Gunslinger
A Human finishes loading rounds into her gun and and runs straight into a pack of angry kobolds that are threatening her town. She tumbles and spins, her weapon burping out salvo after salvo of hot lead against the poorly armed draconians with naught but simple spears to use against her.
Setting his perch up at the top of a tree, a Half Elf begins to train the custom built sights of his homemade rifle on his prize. Amidst the roaming herd of goblins and hobgoblins, there stands a single, massive fire giant shouting commands to the monsters near the edge of a cliff. As he lets out a haughty guffaw, the half-elf sees his opening. His lips curl into a grin, and he pulls the trigger.
A band of orcs move in and surround a Tiefling and her disarmed friends, calling for their surrender. Undeterred, the tiefling turns her steely gaze to the firearms within her hands, and imbues them with a mysterious arcane force. Suddenly, she starts to twirl about, firing a multitude of magically charged shots towards her now baffled foes.
Whether outlaws from a distant land trying to redeem themselves, swashbucklers with an eye for the explosive, or smiths that wish to show off their talents to the world in the heat of battle, gunslingers come from many backgrounds, but all have one thing in common. They’re all very good with guns, and use unique fighting styles and speed to strike down any foe that challenges them with less advanced weaponry.
Using Unique Weapons with Style
Though this is heavily dependent on the adventure being run, guns are considered very rare in most adventures, and few know how to operate them. Their exotic nature can lead to confusion and panic among those at the business end of these tools. Gunslingers take advantage of this and combine the usage of these guns with a stylistic grace and speed very few can comprehend. A Gunslinger will take nearly any opportunity they feel appropriate to show off with their weapons of choice, and as they hone their skills with these distributors of supersonic lead death, they become speedy, nearly impossible to track and able to hit a target with their guns under nearly impossible circumstances.Born for Adventure
Most adventurers seek adventure out. Others have it thrust upon them. Gunslingers seem to have been born with a natural affinity and curiosity for exploration and dealing with the problems out in the wild. You'll find them at the job board before any paladin or fighter, and they'll be eager to take on the challenges of the darkest and most dangerous dungeons. The more challenging the encounter, the greater use they'll get out of their pride and joy.Creating a Gunslinger
When creating a gunslinger, consider two major things. Firstly, consider how rare guns are in the adventure your DM is running, and then consider how your character came across their knowledge of how to make and use them? Did they have a eureka moment in a time of renaissance? Did they train with a mentor before deciding to go on their own path? Or did they form a pact with a dark entity for this knowledge? Either way, their background should lead them to come across these deadly tools for use in their adventures.Quick Build
To quickly build a gunslinger, ake Dexterity your highest ability score, followed by Intelligence. Second, choose the Investigation and Acrobatic skills. Lastly, choose the Folk Kero, Guild Artisan, or Soldier Background.Steampunk Compendium V6
Gunslinger
hit dice:
1d8 per Gunslinger level
hit points at 1st level:
8+your Constitution modifier
hit points at higher levels:
1d8 or 5+your Constitution Modifier per Gunslinger level after 1st
armor proficiencies:
Light Armor, Medium Armor, Shields
weapon proficiencies:
Longarms, Sidearms, Daggers, Shortswords, Rapiers, Scimitars, Club, Crossbow, Whips
tools:
Tinker's Tools or Smith's Tools
saving throws:
Dexterity, Charisma
skills:
Choose two from Arcana, Acrobatics, Animal Handling, History, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Perception, Performance, Persuasion, Slight of Hand, or Survival
starting equipment:
You tart with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
You tart with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
- (a) A personal effect, uch as a hat, cape, or trench coat and leather armor, or (b) a personal effect and scale mail.
- (a) A primitive Longarm and a shortword, rapier, whip, or Scimitar, (b) a Primitive sidearm and a shortsword, rapier, whip, or scimitar, or (c) a Priitive Longarm and a shield, along with 20 pieces of ammunition that atch the firearm chosen
- (a) A Primitive Sidearm and 10 round or (b) two daggers, a whip, or a shortsword.
