Martial Ranger

The Beast Master archetype embodies 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. Emulating the Beast Master archetype means committing yourself to this ideal, working in partnership with an animal as its companion and friend.

Beginning at 7th level, your beast companion can use the Help action instead of the Dodge action on any turn in which you did not give it a command.

Starting at 11th level, when you command your beast companion to take the Attack action, the beast can make two attacks.

Beginning at 15th level, your beast companion shares the benefits of Hunter's Prey when attacking or tracking any creature you have marked as your prey.

While you are as at home in the wilds as any ranger, your hunt has brought you into jungles of brick and mortar, where you stalk the most dangerous game: people. You have learned how to navigate cities and towns which have set themselves apart from the natural world; learned to blend in among its citizens and ferret out their secrets. You understand that civilization, after all, is simply another form of nature to master.

Surrounded by potential threats in close quarters, you are constantly on alert and ready to fight. Starting at 7th level, you have advantage on initiative rolls, and you are never surprised in combat. You also have advantage on attack rolls against creatures that are surprised.

You strike without warning, dispatching your quarry before they can even see your face. Starting at 11th level, once per turn, you can deal an additional 2d6 damage to a creature with a weapon attack if you have advantage on the attack roll, or if a conscious ally is adjacent to your target and you do not have disadvantage.

At 15th level, experienced in street violence, you respond to injury in kind. If you are hit with a weapon attack by a creature you can see, you can use your reaction to make one weapon attack against that creature if it is within range of a weapon you are holding.

Credit to u/Levistej's Vigilante for inspiration on the 15th level feature!

Very rarely, an intrepid ranger might acquire a lost dragon egg. The bond that results when it hatches can last a lifetime.

At 7th level, your drake companion develops into a drake wyrmling. It uses the drake wyrmling stat block, and you and the drake gain the following benefits:

At 11th level, your drake companion develops into a young drake. It uses the young drake stat block, and you and the drake gain the following benefits:

At 15th level, your drake companion develops into an adult drake. It uses the adult drake stat block, and gains the following benefit:

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.

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.

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.

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. You must use this feature before you know the outcome of the attack roll.

Herbalists are masters of foraging, able to quickly spot and identify useful plants and craft potent medicines from them.

At 7th level, your experience surviving on wild forage in the wilderness has made you hardy. You gain proficiency in Constitution saving throws, and have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned.

Starting at 7th level, you can use your herbalism kit to craft poisons, as though it were a poisoner's kit.

You can heal and fight almost simultaneously. Starting at 11th level, when you use your action to apply a healing poultice, you can make one weapon attack as part of the same action.

Your medicines have become more advanced and versatile, even soothing the mind as well as the body. Starting at 15th level, if your healing poultices are applied to a creature that is poisoned, paralyzed, blinded, deafened, frightened or charmed, any and all of those conditions immediately end on that creature.

You are first and foremost an explorer, never satisfied staying long in the same place, always seeking new experiences and challenges—even those beyond your world.

At 7th level, you can even adapt to otherworldly environments. You gain an additional favored terrain, which does not count against your maximum, and access to planar terrain types: Upper Planes, Lower Planes, Feywild, Shadowfell, Mechanus, Limbo and the Elemental Chaos. As usual, you must have spent at least one day in one of these terrain types before designating it as your favored terrain.

The Natural Healer DC for all planar terrains is 25.

When you gain the Favored Terrain Master feature at 9th level, add the following to the list of potential benefits:

You learn to briefly shift through interplanar space. Starting at 7th level, you can cast the misty step spell once, and regain use of this feature when you finish a short or long rest.

At 11th level, you may make an additional weapon attack when you take the Attack action against a favored enemy.

At 15th level, your planar travels have caused your soul to become attuned to the weave between worlds. You can cast misty step twice per short rest instead of once; additionally, you can cast dimension door once per long rest, and either teleport or plane shift once every seven long rests. You still need to provide all necessary spell components.

The hunter is the most classic of ranger archetypes. Whether you stand as a self-sufficient outlander or as the bulwark between civilization and the terrors of the wild, you excel in specialized techniques for taking down your prey.

At 7th level, you gain one of the following features of your choice.

At 11th level, you gain one of the following features of your choice.

