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I'm not gonna say that thinking Rangers shouldn't have spellcasting is wrong, even though having it is my personal preference! I understand that perspective and the argument for it, even though I disagree! That having been said, if Rangers having spellcasting is the norm (for the foreseeable...

I think something that'd help with dismantling Favoured Enemy for good, would be creating a spiritual successor to it in the form of a catalogue of spells intended for specific creature types (or more broadly, for creatures that have at least one of the iconic traits of particular creatures...

Ahhh. That makes more sense. Hunter's Prey is alriiight. I think it only ought to be a little bonus alongside their main ability, though. Those features are gonna look wanting before too long.

I would say, while there's nothing inherently wrong with this, it's not the right track for what I'm intending here. I'm shooting for a parallel to regular Divine Smite at the mid-game level, since Paladins get a parallel to Ranger's (usual) signature mechanic at the mid-game levels. I have...

It has occurred to me that while a distinction between a melee and a ranged variant is fun, it kinda over-complicates it unnecessarily. Having it be just one ability you can use when making a weapon attack, melee or ranged, creates less ambiguity. And if it knocks the target prone and reduces...

I would advocate for being able to perform the melee version unarmed. I've always thought it was lame that you can't Smite unarmed. Though, yes, the ranged version would require a ranged weapon obviously.

Oh, hey! That's nice to know, that I'm harkening back to a legacy feature without even intending to! It encourages me to see it through! I think I did consider scaling it off the Ranger's level once, but. Was concerned it could end up being far too much or far too little damage, depending. I...

So yeah, over the past couple years or so I've been tinkering with a homebrew levelling table for Ranger, because WOTC won't ever give me what I truly desire. Part of my intent with what I have, is creating some level of parity with Paladin. Not rendering them 1:1, but they do parallel eachother...

Lemme rephrase; I would advocate for Expertise alongside some specific nature-y abilities. Climbing and swimming, setting up ambushes in the canopy, communicating with the beasts etc. Let 'em have Expertise and abilities that reside outside of skill checks. Similar to what Revised Ranger had...

Yeeaah, probably not. I think it feasibly could, it just. Doesn't ever. I dunno, I don't think there's anything outright wrong with that sort of idea, but you are somewhat asking for straightforward full caster casting to be less ubiquitous and strong. Which, we can all dream, but! There's not...

I think the game is better when it accommodates choices like that rather than forcing anything! A choice isn't always necessary, but in that instance, one would've helped (it still would've been a lame feature but not as bad)! It's like with Hunter Ranger, the game doesn't force you to take...

That's what I was trying to say but couldn't quite put it concisely. So, thanks! Y'know I didn't even properly consider that. Yeah it is also theoretically lame to have to abide by the mechanical restrictions of spellcasting just to perform your class abilities. And also leave yourself...

You get what I mean. It's not hard to imagine a Ranger that just does not fit the flavour of that sort of effect. Or on the more extreme level, simply does not use or even carry a ranged option despite it being a good idea, nevermind using a spell that specifically requires one. Hell we're not...

My thing with (the various iterations of) Nature's Veil is, it's objectively better than Hide in Plain Sight, but it's still a can of worms unto itself. Invisibility without actually hiding is often like that. Gloomstalker's Umbral Sight is the same way. And also, this is even more of a me...

I do actually agree with this point in general, just the Conjure Barrage + Volley thing is a bad example where I hate it. Even if Conjure Barrage + Volley weren't spells and just things Rangers could do, I'd still be annoyed. I dislike Rangers being pushed into being exclusively bow and arrow...

The OCFs in general were a let-down for me. Primal Awareness was another sticking point, just something about expressing Ranger's connection to nature solely through spells irked me. I just feel like if anything should be innate, it should be that. Just from what I've seen, that seems to be a...

Exactly, they were close with Tasha's Favoured Foe. But they were still too safe with it! Can do it as a part of your attack and it gets better at nice levels, but. Still concentration, still single target, a reduced base damage die from Hunter's Mark even! And then as you say, even if you...

I tend to conceptualize Ranger as ideally being a mechanical and thematic counterpoint to Paladin. For example, where Paladin's signature is doing a big nova attack, Rangers act more as a rolling snowball with their damage, defined by a sense of momentum over the course of a fight. So ideally...

What, give 'em something like the Hunter's features at the baseline?

Ahhh, okay. That'd explain it. Don't generally watch those. Prefer reading the released material myself. Quite possibly! Either way, it's just lame to me. I still think Ranger should be mechanically on par with Paladin (if nothing else), and until it is, it'll always be a little underwhelming.