{"name":"Fighter","overview":"A human in clanging plate armor holds her shield before her as she runs toward the massed goblins. An elf behind her, clad in studded leather armor, peppers the goblins with arrows loosed from his exquisite bow. The half-orc nearby shouts orders, helping the two combatants coordinate their assault to the best advantage.\r\n\r\nA dwarf in chain mail interposes his shield between the ogre\u2019s club and his companion, knocking the deadly blow aside. His companion, a half-elf in scale armor, swings two scimitars in a blinding whirl as she circles the ogre, looking for a blind spot in its defenses.\r\n\r\nA gladiator fights for sport in an arena, a master with his trident and net, skilled at toppling foes and moving them around for the crowd\u2019s delight\u2014and his own tactical advantage. His opponent\u2019s sword flares with blue light an instant before she sends lightning flashing forth to smite him.\r\n\r\nAll of these heroes are fighters, perhaps the most diverse class of characters in the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons. Questing knights, conquering overlords, royal champions, elite foot soldiers, hardened mercenaries, and bandit kings\u2014as fighters, they all share an unparalleled mastery with weapons and armor, and a thorough knowledge of the skills of combat. And they are well acquainted with death, both meting it out and staring it defiantly in the face.\r\n\r\n[h2]Well-Rounded Specialists[\/h2]\r\nFighters learn the basics of all combat styles. Every fighter can swing an axe, fence with a rapier, wield a longsword or a greatsword, use a bow, and even trap foes in a net with some degree of skill. Likewise, a fighter is adept with shields and every form of armor. Beyond that basic degree of familiarity, each fighter specializes in a certain style of combat. Some concentrate on archery, some on fighting with two weapons at once, and some on augmenting their martial skills with magic. This combination of broad general ability and extensive specialization makes fighters superior combatants on battlefields and in dungeons alike.\r\n\r\n[h2]Trained for Danger[\/h2]\r\nNot every member of the city watch, the village militia, or the queen\u2019s army is a fighter. Most of these troops are relatively untrained soldiers with only the most basic combat knowledge. Veteran soldiers, military officers, trained bodyguards, dedicated knights, and similar figures are fighters.\r\n\r\nSome fighters feel drawn to use their training as adventurers. The dungeon delving, monster slaying, and other dangerous work common among adventurers is second nature for a fighter, not all that different from the life he or she left behind. There are greater risks, perhaps, but also much greater rewards\u2014few fighters in the city watch have the opportunity to discover a magic flame tongue sword, for example.\r\n\r\n[h2]Creating a Fighter[\/h2]\r\nAs you build your fighter, think about two related elements of your character\u2019s background: Where did you get your combat training, and what set you apart from the mundane warriors around you? Were you particularly ruthless? Did you get extra help from a mentor, perhaps because of your exceptional dedication? What drove you to this training in the first place? A threat to your homeland, a thirst for revenge, or a need to prove yourself might all have been factors.\r\n\r\nYou might have enjoyed formal training in a noble\u2019s army or in a local militia. Perhaps you trained in a war academy, learning strategy, tactics, and military history. Or you might be self-taught\u2014unpolished but well tested. Did you take up the sword as a way to escape the limits of life on a farm, or are you following a proud family tradition? Where did you acquire your weapons and armor? They might have been military issue or family heirlooms, or perhaps you scrimped and saved for years to buy them. Your armaments are now among your most important possessions\u2014the only things that stand between you and death\u2019s embrace.\r\n\r\n[h3]QUICK BUILD[\/h3]\r\nYou can make a fighter quickly by following these suggestions. First, make Strength or Dexterity your highest ability score, depending on whether you want to focus on melee weapons or on archery (or finesse weapons). Your next-highest score should be Constitution, or Intelligence if you plan to adopt the Eldritch Knight martial archetype. Second, choose the soldier background.