Envoy

Foundations
Required Abilities	Dex, Kno, Per
Axiom	Servant
Affinity	Arcane
Spell Casting	Wis
Spell Attack	Kno
Saving Throws	Dex, Kno
Hit Dice	D8
HP @ Lvl 1	Your Con Modifier + 1d8 or 5.
HP @ Higher Lvls	Your Con Modifier + 1d8 / Level After 1st

Introduction

There are those in the world who know that the greatest skill is always tested in the greatest arena.

No Arena is as fraught with risk to life and limb, is as malleable and fluid in the ways and means by which it operates, as the Arena of the Hall.

The Corsairs may take their little gangs and their run things underground, but when it comes to doing the dirty work above the boards, there is only one place that everyone turns: The Envoys.

Spies, they call us. Assassins. Then they remember that we are also the Confidants, the Couriers, the Ambassadors, the doers of things that they cannot be caught doing or will not do themselves but still need done. We deal openly and honestly and honorably. They just don’t always know how to handle it.

The planted rumor. The small frame. The touch of bribery or blackmail. Those are the best weapons. We opt for battle only when we have our opponents mousetrapped. At least ideally. We Envoys are not enthusiastic fighters. We yell a lot about not letting our spy get hurt. Sneaky makes this all work. We want them to believe their ranks, their side, their team are shot with informers. That hamstrings their communications and decision-making and makes life less chancy for us.

It is the Envoy against the world. Thus, it has been and ever will be. But not all can be held or averred by trickery when it looks like the end has come. No one will sing songs in our memory. We are our only mourners.

Role

Proficiencies
Skills (Pick 3)	Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Persuasion, Stealth, Evasion, Culture, History, Eavesdrop, Distract, Counsel, Diplomacy, Etiquette,
Spell Proficiency	Simple, Rudimentary, Intermediate
Armor Training	Standard, Light
Weapon Training	Simple, Common

In the world at large, Envoys serve as diplomats, couriers, ambassadors, confidants, advisors, and consultants. Envoys are social strategists, the people whose skill and training exists to keep pieces on a board and perpetuate the game more often than win it, for the goals they have are always those of the people who hire them.

Envoys who are not hired by the wealthy or nobility often serve as aides to those they are working with, acting to ensure that movement through a city is without problem, and to provide knowledge of customs and small details that help greatly. Envoys are often looked at as being less than useful by many, as they are thought to be somewhat useless in the typical fray of battle, despite their gifts giving them an advantage that few others can do, particularly in dark places and at night, where their skills and talents are at their peak.

This makes them not front-line warriors, but rather mobile support that has the ability to free up others when a battle is at a key point.

Fortes

Shadow Arts

Through the secret arts of the Envoys gained in your training, you can duplicate the effects of certain spells.

1^st Level: As a single Action, you can spend 1 Mana Point to cast: Chill Touch, Message, Minor Illusion Cantrip.

5^th Level: As an Action, you can spend 2 Mana Point to cast: Pass Without Trace, Darkness, Silence.

9^th Level: As an Action, you can spend 3 Mana Point to cast: Hypnotic Pattern, Nondetection.

13^th Level: As an Action, you can spend 4 Mana Point to cast: Confusion, Phantasmal Killer.

17^th Level: As an Action, you can spend 5 Mana Point to cast: Enervation.

You can only do this a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus between long rests.

Shadowsliding

Shadowcloak

At 1^st Level, you have the ability to enshroud yourself and an area up to 1 foot in radius per level from you in a deep, dark shadow that will block all sight and vision, much like a darkness spell. This ability manifests defensively and seems to flow out from your pores. It does not dampen sound, smell, taste, or touch, only sight, and will burn away under intense light. It requires there to be a shadow nearby to work.

You can do this once per day for each Degree of Mastery and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest.

At 5^th Level, you have learned to become one with the shadows. When you are in an area of dim light or darkness, you can use your action to become invisible. You remain invisible until you make an attack, cast a spell, or are in an area of bright light. As an action, you become invisible until the end of your next turn. You become visible if you attack or cast a spell.

At 9^th Level, you can begin to bring one person per degree of Mastery along with you as you cloak yourself in shadows.

At 13^th Level, You can draw on the mystical power of night to rise into the air. As a bonus action when you are in dim light or darkness, you can magically give yourself a flying speed equal to your walking speed for 1 minute. You can use this bonus action a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Shadow-bind

At 9^th Level, you can step upon opponent’s shadow and pin them in place for a number of rounds equal to your proficiency bonus, preventing them from moving during their turns.

