My DM explained the enemy preference as “which creatures you can commit extra effective hate crimes against”, so she had probably watched your videos. Cool!
I mean, they were feathered...but you'd have to have been a pixie to ride a velociraptor. Gnomes and Halflings are even a little too big, and you need a Dinonychus for anything approaching your average humanoid.
The only problem is I grew up with a geologist for a father and know a Veloceraptor is the size of a Turkey. Needless to say Jurassic Park was confusing for a whole lot of reasons. ( I guess Cretaceous park just didn't have the right ring to it.)
@@samuelsilbory6672 im gonna choose not to believe you because that makes them wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy less scarry than when they were the size of a horse.
@@samuelsilbory6672 would a velociraptor taste like a turkey too cause i now cant stop thinking that if they would exist nowadays we would use them like turkeys, which is kinda hilarious!
I remember when I first played my ranger, she was a half elf that was basically just raised feral, but I basically made her to be a monster Hunter before monster hunters were a thing. I worked things out with my DM and we homebrewed some stuff and I had a great time with her. She died wrestling a werewolf though, good times.
I find it interesting that most of the comments are riddled with Felicia's advances on Sasha rather than the actual video. Nothing wrong with that, I found myself spotting the figurines as well.
Ranger's **aren't** bad because bad features don't spoil the bunch, amazing features are mutually exclusive, Tasha's didn't fix them, they just enhanced an already great class and made them amazing They get spellcasting "wait but that's just one feature" No not really, Spellcasting is basically multiple features in it of themselves Heres some very small standouts like Absorb Elements Aid Goodberry Pass without Trace Locate Object Conjure Animals Plant Growth Revivify Conjure Woodland Beings Greater Restoration Hunter's Mark isn't there because it's overrated, support your team more with more Goodberry casts and defend yourself with Absorb Elements more! People say Ranger's are bad Rogues are better until they see the Ranger consistently dealing more damage providing more utility than any Rogue could ever dream of Also this comment originally said (wrongly because Horizon Walker and Monster Slayer suck) XGE exists XGE : Hey Rangers, wanna have subclasses that make your experience way more fun and the Ranger much more balanced and NOT a joke?
I noticed someone has been captioning these videos. thank you, whoever you are. you really make me feel like fighter man. also shit I misspelled velociraptor.
Are you gonna do Unearthed Arcana anytime soon? I wanna know about Artificer, but I don't have the attention span to watch a guide over 3 minutes long that isn't about sword and shield.
I would like a video entitled: *A Crap Guide to D&D [5th Edition] - How to F*k with the DM* . (By why have a video entitled that when I'm entitled enough as it is)
Hey I'm trying out it together, but from the paladin video last time to the intro/outro now, why is the tiefling Bard infatuated with your paladin? Inside joke at your table? Wanting to corrupt the goodie two shoes?
Not what I remebered but still great. Edit: From the one I saw I loved it because of the "You're basically the dad of the party" bit because it's very apt for the campaign I'm in now.
Rogue: I'll try to disarm the rock with my thieves tools ! Ranger: What? Wait, that's not what I meant...... Monk: Let him go. The path to enlightenment takes many roads.
@@shanerooney7288 Cleric: hey have you heard of our lord and savior jesus christ? Palidin: I'm pretty sure christianity does not exist in this universe. Cleric: *spiritual weapon* you take that back!
I’d like to see a Fighter that at 11th level can teleport through windows silently, twice a turn. No joke. I considered Fighter for a character concept that would multiclass with Rogue, but saw Horizon Walker and fell in love.
@@LocalMaple Gloomstalker is also awesome and Tasha even changed Beastmaster. However I think the only real problem with this subclass is that you have to waste your action to let your animal companion attack, so you can just ask your DM to let you use your bonus action to order to your animal companion to move and attack and you should be fine. The variety of animals you can choose is infinite.
@@fm_0523 Tashas Beastmaster replaces the beast list and replaces them with three statblocks that can have any appearance you want. Land, Sea and Sky and are probably a stronger than most if not of the available beast list, and can be resurrected with a 1st Level spell slot. (Within an hour) Those are then commanded with the Bonus Action. Worst you could say is that the changes came with a loss in flavour. But yeah, it's never wrong to just ask the DM.
No uhh, really shouldn't discuss the beholder in the room. She gets nervous and starts firing eye rays when spotted. (But oh god thanks, Jo. Keep makin awesome stuff!)
as a DM, my parties level four ranger ran into the middle of the fray like a complete lunatic, and managed to kill 4 driders in one turn, in one unbelievably lucky set of rolls, from one attack. then went on to half health the fifth one with their two weapon fighting bonus action.
And this is why you don’t mess with rangers they say their underpowered but try saying that when you have hail of thorns falling on you then getting hit by ensnaring strike the turn after then let’s see who’s laughing
@@fm_0523 Yo bad that at level four, in this situation they would blow out their all their spells in one turn. And since you have those two, it means you don't have the other staples like hunters mark (meh), and all the other juicy ones.
@@obsidianbeast6308 I'm pretty sure most of the problems players have with base 5e ranger is simply that the animal companion might as well not exist and kind of made the ranger even more reliant on the stuff it borrowed from other classes. It took at least two expansion packs (Xanathar and Tasha) to finally turn the ranger into a class that can stand on its own. Its no wonder why ranger still has the reputation it does.
It really be like that huh? Real talk tho ranger can get away with a lot of stupid shit if you're creative enough. But there's no denying that they fall off really hard at the later levels. UA was a nice revision but 5th-10th level is still pretty rough.
