Racial Abilities
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Half-elven characters have a 30 resistance to sleep and charm spells (if
the spells are cast upon them, a percentile dice roll of 31 or better is
required to allow the magic any chance of having an effect, and even then
the saving throw against spells is allowed versus the charm spell).
All half-elven characters are able to speak the 'common tongue' of men,
their alignment language (q.v.), and the following: elvish, gnome,
halfling, goblin, hobgoblin, orcish, and gnoll. Half-elven characters of
above 16 intelligence are able to learn one additional language for every
point of intelligence above 16, so that a 17 intelligence indicates the
character can learn one additional language, and an 18 intelligence
indicates two languages can be learned in addition to those listed above.
Half-elves have the ability to see into the infra-red spectrum, so they are
able to see up to 60' in darkness, noting varying degrees of heat radiation.
Secret or concealed doors are difficult to hide from half-elves, just as they
are noticeable by elves. Merely passing within 10' of a concealed door
gives the half-elven character a 1 in 6 chance (16 213) chance of spotting
it. If the character is actively seeking to discover such doors, he or she has
a 2 in 6 chance (33 1/3) of spotting a secret door and o 3 in 6 chance
(So) of locating a concealed door. |
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Animals
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Hunting Dog: Rex
Draft Horse: Spitfire
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Tracking
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Tracking is possible both outdoors and underground in
dungeons and like settings:
a. Underground the ranger must have observed the
creature to be tracked within 3 turns (30 minutes) of the
commencement of tracking, and the ranger must begin
tracking at a place where the creature was observed:
Creature's Action Chance to Track
going along normal passage or room 65
passes through normal door or uses stairs 55
goes through a trap door 45
goes up or down a chimney or through
concealed door 35
passes through a secret door 25
Outdoors there is a base 90 chance of a ranger being
able to follow a creature, modified as follows:
-for each creature above 1 in the party
-for every 24 hours which have elapsed
b.
being tracked + 02
between making the track and tracking -1 0
-for each hour of precipitation -25 |
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Ranger Abilities
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When fighting humanoid-type creatures of the 'giant class',
listed hereafter, rangers add 1 hit point for each level of
experience they have attained to the points of damage scored
when they hit in melee combat. Giant classcreatures are:
bugbears, ettins, giants, gnolls, goblins, hobgoblins, kobolds,
ogres, ogre magi, orcs, and trolls. Example: a 5th level ranger
hits a bugbear in melee combat, and the damage done to the
opponent will be according to the ranger's weapon type,
modified by strength, and +5 (for his or her experience level)
because the opponent is a bugbear - a 'giant class'
humanoid.
Rangers surprise (q.v.) opponents 50 of the time (d6, scare
1 through 3) and are themselves surprised only 161/3 of the
time (d6, score 1).
At 8th level, rangers gain limited druidic spell ability, and
additional spells are added through 17th level. |
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