The Alerion Ranger

Class Introduction -------------------------------------------------------3 Class Table ----------------------------------------------------------------4 Class Features ----------------------------------------------------------5-7 Glossary of New Mechanics --------------------------------------------8

Ranger Companies

Ghost -----------------------------------------------------------------------9 Marksman ----------------------------------------------------------------10 Pathfinder ----------------------------------------------------------------11 Vanguard -----------------------------------------------------------------12

Setting Specific Companies

Greenwarden-------------------------------------------------------------13 Marshwalker--------------------------------------------------------------14 Talonguard---------------------------------------------------------------15 Torchbearer--------------------------------------------------------------16

Ranger Spell List

Ranger Spells --------------------------------------------------------16 New Spell Descriptions -------------------------------------------17-21

Appendices

Appendix A: Exploring the Wilderness -----------------------------21 Appendix B: New Weapons and Equipment ----------------------22 Appendix C: Optional Class Features

Adaptable Skirmishers

While the professional soldiers of the Kingsguard might consider asymmetrical warfare and guerrilla tactics to be uncivilized and even barbaric, most of the Realm's rangers hardly consider themselves bound to societal expectations of honor and decorum. To them, there is only one rule in a fight: Survive.

Most rangers are deft skirmishers, relying on speed, stealth, and surprise to overcome their enemies in combat. They are masters of cover and concealment, moving stealthily through any terrain and concealing themselves in the surrounding undergrowth. Rangers focus their combat training on techniques that are particularly useful against the enemies they are most likely to face in combat, be they bloodthirsty monsters, hordes of marauding goblins, or the organized forces of a hostile nation.

Thanks to the Realm's numerous magical leylines and other sources of supernatural energy, it is unsurprising that the realm's rangers have learned to harness these primal forces. Like their martial abilities, a ranger's spells tend to focus on mobility, scouting, and wilderness survival. This unique combination of martial prowess and highly adaptable spellcasting makes confronting a ranger a particularly deadly proposition, as they are incredibly mobile, unpredictable, and almost impossible to pin down.

Seasoned Survivors

The only thing more impressive than a ranger's combat prowess is their ability to survive and endure the harshness of the wilds. Fiercely independent, rangers are true trailblazers and explorers, venturing beyond the relative safety of civilization to expand the borders of the frontier.

Rangers are expert scouts and survivors, capable of spending days, weeks, or even months at a time away from civilization. They can navigate the wilds with relative ease, forage and gather supplies that less experienced travelers might be completely unaware of, and can endure the wilderness's harshest perils, from extreme temperatures and perilous pitfalls to poisonous foliage and hidden predators. These skills and experiences make rangers expert guides and pathfinders for those seeking passage through the perilous wilds that stretch between the realm's many cities and towns.

Creating a Ranger

As you create your ranger character, consider the nature of the training that gave you your particular capabilities. Did you train as a member of the Kingsguard's elite light-infantry companies, mastering the art of wilderness combat and escorting travelers from settlement to settlement? Are you a former Greenwarden of the House of Tynarath, hunted by Lord Kylan for remaining loyal to the old ways? Or perhaps you are an independent hunter or scout, self-taught in the art of wilderness fighting and survival.

What kind of enemies has your ranger made during their time on the frontier? Are you a defender of the borderlands, hunting down monsters before they can ravage the local population? Or are you a professional soldier, trained to harrass and outmaneuver hostile forces on the field of battle? The kind of enemies you've made will influence the combat tactics you use to fight your foes and the survival skills you've acquired during your adventures.

Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d10 per ranger level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per ranger level after 1st

Proficiencies

• Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields
• Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons, flintlocks
• Tools: Choose one from Cartographer's Tools, Fletching Kit, Herbalism Kit, Hunter's Tools, or Ordinance Kit
• Saving Throws: Strength, Dexterity
• Skills: Choose three from Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Athletics, Investigation, Nature, Perception, Stealth, or Survival

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

• (a) scale mail or (b) leather armor and a marksman’s cloak
• (a) a longbow and a quiver of 20 arrows or (b) an infantry musket, a socket bayonet, and a cartridge box containing 20 paper cartridges
• (a) a melee weapon and a shield or (b) two melee weapons
• (a) a dungeoneer's pack or (b) an explorer's pack
• One set of tools with which you are proficient

The Alerion Ranger | Class Table

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. 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 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.

