Vaalingrade
Legend
Oh my god, opinions are opinions. I never would have guessed.
If a character can fight OK, doesn't wear plate armor, and doesn't use kung fu, they generally code as "ranger".Good design usually at least defining what you want to design.
Everyone agrees on the vague image on the ranger. The second you talk mechanics, people start complaining.
i feel like the issue with most attempts to design a ranger is that they attempt to focus in and make a 'core' to their design of it, but the ranger IS vague, besides bard i'd say it's one of the most jack of all trades classes there is, to design a good ranger you need to be able to pick and choose the specific strengths that your ranger excells at from the list of niches of the 'collective ranger concept'Good design usually at least defining what you want to design.
Everyone agrees on the vague image on the ranger. The second you talk mechanics, people start complaining.
Part of the problem is how team based RPGs work.i feel like the issue with most attempts to design a ranger is that they attempt to focus in and make a 'core' to their design of it, but the ranger IS vague, besides bard i'd say it's one of the most jack of all trades classes there is, to design a good ranger you need to be able to pick and choose the specific strengths that your ranger excells at from the list of niches of the 'collective ranger concept'
So...Barbarians?If a character can fight OK, doesn't wear plate armor, and doesn't use kung fu, they generally code as "ranger".
Yea, they look pretty alike, generally. Distinct but related ideas.So...Barbarians?
This is my favorite kind of characters!Now I really want to make a new character who isn't a Ranger, but refers to themselves as one and see if anyone notices.
you know the reason.Why do we constantly assume Central Europe?
Look at the ranger spells up in the vote for a second, none of them are themed around deserts, or tundras, or storm-wracked mountaintops. We assume whenever we speak of "nature" or "the wilderness" about the forests of central Europe during the medieval ages, filled with deer, hog, squirrels and small birds. And the ranger, more than even the druid, should be a class that can go anywhere, that is at home, anywhere. Yet... we never seem to build this into the thematics of the class. They are green-cloaked (because forest leaves) archers whose biggest challenge in the wild is finding food in a vibrant forest teeming with animal life, and fighting off low-level threats.