Fighter

Fighters share an unparalleled mastery with weapons and armor, and a thorough knowledge of the skills
of combat. They are well acquainted with death, both meting it out and staring it defiantly in the face.
You must have a Dexterity or Strength score of 13 or higher in order to multiclass in or out of this class.

Class Features
As a fighter, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d10 per fighter level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per fighter level after 1st

Proficiencies
Armor: All armor, shields
Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons
Tools: None
Saving Throws: Strength, Constitution
Skills: Choose two skills from Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Athletics, History, Insight, Intimidation, Perception,
and Survival

Equipment
 (a) chain mail or (b) leather, longbow, and 20 arrows
 (a) a martial weapon and a shield or (b) two martial weapons
 (a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) two handaxes
 (a) a dungeoneer's pack or (b) an explorer's pack
 The Fighter

Level Proficiency Bonus Features

1st +2 Fighting Style, Second Wind

2nd +2 Action Surge (x1)

3rd +2 Martial Archetype

4th +2 Ability Score Improvement, Martial Versatility (Optional)

5th +3 Extra Attack (x1)

6th +3 Ability Score Improvement, Martial Versatility (Optional)

7th +3 Martial Archetype feature

8th +3 Ability Score Improvement, Martial Versatility (Optional)

9th +4 Indomitable (x1)

10th +4 Martial Archetype feature

11th +4 Extra Attack (x2)

12th +4 Ability Score Improvement, Martial Versatility (Optional)

13th +5 Indomitable (x2)

14th +5 Ability Score Improvement, Martial Versatility (Optional)

15th +5 Martial Archetype feature

16th +5 Ability Score Improvement, Martial Versatility (Optional)

17th +6 Action Surge (x2), Indomitable (x3)

18th +6 Martial Archetype feature

19th +6 Ability Score Improvement, Martial Versatility (Optional)

20th +6 Extra Attack (x3)

Fighting Style
You adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can't take a
Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

 Archery. You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.

 Blind Fighting. You have blindsight with a range of 10 feet. Within that range, you can effectively see
anything that isn't behind total cover, even if you're blinded or in darkness. Moreover, you can see an
invisible creature within that range, unless the creature successfully hides from you.

 Defense. While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.

 Dueling. When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus
to damage rolls with that weapon.
  Great Weapon Fighting. When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee
weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if the
new roll is a 1 or a 2. The weapon must have the two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this
benefit.

 Interception. When a creature you can see hits a target, other than you, within 5 feet of you with an attack,
you can use your reaction to reduce the damage the target takes by 1d10 + your proficiency bonus (to a
minimum of 0 damage). You must be wielding a shield or a simple or martial weapon to use this reaction.

 Protection. When a creature you can see attacks a target other than you that is within 5 feet of you, you
can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You must be wielding a shield.

 Superior Technique. You learn one maneuver of your choice from among those available to the Battle
Master archetype. If a maneuver you use requires your target to make a saving throw to resist the
maneuver's effects, the saving throw DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength or Dexterity
modifier (your choice.)
o You gain one superiority die, which is a d6 (this die is added to any superiority dice you have from
another source). This die is used to fuel your maneuvers. A superiority die is expended when you
use it. You regain your expended superiority dice when you finish a short or long rest.

 Thrown Weapon Fighting. You can draw a weapon that has the thrown property as part of the attack you
make with the weapon.
o In addition, when you hit with a ranged attack using a thrown weapon, you gain a +2 bonus to the
damage roll.

 Two-Weapon Fighting. When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the
damage of the second attack.

 Unarmed Fighting. Your unarmed strikes can deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength
modifier on a hit. If you aren't wielding any weapons or a shield when you make the attack roll, the d6
becomes a d8.
o At the start of each of your turns, you can deal 1d4 bludgeoning damage to one creature grappled
by you.

 Close Quarters Shooter (UA). When making a ranged attack while you are within 5 feet of a hostile
creature, you do not have disadvantage on the attack roll. Your ranged attacks ignore half cover and three-
quarters cover against targets within 30 feet of you. You have a +1 bonus to attack rolls on ranged attacks.

 Mariner (UA). As long as you are not wearing heavy armor or using a shield, you have a swimming speed
and a climbing speed equal to your normal speed, and you gain a +1 bonus to armor class.

 Tunnel Fighter (UA). As a bonus action, you can enter a defensive stance that lasts until the start of your
next turn. While in your defensive stance, you can make opportunity attacks without using your reaction,
and you can use your reaction to make a melee attack against a creature that moves more than 5 feet
while within your reach.

Second Wind
You have a limited well of stamina that you can draw on to protect yourself from harm. On your turn, you can use
a bonus action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level.
Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.

