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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 6446848" data-attributes="member: 114">So I've been able to track down my SR copy, andat 13th level he had3x1st, 2x2nd, 1x3rd cleric spells3x1st, 2x2nd, 1x3rd wizard spellsIIRC we continued the pattern on from there (which in retrospect was a mistake but hey, we were young and experimental, and it seemed obvious at the time)In addition, from 8th (Ranger-Knights) are able to employ magic items which heal or cure disease, including scrolls.from 9th (Ranger-Lords) are able to employ all devices which deal with Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, ESP, Telepathy, Telekenesis, and Tele- portation, including scrolls.It doesn't expressly say that it is to emulate Aragorn, but you hardly need it - the healing and clairvoyance use of the ranger lord, even level names like 'strider'!FWIW I agree with you - I prefer the original design where spell casting is something that rangers accrue at 'paragon level' or equivalent. Heck, from 3e onwards I always thought that multiclassing into druid would be the most appropriate and thematic way for rangers to get some magic ability!It looks to me as though 5e didn't want to have any classes where spell casting arrived later on in the life of the class. Given that starting point, I guess that rangers were bound to end up as spell casters. It has never sat very well with me though <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />Like you, I was hoping for something a bit more distinctive with the 5e ranger.Cheers</blockquote>

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