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For #rangerweek I present the Bow Adept, a brief little compendium class which should probably not be taken…

For #rangerweek I present the Bow Adept, a brief little compendium class which should probably not be taken…

For #rangerweek I present the Bow Adept, a brief little compendium class which should probably not be taken seriously unless you really really want to.

When you realize there is no spoon, you may take the following move the next time you level up:

Arrow Time

You can always attempt to dodge physical sources of harm with a Defy Danger (+DEX) roll, regardless of the specifics of the danger or your level of awareness. If you choose to use Arrow Time, your dodging does not result in a change of position.

Once you have taken Arrow Time, the following moves are added to your list of possible advances:

Dodge This

You may Volley at Hand range, regardless of your weapon’s range tags. If you do, take +1 to both the volley and damage rolls.

Bow Kata

Requires: Blot Out the Sun

When you use Blot Out the Sun, treat a cluster of nameless enemies as a single target. You must still expend one ammo before rolling if you wish to attack the entire group.

We’re Going to Need Arrows. Lots of Arrows.

Whenever you have a few minutes of safety to reorganize your gear, you may set the ammo for any ranged weapon you possess to three.

This is My Boomstick

Whenever you display your prowess at archery as Leverage, you may Parley using +DEX rather than +CHA.

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Ranger Races/alternate racial Moves

What have you come up with? 

So just some ideas:

Warforged

Ranger: Your animal companion was created just like you. Due to it’s superior programming it get’s an additional strength. 

Half Orc 

Ranger: If you Hunt and Track  an Enemy you have bloodied and you roll a 6 or lower, treat it as a 7 instead. 

Merfolk 

Ranger: When you and your animal companion work together under water, it always counts as having the right training.

Halfling

Your animal companion gets +1 cunning forward when  you are riding it and is always trained to be a riding animal.

Dwarf

You start with an Gunpowder weapon (+2 damage, reload, dangerous) and such weapons are never dangerous to you.   

Gnoll

When you and your animal companion attack the same target your attack is messy 

Will try to post some drives/backgrounds later. 

Ravnica (a Magic the Gathering Setting) Rangers by 

Edward Burke and me 

–Rubblebelt Raider (Gruul): The soft folk of the city see trees and beats of burden and think them wild; only those of the Gruul Clans know the true wild. Your Animal Companion gains an additional strength of your choice but is always “ferocious” in addition to is other weaknesses.

–Conclave Roof Runner (Selsnya): The Rangers of the Selsnya Conclave stand with their Animal Companions as some of the greatest examples of their Guilds ideal of unity. You and your Companion share a bond beyond spoken words; add “linked” to your Companions strengths.

Ooze Wrangler (Simic): The Combine entrusts the care of their experiments to only those most skilled at handling them. 

you can spend a few hours to shape your animal companion into a new form. Create it anew using the normal Animal Companion creation rules. in addition to its other features it is always an ooze.

–Stalker of the Swarm (Golgari): The Undercity is a realm of both festering rot and deadly predation. Only the most skilled of huntsmen dare the domain of the Golgari Swarm. When you make a Perilous Journey through the Undercity whatever for you take is automatically treated as if you had rolled a 10+

Since it is #rangerweek, maybe we can talk about the “Unnatural Ally” move.

Since it is #rangerweek, maybe we can talk about the “Unnatural Ally” move.

Since it is #rangerweek, maybe we can talk about the “Unnatural Ally” move. How have other GMs handled it when the ranger selects this. Does their current pet suddenly mutate, or does it abandon then as they find a new monster? Let me know your thoughts.

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Tell us your DW Ranger stories! 

I played the Ranger once in DW. It was a Warforged Ranger (their animal companion is robotic too and gets an additional strength because of it)

named RNGR-1. He was a crossbow-sniper and wilderness guide and really loyal to the group. He had a robot cat named RNGR-2. As it was a cat it had the stubborn weakness. It just made so much sense because

1. the programming was faulty

2. it is a freaking cat. Stubborn bastards… 

The fun of the character came because of the voice i used. It was fairly emotionless and steely, maybe channeling HK-47 a bit too much he also used fairly mechanical and scientific description of things. Like: 

“Warning! Arcane Phenomenon. Artificial miniature humanoids detected!

Idea! Use artificial miniature humanoids as distraction to engage gryphon beast!” 

The stubborn cat showed it weakness by being completely unhelpful to RNGR-1s teammates. They had to bribe the cat with rations to get it to do anything. To RNGR it was more helpful. We treated it as a team ressource though and so everyone cared more about the stupid cat. 

It was also build for stealth with quick reflexes stealthy and keen senses. So it was more used fictionaly to scout rooms instead of just being a damage boost.  

How about you? What made the Rangers in your games great?

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What is your favourite Ranger in fiction? 

I have no idea really. 

The ranger archetype (especially WITH animal companion) is not that mainstream in the pop-culture things i am surrounded with. 

There is of course Aragorn but for me he is not a character that is defined by his rangery abilities but by his responsibilities to the throne. 

I think a fantasy version of the Falcon (Marvel Comics) could be really cool but the falcon is not a ranger… 

I have to think about this more. Hit me with your favourties for inspirations! 

Bonus points for mentioning how you could translate some of their related things into DW! 

#RangerWeek  question: I’m curious what the inspiration was for “God Amidst the Wastes”.

#RangerWeek  question: I’m curious what the inspiration was for “God Amidst the Wastes”.

#RangerWeek  question: I’m curious what the inspiration was for “God Amidst the Wastes”. Were there fictional models? Does it have to do with Aragorn healing people in Fellowship and Return? Or is it an homage to a classic multi-class combo? If so, I didn’t know the Ranger-Cleric was a thing in D&D; please illuminate me. 😉

My daughter’s Ranger picked this move after leveling up yesterday on Death Mountain.

Still figuring out how G+ works….excuse the awkward sharing.

Still figuring out how G+ works….excuse the awkward sharing.

Still figuring out how G+ works….excuse the awkward sharing.

Originally shared by David Schirduan

I hope to contribute an actual Compendium Class to #rangerweek   at some point, but here’s something that has made my ranger very, very happy:

Monsters with useful properties.

What I mean is, when you make a big monster, or some cool boss, let your ranger harvest its parts and make something cool out of it. Weapon, item, potable, etc. Also, check out this Monster Hunter styled class by Boing: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B94zELwEwdHsUzFyZXRpaVlmRGM/edit

Here are some of the monsters and properties I used:

-Icthus – http://codex.dungeon-world.com/monster/688001 – Your ranger can harvest the flame sacs from the fish in the pool, and the skin of the Icthus can be used to repel water, or it’s mouth can be used as a suction device. The flame sacs can be turned into fire potions, or attached to ranged devices.

-Sandshark – http://codex.dungeon-world.com/monster/636010 – The skin has sharp spikes on it, and is really rough. Can be used as a light armor, firestarter, or anything requiring lots of friction. The teeth absorb the liquid from their victims, and when turned into darts can drain the blood.

-Manticore – http://codex.dungeon-world.com/monster/38012 – The skin of the manticore is resistant to fire, the poison from the tail can be harvested, the wings turned into a simple glider, or parachute.

-Sandblaster – http://codex.dungeon-world.com/monster/1810006 – The sand pouch can be used to create bullets/pellets from dirt/sand. It’s throat can be turned into an effective blowgun, slingshot, or other ranged weapon.

Have fun with it! Let your players use one monster’s abilities against the next!