Devil Hunter (Chainsaw Man Supplement)
Devil Hunter[edit]
Executioners Of Demons[edit]
In the world of Chainsaw Man there are those who take on the job of executing devils, these people are dubbed 'Devil Hunters'. A majority of Devil Hunters are self employed and tend to sell off their kills on the market, while some are enlisted into government programs and agencies. Some Devil Hunters may use Contracts in order to give themselves an upper hand against the Devils who roam the world, Devil Hunting is a high risk profession as many Devil Hunters, even those with high skill, are prone to die young. People who aren't Devil Hunters try to avoid these individuals due to the fact they will be reminded of Devils.
Creating a Devil Hunter[edit]
A group of Public Safety’s Devil Hunters, source [1] |
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- Quick Build
You can make a Devil Hunter quickly by following these suggestions. First, Dexterity should be your highest ability score, followed by Constitution.
Class Features
As a Devil Hunter you gain the following class features.
- Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d8 per Devil Hunter level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + Constitution modifier per Devil Hunter level after 1st
- Proficiencies
Armor: None
Weapons: Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons
Tools: None
Saving Throws: Strength or Dexterity, Charisma
Skills: Choose two from the following: Acrobatics, Athletics, Intimidation, Investigation, Perception, Survival
- Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
- (a) 2 Simple Weapons or (b) 1 Melee Heavy Weapon
- (a) 2 Daggers or (b) 1 Katana
- (a) Dungeoneer's pack or (b) Explorer's pack
Level | Proficiency Bonus |
Features | Martial Arts | Uarmored Movement |
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1st | +2 | Devil Contract, Hunting Style | - | 10ft. |
2nd | +2 | Unarmored Defense, Fighting Styles, Martial Arts | 1d4 | 10ft. |
3rd | +2 | Body Training, Hunting Style | 1d4 | 10ft. |
4th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement | 1d6 | 15ft. |
5th | +3 | Extra Attack | 1d6 | 15ft. |
6th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement, Hunting Style | 1d6 | 15ft. |
7th | +3 | Resistant | 1d6 | 15ft. |
8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement | 1d8 | 20ft. |
9th | +4 | Perfected Fighting Styles | 1d8 | 20ft. |
10th | +4 | Analyze, Hunting Style | 1d8 | 20ft. |
11th | +4 | Hardened Mind | 1d8 | 25ft. |
12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 1d10 | 25ft. |
13th | +5 | Senior Devil Hunter | 1d10 | 30ft. |
14th | +5 | Hunting Style | 1d10 | 30ft. |
15th | +5 | Extra Attack (2) | 1d10 | 30ft. |
16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 1d12 | 35ft. |
17th | +6 | Superhuman Ability | 1d12 | 35ft. |
18th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 1d12 | 35ft. |
19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 1d12 | 35ft. |
20th | +6 | Hunting Style, Human Peak | 1d12 | 35ft. |
Devil Contract[edit]
Starting at 1st level, like many others, you can make contracts with devils. However, you know how to make them beneficial on an equal level. You can start out with one devil contract of your choice if you so choose, which you must discuss with your gm to organize its benefits and payments.
You can have a number of devil contracts up to your proficiency bonus.
Hunting Style[edit]
Also at 1st level, your Devil hunting has grown into its own unique style. You must choose one of the styles located at the end of the page. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level, 6th, 14th and 20th level.
Unarmored Defense[edit]
At 2nd level, you have trained to become harder to hit while unarmored. While not wearing armor or wielding a shield, your AC is 10 + your Constitution modifier + your Dexterity modifier.
Fighting Styles[edit]
Also at 2nd level, you have learned your own fighting style. You gain one of the following styles of your choice:
Swordsmanship. While wielding a finesse weapon and no other weapons, you gain a +1 bonus to your attack rolls and AC so long as you are not wearing Armor or wielding a Shield.
Firearm Training. You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
Duelist. While wielding a light melee weapon, you gain a +10 to your walking speed and do not take opportunity attacks from the last creature you attacked on your turn as long as it was made with a light weapon.
Great Weapon Fighting. You add your proficiency bonus to damage rolls with Heavy Weapons.
