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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5801520" data-attributes="member: 4937">I'm going to break a few peoples hearts, but the 'Aragorn Style Ranger' isn't the 1e Ranger - it's the 1e Cavalier.The Rangers of th North are Middle Earth nobility.&nbsp; They wear mail.&nbsp; They ride steeds.&nbsp; They are proficient with swords and spears.&nbsp;&nbsp; (We never once see Aragorn using a bow at any point in story.)&nbsp;&nbsp; The bear heraldic devices and they serve a leige Lord.&nbsp; They are honorable, dour, and relatively immune to fear compared to mortals.Aragorn is not a 1e Ranger.&nbsp; He's a 1e Paladin.&nbsp; He's noble to a fault: forgiving enemies and even traitors, showing mercy, abandoning his dreams to save the lives of two small comrades, and never once showing any sign of being tempted by the ring.&nbsp; He lays on hands.&nbsp; He can perform artful healing, not merely in the sense of herbcraft but overcoming the spells of Sauron with what is in D&amp;D terms an act of magic complete with verbal and somatic components (calling back Faramir from the darkness).&nbsp; Aragorn's woodcraft is secondary to his character, like a secondary skill set or a NWP in 1e terms.&nbsp; He hasn't always been merely a wanderer of the North.&nbsp;&nbsp; We learn that much of his youth was spent performing 'deeds of errantry' with the Riders of Rohan and the Swan Knights of Gondor.&nbsp;&nbsp; He was a&nbsp; knight and a captain and commander of other knights.&nbsp; His woodcraft is a sideline for him, something he's picked up because his noble house has fallen on hard times and is forced to make hard scrabble in the wilderness during what amounts to a dark and barbarous age.&nbsp;&nbsp; His essential nature though is a noble knight of a royal house and a great captain and leader of men.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 5801520, member: 4937"] I'm going to break a few peoples hearts, but the 'Aragorn Style Ranger' isn't the 1e Ranger - it's the 1e Cavalier. The Rangers of th North are Middle Earth nobility. They wear mail. They ride steeds. They are proficient with swords and spears. (We never once see Aragorn using a bow at any point in story.) The bear heraldic devices and they serve a leige Lord. They are honorable, dour, and relatively immune to fear compared to mortals. Aragorn is not a 1e Ranger. He's a 1e Paladin. He's noble to a fault: forgiving enemies and even traitors, showing mercy, abandoning his dreams to save the lives of two small comrades, and never once showing any sign of being tempted by the ring. He lays on hands. He can perform artful healing, not merely in the sense of herbcraft but overcoming the spells of Sauron with what is in D&D terms an act of magic complete with verbal and somatic components (calling back Faramir from the darkness). Aragorn's woodcraft is secondary to his character, like a secondary skill set or a NWP in 1e terms. He hasn't always been merely a wanderer of the North. We learn that much of his youth was spent performing 'deeds of errantry' with the Riders of Rohan and the Swan Knights of Gondor. He was a knight and a captain and commander of other knights. His woodcraft is a sideline for him, something he's picked up because his noble house has fallen on hard times and is forced to make hard scrabble in the wilderness during what amounts to a dark and barbarous age. His essential nature though is a noble knight of a royal house and a great captain and leader of men. [/QUOTE]

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