@@lupin2589 arcane archer is by far rated the worst fighter subclass. Being limited to only 2 special shots a day defintely isnt what the ranger wants to be
@@Starguardianbard Fighter can't get too many nice things, we can't have that NOoooo. Like, you know, more maneuvers I would LIKE to pick for my Battlemaster (WHY isn't Goading Attack just a thing a Fighter can do ALL the time? Just without the extra dmg?!). I'd rather get more dice to do maneuvers with than the maneuvers I didn't want a third level... And the Ranger is just a bizarre case of existing because it existed in other DnD editions and being carried by Drizzt the rest of the way. It's a weird mash-up of ill-defined concept.
My brain: "I won't play ranger because Snek Head said it's underperforming. I'll pick goblin race because it's the best to roleplay, I don't care if it sucks in every possible way. Wait, something is not right."
I have no idea what games you playing but player goblin is really good. In fact monster goblin is extremely good. Having the disengage as a bonus means, come in attack and then run away. Nothing is worse than having four goblins camping the entrance to a dark cave using hide every turn. Shoot, hide move, shoot hide move. If you have no darkvision it is worse. Even with darkvision you have disadvantage, so -5 to that passive perception.
Hes the type of person to post a pic of his gains on Instagram then instead of getting a bunch of girls in his comments it's all a bunch of "keep up the grind fellow king". Not that that's a bad thing
I made a Hunter Ranger, Variant Human with Sharpshooter, picked up TWF, Equipped a Rapier with a Hand Crossbow, and I proceed to Annihilate 4 enemies on each of my turns thanks to the use of Horde Breaker. Weapon Bisexuality is the name of my game c:
Some magical moonlight bow and two rather vanilla swords that aren’t anything too special except for the fact that they manifest from my tiara. That’s my loadout at least…
To those mentioning about the Bard mini at the end, Don't forget them getting into restraining-order distance at the start Jocat's having some fun with the two XD
Change “one favored terrain” to “all natural terrains” And “favored enemies” to “non-magical creatures” There, Ranger is no longer situational. You’re welcome.
I would still say change the 20th ability to something better And for the non magical creatures thing I would say in ADDITION to a favored enemy But yeah this oretty much would fix Ranger
@@CommonApathy WoTC actually enjoys players creating homebrew and actively encourages it as well, basically saying yes we try our best to create a great vanilla game, and it's not always perfect, so you guys go out there and create the perfect game for you
@@CommonApathy I'd say this is less homebrewing and more along the lines of houseruling, which if you play DnD, you've probably done before. My friend has to house rule Polymorph because he didn't want my Warlock to turn every single even mildly threatening monster into a sea snail with Polymorph before tossing it into the nearest magic circle that leads to god knows where.
He’s going in alphamabetical order, so Cthulhu will have to wait until Rogue and Sorcerer be done first. Unless he decides to y’know, not go in order. Heck, I wouldn’t put it past our eldritch lord to make it happen.
tbh the biggest problem with ranger is that it's supposed to be the class for people who love the exploration pillar but it's abilities just flat out skip the pillar. It's like if Bard's main ability was 'heres all the things you can convince people of, no die rolls or actual intereaction required'
The main problem with ranger is that most games absolutely skip the exploration pillar. In games where it's actually a significant part of gameplay, the ranger is an ideal companion. I was looking for a Middle Earth adaptation for 5e, and the Wanderer class from "Adventures in Middle Earth" is almost exactly the PHB Ranger. And the class features make travel a lot less tiresome. In a game where There And Back Again actually matters, arriving well at your destination after going through untamed wilderness is not something to be underestimated.
@@notthetrueNic that's a symptom of 5e's general design though. It just doesn't have the framework to support the ranger because its idea of "exploration pillar" is "tracking food and ammo" and its way to try and promote engagement with that is "stop tracking food and ammo" (which as you said, noone does anyway)
I see your point and raise you Sharpshooter, Hunter’s Mark, advantage on initiative, and a passive perception that is so through the roof you can find traps and secret doors without even worrying about it
The Unearthed Arcana that "patched" the ranger addressed most of these problems, so if you still want to play a ranger but want it to feel stronger, use that.
I think I have to mention that the Adventures in Middle-Earth version of this class, the Wanderer, is WAY better. Favored Terrain gets replaced by Known Lands, which you get more of as you level up, so you can pick regions where your party is going to be adventuring, and the level 20 ability is that you don't have to roll for damage anymore and just get to do maximum every time. You're also absolutely OP in the Journey phase, to the point that the other characters can just leave all of the jobs up to you and you'll probably just do them better anyway. Plus, if you picked Dunedain as your culture, you basically just get to be Aragorn.
3 possible scenarios for that bard 1. Good view from down there 2. Weird stuff, like others have said 3. See that sword placement? It's because *sMITE*
"Power of racism" makes it sound quite hilarious Racist against Undead Racist against Demons Racist against Angels Racist against Animals Racist against Eldritch Horrors Racist against Chairs and Golems (Constructs)
Interestingly enough, the Ranger and Paladin both first show up in the Bard's episode (The Ranger as someone picked up from a club and the Pali as a...uh... distraction)
I'm not very experienced at this (like literally one night), but the DM made the whole experience for me. One DM had us actually track stuff and go through terrain, and playing Ranger like that was fun. The other basically said he just does battles and rushed us to where the enemy saying we just "get there." Fighter with a bow would have been way better.
