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Ranger (Martial Archetype)

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According to Wizards of the Coast surveys, the ranger is the least favorite class of Dungeons & Dragons players. Part of this comes from a sense that the class is underpowered compared to the others, though lead designer Mike Mearls also speculates that the class’ lack of identity is a major factor. Many perceive the ranger merely as a fighter that likes nature and can cast spells.

This product solves both problems by converting the ranger into a martial archetype for the fighter. The conversion inherently requires a rebalancing to be on the same level as other martial archetypes. The Eldritch Knight was used as a reference to gauge the subclass’ power, which is why its spellcasting is more limited than the ranger class. As for the issue of identity, as a subclass, the ranger no longer needs to distinguish itself from the fighter because it is now a fighter path.

Some of the features, namely Natural Explorer, have been simplified to be appropriate for a subclass rather than a core class feature, while the spell, ranger’s mark, has been given as an alternative to hunter’s mark to serve as a the core power booster of the subclass, in a similar way to how shield is for the Eldritch Knight.

This product consists of the ranger martial archetype, which includes a new spell.

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William T June 14, 2021 12:56 am UTC
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Love the idea, exactly what I wanted ranger to be: a fighter subtype. One thing that throws me off a bit though is that for a class that has so many abilities based around stealth or bonuses to stealth, why not grant stealth proficiency?
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Mad Dog S June 19, 2019 1:35 pm UTC
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Seems cool if you wanna be a really powerful fighter type. But I always thought the cool thing about rangers were their animal companions.
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Darrin S June 23, 2019 6:14 pm UTC
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Thanks for the feedback. This martial archetype was calibrated to be as powerful as the eldritch knight, so that is the power level customers can expect. A beast master fighter archetype would be a cool thing to explore in the future.
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This title was added to our catalog on June 18, 2019.