RaNgErS aRe MeAnT tO bE ArChErs
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Aragorn is an archer. Most shots of him fighting focus on swordfighting though because it allows danger to be closer.
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Rangers should have things that help at range. Ergo, Sorcerers and Wizards that cast Magic Missile are rangers.
Imma make a PC that’s a Yosemite National Park Ranger who is very confused about how they ended up in Faerun.
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*ahem*
^RANGERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RACIST^
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I would sometimes shake things up and go mostly staff with a sling. The sling is hilariously entertaining on many fronts. It’s not really a big damage weapon, but with called shots life gets fun. Headshots? Yup. Knocking out guards? Indeed. Breaking that vial of potion to release the spell/fog/acid? Bingo.
Sneaking a ranged weapon into town? Have fun with that heavy crossbow, I’m just wrapping the sling around as a belt. Ammo? Sling stones are fabricated, but any old rock can improvise.
While the longbow / longsword ranger is just classicly awesome, a sling / (something) is worth giving a try.
Next up: atlatl barbarian!
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Rangers should have things that help at range. Ergo, Sorcerers and Wizards that cast Magic Missile are rangers.
Imma make a PC that’s a Yosemite National Park Ranger who is very confused about how they ended up in Faerun.
Brian below linked the etymology - but a ranger for Tolkien was pretty close to a park ranger: someone who wandered the woods keeping things safe.
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Rangers should have things that help at range. Ergo, Sorcerers and Wizards that cast Magic Missile are rangers.
Imma make a PC that’s a Yosemite National Park Ranger who is very confused about how they ended up in Faerun.
I never missed a shot with magic missile. Can your ranger say the same?
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I never missed a shot with magic missile. Can your ranger say the same?
Yes. My ranger has also never missed a shot with magic missile.
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To be fair, Aragorn was no slouch with that bow when they were fighting their way out of the Mines of Moria. Maybe he was an archer all along who just got overshadowed by Legolas and spec’d late into longsword to be a good party member.
I think Aragorn was just “the guy”. He’s good at everything because he’s awesome, and we’re ok with it because he’s also a really good person. This is not at all a complaint, just what it seems to be.
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*ahem*
^RANGERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RACIST^
That’s elves, and dwarves, and humans, and orcs, and goblins.
Halflings and gnomes are above such things.
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That’s elves, and dwarves, and humans, and orcs, and goblins.
Halflings and gnomes are above such things.
Every race has prejudices. Rangers have Favored Enemy mechanics
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Every race has prejudices. Rangers have Favored Enemy mechanics
Would they be worth making a favored enemy if they were inferior? Obviously not! It’s a compliment, really.
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I would sometimes shake things up and go mostly staff with a sling. The sling is hilariously entertaining on many fronts. It’s not really a big damage weapon, but with called shots life gets fun. Headshots? Yup. Knocking out guards? Indeed. Breaking that vial of potion to release the spell/fog/acid? Bingo.
Sneaking a ranged weapon into town? Have fun with that heavy crossbow, I’m just wrapping the sling around as a belt. Ammo? Sling stones are fabricated, but any old rock can improvise.
While the longbow / longsword ranger is just classicly awesome, a sling / (something) is worth giving a try.
Next up: atlatl barbarian!
Kender Rangers. They take the whole ‘professional traveling nuisance’ shtick to a whole new level of commitment.
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Would they be worth making a favored enemy if they were inferior? Obviously not! It’s a compliment, really.
Mmmmm yes, you see gnomes are the REAL racists or else I wouldnt be so good at murdering them
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I would sometimes shake things up and go mostly staff with a sling. The sling is hilariously entertaining on many fronts. It’s not really a big damage weapon, but with called shots life gets fun. Headshots? Yup. Knocking out guards? Indeed. Breaking that vial of potion to release the spell/fog/acid? Bingo.
Sneaking a ranged weapon into town? Have fun with that heavy crossbow, I’m just wrapping the sling around as a belt. Ammo? Sling stones are fabricated, but any old rock can improvise.
While the longbow / longsword ranger is just classicly awesome, a sling / (something) is worth giving a try.
Next up: atlatl barbarian!
In a mud, I played a fisher cat person, whose only weapon skill was a sling. And boy howdy if you were accurate animals just fucking dropped. I’d usually hunt rabbits with it and they could be one shot kills. The deer like creatures would usually take a few hits but I once got a headshot and it was just gone. No slowly walking towards it while slinging, it was just down.
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Now I want a green stuff blanket too.
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