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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 8427542" data-attributes="member: 7030563">I used to think Gloom Stalker was the strongest Ranger, and it might be in terms of purely martial prowess, but after seeing one played; I think Fey Wanderer is actually a stronger character, especially if you start with 17Wisdom and take shadow touched feat with cause fear.There are three things which make this subclass pretty awesome:1. The wisdom bonus to charisma checks.&nbsp; Our Fey Wanderer is the party face, and is better at it than a Warlock or Paladin would be.2.&nbsp; Beguiling twist is awesome, especially with the advantage on fear and charm saves.&nbsp; Every fight we get into, an enemy is going to get frightened or charmed, and with no concentration penalty.&nbsp; The charm ability is used less than fear but the charm is not broken by damage, so it is a lot better than the actual charm spells.&nbsp; You can charm someone and then wail on him with impunity and he stays charmed and can't fight back against you until he saves .... at which point another enemy gets it.&nbsp; We housed a white Dragon with this when he used Dragon Fear - made him frightened the same turn he used it, which limited his movement, then the following turn we charmed him when another ally saved.&nbsp; He could not breathe because he would have hurt the Ranger, he could not move to attack anyone else because he was frightened and could not move any closer to the Ranger.3. Dreadful Strikes gives a reliable, if small, damage boost that requires no bonus action and is rarely resisted.&nbsp; With TWF and extra attack you can get this boost 3 times in a turn if you target 3 enemies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 8427542, member: 7030563"] I used to think Gloom Stalker was the strongest Ranger, and it might be in terms of purely martial prowess, but after seeing one played; I think Fey Wanderer is actually a stronger character, especially if you start with 17Wisdom and take shadow touched feat with cause fear. There are three things which make this subclass pretty awesome: 1. The wisdom bonus to charisma checks. Our Fey Wanderer is the party face, and is better at it than a Warlock or Paladin would be. 2. Beguiling twist is awesome, especially with the advantage on fear and charm saves. Every fight we get into, an enemy is going to get frightened or charmed, and with no concentration penalty. The charm ability is used less than fear but the charm is not broken by damage, so it is a lot better than the actual charm spells. You can charm someone and then wail on him with impunity and he stays charmed and can't fight back against you until he saves .... at which point another enemy gets it. We housed a white Dragon with this when he used Dragon Fear - made him frightened the same turn he used it, which limited his movement, then the following turn we charmed him when another ally saved. He could not breathe because he would have hurt the Ranger, he could not move to attack anyone else because he was frightened and could not move any closer to the Ranger. 3. Dreadful Strikes gives a reliable, if small, damage boost that requires no bonus action and is rarely resisted. With TWF and extra attack you can get this boost 3 times in a turn if you target 3 enemies. [/QUOTE]

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