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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 9450381" data-attributes="member: 6906155">No, no reason why wilderness guy should be limited to a particular class, backgrounds offer more flexibility.The reason for Hunters Mark is that without it there is nothing distinctive whatsoever for rangers to do in 5e. “You all starve in the wilderness” does not fit with the heroic theme of 5e. And “your party must include a ranger to survive this journey” is the sort of bad design D&amp;D has been trying to escape since thief was added. Travelling through the wilderness cannot be anything more than fluff that the party automatically succeeds at, ergo a wilderness themed character cannot be anything more than fluff.The “simple fix” is to ditch the redundant class from the game. But of course that can’t happen because it’s traditional, and D&amp;D depends on tradition. Need to travel back in time and explain to that person who wanted to play a character based on Aragorn that he is clearly a paladin with some skills.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Farquhar, post: 9450381, member: 6906155"] No, no reason why wilderness guy should be limited to a particular class, backgrounds offer more flexibility. The reason for Hunters Mark is that without it there is nothing distinctive whatsoever for rangers to do in 5e. “You all starve in the wilderness” does not fit with the heroic theme of 5e. And “your party must include a ranger to survive this journey” is the sort of bad design D&D has been trying to escape since thief was added. Travelling through the wilderness cannot be anything more than fluff that the party automatically succeeds at, ergo a wilderness themed character cannot be anything more than fluff. The “simple fix” is to ditch the redundant class from the game. But of course that can’t happen because it’s traditional, and D&D depends on tradition. Need to travel back in time and explain to that person who wanted to play a character based on Aragorn that he is clearly a paladin with some skills. [/QUOTE]

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