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How to balance combat when 2 characters are average and one is extremely overpowered?
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<blockquote data-quote="Leatherhead" data-source="post: 7022925" data-attributes="member: 53176"><p>I am assuming you rolled for stats? At least, I hope you did.</p><p></p><p>Firstly: Don't let him apply expertise on his attack rolls or armor. 5e has very tight math for attacking, and such a thing will totally break it.</p><p></p><p>Secondly: Crossbow Expert only lets you make a single bonus action attack with a <strong>hand crossbow</strong> if you are using a one-handed weapon (which can also be the same hand-crossbow, it's annoying and complicated). However, this "Eagle Crossbow" Looks to be a <strong>+1 Heavy Crossbow</strong>, which is a heavy two-handed weapon.</p><p>There are a slew of problems with this:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He can't use the bonus action to attack. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I am assuming he is dual wielding to get three attacks, which is flat out impossible with ranged weapons of any kind, even throwing daggers.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A Halfing can't even hold a Heavy Crossbow without suffering from Disadvantage when attacking. Unless he isn't a halfling, which means he can't hide behind players due to not having the Halfling racial power that allows for that. Not even the Skulker feat can make up for it.</li> </ul><p></p><p>Thirdly, make sure he is suffering the penalties for hitting targets who are behind cover. His teammates count as cover <em>against</em> his ranged attacks if he is shooting into melee. This is a +2 to +5 bonus on the targets AC, and it's a huge thorn in the side of ranged combat.</p><p></p><p>Fourthly, clean up the rest of the math, [MENTION=55946]Sqn Cdr Flashheart[/MENTION] has a good list of things up there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leatherhead, post: 7022925, member: 53176"] I am assuming you rolled for stats? At least, I hope you did. Firstly: Don't let him apply expertise on his attack rolls or armor. 5e has very tight math for attacking, and such a thing will totally break it. Secondly: Crossbow Expert only lets you make a single bonus action attack with a [B]hand crossbow[/B] if you are using a one-handed weapon (which can also be the same hand-crossbow, it's annoying and complicated). However, this "Eagle Crossbow" Looks to be a [b]+1 Heavy Crossbow[/B], which is a heavy two-handed weapon. There are a slew of problems with this: [LIST] [*]He can't use the bonus action to attack. [*]I am assuming he is dual wielding to get three attacks, which is flat out impossible with ranged weapons of any kind, even throwing daggers. [*]A Halfing can't even hold a Heavy Crossbow without suffering from Disadvantage when attacking. Unless he isn't a halfling, which means he can't hide behind players due to not having the Halfling racial power that allows for that. Not even the Skulker feat can make up for it. [/LIST] Thirdly, make sure he is suffering the penalties for hitting targets who are behind cover. His teammates count as cover [I]against[/I] his ranged attacks if he is shooting into melee. This is a +2 to +5 bonus on the targets AC, and it's a huge thorn in the side of ranged combat. Fourthly, clean up the rest of the math, [MENTION=55946]Sqn Cdr Flashheart[/MENTION] has a good list of things up there. [/QUOTE]
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