Best favored enemies for ranger? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Best favored enemies for ranger? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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LordShade
02-22-04, 05:28 PM Generally speaking, what would yall say are the best FE choices for rangers?

I'm thinking the best choices probably go in this order: evil outsider, undead, monstrous humanoid, magical beast, giant, aberration, dragon.

Stalker of Kharash also has the ability to count all evil creatures as favored enemies.. I have a build coming up to abuse this particular option.
chris7476
02-22-04, 05:48 PM Human is a good choice too if your DM uses a lot of non-monster BBEG's or if you just want to hunt commoners.
42up
02-22-04, 05:54 PM Human is by far my favorite.
Matt Neuman
02-22-04, 05:55 PM I think it really depends on your campaign.

For the game that I run, I'd probably go with:

Human
Undead
Monstrous Humanoid
Dragon
Evil Outsider
Aberration
Other
LordShade
02-22-04, 05:59 PM Do you have to be evil to choose your own race as a favored enemy?
Matt Neuman
02-22-04, 06:19 PM Not anymore.

You did in 3.0, but not in 3.5

Makes human into the 'power' choice, most of the time.
Ipsissimus
02-22-04, 06:53 PM In the Realms (FR) these have been the most effective of choices.

Orc
Goblinoid (truely a sleeper choice)
Giant
Outsider (evil)
Abberration

Of course Undead and Human are great choices though, house rule that you can't choose human as favored enemy if you have good in your alignment and our clerics/paladins simply blast away any undead with turning and searing light.

The rest are such frequent encounters that even a +2 bonus makes for a huge advantage. Combined with some of the new favored enemy feats from Complete Warrior, +2 easily becomes +5.
Jell_Moo
02-22-04, 07:51 PM I find it almost always depends on the DM. One guy I play with loves to use undead, creating Romero like campaigns. In that case, picking undead is clearly the best choice.

I've also played with a DM who liked to mess with his characters, therefore if you chose, say Giants, as your first choice, you could be guaranteed to never see a bloody Giant type creature, ever.

Another consideration is how long, and from what levels, will the campaign be going from. If the campaign is only going until level 6 or so, choices like evil outsiders and dragons don't seem as great, while things like Giants, monstrous humanoids and animals work pretty well.

Humans is almost always a good choice in your average, generic campaign. I also like undead, since it seems that DMs as a whole, love undead, and these nasties have a wide array of CRs. I sometimes pick aberrations, but that's mostly because I'm terrified of beholders.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
LordShade 02-22-04, 05:28 PM	Generally speaking, what would yall say are the best FE choices for rangers? I'm thinking the best choices probably go in this order: evil outsider, undead, monstrous humanoid, magical beast, giant, aberration, dragon. Stalker of Kharash also has the ability to count all evil creatures as favored enemies.. I have a build coming up to abuse this particular option.
chris7476 02-22-04, 05:48 PM	Human is a good choice too if your DM uses a lot of non-monster BBEG's or if you just want to hunt commoners.
42up 02-22-04, 05:54 PM	Human is by far my favorite.
Matt Neuman 02-22-04, 05:55 PM	I think it really depends on your campaign. For the game that I run, I'd probably go with: Human Undead Monstrous Humanoid Dragon Evil Outsider Aberration Other
LordShade 02-22-04, 05:59 PM	Do you have to be evil to choose your own race as a favored enemy?
Matt Neuman 02-22-04, 06:19 PM	Not anymore. You did in 3.0, but not in 3.5 Makes human into the 'power' choice, most of the time.
Ipsissimus 02-22-04, 06:53 PM	In the Realms (FR) these have been the most effective of choices. Orc Goblinoid (truely a sleeper choice) Giant Outsider (evil) Abberration Of course Undead and Human are great choices though, house rule that you can't choose human as favored enemy if you have good in your alignment and our clerics/paladins simply blast away any undead with turning and searing light. The rest are such frequent encounters that even a +2 bonus makes for a huge advantage. Combined with some of the new favored enemy feats from Complete Warrior, +2 easily becomes +5.
Jell_Moo 02-22-04, 07:51 PM	I find it almost always depends on the DM. One guy I play with loves to use undead, creating Romero like campaigns. In that case, picking undead is clearly the best choice. I've also played with a DM who liked to mess with his characters, therefore if you chose, say Giants, as your first choice, you could be guaranteed to never see a bloody Giant type creature, ever. Another consideration is how long, and from what levels, will the campaign be going from. If the campaign is only going until level 6 or so, choices like evil outsiders and dragons don't seem as great, while things like Giants, monstrous humanoids and animals work pretty well. Humans is almost always a good choice in your average, generic campaign. I also like undead, since it seems that DMs as a whole, love undead, and these nasties have a wide array of CRs. I sometimes pick aberrations, but that's mostly because I'm terrified of beholders.