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Contents
1 Swashbuckler
2 Creating a Swashbuckler
2.1 Class Features
2.1.1 Table: The Swashbuckler
2.2 Swashing Points
2.3 Swashbuckling
2.4 Suave Defense
2.5 Sure Footed
2.6 Swashbuckling Maneuvers
2.7 Jack of All Trades
2.8 Braggadocio
Swashbuckler
A masked elf creeps along the walls of a manor to rescue his love trapped inside by a
dastardly baron. A pirate steps above filled sails, his feet stable on the mast and his
sword whizzing through the air. A quick stepping dwarf laughs in the middle of a bar
fight, swinging off a wooden chandelier with one hand as he aims his crossbow with
the other.
Creating a Swashbuckler
As you create a swashbuckler, think about why they are buckling swashes. Are they
fighting to correct some perceived injustice? Are they trying to impress others? Are
they hoping to prove themselves? Are they doing it for personal gain, or for the
benefit of others, such as king and country or family?
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d8 per Swashbuckler level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + Constitution modifier per Swashbuckler
level after 1st
Proficiencies
Armor: Light Armor, buckler shields
Weapons: Simple weapons, rapiers, shortswords, scimitars, hand crossbows, one
handed firearms
Tools: One gaming set, navigator's tools
Saving Throws: Dexterity, Charisma
Skills: Choose four from Acrobatics, Athletics, Deception, Insight, Intimidation,
Perception, Performance, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand and Stealth
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your
background:
Proficiency
Level Bonus Features
1st +2 Suave Defense, Sure Footed, Swashbuckling
2nd +2 Jack of all Trades, Swashbuckling Maneuvers
3rd +2 Archetype, Braggadocio
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement
5th +3 Uncanny Dodge, Duelist, Extra Attack
6th +3 Ready to Fight, Sure Footed Improvement
7th +3 Archetype Feature, Evasion
Swashing Points
Swashbuckling
Suave Defense
Everyone knows that the foundation for good form is knowing where your feet are,
consequently you are very good at keeping on your toes. Any movement penalty
from difficult terrain is reduced by half, rounded down.
Additionally, you may expend a swashing point to take a disengage action and move
your movement speed, as a bonus action.
At level 6, you have advantage on Dexterity saving throws against being knocked
prone, grapped, or incapacitated.
Swashbuckling Maneuvers
Starting at 2nd level, you may expend a swashing point to add dexterous and flashy
maneuvers to your combat style. The details of each maneuver are listed below, you
may only use one maneuver per attack. Some maneuvers require a saving throw,
your swashbuckler save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Dexterity modifier.
Disarm
Whenever you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you may chose to expend one
swashing point to attempt to disarm it. The creature must then make a Strength
saving throw against your attack roll. On a failure, it must drop one item of your
choice it's holding. If the hit you scored against the creature was a critical hit, the
creature automatically drops the item.
Lunge
When you attack with a single-handed weapon in one hand, you can expend 1
swashing point to lunge, adding 5 feet to the range of that attack.
Parry
When another creature damages you with a melee weapon attack, you may use your
reaction and expend one swashing point to reduce the damage by 1d8 + your
Dexterity modifier + your swashbuckler level. If this reduces the damage to 0, you
knock the blow aside.
Riposte
When a creature misses you with a melee weapon attack, you may use your reaction
and expend one swashing point to make a melee weapon attack against that creature.
If it hits, you can add your Charisma modifier to the damage.
Trip
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you may expend one swashing point
to attempt to knock the target down. If the target is Large or smaller, it must make a
strength saving throw against your swashbuckler save DC, on a failed save the target
is knocked prone.
Starting at 2nd level, you can add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down, to any
ability check you make that doesn't already include your proficiency bonus. Also,
you can add your proficiency bonus to attack rolls with improvised weapons.
Braggadocio
Your supreme confidence in yourself shows and can't wait to come out. Starting at
3rd level, you may expend a swashing point to give yourself advantage on your next
charisma saving throw or charisma skill check in which you are proficient.
Duelist
One-on-one is the way a true gentleman fights, how better to show off your abilities?
