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<blockquote data-quote="Andor" data-source="post: 3771253" data-attributes="member: 1879">I had a thought last night. There has been some confusion about the Rangers role ever since 2nd edition. The 1st edition Ranger was plainly a depiction of Aragorn, but in 2nd they tried to cover broader territory and confusion hasd reigned ever since. In 3rd edition part of the &quot;we're trying to cover multiple bases here&quot; manifested itself as the TWF vs Archery feat tracks that the ranger selected from. Now in 4ed we know that the ranger is in the striker role and &quot;killed the scout and took his stuff&quot; implying heavily that he will have skirmish damage. Which makes sense for many of the rangers roles, but one of the roles for the ranger that I like is the stealthy hunter and archer, and skishmish damage doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense for him. So what if the ranger could either take skirmish damage or 'sniper damage'? Skirmish damge remaining the bonus precision damage that only applies if you move and sniper damage being just the opposite. So to use your sniper damage you spend a move action to aim and then the damage applies out to the first range increment of your weapon. Then you can have talent trees that allow modification. EG: A talent to let you use it out to the second range increment. A talent to penalize perception checks to spot your position when you fire, etc. Do people think this is a good idea? Or are you tired of the ranger trying to cover too many bases?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andor, post: 3771253, member: 1879"] I had a thought last night. There has been some confusion about the Rangers role ever since 2nd edition. The 1st edition Ranger was plainly a depiction of Aragorn, but in 2nd they tried to cover broader territory and confusion hasd reigned ever since. In 3rd edition part of the "we're trying to cover multiple bases here" manifested itself as the TWF vs Archery feat tracks that the ranger selected from. Now in 4ed we know that the ranger is in the striker role and "killed the scout and took his stuff" implying heavily that he will have skirmish damage. Which makes sense for many of the rangers roles, but one of the roles for the ranger that I like is the stealthy hunter and archer, and skishmish damage doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense for him. So what if the ranger could either take skirmish damage or 'sniper damage'? Skirmish damge remaining the bonus precision damage that only applies if you move and sniper damage being just the opposite. So to use your sniper damage you spend a move action to aim and then the damage applies out to the first range increment of your weapon. Then you can have talent trees that allow modification. EG: A talent to let you use it out to the second range increment. A talent to penalize perception checks to spot your position when you fire, etc. Do people think this is a good idea? Or are you tired of the ranger trying to cover too many bases? [/QUOTE]

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