Warlord

You are a master of striking true, and felling your enemies.

Student of War

At 3rd level, you gain proficiency with one type of artisan’s tools of your choice.

Expert Techniques

You have unlocked a new Critical Effect. Select one from the list below. When scoring a Critical Hit select one of these effects to apply to the enemy you have hit.

At 10th level, you may apply 2 critical effects to successful critical hits. At 18th level, you may apply all 3 of your critical effects to successful critical hits.

Bloody Critical

Whenever you score a critical hit, the target takes 1d4 bleed damage, for 2 rounds, at the start of its turn.

This effect may stack up to 3 times. Whenever you use this effect on a target, if they are already bleeding, you may extend the duration of the bleed by 1 round.

Crippling Critical

Whenever you score a critical hit, the target’s speed is halved.

Sickening Critical

Whenever you score a critical hit, the target becomes poisoned for 1d4 rounds. The target may, as an action, make a DC 16 medicine check, on success they are no longer poisoned.

Staggering Critical

Whenever you score a critical hit, if the target is size Large or smaller, it cannot take any reactions till the start of your next turn.

Terrifying Critical

Whenever you score a critical hit, the target is frightened of you until the end of their next turn.

Defensive Maneuver

At 7th level, you learn to fend off strikes directed at you, your mount, or other creatures nearby. If you or a creature you can see within 5 feet of you is hit by an attack, you can roll 1d8 as a reaction if you’re wielding a melee weapon or a shield. Roll the die, and add the number rolled to the target’s AC against that attack. If the attack still hits, the target has resistance against the attack’s damage.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.

Improved Techniques

At 10th level, you may now apply 2 critical effects to successful critical hits. At 18th level, you may now apply all 3 of your critical effects to successful critical hits.

Relentless Lethality

At 15th level, you attain the pinnacle of precision in battle. You now crit on a 19-20 when you make a weapon attack roll. 

Technique Mastery

At 18th level, you may now apply all 3 of your critical effects to successful critical hits.