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Skulker Class Features

1 - Death Mark

You learn the Hunter's Mark spell and can cast it at will without expending a spell slot. While a creature is marked, weapon and poison damage attack rolls made by you and your allies deal the spell's damage as poison damage. This extra damage increases by 1d6 per tier of play.

1 - Skirmisher's Stride

You gain proficiency in the Acrobatics skill.

While you are not wearing heavy armor, opportunity attacks against you are made with disadvantage.

1 - Skulker Subclass

You gain a Skulker subclass of your choice. For the rest of your career, you gain each of your subclass’s features that are of your Skulker level or lower.

2 - Bait and Switch

As a bonus action, you can switch places with an ally within 5 feet of you. This movement does not provoke opportunity attacks. When you do so, your ally can use their reaction to make a weapon attack against a creature within 5 feet of your original position.

You can use this bonus action a number of times equal to your Dexterity modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

2 - Coordinated Strike

When an ally within 5 feet makes an attack roll, you can use your reaction to grant the attack roll a bonus equal to your proficiency bonus.

4 - Ability Score Improvement

You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat (or another feat) at Skulker levels 8, 12, and 16.

5 - Gambit

When you make a weapon attack, you can choose to reduce your attack roll by up to 5. For each point reduced, add +2 to the attack’s damage roll.

6 - Heightened Awareness

Your heightened awareness allows you to notice details others miss. You gain proficiency in the Investigation skill. Additionally, when you make an Intelligence (Investigation) check, you can treat a roll of 7 or lower as an 8.

7 - Noxious Diversion

As an action, you can throw a vial up to 15 feet that shatters in a 10-foot radius, releasing a cloud of smoke and toxins. Each creature in the area must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier) or become blinded and poisoned for 1 minute. Affected creatures can repeat the saving throw at the start of each turn to end the effect.

9 - Poison Expertise

When dealing poison damage, you ignore resistance, and treat immunity to poison damage as resistance instead. Additionally, your poison damage rolls deal an extra damage die.

11 - Silent Negotiator

You can add your Dexterity modifier (minimum of 1) to Charisma (Persuasion) and Charisma (Intimidation) checks without speaking, allowing you to negotiate quietly.

13 - Hex Mark

When you hit a creature with a melee attack, that creature has disadvantage on saving throws against spells and poison effects until the start of your next turn.

15 - Toxic Knowledge

You can use an action to identify whether a food, drink, or object is poisoned without any equipment. In addition, you gain resistance to poison damage and advantage on saving throws against being poisoned.

16 - Healing Fumes

When you or an ally makes a melee attack against a creature affected by a poison that deals damage, you can use your reaction to regain hit points equal to the poison's damage die plus your Intelligence modifier.

You can use this bonus action a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.

18 - Mortal Reminder

Once per turn, when you have advantage on an attack roll, you deal an extra 3d6 damage to the target. If the target is frightened, poisoned, or under another negative condition, the extra damage increases to 5d6.

20 - Expert of Toxins

Whenever a creature is affected by any poison damage effect, it takes the poison damage at the start of its turn, at the start of your turn, and whenever you hit it with an attack until the poison wears off.

Skulker Subclasses

Black Lotus Skulker Features

Black Lotus Skulker

Masters of subtlety and precision, Black Lotus Skulkers specialize in delivering deadly poisons undetected. Their expertise bypasses poison resistances, ensuring even the most resilient foes succumb to their craft.

With a blend of deception and deadly efficiency, they thrive in both the shadows and social encounters—silently taking down targets while weaving misinformation.

Irresistible Toxins (1st Level Feature)

You gain proficiency in the Deception skill.

In addition, you can coat a weapon with poison as a bonus action instead of an action, and you have advantage on Charisma skill checks against poisoned creatures.

Venom in Bloom (3rd Level Feature)

At the start of a poisoned creature's turn, it takes poison damage equal to your proficiency bonus unless it receives magical healing or an antitoxin.

Lotus Mirage (6th Level Feature)

When you take the Hide action, you can leave behind an illusory afterimage that lasts until the start of your next turn.

If a creature attacks or interacts with the illusion, it bursts in a toxic cloud. Each creature within a 10-foot radius must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier) or be poisoned for 1 minute. A poisoned creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success.

Quick Strike (10th Level Feature)

When you have advantage on an attack roll, your Death Mark deals an additional 1d6 damage.

As a bonus action, you can make a Deception check contested by a creature’s Insight check that can see or hear you. If you win, you have advantage on all attack rolls against that creature until the start of your next turn. If you lose, you have disadvantage on your next attack roll against that creature before the end of your turn.

Pheromone Fragrance (14th Level Feature)

Your body exudes a subtle, almost hypnotic scent—a faint floral musk laced with toxins. You gain expertise in Deception and Persuasion.

In addition, as a bonus action, you can force a poisoned creature within 30 feet to make a Wisdom saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier). On a failure, that creature is charmed by you for 1 minute or until it takes damage. While charmed in this way, it cannot knowingly reveal that it is poisoned or resist your verbal commands unless doing so would cause immediate harm. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses on a long rest.

Silent Nectar (19th Level Feature)

While a creature is poisoned by one of your effects, it is also silenced. A silenced creature can’t speak or cast spells with verbal components.

Haunted Hunter Skulker Features

Haunted Hunter Skulker

The Haunted Hunter Skulker is an investigator of the dead—part hunter, part medium—who communes with spirits to track down evil. Wielding necrotic power and spectral awareness, you use intellect to see beyond veils and finish what others could not.

