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  1. mellored

    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    And the difficult terrain, and pushing them into it. Sure. There's a spectrum here. But you can adapt for each fight. If there's a flying ranged creature, use Hex A corridor with a bunch of melee, use Web. You can move it now. Not even counting allies getting opportunity attacks when they...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    True. If you only have 1 ray and miss, Seeking would be a cheaper Quicken. And even with 2 rays rerolling a missed attack would cost the same SP cost. But really, I would only use Hex until level 5 (W2/S3) then swap to Quicken + Web / Cloud of Daggers / Hypnotic Pattern. Push enemies into...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Best skill monky build?

    Some potential pieces Humans with Skilled Warlock 2 can get Eldritch Blast + Hex + Repelling + Lessons of the Fist One (Skilled) Barbarian allows for Str on several skills Soul Knife 7 is a bunch of skill dice, reliable talent, and expertise Fighter 2, Tactical Mind, Action Surge Lore Bard 3, 3...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Best skill monky build?

    2024 has done a lot to boost Martial skills fighter2 is more than just action surge, so what build is the best? Still needs to function in combat (Eldritch Blast + Agonizing blast+Hex at minimum)
  5. mellored

    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    Hmm... Beserker 9 / Soul Knife 3? 3 attacks (2 on round 1) 1d6+5+3d6+3 on a hit = 22 (20 for the 3rd attack) = 64 Advantage *.84 = 53.76 2d6 sneak attack (near certain to land one) = 60.76
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    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    True, that's +4 damage, though you will be down 1d6 sneak attack half the time. Issue is that it doesn't scale without multi attack, where +2 to hit will scale with sneak attack (and/or multi-attack)
  7. mellored

    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    Don't know where your getting advantage from. You can't use both Steady Aim and the bonus attack. Are you just assuming an ally gives it to you? 7.5 - 3.5 = 4 10/4 = 2.5 rounds to catch up. Then you wouldn't get your bonus attack the first round. So really, 3.5 rounds to catch up to the +10...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    Soul Knife can't use GWM, so kind of moot. Longbow is 150", Heavy Crossbow is 100' doesn't really need Sharpshooter as much as the 60' Soul Knife. And you get Slow/Push And xd6 is more than GWM (or stacks with it). And medium armor from Fighter covers the AC, and Assassin gets a bigger...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    but that's not till level 11 To compare. 70% (91% with advantage) +1d6 damage (2d6 from Truestrike- 1d6 being a level behind) +10 damage the first round of combats Seems pretty close either way. I do like soul knife 17 better than Assassin 17 though, so maybe it is a little better. Also I...
  10. mellored

    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    Well I haven't done the math... But what about Truestrike? Soul Knife can't use it, but Assassin can pick it up as a background.
  11. mellored

    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    Dip fighter 1 for archery style.
  12. mellored

    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    Lacks Push and your stuck with Vex, which won't stack with many other things. Bonus action attack is a little better than Steady Aim, but not significant. But at least you can add Trip at level 5. Seems ok. Not bad, not great. Not really better than an Assasin with a longbow.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Our book just launched on D&D Beyond - AMA

    Anything? Why does magnetic flux form lines?
  14. mellored

    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    This would also be be the math for Darkness + Devils Sight / Shadow sorcerer.
  15. mellored

    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    That's what quicken is for. But it really depends on the party. If you web creature and your Beserker run in to attack, that doesn't help. If you have a heavy crossbow battlemaster, then web is an lot more appealing.
  16. mellored

    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    Hmmm... Web uses Athletics to escape. So Hex could give disadvantage to escape. Not that you can concentrate on both, but worth noting.
  17. mellored

    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    Adv +Quicken vs Haste + Quicken 6d10+30 * .84 = 52.92 Vs 9d10+45 * .6 = 56.7 So Haste is a few more points of damage for you, but I expect Web will be far better for most teams.
  18. mellored

    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    What feat or feature? Crossbow Expert gets you from 1d8 to 1d10 Great Weapon master gets you +3 damage. Eldritch Blast is 1d10 with 1d6 extra damage. No different. 1d10+3+1d6 Vs 1d10+3+1d8 a few times. Battlemaster is better, but the difference is small. I'm waiting 2 levels. Right, but...
  19. mellored

    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    Yes. It's EB spam. Not sure why that's different from heavy crossbow spam. If you want more control, you can use Web instead of Hex. I do agree Battlemaster is better at lower levels
  20. mellored

    D&D 5E (2024) Ranged Builds Thread

    It's decent at 1 It's good at 7 Top tier at 13. Maybe a bit broken at 17. It is a sorlock. But you need Valor bard 6 to make use of Haste -> EB. Otherwise hex and Quicken compete too much for your bonus action. You can skip Bard and do more Warlock if your not going to higher levels.
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