Aspect Codex

Battle Mastery

Battle Mastery is an imported aspect from the Jericha Aspect Data sheet. Its full lore and named powers can be expanded here as the canon text is added.

Battle MasteryNon-spellcastingChargesAthletics

What This Aspect Does

Battle Mastery defines a character's supernatural focus, training profile, resource model, and power family. This page is structured so each separate power can become its own linked entry instead of being buried inside a character sheet.

Power Links

42 separate powersReusable by characters, items, curses, and locations
Tier 0ActionAt-Will

Precise Strike

Make one weapon attack. On a hit, the attack deals its normal damage, and you may reroll one damage die from the attack. You must use the new result.

Tier 0Bonus ActionAt-Will

Guarded Step

Move up to 10 ft. without provoking opportunity attacks from one creature you can see. Until the start of your next turn, the first attack roll that creature makes against you has disadvantage.

Tier 1PassiveAt-Will

Weapon Discipline

Choose one weapon style when you learn this power: Simple, Versatile, Heavy, Finesse, Sword-and-Board, or Dual-Wielding. Simple: +1 to attack rolls with simple weapons. Versatile: +1 damage while wielding a versatile weapon in two hands and +1 AC while wielding it in one hand. Heavy: reroll one weapon damage die showing 1 once per turn. Finesse: once per turn, add +1 damage when attacking with DEX. Sword-and-Board: +1 AC while wielding a shield. Dual-Wielding: +1 damage on off-hand attacks. You may learn this power more than once, choosing a different style.

Tier 1Bonus ActionAt-Will

Compelled Duel

Choose one creature you can see within range and challenge it. The target must make a WIS save. On a failed save, it has disadvantage on attack rolls against creatures other than you while it is within 30 ft. of you. The effect ends if you attack another creature, if you willingly move more than 30 ft. from the target, or if the target cannot see or hear you.

Tier 1ActionAt-Will

Trip Attack

Make one weapon attack. On a hit, the target takes normal weapon damage and must make a STR save or fall prone if it is Large or smaller.

Tier 1ReactionAt-Will

Parry

When you are hit by a melee attack, reduce the damage by 1d6 + your STR modifier. If this reduces the damage to 0, you may move 5 ft. without provoking opportunity attacks from the attacker.

Tier 2PassiveAt-Will

Intense Reproach

Once per turn, when you hit a creature that has damaged you since the end of your last turn with a weapon attack, the attack deals extra damage equal to your proficiency bonus.

Tier 2Bonus ActionAt-Will

Marked Opponent

Choose one creature you can see within range and mark it as your opponent. Once per turn when you hit the marked target with a weapon attack, you may reduce its speed by 10 ft. until the start of your next turn. The mark ends early if you mark another creature.

Tier 2ActionAt-Will

Disarming Strike

Make one weapon attack. On a hit, the target takes normal weapon damage and must make a STR save. On a failed save, it drops one object of your choice that it is holding. The object lands at its feet.

Tier 2ReactionAt-Will

Brace

When a creature enters your weapon reach, you may make one weapon attack against it. On a hit, reduce the creature’s speed by 10 ft. until the end of the current turn.

Tier 3ActionAt-Will

Sweeping Strike

Make one weapon attack. On a hit, you may choose a second creature within 5 ft. of the original target. The second creature takes damage equal to your proficiency bonus + your STR modifier.

Tier 3Bonus ActionAt-Will

Duelist’s Pressure

Choose a creature you have marked or challenged. While within 30 ft. of you, it cannot gain advantage on attack rolls, and when it moves away from you, it provokes opportunity attacks even if it Disengages.

Tier 3ActionAt-Will

Menacing Advance

Make one weapon attack. On a hit, the target takes normal damage and must make a WIS save or become frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Tier 3Bonus ActionAt-Will

Defensive Stance

Until the start of your next turn, you gain +2 AC and advantage on STR and CON saving throws. If you do not move during this duration, the AC bonus becomes +3.

Tier 4PassiveAt-Will

Deadly Technique

Once per turn, when you hit with a weapon attack, you may add your proficiency bonus to the damage roll.

Tier 4ReactionAt-Will

Riposte

When a creature misses you with a melee attack, you may make one weapon attack against that creature.

Tier 4Bonus ActionAt-Will

Tactical Shove

Choose one creature within reach. It must make a STR save or be pushed up to 10 ft. in a direction you choose or knocked prone.

Tier 4ReactionAt-Will

Indomitable Guard

When you fail a saving throw, you may reroll it and must use the new result.

Tier 5ActionAt-Will

Sweeping Control

Make one weapon attack. On a hit, you may choose up to two additional creatures within 5 ft. of the original target. Each secondary target takes damage equal to your proficiency bonus + your STR modifier.

Tier 5Bonus ActionAt-Will

Single Combat

Choose one creature you can see within range. While within 30 ft. of you, it has disadvantage on attack rolls against creatures other than you, and you have advantage on weapon attacks against it. The effect ends if you attack another creature.

Tier 5Bonus ActionAt-Will

Tactical Advance

Move up to half your speed. Each hostile creature you move past must make a STR save or be pushed 5 ft. and knocked prone.

Tier 5Bonus ActionAt-Will

Second Wind

Regain hit points equal to 22 (4d10 + your STR modifier). Once you use this power, you cannot use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Tier 6PassiveAt-Will

Perfect Strike

Once per turn, when you hit with a weapon attack, you may reroll all of the weapon’s damage dice and choose either result.

