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Sample file 1 Table of Contents Introduction ............................................... 3 Credits Barbarian: Path of the Retiarius ............ 5 Authors: Spyros Kanellopoulos, Adonis Kanellopoulos Cleric: Ocean domain ................................ 6 Special thanks: To Nikolas Kalavros and reddit user TigerKirby215 for their insights and advices. Feats .............................................................. 9 Art: All the art is received from the free art packs offered by the DM's Guild except: Chosen of the Sea .................................................................... 9 (Cover) ArtTower, image taken from Pixabay (pg. 3) intographics, image taken from Pixabay Tri-bladed Defender ................................................................. 9 (pg. 4) Ery Prihananto, image taken from vecteezy and Trident Adept ............................................................................ 9 sinisamaric1 image taken from Pixabay (pg. 6) sinisamaric1, image taken from Pixabay Weapons ....................................................... 9 (pg. 8) GDJ, image taken from Pixabay Military fork .............................................................................. 9 (pg. 9) Parker_West, image taken from Pixabay (pg. 11) BilliTheCat, image taken from Pixabay Magic Items ................................................ 10 Designed by GM Binder Νpc stat blocks ......................................... 12 Ocean priest ........................................................................... 12 Retiarius .................................................................................. 13 Battle-Hardened Retiarius ................................................... 13 If you buy the product I would appreciate your opinion at the reviews good or bad, so I can improve. :) DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, D&D, Wizards of the Coast, Forgotten Realms, Ravenloft, Eberron, the dragon ampersand, Ravnica and all other Wizards of the Coast product names, and their respective logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the USA and other countries. This work contains material that is copyright Wizards of the Coast and/or other authors. Such material is used with permission underSample the Community Content Agreement for Dungeon Masters Guild. file All other original material in this work is copyright 2021 by Spyros Kanellopoulos and published under the Community Content Agreement for Dungeon Masters Guild. 2 Introduction his supplement covers the trident weapon in Faithfull of the sea many different aspects. You will find Many deities have claimed the ocean as their domain. These subclasses and monsters based on it, new divine creatures are usually worshiped by races living in the feats that expand it, a new trident-like weapon sea but also rarely from inhabitants of land. The priests of and of course new magic items to use at your these deities embody the dual nature of the sea: healing like a leisure. soothing stream or attacking like a ferocious wave. They are T I was always bothered by the fact that the able to manipulate water as they desire and are masters of trident is a heavier less accessible version of the spear. This the trident weapon imbuing it with magic to achieve the supplement is here to lift the spirits of players that want to desirable outcome. Most of them try to protect the aquatic have a trident based character with unique and interesting environments but some, depending on the god they worship options. See this module as a source to steal ideas and might have more destructive tendencies. implement them into your campaign and not as one packet Here are presented the gods that are represented by the that only goes together. Thus, the variety of options presented dominion domain: here is to make sure that at least one of them will intrigue you, and you will want to include it on your campaign. So, Deity Alignment Domains Symbol without further delay lets try to tame some waves! Deep Sashelas, god Nature, Light blue CG of marine beasts Ocean dolphin The trident weapon and its users The trident looks like a three-pronged spear. Its shaft is Sekolah, god of the Ocean, LE Black fin usually made from wood and its three prongs are made from Sahuagin War metal or corals. It can be used as a weapon or as a fishing Umberlee, goddess Ocean, Wave curling CE tool. Many gods of the sea have claim the trident as their of sea Tempest left and right weapon of choice and thus, many sea creatures are equipped Cloud with with it. For them, it represents their home and the deities that Ocean, Valkur, god of waves LE three lightning look after them. In land, where there are no such bonds, it is War rarely preferred over the spear since it is heavier and harder bolts to master. Having mention that, there are some warriors who pair this uncanny weapon with a net to overcome their adversaries. Retiarius: Sand, blood and glory There are a lot of types of