Rangers - Wisdom

[The Kriv]

With the advent of the weapon templates, and the rework of the ranger spell "Blade Thirst", having a minmum 13 wisdom for a ranger is kind of almost mandatory for BOTH melee & ranged.

I'd like to see Rangers get a wisdom bonus at level-ups in the same way Paladins do.

Maybe they don't need 4 points in wisdom, since character creation with Ranger as Primary Class begins you at 11 wisdom.

So, instead of four points of wisdom gained... only 3 points of wisdom gained at intervals of 9 levels.

9 Ranger Levels = +1 Wisdom
18 Ranger Levels = +1 Wisdom
27 Ranger Levels = +1 Wisdom

Total gain 3 points of Wisdom across 27 levels.


That way you could be Ranger (27) [class #2] (3) and achieve a 14 wisdom, accessing 4th level spells, without having to invest very valuable ability points to a class that already relies heavily on Dexterity, Strength and Con. Most Ranger Builds will likely only go as far as 20 or 21 levels of Ranger, which in this way, they can be guaranteed access to 3rd level spells, which is where Blade Thirst is.


-If you think about it... even a DEX build Ranger needs to push their Strength to at MINIMUM 18 in order to take full advantage of the best Mighty Longbows in the game... meanwhile Melee Characters who romp about in Full Plate can use Dex as a dump stat, only worrying about STR and CON.. leaving INT at 3 to qualify for the majority of their feat selection.

Strength CAN'T be a dump stat for an Archer in NWN. they NEED at least 18 strength here. they NEED at least 13 Wisdom. and if they are a STR build, they NEED 13 Intelligence for those pre-requisite fightery feats. And you can't access 3rd level spells unliess you have 13 wisdom natural. Enchants alone don't open up those spell levels.