As a Reaver your role is to master the blade. No one can move as fast or as elegantly as you can in combat. You slash and pierce from move to move in a flurry of blades. No one can match your grace in combat, nor shall they forget your dancing blade.

The Reaver is all about using chain-based attacks and combining moves and stances in order to deal large amounts of damage in the battlefield, while maintaining the mobility to dart from foe to foe, a solid alternative for a fighter esc class.

1d10 per Reaver level Hp at 1st level: 10 + Constitution Mod. Hp after 1st level: 1d10 + Constitution Mod.

Armour: Light armour, Medium armour, shields

Weapons: Simple weapons, martial melee weapons.

Tools: One type of artisan's or one musical instrument

Saving Throws: Dexterity, Charisma

Skills: Choose two from: Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Athletics, Forging, History, Insight, Intimidation, Perception, Sleight of Hand, Stealth.

Skill: Gain proficiency with Performance.

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

• (a) chain shirt or (b) leather armour and a dagger
• (a) a martial weapon and a shield or (b) two martial weapons
• (a) a dungeoneer's pack or (b) an explorer's pack

At 1st level, you find yourself learning the footwork of the dance. You are able to move in a more controlled manner as well as being able to move faster than before. Gain +20ft movement.

At 1st level, on your turn, you can use a bonus action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your reaver level. Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.

At 2nd level, you learn the way of the dance. You flow with the blade from one strike to another. Each attack is just another move within your performance. You can chain Basic Dance moves using a blade as long you hit with your last move (for a maximum of your chain limit seen in the leveling table not including the first move). The chain starting move is what is used. For example, if the first move costs an action, then the dance costs an action to start, however anything chained afterwards is free. When dancing, the next move you wish to perform cannot be the same as the previous move.

You learn your first stance, the basic stance. This is the stance that you start in at the beginning at combat and contains the following moves you can use to construct a dance.

At 3rd level, you can choose a move from an archetype that you emulate in the exercise of your Reaver abilities. You can learn a new move at 3rd level and then again at 7th, 13th, 15th, 18th and 20th level. - Stance of the Crimson Lotus - Stance of the Stone Mountain - Stance of the Emerald Eagle After learning a move from a stance, you learn how to enter that specific stance.

At 5th level, your foot work is honed enough that they almost work by themselves allowing you to dodge attacks that you can see being make against you. For a reaction you can halve the attacks damage against you assuming you can see the attack.

Beginning at 6th level you develop a new set of moves that can be used to interrupt attacks made against you. These moves can be done in any stance.

At 8th level, you can close your eyes and force the song of the dance to sooth your mind. You can use your action to end one effect on yourself that is causing you to be charmed or frightened.

At 8th level, you learn how to tie a ribbon to the end of your blade. Doing so allows you to flow better within your dances. Blades with attached ribbons give you an addition +2 to damage involving weapon damage.

You hone your basic moves and create some new techniques. You can also now choose to start in this stance unless you are ambushed.

At 11th level, you refine your basic and intermediate stance into one new “Formless Stance” When in the formless stance you can use moves from both the basic and the intermediate stance. At 18th level you refine this stance to include the advanced move set.

Beginning at 14th level, at the start of a combat round you can choose any stance you start in as long as you haven’t been ambushed. The “Change Stance” Move DC is now 6 rather than 10.

At 17th level, you master a new set of advanced moves that you can execute in a new stance.

At 20th level you have mastered the dance in almost every way. With this knowledge you discover the perfect resonating rhythm to perform a flawless dance. If the first move in a dance is a critical success, enter a flawless dance. In a flawless dance a critical success does not cost any chain count. The flawless dance ends when you fail to get a critical success. If this happens you begin a normal dance treating the flawless dance as your first move.

Rapiers gain a plus 2 to damage. You can only have one rhythm at a time. You must have at least one move from the stance to learn this. It takes a full long rest to swap Rhythms.

These moves must be learnt in order.

You gain proficiency in Constitution Saving Throws. Gain +1 to your AC. Great swords gain a plus 1 to damage. You can only have one rhythm at a time. You must have at least one move from the stance to learn this. It takes a full long rest to swap Rhythms

These moves must be learnt in order.

You gain proficiency in Wisdom saving Throws. Gain +2 to your damage reduction.

You can only have one rhythm at a time. You must have at least one move from the stance to learn this. It takes a full long rest to swap Rhythms

These moves must be learnt in order.