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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Christian" data-source="post: 9064627" data-attributes="member: 6901101">In my opinion, a ranger is one of those rare classes where it is nearly impossible to summarize their skill set within the rules. Part of it is knowing the area and terrain and flora and fauna. This part alone only works if the DM is knowledgeable of such things, or the player is able to describe with uncanny accuracy such things. For most people, this is difficult. The second part of what makes a ranger difficult is how D&amp;D handles terrain and exploration of wild areas. Don't get me wrong, for a game like D&amp;D, I like how they glossed over it all and just said, exhaustion. But anyone who has ever hiked in remote locations understands the difficulty terrain presents; the ability to find and use natural resources, and the abuse one's body takes while climbing, hiking, and exploring. I mean, don't even get me started on spelunking!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> So, these two parts, which is often the pictured ranger for some players, instantly makes it not feasible as a class. I mean, you can place it in, but it will always be lackluster because the knowledge presented in adventures and the ruleset for exploration is too limited for the scope of this style of ranger.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scott Christian, post: 9064627, member: 6901101"] In my opinion, a ranger is one of those rare classes where it is nearly impossible to summarize their skill set within the rules. Part of it is knowing the area and terrain and flora and fauna. This part alone only works if the DM is knowledgeable of such things, or the player is able to describe with uncanny accuracy such things. For most people, this is difficult. The second part of what makes a ranger difficult is how D&D handles terrain and exploration of wild areas. Don't get me wrong, for a game like D&D, I like how they glossed over it all and just said, exhaustion. But anyone who has ever hiked in remote locations understands the difficulty terrain presents; the ability to find and use natural resources, and the abuse one's body takes while climbing, hiking, and exploring. I mean, don't even get me started on spelunking! ;) So, these two parts, which is often the pictured ranger for some players, instantly makes it not feasible as a class. I mean, you can place it in, but it will always be lackluster because the knowledge presented in adventures and the ruleset for exploration is too limited for the scope of this style of ranger. [/QUOTE]

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