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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maidhc O Casain" data-source="post: 5280089" data-attributes="member: 29558">It's a balancing act for sure. And you get two types of players - those that don't mind a little metagame knowledge to inform their choices, and those that flat out don't want to know. Those that don't want to know usually (in my experience) aren't the types to complain when their choices go awry.I've been a subscriber to the APs since Legacy of Fire. In the Player's Guide for Legacy of Fire the author's didn't make specific recommendations for Rangers' favored enemies. But that was also the last Players Guide that was also a beefy regional guide, and they DID come right out and say "Gnolls are the most common monsters in Katapesh, and arguably the most dangerous." If that's not an invitation for Rangers to jump right on, I don't know what is. In every Players' Guide since then, the authors come right out and give a list of the best choices for Favored Enemies. Not just one or two; there are a lot to choose from and no Ranger's gonna get 'em all.I personally like this approach - actually the entire idea of a player's guide for the AP and all of the information in them. It allows players to make characters relevant to the adventure, with useful skill sets and other choices. And the AP is plenty big enough to throw a variety of encounters in - some will be right up the Ranger's alley, some will cater more to the casters, some to the skill monkeys.I don't see anything wrong with GMs 'catering' to their players - in this regard at least - as long as each character gets his or her turn to be 'catered' to.</blockquote>

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