I Skyggekrigen er der nogle særlige Backgrounds, Races og Subclasses.
Du er på den Gyldne Vej for at sikre din egen (eller din families) vej ind i Eltarchs Have. Missionen er simpel, find noget ny viden til Det Store Bibliotek i Krasia eller dø i forsøget. En pilgrimsrejse på den Gyldne Vej kan tage alt i mellem et og 50 år. Folk på den Gylne vej kommer udelukkende fra Hyrkim, hvor der bor mennesker, halflings og gnomer.
Stats: Strength, Intelligence, Constitution
Feat: Magic Initiate
Skill: History + Survival
Tool: Cartographer’s or navigator’s tool
Du tjener i Bjergvagten. En 500 år gammel orden sværget til at beskytte Amartas befolkning mod Skyggevæsener. Især Blodrugere som hærger i området omkring Skæbnebjerget er du på vagt efter. Ordnen er for tiden styret af orken Fiora Ghozra der på trods af sin herkomst er blevet en stolt og kendt beskytter af Amarta.
Stats: Dexterity, Wisdom, Constitution
Feat: Alert
Skill: Stealth + Perception
Tool: Herbalism kit or Tinkers Tools
Jungle Born You gain Advantage on all Animal Handling or Nature rolls while inside the Hykleia jungle, but you get disadvantage when using iron weapons, tools or armor. Weapons made with stone instead gets the Primitive Trait.
Level 1: You gain expertise in Animal Handling (if you do not have proficiency, you gain that instead). You can cast the Druidcraft cantrip.
Level 3: You can cast Animal Friendship once a day, without spending any spellslot.
Level 5: You can cast Beast Sense once a day, without spending any spellslot.
A Weapon can have the primitive trait, if made with primitive tools or material. If you roll a 1-2 the Primitive Weapon breaks and become broken.
Broken Weapon: A broken weapon has -2 to hit on attack rolls and -2 damage, if a broken weapon rolls 1-2 it is completely destroyed.
Heroic Break: When an unbroken weapon rolls 1-2 you can choose to destroy it completely. If you do it deals weapon damage as if it hit the target.
Repair: You can repair a Broken Weapon during a Short Rest with a DC 10 Primitive War Tools.
Create New: You can create a New Primitive Weapon during a long rest with a DC 12 Primitive War Tools roll DC 12. If you do not have access to materials, you can find the materials in nature with a DC 14 Survival check. Otherwise, you can pay 1 gp for the materials.