Puppet Master

Level Proficiency Bonus Features Upgrades Jutsu Known Highest Rank Jutsu Known
1st +3 Puppet Specialization, Specialization Upgrade 1 6 D-Rank
2nd +3 Chakra Enhanced Retrofit 1 6 D-Rank
3rd +3 Puppet Specialization (2) 3 7 D-Rank
4th +4 Ability Score Improvement/Feat 3 7 D-Rank
5th +4 Puppet Specialization (3) 5 8 C-Rank
6th +4 Broad Knowledge 5 8 C-Rank
7th +5 Chakra Reconstruction, Tool Expertise 6 9 C-Rank
8th +5 Ability Score Improvement/Feat 6 9 C-Rank
9th +5 — 8 10 B-Rank
10th +6 Improved Puppet Crafting 8 10 B-Rank
11th +6 Puppetry Savant 9 11 B-Rank
12th +6 Ability Score Improvement/Feat 9 11 B-Rank
13th +7 — 10 12 A-Rank
14th +7 Puppet Specialization (4) 10 12 A-Rank
15th +7 — 11 13 A-Rank
16th +8 Ability Score Improvement/Feat 11 13 A-Rank
17th +8 — 12 14 S-Rank
18th +8 Upgrade Efficiency 12 14 S-Rank
19th +9 Ability Score Improvement/Feat 13 15 S-Rank
20th +9 Peerless Puppeteer 15 15 S-Rank

weapons, traps, poisons, and various other mechanisms.

Puppet Master
A Ryu sits in a tree, watching over her target as they
approach. A smile spreads across her face as she open up the
giant box she carried with her, removing the giant mechanical
scorpion and dropping it onto her target, enclosing them
   inside it.
With a loud explosion, a figure lands in the middle of the
    battlefield. As the dust clears, a hulking presence stands
    amidst the war-torn battlefield, a giant humanoid of wood
                                   and steel. The creaking head swivels to
                                   inspect the wreckage. It raises one of its
                                   4 arms, and a beam of chakra lances out
                                     towards an enemy.
                                   These shinobi, different as they might
                                       be, are connected by one common
                                      factor: they are masters of the art of
                                    ninja puppetry. This fighting form was
                                    created in Sunagakure, utilizing chakra
                                     threads to control specialized ninja
                                   tools. The puppets that these ninja use
                                are hand-crafted, and special to each
                              puppeteer. They are equipped with
These puppets are incredibly difficult to use, and are only
usable by those who have dedicated their lives to the art.
Character Inspirations
When designing this class, it was built with the intent to
allow players to utilize ninja puppets of different types,
specializing in one or two. Players would be able to create
and utilize puppets for stealth or combat, while keeping
themselves a little safer than others, or use them to gain new
abilities for themselves. The characters this class is pulling
inspiration from are as follows: Kankuro, Sasori, and Chiyo.
Creating a Puppet Master
When creating a Puppet Master, think about your character's
background and drive to be a shinobi. Does the character
have a rival? What drove your character down the path of
ninja puppetry? Is it about curiosity and invention, or about
the power their puppets bring? Did your character learn from
another puppet master, or receive a vision or flash of
inspiration to learn their craft?
Consider how your character interacts with the world, and
what they represent. Consult your DM regarding brigades,

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 guilds, or societies your character might belong to.
Quick Build
You can make a Puppet Master quickly by following these
suggestions. For Puppeteer or Weaver specialization, make
your highest ability score Intelligence, followed by
Constitution or Dexterity; For Juggernaut or Soul Container,
choose either Strength or Intelligence as your highest, with
Constitution as your second highest ability score. Second,
choose the Hatake, Nara, Non-Clan, or Ryu clan.
Class Features
As a Puppet Master, you gain the following class features.
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d8 per Puppet Master level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution
modifier per Puppet Master level after 1st.
Chakra Points
Chakra Dice: 1d10 per Puppet Master level
Chakra Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
Chakra Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your
Constitution modifier per Puppet Master level after 1st.
Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor, medium armor
Weapons: Simple weapons, battle wires, hand crossbows,
heavy crossbows, Fuma-shuriken
Ninja Tools: Armorsmith's kit, weaponsmith's kit
Saving Throws: Constitution, Intelligence
Skills: Crafting, choose 3 from Ninjutsu, Chakra Control,
Deception, History, Investigation, Nature, Sleight of Hand,
Stealth
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the
equipment granted by your background:
Padded armor
(a) a light crossbow and quiver of bolts or (b) any two
simple weapons
(a) a stack of kunai or (b) a stack of shuriken
(a) 2 paper bombs or (b) 2 flash tags
armorsmith's kit
Jutsu Casting
Beginning at 1st level, your studies of ninjutsu have taught
you to manipulate your chakra to cast different jutsu. See
chapter 9 for the general rules of jutsu casting, chapter 10 for
the list of Ninjutsu, chapter 11 for the list of Genjutsu, and
chapter 12 for the list of Taijutsu.
Casting Jutsu
Your class states what size your chakra die is, which
determines how much chakra you have. To cast jutsu, you
must expend the chakra cost of the jutsu. You regain half your
maximum chakra when you finish a long rest, and all of your
chakra when you finish a full rest.
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Jutsu Known
You know 6 jutsu of your choice from any jutsu list. You learn
more at higher levels, as shown in the Jutsu Known column
of the Puppet Master table. You may not learn a jutsu of a
rank higher than your Highest Rank Jutsu Known.
Additionally, every time you learn a new jutsu as a result of
gaining a level, you can choose one or all of the jutsu you
know and replace it with another jutsu from the same jutsu
list (Ninjutsu for Ninjutsu, Genjutsu for Genjutsu, Taijutsu for
Taijutsu), which also must not be of a higher rank than your
Highest Rank Jutsu Known.
Jutsu Casting Ability
Each jutsu list has a different jutsu ability. Intelligence is your
Ninjutsu casting ability, Wisdom is your Genjutsu casting
ability, and Strength is your Taijutsu casting ability. You use
the appropriate ability when a jutsu refers to your casting
ability. In addition, you use the appropriate ability modifier
when setting the saving throw DC for a jutsu you cast and
when making an attack roll with one.
Ninjutsu
Ninjutsu save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
Intelligence modifier
Ninjutsu attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your
Intelligence modifier
Genjutsu
Genjutsu save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
Wisdom modifier
Genjutsu attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your
Wisdom modifier
Taijutsu
Taijutsu save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
Strength modifier
Taijutsu attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your
Strength modifier
Puppet Specialization
At 1st level, you focus your craft on a particular specialization:
Puppeteer, Juggernaut, Soul Container, or Weaver each of
which are detailed at the end of the class description. Your
choices grant you features at 1st level, and again at 3rd, 5th,
and 14th level.
Specialization Upgrade
Also at 1st level, choose an upgrade for which you qualify
from the list at the end of your specialization, and gain the
benefits listed in the description of the upgrade.
You select an additional upgrade at 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th,
13th, 15th, 17th, and 19th level, as shown in the Upgrades
column of the Puppet Master table. You cannot select an
upgrade more than once, unless the upgrade's description
says otherwise. Whenever you finish a full rest, you can
exchange any of your existing upgrades for any other upgrade
of the same level requirement as the replaced upgrade.
Whenever an existing upgrade is swapped out for a
replacement upgrade (either by a specialization feature or on
level up), the new upgrade is selected as if the Puppet Master
is the level they were when they got that upgrade slot. For
example, if you replace your Puppet Tool and reselect all of
your upgrades as a 5th level Puppet Master, you could select
one 1st level upgrade and one 5th level upgrade, or two 1st
level upgrades, but you would not be able to select two 5th
level upgrades.
Chakra Enhanced Retrofit
At 2nd level, your study of chakra enhanced items and
crafting has allowed you to retrofit chakra enhanced gear.
During a long rest, you can perform a ritual using any +1/2/3
weapon or armor (excluding S+ and sentient items) to
transfer the chakra imbued within it into a puppeteer weapon
or armor (a weapon or armor created by a subclass feature or
upgrade). This includes weapon-like upgrades that make
attack and damage rolls (like the Juggernaut's Chakra Blast).
For example, if your Puppet Tool has Hidden Blades, you
could make them +1 by transferring the property of a +1
katana to it. You cannot transfer any properties from a chakra
enhanced weapon or armor besides a bonus to attack and
damage rolls or a bonus to AC, respectively, and the original
weapon or armor is destroyed.
Additionally, you can convert a set of armor with a chakra
enhanced bonus to AC to a lighter armor type.
Ability Score Improvement/Feat
When you reach 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can
increase one ability score of your choice by 1 and choose a
Feat of your choice that you qualify for. As normal, you can't
increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.
Broad Knowledge
Also at 6th level, you can expand your knowledge of puppet-
craft, learning from another discipline if you choose. You can
gain the 1st level features from one other Specialization of
your choice. You also gain one 1st Level upgrade from that
Specialization, and it doesn't count against your total number
of Upgrades. You can replace this upgrade with another 1st
Level upgrade from the same Specialization whenever you
gain a level in this class.
Alternatively, you can further specialize in your own
discipline You gain one tool kit proficiency of your choice, and
you gain two additional 3rd Level upgrades from your
Specialization. These do not count against your total number
of upgrades.
Chakra Reconstruction
Starting at 7th level, you have mastered the knowledge of
using your chakra to repair things. You learn the mending
ninjutsu and a unique version of the healing hands ninjutsu
called repair, which does not have the medical keyword and
only affects constructs and structures.
Tool Expertise
Also at 7th level, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any
ability check you make that uses your proficiency with a tool.
Improved Chakra Crafting
At 10th level, your experience in creating your own wondrous
invention makes you more adept at crafting a chakra
enhanced item than a normal ninja. Creating a chakra
enhanced item takes you half the time it would normally take.
Additionally, you can make 1 day of progress toward
crafting a chakra enhanced item, scroll, or pill during a long
rest.
Puppetry Savant
At 11th level, your broad knowledge of the puppetry arts has
been further heightened. You can gain the 1st level features of
one other Specialization of your choice. You also gain a 1st
Level upgrade from that Specialization, and it doesn't count
against your total number of upgrades. You can replace this
upgrade with another 1st Level upgrade from this same
Specialization whenever you gain a level in this class. If you
chose to gain the 1st level features from another
Specialization with the Broad Knowledge feature, you can
only replace one of your extra Specializations' upgrades
when you gain a level in this class, not both.
