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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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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Do spells with a range of "Self" target the caster?
I'm new to D&D, and was thinking about creating a Beast Master ranger.
Do spells with a range of "Self" target the caster?
There's some debate in my group on this subject. Unlike spells ...
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Can a Beast Master ranger armor their animal companion with barding?
I was reading about the Barding rule on page 155 of the PHB, and I was just curious if a Beastmaster Ranger could armor up their companion? If so, how would that stack with the Ranger's proficiency ...
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What is the cost of Dash, Disengage, and Dodge for a mounted Ranger's Companion?
I'm trying to parse out mounted combat as a ranger with a ranger's companion.
From Controlling a Mount (PHB pg. 198):
You can control a mount only if it has been trained to accept a rider. ... It ...
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Do you need a Ranger's Feral Senses to have positional awareness of invisibile creatures?
In D&D 5e, the description of hiding (PHB p177) says an invisible creature needs to stay quiet and otherwise avoid leaving signs of its passing, while the "invisible" condition (p291) says the ...
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Can you ready action a Ranger Hunter's volley class ability?
Straight forward question, I think.
Can you ready action a volley? (Ranger Hunger archetype, 11th level class ability).
I'm pretty sure the answer is "yes" but may be unaware of conflicts. Here's ...
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Are 5e Rangers competitive with other core classes?
Rangers have a lot of flavor and interesting utility spells and abilities. However, it's not clear from a quick reading of the class whether they are mechanically competitive. Their Beast Master ...
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Is the Hunter ranger's Volley feature considered a single attack or multiple attacks?
The Hunter ranger's 11th-level Multiattack feature has two options. One of them is Volley:
You can use your action to make a ranged attack against any number of creatures within 10 feet of a point ...
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What is the current status of the UA Revised Ranger?
14 months ago, an Unearthed Arcana supplement was published that discussed how the ranger described in the Player's Handbook was under powered. These rules reimagined the ranger's abilities, and ...
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How do paladin and ranger class levels add up for multiclass spellcasting?
From page 164 of the PHB (here is the equivalent section of the Basic Rules):
Spell Slots. You determine your available spell slots by adding together all your levels in the bard, cleric, druid, ...
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If Beast Master Rangers could use bonus actions to attack with their companion, what problems would occur?
If a clause was added to Beast Master Rangers to allow them to spend a bonus action to have their companion to make a single attack after the ranger makes their own Attack action, what would the ...
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What is the evidence, if any, that the Ranger Beast Master archetype is comparatively underpowered?
I have seen various claims that the Ranger's Beast Master Archetype is underpowered, compared to other ranger archetypes and/or classes.
I have searched for some factual analysis that would support ...
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Would the Ranger be overpowered if their Animal Companion kept attacking once ordered?
For an Animal Companion to attack, the Ranger has to use his action to command it.
I am looking to see some math on just why this restriction is in place. Is the ranger way over-powered if the animal ...
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How does the Ranger's Primeval Awareness feature work when multiclassed into another class with the Spellcasting feature?
The Ranger's Primeval Awareness feature states:
Beginning at 3rd level, you can use your action and expend one ranger spell slot to focus your awareness on the region around you [...]
However, the ...
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Does the Ranger's Companion synergize with the Ranger?
The Ranger Beast Master subclass gets an animal companion under the ranger companion ability, which for free can move about the battle field, or using the Ranger's action can make an attack. Being a ...
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