So, I'm starting a new campaign soon, and I have a couple players who have expressed interest in rangers. I've played with PHB Rangers and Revised Rangers. My impression is that the PHB Ranger can be a bit too niche (with their favored terrain bonuses etc) and is a bit below average in strength for classes. On the other hand, I feel that the Revised Ranger went too far, going past average strength by adding a plethora of features. I also want all my players to maintain DDB character sheets, so it'd be rough if there was conflicting feature text between their DDB sheet and their actual set of features they use in play. That's why I set out to make a patch for the PHB Ranger which strictly adds features, never contradicting the text of a given feature. That way I can make a Ranger-only, weightless, homebrew magic item on DDB which they can add to their DDB character sheet. I'm curious to hear what y'all think about what I've come up with.
Ranger Patch:
Favored Enemy:
Your knowledge of your favored enemies gives you insight on how to exploit their weaknesses. You gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with weapon attacks against all of your favored enemies. This bonus to damage rolls increases by +1 each time you gain another favored enemy, becoming +3 at 6th level and +4 at 14th level.
Additionally, if a chosen favored enemy doesn’t speak a language, or you already speak its language(s), you can pick a different language to learn.
Natural Explorer:
As a ranger, you are a quintessential wilderness traveler, able to adapt to any terrain. The benefits you gain from traveling for an hour or more in your favored terrain now apply when traveling for an hour or more in any terrain.
Primeval Awareness:
When you use your Primeval Awareness feature, you learn additional information about the types of creatures present if they are one of your favored enemies. This feature reveals the approximate number of your favored enemies present, in addition to their general direction and distance (in miles) from you. If there are multiple groups of your favored enemies within range, you learn this information for each group.
Land's Stride:
When you gain the Land's Stride feature at 8th level, you learn how to move with exceptional speed. You can now use the Dash action as a bonus action on your turn.
So, I'm starting a new campaign soon, and I have a couple players who have expressed interest in rangers. I've played with PHB Rangers and Revised Rangers. My impression is that the PHB Ranger can be a bit too niche (with their favored terrain bonuses etc) and is a bit below average in strength for classes. On the other hand, I feel that the Revised Ranger went too far, going past average strength by adding a plethora of features. I also want all my players to maintain DDB character sheets, so it'd be rough if there was conflicting feature text between their DDB sheet and their actual set of features they use in play. That's why I set out to make a patch for the PHB Ranger which strictly adds features, never contradicting the text of a given feature. That way I can make a Ranger-only, weightless, homebrew magic item on DDB which they can add to their DDB character sheet. I'm curious to hear what y'all think about what I've come up with.
Ranger Patch:
Favored Enemy:
Your knowledge of your favored enemies gives you insight on how to exploit their weaknesses. You gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with weapon attacks against all of your favored enemies. This bonus to damage rolls increases by +1 each time you gain another favored enemy, becoming +3 at 6th level and +4 at 14th level.
Additionally, if a chosen favored enemy doesn’t speak a language, or you already speak its language(s), you can pick a different language to learn.
Natural Explorer:
As a ranger, you are a quintessential wilderness traveler, able to adapt to any terrain. The benefits you gain from traveling for an hour or more in your favored terrain now apply when traveling for an hour or more in any terrain.
Primeval Awareness:
When you use your Primeval Awareness feature, you learn additional information about the types of creatures present if they are one of your favored enemies. This feature reveals the approximate number of your favored enemies present, in addition to their general direction and distance (in miles) from you. If there are multiple groups of your favored enemies within range, you learn this information for each group.
Land's Stride:
When you gain the Land's Stride feature at 8th level, you learn how to move with exceptional speed. You can now use the Dash action as a bonus action on your turn.
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