hermit 79 Trinitism 128
Outlaw 80 Demonic Cults 129
Priest 80 Mescalero 129
Roughneck 80 Noh-Tante 129
Sailor 81 Praxus 130
Scholar 81
Trapper 82 Timeline 132
Wanderer 82 133
Warrior 82 Map
 Overview

Opportunity
and free livin’
That’s what we all want right? At least, that’s what the
people of the Corners want. The 5 Corners of the
Forsaken Frontier are home to all manner of wonders,
both magical and mundane. It is a harsh, but beautiful
continent, full of innate latent magical energies
powered by leylines, a criss-crossing network of
supernatural energy channels.
These leylines have turned the land into a hotbed of
life and opportunity, with outside settlers and natives
fighting over control of these pathways. Major
settlements are built along leylines in order to harness
(or protect) the land’s energy in different ways,
accelerating technological progress. However, misuse
of these leylines can have disastrous effects, where the
land’s wild magic becomes too much to control, often
altering the surrounding area permanently. The
different peoples of the 5 Corners all have competing
theories on what exactly these leylines are and what to
do with them.
Calendars are a bit finicky across the different
cultures of the Corners, but everyone can agree that
it’s been about 125 years since the Rucho first found
their way to the Frontier’s shores. To the Rucho, this
was the year 1065. To the native Suhnan, it was
Doomsday. Ever since, life has exploded across the
frontier, as increased meddling with the natural
leylines has given rise to all manner of magical
phenomena.
Now, in the year 1190, new peoples and cultures have
been born in the past 125 years. Nations have risen,
and lines in the sand have been drawn as each of these
groups look for their own Corner to call their own. The
leylines have made the land a precious commodity,
often leading to widespread border disputes and
skirmishes between different groups.
There hasn’t been an all-out war in the Corners in
over a century, but tensions have been steadily rising
in the years since, with many believing that one wrong
move from any side might be all it takes to blow this
powder keg wide open…

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Races
 Races

T
he following choices represent the core race
options in the Forsaken Frontier. While
characters may encounter other sentient
beings across the 5 Corners, these are the
races with the most developed cultures
and collective identities.

Racial Ability Scores

In Forsaken Frontier, all races start with the same
ability score array. When creating a character, players
can choose one stat to increase by 2 and one stat to
increase by 1.

Beastborn
“They say the Beastborn ain’t got brains.
Well I don’t know who ‘they’ are, but that
pigman was damn near the most articulate
cannibal I ever met!” - Rucho cattle hand

Origin & Society

The first Beastborn were encountered in 1118, when a
Commonwealth ranging party attacked an
encampment in Cavallo, thinking them to be common
monsters. The origin of these creatures is a hot-
button debate, with differing legends arising from
different groups.
The Rucho believe they were created by the Suhnan
to weaken the Commonwealth and drive the Rucho
out. The Suhnan believed they were framed by cultists
of the Archdemon Praxus, who created the Beastborn
to reignite war between the Suhnan and Rucho people.
The Beastborn themselves have been decidedly silent
on matters of their creation, leading others to believe
that they have either lost their memory, or are keeping
an elaborate secret.
Beastborn strongly value independence, and as
such, seem to have no interest in fostering any form of
communal government outside of relatively small
packs. To more “developed” cultures, these hybrid
creatures seem aimless, wandering the land with no
purpose outside of base primal needs like the beasts
they are fused with, but for many Beastborn, they feel
as if they have lucked into the best of both worlds,
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via humanoid consciousness while retaining the
natural freedom of simple animals.
However, this laissez-faire attitude can cause
problems when Beastborn find themselves in civilized
lands, as they chafe under the laws of other societies.
Due to their wild nature, some Beastborn tend
towards patterns of hedonism and acts that would be
considered immoral/taboo such as theft and
cannibalism. While many other races may see this as
abhorrent, to the Beastborn, it is simply being
resourceful, and is generally not done with any ill
intent.
Because of these differences, the majority of
Beastborn keep to themselves in the wild plains of
Cavallo where they can roam free and unhindered by
the rules of others. However, that doesn’t stop others
from trying to capitalize on the resources of Cavallo,
which means that the Beastborn rarely get the solitude
that they crave. Beastborn are fine to keep things civil
if the outsiders do too, but generally this tenative
peace is broken by some overzealous outsider looking
to take advantage of the “dumb beasts,” which
generally leads to a bloody mess.
While the Beastborn do not have a centralized
shared religion, quite a few tend towards demonic
cults, finding a sense of belonging with other like-
minded social outcasts. Some practice a simplistic
version of Somonastra, hoping to find a purpose in
upholding the “natural order.” Strangely enough, there
has even been a rise in Trinitarian faithful across the
Beastborn, with many Beastborn deacons preaching an
offshoot that paints their people as the “next
evolution” that will catapault mortals that much closer
to the fabled Great Eureka.
Physical Description
The Beastborn are humanoids that have been
seemingly fused with different animals via magic. They
have a wide variety of physical appearances,
depending mostly on the type of animal they are fused
with, the most common fusions being lizards, pigs, and
wolves.
All Beastborn bear the head of their animal fusion,
adding to their sometimes nightmarish appearance.
Other common bestial traits include claws, hooves,
fur, scales, forked tongues and more. Beastborn can
have increased humanoid traits depending on their
parentage (generally they will tend towards the
appearance of the mother), and as a result may have
more subtle bestial features. However, even these
Beastborn look too animalistic to be confused with any
other race.
Relations
Very few people across the 5 Corners trust the
Beastborn, and for the most part, the Beastborn have
given up on trying to convince them otherwise.
However, while they may risk death merely by being
seen in certain parts of the continent, they still have a
few groups they are amicable with.
The Cactoids and Calavera of Riado Mesa feel a
kinship with the Beastborn, and understand their
plight as a “monstrous” race looking to find their
identity. However, this is tempered a bit by the
Beastborn’s general standoffish nature, and a tendency
of seeing the Cactoids and Calavera as naive
“newborns” given the fact that the Beastborn have
been around far longer than the other two races.
Regardless, the bond between the Beastborn and the
denizens of Riado Mesa is the strongest that the
Beastborn have.
The Rucho and the Suhnan both see the Beastborn
as abominations (one of the few things these two
groups actually agree on, albeit for different reasons),
and the Beastborn can expect heavy prejudice and
possibly even physical violence if they find themselves
in a Rucho or Suhnan-heavy settlement.
Meanwhile, the Sayre of Arroyas mainly look upon
the Beastborn with pity, seeing them as unfortunate
wretches whose tortured existence is further evidence
of the damage caused by leylines. The Beastborn
bristle at this pity, not exactly ecstatic at the Sayre
“looking down on them,” but they recognize that the
treatment they receive from the Sayre is far better in
comparison to many other groups, so they generally
let it slide.
Adventurers
While Beastborn may struggle to feel welcome in
civilized settlements, they are first-class frontiersmen,
and even the most prejudiced ranging parties would
be remiss to turn down the opportunity of having
Beastborn in their posse. Many Beastborn find good
livings as bounty hunters, wilderness guides, couriers,
and explorers due to their resourcefulness out on the
open road.
Names
The Beastborn language of Spek is harsh, short and
very matter-of-fact, and Beastborn names reflect this.
They don’t place any importance on family names like
other cultures, instead only bearing a single name,
which is generally one signifying term that describes a
physical aspect of the individual in question. Because
of this, there really is not a difference between male
and female Beastborn names.
Example Names: Agurnd, Clerns, Dirk, Idhi, Lederd,
Mank, Nartch, Rand, Slem, Thonk
Racial Traits
Age: Beastborn have relatively short lifespans, reaching
maturity around age 6 and living up to as long as 50
years.
Darkvision: You can see in dim light within 60 feet of
you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it
were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness,
only shades of gray.
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 Rugged Traveler: You gain expertise in Survival and you
count as one size larger when determining your
carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag,
or lift.
Wild Diet: Life is hard in the wild and many Beastborn
have shown no qualms about eating humanoid bodies
to survive. Humanoid body parts count as food for you,
and you can also eat raw meat without needing to
make a saving throw. In addition, you gain resistance
to poison damage.
Size: Beastborn can stand anywhere from 4.5 to 7 feet
tall and weigh anywhere from 120-300 pounds.
Speed: Your base speed is 30 feet.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common
and Spek.
Subraces: Choose one of the following subraces:

Lizard
Natural Armor: Your scaly skin gives you an AC of 13 +
your Dexterity modifier when you are not wearing
armor.
Shifting Scales: You are able to subtly change the color
of your scales, allowing you to blend in with your
surroundings and better handle extreme weather.
Whenever you take the Hide action, you gain a +5
bonus to your stealth roll as long as you do not move.
In addition, you have advantage on saving throws
made to resist exhaustion from extreme conditions.

Pig
Bottomless Pit: Whenever you are already sated, you
can eat a meal to instead regain health equal to one of
your hit dice + your Constitution modifier. This does
not expend a hit die.
Hog Rush: If you move at least 30 feet straight toward a
target and then hit it with a melee weapon attack on
the same turn, you can immediately follow that attack
with a bonus action, making one attack against the
target with your hooves.

Wolf
Pack Tactics: 3/day you can give yourself advantage on
an attack roll when an ally of yours is within 5 feet of
your target.
Natural Weapons: You have teeth and claws that both
deal 1d6 + your Strength modifier in piercing/slashing
damage.

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Cactoid
“I once traveled with a man who thought it
would be a good idea to cut a Cactoid
open for water. The Cactoid happily
offered me my now-deceased companion’s
supplies as a welcome gift when he was
done. Nice people.” - Suhnan scout

Origin & Society

The potent leylines of Riado Mesa have given rise to
many strange forms of life over the years, but very few
have possessed the sentience displayed by the
Cactoids. First encountered in 1155, the Cactoids are
the youngest sentient race in all of the 5 Corners, and
as such, their culture is still in its infancy. Many
aspects of the culture they do have is heavily
influenced or dominated by the Calavera, the Cactoid’s
Riado Alliance counterparts with whom they share a
tight bond.
Because of the Alliance being the main form of
community in Riado Mesa, many Cactoid settlements
boast high Calavera populations and vice-versa.
However, there have been an increasing number of
Cactoid-only roving settlements that have cropped up
around the souther border of the Mesa, with many of
their inhabitants rejecting the cultural dominance of
the Calavera and instead searching for a unique
identity for their people.
Since they don’t reproduce sexually, Cactoids do not
have the concept of a familial unit in their society,
instead focusing much more on forging strong bonds
with chosen friends. Cactoids see friends much like
the creatues that pollinated them and helped them
grow when they were sprouts, and seek to create
connections with a variety of different people,
believing that these friends will help them to grow
throughout their lives.
This social concept, combined with their impressive
survivability, causes many Cactoids to tend towards a
more nomadic lifestyle. Even Cactoids that live in
more static settlements may decide to up and leave for
years at a time before returning home. This flighty
behavior has spawned many ghost towns across the
central areas of the Corners where the Cactoid
population has left for new horizons, and some may
even reward squatters who have stayed in their place
as a thank you for volunteering to take on the
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 Physical Description
Cactoids are diverse and variable in their shape and
size varying from tall to short and slender to round.
Their skin is usually some variety of green, and they
may have flowers of many varieties which sprout from
their head. Their prickly spines are larger than that of
a normal cactus, but are far less numerous, and
generally are only harmful when purposefully used.
While Cactoids possess vital organs similar to other
humanoid creatures, their bodies are very efficient in
using these organs, leading them to be much smaller
than the organs of other races. This along with their
lack of bones causes Cactoids to have relativly hollow
bodies, which allow them to store excess water and
still move quickly, despite the heavy thick flesh that
comprises their outer form.
Unlike a regular cactus, Cactoid require a balanced
diet of food as well as water, and they have teeth and a
tongue that allows them to eat like an omnivore.
However, they also have root-like extensions on the
bottoms of their feet that allow them to set themselves
into the ground and draw nutrients from the soil to
enrich and regenerate their bodies.
Cactoids reproduce through pollination enacted by
insects, birds, bats and other wild creatures. As such,
Cactoids have no biological sex or gender. Because of
this, Cactoids often choose a gender identity that most
fits with their personality in order to relate
themseleves to the norms of other intelligent
humanoids.
Relations
Cactoids are generally quite friendly unless provoked,
and as such, have good relations with the vast majority
of other races. The Calavera see them as a sister race
with whom they are innately tied, and will almost
always happily welcome a Cactoid into their midst.
The Beastborn respect the Cactoids for their abilities
in the wild, but still see them as rather naive. The
Rucho are relatively indifferent towards them as
whole, but there are many among them who see the
Cactoids as a scientific curiosity.
The Suhnan see the Cactoids as holy, a living
example of Somona fighting back against mortals
tampering with her power, and many among them
believe that they are enslaved by the Calavera, and
wish to free them. The Sayre, while not outright
hostile, are wary of the Cactoids due to their
connection to the Church of the Ruined, which stands
at total odds with their faith of Hazonen.
Names
Due to their relatively hollow bodies, a Cactoid’s voice
reverberates bit more throughout its body, causing
their speech to be much more vowel-heavy, which is
reflected in their naming structure. Since Cactoids
generally grow up alone in the wilderness, the name
they take is generally the first noise that they make
upon reaching maturity.
Example Names: Austro, Caly, Hue, Kio, Mai, Opun,
Peres, Poe, Rowni, Tio
Racial Traits
Age: Cactoids begin their lives as sprouts, having basic
sentience but no limbs with which to move. Cactoids
are considered adults when they’ve fully developed
their arms and legs, which happens approximately 2
years after their seed sprouts. The full natural lifespan
of a Cactoid is unknown, but there has been no record
of a Cactoid dying of old age yet.
Desert Dweller: Your daily water requirements are cut
in half. In addition, you have advantage on saving
throws made to resist exhaustion from extreme heat,
and you gain resistance to fire damage.
Prickly Hide: 6/day, whenever you are damaged by an
unarmed attack, deal damage from your own unarmed
attack or have a target grappled, you can inflict an
additional 1d4 piercing damage to your target due to
the spines that cover your skin.
Regenerative Body: If you are outside and on nutrient-
rich soil, you have the ability to root yourself in the
ground during a long rest and regenerate limbs and
organs, given that these missing body parts are not
fatal. Regeneration can take anywehre from 3-14 days
depending on the size of the body part, and the body
part does not regain proper function until fully
regenerated. While rooted, your movement speed is 0.
Size: Cactoids can stand anywhere from 4 to 8 feet tall
and weigh anywhere from 180-350 pounds.
Speed: Your base speed is 30 feet.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common
and Riado.

Adventurers
Their wanderlust makes Cactoids natural adventurers,
and their ability to survive extreme conditions is just
icing on the cake. A great many Cactoids tend towards
a lifestyle on the road, whether it be as a merchant,
traveling entertainer, courier, marshal, or even as a
highwayman.

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Calavera
“Everybody in the damn Corners seems to Because of this, Calavera society has boomed with an
think those boneheads in Riado are influx of interaction with new cultures. The once-
something special. You ever think that isolationist Calavera have now become the wheelers
they might just be regular old run-of-the- and dealers of the 5 Corners, seeking opportunity and
mill corpses? “ -Beastborn courier riches across the land.
However, as their power over the continent’s
economy grows, many worry what exactly they may do
Origin & Society with this power, as their old enemies plot behind their
backs to destroy these “abominations” once and for all.
The Calavera were the first highly sentient race
created by the wild magic of Riado Mesa, with the
earliest documented Suhnan oral accounts showing Physical Description
evidence of their existence around 1040, roughly 25 The Calavera are, simply put, just humanoid skeletons
years before the Rucho arrived in the 5 Corners. that have been awakened by magic. They bear no
According to their own histories, the first Calavera memories of their former lives and still work to find
awoke in caves built into the Riado Mesa that seemed concrete information on the magic that has raised
to be manmade by some unknown people. This has led them from the grave. Their dry bones can range
to the belief that the Calavera are actually the anywhere from a stark white to stained yellowish-
remnants of a much older native race that may have brown color, and their lack of flesh and muscle causes
even predated the Suhnan. This belief was the most of them to have a fairly similar build, although
cornerstone that founded the Church of the Ruined, their height can vary.
the faith that now dominates Calavera culture. Because of their physical similarities, Calavera will
However, many others believe that the Calavera are paint their skulls with intricate and colorful designs in
simply corpses of early Suhnan explorers claimed by order to differentiate themselves from others in their
the chaos of Riado Mesa that have been stirred into society.
unlife by the magic of the leylines.
Whatever the truth of their origins, the existence of
the Calavera has been a hot-button topic since they
were first encountered, which has led to them mainly
keeping to themselves in well-guarded settlements on
the top of the Riado Mesa. However, as the decades
have continued on, the Calavera have begun to come
out of their shell more and more, and regardless of
some of the opinions on their existence, it would be
hard to argue that the Calavera’s contributions to the
fields of magical research have been anything but
astounding.
The Calavera’s inquisitive nature combined with
their lack of physical needs allow them to fully throw
themselves into a task, which led to their invention of
the Linograph, the first mechanical tool in all of the
5 Corners with the capability of tracking down the
locations of leylines with a healthy degree
of accuracy.
This innovation has catapulted the Calavera
(and by extension the entire Riado Alliance) to
the forefront of the political sphere of the
Forsaken Frontier, as everyone is lining up to
make deals and receive a steady supply of
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 The meaning of the colors and designs used in this
body art is unique and personal to each Calavera, and
some add to this art as they encounter potent
experiences in their lives.
Calavera are unable to feel the pleasures of flesh,
having very dulled senses of pain & touch, though they
do have infrequent heightened phantom sensations
that can overcome them. They lack tongues to provide
them with a sense of taste or give them a regular
voice, and instead the magic that has awakened them
augments the vibrations of their bodies to make
sounds.
A Calavera’s body is fully detachable, however a body
part that is disconnected from their skull loses its
prehensile ability until it is reattached. The Calavera
are also effectively immortal, unable to truly die by
natural causes due to the magic that has awakened
them. However, they can be killed if their skull is
destroyed.
Relations
The Calavera were a divisive group before the
invention of the Linograph, and while this innovation
has caused many groups to play nice with the the
Calavera for the time being, there are still many who
wish for their eradication.
The Suhnan believe that the Calavera are a terrible
omen and that their existence shows that the earth
has begun to reject the dead because her needs are
not met. They have made their intentions to destroy
the Calavera very clear since they first encountered
the undead race, and even now their hatred is only
barely covered by a thin veil of political etiquette.
The Sayre pity the Calavera, thinking them to be
similar to the Beastborn as an example of leylines
wreaking havoc upon the world. However, due the the
Calavera faith of the Church of the Ruined acting as an
antagonistic counterpart to the Sayre faith of
Hazonen, the two races regularly find themselves at
odds with one another.
The Rucho, on the other hand, greatly revere the
Calavera both for their mechanical and magical
competence, and for their lifespans. To the Rucho, the
Calavera might be the missing link between them and
the Great Eureka, and they seek to study the skeletons
as much as they possibly can.
The Beastborn are generally on good terms with the
Calavera, though they can view the skeletons as a bit
haughty and uptight. The Cactoids as a whole maintain
a very close bond with the Calavera, though there are
some among them that believe that they live in the
skeletons’ shadow and wish to separate from them to
find an identity of their own.
Adventurers
Since they receive no pleasure from food, drink, or
sex, the Calavera instead look for fulfillment through
an internal purpose and experiencing the parts of life
that other races may take for granted. Their love of
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music and arts leads to many Calavera traveling the
land as performers, though they also are commonly
seen as prospectors, merchants, bounty hunters, and
even bandits.
Names
The first Calavera communicated through the rattling
and cracking of their bony bodies, and this serves as
the basis of the Riado language. This can lead to very
consonant-heavy names that can be hard to
pronounce by other races, and many Calavera take on
nicknames when traveling with other races to alleviate
this.
Example Names: Arkrk, Colack, Crnt’ch, Grnkik,
K’rrik, Pak, T’mk
Racial Traits
Age: Calavera are mature upon awakening and have an
endless natural lifespan.
Bone to Pick: Whenever both of your hands are free,
you can use a bonus action to remove one of your
hands or arms. If you remove an arm, it counts as a
melee weapon with the finesse property that deals 1d6
bludgeoning damage, and you have proficiency with
your arm while you wield it. If you remove a hand, it
counts as thieves’ tools. In either case, a limb can be
reattached using a bonus action.
Darkvision: You can see in dim light within 60 feet of
you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it
were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness,
only shades of gray.
Fragile Unlife: You are unaffected by magical healing,
and instead can only be healed though hit dice, long
rests or full rests. Whenever you are subjected to an
effect that would deal nonmagical poison damage to
you, you regain 1 hit point. Whenever you are brought
to 0 hit points, you do not make death saving throws
and cannot be stabilized, but as long as your skull is
intact, nonmagical poison damage can return you to 1
hit point as long as you have died in the last 3 rounds.
If you are at 0 hit points for longer than 1 minute and
your skull is intact, you are an inert pile of bones that
can be raised with spells like animate dead and raise
dead.
Undead Nature: For effects targeting creatures by type,
you count as undead. You also have resistance to
necrotic damage, you don’t need to eat, drink, or
breathe and you are immune to poison and disease.
You are also unaffected by any injuries that would be
inflicted to one’s skin, muscles or organs. In addition,
instead of sleeping during a long rest, you enter an
inactive state for 4 hours. You are still fully aware of
your surroundings while in this state.
Size: Calavera can stand anywhere from 5 to 7 feet tall
and weigh anywhere from 15-45 pounds.
Speed: Your base speed is 30 feet.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common
and Riado.
Rucho
“The sands may have pushed them back
for now, but this is not the end of them. I
fear that they will not stop until they have
conquered every horizon.” -Sayre fortune
teller

Origin & Society

The Rucho originally come from a land known as
Cashus that was, according to their histories,
destroyed by sudden and rampant natural disasters.
Their ancestors sailed for years in search of a new
home, with many of their people not surviving the
journey. Eventually, after over 1,000 days at sea, the
Rucho made landfall in the 5 Corners, settling in the
region now known as Bandera.
Upon landing, the Rucho quickly got to work on
getting their bearings. They banded together, creating
the Commonwealth of New Cashus, made up of the
populations of the 12 surviving ships from their
journey, who had become separate communities in
their own right. Overjoyed that they had finally found
refuge, the Rucho created their cities and began to
spread east, hoping to rebuild their once great society.
Much to their dismay, they found that they had found
themselves on land that was already claimed.
The Suhnan saw the Rucho as invaders, coming to
violate their land and destroy their way of life. The
Rucho saw the Suhnan as greedy and aggressive,
trying to wipe out anyone different from them and
keep the entire 5 Corners to themselves rather than
show compassion to refugees facing great hardship. As
with all things on the Forsaken Frontier, the truth is
messy, and neither side was necessarily wrong.
These tensions led to the War of Red Clouds, a
bloody 20-year war that saw the Rucho decimate the
Suhnan people, overcoming them with superior
technology and firepower despite being severely
outnumbered. The Suhnan were pushed back to
Goliad, and the Rucho cemented themselves as the
residents of Bandera, taking their new home by force
and confirming all of the Suhnan’s worst fears.
Three years later, the Rucho got a taste of their own
medicine, as the Sayre pushed them out of the deserts
of northern Arroyas thanks to cunning strategy and
the overextension of Rucho supply lines. As the Rucho
retreated back to Bandera to lick their wounds, their
bloodlust was tempered as they set their sights on
defending the newly established borders in order to
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 And flourish it has. The Rucho have always been a Names
headstrong and inventive people, driven by the tenants
of their faith of Trinitism, and this drive combined The Rucho introduced the Common language to the
with both the ample natural resources of Bandera and Forsaken Frontier, and their growth is responsible for
the power of the leylines have turned the Rucho into a its widespread usage across the land. This language is
powerhouse of technological progress. Innovations simple, direct and has a relatively free word order,
like railroads, firearms, explosives, and the telegraph which is reflecting in the Rucho naming conventions.
are just a core few of the many inventions that the They have a two-part name system, comprised of a
Rucho are responsible for disseminating throughout given first name and a shared familial surname.
the 5 Corners, and their economic power is rivaled
Example First Names: Abby, Ben, Carrie, Eli, Jacob, Jane,
only by the Calavera.
Leroy, Rosa, Roy, Sue
Example Last Names: Adkins, Cobb, Foreman, Griffin,
Physical Description Hendrix, McDonald, Nash, Olson, Raymond, Stewart
The physical characteristics of the Rucho are
incredibly varied. They possess a wide variety of skin Racial Traits
colors, body types, and facial features. Bone structure,
Age: Rucho reach maturity at 18 and generally live up
hair color and texture, eye color, and a host of facial
to 60-80 years of age.
and bodily phenotypic characteristics vary immensely,
Gunpowder Guru: You gain proficiency in firearms and
based on regions of the original homeland of Cashus
the Mechanics skill.
that have been all but forgotten on this new frontier.
Pack Rat: Items that weigh less than 2 pounds weigh
Cheekbones may be high or broad, noses aquiline or
half as much for you.
flat, and lips full or thin; eyes range wildly in hue, some
Tenacity: Rucho are known for their stubborn
deep set in their sockets, and others with full
willpower. 3/day, you may reroll a saving throw.
epicanthic folds. A Rucho’s subregion of origin could
Versatile: You gain an additional +1 to an ability score of
also be indicated through their traditional styles of
your choice and a proficiency in a skill of your choice.
bodily decoration, not only in the clothing or jewelry
Size: Rucho can stand anywhere from 5 to 7 feet tall
worn, but also in elaborate hairstyles, piercing,
and weigh anywhere from 120-300 pounds.
tattooing, and even scarification.
Speed: Your base speed is 30 feet.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common
Relations and one other language of your choice.
Many of the other races of the 5 Corners treat the
Rucho with a healthy degree of caution. Their bloody
history in the Forsaken Frontier has given them a
reputation as a race of warmongers who are willing to
bulldoze anything and anyone in their path of
“progress.” However, many of them would be foolish to
completely cut the Rucho out, due to the innovations
they create, and many who deal with the Rucho
regularly would describe them as a well-meaning and
impressive group with a bit of a victim complex.
The main exceptions to this are the Beastborn and
the Suhnan. Both groups find the Rucho to be high-
and-mighty and avaricious, looking down on the rest
of the Forsaken Frontier as a land of savages that they
have come to “rescue.” It does not help that both of
these groups have a plethora of old wounds that the
Rucho’s recent behavior has not done much to heal.

Adventurers
Rucho society encourages one to go out into the world
and reach their full potential and move society
forward, so it’s no wonder that many Rucho seek a life
on the trail. To a Rucho, new lands and new faces
present new opportunities. Their mechanical prowess
leads many to lives as engineers, arcanists,
prospectors, lawmen, and more.

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Sayre
“So many secrets! At least the Rucho will
tell you when they’re bout to shoot ya.
They just show up one day and we’re all
supposed to just get along? Shit, you know
what they say about the devil that you
don’t know…” -Calavera merchant

Origin & Society

The Rucho were not the only outsiders that made their
way to the 5 Corners. However, unlike the Rucho, the
Sayre (pronounced “Sye-eer”) did not find themselves
in the Frontier of their own volition. To hear their
shamans tell it, the Sayre were transported from their
homeland of Raaldin by a fierce magical sandstorm
conjured by The Shepherd, one of the many aspects of
the broken god Haz. Others say that the power of the
leylines must have opened some form of portal that
the unsuspecting Sayre wandered into, and that their
presence on the continent is evidence that the
Frontier’s leylines stretch beyond the edges of the
continent.
Regardless of how they arrived in the Corners, the
question the Sayre have spent years trying to answer
is why. Some of the more radical Hazonites believe
that they were brought to the 5 Corners to deactivate
the ley lines, which they believe to be weakening the
boundary between the spirit world and the material
world, which would cause total chaos. Others believe
like the rest of the Corners believe: that it was simply
blind chance and a bit of wayward magic that led the
Sayre to the Frontier, and they simply try to make the
most of their opportunities here or even try to find
ways to return to Raaldin.
Whatever the cause or purpose of their arrival, the
Sayre have had nearly a century to build up their new
homeland and impart their unique culture on the rest
of the Corners. Through their native faith of Hazonen,
they are the only people in all the 5 Corners to believe
in a full afterlife, believing that the spirits of the dead
live on in a different world separate from the world of
the living known as the Far Realm.
This has lead Sayre society to function similar to the
Suhnan’s where there is much less importance placed
on time, as well as more importance placed on the
community rather than the individual. Other societies
have trouble with this concept, believing the Sayre to
be lazy, wasting their one opportunity at life rather
than trying to capitalize on a chance to make their
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 However, the Sayre believe that to be too short-
sighted of an outlook, and that one should look more
long-term, finding ways to enrich their communities
taking into account both their mortal and spiritual
lives. This outlook also gives the Sayre fearlessness
towards their own mortality, something that the
Rucho experienced to frightening effect during the
Deep Sand War.
They have also brought their own unique form of
magic known as Espantro that differs from the more
commonplace ley magic. Practitioners of Espantro are
said to harness their powers through communing with
spirits, overcoming them through a battle of wits,
however, many skeptics believe this to just be a
different manifestation of a leyline’s power. However,
even the skeptics cannot ignore how different
Espantro is from the rest of the Frontier’s arcane
understanding, as well as how effective this strange
magic is despite the absence of ambient ley energy.
Because of this, the Sayre are looked at as
soothsayers and augurs, able to view the world of
magic in a way that is not innately tied to the power of
the land. Many seek the desert towns of the Sayre
hoping for insight on their futures and the exotic
luxury goods of Arroyas, and the Sayre are happy to
oblige for the right price.
Physical Description
While their overall silhouette is still distinctly
humanoid, the Sayre have very distinct features. They
have large horns that take any of a variety of shapes:
some have curling horns like a ram, others have
straight and tall horns like a gazelle’s, and some spiral
upward like an antelopes’ horns. They have thick tails,
four to five feet long, which lash or coil around their
legs when they get upset or nervous.
Their canine teeth are sharply pointed, and their
eyes are solid colors—black, red, white, silver, or gold—
with no visible sclera or pupil. Their skin tones cover
the full range of human coloration, but also include
various shades of red. Their hair, cascading down from
behind their horns, is usually dark, from black or
brown to dark red, blue, or purple.
Relations
The Sayre’s diplomatic nature has allowed them to
foster good relations with most races on the Frontier,
including their old enemy, the Rucho. They are
generally viewed as a people that provide a welcome
sense of calm and reason compared to some of the
more hot-headed races in the Corners, though there
are many that bristle at the Sayre’s tendency to view
themselves as “above” the squabbles of other groups.
Despite this, the Sayre still have a lot to overcome in
the eyes of their neighbors due to their introduction of
the Hazonite faith. The disruption of ley energy that
the Hazonites seek is something that is completely at
odds with the aims of the other factions of the
Frontier, and because of this, many other people
across the 5 Corners have a deep-seated mistrust of
the Sayre, no matter how diplomatic they may be.
Adventurers
The Sayre are a magical people in a magical land, and
as such, they can generally find opportunities
wherever they go despite the mysteries and mistrust
that surrounds them. Their mystical understanding
and their seemingly innate ability wind up on the good
side of most situations have made them a boon for any
Frontier posse, and they generally tend towards work
as fortune tellers, scholars, hired guns, and desert
guides.
Names
The Sayre language of Raaldish is very rhythmic and
cyclical, almost akin to a dance with sentences turning
and twisting back on each other with similar
inflections and phonetics with slight changes due to
context. Sayre names are not much different with
many having heavy hyphenation and repeating
syllables that denote both a first name and surname.
Example Names: Atta Kor-Atta, Baradi-tal Adi, Cital
Bon-Cita, Ezitli-Ez Faral, Iktan Non-Tan
Racial Traits
Age: Sayre reach maturity at 18 and generally live up to
75-90 years of age.
Desert Devil: You gain advantage on Survival and
Nature checks to find water and you ignore
nonmagical difficult terrain. In addition, whenever you
take a short rest in a desert or similar climate, you roll
an additional hit die
Fortunate Spirit: When you roll a 1 on the d20 for an
attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can
reroll the die and must use the new roll.
Sand Seer: You know the thaumaturgy cantrip. When
you reach 3rd level, you can cast the augury spell once
with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you
finish a long rest.
Size: Sayre can stand anywhere from 5 to 7 feet tall and
weigh anywhere from 150-350 pounds.
Speed: Your base speed is 30 feet.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common
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Suhnan
“They say they’re as old as the Corners
themselves. Think that each & every soul
that ain’t one of them’s trespassing on
their land. They know by now that they
just gotta learn to live with us, but they
sure as hell ain’t happy about it. Can’t
really blame ‘em. One day, I think
everyone’ll end up paying for what the
Rucho did…” -Cactoid marshal
Origin & Society
The Suhnan (pronounced “Soo-nan”) are the native
race of the 5 Corners, a land that they call Somona,
and have lived on the continent since time
immemorial. Legends state them to be the stewards of
the entire continent, protectors born to guard the
leylines and tend to the earth like a mother goddess.
Their connection to the land is so strong that they
take on physical aspects of it, brimming with
elemental ley magic that they have safeguarded for
centuries. Thirty-eight different tribes once spread
out across the entire land, each with its own unqiue
customs and cultures, feuds and friendships.
But those days are over now. Ever since the rain of
the Red Clouds washed away all the Suhnan once
knew. Their ancestral lands, stolen by invaders and
abominations, their histories scattered as shamans fell
in droves to Rucho bullets. The war has ended, but the
scars may never heal.
Today, the Suhnan are as united as they have ever
been, with all 24 remaining tribes joining together to
create the Ashaya Federation that governs them and
rules over their birthplace of Goliad. After the War of
Red Clouds, the Suhnan became hardened
isolationists, doing their best to cut themselves off
from the outside world and defend what was left of
their ancestral lands for decades. Many sought their
expertise on the intracacies of the leylines, and many
instead found the end of their lives upon attempting to
enter Goliad.
However, in the past 50 years, their position has
softened. They still harbor a deep distrust of outsiders,
the Rucho especially, but they have decided that
closing themselves off from the rest of the continent
helps no one, least of all the land they are meant to
protect.
Now, they allow outsiders in select few border
settlements in Goliad, and they have once again begun
to disperse across the lands they once owned. Some
travel to uphold their ancient pact to protect the land
and its leylines, some others seek to introduce the
outsiders to Suhnan culture and cautiously integrate
them, while others still seek to reject the “stuffy”
isolation of Suhnan culture and long for a life on the
open road.
Physical Description
Seen in silhouette, a Suhnan can usually pass for a
Rucho. However, they have very distinct features tied
to the elements of the land itself. Those of earth or
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 water descent tend to be heavier, while those of air or
fire tend to be lighter. They have skin tones ranging
from red, tan, green, blue, white or gray. They have
pointed ears, and their hair generally mirrors their
elemental descent, with fire Suhnan bearing blonde or
red hair streaked with embers, while a water Suhnan
may have curls of sea foam.
Relations
The Suhnan harbor great pain and resentment, and are
a hard people to get along with as a result. Regardless
of whether their anger is warranted, most other races
have seen multiple generations come and go since the
War of Red Clouds and take offense to being blamed
for their ancestor’s actions.
While the Suhnan’s decision to interact with the
outsiders over the past few decades has helped to
alleviate this somewhat, the Suhnan’s distrust still
keeps the other factions at arm’s length, and as a
result, has led to many races distrusting them. While a
Suhnan may be welcome in most settlements, they will
certainly garner their share of side-eyes depending on
the area.
Adventurers
Suhnan are seen as experts on all the lands of the
Frontier, and they can put this expertise to great use
out on the open road. They are world-class scouts and
explorers, able to comfortably traverse all manner of
terrain, and their culture’s understanding of the
leylines make them archetypal Channelers.
Names
The Suhnan language is melodic and vowel-heavy, but
their naming conventions have great variety due to the
subcultures of the many different tribes found within
the Ashaya Federation. Suhnan do not use surnames,
opting to instead go with a single given name.
Example Names: Ahiga, Brave Thunder, Elsu, Flying
Hawk, Huata, Leaps-With-Grace, Mohea, Mountain
Flower, Sinopa, Water Dancer
Air
Sire of the Storm: You know the shocking grasp and
gust cantrips. Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is
your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast
them with this trait (choose when you select this race).
Wind Ward: You can hold your breath indefinitely
while you’re not incapacitated, and you have
resistance to lightning damage.
Earth
Darkvision: You can see in dim light within 60 feet of
you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it
were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness
only as shades of gray.
Guru of Growth: You know the thorn whip and mold
earth cantrips. Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is
your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast
them with this trait (choose when you select this race).
Fire
Inferno Enchanter: You know the produce flame
cantrip. Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your
spellcasting ability for this spells when you cast them
with this trait (choose when you select this race).
Unending Blaze: You have advantage on saving throws
made to resist exhaustion from extreme heat, and you
have resistance to fire damage.
Water
Water Weaver: You know the acid spalsh and shape
water cantrips. Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is
your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast
them with this trait (choose when you select this race).
Wavekin: You can breathe air and water, and you have
resistance to acid damage.

Racial Traits
Age: Suhnan reach maturity at 16 and generally live up
to 120 years of age.
Child of the Land: You gain proficiency in Animal
Handling, Nature, and Survival.
Size: Suhnan can stand anywhere from 5 to 7 feet tall
and weigh anywhere from 120-300 pounds.
Speed: Your base speed is 35 feet.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common
and Suhnan.
Subraces: Choose one of the following subraces:

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Languages
The peoples of the Forsaken Frontier speak a wide
variety of languages, from the widespread trade
tongue called Common to obscure ancient languages
from forgotten histories. Many regions and races have
a shared language, and all of the prevalent languages
of the 5 Corners have both signed versions and written
versions.

Prevalent Languages
Common
Raaldish
Riado
Spek
Suhnan
Other Languages
Infernal (spoken by demonic entities)
Old Speech (spoken by the Ruined)
Primordial (spoken by elementals)
Sylvan (spoken by ley spirits)

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Classes
Classes

T
he following are the only class options
available in the Forsaken Frontier.
Multiclassing is optional with DM
approval.

Class Table
Hit Primary
Class Description Die Ability Saving Throws Armor & Weapon Proficiencies Spell Lists
Arcanist A student of the arcane arts that is able to 1d6 Intelligence Intelligence & Daggers, darts, derringers, Arcane
combine the magical runic language of Wisdom slings, quarterstaffs.
Rigoric and modern crafting abilities to
hone ley energy.
Brawler A rough-and-tumble unarmed fighter who 1d10 Strength or Strength & None _
seeks to hone themselves to make their Dexterity Constitution
body into a deadly weapon able to take on
any foe.
Brute A trained warrior, seeking to do battle in 1d10 Strength or Strength & All armor, shields, simple _
the way that it was done in the millenia Dexterity Dexterity weapons, martial melee
before the advent of gunpowder. weapons
Channeler A sage that utilizes ancient traditions to 1d6 Wisdom Wisdom & Nonmetal light & medium Primal
harness natural ley energy and utilize it to Charisma armor, shields, clubs, daggers,
either bond with the creatures of nature or darts, handaxes, javelins,
unleash devastating elemental effects. quarterstaffs, slings, spears
Desperado A rugged gunslinger that is well-versed in 1d8 Dexterity Dexterity & Light armor, medium armor, _
all manner of modern ranged combat Intelligence clubs, daggers, explosives, all
styles. firearms
Hexslinger A magical gunman, able to use 1d8 Dexterity & Dexterity & Light armor, daggers, all Divine,
supernatural powers thanks to their Charisma Charisma firearms Primal or
attunement to an item possesed by a Occult
spirt.
Ley- A strange mage, able to cast spells thanks 1d8 Charisma Constitution & Light armor, simple melee and Arcane &
Touched to innate ley energy that has somehow Charisma ranged weapons, pistols Primal
been fused with their blood
Magi A practitioner of the eccentric magical art 1d6 Intelligence Intelligence & Daggers, darts, derringers, Occult
of Espantro, who harnesses magical Constitution slings, quarterstaffs.
energy from spirits by besting them in
battles of wits
Zealot A devoted priest able to use magic 1d8 Wisdom Wisdom & Light armor, medium armor, Divine or
through pure power of belief in a Strength shields, clubs, daggers, darts, Occult
supernatural entity. derringers, maces, quarterstaffs.

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 Arcanist
After first encountering the leylines, the crafty Rucho
set about finding ways to harness their power. Thus
began the Arcanists, an order of magical engineers
dedicated to widespread study of the intracacies of
the leylines. These mages utilize rune-charged objects
called talismans to focus ley energy into all kinds of
magical wonders, thanks to their years of research and
practice.

