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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nonsi256" data-source="post: 5030629" data-attributes="member: 86164">[FONT=&quot]People just don’t get what’s really wrong with the core Fighter:[/FONT]  [FONT=&quot]- Lacking skill-wise, action-wise & options-wise.[/FONT]  [FONT=&quot]- Too much gear dependency[/FONT]  [FONT=&quot]- THE frontliner archetype, but with absolutely no robustness.[/FONT]      [FONT=&quot]- Heavy feat mastery is required just to make it barely playable without some serious DM cuddling.[/FONT]         [FONT=&quot]The one thing that the Fighter is reasonably adequate at (but not more than that) is hit, dmg & AC. Raw combat stats. But that’s the last thing I’d focus o when sitting down to remake the primary what’s supposed to be the primary warrior class of the game.[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]And here’s my impression regarding your Fighter:[/FONT]     [FONT=&quot]Not so detrimental, but why you stopped with Weapon Spec is beyond me.[/FONT]     [FONT=&quot]Perseverance is nice, but definitely not enough in my view. [/FONT][FONT=&quot](Imp.)Uncanny Dodge & Mettle (maybe Evasion for the Light style, but definitely not with heavy armor) seem in order.[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]Ignore DR, Irresistible strike & Brutal strike have a magical feel to them (once per day; duration) and don’t seem appropriate to a mundane class. Furthermore, combat maneuvers that are applicable #uses/day make absolutely no sense, given that unless you suffer a condition, you enter each combat fully refreshed (other than HP, which have no effect on #uses – and neither do conditions).[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]The Light style is significantly superior to the Heavy style (try to figure out for yourself why). If anything, I’d mesh them together somehow.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Dead levels (nuff said)[/FONT][FONT=&quot]No features that grant more actions, better overall battlefield understanding or the ability to cope with conditions/effects.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]No real unique actions that are totally beyond the capabilities of other classes (notice that all your new features amount to augmentations, not unique actions).[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Not enough class skills. The absolute minimum should be to add Listen & Spot (for the guardian/defender role) and Survival (soldiers should have the option of being able to manage on their own outdoors).[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Regarding your Ranger:[/FONT][FONT=&quot]To make Favored Enemy really count, make all prev groups gain +2 whenever gaining a new group. Almost every Ranger remake discussion I’ve seen ends up with this one as one of the conclusions.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]As far as combat style goes, to this day I can’t figure what kind of an idiot had decided that TWF relays hunting in any way.[/FONT]      [FONT=&quot]Making a list of feats to choose from was a good idea, but it should revolve around range combat only (the very essence of hunting).[/FONT] Regarding Hunter’s Strike, I don’t think it should be applicable only to orc scouts.      I can see why orcs would be the motivation for this ability, but they quickly stop being relevant with level progression. You could make it work with any scout and I see no reason to make #uses per day limits. I’d even go as far as giving rangers SA progression as the indicated levels. [FONT=&quot]Also, there’s almost a consensus on the various boards that a Ranger’s Animal Companion feature should trail 3 levels behind the Druid’s.[/FONT] </blockquote>

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