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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Magus Coeruleus" data-source="post: 301664" data-attributes="member: 1704">Comments?DEFENSIVE SHOT [General]You keep your guard up when you fire projectiles at point blank range.Prerequisites: Point Blank Shot, BAB +4Benefit: You may accept a -2 penalty to attacks with a projectile weapon in order not to provoke attacks of opportunity for firing from within a threatened space.  You still do not threaten an area when using a projectile weapon.Normal: Firing a projectile weapon within a threatened area provokes an attack of opportunity.THREATENING SHOT [General]A bow in your hands is a serious threat to all around you.Prerequisites: Point Blank Shot, Defensive Shot, BAB +6Benefit: You do not suffer a -2 penalty to attacks with a projectile weapon when using Defensive Shot.  Furthermore, if your projectile weapon is loaded, you threaten opponents within 5'.  Bows and slings are generally assumed to be loaded whenever they are wielded and there is sufficient ammunition, since reloading them is a free action.  Since reloading a crossbow is a move-equivalent action, however, you only threaten an area with it if you have a bolt loaded.Normal: Projectile weapons do not threaten an area.</blockquote>