Ranger Question

[Apotheosis]

Is it possible and viable to make a ranger who's attack is primarily CS/casting based? I know they probably have like 5 attack spells in the game, natures fury, spikethorn, tangleweed and fire spirit, and unbalance as well.

if so, what would a training plan look like? I might imagine the only weapon I would wield as one is a THW like a runestave/quarterstaff

[Artha]

It might be possible, but I doubt that it's viable. The earliest spells attack spells there are at 10, and one's maneuver and the other's CS based. As a semi, you won't be doing super well in the CS department, and 10 mana is a lot to blow on a spell you're going to be using for a while.

[Stunseed]

It could be done, but you would want to be 50+ before doing it. Even 2x'ing spells, you wouldn't be that hot at either circle. You could spike your way through the game, but it would be long and time consuming.

[Stunseed]

Also, tangleweed is a spell you prolly don't want to rely on for damage. The costs for mental stats is horrid, so training for a runestaff isn't the smart way to go, either. Spell Aim for a Ranger makes me shudder in thought.

[Drew]

Yeah, a number of people tried the "druid" path a while back, it was a bit of a fad for a while, and while it would be possible with dilligent work and careful target selection, there are easier ways to play a ranger.

[Edited on 4-4-2005 by Drew]

You could do it if you picked up brawling and voln fu, otherwise it'd be impossible to be 100% spells

[Drew]

That's what Keller does, I've done some brawling paths, they are lots of fun. Rangers are made for voln-fu

[Keller]

Originally posted by Drew
That's what Keller did, I've done some brawling paths, they are lots of fun. Rangers are made for voln-fu

[Carl Spackler]

It would have been more viable when spike was better. In todays game, I don't see it happening.