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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 5815474" data-attributes="member: 87792">They can all use the bow.  But the one you want is the Slayer.  The one which has Dexterity as its second major stat and does additional damage based on dexterity.  Technically an optimised archery slayer does about as much damage as an optimised melee one because they can start with a Dex of 20 and count it twice (or one and a half times in melee with melee training).  That's even without the power strike.Yes.  The one based on the PHB chassis, that has a fast weapon swap mechanic, a decent opportunity attack based on dexterity, and is intended to swap between the two.  (Now if only Twin Strike weren't so overwhelming).Which is the whole reason they created the Hunter in Martial Power 2...Simple.  Easy.  And wrong.  Because behind the fighter stands the mage.  Who is easy to hit.  Not very tough.  And can blanket the battlefield with spells, turning everyone into a punchbag.  So either you can hit the fighter and maybe take half his hit points.  Or you can hit the mage more reliably and turn him into strawberry jam.    Anyone in their senses is going to defeeat in detail, starting with the glass canon and leaving the tough guy for last.4e was limited in the box.  But worked.  My 3e PHB on the other hand contained both the Monk and the Druid.Anyone insisting that D&D unit tactics resemble modern unit tactics is completely out of genre.  Think Roman tactics with the Legions as the Tanks.  Or one of the specialised pike units that has people carrying large shields at the front.  Or 100 years war English Longbowmen and Billmen blocks with the Billmen to keep the enemy away from the Longbows - or the later Pike and Musket situations.  Or indeed a bodyguard situation.There's no designated person to get shot in part becaus modern warfare allows anyone to attack anyone they can see.  But this is not a historical pattern.</blockquote>

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