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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8089017" data-attributes="member: 23751">This is not sufficient for me.&nbsp; If I'm playing my Fighter a bow weapon master, it doesn't really cut it that any other Fighter of the same level and Dex is just as good as I am without being played like that..&nbsp; If we have feats, then we can both have Sharpshooter, but that's another wash.With a Bow Specialist subclass of Fighter, that can't happen.&nbsp; Any other rival bowman is going to also have that Subclass, so will also be a bow weapon master. Before anyone says, &quot;Well then play a Ranger.&nbsp; Those have bow abilities.&quot;&nbsp; Yes, yes they do.&nbsp; They also have the other Ranger baggage that doesn't fit the concept of someone who is just a bow weapon master. So that fails to work as well.This was 3e's strength.&nbsp; The sheer number of different prestige classes meant that I could actually realize my concepts with sufficient mechanical support.We did!&nbsp; But we also didn't know how good it could be when you had support for your concept.&nbsp; 3e let that cat out of the bag and it won't go back in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8089017, member: 23751"] This is not sufficient for me. If I'm playing my Fighter a bow weapon master, it doesn't really cut it that any other Fighter of the same level and Dex is just as good as I am without being played like that.. If we have feats, then we can both have Sharpshooter, but that's another wash. With a Bow Specialist subclass of Fighter, that can't happen. Any other rival bowman is going to also have that Subclass, so will also be a bow weapon master. Before anyone says, "Well then play a Ranger. Those have bow abilities." Yes, yes they do. They also have the other Ranger baggage that doesn't fit the concept of someone who is just a bow weapon master. So that fails to work as well. This was 3e's strength. The sheer number of different prestige classes meant that I could actually realize my concepts with sufficient mechanical support. We did! But we also didn't know how good it could be when you had support for your concept. 3e let that cat out of the bag and it won't go back in. [/QUOTE]

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