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

Class Features

• Spellcasting:
  • Spellcasting Ability: Wisdom
• 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

Class Features

• 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

Class Features

• Level 1 Spell Slots Unlocked: You gain two Level 1 Spell Slots
• Fighting Style (Choose 1):

Fighting Style	Description
Archery	You gain a +2 bonus to Ranged Weapon Attacks.
Defence	You gain a +1 bonus to Armour Class while wearing Armour.
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 Style	When you make an offhand attack, you can add your Ability Modifier to the damage of the attack.

• Spells (Choose 2):
  • Animal Friendship
  • Cure Wound
  • Ensnaring Strike
  • Fog Cloud
  • Goodberry
  • Hail of Thorns
  • Hunter's Mark
  • Jump
  • Longstrider
  • Speak with Animals

Level 3

Class Features

• Level 1 Spell Slots Unlocked: You gain an additional Level 1 Spell Slot
• Choose a subclass:

Hunter

Beast Master

Subclass Features

Hunter	Beast Master
Hunter’s Prey Gain additional Spell Replacement Spell	Summon Companion Gain additional Spell Replacement Spell

Level 4

Class Features

• New Feats! (Choose 1)

Subclass Features

Hunter	Beast Master
(none)	(none)

Ranger Spell List

List Of Spells and Cantrips

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