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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Immolate" data-source="post: 4141204" data-attributes="member: 62381">I don't know about you, but if you're going to be crunching umbers, you might as well make peace with it taking time 'cause those bastages are tougher than a turtle-shell taco. You're better off just dropping a house on 'em.Something that hasn't been mentioned (unless I missed it) is that what we can do to them, they can do to us. With the emphasis now shifting to multi-monster, tactically-supportive encounters, your favorite squishy can look forward to fighting a lot more bow-wielding bad guys than in the past. How long is your wizard or warlock going to last under the withering fire of two or three enemy archers concentrating fire and all doing bonus damage?I agree with the 'reality' of the restriction in that the closest target will be the most vulnerable, on average, to the most decisive shots. We can stipulate that this isn't a reality game, but we expect things to make sense, and this is supportable from that perspective.I also agree with the concept of "choices between preferred target and optimal damage" as a mechanic to encourage movement and maneuver. Fluid, highly tactical combat is more fun to play, more fun to watch, and more often yeilds results that can't be quantified as optimal vs. non-optimal. I wholeheartedly, enthusiastically embrace giving every character choices that matter every round. Also, as was already mentioned, the changes in movement rules such as diagonals and, more importantly, not detracting from damage capacity make moving an assumption rather than a sacrifice, with few exceptions.My hope is that, in your game and mine, the ranger-as-archer becomes a class that appeals to everyone, and not just to the "let me know when it's my turn" archetypes and min/maxxers out there. I trust that there was at least one archer fan among the play-testers who would have mentioned if the new ranger wasn't as fun to play as the old ranger. And yes, the word "trust" is a qualifier.</blockquote>

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