The Witcher. A Homebrew Class for D&D 5th Edition based on Sapkowski and CDProjekt's works. by Yollo the Dwarf

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1 The Witcher A Homebrew Class for D&D 5th Edition based on Sapkowski and CDProjekt's works by Yollo the Dwarf

2 The Witcher In a world where beasts, monsters and terrible creatures are an ever-present threath, people needed someone to protect them. During the ages, some groups of hunters gathered and founded training schools, where they taught the tricks of the trade. But as more and more powerful monsters appeared, it became clear simply relying on knowledge and skills wasn't enough to defeat such creatures and keep people safe. As such, these schools started researching alchemy and magic, amplifying their hunters' arsenal. Their greatest discovery was the art of creating strong mutagenic substances, who gave those who survived the treatment abilities surpassing those of normal people. Paid but Despised A witcher is a trained monster hunter who kills creature for coin. Some travel the land in search for bounties, other may serve a lord or a community under constant threath for a stable salary. Nonetheless, witchers have no place to call home but the place they trained in. The mutations they go under take toll on their body, marking them and drawing the attention of the others. Often seen as nothing but glorified hunters who profit from the existence of monsters, they are scorned by the common folk and usually only looked at as necessary and unwanted employees by those who whire them. Class Features As a witcher you gain the following class features Hit Points Hit Dice: 1d10 per witcher level Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per witcher level after 1st Proficiencies Armor: Light armor, medium armor Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons Tools: alchemical supplies Saving Throws: Constitution, Intelligence Skills: Choose two from Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Arcana, Athletics, Stealth, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Nature, Perception, Survival Equipment You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background: (a) a martial weapon or (b) two simple weapons (a) five daggers or (b) a hand crossbow and 20 bolts (a) studded leather armor or (b) chainmail (a) an explorer's pack or (b) an adventurer's pack alchemical supplies Witcher School You have been taught the trade by someone who walked the pathof the witcher before you. Usually, witchers are trained in isolated and forgotten schools, where ancient techniques and traditions are passed onto the next generation of monster hunters and strange mutagens are administered to the young trainees, altering their capabilities. At 1st level, you choose one from the following schools: School of the Bear, School of the Cat, School of the Griffin, School of the Viper, School of the Wolf. Your choice grants you features at 1st level and again at 7th, 13th, and 20th level. Monster Hunter You have a deep knowledge of various creatures and monsters and how to hunt them. When you attack a nonhumanoid, non-celestial creature, you deal extra damage equal to your proficiency modifier. Signs At 2nd level, you can harness the arcane forces of nature and release them to generate magical effects by tracing special signs in the air with your fingers. You can use this feature a number of times as shown in the Signs Uses column in your Witcher Class Table. You recover all expended uses after a long rest. Using a sign requires 1 action, unless noted differently. Most signs require the targets to make a saving throw. You use your Wisdom modifier for the purpose of determining your signs saving throw DC. Sign Save DC = 8 + your proficiency modifier + your Intelligence modifier Signs Description Aard. All creatures in a 6-meter/20-foot line must make a Strenght saving throw. On a failed save, they are pushed back by 3 meters/10 feet. Axii You cast charm person. Igni. You cast burning hands. Quen. When hit are hit by an attack, you can use your reaction to create a shield of static energy around your figure, gaining resistance against bludgeoning, piercing and slashing damage dealt by that attack. You must use the sign before knowing the damage you suffer by the attack. Somme. You cast sleep. Yrden. You conjure a luminescent 3-meter/10-foot radius circle on the ground, within 3 meters/10 feet of you. A creature must attempt a Wisdom saving throw when it enters the sign s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there. On a failed save, it is affected by the slow spell as long as it remains in its area of effect. The sign lasts as long as you mantain Concentration, up to 1 minute. Using another sign breaks Concentration. Witcher's alchemy At 3rd level, you gain the ability of crafting potent mutagens, weapon oils and bombs. After you finish a short or long rest, you can choose to either drink one mutagen, apply one oil on a weapon of your choice or craft two uses of a bomb of your choice. 1

