@@Breviparopus It's pretty strong from what I see. It also seems flexible and seems to have some pretty good boons especially as you level. In my personal experience/opinion, any class/subclass is fun in the right player's hands.
One of my players gets a whole lot of milage out of the randomly chosen "Underdark" Natural Explorer, because for some fricking reason that very specific one was chosen without knowing that I would pull out the "Out of the Abyss" module, which is set 99% in the Underdark. I kept complete silence with all of my players about what was going to come, but a random dice roll was suddenly turned into the single most useful feature so far.
@@bazelgeese1283LOL! Reminds me of my artificer I just finished a campaign with. The class is so vague, but it lets you do anything you want with it. You wanna be a brewer who used their skills to make potions? There ya go! You wanna make bombs? Done! Wanna be Tony Stark? You fucking got it! It’s amazing and painful the amounts of freedom artificers get because it’s stressful making the subclasses work, but when you finally get it, it’s breathtaking
@@bradthelad8308 I played a multiclassed artificer/druid once and killed that worlds God in two rounds. So what happened was, my DM was doing this thing with my concept for a character, I always play characters that are very weak on paper, because I like that it forces me to be creative and solve my problems for myself instead of just throwing a fireball at it. And so they took the Made in his image bit from the bible, and made it so if you fight him he is you but better. My character at the time was a little cyborg chemist lad that I named Al, because I thought the FMA pun was hilarious. What I ended up coming up with to beat him was my character used a little item that worked like heat metal without me having to waste a spell, it was basically just chemistry to make super thermite. And my character put it in his joints then Shillelaghed his ass and bonked him so he fell over into the river and drowned. Then I got an opportunity to get in the last word, and I said "Damn bitch really thought he was me but better, when my strength comes from the 'flaws' he got rid of"
I had a group a long time ago that disallowed "called shots" for all classes *except* ranger. That was the class feature, and being able to aim for eyes, kneecaps, etc. was actually pretty strong...VERY strong actually, the exact kind of unique feature that rangers NEED.
With rangers getting the ability to call shots, they could get a physician themed archetype that expands on it as well as giving them a medicine proficiency and some healing spells.
My favorite is the Cheese Grater Ranger. Go Swarmkeeper, take Thorn Whip from either Druidic Warrior or Magic Initiate. Step 1: Cast Spike Growth Step 2: Use Thorn Whip to pull the enemy through the Spike Growth Step 3: Use Gathered Swarm to move enemy through the Spiked Growth again. Step 4: Repeat until enemy is finely grated.
I use Ranger as a sort of balancing class. I often become the face of the party due to how many years of roleplaying experience I have compared to my friends. So I feel the Ranger is a great way to become a jack of all trades that doesn't overshadow my party members.
Be careful with that, a jack of all trades can easily overshadow the party if you're not careful, I stumble into that trap regularly when I'm out here just tryna not die, because my DM is allergic to setting up regular encounters for me, whenever he splits the party for solo character development. The amount of options a characters like that have are insane I beat one of the BBEGs in one of those solo sessions by just being a fuckin nusence, literally pulled out a magic laser pointer type thing and permanently blinded her, and then tricked her into walking into my weapon
I'd argue a bard or rogue makes a better jack of all trades, rangers could do it, especially since they naturally get the extra attack feature and all that, but you're also sacrificing a number of class features that are actually helpful, because they get replaced with ranger things like "i'm better at fighting one type of creature" or "i'm better in this one environment", heavily limiting their "jack of all trades" thing, rogues and bards may not always be as physically statted as a ranger (at least in strength) but they tend to have more proficiency choices, bards get half proficiency in everything they aren't proficient in, (literally called "jack of all trades" iirc) and both classes get expertise naturally if i'm not mistaken. If you meant jack of all trades in a combat sense, then i apologize for the unrelated rant, but there are classes built to be jack of all trades, ranger is just the runt of the litter.
@@epicslayerguy99Pretty sure they just meant jack of all trades in a genral sense. They're saying they know how the game plays so well, that as a player, they need to be nerfed with a sub-par character class 😂
My very first campaign I was a ranger, so I was pretty useless in combat, but I accidentally was the most involved with the story and roleplay so I dominated most social encounters, which ended up making it not miserable and pretty even amongst everyone.
Make a bard focused on psychic abilities. Only tell bad jokes when casting Tasha's Hideous Laughter, or go with the most insane things for Vicious Mockery. You get all the benefits of being a Jack of all trades (quite literally) but nobody would ever want you to be the face of the group!
You just need to know how to use them. They are scalpels not hammers. Plus they are very helpful to overall standard of living when traveling, camping or acquiring fresh meat.
@@liamblack3001hey’ye talking about the non-subclass abilities getting optional replacements that are Way better. Including replacing the rangers ability to hide better if you have enough time and makeup for with the ability to turn invisible instantly (the invisibility only lasts for one round though but that’s still just as good as the firbolg’s invisibility
Don't worry! The new 1dnd playtest for Rangers is out! It nerfs everything you previously loved and legitimately leaves the class in a worse state than it was in pre-eratta PHB! Yes! Even The GloomStalker is bad now!
@@josephpotter5766 gloom stalker is fine. A nerfed dread ambusher is sad to see but the main gimmick of invisibility against darkvision is still working fine
Yeah, that’s all true. But they do have some insane subclasses. Also, I’ve never played a better mage-slayer than a Ranger, since you can just learn Silence and destroy every caster ever.
