level up a5e is the closest to that i can think of in that every martial gets bo9s style maneuvers, but it's scaled down to around 5e balance levels, so it's probably not quite as gonzo as you're hoping for.
but thematically it's just lame. wanted to hunt prey? there's already a class for that - it's called the RANGER.
and daredevil? seriously? it's an adventuring party, that just describes EVERYONE.
i mean, i think james really put it best:
edit: removed the part of the quote about backgrounds because i think at least 2014 backgrounds are fine as is, honestly, and i only took the part james said about feats anyway
mechanical precedent is mechanical precedent. you can house rule otherwise but it probably won't feel right.
just as a reminder, the earliest you can possibly have a 4th degree maneuver is level 12. that's 6th level spells for spellcasters. i think i can believe the guy who can keep up with...
nothing i can think of. a feat would be the easy way to do it, but a stance would make the most sense - the problem is that, the way maneuver traditions are structured, it doesn't really make sense to just "add more" to a preexisting tradition, so precedent would require its own entire tradition...
the added line of "access to a forge" implies smith's tools don't include one (which the tool description says outright)...so i'd probably say a portable forge is, like, a 10 gp item that's like 20 pounds and counts as a bulky item, that can be used in place of a forge. or you could increase the...
i remember in a campaign that's currently on hiatus we had to climb up a large cliff face in a hostile plane with flying creatures harassing us to reach an objective.
we didn't roll anything to climb the cliff face. we just slowly moved up it while we had a conversation between the party and...