Martial Archetype: Vanguard

Vanguards are fearless juggernauts who relish the thrill of battle. Where other men cower at the chaos around them, vanguards use it their advantage, becoming stronger with each foe they vanquish.

Vanguard Features

Fighter Level Feature 3rd Fervour, Dauntless 7th Ceaseless Fervour 10th Mindless Frenzy 15th Swift Surge 18th Battle Focus

Fervour

The longer a battle lasts, the stronger you find yourself becoming. Choosing to become a vanguard, you gain a Fervour Count when in combat which increases by 1 when you deal damage, once per round. Whenever you make a successful weapon attack, you may deal additional damage equalling your Fervour Damage roll x Fervour Multiplier of your weapon's damage type. After using this feature, your Fervour Count is reset to 0.

Your Fervour Damage is 1d4 and increases to 1d6 at 9th level, and 2d4 at 15th level.

Your Fervour Count resets to 0 as soon as combat ends. If you do not deal damage in a round, your Fervour Count is reduced by 1. Any damage dealt with Fervour is not doubled on a critical hit.

Fervour Count Fervour Multiplier 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 7

Dauntless

After facing the horrors of battle head-on, there is little left that you fear.

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Ceaseless Fervour

You have an almost unstoppable momentum while in combat.

Starting at 7th level, your Fervour Count no longer decreases if you fail to deal damage in a round and you may increase your Fervour Count by dealing damage twice per round.

This increases to 3 times at 11th level and 4 times at 15th level.

Mindless Frenzy

The longer a battle lasts, the more effective you become at striking down your enemies.

From 10th level, you get +1 to all weapon attack rolls and weapon attack damage when your Fervour Count is above 0. These bonuses increase to +2 when you reach maximum Fervour Count.

Swift Surge

With practice, you are always prepared to race into battle.

From 15th level, your Fervour Count increases by 2 whenever you have to roll initiative.

Battle Focus

A lifetime on the frontline has given you a strange sense of focus whenever you enter a battle.

From 18th level, you may use a bonus action on your turn to become Battle Focused. For the next minute, any time you use a feature that would normally reset your Fervour Count to 0, it instead reduces it by 2. This ability can be used once and is replenished on a long rest.