Chem-Baron (5e Class)

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Chem Baron

(DM Note: This class allows the player to ignore certain economic limitations such as material costs and living conditions please review this class before use to see if it's appropriate to your setting and conducive to the story you want to tell.)

ChemTech

ChemTech is a marvelous creation that has revolutionized medical and mechanical fields it's abilities truly know no bounds, A chembaron uses this and their multiple connections or know how to capitalize on the powers of chemtech and sometimes they might just have to get their hands dirty

Creating a Chembaron

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When creating a chembaron ask yourself this is the character willing to do anything to get a leg up? Did they invent chemtech or are the just an early adopter? do they know a maker or did they steal their Chem Tech? How are they involved in the chem trade or is it even traded?

Quick Build

You can make a Chem Baron quickly by following these suggestions. First, Constitution should be your highest ability score, followed by Intellignece. Second, choose the Noble or Criminal background. Third, choose the first and only option

Class Features

As a Chem Baron you gain the following class features.

Hit Points

Hit Dice: 1d12 per Chem Baron level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 12 + Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d12 (or 7) + Constitution modifier per Chem Baron level after 1st

Proficiencies

Armor: Light, Medium, Heavy, Shields
Weapons: Martial weapons and Firearms
Tools: Tinkers Tools
Saving Throws: Constitution and Intelligence
Skills: Choose 3 from athletics, acrobatics, intimidation, persuasion, medicine, perception, stealth, and survival

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

• Two martial weapons, chainmail and a dungeoneer's pack

• If you are using starting wealth, you have 5d6 x 25 gp in funds.

Table: The Chem Baron

Level	Proficiency Bonus	Features	Chem Points
1st	+2	Augmentations, Criminal Enterprise, Chem Workshop	1+Int mod
2nd	+2	Chem Points	2+Int mod
3rd	+2	Method to the Madness	3+Int mod
4th	+2	Ability Score Improvement	4+Int mod
5th	+3	Extra Attack	5+Int mod
6th	+3	Wet Work	6+Int mod
7th	+3	Hostile Takeover	7+Int mod
8th	+3	Ability Score Improvement	8+Int mod
9th	+4	Toxic Love	9+Int mod
10th	+4	Artificial Scarcity	10+Int mod
11th	+4	Black Markets	11+Int mod
12th	+4	Ability Score Improvement	12+Int mod
13th	+5	Advanced Workshop	13+Int mod
14th	+5	Buisness Savy	14+Int mod
15th	+5	Lake City Quiet Pills	15+Int mod
16th	+5	Ability Score Improvement	16+Int mod
17th	+6	Die For Me	17+Int mod
18th	+6	Dynasties & Dystopias	18+Int mod
19th	+6	Ability Score Improvement	19+Int mod
20th	+6	Chem King	20+Int mod

Augmentions

At 1st level your body has been augmented in a way to accept extremely harsh surgeries and toxic cocktails of designer drugs, you gain advantage on checks and saves against poisons and airborne toxins, on top of that this base toughness will allow for heavy augs later down the line

Criminal Enterprise

You through means of either of coercion, good business skills, or sheer might makes right mentality. You've gained control of a passive income that fuels your constant need for life saving/altering augs and designer drugs

Work with your DM on what this could be, examples being a gang or company, something of the sort

You gain a base passive income of 100x your prof bonus gp per week this is called liquid capital which can only be used for narrative means, example buying rooms in an inn or buying nonmagical items like grappling hooks, rations, ammunition and to be used on chem workshop items, NOT WEAPONS OR ARMOR

Liquid capital can also be spent on other liquid capital gains such as

Factory (5e Equipment)

Ore Mine Variant (5e Equipment)

News Delivery/Postal Service (5e Equipment)

It's up to your GM whether or not these are allowed but do be fair for a less intrusive business, pick the mine.

The prices of chem workshop items can become quite oppressive so be sure to keep up with different avenues of liquid capital

Chem Workshop

The chem workshop or more colloquially known as the chop shop is where new chemtech is created and innovated on, the location of the workshop is dubious at best theoretically the workshop could be anywhere, there could be multiple workshops located around or what have you, you could probably own one yourself as part of your criminal enterprise

a user of chem tech you also gain access to the workshop's other products such as improved augments and devious battle intoxicants (listed at the bottom of the page) You'll have to pay an exorbitant amount of funding and wait some time for development and delivery (also listed at the bottom of the page)

More items and upgrades will become available to fund as you level in the class.

