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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CRGreathouse" data-source="post: 350011" data-attributes="member: 474">Sorry it's ugly, but PDF -> TXT is like that.1I was always worried about the ranger. The factthat his abilities kick in when the DM wants themto (when the adventure contains his favored enemies)rather than when the player wants them to,like the barbarian, always seemed to me to be adrawback. So, I took a second stab at the ranger.While I did not change the way favored enemieswork in this version, I did add more skillpoints, bonus feats, better saves, and a slightlymore generous spell progression and spell list.There are even some new ranger-specific feats andspells.By this point, I decided I’d gone a little too far.To scale him back a bit, he uses d8s for hit dicerather than d10s—a bit of a throwback to the oldranger of 1st Edition.GAME RULEINFORMATIONRangers have the following game statistics.Alignment: Any.Hit Die: d8.Class SkillsThe ranger’s class skills (and the key ability for eachskill) are Animal Empathy (Cha, exclusive skill),Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int),Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Hide (Dex),Intuit Direction (Wis), Jump (Str), Knowledge(nature) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex),Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Use Rope (Dex),Search (Int), Spot (Wis), Swim (Str), and WildernessLore (Wis). See Chapter 6 in the Player’s Handbookfor skill descriptions.Skill Points at 1st Level: (6+Int modifier) x 4Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 6 + IntmodifierClass FeaturesAll of the following are class features of the ranger.Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A ranger is proficientwith all simple and martial weapons, lightarmor, medium armor, and shields. Note that wearingarmor heavier than leather imposes a penalty to theranger skills Climb, Hide, Jump, and Move Silently.Swim checks also suffer a –1 penalty for every 5 lbs.The RangerFort. Ref. Will —Spells per Day—Level Attack Bonus Save Save Save Special 1 2 3 41 +1 +2 +2 +0 Bonus feat, Track, — — — —1st favored enemy2 +2 +3 +3 +0 — — — —3 +3 +3 +3 +1 — — — —4 +4 +4 +4 +1 Bonus Feat 0 — — —5 +5 +4 +4 +1 2nd favored enemy 0 — — —6 +6/+1 +5 +5 +2 1 — — —7 +7/+2 +5 +5 +2 Bonus feat 1 0 — —8 +8/+3 +6 +6 +2 1 0 — —9 +9/+4 +6 +6 +3 1 1 — —10 +10/+5 +7 +7 +3 Bonus feat, 3rd favored enemy 1 1 0 —11 +11/+6/+1 +7 +7 +3 2 1 0 —12 +12/+7/+2 +8 +8 +4 2 1 1 —13 +13/+8/+3 +8 +8 +4 Bonus feat 2 1 1 014 +14/+9/+4 +9 +9 +4 2 2 1 015 +15/+10/+5 +9 +9 +5 4th favored enemy 2 2 1 116 +16/+11/+6/+1 +10 +10 +5 Bonus feat 3 2 2 117 +17/+12/+7/+2 +10 +10 +5 3 3 2 118 +18/+13/+8/+3 +11 +11 +6 3 3 2 219 +19/+14/+9/+4 +11 +11 +6 Bonus feat 3 3 3 220 +20/+15/+10/+5 +12 +12 +6 5th favored enemy 4 3 3 32of armor or equipment carried.Spells: Beginning at 4th level, a ranger gains theability to cast a small number of divine, nature orwilderness-related spells.To cast a spell, the rangermust have a Wisdom score of at least 10 plus thespell’s level, so a ranger with a Wisdom of 10 or lowercannot cast these spells. Ranger bonus spells are basedon Wisdom, and saving throws against these spellshave a DC of 10 plus spell level plus Wisdom modifierWhen the ranger gets zero spells of a givenlevel, such as zero 1st-level spells at 4th level, theranger gets only bonus spells. A ranger without abonus spell for that level (see the Player’s HandbookTable 2–1: Ability Modifiers and Spells) cannotcast a spell of that level yet. The ranger’s spell listappears in a list provided below. A ranger hasaccess to any spell on the list and can freely choosewhich to prepare. A ranger prepares and casts spellsjust as a cleric does (though the ranger cannot usespontaneous casting to lose a spell and cast a cureor inflict spell in its place).For all spell effects dependent on the caster’s level(such how many Hit Dice worth of animals he or shecan befriend with animal friendship), treat the rangeras one-half the character’s actual level, rounded down.Track: A ranger gains Track as a bonus feat (seethe Track feat description).Bonus Feats: At 1st level, the ranger gets a bonusfeat in addition to the feat that any 1st-level charactergets or the bonus feat granted to humans. Theranger gains an additional bonus feat at 4th level andevery three levels thereafter (7th 10th, 13th, 16th,and 19th).These bonus feats must be drawn from the followinglist: Ambidexterity, Blind-Fight, CombatReflexes, Dodge (Mobility, Spring Attack), ExoticWeapon Proficiency, Expertise (Improved Disarm,Improved Trip,Whirlwind Attack), Favored EnemyCritical Strike, Favored Enemy Strike,MountedCombat (Mounted Archery, Trample, Ride-ByAttack, Spirited Charge), Point Blank Shot (FarShot, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot, Shot on the Run),Quick Draw, Two-Weapon Fighting (ImprovedTwo-Weapon Fighting),Weapon Finesse*, andWeapon Focus*.Feats dependent on other feats are listed parentheticallyunder the prerequisite feat. A character canselect feats marked with an asterisk (*) more thanonce, but it must be for a different weapon eachtime. Characters must still meet all prerequisites for afeat, including ability score and base attackminimums (see Chapter 5 in the Player’s Handbookfor descriptions of feats and their prerequisites).Important: These feats are in addition to the featthat a character of any class gets every three levels(per Player’s Handbook Table 4–2: Experience andLevel-Dependent Benefits). The ranger is not limitedto the list given here when choosing those feats.Favored Enemy: At 1st level, a ranger may select atype of creature (dragons, giants, goblinoids, undead,etc.) as a favored enemy. (Only evil rangers can selecttheir own race as a favored enemy.) Due to theirextensive study of their foes and training in theproper techniques for combating them, rangers gain a+1 bonus to Bluff, Listen, Sense Motive, Spot, andWilderness checks when using these skills against thistype of creature.Likewise, rangers get the same bonus to weapondamage rolls against creatures of this type. A rangeralso gets this damage bonus with ranged weapons, butonly against targets within 30 feet (the ranger cannotstrike with deadly accuracy beyond that range). Thebonus doesn’t apply to damage against creatures thatare immune to critical hits.Every five levels (at 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20thlevel), the ranger may select a new favored enemy,and the bonus associated with every previouslyselected favored enemy goes up by +1. For example, a15th-level ranger will have four favored enemies,with bonuses of +4, +3, +2, and +1.The Ranger Favored Enemies table that followslists possible categories for a ranger’s favored enemy.Ranger FavoredEnemies ListType ExampleAberrations BeholdersAnimals BearsBeasts OwlbearsConstructs GolemsDragons Black dragonsElementals XornsFey DryadsGiants OgresHumanoid type *Magical beasts Displacer beastsOozes Gelatinous cubesOutsider type *Plants Shambling moundsShapechangers WerewolvesUndead ZombiesVermin Giant spiders* Rangers may not select “humanoid” or “outsider” as afavored enemy, but they may select a more narrowlydefined type of humanoid (such as goblinoids,humans, or reptilian humanoids) or outsider (such asdevils, efreet, or slaadi). See the Monster Manual formore information on types of creatures. A ranger canonly select his own race as a favored enemy if thecharacter is evil.He has custom spell lists too, but they're just about the same.</blockquote>

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