Ranger

After following the trail of the creature, a dwarf slowly

approaches the monstrosity. Stalking like any other
predator, he finally pounces, raising his ax to deliver a
fatal blow.
Withstanding the freezing blizzard, a human shouts a
command loudly, pointing at the yeti in front of her. The
wolf accompanying her runs to distract the monster
while the ranger prepares her crossbow.
Hidden in the shadows, a dragonborn waits patiently.
As the drow passes by him, the hunter catches him with
precision, taking advantage of his now underdark-
adapted vision, before silencing his victim.
Rangers are fearsome hunters who adapt to the
situation and learn to take advantage of the unique
characteristics of their environment and their prey. For
a ranger, any place can be its hunting ground and any
target can be a new prey.
Versatile and Unstoppable
Rangers are born survivors and, at the same time,
deadly hunters. They adapt quickly to the enemy and
their surroundings, and with enough time they become
experts at taking advantage of any environment and
turning any creature into their next prey. It doesn’t
matter if a new enemy appears to put them in trouble,
they will overcome the obstacle, become familiar with
the new hunter, and learn to confront him and make
them feel like a prey.
Rangers give as much importance to weapons
training as they do to the opportunities provided by
nature and knowledge of it. The vegetation that for
some is terrible and difficult to cross, for a good ranger
is full of trails to follow. An inhospitable area is full of
ingredients and food for those who know how to search.
Wandering Protectors
The world is big and dangerous. Many rangers choose
to become defenders of those who cannot defend
themselves in the most inhospitable places on the
planet. They defend cities near forests, investigate the
presence of extraplanar beings, they even prowl the
most dangerous areas of cities, where the alleys and
sewers are as labyrinthine and hostile as the jungles
outside.
These defenders and hunters are not afraid to step
out of their comfort zone and into the unknown. It is a
new opportunity to meet new challenges and learn to
overcome them. Every enemy and every unexplored
place offers them knowledge they did not have before. A
ranger is a valuable piece for any team of adventurers,
as they greatly facilitate the longest journeys and the
worst hardships of a journey.
Creating a Ranger
As you create a ranger, 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
learn everything on your own through trial and error?
Was it necessity that pushed you to know how to
become a hunter so as not to be hunted? Sometimes,
constant proximity to danger and adrenaline are the
best teachers.
How did you learn to adapt quickly? Maybe you
understood from the beginning how unpredictable the
world is and that you wouldn’t get far if you didn’t
quickly learn how to survive the unexpected. Why did
you choose to emulate a specific conclave? Was it the
best way to survive or did something personal lead you
to choose that path?
Quick Build
You can make a ranger quickly by following these
suggestions. First, make Dexterity your highest ability
score, followed by Wisdom for all your skills related to
learning about the natural world. Rangers who prefer to
focus on direct combat with melee weapons may prefer
to replace Dexterity with Strength as their primary
characteristic. Second, choose the “outlander”
background.
My Goal
This Homebrew attempts to recreate the Ranger as the
warrior and survivor archetype on its own, removing its
ability to cast spells (that feature may return for some
subclasses) and, in exchange, buffing features that are
normally criticized for their lack of usefulness but are
specials for the class, such as the Favored Enemy and
Favored Terrain mechanics (I have never liked that
WOTC wants to replace them with Favored Foe or Deft
Explorer)
It tries to maintain the essence of a class that
achieves its achievements through its own experience
and willpower, but with enough notable and unique
traits to make it more than a “Just make it a Bow
Fighter.” As a lover of the survivor theme, I think this
class deserves something more.
What am I looking for?
By removing the spellcasting mechanic from the current
ranger, I aim for the basis of this class to make the
player feel like a predator and a savage protector.
Someone who knows how to defend himself and others
from the dangers of nature and, at the same time,
knows how to live with the wildness as well as combat
it.
By removing these magical elements, it is hoped that by
strengthening other abilities and adding new traits, the
class will finally shine where it really needs to shine and
prevent the party’s ranger from not knowing if it wants
to be a rogue, a fighter or a druid, and end up being bad
at what the others can do.
Ranger Updates:
Favored Enemy has received improvements. Unique
benefits were also added for each Favored Enemy you
learn and a mechanic so that the explorer has new ways to
add Favored Enemies called “Hunt Points”.
Greater Favored Enemy from Unearthed Arcana has been
added, with similar changes to Favoured Enemy.
Natural Explorer now provides minor benefits on any type
of terrain, and more juicy benefits on Favored Terrain.
Added a mechanic to temporarily change Favorite Terrain
and to gain new Favorite Terrain with practice.
Land’s Stride is gone, partially absorbed by Expert Explorer.
Wilderness Expertise is a new trait that grants Proficiency
or doubles the Proficiency Bonus of the ranger’s signature
skills.
Spellcasting is gone (duh).
Predator Focusing is a new trait that emulates the spell
Hunter’s Mark, the most important Ranger spell according
to the community.
Primeval Awareness has acquired the changes of the
Explorer in Unearthed Arcana and has been divided for a
new ability, Feral Familiarity, which will make up for the
absence of spells such as Talk to Animals
Naturalist Medic is a new trait to make up for the absence
of healing and restorative spells.
Martial Versatility has been added to add the feeling of
being a survivor who adapts to the circumstances.
Quick Hide has replaced Hide in Plain Sight
Tireless has been added to make up for the absence of
support spells.
Fighting Style increased the number of styles available.
Stalking Predator is a new trait that takes part of the Vanish
trait from Unharted Arcana.
Pack Hunter is a new trait to encourage teamwork.
Foe Slayer has been improved. Now grants additional buffs
against Favored Enemies.
Homebrew Subclasses from various places will be added.
Ranger
Level Proficiency Bonus Predator Damage Features
1st +2 — Natural Explorer, Wilderness Expertise
2nd +2 1d4 Predator Focusing, Fighting Style
3rd +2 1d4 Favored Enemy, Ranger Conclave, Naturalist Medic
4th +2 1d4 Ability Score Improvement, Martial Versatility
5th +3 1d6 Extra Attack
6th +3 1d6 Quick Hide, Greater Favored Enemy, Favored Enemy Improvement
7th +3 1d6 Ranger Conclave Feature
8th +3 1d6 Ability Score Improvement
9th +4 1d8 Primeval Awareness, Feral Familiarity
10th +4 1d8 Favored Enemy Improvement, Greater Favored Enemy Improvement
11th +4 1d8 Tireless, Expert Explorer, Ranger Conclave Feature
12th +4 1d8 Ability Score Improvement
13th +5 1d10 Stalking Predator
14th +5 1d10 Favored Enemy Improvement, Greater Favored Enemy Improvement
15th +5 1d10 Ranger Conclave Feature
16th +5 1d10 Ability Score Improvement
17th +6 1d12 Feral Senses
18th +6 1d12 Hunter Pack
19th +6 1d12 Ability Score Improvement
20th +6 1d12 Foe Slayer