At 1st level you may take a free augment listed here

Every 3rd level you can take a free augment from tier 1,

Acid Globe (Aug) You gain the Acid blast cantrip which uses you aug DC instead for the dex save

Chemical Coating (Item) All your weapons deal an additional 1d6 of acid damage

Targeting Laser (Item) As a bonus action you can mark an enemy the next attack against them is made with advantage

Electro-Buzzer (Aug) you gain the Shocking grasp cantrip which uses your aug attack bonus

Chem Points

Chem points are a resource that quantify your ability to activate the various augments and resist the various exhausting effects of the multiple cocktails of designer drugs in your system, certain augments and drugs will require a DC or attack roll for their effects

Augment save DC = 8 + your proficiency modifier + your Constitution modifier

Augment attack modifier = your proficiency modifier + your Constitution modifier

Method to the Madness

At 3rd level, you chose a method to your ever-increasing madness. Choose between Great Inventor, Bullying Enforcer, and Maniacal Mogul detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 3 and again at 7th, 10th, 12th, and 18th.

Ability Score Improvement

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.

Extra Attack

At 5th level you may make a second attack as part of an attack action

Wet Work

At 6th level you understand that as long as there's more than 1 person on this planet that someone is gonna want someone dead, which means you can make a profit from that.

whenever you kill or incapacitate a creature you gain that creatures CR (minimum of 1) x 10 gp towards your liquid capital

You may add the number of player characters in your party times 10 gp to your passive income

Hostile Takeover

At 7th level you know that fear is a great motivator and motivated allies are hardworking allies

as a reaction when an ally you can see is under the frightened or fear condition, you may spend 2 chempoints to remove this condition

on the flipside you may as a bonus action have all enemies within 60ft roll a Wisdom save against your aug DC to not be frightened of you

Toxic Love

At 9th level you've become addicted to chemtech to such a point that you've become immune to the fear, frighten, and charmed conditions and now hostile takeover works with the charmed or mind control conditions as well

Artificial Scarcity

At 10th level you understand the power of making the easily available unavailable

at the beginning of a long rest if you have any unspent chempoints you may store up to your prof bonus plus your con mod of chempoints as a reserve, you may then use these reserve points freely until your next long rest as reserve points do not carry over

As a bonus you may as a downtime activity during travel scout the area making sure that no matter who you're talking to that you definitely know what's up

After completing the downtime activity, the group gains advantage on information and haggling checks whilst in the area

Black Markets

At 11th level you know a secret shop when you see one,

As a downtime activity you may establish a black market or franchise in a town, city, or local inhabited area

A black market can only be placed in certain areas like towns, cities, ports, or generally seedy places. it yields an extra 100 gp to your passive income

A franchise can be put almost anywhere where people live and exchange goods. it only yields a meek 50 gp to your passive income but acts as a personal general store with 50% off on all items

And fret not if you find yourself stuck in a place for also as a downtime activity you may upgrade either an existing black market or franchise and double it's current income

Advanced Workshop

At 13th level the chem workshop has grown enough to grant you one of its favorite patrons access to higher class items if you can afford the cost.

Gain access to tier 3 and 4 items

Business Savy

At 14th level you're excellent at predicting the market and dealing with the profane eldritch being that is the economy

You now add half your level (round down) times 100 to your passive income

as a background or downtime activity you may try and speculate on the market either doubling or halfing your profits for the week,

just roll an arcana check dc 20 minus your prof bonus + int modifier, on success you double your passive income for the week, on fail you half it instead

Lake City Quiet Pills

At 15th level you regain chem points equal to your con mod when you drop a creature to zero hit points

Now you can buy mundane weapons and armor with liquid capital

Die For Me

at 17th level your party is just another word for lackeys and you know what lackeys are good for right?

As a reaction you can force all enemies who can hear or see you to make a wisdom save against your aug DC on failure, you choose an ally or yourself enemies can only target that person with attacks and spells until the end of your next turn, on success nothing happens

Dynasties & Dystopias

At 18th level the common man is nothing to you, you've fought, swindled, bled and almost died to get to where you are today and you'll be damned if someone were to stop you now

When you reach zero hitpoints you do not go unconscious, but you still continue to make death saves

Chem King

At level 20 you have made an empire of blackmarket connections and off the book trade deals that you have enough liquid capital coming in that you rival countries in sheer GDP

during liquid capital calculation you replace features that say x10 with x100 and features with x100 with x1000

Great Inventor

Great inventors don't just make new products they reinvent the whole damn market, some say your mad others say eccentric you don't care what they say, all you care about is that your next experiment is an astounding success

Tinkerer's Hands

At 3rd level your hands are just natural tools,

you count as always having tinkers tools on you and you may construct common mundane items as a downtime activity

"I Made Her A Snack. Sheesh, I'm Not That Crazy."

