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Brawler Class Features

A fierce melee combatant with unmatched unarmed skills and relentless fighting spirit, thriving in close quarters battle.

1 - Unarmored Defense

While you aren’t wearing any armor, your base Armor Class equals 10 plus your Dexterity and Constitution modifiers. You can use a Shield and still gain this benefit.

1 - Martial Artist

You gain proficiency in Strength (Athletics) skill checks, as well as combat mastery over unarmed strikes and brawler weapons, including shortswords and dungeon master approved martial weapons that aren't two-handed or heavy. Your unarmed strikes count as melee weapon attacks.

You gain the following benefits when unarmed or wielding only simple weapons and not wearing armor or wielding a shield:

You can use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier for the attack and damage rolls of your Unarmed Strikes and brawler weapons.
You can roll 1d8 in place of the normal damage of your Unarmed Strike or simple weapons. This damage increases to 2d8 at level 11 and 3d8 at level 18.
You can make an Unarmed Strike as a Bonus Action.

Some training centers use unique simple weapons, like nunchaku or kama. Regardless of their name, use the game statistics provided for the weapon.

1 - Brawler Subclass

You gain a Brawler subclass of your choice. A subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Brawler levels. For the rest of your career, you gain each of your subclass’s features that are of your Brawler level or lower.

2 - Danger Sense

You gain an uncanny sense of when things aren’t as they should be, giving you an edge when you dodge perils. You have Advantage on Dexterity saving throws unless you have the Incapacitated condition.

2 - Reckless Attack

You can throw aside all concern for defense to attack with increased ferocity. When you make your first attack roll on your turn, you can decide to attack recklessly. Doing so gives you Advantage on attack rolls using Strength until the start of your next turn, but attack rolls against you have Advantage during that time.

4 - Ability Score Improvement

You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another feat of your choice for which you qualify. You gain this feature again at Brawler levels 8, 12, and 16.

5 - Charge

When you use your action to Dash, you can make one melee weapon attack or to shove a creature within 5 feet of where you end your dash.

If you moved at least 10 feet, you either gain a +5 bonus to the attack’s damage roll (if you chose to make a melee attack and hit) or push the target up to 10 feet away from you.

6 - Extra Attack

You can attack twice instead of once whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

7 - Empowered Strikes

Your unarmed strikes and Brawler weapons count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

9 - Brutal Critical

You can roll one additional weapon damage die when determining the extra damage for a critical hit with a melee attack. This increases to two additional dice at 13th level and three additional dice at 17th level.

11 - Relentless Fighter

Your rage can keep you fighting despite grievous wounds. When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. If you succeed, you drop to 1 hit point instead. Each time you use this feature after the first, the DC increases by 5. When you finish a short or long rest, the DC resets to 10.

13 - Brutal Critical

You can roll two additional weapon damage die when determining the extra damage for a critical hit with a melee attack. This increases to three additional dice at 17th level.

15 - Fighter's Instincts

Your instincts are so honed that you have advantage on initiative rolls. Additionally, if you are surprised at the beginning of combat and aren't incapacitated, you can act normally on your first turn.

16 - Purity of Body

You are immune to disease and Poison damage. In addition, you suffer none of the frailty of old age, and you can't be aged magically, however, You can still die of old age.

18 - Survival Instincts

You gain proficiency in all saving throws, and gain an inspiration die at the start of combat. Additionally, whenever you make a saving throw and fail, you can spend 1 inspiration die to reroll it and take the second result without expending the die if you succeed.

20 - Brawler's Apex

Your Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution scores increase by 4.

Brawler Subclasses

Barbarian Brawler

Rage (1st Level)

As a bonus action, you can enter a rage for 1 minute (ends early if incapacitated or wearing heavy armor). While raging:

Your melee weapon attacks deal bonus damage equal to your proficiency bonus.
You have resistance to all damage except necrotic, psychic, and radiant.
You have advantage on Strength saving throws.
You can’t concentrate on spells.

