Ranger

## Ranger Levelling Table

As a Ranger you gain the following class features.

* **Hit Points at Higher Levels:** 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per ranger level after 1st.

### Proficiencies

* **Armor**: Light and Medium Armor
* **Weapons**: All simple weapons, and two martial weapons of your choice.
* **Tools**: Herbalist's kit and another of your choice.
* **Saving Throws:** Strength, Dexterity
* **Skills:** Choose three from Animal Handling, Athletics, Insight, Investigation, Nature, Perception, Stealth, and Survival.

## Animal Companion

At level 1, you have created a special bond with an animal, a
constant companion and friend. Choose a beast that has a CR of ¼ or
less. The chosen beast is now your animal companion.
During combat, you and your animal companion are treated as the same
character, sharing the same turn and initiative. However, you and your
animal companion have separate movement speeds and actions, and hostile
creatures can still choose to target your animal companion for attacks
or spells. If your animal companion is one size smaller than you or
smaller, it can occupy the same space as you. In order for your animal
companion to take an action, it must hear or see you so that you can
issue a command to it. In the event that your animal companion dies, you
 may receive a new companion of the same species after 1d8 hours of
searching. Finally, your animal companion has a Hit Dice of 1d8. Each
time you gain a level, your animal companion gains one Hit Dice as well
as a Maximum Hit Point increase depending on the result of rolling the
Hit Dice (as if it were a Player Character).

This companion gradually becomes stronger over time, gaining
special improvements as shown below. Alternatively, you may release your
 current animal companion and obtain a new animal companion by capturing
 a beast with a CR equal to the number shown in the Beast CR table (upon
 a successful Animal Handling skill check) and spending 1d8 consecutive hours bonding with it.

For every three levels that you take in this class, you may take
one of the improvements below to add to your animal companion. These
improvements apply only to your current animal companion and can only be
 re-allocated in the event that you must receive a new animal companion
after the death of your previous one. However, if you choose to capture a
 new companion of a higher CR than your previous companion, you do not
re-allocate your former animal companion's improvements to the new
companion.

* Choose one melee weapon attack that your animal companion can make. Increase the damage done by this attack by 1d4.
* Your animal companion gains a +2 bonus to hit with its melee weapon attacks.
* Your animal companion gains a +2 bonus on all saving throws it makes.
* Your animal companion's melee weapon attacks are considered magical for the purpose of overcoming damage resistances and immunities.

* Your animal companion may use a bonus action to take the dash or disengage actions.
* Your animal companion gains the Rogue's Evasion feature.

## Natural Explorer

At 1st level, you have the following benefits:

* You ignore difficult terrain.
* You have advantage on initiative rolls.
* On your first turn during combat, you have advantage on attack rolls against creatures that have not yet acted.

You gain the following benefits when traveling for an hour or more:

* 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, 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.

## Know Thy Enemy

Starting
 at 2nd level, you can use a bonus action to quickly study a creature in
 order to gain temporary advantages against them. Target a creature
within your line of sight, then make an Insight
 skill check with a DC equal to the targeted creature's CR + 6 (rounded
up to 1 for creatures with a CR of less than 1). On a successful skill
check, you may choose one of the following benefits. The chosen benefit
(with the exception of the Detail benefit) remains active for a number
of rounds equal to half your Wisdom
 modifier (rounded up). After successfully gaining a benefit, you cannot
 use this feature on the same creature more than once per day.

* ***Vulnerability.*** You find a vulnerable spot on the targeted creature's body. You gain advantage on attack rolls made against the targeted creature.

* ***Habit.*** You notice a quirk that they have when they are hiding information from you. You gain advantage on all Insight and two types of Charisma skill checks of your choice made when interacting with the targeted creature. Additionally, you know if and when they are lying (unless they

 are under the influence of magic).

* ***Pressure Point.*** You find a critical flaw in the targeted creature's means of defense. When you or your animal companion declare an attack on the targeted creature (before rolling to hit), its

AC decreases by an amount equal to your Wisdom modifier until the attack is completed.

