Rogue
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- 8 STR, 16 DEX, 10 CON, 12 INT, 13 WIS, 16 CHA. Races: Aarakocra, Drow or Shadow Elf, Lyrandar Half-Elf, Lightfoot or Ghallanda Halfling, Kobold, Tabaxi, Changeling, or Orien HumanAarakocra, Drow or Shadow Elf, Lyrandar Half-Elf, Lightfoot or Ghallanda Halfling, Kobold, Tabaxi, Changeling, or Orien Human
- 8 HP, +5 HP per level. Armor: Leather armor, 14 ACLeather armor, 14 AC. Extra Init: 0+3 Initiative. Saves: +5 Dexterity, +3 Intelligence+5 Dexterity, +3 Intelligence
- Equipment: Rapier (+5, 1d8+3), shortbow (+5, 1d6+3), 20 arrows, burglar's pack, leather armor, 2 daggers (+5, 1d4), thieves' tools, crowbar, 15 gpRapier (+5, 1d8+3), shortbow (+5, 1d6+3), 20 arrows, burglar's pack, leather armor, 2 daggers (+5, 1d4), thieves' tools, crowbar, 15 gp
- Skills: Acrobatics +5, Investigation +5, Sleight of Hand +5, Perception +3, Thieves' Tools +5Acrobatics +5, Investigation +5, Sleight of Hand +5, Perception +3, Thieves' Tools +5.
- Background: Criminal with Deception +5, Stealth +7
Multiclass Options: Fighter, Ranger, WizardCriminal with Deception +5, Stealth +7
[b]Multiclass Options:[/b] Fighter, Ranger, Wizard.
Level | Proficiency Bonus | Features | Sneak Attack | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |
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1st | +2 | Sneak Attack, Thieves’ Cant, Expertise | 1d6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
2nd | +2 | Cunning Action | 1d6 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
3rd | +2 | Roguish Archetype | 2d6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
4th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement | 2d6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
5th | +3 | Uncanny Dodge | 3d6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
6th | +3 | Expertise | 3d6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
7th | +3 | Evasion | 4d6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement | 4d6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
9th | +4 | Roguish Archetype Feature | 5d6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
10th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 5d6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
11th | +4 | Reliable Talent | 6d6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 6d6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
13th | +5 | Roguish Archetype Feature | 7d6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
14th | +5 | Blindsense | 7d6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
15th | +5 | Slippery Mind | 8d6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 8d6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
17th | +6 | Roguish Archetype Feature | 9d6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
18th | +6 | Elusive | 9d6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 10d6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
20th | +6 | Stroke of Luck | 10d6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Class Features
As a Rogue, you gain the following class features.
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d8 per Rogue level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per Rogue level after 1st
Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor
Weapons: Simple weapons, hand crossbows, longswords, rapiers, shortswords
Tools: Thieves’ tools
Saving Throws: Dexterity, Intelligence
Skills: Choose four from Acrobatics, Athletics, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Perception, Performance, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand, and Stealth
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
(a) a rapier or (b) a shortsword |
(a) a shortbow and quiver of 20 arrows or (b) a shortsword |
(a) a burglar’s pack, (b) a dungeoneer’s pack, or (c) an explorer’s pack |
Leather armor, two daggers, and thieves’ tools |
Alternatively, you may start with 4d4 × 10 gp to buy your own equipment. |
1st
Expertise
At 1st level, choose two of your skill proficiencies, or one of your skill proficiencies and your proficiency with thieves’ tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.
At 6th level, you can choose two more of your proficiencies (in skills or with thieves’ tools) to gain this benefit.
Sneak Attack
Beginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe’s distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon.
You don’t need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn’t incapacitated, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll.
The amount of the extra damage increases as you gain levels in this class, as shown in the Sneak Attack column of the Rogue table.
Thieves’ Cant
During your rogue training you learned thieves’ cant, a secret mix of dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to hide messages in seemingly normal conversation. Only another creature that knows thieves’ cant understands such messages. It takes four times longer to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly.
