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<blockquote data-quote="Zadam" data-source="post: 2178419" data-attributes="member: 30468">Actually, wouldn't the trajectory of the arrow be more like an artillary shell over such a long distance? ie you aim way up into the air above the targets head. Thats if a bow CAN even shoot that far, and I think would induce a much larger penalty to hit than the standard range increment ones... Basically the way I see it, the range penalty is because to you the target looks a lot smaller at a long range, but in the case of such a long shot, not only is the target incredibly small, you have to &quot;guess&quot; how far away they are and aim a certain distance above the target based on that guess. This would of course be a lot harder that just aiming at a small target.&nbsp;Maybe force the shooter to make a Wisdom check (a pretty tough one) to guess the distance to the target, failure means they will miss regardless of attack roll.&nbsp; If they make the wis check, attack as usual.&nbsp; Unless of course the attacker knows the distance some other way, ie a spell, or they happen to know the distance from their location to some landmark that the targets are standing near.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zadam, post: 2178419, member: 30468"] Actually, wouldn't the trajectory of the arrow be more like an artillary shell over such a long distance? ie you aim way up into the air above the targets head. Thats if a bow CAN even shoot that far, and I think would induce a much larger penalty to hit than the standard range increment ones... Basically the way I see it, the range penalty is because to you the target looks a lot smaller at a long range, but in the case of such a long shot, not only is the target incredibly small, you have to "guess" how far away they are and aim a certain distance above the target based on that guess. This would of course be a lot harder that just aiming at a small target. Maybe force the shooter to make a Wisdom check (a pretty tough one) to guess the distance to the target, failure means they will miss regardless of attack roll. If they make the wis check, attack as usual. Unless of course the attacker knows the distance some other way, ie a spell, or they happen to know the distance from their location to some landmark that the targets are standing near. [/QUOTE]

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