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<blockquote data-quote="CreamCloud0" data-source="post: 9064810" data-attributes="member: 7034710">i don't think the highest conceptual-level ranger premise requires magic, but it does significantly encapsulate a 'survivalist' concept, and a major part of the survivalist is taking and picking up any and all potentially usefull skills because one day knowing how to make medical grade alchohol/disinfectant out of tree bark might save your life.So when you insert that survivalist mindset into DnD worlds magic is absolutely something i feel like they would pick up because it's such a flexible and useful tool and primal magic is just the next thematic step to knowing everything about the ecosystem that they exist in, drawing on the energies of the natural world around them rather than the physical plants and creaturesthe ranger is an explorer, a survivor and a hunter of the wild, they thrive not through brute strength but through knowledge, knowing how to pick their fights and the best ways to fight, knowing as many solutions as they can because if one doesn't work then they've got three backups, knowing their enemy and their weaknesses and how to take advantage of those, knowing how to take care of themselves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CreamCloud0, post: 9064810, member: 7034710"] i don't think the highest conceptual-level ranger premise requires magic, but it does significantly encapsulate a 'survivalist' concept, and a major part of the survivalist is taking and picking up any and all potentially usefull skills because one day knowing how to make medical grade alchohol/disinfectant out of tree bark might save your life. So when you insert that survivalist mindset into DnD worlds magic is absolutely something i feel like they would pick up because it's such a flexible and useful tool and primal magic is just the next thematic step to knowing everything about the ecosystem that they exist in, drawing on the energies of the natural world around them rather than the physical plants and creatures the ranger is an explorer, a survivor and a hunter of the wild, they thrive not through brute strength but through knowledge, knowing how to pick their fights and the best ways to fight, knowing as many solutions as they can because if one doesn't work then they've got three backups, knowing their enemy and their weaknesses and how to take advantage of those, knowing how to take care of themselves. [/QUOTE]

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