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Once you take the Crossbow Mastery feat, Crossbows tend to deal more damage on average. Because you get to ignore the loading property, and make another attack as a bonus action. So at level 5 with a +5 DEX, assuming all your attacks hit: Longbow - two attacks, 1d8 (4.5) + 5 each, average of 19damage per turn.
Oct 1, 2020 · You can dual-wield hand crossbows if you want to, or you can wield a melee weapon and a hand crossbow. Bards can use a hand crossbow as a ranged weapon and still keep a hand free for spellcasting (or playing music). In theory so can paladins and rangers, but they have better options.
Aside from being able to make an extra attack as a bonus action, only crossbows can be used without disadvantage fight in melee (which is extremely important imo), unless I am mistaken. Am I missing a similar-ish feat for bows or are they just lackluster?
Jan 22, 2023 · A complete gear guide to the Light Crossbow in DnD 5e: how this ranged weapon works, tips for tracking ammunition, and how it compares with the shortbow.
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Dec 4, 2019 · I’d suggest giving bows the Finesse property. A crossbow is drawn by mechanical power, so the effectiveness of a shot is all about precision (dexterity). But a bow is drawn by manpower alone, and how much damage you can do with one has as much to do with the draw weight you can handle (Strength).
Nov 20, 2023 · You can use a weapon that has the ammunition property to make a ranged attack only if you have ammunition to fire from it, such as a bolt for a crossbow or an arrow for a bow. Each time you attack with the weapon, you expend one piece of ammunition.
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Jun 11, 2012 · Longbows do triple damage on a critical hit, while crossbows only do double but have a critical-hit range that's twice as large: 19-20 on the to-hit roll, versus just 20 for a bow. Crossbows also do more damage normally, rolling larger damage dice.
