So while in the underark, I am a ranger with this as my favored terrain. I try to track humans as my favored enemy and look to see how many people have passed. The dm said that too many people have passed here to know how many people came through. Should I still be able to know how many and where or no
Favored enemy allows you to recall information about the creature as well as track it better. Natural explorer allows you to know when, how many, and what size the creature you're tracking is in your chosen terrain.
In a black and white sense, yes you should know that 93 humans passed through that area heading both south and east, over the course of 16 years.
The issue comes from how trafficked the area is. Imagine, if you will, a flat area about a quarter mile square. A fresh snow has fallen and no one has stepped into that area yet. Then you release 30 people through this area. You, as the tracker, do not show up until everyone has crossed the area, and they have all gone home. Do you believe you'd be able to place each and every individual person? Do you believe you'd be able to make a time line of first to cross all the way down to last? Now imagine if only 8 people were to cross...a heck of a lot easier right?
In a more realistic sense, if it is a highly trafficked area, you would know that a large number of humans passed through and you'd know that the freshest tracks are a few days old, probably be able to figure out that some are as old as a week. If I were in his shoes, I'd have probably given you the number of humans that passed through most recently, those tracks would probably be easier to discern.
So while in the underark, I am a ranger with this as my favored terrain. I try to track humans as my favored enemy and look to see how many people have passed. The dm said that too many people have passed here to know how many people came through. Should I still be able to know how many and where or no
Favored enemy allows you to recall information about the creature as well as track it better. Natural explorer allows you to know when, how many, and what size the creature you're tracking is in your chosen terrain.
In a black and white sense, yes you should know that 93 humans passed through that area heading both south and east, over the course of 16 years.
The issue comes from how trafficked the area is. Imagine, if you will, a flat area about a quarter mile square. A fresh snow has fallen and no one has stepped into that area yet. Then you release 30 people through this area. You, as the tracker, do not show up until everyone has crossed the area, and they have all gone home. Do you believe you'd be able to place each and every individual person? Do you believe you'd be able to make a time line of first to cross all the way down to last? Now imagine if only 8 people were to cross...a heck of a lot easier right?
In a more realistic sense, if it is a highly trafficked area, you would know that a large number of humans passed through and you'd know that the freshest tracks are a few days old, probably be able to figure out that some are as old as a week. If I were in his shoes, I'd have probably given you the number of humans that passed through most recently, those tracks would probably be easier to discern.