Prerequisite: level 5
By offering prayer and victory-pledges to Zar’kael, elder god of annihilation and total conquest, you are marked as a weapon rather than a supplicant. Zar’kael does not grant mercy—only results.
Immediate Benefits (Level 5 Entry Point)
- Annihilating Precision
Once per turn when you hit a creature with a weapon attack (including firearms), you may invoke Zar’kael’s mark to deal additional damage equal to your proficiency bonus.
- This damage is the same type as the weapon.
You may choose to apply this after you see the hit, but before damage is rolled.
- Victory Demands Momentum
When you reduce a hostile creature to 0 HP, you gain one of the following benefits (your choice):
- Gain temporary hit points equal to your proficiency bonus, or
- Add +10 feet to your movement speed until the end of the encounter.
You can benefit from this feature once per encounter
- Contempt for Weak Magic
You gain advantage on saving throws against spells or magical effects that would:
- Charm you, or
- Reduce your movement speed, or
Impose the frightened condition.
Zar’kael’s Demand
If you spend an entire combat taking only defensive actions (Dodge, Disengage every turn, or total inaction) while able to attack, you gain one level of exhaustion at the end of the encounter.
Level 9 – Aspect of Relentless Force
- Annihilating Precision damage increases to twice your proficiency bonus, but can only be used a number of times per long rest equal to your proficiency bonus.
When you score a critical hit, you regain one expended use.
Level 13 – Victory Through Ruin
When you reduce a creature to 0 HP with a weapon attack:
- You may immediately make one additional weapon attack as a reaction.
- This attack cannot benefit from Annihilating Precision.
Once per long rest.
Level 17 – Avatar of Annihilation
Once per long rest, as a bonus action, you may invoke Zar’kael fully for 1 minute:
- Your weapon attacks ignore resistance (not immunity).
- You cannot be frightened.
- If you miss an attack, you may deal half your proficiency bonus in damage anyway (representing unavoidable devastation).
When this effect ends, you gain one level of exhaustion.
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