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Have we misunderstood the shield and sword fighter (or warrior)?
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<blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 8783794" data-attributes="member: 58416"><p>That's arguable. Those weapons have shorter ranges. Though the net is an interesting case because it is cheap and also requires the target to use their action to escape -meaning that they're not gaining an action on you in the event you need to use one of yours to re-equip the shield. </p><p></p><p>Dropping an item is a free action. Attach a lanyard to the shield so you can drop it for free when necessary and still have it attached to you. </p><p>(Honestly, that's a little weird to me, but 5e shields are very ambiguous concerning what type of shield they are. Bucklers? Shields with arm straps? Light? Heavy? With some shields, a shield sling makes sense. )</p><p></p><p>If you're at the range where longbows and such are useful, one action to re-equip isn't bad. Before that's even necessary, it may be that you have several turns of damage output without the enemy being able to retaliate at all. </p><p></p><p>Range 150/600 (longbow) vs 30/120 (javelin) </p><p></p><p>If I'm at a range of 30ft, I'm already effectively within melee range for a lot of encounters (as a lot of things have a movement speed of 30). I suppose there may be scenarios in which the target cannot get to you with movement, but, in that case, they're not able to engage me in melee anyway so I would stick with the ranged weapon. </p><p></p><p>Though, I would agree that the javelin is likely the best option for throwing. </p><p></p><p>I think it's somewhat strange that equipping a shield takes an entire action but equipping a weapon doesn't, but those are the rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Argyle King, post: 8783794, member: 58416"] That's arguable. Those weapons have shorter ranges. Though the net is an interesting case because it is cheap and also requires the target to use their action to escape -meaning that they're not gaining an action on you in the event you need to use one of yours to re-equip the shield. Dropping an item is a free action. Attach a lanyard to the shield so you can drop it for free when necessary and still have it attached to you. (Honestly, that's a little weird to me, but 5e shields are very ambiguous concerning what type of shield they are. Bucklers? Shields with arm straps? Light? Heavy? With some shields, a shield sling makes sense. ) If you're at the range where longbows and such are useful, one action to re-equip isn't bad. Before that's even necessary, it may be that you have several turns of damage output without the enemy being able to retaliate at all. Range 150/600 (longbow) vs 30/120 (javelin) If I'm at a range of 30ft, I'm already effectively within melee range for a lot of encounters (as a lot of things have a movement speed of 30). I suppose there may be scenarios in which the target cannot get to you with movement, but, in that case, they're not able to engage me in melee anyway so I would stick with the ranged weapon. Though, I would agree that the javelin is likely the best option for throwing. I think it's somewhat strange that equipping a shield takes an entire action but equipping a weapon doesn't, but those are the rules. [/QUOTE]
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