The Arcanist
Proficiency Cantrips Invocations
Level Bonus Features Known Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1st +2 Spellcasting, Rigoric 3 — 2 — — — — — — — —
2nd +2 Talismanic Invocation, Arcane 3 2 3 — — — — — — — —
Interpretation
3rd +2 — 3 2 4 2 — — — — — — —
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 4 2 4 3 — — — — — — —
5th +3 — 4 2 4 3 2 — — — — — —
6th +3 Talismanic Invocation, Arcane 4 3 4 3 3 — — — — — —
Interpretation feature
7th +3 — 4 3 4 3 3 1 — — — — —
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 4 3 4 3 3 2 — — — — —
9th +4 — 4 3 4 3 3 3 1 — — — —
10th +4 Talismanic Invocation, Arcane 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 — — — —
Interpretation feature
11th +4 — 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — —
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — —
13th +5 — 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — —
14th +5 Talismanic Invocation, Arcane 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — —
Interpretation feature
15th +5 — 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 —
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 —
17th +6 — 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
18th +6 Spell Mastery 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
20th +6 Runic Might 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1

Class Features Proficiencies

Armor: None
As an Arcanist, you gain the following class features
Weapons: Daggers, darts, derringers, slings,
Hit Points quarterstaffs.
Hit Dice: 1d6 per arcanist level Tools: Smith’s tools and Jeweler’s tools
Hit Points at 1st Level:6 + your Constitution modifier Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) per arcanist level Skills: Choose two from Arcana, History, Investigation,
after 1st, adding your Constitution modifier on every Mechanics, Medicine, Nature, Perception, & Sleight
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Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to
the equipment granted by your background:
(a) a quarterstaff and a dagger or (b) a derringer with
10 rounds
your spellcasting talisman
(a) a scholar’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack
Spellcasting
As a student of modern ley magics, you have an arcane
talisman that allows you to cast Spells through a
combination of metallurgy and arcane study.
Your Talisman
At 1st Level, you create an arcane talisman via a
ritual involving the inscription of charged runic
symbols onto an otherwise mundane small object. This
talisman functions as a spellcasting focus that you
must keep on your person for you to be able to cast
your prepared Spells, except for cantrips, which are
fixed in your mind. If your talisman is destroyed, you
can create a new one spending 1 hour and $25 for each
spell level that you can cast through the talisman.
Preparing and Casting Spells
The Arcanist table shows how many Spell Slots you
have to cast your Spells of 1st Level and higher. To cast
one of these Spells, you must expend a slot of the
spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended Spell
Slots when you finish a Long Rest.
You prepare the list of Arcanist spells that are
available for you to cast. To do so, choose a number of
spells from the “Arcane” spell list equal to your
Intelligence modifier + your Arcanist level (minimum of
one spell). The Spells must be of a level for which you
have Spell Slots.
For example, if you’re a 3rd-level Arcanist, you have
four 1st-level and two 2nd-level Spell Slots. With an
Intelligence of 16, your list of prepared Spells can
include six Spells of 1st or 2nd Level, in any
combination, chosen from the “Arcane” spell list. If you
prepare the 1st-level spell Magic Missile, you can cast
it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell
doesn’t remove it from your list of prepared Spells.
You can change your list of prepared Spells when
you finish a Long Rest. Preparing a new list of spells
requires time spent studying your research and
inscribing the correct runic combinations onto you
talisman that are required to cast the spell: at least 1
minute per Spell Level for each spell on your list.
Spellcasting Ability
Intelligence is your Spellcasting ability for your
Arcanist spells, since you learn your Spells through
dedicated study and memorization. You use your
Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your
Spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your
Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw
DC for an Arcanist spell you cast and when making an
Attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your
Intelligence modifier
Spell Attack modifier = your Proficiency Bonus + your
Intelligence modifier
Ritual Casting
You can cast an Arcanist spell as a ritual if that spell
has the ritual tag and you have the spell prepared.
Rigoric
At 1st level, you know Rigoric, the language of the
Arcanists that they use not only to communicate with
one another as peers, but also helps them to channel
arcane energies. Rigoric is largely a runic language,
but takes from multiple languages throughout history,
from dead languages to those still written and spoken
today. You automatically spot hidden messages in
Rigoric thanks to your attunement to your talisman.
Talismanic Invocation
In your study of magic, you have unearthed fragments
of key practices that you can modernize to imbue your
spellcasting talisman with specific abilities.
At 2nd level, you gain two Talismanic invocations of
your choice. Your invocation options are detailed at
the end of the class description. When you gain
certain arcanist levels, you gain additional invocations
of your choice, as shown in the Invocations Known
column of the Arcanist table.
Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you
can choose one of the invocations you know and
replace it with another invocation that you could learn
at that level.
If an invocation has prerequisites, you must meet
them to learn it. You can learn the invocation at the
same time that you meet its prerequisites.
Arcane Interpretation
At 2nd level, you choose an interpretation of
talismanic magic that shapes your practice of
spellcasting. Choose between Spellsmith and Ritualist.
Your choice grants you features at 2nd level and again
at 6th, 10th, and 14th level. This choice cannot be
changed once made.
Ability Score Improvement
At 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th levels, you can choose
one ability score to increase by 2, two scores to
increase by 1, or choose a feat.
Spell Mastery
At 18th level, choose a 1st-level spell and a 2nd-level
spell from the “Arcane” spell list. You can cast those
spells at their lowest level without expending a spell
slot when you have them prepared.
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 If you want to cast either spell at a higher level, you
must expend a spell slot as normal.
By spending 8 hours in study, you can exchange one
or both of the spells you chose for different spells of
the same levels.
Runic Might
At 20th level, your mastery of runic magic is so great
that you have glimpsed one of the fabled Master
Runes, symbols of great power that gave rise to the
first Arcanists. You can invoke the power of one
chosen rune a number of times per day equal to your
Intelligence modifier from one of the following
options:
Rune of Solitude: Whenever you cast a spell that
could deal damage to multiple creatures in an area
of effect, you can use a reaction to have this spell
instead only affect a single creature. This creature
has disadvantage on its save against this effect, and
when you roll damage for this spell, you roll twice
and take the higher result.
Guardian Rune: As an action, you and up to 5 other
creatures that you choose can add your Intelligence
modifier to their AC and any saving throws that
they roll until the end of your next turn.
Rune of Reversal: When a target you can see rolls an
attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, you
can use your reaction to invoke this rune to steal
that roll from the target. The target must then roll
again and take the new result. You can then use the
roll that you stole from the target for any attack
roll, ability check, or saving throw you make until
the end of your next turn.
Rune of Death: You may use this rune as an action
to potentially bring down a foe with a single
thought. Choose a target creature that you can see.
If this creature’s current HP is less than 125%
(rounded down) of your current HP, it is killed
instantly. However, if the target creature’s current
HP is higher than this threshold, you are reduced to
1 HP, and the target creature instead takes damage
equal to the HP that you lost.
Blur Rune: As an action, you and up to 2 other
creatures that you choose are immune to all
conditions (except unconscious) and have their
movement speeds tripled until the end of your next
turn.
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Arcane
Interpretations
Ritualist
Your interpret magic through a talisman using the
remains of a living being, delving into dark arcane
secrets that others might shun.
Black Magic
At 2nd level, you learn your choice between the toll
the dead and vicious mockery cantrips and it does not
count against your cantrips known. In addition,
whenever you gain a spell slot of a higher level as part
of leveling up, you can choose 2 spells from the
“Occult” spell list. You can prepare these chosen spells
as Arcanist spells.
Sacrifical Empowerment
At 2nd level, you’ve learned how to stretch the power
of your talisman by consuming parts of it to empower
your spells. Whenever you cast a spell of 1st-level or
higher, you can consume a piece of your talisman. If
you do, you cast the spell as if you used a spell slot of
one additional level. This level can exceed the
maximum level of your arcanist spells.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to
half your Intelligence modifier, rounded down + 1
(minimum of 1). Upon your last use of this feature, your
talisman is destroyed. You regain all uses of this
feature upon completing a long rest.
Curator of Curses
At 6th level, whenver you cast a curse spell, roll a d20.
On a roll of 15 or higher, this spell does not consume a
spell slot. For the purposes of this feature, a curse is a
spell that has the word “curse” in its name or one
requiring a material component that is a part of a
living creature, such as the adder’s stomach needed
for the acid arrow spell or the petrified eye of newt
needed for the hex spell.
Forbidden Rites
At 10th level, you reduce the time it takes you to cast a
ritual spell from 10 minutes to 1 minute. In addition
you can cast any spell with a casting time of 1 minute
or longer as a ritual.
These spells have the ritual tag for you. If the casting
time of the spell is longer than 10 minutes, then the
ritual version of the spell uses the spells original
casting time.
Sacrificial Unmaking
At 14th level, You can extract even greater
consumptive power from your talismans. When you
use your Sacrificial Empowerment feature, you can
also choose to incur one of the following effects:
 Discombobulation: A target makes its first saving
throw against the spell with disadvantage.
Discorporation: You or a creature who was holding
or carrying the trinket (your choice) wink out of
existence until the start of your next turn,
teleporting to an unoccupied space within 5 feet of
the trinket’s last location. If no such space exists,
the target is shunted to the nearest unoccupied
space and takes force damage equal to twice the
number of feet it is moved.
Disintegration: The first time a target takes damage
from the spell, it takes 1d6 additional force damage
for each level of the spell, taking half as much
damage if it made a saving throw against the spell
and succeeded. A target with 0 hit points after
taking damage from this effect is reduced to a pile
of fine gray dust.
Dispersion: The spell’s range and spatial dimensions
are doubled.
Disruption: The spell ignores all damage
resistances, and treats damage immunities as
resistances instead.
Distraction: A target hit by the spell’s attack or who
fails its saving throw has no memory of you casting
the spell or being affected by it.
Spellsmith
You masterfully weave magic and metallurgy to create
mechanical talismans that represent the apex of
arcane empowerment.
Runic Expressions
At 2nd level, you learn the mending cantrip and it
doesn’t count against your cantrips known. In
addition, you can use complex runic inscriptions to
meld together the effects of multiple spells. Whenever
you prepare your spells for the day, choose a number
of Runic Expressions equal to your Intelligence
modifier.
To create a Runic Expression, choose two different
spells that are the samel level (this level cannot be
higher than half your Intelligence modifier, rounded
up) and have a duration of instantaneous, then expend
a spell slot equal to the level of these spells. For the
rest of the day, whenever you cast one of these spells,
it also includes the effects of the other bonded spell.
Artisan’s Expertise
At 2nd level, you gain expertise in a tool set of your
choice. In addition, you may use this chosen tool set to
cast the identify spell even if you do not have it
prepared and without using a spell slot, given that a
mundane version of the item being identified could be
created by this tool set (for example, using jewler’s
tools to identify a magical amulet).
Arcane Infusion
At 6th level, you have learned how to use Rigoric to
connect the magic of your talisman with other items.
To use this feature, choose an item. In a special ritual
taking 1 minute, you can expend a spell slot to cast a
spell as normal, but the spell does not take effect, and
is stored in the item for later use.
Subsequently, any creature holding the item with an
Intelligence of 6 or higher that is aware there is magic
infused in it can expend the stored magic to cast the
spell.
The spell uses your spellcasting modifiers, but is in
all other ways treated as if the creature holding it cast
the spell. The magic infused in the item fades if you
complete a long rest without expending the stored
spell.
Runic Reverberation
At 10th level, whenever you use one of your Runic
Expressions, roll a d20. On a roll of 17 or higher, you
copy this Runic Expression and can cast this copy
without expending a spell slot.
Empowered Infusion
At 14th level, whenever you use your Arcane Infusion
feature on a weapon, the wielder of the infused
weapon can cast the stored spell as part of the same
action to make an attack with the spell. If you use it on
a suit of armor, the wearer can cast the stored spell as
a reaction when they are hit.
Talismanic
Invocations
Advanced Artifice
Crafting times and costs, including those for creating a
talisman, are cut in half.
Evil Eye
Prerequisite: Ritualist subclass
You gain the ability to lay the most unsettling gaze
upon a creature. As a reaction to a creature within 15
feet attacking you, you can unleash a terrifying glare at
them (occuring after the attack completes). The target
creature must make a Wisdom saving throw against
your spell save DC or become frightened of you until
the end of your next turn. Once a creature has
succeeded on a save against this ability, they are
immune to it for 24 hours.
Additionally, you gain proficiency in the Intimidation
skill.
Markings of Protection
Prerequisite: Spellsmith Subclass
You are always under the effect of the mage armor
spell.
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 Protective Ward
You make a ward against supernatural harm. While
you wear this charm, you can use it to cast protection
from evil and good without expending a spell slot,
material components, or requiring concentration, but
the spell lasts a number of rounds equal to your
Intelligence modifier. You can cast this as a reaction to
being attacked or making a save it would affect, but
when you do so it only lasts until the start of your next
turn.
Once you use this charm, you cannot use it again
until you complete a short or long rest.
Spatial Storage
You can convert a pocket, ring, hat, or bag into a
spatial storage device, capable of carrying up to 3 x
your Arcanist level in pounds, with 0.5 x your Arcanist
level cubic feet of storage space. For example, a level 5
Arcanist can store up to 15 pounds, not exceeding a
volume of 2.5 cubic feet, within the storage space. As
an action, you can send an item you are holding into
the storage space or retrieve an item from the storage
space to your hand.
If lost, you can recreate the spatial storage device
during a short rest.
Vestments of War
You gain proficiency in light and medium armor.
War Mage
Prerequisite: Vestments of War
You gain proficiency in simple melee weapons and
shields.
Arcane Ammunition
Prerequisite: 6th-lever or higher, Spellsmith subclass
You infuse a ranged weapon with special magic
granting it magical ammunition. The weapons damage
becomes force damage and it no longer requires
ammunition to fire. If the weapon had the Loading
property, it no longer has the Loading Property.
Corrupt Item
Prerequisite: 6th-lever or higher, Ritualist subclass
You use a dark and secret rite to corrupt a non-
magical item, causing it to become a cursed magic
item. While any creature other than you is in
possession of this item, they are under the effect of
the bane spell. Select one of the following for the
item’s magical property (the item must be of a type of
item that could be the magical item selected): bag of
tricks, brooch of shielding, goggles of night, lantern of
revealing, or staff of the python (you can ignore
attunement restrictions of this item).
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Savant Focus
Prerequisite: 6th-level or higher
You can focus all of your experience into using your
most basic magic potently. As a bonus action you can
enter a state of focused concentration, as if
concentrating on a spell. When you do so, you gain
advantage on attack rolls made for cantrips for 1
minute, or until you end your concentration on this
state of focus.
Simple Magic
Prerequisite: 6th-level or higher
You can sacrifice a spell slot of 3rd level or higher to
gain two 1st level spell slots. If the spell slot is 5th level
or higher, you can gain two 2nd level spell slots. You
cannot store more than twice your usual maximum
number of any spell slot level this way.
Utility Master
Prerequisite: 6th-level or higher
When you cast utility cantrips that can lift weight,
affect external elements, target an area on the ground,
or cause minor instantaneous effects, you lift twice as
much, target twice the area, or maintain an additional
instantaneous effect.
Artifice Expert
Prerequisite: 10th-lever or higher
Choose one skill you are proficient in from among
Arcana, History, Mechanics, Sleight of Hand, or any
tool set. You gain expertise in the chosen skill or tool
set. If you do not have proficiency in any of the
selected skills, you can instead gain proficiency in two
of your choice.
You can select this invocation multiple times,
selecting a different skill each time you take it.
Dark Knowledge
Prerequisite: 10th-lever or higher, Ritualist subclass
You learn 5 spells of your choice from the “Occult”
spell list. These are now Arcanist spells for you.
You can select this invocation multiple times,
selecting different spells each time you take it.
Magical Rod of…
Prerequisite: 10th-lever or higher, Spellsmith subclass
You create a magical Rod that you can infuse with a
spell of 5th level or higher you have prepared. This rod
does not require attunement, but can only be used by
you. The spell level must be equal to or less than half
of your Arcanist level, rounded down. This rod has one
charge. You can expend the charge to cast the
selected spell at its base level. The rod regains all
charges at the end of a long rest.
You can select this invocation multiple times,
selecting a different spell each time you take it.
Brawler
Out on the trail, knowing how your weapon works can
be the difference in killin’ and being killed. Brawlers
take a shortcut by becoming weapons themselves.
Through tireless training, Brawlers fight with the
hands and feet their were born with, often with
devastating effects. In a world where ranged combat is
becoming all more common, Brawlers thrive on gettin’
up close and personal.

The Brawler
Level Proficiency Bonus Features Fisticuffs
1st +2 Iron Chin, Fisticuffs, Pugilistic Preference 1d4
2nd +2 Quick Footwork, Dirty Fighting 1d4
3rd +2 Pugilistic Preference feature 1d4
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 1d4
5th +3 Extra Attack 1d6
6th +3 Pugilistic Preference feature, Shake it Off 1d6
7th +3 Fists of Fury, Chaotic Combatant 1d6
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 1d6
9th +4 Intense Focus 1d6
10th +4 Pugilistic Preference feature 1d6
11th +4 Extra Attack 1d8
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 1d8
13th +5 Puncher’s Chance 1d8
14th +5 Unbreakable 1d8
15th +5 Pugilistic Preference feature 1d8
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 1d8
17th +6 Knock Out 1d10
18th +6 Fighting Spirit 1d10
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 1d10
20th +6 Champion 1d10

Intimidation, Perception, Performance, Stealth,

Class Features Sleight of Hand, Streetwise, and Survival
As a Brawler, you gain the following class features
Equipment
Hit Points You start with the following equipment, in addition to
Hit Dice: 1d10 per brawler level the equipment granted by your background:
Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier a trinket taken as a trophy from your first fight
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) per brawler (a) a frontiersman’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack
level after 1st, adding your Constitution modifier on
every even level. Iron Chin
Proficiencies Beginning at 1st level, while you are wearing no armor
Armor: None and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + the
Weapons: None highest two numbers between your Strength,
Tools:None Dexterity and Constitution modifiers.
Saving Throws:Strength, Constitution
Choose three from Acrobatics, Athletics,
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 Fisticuffs
At 1st level, your experience has given you mastery
over combat styles that use unarmed strikes and
brawler weapons, which are any improvised weapons.
While you are unarmed or using only brawler
weapons and you are wearing light or no armor and
not using a shield, you can roll a d4 in place of the
normal damage of your unarmed strike or pugilist
weapon. This die changes as you gain brawler levels, as
shown in the Fisticuffs column on the brawler class
table.
Pugilistic Preference
At 1st level, you choose a fighting style that determines
how you use your training to overcome enemies.
Choose between Roughhouser and Quick Son of a
Bitch. Your choice grants you features at 1st level and
again at 3rd, 6th, 10th, and 15th level. This choice
cannot be changed once made.
Dirty Fighting
At 2nd level, When you hit an enemy with an unarmed
or brawler weapon attack you can impose one of the
following effects on that target:
It must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be
knocked prone.
It must make a Strength saving throw. If it fails, you
can push it up to 15 feet away from you.
It can’t take reactions until the end of your next turn.
The DC for these effects is calculated as 8 + your
choice of Strength or Dexterity modifier + your
proficiency bonus. You can use this a number of times
per day equal to your proficiency bonus.
Quick Footwork
At 2nd level, your speed increases by 10 feet while you
are not wearing armor or wielding a shield.
Ability Score Improvement
At 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th levels, you can choose
one ability score to increase by 2, two scores to
increase by 1, or choose a feat.
Extra Attack
At 5th level, you gain the ability to make 2 attacks
when you take the attack action. This number
increases to 3 at 11th level.
Shake it Off
At 6th level, you gain the ability to bring yourself back
from tough moments to finish off a fight. As an action,
you can regain hit points equal to three times your
brawler level. You must finish a long rest before you
can use this feature again.
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Fists of Fury
At 7th level, your unarmed strikes count as magical for
the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to
non-magical attacks and damage.
Chaotic Combatant
At 7th level, you’re used to fighting in complete chaos
and have learned to utilize it for yourself. You gain the
following benefits:
When you’re prone, you can stand up by spending 5
feet of movement, rather than half your speed.
As a reaction, when a creature misses you with a
melee attack roll, you can cause that attack to hit one
creature of your choice, other than the attacker, that
you can see within 5 feet of you. You can use this
feature a number of times per day equal to your
proficieny bonus.
Intense Focus
At 9th level, you have resistance to psychic damage
and gain advantage on saving throws against effects
that would make you stunned or unconscious.
Puncher’s Chance
At 13th level, 3/day when you make an ability check,
an attack roll, or a saving throw and have
disadvantage, you can choose to negate this
disadvantage.
Unbreakable
At 14th level, you gain proficiency in all saving throws.
Additionally, 1/day, whenever you make a saving throw
and fail, you can reroll it and must take the second
result.
Knock Out
At 17th level, when you hit with an unarmed strike or
brawler weapon you can try to knock out the
opponent instead of dealing damage. Roll 10d12 + your
brawler level; if the total is equal to or greater than the
creature’s remaining hit points, it is unconscious for 10
minutes.
Fighting Spirit
At 18th level, when you are reduced to 0 hit points, you
gain half of your maximum hit points and gain a level
of exhaustion. You cannot use this feature again until
you complete a long rest.
Champion
At 20th level, your Strength, Dexterity and
Constitution ability scores increase by 2 to a maximum
of 22. Additionally, when you take a long rest you
recover 2 levels of exhaustion instead of 1.
Pugilistic
Preferences
Quick Son of a Bitch
You trade power for style and grace, focusing on quick
strikes and evasive movements to beat opponents
before they can react.
The Ol’ One-Two
At 1st level, you can use your Dexterity for determining
attack and damage rolls for unarmed and brawler
weapon attacks. In addition, when you use the Attack
action with an unarmed strike or a brawler weapon on
your turn, you can make one unarmed strike as a
bonus action. This strike does not add your ability
score modifier to the damage roll.
Float Like a Butterfly
At 3rd level, you can Dash or Disengage as a bonus
action and your speed increases by 10 feet. In addition,
whenever a creature makes a melee attack roll against
you, you can use a reaction to impose disadvantage on
the roll. You must use this feature before the creature
makes the attack roll.
Fast Fists
At 6th level, when you use your bonus action to make
an attack with The Ol’ One-Two and the attack is
successful, you can immediately give yourself a free
extra unarmed attack. This strike does not add your
ability score modifier to the damage roll. If this attack
hits, the target has disadvantage on all attacks until
the beginning of your next turn.
Evasion
At 10th level, when you are subjected to an effect that
allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take
only half damage, you instead take no damage if you
succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if
you fail.
Bob & Weave
At 15th level, once per turn, when you would make an
attack with advantage, you can forgo it to make 2
attacks without advantage instead. In addition, when a
creature misses you with a melee attack, you can use
your reaction to make an unarmed strike with
advantage against that target.
Roughhouser
You fight with overwhelming strength and just the
right amount of technique needed to beat your
opponents senseless with well-placed, powerful
strikes.
Hard Knocks
At 1st level, whenever you roll damage for an unarmed
or brawler weapon attack, you roll twice the amount
of dice noted by the Fisticuffs column of the Brawler
table, and, at the start of each of your turns, you can
deal 1d4 bludgeoning damage to one creature grappled
by you. In addition, whenever you score a critical hit
with an unarmed strike or brawler weapon attack, you
roll an additional damage die.
I Didn’t Hear No Bell
At 3rd level, when you are reduced to less than half of
your maximum hit points you gain your brawler level +
your Constitution modifier in temporary hit points
and you add your proficiency bonus to your damage
with unarmed attacks and brawler weapons for 1
minute.You cannot use this feature again until you
complete a short or long rest.
Haymaker
At 6th level, before you make an attack roll with an
unarmed strike or brawler weapon attack, you can
declare you are swinging wild haymakers. You make all
attack rolls until the end of this turn with
disadvantage, you score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or
20, and when you deal damage you do not roll for
damage but use the maximum die result instead.
Brace Up
At 10th level, as a bonus action you can brace yourself
for incoming attacks. Roll two of your Fisticuffs dice +
your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier.
You gain that many temporary hit points, and while
you have these temporary hit points, you are resistant
to all damage.
Chin Check
At 15th level, once per turn, when you would make an
attack with advantage, you can forgo it and instead
make your next attack without advantage, and if it
hits, it is an automatic critical hit. Using this feature
reduces the number of atacks you can make in a round
by 1.
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 Brute
It’s no secret that the Rucho bringing gunpowder to
the Forsaken Frontier changed the landscape of
warfare on the continent forever. However, a Brute
knows that the invention of bullets doesn’t make a
blade any less lethal. Trained in ancient fighting
techniques, Brutes utilize a wide variety of analog
weaponry to efficicently dispatch enemies the old-
fashioned way.

The Brute
Level Proficiency Bonus Features Exploits Known Exploit Die Exploit Dice
1st +2 Fighting Style, Second Wind - - -
2nd +2 Martial Exploits 2 d6 2
3rd +2 Know Your Enemy, Warrior Archetype 3 d6 2
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 3 d6 3
5th +3 Extra Attack 4 d8 3
6th +3 Action Surge 4 d8 3
7th +3 Warrior Archetype Feature 5 d8 3
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 5 d8 4
9th +4 Indomitable 6 d8 4
10th +4 Warrior Archetype Feature 6 d8 4
11th +4 Extra Attack 7 d10 4
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 7 d10 5
13th +5 Indomitable Upgrade 8 d10 5
14th +5 Unbreakable 8 d10 5
15th +5 Warrior Archetype Feature 9 d10 5
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 9 d10 6
17th +6 Extra Attack, Indomitable Upgrade 10 d12 6
18th +6 Warrior Archetype Feature 10 d12 6
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 10 d12 6
20th +6 Action Surge Upgrade, Relentless 10 d12 6

Choose two from Acrobatics, Athletics,

Class Features Skills:
Deception, History, Intimidation, Investigation,
As a Brute, you gain the following class features Perception, Persuasion, Stealth, Sleight of Hand, and
Hit Points
Survival
Hit Dice: 1d10 per brute level Equipment
Hit Points at 1st Level:10 + your Constitution modifier You start with the following equipment, in addition to
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) per brute level the equipment granted by your background:
after 1st, adding your Constitution modifier on every
even level. a) splint mail or (b) duster, a longbow, 20 arrows
(a) martial weapon and shield or (b) two martial
Proficiencies weapons
Armor: All Two tomahawks
Weapons: Simple & martial melee and ranged weapons (a) a frontiersman’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack
Tools: None
Saving Throws: Strength, Dexterity

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Fighting Style
At 1st level, choose the Fighting Style from the options
below that best reflect your martial training and skill
with weapons. You cannot select a Fighting Style more
than once, even if a feature allows you to select an
additional Fighting Style.
Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can
switch your Fighting Style for another Fighting Style of
your choice.
Archery
You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls with ranged
weapons.
Berserker
You fight with reckless abandon in battle. Once per
turn, you can grant yourself advantage on a single
melee wepaon attack roll. Once you take this
advantaged attack, your Armor Class is reduced by 2
until the beginning of your next turn.
Classical Swordplay
While wielding a finesse weapon and no other
weapons, you gain a +1 bonus to your attack rolls and a
+1 to your Armor Class so long as you are not using
heavy armor or a shield.
Defensive Fighting
While wearing armor or wielding a shield, you gain a +1
bonus to your Armor Class.
Dual Wielding
When you take the Attack action while two-weapon
fighting, you can make a single additional attack with
your off-hand weapon as part of your action instead of
your bonus action, adding your ability modifier to the
damage of this attack.
Dueling
When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand
and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage
rolls with it.
Featherweight Fighting
While you are wielding only light weapons, and
nothing else your speed increases by 10 feet. You also
gain a +1 bonus to damage rolls with light weapons, so
long as you are not wearing medium or heavy armor,
or wielding a shield.
Great Weapon Fighting
When you roll a 1 or 2 on the damage die for an attack
you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding
with two hands, you can reroll the damage, though
you must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or
a 2.
The weapon must have the versatile or two-handed
property to gain this benefit.
Improvised Fighting
You gain proficiency with improvised weapons. Once
per turn, when you hit with a improvised weapon
attack, you can roll the damage die twice and take the
higher roll. When you do this, the improvised weapon
is destroyed and cannot be used for further attacks.
You can’t use this feature to destroy magical objects.
Melee Marksman
Having a hostile creature within 5 feet of you does not
impose disadvantage on your ranged weapon attacks,
so long as you are attacking a creature within 5 feet.
When you make a ranged weapon attack against a
creature within 5 feet, you can use your bonus action
to make a melee attack against it with your ranged
weapon. On hit, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to
1d4 + your Strength modifier.
Mountaineer
When you are not wearing medium or heavy armor, or
using a shield, you have a climbing speed equal to your
movement speed, and you gain a +1 bonus to your
Armor Class.
Mounted Warrior
While you are riding a controlled mount, both you and
your mount gain a +1 bonus to your Armor Class, and
you can use a bonus action on your turn to command
your mount to take one action from its stat block.
Protection
When a creature you can see attacks a target other
than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your
reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You
must be wielding a melee weapon or a shield to use
this reaction.
Shield Warrior
You gain proficiency with shields as a martial melee
weapon, and on hit, your shield deals 2d4 bludgeoning
damage. If you are wielding a shield and nothing else,
you gain a +1 bonus to your shield attack damage rolls
and to your Armor Class.
Standard Bearer
When a creature within 5 feet of you makes an attack
against a creature that you can see, you can grant
them advantage on their attack roll as a reaction. You
must be carrying a banner, flag, or standard in your
hand to use this reaction.
Thrown Weapon Fighting
You can draw a weapon that has the thrown property
as part of the attack you make with the weapon.
Moreover, when you hit with a ranged weapon attack
using a thrown weapon, you gain a +2 bonus to the
damage roll of that attack.
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 Versatile Fighting
While wielding a single versatile weapon and no shield,
you can choose to wield your weapon one or two-
handed until the start of your next turn. When
wielding it one-handed you gain a +1 bonus to attack
rolls and to your Armor Class. Wielding it two-handed
you gain a +2 bonus to your damage rolls.
Second Wind
Starting at 1st level, you can use a bonus action to
regain hit points equal to 1d12 + your Brute level. Once
you do so, you must finish a short or long rest before
you can do so again.
When you reach 14th level in this class, you can use
your Second Wind feature twice between each short
or long rest
Martial Exploits
At 2nd level, you have begun to master unique
techniques to enhance your martial skill, both on and
off the field of battle.
Exploit Dice
The Brute table shows how many Exploit Dice you
have to perform the Exploits you know. To use an
Exploit, you must expend one of these Dice. You can
only use one Exploit per attack, ability check, or saving
throw, and you regain your expended Exploit Dice
when you finish a short or long rest.
Your Exploit Dice begin as d6s, and increase in size
as you gain levels in this class, as indicated in the Brute
table.
Exploits Known
You know two Exploits of your choice from the list at
the end of this class. The Exploits Known column of
the Brute table shows when you learn more Exploits of
your choice. To learn an Exploit you must meet any
prerequisites it may have, like a minimum Ability Score
or a minimum brute level.
Whenever you gain a brute level, you can replace
one of the Exploits you know with another Exploit of
your choice.
Saving Throws
If one of your Exploits requires a creature to make a
saving throw, your Exploit saving throw DC is
calculated as follows:
Exploit save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice)
Know Your Enemy
Beginning at 3rd level, you can measure the skills of
others in comparison to your own. As an action,
choose a creature you can see within 60 feet. You
learn if it is your equal, superior, or inferior in regards
to one of the following attributes:
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Armor Class Strength Score
Current or Total Hit Points Dexterity Score
Proficiency Bonus Constitution Score
Once you learn something about a creature, you
can’t use this feature on that creature again until you
finish a long rest.
When you reach 14th level in this class, you can use
this feature as either an action or bonus action on
your turn.
Warrior Archetype
At 3rd level, choose one of the following Warrior
Archetypes that best represents your skills and
training: Bushwhacker, Commander or Ravager.
The Warrior Archetype you choose grants you
features at 3rd level and again at 7th, 10th, 15th, and
18th level.
Archetype Exploits
Each Archetype has a list of Archetype Exploits you
learn at the brute levels noted in your Archetype’s
description. They don’t count against your total
number of Exploits Known and can’t be switched out
for other Exploits. If you don’t meet an Archetype
Exploit’s prerequisites, you learn it regardless.
Ability Score Improvement
At 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th levels, you can choose
one ability score to increase by 2, two scores to
increase by 1, or choose a feat.
Extra Attack
At 5th level, you gain the ability to make 2 attacks
when you take the attack action. This number
increases to 3 at 11th level, and 4 at 17th level.
Action Surge
Starting at 6th level, you can push yourself past your
limits, if only for a moment. On your turn, you can take
one additional action on that current turn. Once you
do so, you must finish a short or long rest before you
can use this feature again.
When you reach 20th level, you can use this feature
twice between each short or long rest, but only once
per turn.
Indomitable
Your fighting spirit allows you to grasp success from
the jaws of defeat. Beginning at 9th level, when you fail
a saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead.
Once you use this feature you must finish a long rest
before you can use it again.
You can use this feature twice starting at 13th level,
and three times starting at 17th level.
Relentless
Upon reaching 20th level, your skills in combat are
those of a hero of legend. When you start your turn
with no Exploit Dice remaining, you immediately
regain an expended Exploit Die.
Warrior Archetypes
Bushwhacker
Where other warriors overwhelm their foes with
brutal force or flurries of strikes, Bushwhackers either
prefer to lurk in the shadows, stabbing their foes in
the back while they are unaware, or work to draw their
adversary into single combat, deftly avoiding attacks
until a deadly opportunity presents itself.
Bushwhacker Exploits
You learn certain Exploits at the brute levels noted in
the table below. They don’t count against your total
number of Exploits Known and can’t be switched upon
gaining a level.
Brute Level Exploits
3rd Crippling Strike, Precision Strike
5th Dirty Hit, Glancing Blow
9th Fluid Movements
Sneak Attack
Beginning at 3rd level, you learn to exploit the weak
points of your enemies. Once per turn when you hit a
creature with an attack with a finesse or ranged
weapon, you can deal a bonus 2d6 damage, so long as
one of the conditions below are met:
You have advantage on your attack roll.
An enemy of your target (other than you) is within 5
feet of your target, and the other enemy isn’t
incapacitated.
You don’t gain the benefits feature if you have
disadvantage on your attack roll, even if the other
conditions are met. The bonus damage dealt by this
feature increases to 3d6 at 9th level and 4d6 at 15th
level.
Supreme Sneak
At 7th level, you have an almost supernatural ability to
avoid being seen when necessary. You have advantage
on Dexterity (Stealth) checks while moving at half your
speed, and you can attempt to Hide even when you are
only lightly obscured.
Ambusher
At 10th level, you have advantage on initiative rolls. In
addition, attack rolls against the first creature you hit
during the first round of a combat have advantage
until the start of your next turn.
Sixth Sense
Your senses have been honed to supernatural levels.
Starting at 13th level, if you can hear, you are aware of
the location of any invisible or hidden creature within
10 feet of you.
At 18th level the radius of this feature becomes 30
feet.
Elusive
It is nearly impossible for your foes to gain the upper
hand. At 18th level, so long as you are not
incapacitated, no attack rolls against you can be made
with advantage.
Commander
Not all fighters rely solely on themselves in battle,
some use their deep knowledge of battlefield tactics to
coordinate their allies. Commanders are warriors who
lead from the front of the battle, issuing orders and
inspiring greatness in others by their own brave deeds.
Commander Exploits
You learn certain Exploits at the brute levels noted in
the table below. They don’t count against your total
number of Exploits Known and can’t be switched upon
gaining a level.
Brute Level Exploits
3rd Attack Order, Maneuvering Order
5th Defensive Order, Surprise Attack
9th Tactical Reposition
Student of War
You have studied the strategy of both politics and war.
At 3rd level, you learn the commander’s presence
exploit, and whenever you use it, you can roll a d4 in
place of expending an Exploit Die.
Rally
At 7th level, when you use Second Wind, you can
choose three creatures within 30 feet that can see or
hear you to regain hit points equal to your Exploit Die
+ your proficiency bonus.
Heroic Surge
At 10th level, when you use Action Surge, choose a
creature within 30 feet that can see or hear you. The
creature can use its reaction to move its speed,
without provoking any opportunity attacks, then it can
make a single weapon attack.
Inspiring Commands
At 15th level, once per turn, when you use an Exploit
that targets allied creatures, one target of your choice
gains temporary hit points equal to your proficiency
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 Legendary Tactician
Your ability to inspire others and lead allies into battle
rivals the great conquerers and commanders of
legend. At 18th level, your Heroic Surge can affect up
to two creatures of your choice within 30 feet that can
see or hear you.
Ravager
Ravagers are born with a lust for battle in their blood.
They are able to wield weapons of war with deadly
force based on pure instinct. What they lack in
technique, these wild warriors make up for with pure
brute force. Like an animal backed into a corner, a
Ravager will fight with near-supernatural strength and
ferocity.
Ravager Exploits
You learn certain Exploits at the brute levels noted in
the table below. They don’t count against your total
number of Exploits Known and can’t be switched upon
gaining a level.
Brute Level Exploits
3rd Brazen Defence, Ruthless Strike
5th Savage Rebuke, Shattering Slam
9th War Cry
Frenzied Fighting
At 3rd level, you can enter a frenzy that empowers
your attacks and deadens you to fear and pain as a
bonus action. This frenzy lasts for 1 minute. It ends
early if you are knocked unconscious or if your turn
ends and you haven’t attacked a hostile creature since
your last turn or taken damage since then. You can
also end your frenzy on your turn as a bonus action.
While frenzied, you gain a +2 bonus to melee
damage rolls, as well as a –2 penalty to AC, and you
have advantage on saving throws against charm and
fear effects. In addition, you also gain resistance to
bludgeoning, piercing and slashing damage.
While frenzied, you can’t use any ability that
requires patience or concentration, such as
spellcasting. or any Charisma-, Dexterity-, or
Intelligence-based skills except Acrobatics,
Intimidation, and Sleight of Hand. You can frenzy a
number of times equal to half your brute level
(maximum 6 frenzies) per rest.
Feral Instincts
At 7th level, your frenzy lasts for 10 minutes, and it
only ends early if you are incapacitated or you choose
to end it. In addition, you have advantage on Dexterity
saving throws against effects that you can see (such as
traps and spells) so long as you are not, blinded,
deafened, or incapacitated.
Close Enough to Kill
At 10th level, the damage bonus from your frenzy
increases to +3. In addition, 3/day whenever you
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attempt an attack roll against an opponent while
frenzied and miss, but your d20 roll is not a 1, you can
treat the attack as a successful hit. This attack
automatically deals minimum damage.
Furious Retaliation
At 15th level, when you take damage from a creature
that is within your reach, you can use your reaction to
make a single melee weapon attack against that
creature.
Indomitable Might
At 18th level, if you make a Strength or Constitution
ability check or saving throw and the result of your roll
is lower than your Strength score, you can use your
Strength score in place of result.
Martial Exploits
2nd-level Exploits
Aerial Maneuver
Prerequisites: Bushwhacker, Dexterity of 11
When you fall, you can use your reaction to expend an
Exploit Die to control your descent. You reduce any
falling damage you would take by an amount equal to
five times your level, and when you land, you can
choose to land on your feet.
Aggressive Sprint
As a bonus action on your turn, you can expend an
Exploit Die to draw upon your battle fury and move up
to your full speed toward a hostile creature you can
see.
Alchemical Adept
Prerequisites: Bushwhacker, Intelligence of 11
When you make an Intelligence (Nature), Wisdom
(Medicine), alchemist’s supplies, or herbalism kit
check, you can expend an Exploit Die and add it to
your roll. You can use this Exploit after you roll, but
before you know if you succeed or fail.
Attack Order
Prerequisites: Commander
When you take the Attack action, you can issue this
Order in place of one of your attacks, targeting a
creature that can see or hear you within 30 feet. The
next time the target takes the Attack action before the
start of your next turn, it can make one additional
weapon attack as part of its Attack action.
Blinding Debris
Prerequisites: Bushwhacker
As a bonus action, you can expend an Exploit Die and
force a creature within 10 feet to make a Constitution
saving throw. On a failure, it takes piercing damage
equal to your Exploit Die and is blinded until the start
of your next turn.
Bonebreaker Critical of that attack, and causing that attack to deal
Prerequisites: Ravager, Strength of 11 maximum damage.
When you score a critical hit, you can expend an
Disarm
Exploit Die to cripple your target. For the next minute,
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you
the creature deals only half damage with weapon
attacks that use Strength. can expend an Exploit Die to force it to make a
Strength saving throw. On a failure, it takes additional
The creature can make a Constitution saving throw
damage equal to your Exploit Die, and it drops an item
at the start of each of its turns, ending this effect on a
of your choice it is holding.
success.

Brazen Defence Feint

When you make a melee weapon attack against a
Prerequisites: Constitution of 11
You steel yourself for combat, preparing to take creature that can see you, you can expend an Exploit
Die to attempt a feint as part of that attack. The target
incoming blows. As a bonus action, you can expend an
of your attack must succeed on a Wisdom saving
Exploit Die to gain temporary hit points equal to 1 +
throw, or you add your Exploit Die to both your attack
your Exploit Die.
roll and damage roll for that attack.
Burglar’s Finesse
First Aid
Prerequisites: Bushwhacker, Dexterity of 11
As an action, you can touch a conscious and willing
Whenever you make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand),
creature and expend an Exploit Die to heal them. As a
Dexterity (Stealth), or a thieves’ or tinker’s tools check,
you can expend an Exploit Die and add it to your roll. reaction, the target can expend a Hit Die to regain hit
points equal to its Hit Die + its Constitution modifier
You can use this Exploit after you roll, but before you
+your Exploit Die.
know if you succeed or fail.
Crushing Grip Feral Senses
Prerequisites: Ravager, Wisdom of 11
Prerequisites: Strength of 11
Whenever you make a Wisdom (Perception) or
When you grapple a creature, you can expend an
Exploit Die to enhance your grip. When you initiate Wisdom (Survival) check, you can expend an Exploit
Die and add it to the result of your roll. You can use
this grapple, and at the start of each of the grappled
this Exploit after you roll, but before you know
creature’s turns, the target takes bludgeoning damage
whether you succeed or fail.
equal to your Exploit Die.

Charlatan’s Guile Imposing Presence

Prerequisites: Strength or Charisma of 11
Prerequisites: Dexterity or Charisma of 11
Whenever you make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand), Whenever you make a Strength (Intimidation) or
Charisma (Intimidation) check, you can expend an
Charisma (Deception), or a Charisma (Performance)
Exploit Die and add it to the result of your roll. You
check, you can expend an Exploit Die and add it to the
can use this Exploit after you roll, but before you know
result of your roll. You can use this Exploit after you
whether you succeed or fail.
roll, but before you whether you succeed or fail.
Commander’s Presence Insightful Order
Prerequisites: Commander
Prerequisites: Intelligence or Charisma of 11
When you take the Attack action, you can issue this
Whenever you make a Charisma (Intimidation),
Charisma (Persuasion), or Intelligence (History) check, Order in place of one of your attacks, targeting a
creature that can see or hear you within 30 feet. The
you can expend an Exploit Die and add it to your roll.
next time the target makes an attack roll before the
You can use this Exploit after you roll, but before you
know if you succeed or fail. start of your next turn, it gains a bonus to its roll equal
to your Intelligence, Wisdom or Charisma modifier
Crippling Strike modifier (minimum of +1).
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you Keen Observation
can expend an Exploit Die and force it to make a
Prerequisites: Intelligence or Wisdom of 11
Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, it takes additional
Whenever you make an Intelligence (Investigation),
damage equal to your Exploit Die and its speed is 0
Wisdom (Insight), or a Wisdom (Perception) check you
until the start of your next turn.
can expend an Exploit Die and add it to your roll. You
Destructive Strike can use this Exploit after you roll, but before you know
Prerequisites: Ravager, Strength of 11 if you succeed or fail.
When you hit a nonmagical object with an attack, you
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 Lightstep
Prerequisites: Dexterity of 11
Whenever you make a Dexterity (Acrobatics) or
Dexterity (Stealth) check, or roll initiative, you can
expend an Exploit Die and add it to your roll. You can
use this Exploit after you roll, but before you know
whether you succeed or fail.
Maneuvering Order
Prerequisites: Commander
When you take the Attack action, you can issue this
Order in place of one of your attacks, targeting a
creature that can see or hear you within 30 feet. The
target can use its reaction to move up to its speed
without provoking opportunity attacks.
Menacing Shout
As a bonus action, you can expend an Exploit Die and
force a creature within 30 feet that can see or hear
you to make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save,
it is frightened of you for one minute. The creature
can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its
turns, ending the effect on a success.
The fear effect ends early for the target if the
frightened creature sees you take damage of any kind.
Operative’s Cunning
Prerequisites: Bushwhacker, Intelligence or Charisma
of 11
When you make a Dexterity (Stealth), Charisma
(Deception), a disguise kit, or a poisoner’s kit check,
you can expend an Exploit Die and add it to your roll.
You can use this Exploit after you roll, but before you
know if you succeed or fail.
Precision Strike
Prerequisites: Dexterity of 11
When you make a weapon attack, you can expend an
Exploit Die and add it to the attack roll. You can use
this Exploit after you roll, but before you know if the
attack hits or misses.
Primal Intuition
Prerequisites: Ravager, Wisdom of 11
Whenever you make a Wisdom (Animal Handling),
Wisdom (Medicine), or Intelligence (Nature) check, you
can expend an Exploit Die and add it to your roll. You
can use this Exploit after you roll, but before you know
if you succeed or fail.
Reliable Skill
Prerequisites: Bushwhacker
Whenever you make an ability check using a skill or
tool that you are proficient in and roll a 7 or lower on
the d20, you can expend an Exploit Die to treat the
d20 roll as an 8.
Reposition
As a bonus action, you can expend an Exploit Die to
switch places with a conscious and willing creature
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within 5 feet of you, without either of you provoking
opportunity attacks.
Moreover, the first one of you that gets hit with an
attack before the beginning of your next turn gains a
bonus to their Armor Class against that attack equal to
your Exploit Die.
Riposte
Prerequisites: Dexterity of 11
As a reaction when a creature you can see targets you
with a melee attack, you can expend an Exploit Die
and add it to your Armor Class against the attack. If
the attack misses, you can immediately make a
weapon attack against your attacker.
Roguish Charm
Prerequisites: Charisma of 11
As an action, you can expend an Exploit Die and force
a creature within 10 feet that can hear and understand
you to make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save,
it is charmed by you for 1 hour, and regards you as a
friendly acquaintance for the duration. Though, it will
not risk its life for you.
This effect immediately ends if you or your
companions do anything harmful to the creature, and
when the effect ends this way, the target realizes that
it was deceived by you.
Once a creature succeeds on its saving throw
against this Exploit it is immune to this Exploit for the
next 24 hours.
Ruthless Strike
Prerequisites: Strength of 11
When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack,
you can expend an Exploit Die and add it to the
damage of the attack. You can use this Exploit after
you know if your attack hits.
Scholar’s Insight
Prerequisites: Intelligence of 11
Whenever you make an Intelligence (Arcana),
Intelligence (Nature), or Intelligence (Religion) check,
you can expend an Exploit Die and add it to your roll.
You can use this Exploit after you roll, but before
you know if you succeed or fail.
Skilled Rider
Prerequisites: Wisdom of 11
When you are riding a trained mount and the mount
makes an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw, or
you make a Wisdom (Animal Handling) check to
control it, you can expend an Exploit Die and add it to
the roll. You can use this Exploit after roll, but before
you know if it succeed or failed.
Support Order
Prerequisites: Commander
When you take the Attack action, you can issue this
Order in place of one of your attacks, targeting a
creature that can see or hear you within 30 feet.
The target can immediately take the Help, Hide,
Search, or Use an Object action.
Survivalist’s Craft
Prerequisites: Wisdom of 11 Whenever you make a
Wisdom (Animal Handling), Wisdom (Medicine), or
Wisdom (Survival) check, you can expend an Exploit
Die and add it to your roll. You can use this Exploit
after you roll, but before you know if you succeed or
fail.
Sweeping Strike
When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack,
you can expend an Exploit Die to force it to make a
Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, it falls prone
and takes bludgeoning damage equal to your Exploit
Die. Creatures more than one size larger than you
have advantage on this saving throw.
Take Down
Prerequisites: Ravager, Strength of 11
As a bonus action, you can expend an Exploit Die to
make a Shove or Grapple attack against a creature in
your reach, adding your Exploit Die to your Strength
(Athletics) check.
5th-Level Exploits
Concussive Blow
Prerequisites: 5th level, Strength of 13
When you hit a creature with a melee attack, you can
expend an Exploit Die to empower your attack, and
force it to make a Constitution saving throw. On a
failed save, the target suffers the following effects until
the beginning of your next turn:
Its speed is reduced to 0.
It can speak only falteringly.
It cannot take actions, bonus actions, or reactions.
It has disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws.
Crushing Strike
Prerequisites: 5th level, Strength of 13
When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack,
you can expend an Exploit Die and force it to make a
Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it takes
extra damage equal to your Exploit Die, and its Armor
Class is reduced by 1 until its defenses are repaired, or
it finishes a short or long rest.
Defensive Order
Prerequisite: 5th level, Commander
When you take the Attack action, you can issue this
Order in place of one of your attacks, targeting a
creature that can see or hear you within 30 feet. It
gains a bonus to its Armor Class equal to your
Intelligence, Wisdom or Charisma modifier modifier
(minimum of +1) until the beginning of your next turn.
Defensive Stance
Prerequisites: 5th level
As a bonus action, you can expend an Exploit Die to
enter a defensive stance which lasts until the start of
your next turn. Each time a creature that you can see
hits you with an attack while you are in your defensive
stance, you roll your Exploit Die and add it to your
Armor Class against the attack.
Dirty Hit
Prerequisites: 5th level, Dexterity of 13
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you
can expend an Exploit Die and force it to make a
Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it takes
additional damage equal to your Exploit Die, and until
the start of your next turn it cannot take reactions and
its speed is halved.
Execute
Prerequisites: 5th level, Strength of 13
In place of an attack, you can expend an Exploit Die to
try to execute an incapacitated or prone creature
within 5 feet of you. Make an attack roll with a melee
weapon and add your Exploit die to the attack roll. If
your attack roll exceeds the target’s remaining hit
points, its hit points are reduced to 0.
Flaming Shot
Prerequisites: 5th level
When you make a ranged weapon attack, you can
expend an Exploit Die to light the ammunition aflame.
On hit, the target takes additional fire damage equal to
your Exploit Die.
If your target is a flammable object that is not being
worn or carried, you can ignite it in place of dealing
damage.
Glancing Blow
Prerequisites: Bushwhacker, 5th level
When you make a melee weapon attack and miss, you
can expend an Exploit Die to immediately repeat your
attack against another target of your choice within the
reach of your weapon.
Heroic Will
Prerequisites: 5th level
Whenever you are forced to make an Intelligence,
Wisdom, or Charisma saving throw, you can expend an
Exploit Die and add it to the result of your roll. You
can use this Exploit after you roll, but before you know
if you succeed or fail.
Martial Focus
Prerequisites: 5th level
When you make a weapon attack, you can expend an
Exploit Die as part of the attack to grant yourself
advantage on your attack roll. You can use this Exploit
after you roll, but before you know whether your
attack hits or misses your target.
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 Redirect
Prerequisites: 5th level
As a reaction when a creature you can see misses you
with a melee attack, you can expend an Exploit Die
and force it to repeat its attack against a target of your
choice within reach. On hit, it deals additional damage
equal to your Exploit Die.
Savage Rebuke
Prerequisite: Ravager, 5th level
When a creature you can see hits you with a melee
attack, you can use your reaction to expend an Exploit
Die and make a single melee weapon attack against
that creature.
Shattering Slam
Prerequisites: Ravager, 5th level, Strength of 13
In place of an attack, you can expend an Exploit Die to
strike the ground at your feet, forcing creatures within
5 feet of you to make a Dexterity saving throw. On a
failed save, creatures take bludgeoning damage equal
to your Exploit Die + your Strength modifier and are
knocked prone. On a successful save, creatures take
half damage and do not fall prone.
If the area you strike is loose earth or stone, it
becomes difficult terrain until a creature uses its
action to clear it.
Shield Impact
Prerequisites: 5th level
As a reaction when a creature you can see hits you
with an attack, you can expend an Exploit Die to
reduce the damage by an amount equal to your Exploit
Die + your Constitution modifier. You must be wielding
a shield to use this Exploit.
Suppressing Strike
Prerequisites: 5th level
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you
can expend an Exploit Die and force it to make a
Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it takes
additional damage equal to your Exploit Die, and it is
blinded, deafened, or muted (your choice) until the
start of your next turn.
Surprise Attack
Prerequisite: Commander, 5th level, Intelligence of 13
As an action on your turn, you can expend an Exploit
Die to command a creature within 30 feet that can see
or hear you to attack. The target immediately makes
one weapon attack with advantage, adding your
Exploit Die to the damage roll.
Take Cover
Prerequisites: 5th level
As a reaction when a creature you can see targets you
with a ranged attack or forces you to make a Dexterity
saving throw, you can expend an Exploit Die to
immediately fall prone and gain temporary hit points
equal to your Exploit Die.
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Volley
Prerequisites: 5th level, Dexterity of 13
As an action, you can expend an Exploit Die to fire a
volley of ammunition at a point you can see within the
normal range of your weapon. Creatures of your
choice within 5 feet of that point must make a
Dexterity Saving throw. On a failed save, they take
piercing damage equal to your Exploit Die + your
Dexterity modifier, and half as much damage on a
success.
You must have enough ammunition to hit each
target.
Warrior’s Challenge
Prerequisites: 5th level
As a bonus action, you can expend an Exploit Die and
force a creature within 30 feet that can see or hear
you to make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save,
it has disadvantage on any attack roll it makes against
targets other than you for one minute. The creature
can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its
turns, ending the effect on a success. This effect ends
early if you attack a creature other then the target.
Whirlwind Strike
Prerequisites: 5th level, Strength or Dexterity of 13
In place of an attack, you can expend an Exploit Die
and force each creature within range of melee weapon
you are wielding to make a Dexterity saving throw.
They take damage equal to your Exploit Die + either
your Strength or Dexterity modifier on a failure, and
half as much on a successful save.
9th-Level Exploits
Fluid Movements
Prerequisites: Bushwhacker, 9th level, Dexterity of 17
As a bonus action, you can expend an Exploit Die to
enter a heightened state of movement which you must
concentrate on as if you were concentrating on a spell.
For 1 minute, or until you lose concentration, you gain
the following benefits:
Your movement is unaffected by difficult terrain.
You can use a bonus action on your turn to gain the
benefits of both the Dash and Disengage actions.
Spells and other magical effects can neither reduce
your speed nor cause you to be paralyzed or
restrained.
You can spend 5 feet of movement to instantly
escape from nonmagical restraints like manacles or
a grapple.
Swimming or being underwater imposes no
penalties on your movements or your attack rolls.
Resilient Body
Prerequisites: 9th level, Constitution of 15
When you take damage from a source you can see, you
can expend an Exploit Die to reduce the damage by
twice your Exploit Die + your Constitution modifier.
Any hit points not consumed by the attack become
temporary hit points.
Tactical Reposition
Prerequisite: Commander, 9th level, Intelligence of 15
As an action, you can expend an Exploit Die and
dictate a course of action to a number of creatures
within 30 feet that can see or hear you equal to your
choice of your Intelligence, Wisdom or Charisma
modifier (minimum of 1). The targets can use their
reaction to move up to their speed without provoking
opportunity attacks.
Thunderous Shot
Prerequisites: 9th level, Dexterity of 15
In place of an attack, you can expend an Exploit Die
and fire a piece of ammunition in a straight line,
forcing creatures in that line out to the normal range
of the weapon to make a Dexterity saving throw.
Creatures take your weapon’s normal damage plus
piercing damage equal to twice your Exploit Die on a
failed save, and half as much damage on a success.
War Cry
Prerequisites: Ravager, 9th level
As an action, you can expend an Exploit Die and issue
a mighty war cry, forcing any creatures in an adjacent
30 foot cone that can hear you to make a Wisdom
saving throw. On a failed save, creatures drop
whatever they are holding and are frightened of you
for one minute. If a creature ends its turn in a location
where it doesn’t have line of sight to you, it can repeat
the saving throw, ending the effect on a success.
13th-Level Exploits
Expert Determination
Prerequisites: 13th level
As an action, you can expend an Exploit Die to focus
your mind and temporarily sharpen one of your skills.
Choose a skill or tool that you are proficient in. For the
next hour, you can add your Exploit Die to any check
you make that uses the chosen skill, without
expending one of your Exploit Dice.
Staggering Blow
Prerequisites: 13th level, Strength of 17
When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack,
you can expend an Exploit Die to strike with near-
supernatural force. The creature takes additional
bludgeoning damage equal to three times your Exploit
Die, and it has disadvantage attack rolls and ability
checks, and can’t take reactions for 1 minute.
The creature can make a Wisdom saving throw at
the end of each of its turns, ending these effects on a
success.
Quick Draw
Prerequisites: 13th level, Dexterity of 17
As a bonus action, you can expend an Exploit Die and
enter into a heightened state of focus which you must
concentrate on as if concentrating on a spell. For the
next minute, or until you lose concentration, you can
use a bonus action to make two ranged weapon
attacks so long as you have ammunition.
This Exploit’s effects don’t stack with the swift
quiver spell.
Unbreakable
Prerequisites: 13th level, Constitution of 17
When you take damage that would reduce you to 0 hit
points, even if that damage would kill you outright, you
can use your reaction to expend an Exploit Die to fall
to 1 hit point.
17th-Level Exploits
Storm of Arrows
Prerequisites: 17th level, Dexterity of 19
In place of an attack, you can expend an Exploit Die to
fire a volley of ammunition at a point you can see
within the range of your weapon. Creatures of your
choice within 30 feet of that point must make a
Dexterity saving throw. Targets take piercing damage
equal to four rolls of your Exploit Die + your Dexterity
modifier on a failed save, and half on a success.
You must have enough ammunition to hit each
target.
Steel Wind Slash
Prerequisites: 17th level, Strength or Dexterity of 19
In place of an attack, you expend an Exploit Die and
flourish your melee weapon then vanish. Choose up to
five creatures you can see within 30 feet of, making a
melee weapon attack against each one. On a hit, each
target takes damage of your weapon’s type equal to
four rolls of your Exploit Die + either your Strength or
Dexterity modifier (your choice).
You then appear in an unoccupied space of your
choice that you can see within 5 feet of one of the
targets of this Exploit.
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 Channeler
Since the discovery of the first leyline by the Suhnan
over a millenia ago, there have always existed shamans
that interpret these magical pathways, harnessing the
power of the earth to accomplish fantastical feats.
These shamans are known as Channelers, mages with
the ability to pull power directly from the land’s
leylines without arcane or mechanical assistance.