Action Surge
Starting at 2nd level, you can push yourself beyond your normal limits for a moment. On your turn, you can take
one additional action.
Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again. Starting at 17th level,
you can use it twice before a rest, but only once on the same turn.
Martial Archetype
At 3rd level, you choose an archetype that you strive to emulate in your combat styles and techniques. The
archetype you choose grants you features at 3rd level and again at 7th, 10th, 15th, and 18th level.

Archetype Source

Arcane Archer Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Banneret Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

Battle Master Player's Handbook

Cavalier Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Champion Player's Handbook

Echo Knight Explorer's Guide to Wildemount

Eldritch Knight Player's Handbook

Psi Warrior Tasha's Cauldron of Everything

Rune Knight Tasha's Cauldron of Everything

Samurai Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 6th, 8th, 12th, 14th, 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't
increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Martial Versatility (Optional)

Whenever you reach a level in this class that grants the Ability Score Improvement feature, you can do one of
the following, as you shift the focus of your martial practice:

 Replace a fighting style you know with another fighting style available to fighters.

 If you know any maneuvers from the Battle Master archetype, you can replace one maneuver you know
with a different maneuver.

Extra Attack
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
The number of attacks increases to three when you reach 11th level in this class and to four when you reach
20th level in this class.

Indomitable
Beginning at 9th level, you can reroll a saving throw that you fail. If you do so, you must use the new roll, and
you can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest.
You can use this feature twice between long rests starting at 13th level and three times between long rests
starting at 17th level.
Subclass: Arcane Archer
An Arcane Archer studies a unique elven method of archery that weaves magic into attacks to produce
supernatural effects. Arcane Archers are some of their most elite warriors among the elves. They stand
watch over the fringes of elven domains, keeping a keen eye out for trespassers and using magic-
infused arrows to defeat monsters and invaders before they can reach elven settlements. Over the
centuries, the methods of these elf archers have been learned by members of other races who can also
balance arcane aptitude with archery.
Source: Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Arcane Archer Lore

At 3rd level, you learn magical theory or some of the secrets of nature – typical for practitioners of of this elven
martial tradition. You choose to gain proficiency in either the Arcana or the Nature skill, and you choose to learn
either the Prestidigitation or Druidcraft cantrip.

Arcane Shot
At 3rd level, you learn to unleash special magical effects with some of your shots. When you gain this feature,
you learn two Arcane Shot options of your choice (see "Arcane Shot Options" below).
Once per turn when you fire an arrow from a shortbow or longbow as part of the Attack action, you can apply
one of your Arcane Shot options to that arrow. You decide to use the option when the arrow hits, unless the
option doesn’t involve an attack roll. You have two uses of this ability, and you regain all expended uses of it
when you finish a short or long rest.
You gain an additional Arcane Shot option of your choice when you reach certain levels in this class: 7th, 10th,
15th, and 18th level. Each option also improves when you become an 18th-level fighter.

Magic Arrow
At 7th level, you gain the ability to infuse arrows with magic. Whenever you fire a nonmagical arrow from a
shortbow or longbow, you can make it magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to
nonmagical attacks and damage. The magic fades from the arrow immediately after it hits or misses its target.

Curving Shot
At 7th level, you learn how to direct an errant arrow toward a new target. When you make an attack roll with a
magic arrow and miss, you can use a bonus action to reroll the attack roll against a different target within 60 feet
of the original target.

Ever-Ready Shot
Starting at 15th level, your magical archery is available whenever battle starts. If you roll initiative and have no
uses of Arcane Shot remaining, you regain one use of it.

