Courses / BI / Beast Defense Training

Beast Defense Training

Code:
BI 253
Prerequisites:
Beast Master
Required For:
Intermediate Beast Defense Training
Level:
2
Study DC:
10

Passive

Your pet beast gets more HP and AC.
If you master this course, you may have a stronger type of pet, but the stronger your beast is at base, the fewer bonuses it gets.

Tags: Passive, Summon, HP, AC
Upgrades
Name Effort Requires Description
HP Level 2 10 HP +10 if your pet is level 1 or below
HP Level 3 15 HP +10 if your pet is level 2 or below
(this stacks with other HP Level bonuses)
AC Level 2 5 AC +1 if your pet is level 1 or below
AC Level 3 5 AC +1 if your pet is level 2 or below
(this stacks with other AC Level bonuses)
Extra Credit
Level Up
Effort: 0
Requires: Mastery
You may have a stronger type of pet.
Your pet beast may be one level higher.
Pet Endure
Effort: 30
Requires: Mastery
Once per long rest, when your pet beast would be reduced to 0 HP, it may remain at 1 HP instead.
Rider
Effort: 5
Requires: Mastery
While you are mounted, you may redirect any attack that targets your mount at yourself.
Joust
Effort: 5
Requires: Mastery
You have advantage on saves and tests of skill to avoid effects which would unmount you.
Ride By
Effort: 5
Requires: Mastery
When you attack a creature with a melee weapon while you are mounted, you and your mount both also disengage from that creature.
(Neither of you are engaged by that enemy and neither of you provoke attacks of opportunity from that enemy for the rest of the turn.)
For the Team!
Effort: 35
Requires: Mastery
When an ally adjacent to your pet beast would be hit, your pet may take the hit for them as a reaction.
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