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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Victim" data-source="post: 1891597" data-attributes="member: 78">Yeah, ranged attackers really suck.  A ranged character doesn't need to move as often, so he takes more full attacks.  He gets Rapid Shot for more attacks on a full attack action.  If he wants to move to keep his distance, Manyshot gives some of the benefit of multiple attacks.  While he doesn't get full STR bonus, he can probably take miscellaneous bonuses make up most of the difference, especially with his greater number of attacks.  For example, Bracers of Archery don't have a melee equivalent.  Also, they get like 5 or 10 arrows of different types cheaply, so they always have something against DR.  The biggest downside of archery is having your bow sundered.  In my experience, archers haven't been weak.  "Attack roll?"  Singular?  Jeez.An instant kill effect can be thought of as dealing lots and lots of damage on a failed save.  Finding ways to deal lots of damage conventionally deals lots of damage with no save.  In many cases, a wizard's HP and defenses are such that average damage from a full attack is death with no save.  Granted, the caster probably has options for avoiding the full attack, but there are options for avoiding save or die attacks (have super saves, death ward, spell turning, reroll powers, etc).  Every character has something to do in combat.  Rogues aren't 2nd Ed thieves, able to deal maybe one nasty shot but then are essentially bystanders.  They can drop 30+d6 in sneak attacks on a lucky round at high levels, use wands reliably, completely avoid many spells, deal ability damage, and still have the best skills.  Even crappy bards are loaded with incapcitating spells.  In other words, it's pretty boring to be able to see a far away place, go there, and then not be able to do anything else, especially when doing those two things might take 2 minutes, while the ensueing combat might take an hour or two.  Animating the dead as warriors usually means that you just wasted 50 gp on the spell as a PC.  Lighting up an idea with magic is only marginally better than doing so with a torch or sunrod.</blockquote>

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