The Channeler
Level Proficiency Bonus Features Cantrips Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1st +2 Spellcasting, Nature’s Boon 3 2 — — — — — — — —
2nd +2 Ley Pathway, Natural Recovery 3 3 — — — — — — — —
3rd +2 — 3 4 2 — — — — — — —
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 4 4 3 — — — — — — —
5th +3 — 4 4 3 2 — — — — — —
6th +3 Ley Pathway feature, Dampen Elements 4 4 3 3 — — — — — —
7th +3 Land’s Stride 4 4 3 3 1 — — — — —
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 4 4 3 3 2 — — — — —
9th +4 — 4 4 3 3 3 1 — — — —
10th +4 Ley Pathway feature, Nature’s Ward 5 4 3 3 3 2 — — — —
11th +4 — 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — —
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — —
13th +5 — 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — —
14th +5 Ley Pathway feature 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — —
15th +5 — 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 —
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 —
17th +6 — 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
18th +6 Ley Pathway feature 5 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
20th +6 Archdruid 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1

Choose two from Arcana, Animal Handling,

Class Features
As a Channeler, you gain the following class features
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d6 per Channeler level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) per channeler
level after 1st, adding your Constitution modifier on
every even level.
Proficiencies
Armor: Nonmetal light & medium armor, shields
Weapons: Cudgels, daggers, darts, tomahawks,
warclubs, quarterstaffs, slings, spears
Tools: Herbalism kit
Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma
Skills:
Insight, Medicine, Nature, Perception, and Survival
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to
the equipment granted by your background:
(a) a wooden shield or (b) any simple weapon
(a) a quarterstaff or (b) a tomahawk
A duster and an explorer’s pack
Nature’s Boon
At 1st level, you’re naturally acclimated to extreme
conditions such as high altitudes & extreme
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Spellcasting
As a practitioner of the ancient shamanistic traditions
tied to the leylines, you can cast spells that embody
the power of nature.
Preparing and Casting Spells
The Channeler table shows how many Spell Slots
you have to cast your Spells of 1st Level and higher. To
cast one of these Spells, you must expend a slot of the
spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended Spell
Slots when you finish a Long Rest.
You prepare the list of Channeler spells that are
available for you to cast. To do so, choose a number of
spells from the “Primal” spell list equal to your Wisdom
modifier + your Channeler level (minimum of one
spell). The Spells must be of a level for which you have
Spell Slots.
For example, if you’re a 3rd-level Channeler, you
have four 1st-level and two 2nd-level Spell Slots. With
a Wisdom of 16, your list of prepared Spells can
include six Spells of 1st or 2nd Level, in any
combination, chosen from the “Primal” spell list. If you
prepare the 1st-level spell Burning Hands, you can cast
it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell
doesn’t remove it from your list of prepared Spells.
You can change your list of prepared Spells when
you finish a Long Rest. Preparing a new list of
Channeler spells requires time spent in meditation: at
least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list
Spellcasting Ability
Wisdom is your Spellcasting ability for your
Channeler spells, since your magic draws upon your
devotion and attunement to nature. You use your
Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting
ability. In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier
when setting the saving throw DC for a Channeler
spell you cast and when making an attack roll with
one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your
Wisdom modifier
Spell Attack modifier = your Proficiency Bonus + your
Wisdom modifier
Ritual Casting
You can cast an Channeler spell as a ritual if that
spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell
prepared.
Ley Pathway
Channelers can feel ley magic completely and without
hindrance, viewing the different pathways of the
leylines moving through the land itself. At 2nd level,
you choose a pathway that you are attuned with that
influences how you express your magical abilities.
Choose one of the following: Caller or Flowshaper.
The Ley Pathway you choose grants you features at
2nd level and again at 6th, 10th, 14th, and 18th level.
Natural Recovery
At 2nd level, you can regain some of your magical
energy by sitting in meditation and communing with
nature. During a short rest, you choose expended spell
slots to recover. The spell slots can have a combined
level that is equal to or less than half your channeler
level (rounded up), and none of the slots can be 6th
level or higher. You can’t use this feature again until
you finish a long rest.
For example, when you are a 4th-level channeler,
you can recover up to two levels worth of spell slots.
You can recover either a 2nd-level slot or two 1st-level
slots.
Ability Score Improvement
At 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th levels, you can choose
one ability score to increase by 2, two scores to
increase by 1, or choose a feat.
Dampen Elements
At 6th level, when you or a creature within 30 feet of
you takes acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder
damage, you can use your reaction to grant resistance
to the creature against that instance of the damage.
Land’s Stride
At 7th level, moving through nonmagical difficult
terrain costs you no extra movement. You can also
pass through nonmagical plants without being slowed
by them and without taking damage from them if they
have thorns, spines, or a similar hazard.
In addition, you have advantage on saving throws
against plants that are magically created or
manipulated to impede movement, such as those
created by the entangle spell.
Nature’s Ward
At 10th level, you can’t be charmed or frightened by
elementals or fey, and you are immune to poison and
disease.
Archdruid
At 20th level, you and nature have become one, and
you can draw upon its full power with a mere thought.
As a bonus action you can enter a state of deep
connection to the world which lasts for 1 minute.
While in this state you may cast any spell from the
“Primal” spell list as if you had it prepared. You can
enter this state again after you finish a long rest.
Additionally, you can ignore the verbal and somatic
components of your druid spells, as well as any
material components that lack a cost and aren’t
consumed by a spell.
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 Ley Pathways
Caller
You are attuned to the pathways of life, connected
with the flora and fauna of the land around you, and
you are able to manipulate ley energy to call these
creatures to your aid.
Ally of the Ancients
At 2nd level, beasts can understand your speech, and
you gain the ability to decipher their noises and
motions. As an action, you can stengthen the ley
energy within a specific area. Each beast or plant
creature that can see you within 30 feet of you must
make a Wisdom saving throw. If the creature fails its
saving throw, it is charmed by you for 1 minute or until
it takes damage. While it is charmed by you, it is
friendly to you and other creatures you designate.
Once you have used this feature, you cannot do so
again until you’ve finished a short or long rest.:
Summon Beast
At 2nd level, you are able to conjure a beast as an
action. A beast with a CR equal to or less than 1/3 your
channeler level (rounded down) appears within 30 feet
of yourself, which acts on its own initiative but listens
to your commands. You must keep concentration on
this, or the beast will dispel. You can only have one
beast summoned through this feature at a time, and
using this feature again replaces your currently
summoned beast with a new one.
You can use this feature a number of times per day
equal to your proficiency bonus.
Mighty Summoner
At 6th level, beasts, plants and fey that you conjure are
more resilient than normal. Any beast or fey
summoned or created by a feature or spell that you
cast gains two benefits:
The creature appears with more hit points than
normal: 2 extra hit points per Hit Die it has.
The damage from its natural weapons is considered
magical for the purpose of overcoming immunity and
resistance to nonmagical attacks and damage.
Seeds of the Earth
At 10th level, you gain the ability to create seeds
instilled with the essence of life. When you finish a
long rest, you can create a number of magical seeds
equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of 1). The
seeds last for 24 hours or until you finish another long
rest (whichever comes first).
As an action, you can throw a seed to an unoccupied
space on the ground you can see within 30 feet of you.
The ground must be at least partially earth or stone.
When you do so, a Medium-sized ferocious plant
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sprouts from the seed. You choose the color and shape
of the plant.
As a bonus action on your turn, you can have the
plant lash out at a creature you can see within 15 feet
of it. When you do so, you make a melee spell attack
roll against the creature. On a hit, the target takes 1d10
bludgeoning damage, and if it is Large or smaller, you
can move it 10 feet toward or away from the plant
(your choice).
When a creature you can see within 15 feet of the
plant makes an attack roll or ability check, you can use
your reaction to have the flora harry the creature. The
target has disadvantage on that attack roll or ability
check.
In addition, you can expend a spell slot of 4th level
or higher to infuse the seed with additional magical
power. When you do so, the plant you create gains the
following benefits:
Rapid Growth. The plant is Large instead of
Medium, and it can hit or harry creatures that are
within 30 feet of it.
Mighty Thorns. When the plant hits a creature, you
can have it pierce the creature with sharp thorns,
dealing an additional 2d8 piercing damage to the
target.
Invigorating Spores. As an action on your turn, you
can have the plant rain down invigorating spores on
your allies. Each creature of your choice within 10
feet of the plant gains 2d6 temporary hit points.
You can use a plant’s invigorating spores once.
If you have multiple plants, you can command only
one of them at a time. You can command your plant
for 10 minutes after it sprouts. Afterwards, a plant
remains indefinitely and has game statistics
appropriate to its form (DM’s discretion).
Faithful Summons
Starting at 14th level, the nature spirits you commune
with protect you when you are the most defenseless. If
you are reduced to 0 hit points or are incapacitated
against your will, you can immediately gain the
benefits of conjure animals as if it were cast with a
9th-level spell slot.
It summons four beasts of your choice that are
challenge rating 2 or lower. The conjured beasts
appear within 20 feet of you. If they receive no
commands from you, they protect you from harm and
attack your foes. The spell lasts for 1 hour, requiring no
concentration, or until you dismiss it (no action
required).
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until
you finish a long rest.
Master of Nature
At 18th level, while creatures are charmed by your Ally
of the Ancients feature, you can take a bonus action on
your turn to verbally command what each of those
creatures will do on its next turn.
Flowshaper Earth
Channeler Level Spells
You are attuned to the pathways of the elements, and 1st earth tremor, entangle
you are able to manipulate the soul of the land to 3rd barkskin, maximillian’s earthen grasp
dispatch enemies with bombastic effects. 5th erupting earth, meld into stone
Elemental Attunement 7th stone shape, stoneskin
9th wall of stone
At 2nd level, you can deeply link yourself to one of the
land’s core elements. At the end of a long rest, choose
Water
one of the following elements: fire, cold, lightning, Channeler Level Spells
thunder, earth (deals bludgeoning damage), water 1st purify food and drink, tasha’s caustic brew
(deals acid damage)
3rd melf’s acid arrow, misty step
Whenever you cast a spell that deals damage, you
5th tidal wave, wall of water
may have it deal damage of the type corresponding to
7th control water, watery sphere
the element you’ve chosen with this feature, and
9th maelstrom
damage dealt by your Elemental Attunement
overcomes resistances.
Elemental Adaptation
Attunement Spells
At 6th level, you gain the following options depending
At 2nd level, whenever you choose an elemental on your Elemental Attunement. You can use this
attunement, you have the following spells prepared at feature a number of times per day equal to your
the listed channeler levels and they do not count Wisdom modifier (minimum of 1):
against your prepared spell count, depending on the
attunement you choose Fire
Fire When you cast a spell that deals damage in an area of
Channeler Level Spells effect, you increase that area by 10 ft.
1st burning hands, searing smite
Cold
3rd flaming sphere, heat metal
5th elemental weapon, fireball When you cast a spell that deals damage, each
7th fire shield(warm version), wall of fire creature that’s affected by the spell has their speed
9th immolation reduced by 10 ft. until the end of your next turn in
addition to the spell’s other effects.
Cold
Channeler Level Spells Lightning
1st frost fingers, ice knife When you cast a spell that deals damage, you can have
3rd snilloc’s snowball storm, spike growth that spell arc to another creature within 10 ft of the
5th sleet storm, water walk original target creature/area. If the spell requires an
7th fire shield (chill version), ice storm attack roll/saving throw, those must still be completed
9th cone of cold for the creature to suffer the spell’s effects.

Lightning Thunder
Channeler Level Spells
When you cast a spell that deals damage, each
1st witch bolt, zephyr strike
creature that’s affected by the spell is pushed 10 ft.
3rd hold person, warding wind away from you or the spell’s point of origin (your
5th call lightning, lightning bolt choice) in addition to the spell’s other effects.
7th freedom of movement, storm sphere
9th steel wind strike Earth
Thunder When you cast a spell that deals damage, each
Channeler creature that’s affected by the spell is knocked prone
Level Spells in addition to the spell’s other effects.
1st thunderwave, thunderous smite Water
3rd blindness/deafness, shatter
5th thunder step, wind wall When you cast a spell that deals damage, each
7th conjure minor elementals (must be wind-related), creature that’s affected by the spell is pulled 10 ft.
elemental bane (thunder damage) towards you or the spell’s point of origin (your choice)
9th destructive wave in addition to the spell’s other effects.

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 Energy Twin
At 10th level, you can choose two Elemental
Attunements instead of one.

Primal Power
At 14th level, you add your Wisdom modifier to
cantrips and spells that deal damage tied to your
Elemental Attunement, and this damage turns
immunities into resistances.

Master of the Elements

At 18th level, you can choose 3 Elemental Attunements
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Desperado
The Desperado represents the modern-day warrior,
traversing the Frontier with a trusty big iron on their
hip. They are the most accomplished of gunslingers,
able to pull off dazzling feats of accuracy and speed.
No matter their background, a Desperado is a
terrifying sight on the battlefield, able to handle large
groups of enemies with overwhelming lethality.

The Desperado
Level Proficiency Bonus Features Grit Points
1st +2 Wary, Shooting Style -
2nd +2 Grit, Skill Shots 2
3rd +2 Gunslinger’s Trail 3
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 4
5th +3 Fan or Focus 5
6th +3 Gunslinger’s Trail Feature 6
7th +3 Quickdraw, Rapid Repair 7
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 8
9th +4 Gunslinger’s Trail Feature, Skill Shots (2) 9
10th +4 Bullet Time 10
11th +4 Extra Attack 11
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 12
13th +5 Gunslinger’s Trail Feature 13
14th +5 Lightning Reload 14
15th +5 Gunslinger’s Trail Feature 15
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 16
17th +6 Gunslinger’s Trail Feature, Skill Shots (3) 17
18th +6 Hemorrhaging Critical, Vicious Intent 18
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 19
20th +6 Boundless Grit 20

Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Persuasion, Sleight

Class Features of Hand, Stealth, Streetwise and Survival
As a Desperado, you gain the following class features
Equipment
Hit Points You start with the following equipment, in addition to
Hit Dice: 1d8 per desperado level the equipment granted by your background:
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) per desperado (a) duster or (b) crude padded vest
level after 1st, adding your Constitution modifier on (a) a frontiersman’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack
every even level (a) two derringers or (b) a six-shooter or (c) a
repeating rifle or (d) a sawed-off shotgun
Proficiencies 20 rounds that fit into your chosen firearm
Armor: Light armor, medium armor
Weapons: Cudgels, daggers, explosives, all firearms Wary
Tools: Tinker’s tools At 1st level, you can’t be surprised while you’re
Saving Throws: Dexterity, Intelligence conscious.
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 Shooting Style
At 1st level, you develop a particular style of shooting
and using firearms. Choose one of the styles below.
You can’t choose a Shooting Style again, even if you
later get to choose again.
Two Weapon Fighting
When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can
add your ability modifier to the damage of the second
attack so long as the attack is made by a firearm.
Explosive
When you use an explosive or a weapon with the
Scatter property, you can reroll 1s and 2s on the
damage die, though you must take the new rolls even
if they are 1s and 2s.
Heavy Caliber
Attacks you make with two-handed firearms deal +2
bonus damage.
Marksman
You have a +2 bonus to attack rolls made with
firearms.
Grit
At 2nd level, your way of life has caused you to develop
a particular hardiness called grit. This is represented
by the number of Grit points you have, which can be
seen on the Desperado class table. You can expend
Grit Points to perform abilities called Skill Shots, with
you regaining all expended Grit points at the end of a
short or long rest.
Skill Shots
At 2nd level, you know 2 Skill Shots, and you learn 2
more at 9th, and 17th levels. Some Skill Shots may call
for an enemy to make a saving throw, if that is the
case, the following is the DC for the saving throw
called. Additionally, only one Skill Shot may be
performed per turn.
Skill Shot Save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus +
your Dexterity modifier
Gunslinger’s Trail
At 3rd level, each Desperado walks their own path, and
each can be markedly different form one another.
Choose one trail between Duelist, Grenadier,
Gunsmith, and Ranger. Your choice grants you
features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 9th, 13th, 15th
and 17th level.
Ability Score Improvement
At 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th levels, you can choose
one ability score to increase by 2, two scores to
increase by 1, or choose a feat.
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Fan or Focus
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of
once, whenever you take the Attack action on your
turn. This number increases to 3 at 11th level.
Alternatively, you can forgo an extra attack and
spend one Grit point to make one attack with
advantage. If you have disadvantage, this advantage
overwrites that disadvantage rather than canceling
out.
Quickdraw
At 7th level, you add your proficiency bonus to your
initiative. You can also stow a firearm, then draw
another firearm as a single object interaction on your
turn.
Rapid Repair
At 7th level, you learn how to quickly attempt to fix a
jammed gun. You can spend a grit point to attempt to
repair a misfired (but not broken) firearm as a bonus
action.
Bullet Time
At 10th level, as a bonus action, you can momentarily
perceive time slower. Until the beginning of your next
turn, you gain advantage on Dexterity saving throws
and Perception checks, and can use an action to make
a number of attacks equal to the remaining rounds in
your firearm. Once you use this feature you can’t use it
again until you finish a long rest.
Lightning Reload
At 15th level, you can reload any firearm as a bonus
action.
Hemorrhaging Critical
Upon reaching 18th level, whenever you score a
critical hit on an attack with a firearm, the target
additionally suffers half of the damage from the attack
at the end of its next turn.
Vicious Intent
At 18th level, your firearm attacks score a critical hit
on a roll of 19-20, and you regain a grit point on a roll
of 19 or 20 on a d20 attack roll.
Boundless Grit
At 20th level, when you start your turn with no Grit
points, you regain one Grit point.
Gunslinger’s Trails
Duelist
Duelists are excellent combatants whose skill with
quick, agile gunmanship force foes onto their back
foot through use of dirty tricks and sleight of hand.
Vandal’s Shot
At 3rd level, when you make a ranged attack with your
firearm, you can expend 1 Grit point to cause the
attack to deal double damage to objects and
structures. The shot has enough power to punch down
a door, create a small crack in a stone wall, or destroy
a small piece of cover. Alternatively, you can target an
object that a creature is holding. On a hit, the target
takes damage as normal and must make a Strength
saving throw. On a failure, 1 nonmagical object they
are carrying of your choice is destroyed. Such objects
can include weapons or shields.
Call Out
At 6th level, you can use a bonus action to challenge a
creature you can see within 60 feet of you to a duel.
They must make a Wisdom saving throw against your
Skill Shot Save DC, or have disadvantage on attack
rolls made against creatures other than you as you
taunt them into a duel.
When you hit the dueling creature with a weapon
attack, you deal an additional 1d6 of your weapon’s
damage and you gain a Grit point if you reduce the
affected creature to 0 hit points. The creature is
compelled to duel you in this way for 1 minute and
attempting to duel another creature while already
dueling someone causes the ongoing duel to end. The
affected creature can repeat the saving throw at the
end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to
your proficiency bonus. You regain all uses of this
feature when you finish a long rest.
Malicious Intent
At 9th level, you deal an additional damage die on
critical hits scored against creatures affected by your
Call Out feature.
Draw!
At 13th level, you can draw and fire your firearms with
extreme speed. When you roll initiative, you can
immediately move up to your speed and make a single
weapon attack with your firearm.
Fan the Hammer
At 15th level, when you take the attack action on your
turn to make an attack with your firearm against a
creature affected by your Call Out feature, you can
make an additional attack with your firearm against
that creature as a part of the action.
High Noon
At 17th level, you score a critical hit against creatures
affected by your Dangerous Duel feature on a d20 roll
of 18-20 with attack rolls using your firearm.
Grenadier
Masters of explosives, Grenadiers go out of their way
to use the largest explosives they possibly can to deal
as much damage as possible to as wide of an area as
possible.
Artillerist
At 3rd level, if you use your action to make an attack
with an Explosive you can use your bonus action to
make one attack using a firearm.
Special Fuse
At 6th level, you can place a special fuse on your
explosives. When you use an Explosive, you can
declare that you want it to explode up to a number of
rounds equal to your Dexterity modifier after you’ve
thrown it. Alternatively, you can place an Explosive
under the ground over the course of 1 minute, causing
it to act like a land mine, using the same explosion
radius it would otherwise.
Explosive Acumen
At 9th level, you increase the DC to avoid attacks you
make Explosives by 1. You also reduce the amount of
any damage you take from any Explosive by a number
equal to your Dexterity modifier.
Bigger Boom
At 13th level, you begin to introduce your own
homemade agents to the recipe of your explosives.
The radius of any explosive you use is considered 5
feet larger, and it deals an additional 1d6 fire damage.
Destructive Blasts
At 15th level, the explosives and grenades you use are
highly effective at damaging structures. Objects and
structures in the radius of your Explosives take double
damage, with any creatures that would have otherwise
been behind cover having to save from the blast or
take half damage, taking no damage on a success.
Biggest Boom
At 17th level, the small concoctions you add to the
explosives you use becomes perfected. The radius of
any explosive you use is considered 5 feet larger, and
deals an additional 1d6 fire damage. This is in addition
to the effects of your Bigger Boom feature.
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 Gunsmith
Often taking it slower than most, Gunsmiths are
dedicated to not only the firing but also the crafting of
firearms.
Apprentice Craftsman
At 3rd level, choose one firearm modification. You can
immediately apply this to one firearm you or an ally
owns. Additionally, you gain expertise with tinker’s
tools and by spending half the cost and 6 hours worth
of work, you can create any firearm modification or up
to 10 rounds of ammunition for a firearm.
Improved Firearms
At 6th level, you can create firearms at a higher quality
than most others. By expending a days worth of work
and twice the base price of the firearm, you can make
a +1 firearm, though it is considered non-magical.
Reliable Smithing
At 9th level, you are able to spend a day’s worth of
work (taking no other activities) and make a Tinker’s
tools check to attempt to permanently reduce the
misfire value of a firearm by one. The DC for this check
is equal to 18 - the weapon’s current misfire value. If
this would reduce a weapon’s misfire value to 0, that
weapon no longer misfires.
Adept Workings
At 13th level, your knowledge of firearm crafting is
nearly complete. By expending a weeks worth of work
and three times the base price of the firearm, you can
make a +2 firearm, though it is considered non-
magical.
Ammo Nut
At 15th level, you have become very efficient at
preserving gunpowder for your rounds. Whenever you
fire a piece of ammunition that you created, there is a
10% that it does not consume that ammunition.
Master Craftsman
At 17th level, you can easily craft high quality firearms.
Whenever you create a modification or ammunition, it
costs one fourth of the base price. Additionally, making
+1 and +2 firearms costs half as much.
Ranger
Lawmen, wanderers, or even outlaws, Rangers are
lauded for their deadeye accuracy.
Covering Fire
At 3rd level, you can actively guard others by firing at
their foes. If a creature within your weapon’s range
attacks one of your allies with a weapon or unarmed
strike, you can use your reaction to attack that
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creature. If you hit with this attack, your ally gains a +2
bonus to AC until the end of the turn.
Keen Eyes
At 6th level, your keen sight allows you to better fire
on targets. Attacks you make ignore half and three
quarters cover, as well as the disadvantage imposed by
firing a weapon at a target in its second range
increment and by dim lighting.
Defensive Devastation
At 9th level, whenever you hit a target with your
Covering Fire feature, the attack deals damage in
addition to its other effects.
Aimed Shot
At 13th level, you can hone in on a specific target.
Using your action, you can aim at a specific target. You
have advantage on all attacks against this target and
critically hit on an 18-20 against that target until the
end of your next turn. If you score a critical hit this
way, the target is stunned until the beginning of your
next turn.
Spellwatch
At 15th level, you can now use Covering Fire when a
creature casts a spell that deals damage at one of your
allies.
Overwatch
At 17th level, your skill allows you to guard all those
around you. By using your action to watch over all
allies, you can use Covering Fire a number of times
equal to your Dexterity modifier (minimum of 1),
though you can’t take any other reaction. This effect
lasts until the beginning of your next turn.
Skill Shots
Acute Shot
When you make a ranged attack with your firearm,
you can expend one Grit point to score a critical hit on
a d20 roll of 19-20 for that attack. If your critical strike
threshold has already been increased, you instead
increase it by 1 more. For example, if you already score
a critical hit on a 19-20, the range becomes 18-20
when you use this trick shot.
Blinding Shot
When you make a ranged attack with your firearm,
you can expend one Grit point to attempt to briefly
blind a creature. On a hit, the target takes the normal
damage and they must make a Constitution saving
throw or become blinded until the end of their next
turn.
Bullying Shot
You can use the powerful blast and thundering sound
of your firearm to shake the resolve of a creature. You
can expend one Grit point while making an
Intimidation check to gain advantage on the roll.
Cauterizing Shot
You can use the heat of your firearm to cauterize your
wounds. After firing your firearm successfully, you can
expend 1 Grit Point to heal yourself for 1d10 + your
Desperado level as a bonus action.
Cheap Shot
You can fire a shot at the more tender areas of an
enemy. By expending 2 Grit Points when you make an
attack, you can force the creature to make a
Constitution Saving throw against your Grit Save DC
or be Stunned for 1 round if the attack hits.
Concussive Blast.
You can fire off a deafening shot against an enemy. By
expending 1 Grit Point, you can fire at an enemy within
10 feet of you as a bonus action with the intent to
deafen them, forcing them to make a Constitution
Saving throw against your Grit Save DC or be
Deafened for a number of rounds equal to your
Dexterity modifier if the attack hits.
Curving Shot
When you make a ranged attack with your firearm,
you can expend one Grit point to curve the bullet.
Your shot ignores half and three-quarters cover.
Dazing Shot
When you make a firearm attack against a creature,
you can expend one grit point to attempt to dizzy your
opponent. On a hit, the creature suffers normal
damage and must make a Constitution saving throw or
suffer disadvantage on attacks until the end of their
next turn.
Deflecting Shot
As a reaction to seeing a creature within 15 feet of you
(including possibly yourself) being targeted by an
attack, you can expend two grit points and use your
reaction to make an attack with your firearm against
the attacking creature if they are within range. On a
hit, they take the normal damage and must make a
Dexterity saving throw against your Trick Shot Save
DC or automatically miss the attack.
Disabling Shot
When you make a ranged attack with your firearm,
you can expend a grit point and target a specific point
on a creature’s body, debilitating them. On a hit, the
target takes the normal damage and must make a
Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, they have a
penalty to attack rolls equal to your Intelligence or
Charisma modifier (your choice) until the end of the
target’s next turn.
Disarming Shot
When you make a firearm attack against a creature,
you can expend one grit point to attempt to shoot an
object from their hands. On a hit, the creature suffers
normal damage and must succeed on a Strength
saving throw or drop 1 held object of your choice and
have that object be pushed 10 feet away from you.
Distracting Shot.
You can fire off at an opponent attempting to distract
them. By expending 1 Grit Point when you attack a
creature, you can force them to make a Wisdom
Saving throw against your Grit Save DC or lose their
reaction and one legendary action if the attack hits.
Disruptive Shot.
When a creature casts a spell or attacks, you can
attempt to interrupt that action. by expending 2 Grit
Points and using your reaction, you can attempt to fire
at a creature within your weapon’s range that is
making an attack or casting a spell. If the attack lands,
they must make a Constitution Saving throw against
your Grit Save DC or they waste their action.
Forceful Shot.
You can fire off a powerful shot, dropping foes to their
knees. By expending 1 Grit Point when you attack a
creature, you can force it to make a Constitution
saving throw against your Grit Save DC or be pushed
back 10 feet and fall prone if the attack hits.
Lucky Shot.
You can force out a jammed shot just as you might a
normal one. By spending 1 Grit Point when your gun
misfires, you can still continue with the attack as
normal. You must still attempt a check to repair your
weapon to make any attacks after this one.
Piercing Shot.
You can fire a shot that pierces through multiple
creatures. By spending 2 Grit Points when you make
an attack, you can make attacks at disadvantage to all
creatures behind your target out to the weapons
furthest range, with the bullet going for the target
nearest to the one it most recently hit. On the first
miss, this effect ends as the bullet fails to pierce
through another target.
Pinning Shot.
You can fire a shot at the targets limbs, forcing them
to pause to recover. By expending 1 Grit Point when
you fire a shot, you can force the target to make a
Dexterity or Constitution Saving throw, their choice,
against your Grist Save DC or have their speed
reduced to 0 for 1 round.
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 Ricocheting Shot
You can expend one grit point when you miss a ranged
attack with a firearm. When you do so, you can make
an additional attack with the same weapon against
either your target or a creature within 15 feet of your
target. This additional attack does not consume
ammunition. You can use another trick shot with this
additional attack, expending grit as normal.

Violent Shot
When you make a firearm attack against a creature,
you can expend one or more grit points to enhance
the volatility of the attack. For each grit point
expended, the attack gains a +2 to the firearm’s misfire
score. If the attack hits, you can roll one additional
weapon damage die per grit point spent when
determining the damage.

Warning Shot
When you make a ranged attack with your firearm,
you can expend one grit point to attempt to scare the
target. That creature must make a Wisdom saving
throw or be frightened of you for 1 minute. An affected
creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of
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Hexslinger
Hexslingers are unorthodox fighters, having gained a
unique connection with a magical entity that allows
them to use that entity’s magic for their own aims.
They combine martial and magical prowess to
overwhelm their enemies with an onslaught of bullets
and bewitchment.

The Hexslinger
Level Proficiency Bonus Features Spells Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1st +2 Spellcasting, Gunsmoke Connection 2 2 — — — —
2nd +2 Spell Shot, Weapon Bond 3 3 — — — —
3rd +2 Gunsmoke Connection feature 4 3 — — — —
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 5 4 — — — —
5th +3 Extra Attack 6 4 2 — — —
6th +3 Gunsmoke Connection feature 7 4 2 — — —
7th +3 — 8 4 3 — — —
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 9 4 3 — — —
9th +4 — 10 4 3 2 — —
10th +4 Gunsmoke Connection feature, Spellstrike 10 4 3 2 — —
11th +4 — 11 4 3 3 — —
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 11 4 3 3 — —
13th +5 — 12 4 3 3 1 —
14th +5 Gunsmoke Connection feature 12 4 3 3 1 —
15th +5 Spellstrike Upgrade 13 4 3 3 2 —
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 13 4 3 3 2 —
17th +6 — 14 4 3 3 3 1
18th +6 Gunsmoke Connection feature 14 4 3 3 3 1
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 15 4 3 3 3 2
20th +6 Spectacular Spellshooter 15 4 3 3 3 2

Insight, Intimidation, Persuasion, Nature, Religion,

Class Features Sleight of Hand, Stealth, Streetwise and Survival
As a Hexslinger, you gain the following class features
Equipment
Hit Points You start with the following equipment, in addition to
Hit Dice: 1d8 per hexslinger level the equipment granted by your background:
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) per hexslinger A duster
level after 1st, adding your Constitution modifier on (a) a frontiersman’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack
every even level. 20 rounds that fit into your chosen firearm
Proficiencies Spellcasting
Armor: Light armor At 1st level, your connection with your entity fuels
Weapons: daggers, all firearms your spells, allowing you to will their power into the
Tools: None world as your own.
Saving Throws: Dexterity, Charisma
Skills: Choose two from Acrobatics, Arcana, Deception, Spell Slots
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 have to cast your hexslinger spells of 1st level and
higher. To cast one of these hexslinger spells, you
must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You
regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long
rest.
For example, if you know the 1st-level spell burning
hands and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot
available, you can cast burning hands using either slot.
Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher
The Spells Known column of the hexslinger table
shows when you learn more hexslinger spells of your
choice. Each of these spells must be of a level for
which you have spell slots. For instance, when you
reach 3rd level in this class, you can learn one new
spell of 1st or 2nd level.
Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you
can choose one of the hexslinger spells you know and
replace it with another spell from the spell list
determined by your connection, which also must be of
a level for which you have spell slots.
Spellcasting Ability
Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your
hexslinger spells, since the power of your magic relies
on your ability to project your will into the world. 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
hexslinger 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
You use your connected weapon as a spellcasting
focus for your hexslinger spells.
Gunsmoke Connection
At 1st level, whether it be through a pact, partnership,
servitude, or perhaps even pure happenstance, you
have found yourself bonded to a magical entity which
forms your spellcasting and fighting style.
Choose either Divine Deadeye, Earthshaker or Pale
Rider. Your choice grants you features at 1st level, and
again at 3rd, 6th, 10th, 14th, and 18th level.
Spell Shot
At 2nd level, when you make a ranged attack with your
firearm, you can expend a spell slot to cause magical
energy spark upon your bullets. On a hit, you can
choose to change the damage type to be one of the
following: cold, fire, lightning, necrotic, or radiant. The
attack deals extra damage of the chosen damage type.
The extra damage is 2d6 for a 1st-level spell slot, plus
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1d6 for each spell level higher than 1st, to a maximum
of 5d6.
Weapon Bond
At 2nd level, you learn a ritual that creates a magical
bond between yourself and one weapon. You perform
the ritual over the course of a short rest. The weapon
must be within your reach throughout the ritual, at
the conclusion of which you touch the weapon and
forge the bond.
Once you have bonded a weapon to yourself, you
can’t be disarmed of that weapon unless you are
incapacitated. You can summon that weapon as a
bonus action on your turn, causing it to teleport
instantly to your hand.
Ability Score Improvement
At 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th levels, you can choose
one ability score to increase by 2, two scores to
increase by 1, or choose a feat.
Extra Attack
At 5th level, you gain the ability to make 2 attacks
when you take the attack action.
Spellstrike
At 10th level, when you cast a spell of 1st level or
higher that has a casting time of 1 action, you can
make a single ranged weapon attack as a bonus action
until the end of your turn.
At 15th level, when you make an attack with this
feature, you can choose one of the following options
to improve this ability. You must declare your option
before knowing if the attack is successful
Restorative Spellstrike When you use your
Spellstrike feature and hit, you gain temporary hit
points equal to your hexslinger level. You cannot
use this option on consecutive turns.
Quickened Spellstrike When you use your
Spellstrike feature and hit, you increase your speed
by 10 feet until the end of your turn.
Distracting Spellstrike When you use your
Spellstrike feature and hit, the next attack roll
made against this target has advantage.
Spectacular Spellshooter
At 20th level, whenever you hit a creature with a
ranged weapon attack, that target either has
disadvantage on its next saving throw against one of
your spells or your next spell attack roll against the
target it made with advantage, whichever is prompted
first. Conversely, whenever you hit a target with a spell
attack or it fails a saving throw against one of your
spells, the next round of ranged weapon attacks you
make against that creature have advantage.
Gunsmoke
Connections
Divine Deadeye
Your connection is with an entity that you believe to
be a god or goddess, and you impart their will with
righteous fury.
Connection Spells
At 1st level, you choose spells from the “Divine” spell
list for your spellcasting feature. In addition, you know
the following spells at the listed hexslinger levels, they
do not count against your spells known, and you
cannot swap these out.
Hexslinger Level Spells
1st divine favor
5th zone of truth
9th spirit guardians
13th aura of purity
17th holy weapon
Sacred Gun
At 3rd level, as a bonus action, you fill your bonded
firearm with positive energy. For one minute, you add
your Charisma modifier to attack rolls made with your
Sacred Gun (minimum bonus of +1) and it deals radiant
damage rather than its normal damage type.
The weapon also emits bright light in a 20 ft radius
and dim light 20 ft beyond that. You can end this effect
on your turn as a bonus action. If you are no longer
holding or carrying the Sacred Gun, or if you fall
unconscious, this effect ends.
Once you use this feature, you cannot do so again
until after you have completed a long rest.
Holy Blast
At 6th level, whenever you have your Sacred Gun
feature activated, as an action, you can make your
Sacred Gun emit a blast of powerful divine energy that
is 5 ft wide and 120 ft long. Each creature in the line
makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 3d6 radiant
damage on a failed save, or half as much on a
successful one. The damage of the blast increases with
your hexslinger level: 4th (4d6), 8th (5d6), 12th (6d6),
16th (7d6), 20th (8d6).
Once you use this feature, you cannot do so again
until after you have completed a long rest.
Hallowed Aura
At 10th level, a palpable, holy aura constantly
surrounds you. You project a 20 foot aura, which deals
Radiant damage equal to your Charisma modifier
(minimum of 1) to all enemies that enter it. When a
fiend or undead enters the aura, they instead take
twice your Charisma modifier (minimum of 2) in
Radiant damage.
Righteous Fury
At 14th level, whenever you make an attack with your
Sacred Gun, you can have holy splash out from the
impact to hit nearby enemies. Whenever you hit with a
Sacred Gun attack, any creatures within 5 ft. of the
target also take radiant damage equal to your
Charisma modifier.
Avenging Blast
At 18th level, you can release a devastating blast when
you die. Once per long rest, when you drop
unconscious or die, you can choose to release a blast
of radiant energy. All creatures within 20 feet of your
body to make a Dexterity saving throw, or take 8d6
Radiant damage and be blinded for a number of
rounds equal to your Charisma modifier. One a
success they take half damage and are not blinded.
Earthshaker
Your connection is with a spirit of the land or “ley
spirit,” a sentient embodiment of the earth.
Connection Spells
At 1st level, you choose spells from the “Primal” spell
list for your spellcasting feature. In addition, you know
the following spells at the listed hexslinger levels, they
do not count against your spells known, and you
cannot swap these out.
Hexslinger Level Spells
1st hunter’s mark
5th find steed
9th conjure barrage
13th grasping vine
17th wrath of nature
Primeval Gun
At 3rd level, as a bonus action, you fill your bonded
firearm with natural energy. For one minute, whenever
you hit a creature with your Primeval Gun, thorns
sprout at their feet, creating difficult terrain. If a
creature starts or ends its turn in these thorns, it takes
1d4 magical piercing damage.
In addition, while in this form, if you misfire with
your Primeval Gun, roll on the table below to
determine which random effect occurs. You can end
this effect on your turn as a bonus action. If you are no
longer holding or carrying the Primeval Gun, or if you
fall unconscious, this effect ends
Once you use this feature, you cannot do so again
until after you have completed a long rest.
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 d12 Misfire Effect
1 All spells of 3rd level or lower end within a 20 ft diameter sphere centered on you.
2 You cast Entangle centered on yourself.
3 Until this form ends, your firearm only spouts harmless, fresh water. Each shot produces 1/4 gallon.
4 Every non-organic, non-magical material in a 10 ft diameter sphere centered on you turns into wood.
5 Every non-organic, non-magical material in a 10 ft diameter sphere centered on you turns into water.
6 Until this form ends, your firearm heals the amount of damage it would have otherwise dealt to the target.
7 A Swarm of Insects appears in a space adjacent to you. They are hostile to all creatures.
8 The weather changes in a dramatic, unnatural fashion. The specifics are DM’s choice.
9 If you are standing on solid ground, a small spire of earth erupts under your feet. All creatures within 15 ft of you find themselves
standing on the summit of a 100ft tall, 30 ft diameter rocky plateau. If you are not on land, a 100ft tall, 30 ft diameter cylinder of
earth materializes under your feet, then you fall as gravity dictates.
10- You turn into a beast of the DM’s choosing and gain 1 point of exhaustion. you are still considered to be holding your Primeval
12 Gun in this form.

