Some rogues favor honing their skill and precision, others perfect a silver tongue, but you—well, you’ve always gotten a kick out of leaving things up to chance.

Rogues of the Wild Card variety thrive on the high stakes and random thrill of the game table. Armed with cunning cheats and no small amount of luck, these sly gamblers live and die by their rules, never keen to simply accept the hand fate deals them.

Wild Card's Gambit

Upon taking the archetype at 3rd level, you begin to master the tools of the trade. Choose a gaming set to gain proficiency with.

In addition, you can use the playing pieces of of that set as your attacks. You may use a playing card, die, or dragonchess piece as an improved weapon you are proficient with. It has the light, finesse, and thrown (20/60 ft) properties. It does 1d4 damage with the type depending on the piece: slashing damage (cards), bludgeoning damage (dice), or piercing damage (dragonchess).

When you deal damage with a playing piece, you may choose to have it gain an additional effect chosen from the list below, but you cannot choose the same effect twice in a row. You may empower a piece in this way a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1) and regain expended uses when you finish a long rest.

• Coins: your target's speed is reduced by half.
• Glyphs: you gain temporary hit points equal to half your rogue level.
• Swords: each creature of your choice within 5 feet of your target takes damage equal to half your rogue level.
• Stars: the attack's damage type changes to force.

Better Lucky Than Good

Your penchant for games has afforded you the ability to subtly manipulate fortune to your favor. When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn the guidance cantrip.

When you cast this spell or at the start of each of your turns while you are concentrating on it, you can call evens or odds and then roll a d4. If you guess correctly, until the start of your next turn, you don't need advantage to use your sneak attack as long as you are within 20 feet of your target and you don't have disadvantage on the roll.

While using a gaming set you are proficient with or while you are in combat, you may make a Sleight of Hand skill check to conceal your casting of this spell. It is opposed by your opponents passive perception unless they take the Search action.

Practiced Hustle

Beginning at 9th level, you can work your marks with incredible ease. You have advantage on ability checks with gaming sets you are proficient with and the damage die of your gaming pieces increases to 1d6.

High Roller

Starting at 13th level, you may cast Guidance as a bonus action and it has a range of 30 feet for you.

All In

When you reach 17th level, your luck seems to never run out. You regain two uses of Wild Card's Gambit when you roll initiative if you have no uses remaining. In the first round of combat, instead of moving you may teleport up to twice your walking speed instead.