{"name":"Rogue, Phantom Archetype","overview":"[i]Signaling for her companions to wait, a halfling creeps forward through the dungeon hall. She presses an ear to the door, then pulls out a set of tools and picks the lock in the blink of an eye. Then she disappears into the shadows as her fighter friend moves forward to kick the door open.[\/i]\r\n[i]A human lurks in the shadows of an alley while his accomplice prepares for her part in the ambush. When their target \u2014 a notorious slaver \u2014 passes the alleyway, the accomplice cries out, the slaver comes to investigate, and the assassin\u2019s blade cuts his throat before he can make a sound.[\/i]\r\n\r\n\r\n[i]Suppressing a giggle, a gnome waggles her fingers and magically lifts the key ring from the guard\u2019s belt. In a moment, the keys are in her hand, the cell door is open, and she and her companions are free to make their escape.[\/i]\r\n\r\nRogues rely on skill, stealth, and their foes\u2019 vulnerabilities to get the upper hand in any situation. They have a knack for finding the solution to just about any problem, demonstrating a resourcefulness and versatility that is the cornerstone of any successful adventuring party.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Skill and Precision[\/u][\/b]\r\nRogues devote as much effort to mastering the use of a variety of skills as they do to perfecting their combat abilities, giving them a broad expertise that few other characters can match. Many rogues focus on stealth and deception, while others refine the skills that help them in a dungeon environment, such as climbing, finding and disarming traps, and opening locks.\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to combat, rogues prioritize cunning over brute strength. A rogue would rather make one precise strike, placing it exactly where the attack will hurt the target most, than wear an opponent down with a barrage of attacks. Rogues have an almost supernatural knack for avoiding danger, and a few learn magical tricks to supplement their other abilities.\r\n\r\n[b][u]A Shady Living[\/u][\/b]\r\nEvery town and city has its share of rogues. Most of them live up to the worst stereotypes of the class, making a living as burglars, assassins, cutpurses, and con artists. Often, these scoundrels are organized into thieves\u2019 guilds or crime families. Plenty of rogues operate independently, but even they sometimes recruit apprentices to help them in their scams and heists. A few rogues make an honest living as locksmiths, investigators, or exterminators, which can be a dangerous job in a world where dire rats\u2014and wererats\u2014haunt the sewers.\r\n\r\nAs adventurers, rogues fall on both sides of the law. Some are hardened criminals who decide to seek their fortune in treasure hoards, while others take up a life of adventure to escape from the law. Some have learned and perfected their skills with the explicit purpose of infiltrating ancient ruins and hidden crypts in search of treasure.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Creating a Rogue[\/u][\/b]\r\nAs you create your rogue character, consider the character\u2019s relationship to the law. Do you have a criminal past\u2014or present? Are you on the run from the law or from an angry thieves\u2019 guild master? Or did you leave your guild in search of bigger risks and bigger rewards? Is it greed that drives you in your adventures, or some other desire or ideal?\r\n\r\nWhat was the trigger that led you away from your previous life? Did a great con or heist gone terribly wrong cause you to reevaluate your career? Maybe you were lucky and a successful robbery gave you the coin you needed to escape the squalor of your life. Did wanderlust finally call you away from your home? Perhaps you suddenly found yourself cut off from your family or your mentor, and you had to find a new means of support. Or maybe you made a new friend\u2014another member of your adventuring party\u2014who showed you new possibilities for earning a living and employing your particular talents.","hit_dice":"1d8","hit_points_at_1st_level":"8 + your Constitution modifier","hit_points_at_higher_levels":"1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per rogue level after 1st","armor_proficiencies":"Light armor","weapon_proficiencies":"Simple weapons, hand crossbows, longswords, rapiers, shortswords","tools":"Thieves\u2019 tools","saving_throws":"Dexterity, Intelligence","skills":"Choose four from Acrobatics, Athletics, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Perception, Performance, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand, and Stealth","starting_equipment":"You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:\r\n[ul]\r\n[li](a) a rapier or (b) a shortsword[\/li]\r\n[li](a) a shortbow and quiver of 20 arrows or (b) a shortsword[\/li]\r\n[li](a) a burglar\u2019s pack, (b) a dungeoneer\u2019s pack, or (c) an explorer\u2019s pack[\/li]\r\n[li]Leather armor, two daggers, and thieves\u2019 tools[\/li]\r\n[\/ul]\r\n","spellcasting":"","class_features":"[b][u]Expertise[\/u][\/b]\r\nAt 1st level, choose two of your skill proficiencies, or one of your skill proficiencies and your proficiency with thieves\u2019 tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.\r\n\r\nAt 6th level, you can choose two more of your proficiencies (in skills or with thieves\u2019 tools) to gain this benefit.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Sneak Attack[\/u][\/b]\r\nBeginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe\u2019s distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon.\r\n\r\nYou don\u2019t need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn\u2019t incapacitated, and you don\u2019t have disadvantage on the attack roll.