Building around Dexterity and looking for bonuses from things like Guidance can do a lot to improve your chances of success, and when you do roll well you need to be certain not to miss, so look for ways to make multiple attacks like Extra Attack, Two-Weapon Fighting, or Eldritch Blast. And since it only works on enemies which havenвЂ™t acted, whether or not you can use it depends heavily on the result of your initiative roll. The damage boost is excellent at low levels, but quickly diminishes in effectiveness since it doesnвЂ™t scale. Regardless of your build, Surprise Attack can be a point of frustration.

However, since you lose this reach between turns, enemies may be able to freely move away from your without provoking Opportunity Attacks. If you use a reach weapon your reach is 15 feet on your own turn, allowing you to exceed the reach of most creatures in the game. Long-Limbed gives you reach on your turn, which means that you can use it offensively without getting into the complications of using reach defensively. Long-Limbed has some complicated implications because it doesnвЂ™t work like a reach weapon. However, the Bugbear still works best in melee where they can take advantage of Long-Limbed. Long-Limbed makes it easy to attack while staying out of reach, and Surprise Attack notably works with attacks of any kind, so even regular spellcasters may enjoy starting combat with a big damage boost. If you use the Customizing Your Origins option rules, you may find that spellcasting classes can benefit from the BugbearвЂ™s traits. Little about the bugbearвЂ™s default traits makes spellcasters appealing, so youвЂ™re largely limited to martial classes. However, the BugbearвЂ™s strengths also pigeon-hole them as a martial character. At low levels,Дўd6 is a significant damage increase, possibly allowing you to kill weakД®nemies in a single blow and tip encounters in your favor from the outset.

Which provides 2d6 extra damage if you can surprise an enemy. Strength and Dexterity, Stealth proficiency for free, and Surprise Attack TheyвЂ™re an ideal ambush predator, with good

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