Inventor (Fire Force Supplement)

Inventor

These are soldiers that use their great intelligence to analyse the enemy and create scientific weapons. Most scientists will usually work at Hajima scientific centre.

Note:

 Creation Time Progression: When a feature says you decrease the time needed to craft by 1 step or tier, it means it follows some variation of the following progression. 3 Long Rests>2 Long Rests>2 Short Rests>1 Short rest>3 per short rest>3 Full Actions>1 Full action>1 action>a bonus/normal action>2 per action... to be continued adding another item per action going past what has been shown.

Creating a Inventor

Quick Build

You can make a Scientist quickly by following these suggestions. First, choose a subclass. Second, put your highest ability scores in Intelligence, Strength or Wisdom. Third, choose from the backgrounds.

Class Features

As a Inventor you gain the following class features.

Hit Points

Hit Dice: 1d8 per Inventor level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + Constitution modifier per Inventor level after 1st

Proficiencies

Armor: Light
Weapons: None
Tools: None
Saving Throws: None
Skills: Choose two from Insight, Perception, Stealth, History, Arcana, Investigation

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

• (a) Alchemist Tools or (b) Tinkers Tools or (c) Smiths Tools
• (a) 1 Simple Weapon or (b) 1 Handgun and 20 rounds
• If you are using starting wealth, you have 6d4x10 in funds.

Table: The Inventor

Level	Proficiency Bonus	Features
1st	+2	Unarmoured Defence, Part of the Force, Subclasses
2nd	+2	Subclass Feature
3rd	+2	Subclass Feature, Tool Production
4th	+2	Ability Score Improvement, Advanced Material Collection
5th	+3	Extra Attack
6th	+3	Increased Utility
7th	+3	Resistant
8th	+3	Ability Score Improvement, Tool Expertise
9th	+4	Subclass Feature
10th	+4	Item Creation Affinity
11th	+4	Subclass Feature
12th	+4	Ability Score Improvement
13th	+5	—
14th	+5	Subclass Feature
15th	+5	Ability Score Improvement
16th	+5	Ability Score Improvement
17th	+6	Extra Attack(2)
18th	+6	Ability Score Improvement
19th	+6	Ability Score Improvement
20th	+6	Item Use Training

Unarmoured Defence

Beginning at 1st level, while you are wearing no armour and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 8 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier.

Part of the Force

At 1st level, you receive a Fire Force Uniform which is used to show membership in the Fire Force and also acts as a layer of protection.

Subclasses

At 1st level, choose one of the three subclasses listed below.

Tool Production

At 3rd level, you've learned how to produce exactly the tool you need: with thieves' tools or artisan's tools in hand, you can create one set of artisan's tools in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you. This creation requires 1 hour of uninterrupted work, which can coincide with a short or long rest.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 18th and 19th 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.

You may also ignore this increase to instead gain a Feats.

Advanced Material Collection

At 4th level, with your knowledge you can gather more materials that you use when collecting materials that are part of recipes for your subclass.

Extra Attack

Starting at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, when you use the Attack action during your turn. The number of attacks increases to three when you reach 17th level.

Increased Utility

At 6th level, you've become practiced in the items that the fire force uses allowing you to deploy 3 fire force items within one action.

Resistant

At 7th level, your strength as a soldier 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

Discernment - Intelligence

Intuition - Wisdom

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.

Tool Expertise

At 8th level, your proficiency bonus is now doubled for any ability check you make that uses your proficiency with a tool.

Item Creation Efficiency

When you reach 10th level, you achieve a profound understanding of how to use and make items. If you craft a item with a rarity of common or uncommon, it takes you a quarter of the normal time, and it costs you half as much of the usual money.

Item Use Training

At 20th level, you develop a stronger use of your created items, which you can draw on for protection:

-You gain a +1 bonus to all saving throws per item you've created.

-If you're reduced to 0 hit points but not killed out-right, you can use your reaction to break one of your equipped created items, causing you to drop to 1 hit point instead of 0.