Arcane Shot Options

The Arcane Shot feature lets you choose options for it at certain levels. The options are presented here in
alphabetical order. They are all magical effects, and each one is associated with one of the schools of magic.
If an option requires a saving throw, your Arcane Shot save DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
Intelligence modifier.
Banishing Arrow. You use abjuration magic to try to temporarily banish your target to a harmless location in the
Feywild. The creature hit by the arrow must also succeed on a Charisma saving throw or be banished. While
banished in this way, its speed is 0, and it is incapacitated. At the end of its next turn, the target reappears in the
space it vacated or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied.
After you reach 18th level in this class, a target also takes 2d6 force damage when the arrow hits it.
Beguiling Arrow. Your enchantment magic causes this arrow to temporarily beguile its target. The creature hit
by the arrow takes an extra 2d6 psychic damage, and choose one of your allies within 30 feet of the target. The
target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw, or it is charmed by the chosen ally until the start of your next
turn. This effect ends early if the chosen ally attacks the charmed target, deals damage to it, or forces it to make
a saving throw.
The psychic damage increases to 4d6 when you reach 18th level in this class.
Bursting Arrow. You imbue your arrow with force energy drawn from the school of evocation. The arrow
detonates after your attack. Immediately after the arrow hits the creature, the target and all other creatures within
10 feet of it take 2d6 force damage each.
The force damage increases to 4d6 when you reach 18th level in this class.
Enfeebling Arrow. You weave necromantic magic into your arrow. The creature hit by the arrow takes an extra
2d6 necrotic damage. The target must also succeed on a Constitution saving throw, or the damage dealt by its
weapon attacks is halved until the start of your next turn.
The necrotic damage increases to 4d6 when you reach 18th level in this class.
Grasping Arrow. When this arrow strikes its target, conjuration magic creates grasping, poisonous brambles,
which wrap around the target. The creature hit by the arrow takes an extra 2d6 poison damage, its speed is
reduced by 10 feet, and it takes 2d6 slashing damage the first time on each turn it moves 1 foot or more without
teleporting. The target or any creature that can reach it can use its action to remove the brambles with a
successful Strength (Athletics) check against your Arcane Shot save DC. Otherwise, the brambles last for 1
minute or until you use this option again.
The poison damage and slashing damage both increase to 4d6 when you reach 18th level in this class.
Piercing Arrow. You use transmutation magic to give your arrow an ethereal quality. When you use this option,
you don’t make an attack roll for the attack. Instead, the arrow fires forward in a line, which is 1 foot wide and 30
feet long, before disappearing. The arrow passes harmlessly through objects, ignoring cover. Each creature in
that line must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes damage as if it were hit by the
arrow, plus an extra 1d6 piercing damage. On a successful save, a target takes half as much damage.
The piercing damage increases to 2d6 when you reach 18th level in this class.
Seeking Arrow. Using divination magic, you grant your arrow the ability to seek out your target, allowing the
arrow to curve and twist its path in search of its prey. When you use this option, you don’t make an attack roll for
the attack. Instead, choose one creature you have seen in the past minute. The arrow flies toward that creature,
moving around corners if necessary and ignoring three-quarters cover and half cover. If the target is within the
weapon’s range and there is a path large enough for the arrow to travel to the target, the target must make a
Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, it takes damage as if it were hit by the arrow, plus an extra 1d6 force
damage, and you learn the target’s current location. On a successful save, the target takes half as much
damage, and you don’t learn its location.
The force damage increases to 2d6 when you reach 18th level in this class.
Shadow Arrow. You weave illusion magic into your arrow, causing it to occlude your foe’s vision with shadows.
The creature hit by the arrow takes an extra 2d6 psychic damage, and it must succeed on a Wisdom saving
throw or be unable to see anything farther than 5 feet away until the start of your next turn.
The psychic damage increases to 4d6 when you reach 18th level in this class.
Subclass: Banneret
A banneret is a knight who inspires greatness in others by committing brave deeds in battle. The mere
presence of one in a hamlet is enough to cause some orcs and bandits to seek easier prey. A lone
banneret is a skilled warrior, but a banneret leading a band of allies can transform even the most poorly
equipped militia into a ferocious war band.
A banneret prefers to lead through deeds, not words. As a banneret spearheads an attack, their actions
can awaken reserves of courage and conviction in allies that they never suspected they had.
Banneret serves as the generic name for the Purple Dragon Knight archetype if you use it in campaign
settings other than the Forgotten Realms or to model warlords other than Purple Dragon Knights.
Source: Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

Rallying Cry
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn how to inspire your allies to fight on past their injuries.
When you use your Second Wind feature, you can choose up to three creatures within 60 feet of you that are
allied with you. Each one regains hit points equal to your fighter level, provided that the creature can see or hear
you.

Royal Envoy
Knights of high standing are expected to conduct themselves with grace.
At 7th level, you gain proficiency in the Persuasion skill. If you are already proficient in it, you gain proficiency in
one of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, Insight, Intimidation, or Performance.
Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses Persuasion. You receive this benefit
regardless of the skill proficiency you gain from this feature.

Inspiring Surge
Starting at 10th level, when you use your Action Surge feature, you can choose one creature within 60 feet of
you that is allied with you. That creature can make one melee or ranged weapon attack with its reaction,
provided that it can see or hear you.
Starting at 18th level, you can choose two allies within 60 feet of you, rather than one.

Bulwark
Beginning at 15th level, you can extend the benefit of your Indomitable feature to an ally. When you decide to
use Indomitable to reroll an Intelligence, a Wisdom, or a Charisma saving throw and you aren't incapacitated,
you can choose one ally within 60 feet of you that also failed its saving throw against the same effect. If that
creature can see or hear you, it can reroll its saving throw and must use the new roll.
Subclass: Battle Master
Those who emulate the archetypal Battle Master employ martial techniques passed down through
generations. To a Battle Master, combat is an academic field, sometimes including subjects beyond
battle such as weaponsmithing and calligraphy. Not every fighter absorbs the lessons of history, theory,
and artistry that are reflected in the Battle Master archetype, but those who do are well-rounded fighters
of great skill and knowledge.
Source: Player's Handbook

