Ranger article: Unseen Path by Mouseferatu! Beastmasters rejoice!

[Myn]

Some great stuff in there, but at first glance I'm a little concerned about possible abuse with the beast rider feat and Mark of Handling.

Mark of Handling [Dragonmark]

Heroic Tier
Benefit: You can use a creature’s mount powers as if you had the Mounted Combat feat.
While you are mounted on a natural beast, the mount gains a +2 feat bonus to speed and a +1 feat bonus to AC.
If you have a beast companion, your beast companion gains a +2 feat bonus to speed and a +1 feat bonus to AC.
You can master and perform the Animal Messenger and Steed Summons rituals as if you had the Ritual Caster feat.

RAW, it seems to me these two benfits would stack; one is a straight benefit to your beast. The other is simply "mounted on a natural beast." Assuming your beast companion is a natural beast, this would give it a +4 to speed and +2 to AC while riding it.

I'm inexperienced so please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Roger]

They're both bonuses of the type "feat" so they don't stack. It's a nice try, though.


Cheers,
Roger