Alternatively, you can learn more about your previous
research. If you chose to gain the 1st level features from
another Specialization with the Broad Knowledge feature,
you can choose to gain the 3rd level feature of that
Specialization. You can also select another upgrade for which
you qualify from that Specialization, counting your Puppet
Crafter level for any level prerequisites of the upgrade. You
can only replace one of your extra Specialization's upgrades
when you gain a level in this class, not both.
Alternatively, you gain proficiency with one additional tool
kit of your choice, and you gain one additional upgrade for
which you qualify from your own Specialization. This doesn't
count against your total number of upgrades.
Right Tool for the Job
At 18th level, you always come prepared for whatever mission
you take. When you finish a full rest, you can replace one of
your upgrades from your Specialization with another
upgrade of the same level requirement as the replaced
upgrade.
Peerless Puppeteer
At 20th level, your mind is always thinking of new options and
clever solutions. After a short, long, or full rest, you can select
and create a temporary version of an upgrade from your
Specialization you are qualified to take but do not have. This
upgrade must have a level requirement of 11th level or lower.
You have this upgrade until you complete a short or long rest,
during which you can select a temporary upgrade with this
feature again.
Puppet Specializations
Puppet Masters pursue different disciplines. At 1st level, you
choose which discipline to specialize in: Puppeteer,
Juggernaut, Soul Container, or Weaver.
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 Puppeteer
A Puppeteer is a Puppet Master that has committed
themselves to creating a true, pure work of puppetry. A
painstaking life ambition, they plan and design meticulously,
even if in practice sometimes compromises on materials
must be made.
Why a Puppeteer embarks on the quest to create this
artistic construct can vary. For many, it is the pure pursuit of
crafting the perfect creation, while for others, it is simply so
they do not have to carry around their loot, or to have a loyal
companion to count on at all times.
A Puppeteer is rarely chaotic, as they are people of great
care and discipline; those that are not would not have
succeeded where they have, but some have been set on their
path by such events that might drive them to interact
chaotically with society as a whole.
Puppeteer's Proficiency
When you choose this specialization at 1st level, you gain
proficiency in the Chakra Control skill and with the poison
kit. Additionally, you learn the E-Rank mending ninjutsu, and
if you have your crafting kit in hand, you can cast it for no
chakra by increasing the casting time to 1 minute.
Puppet Tool
Starting at 1st level, you forge a Puppet Tool to carry out your
orders and protect you. The puppet is under your control,
connected to you via chakra threads.
The Puppet Tool acts by your manipulations. On your turn,
you can manipulate the construct to move (no action required
by you) and take an action, which requires your action to do.
Additionally, you can use your reaction to direct it to take a
reaction. The Puppet Tool acts under your manipulations
during your turn. If you issue no action command to your
Puppet Tool, it takes no actions.
Your Puppet Tool's proficiency increases when yours does,
and when you gain an Ability Score Improvement in this
class, you can increase one of your Puppet Tool's ability
scores by 2, or two of its ability scores by 1; you cannot
increase an ability score above 20 this way. If your Puppet
Tool is forced to make a saving throw, add your proficiency
bonus to the roll, and treat any negative modifiers as a +0 for
the saving throw.
If your Puppet Tool is damaged, it can be healed using any
normal medical ninjutsu. If the mending ninjutsu is cast on it,
it regains 2d6 hit points. Alternatively, you can use your
weaponsmith's kit as an action to repair it, provided you are
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within 5 feet of it and you expend 6 chakra. When you start
this repair, the Puppet Tool regains half of its maximum hit
points. If it isn't destroyed after 1 minute, your chakra pulls it
back together, completely repairing it with all its hit points
restored. Otherwise, you must restart the repair process.
At the end of a long rest, you can create a new Puppet Tool
if you have a weaponsmith's kit with you. If you already have a
Puppet Tool from this feature, the first one is scavenged to
create the new one.
The base statistics of your Puppet Tool are as follows:
Puppet Tool
Medium Construct, unaligned
Armor Class 12 + your proficiency bonus (natural
armor)
Hit Points the puppet tool's Constitution modifier +
your Intelligence modifier + five times your
Puppet Crafter level (the Puppet has a number of
Hit Dice [d8s] equal to your Puppet Crafter level)
Speed 30ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
14 (+2) 12 (+1) 12 (+1) 4 (-3) 5 (-3) 1 (-5)
Damage Immunities psychic, poison
Damage Resistances acid
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion,
frightened, poisoned
Senses passive Perception 7
Languages none
Bound. The puppet is bound to its user via chakra
strings. If the strings are not bound to the puppet,
it cannot move or take any actions of any kind. If a
creature other than its creator uses chakra threads
to manipulate the puppet, it cannot use any
upgrades, as the user would be unaware of its full
capabilities.
Puppet Chassis
When you create your Puppet Tool, you can add one prefix to
its type in the form of which basic chassis you use for your
puppet. For example, if you select Warframe, your puppet
becomes a Warframe Puppet Tool, and gains the Warframe
modifications to its base statistics.
Warframe
Your Puppet Tool is roughly humanoid, and comes with the
robust flexibility and options that this form provides. Its base
Strength becomes 16 (+3) and it gains proficiency in simple
and martial weapons.
Its natural weapon is: Slam: your Ninjutsu or Taijutsu
attack modifier to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit: 1d4 + 3
(Strength modifier) + your proficiency bonus in bludgeoning
damage.

Quadrupedal
Your Puppet Tool takes on a quadrupedal design. Larger and
more sturdy, it is more suitable to launch into the fray or
carry its creator. Its base size becomes Large, its base
Strength and Constitution become 16 (+3), its natural armor
becomes 14 + your proficiency bonus, and its speed becomes
35ft.
Its natural weapon is: Bite: your Ninjutsu or Taijutsu attack
modifier to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit: 1d10 + 3 (Strength
modifier) + your proficiency bonus in piercing damage.
Winged
Your Puppet Tool is modeled off a flying creature. Smaller
and lighter than most puppets, it is kept aloft by intricate
wings. Its base size becomes Small and it gains a flying
speed of 30ft.
Its natural weapon is: Talon: your Ninjutsu or Taijutsu
attack modifier to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 + 2
(Strength modifier) + your proficiency bonus in slashing
damage.
Specialized
Your Puppet Tool defies all expectations, its design fueled by
your own rampant creativity. A little less robust and stable, it
is far more extensible to your visionary plans. Your Puppet
Tool starts with the basic statistics, but you can select 2 free
1st level upgrades to start with that do not count against your
upgrade total.
Its natural weapon is: Slam: your Ninjutsu or Taijutsu
attack modifier to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 + 2
(Strength modifier) + your proficiency bonus in bludgeoning
damage.
Intelligent Oversight
Starting at 3rd level, you can take the Help action as a bonus
action when assisting your Puppet Tool.
Additionally, when you take the Help action to aid an ally
(including your Puppet Tool) in attacking a creature, the
target of that attack can be within 30 feet of you, rather than
5 feet of you, if the allied creature can see or hear you.
Masterful Manipulation
Starting at 5th level, you no longer need to spend your
reaction to manipulate the Puppet Tool to use its reaction.
Additionally, you can use your action or bonus action to
manipulate your Puppet Tool to use its action.
If the Puppet Tool is not manipulated to take any action,
you automatically manipulate it to take the Dodge action in
combat.
Perfected Design
Starting at 14th level, your puppet tool can add your
Intelligence modifier to all of its attack rolls, ability checks,
and saving throws.
Puppeteer Upgrades
The following are upgrades available to the Puppeteer
Specialization. The upgrades are listed in alphabetical order
for each group. Unless otherwise stated, you cannot take the
same upgrade multiple times.
1st Level Upgrades
Bulky Build You can take this upgrade three times
You add additional bulk to your puppet's frame, increasing
its natural armor. Your Puppet Tool's natural armor increases
by 2.
Chakra Resonance
You craft an enhanced chakra connector and install it into
your puppet's core, allowing you and it to share certain jutsu
effects. You can make any jutsu you cast that targets only you
also target your Puppet Tool.
Chakra Shield
You build a manipulation shortcut into your puppet to
defend your allies. When a creature you can see attacks a
target other than your puppet that is within 5 feet of it, it can
use its reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll.
Entrapment Mechanism
You install a mechanism to restrain its targets. When your
puppet attempts to grapple a creature, it applies your
proficiency bonus to the roll. When you successfully grapple a
creature with this upgrade, the target creature is restrained,
and your puppet still has the rest of its appendages for other
uses. Additionally, it can move its restrained target without
any reduction of its movement speed.
Ghillie Coating
You augment your puppet with a special coating to make it
harder to detect. Your puppet gains proficiency in the Stealth
skill. Additionally, it can take the Hide action for free before or
after using its actiion.
Hidden Blades
Your install blades within your puppet that aren't
immediately visible to the eye. When your puppet takes the
Attack action, it can make an additional melee weapon attack
with its Hidden Blade, using the following statistics: Hidden
Blade: your Ninjutsu or Taijutsu attack modifier to hit, reach
5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 + your proficiency bonus in piercing
damage.
You cannot use this upgrade in conjunction with any
upgrades that replace your puppet's attacks when taking the
Attack action.
Ninjutsu Channeller
You utilize your chakra threads to displace your jutsu.
When you cast a Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, you can do so as
though you were in your Puppet Tool's space, but you must
use your own senses.
Springlaunch Mechanism
You craft improved gears and joints for your puppet. Your
puppet gains proficiency in the Acrobatics skill. Additionally,
its movement speed is increased by 10 feet.
Telescopic Reach
You augment your puppet to have limbs that retract and
extend at will. Your Puppet Tool's natural and weapon attacks
have their reach increases by 5 feet when it takes the Attack
action. You can aquire this upgrade up to 3 times, increasing
your puppet's reach by 5 feet each time.
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 Warfare Augmentation Prerequisite: proficiency in an
appropriate weapon
You figure out how to better utilize your puppet's weapons.
You give your puppet one Fighting Style of your choice from
Dueling Mastery, Great Weapon Fighting, or Sharpshooting.
5th Level Upgrades
Chakra Draining Trap
Your puppet is equipped with an absorbing seal meant to
drain the energy from its enemies. When your puppet takes
the Attack action against a creature it has grappled, it can
forgo one of its attacks to drain the creature's chakra. The
creature must succeed on a Constitution saving throw
against your Ninjutsu save DC or lose 2d12 chakra. You
regain chakra equal to the amount of chakra that the creature
lost.
