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<blockquote data-quote="DM_Blake" data-source="post: 4401458" data-attributes="member: 57267">I beg to differ.&nbsp;While you could do this, the mechanics of 3.5 made bow damage so puny that if you wanted to actually hurt anything you fought, you virtually had to use bows that allowed your STR damage (mighty in 3.0, compound in 3.5) to be added to the damage rolls.&nbsp;Otherwise, your weak fighter with his bow is doing 1d8+x where x is the enchantment on the bow, and along side him is a strong fighter with a longsword doing 1d8+x+STR, and you'd fall way behind in the damage curve.&nbsp;At least you could hit things.&nbsp;But, following your argument, you could still do this without focusing on the bow by simply using the Weapon Finesse feat to use your DEX modifier on your attack rolls with any weapon a &quot;weak&quot; fighter would prefer to use - which kinda invalidates your argument (though again, your damage would be quite a bit less than a real fighter).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DM_Blake, post: 4401458, member: 57267"] I beg to differ. While you could do this, the mechanics of 3.5 made bow damage so puny that if you wanted to actually hurt anything you fought, you virtually had to use bows that allowed your STR damage (mighty in 3.0, compound in 3.5) to be added to the damage rolls. Otherwise, your weak fighter with his bow is doing 1d8+x where x is the enchantment on the bow, and along side him is a strong fighter with a longsword doing 1d8+x+STR, and you'd fall way behind in the damage curve. At least you could hit things. But, following your argument, you could still do this without focusing on the bow by simply using the Weapon Finesse feat to use your DEX modifier on your attack rolls with any weapon a "weak" fighter would prefer to use - which kinda invalidates your argument (though again, your damage would be quite a bit less than a real fighter). [/QUOTE]

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