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EIGHTEEN NEW CLASS OPTIONS FOR USE WITH THE PATHFINDER® ROLEPLAYING GAME

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COMBAT STYLES

As described in the Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game: Core Rulebook ™, rangers gain access to a combat

style, which manifests in the form of bonus feats at 2nd, 6th, 10th, 14th, and 18th levels. He or she can

choose feats from a selected combat style, even if he or she does not have the normal prerequisites. The

benefits of a ranger's chosen style feats apply only when wearing light or medium armor, or no armor.

BEAST TAMER COMBAT STYLE If a ranger selects the beast tamer combat style, he or she can choose from the following list whenever he gains a combat style

feat: Enforcer1, Net Adept

2, Net and Trident

2, and Whip Mastery

2. At 6th level, he or she adds Improved Whip Mastery

2and Net

Maneuvering2

to this list. At 10th level, he or she adds Greater Whip Mastery2

and Net Trickery2

to this list.

FIREARM COMBAT STYLE If a ranger selects the firearm combat style, he or she can choose from the following list whenever he gains a combat style feat:

Exotic Weapon Proficiency (firearms)2, Gunsmithing

2, Quick Draw, and Rapid Reload. At 6th level, he or she adds Amateur

Gunslinger2

and Parting Shot1

to this list. At 10th level, he or she adds Pinpoint Targeting and Shot on the Run to this list.

GUERILLA WARFARE COMBAT STYLE If a ranger selects the guerilla warfare combat style, he or she can choose from the following list whenever he gains a combat

style feat: Blind-Fight, Catch Off-Guard, Gang Up1, and Improved Dirty Trick

1. At 6th level, he or she adds Greater Dirty Trick

1

and Team Up1

to this list. At 10th level, he or she adds Improvised Weapon Mastery and Quick Dirty Trick2

to this list.

1: A description of this feat can be found in the Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game: Advanced Player’s Guide™ sourcebook, by Paizo Publishing, LLC.

2: A description of this feat can be found in the Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game: Ultimate Combat ™, sourcebook, by Paizo Publishing, LLC.

GENERAL FEATS

All fifteen of the feats described below are restricted by their prerequisites to members of the ranger

class, or benefit members of that class exclusively.

FEAT PREREQUISITES BENEFITS Aberrant Quarry favored enemy (aberrations), Knowledge

(dungeoneering) 3 ranksGain the quarry class feature as it applies to aberrations,

and designate aberrant quarry by their tracks.

Crack Construct Improved Sunder, favored enemy (constructs),

Knowledge (engineering) 3 ranks

Confirm a critical threat against a construct to create a

perilous weakness in that creature’s structural anatomy.

Dragonslayer Improved Precise Shot, favored enemy (dragons) Ignore the natural armor bonuses of dragons.

Fiend Warden favored enemy (outsiders [evil]), Knowledge

(planes) 11 ranks, Spellcraft 11 ranks

Track fiends across the gulf of a teleport spell; make

teleportation more difficult for evil outsiders.

Game Hunter favored enemy (animals), Survival 1 rank Hunt for food and trap animals more easily.

Knowledgeable Tracker swift tracker Use Knowledge to identify creatures by their tracks alone.

Monster Hunter favored enemy (magical beasts) Better defend against the attacks of magical beasts.

Signature Ranger Trap the ability to craft a ranger trap Gain additional benefits when creating ranger traps.

Staunch Enemy Favored enemy (any) +6 Extend your favored enemy bonus to respected enemies.

Strider Endurance, favored terrain Easily pass through natural hazards in favored terrain.

Terrorize Prey quarry, Intimidate 1 rank Intimidate your prey from a concealed position.

Topple Giants Improved Trip, favored enemy (humanoids

[giants])

Deny size bonuses to CMD for giants that you attempt to

bull rush, trip, or reposition.

Vile Stalker evil alignment, favored enemy (outsiders [good]),

quarry, Knowledge (planes) 11 ranks

Stalk and slay celestial quarry more easily, and force good

outsiders to feel your terrible presence drawing nearer.

