Hash Slinger (Apath)
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A hash slinger takes the rangers focus on specific opponents to the cooking pot. Learning how to create filling means out of more and more creatures as he advances in experience, the hash slinger can coax these creature's magic out to benefit those who eat the meals he prepares.
Class Features
The hash slinger has all the standard ranger class features, except as noted below.
Forager (Ex)
A hash slinger adds his class level to Survival when foraging for food and water, and can move at full speed while doing so. If moving at half speed, double the number of people he forages for. This food must then be prepared using field cooking.
Field Cooking (Ex)
By spending one hour preparing food, a hash slinger can remove any toxicity, infection, infestation, or disease and make the food healthy to eat. This includes making it nutritionally balanced and avoiding deficiency disorders. If the food was dangerously poisonous or diseased, the hash slinger can make a Survival check against the saving throw DC of the poison or disease to render it completely harmless.
| Creature Type | Bloodline |
| Aberration | Aberrant |
| Animal | Animal |
| Dragon* | Draconic |
| Fey* | Fey |
| Humanoid, giant or orc* | Orc |
| Humanoid, human* | Imperious |
| Humanoid, kobold* | Kobold |
| Humanoid, reptilian* | Serpentine |
| Humanoid, other* | Maestro |
| Magical beast | Destined |
| Monstrous Humanoid* | Accursed |
| Ooze | Ooze |
| Plant Creatures | Verdant |
| Undead | Undead |
| Vermin* | Decomposition |
Magic Cooking
When a hash slinger cooks a creature that is a favored enemy, he can utilize the creatures magical nature to imbue to food with magical effects that benefit those who eat it. The carcass must be provided using field cooking, and the benefits of the meal last for 1 hour per level of the hash slinger, counting from when the meal is ready to eat. The general method is that the hash slinger prepares a meal in the morning and his group eats it just before beginning the day's activities. A creature can only benefit from one instance of arcane cooking; a new meal of arcane cooking negates any benefit from earlier meals.
A medium creature provides 25 lbs. of edible meat and a medium creature needs 1 lbs. of meat per day; each size class up and down doubles or halves these figures. It is an evil act to knowingly eat a creature with an Intelligence of 3 or higher. Creature types marked with an * in Table: Creature Type to Cooking Bloodline are often or always intelligent, and should be avoided by non-evil hash slingers.
The benefits gained depend on the hash slinger's level and the creature's type. Eaters gain the benefits of the bloodline powers of a sorcerer bloodline dependent upon the creature type. Which creature types confer which bloodline powers can be read on Table: Creature Type to Cooking Bloodline. At level 4, eaters gain the benefit of the level 1 bloodline power. At level 7, eaters get the benefit of the level 3 bloodline power. At level 11, eaters get the benefit of the level 9 bloodline power. At level 13, eaters gain the benefit of the Heroe's Feast spell. Benefits accrue; eating the magic cooking of a 13th level hash slinger confers all the benefits at once. All level-dependent benefits are based on the hash slinger's level.
Table: Canny Ranger
| Level | Base Attack Bonus | Fort Save | Ref Save | Will Save | Special |
| 1st | +1 | +2 | +2 | +0 | 1st favored enemy, canny defense, track, wild empathy |
| 2nd | +2 | +3 | +3 | +0 | Combat style feat |
| 3rd | +3 | +3 | +3 | +1 | Endurance, 1st favored terrain |
| 4th | +4 | +4 | +4 | +1 | Fast movement, hunter's bond |
| 5th | +5 | +4 | +4 | +1 | 2nd favored enemy |
| 6th | +6/+1 | +5 | +5 | +2 | Combat style feat |
| 7th | +7/+2 | +5 | +5 | +2 | Woodland stride, uncanny dodge |
| 8th | +8/+3 | +6 | +6 | +2 | Swift tracker, 2nd favored terrain |
| 9th | +9/+4 | +6 | +6 | +3 | Evasion |
| 10th | +10/+5 | +7 | +7 | +3 | 3rd favored enemy, combat style feat, lofty stride |
| 11th | +11/+6/+1 | +7 | +7 | +3 | Quarry |
| 12th | +12/+7/+2 | +8 | +8 | +4 | Camouflage |
| 13th | +13/+8/+3 | +8 | +8 | +4 | 3rd favored terrain, improved uncanny dodge |
| 14th | +14/+9/+4 | +9 | +9 | +4 | Combat style feat |
| 15th | +15/+10/+5 | +9 | +9 | +5 | 4th favored enemy |
| 16th | +16/+11/+6/+1 | +10 | +10 | +5 | Improved evasion |
| 17th | +17/+12/+7/+2 | +10 | +10 | +5 | Hide in plain sight |
| 18th | +18/+13/+8/+3 | +11 | +11 | +6 | 4th favored terrain, combat style feat |
| 19th | +19/+14/+9/+4 | +11 | +11 | +6 | Improved quarry |
| 20th | +20/+15/+10/+5 | +12 | +12 | +6 | 5th favored enemy, master hunter |
Summary of Lost Class Abilities
These abilities of the original class are lost or modified in this archetype:
- Class skills
- Weapon and Armor Proficiency
- Spells