The Ranger Remade

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Preface

This is my interpretation of the Ranger. If you think there could be an improvement made somewhere, please let me know and I'll do my best to address the issue or explain my position. And thank you in advance for taking the time to do so.

Credits

Cover Art:

Lone Ranger by Sylvain Coutouly

Interior Art:

Orithyia and Hannibal by Ina Wong (p. 3)

Ranger II by Tom Parrish (p. 4)

Jungle / ACIV by Raphael Lacoste (p. 6)

Female Archer by Donglu Yu (p. 7)

Celestial by Johanna Rupprecht (p. 8)

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Copyright:

The Ranger Remade is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved or endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.

Version: 3.0

Deadly Hunters

Warriors of the wilderness, rangers specialize in hunting the monsters that threaten the edges of civilization - humanoid raiders, rampaging beasts and monstrosities, terrible giants, and deadly dragons. They learn to track their quarry as a predator does, and strike their prey hard and true. Their ability to find respite in any situation affords them a tenacity in their pursuits day in and day out.

Masters of the ambush, rangers are swift and deadly. Moving through the wilds and hiding themselves in brush and rubble, rangers scout out and stalk their target. Few enemies are able to catch a ranger off guard.

Thanks to their familiarity with the wilds, rangers acquire the ability to cast spells that harness nature’s power, much as a druid does. Their spells, like their combat abilities, emphasize speed, fortitude, and the hunt.

With sword and spell, skill and sense, rangers stand guard on the untamed frontier. A ranger’s abilities are honed with deadly focus on the grim task of protecting the borderlands.

Independent Adventurers

Though a ranger might make a living as a hunter, a guide, or a tracker, a ranger's true calling is to defend the outskirts of civilization from the ravages of monsters and humanoid hordes that press in from the wild. In some places, rangers gather in secretive orders or join forces with druidic circles. Many rangers, though, are independent almost to a fault, knowing that, when a band of orcs attacks, a ranger might be the first—and possibly the last—line of defense.

This fierce independence makes rangers well suited to adventuring, since they are accustomed to life far from the comforts of a dry bed and a hot bath. Faced with city-bred adventurers who grouse and whine about the hardships of the wild, rangers respond with some mixture of amusement, frustration, and compassion. But they quickly learn that other adventurers who can carry their own weight in a fight against civilization's foes are worth any extra burden. Coddled city folk might not know how to feed themselves or find fresh water in the wild, but they make up for it in other ways.

Class Themes

    Rangers are skirmishers. They avoid direct confrontation in favor of sudden, deadly attacks that leave an opponent without the chance to make an effective counterattack.

Key Features: Agile Predator, Ambuscade

Rangers are vigilant. They are always are on guard and they have a sixth sense for danger. Its hard to get the drop on a ranger.

Key Features: Enhanced Senses, Mentally Prepared

Rangers are the ultimate survivors. They have grit and can pull through most any situation. Their toughness and instincts keep them alive.

Key Features: Focus, Quick Healer

Rangers are masters of the wild. They can wander a barren wilderness alone for months, living only on what they find. Their link to nature gives them supernatural abilities.

Key Features: Natural Explorer, Spellcasting

THE RANGER REMADE

Archery

You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.

Defense

While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.

Great Weapon Fighting

When you roll a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can re-roll the die and must use the new roll. The weapon must have the two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this benefit.

Two-Weapon Fighting

When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the bonus attack. When you draw or stow a weapon using your object interaction, you can draw or stow an additional weapon at any time during your turn.

Preparing and Casting Spells

The Ranger table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your ranger spells. To cast one of your ranger spells of 1st level or higher, you must expend a slot of the spell's level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.

You prepare the list of ranger spells that are available for you to cast, choosing from the ranger spell list. When you do so, choose a number of ranger spells equal to your Wisdom modifier + half your ranger level, rounded down (minimum of one spell). The spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

For example, if you are a 5th-level ranger, you have four 1st-level and two 2nd-level spell slots. With a Wisdom of 14, your list of prepared spells can include four spells of 1st or 2nd level, in any combination. If you prepare the 1st-level spell animal friendship, you can cast it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell doesn't remove it from your list of prepared spells.

You can change your list of prepared spells when you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list of ranger spells requires time spent in prayer and meditation: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list.

Spellcasting Ability

Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your ranger spells, since your magic draws on your attunement to nature. You use your Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a ranger spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Archetype Spells

Each archetype has a list of associated spells. You gain access to these spells at the levels specified in the archetype description. Once you gain access to an archetype spell, you always have it prepared. Archetype spells don't count against the number of spells you can prepare each day.

If you gain an archetype spell that doesn't appear on the ranger spell list, the spell is nonetheless a ranger spell for you.

Hunting Trance

Your archetype allows you to enter into a trance to use special techniques. Each Hunting Trance option provided by your archetype explains how to use it.

When you use your Hunting Trance, you choose which option to use. You must then finish a short or long rest to use your Hunting Trance again.

Some Hunting Trance effects require saving throws. When you use such an effect from this class, the DC equals your ranger spell save DC.

Hunter

Emulating the Hunter archetype means accepting your place as a bulwark between civilization and the terrors of the wilderness. As you walk the Hunter's path, you learn specialized techniques for fighting the threats you face, from rampaging beasts to unnatural monstrosities. You are skilled in restraining and maneuvering around your quarries, whittling their willpower down while overwhelming them with your own.

Hunter's Tenacity

At 20th level, your tenacity in hunting prey knows no bounds.

You can cast Hunter's Mark without expending a spell slot. The quarry of your Hunter's Mark spell remains under its effects until you cast it on a different creature.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

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Beast Bond (Revised)

1st-level divination

• Casting Time: 1 hour
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S, M (rare herbs and incense worth 10 gp, which the spell consumes)
• Duration: Instantaneous

You establish a link with one beast you touch that is friendly to you or charmed by you. The spell fails if the beast's CR is 1/8 or higher.

The beast acts independently of you, but it always obeys your commands. In combat, it rolls its own initiative and acts on its own turn. The beast can't attack, but it can take other actions as normal.

While the beast is within 100 feet of you, you can communicate with it telepathically. Additionally, as an action, you can see through the beast's eyes and hear what it hears until the start of your next turn, gaining the benefits of any special senses that the beast has. During this time, you are deaf and blind with regard to your own senses.

You can't have more than one beast bonded to you at a time.

Hunter's Mark (Revised)

1st-level divination

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: 120 feet
• Components: V
• Duration: 10 minutes

You choose a creature within range and that you can see, mystically marking it as your quarry.

Until the spell ends or you cast it on a different creature, you always know the exact distance and direction towards your mark as long as it's on the same plane of existence as you, and your mark cannot be hidden from you.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the spell's duration is extended: 1 hour (2nd level), 4 hours (3rd level), 8 hours (4th level), 24 hours (5th level).