A character who favors ranged attacks has many ways to master the bow, and the schools presented in this article series give you some interesting options to round out your player character. This week, we present another school of archery styles by Rich Redman. The first, second, third and fourth parts are available, too.

Dungeon Archers

The least structured of the schools, Dungeon Archery produces experienced dungeon explorers. They practice fighting in close quarters, where opponents might appear at any moment. Those who wish to gain the benefits of this school must first locate an adventuring master. The “school” passes from master to student, without written texts or centers of learning.

Aragorn didn’t cast spells. Just because some designer thought rangers should be spell-slingers doesn’t make it right! With the Expanded Spell-Less Ranger, you can now play an authentic ranger without spells, but with great new abilities.

The Expanded Spell-Less Ranger is a base class for the Pathfinder RPG first presented in Kobold Quarterly #11 and which reviewers called a “must-read” (RPG Geek).

The removal of spells makes this a true ranger-type, but the new powers and expanded abilities mean that the Spell-Less Ranger can hold his own in a fight. With new animal companion options and Ranger Talents, this class covers

It’s all the oracle’s fault.

I’ve been playing a half-orc oracle of stone in one of our bi-weekly campaigns, and I’m having a blast. He is great fun to play. His various class features make him useful in lots of situations, and I’ve found I really like playing a spontaneous caster.

Don’t get me wrong—I’ve played and enjoyed TONS of prepared casters, going all the way back to 1st Edition AD&D magic-users in the late 70s and early 80s. Having said that, I have been playing mostly spontaneous casters lately and really digging it.

A while back, I was contemplating what character I wanted to roll up for a new campaign we were starting (we seem to have two or three games going at any one time). I wanted to play a druid, but I wasn’t keen to play a prepared caster. That got me thinking: we have the wizard (prepared) and the sorcerer (spontaneous); we have the cleric (prepared) and oracle (spontaneous); we have the druid (prepared) and we have . . . no spontaneous druid analog!

The Mithral Dragon has its origins in Kobold Quarterly issue #4 and first appeared for D&D 3.5 back in 2007, designed by Mike McArtor. The Pathfinder RPG version presented here is a bonus age category that we couldn’t quite fit into the book, but it’s just as stunning and impressive as the version in the Midgard Bestiary. Art is by Cory Trego-Erdner, known for his work on Courts of the Shadow Fey and other Open Design projects.

Druids vs. Aliens: Fight!

The third rules-light solo adventure in our Party of One series is available for download at the Kobold Store! BB3: Alosar Emanli and the Creatures from the Fallen Star puts you in the role of a young apprentice druid who finds himself  on his own as evil creatures from the stars invade his forest. Can Alosar defeat the alien brood? That’s up to you, the choices you make, and the luck of the die…

As with all our Party of One adventures, Alosar Emanli and the Creatures from the Fallen Star is designed for a single player with no GM. All you need to play is some dice (d6, d8, d10, and 20), a pencil, some paper, and this adventure. The rules are explained as you play: you begin at paragraph 1 and proceed from there, taking notes on your paper as you go.

This adventure also includes Pathfinder Roleplaying Game character sheets for Alosar at levels 1 and 3, so you can bring him into a Pathfinder game. Download Party of One BB3 at the Kobold Store .

Enjoy these other Party of One adventures:

• BB1: Kalgor Bloodfhammer and the Ghouls through the Breach
• BB2: Elgar Fletch and the Dark Army