Meanwhile my ranger deals the most damage of the party, is difficult to hit and has a higher stealth stat than the rogue. (Also they somehow decapitated a creature with an arrow once)
I literally rewatched the entire series last night. It's like you're inside my head. Yes, I watch the series every week, & no I don't have a problem. Shut up.
0:11 and 2:41 my head canon now is that she hangs out with John and Nicmo more than the rest of the party, and they all get along really well and get into a bunch of crazy shananigins like this together that the monk and cleric have to drag them out of
For those of you that were interested in playing Ranger, I would highly recommend you talk to you DM about using the Uneartharcana Revised Version as its wording is a lot better and it feels a lot more like its own class. media.wizards.com/2016/dnd/downloads/UA_RevisedRanger.pdf
Hey JoCat, I love all of your content, you definitely don't diverse all the abuse that came your way. Thank you for everything that you have done, and I hope that whatever you do next brings you joy and happiness. Stay strong 👍
Me: *Sees new Jocat video* Sweet, he made a video on my favorite class! I freakin' LOVE Rangers! Jocat(Not even 2 seconds into video): Just play a fighter with a bow. It's way better..
And that's how you win oppression bingo. All the character needs is some kind of mental or physical disability and any DM with a degree in Gender Studies won't be able to deny that player.
I feel like nobody ever mentions how cute the little figures on the table are at around 0:04. Like he paid so much attention to them. Like in the last episode the Bard was on the right side of the table but there was a running gag about that character being into the paladin so now it’s right behind the paladins mini figure. Like Jo didn’t have to do that but he did and that tiny detail just made me so happy that I felt the need to mention it.
Bold Jokes for someone in STEEL WIND STRIKING DISTANCE. I haven't played a ranger in like a year, because jesus christ I hate the specificity of favored terrain/enemy.
@@reyntime8735 ups. You are right. I meant to survive to you get your 3th level spell 😅. Not my best writing. Good player to spell level formula though. Thanks
i love the little lovestory of paladin and bard, wich is told in little doodles (example: at the start and end tune with the Miniatures of them :hearteyes: )
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I like how his velociraptor was actually just a druid in wild shape
Pretty sure that’s a girl
I really love his characters in these and would love to see them return.
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I'm pretty sure that's the wiggler hat (head armour) from monster hunter, even the rest is the base outfit from monster hunter
@@MegaKyber yes that's where that character originally came from
My DM explained the enemy preference as “which creatures you can commit extra effective hate crimes against”, so she had probably watched your videos. Cool!
You have the top comment, just fyi
And with 2 replies, weird (for 2.7k likes)
3d comment when you have 3.1k likes. How is nobody 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂ing
And now ive fallen into the trap, I'm now expected to comment in this thread about your top comment status with only four replies...
3.2k likes and only 5 comments
> *Feathered* Velociraptor
I see you're a man of culture as well.
So a normal raptor lol
Dakotaraptor >
I mean, they were feathered...but you'd have to have been a pixie to ride a velociraptor. Gnomes and Halflings are even a little too big, and you need a Dinonychus for anything approaching your average humanoid.
*HA! Your all down there riding your Velociraptors and Dakotaraptors while I'm up here with the King of feathered Dinosaurs, THE YUTYRANNUS!*
@@VictoryNibbles Utahraptor maybe?
"SHOT SPIKES OUT OF THE GROUND WHILE FIRING BOLTS FROM YOUR HEAVY CROSSBOW ATOP A FEATHERED VELOCERAPTOR"
....why is that even a sentence? I love it.
Because it's the description of the absolute peak of the rangers abilities
The only problem is I grew up with a geologist for a father and know a Veloceraptor is the size of a Turkey. Needless to say Jurassic Park was confusing for a whole lot of reasons. ( I guess Cretaceous park just didn't have the right ring to it.)
@@samuelsilbory6672 im gonna choose not to believe you because that makes them wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy less scarry than when they were the size of a horse.
@@samuelsilbory6672 would a velociraptor taste like a turkey too
cause i now cant stop thinking that if they would exist nowadays we would use them like turkeys, which is kinda hilarious!
How about the expression of pure bloodlust on the Ranger's face?
I remember when I first played my ranger, she was a half elf that was basically just raised feral, but I basically made her to be a monster Hunter before monster hunters were a thing. I worked things out with my DM and we homebrewed some stuff and I had a great time with her. She died wrestling a werewolf though, good times.
At least she died like a badass right
Idk, thats a pretty stupid death
Any death worth singing half sad half funny songs about is a death worth dying.
That is cool as fuck
Well you could resurrect her as a werewolf now...
That Bard/Paladin subplot is everything I never knew I needed until now.
"Step on me Paladin." - Bard
Then the paladins brother (cleric and paladin are both stoughtbough) is VERY CONCERNED
i love that gay and im rooting for her
Felicia is so Thirsty that she is literally breaking the mold trying to get with Sasha.
Yes I remembered their names your point?
@@WaveShock007 THEY HAVE NAMES [swoons]
I love how the Ranger and the Druid are basically best friends.
On the while, the bard just wants that *paladin juice.*
Urso L. Frolicking in Nature buddies!
And gets the justice juice in the end…
@@AndorRadnai juicetice
Urso L. The bard in my campaign is horny for me, the paladin. Wtf
@@chickenface6575 at least your not a Dragon God, my DM decided to add a Dragon God and the bard wanted that juice
I find it interesting that most of the comments are riddled with Felicia's advances on Sasha rather than the actual video. Nothing wrong with that, I found myself spotting the figurines as well.
