Behold the power of Thrown Weapons!!

[Stalker0]

Could it be that finally in 4e thrown weapons are useful:

Two major facts I noticed while looking at the character sheets:

1) Thrown weapons have a much nicer range now (5 squares, or 25 feet!!)

2) A big one, when you throw a weapon you can now add your dex OR your strength bonus to damage.

 

[frankthedm]

Still might not be enough without powers augmenting the damage output.

 

[Jack99]

Thrown weapons were the suke in 3e (baring a number of feats and class combinations), I am glad they fixed that. I like my melees to have ranged options, besides the bow, which is quite annoying if you use, say a shield.

Cheers

 

[ZombieRoboNinja]

I definitely hope "returning" is a fairly cheap/low-level enchantment for weapons in 4e. If not, my dragonborn spear fighter is going to need a cross-class feat to get Mage Hand.

 

[Baumi]

The Reach is still not enough. The problem with Thrown Weapons were always the problem that you can Charge at LEAST the same amount of Distance than you can throw.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Another issue in 3E was that you required the Quick Draw feat to be effective with thrown weapons, unlike the bowman - otherwise, you couldn't make Full Attack actions.

Since 4E pretty much limits you to one attack per round anyway, the rate of fire for thrown javelin and longbow is already equivalent.

-Hyp.

 

[Snarls-at-Fleas]

make Full Attack actions.

Full Attack? What Full Attack?

 

[Derren]

The Reach is still not enough. The problem with Thrown Weapons were always the problem that you can Charge at LEAST the same amount of Distance than you can throw.

And considering that in 4E charge will have no penalty and that it harder to defend against a charge with reach weapons its nearly always a better idea to charge than to throw.

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey all!

Maybe when using a thrown weapon they should add the number of squares moved (that round) as bonus damage?

Sort of like when athletes throw a javelin they take a bit of a run up.

 

[SaffroN]

And considering that in 4E charge will have no penalty and that it harder to defend against a charge with reach weapons its nearly always a better idea to charge than to throw.

There are plenty of reasons to use throwing weapons instead of charging. You may not be able to reach your target with a charge, a opponent could be in the way. Or you may not want to engage your foe up close for whatever reason. Or your class may have At-Will Powers that make it more favorable to use a thrown weapon instead of charging.