Posted by Not in any cabal... on October 10, 2000 at 18:26:08:
In Reply to: I'm thinking about creating a Ranger. What is the best race and why? I would apperciate your thoughts. posted by Newbie Ranger. on October 10, 2000 at 09:40:54:
Hrmmph, personally I would opt for a wood-elf ranger. Iron vuln is little exploited and DEX 24 means you will dodge exceedingly well. 23 INT means one prac per skill as well. CON is lower but you will average between 10 and 14 per lvl. With my (deleted) wood-elf ranger I've hoarded at least 70 practices to dump into training hp, which somewhat negates the health issue. Giants are just too dumb imho, humans too bland, felars too cliche, h-elves are like humans and elves are good but have the wrong strengths (you need the 24 DEX, 23 INT, 17 CON not the 25 INT, 23 DEX, 16 CON and the extra 100 xp penalty). There is, I think, only one wood elven ranger of somewhat higher rank around now, a sylvan I beleive. So try it out, something a bit different, less cookie cutter. And stick with being nimble and quick of mind rather than just big and dumb. The battelragers are good for the latter :)