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You grew up on the fringes of your settlement, spending more time in the wilderness beyond than in the safety of your own homestead. In your youth you came to love the serenity of rugged nature over the clamor of frivolous settled life. You are more at home with the wolves and the elk than with nobles and debutants. In your early adulthood you made the decision to leave civilization completely in exchange for a life in the wilds. Now, you defend your heartland from supernatural monstrosities that threaten to upset the balance of nature, and from the cruelties of careless hunters or loggers who regard the natural cycle of life with disrespectful indifference.

[[Ranger#Bravery Track|'''Bravery'''.]] You tap into your instinct to fight, flee, or freeze in the face of danger, channelling this into fighting prowess.

|When you take this entry talent, you gain the following abilities.

* '''Primal Rapport.''' Gain the Primal Aspect talent.

* '''Skilled.''' Gain +4 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills with the observation or survival tag.

* '''Fighting Instinct.''' (AWR/Recoup) You may grant yourself TA until the end of your current turn. While you have fighting instinct, when you spend AP to move, gain +5 ft movement.

|(1/Catch Breath) You may spend 1 AP to magically double all movement you take for this turn.

|You cannot be Surprised and creatures cannot gain [[Tactical Advantages|TA]] against you from being Unseen.

|You gain a +2 bonus on rolls when attempting one of these Maneuvers: Shove, Grapple, or Trip.

|You can always find food and shelter in the wild for yourself and 6 other individuals if given at least 4 hours to prepare. If you do not have 4 hours to prepare, you instead gain +2 on all Survival and Observation checks made to find food and shelter.

|For 1 AP, you can leap 10ft in a line towards an enemy you can see, attacking their REF with a weapon you are holding. On a hit, they fall prone.

|(1/Catch Breath) [[Commune]] with the body of a deceased, briefly gaining a connection with its soul. You gain surface level insights into its state of emotions and wellbeing from the 4 hours leading up to its death, but not exact thoughts or words.

|Gain awareness of nearby magic: If a creature or object is within 30ft of you and you can see it, you know if it’s magical or under the effects of magic. You also learn the Source and Function of that magical effect.

|(1/Catch Breath) For 1 AP, creatures within 5ft of you gain [[Shield]] HP equal to your Character Level. While they have this Shield HP, attacks against them have [[Tactical Advantages|TD]].

|Gain +6 to Water Vehicle and Navigation checks.

[[File:Bravery Track.png|thumb|567x567px|Bravery Track Progression]]

|Gain the Bravery ability.

 

* '''Bravery.''' Gain Resist Frightened 2.

|Gain the Courage ability.  

* '''Courage.''' (AWR/Rest) When you are Broken, Demoralized, Frightened, or Shaken by an enemy, gain TA against that enemy while your effect persists.  

|Your Resist ability from Bravery increases by 1 and applies to Demoralized.

|Gain the Fight ability.

 

* '''Fight.''' When you use Courage, deal +1d6 damage against the source of the condition for its duration.

|Gain the Flight ability.

 

* '''Flight.''' When you use Courage, gain +5 ft speed when you use AP to move. This lasts for the condition’s duration.

|Gain the Freeze ability.

 

* '''Freeze.''' When you use Courage, you gain TD on attacks, suffer the Chilled condition, and all of your defenses increase by +3. This lasts for the condition’s duration.

|Your Resist ability from Bravery increases by 1, and applies to Broken.

* '''Drive to Survive.''' (1⁄2 AWR/Rest) When you start your turn and can see a creature that has any planar, modifying, or magical creature tags, you may become Shaken. This counts as you becoming Shaken by that creature. You remain Shaken for 1 minute or until the creature dies (whichever is first).

|Gain +2 Skill Points in one skill with the observation tag.

Your Resist ability from Bravery increases by 1.

Your damage from the Fight ability becomes 1d8.

You ignore Difficult Terrain when you use the Flight ability.

You no longer suffer the Chilled condition with this ability.

Courage recharges AWR/Recoup.

|The additional damage from the Fight ability becomes 1d12.

|Your speed from the Flight ability becomes +10 ft.

The Freeze ability increases your defenses by +5.

* '''Fear Itself.'''  (1/Recoup) When a creature causes you to become Broken, Demoralized, Frightened, or Shaken, if that creature can see you, it immediately takes 2d10 psychic damage and you gain TA against it until the end of your next turn. Additionally, the creature suffers the same conditions that it inflicted on you for the duration that you do.

