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<blockquote data-quote="Savevsdeath" data-source="post: 4634860" data-attributes="member: 73230"><p>A friend of mine who is an excellent DM but a terrible homebrewer needed a way to put playable and not-weak unarmed combat back into 4e, so i decided to take some advice from WotC and others and came up with this simple Ranger variant and these feats to serve that purpose. Give me your honest observations and any constructive criticism folks, especially in regards to balance.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><strong><span style="color: white">Ranger Class Feature</span></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Fighting Style</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Brawler Fighting Style: You focus on fighting unarmed and either lightly armored or completely unarmored. When you are wearing cloth armor or no armor you gain a +3 bonus to Armor Class. In addition, you are proficient with unarmed attacks and your unarmed attacks have a +3 proficiency bonus and deal 1d6 damage, and when using knuckles you increase their damage die size to a d8 and proficiency bonus to +3. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Unarmed Feats</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Heroic Feats</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><strong><span style="color: white">Martial Artist</span></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Prerequisites: Dex 13, Str 13</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Benefit: When you make an attack with a weapon from the unarmed group and are only wielding weapons from the unarmed weapon group, you gain a +1 bonus to damage rolls with your main hand.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Empty-Handed Defense</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Prerequisite: Dex 13</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Benefit: While you are not holding a weapon in either hand or when you are wielding two weapons from the Unarmed weapon group, you gain a +1 shield bonus to your AC and Reflex defenses.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Paragon Feats</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><strong><span style="color: white">Knockdown Blow</span></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Prerequisites: Str17, Dex 15</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Benefit: If you score a critical hit with an unarmed attack or a weapon from the unarmed weapon group, you knock the target prone. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Epic Feats</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><strong><span style="color: white">Unarmed Mastery</span></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Prerequisites: Str 19, Dex 19</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Benefit: When you make a melee attack with a weapon from the unarmed weapon group, you score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><strong><span style="color: white">Equipment</span></strong></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Simple Melee Weapons</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Knuckles</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Prof +2 Damage: 1d6 Cost: 5 gp Weight : 1 lb Group: Unarmed Properties: Off-hand </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white"></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Savevsdeath, post: 4634860, member: 73230"] A friend of mine who is an excellent DM but a terrible homebrewer needed a way to put playable and not-weak unarmed combat back into 4e, so i decided to take some advice from WotC and others and came up with this simple Ranger variant and these feats to serve that purpose. Give me your honest observations and any constructive criticism folks, especially in regards to balance. [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white][B][COLOR=white]Ranger Class Feature[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=white]Fighting Style[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Brawler Fighting Style: You focus on fighting unarmed and either lightly armored or completely unarmored. When you are wearing cloth armor or no armor you gain a +3 bonus to Armor Class. In addition, you are proficient with unarmed attacks and your unarmed attacks have a +3 proficiency bonus and deal 1d6 damage, and when using knuckles you increase their damage die size to a d8 and proficiency bonus to +3. [/COLOR] [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Unarmed Feats[/COLOR] [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Heroic Feats[/COLOR] [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=white]Martial Artist[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=white]Prerequisites: Dex 13, Str 13[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Benefit: When you make an attack with a weapon from the unarmed group and are only wielding weapons from the unarmed weapon group, you gain a +1 bonus to damage rolls with your main hand.[/COLOR] [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Empty-Handed Defense[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Prerequisite: Dex 13[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Benefit: While you are not holding a weapon in either hand or when you are wielding two weapons from the Unarmed weapon group, you gain a +1 shield bonus to your AC and Reflex defenses.[/COLOR] [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Paragon Feats[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=white]Knockdown Blow[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=white]Prerequisites: Str17, Dex 15[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Benefit: If you score a critical hit with an unarmed attack or a weapon from the unarmed weapon group, you knock the target prone. [/COLOR] [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Epic Feats[/COLOR] [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=white]Unarmed Mastery[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=white]Prerequisites: Str 19, Dex 19[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Benefit: When you make a melee attack with a weapon from the unarmed weapon group, you score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.[/COLOR] [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=white]Equipment[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Simple Melee Weapons[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Knuckles[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Prof +2 Damage: 1d6 Cost: 5 gp Weight : 1 lb Group: Unarmed Properties: Off-hand [/COLOR] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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