Editing Ranger (section)

===Advanced Dungeons & Dragons===
In the 1st and 2nd editions of [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], rangers were not able to sneak or fight properly in chainmail or better, or shields either. Armor was so key in melee under these versions that this led to the popular mocking party cry of "Ranger down!", heard during just about every battle. Rangers were thought to be the inspiration for the "At Death's Door" survival rule, since they would never survive a single session otherwise. They had ''some'' unique tricks, but they suffered from being essentially half-assed [[multiclassing|fighter-druid-thieves]] without really outshining any of their components all that well unless you were out in the wilderness or engaged in other very-specific situations.

This problem is shared with all outdoors-focused classes, down to the [[cavalier]] (if done true to cavalry). D&D has, like, dungeons; and dungeons are ''in''doors.