Ranged Battlemaster build, seeking help

[Kreddi]

I'm gonna change my lvl 6 beastmaster to a lvl6 battle master.
I'd prefer to keep him ranged as I'm quite happy with the Heavy Crossbow I'm rocking.
Question is, can I make a ranged battlemaster?
Does it work with Superiority attacks?
And how would you stat him?
Something like 17 dex, 12 str?

[Calculus]

battle master still can use things like disarming attacks with ranged weapons, rally allies in order to get them up... in short its still a really good class...

[sevensided]

Battlemaster absolutely works with ranged and its fantastic. The crossbows are good to use. Take archery style, dump strength, max dex, boost con and wisdom (for saves and perception). Take sharpshooter feat.

I would throw in a level of War Domain cleric (so at lvl 6, you would be Battlemaster 5, War Domain 1)so you can occasionally make an attack as a bonus action with your crossbow. And have bless to help land sharpshooter more reliably. But only 1 level, so you can get Fighter 11 for the 3 attacks per action.

[CorwynCorey]

Unless you take the crossbow expert feat you will end up in melee sometimes... which is ok because that is a whole group of battlemaster abilities you can use too. Just keep a finesse weapon or two handy. or a shield... shields are nice

[Kreddi]

Originally posted by sevensided:

Battlemaster absolutely works with ranged and its fantastic. The crossbows are good to use. Take archery style, dump strength, max dex, boost con and wisdom (for saves and perception). Take sharpshooter feat.

I would throw in a level of War Domain cleric (so at lvl 6, you would be Battlemaster 5, War Domain 1)so you can occasionally make an attack as a bonus action with your crossbow. And have bless to help land sharpshooter more reliably. But only 1 level, so you can get Fighter 11 for the 3 attacks per action.

I'm not too familiar with Clerics, what makes 1 point in war domain worth it? Other than that I'm happy to hear that battle master attacks work with ranged.
Which attacks would you pick? I assume the dissarm one, perhaps the fear one?

[sevensided]

Originally posted by Kreddi:

Originally posted by sevensided:

Battlemaster absolutely works with ranged and its fantastic. The crossbows are good to use. Take archery style, dump strength, max dex, boost con and wisdom (for saves and perception). Take sharpshooter feat.

I would throw in a level of War Domain cleric (so at lvl 6, you would be Battlemaster 5, War Domain 1)so you can occasionally make an attack as a bonus action with your crossbow. And have bless to help land sharpshooter more reliably. But only 1 level, so you can get Fighter 11 for the 3 attacks per action.

I'm not too familiar with Clerics, what makes 1 point in war domain worth it? Other than that I'm happy to hear that battle master attacks work with ranged.
Which attacks would you pick? I assume the dissarm one, perhaps the fear one?

It gives you the ability to make attacks as a bonus action. But unlike dual wielding, it isn't with an offhand. its with you main weapon, so in this case, a Heavy Crossbow. Granted, you can only do this twice every short rest, but still, it will let you nova for potentially 10 attacks for two turns.

Also, I tend to take disarm, trip, and fear for ranged.

[Mork]

Originally posted by Kreddi:

Which attacks would you pick? I assume the dissarm one, perhaps the fear one?

I use Disarm, fear and goading but goading is very replaceable so simply pick something you like for the 3rd.

[Mork]

And yes battlemaster make really strong range character...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3026725615

[Kreddi]

Originally posted by Mork:

Originally posted by Kreddi:

Which attacks would you pick? I assume the dissarm one, perhaps the fear one?

I use Disarm, fear and goading but goading is very replaceable so simply pick something you like for the 3rd.

Cool thanks. Picked up the push attack as the third.