Base Class: Fighter
Swish, THWACK. There it was, the sound he loved to hear.
Swish, THWACK. The prelude, followed by the climax. Swish, THWACK. The apprehension, followed by the scream.
Each swing was a carefully executed ballet of arcing preparation followed by resounding impact. His arm was every bit the instrument of this torment as was the thin reed cane he wielded. Only those inexperienced with his work made the mistake of mocking him for his choice of weapon.
A sword may slice, a mace may pummel, and an arrow may pierce, but his cane brought torture. Why break an arm when you could break the spirit? The former left you with a mess of blood and meat, but the latter left him in control.
He continued his assault, each strike timed for maximum suffering, each blow aimed precisely to land among its kin that came before it.
IMPLEMENT PROFICIENCY
You prefer to use weapons and implements which mete out corporal punishment effectively. If you are wielding a flogger, striking cane, or whip, at the end of your turn you may add 1 Pain to a single creature you hit with an attack using these implements.
DOMINEERING FOCUS
You have learned to focus your punishing efforts upon a singular target, pressing upon them the full weight of your will.
As a reaction after you hit a creature with a melee attack, you may mark them as your Focused Target. All of your attacks against your Focused Target are made with advantage. You may only have one Focused Target at a time. If you have a Focused Target, any attack rolls you make for melee attacks against any creature that is not your Focused Target are made with disadvantage.
You lose your Focused Target when you do not hit them with a melee attack for more than 1 minute.
MARK THE NEXT VICTIM
When you reduce your Focused Target to 0 hit points, you may as a reaction mark another creature you can see as your Focused Target.
CADENCED BEATING
You can time vour strikes to maximize their painful impact. When you hit with an attack against your Focused Target, you may take a -5 penalty to the next attack roll against your Focused Target.
If you do so and the attack hits, they gain 1 Pain and you deal an additional slashing damage equal to the target's Pain.
ISSUE ORDER
You have honed your commanding presence into a veritable weapon that your enemies will be loath to cross. As an action, you may cast the Command spell. The saving throw DC for the spell is equal to 8 + your Charisma modifier + your proficiency bonus + the amount of Pain the target currently has.
Your target may choose to willingly fail the saving throw instead, if they so wish, but if they choose not to and they succeed on the saving throw, you may use your reaction to teleport to a space adjacent to them and make a melee attack against them.
NO ESCAPING MY WRATH
You no longer lose your Focused Target if you do not hit them with a melee attack for more than 1 minute. While you have a Focused Target, you know the distance and direction to that creature, or if it is on another plane of existence, what plane it currently is located upon.
As an action, once per long rest, you may cast the Scrying spell on your Focused Target without spending a spell slot. The DC for the spell is equal to 8 + your Charisma modifier + your proficiency bonus.
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