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I apologize if my tone seems strong. I merely wanted to point out that this issue has been happening contra to what was being said in this forum. At this point, I'm going to bow out of this conversation because it is off topic and the focus should be on acceptable ranger deities.

The first time I changed it, it was unprovoked. I was told the character wouldn't be playable so I changed the deity. Then days later, the second time, when I asked for the token and was I was told Talona is not supported as a ranger deity and then shameless backpedalling. And while I can appreciate you not wanting to comment on it because of the rumor mill. I can tell you from a first hand experience that what happened to me was wrong and by your own earlier post never should have happened.

[We aren't yet going to start telling people to change deity or rebuild out of class.]

Mar 26, 2017 11:41:27 GMT -5 Edge said:

Mar 26, 2017 7:49:25 GMT -5 Garage Trashcan said:

Yeah, I don't know where the whole, "Rangers must worship nature deities," came from, considering on the old forum it was always explicitly stated that they only needed to have any patron deity to benefit from divine spellcasting. The post should be changed to just Druids, as that's the only one that makes canonical sense and actually matches what CD has always had.

Mostly because this isn't true. Yes some were told this (myself included), while others were told rangers always needed to serve a nature deity, and still others that deity didn't matter unless you got to the levels you could use ranger spells, but after that point you needed a naturey patron or you couldn't use those spells.

It doesn't help that WOTC has been extremely inconsistent about this across different books, as this very thread has provided so many examples of. Even more so when adding in non-FR expansions and setting-neutral books that while not necessarily designed for use with the setting contain information and mechanics we do make use of here.

As Arya said, what we ask right now is a bit of patience. We aren't yet going to start telling people to change deity or rebuild out of class. We're trying to bring a unified handle to a question that's been answered several different ways over the server's existence, and as such it's going to take some time.

Not to throw anyone under the bus, but I was told to change my deity for Tani and I did it. I was grumpy and upset but I did it. Then I was told in regards to my second choice deity "currently we don't have Talona supported for rangers" which means I would in fact have to change the deity again. Furthermore Talona is and was at the time on the list of acceptable deities. Now that dm later stated that the list is constantly changing and she meant to say "she's supported currently, but that might be changing (I doubt that though)" Why would the lady of poison even be considered to NOT be on the list? For that matter why would a rule be posted before all this research and information gathering was finalized? What is the point of telling random players that according to pending server law, that they might not have a character anymore?