Class Features Aditionally, when you enter an environment that you

As a ranger, you gain the following class features.
Hit Points
1d10 per ranger level
Hit Dice:
10 + your Constitution
Hit Points at 1st Level:
modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your
Constitution modifier per ranger level after 1st
Proficiencies
Light armor, medium armor, shields
Armor:
Simple weapons, martial weapons
Weapons:
herbalism kit
Tools:
Strength, Dexterity
Saving Throws:
Skills: Choose three from Animal Handling, Athletics,
Insight, Investigation, Nature, Perception, Stealth, and
Survival
Natural Explorer
You have learned to adapt to the environment and take
advantage of everything it has to offer, as well as to
avoid its worst difficulties. Not only do you know how to
avoid the worst of any wild environment, but you do
wonders when you are in familiar territory. You gain the
following benefits.
You ignore non magical difficult terrain.
You have advantage on avoiding becoming lost
through nonmagical means and foraging checks.
Even when you are engaged in another activity while
traveling you remain alert to danger.
have already mastered because it is complex, your
usefulness increases. Choose a favored terrain from the
list and you gain one more terrain at levels 6, 10, and
14. When you are in your favorite terrain, you gain the
following benefits.
You ignore non magical difficult terrain.
You have advantage on foraging checks.
While tracking other creatures, you also learn their
exact number, their sizes, and how long ago they
passed through the area.
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.
If you spend three full days on a terrain, or three
hours in a row practicing on a terrain, you temporarily
gain it as Favorite Terrain until you spend three full
days outside of said terrain. You can spend an entire
month (or a week practicing for an hour a day) on a
terrain to make it a new permanent Favorite Terrain for
you.
Wilderness Expertise
At 1st level you are a specialist in what is necessary to
survive in the wild. You gain Proficiency with one of
these skills: Nature, Survival, or Animal Handling. You
can choose any skill that you are already proficient with
from the list and double your Proficiency bonus on
checks that require that skill.
Predator Focusing
At 2nd level, you can use an Action and focus all your
attention on a creature you can see or hear, marking it
as your Prey. Each time you hit a Prey with a weapon,
you deal one additional damage die, which is presented
on the table as Predator Damage. Additionally, you gain
advantage on Wisdom (Survival) or Intelligence
(Investigation) checks to track your Prey, as well as
Wisdom (Perception) checks to find it.
You can only have one creature marked as your Prey
at a time. A creature will be your Prey until you use this
trait to mark another creature or until your next Long
Rest. You have as many uses of this feature as your
Wisdom bonus (minimum of 1) and recover all
expended uses with a Long Rest.
You can mark a creature when you roll initiative
without spending an action.
Fighting Style
At 2nd level, you have adopted a combat style as your
specialty for dealing with dangers. Choose one of the
following options. You cannot choose the same combat
style more than once.
Archery
You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with
ranged weapons.
Two-Weapon Fighting
When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add
your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack.
Defense
While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to
AC.
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.
Blind Fighting
You have blind sight 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.
Thrown Weapon Fighting
You can draw a weapon that has the thrown property as
part of the attack you make with the weapon. In
addition, when you hit with a ranged attack using a
thrown weapon, you gain a +2 bonus to the damage roll.
Great Weapon Fighting
When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack
you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding
with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the
new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. The weapon
must have the two-handed or versatile property for you
to gain this benefit.
Ranger Conclave
At the third level you have focused your knowledge to
emulate a particular conclave. Ranger conclaves will be
explained at the end of the class.
Naturalist Medic
Your experience in the wildest areas of the world has
taught you how to cope with anything that threatens
your physical well-being. Starting at 3rd level, you can
spend 1 hour a day (can be included in Long or Short
Rest activities) searching a natural area for medicinal
admixtures (herbs, roots, etc.) and working on them.
Make a Wisdom (Survival) check against the DC of the
corresponding environment. If you are in your Favorite
Terrain, decrease the DC by 3.
Naturalist Medical DC
Environment DC
Forest, Grassland, Swamp 10
Coast, Mountain 15
Artic, Desert, Underdark 20
On a successful roll, you acquire as many medicinal
poultices as your Wisdom bonus. On a failure, you gain
only as many poultices as half your Wisdom Bonus
(rounded down). You must have an herbalism kit to
create them and you craft the poultices at the end of the
search and as part of the same hour.
A medicinal poultice can be used by any creature with
Survival or Nature Proficiency on itself or another
adjacent creature using an Action on their turn. The
target creature regains Hit Points equal to 1d6 for every
two ranger levels you have (rounded down) and loses
the Poisoned condition.
A medicinal poultice loses its potency if it is not used
after 24 hours of being crafted.
Favored Enemy
At 3th level, you already know the basics of the path of
the ranger and know the tactics for hunting certain
types of enemies in particular. Choose two favorite
enemies from the list. Each type of favored enemy
grants a particular benefit. Additionally, against any
favored enemy you gain the following benefits.
You have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to
track your favored enemies, as well as on
Intelligence checks to recall information about them.
You have advantage on Saving Throws against your
favored enemy’s innate abilities such as a dragon’s
Intimidating Presence. This does not apply to spells
your enemy can cast.
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, 10th and 14th level.
If you participate enough in hunting and killing a type
of enemy, you can gain enough knowledge to also make
it a favored enemy (without learning its language)
through Hunt Points. Accumulating 20 Hunt points
against an enemy type makes it another Favored Enemy
for you.
How to earn Hunt Points and the unique Favored
