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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8799664" data-attributes="member: 6704184">I agree. Scouts are also cool. They just aren't Rangers. For instance, in the books, Legolas and even Gimli are competent woodsmen, trackers, etc. Legolas has elfin perceptions. But it's Aragorn who plants his face on the ground to hear where the orcs are who took the Hobbits, who knows the healing herb that will help Frodo survive long enough to reach Rivendell, and who spends his days in the wilds ranging over the land to protect the people who live in and near it. DnD is much more flashy magical than lotr, and doing mystical stuff is handled via spells, so, Rangers have spells. I'd be fine with magical abilities that aren't spells, like IIRC they could calm beasts without casting a spell in 3.5? But those things would be extras, in addition to the spellcasting.</blockquote>