Base Class: Ranger
An Alpha Warden bonds with a primal direwolf spirit, channeling the predatory instincts, pack tactics, and freezing endurance of the tundra into a seamless battlefield partnership.
Winter's Voice
3rd-Level Alpha Warden Feature
The bond you share with your wolf creates a connection to it's primal, pack instincts, granting you understanding and empowering your presence. You gain the following benefits:
Ice in the Veins: You learn the ray of frost cantrip, which is a ranger spell for you.
Tongue of Ice. You learn to speak, read, and write Sylvan or one other language of your choice.
Wolf Bond
3rd-Level Alpha Warden Feature
Your Direwolf is friendly to you and your companions of your choosing, and it obeys only your commands. See its game statistics in the accompanying Dire Wolf stat block, which uses your proficiency bonus (PB) in several places.
In combat, the drake shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can move and use its reaction on its own, but the only action it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn to command it to take another action. That action can be one in its stat block or some other action. If you are incapacitated, the drake can take any action of its choice, not just Dodge.
Large Beast
Armor Class 16 + PB (natural armor)
Hit Points 5d8 + 1d8 per 2 Ranger Levels
Speed 50 ft.
Saving Throws Dex +1 plus PB, Wis +2 plus PB
Senses Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12
Keen Hearing and Smell: The wolf has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell.
Pack Tactics: The wolf has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the wolf's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.
Challenge — Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your bonus
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 plus PB to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 plus PB piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC or be knocked prone.
Claw: *Melee Weapon Attack*, reach 5ft., one target. *To Hit* Str + PB, *Damage: * 1d10 + PB Slashing Damage
Pack Bond
7th-Level Alpha Warden Feature
Your bond with your Alpha Dire Wolf grows deeper, granting you the following benefits:
Apex Ride: You can use the wolf as a mount. While you are riding it, the wolf can take the Dash or Disengage action as a bonus action on its turn, and it does not provoke opportunity attacks when moving out of an enemy's reach. Also, while mounted on your Alpha Dire Wolf, all physical skill checks (Athletics, Acrobatics, Stealth) are made with advantage, but only while mounted.
Boreal Fang: The wolf’s bite deals an extra 1d6 Cold damage.
Frost Resistance: You gain resistance to Cold damage.
Cold Resistance
You gain resistance to the cold damage.
Winter's Howl
11th-Level Alpha Warden Feature
As an action, you or your wolf can unleash a magical, chilling howl in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, a creature takes 8d6 Cold damage and its speed is halved until the start of your next turn. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage and its speed is not reduced. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a spell slot of 3rd level or higher to use it.
Perfected Pack
15th-Level Alpha Warden Feature
Your bond reaches its absolute peak, transforming your companion into a legendary predator.
Bite Upgrade: The wolf's bite damage increases by an extra 1d6 Cold damage (total of 2d6 extra).
Howl Upgrade: The *Winter's Howl* damage increases to 10d6 Cold damage.
Shared Reflexes: When either you or your wolf takes damage while within 30 feet of each other, you can use your reaction to give the target resistance to that instance of damage.
Shared Spells: When casting a spell of 1st level or higher, spell effects affect both man and wolf.
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