Fixing Beast Mastery (III):The beasts

Here are the pet statistics to use with my new Beast Master Ranger rules. Special properties are explained below.


Animal companion special properties
Each companion has at least one special property, depending on its type. These properties use the following rules:

- Brutal Opportunist - Your companion gains +3 to damage rolls on opportunity attacks. Increase to +6 damage at 11th level, and to +9 damage at 21st level.
- Charge - Your companion gains +2 to damage rolls and +2 to speed while charging. Increase to +4 damage 11th level, and to +6 damage at 21st level.
- Distracting Flanker - Enemies flanked by your companion gain a -1 penalty to all defenses.
- Nimble Opportunist - Your companion gains +2 to hit on opportunity attacks.
- Nimble Reaction - Your companion gains a +3 bonus to AC against Opportunity Attacks
- Resilient - Your companion gains 'Resist 2 all'. Increase to 'Resist 4 all' at 11th level, and to 'Resist 6 all' at 21st level.
- Sneaky - Your companion gains +2 to damage rolls when attacking with Combat Advantage. Increase to +4 damage at 11th level, and to +6 damage at 21st level.

Superior animal companions

Superior animal companions are available to rangers through the following feat:

Superior animal companion (Heroic).
Requisites: Ranger class, Beast Mastery fighting style.
Benefit: You can choose a superior animal companion as your pet.

Superior companions are more powerful versions of conventional pet types. They feature better attack stats or new special properties. I will provide a list of superior companions in a future post, but you can look at the table below for an example of what I have in mind:



The Protector special property from the Black Bear has the following rules:

- Protector - Your companion grants you a +1 bonus to AC while adjacent to you.