\r\n\r\n[table]\r\n[tr]\r\n[th]Level[\/th]\r\n[th]Proficiency Bonus[\/th]\r\n[th]Features[\/th]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]1st[\/td]\r\n[td]+2[\/td]\r\n[td]Fighting Style, Second Wind[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]2nd[\/td]\r\n[td]+2[\/td]\r\n[td]Action Surge (one use)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]3rd[\/td]\r\n[td]+2[\/td]\r\n[td]Martial Archetype[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]4th[\/td]\r\n[td]+2[\/td]\r\n[td]Ability Score Improvement[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]5th[\/td]\r\n[td]+3[\/td]\r\n[td]Extra Attack[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]6th[\/td]\r\n[td]+3[\/td]\r\n[td]Ability Score Improvement[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]7th[\/td]\r\n[td]+3[\/td]\r\n[td]Martial Archetype Feature[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]8th[\/td]\r\n[td]+3[\/td]\r\n[td]Ability Score Improvement[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]9th[\/td]\r\n[td]+4[\/td]\r\n[td]Indomitable (one use)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]10th[\/td]\r\n[td]+4[\/td]\r\n[td]Martial Archetype Feature[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]11th[\/td]\r\n[td]+4[\/td]\r\n[td]Extra Attack (2)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]12th[\/td]\r\n[td]+4[\/td]\r\n[td]Ability Score Improvement[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]13th[\/td]\r\n[td]+5[\/td]\r\n[td]Indomitable (two uses)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]14th[\/td]\r\n[td]+5[\/td]\r\n[td]Ability Score Improvement[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]15th[\/td]\r\n[td]+5[\/td]\r\n[td]Martial Archetype Feature[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]16th[\/td]\r\n[td]+5[\/td]\r\n[td]Ability Score Improvement[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]17th[\/td]\r\n[td]+6[\/td]\r\n[td]Action Surge (two uses), Indomitable (three uses)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]18th[\/td]\r\n[td]+6[\/td]\r\n[td]Martial Archetype Feature[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]19th[\/td]\r\n[td]+6[\/td]\r\n[td]Ability Score Improvement[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]20th[\/td]\r\n[td]+6[\/td]\r\n[td]Extra Attack (3)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[\/table]\r\n","hitdice":"d10","hitpointsfirstlevel":"10 + your Constitution modifier","hitpointsathigherlevels":"1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per fighter level after 1st","armorproficiencies":"All armor, shields","weaponproficiences":"Simple weapons, martial weapons","tools":"None","savingthrows":"Strength, Constitution","skills":"Choose two skills from Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Athletics, History, Insight, Intimidation, Perception, and Survival","equipment":"You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:\r\n\r\n[ul]\r\n[li](a) chain mail or (b) leather armor, longbow, and 20 arrows[\/li]\r\n[li](a) a martial weapon and a shield or (b) two martial weapons[\/li]\r\n[li](a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) two handaxes[\/li]\r\n[li](a) a dungeoneer\u2019s pack or (b) an explorer\u2019s pack[\/li]\r\n[\/ul]\r\n","spellcasting":"","features":"[h2]Fighting Style[\/h2]\r\nYou adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can\u2019t take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.\r\n\r\n[b]Archery[\/b][br]\r\nYou gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.\r\n\r\n[h2]Second Wind[\/h2]\r\nYou have a limited well of stamina that you can draw on to protect yourself from harm. On your turn, you can use a bonus action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level. Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.\r\n\r\n[h2]Action Surge[\/h2]\r\nStarting at 2nd level, you can push yourself beyond your normal limits for a moment. On your turn, you can take one additional action.\r\n\r\nOnce you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again. Starting at 17th level, you can use it twice before a rest, but only once on the same turn.\r\n\r\n[h2]Martial Archetype[\/h2]\r\nAt 3rd level, you choose an archetype that you strive to emulate in your combat styles and techniques. Choose Champion, Battle Master, or Eldritch Knight, all detailed at the end of the class description. The archetype you choose grants you features at 3rd level and again at 7th, 10th, 15th, and 18th level.\r\n\r\n[h2]Ability Score Improvement[\/h2]\r\nWhen you reach 4th level, and again at 6th, 8th, 12th, 14th, 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\u2019t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.\r\n\r\nUsing the optional feats rule, you can forgo taking this feature to take a feat of your choice instead.\r\n\r\n[h2]Extra Attack[\/h2]\r\nBeginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.