Pugilist

Pugilists are masters of unarmed hand-to-hand combat.

Fist Fighting

Starting at 3rd level, you gain the Unarmed Fighting Fighting Style. If you already know it, you can take an additional Fighting Style. When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action. This bonus action attack deals bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier.

Strangle

Starting at 7th level, the bludgeoning damage you can deal to a creature grappled by you at the start of each of your turns from the Unarmed Fighting Fighting Style increases to 1d8 + your Strength modifier.

Improved Grapple

Starting at 10th level, your speed is no longer reduced by grappling other creatures if they are your size or smaller. In addition, creatures grappled by you are restrained.

Redirection

Starting at 15th level, when a creature misses you with a melee attack and they are within 5 feet of you, you can attempt to grapple them as a reaction.

Turn the Battletide

Starting at 18th level, while you are grappling a creature, you can use your reaction to force an attack roll made against you to be made against the creature you’re grappling instead.