You gain proficiency in Persuasion (or one of Animal Handling, Insight, Intimidation, or Performance if you already have Persuasion), and your proficiency bonus is doubled for any Persuasion check you make.Įxpertise in Persuasion is nice, although you’ll need to invest in Charisma a bit to get the most out of this. The Battle Master gets a similar Maneuver (Rally) that affects fewer creatures but that they can use much more often. It’s not a terrible ability, and it scales with you, but you don’t get to use it much. When you use your Second Wind bonus action (one per short rest), you can choose up to 3 allied creatures within 60ft that can see or hear you, who will each regain hit points equal to your Fighter level.Īnd that’s it – your cornerstone ability as a Purple Dragon Knight, which you get to use once before you have to take a rest. The Purple Dragon Knight has a cool name (and some evocative flavor text) but is supposed to be tied to a specific order of Cormyrean knighthood – and is otherwise known as the Banneret, which (let’s be honest) is nowhere near as cool.

If you have any other ideas about the Purple Dragon Knight, please let me know in the comments below! In this review, we’ll have a closer look at the Purple Dragon Knight features and how these synergize with the Fighter’s main class features, then review suitable feat, race, and multiclass options and finally combine these into some build concepts.Īs always, these are just my thoughts. Like many of the subclasses from this book, it’s pretty underpowered and is probably the weakest of all the fighter Archetypes. The Archetype of the Purple Dragon Knight Fighter was introduced in the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide.

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