Enemy benefits will be found at the end of the class
description.
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. Alternatively,
you can forgo the ability increase and choose a feat
instead.
Martial Versatility
Whenever you reach a level in this class that grants the
Ability Score Improvement feature, you can replace a
fighting style you know with another fighting style
available to rangers. This replacement represents a shift
of focus in your martial practice.
Extra Attack
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of
once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Quick Hide
At 6th level, you have learned how to react quickly so as
not to be noticed by those you pursue, or by those
pursuing you. You can take the Hide action as a Bonus
Action.
Greater Favored Enemy
Your abilities to be an enemy hunter have increased
considerably. At 6th level, select a type of greater
favored enemy from the greater favored enemy list at
the end of the description for this class.
You gain all the benefits against this chosen enemy that
you normally gain against your favored enemy,
including an additional language, and each greater
favored enemy grants a special benefit. You gain a new
greater favored enemy higher at 10th and 14th levels
Primeval Awareness
Starting at 9th level, you have learned to identify even
the slightest indication of the presence of other beings.
You can use an Action to focus entirely on what your
keen senses detect. In the next minute, you detect the
presence of creatures within a mile radius and an
approximate direction, but it does not reveal the number
of creatures.
Preferred Terrain: You can also know an approximate
distance of each creature (in miles).
Favorite Enemy: Know if the detected creature is a
favored enemy and you can make a Wisdom roll to
know exactly which creature it is. If there is more than
one favored enemy, you make a roll for each creature.
Feral Familiarity
The number of times you have found yourself having to
deal with animals and other beings in wild
environments has taught you how to communicate your
intentions to these creatures. Starting at 9th level, you
have gained great ability to communicate with beasts.
Through sounds and gestures, you can communicate
simple ideas to a beast as an action, and can read it’s
basic mood and intent. You learn its emotional state,
whether it is affected by magic of any sort, its short-term
needs (such as food or safety), and actions you can take
(if any) to persuade it to not attack.
You cannot use this ability against a creature that you
have attacked within the past 10 minutes.
Tireless
Long walks and facing the most exhausting trips have
given you unparalleled resistance. As an action, you can
give yourself a number of temporary hit points equal to
1d8 + your Wisdom modifier (minimum of 1 ).
You can use this trair 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.
Expert Explorer
So much traveling and exploring the world has
accustomed you to the worst of each terrain. At 11th
level, you ignore all difficult terrain, including magical
difficult terrain, and other creatures have disadvantage
when attempting to track you by nonmagical means.
Additionally, you gain a special benefit based on your
preferred terrain, explained at the end of this class. You
only have special benefits from favored lands earned by
reaching the indicated levels in Natural Explorer.
Favored Terrain You can take the Dash action as a
Bonus Action and have advantage on attack rolls
against creatures that have not yet taken a turn.
Stalking Predator
A predator must take advantage of the surprise factor at
all times. Starting at 13th level, you gain a +5 bonus on
Stealth checks and you can’t be tracked by nonmagical
means, unless you choose to leave a trail.
Favored Terrain. In addition to the benefits above, any
creature that attempts to detect you takes a -5 penalty to
their Wisdom (Perception) checks.
Feral Senses
Starting at 17th level, you have refined your perception
and detection of stimuli until you can notice what is
invisible to you. You are aware of the location of any
invisible creature within 30 feet of you, as long as the
creature is not hidden from you and you are not blinded
and deafened.
Pack Hunter
By using your knowledge and abilities to lead a hunt you
can increase the lethality of the group. Starting at 18th
level, when you have marked a creature as Prey with
your Predator Focus trait, you can use an Action to
reveal its weakness to any creature within 30 feet of you
that can see or hear you. Creatures to whom you reveal
your prey’s weakness add 1d4 to their damage rolls
against that creature.
Foe Slayer
At 20th level, you become an unparalleled hunter of
your enemies. You add your Wisdom modifier to all your
damage rolls.
Favorite Enemies: In addition to the benefits already
mentioned, you always have advantage on your attack
rolls against your favored enemies and they cannot have
advantage on their attack rolls against you.
Hunt Points
As a ranger, your ability to assimilate long-term lore
from enemies is critical. After all, it is through that kind
of learning that you gained the knowledge to confront
your favorite enemies.
On paper, this knowledge is represented with Hunt
Points. To learn enough about an enemy to make it one
of your favorite enemies you have to reach up to 20 hunt
points for that type of enemy. You earn hunt points
through activities related to hunting said enemy or
studying it. What activities you do and how many
hunting points they give can be left to the Dungeon
Master’s judgment, but here you are given a small table
of examples.
Earning Hunt Points Favored Enemies Table
Hunt Points Favored
Activity Earned Enemy Benefit
Successfully tracking the enemy 1 Beats You have advantage on checks that use the
Critical Hit against the enemy 1 Animal Handling skill.
Deal the final blow to the enemy 2 Feys You have advantage on saving throws to avoid
Read and research about the enemy 1 per hour being Charmed.
Engage in a battle against the enemy 1 Humanoids When you roll a 1 on a damage die for an attack
Emerge victorious in a battle against the 2 made with a weapon, you can reroll the die and
enemy use the new result.
Monstruosities You add your Wisdom modifier as a bonus to
The hunt points you earn are directly tied to the type your initiative rolls.
of enemy you got them from. For example, if you have Undeads You have resistance to necrotic damage.
18 Humanoid hunt points, and you spend two hours Plants You have resistance to poison damage.
reading about Beasts, you will have 18 humanoid hunt
points and 2 Beast hunt points. The points you earn can Greater Favored Enemies Table
also be accumulated. For example, if you land the killing
blow on an undead and it is a critical hit, you will gain 3 Greater

