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Ranger’s Focus (Ex): At 1st level,** once per day **, the guide can focus on a single enemy within line of sight as a swift action.That creature remains the ranger’s focus until it is reduced to 0 or fewer hit points or surrenders,** or until the ranger designates a new focus**, whichever occurs first.
At 4th level, and every 3 levels thereafter, the ranger can **use this ability one additional time per day**.
This ability replaces favored enemy.
Help Please!
I am playing a Ranger Guide. Those that I play with say that at level 1-3 I can only choose one FE (focus target) per day, and ONLY once I reach level 4 can I use the "redesignation" option as only then would I have an additional time per day to choose a new focus.
I don't see it that way. To me it reads that as long as I (or someone else) hasn't killed or incap'd my focus I can change my focus to a new target, but that I can only have 1 target at a time and one for the day, so if my original target dies my ability to focus is used up.
True that some could possibly abuse the ability to shoot one arrow at guy #1 then refocus and shoot guy #2 once then refocus again and again until someone died that was in my line of sight, however that is not how I am playing him (nor would I ever).
Example. Focused on a Big Tick, then Giant Centipede entered and I wanted to switch my focus (I was level 2 at the time). They did not want to let me switch my focus even though the tick was still up and attacking (and eventually killing one of our party). They claimed that I would only be able to switch once I reached level 4, but I think that at level 4 I would have been able to focus on both. Otherwise, if the switch uses up another ability in that way, you would rarely ever be able to use your additional uses unless you never killed your target.
Also, later that same day we were attacked by bandits. Had I been level 4 and killed the tick using a focus early in the day, would I be able to then focus a 2nd time on a bandit? Per me yes, whether the 2 targets for the day are at the same time or at different parts of the day it should not matter.
Why would anyone use up an ability to switch off of one target onto another? It should be (at 4th) 2 per day = 2 single focuses whether they are standing next to each other or one came in the morning and one at night.
There is no clarity for time it takes to refocus, would that also be swift? I could see the potential problem, but how is that avoided? No one else on any thread seems to be addressing this issue.
Please Help.