Ranger

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Rangers are unrivalled scouts and trackers, honing a deep connection with nature in order to hunt their favoured prey.

Ranger is one of the Playable Classes of Baldur's Gate 3. In tune with nature and their surroundings, Rangers utilize both their knowledge of the wilds and spellcasting to pursue their prey. Rangers use Dexterity as their primary ability score.

Class Information

File:Ranger Class Default Armor 3.png

Ranger's default armor

• Level 1 Maximum Hit Points: 10 + Constitution Modifier
  • Hit points at higher levels: 6 + Constitution Modifier
• Spellcasting:
  • Spellcasting Ability: Wisdom
  • Rangers are primarily martial fighters; they gain Spell Slots at 1/2 the rate of a full spellcaster
  • Rangers have a limited selection of Spells Known, but their Spells are always prepared
• Saving Throw Proficiencies: Strength, Dexterity
• Armor Proficiencies: Light Armor, Medium Armor
• Shield Proficiency
• Weapon Proficiencies: Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons

Skills

You receive a bonus to every Skill that you are Proficient in. This bonus increases as you gain levels in your Class and applies to all Checks for those Skills.

Level 1 Proficiency Bonus: +2

• Inherited Skills: Granted by Races and Backgrounds
• Skills with Proficiency (Choose 3):
  • Animal Handling
  • Athletics
  • Insight
  • Investigation
  • Nature
  • Perception
  • Stealth
  • Survival

Level Progression

Through experience, you acquire new power. You gain the following trait:

Level 1

• Favoured Enemy (Choose 1):

Archetypes	Description	Grants
Bounty Hunter	Gain Proficiency in Investigation. Creatures you Restrain have a harder time esccaping.	Investigation Proficiency
Keeper of the Veil	You specialise in hunting creatures from other planes of existence. You gain Proficiency in Arcana, which grant protection against aberrations, celestials, elementals, fey, fiends, and undead.	Arcana Proficiency Protection from Evil and Good
Mage Breaker	You have a history of battling spellcasters. Gain Proficiency with Arcana and the True Strike Cantrip, which gives you Advantage on Attack Rolls against a creature. Wisdom is your Spellcasting Ability for this spell	Arcana Proficiency Cantrip: True Strike
Ranger Knight	You have sworn to serve a crown or nation and seek to bring its foes to ruin. Gain Proficiency with History and Armour Proficiency with Heavy Armour.	Heavy Armour Proficiency History Proficiency
Sanctified Stalker	You swore to hunt the enemies of a holy or druidic order. Gain Proficiency with Religion and the Sacred Flame Cantrip, which deals 1d8 Radiant damage. Wisdom is your Spellcasting Ability for the Cantrip.	Religion Proficiency Cantrip: Sacred Flame

• Natural Explorer (Choose 1):

Archetypes	Description	Grants
Beast Tamer	You have cultivated a strong bond with animals. You can cast Find Familiar as a ritual.	Find Familiar (Do not consume Spell Slots)
Urban Tracker	An expert at navigating the wild within the city, you gain Proficiency with the Disguise Kit and Thieves' Tools, used to disguise yourself or pick locks.	Sleight of Hand Proficiency
Wasteland Wanderer: Cold	You have spent endless days surviving desolate tundras. Gain resistance to Cold damage, taking only half damage from it.	Cold Resistance
Wasteland Wanderer: Fire	You have spent endless days surviving forbidding deserts. Gain resistance to Fire, only taking half damage from it.	Fire Resistance
Wasteland Wanderer: Poison	You have spent endless days surviving fetid swamps. Gain resistance to Poison and take only half damage from it.	Poison Resistance

Level 2

• Fighting Style (Choose 1):
  • Archery: You gain a +2 bonus to Ranged Weapon Attacks.
  • Defence: You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class while wearing Armor.
  • Duelling: When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no weapon in the other hand, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon, increasing your chance to do heavy damage.
  • Two-Weapon Fighting: When you make an offhand attack, you can add your Ability Score Modifier to the damage of the attack.

• Level 1 Spell Slots Unlocked: 2 (You gain two Level 1 Spell Slots.)

• Spells Known (Choose 2; these Spells are always prepared)
• New 1st Level Spells available for selection:
  • Animal Friendship
  • Cure Wound
  • Ensnaring Strike
  • Fog Cloud
  • Goodberry
  • Hail of Thorns
  • Hunter's Mark
  • Jump
  • Longstrider
  • Speak with Animals

Level 3

• Level 1 Spell Slots Unlocked: 3 (You gain an additional Level 1 Spell Slot.)

• Choose 1 additional 1st Level Spell from the Ranger Spell List (this Spell is always prepared)
• (Optional) Spell Replacement: Choose 1 known Spell and replace it with another Spell in the Ranger Spell List

• Choose a subclass:

Hunter	Beast Master

• Subclass Features:

Hunter	Beast Master
Hunter’s Prey	Summon Companion

Level 4

• Ability Score Improvement or Feat (Choose 1):
  • Improve an Ability Score by 2 or improve two Ability Scores by 1 (Ability Scores can not be higher than 20 using this feature).
  • Choose a Feat.

• Choose 1 additional 1st Level Spell from the Ranger Spell List (this Spell is always prepared)
• (Optional) Spell Replacement: Choose 1 known Spell and replace it with another Spell in the Ranger Spell List

• Subclass Features: None at this level

Level 5

• Proficiency Bonus: +3 (You gain +1 to your Proficiency Bonus.)
• Extra Attack: Can make an additional free attack after making an unarmed or weapon attack.

• Level 1 Spell Slots Unlocked: 4 (You gain an additional Level 1 Spell Slot.)
• Level 2 Spell Slots Unlocked: 2 (You gain two Level 2 Spell Slots.)

• Choose 1 additional 1st or 2nd Level Spell from the Ranger Spell List (this Spell is always prepared)
• New 2nd Level Spells available for selection:
  • Barkskin
  • Darkvision
  • Lesser Restoration
  • Pass Without Trace
  • Protection from Poison
  • Silence
  • Spike Growth

• (Optional) Spell Replacement: Choose 1 known Spell and replace it with another Spell in the Ranger Spell List

• Subclass Features:

Hunter	Beast Master
(none)	Companion's Bond Upgraded HP and abilities for Summon Companion

Ranger Spell List

1st Level Spells	2nd Level Spells
Animal Friendship Cure Wounds Ensnaring Strike Entangle Fog Cloud Goodberry Hail of Thorns Healing Word Hunter's Mark Jump Longstrider Speak with Animals	Barkskin Darkvision Lesser Restoration Pass Without Trace Protection from Poison Silence Spike Growth