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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 8449718" data-attributes="member: 7030563">Archery is strong, the others&nbsp; are not that great IME.&nbsp; I have never tried thrown weapon fighting, that does look encouraging.&nbsp; Blind fighting is situational although really good when you need it.When I play a ranger I take Druidic Warrior, and usually get&nbsp; guidance and magic stone, the later to use on enemies you need magic to hit.&nbsp; At lower levels I find the lack of magic or silver weapons to be very debilitating and this is true well into tier 2 in many campaigns.&nbsp; We had a were rat nearly wipe out our party of 3rd level players (my monk/wizard did actually die).&nbsp; We had no magic weapons and no silver weapons.&nbsp; The others eventually won the day with spells, but one of our charracters was making attacks for hex damage only.&nbsp; Since then I have been a big fan of magic stone and you can replace&nbsp; it every level so if you do get a magic bow you can trade it for shillaleagh or if you get a magic Rapier and Bow you&nbsp; can trade it for druidcraft or mending.If I am not playing a Ranger I get superior technique.&nbsp; The maneuvers I like to get are disarming strike, bait and switch or trip attack, probably in that order.&nbsp; In raw damage these are not as good as archery, or probably dueling, but I find them more useful and with the once a SR recharge you can use it in about half of the battles you find yourself in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 8449718, member: 7030563"] Archery is strong, the others are not that great IME. I have never tried thrown weapon fighting, that does look encouraging. Blind fighting is situational although really good when you need it. When I play a ranger I take Druidic Warrior, and usually get guidance and magic stone, the later to use on enemies you need magic to hit. At lower levels I find the lack of magic or silver weapons to be very debilitating and this is true well into tier 2 in many campaigns. We had a were rat nearly wipe out our party of 3rd level players (my monk/wizard did actually die). We had no magic weapons and no silver weapons. The others eventually won the day with spells, but one of our charracters was making attacks for hex damage only. Since then I have been a big fan of magic stone and you can replace it every level so if you do get a magic bow you can trade it for shillaleagh or if you get a magic Rapier and Bow you can trade it for druidcraft or mending. If I am not playing a Ranger I get superior technique. The maneuvers I like to get are disarming strike, bait and switch or trip attack, probably in that order. In raw damage these are not as good as archery, or probably dueling, but I find them more useful and with the once a SR recharge you can use it in about half of the battles you find yourself in. [/QUOTE]

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