- (a) A dungeoneer's pack or (b) a scholar's pack.
spellcasting:
class features:
No Coward's Weapons
You are often given the moniker of being nothing more than a boisterous coward who uses a fool's weapon. This couldn't be further from the truth. If anything, your weapon fills you with more courage than even the angriest barbarian or the most stalwart paladin. Starting at 1st level when you choose this class, you have advantage on saving throws against being frightened. If you are frightened, you can spend an action to gaze down at your firearm if you have it drawn, instilling you with a nearly supernatural courage, ending the effect on yourself and gaining temporary hit points equal to d8 + your gunslinger level.Gun Tactics
At 1st level, you adopt a tactic with your guns that emphasizes your unique skill with them. You can’t take a gun tactic more than once, even if you get the option to choose again. Sniper If you make an attack with a two-handed firearm beyond 30 feet, you get a +2 bonus to damage rolls. The firearm cannot have the scatter property in order to gain this benefit. Akimbo Shooting When wielding two light firearms, you can add your ability score modifier to the damage of the second attack. You can reload both light firearms at once using a bonus action. Breacher When you make an attack with a firearm at a creature within 30 feet of you and you roll a 1 or 2 on the damage die, you can reroll the damage die and must take the new roll, even if the number is a 1 or a 2. The firearm must have the scatter property for you to gain this benefit. Shield Shooting You can now wield a two-handed firearm with a shield, but must brace it against the shield as a bonus action to fire it. Riflery When wielding a two-handed firearm without the bulky or scatter property, you get a +2 to attack rolls. Gun Duelist When wielding a sidearm in one hand and no other weapons, you get a +2 bonus to your damage rolls with these weapons.Basic Gun Stunts
Gunslingers learn unique skills that set them apart from anyone else who can point and shoot a gun. At 2nd level, you can perform various different daring feats with your firearms. You can use the following abilities during your turn. Analytical Shot. You can use a bonus action to train your firearm's sights on a creature's vitals before you fire. When you do, you can use your Intelligence modifier, instead of your Dexterity modifier, when making an attack roll. Run 'N Gun. If you make an attack roll with a firearm, you can use a bonus action to move 10 feet in any direction. Quick Clear. You can use a bonus action to clear your firearm's chamber if it misfires. Speed Loader. You can reload any firearm with the long load property as a bonus action, unless it has the heavy property, or load all shells instead of three for a firearm with the shell loading property as a bonus action. Slinger's Senses. You can make a Wisdom(Perception) check as a bonus action, as long as you have a gun drawn.Quickdraw
At 2nd level, your hands are fast as lightning in a shootout. You can holster a firearm and draw a different firearm as part of your movement or action before needing to use your Use Object action. Additionally, you can use your firearms to make opportunity attacks at enemies who have moved out of melee range, if you have the ammunition to do so.Lucky Item
When you reach 3rd level, the personal effect you choe at 1st level, uch as a cigar, a trench coat, or a ten gallon hat, has become a defining aspect of your personality. Choose from one of the following traits below. If your lukcy item is lost or destroyed, it mysteriously reappears on you at the end of your next long rest. You cannot choose the Gunslinging Trail specific lucky item options until 13th level. When you reach 13th level, you can choose one additional trait.- Savvy. Choose a skill you are proficient in. Double your proficiency bonus for checks made with that skill.
- Eloquent. You learn two languages of your choosing.
- Adroit. You learn a tool proficiency of your choosing, or double your proficiency bonus for one tool proficiency.
- Erudite (Myth Breaker Only). You get the hunter's mark spell and you can cast it once per long rest without expending a spell slot.
- Sly (Virtuoso Only).You gain one Battlemaster Maneuver and treat it as a Virtuoso Trick.
- Taboo (Spellshooter Only). You learn the thaumaturgy and mage hand cantrips.