Rooted Defense Pale Rider

At 6th level, you gain the protection of the ancient
forests. Your hit point maximum and current hit points
increase by 2 per hexslinger level when you activate
your Primeval Gun feature. This increase lasts until
this form ends; your hit point maximum then returns
to normal, but your current hit points remain the
same, unless they must decrease to abide by your hit
point maximum.
In addition, the ground within 15 feet of you is
difficult terrain for your enemies while your Primeval
Gun is activated.
Aura of Warding
At 10th level, ancient magic lies so heavily upon you
that it forms an eldritch ward. You and friendly
creatures within 20 feet of you have resistance to
damage from spells.
Wrath of the Land
At 14th level, the thorns created by your Primeval Gun
attacks now attempt to restrain enemies in addition to
being difficult terrain. Any enemies affected by these
thorns must make a Strength saving throw against
your spell DC or become restrained. An affected
creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of
each of its turns, ending this effect on a success.
In addition, you may now roll twice on the Primeval
misfire table and choose your result between the two
rolls.
Earthen Sentinel
At 18th level, when you are reduced to 0 hit points and
are not killed outright, you can choose to drop to 1 hit
point instead. Once you use this ability, you can’t use it
again until you finish a short or long rest.
Additionally, you suffer none of the drawbacks of old
age, and you can’t be aged magically.
Your connection is with a demonic entity or an entity
that you believe to be a spirit of the dead.
Connection Spells
At 1st level, you choose spells from the “Occult” spell
list for your spellcasting feature. In addition, you know
the following spells at the listed hexslinger levels, they
do not count against your spells known, and you
cannot swap these out.
Hexslinger Level Spells
1st hex
5th darkvision
9th speak with dead
13th shadow of moil
17th negative energy flood
Wicked Gun
At 3rd level, as a bonus action, you fill your bonded
firearm with negative energy. For one minute, you add
half your Charisma modifier, rounded down, to
damage rolls made with your Wicked Gun (minimum
bonus of +1) and it deals necrotic damage rather than
its normal damage type.
In addition, whenever you reduce a creature to 0 Hit
Points with your Wicked Gun, you regain hit points
equal to half your hexslinger level + your Charisma
modifier (rounded down). You can end this effect on
your turn as a bonus action. If you are no longer
holding or carrying the Wicked Gun, or if you fall
unconscious, this effect ends.
Once you use this feature, you cannot do so again
until after you have completed a long rest.
Accursed Specter
At 6th level, you can curse the soul of a person you
slay, temporarily binding it in your service. When you
slay a humanoid with your Wicked Gun, you can cause
its spirit to rise from its corpse as a specter. When the
specter appears, it gains temporary hit points equal to
your hexslinger level. Roll initiative for the specter,
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It obeys your verbal commands, and it gains a special
bonus to its attack rolls equal to your Charisma
modifier. The specter remains in your service until the
end of your next long rest, at which point it vanishes.
Once you bind a specter with this feature, you can’t
use the feature again until you finish a long rest.

Hellish Aura
At 10th level, you are constantly surrounded by an aura
of dark energy. At the beginning of each of your turns,
choose a creature within 20 ft. of you. You and other
creatures within a 20 ft. radius of you deal additional
damage to the chosen creature equal to your Charisma
modifier.

Reaper’s Rage
At 14th level, attacks made with your Wicked Gun now
score a critical hit on a roll of 19-20, and whenever you
score a critical hit on a creature with your Wicked
Gun, that creature is frightened of you for a number of
rounds equal to half your Charisma modifier (minimum
of 1).

Hell’s Coming With Me

At 18th level, as an action, you can surround yourself
with an aura of gloom that lasts for 1 minute. The aura
reduces any bright light in a 30-foot radius around you
to dim light. Whenever an enemy that is frightened by
you starts its turn in the aura, it takes 4d10 psychic
damage. Additionally, you and any creatures of your
choosing in the aura are draped in deeper shadow.
Creatures that rely on sight have disadvantage on
attack rolls against creatures draped in this shadow.
After activating the aura, you can’t do so again until
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 Ley-Touched
While most of the many mages of the Frontier must
undergo some form of study or training, the Ley-
Touched are a curious exception. These individuals
have blood that is infused with pure ley energy,
allowing them to cast magic innately, without the use
of talismans or tried-and-true techniques. While they
do not reach the heights of magic that some mages do,
their unique casting style allows them explore magic
in ways never before seen by others.

The Ley-Touched
Level Proficiency Bonus Features Ley Points Cantrips Known Spells Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1st +2 Spellcasting, Aberrant Expression - 4 2 2 — — — —
2nd +2 Font of Magic 2 4 3 3 — — — —
3rd +2 Metamagic 3 4 4 3 — — — —
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 4 5 5 4 — — — —
5th +3 Ley Luck, Potent Caster 5 5 6 4 2 — — —
6th +3 Aberrant Expression feature 6 5 7 4 2 — — —
7th +3 — 7 5 8 4 3 — — —
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 8 5 9 4 3 — — —
9th +4 — 9 5 10 4 3 2 — —
10th +4 Aberrant Expression feature, Metamagic 10 6 10 4 3 2 — —
11th +4 — 11 6 11 4 3 3 — —
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 12 6 11 4 3 3 — —
13th +5 — 13 6 12 4 3 3 1 —
14th +5 Aberrant Expression feature 14 6 12 4 3 3 1 —
15th +5 Magicsense 15 6 13 4 3 3 2 —
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 16 7 13 4 3 3 2 —
17th +6 — 17 7 14 4 3 3 3 1
18th +6 Metamagic 18 7 14 4 3 3 3 1
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 19 7 15 4 3 3 3 2
20th +6 Living Leyline 20 7 15 4 3 3 3 2

None
Class Features Tools:
Saving Throws: Constitution, Charisma
As a Ley-Touched, you gain the following class Skills:Choose two from Animal Handling, Arcana,
features Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine,
Hit Points
Perception, Performance, Persuasion, Nature, and
Hit Dice: 1d8 per ley-touched level Religion
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier Equipment
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) per ley-touched You start with the following equipment, in addition to
level after 1st, adding your Constitution modifier on the equipment granted by your background:
every even level.
A duster and a dagger
Proficiencies (a) a derringer and 20 rounds or (b) any simple
Armor: Light armor weapon
Weapons: Simple melee and ranged weapons, (a) an entertainer’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack
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Spellcasting
At 1st level, your ley-infused blood fuels your spells,
allowing you to pull off amazing magical feats using
nothing but your own willpower, meaning you do not
require an arcane focus or material components that
do not have a cost to cast spells.
Spell Slots
The Ley-touched table shows how many spell slots
you have to cast your ley-touched spells of 1st level
and higher. To cast one of these ley-touched spells,
you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher.
You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a
long rest.
For example, if you know the 1st-level spell burning
hands and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot
available, you can cast burning hands using either slot.
Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher
The Spells Known column of the ley-touched table
shows when you learn more ley-touched spells of your
choice. Each of these spells must be of a level for
which you have spell slots. For instance, when you
reach 3rd level in this class, you can learn one new
spell of 1st or 2nd level. You may choose spells from
both the “Arcane” and “Primal” spell lists when
choosing spells.
Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you
can choose one of the ley-touched spells you know
and replace it with another spell from the spell list
determined by your connection, which also must be of
a level for which you have spell slots.
Spellcasting Ability
Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your ley-
touched spells, since the power of your magic relies on
your ability to project your will into the world. 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 ley-
touched 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
Aberrant Expression
At 1st level, you manifest your magical ability in your
own unique manner, expressing it via techniques that
only you might understand. Choose one of the
following from Shifter, Troubador or Wild One. Your
choice grants you features at 1st level, and again at 6th,
10th, and 14th level.
Font of Magic
At 2nd level, you tap into a deep wellspring of magic
within yourself. This wellspring is represented by ley
points, which allow you to create a variety of magical
effects.
Ley Points. You have 2 ley points, and you gain more
as you reach higher levels, as shown in the Ley
Points column of the Ley-Touched table. You can
never have more ley points than shown on the table
for your level. You regain all spent ley points when
you finish a long rest.
Flexible Casting. You can use your ley points to gain
additional spell slots, or sacrifice spell slots to gain
additional ley points. You learn other ways to use
your ley points as you reach higher levels.
Creating Spell Slots. You can transform
unexpended ley points into one spell slot as a
bonus action on your turn. The Creating Spell
Slots table shows the cost of creating a spell
slot of a given level. You can create spell slots
no higher in level than 5th. Any spell slot you
create with this feature vanishes when you
finish a long rest.
Converting a Spell Slot to Ley Points. As a
bonus action on your turn, you can expend
one spell slot and gain a number of ley points
equal to the slot’s level.
Creating Spell Slots
Spell Slot Level Ley Point Cost
1st 2
2nd 3
3rd 5
4th 6
5th 7
Metamagic
At 3rd level, you gain the ability to twist your spells to
suit your needs. You gain two of the following
Metamagic options of your choice. You gain another
two more at 10th and 18th level.
You can use only one Metamagic option on a spell
when you cast it, unless otherwise noted.
Aimed Spell
When you cast a spell that forces a creature to make a
saving throw to resist its effects and is incapable of
targeting more than one creature at the spell’s current
level, you can spend 2 ley points to focus the spell’s
energy to directly assault the creature. Make the
appropriate spell attack against the creature based on
the spell’s range. On a hit, the spell takes effect as if
the creature had failed its first saving throw against
the spell.
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 Careful Spell
When you cast a spell that forces other creatures to
make a saving throw, you can protect some of those
creatures from the spell’s full force. To do so, you
spend 1 ley point and choose a number of those
creatures up to your Charisma modifier (minimum of
one creature). A chosen creature automatically
succeeds on its saving throw against the spell.
Delayed Spell
When you cast a spell, you can delay its effects. To do
so, you spend 1 ley point and choose a number of
rounds up to your Charisma modifier (minimum of
one). At the beginning of your turn after the chosen
number of rounds has passed, the spell takes effect. All
determinations for the spell that are made by you,
such as its targets, direction, or shape, are made when
the spell is cast, while determinations made by the
spell’s targets, such as saving throws, are made when
the spell takes effect. If the spell requires
concentration, you only begin concentrating on it
once it has taken effect. If any of the spell’s parameters
become invalid when it is about to take effect, such as
when none of its targets are within range, the spell
fails. A delayed spell that has not taken effect lingers in
place as an intangible, glowing bead of magic that can
be the target of a dispel magic spell. You can cause the
spell to take effect earlier by using your action.
Distant Spell
When you cast a spell that has a range of 5 feet or
greater, you can spend 1 ley point to double the range
of the spell. When you cast a spell that has a range of
touch, you can spend 1 ley point to make the range of
the spell 30 feet.
Empowered Spell
When you roll damage for a spell, you can spend 1 ley
point to reroll a number of the damage dice up to your
Charisma modifier (minimum of one). You must use
the new rolls.
You can use Empowered Spell even if you have
already used a different Metamagic option during the
casting of the spell.
Explosive Spell
When you cast a spell that has an area of effect and
forces other creatures to make a Strength or Dexterity
saving throw to resist its effects, you can spend 2 ley
points to blast the affected creatures off their feet. On
a failed saving throw, the spell has the additional effect
of pushing a creature in a straight line towards the
nearest edge of the spell’s area and knocking it prone.
For every 10 feet the spell pushes the creature, the
creature takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage. The creature
also takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage if it strikes an
object of its size or larger that prevents it from being
pushed to the edge of the spell’s area.
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Extended Spell
When you cast a spell that has a duration of 1 minute
or longer, you can spend 1 ley point to double its
duration, to a maximum duration of 24 hours.
Heightened Spell
When you cast a spell that forces a creature to make a
saving throw to resist its effects, you can spend 3 ley
points to give one target of the spell disadvantage on
its first saving throw made against the spell.
Maximized Spell
When you roll damage for a spell of 1st level or higher,
you can spend a number of ley points equal to the
spell’s level to deal maximum damage to one target of
the spell.
Potent Spell
When one or more creatures would take no damage
following a successful saving throw against a spell you
cast either as part of the spell’s effect, a feature, or
some other effect other than having immunity to all of
the spell’s damage types, you can spend ley points
equal to the spell’s level to deal half the spell’s damage
to one of those creatures (1 ley point if the spell is a
cantrip). The creature suffers no additional effect from
the spell.
Quickened Spell
When you cast a spell that has a casting time of 1
action, you can spend 2 ley points to change the
casting time to 1 bonus action for this casting.
Ruinous Spell
When you cast a spell that has an area of effect and a
duration of instantaneous, you can spend 1 ley point to
devastate the spell’s area, turning it into difficult
terrain for a number of rounds equal to your Charisma
modifier (minimum of one).
Seeking Spell
If you make an attack roll for a spell and miss, you can
spend 2 ley points to reroll the d20, and you must use
the new roll.
You can use Seeking Spell even if you have already
used a different Metamagic option during the casting
of the spell.
Shifted Spell
When you cast a spell that forces a creature to make a
saving throw to resist its effects and has a duration of
instantaneous, you can spend a number of ley points
equal to the spell’s level to change the saving throw for
one target of the spell from one ability score to
another of your choice. If the original saving throw
uses a physical ability score (Strength, Dexterity, or
Constitution), the new saving throw must be chosen
between the other two physical ability scores.
Similarly, if the original saving throw uses a mental
ability score (Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma), the
new saving throw must be chosen between the other
two mental ability scores.
Subtle Spell
When you cast a spell, you can spend 1 ley point to
cast it without any somatic or verbal components.
Sustained Spell
When you cast a spell that requires concentration
while you are already concentrating on another spell,
you can choose to maintain concentration on both
spells. To do so, you spend 5 ley points or a number of
sorcery points equal to the spells’ combined level,
whichever number is higher. When you make a
Constitution saving throw to maintain your
concentration on two spells, you do so only once for
both spells. However, you suffer a penalty to the roll.
The penalty equals 5 or the spells’ combined level,
whichever number is higher. You make this saving
throw at the end of each of your turns (DC 10), in
addition to those you make when taking damage and
those imposed by your DM for certain environmental
phenomena.
Transdimensional Spell
When you cast a spell, you can spend 1 ley point to
allow it to affect creatures that are in the Ethereal
Plane or are in an extradimensional space such as one
created by a rope trick spell. A creature need not be
visible to you to be affected unless the spell requires
you to target the creature.
Transmuted Spell
When you cast a spell that deals a type of damage from
the following list, you can spend 1 ley point to change
that damage type to one of the other listed types: acid,
cold, fire, lightning, thunder.
Twinned Spell
When you cast a spell that is incapable of targeting
more than one creature at the spell’s current level and
doesn’t have a range of self, you can spend a number
of ley points equal to the spell’s level to target a
second creature in range with the same spell (1 ley
point if the spell is a cantrip).
Widened Spell
When you cast a spell that has an area of effect, you
can spend ley points equal to the spell’s level to
increase each of the area’s dimensions by 50%,
rounded down to the nearest 5 feet (1 ley point if the
spell is a cantrip).
Ability Score Improvement
At 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th levels, you can choose
one ability score to increase by 2, two scores to
increase by 1, or choose a feat.
Magical Versatility
Whenever you reach a level in this class that grants
you the Ability Score Improvement feature, you can do
one of the following, representing the magic within
you flowing in new ways:
Replace one of the options you chose for the
Metamagic feature with a different Metamagic option
available to you.
Replace one cantrip you learned from this class’s
Spellcasting feature with another cantrip from the
“Arcane” or “Primal” spell lists.
Ley Luck
At 5th level, you can tap into your inner wellsping of
magic to try to conjure success from failure. When you
make an ability check that fails, you can spend 1 ley
point to reroll the d20, and you must use the new roll,
potentially turning the failure into a success.
Potent Caster
At 5th level, you can add your Charisma modifier to
damage rolls for spells that you cast.
Magicsense
At 15ht level, you are always under the effects of the
detect magic spell. Additionally, spell attacks against
you can’t have advantage, and you can’t have
disadvantage on saving throws against spells and
magical effects.
Living Leyline
At 20th level, the ley point costs for creating spell slots
are all reduced by 1. In addition, whenever you start
your turn with no ley points, you regain 1 ley point.
Aberrant Expressions
Shifter
You are able to use your innate ley energy to
transmute yourself into different creatures that you’ve
come across. Remarkably dangerous, Shifters are
feared by people far and wide due to the power they
hold.
Shapeshift
At 1st level, you gain the ability to shapeshift, which
allows you to assume the forms of other creatures and
use their strength for your own. As a bonus action on
your turn, you may assume the form of a beast or
humanoid creature which you have seen in person.
The creature must be of a CR equal to 1/2 your Ley-
Touched level. You remain Shapeshifted for an amount
of hours equivalent to your Ley-Touched level, or until
you dismiss it as a bonus action. You can use this
ability a number of times equal to your Charisma
modifier, and you regain all expended charges when
you comnplete a short or long rest.
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 You use the following rules when shapeshifting:
You assume the form of a standard version of the
creature. You do not gain any languages, spells,
Legendary Actions or Resistances, or Lair Actions
that the creature has. You may only speak if your
new form is capable of doing so. Your game statistics
are replaced by that of the creature’s, except for your
Hit Points, and your Intelligence, Wisdom, and
Charisma scores.
You retain your skill and saving throw proficiencies
in addition to gaining those of the creature.
When you Shapeshift you gain additional hit points
based off of your Ley-Touched level and Constitution
modifier. Upon assuming your new form, you may
add additional hit points equivalent to your natural
form’s Constitution modifier times your Ley-Touched
level. When you return to your natural form, these
additional hit points disappear.
When injured in combat, taking damage that would
reduce you to 0 hit points by any means causes you
to revert to your natural form, and you make death
saving throws as normal.
When you transform, your clothing and non magical
equipment merge into your new form, or is worn by
it is able
Any magical items remain attuned to you, and you
may use them so long as your new form is capable of
wielding them. The DM determines if these items
are merged into your form, or if you are still wearing
them.
You may not Shapeshift into creatures with a flying
speed until 3rd level.
You are not able to benefit from any ‘Multiattack’
feature a creature would have - you may only make
one attack on your turn when you take the attack
action. You also cannot cast spells while in beast
form.
The DC for all of your form’s abilities, replacing the
one on your form’s character sheet, is your Spell
Save DC.
The following rules apply if shifting into a humanoid:
You determine the specifics of the changes to
your natural form, including your skin
coloration, hair length, sex, voice, height, and
weight.
You can Shapeshift into Small or Medium
humanoids of any race, but your ability scores
remain the same, and you do not receive an
increase in hit points.
If you Shapeshift into a form with a trait such
as Darkvision, you gain this trait. If this form
would have the Sunlight Sensitivity, trait you
would gain this as well. This applies for any
natural abilities the creature may have, but not
any skills that the race may learn.
You may cast spells as normal while in a new
humanoid form.
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Mutable Form
At 1st level, you have begun to learn more about
certain aspects of your various forms. You gain
advantage on saving throws against poison and
disease. In addition, you are considered a
Shapechanger for the purpose of spells such as
polymorph and moonbeam.
Advanced Shifting
At 6th level, when you roll for initiative, you may use
your Shapeshift feature as a reaction before you take
your first turn and attacks you make while in a
Shapeshifted form count as magical for the purposes
of overcoming resistances and immunity to non-
magical damage.
In addition, choose one of the following creature
types: Aberrations, Elementals, Fiends or
Monstrosities.
You can now use your Shapeshift feature to turn
into creatures of the chosen type, using the same rules
as a beast form. If this form has the Innate Spellcasting
feature, you use its spells with your own spell save DC.
If it has the Spellcasting feature, you instead gain the
ability to cast spells that you know.
Altered Body
At 10th level, as an action on your turn, you may
expend a charge of Shapeshift to end one condition on
yourself instead of assuming a new form.
Last Resort
At 14th level, you have gained the ability to unleash the
true nature of many of your forms in an attempt to
survive. As a reaction when you are reduced to 0 hit
points, you may immediately make a DC 18 Charisma
saving throw to determine if you are able to assume a
new form. On a success, you assume a new form
immediately and remain conscious. Expending a usage
of your Shapeshift ability.
This form’s CR can only be up to 1/4 of your Ley-
Touched level and utilizes the following rules instead
of the normal rules:
When you assume this creature’s form, your game
statistics, including your mental ability scores, are
replaced by the statistics of the chosen creature. You
retain your alignment and personality.
You stay in this form for one minute or until you drop
to 0 hit points, at which point you revert back to your
normal form at 0 hit points.
Should you take excess damage as a result of the
attack that reduced you to 0 hit points, you
immediately fail one death saving throw.
Upon leaving this form, you immediately take one
level of Exhaustion.
Troubador
You express your magical nature using the power of
song, utilizing ley-infused lyrics to bolster allies and
demoralize your foes.
Aberrant Inspiration
At 1st level, you can inspire others through stirring
words or music. To do so, you use a bonus action on
your turn to choose one creature other than yourself
within 60 feet of you who can hear you. That creature
gains one Inspiration die, a d6.
Once within the next 10 minutes, the creature can
roll the die and add the number rolled to one ability
check, attack roll, or saving throw it makes. The
creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before
deciding to use the Inspiration die, but must decide
before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails.
Once the Inspiration die is rolled, it is lost. A creature
can have only one Inspiration die at a time.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to
your Charisma modifier (a minimum of once). You
regain any expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Scathing Soloist
At 1st level, you learn the vicious mockery cantrip, and
enchantment spells from any spell list can be chosen
as Ley-Touched spells for you. In addition, when a
creature that you can see within 60 feet of you makes
an attack roll, an ability check, or a damage roll, you
can use your reaction to expend one of your uses of
Aberrant Inspiration, rolling an Inspiration die and
subtracting the number rolled from the creature’s roll.
You must use this feature after the creature makes
its roll, but before you know whether the attack roll or
ability check succeeds or fails. The creature is immune
if it can’t hear you or if it’s immune to being charmed.
Rigorous Rhythm
At 6th level, your Inspiration die increases to a d8. In
addition, when a creature adds one of your Inspiration
dice to its ability check, attack roll, or saving throw
and the roll fails, the creature can keep the Inspiration
die.
Tempo Shift
At 10th level, you regain all of your expended uses of
Aberrant Inspiration when you finish a short or long
rest.
Sing Along Y’all!
At 14th level, when a creature within 60 feet of you
adds one of your Inspiration dice to its ability check,
attack roll, or saving throw and the roll succeeds, you
can use your reaction to spend 1 ley point and
encourage a different creature (other than yourself)
that can hear you within 60 feet of you, giving it an
Inspiration die without expending any of your
Aberrant Inspiration uses.
Wild One
You personify the unpredictability of ley magic, and
attempt to weaponize this chaos for your own benefit.
Wild Spells
At 1st level, you learn additional spells when you reach
certain levels in this class, as shown in the Wild Spells
table. Each of these spells counts as a ley-touched
spell for you, but it doesn’t count against the number
of spells you know.
Ley-Touched Level Spells
1st chaos bolt
5th enlarge/reduce
9th blink
13th polymorph
17th animate objects
Wild Magic Surge
At 1st level, your spellcasting can unleash surges of
untamed magic. Immediately after you cast a spell of
1st level or higher, roll a d20. If you roll a number that
is less than or equal to the level of the spell you cast,
roll on the Wild Magic Surge table (found in chapter 3
of the Player’s Handbook) to create a random magical
effect. If the effect is a spell, it’s too wild to be affected
by Metamagic. If it normally requires concentration, it
doesn’t require concentration in this case; the spell
lasts for its full duration.
Tides of Chaos
At 1st level, you can manipulate the forces of chance
and chaos to gain advantage on one attack roll, ability
check, or saving throw. Once you do so, you must
finish a long rest before you can use this feature again.
Any time before you regain the use of this feature,
you can roll on the Wild Magic Surge table
immediately after you cast a sorcerer spell of 1st level
or higher. You then regain the use of this feature.
Forced Surge
At 6th level, you can spend 2 ley points as a reaction to
force any creature you can see that is casting a spell
(including innate spellcasting) to roll on a modified
version of the Wild Surge Table called the Forced
Surge Table shown below.
d20 Effect
1 Target regains all hit points
2 Target has resistance to all damage for 1 minute
3 Spell fails with no discernible effect
4 Target has -4 AC until the end of its next turn
5 You and the target switch places.
6 Target must shout when it speaks
7 Target casts fireball as a 3rd-level spell centered on itself in
addition to the triggering spell.
8 Target chooses up to three creatures it can see within 30
feet to take 4d10 lightning damage.
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 d20 Effect
9 Creature casts polymorph on itself in addition to the
triggering spell. If it fails the saving throw, it turns into a
sheep for one minute or until it takes damage.
10 A spectral shield hovers near the creature for the next
minute, granting it a +2 bonus to AC and immunity to
magic missile spells.
11 Target has disadvantage on all saving throws until the end
of its next turn
12 Target is frightened of the nearest creature until the end of
its next turn
13 The target’s next roll will be an automatic critical failure.
14 Target takes 2d10 psychic damage.
15 The target casts Enlarge on a random creature other than
itself within 30 feet
16 Target falls prone and takes 5d6 force damage. The
triggering spell fails.
17 The target becomes the target of the triggering spell, using
the caster’s attack roll or save DC if necessary.
18 Up to 5 corpses within 30 feet of the target rise as zombies
hostile to all non-undead creatures
19 The target can take one additional action immediately.
20 The target turns into a potted plant until the start of its
next turn. While a plant, it is incapacitated and has
vulnerability to all damage. If it drops to 0 hit points, the
pot breaks, and its form reverts.

Overwhelming Wellspring
At 10th level, as a bonus action, you can regain
expended ley points equal to your Charisma modifier
(rounded down), up to your maximum. Immediately
after doing so, roll on the Wild Magic Surge table.
After using this feature, you cannot do so again until
you have completed a long rest.

Controlled Chaos
At 14th level, you gain a modicum of control over the
surges of your wild magic. Whenever you roll on the
Wild Magic Surge table, you can roll twice and use
either number. In addition, whenever you make a
creature roll on the Forced Surge table, you can spend
1 ley point to force an enemy to reroll their result
once. You must use the second roll.

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Magi
Practitioners of the strange occult art of Espantro,
Magi are able to pull magical power from the spirits of
the rumored Far Realm. They accomplish this by
dominating these tricky spirits via battles of wits that
bind them to the Magi’s service. However, the
relationship between a Magi and their bound spirits is
generally a lighthearted one, as Magi often see
themselves as stewards, allowing the souls of the dead
to make a difference in the land of the living.

The Magi
Level Proficiency Bonus Features Cantrips Known Ante Points 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1st +2 Spellcasting, Sixth Sense 3 — 2 — — — — — — — —
2nd +2 Ante Up, Game of Choice 3 3 3 — — — — — — — —
3rd +2 — 3 3 4 2 — — — — — — —
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 4 4 4 3 — — — — — — —
5th +3 — 4 4 4 3 2 — — — — — —
6th +3 Game of Choice feature, Spectral Recovery 4 5 4 3 3 — — — — — —
7th +3 — 4 5 4 3 3 1 — — — — —
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 4 6 4 3 3 2 — — — — —
9th +4 — 4 6 4 3 3 3 1 — — — —
10th +4 Game of Choice feature, Ghostly Guard 5 7 4 3 3 3 2 — — — —
11th +4 — 5 7 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — —
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 5 8 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — —
13th +5 — 5 8 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — —
14th +5 Game of Choice feature 5 9 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — —
15th +5 — 5 9 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 —
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 5 10 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 —
17th +6 — 5 10 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
18th +6 Veil Strider 5 11 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 5 11 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
20th +6 Soul Conduit 5 12 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1

Intelligence, Wisdom
Class Features Saving Throws:
Skills:Choose two from Arcana, Deception, History,
As a Magi, you gain the following class features Insight, Investigation, Perception, Religion,
Hit Points
Streetwise, and Sleight of Hand
Hit Dice: 1d6 per magi level Equipment
Hit Points at 1st Level:6 + your Constitution modifier You start with the following equipment, in addition to
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) per magi level the equipment granted by your background:
after 1st, adding your Constitution modifier on every
even level. (a) a quarterstaff and a dagger or (b) a derringer with
10 rounds
Proficiencies a gaming set of your choice
Armor: None (a) a scholar’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack
Weapons: Daggers, darts, derringers, slings,
quarterstaffs.
Tools: Gaming Set of your choice

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 Spellcasting
As a practitioner of Espantro, you cast spells via your
connection with the spirits of the dead.
Preparing and Casting Spells
The Magi table shows how many Spell Slots you have
to cast your Spells of 1st Level and higher. To cast one
of these Spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s
level or higher. You regain all expended Spell Slots
when you finish a Long Rest.
You prepare the list of Magi spells that are available
for you to cast. To do so, choose a number of spells
from the “Occult” spell list equal to your Intelligence
modifier + your Magi level (minimum of one spell). The
Spells must be of a level for which you have Spell Slots.
For example, if you’re a 3rd-level Magi, you have
four 1st-level and two 2nd-level Spell Slots. With an
Intelligence of 16, your list of prepared Spells can
include six Spells of 1st or 2nd Level, in any
combination, chosen from the “Occult” spell list. If you
prepare the 1st-level spell magic missile, you can cast
it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell
doesn’t remove it from your list of prepared Spells.
You can change your list of prepared Spells when
you finish a Long Rest. Preparing a new list of spells
requires time spent communing with the spirits: at
least 1 minute per Spell Level for each spell on your
list.
Spellcasting Ability
Intelligence is your Spellcasting ability for your Magi
spells, since you learn your Spells through dedicated
study and cleverness. You use your Intelligence
whenever a spell refers to your Spellcasting ability. In
addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when
setting the saving throw DC for an Magi spell you cast
and when making an Attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your
Intelligence modifier
Spell Attack modifier = your Proficiency Bonus + your
Intelligence modifier
Ritual Casting
You can cast a Magi spell as a ritual if that spell has
the ritual tag and you have the spell prepared.
Sixth Sense
At 1st level, you gain the ability to enter a trance as a
bonus action, letting you see beyond the borders of
the material world. This allows you to see into the
Ethereal Plane up to 30 feet for up to one minute or
until your concentration ends (as if concentrating on a
spell). While in the trance, you also gain the ability to
see through solid objects to a range of 10 feet,
perceiving objects as ghostly, transparent images.
Once you have used this feature, you cannot do so
again until you complete a short or long rest.
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Ante Up
At 2nd level, you have gained a series of tricks that you
use to outmaneuver the spirits of the Far Realm and
bind them to your service. These tricks are
represented by ante points, which allow you to create
a variety of magical effects. You regain all expended
ante points upon completing a long rest or half of your
total (rounded down) upon completing a short rest.
Spirit Binding. You can bind a spirit to your will,
granting you a variety of abilities based on the type
of spirit bound. The different spirit types are
detailed at the end of the class page. You choose
the type of spirits bound to you at the end of a long
rest, and you must pay the ante point cost
associated with the spirit type in order to bind
them to you.
Fate Meddling. You can use your spiritual
connections to attempt to tip the balance of fate in
your favor. If you would ever have disadvantage on
a roll, you may spend 1 ante point and flip a coin. If
you win the coin flip, you no longer have
disadvantage. If you lose, the ante point is spent
and nothing happens. You may then make another
coin flip should you wish. If you win this next coin
flip, you regain 1 ante point. If you lose, the result is
as if you lost the first flip.
Game of Choice
At 2nd level, you choose how you manifest your battles
of wills with the spirits that you attempt to control.
Choose Huckster or Gambiteer. Your choice grants
you features at 2nd level, and again at 6th, 10th, and
14th level.
Ability Score Improvement
At 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th levels, you can choose
one ability score to increase by 2, two scores to
increase by 1, or choose a feat.
Spectral Recovery
At 6th level, the spirits bound to you can help you
regain magical energy. Once per day when you finish a
short rest, you can choose expended spell slots to
recover. The spell slots can have a combined level that
is equal to the number of spirits bound to you, and
none of the slots can be 6th-level or higher.
For example, if you have 2 spirits bound to you, you
can recover up to two levels worth of Spell Slots. You
can recover either a 2nd-level spell slot or two 1st-
level spell slots.
Ghostly Guard
At 10th level, you can call upon spirits to aid you
against danger. You are immune to being charmed. If a
creature tries to charm you, they take damage equal to
your magi level.
Additionally, when another creature attempts to
harm you, you can use your reaction to attempt to try
and cloud their mind with your spirit magic.
The creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving
throw against your spell save DC or be charmed by you
for 1 minute or until the creature takes any damage.
The creature must find a new target for their attack or
spell, or waste it.
Once you use this ability, you cannot do so again
until you finish a short or long rest.
Veil Strider
At 18th level, you are able to will yourself into your
own interpretation of the Far Realm. On your turn, you
can expend 10ft of your movement to enter or exit the
ethereal plane.
Soul Conduit
At 20th level, you gain the ability to draw power from
all your spirits to empower your spells. When you cast
a spell you can increase the spell save DC by an
amount equal to the number of spirits you have bound.
Once you have used this ability you cannot do so
again until you finish a long rest.
Games of Choice
Gambiteer
To you, your mental battles are games of chess, built
upon layers and layers of strategy that spirits must
attempt to overcome in order to escape your grasp.
Occult Opening
At 2nd level, during the act of casting a spell, if you are
successful in affecting a target with the spell, you can
spend 1 ante point to mentally duel a spirit in order to
amplify the spell’s effects. You do this by creating a
strategy that the spirit must mentally overcome, which
is represented by your Spell Save DC. First, you must
choose an opening piece from the table below. Some
openings are riskier than others, and present a penalty
to your DC, which is listed in the table. The effect
listed next to the piece is the effect that takes place if
the match is won using this opener.
Once this is decided, the spirit rolls 1d20 + your
proficiency bonus. If you win, your spell activates as
normal, and the target is also affected by your opener’s
added effect. If the spirit beats your DC, your spell
activates as normal, but your opener’s added effect is
instead applied to you.
Opening DC
Piece Penalty Effect
Pawn 0 Target’s size is reduced by 1 category and
its speed is reduced by 10 feet until the
end of your next turn.
Knight -1 Enemies have their speed doubled when
moving towards the target until the end of
your next turn.
Bishop -2 Target has disadvantage on all saving
throws until the end of your next turn.
Opening DC
Piece Penalty Effect
Rook -2 Attack rolls against the target have
advantage until the end of your next turn.
Queen -3 Target cannot cast spells or make attacks
until the end of your next turn.
King -3 The next 1d2 attacks against the target
are automatic critical hits.
Spirited Tactician
At 6th level, as an action on your turn, you can release
a spirit bound to you and use its energy to tactically
reposition your allies. Choose up to 5 friendly
creatures within 60 ft. of you that you can see. Those
creatures can immediately use their reaction to move
a number of feet equal to 10 x the ante point cost of
the released spirit without provoking opportunity
attacks. You then regain half of the ante points
(rounded up) used to bind this spirit.
Improved Opening
At 10th level, whenever you use your Occult Opening
feature, you can spend 1 additional ante point to make
the spirit reroll their check. You must take the second
result.
Ghastly Grandmaster
At 14th level, whenever you use your Occult Opening
feature and win, you can immediately use it again on a
2nd creature within 30 ft. of the original target. You
still go through the duel process as normal for this
new target, but if you win this duel, you regain 1 ante
point.
Huckster
You see your clashes of wills as games of poker,
constantly upping the ante for the chance at huge
payoffs…at the risk of major losses.
Deal With The Devil
At 2nd level, as an action, you can spend 1 ante point to
mentally duel a spirit for the chance at a glimpse of
occult knowledge at the risk of your sanity. You do this
by rolling 5d6 and consulting the “hand” table below to
judge your results. The spirit does the same and keeps
its hand secret. The hands correlate to poker hands of
the same name, and use the same scoring hierarchy.
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 A roll of 6 is considered “wild” and can replace the After this, you determine whether you want to hold
value of any other die. or fold. If either side folds, the ante point is expended
After determining your hand, you can attempt one and nothing happens. The win column shows what
of the following: happens if you win with the listed hand, while the loss
column shows what happens if you lose to the listed
Bluff. You roll a contested Deception check against hand.
the spirit’s Insight. If you are successful, you can
suggest that they either hold or fold. The spirit then
makes a Wisdom saving throw with disadvantage
against your spell save DC, doing the action you
suggested on a failure.
Read. You roll a contested Insight check against the
spirit’s Deception. If you are successful, you know if
the spirit’s hand is better or worse than yours.
Hand Win Lose
High You can immediately cast one of your prepared spells and its range is increased by You can only cast spells with a range of
Card 10 ft. touch until the end of your next turn.
Pair You can immediately cast one of your prepared spells of 1st-level or lower without You lose a 1st-level spell slot. If you are
using a spell slot. already out of these spell slots, your
spell save DC decreases by 1 for 1 hour.
Two Pair You can immediately cast one of your prepared spells of 2nd-level or lower without You lose either 2 1st-level spell slots or
using a spell slot. 1 2nd-level spell slot. If you are already
out of these spell slots, your spell save
DC decreases by 2 for 1 hour.
Three of You can immediately cast one of your prepared spells, and you can target one You gain 2 points of exhaustion.
a Kind additional creature or point for this spell.
Straight You can immediately cast one of your prepared spells, and you have advantage on You gain 3 points of exhaustion.
spell attack rolls or enemies have disadvantage on saving throws againt this spell,
whichever is applicable.
Full You can immediately cast any Magi spell as if you had it prepared. You are stunned for 1d4 rounds.
House
Four of a You can immediately cast any Magi spell that is of a level equal to or less than 1 + The spirit possesses your body for 1d4
Kind your maximum spell level as if you had it prepared. If the spell exceeds your rounds, gaining full control over your
maximum spell level, it consumes a slot of the highest level you have. If the spell actions.
does not exceed your maximum spell level, you can add your Intelligence modifier
twice to the spell attack roll or DC.
Five of a You can immediately cast any Magi spell that is of a level equal to or less than 2 + You gain 4 points of exhaustion.
Kind your maximum spell level as if you had it prepared. If the spell exceeds your
maximum spell level, it consumes a slot of the highest level you have. If the spell
does not exceed your maximum spell level, you can cast it without consuming a
spell slot.

Double or Nothing
At 6th level, as a bonus action on your turn, you can
release a spirit bound to you and use its energy to give
your allies lucky breaks. Choose a number of creatures
within 60 ft. of you equal to the ante point cost of the
released spirit. For the next hour, whenever these
creatures roll two or more dice, if they roll doubles
you can treat those dice as if they rolled the maximum
result. You then regain half of the ante points (rounded
up) used to bind this spirit.
Know When to Fold ‘Em
At 10th level, whenever you use your Deal with the
Devil feature and you lose, you can spend 1 ante point
to fold instead. In addition, whenever you fold, you can
cast a cantrip as a bonus action.
High Roller
At 14th level, you’ve got a few tricks up your sleeve that
increase you chances of winning big hands. Whenever
you use your Deal with the Devil feature, before you
roll your hand, you can spend 1 ante point any number
of times to roll additional d6’s equal to the ante points
spent and add them to your hand.
Spirits
This section details the types of spirits that you can
bind to you using ante points. You can bind multiple
spirits of the same type, as long as you pay the
necessary ante cost, and if you do so, their effects
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Agony
Ante Point Cost: 2
In the presence of a spirit of Agony, foes’ wounds
continue to bleed, and fires continue to burn. When
agony is bound choose a damage type. When you deal
damage of your chosen type with a spell of 1st level or
higher and roll a 1 on a damage dice you can reroll the
die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a
1. When two or more Agony spirits are bound, this
increases to a 1 or 2 on a damage die and you must
keep the new roll even if it is a 1 or 2.
Connection
Ante Point Cost: 1
Spirits of Connection are always willing to make
sacrifices for those who bind them with good
intentions. Whenever you heal an ally or you are
healed, restore an additional 1 hit point. This bonus
increases by 1 for each bound Connection Spirit.
Desire
Ante Point Cost: 1
Spirits of Desire imprint your desires onto others and
enhance their own. As a reaction when a charmed
enemy creature makes a Wisdom saving throw, they
take a -1 penalty to the save. This penalty increases by
1 for each bound Desire Spirit. Once an affected
creature succeeds on a Wisdom saving throw against
one of your spells, that creature is immune to this
spirit’s effect for 24 hours.
Empathy
Ante Point Cost: 2
Spirits of Empathy allow you to share your allies’ pain.
While Empathy is bound, when an ally creature within
30 feet of you takes damage you can use your reaction
to reduce that damage by 2, taking the damage
yourself instead. This reduction increases by 2 for
each bound Empathy Spirit.
Envy
Ante Point Cost: 4
Spirits of Envy take from others what they covet for
themselves – life. Whenever you deal damage with a
spell of 1st level or higher, you can use your reaction to
regain 1d4 hit points. This healing increases by 1d4 hit
points for each bound Envy Spirit.
Fortune
Ante Point Cost: 2
The Spirit of Fortune is the embodiment of chance.
When Fortune is bound you gain 2 charges. You can
use this charge to reroll any dice roll. You must take
the new result. The amount of charges increases by 1
for each bound Fortune Spirit.
Gluttony
Ante Point Cost: 1
Spirits of Gluttony held an unending hunger for some
aspect of life, be it knowledge, power, or something
else. When you are forced to make a saving throw
against a spell or magical effect that deals damage to
you, that damage is reduced by 1. This reduction
increases by 1 for each bound Gluttony Spirit.
Greed
Ante Point Cost: 2
Spirits of Greed were once being a that held a need to
own everything, or everyone. When Greed is bound
you gain a bonus of +2 to Deception and Persuasion
checks. This bonus increases by 2 for each bound
Greed spirit.
Guilt
Ante Point Cost: 1
Spirits of Guilt cause your enemies hesitation in acts
that would wrong you. While Guilt is bound, when you
or an ally within 30 feet of you is the target of an
attack roll you can use your reaction to reduce the
attack roll by 1. This penalty increases by 1 for each
bound Guilt Spirit. After you’ve used this feature on a
creature, that creature’s attacks cannot be affected
again for 1 minute.
Hope
Ante Point Cost: 2
Spirits of Hope come from those who strove to be a
beacon in dark times. While Hope is bound, you gain a
+2 bonus to your death saving throws and saving
throws against effects that would frighten you. This
bonus increases by 2 for each bound Hope spirit.
Justice
Ante Point Cost: 2
Spirits of Justice were exemplars of law and order,
denouncing crime and lies. While Justice is bound, you
gain +2 to your Insight and Investigation rolls. This
bonus increases by 2 for each bound Justice spirit.
Passion
Ante Point Cost: 3
Spirits of Passion give those who bind them the power
to push themselves and others further in order to
accomplish a task. When this spirit is bound you gain 2
bonus dice. These dice are d4s. You may choose to roll
one of these dice and add the result to any attack roll,
ability check, or saving throw you make. The amount
of bonus dice you have increases by 2 for each bound
Passion spirit.
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 Pride
Ante Point Cost: 1
Spirits of Pride were once mighty beings who thought
themselves better than others and became arrogant.
When Pride is bound you can attempt to reroll 1 saving
throw. The amount of times you can attempt a reroll
increases by 1 for each bound Pride spirit.
Protection
Ante Point Cost: 4
Spirits of Protection shield you from harm. While
Protection is bound to you, you gain resistance to your
choice of bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage,
which you decide upon binding the spirit. You choose
a new resistance for each bound Protection spirit.
Sloth
Ante Point Cost: 2
Spirits of Sloth inspire sluggishness and laziness of
thought and action around you. While Sloth is bound,
spaces within 10 feet of you count as difficult terrain.
This increases by 10 feet for each bound Sloth spirit.
reaction to deal creature psychic damage equal to half
your magi level (rounded down) to that creature. If you
have two bound Vengeance spirits, this damage
increases to your full level in this class.
Wonder
Ante Point Cost: 2
You radiate an aura of awe when a spirit of Wonder is
bound to you. While Wonder is bound, you can use
your reaction to impose a -2 penalty on an Insight or
Perception check made by a creature within 60 feet.
This penalty increases by 2 for each bound Wonder
spirit.
Wrath
Ante Point Cost: 4
Spirits of Wrath inspire a ferocity in you. You gain a +1
increase on damage rolls against any creature that you
have already damaged since the end of your last turn.
This increases by 1 for each bound Wrath spirit.

Sorrow
Ante Point Cost: 5
The failures of your enemies continue to haunt them
in the presence of a spirit of Sorrow. While Sorrow is
bound to you, enemies within 30 feet who fail a save
against one of your spells 1st level or higher are dealt
psychic damage equal to half your magi level (rounded
down). If you have two bound Sorrow spirits, this
damage increases to your full level in this class.
Targets cannot be affected by this damage more than
once per turn.

Terror
Ante Point Cost: 2
Spirits of Terror bring nightmares to life. While Terror
is bound, you gain +2 to your Intimidation checks and
your DC for spells or effects that would frighten
targets increases by 2. This bonus increases by 2 for
each bound Terror spirit.

Trust
Ante Point Cost: 1
The bonds of Trust make for a foundation of power.
While Trust is bound, the range with which you can
take the Help action is increased by 10 feet. This
increases by 10 feet for each bound Trust spirit.

Vengeance
Ante Point Cost: 5
Spirits of Vengeance are those who fell in life with
vengeance in their hearts yet unfulfilled. While
Vengeance is bound, whenever you are dealt damage
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Zealot
Religion is alive and well across the Frontier, but there
are those whose faith is so strong that they are able to
manifest what they believe to be the will of their deity
upon the material world. Despite the existence of
these deities still being a heavily debated topic, these
Zealots believe that their abilites are concrete proof of
divine intervention, and with how effective these
abilities are, there’s a growing number of people that
believe that they might just have a point.

