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Message: <blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 7237023" data-attributes="member: 71699">What are your assumptions about starting encounter distances, and distribution? DMs shield gives 20-400' outdoors (likely 70-220'). My experience indoors is 5-300' (likely 30-120). Call it 75' on average.Archer usually has better initiative than creature. Creature suitable for 11th level has 100 HP and AC 17, distance is 35'Loose arrows, kite back to 65', ~41 damageDash to 5'Loose arrows, stow bow, kite back to 35', ~82 damageDash to 0'Draw longsword, attack, ~113 damageIt's true I "unfairly" chose 35' to illustrate that in every circumstance where range is not 30' or less, ranged is getting in 80+ before melee begins. Our melee fighter in that scenario takes two attacks before defeating the creature, suffering about 52 damage in total while archer is unscathed.</blockquote>