Rangers have a long history of forming deep bonds with beasts, making them their partners in battle. Slime Tamer's have different tastes. They bond with oozes because... well, let's not get into that here. With the help of their gooey companions, these rangers can get into spaces that would otherwise be inaccessible. But it gets better! As they level up, these rangers gain the delightful ability to partially transform into slimes, enabling them to ooze their way out of sticky situations—literally. Need to escape a trap? Just melt away! Caught in a tight spot? Slip through the cracks! While other rangers are busy climbing trees or tracking prey, the Slime Tamer is out here living their best life, merging with the very goo that keeps their enemies on their toes. Sure, they might not be the most traditional ranger around, but who needs conventionality when you’re a walking gelatinous party trick? With an arsenal of acid-based attacks, they can turn enemies into puddles while gleefully exclaiming, “That’s what you get for underestimating goo!”

Slime Tamer Rangers tend to be an unusual bunch—equal parts fascinated and obsessed with their gooey companions. Their fascination with oozes often leads them to develop an eccentric, and sometimes off-putting, enthusiasm for all things slimy. They’re known for being resourceful and adaptable, taking pride in their ability to turn what others see as simple, mindless creatures into formidable allies. This single-minded dedication to their pet slime often means they can come across as socially awkward, prioritizing their gelatinous partner over relationships with other humanoids. They don’t mind getting their hands dirty—literally—and are often seen with a slightly disheveled look, as if perpetually covered in a thin layer of ooze. But don’t be fooled by their odd demeanor—Slime Tamers are cunning and inventive, especially when it comes to using their unique companions to solve problems or overwhelm enemies in combat.

Slime Companion

3rd-level Slime Tamer feature

You magically summon a gooey slime, which draws strength from your special bond with nature. Choose its stat block: Bright Jelly, Gelatinous Cube, or Lost Oblex. You also determine its appearance. Whatever ooze you choose, it bears runic markings indicating its supernatural origin.

The ooze is Friendly to you and your allies and obeys your commands. It vanishes if (when) you die.

The Slime in Combat. In combat, the ooze acts during your turn. It can move and use its Reaction on its own, but the only action it takes is the Dodge action unless you take a Bonus Action to command it to take an action in its stat block or some other action. You can also sacrifice one of your attacks when you take the Attack action to command the ooze to take the Pseudopod action. If you have the Incapacitated condition, the ooze acts on its own and isn’t limited to the Dodge action.

Restoring or Replacing the Slime. If the ooze has died within the last hour, you can take a Magic action to touch it and expend a spell slot. The ooze returns to life after 1 minute with all its Hit Points restored.

Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can summon a different gooey slime, which appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you. You choose its stat block and appearance. If you already have an ooze from this feature, the old one vanishes when the new one appears.

Bright Jelly

Gelatinous Cube

Lost Oblex

Friend of the Ooze

3rd-level Slime Tamer feature

Loving a slime can be tough (and not just because of the looks you get). The first time you gave your little pal a hug, you burned a whole in your armor and got a nasty rash. You have built up a resistance to their corrosive love. You have resistance to acid damage.

Slime Spells

3rd-level Slime Tamer feature

Your connection to your little slime buddy grants you access to certain spells. At 3rd level, you learn the acid splash cantrip and the inflict wounds spell.

At 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level you gain access to the spells listed for that level in the Slime Spells table. Once you gain access to one of these spells, you always have it prepared, and it doesn’t count against the number of spells you can prepare each day. If you gain access to a spell that doesn’t appear on the ranger spell list, the spell is nonetheless a ranger spell for you.

Slime Spells

RANGER Level	Spells
3rd	acid splash, inflict wounds
5th	knock, melf's acid arrow
9th	gaseous form
13th	evard's black tentacles
17th	passwall

Corrosive Strikes

7th-level Slime Tamer feature

You gain the ability to secrete acidic liquid from your hands, granting you the strangest handshake in the land and very few friends. Once per turn, when you hit a creature with an attack roll, you can deal additional acid damage equal to your Wisdom modifier.

Slime Time

7th-level Slime Tamer feature

No matter how many times you wash your hands, they're still sticky... you're gross. You've begun to adopt some of the traits of your slime companion. Your sticky little limbs let you climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings without needing to make an ability check. Further, your body gains gelatinous properties when struck, granting you resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.

Gelatinous Wrath

11th-level Slime Tamer feature

Li'l slime has been hitting the gym. When you command your Slime Companion to take the Pseudopod action, the ooze can use it twice.

In addition, the first time each turn it hits a creature under the effect of your Hunter’s Mark spell, the ooze deals extra Acid damage equal to the bonus damage of that spell.

Ooey Gooey

11th-level Slime Tamer feature

At first you thought you were putting on a little weight, but it quickly became it was much more than that. Ensuring that you will forever remain single, your body has begun to take on even more properties of an ooze. You can condense your body to pass through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. Once you use this ability, you must complete a short or long rest before doing so again. You also gain resistance to lightning damage.

Symbiosis

15th-level Slime Tamer feature

You and your little slime buddy are so in synch that people have begun to suspect that the slime killed you and took your place. Maybe it's not such a crazy idea... When you cast a spell targeting yourself, you can also affect your Slime Companion with the spell if the creature is within 30 feet of you.

Budding

15th-level Slime Tamer feature

Whatever you were before, you aren't anymore. You now have more in common with your slime companion than your own kin. When you are subjected to lightning or slashing damage and have at least half of your hit point maximum, you can use a reaction to split into two parts. One part remains in your current space and the other is placed in an adjacent, unoccupied space. These two are exact copies with your current hit points split evenly between the the two parts for 1 minute.

• You are one size smaller than you were previously.
• Your hit point maximum is reduced to half your previous hit point maximum.
• You possess all of your other equipment, abilities, and statistics.
• Both creatures act on your initiative.
• They share spell slots, limited use abilities (e.g., Tireless feature), and magic item charges.
• If both parts are killed, the pieces combine into your original form and you immediately die.
• If you are knocked unconscious and the other part is dead or unconscious, the two pieces rejoin into your original form with 0 hit points and are rendered unconscious, but stable.
• Otherwise, after 1 minute, the two pieces rejoin into your original form with your current hit points equal to the combined hit points of the two parts.
• You can choose to end this ability early (no action required) if the two pieces are within 5 feet of each other.

Once you use this ability, you must finish a long rest before you do so again.