# Ranger Rough and wild looking, a human stalks alone through the shadows of trees, hunting the ores he knows are planning a raid on a nearby farm. Clutching a shortsword in each hand, he becomes a whirlwind of steel, cutting down one enemy after another. After tumbling away from a cone of freezing air, an elf finds her feet and draws back her bow to loose an arrow at the white dragon. Shrugging off the wave of fear that emanates from the dragon like the cold of its breath, she sends one arrow after another to find the gaps between the dragon's thick scales. Holding his hand high, a half-elf whistles to the hawk that circles high above him, calling the bird back to his side. Whispering instructions in Elvish, he points to the owlbear he's been tracking and sends the hawk to distract the creature while he readies his bow. Far from the bustle of cities and towns, past the hedges that shelter the most distant farms from the terrors of the wild, amid the dense-packed trees of trackless forests and across wide and empty plains, rangers keep their unending watch. ### Deadly Hunters Warriors of the wilderness, rangers specialize in hunting the monsters that threaten the edges of civilization—humanoid raiders. rampaging beasts and monstrosities, terrible giants, and deadly dragons. They learn to track their quarry as a predator does, moving stealthily through the wilds and hiding themselves in brush and rubble. Rangers focus their combat training on techniques that are particularly useful against their specific favored foes. Thanks to their familiarity with the wilds, rangers acquire the ability to cast spells that harness nature's power, much as a druid does. Their spells, like their combat abilities, emphasize speed, stealth, and the hunt. A ranger's talents and abilities are honed with deadly focus on the grim task of protecting the borderlands. ### 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 ores 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. \pagebreakNum <div class='classTable wide'> ##### The Ranger | Level | Proficiency Bonus | Features | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |:---:|:---:|:---|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | 1st | +2 | Favored Enemy or Favored Foe, Natural Explorer or Deft Explorer | — | — | — | — | — | | 2nd | +2 | Fighting Style, Spellcasting | 2 | — | — | — | — | | 3rd | +2 | Ranger Archetype, Primeval Awareness or Primal Awareness | 3 | — | — | — | — | | 4th | +2 | ASI/Feat, Prof. Versatility | 3 | — | — | — | — | | 5th | +3 | Extra Attack | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | | 6th | +3 | Favored Enemy/Favored Foe and Natural Explorer/Deft Explorer Improvements | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | | 7th | +3 | Ranger Archetype feature | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | | 8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement, Land's Stride | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | | 9th | +4 | ─ | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — | | 10th | +4 | Natural Explorer/Deft Explorer Improvement, Hide in Plain Sight or Nature's Veil | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — | | 11th | +4 | Ranger Archetype feature | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | — | | 12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | — | | 13th | +5 | ─ | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | | 14th | +5 | Favored Enemy/Favored Foe Improvement, Vanish | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | | 15th | +5 | Ranger Archetype feature | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | | 16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | | 17th | +6 | ─ | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | | 18th | +6 | Feral Senses | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | | 19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | | 20th | +6 | Foe Slayer | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | </div> ### Creating a Ranger As you create your ranger character, consider the nature of the training that gave you your particular capabilities. Did you train with a single mentor, wandering the wilds together until you mastered the ranger’s ways? Did you leave your apprenticeship, or was your mentor slain – perhaps by the same kind of monster that became your favored enemy? Or perhaps you learned your skills as part of a band of rangers affiliated with a druidic circle trained in mystic paths as well as wilderness lore. You might be self-taught, a recluse who learned combat skills, tracking, and even a magical connection to nature through the necessity of surviving in the wilds. What’s the source of your particular hatred of a certain kind of enemy? Did a monster kill someone you loved or destroy your home village? Or did you see too much of the destruction these monsters cause and commit yourself to reining in their depredations? Is your adventuring career a continuation of your work in protecting the borderlands, or a significant change? What made you join up with a band of adventurers? Do you find it challenging to teach new allies the ways of the wild, or do you welcome the relief from solitude that they offer? ##### Quick Build You can make a ranger quickly by following these suggestions. First, make Dexterity your highest ability score, followed by Wisdom. (Some rangers who focus on two-weapon fighting make Strength higher than Dexterity.) Second, choose the outlander background. ## Class Features As a ranger, you gain the following class features #### Hit Points ___ - **Hit Dice:** 1d10 per ranger level - **Hit Points at 1st Level:** 10 + your Constitution modifier - **Hit Points at Higher Levels:** 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per ranger level after 1st \pagebreakNum #### Proficiencies ___ - **Armor:** Light armor, medium armor, shields - **Weapons:** Simple weapons, martial weapons - **Tools:** None - **Saving