Adventurer’s Guide
RANGER ARCHETYPES Friend of a Friend
Rangers rove the wilds for varied reasons — for the
love of nature, for a sworn duty, or simply for the
coin to pad their purse.
Beastmaster
With their affinity to nature, some rangers have a
talent of finding allies among the animals of the wild.
Beast Whisperer
At 3rd level when you choose this archetype, you
gain the Beast Friend knack if you don’t already
know it, and the beast can be of CR 1/4 or less. In
addition, whenever the beast rolls initiative, it gains
a number of temporary hit points equal to your level
multiplied by your proficiency bonus, and its Armor
Class increases by an amount equal to your profi-
ciency bonus.
As a bonus action on your turn, you can order
the beast to take an action on its turn. If you order
the beast to attack, it adds your proficiency bonus
to attack and damage rolls.
Hunter’s Pet
At 7th level, any beast you are the guardian ranger
of treats its natural weapons as magical, and gains
one of the following features:
Camouflage. The beast can take the Hide
action as a bonus action.
Celerity. The beast can take the Dash action
as a bonus action.
Evasion. The beast can take the Dodge action
as a bonus action.
On Assignment
When taking up the mantle of a warden you may receive a
commission or assignment from your ranger corps. Work
with the Narrator to choose an organization and assignment
appropriate to your campaign.
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At 11th level you can become a guardian ranger to
two beasts at once, one of which can be Large.
Loyalty’s Reward
At 15th level, if damage reduces a beast you are
the guardian ranger of to 0 hit points, it makes a
Constitution saving throw against a DC equal to
10 + the attack modifier of the damaging attack.
On a success, the beast drops to 1 hit point instead.
A beast can use this feature once between long rests.
Warden
Some rangers are trained as part of an elite corps of
mounted operatives. These outriders typically swear
allegiance to a crown, a nation, or other purposeful
organization, serving as scouts, border protection,
personal guards, informants, or other specialists
in the corps.
Organized Training
At 3rd level you gain experience and training rele-
vant to your role as an outrider. Choose two of the
following to become proficient with: heavy armor,
Animal Handling, History, or vehicle (land).
Saddled Up
Also at 3rd level you choose an animal to serve as
your mount such as a draft horse, a pony, a camel,
an elk, or a mastiff (the Narrator might allow other
animals as your mount.) Your mount must be at
least one size larger than you. Additionally, if your
mount has an Intelligence of 5 or less, its Intelli-
gence becomes 6, and it has the ability to under-
stand one language of your choice that you speak.
Skillful Execution
At 7th level, you gain one of the following features.
A Royal Audience
You have direct access to higher echelons of
your organization. You gain an expertise die
on Persuasion checks.