And Yathyra is like "dontturnarounddontturnarounddontturnaround"
Also, that Sasha's is the Cleric's older sister
Yeah I literally just rewatched it twice in a row to figure out what seen their referencing and I can't figure it out.
@@MakeVarahHappen Look at the figurines at the opening
@@yaboykel I mean, Yathyra IS canonically asexual, so...
Hey look, the bard figurine moved next to the paladin figurine.
And then under the paladin?
Everyone wants to be stepped on.
she be getting an up look
(Sorry I leave now)
Bard wants mommy Paladin to sit on her face.
No judgment
@@elim.4204 We don't kinkshame in here
"Just play a fighter with a bow, it's way better" the truest words spoken about the 5e ranger
Revised is better.
@@hyliandoctor revised is still pretty fuckin weak compared to a well built dex fighter
@@ivybennett2274 Xanathar's Guide called. It casts Disintegrate.
Enjoy being the most boring player
Ranger's **aren't** bad because bad features don't spoil the bunch, amazing features are mutually exclusive, Tasha's didn't fix them, they just enhanced an already great class and made them amazing
They get spellcasting "wait but that's just one feature"
No not really, Spellcasting is basically multiple features in it of themselves
Heres some very small standouts like
Absorb Elements
Aid
Goodberry
Pass without Trace
Locate Object
Conjure Animals
Plant Growth
Revivify
Conjure Woodland Beings
Greater Restoration
Hunter's Mark isn't there because it's overrated, support your team more with more Goodberry casts and defend yourself with Absorb Elements more!
People say Ranger's are bad Rogues are better until they see the Ranger consistently dealing more damage providing more utility than any Rogue could ever dream of
Also this comment originally said (wrongly because Horizon Walker and Monster Slayer suck)
XGE exists
XGE :
Hey Rangers, wanna have subclasses that make your experience way more fun and the Ranger much more balanced and NOT a joke?
I noticed someone has been captioning these videos. thank you, whoever you are. you really make me feel like fighter man.
also shit I misspelled velociraptor.
Are you gonna do Unearthed Arcana anytime soon? I wanna know about Artificer, but I don't have the attention span to watch a guide over 3 minutes long that isn't about sword and shield.
I would like a video entitled: *A Crap Guide to D&D [5th Edition] - How to F*k with the DM*
.
(By why have a video entitled that when I'm entitled enough as it is)
3.5 My ranger dad at level 3 had favored enemy dragon bone bow and killed a dragon in 3 turns with me finishing it off with magic missile
Hey I'm trying out it together, but from the paladin video last time to the intro/outro now, why is the tiefling Bard infatuated with your paladin? Inside joke at your table? Wanting to corrupt the goodie two shoes?
Not what I remebered but still great.
Edit: From the one I saw I loved it because of the "You're basically the dad of the party" bit because it's very apt for the campaign I'm in now.
I hope the last Video of "crap guild to d&d" series will be how to be the DM
:p
Fr tho
If this were pathfinder he'd never run out of classes.
ilwolf96 that would unironically be amazing
He said in the Q&A that it would
Go watch his Q&A video he did. It's informative.
I LOVE HOW YOU MAKE THE ONLY SITUATION OF A RANGER SOUNDING COOL ACTUALLY SOUND COOL
Nefer007 more like a heavy bowgun with wyvernheart rounds
Bard does 69 damage.
Nice.
I saw that and was "of course she does"
While that was obviously intentional, I'm now wondering, because of where the Bard statue is located in on the end-video table.
Too bad 9-sided dice aren't a standard - I'd play something that rolled 6 of those all the time.
@@rogercameron6912 it is too bad that those are an impossible shape.
nice
"so do i NEED to use a ranged weapon?"
"no"
"okay so i guess i'll-"
"but it's highly recommended for anyone that wants to become mcree"
“Well, I don’t want to this time “
“Step on me paladin” -not the bard. Definitely not the bard.
happened in the ending slide.
BoroMonokli oh shit dude my bad, I
*totally*
missed that. Thanks for letting me know friend.
When is this in the vid?
@@noahjohnson935 2:41
@@cheetamaster12
The sheer amount of power in that reply has me shaking
Ranger: DON'T GO THERE!
Barbarian: What wrong, bow man?
Ranger: You could have tripped over that rock.
Barbarian: Rock is good food. I eat instead.
actually pretty accurate
Rogue: I'll try to disarm the rock with my thieves tools !
Ranger: What? Wait, that's not what I meant......
Monk: Let him go. The path to enlightenment takes many roads.
@@shanerooney7288
Cleric: hey have you heard of our lord and savior jesus christ?
Palidin: I'm pretty sure christianity does not exist in this universe.
Cleric: *spiritual weapon* you take that back!
Kartagh know better then eat rock. Kartagh throw rock at bad guy!!! ... Where is bad guy?
@@CanisMythson Bard: *points at rogue* There he is!
Whenever I see a new crap guide in my notification I begin the head wiggling
Lol same
Wait.. I'm not the only one???
Brothers of the Wiggler, we have found each other.
Does thou also say "Awwww yeeeeyyyuuuhh"? Cuz I definitely do.
(months later)
(notices bard under paladin)
WAIT A MINUTE...!
Bard was like "step on me senpai" and paladin went "very well" and stood on her head
Paladin's sword is right over the Bard's neck.
And then they get married in the Warlock episode.
My god it has L O R E
Also the little heart eyes
How to play Ranger: Buy Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. You're welcome.
Yeah Tasha made ranger way better
I’d like to see a Fighter that at 11th level can teleport through windows silently, twice a turn.
