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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6582141" data-attributes="member: 92511">The Ranger, at its base, is the class that specializes in protecting the lands of "civilization" from the wild, acting as the bridge between those differing "worlds", and/or maintaining the knowledge and skills of some forgotten/lost/former civilization/level of knowledge and skill.So the Archetypes become: The Hunter: The Ranger who focuses/specializes in dealing with and combating particular creatures.The Beastmaster: The Ranger who is more in tune with the Wild world than the civilized, to the point of forming bonds with natural creatures.The Spell-less Ranger: The Ranger who meets [or exceeds] the abilities of magic-using rangers, through simple skill and know how. Masters and movers among the wilds and settled areas equally well. Perhaps more easily than other rangers, better respected, not viewed as so odd as some other "wild/secret/magicky" rangers might be. Perhaps more "Roguish" ranger than "subclass of Fighter" ranger. The Urban Ranger [though I hate that name, it's the one people would recognize/use]: Often, mistakenly in my opinion, just treated as a normal Ranger in an urban "terrain", this is the Ranger who is more skilled/knowledgeable about the lands of Men [or their respective races] and protection/defense of settlements than wilderness terrains. Focus on the operating within and defending the Civilization, than the areas outside it. They know their local areas like the backs of their hand, but don't rove that far afield. Faramir's "Rangers of Gondor" vs. the "Dunedain/Rangers of the North", exemplify this nicely...as might more "knightly"-styled ranger orders. The "Vestige" Ranger: The Ranger who upholds the knowledge/secrets of some fallen land, people, or nation...whether they are of that civilization themselves or somehow found/learned/were entrusted with them in their wide travels. A Hunter style ranger but MORE magic-focused [though still a fraction of their lost land/people/nation were] with access to actual Wizard and Druid spell lists [as the original 1e class] and/or expanded magic item use. Gain Ritual Casting at some point? A master of Lore, history and knowledge, blurring the lines to Lore Bard, maybe. As skilled as other rangers in tracking and battling ancestral enemies, but maintaining knowledge & skill long forgotten by more "civilized" men/peoples of the current/local civilization.</blockquote>

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