In addition, you understand a set of secret signs and symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a thieves’ guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for thieves on the run.
At 1st level, choose two of your skill proficiencies, or one of your skill proficiencies and your proficiency with thieves’ tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.
At 6th level, you can choose two more of your proficiencies (in skills or with thieves’ tools) to gain this benefit.
[title]Sneak Attack[/title]
Beginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe’s distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon.
You don’t need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn’t incapacitated, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll.
The amount of the extra damage increases as you gain levels in this class, as shown in the Sneak Attack column of the Rogue table.
[title]Thieves’ Cant[/title]
During your rogue training you learned thieves’ cant, a secret mix of dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to hide messages in seemingly normal conversation. Only another creature that knows thieves’ cant understands such messages. It takes four times longer to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly.
In addition, you understand a set of secret signs and symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a thieves’ guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for thieves on the run.
2nd
Cunning Action
Starting at 2nd level, your quick thinking and agility allow you to move and act quickly. You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
Starting at 2nd level, your quick thinking and agility allow you to move and act quickly. You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
3rd
Roguish Archetype
At 3rd level, you choose an archetype that you emulate in the exercise of your rogue abilities: Thief, detailed at the end of the class description, or one from another source. Your archetype choice grants you features at 3rd level and then again at 9th, 13th, and 17th level.
- Arcane Trickster (PHB)
- Assassin (PHB)
- Inquisitive (XGtE)
- Mastermind (XGtE)
- [#Revived]Revived[/#] (UA) [Utility]
- Phantom (TCoE)
- Scout (XGtE)
- Soulknife (TCoE)
- Swashbuckler (XGtE)
- [#Thief]Thief[/#] (PHB) [Skill Utility]
At 3rd level, you choose an archetype that you emulate in the exercise of your rogue abilities: Thief, detailed at the end of the class description, or one from another source. Your archetype choice grants you features at 3rd level and then again at 9th, 13th, and 17th level.
[*]Arcane Trickster (PHB)
[*]Assassin (PHB)
[*]Inquisitive (XGtE)
[*]Mastermind (XGtE)
[*][#Revived]Revived[/#] (UA) [Utility]
[*]Phantom (TCoE)
[*]Scout (XGtE)
[*]Soulknife (TCoE)
[*]Swashbuckler (XGtE)
[*][#Thief]Thief[/#] (PHB) [Skill Utility]
4th
Ability Score Improvement
When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 10th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.
Using the optional feats rule, you can forgo taking this feature to take a feat of your choice instead. For a Rogue, the Alert (PHB), Inspiring Leader (PHB), Sharpshooter (PHB), Skilled (PHB), and Skulker (PHB) feats are good choices.
When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 10th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.
Using the optional feats rule, you can forgo taking this feature to take a feat of your choice instead. For a Rogue, the Alert (PHB), Inspiring Leader (PHB), Sharpshooter (PHB), Skilled (PHB), and Skulker (PHB) feats are good choices.
5th
Uncanny Dodge
Starting at 5th level, 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.
Starting at 5th level, 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.
6th
Expertise
At 6th level, choose two more of your skill proficiencies, or one more of your skill proficiencies and your proficiency with thieves’ tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.
At 6th level, choose two more of your skill proficiencies, or one more of your skill proficiencies and your proficiency with thieves’ tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.
7th
Evasion
Beginning at 7th level, you can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as an ancient red dragon’s fiery breath or an ice storm spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.
Beginning at 7th level, you can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as an [monster]ancient red dragon[/monster]’s fiery breath or an [spell]ice storm[/spell] spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.
8th
Ability Score Improvement
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9th
Roguish Archetype Feature
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10th
Ability Score Improvement
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11th
Reliable Talent
By 11th level, you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.
By 11th level, you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.
