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Sky Cavalry • Lancer • Sea Trooper

Subclasses Designed by Chapo the Dog

About these subclasses

Mounted riders of land, air, and sea!

Designed for class

Beast Rider
Homebrew class
Beast Rider

Subclass details

Sky Cavalry

Sky Cavalry

Spell trait: Finesse

Play the Sky Cavalry if you want to ride into battle atop a winged mount.

Foundation
Tier 1

Flying Mount: While Mounted, you gain a +1 bonus to your Evasion and you can fly.

Specialization
Tier 2

Strong Wings: Your mount can carry a number of willing creatures equal to your tier. This includes you. All creatures must be approximately your size or smaller. Only you gain the Mounted benefits.

Dive Bomb: While Mounted, if you move from Far range into Melee range before making an attack, spend a Hope to make all creatures within Very Close range of the attack mark a Stress.

Mastery
Tier 3

Dragoon's Leap: While Mounted, Spend 2 Hope to leap from your mount to anywhere within Far range and make an attack. You gain advantage on the attack roll and a bonus on your damage roll equal to 2d12. You are still considered Mounted during this attack. Your mount follows you to where you leaped and you land on its back after the attack resolves.

Lancer

Lancer

Spell trait: Finesse

Play a Lancer if you want to fight your foes astride a tough and maneuverable beast.

Foundation
Tier 1

Nimble Mount: While Mounted, you can move to a location within Far range as part of your action and you can ignore burden when equipping weapons.

Specialization
Tier 2

Momentum: While Mounted, when you move before making a successful attack and force an adversary to mark 1 or 2 Hit Points, you can mark a Stress to make them mark an additional Hit Point.

Barding: While Mounted, increase your Severe damage threshold by an amount equal to your tier.

Mastery
Tier 3

Trample: Once per rest, while Mounted, make a Finesse Roll against a number of targets up to your Proficiency within Far range. All targets whose Difficulty you succeeded against take 1d10 physical damage and must mark a Stress as you and your mount ride over them.

Sea Trooper

Sea Trooper

Spell trait: Finesse

Play a Sea Trooper is you want to do battle on the high seas atop an aquatic steed.

Foundation
Tier 1

Aquatic Mount: Your mount can move and breathe normally underwater. While Mounted and in the water, you gain a +1 bonus to Evasion and you can move to a location within Far range as part of your action.

Specialization
Tier 2

Jet: While Mounted and in the water, immediately after making a successful attack, you may spend a Hope to swim away up to Far range.

Mastery
Tier 3

Tsunami: Once per rest, while Mounted and in the water, you and your mount create a massive wave. All creatures in the direction you are facing are pushed to Far range and must make a Reaction Roll (17) or mark 1d4+1 Stress. On a success, they mark 1 Stress.

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Foundation / Specialization / Mastery
Sky Cavalry
Beast Rider

Sky Cavalry

Foundation

SPELLCAST TRAIT: Finesse

Flying Mount: While Mounted, you gain a +1 bonus to your Evasion and you can fly.

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Sky Cavalry
Beast Rider

Sky Cavalry

Specialization

Strong Wings: Your mount can carry a number of willing creatures equal to your tier. This includes you. All creatures must be approximately your size or smaller. Only you gain the Mounted benefits.

Dive Bomb: While Mounted, if you move from Far range into Melee range before making an attack, spend a Hope to make all creatures within Very Close range of the attack mark a Stress.

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Sky Cavalry
Beast Rider

Sky Cavalry

Mastery

Dragoon's Leap: While Mounted, Spend 2 Hope to leap from your mount to anywhere within Far range and make an attack. You gain advantage on the attack roll and a bonus on your damage roll equal to 2d12. You are still considered Mounted during this attack. Your mount follows you to where you leaped and you land on its back after the attack resolves.

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Lancer
Beast Rider

Lancer

Foundation

SPELLCAST TRAIT: Finesse

Nimble Mount: While Mounted, you can move to a location within Far range as part of your action and you can ignore burden when equipping weapons.

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Card Backing
Lancer
Beast Rider

Lancer

Specialization

Momentum: While Mounted, when you move before making a successful attack and force an adversary to mark 1 or 2 Hit Points, you can mark a Stress to make them mark an additional Hit Point.

Barding: While Mounted, increase your Severe damage threshold by an amount equal to your tier.

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Card Backing
Lancer
Beast Rider

Lancer

Mastery

Trample: Once per rest, while Mounted, make a Finesse Roll against a number of targets up to your Proficiency within Far range. All targets whose Difficulty you succeeded against take 1d10 physical damage and must mark a Stress as you and your mount ride over them.

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Sea Trooper
Beast Rider

Sea Trooper

Foundation

SPELLCAST TRAIT: Finesse

Aquatic Mount: Your mount can move and breathe normally underwater. While Mounted and in the water, you gain a +1 bonus to Evasion and you can move to a location within Far range as part of your action.

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Sea Trooper
Beast Rider

Sea Trooper

Specialization

Jet: While Mounted and in the water, immediately after making a successful attack, you may spend a Hope to swim away up to Far range.

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Sea Trooper
Beast Rider

Sea Trooper

Mastery

Tsunami: Once per rest, while Mounted and in the water, you and your mount create a massive wave. All creatures in the direction you are facing are pushed to Far range and must make a Reaction Roll (17) or mark 1d4+1 Stress. On a success, they mark 1 Stress.

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