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It didn't exist back then. WOTC wanted to copy the popular 4E Hunter's Quarry for 5e. However they didn't think the old school DMs they were courting would be okay with a jumping target reticle that continues even when line of sight is broken for tracking not being a spell. I mean all the...

Because the original target audience for 5V were guarding arts would not allow an ability like hunters Mark 2 not be a magical effect. And blatant magical effects in 2014 were spells. If you asked an old school DM that if a ranger mark their target, is it a spell or natural skill, they would...

Light Weapons Light Armor Warrior Sneaky Skirmisher with Magic Tricks Beastmaster Warrior Warrior with a Pack of Utility Beasts Elemental Magic Warrior Primal Magic Warrior Traps and Survival tool Survivalist Exotic Enemy Focused Aka I sneak then shoot 3 arrows I create 2 wooden arrows and...

I kinda wish there a critical hit effect for every damage type to make damage type matter without warping difficulty.

Really wished that there were a weapon properly that let you switch from slashing and piercing. Because slightly more damage and damage versatility is the longswords thing over rapiers and scimitars.

Really the biggest issue is that D&D spellcasting is a "go hard or it's a Waste" system. You can't really dabble in spell slots as you get magic way too late and slow for anything. Same with Animal Companions. That's why the 2014 Beastmaster sucked. Subclassing it isn't enough. So you have to...

Were saying the same thing. The Ranger is a set of six different common class concepts. Either you choose one of them as THE ranger and make the other 5 classes other classes. Or you let the ranger choose which path.

It is if you want designing a D&D for everybody. If you want a specific feel of fantasy game then you don't have to offer so many options.

Yah really, If Rangers had their own internal feat system like Invocations, people could tail the Ranger to the setting. But due the wide range of types and power, a Major Focus Minor Focus might be best. Like you could Major in Weapons and Minor in Plant Magic or Major in Animal Companion...

The issue is the magic heavy ranger, skills heavy ranger, weapons heavy ranger, equipment heavy ranger, and attribute heavy ranger have different bases before subclass. You'd probably have to do something like the 2014 warlock where you make 2 choices. Though it would make ranger the most...

Some players. That's the rub. Out of all classes the ranger is most tied to the setting. The ranger is a tied to the wilderness of the setting and the Monsters and Inhabitants of that wilderness. And each setting and table are different If you're setting is very magical, your Rangers are...

A lot of Bastion Facilities seem to just be ways to separate and create Craft, Empower, Recruit, etc order. Just to inflate the number of bastions. A Smithy could create Uncommon Armaments at level 9, grant Mastery at level 13, and Rare Armaments at level 17. Some Bastions Facilities can stay...

To me the handing treasure feed into the Bastion helps get DM affect Bastions without taking agency. Also the Bastion Event table is too friendly.

Been thinking about Bastions lately and I've came up with a couple thoughts. 1) Bastion Turn should be able to be speed up with gold. Basically, a PC can invoke 1 Bastion Turn by spending a gold amount associated to their level. One issue people state is that many campaigns are too short to...

There are 2 sides of Martial and 2 sides of Spellcaster. Ranger touches Warrior, Expert, Mage, and Priest. Everyone has a different preference of proportions.

And I've always been a fan of the exploration, tracking, stealth, and perception side of ranger. That seems to be a divide in the whole community: Fightery, Roguery, Druidy, or uniquely Rangery.

That's the issue. The Ranger spell list is just stuff most DMs won't allow without blatant supernatural magic or put extreme restrictions if allowed. Like traps and nets. Mundane traps and nets are butt in most games. Magic ones scale with magic power and rarity.

Opposite. My experience with the 2014 Ranger was the contribution more on the skill and magic side. More with the 2024 one. The time out DM allowed A5e classes and the ranger was chosen, it was all martial.

The point is it's really only Trained Accuracy and Subclass that a Fighter misses out on. Perhaps it was my experience. I played at a D&D 2014 table with an A5E ranger and the ranger didn't feel impactful uniquely in anyway a A5E fighter wouldn't have access to since I had the book and knew.

Mine is similar A Skill Hunter and Survivalist who thrives in civilization, the wilderness, and the borderlands between. Again going at it backwards. The Ranger does not require casting spells. Most of the things a Ranger requires are only available as magic spells or magic item in D&D...