Combat Superiority
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn maneuvers that are fueled by special dice called
superiority dice.
Maneuvers. You learn three maneuvers of your choice. Many maneuvers enhance an attack in some way. You
can use only one maneuver per attack. You learn two additional maneuvers of your choice at 7th, 10th, and 15th
level. Each time you learn new maneuvers, you can also replace one maneuver you know with a different one.
Superiority Dice. You have four superiority dice, which are d8s. A superiority die is expended when you use it.
You regain all of your expended superiority dice when you finish a short or long rest. You gain another
superiority die at 7th level and one more at 15th level.
Saving Throws. Some of your maneuvers require your target to make a saving throw to resist the maneuver's
effects. The saving throw DC is calculated as follows:
Maneuver save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice)

Student of War
At 3rd level, you gain proficiency with one type of artisan's tools of your choice.

Know Your Enemy

Starting at 7th level, if you spend at least 1 minute observing or interacting with another creature outside combat,
you can learn certain information about its capabilities compared to your own. The DM tells you if the creature is
your equal, superior, or inferior in regard to two of the following characteristics of your choice:

 Strength score

 Dexterity score

 Constitution score

 Armor Class

 Current hit points

 Total class levels, if any

 Fighter class levels, if any

Improved Combat Superiority

At 10th level, your superiority dice turn into d10s. At 18th level, they turn into d12s.

Relentless
Starting at 15th level, when you roll initiative and have no superiority dice remaining, you regain 1 superiority die.
Subclass: Cavalier
The archetypal cavalier excels at mounted combat. Usually born among the nobility and raised at court,
a cavalier is equally at home leading a cavalry charge or exchanging repartee at a state dinner. Cavaliers
also learn how to guard those in their charge from harm, often serving as the protectors of their
superiors and of the weak. Compelled to right wrongs or earn prestige, many of these fighters leave
their lives of comfort to embark on glorious adventure.
Source: Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Bonus Proficiency
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice:
Animal Handling, History, Insight, Performance, or Persuasion. Alternatively, you learn one language of your
choice.

Born to the Saddle

Starting at 3rd level, your mastery as a rider becomes apparent. You have advantage on saving throws made to
avoid falling off your mount. If you fall off your mount and descend no more than 10 feet, you can land on your
feet if you’re not incapacitated.
Finally, mounting or dismounting a creature costs you only 5 feet of movement, rather than half your speed.

Unwavering Mark
Starting at 3rd level, you can menace your foes, foiling their attacks and punishing them for harming others.
When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can mark the creature until the end of your next turn.
This effect ends early if you are incapacitated or you die, or if someone else marks the creature.
While it is within 5 feet of you, a creature marked by you has disadvantage on any attack roll that doesn't target
you.
In addition, if a creature marked by you deals damage to anyone other than you, you can make a special melee
weapon attack against the marked creature as a bonus action on your next turn. You have advantage on the
attack roll, and if it hits, the attack's weapon deals extra damage to the target equal to half your fighter level.
Regardless of the number of creatures you mark, you can make this special attack a number of times equal to
your Strength modifier (a minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.

Warding Maneuver
At 7th level, you learn to fend off strikes directed at you, your mount, or other creatures nearby. If you or a
creature you can see within 5 feet of you is hit by an attack, you can roll 1d8 as a reaction if you're wielding a
melee weapon or a shield. Roll the die, and add the number rolled to the target's AC against that attack. If the
attack still hits, the target has resistance against the attack's damage.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (a minimum of once), and you
regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.
Hold the Line
At 10th level, you become a master of locking down your enemies. Creatures provoke an opportunity attack from
you when they move 5 feet or more while within your reach, and if you hit a creature with an opportunity attack,
the target's speed is reduced to 0 until the end of the current turn.

Ferocious Charger
Starting at 15th level, you can run down your foes, whether you're mounted or not. If you move at least 10 feet in
a straight line right before attacking a creature and you hit it with the attack, that target must succeed on a
Strength saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength modifier) or be knocked prone. You can
use this feature only once on each of your turns.

Vigilant Defender
Starting at 18th level, you respond to danger with extraordinary vigilance. In combat, you get a special reaction
that you can take once on every creature's turn, except your turn. You can use this special reaction only to make
an opportunity attack, and you can't use it on the same turn that you take your normal reaction.
Subclass: Champion
The archetypal Champion focuses on the development of raw physical power honed to deadly
perfection. Those who model themselves on this archetype combine rigorous training with physical
excellence to deal devastating blows.
Source: Player's Handbook

Improved Critical
Beginning when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, your weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or
20.

Remarkable Athlete
Starting at 7th level, you can add half your proficiency bonus (rounded up) to any Strength, Dexterity, or
Constitution check you make that doesn't already use your proficiency bonus.
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.