Spirit Guidance (1st Level Feature)

You gain proficiency in the Religion skill. You can speak with spirits and understand the speech of undead.

You learn the Guidance spell. When you cast Guidance, its range becomes 60 feet and does not count against your spells known.

You can cast it a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum once) per long rest without expending a spell slot.

Ethereal Walker (3rd Level Feature)

As a bonus action, you can shift into the Ethereal Plane. Until the start of your next turn, you can move through creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain.

While in the Ethereal Plane, you gain resistance to all damage except force, radiant, and psychic. You can make attacks and cast spells while phased as if you were on the material plane.

Relentless Endurance (6th Level Feature)

When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead.

When this happens, you can immediately make a ranged spell attack against the creature that reduced you. On a hit, it takes 3d12 + your Intelligence modifier necrotic damage.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum once) per long rest.

Unfinished Business (10th Level Feature)

When a creature marked by your Death Mark dies are reduced to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to regain hit points equal to your Intelligence modifier, and you can teleport to a space it occupied on death.

Using this reaction does not provoke opportunity attacks.

Mark of the Damned (14th Level Feature)

In addition, you are aware of the presence, direction, and number of undead within 60 feet, even if they are invisible or behind total cover. While within 60 feet of any undead, you cannot be surprised, and you add your Intelligence modifier to initiative rolls.

You always know its direction and distance while it is marked by your death mark. Your weapon attacks deal an additional 1d6 necrotic damage to marked creatures.

If a marked creature is reduced to 0 hit points by your attack, you regain 1d8 + your Intelligence modifier hit points.

Phase Shift (19th Level Feature)

As a reaction when you take damage, you can attempt to shift out of phase.

Make an Intelligence saving throw. Reduce the damage taken by the result of the roll. If this would reduce the damage to 0, you ignore the triggering damage and any associated effects.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier per long rest.

Plague Doctor Skulker Features

Plague Doctor Skulker

The Plague Doctor Skulker blends battlefield medicine with relentless precision. Known for their ability to act in the chaos of battle, they stabilize the dying, purge afflictions, and grant hard-earned second chances.

Anatomical Insight (1st Level Feature)

You gain proficiency in the Medicine skill.

You learn the Spare the Dying cantrip. For you, its range is 30 feet and you can cast it as a bonus action. It does not count against your number of cantrips known.

Black Vial (3rd Level Feature)

You prepare a number of black vials equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1) during a long rest. As an action, you can administer or throw a vial at a creature within 30 feet.

Ally: The target regains 3d4 + your Intelligence modifier hit points, ends one condition affecting it, and gains advantage on Constitution saving throws for 1 minute.

Enemy: The target must make a Constitution saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier). On a failed save, it has disadvantage on Constitution saving throws for 1 minute.

You regain all expended vials at the end of a long rest.

Plague Warden (6th Level Feature)

At the end of a long rest, choose a number of creatures equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of one). Each gains resistance to poison damage and advantage on saving throws against the poisoned condition until your next long rest.

Field Resuscitator (10th Level Feature)

When you stabilize a creature, it regains 1 hit point.

You can use a bonus action to administer a healing potion to a creature within 5 feet of you. When you do, the creature regains the maximum possible healing from that potion instead of rolling.

You can also identify whether a creature is poisoned, diseased, or cursed without needing to make an ability check.

Life Sense (14th Level Feature)

Creatures of your choice within 15 feet of you have advantage on death saving throws while you are conscious. You can cast Spare the Dying as a reaction, to a creature within range that you can see reduced to 0 hit points.

Epidemic Immunologist (19th Level Feature)

You are always under the effects of the detect poison and disease spell. You automatically succeed on saving throws against diseases or poisons and can identify their source or method of transmission after 1 minute of observation.

Rogue Skulker Features

Rogue Skulker

Masters of stealth and subterfuge, Rogue Skulkers harness the shadows to strike with deadly precision. Their subtle methods allow them to infiltrate and outmaneuver even the most vigilant foes.

With cunning and finesse, they excel in both covert operations and daring ambushes, making them indispensable in any campaign.

Shadow Affinity (1st Level Feature)

You gain proficiency in the Stealth skill. If you are already proficient, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make with it.

You learn Thieves' Cant, a coded language used to conceal messages among criminals and spies.

You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat. This bonus action can be used only to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.

Shadow Step (3rd Level Feature)

When you take the Hide action, you can teleport up to 15 feet to an unoccupied space in dim light or darkness that you can see. You can teleport through walls and barriers if you can see the destination.

Your next weapon attack after teleporting has advantage.

Evasion (6th Level Feature)

You can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a red dragon's fiery breath or an Ice Storm spell. 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.

In addition, you can use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier when determining jumping distance.

Reliable Talent (10th Level Feature)

You have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.

Elusive (14th Level Feature)

You are so evasive that attackers rarely gain the upper hand against you. No attack roll has advantage against you while you aren't incapacitated.

Additionally, as a bonus action, you can grant yourself a burst of speed. For 1 minute, your walking speed increases by 15 feet.

You can use this bonus action a number of times equal to your Dexterity modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Sap (19th Level Feature)

As an action, you can choose one creature within 5 feet of you. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier) or be incapacitated for 1 minute.

The condition ends early if the creature takes damage or another creature uses an action to shake it awake.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Skulker Subclasses

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