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Rangers and Awaken

Post by Tryn Dralar » Tue Sep 19, 2017 11:36 pm

A small host of changes to give rangers a little love last night, courtesy of KIrito:

- Magic Fang spells now grant bonus AC in addition to their other bonuses.
- Blade Thirst can now be cast on any melee weapon. (Does not work on arrow bundles.)
- Awaken no longer grants bonus AC, but grants an additional attack instead.

So that was the lastest Ranger update. I can cast all four spell levels of the ranger but I do NOT have Awaken. What am I missing?

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Re: Rangers and Awaken

Post by DarkDreamer » Tue Sep 19, 2017 11:38 pm

Your missing Awaken...as its not a Ranger spell.

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Re: Rangers and Awaken

Post by Tryn Dralar » Wed Sep 20, 2017 12:40 am

Yea no kidding I am missing awaken. geeze.

Well its posted in a ranger update so little confusing is all.

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Re: Rangers and Awaken

Post by Dreams » Wed Sep 20, 2017 1:14 am

Because even though you don't have the spell in your Ranger spellbook, you still have access to the spell via scrolls, and the spell still works on Ranger Animal Companions.

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Re: Rangers and Awaken

Post by Scurvy Cur » Wed Sep 20, 2017 1:20 am

Relevant because two spells were changed in conjunction.

Previously, GMF, available to both druids and rangers, only gave AB/Damage, and Awaken was a source of AC and stats.

In order to move some of the animal companion budget to a place where rangers can reach it, without granting a stacking bonus that would let druids double dip on AC, the armor component of Awaken was moved to Greater Magic Fang, and awaken was buffed to compensate for this (in the form of an extra attack per round.

Both needed to be changed in the same update, and thus got listed together.


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Re: Rangers and Awaken

Post by Tryn Dralar » Wed Sep 20, 2017 2:26 am

aha, thanks guys. That was helpful and what I was looking for. Much appreciated.

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Re: Rangers and Awaken

Post by Peppermint » Wed Sep 20, 2017 3:59 pm

Yep, I should've been clearer. Scurvy nailed it though. Thanks!

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