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🏹 Ranger (5e) ​

🎯 Core Priorities ​

  • Positioning is critical: stay mobile, don’t get pinned

  • Choose the right target to burst down (often casters or stragglers)

  • Spell prep is flexible: Rangers prepare spells after each long rest (not just on level-up)

🪄 Spell Usage in Combat ​

  • Low level: 1 spell per encounter

  • Mid level: 1–2 spells per encounter

  • High level: 3+ spells per combat

Bonus Action Spells ​

  • Hunter’s Mark 🔑: Damage boost, best default spell

  • Ensnaring Strike: Control tool; restrains + boosts ally damage

  • Hail of Thorns: AoE burst, best vs. groups of weak foes

Mobility & Utility ​

  • Longstrider: Extra speed all day (no concentration)

  • Jump: Situational mobility boost

  • Pass Without Trace: Stealth powerhouse for party

  • Freedom of Movement: Ignore restraints/difficult terrain

🪓 Combat Styles ​

Marksman (Archer / Ranged) ​

  • Maintain distance (sweet spot: 35+ ft)

  • Flank around enemies—avoid letting allies give them cover

  • Focus on Volley (AoE ranged at 11th) for groups

  • Core Features:

    • Colossus Slayer (Hunter subclass): Bonus 1d8 vs. damaged enemies

    • Horde Breaker (Hunter): Extra attack vs. nearby creature

    • Multiattack Defense (Hunter): +4 AC after being hit

    • Evasion (Hunter at 15): Half/no damage vs. Dex saves

Skirmisher (Melee / Mobile) ​

  • Stay moving—secure the perimeter, avoid being surrounded

  • Ideal for hit-and-run tactics

  • Core Features:

    • Dread Ambusher (Gloom Stalker 3): Extra attack + initiative boost

    • Escape the Horde (Hunter defense): Disadvantage on OAs against you

    • Uncanny Dodge (not Ranger baseline—comes from Rogue dip)

    • Whirlwind Attack (Hunter 11): Melee AoE

    • Giant Killer (Hunter 3): Reaction attack vs. Large+ foes

🐺 Beast Master Companions ​

  • Wolf: Best support—Pack Tactics grants advantage

  • Boar / Panther: Charge 30 ft. into combat

  • Ranger action economy: Must use your action to command pet (until Tasha’s options, which make companions scale better)

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