Throws:** Strength, Dexterity - **Skills:** Choose three from Animal Handling, Athletics, Insight, Investigation, Nature, Perception, Stealth, and Survival #### Equipment You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background: - *(a)* scale mail or *(b)* leather armor - *(a)* two shortswords or *(b)* two simple melee weapons - *(a)* a dungeoneer's pack or *(b)* an explorer's pack - A longbow and a quiver of 20 arrows ### Favored Enemy Beginning at 1st level, you have significant experience studying, tracking, hunting, and even talking to a certain type of enemy. Choose a type of favored enemy: aberrations, beasts, celestials, constructs, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, giants, monstrosities, oozes, plants, or undead. Alternatively, you can select two races of humanoid (such as gnolls and orcs) as favored enemies. You have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track your favored enemies, as well as on Intelligence checks to recall information about them. When you gain this feature, you also learn one language of your choice that is spoken by your favored enemies, if they speak one at all. You choose one additional favored enemy, as well as an associated language, at 6th and 14th level. As you gain levels, your choices should reflect the types of monsters you have encountered on your adventures. ### **Favored Foe** *Replaces the Favored Enemy feature and works with the Foe Slayer feature* When you hit a creature with an attack roll, you can call on your mystical bond with nature to mark the target as your favored enemy for 1 minute **~~or until you lose your concentration (as if you were concentrating on a spell).~~** **~~The first time on each of your turns that~~ When** you hit the favored enemy and deal damage to it, including when you mark it, you can increase that damage by 1d4. You can use this feature to mark a favored enemy a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. This feature's extra damage increases when you reach certain levels in this class: to 1d6 at 6th level and to 1d8 at 14th level. \columnbreak ### Natural Explorer 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. > **Variant: Natural Explorer** > > When you select a terrain type for the Natural Explorer feature, you can instead gain the following benefits based on the terrain type. If you are proficient in Nature and you choose this option, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses it. > > **Arctic:** You gain resistance to cold damage. > > **Coast:** You gain a swim speed equal to your speed. > > **Desert:** You gain resistance to fire damage. > > **Forest:** If you are proficient in Perception, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses it and when determining your passive Perception. > > **Grassland:** Your speed increases by 10 feet. > > **Mountain:** You gain a climb speed equal to your speed. > > **Swamp:** You gain resistance to poison damage and are immune to disease. > > **Underdark:** You learn Undercommon. If you do not have darkvision, you gain it with a range of 30 feet. If you have darkvision, you instead gain “blindsight” with a range of 5 feet. \pagebreakNum ### **Deft Explorer** *Replaces the Natural Explorer feature* You are an unsurpassed explorer and survivor, both in the wilderness and in dealing with others on your travels. You gain the **Canny** benefit below, and you gain an additional benefit below when you reach 6th level and 10th level in this class. #### Canny Choose one of your skill proficiencies. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses the chosen skill. You can also speak, read, and write two additional languages of your choice. ### 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. **Blind Fighting** **You have blindsight 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.** **Defense** While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC. **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. **Thrown Weapon Fighting** **When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack.** **In addition, when you hit with a ranged attack using a thrown weapon, you gain a +2 bonus to the damage roll.** **Two-Weapon Fighting** When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack. **Additionally, you may make a second attack with your off-hand weapon when you reach level 14.** \columnbreak #### **Martial Versatility** Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace a fighting style you know with another style available to your class. This change represents a shift of focus in your martial training and practice, causing you to lose the benefits of one style and gain the benefits of another style. ### Spellcasting By 2nd level, you have learned to use the magical essence of nature to cast spells, much as a druid does. See chapter 10 for the general rules of spellcasting and chapter 11 for the ranger spell list. ##### Spell Slots The Ranger table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your ranger 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 ranger spell list.~~** **~~The Spells Known column of the Ranger table shows when you learn more ranger 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 ranger spells you know and replace it with another spell from the ranger spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots.~~** ##### **Preparing and Casting Spells** **You prepare the list of ranger spells that are available for you to cast, choosing from the ranger spell list. When you do so, choose a number of ranger spells equal to your Wisdom modifier + half your ranger level, rounded down (minimum of one spell). The spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots.** **For example, if you are a 5th-level ranger, you have four 1st-level and two 2nd-level spell slots. With a Wisdom of 14, your list of prepared spells can include four spells of 1st or 2nd level, in any combination. If you prepare the 1st-level spell *Hunter's Mark*, you can cast it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell doesn't remove it from your list of prepared spells.