Wisdom For Rangers

[Bamsmacked]

How much Wisdom would a Ranger need to gain access to all Ranger spells? 14 ?

[Indure]

The spells you have access to doesn't relate to how much wisdom you have in 5e.

[Torpex]

WIS for ranger is useful for skill checks and saves. 14 is good enough. 16 is better, but you'll have to dump INT and CH.

[Bamsmacked]

Yeah I'm gonnna roll 14. Making a Ranger Knight with a 2-handed weapon, will primarily only cast spells for healing and buffing.

I wasn't sure how the mechanics worked in BG3. I'm use to Pathfinder, where depending on the spell rank would require at least 10 of the associated attribute + more points based on spell level -- like 14 wisdom for a llevel 4 spell, or 19 wisdom for a level 9 spell etc etc.

Thanks guys,

[Don Cool]

I think ranger spells are mostly used to buff yourself or pet, not sure though. Which means wisdom spell wise isn´t that important, you won´t be using too many offensive spells.

[Torpex]

If you are going Ranger Knight you can also dump DEX to 10, you can get chainmail+1 relatively early. And take Colossus next, it's +1D8 to damage.

2H doesn't have that much advantage damage wise vs 1H, it is all about specific weapon maneuvers and 2H feats. Like polearm mastery allows you attack enemies coming into range, cleave on swords etc.

1H + shield and duelist will give you another damage boost, but you will be limited to non-versatile weapons. I like flails anyway, so that's not an issue to me.

With shield your ranger will have AC20 as soon as you get to druid grove.

[Locklave]

Avoid spells that require a save for enemies and wis can be a dump stat. All it does is increase ave difficulty.

[LordAnubis]

Originally posted by Locklave:

Avoid spells that require a save for enemies and wis can be a dump stat. All it does is increase ave difficulty.

Also the number of prepared spells, yes?

[Poop King]

Originally posted by LordAnubis:

Originally posted by Locklave:

Avoid spells that require a save for enemies and wis can be a dump stat. All it does is increase ave difficulty.

Also the number of prepared spells, yes?

No,

[Elendir Blue]

I, as ranger, use Hunter's Mark as 1 level spell and Spike Growth as 2 level spell. I don't need wisdom for them, but geting WIS14 is easy so....

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Honestly, you don't need Wisdom at all.

[Torpex]

You need WIS for perception, animal handling, insight, med and survival. +5 or +4 in those skills is really helpful.

WIS save is the most common save in BG 3, IMO. When enemies start using fireballs, then may be DEX. You can't have good saves in everything. Your Knight Ranger build will have good saves in STR, CON and WIS.