Starting at 5th level, you gain +1 to attack rolls, damage rolls and saving throws
made while fighting alone against a single opponent, with no other creatures in
combat within 10 feet.
This bonus increases to +2 at 9th level and +3 at 18th level.
Extra Attack
At 5th level you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the attack
action on your turn. The number of attacks increases to three at level 11, and again to
four at level 20
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.
Ready To Fight
Evasion
You're fast on your feet, able to dodge out of the way of a white dragon's ice breath
or a mage's fireball. Starting 7th level, whenever you make a Dexterity save to take
half damage, you instead take no damage on a success, and only half damage on a
failure.
At 9th level, you have advantage on the first ranged attack roll you make with a one-
handed ranged weapon on each of your turns in combat. The one-handed weapon
cannot have the heavy property and your target must be within the weapon's normal
range to benefit from this feature. Additionally, you can disregard the loading feature
for weapons you're proficient with.
Witty Repartee
Starting at 13th level whenever a creature you're fighting makes an attack roll or
damage roll, you may expend one swashing point and your reaction to make an
intimidation or persuasion check against them. The creature must then make an
Insight check versus your roll or have 1d10 subtracted from the attack or damage
roll. The creature is immune if it can't hear you or is immune to being charmed or
frightened.
Blademastery
At level 14, extensive training and experience has made you a master of swordplay.
You cannot have disadvantage on attack rolls made with melee weapons that you are
proficient in.
Master Duelist
Starting 17th level, your mastery of the blade lets you turn failure into success in
combat. If you miss on an attack roll, you can spend 2 swashing points to roll it
again with advantage. If you hit, you deal an amount of extra damage equal to your
Charisma modifier.
Masterful Maneuvers
By level 17 your combat skills have been honed to a fine edge and your combat
maneuvers have improved in turn. You may expend two swashing points to perform
the following maneuvers, you may only use one maneuver per attack.
Masterful Disarm
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend two swashing points
to attempt to disarm the creature, forcing it to drop one item of your choice that it's
Masterful Lunge
You can expend two swashing points to lunge when you attack with a single handed
weapon. This extends the range by 10 feet. Additionally, you gain advantage on this
attack roll.
Masterful Parry
When another creature damages you with a melee attack you can expend two
swashing points. The damage you receive is reduced by your dexterity modifier +
twice your swashbuckler level.
Masterful Riposte
Whenever a creature attacks you with a melee weapon attack you can expend two
swashing points to make a melee weapon attack against that creature. If it hits, you
can add your Charisma modifier to the damage.
Masterful Trip
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you may expend two swashing points
to attempt to knock the target down. It must make a strength saving throw against
your attack roll, on a failed save the target is knocked prone.
Masterful Maneuver
You have improved control over your flourishes. You can expend two swashing
points to use two of your regular maneuvers with a single attack.
Archetypes
Dread Pirate
You choose to fight out and in the open, whether it's on board a deck on the high seas
or a tavern or city street you stand tall with your weapon at the ready.
Seaborn
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with waterborne
vehicles and firearms. Also, you gain a swimming speed and a climbing speed equal
to half your walking speed.
Dirty Fighting
At level 7, you may expend a swashing point to gain advantage in any attempts to
blind, grapple, stun or knock prone any creature.
Fearsome Reputation
At level 15 you have acquired such a reputation and way of carrying yourself that
can intimidate all on its own. You may expend one swashing point and make an
intimidation check, all creatures opposing you must succeed a charisma saving throw
with a DC of 17 or become frightened. Any creature that fails can repeat the saving
throw at the beginning of each round to overcome the effects.
Your intimidation check becomes equal to your roll at level 20.
Lucky Break
By level 20 success seems to come easy to you. If your attack misses a target within
range, you can expend one swashing point to turn that miss into a hit. Alternatively,
if you fail a saving throw or ability check, you may expend one swashing point to
reroll your save or check. Regardless of the new result, you must accept it.
Pimpernel
Donning a mask and fighting injustices behind a secret identity, you are
that masked man.
Zorro
Justice Fighter
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with the disguise
kit and thieves tools.
Secret Identity
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level you can develop a costumed alter ego.
