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Are Golems “Humanoid” for UA Ranger?
Our game 5e game includes a ranger using the Unearthed Arcana rules. The ranger has chosen Humanoids for their favored enemy, and we are trying to determine if a Forest Golem (or any other Golem) ...
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Are the ranger subclasses from Xanathar's Guide to Everything compatible with the UA revised ranger?
My games use the UA revised ranger (from Unearthed Arcana: The Ranger, Revised) instead of the PHB version of the class. The question did not previously come to mind, because until now my players ...
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Revised ranger Primeval Awareness and the ethereal plane
If a UA Revised ranger uses Primeval Awareness (pg. 4), are they able to detect enemies in the ethereal plane?
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Is this homebrew Snapping Turtle balanced as an animal companion for the UA Revised Ranger (Beast Conclave)?
The player of the ranger in my group asked me the other day if I could make her a snapping turtle for an animal companion (she is using the UA Revised Ranger, Beast Conclave). After looking in the ...
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Can the Fey Wanderer Ranger be targeted by a creature affected by its Misty Presence?
Wizards of the Coast recently (in February 2020) released a new set of subclasses for playtesting in Unearthed Arcana: Subclasses, Part 3.
Described in this document is the Fey Wanderer ranger's 15th-...
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Why is the PHB Ranger considered underpowered?
It seems that both the community and Wizards of the Coast are largely in agreement that the PHB Ranger class is underpowered compared to the other classes.
What exactly makes it underpowered compared ...
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Calculating HP for UA beast master animal companion
I am a very new DM in DnD 5e, and one of my players is a ranger. As I was browsing through posts here and there we decided to use the UA, as everyone is saying the RAW ranger is lackluster. She ...
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Does the ranger's UA Primal Awareness variant class feature allow you to cast each spell once per long rest, or only one of them?
The Unearthed Arcana - Class Feature Variants article introduces Primal Awareness, a new variant feature for the ranger that replaces the original 3rd-level feature, Primeval Awareness.
This feature ...
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How does the UA Revised Ranger's "Greater Favored Enemy" interact with "Favored Foe" from the UA Class Feature Variants?
If a Revised Ranger chooses to use the Favored Foe variant from the most recent Unearthed Arcana, they replace their original Favored Enemy feature. How does this interact with their existing Greater ...
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Does the "Fade Away" UA ranger variant feature grant the effect of the Greater Invisibility spell?
The new UA: Class Feature Variants introduces a number of variant features that enhance or replace existing class features. One such feature, Fade Away, replaces the base ranger's 10th-level Hide in ...
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Does the UA Beast Conclave revised ranger let you add your proficiency bonus to both the Boar companion's Tusk damage roll and its Charge damage roll?
I am just hoping to get some clarification on this one.
The UA Ranger Beast Conclave's Companion's Bond feature says:
In addition to the areas where it normally uses its proficiency bonus, an animal ...
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Should my UA Ranger slaughter her Animal Companions when she is done with them?
I'm in the process of converting my PHB Ranger to a UA Ranger. In doing so I'm looking with particular interest at the differences this has on the Animal Companion.
The new features that have caught ...
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Can my UA revised ranger's animal companion use Coordinated Attack if I am riding it?
If I'm riding my animal companion for my class (UA revised ranger), can my animal companion make an attack using the following ability?
Coordinated Attack
Beginning at 5th level, you and your animal ...
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What happens to a UA revised Beast Conclave ranger's Animal Companion's ASIs when it dies?
The Beast Conclave feature "Companion's Bond" from the UA revised ranger says this:
Whenever you gain the Ability Score Improvement class feature, your companion’s abilities also improve. Your ...
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Can a Beast Conclave Ranger (UA) multiclassed w/Wizard benefit from using Speak with Animals to cast Suggestion on their own beast?
Similar to this question about the PHB Beastmaster, I want to know if, as a 3rd level Beast Conclave (Revised Ranger on UA) multiclassed as Wizard 3, I could cast Speak with Animals to enable my using ...
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