A menagerie contains animals, monsters, and exotic wildlife from around the world. Usually these animals are kept for display, but many druids and rangers operate animal sanctuaries or veterinary services.
**Rural:** A menagerie can be **either** a building or a rural stronghold.
### Stronghold Feat
Once per long rest, you can use an action to heal a familiar or animal companion you touch, which regains 3d8 hit points. In addition, you gain an expertise die whenever you make an ability check related to animals.
- At [[Stronghold Size#Stronghold Size Table|Grade 4]], you can heal a familiar or animal companion using your stronghold feat once per short or long rest. In addition, once per long rest you can spend 1 minute tending to a familiar or animal companion to restore it to its hit point maximum.
- At [[Stronghold Size#Stronghold Size Table|Grade 5]], you gain advantage on checks made to identify the lore and legends of a creature you can see.
**Best Suited For:** Druid, ranger
**Minimum Size:** 1,001 square feet or 6 acres ([[Stronghold Size#Stronghold Size Table|Grade 2]])
**Minimum Quality:** [[Stronghold Furnishings and Staff#Stronghold Furnishings and Staff Table|Frugal]]
**Followers Available:** [[Healer]], [[Minstrel]], [[Teamster]], [[Torchbearer]]