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The Rangers and Marshals of the Old West were more like D&D Rangers thans Davey Crockett. Crockett is a woodsman, not at all involved in...

In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Aragorn along with Legolas and Gimli traveled the Paths of the Dead in order to...

I disagree. Elf magic is intuitive, not intellectual. The distinction between magic as magic and magic as science is important...

I agree Currently Survival skills is this: Follow tracks, forage, find a trail, or avoid natural hazards. or The DM might ask you to...

5e should have kept 4e's Primal Magic because the magic of the Druid and the Ranger still deals with spirits, the fey, and the elements...

I like that a lot. I wonder if you could give the Ranger a gnarly “paint the target” spell that could scale well. Like shining smite...

Few people are okay with Hunter's Mark being a central aspect of the Ranger. Hunter's Mark is just likely the only Rangery thing that...

Sigh…same

I will! But . . . don't hold your breath. My neighbors all have multiple landscaping projects left started but never completed . . . I...

@Minigiant Lets pivot to a more fruitful discussion wrt The Ranger. Role in the party, and adversarial challenges that speak to that...

So, the Ranger’s tropes are magical. Glad we agree on that at least. Anyway, slightly more descriptive text in the rules for skills...

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Yup. I like the journey rules, but they are NOT well laid out. I'm working on a "cheat sheet" for my game on this and other LotR5E...

This is the Free League version. I think the classes are pretty well done. Actually, I think the whole system is pretty well done, but...

I finally got around to playing The Lord of the Rings 5E last night. My regular D&D group is playing the sample adventure, "The Star of...