Making a Ranger

Rangers have six abilities.

• Strength: Used for melee attacks and checks and saves requiring physical power, like lifting gates, bending bars, climbing, swimming, etc.
• Dexterity: Used for checks and saves requiring poise, speed, and reflexes, like dodging, sneaking, balancing, using rope, etc.
• Constitution: Used for checks and saves to resist poison, sickness, cold, testing your endurance, etc. The Constitution bonus is added to healing rolls. 
  • A Ranger’s number of item slots is based on their Constitution bonus as well.
• Intelligence: Used for checks and saves requiring concentration and precision, such as resisting supernatural effects, using runes, recalling lore, crafting objects, tinkering with machinery, picking locks and pockets, etc.
• Wisdom: Used for ranged attacks and check and saves requiring perception and intuition, such as tracking, navigating, searching for secret doors and traps, hunting and foraging, etc.
• Charisma: Used for checks and saves to persuade, deceive, intimidate, charm, provoke, save face, maintain morale, etc.

Roll 3d6. Take the lowest die. That value is your bonus for that ability. Add +10. That is your defense for that ability. After rolling for your six abilities in order, roll 3d6 once more, picking the lowest; you may swap out one ability for this score.

Rangers start with 2 weapons of choice, in which they are proficient.

You also start with:

• A shield (+2 Armor) or a helmet (+1 Armor)
• A gambeson (12 Armor)
• 5 pieces of gear.
• Lastly, each Ranger possesses a cloak, a valuable item in the wilderness - but more importantly a tangible symbol of their Oath.

All these items have a Ud8 Usage Die.

A Ranger begins play with a number of Hit Points equal to your Constitution Defense.

Your Ranger’s healing rate is 1d10 + Constitution bonus.

Their exploration speed is 120 feet per exploration turn, and their combat speed is 40 feet per combat turn.

Additionally, Rangers possess Bravery, which can be used to change the outcome of an attack, check or saving throw. After the Ranger rolls a D20, you can choose to 'spend' your bravery by rolling 1d6 and adding or subtracting it from the d20 roll.

You regain 1 Bravery once per week. You can 'store' an amount of bravery equal to your Level +1.

Rangers are highly skilled individuals - one has to be in order to survive in the wilderness of Imland.

This is reflected in their specialties, which reflect their talents, training, or a natural knack for certain skills. A speciality allows you to:

• Roll with advantage when using appropriate Gear
• Roll straight but not roll UD when using Gear
• Only deplete your Usage Die on a 1.

Roll 2d20. Look up the values and pick one.

1. Alchemy: Identify, craft, or neutralize potions or poison.
2. Athletics: Climb, swim, traverse difficult terrain, or outrun another creature.
3. Awareness: Notice hidden creatures or objects.
4. Beastmaster: Train, tame, or communicate with an animal.
5. Bricolage: Create or modify an item, tool, or piece of equipment.
6. Defensive Combat: You ignore disadvantage whenever you’re being attacked and whenever you roll your armor’s Usage Die it only decreases on a roll of 1. 
7. Diplomacy: Persuade, bribe, deceive or sway another person.
8. Foraging: Hunt or gather supplies out in the wilderness.
9. Herblore: Identify and use plants for medicine, rations, or bait.
10. Lore: Recall ancient myths, legends, and history as well as translate runes and old tomes.
11. Medicine: Treat injuries or recover from disease or poison. 
12. Melee Combat: You ignore disadvantage when outnumbered in melee combat, and whenever you roll your melee weapon’s Usage Die it only decreases on a roll of 1. 
13. Navigation: Locate and follow trails, blaze paths in the wilderness, and navigate by natural signs. 
14. Ranged Combat: You ignore disadvantage whenever you attack another creature that’s obscured, behind cover, or engaged in melee combat and whenever you roll your ranged weapon’s Usage Die it only decreases on a roll of 1. 
15. Riding: Break horses, ride across difficult terrain or into battle, or race others. 
16. Runecraft: You roll with advantage on any checks made to translate or activate a rune, or can roll normally and not roll usage after you activate a rune. Whenever you roll your rune’s Usage Die it only decreases on a roll of 1. 
17. Smithing: Create, modify, or repair a weapon or piece of armor. 
18. Stealth: Hide, set up an ambush, trail a person, or pick a pocket. 
19. Tracking: Locate monsters or individuals and any signs of their passing.
20. Trapmaster: Set, locate, disarm, or bypass traps.

Use this nifty generator to create details for your Ranger. Come up with a name, and think on your Oath:

Why Did You Swear the Oath?

• My parents were Rangers.
• I was rescued by Rangers and feel like I owe them my life.
• I committed a great Wrong, and it was the Axe, Noose or Oath.
• My settlement was destroyed and I have nowhere else to go.
• The Rangers are powerful, and I desire power.
• I was attacked by brigands and was unable to defend myself, now I seek revenge.
• It is a tradition in my settlement or family for the second-born to join the Rangers.
• I wanted to escape my past.
• I felt it was right.
• I was bored with my old life.