Beastkin

Class Features

As a Beastkin, you gain the following class features

Kin Choice

Whether through stress, magic, or blood you have the ability to sense the minds of a species around you and communicate with them, some of the kin are : rats, ravens, wolves, or psuedodragons. This choice is detailed at the end of the class description.

Mental link

The bond creates a permanent link with the chosen speices that allow all members (player and species) to use sending at will without materials or spell slots when targeting their pack and all other kin members within 10 miles of their position. This spell does not count toward their spells known. The number of members the player can contact is 10 x the players level.

Pack Control

The second form of the bond is that the player can call on some members at anytime, represented as their pack. What the player can do with this resource is the list of commands they have as seen in the commands at the end of the class description. The player has access to beginner commands right away and gain access to intermediate and unique at level 6 and master commands at level 11.

Mortal beings

The players choice of kin are only mortal they can perish just like any other animal. The player can expend one hit dice during a short rest to recover that many members up to their max pack size. During a long rest the pack size is completely recovered.

Spell Slots

The Beastkin table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.
For example, if you know the 1st-level spell animal friendship and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast animal friendship using either slot.

Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher

You know two 1st-level spells of your choice from the beastkin spell list. The Spells Known column of the beastkin table shows when you learn more beastkin spells of your choice. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For instance, when you reach 5th level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level. Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the beastkin spells you know and replace it with another spell from the beastkin spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

Spellcasting Ability

Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your beaskin spells, since your magic draws on your attunement to nature. You use your Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a beastkin spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Natural Explorer

At 2nd level you are familiar with one type of natural environment and are adept at traveling and surviving in such regions. Choose one type of favored terrain: arctic, coast, desert, forest, grassland, mountain, swamp, or the Underdark. When you make an Intelligence or Wisdom check related to your favored terrain, your proficiency bonus is doubled if you are using a skill that you’re proficient in. While traveling for an hour or more in your favored terrain, you gain the following benefits:

• Difficult terrain doesn’t slow your group’s travel.
• Your group can’t become lost except by magical means.
• Even when you are engaged in another activity while traveling (such as foraging, navigating, or tracking), you remain alert to danger.
• If you are traveling alone, you can move stealthily at a normal pace.
• When you forage, you find twice as much food as you normally would.
• After a gang of squirrels dies a replacement is found immediately even when in combat.
• While tracking other creatures, you also learn their exact number, their sizes, and how long ago they passed through the area.
• You choose additional favored terrain types at 6th and 10th level. These choices can be changed after spending 30 days in a new area

Expertise

At 2nd level, choose two of your skill proficiencies, or one of your skill proficiencies and your proficiency with thieves’ tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies. At 11th level, you can choose two more of your proficiencies to gain this benefit.

Scavenge

At 7th level the player has taught the rats what is and is not valuable.

• The player now automatically recovers ¾ of all ammunition used rounded down. This takes the place of manually recovering ammunition for the entire group.
• The player also has advantage when making a check to locate an item.

Primal Denizen

At 2nd level you have become familiar with cities and settlements of nearly every kind and are adept at traveling and surviving in such regions. Choose one race settlement: Dwarven, Elven, Human, and Druid made areas. When you make an Intelligence or Wisdom check related to your favored area, your proficiency bonus is doubled if you are using a skill that you’re proficient in. After arriving in your favored settlement, you gain the following benefits:

• You group can’t become lost except by magical means.
• You are always aware of the potential dangers and scams around you.
• If you are traveling alone, you can move stealthily at a normal pace.
• When bartering or being paid gain advantage on charisma checks.
• When you and your group are traveling in cities your movement speed is doubled.
• After a gang of ravens dies a replacement is found immediately even when in combat.
• You choose additional favored made settlements at 6th and 10th level.

Heightened Intellect

Starting at 2nd level the magic of the bond has begun sharpening your intellect.

• gain proficiency in insight (wisdom) and perception (wisdom).
• The player can expend a hit dice at any time to regain pack members.
• You can make your ravens repeat either your voice or any noise you have heard in the past 30 days. The member must be within 500 feet of you

Scavenge

At 7th level the player has taught the ravens what is and is not valuable.

