Ranger

At 1st level, a ranger may select a type of creature from among those given on the Table: Ranger Favored Enemies. The ranger gains a +2 bonus on Deception, Insight, Natural Lore, and Perception checks as well as any skill check to Recall Knowledge (regardless of the skill) when using these skills against creatures of this type. Likewise, he gets a +2 bonus on weapon damage rolls against such creatures.

At 5th level and every five levels thereafter (10th, 15th, and 20th level), the ranger may select an additional favored enemy from those given on the table. In addition, at each such interval, the bonus against any one favored enemy (including the one just selected, if so desired) increases by 2.

If the ranger chooses humanoids as a favored enemy, he must also choose an associated subtype group, as indicated on the table. If he chooses outsiders as a favored enemy, he must choose two any two subtypes from the following list: air, chaotic, earth, evil, fire, good, lawful, light, native, shadow, and water. He may choose outsider more than once, but each time he must select new subtypes. If the ranger chooses the Undead subtype, it applies to all undead, regardless of their base creature type.

If a specific creature falls into more than one category of favored enemy, the ranger’s bonuses do not stack; he simply uses whichever bonus is higher.

A ranger gains Track as a bonus feat, even if he doesn’t meet the prerequisites.

A ranger can improve the attitude of an animal. This ability functions just like a Persuasion check to improve the attitude of a person. The ranger rolls 1d20 and adds his ranger level and his Charisma modifier to determine the wild empathy check result. The typical domestic animal has a starting attitude of indifferent, while wild animals are usually unfriendly.

To use wild empathy, the ranger and the animal must be able to study each other, which means that they must be within 30 feet of one another under normal visibility conditions. Generally, influencing an animal in this way takes 1 minute, but, as with influencing people, it might take more or less time.

The ranger can also use this ability to influence a beast, magical beast, or spirit beast with an Intelligence score of 1 or 2, but he takes a -4 penalty on the check.

At 2nd level, a ranger gains access to the two combat styles for which their class is best known: archery and two-weapon combat. He gains Rapid Shot and Two-Weapon Fighting as bonus feats, even if he does not have the normal prerequisites.

At 6th level, gains Manyshot and Improved Two-Weapon Fighting as bonus feats, even if he does not have the normal prerequisites.

At 11th level, he gains Improved Precise Shot and Greater Two-Weapon Fighting as bonus feats, even if he does not have the normal prerequisites.

The benefits of the ranger’s combat style feats apply only when he wears light or no armor. He loses all benefits of his combat style feats when wearing medium or heavy armor.

Beginning at 2nd level, the ranger learns his first ranger talent. He gains an additional talent every even level thereafter.

Some talents require the ranger to have a minimum class level, while others interact with specific class features. If he does not have a specific class feature mentioned in the talent, he cannot gain that talent.

List of Ranger Talents

A ranger gains Endurance as a bonus feat at 3rd level.

At 3rd level, a ranger may select an environment from among those given on Table: Ranger Favored Environments. The ranger gains a +2 bonus on Natural Lore, Perception, and Stealth checks when using these skills in that environment.

At 8th level and every five levels thereafter (at 13th and 18th level), the ranger may select an additional favored environment from those given on the table and gains an identical bonus on the appropriate skill checks in that environment. In addition, at each such interval, the bonuses in any one favored environment (including the one just selected, if so desired) increase by 2.

If a specific terrain falls into more than one category of favored environment, the ranger’s bonuses do not stack; he simply uses whichever bonus is higher.

At 4th level, a ranger gains an animal companion as a Beast Master Druid, except that his effective druid level for determining his animal companion’s abilities is equal to his ranger class level –3. He gains no other benefits of the Beast Master Druid class.

Beginning at 4th level, a ranger gains the ability to cast a small number of divine spells, which are drawn from the ranger spell list. A ranger can spontaneously cast any spell he has accessed without preparing it ahead of time.

To prepare or cast a spell, a ranger must have a Wisdom score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a ranger’s spell is 10 + the spell level + the ranger’s Wisdom modifier.

A ranger can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. His base daily spell allotment is given on the table. In addition, he receives bonus spells per day if he has a high Wisdom score. When the table indicates that the ranger gets 0 spells per day of a given spell level, he gains only the bonus spells he would be entitled to based on his Wisdom score for that spell level.

A ranger’s access to divine spells is limited. A ranger gains access to two 1st-level spells of your choice at 4th level. At each new ranger level, he may gain access to a new spell, as indicated on Table: Ranger Spells Accessed. A ranger may spontaneously cast any spell he has accessed.

Once per week, a ranger may conduct a ritual during his daily meditation to replace one of his accessed spells with a new ranger spell. In effect, the ranger “loses” the old spell in exchange for the new one. The new spell’s level must be the same as that of the spell being exchanged, but it may be any level that the ranger can cast. A ranger may swap only a single spell in any given week and must wait a full week between rituals to change spell access.

Through 3rd level, a ranger has no caster level. At 4th level and higher, his caster level is his ranger level -3.

Starting at 7th level, a ranger may move through any sort of undergrowth (such as natural thorns, briars, overgrown areas, and similar terrain) at his normal speed and without taking damage or suffering any other impairment.

However, thorns, briars, and overgrown areas that are enchanted or magically manipulated to impede motion still affect him.

Beginning at 8th level, a ranger can move at his normal speed while following tracks without taking the normal -5 penalty. He takes only a -10 penalty (instead of the normal -20) when moving at up to twice normal speed while tracking.

At 9th level, a ranger can avoid even magical and unusual attacks with great agility. If he makes a successful Reflex saving throw against an attack that normally deals half damage on a successful save, he instead takes no damage. Evasion can be used only if the ranger is wearing light armor or no armor. A helpless ranger does not gain the benefit of evasion.

At 9th level, a ranger can use a standard action to denote one target within his line of sight as his quarry. The target’s creature type must correspond to one of his favored enemy types. Whenever he is following the tracks of his quarry, a ranger can take 10 on his Natural Lore skill checks while moving at normal speed, without penalty.

In addition, he receives a +2 insight bonus on attack rolls made against his quarry, and all critical threats are automatically confirmed.

A ranger can have no more than one quarry at a time. He can dismiss this effect at any time as a free action, but he cannot select a new quarry until he completes a short or long rest.

If the ranger sees proof that his quarry is dead, he can select a new quarry after waiting 1 minute.

A ranger of 12th level or higher can use the Stealth skill in any of his favored environments, even if the terrain doesn’t grant cover or concealment.

While in one of his favored environments, a ranger of 17th level or higher can use the Stealth skill even while being observed.

At 19th level, the ranger’s ability to hunt his quarry improves. He can now select a quarry as a free action and can take 20 while using Natural Lore to track his quarry, even while moving at normal speed without penalty. His insight bonus to attack his quarry increases to +4

If his quarry is killed or dismissed, he can select a new one immediately.