Subclass Illrigger Painkiller
The Painkiller is an Illrigger subclass built around battlefield command — granting allies extra attacks and free movement, expanding its own critical range against Interdicted targets, and saving allies from death with a shouted order.
| LEVEL | FEATURE |
|---|---|
| 3 | Dispater's Blessing, Devastator, Grand Strategist |
| 7 | Dispater's Supremacy |
| 11 | You Die on My Command! |
You gain proficiency with Heavy Armor.
As an Action, you make a weapon attack and choose a number of willing creatures up to your Proficiency Bonus that you can see within 30 feet of you. Each chosen creature can use its Reaction to make a weapon attack or cast a damage-dealing cantrip with a casting time of 1 action. This can only be used once per Short Rest — it isn't a freely repeatable Action.
Devastator multiplies the party's action economy: one of your Actions can generate up to Proficiency Bonus extra attacks from allies in the same moment, once per Short Rest.
You can order your allies to follow your formation (no action required). Targets within 18 m gain Dash and Disengage for one turn, letting them move up to double Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks. Once per Short Rest.
Grand Strategist is free repositioning for the party — escape a bad engagement, collapse onto a priority target, or spread out before an AoE — but like Devastator, it's a once-per-Short-Rest tool, not an always-available one.
Your attacks against Interdicted creatures score a critical hit on a roll of 19–20.
When an ally within 30 feet of you who can hear you drops to 0 Hit Points without being killed outright, you can use your Reaction to shout an order at them, causing them to drop to 1 Hit Point instead. It comes back on a Short Rest.
The Painkiller is a battlefield commander that spends its own actions to multiply the party's.
Your combat identity:
- Baleful Interdict — mark your primary target; Dispater's Supremacy keys off it
- Devastator — once per Short Rest, your Action triggers up to Proficiency Bonus ally Reactions; save it for when allies have high-damage attacks ready
- Grand Strategist — once per Short Rest, free party-wide repositioning (Dash + Disengage) with no Opportunity Attacks
- Dispater's Supremacy at Level 7 — 19–20 crit range against the marked target
- You Die on My Command! at Level 11 — once per Short Rest, an ally that would go down stays at 1 HP