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<blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8786827" data-attributes="member: 7023887"><p>Yeah, this is something that's been bugging me about the whole "Rangers shouldn't have magic" mindset that this forum seems to love for some reason. We have a generation of newer players that have only every played Spellcasting Rangers. To them, Rangers are half-casters. It's core to the class's identity to a lot of newer players. Just go check the discussions on the Ranger on sites where the community is much younger than this one (D&D Beyond and Reddit for example). </p><p></p><p>5e is the most popular edition of the game and has more newer players than any other edition. The game is 8 years old now, and a huge chunk of the majority of the modern fanbase is only familiar with Rangers that can cast spells. I don't think that changing the class so much that it doesn't get spells would fly. </p><p></p><p>And, to those saying "but Aragorn, Drizzt, and Katniss can't cast spells and they're rangers!", class identity never maps perfectly onto pop culture. Conan the <strong>Barbarian </strong>is a Fighter/Rogue. Charlemagne's Paladins didn't have divine magic. D&D Druids are a strange combination of Shamans/Elementalists. Clerics are all war-priests for some reason that have no historical basis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Levistus's_Leviathan, post: 8786827, member: 7023887"] Yeah, this is something that's been bugging me about the whole "Rangers shouldn't have magic" mindset that this forum seems to love for some reason. We have a generation of newer players that have only every played Spellcasting Rangers. To them, Rangers are half-casters. It's core to the class's identity to a lot of newer players. Just go check the discussions on the Ranger on sites where the community is much younger than this one (D&D Beyond and Reddit for example). 5e is the most popular edition of the game and has more newer players than any other edition. The game is 8 years old now, and a huge chunk of the majority of the modern fanbase is only familiar with Rangers that can cast spells. I don't think that changing the class so much that it doesn't get spells would fly. And, to those saying "but Aragorn, Drizzt, and Katniss can't cast spells and they're rangers!", class identity never maps perfectly onto pop culture. Conan the [B]Barbarian [/B]is a Fighter/Rogue. Charlemagne's Paladins didn't have divine magic. D&D Druids are a strange combination of Shamans/Elementalists. Clerics are all war-priests for some reason that have no historical basis. [/QUOTE]
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