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past—or present? Are you on the run from the law or The Rogue
from an angry thieves’ guild master? Or did you leave
Proficiency Sneak
your guild in search of bigger risks and bigger rewards? Level Bonus Attack Features
Is it greed that drives you in your adventures, or some
1st +2 1d6 Expertise, Sneak Attack,
other desire or ideal?
Thieves’ Cant
What was the trigger that led you away from your pre-
2nd +2 1d6 Cunning Action
vious life? Did a great con or heist gone terribly wrong
3rd +2 2d6 Roguish Archetype
cause you to reevaluate your career? Maybe you were
4th +2 2d6 Ability Score Improvement
lucky and a successful robbery gave you the coin you
needed to escape the squalor of your life. Did wander- 5th +3 3d6 Uncanny Dodge
lust finally call you away from your home? Perhaps you 6th +3 3d6 Expertise
suddenly found yourself cut off from your family or your 7th +3 4d6 Evasion
mentor, and you had to find a new means of support. Or 8th +3 4d6 Ability Score Improvement
maybe you made a new friend—another member of your 9th +4 5d6 Roguish Archetype feature
adventuring party—who showed you new possibilities for 10th +4 5d6 Ability Score Improvement
earning a living and employing your particular talents.
11th +4 6d6 Reliable Talent
Quick Build 12th +4 6d6 Ability Score Improvement
13th +5 7d6 Roguish Archetype feature
You can make a rogue quickly by following these sug-
14th +5 7d6 Blindsense
gestions. First, Dexterity should be your highest ability
score. Make Intelligence your next-highest if you want to 15th +5 8d6 Slippery Mind
excel at Investigation. Choose Charisma instead if you 16th +5 8d6 Ability Score Improvement
plan to emphasize deception and social interaction. Sec- 17th +6 9d6 Roguish Archetype feature
ond, choose the criminal background. 18th +6 9d6 Elusive
19th
Class Features 20th +6 10d6 Ability Score Improvement
10d6
Stroke of Luck
+6
As a rogue, you have the following class features.
At 6th level, you can choose two more of your proficien-
Hit Points cies (in skills or with thieves’ tools) to gain this benefit.
Hit Dice: 1d8 per rogue level Sneak Attack
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Beginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and
Constitution modifier per rogue level after 1st exploit a foe’s distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an
Proficiencies extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack
if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must
Armor: Light armor
use a finesse or a ranged weapon.
Weapons: Simple weapons, hand crossbows,
You don’t need advantage on the attack roll if another
longswords, rapiers, shortswords
enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn’t
Tools: Thieves’ tools
incapacitated, and you don’t have disadvantage on the
Saving Throws: Dexterity, Intelligence attack roll.
Skills: Choose four from Acrobatics, Athletics, The amount of the extra damage increases as you gain
Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, levels in this class, as shown in the Sneak Attack column
Perception, Performance, Persuasion, Sleight of of the Rogue table.
Hand, and Stealth
Thieves’ Cant
Equipment
During your rogue training you learned thieves’ cant, a
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the
secret mix of dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to
equipment granted by your background:
hide messages in seemingly normal conversation. Only
• (a) a rapier or (b) a shortsword another creature that knows thieves’ cant understands
• (a) a shortbow and quiver of 20 arrows or (b) such messages. It takes four times longer to convey such
a shortsword a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly.
• (a) a burglar’s pack, (b) a dungeoneer’s pack, or (c) an In addition, you understand a set of secret signs and
explorer’s pack symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as
• Leather armor, two daggers, and thieves’ tools whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a thieves’
guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in
Expertise an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for
thieves on the run.
At 1st level, choose two of your skill proficiencies, or
one of your skill proficiencies and your proficiency with
thieves’ tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any
ability check you make that uses either of the chosen
proficiencies.

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