Beast Tamer v10.25
Description
The Beast Tamer is a class based on taming creatures to assist them in combat. The Beast Tamer can be diverse in its function to its traveling companions. They can focus on creatures that assist with DPS or have their pet be the tank for their party. They could also go more of a utility route and pick a creature that could make a good scout or just a role-play companion.
The Beast Tamer can focus on nature or debuffs as its focus when it comes to spell casting. The typical Beast Tamer will command its beast companion to attack while they curse the target with debuffs or insect plagues. In wild form it can essentially be a tank as it takes 1/2 damage from attacks against it.
The Beast Tamer is based on the Venomancer class from the MMORPG Perfect World International.
Class Features
A Beast Tamer build is as follows.
Hit Points
HP
Hit Dice: 1d8 per Beast Tamer level.
Hit Points At 1st Level: 8 + Constitution modifier.
Hit Points At Higher Levels 1d8 + Constitution modifier per Beast Tamer level.
Proficiencies
Proficiencies
Armor: Light, Medium.
Weapons: Simple, Martial
Tools: Herbalism Kit
Saving Throws: Wisdom, Constitution
Skills: Animal handling and, Choose one from: athletics, acrobatics, insight, medicine, nature, perception, stealth, survival
Spellcasting Modifier: Wisdom
Cantrips: You may start with 1 cantrip of your choice from the Beast Tamer spell table.
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
(a) leather armor or (b) hide armor
(a) a quarterstaff or (b) dagger (c) rapier
(a) a glaive or (b) a shortbow
an explorer's pack and a spell focus
Subclasses
At level 2 pick a subclass.
Additionally you gain 1 cantrip from your subclass spell table.
Day Master
Gain access to the Day Tamer spells table.
You know Sylvan from your time studying the magical arts.
At 7th level you gain the ability to tame fey and elementals.
When using heal beast you may add your proficiency bonus to your healing.
Night Master
Gain access to the Night Tamer spells table
You know Abyssal from your time studying the darker magical arts.
At 7th level you gain the ability to tame fiends.
You are able to also choose a flying type beast for choosing your wild form.
While in wild form of a flying creature your max health is 1/2 your humanoid form.
Dragon Master
Sacrifice the spell casting ability to make your taming requirement 1/2 your Beast Tamer level instead. You have no spell casting but still have access to Beast Abilities and Beast Commands. You start with a dragon egg in your possession which has lead you to learn Draconic from your time studying dragons to learn to take care of it.
While in fox form you have a bite attack that does 1d8 damage. At 6th level you gain multi-attack while in wild form allowing for a claw attack. At 7th level your dragon egg hatches and you gain the ability to tame large or smaller draconic creatures.
Beast Tamer Abilities
Tame Beast
When you weren't studying magic you were learning to tame the beasts of nature. You can use the Tame Beast skill to attempt to tame a non flying beast that is below 25% health and is 1/3rd or below of your Beast Tamer level. The creature must be of type beast and can not fly in order to be tamed by you. You can have up to your proficiency bonus amount of tamed beast under contract with you at a time.
To tame a beast it must be below 25% hp and be 1/3rd or lower of your Beast Tamer level. Roll animal handling to attempt to tame it. On a higher roll than the beasts DC it is tamed and under contract by you.
At level 1 you may start with any non flying, medium or lower sized beast of level 1 or lower that is allowed by your DM.
For DM's calculating the animal DC can either be based on feel on the creature type and alignment. An alternative is a formula that is based on AC, CR, Wis, & Size. ( (AC/4) + (CR/2) + (Wisdom-Score/3) + (Size-Modifier/1.5) )
Heal Beast
You use this ability as a bonus action to restore hp to your contracted beast. You may use this ability amount of times equal to your Beast Tamer level to restore hp to your currently active beast. The ability can be used in wild form. Your tamed beast will also regain full hit points after it has a long rest.
The HP restored is equal to 1 of the beasts hit die + your wisdom modifier.
You gain Beast Healing Improvement at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th. Each improvement adds an additional hit die when casting.
Revive Beast
At level 2, once per long rest you can spend spend 1 minute to revive a contracted tamed beast that has died within 24 hours. It revives with 1d10 + your wisdom modifier HP.
At level 14 your able to revive 2 contracted beasts a day.
Communication Link
At level 3 you and your beast have learned to communicate verbally with each other as long as you are both in vision of each other.
Beast Commands
Combat Commands
Defend
Order the beast to defend you by attacking any creature that attacks you.
Attack
Order the beast to attack the specified creature on its next turn.
Retreat
Order the beast to disengage and retreat to a perceived area of safety.