You can rage a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses on a short or long rest.

Mindless Fury (3rd Level)

You can't be charmed or frightened while raging. If you are charmed or frightened when you enter your rage, the effect is suspended for the duration of the rage.

Relentless Avenger (6th Level)

Your anger helps you close off a foe's retreat. When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, you can move up to half your speed immediately after the attack and as part of the same reaction. This movement doesn't provoke opportunity attacks.

Retaliation (10th Level)

When you take damage from a creature within 5 feet, you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against it.

Call the Hunt (14th Level)

The beast within grows powerful. When you enter rage, choose willing creatures within 30 feet equal to your Constitution modifier (min 1). Until your rage ends, they gain your Reckless Attack feature and you have advantage on saving throws against being frightened. You gain 5 temporary HP per creature that accepts.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (min once). Regain uses after a long rest.

Avatar of Wrath (19th Level)

When you enter rage, you become an avatar of destruction. While raging:

You can't be paralyzed, restrained, or grappled, and your movement ignores difficult terrain.
Critical hits against you become normal hits.
When you take the Attack action, you can make one additional weapon attack.
When you reduce a creature to 0 HP, you can immediately move up to half your speed and make one melee weapon attack as part of the same action.

These effects last for the duration of your rage.

Gladiator Brawler

Master of the Arena (1st Level)

You gain expertise in the Acrobatics skill.

Your weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.

In addition, when you make a running long jump, the distance you can cover increases by a number of feet equal to your Strength modifier.

Challenger's Mark (3rd Level)

When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can choose to mark it until the end of your next turn. While marked:

The creature has advantage on attack rolls against you.
It can’t willingly target another creature with an attack or harmful ability while you are within 60 feet and visible to it.
You can use your bonus action to attack the marked creature. If it dies, you can move up to your movement and mark a new creature.
If a marked creature misses you, you can use your reaction to attack it.

You can mark a number of creatures equal to your Strength modifier (minimum once), regaining uses on a short or long rest.

Brutish Durability (6th Level)

Your toughness allows you to shrug off assaults that would devastate others.

Whenever you make a saving throw, roll 1d6 and add it to your saving throw total. If this bonus brings a death saving throw to 20 or higher, you count it as a natural 20.

Devastating Critical (10th Level)

When you score a critical hit with a weapon attack, you gain a bonus to that weapon’s damage roll equal to your Brawler level.

Unyielding Glory (14th Level)

Your weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 18–20.

At the start of your turns, if you have half or less hit points, regain 5 + your Constitution modifier hit points. Not if at 0 HP.

Challenger (19th Level)

Your attacks against creatures marked by your Challenger's Mark are always critical hits.

You can now use Challenger's Mark at will.

Interceptor Brawler

Interception Fighting Style (1st Level)

When a creature you can see hits a target other than you that is within 5 feet of you with a weapon attack, you can use your reaction to reduce the damage the target takes by 3d4 + your proficiency bonus. If the damage is reduced to 0, the target still takes damage equal to your proficiency bonus.

This damage reduction increases to 4d4 at 6th level, 5d4 at 11th level, and 6d4 at 16th level.

Protecting Leap (3rd Level)

When a creature you can see within 15 feet of you is targeted by a melee weapon attack, you can use your reaction to move up to your speed to a space adjacent to that creature. This movement provokes opportunity attacks as normal. If you end this movement within 5 feet of the attacker, you can choose to become the target of the attack instead.

When you do, the damage is reduced by an amount equal to your Interception Fighting Style bonus.

The range of this feature increases to 30 feet at 6th level, 45 feet at 11th level, and 60 feet at 16th level.

Tactical Momentum (6th Level)

When you provoke an opportunity attack as part of Protecting Leap, the attack is made with disadvantage.

If the attack misses, you can push the attacker up to 5 feet in a straight line and knock them prone, provided they are no more than one size category larger than you.

Brace for Impact (10th Level)

When you use Protecting Leap, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1) until the end of your next turn.