No joke. I considered Fighter for a character concept that would multiclass with Rogue, but saw Horizon Walker and fell in love.
@@LocalMaple Gloomstalker is also awesome and Tasha even changed Beastmaster. However I think the only real problem with this subclass is that you have to waste your action to let your animal companion attack, so you can just ask your DM to let you use your bonus action to order to your animal companion to move and attack and you should be fine. The variety of animals you can choose is infinite.
@@fm_0523 Tashas Beastmaster replaces the beast list and replaces them with three statblocks that can have any appearance you want.
Land, Sea and Sky and are probably a stronger than most if not of the available beast list, and can be resurrected with a 1st Level spell slot. (Within an hour)
Those are then commanded with the Bonus Action. Worst you could say is that the changes came with a loss in flavour.
But yeah, it's never wrong to just ask the DM.
@@LocalMaple Echo Knight. Though I guess that is only once.
The bard falling in love with the paladin is half the reason I watch these videos
Wait... WAIT DOES THE TABLE SETUP CHANGE IN EACH EPISODE? TIME TO REWATCH EVERYTHING.
I DID IT, I REWATCHED EVERYTHING, AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE STUFF ON THE TABLE CHANGES IN EVERY SINGLE APPEARANCE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED TABLE
Joy Libbinson you should watch the monster hunter videos in the thumbnail the Longsword gets a little longer every video
@@SladePate Thank you very much, I'll go do that right now!
Ya know, Every show now a days has a romantic sub plot of sorts. Except this one is some what interesting. Rooting for ya bard!
No uhh, really shouldn't discuss the beholder in the room. She gets nervous and starts firing eye rays when spotted.
(But oh god thanks, Jo. Keep makin awesome stuff!)
That bard figurine is *really* thirsty for the paladin. Enough to try and get the elf to step on her. I love it with all of my stone dead bi heart.
Ranger, applying make-up as the Cleric walks away: If they find out that I can transform then they’re going to tell the church.
Men love pterodactyls
as a DM, my parties level four ranger ran into the middle of the fray like a complete lunatic, and managed to kill 4 driders in one turn, in one unbelievably lucky set of rolls, from one attack. then went on to half health the fifth one with their two weapon fighting bonus action.
And this is why you don’t mess with rangers they say their underpowered but try saying that when you have hail of thorns falling on you then getting hit by ensnaring strike the turn after then let’s see who’s laughing
@@obsidianbeast6308 Ranger's spell are awesome, and so are its subclasses.
@@fm_0523
Yo bad that at level four, in this situation they would blow out their all their spells in one turn. And since you have those two, it means you don't have the other staples like hunters mark (meh), and all the other juicy ones.
@@obsidianbeast6308 I'm pretty sure most of the problems players have with base 5e ranger is simply that the animal companion might as well not exist and kind of made the ranger even more reliant on the stuff it borrowed from other classes. It took at least two expansion packs (Xanathar and Tasha) to finally turn the ranger into a class that can stand on its own. Its no wonder why ranger still has the reputation it does.
I’m getting Aragorn vs the Nazgul vibes
1:06: Thankfully Xanathar's added a lot of melee ranger spells to balance it out.
Xanathar's did wonders for improving a lot of underwhelming character builds. I can't recommend it enough.
Too bad it'll never be rad
I'm rooting for the bard now. Poor thing. She just wants some luvvin SMITE
SMITE me daddy
Maybe she likes getting stepped on
I just want them to be in happy lesbians together.
"I'm in lesbians with you" -Scott Pilgrim
Amazing how Joseph managed to accurately sum up the Ranger in the first 5 seconds of the video.
It really be like that huh?
Real talk tho ranger can get away with a lot of stupid shit if you're creative enough. But there's no denying that they fall off really hard at the later levels. UA was a nice revision but 5th-10th level is still pretty rough.
3 seconds*
Arcane Archer is everything ranger ever dreamed of and more. Too bad it's a fighter subclass LMAO
@@lupin2589 arcane archer is by far rated the worst fighter subclass. Being limited to only 2 special shots a day defintely isnt what the ranger wants to be
@@Starguardianbard Fighter can't get too many nice things, we can't have that NOoooo. Like, you know, more maneuvers I would LIKE to pick for my Battlemaster (WHY isn't Goading Attack just a thing a Fighter can do ALL the time? Just without the extra dmg?!). I'd rather get more dice to do maneuvers with than the maneuvers I didn't want a third level...
And the Ranger is just a bizarre case of existing because it existed in other DnD editions and being carried by Drizzt the rest of the way. It's a weird mash-up of ill-defined concept.
Here's the situation: the bard likes the paladin.
The result: rejection
My life in a nutshell
*im the paladin*
@@Someone-sq8im what a twist
They got married in the Artificier video
@@splitjawjanitor5369 it's in the warlock vid bro
@@zealotoftheorchard9853 Oops, thanks for correcting me
My brain:
"I won't play ranger because Snek Head said it's underperforming. I'll pick goblin race because it's the best to roleplay, I don't care if it sucks in every possible way.
Wait, something is not right."
Goblin doesn't such at all
I have no idea what games you playing but player goblin is really good. In fact monster goblin is extremely good. Having the disengage as a bonus means, come in attack and then run away. Nothing is worse than having four goblins camping the entrance to a dark cave using hide every turn. Shoot, hide move, shoot hide move. If you have no darkvision it is worse. Even with darkvision you have disadvantage, so -5 to that passive perception.
I positively love how the Paladin miniature is on top of the bard
The bard would definitely be a top.
