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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7292116" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>Aragorn doesn't heal wounds and diseases with a touch, but rather with knowledge of herbs and medicine, so Paladin doesn't model him well at all. As for Gimli, a person can be talked down through logic and/or a simple charisma check. No need for special abilities to account for Gimli's change of heart.</p><p></p><p>Dunedain are also superb trackers, have gifts that allow them to communicate and influence animals(wild empathy), were skilled at hiding(camouflage), knew the tricks of their enemies(favored enemy), and had great endurance(endurance). Woodland stride is also something that fits Aragorn well. Was the 3e Ranger perfect? No, but then it really wasn't a class that was purely about Aragorn, but rather a class that was inspired by him.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Aragorn didn't supernaturally inspire anyone. He just inspired with a supernaturally high charisma, as modeled by simple charisma checks, diplomacy checks, loyalty and reaction bonuses, etc. </p><p></p><p>He didn't rouse spirits with a word. He did raise morale on rare occasions with speeches and a high charisma, though. He also didn't so much warlordy stuff in combat at all. He did no micromanagement of his allies in the books.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7292116, member: 23751"] Aragorn doesn't heal wounds and diseases with a touch, but rather with knowledge of herbs and medicine, so Paladin doesn't model him well at all. As for Gimli, a person can be talked down through logic and/or a simple charisma check. No need for special abilities to account for Gimli's change of heart. Dunedain are also superb trackers, have gifts that allow them to communicate and influence animals(wild empathy), were skilled at hiding(camouflage), knew the tricks of their enemies(favored enemy), and had great endurance(endurance). Woodland stride is also something that fits Aragorn well. Was the 3e Ranger perfect? No, but then it really wasn't a class that was purely about Aragorn, but rather a class that was inspired by him. Aragorn didn't supernaturally inspire anyone. He just inspired with a supernaturally high charisma, as modeled by simple charisma checks, diplomacy checks, loyalty and reaction bonuses, etc. He didn't rouse spirits with a word. He did raise morale on rare occasions with speeches and a high charisma, though. He also didn't so much warlordy stuff in combat at all. He did no micromanagement of his allies in the books. [/QUOTE]
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