Imagine if Horizon Walker got the Fey Wanderer treatment. Remove the bonus action requirement to deal extra damage, and let it affect multiple creatures. Insta best crowd control fighter
Very curious how you got that one to work. Silence covers a 20ft radius, meaning even the slowest casters can simply walk out of it on their turn, and cast right through it.
Rangers deserve to be laid into more than monks. They have one personality that they all share between them, the Aragorn hivemind. EDIT: I do not care how your ranger is different
@jacob2802 what's funny is drizzt only has a few levels of ranger. He is mostly a fighter. I don't know how they made him for 5th edition honestly. But back in third it was like 10-12 fighter, 5 ranger, and 2 or 3 barbarian.
Updated ranger (from TCE I believe) removed all of the fringe case specialisations and replaced it with a handful of spells and a different Hunter's Mark that scales with you.
Not to mention increases in speed, as well as gaining climbing and swimming speeds, and a few extra skill and language proficiencies, with one Expertise upgrade.
Jokes on you, the ranger I played was the only one who survived my party's almost TPK. He became very edgy afterwards and carried a gun and a seething hatred of Gnolls. Good times.
@@fernandofontenla8466 Favored Foe (Optional) This 1st-level feature replaces the Favored Enemy feature and works with the Foe Slayer feature. You gain no benefit from the replaced feature and don't qualify for anything in the game that requires it. When you hit a creature with an attack roll, you can call on your mystical bond with nature to mark the target as your favored enemy for 1 minute or until you lose your concentration (as if you were concentrating on a spell). The first time on each of your turns that you hit the favored enemy and deal damage to it, including when you mark it, you increase that damage by 1d4. You can use this feature to mark a favored enemy a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. This feature's extra damage increases when you reach certain levels in this class: to 1d6 at 6th level and to 1d8 at 14th level. Deft Explorer (Optional) This 1st-level feature replaces the Natural Explorer feature. You gain no benefit from the replaced feature and don't qualify for anything in the game that requires it. You are an unsurpassed explorer and survivor, both in the wilderness and in dealing with others on your travels. You gain the Canny benefit below, and you gain an additional benefit when you reach 6th level and 10th level in this class. Canny (1st Level) Choose one of your skill proficiencies. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make using the chosen skill. You can also speak, read, and write 2 additional languages of your choice. Roving (6th Level) Your walking speed increases by 5, and you gain a climbing speed and a swimming speed equal to your walking speed. Tireless (10th Level) As an action, you can give yourself a number of temporary hit points equal to 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier (minimum of 1 temporary hit point). You can use this action a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. In addition, whenever you finish a short rest, your exhaustion level, if any, is decreased by 1.
@fernandofontenla8466 I don't have the book in front of me, but from what i recall off the top of my head it does a good job of making the hunters niche abilities such as Favored Foe and Natural Explorer more versatile. That and it makes Beast Master Companions a bit more streamlined so you can still pick an animal of choice but it not be useless just cause it's statblock is meh.
@@fernandofontenla8466Gloom stalker is a major one, especially if you multi class into assassin, you get an extra attack at the beginning of combat, advantage on those behind you in initiative order, and you autocrit on surprised enemies
I had a player who started as a ranger and then multi-classed into wizard so that she could enchant arrows. She was basically a long-range paladin who's number of smites was determined by how much gold she was willing to blow through during an encounter.
HOLY CRAP.. as a person playing a ranger/rogue currently, I took 8d6 fire damage, because of the straight up fireball of a roast from that, "Rangers are like paladins if paladins didn't get anything cool." 🔥🔥🚒
Ok so we all know he's just having fun and making jokes, but fighter druid combo actually sounds like a decent idea. If you actually want the ranger vibe that is
There are some benefits to multiclassing a ranger and druid instead of fighter. Ranger levels count half for spell slots, and they share the same kind of spellcasting focus, so you don't have to go out and find or make one.
Bruh I played a badass dragonborn ranger who wielded a 7 foot tall bow made of ORK TUSKS! He casually cut the head off of a gnome then got stabbed in the ancle and then walked it off. The tale of the great ranger Bill.
My group and I always have this weird thing about rangers, where we always give them an advantage on ranged attacks so they don't just get outclassed by the fighter. We even did a wild west game and one of our players was the "Ranger with a big iron on his hip".
Rangers should be the masters of finding. period. finding good items, finding out enemy stats, finding their way through areas. being able to find friendly, beneficial npcs or lost party members.
Clearly you need to play artillerist for those sweet sweet *war crimes* Seriously, 1d8 bonus damage to all spells, burning hands as a bonus action indefinitely (for an hour, or a ranged bolt, or temp HP), it's pretty sweet
DnD Idea: As a reward after helping a miners-civilization they get a boulder... About 2-3ft tall. The miner civilization says that the rock has something special inside. Because the Stone Shaman, said so. They have been keeping it for a long time, but nothing happened. If the party decided to crack the rock open, there will be a quite expensive gemstone inside of it, also a wild magical surge happens... If they decide to keep the boulder for lets say... 2 to 3 sessions... The boulder 'Hatches' reviling that the special boulder was a rock-elemental. Like a little stone Golem. By feeding it Gemstones and using him in battle, he can grow all the way up to the biggest rock-moster available... (Ofcourse scales with Player level)...