Chakra Sealing Trap
Your puppet is equipped with a seal meant to block the
chakra use of its captive. Whenever a creature that is
grappled by your Puppet Tool attempts to cast a Ninjutsu or
Genjutsu, they must make a Constitution saving throw
against your Ninjutsu save DC, increasing the cost of the
jutsu used by half on a failed save.
Explosive Launcher
You craft a launching mechanism within your puppet. This
launcher can be loaded as an action with up to 6 of the
following items: Chili Pepper Bombs, Fire Bombs, Ice
Bombs, and Shock Bombs. You must choose the order in
which they are loaded during this action, and they must be
fired in that order unless you or a creature familiar with your
Puppet Tool uses an action to reorganize them.
When your puppet takes the Attack action, it can instead
launch up to three bombs from the launcher.
Hook Shot
You craft a hook that fires a reeling shot that sinks into a
target, and pulls them closer. Your Puppet Tool gains the
following attack: Hook Shot: your Ninjutsu or Taijutsu attack
modifier to hit, range 40/120ft., one target. Hit: 1d10 + your
proficiency bonus in piercing damage, and the hook is lodged
into the target's body. Once lodged into a creature, the hook
cannot be shot again until dislodged. While the hook is in a
creature, that creature has its speed halved.
Additionally, when your puppet takes the Attack action, it
can instead reel in any targets hooked by it, bringing the
target 15 feet closer to the puppet's location. A creature can
use its action to dislodge the hook, dealing 1d6 damage to the
creature that had the hook inside it.
Iron Fortress Prerequisite: Medium of larger Puppet Tool,
Puppet Tool Constitution of 16
You extend your puppet's shielding and stationary stability.
Your Puppet Tool now counts as three-quarters cover for
Medium or smaller creatures within 5 feet (so long as it is
between them and the attacker) or riding it. Additionally, it
cannot be moved against its will while in contact with the
ground.
Jutsu Specialization
You modify your Puppet Tool to utilize special kinds of
attack-based jutsu. When you craft this upgrade, you can
choose two D-Rank Ninjutsu or Taijutsu that you are familiar
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with and have a casting time of 1 action and a duration of
instant. Your Puppet Tool now knows these jutsu. When your
puppet takes the Attack action, it can instead use one of its
jutsu, using your chakra. Ninjutsu it casts uses your ninjutsu
attack modifier and save DC, while Taijutsu it casts uses the
puppet's abilities for attack modifier and save DC, calculated
as shown in the Jutsu Casting feature.
You can select this upgrade multiple times, increasing the
number of jutsu your Puppet Tool knows each time it is
selected.. If you select this upgrade at higher levels, you can
increase the rank of the jutsu your Puppet Tool knows: up to
C-Rank jutsu at 9th level, B-Rank jutsu at 11th level, and A-
Rank jutsu at 15th level.
Multi-Strike
You can use both your action and your bonus action to
command your puppet to take its action. This action can only
be used to take the Attack action.
9th Level Upgrades
Autonomous Action
You no longer need to spend your action or bonus action to
manipulate your Puppet Tool to use its action.
Deafening Speaker
You craft a chakra fueled speaker into your Puppet Tool.
Your puppet can use its action to spend 6 of your chakra and
let out a 15-foot radius pulse of deafening sound. Each
creature in the radius must attempt a Constitution saving
throw against your Ninjutsu save DC, taking 6d8 force
damage and becoming deafened on a failure, or taking half as
much damage and keeping their hearing on a success.
Creatures deafened by this upgrade can attempt the saving
throw again at the end of each of their turns, ending the
deafened condition on a success.
Expanded Frame
You enlarge your puppet, increasing its size category by
one, if possible, up to a maximum size of Large. If your
Puppet Tool is Large after taking this upgrade, it gains
advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws,
its weapons gain an additional damage die, and its maximum
hit points increase by an amount equal to three times your
level in this class when you select this upgrade. As long as
your Puppet Tool has this upgrade, whenever you gain a level
in this class, its maximum hit points increase by an additional
3 hit points.
During the upgrade process, you can determine if your
puppet will have the appropriate physiology to serve as a
mount. You can select this upgrade multiple times, but
cannot make a puppet larger than Large.
Exploding Puppet Mechanism
You rig your puppet with explosive tags set to go off upon
sufficient damage. When your Puppet Tool is reduced to 0 hit
points, the tags attached to it explode. Each creature within a
20-foot radius of the Puppet Tool must make a Dexterity
saving throw against your Ninjutsu saving throw DC, taking
20d4 fire damage on a failed save, and half as much damage
on a successful one. Once this happens, the puppet and all of
its parts are destroyed.
Overdrive
You build special structures for your puppet to handle more
demanding manipulations. As your action, you can
overcharge your puppet with chakra. For the next minute, its
speed is doubled, it gains a +2 bonus to AC, it has advantage
on Dexterity saving throws, and it gains an additional action
on each of its turns. That action can be used only to take the
Attack (one weapon attack only), Dash, Disengage, Hide, or
Use an Object action. Once you use this upgrade, you cannot
use it again until you complete a long rest.
Poison Fountain
You fit your puppet with a tank and tube, meant for holding
and unleashing poisonous gas. The tank can hold up to 10
doses of a gas-based poison. Your Puppet Tool can use its
action to consume 1 dose of the poison to unleash a 10-foot
radius cloud of toxic smoke within 30 feet of it that lasts for 1
minute or until a wind of moderate or greater speed (at least
10 miles per hour) disperses it. This poison functions as it
normally would, but now simply has its area of effect
increased. Additionally, its saving throw DC becomes your
Ninjutsu save DC.
Secondary Puppet
You craft an additional Puppet Tool. Your Puppet Tools
share a single reaction, but each has its own action. When
you craft this new Puppet Tool, you must redistribute your
upgrades and Ability Score Improvements between all of
your puppets.
If you have more than one Jutsu Specialization upgrade,
you must split the jutsu types between your Puppet Tools;
one learns Ninjutsu, and one learns Taijutsu. If you have
more than two Puppet Tools, only two can learn jutsu.
You can select this upgrade multiple times, crafting an
additional Puppet Tool each time it is selected.
11th Level Upgrades
Chakra Condensing Cannon
You craft a cannon into a part of your puppet, meant to take
your chakra and condense it into a single focused blast of
destructive power.
When your puppet takes the Attack action, it can forgo one
of its attacks and spend 15 of your chakra to unleash a 60-
foot long, 5-foot wide line of pure chakra in a direction of your
choice. Each creature caught in the line must make a
Dexterity saving throw against your Ninjutsu save DC, taking
15d12 force damage and being knocked prone on a failed
save. Creatures that succeed on this saving throw take no
damage and are not knocked prone, avoiding the attack
completely.
Hover Mechanism
You add a lighter frame onto your puppet, while
maintaining its strength. If your Puppet Tool is Medium or
smaller, it gains a flying speed of 30 feet. If your Puppet Tool
is Large or larger, its flying speed is 25 feet. If your puppet
already had a flying speed, it is increased by 20 feet.
Multiattack Form
When your Puppet Tool takes the Attack action, it can
attack twice instead of once.
Thundering Stomp Prerequisite: Puppet Tool of Large size
Your Puppet Tool can leverage its increased size and
chakra-infused nature to unleash a crushing stomp of chakra
when it brings down its foot. Your puppet can replace any
attack with the chakra pulse ninjutsu, using the Puppet
Crafter's level and Ninjutsu save DC.
Transforming Puppet
You install clever multifunctional components allowing
your Puppet Tool to reduce its size. Your puppet can collapse
its size back down to one size smaller, but while in the
collapsed mode, any movement speed it has is reduced by 10
feet. The process takes 1 minute to invoke or revert.
15th Level Upgrade
Nesting Puppet Mechanism
Your puppet is equipped with enough space within it that it
can hold an entire puppet. This puppet can hold a puppet of
one size lower than it within this mechanism. When this
puppet is reduced to 0 hit points, the chakra threads attached
to it immediately move from this puppet to the one within.
This counts as a single puppet, effectively reviving your
puppet one size smaller. You can restore your puppet's size
after spending 8 hours working on it, which can be done
during a full rest.
Shared Power
You use your chakra threads to tap into your puppet's
chakra-infused nature. You gain the following options:
As an action, you can drain a number of hit points from
your Puppet Tool up to twice your Puppet Crafter level,
either gaining that many temporary hit points or regaining
that much chakra.
Once per round, either you or your puppet can give up
your action to allow the other to take an additional action.
This additional action can only be used to Attack (one
weapon attack only), Dash, Disengage, Hide, or Use an
Object. If you have multiple puppets, having one give up its
action makes all of them lose their action, and if you give
up your action, only one of them gets an extra action.
Shinobi Style
You use your knowledge of other shinobi and modify your
Puppet Tool to copy their abilities. Your Puppet Tool gains a
class level in a class of your choosing other than Genjutsu
Specialist, Ninjutsu Specialist, or Puppet Masters. Your
Puppet Tool gains all the 1st level features of the chosen
class except the Jutsu Casting feature, although it can still
learn jutsu. This does not include health or class
proficiencies (for example, selecting Scout-Nin grants only
the Fighting Style feature). This allows your Puppet Tool to
choose one jutsu for which it would qualifty based on its level,
but it uses your chakra points to cast jutsu, uses your nature
release affinities, uses your attack modifiers and save DCs,
and cannot concentrate on jutsu or cast Genjutsu.
You can select this upgrade multiple times, granting
another level of features or the 1st level feature of another
class each time it is selected, as well as an additional jutsu
your puppet knows. If you have multiple Puppet Tools, each
one can benefit from this upgrade individually.
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     For example, you have two Puppet Tools, and one of them
is a 1st level Hunter-Nin from this upgrade. Taking this
upgrade again would either allow the other Puppet Tool to
gain the 1st level features of a class, or allow the Hunter-Nin
Puppet Tool to gain either the 2nd level features of Hunter-
Nin or 1st level features of a different class.
Juggernaut
A Juggernaut is a Puppet Master that has turned their
wondrous talent of invention to a singular goal: making
themselves an unstoppable force. The reasons behind this
could be benevolent or nefarious. Some Juggernauts seek to
turn their invention into a machine of death and terror; others
become the arbiter of justice and order, and others still
perhaps merely seek to refine their craft in pursuit of pure
innovation.
