Davvy's Guide to Tasha's Subclasses - The Second One

[@atlascove1810]

swarmkeeper: WHATS THIS, A SUBSTANTIAL LACK OF BEES, LUCKILY MY BEES CAN HELP! i will force this meme into the ground

[@ChartreuseDan]

AAAGH, THE MEMES HAVE ONLY BEEN MADE DANKER BY THE ADDITION OF MORE BEES

[@rulersaury]

Or even better, wasps

[@supercannonball1236]

BEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!! BEES FOR EVERYONE!!!!! MUAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

[@ChartreuseDan]

@@supercannonball1236 What's this? A comments section woefully underpopulated by Dr Bees fans? A large influx Dr Bees should put a stop to that /watch?v=PYtXuBN1Hvc

[@abdelwahabnassim6281]

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[@ArtGuyCharlie]

Give in to your desires, go full weeb: be a Swarmkeeper with a swarm of cherry blossom petals.

[@andrellnogueira]

That's... Actualy quite cool.

[@buddyb3165]

Become that one dude from bleach

[@dragonmaster613]

@@buddyb3165 BYAKUYA KUCHIKI

[@abdelwahabnassim6281]

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[@buddyb3165]

@@dragonmaster613 Draws sword, "Senbonzakura Kageyoshi" Unleash DEATH.

[@IansMentalOmega]

Swarmkeeper can turn any enemy into Nicolas Cage. "ARRGGH! NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES!"

[@remingtonwright6796]

The only acceptable way for the bard to give a swarmkeeper advantage is by playing "flight of the bumblebees"

[@vincentnicosia2315]

totally off topic but i think it’s so adorable that XP to Level 3 is one of davvy’s patrons, kings lift up other kings

[@dragonmaster613]

we look out for our own! #ClanMcGygax

[@abdelwahabnassim6281]

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[@Honyi1]

Boys support boys

[@Thebongosusetobethicc]

@@abdelwahabnassim6281 What the fuck even was that video, stop spamming that shit.

[@budget_gandalf]

@@Thebongosusetobethicc what was the video

[@masterofgames15000]

My favorite thing about astral self isn't just what Astral self does, but the flavor text about it in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. "Note to self: create a spell that lets you throat-punch people with your ghost- Tasha"

[@Drekromancer]

A woman of culture.

[@cheerfulcat056]

I FUCKING LOVE THE FLAVOR TEXT!!!! It was that book that made me change my old flavor texts that were essays to funny snippets like that!

[@rulersaury]

Should I make it known that velociraptors are statted as tiny creatures..... A swarmkeeper ranger could have velociraptors as a swarm

[@wyvern-augury]

Kobald swarm keeper with the velociraptors

[@summermermaidstar756]

Swarmkeeper: "You get little fey creatures that swarm around you" Me: "So I can have a swarm of cats is what you are saying?"

[@maaxorus]

Cats, velociraptors, an oversized amoeba, whatever you want, honestly.

[@summermermaidstar756]

@@maaxorus cat ranger pog

[@herosmith5662]

Yep. The one I've made is skinned so it's a pack of spectral hunting dogs.

[@leahbeah1585]

I was thinking hummingbirds would be pretty cool

[@alexanderbering7845]

@@leahbeah1585 One of my character concepts is a Swarmkeeper Ranger that uses hummingbirds. She's basically a Disney princess.

[@dracblue7]

One of my Players is playing a swarmkeeper warforged but they’re really just a mecha piloted by pixies

[@foggytuesday101]

In a new home brew pirates campaign where one of the party members swarm is just a giant flock of seagulls that follows the ship. She’s named all 100 of them and my favorite is Gulldolf the Gull

[@weebmaster6984]

I need more of this its really good

[@carlospereira6183]

me when he started talking about the astral form monk: "where's Jojo's reference? where's Jojo's? where's Jojo's reference? whe.... Oh, there it is"

[@carsonrush4152]

It would have been better if he left it out until the very end of the video, and then said "yes, it's a Jojo reference!".

[@KINFIN123]

Quick note. Fey Wanderer is the first and basically only ranger that really uses Wisdom heavily. This, combined with the Druidic Fighting style for Shillelagh, allows for a Wisdom Single Attribute Build Ranger that can make a lot stronger use of Spellcasting than Rangers normally are capable of.

[@arandomcheese]

If you do this, have decent charisma and put your expertise into persuasion, you can become an insane party face.