Tier 6ReactionAt-Will

No Escape

When a creature you can see within your reach attempts to move, you may make one weapon attack. On a hit, the creature’s speed becomes 0 for the rest of the turn.

Tier 6ActionAt-Will

Sweeping Disarm

Each hostile creature of your choice within 5 ft. must make a STR save or drop one object it is holding. On a success, it has disadvantage on its next attack roll before the end of its next turn.

Tier 6Bonus ActionAt-Will

Unbreakable Stance

You gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. If you are moved against your will, you may reduce the distance moved by 10 ft.

Tier 7PassiveAt-Will

Weapon Mastery

Choose one weapon type you are proficient with. Once per turn when you hit with that weapon type, add your proficiency bonus to the damage roll and you may change one weapon damage die to its maximum value. You may learn this power more than once, choosing a different weapon type.

Tier 7Bonus ActionAt-Will

Unyielding Duelist

Choose one creature you can see within range. Until the effect ends, you and the target are locked in single combat. You have advantage on weapon attacks against it, and it has disadvantage on attacks against creatures other than you. If it willingly moves away from you while within 30 ft. of you, you may move up to half your speed toward it without provoking opportunity attacks.

Tier 7ActionAt-Will

Battlefield Sweep

Hostile creatures of your choice in the emanation must make a STR save. On a failed save, a creature is knocked prone, pushed 10 ft., or disarmed, your choice. On a success, its speed is reduced by 10 ft. until the end of its next turn.

Tier 7ReactionAt-Will

Indomitable

When you fail a saving throw, spend 1 charge to treat the roll as a success instead. If the save was against being frightened, stunned, paralyzed, or restrained, you also gain temporary hit points equal to twice your level.

Tier 8ActionAt-Will

Relentless Assault

Make up to three weapon attacks against one creature or divide them among creatures within range. If at least two attacks hit the same creature, it must make a CON save or be unable to take reactions until the start of your next turn.

Tier 8Bonus ActionAt-Will

Peerless Duel

Choose one creature you can see within range. For the duration, once per turn when you hit the target with a weapon attack, you may make one additional weapon attack against it as part of the same action. This additional attack cannot trigger itself. The effect ends if you attack another creature.

Tier 8ActionAt-Will

Tactical Domination

Hostile creatures of your choice in the emanation treat the area as difficult terrain. Once per turn when you hit a hostile creature with a weapon attack, you may force it to make a STR save or be pushed 15 ft., knocked prone, or unable to take reactions until the start of your next turn.

Tier 8ReactionAt-Will

Legendary Guard

When you take damage, spend 1 charge to gain resistance to all damage until the start of your next turn, including the triggering damage. Until then, you cannot be pushed, knocked prone, grappled, restrained, frightened, or stunned.

Tier 9Bonus ActionAt-Will

Extra Action

Spend 1 charge. Until the end of your turn, you may take one additional action. This action can be used only to Attack, Dash, Disengage, Dodge, Help, Search, or Use an Object. If you use it to Attack, you may make only one weapon attack with that additional action.

Tier 9Bonus ActionAt-Will

No Mercy

Choose one creature you can see within range. For the duration, your weapon attacks against the target score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20. Once per turn when you score a critical hit against the target, you may immediately make one additional weapon attack against it.

Tier 9ActionAt-Will

War Master’s Control

Hostile creatures of your choice in the emanation treat the area as difficult terrain. When you hit a hostile creature with a weapon attack, you may force it to make a STR save. On a failed save, choose one: it is knocked prone, pushed 20 ft., disarmed, grappled by you if within reach, or unable to take reactions until the start of your next turn. You may use this rider once per turn.

Tier 9ReactionAt-Will

Last Stand

When you would be reduced to 0 hit points, spend 1 charge to drop to 1 hit point instead. Until the start of your next turn, you have resistance to all damage, advantage on saving throws, and your weapon attacks deal extra damage equal to your proficiency bonus.

Tier 10Bonus ActionAt-Will

Action Surge

Spend 1 charge to push beyond normal martial limits. Until the end of your turn, you may take one additional action. This action can be used only to Attack, Dash, Disengage, Dodge, Help, Search, or Use an Object. If you use it to Attack, you may make only one weapon attack with that additional action.

Tier 10Bonus ActionAt-Will

Champion’s Challenge

Choose one hostile creature in the emanation that can see or hear you. For the duration, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls against creatures other than you, cannot benefit from advantage on attack rolls against you, and provokes opportunity attacks from you even if it Disengages. Once per turn when the target damages a creature other than you, you may make one weapon attack against it without using your reaction.

Tier 10ActionAt-Will

Battlefield Commander

You dominate the battlefield through perfect tactical awareness. For the duration, hostile creatures of your choice in the emanation treat the area as difficult terrain. Once on each of your turns, when you hit a hostile creature with a weapon attack, you may choose one additional hostile creature within 10 ft. of the target. That creature must make a STR save or be knocked prone, pushed 15 ft., disarmed, or unable to take reactions until the start of your next turn.

Tier 10ReactionAt-Will

Survivor

When you would be reduced to 0 hit points, fail a saving throw, or suffer a critical hit, spend 1 charge to refuse the outcome through legendary martial discipline. You are instead reduced to 1 hit point, treat the saving throw as a success, or turn the critical hit into a normal hit. Until the start of your next turn, you have resistance to all damage and cannot be moved, knocked prone, frightened, or stunned.

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