Intro into D&D classes Ranger| How to Play Dungeons and Dragons

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[@williambritt8445]

Nerdarchy what about robin hood

[@Troommate]

Ranger is a surprisingly diverse class. For example If you want to be a Tree.... You can be a Tree. #PrimevalGuardian.

[@kidstarkenny]

Troommate A twig blight PC? Wow how cool is that! All you need to figure out is how to bring the tree you live with you.

[@Troommate]

Get your Party Druid to use "Awaken" :D

[@borisstremlin4577]

It's important to emphasize the ranger ethos. They are not just fighters with wilderness skills - they are warriors who guard the frontiers of civilization. That's why they aim to hunt particular kinds of creatures (those who threaten to invade), and make friends with animals (to help guard distant outposts). Arguably, Jon Snow and Robin Hood are also rangers - the former because he literally guards the frontier (and bonds with animals), the latter because he stands for a return to justice in a corrupt society.

[@CaptainXJ]

I created a group of "cave" rangers that guarded an underground "forest". it wasn't trees growing underground but a huge system of roots that grew into the caverns

[@Dutchofclass]

the one ranger I played (water genasi hunter-archer) I had to kill off when I became the DM in the campaign we play in. But if I ever get the chance, I will definitely make a Goliath axe & shield carrying deep stalker ranger who has a phobia for fungus and therefore mushrooms

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[@finnianquail8881]

True

[@vernonhampton5863]

I recently rolled a ranger/hunter + rogue/assassin bugbear. thanks for the video suggestions

[@MGC-XIII]

I liked the Idea of the Firbolg melee Beastmaster. Sounds very cool

[@rottenrabbit6971]

Nerdarchist Ted you're my favorite! Ranger is one of my favorite classes so I'm so excited to hear what you have to say about it.

[@bartholomewjackson6534]

As a newb I appreciate y’all sharing your knowledge. I’m jumping into 2e so maybe I’m not relevant but I’m a GREENWOOD baby! I am the lorax! Tree hugging plant talking bad ass.

[@babbymammoths]

My first D&D character was a mountain dwarf hunter, and I honestly think she’s the best and most well-rounded character I’ve ever had

[@ianthe2131]

I made a Dragonborn Ranger, but he's literally a cowboy. I did it accidentally too, as I just made him a proponent of frontier justice in general and super stubborn.

[@EmmaBonn96]

What kind of sword would that be in the cover art? The two handedness makes me think of a longsword

[@McHaven07]

I was thinking it would be cool to award players with Favored Enemy after they've faced enough of them over the course of their career, regardless of their class.

[@Troglodytarum]

I just noticed that you say melee wrong and I am now forever triggered when you say it XD

[@cvernon5256]

Wood elf Ranger (hunter) that specializes in killing big beasties from the Underdark, Mountains, and Forests. Fiends, Dragons, and Aberrations beware! Forgot to mention I'm a stealthy DEX based tank that dual-wields enchanted rapiers (more or less).

[@vikashv1]

I want to play a revised ranger with a young owlbear ( a reskinned bear) companion. hopefully it will fly with the DM.

[@merlannin2108]

doesn't the barbarian not get a fighting style unlike the other warrior classes?

[@geofprow9963]

I’ve started creating a ranger, and I’m a little confused about the aspect of armor vs proficiency. It says a ranger can be proficient in stealth, yet wear scale mail which imposes disadvantage on stealth. How would I go about that in a game? Just use my lower stealth roll and add stealth modifier on that?

[@chaddixon9764]

2 weapon fighting Half Orc Hunter Ranger ftw

[@danpit2001]

half orc whenever there is a question about what race half orc is my default choice

[@user-xp4xw6ov6i]

I have a question if you play a ranger and want to choose dragons as a favorited enemy because a dragon was hold up in the forest were my ranger came from but my dm said I faced orc and goblins the most so that is my favorited enemy is it ok for the dm to force your favorited enemy and how do I try to get to change his views on it.

[@Zadok13]

To address your question directly, he sort of can but sort of can't (or rather probably shouldn't). You've got to play the character so it should be your decision, but he's got to run the campaign so he can technically veto anything (the idea being that he can stop "disruptive" characters if necessary). It's generally considered very bad form for a DM to "force" a character decision unless the player's being a dick though. That being said, it honestly sounds more like he's trying to do you a favour by not quite telling you that you will face very few dragons but lots of orcs/goblins in the campaign, and the latter would frankly be a much better choice.

[@jgr7487]

"... the region they typically haunt" or hunt?

[@finnianquail8881]

Ranger, Ranger, high voltage

[@Matt-md5yt]

could a Scout be a Ranger?

[@MrDe4dGuy34]

Matt You could argue that, but whereas a ranger is a warrior with a focus on nature, I see a scout as more of a rogue with that same focus.

[@neckbeardnecromancer8394]

I don't know if I'm the only one that cares, but it kinda bugs me that the person, that I'm assuming is a ranger, in thumbnail is using a two-handed sword.

[@amishverma8415]

Alexborn Gaming Strength based ranger is pretty viable with Zephyr Strike

[@neckbeardnecromancer8394]

Amish Verma It's not that it can't work mechanically, but, with all my years of Pathfinder and 3.5, it just doesn't feel quite right.

[@amishverma8415]

Alexborn Gaming Pretend it's a versatile finesse elven curved blade or scimitar, and the ranger lost her other one and is briefly twohanding until ahe has an opportunity to recover her.other sword

[@lughfiregod16]

Fighter dip!

[@andrewanderson5758]

Also the MTG card portrayed is Naya Hushblade. Elf Rogue. Just throwing that out there.

[@superbebe9248]

Muhlee

[@ryanrhino2318]

I think Legolas is more of a ranger then Aragorn.

[@chaddixon9764]

ryan rhino Nope, Legolas is a ranged Fighter.

[@tanni489]

I think the opinion that Legolas is a ranged Fighter is just a good example of how un-ranger like Aragorn actually is seeing as he never really does ranger like things other than being called a ranger

[@chaddixon9764]

tanni489 Your comment is a good example of a non sequitur, your assertion does not support your conclusion.

[@Jonatron101]

He speaks to animals (albeit only a horse), he is an unrivaled tracker (even the overpowered Legolas who can see around the curviature of Middle Earth steps back to let him make survival rolls to track). The D&D class came after the character and the character was so named because a ranger is a person who is known to "range" IE: out on the range, The Lone Ranger, the Texas Rangers. Miltary people who patrol the wilderness which is what the Dunedain Rangers were - wanderers (or a Strider) of the wilderness who were one of the many things that held evil at bay. Aragorn's job (and training) is that he is a ranger. A wilderness cop. Aside from living in nature and having his racial abilities, Legolas is a really good fighter who is entirely focused on being really damn good at shooting things with a bow. He's comfortable in the wilderness but his job is kill things as efficiently as possible, not to say he doesn't know how to do the things that Aragorn does but they're Aragorn's thing. All comparable quality comes from racial ability and living in a forest, race and background.

[@Chibiwan420]

Can a ranger use a gun?

[@cvernon5256]

Totally could, given that your DM allows guns. It just depends on how you play your character, whether it requires specific training, and so on. But yeah, guns would absolutely be their thing.