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classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
elementals — that work to preserve life and the order of the planes.
Horizon Walker Features
Ranger Level
Feature
3rd
Horizon Walker Magic, Detect Portal, Planar Warrior (1d8)
7th
Ethereal Step
11th
Distant Strike, Planar Warrior (2d8)
15th
Spectral Defense
classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
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.
Gloom Stalker Features
Ranger Level
Feature
3rd
Gloom Stalker Magic, Dread Ambusher, Umbral Sight
7th
Iron Mind
11th
Stalker’s Flurry
15th
Shadowy Dodge
classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
supernatural techniques to overcome such monsters, slayers are experts at unearthing and defeating mighty, mystical foes.
Monster Slayer Features
Ranger Level
Feature
3rd
Monster
Slayer Magic, Hunter’s Sense, Slayer’s Prey
7th
Supernatural Defense
11th
Magic-User’s Nemesis
15th
Slayer’s Counter
classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
supernatural techniques to overcome such monsters, slayers are experts at unearthing and defeating mighty, mystical foes.
Monster Slayer Features
Ranger Level
Feature
3rd
Monster
Slayer Magic, Hunter’s Sense, Slayer’s Prey
7th
Supernatural Defense
11th
Magic-User’s Nemesis
15th
Slayer’s Counter
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the land while carrying or seeking vital information for their masters.The first anvilwroughts were created by the god of the forge, Purphoros. He gave the secret of breathing life into these metal
sands of time or are guarded by ancient monsters.
Constructed Nature. An anvilwrought doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.
VARIANT: ANVILWROUGHT RAPTOR FAMILIAR
Some anvilwrought raptors are
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Needle Defense. Each time a creature makes a melee attack against a needle lord, it takes 2 piercing damage. A creature can choose to make an attack with disadvantage to avoid this damage.Multiattack
damage.A wise ranger knows that the sight of a needle spawn is an ill omen, for it heralds the rise of a dreaded needle lord and a war for the soul of a forest.
Roving Corpses. Needle spawn are created
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Unarmored Defense. While the adept is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. The adept makes three Unarmed Strike attacks or five Dart attacks
hand-to-hand combat. Some protect monasteries; others travel the world seeking enlightenment or new forms of combat to master. A few become bodyguards, trading their combat prowess and loyalty for
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
some and a hero to others. In Waterdeep, he’s remembered as the largest member of Force Grey, a notoriously destructive adventuring company that came to the city’s defense on more than one
occasion. Believed to be hundreds of years old, Harshnag wanders the wilderness with greataxe in hand, seeking to lay low his evil giant brethren.
Harshnag looks like a typical frost giant except
classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
elementals — that work to preserve life and the order of the planes.
Horizon Walker Features
Ranger Level
Feature
3rd
Horizon Walker Magic, Detect Portal, Planar Warrior (1d8)
7th
Ethereal Step
11th
Distant Strike, Planar Warrior (2d8)
15th
Spectral Defense
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
You have served the community where you grew up, standing as its first line of defense against crime. You aren’t a soldier, directing your gaze outward at possible enemies. Instead, your
easily pick out the dens of criminal activity in a community, although you’re more likely to be welcome in the former locations rather than the latter.
Variant: Investigator
Rarer
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the heat of a volcanic environment and conjure raw elemental energy of fire and magma. In a fire giant community, these forgecallers oversee both forges and the community’s defense, often in
Surtur’s name. Some forgecallers prefer to live and work in isolation, seeking the hottest fires in volcanoes’ hearts or the Elemental Plane of Fire to pursue their own crafts and studies
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
city. If they do, it is generally as thrill-seeking tourists or enclosed by a retinue of armed guards, not as friends or neighbors. As a result, many patriars are at once acutely attuned to the
; without question, and any corruption among guards or government officials tends to work in your favor, not against you—at least until you make some effort to expose it.
Variant Noble: Knight
A
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
, rangers acquire the ability to cast spells that harness nature’s power, much as a druid does. Their spells, like their combat abilities, emphasize speed, stealth, and the hunt. A ranger’s
talents and abilities are honed with deadly focus on the grim task of protecting the borderlands.
