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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6974652" data-attributes="member: 22779">Let's be honest here though and presume that the player isn't a douche bag.  ((As the above ranger player in [MENTION=2067]I'm A Banana[/MENTION]'s game, I hope I can say that <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> )).  The player wants to use the ability - it is a THING for this player.  So, you've got an area of extensive cave systems.  Now, the ability in no way tells you how to get from where you are to where something might ping.  You might know that there is an undead (if that's the Favored Enemy) three miles away, but, good grief, you have three miles of cave systems between you and it.  It's not terribly useful information is it?In your particular situation, I would presume that you have some idea about nearby encounters, no?  So, the Ranger pings.  He knows where those set-piece encounters are, at least relative to his current position, even if he doesn't actually know how to get there.  I don't think any player would be terribly annoyed if you said, "Well, there's X undead here and Y undead there.  You also notice a smattering of other undead wandering around in various directions.  Judging by the distance and whatnot though, it's very unlikely you will meet them any time soon."  What's wrong with that answer?  The ranger only gets two favored enemy types.  One fairly common one and one that's likely not that common.  I doubt there are masses of wandering demons in the area.  Now, if the Ranger pings his favored enemies and ten minutes down the road you roll a random encounter ambush with his favored enemy, well, maybe, just maybe it's time to reroll?  I mean, you have random encounter tables, right?  It's not like a given encounter must be encountered.  So, if he pings undead, maybe just knock that mass of zombies off your random encounter table for a few hours of travel, and use a different number.  Or, better yet, roll your random encounters at the beginning of the day, and the ranger gets fore warning of a random encounter.  "Hey, you are pinging on undead right?  Well, it appears that one of those random groups floating around has caught wind of you and now they're bearing down in your direction.  What do you do?"I'm really not sure why this is a big issue.</blockquote>

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