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Courser ver. 1.0 (Unfinished)

N
ight has arrived once again. The sun has
fallen, and the hunt has begun. You arrived
at dusk, hoping to find the man responsible
for this so called "blood transfusion", a
procedure said to cure one from any
disease, but at a price. Gold in hand, you
walk into the building. Clutter litters the
floor, books piled high beyond sight. The door keeper closes
and locks the door behind you, slinking into a room on the left
after gesturing to the stairway ahead. You walk forwards, and
up the staircase. Inside you meet a man bound to a
wheelchair, a pale white beard covering his face. He motions
to the table, recently cleaned and prepped for another person.
You climb on top of the table, and the old man asks for your
signature on a piece of parchment. You sign, and the lights
dim. Your eyes grow heavy, and the man coughs a sinister
chuckle, as you feel the needles dig into your skin.
Class Features
Hit Dice: 1d10 per courser level
Hit Points at 1st level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your
Constitution modifier per courser level after 1st
Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor
Weapons: Martial weapons, Trick weapons, light crossbows
Tools: Tinker’s tools, one other tool of your choice
Saving Throws: Dexterity, Wisdom
Skills: Choose three from Acrobatics, Arcana, Athletics,
Insight, Investigation, Nature, Religion, Survival
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the
equipment granted by your background:
(a) a hand crossbow, or (b) a light crossbow
(a) padded armor, or (b) a shortsword
tinker’s tools, a trick weapon, 20 bolts, and an
explorer’s pack

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Courser
Level Proficiency Bonus Features Spells Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1st +2 Trick Weapons, Courser's Workshop — — — — — —
2nd +2 Covenant 2 2 ─ — — —
3rd +2 Courser's Flask 3 3 ─ — — —
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 3 3 ─ — — —
5th +3 Extra Attack 4 4 2 — — —
6th +3 Covenant Feature 4 4 2 — — —
7th +3 Trick Weapon Improvement 5 4 3 — — —
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement, Insight 5 4 3 — — —
9th +4 Flame Paper 6 4 3 2 — —
10th +4 Covenant Feature 6 4 3 2 — —
11th +4 ─ 7 4 3 3 — —
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 7 4 3 3 — —
13th +5 Trick Weapon Upgrade 8 4 3 3 — —
14th +5 Covenant Feature 8 4 3 3 1 —
15th +5 Bolt Paper 9 4 3 3 1 —
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 9 4 3 3 2 —
17th +6 Great One's Insight 10 4 3 3 2 1
18th +6 Trick Weapon Mastery 10 4 3 3 3 1
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 11 4 3 3 3 2
20th +6 Courser's Dawn 11 4 3 3 3 2

Trick Weapons Courser's Workshop

A courser is gifted a Trick Weapon, a weapon that can be
altered in some way to change up the fight. As a bonus action,
you can trigger the alteration of the weapon, and vice versa.
Over a period of time, a Courser can improve these trick
weapons when within the Courser's Workshop. A Courser can
only have one trick weapon at a time. Only a Courser can use
a Trick Weapon proficiently. There are two base trick weapons
any courser can use:
The Rude Cleaver:
The Rude Cleaver is by default in its one handed form. In
its one handed form, it deals 2d4 damage and has a reach
of 5ft. As a bonus action, you can transform the Rude
Cleaver into its two handed form. You must have a free
hand to transform the Rude Cleaver. In its two handed
form, the Rude Cleaver deals 1d6 damage, and has a reach
of 10ft. This trick weapon has the finesse property.
The Courser's Axe:
The Courser's Axe is a two handed trick weapon, and by
default is in its primary form. In its primary form, it deals
1d8 damage and has a reach of 5ft. In its secondary form,
The Courser's Axe deals 1d6 damage, has a reach of 5ft,
and if the attack roll is a critical success, knocks prone the
target if they are one size larger than the user or less.
At 1st level, you are able to connect with the safe haven of the
coursers. When settled inside of a town, you can choose to be
transported to a personal dimension when you sleep. When
inside of the workshop, you can reacquire your trick weapon if
lost, interchange a trick weapon or any other equipment you
acquire from the workshop, and benefit from a long rest once
returned. You are the only inhabitant of the workshop, and no
other creature can enter.
Covenant
Starting at 2nd level, you study the runes of a particular
covenant: Corruption, Radiance, Hunter, Impurity, Beast's
Embrace, or Milkweed, each of which are detailed at the end
of the class description. Your choice grants you features at
2nd level and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th.

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Courser's Flask
At 3rd level, you obtain a silvered flask, filled with a thick
crimson liquid. As an bonus action, you can consume a
Courser's Flask and restore 1d6+2 health. At level 3, you have
3 swigs of the flask. The flask is refilled after a short or long
rest. The amount gained from a flask increases by one die and
the amount able to drink increases by two swigs at 5th
courser level, 11th courser level, and 17th courser level.