The Zealot
Proficiency Cantrips Prayers
Level Bonus Features Known Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1st +2 Spellcasting, Divine Domain 3 — 2 — — — — — — — —
2nd +2 Holy Prayer (x1) 3 2 3 — — — — — — — —
3rd +2 — 3 2 4 2 — — — — — — —
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 4 2 4 3 — — — — — — —
5th +3 — 4 2 4 3 2 — — — — — —
6th +3 Holy Prayer (x2), Divine Domain feature 4 3 4 3 3 — — — — — —
7th +3 — 4 3 4 3 3 1 — — — — —
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 4 3 4 3 3 2 — — — — —
9th +4 — 4 3 4 3 3 3 1 — — — —
10th +4 Divine Intervention, Divine Domain 5 3 4 3 3 3 2 — — — —
feature
11th +4 — 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — —
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — —
13th +5 — 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — —
14th +5 Divine Domain Feature 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — —
15th +5 — 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 —
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 —
17th +6 — 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
18th +6 Holy Prayer (x3) 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
20th +6 Divine Intervention Upgrade 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1

Class Features
As a Zealot, you gain the following class features
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d8 per Zealot level
Hit Points at 1st Level:8 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) per zealot level
after 1st, adding your Constitution modifier on every
even level.
Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields
Weapons: Cudgels, daggers, darts, derringers, machete
None
Tools:
Saving Throws: Strength, Wisdom
Choose two from History, Insight, Medicine,
Skills:
Perception, Persuasion, and Religion
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to
the equipment granted by your background:
(a) crude padded vest or (b) duster
(a) a quarterstaff or (b) a mace
(a) a derringer with 10 rounds or (b) a shield
(a) a priest’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack
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 Spellcasting
As a believer in righteous energies, you are able to cast
spells that embody the divine powers of the entities
you worship
Preparing and Casting Spells
The Zealot table shows how many Spell Slots you
have to cast your Spells of 1st Level and higher. To cast
one of these Spells, you must expend a slot of the
spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended Spell
Slots when you finish a Long Rest.
You prepare the list of Zealot spells that are available
for you to cast. To do so, choose a number of spells
from one of the “Divine” or “Occult” spell lists (your
choice) equal to your Wisdom modifier + your Zealot
level (minimum of one spell). The Spells must be of a
level for which you have Spell Slots.
For example, if you’re a 3rd-level Zealot, you have
four 1st-level and two 2nd-level Spell Slots. With a
Wisdom of 16, your list of prepared Spells can include
six Spells of 1st or 2nd Level, in any combination,
chosen from your chosen spell list. If you prepare the
1st-level spell burning hands, you can cast it using a
1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell doesn’t
remove it from your list of prepared Spells.
You can change your list of prepared Spells when
you finish a Long Rest. Preparing a new list of Zealot
spells requires time spent in meditation: at least 1
minute per spell level for each spell on your list
Spellcasting Ability
Wisdom is your Spellcasting ability for your Zealot
spells, since your magic draws upon your devotion and
attunement to nature. You use your Wisdom whenever
a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition,
you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving
throw DC for a Zealot spell you cast and when making
an attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your
Wisdom modifier
Spell Attack modifier = your Proficiency Bonus + your
Wisdom modifier
Ritual Casting
You can cast an Zealot spell as a ritual if that spell
has the ritual tag and you have the spell prepared.
Divine Domain
At 1st level, you choose a domain shaped by your
choice of Deity and the gifts they grant you. Your
choice grants you domain spells and other features
when you choose it at 1st level and again at 6th, 10th,
and 14th levels. Choose a domain from among Forge,
Grave, Knowledge, Law, Light, Life, Trickery or War
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Holy Prayer
At 2nd level, you gain the ability to channel divine
energy directly from your deity, using that energy to
fuel magical effects. You start with prayer of your
choice and another determined by your domain. You
also learn Prayers as you gain levels in this class,
determined by the Prayers Known column of the
Zealot class table. The list of Holy Prayers is shown at
the end of the class section.
When you use a Holy Prayer, you choose which
effect to create. You must then finish a short or long
rest to use a Holy Prayer again.
Some Holy Prayer effects require saving throws.
When you use such an effect from this class, the DC
equals your zealot spell save DC.
Beginning at 6th level, you can use your Holy Prayer
twice between rests, and beginning at 18th level, you
can use it three times between rests. When you finish
a short or long rest, you regain your expended uses.
Ability Score Improvement
At 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th levels, you can choose
one ability score to increase by 2, two scores to
increase by 1, or choose a feat.
Divine Intervention
Beginning at 10th level, you can call on your deity to
intervene on your behalf when your need is great.
Imploring your deity’s aid requires you to use your
action. Describe the assistance you seek, and roll
percentile dice. If you roll a number equal to or lower
than your zealot level, your deity intervenes. The DM
chooses the nature of the intervention; the effect of
any zealot spell or zealot domain spell would be
appropriate. If your deity intervenes, you can’t use this
feature again for 7 days. Otherwise, you can use it
again after you finish a long rest.
At 20th level, your call for intervention succeeds
automatically, with no roll required.
Divine Domains
Forge Domain
The gods of the forge are patrons of artisans who work
with metal, from a humble blacksmith who keeps a
village in horseshoes and plow blades to the master
craftsman creating wonders such as the Linograph.
The gods of the forge teach that, with patience and
hard work, even the most intractable metal can be
transformed from a lump of ore to a beautifully
wrought object. Followers of these gods take great
pride in their work, and they are willing to craft and
use heavy armor and powerful weapons to protect
them. Deities of this domain include Avnos, Praxus,
The Shineweaver, and Kan’ck.
Domain Spells Saint of Forge and Fire
You gain domain spells at the listed zealot levels in the At 14th level, your blessed affinity with fire and metal
Forge Domain Spells table. You always have these becomes more powerful:
prepared, and they doesn’t count against the number
of spells you can prepare each day You gain immunity to fire damage.
While wearing heavy armor, you have resistance to
Forge Domain Spells bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from
Zealot Level Spells nonmagical attacks.
1st catapult, identify
3rd heat metal, magic weapon
5th elemental weapon, tiny servant
Grave Domain
7th fabricate, stone shape Gods of the grave watch over the line between life and
9th animate objects, creation death. To these deities, death and the afterlife are a
foundational part of the universe. However, because
Bonus Proficiencies belief in a conventional afterlife is rare in the Forsaken
When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain Frontier, these deities are few and far between. Deities
proficiency with heavy armor, tinker’s tools and of the grave include the Toll Collector, Somona, Uyaga,
smith’s tools. and Noh-Tante.
Followers of these deities seek to put wandering
Blessing of the Forge spirits to rest, destroy the undead, and ease the
At 1st level, you gain the ability to imbue magic into a suffering of the dying. Their magic also allows them to
weapon or armor. At the end of a long rest, you can stave off death for a time, particularly for a person
touch one nonmagical object that is a suit of armor, a who still has some great work to accomplish in the
shield, or a simple or martial weapon. Until the end of world. This is a delay of death, not a denial of it, for
your next long rest or until you die, the object death will eventually get its due.
becomes a magic item, granting a +1 bonus to AC (if it
is a suit of armor or a shield) or a +1 bonus to attack Domain Spells
and damage rolls (if it is a weapon). You gain domain spells at the listed zealot levels in the
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until Grave Domain Spells table. You always have these
you finish a long rest. prepared, and they doesn’t count against the number
of spells you can prepare each day
Forge Prayers
Grave Domain Spells
At 2nd level, you learn a Holy Prayer from among the
following options, which are detailed in the Holy Zealot Level Spells
Prayers section. 1st bane, false life
3rd gentle repose, ray of enfeeblement
Artisan’s Blessing. 5th revivify, vampiric touch
Diligent Requital. 7th blight, death ward
Frenzied Assault. 9th antilife shell, raise dead
Radiance of the Dawn.
Circle of Mortality
Soul of the Forge At 1st level, you gain the ability to manipulate the line
between life and death. When you would normally roll
At 6th level, your mastery of the forge grants you
one or more dice to restore hit points with a spell to a
special abilities:
creature at 0 hit points, you instead use the highest
You gain resistance to fire damage. number possible for each die.
While wearing heavy armor, you gain a +1 bonus to In addition, you learn the spare the dying cantrip,
AC. which doesn’t count against the number of zealot
cantrips you know. For you, it has a range of 30 feet,
Blessed Strikes and you can cast it as a bonus action.
At 10th level, you are blessed with divine might in
battle. When a creature takes damage from one of
Eyes of the Grave
your cantrips or weapon attacks, you can also deal 1d8 At 1st level, you gain the ability to occasionally sense
fire damage to that creature. Once you deal this the presence of the undead. As an action, you can
damage, you can’t use this feature again until the start open your awareness to magically detect undead. Until
of your next turn. the end of your next turn, you know the location of
any undead within 60 feet of you that isn’t behind total
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 This sense doesn’t tell you anything about a creature’s
capabilities or identity.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to
your Wisdom modifier (a minimum of once), and you
regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Grave Prayers
At 2nd level, you learn a Holy Prayer from among the
following options, which are detailed in the Holy
Prayers section.
Balm of Repose.
Cloak of Shadows.
Path to the Grave.
Touch of Death.
Sentinel at Death’s Door
At 6th level, you gain the ability to impede death’s
progress. As a reaction when you or a creature you can
see within 30 feet of you suffers a critical hit, you can
turn that hit into a normal hit. Any effects triggered by
a critical hit are canceled.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to
your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended
uses when you finish a long rest.
Potent Spellcasting
Starting at 10th level, you can add your Wisdom
modifier to the damage roll of any zealot spell you
cast. Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again
until the start of your next turn.
Keeper of Souls
Starting at 14th level, you can seize a trace of vitality
from a parting soul and use it to heal the living. When
an enemy you can see dies within 60 feet of you, you
or one creature of your choice that is within 60 feet of
you regains hit points equal to the enemy’s number of
Hit Dice. You can use this feature only if you aren’t
incapacitated. Once you use it, you can’t do so again
until the start of your next turn.
Knowledge Domain
The gods of knowledge — including Kacuks, Kan’ck,
The Keeper, Avnos, Noh-Tante and the Shineweaver —
value learning and understanding above all. Some
teach that knowledge is to be gathered and shared in
libraries and universities, or promote the practical
knowledge of craft and invention. Some deities hoard
knowledge and keep its secrets to themselves.
Followers of these gods study esoteric lore, collect old
tomes, delve into the secret places of the earth, and
learn all they can.
Domain Spells
You gain domain spells at the listed zealot levels in the
Knowledge Domain Spells table. You always have these
prepared, and they doesn’t count against the number
of spells you can prepare each day “
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Knowledge Domain Spells
Zealot Level Spells
1st command, identify
3rd augury, mind spike
5th intellect fortress, speak with dead
7th arcane eye, confusion
9th legend lore, scrying
Bonus Proficiencies
When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain
proficiency in two of the following skills of your
choice: Arcana, History, Mechanics, Nature, or
Religion. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any
ability check you make that uses either of those skills.
You also learn two languages of your choice.
Blessings of Knowledge
At 1st level, you gain the ability to tap into a divine
wellspring of knowledge. At the end of a long rest, you
can choose one skill or tool. You become magically
proficient with that skill or tool until the end of your
next long rest.
Knowledge Prayers
At 2nd level, you learn a Holy Prayer from among the
following options, which are detailed in the Holy
Prayers section.
Arcane Abjuration.
Read Thoughts.
Scholary Insight.
Severance of Mind.
Inquisitive Blessings
Starting at 6th level, your intellect and insights are
divinely guided. Whenever you make an ability check
that uses Intelligence or Wisdom and lets you add your
proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or
lower as a 10.
Potent Spellcasting
Starting at 10th level, you can add your Wisdom
modifier to the damage roll of any zealot spell you
cast. Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again
until the start of your next turn.
Visions of the Past
Starting at 14th level, you can call up visions of the past
that relate to an object you hold or your immediate
surroundings. You spend at least 1 minute in
meditation and prayer, then receive dreamlike,
shadowy glimpses of recent events. You can meditate
in this way for a number of minutes equal to your
Wisdom score and must maintain concentration
during that time, as if you were casting a spell.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until
you finish a short or long rest.
Object Reading.
Holding an object as you meditate, you can see
visions of the object’s previous owner. After meditating
for 1 minute, you learn how the owner acquired and
lost the object, as well as the most recent significant
event involving the object and that owner. If the object
was owned by another creature in the recent past
(within a number of days equal to your Wisdom score),
you can spend 1 additional minute for each owner to
learn the same information about that creature.
Area Reading.
As you meditate, you see visions of recent events in
your immediate vicinity (a room, street, tunnel,
clearing, or the like, up to a 50-foot cube), going back
a number of days equal to your Wisdom score. For
each minute you meditate, you learn about one
significant event, beginning with the most recent.
Significant events typically involve powerful emotions,
such as battles and betrayals, marriages and murders,
births and funerals. However, they might also include
more mundane events that are nevertheless important
in your current situation.
Law Domain
The Law Domain represents discipline, as well as
devotion to a society or an institution and strict
obedience to the laws governing it. gods associated
this domain include Dauhluk, the Keeper, the Toll
Collector, Uyaga and Taos.
The ideal of order is obedience to the law above all
else, rather than to a specific individual or the passing
influence of emotion or popular rule. Zealots of law
are typically concerned with how things are done,
rather than whether an action’s results are just.
Following the law and obeying its edicts is critical,
especially when it benefits these zealots and their
guilds or deities.
Domain Spells
You gain domain spells at the listed zealot levels in the
Law Domain Spells table. You always have these
prepared, and they doesn’t count against the number
of spells you can prepare each day
Law Domain Spells
Zealot Level Spells
1st command, heroism
3rd hold person, zone of truth
5th mass healing word, slow
7th compulsion, locate creature
9th dominate person, hold monster
Bonus Proficiencies
When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain
proficiency in the Intimidation and Persuasion skills.
Voice of Authority
Starting at 1st level, you can invoke the power of law to
drive an ally to attack. If you cast a spell with a spell
slot of 1st level or higher and target an ally with the
spell, that ally can use their reaction immediately after
the spell to make one weapon attack against a
creature of your choice that you can see.
If the spell targets more than one ally, you choose
the ally who can make the attack.
Law Prayers
At 2nd level, you learn a Holy Prayer from among the
following options, which are detailed in the Holy
Prayers section.
Battle Hymn.
Emissary’s Blessing.
Orderly Demand.
Severance of Mind.
Embodiment of the Law
At 6th level, you become remarkably adept at
channeling magical energy to compel others.
If you cast a spell of the enchantment school using a
spell slot of 1st level or higher, you can change the
spell’s casting time to 1 bonus action for this casting,
provided the spell’s casting time is normally 1 action.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to
your Wisdom modifier (a minimum of once), and you
regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long
rest.
Blessed Strikes
At 10th level, you are blessed with divine might in
battle. When a creature takes damage from one of
your cantrips or weapon attacks, you can also deal 1d8
radiant damage to that creature. Once you deal this
damage, you can’t use this feature again until the start
of your next turn.
Full Extent of the Law
At 14th level, enemies you designate for destruction
wilt under the combined efforts of you and your allies.
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack on your
turn, you can curse that creature until the start of
your next turn. The first time on a turn that one of
your allies hits the cursed creature with an attack, the
target also takes 1d8 psychic damage.
Life Domain
The Life domain focuses on the vibrant positive energy
— one of the fundamental forces of the universe — that
sustains all life. The gods of life promote vitality and
health through healing the sick and wounded, caring
for those in need, and driving away the forces of death
and undeath. Almost any non-evil deity can claim
influence over this domain, but is particularly tied to
deities like Dauhluk, The Tranquil, Somona, and Elos.
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 Domain Spells Light Domain
You gain domain spells at the listed zealot levels in the
Gods of light — including Trek’ds, V’ccax, the
Life Domain Spells table. You always have these
Shineweaver, the Bearer, Somona, and Taos — promote
prepared, and they doesn’t count against the number
the ideals of rebirth and renewal, truth, vigilance, and
of spells you can prepare each day
beauty. Some are tireless sentinels whose eyes pierce
Life Domain Spells every shadow and see through every deception. Some
are deities of beauty and artistry, who teach that art is
Zealot Level Spells a vehicle for the soul’s improvement. Zealots of a god
1st bless, cure wounds of light are enlightened souls infused with radiance
3rd lesser restoration, spiritual weapon and the power of their gods’ discerning vision, charged
5th beacon of hope, revivify with chasing away lies and burning away darkness.
7th death ward, guardian of faith
9th mass cure wounds, raise dead Domain Spells
You gain domain spells at the listed zealot levels in the
Light Domain Spells table. You always have these
Bonus Proficiencies
prepared, and they doesn’t count against the number
When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain of spells you can prepare each day
proficiency with Medicine.
Light Domain Spells
Disciple of Life
Starting at 1st level, your healing spells are more Zealot Level Spells
effective. Whenever you use a spell of 1st level or 1st burning hands, faerie fire
higher to restore hit points to a creature, the creature 3rd flaming sphere, scorching ray
regains additional hit points equal to 2 + the spell’s 5th daylight, fireball
level. 7th sickening radiance, wall of fire
9th flame strike, wall of light
Life Prayers
At 2nd level, you learn a Holy Prayer from among the
following options, which are detailed in the Holy
Bonus Cantrip
Prayers section. When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain the
light cantrip if you don’t already know it, and it doesn’t
Balm of Repose. count against the number of zealot cantrips you know.
Diligent Requital.
Nature’s Bounty. Warding Flare
Preserve Life. Starting at 1st level, you can interpose divine light
between yourself and an attacking enemy. When you
are attacked by a creature within 30 feet of you that
Blessed Healer you can see, you can use your reaction to impose
Beginning at 6th level, the healing spells you cast on disadvantage on the attack roll, causing light to flare
others heal you as well. When you cast a spell of 1st before the attacker before it hits or misses. An
level or higher that restores hit points to a creature attacker that can’t be blinded is immune to this
other than you, you regain hit points equal to 2 + the feature.
spell’s level. You can use this feature a number of times equal to
your Wisdom modifier (a minimum of once), and you
Blessed Strikes regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
At 10th level, you are blessed with divine might in
battle. When a creature takes damage from one of Light Prayers
your cantrips or weapon attacks, you can also deal 1d8 At 2nd level, you learn a Holy Prayer from among the
radiant damage to that creature. Once you deal this following options, which are detailed in the Holy
damage, you can’t use this feature again until the start Prayers section.
of your next turn.
Artisan’s Blessing.
Supreme Healer Consuming Fervor.
At 14th level, when you would normally roll one or Radiance of the Dawn.
more dice to restore hit points with a spell, you Twilight Sanctuary.
instead use the highest number possible for each die.
For example, instead of restoring 2d6 hit points to a
creature, you restore 12.
Improved Flare
Starting at 6th level, you can also use your Warding
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30 feet of you attacks a creature other than you.
Potent Spellcasting
Starting at 10th level, you can add your Wisdom
modifier to the damage roll of any zealot spell you
cast. Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again
until the start of your next turn.
Corona of Light
At 14th level, you can use your action to activate an
aura of sunlight that lasts for 1 minute or until you
dismiss it using another action. You emit bright light in
a 60-foot radius and dim light 30 feet beyond that.
Your enemies in the bright light have disadvantage on
saving throws against any spell that deals fire or
radiant damage.
Trickery Domain
Gods of trickery — such as the Giver and Mescalero —
are mischief-makers and instigators who stand as a
constant challenge to the accepted order among both
gods and mortals. They’re patrons of thieves,
scoundrels, gamblers, rebels, and liberators. Their
zealots are a disruptive force in the world, puncturing
pride, mocking tyrants, stealing from the rich, freeing
captives, and flouting hollow traditions. They prefer
subterfuge, pranks, deception, and theft rather than
direct confrontation.
Domain Spells
You gain domain spells at the listed zealot levels in the
Trickery Domain Spells table. You always have these
prepared, and they doesn’t count against the number
of spells you can prepare each day
Trickery Domain Spells
Zealot Level Spells
1st charm person, disguise self
3rd mirror image, pass without trace
5th blink, dispel magic
7th dimension door, polymorph
9th dominate person, modify memory
Bonus Proficiencies
When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain
proficiency in weapons with the finesse property. You
also gain proficiency in the Sleight of Hand or Stealth
skill (your choice).
Blessing of the Trickster
Starting at 1st level, you can use your action to touch a
willing creature other than yourself to give it
advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. This blessing
lasts for 1 hour or until you use this feature again.
Trickery Prayers
At 2nd level, you learn a Holy Prayer from among the
following options, which are detailed in the Holy
Prayers section.
Cloak of Shadows.
Invoke Duplicity.
Noxious Offering.
Read Thoughts.
Disciple of Deceit
At 6th level, your shadowy misdeeds gain a divine
benediction. When you make a Stealth check to hide
or a Deception check to lie, you gain a bonus to the
check equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of +1).
Blessed Strikes
Starting at 10th level, you gain the ability to infuse
your strikes with divine energy. Once per turn when
you hit a creature with an attack, you can cause the
attack to deal an extra 1d8 necrotic or poison damage
(your choice each time you deal this damage).
Soul of Deceit
At 14th level, your thoughts can’t be read by telepathy
or other means, unless you allow it. You can present
false thoughts by succeeding on a Charisma
(Deception) check contested by the mind reader’s
Wisdom (Insight) check.
Additionally, no matter what you say, magic that
would determine if you are telling the truth indicates
you are being truthful if you so choose, and you can’t
be compelled to tell the truth by magic.
War Domain
War has many manifestations. It can make heroes of
ordinary people. It can be desperate and horrific, with
acts of cruelty and cowardice eclipsing instances of
excellence and courage. In either case, the gods of war
watch over warriors and reward them for their great
deeds. Gods of war include champions of honor and
chivalry, and gods of conquest and domination
including The Bearer, Praxus and Taos.
Domain Spells
You gain domain spells at the listed zealot levels in the
War Domain Spells table. You always have these
prepared, and they doesn’t count against the number
of spells you can prepare each day
War Domain Spells
Zealot Level Spells
1st divine favor, shield of faith
3rd magic weapon, spiritual weapon
5th crusader’s mantle, spirit guardians
7th freedom of movement, stoneskin
9th flame strike, hold monster
Bonus Proficiencies
When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain
proficiency with martial weapons, firearms and heavy
armor.
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 Guided Strike
Starting at 1st level, your god guides your hand to
allow you to strike with supernatural accuracy. When
you make an attack roll, you can choose to gain a +10
bonus to the roll. You make this choice after you see
the roll, but before the DM says whether the attack
hits or misses.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to
your Wisdom modifier (a minimum of once). You
regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
War Prayers
At 2nd level, you learn a Holy Prayer from among the
following options, which are detailed in the Holy
Prayers section.
Battle Hymn.
Frenzied Assault.
Scholarly Insight.
Violent Blessing.
War God’s Magic
Starting at 6th level, divine magic fuels your attacks.
When you cast a zealot cantrip using your action, you
can make one weapon attack as a bonus action.
Empowered Attack
Starting at 10th level, you learn to channel your divine
power into a frenzy of weapon strikes. Once on each
of your turns when you take the Attack action, you can
make an additional weapon attack as part of the same
action. If you hit with this additional attack, you can
cause all of the attack’s damage to become radiant
damage.
Avatar of Battle
At 14th level, you gain resistance to bludgeoning,
piercing, and slashing damage.
Holy Prayers
Arcane Abjuration
Divine Domains: Knowledge, Law
As an action, you present your holy symbol, and one
celestial, elemental, fey, or fiend of your choice that is
within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving
throw, provided that the creature can see or hear you.
If the creature fails its saving throw, it is turned for 1
minute or until it takes any damage.
A turned creature must spend its turns trying to
move as far away from you as it can, and it can’t
willingly end its move in a space within 30 feet of you.
It also can’t take reactions. For its action, it can use
only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect
that prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to
move, then the creature can use the Dodge action.
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Artisan’s Blessing
Divine Domains: Forge and Light
You conduct an hour-long ritual that crafts a
nonmagical item that must include some metal: a
simple or martial weapon, a suit of armor, ten pieces
of ammunition, a set of tools, or another metal object
(“Equpiment” section for examples of these items). The
creation is completed at the end of the hour,
coalescing in an unoccupied space of your choice on a
surface within 5 feet of you.
The thing you create can be something that is worth
no more than 100 gp. As part of this ritual, you must
lay out metal, which can include coins, with a value
equal to the creation. The metal irretrievably coalesces
and transforms into the creation at the ritual’s end,
magically forming even nonmetal parts of the creation.
The ritual can create a duplicate of a nonmagical item
that contains metal, such as a key, if you possess the
original during the ritual.
Balm of Repose
Divine Domains: Grave, Life
As an action, you can move up to your speed,
without provoking opportunity attacks, and when you
move within 5 feet of any other creature during this
action, you can restore a number of hit points to that
creature equal to 2d6 + your Wisdom modifier
(minimum of 1). A creature can receive this healing
only once whenever you take this action.
Battle Hymn
Divine Domains: Law, War
As a bonus action, you touch your holy symbol and
choose one willing creature you can see within 30 feet
of you, other than yourself. Once before the end of the
creature’s next turn when it takes the Attack action, it
can make one additional weapon attack as part of that
action.
Channel Negative Energy
Divine Domains: Every domain
Prerequisite: A zealot of neutral or evil alignment
As an action on your turn during combat, you cause
every creature within 30 feet of you, other than
constructs and undead, to make a Charisma saving
throw against your spell save DC. A creature takes
necrotic damage equal to 2d6 + half your zealot level
on a failed save, or half as much damage on a
successful one. An undead within this range instead
regains hit points equal to the total.
Channel Positive Energy
Divine Domains: Every domain
Prerequisite: A zealot of neutral or good alignment
As an action on your turn during combat, you cause
every creature within 30 feet of you, other than
constructs and undead, to regain hit points equal to
2d6 + half your zealot level. An undead within this
range must instead make a Charisma saving throw
against your spell save DC, taking radiant damage
equal to the total on a failed save, or half as much
damage on a successful one.
Cloak of Shadows
Divine Domains: Grave, Trickery
As an action, you become invisible until the end of
your next turn. You become visible if you attack or
cast a spell.
Consuming Fervor
Divine Domains: Light
When you deal fire or radiant damage, you can use
this prayer to have that damage ignore all resistances
to fire and radiant damage.
Diligent Requital
Divine Domains: Forge, Life
As an action, you present your holy symbol, and
choose any number of willing creatures you can see
within 30 feet of you. Each chosen recipient regains a
number of spent Hit Dice equal to or less than half
your proficiency bonus (rounded up). Once a creature
gains the benefit of this prayer, it can’t gain that
benefit again until it finishes a long rest.
Emissary’s Blessing
Divine Domains: Law
As an action, you touch your holy symbol and
another willing creature, granting them a holy blessing
which lasts for 10 minutes. Once before the blessing
ends, the creature can gain a +10 bonus on a Charisma
(Persuasion) check it makes, and the blessing then
ends. The creature makes this choice after seeing the
roll, but before learning of the result.
Frenzied Assault
Divine Domains: Forge, War
When you make your first attack on your turn, you
can grant yourself advantage on all attack rolls you
make until the end of the turn.
Harness Divine Power
Divine Domains: Every domain
As a bonus action, you touch your holy symbol, utter
a prayer, and regain one expended spell slot, the level
of which can be no higher than half your proficiency
bonus (rounded up).
Invoke Duplicity
Divine Domains: Trickery
As an action, you create a perfect illusion of yourself
that lasts for 1 minute, or until you lose your
concentration (as if you were concentrating on a spell).
The illusion appears in an unoccupied space that you
can see within 30 feet of you. As a bonus action on
your turn, you can move the illusion up to 30 feet to a
space you can see, but it must remain within 120 feet
of you.
For the duration, you can cast spells as though you
were in the illusion’s space, but you must use your own
senses. Additionally, when both you and your illusion
are within 5 feet of a creature that can see the illusion,
you have advantage on attack rolls against that
creature, given how distracting the illusion is to the
target.
Nature’s Bounty
Divine Domains: Life
As an action, you present your holy symbol and
invoke the name of your deity, selecting up to five
friendly creatures you can see within 30 feet of you.
You and the chosen creatures all gain one of the
following benefits of your choice for 1 hour:
The creature gains a swimming speed of 30 feet, and
it can breathe underwater.
The creature gains a climbing speed of 30 feet, and it
can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down
on ceilings, without needing to make an ability
check.
The creature gains resistance to poison damage, and
has advantage on saving throws against poison.
Noxious Offering
Divine Domains: Grave and Trickery
As a bonus action, you touch one weapon or piece of
ammunition, infusing it with a special poison which
lasts for 1 minute. Immediately after a creature is hit
with an attack using that weapon or ammunition, the
target takes poison damage equal to 2d8 + your zealot
level, and the poison vanishes from the weapon or
ammunition.
Orderly Demand
Divine Domains: Law
As an action, you present your holy symbol, and
each creature of your choice that can see or hear you
within 30 feet of you must succeed on a Wisdom
saving throw or be charmed by you until the end of
your next turn or until the charmed creature takes any
damage. You can also cause any of the charmed
creatures to drop what they are holding when they fail
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 Path to the Grave
Divine Domains: Grave
As an action, you choose one creature you can see
within 30 feet of you, cursing it until the end of your
next turn. The next time you or an ally of yours hits
the cursed creature with an attack, the creature has
vulnerability to all of that attack’s damage, and then
the curse ends.
Preserve Life
Divine Domains: Life
As an action, you present your holy symbol and
evoke healing energy that can restore a number of hit
points equal to five times your zealot level. Choose any
creatures within 30 feet of you, and divide those hit
points among them. This feature can restore a
creature to no more than half of its hit point
maximum. You can’t use this feature on an undead or a
construct.
Radiance of the Dawn
Divine Domains: Forge, Light
As an action, you present your holy symbol, and any
magical darkness within 30 feet of you is dispelled.
Additionally, each hostile creature within 30 feet of
you must make a Constitution saving throw. A creature
takes radiant damage equal to 2d10 + your zealot level
on a failed saving throw, and half as much damage on a
successful one. A creature that has total cover from
you is not affected.
Read Thoughts
Divine Domains: Knowledge, Trickery
As an action, choose one creature that you can see
within 60 feet of you. That creature must make a
Wisdom saving throw. If the creature succeeds on the
saving throw, you can’t use this feature on it again
until you finish a long rest.
If the creature fails its save, you can read its surface
thoughts (those foremost in its mind, reflecting its
current emotions and what it is actively thinking
about) when it is within 60 feet of you. This effect lasts
for 1 minute.
During that time, you can use your action to end this
effect and cast the suggestion spell on the creature
without expending a spell slot. The target
automatically fails its saving throw against the spell.
Scholarly Insight
Divine Domains: Grave, Knowledge, and War
As an action, choose one creature that you can see
within 60 feet of you. Make a Insight check contested
against the creature’s Deception check. If your check
succeeds, you learn if the target has any damage
vulnerabilities, resistances, or immunities, and what
they are. You also learn whether the target is your
equal, superior, or inferior in regard to one ability
score of your choice.
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If your check fails, you gain no insight into the
target’s statistics, and the target becomes immune to
this ability for 24 hours.
Severance of Mind
Divine Domains: Knowledge, and Law
As an action, choose one creature that you can see
within 60 feet of you. If the creature is concentrating
on a spell or other effect, its concentration ends;
otherwise, the creature must make an Intelligence
saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed
save, the creature is incapacitated until the end of its
next turn.
Touch of Death
Divine Domains: Death and Grave
When you hit a creature with a melee attack, you
can deal extra necrotic damage to the target. The
damage equals 5 + twice your zealot level.
Turn Undead
Divine Domains: Every domain
You can use your Channel Divinity to reject the
presence of undead creatures or destroy them. As an
action, you present your holy symbol and speak a
prayer censuring the undead. Each undead within 30
feet of you that can see or hear you must make a
Wisdom saving throw. If the creature fails its saving
throw, it is turned for 1 minute or until it takes any
damage.
A turned creature must spend its turns trying to
move as far away from you as it can, and it can’t
willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you. It also
can’t take reactions. For its action, it can use only the
Dash action or try to escape from an effect that
prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move,
the creature can use the Dodge action.
After you reach 5th level, when an undead fails its
saving throw against your Turn Undead feature, the
undead instantly destroyed if its challenge rating is
equal to or below a certain threshold, as shown in the
Destroy Undead table below.
Destroy Undead
Zealot Level Destroys Undead of CR …
5th 1/2 or lower
8th 1 or lower
11th 2 or lower
14th 3 or lower
17th 4 or lower
Twilight Sanctuary
Divine Domains: Light
As an action, you present your holy symbol, and a
sphere of twilight emanates from you. The sphere is
centered on you, has a 30-foot radius, and is filled
with dim light. The sphere moves with you, and it lasts
for 1 minute or until you are incapacitated or die.
When the sphere appears and as an action on each
of your subsequent turns while it lasts, you can grant
the following benefits to any number of creatures of
your choice (including you) within the sphere’s area:
The creature gains temporary hit points equal to 1d6
+ your zealot level. You end one effect on the creature
causing it to be charmed or frightened.
Violent Blessing
Divine Domains: War
You can bestow your deity’s blessing upon an ally to
guide its strikes. When an ally within 30 feet of you
makes an attack roll, you can use your reaction to
grant that ally a +10 bonus to the roll. You make this
choice after you see the roll, but before the DM says
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Backgrounds
Backgrounds
A
character background represents a focus for
your character, which may be a result of
your occupation, upbringing, or training.
You select a backgrounds at 1st level,
gaining special benefits that reflect major
aspects of that background, as well as starting
equipment.
Artisan
You began mopping floors and scrubbing counters in
an artisan’s workshop for a few dollars per day as soon
as you were strong enough to carry a bucket. When
you were finally old enough to apprentice, you learned
to create basic crafts of your own, as well as how to
sweet-talk the occasional demanding customer.
Skill Proficiencies
Mechanics, Persuasion
Tool Proficiencies
One set of artisan’s tools of your choice
Equipment
Artisan’s Tools (same as above)
Scale
Traveler’s Clothes
Wallet with $12
Haggler
At 1st level, whenever you buy a nonmagical item, as
long as the seller’s disposition towards you is
indifferent or better, you receive a 20 percent discount
on it. Conversely, you gain the same benefit when
selling an item if the customer’s disposition towards
you is indifferent or better.
Quick Craft
At 1st level, when you craft an item using a toolwith
which you have Tool Proficiency,the required crafting
time is reduced by 20 percent.
Bounty Hunter
You track people down for money. It is a dangerous
profession, as most of your targets understandably
don’t wish to be caught. You wouldn’t have it any other
way. You might have a code of ethics, never taking jobs
that, say, target children or members of your own race.
You might hunt down only escaped criminals. Or you
might be completely amoral, taking any job that comes
along—for the right price.
Skill Proficiencies
Streetwise, Survival
Tool Proficiencies
Thieves’ Tools
Equipment
Manacles
Oil flask
Thieves’ Tools
Traveler’s Clothes
Wallet with $12
Hunter’s Reputation
At 1st level, law enforcement in settlements that you
find yourself in are generally agreeable towards you
and have advantage on Persuasion checks made to
alter the price of a bounty. Conversely, your reputation
proceeds you amongst more undesirable crowds, and
criminals and those involved with the criminal
underworld may be less keen to offer you information.
Observant
At 1st level, quick to notice details of your
environment, you gain the following benefits:
Increase your Intelligence or Wisdom score by 1, to
a maximum of 20.
If you can see a creature’s mouth while it is speaking
a language you understand, you can interpret what
it’s saying by reading its lips.
You have a +5 bonus to your passive Perception and
passive Investigation scores.
Charlatan
Soon after you were old enough to order a whiskey,
you already had a favorite stool in every saloon within
ten miles of where you were born. As you traveled the
circuit from public house to watering hole, you
learned to prey on the unfortunates who were in the
market for a comforting lie or two—perhaps a sham
potion or a forged “treasure map.”
Skill Proficiencies
Deception, Streetwise
Tool Proficiencies
Forgery Kit
Equipment
Costume
Fine Clothes
Forgery Kit
Tools of the con of your choice (ten stoppered bottles
filled with colored liquid, a set of weighted dice, a
deck of marked cards, or a signet ring of an
imaginary wealthy businessman)
Wallet with $8
Actor
At 1st level, you gain a +1 to Charisma, as well as
advantage on Deception and Performance checks
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 when trying to pass yourself off as a different person.
In addition, you can mimic the speech of another
person or the sounds made by other creatures. You
must have heard the person speaking, or heard the
creature make the sound, for at least 1 minute. A
successful Insight check contested by your Deception
check allows a listener to determine that the effect is
faked.
False Identity
At 1st level, you have created a second identity that
includes documentation, established acquaintances,
and disguises that allow you to assume that persona.
City Slicker
You grew up surrounded by civilization, with all the
trappings of higher society. You might be a merchant,
a newspaper reporter, a banker or something else
entirely. You have a good sense for understanding city
life and are well-versed in the “fancy talk” of other
urbanites.
Skill Proficiencies
Streetwise, Persuasion
Tool Proficiencies
Calligrapher’s Supplies
Equipment
Calligrapher’s Supplies
Fine Clothes
Grooming Kit
Parchment (10 sheets)
Wallet with $12
Business Connections
At 1st level, your work has networked you with
businesspeople in a variety of different settlements,
with whom you have built a rapport. Due to the station
of these connections, they can offer useful benefits,
such as ways to find food and lodging, vouching for
you if you are accused of a crime (provided that a good
case can be made for your innocence or the crime is
justifiable) or even get you in touch with powerful
political figures.
Practiced Professional
At 1st level, you gain proficiency with one skill, one
tool or one language of your choice, and you gain
expertise with one skill with which you are already
proficient.
Cultist
You scarcely recall what drove you into the service of
the infernal being. Those memories were blotted out
long ago by recurrent dreams of midnight gatherings
round the obsidian pillar in the glade. By the light of
each waning moon, the hierophants instructed you in
the being’s creed and the rudiments of the occult arts.
When you came of age, you were ordered to blend in
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among the nonbelievers and await whatever mission
your master has in store for you.
Skill Proficiencies
Arcana, Religion
Tool Proficiencies
Disguise Kit
Equipment
Traveler’s Clothes
Dagger
Disguise Kit
Oil flask
Robe
Wallet with $5
Dark One’s Knowledge
At 1st level, you have learned the basics of occult
magical traditions. You gain the following benefits:
Two Cantrips. You learn two cantrips of your choice
from the “Occult” Spell list.
1st-Level Spell. Choose one 1st-level Spell from the
“Occult” Spell list. You always have that Spell
prepared. You can cast it once without a Spell Slot,
and you regain the ability to cast it in that way
when you finish a Long Rest. You can also cast the
Spell using any Spell Slots you have.
Intelligence, Wisdom,or Charisma is your
spellcasting ability for these Spells (your choice).
Doctor
From apothecaries, shamans, field medics and more,
there is a lot more variety in healers that exists beyond
the standard zealot healer of faith. However you may
have earned your prestige or title as a doctor, you have
been trained extensively in the ways of nonmagical
healing, and you are now known to be a person who
has sworn to do their very best to save lives, even if
reality might not match up with this assumption
Skill Proficiencies
Medicine, Investigation
Tool Proficiencies
Surgery Kit
Equipment
Doctor’s certification
Common Clothes
Healer’s Kit
Wallet with $7
Healer
At 1st level, when you use a healer’s kit to treat
wounds, you can heal one wound without the need for
a Medicine check. In addition, as an action, you can
spend one use of a healer’s kit to tend to a creature
and restore 1d6 + 4 hit points to it, plus additional hit
points equal to the creature’s maximum number of Hit
Dice. The creature can’t regain hit points from this feat
again until it finishes a short or long rest.
Second Opinion
At 1st level, you have become accustomed not only to
combat, but to coordinating with other healers.
Whenever an ally within 20ft of you uses a healing
ability, spell, or item, you can use your reaction to
increase the amount healed to a single target by an
amount equal to your proficiency bonus. Your ally
must be able to see or hear you.
Entertainer
You spent much of your youth following roving fairs
and carnivals, performing odd jobs for musicians and
acrobats in exchange for lessons. You may have
learned how to walk a tightrope, how to double pick a
lute, or how to recite poetry with flair. To this day, you
thrive on applause and long for the stage.
Skill Proficiencies
Acrobatics, Performance
Tool Proficiencies
Musical Instrument of your choice
Equipment
Costume (2)
Traveler’s Clothes
Musical Instrument (same as above)
Perfume Steel
Mirror
Wallet with $7
Inspiring Song
At 1st level, as you finish a Short Rest or a Long Rest,
you can play a song on a Musical Instrument with
which you have proficiency and give a 1d6 Inspiration
die to allies who hear the song. The number of allies
you can affect in this way equals your Proficiency
Bonus.
Popular Demand
At 1st level, you can always find a place to perform,
usually in an inn or saloon but possibly with a circu or
a theater. At such a place, you receive free lodging and
food of a modest or comfortable standard (depending
on the quality of the establishment), as long as you
perform each night. In addition, your performance
makes you something of a local figure. When strangers
recognize you in a town where you have performed,
they typically take a liking to you.
Gambler
All you need to make a lot of money is a little money.
Except at those times when all you need to have no
money at all is a little money. Whether you’re a good
gambler or a bad one rarely matters, because no one
can divine the whims of Lady Luck. Sometimes you’re
up, sometimes you’re down. But the thing about
gambling is that someone is always willing to take a
bet.
Skill Proficiencies
Deception, Insight
Tool Proficiencies
One gaming set of your choice
Equipment
Fine Clothes
Gaming set (same as above)
Lucky charm
Wallet with $12
Lucky
At 1st level, you have 3 luck points. Whenever you
make an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw,
you can spend one luck point to roll an additional d20.
You can choose to spend one of your luck points after
you roll the die, but before the outcome is determined.
You choose which of the d20s is used for the attack
roll, ability check, or saving throw.
You can also spend one luck point when an attack
roll is made against you. Roll a d20 and then choose
whether the attack uses the attacker’s roll or yours. If
more than one creature spends a luck point to
influence the outcome of a roll, the points cancel each
other out; no additional dice are rolled.
You regain your expended luck points when you
finish a long rest.
Where’s the Action?
At 1st level, if there is gambling activity going on, you
seldom have much problem finding it. As an
experienced gambler, you typically know who to ask
and where to look to locate others who are interested
in playing games of chance, or you at least know how
to get a game started to attract others.
Once you locate these other gamblers, you’re usually
able to secure a place at the table, though you may
have to demonstrate that you know what you’re talking
about and have currency to wager…and sometimes
only the latter.
Hermit
You spent your early years secluded in a hut located
well beyond the outskirts of the nearest settlement. In
those days, your only companions were the creatures
of the land, who would occasionally visit to offer
friendship. The quiet and solitude you found in your
time outside society allowed you to spend many hours
pondering the mysteries of creation, attuning your
mind to the magical energy flowing through the
natural world.
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 Skill Proficiencies Thieves’ Cant
Animal Handling, Survival At 1st level, you learn thieves’ cant, a secret mix of
dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to hide
Tool Proficiencies messages in seemingly normal conversation. Only
Herbalism Kit another creature that knows thieves’ cant understands
such messages. It takes four times longer to convey
Equipment
Fishing Tackle such a message than it does to speak the same idea

Herbalism Kit plainly.

Oil flask In addition, you understand a set of secret signs and

Quarterstaff symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such

as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a
Traveler’s Clothes bandit gang, whether loot is nearby, or whether the
Wallet with $5 people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe
house for thieves on the run.
Speaker of the Land
At 1st level, you have learned the basics of primal
magical traditions. You gain the following benefits:
Priest
You devoted yourself to service in a temple, either
Two Cantrips. You learn two cantrips of your choice nestled in a town or secluded in a sacred monastery.
from the “Primal” Spell list. There you performed hallowed rites in honor of a god
1st-Level Spell. Choose one 1st-level Spell from the or pantheon. Thanks to your your own devotion, you
“Primal” Spell list. You always have that Spell also learned how to channel a modicum of divine
prepared. You can cast it once without a Spell Slot, power in service to your place of worship and the
and you regain the ability to cast it in that way people who prayed there.
when you finish a Long Rest. You can also cast the
Spell using any Spell Slots you have. Skill Proficiencies
Insight, Religion
Intelligence, Wisdom,or Charisma is your
spellcasting ability for these Spells (your choice). Tool Proficiencies
Calligrapher’s Supplies
Outlaw
Equipment
You learned to earn your money by force, holding up
Book (Prayers)
stagecoaches or robbing banks. Perhaps you were part
Calligrapher ’s Supplies
of a small gang of like-minded wrongdoers, who
Holy Symbol
looked out for each other. Or maybe you were a lone
Parchment (10 sheets)
wolf, fending for yourself against older, more fearsome
Robe
lawbreakers.
Wallet with $5
Skill Proficiencies
Intimidation, Stealth Conduit of the Divine
At 1st level, you have learned the basics of divine
Tool Proficiencies magical traditions. You gain the following benefits:
Thieves’ Tools
Two Cantrips. You learn two cantrips of your choice
Equipment from the “Divine” Spell list.
Crowbar 1st-Level Spell. Choose one 1st-level Spell from the
Dagger (2) “Divine” Spell list. You always have that Spell
Thieves ’ Tools prepared. You can cast it once without a Spell Slot,
Traveler’s Clothes and you regain the ability to cast it in that way
Wallet with $12 when you finish a Long Rest. You can also cast the
Spell using any Spell Slots you have.
Alert
At 1st level, always on the lookout for danger, you gain Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your
the following benefits: spellcasting ability for these Spells (your choice).

