fandomhigh | Rangering!, Friday, Period Four [ 07/24 ].

Ahhh, Minsc was starting to like this whole same course deal. It made lesson planning so much easier! This was exceptionally good news when it was a lesson he so very much enjoyed giving, and he looked forward to the follow up of today's particular topic. Ohhhh, the follow up was good!

And it started out with a resounding call of, "Bad guys! We all have them; if you don't think you have them, then you'll probably find out just how wrong you are when you are lying in your bed with a sword sticking out of your chest or a hatchet in your head and wondering, 'how did this get here?'

"As protectors of goodness, a ranger typically focuses a great deal of his energies into being very good at destroying one particular type of bad-doer, especially if they are common to marauding their homes! This allows you to ~~gain a bonus to your roll~~ strike them even better, though the careful study of what makes that creature tick...and stop ticking! We not only specialize on weapons, but also on enemies! Knowing is half the battle!"

"Here is a very nice list of common enemies favoured by rangers in my homeland of Faerûn! Look them over, pick one that you might be interested in choosing for your favoured enemy, and then spend the next week studying that enemy! Because that is the key! To know a bad guy is to know it's weaknesses and that is how a ranger ~~gets bonus rolls~~ fights them better! Research well! Whatever you pick, you will be going up against next week!"

"And, should there be a favoured enemy that you have already from your homeworld, you are welcome to pick one of those, too, especially if it will be more helpful to you in buttkicking later! Some of you who have taken the class before, please stick with the same enemy and try to find out more about them."

"Today, we will talk." He said it in a simple way that made it clear that a talking class was rare. "I would like a discussion, please, about what sorts of things that you think you should be looking for! What can we learn about our enemies to help us fight them better? And after we have come up with that, you are free to practise your weapons or spar, so let us get done with the chit-chat quick and smartly so we can have some fun!"

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Filled with unreasonable rage!

Edited 2009-07-24 13:31 (UTC)

Arthur Pendragon

Fiona Post

Tim Riggins

Eric van der Woodsen

~~Himura Kenshin~~

緋村剣心

Momoko Akatsutsumi

Zayne Carrick

Blah blah blah blah blah!

...Fiona was about three seconds away from hugging Minsc.

Research. Oh yes. Yes, yes, yes. It was her bread and butter, the thing she knew best. There were romantic ballads that could have replaced 'lover' with 'books' and they would have fit Fiona to a T.

Happy happy happy wee goddess.

As she'd said to her mom, Momoko wasn't sure that the Professor's definition of 'ranger' was exactly the same as hers. But it was sometimes very very very close; like today!

A good ranger was indeed specialized! Like, usually someone on the team was a really smart scientist! Or really good at languages and diplomacy! Or there's the one who's a crack shot, the cute one, the one with the secret past...

Zayne took notes as usual. And he supposed it was going to be really easy for him to pick a type of enemy from his own galaxy. Most of his Jedi training went directly towards learning how to watch for and destroy the Sith.

What sort of things do you think is important to know about an enemy to help better fight them? Do you think it's important at all? What sorts of things can you do to change that? Why is there all this talking go on when there could be fighting?

Very deep questions.

"You should be familiar with the combat tactics of your enemies," Kenshin says without hesitation. "And learn how best to counter them."

Momoko nodded and threw in her own hard-learned lesson, "You should also study your own team, since if you have an enemy that you're studying then you should expect that your enemy is studying you to find out how to defeat you! So you should too."

The usual collection of moddable weapons and dummies are available for you to brush up on your skills, especially the long distance bows and crossbows.

When she could (eeee, research research bounce bounce), she took what was left of the class to do a bit more archery. All her reading up had reminded her of the importance of ranged weaponry.

Take some class time to face off with your fellow training rangers!

Who should both remember this whole bit about favoured enemies.

Edited 2009-07-24 13:36 (UTC)

Oh, Arthur remembered. He was just trying to work out if he wanted to go for a certain Beast again, or settle for a different creature. Something big and sharp-toothed.

Eric was thinking about the sound thrashing the kobolds had given him the previous term; he didn't quite regret choosing them for his enemy-of-focus, but he rather hoped -- when the time came -- that he'd be able to give a much better showing.

Who is always available, despite his protests of 'enough talk, more fight!'

Go wild with the discussion amongst yourselves, especially since my availability today will probably be insaaaaaaaanely unpredictable, but I shall try to have Minsc chime in as much as possible.

Rangering!, Friday, Period Four [ 07/24 ].

Sign In! -- 07/24.

Re: Sign In! -- 07/24.

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Re: Sign In! -- 07/24.

Re: Sign In! -- 07/24.

Re: Sign In! -- 07/24.

Re: Sign In! -- 07/24.

During the Talking Bits! -- 07/24.

Re: During the Talking Bits! -- 07/24.

Re: During the Talking Bits! -- 07/24.

Re: During the Talking Bits! -- 07/24.

Discussion! -- 07/24.

Re: Discussion! -- 07/24.

Re: Discussion! -- 07/24.

Weapons Training! -- 07/24.

Re: Weapons Training! -- 07/24.

Sparring! -- 07/24.

Talk to the TAs! -- 07/24.

Re: Talk to the TAs! -- 07/24.

Re: Talk to the TAs! -- 07/24.

Talk to Minsc! -- 07/24.

OOC -- 07/24.