Questions tagged [ranger]
For questions about the ranger, a class or archetype appearing in a number of different RPGs that has both martial prowess and skills in the wilderness. Rangers may have an animal companion, depending on the game system.
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Does Guiding Bolt reveal a Gloom Stalker ranger in darkness?
The Guiding Bolt says:
A flash of light streaks toward a creature of your choice within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 4d6 radiant damage, and the ...
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Should a forest ranger's travel pace in Chult's jungle be faster?
My players recently started the Tomb of Annihilation adventure. In Chapter 2, under the heading "Tracking Miles" (p. 38), it says:
Instead of tracking movement by hexes, you can keep track ...
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What is the estimated DPR for a hunter ranger?
I was wondering what the average amount of a damage per round by a human ranger with the Hunter subclass should be at each level?
The answer should not include bonuses with magic items and should be ...
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For the Horizon Walker ranger's Distant Strike feature, can you teleport, then move, then attack? Or must the attack immediately follow the teleport?
I have yet to find clarification on when exactly the teleportation from the Horizon Walker ranger's Distant Strike feature must occur relative to the actual attack. The description of the feature says ...
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What is the status bonus to damage when a ranger with Gravity Weapon active uses Power Attack?
As title.
Power Attack says "you deal an extra die of weapon damage".
Gravity Weapon states that the first Strike each round gains a "status bonus to damage equal to twice the number of ...
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Is my Ranger doing more damage than they should?
My character is a level 5 ranger and can do on average 50 or so damage per round.
I have the Venomous Bow
and and some basic bane toxin. The bow has the following relevant traits:
Poison Generation. ...
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Is Gloom Stalker overpowered?
Sharpshooter is considered to be among the most overpowered feats in D&D 5e. Its gross damage boost is even more pronounced when one has a consistent source for Advantage.
Gloom Stalker has the ...
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How do the multiple attack rolls of Whirlwind Attack work with Lunging Attack's bonus to the attack's damage roll?
At 11th level the Ranger subclass Hunter can get Whirlwind Attack:
You can use your action to make a melee attack against any number of creatures within 5 feet of you, with a separate attack roll for ...
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Can the Gloom Stalker Ranger's Stalker's Flurry feature be used with the Attack action from the Haste spell?
The haste spell states:
Choose a willing creature [...] it gains an additional action on each of its turns. That action can be used only to take the Attack (one weapon attack only) [...] action.
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I am looking for some feedback on my first homebrewed magic item "Aurel‘s Adaptive Crossbow"
I am running my first campaign since a little over half a year now and the ranger in the group still has a basic heavy crossbow at this point (almost level 5). Which is why I want to present them with ...
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Can the extra 1d8 damage of the Gloom Stalker's Dread Ambusher feature be added to the first successful attack of the turn? [duplicate]
The Gloom Stalker Ranger from Xanathar's Guide to Everything (pg. 42) has the Dread Ambusher:
At the start of your first turn of each combat, you walking speed increases by 10 feet, which lasts until ...
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Can a charmed Beast Master ranger's Primal Companion attack the charmer?
If a Beast Master ranger has a Primal Companion, and the ranger is charmed, can the charmed ranger instruct their Primal Companion to attack the charmer?
I ask this because the Primal Companion ...
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Is my modified version of the Primeval Awareness feature more useful for the ranger than the original feature?
The description of the ranger's Primeval Awareness feature says:
Beginning at 3rd level, you can use your action and expend one ranger
spell slot to focus your awareness on the region around you. For ...
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Tasha's Beastmaster & communicating
I've been looking over the recent changes to the Ranger's Beastmaster in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, and I'm trying to figure out the best way for the beast to communicate with the ranger. The ...
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How does a Ranger/Fighter multiclass having Extra Attack (2) interact with their Beastmaster companion?
At levels 5, 11, and 20, the Fighter Class gains extra attacks. Can I dedicate a number of attacks to my companion(s) if I had them use one of my attacks?
Example: At level 11 Fighter and Level 5 ...