Additional Fighting Style

At 10th level, you can choose a second option from the Fighting Style class feature.

Superior Critical
Starting at 15th level, your weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 18-20.

Survivor
At 18th level, you attain the pinnacle of resilience in battle. At the start of each of your turns, you regain hit points
equal to 5 + your Constitution modifier if you have no more than half of your hit points left. You don't gain this
benefit if you have 0 hit points.
Subclass: Echo Knight
A mysterious and feared frontline warrior of the Kryn Dynasty, the Echo Knight has mastered the art of
using dunamis to summon the fading shades of unrealized timelines to aid them in battle. Surrounded
by echoes of their own might, they charge into the fray as a cycling swarm of shadows and strikes.
Source: Explorer's Guide to Wildemount

Manifest Echo
At 3rd level, you can use a bonus action to magically manifest an echo of yourself in an unoccupied space you
can see within 15 feet of you. This echo is a magical, translucent, gray image of you that lasts until it is
destroyed, until you dismiss it as a bonus action, until you manifest another echo, or until you're incapacitated.
Your echo has AC 14 + your proficiency bonus, 1 hit point, and immunity to all conditions. If it has to make a
saving throw, it uses your saving throw bonus for the roll. It is the same size as you, and it occupies its space.
On your turn, you can mentally command the echo to move up to 30 feet in any direction (no action required). If
your echo is ever more than 30 feet from you at the end of your turn, it is destroyed.

 As a bonus action, you can teleport, magically swapping places with your echo at a cost of 15 feet of your
movement, regardless of the distance between the two of you.

 When you take the Attack action on your turn, any attack you make with that action can originate from your
space or the echo's space. You make this choice for each attack.

 When a creature that you can see within 5 feet of your echo moves at least 5 feet away from it, you can
use your reaction to make an opportunity attack against that creature as if you were in the echo's space.

Unleash Incarnation
At 3rd level, you can heighten your echo's fury. Whenever you take the Attack action, you can make one
additional melee attack from the echo's position.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (a minimum of once). You regain
all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Echo Avatar
Starting at 7th level, you can temporarily transfer your consciousness to your echo. As an action, you can see
through your echo's eyes and hear through its ears. During this time, you are deafened and blinded. You can
sustain this effect for up to 10 minutes, and you can end it at any time (requires no action). While your echo is
being used in this way, it can be up to 1,000 feet away from you without being destroyed.

Shadow Martyr
Starting at 10th level, you can make your echo throw itself in front of an attack directed at another creature that
you can see. Before the attack roll is made, you can use your reaction to teleport the echo to an unoccupied
space within 5 feet of the targeted creature. The attack roll that triggered the reaction is instead made against
your echo.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.
Reclaim Potential
By 15th level, you've learned to absorb the fleeting magic of your echo. When an echo of yours is destroyed by
taking damage, you can gain a number of temporary hit points equal to 2d6 + your Constitution modifier,
provided you don't already have temporary hit points.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (a minimum of once). You regain
all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Legion of One
At 18th level, you can use a bonus action to create two echos with your Manifest Echo feature, and these
echoes can co-exist. If you try to create a third echo, the previous two echoes are destroyed. Anything you can
do from one echo's position can be done from the other's instead.
In addition, when you roll initiative and have no uses of your Unleash Incarnation feature left, you regain one use
of that feature.
Subclass: Eldritch Knight
The archetypal Eldritch Knight combines the martial mastery common to all fighters with a careful study
of magic. Eldritch Knights use magical techniques similar to those practiced by wizards. They focus
their study on two of the eight schools of magic: abjuration and evocation. Abjuration spells grant an
Eldritch Knight additional protection in battle, and evocation spells deal damage to many foes at once,
extending the fighter's reach in combat. These knights learn a comparatively small number of spells,
committing them to memory instead of keeping them in a spellbook.
Source: Player's Handbook

Eldritch Knight Spellcasting Spell Slots per Spell Level

Fighter Level Cantrips Known Spells Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

3rd 2 3 2 - - -

4th 2 4 3 - - -

5th 2 4 3 - - -

6th 2 4 3 - - -

7th 2 5 4 2 - -

8th 2 6 4 2 - -

9th 2 6 4 2 - -

10th 3 7 4 3 - -

11th 3 8 4 3 - -

12th 3 8 4 3 - -

13th 3 9 4 3 2 -

14th 3 10 4 3 2 -

15th 3 10 4 3 2 -

16th 3 11 4 3 3 -

17th 3 11 4 3 3 -

18th 3 11 4 3 3 -

19th 3 12 4 3 3 1

20th 3 13 4 3 3 1

Spellcasting
When you reach 3rd level, you augment your martial prowess with the ability to cast spells.

