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Animal Rider
You gain the following benefits:
- Increase you Wisdom by 1 to a maximum of 20 or animal handling becomes a trained skill for you.
- If an animal you are riding is attacked, you may impose disadvantage to one attack per round to that animal.
- If an animal you are riding is attacked and hit by a physical attack, you may elect to take half the damage.
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