Dual Wielding. You can add your ability modifier to your off hand weapon damage.
Bastion. You gain a +1 bonus to your AC while not wearing any kind of armor or shield.
Improvised Fighting. You gain proficiency with improvised weapons.
Blind Hunter. You have blindsight with a range in feet equal to 5 times your proficiency bonus. In that range, you can see invisible targets and anything that isn't behind total cover or hidden from you.
Every time you gain an ability score improvement you may swap one of your fighting styles. Finally at 9th level, you have perfected your fighting style. You gain one of the following benefits depending on the previous fighting style you chose:
Perfected Swordsmanship. While wielding a finesse weapon and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to your attack rolls and AC so long as you are not wearing Armor or wielding a Shield.
Perfected Firearm Training. You gain a +4 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
Duelist. While wielding a light melee weapon, you gain a +20 to your walking speed and do not take opportunity attacks from the last creature you attacked on your turn as long as it was made with a light weapon.
Perfected Great Weapon Fighting. You add double your proficiency bonus to damage rolls with Heavy Weapons.
Perfected Dual Wielding. When you take the Attack action while two-weapon fighting, you can make the single bonus attack with your off-hand weapon as part of your Attack action, instead of your bonus action, adding your ability modifier to the damage of this attack. This attack is made with advantage.
Perfect Bastion. You gain a +2 bonus to your AC while not wearing any kind of armor or shield.
Perfected Improvised Fighting. When wielding an improvised weapon, you increase its damage die tier by 2.
Perfected Blind Hunter. You have blindsight with a range in feet equal to 10 times your proficiency bonus. In that range, you can see invisible targets and anything that isn't behind total cover or hidden from you.
Even if you change or gain a new fighting style, you can only have a single perfect fighting style. In the case you change, the improved fighting style will become the new one.
Martial Arts[edit]
Finally at 2nd level, your martial arts practice gives you mastery of combat styles that use unarmed strikes. You gain the following benefits while you are unarmed and you aren't wearing armor or wielding a shield:
- You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of your unarmed strikes.
- You can roll a d4 in place of the normal damage of your unarmed strike. This die changes as you gain Devil Hunter levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Devil Hunter table.
- When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike or attack with a one-handed weapon as a bonus action.
Body Training[edit]
At 3rd level, you have gone through rigorous body training to improve your physical capabilities. You can select one body feat that you meet the requirements of.
Ability Score Improvement[edit]
When you reach 4th level, and again at 6th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 18th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.
Extra Attack[edit]
Starting at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, when you use the Attack action during your turn. At 15th level, you can attack thrice instead of twice.
Resistant[edit]
At 7th level, your strength as a devil allows you to resist certain area effects, such as a blue dragon’s lightning breath or a fireball spell. Choose one of the following ability scores:
- Brawn - Strength
- Evasion - Dexterity
- Endurance - Constitution
- Intuition - Wisdom
- Discernment - Intelligence
When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a saving throw of the chosen ability to only take half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail. At 20th level, you can choose one additional saving throw.
Analyze[edit]
At 10th level, you’ve gained the ability to analyze your enemies and find out their strengths and weaknesses outside and inside combat. If you’re outside combat your DM may let you use this ability, within combat you can only use this ability after one minute, afterwards you cannot use it again until another minute has passed. The DM tells you if the creature is your equal, superior or inferior in regard to two of the following characteristics of your choice:
- Strength score
- Dexterity score
- Constitution score
- Armor Class
- Current hit points
- Total class levels
- Devil Hunter Subclass(if they have one)
Hardened Mind[edit]
At 11th level, your mind has become hardened with your experience. You gain one mental feat of your choice that you meet the prerequisites of.
Senior Devil Hunter[edit]
At 13th level, you’ve become experienced enough in hunting devil’s, that others treat you with more respect because of your service. When around other devil hunter’s, they will naturally treat you with more respect than others. Additionally, you have advantage when asking for favors from any devil hunting establishment.
Superhuman Ability[edit]
At 17th level, you have refined one of your physical or mental attributes to its fullest. You may pick one of the following superhuman abilities as long as you have an 18 in that score:
Superhuman Strength. Your carrying, drag, push, lift, and jump limits all double
Superhuman Speed. You gain the ability to dash as a free action.
