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Do druids and rangers make the wilderness too freindly?
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<blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 6035525" data-attributes="member: 2093"><p>I think the major problem is NOT that druids and rangers make the wilderness too friendly, as that WE mostly don't realize how UNfriendly the wilderness should be.</p><p></p><p>Getting lost in the woods, even woods that you know pretty well, isn't hard. I'll never forget when I was about 10, we went to the local state park. We'd been there Many Times, and my brothers and I ran around there all the time. That day, we went off the path in a new place. We got about 30' from the path, got turned around, and it took us nearly an hour to find our way back. We only did it because we ran into a creek, followed it to the river, and from there we were able to find the main trail. This was in a park that was less than 3 miles in any direction...</p><p></p><p>Had we met goblins, or even just a wild dog pack, we might never have made it back.</p><p></p><p>Getting lost, not finding enough food (or water, or bad food/water), getting caught in bad weather, running into very dangerous terrain, is all very easy. A ranger or druid, even at 1st level, can minimize SOME of that, but not all... IMC not having anyone with wilderness lore skills means you WILL get in trouble; having them just means you get skill checks; having someone with ranger or druid type skills just improves those checks a good bit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gilladian, post: 6035525, member: 2093"] I think the major problem is NOT that druids and rangers make the wilderness too friendly, as that WE mostly don't realize how UNfriendly the wilderness should be. Getting lost in the woods, even woods that you know pretty well, isn't hard. I'll never forget when I was about 10, we went to the local state park. We'd been there Many Times, and my brothers and I ran around there all the time. That day, we went off the path in a new place. We got about 30' from the path, got turned around, and it took us nearly an hour to find our way back. We only did it because we ran into a creek, followed it to the river, and from there we were able to find the main trail. This was in a park that was less than 3 miles in any direction... Had we met goblins, or even just a wild dog pack, we might never have made it back. Getting lost, not finding enough food (or water, or bad food/water), getting caught in bad weather, running into very dangerous terrain, is all very easy. A ranger or druid, even at 1st level, can minimize SOME of that, but not all... IMC not having anyone with wilderness lore skills means you WILL get in trouble; having them just means you get skill checks; having someone with ranger or druid type skills just improves those checks a good bit. [/QUOTE]
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