Ribbonrunners turn performance into a martial discipline, using loops of silk, daring leaps, and precise footwork to control the space around them. They dart through danger, trip or distract foes, and strike from unexpected angles. Their magic is none; their spectacle comes from practice, nerve, and a weaponized sense of timing.
Every snare has a loose end.
Mobile martial skirmisher, acrobat, and battlefield disruptor
At a glance
Flourish Dice
Hit die d8
Dexterity
ConstitutionYou gain proficiency in Acrobatics and Performance, and proficiency with one artisan’s tool or musical instrument of your choice. You also gain proficiency with ribbon weapons: whips and any simple melee weapon with the Light property.
You have a pool of Flourish 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. Once per turn, you can expend one die to add it to an Acrobatics check, or to the damage of a weapon attack that hits. Your dice become d8s at level 11 and d10s at level 17.
While you aren’t wearing Medium or Heavy armor or wielding a Shield, your speed increases by 10 feet. You can move through the space of a creature at least one size larger than you, though you can’t end your move there.
You gain a subclass of your choice. Your subclass grants features at levels 3, 6, 10, and 14.
Your speed increases by 5 feet. In addition, standing up from Prone costs you only 5 feet of movement.
Ability Score Improvement
You can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
When you use the Disengage action, your speed increases by 10 feet until the end of the turn. You can also move across vertical surfaces and across liquids during your turn without falling, provided you end your turn on a surface that can support you.
When you fail a Dexterity saving throw, you can expend a Flourish Die to roll it and add the result to the save, potentially turning the failure into a success.
Ability Score Improvement
You can move through the space of any creature, regardless of size. The first time you pass through a creature’s space on each of your turns, that creature can’t make Opportunity Attacks against you for the rest of that turn.
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend a Flourish Die to force it to make a Strength saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Dexterity modifier). On a failure, you either push it up to 10 feet or knock it Prone.
Your Flourish Dice become d8s. Also, once on each of your turns when you deal damage with a weapon attack, you can move 5 feet without provoking Opportunity Attacks.
Ability Score Improvement
When you roll Initiative and have no Flourish Dice remaining, you regain one die.
You gain a feature from your Ribbonrunner subclass.
When you use Catch the Beat, you can expend no Flourish Die if the roll succeeds. You can use this benefit once per Long Rest.
Ability Score Improvement
Your Flourish Dice become d10s. When you roll Initiative, you regain two expended Flourish Dice.
Your speed increases by 10 feet, and you gain a Climb Speed equal to your Speed. You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for any ability check or saving throw made to resist being Grappled or to escape a Grapple.
You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another feat for which you qualify. You also receive an Epic Boon feat or another feat for which you qualify.
When you roll Initiative, you regain all expended Flourish Dice. Once on each of your turns, you can use a Flourish Dice feature without expending a die.
DexterityConstitutionHit points per Ribbonrunner level
Saving throwsDexterity and Charisma saving throws
ArmorLight armor.
WeaponsSimple weapons, whips, and martial weapons with the Finesse property.
ToolsOne artisan’s tool or musical instrument of your choice.
SkillsAcrobatics and Performance, plus choose two from Athletics, Deception, Insight, Perception, Sleight of Hand, and Stealth.
Skill choicesAthletics, Deception, Insight, Perception, Sleight of Hand, Stealth
ResourceFlourish Dice: a pool equal to your proficiency bonus, regained on a Short or Long Rest and improving from d6s to d8s and d10s as you advance.
MulticlassingPrerequisite: Dexterity 13. When you multiclass into Ribbonrunner, you gain proficiency in one skill from the class skill options and with whips.
Turn height, momentum, and daring into a weapon.
Make every enemy look the wrong way.
Disappear from the place your foe thought you were.
Ribbonrunners turn performance into a martial discipline, using loops of silk, daring leaps, and precise footwork to control the space around them.
They dart through danger, trip or distract foes, and strike from unexpected angles. Their magic is none; their spectacle comes from practice, nerve, and a weaponized sense of timing.
Stay mobile and make the battlefield work for you: slip past the front line, threaten vulnerable foes, and use Flourish Dice when a hit, save, or stunt truly matters.
You are durable enough to take a risk, but not built to stand still and trade blows with the toughest enemies.
Most Ribbonrunners begin as performers, couriers, or escape artists and learn through repetition: balance drills, falls, climbs, and weapon practice woven into choreography.
Some are formally taught by a troupe or conservatory; others develop the discipline while surviving on the road. Initiation usually means completing a dangerous live performance without abandoning a partner in trouble.
People tend to admire Ribbonrunners as dazzling entertainers, then grow wary when they realize how easily one can get past a guard or turn a weapon aside.
Runaways may see them as symbols of hope; strict authorities often see them as difficult to contain.
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