Superhuman Endurance. You gain damage reduction equal to double your Constitution modifier
Superhuman Intelligence. You gain proficiency in four skills, languages, and tools of your choice. Additionally, you gain expertise in two skills or tools of your choice.
Superhuman Insight. You can add your Wisdom modifier to your armor class.
Superhuman Looks. You have advantage on all Charisma checks, and you may add half your proficiency bonus to checks when negotiating with devil’s.
Human Peak[edit]
At 20th level, you’ve become the one of the small percentage of people who are humanity’s peak specimens, many of these individuals have peaked in a specific attribute. You may pick one ability score to gain a +2 to its score and maximum.
Hunting Styles[edit]
Assassin[edit]
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An assassin ready to attack at any moment, source [2] |
- Silent Reaper
Starting at 1st level, you know how to study a foe in order to exploit a weakness or distraction. Once per turn, you can deal extra d6’s of slashing damage equal to half of your devil hunter level (rounded down) to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll, this attack must use a finesse weapon or a ranged weapon. Additionally you have the ability to move and act quickly, you can take the bonus action to dash, disengage or hide.
- Veiled Fang
At 3rd level, your allies can provide a great distraction for you to use to your advantage, you may use Silent Reaper while an ally is within 5ft of you and does not have disadvantage on their attack rolls.
- Uncanny Speed
At 6th level, your speed allows you to avoid the full damage of an attack, when an attacker that sees you lands an attack. You may spend a reaction to halve the damage you take, additionally you gain proficiency in stealth if you already have proficiency you gain expertise instead.
- Lying In Wait
At 10th level, you can extend your time to hide, lying in wait for the opportunity to grant a swift but efficient amount of damage. You may spend a full turn action while hiding to increase your Silent Reapers die tier by 1 for the first attack on your next turn, you can keep spending full turn actions with this feature until the die becomes a d12.
- Undetectable
Starting at 14th level, you have advantage on a Sleight of Hand if you move no more than half your movement speed on the same turn.
- Lurking Shadow
Finally at 20th level you are considered invisible to any ordinary creature, attackers can barely gain the upper hand against you in combat due to how evasive you are. No attack rolls have advantage against you unless you are incapacitated, stunned, restrained or grappled.
Tank[edit]
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A tank approaching their prey without a hint of terror, knowing they’ve already won., source [3] |
- Guard
Starting at 1st level your body is known to be able to handle a beating more than other devil hunters, with this in mind you take pride in defending allies and taking blows. As a reaction to a damage roll, you may grant yourself a damage resistance between bludgeoning, piercing or slashing. Lastly, if an ally within your walking speed receives a damage roll, you may spend a reaction to take the damage instead, walking in front of the attack and taking the brunt of the damage, this costs an amount of ft equal to you and your allies distance.
At 5th level you can choose from damage types other than piercing, bludgeoning and slashing
- Danger Sense
At level 3, you’re able to heighten your senses against oncoming danger, granting you an advantage in combat for the time being. As a bonus action you activate Danger Sense gaining the following benefits:
- You have advantage on Constitution saves and Constitution checks
- When you make a melee weapon attack you may add half your proficiency bonus to the damage roll
- You gain advantage on Perception checks
- Once per round you may give your melee weapon attacks advantage, in exchange attack rolls against you are made with advantage
Danger Sense is able to last up to a minute in combat, after ending your Danger Sense you cannot use your Danger Sense feature until you gain a short rest.
- Unstoppable Force
At level 6, your endurance has reached greater levels allowing you to withstand devastating attacks and continue fighting with grievous wounds. When you are in Danger Sense and are reduced to 0 hit points and don’t die outright you may make a Constitution saving throw DC 10, on a success you drop to 1 hit point instead. For every time you use this feature the DC will increase by 5, this resets on a long rest. Additionally, creatures have disadvantage when attempting to escape from being grappled by you
- Resistance
At level 10, your body is now tolerant to certain types of damage over time. When using Guard you can now pick another damage resistance.