* ***Detail.*** You learn about the creature's anatomy, biology, or other valuable information. You may have the DM reveal to you one of the following pieces of information about the targeted

creature:

* + The targeted creature's AC
	+ Up to two of the targeted creature's saving throw proficiencies
	+ The target's current and maximum Hit Points
	+ One of the targeted creature's normal, special, or legendary actions

* ***Pattern.*** You notice a predictable pattern in their actions. Non-magical attacks made against you or your animal companion by the targeted creature are made at disadvantage.

## Aptitude

At 3rd level, you can choose an Aptitude that you will specialize in.
Choose from Herbalist, Wild-Born, or Whisperer, all detailed at the end
of the class description. Your choice grants you features at the 3rd,
6th, 14th, and 18th Levels.

## Ability Score Increase

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. You may also increase the
ability score(s) of your animal companion in the same way. In addition,
your animal companion's AC increases by 2. As normal, you can't increase
 an ability score above 20 using this feature.

## Extra Attack

Beginning
 at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take
the attack action on your turn. The number of attacks increases to three
 when you reach 11th level in this class and to four when you reach 20th
 level in this class.

## Improvisation

Beginning
 at level 8, you may use a bonus action to take advantage of the
environment that you are in. If the proper conditions are met, you may
choose from one of the following actions:

* ***Cover.*** If the environment that you are currently in has large objects that break line of sight, you can target one

creature within your line of sight, then jump behind a large object
within 10 feet of you as a bonus action. You are now under a certain
amount of cover (as determined by your DM). You can then make a Stealth
 skill check to see if you can hide from the target. On a successful
skill check, you gain advantage on your next attack roll against the
targeted creature but it still knows your current location.

* ***Interpose.*** If the environment that you are currently in has easily manipulated objects of small or medium size

(i.e. chairs or small rocks), you can toss one of those objects at a
creature within 15 feet of you, distracting the creature. The creature
must then make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, until the end of your next turn, you may add half your Wisdom
 modifier to your AC (rounded up) whenever the distracted creature
attempts to attack you. After the first time you successfully Interpose
the targeted creature, if the targeted creaute would make this saving
throw again within the next 24 hours the saving throw is made with
advantage.

* ***Blind.*** If the environment that you are currently in has an abundant amount of liquid, sand, or other non-solid objects,

you can flick these substances at a creature's face. The targeted
creature must make a Dexterity
 saving throw or become blinded until the start of its next turn. This
does not affect creatures with blindsight or other sensory racial traits
 or features that do not rely on sight.

* ***Travel.*** If the environment that you are currently in has difficult terrain that is not caused by magic, you can make an Acrobatics skill check. On a successful check, the difficult terrain is treated as normal terrain by you until the end of your next turn.

## Hide in Plain Sight

Starting at 10th level, when you attempt to hide on your turn, you
can opt to not move. If you avoid moving, creatures that attempt to
detect you take a -10 penalty to their Wisdom (Perception) checks until
the start of your next turn. You lose this benefit if you move or fall
prone. You are automatically detected if any effect or action causes you
 to no longer be hidden. If you are still hidden on your next turn, you
can continue to remain motionless and gain this benefit until you are
detected.

### Assisted Combatant

At
 the 15th level, you have learned to train your animal companion to
match your abilities in combat. Choose two of the following benefits to
give to your animal companion. If your animal companion dies, this
benefit transfers to the next animal companion.

* Its Hit Point Maximum now becomes equal to your Maximum Hit Points.
* Its AC now becomes equal to your AC. However, all AC bonuses gained from the Ability Score Increase feature are removed.
* Choose one non-magical melee weapon that you own. Melee weapon attacks that your Animal Companion make now deal damage equal to the

chosen weapon.

* Choose two saving throws, one skill, and one action that requires a roll. Your animal companion gain a bonus to the chosen saving throws,

skills, and actions equal to your proficiency bonus (as if it were
proficient in the chosen items).

* Choose one benefit from the Animal Companion feature and apply it to your animal companion.

## Swift Action

At
 17th level, your wit is as quick as your movements. When you use the
Know Thy Enemy feature you may use also use the Improvisation feature as
 a free action.

