Armigers take pride in their armor and learn to use it to deflect attacks that might otherwise prove lethal. Masters of defense, these fighters create, mend, and maintain their own shields and suits of armor. Where many warriors enter battle hoping to make quick work of their enemies, Armigers focus on outlasting their foes rather than quickly dispatching them.

Fighting Style

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain a defensive combat specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can’t take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

• Defense. While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.
• Interception. When a creature you can see hits a target, other than you, within 5 feet of you with an attack, you can use your reaction to reduce the damage the target takes by 1d10 + your proficiency bonus (to a minimum of 0 damage). You must be wielding a shield or a simple or martial weapon to use this reaction.
• Protection. When a creature you can see attacks a target other than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You must be wielding a shield.

Defense

While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.

Interception

When a creature you can see hits a target, other than you, within 5 feet of you with an attack, you can use your reaction to reduce the damage the target takes by 1d10 + your proficiency bonus (to a minimum of 0 damage). You must be wielding a shield or a simple or martial weapon to use this reaction.

Protection

When a creature you can see attacks a target other than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You must be wielding a shield.

Ironclad

Also at 3rd level, you are practiced in the discipline of creating and maintaining armor. You gain proficiency with leatherworker’s tools, smith’s tools, and weaver’s tools. In addition, your ability to get the most out of your armor is represented by a pool of d6s equal to your fighter level. When you take damage other than psychic while you are wearing armor, you can roll one of these dice and reduce the damage you take by the result (to a minimum of 0).

You regain all expended dice in this pool when you finish a long rest.

Defensive Fighting

Starting at 7th level, you get a special reaction in addition to your normal reaction. You can use this special reaction only to make an opportunity attack or use a reaction granted by one of your Fighting Styles, and you can’t use it on the same turn that you use your normal reaction. Once you use this special reaction, you can’t use it again until the start of your next turn.

Mithrilclad

Starting at 10th level, the dice granted by your Ironclad feature become d8s. You also gain an additional fighting style of your choice from those listed at 3rd level for this archetype.

Defense

Defense. While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.

Interception

When a creature you can see hits a target, other than you, within 5 feet of you with an attack, you can use your reaction to reduce the damage the target takes by 1d10 + your proficiency bonus (to a minimum of 0 damage). You must be wielding a shield or a simple or martial weapon to use this reaction.

Protection

When a creature you can see attacks a target other than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You must be wielding a shield.

Ringing Rebuke

Starting at 15th level, when you use your Ironclad dice to reduce damage from a melee attack, the attacker takes bludgeoning damage equal to the result of the die.

Adamantclad

Starting at 18th level, the dice granted by your Ironclad feature become d10s.

Additionally, when you finish a short rest, you can choose to regain half your level in expended dice from your Ironclad feature. Once you regain dice in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.