Ranger Conclave
Poisonlight Stalker
In terrible wastelands or in the ruins of lost civilizations, bold adventurers sometimes encounter the poisonlight. Blue or green in hue, bright or dim, this dreadful radiance can scorch the skin and rot the bones. The most courageous (or most foolish) seek to learn the poisonlight's source — and almost always irradiate themselves in the process, becoming doomed to a slow and painful death. But "almost always" is not "always". Poisonlight stalkers dedicate themselves to hunting and investigating this dreadful phenomenon, learning magics and techniques to mitigate and even harness its effects.
Poisonlight stalkers can come from any background — their principal qualification is a macabre interest in the terrible luminance. They are often outcasts or wanderers — the light's effects often produce scars or mutations which make social living difficult.
Poisonlight Stalker Conclave Features
| Ranger Level | Features |
|---|---|
| 3rd | Wasteland Wanderer, Poisonlight Strike |
| 7th | Radiation Resistance |
| 11th | Gamma Shroud |
| 15th | Atomic Blast |
Poisonlight Stalker Spells
Starting at 3rd level, you learn an additional spell when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown in the table below. The spell counts as a ranger spell for you, but it doesn’t count against the number of ranger spells you know.
| Ranger Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 3rd | nauseating poisonK |
| 5th | poison lightS |
| 9th | mutateK |
| 13th | irradiateSDS |
| 17th | deadly lightS |
Spells marked with S were created by somanyrobots. Spells marked with SDS were created as part of the Spells That Don't Suck project. Spells marked with K were created by KibblesTasty and used with permission. All are linked in the Spell Sources appendix.
Wasteland Wanderer
When you join this conclave at 3rd level, you devote yourself to the study of poisonlight. When you roll any ability check involving poisonlight or its effects, you do so with advantage.
In addition, you automatically succeed on saving throws against spells on the Poisonlight Stalker spell list.
Poisonlight Strike
Also at 3rd level, you learn to channel the deadly light in your strikes. Once per turn when you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can choose to emit a blast of poisonlight. The attack deals 2d4 bonus radiant damage, and the target must make a Constitution save against your spell save DC. On a failure, you choose one of the following effects to apply:
- Its hit point maximum is reduced by the radiant damage dealt.
- It suffers one level of exhaustion.
- It is poisoned until the end of its next turn.
A creature can only suffer each of these effects once. After it finishes a long rest, any hit point reduction is removed and it can be suffer each effect of this ability again.
Radiation Resistance
At 7th level, you gain a measure of protection against the poisonlight's effects. You gain resistance to poison and radiant damage, and any time your hit point maximum would be reduced, you can ignore half the effect.
As an action, you can grant the same benefits to another creature. Once you do so, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
Gamma Shroud
At 11th level, you learn to summon a poisonlight mantle, emitting deadly light as you assault your foes. As a bonus action, you can wrap yourself in poisonlight for 1 minute. When a creature starts its turn within 10 feet of you, it immediately is affected as if hit with your Poisonlight Strike. You can use your Gamma Shroud a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier, regaining all uses after finishing a long rest.
In addition, your Poisonlight Strike's bonus damage is increased to 3d4.
Atomic Blast
At 15th level, you can create your own poisonlight through a mighty eruption. As an action, you can create a 30-foot-radius radioactive explosion at a point you can see within 120 feet. Each creature within the area must make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failure, it takes 8d4 fire and 8d4 radiant damage and has its hit point maximum reduced by the radiant damage dealt. On a success, it takes half as much damage and suffers no maximum hit point reduction.
For 1 year or until you use this ability again, the area of the blast continues to be wreathed in deadly radiation. A creature ending its turn in the area is affected as if hit with your Poisonlight Strike. Once you use this ability, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
Poisonlight Stalker Conclave quirks
The following are some optional quirks for a player of this subclass to choose from.
| d6 | Quirk |
|---|---|
| 1 | You glow very faintly in the dark. |
| 2 | Your always insist on eating your own food or water, never any that you find. |
| 3 | You sew thin sheets of lead into your garments. |
| 4 | Your weapons all give off a radioactive glow. |
| 5 | You have a few subtle mutations you keep concealed. |
| 6 | You instinctively recoil from any source of blue light. |
Change Log
v0.6
- Fixed usage limits and duration on Gamma Shroud
v0.5
- Replaced Ray of Sickness and Protection from Energy with Nauseating Poison & Mutate
- Tweaked Radiation Resistance to account
v0.4
- Fixed usage rate on Poisonlight Strike (1/turn)
v0.3
- Buffed Poisonlight Strike
- Added choice of effects
- Buffed Radiation Resistance
- Added poison resistance
v0.2
- Granted Radiation Resistance to the ranger full-time
- Renamed Atomic Blow to Atomic Blast
v0.1
- Rough Draft
Credits & References:
- Poisonlight Stalker created by somanyrobots Discord | Patreon
Spells
- Irradiate by Omega Ankh and somanyrobots
- Poison Light and Deadly Light by somanyrobots
- Nauseating Poison and Mutate by KibblesTasty
Art
Poison-Tip Archer, by Dmitry Burmak © Wizards of the Coast LLC
Background Image Stains
License
© 2025 somanyrobots, CC BY-NC 4.0
Includes spells from Spells That Don't Suck by Omega Ankh and somanyrobots, which is licensed CC-BY and available here.
Includes spells from Kibbles' Casting Compendium 2.0 by KibblesTasty Homebrew LLC, which is licensed CC-BY and available here.
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