Movement Commands
Follow
Order the beast to follow you.
Stealth
Order the beast to attempt stealth until broken or commanded not to.
Stay
Order the beast to stay put in a designated area.
Scout
Order the beast to scout in a direction avoiding combat and to come back with information.
Pet Skills
Each contracted beast can learn an amount of skills equal to half their level + 1. As a bonus action a contracted beast can use these skills equal to their level + 1 each long rest.
Taunting Roar
Roar to attract the enemies next attack.
Threatening Howl
Give the next attacker disadvantage on its next attack out of fear.
Pierce
When using a bite attack pierce the enemy's armor causing its AC to drop by 1.
Slow
Attack the enemy's legs to decrease its movement to half for the next turn.
Tough
Take 1/2 damage from the next attack received.
Health Boost
Recover a hit dice worth of HP.
Parry
Used as a reaction to avoid the next attack and get one free attack action.
Reflect
Used as a reaction to reflect an attack back at its caster.
Claw
Take an extra claw attack.
Bite
Take an extra bite attack.
Protect
Lose its attack actions to increase itself and owners AC by 5 until it takes another attack action.
Bless
Gain an extra hit dice worth of maximum health for 1 hour and gain half as healing to fill that amount.
Pounce
If the next attack hits then it stuns the target for 1 round.
Bloodthirsty
Gain HP equal to 1/2 the damage on the next successful attack.
Sacrifice
Take an additional attack but take 1/2 of it as damage to itself.
Penetrate
Deal an additional 1d4 damage ignoring the enemies AC.
Pet Leveling
Stat Increase
Your beast is able to level up over time as you two work together. For every level you receive your pet can also receive a level as long as it does not exceed your maximum taming requirements of 1/3rd your level rounded down, or 1/2 your level rounded down if you chose the Dragon Tamer subclass.
The level progression is as follows:
CR: 0, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
HP
For each level your beast gains past its initial level add 1 extra of its HP die + its constitution modifier to its HP.
ASI
For every level your beast gains past its initial level it gains a 1 ASI point.
DM Leveling
*Optionally you may work with your DM for a different method of leveling your beast over time. It is recommended to use a stat block of a similar creature at the desired level instead for ease of use.
Pet Armor
As you and your beast gain levels its AC may fall behind enough that it needs improved. One way to do this is to ask your DM about purchasing armor for it.
Below is an example of a panther and a bear with armor.
|
Level |
Proficiency |
Features |
Spells |
—Spell Slots per Spell Level— |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | ||||
|
1st |
+2 |
Tame Beast, Heal Beast |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
2nd |
+2 |
Revive Beast, Spellcasting |
2 |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
3rd |
+2 |
Wild Form, Communication Link |
3 |
3 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
4th |
+2 |
Ability Score Improvement, Taming Upgrade |
3 |
3 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
5th |
+3 |
Beast Healing Improvement, Extra Contract |
4 |
4 |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
|
6th |
+3 |
Flying Beast Taming |
4 |
4 |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
|
7th |
+3 |
Sub Class Feature |
5 |
4 |
3 |
— |
— |
— |
|
8th |
+3 |
Ability Score Improvement |
5 |
4 |
3 |
— |
— |
— |
|
9th |
+4 |
Beast Healing Improvement, Extra Contract |
6 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
— |
— |
|
10th |
+4 |
Taming Upgrade |
6 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
— |
— |
|
11th |
+4 |
Taming Upgrade |
7 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
— |
— |
|
12th |
+4 |
Ability Score Improvement |
7 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
— |
— |
|
13th |
+5 |
Beast Healing Improvement, Extra Contract |
8 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
— |
|
14th |
+5 |
Imrpoved Revive |
8 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
— |
|
15th |
+5 |
Dual Combat Fighting |
9 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
— |
|
16th |
+5 |
Ability Score Improvement |
9 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
— |
|
17th |
+6 |
Beast Healing Improvement, Extra Contract |
10 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
18th |
+6 |
Taming Upgrade |
10 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
19th |
+6 |
Ability Score Improvement |
11 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
|
20th |
+6 |
----- |
11 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
Spellcasting
At level 2 You spent your time in nature learning to draw on the darker side of magic, focusing on plagues and curses. While you learned the darker arts of magic it does not mean that your innately evil.
You are essentially a 1/2 caster using the rangers table for known spells and spell slots. You have access to the spells listed in the Beast Tamer's Spell Table listed at the end of the document.
You additionally gain access to the spell table of your subclass.
Wild Form
At level 3 you have learned to wild shape into the form of a creature.
