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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 3694112" data-attributes="member: 13966">Well, Precise Shot and Improved Precise Shot nicely take care of some of that.  And again, Rapid Shot or Manyshot to fire more shots per round.  The elven ranger/fighter/deepwood sniper (a broken PrC from the old Masters of the Wild book) in our For More Than Glory campaign was extremely effective because he had a high attack bonus, Improved Precise Shot to make concealment and such almost meaningless, Rapid Shot and Manyshot to make multiple attacks during both full-attacks and standard attacks, Weapon Specialization and good Strength to deal an average of about 5 or 6 damage per arrow (before factoring in weapon enhancements).  Even when we were low level he was effective, though not broken until he got up to Deepwood Sniper. :\ All very understandable.  Heck, most of the characters I actually play in campaigns are made to be funny or interesting rather than powerful.But it was a poor decision to try for Shot on the Run so early, without focusing on several Fighter levels first to do so; it's too feat-expensive to try acquiring early on otherwise.  Could have chosen to wait until 4th or so to start picking up Dodge, Mobility, and Shot on the Run (like from 2 fighter bonus feats and the 6th-level character feat).  Those feats just aren't useful at first if you're aiming for a ranged combat focus.  The character's high Dexterity already fairly represents his natural agility; the feats to further reinforce that didn't really have to come right away.You don't really have to be a powergamer or a cherry-picker to make a character that's useful.  But you really did seem to choose several things that didn't work together in any coherent theme; if your concept was a mobile archer or something, it only would've made sense to pick up archery feats first.  Just like a melee character would see that Power Attack, Cleave, Weapon Focus, or Combat Expertise might be useful to them.It's because Crossbow Sniper is meant as a kind of 'sorry, here's something for you too, crossbow guys', as crossbows are normally really pathetic ranged weapons.  They do a mediocre bit of damage with no modifiers, and take move or full-round actions to reload.They're only suitable as backup weapons for characters with low strength and/or no proficiency in bows.  Crossbows can't get any damage bonuses normally except from magical enhancements; whereas normal bows, and throwing weaopns, can get Strength added to damage.  So Crossbow Sniper gives them a boost and makes crossbows more useable, rather than just being poor backup weapons.</blockquote>

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