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Rogue: Wildcard | New Subclass!
🕑 Added 2025-06-04 15:40:57 +0000 UTCRogues that live their lives on the edge and seek out joy in the unknown can sometimes develop a magical connection with Fate itself. This bond is manifested through a metaphysical deck of playing cards, which you use to observe and capitalize on Fate as you draw from it. And, while the cards themselves aren’t real, the effects they have on reality certainly are.
Rogues that find themselves in this position may have a history with playing cards or thrill-seeking through gambling. Others may have developed the connection through a gift for fortune telling, or even through a chance encounter with a deck of many things. Nevertheless, regardless of how you began playing this high-stakes game of cards with the multiverse, you don’t intend to lose it.
Create pairs, three-of-a-kinds, straights, and flushes with a minimal hand of three cards! Sets of cards give you bonuses to your actions on that turn, so they're always changing the game!
Use powerful wildcards to turn a hand of nothing into a powerful boon!
Throw your cards like magic daggers!
Get a bonus to skills with which you aren't proficient equal to the value of a card you draw!
Be rewarded for rolling a pair of 1s on your Sneak Attack dice! Turn a low-damage roll into a high one, and even poison the target!
Since not all subclasses are tied to a specific setting in Saddlebag Year 6, consider the following pre-existing settings to align this with.
Antronec
Breezeport
Cards and Caravans
Direstone
Echoing Isles
Festivals and Feasts
Heavensteppe
Ilridun
Iphae's Fall
Orostead
Primordium
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As always, further revisions will be made here with published updates as they're released, as needed.
Credits
I was responsible for direction, design, and additional editing for this setting. However, this couldn't be possible without extra help. If you like this setting, consider supporting these other incredible creators:
TheArenaGuy — Editing
Damien Mammoliti — Subclass illustration
And all the passionate playtesters!
This release is also made especially possible by the extra generosity of $12+ Legendary Heroes! Thank you all so much for you support, and be proud of your place in the end credits! You've earned it!
