Spells - Ranger
Chameleon Skin
1st-level biomancy (*can be replaced with transmutation)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (red, yellow, and blue pigment)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
Class: Bard, Druid, Ranger, Tamer, Wizard
You imbue a creature you touch with pigment so that its skin, and anything it wears or carries, slowly shifts hues to match its surroundings. For the duration, the target can take the Hide action as a bonus action on each of its turns, even when only lightly obscured.
If the target did not move during its last turn, creatures have disadvantage on any Wisdom (Perception) checks made to see the target. Creatures who do not rely on sight, such as those with tremorsense, are immune to this effect.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot level above 1st.
Flipperform
1st-level biomancy (ritual; *can be replaced with transmutation)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S, M (a fish’s fin)
Duration: 1 hour
Class: Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer, Tamer, Wizard
You change the morphology of a willing creature within range. It grows webbed fingers and gains a swimming speed equal to its walking speed.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you can affect one additional creature for each slot level above 1st. In addition, the duration of the spell doubles for each slot level above 1st.
Initiative
1st-level enchantment
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when initiative is rolled
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S, M (a coffee bean)
Duration: Instantaneous
Class: Bard, Ranger, Sorcerer, Tamer, Wizard
As a reaction when initiative is rolled, choose a willing creature you can see within range; it begins to subtly jitter as its pupils dilate. If the target is surprised, it is no longer surprised, and takes its turn on the first round as normal. If the target is not surprised, it gains advantage on the initiative roll that prompted this spell.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you may target one additional creature for each spell slot above 1st.
Dreamwalk
2nd-level enchantment (ritual)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S, M (a tiny dreamcatcher)
Duration: 24 hours
Class: Bard, Druid, Ranger, Warlock, Wizard
Choose up to ten willing creatures you can see within range. For the duration, they gain the ability to lucidly dream whenever they sleep. While lucid dreaming, a creature always knows if the dream spell is being used to target it. In addition, when you cast this spell, each creature affected by it can choose to instantly fall asleep, even if that creature has a trait that normally prevents it from being magically put to sleep (such as elves’ Fey Ancestry).
Preserve
2nd-level biomancy (*can be replaced with abjuration)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (some ether)
Duration: 24 hours
Class: Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Tamer, Wizard
With a flare of brilliant octarine light, each creature within a 10-foot-radius sphere centred on a point you can see within range must succeed on a Charisma saving throw or become soulbound for the duration, its magical essence tied to its physical (or incorporeal) form. If a creature dies while soulbound, its magic is bound to its components for 24 hours allowing harvesting to start at any time within this period (see page 87 for the rules on harvesting). Once harvesting starts on a corpse under the effect of this spell, the spell ends for that corpse. Creatures possessing robust or more powerful essence (typically, those of CR 7 or higher) automatically succeed on this saving throw.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the strength of the essence possessed by creatures that allows them to automatically succeed on the saving throw increases by one tier for each two slot levels above 2nd. Creatures with potent or more powerful essence (typically CR 12 or higher) automatically succeed at 4th level, mythic (typically CR 18 or higher) at 6th level, and deific (typically CR 25 or higher) at 8th level.
Protection
2nd-level abjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S, M (a miniature silver shield worth 10 gp, which the spell consumes)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
Class: Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Tamer
You trace a warding sigil in the air, sending it to slowly circle a willing creature you can see for the next hour. Immediately before the target next takes damage, except psychic damage, the ward triggers. Until the end of the target’s next turn, it has resistance to all damage excluding psychic, including the triggering damage. The warding sigil then disappears, and the spell ends on the target.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you may target one additional creature for each slot level above 2nd.
Tentacle Lash
4th-level biomancy (*can be replaced with transmutation)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a miniature plunger)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Class: Druid, Ranger, Warlock, Wizard
One of your arms elongates into a long, wet, suckered tentacle. When you cast this spell, and as an action on each of your turns, you can make a melee spell attack against a creature within 30 feet of you. On a hit, the target takes 5d8 bludgeoning damage and it must make a Strength saving throw if it is Huge or smaller. On a failure, you can choose one of the following effects:
- The target is knocked prone.
- The target is shoved 5 feet in a direction of your choice.
- You disarm the target; you take one item the target is holding and return it to your person.
The tentacle also serves as an appendage that can be used like a grappling hook or rope (GM’s discretion).
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 4th.
Totem Arrows
4th-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (a quiver containing at least one piece of ammunition)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
Class: Druid, Ranger
You touch a quiver containing arrows or bolts, imbuing the ammunition currently in it with the spirit of a creature, plant, or fungus. For the duration, any creature hit (or in the case of ‘Hawk’, targeted) by one of the pieces of ammunition is subject to the effect of the spirit currently imbuing the quiver (see below), in addition to the attack’s normal effects. As a bonus action, you can change which spirit imbues the quiver.
Cat. The target takes an additional 1d6 slashing damage. If the attack roll was made with advantage, the additional damage is increased to 2d6.
Elk. The target takes an additional 1d6 bludgeoning damage and must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be knocked prone or shoved 5 feet in a direction of your choice (you choose when the target is hit).
Hawk. The attack ignores half and three-quarters cover.
Hogweed. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or become blinded until the end of its next turn.
Psilocybin. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or begin ‘tripping’ for the spell’s duration. Whilst tripping, the creature must roll a d4 at the start of each of its turns. On a 1, the target is incapacitated until the end of its turn and the effect ends. On a 2-4, the target behaves as normal, and the effect continues.
Roc. The target must succeed on a Strength saving throw or its speed becomes 0 feet and it is lifted 20 feet into the air until the end of its next turn, when it begins falling. If there isn’t enough room to be lifted 20 feet, the creature is lifted to the maximum possible height.
Snake. The target takes an additional 1d6 poison damage and must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for the spell’s duration. It can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Spider. The target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or become restrained until the end of its next turn. The target can use its action to make a Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check against your spell save DC, ending the effect on itself on a success.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the duration of this spell is concentration, up to 8 hours.
Endure
5th-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a gem-encrusted cockroach worth 250 gp, which the spell consumes)
Duration: 1 minute
Class: Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Tamer, Warlock
Choose a willing creature you can see within range; it ceases to heed the pained calls of its body, needing neither food nor water to exist. An affected creature ignores the effects of exhaustion, the poisoned condition, and cannot be incapacitated, stunned, paralysed, or fall unconscious. Each time an affected creature takes damage that would reduce its hit points to 0, it makes a death saving throw instead. If the creature fails 3 death saving throws, it dies.
When the spell ends, the creature gains a level of exhaustion for each death saving throw it failed. If the creature is resurrected after dying from these failed death saving throws, it does not regain consciousness for a duration equal to the time for which this spell affected it. When it wakes, it gains 3 levels of exhaustion.
If the creature is still alive when the spell ends, it falls unconscious for a duration equal to the time for which this spell affected it. Whilst unconscious in this way, the creature can not be awakened by any means short of a wish spell.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, you can increase the duration to 10 minutes (6th level), 1 hour (7th level), 8 hours (8th level) or 1 day (9th level).