• The player now automatically recovers ¾ of all ammunition used rounded down. This takes the place of manually recovering ammunition for the entire group.
• The player also has advantage when making a check to locate an item.

Eye for weakness

At 7th level the player has worked with ravens long enough to know how best to cause damage. When ravens deal damage to a creature they deal an additional 1hp per gang. If the attack is a critical hit this damage is tripled. when using a the pack the critical hit range is changed to 18-20

Natural Explorer

At 2nd level you are familiar with one type of natural environment and are adept at traveling and surviving in such regions. Choose one type of favored terrain: arctic, coast, desert, forest, grassland, mountain, swamp, or the Underdark. When you make an Intelligence or Wisdom check related to your favored terrain, your proficiency bonus is doubled if you are using a skill that you’re proficient in. While traveling for an hour or more in your favored terrain, you gain the following benefits:

• Difficult terrain doesn’t slow your group’s travel.
• Your group can’t become lost except by magical means.
• Even when you are engaged in another activity while traveling (such as foraging, navigating, or tracking), you remain alert to danger.
• If you are traveling alone, you can move stealthily at a normal pace.
• When you forage, you find twice as much food as you normally would.
• While tracking other creatures, you also learn their exact number, their sizes, and how long ago they passed through the area. You choose additional favored terrain types at 6th and 10th level. These choices can be changed after spending 30 days in a new area

Fighting style

At 2nd level you adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can’t take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

• Archery You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
• Defensive While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.
• Dueling When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.
• Power The player is permanently under the effect of shillelagh.
• Two Weapon Fighting When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack.

Survivor

At 7th level gain the following

• Provides proficiency in Perception (Wisdom) and Survival (wisdom). If the player already has proficiency gains a advantage when making one of these skill checks.
• Gains proficiency with medium armor.
• Members can track anything as long as it is not in a settlement or the tracks are not older than a week.

Hunters Pace.

At 11th level the magic that suffuses the bond has given you a more delicate touch allowing you to cast Freedom of Movement, Haste, Longstrider, and Treestride all at will without expending a spell slot or materials at their base level.

Master of the Hunt

At 11th level Whenever 4 wolves and you share an attack target the following occurs.

• Player gains advantage on the attack.
• Wolves deal additional damage based on player’s wisdom modifier. The addition is by total not individual member
• The pack gains AC equal players wisdom modifier.

Strength of Numbers

At 15th level if the player or pack has advantage and gains an additional instance of advantage they instead gain an additional +5 to the roll. When the command defend or harry is in effect this benefit can be gained by others.

True Alpha

At level 20 the wolves of your pack gain bonuses just like you do from them. The Wolves in your pack grow into dire wolves, while future members will slowly change into dire wolves in the space of 2 days*(stats below)*. You also gain +2 to intimidation. While the following commands each member now counts as 2 for knock prone and bolster against large or smaller creatures. The knock down command can now affect huge creatures.

Natural Explorer

At 2nd level you are particularly familiar with one type of natural environment and are adept at traveling and surviving in such regions. Choose one type of favored terrain: arctic, coast, desert, forest, grassland, mountain, swamp, or the Underdark. When you make an Intelligence or Wisdom check related to your favored terrain, your proficiency bonus is doubled if you are using a skill that you’re proficient in. While traveling for an hour or more in your favored terrain, you gain the following benefits:

• Difficult terrain doesn’t slow your group’s travel.
• Your group can’t become lost except by magical means.
• Even when you are engaged in another activity while traveling (such as foraging, navigating, or tracking), you remain alert to danger.
• If you are traveling alone, you can move stealthily at a normal pace.
• When you forage, you find twice as much food as you normally would.
• While tracking other creatures, you also learn their exact number, their sizes, and how long ago they passed through the area. You choose additional favored terrain types at 6th and 10th level. These choices can be changed after spending 30 days in a new area

Fighting style

At 2nd level you adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can’t take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

• Archery You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
• Defensive While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.
• Dueling When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.
• Power The player is permanently under the effect of shillelagh
• Two Weapon Fighting When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack.

