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<blockquote data-quote="Skyscraper" data-source="post: 6757812" data-attributes="member: 48518"><p>Chalk me in as another player dissatisfied with the PHB ranger. My main gripe is the flavor: I would prefer a non-spellcasting ranger. I also think that the beast companion limitations are clonky and make little sense: the beast companion won't attack on most rounds. Weird.</p><p></p><p>The unearthed arcana alternate ranger brought the ranger into the realm of a shaman-type character. Not my thing either.</p><p></p><p>What I'm going to propose to my players in my upcoming campaign, is the following.</p><p></p><p>- The ranger now has <u>no spellcasting</u>.</p><p>- The ranger now benefits from the powers from <u>both the Hunter and Beast Master archetypes</u> as of level 3.</p><p>- The beast does not get the ranger's proficiency bonus to attacks, AC, damage, saves and skills until level 6; and only gets 1d4 + CON-mod HPs / ranger level after the third.</p><p>*edit* - the beast is allowed to act every round, and the ranger may order it with a free action to attack, defend, flee, et... */edit*</p><p>- Ranger deals addiotional damage to favored enemy equal to his proficiency bonus as of level 1</p><p>- unlimited Animal Frienship-type ability that can be used only out of combat, and allows a save to the animal</p><p>- cure with use of plants as of level 2 (similar to Cure Light Wounds in power, but scales a bit over the levels, starting with 1d8 + WIS-mod 1/day)</p><p>- neutralize poison with use of plants as of level 5 (similar to protection from poison, without however the ongoing protective effect; 1/day and scales to 3/day at level 15)</p><p>- a few other abilities over the levels, such as faster overland movement, passing without trace, speaking with plants, communing with nature</p><p></p><p>Any thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Skyscraper, post: 6757812, member: 48518"] Chalk me in as another player dissatisfied with the PHB ranger. My main gripe is the flavor: I would prefer a non-spellcasting ranger. I also think that the beast companion limitations are clonky and make little sense: the beast companion won't attack on most rounds. Weird. The unearthed arcana alternate ranger brought the ranger into the realm of a shaman-type character. Not my thing either. What I'm going to propose to my players in my upcoming campaign, is the following. - The ranger now has [U]no spellcasting[/U]. - The ranger now benefits from the powers from [U]both the Hunter and Beast Master archetypes[/U] as of level 3. - The beast does not get the ranger's proficiency bonus to attacks, AC, damage, saves and skills until level 6; and only gets 1d4 + CON-mod HPs / ranger level after the third. *edit* - the beast is allowed to act every round, and the ranger may order it with a free action to attack, defend, flee, et... */edit* - Ranger deals addiotional damage to favored enemy equal to his proficiency bonus as of level 1 - unlimited Animal Frienship-type ability that can be used only out of combat, and allows a save to the animal - cure with use of plants as of level 2 (similar to Cure Light Wounds in power, but scales a bit over the levels, starting with 1d8 + WIS-mod 1/day) - neutralize poison with use of plants as of level 5 (similar to protection from poison, without however the ongoing protective effect; 1/day and scales to 3/day at level 15) - a few other abilities over the levels, such as faster overland movement, passing without trace, speaking with plants, communing with nature Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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