You can choose 1 non-flying beast, size medium or smaller of CR 0 as your wild form.
You can transform using a bonus action into your chosen animal path.
While in wild form you can still command you pet using all the beast abilities and commands that you know but can not use your spell casting ability.
Wild form can be used as the amount of times of 1/3 your Beast Tamer level rounded down.
While in wild form your health is the same as your humanoid form but you take 1/2 damage from attacks.
Ability Score Improvement
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.
Taming Upgrade
Max size increase:
At 4th level the max size for taming a sea creature is increased to large or smaller beast.
At 10th level the max size for taming a sea creature is increased to huge or smaller beast.
At 11th level the max size for taming a land creature is increased to large or smaller beast.
At 18th level you have mastered taming the wild and are able to tame beasts at 1/2 your Beast Tamer level.
Beast Healing Improvement
At 5th level you can use 2 of the beasts hit die + your wisdom modifier.
At 9th level you can use 3 of the creatures hit die + your wisdom modifier.
At 13th level you can use 4 of the creatures hit die + your wisdom modifier.
At 17th level you can use 5 of the creatures hit die + your wisdom modifier.
Extra Contract
Contracts are based on your proficiency bonus based on your level.
At 1st level you can hold 2 beast contracts at once.
At 5th level you can hold 3 beast contracts at once.
At 9th level you can hold 4 beast contracts at once.
At 13th level you can hold 5 beast contracts at once.
At 17th level you can hold 6 beast contracts at once.
Flying Beast Taming
At 6th level you are able to tame flying beasts as well.
Sub Class Feature
At 7th level your able to tame an additional type of creature based on your subclass.
Dual Combat Fighting
At 15th level you have learned how to manage your beasts well enough to have two active in combat at the same time. You may command both of them on your turn as a bonus action on their next objective in combat.
Beast Master Spell Table
Class Spells
| Spell Level | Name |
|---|---|
| 0 | Magic Stone |
| 0 | Minor Illusion |
| 1 | Animal Friendship |
| 1 | Beast Bond |
| 1 | Detect Magic |
| 1 | Detect Poison And Disease |
| 1 | Silent Image |
| 1 | Speak With Animals |
| 1 | Wrathful Smite |
| 2 | Augury |
| 2 | Beast Sence |
| 2 | Phantasmal Force |
| 4 | Giant Insect |
| 5 | Insect Plague |
Day Master Spells
| Spell Level | Name |
|---|---|
| 0 | Thorn Whip |
| 0 | Prestigitation |
| 1 | Chaos Bolt |
| 1 | Entangle |
| 1 | False Life |
| 1 | Hail Of Thorns |
| 1 | Magic Missile |
| 1 | Snare |
| 2 | Aid |
| 2 | Animal Messenger |
| 2 | Alter Self |
| 2 | Dust Devil |
| 2 | Earthbind |
| 2 | Hold Person |
| 2 | Locate Animals Or Plants |
| 2 | Protection From Poison |
| 3 | Beacon Of Hope |
| 3 | Conjure Animals |
| 3 | Create Food And Water |
| 3 | Haste |
| 3 | Life Transferance |
| 3 | Protection From Energy |
| 3 | Remove Curse |
| 4 | Aura Of Life |
| 4 | Charm Monster |
| 4 | Conjure Woodland Beings |
| 4 | Faithful Hound |
| 4 | Grasping Vine |
| 4 | Locate Creature |
| 5 | Awaken |
| 5 | Skill Empowerment |
| 5 | Wrath Of Nature |
Night Master Spells
| Spell Level | Name |
|---|---|
| 0 | Infestation |
| 0 | Primal Savagery |
| 1 | Cause Fear |
| 1 | Hellish Rebuke |
| 1 | Hex |
| 1 | Inflict Wounds |
| 1 | Ray Of Sickness |
| 1 | Sleep |
| 2 | Blindness/Deafness |
| 2 | Crown Of Madness |
| 2 | Darkness |
| 2 | Darkvision |
| 2 | Mind Spike |
| 2 | Ray Of Enfeeblement |
| 2 | Silence |
| 2 | Wither and Bloom |
| 3 | Bestow Curse |
| 3 | Enemies Abound |
| 3 | Fear |
| 3 | Feign Death |
| 3 | Incite Greed |
| 3 | Slow |
| 3 | Vampiric Touch |
| 4 | Black Tentacles |
| 4 | Blight |
| 4 | Compulsion |
| 4 | Confusion |
| 4 | Dominate Beast |
| 4 | Shadow Of Moil |
| 5 | Contagion |
| 5 | Hold Monster |
| 5 | Infernal Calling |