Gunslinging Trail
At 3rd level, you can choose from one of three Gunslinging Trails to begin training in. You can choose from either Myth Breaker, Virtuoso, or Spellshooter, all detailed at the end of the class description. The trail you choose grants you features at 3rd level, and again at 9th, 13th, and 17th level.Ability Score Improvement
When you reach 4th level, and again at 6th level, 8th level, 12th level, 16th level, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As usual, you can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.Overwatch
At 5th level, you can use an action to lie in wait to make an opportunity attack against any enemy that moves, attacks, or casts a spell while in your firearm’s normal range if you have the ammunition to do so. (For example, 30 feet for a Flintlock Pistol.) You cannot use Basic Gun Stunts Or Advanced Gun Stunts in conjunction with this feature. A successful attack gives the following penalties based on when you use it:- If the creature is moving, its speed is halved until the ed of your next turn.
- If the creature is making an attack roll, the attack is made with disadvantage.
- If the creature i casting a spell, any creatures targeted by the spell have advantage on saving throws to resist the spell.
Bulletstorm
At 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once when you take the attack action on your turn. This can only be done with firearms if they have at least one round left in them. The number of these attacks increases to 2 at 20th level, but you can only make the third attack with a firearm. You ignore the reload action or loading time for firearms when and only when making a bulletstorm attack.Bullet Time
At 7th level, your reflexes are as fast as any bullet you fire from your gun. You can now take the Dodge action using a bonus action. While dodging, the damage you take from ranged weapon attacks is reduced by half. Additionally, when you make a Dexterity Saving Throw to take half damage from a damaging effect, such as a shotgun's scattering shells or a black dragon's acid breath, you take no damage on a successful save and only half damage on a failed save.Iron Intuition
Gunslingers pride themselves as being folks who can tell an honest person from a cheat from a mile away. The strange weapons in their holsters also give them an air of someone who can deal with many dangers. At 7th level, you can spend one minute talking to a creature or observing it to glean knowledge on their tics to gain advantage on any Insight checks to discern intent or disposition on any topic. You can also use your Intelligence instead Wisdom for your Insight roll modifier. You can spend ten minutes gathering info about a creature to gain this benefit, so long as there are a few people who know at least basic information on them. You can also spend ten minutes in a community to find any information on bounties or contracts to hunt down nasty things such as bandits or monsters. Additionally, when you make Wisdom(Perception), Intelligence(Investigation), or Intelligence(History) checks involving firearms, double your proficiency bonus for those checks.Shootout Sense
Gunslingers live for the possibility of danger at any moment. At 10th level, you get advantage on initiative rolls. If you are surprised, you can take your turn as normal, but must use your action to go into Overwatch.Advanced Gun Stunts
At 11th level, you get access to new and more advanced gun stunts. When you use an Advanced Gun Stunt as your bonus action, you can also use a Basic Gun Stunt as part of that bonus action. Alternatively, you can now use two Basic Gun Stunts at once as a bonus action. Vital Strike. You can spend a bonus action to decrease your firearm attack critical hit number by 3. If you do this, your gun's misfire number goes up by 1, to a maximum of 10. Add damage to your critical hit damage equal to half your gunslinger level. Luck of the Craft. You can reroll a failed ranged attack roll with your firearms as a bonus action. Marksman's Stance. When you attack with a longarm, you can draw a sidearm and fire again at any target of your choosing as a bonus action. You do not add your Dexterity modifier to the damage of this attack, unless your modifier is negative. You can use the sidearm to make a Bulletstorm attack if you have not done so already with your two-handed firearm. You must holster either the sidearm or the two-handed firearm afterwards as part of the bonus action. Expert Shot. When you use Analytical Shot, you can then add half your Dexterity modifier to the first attack roll you make during your turn as part of that bonus action if you have not already used another Advanced Gun Stunt during your turn. If your Dexterity modifier is higher than your Intelligence modifier, then add half your Intelligence odifier instead. Powershot. You can use a bonus action to concentrate your shots onto your target's center mass. The first attack you hit with on your turn now deals extra damage equal to half your gunslinger level (rounded down). This raises your gun's misfire number by 1, to a maximum of 10.Superior Overwatch
At level 14, your Overwatch attack can target any creature out to your weapon’s maximum range. You can use one Basic Gun Stunt in conjunction with the reaction you use to make the attack. This attack now adds extra penalties on a hit:- If a creature is moving, its speed drops to 0 and it can't take reactions until the end of your next turn.
- If the creature is making an attack roll, it deals half damage if it hits.
