Storybound are leaders whose courage and empathy make other people braver. They turn attention, promises, and shared purpose into practical aid: steadying allies, opening paths, and helping a group recover when a plan goes wrong. Their strength is not royal blood or a destined role, but the trust they earn and the example they set.
Lead with heart; make courage contagious.
Support leader; protects allies with temporary durability, mobility, and clutch bonuses to checks and saves.
At a glance
Hit die d8
Charisma
ConstitutionYou gain proficiency with light armor, simple weapons, and three skills of your choice from Animal Handling, Insight, Medicine, Performance, Persuasion, and Survival. You also gain the Rallying Presence feature.
You gain a pool of d6 Rally Dice equal to your Storybound level. You regain all expended dice when you finish a Long Rest. As a Bonus Action, expend one die and choose a creature within 30 feet that can see or hear you; it gains Temporary Hit Points equal to the roll + your Charisma modifier (minimum 1).
Choose a Storybound subclass. Your subclass grants features at levels 3, 6, 10, and 14.
Ability Score Improvement
When you use Rallying Presence, the target can also immediately move up to 10 feet without provoking Opportunity Attacks.
Your Rally Dice become d8s. When a creature spends one of your Rally Dice, it can add the die roll to one ability check or saving throw it makes before the end of its next turn.
When you roll Initiative and have no Rally Dice remaining, you regain one die.
Ability Score Improvement
When you use Rallying Presence, you can target two creatures within range, expending one Rally Die for each target.
Your subclass grants a feature.
When a creature benefiting from one of your Rally Dice fails a saving throw, it can roll a d4 and add the number rolled, potentially turning the failure into a success. Once a creature does so, it cannot benefit from this feature again until it finishes a Long Rest.
Ability Score Improvement
Your Rally Dice become d10s. When you finish a Short Rest, you regain one expended Rally Die.
Your subclass grants a feature.
When you roll Initiative, you can choose up to five willing creatures within 30 feet who can see or hear you. Each gains Temporary Hit Points equal to your Charisma modifier + your Proficiency Bonus.
Ability Score Improvement
When you use Rallying Presence, you can expend two Rally Dice instead of one for a target. The target also ends one condition on itself: Charmed, Frightened, or Prone.
When you roll Initiative and have fewer than half your Rally Dice remaining, you regain Rally Dice until you have half your maximum (round up).
Ability Score Improvement and Epic Boon
Your Rally Dice become d12s. Once per Long Rest, when you or a creature you can see within 30 feet would drop to 0 Hit Points but not die outright, that creature instead drops to 1 Hit Point and can immediately use its Reaction to move up to half its Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks.
CharismaConstitution
WisdomCharismaHit pointsHit Die: d8 per Storybound level. Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier. Hit Points at Higher Levels: (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per Storybound level after 1st.
DefensesThe class has no special armor or weapon defenses beyond its proficiencies.
ArmorLight armor.
WeaponsSimple weapons.
ToolsNone.
SkillsChoose three from Animal Handling, Insight, Medicine, Performance, Persuasion, and Survival.
Starting equipmentChoose A or B: (A) leather armor, spear, light crossbow with 20 bolts, entertainer's pack, and 8 GP; or (B) 100 GP.
Skill choicesAnimal Handling, Insight, Medicine, Performance, Persuasion, Survival
ResourceRally Dice: a pool equal to your Storybound level, regained on a Long Rest, with one die restored on a Short Rest starting at level 13. The dice begin as d6s, becoming d8s at level 6, d10s at level 13, and d12s at level 20.
MulticlassingPrerequisite: Charisma 13. When you multiclass into Storybound, you gain proficiency with light armor and one skill of your choice from the Storybound skill list. You do not gain the class's starting equipment.
Make safety a promise kept.
A clear path begins with someone willing to lead.
Give courage a voice others can carry.
Storybound are leaders whose courage and empathy make other people braver.
They turn attention, promises, and shared purpose into practical aid: steadying allies, opening paths, and helping a group recover when a plan goes wrong. Their strength is not royal blood or a destined role, but the trust they earn and the example they set.
You help the party stay on its feet and make important rolls count.
Use Rallying Presence before an ally is in immediate danger when possible, but keep some Rally Dice for a clutch check or saving throw. Your best turns often involve choosing who needs encouragement most and positioning yourself where allies can see or hear you.
Storybound training is informal but demanding.
A mentor teaches attentive listening, public speaking, first aid, negotiation, and how to make decisions under pressure; apprentices then serve a community through a season of work. No title or lineage is required: the tradition recognizes those who earn trust through action.
Most people welcome Storybound as reassuring organizers who can rally a frightened crowd.
Rulers may value their diplomatic talents, but those who depend on obedience can distrust a leader whose influence comes from earned trust rather than rank.
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