As long as the players got to watch and listen, as the two lovebirds did there thing, there would be no reason to complain. You don’t get to see a a high quality romantic comedy show every day.
We didn’t need one. One of the players almost got himself killed without any combat happening at all and after that it was just improvising and the party somehow made their way through (and even succeeded in the end. I was quite surprised)
No. Sharpshooter (as written) requires an attack with a ranged weapon. Nothing says the attack has to be ranged. I could also use a shortbow as an improvised meelee-weapon and triggers Sharshooter (I’m mostly relying on the fact that just because I’m not using it as a ranged weapon, it still is one). But Crossbow is also heavy, allowing the use of GWM.
Howcome?