## Naturally Gifted

At
 the 20th level, you have honed your tactical thinking to perfection.
When you use the Know Thy Enemy feature, you can taget up to four
creatures within your line of sight, and any effects applied to targeted
 creatures now last for one minute.

## Aptitudes

There
 are three types of rangers. Each one carves out its own niche to
navigate the dangers of the wild. Choose one of the following three
Aptitudes to follow.

### Herbalist

Herbalists
 tap into the raw magic of nature to create potions that benefit their
party. They're always experimenting in their craft, figuring out new and
 useful tricks to alter their poultices to make them more effective.

#### Brewing

When
you choose this Aptitude at the 3rd Level, you learn how to craft
poultices. You may create a number of poultices as you have available on
 the poultice slot list below. The poultice slots found on the list are
treated as if they were spell slots (as if you were a spellcasting
class), meaning that you can only create a certain number of poultices
equal to the amount of poultice slots you have left. Additionally, you
regain all used poultice slots after taking a long rest. Creating a
poultice requires 1 minute of work. Consuming a poultice that you
created uses an action. You also know a certain amount of poultice
formulas as described on the poultice list. These poultices are magical
in nature and lose their effect after taking a long rest. Wisdom
 is your spellcasting ability modifier and all poultices use this
modifier when calculating the effectiveness of each poultice. If a
poultice would provide an effect that requires concentration, these last
 for the entire duration. When created, you must have an empty container
 or vial to place your formula in. If you have the herbalist kit, you do
 not need to search for materials to make poultices (unless a poultice
requires an ingredient worth a certain number of gold pieces).

Spell Save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier.
Spell Attack Modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier.
Poultices found here: *5e Ranger Poultices*

#### Poultice Slots

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#### Brew Mastery

Also
 starting at the 3rd Level, you may choose a benefit that affects your
brewing capabilities. You gain another choice at the 6th, 14th, and 18th
 Levels. You can create a number of poultices with these benefits equal
to your Wisdom modifier, afterwards you cannot create poultices with these benefits until you take a long rest.

* ***Extension.*** The duration of a poultice that lasts

for at least 1 round is doubled. You choose to apply this benefit when
brewing the poultice.

* ***Combination.*** You may combine the effects of two

different poultices. You choose to apply this benefit when brewing the
poultice, which takes up two poultice slots of the required level for
each of the two potions.

* ***Addiction.*** You may drink your own poultices and any potion as a bonus action.
* ***Dilution.*** Instead of brewing a poultice, you can

choose to dilute a potion in your possession instead. The diluted potion
 retains all its normal effects and you create an identical copy of that
 potion. You can only dilute a potion once per day.

* ***Bombardment.*** Instead of using a poultice as intended,

 you may infuse magic into a poultice, consuming one poultice slot of
your choice and turning the poultice into a bomb. As an action, you can
throw the armed poultice at a target within a 30-foot radius of you. The
 targeted creature and all creatures within a 5 foot radius of that
creature must make a Dexterity saving throw or take a number of d10 fire damage equal to the poultice slot level you used to create the bomb.

#### Refreshing

When
 you reach 6th Level, you've learned how to add a refreshing taste to
your poultices. Whenever a creature drinks one of your poultices they
regain a number of hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier.

#### Secret Potion Lore

At
 the 14th Level, you have learned to speedily create potions through
intense physical concentration. Once per day, you can use an action to
create a random potion from the ones provided on the table. These
potions only last for 8 hours upon their creation. Roll 1d12 to
determine the potion that you create from this feature.

#### Transference

At
 the 18th Level, while you are in direct physical contact with your
animal companion it gains the effect of any poultice or potion you
drink.

### Wild-Born

Wild-Born
 rangers can come from various pasts, such as an ancestor afflicted with
 lycanthropy, the child of a druid, or had their blood infected by a
certain animal. No matter what has caused their blood to change, these
rangers tap into the savagery of nature to enhance their bodies through
short intense bursts of shape-shifting.