At 7th level your ability to make something from barely anything grows

you count as always having advantage on tinker's tools checks and you can make mundane items as an action or bonus action

When you’re going to change the world, don’t ask for permission

At 10th level you're ready to initiate a great leap in progress

you gain a Laboratory (5e Equipment)

you now add your int mod onto your aug save and attack mod

Love and legacy are the sacrifices we make for progress.

At 13th level your ability to act well in social situations can be less than desired but your intellect will make up for it

you can add your intelligence mod to your charisma skills

Loneliness is often the byproduct of a gifted mind

At 13th level you got a lot of time to yourself since not many people like you

as a downtime activity you can create tier 1 and 2 workshop items without having to pay the development costs by just taking the development and delivery time to make the item

Glorious Evolution

At 18th level you've crossed boundaries no mere man was meant to cross but you're no mere man and whatever the consequence pales in comparison to your crowning achievement

You can now access the hex tech tier of workshop items

Bullying Enforcer

You take what you want and nobody's gonna stop you on the flipside you'll break them if they do

Muscle For Days

At 3rd level your bulging muscles are the talk of the town

you have advantage on athletics check and when you are flanked enemies to do not gain advantage on attacks against you

A wolf has no mercy.

At 7th level you are the apex predator

when you are flanked or the target of pack tactics you gain advantage on attack rolls against those enemies

Everbody wants to be my enemy

At 10th level Oh, Oh the misery

You now add an additional +4 to your max hp for every level of Chem-baron you have

You now add your double your con mod to your Aug DC and Attack Mod

Into the thick of it

At 13th level you got one hell of a tough hide

You reduce damage you receive by your con mod

Brawlhalla

At 18th level your tough hide gets tougher

you reduce damage you receive by your con mod + your prof bonus

Maniacal Mogul

While inventors focus on creating items and enforcers on the brute strength of things, moguls focus on making and raking in that cold hard cash and slinging it around like it ain't no thang

Greasy Palms

At 3rd level you gain expertise in persuasion and deception

Greed is Good

At 7th level you can pay an enemy or creature liquid capital equal to 10 x their cr rating to have them charmed for a minute

There's monsters in all of us

At 10th level you can pay an enemy or creature liquid capital equal to 100 x their cr rating to have them be charmed permanently

You also add your Charisma mod to your Aug mod and save

Gangster's paradise

At 13th level you double all your passive gains

Everybodies got a Price

At 18th level you can finally buy magic weapons, armor, and items with your liquid capital

ChemTech Workshop Items

Workshop Products breakdown into 3 categories Augments/Augs, Drugs and Items they are further broken down into tiers there are 4 tiers of items each tier has a base development cost and time of development and delivery, with each tier progressively becoming more expensive as the items become more powerful

Tier 1

Tier 1 Items require 1000gp of funding and a 3 days of time

Acid Globe (Aug) You gain the Acid blast cantrip which uses you aug DC instead for the dex save

Chemical Coating (Item) All your weapons deal an additional 1d6 of acid damage

Targeting Laser (Item) As a bonus action you can mark an enemy the next attack against them is made with advantage

Electro-Buzzer (Aug) you gain the Shocking grasp cantrip which uses your aug attack bonus

Gas Mask (Aug) You become immune to airborne toxins and poisons on top of that you may breathe in places where there is no air, you can also see-through fogs

Cracked Energy (drug) As a bonus action you spend 2 Chempoints and roll a number of hit die equal to your prof bonus, you gain temp hp equal to the roll

Speed (drug) As a free action you may spend 3 chempoints to take the dash action

Chem Injector (Aug) As an action you may take 2 drugs ignoring their action requirement, but you must pay both drugs combined chempoint costs

Berzerker's Brew (drug) As a bonus action you may spend 4 chempoints to have advantage on all strength checks and attacks until the end of your turn but you must attack the nearest creature to you

De-Tox (drug) As an action you may spend 2 chempoints to remove one condition you're under

Smoke Grenade (Item) As an action you may spend 4 chempoints to throw a grenade within 60ft of you that creates a 10ft radius fog creatures caught in it count as being blinded

Lifesaver (drug) As a free action you may spend 3 chempoints to pass a death save

Syringe Pistol (Item) this pistol instead being loaded with bullets can be loaded with drugs from the workshop and for 1 + drug's chempoint cost, you can make an aug attack at an unwilling creature within 60ft of you to afflict them with the drug, you do not need to make an aug attack if the target is willing. (Drugs still need to be developed before you can use them in the syringe pistol)

