The Winged Dragoon, or sometimes commonly referred to as just "dragoons", are a group of ranger warriors that specialize in taking on and taming winged beasts of the sky, such as griffons, rocs, and even dragons. The legend of their name is directly tied to the mighty heroes throughout time who continue to dedicate themselves to birds of prey and taking down huge flying monstrosities that terrorize the land. Their teachings have been passed down and perfected, recruiting new rangers to their order who show promise. Rangers that take on this path are known for their iconic way of fighting; propelling themselves unnaturally through the air, using polearms as their weapon of choice. Though they wear heavy armor, they are never at a disadvantage against foes that fight from above. Each Winged Dragoon learns a bonding ritual with a falcon companion, which fights by their side and acts as their eyes in the sky.  

Winged Dragoon Magic

3rd-level Winged Dragoon feature

You learn an additional spell when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown in the Winged Dragoon Spells table. The spell counts as a ranger spell for you, but it doesn’t count against the number of ranger spells you know.

Winged Dragoon Spells

Ranger Level	Spell
3rd	jump
5th	feather fall
9th	fly
13th	freedom of movement
17th	hold monster

Falconer

3rd-level Winged Dragoon feature

The Winged Dragoon uses birds of prey to aid them in tracking their targets. In choosing this path you learn to forge a magical pact with your own; you know the find familiar spell and can cast it as a ritual to summon a hawk, owl, or raven as your Falcon Companion. If the falcon is ever slain, you can summon a new one by performing the spell as a ritual again. Your falcon gains additional features beyond the spells casting, as detailed under Falcon Companion. 

Falcon Companion

• The falcon can attack, and it adds your proficiency bonus to attack and damage rolls. 
• The falcons hit points equals 1 + your ranger level + your proficiency bonus.
• You can telepathically communicate and cast spells with the range of touch while the falcon is within 500 feet of you. 
• The falcon gains the benefits of your Favored Enemy feature. It uses the favored enemies you selected for those features. 

Precision Warrior

3rd-level Winged Dragoon feature

Your dedication to your order has granted you certain benefits, you gain the following features:

• You gain proficiency in heavy armor.
• While wielding a polearm, you gain a bonus to the number of feet you can cover while jumping by an amount equal to your Wisdom score.
• While wielding a polearm, you ignore fall damage when falling from heights of up to 30-feet as long as you are conscious.
• While wielding a polearm, you have advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatic) checks. 

A polearm is considered a glaive, halberd, pike, quarterstaff, or spear.

Eyes Above

7th-level Winged Dragoon feature

As long as your falcon is within 60-feet of you, initiative rolls for you and your falcon are made with advantage. 

Sky Predator

11th-level Winged Dragoon feature

You've become a master at aerial maneuvering and getting the jump on foes in combat, you gain the following features:

• When you hit a creature that has a flying speed, they must succeed on a Strength saving throw DC 10 or half of the received damage, whichever is greater, or fall prone.
• Once per turn, during or immediately following a jump, you can make an additional attack as a bonus action. 

Aerial Elite

15th-level Winged Dragoon feature

You've reached the pinnacle of what it means to be called a Winged Dragoon. You gain the following features:

• When you successfully hit a creature with an attack, you can make another single attack against a creature that you haven't attacked this turn, provided that the attack is made during or immediately after a jump. 
• When you hit a creature during or immediately after making a jump, that creature has disadvantage on opportunity attacks made against you during your turn. 
• While wielding a polearm, your reach is extended by an additional 5 feet.
• The amount of movement you spend while jumping is halved.