The Sleeper’s Options · Fighter
The Thief-Taker
Bring them back breathing.
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This subclass is sold inside its pack for now.
- 5 pages
- Screen and print editions
- Plain text for VTTs
- US Letter
- The 2024 rules for fifth edition
The cover. The rest is in the PDF.
Fighter Subclass for 5e
Only one thing counts toward the Thief-Taker's Momentum, and that's how much closer they actually got to the target. The route they took doesn't enter into it. Backing up for a running start earns nothing, and an enemy who bolts thirty feet has only wound the spring.
The Turn keeps the fighter stuck to anything trying to leave. The Taking makes this the fighter who ends a fight with somebody still breathing, because grappling, restraining and hauling a prisoner off come without the usual costs.
Between fights there's the Book. Put a name in it, ask around, and follow whatever that person left behind. The Chase ships with it too, the one-page shared procedure for pursuits.
WHAT'S INSIDE
- One full subclass for the 2024 rules, with features at levels 3, 7, 10, 15, and 18.
- Balanced against the strongest published 2024 subclasses.
- The Chase, a one-page pursuit procedure any table can run, with one Lead number, quick exchanges, and an interception or an escape at the end.
- A play note and a d6 flavor table.
- A sidebar for converting to the 2014 rules.
- A screen edition and a plain white print edition in US Letter, plus the full text as plain text for VTT import.
- A bookmarked PDF with no password or restrictions.
Compatible with the 2024 rules for fifth edition. Includes material from the SRD 5.2 by Wizards of the Coast LLC under CC-BY-4.0. Full license statement in the PDF. Unaffiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
If you want every hunting subclass, On the Hunt (Options No. 6, $5.95) has all four.
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No. 1
Dream & Ruin
A barbarian who teleports through a Rage and a druid whose wall fights back, both built to keep working through level 20.
No. 2
Lullaby & Larceny
A lullaby bard, a sleepwalking monk, a dream-stealing rogue and a warlock who answers to a court, all four for 5e.
No. 3
Ruin & Remnant
What's left of a fortress, an oath, a spell and a temple, in four subclasses for 5e.
No. 4
Keep the Vigil
The night shift, split four ways between a ranger, a sorcerer, a monk and a paladin, all for 5e.
No. 5
Hearth & Home
Home, and four people who keep it safe: a barbarian in the doorway, a bard in the common room, a cleric at the fire and a druid at the hedge.
No. 6
On the Hunt
The Chase, a one-page pursuit procedure any table can run, plus a ranger, a fighter, a rogue and a warlock to run it with.