Ability Score Improvement
When you reach 4th level, you can increase one ability score of
your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your
choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score
above 20 using this feature. If your DM allows the use of feats,
you may instead take a feat.
Extra Attack
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once,
whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Covenant Feature
At 6th level, you gain a feature from your covenant.
Trick Weapon Upgrade
By 7th level, you have developed the knowledge to improve
upon your trick weapons. Your trick weapons gain a +1 to
attack rolls and damage rolls.
Insight
When you reach 7th level, you can see more clearly than
before. You gain expertise in either the survival skill or the
insight skill, and cannot be surprised from any attack.
Ability Score Improvement
When you reach 8th level, you can increase one ability score of
your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your
choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score
above 20 using this feature. If your DM uses the optional
Feats, you can instead take a feat.
Fire Paper
At 9th level, you stumble upon new equipment in the
workshop. As a bonus action, you can apply fire paper to your
trick weapon, adding an additional 1d10 fire damage to your
trick weapon damage. You have three uses of this fire paper
that are refreshed after a long rest. The damage increases by
1d10 at 14th courser level and 18th courser level. The effect
lasts for one round.
Covenant Feature
At 10th level, you gain a feature from your covenant.
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Ability Score Improvement
When you reach 12th Level, you can increase one ability score
of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of
your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score
above 20 using this feature. If your DM allows the use of feats,
you may instead take a feat.
Trick Weapon Upgrade
At 13th level, you have developed even more knowledge of
your trick weapons and how to improve upon them. Your trick
weapons gain an additional +1 to attack rolls and damage
rolls, and can be infused with one of the following effects:
Fast.
Your trick weapon has been modified to respond rapidly to
your motions. Instead of a bonus action to transform, you
can choose to use your reaction instead.
Bloodied.
Through killing countless enemies, you gain a cruel liking
to making your targets suffer. As a bonus action, you can
apply an acid to your trick weapon for a turn. If an enemy is
hit, they take an additional 1d6 acid damage. If no enemy is
struck by the trick weapon, you take the damage instead.
You can only apply this acid three times per short or long
rest.
Smart.
Your weapon is almost a part of your body, you control it as
if the weapon is an extension of yourself. You gain
advantage on the first attack roll you make per turn with
your trick weapon.
Covenant Feature
At 14th level, you gain a feature from your covenant.
Bolt Paper
By 15th level, you stumble across another lost item within the
workshop. As a bonus action, you can now apply either bolt or
fire paper to your weapon. Bolt paper acts the same as fire
paper, but instead of fire damage the additional damage is
lightning instead.
Ability Score Improvement
When you reach 16th Level, you can increase one ability score
of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of
your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score
above 20 using this feature. If your DM allows the use of feats,
you may instead take a feat.
Great One's Insight
At 17th level, you can now see what the madman sees. As an
action, you can inflict maddening images upon the weak,
either charming or inflicting 10d6 psychic damage upon an
enemy that is below half health. You can only use this feature
once per long rest. If you decide to inflict the psychic damage
upon an enemy, you take a quarter of the damage dealt.
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Trick Weapon Mastery
By 18th level, you have grown to master your trick weapon of
choice. Your trick weapons gain another +2 to attack rolls and
damage rolls, and your previous infusion is now improved as
well:
Faster.
Your trick weapon is now as fast as your thoughts. You can
transform your trick weapon with a free action now.
Bloodier.
You have grown used to the acid that eats away at your
flesh. You are now immune to acid damage, and your acid
remains on your weapon for three rounds instead of one.
Smarter.
You have grown attached to the feel of your weapon, and it
has grown attached to you. You can no longer be disarmed
forcefully, and your weapon now can be thrown at a target
as an action, gaining a range of 30/60ft. Your weapon
automatically returns to you after being thrown at no cost
of an action.
Ability Score Improvement
When you reach 19th Level, you can increase one ability score
of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of
your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score
above 20 using this feature. If your DM allows the use of feats,
you may instead take a feat.
Courser's Dawn
At 20th level, you are free from the nightmare at last. The next
time you die, you awaken in your workshop. You are given
another chance at life, hopefully making the most out of it. You
can choose to reawaken. If you do, you lose a character level,
but are able to reattain it. You cannot gain another level into
courser, but are free to choose from any other class.
Covenants
Once a courser has built their link with the Courser's
Workshop, the courser can choose to memorize one of the six
Covenant Runes of the workshop. Each rune grants a
different set of features, trick weapons, and abilities to the
courser that has claimed allegiance to it.