Shadow Step

At 5th Level, you gain the ability to step from one shadow into another. When you are in dim light or darkness, as a bonus action you can teleport up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space you can see that is also in dim light or darkness. You then have advantage on the first melee attack you make before the end of the turn.

At 13^th Level, you can bring one additional person per degree of mastery into the shadowstep with you.

At 17th Level, you gain the ability to step from one shadow into another. When you are in dim light or darkness, as a bonus action, you can magically teleport up to 120 feet to an unoccupied space you can see that is also in dim light or darkness.

Presence Requesting

Insight

Starting at 5^th Level, if you spend at least 1 minute observing or interacting with another creature outside combat, you can learn certain information about its capabilities compared to your own. The DM tells you if the creature is your equal, superior, or inferior in regard to two of the following characteristics of your choice:

Knowledge score

Wisdom score

Perception Score

Charisma score

Class levels (or Challenge Rating)

Degree of Mastery

At the DM’s option, you might also realize you know a piece of the creature’s history or one of its personality traits, if it has any.

Infiltration Expertise

Starting at 9^th Level, you can unfailingly create false identities for yourself. You must spend seven days and 25 gp to establish the history, profession, and affiliations for an identity. You can’t establish an identity that belongs to someone else. For example, you might acquire appropriate clothing, letters of introduction, and official-looking certification to establish yourself as a member of a trading house from a remote city so you can insinuate yourself into the company of other wealthy merchants.

Thereafter, if you adopt the new identity as a disguise, other creatures believe you to be that person until given an obvious reason not to.

Impostor

At 13^th Level, you gain the ability to unerringly mimic another person’s speech, writing, and behavior. You must spend at least three hours studying these three components of the person’s behavior, listening to speech, examining handwriting, and observing mannerisms.

Your ruse is indiscernible to the casual observer. If a wary creature suspects something is amiss, you have advantage on any Charisma (Deception) check you make to avoid detection.

Problem Solving

Assassinate

Starting at 1^st Level, you are at your deadliest when you get the drop on your enemies. You have advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn’t taken a turn in the combat yet. In addition, any hit you score against a creature that is surprised is a critical hit.

Death Strike

Starting at 17^th Level, you become a master of instant death. When you attack and hit a creature that is surprised, it must make a Constitution saving throw (DC 8 + your Dexterity modifier + your proficiency bonus). On a failed save, double the damage of your attack against the creature.

Apprenticeship

Starting Gear
Gear	Small Backpack, Tinderbox, Large Sack, 30’ Rope, Waterskin
Tools or Kit	Choose 1: Burglary, Forgery, Poisonry, Postal, Catographer, Inkery, Papery, Scholar, Scribe, Diplomat, Disguise
Focus	Choose one
Armor	One Standard
Weaponry	Two Common Ranged , One Simple Melee
Wealth Bonus	35

Envoys are trained one on one, having been chosen by a mentor who takes them under their wing and has them act as a servant such as a valet, handmaid, or footman, and acting as an extension of the Master. Envoys do not take training from anyone less than a Master, and so have learned some significant skills by the time they are released from the service and training and will have forged some sort of bond with their master.

It is important to note that Envoys are spies, and operate in a shadowy realm of secrets, words, actions, and the ever-conscious use of power and influence – subtlety is a key aspect to Envoys who often will disguise themselves as something else.

As a result, trust is a must for Envoys – being able to trust someone is a key driver of their willingness to be open and relax, for one never knows where the blade in the dark may come from, and all Envoys know that even their own Master could one day be the one wielding it.

At the same time, however, to be a good Envoy, one must possess tremendous romanticism and deep and abiding idealism and have a desire to trust others – for without those things, they would be paralyzed and unable to function. This is often the thing that Envoys spend the greatest amount of time learning, for these are the underlying skills that allow them to avoid the use of problem solving, since that always creates problems itself, and is always done as a last ditch effort, never a go to resort in the halls and corridors of power; discovery of a dead noble or influential merchant requires a great deal of planning or it will inevitably come back upo9n the Envoy as it always their employers who will come under the eye of justice.

Envoys are also aware of a dark truth that most people are not aware of: The Agency employs Envoys, specifically for the purpose of identifying other Envoys and collecting evidence of a crime. As people who occasionally turn to the darker side, they are far more aware than others of the consequences – which for Envoys are never easy or gentle.

Aspects

Orders

At 1^st Level, you can choose 1 First Order.

At 9^th Level, you can choose 1 Second Order, or 2 First Orders.

