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<blockquote data-quote="Redthistle" data-source="post: 6949705" data-attributes="member: 6778305"><p>I think it comes from the development of the ranger class in early editions of the game. The Vancian mechanic of needing spell components was built in to ranger spell casting. What follows is my brainstorming on possible reasons.</p><p></p><p>Some things to consider:</p><p></p><p>1) Where most other spell casters have some external source for learning spells [granted by a deity (cleric), learned from mentors, colleagues, and/or nature spirits (druid), taught by a mentor or learned from a spell book or scroll or the like (wizard), bartered for from a patron (warlock), or innately gifted through some ancestral connection (sorcerer)], a ranger is more of a self-taught caster.</p><p></p><p>2) The class does not use a spell focus, but depends on the material components where such are required.</p><p></p><p>3) The self-sufficiency of rangers will tend to keep most of them away from other spell casting types, with druids being the class they might encounter most often, so most of the spells they witness being cast will likely be druidic.</p><p></p><p>4) Seeing that the same spell can be cast by other classes, sometimes using components, but also using different kinds of spell foci would open up the notion that there's more than one means to power a spell.</p><p></p><p>5) Rangers' independent attitudes could lead to puzzling out on their own a personal way of casting a spell, since they're used to doing things their own way. It's like, if they spotted someone riding a bicycle and wanted one of their own, they'd figure out a way to design and build one using materials they were already familiar with.</p><p></p><p>Those are my musings, for what they're worth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Redthistle, post: 6949705, member: 6778305"] I think it comes from the development of the ranger class in early editions of the game. The Vancian mechanic of needing spell components was built in to ranger spell casting. What follows is my brainstorming on possible reasons. Some things to consider: 1) Where most other spell casters have some external source for learning spells [granted by a deity (cleric), learned from mentors, colleagues, and/or nature spirits (druid), taught by a mentor or learned from a spell book or scroll or the like (wizard), bartered for from a patron (warlock), or innately gifted through some ancestral connection (sorcerer)], a ranger is more of a self-taught caster. 2) The class does not use a spell focus, but depends on the material components where such are required. 3) The self-sufficiency of rangers will tend to keep most of them away from other spell casting types, with druids being the class they might encounter most often, so most of the spells they witness being cast will likely be druidic. 4) Seeing that the same spell can be cast by other classes, sometimes using components, but also using different kinds of spell foci would open up the notion that there's more than one means to power a spell. 5) Rangers' independent attitudes could lead to puzzling out on their own a personal way of casting a spell, since they're used to doing things their own way. It's like, if they spotted someone riding a bicycle and wanted one of their own, they'd figure out a way to design and build one using materials they were already familiar with. Those are my musings, for what they're worth. [/QUOTE]
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