Gonna DM my first DnD oneshot (lvl 6) soon after only DMing with another system, so I have zero balancing skills. I have a fun idea for an item: Basically a talisman/amulett thingy that gives any player attuned to it three lvl 1 and two lvl 2 spellslots, which they can either use to cast their own spells or some evocation spells from the druid spell list (probably cure wounds, fairy fire, thunderwave and gust of wind; to allow non-magic users to use the item as well). When one of the spellslots of the item ist used however, the player must roll a D100 on the Wild Magic Surge table to determine a wild magic effect to happen. Is this balanced? Or even a good idea? Sounds kinda fun in my head
I love seeing ranger slander because in my campaigns it's always been the ranger being the sensible one, and everyone else trying their level best to die horrifyingly
I admire your restraint for not bringing up that having a pet you need to trade action economy one for one to command defeats the purpose of having a pet
I know a guy who played a switch hitting ranger that just silenced all the enemy spellcasters before sniping them. That guy was OP. AND he was a ranger.
The worst part is the spell Find (Greater) Steed, seems like it would also naturally fit for Ranger class, but nope Wotc decided that's its Paladin only spell.
It always hurts... The character I played for the longest was a ranger, and I loved it don't get me wrong, but most of the time I was a worse fighter. I thought about how to make rangers uniquely important a lot especially after I became the DM but... It always feels like if I make those changes they will either be essential, or feel just as lame as they do just a little more powerful.
Ive always built my rangers to just be dexfighters, and honestly, you find niches as you go, at least in my experience Forgo the bow, pick up blind fighting and a longsword, take the walker subclass, and become the defacto pointman of the party! Its a fun way to dextank, especially if you're playing with a sneakier, snoopier party
@@divineterabyte5181 that's a solid build. and sounds like a lot of fun 😄 I had a Bow-Dex hunter ranger for the longest time and now I'm stuck as the forever DM 😅 I gotta say I actually really liked my character though and in fact for most of the campaign I was the major damage dealer in the party, even at level 9 with wizards in the party, so I never felt underpowered. we did have some minor modification though (closer to UA ranger) it's just that especially now with the eyes of a DM I don't see the ranger base as a unique experience unless in certain circumstances where exploration really shines. that is what I want to change.... to find a fix for the class. I've had plenty of Ideas but nothing that I consider brilliant without swinging the other factors in the game too much
I just created a ranger swarmkeeper for a campaign currently running with 12th level player characters. The optional rules that replace many of the original rules are pretty good. I have a range of spells now not just from the subclass but also the main class. And my dm gave me quite the funds to create his inventory with a ruling on how much to spend on magic items per their rarity and I scoured for an amazing background too. I am yet to try him out but I fear I might come in way OP.
I made a homebrew witcher class but based it on the ranger base class. It basically makes the ranger everything it should be. A very adept monster hunter with expertise in tracking and survival skills. We're doing final edits and play testing to feel out the sign magic and other unique features. But so far. It makes the class so much more versatile and gives them consistent utility and damage. Its still outpaced by well built blaster or nova classes, but it brings more utility than the typical barb or fighter can.
That last image with the three arrows, looks like that would be an awesome shot except for the fact she would hit the back of her forearm wrist and hand with the string...
This video made me remember a Manga about this Dude that start Playing a VRGame as an Archer Then he Sub-Class as a Fighter And he does an Insane Combo where he hit the head of the Enemy with an Arrow and then he Jump Kick it through the Opponent's Head Anyone that want a Strong Archer Character should read it and take notes
Homebrew rule, I like the idea of giving rangers advantage on knowing different monsters as well as letting them add their proficiency unless it is something theyd never even been able to study (mostly feywild homebrews)
My first character was a ranger, and hes still my favorite, using tbe fey wanderer playtest subclass hes able to do a decent amount of damage. On average he did about 48 in 2 shots and could do up to 236 in 2 shots if i somehow rolled max damage, he had the highest hp of the group and did the highest damage. He also helped our 3 foot tall sorcerer die from "penetration" damage when the sorceror tried to seduce the giant, and, being the only one who could speak giant, lead to a pretty hilarious end for our sorcerer
Same, my first was a Beast Master and with my ox and wolf at level 5 I was the strongest in my party, which also had a bladesinger. So I was pretty surprised to learn how bad Ranger apparently was, and Beast Master apparently even more so.
I've always allowed my player to use a survival check when fighting a creature, allowing them to gain insight into the creatures' resistance. As well as allowed them to be a prepared caster just like Paladins.
Literally the only time I ever played a ranger was bc I was going to play a rogue, realized that would mean our party had 3 rogues, and changed class to spare us that pain
I love ranger so damn much - The new subclasses and Tashas help it a lot in combat however i really love how it has a big focus on out of combat abilities. One of my biggest issues with classes like barbarian and fighter is they are purely focused on fighting, and the lack of out of combat abilities make them not as enjoyable for me to play. Also playing a ranger with a DM who does homebrew makes it so much enjoyable, there is so much you can do - Poisons, Herbalism, unique non-magical arrows. Also because base class is kinda weak in combat, it really helped me learn to be creative with my spells/abilities. After playing and mastering ranger, i just cant play any other one. Been a Ranger main for 4 years now.
