Pet Partner (5A)

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This is a Rogue subclass for 5A.

A pet wrangler is a rogue that uses a pet as a part of their career as a rogue. This animal is unusually intelligent and able to imitate the rogue's own skills.

Subclass Features

Bonus Proficiency

At 3rd level when you pick this archetype, you gain proficiency with Animal Handling. If you are already know that skill, you gain proficiency in Nature or Survival. If you are proficient with all these skills you can pick any skill of your choice.

Beast Partner

At 3rd level you gain a beast partner. The companion uses the Beast partner stat block, which uses your proficiency bonus (PB), The beast is friendly to you and your companions and obeys your commands.

This is a Tiny animal, like a cat, monkey, or small dog. It is unusually clever and understands one language of your choice. In addition you can choose one of these abilities for your pet to have.

• It has a fly speed of 40 ft.
• It has a climb speed of 30 ft. and articulate hands.
• It has a climb and swim speed of 20 ft.
• It has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell.

In combat, it takes its turn on your initiative. It can move and use its reaction on its own, but the only actions it can take on its turn is the combined Dodge and Hide action it is capable of (see below), 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 beast partner can take any action of its choice, not just Dodge or Hide.

Beast Partner

Tiny beast

Armor Class: 13 + PB (natural armor)

Hit Points: 5 times your rogue level (Hit dice equal to your level)

Speed: 30 ft.

STR 10 (+0) DEX 16 (+3) CON 16 (+3) INT 6 (−2) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 10 (+0)

Senses: darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 + PB

Saving Throw: Dexterity +3 + PB

Languages: understands one language.

Skills: Athletics 0 + PB, Acrobatics +3 + PB, Perception +0 + PB, Sleight of Hand +3 + PB, Stealth +3 + PB.

Challenge: —

Proficiency Bonus (PB): equals your bonus

Evasion The beast partner can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a red dragon's fiery breath or an Ice Storm spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows a saving throw to take only half damage, the beast companion instead take no damage if it succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if it fails.

Escape. When running out of hit points or when given the order by you, the beast partner can run away and automatically hide. This allows the beast partner to avoid death and disappear, only to reappear later. If the beast partner has to escape because of loss of Hit Points, it can only reappear after you take a long rest.

Ubiquitous. When doing the Hide action, the beast partner can also do the Dodge action as a part of the same action. The beast partner has advantage on Stealth checks as long as there are other beasts like it in the environment.

Shared Space. The beast partner can occupy the same space as you, ringing on you and being moved as you move. If it is not doing this, the the beast partner takes up its own 5 ft. space.

Actions

Natural Attack. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 + PB to hit, reach 5 ft., one target you can see. Hit: 1d6 + PB cutting damage.

Reactions

Uncanny Dodge: When the beast partner takes damage, it can use a reaction to gain resistance to all damage until the start of your next turn.

Partners In Crime

At 3rd level you and your pet partner are coordinated, and can cooperate on Deception, Intimidation, Performance, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand, and Stealth checks.

If you use a bonus action to instruct your pet partner and it is within 5 ft. of you, it can Help you with any of these tasks.

If you are within 90 ft. of your beast partner and use an action to instruct it (instead of a bonus action), it can use your skill modifier for these skills instead of its own. You can also give it complex orders to go places you cannot go.

Minor Magic

At 9th level you

Major Magic

At 13th level you

Unending Magic

At 17th level you