Character Options - Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Character Options. The main figures in any D&D campaign are the characters created by the players. The heroics, folly, righteousness, and potential villainy of your characters are at the heart of the story. This chapter provides a variety of new options for them, focusing on additional subclasses for each of the classes in the player's handbook. Each class offers a character-defining choice at 1st, 2nd, or 3rd level that unlocks a series of special features, not available to the class as a whole. That choice is called a subclass. Each class has a collective term that describes its subclasses; in the fighter, for instance, the subclasses are called martial archetypes, and in the paladin, they're sacred oaths. The table below identifies each of the subclasses in this book. In addition, the section for druids presents details on how the Wild Shape feature works, and the warlock receives a collection of new choices for the class's Eldritch Invocations feature. Each of the class presentations leads off with advice on how to add depth and detail to your character's personality. You can use the tables in these sections as a source of inspiration, or roll a die to randomly determine a result if desired. Following the subclasses, the section called "this is your life" presents a series of tables for adding detail to your character's backstory. The chapter concludes with a selection of feats for the races in the player's handbook, offering ways to delve deeper into a character's racial identity. Barbarian Barbarian 3rd Calls on the spirits of honored ancestors to protect others Barbarian Barbarian 3rd Filled with a rage that channels the primal magic of the storm Barbarian Barbarian 3rd Fueled by a religious zeal that visits destruction on foes Bard Bard 3rd Wields the beguiling, glorious magic of the Feywild Bard Bard 3rd Entertains and slays with daring feats of weapon prowess Bard Bard 3rd Plants fear and doubt in the minds of others Cleric Cleric 1st Clad in heavy armo...