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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vraille Darkfang" data-source="post: 1561142" data-attributes="member: 16989">I'm not actually sure of all the names, just that I'm running a game thats just about to go epic & the Rnager/Rogue has several spells that help him be a better archer for short bursts.First, only evil creatures (according to the main D&D rules) can select their own species as a favored enemy.Second, for this discussion the topic was a better archer Fighter or Ranger?  Relying on the opponent to be on the favored enemies list isn't going to always happen (possibly never happen), thus I didn't even address Ranger fighting favored enemy vs Fighter fighting said ranger's favored enemy.And, in most combat situations, your average ranger vs average warrior, the warrior is at about the same combat prowess as a ranger, if both are built for archery.  Of course the Ranger probably has better stats than the NPC warrior.  He also has a much better selection of skills and abilities.  But when it comes down to some king fielding an contingent of archers over the course of a battle, the warrior and ranger are about equal.I didn't try to examine all the different variables.  To do so make the discussion pointless.  You can always come up with a situation where build x beats build y regardless.  I simply did which is better in the vasy majority of situations in pure combat ability.  The fighter excells in versatility, whereas the ranger exceeds if a certain number of requirements are met.Vraille Darkfang</blockquote>

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