Juggernaut Class Traits

JUGGERNAUT

"Think you can stop me? You'd better be right, because if you aren't, it's the last thing you'll ever get wrong."

CLASS TRAITS

Role: Striker. You define "shock trooper", wielding the heaviest weapons and wearing the heaviest armor with ease. You toss enemies aside, batter down their defenses, and set them cowering at the deadly power of your onslaught. Trying to stop you only makes things worse.

Power Source: Martial. Other heroes might put their faith in arcane secrets or pious prayers, but you know that your power comes from the strength of your arm, the skills of your experience, and the steel in your heart.

Key Abilities: Strength, Wisdom, Charisma

Armor Proficiencies: Cloth, leather, hide, chainmail, scale, plate

Weapon Proficiencies: Simple melee, military melee

Bonus to Defense: +1 Fortitude, +1 Will

Hit Points at 1st Level: 14 + Constitution score

Hit Points per Level Gained: 6

Healing Surges per Day: 8 + Constitution modifier

Trained Skills: From the class skills list below, choose three trained skills at 1st level.

Class Skills: Athletics (Str), Endurance (Con), Intimidate (Cha), Perception (Wis)

Build Options: Artillery, Linebreaker

Class Features: Hefty Weapons Focus, Siege Training, Unfettered Destruction, Unrelenting Assault, unstoppable force

_Juggernauts are elite warriors who bring their formidable strength and massive weapons to bear against all who stand in their way. Even those who specialize in raining down destruction are at home on the front lines. At war, juggernauts are masters at breaking up enemy formations and bringing down enemy fortifications. So great is their confidence in battle that wounds only strengthen their will to destroy.
_Despite their reputations, juggernauts are not mere mindless killing machines; few are driven solely by the rush and rhythm of war. In a fight, a juggernaut is just as likely to be a silent, implacable force as a snarling berserker. Whatever his outward appearance, a juggernaut knows that a battle is not won by strength of force alone, but by the skill and determination of each soldier.
_As a juggernaut, you might take up arms for any number of reasons, be they gold or glory, calling or cause. You might be an elite infantryman in the army of some now-crumbled kingdom, an enforcer for a local temple, guild, or crime syndicate, a mercenary-for-hire whose weapon is his only friend, or an unknown prodigy looking to carve his way into song and legend.
_The protective steel encasing your body, the reassuring weight of the weapon in your hand, the stillness of your mind and the steady rhythm of your heart: these are how you know you are ready for a fight. When the tide of battle breaks, who will lay defeated before you?