Hunter's Prey: Giant Killer vs larger oponents

[. Shadowblade .]

Big orc swings with his jagged battle axe at halfling ranger, but misses him completely. Small brave guy nimbly ducks orc's devastating attack and [attack of opportunity] stabs him in guts with sword. Wounded orc warrior staggers and his following attacks get slower ...


Giant Killer. When a Large or larger creature within
5 feet o f you hits or misses you with an attack, you can
use your reaction to attack that creature immediately
after its attack, provided that you can see the creature.


Can you confirm that Small-sized ranger will get this attack of opportunity vs Medium-sized (larger than ranger) creatures (eg. halfling vs orc) which is similar situation like Medium-sized ranger vs Large-sized (larger than ranger) creatures (eg. human vs brown bear) ?

Maybe the first useful thing when being Small character?


Members of a few races are Small (between 2 and 4 feet
tall), which means that certain rules of the game affect
them differently. The most important of these rules
is that Small characters have trouble wielding heavy
weapons, as explained in chapter 6.

[Kryx]

Can you confirm that Small-sized ranger will get this attack of opportunity vs Medium-sized (larger than ranger) creatures (eg. halfling vs orc)
No, they do not. Large or Larger means Large, Huge, Gargantuan. Larger is relative to Large, not the size of the creature attacking.

There are a few rules that affect smaller creatures. For instance a lance wielding halfling is a great choice for a beastmaster ranger as he mounts his beast and can take it into dungeons.

[Mandragola]

Kryx is right on the rules. It means a large creature or something larger than a large creature - not something larger than you.

I don't think the riding dog and lance thing is all that great though. A halfling would do more or less the same damage by using dex and a rapier. Average damage would be 1 less but he'd have +1 to hit.

[Beleriphon]

Kryx is right on the rules. It means a large creature or something larger than a large creature - not something larger than you.

I don't think the riding dog and lance thing is all that great though. A halfling would do more or less the same damage by using dex and a rapier. Average damage would be 1 less but he'd have +1 to hit.

Its only really good with halfling rogues, since Mounted Combat grants Advantage on attacks against unmounted opponents.

[Mandragola]

In that case a halfling ranger/rogue riding a panther would be pretty cool. Like a tiny He Man and Battle Cat.

[. Shadowblade .]

Its only really good with halfling rogues, since Mounted Combat grants Advantage on attacks against unmounted opponents.

that advantage from this feat works only vs creatures smaller than your mount



Vou have advantage on melee attack rolls against any
unmounted creature that is smaller than your mounl.


and beastmaster's beast can be just Medium sized

[Easy_Lee]

This thread gave me a chuckle. The text "or larger" does, indeed, modify "large." It would be funny to take both this and mounted combatant on a halfling hunter riding a large animal, since that would cover all targets.

[Beleriphon]

that advantage from this feat works only vs creatures smaller than your mount

Goblins and kobolds are still Small sized creatures.