- If the creature is casting a spell or making an area of effect attack, it deals no damage to creatures that succeed the saving throw to resist it, and half damage to creatures that fail the saving throw.
Final Stand
Starting at 15th level, when your hit points are brought to 0 and you do not die outright, you can, once per long rest, enter a state of pure grit in order to keep fighting on before death takes you. You fall prone and can draw any firearm you wish without using an action. You can only reload or use Basic Gun Stunts as a bonus action, and take the attack action with your weapon. You can only move 5 feet while in Final Stand, and you cannot Dash or stand up. You make death saving throws at the end of your turns while in Final Stand. If you manage to kill a creature or roll a natural 20 on an attack roll while in Final Stand, you regain 1d8 + your gunslinger level hit points and can use your reaction to stand up, a surge of adrenaline and stamina throwing you up on your feet so you can dive back into the fray, guns blazing. If you succeed three death saving throws while in final stand, you are knocked unconscious and stabilized as normal.Superhuman Reflexes
At 18th level, a you have sharpened your reflexes to supersonic proportions. You now get the following benefits:- You can take the Disengage action as a bonus action, except when in Final Stand.
- The damage you take from ranged attacks and ranged spell attacks can be reduced to 0 when taking the Dodge action once per short or long rest.
- You can use two Advanced Gun Stunts as a bonus action. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
- You can use your Overwatch action as a bonus action once per short or long rest. When you make a successful Overwatch attack, you can make one additional attack against the same creature with advantage. You do not add your ability score modifier to the damage of this attack, unless that modifier is negative.
Gunslinging Supreme
By the time you reach 20th level, you have become an undisputed expert with firearms. Add your proficiency bonus to your firearm's damage rolls, except when in Final Stand or making an attack that does not apply your ability score modifier to it's damage. (For example, making an offhand attack with a light firearm, or using Six-Gun Ace's bonus action attacks.) Additionally, if you use a gun's automatic or burst fire action, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action.subclass options:
In order to multiclass as a Gunslinger, you must have a minimum Dexterity an Intelligence ability score of 13. MULTICLASSING PROFICIENCIES When you multiclass into gunslinger you gain the following proficiencies: Light armor, medium armor, longarms, sidearms, tinker's tools, or smiths tools.
In order to multiclass as a Gunslinger, you must have a minimum Dexterity an Intelligence ability score of 13. MULTICLASSING PROFICIENCIES When you multiclass into gunslinger you gain the following proficiencies: Light armor, medium armor, longarms, sidearms, tinker's tools, or smiths tools.
Gunslinging Trails
Gunslingers at level 3 begin to train themselves toward various principles of gunfighting. These choices are less like classical training and more like a lifestyle decision. They're what Gunslingers attempt to devote themselves to as a part of their adventuring lifestyle. You may choose from the Myth Breaker, Virtuoso, or Spellshooter trails. These principles grant you various features to enhance your gunslinging ability to legendary levels.Myth Breaker
Myth Breakers specialize in using their firearms to hunt down the most dangerous of beasts. They hunt down anything from ancient dragons and beholders with extreme precision and skill. Determined and well researched in a variety of lore, myth breakers are experts in hunting down that which makes the average person tremble in fear.Slayer's Specialization
Beginning at 3rd level, you have become a veritable encyclopedia of knowledge on nearly any nasty creature. You can spend 10 minutes reading through your notes or recalling information from your own experiences and knowledge about a single creature. You can make an Intelligence(Arcana) check as a bonus action while in combat to recall this information if you do not know it offhand. The DC for this check is equal to the challenge rating of the creature. When you recall these details, you immediately learn the creature’s vulnerabilities, immunities and resistances. You also learn any special effects triggered when the target takes damage, such as radiant damage halting its regeneration. You also learn any special abilities it has or the most powerful spell that the creature knows, if applicable. Once you use this feature as a bonus action, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.Myth Breaker's Tactics