undead hunt points (1 for landing a critical hit, and 2 for Favored

landing the final blow). If you also win the battle, you Enemy Benefit

will receive another 2 hunt points for having won a fight Aberrations You have resistance to psychic damage.

against an undead. Celestials You have resistance to radiant damage.

Constructs Once per turn, your attack ignores any immunity
and resistance to slashing, piercing, and
Facing more than one type of Enemy bludgeoning damage, if it has any.
If your player wins a fight in which there is more than one Dragons You have advantage on saving throws against
type of enemy, it is recommended to award 1 hunt point for the Frightened condition
each type of enemy the ranger has faced. For example, if a
Elementals Choose one of the following damage types: cold,
ranger and its party emerge victorious in a fight against 2
beasts, 5 humanoids, and 1 giant, the ranger gain 3 hunting fire, lightning, or thunder. You have resistance to
points. 1 humanoid hunting point, 1 beast hunting point, that damage type.
and 1 giant hunting point. Giants When a large or larger creature hits you with a
weapon attack, you can use your reaction to roll

The Dungeon Master can add more activities as they a d6 and add the total to your AC until the end of

sees fit, or even modify the number of hunting points the game. turn, even against the triggering

they award depending on the circumstances. For attack.

example, if the explorer is lucky enough to come across Fiends When a creature you marked with your Predator

a unique tome that grants new knowledge to confront Focus forces you to make a Saving Throw, you

beings from the infernal plane, each hour of reading can add a bonus to the roll equal to half your

could grant 2 hunting points instead of the usual Wisdom modifier.

hunting point. Favored Terrains Table

Enemy’s Benefits Favored

Learning so much about one type of creature gives you, Terrain Benefit

as a rangr, unique additional benefits. You can only have Forest You have advantage on all Wisdom (Perception)

special benefits from favored enemies that you have checks.

obtained by reaching the levels indicated in the Favorite Coast Swim doesn’t cost you extra movement.

Enemy and Superior Favored Enemy traits.

Terrains’ Benefits
As a ranger, you have learned what is special and
unique about each terrain and gained additional
benefits from each one. You only gain unique benefits
from the terrain you’ve gained from leveling up. You
only gain unique benefits from the terrain you have
earned by reaching the levels indicated in the Natural
Explorer trait.
Desert You are naturally adapted to hot climates as
described in Chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s
Guide.
Underdark You have Darkvision with a range of 30 feet. If you
already have darkvision, you gain greater
darkvision.
Mountains You are naturally adapted to high altitudes and
climbing does not cost you additional movement.
Swamps You have an advantage on tests to avoid being
poisoned or to avoid contracting a disease
Artic You are naturally adapted to cold climates
Ranger Conclaves
Throughout the wilderness, rangers come together to
form conclaves: free associations whose members share
a similar perspective on how best to protect nature from
those who would despoil it as well as to defend the
unwary who dare to confront it. Your conclave grants
you traits when you reach levels 3, 7, 11, and 15.
The Beast Conclave
The Beastm conclave 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. Those who are part of this conclave
are committed to this ideal and see their animal
companion as a faithful friend.
Beast Conclave Updates
Companion Creator is a special section to create your own
animal companion and avoid balance problems between
companions.
Companion’s Bond from Unhearted Arcana’s has been
added and rebalanced. Some of its characteristics will be
reflected in Companion Creation.
Exceptional Training now allows your partner to choose a
Beastly Style of combat.
Bestial Fury is gone.
Share Spells is gone.
Mutual Support is a new trait that allows you to give
commands to your companion for greater utility and
durability in combat.
Invincible Duo is a new trait that allows you and your
partner to unleash your full potential when together.

