Fighter

**Class Group:** Warrior

**Primary Ability:** Strength or Dexterity

***Fighters rule many battlefields. Questing knights, royal champions, elite soldiers, and hardened mercenaries—as Fighters, they all share an unparalleled prowess with weapons and armor. And they are well acquainted with death, both meting it out and staring it defiantly in the face.***

***Fighters learn the basics of all combat styles. Every Fighter can swing an axe, fence with a rapier, wield a longsword or a greatsword, and use a bow. Fighters master various weapon techniques, allowing them to get the best use from a wide variety of weapons, and a well- equipped Fighter always has the right tool at hand for any combat situation. Likewise, a Fighter is adept with shields and every form of armor. Beyond that basic degree of familiarity, each Fighter specializes in certain styles of combat. Some concentrate on archery, some on fighting with two weapons at once, and some on*** ***augmenting their martial skills with magic. This combination of broad general ability and extensive specialization makes Fighters superior combatants everywhere.***

***The dungeon delving, monster slaying, and other dangerous work common among adventurers is second nature for a Fighter. There are great risks but also great rewards: gold, magic weaponry, and glory.***

## Creating a Fighter:

To create a Fighter, consult the following lists, which provide Hit Points, proficiencies, and armor training. If you’re making a 1st-level character, also consult the “Starting Equipment” section, and if you’re using the multiclassing rules, see the “Multiclassing and the Fighter” sidebar.

Then look at the Fighter table to see the class features you get at each level in this class. The descriptions of those features appear in the “Fighter Class Features” section.

### Hit Points:

**Hit Dice:** 1d10 per Fighter Level

**Hit Points at 1st Level:** 10 + your Constitution Modifier

**Hit Points per Level after 1st:** 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution Modifier

### Proficiencies:

**Saving Throws:** Strength, Constitution

**Skills (Choose 2):** Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Athletics, History, Insight, Intimidation, Persuasion, Perception, Survival

**Weapons:** Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons

**Tools:** None

**Armor Training:** Light Armor, Medium Armor, Heavy Armor, Shields

### Starting Equipment:

As a 1st-level character, you start with the following equipment, or you can forgo it and spend 100 GP on equipment of your choice.

* Chain mail (AC: 16)
* Crossbow Bolts (20)
* Dungeoneer’s Pack
* (a) Greatsword or (b) Longsword, Shield, and 25 GP
* Light Crossbow
* Quiver
* 11 GP

## Multiclassing and the Fighter

If your group uses the multiclassing rules in the Player’s Handbook, here’s what you need to know if you choose Fighter as one of your classes.

**Ability Score Minimum:** As a multiclass character, you must have a score of at least 13 in one of the Fighter’s primary abilities, Strength or Dexterity, to take a level in this class or to take a level in another class if you are already a Fighter.

**Proficiencies Gained:** If Fighter isn’t your initial class, you gain proficiency with Martial Weapons when you take your first Fighter level.

**Armor Training:** When you gain your first Fighter level, you gain armor training with the following: Light Armor, Medium Armor, and Shields.

## Fighter Class Features:

### 1st Level: Fighting Style

You have honed your martial prowess and gain a Fighting Style feat of your choice (those feats have this feature as a prerequisite).

Whenever you gain a Fighter level, you can replace the feat you chose with a different Fighting Style feat.

### 1st Level: Second Wind

You have a limited well of physical and mental stamina that you can draw on. As a Bonus Action, you can use it to regain Hit Points equal to 1d10 + your Fighter level.

You can use this feature twice. You regain one expended use when you finish a Short Rest, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.

When you reach certain Fighter levels, you gain more uses of this feature, as shown in the Second Wind column of the Fighter table.

### 1st Level: Weapon Mastery

Your training with weapons allows you to use the Mastery property of three kinds of Simple or Martial weapons of your choice. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can practice weapon drills and change one of those weapon choices.

