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Exterminator

By October 23, 2022May 7th, 2024Investigator
With a book of secret knowledge in one hand, a white-bearded investigator raises a torch against a swarm of many-eyed monstrous creatures. He stalks forward confidently, his trench coat flaring out behind him.

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Investigator subclass

Exterminator

An exterminator suffers no monster to live. Trained in the art of slaying aberrations, fiends, and undead, you stand against evil where others falter, and draw your blade before others recognize a threat. Grand schemes and plots are less important than retribution against those monsters which stalk the night, and your thirst for such retribution is unquenchable. There is always another werewolf to be slain, another vampire to be staked, another demon to be banished; people rarely thank you, but you find satisfaction enough in your work.

Bonus Proficiencies

Starting when you choose this specialization at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with martial weapons and medium armor.

Trinkets

By 3rd level, you’ve collected a number of magical trinkets to aid you in the elimination of monsters and other threats. You can use the following trinkets:

Consecrated Whetstone. As a bonus action, you can cast the magic weapon spell once without using a spell slot or spell components.
Gilded Dragon Scale. As a bonus action, you gain resistance to one damage type of your choice for 1 minute.
Wyverntooth Necklace. When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can use your bonus action to activate this trinket, dealing an extra 2d8 poison damage to the creature.

Monster Slayer

Beginning at 6th level, when you take the Attack action, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (a minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.

Silvered Edge

Starting at 10th level, whenever you deal damage to a creature with a weapon attack, it can’t regain hit points until the start of your next turn. Additionally, when you reduce a creature to 0 hit points, it can’t be raised as an Undead creature nor be returned to life by any means short of the wish spell for 7 days.

Killer Instinct

Starting at 14th level, you can use your Exploit Weakness feature twice on your turn, but can’t use it against the same target more than once.

2 Comments

  • Donel says:

    I’m assuming not but just to be sure out of pure greed, when it says you gain medium armor proficiency does that include shield proficiency or is that a separate thing?

    • Mike | Mage Hand Press says:

      Shields are a separate proficiency, not included as part of medium armor proficiency. But it’s a good ask!

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