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[Archived] The Ranger
« on: November 07, 2011, 08:42:09 AM »
In the spirit of the E6 system and full acknowledgment of the quadratic power of casters, I am rewriting all the core classes to play with classic D&D flavor up to level 6, then ramp up from there to match the power of casters.

Warning: Expect the lower levels to look amazing, but not answer any of the real problems of a class. (casters vs mundanes, etc.) 1-6 form the class chassis, while the rest of the class adds new abilities depending on the benchmarks we set.


The Ranger
Alignment: Any
Hit Die: d10



Level BAB              Fort Ref  Will   Special
1st   +1               +2   +2   +0     Favored Enemy, Track, Wild Empathy
2nd   +2               +3   +3   +0     Combat Style
3rd   +3               +3   +3   +1     Endurance
4th   +4               +4   +4   +1     Spellcasting, Animal Companion
5th   +5               +4   +4   +1     2nd Favored Enemy, Trapmaking
6th   +6/+1            +5   +5   +2     Improved Combat Style
7th   +7/+2            +5   +5   +2     Woodland stride
8th   +8/+3            +6   +6   +2     Swift tracker
9th   +9/+4            +6   +6   +3     Evasion
10th  +10/+5           +7   +7   +3     3rd favored enemy
11th  +11/+6/+1        +7   +7   +3     Combat Style Mastery
12th  +12/+7/+2        +8   +8   +4     
13th  +13/+8/+3        +8   +8   +4     Camouflage
14th  +14/+9/+4        +9   +9   +4     Improved Combat Style Mastery
15th  +15/+10/+5       +9   +9   +5     4th favored enemy
16th  +16/+11/+6/+1    +10  +10   +5   
17th  +17/+12/+7/+2    +10  +10   +5    Hide in plain sight
18th  +18/+13/+8/+3    +11  +11   +6   
19th  +19/+14/+9/+4    +11  +11   +6   
20th  +20/+15/+10/+5   +12  +12   +6    Perfected Combat Style, 5th favored enemy


All class features are the same, with the following exceptions.
Favored Enemy/Quarry (Ex):
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Animal Companion:
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Trapmaking:
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Combat Style:
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Improved Combat Style:
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Combat Style Mastery:
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Improved Combat Style Mastery:
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Perfected Combat Style:
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Discussion:
On the lack of class features: The ranger was listed as Tier 4, so I was afraid to add too much. I saw three things missing with the class. A decent animal companion, An enabler for the combat style, and a good capstone. The AC Combat style, the Trapmaking, and the Perfected Combat Style adds those 3 respectively.

On AC Combat Style: The druid and ranger are trading places for the animal companion. The druid gets the crappy one, while the ranger gets the good one. The AC combat style gives it some extra abilities.
« Last Edit: November 10, 2011, 05:20:08 PM by Nytemare3701 »