Happy Thanksgiving and have a great day 😁 😁 <| sep |> Usually finesse would imply you can use a weapon that requires strength to yield with dexterity , not the other way around . Not sure how it is written in the books , but I don ' t think finesse is intended to take dexterity weapons and make them strength based . Not to say you can ' t do this , just saying finesse isn ' t it , just based on the word and the rules . As for using strength , I can see how pulling back harder on a bow would make the damage higher , but for the attack roll I guess it depends on how you see the strength working . Wouldn ' t make you any more accurate , but might punch through armor . I just don ' t see it though . To me shooting a bow from on top of a horse is all kinds of dexterity they couldn ' t do it because they were strong . To me that is sacrificing narrative for mechanics . Would throw off how strength is usued for other checks . Just let them spread their stats around .