Cantrips
You learn two cantrips of your choice from the wizard spell list. You learn an additional wizard cantrip of your
choice at 10th level.
Spell Slots
The Eldritch Knight Spellcasting table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your wizard spells of 1st
level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell's level or higher. You regain all
expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.
For example, if you know the 1st-level spell Shield and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you
can cast Shield using either slot.

Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher

You know three 1st-level wizard spells of your choice, two of which you must choose from the abjuration and
evocation spells on the wizard spell list.
The Spells Known column of the Eldritch Knight Spellcasting table shows when you learn more wizard spells of
1st level or higher. Each of these spells must be an abjuration or evocation spell of your choice, and must be of
a level for which you have spell slots. For instance, when you reach 7th level in this class, you can learn one
new spell of 1st or 2nd level.
The spells you learn at 8th, 14th, and 20th level can come from any school of magic.
Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of the wizard spells you know with another spell of
your choice from the wizard spell list. The new spell must be of a level for which you have spell slots, and it must
be an abjuration or evocation spell, unless you're replacing the spell you gained at 3rd, 8th, 14th, or 20th level
from any school of magic.

Spellcasting Ability
Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your wizard spells, since you learn your spells through study and
memorization. You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use
your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a wizard spell you cast and when making an
attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier

Weapon Bond
At 3rd level, you learn a ritual that creates a magical bond between yourself and one weapon. You perform the
ritual over the course of 1 hour, which can be done during a short rest. The weapon must be within your reach
throughout the ritual, at the conclusion of which you touch the weapon and forge the bond.
Once you have bonded a weapon to yourself, you can't be disarmed of that weapon unless you are
incapacitated. If it is on the same plane of existence, you can summon that weapon as a bonus action on your
turn, causing it to teleport instantly to your hand.
You can have up to two bonded weapons, but can summon only one at a time with your bonus action. If you
attempt to bond with a third weapon, you must break the bond with one of the other two.

War Magic
Beginning at 7th level, when you use your action to cast a cantrip, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus
action.
Eldritch Strike
At 10th level, you learn how to make your weapon strikes undercut a creature's resistance to your spells. When
you hit a creature with a weapon attack, that creature has disadvantage on the next saving throw it makes
against a spell you cast before the end of your next turn.

Arcane Charge
At 15th level, you gain the ability to teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see when you use
your Action Surge. You can teleport before or after the additional action.

Improved War Magic

Starting at 18th level, when you use your action to cast a spell, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus
action.
Subclass: Psi Warrior
Awake to the psionic power within, a Psi Warrior is a fighter who augments their physical might with psi-
infused weapon strikes, telekinetic lashes, and barriers of mental force. Many githyanki train to become
such warriors, as do some of the most disciplined high elves. In the world of Eberron, many young
kalashtar dream of becoming Psi Warriors.
As a Psi Warrior, you might have honed your psionic abilities through solo discipline, unlocked it under
the tutelage of a master, or refined it at an academy dedicated to wielding the mind's power as both
weapon and shield.
Source: Tasha's Cauldron of Everything

Psionic Power
At 3rd level, you harbor a wellspring of psionic energy within yourself. This energy is represented by your Psionic
Energy dice, which are each a d6. You have a number of these dice equal to twice your proficiency bonus, and
they fuel various psionic powers you have, which are detailed below.
Some of your powers expend the Psionic Energy die they use, as specified in a power's description, and you
can't use a power if it requires you to use a die when your dice are all expended. You regain all your expended
Psionic Energy dice when you finish a long rest. In addition, as a bonus action, you can regain one expended
Psionic Energy die, but you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest.
When you reach certain levels in this class, the size of your Psionic Energy dice increases: at 5th level (d8), 11th
level (d10), and 17th level (d12).
The powers below use your Psionic Energy dice.
Protective Field. When you or another creature you can see within 30 feet of you takes damage, you can use
your reaction to expend one Psionic Energy die, roll the die, and reduce the damage taken by the number rolled
plus your Intelligence modifier (minimum reduction of 1), as you create a momentary shield of telekinetic force.
Psionic Strike. You can propel your weapons with psionic force. Once on each of your turns, immediately after
you hit a target within 30 feet of you with an attack and deal damage to it with a weapon, you can expend one
Psionic Energy die, rolling it and dealing force damage to the target equal to the number rolled plus your
Intelligence modifier.
Telekinetic Movement. You can move an object or a creature with your mind. As an action, you target one
loose object that is Large or smaller or one willing creature, other than yourself. If you can see the target and it is
within 30 feet of you, you can move it up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. Alternatively, if it is a
Tiny object, you can move it to or from your hand. Either way, you can move the target horizontally, vertically, or
both. Once you take this action, you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest, unless you expend a
Psionic Energy die to take it again.

