Training and role
Reading the ground
The ranger tradition is associated with Thalos and Iasos, but its practitioners also work around towns and farms. A hunter, a road guide and a keeper of strays can belong to the same guild for quite different reasons. Field knowledge matters as much as skill with a bow.
Marksmanship offers aimed shots and attacks across connected rooms. Wilderness skills, traps and animal companions provide other ways to prepare an encounter. Distance and a clear route matter when choosing where to fight.
The guild's concern for animals and the land leaves room for disagreement about hunting, settlement and duty. A ranger can have ties to a city as well as reasons to leave it.