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<blockquote data-quote="Osgood" data-source="post: 7680334" data-attributes="member: 32792">I'll need to reread it a few times and hopefully see if in play, but based on the initial read through I don't like it. I'm not a fan of the 2d6 hit dice. I understand HD idea of finer control over healing, but I have never envisioned the ranger as a beastly barbarian-style tank. I think 2 HD would be a bit confusing due to the inconsistency with other classes. Spirit companions are underwhelming. They don't seem like an adequate trade off for the spells, but I am more put off by the story of it. It's a very specific style, that doesn't feel much like a Ranger to me... This feels a bit like the 4E Warden. I was never a huge fan of spellcasting Rangers either for much the same reason. I think this could (maybe) work as a subclass, alongside a spellcasting ranger subclass, and something without any mystical/magical abilities. The complaint seems to be the Ranger lacks an identity, but this feels like forcing an identity for its own sake... it doesn't feel like rangers from books and movies (Aragorn, Drizzt , etc.). My big hope is we see some regular updates on this. UA has not had a great track record of follow up on classes. The Artificer (which they acknowledged didn't go over well) has not been revisited in 7 or 8 months, and we haven't seen anything on the Mystic/Psionics in a few months. I would have hoped to see turnover it's new dates at a simila ace as the play test... Every 2-3 months. If it takes 6 months to see an update and/or more levels, it's tough to play test a 5-level class in an ongoing campaign.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Osgood, post: 7680334, member: 32792"] I'll need to reread it a few times and hopefully see if in play, but based on the initial read through I don't like it. I'm not a fan of the 2d6 hit dice. I understand HD idea of finer control over healing, but I have never envisioned the ranger as a beastly barbarian-style tank. I think 2 HD would be a bit confusing due to the inconsistency with other classes. Spirit companions are underwhelming. They don't seem like an adequate trade off for the spells, but I am more put off by the story of it. It's a very specific style, that doesn't feel much like a Ranger to me... This feels a bit like the 4E Warden. I was never a huge fan of spellcasting Rangers either for much the same reason. I think this could (maybe) work as a subclass, alongside a spellcasting ranger subclass, and something without any mystical/magical abilities. The complaint seems to be the Ranger lacks an identity, but this feels like forcing an identity for its own sake... it doesn't feel like rangers from books and movies (Aragorn, Drizzt , etc.). My big hope is we see some regular updates on this. UA has not had a great track record of follow up on classes. The Artificer (which they acknowledged didn't go over well) has not been revisited in 7 or 8 months, and we haven't seen anything on the Mystic/Psionics in a few months. I would have hoped to see turnover it's new dates at a simila ace as the play test... Every 2-3 months. If it takes 6 months to see an update and/or more levels, it's tough to play test a 5-level class in an ongoing campaign. [/QUOTE]

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