When you reach certain Fighter levels, you gain the ability to use the Mastery properties of more kinds of weapons, as shown in the Weapon Mastery column of the Fighter table.

### 2nd Level: Action Surge

You can push yourself beyond your normal limits for a moment. On your turn, you can take one additional action, except the Magic action.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a Short Rest or Long Rest before you can use it again.

### 2nd Level: Tactical Mind

You have a mind for tactics and getting the upper hand on and off the battlefield. When you fail an ability check, you can expend a use of your Second Wind to push yourself toward success. Rather than regaining Hit Points, you roll 1d10 and add the number rolled to the ability check, potentially turning it into a success. If the check still fails, this use of Second Wind isn’t expended.

### 3rd Level: Fighter Subclass

You gain a Fighter subclass of your choice. A subclass is a specialization that grants you special abilities at certain Fighter levels. For the rest of your career, you gain each of your subclass’s features that are of your Fighter level and lower. This class’s description tells you the levels when your subclass provides features:

* Arcane Archer
* Banneret
* Blood Archer
* Cavalier
* Champion
* Echo Knight
* Eldritch Knight
* Gunslinger
* Living Nightmare
* Psi Warrior
* Rune Knight
* Samurai

### 4th Level: Feat

You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another Feat of your choice that you qualify for.

### 5th Level: Extra Attack

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

### 5th Level: Tactical Shift

Whenever you activate your Second Wind with a Bonus Action, you can move up to half your Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks.

### 6th Level: Combat Superiority

Your Mastery of fighting styles and techniques grows, you gain three Maneuvers from the Combat Superiority Maneuvers List, which are fueled by dice known as 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. Each time you Gai a level in this class, you may exchange one maneuver for another that you qualify for.
* 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.
* 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)

### 7th Level: Subclass Feature

You gain a feature from your Fighter Subclass.

### 8th Level: Feat

You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another Feat of your choice that you qualify for.

### 9th Level: Improved Action Surge

You can now use your Action Surge feature twice before a Short Rest.

### 9th Level: Indomitable

If you fail a saving throw, you can reroll it with a bonus equal to your Fighter level. If you do so, you must use the new roll, and you can’t use this feature again until you finish a Long Rest.

### 9th Level: Master of Armaments

You are a master of weapons. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can choose any of the kinds of Mastery weapons you’re using and replace the Mastery property of each with another Mastery property. The chosen kind of weapon must qualify for the new property. For example, you could replace the Longsword’s Sap property with the Push property.

These property changes apply only for you, not for others, and the changes end for you when you finish your next Long Rest.

### 10th Level: Subclass Feature

You gain a feature from your Fighter Subclass.

### 11th Level: Two Extra Attacks

Your Extra Attack feature now confers two extra attacks rather than one.

### 12th Level: Feat

You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another Feat of your choice that you qualify for.

### 13th Level: Studied Attacks

You masterfully study your opponents and learn from each attack you make. If you make an attack roll against a creature and miss, you have Advantage on your next attack roll against that creature before the end of your next turn.

### 13th Level: Improved Indomitable

You can now use your Indomitable feature two times before a Long Rest.

### 14th Level: Improved Combat Superiority

You gain another Superiority Die to your pool, additionally you may learn three more maneuvers of your choice that you qualify for. Those dice are now also upgraded to d10s. If you roll Initiative and have no Superiority Dice remaining, you regain 2 dice

### 15th Level: Subclass Feature

You gain a feature from your Fighter Subclass.

### 16th Level: Feat

You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another Feat of your choice that you qualify for.

### 17th Level: Improved Action Surge

You can now use your Action Surge feature three times between a Short Rest or Long Rest.

### 17th Level: Improved Indomitable

You can now use your Indomitable feature three times before a Long Rest.

### 18th Level: Subclass Feature

You gain a feature from your Fighter Subclass.

### 19th Level: Feat

You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another Feat of your choice that you qualify for.

### 20th Level: Three Extra Attacks

Your Extra Attack feature now confers three extra attacks rather than two.