Ideas on how to make ranger a not suck Heightened scenes they can hear a twig snap from miles apon miles away and can hear how big the creature is (just a ballpark establishment) from the loudness of its walking and can smell it from far away to try to guess what monster it is
My very first character was a ranger because it sounded cool and I had no idea what any of the other classes did but I wanted to be unique. I had a cool story for him as well. He was a schizophrenic loner who spent the last few years of his life living as a nomad, constantly on the run from a demon that cursed him as a child. Every single skill and proficiency he had, I gave him reason for having it. He can speak Draconic? He met a dragon during his travels who cared for him when he was injured. His natural enemy is beasts? He was a skilled hunter, raised by an adoptive family of elves with 3 brothers who all hunted together. During his adventures with my party, he had some character development as he opened himself up to other people again, through the few times my DM let us have some decent roleplay moments. The gameplay wasn’t half bad either. I utilized horde breaker and Hunters Mark to not only defeat loads of enemies with surprising efficiency, but I also was able to detect a false hydra even when it was untraceable solely because I hit it with my Mark. It’s a shame we ended the campaign so soon, I miss Shadow and I would have loved to see him grow even more.
Playing a mid-high level (past lvl 10 or so) Horizon Walker was fun. Not the strongest (wouldn't call her weak though), but definitely fun. Especially as we had an artificer in the party, so I could make a badass alien with an automatic rifle.
I'm a freak that likes my beast mastery ranger. Gimme a wolf. Let me custom forge some plate mail barding with some resistances enchanted in, mostly to fire, and we'll be biting and knocking things prone with advantage with glee!
Used Ranger Class to trash Paladins
Now using Paladins to trash Ranger
The circle of life is beautiful!!
😉
I need to see the Paladin one now
Don't bother about the paladin making ranger-kun is bjatch.
NAAAAAAAAAANTS N'GONYAMA BABAGIIIITHI BABAAAAAAAA!
_SITHI UM, N'GONYAAAAMAAA_
As a Ranger player "don't worry guy's! I'm pretty good at walking in the mud!" Killed me
Is the fae wanderer fun/strong i want to play one
@@Breviparopus It's pretty strong from what I see. It also seems flexible and seems to have some pretty good boons especially as you level. In my personal experience/opinion, any class/subclass is fun in the right player's hands.
One of my players gets a whole lot of milage out of the randomly chosen "Underdark" Natural Explorer, because for some fricking reason that very specific one was chosen without knowing that I would pull out the "Out of the Abyss" module, which is set 99% in the Underdark. I kept complete silence with all of my players about what was going to come, but a random dice roll was suddenly turned into the single most useful feature so far.
Roast artificer, the nerds deserve it
As an artificer, please do. My himbo self might learn something :)
@@bazelgeese1283LOL! Reminds me of my artificer I just finished a campaign with. The class is so vague, but it lets you do anything you want with it. You wanna be a brewer who used their skills to make potions? There ya go! You wanna make bombs? Done! Wanna be Tony Stark? You fucking got it! It’s amazing and painful the amounts of freedom artificers get because it’s stressful making the subclasses work, but when you finally get it, it’s breathtaking
“I’ve made the ebberon exploder 2000, but don’t want people to use it because it will explode ebberon.”
-artificerheimer
@@bradthelad8308 I played a multiclassed artificer/druid once and killed that worlds God in two rounds.
So what happened was, my DM was doing this thing with my concept for a character, I always play characters that are very weak on paper, because I like that it forces me to be creative and solve my problems for myself instead of just throwing a fireball at it. And so they took the Made in his image bit from the bible, and made it so if you fight him he is you but better. My character at the time was a little cyborg chemist lad that I named Al, because I thought the FMA pun was hilarious.
What I ended up coming up with to beat him was my character used a little item that worked like heat metal without me having to waste a spell, it was basically just chemistry to make super thermite. And my character put it in his joints then Shillelaghed his ass and bonked him so he fell over into the river and drowned. Then I got an opportunity to get in the last word, and I said "Damn bitch really thought he was me but better, when my strength comes from the 'flaws' he got rid of"
@bradthelad8308 which Artificer subtype lets you be Tony Stark.
I need to know... for reasons ...
I had a group a long time ago that disallowed "called shots" for all classes *except* ranger. That was the class feature, and being able to aim for eyes, kneecaps, etc. was actually pretty strong...VERY strong actually, the exact kind of unique feature that rangers NEED.
With rangers getting the ability to call shots, they could get a physician themed archetype that expands on it as well as giving them a medicine proficiency and some healing spells.
By the gods you're onto something with this.
@@badideagenerator2315The irony of someone talking about precise medical science while being transgender is pretty entertaining in itself 🥹
@@dannejoonWhich part of that is ironic? Seems like they understand the complexity of neuroscience better than you.
@@dannejoonlmao ok loser. Cry harder
Rogues over in the corner: “Hey guys, they stole our expertise in stealth too :(“
she's about to tear her arm up in that last picture
How dare you make me rewatch a video lol
@@FabricatedPheonix There's a slider now. You can use the red bar, it's no longer just decoration.
@@TheBigFormerlyPurpleTwell this is a game changer
@@TheBigFormerlyPurpleTthank you for that info, had no idea
@@TheBigFormerlyPurpleT thank you for your service
a ranger assassin is terrifying.
Volley of death.
Gloomstalker Assassin to be specific. Then take the Alert feat just to bully your DM.
