Good OSR class name for combination thief/ranger?

[Shipyard Locked]

If you were designing a class that could cover the themes of the thief or the ranger, according to player preference, what would you name it?

Basically, something that encapsulates "person who is good at navigating the urban jungle or the actual jungle".

 

[Fenris-77]

Scout? Trailblazer? Woodsman? Pathfinder? Pathfinder 2E?

 

[sharps54]

Survivor?

 

[goats]

Lotfp calls them Specialists.

 

[Fenris-77]

Lotfp calls them Specialists.

In a dramatic failure of evocative prose.

 

[goats]

In a dramatic failure of evocative prose.

It's shockingly understated for Raggi.

 

[Fenris-77]

It's shockingly understated for Raggi.

I would have expected something like Cockfinder...

 

[Moracai]

Tomb Robber?

 

[Self Saboteur]

Rambo

 

[Fenris-77]

Rambo

He might be a little hitty as an exemplar. Maybe the First Blood version though. That needs skills like Hide in Mud....

 

[Self Saboteur]

He might be a little hitty as an exemplar. Maybe the First Blood version though. That needs skills like Hide in Mud....

First Blood was always what I thought of for a ranger. Ranger/Thief is even more perfect.

 

[AsenRG]

First Blood was always what I thought of for a ranger. Ranger/Thief is even more perfect.

First Blood is what I gave to my first DM as an example why I think the Ranger class sucks.


Also, inspired by recent conversations, I'm writing up an OSR class, known only as Cleric of the GM!

 

[Ben Adams]

Wouldn't that just be a hunter, maybe bounty hunter?

 

[CaoCao]

Wanderer or rogue, maybe

 

[saskganesh]

Mary Sue.

 

[PolarBlues]

Scavenger?

 

[Brander]

Worlds Without Number: Adventurer Partial Expert/Partial Warrior or just Expert

I'd reskin it to Ranger or Scout if the player desired.

 

[Ben Adams]

What about the 'Urban Woodsman'?
Though that sounds more like something from the J. Peterman catalog.

 

[Mankcam]

Scout

 

[Urdlen's best boy]

Adventurer

 

[Fenris-77]

Adventurer

Why not just remove any hint of actual function and go with Guy or Dude?

 

[Silverlion]

Adventurers, Rogue (Fits both), Strider, Scout, or Expert (only the latter because that's what True20 used for skillmonkeys, bland though.)

 

[Fenris-77]

Sneaky Git, Sneak, Shadow, Phantom, Ghost, Specter, or any of those undead adjacent names for sneaky fellows. I've seen both Shadow and Ghost used more than once for this very job in other games.

 

[AsenRG]

Why not just remove any hint of actual function and go with Guy or Dude?

"My class is Dude(tte)!"

 

[Fenris-77]

"My class is Dude(tte)!"

See also Duderino and Dudester.

 

[Tulpa Girl]

Commando.

 

[E-Rocker]

I like Scout.

 

[Fenris-77]

Commando.

I think it's pretty obvious at this point that something 80's action movie adjacent is the correct answer to this question.

 

[Fenris-77]

Running Man? American Ninja? Braddock? Molly Ringwald? There are lots of good options.

 

[Shipyard Locked]

I like Scout.

I dunno, scout doesn't really encapsulate stuff like pick-pocketing and lock-picking in my mind.

 

[Fenris-77]

Obtainer of Rare Antiquities

 

[Self Saboteur]

Stalker

 

[PolarBlues]

How about Original Scout Rogue. You abbreviate it to OSR for your... OSR game.

 

[StubbornMule]

Thranger? Archeologist? Dr Jones?

 

[The Butcher]

Outlaw (strongly favor this one)
Scoundrel
Prowler
Hunter
Bandit

 

[Shipyard Locked]

Outlaw

Ooh, I think we have a winner here. I realize now it evokes Robin Hood, the right blend of thief and ranger.

 

[JoeNuttall]

Would they be a cross between the archetypal Ranger (Aragorn) and the archetypal Thief (Bilbo)? A sort of dual wielding backstabber?

 

[Brander]

Outlaw (strongly favor this one)
Scoundrel
Prowler
Hunter
Bandit

I like Prowler in that list for urban and rural combined.

 

[robertsconley]

If you were designing a class that could cover the themes of the thief or the ranger, according to player preference, what would you name it?

Spoiler

A Dúnedain down on their luck.

But likely you mean a forest fighter, in which case

• With Magic: Son of Herne the Hunter (or some other suitable forest deity involving hunting and outlaws).
• Without Magic: Outlaw.

Basically, something that encapsulates "person who is good at navigating the urban jungle or the actual jungle".

Outlaw would be my choice as it could cover both.

 

[apOweyn]

Apparently the word for a parkour practitioner is “traceur.” Seems like a decent analog for someone who navigates the city the way a ranger would navigate the wilderness.