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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 8376636" data-attributes="member: 97077">Right, and not getting lost is only if they are navigating (since the rules for navigating, a travel activity, determine whether the party gets lost) and only in their favored terrain of which they get only 3 across their entire lifespan. If they are navigating in favored terrain, then they can also keep watch for dangers (unlike any other class that is navigating), but they can't do any other activity while traveling which includes foraging.If they can't forage, then they gain no benefit from the foraging feature of Natural Explorer. Someone else is going to have to forage. And when they do, they can't also keep watch for danger!So the ranger's player needs to decide which task is most important at the time. If it's a clear day on the plains and they can see the sun and are moving at a slow pace as a party, that's a DC 5 Wisdom (Survival) check with a +5 bonus and advantage. Maybe in this case someone else can navigate while the ranger forages or tracks. But when the weather gods make it rain in the jungle and the party is moving at a fast pace to get to the temple of the yuan-ti before they sacrifice the prince to Dendar, everyone's grateful they have a ranger with the forest favored terrain!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 8376636, member: 97077"] Right, and not getting lost is only if they are navigating (since the rules for navigating, a travel activity, determine whether the party gets lost) and only in their favored terrain of which they get only 3 across their entire lifespan. If they are navigating in favored terrain, then they can also keep watch for dangers (unlike any other class that is navigating), but they can't do any other activity while traveling which includes foraging. If they can't forage, then they gain no benefit from the foraging feature of Natural Explorer. Someone else is going to have to forage. And when they do, they can't also keep watch for danger! So the ranger's player needs to decide which task is most important at the time. If it's a clear day on the plains and they can see the sun and are moving at a slow pace as a party, that's a DC 5 Wisdom (Survival) check with a +5 bonus and advantage. Maybe in this case someone else can navigate while the ranger forages or tracks. But when the weather gods make it rain in the jungle and the party is moving at a fast pace to get to the temple of the yuan-ti before they sacrifice the prince to Dendar, everyone's grateful they have a ranger with the forest favored terrain! [/QUOTE]

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