Beast Companion
At 3rd level, you learn the techniques to tame and gain
the loyalty of beasts, as well as to train and care for
them to awaken their full potential. You’ve trained and
fed an animal all the way and finally it’s ready to fight at
your side. This animal is always ready to defend you and
fight against dangers, united with you through an
empathic bond that is represented in your Companion’s
Bond trait.
At the end of the description of this subclass, you will
be given a series of steps with which to create and
customize your own Animal Companion.
Companion’s Bond
Years of practice and care have given you and your
companion a special bond that has strengthened to the
point where both of you fight as one. Your animal
companion takes its own initiative, but you determine its
actions, decisions, attitudes, etc. If you become
incapacitated or absent, your animal companion acts on
its own will.
When you use your Natural Explorer trait, both you
and your companion can move stealthy at a normal
pace.
Your animal companion grows stronger with you. Use
your Proficiency bonus instead of its and gain the
benefits of your Favored Enemy traits. He will also gain
Greater Favored Enemy when you obtain him.
If your animal companion is killed, the bond between
you makes it easier for you to rescue it from the
clutches of death. An animal companion that is reduced
to 0 hit points makes death saving throws. If your
companion has died within the last hour, you can use 1
full hour and spend a medicinal poultice to bring him
back to life with 1 hit point. You will not be able to
revive it again this way until you finish a Long Rest.
If your animal companion dies, you will have to get
another one. For that, check the Train Partner section.
Your animal companion follows the rest of the rules
that apply to player characters, including the ability to
roll hit dice to regain hit points on rests.
Exceptional Training
At 7th level, your animal companion has participated in
enough battles to acquire a Beastly Combat Style.
Ambusher: can use the Hide action as a Bonus
Action.
Defender: The beast grants +1 AC to any creature of
its choice within 5 feet of it.
Opportunist: The range of a melee attack increases
by 5 feet if the beast have advantage on the attack roll.
Finisher After the beast damage a creature, if that
creature has 5 hit points or less remaining, it dies.
Mutual Support
At 11th level, your animal companion has learned to
react to your quickest commands. You can use your
reaction to give an order to your companion from the
following list of commands.
Resist!: When your companion makes a saving throw,
you can use your reaction to give it advantage on the
save.
Assist!: When a creature makes a skill check within 5
feet of your companion, you can use your reaction to
have your companion assist the creature, providing
advantage on the skill roll.
Cover!: When a single-target attack hits your
companion, you can use your reaction to command it to
use a creature within 5 feet of it as cover, redirecting all
damage to that creature.
Distract!: When a creature within 5 feet of your
companion makes an attack roll against another
creature, you can use your reaction to have your
companion distract the target, providing disadvantage
on the attack roll.
Dodge!: When a creature makes an attack roll against
your companion, you can use your reaction to increase
the Armor Class of your companion by 5 against that
attack roll.
Protect!: When a single-target attack hits a creature
within 5 feet of your companion, you can use your
reaction to have the damage redirected to your
companion.
Invincible Duo
Starting at 15th level, the bond of empathy and
friendship that unites you and your companion is
capable of greatly increasing the strength of both of you.
Your companion gains the same benefits of Predator
Focus when he attacks and tracks a creature you have
marked as your prey.
Additionally, while both are alive, they add a +2 bonus
to attack and damage rolls against the creature you have
marked as your prey.
Beast Companion Creation
The beasts are different from each other and special
training by their ranger allows them to differentiate
themselves even more from the rest of the fauna while
becoming stronger. As a ranger, you decide what your
companion will look and what techniques and attacks it
will have. Try to match the attacks and abilities with the
appearance or type of animal that will be your
companion.
Step 1: Size
Your companion is a Tiny, Small or Medium beast (your
choice).
Step 2: Abilities and Defenses
Choose three of the following skills: Athletics,
Perception, Nature, Stealth, and Survival. Your
companion will be competent in these skills. It’s also
proficient on Strength and Dexterity saving throws. It
has one of the following ability score arrays.
Companion Ability Score Arrays
Array STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
Bulky 14+PB 10+PB 14+PB 6 12+PB 11
Middling 14+PB 12+PB 12+PB 6 12+PB 11
Light 11+PBPB 14+PB 11+PB 6 12+PB 11
Its Armor Class = 10 + PB (Proficiency Bonus) + its
Dexterity modifier, and it has a number of Hit Dice
equal to your ranger level. If it is bulky, its Hit Points are
equal to 6 + six times your ranger level, and its Hit Dice
are d10s. If Medium, its Hit Points are equal to 5 + five
times your ranger level, and its Hit Dice are d8s. If it is
Light, its Hit Points are equal to 4 + four times your
ranger level, and its Hit Dice are d6s. Your animal
companion is always a Beast type creature.
Step 3: Senses
Your animal companion has darkvision 15 ft. and two of