Telekinetic Adept
By the 7th level, You have mastered new ways to use your telekinetic abilities, detailed below.
Psi-Powered Leap. As a bonus action, you can propel your body with your mind. You gain a flying speed equal
to twice your walking speed until the end of the current turn. Once you take this bonus action, you can't do so
again until you finish a short or long rest, unless you expend a Psionic Energy die to take it again.
Telekinetic Thrust. When you deal damage to a target with your Psionic Strike, you can force the target to
make a Strength saving throw against a DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier. If
the save fails, you can knock the target prone or move it up to 10 feet in any direction horizontally.
Guarded Mind
Starting at 10th level, the psionic energy flowing through you has bolstered your mind. You have resistance to
psychic damage. Moreover, if you start your turn charmed or frightened, you can expend a Psionic Energy die
and end every effect on yourself subjecting you to those conditions.

Bulwark of Force
At 15th level, you can shield yourself and others with telekinetic force. As a bonus action, you can choose
creatures, which can include you, that you can see within 30 feet of you, up to a number of creatures equal to
your Intelligence modifier (minimum of one creature). Each of the chosen creatures is protected by half cover for
1 minute or until you're incapacitated.
Once you take this bonus action, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a Psionic
Energy die to take it again.

Telekinetic Master
By 18th level, your ability to move creatures and objects with your mind is matched by few. You can cast
the Telekinesis spell, requiring no components, and your spellcasting ability for the spell is Intelligence. On each
of your turns while you concentrate on the spell, including the turn when you cast it, you can make one attack
with a weapon as a bonus action.
Once you cast the spell with this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a
Psionic Energy die to cast it again.
Subclass: Rune Knight
Rune Knights enhance their martial prowess using the supernatural power of runes, an ancient practice
that originated with giants. Rune cutters can be found among any family of giants, and you likely
learned your methods first or second hand from such a mystical artisan. Whether you found the giant's
work carved into a hill or cave, learned of the runes from a sage, or met the giant in person, you studied
the giant's craft and learned how to apply magic runes to empower your equipment.
Source: Tasha's Cauldron of Everything

Bonus Proficiencies
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with smith’s tools, and you learn to speak,
read, and write Giant.

Rune Carver
Starting at 3rd level, you can use magic runes to enhance your gear. You learn two runes of your choice, from
among the runes described below, and each time you gain a level in this class, you can replace one rune you
know with a different one from this feature. When you reach certain levels in this class, you learn additional
runes, as shown in the Runes Known table.

Runes Known

Fighter Level Number of Runes

3rd 2

7th 3

10th 4

15th 5
Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch a number of objects equal to the number of runes you know, and
you inscribe a different rune onto each of the objects. To be eligible, an object must be a weapon, a suit of
armor, a shield, a piece of jewelry, or something else you can wear or hold in a hand. Your rune remains on an
object until you finish a long rest, and an object can bear only one of your runes at a time.
The following runes are available to you when you learn a rune. If a rune has a level requirement, you must be at
least that level in this class to learn the rune. If a rune requires a saving throw, your Rune Magic save DC equals
8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier.

 Cloud Rune. This rune emulates the deceptive magic used by some cloud giants. While wearing or
carrying an object inscribed with this rune, you have advantage on Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) checks and
Charisma (Deception) checks.
o In addition, when you or a creature you can see within 30 feet of you is hit by an attack roll, you can
use your reaction to invoke the rune and choose a different creature within 30 feet of you, other
than the attacker. The chosen creature becomes the target of the attack, using the same roll. This
magic can transfer the attack's effects regardless of the attack's range. Once you invoke this rune,
you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

 Fire Rune. This rune's magic channels the masterful craftsmanship of great smiths. While wearing or
carrying an object inscribed with this rune, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make
that uses your proficiency with a tool.
o In addition, when you hit a creature with an attack using a weapon, you can invoke the rune to
summon fiery shackles: the target takes an extra 2d6 fire damage, and it must succeed on a
Strength saving throw or be restrained for 1 minute. While restrained by the shackles, the target
takes 2d6 fire damage at the start of each of its turns. The target can repeat the saving throw at the
end of each of its turns, banishing the shackles on a success. Once you invoke this rune, you can't
do so again until you finish a short or long rest.
  Frost Rune. This rune's magic evokes the might of those who survive in the wintry wilderness, such as
frost giants. While wearing or carrying an object inscribed with this rune, you have advantage on Wisdom
(Animal Handling) checks and Charisma (Intimidation) checks.
o In addition, you can invoke the rune as a bonus action to increase your sturdiness. For 10 minutes,
you gain a +2 bonus to all ability checks and saving throws that use Strength or Constitution. Once
you invoke this rune, you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

