Merciless Feat

You sharpen a savage instinct, striking down your foes with brutal precision.

Prerequisite: 4th level

• Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Dexterity by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• Purposeful Killer. When you reduce a creature of CR 1/4 or higher to 0 hit points, you gain temporary hit points equal to your proficiency bonus.
• Lethal Blow. You gain the Lethal Blow special attack (see below).

Lethal Blow

Active Ability (Attack)

• When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with a deadly blow. If this attack hits, it deals 2d6 additional damage of the same type. If the target is frightened, incapacitated, prone, or poisoned, the bonus damage increases to 3d6.
• The number of d6 increases by one when your proficiency bonus increases (with the total number of d6 equaling your proficiency bonus).

Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest. Once per long rest when you reduce a creature of CR 1/4 or higher to 0 hit points with this special attack, you regain its use (allowing you to bypass the rest restriction).

Source: SMR

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