#### Primal Blood

When
 you choose this Aptitude at the 3rd Level, choose one creature from the
 list below. As an action, you may shape-shift into a hybrid form of the
 animal you chose for 1 minute (similar in appearance to a
werecreature's hybrid form). While in this hybrid form, you gain two
benefits, one from the type of creature you become and one from the
specific species of creature you become. You can also communicate
telepathically to your animal companion while in your hybrid form and
your animal companion still recognizes you while you are in your new
form. At the 14th Level, you gain a third benefit. You only gain these
benefits while in your hybrid form. After you use this feature, you
cannot use it again until you finish a long rest.

##### Air Creatures

If you choose a creature from this category, you gain a flying speed equal to your base walking speed plus 5 feet.

* ***Bat.*** You gain Blindsight with a range of 40 feet. Once you reach the 14th Level, you also gain 40 feet of tremorsense,

 which can be used to detect flying, incorporeal, or burrowing
creatures. You do not need to be in contact with the source to detect
this vibration.

* ***Falcon.*** If you are proficient in the Perception skill, you may double your proficiency bonus on all Perception skill checks you make that involve sight. If you aren't proficient in the Perception skill you may add your proficiency bonus to Perception

 skill checks you make that involve sight. Once you reach the 14th
Level, if you are flying and dive at least 30 feet straight toward a
target and then successfully hit the target with a melee weapon attack,
the attack deals bonus slashing damage to the target equal to half the
damage you deal (rounded down).

* ***Owl.*** If you are proficient in the Stealth skill, you may double your proficiency bonus on all Stealth skill checks you make. If you aren't proficient in the Stealth skill you may add your proficiency bonus to Stealth skill checks you make. Once you reach the 14th Level, you gain advantage on Stealth skill checks made in an attempt to hide.

##### Large Land Creatures

If you choose a creature from this category, you gain a +2 bonus to your AC.

* ***Bear.*** If you are proficient in the Athletics skill you may double your proficiency bonus on all Athletics skill checks you make. If you aren't proficient in the Athletics skill you may add your proficiency bonus to all Athletics skill checks you make. Once you reach the 14th Level, you also gain advantage on all Constitution saving throws.
* ***Bull.*** You cannot be moved by a non-magical outside

force or knocked prone. Once you reach the 14th Level, if you move at
least 10 feet in the opposite direction of a creature before you attack
it, your next melee weapon attack against that creature deals bonus
piercing damage to the target equal to half the damage you deal (rounded
 down).

* ***Wolf.*** As an attack, you can bite using your wolf-like

 fangs. You are proficient with these natural weapons and they deal 1d8
piercing damage on a successful hit. Once you reach the 14th Level, if
your animal companion is within 10 feet of you, you gain a +3 bonus to
attack rolls made with melee weapons.

##### Small Land Creatures

If
 you choose a creature from this category, you no longer provoke
opporitunity attacks when you move out of a creature's attack range.

* ***Monkey.*** You gain advantage on Athletics

 skill checks made in an attempt to grapple a target. Once you reach the
 14th Level, when attempting to grapple a creature, you can also attempt
 to grapple an additional creature within 5 feet of the original
creature. You are also treated as being one size larger when making an
attempt to grapple a creature.

* ***Mouse.*** You are treated as one size smaller when

moving through tight spaces and can occupy the same space as a creature
that is your size or smaller. Once you reach the 14th Level you gain the
 Rogue's Evasion feature.

* ***Rabbit.*** If you are proficient in the Persuasion skill, you may double your proficiency bonus on all Persuasion skill checks you make. If you aren't proficient in the Persuasion skill you may add your proficiency bonus to all Persuasion skill checks you make. Once you reach the 14th Level you can make a long jump or high jump from a standing position (without using 10 feet of movement and taking no penalties from a standing long or high jump).

##### Reptiles and Aquatic Creatures

If you choose a creature from this category, you gain a swimming speed equal to your base walking speed plus 5 feet.

* ***Shark.*** You can breathe in air and water. Once you

 reach the 14th Level you become resistant to bludgeoning damage
(magical and non-magical). Additionally, due to your rough and pointy
skin, when a creature makes direct contact with your skin they take 1d8
piercing damage.

