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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How do I gain magic as a Ranger? [closed]
I heard there was a way to give your ranger Magic, not by weapons and armor. Is that true? If so how do I gain it? What level and what types of magic can a ranger get? The book I've been reading for ...
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What language do undead speak?
I really need help with creating my ranger. For my "favored enemy," I chose undead, but I don't know what language they speak (if they speak one at all). Do I just look for a single undead (...
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How does the ranger's Favored Foe optional class feature interact with the Hail of Thorns spell?
Suppose I'm a ranger using the variant rules in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, specifically the Favored Foe optional class feature. I'm concentrating on the Hail of Thorns spell, and I hit a creature ...
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Is this Variant Ranger Feature "Favored Enemy Swap" balanced?
I don't like the ranger and I have been experimenting with new variants for the weaker features. One feature I don't like is Primeval Awareness, allowing you to expend a spell slot to know if certain ...
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For the Swarmkeeper ranger's Gathered Swarm feature, does being moved by the swarm provoke opportunity attacks?
The Swarmkeeper ranger from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (p. 60) has the Gathered Swarm feature, which provides the following benefit:
Once on each of your turns, you can cause the swarm to assist ...
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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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Ranger in favored terrain with Camouflage
Baring the more powerful forms of senses such as tremorsense and above, this question is concerned about normal vision, lowlight vision, darkvision, and scent. Magical tracking such as locate creature ...
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How does turn order work for the Beast Master ranger's alternative class feature Primal Companion?
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything contains an alternative class feature for the Beast Master ranger that replaces the Ranger's Companion feature (PHB, p. 93). The description of the new Primal Companion ...
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Can the attack granted by the Gloom Stalker Ranger's Stalker's Flurry be forgone by features such as the Battle Master Fighter's Commander's Strike?
This is inspired by the following two related questions:
Can my familiar use the bonus attack from two-weapon fighting to make its own attack?
Can you use Commander's Strike to forgo an attack ...
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Is a Gathered Swarm considered to be worn or carried by a Swarmkeeper Ranger?
According to the description of a Ranger's 3rd-level Swarmkeeper feature Gathered Swarm, it indicates:
Until you die, the swarm remains in your space, crawling on you or
flying and skittering around ...
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How does the ranger's DPR stack up against other martial classes?
Early dissatisfaction with the ranger led to many attempts at revision. A widespread belief that the class was underpowered often met with the counterclaim that of the original two subclasses, one (...
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Is this Tracker ranger subclass balanced (version 2)?
I have recently created a ranger subclass called the tracker, which is made for a group of rangers focused on purging threats (natural and unnatural) from their home. I updated the tracker from the ...
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Does a Swarmkeeper lose their swarm if they die?
In Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, the Swarmkeeper Ranger's "Gathered Swarm" feature states the following (emphasis added):
A swarm of intangible nature spirits has bonded itself to you and ...
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What does the Swarmkeeper mean by "horizontal"?
The Ranger Swarmkeeper Gathered Swarm has 2 ability's that can force horizontal movement. But how do they work?
The attack's target must succeed on a Strength saving throw against
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Is this homebrew ranger subclass balanced?
I have recently made a homebrew ranger subclass called the tracker, and I was wondering if it is balanced.
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When you choose this subclass, you can quickly get the jump on your ...
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