** **You can change your list of prepared spells when you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list of ranger spells requires time spent in contemplation and meditation: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list.** \pagebreakNum ##### Spellcasting Ability Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your ranger 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 ranger spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one. **Spell save DC** = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier **Spell attack modifier** = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier ##### **Spellcasting Focus** **You can use a *druidic focus* as a spellcasting focus for your ranger spells. A druidic focus might be a sprig of mistletoe or holly, a wand or rod made of yew or another special wood, a staff drawn whole from a living tree, or an object incorporating feathers, fur, bones, and teeth from sacred animals.** ### **Archetype Spells** Each archetype has a list of associated spells. You gain access to these spells at the levels specified in the archetype description. Once you gain access to an archetype spell, you always have it prepared. Archetype spells do not count against the number of spells you can prepare each day. If you gain an archetype spell that doesn't appear on the ranger spell list, the spell is nonetheless a ranger spell for you. ### Ranger Archetype At 3rd level, you chose an archetype that you strive to emulate: * Beast Master * Fey Wanderer * Gloom Stalker * Horizon Walker * Hunter * Monster Slayer * Swarmkeeper Each archetype is detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd, 5th, 7th, 11th, and 15th level. \columnbreak ### Primeval Awareness Beginning at 3rd level, you can attune your senses to the natural world around you to determine if any of your favored enemies lurk nearby. By spending 1 uninterrupted minute in concentration (as if you were concentrating on a spell) you can sense whether any of your favored enemies are present within 1 mile of you (or within up to 6 miles if you are in your favored terrain). **This feature reveals which of your favored enemies are present, their approximate numbers, and the creatures’ general direction and distance from you.** **If there are multiple groups of your favored enemies within range, you learn this information for each group.** **Alternatively, if you did not choose the *Favored Enemy* feature you may pick one creature type from the list available in that features list and attune your senses to that creature type. When used in this fashion you cannot change the attuned type until you finish a short rest.** **You can perform this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of one) per long rest.** ### **Primal Awareness** *Replaces the Primeval Awareness feature* You can focus your awareness through the interconnections of nature: you gain access to additional spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown in the Primal Awareness Spells table. These spells are always prepared and do not count against your number of prepared spells. ##### Primal Awareness Spells | Ranger Level | Spell | |:---:|:-----------:| | 3rd | *Speak with Animals* | | 5th | *Beast Sense* | | 9th | *Speak with Plants* | | 13th | *Locate Creature* | | 17th | *Commune with Nature* | You can cast each of these spells once without expending a spell slot. Once you cast a spell in this way, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest. ### Ability Score Improvement / Feat When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature. Alternatively, you can chose to take a Feat from one of the options found [here](https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-LMhPMjnL5LIDK4kuOSw). \pagebreakNum ### Proficiency Versatility Whenever you gain the Ability Score Improvement feature from your class, you can also replace one of your skill proficiencies with a skill proficiency offered by your class at 1st level (the proficiency you replace needn’t be from the class). This change represents one of your skills atrophying as you focus on a different skill ### Extra Attack Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. ### **Deft Explorer Improvement** You gain an additional benefit when you reach 6th level in this class. #### Roving Your walking speed increases by 5, and you gain a climbing and swimming speed equal to your walking speed. ### Land's Stride Starting at 8th level, moving through **~~nonmagical~~** difficult terrain costs you no extra movement. You can also pass through **~~nonmagical~~** plants without being slowed by them and without taking damage from them if they have thorns, spines, or a similar hazard. In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against plants that are magically created or manipulated to impede movement, such those created by the *Entangle* spell. ### Hide in Plain Sight Starting at 10th level, you can spend 1 minute creating camouflage for yourself **or another creature**. You must have access to fresh mud, dirt, plants, soot, and other naturally occurring materials with which to create your camouflage. Once you are camouflaged in this way, you can try to hide by pressing yourself up against a solid surface, such as a tree or wall, that is at least as tall and wide as you are. You gain a +10 bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) checks as long as you remain there without moving or taking actions. Once you move or take an action or a reaction, you must camouflage yourself again to gain this benefit. ### **Nature's Veil** *Replaces the Hide in Plain Sight feature* You draw on the powers of nature to hide yourself from view briefly. As a bonus action, you can magically become invisible, along with any equipment you are wearing or carrying, until the start of your next turn. 