My favorite is the Cheese Grater Ranger. Go Swarmkeeper, take Thorn Whip from either Druidic Warrior or Magic Initiate.
Step 1: Cast Spike Growth
Step 2: Use Thorn Whip to pull the enemy through the Spike Growth
Step 3: Use Gathered Swarm to move enemy through the Spiked Growth again.
Step 4: Repeat until enemy is finely grated.
@@conduit64 you are a monster. I love it.
@@conduit64 yes! And be invisible with silent spell. No one should ever know you were even there.
I use Ranger as a sort of balancing class. I often become the face of the party due to how many years of roleplaying experience I have compared to my friends.
So I feel the Ranger is a great way to become a jack of all trades that doesn't overshadow my party members.
Be careful with that, a jack of all trades can easily overshadow the party if you're not careful, I stumble into that trap regularly when I'm out here just tryna not die, because my DM is allergic to setting up regular encounters for me, whenever he splits the party for solo character development. The amount of options a characters like that have are insane I beat one of the BBEGs in one of those solo sessions by just being a fuckin nusence, literally pulled out a magic laser pointer type thing and permanently blinded her, and then tricked her into walking into my weapon
I'd argue a bard or rogue makes a better jack of all trades, rangers could do it, especially since they naturally get the extra attack feature and all that, but you're also sacrificing a number of class features that are actually helpful, because they get replaced with ranger things like "i'm better at fighting one type of creature" or "i'm better in this one environment", heavily limiting their "jack of all trades" thing, rogues and bards may not always be as physically statted as a ranger (at least in strength) but they tend to have more proficiency choices, bards get half proficiency in everything they aren't proficient in, (literally called "jack of all trades" iirc) and both classes get expertise naturally if i'm not mistaken.
If you meant jack of all trades in a combat sense, then i apologize for the unrelated rant, but there are classes built to be jack of all trades, ranger is just the runt of the litter.
@@epicslayerguy99Pretty sure they just meant jack of all trades in a genral sense. They're saying they know how the game plays so well, that as a player, they need to be nerfed with a sub-par character class 😂
My very first campaign I was a ranger, so I was pretty useless in combat, but I accidentally was the most involved with the story and roleplay so I dominated most social encounters, which ended up making it not miserable and pretty even amongst everyone.
Make a bard focused on psychic abilities. Only tell bad jokes when casting Tasha's Hideous Laughter, or go with the most insane things for Vicious Mockery. You get all the benefits of being a Jack of all trades (quite literally) but nobody would ever want you to be the face of the group!
Making fun of a DND class with LoZ music in the background an an image of a Wood Elf from The Elder Scrolls Online
All things are connected
First character I made in 5e was a Ranger. No one in the group told me. You ever realize years later that people weren't really your friends?
You just need to know how to use them. They are scalpels not hammers. Plus they are very helpful to overall standard of living when traveling, camping or acquiring fresh meat.
Thankfully, most of this only really applies to ranger before Tasha's
Idk ranger has been pretty great scene Xanathar's and gloom stalker
@@liamblack3001hey’ye talking about the non-subclass abilities getting optional replacements that are Way better. Including replacing the rangers ability to hide better if you have enough time and makeup for with the ability to turn invisible instantly (the invisibility only lasts for one round though but that’s still just as good as the firbolg’s invisibility
Don't worry! The new 1dnd playtest for Rangers is out! It nerfs everything you previously loved and legitimately leaves the class in a worse state than it was in pre-eratta PHB! Yes! Even The GloomStalker is bad now!
@@josephpotter5766 ... Oh. 🥲
@@josephpotter5766 gloom stalker is fine. A nerfed dread ambusher is sad to see but the main gimmick of invisibility against darkvision is still working fine
Yeah, that’s all true. But they do have some insane subclasses. Also, I’ve never played a better mage-slayer than a Ranger, since you can just learn Silence and destroy every caster ever.
Imagine if Horizon Walker got the Fey Wanderer treatment. Remove the bonus action requirement to deal extra damage, and let it affect multiple creatures. Insta best crowd control fighter
Even beastmaster before Tasha's can be overpowered:
Smol race on Pteranodon with a bow
@@MegaPokefan97 Anything can be OP with enough thoughy
Very curious how you got that one to work. Silence covers a 20ft radius, meaning even the slowest casters can simply walk out of it on their turn, and cast right through it.
@@Birdzlitlehelpr Well, with a little help from a Druid casting Spike Growth, a Lich stands literally no chance.
Rangers deserve to be laid into more than monks. They have one personality that they all share between them, the Aragorn hivemind.
EDIT: I do not care how your ranger is different
I may have read that last bit out loud and laughed along with it.
except even aragorn just chose to go full fighter and take the skilled feat to pretend to be a ranger like a sane person
I mean, yes but actually, yes.
Drizzt Dur'Hurrden
@jacob2802 what's funny is drizzt only has a few levels of ranger. He is mostly a fighter. I don't know how they made him for 5th edition honestly. But back in third it was like 10-12 fighter, 5 ranger, and 2 or 3 barbarian.
Base ranger is so situational it hurts, but Deft Explorer turns you into a half fighter, half druid, half rogue, and that's 150% of a class.
Updated ranger (from TCE I believe) removed all of the fringe case specialisations and replaced it with a handful of spells and a different Hunter's Mark that scales with you.