Warren Lurker favored enemy (humanoids, monstrous

humanoids, or undead), Survival 1 rank

You can locate humanoid, monstrous humanoid, or

undead enemies by scent.

Woodwoe favored enemy (plants), Spellcraft 3 ranks Add plant bane properties to weapons that you wield.



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ABERRANT QUARRY You have trained extensively to hunt down and kill your aberrant foes.

PREREQUISITES: favored enemy (aberrations), Knowledge

(dungeoneering) 3 ranks

BENEFIT: You gain the quarry class feature, but you must designate an

aberration as your quarry. If you have or later gain the quarry or

improved quarry class features, the benefits of this feat are replaced

by that class feature, and any insight bonuses to attack rolls granted

by those abilities are doubled against creatures of the aberration type.

Furthermore, you do not require line of sight to an aberration in

order to designate it as your quarry. When you find or follow the

tracks of a creature with the aberration type, you automatically

identify that creature’s type. Any ability that allows an aberration to

change its shape into that of a non-aberration creature foils this

ability. When you find or follow such tracks, you may designate one

or more of the creatures that you track as your quarry, sight unseen.

CRACK CONSTRUCT Your attacks can create structural weaknesses in your construct foes.

PREREQUISITES: Improved Sunder, favored enemy (constructs),

Knowledge (engineering) 3 ranks BENEFIT: When you successfully confirm a critical threat against a

construct, your attack creates a hairline fracture or some similar

structural weakness in the creature’s artificial anatomy. All critical

hits that any creature threatens against the damaged construct are

automatically confirmed until the creature is repaired or it receives at

least 1 point magical healing. Additionally, shatter spells can target

the damaged construct as though it were a crystalline creature.

DRAGONSLAYER You have learned how best to penetrate a dragon’s armored hide.

PREREQUISITES: Improved Precise Shot, favored enemy (dragons)

BENEFIT: When you ready an action to make a ranged attack against a

dragon when it uses a breath weapon or performs a bite or swallow

whole attack, you can launch your ranged attack into the dragon’s

open mouth, ignoring the creature’s natural armor bonus. If your attack

hits, subtract 2 dice from the damage dealt by any breath weapon

special attack that the dragon uses for 1 round.

FIEND WARDEN

You can track your fiendish opponents across any distance.

PREREQUISITES: favored enemy (outsiders [evil]), Knowledge (planes)

11 ranks, Spellcraft 11 ranks

BENEFIT: You can use the Survival skill to track your favored enemies

across the gulf of a teleportation spell. When you come within 30

feet of an area from which an outsider with the evil subtype has used

a teleportation spell effect within the past 24 hours, you sense some

lingering sign of the effect and can attempt to trace its destination onthe same plane. To do so, you must make a Survival check against a

DC equal to 10 + caster level of the effect. If you are successful, you

learn the distance to and the direction of the creature’s destination.

In addition, outsiders with the evil subtype that receive damage

from a readied action or attack of opportunity that you make must

roll on the familiarity table listed in the teleport spell description (see

the Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game: Core Rulebook™) to determine the

destination location of any greater teleport spell or spell-like ability

that they cast or use for 1 round.

GAME HUNTER

You’ll never go hungry in the wilderness.

PREREQUISITES: favored enemy (animals), Survival 1 rank

BENEFIT: You gain a +4 bonus on Survival skill checks made to provide

food (but not water) to yourself and your allies. Additionally, animals

take a penalty equal to your favored enemy bonus on saving throws

made against any extraordinary (Ex) ranger traps that you create (see

the Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game: Ultimate Magic ™ sourcebook for

rules regarding ranger traps).

KNOWLEDGEABLE TRACKER You can identify creatures by their tracks.

PREREQUISITES: swift tracker

BENEFIT: You can make Knowledge skill checks to identify a creature

and to learn the special abilities and weaknesses of a creature simply

by studying that creature’s tracks for 1 round.

