D&D 5E The Dual Wielding Ranger: How Aragorn, Drizzt, and Dual-Wielding Led to the Ranger's Loss of Identity

[Paul Farquhar]

A quick survey of what most fictional rangers have in common:

1) Male
2) facial hair/stubble
3) Wear an earth tone wardrobe
4) Are on the side of good
5) have no fixed abode
6) like animals
7) like to work alone

 

[Mind of tempest]

A quick survey of what most fictional rangers have in common:

1) Male
2) facial hair/stubble
3) Wear an earth tone wardrobe
4) Are on the side of good
5) have no fixed abode
6) like animals
7) like to work alone

dude that is more or less the word hero in half of fantasy, we need a workable definition of ranger or there is no point in having it?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

dude that is more or less the word hero in half of fantasy, we need a workable definition of ranger or there is no point in having it?

Quite. There is no point in having it. "Ranger" is pretty much a synonym for "hero".

 

[Mind of tempest]

Quite. There is no point in having it. "Ranger" is pretty much a synonym for "hero".

and dnd can't have a hero class as it is technically an ensemble piece.
so what are the things we want that the ranger tries to do so we at least know what our desire is?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

and dnd can't have a hero class as it is technically an ensemble piece.
so what are the things we want that the ranger tries to do so we at least know what our desire is?

What would I do? Put all the "wilderness guy" fluff and ribbon in a background and axe the ranger class.

 

[Mind of tempest]

What would I do? Put all the "wilderness guy" fluff and ribbon in a background and axe the ranger class.

well, it might help to have a larger sample size but we have that at least.

 

[Minigiant]

A quick survey of what most fictional rangers have in common:

1) Male
2) facial hair/stubble
3) Wear an earth tone wardrobe
4) Are on the side of good
5) have no fixed abode
6) like animals
7) like to work alone

You forgot

• Can talk to animals
• Can talk to plants
• Can heal
• Can withstand extreme weather

 

[Paul Farquhar]

You forgot

• Can talk to animals
• Can talk to plants
• Can heal
• Can withstand extreme weather

No I didn't. I can't think of any fictional rangers who can do those things. The don't even come into the top 100. Even female rangers without beards are more common.

 

[Minigiant]

No I didn't. I can't think of any fictional rangers who can do those things. The don't even come into the top 100. Even female rangers without beards are more common.

Dar, Aragon, Rexxar...

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Dar, Aragon, Rexxar...

Aragorn can heal (because he is a king) but he can't speak to animals, speak to plants, or survive extreme temperatures.

Dar can speak to animals but he can't speak to plants or survive extreme temperatures.

In order to "have something in common" it requires more than one instance...

Who TF is Rexxar?!