The Sleeper’s Options · Rogue
The Trapmaster
The snares went down before anyone rolled initiative.
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This subclass is sold inside its pack for now.
- 5 pages
- Screen and print editions
- Plain text for VTTs
- US Letter
- The 2024 rules for fifth edition
The cover. The rest is in the PDF.
Rogue Subclass for 5e
Snares are the Trapmaster's trade, trips and snags and tangles, each one hidden against a fixed DC. One can go down as a Bonus Action in the middle of a fight, or over a minute when things are quiet.
Anything Caught in one is a Sneak Attack target, with no ally nearby and no Advantage needed. The fine print is that Caught only comes from ground the rogue prepared personally.
Ten minutes on the Field Read shows where to cut something off. Disarming a real trap earns a snare back, and at 17th level every snare the rogue has placed springs at once. The PDF also includes The Chase, which gives any table a single page for handling pursuits.
WHAT'S INSIDE
- One full subclass for the 2024 rules, with features at levels 3, 9, 13, and 17.
- Balanced against the strongest published 2024 subclasses.
- The Chase, a one-page pursuit procedure any table can run, with one Lead number, quick exchanges, and an interception or an escape at the end.
- A play note and a d6 flavor table.
- A sidebar for converting to the 2014 rules.
- A screen edition and a plain white print edition in US Letter, plus the full text as plain text for VTT import.
- A bookmarked PDF with no password or restrictions.
Compatible with the 2024 rules for fifth edition. Includes material from the SRD 5.2 by Wizards of the Coast LLC under CC-BY-4.0. Full license statement in the PDF. Unaffiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
On the Hunt (Options No. 6, $5.95) gathers this one and the other three hunting subclasses in one place.
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No. 1
Dream & Ruin
A barbarian who teleports through a Rage and a druid whose wall fights back, both built to keep working through level 20.
No. 2
Lullaby & Larceny
A lullaby bard, a sleepwalking monk, a dream-stealing rogue and a warlock who answers to a court, all four for 5e.
No. 3
Ruin & Remnant
What's left of a fortress, an oath, a spell and a temple, in four subclasses for 5e.
No. 4
Keep the Vigil
The night shift, split four ways between a ranger, a sorcerer, a monk and a paladin, all for 5e.
No. 5
Hearth & Home
Home, and four people who keep it safe: a barbarian in the doorway, a bard in the common room, a cleric at the fire and a druid at the hedge.
No. 6
On the Hunt
The Chase, a one-page pursuit procedure any table can run, plus a ranger, a fighter, a rogue and a warlock to run it with.
