### Summary
The [[Beast Master]] oversees and tends to any creatures used for the airship’s operations, including protective beasts, airborne mounts, or magical familiars. They ensure these creatures remain healthy, well-trained, and ready for combat or utility tasks. The [[Beast Master]] also plays a vital role in gathering resources from the skies, such as food or rare materials from skybeasts.
The best [[Beast Master|Beast Masters]] have strong [[Wisdom]] and [[Dexterity]] scores and are proficient in skills like [[Animal Handling]] and [[Survival]], as well as tools like the [[Tools#Herbalism Kit|Herbalism Kit]] or [[Tools#Artisan's Tools|Leatherworkers Tools]].
### Role Proficiencies
![[Airship Role Proficiencies]]
#### Beast Master Proficiencies
In addition to the Proficiencies below, the [[Beast Master]] can add their [[Proficiency Bonus]] when making checks to manage, train, or care for the airship’s creatures. If the [[Beast Master]] is already proficient in the requisite skill to make the check, their [[Proficiency Bonus]] is doubled for that check. The check cannot benefit from more than one feature (such as [[Expertise]]) that doubles the [[Proficiency Bonus]].
| Character Level | Role Proficiency |
| :-------------: | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 1st | [[Sky Forager]], [[Beast Steward]] |
| 5th | [[Aether Tracker]], [[Coordinated Instincts]] |
| 11th | [[Pack Resilience]], [[Beast Master's Wild Empathy\|Wild Empathy]] |
| 17th | [[Guardian of the Skies]], [[Unyielding Forager]] |
##### Sky Forager
![[Sky Forager]]
##### Beast Steward
![[Beast Steward]]
##### Aether Tracker
![[Aether Tracker]]
##### Coordinated Instincts
![[Coordinated Instincts]]
##### Pack Resilience
![[Pack Resilience]]
##### Wild Empathy
![[Beast Master's Wild Empathy]]
##### Guardian of the Skies
![[Guardian of the Skies]]
##### Unyielding Forager
![[Unyielding Forager]]