Beast Hunter

Hunters make their living by trapping, hunting, and killing vicious beasts. Some provide meat and furs for settlements, or for trade. The strongest may become a community's best defense against wandering monsters. They are often as brutish as the creatures they hunt, heavily scarred from close encounters with their prey. They are proficient in setting many different traps, from simple snares to spring-loaded traps and cages. The beast hunter typically favors ranged weapons when taking down larger prey, avoiding close range where possible. Some favor stealth, lying patiently in ambush, while others revel in the thrill of the chase. Beast hunters have a natural aptitude for tracking all manner of beasts, quickly noticing signs that an animal has passed by, down to an exact time and direction of travel.

**Skill Proficiency:** Survival.

**Additional Equipment:** a net, a hunting trap, 30 feet of rope, one vial of pheromones or a pouch of bait.

**Track Quarry**

Upon spending an hour examining your surroundings, and succeeding on a medium-DC Wisdom (Survival) check, you can track the movements of creatures that have passed through the area. You can ascertain the exact time and direction a creature went, if you are familiar with the type of creature.

## Rank 1- Tracker

You have shadowed an accomplished hunter to learn their methods of setting traps, stalking prey, and following tracks. When you aren't out hunting with your mentor, you busy yourself setting snares, practicing with a bow and arrow, and learning about the creatures you hunt.

**Holdings:**

You know where to find a Beast Hunter's Lodge that you can use in the wilderness to rest and escape danger.
You have a lead as to the location of the lair of a powerful and dangerous creature.

**Progression:**

Prove to your mentor that you are competent to hunt on your own and teach the new and inexperienced.

## Rank 2 - Trapper

You have developed your hunting skills to the point where you can make a living from them, beyond just feeding yourself from day to day. You are adept in setting traps, and have an eye for where to ready your snares to maximize you chances of an easy kill. You seek out game trails where there is evidence of recent activity, and always always return to find a creature snared in your trap.

**Holdings:**

Up to a handful of apprentices who wish to learn the trade.
Use of equipment from a Beast Hunter's Lodge to hunt any beast you accept a contract to kill. You must have access to a Beast Hunter's Lodge.

**Progression:**

Complete a contract to kill a particularly rare and dangerous beast for a community or an influential individual. You must determine the creature's species, track it , and slay it.

## Rank 3 - Venator

You are the one to call in the surrounding area if farmers are being slain by beasts, or if mages require a specific magical component.

**Holdings:**

A team of experienced hunters who assist you in large hunts and handle smaller jobs you assign to them.
Access to the Beast Hunter's Lodge's library, which contains all known weaknesses of beasts and monsters.

**Progression:**

Slay a legendary beast. The event must draw the awe of influential individuals across the land.

## Rank 4 - Mythical Beast Hunter

Your skills as a hunter are known to be unparalleled in the lands. Monarchs and nobles request your aid to remove the most difficult of monsters from their lands. Merchants contract you to capture the most vicious of mythical creatures, and druids ask for your assistance to relocate dangerous but endangered fantastical creatures.

**Holdings:**

Control of the guild of Beast Hunters, including the resources and personnel the guild controls.

Fame and high repute across the land as a figure of legend.

A mighty weapon or artifact handed down to you by the guild, a satisfied customer, or an admirer.

An audience with any ruler at their convenience to discuss matters of beast hunting in their domain.

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