Monster Tamer's Shield (Patreon)

Armor (shield), rare (requires attunement)

This shield punishes certain creatures for their hostility and comes from a culture whose dominion is in direct competition with powerful beasts. While holding this shield, whenever you take damage from a melee attack made by a beast or monstrosity, that creature takes 1d4 psychic damage. In addition, you have advantage on Wisdom (Animal Handling) checks.

Tamer’s Protection. If you are also attuned to the monster tamer’s sword and are holding this shield, any creature captured by the sword gains a +1 bonus to its AC and can't be charmed.

They wanted to be the best, and they were. No one could compete with their ability to handle such ferocious beasts and creatures. It was an unearthly dominance that it could be felt by the weight of their stare alone. At their command, fearsome monstrosities would bend and break to their will.