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. \columnbreak ### **Deft Explorer Improvement** You gain an additional benefit when you reach 10th level in this class. #### Tireless As an action, you can give yourself a number of temporary hit points equal to 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier (minimum of 1 temporary hit point). You can use this action a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. In addition, whenever you finish a short rest, your exhaustion level, if any, is decreased by 1. ### Vanish Starting at 14th level, you can use the Hide action as a bonus action on your turn. Also, you can’t be tracked by nonmagical means, unless you choose to leave a trail. ### Feral Senses At 18th level, you gain preternatural senses that help you fight creatures you can’t see. When you attack a creature you can’t see, your inability to see it doesn’t impose disadvantage on your attack rolls against it. You are also aware of the location of any invisible creature within 30 feet of you, provided that the creature isn’t hidden from you and you aren’t blinded or deafened. ### Foe Slayer [Replace] At 20th level, you become an unparalleled hunter of your enemies. Once on each of your turns, you can add your Wisdom modifier to the attack roll or the damage roll of an attack you make against one of your favored enemies. You can choose to use this feature before or after the roll, but before any effects of the roll are applied. ## Ranger Archetypes The ideal of the ranger has a few classic expressions: the Beast Master, the Gloom Stalker, the Horizon Walker, the Hunter, and the Monster Slayer. \pagebreakNum ### Beast Master The Beast Master archetype embodies a friendship between the civilized races and the beasts of the world. United in focus, beast and ranger work as one to fight the monstrous foes that threaten civilization and the wilderness alike. Emulating the Beast Master archetype means committing yourself to this ideal, working in partnership with an animal as its companion and friend. ##### Beast Master Features | Ranger Level | Feature | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | Archetype Spells, Animal Companion, Companions Bond | | 7th | Beast's Defense, Magic Claws | | 11th | Storm of Claws and Fangs | | 15th | Superior Beast's Defense | ##### Beast Master Spells | Ranger Level | Spells | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | *Beast Bond* | | 5th | *Locate Animals and Plants* | | 9th | *Conjure Animals* | | 13th | *Dominate Beast* | | 17th | *Awaken* | #### **Animal Companion** At 3rd level, you learn to use your magic to create a powerful bond with a creature of the natural world. With 8 hours of work and the expenditure of 50 gp worth of rare herbs and fine food, you call forth an animal from the wilderness to serve as your faithful companion. Choose a beast that is no larger than Medium, that does not have the Multi-attack feature, and that has a challenge rating of 1/4 or lower (the DM can help modify lower CR creatures to meet CR 1/4). At the end of the 8 hours, your animal companion appears and gains all the benefits of your Companion’s Bond ability. You can have only one animal companion at a time. If your animal companion is ever slain, the magical bond you share allows you to return it to life. Over the course of a long rest, you call forth your companion’s spirit and use your magic to create a new body for it. You can return an animal companion to life in this manner even if you do not possess any part of its body. If you use this ability to return a former animal companion to life while you have a current animal companion, your current companion leaves you and is replaced by the restored companion. \columnbreak #### **Companion's Bond** Your animal companion gains a variety of benefits while it is linked to you. The companion obeys your commands as best it can. It rolls for initiative like any other creature, but you determine its actions, decisions, attitudes, and so on. If you are incapacitated or absent, your companion acts on its own. When using your Natural Explorer feature, you and your animal companion can both move stealthily at a normal pace. Your animal companion has abilities and game statistics determined in part by your level. Your companion uses your proficiency bonus rather than its own. In addition to the areas where it normally uses its proficiency bonus, an animal companion also adds its proficiency bonus to its AC (if it is not wearing armor). Your animal companion gains proficiency in two skills of your choice. It also becomes proficient with two saving throws of your choice. For each level you gain after 3rd, your animal companion gains an additional hit die and increases its hit points accordingly. Whenever you gain the Ability Score Improvement class feature, your companion’s abilities also improve. Your companion can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or it can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, your companion can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature unless its description specifies otherwise. Your companion shares your alignment, and has a personality trait and a flaw that you determine. Your companion shares your ideal, and its bond is always, *“The ranger who travels with me is a beloved companion for whom I would gladly give my life.”