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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 5890647" data-attributes="member: 2">I have a general concern about character options that only kick in with certain monsters. Remember the old ranger combat bonuses vs certain favored enemies that you had to pick at 1st level? If your DM never used those monsters you were screwed, and if you picked a powerful monster and he used it before you were ready you were screwed. This was especially true because (iirc) the first favored enemy you chose kept getting more powerful as you added a second, and then a third. So a high level ranger could kick ass against orcs, a monster he could now kill trivially anyways, or he could have spent many levels with a bonus against giants that he'd never use.The same crops up in 3e and 4e. Specializing against a particular foe - fire creatures, or aberrations - is kind of a crap shoot. I tend to prefer options that always give you a small benefit over options that give you a large benefit you rarely use.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 5890647, member: 2"] I have a general concern about character options that only kick in with certain monsters. Remember the old ranger combat bonuses vs certain favored enemies that you had to pick at 1st level? If your DM never used those monsters you were screwed, and if you picked a powerful monster and he used it before you were ready you were screwed. This was especially true because (iirc) the first favored enemy you chose kept getting more powerful as you added a second, and then a third. So a high level ranger could kick ass against orcs, a monster he could now kill trivially anyways, or he could have spent many levels with a bonus against giants that he'd never use. The same crops up in 3e and 4e. Specializing against a particular foe - fire creatures, or aberrations - is kind of a crap shoot. I tend to prefer options that always give you a small benefit over options that give you a large benefit you rarely use. [/QUOTE]

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