@@Aulumos42 not during a crusade it isnt
Man, that bard has admirable perseverance, I'll give her that.
ngl, I thought the Paladin was stomping on her face for trying to get close.
@@Introbulus If she was, the Bard would still be incredibly into that
@@bobmcguffin5706 Honestly I thought she was.
*SHOOT SPIKES*
*OUT OF THE GROUND*
*WHILE*
*FIRING*
*BOLTS FROM YOUR*
*HEAVY CROSSBOW*
*ATOP A*
*FEATHERED*
*VELOCIRAPTOR*
0:14 okay first, dang that Fighter
Second, because I may not swing that way but I still have eyes, dang that Druid
@Viktor Magnusson Eh, i like my badass fighter gals in fiction.
That's no Druid. That's "That sexy dryad you met in the forrest that one time" from the Druid video.
Hes the type of person to post a pic of his gains on Instagram then instead of getting a bunch of girls in his comments it's all a bunch of "keep up the grind fellow king". Not that that's a bad thing
Yes and yes
To Embrace The Power Of True Ranger Bisexuality, I Go With Both Ranged & Martial Weapons
So you use a longbow? Doesn't pretty much every ranger pick it? Why would you pick a ranged weapon that isn't a martial weapon?
I made a Hunter Ranger, Variant Human with Sharpshooter, picked up TWF, Equipped a Rapier with a Hand Crossbow, and I proceed to Annihilate 4 enemies on each of my turns thanks to the use of Horde Breaker. Weapon Bisexuality is the name of my game c:
That's... actually how I built my lizardfolk ranger Frisk
Some magical moonlight bow and two rather vanilla swords that aren’t anything too special except for the fact that they manifest from my tiara. That’s my loadout at least…
I dipped into one level of Fighter so I could pick up a second fighting style and have both Archery and Two Weapon Fighting.
To those mentioning about the Bard mini at the end,
Don't forget them getting into restraining-order distance at the start
Jocat's having some fun with the two XD
Right? It was such a good detail and the ending only made it better!
Change “one favored terrain” to “all natural terrains”
And “favored enemies” to “non-magical creatures”
There, Ranger is no longer situational.
You’re welcome.
I would still say change the 20th ability to something better
And for the non magical creatures thing I would say in ADDITION to a favored enemy
But yeah this oretty much would fix Ranger
That sounds like cheating to me fam.
@@ThePersuasiveParrot Homebrew isn't cheating. DnD isn't perfectly balanced, WotC admits this.
@@CommonApathy WoTC actually enjoys players creating homebrew and actively encourages it as well, basically saying yes we try our best to create a great vanilla game, and it's not always perfect, so you guys go out there and create the perfect game for you
@@CommonApathy I'd say this is less homebrewing and more along the lines of houseruling, which if you play DnD, you've probably done before. My friend has to house rule Polymorph because he didn't want my Warlock to turn every single even mildly threatening monster into a sea snail with Polymorph before tossing it into the nearest magic circle that leads to god knows where.
Cthulhu had sent me to tell you he awaits "A Crap Guide to Warlocks" with impatience
Totally needs to be a short stint where JoCat rambles in R'lyehian while describing the Great Old One patron.
He’s going in alphamabetical order, so Cthulhu will have to wait until Rogue and Sorcerer be done first.
Unless he decides to y’know, not go in order. Heck, I wouldn’t put it past our eldritch lord to make it happen.
While(game){
if(problem>0)
eldritchBlast();
}
@@MasterMygrane incidentally, it's also the order of the classes in the PHB. Lol cool huh
MacJordan OClarkly it’s not incidental wizards of the coast knows how to put stuff in alphabetical order too
tbh the biggest problem with ranger is that it's supposed to be the class for people who love the exploration pillar but it's abilities just flat out skip the pillar.
It's like if Bard's main ability was 'heres all the things you can convince people of, no die rolls or actual intereaction required'
The main problem with ranger is that most games absolutely skip the exploration pillar.
In games where it's actually a significant part of gameplay, the ranger is an ideal companion. I was looking for a Middle Earth adaptation for 5e, and the Wanderer class from "Adventures in Middle Earth" is almost exactly the PHB Ranger.
And the class features make travel a lot less tiresome. In a game where There And Back Again actually matters, arriving well at your destination after going through untamed wilderness is not something to be underestimated.
@@notthetrueNic that's a symptom of 5e's general design though. It just doesn't have the framework to support the ranger because its idea of "exploration pillar" is "tracking food and ammo" and its way to try and promote engagement with that is "stop tracking food and ammo" (which as you said, noone does anyway)
Mm. They made a class based on Aragorn but instead of Aragorns skills they bullshit the competency with magic. Aragorn was a fighter, not a Ranger.
I just play ranger so I can be an Arizona ranger with a big iron on my hip, I convinced my dm to let me have a six shot flintlock
Did you finally track down that outlaw Texas Red?
Bubben246 nah, campaign flopped :( oh well
Clicked faster than a monk with haste
What about a tabaxi monk with haste, and a speed feat?
@@L337f33t and boots of speed or whatever they're called
@@L337f33t
Don't forget to multi class into rogue for bonus action dash, and barbarian for even more speed.
@@hamstsorkxxor Monk already has bonus action dash.