All creatures that aren't aware of the disguise have disadvantage and a -5 penalty on
any attempts to discern your true identity.
If a nearby creature ever discerns your true identity, you can expend one swashing
point and make a Charisma check opposed by the creature's Intelligence check. If
you succeed, the target no longer believes that you and your secret identity are one
and the same.
Second-Story Work
At 7th 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.
Shield of Blades
Elusive
At level 20 you have become so evasive that attackers rarely gain the upper hand
against you. No attack roll has advantage against you while you aren't incapacitated.
Matador
A matador de toros (lit. "killer of bulls", from Latin mactator, killer, slayer, from
mactare, to slay) is considered to be both an artist and an athlete, possessing great
agility, grace, and co-ordination. The style and bravery of the matador is regarded as
being, at least, equally important as to whether or not he actually kills the bull.
Matadors duel through quick, agile movements, outsmarting and outmanuvering
their opponents. Their artistry can bring them to further heights and to great risk to
entertain their audience.
Artful Grace
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with the
performance skill.
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you may add half your Charisma
modifier, rounded up, to any Acrobatics or Sleight of Hand skill checks, and to
Dexterity saving throws against effects that you can see, such as traps and spells.
Beginning at 7th level you may expend one swashing point and roll a D6. For 1
minute, you add the roll to all checks, attack rolls, and saving throws. If you fail any
of these rolls during that period, the bonus doubles and becomes a penalty.
Astounding Dodge
At 10th level when an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you may use
your reaction to expend one swashing point, if you do the attack's damage becomes
1d4 of its damage type.
If you use this ability you may expend an additional swashing point to move a
distance of up to half your movement speed during the reaction.
Taunt
If the creature receives damage from a source other than you, it may repeat the
saving throw.
Show Stopper
At level 20 you may expend two swashing points to roll a D12. For 1 minute you
add the roll to all checks, attack rolls, and saving throws. If you fail any of these rolls
during that period, the bonus doubles and becomes a penalty.
Musketeer
Charming Gunslinger
Sharpshooter
At level 10 you may add your proficiency bonus to your AC if you are wielding a
light or finesse weapon with which you are proficient.
At level 20 you can draw support from your companions. You may expend one
swashing point and gain +1 to all rolls that you make for each ally you have that is
within 30 feet of you and isn't incapacitated.
Trickster
Having learned that there's no such thing as a fair fight, you've adopted a few 'dirty'
tricks to get the advantage. You've also learned how to make explosives to aid your
fights as well.
Some of your features require your target to make a saving throw to resist the
feature's effects. The saving throw DC is calculated as follows:
Ability save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Dexterity modifier
Explosives Expert When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, Cunning Pirates
learn to create devious bombs to take down their opponents. Once a day, you may
spend 2 hours and 25 gold pieces in a village, town, or city collecting materials to
create bombs of your choice. You can carry up to 6 bombs in any combination of
types on your person, and can store up to 12 more. You may only give these bombs
to other characters if their intelligence is at 9 or above, and may only give 1 for each
point of intelligence they have 9 or above (Int 10 give 1, Int 11 give 2, ect.) Roll a d4
and add 2 to determine how many bombs you are able to create within that hour, any
bombs made beyond your maximum are immediately sold for 5 gold pieces each.
After the roll, you are free to determine which bombs you create. As an action, a
person holding a bomb may throw it to an area up to 30 feet away, affecting
everything in a radius of 15 feet around that area. Other player characters that throw
your bombs must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw at a DC of 13 or drop the lit
bomb at their feet. The types of bombs you can make are listed below.
Powder bomb. Creates a 15ft radius explosion. All creatures in the area must
succeed on a Dexterity saving throw vs your ability save or take 4d6 fire damage,
half as much on a successful save.
Scatter bomb. Creates an explosion sending small pellets flying. This bomb's
explosion radius is only 5 ft due to the pellets' loss of momentum. All creatures in
the area must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw vs your ability save or take 5d6
piercing damage, half as much on a successful save.
Smoke bomb. Releases a cloud of smoke. The area becomes heavily obscured for
10 minutes or until a wind of moderate or greater speed (at least 10 miles per hour)
disperses it.
