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Independent Adventurers

Though a ranger might make a living as a hunter, a guide, or a tracker, a ranger’s true calling is to defend the outskirts of civilization from the ravages of monsters and humanoid hordes that press in from the wild. In some places, rangers gather in secretive orders or join forces with druidic circles. Many rangers, though, are independent almost to a fault, knowing that, when a dragon or a band of orcs attacks, a ranger might be the first and possibly the last—line of defense.

This fierce independence makes rangers well suited to adventuring, since they are accustomed to life far from the comforts of a dry bed and a hot bath. Faced with city-bred adventurers who grouse and whine about the hardships of the wild, rangers respond with some mixture of amusement, frustration, and compassion.

But they quickly learn that other adventurers who can carry their own weight in a fight against civilization’s foes are worth any extra burden. Coddled city folk might not know how to feed themselves or find fresh water in the wild, but they make up for it in other ways.

Proficiencies

• Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields
• Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons
• Tools: Choose one from Carpenter's Tools, Cartographer's Tools, Cobbler's Tools, Cook's Utensils, Leatherworker's Tools, Navigator's tool, Poisoner's Kit, Tinker's Tools, Woodcarver's Tools, or Trapper's kit

• Saving Throws: Dexterity, Strength
• Skills: Choose three from Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Athletics, Insight, Investigation, Nature, Perception, Stealth, and Survival

Archery

You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.

Blind Fighting

You have blind sight with a range of 10 feet. Within that range, you can effectively see anything that isn't behind total cover, even if you're blinded or in darkness. Moreover, you can see an invisible creature within that range, unless the creature successfully hides from you.

Druidic Warrior

You learn two cantrips of your choice from the druid spell list. They count as ranger spells for you, and Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for them. Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of these cantrips with another cantrip from the druid spell list.

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.

Great Weapon Fighting

When you roll a 1 or a 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. The weapon must have the two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this benefit.

Thrown Weapon Fighting

You can draw a weapon that has the thrown property as part of the attack you make with the weapon. In addition, when you hit with a ranged attack using a thrown weapon, you gain a +2 bonus to the damage roll.

Feral Senses (modified)

Starting at 18th level, you develop keen animal senses that help you fight creatures you can’t see. When you attack a creature you can’t see, your inability to see it does not impose disadvantage on your attack rolls against it.

Additionally, if you are able to hear or see, you are aware of the location of any invisible creatures within 30 feet of you provided they are not hidden from you and you are aware of the location of any hidden creatures within 10 feet of you.

Herbal Healing

Prerequisite: 1st level

You gain the Herbalism kit. Using your Survival skill (Foraging PHB ppg183), you can spend 1 hour foraging for herbs and preparing herbal mixtures. The total of number of mixtures you can create is equal to 1 + your Wisdom modifier, minimum + 1. You can replenish expended mixtures after a long rest. After 24 hours, any mixtures that you have not used lose their potency. The mixtures known are listed below.

You spend an action and consume the poultice in the process, unless otherwise noted.

Rugged

Prerequisite: 10th level

You have advantage against the exhaustion condition. If you are exhausted when you finish a short rest, your level of exhaustion decreases by 1. If you are exhausted after a long rest, your level of exhaustion decreases by 2.

In addition, you have advantage on death saving throws.

Ranger's Companion

At 3rd level, you create a powerful bond with one beast of the air, earth, sea, or horse to serve as your faithful companion. You determine its appearance. It is superior to similar beasts and it gains additional benefits while it is bonded to you. It obeys your commands as best it can, communicating using words, sounds, touch, hand gestures, body language and the like. Your animal companion has the following:

• It shares your initiative roll.
• After a short rest, it can spend Hit Dice to regain hit points. After a long rest, it recovers all lost hit points and regains spent Hit Dice, up to a number of dice equal to half of it’s total number.
• When it starts a turn with 0 hit points, it must make a death saving throw.
• If your beast dies, you can obtain another one by spending up to 8 hours to locate and bond with another animal companion that is not hostile to you. Or you can try to magically restore it's life. You gain the ability to cast Revivify Beast spell, but only as a ritual, as described in chapter 10, "Spellcasting."

Primal Lineage

At 3rd level, when you select this path, you can roll or select which change has occurred to your body due to your lineage.

