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ConcreteBuddha
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I like this a lot. One suggestion, however:
Maybe the types of information gained can be staggered depending on the amount of ranks the character has in wilderness lore.
Example:
With 5 ranks in Wilderness Lore and the Track feat, the tracker can use this ability: Common to a known terrain type +1 Type, direction of travel.
With 7 ranks in Wilderness Lore and the Track feat, the tracker can use this ability: Common to a known terrain type +2 Above, plus number and pace.
Etc...
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This means that an inexperienced tracker will not randomly have bursts of insight when he rolls really well on his wilderness lore check.
Maybe the types of information gained can be staggered depending on the amount of ranks the character has in wilderness lore.
Example:
With 5 ranks in Wilderness Lore and the Track feat, the tracker can use this ability: Common to a known terrain type +1 Type, direction of travel.
With 7 ranks in Wilderness Lore and the Track feat, the tracker can use this ability: Common to a known terrain type +2 Above, plus number and pace.
Etc...
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.
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This means that an inexperienced tracker will not randomly have bursts of insight when he rolls really well on his wilderness lore check.
Khorod
First Post
And maybe determining whether a creature is common, rare, or unknown would depend on a Knowledge[nature] roll when in doubt.
The DM determines that given the PC's background, recognizing the Flying Squirrel tracks is DC 18. If the check is made, the ranger can treat the creature as common (and this should probably be noted somewhere). If he fails the check, its rare. If he rolls a 1, its unknown.
This looks pretty good. Could a ranger determine how long ago a creature passed without learning the number? For example, Faragorn comes across a muddy road recently passed over by gobblers. Bending over the first clear track he comes across, he examines the track and determines it is 8 hours old.
He then stands up and looks around, determining that there were 12 gobblers in the band. This means instead of a DC +3 check, he would have (I guess) a DC +1 and a DC +2, respectively?
The DM determines that given the PC's background, recognizing the Flying Squirrel tracks is DC 18. If the check is made, the ranger can treat the creature as common (and this should probably be noted somewhere). If he fails the check, its rare. If he rolls a 1, its unknown.
This looks pretty good. Could a ranger determine how long ago a creature passed without learning the number? For example, Faragorn comes across a muddy road recently passed over by gobblers. Bending over the first clear track he comes across, he examines the track and determines it is 8 hours old.
He then stands up and looks around, determining that there were 12 gobblers in the band. This means instead of a DC +3 check, he would have (I guess) a DC +1 and a DC +2, respectively?
Khorod
First Post
By Knowledge[nature] check, I meant a roll to indicate if the ranger's study of nature had caused him to learn about a creature. Sure, the ranger can figure out what Orcs are. Mine was more a point of 'does Aramir recognize the Bellentian Firecat of the Great Eastern Forest 300 miles away'. He might have come into contact with one, or spoken to another ranger about it, or something.
I mean, how can the DM arbitrarily decide a Ranger has never seen something before? The ranger is bound to know of some things, unless all his wilderness experience since the time of his apprenticeship is catalogued day by day.
This is the sort of question that has me seriously considering some sort of Ranging Lore like Bardic Knowledge.
I mean, how can the DM arbitrarily decide a Ranger has never seen something before? The ranger is bound to know of some things, unless all his wilderness experience since the time of his apprenticeship is catalogued day by day.
This is the sort of question that has me seriously considering some sort of Ranging Lore like Bardic Knowledge.