You can’t be surprised while you are conscious. Roughneck

You gain a +5 bonus to initiative. You grew up close to the land. Whether you were a
Other creatures don’t gain advantage on attack rolls farmer, rancher, stable hand, or cowboy, years tending
against you as a result of being unseen by you. animals and cultivating the earth rewarded you with
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appreciation for nature’s bounty alongside a healthy Because you’re calling in a favor, you can’t be certain of
respect for nature’s wrath. a schedule or route that will meet your every need.
Your DM will determine how long it takes to get where
Skill Proficiencies you need to go. In return for your free passage, you
Animal Handling, Nature and your companions are expected to assist the crew
Tool Proficiencies during the voyage.
Carpenter’s Tools Tavern Brawler
Equipment At 1st level, accustomed to the rough-and-tumble
Carpenter’s Tools fighting using whatever weapons happen to be at
Common Clothes hand, you gain the following benefits:
Iron Pot Increase your Strength or Consititution score by 1,
Sickle to a maximum of 20.
Wallet with $7 You are proficient with improvised weapons.
Rustic Hospitatlity Your unarmed strike uses a d4 for damage.
When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike or
At 1st level, since you come from the ranks of the
an improvised weapon on your turn, you can use a
common folk, you fit in among them with ease. You
can find a place to hide, rest, or recuperate among bonus action to attempt to grapple the target.
other commoners, ranch/farm hands or any similar
group unless you have shown yourself to be a danger
Scholar
to them. They will shield you from the law or anyone You spent your formative years traveling between
else searching for you, though they will not risk their manors and monasteries, performing various odd jobs
lives for you. and services inexchange for access to their libraries.
You wiled away many a long evening with your nose
Tough buried in books and scrolls, learning the lore of the
At 1st level, your hit point maximum increases by 2. world— even the rudiments of magic—and your mind
Whenever you gain a level thereafter, your hit point only yearns for more.
maximum increases by an additional 2 hit points.
Skill Proficiencies
Sailor Arcana, History
Thus far, you’ve spent most of your days living the life Language Proficiencies
of a seafarer, wind at your back and decks swaying
Two of your choice
beneath your feet, as you sailed toward your next
adventure. You’ve perched on barstools in more ports Equipment
of call than you can remember, faced down mighty Book (History)
storms, and swapped stories with the seafaring folk Parchment (10 sheets)
from riverboat captains to galleon crews. Quarterstaff
Skill Proficiencies Robe
Mechanics, Perception Wallet with $7
Tool Proficiencies Arcane Apprentice
At 1st level, you have learned the basics of arcane
Navigator’s Tools
magical traditions. You gain the following benefits:
Equipment
Dagger Two Cantrips. You learn two cantrips of your choice
Fishing Tackle from the “Arcane” Spell list.
Navigator’s Tools 1st-Level Spell. Choose one 1st-level Spell from the
Silk Rope “Arcane” Spell list. You always have that Spell
Traveler’s Clothes prepared. You can cast it once without a Spell Slot,

Wallet with $7
Ship’s Passage
At 1st level, when you need to, you can secure free
passage on a sailing ship for yourself and your
adventuring companions. You might sail on the ship
you served on, or another ship you have good relations
with (perhaps one captained by a former crewmate).
and you regain the ability to cast it in that way
when you finish a Long Rest. You can also cast the
Spell using any Spell Slots you have.
Intelligence, Wisdom,or Charisma is your
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 Trapper
Since the dawn of time, some have always been
responsible for stalking and killing prey to provide life-
sustaining food. In modern times, there are also those
who hunt as a career, selling furs and hides for money.
Regardless of your reasons, you are one of these
trappers, used to extended periods in the wild stalking
prey.
Skill Proficiencies
Stealth, Survival
Tool Proficiencies
Leatherworker’s Tools
Equipment
Animal trap
Hunting/skinning knife
Leatherworker’s Tools
Traveler’s Clothes
Wallet with $7
Professional Survivalist
At 1st level, you are familiar with the commerce of
hunting, so you are aware of the normal market prices
for meats, pelts, horns, hunting supplies, etc., and you
have advantage on Streetwise checks to find
merchants of these types in settled areas.
Skulker
At 1st level, you are an expert at slinking through
shadows. You gain the following benefits:
You can try to hide when you are lightly obscured
from the creature from which you are hiding.
If you are hidden and miss a creature with a ranged
weapon attack, you do not reveal your position.
Dim light doesn’t impose disadvantage on your
Perception checks relying on sight.
Wanderer
For you, the best way to live life is out on the open
road. Whether you are a courier, explorer, prospector,
guide or something else entirely, you are used to
hopping from town to town, never truly settling down.
Skill Proficiencies
Perception, Survival
Lay of the Land
At 1st level, you have an excellent memory for maps
and geography, and you can always recall the general
layout of terrain, settlements, and other features
around you.
Well-Traveled
At 1st level, your travels have provided you with a wide
variety of experiences. You gain proficiency with three
skills or tool sets of your choice.
Warrior
Battle is in your blood. Sometimes you catch yourself
reflexively performing the basic fighting exercises you
learned as a youth. Eventually, you put that training to
use on the battlefield, engaging in border skirmishes
as a member of an organized army, enforcing the law
as a deputy or marshal, or protecting individuals as a
hired gun.
Skill Proficiencies
Athletics, Intimidation
Tool Proficiencies
One gaming set of your choice
Equipment
Gaming set (same as above)
Healer’s Kit
One weapon of your choice worth $15 or less
Traveler’s Clothes
Wallet with $7
Pull Rank
At 1st level, you have a rank from your career as a
warrior, whether that is a military rank, a lawman’s
badge or something else entirely. Those loyal to your
former organization still recognize your authority and
influence, and they defer to you if they are of a lower
rank. You can invoke your rank to exert influence over
others within the organization and requisition simple
equipment or horses for temporary use. You can also
usually gain access to friendly encampments and
fortresses where your rank is recognized.
Savage Attacker
At 1st level, you can reroll weapon attack damage once
per turn. You must take the results of the new roll.

Tool Proficiencies
Cook’s utensils

Equipment
Cook’s utensils
Mess Kit
Traveler’s Clothes
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Life on the Trail
 Combat
For most, life on the frontier is harsh and combat is far
from uncommon. To be able to make it in this land,
one has to be able to defend themselves, or find
somebody willing to do it for them. Forsaken Frontier
uses the standard 5e combat system with the
following additions.
Cover
Cover does not necessarily block your senses, but it
does make it more difficult for enemies to hit you. To
determine whether your target has cover from your
attack, choose a corner of your square. If any line from
this corner to any corner of the target’s square passes
through a square or border that blocks line of effect or
provides cover, or through a square occupied by a
creature, the target has cover.
The types of cover are half cover, three-quarters
cover, and total cover.
Half Cover
A target with half cover has a +2 bonus to AC and
Dexterity saving throws. A target has half cover if an
obstacle blocks at least half of its body. The obstacle
might be a low wall, a large piece of furniture, a
narrow tree trunk, or a creature, whether that
creature is an enemy or a friend.
Three-Quarters Cover
A target with three-quarters cover has a +4 bonus to
AC and Dexterity saving throws. A target has three-
quarters cover if about three-quarters of it is covered
by an obstacle. The obstacle might be a defensive wall,
an gun port, or a thick tree trunk.
Total Cover
A target with total cover can’t be targeted directly by
an attack or a spell, although some spells can reach
such a target by including it in an area of effect. A
target has total cover if it is completely concealed by
an obstacle.
Reactions
With the addition of firearms, there is a much larger
focus on ranged combat in the Forsaken Frontier.
However, this does not change the fact that
opportunity attacks can only be made with melee
weapons. To combat this, the following features are
available to gun-toting adventurers.
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Harrying Fire
When an enemy that you can see moves within half of
your weapon’s range, you can use your reaction to
make an attack roll against their AC. On a hit, the
target’s movement speed is halved. This uses the
amount of ammo equal to one weapon attack.
Duels
Out on the Frontier, while sheriffs and other lawmen
do their best to keep the peace in civilized areas,
sometimes an individual can take justice into their
own hands. This is enforced by a de facto law known
as the Code Duello. According to this code, a morally
acceptable duel starts with the challenger issuing a
traditional, public, personal grievance, directly to the
single person who offended the challenger.
The challenged person has the choice of a public
apology or other restitution, or to simply ignore the
grievance. If the grievance is dismissed, the challenger
can then invoke the Code Duello. Nothing binds the
challenged person to participate in this duel other
than the potential impact to their social standing. The
challenger then proposes a place and time, to which
the challenged person must either accept the site or
propose an alternative.
The rules of a duel invoked by the Code Duello are
as follows:
The weapons used can be different, but must be
agreed upon by both parties.
Both parties stand 20 feet away from one another.
Bystanders or other companions cannot interfere
with the duel.
The party that draws their weapon first could be
convicted for murder, while the party that draws
second is considered to be lawfully defending
themselves. Therefore, the name of the game is to be
the second one to draw but the first one to strike.
Players participating in a duel use the following skill
challenge to move through the duel:
1. Both parties make their choice of a Deception,
Sleight of Hand, Perception, or Insight check.
Deception checks are made to hide one’s own
intentions, Sleight of Hand checks are made to
attempt to goad an opponent into drawing their
weapon first, Perception checks are made to react to
an opponent’s movements, and Insight checks are
made to discern an opponent’s intentions and get the
jump on them. Whoever wins this contested skill
check gets advantage on step 2.
2. Both parties roll initiative. Whoever rolls higher gets
to roll first on step 3.
3. Whoever won step 2 makes an attack roll against
their opponent’s AC. If they miss, their opponent gets
to make an attack roll against them. If either party is
hit, they immediately go to 0 hit points. If both
attacks miss, roll initiative again and run combat like
normal.
Wounds
People on the Frontier fight gritty, dirty and
effectively. Realistic combat can be an ugly thing. What
5e represents as simple loss of hit points obscures the
truth of pain, suffering and death. These rules
recontextualize Hit Points and the toll that combat
takes on one’s body.
Receiving Wounds
A character receives a wound when any combination
of the following happens:
They suffer a critical hit.
They fall to 0 hit points.
They are dealt damage equal to 5 x their proficiency
bonus + their Constitution modifier from a single
attack or damaging effect.
Wound Effects and Removing Wounds
Each time you receive a wound, your hit point
maximum is reduced by twice your proficiency bonus
minus half of your Constitution modifier, rounded
down. If your hit point maximum is reduced to 0 by
this, you die immediately.
When wounds are removed, this hit point maximum
reduction is also removed. Wounds can be removed in
various ways: through natural recovery, medical aid or
magic.
Natural Recovery: At the end of a short or a long
Rest, you can spend one hit die and close one
wound. This die does not grant hit points, it only
removes the wound. A full rest removes a wound
without the need to spend a Hit Die. This is the
slowest way to recover, available to all creatures.
Medical Aid: By spending a use of a Healer’s Kit,
anyone that is proficient in Medicine can bandage
and tend to your wounds. The character using the
Healer’s Kit makes a Medicine check (DC = 8 + the
number of wounds on the patient), and on a success
removes a single wound. Then, for each 5 points that
the character beats the DC, an additional wound is
healed.
Magic: Any spell that normally heals hit points closes
wounds before hit points are affected, and they close
a wound for each 2 points of hit points healed. Any
healing left over after all wounds are closed is
applied to the target’s hit points. For example, if a
character with 2 wounds and 5 hit points is affected
by a cure wounds spell that heals for 8 hit points, 4
of that magical healing would go towards closing the
2 wounds, while the other 4 would replenish the
target’s hit points to 9. For other restorative spells
that do not heal hit points, a spell can close a
number of wounds equal to half the spell level,
rounded up. Lesser Restoration would close 1
wound, while Greater Restoration closes 3 wounds.
As an exception of that rule, Regenerate or a similar
7th level Spell, removes all wounds from a creature.
Injuries
Wounded characters are more susceptible to
debilitating injuries, which can stick with them long-
term unless treated by a specialized surgeon or
magical healer.
If a character has a number of wounds greater than
their Constitution modifier, and they would gain
another wound, they also roll on one of the Injury
tables below to determine a long-term injury that they
are affected with. The first injury that a character
receives is minor, and that character would roll on one
of the Minor Injury tables. If they receive 2 or more
injuries, they roll on one of the Serious Injury tables.
Injuries can be removed via the methods listed in
their descriptions.
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 Minor Injuries
These injuries are smaller in scope and the least
debilitating. Unless otherwise stated, the natural
recovery time for these injuries is 1 week, and the DC
to heal them using a surgery kit is 12. The injury type
you receive is dependent on the damage type that
caused the injury.
Acid/Fire/Radiant Injury
Roll
(1d10) Injury
1-2 First Degree Burns. You have superficial but painful
burns. Whenever you take acid, fire or radiant damage,
you take an additional 1 point of damage. Magical
healing cures the burns. If you already have first degree
burns, you instead suffer second degree burns.
3-4 Partial Blindness. Your retinas are damaged; you have
disadvantage on Perception checks that rely on sight
and on ranged attack rolls. Magical healing cures this.
If you have already suffered partial blindness, you’re
blinded.
5-6 Horrible Disfigurement. You have burns to the extent
that the scars can’t be easily concealed. You have
disadvantage on Persuasion checks and advantage on
Intimidation checks. Magical healing removes the acid
burn scar.
7-8 Blisters. You have severe blisters. You have
disadvantage on Dexterity checks. The blisters heal if
you receive magical healing. Alternatively, someone can
tend to the blisters and make a DC 12 Medicine check
once every 24 hours. After three successes, the blisters
heal.
9-10 Minor Disfigurement. You have burn scars, but they
don’t have any adverse effect. Any magical healing
removes the acid burn scars.
Bludgeoning/Force/Thunder Injury
Roll
(1d12) Injury
1-2 Broken Ribs. Whenever you attempt an action in
combat, you must make a DC 10 Constitution saving
throw. On a failed save, you lose your action and can’t
use reactions until the start of your next turn.
3-4 Minor Concussion. You have disadvantage on
Intelligence checks. The concussion heals if you receive
any magical healing.
5-6 Severe bruising. You suffer severe bruising over an
extensive portion of your anatomy. Anytime you suffer
bludgeoning or force damage, you suffer an additional
point of bludgeoning or force damage. The bruising
heals if you receive magical healing. Alternatively, it
heals on its own in 2 weeks.
7-8 Minor headaches. You have disadvantage on Wisdom
checks. Magical healing cures the headaches.
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Roll
(1d12) Injury
9-10 Partial Deafness. Your eardrums have been damaged;
you are hard of hearing. You have disadvantage on any
ability check that requires hearing. Magical healing can
restore your hearing.
11-12 Broken Nose. Your broken nose is painful but doesn’t
have any adverse effect. Any magical healing mends
your nose, although it may heal crooked if it is crooked
when the healing is applied.
Cold/Lightning Injury
Roll
(1d10) Injury
1-2 Damaged Foot. Your speed on foot is reduced by 5 feet.
You must make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw after
using the Dash action. If you fail the save, you fall
prone. Magical healing cures the damage. Alternatively,
your foot can be treated with a successful DC 12
Medicine check, in which case it will heal naturally in 2
weeks.
3-4 Damaged hand. Randomly determine which hand has
been damaged. In order to grasp or manipulate an
object with that hand, you must succeed at a DC 15
Dexterity check. Magical healing cures the frostbite.
Alternatively, your hand can be treated with a successful
DC 12 Medicine check, in which case it will heal
naturally in 2 weeks.
5-6 Minor Neuralgia. You have constant, painful nerve
damage over a large portion of your body. Whenever
you attempt an action in combat, you must make a DC
10 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, you lose
your action and can’t use reactions until the start of
your next turn. Magical healing cures your neuralgia.
7-8 Muscle Spasms. You have disadvantage on Dexterity
checks. Magical healing cures your muscle spasms.
9-10 Anosmia. You lose your sense of smell and taste. You
automatically fail any ability checks that involve your
sense of smell or taste. The condition heals if you
receive any magical healing.
Necrotic/Piercing/Slashing Injury
Roll
(1d12) Injury
1-2 Minor Organ Necrosis. Whenever you attempt an action
in combat, you must make a DC 10 Constitution saving
throw. On a failed save, you lose your action and can’t
use reactions until the start of your next turn. Magical
healing cures your necrosis.
3-4 Ruptured Stomach. Every hour or whenever you ingest
food or drink, you must succeed at a Constitution
saving throw DC 10 or gain the poisoned condition
until you complete a long rest. Magical healing heals
the pierced stomach, or if you spend ten days doing
nothing but resting, it heals on its own.
 Roll
(1d12) Injury Serious Injuries
5-6 Hamstrung. Your speed on foot is reduced by 5 feet. You These injuries are much more dire, and without
must make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw after using intervention they could completely end one’s
the Dash action. If you fail the save, you fall prone. adventuring career. If these injuries can be healed by a
Magical healing can cure your severed hamstring surgery kit, the DC is 16. The injury type you receive is
tendons. dependent on the damage type that caused the injury.
7-8 Festering Wound. Your hit point maximum is reduced by Acid/Fire/Radiant Injury
1 every 24 hours the wound persists. If your hit point
maximum drops to 0, you die. The wound heals if you Roll
receive magical healing. Alternatively, someone can (1d10) Injury
tend to the wound and make a DC 12 Medicine check 1-2 Fourth Degree Burns. You have disadvantage on all
once every 24 hours. After 5 successes, the wound ability checks and Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution
heals. saving throws. If you fail a saving throw against an
9-10 Inflammation. Your muscles are irritated and inflamed. effect that causes fire damage, you also gain the
You have disadvantage on Strength checks. Magical stunned condition until the end of your next turn. Magic
healing resolves the inflammation. such as the regenerate spell cures this damage. If you
11-12 Minor Scar. The scar doesn’t have any adverse effect. already have fourth degree burns, you must succeed at
Magical healing removes the scar. a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or die.
3-4 Third Degree Burns. You have disadvantage on ability
Poison Injury checks and Constitution saving throws. If you fail a
saving throw against an effect that causes fire damage,
Roll
you also gain the stunned condition until the end of
(1d8) Injury
your next turn. Magic such as the regenerate spell cures
1-2 Minor Liver Damage. When you complete a long rest, you
this damage. Alternatively, someone can tend to the
must succeed at a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or
burns and make a DC 15 Medicine check once every
gain the poisoned condition until you complete a long
week. After ten successes, the burns heal. Surgery can
rest. Additionally, whenever you take poison damage, you
be performed to cut the recovery time in half. If you
take an additional 2 (1d4) poison damage. Anytime you
already have third degree burns, you instead suffer
drink alcohol or take another drug, you take 2 (1d4)
fourth degree burns.
poison damage. Magical healing can cure your liver
5-6 Blindness. Your eyes are destroyed; you gain the blinded
failure.
condition. Only magic such as the regenerate spell can
3-4 Minor Kidney Failure. Every hour or whenever you ingest
restore your sight.
food or drink, you must succeed at a Constitution saving
7-8 Second Degree Burns. You have disadvantage on
throw DC 10 or gain the poisoned condition until you
Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution checks. Magical
complete a long rest. Magical healing heals the kidney
healing of 6th level or higher, such as heal and
failure, or if you spend ten days doing nothing but
regenerate, cures this damage. Alternatively, they will
resting, it heals on its own.
heal on their own in 4 weeks. Surgery can be performed
5-6 Vertigo. You have disadvantage on Dexterity checks.
to cut the recovery time in half. If you already have
Magical healing can cure your vertigo.
second degree burns, you instead suffer third degree
7-8 Minor Nausea. You must succeed at a DC 10 Constitution
burns.
saving throw before you can consume food. Magical
9-10 Major Neuralgia. You are in constant pain from nerve
healing cures your nausea.
damage. Whenever you attempt an action in combat,
Psychic Injury you must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On
a failed save, you lose your action and can’t use
Roll
reactions until the start of your next turn. Magical
(1d6) Injury
healing of 6th level or higher, such as heal and
1-2 Weak Persona. You have suffered damage to your sense
regenerate, cures the neuralgia, or if you spend twenty
of self. You have disadvantage on Charisma
days doing nothing but resting it resolves on its own.
checks.Magical healing can heal your weak persona.
Surgery can be done to cut the recovery time in half.
3-4 Minor Headaches. You have disadvantage on Wisdom
checks. Magical healing cures your minor headaches.
5-6 Inappropriate Volume. You can’t regulate your volume.
You shout when you intend to whisper, and whisper
when you intend to shout. Magical healing cures your
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 Bludgeoning/Force/Thunder Injury
Roll
(1d12) Injury
1-2 Traumatic Brain Injury. You have suffered a major brain
injury. You have disadvantage on Intelligence, Wisdom,
and Charisma checks, as well as Intelligence, Wisdom,
and Charisma saving throws. If you fail a saving throw
against bludgeoning damage, force damage, or thunder
damage, you are also stunned until the end of your next
turn. Magic such as the regenerate spell can restore your
full brain function. Surgery can be done to downgrade
this injury to a Major Concussion.
3-4 Deafness. Your eardrums have been destroyed; you gain
the deafened condition. Magic such as the regenerate
spell can restore your hearing.
5-6 Broken leg. Your speed on foot is halved, and you must
use a cane or crutch to move. You fall prone after using
the Dash action. You have disadvantage on Dexterity
checks made to balance. If your leg is splinted with a
successful DC 15 Medicine check, then it will heal
naturally in 8 weeks. If it is not splinted before within a
week, the effects remain until the leg is rebroken and
splinted. Magical healing of 6th level or higher, such as
heal or regenerate, mends the broken leg. Surgery can be
performed to cut the natural recovery time in half.
7-8 Broken arm. You can no longer hold anything with two
hands, and you can hold only a single object at a time.
If your arm is splinted with a successful DC 15 Medicine
check, then it will heal naturally in 8 weeks. If it is not
splinted before within a week, the effects remain until
the arm is rebroken and splinted. Magical healing of 6th
level or higher, such as heal or regenerate, mends the
broken leg. Surgery can be performed to cut the natural
recovery time in half.
9-10 Internal Injury. Whenever you attempt an action in
combat, you must make a DC 15 Constitution saving
throw. On a failed save, you lose your action and can’t
use reactions until the start of your next turn. Magical
healing of 6th level or higher, such as heal and
regenerate, cures the neuralgia, or if you spend ten days
doing nothing but resting it resolves on its own. Surgery
can be performed to cut the recovery time in half.
11-12 Major Concussion. You have disadvantage on
Intelligence checks, Wisdom checks, and Charisma
checks, as well as Constitution saving throws to
maintain concentration. Magical healing of 6th level or
higher, such as heal and regenerate, cures the
concussion. Alternatively, it heals on its own in four
weeks. Surgery can be performed to cut the recovery
time in half.
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Cold/Lightning Injury
Roll
(1d12) Injury
1-2 Nervous System Damage. You have disadvantage on
Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution ability checks and
Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution saving throws.
Magic such as the regenerate spell cures this damage.
3-4 Cardiac Injury. You gain a level of exhaustion which
cannot be removed by normal means. If you fail a
saving throw against fear effects, you gain another level
of exhaustion that can be removed by normal means.
Magic such as the regenerate spell can heal your cardiac
damage.
5-6 Ocular Damage. One of your corneas is damaged. You
have disadvantage on Perception checks that rely on
sight and on ranged attack rolls. Magic such as the
regenerate spell can restore the damaged cornea. If you
have no corneas that remain undamaged after
sustaining this injury, you’re blinded.
7-8 Destroyed Hand. You can no longer hold anything with
two hands, and you can hold only a single object at a
time. Magic such as the regenerate spell can restore the
damaged appendage. Surgery can be done to replace
the appendage with a prosthetic, if a prosthetic is
available, to restore the patient’s ability to hold two
items.
9-10 Destroyed Foot. Your speed on foot is halved, and you
must use a cane or crutch to move. You fall prone after
using the Dash action. You have disadvantage on
Dexterity checks made to balance. For each hour that
the gangrenous appendage is attached, your hit point
maximum is reduced by 1d10. Magic such as the
regenerate spell can restore the damaged appendage.
Surgery can be done to replace the appendage with a
prosthetic, if a prosthetic is available, to restore the
patient’s ability to use the Dash action without falling
prone.
11-12 Major Neuralgia. You are in constant pain from nerve
damage. Whenever you attempt an action in combat,
you must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On
a failed save, you lose your action and can’t use
reactions until the start of your next turn. Magical
healing of 6th level or higher, such as heal and
regenerate, cures the neuralgia, or if you spend twenty
days doing nothing but resting it resolves on its own.
Surgery can be done to cut the recovery time in half.
Necrotic\Piercing\Slashing Injury
Roll
(1d12) Injury
1-2 Lose an Eye. You have disadvantage on Perception
checks that rely on sight and on ranged attack rolls.
Magic such as the regenerate spell can restore the lost
eye. If you have no eyes left after sustaining this injury,
you’re blinded.
3-4 Lose a Foot or Leg. Your speed on foot is halved, and you
must use a cane or crutch to move unless you have a
peg leg or other prosthesis. You fall prone after using
the Dash action. You have disadvantage on Dexterity
checks made to balance. Magic such as the regenerate
spell can restore the lost appendage. Surgery can be
done to replace the appendage with a prosthetic, if a
prosthetic is available, to restore the patient’s ability to
use the Dash action without falling prone.
5-6 Lose an Arm or a Hand. You can no longer hold anything
with two hands, and you can hold only a single object at
a time. Magic such as the regenerate spell can restore
the lost appendage. Surgery can be done to replace the
appendage with a prosthetic, if a prosthetic is available,
to restore the patient’s ability to hold two items.
7-8 Cardiac Injury. You gain a level of exhaustion which
cannot be removed by normal means. If you fail a
saving throw against a fear effect, you gain another level
of exhaustion that can be removed by normal means.
Magic such as the regenerate spell can heal your cardiac
damage.
9-10 Throat Injury. You gain a level of exhaustion which
cannot be removed by normal means. You also have
disadvantage on Constitution checks and saving
throws. Magic such as the regenerate spell can heal your
throat injury. Surgery can be performed to cause this
injury to be healed after 4 weeks of rest.
11-12 Groin Injury. Your speed on foot is halved, and you must
use a cane or crutch to move. You cannot take the Dash
action. Magic such as the regenerate spell can heal the
groin injury. Surgery can be performed to cause this
injury to be healed after 3 weeks of rest.
Poison Injury
Roll
(1d8) Injury
1-2 Systemic Damage. You have disadvantage on Strength,
Dexterity, and Constitution ability checks and Strength,
Dexterity, and Constitution saving throws. Magic such as
the regenerate spell cures this damage.
3-4 Cardiac Injury. You gain a level of exhaustion which
cannot be removed by normal means. If you fail a saving
throw against a fear effect, you gain another level of
exhaustion that can be removed by normal means.
Magic such as the regenerate spell can heal your cardiac
damage.
Roll
(1d8) Injury
5-6 Major Liver Damage. When you complete a long rest, you
must succeed at a Constitution saving throw of DC 15 or
gain the poisoned condition until you complete a long
rest. Additionally, whenever you take poison damage, you
take an additional 3 (1d6) poison damage. Anytime you
drink alcohol or take another drug, you take 3 (1d6)
poison damage. Magic such as the regenerate spell can
cure your liver failure.
7-8 Major Kidney Failure. Every hour or whenever you ingest
food or drink, you must succeed at a DC 15 Constitution
saving throw or gain the poisoned condition until you
complete a long rest. Magic such as the regenerate spell
can cure your kidney failure. Alternatively, someone can
tend to the kidney failure and make a DC 15 Medicine
check once every week. After six successes, the kidney
failure is resolved. Surgery can be performed to cut the
recovery time in half.
Psychic Injury
Roll
(1d10) Injury
1-2 Traumatic Brain Injury. You have suffered a brain injury.
You have disadvantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and
Charisma checks, as well as Intelligence, Wisdom, and
Charisma saving throws. If you fail a saving throw
against bludgeoning damage, force damage, or psychic
damage, you are also stunned until the end of your next
turn. Magic such as the regenerate spell can restore your
full brain function. Surgery can be done to downgrade
this injury to a Major Concussion.
3-4 Indefinite Madness. Roll on the Indefinite Madness table
in the Dungeon Masters Guide.
5-6 Severe headaches. You have disadvantage on Wisdom
checks and Wisdom saving throws. If you fail a saving
throw against bludgeoning damage, force damage, or
psychic damage, you are also stunned until the end of
your next turn. Magic such as the regenerate spell can
cure your severe headaches.
7-8 Long-term Madness. Roll on the Long-term Madness
table in the Dungeon Masters Guide. Your madness
lasts twice as long.
9-10 Short-term Madness. Roll on the Short-term Madness
table in the Dungeon Masters Guide. Your madness
lasts twice as long.
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 Currency
While the different cultures and countries of the 5
Corners have their own governments and law systems,
currency on the Frontier has been homogenized for
the most part, with most people conducting trade
using dollars and cents. While the images and
messages on the coins may be different, 1 troy ounce
of minted silver is considered $1 and 1 troy ounce of
minted gold is considered to be $20 in just about every
part of the Frontier. For each area, 100 cents add up to
be $1, regardless of the different denominations of
small cent-based coinage that government may make.
However, while gold and silver are the understood
items of value that this currency is based on, these
metal coins can be quite heavy in large quantities,
which can make logistics difficult. Because of this,
reputable banks across the 5 Corners can deposit gold
and silver for a customer and issue paper bank notes
that can be taken to other banks anywhere in the
Frontier to withdraw an equal value of gold and silver
at a new location. When bringing bank notes across
borders (for instance bringing a note from a Bandera
bank to an Arroyas bank) the owner of the note
generally pays a relatively small fee to withdraw the
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Equipment &
Exploration
In this section you will find all of the equipment that
one might buy, sell or otherwise use out on the
Forsaken Frontier, from adventuring gear and tools, to
weapons and armor. These tables will show the
equipment’s stats such as its cost and weight, as well
as any other bonuses or uses that it might provide.
Selling Equipment
As a general rule, undamaged goods will fetch half
their cost when sold on the market, with the following
notable exceptions:
Magical Items: Selling magic items is problematic,
as finding eligible buyers that can pay the item’s
worth can be incredibly difficult. Outside of common
magical items like the occasional potion or scroll,
most markets are not going to have a seller capable
or willing to take on such an item.
Gems & Jewelry: These items retain their full value
in a market, and you can either exchange them for
dollars or use them as currency for other
transactions. For exceptionally valuable treasure,
you may need to hunt for a buyer/appraiser in a
larger community that can pay the item’s worth.
Armor
The Armor table shows the cost, weight, and other
properties of the common types of armor worn in the
5 Corners.
Armor Proficiency. Anyone can put on a suit of armor
or strap a shield to an arm. Only those proficient in the
armor’s use know how to wear it effectively, however.
Your class gives you proficiency with certain types of
armor. If you wear armor that you lack proficiency
with, you have disadvantage on any ability check,
saving throw, or attack roll that involves Strength or
Dexterity, and you can’t cast spells.
Armor Class (AC). Armor protects its wearer from
attacks. The armor (and shield) you wear determines
your base Armor Class. Without armor, your AC is 8 +
your Dexterity modifier.
Heavy Armor. Heavier armor interferes with the
wearer’s ability to move quickly, stealthily, and freely. If
the Armor table shows “Str 13” or “Str 15” in the
Strength column for an armor type, the armor reduces
the wearer’s speed by 10 feet unless the wearer has a
Strength score equal to or higher than the listed score.
Stealth. If the Armor table shows “Disadvantage” in
the Stealth column, the wearer has disadvantage on
Stealth checks.
Shields. A shield is made from wood or metal and is
carried in one hand. Wielding a shield increases your
Armor Class depending on what type of shield you’re
wielding. You can benefit from only one shield at a
time.
Light Armor
Made from supple and thin materials, light armor
favors agile adventurers since it offers some
protection without sacrificing mobility. If you wear
light armor, you add your Dexterity modifier to the
base number from your armor type to determine your
Armor Class.
Leather Pads. The breastplate and shoulder
protectors of this armor are made of thin leather that
has been stiffened by being boiled in oil.
Duster. A thick coat lined with tough leather meant
to keep trail dust and debris at bay while also offering
decent protection.
Padded Duster. This duster is reinforced with thick
padding meant to soften blows.
Medium Armor
Medium armor offers more protection than light
armor, but it also impairs movement more. If you wear
medium armor, you add your Dexterity modifier, to a
maximum of +2, to the base number from your armor
type to determine your Armor Class.
Hide. This crude armor consists of thick furs and
pelts. It is commonly worn by wilderness tribes,
hermits, and other folk who lack access to the tools
and materials needed to create better armor.
Crude Padded Vest. A thick, unwieldy vest that
covers the entire torso haphazardly with multiple
layers of fabric padding and is paired with denim pants
or leather chaps.
Padded Vest. A slimmer vest that uses silk to stay
lighter while still offering ample protection.
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 Heavy Armor
Of all the armor categories, heavy armor offers the
best protection. These suits of armor cover the entire
body and are designed to stop a wide range of attacks.
Only proficient warriors can manage their weight and
bulk. Heavy armor doesn’t let you add your Dexterity
modifier to your Armor Class, but it also doesn’t
penalize you if your Dexterity modifier is negative.
Splint. This armor is made of narrow vertical strips
of metal riveted to a backing of leather that is worn
over cloth padding. Flexible chain mail protects the
joints.
Ballistic Mail. Consisting of a solid steel breastplate
combined with a chrome nickel headpiece and a
duster coat layered with armor plates under the fabric,
this armor exemplifies the prioritization of absolute
protection over aesthetic, comfort or mobility.

Armor
Armor Cost Armor Clas (AC) Strength Stealth Weight
Light Armor
Leather Pads $2.00 10 + Dex modifier - - 4 lb.
Duster $5.00 11 + Dex modifier - - 8 lb.
Padded Duster $12.00 12 + Dex modifier - - 12 lb.
Medium Armor
Hide $7.00 12 + Dex modifier (Max 2) - - 10 lb.
Crude Padded Vest $15.00 13 + Dex modifier (Max 2) - Disadvantage 20 lb.
Padded Vest $50.00 14 + Dex modifier (Max 2) - - 18 lb.
Heavy Armor
Splint $40.00 16 Str 13 Disadvantage 40 lb.
Ballistic Mail $250.00 18 Str 15 Disadvantage 55 lb.
Shields
Wooden Shield $2.00 +1 (can be equipped as a bonus action) - - 3 lb.
Metal Shield $5.00 +2 - - 6 lb.

Weapons Weapon Properties

Your class grants proficiency in certain weapons,
reflecting both the class’s focus and the tools you are
most likely to use. Whether you favor a sword or a
rifle, your weapon and your ability to wield it
effectively can mean the difference between life and
death while adventuring.
The Weapons table shows the most common
weapons used on the Frontier, their price and weight,
the damage they deal when they hit, and any special
properties they possess. Every weapon is classified as
either melee or ranged. A melee weapon is used to
attack a target within 5 feet of you, whereas a ranged
weapon is used to attack a target at a distance.
Many weapons have special properties related to their
use, as shown in the Weapons table.
Ammunition
You can use a weapon that has the ammunition
property to make a ranged attack only if you have
ammunition to fire from the weapon. Each time you
attack with the weapon, you expend one piece of
ammunition. Drawing the ammunition from a quiver,
case, or other container is part of the attack. At the
end of the battle, if the ammunition weapon is not a
firearm, you can recover half your expended
ammunition by taking a minute to search the
battlefield.

Weapon Proficiency
Your race, class, and feats can grant you proficiency
with certain weapons or categories of weapons. The
four categories are simple, martial, firearms and
explosives.
Proficiency with a weapon allows you to add your
proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you
make with that weapon. If you make an attack roll
using a weapon with which you lack proficiency, you
do not add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll.
Concealed
Items with this property are often very small and
easily hidden on your person. Items with the
Concealed property can be hidden on your person
over the course of a minute. If done so, it takes a DC 15
Perception check to notice the item. Alternatively, you
can make a Sleight of Hand check to hide it on your
person, taking the number rolled as the Perception
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Double
With two barrels, firearms with this property tend to
fire faster. If a firearm with the Double property is
fired using the Attack action, you can use your bonus
action on the same turn to fire it again, so long as you
have the necessary ammunition and it doesn’t need to
be reloaded.
Explode
Explosives have the explode special property, which
lists the amount of damage the explosion deals, the
damage type, special effects (with a duration, if
necessary), and the radius of the explosion. When you
attack with this type of weapon or ammunition, each
creature within the blast radius takes the listed
damage but can attempt a Dexterity saving throw for
half damage (DC = 8 + proficiency bonus if proficient +
Str/Dex).
If the explode special property has any special
effects other than damage, they are negated with a
successful saving throw. Some exploding weapons,
such as smoke grenades, don’t deal damage, so they
don’t include the damage and damage type entries
Finesse
When making an attack with a finesse weapon, you
use your choice of your Strength or Dexterity modifier
for the attack and damage rolls. You must use the
same modifier for both rolls.
Light
A light weapon is small and easy to handle, making it
ideal for use when fighting with two weapons. When
you attack with a light weapon that you’re holding in
one hand, you can use a bonus action to attack with a
different light weapon that you’re holding in the other
hand. You don’t add your ability modifier to the
damage of the bonus attack, unless that modifier is
negative. If either weapon has the thrown property,
you can throw the weapon, instead of making a melee
attack with it.
Loading
Because of the time required to load this weapon, you
can fire only one piece of ammunition from it when
you use an action, bonus action, or reaction to fire it,
regardless of the number of attacks you can normally
make.
Loud
Ranged attacks made with this weapon are audible for
up to 1 mile away.
Misfire
Whenever you make an attack roll with a firearm, and
the dice roll is equal to or lower than the weapon’s
Misfire score, the weapon misfires. The attack misses,
and the weapon cannot be used again until you spend
an action to try and repair it. To repair your firearm,
you must make a successful Tinker’s Tools check (DC
equal to 8 + misfire score). If your check fails, the
weapon is broken and must be mended out of combat
at a quarter of the cost of the firearm. Creatures who
use a firearm without being proficient increase the
weapon’s misfire score by 1.
Range
A weapon that can be used to make a ranged attack
has a range shown in parentheses after the
ammunition or thrown property. The range lists two
numbers. The first is the weapon’s normal range in
feet, and the second indicates the weapon’s maximum
range. When attacking a target beyond normal range,
you have disadvantage on the attack roll. You can’t
attack a target beyond the weapon’s long range.
Reach
This weapon adds 5 feet to your reach when you
attack with it.
Reload
Much as with the loading property, this means that a
firearm has limited ammunition and an action must be
spent to replenish it. Next to reload there is a number
which represents the number of shots that can be
fired before an action is needed to reload.
Scatter
The weapon makes an attack roll against a target
within range. Each creature other than you within 5
feet of, but not including, the target, hit or miss, takes
the amount of the weapon’s damage equal to the
Scatter score.
Slotted Chamber
When reloading this weapon, you roll a die with a
maximum roll equal to its reload score, loading that
many rounds into the firearm.
Thrown
If a weapon has the thrown property, you can throw
the weapon to make a ranged attack. If the weapon is a
melee weapon, you use the same ability modifier for
that attack roll and damage roll that you would use for
a melee attack with the weapon. For example, if you
throw a handaxe, you use your Strength, but if you
throw a dagger, you can use either your Strength or
your Dexterity, since the dagger has the finesse
property.
Two-Handed
This weapon requires two hands to use.
Versatile
This weapon can be used with one or two hands. A
damage value in parentheses appears with the
property—the damage when the weapon is used with
two hands to make a melee attack.
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 Weapons
Weapon Cost Damage Weight Properties
Simple Melee Weapons
Cudgel $0.15 1d6 2 lb. Light
bludgeoning
Dagger $1.25 1d4 piercing 1 lb. Concealed, finesse, light, thrown (range 20/60)
Quarterstaff $1.00 1d6 4 lb. Versatile (1d8)
bludgeoning
Sickle $0.75 1d4 slashing 2 lb. Light
Spear $2.00 1d6 piercing 3 lb. Thrown (range 20/60), versatile (1d8)
Tomahawk $2.00 1d6 slashing 2 lb. Light, thrown (range 20/60)
Warclub $0.25 1d8 10 lb. Two-handed
bludgeoning
Simple Ranged
Weapons
Dart $0.01 1d4 piercing 0.25 Concealed, finesse, thrown (range 20/60)
lb.
Shortbow $15.00 1d8 piercing 2 lb. Ammunition (range 80/320), finesse, two-handed
Sling $0.05 1d4 —- Ammunition (range 30/120)
bludgeoning
Martial Melee
Weapons
Hatchet $6.50 1d10 slashing 4 lb. versatile (1d12)
Machete $6.50 1d6 slashing 2 lb. Finesse, light
Saber $15.00 1d8 piercing 2 lb. Finesse
Sledgehammer $6.50 2d8 10 lb. Two-handed
bludgeoning
Whip $2.00 2d4 slashing 3 lb. Finesse, reach
Martial Ranged
Weapons
Blowgun $5.00 1d4 piercing 1 lb. Ammunition (range 25/100), loading
Longbow $25.00 1d12 piercing 3 lb. Ammunition (range 150/600), finesse, two-handed
One-Handed Firearms
Derringer $10.00 1d6 piercing 1 lb. Ammunition (range 20/80), Concealed, Light, Loud, Misfire (2), Reload (2)
Six-Shooter $15.00 1d10 piercing 3 lb. Ammunition (range 80/320), Light, Loud, Misfire (3), Reload (6), Slotted
chamber
Sawed-Off Shotgun $20.00 2d6 3 lb. Ammunition (range 20/60), Double, Light, Loud, Misfire (4), Reload (2), Scatter
bludgeoning (1d6), Slotted chamber
Two-Handed Firearms
Double-Barreled $50.00 3d6 6 lb. Ammunition (range 30/60), Double, Loud, Misfire (5), Reload (2), Scatter (1d6),
Shotgun bludgeoning Slotted chamber, two-handed
Rolling Block Rifle $75.00 2d12 piercing 12 lb. Ammunition (range 1,000/3,000), Loading, Loud, Misfire (4), Reload (1), Two-
Handed
Pump-Action Shotgun $65.00 2d8 8 lb. Ammunition (range 30/90), Loud, Misfire (2), Reload (4), Scatter (1d8), Two-
bludgeoning Handed
Repeating Rifle $40.00 1d12 piercing 6 lb. Ammunition (range 100/400), Loud, Misfire (3), Reload (7), Slotted chamber,
Two-Handed
Explosives
Dynamite $10.00 Special 0.5 lb Explode (1d10 thunder, 15ft.), Thrown (20 + (Strength mod (Minimum 0) x 10))
Fire Bottle $5.00 Special 1 lb. Explode (1d6 fire for 1d4 rounds, 10 ft.), Thrown (20 + (Strength mod
(Minimum 0) x 10))
Grenade $12.00 Special 2 lb Explode (1d12 piercing, 20ft.), Thrown (20 + (Strength mod (Minimum 0) x 10))
Smoke Bomb $2.00 — 1 lb. Explode (fog cloud 1 minute, 20 ft.), Thrown (20 + (Strength mod (Minimum 0) x
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Firearm Modifications
A firearm can be modified in many ways, from the
Adventuring Gear
barrel to attached sights. Firearms may take multiple
modifications, but can only have each modification Adventuring Gear
applied once.
Item Cost Weight
Autoloader - $15 Ammunition
Prerequisite: Slotted chamber property Arrows (20) $0.50 1.25 lb.
The 1st reload with this gun is a free action. This Blowgun needles (20) $0.10 0.15 lb
loader can be reset as an action, allowing the next Derringer rounds (20) $0.25 0.4 lb
reload with the gun to be a free action. Rifle rounds (20) $1.00 1 lb.
Shotgun shells (8) $0.75 0.75 lb.
Bayonet - $10 Six-shooter rounds (20) $0.50 0.75 lb.
Prerequisite: Two-handed property Sling stones (20) $0.05 0.5 lb
This modification affixes a mounted bracket to the end Arcane Foci
of the firearm where a dagger can be attached, Component Pouch $5.00 2 lb.
allowing you to make melee weapon attacks while Crystal $6.00 1 lb.
wielding this firearm Orb $4.00 3 lb.
Rod $5.00 2 lb.
Extended Magazine - $25 Staff $3.00 4 lb.
This modification increases the Reload property of a Wand $6.00 1 lb.
firearm by 50% (rounded up). Camping Supplies
Bedroll $0.75 7 lb.
Hair Trigger - $50 Fishing rod & tackle $0.75 4 lb.
This modification causes the firearm’s firing Hunting trap $3.00 25 lb.
mechanism to work incredibly quickly. Whenever you Salt paper (10) $0.30 0.25 lb.
make an attack with this weapon and you roll a 20 on Tent, one-person $1.50 10 lb.
the attack roll, this weapons fires twice (critical Tent, two-person $2.50 20 lb.
damage is only applied to the first hit). Tinderbox $0.30 1 lb.
Waterskin $0.15 5 lb. (full)
Improved Sights -$15 Clothes
This modification doubles a weapon’s range increment Clothes, common $0.20 3 lb.
and reduces AC bonuses from cover by 1. : Clothes, costume $3.00 4 lb.
Improved Primer -$20 Clothes, fine $10.00 6 lb.
Clothes, traveler’s $1.50 4 lb.
This modification reduces a weapon’s misfire score by
Clothes, cold-weather $5.00 4 lb.
1.
Robes $0.75 4 lb.
Scope - $25 Containers
Backpack $1.25 5 lb.
Prerequisite: Two-handed property
This modification triples a weapon’s range increment Barrel $1.50 70 lb.
and reduces AC bonuses from cover by 2. Basket $0.20 2 lb.
Bucket $0.05 1 lb.
Steadier - $35 Chest $3.00 25 lb.
This modification gives a +1 bonus to attack rolls on all Flask $0.05 1 lb.
firearm attacks after your first in a round. Pot, iron $0.30 10 lb.
Pouch $0.25 0.5 lb.
Weighted Stock - $5 Sack $0.10 0.5 lb.
This modification causes the butt of the firearm to Cooking Supplies
function as a cudgel that you are proficient with. Cast Iron Pan $0.50 7 lb.
Coffee Percolator $1.25 4 lb.
Mess kit $0.15 1 lb.
Hygiene
Grooming Kit $1.00 1 lb.
Hand Mirror $2.00 0.5lb.
Perfume $3.50 0.01 lb.
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 Adventuring Gear
Adventuring Gear This section describes items that have special rules or
require further explanation.
Item Cost Weight
Provisions Antitoxin
Beer, bottle $0.05 2 lb. A creature that drinks this vial of liquid gains
Bread, loaf $0.05 1 lb. advantage on saving throws against poison for 1 hour.
Coffee $0.15 1 lb. It confers no benefit to undead or constructs.
Cheese $0.05 1 lb.
Meal, squalid $0.01 0.33 lb. Arcane Focus
Meal, poor $0.03 0.33 lb. An arcane focus is a special item— an orb, a crystal, a
Meal, modest $0.10 0.33 lb. rod, a specially constructed staff, a wand-like length of
Meal, comfortable $0.15 0.33 lb. wood, or som e similar item— designed to channel the
Meal, wealthy $0.30 0.33 lb. power of arcane spells. An arcanist, channeler, or magi
Meal, aristocratic $0.75 0.33 lb. can use these foci to cast spells.
Meat, chunk $0.10 1 lb.
Ball Bearings
Rations (1 day) $0.15 1 lb.
As an action, you can spill these tiny metal balls from
Whiskey, bottle $3.00 2 lb.
their pouch to cover a level area 10 feet square. A
Miscellaneous
creature moving across the covered area must
Antitoxin (vial) $20.00 0.01 lb
succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or fall
Ball bearings (bag o f 1,000) $0.75 2 lb.
prone. A creature moving through the area at half
Binoculars $15.00 1 lb.
speed doesn’t need to make the saving throw.
Blanket $0.35 3 lb.
Bottle, glass $0.15 2 lb. Binoculars
Caltrops (bag of 20) $0.75 2 lb. Objects viewed through a spyglass are magnified to
Candle $0.01 0.01 lb twice their size.
Chain (10 feet) $3.00 10 lb.
Climber’s kit $15.00 12 lb. Caltrops
Crowbar $1.25 5 lb. As an action, you can spread a single bag of caltrops to
Grappling hook $1.25 4 lb. cover a 5-foot-square area. Any creature that enters
Gun Oil (flask) $4.00 1 lb. the area must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving
Healer’s kit $5.00 3 lb. throw or stop moving and take 1 piercing damage.
Health Tonic $30.00 0.5 lb. Until the creature regains at least 1 hit point, its
Holy water (flask) $15.00 1 lb. walking speed is reduced by 10 feet. A creature moving
Ink (1 ounce bottle) $3.50 0.01 lb. through the area at half speed doesn’t need to make
Ink pen $0.05 0.01 lb the saving throw.
Ladder (10-foot) $0.10 25 lb. Candle
Lamp $0.35 1 lb. For 1 hour, a candle sheds bright light in a 5-foot
Lantern, bullseye $7.50 2 lb. radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet.
Lantern, hooded $3.50 2 lb.
Lock $5.00 1 lb. Chain
Magnifying glass $5.00 0.50 lb. A chain has 10 hit points. It can be burst with a
Manacles $1.50 6 lb. successful DC 20 Strength check.
Oil (flask) $0.15 1 lb.
Paper (one sheet) $0.10 0.01 lb. Climber’s Kit
Parchment (one sheet) $0.05 0.01 lb. A climber’s kit includes special pitons, boot tips,
Pickaxe $1.50 10 lb. gloves, and a harness. You can use the climber’s kit as
Poison, basic (vial) $25.00 0.01 lb. an action to anchor yourself; when you do, you can’t
Quiver $0.75 1 lb. fall more than 25 feet from the point where you
Rope (50 feet) $0.75 10 lb. anchored yourself, and you can’t climb more than 25
Scale $3.50 3 lb. feet away from that point without undoing the anchor.
Shovel $0.50 5 lb. Coffee Percolator
Signal whistle $0.05 0.01 lb. This metal pitcher allows you to brew coffee as long as
Whetstone $1.00 1 lb. you have access to water, ground coffee, and a fire.
Drinking coffee gives a +1 bonus to initiative checks,
but also slightly dehydrates the drinker, which raises
their water intake requirements by 1 quart (see Food &
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Crowbar
Using a crowbar grants advantage to Strength checks
where the crowbar’s leverage can be applied.
Fishing Rod & Tackle
This kit includes a wooden rod, silken line, corkwood
bobbers, steel hooks, lead sinkers, velvet lures, and
narrow netting.
Gun Oil
This oil is used for routine maintenance of a firearm,
and can ensure that a weapon works as intended. If
you spend 30 minutes cleaing a firearm with this oil,
the misfire score for that firearm is reduced by 1 for
the next 8 hours.
Healer’s Kit
This kit is a leather pouch containing bandages, salves,
and splints. The kit has ten uses. As an action, you can
expend one use of the kit to stabilize a creature that
has 0 hit points, without needing to make a Medicine
check. If you are proficient in Medicine, you can make
a Medicine check (DC = 8 + the number of wounds on
the patient), to remove a single wound from a
creature. Then, for each 5 points that you beat the DC,
an additional wound is healed.
Health Tonic
A character who drinks the magical red fluid in this
vial regains 2d4 + 2 hit points. Drinking or
administering a potion takes a bonus action.
Holy Water
As an action, you can splash the contents of this flask
onto a creature within 5 feet of you or throw it up to
20 feet, shattering it on impact. In either case, make a
ranged attack against a target creature, treating the
holy water as an improvised weapon. If the target is a
fiend or undead, it takes 2d6 radiant damage. A zealot
may create holy water by performing a special ritual.
The ritual takes 1 hour to perform, uses $15 worth of
powdered silver, and expends a 1st-level spell slot.
Hunting Trap
When you use your action to set it, this trap forms a
saw-toothed steel ring that snaps shut when a
creature steps on a pressure plate in the center. The
trap is affixed by a heavy chain to an immobile object,
such as a tree or a spike driven into the ground. A
creature that steps on the plate must succeed on a DC
13 Dexterity saving throw or take 1d4 piercing damage
and stop moving. Thereafter, until the creature breaks
free of the trap, its movement is limited by the length
of the chain (typically 3 feet long). A creature can use
its action to make a DC 13 Strength check, freeing
itself or another creature within its reach on a
success. Each failed check deals 1 piercing damage to
the trapped creature.
Lamp
A lamp casts bright light in a 15-foot radius and dim
light for an additional 30 feet. Once lit, it burns for 6
hours on a flask (1 pint) of oil.
Lantern, Bullseye
A bullseye lantern casts bright light in a 60-foot cone
and dim light for an additional 60 feet. Once lit, it
burns for 6 hours on a flask (1 pint) of oil.
Lantern, Hooded
A hooded lantern casts bright light in a 30-foot radius
and dim light for an additional 30 feet. Once lit, it
burns for 6 hours on a flask (1 pint) of oil. As an action,
you can lower the hood, reducing the light to dim light
in a 5-foot radius.
Lock
A key is provided with the lock. Without the key, a
creature proficient with thieves’ tools can pick this
lock with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. Your DM
may decide that better locks are available for higher
prices.
Magnifying Glass
This lens allows a closer look at small objects. It is also
useful as a substitute for flint and steel when starting
fires. Lighting a fire with a magnifying glass requires
light as bright as sunlight to focus, tinder to ignite,
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 and about 5 minutes for the fire to ignite. A magnifying fire. Using it to light a torch—or anything else with
glass grants advantage on any ability check made to abundant, exposed fuel—takes an action. Lighting any
appraise or inspect an item that is small or highly other fire takes 1 minute.
detailed.
Whetstone
Manacles This small stone can be used to maintain the
These metal restraints can bind a Small or Medium effectiveness of a melee weapon. If you spend 30
creature. Escaping the manacles requires a successful minutes maintaining a weapon with this stone, you
DC 20 Dexterity check. Breaking them requires a may reroll any 1s you roll on the damage die for an
successful DC 20 Strength check. Each set of manacles attack made with this weapon. You must take the new
comes with one key. Without the key, a creature roll.
proficient with thieves’ tools can pick the manacles’
lock with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. Manacles Container Capacity
have 15 hit points. Container Capacity
Backpack 1 cubic foot, 30 pounds of gear
Mess Kit Barrel 40 gallons liquid, 4 cubic feet solid
This tin box contains a cup and simple cutlery. The Basket 2 cubic feet, 40 pounds of gear
box clamps together, and one side can be used as a Bottle 1 1/2 pints liquid
plate or shallow bowl. Bucket 3 gallons liquid, 1/2 cubic foot solid
Oil Chest 12 cubic feet, 300 pounds of gear
Oil usually comes in a glass flask that holds 1 pint. As Flask 1 pint liquid
an action, you can splash the oil in this flask onto a Pot, iron 1 gallon liquid
creature within 5 feet of you or throw it up to 20 feet, Pouch 1/5 cubic foot, 6 pounds of gear
shattering it on impact. Make a ranged attack against a Sack 1 cubic foot, 30 pounds of gear
target creature or object, treating the oil as an Vial 4 ounces liquid
improvised weapon. On a hit, the target is covered in Waterskin 4 pints liquid
oil. If the target takes any fire damage before the oil
dries (after 1 minute), the target takes an additional 5
fire damage from the burning oil. You can also pour a Tools
flask of oil on the ground to cover a 5-foot-square A tool helps you to do something you couldn’t
area. If lit, the oil burns for 2 rounds and deals 5 fire otherwise do, such as craft or repair an item, forge a
damage to any creature that enters the area or ends document, or pick a lock. Proficiency with a tool
its turn in the area. A creature can take this damage allows you to add your proficiency bonus to any ability
only once per turn. check you make using that tool.

