Hunters mark is very important to ranged rangers at low level (1-3/4) as it adds significant damage to the single strike available. For a melee ranger using light two weapon fighting it is significantly less essential as you have 2 attacks already and if using short sword and scimitar you can have about a 65% chance to hit on the first (SS) attack which then gives you about an 85% chance on the second (sc) strike with a 65% chance hitting even if you miss the first.attack. At level 4 the melee ranger can have about a 3rd attack via dual wielding feat and at 5th the get extra attack for 4 attacks vs the ranged rangers 2 leaving the ranged still needing hunters mark for the extra damage.
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Hunters mark is very important to ranged rangers at low level (1-3/4) as it adds significant damage to the single strike available. For a melee ranger using light two weapon fighting it is significantly less essential as you have 2 attacks already and if using short sword and scimitar you can have about a 65% chance to hit on the first (SS) attack which then gives you about an 85% chance on the second (sc) strike with a 65% chance hitting even if you miss the first.attack. At level 4 the melee ranger can have about a 3rd attack via dual wielding feat and at 5th the get extra attack for 4 attacks vs the ranged rangers 2 leaving the ranged still needing hunters mark for the extra damage.
Wisea$$ DM and Player since 1979.