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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crothian" data-source="post: 3105535" data-attributes="member: 232">Neo Rangers takes the ranger class and gives it change in concept.  Unlike many other alternative rangers though, this one goes someplace new into the spider’s domain.  That is new and different and creative.  There are still interesting things that can be done to the core classes and I like that this book takes us there.    Neo Rangers: The Spider King is a book by The Le who is the also the owner of the company The Le Games.  The PDF is seventy pages long and has a nice and clear lay out.  It uses some good clip art that really helps the pages flow visually.  There is an on screen version and a print version of the PDF.  It is easy to read and to use.  The book is also nicely book marked.      Neo Ranger: the Spider King presents a new version of the ranger core class.  It is very much like the ranger going up to twenty levels.  It still has spells and many of the core abilities like favored enemy are still there.  The creativity of a ranger based on spiders though does not match the mechanics.  In place of the archer or two weapon fighting style this ranger gets Arachnid Style Combat.  It is more defensive granting a bonus to AC and a miss chance.  I like the defense style but I do not feel is very spider like.  I also think more could have been done to make this class different from the ranger.  I like the inclusion of a spider for an animal companion and the alternative spell list from a normal ranger.  It just needed more to make it mechanically different.  Detail wise, the class is well described and I like the beginning where it talks about the alignment and gods of a typical spider king.  It is obvious the concept is very solid and well thought out.    The book also reprints the track and endurance feat which that class gets.  It also reprints the spider climb as it is another ability the class gets.  The class does have spell casting ability but it is a little weaker then the normal ranger.  The Spider King will only be able to cast two plus bonus spells of each spell level one through four.  The normal Ranger eventually gets three plus bonus spells.  The Spider King because of that and some of the other things does seem weaker then a standard ranger.      The Neo Ranger: the Spider King is a nice and refreshing piece of creativity.  I think mechanically the class can be better and stronger but I really enjoy the writing and the concept is very strong.  The Le makes sure that most of what a person needs if in his PDFs with the inclusion of feats and spells that the class specifically uses.  I really like that.  This will make a good addition as a character for someone looking for a character a little different and strange and not necessarily one that is a powerhouse.</blockquote>

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