Survivor

At 7th level gain the following

• Provides proficiency in Perception (Wisdom) and Survival (wisdom).
• Gains proficiency with medium armor.
• Members can track anything as long as it is not in a settlement or the tracks are not older than a week.

Arial view

At 7th level you have learned how to listen to the members that are watching no matter what is happening. While outdoors and in combat the player is made aware of attacks made against them, allowing them to use a reaction to take half damage rounded up.

Sky limit

At 11th level the magic that suffuses dragons has given you a more delicate touch allowing you to cast Jump, Feather fall, Levitate, Longstrider all at will without expending a spell slot or materials.

Draco Attunement

By level 15 the beastkin has taken on more draconic traits, first they gain resistance to either fire, cold, lightning, or acid. Secondly they gain the action primal exhale. You can use your action to exhale destructive energy. The type can be either fire, cold, lightning, or acid while the size and shape is a 30ft cone. When you use your breath weapon, each creature in the area of the exhalation must make a saving throw. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus. A creature takes 10d8 damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. After using destructive breath you can't do so again until you take a short or long rest.

(if the player is dragonborn this takes the place of breath weapon and provides an additional use.)

True Alpha

At level 20 The pseudodragons of your pack gain bonuses just like you do from them. The pseudodragons in your pack grow into bronze and brass Wyrmling’s. While future members grow into these is in the space of 2 days (stats below). You also gain +2 to intimidation, breath command, and primal exhale while the bolstering each member counts as 2.

Natural Explorer

At 2nd level you are familiar with one type of natural environment and are adept at traveling and surviving in such regions. Choose one type of favored terrain: arctic, coast, desert, forest, grassland, mountain, swamp, or the Underdark. When you make an Intelligence or Wisdom check related to your favored terrain, your proficiency bonus is doubled if you are using a skill that you’re proficient in. While traveling for an hour or more in your favored terrain, you gain the following benefits:

• Difficult terrain doesn’t slow your group’s travel.
• Your group can’t become lost except by magical means.
• Even when you are engaged in another activity while traveling (such as foraging, navigating, or tracking), you remain alert to danger.
• If you are traveling alone, you can move stealthily at a normal pace.
• When you forage, you find twice as much food as you normally would.
• While tracking other creatures, you also learn their exact number, their sizes, and how long ago they passed through the area. You choose additional favored terrain types at 6th and 10th level. These choices can be changed after spending 30 days in a new area

Fighting style

At 2nd level you adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can’t take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

• Archery You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
• Defensive While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.
• Dueling When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.
• Power The player is permanently under the effect of shillelagh.
• Two Weapon Fighting When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack.

Survivor

At 7th level gain the following

• Provides proficiency in Perception (Wisdom) and Survival (wisdom). If the player already has proficiency gains a advantage when making one of these skill checks.
• Gains proficiency with medium armor.
• Members can track anything as long as it is not in a settlement or the tracks are not older than a week.

Perpetual Motion

At 11th level, you understand the core need to remain moving . You gain an extra 10 feet of movement speed. Whenever you are attacking a creature who has not moved within the last round or has reduced movement speed you gain advantage on the attack. Additionally when you move at least 10 feet you gain a +2 bonus to AC until the beginning of the next round.

Master of the Hunt KEEP ????

At 11th level Whenever 4 wolves and you share an attack target the following occurs.

• Player gains advantage on the attack.
• Wolves deal additional damage based on player’s wisdom modifier. The addition is by total not individual member
• The pack gains AC equal players wisdom modifier.

Strength of Numbers KEEP ????????

At 15th level if the player or pack has advantage and gains an additional instance of advantage they instead gain an additional +5 to the roll. When the command defend or harry is in effect this benefit can be gained by others.

True Alpha MAKE INTO GIant hit

At level 20 the wolves of your pack gain bonuses just like you do from them. The Wolves in your pack grow into dire wolves, while future members will slowly change into dire wolves in the space of 2 days*(stats below)*. You also gain +2 to intimidation. While the following commands each member now counts as 2 for knock prone and bolster against large or smaller creatures. The knock down command can now affect huge creatures.

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