The

Brawler
A martial artist class for Shadowdark RPG

By: Ben Doherty

 Brawler Class
Unarmed combatants who have
transformed their body into a living
weapon through exhaustive
physical and mental training.
Weapons: None
Armor: None
Hit Dice: 1d8 per level
Swift Reflexes. Your unarmored
AC is 12 + your DEX modifier.
Inner Fire. 1/day, meditate to heal
yourself. Focus for a number of
crawling rounds (max 3 + half your
level rounded up) by making a DC
9 WIS check each round (as if
focusing on a spell). You heal 1 HP
per round spent focusing.

Fists of Thunder. You can make
unarmed melee attacks. The
damage is determined by whether
you choose to make the attack
with STR (1d6) or DEX (1d4).
Lightning Strikes. When you make
an unarmed attack, you can
immediately make another at
DISADV.
Flow Like Water. 1/day, enter a
state of intense concentration.
While in this state, you don’t suffer
DISADV on follow up attacks
granted by Lightning Strikes. You
must focus to sustain this state
each turn (as if focusing on a spell)
by making a DC 12 WIS check.

BRAWLER TALENTS
2d6 Effect (2 duplicate = additional use per day)
2 1/day, make three unarmed attacks in a row
3–6 +1 to unarmed attacks and damage
7–9 +2 to Strength, Dexterity, or Wisdom stat
10–11 +1 to focus checks for Inner Fire and Flow Like Water talents
12 Choose a talent or +2 points to distribute to ability scores

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CREDITS
Writing. Ben Doherty.

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