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The rules presented here take a creature with a low challenge rating and give it levels as you gain levels.  \nOn your adventures, you sometimes meet atownsperson, an animal, or another creature and forge a special relationship with them. That creature might even join you on your adventures, which usually sparks this question: how does this sidekick get better as you gain levels? As you become more powerful, the foes you face are likely to become too dangerous for Vera the guard, Biscuit the mastiff, or another companion you befriended in the early days of your adventuring career. This article answers the question, giving your sidekick a clear path of advancement.  \nThis Is Playtest Content  \nThe material here is presented for playtesting and to spark your imagination. These game mechanics are in draft form, usable in your D&D campaign but not refined by final design and editing. They aren’t officially part of the game and aren’t permitted in D&D Adventurers League events.  \nIf we decide to make this material official, it will be refined based on your feedback, and then it will appear in a D&D book.  \nSidekick Stats  \nIn these rules, a sidekick is a creature who is your friend and who accompanies you on adventures. It’s essentially a second character you play. (The DM might decide to play it instead, or you could co-play it with other players at the table.)  \nThe sidekick can be any type of creature with astat block in the Monster Manual or another D&D book, but it must meet these prerequisites:  \n• Its challenge rating must be 1 or lower.  \n• The two of you must be friends.  \nCustomization for Any CR The Dungeon Master’s Guide offers guidance on customizing a monster, including giving it levels in a  \n\n| class. That approach works with any monster in the game, but it can be complicated, since it requires the monster’s challenge rating to be recalculated. The approach to sidekicks in this article focuses on giving levels to a low-CR creature without ever having torecalculate its CR. |\n| --- |\n| Gaining a Sidekick Class\u003Cbr>When your sidekick joins you, it gains a sidekick class. Choose which class it will have for the rest of its career: warrior, expert, or spellcaster. These sidekick classes are detailed below. They are reminiscent of the classes available to player characters but are simpler.\u003Cbr>To gain the expert or the spellcaster class, a creature must have at least one language in its stat block that it can speak.\u003Cbr>Leveling Up a Sidekick |\n| Whenever you gain a level, your sidekick also gains a level. It doesn’t matter how much of your recent adventures the sidekick experienced; the sidekick levels up because of a combination of the adventures it shares with you and its own training.\u003Cbr>Hit Points |\n| Whenever the sidekick gains a level, it gains one Hit Die, and its hit point maximum increases. To determine the amount of the increase, roll the Hit Die (the type of die appears in the sidekick’sstat block), and add its Constitution modifier. It gains a minimum of 1 hit point per level.\u003Cbr>Proficiency Bonus |\n\nOnce your companion has a sidekick class, the sidekick’s proficiency bonus is determined by its level in that class, as shown in the class’s table.  \nWhenever the sidekick’s proficiency bonus increases by 1, add 1 to the to-hit modifier of all the attacks in its stat block, and increase the DCsin its stat block by 1 .  \n©2018 Wizards of the Coast LLC 1  \nAbility Score Increases   \nWhenever the sidekick gains the Ability Score Improvement class feature, remember to adjust anything in its stat block that relies on an ability modifier that you increase with the feature. For example, if the sidekick has an attack that uses Strength, increase the attack’s modifiers to hit and damage if the sidekick’s Strength modifier increases.  \nIf it’s unclear whether a melee attack in the stat block uses Str","cbCaifjsyDxRvcXX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifjsyDxRvcXX","pdf",150625,"English","# Sidekick Rules\n## Playtest Content and Status\n## Sidekick Definition and Prerequisites\n## Customization for Any CR\n## Gaining a Sidekick Class\n## Leveling Up a Sidekick\n## Hit Points and Proficiency Bonus\n## Ability Score Increases\n## Multiattack vs. Extra Attack\n## Warrior Sidekick Features","[{\"question\":\"What creatures can become sidekicks under these rules?\",\"answer\":\"A sidekick can be any creature that has a stat block in the Monster Manual or another D\\u0026D book, as long as its challenge rating is 1 or lower and the two of you are friends.\"},{\"question\":\"How does a sidekick level up?\",\"answer\":\"Whenever you gain a level, your sidekick gains a level as well. 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