 Stone Rune. This rune's magic channels the judiciousness associated with stone giants. While wearing or
carrying an object inscribed with this rune, you have advantage on Wisdom (Insight) checks, and you have
darkvision out to a range of 120 feet.
o In addition, when a creature you can see ends its turn within 30 feet of you, you can use your
reaction to invoke the rune and force the creature to make a Wisdom saving throw. Unless the save
succeeds, the creature is charmed by you for 1 minute. While charmed in this way, the creature has
a speed of 0 and is incapacitated, descending into a dreamy stupor. The creature repeats the
saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success. Once you invoke this
rune, you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

 Hill Rune (7th Level or Higher). This rune's magic bestows a resilience reminiscent of a hill giant. While
wearing or carrying an object that bears this rune, you have advantage on saving throws against being
poisoned, and you have resistance against poison damage.
o In addition, you can invoke the rune as a bonus action, gaining resistance to bludgeoning, piercing,
and slashing damage for 1 minute. Once you invoke this rune, you can't do so again until you finish
a short or long rest.

 Storm Rune (7th Level or Higher). Using this rune, you can glimpse the future like a storm giant seer.
While wearing or carrying an object inscribed with this rune, you have advantage on Intelligence (Arcana)
checks, and you can't be surprised as long as you aren't incapacitated.
o In addition, you can invoke the rune as a bonus action to enter a prophetic state for 1 minute or
until you're incapacitated. Until the state ends, when you or another creature you can see within 60
feet of you makes an attack roll, a saving throw, or an ability check, you can use your reaction to
cause the roll to have advantage or disadvantage. Once you invoke this rune, you can't do so again
until you finish a short or long rest.

Giant Might
At 3rd level, you have learned how to imbue yourself with the might of giants. As a bonus action, you magically
gain the following benefits, which last for 1 minute:

 If you are smaller than Large, you become Large, along with anything you are wearing. If you lack the room
to become Large, your size doesn't change.

 You have advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.

 Once on each of your turns, one of your attacks with a weapon or an unarmed strike can deal an extra 1d6
damage to a target on a hit.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses of
it when you finish a long rest.

Runic Shield
At 7th level, you learn to invoke your rune magic to protect your allies. When another creature you can see
within 60 feet of you is hit by an attack roll, you can use your reaction to force the attacker to reroll the d20 and
use the new roll.
You 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.
Great Stature
By 10th level, the magic of your runes permanently alters you. When you gain this feature, roll 3d4. You grow a
number of inches in height equal to the roll.
Moreover, the extra damage you deal with your Giant's Might feature increases to 1d8.

Master of Runes
At 15th level, you can invoke each rune you know from your Rune Carver feature twice, rather than once, and
you regain all expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.

Runic Juggernaut
At 18th level, you learn how to amplify your rune-powered transformation. As a result, the extra damage you
deal with the Giant's Might feature increases to 1d10. Moreover, when you use that feature, your size can
increase to Huge, and while you are that size, your reach increases by 5 feet.
Subclass: Samurai
The Samurai is a fighter who draws on an implacable fighting spirit to overcome enemies. A samurai’s
resolve is nearly unbreakable, and the enemies in a samurai’s path have two choices: yield or die
fighting.
Source: Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Bonus Proficiency
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice:
History, Insight, Performance, or Persuasion. Alternatively, you learn one language of your choice.

Fighting Spirit
Starting at 3rd level, your intensity in battle can shield you and help you strike true. As a bonus action on your
turn, you can give yourself advantage on all weapon attack rolls until the end of the current turn. When you do
so, you also gain 5 temporary hit points. The number of hit points increases when you reach certain levels in this
class, increasing to 10 at 10th level and 15 at 15th level.
You can use this feature three times. You regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.

Elegant Courtier
Starting at 7th level, your discipline and attention to detail allow you to excel in social situations. Whenever you
make a Charisma (Persuasion) check, you gain a bonus to the check equal to your Wisdom modifier.
Your self-control also causes you to gain proficiency in Wisdom saving throws. If you already have this
proficiency, you instead gain proficiency in Intelligence or Charisma saving throws (your choice).

Tireless Spirit
Starting at 10th level, when you roll initiative and have no uses of Fighting Spirit remaining, you regain one use.

Rapid Strike
Starting at 15th level, you learn to trade accuracy for swift strikes. If you take the Attack action on your turn and
have advantage on an attack roll against against one of the targets, you can forgo the advantage for that roll to
make an additional weapon attack against that target, as part of the same action. You can do so no more than
once per turn.

Strength Before Death

Starting at 18th level, your fighting spirit can delay the grasp of death. If you take damage that reduces you to 0
hit points, you can use your reaction to delay falling unconscious, and you can immediately take an extra turn.
While you have 0 hit points during that extra turn, taking damage causes death saving throw failures as normal,
and three death saving throw failures can still kill you. When the extra turn ends, you fall unconscious if you still
have 0 hit points.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.