Instinctual Casting

You have a pool of Instinct Points equal to your proficiency bonus. Once on each of your turns, you can use these points to cast a ranger spell without a spell slot if that spell has the Instinct tag and you have the spell prepared.

You regain all expended Instinct Points when you finish a long rest.

Spellcasting Focus

You can use a set of tools or a weapon that you are proficient with as a spellcasting focus for your Ranger spells.

Expanded Terrain Types (Pg. 5)

The Alerion campaign setting introduces three categories of terrain as a part of its exploration system:

• Natural Terrain is completely untouched by civilization or magical effects.
• Supernatural Terrain is currently being affected by magic or some other otherworldly effect (such as land near a magical leyline, a portal to the Veil, or an area under the influence of Wild Magic.)
• Urban Terrain has been significantly altered by the presence of humanoid races (such as cities, towns, ports, or military fortifications.)

New Action: Scout (Pg. 7)

When you take the Scout action on your turn, you make an Intelligence or Wisdom check (determined by the GM) to discern specific information about a particular location, object or enemy,

Depending on the type of information you wish to learn, you might roll a Wisdom (Perception) check to locate a source of cover or observe an enemy's physical traits, or a relevant Intelligence check to determine an enemy's current morale or a condition or spell that is affecting it.

Revised Cover Rules (Pg. 7)

The Alerion campaign setting introduces a new degree of cover (one-quarter) to make wilderness combat more dynamic. These revised cover rules are summarized below.

• A target with one-quarter cover has a +1 bonus to AC and Dexterity saving throws. A target has one-quarter cover if an obstacle blocks at least one-fourth of its body, such as a thin pillar, a boulder, a fallen log, or a creature of one size category smaller.
• A target with half cover has a +2 bonus to AC and Dexterity saving throws. A target has half cover if an obstacle blocks at least half of its body. The obstacle might be a low barricade, a large piece of furniture, a narrow tree trunk, or a creature of the same size category, whether that creature is an enemy or a friend.
• A target with three-quarters cover has a +5 bonus to AC and Dexterity saving throws. A target has three-quarters cover if about three-quarters of it is obstructed by an obstacle. The obstacle might be a wooden pallisade, a gunport, a thick tree trunk, or a creature of one size category larger.
• A target with total cover can’t be targeted directly by an attack or a spell, although some spells can reach such a target by including it in an area of effect. A target has total cover if it is completely concealed by an obstacle.

New Condition: Suppressed (Pg.12)

A suppressed creature can move up to half its speed and take either an action or bonus action on its turn, but not both.

The Alerion Ranger |Class Features

'Elf'
by Wojtek Depczyński

Ghost

The archetypal Ghost is an experienced guerrilla fighter who prefers to avoid direct confrontation in favor of ambush tactics and irregular warfare. Striking from the shadows, these rangers use a combination of stealth, surprise, and terror tactics to help turn the tide of battle in their favor.

Ghost rangers in the Realm of Alerion are most commonly associated with the Tynarian rebels of Wildthorne, Eyria, and Etienne, who use their knowledge of the surrounding terrain and their penchant for stealth and surprise to raid Kingsguard supply lines and ambush enemy patrols.

Preemptive Strike

Also at 3rd level, you have learned to strike quickly and decisively before your enemies can retaliate. The first time on each of your turns that you damage the target of your Marked for Death feature with an attack, you deal additional damage equal to one roll of your Quarry Die if the target is surprised or has a lower initiative count than you.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (a minimum of once,) regaining all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

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Slip Away

Beginning at 7th level, you have become adept at evading your enemies. When a hostile creature enters your reach, you can use your reaction to move up to half your speed without provoking opportunity attacks. You can then immediately attempt to hide.

