Swarmkeeper with Arcana Cleric dip

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Custom Lineage allows Darkvision. Produce Flame was more about having a WIS-based ranged cantrip to utilize until Arcana's Ray of Frost/Chill Touch came online. You're right that, once I have that covered, Thorn Whip makes more sense. At Ranger 4, I can swap out Produce Flame for Thorn Whip by "changing fighting style" (going from Druidic Warrior S/PF to Druidic Warrior S/TW).

I completely forgot about that. My table doesn't allow custom lineages, so that isn't something I think about. You had a feat at level 1, therefore variant human in my mind :)

Produce Flame
Attack range of 30 ft.
Provides Light
1d8 fire
Ranged Spell Attack


Thorn Whip
Attack range of 30 feet.
1d6 piercing + move
Melee Spell Attack


So, the range between the two is actually exactly the same in early levels.