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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Daniel" data-source="post: 12018" data-attributes="member: 694">Exactly why I give it to BOTH rangers and barbarians.&nbsp; It's a balance factor for not having heavy armor.once again...(and hopefully functional this time)...<a href="http://www.enworld.org/messageboards/showthread.php?s=&amp;threadid=328" target="_blank">===Shameless alt.ranger Plugging Link===</a>But even as-is, the ranger works, given that people don't misunderstand what a ranger is.&nbsp; He's not a woodsman -- that's an expert with druid levels.&nbsp; He's not an archer -- that's another fighter type, like swordsman or gunslinger or pikeman or whatever.&nbsp; He's a slayer, a specialized stalker, assassin, or bounty hunter of specific creatures.&nbsp; No more, no less.&nbsp; The spells are there because he's on the same &quot;prestige level&quot; as a paladin or a rogue/assassin, not because they're druid wannabees.&nbsp; A ranger is not a fighter/druid anymore than a paladin is a fighter/cleric.&nbsp; Fighter/druids have crappy skills.Nobody seems to ever notice that a single-classed ranger (and ONLY a single-classed ranger) can ecinomically and efficiently fight with full fighter statistics like the d10 hp and 1/1 attack, maximize his stealth, and cast a few spells -- only bards are more versatile without sacrificing the power that a mutliclassed character loses.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack Daniel, post: 12018, member: 694"] Exactly why I give it to BOTH rangers and barbarians. It's a balance factor for not having heavy armor. once again...(and hopefully functional this time)...[url=http://www.enworld.org/messageboards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=328]===Shameless alt.ranger Plugging Link===[/url] But even as-is, the ranger works, given that people don't misunderstand what a ranger is. He's not a woodsman -- that's an expert with druid levels. He's not an archer -- that's another fighter type, like swordsman or gunslinger or pikeman or whatever. He's a slayer, a specialized stalker, assassin, or bounty hunter of specific creatures. No more, no less. The spells are there because he's on the same "prestige level" as a paladin or a rogue/assassin, not because they're druid wannabees. A ranger is not a fighter/druid anymore than a paladin is a fighter/cleric. Fighter/druids have crappy skills. Nobody seems to ever notice that a single-classed ranger (and ONLY a single-classed ranger) can ecinomically and efficiently fight with full fighter statistics like the d10 hp and 1/1 attack, maximize his stealth, and cast a few spells -- only bards are more versatile without sacrificing the power that a mutliclassed character loses. [/QUOTE]

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