* ***Frog.*** You can make a long jump or high jump

 from a standing position (without using 10 feet of movement and taking
no penalties from a standing long or high jump). Once you reach the 14th
 Level you can use a bonus action to make a grapple attempt with your
tongue on a creature within 15 feet of you.

* ***Crocodile.*** As an attack, you can bite using your

powerful crocodile jaw. You are proficient with your bite as a natural
weapon, which deals 1d8 piercing damage on a successful hit. Once you
reach the 14th Level, you gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls
made while in a body of water or underwater.

#### Wild Surge

Starting
 at the 6th Level, you have learned to hone your shape-shifting
abilities to become exact copies of creatures found in the wild. As an
action, you may transform into the creature that your animal companion
is (using the same rules as the Druid's Wild Shape
 feature). You may use the creature's flying and swimming speeds (if
applicable). You can also communicate with your animal companion
telepathically while in your Wild Shape and your animal companion still
recognizes you while you are in your new form. You can remain in your
transformed state for a number of hours equal to half of your Ranger
level, afterwards you immediately revert to your true form. You can use
this feature once per day. Additionally, you may now use the Primal
Blood feature twice before taking a long rest.

#### Primal Blood Adept

At
 the 14th Level, you gain an additional benefit from the Primal Blood
feature based on the creature you chose. Additionally, you may now use
the Primal Blood feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier before having to take a long rest.

#### Master of the Wild

When
 you reach the 18th Level, you may choose an additional creature that
you can change into using the Primal Blood feature. Additionally, you
may remain in hybrid form or transformed due to the effect of the Wild
Surge feature indefinitely.

### Whisperer

Rather
 than focusing on self-improvement, the Whisperer finds great joy in
connecting with the creatures of nature. They create the closest bonds
with their animal companions, treating their animal companions as equals
 and friends rather than having a master-owner relationship.

#### Soul-Bound

When
 you pick this Aptitude at the 3rd Level, you must bind your soul with
your animal companion. Doing so requires a moment (30 seconds - 1
minute) of intense concentration while not engaged in combat. Once your
souls are binded, you cannot gain a new animal companion, but in the
event that your soul-bound animal companion dies and you are not
unconscious, you can use an action to revive them at their Maximum Hit
Point value and cured of all conditions and curses. Once revived, they
will instantly teleport to your current location. After your animal
companion is successfully revived, you must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or gain 1 level of exhaustion.
 All levels of exhaustion gained from this feature are removed after you
 finish a long rest. You can use this feature a number of times equal to
 half your Wisdom modifier (rounded up), afterwards you cannot use it again until you finish a long rest.

#### Companion's Protection

Also
 at the 3rd Level, you have decided to use yourself as a shield for your
 animal companion if it were ever to wander into harm's way. If your
animal companion is occupying the same space as you and is targeted for
an attack, you can use a reaction to shield your animal companion from
the attack. You become the target of the attack instead. While shielding
 your animal companion from an attack, your AC decreases by an amount
equal to half of your Dexterity modifier (rounded up).

#### Animal Empathy

At
 the 6th Level, your empathy for your animal companion has caused it to
grow much faster in strength. This empathy allows you to better
understand creatures of its kind. Choose two improvements from the
Animal Companion feature and apply them to your animal companion.
Additionally, you can freely communicate with creatures that are the
same species as your animal companion as if you shared a language. For
example, if you chose an eagle as your animal companion, you can now freely communicate with birds as if you shared a language.

#### Fight as One

At
 the 14th Level, your animal companion's skill in combat now nearly
matches yours. Choose one improvement from the Assisted Combatant
feature and apply it to your animal companion.

#### Animal Resonance

At
 the 18th Level, you are in full harmony with nature and are in complete
 synchronization with your animal companion. The trust that you have
established between each-other is unmatched by other rangers. You always
 know the exact location of your animal companion, its current Hit
Points, any conditions or curses affecting them, and how healthy they
are, regardless of their location or any other magical effects on them.
Additionally, your animal companion can attack an extra time when taking
 the attack action. Finally, you can increase the AC and two ability
scores of your animal companion's by 1.