If we’re making Daredevil in DnD 5e, we need somewhere who knows the law.  Let’s make an old timey lawyer- a barrister!

Barrister

You know the law.  You’ve trained under smart men and women who taught you how to speak and how to convince.  You’re smart, driven, and convinced that the law is the only way to get true justice.

Skill Proficiencies: Persuasion, Nobility

Languages: Two of your choice

Equipment:A set of fine clothing, four books of local law from your home region, and a belt pouch containing 15 gp

Feature: Ability to Defend

As a barrister, you know the local law of most locations.  This provides you with the ability to defend those who run afoul of it, including yourself.  When you or an ally are accused of a crime by a lawful entity, you may speak in the defense of those individuals.  You are not guaranteed success, but you know how to ask for a trial instead of swift, brutal justice.  Also, any non lawful group such a mob may not listen to any defense you mount for you or your clients.

d8 Personality

1 I follow a barrister from the past as an example of how to live and how to interact with the law.

2 I use the law to my own ends twisting phrases as I see fit.

3 I see the law is merely a guideline that can be rigid or flexible as it needs to be.  This is how I see most of life.

4 The law as written is infallible and must be defended as such!

5 The fringes of the world need the gift of law to truly become great places.

6 I strive to constantly change the law to generate a more just society.

7 I will only serve the just and the law guides me to them.

8 Those who break the law often have deep pockets and thus must be defended from the law.

d6 Ideal

1 Greed. Only the finest in life will do! (Chaotic)

2 Order.  Without law we are no better than beasts. (Lawful)

3 Generosity. The weak must be defend by and from the law. (Good)

4 Authority. From the law, I demand control. (Evil)

5 Community. The law bring people together through common goals and hopes. (Good)

6 Aspiration. The law allows me a chance to better improve myself through a trade. (Any)

d6 Bond

1 Being a barrister doesn’t start cheep, and I’m indebted to someone.

2 I was on the wrong side of the law, and someone saved me from that fate.  Now I’m working to help others in the same boat.

3 I saved one of my companions from some repercussions of their actions.  Now I’m waiting for them to pay up.

4 I will make the world a better place one argument at a time.

5 I come from a place of chaos and now have seen a place ruled by order.  I will spread that order.

6 My family was poor, but found me this trade.  I will never let them be poor again!

d6 Bond

1 I can’t turn down those in trouble, no matter what the cause.

2 I can’t stand the poor.

3 If you don’t have coin then you are most likely guilty.

4 I can see guilt from a mile away.

5 I think everyone is innocent even when the evidence says otherwise.

6 I’m not proud of what I’ve done or said, and any who remind me get my full wrath.

Thoughts?

Been watching some Daredevil.  Let’s make some ideas for that.

See the Unseen

You can see what no one else can see.  Gain the following:

• Gain proficiency in perception or double your proficiency bonus to perception.
• Gain blindsight 30 feet.

Thoughts?

Let’s build on to the fighter’s maneuvers!

Tit-for-Tat.  When you are damaged by a melee attack from an enemy, you may spend a superiority die to gain advantage on the next attack on that enemy as well as gaining bonus damage equal to the rolled result of your superiority die on that one attack.

Thoughts?

If you don’t want to multiclass, but you want some spells, let’s add some feats to build on this idea!

Magic Adept

Prerequisite: Magic Initiate

For the class you choose for Magic initiate, you gain the following:

• Gain two more cantrips
• Learn three more 1st level spells and the ability to cast two more 1st level spells before you must take a long rest.  You may cast the same spell more than once but each spell you cast uses a 1st level spell slot from Magic Initiate or this feat.
• Learn two second level spells and the ability to cast one second level spell from this class.

Thoughts?

I know you can grant advantage to a friend as an action, but what if you could do it as part of a strike?

Face Strike

You go for the face to not only cause pain, but to distract your foes for your friends.  Gain the following benefits:

• Increase your dexterity or strength by 1 to a maximum of 20.
• When you make an attack with a weapon, you can take a -5 to the attack roll.  If you do and the attack hits, you damage the creature as normal, but the next ally to attack the target has advantage.

Thoughts?

If your hemmed in by kobolds on all sides, you want a friend for your back!  I think two fighters who know what their doing should be able to do some pretty impressive stuff.  Let’s make that happen!

Back to Back

You and your friend have trained to perfection to keep each other alive.  As a bonus action, you can activate this feat.  If you are engaged with another ally who has activated this feat, you both impose disadvantage on any melee attacks and spells with the touch descriptor either of you receive till the end of your next turn.

Thoughts?

One last DnD 5e feat for a bit.  I like the downtime mechanic, but I’d like to build on it.  How about a feat to be quicker at applying it?

Quick Study

You are a very quick learner picking up skills that would take years to master in weeks.  You’re nimble fingers make any time you would take to fix gear and build things pass in the blink of an eye.  When you use downtime days to do any activity or training, the amount of days and money necessary to complete the task is cut in half.

Thoughts?

Let’s keep the hits rolling with a new idea for Goliaths

The Stone People

You are the bedrock your people build upon.  You can not be stopped, only slowed.  Gain the following benefits:

• Increase your constitution or strength by 1 to a maximum of 20.
• Your stones endurance increases to 2d12.  At level 5 it becomes 3d12.  At level 10, it is 4d12. At level 15, it is 5d12, and at level 20, your stones endurance is 6d12.  You must still take a short or long rest to refresh this ability.

Thoughts?