Class: Warrior

Recommended Domains: Body (grit, endurance) & Stone (resilience, stubbornness)

Trait Focus: Strength

Not all warriors channel divine callings or ancient rage. Some just grew up in rail camps and busted saloons.

The Roughneck is a brawler forged in sweat and shattered bones — a living battering ram who turns anything in reach into a weapon. Whether it’s a bottle, a boot, or a broken chair leg, a Roughneck knows one truth: anything can be a weapon if you hit hard enough.

FOUNDATION FEATURE — Brawler’s Instincts

When you fight hand-to-hand or with something improvised:

• Unarmed strikes deal 1d6 + Strength and count as magical.
• Improvised weapons deal 1d8 + Strength.
• Once per scene when you hit with an unarmed or improvised attack, you may add your Hope die to the damage roll.

At higher levels (GM discretion ≈ Tier 3), your attacks ignore resistance to mundane bludgeoning damage.

SPECIALIZATION FEATURE — Live for the Fight

While you’re in the thick of it, nothing moves you unless you let it.

• You have Advantage on rolls to shove or resist being shoved or knocked down.
• When you successfully shove, knock back, or grapple a creature, you gain temporary HP equal to your Strength modifier (once per turn).
• If you spend 1 Hope after landing a shove, you may push the creature one range farther (Close → Near, Near → Far).