Anla'shok (Ranger)

Adrenato
All Rangers are trained in the Minbari religious caste language of Adrenato – they receive Fluency[100%] (Minbari: Adrenato) for free. Non-Minbari Rangers are also considered to be familiar with Minbari technology.

Discipline of the Ranger
Rangers require incredible dedication and mental and physical discipline. A Ranger must spend a training block and roleplay 1 hour each day meditating and practising his skills. If the character misses a practice session, he will lose access to the following Ranger class features until such time as they resume their regimen: The Application of Terror, Die For The One, Live For The One and Standing On The Bridge.

Note that combat, sneaking and other dangerous activities count as practising, but this requirement can make it difficult for a Ranger to hold down a mundane job or go undercover without preparation or postponing his advancement. Furthermore, Rangers are expected to hold to the code of the Rangers. If a character retreats from a fight without good reason, shows cowardice or disloyalty, acts in an immoral fashion or otherwise breaches the Ranger code, he is ejected from the Rangers and barred from future advancement in the Ranger class until necessary atonement is made (if possible)

Fearless
Rangers are broken of their fear by their hard training. They cannot be affected by fear-based effects. They are also incredibly resistant to mental coercion, torture, pain and deprivation. Rangers receive a +2 competence bonus to Concentration checks and Will saving throws.

Garb of Honour
As part of the ceremony that marks the completion of their training, all Rangers receive three items.

> The black robes of the Ranger.
These custom-fitted robes are made of Minbari crystalweave. They give the Ranger Damage Reduction 2 and a +1 bonus to Stealth checks.

> A denn’bok, the Minbari fighting pike

> A Ranger pin, a symbol of the Ranger’s oath.

Losing any of these items shames the Ranger greatly. They will not loan or give them to another except under the most grave of circumstances.

If one of these items is lost, the Ranger will do everything within his power to regain the item and punish those responsible.

Initial Influence & Additional Influence

Tier 1 Anla'shok Influence when class is taken.
A Ranger’s Anla'shok Influence increases by +1 each level. He may also increase any two other Influences by +1.

As they gain basic experience in their new life, Rangers swiftly become exemplary spies.

2nd level Rangers gain a +2 competence bonus to Stealth and Sleight of hand checks

The Ranger is trained in every technique imaginable in order to combat the darkness and preserve the light.

At 3rd, 6th and 9th level, the Ranger may choose one of the following feats (he must meet the prerequisites for this feat as normal):

Alertness, Blind-Fight, Brawler, Combat Expertise, Contact, Data Access, Dodge, Die Hard, Endurance, Great Fortitude, Harm’s Way, Improved Critical (denn’bok), Improved Feint, Improved Initiative, Improved Trip, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Nerves of Steel, Point Blank Shot, Resist Scan, Run, Skill Focus (any), Spacecraft Proficiency, Surface Vehicle Proficiency, Toughness, Two- Weapon Fighting, Weapon Focus (denn’bok), Weapon Specialization (denn’bok).

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This technique allows the Ranger to turn an enemy’s fear against him. It takes considerable preparation – one minute per character level of the target – and requires that the Ranger have control over the place where he will encounter this enemy. The Application of Terror is therefore used only for ambushes, duels, council meetings and other planned encounters. If the preparations are correctly made, then the victim suffers a penalty to all attack rolls, skill checks and saving throws equal to the Ranger’s Wisdom bonus (minimum of –1 penalty). The Ranger also gains an equivalent circumstance bonus to all Intimidation checks he makes against the victim,

The Application of Terror may only be applied to personal confrontations, not vehicular or space combats

The Ranger’s extensive training with the pike increases the weapon’s damage to 1d8/1d8 at 4th level and 1d10/1d10 at 8th level.

Rangers are ready to die for their cause. On reaching 0 or lower hit points, a 4th level Ranger can choose to Die For The One.

When this decisions is made, it cannot be revoked. While dying for the One, the Ranger need not make Fortitude saves to resist falling unconscious – he automatically remains conscious. The Ranger is not disabled and so may move and act normally. However, the Ranger will not stabilize naturally. He will continue to stand and fight until he dies.

A Ranger is are trained to endure terrible hardship and pass through it without fear or weakness.

Once per day, a 5th level Ranger may automatically pass one saving throw. At 10th level, the Ranger may use this class feature twice per day.

The Ranger learns to live as well as die for the One, to preserve his own life so that it can be spent in service to the Anla’Shok.

A 7th level Ranger can stabilize normally while using Die For The One.

At 10th level, the Ranger’s reputation is such that the Anla’Shok will refuse him little. He rolls 3d6 (rather than 2d6) in Influence checks when using his Ranger Influence.

He may also use his Ranger Influence to directly pressure all Minbari factions (not just Minbari Social).