Homebrew:Sinner

(OOC: This is an implementation of the Sinner subclass from The Crooked Moon)

Base Class: Rogue

Vice clings to Sinners like a second skin—cheating, drunkenness, and games of chance are their bread and blood. A scoundrel by nature, sin calls their name, and when whispers of malefic powers reach their ears, they listen. Those powers offer more than temptation; they grant the tools to deceive, steal, and even kill with a precision these rogues never dreamed of.

Perhaps it begins with a meeting in a seedy saloon, a ritual under desert skies, or a cursed temple found deep in the jungle. No matter the road, the end is always the same: Jinxcraft. Through hexes, curses, and foul magic, Sinners cast aside judgment and righteousness. The laws of man and gods are nothing to them. Only the cold comfort of the path of sin remains.

Sinners wield their Jinxcraft through a wide variety of jinxed items that serve as magical weapons. The Jinx Weapon Forms table offers suggestions for how your jinx weapon might appear.

Jinx Weapon Forms

1d4	Weapon Form
1	A wooden, glyph-covered talisman carved into the shape of a pistol that fires magenta blasts
2	A pair of bone dice that shoot ghastly green bursts of jinxcraft from their pips
3	Enchanted playing cards that can be thrown with explosive magical power
4	A lucky coin that launches toward foes when flipped and always returns

Hex Slinger

3rd-level Sinner feature

When you deal damage to a creature with your Sneak Attack, you can unleash the power of your Jinxcraft. When you roll your Sneak Attack dice, designate two of the dice before the roll (such as rolling them separately or using different colored dice). The total rolled on these dice determines the effect of your Jinxcraft as noted on the Hex Slinger Jinxes table. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a short rest.

Hex Slinger Jinxes

2d6	Jinx
2	Snake Eyes. On the target’s next turn, it can only do one of the following: move or take an action or a bonus action. If it targets you or your allies with an attack on that turn, it takes 2d6 psychic damage.
3–4	The Nightmare. The target is frightened until the end of its next turn, and it must immediately use its reaction to move as far as it can away from you, up to its speed.
5–6	Whiskey Bottle. The target drops anything it’s holding. Until the end of its next turn, when the target picks up an item, it must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or drop the item immediately.
7	Cheap Shot. Until the end of its next turn, the target’s speed is halved, and for that duration, attack rolls against it have advantage.
8–9	Withered Arm. Until the end of its next turn, the target has disadvantage on Strength checks, Strength saving throws, and attack rolls that use Strength.
10–11	Bad Luck. Until the end of its next turn, when the target makes an attack roll or a saving throw, it subtracts 1d6 from the total.
12	Dead Man. If the next attack roll you make before the end of your next turn misses, it hits instead. If that first attack roll hits, the attack is automatically a critical hit. If you roll a 20 on the d20, roll the attack’s damage dice three times instead of twice.

Get Jinxed

3rd-level Sinner feature

You have learned the secret art of Jinxcrafting—drawing magical power from the dark deeds and deals of sin. You gain the following benefits.

Cards and Bones.

You gain proficiency with two gaming sets of your choice (playing card set and dice set recommended).

Jinx Weapon.

As a 1-hour ritual using a gaming set, you magically create a jinx weapon that channels your Jinxcraft. This weapon takes the form of a pistol or a gaming set. For you, the jinx weapon is a simple ranged weapon with a normal range of 30 feet and a long range of 90 feet, and it deals 1d8 force damage on a hit. As a gaming set, you throw cards, dice, or other gaming set pieces, or you use them to unleash bolts of hex magic. Alternatively, you can imbue Jinxcraft into a simple or martial weapon you have proficiency with, turning it into your jinx weapon. The infused jinx weapon deals force damage instead of its normal type. If you create a second jinx weapon, the first vanishes or its Jinxcraft ends.

Parlor Trick.

You learn one of the following cantrips of your choice: dancing lights, mage hand, minor illusion, mysterious presence, or prestidigitation. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for it.

Borrowed Luck

9th-level Sinner feature

When you use Hex Slinger, you siphon away a sliver of the target’s luck. You gain inspiration if you don’t already have it. If you do have it, you can expend your inspiration instead of expending a use of Hex Slinger.

Pick Your Poison

13th-level Sinner feature

When you use Hex Slinger, you can roll the designated Sneak Attack dice twice and choose which total to use.

If the roll you choose is the same number on both dice, the target takes psychic damage equal to half your rogue level. If the roll you choose is a 2 or a 12, you don’t expend that use of Hex Slinger

The Other Side

17th-level Sinner feature

You can call on your otherworldly friends in low places to change the odds of anything you do in your favor. You gain the following benefits.

Crossroads Devilry.

When you miss with an attack roll or fail a saving throw, you can expend and roll any number of your Sneak Attack dice (choose the number before you roll) and add the total rolled to the attack or save, potentially turning a miss into a hit or failure into success. Expended dice return after you next use your Sneak Attack.

Lady Luck’s Smiling.

When a creature hits you with an attack roll, you can expend and roll any number of your Sneak Attack dice (choose the number before you roll) and add the total rolled to your AC against that attack, potentially causing the attack to miss. Expended dice return after you next use your Sneak Attack.