Sticky Bomb. Releases a viscous liquid that covers the ground. All creatures in the
area must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw vs your ability save or be restrained.
A restrained creature can make a Strength save at the end of each of its turns to free
itself.
Cheap Shot At 6th level, you can attempt to blind a target you’re dueling. As a
bonus action, you can throw gravel, dirt, grass, mud, or sand up to 10 feet as long as
it is available, or if you are carrying a whip, chain, bandana, or rope, you may flick it
at their eyes. Your target must make a Dexterity saving throw vs your ability save or
be blinded until your next turn. Only usable against creatures with physical eyes.
Creatures with more than 2 eyes gain advantage on their saving throw and creatures
with only one eye have disadvantage on their saving throws. You can use this feature
a number of times equal to your Dexterity modifier plus 1. You regain all expended
uses when you finish a short or long rest.
Poison Savant Starting at 9th level, whenever you spend an hour in town collecting
bomb materials, you may also collect vials of poison. Spend 20 gold pieces and roll
a separate d4 to determine how many vials of poison you are able to purchase up to a
maximum capacity of 8. The only poison you are able to procure this way is basic
poison.
In addition, as a bonus action you can apply any injury poison to a weapon or five
pieces of ammunition. Once applied, the poison retains potency for 5 minute before
drying. Struck targets must make a Consitution saving throw vs your ability save or
take an extra 1d6 poison damage.
Explosives Master Starting at 14th level, you learn to create more powerful bombs,
as listed below. To create these new bombs you must spend 50 gold pieces and spend
6 hours in a village, town, or city. You are only allowed to have one of each bomb at
a time, they are too dangerous to give to others, and cannot be sold without raising
suspicion. The radius of affect for all bombs you make with Explosives Expert
increases by 5 feet and they may be thrown up to 40 feet. Furthermore, when
creating the bombs listed under explosives expert ability, you roll a d6 plus 2 to
determine how many bombs you create.
Incendiary bomb. Creates a deadly explosion. All creatures in a 10ft radius must
succeed on a Dexterity saving throw vs your ability save or take 6d10 fire damage,
half as much on a successful save.
Sleep bomb. Releases a cloud of gas. All creatures in a 30 foot radius must succeed
on a Constitution saving throw vs your ability save or be knocked unconscious. All
creatures must make a Wisdom save at the end of each of their turns to overcome the
gas. A sleeping creature awakens when attacked.
Yellow Bellied Lubber Beginning at 14th level, you are able to spend at least 15
minutes searching the surrounding area for broken glass and crushing it. If the area
has glass, roll a d4 plus two to determine how many vials of powdered glass you
gain. This may be done during short rests. You may carry a number of vials of
powdered glass equal to your proficiency bonus. When using Cheap Shot, you may
spend a vial of crushed glass. If the target fails it's saving throw, the target is blinded
indefinitely, and takes 1d6 slashing damage to their eyes each round. If the target is
healed, or takes a short or long rest, the damage is stopped. If the target is magically
healed, it is no longer blind. If the target is not magically healed within two weeks,
one eye rots and falls out. This repeats every two weeks until the creature has no
eyes.
Black Market Regular Beginning at 18th level, you are considered an important
person in underground black markets. Whenever you spend an hour acquiring
poisons, you can acquire any type of poison. You must spend 100gp and roll a d6 to
determine how many vials you collect. After the roll, you are free to determine
which poisons you collect. The save against the poisons is your ability save.
Disabling blow' At 20th level, whenever you hit with a finesse weapon you may
choose to sever a muscle in one of the areas on your target listed below. This is
limited to Beasts and Humanoids. The target must perform a long rest before
regaining control of the damaged muscle.
Arm. You disable a muscle in one of their arms. The target must succeed against a
Constitution saving throw else be forced to take disadvantage on subsequent attacks
with that arm.
Leg. You disable a muscle in one of their legs. The target must succeed against a
Constitution saving throw else have their movement speed cut by half.
Multiclassing
Proficiencies. When you multiclass into the swashbuckler class, you gain the
following proficiencies: Light armor, Rapiers, Shortswords
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