SlimJim
First Post
Personally, I'm not a fan of them having spells. If they have extremely limited spells, I would likely be okay with that. Otherwise, my main idea for the ranger was this: he gets his favoured enemy (perhaps favored terrain too, from pathfinder, or a choice of one or the other), some cool survival bits, and a combat focus, which works similarly to the rogue scheme. Much as the rogue gets a bonus background, the ranger gets a bonus specialty, which comes with even more benefits. I think the animal companion should either come as one of these choices, or else your animal companion is a non-combatant unless you take the beast master focus. I wouldn't even mind the magic system coming as one of these choices, but thats mostly just because I don't like rangers doing magic that much.
Including the usual combat focus, plus spells, plus combat pet is simply too much for a character to have IMO. I feel similarly about the druid, where I think they should choose between pet, wild shape, or spiritualist (4e shaman equivalent).
Including the usual combat focus, plus spells, plus combat pet is simply too much for a character to have IMO. I feel similarly about the druid, where I think they should choose between pet, wild shape, or spiritualist (4e shaman equivalent).