The other portion of ASI's is dedicated to other abilities that help and even define the build. There, it might be compared against things like slasher, skill expert, or squat nimbleness when it comes to the relative value it brings to the build. Within that space, if you have an odd number to boost, then you would consider Piercer alongside the other relevant half-feats. They generally occupy different spaces within the concerns of building a character.Īlmost always, some amount of your ASI's are dedicated to boosting an important ability score or two. I don't think it's particularly useful to compare half-feats and feats that don't boost a stat. But if you're just trying to be that gunship, staying at distance and unloading ranged damage into the enemy, Sharpshooter is better. Things like a +1 Bow, Bless, Bardic Inspiration, Faerie Fire, etc all mitigate that a lot.Īgain, they're both really good Feats. Yes, that -5 is harsh, but for a character taking Sharphooter, every aspect of your character should be centered around maximizing your attack and damage rolls with that bow/crossbow, so it shouldn't be as bad as it sounds. but in many campaigns, fighting at that kind of range is really rare. PCs with Extra Attack can do an extra twenty points of damage every round. That's a large minus to take, but a huge damage bonus. But it's the smart monsters that are usually the real threat and this is great against them. This is pretty useless against stupid monsters. Crits only happen 5% of the time (10% in a few cases) so doesn't apply often. Only comes into play 50% of the time on regular hits But the average isn't the reason to take this Feat, it's the distribution More useful for "heavier" weapons, e.g. Significantly increase your chance of doing maximum damage Significantly decrease your chance of doing minimum damage Piercer is still good for them, just not as good. So let's talk about longbow/crossbow-focused characters in specific. That said, the original question isn't about that. Any Dex-based character that does that uses ranged half the time or less, and uses a piercing weapon the other half or more should consider Piercer over Sharpshooter. With Rakish Audacity (and his personality) he's usually on the front lines, so it's clearly the better option for my character. I mean, it's good.īear in mind, that just last night, my Swashbuckler/Fighter got Piercer, and in his first three turns, he turned a 1 to a 4, a 2 into a 2, and a 1 to a 6. Piercer is very good for longbow/crossbow-focused characters. Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
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