Base Class: Ranger
The Beast of Dread Conclave follows the archetype Beast Master archetype, with a twist. Your beast companion is from the domain of dread. Often the beast and the ranger creates a bond due to circumstance and work as one to fight common foes. Emulating the Beast Master archetype means committing yourself to this ideal, working in partnership with a beast as its companion, friend or master.
Dread Companion
At 3rd level, as an action, you can magically summon the dread beast that is bound to you. It appears in an unoccupied space of your choice within 30 feet of you.
You magically summon a dread beast, which draws strength from your bond with the domain of dread. The beast is friendly to you and your companions and obeys your commands. Its stat block - Beast of Dread - uses your proficiency bonus (PB) in several places. You determine the appearance the beast has, appropriate for the stat block. Whatever appearance you choose, it emanates an aura of eerie and dread indicating a dark mystical origin.
In combat, the dread beast acts during your turn.
When you take the attack action, you can sacrifice one of your attacks to command the beast to take the Attack action.
As a bonus action you can command it to take Attack action, dodge, hide, search, or interact with/use an object.
If you give no command, it will take the dodge action.
If you are incapacitated, the beast can take any action of its choice, not just Dodge.
It can move and use its reaction on its own.
The dread beast remains until it is reduced to 0 hit points, until you use this feature to summon the dread beast again, or until you die. Any nonmagical items the dread beast is wearing or carrying is left behind when the dread beast vanishes.
Once you summon the dread beast, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher to summon it.
| Dread Beast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium beast | |||||
| Armor Class: 13 + PB (natural armor) | |||||
| Hit Points: 5 + five times your ranger level (the beast has a number of Hit Dice [d8s] equal to your ranger level) | |||||
| Speed: 40 ft., climb 40ft. | |||||
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
| 14 (+2) | 14 (+2) | 15 (+2) | 8 (−1) | 14 (+2) | 11 (+0) |
| Senses: darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12 | |||||
| Languages: understands the languages you speak | |||||
| Challenge: — | |||||
| Proficiency Bonus (PB): equals your bonus | |||||
| Charge: If the beast moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a maul attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 1d6 slashing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC or be knocked prone. | |||||
| Primal Bond: You can add your proficiency bonus to any ability check or saving throw that the beast makes. | |||||
| Actions | |||||
| Maul. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 + 2 + PB slashing damage. | |||||
Exceptional Training
Beginning at 7th level, the dread beast’s attacks now count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.
In addition, if you cast a spell with a spell slot of 1st level or higher and your dread beast is a target of the spell, it can use its reaction immediately after the spell to make a single attack against a creature of your choice that you can see. In addition,
Bestial Fury
At 11th level, when you command your dread beast companion to take the Attack action, the beast can make two attacks.
In addition, the dread beast grows to large size.
Share Spells
Beginning at 15th level when you cast a spell targeting yourself, you can also affect your dread beast companion with the spell if the dread beast is within 30 feet of you.