Base Class: Fighter
The archetypal Black Swordsman is driven solely by their will to survive and raw physical power. Those who model themselves on this archetype live a life of conflict filled with untrammeled fury, slick with blood.
Oversized Weapons
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, all weapons with the Heavy Property also benefit from the Reach Property.
Survivor's Retaliation
Starting at 3rd level, when you take damage from a creature that is within your equipped weapon's reach or 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to make a single melee weapon attack against that creature.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (a minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Intimidating Presence
At 7th level, your feats in the battlefield strike fear in those around you. Whenever you make a Charisma (Intimidation) check, you gain a bonus to the check equal to your Strength modifier.
Relentless Pursuit
Starting at 7th level, your speed is increased by 10 feet.
The Best Defense
At 10th level, you learn to put the full weight of your body into your attacks. As a bonus action, you can choose to take your proficiency bonus as a penalty to your AC to gain that as a bonus to attack and damage rolls with any heavy weapon that you are proficient with.
This bonus remains as long as you keep the penalty to your AC. You can revert the penalty on a subsequent turn by using a bonus action before attacking.
Inhuman Resilience
At 15th level, fighting to survive is second nature. Your Constitution score increases by 4. In addition, your maximum Constitution score increases to 24.
Undying Fury
Starting at 18th level, you can keep fighting despite grievous wounds. If you drop to 0 hit points and don't die outright, you can make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. If you succeed, you drop to 1 hit point instead.
Each time you use this feature after the first, the DC increases by 5. When you finish a short or long rest, the DC resets to 10
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