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Shifter Feats

Feat Level ASI Prereqs Description
Beasthide Elite 5 Beasthide While shifting, AC bonus increases to +2, gain temp hp = level + Con mod.
Healing Factor 1 Con Con 13 When shifting ends, heal damage = level + Con mod.
Longtooth Elite 5 Str or Dex Longtooth While shifting, bite attack does 1d8+Str mod (not 1d6+Str mod).
Shifter Acrobatics 1 Acrobatics While shifting, adv. on Dex (Athletics) and Dex (Acrobatics), use Dex in place of Str for Athletics.
Shifter Agility 1 Dex 13 While shifting, Dodge as bonus action. On successful Dex save, move 10 ft. w/o opp.atks.
Shifter Ferocity 1 Con 13 While shifting, react to melee attack with counterattack w/adv. 1/shift. When reduced to 0 hp, instead stop at 1 hp. Usable 1/LR.
Shifter Stealth 1 Stealth While shifting, have adv. on Dex (Stealth), and can hide even in light obscurement like foliage or mist.
Swiftstride Elite 5 Swiftstride While shifting, land speed becomes 55 ft. Ignore 1 opp.atk. per turn.
Wildbound Intuition 1 Dex or Wis Wis 13 Add Wis mod to initiative. Can't be surprised while conscious. +1 ASI to Dex or Wis.
Wildhunt Elite 5 Wildhunt While shifting, gain keen sense of smell: adv. on Perception to detect within 60 ft., autodetect within 15 ft., track by scent.
Beasthide Elite

Your hide grows tougher, making you even harder to wound while transformed.

Prerequisites: Level 5+, Shifter, Beasthide subrace

Benefits:

  • While shifting, the AC bonus you gain as a Beasthide shifter increases to +2.

  • When you shift, you gain temporary hit points equal to your level + your Constitution modifier. These temporary hit points expire when your shifting ends.

Healing Factor

Your body recovers from injury with supernatural speed once your transformation ends.

Prerequisites: Shifter, Constitution 13

Benefits:

  • Increase your Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.

  • When your shifting ends, you regain hit points equal to your level + your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1). You can benefit from this healing only once per short rest.

Longtooth Elite

Your fangs strike deeper and deadlier, honed by countless hunts.

Prerequisites: Level 5+, Shifter, Longtooth subrace

Benefits:

  • Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.

  • While shifting, the unarmed strike you can make with your fangs does piercing damage equal to 1d8 + your Strength modifier.

Shifter Acrobatics

Your natural agility sharpens when you embrace your shifting heritage, granting you superior balance and movement.

Prerequisites: Shifter, Acrobatics proficiency

Benefits: While you are shifting:

  • You have advantage on Athletics and Acrobatics checks. You can choose to make any Athletics check with Dexterity in place of Strength.

  • You can move across narrow ledges or unstable surfaces without needing to make a check unless otherwise ruled by the DM.

Shifter Agility

Your reflexes become razor-sharp in the heat of the moment.

Prerequisites: Shifter, Dexterity 13

Benefits: While shifting:

  • You can take the Dodge action as a bonus action.

  • If you succeed on a Dexterity saving throw, you can move up to 10 ft. without provoking opportunity attacks.

Shifter Ferocity

Even on the edge of death, you fight with relentless tenacity.

Prerequisites: Shifter, Constitution 13

Benefits: While shifting:

  • When a creature hits you with a melee weapon attack or unarmed strike, you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against that creature with advantage. You can do this once per shift.

  • When you would be reduced to 0 hit points but not immediately killed, you avoid becoming unconscious and dying. You instead recover 1 hit point. You must complete a long rest before you can use this ability again.

Shifter Stealth

Prerequisites: Shifter, Stealth proficiency

Benefits: While you are shifting:

  • You have advantage on Stealth checks.

  • You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by foliage, heavy rain, falling snow, mist, and other natural phenomena.

Swiftstride Elite

Your movements become a blur, whether charging into battle or slipping away from danger.

Prerequisites: Level 5+, Shifter, Swiftstride subrace

Benefits: While you are shifting:

  • Your walking speed increases to 55 ft.

  • The first opportunity attack you provoke during your turn automatically misses.

Wildbound Intuition

Your instincts are sharp and your senses trained. Whether stalking a quarry or anticipating an ambush, you react before others even know the danger's there.

Prerequisites: Orc, Half-orc, or Shifter; Wisdom 13

Benefits:

  • Increase your Dexterity or Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20.

  • When you roll initiative, you can add your Wisdom modifier to the roll.

  • You can't be surprised while you are conscious.

Wildhunt Elite

Your senses sharpen beyond mortal limits, attuned to every sound and subtle movement.

Prerequisites: Level 5+, Shifter, Wildhunt subrace

Benefits: While you are shifting, you gain a sense of smell as keen as that of any wolf or lynx. This grants you the following benefits:

  • You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made to detect creatures within 60 ft. of you, even if they are invisible, hidden, obscured by darkness, or behind total cover.

  • You can attempt Wisdom (Survival) checks to track creatures by scent alone, even in the absence of visible tracks, so long as they have been in the area within the past hour.

  • You can detect the presence of creatures within 15 ft. of you by smell, even if they are unseen or silent. This doesn't reveal their precise location.