Fighter
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Table: The Hyrulean Fighter
| Level | Proficiency Bonus |
Features |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | +2 | Hearts, Proficiencies, Skill Points, Stamina Gauge, Fighting Style |
| 2nd | +2 | Subclass |
| 3rd | +2 | Subclass feature |
| 4th | +2 | Improvement |
| 5th | +3 | Extra Attack |
| 6th | +3 | Dashing Run, Improvement |
| 7th | +3 | Subclass feature |
| 8th | +3 | Improvement |
| 9th | +4 | Indomitable (one use) |
| 10th | +4 | Fighting Style (extra) |
| 11th | +4 | Subclass feature |
| 12th | +4 | Improvement |
| 13th | +5 | Indomitable (two uses) |
| 14th | +5 | Subclass feature |
| 15th | +5 | Relentless |
| 16th | +5 | Improvement |
| 17th | +6 | Subclass feature, Indomitable (three uses) |
| 18th | +6 | Champion |
| 19th | +6 | Improvement, Stamina Wheel |
| 20th | +6 | Subclass feature |
Starting equipment
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Hearts
Each level you gain in this class grants you a Heart Container (or a "Hit Die"), which is a d10. Heart Containers are used primarily during short rests to recover heart points.
If your first class level is gained as a fighter, your maximum heart points increases by 10 + your Constitution modifier.
Anytime you otherwise gain a level in this class, you roll d10 (or take the median of 6), then add your Constitution modifier to that number. Your maximimum heart points increases by an amount equal to the result.
If your Constitution modifier later increases, your maximum heart points will retroactively increase.
Proficiencies
If your first class level is gained as a fighter, you have proficiency with the following.
- All simple and martial weapons
- All armor and shields, including heavy shields
- Strength and Constitution saving throws
- Any one artisan's tool, any one musical instrument, or any one vehicle
Multiclass Proficiencies
If you gain a level in fighter as a secondary class (see multiclassing), you instead gain proficiency with the following.
- All simple and martial weapons
- Light armor, medium armor, and shields (excluding heavy shields)
Skill Points
If your first class level is gained as a fighter, you have a number of skill points equal to 7 + your Intelligence modifier. If your Intelligence modifier permanently increases, so too do your number of skill points. During character creation or during downtime, you can expend skill points to gain proficiencies.
- You can expend 1 skill point to become proficient with the Athletics skill, any artisan's tool, any musical instrument, water vehicles, land vehicles, or any language.
- You can expend 2 skill points to become proficient in any professional tool or any skill from Acrobatics, Animal Handling, History, Insight, Intimidation, Perception, and Survival.
- You can expend 3 skill points to become proficient in any other skill.
This feature assumes you do not have a background. If you do have a background, your number of skill points is reduced by 6, to a minimum of 0.
Stamina Gauge
You gain a number of stamina points equal to 2 + your Constitution modifier. If your Constitution later increases, so too does your number of stamina points. Each level you gain in this class after the first, you gain 2 more stamina points.
You can use your stamina points to perform called shots or to use other class features. Normally all of your stamina points are replenished when you complete a short or long rest.
Called Shot
Just before making an attack roll with a weapon or an unarmed strike, you can make a target strike either by expending 2 stamina points, or by taking disadvantage on the attack roll. You cannot make a target strike if the attack roll would have disadvantage anyway, nor if any effect imposes a -5 penalty to the attack roll.
A target strike generally aims for wherever the target is most vulnerable, such as gaps in a warrior's armor, or the exposed eye of a huge monster. This kind of target strike maximizes the damage dice rolled on a hit (e.g., treat 1d8 as simply 8), including any extra dice rolled as part of a critical hit or from other sources. Your narrator may enable alternate or additional effects for a target strike.
Fighting Style
At 1st level and 10th level, you adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. At either level, choose one of the following options. You cannot gain the same fighting style multiple times.
Fighter Subclass
At 2nd level, you choose a subclass that you strive to emulate in your combat styles and techniques. The subclass you choose grants you features at 2nd level and again at 7th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 20th level.
Each subclass is summarized below and covered in more detail later on this page.
- A brute specializes in simple, brunt force. You hit hard and often.
- An archer specializes in ranged combat. You focus on using ranged weapons from afar and staying out of harm's way.
- A darknut specializes in stalwart, heavily-armored defense. Your guard is virtually impenetrable.
- A spellsword mixes the study of magic with the art of war. You cast a variety of spells, from fiery blasts to restorative magic.
- A tunic specializes in combat versatility. You employ a wide range of useful battle techniques.
Improvement
When you reach 4th level, and again at 6th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, your capabilities improve in a fundamental but powerful way. At these levels, choose one of the following improvements:
- Increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or two ability scores by 1 each. This feature can be used to increase Constitution as high as 30, but you cannot increase any other ability score above its maximum.
- Gain a feat of your choice.
- Master two extraordinary techniques of your choice from the fighter technique list.
- Adopt an additional Fighting Style.
Dashing Run
At 6th level, you learn to push your surplus of stamina into quicker movement. You can expend 2 stamina points at any time during your turn to double your remaining speed for the turn as if you had taken the Dash action.
Stamina Wheel
By 19th level, your endurance is unending—like a wheel, you never cease rolling. You recover 1 stamina point at the start of each of your turns. In other words, you recover 10 stamina points every minute, and need not rest to recover stamina points. This feature can't replenish stamina points which won't recover until the end of a long rest, such as those used to cast spells.
