Armiger

Overview & Creation

“Right tool, right job.” An armiger is a warrior trained in a variety of weapons and styles, mastering different techniques with each so they can bring the best ability to bear against their foes.   Quick Build You can make an armiger quickly by following these suggestions. First, make Strength or Dexterity your highest ability score, depending upon whether you want to focus on melee weapons or ranged combat (or finesse weapons). Your next-highest score should be Constitution. Second, choose the Soldier background, with Man at Arms (Cha), Phalanx Soldier (Int), or Pikeman (Wis) as your martial tradition. The martial tradition you choose determines what should be your third-highest ability score.

Class Features

Martial Training You gain a martial talent at 2nd level and every 2 levels after that, according to Table: Armiger.   Customized Weapon An armiger has a collection of weapons and tools with which they are much more capable than others. Maybe the weapons have been altered to fit a specific fighting style. Perhaps they are simply heirlooms that carry sentimental value. Whatever the reason, when an armiger has their customized weapons in their hands, they are much more capable.   A customized weapon could include a single weapon held in one or both hands, a set of up to 10 identical throwing weapons, a shield, a tool, or even a natural attack if you have one.   You may select your unarmed strike or ‘improvised weapons’ as a customized weapon if you are proficient, though you must have at least one hand empty to ‘wield’ an unarmed strike.   At 1st level, you gain the ability to create three customized weapons. This increases to four at 9th level and five at 18th level. Each of these weapons contain a number of talents chosen by you, the maximum of which is given in Table: Armiger.   When you are wielding a customized weapon (or are ready to draw it, in the case of thrown weapons), you gain access to these talents. Only one customized weapon may be active at a time; even if you carry one in each hand, you must choose which is active and can only change which is active once per turn.   You may change one weapon you have customized or what talents are held within a customized weapon during a long rest, and you still must meet the prerequisites for any talent added to a customized weapon.   Quick Draw At 1st level, you have learned to quickly switch your equipment in combat. When using your action to use a piece of equipment you can hold in your hands (including an Attack action), you can stow what’s currently in your hands and draw the weapons or items necessary to perform that action. You may draw and equip a shield alongside a weapon when you draw it as well. This doesn’t count as interacting with an object and can always be done without spending an action.   Rapid Assault At 2nd level, immediately after you take the Attack action on your turn with a customized weapon, you can expend your martial focus to make an additional attack against a different creature. This attack must be made with a different customized weapon than the triggering attack, and you may stow or draw weapons as necessary to use that different customized weapon.   Armiger Prowess Every armiger pursues a different path when it comes to mastering the many forms of combat. At 3rd level, choose an armiger prowess.   Extra Attack Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.   Variable Customization At 6th level, you may change one talent granted by a customized weapon during a short rest.   Improved Rapid Assault At 11th level, when using rapid assault, you may make two bonus attacks against two different creatures instead of a single bonus attack.   Instant Customization At 13th level, you may expend your martial focus to change one talent granted by a customized weapon as a bonus action. You cannot use this ability again until you take a long rest.   Favored Weapon At 15th level, you may choose one of your customized weapons to be a favored weapon. This weapon gains an additional talent. You may change which customized weapon is your favored weapon during a long rest.   Ultimate Assault At 20th level, you no longer need to expend martial focus to activate rapid assault.
 

Starting Equipment

You start with equipment granted by your background, and either the following equipment or the equipment granted by your martial tradition; You must be proficient with the chosen class equipment to select it as part of your starting equipment:

• (a) a burglar’s pack, (b) a dungeoneer’s pack, or (c) an explorer’s pack
• (a) two martial or simple weapons, or (b) a shield, and a martial or simple weapon

Subclass Options

Antiquarian