You can use this reaction a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Terror Tactics

Starting at 11th level, your mastery of guerrilla warfare strikes fear into the hearts and minds of even the most resolute foes. When you deal the extra damage from your Preemptive Strike feature, you can force the target and each other hostile creature within 5 feet of it to make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, each of those creatures becomes frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Phantom of the Wilds

By the time you reach 15th level, you have learned to strike your foes even more decisively. Immediately after you roll initiative, you gain an additional action that takes place before other creatures can act. You can use this action to move up to half your movement speed and take the Attack (one weapon attack only,) Dash, Disengage, Hide, Scout, or Use an Object action.

If you are surprised when you roll initiative, you are not surprised, but you do not gain this extra action.

Once you use this action, you must finish a short or long rest before you can do so again.

'Test' by Link Chen

Company Spells

You gain Company spells at the Ranger levels listed.

Marksman's Training

Beginning when you join this Company at 3rd level, you've learned to combine cover, concealment, and the deadly accuracy of rifled weaponry to turn you into a lethal battlefield sharpshooter. You gain proficiency with the hunting rifle, marksman's rifle, and rifled musket, as well as proficiency with Tinker's Tools.

In addition, while in a natural environment, if you are receiving the benefits of at least half-cover, you gain a +1 bonus to AC and you don't suffer disadvantage on your ranged attack rolls for firing from a kneeling or prone position. This bonus increases to +2 at 7th level and to +3 at 15th level.

Deadly Aim

Also at 3rd level, you begin to practice a style of combat that promotes precision over volume of attacks. The first time on each of your turns that you hit the target of your Marked for Death feature with a ranged weapon attack, you deal additional damage equal to one roll of your Quarry Die if you did not move prior to making the attack.

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Cover to Cover

Beginning at 7th level, your training as a sharpshooter allows you to quickly extract yourself when the pressure starts to mount. After you make a ranged weapon attack on your turn, you can use your reaction to move up to half your speed without provoking opportunity attacks.

If you are holding a ranged weapon, you can also reload it as a part of this movement.

Pin Them Down

Beginning at 11th level, you can attempt to pin an enemy in place with your fire. When you deal the extra damage from your Deadly Aim feature, you can force the target to make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, the creature becomes Suppressed* until the start of your next turn.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (a minimum of once), regaining all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Deadeye Shot

By 15th level, you have learned to quickly adjust your aim to compensate for your opponent's movements. Once on each of your turns, when you miss with a ranged weapon attack, you can use your reaction to cause that attack to hit instead.

'Sharpe and Harper March Again' by Gabi Lorenz

Company Spells

You gain company spells at the Ranger levels listed.

Scout's Awareness

Beginning when you join this Company at 3rd level, you can add your Skirmish Die to your Intelligence (Investigation) and your Wisdom (Perception) checks.

In addition, your eyes are specially adapted to even the most adverse conditions. You can take the Search action as a bonus action on your turn.

Studied Strike

Also at 3rd level, you have learned to carefully observe your enemies before committing to the fight. Once on each of your turns, when you damage the target of your Marked for Death feature, you can increase that damage by an amount equal to one roll of your Quarry Die if you used the Scout action against the target prior to attacking it.

When you deal this extra damage, you can immediately apply one of the following benefits of your choice:

• Coordinated Strike. Until the start of your next turn, creatures other than you can add your Wisdom modifier to attack rolls they make against that target.
• Exploit Weakness. You learn one of the target’s damage resistances, immunities, or vulnerabilities (if it has any).
• Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide. Until your mark ends, you always know your quarry's exact location if it's within 60 feet of you, and you don't receive disadvantage on attack rolls against that target as a result of being unable to see it.

'Scouts' by Odobenus

Tracker's Senses

By 7th level, you have developed heightened senses to tail your quarry and uncover hidden truths. You have advantage on ability checks and saving throws made to discern whether something is an illusion, as well as advantage on saving throws against being blinded or deafened.