When you reach 3rd level, you can choose from one of the following tactics that help you slay various monstrosities. Varmint Slayer. You have a knack for landing precision shots that help you hit small or dodgy pests. You get advantage with firearm attacks on creatures whose size is smaller than yours that have moved further than 20 feet, or any creature that has moved at least 30 feet or taken the disengage action before your turn. You only get this advantage for one attack per turn. Wing Clipper. Flying creatures are no match for your expertly placed shots. If you hit with a firearm attack roll on a creature that is airborne, either as a result of flying or a spell’s effect, or has jumped, climbed or fallen before your turn, you deal an extra d8 damage to them. You can only deal this extra damage once per turn. Leviathan Feller. Your skill with a gun can send big monstrosities reeling. When you hit with a firearm attack roll against a creature that's Large or larger, you can stagger them back 10 feet from you in the direction you hit them. This forced move can only be done once per turn. Crowd Control. Your quick trigger finger lends itself well to killing hordes of creatures. Once per turn, when you make a firearm attack roll against a creature, you can make an additional attack against a creature that's within 5 feet of it and within normal range of your firearm. Legendary Buster. The crack of your gun is a symbol of teamwork as you mark powerful targets for death. When you succeed a firearm attack roll against a creature that has successfully damaged you or creatures friendly to you within the last round, the next weapon attack made against the offending creature by a creature friendly to you deals an extra d8 damage on a hit.Monstrous Defense
When you reach 9th level, you can learn one of the following defensive tactics that add to your monster hunting skillset. Mythical Guardian. When keeping track of legendary creatures, your hunter's senses heighten your defense. You get +4 AC when you take the Overwatch action. Mob Runner. Creatures that crowd upon you find it quite ard to kill you. When a hostile creature makes an attack against you while another hostile creature is within 5 feet of you or it, the creature makes the attack with disadvantage. Skywatch. You always keep your eyes to the sky, making airborne ambushes difficult. When a creature that is flying, either because of wings or a spell's effect, or has fallen, climbed, or jumped before your turn makes an attack roll against you, it makes it with disadvantage. If the attack hits, you can use your reaction to halve the attack’s damage against you. Critter Sense. Your dedication to tracking small pests has allowed you to develop senses to help hunt them down. You gain 30 feet of blindsight and tremorsense, and creatures that are small or tiny cannot get advantage on attack rolls or benefit from being hidden or invisible while within range of these senses, as long as you are not incapacitated. Gargantuan Reinforcement. You are stalwart in the face of colossal dangers. You get proficiency in Strength saving throws. You also learn one additional Gun Tactic when you reach this level, having honed your own gunslinging craft to keep up with having to track down and kill such a wide variety of mythical creatures Strength In Knowledge At 13th level, you have augmented your mind and strengthen your resolve against the horrors out in the great beyond. You get advantage on saving throws against being charmed by creatures you have researched using Slayer's Specialization. In addition, the first time you use Slayer's Specialization on a particular creature, you get advantage on attack rolls and saving throws against it the next time you encounter it. This benefit fades after the fight has ended.Legendary Overwatch
When you reach 17th level, you are able to stop the most fearsome creatures right in their tracks with nothing but your bullets. If you make a successful overwatch attack against a creature, you can make it suffer the following effects:- If the creature is moving, it is stunned until the end of your next turn.
- If the creature is making an attack roll, it automatically fails that attack roll and cannot make any more attacks until the end of your next turn.
- If it is casting a spell or forcing a creature or creatures to make a saving throw, the spell or area of effect attack automatically fails, dealing no damage if it would normally do so. If the creature was casting a spell, the spell slot is wasted.
