Sentinel

Sentinels are always on the lookout, waiting patiently for the opportune moment to strike. They live in the edge of the fray, striking with precision to keep their foe at a distance.

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Sentinel feats

You can take each feat only once, unless the feat’s description says otherwise. You must meet any prerequisite specified in a feat to take that feat. If you ever lose a feat’s prerequisite, you can’t use that feat until you regain the prerequisite.

You have undergone extensive physical training to gain the following benefits:

  • You become capable, or proficient if you are already capable and are 5th level or higher, with the Athletics skill.
  • When you are prone, standing up uses only 1 meter of your movement.
  • You can make a running long jump or a running high jump after moving only 1 meter on foot, rather than 2 meters.

Prerequisites: Capable with at least one weapon group

Choose two weapon groups to become capable, or proficient if you are already capable and are 5th level or higher, with via the Weapons skill.

If you are a Monk, weapons in these groups are considered monk weapons for you if they lack the heavy and special properties.

You can select this feat multiple times.

Your mastery of weapons grants you extraordinary accuracy. If you miss with an attack using a weapon on your turn, you can reroll the skill check. You can use this feature only once on each of your turns.

Sentinel fighting styles

If your class or archetype has fighting styles, you can learn them.

Once per turn, creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they enter your weapon’s reach. Additionally, if you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons or shields, you gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls with that weapon and a +1 bonus to Defense.

If you are 6th level or higher, when you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, it loses its remaining movement, though it can dash to move further.

Once per turn, creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they enter your weapon’s reach.

If you are 6th level or higher, when you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, it loses its remaining movement, though it can dash to move further. Additionally, once on your turn when you use an action to make a weapon attack with a weapon from the spear group, a glaive, a halberd, a quarterstaff, or a similar weapon based on GM discretion, you can make an additional melee attack with the opposite end of the weapon. This attack has no reach and uses the same ability modifier as the primary attack. The weapon’s damage die for this attack is a d4, and it deals bludgeoning damage.

Sentinel maneuvers

As an action, make a melee weapon attack with a weapon that deals piercing damage to pierce the creature, traveling through to other targets.

If you use a spear, pike, or similar weapon, increase your reach for the attack by 1 meter and each creature in a line behind the creature and within your weapon’s reach must make a Reflex saving throw.

If you use morningstar, pick, or similar weapon, each creature within 1 meter of the creature and within your weapon’s reach must make a Reflex saving throw.

On a failure, a creature takes piercing damage equal to the stamina die, or half as much damage on a successful save.

Enhance

You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.

As an action, make a weapon attack to knock the creature back.

On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage and if the creature is your size or smaller, it must succeed on a Reflex saving throw or you push it 4 meters away from you.

On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.

On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.

Enhance

You can increase the damage, push the creature an additional meter, and target a creature of a larger size for each additional stamina die expended.

As an action, make a melee weapon attack and increase your reach for the attack by 1 meter.

On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage.

On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.

On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.

Enhance

You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.

As a reaction, which you use when you are hit by a weapon attack that you can see, you can block the blow with a melee weapon you wield. Roll a d3 and add the result to your Defense against the triggering attack. You can do so after the roll but before any effects of the roll occur.

As an action, make a weapon attack to knock the creature off balance with your blow.

On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage and if the creature is your size or smaller, it must succeed on a Reflex saving throw or you move into the creature’s space, and it moves 1 meter in a direction you choose.

On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.

On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.

Enhance

You can increase the damage and target a creature of a larger size for each additional stamina die expended.

If the target is Large, you can occupy any space that it left. You cannot use this maneuver if you or the target would end up sharing the same space as another creature or terrain such as a wall.

As an action, make a melee weapon attack and a Brawn check to Trip.

Enhance

You can add the stamina die to the attack’s damage (add half on a miss by 4 or less) for each additional stamina die expended.

As a reaction, which you use when a creature misses you with a melee weapon attack, you can maneuver yourself into a more advantageous position. You can move up to half your speed without provoking opportunity attacks and add half the stamina die’s result to the attack’s damage roll on your next attack before the end of your next turn.

Enhance

You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended and add the full stamina dice result to the attack’s damage roll.

As a reaction, which you use when you make a weapon attack against a creature, you can strike precisely. You make the roll with advantage. You can do so after the roll but before any effects of the roll occur.

If the roll already has advantage or disadvantage, you cannot apply another instance of advantage or disadvantage and you must use this before the roll to cancel out any advantage or disadvantage.

As a reaction, which you use when a creature misses you with a melee weapon attack, make a melee weapon attack against the creature.

Enhance

You can add the stamina die to the attack’s damage (add half on a miss by 4 or less) for each additional stamina die expended.

Sentinel spells

Augment sizes

1 stamina die2 stamina dice3 stamina dice4 stamina dice5 stamina dice
Cone3 meters long5 meters long10 meters long10 meters long20 meters long
Cylinder1-meter-radius, 3 meters high2-meter-radius, 6 meters high3-meter-radius, 9 meters high4-meter-radius, 12 meters high5-meter-radius, 15 meters high
Line5 meters long, 1-meter wide5 meters long, 2-meter wide10 meters long, 2-meter wide10 meters long, 2-meter wide20 meters long, 2-meter wide
Sphere1-meter-radius2-meter-radius3-meter-radius4-meter-radius5-meter-radius
Wall5 meters long, 2 meters high, 1 meter thick5 meters long, 4 meters high, 1 meter thick10 meters long, 6 meters high, 1 meter thick10 meters long, 8 meters high, 1 meter thick20 meters long, 10 meters high, 1 meter thick