Elf – Ranger

An elf ranger is an attentive scout who combines keen sight with reading usable tracks. The character may guard a forest's edge, accompany merchants, or investigate a disturbance in familiar territory. Spotting distant movement and determining a route are strengths, but the ranger must still distinguish what is actually visible from what is merely assumed. Hidden facts and missing tracks can surprise even this character.

Within the party, the ranger helps plan routes, follow usable tracks, and recognize changes in the landscape. Before entering a dangerous place, the character can investigate approaches, cover, and ways back. Tracking does not reveal every creature's identity or intentions; the information needs to be combined with other clues. The ranger is therefore useful when rescuing a missing person, finding water, and deciding when the group should stop.

The racial ability Keen Sight automatically reveals a distant visible detail, tracks, or movement unless they are magically or objectively hidden. The class adds Tracker: automatically determine the direction in which a sought person or animal departed, provided usable tracks exist. Choose starting equipment according to the requirements this particular hero meets. The listed values form the basis of a level-one character; personality, name, relationships, and the reason for adventuring are decided during character creation.