15th level ability allows me to counter attack with my weapon when my foe makes me make a saving throw. If my attack hits my foe takes all damage and I automatically succeed the saving throw. What if my foe casts a spell form 60 ft away? How do I get a counter attack?
The feature lets you make a weapon attack, not a melee weapon attack, so if the target is 60 feet away, you can make a ranged attack, if you have a ranged weapon out. Obviously, if you’re only holding melee weapons at the time, you have no way of making the attack the feature gives you.
I use a hand crossbow currently. It's a rogue/scout 4th level ranger 1st level. I'm probably going with gloomstalker. Like the dread ambusher and being "invisble" in the dark. But that ability to get a free.attack on magic casters is pretty good.
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15th level ability allows me to counter attack with my weapon when my foe makes me make a saving throw. If my attack hits my foe takes all damage and I automatically succeed the saving throw. What if my foe casts a spell form 60 ft away? How do I get a counter attack?
The feature lets you make a weapon attack, not a melee weapon attack, so if the target is 60 feet away, you can make a ranged attack, if you have a ranged weapon out. Obviously, if you’re only holding melee weapons at the time, you have no way of making the attack the feature gives you.
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If you want to do it with melee weapons you could keep a thrown weapon or hand crossbow in your off-hand. :-)
Two-Weapon fighting with handaxes could be fun for a dwarven ranger.
I use a hand crossbow currently. It's a rogue/scout 4th level ranger 1st level. I'm probably going with gloomstalker. Like the dread ambusher and being "invisble" in the dark. But that ability to get a free.attack on magic casters is pretty good.