Manipulator (5e Subclass)
Manipulator[edit]
Rogue Subclass
Manipulators use of lies and flattery to gain favors with other creatures, just to use them as pawns for their own schemes. Your skills in battle are lackluster compared to others, however, your skill with the hearts of others is above all others. Manipulators are rogues who use their tongue as their weapon of choice, beguiling and tricking enemies to act in their favor, guiding their actions and distorting their free will without their knowledge.
- Master Manipulator
Beginning at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in Deception and Persuasion skills if you don't already have it. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of those proficiencies
- Blackmail
Beginning at 3rd level, while you know of or have something another wants, you add your proficiency modifier to all Deception and Persuasion attempts on that target.
- Hostage Taker
At 9th level, you gain advantage and you can add your proficiency bonus to grapple checks Against creatures with their back to you. While you have a creature grappled, you have advantage on all Deception and Persuasion attempts on the allies of that target. Additionally, you count as having 3/4ths cover. Misses on you count as hits on your hostage.
- Bargainer
At 13th level you've done enough swindling to reduce prices, when attempting to buy or sell you can respectively increase or decrease the main coin type by half your Persuasion bonus to the price (To a minimum of 1).
- Surrender
Beginning at 17th level you've mastered the way of speech to end pointless battle. When you go first in battle, you can use your entire turn to attempt to make all creatures you can see and that can understand/ hear you make a Wisdom saving throw (DC8 + your Persuasion Bonus) or become none hostile to you or your group until one of you attack or act hostile to it. Any creature effect by this is not friendly to you, and creatures with a territory they don't want you in will ask you to leave or become hostile again.
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