Because few individuals would pursue such a wondrous
invention without a driven purpose to their endeavor,
Juggernauts tend to be lawful, usually driven to their actions
by a greater purpose they seek the power to accomplish, be it
righting the wrongs of the world, or bringing it to heel
beneath their puppet-clad boot.
Juggernaut's Proficiency
At 1st level, you gain proficiency with heavy armor and the
disguise kit.
Chakra-Infused Gauntlet
At 1st level, when you take this specialization, you construct a
Chakra-Infused Gauntlet as a prototype for the larger form to
come. This is a specialized chakra enhanced item that only
you can attune to. When you create a Chakra-Infused
Gauntlet, you can add one of the following upgrades to it:
Power Fist, Chakra Blast, or Martial Grip. This upgrade
does not count against your upgrade total. You can make
multiple gauntlets with different upgrades, but can only be
attuned to one at a time.
If you lose your Chakra-Infused Gauntlet, you can remake
it during a long rest with 50 ryo worth of materials, or can
scavenge for materials and forge it over two days of work
(eight hours a day) without the material expense.
While wearing a Chakra-Infused Gauntlet, you can engage
Artificial Strength.
Artificial Strength
When you don your Chakra-Infused Gauntlet or as an action
while wearing it, you can dedicate some of your intelligence
to fully controlling the power of the gauntlet. You can reduce
your current and maximum Intelligence score to increase
your current Strength score, up to what your Intelligence
score was before engaging Artificial Strength. You can stop
using Artificial Strength at any time, and it automatically
ends if your gauntlet is removed.
Juggernaut Armor
Armor Name AC Bonus Bulk Dex Bonus
Steel Puppet +7 10 Bulk — Disadvantage
Iron Shell +4 7 Bulk Dex Modifier (Max 2)
(*)Powerful Build: You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and how much you can push, drag, or lift
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For example, if you have an Intelligence of 16, and a
Strength of 13, you can decrease your Intelligence to 15 to
increase your Strength to 14.
Juggernaut Armor
At 3rd level, you've attained the knowledge of crafting and
chakra enhanced smithing sufficient to create a set of puppet
armor that only you can wear and attune to from a standard,
non-chakra enhanced set of heavy armor using resources
you've gathered. This process takes 8 hours to complete, as
well as a place to craft. This armor can incorporate a Chakra-
Infused Gauntlet (they do not require separate attunement).
While attuned to your armor, your Strength score increases
by 2, and your maximum Strength score becomes 22.
You can create a new set of puppet armor by crafting it
from a set of gathered and purchased materials in a process
that takes 4000 ryo and eight hours.
You can create multiple sets of puppet armor, but you can
only be attuned to one of them at a given time, and you can
only change which one you are attuned to during a long rest.
If you create a new set of puppet armor, you can apply a
number of upgrades equal to the value on the class table,
applying each at the level you get it on the class table.
When you create your Juggernaut armor, you can create a
heavy plated Steel Puppet, or a specially enhanced set of
puppet armor known as an Iron Shell.
If your puppet armor is a Steel Puppet, you gain the
Powerful Build trait. Powerful Build means you count as one
size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the
weight you can push, drag, or lift.
If your puppet armor is an Iron Shell, you can forgo the
increase to your Strength and Maximum Strength to instead
gain a free 1st Level upgrade.
Extra Attack
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once,
whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Fully Customized Gear
Starting at 14th level, you've mastered the customization of
your puppet armor. You can add one additional upgrade to
your armor that does not count against your upgrade total.
You can add another of these free upgrades at 18th and 20th
level.
Stealth Properties
Heavy Armor, Powerful Build
— Medium Armor

What Does Your Armor Look Like?
Nothing in this class description specifies the
visual appearance of your puppet armor, but it
most likely does not look like a standard set of
armor. Consider what the puppet armor looks like -
does it look more humanoid, or is it very obviously
a puppet? Is it somewhere in between?
Consider how people might react to someone
standing around in armor made of a puppet. In all
but the most unquestioning areas, such a set of
armor is likely to attract some curiosity or concern.
Juggernaut Upgrades
The following are upgrades available to the Juggernaut
Specialization. The upgrades are listed in alphabetical order
for each group. Unless otherwise stated, you cannot take the
same upgrade multiple times.
1st Level Upgrades
Accelerated Movement You can apply this upgrade twice
You reduce the weight of your puppet armor significantly.
While wearing your armor, your speed increases by 10 feet.
This applies to all movement speeds you have while wearing
your puppet armor.
Chakra Blast
You upgrade your Chakra-Infused Gauntlet to deliver a
special ranged attack. This attack is a ranged Ninjutsu attack
that deals 1d8 + your Intelligence modifier force damage, and
has a range of 60 feet.
You are proficient in this weapon. When you take the
Attack action, you can use this ranged Ninjutsu attack in
place of any attack made.
Chakra-Infused Visor You can take this upgrade twice
You enhance your visor with chakra. While wearing your
puppet armor, you gain darkvision to a range of 60 feet. If you
already have darkvision, the range of that darkvision is
increased by 60 feet.
Earth Projector
You gain the ability to mold your chakra to mimic earth
chakra. You do not need to have the earth nature affinity to
use this upgrade. While wearing your Chakra-Infused
Gauntlet, you can gain access to the following jutsu at the
following levels:
Puppet Master Level Jutsu
3 Earth Release: Earthen Grasp
5 Earth Release: Turning Palm
9 Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall
13 Earth Release: Stone Needle
Extendable Arms
As a bonus action, you can extend your puppet's arms'
reach. Your melee weapon attacks have their reach increased
by 5 feet until the start of your next turn.
Faraday Faceplate
After casting a jutsu of D-Rank or higher, you have
advantage on saving throws against being charmed, mind
controlled, stunned, or dazed by Genjutsu until the start of
your next turn.
Flame Projector
You gain the ability to mold your chakra to mimic fire
chakra. You do not need to have the fire nature affinity to use
this upgrade. While wearing your Chakra-Infused Gauntlet,
you can gain access to the following jutsu at the following
levels:
Puppet Master Level Jutsu
3 Fire Release: Fox Fire
5 Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet
9 Fire Release: Fire Wall
13 Fire Release: Great Fire Absorption
Grappling Reel
You integrate a grappling reel into your gauntlet. As 1
attack or 1 action, you may target a surface, object, or
creature within 30 feet of you. If the target is Large or
smaller, you can attempt to grapple the creature, pulling it to
you and grappling the creature on a success. Alternatively, if
the target is Huge or larger, you can choose to be pulled to it;
this does not grapple the target.
Integrated Weapon You can take this upgrade twice,
selecting a different option each time
You install a weapon into your puppet armor, with varying
abilities. Select one of the following weapons:
Weapon Description
Arm You fit your puppet armor with blades that can
Blades extend from its arms. These blades deal 1d6
slashing damage on a hit. Once per round, when
you attack with an arm blade, you can make one
additional arm blade attack as part of the same
action. You can make this additional attack a
number of times equal to your proficiency bonus,
regaining any expended uses when you finish a
short or long rest.
Axe Tail You fit your puppet armor with a long, serrated
tail. It deals 1d8 slashing or piercing damage on a
hit. If a creature you can see within 10 feet of
you hits you with an attack roll, you can use your
reaction to swipe this tail and roll a d8, applying a
bonus to your AC equal to the number rolled,
potentially causing the attack to miss you. You
can use this reaction a number of times equal to
your proficiency bonus, regaining any expended
uses when you finish a short or long rest.
Intelligent Design
You utilize the chakra powering your armor to boost your
intellect. While wearing your puppet armor, your Intelligence
ability score and maximum Intelligence ability score are
increased by 2.
Lightning Projector
You gain the ability to mold your chakra to mimic
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 lightning chakra. You do not need to have the lightning nature
affinity to use this upgrade. While wearing your Chakra-
Infused Gauntlet, you can gain access to the following jutsu
at the following levels:
Puppet Master
Level Jutsu
3 Lightning Release: Thunder Tempest
5 Lightning Release: Lightning King's
Mantle
9 Lightning Release: Lightning Spear
13 Lightning Release: Lightning Shield
Martial Grip
Your Chakra-Infused Gauntlet grants the ability to wield a
wide variety of powerful weapons. You gain proficiency with
martial weapons while wearing your Chakra-Infused
Gauntlet.
Power Fist You can take this upgrade twice
You upgrade your Chakra-Infused Gauntlet to better punch
things. Your Chakra-Infused Gauntlet is upgraded to a chakra
enhanced weapon you have proficiency with, dealing 1d8
bludgeoning damage and gaining the light and special
properties.
Special: When you make an attack roll, you can choose to
forgo adding your proficiency bonus to the attack roll. If the
attack hits, you can add double your proficiency bonus to the
damage roll.
With Power Fist applied twice, you have a Power Fist for
each hand that can be used for two-weapon fighting.
Puppet Constitution
While wearing your puppet armor, you gain resistance to
poison damage and advantage against the poisoned and
envenomed conditions.
Reinforced Armor You can take this upgrade up to 3 times
You reinforce the structure and materials that make up
your Juggernaut armor. Your Juggernaut armor's AC
increases by 1.
This upgrade can't increase your armor's AC by more than
+3.
Water Projector
You gain the ability to mold your chakra to mimic water
chakra. You do not need to have the water nature affinity to
use this upgrade. While wearing your Chakra-Infused
Gauntlet, you can gain access to the following jutsu at the
following levels:
Puppet Master Level Jutsu
3 Water Release: Water Whip
5 Water Release: Wall of Water
9 Water Release: Water Fang
13 Water Release: Falling Rain Needles
Wind Projector
You gain the ability to mold your chakra to mimic wind
chakra. You do not need to have the wind nature affinity to
use this upgrade. While wearing your Chakra-Infused
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Gauntlet, you can gain access to the following jutsu at the
following levels:
Puppet Master Level Jutsu
3 Wind Release: Passing Typhoon
5 Wind Release: Wall of Wind
9 Wind Release: 10,000 Slicing Blades
13 Wind Release: Drilling Wind Bullet
5th Level Upgrades
Active Camouflage
As an action, you can cover your puppet armor in chakra,
blending into your surroundings, similar to the body
camouflage ninjutsu. This lasts until you deactivate it. While
active, you are considered lightly obscured, and can hide from
a creature even when they have a clear line of sight to you.
Wisdom (Perception) checks to find you that rely on vision
are made with disadvantage.
Chakra Accumulator Prerequisite: Chakra Blast
Every time you cast a jutsu of D-Rank or higher, you
accumulate charges to your Chakra Blast equal to the rank of
the jutsu, up to a maximum number of charges equal to half
of your Intelligence modifier (rounded down). When you deal
damage with Chakra Blast, you can expend the accumulated
charges to deal an additional 1d6 damage, or to move the
target 5 feet directly away from you for each charge spent.
Charges not expended within 1 minute of being
accumulated are lost.
Collapsible
Your Juggernaut armor can collapse into a small case for
easy storage when you aren't wearing it. When transformed
this way, the armor is indistinguishable from a normal case
and weighs 1/3 its normal weight. As an action, you can don
and doff the armor, allowing it to transform as needed.
Emergency Switch Prerequisite: Intelligent Design
You improve the intelligence-enhancing chakra of your
design, priming it with an action. If you are Incapacitated or
Unconscious and cannot take your action, your armor will
cast a jutsu or take the Dodge action. It can only cast jutsu
using your armor's upgrades. It will act once, and cannot act
again until you complete a short or long rest.
Puppet's Empowerment
While wearing your puppet armor, it improves your own
abilities. You gain an additional 5 feet of movement, one
additional hit point per Puppet Master level, and +1 to
Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution saving throws.
Reactive Plating Prerequisite: Steel Puppet
Your armor partially deflects incoming blows. You can use
your reaction when hit by an attack that deals bludgeoning,
piercing, or slashing damage to reduce the damage of that
attack by an amount equal to your proficiency bonus.
Resistance You can take this upgrade multiple times,
selecting a different option each time
You attune the chakra coating your puppet armor against
certain forms of damage. Choose acid, cold, earth, fire, force,
lightning, necrotic, or wind damage. While wearing your
puppet armor, you have resistance to that type of damage.
Sealed Suit Prerequisite: Steel Puppet
As a bonus action on your turn, you can environmentally
seal your puppet armor, giving you an air supply for up to 1
hour and making you immune to inhaled poisons (but not
curing you of existing poisoned conditions).
9th Level Upgrades
Automatic Response Prerequisite: Emergency Switch
You implant an additional emergency switch, giving your
puppet armor more control over your actions. You can set
conditions when your puppet armor will take control of your
movement and actions. If can act following these directions
after the triggering event occurs for a number of rounds equal
to your Intelligence modifier. While acting in this mode, it can
take any action you could take, but can only cast jutsu
granted by upgrades. It uses your ability scores.
The triggering event can be a preset condition, a verbal
command, or a specified time. Your armor is immune to the
charmed, blinded, and frightened conditions, and does not
suffer from exhaustion, ignoring these effects if you are under
them.
Once you use this upgrade, it cannot be used again until
you finish a long rest.
Brute Force Style
The strength imparted by your puppet armor gives the
force of blows the devastating power of a more skilled
combatant. You can select a Fighting Style from Dueling
Mastery, Great Weapon Fighting, or Two-Weapon Fighting
and gain the effects of that Fighting Style while wearing your
puppet armor.
Contingency Prerequisite: Intelligent Design
Choose a jutsu of D-Rank or higher that you can cast, that
has a casting time of 1 action, and that can target you. You
cast that jutsu, expending chakra, but the jutsu doesn't come
into effect. Instead, it takes effect when a certain
circumstance occurs.
The jutsu takes effect immediately after the circumstance
is met for the first time, whether you want it to or not, and
then the contingency ends.
You can only have one jutsu prepared to go off in this way.
Preparing a new one immediately ends the effect of the last
one. You can prepare a new contingency as long as you have
this upgrade.
Chakra Reactor
You construct a chakra reactor that feeds your armor,
powering its upgrades with external chakra. The Chakra
Reactor has 6 charges, and can be used to power upgrades
that cast jutsu, even upgrades that would normally only
recharge after a rest. You can cast these jutsu using charges,
spending 1 charge per rank of the jutsu you are casting. You
can cast jutsu at a higher rank by expending more charges.
The Reactor regains half of its maximum charges at the end
of a long rest, and all of its charges at the end of a full rest.
If your Chakra Reactor has no charges left, you can
overdraw your Chakra Reactor for one last burst of power,
but your armor is temporarily immobilized and your speed
while wearing your armor becomes zero for a number of
rounds equal to the rank of the jutsu cast. Once you do this,
you cannot do this again until you complete a long rest.
Chakra-Enhanced Vision Prerequisite: Chakra-Infused
Visor, Intelligent Design
Your chakra threads outline and track things in your sight,
granting you the following benefits:
When a creature attempts to take the Hide action against
you, you can use your reaction to make an active Wisdom
(Perception) check to contest its Dexterity (Stealth) check.
When making a Dexterity saving throw against an effect
you can see, you can make an Intelligence saving throw
instead.
When a creature hits you with a ranged attack roll, you
can cast true strike as a reaction, targeting that creature.
Phase Suit Prerequisite: Iron Shell
You gain the ability to cast Lightning Release: Lightning
Step while wearing your Iron Shell; you do not need the
lightning nature affinity to cast this ninjutsu from this
upgrade. Additionally, as an action, you can become
intangible, and move through creatures or objects until the
end of your turn. If you end your turn inside a creature or
object, you are forced to the nearest unoccupied location,
taking 10 force damage for each foot you are forced to move.
Once you become intangible using this upgrade, you cannot
do so again until you complete a short or long rest.
11th Level Upgrades
Cloaking Device Prerequisite: Active Camouflage
If you do not move during your turn with active camouflage
engaged, you can use your reaction to take the Hide action
using an Intelligence (Stealth) check. You make this check
with disadvantage if you are within 5 feet of another creature
or if you attacked during your turn.
You can overload your camouflage to cast invisibility
without expending concentration costs. Once you do this, you
cannot do this again until you complete a long rest.
Flash Capacitor Incompatible with other Capacitors
You can store chakra, releasing it in a torrent of destructive
lightning. As an action, you can cast Lightning Release:
Banquet of Thunder without spending chakra or charges. You
do not need the lightning nature affinity to cast this jutsu in
this way. The effected area becomes difficult terrain until the
end of your next turn.
Once you use this upgrade, you cannot use it again until
you complete a long rest.
Flight
You integrate a system to use your chakra threads to make
your Juggernaut armor fly. While wearing your Juggernaut
armor, you have a chakra-enhanced flying speed of 30 feet.
Gale Capacitor Incompatible with other Capacitors
You can store chakra, releasing it controlled blasts of gale-
force winds. As an action, you can cast Wind Release:
Vacuum Great Sphere without spending chakra or charges.
You still need to spend chakra to maintain concentration. You
do not need the wind nature affinity to cast this jutsu in this
way.
Once you use this upgrade, you cannot use it again until
you complete a long rest.
Iron Muscle Prerequisite: Steel Puppet
You reinforce the structure of your puppet armor, giving it
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 the strength of giants. While wearing your puppet armor, your
current Strength ability score is increased by 2, and your
maximum Strength ability score becomes 24.
Power Slam Capacitor Incompatible with other Capacitors
You store up kinetic energy, and unleash it in a mighty
bound. As an action, you can jump up to your entire
movement speed and cast Earth Release: Stone Forest upon
landing without spending chakra or charges. You do not need
the earth nature affinity to cast this jutsu in this way.
Once you use this upgrade, you cannot use it again until
you complete a long rest.
15th Level Upgrades
Chakra-Reinforced Mind Prerequisite: Intelligent Design
When you use Artificial Strength to raise your Strength
ability score, you no longer lower your Intelligence ability
score below your natural maximum (not counting Intelligent
Design).
Heavy Plating Prerequisite: Steel Puppet
You install special heavy plating, giving you resistance to
bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from non-chakra
enhanged sources while wearing your Steel Puppet.
Phase State Prerequisite: Iron Shell
When you are attacked, you can use your reaction to
become intangible, causing that attack to miss if it is a non-
chakra enhanced attack. You can use this reaction a number
of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of
once), regaining any expended uses after you complete a
short or long rest. This upgrade regains one use every time
you teleport or enter another plane.
Recall
You place a special seal within your armor. When not being
worn, you can hide your Juggernaut armor in a pocket
dimension. As an action, you can summon the armor and don
it. You can use a bonus action to return the armor to the
pocket dimension.
While in the pocket dimension, the armor cannot be
affected by other abilities and cannot be interacted with in
any way.
Sun Cannon
You install a solar cannon into your Juggernaut armor,
allowing you to unleash devastating solar laser blasts. As an
action, you can cast Fire Release: Sunbeam without spending
chakra. You do not need to spend chakra to maintain
concentration on this jutsu either. You do not need the fire
nature affinity to cast this jutsu in this way.
Once you use this upgrade, you cannot use it again until
you complete a long rest.
Soul Container
A Soul Container is the sort of person that makes people
uncomfortable. Even when encountered in the most ideal
circumstances, they simply have the sort of gaze that makes
one think they may be thinking "how could I improve that" as
they look at you.
This particular specialization of Puppet Master is one that
has turned their creative talent...inward. They seek to
understand and improve the limitations of flesh. All too
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frequently, they place a slightly different value on aesthetics
than others might, tending to find beauty primarily in
efficiency.
A Soul Container tends to be more eccentric than inclined
to any particular alignment, though even the most benevolent
one may find that the only reason their activities wouldn't be
illegal is that no one considered them possible.
Soul Containers in your Game
Soul Containers are rather macabre, using often
disturbing means to augment their own bodies. As
such, they may not be the most suitable for many
characters. Your DM may not allow you to choose
this specialization as a younger character.
Soul Container Proficiency
When you choose this specialization at 1st level, you gain
proficiency in the Medicine skill, as well as the ability to use
jutsu with the Medical keyword.
Puppet Self
At 1st level, you've utilized not-quite forbidden techniques to
augment your own body. Select one of the following options:
Perfection of Body
Nature had its chance to make your form, now it's your turn
to improve it. When you take this path, you gain the Puppet
Augmentation upgrade, and it does not count against your
upgrade total.
When you take the Attack action, you can use your bonus
action to make a single additional attack with this upgrade.
You can make this additional attack a number of times equal
to your proficiency bonus + your Puppet Master level. You
regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Perfection of Mind
You know that perfection is an aspect of knowledge, a perfect
understanding of the mechanics of the body, inside and out.
But particularly inside. You gain the Doctor upgrade, and it
does not count against your upgrade total.
