Ranger PrE

[Kriogen]

We now have 3 Ranger Prestige Enhancements, Tempest (melee), Arcane Archer (ranged) and Deepwood Sniper (ranged).

My sugestion is to keep Tempest, merge Arcane Archer and Deepwood Sniper into single PrE called Archer and add new PrE, Beast Master.

Ranger is by definition a versatile warrior. Good in melee and good with a bow. In PnP Rangers also get an animal companion.

In DDO melee is good, ranged is not. Thats why I suggest you merge 2 PrEs into a single one. Ranged combat could use any boost it can get. Beast Master is to give Rangers what missing from PnP and/or for flavor.

So we'd have:
- Tempest: for those that want better then default melee
- Archer: for those that want better then default ranged
- Beast Master: for pet lovers

Beast Master PrE:
- add clickie that summons a pet
- pet level (CR) is bound to Rangers level. Just like in PnP, Ranger level - 4 (?)
- if possible you can summon different pet
- different pet would have 1 special ability. Eq: wolf has fear/shaken like attack, cat has trip like attack, etc

Something in that direction.

[Esserbe]

Ranger animal companion will hopefully/maybe be added when Druids are added, so adding a prestige enhancement to access one of the core concepts of the class (an animal companion) would be a step in the wrong direction IMO.

[Bacab]

I think FVS and SOR deserve PREs before Ranger gets a 4th PRE...

[Natashaelle]

That's actually a pretty good idea there, though I think I'd prefer to see Deepwood sniper reworked into something actually _useful_ rather than just merged with AA.

[learst]

I do think the general idea would be good - a different flavour of ranger. Other than Beastmaster, maybe a Bounty Hunter like a ranger/rogue hybrid etc.

I don't really mind merging Arcane Archer and Deepwood Sniper, since ranged is much weaker in this game than melee. And there doesn't seem to be much you can do to differentiate between AA and DS.

[TimethiefXVI]

I think FVS and SOR deserve PREs before Ranger gets a 4th PRE...

agree on sorc, dont agree on fvs. they are powerfull enough by default