[@thatrandomnerd6996]

@@arandomcheese I didn't even need to do that. That shows how good this subclass is out of combat. It's even decent (not fantastic, but decent) in-combat as well due to its +1d4 psychic damage mechanic. I paired it with the "Shadow-Touched" feat (I didn't want any redundancy, and I worked it out through backstory), and I'm pretty sure that I will never be found when disguised lol

[@bskec2177]

The firbolg race seems a natural fit for this build.

[@garrettwade1294]

I have a player who is planning on doing that exact thing with their backup character.

[@afineegg1040]

I'm playing a Changeling in one of my campaigns who is multiclassing into Ranger, and once I get to my archetype at Character Level 5 I'm going to have a +12 to my Deception. I just love how ridiculous that is.

[@remingtonwright6796]

Rune knight: for when you want to play a barbarian that has his shit together

[@lolbots686]

astral monk/cleric:you are either the most zen bastard ever or a massive weeb

[@dudedude3072]

now i want to make a gnome fighter who just becomes normal height for their giant form

[@dragonarchive7443]

I've played a halfling rune knight/wizard, and let me tell you this: the way that the giant rune is worded is it sets your size to large. So imagine the 3 ft tall halfling suddenly becomes 10 ft tall.

[@fireblast8972]

Actually, unless they changed that part from UA, using the giant form always makes you large size, no matter what your starting size was. Meaning Gnomes would be large instead of normal size

[@J-Hell]

What is this normal size of which you speak?

[@asbestosfish_]

Davvy Loses His Fucking Mind: Attack Of the ‘Coast.

[@sandstorm0714]

I've seen the ranger's Favoured Foe ability interpreted as that: though you are concentrating, you're not concentrating on a spell, meaning that you may still concentrate on a spell on top of Favored Foe. I'd allow that in any of my games, it's a really fair interpretation of the rule that gives ranger some strength they really need.

[@templarw20]

Reads to me that they gave the Ranger a watered down version of the Pathfinder 1e Paladin's smite...

[@malmasterson3890]

They were honesrly SO CLOSE with the Ranger, but fell flat right at the finish line. Favored foe requires concentration, which is just a f*cking slap in the face, and completely defeated the purpose of why we wanted it. The rest wasn't bad changes, but they took away from the actual flavor of the Ranger & just gave it a bunch of mechanical stuff & spells. Imo, as a recommendation DM's. Let your Ranger's ignore difficult terrain once they get the Roving feature from deft explorer, and use the revised Ranger's version of Favored Enemy. That imo is when they got it right, and I've played 3 sessions so far with it working out great.

[@ZMSKfullpower]

Just homebrew some rules if they are not ok ( because d&d has a lot like this in my opinion ). Me and my friends homebrewed quite a lot in our sesions.

[@nidielcacaca]

Favored Foe: no concentration; Deft explorer: another expertise (maybe at lvl 6??); Additional ranger spells: dispel magic (maybe find familiar); all subclasses get a exclusive spell list; Beast master: printed errata to the lvl 7 ability "your companion's attacks are magical" --------BAAAM, all rangers become awesome.

[@speedlarcool132]

I will say that only favoured foe need a change to be concentration less. The rest feels way more useful than favoured terrain or favoured enemy because, as flavourful as they can be, they lack reliability when you get out of your comfort zone. Base ranger is a perfect class for one-shots, because you aren't supposed to change terrains or type of enemies.

[@H2OHydraulic]

Wait- so technically I can play a Hobgoblin Swarmkeeper Ranger, and my swarm could be just a group of Goblins?

[@user-ch6xl1zc6k]

Think it has to be beasts tho right?

[@SenorVilla]

@@user-ch6xl1zc6k not anymore, the official subclass just says that the swarm is made of "nature spirits", but as a DM I'd allow to flavor that as pretty much anything.

[@unknownentityenthusiast6765]

Yes! The General can bring his army along!

[@azmiraclegirl441]

A swarm of smaller, angrier goblins just appearing would be terrifying

[@onearmedtroubadour9519]

I missed the “hob” in hobgoblin and thought you were going to have a goblin swarm keeper and immediately pictured Squirtle and his Squirtle gang

[@kylesmith5033]

Love that you’re doing multiple different videos so you can focus on each subclass instead of one long video rushing through them

[@thegamingaristocrat7615]

"Technically your swarm doesn't have to be bees." I can't help but disagree here.

