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<blockquote data-quote="MasterOfHeaven" data-source="post: 76218" data-attributes="member: 196">Storm Raven:&nbsp; Actually, according to that preview for AD&amp;D on Wizards site, the designers gave TWF to Rangers because they wanted to keep them out of heavy armor.&nbsp; So it's no mystery why they have it.&nbsp; As for the whole Ranger debate... my personal opinion is the Ranger works fine, is balanced and there's no need to change the class.&nbsp; The only reason I see to change the Ranger class is to give it more flavor, which it somewhat lacks, but that's not relevant to the mechanics issues.&nbsp; I dislike most variant Rangers because instead of simply giving the Ranger more flavor, they increase the Rangers power, often quite significantly (Montes Munchkin Ranger is a perfect example) and make the Fighter class much less appealing.&nbsp; But that's usually what happens when people design a class they want to play themselves.&nbsp; Regardless, this seems to be an endless debate, so it's probably better to just let it lie for now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MasterOfHeaven, post: 76218, member: 196"] Storm Raven: Actually, according to that preview for AD&D on Wizards site, the designers gave TWF to Rangers because they wanted to keep them out of heavy armor. So it's no mystery why they have it. As for the whole Ranger debate... my personal opinion is the Ranger works fine, is balanced and there's no need to change the class. The only reason I see to change the Ranger class is to give it more flavor, which it somewhat lacks, but that's not relevant to the mechanics issues. I dislike most variant Rangers because instead of simply giving the Ranger more flavor, they increase the Rangers power, often quite significantly (Montes Munchkin Ranger is a perfect example) and make the Fighter class much less appealing. But that's usually what happens when people design a class they want to play themselves. Regardless, this seems to be an endless debate, so it's probably better to just let it lie for now. [/QUOTE]

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