Moreover, you can see through lightly obscured areas—such as dim light, foliage, smoke, or mist—without disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks.

Enhanced Precision

Starting at 11th level, your astute awareness allows you to deliver a decisive strike before your enemy can respond. When you deal your extra damage with your Studied Strike feature, you can choose one of the following additional effects:

• Harrying Strike. The target has disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the start of your next turn.
• No Escape. Until your mark ends, you always know your quarry's exact location if it's on the same plane of existence as you.
• Unerring Blow. Until the end of your turn, any damage you deal against your quarry ignores resistance to your weapon damage.

Master Tracker

Beginning at 15th level, you are able to sense the unique presence of other creatures in the region. You always have the locate object and locate creature spells prepared, and you can cast each of these spells once without expending a spell slot. Once you cast either spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

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Company Spells

You gain company spells at the Ranger levels listed.

Tip of the Spear

Beginning at 3rd level, you have learned to utilize your peerless mobility to help pave the way for your allies to strike. You can add your Quarry Die to your Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks.

In addition, at the start of your turn, if there are no allies within 20 feet of you and you aren't surprised, you can use your bonus action to immediately move up to half your speed in any direction without provoking opportunity attacks.

Skirmisher's Strike

Beginning at 3rd level, when you damage your quarry with a weapon attack, you can increase that damage by one roll of your Quarry Die if you moved at least 15 feet from your starting position prior to attacking.

You can also deal this extra damage, known as Skirmish Damage, if you are hidden from your target or are receiving at least half cover against it.

Evasion

Beginning at 7th level, you can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a volley of musket fire or an ice storm spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.

Unrelenting Pursuit

By 11th level, you have become tireless in your purusit of your marked enemies. As long as a creature is marked by your Marked for Death feature, taking damage can't break your Concentration on your Ranger spells.

In addition, you gain proficiency in either Constitution or Wisdom saving throws (your choice.)

Always Moving

Beginning at 15th level, you have mastered the art of controlling the momentum of the battlefield. While conscious, you can add your Quarry Die to any saving throws you make against spells or effects that would restrain you, reduce your speed, or otherwise hinder your movement.

In addition, you can move through supernatural difficult terrain as though it were natural.

'Shauna Leafstone' by Olie Boldador

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Greenwarden

Often referred to as "Verdant Knights," the ancient and mystical order of the Greenwardens were among the first rangers formally organized under the rule of Tynar the Unifier. For generations, these noble rangers protected the sacred pact between nature and civilization, sheperding the wild places of the world and vanquishing poachers, land-hungry settlers, and others who sought to exploit the wilderness for their own gain.

Today, the Greenwarden order is more of a distant memory, having been declared outlaws by Lord Kylan shortly after the Lord Protector's ascension. Yet, in secluded parts of both Alerion and her colonies, there are small holdouts that still cling to the old ways, awaiting the day when a Tynarian heir will reemerge and allow them to step out of the shadows once more.

Primordial Sentinel

By 15th level, you can extend the benefits of your Guardian's Ward feature to include a number of creatures equal to your Wisdom modifier.

In addition, when a creature warded by you is attacked by a hostile creature, you can use your reaction to make a single attack against the source of that damage before they make their attack roll. If the attack hits, that creature has disadvantage on any subsequent attacks they make against that warded ally until the start of your next turn.

'growing strong' by Ebbytree

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Company Spells

You gain Company Spells at the Ranger levels listed:

Murky Strike

You have mastered the art of ambushing your enemies in the swamps and marshes of your homeland. The first time on each of your turns that you hit the target of your Marked for Death feature with a weapon attack, you can increase that damage by one roll of your Quarry Die.

If the attack is made during the first round of combat, you can choose to deal maximum damage instead of rolling. Once you do, you must finish a short or long rest before you can do so again.

Moorland Wanderer

When you choose this conclave at 3rd level, you can add your Quarry Die to your Dexterity (Stealth) checks. Moreover, moving stealthily or while prone doesn't cost you additional movement.

