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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5425541" data-attributes="member: 35909"><p>Those are range increments, not max ranges, first of all. A bow can shoot (incredibly inaccurately) a thousand feet away if you want.</p><p></p><p>Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm genuinely asking...have you considered just NOT doing the psionic thing? I know in real life snipers are all about one crucial shot and all. But in D&D, NPCs have more hp than real life people do, even if you get a headshot. And sneak attack as it is set up works MUCH better with lots of attacks if at all possible. Psionic Shot is limiting you to one attack and possibly preventing you from getting Sniper's Eye (the spell I was trying to refer to previously) from a wizard or ranger multiclass. As I think that's the only way to get unlimited SA range in 3.5 WotC books.</p><p></p><p>If you really want a sniper specifically, try to look at Deepwood Sniper in the 3.0 book Masters of the Wild. It would be very easy to convert to 3.5 and is not overpowered at all. Just really good at and geared towards long range sniping. 3.5 has the Cragtop Archer class in Races of Stone, but that's better suited to a purely "martial oriented" (Fighter, Barbarian, etc..) archer looking to use a high strength bow and not be sneaky so much as become a living artillery piece. When you can literally hit targets at the edge of the horizon with ease, there's not much need to be sneaky.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 5425541, member: 35909"] Those are range increments, not max ranges, first of all. A bow can shoot (incredibly inaccurately) a thousand feet away if you want. Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm genuinely asking...have you considered just NOT doing the psionic thing? I know in real life snipers are all about one crucial shot and all. But in D&D, NPCs have more hp than real life people do, even if you get a headshot. And sneak attack as it is set up works MUCH better with lots of attacks if at all possible. Psionic Shot is limiting you to one attack and possibly preventing you from getting Sniper's Eye (the spell I was trying to refer to previously) from a wizard or ranger multiclass. As I think that's the only way to get unlimited SA range in 3.5 WotC books. If you really want a sniper specifically, try to look at Deepwood Sniper in the 3.0 book Masters of the Wild. It would be very easy to convert to 3.5 and is not overpowered at all. Just really good at and geared towards long range sniping. 3.5 has the Cragtop Archer class in Races of Stone, but that's better suited to a purely "martial oriented" (Fighter, Barbarian, etc..) archer looking to use a high strength bow and not be sneaky so much as become a living artillery piece. When you can literally hit targets at the edge of the horizon with ease, there's not much need to be sneaky. [/QUOTE]
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