🔮5e - Excellence🔮
Some are fated to be the best, the apex, the pinnacle of their craft that all others aspire to. Such perfection demands single-minded determination, unending resolve and focus, and the luck of innate talent.
Those destined for Excellence impact the world — often at the cost of countless sacrifices along the way.
Source of Inspiration: Failure: Every failed attempt is a chance for growth and each time you fall you stand up stronger. You gain ✨Inspiration whenever the Game Master calls for you to make an D20 Test and the final result of the D20 roll is a natural 1.
Inspiration Feature: Practiced Edge: A perfected technique is often the difference between victory and defeat. After you make a D20 Test, you may spend your inspiration to add a +5 bonus to that roll, possibly turning a Failure into a Success.
Fulfilling Your Destiny
You fulfill your destiny of Excellence when you perform a crowning achievement in your field.
Create a masterpiece, defeat the master of your martial art, become famous for a glorious act of heroism, or become renowned as the best in your field.
Fulfillment Feature: A Technique Perfected: You have achieved the apex in at least some small area of mortal ability. Choose an ⚙️Ability Scores, 🤺Combat Tradition, or ☄️School of Magic.
- Ability Score: When you make an ability check using the chosen ability score and can add your proficiency bonus, you gain a d12 expertise die in addition to any expertise die you would normally add to those rolls.
- Combat Tradition Attacks you make using combat maneuvers from this tradition gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls.
- School of Magic: When you cast a spell from this school of magic, your spell save DC is treated as 2 higher and you gain a +2 bonus on any spell attack roll it requires.
Table: Excellence Destiny
| D6 | Motivation |
|---|---|
| 1 | Expression: Your craft is the ultimate projection of your inner self. |
| 2 | Glory: The whole world will know your name. |
| 3 | Craftsmanship: You aim to do the best possible. |
| 4 | Legacy: You would place your name amongst the legends for generations to come. |
| 5 | Competition: Your story cannot be separated from the friendly rivalry or bitter feud at the center of your ambition. |
| 6 | Passion: Your field is your obsession and your life. |