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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6639969" data-attributes="member: 6787650">If they don't sneak, the hobgoblins will hear them coming and have time to equip shields, etc. I think it's smarter to sneak. Even if they don't sneak, it will still take 20 rounds to move 600' through difficult terrain, by which time the fight may be over, even at only one attack per round. (Plus, the fights I've had like this have mostly happened at levels low enough that they only get one attack per round anyway.) Besides, why wouldn't it be the hobgoblins be readying their actions instead of vice versa? They've got 3/4 cover and there's more of them than there are PCs, and their job is to interdict the road--if PCs hide behind full cover I'd make the hobgoblins ready actions to scan the road and shoot anyone who shows themselves.Who said these guys have Sharpshooter + Crossbow Expert? I thought we were just talking about the general strengths of ranged combat, so I've actually assumed zero feats because I didn't want to stack the deck in my favor. (Specifically, I was thinking about a level 7 DX 18 shadow monk as the ranged attacker because she's the one who has most recently archery-dueled a squad of 7 hobgoblins.) With Sharpshooter this encounter is trivialized, even at level 2.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6639969, member: 6787650"] If they don't sneak, the hobgoblins will hear them coming and have time to equip shields, etc. I think it's smarter to sneak. Even if they don't sneak, it will still take 20 rounds to move 600' through difficult terrain, by which time the fight may be over, even at only one attack per round. (Plus, the fights I've had like this have mostly happened at levels low enough that they only get one attack per round anyway.) Besides, why wouldn't it be the hobgoblins be readying [I]their[/I] actions instead of vice versa? They've got 3/4 cover and there's more of them than there are PCs, and their job is to interdict the road--if PCs hide behind full cover I'd make the hobgoblins ready actions to scan the road and shoot anyone who shows themselves. Who said these guys have Sharpshooter + Crossbow Expert? I thought we were just talking about the general strengths of ranged combat, so I've actually assumed zero feats because I didn't want to stack the deck in my favor. (Specifically, I was thinking about a level 7 DX 18 shadow monk as the ranged attacker because she's the one who has most recently archery-dueled a squad of 7 hobgoblins.) With Sharpshooter this encounter is trivialized, even at level 2. [/QUOTE]

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