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Is there a way to see through fog cloud [duplicate]
I'm trying to make a ranger Kenku who makes fog clouds in fights and then shoots them through the enemys throughout the fog but I don't know how I would go about seeing through the fog.
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Is it possible to become 4x Proficient in a skill? [duplicate]
With the ranger’s Deft Explorer trait, you add your proficiency bonus twice in one of your stats that you already have in a stat. If I were to gain expertise in the stat first, and then gain that ...
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When would a +1 Moon Sickle be superior to the other (Dex-based) melee weapons available to a ranger?
Sickles are d4 weapons without the finesse property. Why would a ranger want to use a +1 sickle (that requires attunement) in melee instead of a shortsword?
Note: Jack pointed out in a comment that ...
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Do rangers have any features that would encourage them to fight with Dexterity instead of Strength?
Does the ranger have any class features that would be less powerful if they used Strength (instead of Dexterity) as their primary offensive ability? Obviously, this hypothetical ranger would be bad at ...
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What can a ranger 1/paladin 1 do with their spell slots?
Paladins and rangers get their spellcasting at level 2, as they are half-casters. However, a ranger 1/paladin 1 would have the spell slots of a 1st-level full caster. Would this hypothetical character ...
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Can you make a spell attack with the Hunter's Giant Killer?
The full Hunter's Prey ability is written as such (Player's Handbook p.93, emphasis mine):
Hunter’s Prey
At 3rd level, you gain one of the following features of your choice.
Colossus Slayer
Your ...
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Can you use Favored Foe multiple times on the same creature?
In D&D 5e (Tasha's Cauldron of Everything), if I hit a creature and use the Favored Foe feature to mark it and deal additional damage, would I be able to stop concentrating on the initial mark and ...
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Gloom Stalker Ranger's Stalker's Flurry and Rogue's Elusive
Rogue's Elusive states " No attack roll has advantage against you while you aren’t incapacitated." and Stalker's Flurry states "Once on each of your turns when you miss with a weapon ...
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Can unarmed strikes be used with Dread Ambusher?
I’m currently playing an unarmed monk. The build is to run as many attacks as I can without going too far into multi-classing fighter (I’ll go two levels in to pick up action surge). I’m considering ...
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Can a creature chose different targets for each attack on a turn using information about the outcome of previous attacks? [duplicate]
A 4th-level ranger with a light melee weapon each hand and the Two Weapon Fighting fighting style can make 2 attacks in a turn (1 with the Attack action for the first hand, 1 as a bonus action for the ...
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Optimal Magic Items for Ranged Combat?
I'm a 5e player with a good amount of experience. I am currently playing a revised ranger (and using the optional features from Tasha's because my DM lets me). What magic items/spells/feats could I ...
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When a Beast Master Ranger is incapacitated, who controls the primal companion?
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything's Primal Companion description says:
If you are incapacitated, the beast can take any action of its choice, not just Dodge.
Since it's a magically summoned primal ...
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Does the Animal Companion from the Beastmaster Ranger subclass get additional Hit Dice as the ranger gains levels?
We're using the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition players handbook only. The Ranger's Companion section (PHB p. 93) seems, for the most part, to be pretty clear. The part about hit points states:
It's ...
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"Each of your turns" Gathered swarm clarification
I'm trying to figure out if I can do the reaction polearm master and use gathered swarm if I hit
I'm just honestly confused by the "each of your turns" part of gathered swarm.
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How much total damage can a 3rd-level Ranger with 2 shortswords and the Two-Weapon Fighting fighting style deal in one round?
How much damage can a 3rd level Ranger with 2 short swords (with Two- Weapon Fighting fighting style) deal in total during a round?
The Ranger rolls 2d20 and hits the enemy with both (with no bonus or ...
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