3 The Witcher Level Proficiency Bonus Features Signs Uses 1 +2 Witcher School, Monster Hunter 2 +2 Signs Witcher's Alchemy Ability Score Improvement Extra Attack Favorite Tricks Witcher School Feature Ability Score Improvement Improved Alchemy, Expert Hunter Favorite Tricks Fast Reflexes Ability Score Improvement Witcher School Feature Favorite Tricks Superior Alchemy Ability Score Improvement Mutagen Improved Resistance Favorite Tricks Ability Score Improvement Witcher School Feature 7 You must spend 10 minutes during which you need access to your alchemical supplies to use this feature. The saving throw DC of your bombs is equal to your sign saving throw DC. All effects of mutagens and oils ends whenever you use this feature to create another mutagen, oil or bomb. Similarly, a bomb becomes inert when you do so. You can use a bomb as an action, throwing it up to 18 meters/60 feet. Mutagens Blizzard. You can take the Dash and Disengage actions as a bonus action. Cat. You gain darkvision in a 18 meters/60 feet range. If you aldready possess darkvision, you increase your darkvision range by 18 meters/60 feet instead. Golden Oriole. Choose one damage type between acid, cold, fire, lightning and poison. You become resistance to that damage type. Petri's Filter. You regain a number of expended signs equal to your Intelligence modifier when you complete a short rest. Swallow. When you have less than half your total hit points, you regain a number hit points equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum 1) at the start of each of your rounds. The effect of this mutagen ends if you drop to 0 hit points, if you heal up to your total hit points or after 1 minute. Thunderbolt. Your AC increases by 1. Willow. You are immune to being frightened and charmed. Bombs Dimeritium Bomb. It explodes, releasing particles of an anti-magic substance in a 3-meter/10-foot sphere that lasts for 1 minute. All creatures in the area must make a Concentration check whenever they try to cast a spell or use a magical ability. A strong wind disperses the particles. Dragon's Dream. It creates a cloud of flammable gas in a sphere of 4,5-meter/15-foot radius that lasts 1 minute. If anything ignites it, the gas explode, and any creature in the area of effect must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, they suffer 5d6 fire damage, or half as much on a successful save. The gas lasts until ignited, until the effect ends or if it is dispersed by strong wind. Samum. It explodes in a 3-meter/10-foot sphere, releasing a loud bang and extremely bright light. Creatures in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, they are blinded until the start of your next round. Oils Black Blood. When you hit with the affected weapon, all healing on the target is prevented until the start of your next round. Hunter's Coating. The weapon deals an additional 1d8 acid damage against a creature type chosen at oil creation. 2

4 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 Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action. Favorite Tricks At 6th level, you choose any combination of two signs, mutagens, bombs or oils as your favorite witcher tricks. You gain the respective improvements. You choose another two favorite tricks at 10th, 14th and 18th levels. Signs Aard. On a failed save, creatures also fall prone. Axii. You cast charm monsters. Igni. You cast burning hands as if cast with a 4th-level slot. Quen. When you are hit by a melee attack and use this sign, the attacker suffers half the damage dealt (before applying resistance). Somme. You cast sleep as if cast with 4th-level slot. Yrden. When you use this sign, you can choose a number of creatures equal to 1 + your Intelligence modifier to automatically succeed on its saving throws. Mutagens Blizzard. You can also make one melee weapon attack as a bonus action after you take the Attack action on your turn. Cat. You also gain advantage on Perception checks. Golden Oriole. You choose two damage types from the list and gain resistance to both. Petri's Filter. If you roll Initiative and have no sign use left, you regain one. Swallow. When the mutagen's effect is active, you regain an additional 5 hit points at the start of each of your rounds. Thunderbolt. Your AC increases by 2. Willow. You also become immune to being paralyzed, petrified and stunned. Bombs Dimeritium Bomb. Creatures have disadvantage on the Constitution saving throw. Dragon's Dream. The cloud can be ignited twice before dispersing. Samum. On a failed save, a creature is also stunned. Weapon Oils Black Blood. The weapon gain the same quality as a vicious weapon. Hunter's Coating. The weapon's additional damage increases by 1d8. Expert Hunter At 9th level, you have advantage on Intelligence checks to recall specific informations about creatures, and on Survival checks to track creatures. Improved Alchemy At 9th level, you can create any combinations of up to two different mutagens, bombs or weapon oils whenever you use witcher's alchemy feature. Fast Reflexes At 11th level, you have advantage on Initiative checks. Superior Alchemy At 15th level, you can create any combinations of up to three mutagens, bombs or weapon oils whenever you use witcher's alchemy feature. Mutagen Improved Endurance At 17th level, you are immune to illness and being poisoned. Witcher Schools Each of the Witcher Schools has honed its own hunting and combat styles. After centuries of improving their own techniques, kept secret from outsiders, a trainee Witcher slowly learns how to become the ultimate monster hunter. School of the Bear Bear Witchers focus on their physical strenght to brutally smash their preys. Bonus Proficiencies When you select this witcher school at 1st level, you gain proficiency in heavy armor. Furious Strike When wielding a weapon with two hands, you can reroll its damage dice if you get 1 or 2 as the result of a roll. You must keep the new result even if it's 1 or 2. Devastating Blow At 7th level, when you score a critical hit while wielding a weapon with two hands, you roll and additional damage dice (3). Disruptive Impact At 13th level, when you hit with a melee attack while wielding a weapon with two hands, you can try to push or trip your target as a bonus action. The creature must make a Strenght saving throw contested by your attack roll. On a failed save, you can choose to push it back by 3 meters/10 feet or trip it prone. If a creature is at least two size larger than you, it's immune to this feature. Inhuman Strength At 20th level, you double your Strength damage bonus when wielding a weapon with two hands. In addition, whenever you score a critical hit, you roll an additional damage dice (4). 3

