Ravager, Variant (5e Class)
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Ravager
A class that focuses on the very life force that drives all creatures and how to manipulate it.
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Creating a Ravager
- Quick Build
You can make a Ravager quickly by following these suggestions. First, Constitution should be your highest ability score, followed by Strength or Dexterity. Second, choose the Urchin background.
Class Features
As a Ravager you gain the following class features.
- Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d12 per Ravager level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 12 + Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d12 (or 7) + Constitution modifier per Ravager level after 1st
- Proficiencies
Armor: Medium Armor
Weapons: Simple Weapons
Tools:
Saving Throws: Constitution and Your choice of Strength or Dexterity
Skills: Choose three from Acrobatics, Athletics, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Slight of Hand, Stealth and Survival.
- Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
- If you are using starting wealth, you have 2d4 X 10 GP in funds.
Level | Proficiency Bonus |
Features |
---|---|---|
1st | +2 | Staunch, Strain, Vitality |
2nd | +2 | Taunt, Transferal |
3rd | +2 | Blood Rite Feature |
4th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement |
5th | +3 | Staunch Upgrade, Aura of Decay |
6th | +3 | Blood Sense, Distortion |
7th | +3 | Blood Rite Feature, Coagulation |
8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement, Staunch Upgrade |
9th | +4 | Transferal Upgrade, Aura of Decay Upgrade |
10th | +4 | Fountain of Life |
11th | +4 | Strain Upgrade |
12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement |
13th | +5 | Blood Rite Feature, Transferal Upgrade |
14th | +5 | Aura of Decay Upgrade, Convergence |
15th | +5 | LifeLock, Taunt Upgrade |
16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement |
17th | +6 | Strain Upgrade |
18th | +6 | Blood Rite Feature |
19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement |
20th | +6 | Bleeding Wound |
Staunch
Starting 1st level, as an action you may roll a single Hit-Die and lose that much HP, at the start of every round for the next 2 rounds you regain that much HP. This requires concentration to maintain
Strain
Also at 1st level, once per turn you may expend HP in order to push yourself beyond your own natural limits roll a single Hit-Die and lose that much HP to grant yourself a free movement or interaction
Vitality
Also at 1st level, Whenever you take another level in Ravager you gain an additional Hit-Die
Taunt
Starting 2nd level, as an action you may choose a creature you can see within 30ft, that target must make a Wisdom save the DC = 8 + your Proficiency bonus. On a failed save the creature must spend its turn trying to attack you, which it does so at Disadvantage. This lasts until the creature hits you. The creature may repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turn.
Transferal
Also at 2nd level, as an action, you may roll a single Hit-Die and lose that much HP, you may select a creature within 20ft that you can see to gain double that amount in Temp HP
Blood Rite
At 3rd level, you choose a Blood Rite. Choose between The Rite of the Dead, The Rite of the Soul, The Rite of The Abused, all detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 7th, 13th and 18th levels.
Ability Score Increase
When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 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.
Staunch Upgrade
Starting 5th level, as an action you may roll a single Hit-Die and lose that much HP, at the start of every round for the next 4 rounds you regain that much HP. This requires concentration to maintain
Aura of Decay
Also at 5th level, as an action you may turn on an aura that at the start of your turn consumes 1d4 HP from all creatures within 5ft of you and heal for half the amount rounded up. This requires concentration to maintain, and can be turned off as a bonus action
Blood Sense
Starting 6th level, when you make an attack against a creature who has less than ¼ rounded up of their max HP remaining that attack is made at advantage.
Distortion
Also at 6th level, when you or a creature you can see within 30ft is targeted with an attack, as a reaction, you may roll any number of six-sided dice, you lose an amount of HP equal to the total rolled and cause that attack to have a penalty to the attack roll equal to half the rolled total rounded up.
Coagulation
Starting 7th level, as a bonus action you may roll a single Hit-Die and lose that much HP, to increase your AC by one until the start of your next turn
Staunch Upgrade
Starting at 8th level, as an action you may roll a single Hit-Die and lose that much HP, at the start of every round for the next 5 rounds you regain that much HP. This requires concentration to maintain
Transferal Upgrade
Starting 9th level, as an action, you may roll a single Hit-Die and lose that much HP, you may select a creature within 10ft that you can see to gain double that amount in Temp HP.
Aura of Decay Upgrade
Also at 9th level, as an action you may turn on an aura that at the start of your turn consumes 2d4 HP from all creatures within 5ft of you and heal for half the amount rounded up. This requires concentration to maintain, and can be turned off as a bonus action
Fountain of Life
Starting 10th level, you regain twice as much healing from health potions.
