Classes and skills

Best at

Strength, then Constitution

Hit points

d10 a level

Saves

Strength and Constitution

Skills

choose 2: athletics, perception, acrobatics, intimidation and survival

Armour

light, medium, heavy and shields

Weapons

simple and martial

Starts with

sword, mail, shield and torch

What plays today, levels 1 to 5

• 1Fighting Style Choose a fighting style: Defense (+1 AC), Dueling (+2 damage with one-handed), Great Weapon (+2 damage with two-handed), or Protection (impose disadvantage on attacks against allies).
• 1Second Wind Once per short rest, recover 1d10 + level HP as a bonus action.
• 2Action Surge Once a day, take an additional action on your turn.
• 5Extra Attack Attack twice when you take the Attack action.

Best at

Strength, then Charisma

Hit points

d10 a level

Saves

Strength and Charisma

Skills

choose 2: animal handling, athletics, history, intimidation, perception and persuasion

Armour

light, medium, heavy and shields

Weapons

simple, martial and lances

Starts with

sword, mail, shield and torch

What plays today, levels 1 to 5

• 1Fighting Style Choose: Defense (+1 AC), Dueling (+2 damage one-handed), Great Weapon (+2 damage two-handed), or Protection (impose disadvantage on attacks vs allies within 5ft).
• 1Noble Bearing You have proficiency in History and one gaming set. You can add your CHA modifier to Intimidation and Persuasion checks when dealing with nobility or those who respect station.
• 2Mark of Challenge As a bonus action, challenge a creature within 30 feet. It has disadvantage on attacks against anyone but you. If it attacks someone else, you can make an opportunity attack. Lasts 1 minute. Uses: CHA modifier per long rest.
• 5Extra Attack Attack twice when you take the Attack action.

Best at

Dexterity, then Wisdom

Hit points

d10 a level

Saves

Dexterity and Strength

Skills

choose 3: acrobatics, athletics, nature, perception, stealth and survival

Armour

light and medium

Weapons

simple, martial and ranged

Starts with

bow, scale and torch

What plays today, levels 1 to 5

• 1Archery Style +2 to attack rolls with ranged weapons.
• 1Natural Explorer You have advantage on Survival checks to track creatures. Difficult terrain doesn't slow your travel.
• 2Quarry As a bonus action, mark a creature you can see. You deal +1d6 damage to your quarry. Lasts until the creature dies or you mark another.
• 2Fighting Spirit As a bonus action, gain advantage on all attack rolls until the end of your turn. Once a fight.
• 5Extra Attack Attack twice when you take the Attack action.
• 5Improved Quarry Quarry damage increases to +1d8.

Best at

Dexterity, then Intelligence

Hit points

d8 a level

Saves

Dexterity and Intelligence

Skills

choose 4: stealth, sleight of hand, acrobatics, perception, athletics, deception, insight, intimidation, investigation, performance and persuasion

Armour

light

Weapons

simple, hand crossbows, longswords, rapiers and shortswords

Starts with

rapier, leather, thieves tools and torch

What plays today, levels 1 to 5

• 1Expertise Choose two skills or one skill and thieves' tools. Double your proficiency bonus for those.
• 1Sneak Attack Once per turn, deal extra 1d6 damage when you hit with a finesse or ranged weapon and have advantage, or when an ally is within 5 feet of your target.
• 1Thieves' Cant You know a secret mix of dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to hide messages in seemingly normal conversation.
• 2Cunning Action Use a bonus action to Dash, Disengage, or Hide.
• 5Uncanny Dodge When an attacker you can see hits you, use your reaction to halve the damage.

Best at

Intelligence, then Constitution

Hit points

d6 a level

Saves

Intelligence and Wisdom

Skills

choose 2: arcana, history, insight, investigation, medicine and religion

Armour

none

Weapons

daggers, darts, slings, quarterstaffs and light crossbows

Starts with

quarterstaff, wand, spellbook and torch

No class features yet.

Best at

Intelligence, then Dexterity

Hit points

d8 a level

Saves

Intelligence and Constitution

Skills

choose 3: arcana, history, investigation, medicine, perception and sleight of hand

Armour

light and medium

Weapons

simple

Starts with

dagger, leather, smith s tools and torch

What plays today, levels 1 to 5

• 2Field Repairs As an action, restore 1d8 HP to a construct or object you touch. Usable INT modifier times per long rest.

Best at

Wisdom, then Constitution

Hit points

d8 a level

Saves

Wisdom and Charisma

Skills

choose 2: insight, religion, history, medicine, persuasion, athletics and acrobatics

Armour

light, medium and shields

Weapons

simple

Starts with

mace, scale, shield, symbol and torch

What plays today, levels 1 to 5

• 1Divine Sense As an action, know the location of any celestial, fiend, or undead within 60 feet. Usable WIS modifier + 1 times per long rest.
• 2Channel Divinity Channel divine energy for powerful effects. Use once per short rest. Turn Undead: Present holy symbol, undead must flee.
• 5Destroy Undead Undead of CR 1/2 or lower that fail against Turn Undead are instantly destroyed.

