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<blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 5813557" data-attributes="member: 50895">First of all it's not magical, its an extraordinary power, something many seem to forget. Knowing how to hurt zombies is an acquired skill. But knowing how to hurt zombies, doesn't mean the ranger has full information as to all a given monsters weaknesses, rather the ranger has an edge when facing such monsters, even if he doesn't know all it's monster features (and not something he can state to other PCs when in combat).&nbsp;I think the best way to treat this is as a DM calculate the bonus damage and checks that the ranger would get since the monster they are attacking is a favored enemy, and not actually telling the player that such is the case. So he doesn't spread this hidden knowledge to the party at large.&nbsp;It shouldn't take rounds of study by the ranger to identify his favored enemy, it's an advantage he should get with the first swing of his sword, or shot from his bow...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gamerprinter, post: 5813557, member: 50895"] First of all it's not magical, its an extraordinary power, something many seem to forget. Knowing how to hurt zombies is an acquired skill. But knowing how to hurt zombies, doesn't mean the ranger has full information as to all a given monsters weaknesses, rather the ranger has an edge when facing such monsters, even if he doesn't know all it's monster features (and not something he can state to other PCs when in combat). I think the best way to treat this is as a DM calculate the bonus damage and checks that the ranger would get since the monster they are attacking is a favored enemy, and not actually telling the player that such is the case. So he doesn't spread this hidden knowledge to the party at large. It shouldn't take rounds of study by the ranger to identify his favored enemy, it's an advantage he should get with the first swing of his sword, or shot from his bow... [/QUOTE]

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