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#1 Helaman Nov 15, 2014 19:40:23	Not sure if it's been debated before or not (if so forgive me), but I am not seeing much benefit of the favoured enemy. Am I missing something? Would a house rule of +1 to hit/dmg be appropriate?
#2 Illithidbix Nov 15, 2014 19:47:18	It kicks in at Level 20 with Foe Slayer.  Otherwise you're right.   Otherwise, I find the concepts mostly are tied into the Hunter archetype special features which focus on different abilities that help very broad classes of monsters.   Personally I've never really got why you'd get extra to hit/damage vs specific creatures and not against others with very similar anatomy or why rangers and only rangers get bonuses for REALLY DISLIKING! certain foes. Or why rangers seemed to know more about their culture than *members of that race*!  But that's a personal thing, and more an issue with prior editions.   I think the Hunter features already do it better than bonuses.
#3 Helaman Nov 15, 2014 20:38:22	Just re-read foe slayer.   If I were to house rule it, it would need to be once a round gets a +1 to hit OR damage. Or maybe advantage to the first attack of the combat etc?   Foe Slayer seems weak though doesn't it? It doesn't really compare to other level 20 abilities. Maybe house rule it to wis to hit AND damage and on all attacks.
#4 Timborama Nov 17, 2014 6:29:05	Foe Slayer is indeed very weak as written. It gets even worse when compared to some AMAZING capstones like Barbarian, Druid, and even Warlock. But hey, Bard and Monk capstones are kinda "meh" as well.   A common houserule is just what you said, to apply a combination of it happening for every attack (not 1/round or 1/turn) and/or applying it to attacks AND damage.
#5 mellored Nov 17, 2014 6:30:10	Most level 20's arn't too hot.
#6 Kentus Nov 17, 2014 7:51:59	Personally, this is my favorite version of the rangers favored/species enemy. Especially since there are no combat modifiers until 20th level, which will be rarely hit. So it makes much more sense to use your favored enemy feature to actually enhance your character-story instead of using it to get a mechanical advantage against the most common enemies a campaign will have. Even though for some campaigns, specific favored enemies makes a lot of sense (like dragons in Tyranny of Dragons).   Related blog-post My nemesis is my species enemy and became my favored enemy, do you understand?