** '''Level 30:''' Whenever a creature imposes Broken, Demoralized, Frightened, or Shaken against you, you are both Focused and Protected against it.

[[File:Hunter Track.png|thumb|366x366px|Hunter Track Progression]]

|When you are Flanking a creature, gain an additional TA against it.

|Gain the Corner Quarry ability.  

* '''Corner Quarry.''' (2/Recoup) If you are Flanking a creature, you may spend 2 AP to Engage it for 1 minute or until you are no longer within 5 ft of it.

|When you are Flanked, you gain [[Tactical Advantages|TA]].

|Outnumbered becomes: Whenever two or more enemies are adjacent to you, gain TA.

|Gain the Deadeye ability.

 

* '''Deadeye.''' When you make a ranged attack against a creature with no Cover and none of its allies adjacent, gain TA.

|Gain the Takedown Shot ability.  

* '''Takedown Shot.''' (2/Recoup) When you use Deadeye, deal 1d8 additional damage.

|Gain the Volley ability.  

* '''Volley.''' (2/Recoup) When you hit a creature that has one of its adjacent to it, make the same attack against that creature for 0 AP.

|Gain the Rain of Arrows ability.  

* '''Rain of Arrows.''' (2/Rest) Spend 4 AP and pick a point within range. Make your ranged attack roll and compare vs the AR of every creature in a 20 ft radius. Roll double the damage dice that you normally would. Creatures take full damage on a hit and 1⁄2 on a miss.

|Learn the [[Hunter's Quarry|Hunter’s Quarry]] spell if you do not already know it.  

(2/Rest) You may cast this spell without expending SP, you cannot upcharge it.

Pick a creature with one of the following creature tags: arcane, avadri, celestial, divine, eldritch, elemental, fae, fiend, giant, monstrosity, occult, primal, psionic, or undead.

* '''Target Prey.''' Gain an additional +4 on History, Perceiving, Sneaking, and Tracking rolls made in relation to creatures of the type that you chose from Hunter II.

* '''Hew.''' (2/Recoup) When you hit a creature that has none of its allies adjacent to it, deal +1d10 damage.

|Your crit range increases by 1 against creatures that have none of their allies adjacent.  

|Gain the Hordesbane ability.  

* '''Hordesbane.''' Once per turn, when you hit a creature and another creature is adjacent to you, you can attack that second creature with the same weapon for 1 fewer AP (min 1 AP).

|Gain the Whirling Blades ability.  

* '''Whirling Blades.''' (2/Rest) When you use Hordesbane, your second attack can target each creature of your choice that is adjacent to you. Roll attack and damage once, comparing against each target’s REF. Roll twice as many damage dice as you normally would. Creatures take 1⁄2 damage on a miss.

|Rain of Arrows does three times your normal damage dice and can be used 1⁄2 AWR/Rest.

|Choose two additional creature tags to gain Target Prey.

* '''Mark.''' (1/Rest) When you roll Initiative, you may Mark a Target Prey creature that you can see. It becomes Vulnerable 1 to your weapon attacks for 1 minute.

|Pick 1 of the 11 Environments (Aquatic, Coastal, Desert, Forest, Grassland, Jungle, Mountain, Subterranean, Swamp, Tundra, or Volcanic). While you are in that environment, you and up to AWR allies can move stealthily at a normal pace and remain alert to danger as though traveling cautiously.

|You can fletch your own arrows, making 1d8 + INT/Woodcarving arrows each time you Take a Rest.

|When you are Concealed, creatures that attack you gain 1 additional TD.

|You can draw/stow weapons without spending AP once on your turn.

|Gain the Calculating ability.  

* '''Calculating.''' (3/Rest) When you roll Initiative and are facing a Target Prey, you may choose for all of your attacks that would target their AR to instead target either REF, FORT, or ANT (your choice at the start of combat). This effect lasts until combat concludes.

|Hunter 11

|Gain two of the following Hunter track talents: Cornered Quarry, Outnumbered, Deadeye, or Volley. Ignore any Incompatibility restrictions for these selections.

|Gain +2 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills with th athleticism or stamina tag.

|When you use Hew against a target and it does not die, gain 3 AP.

|Gain the Horde Breaker ability.  