Rune of Corruption
The Rune of Corruption binds the courser to the Red Queen,
a blood heretic turned deity. A courser who binds themselves
to the Rune of Corruption often is masochistic, or at the least
blood drunk.
Additional Trick Weapons
Those that take this covenant at 2nd level are given access to
two additional trick weapons.
Rakuyo.
The rakuyo is by default in its duel-wielding form. In its
default form, the rakuyo deals 1d8 slashing at a range of
5ft. Also, the courser can use a bonus action to make
another attack action against an enemy while in this form.
When transformed, the rakuyo instead deals 1d10 slashing
and 1d6 necrotic, but can no longer attack with a bonus
action, and must be held in two hands.
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Reiterpilasch.
The reiterpilasch is by default in its rapier form. In its
default form, the reiterpilasch deals 1d8 piercing damage
and is considered a finesse weapon. When transformed,
the reiterpilasch attaches the courser's Bloodtinge weapon
to the bottom, allowing the user to perform a follow up
shot against the target when hit. The courser still must
make an attack roll if the Bloodtinge weapon requires it,
otherwise the follow up attack is a free action. The
reiterpilasch deals 1d6 piercing damage in this form.
Bloodsilver
When you acquire this covenant at 2nd level, you gain a
resource called Bloodsilver. Bloodsilver is what those that
memorize the Rune of Corruption use to shoot at their targets
from afar. At 2nd level, you have 5 bloodsilver, which are
replenished at a long rest.
Bloodtinge
At 2nd level, you find a strange device within the workshop.
Once you select this covenant, you are able to choose from
two rifles within the workshop:
Bloodied Rifle.
The bloodied rifle is an offhand weapon able to fire off a
shot as a bonus action. It requires no action to reload, and
consumes a bloodsilver to fire. If a target has attacked and
missed, you can use a reaction to fire off a quick shot at the
target. If the target is hit, the next attack used against it is
given advantage. The bloodied rifle has a range of
30ft/60ft, and deals 1d6 piercing damage.
Courser's Blunderbuss.
The Courser's blunderbuss is an off hand weapon able to
fire off a spread of shrapnel towards an enemy as an
action. The shot is spread in a 10ft cone, and damages all
that are within range. It requires a bonus action to reload,
and consumes a bloodsilver to fire. Any creature caught in
the attack must make a strength saving throw versus the
user's dexterity modifier. If the creature fails the saving
throw, they are knocked back 5ft. The range of the
blunderbuss is a 10ft cone, and deals 1d4 piercing damage
to all targets in the cone.
Bone Dust Bullets
When you reach 6th level, you develop a technique to increase
the umph of your bullets. As a bonus action, you can apply
Bone Dust to the bullets in your reserve, increasing all
damage done with the Bloodtinge weapon by one die. You also
increase the reserves of your bloodsilver by two.
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Blood Debt
By 10th level, you feel the bloodsilver calling to you. As an
action, you can replenish your supply of bloodsilver by
inflicting damage upon yourself. For every bloodsilver you
wish to resupply, you take 1d4 damage.
Boon of the Red Queen
At 14th level, a boon is found within the workshop. You can
now choose to take with you a more powerful Bloodtinge
weapon; The Everlust.
The Everlust.
The Everlust is a single shot rifle, requiring a bonus action
to reload. The Everlust draws from the power of the user.
When the user reloads the weapon, they can choose to
take 1d6 damage per additional damage die wanted, to a
maximum of 5 additional damage dice. The Everlust deals
1d10 piercing damage by default.
Rune of Impurity
The Rune of Impurity is a misnomer, for those that bind
themselves to this rune seek to purge the lands of vermin. A
courser who binds themselves to the Rune of Impurity is often
elegant, well mannered and humble. They consider
themselves to be emissaries of The League, an overarching
alliance that pledges themselves to cleanse the realm.
Additional Trick Weapons
Those that take this covenant at 2nd level are given access to
two additional trick weapons.
Cane Whip.
The Cane Whip is a collapsible, long reach weapon. In its
default form, it is similar to a longsword. When in its
default form, the weapon deals 1d8 slashing damage. As a
bonus action, you can attack again in its transformed state.
In its transformed state, the weapon deals 2d4 damage,
has a reach of 10ft, and is considered a finesse weapon.
Fulgur. The fulgur is similar to a maul in its default form,
although it is only one handed. In its default form, it deals
1d8 bludgeoning damage. As a bonus action, you can
transform the weapon into its two handed form. In this
form, the fulgur deals 1d8 lightning damage, but cannot be
effected by Flame Paper (This does not apply to Bolt
Paper) . Every time the fulgur is transformed, an arc of
lightning hits the enemy last hit by it, dealing 1d8
additional lightning damage. This number increases by
1d8 at 5th level (2d8) , 11th level (3d8) , 14th level (4d8) ,
and 17th level (5d8) .
