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Please kill off dual wielding ranger genre for 5th ed, please?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 4279297" data-attributes="member: 5100"><p>Half-way agree. Rangers aren't the survivalist, anymore.</p><p></p><p>My solution is: change the frakkin' name. Skirmisher, scout, or dex-stabbity-man all work better than ranger.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I've heard the "what else is he going to do with the other hand?" argument many times, and it still doesn't resonate with me. Sure, I can see some rangers drawing a second weapon as they step out of the overgrowth, but it doesn't really make any more sense than some other styles.</p><p></p><p>In general, I'd think rangers would <u>avoid</u> TWF for much the same reason they'd avoid a shield. In the middle of the wilds, you often have need of an open hand for some reason -- pushing branches out of the way, climbing, breaking a fall, or just plain balance.</p><p></p><p>To really bring out the flavor of a ranger, I'd like to see powers that made use of the terrain. How about a bonus to all defenses when standing in "difficult terrain" because they're really good at using improved cover? Or movement powers that let them move w/o opportunity attacks? The dodge/mobility/spring attack/acrobatic charge path from 3.5 would rock for a ranger's combat style.</p><p></p><p>There's no reason to ban rangers from TWF, but I don't see any reason it'd be associated with the archetype to which the name was originally attributed. If it's truly migrated to another archetype, then please change the name.</p><p></p><p>Heck, other than literacy and stealth issues, the 3e barbarian almost made a better ranger than the ranger did. They just swapped homicidal mania for anger management issues. Actually, I could see rage being a fine ranger combat path.</p><p></p><p>Actually, I'm kinda liking some of my ideas. They're holding back the bard to get it right. I could have easily waited on the PHB2 to see the ranger as a Primal striker or defender. They should have renamed whatever is in the PHB1.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 4279297, member: 5100"] Half-way agree. Rangers aren't the survivalist, anymore. My solution is: change the frakkin' name. Skirmisher, scout, or dex-stabbity-man all work better than ranger. I've heard the "what else is he going to do with the other hand?" argument many times, and it still doesn't resonate with me. Sure, I can see some rangers drawing a second weapon as they step out of the overgrowth, but it doesn't really make any more sense than some other styles. In general, I'd think rangers would [u]avoid[/u] TWF for much the same reason they'd avoid a shield. In the middle of the wilds, you often have need of an open hand for some reason -- pushing branches out of the way, climbing, breaking a fall, or just plain balance. To really bring out the flavor of a ranger, I'd like to see powers that made use of the terrain. How about a bonus to all defenses when standing in "difficult terrain" because they're really good at using improved cover? Or movement powers that let them move w/o opportunity attacks? The dodge/mobility/spring attack/acrobatic charge path from 3.5 would rock for a ranger's combat style. There's no reason to ban rangers from TWF, but I don't see any reason it'd be associated with the archetype to which the name was originally attributed. If it's truly migrated to another archetype, then please change the name. Heck, other than literacy and stealth issues, the 3e barbarian almost made a better ranger than the ranger did. They just swapped homicidal mania for anger management issues. Actually, I could see rage being a fine ranger combat path. Actually, I'm kinda liking some of my ideas. They're holding back the bard to get it right. I could have easily waited on the PHB2 to see the ranger as a Primal striker or defender. They should have renamed whatever is in the PHB1. [/QUOTE]
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