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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 819654" data-attributes="member: 158">I believer you're wrong, Jack, and I'll tell you why.The Ranger ought to be what the class was designed from.The class was designed from Aragorn, and Aragorn was NOT a monster-slaying magical fighter. The First of the trilogy, Fellowship of the Ring, will give you this by example.Aragorn was:1) A scout. He was one of the first to note the portents across the land, the movements of men, dwarves, elves, and the other races of Middle Earth. He could travel fast, be unnoticed, and return with information. His dedication to fighting later came as a result of his choice to accept the task of finding Frodo, and later accompanying him on this travels.2) A woodsman. He was trained by the elves since his youth in the arts of swift travel, survival, subtlelty, and combat. By nature of the elves being the ones to train him, he excelled in woodcraft above all other things.HOWEVER, there are other archetypes for the Ranger. The first is that of powerful woodscraft-savvy archer, brought about by the example of Robin Hood's legend. Robin Hood and his merry men were quite skilled at archery, according to most versions, and most D&D players I knew thought "Ranger" the first time they ever laid eyes on (whatever you think of it) the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.The ranger is now, for better or worse, a two-weapon fighter. this ecample, instituted in the 2nd edition, is now inextricably liked to the Ranger, and many players would now balk to have this feature removed. It may be the newest element of the class, but it doesn't make it any less intrinsic to the archetype, now.Jack, you seem to go by the original concept of the ranger only. I dare to state that the original Ranger concept in D&D is faulty, and did not represent who it claimed to at all. In truth, NO version of the ranger ever purely represented Aragorn, as he was in the novels; That would be represented by a skilled tracker, woodsman, and scout type, who had skill at healing that bordered on magical, yet was a special ability rather than spell based; it would be skilled at personal combat, almost as much as a pure warrior. All the versions introduced have mixed in favored enemies, weapon styles, and spells, and about the only thing truly dead on was the tracking feature.And it really is kind of insulting to tell people that they got the wrong answer in a poll. If it's a poll, then there IS no right answer - it's based on opinion ONLY. If it's a question, there had better be something other than subjectivity to back it up. If you really want people's honest answers, please take the results at face value.</blockquote>

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