Not to mention increases in speed, as well as gaining climbing and swimming speeds, and a few extra skill and language proficiencies, with one Expertise upgrade.
Sally really just woke up and chose violence today
Jokes on you, the ranger I played was the only one who survived my party's almost TPK. He became very edgy afterwards and carried a gun and a seething hatred of Gnolls. Good times.
Check out the extra options from Tasha’s cauldron of everything, they really bring the Rangers back into the light as a powerful and versatile class.
Can you please give some examples? I don't own Tasha's book
@@fernandofontenla8466
Favored Foe (Optional)
This 1st-level feature replaces the Favored Enemy feature and works with the Foe Slayer feature. You gain no benefit from the replaced feature and don't qualify for anything in the game that requires it.
When you hit a creature with an attack roll, you can call on your mystical bond with nature to mark the target as your favored enemy for 1 minute or until you lose your concentration (as if you were concentrating on a spell).
The first time on each of your turns that you hit the favored enemy and deal damage to it, including when you mark it, you increase that damage by 1d4.
You can use this feature to mark a favored enemy a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
This feature's extra damage increases when you reach certain levels in this class: to 1d6 at 6th level and to 1d8 at 14th level.
Deft Explorer (Optional)
This 1st-level feature replaces the Natural Explorer feature. You gain no benefit from the replaced feature and don't qualify for anything in the game that requires it.
You are an unsurpassed explorer and survivor, both in the wilderness and in dealing with others on your travels. You gain the Canny benefit below, and you gain an additional benefit when you reach 6th level and 10th level in this class.
Canny (1st Level)
Choose one of your skill proficiencies. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make using the chosen skill.
You can also speak, read, and write 2 additional languages of your choice.
Roving (6th Level)
Your walking speed increases by 5, and you gain a climbing speed and a swimming speed equal to your walking speed.
Tireless (10th Level)
As an action, you can give yourself a number of temporary hit points equal to 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier (minimum of 1 temporary hit point). You can use this action a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
In addition, whenever you finish a short rest, your exhaustion level, if any, is decreased by 1.
@fernandofontenla8466 I don't have the book in front of me, but from what i recall off the top of my head it does a good job of making the hunters niche abilities such as Favored Foe and Natural Explorer more versatile. That and it makes Beast Master Companions a bit more streamlined so you can still pick an animal of choice but it not be useless just cause it's statblock is meh.
@@fernandofontenla8466Gloom stalker is a major one, especially if you multi class into assassin, you get an extra attack at the beginning of combat, advantage on those behind you in initiative order, and you autocrit on surprised enemies
Pathfinder Rangers are a serious glow up.
I had a player who started as a ranger and then multi-classed into wizard so that she could enchant arrows. She was basically a long-range paladin who's number of smites was determined by how much gold she was willing to blow through during an encounter.
That sounds amazingly fun
@@shungokusatsulol It definitely was. She was loving it.
I used ranger as my first class and I loved it. I've been playing for years now and I still love it.
now i want a subclass that is basically ''What if Paladin but with bow''
I love this! Please do wizard next, I need SOMETHING to knock my "I play the best class" superiority complex down a few pegs.
Her:destroy the truck!
The truck:do it again, see what happens
HOLY CRAP.. as a person playing a ranger/rogue currently, I took 8d6 fire damage, because of the straight up fireball of a roast from that, "Rangers are like paladins if paladins didn't get anything cool." 🔥🔥🚒
Ok so we all know he's just having fun and making jokes, but fighter druid combo actually sounds like a decent idea. If you actually want the ranger vibe that is
Or if you want to be a non magical ranger, try a scout rogue.
There are some benefits to multiclassing a ranger and druid instead of fighter. Ranger levels count half for spell slots, and they share the same kind of spellcasting focus, so you don't have to go out and find or make one.
Bruh I played a badass dragonborn ranger who wielded a 7 foot tall bow made of ORK TUSKS! He casually cut the head off of a gnome then got stabbed in the ancle and then walked it off. The tale of the great ranger Bill.
Who would’ve thought the usefulness of my favorite fantasy class would be completely equal to the usefulness of me
The way Tasha’s had to add like three big optional features just to catch Ranger up with the rest of the classes
My group and I always have this weird thing about rangers, where we always give them an advantage on ranged attacks so they don't just get outclassed by the fighter.
We even did a wild west game and one of our players was the "Ranger with a big iron on his hip".
Ranger is about to make one of the hardest official adventures way easier in the first half(tomb of annihilation)
“Ranger”
*uses Vivian Reid, a PLANESWALKER, as an example*
Favored Terrain: Planes
@@CvBurgundy Correct.
Gloomstalker is worth the dip, though. I call it the Drax class. Except instead of not moving to become invisible, you turn the lights off.
Gloomstalker is fantastic
I have been liking the drakewarden subclass, but that's because I want a pet dragon
Me playing an artificer ranger: sheeeeeit
Some people forget that a part of ranger terrain thing is they know where everything is in that terrain. EVERYTHING
Beast Masters are those guys whos whole personality is owning a Corgi
That last picture of the wood elf... That bow string is going to lodge right in the top of her forearm
Watcher should do a DnD campaign and Shane has to play a pact of the fiend warlock
Rangers should be the masters of finding. period. finding good items, finding out enemy stats, finding their way through areas. being able to find friendly, beneficial npcs or lost party members.
