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Is Strength-Focused Archery Viable?
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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 2867697" data-attributes="member: 5889"><p>Thanks for the explanations all...Someone, I especially liked the math you put out there, very elegant. So let's put it to a little practice.</p><p></p><p>Let's assume we have a 5th level archer, with weapon focus on the composite longbow facing off against an AC 20 opponent (I believe at CR 5 opponents AC of 20 is a reasonable number, one the PCs would face fairly often).</p><p></p><p>We will assume a str10 and a dex18...that means he has a +10 to hit, and deals 4.5 damage on average. So what we want is to equalize P and D. P is currently equal to 10, D=4.5. At str 12, dex 16...P=9, D=5.5. At str 14, dex 14, P=8, D=6.5. At str 16, dex12, P=7, D=7.5 so right around this spot is optimum damage.</p><p></p><p>So in this scenario a high str low dex archer will actually do better in the long run then a high dex low str archer...and gets more money out of his point buy.</p><p></p><p>Scaling this up, there are two trends in dnd that are fairly consistent as you go up in levels.</p><p></p><p>1) More DR</p><p>2) Attacks tend to hit more often as they scale faster than AC.</p><p></p><p>The first gives a damage limit...if the archer isn't doing X damage he might as well not be firing at all. The second puts in increasing trend on P...P naturally goes up as level increases. Therefore, the math surprisingly indicates that in many situations an archer would do a better job if they increase their strength over their dexterity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 2867697, member: 5889"] Thanks for the explanations all...Someone, I especially liked the math you put out there, very elegant. So let's put it to a little practice. Let's assume we have a 5th level archer, with weapon focus on the composite longbow facing off against an AC 20 opponent (I believe at CR 5 opponents AC of 20 is a reasonable number, one the PCs would face fairly often). We will assume a str10 and a dex18...that means he has a +10 to hit, and deals 4.5 damage on average. So what we want is to equalize P and D. P is currently equal to 10, D=4.5. At str 12, dex 16...P=9, D=5.5. At str 14, dex 14, P=8, D=6.5. At str 16, dex12, P=7, D=7.5 so right around this spot is optimum damage. So in this scenario a high str low dex archer will actually do better in the long run then a high dex low str archer...and gets more money out of his point buy. Scaling this up, there are two trends in dnd that are fairly consistent as you go up in levels. 1) More DR 2) Attacks tend to hit more often as they scale faster than AC. The first gives a damage limit...if the archer isn't doing X damage he might as well not be firing at all. The second puts in increasing trend on P...P naturally goes up as level increases. Therefore, the math surprisingly indicates that in many situations an archer would do a better job if they increase their strength over their dexterity. [/QUOTE]
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