[@MoonbornUwU]

Crows. Be THEEE EDGELORD

[@LupineShadowOmega]

@@MoonbornUwU Eh, I have a Wind Genasi ranger named Starling that worships the Raven Queen and Ravens is mine. I like to think my good natured quasi-disney princess isn't that edgy. XD In fact she always calls her faith the good news of the Raven Queen and everyone else can't stop laughing at that idea.

[@MoonbornUwU]

@@LupineShadowOmega OMG SHE IS PRECIOUS

[@MoonbornUwU]

@@LupineShadowOmega MY HEART HAS MELTED

[@MoonbornUwU]

@@LupineShadowOmega I love that idea. I don’t know why but it’s so pure and precious c,:

[@dracokaleb1239]

I remember on the DNDMemes reddit, someone pointed out that the swarmkeeper used to say Tiny Beasts and showed that velociraptors were tiny beasts (Thank you Volo's). _I can now only think of what a swarm of velociraptors allowing small flight capabilities looks like._

[@kyledavidson6635]

I’ve been looking for someone to acknowledge that fact here. It’s just such a ridiculous idea to imagine. I love it

[@werewolftapus7630]

Just a bunch of raptors with spinning tails carrying a person

[@tatersalad76]

Rune Knight is pretty fun, after having played one for a little while. I get to have the skill power of a Bard and Rogue through the power of advantage and can just pick up enemies. Our wizard casted Enlarge on my Goliath Rune Knight after he already grew Large, so with Powerful build and becoming Huge, I got to wrestle the Adult Red Dragon our party was stealing from while they ran away

[@D_A_D_]

I reskinned one as a maker of magical pottery recently. Thrown weapon focus, throwing pots at them.

[@JaelinBezel]

How did you get out? Did the conjuration wizard stay behind riding on your back so she could exfiltrate you with Dimension Door?

[@anotherrandomguy2386]

Good idea, become a swam keeper ranger who's just a babysitter

[@runedoom]

Tabaxi swarm keeper with an army of cats.

[@abdelwahabnassim6281]

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[@henryhipschen9764]

Chickens

[@RamentheRed]

Perfect excuse to yeet the misbehaving children at the enemy ogre.

[@ASquared544]

Swan keeper

[@robertportersc]

" I implore you, please throw more bees at people!"

[@Drekromancer]

"Use my bees, I beg of you!"

[@TDSFounder]

Astral Monk seems like its made for a Githzerai, given their lore.

[@TheDancerMacabre]

Stop trying to make "Gith" a thing! Its not gonna happen!

[@TheDukeofCheese12]

Tasha's REALLY loves the Battle Master We even got new Battle Maneuvers for the Battle Master

[@Drekromancer]

Everybody loves the Battle Master.

[@HenshinFanatic]

I don't, all you get at later levels is the garbage you didn't want when you took the subclass in the first place.

[@battledummie5656]

Swarmkeeper warforged who's swarm is nano bots.

[@Gabe600]

this is actually a very good and cool idea

[@jarrettmcminn4393]

Ganna use that

[@Gstrangeman96]

I'll do you one better: swarm master warforged who IS a swarm of nanobots part of which is stuck in anthropomorphic form due to some malfunction, and when they regain their ability to meld into the swarm it can be roleplayed as them rediscovering their true hivemind nature.

[@eggguy20]

Swarm keeper just made me realize the one downside of being a swarmkeeper: the chance of you being unlucky enough to have a swarm of snails who take too long to get to you

[@Drekromancer]

THIS IS THE BEST JOKE CHARACTER CONCEPT I'VE EVER HEARD

[@saberradioproductions]

Thrown weapon fighting: twisted tea. God i love that. Im dying laughing

[@thelegendarykidofmystery1226]

The twisted tea, I can’t even rn 😭

[@TheUncouthGentleman]

what if... Just to make davvy angery like a barbarian.... *The example swarmkeeper swarm of pixies.*

[@jessie-buns839]

Step 1. Be a kobold or other “small” race. Step 2. Take 3 levels in rune knight and 3 in sorc/wizard Step 3. Inform people that they wouldn’t like you when angry. Step 4. Pop both enlarge and giants might on yourself. Go from small to huge in one combat round.

[@ryanjackson6298]

Fun Fact for Swarmkeeper Rangers: Velociraptors are Tiny Beasts. Use this information for what you will.