* '''Horde Breaker.''' (1/Recoup) Gain +1 TA and +1 to damage rolls for every enemy adjacent to you. This lasts until the end of your next turn.

|When using Deadeye, increase your crit range by 1.  

|When you use Takedown Shot against a target and it does not die, gain 3 AP.

|Gain the Arrow Storm ability.  

* '''Arrow Storm.''' (1/Rest) When you use Rain of Arrows, deal four times your normal damage dice and the radius is 30 ft.

|Hunter 14

When you roll Initiative and you have no Target Prey, choose one enemy to be Target Prey.

* '''Peerless Hunter.''' (1/Week) When you finish Taking a Rest, you can reassign all of your Talent Points spent in this track, taking new talents within this track. You lose this ability if you reassign your talents in such a way that you no longer have access to this talent.

** '''Level 30:''' (1/Rest) You can reselect the creature tags that Target Prey features work on.

[[File:Instinct Track.png|thumb|562x562px|Instinct Track Progression]]

* '''Preternatural Dodge.''' (AWR/Rest) When a creature attacks one of your physical or mental defenses, you can use ANT in place of whatever was targeted.

Your Fighting Instinct also grants you a +1 to all damage rolls.

* '''Vigilant.''' (AWR/Rest) If you roll lower than 10 on an AWR check, treat that roll as 10 instead.

Gain a +4 bonus to Initiative.

* '''Pounce.''' On your first turn in Initiative if no enemies have acted yet, gain 2 additional AP.

|Gain +4 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills with the survival Tag.

|Pounce grants you 4 AP.  

If you start Initiative with no Fighting Instinct, regain one Fighting Instinct.

|Your base animal instinct to fight and live is overwhelming.  

Fighting Instinct becomes AWR/Catch Breath.

Gain the Cornered Animal Ability.

* '''Cornered Animal.''' (1/Rest) When you start your turn with 0 HP, you may gain 2 Death Points. If you do, then until the end of your next turn, your speed doubles, you gain TA on all attacks, creatures cannot make reactive attacks against you, and your first hit that was not a crit counts as a crit.

** '''Level 30:''' Cornered Animal no longer costs 2 Death Points and is active whenever you are at 0 HP.

[[File:Survivor Track.png|thumb|553x553px|Survivor Track Progression]]

|Gain +4 Skill Points that you can assign to any skills with the survival or stamina tags.

* '''Primeval Senses.''' (AWR/Rest) By focusing for 1 minute, you learn whether any creatures with the following tags are within 1 mile of you: arcane, divine, occult, primal, psionic, undead, monstrosity, fae, and eldritch. You do not learn their identities but learn their exact numbers and direction/ distance from you. This information is fleeting, but if you do no strenuous activity you can maintain it for up to 10 mins.

|Gain the Wilderness Mastery ability

* '''Wilderness Mastery.''' (AWR/Rest) When in your favored environment, give yourself double your Skill Points before you make an AWR skill check.

|'''Primeval Seneses II'''

* '''Primal Identification.''' Learn the identity of one creature that you sense.

|Gain +4 Skill Points that you can assign to any skills with the acrobatics Tag.

Ignore Difficult Terrain while in a Natural Habitat.

|Pick one: Natural Heat, Natural Cold, or Forced Marching. You can no longer gain Fatigue from that selection.

Gain a Primal Aspect from the ''Primal Aspects'' Table.  

Primeval Senses recharges AWR/Recoup.

|You become Immune to common poisons and diseases.

|Ignore Hazardous Terrain that isn’t liquid while in your Natural Habitat.

|Gain +4 Skill Points that you can assign to any skills with the observation tag.

Primeval Identification can be used on a number of targets equal to 1⁄2 your AWR.

|Pick a third environment to be your Natural Habitat, and Wilderness Mastery is AWR/Recoup.

|'''Primeval Sense V'''

|Primeval Sense V

You have TA when you are in one of your Natural Habitats.

(1/Week) When you Take a Rest in a type of environment that is not one of your Natural Habitats, you may replace one of your old Natural Habitats with this new environment

* '''Level 30:''' The final cap for your AWR increases from 12 to 14.

[[File:Wilderness Warden Track.png|thumb|550x550px|Wilderness Warden Track Progression]]

|Learn one invocation.  

