Oath of Fate: A Paladin Subclass
P
aladins are chosen, and they choose to swear
the oaths. But paladins always fight a losing
battle. They are compelled to face evil and one
day evil will win. Adventurers don't meet old
paladins like they meet old wizards or old
druids. Your hear stories of the deaths of great
paladins by great bards. Some paladins find
this oddly comforting. These paladins are known as charms,
for they have been blessed by Fortuna, lady luck, or some
other god(dess) of fate or luck. These paragons of luck exude
good fortune and those around them seem to find that things
are just easier with them around. Those who have been given
the gift are often called "charms." Adventurers flock to them
like sailors flock to adopting cats and tattooing hens and pigs
on their feet. All want to take a little luck for themselves. And
so, the "Charms" were born. Charms know a secret though,
eventually their luck will run out. Eventually they will lose,
but they feel that they are lucky in knowing that fact ahead of
time. Until then, they have a choice: do they try to grab onto
that font of fortune and use it at every opportunity or do they
only use it sparingly, trying their best not to rely upon it? Do
they pass it to others in hopes that more luck will come back
to them or do they save it all for themselves? How do they
keep the fickle lady luck pleased with their performance and
extend their careers as Charms and their lives as paladins?
Tenets of the Charms
Once you have been called to be a "Charm" you should strive
to follow the following tenets:
"Luck/Fate, not Chance." - Being chosen by fate or lady
luck means you do not need to rely on chance to succeed.
Luck/Fate means you will succeed despite the chance you fail,
not because of the chance you will be successful. Be fearless
and trust in your deity.
"Better Lucky than Good." - While you could train hard to
get better at skills and practice all your life to master them,
sometimes it's just better to have favorable winds when you
sail. Look for the favorable winds and ride them to success
"Luck giveth, Luck taketh away/ Live your Fate." - At
some point your luck will run out and fate will decide that
things will not turn out in your favor. You have lived a blessed
life. Accept your fate with dignity, don’t shy away from it.
Oath Spells
You gain the following oath spells at the levels listed
Paladin Level Spells
3rd featherfall, guidance
5th enhance ability, bane
9th counterspell, pass without trace
13th death ward, protection from energy
17th legend lore, divination
Channel Divinity:
When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following
two Channel Divinity options
First Try. When you or an ally within 30 feet of you makes
an ability check, you can use your Channel Divinity to grant a
bonus to the roll equal to +10. You make this choice after you
see the roll but before the DM says whether the check
succeeds or fails.
ex Machina. As an action, you can expend a use of your
Channel Divinity to conjure forth an inanimate object that you
can see within 10 feet of you. The object can be no larger
than 3 feet on a side, weigh no more than 10 lbs, and its form
must be that of a nonmagical object that you have seen. The
object is visibly magical, radiating dim light out to 5 feet. The
item disappears at the end of your next rest or if it takes any
damage.
Good Luck Charm
Examples of good luck charms.
d6 Lucky Charm
1 A four-leaf clover encased in amber
2 A rabbit's foot
3 A necklace of braided unicorn hair
4 A coin with heads on both sides
5 A horseshoe fashioned into a bracelet
6 The number "7" Tattooed on your hand
At 3rd level, choose a lucky totem that protects you from
the worst fate has to offer. While you are wearing the totem
and no armor or shield, your base AC is 16 + your Dexterity
modifier
Your lucky charm counts as a divine spellcasting focus for
the purpose of casting spells.
When carrying your lucky totem, you are attuned to the
whims of chance. As an action on your turn, you can open
your awareness to know the outcomes of things normally
reserved for chance. Using this ability expends a used of your
Divine Sense ability. Until the end of your next turn, you can
correctly predict any roll of dice, tossing of coins, spot on the
dartboard hit, or cards chosen within 60 feet of you. Within
the same radius, you can also detect if magic is being used to
alter the outcomes beyond chance.
Shift Fate
Also at 3rd level, When you or a creature within 30 feet of you
makes an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can
use your reaction and expend one spell slot to alter the
outcome of the roll. You can add or subtract 1d4 plus 1 for
each spell level to a maximum of 1d4+5 from the result of the
roll.
Fortuna audaces iuvat
Starting at 7th level, you can take the help action as a bonus
action to help other creatures within 10 feet of you.
Additionally, when you take the help action to aid an ally in
attacking the creature, the target of that attack can be within
10 feet of you, rather than 5 feet if the target can see of hear
you. At 18th level the range of the radius expands to 30 feet.