If you lose these temporary hit points due to damage, the attacker takes force damage equal to the amount of temporary hit points lost.

Endless Stamina (14th Level)

When you use your reaction to activate Protecting Leap, you immediately regain the use of your reaction.

You can regain your reaction this way a number of times each round equal to your proficiency bonus.

Fierce Defender (19th Level)

You can add your Strength modifier to the damage reduced by your Interception Fighting Style.

When you intercept an attack using Protecting Leap, you can make a ranged weapon attack against the attacker as part of the same reaction. On a hit, the attacker takes force damage equal to your Strength modifier plus your proficiency bonus.

Monk Brawler

Ki Warrior (1st Level)

You have a pool of ki points equal to your Monk level + your Wisdom modifier, recharging on short or long rest with at least 30 minutes of meditation. Ki save DC = 8 + proficiency bonus + Wisdom modifier.

Flurry of Blows: Immediately after you take the Attack action, you can spend 1 ki point to make two unarmed strikes as a bonus action.
Patient Defense: Spend 1 ki point to take the Dodge action as a bonus action.
Step of the Wind: Spend 1 ki point to Dash or Disengage as a bonus action, and your jump distance doubles for that turn.
Hand of Healing: Spend 1 ki point as an action to touch a creature and restore hit points equal to 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier.

Superior Defenses (3rd Level)

Defensive Stance (Bonus Action): Spend 1 ki to gain resistance to all damage except force for 1 minute. While active, you cannot use Flurry of Blows.
Stunning Precision: Once per turn, on hitting with unarmed strike or simple weapon, spend 1 ki to stun target until start of your next turn (no save).

Evasion (6th Level)

When subjected to an effect allowing a Dexterity saving throw for half damage, take no damage on success and half on failure.

Meditation (10th Level)

When you roll initiative and have no ki remaining, regain 4 ki points.
While Defensive Stance is active, regain hit points equal to 2d8 + Wisdom modifier at the start of each turn.

Reactive Strike (14th Level)

When a creature misses you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction to immediately make one melee weapon attack against the attacking creature.

Purity of Body (19th Level)

You become immune to disease and poison. As an action, you can spend 4 ki points to become invisible or gain a flying speed equal to your walking speed for 1 minute.

Carrion Brawler

Tenacity (1st Level)

Your body is hardened by pain, hunger, and endurance. You gain a pool of Tenacity points equal to your Brawler level + your Constitution modifier. You regain all expended Tenacity points when you finish a long rest.

You can spend 1 Tenacity point to do one of the following:

End one condition affecting you.
Remove one level of exhaustion.
When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can instead drop to 1 hit point and remain standing.

Scavenger’s Instinct (3rd Level)

You have lived off scraps, fungus, and bones in the depths of the world. You gain expertise in Survival checks.

You are immune to the poisoned condition caused by spoiled or contaminated food, and you can identify edible or drinkable substances in the Underdark without a check.

Vengeance (6th Level)

Your fury flares when death is near.

When a creature within 5 feet of you reduces you or an ally to 0 hit points, you can spend 1 Tenacity point to make a melee weapon or unarmed attack against that creature with advantage. If it hits, it deals additional damage equal to your Brawler level.

Grim Focus (10th Level)

Pain narrows your focus and strengthens your resolve. When you fail a saving throw or ability check, you can spend 1 Tenacity point to reroll it.

Deathless Resolve (14th Level)

You cling to life with terrifying grit.

You have advantage on death saving throws. When you fail a death save, you may spend 1 Tenacity point to succeed instead. However, failed death saves are not removed until you complete a long rest.

If you succeed on three death saving throws, you immediately regain 3 Tenacity points and stabilize.

Abyssal Awareness (19th Level)

Your senses have fully adapted to the suffocating dark. You gain blindsight out to 60 feet.

While in darkness:

You have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) and Wisdom (Survival) checks.
You gain +5 to initiative.
You cannot be surprised by creatures you are aware of within range.

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