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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tectuktitlay" data-source="post: 7698009" data-attributes="member: 82812">I agree. There are pretty much two major classic variants on the ranger: a fighter variant, and a rogue variant. If you want the magic, mix in some druid levels, and voila. But for the most part, you either have the heavy-hitting fighter variant who charges in with multiple weapons and pounds the crap out of enemies in the thick, a true two-weapon specialist fighter, something we really haven't seen expanded upon fully. Or the sneaky wilderness scout, stealthy, able to survive out in the wilds, and pick off enemies of opportunity, very likely with a bow, sniping from a distance in hit-and-run style.  For the more modern variants, especially the animal companion variant, idk. An entire class that has a companion of some sort, and is really built as two characters that work in concert as one, could be its own unique class, with all sorts of variants. A wilderness warrior with an animal companion is hardly the only variant for such a concept. Rather than being the ranger, such a class would have its own suite of subclasses, from a thrallmaster, to the shaman with its spirit, to a necromancer with one favored powerful undead companion, to the psychic that makes an id or astral construct. The core mechanic is that you are two characters in one, and your basic power level is based on the fact that a large part of your power is invested in a second form that works in concert with you.</blockquote>

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