Brings Unearthed Arcana's Winter Walker subclass for Rangers to Baldur's Gate 3. Embody the coldest regions of Faerûn by hunting your enemies with bone-chilling resolve.
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You thought I was done with Cold-themed subclasses? Think again. This one is an implementation of one of the latest Unearthed Arcana's Winter Walker, which introduces a hitherto unexplored Ranger archetype that was desperately needed in my humble opinion—because I simply can't get enough of Cold-themed characters. I hope you enjoy it!
At 3rd level, you have Resistance to Cold damage. Additionally, when you hit a creature with a weapon, you can deal an extra 1d4 Cold damage to the target, which can take this extra damage only once per turn. This extra damage ignores Resistance to Cold damage.
When you reach Ranger level 11, this extra damage increases to 1d6.
NOTES Simple and to the point. Note that you can only deal the extra Cold damage once per round per creature, so make sure you spread out your damage if you want to capitalize on the damage-dealing capabilities once you gain extra attacks!
Also at 3rd level, ice rimes you and your prey, protecting you and slowing them. When you cast Hunter’s Mark, you gain temporary hit points equal to 1d10 plus your Ranger level.
Additionally, while a creature is marked by your Hunter’s Mark, it can't take the Disengage action.
NOTES Also simple and to the point. Note that you don't automatically learn Hunter's Mark with this class, so make sure you pick it upon level-up or you'll miss out on quite a few bonuses.
At 7th level, your experience surviving harrowing environments allows you to bolster your allies in addition to yourself. When you finish a Short Rest, you can choose a number of creatures you can see equal to your Wisdom Modifier. A chosen creature regains hit points equal to 1d10 plus your Ranger level and has Advantage on Saving Throws to avoid or end the Frightened condition until Long Rest.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest.
NOTES Unlocks a temporary spell whenever you finish a Short Rest. If you use this spell, it won't be available the next time you perform a Short Rest unless you've Long Rested beforehand.
At 11th level, when a creature hits you with an attack, you can take a Reaction to force the creature to make a Wisdom Saving Throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, the target has the Frightened condition until the end of your next turn.
You can use this Reaction a number of times equal to your Wisdom Modifier, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.
NOTES Nothing too complicated here either. The range of this should be restricted at all, so as long as you're hit by an attack, regardless of how far away the target is, the interrupt should trigger.
At 15th level, when you cast Hunter's Mark, you can adopt a ghostly, snowy form. This form lasts until the spell ends, and while you are in this form, you gain the following benefits:
Frozen Soul.You have Immunity to Cold damage. When you first adopt this form and at the start of each of your subsequent turns, each enemy in a 5m radius takes 2d4 Cold damage. This damage ignores Resistance to Cold damage.
Partially Incorporeal. You have Immunity to the Grappled, Prone, and Restrained conditions.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest unless you expend a level 4th-level or 5th-level spell slot.
NOTES *Requires a mod that allows levelling past level 12.* Your capstone ability. The damage bonus isn't significant for such a high-level feature, so I took the liberty of adding the "ignores Resistance" part from your level 3 feature to buff it just ever-so-slightly. Worth noting is that it lasts until your Hunter's Mark ends, i.e. either when you kill your mark or if your concentration is broken. The latter occurred literally the same turn as I cast it when I tested it out at one point, which was a real bummer since it's only usable once unless you use a spell slot to use it again. Can't win 'em all.
POTENTIAL ISSUES/DISCLAIMERS
• Can't come up with any right now, but I'll add them here in case anything pops up.
1. Start BG3 Mod Manager and press the "Open Mods Folder" button on the top bar, or press Windows + R and type %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\Mods\. 2. Open "WinterWalker.zip" and place "WinterWalker.pak" in the Mods folder. 3. Refresh the mod list in BG3 Mod Manager by pressing F5, and move the mod from inactive mods to active mods in the mod manager window. If you encounter any issues, try placing it further down in the load order. Make sure you use the "Public" profile. 4. Click "Save Load Order to File" in the top bar and launch the game.
