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A Zealot Barbarian makes an interesting archer foundation and then multiclass to something else. Essentially you trade damage for damage reduction. It's kind of interesting, but probably not quite as good as the other options.

I guess it's cool but seems a bit weaker on the damage front than most of the other options. Personally I hate the darkness reliant warlocks. Can too often interfere too much with the rest of the party.

I'm using Push not slow? Heavy Crossbow comes with Push. So you get access to that at level 1. Heavy Crossbow with the feat ignores loading, so best of both worlds. I don't know about better, but it's a solid working option. Has some pros and cons compared to the Paladin/Rogue setup...

You can only apply either the slow or the push once per turn. And if your totem instead of beserker then your damage is anemic. Still though, you are right that having the option to push at level 9 does aleviate that concern. It's not as reliable (only a single attack, no accuracy buff) but...

I know EB and hex doesn't tend to keep up very well, though by itself it is a bit more controlly. Nor does EB get advantage from the Sorcerer feature. I'm having trouble seeing this one. Agreed. It looks really solid at damage and control. Though I would do Crossbow Expert at 4 so I could...

That's alot of weapons one might need to throw in a combat. I mean you can hold them carry weight wise. I'm a little iffy because it's not just weight but bulk and easy access. Needed 12-18 weapons to be able to get through a 6 round combat is alot to justify. Anyways, looking at the damage...

I think you have it backwards. We decide if a class will have spells. Then we decide what attribute to base those spells on. But that's not a required classification.

I'm really liking the look of a single class Battlemaster Crossbow Expert. (At level 9 you can use Push on any weapon, but going from level 4 to 9 without one of your iconic abilities feels kind of bad IMO). In any event, your damage seems comparable enough to Devotion Paladin/Rogue Archer...

That's not a necessity. There doesn't need to be any organization at all around Strength/Intelligence/etc. Everything can be wholly class driven if desired.

I think I see the problem. Not dumpable does not equal balanced. Fighters still have more reason to take strength in this hypothetical system because if strength is desirable on wizards then it's even more desirable on fighters due to also influencing their attack stats, and intelligence for...

The benefit of 4 stats vs 6 is that it solves the ambiguity problem exhibited in the current implementation of 6. That's a big benefit, but it's the only benefit.

Both 4 attributes and 8 still exhibit the issue I spoke of. It's nothing to do with what they individually do, it's about what the classes do with them. Wizards will never need High Strength and if you were to try to balance that then Wizards would be much better off at other Strength related...

No, i mean why is the text under the Casting Time section. Makes no sense. It's fine for the text to exist, just the location chosen makes 0 sense.

I'm also a big fan of Druids using Moonbeam + Circle of Stars as highly effective Ranged damage characters. It's a non-traditional take though. The cool thing about moonbeam is that there are some fairly easy party tactics that can cause it to deal double damage. It also can hit many enemies...

Indeed. Though a battle master or ranger version might be more interesting with that restriction.

:) Nevermind. Missed the line in the Casting Time that restricts most Smite Spells to melee weapons and unarmed strikes (why the heck of all places is it there???). I've adjusted my OP to reflect this.

This thread is to post cool 2024 D&D Ranged Builds. I probably won't post my own till level 20 but feel free to do yours that way. Holy Crossbowman Essentially you are a Paladin/Rogue that uses a Heavy Crossbow and focuses on Dexterity and Charisma. Ultimately this makes you a high damage...

As an example. Int always adds more to a Wizard than it does to a Fighter. Strength theoretically adds the same to both fighter and wizard, but in actual play it's benefits help the fighter more (fighters spend more turns attacking, they have heavier gear to carry, etc). Thus, IMO if the...

Wasn't thinking about this but I agree on this point. It also tends to mean there's a very narrow range for you to roll and go in between monster turns. You most likely either roll lower than all monsters or higher than them all. I think I'm convinced here as well. There's alot more access...

Maybe, but it's still a better option than being dead ;) Which is what happens to the party that cannot nova hard enough in that scenario.