The Duskblade

The Duskblade

A dark library of ancient dwarven knowledge, filled with dusty tomes and guarded by mysterious constructs.  You seek to gather and perserve this ancient knowledge, prepare future generations for a life after the coming twilight.  But first, the automoton. You whisper a word and your sword alights with crackling lightning. Running forth you engage your foe, a slash and a rush as the crackling energy releases from your weapon.  The construct falls onto the stone, slain in one fierce blow.  Quickly you grab the faintly glowing tome at the center of this library, turn yourself invisible, and quietly make your escape.

In this product you will find a readaptation of the third edition class known as Duskblade.  You will find that many of the features hold true to the source material, while some areas have been expanded upon.  For those of you that may not have heard of the Duskblade before, it is an intelligence based half caster with a strong melee focus.  It is not dissimilar to an eldritch knight or a paladin, but I think you'll find it has a very different theme to offer.

Inside the pages of this document you will find:

• A Duskblade base class that you can add to your games.
• The Vow of the Keeper subclass which leans more toward the martial aspects of the class and makes an excellent frontliner.
• The Vow of the Seeker subclass which adds ranged fluidity to the class.
• The Vow of the Studier subclass which focuses a little more on using spellcraft to supplement your abilities.
• The Vow of the Leader subclass which provides some charisma-based opportunities and some non-violent means to deal with some encounters.
• The Vowbreaker subclass which imagines what a Duskblade might become if they succumb to despair.

I truely hope you enjoy your time playing this excellent gish class in your fifth edition campaigns!

Change Log:

08/17/2021 v2.0a

• Vow ot the Leader subclass added.
• Vowbreaker subclass added.
• Spell list now identifies source material for non-PHB spells.
• Appendix A: Spells referenced added for subclasses that rely on non-PHB spells.
• Cover page was updated with awesome new artwork.