the following Sense features. You can replace one
Sense with one Special Movement feature.
 Keen Hearing. The beast has advantage on Wisdom
(Perception) checks that rely on hearing.
Keen Sight. The beast has advantage on Wisdom
(Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Keen Smell. The beast has advantage on Wisdom
(Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Keen Touch. The beast has tremorsense 40 ft.
Echolocation. The beast has blindsight 60 ft. as long
as it is not deafened.
Nightvision The beast’s darkvision increases its
range up to 30 ft.
Step 4: Speed
Your companion has one of the following Speed
options.
Land-based. 40 ft, swim 10 ft.
Climber. 30 ft, climb 30 ft.
Flyer. 10 ft, fly 60 ft. Cannot use the Bulky array.
Aquatic. 5 ft, swim 60 ft.
Amphibian. 30 ft, swim 30 ft.
Burrower. 30 ft, burrow 10 ft.
Step 5. Special Movement
Your companion has one of the following special
Special Movement features, or two if replacing a Sense.
Amphibious. The beast can breathe air and water.
Flyby. The beast doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks
when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.
Hold Breath. The beast can hold its breath for 15
minutes.
Running Leap. With a 10-foot running start, the
beast can long jump up to 25 feet.
Slither. The beast does not need limbs to walk, swim
or climb.
Spider Climb. The beast can climb difficult surfaces,
including upside down on ceilings, without needing
to make an ability check.
Standing Leap. The beast’s long jump is up to 10
feet and its high jump is up to 5 feet, with or without
a running start.
Sure-Footed. The beast has advantage on Strength
and Dexterity saving throws made against effects
that would knock it prone.
Swift. The beast’s speeds all increase by 5 feet from
base.
Water Breathing. The beast can only breathe
underwater. It has advantage on Stealth checks
while underwater.
Step 6. Natural Weapons
Your companion is proficient in two of the following
natural weapons. Note that it must have teeth to bite,
claws to claw, and a stinger to sting (though sting can be
reflavored as an alternate bite). Pummel can use any
blunt natural weapon the creature possesses, including
fists or hooves. Gore can use horns, antlers or tusks.
Tail can use any long appendage: a tail, tentacle or even
a tongue.
Note that beasts can grapple without a free hand,
using their mouth, or body in the case of constrictors.
Bite. Melee weapon attack: reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d8+Str piercing damage. If the beast hits a
target with a bite attack, it can use its bonus action to
attempt to grapple that target.
Claw. Melee weapon attack: finesse, reach 5 ft., one
target. Hit: 1d4+Str/Dex slashing damage. If the
beast makes a claw attack using its action, it can
make another claw attack as a bonus action.
Gore. Melee weapon attack: reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d6+Str piercing damage. If the beast uses
Charge on this attack, the damage die increases to a
d12.
Pummel. Melee weapon attack: reach 5 ft., one
target. Hit: 1d6+Str bludgeoning damage. If the
beast hits a target with a pummel attack, it can use
its bonus action to attempt to shove that target.
Sting. Melee weapon attack: finesse, reach 5 ft., one
target. Hit: 1d4+Str/Dex piercing damage. If the
target fails its saving throw against Envenom, it
takes an additional 1d8 poison damage.
Tail. Melee weapon attack: reach 10 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d6+Str bludgeoning damage.
Web (Recharge 5-6). Ranged Weapon Attack: range
30/60 ft., one target. Hit: The target is restrained by
webbing. As an action, the restrained target can
make a DC 10+PB Strength check, bursting the
webbing on a success. The webbing can also be
attacked and destroyed (AC 10; HP 5; vulnerability to
fire damage; immunity to bludgeoning, poison, and
psychic damage).
Step 7: Special Attack
Your companion has one of the following Special Attack
features.
Charge (Recharge 5-6). If the beast moves at least 20
feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a
natural weapon on the same turn, the target takes an
extra 1d6 damage. If the target is a creature, it must
succeed on a DC 10+PB Strength saving throw or be
knocked prone.
Pounce (Recharge 5-6). If the beast makes a long
jump at least 10 feet straight toward a target and
then hits it with a natural weapon on the same turn,
the target takes an extra 1d6 damage. If the target is
a creature, it must succeed on a DC 10+PB Dexterity
saving throw or be knocked prone.
 Dive (Recharge 5-6). If the beast flies or swims at
least 30 feet downward toward a target and then hits
it with a natural weapon on the same turn, the target
takes an extra 1d6 damage. If the target is a
creature, it must succeed on a DC 10+PB
Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the
end of its next turn.
Crush. If the beast succeeds on an Athletics check to
grapple, it deals additional bludgeoning damage to
the target equal to its Strength modifier.
Envenom. If the beast succeeds on a bite or sting
attack, the target must make a DC 10+PB
Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the target is
poisoned. It can repeat this saving throw at the end
of each of its turns. On a successful save, it is no
longer poisoned.
Pack Tactics. The beast has advantage on attack
rolls against a creature if at least one of the beast’s
allies is within5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t
incapacitated.
Blood Frenzy. The beast has advantage on melee
attack rolls against any creature that has less than
