Rogue

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**Primary Ability:** Dexterity

Rogues rely on cunning, stealth, and their foes’ vulnerabilities to get the upper hand in any situation. They have a knack for finding the solution to just about any problem, demonstrating a versatility that is the cornerstone of any successful adventuring party.

Rogues devote as much effort to mastering the use of a variety of skills as they do to perfecting their combat abilities, giving them broad capabilities that few other characters can match. Many Rogues focus on stealth and deception, while others refine skills that help them in a dungeon environment, such as climbing, finding and disarming traps, and opening locks.

When it comes to combat, Rogues prioritize subtle strikes over brute strength. A Rogue would rather make one precise strike than wear an opponent down with a barrage of blows. Rogues have an almost supernatural knack for avoiding danger, and a few learn magical tricks to supplement their other abilities.

Some Rogues began their careers as criminals, while others used their cunning to fight crime. Whatever a Rogue’s relation to the law, no common criminal or officer of the law can match the subtle brilliance of the greatest Rogues.

### CREATING A ROGUE

To create a Rogue, 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 Rogue” section.

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

### HIT POINTS

* **Hit Dice:** 1d8 per Rogue level
* **Hit Points at 1st Level:** 8 + your Constitution modifier
* **Hit Points per Level after 1st:** 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier

### PROFICIENCIES

* **Saving Throws:** Dexterity, Intelligence
* **Skills (Choose 4):** Acrobatics, Athletics, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Perception, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand, Stealth
* **Weapons:** Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons ***that have the Finesse Property***
* **Tools:** Thieves’ Tools

### STARTING EQUIPMENT

As a 1st-level character, you start with the following equipment, or you can forgo it and spend 110 GP on equipment of your choice.

* Arrows (x20)
* Burglar’s Pack
* Dagger (x2)
* Leather Armor
* Quiver
* Shortbow
* Shortsword
* Thieves’ Tools
* 18 GP

### MULTICLASSING AND THE ROGUE

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

* **Ability Score Minimum.** As a multiclass character, you must have a score of at least 13 in the Rogue’s primary ability, Dexterity, to take a level in this class or to take a level in another class if you are already a Rogue.
* **Proficiencies Gained.** If Rogue isn’t your initial class, here are the proficiencies you gain when you take your first Rogue level: Thieves’ Tools and one skill of your choice from the Rogue’s skill list.
* **Armor Training.** When you gain your first Rogue level, you gain Light Armor training.

### ROGUE CLASS FEATURES

As a Rogue, you gain the following class features when you reach the specified levels in this class. These features are listed on the Rogue table.

#### 1ST LEVEL: EXPERTISE

You gain Expertise in two of your skill proficiencies of your choice. Sleight of Hand and Stealth are iconic choices for a Rogue if you have proficiency in them.

#### 1ST LEVEL: SNEAK ATTACK

You know how to turn a subtle attack into a deadly one. Once per turn, you can deal extra damage to one creature you hit with an attack roll if you’re attacking with a Finesse or Ranged weapon and if at least one of the following requirements is met:

* **Advantage.** You have Advantage on the attack roll.
* **Ally Adjacent to Target.** At least one of your allies is within 5 feet of the target, the ally doesn’t have the Incapacitated condition, and you don’t have Disadvantage on the attack roll.

To determine the extra damage, roll a number of d6s equal to half your Rogue level (round up), and add the dice together (the Rogue table shows the number of Sneak Attack dice you get at each Rogue level). The extra damage’s type is the same as the weapon’s Damage Type.

#### 1ST LEVEL: THIEVES’ CANT

You picked up various languages in the communities where you plied your roguish talents. You know Thieves’ Cant and one other language of your choice, which you choose from the Standard Languages and Rare Languages tables.

#### 1ST LEVEL: WEAPON MASTERY

Your training with weapons allows you to use the Mastery property of two kinds of weapons of your choice with which you have proficiency, such as Daggers and Shortbows. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can change the kinds of weapons you chose. For example, you could switch to using the Mastery properties of Scimitars and Shortswords.

#### 2ND LEVEL: CUNNING ACTION

Your quick thinking and agility allow you to move and act quickly. On your turn, you can take one of the following actions as a Bonus Action: Dash, Disengage, or Hide.

