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<blockquote data-quote="Cadfan" data-source="post: 3978247" data-attributes="member: 40961">Things I want for the Ranger.1: Finally, a solution to the quiver problem.&nbsp; You know, where your hasted 6th level character can shoot 4 arrows per round, but can only hold 20 in his quiver, and has to handwave the problem away.&nbsp; Realistically, a person not using magic can only carry so many arrows at once.&nbsp; The amount of arrows reasonably consumed between refills and the amount of arrows a person can reasonably carry need to match.2: I don't mind spellcasting.&nbsp; A survivalist would be expected to know a little bit of nature lore, and in the relatively high magic world of D&amp;D, &quot;nature lore&quot; = magic.&nbsp; I do wish it were a little more focused in terms of theme.&nbsp; I'd personally go with a very small amount of healing magic, and some tracking type magic.&nbsp; In a world where the most obvious solution to snakebite is a spell, the survivalist would be expected to learn the spell.3: Tracking for free.&nbsp; Its a very abstract group benefit ability, not a personal benefit ability.&nbsp; Don't make the ranger pay for it by giving up something else.&nbsp; Tracking hogs even less glory than disarming traps, and that's very little glory.4: Go light on the trick shots, please.&nbsp; Arrows don't really ricochet like bullets.&nbsp; I'm ok with stuff like shooting someone in the hand to make them drop their weapon (fort attack to disarm, maybe?), but less ok with stuff like shooting an arrow that bounces off a stone wall and hits someone hiding around the corner.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cadfan, post: 3978247, member: 40961"] Things I want for the Ranger. 1: Finally, a solution to the quiver problem. You know, where your hasted 6th level character can shoot 4 arrows per round, but can only hold 20 in his quiver, and has to handwave the problem away. Realistically, a person not using magic can only carry so many arrows at once. The amount of arrows reasonably consumed between refills and the amount of arrows a person can reasonably carry need to match. 2: I don't mind spellcasting. A survivalist would be expected to know a little bit of nature lore, and in the relatively high magic world of D&D, "nature lore" = magic. I do wish it were a little more focused in terms of theme. I'd personally go with a very small amount of healing magic, and some tracking type magic. In a world where the most obvious solution to snakebite is a spell, the survivalist would be expected to learn the spell. 3: Tracking for free. Its a very abstract group benefit ability, not a personal benefit ability. Don't make the ranger pay for it by giving up something else. Tracking hogs even less glory than disarming traps, and that's very little glory. 4: Go light on the trick shots, please. Arrows don't really ricochet like bullets. I'm ok with stuff like shooting someone in the hand to make them drop their weapon (fort attack to disarm, maybe?), but less ok with stuff like shooting an arrow that bounces off a stone wall and hits someone hiding around the corner. [/QUOTE]

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