You can attack three times instead of once whenever you take the Attack action.

You can attack four times instead of once whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

You can attack twice instead of once whenever you take the Attack action. Whenever you activate Second Wind as a Bonus Action, you can also move up to half your Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks.

Pistol Shot. Make a ranged weapon attack with her sidearm, relying on precision and battlefield timing rather than brute force.

Rapid Fire. When she uses the Attack action, she can strike up to four times with a weapon at level 20.

Second Wind

Action Surge

Tactical Mind

You gain a Fighting Style feat of your choice. Defense is recommended. You can replace this feat whenever you gain a Fighter level.

You can use the mastery properties of three kinds of Simple or Martial weapons. After a Long Rest, you can change one chosen weapon.

You gain a Fighter subclass of your choice. This character is a Champion, focused on physical excellence and martial mastery.

You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another feat for which you qualify. This occurs again at Fighter levels 6, 8, 12, 14, and 16.

You can use the mastery properties of four kinds of weapons.

You gain another Ability Score Improvement feat or qualifying feat.

You gain another Fighting Style feat of your choice.

You gain another Ability Score Improvement feat or qualifying feat.

If you fail a saving throw, you can reroll it and add your Fighter level to the new roll. You can use this once per Long Rest, increasing to two uses at level 13 and three uses at level 17.

When you attack with a weapon whose mastery property you can use, you can replace that property with Push, Sap, or Slow for that attack.

Your Second Wind gains a third use and you can use it to regain hit points, as normal.

You gain another Ability Score Improvement feat or qualifying feat.

You can use Indomitable twice before a Long Rest, and you gain Studied Attacks. If you miss with an attack roll against a creature, you have Advantage on your next attack roll against that creature before the end of your next turn.

You gain another Ability Score Improvement feat or qualifying feat.

You gain Superior Critical. Your weapon and Unarmed Strike attack rolls can score a critical hit on a roll of 18 to 20.

You gain another Ability Score Improvement feat or qualifying feat, and your Second Wind gains a fourth use.

You can use Action Surge twice before a rest, though still only once on a turn. You can use Indomitable three times before a Long Rest.

You gain Survivor. You have Advantage on Death Saving Throws. Also, when you roll 18 to 20 on a Death Saving Throw, it counts as a 20. If you are Bloodied and have at least 1 Hit Point, you regain Hit Points equal to 5 + your Constitution modifier at the start of each of your turns.

You gain an Epic Boon feat or another feat you qualify for. This character takes Boon of Combat Prowess, recommended for Fighters.

This character retains the military rank, contacts, and discipline earned through service, allowing her to navigate armed organizations and understand battlefield etiquette. In 2024 rules, the Soldier background’s formal origin package is its feat, proficiencies, and equipment; this feature is a narrative expression of her service history.