Truth Seeker
Adventurer
Not related, but yes, I did roleplayed a 'spell-less' Ranger, that feature has been around for a while.
Description of it, first appeared in a Rokugan D20 book, where that the spells slots, became extra feats, but only as per as gain a spell level (e.g. gaining 1st lvl *getting 1 feat*, gaining 2nd level in spell casting *getting 2nd feat*,) and so on and so on...until all the spell levels are attained.
I did not know the current design being put forth, but I can tell you, it was fun to play, and plus the DM did not a liking to 'spell casting' rangters at all.
So...it was very interesting and challenging to do it that differently.
Description of it, first appeared in a Rokugan D20 book, where that the spells slots, became extra feats, but only as per as gain a spell level (e.g. gaining 1st lvl *getting 1 feat*, gaining 2nd level in spell casting *getting 2nd feat*,) and so on and so on...until all the spell levels are attained.
I did not know the current design being put forth, but I can tell you, it was fun to play, and plus the DM did not a liking to 'spell casting' rangters at all.
So...it was very interesting and challenging to do it that differently.