You can attack four times whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. At this pinnacle, Gwen is a living lesson in discipline, positioning, and relentless pressure.

You can push yourself beyond normal limits. As a Bonus Action, you regain hit points by spending a use of this feature. At higher levels, you can also use it for additional tactical benefits granted by the 2024 Fighter rules.

When you use Second Wind as a Bonus Action, you can move up to half your Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks.

You gain proficiency with martial weapons and simple weapons, and you gain proficiency with all armor and shields.

Choose a Fighting Style feat that defines your battlefield specialty. Gwen favors Defense, representing a lifetime of turning aside killing blows behind heavy armor and a shield.

Choose three Simple or Martial weapons. You can use the mastery properties of those weapons and change your chosen weapons after a Long Rest. Gwen’s favored masteries are longsword, spear, and hand crossbow.

You can spend a use of Second Wind to bolster a failed ability check with tactical insight. If the check still fails, the use is not expended.

You can take one additional action on your turn. Once used, it refreshes on a Short Rest or Long Rest according to the 2024 Fighter rules.

You choose the Battle Master subclass, becoming a student of combat precision, feints, control, and ruthless economy of motion.

You gain Superiority Dice and learn combat maneuvers that let you control the flow of battle. Gwen uses measured strikes, disarms, and pressure tactics to break enemy formations rather than simply trading blows.

You gain proficiency with one type of Artisan's Tools or Gaming Set, reflecting study that sharpens battlefield judgment. Gwen chose Thieves' Tools to keep her criminal instincts alive.

Your fighting expertise deepens, letting you represent your style with a feat. Gwen took Sentinel to keep enemies locked in place when they try to slip past her shield line.

Your combat training broadens into another feat. Gwen took Shield Master, reflecting her habit of turning defense into an offensive opening.

You gain another Fighting Style feat, giving you more ways to adapt to different battlefields. Gwen chose Interception so she can blunt incoming harm to allies with a snap of her shield edge.

Your martial training culminates in another feat. Gwen took Charger so she can turn sudden advances into brutal positioning plays.

You gain one use of Indomitable, allowing you to reroll a failed saving throw. In 2024 rules, you add your Fighter level to the reroll, making Gwen extremely hard to disable.

You gain Tactical Mastery, allowing you to replace a weapon mastery property with Push, Sap, or Slow for an attack. Gwen prefers to shift between control and punishment as the moment demands.

Your Superiority Dice improve in potency, and your maneuvers become harder to resist. Your battlecraft now reflects the precision of a veteran commander.

You receive another feat. Gwen chose Mage Slayer, because she has little patience for enemies who rely on spellcasting to avoid honest steel.

You gain a second use of Indomitable, further reinforcing your refusal to fall when your mind or body is pressed to the breaking point.

You receive another feat. Gwen chose Defensive Duelist, using blade and shield footwork to frustrate precise attacks.

When you roll Initiative, you can also make a tactical read of the battlefield. Gwen’s instincts in the first heartbeat of combat are nearly unmatched.

Your Superiority Dice improve again, and you gain still greater endurance and tactical consistency in prolonged encounters.

You receive another feat. Gwen chose Lucky, because a lifetime of surviving impossible odds made her respect improbable second chances.

You gain a third use of Indomitable, making it exceptionally difficult to keep you down for long.

Your Superiority Dice reach their final mastery tier, becoming the most formidable version available to a Battle Master fighter.

You gain an Epic Boon or feat of your choice. Gwen chose Epic Boon of Fortitude, reflecting her stubborn refusal to die when the fight is still unfinished.

You can reliably find contacts, fences, and covert information among the criminal underworld. When you need to locate a criminal safehouse, black-market broker, or an underworld courier, you know how to ask the right questions and where to make discreet inquiries.