At 17^th Level, you can choose 1 Third Order, or 2 Second Orders, or 3 First Orders

Precepts

At 3rd Level, you can choose one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 7^th Level, you can choose one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 11^th Level you can choose one aspect from the Member list, or one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 15^th Level you can choose one aspect from the Hieros list, or one aspect from the Member list, or one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 19^th Level you can choose one aspect from the Alumni list, or one aspect from the Hieros list, or one aspect from the Member list, or one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

Maxims

At 4^th Level, you can choose one Dedicated Maxim.

At 8^th Level you can choose one Persistent Maxim or one Dedicated Maxim.

At 12^th Level you can choose one Zealous Maxim or one Persistent Maxim or one Dedicated Maxim.

At 16^th Level you can choose one Unyielding Maxim or one Zealous Maxim or one Persistent Maxim or one Dedicated Maxim.

At 20^th Level you can choose one Absolutist Maxim or one Unyielding Maxim or one Zealous Maxim or one Persistent Maxim or one Dedicated Maxim.

Esoterica

At 2^nd Level, you can choose one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 6^th Level, you can choose one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 10^th Level, you can choose one aspect from the Member list, or one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 14^th Level, you can choose one aspect from the Hieros list, or one aspect from the Member list, or one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 18^th Level, you can choose one aspect from the Alumni list, or one aspect from the Hieros list, or one aspect from the Member list, or one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

Mysteries

Affinity	Axiom	Cipher	Manifestation	Orgone
Arcane	Servant		Circle	Mana
Affinity Score	Axiom Score	Spell	Spell Book	Focal
Kno	Wis	Spell	Grimoire	Wand, Rod, Staff

Spell Level	Spell Point Cost	Actions to Cast
Cantrips / 0	1	1
1 Level Spells	3	1
2 Level Spells	5	2
3 Level Spells	8	2
4 Level Spells	12	3
5 Level Spells	14	3

At 5^th Level, you can choose 1 Simple Mystery.

At 13^th Level, you can choose 1 Rudimentary Mystery, or 1 Simple Mysteries.

At 17^th Level, you can Choose 1 Intermediate Mystery, or 1 Rudimentary Mysteries, or 2 Simple Mysteries.

Mana Stored & Spells Per Level

Complexity ->		Mana Stored	Simple		Rudimentary		Intermediate
Mastery	Level		Cantrip	1st Level	2nd Level	3rd Level	4th Level	5th Level
Novice	1	10	3
	2	20	4	1
	3	30	4	1
	4	40	4	2	1
Yeoman	5	50	5	2	1
	6	60	5	3	2	1
	7	70	5	3	2	1
	8	80	6	4	3	2	1
Adept	9	90	6	4	3	2	1
	10	100	6	5	4	3	2	1
	11	110	7	5	4	3	2	1
	12	120	7	6	5	4	3	2
Master	13	130	7	6	5	4	3	2
	14	140	8	7	6	5	4	3
	15	150	8	7	6	5	4	3
	16	160	8	8	7	6	5	4
Grand Master	17	170	9	8	7	6	5	4
	18	180	9	9	8	7	6	5
	19	190	10	9	8	7	6	5
	20	200	10	10	9	8	7	6

Proficiencies

At 2^nd Level, you gain 2 proficiency slots.

At 6^th Level, you gain 2 proficiency slots.

At 10^th Level, you gain 3 proficiency slots.

At 14^th Level, you gain 2 proficiency slots.

At 18^th Level, you gain 2 proficiency slots.

Ability Score Increases

At 3^rd Level, You gain 2 points.

At 7^th Level, You gain 2 points.

At 11^th Level, You gain 3 points.

At 15^th Level, You gain 2 points.

At 19^th Level, You gain 1 point.

Leveling Table

Level	Mastery	Prof Bonus	Skill	Forte	ASI	Maxims	Precepts	Mysteries	Orders	Esoterica
1	Novice	0		Yes				Simple	First
2		0	Yes							Yes
3		0			Yes		Yes
4		+1				Yes		Rudiments
5	Yeoman / Doyen	+1		Yes					Second
6		+1	Yes							Yes
7		+1			Yes		Yes
8		+2				Yes		Medial
9	Adept	+2		Yes					Third
10		+2	Yes							Yes
11		+2			Yes		Yes
12		+3				Yes		Advanced
13	Master	+3		Yes					Fourth
14		+3	Yes							Yes
15		+3			Yes		Yes
16		+4				Yes		Expert
17	Grand Master	+4		Yes					Fifth
18		+4	Yes							Yes
19		+4			Yes		Yes
20		+5				Yes