12th
Ability Score Improvement
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13th
Roguish Archetype Feature
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14th
Blindsense
Starting at 14th level, if you are able to hear, you are aware of the location of any hidden or invisible creature within 10 feet of you.
Starting at 14th level, if you are able to hear, you are aware of the location of any hidden or invisible creature within 10 feet of you.
15th
Slippery Mind
By 15th level, you have acquired greater mental strength. You gain proficiency in Wisdom saving throws.
By 15th level, you have acquired greater mental strength. You gain proficiency in Wisdom saving throws.
16th
Ability Score Improvement
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17th
Roguish Archetype Feature
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18th
Elusive
Beginning at 18th level, you are so evasive that attackers rarely gain the upper hand against you. No attack roll has advantage against you while you aren’t incapacitated.
Beginning at 18th level, you are so evasive that attackers rarely gain the upper hand against you. No attack roll has advantage against you while you aren’t incapacitated.
19th
Ability Score Improvement
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20th
Stroke of Luck
At 20th level, you have an uncanny knack for succeeding when you need to. If your attack misses a target within range, you can turn the miss into a hit. Alternatively, if you fail an ability check, you can treat the d20 roll as a 20.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.
At 20th level, you have an uncanny knack for succeeding when you need to. If your attack misses a target within range, you can turn the miss into a hit. Alternatively, if you fail an ability check, you can treat the d20 roll as a 20.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.
Class Paths
Soulknife
As a Soulknife, your psionic abilities might have haunted you since you were a child, only revealing their potential as you experienced the stress of adventure. Or you might have sought out a reclusive order of psionic adepts and spent years learning how to manifest your power.
Psionic Talent
At 3rd level, You harbor a wellspring of psionic power within yourself, an energy that ebbs and flows as you channel it in various ways. This power is represented by your Psionic Talent die, the starting size of which is a d6.
Psionic Talent Options. You can use your Psionic Talent die in the following ways:
- Psi-Bolstered Knack. When your non-psionic training fails you, you can tap into your psionic power to help: if you fail an ability check using a skill or tool with which you have proficiency, you can roll your Psionic Talent die and add the number rolled to the check, potentially turning failure into success.
- Psychic Whispers. You can use your psychic abilities to establish telepathic communication between yourself and others—perfect for quiet infiltration. As an action, you give yourself and at least one other creature the ability to speak telepathically with each other. When you do so, roll your Psionic Talent die, and choose creatures you can see, up to a number of creatures equal to the number rolled. For 1 hour, the chosen creatures can speak telepathically with you, and you can speak telepathically with them. To send or receive a message (no action required), you and the other creature must be within 1 mile of each other. A creature can’t use this telepathy if it can’t speak any languages, and a creature can end the telepathic connection at any time (no action required). You and the creature don’t need to speak a common language to understand each other.
Changing the Die’s Size. If you roll the highest number on your Psionic Talent die, it decreases by one die size after the roll. This represents you burning through your psionic energy. For example, if the die is a d6 and you roll a 6, it becomes a d4. If it’s a d4 and you roll a 4, it becomes unusable until you finish a long rest. Conversely, if you roll a 1 on your Psionic Talent die, it increases by one die size after the roll, up to its starting size. This represents you conserving psionic energy for later use. For example, if you roll a 1 on a d4, the die then becomes a d6. Whenever you finish a long rest, your Psionic Talent die resets to its starting size. When you reach certain levels in this class, the starting size of your Psionic Talent die increases: at 5th level (d8), 11th level (d10), and 17th level (d12).
Psi Replenishment. As a bonus action, you can calm your mind for a moment and restore your Psionic Talent die to its starting size. You then can’t use Psi Replenishment again until you finish a long rest.
