Elven Rangers

[irdeggman]

Originally posted by Alluveal@Jan 20 2004, 03:40 PM
Well first off, I'm using 2nd edition rules, so no feats, etc. Second, there are not elven druids in the game, so that's not really an option. They have magic / sorcery. That's their bread and butter so to say. I think I'll look at some of the druid spells though, and see if I can alter them or only choose ones that aren't too "goddish" or "divine" in nature. The ranger is an elf--fully and wholly.

If I recall correctly the 2nd ed ranger spells were pretty much not 'overly deity related', IMO. I don't think they got any cure spells for one and most of their spells were nature-oriented and thus not real powerful. They also had to be higher level than they do in 3/3.5 in order to cast spells and were likewise limited by that.

[Birthright-L]

> A ranger in my party (game I am running) will eventually get spells.

> However, I am not sure what I`ll be doing with this. I would assume

> elves have rangers, I mean they`re highly protective of their forest

> areas. That said, in stories I have read, the humans had priestly

> magic on their side when they first invaded Anuire--something the elves

> lacked which hindered them.

>

> I am not sure I`m going to give priestly spells to the ranger. I may

> go through and change some of the spells on the priest list and add a

> few arcane spells. I want to stay true to the Birthright flavor and

> keep religion as a non-elf asset. I`ve seen too many pooly run

> Birthright games where players start building temples in The Sielwode

> or Tuarhieval without a care in the world, thinking only about power

> and profit. Makes no sense to me.

>

> Anyway, some ideas here have helped, but until she hits her

> spell-casting level, I`ve got a little time to think. :)



Perhaps you could still incorporate it into the story somehow. Perhaps

the ranger acquires an item that allows him to use these powers.

Perhaps through a strange act of bloodtheft? Or the results of an

investiture ceremony worked into the plot somehow?



--Lord Rahvin