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<blockquote data-quote="Gammadoodler" data-source="post: 8690632" data-attributes="member: 6914290">Your ranger who is still fighting despite being frightened is rolling with disadvantage, and cannot move closer to the source of their fear. They are debilitated while the halfling is not (or at least are more likely to be debilitated holding all other things equal). Sure they are brave, but not the way that halflings are brave. Would changing the feature name to &quot;unshakeable&quot; or something ease the semantic angst related to this ability? Because, unless I'm missing something,&nbsp; the whole issue seems to revolve around the definition of &quot;bravery&quot; rather than anything related to the effect of the ability.Yes, a wood elf has a similar feature to improve stealth in the woods. And that wood elf gets less use out of that feature when they are a paladin or cleric too. It does not make the wood elf feature any less definitive for a wood elf. And, yes it is one subrace. IIRC, from what little and godawful lore there is, it is the predominant one, so probably(?) not 5/6 but who knows really. In either case, the other subraces have other things they can do with varying effectiveness. The lucky thing is a fine narrative with a weak mechanic. Improving the mechanic to support the narrative is an easy fix, and I'd like it I'd there was one. But such a fix should require no adjustment to the narrative.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gammadoodler, post: 8690632, member: 6914290"] Your ranger who is still fighting despite being frightened is rolling with disadvantage, and cannot move closer to the source of their fear. They are debilitated while the halfling is not (or at least are more likely to be debilitated holding all other things equal). Sure they are brave, but not the way that halflings are brave. Would changing the feature name to "unshakeable" or something ease the semantic angst related to this ability? Because, unless I'm missing something, the whole issue seems to revolve around the definition of "bravery" rather than anything related to the effect of the ability. Yes, a wood elf has a similar feature to improve stealth in the woods. And that wood elf gets less use out of that feature when they are a paladin or cleric too. It does not make the wood elf feature any less definitive for a wood elf. And, yes it is one subrace. IIRC, from what little and godawful lore there is, it is the predominant one, so probably(?) not 5/6 but who knows really. In either case, the other subraces have other things they can do with varying effectiveness. The lucky thing is a fine narrative with a weak mechanic. Improving the mechanic to support the narrative is an easy fix, and I'd like it I'd there was one. But such a fix should require no adjustment to the narrative. [/QUOTE]

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