Poison, Basic
You can use the poison in this vial to coat one slashing Tools
or piercing weapon or up to three pieces of Item Cost Weight
ammunition. Applying the poison takes an action. A Artisan’s Tools
creature hit by the poisoned weapon or ammunition Brewer’s supplies $15.00 9 lb.
must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take Calligrapher’s supplies $7.50 5 lb.
1d4 poison damage. Once applied, the poison retains Carpenter’s tools $5.00 6 lb.
potency for 1 minute before drying. Cartographer’s tools $10.00 6 lb.
Rope Cobbler’s tools $5.00 5 lb.
Cook’s utensils $1.00 8 lb.
Rope has 2 hit points and can be burst with a DC 17
Glassblower’s tools $20.00 5 lb.
Strength check.
Jeweler’s tools $18 gp 2 lb.
Salt Paper Leatherworker’s tools $5.00 5 lb.
This waxy brown paper is made of corn husks that are Mason’s tools $7.50 8 lb.
lined with coarse salt. These sheets are used to Painter’s supplies $7.50 5 lb.
preserve meats while on the trail and can considerably Potter’s tools $7.50 3 lb.
extend the shelf life of raw and cooked meats. If Smith’s tools $15.00 8 lb.
wrapped in salt paper, raw meat can last 2 days Tinker’s tools $30.00 10 lb.
without spoiling and cooked meat can last for 7 days. Weaver’s tools $1.00 5 lb.
(see Food & Water rules on page 101 for more details.) Woodcarver’s tools $1.00 5 lb.

Tinderbox
This small container holds flint, fire steel, and tinder
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 checks you make to play a game with that set. Each
type of gaming set requires a separate proficiency.
Tools
Item Cost Weight
Herbalism Kit
Gaming Sets This kit contains a variety of instruments such as
Dice set $0.05 0.01 lb. clippers, mortar and pestle, and pouches and vials
used by herbalists to create remedies and potions.
Chess set $1.00 0.5 lb.
Proficiency with this kit lets you add your proficiency
Playing card set $0.10 0.01 lb.
bonus to any ability checks you make to identify or
Musical Instruments
apply herbs. Also, proficiency with this kit is required
Accordion $15.00 6 lb.
to create antitoxin and health tonics.
Banjo $5.00 2 lb.
Drum $5.00 3 lb. Musical Instrument
Fiddle $15.00 2 lb. Several of the most common types of musical
Flute $3.00 1 lb. instruments are shown on the table as examples. If you
Guitar $20.00 2 lb. have proficiency with a given musical instrument, you
Harmonica $3.00 1 lb. can add your proficiency bonus to any ability checks
Horn $5.00 2 lb. you make to play music with the instrument. A ley-
Other Tools touched can use a musical instrument as a spellcasting
Disguise kit $18.00 3 lb. focus. Each type of musical instrument requires a
Forgery kit $12.50 2 lb. separate proficiency.
Herbalism kit $3.50 3 lb.
Navigator’s tools $15.00 2 lb. Navigator’s Tools
Poisoner’s kit $30.00 2 lb. This set of instruments is used for navigation at sea.
Surgery kit $20.00 5 lb. Proficiency with navigator’s tools lets you chart a
Thieves’ tools $15.00 1 lb. ship’s course and follow navigation charts. In addition,
these tools allow you to add your proficiency bonus to
any ability check you make to avoid getting lost at sea.

Artisan’s Tools Poisoner’s Kit

These special tools include the items needed to pursue
a craft or trade. The table shows examples of the most
common types of tools, each providing items related
to a single craft. Proficiency with a set of artisan’s
tools lets you add your proficiency bonus to any ability
checks you make using the tools in your craft. Each
type of artisan’s tools requires a separate proficiency.
Disguise Kit
This pouch of cosmetics, hair dye, and small props lets
you create disguises that change your physical
appearance. Proficiency with this kit lets you add your
proficiency bonus to any ability checks you make to
create a visual disguise.
Forgery Kit
This small box contains a variety of papers and
parchments, pens and inks, seals and sealing wax, gold
and silver leaf, and other supplies necessary to create
convincing forgeries of physical documents.
Proficiency with this kit lets you add your proficiency
bonus to any ability checks you make to create a
physical forgery of a document.
A poisoner’s kit includes the vials, chemicals, and other
equipment necessary for the creation of poisons.
Proficiency with this kit lets you add your proficiency
bonus to any ability checks you make to craft or use
poisons.
Surgery Kit
This tool kit includes scalpels, needles, thread, bone
saws, forceps, and other tools necessary for surgery.
Proficiency with this kit allows you to apply your
proficiency bonus to ability checks to peform medical
procedures, or to identify medical conditions.
Thieves’ Tools
This set of tools includes a small file, a set of lock
picks, a small mirror mounted on a metal handle, a set
of narrow-bladed scissors, and a pair of pliers.
Proficiency with these tools lets you add your
proficiency bonus to any ability checks you make to
disarm traps or open locks.

Gaming Set
This item encompasses a wide range of game pieces,
including dice and decks of cards. A few common
examples appear on the Tools table, but other kinds of
gaming sets exist. If you are proficient with a gaming
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 Mounts & Vehicles Lifestyle Expenses
A good mount can help you move more quickly
through the wilderness, but its primary purpose is to Lifestyle Price/Day
carry the gear that would otherwise slow you down. Wretched —-
The Mounts and Other Animals table shows each Squalid $0.05
animal’s speed and base carrying capacity. Poor $0.15
An animal pulling a carriage, cart, chariot, sled, or Modest $0.85
wagon can move weight up to five times its base Comfortable $1.50
carrying capacity, including the weight of the vehicle. Wealthy $3.00
If multiple animals pull the same vehicle, they can add Aristocratic $7.50
their carrying capacity together.

Mounts & Other Animals Wretched (Pay: $0-$0.34 per week)

Item Cost Speed Carrying Capacity You live in inhumane conditions. With no place to call
Donkey or mule $50 40 ft. 420 lb. home, you shelter wherever you can, sneaking into
Horse, draft $150 40 ft. 540 lb. barns, huddling in old crates, and relying on the good
Horse, riding $200 60 ft. 480 lb. graces of people better off than you. A wretched
Pony $30 40 ft. 225 lb. lifestyle presents abundant dangers. Violence, disease,
Warhorse $350 60 ft. 540 lb. and hunger follow you wherever you go. Other
wretched people covet your armor, weapons, and
adventuring gear, which represent a fortune by their
standards. You are beneath the notice of most people.
Tack, Harness & Drawn Vehicles
Squalid (Pay: $0.35-$1.04 per week)
Item Cost Weight
You live in a leaky stable, a mud-floored hut just
Bit and bridle $2.50 1 lb.
outside town, or a vermin-infested boarding house in
Buggy $75.00 250 lb.
the worst part of town. You have shelter from the
Cart $15.00 200 lb.
elements, but you live in a desperate and often violent
Feed (per day) $0.05 10 lb.
environment, in places rife with disease, hunger, and
Saddle, Military $60.00 30 lb.
misfortune. You are beneath the notice of most
Saddle, Pack $15.00 15 lb. people, and you have few legal protections. Most
Saddle, Riding $30.00 25 lb. people at this lifestyle level have suffered some
Saddlebags $3.00 8 lb. terrible setback. They might be disturbed, marked as
Stabling (per day) $0.25 — exiles, or suffer from disease.
Stagecoach $100.00 500 lb.
Wagon $65.00 400 lb. Poor (Pay: $1.05-$5.00 per week)
A poor lifestyle means going without the comforts
available in a stable community. Simple food and
lodgings, threadbare clothing, and unpredictable
Expenses conditions result in a sufficient, though probably
unpleasant, experience. Your accommodations might
Lifestyle expenses cover your accommodations, food
and drink, and all your other necessities during be a room in a flophouse or in the common room
above a saloon. You benefit from some legal
downtime.
At the start of each week or month (your choice), protections, but you still have to contend with
choose a lifestyle from the Expenses table and pay the violence, crime, and disease. People at this lifestyle
level tend to be unskilled laborers, costermongers,
price to sustain that lifestyle. Your lifestyle might
change from one period to the next, based on the peddlers, thieves, mercenaries, and other disreputable
funds you have at your disposal, or you might maintain types.
the same lifestyle throughout your character’s career. Modest (Pay: $5.95-$10.40 per week)
Your lifestyle choice can have consequences. A modest lifestyle keeps you out of the slums and
Maintaining a wealthy lifestyle might help you make ensures that you can maintain your equipment. You
contacts with the rich and powerful, though you run live in an older part of town, renting a room in a
the risk of attracting thieves. Likewise, living frugally boarding house, inn, or temple. You don’t go hungry or
might help you avoid criminals, but you are unlikely to thirsty, and your living conditions are clean, if simple.
make powerful connections. Each lifestyle description Ordinary people living modest lifestyles include
will also list the weekly pay that a laborer generally soldiers with families, average laborers, students,
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Comfortable (Pay: $10.50-$20.00 per week)
Choosing a comfortable lifestyle means that you can
afford nicer clothing and can easily maintain your
equipment. You live in a small cottage in a middle-
class neighborhood or in a private room at a fine inn.
You associate with merchants, skilled tradespeople,
and military officers.
Wealthy (Pay: $21.00-$50.00 per week)
Choosing a wealthy lifestyle means living a life of
luxury, though you might not have achieved the social
status associated with the old money of nobility or
royalty. You live a lifestyle comparable to that of a
highly successful merchant or the owner of a few small
businesses. You have respectable lodgings, usually a
spacious home in a good part of town or a comfortable
suite at a fine inn. You likely have a small staff of
servants.
Aristocratic ($52.50+ per week)
You live a life of plenty and comfort. You move in
circles populated by the most powerful people in the
community. You have excellent lodgings, perhaps a
townhouse in the nicest part of town or rooms in the
finest inn. You dine at the best restaurants, retain the
most skilled and fashionable tailor, and have servants
attending to your every need. You receive invitations
to the social gatherings of the rich and powerful, and
spend evenings in the company of politicians, business
magnates and land tycoons. You must also contend
with the highest levels of deceit and treachery. The
wealthier you are, the greater the chance you will be
drawn into political intrigue as a pawn or participant.
Encumberance
On the Frontier, you have to make sure you’re only
carrying what you need. Beasts of burden, storage
carts and similar items are a hot commodity on the
open trails of the 5 Corners, and without them, a
traveler needs to be wary of overloading themselves,
lest they become an easy target for the dangers of the
wild.
If you carry weight in excess of 7.5 times your
Strength score, you are encumbered, which means
your speed drops by 10 feet, and Your maximum
Dexterity bonus to AC is +3.
If you carry weight in excess of 10 times your
Strength score, up to your maximum carrying
capacity, you are instead heavily encumbered, which
means your speed drops by 20 feet, your maximum
Dexterity bonus to AC is +1 and you have disadvantage
on ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws that
use Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution.
Food & Water
Life on the Frontier can be difficult, and there’s no
guarantee of sustenance on any given day. Travelers
must be able to provide for themselves in the open
wilderness. The following rules list the food and water
needs for adventurers on the Frontier.
Food
A character needs one pound of food per day and can
make food last longer by subsisting on half portions.
Eating half a pound of food in a day counts as half a
day without food.
A character can go without food for a number of
days equal to 3 + his or her Constitution modifier
(minimum 1), making a Constitution saing throw with a
DC equal to 12 + the number of consecutive days
without food at the end of each of these days to avoid
exhaustion. At the end of each day beyond that limit, a
character automatically suffers one level of
exhaustion. A normal day of eating resets the count of
days without food to zero.
When storing food, especially meats, one must act
fast to ensure that it does not spoil. Uncooked meat
can last for 2 hours without spoiling, while cooked
meat can last for 4 hours without spoiling. Rations are
dried jerkies, hard tack and other spoil-resistant foods
that keep very well while out on the trail. However,
these are definitely not the most appetizing or
nutritious of meals. If a character eats nothing but
rations for 3 consecutive days, they gain disadvantage
on saving throws against poison or disease until they
eat a different type of meal.
If a character eats spoiled food, they must succeed
at a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or become
poisoned. If a character fails this saving throw, eating
the spoiled food does not count as a completed meal
for that day.
Water
A character needs one gallon of water per day (two
waterskins worth of water). If the weather is hot, the
amount of water needed is doubled. A character who
drinks only half that much water must succeed on a
DC 15 Constitution saving throw or suffer one level of
exhaustion at the end of the day. A character with
access to even less water automatically suffers one
level of exhaustion at the end of the day.
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 Resting
Heroic though they might be, adventurers can’t spend
every hour of the day in the thick of exploration, social
interaction, and combat. They need rest—time to sleep
and eat, tend their wounds, refresh their minds and
spirits for spellcasting, and brace themselves for
further adventure.
Short Rest
A short rest is a period of downtime during which a
character does nothing more strenuous than eating,
drinking, reading, and tending to wounds. A character
can spend one or more Hit Dice at the end of a short
rest, up to the character’s maximum number of Hit
Dice, which is equal to the character’s level. For each
Hit Die spent in this way, the player rests for 10
minutes, and the player rolls the die and adds the
character’s Constitution modifier to it. The character
regains hit points equal to the total. For a player to
regain features during a short rest, they must rest for
at least 30 minutes.

Long Rest
A long rest is a period of extended downtime, at least 8
hours long, during which a character sleeps for at least
6 hours and performs no more than 2 hours of light
activity, such as reading, talking, eating, or standing
watch. If the rest is interrupted by a period of
strenuous activity - at least 1 hour of walking, fighting,
casting spells, or similar adventuring activity - you
must begin the rest again to gain any benefit.
At the end of a long rest, you regain half of your hit
point maximum (rounded up) and half of your
maximum Hit Dice. You can immediately spend any
number of Hit Dice to recover more hit points or
remove wounds as well. If you are a spellcaster, you
regain half of your total spell slots.
You can’t benefit from more than one long rest in a
24-hour period, and you must have at least 1 hit point
at the start of the rest to gain its benefits.

Full Rest
A full rest is a period of downtime, at least 24 hours
long, during which you sleep at least 6 hours, and
perform light activity or nonstrenuous labor for up to
2 hours. A full rest cannot be attempted while in the
wilderness, while sleeping on dirt or stone, or while
wearing Heavy armor. You must be in a safe location
where you do not feel the need to keep watch or
constantly be on guard.
At the end of a full rest, you recover all lost hit
points and regain all spent Hit Dice, as well as all spell
slots if applicable. A full rest also counts towards
recovery for any serious Injuries. You must have at
least 1 hit point at the start of the rest to gain its
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Magic
This section outlines the different types of spells and Magnify Gravity
magical abilities available to the different casters of Protection from Evil and Good
the Forsaken Frontier. Shield
Silent Image
Spell Lists Sleep
Snare
The following lists contain the only available spells in
Tenser’s Floating Disk
the Forsaken Frontier. These 4 different lists are
Thunderwave
separated due to the the different magical traditions
that allow access to magic. Unseen Servant
Arcane Spell List 2nd-level
Alter Self
Cantrips Arcane Lock
Acid Splash Blur
Blade Ward Cloud of Daggers
Chill Touch Continual Flame
Dancing Lights Darkvision
Fire Bolt Enlarge/Reduce
Friends Enhance Ability
Light Find Traps
Mage Hand Flaming Sphere
Mending Heat Metal
Message Hold Person
Minor Illusion Immovable Object
Poison Spray Invisibility
Prestidigitation Knock
Ray of Frost Levitate
Shocking Grasp Locate Object
True Strike Magic Mouth
Magic Weapon
1st-Level
Alarm Melf’s Acid Arrow
Catapult Mirror Image
Chromatic Orb Misty Step
Color Spray Nystul’s Magic Aura
Comprehend Languages Rope Trick
Detect Magic Scorching Ray
Disguise Self See Invisibility
Expeditious Retreat Shatter
Feather Fall Silence
Find Familiar Spider Climb
Fog Cloud Vortex Warp
Grease Web
Identify Wristpocket
Illusory Script 3rd-level
Jump Blink
Longstrider Clairvoyance
Mage Armor Counterspell
Magic Missile Dispel Magic
Fireball
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 Fly Teleportation Circle
Galder’s Tower Wall of Force
Gaseous Form Wall of Stone
Glyph of Warding
Haste 6th-level
Arcane Gate
Hypnotic Pattern Blade Barrier
Intellect Fortress Chain Lightning
Leomund’s Tiny Hut Contingency
Lightning Bolt Disintegrate
Magic Circle Flesh to Stone
Major Image Forbiddance
Melf’s Minute Meteors Globe of Invulnerability
Nondetection Guards and Wards
Protection from Energy Move Earth
Sending Programmed Illusion
Slow Scatter
Stinking Cloud Tenser’s Transformation
Thunder Step True Seeing
Tiny Servant Wall of Ice
Tongues Word of Recall
Water Breathing
7th-level
4th-Level
Arcane Eye Delayed Blast Fireball
Banishment Forcecage
Dimension Door Mirage Arcane
Fabricate Mordenkainen’s Magnificent Mansion
Fire Shield Mordenkainen’s Sword
Galder’s Speedy Courier Prismatic Spray
Greater Invisibility Project Image
Hallucinatory Terrain Reverse Gravity
Leomund’s Secret Chest Sequester
Locate Creature Simulacrum
Mordenkainen’s Faithful Hound Symbol
Mordenkainen’s Private Sanctum Teleport
Otiluke’s Resilient Sphere 8th-level
Polymorph Antimagic Field
Stone Shape Clone
Stoneskin Feeblemind
Summon Construct Glibness
Wall of Fire Illusory Dragon
Incendiary Cloud
5th-level
Animate Objects Maze
Bigby’s Hand Mighty Fortress
Cloudkill Mind Blank
Creation Power Word Stun
Far Step Telepathy
Hold Monster 9th-level
Legend Lore Blade of Disaster
Mislead Gate
Passwall Imprisonment
Planar Binding Invulnerability
Rary’s Telepathic Bond Meteor Swarm
Scrying Prismatic Wall
Seeming Shapechange
Skill Empowerment Time Stop
Steel Wind Strike True Polymorph
Telekinesis Wish
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Divine Spell List 3rd-level
Aura of Vitality
Cantrips
Dancing Lights Beacon of Hope
Guidance Bestow Curse
Light Blinding Smite
Mending Clairvoyance
Message Crusader’s Mantle
Resistance Daylight
Sacred Flame Dispel Magic
Spare the Dying Feign Death
Thaumaturgy Glyph of Warding
Word of Radiance Haste
Magic Circle
1st-level Mass Healing Word
Bane Protection from Energy
Bless Remove Curse
Ceremony Revivify
Command Sending
Compelled Duel Speak with Dead
Cure Wounds Spirit Guardians
Detect Evil and Good Tongues
Detect Magic Water Walk
Detect Poison and Disease
Divine Favor 4th-level
Aura of Life
Gift of Alacrity Aura of Purity
Guiding Bolt Banishment
Healing Word Death Ward
Heroism Divination
Inflict Wounds Freedom of Movement
Protection from Evil and Good Guardian of Faith
Purify Food and Drink Locate Creature
Sanctuary Sickening Radiance
Searing Smite Staggering Smite
Shield of Faith
Thunderous Smite 5th-level
Wrathful Smite Antilife Shell
Banishing Smite
2nd-level
Aid Bigby’s Hand
Augury Circle of Power
Blindness/Deafness Commune
Borrowed Knowledge Contagion
Branding Smite Dawn
Calm Emotions Destructive Wave
Enhance Ability Dispel Evil and Good
Find Traps Flame Strike
Fortune’s Favor Geas
Gentle Repose Greater Restoration
Hold Person Hallow
Lesser Restoration Hold Monster
Locate Object Holy Weapon
Magic Weapon Legend Lore
Prayer of Healing Mass Cure Wounds
Protection from Poison Planar Binding
Silence Raise Dead
Spiritual Weapon Scrying
Warding Bond Summon Celestial
Zone of Truth Wall of Light
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 6th-level Comprehend Languages
Blade Barrier Detect Evil and Good
Find the Path Detect Magic
Forbiddance Disguise Self
Harm Dissonant Whispers
Heal Faerie Fire
Heroes’ Feast False Life
Planar Ally Find Familiar
Sunbeam Hellish Rebuke
True Seeing Hex
Word of Recall Identify
Inflict Wounds
7th-level
Conjure Celestial Mage Armor
Crown of Stars Protection from Evil and Good
Divine Word Ray of Sickness
Etherealness Silvery Barbs
Regenerate Sleep
Resurrection Tasha’s Caustic Brew
Symbol Tasha’s Hideous Laughter
Temple of the Gods Unseen Servant
Witch Bolt
8th-Level
Antimagic Field 2nd-level
Alter Self
Antipathy/Sympathy Augury
Holy Aura Blindness/Deafness
Sunburst Borrowed Knowledge
9th-Level Calm Emotions
Foresight Crown of Madness
Gate Darkness
Mass Heal Darkvision
Power Word Heal Detect Thoughts
True Resurrection Enthrall
Wish Flock of Familiars
Fortune’s Favor
Gentle Repose
Occult Spell List Hold Person
Cantrips Invisibility
Acid Splash Locate Object
Chill Touch Melf’s Acid Arrow
Eldritch Blast Mind Spike
Infestation Mirror Image
Light Misty Step
Message Nystul’s Magic Aura
Minor Illusion Pass Without Trace
Poison Spray Phantasmal Force
Prestidigitation Ray of Enfeeblement
Sapping Sting See Invisibility
Spare the Dying Shadow Blade
Toll the Dead Silence
Vicious Mockery Spider Climb
Suggestion
1st-level
Armor of Agathys Tasha’s Mind Whip
Arms of Hadar Wither and Bloom
Bane 3rd-level
Cause Fear Animate Dead
Charm Person Bestow Curse
Command Catnap
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 Clairvoyance Negative Energy Flood
Counterspell Raise Dead
Dispel Magic Scrying
Enemies Abound Synaptic Static
Fast Friends Telekinesis
Fear
Feign Death 6th-level
Circle of Death
Gaseous Form Create Homunculus
Glyph of Warding Create Undead
Hunger of Hadar Drawmij’s Instant Summon
Hypnotic Pattern Eyebite
Life Transference Find the Path
Magic Circle Guards and Wards
Phantom Steed Harm
Remove Curse Magic Jar
Sending Mass Suggestion
Slow Mental Prison
Speak with Dead Otto’s Irresistible Dance
Spirit Guardians Planar Ally
Spirit Shroud Soul Cage
Summon Shadowspawn Summon Fiend
Tiny Servant Tasha’s Otherworldly Guise
Tongues True Seeing
Vampiric Touch
7th-Level
4th-Level
Arcane Eye Crown of Stars
Banishment Etherealness
Blight Finger of Death
Charm Monster Power Word Pain
Compulsion Resurrection
Confusion Sequester
Divination Simulacrum
Dominate Beast Tether Essence
Evard’s Black Tentacles 8th-Level
Greater Invisibility Abi-Dalzim’s Horrid Writing
Locate Creature Antipathy/Sympathy
Phantasmal Killer Clone
Polymorph Dominate Monster
Raulothim’s Psychic Lance Feeblemind
Shadow of Moil Glibness
Sickening Radiance Illusory Dragon
Summon Aberration Maddening Darkness
Summon Greater Demon Mind Blank
Vitriolic Sphere Power Word Stun
5th-level
Telepathy
Contact Other Plane 9th Level
Contagion Foresight
Danse Macabre Power Word Kill
Dispel Evil and Good Psychic Scream
Dominate Person Ravenous Void
Dream Time Ravage
Enervation True Resurrection
Geas Wish
Hold Monster
Infernal Calling
Legend Lore
Modify Memory
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 Primal Spell List Dragon’s Breath
Dust Devil
Cantrips
Control Flames Earthbind
Druidcraft Enhance Ability
Frostbite Find Steed
Guidance Flame Blade
Gust Flaming Sphere
Infestation Gentle Repose
Lightning Lure Gust of Wind
Magic Stone Heat Metal
Mending Lesser Restoration
Mold Earth Locate Animals or Plants
Message Locate Object
Poison Spray Maximillian’s Earthen Grasp
Primal Savagery Misty Step
Produce Flame Moonbeam
Resistance Pass without Trace
Shape Water Protection from Poison
Shillelagh Scorching Ray
Spare the Dying Shatter
Thorn Whip Snilloc’s Snowball Storm
Thunderclap Spike Growth
Warding Wind
1st-level Web
Absorb Elements Wither and Bloom
Animal Friendship
Beast Bond 3rd-level
Call Lightning
Burning Hands Conjure Animals
Chaos Bolt Conjure Barrage
Cure Wounds Daylight
Detect Magic Dispel Magic
Detect Poison and Disease Elemental Weapon
Earth Tremor Erupting Earth
Ensnaring Strike Fireball
Entangle Fly
Faerie Fire Gaseous Form
Feather Fall Lightning Bolt
Fog Cloud Meld into Stone
Frost Fingers Nondetection
Hail of Thorns Plant Growth
Healing Word Protection from Energy
Hunter’s Mark Revivify
Ice Knife Sleet Storm
Purify Food and Drink Speak with Plants
Snare Thunder Step
Speak with Animals Tidal Wave
Thunderwave Wall of Sand
Zephyr Strike Wall of Water
2nd-level Water Breathing
Agnazzar’s Scorcher Water Walk
Alter Self Wind Wall
Animal Messenger
Augury 4th-level
Blight
Barkskin Conjure Minor Elementals
Beast Sense Conjure Woodland Beings
Continual Flame Control Water
Darkvision Dominate Beast
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 Elemental Bane Earthquake
Find Greater Steed Incendiary Cloud
Fire Shield Sunburst
Freedom of Movement Tsunami
Giant Insect
Grasping Vine 9th-level
Meteor Swarm
Guardian of Nature Power Word Heal
Ice Storm Shapechange
Locate Creature Storm of Vengeance
Stone Shape True Resurrection
Stoneskin
Storm Sphere
Wall of Fire
Watery Sphere
5th-level
Antilife Shell
Awaken
Commune with Nature
Cone of Cold
Conjure Elemental
Contagion
Control Winds
Greater Restoration
Hallow
Immolation
Insect Plague
Maelstrom
Reincarnate
Scrying
Steel Wind Strike
Transmute Rock
Tree Stride
Wall of Stone
Wrath of Nature
6th-level
Bones of the Earth
Chain Lightning
Conjure Fey
Druid Grove
Find the Path
Flesh to Stone
Move Earth
Primordial Ward
Sunbeam
Transport via Plants
Wall of Ice
Wall of Thorns
Wind Walk
7th-level
Fire Storm
Prismatic Spray
Regenerate
Whirlwind
8th-level
Animal Shapes
Control Weather
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 Skills & Feats
There are 2 brand new skills exclusive to the Forsaken
Frontier: Mechanics and Streetwise. This section goes
into detail on how these skills can be used.
Mechanics (Int)
You can identify and understand the nuances of
mechanical machinery, from watches and firearms to
telegraphs and steam engines.
You can use this skill to assess the stability of
structures and machines, identify technological
constructs, break down and reassemble firearms and
small contraptions, and understand the inner workings
of machines large and small.
Streetwise (Wis)
You understand the inner workings of civilization and
can use that to get the exact information that you
need.
You can use this skill to gather information about
the people, places, and events happening in a
settlement, no matter how large or small. You can find
out who the movers and shakers are, where to get
what you need (and how to get there), and where not
to go.
Feats
The following are Forsaken Frontier exclusive feats
that are used in conjuction with normal 5e feats.
Defensive Roll
Prerequisite: Dexterity 16, Proficiency in Acrobatics
You can dive out of the way of an incoming attack.
As a reaction when you are attacked or when you must
attempt a Dexterity saving throw, you can attempt an
Acrobatics check. If you use this ability as a reaction to
an attack and your Acrobatics check result exceeds
your opponent’s attack roll result, the attack misses
you.
If you use this ability as a reaction when you must
attempt a Dexterity saving throw, you can use your
Acrobatics check result as your Dexterity save result.
Once you use this ability, you cannot do so again until
you’ve completed a short or long rest.
Demolitionist
You are skilled at using grenades and explosives.
Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a
maximum of 20.
You gain proficiency with explosives.
The DC for effects caused by explosives you use is
increased by 1.
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Diehard
You are especially hard to kill, since your wounds
quickly stabilize when you’re grievously wounded.
Once per day, when you are reduced to 0 HP, you can
instead drop to 1 HP.
Ground Fighting
Prerequisite: Strength 12
You maintain your combat prowess even when at a
disadvantage. You take no penalties for melee attacks
made while prone, and when you are knocked prone,
as a reaction you can cause an adjacent enemy to
make a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be knocked
prone with you.
Parting Shot
Prerequisite: Dexterity 15 or higher
When you take the disengage action, you can make a
single ranged attack against the target you are
disengaging.
Pinpoint Hurler
You can throw weapons with greater accuracy. If you
miss on an attack roll with a thrown weapon, the
weapon instead lands in the square of your intended
target rather than traveling its full distance.
Solid Stance
Prerequisite: Constitution 15
You are difficult to move or knock down. When an
attack or effect would knock you prone, you can
ignore that effect as a reaction. In addition, the
distance that any effect that would move you against
your will is reduced by 5 feet.
Tracker
You have spent time hunting creatures and honed your
skills, gaining the following benefits:
• Increase your Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of
20.
• You learn the hunter’s mark spell. You can cast it
once without expending a spell slot, and you must
finish a long rest before you can cast it in this way
again. You can also cast the spell using any spell slots
you have. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this
spell.
• You have advantage on Survival checks to track
creatures.
The 5 Corners
 Arroyas
The desert nation of Arroyas is a harsh land, slowing
travel for all but the most experienced of survivalists.
The native Sayre do their best to remedy these severe
conditions by enticing travelers with the many
luxuries available in these sands, for those who know
how to find them.
Geography
Arroyas takes up much of the southern portion of the
Forsaken Frontier, with its borders forming the
southern-facing corner of the 5 Corners. In terms of
size, it is right in the middle of the 5 regions, being
larger than Bandera and Riado Mesa, but smaller than
Goliad and Cavallo. Despite this, the region has very
little biome diversity, with the entire area being made
up completely of deserts and dry shrubland.
The western border weaves in and out of the rocky
Hellcrag Badlands that form most of eastern Bandera
while the eastern shrublands offer a bit more high-
quality soil, running up against the marshes, plains and
mountains of Goliad. For everywhere else in between,
the only biome is the Kia-Ro Kian Desert, whose
expansive sands stretch across the region’s entire
central area.
The Hozanek Mountains near the western border
offer a small reprieve from the hot and dry lands
around them, with their high altitude garnering more
rain and much more temperate weather than the
surrounding area. The southern coasts bordering the
Donoma Sea offer opportunities for sea travel directly
to the more populated southern parts of Arroyas for
those able to afford it.
Despite the dry and relatively barren landscape, life
is still able to thrive thanks to 7 major oases (from west
to east: Tzacol, Akna, Votan, Yantho, Meztli, Ixchel &
Balam) spread across Arroyas, most of which culminate
near the southern coastline. Because of this, most
Arroyan settlements cluster in the south and then
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spread out to hug the northern, eastern, and western
borders, leaving a large gap in the center known as the
Barren Heart that allows the desert to act as a natural
barrier for any invaders. Many squatters and outcasts
from other regions have attempted to settle in this
central area, though the harsh sands ensure that they
generally do not last long.
Society
Arroyas is governed by the Nashua Republic, named
for the capital city of the desert nation. This
government sends 8 representatives from each major
region (the 7 oases and the Hozanek Mountains) which
are elected by the people of their respective regions.
These regions then hold a collective vote for a
president that sits on this representative council as its
9th member and tiebreaker and acts as head of state
for the matters of foreign policy. While it is not a
requirement, this presidential role has historically
been filled by a Magi more often than not, due to the
importance that the Sayre people place on having a
head of state that can commune with the Far Realm,
and the current president, Huracan El-Hura is no
exception to this tendency.
Despite the difficulty in overland travel, Arroyas is
still a hotbed of travel and commerce, offering
beautiful sandy southern beaches for tourists,
Espantro-practicing fortune tellers for those so
inclined, and producing a wide variety of luxury goods
found only in the Kia-Ro Kian. Whether it is coffee
from the Hozanek Mountains, perfumes and spices
made from the many desert plants in the area, or their
signature smoky Coyopa liquor, the Arroyan people
have many goods to entice travelers to brave the
desert sands.
Notable Locations
Alom
Situated in the northearstern section of the Barren
Heart, Alom is the site of an unfinished leyline track
that was abandoned by the Rucho at the end of the
Deep Sand War. Jumping at the opportunity gain
access to the leyline, the Nashua Republic immediately
sent teams to continue to build the track in hopes of
harnessing the leyline’s power. For nearly a century
since, the site has been racked with setbacks, from
equipmet malfunctions, to sandstorms, to infighting
amongst the workers, and to this day the track still lies
incomplete.
After months of recent positive progress however,
the site has not responded to communications in
months, and the teams sent to investigate haven’t been
seen since. Not willing to risk any more of their own
people or resources, the Nashua Republic is offering a
reportedly high reward for any group that can learn
what happened here, bringing adventurers to the
desert in droves.
Cakuhla
Set high in the Hozanek Mountains, Cakuhla is one of
the larger cities in Arroyas, and offers a place of
respite for many travelers from Bandera, Bullseye, and
the southern Arroyan cities looking to circumvent the
Barren Heart. Due to the temperate weather of the
Hozaneks, Cakuhla and the surrounding settlements
are the center of Arroyas’ agriculture industry,
providing large amounts of food and livestock for the
rest of the nation.
Because of this, it is a hotbed for power struggles
between big time ranchers and business tycoons from
across the 5 Corners, and everyone from cowboys to
bounty hunters can find plenty of work by
participating in these feuds.
Nashua
As the capital of Arroyas, Nashua naturally receives
plenty of traffic from a wide variety of travelers from
across the 5 Corners. Whether they’re delegates from
foreign political entities coming to curry favor,
scholars seeking to learn more about Espantro from
the city’s prominent schools, or tourists coming to
enjoy the city’s famously lavish bathhouses sourced
from the nearby Yantho oasis, the streets of Nashua
are packed with all manner of visitors.
Necahual Distilleries
Located near the Balam oasis, the famous Necahual
Distilleries is the birthplace of Arroyas’ signature
Coyopa, a liquor distilled from the juices of the Yaotl
chili plant that naturally grows across Arroyas. A family
business that spans 3 generations, the distillery is
currently run by Hual-Atta Necahual, grandson of
Cahu-Lor Necahual, the original founder.
Hual-Atta is a very ambitious man and is aggressive
in protecting his businesses’ dominance over the
Coyopa industry, having been known to pay
handsomely for outside help to find new potential
recipes/innovations or even sabotage potential
competitors.
Zyanya
For many seafaring travelers, Zyanya is their first point
of contact with the rest of Arroyas. Located south of
the Meztli oasis along the coastline of the Donoma
Sea, Zyanya is the largest port in Arroyas, acting as a
hub of international trade and tourism, offering
beautiful sandy beaches to all comers.
However, sea and sunshine aren’t the only things
you have to look out for in Zyanya, as its shining
exterior hides a dark underbelly. It’s an open secret
that Zyanya acts as the home base for the infamous
Zeltzin gang, a group of murderers, thieves and
racketeers that have rooted themselves in the city via
well-placed bribes and political appointments. While
plenty of lucrative bounties exist for various members,
including the illustrious leader, Kawi-Zin Zeltsin, you
can’t always know which lawmen want to bring the
gang down and which ones are in the gang’s pocket.
Tepin
The ghost town of Tepin bears a similar story to many
other squatter towns in the Barren Heart. Foreigners
traveled into the desert hoping for free land and
quickly found the sands to be much more than they
bargained for. However, unlike the many collections of
hollow buldings that dot the landscape across the
area, Tepin bears a strange difference: it doesn’t
appear that the dead residents have left the town.
According to rumors, the town is still inhabited by
the ghosts of its former founders, with competing
accounts existing of how hostile or hospitable these
spirits are. The reason for this phenomenon is hotly
debated, and to this day no croncrete evidence has
come forth that this rumor is even true. However, new
stories roll in by the day from spooked travelers
claiming that Tepin is far from abandoned.
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 Bandera

