That's it, the favored soul is THE SORCERER, this is how the class should have been from day 1.
.
The only thiing that bothers me, is the effort I made was wasted: I worked on a spelless ranger option that used superiority dice (they started at 1d4 and scaled over time to be d10s and in number went from 3 to 7)
I even worked some unique maneuvers (inspired by 4e exploits) that were available to the ranger to aid in exploration and combat (replace martial die for superiority die):
Adrenaline rush.- When you kill or incapacitate an enemy, you can expend a martial die to roll a hit die and heal that amount of hp as a free action. Add the martial die to the gained hp.
Aggressive sidestep.- Spend a Martial die, you can Dash as an Extra action.
Evasive Counter Attack. When an enemy makes a melee attack, you use your reaction and spend a Martial die to move 5' and make a weapon attack against that enemy. Roll the die and add the result to your attack roll.
Manyshot.- When you make a weapon ranged attack, you can expend a Martial die to shoot an extra arrow, bolt or bullet with the same attack. If you hit, roll the die and add it to the damage.
Mark Prey.- As an Extra action, spend a Martial die and mark an enemy. The next attack that hits it, causes extra damage equal to the Martial die result.
Opportune Interruption.- When an enemy attacks an ally of yours, you can expend your reaction and a Martial die to attack that enemy, if you hit, the enemy has disadvantage on that attack.
Shroud in shadows.- When you are hiding, spend a Martial die, roll it and add it to your Stealth.
Unexpected Slash.- You can spend a Martial die to make an attack with a melee weapon as an Extra action. If you hit, roll the die and use it for damage instead of the weapon damage die.
Twin slashing.- You need to hold two melee weapons. As an action, expend a Martial die to attack the same enemy with each weapon -make one attack roll per weapon- if both attacks hit, add the Martial die to damage.
Wild empathy.- You can spend a Martial die, roll it and add it to any Cha check you make when interacting with animals.
Well, at least the dragonrider variant is still kosher....