Path of the Marauder

From the tribal hordes of the north, marauders are masters of mixed martial arts; brawling, grappling, and using thrown weapons in a ballet of savagery. They specialize in unarmed combat and using thrown weapons to devastating effect. Due to their tribal heritage, they've also established themselves as incredible scouts, tacticians, and wisemen.

Path of the Marauder Features

Marauder Combat Training

Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, you become vastly superior with marauder fighting techniques. You gain the following benefits while you are unarmed or wielding only thrown weapons and you aren’t wearing heavy armor:

• The damage bonus from your Rage feature applies to your unarmed strikes and attacks with thrown weapons.
• You gain a bonus to melee attack rolls made with your unarmed strikes equal to half of your proficiency bonus (rounded down).
• You can roll a d8 in place of the normal damage of your unarmed strike.
• Drawing a thrown weapon as part of an attack does not use your free object interaction for the turn.

Starting at 6th level, your unarmed strikes count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

Marauder Lore

At 3rd level, you've enriched your mind with the wisdom of your tribe. You gain proficiency in Wisdom (Animal Handling), Wisdom (Survival), and one skill of your choice from the following list: Intelligence (History), Intelligence (Nature), Intelligence (Religion), or Wisdom (Medicine). At 6th and 14th level choose an additional skill from this list.

Intelligence (History)

You gain proficiency in Intelligence (History).

Intelligence (Nature)

You gain proficiency in Intelligence (Nature).

Intelligence (Religion)

You gain proficiency in Intelligence (Religion).

Wisdom (Medicine)

You gain proficiency in Wisdom (Medicine).

Ancestral Mounts

Starting at 6th level, you gain the ability to call a loyal mount from the astral plane. When you do so, you cast the find steed spell, without using a spell slot.

Additionally, once per day you can summon a group of up to 6 spirits with a 10 minute ritual. These spirits appear on the ground in an unoccupied space of your choice within 30 feet. You decide the creatures' appearance, but they are equipped with a saddle, bit, and bridle that cannot be removed. For 8 hours, any creatures you choose can ride these steeds. The creatures use the statistics of a riding horse, though they are a celestials, fey, or fiends (your choice) instead of beasts. After 8 hours, the spirits gradually fade, giving each rider 1 minute to dismount. These spirits return to the astral plane if you use an action to dismiss them or if they take any damage.

At 14th level, you can use your find steed spell to summon a non-flying beast with a challenge rating of 2 or lower rather than one of the creatures listed in that spell (such as a Polar Bear, Rhinoceros, or a Saber-Toothed Tiger). Any creature summoned this way has a speed of 60 feet and can travel 6 miles in an hour, or 8 miles at a fast pace.

Perfect Skirmisher

Starting at 10th level, you've perfected the art of moving in and out of the flow of combat. You have the following options in combat:

• When you take the Attack action and hit a creature with a ranged thrown weapon attack, you can move up to your speed and make an additional melee attack against a creature within 5 feet of you as a bonus action. This movement counts as part of your normal movement.
• When you take the Attack action and hit a creature with a melee attack, you can take make an additional ranged thrown weapon attack against a creature within 30 feet of you as a bonus action. Being within 5 feet of a hostile creature doesn’t impose disadvantage on this ranged attack roll.
• You can take the Dash action (or command your mount to do so) as a bonus action.
• You can take the Disengage action (or command your mount to do so) as a bonus action.

Ancient Wisdom

Beginning at 14th level, you've learned the methods of acquiring wisdom passed down through generations. You can cast the commune with nature or legend lore spells without using a spell slot or material components. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.