Claws

Claws is a Primary Power Set for Brutes, Scrappers, and Stalkers.

Your claws are bones or blades that extend from your hands or forearms. The lightweight, natural feel of claws allows you to strike quickly and nimbly. They are considered finesse weapons, allowing you to use either your Strength or Dexterity Modifier for your attack and damage rolls. Each claw strike deals slashing damage equal to 1d6 plus whichever Modifier you choose, and you may apply your Modifier to the damage of an offhand claw attack you make using your Bonus Action.

Claws Features

Pushback

Your Shockwave feature may cause Pushback. Whenever a feature that uses an attack roll and it causes Pushback, your target will be pushed 15 feet away from you. If the attack roll is a critical hit, the distance is increased to 30 feet and the target must make a Dexterity Saving Throw or be knocked prone. If your Pushback shoves a creature into an obstacle, such as a wall or a Huge or larger creature, it suffers 1d6 bludgeoning damage for every five whole feet it would have otherwise traveled. Divide the remaining distance by five and round down.

Claws Expertise

Your claws are an extension of your hands -- literally. For the purposes of this Power Set, your Claws are functionally identical to a shortsword (from the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Player's Handbook). This Power Set does not confer proficiency with any weapon.

• Extra Attack: When you use your Action to make a melee attack with your Claws, you can make a second attack against any creature that you can see in melee range as part of the same Action. Each attack uses its own attack and damage rolls. You can make additional attack rolls at higher levels, depending on your Archetype.
  • Brute: At 6th level, you can make two additional attacks, and at 12th level you can make three.
  • Scrapper or Stalker: At 5th level, you can make two additional attacks, at 10th level you can make three, and at 15th level you can make four.
• Bonus Attack: Whenever you use your Action to make at least one Claw attack, you may make one Claws attack with your off hand using your Bonus Action. You apply your Strength or Dexterity Modifier to the damage for your Bonus Attack.
• Versatile Endurance: You can apply Endurance Dice to the attack rolls of your Claws attacks as well as the damage rolls. These dice are applied individually.

Maneuvers

You can also use your Action to make special maneuvers with your Claws. You can use Swipe, Strike, and Slash all at 1st level.

• Swipe (1st): Whenever you use your Reaction to make an Opportunity Attack with your Claws, you may make a second attack against another creature that you can see and is within reach, even if that second creature didn't prompt an Opportunity Attack.
• Strike (1st): If you make a successful Claws attack against a creature using your Action, and make an additional Claws attack as part of the same Action using your Extra Attack feature, you may re-roll any damage die for any attack after the first if the die result is a 1 or 2. If you have multiple eligible damage dice, you may choose which, if any, to re-roll, but you must use the new result for each if you do so. You must apply at least one Endurance Die to the attack roll for the first attack
• Slash (1st): If you give yourself disadvantage on a Claws attack roll that uses your Action, the attack roll is successful, you add at least one Endurance Die to your damage roll, and deal at least one point of damage, the target suffers an additional 1d6 slashing damage and is dazed until the end of its next turn. A dazed creature automatically fails Strength and Dexterity Saving Throws, and all attack rolls made against the creature have advantage.

Spin

At 2nd level, you can use your Action to spin around in a circle with both sets of Claws extended. Each creature within 8 feet must make a Dexterity Saving Throw or take 4d6 slashing damage. If the creature's roll is successful, it takes half damage.

Follow Up

Starting at 3rd level if you are a Brute or a Scrapper, you can use your Bonus Action to make a feinting attack. Make a melee attack roll against a creature. This attack roll cannot be a critical hit but will still succeed on any result that would otherwise be one. If the attack roll is successful, you gain advantage on any Claws melee attack roll against the creature, and the creature becomes vulnerable to slashing damage. Both effects last until the end of your next turn. This feature is not available to Stalkers.

Focus

At 7th level, you can slam your Claws together, creating a shock of energy that ripples out from you. Use your Action to select a creature you can see within 15 feet. That creature must make a successful Dexterity Saving Throw or take 6d6 force damage and be knocked prone. If the creature's Saving Throw is successful, it takes half damage and is not knocked prone.

You can use Shockwave at 12th level.

• Shockwave (12th): You can use your Focus feature but broaden the effect to strike multiple creatures at the cost of some damage. At your option, you release your attack in a cone 30 feet long and 45 feet wide. Each creature that fails its Saving Throw suffers 4d6 damage but suffers Pushback in addition to being knocked prone. A creature that makes a successful roll suffers half damage and is not pushed back or knocked prone.

Eviscerate

At 10th level, you can use your Action to slash forward violently in a cone 7 feet long and 10 feet wide. Each creature in front of you must make a Dexterity Saving Throw or take 6d6 slashing damage. The creature will suffer an additional effect depending on your Archetype.

• Brute: All attack rolls made against the creature have advantage, and all Constitution Saving Throws made by the creature have disadvantage. Both effects last until the end of its next turn.
• Scrapper or Stalker: The creature suffers an additional 6d6 slashing damage.

If the creature's Saving Throw is successful, it takes half damage and suffers no other effects.