Pick an invocation that you know that has no Tier prerequisites. You can cast that invocation 1 time per day without expending your invocation slot.

|Pick one creature tag: arcane, avadri, celestial, divine, eldritch, elemental, fae, fiend, giant, occult, primal, psionic, or undead. Your magic attack rolls against those creatures increases by +1.

|Gain +4 Skill Points that you can assign to any skills with the observation or survival tags.

|The environment you picked now restores 2 SP per Recoup.

Gain a Primal Aspect from the ''Primal Aspects'' Table.

|Learn one invocation.  

Pick an invocation that you know that has no tier prerequisites. You can cast that invocation one time per day without expending an invocation slot.

|Choose a new type of creature from your Planar Protector feature. Your Planar Protector bonus works on creatures with either tag.

|Pick two spells with the nature tag that you know and that you have not selected for your ranger’s spells feature. They cost 1 fewer SP (min 1 SP).

|You cannot become lost except through the use of magic.  

Gain a talent from the [[Magic Talents|Primal Magic stack]].

|Gain +4 Skill Points that you can assign to any skills with the observation or survival tag.  

Gain a talent from the [[Magic Talents|Primal Magic stack]].

|The environment you picked now restores 3 SP per Recoup.  

All environments now restore 1 SP per Recoup.

|Learn one invocation.  

Pick an invocation that you know that is Tier 2 or Tier 3. You can cast that invocation one time per day without expending an invocation slot.

|When you reach Primal Tier 6, gain +12 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills with the athleticism, acrobatics, stamina, observation, or survival tags.

(1/Week) You can choose which intrinsic chants get your bonus from the “Chant” abilities in this track when you Take a Rest.

|Choose a creature tag you’ve already chosen with Planar Protector 1 or 2. Gain an additional +1 on magic attacks against creatures of that type.

|Environmentalist 3 or Planar Protector 3; Intrinsic Boon II

|Gain +4 Skill Points that you can assign to any skills with the survival tag.  

|Pick 3 intrinsic spells that you know and that have benefitted either from Ranger’s Spells or Wanderer’s Spells. They cost 1 fewer SP (min 1 SP).

|Gain +4 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills with the observation or survival tag.  

|Your heart, soul, and body are intertwined with the wellbeing of the natural world. Fae generally see you as a great friend and will usually go out of their way to cooperate with you.  

You can never become lost, even by magical means.  

When you Take a Rest and you are not within 1 mile of a settled area, you may reassign all of your ranger Talent Points, assigning them to other ranger talents.

* '''Level 30:''' Choose one intrinsic spell and one intrinsic invocation. Both must have the nature tag. You can cast each of those abilities indefinitely, without spending SP or invocation slots, you cannot upcharge them.

Choose a single tool from the list of Hunter’s Tools. Whenever you Take a Rest, you may craft this tool for free using available resources you have on hand. Hunter’s Tools can be used up to ½ AWR/Rest, at which point they break or are exhausted, and must be remade.  

Taking this talent again grants you access to a new tool. You can also pick a single tool you already possess, now regaining +1 use of that tool when you Recoup. This may stack, but cannot surpass your maximum limit on uses, ½ AWR/Rest.

* '''''Combat Trap:''''' A series of traps that can be deployed quickly to cover a field of engagement. For 3 AP, you can set a single combat trap. Choose a point within 5 ft of you. When a creature moves into that square, it takes 2d4 sharp damage and gains the Slowed condition until the end of their next turn. If a creature does not see you set this trap, they must make a AWR/Perceiving check against a DC equal to 10 + your AWR to notice it. You may have as many traps active at one time as you have uses of this tool.

 

A trap has 5 HP, an AR of 10, and can be disabled, with the same DC equal to the Perceiving check to notice it.

* '''''Repeating Crossbow:''''' This weapon possesses the stats of a standard hand crossbow, but its APC to fire is 1 and it uses your AWR for attack and damage rolls. You may fire 1 bolt per AP you spend, up to  ½ your AWR. Each bolt fired deals +1d4 damage and consumes 1 use of the tool.

|Gain the Profane Hunt ability.  

