Strider is another name for Aragorn. So yes. We do see him in action in the books.
I was separating the names to exagerate a point. Despite being told by others that he's a ranger, Aragorn's story, abilities and actions are all those of a paladin. He's LotR's version of King Arthur, complete with his own magic sword that proves his ancestry. His background as Strider sounds kind of ranger-like, but he never acts like one once he joins the party.
He's nothing like the modern ranger you see in any contemporary fantasy story or game.
i somehow missed this post before. But I see your point now and I apologize for misunderstanding. I get now that you were kind of speaking on the same point I was by pointing out half the Wizards of Tolkien were actually Druids and very few of them ever cast any real spells.
A paladin's abilities can be used very often. Very true. What fun. A paladin is completely regulated to melee combat for their best stuff (smite, lay on hands, most spells), typically dumps dexterity so acts farther in the initiative order, and does little other than hurt and heal. Their proficiency in 2 social skills is alright, but this is also something a rogue can do much better. That's what rogues do, everyone. Saying a rogue can do most any skill better than some other class or subclass is silly. That's half of what the rogue class does. Skills and sneak attacks. Everything the ranger is and does is situational. But these situations come up often as a group, make a huge impact when they do, and are very fun to play in additional to be very effective. The spell feather fall is situational. These arguments for the ranger is situational. Based on the player's play style and what they enjoy playing.
This. This is basically what I was meaning in that they are actually very different and do different things and thus aren't really comparable despite being at a glance seemingly similar.
Thank you for voicing it much more understandably and I agree with it completely.
I'd also point out that the 2 social skills are balanced out by the Ranger since the Ranger leans into Wisdom which is mostly skills that are universally useful in a variety of situations from social interactions to healing to dealing with nature and even spotting threats. Most of which are on the Ranger's skill proficiency list should they choose to take them.
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i somehow missed this post before. But I see your point now and I apologize for misunderstanding. I get now that you were kind of speaking on the same point I was by pointing out half the Wizards of Tolkien were actually Druids and very few of them ever cast any real spells.
This. This is basically what I was meaning in that they are actually very different and do different things and thus aren't really comparable despite being at a glance seemingly similar.
Thank you for voicing it much more understandably and I agree with it completely.
I'd also point out that the 2 social skills are balanced out by the Ranger since the Ranger leans into Wisdom which is mostly skills that are universally useful in a variety of situations from social interactions to healing to dealing with nature and even spotting threats. Most of which are on the Ranger's skill proficiency list should they choose to take them.