Ancient Beastlord (3.5e Alternate Class Feature)
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Ancient Beastlord
Either the result of time travel, or living in some lost world or another planet. The ancient beastlord is a primeval type of ranger who is used to facing long-vanished animals of an ancient era. As a result they are tougher and meaner, and are able to tame such beasts… but lack the connection to nature necessary for spells.
Class: Ranger
Level: 1st, 4th, 5th
Replaces: First Favored Enemy, Hunter’s Bond, Spellcasting
Benefit: A ancient beastlord gain the following class feature:
Expert Hunter: A ancient beastlord gain Big Game Hunter as bonus feats. Additionally she gain her choice between Improved Unarmed Strike or Weapon Focus with any weapon of the tribal weapon group as a bonus feat.
This ability replaces the ranger's proficiency with medium armor.
Prehistoric Empathy (Ex): An ancient beastlord’s wild empathy only applies to dinosaurs or ancient mammals.
This ability alters wild empathy.
Limited Favored Enemy: An ancient beastlord must select animal as her first favored enemy. A blood hunter instead receives an additional +1 bonus on her favored target bonus against animals, but lowers it by 1 against all humanoids.
This ability alters favored enemy or favored target.
Primeval Bond (Ex): At 4th level an ancient beastlord must choose between a powerful animal companion or gaining the power of a beast for herself.
Alpha Hunter (Ex): The ancient beastlord gain half of highest favored enemy bonus as a bonus on her natural armor and gain Aspect of the Beast as a bonus feat even if she does not meet the prerequisites. Additionally the ancient beastlord gain unchained monk's flurry of blows, except that she may use it with any tribal weapon. The ancient beastlord does not gain any style strike.
At 10th level she is permanently under the effect of alpha instinct.
Primeval Companion (Ex): An ancient beastlord select an animal companion as per her hunter’s bond, and she may only select a dinosaur or ancient mammal as her animal companion. However she may also gain a bond with her hunting companions, applying only to her primeval companion. She also gains Beastmaster Style or Mounted Combat as a bonus feat, even if she does not meet the prerequisites, and may ignore the Charisma requirement for feats which has Beastmaster Style as prerequisites.
At 10th level, the ancient beastlord may transforms into an incredible specimen of its kind. She may cast atavism once per day as a supernatural ability, but she may only target her primeval companion. At 14th and 18th level she may use this ability an additional time per day.
This ability alters hunter’s bond and replaces spellcasting. A blood hunter or skimrisher ranger may select the ancient beastlord archetype even though they lack spellcasting.
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| Author | Leziad + |
| Class | Ranger + |
| Identifier | 3.5e Alternate Class Feature + |
| Rating | Undiscussed + |
| Summary | Either the result of time travel, or livin … Either the result of time travel, or living in some lost world or another planet. The ancient beastlord is a primeval type of ranger who is used to facing long-vanished animals of an ancient era. As a result they are tougher and meaner, and are able to tame such beasts… but lack the connection to nature necessary for spells. connection to nature necessary for spells. + |
| Title | Ancient Beastlord + |
