Blacksmiths turn craft into battlefield support, preparing allies’ equipment, repairing damaged gear, and shaping openings with precise strikes. Their work is practical rather than magical: a Blacksmith wins trust by making a companion’s best tool better and keeping it ready when the fight turns desperate.
Make every ally’s gear—and every hard-won opening—count.
Support
At a glance
Forge Dice
Hit die d10
Strength
IntelligenceYou gain proficiency with smith’s tools and two martial weapons of your choice. You can use smith’s tools to craft or repair nonmagical weapons and armor during downtime; at the DM’s discretion, you can finish common repairs during a Short Rest.
You gain a pool of Forge Dice, which are d6s. You have a number of dice equal to your Proficiency Bonus and regain all expended dice when you finish a Short or Long Rest. Your Forge Die becomes a d8 at level 5, a d10 at level 11, and a d12 at level 17. As a Bonus Action, touch a willing creature or a nonmagical weapon or suit of armor and expend one die to grant one benefit: a creature gains temporary Hit Points equal to the roll + your Intelligence modifier; a weapon’s next damage roll before the start of your next turn gains the roll as a bonus; or a creature wearing the touched armor gains a +1 bonus to AC until the start of your next turn.
During a Short Rest, you can repair one damaged nonmagical weapon, shield, or suit of armor you can touch, restoring it to working order. You can also use smith’s tools as a spellcasting focus for no spells, but you have Advantage on ability checks made to identify the materials or workmanship of crafted objects.
When you finish a Short or Long Rest, choose one weapon or suit of armor you can touch and temper it. Until you temper another item, its bearer gains one benefit: the weapon counts as magical for overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks, or the armor grants its wearer a +1 bonus to AC. The AC benefit doesn’t stack with a shield or another class feature that grants a bonus to AC.
Choose a Blacksmith subclass. Your choice grants features at levels 3, 6, 10, and 14.
When you use Field Temper, you can target a creature or item within 10 feet of you instead of touching it.
Ability Score Improvement
You can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
You gain a subclass feature.
When you expend a Forge Die to grant temporary Hit Points with Field Temper, the target can also end the Charmed or Frightened condition on itself.
Ability Score Improvement
When you or a creature you can see within 30 feet takes damage, you can take a Reaction and expend a Forge Die to reduce that damage by the number rolled + your Intelligence modifier. You must be holding smith’s tools or a weapon to use this feature.
You gain a subclass feature.
Once on each of your turns when you hit with a weapon attack, you can deal extra damage equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum 1).
Ability Score Improvement
When you roll Initiative and have no Forge Dice remaining, you regain one Forge Die.
You gain a subclass feature.
When you use Field Temper, you can expend two Forge Dice to grant two different benefits to the same target, or to grant one benefit to each of two targets within range.
Ability Score Improvement
When you roll Initiative, you regain all expended Forge Dice. In addition, once per turn when you use Field Temper, roll a d6 and use that result without expending a Forge Die.
When you use Brace and Turn, the protected creature also gains temporary Hit Points equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum 1).
You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another feat for which you qualify. You also gain an Epic Boon feat or another feat for which you qualify.
When you or a creature you can see within 30 feet fails a saving throw, you can use your Reaction and expend a Forge Die. Add the die roll to the save, potentially turning it into a success. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest.
StrengthIntelligenceHit points per Blacksmith level
Saving throwsStrength and Constitution saving throw proficiencies
ArmorLight armor, Medium armor, Shields.
WeaponsSimple weapons and two martial weapons of your choice.
ToolsSmith’s tools.
Starting equipmentChoose A or B: (A) scale mail, shield, warhammer, light hammer, smith’s tools, explorer’s pack, and 15 GP; or (B) 150 GP.
Skill choicesChoose two: Athletics, History, Insight, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, Perception, or Persuasion.
ResourceForge Dice: a pool equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regained on a Short or Long Rest. They fuel Field Temper, Brace and Turn, and other Blacksmith features.
MulticlassingPrerequisite: Strength 13 or Intelligence 13. When you multiclass into Blacksmith, you gain proficiency with smith’s tools and one martial weapon. You gain no additional saving throw proficiencies.
The surest weapon is the one that never gets through.
A perfect edge makes every opening count.
A good smith can make a battlefield useful.
Blacksmiths turn craft into battlefield support, preparing allies’ equipment, repairing damaged gear, and shaping openings with precise strikes.
Their work is practical rather than magical: a Blacksmith wins trust by making a companion’s best tool better and keeping it ready when the fight turns desperate.
Stay near allies and spend Forge Dice where their impact is greatest: prevent a dangerous hit, bolster a vulnerable companion, or set up an ally’s key attack.
Your own weapon attacks keep you relevant, but your defining moments come from preparation and timely intervention.
Most Blacksmiths begin as apprentices in a forge, learning metallurgy, tool care, and safe work before they are trusted with a master’s projects.
Those who become adventurers learn to bring that craft into the field, where judgment and improvisation matter as much as a steady hand.
People value Blacksmiths for dependable work and often seek their judgment before buying arms or armor.
In troubled places they may be treated as essential protectors; in peaceful towns they can be mistaken for ordinary tradespeople until their craft proves otherwise.
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