\r\n\r\nThe number of attacks increases to three when you reach 11th level in this class and to four when you reach 20th level in this class.\r\n\r\n[h2]Indomitable[\/h2]\r\nBeginning at 9th level, you can reroll a saving throw that you fail. If you do so, you must use the new roll, and you can\u2019t use this feature again until you finish a long rest.\r\n\r\nYou can use this feature twice between long rests starting at 13th level and three times between long rests starting at 17th level.\r\n\r\n[h2]Extra Attack[\/h2]\r\nBeginning at 11th level, you can attack three times, instead of twice, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.\r\n\r\nThe number of attacks increases to four when you reach 20th level in this class.\r\n\r\n[h2]Extra Attack[\/h2]\r\nAt 20th level, you can attack four times, instead of three, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.","subclasses":"[h2]Martial Archetypes[\/h2]\r\n[hr]\r\nDifferent fighters choose different approaches to perfecting their fighting prowess. The martial archetype you choose to emulate reflects your approach.\r\n\r\n[h2]Arcane Archer[\/h2]\r\n[hr]\r\nAn Arcane Archer studies a unique elven method of archery that weaves magic into attacks to produce supernatural effects. Arcane Archers are some of the most elite warriors among the elves. They stand watch over the fringes of elven domains, keeping a keen eye out for trespassers and using magic-infused arrows to defeat monsters and invaders before they can reach elven settlements. Over the centuries, the methods of these elf archers have been learned by members of other races who can also balance arcane aptitude with archery.\r\n\r\n[b]Arcane Archer Features[\/b] \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[table]\r\n[tr]\r\n[th]Fighter Level[\/th]\r\n[th]Feature[\/th]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]3rd[\/td]\r\n[td]Arcane Archer Lore, Arcane Shot (2 options)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]7th[\/td]\r\n[td]Curving Shot, Magic Arrow, Arcane Shot (3 options)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]10th[\/td]\r\n[td]Arcane Shot (4 options)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]15th[\/td]\r\n[td]Ever-Ready Shot, Arcane Shot (5 options)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]18th[\/td]\r\n[td]Arcane Shot (6 options, improved shots)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[\/table]\r\n\r\n[h3]Arcane Archer Lore[\/h3]\r\nAt 3rd level, you learn magical theory or some of the secrets of nature \u2014 typical for practitioners of this elven martial tradition. You choose to gain proficiency in either the Arcana or the Nature skill, and you choose to learn either the prestidigitation or the druidcraft cantrip.\r\n\r\n[h3]Arcane Shot[\/h3]\r\nAt 3rd level, you learn to unleash special magical effects with some of your shots. When you gain this feature, you learn two Arcane Shot options of your choice (see \u201cArcane Shot Options\u201d below).\r\n\r\nOnce per turn when you fire an arrow from a shortbow or longbow as part of the Attack action, you can apply one of your Arcane Shot options to that arrow. You decide to use the option when the arrow hits a creature, unless the option doesn\u2019t involve an attack roll. You have two uses of this ability, and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a short or long rest.\r\n\r\nYou gain an additional Arcane Shot option of your choice when you reach certain levels in this class: 7th, 10th, 15th, and 18th level. Each option also improves when you become an 18th-level fighter.\r\n\r\n[h3]Magic Arrow[\/h3]\r\nAt 7th level, you gain the ability to infuse arrows with magic. Whenever you fire a nonmagical arrow from a shortbow or longbow, you can make it magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. The magic fades from the arrow immediately after it hits or misses its target.\r\n\r\n[h3]Curving Shot[\/h3]\r\nAt 7th level, you learn how to direct an errant arrow toward a new target. When you make an attack roll with a magic arrow and miss, you can use a bonus action to reroll the attack roll against a different target within 60 feet of the original target.\r\n\r\n[h3]Ever-Ready Shot[\/h3]\r\nStarting at 15th level, your magical archery is available whenever battle starts. If you roll initiative and have no uses of Arcane Shot remaining, you regain one use of it.\r\n\r\n[h3]Arcane Shot Options[\/h3]\r\nThe Arcane Shot feature lets you choose options for it at certain levels. The options are presented here in alphabetical order. They are all magical effects, and each one is associated with one of the schools of magic.\r\n\r\nIf an option requires a saving throw, your Arcane Shot save DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier.