Make a hoplite shield5/7/2023 March of the Victorious: At 7th level, vigorous military training allows you to push through exhaustion while marching. The bonus provided by you or an ally does not apply if either individual is incapacitated, grappled, restrained, or prone. In addition, you gain a +1 bonus to armor class while within 5 ft. This bonus can only be gained once even if adjacent to more than one character with Shield Wall this ability increases to +2 at 15th level. While wielding a shield, you and each ally within 5 ft. Shield Wall: Starting at 7th level, you have become an expert at defending yourself and those around you with your shield. If you successfully push your target away, you may move into the space it has occupied as part of the bonus action. If the target is the same size as you or smaller, you gain a +2 bonus to your Strength (Athletics) check. As long as you are wielding a shield, you may use a bonus action to shove a creature within 5 ft. Push Back: At 3rd level, you learn to batter away your enemies with your shield. In your hands, a pike loses the two-handed quality, deals 1d8 piercing damage, and gains the versatile (d10) quality. Phalanx Grip: Starting at 3rd level, long hours of training have made you an expert with the pike. Some wealthy kingdoms maintain a small retinue of elite hoplite troops, and, most notably, hobgoblins have maintained the use of the hoplite as the backbone of their army, providing them a level of security while surrounded by hostile neighbors. With advances in tactics and technology, as well as the expense of maintaining such well trained and equipped infantry, the hoplite has fallen out of fashion. Let me know if the ability seem appropriate for the theme, if the wording is correct, power level is balanced, or anything else that could be done to improve the class.įor hundreds of years, the Hoplite dominated the battlefield, crushing lighter infantry and repelling cavalry with a nigh impenetrable phalanx formation. ![]() ![]() I am going for a tank/control class that feels like heavy infantry that can either hold it position or dislodge the enemy from theirs. I've come across a hoplite subclass in the past, but it seemed too wordy for my taste, so I wanted to make my own iteration. Recently got back to making some homebrew subclasses after many months off.
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