Virtuoso
Virtuosos don’t see guns as just a mere tool of destruction, they see them as an art form that they wish to master. Those who chose to train as virtuosos collect and train with as many guns as possible in to become more versatile and powerful shooters whose skill and showmanship is unrivaled.The Art of Lead
Starting at level 3, Virtuosos get a bevy of special skills enhanced by special dice called superiority dice. Tricks. You learn three tricks of your choice, which are detailed under "tricks" below. Many tricks enhance an attack or assist allies/debilitate enemies in some way, shape or form. You learn two additional tricks at level 9, level 13, and level 18. Each time you learn a new trick, you can also replace one Trick you know with a different one. Superiority Dice. You have four superiority dice, which are d8s, to spend on either Gun Stunts or Tricks. When you use a superiority die, it's expended. You regain all your superiority dice when you finish a short or long rest. You get an additional superiority die at 9th level, and one more at 17th level. Superiority Dice Improvements. Superiority dice turn into d10s at 9th level and d12s at 17th level. Saving Throws. Some of your Tricks require your target to make a saving throw to resist the trick's effects. The save DC is calculated as follows: Trick Save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Dexterity, Intelligence or Charisma modifier.Head In The Game
At 9th level, you are constantly on top of your game, and are always ready for action. You can use a single Basic Gun Stunt once per turn without using a bonus action. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest. Your mind also becomes a bastion for quick thinking and creativity. You get proficiency in Intelligence saving throws. Additonally, once per long rest, when you are reduced to 0 HP, you can channel your inherent luck and focus to fly in the face of death itself. Spend any number of superiority die and add the result + your Constitution modifier to your hit points.Skilled & Witty
Starting at 13th level, you have become an epitome of expertise and sheer skill, both on and off the battlefield. You learn two additional skills, tools, or languages of your choice. Alternatively, you can choose one skill or tool you have proficiency in. Double your proficiency bonus for checks made using that skill. Additionally, you get advantage on Persuasion and Intimidation checks when trying to defuse a fight.Trick Prodigy
At 17th level, you regain 1 superiority die if you roll initiative and have no superiority dice remaining. Choose a single trick you know. You can now use this trick once per long rest without spending a superiority die. Additionally, you can use a single Advanced Gun Stunt once per turn without using a bonus action. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.Tricks
These tricks will be listed in alphabetical order. Bleeding Attack. When you make a successful weapon attack, spend a superiority die to cause the creature to begin bleeding from the wound. The target of your attack takes necrotic damage equal to your superiority die for as many turns as your Dexterity or Intelligence modifier; whichever is higher. They take this damage on the beginning of their turns. They can make a Constitution saving throw in order to halve this damage. (Rounded down.) Creatures that do not bleed are not affected by this trick, and simply suffer extra damage equal to your superiority die + half your gunslinger level (rounded down). Break Cover. Spend a superiority die to attack a creature in cover with an attack roll. Add the number rolled to the attack's damage. The target is considered to be in half cover if they are in 3/4's cover, and no cover if in half cover. You can attack a creature in total cover with disadvantage, as long as you are aware of them. Targets attacked in this manner are considered to be in three-quarters cover. If this is done to a creature that has been swallowed by another creature, the creature that swallowed it takes the damage you deal with this attack, and the creature inside takes damage equal to the number rolled on your superiority die. Concussive Attack. When you make a successful weapon attack, you can spend a superiority die and add the number rolled to the attack's damage. You cause your target to be discombobulated, imposing disadvantage on the next attack they make. Defensive Stance. When you make more than one attack with your firearms, spend a superiority die. You go into a stance that makes you a harder target to hit as you take shot after shot against your enemies. Roll the superiority die + your Dexterity modifier. Subtract the result from the first attack roll made against you before the beginning of your next turn. Disarming Attack. Make an attack roll and expend a superiority die and add the number rolled to the attack's damage. If it succeeds, you force the creature hit to drop one of its held items. The creature must make a Strength saving throw. If they fail, they drop the held item down to their feet. Disorienting Attack. When you make a successful weapon attack, you can spend a superiority die to disorient them, leaving them open for your allies to attack. The next attack roll that's made against the target has advantage if the attack is made before the start of your next turn. Add the result of your superiority die to the ally's attack roll. Dodge Roll. When a creature damages you, you can use your reaction to expend a superiority die to deftly roll out of the way as a reaction. The damage you take is reduced by the number rolled on your superiority die, and you can move 10 feet in any direction without provoking opportunity attacks. Slinger's Luck. If your firearm would misfire, you can expend a superiority die in order to channel the inherent luck of your craft to avoid the misfire entirely. Add the number rolled on your superiority die to your next attack roll. Intercept. When an enemy makes a ranged spell attack or a ranged attack within your ranged weapon's range, you can expend a superiority die in order to use a reaction to attempt to