If when playing the "Ranger hates race X" schtick, would this be reasonable?

[Question]

Lets say we have a elf ranger who's favored enemy is human, and he really hates them. Is it reasonable to work for a human, provided that the task involves killing other humans?

 

[Jdvn1]

Of course.

Just because an Elf hates Humans doesn't mean he can't work for them. I know Humans that hate Humans.

 

[Vanuslux]

Lets say we have a elf ranger who's favored enemy is human, and he really hates them. Is it reasonable to work for a human, provided that the task involves killing other humans?

Yeah. Racial hatred is often suppressed for practical reasons.

 

[rowport]

Even if he did not really "hate" them, I can see simple story reasons for Favored Enemy (Humans). My (human) cleric/ranger assassin has FE (Humans), because as an assassin he specializes in human targets most commonly. The same logic would easily apply for a hunter, say, with FE (Animals) or FE (Magical Beasts).

A "Favored Enemy" does not *have* to convey hatred, just specialization in fighting that opponent.

 

[frankthedm]

I believe rangers used to get a mid penalty to peaceful interactions with thier prefered victims, but wotc dropped that in 3.0 or 3.5.

 

[Jdvn1]

A "Favored Enemy" does not *have* to convey hatred, just specialization in fighting that opponent.

True, though a hatred of Humans was given as part of the premise.

 

[reanjr]

I believe rangers used to get a mid penalty to peaceful interactions with thier prefered victims, but wotc dropped that in 3.0 or 3.5.

I believe that was dropped in 3.0. In 3.5 they dropped the "must be evil to choose your own race" thing.

 

[shilsen]

True, though a hatred of Humans was given as part of the premise.

Not in the 3.5 description. An excellent change, IMO, since the idea that hatred was needed for training against a particular set of foes was really silly.

 

[the Jester]

I see no problem with this (except, potentially, for the human employers, should the elf get into a position to ahem take care of them).

There's a ranger imc whose favored enemy is aquatic humanoids. The only one we could find was the merfolk, so he decided that he would made his favored enemy thing more of a fascination than hatred. He really likes mermaids, in a sort of creepy, halfling Anton La Vey way.

 

[Jdvn1]

Not in the 3.5 description. An excellent change, IMO, since the idea that hatred was needed for training against a particular set of foes was really silly.

... I meant the OP's premise.