Driven Hunter Class

"Through mist, through minions, in blackest night, by my vengeance, I shall find you..."

Driven Hunter is a new base class, adapted from the 3.5 edition Ranger. The idea was to create a single-minded tracker type. Focused on one favored enemy, not several, and ditching the woodsman aspect of the Ranger. We also played up the self-reliance angle, the Driven Hunter would spend a lot of time on his own, tracking his foe.

As Ranger, except:

Class Skills:
Remove: Concentration, Handle Animal, Heal, Knowledge(geography), Knowledge(nature).
Add: Knowledge(Monster Lore(foe's type))

Saving Throw Bonuses
The Driven Hunter has good Fort and Will bonuses (instead of Fort and Ref for a Ranger).

Altered Class Features:
Remove: wild empathy, spells, animal companion, Woodland Stride, Camoflage, Hide in Plain Sight.
Replace: All favored enemy increases with Favored Enemy "feats". The Driven Hunter chooses one and only one Favored Enemy at 1st level, and never gets another. The Driven Hunter gets +3 (instead of the +2) to Bluff, Listen, Sense Motive, Spot and Survival checks regarding his foe at first level, and an additional +3 each time he gets a new Favored Enemy "feat". But, instead of gaining the normal +2 to damage at 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th and 20th level that a ranger gets, he gets +1 and also selects from the following following "feats" (not all of which are actual feats.) He must meet any prerequisites of the feat, but if he selects a feat that involves a benefit that only occurs upon a scoring a critical hit and his favored enemy is immune to critical hits, he still gets the benefit of the feat when a critical hit would have been scored.

Supernatural Blow from Masters of the Wild
Foe Hunter from Forgotten Realms
Favored Enemy Strike from Monte Cook's Ranger
Favored Enemy Critical Strike from Monte Cook's Ranger
Sworn Enemy from Van Richtens Arsenal
Favored Enemy Damage Bonus (the normal ranger's +2 to damage)

New Class Features:
Add: Know Thy Enemy (1st), Improved Speed (2nd), Reserve Energy (3rd), Saving Throw Bonus (3rD), Reduced Sleep (4th), Diehard (7th), Detect Foe (13th), ??? (17th). (We haven't figured that last one out yet, but our campaign is a long way away from 17th level.)

Know thy Enemy(Ex): A Driven Hunter gets a +3 bonus to Knowledge (Monster Lore) checks for his favored enemy creature type.

Improved Speed: At 2nd level and every level after 2nd the Driven Hunter gains a +2 bonus to his speed when encountering or chasing his favored enemy.

Reserve Energy: At 3rd level the Driven Hunter is so driven by his quest to find and destroy her favored enemy that she can go without food for an extended period of time, and gains the Reserve Energy feat from 7th Sea: Swashbuckling Adventures.

Saving Throw Bonus: Having devoted his life to the destruction of his favored enemy, the Driven Hunter becomes used to the sight of his enemy and the victims of his enemy. At 3rd level and every 3rd levels after 3rd (6th, 9th etc), the Driven Hunter gets a +1 bonus to Fear, Horror and Madness saving throws related to his favored enemy.

Reduced Sleep: (in order to maximize the time he can spend out hunting his foe ) Beginning at 4th level the Driven Hunter needs only 4 hours sleep per day ( not necessarily consecutive hours). {see Odd Sleeping Habits feat from 7th Sea: Swashbuckling Adventures}.

Diehard: At 7th level the Ranger Driven Hunter gains the Diehard feat from the 3.5 Players Handbook.

Detect Foe: At 13th level the ranger Driven Hunter can automatically detect the presence of his favored foe within 60 feet if he concentrates as a standard action that doesn't draw an attack of opportunity. Concentrating just one round indicates on the presence or absence of the foe; concentrating for a subsequent round indicates the direction in which the foe resides. Concentrating longer generates no more information.