Tier 2

Tier 2 items take 5000 gp of funding and a week of development and delivery time

Zapp pistol (Item) This pistol has been augmented to instead of dealing piercing damage deal lighting damage on hit you may spend 2 chempoints to lower the targets move speed by 10, this weapon uses your con for attack and damage modifiers

Smoke Screen (Aug) As a bonus action you may spend 3 chempoints to release a 30ft fog centered on you which blinds all enemies within it, the fog lasts for your con mod rounds

Hover Board (Item) you gain a 30ft hover and fly speed, when you take the dash action you triple your speed while riding the board

Black Lace (drug) As a bonus action you may spend 2 chempoints to gain advantage on dexterity rolls for 1 minute

Mega Meth (drug) As a bonus action you may spend 5 chempoints to take an extra action after which you gain exhaustion

Chem Injector+ (Aug) As a bonus action you may activate 2 seperate drugs you have access to by spend 2 + drugs combined activation chempoint costs

Arc Traps (Item) As a bonus action you may spend 2 chempoints to set an arc trap within 30ft of you enemies who step on the trap must make a dex save against your aug DC on fail they are stunned until the end of your next turn, on success nothing happens

Wolvers (Aug) Your unarmed strikes now deal 1d6+ con slashing damage as a bonus action you may spend 2 chempoints to make 2 additional unarmed attacks

Gas Grenades (Aug) As an action you may spend 1 chempoints to toss a gas grenade at a point within 60ft of you, the gas grenade explodes into a 10ft radius cloud of toxic gas, creatures caught in the cloud must pass a con save against your Aug DC or become poisoned and take 2d8 + your con mod poison damage

Shotgun Knees (Aug) As a reaction when a creature enters within 10ft of you may spend 1 chempoints to deal your 2d6+ your con mod piercing damage to them

Speed+ (drug) As a bonus action you may spend 1 + x chempoints to increase your movement speed by 10ft plus an additional 10ft per point of x

Hyper K (drug) As a bonus action you may spend 3 chempoints to gain resistance to all damage for 1 round

Red Thirst (drug) As a bonus action you may spend 1 chempoints to gain advantage against creature with less than half maximum hp for 1 minute

Atlas's Pre-workout (drug) As a free action you may spend 3 chempoints to add double your strength mod to strength rolls for 1 round

Tier 3

Tier 3 items cost 10,000gp in funding and 2 weeks of development and delivery time

Mortal Reminder (Item) This Long bow deals 2d10 piercing and 3d6 acid damage, creatures hit by this weapon cannot benefit from healing and regeneration for 1 minute

Chempunk ChainSword (Item) This longsword deals 3d6+con slashing damage on hit enemy immunities become resistances and resistances become nullified

Zapp Rifle (Item) This Volkite Charger (5e Equipment) deals lightning damage instead of fire plus, on hit enemies cannot take reactions and lose 15ft of movement until the end of their next turn

Mini-gun (Aug) as an action you can spend 3 chempoints to make an aug attack against a creature within 30ft of you on hit dealing your prof bonus d4+con mod piercing damage, after the first use as a free action you can spend 1 chempoint to fire again on the same creature only dealing 1d6+ con mod piercing damage and you can do so again until you run out of chempoints

Missile Pods (Aug) As a bonus action you may spend 1 chempoints to cast Magic missile you may expend 1 additional chempoint to add an additional missile

Stickie Mines (Aug) As a bonus action you may spend 2 chempoints to make an aug attack against an enemy on hit the enemy takes 1d6 piercing damage as a free action you can detonate the mine and deal 3d8+your con mod acid damage in a 10ft radius on the enemy

Detox Ultra (drug) As an action you may spend 6 chempoints to remove all negative conditions afflicting you

Sticky Shit (Aug) As a bonus action you may spend 2 chempoints to launch sticky shit that covers the ground in a 10-foot square centered on a point within a 60ft range and turns it into Difficult Terrain for 1 minute.

When the sticky shit appears, each creature standing in its area must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be restrained. A creature that enters the area or ends its turn there must also succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be restrained.