Homebrew a Hunter's Mark for each subclass probably.
Big talk for a guy with difficult terrain on his head
Do artificer next. I love artificer infusions, but in combat I feel like I’m just a shitty wizard with a gun.
Clearly you need to play artillerist for those sweet sweet *war crimes*
Seriously, 1d8 bonus damage to all spells, burning hands as a bonus action indefinitely (for an hour, or a ranged bolt, or temp HP), it's pretty sweet
I feel like Rangers are somewhat niche. I played a Gloomstalker Ranger in an Underdark campaign and it was borderline overpowered.
DnD Idea:
As a reward after helping a miners-civilization they get a boulder... About 2-3ft tall. The miner civilization says that the rock has something special inside. Because the Stone Shaman, said so. They have been keeping it for a long time, but nothing happened.
If the party decided to crack the rock open, there will be a quite expensive gemstone inside of it, also a wild magical surge happens...
If they decide to keep the boulder for lets say... 2 to 3 sessions... The boulder 'Hatches' reviling that the special boulder was a rock-elemental. Like a little stone Golem. By feeding it Gemstones and using him in battle, he can grow all the way up to the biggest rock-moster available... (Ofcourse scales with Player level)...
Gonna DM my first DnD oneshot (lvl 6) soon after only DMing with another system, so I have zero balancing skills. I have a fun idea for an item:
Basically a talisman/amulett thingy that gives any player attuned to it three lvl 1 and two lvl 2 spellslots, which they can either use to cast their own spells or some evocation spells from the druid spell list (probably cure wounds, fairy fire, thunderwave and gust of wind; to allow non-magic users to use the item as well). When one of the spellslots of the item ist used however, the player must roll a D100 on the Wild Magic Surge table to determine a wild magic effect to happen.
Is this balanced? Or even a good idea? Sounds kinda fun in my head
I kinda liked the idea of that dragon familiar ranger class. Sounded pretty fun.
Ranger: when the rogue wants to try something -else- worse
I love seeing ranger slander because in my campaigns it's always been the ranger being the sensible one, and everyone else trying their level best to die horrifyingly
I feel personally attacked
"Just be a fighter with a bow" Kirk Harlock, fighter with a bow.
I admire your restraint for not bringing up that having a pet you need to trade action economy one for one to command defeats the purpose of having a pet
I know a guy who played a switch hitting ranger that just silenced all the enemy spellcasters before sniping them. That guy was OP. AND he was a ranger.
Swarmkeeper ranger actually puts class into a really great spot if the environments have vertical opportunities
The worst part is the spell Find (Greater) Steed, seems like it would also naturally fit for Ranger class, but nope Wotc decided that's its Paladin only spell.
It always hurts... The character I played for the longest was a ranger, and I loved it don't get me wrong, but most of the time I was a worse fighter. I thought about how to make rangers uniquely important a lot especially after I became the DM but... It always feels like if I make those changes they will either be essential, or feel just as lame as they do just a little more powerful.
Ive always built my rangers to just be dexfighters, and honestly, you find niches as you go, at least in my experience
Forgo the bow, pick up blind fighting and a longsword, take the walker subclass, and become the defacto pointman of the party! Its a fun way to dextank, especially if you're playing with a sneakier, snoopier party
@@divineterabyte5181 that's a solid build. and sounds like a lot of fun 😄
I had a Bow-Dex hunter ranger for the longest time and now I'm stuck as the forever DM 😅
I gotta say I actually really liked my character though and in fact for most of the campaign I was the major damage dealer in the party, even at level 9 with wizards in the party, so I never felt underpowered. we did have some minor modification though (closer to UA ranger)
it's just that especially now with the eyes of a DM I don't see the ranger base as a unique experience unless in certain circumstances where exploration really shines. that is what I want to change.... to find a fix for the class. I've had plenty of Ideas but nothing that I consider brilliant without swinging the other factors in the game too much
I just created a ranger swarmkeeper for a campaign currently running with 12th level player characters. The optional rules that replace many of the original rules are pretty good. I have a range of spells now not just from the subclass but also the main class. And my dm gave me quite the funds to create his inventory with a ruling on how much to spend on magic items per their rarity and I scoured for an amazing background too. I am yet to try him out but I fear I might come in way OP.
Thank God for the optional features
I made a homebrew witcher class but based it on the ranger base class. It basically makes the ranger everything it should be. A very adept monster hunter with expertise in tracking and survival skills.
We're doing final edits and play testing to feel out the sign magic and other unique features. But so far. It makes the class so much more versatile and gives them consistent utility and damage. Its still outpaced by well built blaster or nova classes, but it brings more utility than the typical barb or fighter can.
Ranger should've always been a subclass for Druid.
Now I kinda wish to be a Monk Druid that turns to a bear and just go nuts lol
i like the drakewarden subclass for rangers. you get a mini dragon that can help you out
That last image with the three arrows, looks like that would be an awesome shot except for the fact she would hit the back of her forearm wrist and hand with the string...
I actually have always loved roleplaying rangers nothing else has ever felt quite as freeing
This video made me remember a Manga about this Dude that start Playing a VRGame as an Archer
Then he Sub-Class as a Fighter
And he does an Insane Combo where he hit the head of the Enemy with an Arrow and then he Jump Kick it through the Opponent's Head
Anyone that want a Strong Archer Character should read it and take notes
Homebrew rule, I like the idea of giving rangers advantage on knowing different monsters as well as letting them add their proficiency unless it is something theyd never even been able to study (mostly feywild homebrews)
Why can’t we all just get along. I do believe my class is the coolest but every class has its benefits.
