Good OSR class name for combination thief/ranger?

[sharps54]

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.

Trancers?! This is a job for Jack Deth!

 

[Baulderstone]

Bushwhacker.

 

[Fenris-77]

Bushwhacker.

 

[Mankcam]

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

Dude is probably more Bard/Thief I reckon, heh heh

 

[opaopajr]

Bandit. Typically the big difference between a thief and bandit is being at the outskirts or outside of town. Bandit is basically a robber on the country road.

 

[Baulderstone]

Bandit. Typically the big difference between a thief and bandit is being at the outskirts or outside of town. Bandit is basically a robber on the country road.

Or if you want to be classier, you can go with highwayman.

 

[howandwhy99]

It's humorous, but the actual name of such a character in old school D&D *is* Ranger/Thief.

If you wanted to make a wilderness thief however, you could name it something like Highwayman or Bandit.

Rangers are a Fighting-Man subclass, so you would need to define the class further if you wanted an honor-bound wilderness warrior with some thief skills. Like Robin Hood's merry men?

 

[Brander]

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

 

[Agemegos]

“Sneak”.

 

[Shipyard Locked]

If you wanted to make a wilderness thief however, you could name it something like Highwayman or Bandit.

What I'm doing is using OSE for a mini-campaign. I want to stick to 4 classes but replace the thief with something that can cover the themes and functions of both the thief and/or the ranger depending on the player's choices.

 

[SJB]

Poacher
Rustler
Reiver
Latro
Guerrilla
Marauder

 

[Fenris-77]

Reiver is cool, but much like Marauder and other like terms it's got that I just burned your hut and stole your goats vibe.

 

[pawsplay]

Stalker. The word you are looking for is stalker.

 

[Kardinal Tabbe]

The themes of thieves and rangers? Criminality and outdoor-expertise?

That is a bandit.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

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[Shipyard Locked]

Stalker. The word you are looking for is stalker.

I feel that one has a little too much real-world baggage now. Of the wrong kind.

 

[pawsplay]

I feel that one has a little too much real-world baggage now. Of the wrong kind.

Or is it?

 

[apOweyn]

Trancers?! This is a job for Jack Deth!
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Perhaps embarrassingly, I’ve seen at least two entries in this franchise.

 

[sharps54]

Perhaps embarrassingly, I’ve seen at least two entries in this franchise.

Never be embarrassed of something you enjoy.

 

[Kage2020]

"Scout" or "Pathfinder" get my vote.

I will, however, suggest "Thranger" without a jot of seriousness.

 

[apOweyn]

Never be embarrassed of something you enjoy.

I’m not. Don’t worry. I grew up on a steady diet of horror, sci-fi, and kung fu. No apologies.

 

[Dammit Victor]

Pathfinder calls their "hybrid class" of Ranger and Rogue the Slayer. Hunter is good. Stalker?

 

[SJB]

Reiver is cool, but much like Marauder and other like terms it's got that I just burned your hut and stole your goats vibe.

Sadly real world thievery so often fails to live up to D&D.

We may need to fall back on neologism.

The thief/ranger is a:

Rafflesgorn

 

[AsenRG]

Ninja.

Seriously, guys, ninja are thieves, that was even historically acknowledged. There's a reason why I'm basically using the Thief-Acrobat and Thief* classes as "Ninja of the Way of the Scorpion" template in my Mythras Classic Fantasy game!

And they work fine, possibly with dual-classing for Wizard or Priest of Nemesis, no issues like representing a ninja in a D&D-derived class system.

*Depending on specialization, the Thief is more like an infiltrator ninja, the Thief-Acrobat is more of a "dirty hands" specialist.

 

[Voros]

I’m not. Don’t worry. I grew up on a steady diet of horror, sci-fi, and kung fu. No apologies.

The first Trancers is a cult classic and is even positively reviewed in the SF Encylopedia, which tends to be pretty rough on sf films. It's reputation over the years has only grown. The sequels on the other hand, I've been warned to stay away.

 

[sharps54]

The first Trancers is a cult classic and is even positively reviewed in the SF Encylopedia, which tends to be pretty rough on sf films. It's reputation over the years has only grown. The sequels on the other hand, I've been warned to stay away.

It does go down hill after the first but I have a soft spot for Tim Thomerson

 

[Raleel]

Recon

 

[Simon Hogwood]

Tomb Robber?

Obtainer of Rare Antiquities

I like where we eventually ended up with 'Outlaw', but if this ever comes up again may I offer, 'Raider'.

Reiver is cool, but much like Marauder and other like terms it's got that I just burned your hut and stole your goats vibe.

. . . shucks.

Sadly real world thievery so often fails to live up to D&D.

We may need to fall back on neologism.

The thief/ranger is a:

Rafflesgorn

That will be plus one for the references, but minus several million for pronouncability and aesthetics.

 

[Zimzerveran]

Recondo!

I hope he has a Swivel-arm Battle Grip power! Mustache is optional.

 

[philig]

From SJB's list [#51], I like Rustler. Though on second thought, one sense of rustling is diametrically opposed to "Moving Silently." So I'll go for Poacher.

 

[Vaslov]

Check out the Hyperborea class names on this page. Scout is what came to my mind.

 

[Edgewise]

Vagabond

 

[StubbornMule]

Vagabond

The 007 thread is further down the page...

 

[Zimzerveran]

I like Freebooter.

 

[Fenris-77]

I like Freebooter.

Only for the peg leg and parrot set.

 

[Simon Hogwood]

Only for the peg leg and parrot set.

I'm sorry, I can't hear you over me timbers shivering.

 

[Black Vulmea]

Sneaky Stabby Guy or Gal?

C’mon, the good ones were already taken!​

 

[Black Vulmea]

Only for the peg leg and parrot set.

You rang?

 

[Sharrow]

Murderhobo

 

[Korgoth]

Bush Bandit
Bush Ranger
Tree Trapper
Thicket Thief
Plant Pirate
Petunia Purloiner
Birch Burglar
Mulch Mugger
Woodland Waylayer
Shrub Swindler
Hardwood Harrier
Corpse Crook
Pulp Plunderer
Pine Prowler