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#1 Yunru Jan 25, 2015 2:39:51	Following in the tracks of my revalation that Sorcerers make great ranged gishes, I once again find myself wanting to use a caster class for weapon attacks. This time, I'm thinking of starting a Human variant (Crossbow Expert) Fighter (Archery Style), and then going Bard. Two attacks from level 1 kinda offsets the lack of Extra Attack until level 7, plus a 2/day Swift Quiver at level 11. But I worried it might not hold up vs. purer builds. Rangers, for example, don't get Swift Quiver, but they do get Hoard Breaker. Fighters get 3 attacks all day every day, plus Action Surge 1/rest. Etc. So how do they compare? Do the Bard features make up for the lack of traditional weapon swinger features? Etc.
#2 Coredump00 Jan 25, 2015 5:48:57	Good news for you: One of the Crawford tweets implies that you can use CE to 'double-tap' with the same handbow.   Didn't touch on the 'hand free to load it' issue, but one step at a time.   You don't mention it, but I am assuming you are going Fighter 2 before switching....   What level(s) are you concerned about?
#3 mellored Jan 27, 2015 15:23:38	Yunru wrote:
#4 1eejit Jan 28, 2015 0:28:42	To quote Tom Jones: it's not unusual. It will be pretty effective, just not quite matching a fighter or ranger on the martial-only side (as should be the case). Spells more than make up for it though. Do note that you'll have quite a bit of competition for your bonus action.