half its maximum hit points.
Step 8: Special Recovery
It has one of the following Special Recovery features,
which can be used once and recharges on a short or
long rest
Relentless. If the beast takes damage less than 3 +
your ranger level that would reduce it to 0 hit points,
it is reduced to 1 hit point instead.
Second Wind. The beast can use a bonus action to
regain hit points equal to 1d6 + your ranger level.
Toughen Up. The beast can use its bonus action to
give itself advantage on Constitution saving throws
against being poisoned or paralyzed for 1 minute,
and gain temporary hitpoints equal to half your
ranger level (rounded up).
Recharge Abilities
Your animal companion’s recharge abilities follow the same
rules described in the Monster Manual.
Recharge X-Y: At the start of each of the beast’s turns, roll a
d6. If the roll is one of the numbers in the recharge notation,
the beast regains the use of the special ability. The ability also
recharges when the beast finishes a short or long rest.
Companion Trainig
As a general rule, when the player loses his animal
companion, he could acquire another previously trained
one. Maybe the character had more than one beast
already trained. Maybe buy another trained beast in a
store. However, the player can choose to train a new
companion themself instead of getting a previously
trained animal from a store.
Independent Companion?
One of the main complaints about the original Beastmaster
was always the terrible Action Economy when having to
sacrifice an action or an attack. By allowing your companion
to have its own turn and its own initiative roll, I hope to
make it so that the ranger is able to use their full resources
and only use them to help or support their companion, and
not that it is the only way in which their companion can help
them.
The DM should generally not present this as the default
option, but rather as a potentially interesting challenge
that the player can enjoy roleplaying through. They
should be aware that choosing to train a companion in
the middle of the adventure may decrease their combat
effectiveness.
As a DM, you could even create an entire session that
facilitates the training of the new animal companion,
allowing the player to form new bonds with the
companion who will fill the void in the heart left by their
deceased animal friend. The DM can think of a way for
the player to obtain the beast without training.
All wild beasts are individuals and therefore training a
beast to become a companion is not a one-size-fits-all
approach. A beast’s character determines how long it
will take to train it and how it will act when it doesn’t
obey your commands.
Each time it is the beast’s turn, the ranger makes an
Animal Handling check against the beast’s disposition
DC. On a failure, it acts according to its disposition, .
With a successful roll, the player will be able to control
the beast normally that turn. Additionally, the ranger
will have to make the same check when using his Peer
Support trait. Additionally, the Beast will not benefit
from the Exceptional Training trait.
The DM determines the disposition of an untrained
beast either by choosing directly or by rolling 1d4 and
using the following table. A beast’s Animal Handling DC
decreases by 2 after each successive week of training
(does not change the beast’s disposition). When the DC
decreases to 8, the beast is fully trained and will no
longer require Animal Handling checks for the player to
control it on their turn or when using the Mutual
Support trait, and can now benefit from the trait
Exceptional Training and acquire a bestial style to
combat.
d4 Disposition Initial Animal Handling DC Training Time
1 Friendly 10 On Week
2 Skittish 12 Two Weeks
3 Agressive 14 Three Weeks
4 Obstinate 16 Four Weeks
Friendly. A beast with a Friendly disposition is trained
fairly easily, but may become confused due to its
inexperience. If you fail the Animal Handling check on
its turn, it takes the Dodge or Disengage action and
moves toward you at its normal speed, stopping at your
side.
Skittish. A beast with a Skittish disposition is meek
and easily cowed, but also reticent to face danger. If you
fail the Animal Handling check on its turn, it will take
the Dodge, Disengage or Dash action (at the DM’s
discretion) and move as far as it is able to away from
danger.
Agressive. A beast with an Aggressive disposition is
quick to bite or scratch if not handled firmly. If you fail
the Animal Handling check on its turn, atacará a la
criatura más cercana sin distinguir entre enemigos y
aliados. it will attack the creature nearest to it, without
distinguishing between foe and ally. If there are multiple
creatures within the same distance, it will choose a
target at random, or attack multiple creatures if it has
multiple attacks available.
Obstinated. A beast with the Obstinate disposition
stubbornly refuses all but the most skilled commands. If
Dread Ambusher
When you choose this conclave at 3rd level, you have
already maste the art of the ambush. 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
weapon’s damage type
Umbral Sight
At 3rd level, your eyes have become accustomed to
heavy darkness. You gain darkvision out to a range of
60 feet. If you already have darkvision, its range
increases by 30 feet.
You are also adept at evading creatures that rely on
darkvision. While in dim light or darkness, you have
advantage on Stealth checks to hide from any creature
that relies on darkvision to see you.
Why these Changes?
The reason for the few changes to this subclass is because

