Dedicated Master (5e Subclass)
Elves have incredibly long lives, often spending a great deal of it dedicating themselves to the arts. Some elven warriors choose to focus that dedication to the art of war, with some even deciding to focus entirely on mastering a single weapon. Many of these masters go on to become legendary heroes, demonstrating their unparalleled skill and artistry to the world at large.
You are one of these warriors.
Requirements: This fighter subclass is only available to elves.
Level 3: Dedicated Weapon[edit]
Choose any single weapon type that you are proficient with and for which you know its mastery. This is the type of weapon you have chosen to dedicate your life to studying, and for which many of your class features now revolve around. If your dedicated weapon is a ranged weapon, it can be used as an improvised weapon in melee, and you are proficient with it when used this way.
Once you have chosen a dedicated weapon, you gain a number of benefits when wielding it battle.
- Dedicated Damage: You can choose to roll a 1d6 in place of the normal damage die of your dedicated weapon, and you can choose for your weapon to deal bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage each time you attack with it. This die changes as you gain levels; it becomes a 1d8 at 5th level, a 1d10 at 11th level, and a 1d12 at 17th level. The Versatile weapon property improves this damage die by one step (1d6 becomes 1d8, for example, up to 1d12 improving to 2d6) when wielding your dedicated weapon with two hands.
- Dedicated Style: Choose one of the following properties that your dedicated weapon does not already possess: Finesse, Heavy, Light, Reach, Thrown (Range 20/60), Two-Handed, or Versatile. Your dedicated weapon is treated as if it possessed that property for as long as you are wielding it, in addition to its normal properties. At 10th level your dedicated weapon gains a second property from this list.
- Improved Critical: Your attack rolls with your dedicated weapon can now score a critical hit on a roll of 19-20.
Your dedication to your weapon of choice is so complete that you no longer learn new masteries as you gain fighter levels (as per your Weapon Mastery class feature), you cannot change your weapon masteries derived from the fighter class during a long rest, and you suffer disadvantage when wielding any weapon whose mastery you do not know.
You temporarily lose the benefit of all features of this subclass that require a dedicated weapon if you wield any other type of weapon in either hand, or if you equip a shield.
Level 3: Masterful Understanding[edit]
You gain proficiency and expertise with smith's tools. You have advantage on any ability checks you make involving the creation, identification, knowledge, or repair of your dedicated weapon type.
Level 7: Rapid Strike[edit]
You can use a bonus action to make one attack with your dedicated weapon. This improves to two attacks at 15th level.
Level 10: Advanced Studies[edit]
You can defend yourself with your dedicated weapon just as if you were wielding a shield. Your AC improves by +2 while you have your dedicated weapon drawn. If your dedicated weapon has a magic bonus to attack and damage rolls, your bonus to AC improves by the same amount.
In addition, choose a second mastery property for your dedicated weapon that it does not already possess. Your dedicated weapon gains the chosen mastery, and you may take advantage of both masteries simultaneously while wielding it in battle. Each time you gain a new class level, you can change this mastery property to another one of your choosing. When you gain your Tactical Master feature, you can replace one or both of your dedicated weapon's masteries with the options granted by that feature.
Level 15: Masterful Feint[edit]
When you miss an attack roll, you can make an immediate attack against the same target with advantage. You only gain this immediate attack once per turn, and it does not trigger your Studied Attacks feature unless you miss with the immediate attack, too.
When a creature attacks you and misses, you can use your reaction to make an opportunity attack against the same creature with your dedicated weapon. You have advantage on this attack.
Level 18: Grandmastery[edit]
Your dedication is complete, granting you the following benefits with your dedicated weapon.
- Additional Fighting Style: You gain another fighting style feat of your choice, but it only applies to your dedicated weapon.
- Greater Critical: Your attack rolls with your dedicated weapon can now score a critical hit on a roll of 18-20. Immediately after scoring a critical hit with your dedicated weapon, you can move up to half your speed without provoking opportunity attacks.
- Tactical Strikes: You can make the bonus attacks of your Rapid Strike feature any time you perform a bonus action that does not already include an attack, such as when using your Second Wind feature.
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