Psychic Blades
At 3rd level, You can manifest your psionic power as shimmering blades of psychic energy. When you are about to make a melee or ranged weapon attack against a creature, you can manifest a psychic blade from your free hand and make the attack with that blade. This magic blade is a simple melee weapon with the finesse and thrown properties. It has a normal range of 60 feet and no long range, and on a hit, it deals psychic damage equal to 1d6 plus the ability modifier you used for the attack roll. The blade vanishes immediately after it hits or misses its target, and it leaves no mark on its target if it deals damage.
After you attack with the blade, you can make a melee or ranged weapon attack with a second psychic blade as a bonus action on the same turn, provided your other hand is free to create it. The damage die of this bonus attack is 1d4, instead of 1d6.
Soul Blades
At 9th level, Your Psychic Blades are now an expression of your psi-suffused soul, giving you finer control over them in the following ways:
- Homing Strikes. If you make an attack roll with your Psychic Blades and miss the target, you can roll your Psionic Talent die and add the number rolled to the attack roll. If this causes the attack to hit, your Psionic Talent die decreases by one die size, regardless of the number rolled.
- Psychic Teleportation. If your Psionic Talent die is available, you can hurl your Psychic Blades to magically transport yourself to another location. As a bonus action, you manifest one of your Psychic Blades and throw it at an unoccupied space you can see, up to a number of feet away equal to 5 times the highest number on your Psionic Talent die. You then teleport to that space, the blade vanishes, and your Psionic Talent die decreases by one die size.
Psionic Veil
At 13th level, You can weave a veil of psychic static to mask yourself. As an action, you can magically become invisible, along with anything you are wearing or carrying, for 10 minutes or until you dismiss this effect (no action required). This invisibility ends if you deal damage to a creature or if you force a creature to make a saving throw.
Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you decrease your Psionic Talent die by one die size to use this feature again
Rend Mind
At 17th level, You can sweep your Psychic Blades directly through a creature’s mind. When you use your Psychic Blades to deal Sneak Attack damage to a creature, you can force that target to make a Wisdom saving throw (DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Dexterity modifier). Unless the save succeeds, the target is stunned until the end of your next turn.
Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you decrease your Psionic Talent die by one die size to use this feature again.
The Revived
You’ve had a soul-shaking realization: you’ve been dead before, yet somehow you are alive again. This life isn’t your first; it might not even be your second. Your past life, or lives, are unclear to you, but you know that you passed through the gates of death. And the powers of death, or some other influence, wasn’t done with you. You might have convinced a deity to let you return to the Material Plane, perhaps you signed a deal with a fiend, or maybe you used an artifact that revived you. Whatever force brought you back, you now know the truth about yourself: that you are one of death’s representatives among the living.
Tokens of Past Lives
At 3rd level, You remember talents you had in your previous life. When you finish a long rest, you gain one skill or tool proficiency of your choice. You can replace this proficiency with another when you finish a long rest.
Revived Nature
At 3rd level, Your newfound connection to death gives you the following benefits:
- You have advantage on saving throws against disease and being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage.
- You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
- You don’t need to sleep. When you take a long rest, you must spend at least four hours in an inactive, motionless state, rather than sleeping. In this state, you remain semiconscious, and you can hear as normal.
Bolts from the Grave
At 3rd level, You have learned to unleash bolts of necrotic energy from within your revived body. Immediately after you use your Cunning Action, you can make a ranged spell attack against a creature within 30 feet of you, provided you haven’t used your Sneak Attack this turn. You are proficient with it, and you add your Dexterity modifier to its attack and damage rolls. A creature hit by this attack takes necrotic damage equal to your Sneak Attack. This uses your Sneak Attack for the turn.
Connect with the Dead
At 9th level, You can create a link with a spirit through their corpse. When you do so, you cast the speak with dead spell, without using a spell slot or material components. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this spell.
Speaking with the dead in this way temporarily gives you a capability from a past life—you’re unsure whether it’s from your past or the spirit’s. When the spell ends, you gain one random benefit from the Revived Capabilities table. The benefit lasts until you finish a short or long rest.
