Ranger

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Ranger
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Class Summary

Alignment: Any Hit dice: d10

Class Skills

Skill points at 1st level: (6 + Intelligence modifier) x4

Skill points at each additional level: 6 + Intelligence modifier

Concentration (Constitution)
Hide (Dexterity)
Jump (Strength)
Listen (Wisdom)
Move Silently (Dexterity)
Swim (Strength)
Search (Intelligence)
Spot (Wisdom)
Heal (Wisdom)

Weapon and Armor Proficiencies

	Simple weapons
	Martial weapons
	Light armor
	Shields (except tower shields).

Past Lives

	Past Life: Warrior of the Wild	You recall more about your past life as a ranger. You have +2 to your Spot skill and can produce a Barkskin effect three times per rest. (Activate this ranger ability to toughen the skin of an ally, giving a +2 natural armor bonus to AC with an additional +1 bonus for every 3 caster levels above 3rd, to a maximum of +5 at caster level 12th.)
	Past Life: Ranger	You were a Ranger in a past life. You occasionally find small animals in your backpack. Each time you acquire this feat you gain +2 damage with ranged weapons and a +2 untyped bonus to the following 5 types of energy resistance: Fire Resistance, Cold Resistance, Acid Resistance, Lightning Resistance, Sonic Resistance This feat can be stacked up to three times (for a maximum of +6 to damage with ranged weapons, and +6 to each of the listed energy resistances). Past Life: Ranger is a Free Feat, which means it is permanently added to the character that unlocks it and you won't need to choose it, neither at new life nor at level up.
	Past Life: Dark Hunter	You were a Dark Hunter in a past life. You find yourself slightly annoyed with the sunlight. Each time you acquire this feat you gain +1 to hit with Sneak Attacks and +1 Sneak Attack Damage. This feat can be stacked up to three times. Note: This class counts as a Ranger for the purposes of Completionist. Past Life: Dark Hunter is a Free Feat, which means it is permanently added to the character that unlocks it and you won't need to choose it, neither at new life nor at level up.

+2 damage with ranged weapons (Note that this applies to missile weapons only, and not thrown); +2 to elemental resistances

Paths

• Deepwood Sniper
• Tempest
• Arcane Archer

Prestige Enhancements

• Arcane Archer
• Deepwood Stalker
• Tempest

Advancement table

Table: The Ranger
Level	Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Special	Spell points	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
1st	+1/+1/+6	+2	+2	+0	1st Favored Enemy, Wild Empathy, Bow Strength	0	-	-	-	-
2nd	+2/+2/+7	+3	+3	+0	Rapid Shot, Two Weapon Fighting	0	-	-	-	-
3rd	+3/+3/+8	+3	+3	+1	Diehard	0	-	-	-	-
4th	+4/+4/+9	+4	+4	+1	Precise Shot	20	1	-	-	-
5th	+5/+5/+10/+15	+4	+4	+1	2nd Favored Enemy	35	1	-	-	-
6th	+6/+6/+11/+16	+5	+5	+2	Manyshot, Improved Two Weapon Fighting	50	2	-	-	-
7th	+7/+7/+12/+17	+5	+5	+2	Improved Wild Empathy	65	2	-	-	-
8th	+8/+8/+13/+18	+6	+6	+2	-	80	2	1	-	-
9th	+9/+9/+14/+19	+6	+6	+3	Evasion	95	2	1	-	-
10th	+10/+10/+15/+20	+7	+7	+3	3rd Favored Enemy	110	2	2	-	-
11th	+11/+11/+16/+21	+7	+7	+3	Improved Precise Shot, Greater Two Weapon Fighting	125	2	2	1	-
12th	+12/+12/+17/+22	+8	+8	+4	-	140	2	2	2	-
13th	+13/+13/+18/+23	+8	+8	+4	-	155	2	2	2	-
14th	+14/+14/+19/+24	+9	+9	+4	-	170	3	2	2	1
15th	+15/+15/+20/+25	+9	+9	+5	4th Favored Enemy	185*	3	2	2	2
16th	+16/+16/+21/+26	+10	+10	+5	-	200*	3	3	2	2
17th	+17/+17/+22/+27	+10	+10	+5	Hide In Plain Sight	215*	3	3	2	2
18th	+18/+18/+23/+28	+11	+11	+6	-	230*	4	3	2	2
19th	+19/+19/+24/+29	+11	+11	+6	-	245*	4	4	4	3
20th	+20/+20/+25/+30	+12	+12	+6	5th Favored Enemy	260*	4	4	4	4

* Spell Points: These SP values are assumed, based on a linear 15-point increase per level, and need confirming needs verification from in-game experience.

As with Clerics, Rangers automatically have access to all their spells once they reach a high enough level, and can freely swap which are prepared at shrines and taverns.