You have a pool of d8s equal to your proficiency bonus +
your Puppet Master level. When you restore hit points to a
creature or use an Intelligence (Medicine) check to deal
damage to a creature, you can spend these d8s to restore
additional health or deal additional damage. You can spend a
number equal to your proficiency modifier at a time. You
regain this pool of d8s when you finish a long rest.
Puppet's Vitality
Starting at 3rd level, your body has
such vitality that it is constantly
able to restore itself. While you
have at least 1 hit point, at
the start of your turn, you can
choose to expend a hit die and
regain health equal to the
value rolled + your
Constitution modifier. If
you have zero hit points, you
can use this feature at the end
of your turn.
    Additionally, you regain hit dice equal to your Constitution
modifier when you finish a short or long rest (in addition to
the normal hit dice recovered when you finish a long rest).
If you are missing any limbs at the start of a long rest, you
can use your crafting skills to remake your missing limb by
the end of the rest.
Additionally, you have advantage on saving throws against
being poisoned.
Chakra Enhanced Bioengineering
Additionally at 3rd level, you can use Chakra Enhanced
Retrofit to transfer a bonus to attack or damage rolls on a
weapon to natural weapons gained from this subclass.
Extra Attack
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once,
whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Perfection of Puppetry
Starting at 14th level, your understanding of your Puppet Self
feature grows: you regain uses of the resource it provides
equal to your Intelligence modifier when you finish a short
rest.
Additionally, you are mostly puppet. You are immune to
disease, you don't need to sleep, and you can't be put to sleep
by chakra-based means.
Soul Container Upgrades
The following are upgrades available to the Soul Container
Specialization. The upgrades are listed in alphabetical order
for each group. Unless otherwise stated, you cannot take the
same upgrade multiple times.
1st Level Upgrades
Better Eyes You can take this upgrade multiple times
Your eyes did not see everything you wanted them to, so
you replaced them with eyes that do. You gain a benefit to
your vision, selecting one of the following enhancements:
Blindsight for 10 feet, Darkvision for 60 feet, the ability to see
clearly twice as far as your natural vision range, or
proficiency in the Perception skill. If you select this upgrade
again, you must select a different benefit.
Crushing Grip
You don't let things go once you have them in your grip.
Creatures that are grappled or restrained by you have
disadvantage on attempting to escape the condition.
Additionally, you can choose to apply damage equal to your
Strength modifier to any creature that starts its turn grappled
or restrained by you.
Doctor
You master the knowledge of the mechanical properties of
the body. You can make all Medicine checks as Intelligence
(Medicine) checks and can add double your proficiency to
Intelligence (Medicine) checks. When you make an
Intelligence (Medicine) check to stabilize a creature, they
regain 1 hit point.
As a doctor, you specialize not just in the repair or
creatures, but in the dissection of them. If you are holding a
melee finesse weapon you have proficiency with, as an action,
you can make an Intelligene (Medicine) ability check against
a creature within reach with a DC equal to its armor class. If
you succeed on the check, you can deal damage to that
creature equal to your weapon's damage dice plus your
Intelligence modifier. On a die roll of 20, the weapon's
damage dice are doubled. If you have Extra Attack, you deal
twice the weapon's damage dice. This check is still treated as
a weapon attack for any features or jutsu that would influence
weapon attacks or ability checks.
Extra Eyes
Why only see in one direction? You add extra eyes. You gain
proficiency in the Perception skill. If you already have
proficiency in Perception, you can add double your
proficiency bonus to your Wisdom (Perception) ability
checks. Also, you have advantage on Wisdom (Perception)
checks that contest a creature's Dexterity (Stealth) check.
Field Surgery
Some say that not all medical problems require surgery.
Not you. As an action, you can repair a body to its natural
limits far more quickly than its natural limits. You can repair
a willing creature within 5 feet, allowing them to expend hit
dice up to half your Puppet Crafter level (rounded up). Each
hit dice spent is rolled as normal, but you can add the higher
value of their Constitution modifier or your Intelligence
modifier.
This does not require the Doctor upgrade, but probably
should. If taken without the Doctor upgrade, any odd number
rolled on the hit die is taken as damage by the target
creature.
Fix Flesh
Your expertise in the working of flesh makes you an artisan
of fixing broken creatures. When you cast healing hands, you
restore an additional amount of health equal to your
Intelligene modifier.
Hook Reel
You install a grappling hook into your body. As 1 attack or 1
action, you can target a surface, object, or creature within 30
feet. Make a ranged weapon attack; you are proficient with
this weapon. On a hit, you deal 1d6 + your Strength or
Dexterity modifier in piercing damage. Additionally, if the
creature is Large or smaller, they can make a Strength
(Athletics) check or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check against the
attack roll. If they roll under your attack roll, they are grappled
by you. While grappled in this way, you can use a bonus
action to pull them 15 feet closer to you. Alternatively, if the
target is Huge or Larger, you can choose to be pulled to it.
While you have a creature pierced by your grappling hook,
you cannot use this upgrade to target another creature. You
or a creature within 5 feet of the grappled creature (including
the creature) can use an action to remove your grappling
hook from them, dealing an additional 1d4 piercing damage
to the creature.
Horrifying Abomination Prerequisite: At least 5 upgrades
modifying your body
The perfect form you have crafted intimidates inferior
beings. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill. If you
are already proficient in Intimidation, you can add twice your
proficiency bonus to your Charisma (Intimidation) checks.
Massive Form
You install a method to rapidly increase in size. As an
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 action, you can become a Large-sized creature. Any creature
that witnesses this must make a Wisdom saving throw
against your Ninjutsu save DC or become frightened of you
until the end of their next turn.
While enlarged by this upgrade, you deal an additional 1d4
damage with your natural weapons and wapons sized for
Medium creatures, and you have advantage on Strength
(Athletics) checks. You can revert to normal size as a bonus
action.
You can spend a number of rounds equal to your
Constitution modifier + your Intelligence modifier as a large
creature before you must revert. These rounds do not need to
be consecutive, and you regain any rounds that you spent
enlarged when you finish a short or long rest.
Puppet Augmentation You can take this upgrade multiple
times
You enhance your body by crafting a new part onto it.
Select one of the following augments:
Augment Description
Puppet This arm is capable of doing things an arm can
Arm do, like holding and hitting things.
Puppet You gain a natural weapon that deals 1d8
Claws slashing damage, and counts as a finesse
weapon. You are proficient with these claws.
Puppet Your mouth becomes a natural weapon that
Fangs deals 1d10 piercing damage. You are proficient
using these fangs as weapons.
Puppet You gain a tentacle appendage that is a natural
Tentacle weapon that deals 1d6 bludgeoning damage
with the reach property. You are proficient with
this natural weapon. Using this tentacle, you can
make a Strength (Athletics) check or object
interaction with a reach of 10 feet.
Extra Arm & Perfection of Body
When making an attack using Perfection of Body
with a puppet arm, you can make an attack with a
weapon held in that arm. You can only make a
weapon attack with two hands if you have two or
more extra arms to hold a two-handed weapon.
Puppet Enhancement Prerequisite: Applicable Puppet
Augmentation
You use the knowledge of chakra-beasts and demons to
formulate an enhancement of your Puppet Augmentation,
granting it an additional power. The table below shows which
enhancements can be applied to which augmentations.
Each enhancement has an empowered effect. An
empowered effect automatically occurs when you roll a
critical hit with your natural weapon on an attack with the
enhancement, or you can manually activate the empowered
effect by spending 6 chakra.
An empowered effect can only occur on your turn, and
cannot occur more than once per turn.
Infernal: Once per turn, on your turn, when you deal
damage with your natural weapon, you can ignite the weapon
with chakra, dealing an additional 1d8 fire damage.
Empowered: The target must make a Constitution saving
throw against your Ninjutsu save DC or become burned.
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Enhancement Qualified Augmentations
Infernal Puppet Claws, Puppet Fangs
Poisonous Puppet Claws, Puppet Fangs
Ravenous Puppet Claws, Puppet Fangs
Razor Puppet Claws, Puppet Fangs
Relentless Puppet Arm, Puppet Tentacle
Vampiric Puppet Fangs
Poisonous: Once per turn, on your turn, when you hit a
creature with your natural weapon, you can inject the
creature with venom, dealing an additional 1d8 poison
damage.
Empowered: The target must make a Constitution saving
throw against your Ninjutsu save DC or become poisoned for
1 minute. They can repeat their saving throw at the end of
each of their turns.
Ravenous: Once per turn, on your turn, when you make an
attack roll (or aggressive ability check with Doctor) with your
natural weapon, you can add 1d4 to the roll. If you've
damaged the target with your natural weapons since the
beginning of your last turn, you can add 1d6 instead of 1d4.
Empowered: You gain advantage on your next attack with a
natural weapon against the target.
Razor: The damage die of your natural weapon becomes
one step higher (for example, Puppet Fangs go from 1d10 to
1d12).
Empowered: You can maximize one damage die of your
choice from the damage dice of the damage roll.
Relentless: You gain an additional reaction you can only
use to make an attack of opportunity with that Puppet
Augmentation.
Empowered: You can make an additional single attack with
your Puppet Augmentation. This attack only deals the
weapon damage of the attack, and does not add your modifier
to the damage dealt.
Vampiric: Once per turn, on your turn, when you deal
damage with your Puppet Fangs, you can drain the life force
from your victims, adding 1d4 necrotic damage to the
damage roll. If the target is a living creature over CR 1/4, you
regain health equal to the necrotic damage dealt.
Empowered: You regain one hit die you've expended in the
last minute. If you do not use this hit die before the end of
your next turn, it is lost.
One Enhancement
Note that unless otherwise specified, an upgrade
can only be taken once. In this case, all the
enhancements are effectively mutually exclusive.
Empowered Relentless Attacks
Your Empowered Relentless attack will deal
either the natural weapon die of the natural
weapon or the weapon die of a weapon held in a
puppet arm. This can be a two-handed weapon only
if you have two or more extra arms.
Puppeteer's Persistence
Your idealogical conviction in your idea of perfection is
such that you gain an additional 2 uses of Perfection of Body
or an additional two d8s for Perfection of Mind.
Secondary Life Organs
Realizing the fragility of mortal life, you modify yourself
with additional necessary functions. When you make a death
saving throw, you can replace the results of that roll with a 20.
Once you use this upgrade, you cannot use it again until
you complete a long rest.