[@claytongrey988]

This was life changing. Thankyou so much

[@WolfBoy-om6dw]

The swarm of angry toddlers bit was hilarious

[@empoleonmaster6709]

A bunch of fey toddlers! Your enemies are doomed!

[@werecatauthor4249]

Astral self a.k.a "Oh, you're approaching me, instead of running away you're coming right to me?"

[@Overclocked-nm2vu]

H O W D Y H O W S I T G O I N G ?

[@calasurien]

0:09 "Tasha's Guide to Everything" That's fair

[@Technotoadnotafrog]

Xan's 2: Psychic Boogaloo

[@secpendragon9760]

WotC releases new Ranger features, still requiring concentration to deal more damage Community: "Missed it by that much"

[@MisterSmith00]

Hmph...I kind of want to revisit the “Hunter” Ranger with these new features. “Fey Wanderer” seems tailor-made for eladrin...stacking Wisdom & Charisma gives them VERY good social play. Plus...a free teleport on top of your free teleports.

[@cleverpsyche115]

The UA for Favored Foe actually works the way you homebrewed, except it flat out gave you Hunters Mark, without needing concentration. Why did they feel the need to nerf it?

[@LupineShadowOmega]

Because UA feedback was that it was too strong, now the question of if anyone actually played it or if it was all theory crafters, is a different question.

[@cleverpsyche115]

​@@LupineShadowOmega I'd say just remove concentration, and it'll be golden. The free Hunter's Mark arguably opens up your options more as well as prevents you from stacking damage, so not sure why that was bad aside from the 1d6.

[@blackace1278]

I made a variation of favored foe, try this out Favored foe revisited : This feature can be taken in substitution for favored enemy and the hunters mark spell Your proficiency bonus times a day you can mystically mark a creature within 90 feet of you as a bonus action, for on hour you gain a advantage to perception/survival check involving the marked creature and you gain a additional 1d4 to damage rolls to the creature ( increasing to a d6 at 6 level, and a d8 at 11 level) , lastly as a as a bonus action when the marked creatures hit points reach 0 you can move the mark to a creature within 30 ft of it.

[@Quarataia]

My swarmkeeper is a Hobgoblin that carries a bunch of goblins in his backpack, calling them a mercenary company with him as the leader.

[@SenorVilla]

That sounds fantastic for the subclass spells. Having one goblin act as your mage hand, and a bunch of them holding onto enemies and slowing them down for Faerie fire and web, a hidden scout for arcane eye! The only thing that's a little weirder is gaseous form, but then again I don't think that really fits to most swarm types.

[@Quarataia]

@@SenorVilla Also very funny, each of my party members begun voicing a goblin, basicaly a second party. If one spell doen't fit good the DM allows change it for something better.

[@Littlemike137]

I feel like swarmkeeper ranger would make a great BBEG. You could use so much cockroach imagery, or some other hideous bug, and if the party ever traps him he gets swarmed by his bugs and disappears, plus so much more

[@Drekromancer]

Agreed! It reminds me of the main character from the web serial Worm. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. parahumans.wordpress.com/

[@silcrow4045]

@@Drekromancer oh fuck yeah Taylor time, hope there's no big superheroes about to choke to death on flies :)

[@RattlerWasTaken]

no views, yet it has thumbs up a youtube classic

[@anotherrandomguy2386]

1 view, 30 likes

[@bray2964]

Last time I came this early I left someone _veeery_ disappointed

[@wenotoutside]

F

[@Quipek]

The first thing I thought of when I read the Swarmkeeper was someone like Mysterio who uses robotic drones. Maybe add some extra wizard to add the illusions.

[@PureGoldNeverCorrodes]

Swarm keeper ranger that is just a child who fed some crows and got adopted by the murder (collective name for group of crows).

[@Drekromancer]

ACCIDENTAL CROW MOM

[@JadeBlades098]

Now we’re getting to the good shit! The changes to ranger, fighter, and monk are fantastic

[@zoneri]

7:19 glitch rose has secrets to tell

[@marmato9332]

I don't get it

[@empoleonmaster6709]

Can someone please tell me what’s up with that rose? I noticed the glitch but don’t know if there’s anything special or unique about it apart from it being an editing error

[@emmaallard5500]

THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN I WAS EDITING. GAH.

