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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Salamandyr" data-source="post: 6989100" data-attributes="member: 40233">Some issues that I see contributing to ranged dominance.It's not really ranged combat that is superior.  It's Dexterity.  Without feats (and feats are optional, dammit!), duellist with dexterity competes with great weapon fighting, and has a better AC.Outside of Great Weapon Mastery, a lot of the best damage bumps (like Hunter's Mark, and Hex) work better for ranged than they do for melee--and the melee they boost the best also happens to be the dexterity ones.I don't want to fix feats; I don't want to create yet another way for a fighter to only ever use one weapon, to the exclusion all others--seriously, can you imagine a slew of wizard feats designed to have you only ever use one spell?  Yes, the warlock exists, but the warlock is its own class; it's not designed for flexibility with one hand and encourages you to throw away that flexibility in the other.  I want to fix the mechanic.I tried something that might work--a fundamental change in the game, that obviates a lot of the mechanical fiddly bits they came up with.  I use graduated success.For every 5 points you beat the AC of your opponent, you roll another weapon die (or 2, for greatswords).I have some other ideas, but want to see how this one works out (tried it a couple times, love it so far) before I do much else.</blockquote>