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  1. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    Incorrect on two counts there; Not me, someone else. No, they didn't. Not spells. Spell. Literally exactly the same as the current Favoured Enemy feature, but you can at least choose which spell it is. Look, I even quoted it for you so you don't have to go back pages! And I went ahead and...
  2. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    Might suggest re-reading what they said, personally.
  3. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    Ask WOTC, they inflicted this reality upon us. Literally all they're suggesting is the ability to choose the spell from a small pool and nothing else.
  4. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    Sure, why not? No, I don't think a D6 of damage is so fantastically amazing to come at the expense of every other concentration spell.
  5. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    That's what I homebrewed it to do! You cast it, sometime after (on your turn) you can activate it, you get the movement buff (including opportunity attack negation) + the advantage attack, and the extra damage is applied next time you hit. Means it works for closing the distance, but also...
  6. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    Like I say I can't speak for anyone else, but. I took their post to mean "Favoured Enemy and it's trappings is worth less to me than another ASI", rather than "I want the game's levelling mechanics to accommodate swapping out a core class feature for another ASI". Maybe they do want that, I'm...
  7. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    Funny, I'm not familiar with the "CIRCLE OF THE MOON SPELLS Druid", I only know the Druid. Is that a new class they added in 2024, perhaps? Oh I see, I asked for classes with a concentration spell on their levelling table, because we're talking about the Ranger, that class that has a...
  8. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    Show me another class with a concentration spell on their levelling table.
  9. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    In this edition; Favoured Enemy, which is Hunter's Mark. I dunno, I can't speak for everybody!
  10. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    You don't seem to be advocating for removing Favoured Enemy, even though you think the Ranger is perfectly fine without it?
  11. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    I am making the safe assumption that the Ranger spell list will have concentration spells you may want to cast on occasion. If not Zephyr Strike, something else. If not at level 1, then one further up the table.
  12. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    And thank god there's only one level in this game, or I might be forced to not care! The same resource being, your concentration. We were talking about Hunter's Mark, which uses your concentration, and spells, which also use your concentration. That being said; Again, your buffer starts at 2...
  13. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    This is a very odd projection. Literally all they're advocating for in this instance, is something instead of what's meant to be the Ranger's go-to mechanic. An equal exchange. If you think it's good, then maybe you'd concede it's worth something to give up?
  14. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    Sure? The difference being, features like Rage and Wild Shape remain much better than this one. No, fine, but you are encouraged to use Hunter's Mark over those other options when they pull for the same resource. Especially when/if you reach those features that are meant to encourage further...
  15. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    That is correct, but it only means as much as you think it means. The playtest Ranger had features at those levels, so does this one. They don't become good just because historically they haven't been occupied. And anyway, it's not unheard of for classes to get buffs at those levels. 5E Bard's...
  16. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    Don't be obtuse, I'm advocating for something better than those features. I agree with WOTC's assessment, that if Hunter's Mark is to be Ranger's main thing (much as I disagree with that in and of itself but fine), it needs buffs. Unlike Paladin and Divine Smite. These buffs are bad and/or come...
  17. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    I wasn't advocating for infinite uses, only noting that they are definitely finite. Short rest refresh would help, but I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't offer that. I mean it depends. You might situationally prefer Zephyr Strike (since you are forced to choose vanilla), Pass Without...
  18. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    Only twice per long rest at the baseline. Given that it's the method for obtaining additional damage that your class is based around, you will probably want to cast it more than your free casts allow for. We don't know for sure about how it's changed until they reveal the spells, but Ranger's...
  19. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    That's what I was driving at, yeah. I am actually compelled by Ranger being a thematic and mechanical parallel to Paladin, I've said it in previous discussions, but. The scales remain tipped in Paladin's favour, even with this nerf Divine Smite got.
  20. Rocker26a

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Ranger"

    That is kind of true, but please point out the Paladin's base class features that hinge off of the Divine Smite ability/spell. Either in 5E, or this one. That's what bugs me (in part).
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