Independent Adventurers
Though a ranger might make a living as a hunter, a guide, or a tracker, a
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If Bak Mei fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Bak Mei carries a staff of striking with 10 charges.
Unarmored Defense. While Bak
death, Bak Mei became obsessed with living an unending life. He began collecting texts on the subject, consulting with practitioners of the necromantic arts, and seeking audiences with dark forces.
The
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
work, do what needs to be done, and get paid. Anyone who pursues crime for thrill-seeking, to strike back at unjust authorities, or anything else are amateurs, and they’re liable to get you
always occur in shady venues.
Variant Criminal: Spy
Although your capabilities are not much different from those of a burglar or smuggler, you learned and practiced them in a very
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Dwarf Rangers Most dwarves prefer to hunker down under a mountain, rather than roam the wilderness of the surface or the Underdark. Most often, a dwarf ranger is either a shield dwarf cast out of a
clanhold or a clanless dwarf seeking a place in the world. Sometimes dwarf rangers are prospectors who explore the world seeking new veins of ore. In any case, there are two deities who appeal to such dwarves: Marthammor Duin and Dumathoin.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
. Does a Monster Slayer ranger’s Supernatural Defense feature apply if a creature damages the ranger, thus causing the ranger to make a Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration on a spell? Yes.
Ranger There is no component pouch option in the ranger’s starting equipment. Does the class not need one, nor a focus for spells? Like other spellcasters, the ranger follows the rule on components
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
future.
2
An ancient crystal dragon is stalked by a villainous ranger who has already claimed a dozen draconic trophies.
3
An ancient crystal dragon follows a pod of whales from one sea to
seek out frigid, picturesque locations with clear views of the sky above to build their lairs. Then, like gem cutters seeking the perfect diamond, they spend much of their lives refining, polishing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Ranger Subclass A Ranger subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Ranger levels, as specified in the subclass. This section presents the Hunter subclass. Hunter Protect Nature
Horde. Opportunity Attacks have Disadvantage against you. Multiattack Defense. When a creature hits you with an attack roll, that creature has Disadvantage on all other attack rolls against you this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
band of orcs attacks, a ranger might be the first — and possibly the last — line of defense. This fierce independence makes rangers well suited to adventuring, since they are accustomed to life far
Independent Adventurers Though a ranger might make a living as a hunter, a guide, or a tracker, a ranger’s true calling is to defend the outskirts of civilization from the ravages of monsters that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, when a dragon or a band of orcs attacks, a ranger might be the first — and possibly the last — line of defense. This fierce independence makes rangers well suited to adventuring, since they are
Independent Adventurers Though a ranger might make a living as a hunter, a guide, or a tracker, a ranger’s true calling is to defend the outskirts of civilization from the ravages of monsters and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
around an ancient monument to an elven ranger. Residences and the village temple are built into the upper boughs of the forest. The elves string rope bridges between these sites and construct circular
walkways around the trees. Like many other settlements raided by the dragon, pulley-operated platforms connect the two levels of the village, and provide an excellent defense against the orcs that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
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Horizon Walker Features Ranger Level Feature 3rd Horizon Walker Magic, Detect Portal, Planar Warrior (1d8) 7th Ethereal Step 11th Distant Strike, Planar Warrior (2d8) 15th Spectral Defense
Horizon Walker Magic Starting at 3rd level, you learn an additional spell when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown in the Horizon Walker Spells table. The spell counts as a ranger spell for you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
around an ancient monument to an elven ranger. Residences and the village temple are built into the upper boughs of the forest. The elves string rope bridges between these sites and construct circular
walkways around the trees. Like many other settlements raided by the dragon, pulley-operated platforms connect the two levels of the village, and provide an excellent defense against the orcs that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. Trained in supernatural techniques to overcome such monsters, slayers are experts at unearthing and defeating mighty, mystical foes. Monster Slayer Features Ranger Level Feature 3rd Monster
Slayer Magic, Hunter’s Sense, Slayer’s Prey 7th Supernatural Defense 11th Magic-User’s Nemesis 15th Slayer’s Counter Monster Slayer Magic Starting at 3rd level, you learn an additional spell when you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
can dramatically shape adventurers’ lives. The following sections present a variety of options for creating characters with a tie to dragons: “Draconic Races” presents variant dragonborn race options to
give characters a draconic heritage strongly linked to the three great dragon families. “Subclass Options” allows monk and ranger characters to explore deeper ties with dragonkind. “Heroes of the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
of an arcanaloth seeking a powerful Feywild artifact.