Best at

Wisdom, then Constitution

Hit points

d8 a level

Saves

Wisdom and Intelligence

Skills

choose 2: animal handling, arcana, insight, medicine, nature, perception, religion and survival

Armour

light, medium and shields

Weapons

clubs, daggers, darts, javelins, maces, quarterstaffs, scimitars, sickles, slings and spears

Starts with

scimitar, druid staff, leather, shield and torch

What plays today, levels 1 to 5

• 1Nature's Bond You can communicate with beasts and plants as if sharing a language. They may provide information or small favors.
• 2Fighting Style Choose: Archery (+2 ranged attack), Defense (+1 AC), or Two-Weapon Fighting (add ability mod to offhand damage).
• 5Extra Attack Attack twice when you take the Attack action.

Best at

Charisma, then Dexterity

Hit points

d8 a level

Saves

Charisma and Dexterity

Skills

choose 3: acrobatics, athletics, deception, history, insight, intimidation, investigation, perception, performance, persuasion, sleight of hand and stealth

Armour

light

Weapons

simple, hand crossbows, longswords, rapiers and shortswords

Starts with

rapier, leather, lute and torch

What plays today, levels 1 to 5

• 1Bardic Inspiration As a bonus action, give an ally within 60 feet a d6 they can add to one ability check, attack roll, or saving throw in the next 10 minutes. Uses: CHA modifier per long rest.
• 2Jack of All Trades Add half your proficiency bonus (rounded down) to ability checks you aren't proficient in.
• 2Song of Rest During a short rest, allies who hear your performance regain an extra 1d6 HP when spending Hit Dice.
• 3Expertise Choose two skills you're proficient in. Double your proficiency bonus for those skills.
• 5Font of Inspiration Regain all Bardic Inspiration uses on a short rest.

Best at

Charisma, then Wisdom

Hit points

d8 a level

Saves

Charisma and Wisdom

Skills

choose 3: deception, insight, intimidation, investigation, perception, persuasion and religion

Armour

light and medium

Weapons

simple and martial

Starts with

sword, scale and torch

What plays today, levels 1 to 5

• 1Divine Sense As an action, detect celestials, fiends, and undead within 60 feet. Uses: 1 + CHA modifier per long rest.
• 1Stern Gaze You have advantage on Insight checks to detect lies and on Intimidation checks during interrogation.
• 2Judgment As a bonus action, pronounce judgment on a creature you can see within 60 feet. Choose: Destruction (once per turn, +1d6 damage when you hit), Protection (+2 AC), or Piercing (attacks ignore resistance). Lasts 1 minute. Uses: CHA modifier per long rest.
• 5Extra Attack Attack twice when you take the Attack action.
• 5Improved Judgment Judgment damage increases to +2d6. Protection grants +3 AC.

Best at

Constitution, then Wisdom

Hit points

d10 a level

Saves

Constitution and Wisdom

Skills

choose 3: arcana, history, insight, investigation, medicine, nature, perception and survival

Armour

light and medium

Weapons

simple, hand crossbows and rapiers

Starts with

rapier, leather, herbalism kit and torch

What plays today, levels 1 to 5

• 1Plague Mask You are immune to disease. You have advantage on saving throws against poison and resistance to poison damage.
• 1Medical Knowledge You have expertise in Medicine checks. You can stabilize a creature as a bonus action instead of an action.
• 5Extra Attack Attack twice when you take the Attack action.
• 5Venomous Strike Once per turn, when you hit with a weapon attack, deal an extra 1d6 poison damage.

Best at

Constitution, then Strength

Hit points

d12 a level

Saves

Constitution and Strength

Skills

choose 3: athletics, animal handling, insight, intimidation, nature, perception and survival

Armour

light, medium and shields

Weapons

simple, improvised and hand crossbows

Starts with

greatclub and torch

What plays today, levels 1 to 5

• 1Unarmored Defense While not wearing armor, your AC equals 10 + DEX modifier + CON modifier. You can use a shield and still gain this benefit.
• 1Working Class Grit You have advantage on saving throws against exhaustion. You can go without sleep for 24 hours without penalty once per long rest.
• 2Reckless Attack When you make your first attack on your turn, you can decide to attack recklessly. Doing so gives you advantage on melee weapon attacks, but attack rolls against you have advantage until your next turn.
• 2Improvised Fighter You are proficient with improvised weapons. Improvised weapons deal 1d8 damage in your hands (instead of 1d4). You can use a bonus action to grab an improvised weapon from your environment.
• 5Extra Attack Attack twice when you take the Attack action.
• 5Tough as Nails Your hit point maximum increases by 2 for each level you have. When you gain a level, you gain 2 additional hit points.

Best at

Constitution, then Wisdom

Hit points

d6 a level

Saves

Skills

choose 2: animal handling, athletics, insight, medicine, nature, perception, persuasion and survival

Armour

none

Weapons

clubs, daggers and quarterstaffs

Starts with

club, clothes and torch

What plays today, levels 1 to 5

• 1Common Knowledge You know the ways of common folk. You have advantage on checks related to your trade or profession.