5 School of the Cat Cat Witchers are nimble and precise hunters, who favor mobility and quickness over brute force. Rapid Strike The first time you hit with a melee weapon attack during your turn, you can make another melee weapon attack against the same target at disadvantage. This attack does not add your Strenght or Dexterity modifier to its damage. You must wield a light or finesse weapon to use this feature. Flashing Parry At 7th level, when you would be hit by a weapon attack from a creature you can see, you can expend your reaction to try and parry it. You add your proficiency modifier to you AC, and resolve the attack against it. You can't use this feature if you aren't wielding a melee weapon. Evasion At 13th level, you can dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a dragon's breath or an ice storm spell. When you are subject to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail. Counterattack At 20th level, you can make a total number of reactions per round equal to your Dexterity modifier. In addition, whenever you make an attack miss by using flashing parry, you can spend an additional reaction to make a melee weapon attack against the attacker. School of the Griffin The School of the Griffin has tailored its fighting style towards hunting monster packs and facing multiple enemies at a time. Impenetrable Defense You gain a +1 bonus to AC. You cannot be flanked and enemies do not gain the benefits of Pack Tactics against you. Battledance At 7th level, all attacks of opportunity against you are made at disadvantage. Taunt At 13th level, as a bonus action, you can try provoking all enemies within 9 meters/30 feet of yourself. You make a Charisma(Intimidate) check contested by a Wisdom saving throw, made by any creature of your choice in the area of effect. If you succeed, they suffer disadvantage on any attack roll on a target that isn't you until the start of your next round or until you're incapacitated. In addition, you reduce all damage you suffer from attacks by your proficiency modifier until your next round. Storm of the Battlefield At 20th level, when you take the Attack action, you can make a single melee weapon attack to hit each creature within your reach. You make a separate attack roll for each target. School of the Wolf Wolf Witchers are the most versatile of their trade. They search to find balance between their fighting skill, the use of signs and the crafting of alchemical creations. Favorite Weapon Choose a weapon you are proficient with. You deal an extra 1d4 damage with that weapon. Focused Sign At 7th level, when you cast a sign, you can choose to inflict disadvantage on its saving throw to all targets. You cannot use this feature again until you complete a long rest. Eye of the Hunter At 13th level, once per round, when you hit with a melee weapon attack, you can double your monster hunter bonus damage. Master Hunter At 20th level, you gain advantage on saving throws against spells and any special ability possessed by creatures that trigger your monster hunter feature. School of the Viper Viper Witchers aren't exclusively monster hunters, but will instead kill anything they can be paid for, making no distinction between a wolf pack, a troll or a person. Sneak Attack Once per turn, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon. You don't need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 1,5 meters/5 feet of it, that enemy isn't incapacitated, and you don't have disadvantage on the attack roll. The amount of damage increases as shown in the Sneak Attack Damage Table. Sneak Attack Damage Level 1st 4th 5th 8th 9th 12th 13th 16th 17th 20th Extra Damage 1d6 2d6 3d6 4d6 5d6 Hired Blade At 7th level, you double the extra damage dealt by hunter's coating. In addition, when you deal sneak attack damage to a humanoid or celestial, you add the bonus damage from your monster hunter feature. 4

6 Assassin's Step At 13th level, you gain advantage on Acrobatics and Stealth checks. Bloodied Hunter At 20th level, you can add your sneak attack damage on all melee weapon attacks made with advantage. 5