Home to the inventive Rucho, the nation of Bandera

Society
boasts a very diverse landscape combined with all of
the industrial trappings that Rucho society brings. Bandera is a technocracy governed by the
Opportunity is plentiful, but the border towns still Commonwealth of New Cashus, which is comprised of
offer plenty of dangers for thrill-seeking adventurers an assembly of 12 governers known as the Grand
willing to brave them. Delegation, which is elected to represent districts
denoted by Bandera’s largest cities, combined with a
Geography committee known as the Council of Prowess, which is
made up of the leading experts in a variety of fields
Despite the fact that Bandera is one of the smallest
chosen by a panel of elected officials and leaders in
nations in the 5 Corners, there are a wide variety of
academia.
biomes and climates present across its area. From the
These two committees coexist to navigate the best
wetlands of the Clearvale Peninsula to the dry Hellcrag
possible way of tackling societal issues, with the
Badlands, the snowy mountains of the Painted Range
governors proposing changes and writing laws based
and everything in between, there’s no denying that
on the will of their constituents and the councilors
Bandera is prime real estate.
using their expertise to amend these laws for the sake
Much of Bandera’s civilized areas are concentrated
of practicality. However, this governmental system is
on the plains and forests west of the Painted Range,
no less prone to corruption than any other, and there
reaching out to the Blacktrail Sea on the Frontier’s
are many obstacles and political schemes at play that
western edge. The area becomes more tropical and
keep it from truly becoming the meritocracy that it
swampy as it extends south to become the Clearvale
touts itself to be.
Peninsula, which houses the bulk of the Rucho’s
The 4 cities that sit in the middle of the
impressive naval forces.
Commonwealth’s decision-making regions are New
The Painted Range houses the tallest mountains in
Cashus, Vasthollow, Saint Rollis and Coppergorge, which
all of the 5 Corners, and this altitude leads to a much
all act as the main hubs for railroad travel and
more brisk climate than much of the rest of the
telegraph communications as well. While each region
continent. Though railroads through the area exist,
touts different unqiue traits, Bandera is a land of
the colder winters and sheer size of these mountains
industry at its core, and its society is built around the
form an excellent natural barrier that served the
idea of progress at all costs. While this mindset may
Rucho well in the wars of years past.
seem aggressive to many of the other nations of the 5
However, settlements are much more sparse south
Corners, they all line up for the Rucho’s next
of the Painted Range as the Hellcrag Badlands stretch
innovation nonetheless.
out to fill the nation’s southeastern border. While still
connected to the rest of Banderan society via railroad,
the settlements of the Badlands are relatively small
and rough, simulating much more of a frontier lifestyle
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Notable Locations
Coppergorge
Located just south of the Painted Range, Coppergorge
acts as the last bastion of urban civilization before one
makes their way fully into the Hellcrag Badlands. As
the political and economic cornerstone of the region,
Coppergorge sees much more traffic than anywhere
else in the Badlands, being one of the only places in
the region with railroad access back to the other main
areas of Bandera.
True to its name, the city is a major hub for the
mining industry, utilizing the natural abundance of
coal, iron, copper, and silver, though this industrial
nature has also attracted many arcanists to the area.
Because of this influx, Coppergorge’s primary
governor, Curtis McKnight, has set out to make
Coppergorge the magical capital of Bandera, and has
invested a large amount of resources in tracking down
and harnessing any leylines in the area.
Longhowl Island
This island base, set just off the southeastern coast of
the Clearvale Peninsula, is the primary training
location for the entire Banderan military. Recruits
come here from all across the country to be trained in
all manner of warfare, and the base doubles as a highly
defensible tactical location, protecting mainland
Bandera from any interlopers traveling via the Donoma
Sea.
The island is named as such due to the werewolf
tribe that once inhabitated it. When the Rucho first
made landfall in 1065, they battled against this tribe for
a full year before taking control of the island, a
relatively short and bloody war that wiped out entire
Rucho ships. The Rucho mark this war by calling the
special forces of the Banderan military Barron’s
Fangbearers, named for General Lewis Barron, the man
that killed the tribe’s terrifying alpha, Osric.
New Cashus
Sprawling out into the Blacktrail Sea, the shining
Banderan capital of New Cashus is a beacon of urban
progress, signifying hope and prosperity to many of
the Rucho, and representing the abhorrent death of a
naturalistic way of life to others. The streets here are
flooded with people from all walks of life, living in the
relative comfort of organized society.
That is not to say that New Cashus is a utopia;
indeed, to some it is the exact opposite. Ambition and
greed run rampant as railroad and telegraph
companies vie for dominance, looking to expand ever
outward into the frontier. Street gangs masquerading
as “community wellness groups” fight over turf and
political power. Poorer districts are sectioned away
while the rich get even richer. For the outsider without
a clue, New Cashus can be just as barbaric as the
Frontier that it is so eager to control.
Saint Rollis
Nestled in the wetlands of the Clearvale Peninsula,
Saint Rollis is a rowdy city, full of music and culture.
The more tropical climate lends itself to the growth of
more exotic crops like sugarcane and citrus fruits and
the humidity is key in the production of the region’s
signature Guarna liquor, a sweeter spirit that’s aged
with sugarcane and molasses.
Because of these natural exotic goods and the
people’s demil-may-care attitude, Saint Rollis is
generally viewed as a party city, nothing more than a
den of gamblers and alcoholics trying to extend their
hedonistic tirades for as long as possible. However, the
city also shows its worth to the rest of the nation by
acting as the main production capital for firearms and
boats in Bandera, supplying much of the military
supplies for Longhowl Island and other surrounding
bases.
Vasthollow
Situated south of Bearbend Lake, Vasthollow is a
sprawling frontier city that does its best to blend
modern urban sensibilities with a more rural lifestyle.
While it may not offer the numerous technological
innovations of a place like New Cashus or the wild city
life of Saint Rollis, many flock here to Vasthollow to
escape the hustle and bustle of city life and find a
quieter way of living out on the plains.
While not as rough and tumble as a true frontier
town, Vasthollow still requires its residents to contend
with nature and other dangers. The city’s proximity to
the Cavallo border makes skirmishes with encroaching
Beastborn relatively common, and natural predators
such as bears, wolves, mountain lions and more are
prevalent throughout the area. However, this presents
something of an advantage for Vasthollow as well, with
this large animal population allowing the city to
provide some of the best horse stables and fur trading
markets in all of Bandera.
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 Cavallo
Native home of the Beastborn, Cavallo is one of the
last bastions of fully uncivilized frontier land. While
there are settlements and towns that dot the plains,
those who come to Cavallo will find no government, no
regulations and no rules…and all the lawlessness and
danger that comes with that.
Geography
When looking at the landscape of Cavallo, the one
word that can accurately summarize it is “green.” The
vast majority of Cavallo’s area is taken up by the
verdant windswept Grasi plains that are broken up by
the occasional forested grove.
While relatively flat compared to the rest of the 5
Corners, these plains still boast sloping hillscapes that
roll for miles, stretching across the horizon. The
Talroc Mountains on the southwestern side of the land
also serve as a unqiue geographical landmark that
stands out from the norm, creating a sphere of alpine
landscape that sits between plains, forest, and coast.
The land gets more forested the farther one goes
towards the coastline, as the waters of the western
Blacktrail Sea and the northern Disden Ocean flow
into Cavallo’s many rivers and lakes. The main outlier
for this is the Fingers, a large collection of connected
rivers and tributaries in northwestern Cavallo that
saturate the ground, causing a large area of wetlands
that comprise the northwestern corner of the land.
Most of Cavallo’s civilized areas are concentrated
near the southern border with Bandera, and they
become more and more sparse the farther north one
goes. However, there are rumors of swamp tribes
comprised of many different races that live in the
Fingers, as well as small fishing communities that line
the northern coast.
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Society
Cavallo does not boast much in the way of organized
society, and for many of the land’s residents, that’s
exactly the situation they’re looking for. The lack of
organized law or government has attracted all manner
of foreign outcasts, from outlaws and cultists to
entrepreneurs looking to find their fortune without
the burden of regulation.
Plenty have also attempted to curtail Cavallo’s wild
nature, and all up to this point have failed
spectacularly. What these would be “civilized saviors”
soon find upon entering this land is that Cavallo is
crawling with all manner of natural monsters, from
trolls and otuyghs to massive rocs and burrowing
worms that can swallow entire cities. The Beastborn
know that creating large cities here does nothing but
invite the ire of the wildlife, which is why they keep to
small nomadic packs and roam the land, laughing at
the ruins of foolish settlements that thought they
could tame this land.
Monsters aren’t the only dangers hiding in the
woods either. Bandit gangs flock to Cavallo in droves
looking for an easy score, and many cults and other
strange secret societies roam the plains looking for
new members or sacrifices, many of which they have
no problem with taking by force.
However, despite these dangers, Cavallo is a land of
abundant opportunity and those who can handle the
risks can reap substantial rewards. Monster slayers,
prospectors, explorers, couriers and doctors are just a
small few of the occupations that are in great demand
across the fledgling settlements of Cavallo, and many
would pay a great deal for such services.
Notable Locations
Crooked Port
This verdant northeastern island sits between
mainland Cavallo and Riado Mesa. Despite the island’s
beauty and abundance of natural resources, it is
relatively deserted, with many of the residents of the
surrounding area outright avoiding it. However, there
sits a single civilized complex in the middle of the
island that stretches out to the northern and southern
ports, allowing for trade and travel for those willing to
make the trip.
This complex is home to the secret society known as
the Ivory Visitors. Their origins and aims are a
mystery, and their identities are hidden behind solid
ivory masks and homegenized clothing that hides both
the wearer’s face and bodily silhouette. They are
coridal enough with visitng traders, though no one
outside of the Visitors are allowed past the docks, and
those who have attempted to break this rule are never
seen nor heard from again.
Hangman’s Grotto
Located in the swamps of the eastern facing Goswell
Tributary in the Fingers, Hangman’s Grotto is known
for being a hotbed of occult magic, and rumors hold
that it may exist on top of a leyline corrupted by
demonic influence. This marsh houses hanged bodies
of various humanoids that have somehow been
preserved despite the rot that permeates throughout
the surrounding landscape.
How these individuals were killed and how they are
preserved is a mystery, however, there are records of
individuals dying in other areas across the 5 Corners,
only for their bodies to somehow wind up in the
Grotto. This occult energy has attracted cultists and
sinister characters of all kinds, making the area highly
dangerous, though there are many explorers and
researchers willing to brave these dangers to learn
more about the Grotto’s secrets.
Lowstead
This small settlement is nestled in between the
Dancing River and Brightcord Lake near the northern
edge of Cavallo. Lowstead is known around the
surrounding area as nice enough spot and it acts as a
good respite for travelers making the trek across the
plains.
However, Lowstead is also famous for the ancient
Suhnan standing stones that it houses. These stones
predate all known histories, and even modern Suhnan
do not recognize them. No one except the people of
Lowstead know what exactly they are or what they do,
but the town’s inhabitants inform all travelers that
unauthorized meddling with the stones is punishable
by death, no exceptions.
The Shining Run
Acting as the object of every prospector’s fantasy, it is
said that this legendary valley within the Talroc
Mountains is the site of a strange leyline that causes
the clouds to literally rain gold. Countless adventurers
have swarmed this area in search of their fortunes, and
there are plenty of bogus claims of someone making
off with as much gold as they can carry from the
valley, but to this day, no one has presented provable
evidence of anyone actually witnessing the valley’s
rumored “money storms.”
Regardless of the truth of these claims, the valley is
nonetheless a hotbed of activity, most of which is
incredibly dangerous for those who are caught ill-
prepared. Between the rampant native monster
population and the traveling prospectors looking to
stamp out any competition, anyone looking to find
their fortune in the Shining Run will undoubtedly have
to pay their fair share in blood.
Wadirville
Located on the southwestern edge of Flat Top Lake
near the Banderan border, Wadirville is the largest
survivng example of civilization in Cavallo and the
closest thing the land has to a capital. While there is
more comfort and safety here compared to the open
wilderness, Wadirville is still quite a rough town,
boasting the same level of lawlessness that is present
across Cavallo.
Murder and robbery is a rather common occurrence
in Wadirville, and despite the occasional visit from
marshals and bounty hunters looking for runaway
outlaws, the justice that is doled out here is not always
fair and impartial. Money talks loudly in Wadirville,
and there aren’t many that have more money here
than Clyde McKenzie, the Rucho owner of the Brass
Antler saloon, who acts as a de facto boss of the town.
While there are many who go about their own
business here, as well as many who work to overthrow
McKenzie’s position of power, no one can deny that in
Wadirville, whatever Clyde says, goes.
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 Goliad
Commonly referred to amongst the native Suhnan as
“The First Land,” Goliad is a verdant nation housing a
large concentration of leylines. Not much of this
insular land is shown to outsiders, but the time seems
to be fast approaching that Goliad may connect with
the outside world once again.
Geography
Goliad is the largest nation of the 5 Corners, and as
such, boasts impressive biome diversity, with deserts,
forests, plains, mountains, swamps and more all
reaching across this vast land. Some of the largest
stretches of singular biomes are the massive Nukpana
Marshes which stretch across the nation’s entire
eastern edge and the vast Akacheta Mountains, which
serve as a western barrier, shielding Goliad from
outsiders.
West of the Akachetas, Goliad bleeds towards
Bullseye, where the Wadan and Kia-Ro Kian deserts
meet, and this border continues north as it hugs the
southeastern edge of the Riado Mesa, signifying the
Suhnan’s continued vigilance towards the Mesa’s
inhabitants. This dry area is home to some of the more
warlike tribes of the Suhnan, who act as a good
deterrent for unauthorized visitors.
In between the mountains and marshes, central
Goliad is comprised primarily of grasslands and
forests, acting as the heartland of the nation. Despite
the large number of tribes that live in this area, most
of the land appears relatively untouched due to these
tribes’ more nomadic nature, which allows native flora
and fauna to repopulate by the time a new tribe settles
in a given area.
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Society
While many outsiders look at Goliad as the home of
the Suhnan people as a whole, their society is actually
far more nuanced than many foreigners might
imagine. Though it is true that the Suhnan people and
culture originated here, many of the tribes that have
now returned to Goliad spent centuries living in areas
that have since been settled by other peoples, and due
to the very sacred connection the Suhnan have with
the lands that they inhabit, it can lead to some tribes
feeling like outsiders even within the land they have
now called home for more than 100 years.
This, combined with Goliad’s more loose federation
style of government, has led to societies and sub-
cultures that can differ wildly despite them technically
all falling under the same nation. Much of this is tied
to the 24 surviving Suhnan tribes that now populate
this land. These 24 tribes are split into 4 different
categories, according to the element associated with
their homeland/area, with there being 6 tribes each of
Air, Water, Fire and Earth Suhnan.
These tribes differ in specific customs and
traditions, though the chiefs of each tribe sit on the
round table of the Ashaya Federation, along with the
chief of Nahwatka, who acts as a tiebreaker. The city of
Nahwatka itself is the only neutral, tribeless
settlement in the entirety of Goliad, which was a
choice made to ensure that no single tribe could ever
control the capital and tip the internal balance of
power throughout the nation.
Each tribe has different methods for determining
their leaders, as well as their own processes for
creating laws within their territories, over which they
have almost complete sovereignty. However, decrees
made by the Ashaya are absolute, and override any
preconceived laws or rules made by individual tribes.
Notable Locations
Hanska
Located along the southwestern edge of the
Akachetas, Hanska is a sprawling town set high in the
mountains that acts as the seat of power of the
Molimo tribe. The Air Suhnan of the Molimo are much
more adapted to the area’s high altitude than other
types of Suhnan, which has allowed them to expand
their territory across southwestern Goliad, settling in
areas that others simply cannot reach, and they have
become the most powerful of the Air tribes as a result.
Due to their relative isolation and position near the
Arroyan border, the people of Hanska are actually
quite friendly and inviting of outsiders compared to
other Suhnan, believing that those who can handle the
arduous trek through the mountains to reach them are
certainly worthy of their hospitality.
The Molimo chief Ahusaka is said to be the main
driver behind this friendly philosophy, and while
Hanska receives many benefits from their interactions
with outsiders, it is rumored that his continued
openness is sowing distrust among other leaders of
the Federation.
Nahwatka
Goliad’s capital city of Nahwatka is the oldest recorded
city in the history of the 5 Corners and is the site of
the first discovered leyline. Nahwatka is also the only
tribeless city in Goliad, acting as a neutral area that
houses Suhnan of all different types and backgrounds.
While non-Suhnan residents do exist in the city, they
are exceedingly rare as very few outsiders are granted
the privilege of being able to visit.
Led by Chief Liseli Nahwatka boasts a strict
adherence to Suhnan traditions, serving as the central
node of the Somonastran faith, whose Elders regularly
tend to the Nakos, a highly guarded citadel that is
rumored to house the origin point of the first leyline,
where one can conceivably look upon raw magic itself.
Nidawi
Settled on the eastern banks of Lake Shilah in the
Nukpana Marshes, Nidawi is the seat of power of the
Natane tribe, the largest Water Suhnan tribe in Goliad.
The Natane make their name across Goliad as
explorers and craftspeople, known for their sailing
abilities as well as their potent tonics and poisons.
However, they are also known as a rather secretive
people, and some believe that Nidawi’s leadership
connives against the rest of the Suhnan. The Natane
chief Dezba is known for being an intelligent, yet
eccentric leader, hosting a large coterie of shamans
and channelers in order to learn more about magic.
This affinity for strange magics, combined with
Nidawi’s waterway connection to D’rrick Bay, has led
to rumors of a secret alliance between the Natane and
the Calavera of Riado Mesa, rumors that Dezba has
done her best to stamp out.
Shadi
Located near the western border with Bullseye, Shadi
is a desert city that houses the Nokosi tribe, chief
among the Fire Suhnan. Despite the Nokosi’s more
aggressive nature, Shadi sees more foreign traffic than
perhaps any other place in Goliad. While the Nokosi
warriors fulfill their role of protecting the rest of
Goliad from invaders, this exposure has also made the
Nokosi into highly competent merchants, forming
large trading plazas for outsiders looking to peddle
their wares.
However, that doesn’t mean that outsiders can
expect complete hospitality in Shadi, as there are
many among the Nokosi who are itching for a fight,
just waiting for some brazen foreigner to make the
first move. The chiefs of the Nokosi are Halian and Meli
the husband and wife pair nicknamed the “Twin Suns,”
and while Halian is more than happy to continue the
city’s mercantile progress, rumors grow that Meli
seeks the spark that would ignite a war against the
outsiders.
Tuketu
Unlike the stationary settlements found across the
borders of Goliad, many Earth Suhnan tribes share
lands and live in roving nomadic settlements that
move across the plains, following seasonal paths,
migration patterns of specific hunting animals or even
for religious reasons.
Of these mobile settlements, none are larger than
Tuketu, the seat of the Hassun tribe of Earth Suhnan.
The Hassun follow the migration patterns of the
Istaqa, large horned beasts native to the plains of
central Goliad, with whom the Hassun have formed a
symbiotic relationship, helping to grow the Istaqa
population while also hunting them for food, clothing
and more.
Because of this roving, animal-focused culture, the
Hassun are very adept hunters, gatherers and
leatherworkers. In Tuketu, all children are taught to
ride a horse and hold and use a bow by the time they
are 8 years old, a skillset that makes the Hassun well-
equipped in times of both peace and war.
The Hassun chief Wanahton is known for his
practicality and disdain for the gossip and rumors of
other tribes. His no-nonsense style of leadership
bleeds into the culture of his people, who focus on
what is in front of them rather than entertain
outlandish ideas.
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 Riado Mesa
Home to strange beings and natural phenomena, Riado
Mesa is perhaps the most unique and dangerous area
of the 5 Corners. As the birthplace of the Calavera and
Cactoids, this land is shrouded in a multitude of
mysteries, some of which may hold the key to
understanding the leylines and the complete history of
the entire Frontier.
Geography
The majority of Riado can ony be described as a
wasteland, with the only places able to support any
sort of natural flora or fauna being the small strip of
the Wadan Desert to the south and the plains of the
Silent Valley to the east. Most of this land is instead
dominated by the massive Mesa itself, a large, mostly
flat mountainous formation that stretches for miles
from coast to coast.
While the Mesa doesn’t support any natural
waterways or agriculture, it is far from uninhabited.
The power of the leylines of Riado Mesa is seemingly
much more amplified and chaotic in comparison to
those found in other areas of the 5 Corners, which has
led to the creation of a number of aberrant beings that
now roam the land. Elementals, oozes, and aberrations
like nothics and slaads are numerous here, having
been birthed by the latent energies of the native
leylines.
These energies also affect weather patterns on the
Mesa heavily, causing massive magical storms that can
make overland travel even more dangerous. Dust
storms strong enough to flay skin, arcing lightning
that can cause large craters and wide swaths of acidic
rain are all possibilities among the weird weather of
the Mesa, which makes the native races unqiuely
equipped to survive here, at the expense of all other
potential visitors.
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Society
Because of the very dangerous native envrionment,
Riado Mesa boasts a much smaller population
compared to the rest of the 5 Corners, yet the
settlements that survive here are actually quite
civilized. The Calavera have been building cities and
connecting with one another here for more than 150
years, and the Cactoids have come into a situation
where the society that is already present here allows
them to slot in quite nicely.
Thus, despite its relative youth, the Riado Alliance
has gotten off to a very fruitful start as Riado Mesa’s
first attempt at civilized government in the post-
Rucho era. The Alliance itself acts as a bureaucracy
bound by a constitutional document known as the
Decree, created by the Unbound Paragon Sar’k, a
Calavera that has been deemed to house a particularly
holy Ruined spirit according to the Church of the
Ruined. Sar’k acts as a judiciary leader, upholding the
base laws of the Decree in conjuction with the leaders
of the Standard, a collection of powerful mercantile
guilds each with their own focus and aims.
The Calavera guilds of the Standard represent the
Calavera’s ability to throw themselves into a task and
find complete satisfaction in expertise, and as a result
are mainly comprised of artisans and manufacturers,
such as the Minter’s Guild, the Smith’s Guild or the
Mason’s Guild. Cactoid guilds, on the other hand,
represent their people’s predilection for travel and
social connections, and as such are comprised of
groups like the Seafarer’s, Trader’s, and Courier’s
guilds.
There are dozens of guilds throughout the Standard,
and while their level of power and influence vary, only
6 guild leaders can sit on a specific issue or proposed
law, which leads to seats generally either being filled
by guilds intrinsically related to the issue at hand or by
those guilds with enough capital to buy out a seat.
Notable Locations
Kar’k
As the capital city of the Riado Alliance and seat of the
Unbound Paragon, Kar’k sees a large influx of traffic
from both Riado citizens and foreign interests.
Located on a stretch of land between the D’rrick Bay
and Disden Ocean, K’ar’k is primarily a port city, a
deliberate choice made by the city’s founders that
protects it from overland travel due to the dangers of
the Mesa.
While small in comparison to many of its
contemporaries, the city is an economic powerhouse
thanks to housing many of the Standard’s guilds, and is
also the seat of power of the Church of the Ruined.
Kar’k also serves as major curiosity for archaelogists
and scholars across the 5 Corners due to the Rebirth
Catacombs that lie beneath the city. These caves are
the birthplace of the Calavera, and while the tunnels
may be treacherous, many believe they hold the secret
of the Calavera’s true nature and purpose.
K’irko
Located across the D’rrick Bay from the capital city of
Kar’k, K’irko is home to the powerful Mage’s Guild and
acts as the center of arcane research across Riado.
Much like Kar’k, it is made much more easily accesible
to outsiders due to its coastal location, as long as
those traveling here are willing to make the long trip
from the sea.
However, being that this city is the birthplace of the
coveted Linograph, foreigners are willing to travel far
and wide to get a chance at this new technology,
which has brought a massive level of wealth to the
city. With this wealth and influence, the Mage’s Guild
has gained practically complete control over the city,
and is growing rapidly to become one of the largest
guilds in the Standard.
While the large majority of the guild’s members are
Arcanists or Ley-Touched, the Mage’s Guild accepts
casters of all kinds, and is rumored to be actively
recruiting foreign mages of varying backgrounds for a
large-scale “project” that aims to catapult magical
understanding into the future.
Oroda Mines
Located near the center of the Mesa, the Oroda Mines
once housed a massive gold mining expedition funded
in equal parts by the Riado Alliance and the city of
Bullseye in 1170. Early prospecting had showed signs of
massive veins within these mines with enough gold to
potentially disrupt the entire economy of the 5
Corners, though within a year of starting operations,
things began to go terribly wrong.
The story goes that the miners went crazy, claiming
that the gold was speaking to them, telling them to dig
deeper and deeper to unearth something known as the
Grand Flame. A massacre followed as the crazed
miners began to murder those who did not fall in line
with their new mission, and after multiple failed
attempts at raids from marshals and other
adventurers, Oroda was eventually abandoned as a
failure.
Now, twenty years later, travelers avoid Oroda as a
cursed place. Many believe its impossible that the
miners could still be in there after 20 years with no
food or water, and yet there are those who claim to
still hear the ring of pickaxes when passing by the
caves.
Poyri
Situated on the banks of the Strum River near the
western border with Cavallo, Poyri is a desert town
inhabitated almost entirely by Cactoids. This small city
is the birthplace of the Cactuar movement, which is a
growing grassroots political group that stands
opposed to the Riado Alliance, claiming that within the
supposedly “equal” Alliance, the Calavera work to
suppress Cactoid culture in favor of their own.
Instead, the people of Poyri look to create their own
independent government for the Cactoid people, that
will allow them to grow as an individual culture rather
than become “homogenized” under the Calavera,
which has understandably led to tense relations with
the governance that rules over Riado. The town is led
by Mayor Oeda, a former explorer and founder of the
Cactuar movement.
While Oeda has preached that followers should seek
out the accomplishment of the movement’s goals
without violence, there are a multitude of more radical
cells among the Cactuars whose penchant for
bloodshed threatens all that Oeda has built.
Silent Valley
This expansive plain east of the Mesa forms the border
with northern Goliad, and is the only part of Riado that
does not resemble a dry wasteland. Despite this
seemingly verdant outlier, this valley is practically
abandoned due to a single reason: it is the only known
area in the 5 Corners where absolutely no leylines
exist.
Settlement attempts in this area have all failed
across the board, and those who have passed through
this area described a eerily quiet landscape, with no
signs of life found at all outside of the grass and trees.
Among the Suhnan, this valley is taboo, and any
among them who decide to wander here are
ostracized forever. In the Somonastran faith, they
believe that the ancient evil being Uyaga was defeated
here, and slumbers still, waiting for some foolish
mortal to cross their path.
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 Bullseye

Located right in the middle of all 5 Corners, Bullseye is

prime real estate, and acts as both a mediator and
independent sanctuary from many of the sovereign
nations across the Frontier.

History and Society

Bullseye’s strange beginnings stretch back to the Deep
Sand War with a decorated Rucho army captain named
Casey Taylor. Captain Taylor was present at the
decisive Battle of Mulac-Cal Ridge in 1089, where he
was shot and pronounced dead, having sacrificed
himself to allow his company time to retreat.
However, despite his death being witnessed by
many, his body was never recovered, and rumors
began to circulate of Taylor wandering the Barren
Heart of Arroyas, refusing to go to the grave. In the
year 1092, the people of the Frontier were stunned to
see that these rumors were true, as Taylor emerged
from the Barren Heart, leading a sizable group of
refugees from both sides of the Deep Sand War
through the northern Kia-Ro Kian to the center of the
newly drawn border lines of the 5 Corners, where he
founded Bullseye.
This new settlement is technically built across all
borders of the 5 Corners, which many of the sovereign
nations saw as a challenge to the integrity of their land
claims. The angered governments sent numerous
marshal groups and military battalions to take back
control of the area, though at every turn, they were
fought back by Taylor and his militia.
The legend of Casey “Two Lives” Taylor grew, as
increasingly bombastic tall tales began to circulate
across the 5 Corners of his many feats. Some believe
that the story of his death was a cover-up for him
deserting the Rucho army in protest of the war. Others
think that the Sayre nursed him back to health in an
attempt to send him back to the Rucho as a spy. Some
others believe that he did die, but happened across the
Giver somewhere in the desert, with whom he made a
deal for another chance at life.
Whatever the truth may be, Taylor’s abilities as a
gunslinger and leader allowed him to outlast the
attacks on Bullseye’s sovereignty, as the different
militaries eventually gave up wasting people and
resources on what was ultimately a small patch of
land. For almost 100 years, Bullseye has stood as a free
city, taking in travelers of all kinds and acting as a very
lucrative neutral ground for political and mercantile
negotiations between representatives of different
countries.
Casey Taylor led the town as its mayor until his
death from disease in 1145, and left behind the
Common Committee, a collection of prominent
merchants, lawmen, and scholars in the community, to
lead the town in his stead. Potential appointees to the
Common Comittee can be put forward via public
support, and the Committee votes on their
appointment, with a masked individual known as the
Commissioner acting as a tiebreaker in all matters.
The identity of the Commisioner is completely
secret, even to the rest of the Committee, so as to
avoid corruption, and instead, the Commisioner is
chosen by an indivudal known as the Executor, who
makes their choice based off of incredibly detailed
instructions left behind by Casey Taylor in his will,
which only the Executor has access to.
The people of Bullseye buy into this system because
of their devotion to Taylor’s memory, and none can
argue that the Committee hasn’t helped grow Bullseye
tremendously since its inauguration. Another pillar of
their trust in this system is supported by the rumor
that the masked Commissioner is actually Bullseye’s
beloved founder in disguise, leading from the shadows
after having somehow cheated death once again.

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 Chapter 4: Faith and Religion

R
eligion is widespread across the5 Corners,
though that doesn’t make it any less
ambiguous. In the Frontier, gods are
beings of faith and faith alone, as no one
from any religion has provided concrete,
unassailable proof of any deity’s existence.
The cultures of the Frontier have all brought their
own methods of worship to this land, however, all
faiths are widespread enough to have followers of
every major race. The role of a priest is a calling and
an occupation describing all who have dedicated their
lives to serving a deity, not restricted to a specific
class or suite of abilities. Though Zealots gain their
magical powers specifically from deep belief in a deity,
any character might be a priest.
The following pages describe the 4 major faiths that
are practiced across the land, as well as the 3 major
demonic cults. These are not the only deities with
followers; these other gods simply have smaller or
more specialized areas of concern.

Religions of the Frontier

Culture of Priest
Faith Description Origin title
Church of the Church that believes that the leylines are an amalgamation of once-mortal sentient beings known Calavera Deacon
Ruined as the Ruined that are trapped by old magic. Cactoid and Calavera followers believe that they are
reincarnations of the souls of the Ruined, and that they must break the chains of the leylines to
free their brothers and sisters.
Hazonen Believes in a multitude of gods that are all fragments of the original god, Haz, who created both Sayre Zamna
the Living World and the Far Realm. Hazonites believe that the fracturing of Haz blurred the lines
between the spirit world and the material, which spawned magic.
Somonastra Faith that sees the land itself as a sentient deity, known as Somona. Worshippers believe that the Suhnan Elder
Suhnan were created as Somona’s protectors, and they see leylines as Somona’s life blood.
Trinitism Faith that believes that 3 gods created living beings with their dying breath to be the champions Rucho Reverend
of progress and find the secrets to immortality through an apotheosis known as the Great Eureka.

Demonic Cults
Demon Priest
Lord Description title
Mescalero Demon of Greed, Pride & Hedonism. Preys on gamblers, addicts, perverts, and the overly ambitious and Reveler
decadent to do his bidding in exchange for riches and pleasure.
Noh-Tante Demon of Darkness, Dreams & Madness. Worshipped by occultists, overzealous soothsayers, and the insane. Sombra
His aims are as difficult to grasp as his followers
Praxus Demon of War, Revenge & Conquest. Worshippers include berserkers, rogue channelers, and occult arcanists Vicar
focused on bringing about the Blood Crusade, a mythic near-apocalyptic event where the strong will overthrow
the weak.

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the Ruined
Created by the Calavera, the Church of the Ruined
offers meaning to a people who were thrust into the
world with far more questions than answers.
According to the Church’s canon, known as the
Scriptures of Kacuks, there was a progenitor race that
lived on the Frontier even before the Suhnan whose
name was struck from history. They were purpotedly
innately magical beings that built a highly advanced
society that stretched across all of the modern 5
Corners.
Paragons
The Scriptures say that these beings sought Paragon Alignment Portfolios
knowledge in all its forms, which ultimately led to Dauhluk LN Life, law, souls
their downfall. They believed that there existed beings Kacuks N History, secrets,
that lived outside of mortal understanding, in a Kan’ck LN Artifice, magic, inventiveness
strange realm known only as the Glow. This belief led Trek’ds CG Light, stars, travelers
them to tirelessly look for ways to reach the Glow, V’ccax N Commerce, wealth, the arts
believing it to be a paradise waiting for those worthy
enough to reach it. After centuries of efforts, they had
developed a ritual that would take them to the Glow.
However, the ritual did not work as intended. Dauhluk
Instead of leading the progenitor beings to their Known as the “Judge,” Dauhluk is the Paragon of Life &
promised land, they were imprisoned in the earth, Law. Dauhluk was a renowned judiciary who acted as a
their bodies entombed as their spirits became pure prominent moral compass before the Fall. The Church
magic, forming the leylines. The Scriptures blame believes the the Unbound Paragon Sar’k houses the
multiple possible culprits, from internal saboteurs to reborn soul of Dauhluk.
the native beings of the Glow themselves, but the
truth is that even the Church does not claim to know Kacuks
the true cause of their ancestor’s folly. Known as the “Loremaster,” Kacuks is the Paragon of
Because of their failure, the beings lost their name History & Secrets. Kacuks documented the Fall in his
and became forever known as the Ruined, resigned to Scriptures, which as the blueprint of the Church’s
their imprisonment within the leylines. The followers faith.
of the Church believe that their souls are those few
who have been able to slip through the cracks of this Kan’ck
millenia-old prison, and inhabit new physical forms. Known as the “Fell Mage,” Kan’ck is the Paragon of
For these followers, their ultimate goal is to solve the Magic & Invention. Kan’ck was the greatest mage of his
puzzle of the leylines, so that they may free their people, advancing their society greatly, but also
bound brothers and sisters from their eternal prison. creating the ritual the led to the Fall.
Followers of the Church are known as the Unbound
and priests of the Church are known as Deacons. In Trek’ds
everyday life, followers of the Church pray to beings Known as the “Explorer,” Trek’ds is the Paragon of
known as Paragons, who are legendary members of Travel & Light. Trek’ds was said to have been the only
the Ruined known for their feats in their past lives. mortal to reach the Glow, and returned to guide his
While the Unbound don’t necessarily see the Paragons people back.
as all-knowing deities, they treat them more like V’ccax
experts in their field, and invoke their names for
Known as the “Merchant,” V’ccax is the Paragon of
guidance and inspiration.
Commerce & Art. Legends say that V’ccax was able to
make a deal with his people’s captors, which led to the
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 Hazonen
To the Hazonites, the worlds of the universe were
created by a mysterious omniscient god known as Haz.
Whether he was a being that existed before known
time, created by some larger force, or is simply a
manifestation of the universe itself, the true nature
and origin of Haz is unknown. In the dawn of time, it is Widely Known Deities
said that Haz created two worlds, the Living World and
the Far Realm, inhabited by the living and dead Deity Alignment Portfolios
respectively. The Bearer LN War, sacrifice, justice
However, while these worlds were in their infancy, The Giver CN Art, gambling, trickery
Haz was inexplicably fractured into an unfathomable The Keeper LN Knowldege, law
number of different beings during a mysterious event The Shepherd LG Travel, spirits
known as the Golden Hour. The cause of this event is The Shineweaver CG Light, commerce, crafting
interpreted differently by numerous sects of The Toll Collector N Death, oaths
Hazonites, with some believing that it was all a part of The Tranquil NG Life, protection, oases
Haz’s grand mysterious plan for his creations, others
believing that Haz fought some ancient unknown evil
and that the Golden Hour was the result of the injuries The Bearer
he sustained, while others still believe that the strain Embodying the aspect of Duty, The Bearer stands for
of creation was too much for the god, and that keeping those who fight with wisdom and honor as much as
the worlds separate was beyond the capabilities of his with weapons.
old form.
Whatever the reason, Hazonites follow Haz in his The Giver
many different forms that they know today, with each Embodying the aspect of Truth, The Giver is known for
form representing an aspect of their creator that is unearthing unfortunate truths about others through
worshipped as an individual deity with a specific double-sided deals.
portfolio. However, even Hazonites do not claim to
know the extent of Haz’s forms, with rumors and The Keeper
stories of new aspects popping up with some Embodying the aspect of Memory, The Keeper acts as
regularity. a protector of established knowledge, rooting out
Why the Far Realm was created is also a subject of misinformation and safeguarding archives.
heavy debate, even among Hazonites, though the
prevailing theory is that the passing of spirits to their The Shepherd
new home is meant as a form of enshrinement of one’s Embodying the aspect of Adventure, The Shepherd
life, where their actions during their living days wanders the world, seeking new experiences and
determine their spiritual eternity. Those who live lives occasionally bringing guests to revel in the unknown.
of peace and understanding become spirits of
The Shineweaver
Empathy and Hope, misers and charlatans become
Embodying the aspect of Creation, The Shineweaver
spirits of Greed and Gluttony and those prone to
fashions wonders out of pure light, showing mortals
violence and bloodshed become spirits of Vengeance
the true extent their imaginations can go.
or Wrath.
For Hazonites, none of these spirits are necessarily The Toll Collector
“evil,” as all spirits have lessons to teach, even those Embodying the aspect of Certainty, The Toll Collector
that symbolize the darkest parts of mortal life. While is a grim, yet comfortable reminder of the things that
Hazonites do not have a traditional church-like one cannot change. An oath made is an oath kept, and
structure, they are led by priests known as Zamna, a beginning must also have an end.
who act as oracles and soothsayers that interpret the
miracles of Haz, and the lessons taught by his many The Tranquil
aspects. Embodying the aspect of Peace, The Tranquil offers
solace to the weary, food to the hungry, and a shield to
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Somonastrans believe that the earth itself is divine,
worshiping the land as a deity called Somona. They
believe that at the dawn of creation, 2 beings
manifested from the seeds of nothingness: Somona
and Uyaga. Somona was a being of pure life, energy
and change, manifesting as the land itself, and
injecting life into the world via her magical spirit,
which is known today as ley energy. Conversely, Uyaga
was a being of death, stagnation and silence,
manifesting as the void surrounding the earth, and
acting as the counterpart to Somona’s will.
Eons ago, the two fought in a battle that lasted
entire lifetimes, with Somona eventually having the
upper hand, defeating Uyaga and imprisoning him in Deities
the Silent Valley. The story goes that the night sky was
Deity Alignment Portfolios
once completely black, but now one can see the moon
Somona LG Life, light, reincarnation, nature
and stars which are the chains the keep Uyaga bound.
Uyaga LE Darkness, final death, truth
Legends say that Uyaga’s imprisonment is only
temporary, and that on a fated day known as Ehane, he
will be freed and will swallow the world in darkness.
However, this battle took a major toll on Somona,
and the effort required to keep Uyaga imprisoned Somona
leaves her vulnerable. The ecosystem that Somona had Somona is the embodiment of change, exemplifying
created rose to protect its creator, and the Suhnan the many ways that life grows and evolves. To her, life
were born as Somona’s antibodies, meant to shield her polices itself, and should be allowed to continue
from threats and tend to her leylines. without outside interference because in the Creator
To the Somonastrans, all life is cyclical, having come Spirit’s eye, life never truly ends, it simply becomes
from the same pool of energy. They are the creations something new.
of Somona, but they are also Somona, being born from
Uyaga
her own life force, and when they die, they do not
Uyaga is the end of all things. To Uyaga, the end
leave the earth but are instead recycled back into the
cannot be avoided, and to attempt to do so is to fight
flow of the leylines, waiting to be reincarnated as a
wildly against the laws of the universe. The Great
new being.
Silence preaches that the one universal truth is that
While other faiths may focus on the preaching of
life cannot continue forever, the flame must one day
morality, Somonastrans focus simply on what is,
die out, no matter how hard one fights.
focusing on utilitarian teachings that frame
themselves as part of the larger ecosystem of Somona,
and that they only immoral acts are those that would
disrupt the ecosystem. These immoral acts are known
as taboo, and those who knowingly commit taboo are
excommunicated from the faith and their
communities, sometimes even being put to death for
their transgressions.
The taboos include things such as wanton murder
without clear cause, rape, slavery, and the worship or
furtherance of the goals of Uyaga. While things like
theft and and property crimes may be handled by
political authorities, the interpretations and execution
of taboo laws in a Somonastran society are handled by
the Elders, priests that safeguard the values of the
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 Trinitism
As the primary faith of the Rucho, Trinitism preaches
that everything is finite, and that its followers must
push the boundaries of what is known in order to
achieve everlasting life. According to this faith, there
were 3 gods that existed before the humanoids of
today, Avnos, Elos and Taos. These deities were
obsessed with the creation of the perfect life form, a
creation that could lead them to the secrets of eternal
life.
The Trinity devoted their lives to this task, but
ultimately found themselves unable to crack the
mystifying puzzle of immortality. So, with their final
breaths, they created the Rucho, and entrusted them
with carrying the torch of progress towards a hopeful
point known as the Great Eureka, where they would Deities
finally unlock the secret to eternity. Deity Alignment Portfolios
This mission, combined with the acceptance that Avnos LN Knowledge, travel, craft
nothing lasts forever, have made the Trinitarians a Elos CN Life, fate, magic
group obsessed with legacy, progress and extension of Taos LN Justice, law, light
life. For them, the pursuit of the Great Eureka is all one
should devote their life to, and if they are unable to
reach it before their death, then their life is measured
Avnos
in the progress they made towards this collective goal.
Avnos is the Navigator, always pushing forward. To
However, while Trinitism preaches that one should
invoke Avnos is to inspire creation, to look for
be beholden to this ambition, it does not say that it
direction or to study the paths already traveled.
should be pursued at the absolute abandonment of
morality. The teachings of Taos specifically speak to Elos
the importance of civilization and moral common law. Elos is the Seer, discerning truth from the mysteries of
To many Trinitarians, eternal life should not come at life. To invoke Elos is to find conviction in staying true
the cost of one’s civilized nature, and the challenge is to one’s destiny, to push themselves and others to a
in the balance of pursuing the Great Eureka while not great legacy, or to see through the illusion of
losing yourself in the process. ignorance.
Because Trinitarians believe that their gods are
dead, their prayers and teachings mainly invoke the Taos
memories of these beings. A Trinitarian judge praying Taos is the Exemplar, standing tall as the shining
to Taos for guidance in dealing with a complex legal standard to hold to. To invoke Taos is to find one’s
matter does not believe that they are actually speaking moral center, to burn falsehoods, and stay true to the
to Taos, but are instead invoking his name in order to laws of man.
stir themselves to be resolute in ensuring that they act
in Taos’ image.
The Reverends of Trinitism preach this sort of
imitation of their gods, asking that when their
congregations find themselves in times of moral strife
or crossroads of character, they act as the Trinity
would do, based on the teachings of the Last Words,
the canon supposedly written by the Trinity moments
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Mescalero
Also known as the “Cruel Celebrant,” Mescalero is the
demon of hedonism, whose followers preach that true
divinity is found in the complete and constant
satisfaction of one’s urges. To Mescalero and his
Revelers, discipline is antithetical to a life well-lived,
and neither “civilized” laws nor internal inhibitions
should ever stop someone from doing what they want
to do.
However, while Mescalero may wish for his followers
to pursue the rampant and unabashed satisfaction of
their own desires, he makes no claim that one should
not face consequences for their actions. A man who
wishes another dead should immediately act on his
urges in Mescalero’s eyes, though he should also be
prepared for his would-be victim to act on his urge to
survive.
Thus, to those who follow the Celebrant’s path, the
power hierarchy of the world is determined by those
who act on their urges and possess the willpower to
see these urges carried out against all opposition.

Noh-Tante
Perhaps the most mysterious demonic being, Noh-
Tante is the demon of madness, darkness and dreams.
Cults devoted to “the Whispering Shadow” are few and
far between, with many instead worshiping their own
individual intepretations of this strange being.
Because of this lack of widespread, organized faith,
descriptions of Noh-Tante and its aims can vary wildly,
a fact that some religious scholars have posited is
intentionally done to drive one closer to isolation and
madness, and therefore, closer to Noh-Tante.
This faith is spread primarily by individual occult
priests known as Sombra, who generally travel alone,
targeting those easily identified as outcasts or
“expanded thinkers” to preach their gospel to.
However, despite how fractured and different the
tenets of each individual faith of Noh-Tante may be, all
of the Sombra speak of the same vision of
otherworldly paradise: a dark void known as the
Undertow where the answers to all secrets can be
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 Praxus
Otherwise known as the “Blood Father,” Praxus is the
most prominently worshiped demon across the 5
Corners, overseeing the portfolio of war, conquest and
vengeance. With the Frontier’s history, it’s not exactly
surprising to see why Praxus is so popular. From
disenfranchised Suhnan warriors looking to avenge
their forefathers, to Rucho soldiers that see
themselves as the rightful rulers of this new land, and
every angry, violent miscreant in between, the Blood
Father has a great deal of fodder for his armies.
Unlike other demonic cults, the faith of Praxus
possesses a strict adherence to hierarchy, determined
by whoever is strongest among a given cult or group.
In the ideal world of a follower of Praxus, the rule of
law is simple: the strong dictate the actions of the
weak, who serve no purpose in the grand scheme of
reality other than to be the playthings and servants of
those stronger than them.
Vicars of Praxus are the leaders and missionaries of
Praxus’ many cults, and possess both a keen mind and
understanding of the Blood Father’s teachings, and
legendary fighting abilities, having had to prove their
strength against countless challengers. While different
cults may war with each other at times in order to cull
weakness from the ranks, these groups still see one
another as allies in the Blood Father’s grand plans, and
see their battles with one another as necessary
training for the fateful Blood Crusade, the prophesized
war that will see the destruction of the weak nations
and governments of the world, and a return to the
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Timeline & Map
 Timeline

D
ue to the Rucho keeping the most accurate Months of the Year
historical records amongst all of the races Norah
in the Forsaken Frontier, combined with Amone
their prevalence across the land, many Sedos
races have defaulted to their dating Orin
system for their own records. However, the Suhnan Lehton
are the only race with tracked record of historical Tolan
events that occurred before the Rucho’s arrival. Adia
Since the Suhnan do not write their histories and Fuera
instead tell them orally, these events are given a date
Doren
range relative to the current standardized date.
Cuela
12-23 : The first Suhnan settlement of Nahwatka is Lidal
founded. It was here that the first leyline was found. Cien
520-530: The 38 original Suhnan tribes successfully
Days of the Week
settle across the entire continent.
1035-1040: Suhnan tribes encounter the Calavera
Firstday
for the first time. The Calavera isolate themselves at Secondday
the top of Riado Mesa to avoid execution at the Thirdday
hands of the Suhnan. Fourthday
1065: The Rucho arrive at the Forsaken Frontier.
Fifthday
1070: Tensions between the Rucho and Suhnan
Sixthday
reach a breaking point, resulting in the War of Red Seventhday
Clouds.
1083: The Sayre appear in Arroyas through
unknown magical means.
1085: The War of Red Clouds ends, the newly
created Ashaya Federation is pushed back to Goliad
by the Commonwealth of New Cashus.
1088: The Deep Sand War breaks out between the
Commonwealth and the Nashua Republic over
border disputes in northern Arroyas.
1090: The Deep Sand War ends, the Commonwealth
is pushed back to its home region of Bandera.
1092: The city of Bullseye is founded by Casey “Two
Lives” Taylor and his band of war refugees.
1118: The first Beastborn are encountered in
Cavallo.
1155: The first Cactoids are encountered in Riado
Mesa.
1182: The Riado Alliance is founded and the
Linograph is invented.
1190: Current year

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