Combatant (5e Class)

Effort

At 1st level, you gain the ability to push yourself beyond your normal limits by putting more effort on your task. You have a number of effort points equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1) + 2 + your level in the combatant class, and regain spent points at the end of a short or a long rest.

Special Attack

At 1st level, you can spend 2 effort points to add +5 on an attack or damage roll.

When you reach 5th level you can spend 4 effort points for a +10 bonus (or +5 on both), 6 EP for a +15 bonus (or +10 on one and +5 on the other) at 11th level and finally 8 EP for a +20 (or +10 on both) at 17th level.

This damage is doubled on a critical hit.

Combatant Powers

At 2nd level, you gain one of the combatant powers of your choosing. You gain a new combatant power at the levels indicated on the combatant table.

Weapon Finesse

You can use your Dexterity, rather than Strength, for attacks and damage rolls with melee weapons.

Opportunity Attack

You can spend 1 EP to make an opportunity attack against a creature whose movement would generally make it not trigger this reaction (including disengage).

Two Weapon Fighting

You can spend 2 EP to allow you to make one attack with each one handed weapon you are holding.

Degree of Training

At 7th level, choose a number of skills you are proficient with equal to 2 + your Intelligence modifier. You gain proficiency in the chosen skills.

Again at 14th level, choose a number of skills you are proficient with equal to 2 + your Intelligence modifier. You either become proficient in those skills or double your proficiency bonus on them (if you are already proficient).

Versatility

At 10th level, you can learn the 3rd level feature of any combatant path of your choice (other than your own.

Annihilator

Favored Weapon

Starting at 3rd level, choose one of your weapons to become your favorite weapon. The first attack you make in a turn with your Favored Weapon is a Special Attack (no points required).

In addition, the chosen weapon occupies have the space and is considered to weight half the normal weight for matters of encumbrance.

Secret Technique

At 6th level, when you make an attack with your favorite weapon, you can spend 2 EP to execute one of the following effects below as part of the attack. You can spend more EP to add more effects:

• Wide: The attack can hit an additional target within 5 feet of the first one (use the same attack bonus for both).

• Destructive: On a critical, you multiply the damage dice by three, rather than two.

Sublime Technique

At 13th level, you add the following effects to your list of Secret Techniques:

• Lethal: You score a critical on a 18-20 (2 EP) or 15-20 (5 EP). You can use this technique after you know the number rolled in the attack.

• Piercing: Your attack ignore damage resistance and sources of damage reduction (such as temporary hit points).

Murder Machine

At 18th level, your favored weapon scores critical hits on a 18-20 and its damage die increases by one size.

Battlefield Commander

Inspire Trust

At 3rd level, your leadership inspire your allies into giving their best. You can spend 2 EP as a reaction when you see an ally within 30 feet fail a save to allow it to reroll that save.

Strategist

At 6th level, you can spend a number of EP equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1) to direct the same number of allies you can see within 30 feet. Until the end of their next turns, the chosen allies can move additional 30 feet.

Guard Breach

At 13th level, once in each of your turns when an ally deals damage to an enemy you can see within 30 feet, you can spend a reaction and 2 EP to allow you or another ally within that distance to make an attack against the same enemy.

Officer Commander

At 18th level, you can spend 5 EP as an Action to allow each ally you can see within 60 feet to take an additional action on their next turns.

Warrior

Powerful Strike

At 3rd level, when you use your Special Attack with a melee weapon, you score a critical hit on a 18-20 with that attack.

Counter

Starting at 3rd level, whenever a melee attack against you misses, you can spend 2 EP to make a melee weapon attack against that enemy as a reaction.

Oppressive Force

At 13th level, when you hit a melee attack, you can spend 1 EP to shove a target. If you choose to push the target, you gain +5 on the shove check for each 10 points of damage dealt to the target.

If the target is knocked prone, you can instead spend 1 EP to make an additional attack against that target.

Maximum Potency

At 20th level, when you use your special attack with melee weapons, your bonuses are doubled.

Special Forces

Adrenaline Surge

At 3rd level, when you use Special Attack, you can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, Dodge, Hide, Search or to make a single attack with a weapon.

Improved Initiative

Starting at 6th level, you gain a +5 on initiative rolls.

Additional Attack

At 13th level, once per turn when you make an attack, you can spend 2 EP to make an additional attack.

Always Alert

At 18th level, you can use Adrenaline Surge for free on your first turn of a combat.

Shock Trooper

Tough as Nails

You gain additional 3 hit points, plus 1 for each level you gain in this class.

Bring it On

Diehard

Unbreakable