Favored Enemy

{{Feat
 * icon=Feat_favoredenemy.png
 * prerequisite= Ranger 1
 * description= At first level a Ranger selects a type of creature from the favored enemy list. Favored Enemy grants +2 to damage rolls against the chosen creature type. At 5th level and every 5 levels thereafter (10th, 15th, and 20th) the Ranger selects an additional creature type from the favored enemy list and his damage bonus against all favored enemy types increases by 2.
 * passive=yes
 * ranger=yes
 * free=no
 * note=For example, a Ranger selects Goblinoid as his favored enemy at first level and gets the +2 bonuses listed above. At fifth level, the Ranger is able to select Giant and will get a +4 damage bonus to both Goblinoid and Giant enemies. At tenth level he gets to select yet another class of enemy and the damage bonus on all of them increases to +6.

10/29/17 - The above is somewhat misleading, as the original DDO text probably dates back to the days where you could only gain Favored Enemies from specific ranger levels. You get +2 damage vs. each and every Favored Enemy for each Favored Enemy feat you have, regardless of how you got them. Ranger level is not directly relevant.
 * Examples:
 * If a non-Ranger character has Undead as a Favored Enemy from the Vistani enhancement tree, Animals from the Falconry enhancement tree, and Reptilian from the Gnome Racial enhancement tree, they do +4 damage to both those Favored Enemies.
 * If that same Gnome character was a Level 20+ Ranger, they could have 1 additional favored enemy from Deepwood Stalker enhancements, 1 from the Harper enhancement tree, plus 1 from the Primal Avatar Epic Destiny tree, plus their 5 base Favored enemies from 20 Ranger Levels, as well as the 2 in the above example (Vistani & Falconry), for a total of 10 Favored Enemies; that character then does +20 extra damage to all favored enemies.

Related abilities
Additional enemies:
 * Aasimar Scourge: Undead
 * Deep Gnome: Goblinoid or Reptilian
 * Gnome: Gnoll or Reptilian
 * DWS: Animal, Dragon, Dwarf, Elf, Giant, Gnoll, Goblinoid, Halfling, Human, Magical Beast, Monstrous Humanoid, Orc, Plant, Reptilian, or Vermin
 * Falconry enhancements: Animal
 * Harper: Aberration / Construct / Dragon / Evil Outsider / Giant / Monstrous Humanoid / Undead
 * Primal Avatar: Aberrations / Constructs / Undead
 * Vistani Knife Fighter: Undead

Additional effects:
 * Deepwood Stalker enhancements include effects that increase your defenses and damage versus your favored enemies

Monster types
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