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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LazerPointer" data-source="post: 2090193" data-attributes="member: 16131">I'm thinking of making all classes more powerful.  Bad Idea?  I think it'll work fine if I can balance them well.  All this tinkering stems from wanting to give the rage ability to dwarves, but make it be a rage that can rarely be invoked.  I just sat down and wrote out a new Ranger, so I thought I'd put it to ENworld.To compare, here's what I've come up with for the Barbarian:(edit:  this will be changed, but I'll leave this here so you can see where the criticism came from)Barbarians lose Rage, Improved Uncanny Dodge, and all Trap Sense.  HD d10, gain Track and EWP or Weapon Specialization (no pre-req needed) depending on tribe's traditional weapons.  Also gain bonus fighter feat at levels 3, 5, and 7.Ranger of the Spear, Bow, or Sword path  Ditched:  wild empathy, Animal Companion, and All SpellsLvl 1:  Favored Enemy, Track              Lvl 2:  WF: Longspear, Pt. Blank Shot, or Combat ExpertiseLvl 3:  WF: Shortspear, Far Shot, or Two Weapon DefenseLvl 4:  Endurance                Lvl 5:  2nd Favored Enemy            Lvl 6:  a Modified Woodland Stride*  -ranger speed only half-impeded by undergrowth, thorns still hurt, gets to add half ranger level to Move Silently checks in full forest.Lvl  7:  Point Blank Shot, Quick Draw, or Blind Fight;Lvl  8:  Swift TrackLvl  9:  EvasionLvl 10:  3rd Favored EnemyLvl 11:  (nothing)Lvl 12:  Combat Reflexes, Arrow Awareness, or Cleave.  (if They already have Cleave, gain Great Cleave, Instead.)Lvl 13:  (nothing)Lvl 14:  Gain all Ranger abilities in a well-fitted suit of Med armor.  Still lose them with heavy armors or loads.Lvl 15:  4th Favored EnemyLvl 16:  (nothing)Lvl 17:  Weapon Specialization in chosen pathLvl 18:  (nothing)Lvl 19:  (nothing)Lvl 20:  5th Favored Enemy1st Q:  Is this something you'd like to play?2nd Q:  Is retooling all classes to be more powerful a bad idea?Thanks for feedback!</blockquote>

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