5
An adult moonstone dragon attempts to help a beholder worried that its dreams will soon give birth to a rival beholder.
6
Members of
a night hag (coven variant);night hag coven are determined to prevent an adult moonstone dragon from contacting creatures in the dream realm, and the dragon has no idea why.
7
An adult
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
combat Dexterity and Wisdom High Paladin Defense Strength and Charisma Average Ranger Survival Dexterity and Wisdom Average Rogue Stealth Dexterity Low Sorcerer Power Charisma High Warlock Occult lore
Fighter: Replace with Barbarian, Monk, Paladin, or Ranger
Rogue: Replace with Bard or Ranger
Wizard: Replace with Bard, Sorcerer, or Warlock
Write Your Level Write your character’s level on your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Monk Unarmed combat Dexterity and Wisdom High Paladin Defense Strength and Charisma Average Ranger Survival Dexterity and Wisdom Average Rogue Stealth Dexterity Low Sorcerer Power Charisma High Warlock
Druid
Fighter: Replace with Barbarian, Monk, Paladin, or Ranger
Rogue: Replace with Bard or Ranger
Wizard: Replace with Bard, Sorcerer, or Warlock
Write Your Level Write your character’s level on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
included in each of your classes’ descriptions. Special rules apply to Extra Attack, Spellcasting, and features (such as Unarmored Defense) that give you alternative ways to calculate your Armor Class
. Armor Class If you have multiple ways to calculate your Armor Class, you can benefit from only one at a time. For example, a Monk/Sorcerer with a Monk’s Unarmored Defense feature and a Sorcerer’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
included in each of your classes’ descriptions. Special rules apply to Extra Attack, Spellcasting, and features (such as Unarmored Defense) that give you alternative ways to calculate your Armor Class
. Armor Class If you have multiple ways to calculate your Armor Class, you can benefit from only one at a time. For example, a Monk/Sorcerer with a Monk’s Unarmored Defense feature and a Sorcerer’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Tharashk operations. As an orc, you could be a Ghaash’kala paladin seeking to protect the innocent from evil. You might be a Gatekeeper druid or ranger hunting aberrations working to prevent the return of
the daelkyr. You could be a barbarian or a warlock driven by the mad dreams of the Cults of the Dragon Below. Or you could just be an unmarked member of House Tharashk, seeking your fortune in the wider world!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Variant: Customizing Ability Scores At your Dungeon Master’s option, you can use this variant for determining your ability scores. The method described here allows you to build a character with a set
, ranger, rogue
Racial Increases:
Elf (+2)
Halfling (+2)
Forest gnome (+1)
Human (+1)
Constitution Measures: Health, stamina, vital force
Important for: Everyone
Racial Increases:
Dwarf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
with enemies seeking to climb the fortress walls. The characters can use a siege weapon on their section of the wall against the defenders. Second Wave. Realizing the characters are presenting a strong
defense, the army seeks to eliminate the characters by hurling monsters onto the battlements. Siege Weapon Sabotage. While the characters rest, a shape-shifting spy and its minions try to sabotage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
A Wide Range of Talents No matter whether a ranger ranges in the crowded city streets, the trackless wilderness, or the most desolate and confounding planes, all ranger archetypes can find a place in
their work in the Underdark, but shadows are shadows wherever they occur. As a Gloom Stalker ranger, you find solace and refuge in dark alleys, dimly lit back rooms, and the shadowy corners of any