Do Crossbows Get Dex To Dmg Pathfinder

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Cost 35 gp Weight 4 lbs.
Damage 1d6 (small), 1d8 (medium) Critical 19-20/x2 Type piercing
Range Increment 80 ft. (projectile)
Category ranged Proficiency simple
Weapon Group crossbow

Short Answer: Not Really. In 5e, There Are 3 Reasons To Use Two Weapons: * You Play A Rogue In Melee * You Do Not Expect To Reach Level 5 * You Thi...

Load: Loading a light crossbow is a move action that provokes attacks of opportunity.

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You draw a light crossbow back by pulling a lever. Normally, operating a light crossbow requires two hands. However, you can shoot, but not load, a light crossbow with one hand at a –2 penalty on attack rolls. You can shoot a light crossbow with each hand, but you take a penalty on attack rolls as if attacking with two light weapons. This penalty is cumulative with the penalty for one-handed firing.

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In Pathfinder, when dual wielding a weapon you receive an extra attack with the second weapon, but both attack rolls have a penalty to their To-Hit...

I won't argue that a dex based warrior wouldn't have some advantages over a str based one. But right now, the dex based person can't even hope to compete with the damage a str based person does. Even with a feat like this, the str based would still do more damage. This just brings the dex based warrior a little closer. I agree with ruleslawyer. Find a way to increase your crossbow base damage up to 2d8 from 1d10 then vital strike away. Gravity Bow should do the trick. This is very feat intensive build. I suggest Fighter or Ranger with the Crossbow combat style. Good thing about fighters build is that you get +8 extra damage from weapon training and weapon specialization feats. Only the gunslinger adds dex to damage with a crossbow, and only at lvl 5 with a certain archetype. You can use hurricane bow with a crossbow. The big thing with a crossbow is you can dump strength and not take a hit to damage, and you can still eventually get all the rapid-shot stuff like a normal archer would.