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Nature's guardian ranger archetype: typo or incredibly op?
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<blockquote data-quote="Salicus" data-source="post: 8246306" data-attributes="member: 7024834"><p>Since I just saw it now and may be a bit too late. I have a Natures Guardian Ranger in my game as well and yes having (in our case) a direwolf is pretty much OP in the beginning. BUT it falls off rather quickly because it doesnt get that much strength as the PCs do. My Ranger invested in some barding in Seaquen but still it falls rather quickly. I had to adjust a lot in the beginning of the campaign(book 1 and 2) but later it becomes easier because it is just not as strong.</p><p> Another thing that I think was hard to adjust to, was stuff like keen senses. Since direwolf get advantage on hearing and smelling things it got a little annoying for me at least to have someone like that in the party.</p><p>About the resummon thing though: You should not forget, that find familiar is a rather costly spell to use in the beginning. Since you need stuff worth at least 10gp. And maybe its hard to find all the ingredients. My PC Ranger was able to buy enough for one resummon in the beginning of the campaign and I gave him one for free. Still he had to go a big portion of the Fire Forest without his direwolf because he uses him very offensively all the time. </p><p></p><p>That said we also adjusted the size a bit so it doesnt take too much space everywhere. Most innkeepers still dont want the direwolf inside.</p><p>About the Giant Eagle, yes it could be annoying to have him fly. But if you talk to the Player, I am sure he will not abuse it. </p><p>My group had feather tokens after the fire forest and said, that they could just use them to get to seaquen quickly. I told them, that while they were correct, it might take some fun out of the experience of traveling through dassen and so they did not do it. In the end the players want to have fun and experience adventures. Don't know if your players would behave like that though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salicus, post: 8246306, member: 7024834"] Since I just saw it now and may be a bit too late. I have a Natures Guardian Ranger in my game as well and yes having (in our case) a direwolf is pretty much OP in the beginning. BUT it falls off rather quickly because it doesnt get that much strength as the PCs do. My Ranger invested in some barding in Seaquen but still it falls rather quickly. I had to adjust a lot in the beginning of the campaign(book 1 and 2) but later it becomes easier because it is just not as strong. Another thing that I think was hard to adjust to, was stuff like keen senses. Since direwolf get advantage on hearing and smelling things it got a little annoying for me at least to have someone like that in the party. About the resummon thing though: You should not forget, that find familiar is a rather costly spell to use in the beginning. Since you need stuff worth at least 10gp. And maybe its hard to find all the ingredients. My PC Ranger was able to buy enough for one resummon in the beginning of the campaign and I gave him one for free. Still he had to go a big portion of the Fire Forest without his direwolf because he uses him very offensively all the time. That said we also adjusted the size a bit so it doesnt take too much space everywhere. Most innkeepers still dont want the direwolf inside. About the Giant Eagle, yes it could be annoying to have him fly. But if you talk to the Player, I am sure he will not abuse it. My group had feather tokens after the fire forest and said, that they could just use them to get to seaquen quickly. I told them, that while they were correct, it might take some fun out of the experience of traveling through dassen and so they did not do it. In the end the players want to have fun and experience adventures. Don't know if your players would behave like that though. [/QUOTE]
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