Ok, I haven't played the game the whole way through yet. I'm in the Goblin Horde Fortress, myself. I do know that next time I play through, a Ranger will be in my party, I just don't know what favored enemy choices are best. So, for those who've gotten further into the game, I'm asking what enemies are most plentiful and most beneficial to take as favored enemies.

Well it would be great if you could pick half dragons, or outsiders in general or humans or even better humanoids as a favored enemy since that's what you'll be facing most towards the end of the game but you can't, from what I recall there are a lot of hook horrors in the underdark, yuan-tis both in chapter four and chapter five and well that's pretty much what you'll meet. Oh and by the way towards the end mages seem to summon a lot of giants though I don't know if the favored enemy bonus works against summoned creatures (many of the giants are shades)

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oh oh and towards the end there are alse half-goblins and orogs. And by the way don't pick undead or anything that can't be sneak attacked as a favored enemy cause you won't be able to use the extra damage towards that enemy (at least that's how it goes with pnp DnD

[ September 25, 2002, 11:39: Message edited by: HeartOfDarkness ]

I've got a half-elven ranger/druid and an elven ranger/cleric, both of their racial enemies #1 are orcs. I'm in chapter one and I haven't regretted this decision yet. For my next choice I'm not sure yet, but I do hate both salamanders and yuan-ti, so maybe one of them.

Well, thanks for the advice. So far I've decided on Orcs and Yuan-ti as favored enemies. For awhile I thought I'd try Goblins, since they are plentiful, at least early in the game, but then I remembered that, while goblins are a real threat in this game, they are still too easy to waste a favored enemy slot on. Except for the magic using ones or the warg mounted ones, anyway. Now I just have to figure out what other creatures out of the list would be a good choice. Oh, and believe me, if I could pick humanoids, I would.