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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Twig" data-source="post: 7557915" data-attributes="member: 31754">I didn't realize that making ranged attacks would keep up rage, but I guess it does. That's good to know. Also, if the barbarian goes totem path they can pick up limited flying at level 14 from the eagle attunement.Yeah, picking up a short bow isn't something I immediately thought of, but it works. Step of the Wind allows for long jumps, Shadow monks get shadow step at 6th level (needs darkness, but could work), and an Four Elements monk can get fly at level 14 (that seems to be the magic number) plus ranged attack spells.True, and champion fighters get their expanded critical hits with anything, so there is something for them. Plus they could pick up the Archery fighting style as their second style for another +2 to hit. (I think champions are better than most people give them credit for. Still not great, but not that bad either.)I think this is the major way to fix things without adding house rules. There are a lot of items that can give characters something to do when the enemy is at range. The eldritch knight in the party had a wand of fireballs that he was blasting away with.Finally I think another factor was that the situation was that this was the big climax fight at the end of a campaign. It shouldn't have been setup as a ranged only combat. This is when all of the characters should have been pulling out their big guns and just barely winning (hopefully) after a big fight and expending every available resource. At just about any other time I would have been fine with the melee heavy hitters standing on the sidelines for a bit. Firing arrows and doing a little damage while the ranged combatants have their moment to shine.Oh, I guess there is one more thing. I really hadn't thought ahead about ranged options in advance. I don't know why I didn't. In previous versions of the game I would hit up character optimization boards and study up on effective builds. But I don't have that kind of time anymore and I let the simpler/streamlined feel of 5th edition lull me into complacency. At character creation it suggests thrown weapons for melee characters and I just assumed they would be good all the way to 20th level. So this has been  a good exercise for me and I will definitely keep it in mind in the future.</blockquote>

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