![]() I only mention this skill because it means you should never take FE: Animal. Nevertheless, it is handy to have, and a great ability to use in conjunction with Charm Animal, allowing you to move the animal from your worst enemy, to your loving companion forever. The great thing is you get this (basically maxed out) for free, the bad thing is that it is based on CHA (a dump stat). “ How do I kick A$$ vs NON-FE? ” Patience my Padawan, all will be revealed. With no aid I’d normally stack FE like so: These are all pretty common enemies, but if your DM will give you a suggestion, take it. Evil Outsiders run the whole CR gamut from 1 to 20 and particularly mid to high levels are common baddies encountered. It’s not often you’ll encounter just one. They often are a large number of them in evil, spooky areas. Quite common, they run most CR’s and VERY common in certain APs. Number 1 encountered race in 90% of Games, they’re everywhere and will often be BBEG’s (evil wizard, pally) or tough leveled NPC lieutenants. Using the Pathfinder adventure paths as a guide some thrifty choices are. Things that will be a challenge across all levels (making Goblins a crappy choice)Ī FE should meet both these Criteria. Things you are highly likely to encounter frequently (so Dragons funnily enough are NOT a good choice unless in a Dragon Themed Campaign)Ģ. Consult with your DM if before you play, but if you have no idea, you should pick-ġ. Further you SHOULD stack your FE’s to get Bigger Bonuses on Common but Tougher opponents. So lets move into the Ranger skills and abilities that will help you become a Ginsu Master.įavored Enemy *** : Now a +2 bonus right from 1st level, also, now gives a bonus to hit and will be your focus damage that makes TWF worth it. ORANGE This option is good, but not great RED This is a choice I don't recommend – These aren’t the droids you're looking for, Move along Therefore, in order to provide my advice on these choices, I'll be Color-coating and rating them. The Guide to the Guide: In this Guide we will be discussing a lot of options, because Rangers have many choices. In PF there are 2 ways I know of to get Pounce for a ranger. DUAL STICK RANGER FULLIn 3.5 the Lions Pounce spell was a lifesaver from spell compendium solved your full attack worries. Now against those NON-Favored foes, that are tough as hell, this spell lets you rock again.įind a way to pounce. Previously, against NON-FE rangers fell below the curve compared to other melee chars. Use the AC to pin a foe so you can full attack him over and over. Some companions can trip, some can grapple and they are all faster than you. They don’t get to full attack and you do. If you can make enemies close with you, do it. Thankfully, with the release of the APG, UM and UC these problems have been minimized for us. They NEED to be full attacking nearly all the time to be good, but poor tactics and smart enemies force movement which takes away your full attack. TWF’s suffer f ro m the same problem as Monks. How do we eliminate the problems with TWF? These things coupled together can have your Ranger slicing and dicing with the best of them. Extra chances for burst damage via critical hits are tough to calculate but are a huge boost if you fight with High Crit weapons. Hello, Instant Enemy, Hello Guide Variant. DUAL STICK RANGER FREESo WHY TWF over Two handed? Well, firstly TWF is mostly worth it if you have some sort of free damage bonus you can apply to all your attacks. I’m saying if a TWF Ranger is what speaks to you, then here is an optimal way for a Ranger to TWF. I’m not saying this guide is THE most optimal way to build a Ranger. Not necessarily always better than a Fully optimized archer (and lets face it in Pathfinder, archery is king) but you can be an awesome contributor and you’ll look way cooler as you emerge from the melee, covered in the blood of your enemies. With thrifty gear/spell selection and and some clever FE Selection we can make this style AWESOME. DUAL STICK RANGER PLUSThey can IGNORE twf perquisites so are not MAD plus they get the TWF feats earlier than other classes and have some class abilities to offset the penalties. Most critics site the fact it takes 5 feats to master, makes you MAD, splits weapon enchant wealth and requires constantly full attacking to outdo your 2handed buddies. Often TWF is seen as a substandard build for a Pathfinder Character. Note I have copied his Guide style and borrowed some text to make this a style we are familiar with. * Before we begin- I’d like to thank Treantmonk for his own guides that inspired me to write this one. Ginsu Master: A Ranger’s Guide to Two Weapon Fighting ![]()
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