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Swashbuckler • Acrobat

Subclasses Designed by Elliot

About these subclasses

The two Duellist subclasses play towards different approaches to dealing with your rivals. The Swashbuckler aims to be able to better handle combat against their enemies whilst the Acrobat plays into being able to outmaneuver their enemies.

Designed for class

Duellist
Homebrew class
Duellist

Subclass details

Swashbuckler

Swashbuckler

Spell trait: Presence

Play the Swashbuckler if you want to outflash your rivals in a duel.

Foundation
Tier 1

Roiling Braggart: Whenever you Boast, you can give the gm a Fear to increase the advantage dice to a d8.

A Tale to Tell: Described like you're retelling the tale later, tell how you manage to make a Rival vulnerable. They remain so until someone makes an attack against them.

Specialization
Tier 2

Deflective Dodge: Whenever an adversary makes an attack against you whilst you have another adversary in melee range, mark a Stress to redirect the attack to damage that adversary instead.

Mastery
Tier 3

A Worthy Opponent: You can have one Sworn Rival, this rivalry doesn't count towards your number of Rivals and doesn't end at the end of a scene. Twice per rest, whenever you make an action roll, as long as you can see your Sworn Rival you can Boast a roll for 2 Hope. Moreover, you are easily able to find out the location and recent activities of your Sworn Rival. You cannot have a new Sworn Rival without informing the previous.

Acrobat

Acrobat

Spell trait: Agility

Play the Acrobat if you want to easily escape those trying to chase you down.

Foundation
Tier 1

Stunt Performer: Whenever you Boast an Agility roll, instead of adding the result of the advantage die to your total, add it to your Hope die instead.

Roll With the Punches: Once per long rest, whenever you fail an action roll. You can spend 2 Hope to make an Agility roll to quickly try and escape or hide, use a d20 for the Fear dice.

Specialization
Tier 2

Tumbler: You are immune to physical damage from falling or being thrown.

A Double Act: Once per Long Rest you may choose an ally. The cost to initiate a Tag Team Roll with that ally is reduced to 1 Hope.

Mastery
Tier 3

Steal the Spotlight: Once per rest, mark a Stress to start a dazzling display. During this display, all adversaries become your Rival. Place a d4 Dazzling Die on this card with the 4 value facing up. Whenever an adversary attacks you or deals damage to you, add the current Dazzling Die value to your Evasion and damage thresholds, immediately move up to Far range, and then decrease the Die value by one. Once the value reaches 0 or the scene ends, the display ends.

Printable cards

Foundation / Specialization / Mastery
Swashbuckler
Duellist

Swashbuckler

Foundation

SPELLCAST TRAIT: Presence

Roiling Braggart: Whenever you Boast, you can give the gm a Fear to increase the advantage dice to a d8.

A Tale to Tell: Described like you're retelling the tale later, tell how you manage to make a Rival vulnerable. They remain so until someone makes an attack against them.

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Card Backing
Swashbuckler
Duellist

Swashbuckler

Specialization

Deflective Dodge: Whenever an adversary makes an attack against you whilst you have another adversary in melee range, mark a Stress to redirect the attack to damage that adversary instead.

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Card Backing
Swashbuckler
Duellist

Swashbuckler

Mastery

A Worthy Opponent: You can have one Sworn Rival, this rivalry doesn't count towards your number of Rivals and doesn't end at the end of a scene. Twice per rest, whenever you make an action roll, as long as you can see your Sworn Rival you can Boast a roll for 2 Hope. Moreover, you are easily able to find out the location and recent activities of your Sworn Rival. You cannot have a new Sworn Rival without informing the previous.

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Card Backing
Acrobat
Duellist

Acrobat

Foundation

SPELLCAST TRAIT: Agility

Stunt Performer: Whenever you Boast an Agility roll, instead of adding the result of the advantage die to your total, add it to your Hope die instead.

Roll With the Punches: Once per long rest, whenever you fail an action roll. You can spend 2 Hope to make an Agility roll to quickly try and escape or hide, use a d20 for the Fear dice.

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Card Backing
Acrobat
Duellist

Acrobat

Specialization

Tumbler: You are immune to physical damage from falling or being thrown.

A Double Act: Once per Long Rest you may choose an ally. The cost to initiate a Tag Team Roll with that ally is reduced to 1 Hope.

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Card Backing
Acrobat
Duellist

Acrobat

Mastery

Steal the Spotlight: Once per rest, mark a Stress to start a dazzling display. During this display, all adversaries become your Rival. Place a d4 Dazzling Die on this card with the 4 value facing up. Whenever an adversary attacks you or deals damage to you, add the current Dazzling Die value to your Evasion and damage thresholds, immediately move up to Far range, and then decrease the Die value by one. Once the value reaches 0 or the scene ends, the display ends.

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Card Backing

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