\r\n\r\nThe amount of the extra damage increases as you gain levels in this class, as shown in the Sneak Attack column of the Rogue table.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Thieves\u2019 Cant[\/u][\/b]\r\nDuring your rogue training you learned thieves\u2019 cant, a secret mix of dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to hide messages in seemingly normal conversation. Only another creature that knows thieves\u2019 cant understands such messages. It takes four times longer to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly.\r\n\r\nIn addition, you understand a set of secret signs and symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a thieves\u2019 guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for thieves on the run.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Cunning Action[\/u][\/b]\r\nStarting at 2nd level, your quick thinking and agility allow you to move and act quickly. You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Whispers of the Dead[\/u][\/b]\r\n[i][sup]3rd-level Phantom feature[\/sup][\/i]\r\nEchoes of those who have died cling to you. Whenever you finish a short or long rest, you can choose one skill or tool proficiency that you lack and gain it, as a ghostly presence shares its knowledge with you. You lose this proficiency when you use this feature to choose a different proficiency that you lack.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Wails from the Grave[\/u][\/b]\r\n[i][sup]3rd-level Phantom feature[\/sup][\/i]\r\nAs you nudge someone closer to the grave, you can channel the power of death to harm someone else as well. Immediately after you deal your Sneak Attack damage to a creature on your turn, you can target a second creature that you can see within 30 feet of the first creature. Roll half the number of Sneak Attack dice for your level (round up), and the second creature takes necrotic damage equal to the roll\u2019s total, as wails of the dead sound around them for a moment.\r\n\r\nYou can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Ability Score Improvement[\/u][\/b]\r\nWhen you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 10th, 12th, 16th, 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 normal, you can\u2019t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.\r\n\r\nUsing the optional feats rule, you can forgo taking this feature to take a feat of your choice instead.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Uncanny Dodge[\/u][\/b]\r\nStarting at 5th level, when an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack\u2019s damage against you.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Expertise[\/u][\/b]\r\nAt 6th level, choose two more of your skill proficiencies, or one more of your skill proficiencies and your proficiency with thieves\u2019 tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.\r\nTokens of the Departed\r\n\r\n[b][u]Evasion[\/u][\/b]\r\nBeginning at 7th level, you can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as an ancient red dragon\u2019s fiery breath or an ice storm spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Tokens of the Departed[\/u][\/b]\r\n[i][sup]9th-level Phantom feature[\/sup][\/i]\r\nWhen a life ends in your presence, you\u2019re able to snatch a token from the departing soul, a sliver of its life essence that takes physical form: as a reaction when a creature you can see dies within 30 feet of you, you can open your free hand and cause a Tiny trinket to appear there, a soul trinket. The DM determines the trinket\u2019s form or has you roll on the Trinkets table in the Player\u2019s Handbook to generate it.\r\n\r\nYou can have a maximum number of soul trinkets equal to your proficiency bonus, and you can\u2019t create one while at your maximum. You can use soul trinkets in the following ways:\r\n[ul]\r\n[li]While a soul trinket is on your person, you have advantage on death saving throws and Constitution saving throws, for your vitality is enhanced by the life essence within the object.[\/li]\r\n[li]When you deal Sneak Attack damage on your turn, you can destroy one of your soul trinkets that\u2019s on your person and then immediately use Wails from the Grave, without expending a use of that feature.[\/li]\r\n[li]As an action, you can destroy one of your soul trinkets, no matter where it\u2019s located. When you do so, you can ask the spirit associated with the trinket one question. The spirit appears to you and answers in a language it knew in life. It\u2019s under no obligation to be truthful, and it answers as concisely as possible, eager to be free. The spirit knows only what it knew in life, as determined by the DM.[\/li]\r\n[\/ul]\r\n\r\n[b][u]Reliable Talent[\/u][\/b]\r\nBy 11th level, you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Ghost Walk[\/u][\/b]\r\n[sup][i]13th-level Phantom feature[\/i][\/sup]\r\nYou can phase partially into the realm of the dead, becoming like a ghost. As a bonus action, you assume a spectral form. While in this form, you have a flying speed of 10 feet, you can hover, and attack rolls have disadvantage against you. You can also move through creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain, but you take 1d10 force damage if you end your turn inside a creature or an object.\r\n\r\nYou stay in this form for 10 minutes or until you end it as a bonus action. To use this feature again, you must finish a long rest or destroy one of your soul trinkets as part of the bonus action you use to activate Ghost Walk.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Blindsense[\/u][\/b]\r\nStarting at 14th level, if you are able to hear, you are aware of the location of any hidden or invisible creature within 10 feet of you.