Every aspirant ranger (cause there isn't ranger atm, you're right) was able to participate in the termit stuff, if they asked. In the end there was 8~10 people involved (not only one as you might think), and every people who asked were given the stuff.
And yeah, there is a very good RP reason for the termit access to be controled. If you do experiment you don't want them to be destroyed by everybody, and if you try to destroy the mound (which has been done in lake / desert), you want it to be done. Since not everybody is a termit expert, it seems obvious to restrain the access only to the expert to make sure there is nothing done wrong and the mound can be destroyed.
And yeah, there is a very good RP reason for the termit access to be controled. If you do experiment you don't want them to be destroyed by everybody, and if you try to destroy the mound (which has been done in lake / desert), you want it to be done. Since not everybody is a termit expert, it seems obvious to restrain the access only to the expert to make sure there is nothing done wrong and the mound can be destroyed.
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