* #### **Beast's Defense** At 7th level, your companion can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a red dragon's fiery breath or an *Ice Storm* spell. When your companion is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if it fails. #### **Magic Claws** Beginning at 7th level, the beast's attacks now count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. #### **Storm of Claws and Fangs** At 11th level, your companion can use its action to make a single melee attack against each creature of its choice within 5 feet of it, with a separate attack roll for each target. #### **Superior Beast's Defense** At 15th level, whenever an attacker that your companion can see hits it with an attack, it can use its reaction to halve the attack's damage against it. \pagebreakNum ### Fey Wanderer A fey mystique surrounds you, thanks to the boon of an archfey, the shining fruit you ate from a talking tree, the magic spring you swam in, or some other auspicious event. However you acquired your fey magic, you are now a Fey Wanderer, a ranger who represents both the mortal and the fey realms. As you wander the multiverse, your joyful laughter brightens the hearts of the downtrodden, and your martial prowess strikes terror in your foes, for great is the mirth of the fey and dreadful is their fury. ##### Fey Wanderer Features | Ranger Level | Feature | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | Archetype Spells, Dreadful Strike, Feywild Gifts, Otherworldly Glamour | | 7th | Beguiling Twist | | 11th | Fey Reinforcements | | 15th | Misty Wanderer | ##### Fey Wanderer Spells | Ranger Level | Spells | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | *Charm Person* | | 5th | *Misty STep* | | 9th | *Dispel Magic* | | 13th | *Dimension Door* | | 17th | *Mislead* | #### Dreadful Strikes Beginning at 3rd level you can augment your weapon strikes with mind-scarring magic, drawn from the gloomy hollows of the Feywild. When you hit a creature with a weapon, you can deal an extra 1d4 psychic damage to the target, which can take this extra damage only once per turn. The extra damage increases to 1d6 when you reach 11th level in this class. #### Feywild Gifts At 3rd level you gain possession of a preternatural blessing from a fey ally or a place of fey power. Choose your blessing from the Feywild Gifts table below or determine it randomly. | d6 | Gift | |:---:|:-----------:| | 1 | Illusory butterflies flutter around you while you take a short or long rest. | | 2 | Fresh, seasonal flowers sprout from your hair each dawn. | | 3 | You faintly smell of cinnamon, lavender, nutmeg, or another comforting herb or spice. | | 4 | Your shadow dances while no one is looking directly at it. | | 5 | Horns or antlers sprout from your head. | | 6 | Your skin and hair change color to match the season at each dawn. | #### Otherworldly Glamour Additionally at 3rd level your fey qualities give you a supernatural charm. As a result, whenever you make a Charisma check, you gain a bonus to the check equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of +1). In addition, you gain proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Deception, Performance, or Persuasion. #### Beguiling Twist When you reach 7th level the magic of the Feywild guards your mind. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened. In addition, whenever you or a creature you can see within 120 feet of you succeeds on a saving throw against being charmed or frightened, you can use your reaction to force a different creature you can see within 120 feet of you to make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. If the save fails, the target is charmed or frightened by you (your choice) for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a successful save. #### Fey Reinforcements At 11th level the royal courts of the Feywild have blessed you with the assistance of fey beings: you know *Summen Fey*. It doesn't count against the number of ranger spells you know, and you can cast it without a material component. You can also cast it once without a spell slot, and you regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Whenever you start casting the spell, you can modify it so that it doesn't require concentration. If you do so, the spell's duration becomes 1 minute for that casting. #### Misty Wanderer When you reach 15th level you gain the ability to slip in and out of the Feywild to move in a blink of an eye: you can cast *Misty Step* without expending a spell slot. You can do so a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. In addition, whenever you cast *Misty Step*, you can bring along one willing creature you can see within 5 feet of you. That creature teleports to an unoccupied space of your choice within 5 feet of your destination space. \pagebreakNum ### Gloom Stalker Gloom Stalkers are at home in the darkest places: deep under the earth, in gloomy alleyways, in primeval forests, and wherever else the light dims. Most folk enter such places with trepidation, but a Gloom Stalker ventures boldly into the darkness, seeking to ambush threats before they can reach the broader world. Such rangers are often found in the Underdark, but they will go any place where evil lurks in the shadows. ##### Gloom Stalker Features | Ranger Level | Feature | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | Archetype Spells, Dread Ambusher, Umbral Sight | | 7th | Iron Mind | | 11th | Stalker's Fury | | 15th | Shadowy Dodge | ##### Gloom Stalker Spells | Ranger Level | Spells | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | *Disguise Self* | | 5th | *Rope Trick* | | 9th | *Fear* | | 13th | *Greater Invisibility* | | 17th | *Seeming* | #### Dread Ambusher At 3rd level, you master the art of the ambush. You can give yourself a bonus to your initiative rolls equal to your Wisdom modifier. At the start of your first turn of each combat, your walking speed increases by 10 feet, which lasts until the end of that turn. If you take the Attack action on that turn, you can make one additional weapon attack as part of that action. If that attack hits, the target takes an extra 1d8 damage of the weapons damage type. \columnbreak #### Umbral Sight At 3rd level, you gain darkvision out to a range of 60' feet. If you already have darkvision from your race, its range increases by 30 feet. 