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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 3265683" data-attributes="member: 307">I don't think he would be either, and I certainly don't think he would fit the 1e ranger well at all, since that class was radically different from anything available now. Most 1e rangers that I remember, in play, were basically plate amored, shield bearing, longsword-wielding, tanks (since the 1e rules gave you every mechanical incentive to play the class that way). They (and the paladin) were basically a fighter-plus class and little more. They weren't sneaky. They had no particular affinty for bows. They didn't befriend animals, and so on.Furthermore, Legolas is a really bad character to try to emulate. He is, at the time of the Fellowship, the Prince of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood, at least 5,000 years old, and pretty much good at everything (as were all Tolkienien elves). No 1e class would do a good job of emulating Legolas.On the other hand, we have references to tracking, hunting elves in LotR and the Silmarilion, so the concept of an elven ranger is not so outlandish that it should be rejected by the core rules.</blockquote>