UPDATE 58 PREVIEW 1 - Dark Hunter Ranger

[GoldyGopher]

i dunno i looked it up in SRD, this thing is just supposed to give assassinate (OR PARALYZE as a toggle), sneak attack, and rogue skills.

It's basically deepwood but flavor wise in a cave instead of woods. Seems like a bad choice given available options. UNLESS They really lean into the assassinate/CC angle, and maybe offer some other interesting imbues or defensive options (since it replaces AA). overall, meh

there is one place this thing will shine in current form as that's as a place for a pure ranger (knife thrower or bow) to lean into more SA dice and such. its a no brainer there, but not sure who else would really use it

I think the tree has potential, but isn't there, without change once the newness wears off its play will drop dramatically. In part I think because of the overlap with Deepwoods Stalker and to a smaller extent Vistani Knife Fighter. To me it would have made more sense to replace Deepwoods Sniper rather than arcane archer, less overlap, but there must be reason.