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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7680722" data-attributes="member: 29398">Which is unfortunate, in that Salvatore took what was a good class (the 1e tanked-up giant-killin' Ranger) and butchered it into a poncy shadow of its former self.&nbsp; And it's never recovered.I've never been a fan of animal companions for either Druids or Rangers (MU familiars are bad enough); I'd be quite happy if they went away completely.The favoured enemy issue is a negative byproduct of later editions.&nbsp; In 1e Rangers were good against giant-class humanoids, end of story.&nbsp; Nice and simple.&nbsp; But once the chance to choose the favoured enemy came along the first problem to rear up is Ranger players not seeing their choice of enemy often enough in the game.&nbsp; Simple answer is to have only two or three choices - let's say choose from giant-class, undead, or reptiles-dragons - that are nigh-guaranteed to come up quite regularly in any campaign, and stop there.&nbsp; But make the effect relevant - if all 5e gives you is language capability that's not enough.Lan-&quot;my first ever character was a plate-clad sword-and-board tank of a Ranger; this has remained my preferred Ranger archetype ever since&quot;-efan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7680722, member: 29398"] Which is unfortunate, in that Salvatore took what was a good class (the 1e tanked-up giant-killin' Ranger) and butchered it into a poncy shadow of its former self. And it's never recovered. I've never been a fan of animal companions for either Druids or Rangers (MU familiars are bad enough); I'd be quite happy if they went away completely. The favoured enemy issue is a negative byproduct of later editions. In 1e Rangers were good against giant-class humanoids, end of story. Nice and simple. But once the chance to choose the favoured enemy came along the first problem to rear up is Ranger players not seeing their choice of enemy often enough in the game. Simple answer is to have only two or three choices - let's say choose from giant-class, undead, or reptiles-dragons - that are nigh-guaranteed to come up quite regularly in any campaign, and stop there. But make the effect relevant - if all 5e gives you is language capability that's not enough. Lan-"my first ever character was a plate-clad sword-and-board tank of a Ranger; this has remained my preferred Ranger archetype ever since"-efan [/QUOTE]

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