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<blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 7523354" data-attributes="member: 71699">It might be I'm not quite following your point. Is it right that you are ignoring Sharpshooter in this discussion? And perhaps therefore also Great Weapon Master? But Dual Wielder is a feat...On a &quot;one round in isolation&quot; basis, the damage looks close because up-time plays no part. On a &quot;five round encounter&quot; basis, the damage is not so close, because more up-time translates into a damage multiplier.Then, in discussing spreading damage. I think the ranged side has greater fiat over where damage is applied than the melee side. Faced with a ranged side, a melee side can't choose to spread damage among themselves. I don't understand how the melee characters are making their opponents spread their attacks among them? Why aren't they being focused down?Are you arguing that the OAs ranged might take to avoid being dog-piled or attacking at disadvantage make up the damage? Each melee gets one reaction a round, and likely has about 4 rounds (5 round encounter, less 1 round repositioning) to take it in. In tier 2, they could catch up with ranged if they got OAs every other round. I acknowledge that, but point out that in fact, OAs tend to spread damage around. By accepting OAs and focus-firing, ranged foes delete opponents sequentially from the fight, removing all the attacks those foes were going to get. Catch-23.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="clearstream, post: 7523354, member: 71699"] It might be I'm not quite following your point. Is it right that you are ignoring Sharpshooter in this discussion? And perhaps therefore also Great Weapon Master? But Dual Wielder is a feat... On a "[I]one round in isolation[/I]" basis, the damage looks close because up-time plays no part. On a "[I]five round encounter[/I]" basis, the damage is not so close, because more up-time translates into a damage multiplier. Then, in discussing spreading damage. I think the ranged side has greater fiat over where damage is applied than the melee side. Faced with a ranged side, a melee side can't choose to spread damage among themselves. I don't understand how the melee characters are making their opponents spread their attacks among them? Why aren't they being focused down? Are you arguing that the OAs ranged might take to avoid being dog-piled or attacking at disadvantage make up the damage? Each melee gets one reaction a round, and likely has about 4 rounds (5 round encounter, less 1 round repositioning) to take it in. In tier 2, they could catch up with ranged if they got OAs every other round. I acknowledge that, but point out that in fact, OAs tend to spread damage around. By accepting OAs and focus-firing, ranged foes delete opponents sequentially from the fight, removing all the attacks those foes were going to get. Catch-23. [/QUOTE]

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