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Slippery Mind[\/u][\/b]\r\nBy 15th level, you have acquired greater mental strength. You gain proficiency in Wisdom saving throws.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Death\u2019s Friend[\/u][\/b]\r\n[sup][i]17th-level Phantom feature[\/i][\/sup]\r\nYour association with death has become so close that you gain the following benefits:\r\n[ul]\r\n[li]When you use your Wails from the Grave, you can deal the necrotic damage to both the first and the second creature.[\/li]\r\n[li]At the end of a long rest, a soul trinket appears in your hand if you don\u2019t have any soul trinkets, as the spirits of the dead are drawn to you.[\/li]\r\n[\/ul]\r\n\r\n[b][u]Elusive[\/u][\/b]\r\nBeginning at 18th level, you are so evasive that attackers rarely gain the upper hand against you. No attack roll has advantage against you while you aren\u2019t incapacitated.\r\n\r\n[b][u]Stroke of Luck[\/u][\/b]\r\nAt 20th level, you have an uncanny knack for succeeding when you need to. If your attack misses a target within range, you can turn the miss into a hit. Alternatively, if you fail an ability check, you can treat the d20 roll as a 20.\r\n\r\nOnce you use this feature, you can\u2019t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.\r\n","subclass_options":"[ul]\r\n[li]Arcane Trickster[\/li]\r\n[li]Assassin[\/li]\r\n[li]Inquisitive[\/li]\r\n[li]Mastermind[\/li]\r\n[li][b]Phantom[\/b][\/li]\r\n[li]Scout[\/li]\r\n[li]Soulknife[\/li]\r\n[li]Swashbuckler[\/li]\r\n[li]Thief[\/li]\r\n[\/ul]\r\n","table_data":"\r\n[table]\r\n[tr]\r\n[th]Level[\/th]\r\n[th]Proficiency\r\nBonus[\/th]\r\n[th]Sneak\r\nAttack[\/th]\r\n[th]Features[\/th]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]1[sup]st[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+2[\/td]\r\n[td]1d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Expertise, Sneak Attack, Thieves\u2019 Cant[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]2[sup]nd[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+2[\/td]\r\n[td]1d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Cunning Action[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]3[sup]rd[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+2[\/td]\r\n[td]2d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Roguish Archetype[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]4[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+2[\/td]\r\n[td]2d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Ability Score Improvement[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]5[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+3[\/td]\r\n[td]3d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Uncanny Dodge[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]6[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+3[\/td]\r\n[td]3d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Expertise[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]7[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+3[\/td]\r\n[td]4d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Evasion[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]8[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+3[\/td]\r\n[td]4d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Ability Score Improvement[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]9[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+4[\/td]\r\n[td]5d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Roguish Archetype Feature[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]10[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+4[\/td]\r\n[td]5d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Ability Score Improvement[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]11[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+4[\/td]\r\n[td]6d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Reliable Talent[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]12[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+4[\/td]\r\n[td]6d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Ability Score Improvement[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]13[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+5[\/td]\r\n[td]7d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Roguish Archetype Feature[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]14[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+5[\/td]\r\n[td]7d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Blindsense[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]15[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+5[\/td]\r\n[td]8d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Slippery Mind[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]16[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+5[\/td]\r\n[td]8d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Ability Score Improvement[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]17[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+6[\/td]\r\n[td]9d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Roguish Archetype Feature[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]18[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+6[\/td]\r\n[td]9d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Elusive[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]19[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+6[\/td]\r\n[td]10d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Ability Score Improvement[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]20[sup]th[\/sup][\/td]\r\n[td]+6[\/td]\r\n[td]10d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Stroke of Luck[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[\/table]\r\n","jsondata":"","tags":"class, rogues, rogue","isShared":"on","templateId":"5460","blockId":"576103","world":""}