[@empoleonmaster6709]

@@emmaallard5500 We don't blame you, stuff like this happens sometimes, we get it.

[@thefakeslimshady8881]

The point of the mercy monk was the mercy of healing or the mercy of a swift death

[@sbrevoltuion5]

2 things, chicken swarmmaster And also you’re so off on astral self monk, high levels it’s so good

[@ScamDocMaindel]

Cucco Swarm

[@xLoLRaven]

^ Damn, beat me to saying it! :P

[@vasudeanguy8523]

"I am the Guardian of Cuccos. Fear my invincible chickens!"

[@Drekromancer]

@@vasudeanguy8523 Famous last words: "Look at ALLLLLLL those CHICKENS!!!"

[@binolombardi]

Favored foe is nice for a few reasons, even if it is concentration based. Reason 1- level 1 rangers don’t have anything to concentrate on. This really helps your ranger help the party make it past level 1. Reason 2- low level rangers don’t have a lot of spells slots to use. Level 2-3 ranger only has 2 spell slots, and a level 4 ranger has 3 slots. this helps them stay effective at those levels. Reason 3- it doesn’t entirely interfere with rangers that choose to use their bonus action. Can be used with two weapon fighting without giving up that initial turn. at level 5 when extra attack is available it can be used to activate on the same turn as another concentration spell being “used up”. Example: ranger uses bonus action to cast hail of thorns and is concentrating. Ranger uses attack action, hits a creature with first shot, hail of thorns goes off. Second shot lands too, you can now activate favored foe.

[@Sindal55]

Will add as just a point: Foe's can still be used in conjunction with 'on hit' spells like Hail of Thorns or lightning arrow by casting the spell first and the marking your target once you hit. So that's 'something'. Not Ideal, but something that you can use your 'instant damage' concentration spells where before it was just hunter's mark or bust.

[@jellyfishjan3498]

My swarm keeper was a first born child given to the fae as payment, their swarm are glowing butterflies that are the manifestation of their soul under the effects of the contract

[@rustythebard]

I’m playing a drow psi warrior with a Russian accent, and let me just say it is SUPER fun, both to roleplay and in combat. I used to think fighters were boring, then I learned the true power of the drow side.

[@phelps6205]

I really feel the swarmkeeper theme fits the druid much more than the ranger.

[@justinwieneke2204]

I couldnt agree more about favored foe that was so heart breaking to read when I got the book

[@jamesrichards2720]

5:20 "you still need dexterity for armor class..." yes, but now it gives a greater incentive to have wisdom because it also boosts a monk's AC *AND* your damage with Astral self. I was confused with my first monk, but Astral monk would be great for a beginner. Picking first wisdom, then dexterity and then constitution would make them especially tanky and strong.

[@connerscott2687]

With the Fey Wanderer Ranger subclass, you can get a +16 bonus to Dispel Magic and Counterspell or +22 in a more specific set of circumstances. 3 levels in Fey Wanderer Ranger, 11 levels in Abjuration Wizard, and 6 Levels in Sorcerer. With this, You may cast Dispel Magic and Counterspell as a Sorcerer and use Charisma as the spellcasting ability, add your Wisdom bonus to the check and your proficiency bonus to the spellcasting ability check. If you want the +22 bonus for in case you need to cancel a minimum level 13 spell (or maximum level 32 spell), you need to take the Draconic ancestor sorcerer and cast it at a dragon, as you can double your proficiency bonus on that check.

[@Cubics_Rube]

10:29 - The GM of that group: "Well at least your character feels what I feel."

[@lucacomine1612]

The fact that davvy never played a monk is A U D I B L E

[@shellknight1323]

*Goblins, Orcs, and Gnolls laughing* Ranger: Call me Useless again! I Dare you! *I DOUBLE DARE YA!!* **Whips out a Twisted Tea** 7:23

[@jakovsaric9492]

I always read that favored foe is mantained "as if you were concentrating" but it itself does not need concentration, meaning it does not take the slot, just drops when your concentration would drop (like wizard's conjuration ability)

[@benjaminkingsley-jones7832]

I think quite possibly my favourite swarm keeper creature was one of my friends who (because they’re technically tiny beasts) chose badgers. It was adorable. And deadly.

[@rishidixit3983]

Well now I just HAVE to go swarmkeeper, I never thought I'd say "Hey, I wanna play a ranger" from watching a Davvy Chappy video.