Spiked Exterior
You augment your puppet body with protruding spikes.
When you are attacked by a melee attack or are the target of
a grapple attempt, you can use your reaction to deal 1d6
piercing damage to the attacking creature. You can do this a
number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and recraft
all expended spikes (regaining all uses of the ability) after you
complete a long rest.
Alternatively, you can expend a use of your spikes as a
ranged weapon attack with a range of 20/60, dealing 1d8
piercing damage on a hit.
Subdermal Plating
Exoskeletons are bulky, and endoskeletons just don't offer
enough protection, so you compromise. You gain natural
armor, granting you a base AC of 16. You still add your
Dexterity modifier (maximum of 2), and half of your
proficiency bonus (rounded down) to this AC calculation. You
do not benefit from this AC calculation if you're wearing
armor.
Toxicity
As a defensive measure, you imbue your blood with chakra,
making it poisonous. Once per turn, when a creature hits you
and deals piercing or slashing damage while within 5 feet of
you, they take poison damage equal to your Constitution
modifier. If damage if from a biting attack, they take twice as
much damage.
Puppet Health
You're a shining beacon of vitality. You gain an additional 1
maximum hit point for each level of Puppet Crafter you have.
Additionally, when you roll a 1 or 2 on a hit die for
recovering hit points, you can reroll the die and must use the
new roll, even if it is a 1 or 2.
5th Level Upgrades
Brimstone Bladder
You install a gas chamber and flame nozzle that allows you
to exhale gouts of flame. You gain a pool of d12s equal to
your Puppet Crafter level. As an action, you can exhale a cone
of fire, expending d12s from this pool equal to your
proficiency bonus. Creatures in a 30-foot cone must make a
Dexterity saving throw against your Ninjutsu save DC, taking
fire damage equal to the expended d12s on a failure, and half
as much damage on a successul saving throw. You regain any
expended dice when you finish a long rest.
Additionally, you gain resistance to fire damage.
Poison Gland
You install a poison canister within your body, exuding
acidic poison. You gain a pool of d4s equal to your Puppet
Crafter level. As a bonus action, you can expend an amount of
these d4s up to your Constitution modifier, adding them as
poison damage to the next damage roll you make with a
natural weapon before the end of your turn. You regain any
expended dice when you finish a long rest.
Additionally, you gain resistance to poison damage.
Poison Spit Prerequisite: Poison Gland
Fully integrating the poison gland, you learn to spit acidic
poison. You learn the acid spray ninjutsu, and you can add
your Constitution modifier to damage rolls made with it. You
can expend the d4s granted by Poison Gland to increase the
damage of acid spray, following the same restrictions as
natural weapons.
Pressure Points Prerequisite: Doctor
Your extensive knowledge of anatomy allows you to target
critical spots. When you deal damage to a target with a melee
weapon, as a bonus action you can force them to roll a
Constitution saving throw against your Taijutsu save DC.
If they fail, they are slowed until the end of your next turn. If
the target is already slowed, they become restrained until the
end of your next turn. If the creatures is already restrained,
they become stunned until the end of your next turn. If they're
already stunned, they become paralyzed until the end of your
next turn.
If the target becomes paralyzed from this upgrade or
passes a Constitution saving throw against, they become
immune to this upgrade for 24 hours.
Reflexive Twitch Prerequisite: Puppet Arm
When you take damage from a target within 5 feet of you,
you can use your reaction to reflexively attack them with your
Puppet Arm. This attack does not add your Strength or
Dexterity modifier to damage dealt, unless that modifier is
negative.
9th Level Upgrades
Chakra Cannon
You install a cannon into your body, concentrating chakra,
and then firing it out in a long line. As an action, you can
spend 12 chakra to fire your chakra cannon, unleashing a 60-
foot long, 5-foot wide line of pure chakra in a direction of your
choice. Each creature caught in the line must make a
Dexterity saving throw against your Ninjutsu save DC, taking
8d10 force damage and being pushed back 10 feet directly
away from you on a failed save. Creatures that succeed on
this saving throw take half damage, and are not pushed.
Life Merchant
You can share your considerable vitality with other
creatures. You are a generous person, after all. You learn the
life transference ninjutsu, and you can cast life transfer
without spending chakra. Once you cast this jutsu using this
upgrade, you cannot do so again until you complete a short or
long rest.
Life Void Prerequisite: Life Merchant
You hunger for missing vitality. After casting life
transference, the first time you damage a living creature
within the next minute, you deal an additional 3d8 necrotic
damage, and regain hit points equal to the necrotic damage
dealt.
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 Massive Hulk Prerequisite: Massive Form
You no longer have a limit to how long you can stay in your
enlarged form.
Safe Revivial Techniques Prerequisite: Doctor
You can cast revival without spending chakra. For some
reason, the target gains a level of exhaustion, and is
frightened of you for 1 minute upon reviving. A creature
cannot benefit from this upgrade again until you finish a
short or long rest, as it is still terrified of what you did.
11th Level Upgrades
Dark Miracle Prerequisite: Doctor
When you use an action that restores health to another
creature, you can expend up to 4d4 of your own hit points to
increases the amount of health restored by that much.
Creatures that receive this strange surge of vitality have
advantage on their next attack roll or saving throw.
Metal Wings
You decide that wings would be useful, and install a pair on
your back. You can shape them like any naturally functional
wings, such as a bird, bat, or insect, though this is purely
cosmetic; you use chakra threads to manipulate them and fly.
You gain a flying speed equal to your movement speed, so
long as you are not wearing heavy armor.
Uncanny Strength Prerequisite: 18 Strength; you can take
this upgrade twice
You don't see what the big deal is with two handed
weapons. After some small improvements to one of your
arms and grip, you can hold a two-handed weapon in the
upgraded hand.
Rules Tip: Two-Weapon Fighting
Note that the Uncanny Strength upgrade does not
grant weapons the Light property, so you wouldn't
be able to inherently use two-weapon fighting with
them, though, the Two-Weapon Fighting style
would allow it.
Unrelenting Predator Prerequisite: Puppet Enhancement
When you automatically activate an empowered effect of
your Puppet Enhancement, the next time you manually
activate that empowered effect, you don't need to spend
chakra on it.
Vivisection Prerequisite: Doctor
When you attack a creature using an Intelligence
(Medicine) check granted by the Doctor upgrade, if the
creature's remaining hit points are lower than the result of
your Intelligence (Medicine) check, you can choose to vivisect
the creature, killing it instantly instead of dealing damage.
If you kill a creature in this manner, you have advantage on
any Intelligence (Medicine) checks to harvest organs,
ingredients, or other items from it.
15th Level Upgrades
Adaptive Response
You attain full mastery of your body and its functionality,
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able to detect when it malfunctions. As a reaction to failing a
saving throw against a condition or poison, you can choose to
succeed instead, even if the condition would normally not
allow you to take a reaction.
Once you use this upgrade, you cannot do this again until
you finish a short or long rest.
Best Eyes Prerequisite: Better Eyes
Despite your high quality eyes, you've noticed some things
still see better than you. So you take their eyes and use them
instead. You gain truesight to a range of 30 feet in addition to
your other vision enhancements.
Body Replacement
You gain the ability to cast mental clone without expending
chakra. You still require the components to cast this genjutsu,
however, the body can be a puppet created by you instead of a
living replacement body. If you use a puppet body, it can be
augmented with any of the upgrades you currently have, and
it cannot be awakened until the jutsu is complete; not offering
it chakra only delays the jutsu's completion, not stopping it.
If you use a living replacement body, the jutsu functions
exactly as described.
Once you cast this genjutsu in this way, you cannot do so
again until you finish a full rest.
Undying Form
When you drop to 0 hit points, rather than falling
unconscious, you make a Constitution saving throw with a
DC equal to the amount of damage remaining after hitting 0
hit points. On a success, you only drop to 1 hit point,
remaining conscious.
Weaver
Some puppet masters focus on using their chakra threads to
manipulate puppet tools or great suits of mechanical armor.
Weavers take their use of these chakra threads to their limit,
using them to manipulate their allies and enemies to more
directly control the flow of battle.
Determining the proper flow of battle and how best to
utilize their allies requires a cool head. Therefore, most
Weavers tend to be lawful, using their abilities to maintain a
certain order that they envision.
Weaver Proficiency
When you choose this Specialization at 1st level, you gain
proficiency in the Martial Arts and Medicine skills, as your
skills in anatomy help you use the body to the best of its
ability.
Chakra Threads
Also at 1st level, you gain the ability to more strongly
manipulate the puppet master's signature ability: the chakra
thread. You learn the chakra hands ninjutsu, though instead
of a hand of chakra, you create thin threads of chakra that
connect to whatever you're trying to manipulate. The range of
the jutsu is doubled, as is the range from which you can be
from the end of your threads. This does not count against
your number of Jutsu Known.
Additionally, you gain one of the following Upgrades to
increase your potency with your threads: Assisted Power,
Defensive Manipulation, or Thread Weapon. This upgrade
does not count against your upgrade total. Regardless of your
chosen upgrade, you can connect your chakra threads to a
willing allied creature within 60 feet of you as an action.
Personnel Puppeteer
Starting at 3rd level, your ability with your chakra threads can
give further help to your allies. You can connect your chakra
threads to a willing allied creature by using your bonus
action. While you have a connection to another creature, you
can use your action to make them immediately perform one
action that the creature is able to take. You cannot make
them cast a jutsu or use a feature that they do not know. If
you make them perform a jutsu, they can spend the chakra to
cast it. If you make them use a feature with limited uses, they
can spend those resources to use that feature.
Grandmaster Manipulation
Starting at 5th level, your ability with chakra threads is
stronger than most. When you connect your threads to
another creature, you can connect your threads to a number
of creatures equal to half your proficiency bonus as part of
the same action or bonus action. You can control all of the
creatures you are connected to with the same action or bonus
action. If you use your Personnel Puppeteer feature, you can
make all of the creatures you are connected to take the same
general action (Dash, Dodge, Attack, Cast a Jutsu, etc.).
Master of Threads
Starting at 14th level, your ability to manipulate others with
your chakra threads is practically unmatched. Choose one
jutsu that you know (including any jutsu gained through an
augment) that doesn't deal damage or inflict a condition and
that has a casting time of 1 action or 1 bonus action.
Whenever you connect your chakra threads to a creature, you
can cast the jutsu on the creature. You still expend chakra to
cast it in this way.