you fail the Animal Handling check on its turn, it will the Gloomstalker was one of the archetypes known to fix
take the Dodge action and take no movement. several problems with the base class. Its concept worked
very well. Iron Mind, however, did not quite fit the image of a
Why Create your companion? dark-adapted predator and seemed more like something
Having to choose a beast from the bestiary was always typical of a hunter of magical preys.
somewhat problematic. There was always a very select list of
beasts that were mandatory if you didn’t want your beast
master to be embarrassed. While the alternate Primordial
Companion option was interesting, having to choose from
only 3 beasts took away a lot of versatility and its flavor was
too mystical. Allowing the player to create their companion
also makes it easier for them to feel a little bond from the
beginning as they spend time creating the ideal companion.

Gloomstalker Conclave
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.
Gloomstalker Updates
Dread Ambusher no longer adds your Wisdom modifier to
your initiative.
Umbral Vision no longer makes you invisible.
Shadow Sense is a new trait for level 7 that grants
blindsight and tremorsense.
Iron Mind is gone
Shadow Sense
Your senses are finely attuned to detect nearby foes
even when blinded or in magical darkness. At 7th level,
you gain blindsight with a range of 10 feet, or an
additional 10 feet if you already have blindsight.
In addition, you can stand still, focus, and extend your
senses further, picking up on the subtlest vibrations,
even through walls. As an action, you can grant yourself
tremorsense within a 30 foot radius. Moving or taking
damage causes you to lose this sense. You can use this
feature a number of times equal to your proficiency
bonus, and regain all uses upon completing a long rest.
Stalker 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, making expert use of the shadows 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.
Slayer Conclave
Some rangers seek to master weapons to better protect
civilization from the terrors of the wilderness. Members
of the Hunter Conclave learn specialized fighting
techniques for use against the most dire threats, from
rampaging ogres and hordes of orcs to towering giants
and terrifying dragons.
Slayer Conclave Updates
Slayr Conclave is the new name of the subclass, previously
called Hunter Conclave.
Persecute Prey is a new trait that adds a benefit to Predator
Focus.
Multiattack has a new feature called Focused Barrage. The
Volley feature has been nerfed.
Hunter’s Prey changed its name to Slaying Technique.
Persecute Prey
You know very well how to hit even the most elusive
prey. The moment you choose this conclave at 3rd level,
your attack rolls against the creature you marked with
your Predator’s Focus ignore disadvantage.
Slaying Technique
Starting at 3rd level, you have learned tactics for finding
weaknesses in your enemies’ strengths. You gain one of
the following features.
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
Starting at 7th level, you have learned ways to protect
yourself from techniques the enemy uses to gain the
advantage over you. You gain one of the following
features.
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.
Multiattack
You have learned to take advantage of the slightest
movement to attack your prey more than once. At 11th
level, you gain one of the following features of your
choice.
Volley. Once per turn, when you make a ranged
weapon attack, you can make one additional ranged
weapon attack against a creature within 10 feet of your
target. Additionally, you can apply your Predator Focus
damage when you hit any creature within 10 feet of your
prey with a ranged weapon attack, as long as you also
attack your prey on that turn.
Whirlwind Attack. ou 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.
Focused Barrage. When you only attack one creature
on your turn, you can make one additional weapon
attack as a bonus action.
Superior Slayer’s Defense
You have increased your ability to avoid the dangers to
which your prey subjects you. At 15th level, you gain
one of the following features.
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.
Monster Hunter Conclave
You have dedicated yourself to hunting down creatures
of the night and wielders of grim magic. A monster
hunter seeks out vampires, dragons, evil fey, fiends, and
other magical threats. Trained in supernatural
techniques to overcome such monsters, hunters are
experts at unearthing and defeating mighty, mystical
foes.
Monster Hunter Conclave Updates
Monster Hunter is the new name of the subclass, previously
called Monster Slayer Conclave.
Hunter’s Sense is gone
Hunter’s Insight is a new trait that replaces Hunter’s Sense.
Monster Expert is a new trait to give the subclass
proficiency with Religion and Arcana
Supernatural Defense is gone and has been replaced by the
Iron Mind trait, formerly belonging to the Gloomtalker.
Magic-User’s Nemesis now requires you to land a critical
hit.
Monster Expert
You have an encyclopedic knowledge of all things
strange and supernatural. At 3rd level, you gain
proficiency in the Arcana and Religion skills, and your
proficiency bonus is doubled for one of these skills (your
choice).
Hunter’s Insight
When at 3rd level, your eye is keenly trained on how
best to hurt even the most exotic of creatures. When you
use Predator Focus to mark a creature you can see
within 60 feet of you, you can make an Intelligence skill
check: Nature, Arcana, etc. depending on the creature
type (DC equals 10 + half the target’s CR). If you
succeed, you immediately learn whether the creature
has any damage immunities, resistances, or
vulnerabilities and what they are, as well as condition
immunities. You also deal an additional 1d8 damage on
your first weapon attack to hit that creature, and others
with the same name, each turn until your next long rest.
Iron Mind
By 7th level, you have honed your ability to resist the
mindaltering powers of your quarry. 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).
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 range of a weapon you are holding,
you can use your reaction to make an attack against that
creature with that weapon. If this attack is a critical hit,
the spell or teleport fails and is wasted.
Hunter’s Counter
At 15th level, you gain the ability to counterattack when
your prey tries to sabotage you. If the target of your
Predador Focus forces you to make a saving throw, you
can use your reaction to make one weapon attack
against them. You make this attack immediately before
making the saving throw. If the attack hits, your save
automatically succeeds, in addition to the attack’s
normal effects.
Why These Changes?
The Monster Slayer was always the archetype of the hunter
who fights against the supernatural. Something that many of
his abilities already represented, That is the reason why it
has not had drastic changes.. As for the name change, I
always felt that “Monster Hunter” was a better fit for the
subclass, since it gave it varied abilities. While the Hunter
Conclave had extremely aggressive abilities, so I thought
that the name Slayer would fit better.
Many Thanks!
A lot of traits were taken from or inspired by the Martial
Ranger by u/agenderarcee on Reddit, including (but not
limited to) Wild Expert mechanics, Predator Focus, many of
the subclass changes, etc. Go see their work here
The changes that are indicated as taken from Unhearted
Arcana are based on or directly taken from Revised Ranger,
by Unhearted Arcana, which you can read here
The ideas for Mutual Support and the changes made to
Exceptional Training are directly based on an article in Half
Cover to reimagine the Beast Master Ranger. Article written
by Jeremiah and Michael and also edited by Jeremiah. You
can read it here
The idea for different types of favored terrain to grant unique
benefits is taken from the Homebrew Ranger created by
Pagnabros and The Dungeon Coach. It can be downloaded
through their Patreon here
The idea of different types of favored enemies granting
unique benefits is taken from the Ranger Rework by
davenwell25 on Homebrewery. You can read and download
his work here
Credits
Art (in order of use)
Steve Prescott
Dionisis Milonas
Valera Lutfullina
Todd Lockwood
Tomas Duchek
Jesper Ejsing
Valeriy Vegera