@@Limrasson
Well, shit. Never had a monk in any of my games, so I actually didn't know that. Today I learned :)
Jesus, both that druid and that fighter are Hawt. Maybe I should try out ranger for once. Hmmm
Xanathar's Guide wants to know your location
I see your point and raise you Sharpshooter, Hunter’s Mark, advantage on initiative, and a passive perception that is so through the roof you can find traps and secret doors without even worrying about it
The Unearthed Arcana that "patched" the ranger addressed most of these problems, so if you still want to play a ranger but want it to feel stronger, use that.
I think I have to mention that the Adventures in Middle-Earth version of this class, the Wanderer, is WAY better. Favored Terrain gets replaced by Known Lands, which you get more of as you level up, so you can pick regions where your party is going to be adventuring, and the level 20 ability is that you don't have to roll for damage anymore and just get to do maximum every time. You're also absolutely OP in the Journey phase, to the point that the other characters can just leave all of the jobs up to you and you'll probably just do them better anyway. Plus, if you picked Dunedain as your culture, you basically just get to be Aragorn.
3 possible scenarios for that bard
1. Good view from down there
2. Weird stuff, like others have said
3. See that sword placement? It's because *sMITE*
"Power of racism" makes it sound quite hilarious
Racist against Undead
Racist against Demons
Racist against Angels
Racist against Animals
Racist against Eldritch Horrors
Racist against Chairs and Golems (Constructs)
Racist agains humanoids
Wait a minute!
Fuck chairs
@@appelofdoom8211 Racism against elfs. That sounds nice to me.
Racism against elves gets awkward when you play with new players.
Sinister Norimaki Getting some flashbacks to Skyrim
Interestingly enough, the Ranger and Paladin both first show up in the Bard's episode (The Ranger as someone picked up from a club and the Pali as a...uh... distraction)
PeddlerOfSmiles
I'm guessing the other club pick-up is going to be the Rogue.
I'm glad I'm not the only one to notice this.
This has got to be the cutest Half-Orc ever
*Half* orc
@@eric_moore-6126 Yeah yous right
Why do I want her as a gf?
I want to give Rogmesh a hug and kiss, because she is beautiful and I support her bisexual endeavors
The title "Ranger" refers to the act of ranging (long distance travel/tracking), not the act of using ranged weapons.
That wouldn't be funny though.
the Ranger class exists because Aragorn
Tito Rigatoni and it turned into Legolas.
@@TitoRigatoni exactly, who was known for using a sword
I'm not very experienced at this (like literally one night), but the DM made the whole experience for me. One DM had us actually track stuff and go through terrain, and playing Ranger like that was fun. The other basically said he just does battles and rushed us to where the enemy saying we just "get there." Fighter with a bow would have been way better.
The wiggler head was the greatest thing to ever happen to you.
Yes we are ignoring your art skills for how you choose to use them.
The first thing I notice in this video:
Gosh that Ranger Half-Orc girl is cute.
Oh so cute, no doubt.
1:50 I just realized that the volcano 🌋 is flipping the guy off
I live for all the little visual Easter Eggs in these videos
"Just play a fighter with a bow"
Me, a Ranger Elf who uses mostly a spear and a crossbow: Jokes on you, I am a fighter already.
HOW TO PLAY RANGER:
*b o w*
Congrats, now you're a Ranger!
HOW TO PLAY RANGER:
Switch to a fighter with a *b* *o* *w*
Congrats, now you're a fighter with a bow!
HOW TO PLAY RANGER:
Switch to a hexblade/rogue and *smite with your bow*
Congrats, you're now a walking nuke!
0/10 advice
Did not pick fighter w/bow or Rogue w/ hand crossbow
HOW TO PLAY RANGER:
Switch to a hunter ranger with a *b o w*
Congrats, now you're able to turn groups of enemies into a pin cushion!
I thought if I manage to defeat the enemy by bowing and maybe convincing them to go away/die then I am the BARD.
I see what you did at the end. The bard looking up the paladins ropes
I thought the paladin was stepping on the bard. Yours makes more sense
@@samtorbet3795 I mean
@@samtorbet3795 I actually think yours makes more sense
Nah the stepping on makes more sence
Todos Los dos?
THE BARD IS WITH THE PALADIN!
Bards really like dem good girls all year long
Perhaps it is a call back to when the bard appear in the paladin video
Mateo Radmilovic If you watch the Bard video the Paladin actually appears there first
Please. Felicia is going to breakdown Sasha eventually.
Oh you didn't know they had names? Classist.
@@WaveShock007 i admit, it's rude to call them by their class. But i'm talking about bards as a whole XD
@@azekiel2114 I play asexual bards.
I need more of the half-orc ranger, she's cute as all get out.
Meanwhile my ranger deals the most damage of the party, is difficult to hit and has a higher stealth stat than the rogue. (Also they somehow decapitated a creature with an arrow once)
Jenga!
Ranger was my first ever DnD class I played, and I can confirm, this is about right lmao
Is.... is the bard trying to look up the Paladins skirt/tunic at the end?
No the paladin is stepping on her
Why not both?
@@nekoali2 no the bard rolled a nat 20 on seduction and is just into that.
I literally rewatched the entire series last night. It's like you're inside my head.
Yes, I watch the series every week, & no I don't have a problem. Shut up.
You mean it's not just me? It's good to know I'm not alone.
My comrade!
Eyyy me too brohefski.
I did not expect to see the WHAP GOBLIN in a Ranger DND video.
0:11 and 2:41 my head canon now is that she hangs out with John and Nicmo more than the rest of the party, and they all get along really well and get into a bunch of crazy shananigins like this together that the monk and cleric have to drag them out of
Trubbish cameo gives me life.
And the poison status.
