Just like the Paladin, the Illrigger also comes with an alternative way to use their spell slots. RELATED: Dungeons & Dragons: Things You Didn't Know About Tieflingsįour unique fighting styles and three subclasses give players plenty of opportunities to customize their Illrigger, and the class can just as easily work with light armor and finesse weapons as it can with the more traditional medium armor. The Illrigger offers some powerful options both in and out of combat, with a focus on deception, treachery, and hellfire. The Illrigger is a character that has made a vow to the Nine Hells, making them a medium-armored combination of Paladin, Warlock, and a hint of Bard. With a focus on Intelligence and strategy, the Tactician needs only seconds to size up an enemy and formulate a plan to overcome it.įor players looking for a darker take on a Paladin, look no further than Matthew Colville's Illrigger. The Tactician is a leader who prefers to keep their hands clean.Sharing Features with the Fighter class, the Paragon doesn't ask anything of their party that they won't do themselves. The Paragon prefers to take a more direct approach, using their mastery of heavy armor to lead right from the front, inspiring allies through their own martial skill.The Packleader takes some influence from the Ranger and Druid, buffing allies with stealth checks and manipulating the environment for the perfect ambush.The Noble prefers to lead from the backlines, using their heavier focus on Charisma to inspire and buff their allies from safety.The Commander is for those players who like to play the grizzled veteran, gaining heavy armor and martial weapon proficiency, along with the ability to gather allies into defensive formations.

The Chieftain is a Warlord that leads through the strength of their conviction, moving alongside allies in a wolfpack, and buffing them with a fearsome Warcry.The Shaman's defining feature is their ability to summon a primal spirit to buff their attacks and fight alongside them. The Tradition of the Shaman is the most martial of the Occultist subclasses, offering access to medium armor and shields as well as the Extra Attack class feature.They can also choose to start with an Oracle's Curse, taking a penalty in exchange for a powerful bonus. The Tradition of the Oracle leans more into the divine side of the Occultist class, pursuing powerful mysteries and gaining spells from the divination school.In practice the Hedge Mage is a little like a combined Sorcerer and Bard, modifying their spells on the fly and stealing them from other classes. The Tradition of the Hedge Mage is for those characters who pursue strange and eccentric magical abilities.The Tradition of the Witch focuses on curses and familiars, with a choice between three covens representing good, evil, and neutral magic, as well as powerful debuffing abilities.RELATED: Dungeons & Dragons: World-Ending Monsters Almost all the Occultist's features are tied to these subclasses, and the only thing they really share is their spell list and mastery of ritual magic. Like Sorcerers and Warlocks, Occultists choose their subclass right from level 1, making it a much more impactful and meaningful decision. The Occultist is a different flavor of spell-caster, one that uses a spiritual combination of arcane and divine power to perform their magic. Created by well-known Reddit homebrewer u/KibblesTasty, the Occultist brings together several niche classes from previous editions of D&D into a single class.

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