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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5568819" data-attributes="member: 59082">I have a 12th level ranger that I started at 11th level--I DMed the group up to 11th and am going to alternate DMing with someone from now on. We have a general rule that you can fiddle about with a new character for the first level or so as you get used to it, especially at higher levels, so I'm trying to figure out exactly what I want to do with the melee aspect of my game as I still haven't needed to fight melee.The ranger is mainly focused on using his greatbow (a +3 moonbow), but has solid melee capabilities and Two-Blade Fighting Style; I suppose you could say that he's a 70/30 ranged/melee build. Originally I had envisioned him as wielding two short swords and then I switched to a paired bastard sword. To be honest, I'm a bit tired of the two-weapon ranger cliche and I'm much more drawn to being a single melee weapon ranger - either a fullblade, great sword, or bastard sword (I've even dabbled with the idea of being a ranger-avenger hybrid with a greatbow and fullblade; hmm...). But I'm wondering, can I build a 70/30 ranged/melee ranger with a single weapon and still be as effective? Obviously I lose the effectiveness of Twin Strike with the melee weapon, but I also could swap Two-Blade for Hunter Fighting Style. I could even wield a greatsword and spend that feat elsewhere.So my question is basically, how do I go about building a ranger that is good at fighting with a single weapon (one of the big swords)? How would you do it? Or what if I wanted to go the ranger-avenger route?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 5568819, member: 59082"] I have a 12th level ranger that I started at 11th level--I DMed the group up to 11th and am going to alternate DMing with someone from now on. We have a general rule that you can fiddle about with a new character for the first level or so as you get used to it, especially at higher levels, so I'm trying to figure out exactly what I want to do with the melee aspect of my game as I still haven't needed to fight melee. The ranger is mainly focused on using his greatbow (a +3 moonbow), but has solid melee capabilities and Two-Blade Fighting Style; I suppose you could say that he's a 70/30 ranged/melee build. Originally I had envisioned him as wielding two short swords and then I switched to a [I]paired bastard sword.[/I] To be honest, I'm a bit tired of the two-weapon ranger cliche and I'm much more drawn to being a single melee weapon ranger - either a fullblade, great sword, or bastard sword (I've even dabbled with the idea of being a ranger-avenger hybrid with a greatbow and fullblade; hmm...). But I'm wondering, can I build a 70/30 ranged/melee ranger with a single weapon and still be as effective? Obviously I lose the effectiveness of Twin Strike with the melee weapon, but I also could swap Two-Blade for Hunter Fighting Style. I could even wield a greatsword and spend that feat elsewhere. So my question is basically, how do I go about building a ranger that is good at fighting with a single weapon (one of the big swords)? How would you do it? Or what if I wanted to go the ranger-avenger route? [/QUOTE]

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