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The companion is not an independent mount You quote already what an independent mount is: An independent mount—one that lets you ride but ignores your control—retains its place in the Initiative orde …

However, on 2nd level, the ranger can pick the Two-Weapon Fighting fighting style, so they get to add their ability modifier to the second attack: When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your … Depending on what Ranger archetype you pick, and on your opponents, you will get additional bonuses to your damage. …

attacks, I‘ll exclude Dex benefits that everyone enjoys, such as better AC when not heavily armored, better Initiative, better Dex saves, and better Dex based skill checks, unless they benefit from some Ranger …

With Favored Foe you have to hit the target normally first to be able to use Foe Slayer Favored Foe says: When you hit a creature with an attack roll, you can call on your mystical bond with nature t …

Simple: get some magic arrows They can help you to improve your DPR, for example simple +1, +2 or +3 arrows will both give you a higher to hit chance, and add to damage. Arrows of slaying can give you …

It's not your ranger, it's the bow What would be normal damage output? … That is more than twice what a solidly-built ranger on your level could expect to achieve, and clearly too high for what you should be able to do. …

So it the Ranger is not local, it would not be entirely unjustified if a DM decided to rule differently. … The point of having a Ranger is in part to be great in their chosen environment. …

No, because movable items are not stationary The Horizon Walker ranger's Detect Portal feature detects portals as they are defined in the DMG (See the "Planar Travel" section in chapter 2 of the Dunge …

You can only use the volley with ranged weapons that use ammunition The volley has two conditions for its use it must be a ranged attack it must use ammuntion You can use your action to make a rang …

It is not overpowered, but it may be too weak, and that is hard to fix To quantify the effect on combat, let's compare this vs a monster at the high end of the companion range, the CR 1/4 Panther. You …

The companion is a class feature of the Ranger character, but is not the character themselves, so this is a special situation where the creature is not the adventurer, even though it is part of a class …

Dread Ambusher not intended to work with unarmed strikes There is precedent from a very similar situation with Divine Smite, where we have this Sage Advice Compendium entry Can a paladin use Divine S …

Yes, they can make 4 attacks (5 if they miss) Attack Action, due to Extra Attack = 2 attacks Use Bonus Action to make 2-Weapon Fighting attack when taking the Attack action (with appropriate weapons; …

Only during your turn The Gathered Swarm feature says: Once on each of your turns, you can cause the swarm to assist you in one of the following ways, immediately after you hit a creature with an att …

Ranger / Rogue As a Rogue you get bonus action disengage or dash, so it will be very difficult to pin you down in a melee situation, negating that one, too. …