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. #### Iron Mind By 7th level, you have honed your ability to resist the mind—altering powers of your prey. You gain proficiency in Wisdom saving throws. If you already have this proficiency, you instead gain proficiency in Intelligence or Charisma saving throws (your choice). #### Stalker's Flurry At 11th level, you learn to attack with such unexpected speed that you can turn a miss into another strike. Once on each of your turns when you miss with a weapon attack, you can make another weapon attack as part of the same action. #### Shadowy Dodge Starting at 15th level, you can dodge in unforeseen ways, with wisps of supernatural shadow around you. Whenever a creature makes an attack roll against you and doesn’t have advantage on the roll, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on it. You must use this feature before you know the outcome of the attack roll. \pagebreakNum ### Horizon Walker Horizon Walkers guard the world against threats that originate from other planes or that seek to ravage the mortal realm with otherworldly magic. They seek out planar portals and keep watch over them, venturing to the Inner Planes and the Outer Planes as needed to pursue their foes. These rangers are also friends to any forces in the multiverse—especially benevolent dragons, fey, and elementals—that work to preserve life and the order of the planes. ##### Horizon Walker Features | Ranger Level | Feature | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | Archetype Spells, Detect Portal, Planar Warrior (1d8) | | 7th | Ethereal Step | | 11th | Distant Strike, Planar Warrior (2d8) | | 15th | Spectral Defense | ##### Horizon Walker Spells | Ranger Level | Spells | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | *Protection from Evil and Good* | | 5th | *Misty Step* | | 9th | *Haste* | | 13th | *Banishment* | | 17th | *Teleportation Circle* | #### Detect Portal At 3rd level, you gain the ability to magically sense the presence of a planar portal. As an action, you detect the distance and direction to the closest planar portal within 1 mile of you. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest. See the “Planar Travel” section in chapter 2 of the *Dungeon Master’s Guide* for examples of planar portals. \columnbreak #### Planar Warrior At 3rd level, you learn to draw on the energy of the multiverse to augment your attacks. As a bonus action, choose one creature you can see within 30 feet of you. The next time you hit that creature on this turn with a weapon attack, all damage dealt by the attack becomes force damage, and the creature takes an extra 1d8 force damage from the attack. When you reach 11th level in this class, the extra damage increases to 2d8. #### Ethereal Step At 7th level, you learn to step through the Ethereal Plane. As a bonus action, you can cast the etherealness spell with this feature, without expending a spell slot, but the spell ends at the end of the current turn. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest. #### Distant Strike At 11th level, you gain the ability to pass between the planes in the blink of an eye. When you take the Attack action, you can teleport up to 10 feet before each attack to an unoccupied space you can see. If you attack at least two different creatures with the action, you can make one additional attack with it against a third creature. #### Spectral Defense At 15th level, your ability to move between planes enables you to slip through the planar boundaries to lessen the harm done to you during battle. When you take damage from an attack, you can use your reaction to give yourself resistance to all of that attack’s damage on this turn. \pagebreakNum ### Hunter Emulating the Hunter archetype means accepting your place as a bulwark between civilization and the terrors of the wilderness. As you walk the Hunter’s path, you learn specialized techniques for fighting the threats you face, from rampaging ogres and hordes of orcs to towering giants and terrifying dragons. ##### Hunter Features | Ranger Level | Feature | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | Archetype Spells, Hunter's Prey | | 7th | Defensive Tactics | | 11th | Multiattack | | 15th | Superior Hunter's Defense | ##### Hunter Spells | Ranger Level | Spells | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | *Ensnaring Strike* | | 5th | *Enhance Ability* | | 9th | *Haste* | | 13th | *Locate Creature* | | 17th | *Swift Quiver* | #### Hunter’s Prey At 3rd level, you gain one of the following features of your choice. **Colossus Slayer.** Your tenacity can wear down the most potent foes. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, the creature takes an extra 1d8 damage if it’s below its hit point maximum. You can deal this extra damage only once per turn. **Giant Killer.** When a Large or larger creature within 5 feet of you hits or misses you with an attack, you can use your reaction to attack that creature immediately after its attack, provided that you can see the creature. **Horde Breaker.** Once on each of your turns when you make a weapon attack, you can make another attack with the same weapon against a different creature that is within 5 feet of the original target and within range of your weapon. #### Defensive Tactics At 7th level, you gain one of the following features of your choice. **Escape the Horde.** Opportunity attacks against you are made with disadvantage. **Multiattack Defense.** When a creature hits you with an attack, you gain a +4 bonus to AC against all subsequent attacks made by that creature for the rest of the turn. **Steel Will.** You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened. \columnbreak #### Multiattack At 11th level, you gain one of the following features of your choice. **Volley.** You can use your action to make a ranged attack against any number of creatures within 10 feet of a point you can see within your weapon’s range. You must have ammunition for each target, as normal, and you make a separate attack roll for each target. **Whirlwind Attack.