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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My ranger has tamed an absurd number of Animal Companions with Handle Animal
One of my players is a ranger and she is really, really into animals so every time I design an encounter with an animal as an enemy she automatically tries to tame it and make it a companion. As a ...
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How can I give a Ranger advantage on a check due to Favored Enemy without spoiling the story for the player?
The Scenario
I am the DM for a group who have just entered a town that was attacked by cloud giants a few days before their arrival. The players and characters don't know this though, so part of the ...
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Who should know/inform the Ranger's Favored Enemy?
Rangers have a number of bonuses against their Favored Enemy, which include Attack bonuses. The ranger in the game I am DMing, for example, has chosen Aberrations.
In combat, the party is attacked by ...
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How can I help our ranger feel special about her beast companion?
I am not DM, just a player. In our party of newbies we have a (PHB) ranger who just recently got her beast companion (a panther if you're curious). The problem is our party also found a cat with ...
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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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What are the biggest changes between UA Ranger and PHB Ranger?
As a new player to D&D, I don't really know what significant changes have been made to the Ranger through Unearthed Arcana. What makes the class different from the PHB version and how does this ...
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How many versions of the Ranger class are there in 5e, and what are the differences between them?
I was considering building a Ranger, and consulted my local game shop DM on the matter. He suggested using one of the revised versions of the ranger class, due to the ranger in the PHB being somewhat ...
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Can a level 1 Ranger cast spells from Ranger spell scrolls?
From what I know, you can use a Spell Scroll if the spell is on your class's list.
Rangers gain the Spellcasting feature at second level (getting spell slots to cast 1st-level spells at that point), ...
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Must a Ranger's spellcasting focus be druidic, or can it be arcane (or even holy)?
This question was inspired by the question about what constitutes a bardic spellcasting focus. It has been somewhat overcome by Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (p. 57) which explicitly describes a ...
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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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What does "can't become lost" mean?
The Natural Explorer trait from the UA Revised Ranger provides the following benefit (among others) when traveling for an hour or more:
Your group can't become lost except by magical means.
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Can a Ranger select two humanoid races as their favored enemies at 6th and 14th levels?
In D&D 5e, the Ranger can choose at first level to have a Favored Enemy of a single broad type (i.e. fiends, giants, aberrations, etc.) or of two different specific humanoids (such as orcs and ...
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If I multiclass from ranger into Druid, can I still wear metal armor?
In the proficiencies of Druid, it says Druids will not wear armor made of metal, however, if I was originally a ranger, can I still wear my metal armor or do I have to remove it?
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Does a Ranger’s Favored Enemy bonus apply against an Undead version of that creature?
One of my players is playing a Ranger (Monk 7/Ranger 2) who has Orcs as her favored enemy. I plan on throwing an Orc Revenant at her and the party. Would her favored enemy ability activate when ...
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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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