Ranger - Ranger is sort of a cross between a Fighter and a Druid. Also, Rangers have an innate resistance to the elements. Tracking makes this class really shines. This skill makes Rangers welcome in any group hunting outdoors. Tracking is also a nice skill given to Rangers. If you have someone you can find the monsters that give you the best experience or gold without a lot of mindless wandering, and you can keep a look out for the ones that will kill you on sight. Rangers are also pretty good fighters and can readily play the tank. You can't dish out or take as much damage as a warrior, and you are somewhat limited in your weapon and armor selection, but you can definitely hold your own. Because of his druid and tracking abilities, the Rangers is pretty good solo class. Tracking lets you pick your fights and only engage the monsters you can beat, and warns you when you are getting near something that can take you out in a hurry. Your spell casting lets you slow down the foe to better attack or run. Your ability with the bow gives you the chance to do damage without engaging. And your fighting ability lets you fight it straight up when you need to.
The Pros and Cons of a Ranger
Rangers are the wilderness guides that ferry people from village to village. They tread lightly in the forest as silently or as swiftly as an elf, yet spend long years in pursuit of balance within the forest. They take infractions upon the land with dire consequences, and older Rangers, usually settle down chaperoning a certain forest of their choosing, becoming guardians.
Rangers Assets
The Ranger class provides plenty of tools for effective adventuring. Below are several assets you have going for you when you choose a Ranger.
Druid Magic: Rangers with their long standing tradition of living in the wilderness develops abilities of the druidic of nature. They can calm wild beasts, and use the living forests themselves to entangle their foes.
Good Armor Class: Rangers are creatures of the forest, and are unable to wear bulky armor, they have high natural AC that allows them even in forest chain mail or leather tunics to be able to move fast and dodge attacks.
Dual Wielding: Rangers gain the limited ability of ambidexterity, allowing them to fight with a weapon in each hand.
High intelligence: A Ranger gained much insight on the nature of things, and gains many skill based proficient that denote their introspective nature.
Extended weapon bonuses: Rangers gain mighty bonuses when wielding slashing weapons of any kind, as well as the ability to use any bow in the game.
Ranger Weaknesses
As with any class in Kingdom of Auspiex, the Rangers advantages come at a price. Here are a few of the disadvantages you should keep in mind if you're considering a Ranger character.
City Blues: A Ranger lives their life in the forests and wilderness and usually has any aversion to any organized civilization larger then a city. When in the bounds of a larger society, Huntsmen loose all of their innate bonus’s, such as Hide, Sneak, and Pass without Trace.
Poor Weapon Selection: Ramgers can only use bows or one-handed slashing weapons. They find it difficult to fight with any other sort of weapon.
