If a bow or crossbow has the light property, it's Strength requirement decreases by 3. If a character wields a bow or crossbow and doesn't meet the Strength requirement, it gains the loading property. The other attack types are melee spell attack and ranged spell attack. Here's the general thought: A bow or crossbow has a base Strength requirement of 10. If a bow or crossbow has the light property, its Strength requirement decreases by 3. If a character wields a bow or crossbow and doesnt meet the Strength requirement, it gains the loading property. If a weapon (melee or ranged) has the finesse tag then you can choose to use either Strength or Dexterity for whatever attack you are making.įor completeness, I'll add that attacking unarmed is still a melee weapon attack. Heres the general thought: A bow or crossbow has a base Strength requirement of 10. You use Dexterity for attacks with a ranged weapon (something on the ranged weapons table), making a ranged weapon attack since there isn't any way to make a melee weapon attack with a ranged weapon¹. You use Strength for attacks with a melee weapon (something on the melee weapons table), regardless of whether you are hitting with them (making a melee weapon attack) or throwing them (making a ranged weapon attack).
A "melee weapon attack" is not the same as an "attack with a melee weapon". Mechanically, I don't see any benefit to a light crossbow if you have an Extra Attack. I understand that with Crossbow Expert Feat, you can make 3 attacks with hand crossbows at still a very short range of 30 feet. In the PHB, under Modifiers to the roll, it says that strength is always used for melee weapon attacks and dexterity is always used for ranged weapon attacks.That's not quite correct. A light crossbow is on par for range with the shortbow, and worse for damage (with Extra Attack).
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