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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 7105942" data-attributes="member: 2629">Generally, do nothing special.&nbsp; It isn't you versus the PCs - it is the PCs in a good story.&nbsp; This heroic ability to attack from a great distance is something they wrote into their character's story.This PC spent resources to be able to attack from a great distance.&nbsp; That sounds like fun to them.&nbsp; They invested in it.&nbsp; Give them the benefit of it on a regular basis.&nbsp; There will be natural situations in which they don't want to use it (too much total cover from obstructions, being in tight spaces with a lot of turns, etc...) and there will be times when they run into trouble because their actions run into other encounters or into late additions to the combat coming from the rear - but don't tweak the game to invalidate the resource in which they invested.&nbsp; Instead, highlight how unusual and awesome it is that they can attack from so far.&nbsp; Have enemy archers that are attacking him at disadvantage which he attacks without penalty.&nbsp; Of course, every once in a while a monster will be well situated to take him on.&nbsp; There are demons that can dimension door right up in his grill and take him on head to head when the rest of the party is rounds away.&nbsp; That adds a different drama to the mix. Play those up when they arise - but don't feel the need to intentionally set them up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 7105942, member: 2629"] Generally, do nothing special. It isn't you versus the PCs - it is the PCs in a good story. This heroic ability to attack from a great distance is something they wrote into their character's story. This PC spent resources to be able to attack from a great distance. That sounds like fun to them. They invested in it. Give them the benefit of it on a regular basis. There will be natural situations in which they don't want to use it (too much total cover from obstructions, being in tight spaces with a lot of turns, etc...) and there will be times when they run into trouble because their actions run into other encounters or into late additions to the combat coming from the rear - but don't tweak the game to invalidate the resource in which they invested. Instead, highlight how unusual and awesome it is that they can attack from so far. Have enemy archers that are attacking him at disadvantage which he attacks without penalty. Of course, every once in a while a monster will be well situated to take him on. There are demons that can dimension door right up in his grill and take him on head to head when the rest of the party is rounds away. That adds a different drama to the mix. Play those up when they arise - but don't feel the need to intentionally set them up. [/QUOTE]

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