- Sensory Overload
At 14th level, your body’s ability to sense danger has surpassed your consciousness, allowing your unconscious body to still react to oncoming danger. Your Danger Sense can now last for 2 minutes, furthermore you may end it early for no action required
- Pinnacle Of Endurance
At 20th level, you’ve finally reached the pinnacle of endurance, nothing can make you falter. You gain a damage reduction equal to your Constitution modifier.
Weapon Wielder[edit]
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A skilled Weapon Wielder effortlessly dispatching a hybrid with the slash of her blade., source [4] |
Maneuver save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength or Dexterity modifier.
- Hunters Resolve
Starting at 1st level, instead of focusing on your speed or durability you’ve focused on honing your skills with all weapons, ensuring that you don’t miss any attacks. Once per long rest you may add your proficiency bonus again to an attack roll. At 10th level you can do this twice per long rest.
- Flurry Of Attacks
At level 3, you’ve become more proficient in your weapon skills allowing you to attack at a rapid rate, wounding your opponents with the efficient and precise attacks you land. As a bonus action you may make 2 ranged or melee attack rolls.
- Secret Arts
At level 6, you’ve created a large amount of techniques to use against devil hunters and devils alike. You have an amount of Secret Arts equal to your proficiency bonus+Strength or Dexterity modifier. How you use these Secrets Arts is via your ‘Usages’ in which you have a number of usages equal to your level+Strength or Dexterity, you may pick the following:
- Style Expert
At 10th level, you've decided to divert your fighting styles to get better at using a weapon of your choice. You get another fighting style.
- Opportunist
At 14th level, you are able to use your skills in weaponry in order to deal large amounts of damage to an opponent, granting you the upper hand in combat. For an amount of times up to your proficiency bonus you may have the damage die tier of your weapon increase. This cannot be applied twice to the same attack and uses of this feature are gained back on a short rest.
- True Weapon Wielder
Finally at 20th level, you’ve become a true weapon master, being able to use any weapon with expertise. Your critical hit range lowers to a 19 if you’re using a melee or ranged weapon, additionally you gain another fighting style and perfected fighting style depending on the additional fighting style you picked.
Contractor[edit]
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A contractor with dolls created by her contract behind her, source [5] |
- Master Contractor
Starting at 1st level, you’ve specialized in making contracts in devils to replace the weakness of your lack in strength, speed or durability. You can make an amount of additional contracts with devils equal to your Wisdom or Charisma modifier. At level 5 this changes to half your Wisdom or Charisma+ your Wisdom or Charisma, at level 10 it becomes your Wisdom or Charisma added twice, at level 15 it becomes half of your Wisdom or Charisma+ your Wisdom or Charisma added twice and finally at 20th level becomes your Wisdom or Charisma added thrice.
- Sweet Talker
At 3rd level, due to specializing in devil contracts and speaking with devils, you’ve learned what makes a devil tick and how to easily persuade them into making certain contracts with a decreased amount of penalty on you. You gain proficiency in Persuasion. If you already have proficiency then you gain expertise.
- Master Hunter
At level 6, you’ve begun to study devils instead of training your own body, via studying devils you’ve learned how to track them down with efficiency and determine what kind of devil could’ve left these tracks. You gain advantage in Survival checks to track down devils, additionally devils have disadvantage at making Insight checks against you.
- Devil Fighter
At level 10, you’ve not only gained the ability to convince devils with ease to make contracts with you but you’ve also gained proficiency in contract related weapons. Weapons that are imbued with contracts or are made via contracts now add half of your Wisdom or Charisma modifier to the weapons to hit.
- Subtle Addendum
Over your time and exposure with devils, learning almost all there is to know, you’ve learned their habits, and ways to persuade even the most deceptive, able to slip your influence into a contract without the knowledge of anyone but yourself. At 14th level you can attempt to subtly alter a contract with a contested Persuasion in order for the contract to be more beneficial to you than the devil.
- Devils Dealer
Finally at 20th level, your influence has become even greater with the contracts you make, convincing devils to make contracts with you that benefit you more than the devil itself is incredibly easy. For every contract you make you gain a +1 in Deception and Persuasion and the amount of contracts you can make increases by your level.
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