Hunter

Some rangers seek to master weapons to better protect civilization from the terrors of the wilderness. These hunters learn specialized fighting techniques for use against the most dire threats, from rampaging ogres and hordes of orcs to towering giants and terrifying dragons.

Hunter Training

Beginning at 3^rd level, you gain proficiency in the Perception skill if you don’t already have it. If you were already proficient, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses this proficiency.

Hunter’s Prey

At 3^rd level, you gain one of the following features of your choice:

• Colossus Slayer: Your tenacity can wear down the most potent foes. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, the creature takes an extra 1d8 damage if it’s below its hit point maximum. You can deal this extra damage only once per turn.
• Giant Killer: When a Large or larger creature within 5 feet of you hits or misses you with an attack, you can use your reaction to attack that creature immediately after its attack, provided that you can see the creature.
• Horde Breaker: Once on each of your turns when you make a weapon attack, you can make another attack with the same weapon against a different creature that is within 5 feet of the original target and within range of your weapon.

Extra Attack

Beginning at 5^th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Defensive Tactics

At 7^th level, you gain one of the following features of your choice:

• Escape the Horde: Opportunity attacks against you are made with disadvantage.
• Multiattack Defense: When a creature hits you with an attack, you gain a +4 bonus to AC against all subsequent attacks made by that creature for the rest of the turn.
• Steel Will: You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Multiattack

At 11^th level, you gain one of the following features of your choice:

• Volley: Once per turn, when you make a ranged weapon attack, you can make one additional ranged weapon attack against a creature within 10 feet of your target.
• Whirlwind Attack: Once per turn, when you make a melee weapon attack, you can use your momentum to sweep through multiple creatures. Make one additional melee weapon attack against every creature within 5 feet, aside from your original target.

Superior Hunter’s Defense

At 15^th level, you gain one of the following features of your choice:

• Evasion: When you are subjected to an effect, such as a red dragon’s fiery breath or a lightning bolt spell, that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on a saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.
• Stand Against the Tide: When a hostile creature misses you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction to force that creature to repeat the same attack against another creature (other than itself) of your choice.
• Uncanny Dodge: When an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack’s damage against you.