Combat Style Feats: The ranged and melee combat style feats gained at levels 2, 6 and 11 are automatically obtained even if the ranger does not meet the usual prerequisites for these feats. In addition, the ranger does not need to wear light or no armor to use these feats.

Class feats

The following list contains only the ranger-specific class feats that are obtained through advancement. A ranger also gets automatically a number of other feats when leveling, as indicated in the advancement table above. See the feats list for more details on those.

Level 1

	Bow Strength (passive): This feat allows the ranger to apply their strength modifier to bow damage.
	Favored Enemy (passive): Each Favored Enemy feat grants a damage bonus when fighting certain foes. When fighting a Favored Enemy, you gain +2 Damage for each Favored Enemy feat you have. If you have more than one Favored Enemy feat that applies to a particular Enemy, the damage applies for each type that matches a favored Enemy feat you have.
	Wild Empathy (active): This feat allows the ranger to fascinate an animal as per the Hypnotism spell so that it will not attack. It can be used 3 times / rest period.
	Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 2

	Rapid Shot (passive): This feat allows you to fire ranged attacks faster and reload faster when using a ranged weapon; it affects thrown weapons, crossbows (normal and repeating), and bows; and it stacks with Quick Draw and Rapid Reload.
	Two Weapon Fighting (passive): This feat reduces the to-hit penalty when using two weapons at the same time, and increases the chance to proc an off-hand attack by 20%, bringing the total chance to 40%.
	Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 3

	Diehard (passive): This feat causes the ranger to automatically stabilize when they become unconscious.
	Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 4

	Precise Shot (passive): Your targeted ranged attacks pass through friend and foe to strike your target (no damage will be done except to your target).
	Gain the ability to cast Ranger spells. Your effective caster level is equal to your Ranger level, contrary to PnP (thus, the starting duration for a Resist energy spell is 4 minutes). A Ranger needs a Wisdom score of at least (10 + spell level) to prepare and cast spells.
	Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 5

	Favored Enemy (passive): You can now select an additional creature type from the favored enemy list.
	Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 6

	Manyshot (active): Expend one charge to fire three arrows in quick succession. You have +1 Critical Threat Range and Critical Multiplier with these shots. Each of these shots can Doubleshot. 2 second cooldown. This feat gives 3 charges, you regain 1 charge every 12 seconds you don't use Manyshot. Passive: You gain Doubleshot equal to 1.5x your Base Attack Bonus with Longbows and Shortbows.
	Improved Two Weapon Fighting (passive): This feat increases the chance to produce an off-hand attack by 20%, bringing the total chance to 60%.
	Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 7

	Improved wild empathy (active): Allows the ranger to charm an animal (similar to the Charm monster spell)[official] for 5 mins.[official] It can be used 3 times / rest period with a 60 second cool down.[official] Note: Improved wild empathy can not be dispelled.
	Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 8

Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 9

Evasion (passive): This feat allows the character to avoid even magical and unusual attacks with great agility. If they make a successful reflex saving throw against an attack that normally deals half damage on a successful save, they will instead take no damage. A helpless character does not gain the benefit of evasion. Evasion can only be used if the character is wearing light or no armor and is not heavily encumbered.

Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 10

	Favored Enemy (passive): You can now select an additional creature type from the favored enemy list.
	Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 11

	Improved Precise Shot (active): Your targeted ranged attacks pass through and potentially damage all enemies in the projectile's path.
	Greater Two Weapon Fighting (passive): This feat increases the chance to produce an off-hand attack by 20%, bringing the total chance to 80%.
	Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 14

Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 15

	Favored Enemy (passive): You can now select an additional creature type from the favored enemy list.
	Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 16

Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 17

	Hide in Plain Sight (passive): You are a master when it comes to hiding in places others think impossible. At all times while sneaking, conditions are treated as two 'eyes' better - you can hide even in plain daylight, and it takes opponents longer to detect you.
	Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 18

Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 19

Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Level 20

	Favored Enemy (passive): You can now select an additional creature type from the favored enemy list.
	Wilderness Lore (passive): Represents your knowledge of the wilderness. This feat is received once for every ranger level.

Spells

See also: Ranger spells

• Rangers cast divine spells.
• Upon advancing to level 4, rangers gain the ability to tap the divine power in nature and manifest that energy in the form of spells. To cast a spell a ranger must have a Wisdom score of 10 + the spell's level.
• Dungeons and Dragons Online allows ability score boosting items and spells to qualify for reaching the minimum Wisdom score for casting spells. For example, a ranger with a Wisdom score of 8 could equip a +6 Wisdom enhancing item to reach a total Wisdom score of 14 and be able to cast level 4 ranger spells.
• See also spell usefulness.