At 15th level, you gain one of the following features of your choice.

You have dedicated yourself to hunting down creatures of the night and wielders of grim magic. A monster slayer seeks out vampires, dragons, evil fey, fiends, and other magical threats. Trained to resist such monsters' supernatural powers, slayers are experts at unearthing and defeating mighty, mystical foes.

By 7th level, you have honed your ability to resist the mind-altering 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).

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.

At 15th level, you gain the ability to counterattack when your prey tries to sabotage you. If your prey forces you to make a saving throw, you can use your reaction to make one weapon attack against them, provided they are within range of a weapon you are holding. 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.

Many rangers disdain the idea of riding an animal companion, but for some this is the ultimate expression of the bond between ranger and beast. Whether charging over a hillside or riding wild and free across the plains, outriders and their mounts fight and live as one.

Starting at 7th level, you use your mount's momentum to deadly effect. If your mount moves at least 20 feet uninterrupted while you are riding it and you take the Attack action, the first of your attacks to hit that turn deals an additional 1d8 damage.

Starting at 11th level, you can spur your mount to plow through whole groups of enemies. Use your action to command your mount to move in a straight line up to its speed. It can move through occupied spaces, which count as difficult terrain. All creatures in its path must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw (DC = 8 + its Strength modifier + your proficiency bonus) or take 6d6 bludgeoning damage, or half as much on a successful save. A Huge or larger enemy blocks the path of the charge but still takes damage. This movement does not trigger attacks of opportunity.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and regain all uses after you and your mount complete a long rest.

At 15th level, the bond between you and your mount has grown so strong that you instinctively understand each other. Once per turn, you can command your mount to Attack, Dash, Disengage or Help as part of your action, instead of using your bonus action.

Some rangers prefer to let their quarry come to them, setting cunning traps for unsuspecting prey. Trappers use snares not only to catch prey, but also to track them, and to alert themselves to approaching danger. Skilled trappers can even rig together a half-readied snare in combat, turning a simple melee into a minefield.

Starting at 7th level, you can rig a snare in only moments. You can craft snares that normally take 1 minute using one action. The snare is visible unless you use a bonus action to hide it, which requires a successful Stealth check against nearby enemies' passive Perception.

You learn two more Basic Snares at 7th level.

Starting at 7th level, you can make an attack with a net as a bonus action. You also gain proficiency with the bolas, a ranged martial weapon (range 20/60) that deals 1d4 damage on a hit and costs 5 gp. A creature hit by a bolas must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be restrained and knocked prone. Escape follows the same rules as for a net. The escape DC for both weapons becomes your snare DC.

At 11th level, you begin to experiment with more powerful and dangerous snares. You learn how to craft two snares from the Advanced Snares list. You cannot use Quick Snares with Advanced Snares.

You can craft a number of Advanced Snares equal to your proficiency bonus, and can only produce more after completing a long rest.

At 15th level, double the number of snares you can have crafted at a single time. Once per turn, when you use the Attack action, you can craft a Basic Snare in place of one of your attacks, rather than using a full action.

All rangers have a deep connection to the wilderness, but wardens delve even further, into the realm of primal mysticism. Wardens are often trained by a druidic circle, in order to serve as the first line of defense between the civilized world and the mysteries of the wild.

Beginning at 7th level, you can use your action to focus your awareness on the region around you. For 1 minute, you can sense whether the following types of creatures are present within 1 mile of you (or within up to 6 miles if you are in your favored terrain): aberrations, celestials, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, undead, and your favored enemy if it's not already on the list; how many there are; and roughly how close they are, though not their exact location.

In addition, you learn speak with animals and beast sense, and can cast either without expending a spell slot. Once you cast either spell with this feature, you can't cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest.

Starting at 11th level, you can draw on the powers of nature to hide yourself from view briefly. As a bonus action, you can magically become invisible, along with any equipment you are wearing or carrying, for 1 minute in non-natural terrain, 10 minutes in natural terrain, or one hour in your favored terrain. The effect ends if you take damage or make an attack.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Beginning at 15th level, you learn speak with plants, locate creature and commune with nature, and you can cast each one once without expending a spell slot. Once you cast one of these spells with this feature, you can't cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest.