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Magic Stone EEPC / XGtE: 1d6+Wis damage.

Out of a grapple despite your lack of control over the direction. Make it useful by forcing enemies to move around in dangerous places or move The damage is low but fine, and the forced movement is enough to

Infestation XGtE: Constitution saves tend to be high, which is this spell’s biggest.

Gust EEPC / XGtE: This spell is almost totally useless.

Guidance PHB: Really good, but you likely can’t make room for it.

Saving throws, and those tend to be relatively high compared to other saving

Frostbite EEPC / XGtE: Low damage for a cantrip (d6-based), but the big appeal is Disadvantage.

Druidcraft PHB: Extremely disappointing utility.

Will compete with many of the more interesting things that rangers do.

Create Bonfire EEPC / XGtE: Good damage and cheap area control, but it requires Concentration so it.

Control Flames EEPC / XGtE: Extremely disappointing utility.

Unfortunately, since the Ranger is a martial character and you’ll lack effective offensive options beyond these cantrips, utility spells are harder to justify. Since cantrips reduce your reliance on Strength or Dexterity, we’ll assume that you’re maximizing Wisdom when considering cantrips. In order to justify the opportunity cost of choosing Druidic Warrior over any other fighting style, your choice of cantrips in the context of the rest of your build needs to both justify the opportunity cost and answer the question “why not just play a druid?” Cantripsįighting Style (Druidic Warrior) introduces the possibility of cantrips.

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Keep in mind that the state of the meta periodically changes as new source materials are released, and the article will be updated accordingly as time allows. The advice offered below is based on the current State of the Character Optimization Meta as of when the article was last updated. We also won’t cover Unearthed Arcana content because it’s not finalized, and we can’t guarantee that it will be available to you in your games. We will not include 3rd-party content, including content from DMs Guild, in handbooks for official content because we can’t assume that your game will allow 3rd-party content or homebrew. Blue: Fantastic options, often essential.Red: Bad, useless options, or options whichĪre extremely situational.RPGBOT uses the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks, which is simple to understand and easy to read at a glance. Hopefully we’ll see some new options added in the future, butĬonsidering that the ranger got just 6 new spells in Xanathar’s Guide toĮverything I’m not optimistic. It’s a spell attack that has its own damage and ranged rangers can use it justĪs well. 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. Ranger spells are an interesting mix of buffs and utility options with a