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Message: <blockquote data-quote="peterka99" data-source="post: 6635330" data-attributes="member: 6787234">Maybe i'll need to add the little flavor perks from then... And nerf a little the class. Well, I did it already. I made it a recon expert in 2014. I created a multi-sub-class system then and got no replies concerning balance... 4 hours of work...  <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?398399-Scout-Meta-archetype" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?398399-Scout-Meta-archetype</a>I would rather remove spells and get these tricks instead (it will end the MAD debate!):The Scout archetype represents a consummate explorer or spy,  perceptive and a nimble warrior who fights with intelligence. Their  favored terrain may be wilderness, dungeons or cities, everywhere their  sponsor or officer ask them to perform reconnaissance. the Scout mission  briefing grants her advantages and she adopts an intelligent and mobile  style of fighting. The myriad dangers of their terrain– monsters,  invading armies and calamities- are well known to the Scout, who can  handle anything Mother Nature or humanoids throws on her way.Scout Tricks (level 2)Gain 2 Scout (athletic and/or recon expert) Tricks of your choice,  (see below). Gain 1 additional Scout Tricks at levels 5,9,13,17  (note: ranger higher level spells first appearance)[SBLOCK]Athletics:Adept Climber.  You can climb at your normal movement speed, you climb unimpeded while  holding something in one hand, and you don't grant advantage to  attackers while you're climbing or balancing.Cliffhanger.  (prerequisite: Acrobatics proficiency) When you fall and there is some  object nearby on which you could conceivably slow your fall, you can use  your reaction to reduce your failing damage by an amount equal to five  times your character level.Hicker Difficult terrain doesn’t slow your group’s travel in any environment.Night Raid.  (prerequisite: Stealth proficiency) You  can organize a night raid, using  your own Dexterity (Stealth) check to  travel in silence and hidden from  lookouts. The party can move at up to  one-quarter speed. In order to  make a night raid, you must invest in  some kind of preparation first;  for example, using muffled oars,  darkening your party's faces with lamp  black, painting the ship with  camouflage, learning of a secret passage  thru the sea caves, arranging  for a distraction, drugging the lookouts,  sabotaging the spotlight,  etc.Reconnaissance Expert:Dead Reckoning.  (prerequisite: Perception proficiency) Under a clear sky, whether night  or day, you always know the direction of true north and cannot get lost.  You can also precisely intuit distances with your naked eye, do not  suffer disadvantage to Wisdom (Perception) checks in dim light, and when  traveling at fast pace on a mount you do not suffer the -5 penalty to  your passive Wisdom (Perception). Also, when using a spyglass, you have  advantage on your Wisdom (Perception) checks to identify features of a  army host (standards, officers, etc).Intelligence Analysis  You are proficient with cartographer’s tool and siphering and  deciphering of crypted script in your language. You can understand the  main ideas from scripts in other languages.You don’t have the knack to  create your own encryption. Others can decipher your code if teached or  if they succeed on an Intelligence check (DC equal to your Intelligence  score + your proficiency bonus) with an advantage, or if they use magic  to decipher it.Able Imitator You can mimic the  speech of an animal . You must have heard the creature speaking, or heard the  creature make the sound, for at least 1 minute. A successful Wisdom  (Insight) check contested by your Charisma (Deception) check allows a  listener to determine that the effect is faked.Favored Countryside.  Select a particular countryside in your campaign world. When at that  area, you gain three benefits. First, you can traverse the area using  passages that allow you to avoid detection, and you have some kind of  secret safe cottage. Second, you have advantage on any Charisma checks  to gather information in the countryside, thanks to a network of  contacts there. Third, you can secure free passage aboard any land  vehicule departing from the area hamlets for yourself and your  companions, though you must be flexible about being hidden among refuse  or the like.Favored City. Select a particular  city in your campaign world. When at that city, you gain Four benefits.  First, you can traverse the city using secret alleys and passages that  allow you to avoid detection, and you have some kind of secret safe  house. Second, you have advantage on any Charisma checks to gather  information in the port, thanks to a network of contacts there. Third,  you can secure free passage aboard any land vehicule departing from that  city for yourself and your companions, though you must be flexible  about being hidden among refuse or the like. Fourth, this City is a  favored terrain as per Nature Explorer ability.Briefing Reckoning You  have advantage and proficiencies on Intelligence checks to recall lore  about monsters, legends, hidden treasures, dungeons and cities, and  natural wonders and other details given on a briefing before one  reconnaissance mission.Perfect Memory You can accurately recall anything you have seen or heard within the past month about your last scouting mission(s) details. [/SBLOCK]</blockquote>

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