Gargantuan

Features

Starship Improvements

Beginning when your ship reaches 1st tier, it gains the following benefits:

Ability Score Improvement#

At first tier, and again at 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th tier, you can increase one of your ship's ability scores by 2, or you can increase two of these ability scores by 1. You can't increase your ability scores other than Constitution above 20, or your Constitution above 26, with this feature.

Additional Hull and Shield Dice#

Your ship gains 2 additional Hull Dice and 2 additional Shield Dice. It gains 2 additional Hull Dice and 2 additional Shield Dice at 2nd tier (4, each), 3rd tier (6, each), 4th tier (8, each), and 5th tier (10, each).

Armor Class Improvement#

Beginning at second Tier, your ship's armor class improves, giving your ship a +1 to its AC. It gains an additional +1 bonus to AC at 3rd Tier (+2 total), 4th Tier (+3 total), and 5th Tier (+4 total).

Superior Firepower

Also at 1st tier, your starship's firepower can overwhelm larger ships.

When a crewmember deals damage to a Large or larger ship with a ship weapon, the crewmember can increase the damage by rolling a Superior Firepower die, which is a d4, and add it to the damage roll (no action required).

Your ship's Superior Firepower die changes when it reaches certain tiers. The die becomes a d6 at 2nd tier, a d8 at 3rd tier, a d10 at 4th tier, and a d12 at 5th tier.

This feature can be used a number of times equal to 3 x your ship's tier. All expended uses are regained when the ship undergoes recharging.

Role Specialization

At 2nd tier, you adopt a particular style of design for your ship. Choose any one from the following.

Blockade Ship#

Your ship gains the Emergency Generator and Power Backup modifications at no cost. Additionally, your ships shields extend further around it. Whenever a friendly ship would take damage while within 500 feet of your ship, if the source of that damage is more than 500 feet away from your ship and your ship's shields are active, your ship's shields instead take that damage. If the damage reduces your ship's shields to 0, the protected ship takes any remaining damage.

Flag Ship#

Your ship gains the Command Center suite and Tractor Beam modifications at no cost. Additionally, when a crewmember deployed in a command center takes the Direct action, the target of the Direct action can reroll one of the dice once.

Industrial Center#

Your ship gains two Workshop modifications at no cost. Additionally, the speed at which goods are crafted in your workshops is doubled.

Mobile Metropolis#

Your ship gains a Living Quarters suite and a Recreation suite at no cost. Additionally, the capacity of your Living Quarters are doubled.

Researcher#

Your ship gains the Laboratory and Workshop modifications at no cost. Additionally, Intelligence (Lore) checks on your ship are made with advantage.

Warship#

Your ship gains two Fixed Hardpoint modifications at no cost. Additionally, your ship has a +1 bonus to damage rolls with ship weapons.

Prime Doctrine

Also at 2nd tier, your starship strikes fear in your enemies. When crewmembers roll initiative, one crewmember can attempt to frighten other ships. Each crewmember deployed on a hostile ship must make a Wisdom saving throw contested by a Charisma (Menace) check. On a failed save, affected crewmembers have disadvantage on the first ability check, attack roll, or saving throw they make each round for 1 minute. At the end of each of their turns, they repeat this save, ending this effect on a success. Additionally, on a successful save, they become immune to this feature for one day.

Once this feature has been used, it can't be used again until the ship recharges.

Versatile Dreadnought

Starting at 3rd tier, when a crewmember makes an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw, they can use their reaction to have advantage on the roll. A crewmember can choose to use this feature after they make their roll, but before the GM says whether the roll succeeds or fails.

This feature can be used a number of times equal to 2 x your ship's tier. All expended uses are regained when the ship recharges.

Superweapon

Also at 3rd tier, your ship is equipped with a superweapon. As an action, a crewmember can activate the superweapon, which has a limited firing arc, as described in Chapter 9. When activated, a beam of destructive energy forming a line 10,000 feet long and 100 feet wide blasts from the weapon. Each ship in the line must make a Dexterity saving throw (DC = 8 + the crewmember's proficiency bonus + the ship's Strength modifier). On a failed save, a ship takes 15d10 energy damage, or half as much on a successful one.

Once this feature has been used, it can't be used again until the ship recharges.

Role Mastery

At 4th tier, you master a particular style of design for your ship. Choose any one from the following.

Blockade Ship#

Your ship's shield regeneration rate doubles.

Flag Ship#

A crewmember deployed in a command center can, as an action, issue an order to a Huge or smaller ship. That ship can immediately move up to its flying speed, and up to five crewmembers on that ship can use their reaction to immediately take an action.

Once this feature has been used, it can't be used again until the ship recharges.

Industrial Center#

Your ship gains two Docking Bay suites at no cost, which do not count against its total suite systems. Additionally, the capacity of your docking bays are doubled.

Mobile Metropolis#

Your ship's fuel capacity, as shown in the Starship Size Fuel Capacity table, and storage capacity, as shown in the Starship Size Storage Capacity table, doubles. Additionally, while traveling in realspace, your ship consumes half the amount of fuel as normal.

Researcher#

When you use your ship's Superweapon, you can alter its functionality. Instead of dealing damage, ships who fail a saving throw are blinded, ionized, and shocked for 1 minute. Ships who succeed on the saving throw suffer these effects until the start of your ship's next turn, instead.

Warship#

When a crewmember on your ship rolls the maximum on a damage die for a ship weapon, they can roll an additional die.

Citadel

Also at 4th tier, the capacity for all of your suites is doubled. If a suite type's capacity was already doubled, its size is instead tripled from its standard size. Additionally, your starship's maximum capacity for fuel and consumables doubles, and civilians, crewmembers, and troopers aboard your starship have advantage on Constitution saving throws made to avoid Exhaustion. If the capacity for fuel and/or consumables was already double its standard amount, it is now triple its original capacity.

Paragon Dreadnought

As of 5th tier, your starship is the best in its class. Two of your ship's ability scores increase by 4, and its maximum for these scores increase by 4. Another ability score increases by 2, and its maximum for this score increases by 2.

Devastator

Also at 5th tier, as an action, a single crewmember can give the ship the following benefits for 1 minute:

• Your ship has resistance to all damage.
• Your ship's ship attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 on the d20.

This effect ends early if the ship is disabled. Once this feature has been used, it can't be used again until the ship undergoes refitting.