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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Minigiant" data-source="post: 6670799" data-attributes="member: 63508">Really, a class's thing depends on the "pillar of play".The PHB places the rogue's things asCombat: Sneak AttacksExploration: Stealth & thieves toolsInteraction: Thieves' Cant, DeceptionThe Quick build for a rogue is a Dex and Int/Cha charlatan. Criminal is the other common background for rogues along with spy, urchin, and soldier. The assumption is that a rogue would be using Sneak attack heavily in combat, relying on Dex heavy skills and thievies tools while exploring, and using Thieves' Cant and Cha skills during social interaction.The PHB suggests Dex, (Str), Wis as the ranger's order of ability scores.Combat: various spells (primary hunter's mark, cure wounds, goodberry,  lightning arrow, and swift quiver)Exploration: Favored Enemy and Natural Explorer, various spellsInteraction: Bonus language and lore form FE, spells (speak with animals/plants)  Outlander is the suggested background. Other common backgrounds in fantasy for rangers are noble for the exiled noble/knight, and soldier for the military scout. It is obvious that the 5e ranger's original focus is on exploration. In combat, leans heavily on spells but has favored enemy and natural explorer as big buffs in situational cases and has 3 stealth based class features. In social interactions, it also learns heavily on spells but has a bone thrown form favored enemy.</blockquote>