>>Every fest there are rangers who buy empath foci hoping that they'll be a foci they can use... and then they end up on the ground. Please take the time to either create a few "rangery" foci or open up empath foci for us to use.
Which ones aren't working? AFAIK, any Life foci should work for Ranger rituals. It's just the ones attuned to specific empath spellbooks that wouldn't work (and I'm not sure if any in Vatari's Ritual Addiction or Focus on the Past are spellbook attuned as opposed to magic sphere attuned).
Uzmam! The Chairman will NOT be pleased to know you're trying to build outside of approved zones. I'd hate for you to be charged the taxes needed to have this place re-zoned. Head for the manor if you're feeling creative.