gladiators, but the Retiarius is the one with the most peculiar appearance. With equipment that would suit a fisherman, he often looks like a denizen of the sea or a common peasant returning from fishing. In the arena, he relies more on his wits than brute strength. He usually attempts to entrap enemies with his net and finish them off with his trident while they are still confined. If he loses his main weapons his last line of defense is a small shortsword that he handles with grace. The life in the arena comes with its marks. Having their life on the line every day exacts a toll on gladiators and a typical Retiarius may gain certain behaviors from this: Retiarius' characteristics d6 Characteristic I adore my scars and I use every opportunity to share 1 how I got them. I have lost and even killed many friends in the arena. 2 Thus, I am hesitant to like new people that may perish. I may spare my enemies if I believe that the audience 3 will like it. 4 I breathe and walk to acquire glory. SampleSometimes I try to achieve unnecessary maneuvers file 5 that I believe make me look remarkable. 6 I can't bear to see a fight that's not just for both sides. 3 Barbarian: Retiarius The net rules confuse me can you "I say we advance right now. A real gladiator formulates his help me a bit? plan in the arena." Of course my dear green box, lets start with some -- Ganazur, half orc Retiarius advising his adventuring party facts about the net weapon that will help us to on their plan of action. understand what you are allowed to do it with combat: Retiarius Features A net attack is always made with disadvantage Barbarian Level Feature unless you have certain feats. Since it is a range weapon you have disadvantage 3rd Raised to Impress, Retiarius' Way when attacking with a net at 5 ft. and you have 6th Vigilant strike disadvantage when you attack at long range. You can overcome this by taking the crossbow expert 10th Unpredictable motion or the sharpshooter feat respectively. The ability modifier used for a ranged weapon 14th Lunge attack attack is Dexterity. The net is a ranged weapon and thus uses Raised to Impress Dexterity for its attack. Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, you gain A net attack prevents you from making additional proficiency in the Performance skill. You may add your attacks for a particular action, not the entire round. Strength modifier instead of Charisma when rolling for this For example, if you attack with a net during your ability check. action, you can attack during your bonus action and reaction. You can't dual wield trident and net, even with the Retiarius' Way Dual Wielder feat. At 3rd level, you become a master of utilizing the typical Two-weapon fighting works with melee Retiarius' weapons in ways that seems superhuman. While weapons. A net is a ranged weapon. you are raging you gain the following effects: What of the above this subclass changes: While you are raging the net is treated as a If you attack a creature with a net 5 feet from you, you can melee weapon which means you can use your treat it as a melee weapon. In addition, when you Strength modifier for its attacks and you don't have successfully restrain a creature using a net you can use disadvantage against creatures within 5 ft. of you. your bonus action to make a weapon attack against it Additionally, you can attack a creature with a using a trident. trident using bonus action each time you restrain it When you attack a restrained creature with a trident you with a net deal one extra die of its damage. Vigilant Strike . Starting at 6th level, you can punish enemies that attempt to escape your grasp. While you are raging and a restrained creature within 5 feet of you tries to make an ability check or saving throw to end the restrained condition, you can use your reaction to make an opportunity attack against it. If this attack hits, the enemy creature has disadvantage on their roll to escape. Unpredictable motion At 10th level, you have acquired enough experience capturing others, learning how to overcome similar techniques. You can cast the freedom of movement spell without using a spell slot or material components, but its range is self and its casting time becomes 10 minutes. Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again. Lunge attack Beginning at 14th level, while you're raging, your charges lead to a ferocious strike. If you move at least 15 feet in a straight line toward a target, and then you successfully make a weapon attack using a trident on the same turn, you deal an extra 2d8 piercing damage. Once you use this feature, you can't uSamplese it again until the start of your next turn. file 4 Ebb: When you successfully make a range weapon attack using a trident against a Large or smaller creature within 20 Cleric: Ocean domain feet of you, you can produce a stream of water that pulls it up "The sea may be a cruel mistress, but I warn you the to 20 feet closer to you, if they fail a Strength saving throw creatures that dwell in it are worse.