1d3 | Capability |
1 | You learn how to speak, read, and write one language of your choice. |
2 | You gain one skill or tool proficiency of your choice. |
3 | You gain proficiency with one saving throw of your choice. |
After you cast the spell with this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a short or long rest.
Audience with Death
At 13th level, When at death’s door, you can converse with the powers of death. You have advantage on death saving throws, and whenever you make a death saving throw, your spirit can ask an entity of death a question that can be answered with “yes,” “no,” or “unknown.” The entity answers truthfully, using the knowledge of all those who have died.
In addition, whenever you have 0 hit points and are healed or stabilized, you can change any of your personal characteristics: personality trait, ideal, bond, or flaw.
Ethereal Jaunt
At 17th level, Like a ghost, you have the ability to slip in and out of the Ethereal Plane. You can now use your Cunning Action to teleport to an unoccupied space within 30 feet of you. You don’t need to see that space to teleport to it, but your teleportation fails, wasting your bonus action, if you attempt to teleport through magical force that is Medium or larger, such as a wall of force. If you appear in a space occupied by another creature or filled by an object, you are immediately shunted to the nearest unoccupied space that you can occupy and take force damage equal to twice the number of feet you are shunted.
Thief
You hone your skills in the larcenous arts. Burglars, bandits, cutpurses, and other criminals typically follow this archetype, but so do rogues who prefer to think of themselves as professional treasure seekers, explorers, delvers, and investigators. In addition to improving your agility and stealth, you learn skills useful for delving into ancient ruins, reading unfamiliar languages, and using magic items you normally couldn’t employ.
Fast Hands
Starting at 3rd level, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, use your thieves’ tools to disarm a trap or open a lock, or take the Use an Object action.
Second-Story Work
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain the ability to climb faster than normal; climbing no longer costs you extra movement.
In addition, when you make a running jump, the distance you cover increases by a number of feet equal to your Dexterity modifier.
Supreme Sneak
Starting at 9th level, you have advantage on a Dexterity (Stealth) check if you move no more than half your speed on the same turn.
Use Magic Device
By 13th level, you have learned enough about the workings of magic that you can improvise the use of items even when they are not intended for you. You ignore all class, race, and level requirements on the use of magic items.
Thief’s Reflexes
When you reach 17th level, you have become adept at laying ambushes and quickly escaping danger. You can take two turns during the first round of any combat. You take your first turn at your normal initiative and your second turn at your initiative minus 10. You can’t use this feature when you are surprised.
As a Soulknife, your psionic abilities might have haunted you since you were a child, only revealing their potential as you experienced the stress of adventure. Or you might have sought out a reclusive order of psionic adepts and spent years learning how to manifest your power.
[title]Psionic Talent[/title]
At 3rd level, You harbor a wellspring of psionic power within yourself, an energy that ebbs and flows as you channel it in various ways. This power is represented by your Psionic Talent die, the starting size of which is a d6.
[b]Psionic Talent Options.[/b] You can use your Psionic Talent die in the following ways:
[*] [b]Psi-Bolstered Knack.[/b] When your non-psionic training fails you, you can tap into your psionic power to help: if you fail an ability check using a skill or tool with which you have proficiency, you can roll your Psionic Talent die and add the number rolled to the check, potentially turning failure into success.
[*] [b]Psychic Whispers.[/b] You can use your psychic abilities to establish telepathic communication between yourself and others—perfect for quiet infiltration. As an action, you give yourself and at least one other creature the ability to speak telepathically with each other. When you do so, roll your Psionic Talent die, and choose creatures you can see, up to a number of creatures equal to the number rolled. For 1 hour, the chosen creatures can speak telepathically with you, and you can speak telepathically with them. To send or receive a message (no action required), you and the other creature must be within 1 mile of each other. A creature can’t use this telepathy if it can’t speak any languages, and a creature can end the telepathic connection at any time (no action required). You and the creature don’t need to speak a common language to understand each other.
