Martial Archetypes

Different fighters choose different approaches to perfecting their fighting prowess. The Martial Archetype you choose to emulate reflects that approach. Eldritch Knights are not the only fighters to dabble in magic. Some fighters choose to embrace a single elemental magic, becoming paragons of fire, lighting, or the void.

Striker

Strikers have chosen lightning as their favorite element, and strive to master the fury of the storm. They channel lightning into their attacks, preferring close-quarters attacks. Their high-risk-high-reward style is sometimes considered reckless, but is always exciting.

Charged Strike

Beginning when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you can choose to add extra dice of lightning damage to a melee weapon attack or unarmed strike. The damage increases based on your level as shown in the table below. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your constitution modifier (a minimum of once). You regain all expended uses of this feature when you take a long rest.

Fighter Level Charged Strike Damage 3rd 1d6 7th 2d6 10th 3d6 15th 4d6 18th 5d6

Lightning Fast

Electric fields charge your muscles and sharpen your senses. Starting at 7th level your speed increases by 5 feet. In addition, you gain a +1 bonus to your initiative rolls.

Fist of Havoc

You have mastered a technique to channel larger amounts of electricity into a single strike. Starting at 10th level you can use an action to expend 3 uses of your Charged Strike to slam the ground around you with electric energy. When you do so, all creatures touching the ground within a 10-foot radius of you must make a Dexterity saving throw (DC is equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your constitution modifier). On a failed save, creatures take the full damage displayed in the table below, and half as much on a successful one.

Fighter Level Fist of Havoc Damage 10th 6d6 15th 8d6 18th 10d6

Wild Lightning

Your charged strikes have become too powerful to be contained in a single body. Starting at 15th level, when you hit an enemy with a charged strike, the lightning chains to another target as well. If there is another enemy within 15 feet of of the first target, you can deal half the lightning damage that the first target took to it.

One With The Storm

You have become a master of the workings of electricity. It moves through you naturally, like a fish through water. Starting at 18th level, you gain immunity to lightning damage.

Sunbreaker

Sunbreakers are truly a force to be reckoned with. They combine their already exceptional martial skills with the dangerous and powerful art of pyromancy. Seeing fire as a favorite method of wizards, some fighters strive to study its destructive potential further.

Heated Strike

Beginning when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you can choose to add extra dice of fire damage to a melee weapon attack or unarmed strike. This damage increases based on your level as shown in the table below. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your constitution modifier (a minimum of once). You regain all expended uses of this feature when you take a long rest.

Fighter Level Heated Strike Damage 3rd 1d6 7th 2d6 10th 3d6 15th 4d6 18th 5d6

Incindiary Missiles

You have learned to contain fire in a spherical space, so that it might be thrown like a ball. Starting at 7th level you can expend a use of your heated strike to throw a small fireball at a point within 60 feet. All creatures within a 5-foot radius of that point must suceed on a Dexterity saving throw (DC is equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your constitution modifier). On a failed save a creature takes fire damage equal to one of your heated strikes, and half as much on a successful one.

Hammer of Sol

You have mastered a technique to solidify fire into the shape of a throwing hammer. Starting at 10th level you can use a bonus action to expend 3 uses of your Heated Strike to summon the Hammer of Sol. You can sustain the Hammer of Sol for 1 minute, or 6 attacks (whichever happens first). It acts as a magic warhammer with the following properties: