Planar Warden

Your companion grows stronger alongside you, its powers deepening as your connection matures. Over time, it gains abilities that allow it to soar through the air, shield allies or hinder foes, and even transform into a true avatar of planar energy. This bond gives you abilities unique to your alignment—bolstering allies with the celestial light of the heavens or sowing terror with the fire and dread of the hells.

A Planar Warden is a rare sight, often admired or feared by those who glimpse the unmistakable power of the planes made manifest. With every step, you are accompanied by a creature of legend and a reminder that your path is blessed or cursed by forces far beyond the mortal realm.

3rd Level: Planar Companion

 At 3rd level, you gain a Planar Companion from the Upper or Lower Planes. Choose from the following options:

Planar Companion Stat Block (Initial Stats):

Planar Companion
Armor Class	13 + PB (natural armor)
Hit Points	5 + five times your ranger level
Speed	40 ft.
STR	14 (+2)
DEX	14 (+2)
CON	14 (+2)
INT	6 (-2)
WIS	12 (+1)
CHA	14 (+2)
Saving Throws	DEX +PB, WIS +PB
Skills	Perception +PB, Stealth +PB
Damage Resistances	Radiant (Celestial), Fire (Infernal)
Senses	Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12 + PB
Languages	Understands your languages
Proficiency Bonus (PB)	Equals your proficiency bonus

 

Special Abilities:

• Celestial Companion:
  • Radiant Strike: Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack modifier to hit, deal an additional 1d4 + PB radiant damage. This increases to 1d6 at 7th level and a 1d8 at 11th level.
  • Healing Touch (Recharge 5-6): The Celestial Companion can use its action to touch an ally within 5 feet, healing them for 1d8 + PB + your Wisdom modifier. You can use this trait equal times as your PB.
• Infernal Companion:
  • Infernal Bite: Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack modifier to hit, deal an additional 1d4 fire damage. This increases to 1d6 at 7th level and a 1d8 at 11th level.
  • Fiery Fear (Recharge 5-6): The Infernal Companion exhales fire in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw (DC 8 + PB + your Wisdom modifier), taking PBd6 fire damage on a failed save and will be affected by the fear condition until the end of your next turn, or half as much on a success. Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a spell slot of half your PB.

7th Level: Growing Power

As you level up, your companion grows in size and gains the ability to fly temporarily.

• Growth: Your Planar Companion becomes Medium if it was Small. Additionally, it can serve as a mount if you are a Medium creature.

• Celestial Flight: The Celestial Companion gains a Radiant Flight ability. As a bonus action, it can sprout spectral wings, granting it a flying speed of 50 feet for 10 minutes. It can use this feature once per long rest, increasing to twice per long rest at 15th level.

• Infernal Flight: The Infernal Companion gains Fiery Wings. As a bonus action, it sprouts blazing wings, granting it a flying speed of 30 feet for 1 minute. It can use this feature once per long rest, increasing to twice per long rest at 15th level.

11th Level: Empowered Strikes

Your companion’s bond with you grows stronger, imbuing your attacks with powerful effects.

• Celestial Strike: When you or your Celestial Companion hit a creature with a weapon or melee attack, you can choose to deal an additional 1d8 radiant damage, and you or an ally within 30 feet gains temporary hit points equal to half the damage dealt. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once), regaining all uses on a long rest.

• Infernal Strike: When you or your Infernal Companion hit a creature with a weapon or melee attack, you can choose to deal an additional 1d8 fire damage, and the target has disadvantage on its next saving throw. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier, regaining all uses on a long rest.

15th Level: Avatar of the Planes

Your companion reaches its full potential as an avatar of celestial or infernal power, permanently gaining the ability to fly, and emanating a powerful aura that shifts the tide of battle. You can use this feature once per long rest.

• Celestial Avatar: As an action and once per long rest, it can release a Beacon of Radiance, a 20-foot-radius aura that lasts 1 minute. While within the aura, all allies have advantage on saving throws, and any healing restores the maximum possible amount.Your Celestial Companion activates its Celestial flight and its flight speed is doubled. 

• Infernal Avatar: As an action and once per long rest it can unleash a Miasma of Despair, a 20-foot-radius aura that lasts 1 minute. Enemies healing is halved within the aura and  must make a Wisdom saving throw at the start of each turn (DC 8 + PB + your Wisdom modifier) or be poisoned until the start of their next turn. Your Infernal Companion activates its Infernal flight and its flight speed is doubled.