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What will the incentive be for single-classing? STAB? And does your defensive type depend on your class levels, or just a basic template?

Tome Pokemon material? I would be all over that, and more than willing to help out.

Bigode -- Magic is either used offensively or it isn't. There are a whole bunch of requirements before magic can effectively be used offensively: Full Caster Level High Casting Stat Decent Spell Levels or other DC boosters. So if we want the Ranger to be casting offensive magic, we know that he will...

New Jedi Order Their headquarters is in Australia. More flavor details to follow. Willpower+Intuition (Willpower+Charisma for Sith) Most Jedi are Sorcerers, Adepts, or Mystic Adepts. The use of combat spells is heavily frowned on. Mentor spirits are extremely common, and can be chosen after characte...

Yes -- I have one leftover flavor concept, and one leftover mechanic. Ideologically, I've already done the ranger as "paladin of nature" and "champion of civilization" -- the next Ranger would be ideologically neutral -- someone who happens to be good in the woods, but not philos...

Yeah; I can see your point, although personally I think Scent is pretty powerful at low to mid levels, as it auto-detects almost everything -- you still don't know where they are, but you can't be ambushed. The original idea was that the animal-friending abilities would be more cumbersome, so hunter...

Here's how I see it: Flavor is highly mutable. All of us know how to re-write flavor text, all of us like to create our own settings, and all of us are quite comfortable reflavorign and even revising classes. So, writing some really generic flavor a la PHB doesn't really help much. It accomplishes t...

Make a Miedium LA 0 zero race, with hands -- Red XII never seemed to have trouble manipulating objects. He can also walk on his hindlegs for that matter. Give them good natural weapons so they don't need to use weapons, and a speed bonus for quadrupedfal running when their hands are empty. If they w...

Don't be a dick, Sigma.

Ranger Lord There are bad things in the lands beyond the Kingdom. Very bad things. So the monarch, in his benevolence, established the order of rangers to be his agents, patrolling the borders of his land, protecting from external threats, both natural threats and threats from the giants, necromance...

Do we think Detect thoughts is approrpriate for Watcher? I'm contemplating replacing it.

How do we feel about opening up Ally spirits to non-animals form the Sumon nature's Ally list?

Do the built-in features need any adjustment?

Why is Hunter lame, and how can it be fixed?

Remember that at level 3, You're likely to be running around with at least masterwork studded leather, so you're only losing 3 AC when you switch our of protector. Even at level 10, the Armor bonus you get is +9, which is only 4 points better than light mithril; you could always buy a deflection ite...

Is Protector Spirit really *that* amazing? It's been assumed as a given by almost everyone here, which makes me wonder if it's too good to be a selectable option. Do I need to build more defense into the class progression itself? I had really tried ot push the effectiveness of Protector because &quo...

A support-mook class might be nice, for a sort of "the boss's acolyte each heal him 5 points per round, so you run around killing them first" effect.

You may be right, although I'm hesitant because, at least at cursory inspection, melee rangers are already a little less appealing than ranged ones.

I'm about to get on a plane ot school, at which point I will be rather busy, so chances are there won't be a useable version of Spirit Ranger until next weekend; if people like it enough to wait for it, then I shall endeavor to have it ready... but I've been waiting a *long* time for 0.5 and I know ...

The top 8 Items I see rangers looking for are:

WIS item
Magic Bow
Magic Armor
Natural Amor Item
Resistance Item (for when you don't have protector going)
DEX item (see above)
Magic sword (for melee/status infliction/DR-beating)
INT item (if it grants retroactive skills)

It's hard to keep track of what, exactly, has already gone in.

I'd like to nominate my Spirit Ranger for incluson, but it's not quite polished yet; I'm not sure when you imagined finishing up version 0.5, but if its not for a few days I can try to get a final-ish version ready..

I think you're too quick to assume you can kite. First of all, wins by kiting don't really translate to party play, so I'm hesitant to claim mroe than a couple on any one challenge. More importantly, it's not always possible. A Horde of Shadows, for instance, traditionally jumps you form all directi...

A hallway filled with magical runes. Drizzle spots the traps with Watcher Aspect, then busts out Protector and Travel. With awesome saves, evasion, and some immunities and restorative potions, Drizzle should come out of this okay. Probable Victory. A Fire Giant. Drizzle catches the giant by surprise...

Same Game Challenge: (28 point buy) Kilgore, Half-Orc Ranger 5 Str 18 Dex 14 Con 14 Int 8 Wis 15 Cha 8 AC 19 (+7 Armor +2 DEX) Fort 5 Ref 8 Will 5 HP 36 Magic Longbow +9 1d8+6 Masterwork Ranseur +12 2d4+8 Skills: hide+10/15, move silently, spot, listen, survival, Feats: Combat School (claw, bite, da...

At Catharz -- It's worth noting that some of the abilities are more obviously "supernatural" or "druidic" than others. If you want a lower-magic ranger, just take, say, Stalker, Protector, and Traveler before jumping out into Fighter or Rogue @ Bigode -- I will consider it. I was...

No spellcasting to differentiate it from Druid, and make it easier for newbies to play. The spirits were originally ordered class features, but when I couldn't quite get the order right I decided to throw it open. Obviously more spirits could be added, but I think the third spirit is incentive enoug...

THe Sain is a good idea, and could probably share spirit affinities with the Gnostic, but I wanted to play an academic izard who bought into the christian mythos. As for demons, I wondered if someone was going to call me out on that inaccuracy. I am well aware that fire is the punishment for demons,...

Cross-posted from the other thread, inc ase nobody's reading it. Tradition: Mentalism Concept: Mentalists believe that their powers are manifestations of the human mind. By cultivating their awareness of their surroundings, they become able to reach out into the "aether" to reveal and mani...