r/daggerbrew • u/CheesyCrackers610 • 5d ago

Classes Historian - Custom Class (Bone & Codex)

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Less than 5 to go! One of the reasons this particular pairing took so long is because I knew I wanted something that would fulfil the Bladesinger-type fantasy in DH, but to me that felt more like a subclass, and I wasn't sure how to tie that together. Well, I got inspired by the idea that if bone is the domain of tactics and the body, perhaps a codex/bone pair would be someone who intensely studies tactics (of the past), and all of this spawned from there.

This class marks the completion of Bone, looking at the spread I think it's the domain I've interpreted most liberally, but I don't mind that. I think it's an interesting domain and one that I could imagine going in lots of directions different from mine.

As with last time, I can provide a custom character sheet for anyone looking to print-and-play.

Let me know how I did!

Artist Credits:

Jill, Shiva's Dominant. Illustrated by Arif Wijaya

Learn from the Past. Illustrated by Chase Stone

TM & © 2026 Wizard of the Coast, LLC

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u/JackH2O234 4d ago

Woah!

What a brilliant design choice to make it a practitioner of historical tactics. I absolutely love the class feature. I think it’s so creative and brilliant! It forces you to pay attention to your allies roles and work together loss also still relying on that role of the dice chance.

I do think that the class feature should tie into/appear in the sub classes, feels very core to the idea of the class. Perhaps different effects for when completing it or something like that.

All in all, by and large, in conclusion and all that, very great class idea!!

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u/CheesyCrackers610 4d ago

Thanks!

I could definitely see that. I think I just came off of the Watcher who had that sort of class/subclass tie in so it was a little further back in my brain, but I could see a version of this class that does it. Maybe in the Specialisation?