6 minutes ago, PixCO said:Yeah, don't throw daggers. It's not worth it. Throw vials of oil, holy water, glue, or other alchemy weapons available. Debuff and contain, good Support Class stuff. Darts work well too when poisoned. But it only works if the campaign has a good variety of stuff to throw.
Crossbow Expert mitigates the load time, but I'm not sure of the mechanics. Short bow it shall be!
That makes sense. So for that, you'd want a Rogue Thief. They can use their use-object bonus action to spread ballbearings, oil, or caltrops. It works well at low levels but doesn't scale well. Poison isn't supported very well in 5e, but you can make it work somewhat. 5e encourages you to lean into damage or spells. For a ranger, you'll have entangle to tie people up, and goodberry to heal us if we need it. Ballbearings and caltrops would be a good thing for us to bring with a 3 person party.
Crossbow expert is a perfectly fine choice at level 4. We're just starting at level 3 so a gnome can't have it yet.