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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 508606" data-attributes="member: 3146">Mea culpa on the str or dex to resist trip attacks. That's my error. However if the archer chooses to drop his bow and draw a greatsword, he will still be much worse off than the melee fighter for several reasons:1. The troll or whatever gets an unanswered full attack on him because after standing up and switching weapons, the archer is unable to attack without quickdraw (Stand up [MEA] draw sword [MEA]).2. The archer most likely lacks the feats and stats to effectively take the troll or whatever on in melee. Assuming that the archer has an 18 strength and a 22 dex after buffs and items, the melee character probably has a 24 strength (since he only needs one attribute buffed) as well as weapon focus and specialization and probably at least 2 effective plusses more on his melee weapon. In this case, the melee fighter has a +6 attack bonus advantage over the archer and a +6 per hit damage bonus advantage over the archer--assuming that they're both wielding the same weapon.</blockquote>