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<blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 8784622" data-attributes="member: 6799660"><p>Unless we accept that Crawford thinks that the games' design can chase people, ScuroNotte's interpretation (that individuals are being called phantoms) requires an actual subject-verb-direct object mismatch. It is possible that Crawford was being mean spirited, and/or implying that SN's complaints weren't a majority opinion, but their specific complaint is genuinely not supported by the evidence provided.</p><p></p><p>This has definitely become a tempest in a teapot. I agree, it is not slander, but SN didn't support their position on Crawford calling them a phantom, or more importantly the initial suggestion that Crawford has a large ego. He may, but we simply don't have anything that shows it. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Everything that is iconic for a ranger could be represented by a not-spell. Heck, half of the ranger spells (hunter's mark, conjure volley, entangling strike, pass without trace) readily could be represented as non-magical (if occasionally extraordinary) abilities. 5e has doubled down on the ongoing D&D-ism of making things (especially most mechanical widgets that don't have a specific failure-chance like a skill) into spells. I think it would be possible to pull them all out into a warlock's invocation-like selection of abilities. It is a question as to whether that's what gamers in general really want (and I won't pretend to have a bead on that). It also would mean that the new spell-less ranger would not have a few not-particularly-rangerish spells like cure wounds, lessor restoration, dispel, etc. that I think people tend to still like rangers being able to do as the backup healer and such.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willie the Duck, post: 8784622, member: 6799660"] Unless we accept that Crawford thinks that the games' design can chase people, ScuroNotte's interpretation (that individuals are being called phantoms) requires an actual subject-verb-direct object mismatch. It is possible that Crawford was being mean spirited, and/or implying that SN's complaints weren't a majority opinion, but their specific complaint is genuinely not supported by the evidence provided. This has definitely become a tempest in a teapot. I agree, it is not slander, but SN didn't support their position on Crawford calling them a phantom, or more importantly the initial suggestion that Crawford has a large ego. He may, but we simply don't have anything that shows it. Everything that is iconic for a ranger could be represented by a not-spell. Heck, half of the ranger spells (hunter's mark, conjure volley, entangling strike, pass without trace) readily could be represented as non-magical (if occasionally extraordinary) abilities. 5e has doubled down on the ongoing D&D-ism of making things (especially most mechanical widgets that don't have a specific failure-chance like a skill) into spells. I think it would be possible to pull them all out into a warlock's invocation-like selection of abilities. It is a question as to whether that's what gamers in general really want (and I won't pretend to have a bead on that). It also would mean that the new spell-less ranger would not have a few not-particularly-rangerish spells like cure wounds, lessor restoration, dispel, etc. that I think people tend to still like rangers being able to do as the backup healer and such. [/QUOTE]
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