D&D 5E Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class.

[Shardstone]

Are you intentionally trying to be insulting or just accidentally doing it?


Which is precisely why I said it has "little to do with rangers."

Sorry I thought it was cute and funny. I meant no harm.

 

[ezo]

Sorry I thought it was cute and funny. I meant no harm.

I didn't think you meant to since normally you are not like that, but it came off a bit abrupt. Thanks.

EDIT: Just to possibly help avoid potential issues, if it was presented this way:

Weak response.

I would have better understood your intent was "weak" as in "not strong", get it!?

 

[ECMO3]

My Rangers want/need Dex and CON ...with INT (knowing/have learned things) instead of Wis. But, admittedly, that is not the commonly used or official PHB ranger.

Dump CON ... and intelligence. Pick up Wisdom and Charisma. That is what I generally like in a Ranger.

 

[Horwath]

Dump CON ...

are all your rangers suicidal?

and intelligence. Pick up Wisdom and Charisma. That is what I generally like in a Ranger.

That works, it worked better in 3.5 when you would actually get a lot more from 14 vs 6 Int on a ranger(more skills) and spells were horrible part of the class and you tried to find and decent ACF to replace them.

Sure in 5E you can use only non-attack and non-DC spells and it works great, but wis saves are still stronger than int save, later books did make more int save based spells and that is a good thing(better would be a return to 3 saves only, but that is another topic).

 

[Vaalingrade]

are all your rangers suicidal?

No, that's why they avoid the trap of taking CON instead of something that lets you survive.

 

[Shardstone]

Ranger should be ultra-MAD and just make use of every ability score. Intelligence Rangers use traps; Charismatic Rangers employ the help of beasts and spirits; Wise Rangers have all kinds of tricks and versatile spells; Con makes them hardy against poisons, diseases, and environmental hazards; dex to shoot people and be sneaky; strength to hit people and overcome big ol' obstacles.

Ranger starts the game with 20 in every stat of course.