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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jhora" data-source="post: 6660935" data-attributes="member: 6795041">I too am an advocate of enhancing the existing ranger in 5th edition, but I admit, it needs to be a subtle change or the ranger runs the risk of becoming "too good" if not done properly. I am a long time player of this game and have often played rangers throughout the years. I have never minded the ranger lagging a bit behind other melee classes because I always loved the combat bonuses that a ranger received against its "favored enemies" It always made the difference (to me) in being a class I would play and one I would pass on in favor of a Paladin or a Fighter.The 5th edition ranger looked like a fun class to play so I tried it. I haven't played one to high level, but my observation so far is this ...1) The class would be dead and buried if not for the Hunter's Mark spell.2) Something is missing w/o some kind of COMBAT bonus against favored enemies.I see how the designers designed the 5th edition ranger and I get it. (Its still a fun class to play) I just really really miss a solid (non spell related) combat bonus against favored enemies. Its what defined a ranger in all past editions of this game, and my opinion, the game would not suffer or be imbalanced if a ranger once again had a combat related bonus vs favored enemies again.I had to fight hard to implement a house rule to address this in my play group, but they finally agreed to it since it is relatively minor. We just reworded the Hunters Mark spell to change the 1d6 damage to 1d8 damage IF the marked target happens to be one of the rangers favored enemies. All other aspects of the spell stay the same. It's not a stellar change, but it adds just enough to the ranger to make me really enjoy the class in 5th edition. I think a straight wisdom bonus against favored enemies is an interesting concept and would be fun to try, but something seems a little OP to me when I think about it with Sharpshooter, Colossus Slayer, Hunters Mark a High Dex etc ...Enjoy your gaming & Long live Rangers!</blockquote>

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