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I see it mode as rangers know the fears, loves, sore spots, and curses of the favored enemy. So if the party is using advanced...

A lot of them are magical too (Aragorn and Drizzt specifically), moreover as Cream alluded to most of the non-magical archetypes come...

There's not much of a lack. Most high level rangers just exist in video games, anime/manga, and sci fi. It's just that D&D discussions...

Jests aside, yeah that's basically what I would've said there. In terms of the "changing your Favoured Enemy" prospect in general...

You can do that, but personally I think the literal point of having character classes is to evoke archetypes, so I want to lean into...

i think claiming the ranger is a wilderness expert is actually a significant factor in what muddies the waters on what they are, i'd...

I disagree with this. I think spells are a core part of the Ranger design concept and not a result of the features they are trying to...

But, Celebrim, talking is also a railroading technique. Calling something a "railroading technique" suggests that's its primary use...

because just because you can't always be directly driving towards your own character's personal backstory hooks doesn't mean they...

It's not actually a Ranger thing per se, though it was obviously meant for Rangers, but 3.5's Horizon Walker was peak for this sort of...

Moving the goal posts a bit there, I would say. There's only so many justifications you can pull. Regardless, the proposed example is...

And worse, you're being forced to make a choice at the start of the adventuring day when you might have zero information about what...

You can, but then you're foregoing being more obviously mechanically useful in the name of staying true to your roleplaying, which isn't...

You can always choose to not change your Favored Enemy to stay true to that specific mechanical expression of your background. Or you...

i've probably already said this in this thread but given it's inclination to disappear and resurface every couple of weeks it's probably...