[@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627]

Battlemaster should have never been a subclass, it should've been incorporated into the default fighter. Change my mind.

[@andrellnogueira]

100% agree. The idea of the Fighter is a experiencied warrior who knows strategy and battle. Not anyone who fights is a Fighter. Battle master's lore is EXACTLY the same thing. Please, if the fighter wasn't a tactician, it would be either a barbarian or just some run of the mill common person who fights, not a PC!

[@mr_big_m50]

Now I can finally be the rat lord

[@josephdellavecchia7828]

Thank you for clearing up the Ranger. I knew it was worded weird ckmaprdd to the PHB but I wasnt sure what was the beat way to fix it.

[@excaldrex333]

Swarmkeeper was so fun to build! I was a Tabaxi ranger who's swarm was his fleas haha

[@benjaminwilliams4301]

"Finally, I get to hear about my favorite new subclass, I wonder what this dude thinks about it." *Watches video sad fey wanderer noises

[@jazzmaradermedia3550]

You know until TCoE, I would never have legitimately considered an intentionally edgy character until they made the Mercy Monk. Just saying there is the Angel of Death character in almost every crime show. I would model mine after the one hospice care guy from Smallville

[@jacobwatkins9309]

I may be an outlier, but if I'm made to choose between Favored Enemy and Favored Foe then I'll take Favored Enemy every time. If we're playing LMOP then I'll be better off having advantage on Survival and Intelligence checks regarding Humans and Goblinoids as well as knowing how to speak and read Goblin then I would be with an extra 1d4/6/8 of damage once per turn. The same can be said with most other pre-written campaigns. If your DM lets you adjust your Favored Enemy to one that you'll encounter often during the campaign then it can easily outshine Favored Foe as it is currently written.

[@DenzelRealm]

I hope Davvy will talk about Cyberpunk Red.

[@MoonbornUwU]

Hey, Crucify for having this opinion.. But the fix on rangers favored foe could just be a mixture of the unearthed arcana sub class feature and the printed one. Keep the proficiency bonus usage per every long rest but just make it so it’s hunters Mark you cast without requiring concentration on it. Since you’re not concentrating on it and it saves spell slots it automatically fixes a lot of different problems with rangers sacrificing concentration on this and that.

[@ruffles4scruffles]

The Mercy Monk sounds a lot like 5e's version of the Shadow Sun Ninja, which is one of my favorite prestige classes from 3.5. Dope. In my personal dnd world, there is an entire monastic tradition focused around them and even a quasi-deity called the Aspect of Balance.

[@trailguidealex5010]

For swarm keeper candidates can be termites or paper wasps. They can let you build and mold terrain. Or you can pick my favorites the warrior wasp. A kobolt blue stingy boi that hurts like a truck but also can beat their wings in unison and sound like a Marching army. Now imagine a guy in blue armor with a short spear and sheilf doing some war dance while the trees are make a terrorizing sounds. That's the fear of the swarm

[@peterlynch9929]

Obligatory long-winded *_ACKCHUALLY_* comment incoming: I think Favored Foe is a fine ability for the Ranger. At first glance it does seem underwhelming since it does use concentration to use it. But I think it is really important to keep in mind that Favored Foe can be activated as *_part_* of an attack. Meaning that using causes no loss in action economy. Also, using does not consume a spell slot. So as long as you have uses of Favored Foe left, a Ranger can easily drop conc. on Favored Foe (this can be done at *_any_* *_time_* ), cast a bonus action spell (let's say Zephyr Strike), attack with (at least some of) the benefits of the spell. Then on the next attack, the Ranger can drop conc. on the spell immediately (or whenever they see fit) and reactivate Favored Foe. However, the limited uses of Favored Foe means that combos like the one I mentioned can only be done sparingly, especially at lower levels. And there's a pretty good chance that casting Hunter's Mark might still be the superior option anyways. But I believe that at worst, Favored Foe opens up new avenues of play for Rangers that are both flavorful, and mechanically effective in combat. Am I giving this ability too much credit? Maybe. Is my argument coherent? Probably not. Feel free to tear it apart in comments or give me your thoughts on the ability. Thanks! TLDR: Favored Foe allows for cool combos without sacrificing a lot of damage or action economy. The concentration may seem limiting, but it can be worked around.

