The Cowboy

“When we think of a protector of the natural world against those that mistreat it or wish to harm it, when we think of gaining magic through the connection with nature itself, when we think of unlocking the secrets that allow one to not only survive but thrive far from civilization, we rarely think of the cowboy, but those that belong to this often ignored conclave are rangers just as prodigious as any other.

“Cowboy rangers did not follow the traditional creation of conclaves, but rather, ranger magic found them. Cowboys protected their ranches and their cattle, respected the land and learned its secrets so they could survive on it, they bonded with their animal companions, and that was enough for the first traces of ranger magic to manifest in these newborn rangers. Years of refinement, perfecting, and teaching, have made of this emerging ranger way a true conclave, complete with masters, disciples, and traditions and lessons to follow.

“Those that foolishly believe cowboys to lack the mysticism of other rangers fail to look at them with eyes unclouded by preconceived notions of what a ranger can be. Cowboys hear the whispers of the plains and speak back, they feel the primal emotions that govern the actions of the cattle they tend to, and they know of the deep unknowable magic that watches expectantly, waiting just at the edge of the light of the campfire.”

Cowboy Magic

Starting at 3rd level, you learn an additional spell when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown in the Cowboy Spells table. The spell counts as a ranger spell for you, but it doesn't count against the number of ranger spells you know.

Level	Spell
3rd	Animal Friendship
5th	Find Steed
9th	Haste
13th	Dominate Beast
17th	Hold Monster

Cowboy Marksmanship

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with firearms. Additionally, you also gain proficiency with tinker’s tools, allowing you to craft ammo for any firearm for half the price it costs to buy it. Crafting a set of 10 rounds of ammo takes 1 hour.

Beast Whisperer

Also at 3rd level, your expertise and know-how of dealing with animals allows you to create a supernatural bond with any beast. As an action, you can attempt to befriend a beast that can see and hear you and is within 30 feet of you. You must make a Wisdom (Survival) check. The DC for this check equals the 10 + CR of the beast, rounding up. If the check is successful, the beast is friendly to you, trusts you, and will heed some of your commands within reason. The beast won’t attack your enemies and it won’t engage in any action that will lead to its certain death. The beast will, among other things, bring you an object out of your reach, carry a message to someone it could reasonably find, indicate the way of a location it knows, scout ahead, or, if its biology permits it, carry you and be used as a mount. If you choose to do so, it gains +10 feet to its speed when you mount it. Willingly harming the beast will make it stop seeing you as a friend, at which point it might turn hostile depending on the nature of the beast in question, at the GM’s discretion. The beast will not leave the general location where it lives for more than 100 feet, as in, befriending an elk that lives in a particular forest means the elk won’t follow you anymore once you are 100 feet away from the forest it lives in.

Hot Hand

At 7th level, your expertise over firearms grows, making you an even more prodigious marksman. You can reload a firearm as a bonus action instead of an action, and the range of all firearms is increased by 10 feet for you.

Magical Bull's Eye

At 11th level, you gain the ability to infuse your bullets with your own magic, allowing you to perform a shot so precise it supernaturally tracks its target. As a bonus action, you can spend one of your spell slots to empower the next ranged weapon attack you make with a firearm. When you do so, this attack gains a bonus to its attack roll equal to the level of the spell slot used, ignores any bonuses from half-cover, and is not made at disadvantage when firing at long range or against an enemy within 5 feet of you.

Arcane Quick Draw

At 15th level, spellcasting and shooting have become so natural to you that you are able to weave one and the other seamlessly. When you make a ranged weapon attack using a firearm against one creature, you can cast a spell that targets the same creature the weapon attack targeted in the same action. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your wisdom modifier. You regain all uses of this ability after finishing a long rest.