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<blockquote data-quote="billbo" data-source="post: 1011299" data-attributes="member: 12993">Did I write &quot;offended&quot;?&nbsp; I don't know why I did that.&nbsp; I deserve to be made fun of for that.I'm not &quot;offended&quot; by them.&nbsp; I'm &lt;i&gt;annoyed&lt;/i&gt; by them.This is why.&nbsp; It seems to me that we have three Outdoorsy type characters.&nbsp; Barbarians, Rangers, Druids.&nbsp; They want to make sure each character is sufficiently different from the others; well, that only makes sense.&nbsp; Can't argue with that, certainly.But in order to find that differentiation, they just sort of brainstorm different features they could give to the Ranger.&nbsp; Just to make him different.&nbsp; And they come up with Favored Enemy.Let me ask you:&nbsp; Couldn't you build just as good a rationalization for the Barbarian having Favored Enemy?&nbsp; After all, this is a raging character; why can't we say that barbarians cultivate the idea of a Blood Enemy from their earliest ages.&nbsp; Sort of like Conan and snakes.&nbsp; Now, maybe you buy that, maybe you don't:&nbsp; But I think that's just as good as any rationalization for the Ranger having a favored enemy. Why not give the Barbarian Favored enemy and the Ranger a higher base speed-- to make him more like the Father of All Rangers, Strider?That's just an argument I came up with off the top of my head.&nbsp; Maybe it's not a good idea.&nbsp; But I just don't see anything &lt;i&gt;implicit in the idea of &quot;Ranger&quot;&lt;/i&gt; that says &quot;Favored Enemy.&quot;&nbsp; And the reason I think I used the word &quot;offended&quot; is that I am a Ranger partisan.&nbsp; Always have been.&nbsp; I've been GM'ing for most of my RPG life, but the few times I've actually played, I've played as a Ranger.Why?&nbsp; Because I love Aragorn.&nbsp; I love the name &quot;Ranger.&quot;&nbsp; I love the basic premise.But in edition after edition, we've gotten nothing but fairly lame Rangers.&nbsp; The new edition gets us part of the way there, but we're still saddled with this flavorless, purely game-mechalical method of characterization/differentiation known as &quot;Favored Enemy.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billbo, post: 1011299, member: 12993"] Did I write "offended"? I don't know why I did that. I deserve to be made fun of for that. I'm not "offended" by them. I'm annoyed by them. This is why. It seems to me that we have three Outdoorsy type characters. Barbarians, Rangers, Druids. They want to make sure each character is sufficiently different from the others; well, that only makes sense. Can't argue with that, certainly. But in order to find that differentiation, they just sort of brainstorm different features they could give to the Ranger. Just to make him different. And they come up with Favored Enemy. Let me ask you: Couldn't you build just as good a rationalization for the Barbarian having Favored Enemy? After all, this is a raging character; why can't we say that barbarians cultivate the idea of a Blood Enemy from their earliest ages. Sort of like Conan and snakes. Now, maybe you buy that, maybe you don't: But I think that's just as good as any rationalization for the Ranger having a favored enemy. Why not give the Barbarian Favored enemy and the Ranger a higher base speed-- to make him more like the Father of All Rangers, Strider? That's just an argument I came up with off the top of my head. Maybe it's not a good idea. But I just don't see anything implicit in the idea of "Ranger" that says "Favored Enemy." And the reason I think I used the word "offended" is that I am a Ranger partisan. Always have been. I've been GM'ing for most of my RPG life, but the few times I've actually played, I've played as a Ranger. Why? Because I love Aragorn. I love the name "Ranger." I love the basic premise. But in edition after edition, we've gotten nothing but fairly lame Rangers. The new edition gets us part of the way there, but we're still saddled with this flavorless, purely game-mechalical method of characterization/differentiation known as "Favored Enemy." [/QUOTE]

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