Well, all things being equal, a ranger is better at fighting dragons if you chose them as a racial enemy. Ranger gets +4 bonus, cavalier only +3. Why bother with cavalier, I can't imagine.

It was said earlier by Avatar that Anomen can put 5 stars (grand mastery) in hammers "He can put 5* on the Crom Faeyr!" anomen is dualed FROM a fighter to a cleric. once you are a cleric, can you still add proficiancly stars to your beyond specialized weapons? I thought once you dual to a cleric, u cannot add proficiancy stars to any weapon if that weapon is beyond specialized. but if you can, cool. and if Anomen can..... wow....... i hate the guys personality.... but that would make him rather worthwile.........

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Why choose a cavalier over a ranger, heres a few reasons..

1.Holy Avenger+5
2.20% resistance to fire and acid
3.Lay on hands and his ability to remove fear
4.Immunity to poison
5.+2 to all saving throws.
6.Immunity to Fear/morale failure
7.+3 to Dragonic AND Demonic creatures.

Only drawback? No bows, but he can still use slings. There is also the race/alignment restriction, but other than that..