It fits the military scout concept just fine. Not bad for a Hawkeye* either.
No one in literature speaks the secret language of thieves at all, unless you count BG1 as literature. But you could always swap it for the secret language of druids - something else that may as well not exist.
I mean, WotC has decided they want their branding on their books. The 2024 books are dripping with IP characters and art. They have been slapping character names on their "generic" books since Volo's. They decided a while ago that they have these settings tied to specific genres, why not use them to promote those genres?
I know these days are gone, but I preferred it when the majority of the rule books were not tied to any setting, and there were specific lines for the settings. I hate the infusion of the "multiverse" ::gag:: into everything.
If you don't mind some additional crunch in your Ranger, there is Level Up's spell-less take on the Ranger.
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And when this happens, it's a good idea to find a homebrewed version of the class that is better to a particular player's liking. Mine would be Laser Llama's take on the Ranger. His version offers a level of customization where a player can pick and choose from a selection of Knacks in order to meet their own idea of what a Ranger could be.
My guess is they will just bundle Mordenkainen’s Monsters of the Multiverse with the PHB and whatever new “of Everything” book they do next year. The species in there don’t need big updates.
Yeah. However, it would be nice if they would come up with something like 3e's Races books (Races of the Wild, Races of Destiny, etc.) for 5e. Something that has species specific feats or subclasses (like the ones in PF1).
I doubt they will ever do racial specific subclasses because they want them available to every race. Now feats are a possibility I wouldn't mind specific backgrounds that encompassed what it was like growing up in specific racial cultures.
Backgrounds tend to be universal regardless of what species your player happens to be in D&D. But they could be tweaked to reflect aspects found in one species and not in another using the Background customization rules in the DMG. An Elven Soldier, for instance, could have proficiencies in skills and tools that a Human Soldier does not.
I was a big champion for the "Forgotten Realms is the default setting" structure that would treat it like Golarion is in Pathfinder. Obviously, they are opting for the Multiverse setup instead.
