Dagger Shifter

Walking the border between dimensions, Dagger Shifters are rogues who specialize in magical teleportation to achieve their goals. Combining their unique abilities with roguish skill, Dagger Shifters are able to leap around the battlefield to deal surprise attacks, sneak into secure locations undetected, and escape from tricky situations in the blink of an eye.

Shift Daggers

At 3rd level, choose a dagger from your inventory to mark as a Shift Dagger. The number of daggers you can have marked in this way is equal to half your Sneak Attack die rounded down, and you can change which daggers you have marked during a short or long rest. Unless you allow it, you are immune to damage dealt by attacks made against you using these daggers.

When a creature or object you can see is hit by an attack using your Shift Dagger, you can use your reaction to magically teleport to an open space of your choosing within 5 feet of the target, and the dagger appears in your hand. If no such space exists, this ability can not be used. When you make an attack and use this feature, the attack qualifies for Sneak Attack so long as it was not made at disadvantage.

Dagger Shift

At 3rd level, you can use your bonus action granted by Cunning Action to magically teleport to any of your Shift Daggers within range, and you are aware of the precise location of all your Shift Daggers within that range. If you attempt to teleport to a dagger located on a space that is occupied, you instead go to the nearest unoccupied space of your choosing. Upon teleporting, you choose whether the dagger returns to you, or if it is left in place.

The range of this ability is 30 feet, which increases to 60 feet at 13th level.

So long as you and your Shift Dagger are on the same plane of existence, you can also use your bonus action granted by Cunning Action to summon it back to you.

Shifting Strike

At 9th level, you gain the ability to magically teleport yourself between multiple enemies, making a strike on each one.

Choose up to five creatures or objects you can see within 30 feet of you. As an action, make a melee weapon attack against each one with one with a finesse weapon you are holding. On a hit, the target takes the damage from your attack. Each hit qualifies for Sneak Attack so long as it was not made at disadvantage, and the damage dice for your Sneak Attack can either be applied to a single creature, or split up between those that qualified. At the end of this action, you then teleport to an unoccupied space you can see within 5 feet of one of the creatures you hit. If no such space exists, you return to the space you made the attack from.

This ability can be used once per long rest. The number of uses increases to two at 13th level, and three at 17th level.

Counter-Shift

At 13th level, you learn how to shift more than just yourself.

When a creature you can see is hit by an attack using your Shift Dagger, you can use your reaction to attempt switch places with the target. An unwilling target must succeed a DC 15 Charisma saving throw or else you switch places. If the attack had advantage the DC increases to 17. If disadvantage the DC decreases to 13. On a successful save, the dagger drops onto the creature's space. When using this feature, the attack deals no damage or any other effect to the target.

Shifty Dodge

At 17th level, you can use your teleportation to dodge a devastating attack, and potentially redirect it onto an enemy.

When you are hit by an attack, you can use your reaction to make an attack with your Shift Dagger. If you already used your reaction, you gain one more this turn to use exclusively with this feature. This attack deals no damage, and cannot target your attacker. If your attack hits another creature or object, you switch places with the target, causing the original attack to be made against the target instead. If you miss, or if the target is a location, you magically teleport to the dagger or nearest unoccupied space to it of your choosing and avoid being hit by the original attack.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.