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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 7560218" data-attributes="member: 6906155">That's absolutely false. They are not as effective as they are in melee, but they are still able to make a contribution. It's considerably better than a baseline character with no relevant class abilities, which would be one attack per round with a light crossbow for 1d8, and infinitely better than the barbarian who was too dumb to bring a longbow in the first place.A good DM will set up a wide variety of tactical situations over the course of an adventure that should give a wide variety of builds and character types a chance to shine. And a competent party will make sure that even if the situation doesn't give their character it's moment in the Sun, there is still something they can be doing. The archer brings a rapier, the wizard learns shocking grasp, the skill-monkey has a dagger and the barbarian brings a longbow.</blockquote>