[@dozi3r]

thanks, we love you and appreciate your work

[@andrewcook2625]

Favored enemy is easy to fix, broader category of enemies covered and add either a plus to hit or a plus to damage equal to your level or pro bonus... done Favorite terrain... broader areas and active the moment you are in said area instead of after 1 hour... done The two most situational features are now actually far more useful

[@syaoran5476]

My favorite swarmkeeper concept so far I saw was the Oxventurer's where he's a wannabe vampire and his swarm of bats are what let's him fulfil his dream as close as he can get without actual vampirism

[@BrendanDonnelly51395]

Thrown weapon fighting style gets an image of twisted tea. I was dying laughing when I saw that

[@jonsimpson6240]

That slow zoom into the hill giants lower stomach made me somewhat uncomfortable

[@monhunterz5430]

0:07 Says fighter, shows barbarian

[@harithomas1911]

Thanks davvy, really looking forward to hearing your opinion on the wildfire druid next

[@BH_test]

Ah yes. Official revised ranger

[@CooperAATE]

Ranger is good now, it's okay guys

[@wteergl321]

Astral soul is literally a jojos reference

[@harmonlanager2670]

Of all the classes I thought would get a plague doctor subclass, I didn’t think it’d be the monk

[@gaminreasons8941]

To homebrew Favored Foe I'd do this. Take the UA version, lock the number of uses to proficiency (Tasha's likes to do this so why not) and then make it so that it still uses Concentration until you hit level 5. This will dissuade folks from just taking a lvl 1 dip and running with it since it still has Concentration.

[@luxartist716]

Gosh, I was starting to miss that voice! I hope you found the love for your work, and if you want to do a 360° and change all your content, I'll give you all my support!

[@neldunak5743]

I had a swarmkeeper in my game that used a hoard of whispey weeds as his swarm, the small trees from Kirby.

[@km1dash6]

In a d&d podcast, one character who took level in Ranger and is a swarm keeper used pixies as his swarm. He is also a chef, so all the pixies are named after a spice. They all swarm around and help him cook. In a game breaking moment, he tried to use one of the pixies to send a message even though he doesn't have the message cantrip. The DM had him roll persuasion, and he failed. The pixie confidently saluted like it understood, flew off, and instead of delivering the message just shrugged to say "I don't know what I was supposed to tell you."

[@NobodyDungeons]

I had my swarm ranger use rat swarms because the DM had us roll for random traits and I rolled being a wererat. It was a very fun character to play as especially since I got a lot of nifty bonuses for being a wererat.

[@Goblin4Coin]

*swarm ranger sees there are only some bees* My briefcase full of bees should help this! Enemy: oh no, the situation has only gotten worse with the introduction of yet more bees!

[@StarkMaximum]

I have a ranger in my game, I have in fact homebrewed out the concentration from Favored Foe. Shock and awe, my ranger has not broken the campaign wide open. Imagine that. With her multiple attacks and her wolf companion, she is in fact merely solid DPS.

[@Chaotic_Monk43]

I wanna play a swarmkeeper ranger just to see what weird stuff I could make the swarm into.

[@kamikage9420]

I found a homebrewed sharkfolk race, and now I have a sharkfolk swarmkeeper with a swarm of tiny winged sharks flitting about.

[@KevShaw808]

Thrown Weapon Fighting and then shows a picture of Twisted Tea lol. Priceless.

[@aizle101]

I do wish he could dig inti the big third party campaigns like Humblewood or the Silver Games published books. They both have crazy ass races, feats, and Humblewood has spells that'll really give your druid the boost it needs. Spiky shield, bad berry, and the one spell that gives you a frog's tongue should really be covered and used in a lot of campaigns.

[@adammarrow5980]

The Way of The Mercy Monk sounds like I could play with my WWE Feind gloves on. Hurt! Heal!

[@dylanchehebar2440]

8:45 It doesn’t say favored foe requires concentration, it says that when you take damage, you need to make a con save as if you were concentrating on a spell.

[@SteveMan92]

Okay, first, the benefit of using Wisdom for Way of Astral Self is that you can swap the priority of Wisdom and Dex, which means your Monk DC is that much higher. This isn't a huge deal except that it makes the Monk's most powerful feature, Stunning Strike, that much better early on. Second, the arms, then head, then body progression of the Way of Astral Self, plus the fact that it surrounds and protects you, is much more akin to Susanoo, dammit!

[@joshuajohnson2027]

Zero dislikes: as it should be