My most advanced game has a ranger as the main character. It's been fun playing. I use the charm animal a good bit. It can be very useful. Just yesterday I had a Mountain Bear help me take out a couple of Ogre Berserkers. You have to remember though that animals will wander off if you don't move the group as a whole. And Often. When they move a certain distance from you they become hostile again. I think that some animals are more likely to stay with the ranger. Wolves, for example, may be more "loyal" than bears. This may not be the case, I may have just moved in such a way that they stayed nearby.
I don't use stealth much, I prefer to wear armor. Besides I have Imoen at 5th level wearing Boots of Stealth (probably not the correct name). She has a stealth % of 80 something.
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