Strider

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Class Features

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Hit Points

1st-Level Feature

• Hit Dice: 1d10 per Strider level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Dexterity modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your Dexterity modifier per Strider level after 1st

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Proficiencies

1st-Level Feature

• Armor: Shields, Light Armor
• Weapons: Simple weapons
• Tools: None
• Saving Throws: Dexterity, Constitution

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Aether Stride

2nd-Level Feature

At 2nd level, you can tap into a well of Aether Energy to move with supernatural agility. As a bonus action, you may enter Aether Stride, a heightened state that requires concentration to maintain. This state lasts for 1 minute and grants the following benefits:

• You gain a number of Aether Charges equal to your proficiency bonus. These charges vanish when Aether Stride ends.
• Your movement becomes otherworldly:
  • Gain +10 feet to your movement speed.
  • Ignore difficult terrain.

Usage Limits (per long rest):

• Levels 2–5: 1 use
• Levels 6–10: 2 uses
• Levels 11–15: 3 uses
• Levels 16–20: 4 uses
• Epic Boon (Level 20+): 5 + your Dexterity modifier (minimum 1) uses

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Aetheric Dash

2nd-Level Feature

While you are in Aether Stride, you can expend 1 Aether Charge to instantly move up to 10 feet in a straight line. This movement:

• Does not provoke opportunity attacks.
• Requires no action, allowing you to use it between attacks or at any point on your turn.

You must have an unoccupied space to move into, and the movement must be in a single direction.

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Strider’s Dance

3rd-Level Feature

At 3rd level, you choose an Aetheric Archetype that defines your unique combat style. Your chosen archetype grants you features at 3rd, 6th, 10th, 14th, and 18th levels.

Available Archetypes: (To be written)

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Ability Score Improvement

4th-Level Feature

When you reach 4th level, and again at 6th, 8th, 12th, 14th, 16th, and 19th level, you can:

• Increase one ability score by +2, or
• Increase two ability scores by +1 each.

Alternatively, if using the optional feats rule, you can choose a feat instead of increasing an ability score.

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Strider’s Rhythm

5th-Level Feature

Beginning at 5th level:

• When you take the Attack action on your turn, you may attack twice instead of once.
• While in Aether Stride, you can expend Aether Charges to make additional attacks, allowing you to extend your flurry of strikes beyond the normal limits.