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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 8168434" data-attributes="member: 6802951">Disadvantage in both cases. Unless you are using facing rules, it is assumed people are staying aware of things happening all around them.Blindsight is still sight. Compare with blindsense or tremorsense which would not give disadvantage.&nbsp;Ranged combat has probably been stronger than melee in military terms for around maybe 10% of history.&nbsp;Dropping a human sized target with a bow is not easy. Give the melee guy a shield and your odds plummet. Ranged attacks in D&amp;D are probably more effective in comparison to melee than realism would dictate.&nbsp;I believe that the designers thought that trying to line up a shot with a bow or crossbow while someone is actively hacking at you and your weapon is trickier than taking the shot when you and your weapon are not being smacked around.&nbsp;Any ranged attack. Doesn't matter who you're targetting.&nbsp;Most of the time he is shooting orcs at short range but before they got within swinging range.The other times? He is just that good.&nbsp;I would posit that Shocking Grasp has components that do not expose you quite as much as Fire Bolt's do.On the basis that melee range spells with components that do expose you simply aren't used.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 8168434, member: 6802951"] Disadvantage in both cases. Unless you are using facing rules, it is assumed people are staying aware of things happening all around them. Blindsight is still sight. Compare with blindsense or tremorsense which would not give disadvantage. Ranged combat has probably been stronger than melee in military terms for around maybe 10% of history. Dropping a human sized target with a bow is not easy. Give the melee guy a shield and your odds plummet. Ranged attacks in D&D are probably more effective in comparison to melee than realism would dictate. I believe that the designers thought that trying to line up a shot with a bow or crossbow while someone is actively hacking at you and your weapon is trickier than taking the shot when you and your weapon are not being smacked around. Any ranged attack. Doesn't matter who you're targetting. Most of the time he is shooting orcs at short range but before they got within swinging range. The other times? He is just that good. I would posit that Shocking Grasp has components that do not expose you quite as much as Fire Bolt's do. On the basis that melee range spells with components that do expose you simply aren't used. [/QUOTE]

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