shoot it out of the air. Make a ranged weapon attack against the missile or spell. Add the number rolled on your superiority die to the attack roll. These missiles and ranged spells have an AC equal to the attack roll of the creature that shot or cast them. If you succeed, the attack automatically fails as you strike it and either interrupts its effects or knocks it off course. You can use this trick before or after the attack roll is made, but before it's revealed to be a hit or a miss. Piercing Attack. When you hit with an attack with your ranged weapon, you can expend a superiority die to have the shot continue on through the target after hitting it in order to attempt to damage an additional creature. If the creature within range of your shot and in the same line as your shot would have been hit by your attack roll, they take damage equal to the number rolled on your technique die. The damage is the same as the type dealt by the original attack. Precision Attack. When you make a weapon attack roll against a creature, you can expend one superiority die and add the number rolled to the roll. You can use this trick before or after making the attack roll, but before any effects of the attack are applied. Rocket Jump. If you make a jump, you can spend a superiority die to make the jump with vim and vigor, adding the number rolled + your Dexterity modifier to that jump's distance and make it not cost additional movement to make the jump. Slinger's Luck. If your firearm would misfire, you can expend a superiority die in order to channel the inherent luck of your craft to avoid the misfire entirely. Add the number rolled on your superiority die to your next attack roll. Sprint. When you move, you can expend a superiority die to go sprinting at full speed across the battlefield. Your walking speed increases by 10 feet until you stop moving. You can spend additional superiority die, up to 2, to increase this distance by an additional 10 feet per point spent. If someone makes an opportunity attack against you, you can roll a superiority die you expended and add that number to your AC for that attack. You can do this as many times as you expended superiority die. Trip Attack. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to attempt to knock the target down. You add a superiority die to the attack’s damage roll, and if the target is Large or smaller, it must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, you knock the target prone. Warning Attack. When you miss a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to attempt to frighten the target as the attack whizzes past them. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw. Subtract the result of your superiority die from their roll. On a failed save, it is frightened of you until the end of your next turn.Spellshooter
Spellshooters are those who have melded the pursuits of magic and engineering in search of greater potential that neither are able to deliver by themselves. By means of preparation, they are able to condense and store the energies of spells in material vessels, creating dangerous weapons that act not merely as conduits for magic, but enhancers.Spellcasting
When you reach 3rd level and choose the Spellshooter Principle, you gain the ability to cast magic from the wizard Spell List. You channel the energy of your spells through your own memorization of spells and pure mental acuity. Spellcasting Conduit. Spellshooters can cast spells as normal or infuse them within their bullets for increased range or more powerful effects. See the Arcane Ammunition feature for more information. Cantrips. You learn two cantrips from the wizard spell list. Spell Slots. The Spellshooter Spellcasting table shows how many spell slots you have to use your spells of 1st level and higher. See Flexible Preparation on how to use these slots. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest. Spells Known of 1st-Level and Higher. You know two 1st-level spells of your choice from the Wizard spell list, which must be chosen from the evocation or transmutation spells on respective spell list. The Spells Known column of the Spellshooter Spellcasting table shows when you learn more Wizard spells of 1st level or higher. Each of these spells must be a transmutation or evocation spell of your choice, and must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For instance, when you reach 10th level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level. The spells you learn at 8th, 14th, and 20th level can come from any school of magic. Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of the Wizard spells you know with another spell of your choice from the Wizard spell list. The new spell must be of a level for which you have spell slots, and it must be a transmutation or evocation spell, unless you’re replacing the spell you gained at 8th, 14th, or 20th level. Spellcasting Ability. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your spells, as you study the ways of science and magic through learning and experimentation, and your sheer intellect powers your arcane potential. You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one. Spell Save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier Spell Attack Modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifierArcane Ammunition
Spellshooters can condense the magical energy of spells into their guns, and are able to fuse the spells into their ammunition for their attacks. Their firearms are therefore modified to withstand the energy of powerful spells within their confines. At 3rd level you can, over the period of two hours out of a long rest, infuse a number of spells into your gun as you have available spell slots, instead of just casting the spell as normal. Your gun contains this magic until you next complete a long rest, upon which the magic dissipates. During your turn, when you cast a spell, you can instead cast it through your gun as a spell bullet. Each spell bullet has the following properties:- You must make a ranged spell attack roll against the target of your spell in order to cast it successfully.