[b]Changing the Die’s Size.[/b] If you roll the highest number on your Psionic Talent die, it decreases by one die size after the roll. This represents you burning through your psionic energy. For example, if the die is a d6 and you roll a 6, it becomes a d4. If it’s a d4 and you roll a 4, it becomes unusable until you finish a long rest. Conversely, if you roll a 1 on your Psionic Talent die, it increases by one die size after the roll, up to its starting size. This represents you conserving psionic energy for later use. For example, if you roll a 1 on a d4, the die then becomes a d6. Whenever you finish a long rest, your Psionic Talent die resets to its starting size. When you reach certain levels in this class, the starting size of your Psionic Talent die increases: at 5th level (d8), 11th level (d10), and 17th level (d12).
[b]Psi Replenishment.[/b] As a bonus action, you can calm your mind for a moment and restore your Psionic Talent die to its starting size. You then can’t use Psi Replenishment again until you finish a long rest.
[title]Psychic Blades[/title]
At 3rd level, You can manifest your psionic power as shimmering blades of psychic energy. When you are about to make a melee or ranged weapon attack against a creature, you can manifest a psychic blade from your free hand and make the attack with that blade. This magic blade is a simple melee weapon with the finesse and thrown properties. It has a normal range of 60 feet and no long range, and on a hit, it deals psychic damage equal to 1d6 plus the ability modifier you used for the attack roll. The blade vanishes immediately after it hits or misses its target, and it leaves no mark on its target if it deals damage.
After you attack with the blade, you can make a melee or ranged weapon attack with a second psychic blade as a bonus action on the same turn, provided your other hand is free to create it. The damage die of this bonus attack is 1d4, instead of 1d6.
[title]Soul Blades[/title]
At 9th level, Your Psychic Blades are now an expression of your psi-suffused soul, giving you finer control over them in the following ways:
[*][b]Homing Strikes.[/b] If you make an attack roll with your Psychic Blades and miss the target, you can roll your Psionic Talent die and add the number rolled to the attack roll. If this causes the attack to hit, your Psionic Talent die decreases by one die size, regardless of the number rolled.
[*][b]Psychic Teleportation.[/b] If your Psionic Talent die is available, you can hurl your Psychic Blades to magically transport yourself to another location. As a bonus action, you manifest one of your Psychic Blades and throw it at an unoccupied space you can see, up to a number of feet away equal to 5 times the highest number on your Psionic Talent die. You then teleport to that space, the blade vanishes, and your Psionic Talent die decreases by one die size.
[title]Psionic Veil[/title]
At 13th level, You can weave a veil of psychic static to mask yourself. As an action, you can magically become invisible, along with anything you are wearing or carrying, for 10 minutes or until you dismiss this effect (no action required). This invisibility ends if you deal damage to a creature or if you force a creature to make a saving throw.
Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you decrease your Psionic Talent die by one die size to use this feature again
[title]Rend Mind[/title]
At 17th level, You can sweep your Psychic Blades directly through a creature’s mind. When you use your Psychic Blades to deal Sneak Attack damage to a creature, you can force that target to make a Wisdom saving throw (DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Dexterity modifier). Unless the save succeeds, the target is stunned until the end of your next turn.
Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you decrease your Psionic Talent die by one die size to use this feature again.
[title]The Revived[/title]
You’ve had a soul-shaking realization: you’ve been dead before, yet somehow you are alive again. This life isn’t your first; it might not even be your second. Your past life, or lives, are unclear to you, but you know that you passed through the gates of death. And the powers of death, or some other influence, wasn’t done with you. You might have convinced a deity to let you return to the Material Plane, perhaps you signed a deal with a fiend, or maybe you used an artifact that revived you. Whatever force brought you back, you now know the truth about yourself: that you are one of death’s representatives among the living.
[title]Tokens of Past Lives[/title]
At 3rd level, You remember talents you had in your previous life. When you finish a long rest, you gain one skill or tool proficiency of your choice. You can replace this proficiency with another when you finish a long rest.