Uncanny Dodge
Beginning at level 15, when an attacker that you can see hits
you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the
attack’s damage against you.
Paragon of Luck
At 20th level, you learn to emanate an aura of impossibly
good luck. Time seems to slow and the impossible feels
possible. Using your action, you get a feeling that lady luck is
watching you closing, and you can do no wrong. For 1 minute,
gain each of the following benefits:
You have advantage on all attack rolls, saving throws, and
ability checks.
All creatures have disadvantage on attack rolls against
you.
When you would normally roll dice to restore hit points
with a spell, you instead use the highest possible number
for each die
You add your proficiency modifier to any ability check you
make. If you are already proficient, you may instead add
double your proficiency to that check.
Warlord: A Fighter Subclass
M
ost fighters dominate the combat arena
through strength or skill. Warlords have
those in spades. What sets them apart
from the normal soldier is the ability to
command troops. Through tactical
decisions, warlords can pin down
particularly nasty foes. While engaged
in combat, a warlord issues orders to let their group function
seamlessly as a unit
Combat Orders
When you reach 3rd level, you learn 3 Combat Orders of your
choice which are detailed in the “Combat Orders’ section
below. Combat orders enhance your allies in some way. You
can only use one combat order per round. Combat Orders are
a bonus action unless otherwise specified. You learn an
additional order at 13th level and 17th level. Each time you
learn a new order, you can replace one order you know with a
different one. You can use a expend a use of Combat Orders
twice, after which you must complete a short or long rest
before you can use Combat Orders again.
Mark
At 3rd level, you excel at foiling attacks and protecting your
allies by menacing your foes. You can take the Mark action
on your turn. As part of the Mark action, make a melee
weapon attack against a creature. If you hit, in addition to the
normal damage, the target is marked by you until the end of
your next turn. A creature ignores this effect if the creature
can't be charmed or frightened. The marked target has
disadvantage on any attack roll against a creature other than
you or someone else who marked it. You can only mark 1
creature at a time.
Commanding Presence
Beginning at 7th Level, you gain proficiency in the
intimidation skill. if you already have proficiency in
intimidation, then you may choose to gain proficiency in
Deception, Persuasion, or Performance. Whenever you
attempt to move a group of people, you can add double your
proficiency bonus to any checks made to convince the group.
Improved Combat Orders
At 10th level, you gain an additional use of combat orders.
You gain a 4th use of combat orders at 18th level.
Master Tactics
Starting at level 15, If a target marked by you is within 5 feet
of you on its turn and it makes an attack that suffers
disadvantage from this feature, you can make one melee
weapon attack against it using your reaction. You can make
this special attack even if you have already expended your
reaction this round, but not if you have already used your
reaction this turn. You can make this attack three times, and
you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a short or
long rest.
Well-oiled machine
Starting at level 18, when you roll initiative and have no uses
of Combat Orders remaining, you regain one use of Combat
Orders.
Maneuvers
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Shield wall Until the beginning of your next turn,
creatures of your choice gain a +2 bonus to AC if they are
adjacent to an ally.
Cover him Choose a creature other than yourself. Until the
beginning of your next turn, whenever that ally is attacked, a
creature of your choice may choose to use their reaction to
make an attack against the attacker. This attack can be a
melee attack, a ranged attack, or a cantrip.
Take him down Choose a creature. Until the beginning of
your next turn, all attacks against that creature get a +2
bonus to hit and to damage.
Get out of there! Choose a creature other than yourself.
Until the beginning of your next turn, this creature cannot be
the target of attacks of opportunity
You’re going to be ok Choose a creature other than
yourself. Until the beginning of your next turn, that creature
gains temporary hit points equal to your Warlord level
Brace for impact Until the beginning of your next turn,
Creatures of your choice within a 10' radius reduce by 3 any
damage they take of non-magical bludgeoning, piercing, and
slashing damage.
Charge Until the beginning of your next turn, when you
move, you can also move any allies adjacent to you up to half
your movement speed.
Just like in practice As a reaction, you can allow a
creature other than yourself to reroll a saving throw and take
the second result
Don’t die on me As a reaction, when a creature other than
yourself is reduced to 0 hit points within a 10' radius of you,
they are instead reduced to 1 hit point. You cannot use this
ability on that same creature again until you have completed
a Long Rest