Shimmer (drug) As an action you may spend 7 chempoints to boost your Str, Con, and Dex scores by 4 for a minute this can increase beyond the cap

Blood Shot (drug) As an action you may spend 6 chempoints to gain plus 10 to all perception checks and you can see hidden and invisible creatures for 1 minute

Vampiric Wolvers (Aug) Your unarmed attacks deal 2d8+con damage as a bonus action and 2 chempoints you may make 2 unarmed attacks, your unarmed strikes heal you for the damage you dealt

Chem injector++ (Aug) As a bonus action you may spend 4 chempoints to activate 3 different drugs you have access to

Red Rum (drug) As an action you may spend 4 chempoints you gain resistance to all damage for 1 minute

Tox-Fume Spewer (Aug) As a free action you may spend 1 chempoints to exude a 10ft aura on yourself of corrosive acid, enemies who enter/exit, start/end their turn in the aura take your con mod + prof bonus acid damage

Tier 4

Tier 4 items cost 50,000gp in funding and 2 weeks of development and delivery

Chem trailer (Aug) As a free action you can leave a toxic chem trail equal to your size, enemies caught in this trail must make a con save or take their constitution score acid damage, they take this damage at the beginning of their turn as long as they stay in the trail

Lightning Lash (Item) This +3 whip deals an additional 3d6 lightning, on hit you may spend 2 chempoints to stun that target for your con mod rounds, this weapon goes off your con instead of dex

Chrono Pop (Aug) As a bonus action you may spend 3 chempoints to hop back to the last place you were last round

Baron Nashor Squezzins (drug) As an action you may spend 2 chempoints to make all your damage magical for a minute

Trash Furnace (Aug) As a bonus action you may spend 8 chempoints to shoot a harpoon at an enemy if the enemy is under half hp you may reel them into the furnace grinding them up killing them instantly and gaining hp equal to the remaining hp the enemy had this cannot take you over your max hp

Chrono Bubble (Aug) As a reaction you may spend 8 chempoints to take drop a 30ft radius bubble on top yourself where enemies suffer from the Slow (5e Spell), this bubble last up to your con mod rounds

Chem Injector+++ (Aug) As a free action you may spend 3 chempoints to activate your prof bonus number of drugs for a minute

Multi-Leg Platform (Aug) your size becomes large as you lose your lower half and have it replaced by large mechanical legs giving you 60ft move and spider climb speed

Glasc Companion (Item) This automaton follows you around and as a bonus action you can apply a drug to a number of creatures equal to your proficiency bonus

Fish-bones Rocket Launcher (Item) This is a +3 Bazooka (5e Equipment) can be reloaded as a free action

Life Booster (drug) As a free action you may spend 7 chempoints to gain double your con mod hp at the start of your turn for a minute

Electro Field Dispersal (Aug) As a bonus action you may spend 6 chempoints to cause a 15ft aura around you, enemies who start or end their turn in the aura take your 3d10 + your con mod lightning damage this field lasts for your con mod rounds

Death Begone (drug) As a reaction you may spend 6 chempoints to pass a death save

Nitro (drug) As a free action you may spend 4 chempoints to quadruple your move speed for a minute

Pyroclast Sprayer (Aug) As an action you may spend 6 chempoints to fire a 60ft cone of 8d8+ your con mod fire damage, creatures caught in the cone must make a dex save or take half

Workshop Upgrades

Yes you can upgrade the workshop itself to gain faster delivery times or access to items technically not in the workshops wheelhouse

These upgrades cost 100,000 liquid capital and take effect immediately once purchased

High Speed Development and Delivery you reduce delivery and development times by half round down

Planar Delivery no matter where or when you are your deliveries always make it right to you

Cheap Labor you reduce funding costs by half round down

Hextech Access You gain access to Hextech items

HexTech Items

HexTech can only be acquired by the inventor subclass or through the

Hextech items cost 60,000gp in funding and 4 weeks in development and delivery time

Hex Core (Aug) This magical core is infused with top-of-the-line techno wizardry, when installed into a host that creature gains +4 to all their stats and gains a new stat cap of 24

Titan Gauntlets (Items) these Oversized (5e Variant Rule) Gauntlet, Weaponized (5e Equipment)'s deal thunder damage instead of bludgeoning

Laser Arm (Aug) As part of an attack action you may spend 8 chempoints to fire a 20ft long 5ft wide line, creatures caught in the line must make a dex save or take 3d12+6 fire damage, half on success, after one round creatures near line must make a dexterity save again or take 5d10+5 force damage as the lasered area explodes

Hex-cane (Item) As an action you may spend 1 chempoint to fire a bolt of arcane energy at a target within 120ft of you that deals 3d6+int mod force damage, you gain temp hp equal to the damage dealt

Hex Core Rocket Launcher (Item) An augmented Bazooka (5e Equipment) that can be fired for 12 chem points and deals an additional 6d8 lightning damage

Multiclassing

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