Subclasses

These subclasses give features upon reaching different levels:

Scientist

Proficiencies:

Weapons: None

Saves: Intelligence and Wisdom

Tools: Alchemist Tools

Basic Crafting

At 2nd Level, You gain the ability to craft items using your skills, being able to craft from the Low Tier Scientist Creations list using the materials and creation time needed.

Enemy Analysis

At 3rd Level, you apply your knowledge to analysing your enemies, you gain proficiency in perception however if you already have proficiency then you gain expertise, after 2 turns have occurred in combat you can make a perception check where upon a success you discover one weakness/resistance and one of the enemies abilities. Upon a critical perception check you find out the enemies hp or ac.

Improved Crafting

At 9th Level, You gain the ability to craft items using your skills, being able to craft from the Mid Tier Scientist Creations list using the materials and creation time needed.

Intellectual Challenge

At 11th Level, you gain the ability to access systems and scan areas allowing you to roll an investigation check with a computer to see if you can analyse the buildings and areas you enter.

Perfect Crafting

At 14th level, You gain the ability to craft items using your skills, being able to craft from the High Tier Scientist Creations list using the materials and creation time needed.

Equipped Engineer

Proficiencies:

Weapons: Ranged Weapons, Simple Weapons and Martial Weapons

Saves: Strength and Wisdom

Tools: Tinkers Tools and Smiths Tools

Basic Crafting

At 2nd Level, You gain the ability to craft items using your skills being able to craft from the Low Tier Engineer Creations list using the materials and creation time needed

Tough Body

At 3rd Level, As you use your equipment more than the other intellectual ones of the same profession, your body has been strengthened to obtain more damage increasing your health and hit dice to d8.

Improved Crafting

At 9th Level, You gain the ability to craft items using your skills being able to craft from the Mid Tier Engineer Creations list using the materials and creation time needed

Quick Creation

At level 11, You gain the ability to make one low tier creation within an action. This can be done up to your proficiency modifier per long rest.

Fighting Style

At 14th level you adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options:

Heavyweight Fighting

You can use your weight, and the weight of your weapon, to land devastating blows. While you are wielding a heavy melee weapon, you gain a +1 bonus to damage rolls and you have advantage on Strength (Athletics) checks to Shove.

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.

Dueling

When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.

Protector

When a creature you can see hits you, or a target within 5 feet, with a melee attack, you can use a reaction to add your proficiency bonus to the target’s Armor Class against that attack. You must be wielding a shield or a melee weapon.

Ranger

You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.

Prefered Weaponry You practiced your hardest at using at using a specific type of weapon, getting a proper proficiency with its weight and feel. Choose 1 type of weapon, whenever you attack using said type of weapon you will have a +1 to attack and damage rolls.

Skilled Engineer

Proficiencies:

Weapons: Ranged Weapons

Saves: Intelligence and Wisdom

Tools: Tinkers Tools and Smiths Tools

Basic Crafting

At 2nd Level, You gain the ability to craft items using your skills being able to craft from the Low Tier Engineer Creations list using the materials and creation time needed using wisdom throws against crafting dc.

Weapons Upgrades

At 3rd Level, You become able to upgrade weapons by attempting a wisdom throw spending a whole long rest to upgrade a weapon with the following effects:

DC 15: The weapon gains a +1 to hit

DC 20: The weapon gains a +1 to damage and hit

DC 25: The weapons damage dice increases by 1 (can only happen once per weapon)

Improved Crafting

At 9th Level, You gain the ability to craft items using your skills being able to craft from the Mid Tier Engineer Creations list using the materials and creation time needed

Matchbox Upgrades

At 11th level, You gain the ability to upgrade the matchbox with better armour, weapons, utility and speed.

Perfect Crafting

At 14th Level, You gain the ability to craft items using your skills being able to craft from the High Tier Engineer Creations list using the materials and creation time needed

Fire Force Variant Rules

Momentum Feats

When a soldier approaches death, they may strengthen their bodies or awaken to new abilities. This rule serves as an alternative ways to get feats, meaning you just need to do certain acts on the campaign to unlock them.

Multiclassing

Prerequisites. To qualify for multiclassing into other unpowered classes by moving levels into other unpowered classes, you must meet these prerequisites: 14 Intelligence.

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