The Ranger class is the news stretch goal for the Solasta Kickstarter and the party banter stretch goal has been reached.
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Solasta - Ranger Class Stretch Goal
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They're in their final three day run now, so the funding is picking up. They might make enough for the Ranger class. I've heard some negative things about the 5e Ranger class though.
I see someone in the comments saying that the Ranger class is "broken" but they haven't elaborated on why they think so. I've not played 5e PnP but from reading the SRD wikis it doesn't seem so bad... They don't have the animal companions like 3.5e rangers but they get Hide in Plain sight at level 10 which 3.5e rangers didn't get until 17th level.
Anyway I think that goal will most likely be met and maybe even a few more.
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While I'm not a fan of the ranger class, I hope they hit the goal simply because that will generate more interest and players.
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A ranger without an animal companion just doesn't seem right...
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A ranger in 5e with the spell Hunters Mark and the skill where you do extra damage on monsters that are hurt are the highest damage dealers early on. The group I'm with is only lvl 7 but the ranger still does the most consistent damage.
I've got a lvl 5 arcane archer with 2 levles of ranger. My arcane archer wasn't getting the job done so I'm taking at least 3 lvls of ranger if not more.
People seems to be upset with the favored enemy skill in 5e. It's kinda lack luster. They are not overpowered against giant class enemies like they were in AD&D. My 15th lvl ranger in AD&D was unstoppable against giant class foes. That was with Unearthed Arcana rules.
I've got a lvl 5 arcane archer with 2 levles of ranger. My arcane archer wasn't getting the job done so I'm taking at least 3 lvls of ranger if not more.
People seems to be upset with the favored enemy skill in 5e. It's kinda lack luster. They are not overpowered against giant class enemies like they were in AD&D. My 15th lvl ranger in AD&D was unstoppable against giant class foes. That was with Unearthed Arcana rules.
Agreed! Especially having played Kingmaker with the ranger and his (advanced template) animal companion - destruction personified (esp when buffed). There is a ranger archetype (beastmaster) that has a summonable animal companion (not entirely the same, it doesn't scale like PF ) , but it's not covered by the SRD, as far as I know. 5e seems pretty muted when it comes to damage dealing in general - everything has been scaled back to so you have low AC, low damage dealt, small increments in power etc (as far as I have seen). I briefly played a 5e monk…meh. As a game system, I vastly prefer PF or DnD 3.5, even with their power scaling issues - just seemed more satisfying. But 5e is still better than 4e, which I really loathed. I'm still looking forward way more to another PF game from Owlcats!