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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Corinnguard" data-source="post: 9468279" data-attributes="member: 7033886">Unlike Hunter's Mark, the 2014 Favored Foe feature doesn't cost you an action or a bonus action to use, there is no apparent range limit so you can mark someone who is more than 90 feet away, you can use it silently (no verbal component), and while it allows to add an extra 1d4 on a hit initially, the damage scales up (1d6 at 6th level, 1d8 at 14th level). Also, the number of times the 2014 Favored Foe can be used is tied to your character's PB and it doesn't need a spell slot.Hunter's Mark is good if your mark decides to flee the scene and you need to track them down well after the fight has ended. But how often does this happen in an adventure? I could see it happening if the DM wants your mark to live and fight another day with regards to the plot or subplot with an adventure. Outside of that, not so much.Favored Foe otoh is a replacement for Favored Enemy, which requires a particular monster type to be present in whatever adventure you're in. If the monster type is present, Favored Enemy is a nice feature to have. If the monster type isn't present, then it becomes a wasted ability. Btw, Level Up actually fixed this problem by allowing you to change out whatever monster type you selected per long rest. So, one day Dragons are your favored enemy, and then the next it could be some other monster type. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Favored Enemy goes by the name of Studied Adversary in Level Up.Anyhow, with it's one minute duration (with concentration), Favored Foe is more useful in an actual fight where you want to take down whoever you've marked.Level Up's Hunter's Target works much like Hunter's Mark except that it requires no verbal component, it doesn't require you to give up a spell slot to extend the duration (it goes up automatically to 8 hours at 9th level) and it gives you a +1 to hit an opponent. The only downside for this particular feature is that you can only use once per long rest. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😋" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60b.png" title="Face savoring food    :yum:" data-shortname=":yum:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />Currently my Bugbear Ranger/Rogue is using the Favored Foe option instead of Hunter's Mark. </blockquote>

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