'''Profane Hunt.''' You are an expert at tracking and defeating creatures of a profane origin. You may spend 2 AP to make a special attack with your AWR against the ANT of a creature with the undead or fiend tag within your Line of Sight. On a hit, this creature cannot benefit from the Concealed or Unseen condition from you, and you always know the direction you need to travel to find it. Profane Hunt lasts until you Take a Rest, or until you use it again on a different creature. (2/Rest)

|The number of creatures you are able to target with your Profane Hunt becomes ½ your AWR.  

|You’ve turned your body into a temple against the profane. Whenever a creature within 5 ft of you under the effects of Profane Hunt hits you, you may spend 1 Reactive AP to deal 1d4 + ½ your END radiant damage to them. Should a vampire, or other creature with the undead tag, drink your blood, they take 1d10 + your END radiant damage and gain the Shaken condition for 1 minute. Such a creature may make an AWR/Perceiving check to notice your blood is “tainted” before they drink, with a DC equal to 10 + your AWR.

|Gain the Penetrating Throw ability.  

'''Penetrating Throw.''' When you hit a creature with your Throwing Crucifix, you may spend +1 AP to afflict that creature with Bleeding 1d4 for 1 minute. If that creature is under the effects of Profane Hunt that becomes Bleeding 1d6.

'''Scything Crucifix.''' Spend +2 AP while attacking with your Throwing Crucifix to hit all creatures within 5 ft of your original target. Any creatures under the effects of Profane Hunt gain Bleeding 1d4 for 1 minute when hit by this attack. (2/Rest)

|Gain the Devastating Throw ability.  

'''Devastating Throw.''' Spend +3 AP while attacking with your Throwing Crucifix to also target every creature of your choice between you and your target. On a hit, any creatures under the effects of Profane Hunt gain Bleeding 1d6 for 1 minute. This expends 2 uses of your Throwing Crucifix.

|Add ½ your AWR to damage dealt by your combat traps. Creatures under the effects of Profane Hunt take your full AWR in damage.  

|Gain the Trap Expert ability.

'''Trap Expert.''' When a creature triggers a Combat Trap within 5 miles of you, you can spend 1 Reactive AP to detonate it, dealing its damage and additional effects to all creatures within 5 ft of its square. You may also use this ability if your trap takes any damage.  

Additionally, you regain +1 use of your Combat Traps when you Recoup.

* '''''Sharp:''''' The creature that triggers the trap gains the Pinned condition. To break free, they may make a STR check against the same DC to detect your Combat Trap. A Combat Trap by itself can only pin a Tiny, Small, or Medium creature. You may expend +2 uses of your Combat Traps to increase that Size category by 1.

Creatures under the effects of your Profane Hunt do not gain any Resist Fire or Resist Radiant bonus against this attack.

|Gain the Flashbang ability.  

'''Flashbang.'''  By spending +1 AP when using Scatter Spark you can apply the Dazed condition on a hit, in addition to Blind. You gain +2 TA with this attack against a creature under the effects of Profane Hunt.

|Gain the Spark Blast ability.  

'''Spark Blast.''' By spending +3 AP when using Scatter Spark you can give it a 10 ft cone, making the same attack against each creature’s FORT. On a hit, those creatures are Blinded as normal. Creatures under the effects of Profane Hunt are also Dazed. (2/Rest)

|Gain the Quick Distraction ability.

'''Quick Distraction.''' For any creature you miss with Scatter Spark, all creatures gain +1 TA against it until the end of its next turn and, should you miss a creature under the effects of Profane Hunt, you may reroll the d20, taking the new result. (2/Rest).  

Additionally, you regain +1 use of Scatter Spark when you Recoup.

|You may expend 2 uses of Scatter Spark to increase the range of the cone attack by +5 ft. Besides the number of uses, there is no limit to how many times you may increase the size of the cone. 

* You may spend 2 AP on a creature under the effects of your Profane Hunt to afflict them with Vulnerable 1 to your attacks for 1 minute (1/Rest). This increases to Vulnerable 2 if the creature is a vampire.

* You gain the Focused Hunt ability.

'''Focused Hunt.''' Should you successfully activate Profane Hunt on this creature, you always know how far that creature is from you at all times, cannot be Surprised by them, and your Profane Hunt lasts for a year, or until you select a new target for Focused Hunt. If the target of your Focused Hunt is a vampire, you cannot be Surprised by any of their spawn, either.

'''''Level 30:''''' Any tool you possess the master talent for gains uses equal to your AWR/Rest and creatures now gain Vulnerable 2 by spending the extra AP (Vulnerable 3 for vampires).