I'm not crying, you're crying
Now i want to make a fighter/druid multiclass that keeps insisting that they are a ranger
Ranger ability: racism does the exact same thing as favored enemy or whatever it’s called
Joke's on you, I'm GREAT at walking in the mud😤😤
The subclasses are peak though
My first character was a ranger, and hes still my favorite, using tbe fey wanderer playtest subclass hes able to do a decent amount of damage. On average he did about 48 in 2 shots and could do up to 236 in 2 shots if i somehow rolled max damage, he had the highest hp of the group and did the highest damage. He also helped our 3 foot tall sorcerer die from "penetration" damage when the sorceror tried to seduce the giant, and, being the only one who could speak giant, lead to a pretty hilarious end for our sorcerer
Same, my first was a Beast Master and with my ox and wolf at level 5 I was the strongest in my party, which also had a bladesinger.
So I was pretty surprised to learn how bad Ranger apparently was, and Beast Master apparently even more so.
Hey, at least you're halfway decent at making camp sites at early levels while you wait for one of your casters to learn that magic mansion spell!
And then came along THE BEES
I was not ready for the flash second zoom in soul stealing stare down.
I've always allowed my player to use a survival check when fighting a creature, allowing them to gain insight into the creatures' resistance. As well as allowed them to be a prepared caster just like Paladins.
They do get some of the coolest spells. Not good spells or at an propriate pase, but the coolest with things like conjure barage and lightning arrow.
Take 5 lvl in Ranger, multiclass in Rogue, take 2 hand crossbows, take -5+10 range feat, take crossbow feat, destroy.
Ranger can be fun. I like mixing lightning arrow and volley at high levels to play like a spell blaster
Literally the only time I ever played a ranger was bc I was going to play a rogue, realized that would mean our party had 3 rogues, and changed class to spare us that pain
I love ranger so damn much - The new subclasses and Tashas help it a lot in combat however i really love how it has a big focus on out of combat abilities. One of my biggest issues with classes like barbarian and fighter is they are purely focused on fighting, and the lack of out of combat abilities make them not as enjoyable for me to play.
Also playing a ranger with a DM who does homebrew makes it so much enjoyable, there is so much you can do - Poisons, Herbalism, unique non-magical arrows. Also because base class is kinda weak in combat, it really helped me learn to be creative with my spells/abilities.
After playing and mastering ranger, i just cant play any other one.
Been a Ranger main for 4 years now.
I remember how great Rangers were in D&D 3,5 - great bow and two-weapon fighters.
Ideas on how to make ranger a not suck
Heightened scenes they can hear a twig snap from miles apon miles away and can hear how big the creature is (just a ballpark establishment) from the loudness of its walking and can smell it from far away to try to guess what monster it is
Sharpshooter wants to know your location
You forgot. You don’t have to count your arrows. A thing that nearly nobody does anyway
Now wait hold on dwarf drakewarden with firearm specialist and a shotgun sounds pretty great ngl
Don't forget the best part: rangers gain strength through the powered of racism! (favored enemy)
Multiclassing Fighter can honestly get a little too crazy. Could you imagine, an Earth Elemental using Battle Maneuvers?
Thanks, just about to beat the game on tactical and now I know what my next challenge/run will be.
I multiclassed as a scout Rouge then a desert land druid and it has been a great build for the game I've been in
One of my best characters is a fairy paladin that later reclassed into ranger because it just made more sense.
Drakewarden has the only level scaling mount
I was super excited to play my ranger on a hex crawl exploration campaign and proceeded to fail all my checks still
Ranger and monk way of the four elements synergize well though. Make me the avatar bb
My very first character was a ranger because it sounded cool and I had no idea what any of the other classes did but I wanted to be unique.
I had a cool story for him as well. He was a schizophrenic loner who spent the last few years of his life living as a nomad, constantly on the run from a demon that cursed him as a child.
Every single skill and proficiency he had, I gave him reason for having it. He can speak Draconic? He met a dragon during his travels who cared for him when he was injured. His natural enemy is beasts? He was a skilled hunter, raised by an adoptive family of elves with 3 brothers who all hunted together.
During his adventures with my party, he had some character development as he opened himself up to other people again, through the few times my DM let us have some decent roleplay moments.
The gameplay wasn’t half bad either. I utilized horde breaker and Hunters Mark to not only defeat loads of enemies with surprising efficiency, but I also was able to detect a false hydra even when it was untraceable solely because I hit it with my Mark. It’s a shame we ended the campaign so soon, I miss Shadow and I would have loved to see him grow even more.
I’m curious if you would be willing to trash Revised Ranger as well since the base and revised versions are so different
Playing a mid-high level (past lvl 10 or so) Horizon Walker was fun. Not the strongest (wouldn't call her weak though), but definitely fun. Especially as we had an artificer in the party, so I could make a badass alien with an automatic rifle.
I'm a freak that likes my beast mastery ranger. Gimme a wolf. Let me custom forge some plate mail barding with some resistances enchanted in, mostly to fire, and we'll be biting and knocking things prone with advantage with glee!
Beast Tamer is the only thing Ranger gets that is awesome.