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<blockquote data-quote="tylermalan" data-source="post: 5813476" data-attributes="member: 30929">My initial drive behind starting this thread was twofold - first, I wanted to find out if there was a RAW way to handle the situation and second, failing that, to determine if there is a way that people think it should be played based upon various factors.It is no secret that Pathfinder PCs are, by-and-large, significantly more powerful than their 3.5E counterparts.&nbsp; As I saw it, there was (is) no RAW reason to give this ability to the Ranger.&nbsp; The rules don't say that he automatically identifies creatures.&nbsp; As pointed out by Frank earlier, knowing the creature's type is powerful information.At the same time, from a realistic standpoint, it doesn't seem like this would make sense.&nbsp; A magical beast has its heart in its leg.&nbsp; Attacking it there will do extra damage.&nbsp; But if you're fighting something that you THINK is a magical beast and attack it in its leg, and then it turns out that this is NOT a magical beast but is instead a creature with extra natural armor on its leg, it would actually be WORSE for you.&nbsp; Hitting the creature in the leg would be detrimental to your goal (of killing it) because it is actually more resilient in the legs than magical beasts.But if you always automatically know whether or not every single creature you see is a magical beast, this doesn't matter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tylermalan, post: 5813476, member: 30929"] My initial drive behind starting this thread was twofold - first, I wanted to find out if there was a RAW way to handle the situation and second, failing that, to determine if there is a way that people think it should be played based upon various factors. It is no secret that Pathfinder PCs are, by-and-large, significantly more powerful than their 3.5E counterparts. As I saw it, there was (is) no RAW reason to give this ability to the Ranger. The rules don't say that he automatically identifies creatures. As pointed out by Frank earlier, knowing the creature's type is powerful information. At the same time, from a realistic standpoint, it doesn't seem like this would make sense. A magical beast has its heart in its leg. Attacking it there will do extra damage. But if you're fighting something that you THINK is a magical beast and attack it in its leg, and then it turns out that this is NOT a magical beast but is instead a creature with extra natural armor on its leg, it would actually be WORSE for you. Hitting the creature in the leg would be detrimental to your goal (of killing it) because it is actually more resilient in the legs than magical beasts. But if you always automatically know whether or not every single creature you see is a magical beast, this doesn't matter. [/QUOTE]

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