Werebat

• You gain Echolocation (blindsight) out to 30 feet. You can not use this feature while deafened.
• Abilities:
  • Flying You have a flying speed equal to your current walking speed. You can only attack with your bite when flying. You cannot be wearing medium or heavy armor, except hide or chain shirt. This benefit works only in short bursts; you fall if you end your turn in the air and nothing else is holding you aloft. You can also choose to make a weapon attack when you are falling.
  • Slow Fall Your falling rate decreases to 60 feet per round and you take no damage, as the Feather Fall spell. You gain this benefit if you are not wearing medium or heavy armor, excluding hide or chain shirt.
• Attack Action. You can use your weapons or bite. The bite can only be used once per turn.
  • Bite. Reach 5 feet, one target, 1d8 + your Dexterity modifier piercing damage

Werebear

• Your AC increases by + 1
• Your Strength is 19 if not already higher.
• Your movement and climbing speed increases by 10 ft.
• Attack Action. You can use your weapons, bite, claws or any combination. The bite can only be done once per turn.
  • Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: Reach 5 feet, one target, 2d10 + your Strength modifier piercing damage
  • Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: Reach 5 feet, one target, 2d8 + your Strength modifier slashing damage

Wereshark

• Your AC increases by + 2
• Your Strength is 19 if not already higher.
• Your land movement speed decreases by 20 ft.
• Your swim speed increases by 20 ft. if you are not wearing heavy armor.
• You can breathe underwater.
• Attack Action. You can use your weapons, bite, or any combination.
  • Bite. Reach 5 feet, one target, 2d12 + your Strength modifier piercing damage

Sneak Attack

Beginning at 3rd level, you are a master in the art of ambush. You know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe’s weaknesses. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 1d8 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse, light, ranged, or thrown weapon.

You don't need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn't incapacitated, and you don't have disadvantage on the attack roll.

You also don't need advantage on the attack roll to use your Sneak Attack against a creature if you are within 5 feet of it, no other creatures are within 5 feet of you, and you don't have disadvantage on the attack roll.

You don't need advantage if you use your bonus action to use your Attack action to make an attack against a creature that is more than 30 feet from you.

The amount of the extra damage increases as you gain levels in this class, as shown in the Sneak Attack column of the Deep Stalker table.

The damage from this feature and the Rogue's Sneak Attack do not stack, though you can use the damage interchangeably.

You can read, speak, and write Draconic or one other language of your choice if you already know Draconic.

In addition, you have advantage on Intelligence checks when recalling information about dragons.

Draconic Gift (modified)

Consider the source of the draconic spirit you have bonded with. The Drakewarden Origin table offers examples.

You can read, speak, and write Draconic or one other language of your choice if you already know Draconic.

In addition, you have advantage on Intelligence checks when recalling information about dragons.

Drake Companion

Small Dragon, Neutral

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• Armor Class AC 14 + your proficiency bonus (PB)
• Hit Points 5 + five times your ranger level (the drake has a number of Hit Dice (d10) equal to your ranger level)
• Speed 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	12 (+1)	15 (+2)	8 (-1)	14 (+2)	8 (-1)

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• Saving Throws Dex + 1 plus PB, Wis +2 plus PB
• Skills skills
• Damage Immunities Determined by the drake's Draconic Essence trait
• Senses Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12
• Languages Draconic

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Draconic Essence. When you summon the drake, choose a damage type: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. The chosen type determines the drake's damage immunity and the damage of its Infused Strikes trait.

Kinship. As a free action, you can command the drake to dash, disengage, dodge, or hide. It never requires a command to take a reaction, such as an opportunity attack. The drake acts freely if you are absent and will protect you or take you away from harm if you are incapacitated.

Ready Companion. As a bonus action, you can command the drake to take Attack or Help action.

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Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 plus PB to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: ld6 plus PB piercing damage.

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Reactions

Infused Strikes. When another creature within 30 feet of the drake that it can see hits a target with a weapon attack, the drake infuses the strike with its essence, causing the target to take an extra 1d6 damage of the type determined by its Draconic Essence.

Fey Wild Gifts

Starting at 3rd level, you also possess a preternatural blessing from a fey ally or a place of fey power. Choose your blessing from the Feywild Gifts table or determine it randomly.

You can speak, read, and write Sylvan or one other language of your choice if you already know Sylvan.

In addition, you have advantage on Intelligence checks when recalling information about fey.

Umbral Sight (modified)

At 3rd level, nonmagical darkness doesn't impede your sight.

You are also adept at evading creatures that rely on darkvision. While in darkness, you are invisible to any creature that relies on darkvision to see you in that darkness.

Lineage of the Abyss

At 3rd level, when you select this path, you can roll or select which transformation has occurred to your body.

Horde Slayer

Beginning at 3rd level, once per turn, whenever you hit a target with a weapon attack, it takes an extra 1d8 damage. If each weapon attack is against a different target, the extra damage is applied to each target.

Beginning at 7th level in this class, the extra damage can be applied to each weapon attack.

The extra damage for each weapon attack increases to 1d10 at 11th level and 1d12 at 17th level in this class.

Portal Lore (modified)

At 3rd level, you gain the ability to magically sense the presence of planar portals. As an action, you detect the distance and direction to the closest planar portals within 1 mile of you. You also sense which plane of existence each portal leads to.

You can do this a number times equal to 1 + your Wisdom modifier, minimum + 1. You regain all expended uses after you finish a long rest.

See the “Planar Travel” section in chapter 2 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide for examples of planar portals.