Strain Upgrade
Starting 11th level, once per turn you may expend HP in order to push yourself beyond your own natural limits, you may roll a single Hit-Die and lose that much HP to grant yourself an additional bonus action, reaction, movement or interaction
Transferal Upgrade
Starting 13th level, as an action, you may roll a single Hit-Die and lose that much HP, you may select a creature within 20ft that you can see to gain double that amount in Temp HP.
Aura of Decay Upgrade
Starting 14th level, as an action you may turn on an aura that at the start of your turn consumes 2d4 HP from all creatures within 10ft of you and heal for half that amount rounded up. This requires concentration to maintain, and can be turned off as a bonus action
Convergence
Also at 14th level, as an action, you can take 1d6 damage for every creature that you choose within 20ft. The next attack that you make that hits one of those creatures adds this amount of damage to the attack.
Life Lock
Starting 15th level, as a bonus action you may choose a willing creature within 10ft that you can see, their HP becomes yours and vis-versa until you or they leave the range this requires concentration to maintain
Taunt Upgrade
Also at 15th level, as an action you may choose a creature you can see within 30ft, that target must make a Wisdom save the DC = 8 + your Proficiency bonus + your Con mod. On a failed save the creature must spend its turn trying to attack you, which it does so at Disadvantage. This lasts until the creature hits you. The creature may repeat the saving throw at the end of their turns
Strain Upgrade
Starting 17th level, twice per turn you may expend HP in order to push yourself beyond your own natural limits, you may roll a single Hit-Die and lose that much HP to grant yourself a additional bonus action, reaction, movement or interaction
Bleeding Wound
Starting 20th level, as a bonus action, when you land an attack you may take damage equal to the amount of damage dealt to the creature and cause the target to bleed, at the start of each round this damage is reduced by half, rounded down and dealt to the target again. This can stack.
Rite of the Dead
- Fatal Control
Starting 3rd level when you take this Rite, when unconscious you gain advantage on death savings throws however any effect that would stabilize you, other than gaining three death savings throw successes, now only grants you a single death savings throw success.
- Spare the Living
Starting 7th level, as an action you may choose one creature within 30ft that you can see and is unconscious to become unstable if they were not already and take a single death savings throw failure, you gain half of their max HP as temp HP that decays by half at the start of each of your turns.
- Relinquish
Starting 13th level, when you regain consciousness from after reaching 0 HP you now regain half your max HP.
- Unrelenting Force
Starting 18th level, when you reach 0 HP, you gain one HP and your max HP as temp HP that decays by half at the start of each of your turns. You may use this feature once, regaining the use of it after a long rest.
Rite of the Soul
- Soul Tie
Starting 3rd level when you take this rite, as a bonus action you may choose a creature within 30ft that you can see. The target must make a constitution save against a DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your con mod, or be tied to you. Other abilities from this rite use this tie. The tied creature may attempt to repeat the save at the end of each of it's turns, this can also be broken by you at will
- Life Link
Also at 3rd level, as a bonus action you may choose to have any damage dealt to either you or your tie until the start of your next turn is shared with the other at half the value rounded down
- Blood Tie
Starting 7th level, as a bonus action you may roll a single Hit-Die. Both you and your tie lose that much HP at the start of both their and your turn until they or you break the tie.
- Essence Drain
Starting 13th level, as an action any damage dealt to your tie until the start of your next turn heals you for half the amount rounded up.
- Syphon
Starting 18th level, as an action you can cause yourself and any creature you can see within 25ft of you to take 1d10 damage, you may then choose one creature affected, including yourself, half the total amount of damage dealt is given as HP or dealt as damage. You may use this feature once but regain the use of it after a long rest.
Rite of the Abused
- Vital Attack
Starting 3rd level when you take this rite, as a bonus action you may roll a single Hit-Die and lose that much HP to add that much damage to your next attack.
- Vital Strike
Starting 7sth level, when you perform an opportunity attack you now do so at advantage.
- Critical Status
Starting 13th level, when you make an attack against a creature that has less than ¼ rounded up of their max HP remaining your critical range is increased to 18-20.
- Living Bomb
Starting 18th level, as an action you are able to deal your current HP in damage to a single target you touch, you instantly go unconscious and gain one death savings throw failure after using this feature. You may use this feature once but regain the use of it after a long rest.
Multiclassing
Prerequisites. To qualify for multiclassing into or out of the Ravager class, you must meet these prerequisites: Have a Constitution score of at least 14 or a total maximum HP of 80.
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