Farland: Heart-Sword

"The true master knows that the sword is held not by the hand, but by the heart."

 

Heart-Swords are warriors who focus not on mastering their own weapon but on mastering themselves and their opponents. They have long ago realized that the outcome of a battle is predictable, and it depends not on who is stronger or fiercer but on who believes in their heart that they will win. A Heart-Sword learns to lay bare the mind and soul of an opponent while revealing their own mind and soul. Opponents tend to be horrified by the will to win that they see there and often lose the desire to fight.

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Bonus Proficiencies

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with any two of the following skills: Deception, Insight, Investigation, Intimidation, or Religion.

Deception

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with any two of the following skills: Deception, Insight, Investigation, Intimidation, or Religion.

Insight

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with any two of the following skills: Deception, Insight, Investigation, Intimidation, or Religion.

Intimidation

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with any two of the following skills: Deception, Insight, Investigation, Intimidation, or Religion.

Investigation

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with any two of the following skills: Deception, Insight, Investigation, Intimidation, or Religion.

Religion

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with any two of the following skills: Deception, Insight, Investigation, Intimidation, or Religion.

Heart Stare

Also at 3rd level, you gain the ability to engage in a mental duel with an opponent. As a bonus action, you may force a creature that you can see and that can see you to make an opposed Wisdom check against you. If you wish, you may substitute your Wisdom (Insight) skill or your Charisma (Intimidation) skill for your Wisdom check. If you beat the creature, the next three attacks it makes against you suffer disadvantage. You may not perform another Heart Stare until you complete a short or long rest.

Soul Stare

At 18th level, you can add half your proficiency bonus (round up) to any check you make in a Heart Stare mental duel, even if your proficiency bonus has already been added.

Heart's Fortitude

Starting at 7th level, your will has been hardened against fear and distraction. You gain proficiency in Wisdom saving throws. Once per long rest, you may choose to gain advantage on one Wisdom saving throw.

Also at 7th level, you gain an additional use of Heart Stare before you must complete a short or long rest.

 

Spine Stare

Starting at 10th level, when you beat a creature in a Heart Stare mental duel, that creature becomes frightened of you, gaining the frightened condition for 1 minute. It may make a Wisdom saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the frightened condition on a success. The DC of this save is 8 + your proficiency modifier + your wisdom modifier.

Also at 10th level, you gain an additional use of Heart Stare before you must complete a short or long rest.

Mind Stare

At 15th level, when you beat a creature in a Heart Stare mental duel, in addition to being frightened of you, it is stunned until the end of its next turn. It may not save against the frightened condition until it is no longer stunned.

Also at 15th level, you no longer need to see a creature to engage in a Heart Stare with it. Instead, the creature needs to be within 30 feet of you, it needs to be aware of you and able to see you, and you need to know its location.

Soul Stare

At 18th level, you can add half your proficiency bonus (round up) to any check you make in a Heart Stare mental duel, even if your proficiency bonus has already been added.

Also at 18th level, your weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 18-20 against any creature that you have defeated in a Heart Stare mental duel in the last 24 hours.