Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

Ranger › Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Favored Enemy (Ex)

Level: 1


Source: Pathfinder Core Rulebook, p. 64

At 1st level, a ranger selects a creature type from the ranger favored enemies table. He gains a +2 bonus on Bluff, Knowledge, Perception, Sense Motive, and Survival checks against creatures of his selected type. Likewise, he gets a +2 bonus on weapon attack and damage rolls against them. A ranger may make Knowledge skill checks untrained when attempting to identify these creatures.

At 5th level and every five levels thereafter (10th, 15th, and 20th level), the ranger may select an additional favored enemy. In addition, at each such interval, the bonus against any one favored enemy (including the one just selected, if so desired) increases by +2.

If the ranger chooses humanoids or outsiders as a favored enemy, he must also choose an associated subtype, as indicated on the table below. (Note that there are other types of humanoid to choose from in the Pathfinder RPG Bestiary—those called out specifically on the table below are merely the most common.) If a specific creature falls into more than one category of favored enemy, the ranger’s bonuses do not stack; he simply uses whichever bonus is higher.

Ranger Favored Enemies Type (Subtype) Type (Subtype) Aberration Humanoid (other subtype) Animal Magical beast Construct Monstrous humanoid Dragon Ooze Fey Outsider (air) Humanoid (aquatic) Outsider (chaotic) Humanoid (dwarf) Outsider (earth) Humanoid (elf) Outsider (evil) Humanoid (giant) Outsider (fire) Humanoid (goblinoid) Outsider (good) Humanoid (gnoll) Outsider (lawful) Humanoid (gnome) Outsider (native) Humanoid (halfling) Outsider (water) Humanoid (human) Plant Humanoid (orc) Undead Humanoid (reptilian) Vermin

Replaced or modified by archetypes