Raptor Trainer

Raptor Trainers have a unique ability to forge a friendship with a Raptor - a beast which would normally consider humanoids to be prey. Whether through a chance encounter with a clutch of eggs, or a gift from a mysterious benefactor, a young raptor will imprint on their trainer and protect them at all costs.

Raptor Companion

At 3rd level, you learn to create a powerful bond with a raptor which has imprinted on you. Before taking this archetype, discuss with your DM whether your character is likely to have access to a raptor egg or young raptor. This companion gains the benefits of your Companion’s Bond ability. Use the Raptor stat block to represent your companion.

If your raptor companion is ever slain, the magical bond you share allows you to return it to life. With 8 hours of work and the expenditure of 25gp worth of rare herbs and fine food, you call forth your companion’s spirit and use your magic to create a new body for it. You can return an animal companion to life in this manner even if you do not possess any part of its body. You may only ever have one raptor companion.

While your companion is within 30 feet of you, you may add your proficiency bonus to initiative rolls.

Trainer’s Bond

Your raptor companion gains a variety of benefits while it is bonded to you, and it obeys your commands as best it can. It acts on your initiative, but you determine its actions, decisions, attitudes, and so on. If you are incapacitated or absent, your raptor acts on its own.

The Raptor stat block is used to represent your companion, however their statistics advance over time as you gain levels:

• Your companion uses your proficiency bonus rather than its own. In addition to the areas where it normally uses its proficiency bonus, your companion also adds its proficiency bonus to its AC and damage rolls. When you level up and your proficiency bonus changes, remember to update the following parts of your raptor stat block: Armor Class, skills, saving throws, attack bonus, and damage rolls.
• When you bond with your companion at level 3, your companion gains proficiency in two skills of your choice. These are in addition to the skills that are already present in the raptor stat block.
• When you bond with your companion at level 3, your companion gains proficiency in all saving throws.
• For each level you gain after 3rd, your companion gains an additional hit die and increases its hit points accordingly.
• Whenever you gain the Ability Score Improvement class feature, your companion’s abilities also improve. Your companion can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or it can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, your companion can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature
• Your companion gains the benefits of your Favored Enemy feature. It uses the favored enemies you selected.
• When using your Natural Explorer feature, you and your companion can both move stealthily at a normal pace.

Battle Training

Beginning at 7th level, you and your raptor companion form a more potent fighting team. You learn one trainer maneuver of your choice, which are detailed under "Trainer Maneuvers" below. You learn one additional maneuver of your choice at 11th and 15th level.

Trainer Maneuvers

The maneuvers are presented in alphabetical order.

Distraction

Your raptor companion has learned how to position enemies in a way that benefits its trainer’s attacks.

You may take advantage on all attacks against one creature who is in melee range of your raptor companion.

Protection

Your raptor companion’s keen senses help it to listen to cues from you, warning it of danger.

Your raptor companion has advantage on all saving throws while it can see or hear you.

Seeking

Your raptor has learned how to hunt prey at speed, easily outstripping you.

Your raptor companion can use its bonus action to dash.

Synchronised Attack

Your raptor companion has learned how to make the most of your attacks, using the opening you create to make its own attack.

When you make an attack against a creature, your raptor companion may use its reaction to make a melee attack against the same creature if in range.

Improved Battle Training

At 11th level, you learn another trainer maneuver.

Deadly Reflexes

Starting at 15th level, when your raptor companion takes the Attack action, it can make two attacks: one with its bite and one with its claw.

Improved Battle Training

At 15th level, you learn another trainer maneuver.