I seriously want something like a two minute long, full length song, video of the into/outro wriggler head.
So current total names, races and classes are:
Dwarf Barbarian Debbie Spurcenails
Tiefling Bard Felicia Gritasto
Elf Cleric Gadiel Stoutbough
Halfling Druid Ricmo Gajuga
Fighter Human John Fighter-Man (insert theme song here)
Dragonborn Monk Yathyra Kixit
Elf Paladin Sasha Stoutbough (Assuming a tied backstory to Gadiel here)
Half Orc Ranger Rogmesh Wildhorn
Don't forget that Rogmesh and Sasha were picked up in the club by Felcia in the bard episode
Rogmesh is wAifu goals
So just Gnomes missing from the Core Races. Though I'm sure they might already have been hinted at or shown in previous throwaway gags.
WaveShock007 CORRECTION: the barbarian is a dwarf my dude
@@maithamsuad8054 so she is.
I love how the bard fell in love with the paladin last episode and now the paladin is stepping on her lmfao great content, amazing replay value
Check out the Warlock episode as well:)
For those of you that were interested in playing Ranger, I would highly recommend you talk to you DM about using the Uneartharcana Revised Version as its wording is a lot better and it feels a lot more like its own class.
media.wizards.com/2016/dnd/downloads/UA_RevisedRanger.pdf
Felicia x Sasha is now my new OTP
Damnit bard get back to your side of the table
The beginning
Bard right next to paladin
The end
Bard stuck under paladin’s base
I find the failing relationship between Felicia and Sasha hilarious
Mate there is no relationship Sasha is just trying to have some peace and quiet
Sasha needs a restraining order
"Failing?"
By being stepped on, the Bard has succeeded in getting closer.
XD
At 1:16 when he goes silent a car alarm went off and I thought it was part of the video lmao
Hey JoCat, I love all of your content, you definitely don't diverse all the abuse that came your way. Thank you for everything that you have done, and I hope that whatever you do next brings you joy and happiness. Stay strong 👍
1:10 is... is that f**king Drizzt?
Thats what i thought too.
Far too close to encouraging what's already a horde of clones. Also Drizzt has never been depicted with his face contorted like that.
@@MorinehtarTheBlue his face isn't covered tho? and clones are inevitable when something is so popular, who cares.
Yep. Run while my half-drow runs up to him and bugs him with several questions and then pets the giant kitty-cat.\
And JessJackdaw at 2:09?
I like how her mount is the druid. Something tells me those two get along well.
if you're a druid letting one of the other PCs ride you is unavoidable, even if you don't like them
Me: *Sees new Jocat video* Sweet, he made a video on my favorite class! I freakin' LOVE Rangers!
Jocat(Not even 2 seconds into video): Just play a fighter with a bow. It's way better..
How did I bold!? That's possible!?
I love how the paladin is standing on the bard at the end 😂
1:57 Game Grumps reference. One of my favorite bits.
Also, bisexual ranger half orc ❤
And that's how you win oppression bingo. All the character needs is some kind of mental or physical disability and any DM with a degree in Gender Studies won't be able to deny that player.
@@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668 you're salty
I would say first, but I rolled a 1
Ok this is probably the one and only time I will actually find a 'first' post funny... Thank you...
Never loss your sense of humor...
"Infinity War was the most ambitious crossover of all--" *sees Sailor J in a JoCat video* "nvm"
I feel like nobody ever mentions how cute the little figures on the table are at around 0:04. Like he paid so much attention to them. Like in the last episode the Bard was on the right side of the table but there was a running gag about that character being into the paladin so now it’s right behind the paladins mini figure. Like Jo didn’t have to do that but he did and that tiny detail just made me so happy that I felt the need to mention it.
0:09 Proof that JoCrap is a puppet dictator and Jocat is truily omnipotent
The only acceptable ranger weapon is gun.
I think you mean 'tommy gun'
I like how even the figure of the bard is infatuated with the paladin
Please make/run a session where your players play the how to play characters!
Edit: Crap guide characters
Seconded
yes!!! good idea.
*Sees trubbish in the drawings*.
I give you many props and admirations
Bold Jokes for someone in STEEL WIND STRIKING DISTANCE.
I haven't played a ranger in like a year, because jesus christ I hate the specificity of favored terrain/enemy.
At this point, I am just as interested in Bard/Paladin as I am the actual classes at this point. The game pieces make me happy. :3
I am looking forward to the 1th of april video with A crap guide to Sorcerer, where the video is only; survive to lv 3, use fireball.
3rd level spells are unlocked at 5th level. If you’re confused, just remember
(Spell level x 2) - 1 = player level unlocked
@@reyntime8735 ups. You are right. I meant to survive to you get your 3th level spell 😅. Not my best writing. Good player to spell level formula though. Thanks
Welcome
@@ANTIMONcom you can edit your comment to make it accurate.
the Decoy 3th
*End Of Video*
Bard: "Step on me."
i love the little lovestory of paladin and bard, wich is told in little doodles (example: at the start and end tune with the Miniatures of them :hearteyes:
)
I keep coming back for your drawing of Drizzt jumping toward those goblins
Ah, yes, my fauvorite weapon
SANIC ARROWS
So The Bard like to be stepped on by the paladin...ok
Your comment summarized. "Weird flex, but okay."
When your Monk dies and your backup is a Ranger with the Swift Quiver Spell:
*He Lives in You starts playing*
Love that the druid was the veloraptor at the end. lol
When I made my first character I chose Ranger because I thought that was the ranged class, I didnt know fighters could use bows at the time.