Shroud of Mist

At 7th level, you are surrounded by an aura of mist and fog that shrouds you from your foes. You are always considered to be lightly obscured, unless you choose not to be. Moreover, when an opponent makes a Wisdom (Perception) check to detect you, you can use your reaction to move up to 10 feet in any direction. This movement doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity.

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Bog Down

Starting at 11th level, when you hit a creature with your Murky Strike feature, you deal additional damage equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of 1). Moreover, the target's movement speed is reduced by 10 feet until the start of your next turn.

Swamp Fox

Starting at 15th level, you have learned to alter your immediate surroundings, transforming them into the swampy terrain of the moorlands. As a bonus action, you can transform the ground within a 30-foot radius centered on yourself into difficult terrain until the start of your next turn. You can choose any number of creatures to be uneffected by this terrain.

When a creature enters this radius for the first time on its turn or starts its turn within it, it must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against your Spell Save DC. On a failed save, the target is pulled beneath the swamp, taking 4d6 poison damage. Additionally, that creature falls prone and is restrained until the start of its next turn. On a successful save, the creature takes only half that damage and falls prone, but is not restrained.

Once you use this feature, you cannot do so again until you finish a long rest.

'Character Concept for Pathfinder: Kingmaker' by Valeriy Vegera

Company Spells

You gain company spells at the Ranger levels listed:

Talonguard Initiate

Beginning at 3rd level, you have acquired the basic knowledge to scout, fight, and maneuver from the back of a dragon. You gain the following benefits:

• You learn to speak, read, and write Draconic. If you already know Draconic, you can instead choose another language of your choice.
• You can add your Quarry Die to your Wisdom (Animal Handling) and Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks.
• You have advantage on saving throws to avoid falling off your razorwing companion.

Talonguard's Companion

At 3rd level, as an action, you can magically form a bond with a razorwing drake.This razorwing is friendly to you and your companions, and it obeys your commands. See its game statistics in the accompanying Talonguard's Companion stat block, which uses your proficiency bonus (PB) in several places. When you first bond with your dragon, choose its lineage from among those listed in the Draconic Lineage table.

In combat, the razorwing shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can move and use its reaction on its own, but the only action it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn or forego one of your own attacks to command it to take another action. That action can be one in its stat block or some other action. If you are incapacitated, your companion can take any action of its choice, not just Dodge.

At 3rd level, you can use your razorwing as a mount if it is on the ground, but it can't use its flying speed while you are mounted on it. It is considered an independent mount, making its own decisions and choices in combat.

If your razorwing has died within the last hour, you can use your action to touch it and expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher. The razorwing returns to life after 1 minute with all its hit points restored.

Take to the Skies

Beginning at 7th level, your bond with your companion has deepened, allowing you to engage in limited aerial combat. You and your dragon gain the following features:

Dragon Rider. Thanks to the strength of your bond, your razorwing can now use its flying speed while you are mounted on it, but it must end its turn on the ground.

Empowered Strikes. Once on each of your turns, when you or your razorwing hit the target of your Marked for Death feature, you can increase tha damage by one roll of your Quarry Die. Further, your companion's attacks count as magical for the purposes of overcoming resistance to nonmagical attacks and damage.

Draconic Fury

Starting at 11th level, fighting alongside your dragon unlocks more of the creature's potential. Your companion can now use its Breath Weapon and Multiattack actions.

In addition, your companion's flying speed increases to 60 feet, and it can remain airborne while you are riding it.

Bond of Flame and Iron

By 15th level, you have perfected your connection with your draconic companion. Your razorwing grows to Large size.

In addition, you and your companion gain the following benefits:

Draconic Channeling. Whenever you cast a ranger spell that targets yourself, you can also choose to target your companion with that spell.

Mighty Breath. The range of your razorwing's breath weapon increases to either a 30 foot cone or a 5 foot by 60 foot line (depending on its lineage.)