MONSTER HUNTER Your long experience slaying all sorts of wondrous beasts aids your

defenses when battling such monsters.

PREREQUISITES: favored enemy (magical beasts)

BENEFIT: You can apply your favored enemy bonus against magical

beasts to saving throws that you make against the spell-like and

special attacks of magical beasts. When you successfully save against

such an ability, you may instruct your allies as to how best to defend

against that same attack as an immediate action, granting an equal

insight bonus for 1 minute to all allies within 30 feet of you who can

see and hear you. This ability does not require an action on your part,

though you must be able to speak in order to confer the bonus.

SIGNATURE RANGER TRAP Your ranger traps are especially dangerous.

PREREQUISITES: the ability to craft a ranger trap

BENEFIT: Choose one ranger trap that you have learned to create (see the Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game: Ultimate Magic ™ sourcebook for

rules regarding ranger traps). Whenever you create the chosen trap,

you may elect to improve the trap in one or more ways:

Alarm Trap: Creatures who trigger your alarm trap are deafened for

1 hour unless they succeed on a Fortitude saving throw.

Burning Trap: You add flammable, adhesive components to the trap

that make the flames more difficult to extinguish. Creatures that catch

fire take a -2 penalty on Reflex saves to extinguish themselves.

Exploding Trap: You may exclude one space from the affected area.

Fire Trap: The triggering creature receives 2d6 additional points of

fire damage if it fails its Reflex saving throw.

Freezing Trap: Double the thickness of the ice created by your trap.

Marking Trap: Your trap marks the creature with a powerful scent

which is easily detected at twice the usual range for 2d4 hours.Poison Trap: The poison delivered by your trap persists for 1 round

longer than it otherwise would.

Sleet Trap: The sleet storm effect lasts for 3 rounds.

Snare Trap: Your trap can hold creatures of Large size or smaller.

You may expend additional uses to increase this capacity, as usual.

Swarm Trap: The swarm creature released by your trap remains for

3 additional rounds before dissipating.

SPECIAL: You can gain this feat multiple times. Its effects do not stack.

Each time you take this feat, it applies to a new ranger trap.







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STAUNCH ENEMY The enmity and rivalry that you feel with regards to your favored

enemies borders on a feeling like veneration, or even respect.

PREREQUISITES: favored enemy (any) +6

BENEFIT: Whenever you face a favored enemy with an Intelligence

score of 3 or higher who shares your own creature type and racial

subtypes (if any), you may choose to declare that creature a staunch

enemy as a free action. Alternately, you may declare any favored

enemy whose type is different than your own but who has the hatred

racial trait as it applies to your race, or who enjoys any racial bonus

on attack rolls against creatures of your type, to be a staunch enemy.

You can only have a single staunch enemy at a time, though you can

dismiss your staunch enemy at any time as a free action. If you do,

you may not declare another staunch enemy for 24 hours. If your

staunch enemy dies, and you witness or become aware of its death,

you may declare a new staunch enemy at any time.

A staunch enemy gains the same favored enemy bonuses against

you that you gain against that enemy. These bonuses may overlap

but do not stack with favored enemy bonuses that creature already

has against creatures of your type. If you defeat your staunch enemy

in battle by killing it or reducing it to -1 hit points or fewer, you gain amorale bonus equal to your relevant favored enemy bonus on all

ability checks, attack rolls, saving throws, and skill checks that you

make before the end of your next turn.

If you ever disgrace or desecrate the corpse of an enemy that you

designate as a staunch enemy, you lose the benefits of this feat for 1

week. You may collect and use or sell your opponent’s possessions,

and are not required to perform any funerary rites with respect to

such an opponent’s corpse; speaking a few words or simply taking a

moment to honor the dead is more than sufficient.

STRIDER You can traverse your favored terrains with ease.

