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#1 Phantymwolf Feb 09, 2011 19:18:29	Been thinking about reflavoring the two-weapon, archer, and beastmaster rangers to an arcane class called the Arcane Harrier with the three builds being the Bladesinger (two-weapon), Arcane Archer (archer), and Elemental Skirmisher (beastmaster). Wanted to get others takes on this idea, and what I should do to sufficiently reflavor them  and make them feel at least somewhat different from the ranger.
#2 Crimson_Concerto Feb 10, 2011 9:09:01	Wanted to get others takes on this idea, and what I should do to sufficiently reflavor them and make them feel at least somewhat different from the ranger. Nothing. Reflavoring means exactly that the only thing that you're changing is the flavor. All of the mechanics would stay exactly the same. For example, using Twin Strike with your bow might cause an arrow or arcane energy to materialize on the string, and then then arcane arrow would split itself into two and zig-zag around randomly before striking its targets. Entirely different flavor, no mechanical change required. As for the Beast-Master, I'd avoid making all sorts of elementals available because than you would have to make mechanical changes to make something like a fire elemental believable. Air, Earth, and Water elementals would still be fine, though, because all of those elements do damage physically. Alternatively, they could be flavored as golems, homunculi, summons, illusions, or even unusually aggressive familiars.
#3 Krusk Feb 10, 2011 11:17:24	I would add elemental keywords to all the powers. Now it is "Ice Spray" not twin strike. IT does cold damage now. Thats probably it, and you don't really need to go that far. Swap the power source entry, and names around and your players might not even notice.
#4 Crimson_Concerto Feb 10, 2011 20:12:40	I would add elemental keywords to all the powers. Now it is "Ice Spray" not twin strike. IT does cold damage now. You could, but that's not reflavoring.
#5 Krusk Feb 11, 2011 10:55:05	I would add elemental keywords to all the powers. Now it is "Ice Spray" not twin strike. IT does cold damage now. You could, but that's not reflavoring. Ok?
#6 Arithezoo Feb 11, 2011 19:22:57	Cool idea, and the others are right.  Change the decription, add some elemental damage type, and no one will be the wiser.
#7 natural20username Feb 14, 2011 19:08:53	While adding damage types isn't reflavoring, I think it's probably called for and not tipping the balance scales too much.