#### 3RD LEVEL: ROGUE SUBCLASS

You gain a Rogue subclass of your choice:

* Arcane Trickster
* Assassin
* Swashbuckler
* Thief
* Inquisitor (Non-Playtest)
* Mastermind (Non-Playtest)
* Phantom (Non-Playtest)
* Scout (Non-Playtest)

Subclasses are detailed after this class’s description. A subclass is a specialization that grants you special abilities at certain Rogue levels. For the rest of your career, you gain each of your subclass’s features that are of your Rogue level and lower. There are non-playtest subclasses that can be used, please check with your DM before using one.

#### 3RD LEVEL: STEADY AIM

As a Bonus Action, you give yourself Advantage on your next attack roll on the current turn. You can use this feature only if you haven’t moved during this turn, and after you use it, your Speed is 0 until the end of the current turn.

#### 4TH LEVEL: ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT

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

#### 5TH LEVEL: CUNNING STRIKE

You have developed cunning ways to use your Sneak Attack. When you deal Sneak Attack damage, you can add one of the following Cunning Strike effects. Each effect has a die cost, which is the number of Sneak Attack damage dice you must forego to add the effect. You remove the die before rolling, and the effect occurs immediately after the attack’s damage is dealt. For example, if you add the Poison effect, remove 1d6 from the Sneak Attack’s damage before rolling. If a Cunning Strike effect requires a saving throw, the DC equals 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your Dexterity modifier.

* **Disarm (Cost: 1d6).** The target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw, or it drops one item of your choice that it’s holding.
* **Poison (Cost: 1d6).** You add a toxin to your strike, forcing the target to make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target has the Poisoned condition for 1 minute. At the end of each of its turns, the Poisoned target can repeat the save, ending the effect on itself on a success. To use this effect, you must have a Poisoner’s Kit on your person.
* **Trip (Cost: 1d6).** If the target is Large or smaller, it must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or have the Prone condition.
* **Withdraw (Cost: 1d6).** Immediately after the attack, you move up to half your Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks.

#### 5TH LEVEL: UNCANNY DODGE

When an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack roll, you can use your Reaction to halve the attack’s damage against you (round down).

#### 6TH LEVEL: EXPERTISE

You gain Expertise in two of your skill proficiencies of your choice.

#### 7TH LEVEL: EVASION

You can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain dangers. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw and only half damage if you fail. You can’t use this feature if you have the Incapacitated condition.

#### 7TH LEVEL: RELIABLE TALENT

You have refined your talents until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that uses one of your skill or Tool proficiencies, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.

#### 8TH LEVEL: ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT

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

#### 9TH LEVEL: SUBCLASS FEATURE

You gain a feature from your Rogue subclass.

#### 10TH LEVEL: ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT

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

#### 11TH LEVEL: IMPROVED CUNNING STRIKE

You can use up to two Cunning Strike effects when you deal Sneak Attack damage, paying the die cost for each effect.

#### 12TH LEVEL: ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT

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

#### 13TH LEVEL: SUBCLASS FEATURE

You gain a feature from your Rogue subclass.

#### 14TH LEVEL: DEVIOUS STRIKES

You have practiced new ways to use your Sneak Attack deviously. The following effects are now among your Cunning Strike options.

* **Daze (Cost: 2d6).** The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw, or it has the Dazed condition until the end of its next turn.
* **Knock Out (Cost: 6d6).** The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw, or it has the Unconscious condition for 1 minute or until it takes any damage. The Unconscious target can repeat the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
* **Obscure (Cost: 3d6).** You strike near the target’s eyes. The target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw, or it has the Blinded condition until the end of its next turn.

#### 15TH LEVEL: SLIPPERY MIND

Your cunning mind is exceptionally difficult to control. You gain proficiency in Wisdom and Charisma saving throws.

#### 16TH LEVEL: ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT

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

#### 17TH LEVEL: SUBCLASS FEATURE

You gain a feature from your Rogue subclass.

#### 18TH LEVEL: ELUSIVE

You are so evasive that attackers rarely gain the upper hand against you. No attack roll can have Advantage against you unless you have the Incapacitated condition.

#### 19TH LEVEL: ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT

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

#### 20TH LEVEL: STROKE OF LUCK

You have an uncanny knack for succeeding when you need to. If you fail a d20 Test, you can turn the roll into a 20. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a Short Rest or a Long Rest.