PREREQUISITES: Endurance, favored terrain

BENEFIT: Choose one of your favored terrains. You can move through

natural, non-magical difficult terrain inherent to that type if terrain at

your normal speed, without suffering impairment. For example, a

character choosing cold terrain could move across ice without risk of

slipping or falling, while a character choosing swamp terrain could

move unimpeded through deep and shallow bogs and through light

and heavy undergrowth in swamps and marshes. This ability applies

to normal movement, not to flying, swimming, or any other modes of

movement; thus, choosing water terrain would allow a character to

move through shallow water unhindered, but would not grant that

character a swim speed or any advantage while swimming.

SPECIAL: You can gain this feat multiple times. Its effects do not stack.

Each time you take this feat, it applies to a new favored terrain.

TOPPLE GIANTS Your unbalancing attacks can bring even giants to their knees.

PREREQUISITES: Improved Trip, favored enemy (humanoids [giants])

BENEFIT: Humanoids with the giant subtype may not apply any size

bonuses to their Combat Maneuver Defense against your trip combat

maneuvers. Whenever you render such an opponent prone with a

trip maneuver, that creature takes 1d6 points of nonlethal damage

from the impact of the fall. Feather fall effects and other effects that

reduce or negate falling damage prevent this damage.

TERRORIZE PREY You take special pleasure in toying with your prey.

PREREQUISITES: quarry, Intimidate 1 rank

BENEFIT: You can haunt the subject of your quarry. To use this ability,

you must have a clear line of sight to a creature designated as your

quarry, and your quarry must be unable to see you or pinpoint your

location. While these conditions are met, you can use the Intimidate

skill to demoralize your quarry even when it cannot clearly see you.

Furthermore, you may apply your favored enemy bonus to Intimidate

skill checks against opponents that you terrorize in this way.

VILE STALKER Celestial prey is your favorite quarry.

PREREQUISITES: evil alignment, favored enemy (outsiders [good]),

quarry, Knowledge (planes) 11 ranks

BENEFIT: Outsiders with the good subtype treat the results of any

opposed Stealth skill check that you make as though the check result

was increased by a number equal to your favored enemy bonus.

In addition, when your quarry is an outsider with the good subtype,

you can perform exceptionally malicious and wrathful attacks against

such opponents, incorporating your own contempt and loathing fortheir goodly kind into your strikes. As a free action, you can convert

the insight bonus granted by your quarry ability into a profane bonus

instead. If you do, weapons that you wield are treated as evil-aligned

for the purposes of overcoming the damage reduction of outsiders

with the good subtype. This includes your own unarmed strikes and

natural weapons.

Lastly, when you designate such a creature as your quarry, you may

choose to make your quarry supernaturally aware of its status as

your next victim. Creatures so affected whose Hit Die are less than

twice your own can feel your vile attentions upon them even when

you are yet miles away, becoming shaken for as long as they remain

marked as your quarry. This application of this feat is a supernatural,

mind-affecting fear effect.

WARREN LURKER You can detect your favored enemies by scent.

PREREQUISITES: favored enemy (humanoids [any], monstrous

humanoid, or undead), Survival 1 rank

BENEFIT: You can sniff out your humanoid, monstrous humanoid, and

undead favored enemies as though you had the scent special quality. In

addition, you can track such creatures by scent.

SPECIAL: The ability to gain the benefits of this feat against any type

of creature listed as a potential favored enemy prerequisite type is

retroactive, should a character gain one or more of the prerequisite

favored enemies after selecting this feat.

WOODWOE You possess a supernatural ability to bestow special powers upon

your weapons, useful in slaying aggressive, animate plant life.

PREREQUISITES: favored enemy (plants), Spellcraft 3 ranks

BENEFIT: Any magical slashing weapon that you wield gains the plant

bane weapon property. If that weapon already possesses the plant

bane property, increase the damage dealt by that property to 2d8. In

addition, you may choose to convert the damage dealt by this weapon

property into fire damage. This ability stacks with the flaming weapon

property, and with similar properties. This is a supernatural ability.





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