** You can use your action to make melee attacks against any number of creatures within 5 feet of you, with a separate attack roll for each target. #### Superior Hunter’s Defense At 15th level, you gain one of the following features of your choice. **Evasion.** When you are subjected to an effect, such as a red dragon’s fiery breath or a lightning bolt spell, that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on a saving throw, and only half damage if you fail. **Stand Against the Tide.** When a hostile creature misses you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction to force that creature to repeat the same attack against another creature (other than itself) of your choice. **Uncanny Dodge.** When an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack’s damage against you. \columnbreak \pagebreakNum ### Monster Slayer You have dedicated yourself to hunting down creatures of the night and wielders of grim magic. A Monster Slayer seeks out vampires, dragons, evil fey, fiends, and other magical threats. Trained in supernatural techniques to overcome such monsters, Slayers are experts at unearthing and defeating mighty, mystical foes. ##### Monster Slayer Features | Ranger Level | Feature | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | Archetype Spells, Hunter's Sense, Slayer's Prey | | 7th | Supernatural Defense | | 11th | Magic-User's Nemesis | | 15th | Slayer's Counter | ##### Monster Slayer Spells | Ranger Level | Spells | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | *Protection from Evil and Good* | | 5th | *Zone of Truth* | | 9th | *Magic Circle* | | 13th | *Banishment* | | 17th | *Hold Monster* | #### Hunter’s Sense At 3rd level, you gain the ability to peer at a creature and magically discern how best to hurt it. As an action, choose one creature you can see within 60 feet of you. You immediately learn whether the creature has any damage immunities, resistances, or vulnerabilities and what they are. If the creature is hidden from divination magic, you sense that it has no damage immunities, resistances, or vulnerabilities. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest. #### Slayer’s Prey Starting at 3rd level, you can focus your ire on one foe, increasing the harm you inflict on it. As a bonus action, you designate one creature you can see within 60 feet of you as the target of this feature. The first time each turn that you hit that target with a weapon attack, it takes an extra 1d6 damage from the weapon. This benefit lasts until you finish a short or long rest. It ends early if you designate a different creature. \columnbreak #### Supernatural Defense At 7th level, you gain extra resilience against your prey’s assaults on your mind and body. Whenever the target of your Slayer’s Prey forces you to make a saving throw and whenever you make an ability check to escape that targets grapple, add 1d6 to your roll. #### Magic-User’s Nemesis At 11th level, you gain the ability to thwart someone Else’s magic. When you see a creature casting a spell or teleporting within 60 feet of you, you can use your reaction to try to magically foil it. The creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC, or its spell or teleport fails and is wasted. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest. #### Slayer’s Counter At 15th level, you gain the ability to counterattack when your prey tries to sabotage you. If the target of your Slayer’s Prey forces you to make a saving throw, you can use your reaction to make one weapon attack against the quarry. You make this attack immediately before making the saving throw. If your attack hits, your save automatically succeeds, in addition to the attack’s normal effects. \pagebreakNum ### Swarmkeeper Feeling a deep connection to the environment around them, some rangers reach out through their magical connection to the world and bond with a swarm of nature spirits. The swarm becomes a potent force in battle, as well as helpful company for the ranger. Some Swarmkeepers are outcasts or hermits, keeping to themselves and their attendant swarms rather than dealing with the discomfort of others. Other Swarmkeepers enjoy building vibrant communities that work for the mutual benefit of all those they consider part of their swarm. ##### Swarmkeeper Features | Ranger Level | Feature | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | Archetype Spells, Gathered Swarm, Swarmkeeper Magic | | 7th | Writhing Tide | | 11th | Mighty Swarm | | 15th | Swarming Dispersal | ##### Swarmkeeper Spells | Ranger Level | Spells | |:----:|:-------------| | 3rd | *Faerie Fire* | | 5th | *Web* | | 9th | *Gaseous Form* | | 13th | *Arcane Eye* | | 17th | *Insect Plauge* | #### Gathered Swarm At third level a swarm of intangible nature spirits has bonded itself to you and can assist you in battle. Until you die, the swarm remains in your space, crawling on you or flying and skittering around you within your space. You determine its appearance, or you generate its appearance by rolling on the Swarm Appearance table. | d4 | Appearance | |:---:|:-----------:| | 1 | Swarming insects | | 2 | Miniature twig blights | | 3 | Fluttering birds | | 4 | Playful pixies | Once on each of your turns, you can cause the swarm to assist you in one of the following ways, immediately after you hit a creature with an attack: * The attack's target takes 1d6 piercing damage from the swarm. * The attack's target must succeed on a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC or be moved by the swarm up to 15 feet horizontally in a direction of your choice. * You are moved by the swarm 5 feet horizontally in a direction of your choice. > ##### It's Your Swarm > A Swarmkeeper's swarm and spells are reflections of the character's bond with nature spirits. Take the opportunity to describe the swarm and the ranger's magic in play. For example, when your ranger casts *Gaseous Form*, they might appear to melt into the swarm, instead of a cloud of mist, or the *Arcane Eye* spell could create an extension of your swarm that spies for you. Such descriptions don't change the effects of spells, but they are an exciting opportunity to explore your character's narrative through their class abilities. For more guidance on customizing spells, see the "Personalizing Spells" section in chapter 3. > > Also, remember that the swarm's appearance is yours to customize, and don't feel confined to a single appearance. Perhaps the spirits' look changes with the ranger's mood or with the seasons. You decide! #### Swarmkeeper Magic Additionally at 3rd level you learn the *Mage Hand* cantrip if you don't already know it. When you cast it, the hand takes the form of your swarming nature spirits. #### Writhing Tide At 7th level you gain the ability to condense part of your swarm into a focused mass that lifts you up. As a bonus action, you gain a flying speed of 10 feet and can hover. This effect lasts for 1 minute or until you are incapacitated. 