D&D 3E/3.5 [3.5] Ranger Combat Styles

[Argus Decimus Mokira]

Hey

So, the archery alternative to TWF rangers is nice and all, but variety is the spice of life. Here's two more Combat Styles your ranger can pick at 2nd level.

Mobile Combat 2nd level: Dodge. 6th level: Mobility. 11th level: Spring Attack.

Mounted Combat 2nd level: Mounted Combat. 6th level: Ride-by Attack. 11th level: Spirited Charge.

Anyone else got anymore? Be sure to note the source of the feat if it's outside the SRD.

Thanks
-Matt

 

[Nifft]

I think the Ranger should get more powerful Feats than the ones you list.


Mobility Style:
2nd Level: Run
6th Level: Shot on the Run
11th Level: Spring Attack


Wrasslin' Style:
2nd Level: Improved Grapple
6th Level: Improved Bull Rush
11th Level: Stunning Fist


Swashbucklin' Style:
2nd Level: Combat Expertise
6th Level: Mobility
11th Level: Whirlwind Attack


Mounted Style:
2nd Level: Mounted Archery
6th Level: Ride-By Attack
11th Level: Improved Overrun (Trample)

-- Nifft

 

[Corlon]

Swashbucklin' Style:
2nd Level: Combat Expertise
6th Level: Mobility
11th Level: Whirlwind Attack

combat expertise?

 

[Nifft]

combat expertise?

and?

-- Nifft

 

[Staffan]

combat expertise?

They renamed "expertise" to "combat expertise" in 3.5e. At a glance, a feat named "expertise" leads one to believe it ought to give a skill bonus - at least that's what I thought when I first saw the name in the character generator that came with the PHB.

 

[Argus Decimus Mokira]

Hey

Fair enough, those are just some crap cobbled from the SRD .. after re-looking over the ranger, they are definitely weak.

-Matt

 

[Spyritwind]

A ranger from a barbarian society could have:

Power attack
cleave
great cleave

 

[Technik4]

No offense to anyone, but you have to ensure the feats gained are commensurate with when the ranger gets them.

Gaining Cleave at 6th level or Stunning Fist at 11th is pretty silly. Cleave is most useful at low levels when you fight bunches of things that can be felled in one swing.

Perhaps giving Cleave at Second, Great Cleave at 6th, and Superior Cleave (as the Master Samurai from Sword and Fist).

Technik

 

[Nifft]

No offense to anyone, but you have to ensure the feats gained are commensurate with when the ranger gets them.

Gaining [...] Stunning Fist at 11th is pretty silly.

Considering the requirements of Stunning Fist (especially the "BAB +8" part), I think you're very wrong -- perhaps you're spoiled by Monks who get it exceptionally early.

As has been noted by others, there is a dearth of high-powered high-BAB Feats in the Core rules.

-- Nifft

 

[Technik4]

Hadn't noticed that, I had been thinking of monks getting it at 1st level. There is indeed a lack of high-level feats...oh wait, thats what The Complete Warrior is for!

Technik