Honorbound
By 2nd level, you have embodied the spirit of honor when
fighting. As a bonus action, you can declare a target as
Vermin, binding its attention to you. The target has
disadvantage on attacks against your allies, but advantage on
attacks against you. This effect lasts for an hour. When a
Vermin is killed, you regain hit points equivalent to your
courser level + your wisdom modifier.
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Vermin Crusher
At 6th level, you start to see Vermin more clearly. When
talking to a creature for 10 minutes, you can determine if their
alignment is evil. Also, you are always able to see any creature
declared as Vermin, and have advantage on attack rolls
against them.
Steeleblood Tonic
When you reach 6th level, the strange liquid inside of your
flask grows sweet in taste. When you use the flask, you can
add your wisdom modifier to your AC. This effect lasts for a
minute. You can use this feature once per short or long rest.
Gloryseeker
By 10th level, the death of Vermin empowers you. When you
slay a target declared as Vermin, you can use a free action to
declare another enemy as Vermin. Also, when you slay a
Vermin, you receive double your level and your wisdom
modifier in health instead.
Boon of the League
At 14th level, a boon is found within the workshop. You can
now choose to take with you a trick weapon fit for killing
Vermin; The Whirligig Saw.
The Whirligig Saw
The Whirligig Saw is one of cruelest weapons used by
coursers. This weapon is a finesse weapon in both forms.
The saw is by default in its one handed form. In its default
form, the Whirligig Saw deals 1d12 slashing damage and
has a reach of 5ft. As a bonus action, you can transform the
weapon into its two handed form. In its two handed form,
the saw deals 1d10 bludgeoning damage against enemies
not declared to be vermin. However, if the target is
declared as Vermin, the saw deals an additional 2d6
slashing damage. The transformed form of the saw also
has a 5ft reach. If the target is declared as Vermin and dies
to the saw, you can immediately perform another attack
against any enemy in range as a bonus action.
Rune of Radiance
Those that commit themselves to the Rune of Radiance live by
an oath, and oath that binds them to Purity, self sacrifice, and
eventual martyrdom for their cause. The coursers who
memorize the Rune of Radiance follow the teachings of The
King of Crows, a legendary courser of centuries past.
Additional Trick Weapons
Those that take this covenant at 2nd level are given access to
two additional trick weapons.
Wheel of Crows.
The Wheel of Crows is a two handed heavy weapon. In its
default form, the wheel deals 1d8 bludgeoning damage and
has a reach of 5ft. As a bonus action, you can trigger the
wheel's transformed state. In its transformed state, the
wheel instead deals 1d4 bludgeoning and 1d6 poison
damage. The wheel also has double proficiency for attack
rolls and damage rolls in this form.
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Saint's Greatblade.
The Saint's Greatblade in its default form is similar to a
one handed longsword. In its default form, the greatblade
deals 1d8 slashing damage. Using a bonus action, the
greatblade attaches to its oversized sheath, turning into
effectively a greatsword. The greatblade when transformed,
it 1d6 slashing damage and 1d4 radiant damage, and has
an increased critical hit range of 19 on the attack roll.
Purify Soul
At 2nd level, you can purge a soul of lies and corruption. As an
action, you can use this feature to Purify a creature in one of
three ways;
Flames of Purity. Deal 2d6 radiant damage to up to 3
creatures within 30ft of the caster. The damage increases
by 1d6 at 6th, 10th, and 14th level.
Purify Thoughts. Cast calm emotions on a single creature
within 120 feet. The DC is 8 + your wisdom modifier +
your proficiency bonus.
Radiant Charm. Inflict the Charm condition on a single
creature, no matter if they are hostile or not. The amount
of creatures you can Charm is increased by 1 at 6th, 10th,
and 14th level.
You can use this feature once per short rest.
Mark of Martydom
By 6th level, you have realized the strength your sacrifices
gives to others. Whenever you take damage, as a reaction you
can choose to expel a burst of radiant light, dealing 1d8
radiant damage to all of your enemies, and 1d8 healing to all
of your allies within 10ft of you. If a creature that is effected by
the radiant light is undead, they receive no healing / 2d8
radiant damage instead. You can use this feature twice per
short rest.
Blessing of Light
When you reach 10th level, your drive to purge the world of
corruption has seeped into your strikes. As a bonus action,
you can now apply radiant light to your weapon, which deals
1d10 radiant damage to the target if the attack hits.
Boon of the Crow King
At 14th level, a boon is found within the workshop. A
greatsword made of pure radiance, fit for those that devote
themselves to the cause. The name of this mythical blade; Eye
of the Eclipse.
Eye of the Eclipse

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