Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 6766083" data-attributes="member: 29398">Because Bob's been spending his time learning how to do all sorts of other things (including, I suppose, spellcasting) while Fred's been doing nothing other than becoming badder-ass.&nbsp; Perhaps, but that's where bringing in new characters at a slightly lower level comes in handy: either keep what you've got and slog through the &quot;low&quot; bits (note: just like everyone else has to do during their low bits) or drop your Ranger and come back with something that's a level lower than the rest of the party.&nbsp; Except they're also in process of becoming good at other things.Take the 1e Ranger, a wonderful example of a character that morphed over time.&nbsp; At very low levels it was the party hit point sink and oftentimes a front-line tank; at mid levels it excelled at tracking and outdoorsy stealth, and at high levels it became a part-caster, part-second line warrior.&nbsp; But if you came in expecting to play a high-level Ranger as a front-line tank like you did at 1st level you'd probably be in for a nasty surprise.And I don't mind relative power levels varying between classes as time goes on; assuming that in the long run it all vaguely balances out.Lan-&quot;Rangers should be the most useful character in the party when outdoors and average at best when indoors&quot;-efan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 6766083, member: 29398"] Because Bob's been spending his time learning how to do all sorts of other things (including, I suppose, spellcasting) while Fred's been doing nothing other than becoming badder-ass. Perhaps, but that's where bringing in new characters at a slightly lower level comes in handy: either keep what you've got and slog through the "low" bits (note: just like everyone else has to do during their low bits) or drop your Ranger and come back with something that's a level lower than the rest of the party. Except they're also in process of becoming good at other things. Take the 1e Ranger, a wonderful example of a character that morphed over time. At very low levels it was the party hit point sink and oftentimes a front-line tank; at mid levels it excelled at tracking and outdoorsy stealth, and at high levels it became a part-caster, part-second line warrior. But if you came in expecting to play a high-level Ranger as a front-line tank like you did at 1st level you'd probably be in for a nasty surprise. And I don't mind relative power levels varying between classes as time goes on; assuming that in the long run it all vaguely balances out. Lan-"Rangers should be the most useful character in the party when outdoors and average at best when indoors"-efan [/QUOTE]

Verification