Could this work? I want to make a gnomish inquisitor who rides a giant beetle companion (animal domain). I was thinking of giving the guy full plate proficiency, a nice beefy shield and a repeating hand crossbow.
I know the thinking is that crossbows are worse than bows, but could it work if you were making up for the lack of damage with some sweet AC?
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So! Let's make aspects of this work, rather than giving up. I would say no to the shield because of the inability to even use the lever while holding a heavy one.
Animal domain gives you an AC at druid level -3, so we can fit in one level of fighter to shore up those feats and grab the heaviest armour possible. That's gonna be the shield.
Fighter 1 Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot
Fighter 2 Rapid Reload
Inquisi 3 Deadly Aim
Inquisi 4
Inquisi 5 Rapid Shot
Inquisi 6
Inquisi 7 Boon Companion
Inquisi 8
Inquisi 9 Weapon Focus
With a 15 point-buy I would say to go
Str 8, Dex 14, Con 15, Int 12, Wis 15, Cha 10 (Switch Int and Cha if you want the spell-like abilities)
You'll never get the full benefit of something like full plate, so I would be eventually aiming for a mithral breastplate, which would let you go up to a +5 Dex to AC.
This is a duplicate thread. Use this one.