Weaver Upgrades
The following are upgrades available to the Weaver
Specialization. The upgrades are listed in alphabetical order
for each group. Unless otherwise stated, you cannot take the
same upgrade multiple times.
1st Level Upgrades
Assisted Power
As a bonus action, you can connect your chakra threads to
a willing allied creature within 60 feet of you. As an action
while connected to the creature, you can boost their power
with your own manipulation. For the next minute, the
creature can add your proficiency bonus to any attack roll,
ability check, or saving throw they make. They lose this boost
if you move your threads to another creature, you become
incapacitated, you die, or you lose concentration, as if
concentrating on a jutsu.
Brave Connection
You learn the bravery genjutsu, and you can cast it as a
bonus action on a creature you are connected to via chakra
thread.
Chakra Pathway
You can use your chakra threads to move your chakra to
another space. While you are connected to another creature
via chakra threads, when you cast a Ninjutsu or Genjutsu,
you can do so as though you were in that creature's space, but
you must use your own senses.
Defensive Manipulation
As a bonus action, you can connect your chakra threads to
a willing allied creature within 30 feet of you, using the
threads to practically ward the creature against attack. You
can maintain this connection for up to 1 minute. While
connected, any creature who targets the connected creature
with an attack or harmful jutsu must first make a Wisdom
saving throw against you Ninjutsu or Genjutsu save DC. On a
failed save, the creature must choose a new target or lose the
attack or jutsu. This upgrade doesn't protect the creature
from area effects, such as the lightning from a lightning
release: thunder tempest.
If the connected creature makes an attack, casts a jutsu
that affects an enemy, or deals damage to another creature,
the threads break and the connection ends.
Entangling Threads
You learn to use your threads to constrict the movement of
other creatures. You learn the following jutsu at the following
Puppet Master levels, as long as you have this upgrade (you
ignore any keyword prerequisites for these jutsu):
Puppet Master Level Entangling Jutsu
1st Shadow Snake Bite
5th Lightning Release: Spider Web
9th Body Pathway Derangement
13th Forcecage
Grappling Threads
You strengthen your threads to hold a creature's weight. As
1 attack or 1 action, you may target a surface, object, or
creature within 30 feet. If the target is Large or smaller, you
can attempt to grapple the creature using an Intelligence
(Athletics) or Wisdom (Athletics) check, pulling it to you and
grappling the creature on a success. Alternatively, it the target
is Huge or larger, you can choose to be pulled to it; this does
not grapple the target. You are automatically pulled toward a
structure that is larger than you.
Medical Expertise
Your knowledge of the body has made it easier to
manipulate chakra through it. You gain the ability to learn
and use jutsu with the Medical keyword. Additionally, you
learn 1 such jutsu that you qualify for, which doesn't count
against your number of Jutsu Known.
Natural Enhancement Prerequisite: has a Nature Release
You can use your own Nature Release to supplement
another creature's jutsu. While connected to another
creature, when they cast a ninjutsu that deals damage, they
can replace the damage type with one of your nature release's
damage types. This replaces all the damage done by the
jutsu.
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 Sensory Connection Prerequisite: Medical Expertise
Your medical knowledge allows you to use the senses of
another creature you are connected to. While connected to a
creature via chakra thread, you can use your action to
perceive through its senses until the end of your next turn. As
long as you retain your chakra threads' connection to the
creature, you can use your action on subsequent turns to
maintain this connected, extending the duration until the end
of your next turn. While perceiving throw the other creature's
senses, you benefit from any special senses possessed by that
creature, and you are blinded and deafened to your own
surroundings.
String Enhancement
You can use your action to connect to a willing allied
creature within 60 feet of you. Until the start of your next
turn, the creature gains 1d4 temporary hit points, and the
next time the target deals damage, it deals an additional 1d4
damage to one instance of that damage.
Additionally, you can spend chakra points to increase the
potency of this effect. You can only spend a number of chakra
points on this augment up to your proficiency bonus. For
each chakra point you spend, the target either gains an
additional 2 temporary hit points or deals an additional 2
points of damage.
Thread Weapon
You give a more physical presence to your chakra threads.
As a bonus action, you can form your chakra threads into a
chained hand scythe, a chained spear, a whip, or battle wire.
You are proficient with this weapon while using this upgrade,
and the weapon gains the finesse trait. You can end this effect
as a bonus action.
5th Level Upgrades
Antagonistic Connection
When you use your chakra threads to connect to a
creature, you can attempt to connect to unwilling or hostile
creatures as well as willing allied creatures. When you
attempt to connect to an unwilling or hostile creature, the
creature must make a Dexterity saving throw against your
Ninjutsu or Genjutsu save DC, avoiding the threads on a
success.
Chakra Resilience Prerequisite: Defensive Manipulation
You can use your chakra threads to further protect an ally
from harm. While you are connected to another creature via
chakra threads, as a reaction to the target taking cold, earth,
fire, force, lightning, necrotic, psychic, or wind damage, you
can give them resistance to the damage taken. Using this
augment overloads your chakra threads, breaking your
connection to the target.
You can only use this augment a number of times equal to
your Constitution modifier, and you regain any expended uses
when you complete a short or long rest.
Directed Nature Prerequisites: Antagonistic Connection,
has a Nature Release
You use your connection to direct a pure natural force into
another creature. While you are connected to a creature, you
can use your action to direct chakra of your nature release
into one creature you are connected to. That creature must
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succeed on a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the
creature is weakened and dazed until the end of their next
turn, being overwhelmed by your chakra.
Feedback Loop
Your chakra threads can better connect to a creature's
chakra network. While you are connected to a creature via
chakra thread, you can cast one jutsu they know, even if you
don't have the required keyword prerequisites (such as
Medical or any Nature Release). You cannot cast a jutsu with
the Hijutsu keyword in this way. You still expend the normal
amount of chakra for the jutsu.
Once you cast a jutsu in this way, your connection to that
creature ends, as the threads took on too much chakra to
maintain their structure.
Powered Puppeteering
Your chakra threads can imbue others with your own
chakra. When you use your Personnel Puppeteer feature to
make a creature use the Cast a Jutsu action, you can spend
your own chakra to make them cast the jutsu chosen, instead
of letting the creature choose to spend their own chakra. The
chakra you expend is the normal cost of the jutsu.
Thread Force Prerequisite: Antagonistic Connection
While connected to a hostile creature via chakra thread,
you can force one creature to make a Constitution saving
throw against your Ninjutsu or Genjutsu save DC, as you
force your chakra into their body. On a failed save, the target
takes 3d10 force damage and is moved 5 feet in a direction of
your choice or knocked prone.
Additionally, you can spend chakra points to increase the
potency of this effect. You can only spend a number of chakra
points on this augment equal to three times your proficiency
bonus. For every 3 chakra points you spend, the target either
takes 1d10 additional damage or gets moved 10 additional
feet in the same direction. Alternatively, by spending at least 6
chakra, you can force the target to make a Constitution
saving throw or become restrained until the end of its next
turn.
9th Level Upgrades
Direct Connection
Your chakra threads can act as a perfect medium to deliver
jutsu. While you are connected to another creature via chakra
threads, you can cast a jutsu on that creature directly. You
gain the following benefits:
You do not require line of sight, and you do not need to see
the creature to cast the jutsu on them if you normally
would.
If the jutsu's range is touch, you are considered touching
them while connected to them.
If the jutsu requires an attack roll, you roll with advantage.
If the jutsu forces the target to make a saving throw, it
does so at disadvantage.
If the jutsu affects and area, you can choose to have it only
affect the connected creature.
Extra Attack Prerequisite: Thread Weapon
You have greater aptitude with your Thread Weapon. You
can attack with your Thread Weapon twice, instead of once,
whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Telekinetic Threads Personnel Carrier Prerequisite: String-Based Flight
You can use your action to lash out with your threads to You enhance your chakra threads to hold a massive
manipulate the battlefield. When you activate this upgrade amount of weight. Your String-Based Flight upgrade can
and as an action each round for the next minute, you can benefit from your Grandmaster Manipulation, and you can
manipulate one creature or object that you can see within 60 target yourself with the upgrade. However, this only lasts for
feet of you, causing the appropriate effect below. You can up to 1 hour.
affect the same target round after round, or choose a new one Once you use this upgrade, you cannot do so again until
at any time. If you switch targets, the prior target is no longer you complete a long rest.
affected by this upgrade.
You can maintain this upgrade for up to 1 minute, or until
you lose concentration on it, as if concentrating on a jutsu. Multiclassing
Once you use this upgrade, you cannot do so again until you To determine the number of jutsu known when multiclassing
finish a short or long rest. with Puppet Master, you learn one additional jutsu from this
Creature. You can try to move a Huge or smaller creature. class every 3 levels.
Make an Intelligence check contested by the target's Strength
check. If you win the contest, you move the creature up to 30 Credits and Disclaimer
feet in any direction, including upward, but no further than 60 This class is my interpretation of the Puppet User in Naruto
feet away from you. Until the end of your next turn, the
creature is restrained by your threads. A creature lifted 5e, a D&D 5th Edition convertion for the Naruto setting by
upward is suspended in mid-air. Kingsare4ever.
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Strength check. If you succeed, you pull the object away from
that creature and can move it up to 30 feet in any direction,
but no further than 60 feet away from you.
You can exert fine control over objects held by your
threads, such as manipulating a simple tool, opening a door
or container, stowing or retriving an item from an open
container, or pouring the contents from a vial.
11th Level Upgrades
Chakra Slash Prerequisite: Thread Weapon
You can give more power to your Thread Weapon. When
you hit a creature with your Thread Weapon, the creature
takes extra force damage equal to your Ninjutsu modifier
(minimum 1).
String-Based Flight
You can use your action to connect to one willing allied
creature other than yourself within 60 feet of you, granting it
a flying speed of 30 feet.
This upgrade can't benefit from your Grandmaster
Manipulation feature.
15th Level Upgrades
Chakra Stun Prerequisites: Antagonistic Connection,
Medical Expertise
You use your chakra threads to connect to the pressure
points of one creature within 60 feet of you. If the creature
has 150 hit points or fewer, it is stunned. Otherwise the
upgrade has no effect.
The stunned target must make a Constitution saving throw
against your Ninjutsu or Genjutsu save DC at the end of each
of its turns. On a successful save, this stunning effect ends.
Once you successfully use this upgrade, you cannot use it
again until you finish a long rest.

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