The Beastly

Nature always called to you in some way, and one day, you answered the call. You gained the attention of your patron, one who holds power over the creatures of the realms. Now, they allow you to share your power with the beasts, and even share their power with you.

Level 3: Ritual of Bonding

Your patron has gifted you a fragment of their knowledge, of a way to connect to another creature as your familiar, instead of summoning a spirit. Starting at 3rd level, you learn the Find Familiar spell and gain access to an advanced version of the ritual casting.

 When performing the Find Familiar ritual, you may involve one creature whose CR is no more than half your Warlock level. The ritual requires the creature to be present and willing, 1 hour of uninterrupted casting, and materials worth 500gp x CR (to be consumed during the casting). This creature becomes your familiar until the next time you cast the spell, and will be referred to as the Bonded Familiar.

When the Bonded Familiar drops to 0hp, it no longer disappears, instead it falls unconscious and may make death saving throws. If the Bonded Familiar dies, you may perform the Find Familiar ritual to revive the Bonded Familiar, by performing the hour long ritual and paying the 500gp x CR again. If the spell is used to summon or bond to another familiar, the Bonded Familiar’s body is lost forever, taken by your patron.

 

You Bonded Familiar must be an animal or creature met during your travels, that now willingly follows you. (Or however else you would word “gotta be a pet you got from a quest or bought, and not a person”.)

Expanded Spell List

The Beastly lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list for you.

Beastly Expanded Spells

 

Spell Level	Spell
1	Animal Friendship, Speak with Animals
2	Aid, Warding Bond
3	Conjure Animals, Revivify
4	Dominate Beast, Polymorph
5	Awaken, Dominate Monster

Magical Strength

Your patron offers a taste of their power, allowing you to empower your familiar, allowing them to fight by your side and at a distance more effectively. Any creature considered your familiar benefits from these effects, adding your Charisma modifier + proficiency bonus to their max hp, to hit, and attack damage. Your telepathic connection is also increased to 300ft.

Spell Sharing

At 6th level, your bond deepens, your magic flows more easily, allowing you to channel more magic through your familiar. When you cast a spell targeting yourself, you can also affect your familiar with the spell if the creature is within 100 feet of you. Additionally, once per long rest, you may cast a spell of any range in this way.

Sharing of Form

At 10th level, Your bond deepens in such a way that you may temporarily take on aspects of your familiar. A number of times per day equal to your proficiency bonus, you may magically transform a part of your body into a form resembling your current familiar. The change must be based on your familiars physical form, at the current DM's discretion. (ex: wings, gills, claws. Be creative.)

Ultimate Sacrifice

At 14th level, the magic bond between you and your familiar reaches new heights, especially in moments of peril. When you are forced to make a saving throw to avoid damage, or are attacked, while in sight of your familiar, your familiar may use its reaction to magically trade places with you a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus each day, making the rolls in your place.

Heightened Bond

As a sign of the depths of your newfound bond, you and your familiar fight as one, granting advantage on melee attack rolls when within 10 ft. of each other. Additionally, as your power grows, your familiar begins to grow in power even faster. You may now add your Charisma Modifier x your Proficiency Bonus to your familiars max hp, to hit, and attack damage.