D&D 5E (2024) Ranger 2024 is a bigger joke than Ranger 2014:

[Seramus]

Agreed. We should have more magical research in our 5e. I assume that's the take-away here.

I wish! I would love it if my players stepped foot into a library or consulted sages more often.

 

[MostlyHarmless42]

Personally, I'm waiting until I see the final text in order to decide which homebrew rules I'll be implementing. Based on what I'm aware of now? I'll likely shift some of the hunter's mark related features around. I personally like the idea of rangers getting concentration removed from hunter's mark somewhere around 5 to 7th level. It would make the future upgrades feel less top heavy and still allow the idea of that spell being a signature thing for rangers. I don't actually hate the idea of Hunter's mark being a signature ability of rangers in theory, I merely dislike the execution.

Additionally, I think part of the capstone should be the ability to cast Hunter's Mark at will without expending a spell slot. If they are really so insistent on making the spell so vital to rangers then it is a logical part of the capstone to include. I frankly don't even think that a ranger having perma-advantage on one target at a time is hardly game breaking at a level where players are literally leveling towns and rewriting reality.

I am, however, hesitant to alter the spell itself to do something like remove concentration or scale the duration both because I don't want the spell to literally be the same as hex, and I also think hunter's mark being "upgraded" should be a ranger's "thing" if anything else.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Why is there a new thread on this when there was already a perfectly adequate and still very active thread on the 2024 ranger already? The two should probably be merged.

 

[Not a Decepticon]

I hadn't seen the 2024 Ranger, so I Googled it...

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Seems fine to me.

Johnathan

Fine? this poor thing was clearly breed for the size to the point it's a disgusting mutant of a pickup truck, walking threat on the road and death sentence to any pedestrian it WILL hit because the drive won't see naughty word with hood his humongous. It's a mockery of humble pickup truck and an abomination in the eye of gods.

 

[Richards]

Really? But...how do I know you're not a Decepticon trying to trick me?

Johnathan

 

[Weiley31]

What game are you folks referring to?

World of Warcraft or Final Fantasy 14.

 

[Chaosmancer]

I am, however, hesitant to alter the spell itself to do something like remove concentration or scale the duration both because I don't want the spell to literally be the same as hex, and I also think hunter's mark being "upgraded" should be a ranger's "thing" if anything else.

Fair, I just don't see any bard's taking it. And if they do, I'm not terribly concerned it will outshine the Ranger with it. And other than that... everyone else who might have it I would also like to have it for free for that same cost.

 

[mamba]

what makes a goblin or an orc a giant, how are hyena men giants?

they are diminutive giants, evolution at work, you never drop out of the order you are in, no matter what features you gain or loose

 

[ECMO3]

I wish they would really get rid of Hunter's Mark all together. I've loved 5E Rangers since Tasha's came out, but I don't think I have ever had Hunters Mark as a spell in that time (I have had Hex on a Ranger and like that spell).

The one thing I really, really hate about the new class is the mandatory Hunter's Mark.

 

[Horwath]

I wish they would really get rid of Hunter's Mark all together. I've loved 5E Rangers since Tasha's came out, but I don't think I have ever had Hunters Mark as a spell in that time (I have had Hex on a Ranger and like that spell).

The one thing I really, really hate about the new class is the mandatory Hunter's Mark.

either Concentration on HM needs to go or having class features that rely on HM needs to go.