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<blockquote data-quote="hejtmane" data-source="post: 6971446" data-attributes="member: 6799371"><p>Straight Fighter Human Variant SharpShoter and Handcrossbow hands down wins and of course archery fighting style</p><p></p><p>Take HC first then SS (you can reverse order but I think it works out better HC first) at 4th take the other at 6 and 8 asi</p><p></p><p>Hand crossbow gets you a free bonus action attack pretty straight forward from there</p><p></p><p>SO if you take HC first</p><p></p><p>1st level 2 attacks (action surge 3)</p><p>5th level 3 attacks (action surge 5)</p><p>11th level 4 attacks (action surge 7)</p><p></p><p>I had player with Action surge at 8th level (we do rolled stats) did 96 damage with action surge note he did not miss a shot which was unusual but hey some times the dice are good</p><p></p><p>The way to look assuming max dex is this</p><p>3.5 +5 +10=18.5 average damage win you hit</p><p>You want to maximize the # of shots with the build hence straight fighter and Battle master for more damage</p><p></p><p>We had another one it was high damaging but played different and not quite the build above but it was a concept build a sniper build so bow for more distance only feat SS</p><p>But they went Ranger 5 (Colossal slayer) rest rogue for sneak attack</p><p></p><p>Bonus action Hunters mark never do the -5 +10 unless you hit on the first attack that way you apply sneak attack if the monster already damage you get to add Colossal</p><p>4.5 +5 +13.5 (maybe +4.5) +3.5 hunters mark</p><p>if you hit then you take the -5/+10 shot 4.5+5 +10+3.5 (+4.5 if not applied on first hit) </p><p></p><p>Rinse repeat so in 2 shots you can average 49 damage on two hits even with sneak attack it will not catch the fighter build but if you want a high damaging concept around stealth or sniper build it fits the fun factor and is still pretty darn big on the dpr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hejtmane, post: 6971446, member: 6799371"] Straight Fighter Human Variant SharpShoter and Handcrossbow hands down wins and of course archery fighting style Take HC first then SS (you can reverse order but I think it works out better HC first) at 4th take the other at 6 and 8 asi Hand crossbow gets you a free bonus action attack pretty straight forward from there SO if you take HC first 1st level 2 attacks (action surge 3) 5th level 3 attacks (action surge 5) 11th level 4 attacks (action surge 7) I had player with Action surge at 8th level (we do rolled stats) did 96 damage with action surge note he did not miss a shot which was unusual but hey some times the dice are good The way to look assuming max dex is this 3.5 +5 +10=18.5 average damage win you hit You want to maximize the # of shots with the build hence straight fighter and Battle master for more damage We had another one it was high damaging but played different and not quite the build above but it was a concept build a sniper build so bow for more distance only feat SS But they went Ranger 5 (Colossal slayer) rest rogue for sneak attack Bonus action Hunters mark never do the -5 +10 unless you hit on the first attack that way you apply sneak attack if the monster already damage you get to add Colossal 4.5 +5 +13.5 (maybe +4.5) +3.5 hunters mark if you hit then you take the -5/+10 shot 4.5+5 +10+3.5 (+4.5 if not applied on first hit) Rinse repeat so in 2 shots you can average 49 damage on two hits even with sneak attack it will not catch the fighter build but if you want a high damaging concept around stealth or sniper build it fits the fun factor and is still pretty darn big on the dpr [/QUOTE]
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