Prestige Path: Moonstalker (5e)
This was created by converting the 4e Moonstalker. "I can see my destiny in the face of the moon¸ and I call to it in greeting." -Vellios¸ Primal Moonstalker Shifters harbor a bestial nature inside themselves. When a shifter is under duress¸ this nature reveals itself in their features and prowess. This innate savagery is the gift of shifters' lycanthrope ancestors¸ the quality passed down through the generations that gives the shifter race its identity. Most shifters can call on their legacy when needed¸ but you enjoy a closer kinship to your lycanthrope forebears. You take the name moonstalker for the strong lycanthropic heritage you have awakened in your spirit. You have always had an animalistic side¸ manifested in your physical features and sometimes through your behavior¸ but at some point you learned that you were different¸ and that the gift from your ancestors was greater than you could have believed. You are still able to shift your form¸ physically expressing shifter traits¸ but you can take that power a step farther and use your bestial nature to fully transform into a wolf or a tiger. This ability accompanies a host of other changes¸ and your tactics and behavior leave behind civilized methods for those of an untamed predator. Prestige Paths are a way to add another layer of flavor onto a character without using class levels. They are somewhere between a class and a background. Class levels are finite in 5e¸ so this allows for a light version of a class without breaking normal progression. Check out my Prestige Path Primer for more information and a sample Prestige Path. Author's Note: This is one of the new Prestige Path formats. I need to go back up update my old ones. For those that already puchased the old versions¸ those will always be available for download. The new one will just be labled Version 2.0. The main change is instead of 10 features spread over 5 ranks¸ it's 6 features spread over 4 ranks. With 3 of those features at rank 1. The new versions are a bit front loaded¸ but some of the features weren't all that impactful before. The new format will also make it so the numerical benefits of many of the features are tied to character level rather than a flat bonus. This will make it so giving them new ranks too early won't break anything. I'll be updating the Prestige Path Primer soon. Most of the information in it should still be relevant.