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#1 mellored Sep 14, 2015 9:21:08	This attempt at a ranger is more of a warlord.  One who scouts ahead considers the enemy position and comes up with tactical advantages for the party, supports the party though healing skills.   3 subclasses Beast- pets. Seeker - magical crowd control, with closer to warlock style slots. Dervish: - martial TWF option.     Hit dice: 2d4.  You can spend each hit die individually, gaining +con for each.   1: Tracker: You can cast hunter's mark 1/short rest.  All ranger spells are cast at a spell level equal to 1/4 your ranger level or their lowest level is, and use Wis. Expertise in stealth and perception. Path of... (sub-class) Beast: You gain an animal companion(s) who's CR is 1/2 your ranger level.  You can also train your beast to a higher CR (see monster manual).  Companions acts on your turn and takes concentraion to command it, you can give 1 command a turn.  It takes an action to reassert control, otherwise it will defend itself.  Beast can know a number of simple commands equal to their Int modifier.  For instance, "attack", "come", or "fetch".  More complex commands may count as 2 commands. It takes a week of training to teach a command.  The beast uses PC's death saves and durring a short rest you can use your your hit dice to heal the beast. Seeker: You can cast ensaring strike or hail of thorns 1/short rest. Dervish: Fighting style: TWF.  You do not lose concentraion of hunter's mark due to damage.   2: Outrider: When traveling, you and 5 others can travel at normal speed and still use stealth, or at fast speed and not take a perception penalty.  You also are unhindered by natural difficult terrain. Plan Ambush: If you study an enemy for 5 minutes without being seen you gain +Wisdom modifier on initive against them.  If you spend an additional 5 minutes, you can pass this advise along to your allies, giving them the same bonus.  Alternitivly, you can spend 10 minutes preparing a location against any enemy for the same bonus.   3: Natures Bounty: You gain proficency in herbalist and healing kit.  When taking a short resting in a natural envoiroment, you can make use of local plants to speed recovery.  Allies who spend any hit die durring a short rest gain extra HP equal to Wis + your ranger level.  Additionally, you have advantage on any check to find food or water. Fighting style: Archery   4, 8, 12, 16, 19: ABI/Feat.   5: Multi-attack.   6: Path of ... Beast:  You can cast beast bond or animal friend ship 1/short rest. Seeker:  You can spiked growth or cordon of arrows 1/shot rest. Dervish:  +10 move speed.  When you kill an enemy, you can select a new target for hunter's mark as a reaction. 7: Advantagous Terrain: You can spend 10 minutes to plan an escape route.  You and your allies can spend 10 minutes to make difficult terrain in a 20' wide, 50' long area.  Allies who helped are not slowed by it.  The terrain returns to normal after 1 day.   9: Stealth Approach: When you use plan ambush, you and your allies have a minimum stealth roll of your wisdom score against the target.  This last until you they are spotted.   10: Advanced Herbalism: Durring a short rest, you can use mystical plants to cure many more types of illness and curses, as if you cast the lesser restoration spell.   11: Guerrilla Warfare:  1/encounter, you and your allies can make a hasty retreat.  They can use an action to disngange and move 1/2 their speed away from the enemy.  If you used Plan Assult, they can move twice their speed down a predefined path. Advanced Tracking: You can track flying, swimming, or creatures hidden by magic such as non-detect or pass without a trace.  You have disavantage on such checks.   ... 17: Supreme Tracker: You can find anyone.  By spending an hour searching for clues you know the general direction, but not distance, of a specific creature, or the nearest creature of a type who is on the same plain.  This takes your concentration. ...   20: Vanish: Allies who use Guerrilla Warfare can use a bonus action to hide hide at the end of their movement.  If you successfully use Plan Ambush, their minimum stealth roll is equal to your Wisdom modifier.
#2 mellored Sep 14, 2015 9:29:30	Thoughts?
#3 Elfcrusher Sep 14, 2015 10:00:37	In general I like the idea of Rangers being able to scout/prepare terrain (whether or not these specific ruels are it).   I do not like the idea that the prepared retreat can only be used if the Ranger "calls" for it.  Who made him the 1st Lieutenant?  If the terrain is prepared, and its use has been explained, then if anybody uses the retreat they should be able to just use it.  If they want to use it all at once, then they should agree to do so.  Now, I could see the Ranger having an ability (like Shocking Grasp) that prevents reactions.
#4 mellored Sep 14, 2015 10:29:25	In general I like the idea of Rangers being able to scout/prepare terrain (whether or not these specific ruels are it).
#5 Orzel Sep 14, 2015 10:33:39	Interesting but nah. Building a class based on team ambushes ensures that the heavily armored dwarf ruins everything. Also no default magic means after level 7, you can't track anymore since enemies can fly teleport or cast pass without trace and you lack the magic to bypass this.
#6 mellored Sep 14, 2015 10:53:44	Orzel wrote: