Circle of Beasts (5e Subclass)

Bonus Proficiencies

When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you gain proficiency in Animal Handling, Nature, and Survival.

You also gain proficiency with simple weapons and two martial weapons of your choice.

Warbeast Trainer

Also at 2nd level, you can create a powerful bond with a warbeast, a Medium beast or smaller of your choice with a challenge rating of 1/2 or lower. With 8 hours of work and an expenditure of 50gp, you call forth a spirit from the wild to serve as your warbeast. You can only have one warbeast at a time. If your warbeast is ever slain, you can return it to life with 4 hours of work and an expenditure of 25gp.

Your warbeast gains a variety of benefits while it's linked to you.

  • Your warbeast has the statistics of the chosen creature, though it is a Celestial, Fey, or Fiend(your choice) instead of a beast.
  • Your warbeast uses your proficiency bonus rather than its own, gains proficiency in two skills of your choice, and gains proficiency with all saving throws.
  • Your warbeast adds your proficiency bonus to its AC, and to its damage rolls.
  • Your warbeast's number of hit die is equal to your character level.
  • Your warbeast's maximum hit points = X * (5 + its Constitution modifier), where X = your character level.
  • Your warbeast's Intelligence score increases by 3, it understands Common, and it is capable of one word responses in Common.
  • Your warbeast can increase one ability score by 2, or two ability scores by 1, whenever you gain the Ability Score Improvement class feature.
  • Your warbeast can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Help actions on each of its turns.

Your warbeast obeys your commands as best it can. It rolls for initiative, but you determine its actions. Your warbeast has been trained to accept a rider, and when it uses the Disengage action while bearing a rider, the rider's movement doesn't provoke opportunity attacks. It retains its place in the initiative order, and bearing a rider puts no restrictions on the actions it can take, but it still acts as you command on each of its turns.

You decide what your warbeast looks like, including height, weight, coloration, hair length, sex, and other distinguishing features, although your warbeast is always exceptionally large for its kind. It counts as one size larger when determining carrying capacity, and when determining if a creature can mount it. Your warbeast shares your alignment, and has a personality trait and flaw of your choice. Your warbeast shares your ideal, and its bond is always "The druid I wander the world with is a dear companion for whom I would gladly give my life." If you are unable to issue commands, your warbeast will attempt to protect you with its life, and remove you from combat when possible.

Additionally, when your warbeast is reduced to 0 hit points, it can fall unconscious and drop to 1 hit point instead. It remains unconscious for 1d4 minutes. You must complete a long rest before using this feature again.

Using the optional feats rule, you can forgo the Ability Score Increase part of this class feature to take a feat of your choice instead.

Vicious Combatant

At 2nd level, you adopt a combat style of your choice from one of the following options.

Natural Armor - You gain a +1 bonus to AC while you aren't wearing medium armor, heavy armor, or wielding a shield.

Savagery - You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls while using Wild Shape.

Tenacity - You gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with melee attacks.

Warbeast - Your warbeast gains a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls.

Circle Forms

At 6th level, you can transform into any beast with a CR equal to or less than your druid level divided by 3 (round down).

Storm of Fang and Claw

At 10th level, your warbeast can use its action to make a melee attack against each creature of its choice within 5 feet of it, with a separate attack roll for each target.

Spirit Bond

At 14th level, your spirit has merged with your warbeast's. Now effectively one spirit in two bodies, you have intrinsically linked to each other, and any damage sustained is suffered by both.

As long as your warbeast is on the same plane as you, you gain the following benefits:

  • You share a telepathic bond with your warbeast.
  • You have resistance to all damage types.
  • Whenever you take damage, your warbeast takes the same amount. This damage can't be reduced by Spirit Bond, and the damage doesn't trigger itself.
  • You regain 3 hit points at the end of each of your turns.

As long as you are on the same plane as your warbeast, it gains the following benefits.

  • It shares a telepathic bond with you. You no longer need to issue verbal commands.
  • It has resistance to all damage types.
  • Whenever it takes damage, you take the same amount. This damage can't be reduced by Spirit Bond, and the damage doesn't trigger itself.
  • It regains 3 points at the end of each of its turns.

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