\r\n\r\n[b]Banishing Arrow[\/b][br]\r\nYou use abjuration magic to try to temporarily banish your target to a harmless location in the Feywild. The creature hit by the arrow must also succeed on a Charisma saving throw or be banished. While banished in this way, the target\u2019s speed is 0, and it is incapacitated. At the end of its next turn, the target reappears in the space it vacated or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied.\r\n\r\nAfter you reach 18th level in this class, a target also takes 2d6 force damage when the arrow hits it.\r\n\r\n[b]Beguiling Arrow[\/b][br]\r\nYour enchantment magic causes this arrow to temporarily beguile its target. The creature hit by the arrow takes an extra 2d6 psychic damage, and choose one of your allies within 30 feet of the target. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw, or it is charmed by the chosen ally until the start of your next turn. This effect ends early if the chosen ally attacks the charmed target, deals damage to it, or forces it to make a saving throw.\r\n\r\nThe psychic damage increases to 4d6 when you reach 18th level in this class.\r\n\r\n[b]Bursting Arrow[\/b][br]\r\nYou imbue your arrow with force energy drawn from the school of evocation. The energy detonates after your attack. Immediately after the arrow hits the creature, the target and all other creatures within 10 feet of it take 2d6 force damage each.\r\n\r\nThe force damage increases to 4d6 when you reach 18th level in this class.\r\n\r\n[b]Enfeebling Arrow[\/b][br]\r\nYou weave necromantic magic into your arrow. The creature hit by the arrow takes an extra 2d6 necrotic damage. The target must also succeed on a Constitution saving throw, or the damage dealt by its weapon attacks is halved until the start of your next turn.\r\n\r\nThe necrotic damage increases to 4d6 when you reach 18th level in this class.\r\n\r\n[b]Grasping Arrow[\/b][br]\r\nWhen this arrow strikes its target, conjuration magic creates grasping, poisonous brambles, which wrap around the target. The creature hit by the arrow takes an extra 2d6 poison damage, its speed is reduced by 10 feet, and it takes 2d6 slashing damage the first time on each turn it moves 1 foot or more without teleporting. The target or any creature that can reach it can use its action to remove the brambles with a successful Strength (Athletics) check against your Arcane Shot save DC. Otherwise, the brambles last for 1 minute or until you use this option again.\r\n\r\nThe poison damage and slashing damage both increase to 4d6 when you reach 18th level in this class.\r\n\r\n[b]Piercing Arrow[\/b]\r\n\r\nYou use transmutation magic to give your arrow an ethereal quality. When you use this option, you don\u2019t make an attack roll for the attack. Instead, the arrow shoots forward in a line, which is 1 foot wide and 30 feet long, before disappearing. The arrow passes harmlessly through objects, ignoring cover. Each creature in that line must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes damage as if it were hit by the arrow, plus an extra 1d6 piercing damage. On a successful save, a target takes half as much damage.\r\n\r\nThe piercing damage increases to 2d6 when you reach 18th level in this class.\r\n\r\n[b]Seeking Arrow[\/b][br]\r\nUsing divination magic, you grant your arrow the ability to seek out a target. When you use this option, you don\u2019t make an attack roll for the attack. Instead, choose one creature you have seen in the past minute. The arrow flies toward that creature, moving around corners if necessary and ignoring three-quarters cover and half cover. If the target is within the weapon\u2019s range and there is a path large enough for the arrow to travel to the target, the target must make a Dexterity saving throw. Otherwise, the arrow disappears after traveling as far as it can. On a failed save, the target takes damage as if it were hit by the arrow, plus an extra 1d6 force damage, and you learn the target\u2019s current location. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage, and you don\u2019t learn its location.\r\n\r\nThe force damage increases to 2d6 when you reach 18th level in this class.\r\n\r\n[b]Shadow Arrow[\/b][br]\r\nYou weave illusion magic into your arrow, causing it to occlude your foe\u2019s vision with shadows. The creature hit by the arrow takes an extra 2d6 psychic damage, and it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be unable to see anything farther than 5 feet away until the start of your next turn.\r\n\r\nThe psychic damage increases to 4d6 when you reach 18th level in this class.\r\n","tabledata":"","tags":"Fighter, Martial Archetype, Class, Arcane Archer","templateId":"25","blockId":"264156","isShared":"on"}