- Somatic, verbal and material components for spells are fulfilled while infusing the spell into the gun, and thus you do not need to expend them when it is cast through the bullet.
- All spells prepared in this manner have the same range as the range of the firearm.
- If the bullet misses the target, the spell is wasted and not cast. If the spell has an area of effect, it is cast against the nearest object or wall in the same direction of your attack.
- Spell bullets do not deal damage on their own. If the spell being cast through it deals damage or heals, the bullet does not compound with the damage, as the bullet must break apart to cast the damaging spell.
- Any spell that requires a single spell attack roll automatically succeeds if the bullet hits its target. Spells with multiple attack rolls are cast as normal, although if the first spell attack roll is made against the target of the bullet, it automatically succeeds.
- If you are wielding two light firearms at once, then only one gun can fire a spell bullet at a time.
Flexible Preparation
Starting at 3rd level, you entirely alter the properties of spells you infuse into your bullets. When you prepare a spell into your gun that deals acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, necrotic, radiant, or thunder damage, you can substitute that damage type with another damage type from this list by altering its properties before you infuse it within your ammunition.Arcane Smith
When you reach 9th level, you have become adept at creating your magic munitions far more quickly than normal. As long as you have spell slots and mundane ammunition left, you can prepare spell bullets equal to half your Intelligence modifier (rounded up) over the period of a short rest. Additionally, you have improved your gun to be able to handle spell bullet magic far more easily. When you take the attack action during your turn, you can replace one of the attacks with a spell bullet attack.Blueprints
At 13th level, Spellshooters have become well learned in the studies of the arcane, and can use this knowledge to create blueprints containing new spells to cast or infuse into their ammunition. You get proficiency in Intelligence(Arcana) checks if you don't have it already. If you do, double your proficiency bonus for checks you make with that skill. If you have a piece of parchment and fine ink, you can create blueprints for a number of spells equal to your Intelligence modifier. The spells you mark into the blueprint must be a level of which you can cast. Making these blueprints works just like logging spells into a wizard’s spellbook, and you can keep them in a binder or stack that holds them all together. (See “Your Spellbook” on the Wizard section in the player’s handbook.) You can mark spells in your book from the Wizard and Cleric spell list.Eye For An Eye
When you reach 17th level, you gain the ability to glean the knowledge from any spellcaster into the ammunition of your weapons as long as you throw yourself right into the line of fire to collect it. Once per long rest, when you are the target of a spell of 1st level or higher, you can use your reaction to hone your gunslinger wits to resist and study the spell and copy its knowledge in order to harness its effects into a single bullet. If the spell is a spell attack roll, it is made with disadvantage. If the spell requires you to make a saving throw to resist its effects, you make the save with advantage. After the spell is cast, roll an Intelligence(Arcana) check. The DC is 10 + twice the spell's level. If you succeed, you immediately create a blueprint or a spell bullet that has the spell infused within it. This happens even if the spell reduced your hit points to 0, as long as it did not kill you outright. This bullet or blueprint has the spell inside it for another 8 hours, after which the magic fades.| Level | Proficiency Bonus | Features |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | +2 | No Coward's Weapons, Gun Tactics |
| 2nd | +2 | Basic Gun Stunts, Quickdraw |
| 3rd | +2 | Gunslinging Trail, Lucky Item |
| 4th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement |
| 5th | +3 | Bulletstorm, Overwatch |
| 6th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement |
| 7th | +3 | Iron Intuition, Bullet Time |
| 8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement |
| 9th | +4 | Trail Feature |
| 10th | +4 | Schootout Sense |
| 11th | +4 | Advanced Gun Stunts |
| 12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement |
| 13th | +5 | Trail Feature, Lucky Item Improvement |
| 14th | +5 | Superior Overwatch |
| 15th | +5 | Final Stand |
| 16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement |
| 17th | +6 | Trail Feature |
| 18th | +6 | Superhuman Reflexes |
| 19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement |
| 20th | +6 | Gunslinging Supreme, Bulletstorm (2) |
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