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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5813201" data-attributes="member: 35909">It is about numbers.&nbsp; By RAW all FE does is give you numbers, it doesn't ID creatures for you, that's a houserule.&nbsp; If a DM tried to let me &quot;roleplay out&quot; figuring out an enemy is a favored enemy over several rounds so I could then share that info with the group...but also didn't let me gain my FE bonuses against the foe until my little epiphany...I'd be &quot;upset.&quot;[sblock]&quot;Upset&quot; = screaming[/sblock]Covertly adding in the bonus works fine, I suggested it in one of the very first posts in this thread.That said, I would just tell the ranger any time he's facing a favored enemy, flat out.&nbsp; I'd consider part of the benefit of having a Ranger on your team not only to have a master archer (or TWF, mounted...whatever combat style he picked) and tracker, but to also have a &quot;undead expert&quot; or a &quot;dragon expert&quot; or an expert in whatever other creature he chose as favored enemy.&nbsp; He doesn't get to pick the whole Bestiary, even at level 20 he'll only be able to cover a small fraction of it.&nbsp; So the few creature types he decides to make FEs?&nbsp; Yeah, he's that damn good, he can instantly recognize them.&nbsp; Totally reasonable houserule IMO. (I don't consider Instant Enemy and similar spells that make a foe a favored enemy temporarily to be the same as it actually being one, so this wouldn't apply, those spells are just to gain the combat bonuses, it's not the same as long term devotion and study of that creature type)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 5813201, member: 35909"] It is about numbers. By RAW all FE does is give you numbers, it doesn't ID creatures for you, that's a houserule. If a DM tried to let me "roleplay out" figuring out an enemy is a favored enemy over several rounds so I could then share that info with the group...but also didn't let me gain my FE bonuses against the foe until my little epiphany...I'd be "upset." [sblock]"Upset" = screaming[/sblock] Covertly adding in the bonus works fine, I suggested it in one of the very first posts in this thread. That said, I would just tell the ranger any time he's facing a favored enemy, flat out. I'd consider part of the benefit of having a Ranger on your team not only to have a master archer (or TWF, mounted...whatever combat style he picked) and tracker, but to also have a "undead expert" or a "dragon expert" or an expert in whatever other creature he chose as favored enemy. He doesn't get to pick the whole Bestiary, even at level 20 he'll only be able to cover a small fraction of it. So the few creature types he decides to make FEs? Yeah, he's that damn good, he can instantly recognize them. Totally reasonable houserule IMO. (I don't consider Instant Enemy and similar spells that make a foe a favored enemy temporarily to be the same as it actually being one, so this wouldn't apply, those spells are just to gain the combat bonuses, it's not the same as long term devotion and study of that creature type) [/QUOTE]

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