Warning: This contains large amounts of cheesy variants, cross-campaign material and dragon magazines.
Neutral Good Female Goliath
Class or Prestige Class ---------- Favored Enemy Gained [or prereq]
Ranger 1[2] ------------------- Arcanists (monstrous humanoid if ~Stalker of Kharesh)[+level w/ Bloodlines -> +1 FE & +2 bonus]
Hunter Monk 1 ------------------ Constructs
Druidic Avenger 1 --------------- Elementals
Shadow Scout 1 ---------------- Animals
Non-Spellcasting Ranger 1 ------ Fey
Planar Ranger 1 ---------------- Magical beasts
Urban ranger 1 ----------------- Oozes
mystic ranger 1 ---------------- Plants
cleric 1 ------------------------ [turning for deadgrim]
Deadgrim 2 -------------------- Undead
Swanmay 2 -------------------- Vermin
Goliath Liberator 1 -------------- Giants
Impure Prince 2 ---------------- Abberations
Stalker of Kharesh 2 ------------ Evil creatures of ANY type
or if that last one was too cheesy for you:
Ability Variant Paladin of freedom - Monstrous Humanoids
Abolisher 1 --------------------- Abberations
Extra Favored Enemy Feat ------ Dragons
The Extra Favored Enemy feat can fill in dragons, though I thought that there was a prestige class somewhere that had a specific favored enemy of dragons, but I can't find it now that I try...
To my knowledge all the prerequisites for each class can be met in both the above build options. Let me know if you see any loopholes.
That's right, this has every creature covered except humanoids and outsiders, both of which have many, many subtypes as favored enemies. Anything evil and anything that casts arcane spells can be just a bonus.
Aside from Swift Hunter or Improved Favored Enemy, I know of little practical use for so many favored enemies. Still, I thought I'd share.
You forgot the Harper FR variant rules, which allow you to take an organization as a FE, but changes the bonus type to morale.
There was a Dragon magazine with a bunch of feats that operated against favored enemies, adding dmg, Dr, AC, saves, and a bunch of other effects.
===Aelryinth
For a half-elf this would allow dragon as a favored enemy without taking a class. Obviously you can't be 2 races at once, so this doesn't make it into the build.
I would also like to add the Foe Specialist Flaw (Dragon 329,p.95): you suffer a –1 penalty on attack rolls, Bluff, Sense Motive, Spot, and Survival checks made against creatures of any kind that isn’t one of your favored enemies.
The hatred flaw also might allow for rages against favored enemies, but I can't tell for sure. Does anyone know where to get a full listing of the Dragon Magazines, buying them up individually would be too crazy and the compendium didn't mention the flaws...
Some more listings for the Dragon Magazines sounds great though Aelryinth.
Aww why is everyone hatin' on Troll-blooded. Its not as sweet as I thought it was considering everyone's attitude towards it.
Surreal, I definitely did go through your dex (ALL of it actually
) but as you can see I dug up way more classes that give FE than you found. :invasion:all you need is an item to get it or a 3 lvl dip.. or one of the other ways (has to be more, im just not going to find them..)...
Yeah, the feat FOe hunter gives you another FE at level 1, even if you aren't a ranger.
==Aelryinth
Edit:
There is Hunting, which "increases your bonus on weapon damage rolls by 4 against your favored enemies" (p36).
its not all at once, but its all of them..
if i understand right, arcane 1 (w/ alter self via Precocious Apprentice) /ranger 5 has FE all for 10 minutes per use.. maybe two uses if your arcane is a transmuter who gets a second lvl 2 slot.. the bonus isnt huge..
but, how about factotum 20 for best FE, you get to pick a full array of enemies.. every day if you feel the need..
But I'm not sure how factotum20 would help get all FE at once, or maybe I missunderstood.
factotum gets to take a base class's EX ability as a character of its level, or something like that..
FE is an EX. ranger being a base class with the EX ability of FE, a facto20 takes ranger FE and gets 4? FE's as a ranger 15 would? the bonus's should all be standard for the lvl 15 (1 @ 8 - 1 @ 2)
so you use your facto ability to pick 4 FEs and apply your FE feats as normal..
its not the most simultaneously, but it covers the full range of them.. and the duration could be better..
all day @ 5 Fe (ranger 20)
3 minutes @ any Fe (facto20)
All day @ 15 Fe? (this is a guess about the record number of Fe one can have)
20 minutes @ upto 2 extra Fe w/ low bonus + all day @ 4 Fe (wiz1/ranger15)
where does the value weight fall.. order of preference, duration / bonus / # of Fe?
At 5th level and every five levels thereafter (10th, 15th, and 20th level), the ranger may select an additional favored enemy from those given on the table. In addition, at each such interval, the bonus against any one favored enemy (including the one just selected, if so desired) increases by 2.
The interval referred to is not just at every 5th ranger level, but whenever a new level gives a FE (The extra FE feat specifies that it doesn't trigger the bonus). Take a look at Swanmay 2 if you think this might be too much RAI. It is the only class that specifically mentions what to do if you already had a FE. The others usually say gains FE as ranger ;)
@ 5, 10, 15, 20th lvls your gain a new FE and each existing FE bumps. not gain a FE and bump each existing.
for example, if i read it correctly. a Ranger 1/Hunting Monk 1 has 2 favored enemies @+2. not 1@2 and 1@4
a Ranger4/Hunting Monk 1 would have 3 FE 1@4 2@2.
a Ranger 10/Hunting Monk 10 would have 6 (11 if you used all your feats for eFE)
1@10? and 5 @2?
now, if, and again i could be way off..., you mix in some blood lines.. 3..
r1/hm1/bl3 = ranger lvl 8, if im doing it right that would be 3 fe's. might just be 2 FE w/ an extra +2 bonus, with out a new FE. im not sure... any more bloodlines confuse me..
i might be screwing this next part up.. not sure it 100 legal / right..
ranger 1/hm1/bl3/r2/swanmay2/r1/eldeen ranger 2/r4/darkwater something 1/r1/harper paragon2 has a ranger lvl of 30 for FE or more
its more dips than would make most DM's happy.. and im not sure its all legal.. im also not sure what you do with your ranger lvl over 20..
but, with out fancy adjustments.. r12 has 3 by its self.. hm =1, sw2 er2 hp2 and dw1 are all +1 FE, for 8 explicitly stated FE without eFE. (3 more with eFE i think).
im sure i got something in there wrong..
What is the "darkwater something?" And its eldeen ranger 4, not 2... and its harper paragon 4 for undead (2 gives evil outsiders and evil is already covered)
BTW can anyone check the Dragon Magazine #340 about what abilities the Moon Warded Ranger gets at level 1 and 2. Don't point me to Crystal Keep because I have heard conflicting things.
i got it from the keep... but its got a reference to follow up with..
anymore i have no solid footing with bloodlines... so anything is possible, as far as i know..
Since "Class levels of 'bloodline' do not increase a character's character level the way a normal class level does" just consider the same build with a bloodline levels component.
Why does this help FE? Because we can "include the character's bloodline level when calculating any character ability based on his class levels." Again, "the calculations of his level-based abilities are affected" including Ranger's extra FE and FE bonus at level 5.
So just throw in another level of ranger and after 3 Bloodline levels we've got another FE!