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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nadaka" data-source="post: 4026055" data-attributes="member: 14651">Firearms are not melee weapons.People miss with them because they:A: are not pointing at the target.B: the 1/10 of a second it takes the shooter to respond to the movement of a target is enough for the target to move out of the shooters line of fire.You are defining dexterity in D&D incorrectly. In D&D dexterity represents response time, not actual speed. It has no effect at all on how fast you can move. Only how fast you can begin responding to a stimulus.In reality accuracy is important in hitting a target in melee. However strength is more important to accuracy than is dexterity with most melee weapons. Why? without strength the weapon will move in a slow arc that the target can simply step out of the way, even if it is perfectly aimed.Meanwhile, if the path of a 1 meter blade is off 15% away from intersecting the victims heart on all 3 dimensions, it will still impact the victim somewhere between the neck and stomach.</blockquote>