Which absolutely doesn’t care about how good you are at melee combat because Swift Quiver at 5th spell level, while melee rangers get Steel Wind Strike There’s alsoĭistinct favoritisim toward ranged combat ranged rangers look forward to BasicallyĪnywhere with trees and other abundant foliage)), which means that if you’reįighting anywhere else your spell options are more limited. Spells will heavily favorįighting in forests (or in forest-like environments like orchards. What a ranger is and where they go on adventures. The Ranger’s spell selection is also limited heavily by WotC’s concepts about The Ranger’s worst options while spells unique to the Ranger are their best

Options like Hunter’s Mark, and in many cases spells shared with the druid are Taken from the Druid’s spell list, though the Ranger gets several unique Handful of direct damage spells and healing options. Its also a 15' Radius, so you can affect all those creatures above or below you and get them, if you are 20' in the air the spell reaches down until 5' above the ground so check a creatures height to see if its taller than 5' so it will take damage.Ranger spells are an interesting mix of buffs and utility options with a Creatures can be forced into it to take damage that turn and then when their turn starts they get damaged again. Remember its 'when it enters the area for the first time on a TURN or starts its TURN there,' so a creature can take damage multiple times per ROUND. Spirit Guardians is always a fine choice. Remember if a flying creature is knocked prone it falls, and it falls 500' per round instantly (XGTE.) That's 20d6 instantly if they cant stop the fall in some way and hit the ground. If you are flying its a 30 sphere, so you can blast those all around you. Remember Destructive Wave is a radius, so it goes in all directions. Your Great Weapon Master will love attacking prone people with advantage. Valor Bards will be near the front so its better for them. Cone of Cold (level 5) 8d8 (36) damage, 1d8 scaling, but it's a cone and unfriendly.ĭestructive Wave is fine, huge radius (30', that's more then double the area of a fireball) its V only, 2 damage types, and knocks prone which can spring people for critical hits. Melf's Minute Meteors (level 3): 2d6x2 (14) damage per shot for three shots (plus one per level), AOE is very small, requires concentration. Vitrolic Sphere (level 4): 10d4 (25) damage now and 5d4 (12.5) damage later, 2d4 scaling. Destructive Wave (level 5): 10d6 damage (35), friendly, knocks prone, but it doesn't scale at all.

I'm playing a Warforged Envoy with 16 Con, so I'm confident I'll be able to stay in melee with my enemies.

Spirit Guardians (level 3): 3d8 damage per round (13.5), 1d8 scaling, friendly, and it slows, but it requires my concentration. Here are the spells I'm currently considering: I really don't want to use both of my secrets on blast spells, but I do want some form of AOE damage (Single target damage can be done with Animate Objects on ten spoons). I'm going to be rolling a Bard for my next character, and since we're starting at level 11, I already have the choice of two magical secrets (I'm planning on taking the college of Glamour, and am dipping one level in Cleric for Heavy Armor).

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