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Its a fighter with less bonk and feat, but have spells and elemental resistance, the stalker is the best sub for extra dmg and more spells.

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sorry but the whole ranger class should only able to use special arrows!!! it would be a great advantage to choose this class
just like how should only rogue use bombs!!!

beast master is the true intution of this class' exist and the rest just ''spoooky'' -_-
hunter could get a +1d4 bonus if use special arrows
gloom stalker could even use better hides like get +1d8 if attack from stealth (just like any rogue should get this)

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Note for potential Ranger builds: WIS doesn't need to be 16+ unless you intend to rely on spells your target gets a save against, or you wish to multiclass to Cleric or Druid. Ranger spells with enemy saves include: Sacred Flame Cantrip, Animal Friendship, Ensnaring Strike, Hail of Thorns, Conjure Barrage and Lightning Arrow. Even with low WIS you can still make effective use of Fog Cloud, Hunter's Mark, Silence and Plant Growth. High CON helps with concentration.

WIS of 12-14 is good for skill checks and WIS saves and allows you to do something like 12-17-14-8-14-10, or 12-17-16-8-12-8 (float the left-over point wherever you have a plan for it). Strength Rangers could do 16-14-16-8-12-8 or dump WIS to 10 for 17 STR.

An example build could be pure Hunter who uses spells for buffs and control while shooting things until they stop moving. No need for WIS as you won't be often using the spells I listed above. A possible exception could be Ensnaring Strike, which the enemy will have a disadvantage to save against if you've selected the Bounty Hunter Favoured Enemy, which is the only useful choice besides Ranger Knight so you'll probably have it by level 6 if you didn't pick it to start.

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BG3 RANGER CLASS PROGRESSION

Level 1
Choose 1 Favoured Enemy (Class Feature)
Choose 1 Natural Explorer Environment (Class Feature)

Level 2
Level 1 Ranger Spellcasting (Class Feature)
Gain 2 Spells
Choose a Fighting Style (Archery, Defence, Duelling or Two-Weapon Fighting) (Class Feature)

Level 3
Gain 1 Spell
Choose one Ranger Subclass (Beast Master, Gloom Stalker, or Hunter)
Replace 1 Spell

Level 4
Replace 1 Spell
Feat - Choose one from the Feats list

Level 5
Level 2 Ranger Spellcasting (Class Feature)
Extra Attack (Class Feature)

Level 6
Choose 1 additional Favoured Enemy (Class Feature)
Choose 1 additional Natural Explorer environment (Class Feature)
Replace 1 Spell

Level 7
Level 2 Ranger Spellcasting (Class Feature)
Choose 1 Defensive Tactics [Escape te Horde, Steel Will, Multiattack Defense] (Class Feature)
Replace 1 Spell

Level 8
Land's Stride: Difficult Terrain (Class Feature)
Feat - Choose one from the Feats list
Replace 1 Spell

Level 9
Level 3 Ranger Spellcasting (Class Feature)
Choose 1 Spell
Replace 1 Spell

Level 10
Hide in Plain Sight (Action)
Choose 1 additional Favoured Enemy (Class Feature)
Choose 1 additional Natural Explorer environment (Class Feature)
Replace 1 Spell

Level 11
Gain a Spell
Weapon Action: Volley (Melee, Ranged)
Replace 1 Spell

Level 12
Feat - Choose one from the Feats list
Replace 1 Spell

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This wiki needs to be edited again to remove the Tips portion about Beastmaster being superior to Hunter. It is entirely subjective and based purely in opinion, there are vastly viable builds regarding Hunter.
Not only that, a full Ranger is often the most powerful martial class available, beating out most other classes in DPS and mobility. Combine that with the versatility of a fighter, for instance, and a Mostly-Ranger will out-DPS any class. For instance, Ensnaring Strike + Volley + Hail of Thorns + Horde Breaker can easily grow to massive damage on a battlefield that includes many enemies.

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I have not played a D&D type game in many years, so if the answers to my questions seem obvious to you, please forgive me ;-)

I am thinking of making my first character a Ranger and going the Beast Master path. As such, do I need to pick "Find Familiar" for this subclass? Or can I skip this spell all together and not worry about it? In other words, use my first spell choices on other spells?

If I were to choose "Hunter's Mark" this gives a benefit to slashing. Do I need to be the one doing the slashing to get that extra damage? Or can it be anyone in my group?

Thanks for any feedback and any tips that you might have ;-)
Ayrmoon, Ranger

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after try to build Ranger many times I found this class really disappoint

Pure Hunter are similar with Pure Fighter but more survivability, btw Fighter have more benefits from more feats and 3rd extra attack as same level that make Hunter look bad when reach high level

8 Hunter/4 fighter or rouge aren't bad but playstyle it too simply all you can do is just Hunting mark and smash target

Beastmaster is good but need to play Pure for maximum benefits from pets also Beastmaster only focus on Pets and don't have anything improve you character

Gloomstalker is good for multi class, but Pure Gloom outperformance by rogue multiclass

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Apparently Hide in plain Sight does not break invis when jumping lol

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Larian has homebrewed the ability to hold a shield and use a 2-handed ranged weapon at the same time, which is nuts. Right when you enter the Grove, you can grab Dammons breastplate +1, with Dex 17 and a shield, you have 19 AC right at start.