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. #### Mighty Swarm At 11th level your Gathered Swarm grows mightier in the following ways: * The damage of Gathered Swarm increases to 1d8. * If a creature fails its saving throw against being moved by Gathered Swarm, you can also cause the swarm to knock the creature prone. * When you are moved by Gathered Swarm, it gives you half cover until the start of your next turn. #### Swarming Dispersal At 15th level you gain the ability to discorporate into your swarm, avoiding danger. When you take damage, you can use your reaction to give yourself resistance to that damage. You vanish into your swarm and then teleport to an unoccupied space that you can see within 30 feet of you, where you reappear with the swarm. 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. \pagebreakNum ## Ranger Spell List <div class='spellList'> ##### 1st Level - Absorb Elements - Alarm - Animal Friendship - Beast Bond - ***Bone Read*** - Cure Wounds - Detect Magic - Detect Poison and Disease - Ensnaring Strike - **Entangle** - Fog Cloud - Goodberry - Hail of Thorns - Hunter's Mark - Jump - Longstrider - Snare - Speak with Animals - ***Starsee*** - Zephyr Strike ##### 2nd Level - **Aid** - Animal Messenger - Barkskin - Beast Sense - Cordon of Arrows - Darkvision - **Enhance Ability** - Find Traps - **Gust of Wind** - Healing Spirit - Lesser Restoration - Locate Animals or Plants - Locate Object - **Magic Weapon** - ***Misty Warding*** - Pass without Trace - Protection from Poison - Silence - Spike Growth - **Wading Bond** ##### 3rd Level - ***Blade Storm*** - Conjure Animals - Conjure Barrage - **Create Food and Water** - Daylight - Flame Arrows - ***Flame Tether*** - Lightning Arrow - **Meld into Stone** - Nondetection - Plant Growth - Protection from Energy - **Revivify** - Speak with Plants - **Tongues** - Water Breathing - Water Walk - Wind Wall \columnbreak ##### 4th Level - ***Call Treant Spirit*** - Conjure Woodland Beings - **Death Ward** - **Dominate Beast** - Freedom of Movement - Grasping Vine - Guardian of Nature - ***Iron Nemesis*** - Locate Creature - Stoneskin ##### 5th Level - **Awaken** - Commune with Nature - Conjure Volley - **Greater Restoration** - Steel Wind Strike - Swift Quiver - Tree Stride - Wrath of Nature </div> \pagebreakNum # Homebrew Changes ### Favored Enemy * Added **Favored Foe** as optional feature, modified **Favored Foe** as follows: * Removed concentration requirement * Removed once per turn restriction ### Natural Explorer * Added **Variant** option if player desires * Added **Deft Explorer** as optional feature ### Fighting Style * Added *Blind Fighting*, *Druidic Warrior*, and *Thrown Weapon Fighting* fighting styles * Added **Martial Versatility** feature ### Spellcasting * The Ranger spellcasting has been changed from a "spells known" format to a "spells prepared" format * Added a "Spell known" list to the Beast Master and Hunter archetypes to match the Gloom Stalker, Horizon Walker, and the Monster Slayer archetypes * Added the **Spellcasting Focus** feature ### Spell List * See the table above; bolded items are spells that do not appear on this class's Player's Handbook Spell list, italicized items are homebrew spells. ### Archetypes #### Beast Master - Animal Companion * Can revive a slain companion #### Beast Master - Companion's Bond * Companion rolls its own initiative and acts on its own turn, but player controls it, no longer requires an action from the Ranger to command * Companion's proficiency modifier now increases alongside yours. * Companion adds its proficiency modifier, if it's not wearing armor, to its AC * Companion gains two skill proficiencies of your choice and gains your Saving Throw proficiency. * Companion gains an additional hit dice for each level over level 3 that the player has, its health increases accordingly * Whenever you gain the "Ability Score Improvement or Feat" class feature, your companion can gain an ASI as well (but not a Feat). * Companion shares the characters alignment and gains a personality trait and flaw of the players choice and gains the bond "The ranger who travels with me is a beloved companion for whom I would gladly give my life.” \columnbreak #### Beast Master - Beast's Defense * The companion gains the rogues *Evasion* feature #### Beast Master - Magic Claws * The companions attacks now count as magical #### Beast Master - Storm of Claws and Fangs * The companion can use its action to attack each creature within 5 ft. once #### Beast Master - Superior Beast's Defense * The companion gains the rogues *Uncanny Dodge* feature ### Ability Score Increase / Feat * Added the **Proficiency Versatility** from the [Class Features UA](https://media.wizards.com/2019/dnd/downloads/UA-ClassFeatures.pdf) ### Primeval Awareness * Added *Primal Awareness* as an optional feature, and adjusted wording to match with a Prepared caster ### Land's Stride * Removed restriction to non-magical difficult terrain and nonmagical plants ### Hide in Plain Sight * Can now be used on another creature * Added *Nature's Veil* as an optional feature