[title]Revived Nature[/title]
At 3rd level, Your newfound connection to death gives you the following benefits:
[*]You have advantage on saving throws against disease and being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage.
[*]You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
[*]You don’t need to sleep. When you take a long rest, you must spend at least four hours in an inactive, motionless state, rather than sleeping. In this state, you remain semiconscious, and you can hear as normal.
[title]Bolts from the Grave[/title]
At 3rd level, You have learned to unleash bolts of necrotic energy from within your revived body. Immediately after you use your Cunning Action, you can make a ranged spell attack against a creature within 30 feet of you, provided you haven’t used your Sneak Attack this turn. You are proficient with it, and you add your Dexterity modifier to its attack and damage rolls. A creature hit by this attack takes necrotic damage equal to your Sneak Attack. This uses your Sneak Attack for the turn.
[title]Connect with the Dead[/title]
At 9th level, You can create a link with a spirit through their corpse. When you do so, you cast the [spell]speak with dead[/spell] spell, without using a spell slot or material components. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this spell.
Speaking with the dead in this way temporarily gives you a capability from a past life—you’re unsure whether it’s from your past or the spirit’s. When the spell ends, you gain one random benefit from the Revived Capabilities table. The benefit lasts until you finish a short or long rest.
[table]1d3 [td] Capability
1 [td] You learn how to speak, read, and write one language of your choice.
2 [td] You gain one skill or tool proficiency of your choice.
3 [td] You gain proficiency with one saving throw of your choice.
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After you cast the spell with this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a short or long rest.
[title]Audience with Death[/title]
At 13th level, When at death’s door, you can converse with the powers of death. You have advantage on death saving throws, and whenever you make a death saving throw, your spirit can ask an entity of death a question that can be answered with “yes,” “no,” or “unknown.” The entity answers truthfully, using the knowledge of all those who have died.
In addition, whenever you have 0 hit points and are healed or stabilized, you can change any of your personal characteristics: personality trait, ideal, bond, or flaw.
[title]Ethereal Jaunt[/title]
At 17th level, Like a ghost, you have the ability to slip in and out of the Ethereal Plane. You can now use your Cunning Action to teleport to an unoccupied space within 30 feet of you. You don’t need to see that space to teleport to it, but your teleportation fails, wasting your bonus action, if you attempt to teleport through magical force that is Medium or larger, such as a wall of force. If you appear in a space occupied by another creature or filled by an object, you are immediately shunted to the nearest unoccupied space that you can occupy and take force damage equal to twice the number of feet you are shunted.
[title]Thief[/title]
You hone your skills in the larcenous arts. Burglars, bandits, cutpurses, and other criminals typically follow this archetype, but so do rogues who prefer to think of themselves as professional treasure seekers, explorers, delvers, and investigators. In addition to improving your agility and stealth, you learn skills useful for delving into ancient ruins, reading unfamiliar languages, and using magic items you normally couldn’t employ.
[title]Fast Hands[/title]
Starting at 3rd level, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, use your thieves’ tools to disarm a trap or open a lock, or take the Use an Object action.
[title]Second-Story Work[/title]
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain the ability to climb faster than normal; climbing no longer costs you extra movement.
In addition, when you make a running jump, the distance you cover increases by a number of feet equal to your Dexterity modifier.
[title]Supreme Sneak[/title]
Starting at 9th level, you have advantage on a Dexterity (Stealth) check if you move no more than half your speed on the same turn.
[title]Use Magic Device[/title]
By 13th level, you have learned enough about the workings of magic that you can improvise the use of items even when they are not intended for you. You ignore all class, race, and level requirements on the use of magic items.
[title]Thief’s Reflexes[/title]
When you reach 17th level, you have become adept at laying ambushes and quickly escaping danger. You can take two turns during the first round of any combat. You take your first turn at your normal initiative and your second turn at your initiative minus 10. You can’t use this feature when you are surprised.
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