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Tagged with ranged-attack combat
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Are the 'Rules of the Game' web articles for using special attacks as attacks of opportunity corroborated by any other source?
To provide some context, I am prepping a new direction for my players in to the the worlds of H.P Lovecraft for a change of pace. So I would like to use the D20 rules for that and I had a mind to try ...
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Can I connect grenades with a detonator and use it as a ranged weapon in combat?
We've been dipping into Starfinder and I find myself playing a mechanic. I love the idea of using grenades to their fullest advantage, it's a fun, volatile weapon that turns up as loot too often not ...
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An archer firing through an arrow slit has improved cover. Do his targets have cover?
I'm running a module that features a fort with arrow slits and murder holes, and I'm trying to figure out what the cover rules are for people on each side of them.
Under the Combat rules, the CRB ...
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Attack Range to Movement per Turn Ratio; Dunnigan's Ratio?
TL;DR
What is the less-obscure replacement to the term 'Dunnigan's Ratio' - the range of ratios of weapon ranges to typical distances moved in a single combat turn that produce tactically interesting ...
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Arrow types - when to use which
Disclaimer: I know this is a "just look into the rule-book" type of question - but I have no rule book at hand and want to come in prepared for my next session. So maybe someone has the rulebook at ...
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Ranged combat - warrior mage [closed]
Background
We're a group of four players new to Pen & Paper with a seasoned game master. Up to now we haven't had any active contact with magic skills during combats. Due to a mixture of bad ...
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I have 2 attacks. Can I shoot a light/heavy crossbow, then throw a dart in same turn?
I've tried to check Q&A before asking, but I haven't seen this question asked specifically.
If the loading property restricts me to firing my crossbow once per turn, may I throw an improvised or ...
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How do the ranged combat rules work in this situation?
I’m using basic combat.
I have player A and a thug. Both have a dice pool of 7. The are in ranged contest combat. They both roll 7 dice whoever is the highest wins and the margin is the damage. I ...
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Is being unseen an equivalent to being hidden? [duplicate]
For example, if I am using a longbow, and my party is ~50ft in front of me, and I have made no actions other then getting up to a high point, am I able to shoot with advantage, and if so, can I use ...
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Missing with a splash weapon II - Target against a wall / water / pit
(This is kind of a follow-up to Missing with a splash weapon)
Situation
There is an alchemist (or other splash weapon user) "T", throwing her splash weapon at a target "X" that is within T's weapon'...
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Missing with a splash weapon
RAW
The Combat Rules concerning Splash Weapons go as follows:
If you miss the target (whether aiming at a creature or a grid intersection), roll 1d8. This determines the misdirection of the throw, ...
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How to Interpret Defending Others vs. Shoot Attacks?
A situation occurred in which the party needed to defend a 'sitting duck' in the form of a small robot against ranged enemy attacks. There was the consideration for party members to take the bullets ...
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How can an archer beat a foe that cuts all his arrows out of the air?
My PC is an archer—a human no-archetype fighter 4/hawkguard warder 5—who has taken only feats that let him make more ranged attacks and deal more damage with ranged attacks. My PC doesn't even have a ...
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Shooting at larger creature behind the smaller creatures crowd
In a recent gaming session the PCs were shooting a Medium-size slaver ghoul over the heads of Small-size kobold crowd (say, a dozen of them). The Ghoul was obviously an enemy but the kobolds were ...
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Attacking a target in dim light, from darkness, at great distance
Character A is in Darkness with no Darkvision
Character B is in Dim Light a hundred feet away from A
For further context, an ascii board (dashes indicate dimly lit area):
-B-----...
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