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Why is SHORTBOW worse than LIGHT CROSSBOW? That is, there should be differences, but if there are disadvantages, where is the advantage.

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If close combat, and you have not strength but dexterity. Is there any use for a staff, or is it better just a sword?

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I want to like this, I really do, but ranger is still the weakest martial character class in bg 3( which doesn’t mean they are bad, just not as strong as other options). They suffer due to a couple reasons, they are stuck with DEX proficiency instead of CON (dex saves really aren’t that common, and failing a dex save just causes elemental damage usually, it’s so easy to get resistances in this game from items that I never worry about fireballs. They get element resist which is crazy easy to get from items anyway. And they just don’t have as good of damage boosts as fighter, paladin, or barbarian. And finally they have a really bad spell list, the worst in the game. Currently hunter and gloom stalker are just ok, not bad, not great. Beast master is easily the strongest option for a pure ranger, but even trying to get maximum value from it I still always find other classes to do better damage and be more well rounded. I really wanted to like it but I tried it on minsc and ended up just making him a paladin instead.

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This reads as someone who refuses to accept Ranger is useful in the ttrpg so they don't think it can be useful in this game. Both are wrong as it is to the player and DM in ttrpg to work together for how well it works, and in case of a video game like this just on the player.

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If anyone's as confused as I am, it looks like this Wiki is just a straight rip from the D&D 5E rulebook and doesn't actually account for any of the changes Larian made during BG3's development, so as an actual BG3 wiki it's almost worthless.

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You can absolutely play Ranger with 8 STR/8 DEX if you pick Ranger Knight and then Magic Initiate: Druid with Shillelagh. Combine this with the Act 2 followers magic Scimitar that lets you use your spellcasting stat instead of Str/Dex for your weapon and you can dual wield a Shillelagh torch (1d8+1d4+WIS) with the Magic Scim. (1d6+WIS+1) for a pretty decent build. The main downside is the torch produces light, so it's not great on Gloomstalker, but works fantastically on Beast Master (Haven't tried Hunter cause it's boring in comparison)

This wouldn't work (at least not well) in 5e due to Heavy Armor having soft cap Strength requirements unless you play as a dwarf. Other than the fact that Ranger Knight doesn't exist in 5e :P

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Why is speak with animals and hunter's mark not on the spell list?

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Ranger do not have heavy armor proficiency. You only get it if you choose Ranger Knight as favored enemy.

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If you multi into Ranger, do you gain the Martial Weapon Prof.?

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Thinking about going into ranger beast master for 5 levels as a monk starting after level 4. I somehow expect that, overall, it'll be fine and achieve the goal of being able to talk to all animals and have a reasonable amount of damage from the companion.

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So ranger gets absolutely nothing after level 9???

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A ranged build on Ranger Gloom Stalker seems quite powerful. Focusing on Stealth so you can attack with advantage, extra attack and access to pass without trace. Impossible to spot. Hits for days.

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I've mostly gathered thru discussion with several people that my wanting to play a STR based melee beastmaster ranger should be fine to do, but IF I wanted to multi-class dip 1-2 levels into something like a Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer or Warlock mainly for some added RP/dialogue options and a few cantrips would this be doable w/o overall hurting the Beastmaster's abilities later on in levels? Due to the Animal Companion I've mostly gotten the consensus I should dedicate the bulk of if not all of my levels into Ranger to maximize it's effectiveness but I'm not sure if 1-2 levels into one of those specific classes for multi-classing would hurt it enough to be noticeable in game. And if so outside of just class/dialogue flavor would Sorcerer or Warlock be better than the other to use or would it just be a matter of personal preference and whether I wanted Eldritch blast or not?

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so can i cast a spell on arrows??

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I chose Ranger Knight but didn't get the Heavy Armor Proficiency.

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Changed it so it shows that it shows that Creatures hit with an Ensnaring Strike have disadvantage against the save when you choose bounty hunter.

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I made a 15 Strength , 16 Dexterity, 10 Wisdom build. Heavy armor and Shield on a Wood Elf that uses a rapier. At Level 4 I plan to take Shield Master or Defensive Duelist. Fighting style is Defense for +1 AC. Low Wisdom does not matter because I do not use spells that target the enemy.

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Why does it say that Ranger has a hit dice of d10, but then it subclasses have all d8?

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On level 3 you may pick only one new spell, not two.

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Note, probably for the tipps section: Although the game tells you that dexterity is the rangers main stat, that does not have to be the case. I am currently playing a strength based ranger and it works perfectly fine...

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Is there a reason that the dev team decided to go with the original ranger over the revised ranger?

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all beast choices (none under CR1/4 listed)

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The "best" beast choices,if BG3 used same rules as 5e, are: (in 4 tiers) #1: Pteranodon & Velociraptor #2: Giant Poisonous Snake & Giant Wolf Spider #3: Giant Frog & Wolf #4: Panther & Giant Badger

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