Hey very helpful thank you. That makes it feel better toaim for a DEX of 16 plus 2 from the get (rolled stats), and then maxing DEX at level 8 with Xbow Expert at 4 and SS at 8. Not glamorous but respectable. Them 12 on can be mix of whatever.
Piercer enhances damage but not by as much as you might think. The stat bullet effectively enhances your “to hit” by 2.5% (+1= a +5% but you get the +1 to hit every 2 stat steps and piercer only moves you 1 step). Useful but not really fantastic. The second bullet about rerolling a damage die is harder to figure but your only rerolling when you roll below average and you have to take the new roll so your 3 on a D10 could just as easily turn into a 1 or 2 as a 9 or 10. My quickie guesstimate is that it pro ly raise DPR by no more than 0.2 or 0.3. The third bullet - the critical - gives you one extra d10 ( hvy xbow) 5% of the time so 5.5 x 0.05=0.275 added to DPR. Sharpshooter may not add damage but it adds hits which is really the same thing. Figure the removing disadvantage/+2 AC/+5 AC so that is +4/+2/+5 to hit or (.2x5.5=1.1), (.1x5.5=0.55), (.25x 5.5=1.375) damage depending on conditions. All of which are as good or better than the added dpr of piercer.
Hmm. I’m thinking, yes ensuring hit rate over marginally more damage is what I would want. I just have no experience with cover in my limited combat experience, lol. I’d of course have to talk with my DM.
It’s just tempting to forgo Sharpshooter on a Large Crossbow if it seems cover won’t come up. Cuz 100-ft. range seems decent enough, and Xbow Expert already allows you to shoot without disadvantage in melee.
Might be back to GWM being a better pick for damage. Would proc on 3 attacks from level 5 on. An extra 9 damage at level 8 (extra 12 dmg at lvl 9), if all three shots hit. Would depend on how I roll of course.
Along with telepathy as a feat, taking magic initiate (druid, wizard) or artificer feat provides access to cantrips. Pick message for quiet whisper level communication.
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Hey very helpful thank you. That makes it feel better toaim for a DEX of 16 plus 2 from the get (rolled stats), and then maxing DEX at level 8 with Xbow Expert at 4 and SS at 8. Not glamorous but respectable. Them 12 on can be mix of whatever.
Hmm. I’m thinking, yes ensuring hit rate over marginally more damage is what I would want. I just have no experience with cover in my limited combat experience, lol. I’d of course have to talk with my DM.
It’s just tempting to forgo Sharpshooter on a Large Crossbow if it seems cover won’t come up. Cuz 100-ft. range seems decent enough, and Xbow Expert already allows you to shoot without disadvantage in melee.
Might be back to GWM being a better pick for damage. Would proc on 3 attacks from level 5 on. An extra 9 damage at level 8 (extra 12 dmg at lvl 9), if all three shots hit. Would depend on how I roll of course.
Telepathy as a feat works well on gloomstalkers, when we can't see our GSR they can ping us messages via telepathy without giving themselves away.
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Along with telepathy as a feat, taking magic initiate (druid, wizard) or artificer feat provides access to cantrips. Pick message for quiet whisper level communication.