Planar Traveler

At 3rd level, you have advantage on Intelligence checks when recalling information about aberrations. You also can read, speak, and write one language spoken by aberrations.

In addition, once per turn, when you make a weapon attack against a target, the target takes an extra 1d6 psychic damage from the attack.

The extra damage is applied to each weapon attack at 7th level in this class. The extra damage increases to 1d8 at 11th level and 1d10 at 17th level in this class.

Spellcasting

When you reach 3rd level, you augment your martial prowess with the ability to cast spells. See chapter 10 for the general rules of spell casting, chapter 11 for the druid and ranger spell list in the PHB, and ppg 288-289 for spell points in the DMG.

Nature's Fury

Beginning at 3rd level, once per turn, when you hit a target with a weapon attack, it takes extra damage equal to 1d6 + half of your ranger level, rounded up.

When you reach 11th level in this class, the extra damage can be applied to each weapon attack.

When you reach 17th level in this class, the extra damage increases to 1d8 + half of your ranger level.

Bravado

Starting at 3rd level, your boldness in your attacks takes your opponents by surprise, allowing you to strike more accurately at your opponents weak spots. Once per turn, when you hit a target with a weapon attack, you can deal an extra 1d8 damage.

Beginning at 7th level in this class, the damage can be applied to each weapon attack. The extra damage increases to 1d10 at 11th level and 1d12 at 17th level in this class.

Counter Strike

Starting at 3rd level, when a creature within 30 feet of you casts a spell, you can use your reaction to make a weapon attack against that creature if the creature is within your weapon's range.

Giantic Essence

At 3rd level, you adorn yourself with tattoos, either hidden or displayed, that uses ink containing the essence of giants. Using a bonus action, the tattoos glow and transform your body. You gain the following benefits which last for 1 minute:

• If you are smaller than Large, you become Large, along with anything you are wearing. If you lack the room to become Large, your size doesn't change.
• You gain advantage on Constitution and Strength ability checks and saving throws.
• Once on each of your turns, your weapon or unarmed strike can deal an extra 1d10 damage to a target. When you reach 7th level in this class, the extra damage can be applied to each weapon attack.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Retribution

Starting at 3rd level, when a creature within your weapons reach makes an attack against a friendly creature, you can use your reaction to make a weapon attack against that creature. If your attack hits, you deal normal damage plus an extra 1d6 damage. In addition, on a successful hit, the attacked friendly creature can use their reaction to make one weapon attack against the attacking creature.

The extra damage increases to 1d8 at 7th level, 2d6 at 11th level and 2d8 at 17th level in this class.

Revivify Beast

2nd-level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S M (diamonds worth 100 gp, which the spell consumes)
• Duration: Instantaneous

You touch a beast that has died within the last 30 minutes. That beast returns to life with 1 hit point. This spell can’t return to life a beast that has died of old age, nor can it restore any missing body parts.

Also on Druid's spell list.

Swift Attack

5th-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S, M (a quiver containing at least one piece of ammunition or a melee weapon)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

There are two forms of transformations that can occur.

Swift Quiver: You may transmute your quiver so it produces an endless supply of non-magical ammunition, which seems to leap into your hand when you reach for it. On each of your turns until the spell ends, you can use a bonus action to make two attacks with a weapon that uses ammunition from the quiver. Each time you make such a ranged attack, your quiver magically replaces the piece of ammunition you used with a similar piece of non-magical ammunition. Any pieces of ammunition created by this spell disintegrate when the spell ends. If the quiver leaves your possession, the spell ends.

Whirling Blades: Your magic flows through your body and into your melee weapon(s), becoming as one. As long as the melee weapon(s) remains in your hand(s), on each of your turns until the spell ends, you can use a bonus action to make two attacks.

Great Two-Weapon Fighting

Prerequisite: Strength 18, Two-Weapon Fighting Style, Extra Attack

You master fighting with two heavy weapons. You gain the following benefits:

• You can wield a heavy weapon with one hand or in each hand provided they do not have the reach property, such as polearms.
• You can draw or stow two heavy weapons that do not have the reach property.

Shield Master (modified)

Prerequisite: Proficiency with shields

You use shields not just for protection but also for offense. You gain the following benefits while you are wielding a shield:

• You are proficient in using a shield as an improvised weapon. You can attack a creature within 5 feet of you with your shield. The damage die for this attack is equal to 1d4 bludgeoning damage + your Strength modifier + the shield's magical AC bonus. If the shield is magical, the attack and damage bypass any resistance to nonmagical attacks. You still retain the benefit of the Dueling fighting style if you use the shield as a modified weapon.
• After taking the Attack action, you can use a bonus action to shove a creature within 5 feet of you.
• If you aren't incapacitated, you can add your shield's AC bonus to any Dexterity saving throw you make against a spell or other harmful effect that targets only you.
• If you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you can use your reaction to take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, interposing your shield between yourself and the source of the effect.