PHB Ranged Weapons in 3.x

[Cadfan]

I've used shuriken in a Scout build. It was mostly done for flavor, but honestly it wasn't that much of a power drop compared to a shortbow.

Shortbow with quickdraw was a strictly superior choice, but less cool. I got the DM to give me exotic weapon proficiency for free, to make up for the lower power, so I didn't even get hosed there.

So I don't know how much that counts, but there you go.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

I needed an option for daggers. I've seen several dagger-throwers.

Other than that, I voted light crossbow and longbow. Many melee-oriented characters in games I've run go for the light crossbow because you can load and shoot in one round and still get 1d8 on damage. The ranged-weapon specialists almost always seem to prefer longbows.

 

[Hairfoot]

Oh, the humble bolas. So underrated.

 

[GreatLemur]

For a low-level wizard, the ol' light crossbow gets more done than any single spell.

 

[Mark CMG]

Or throwing axes, or light hammers, or tridents either...

You left out all the good ones.

I went with the ranged weapons that were strictly on the ranged weapons tables and not those which, like many of the thrown weapons, were on the melee weapon tables.

 

[Lord Zardoz]

Bows and Crossbows see plenty of use, depending on which weapon proficiencies someone has access to.

As a PC, I used a Net once. It was not nearly as helpful as I might have hoped for it to be, but it had its moments.

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