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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6211900" data-attributes="member: 4937">Well, I'm not sure I've ever had that discussion about high level archers getting too many shots.I will say that the technique he's using appears to have some limitations.&nbsp; First of all, it's not clear that its particular accurate beyond about 1 range increment.&nbsp; He's usually using it at what is point blank range - 30' or less - and he's aiming at targets about 10-12 inches across.&nbsp; Some of the other archers techniques are slower, but seem designed to hit a much finer target a similar range.&nbsp; His technique is perfectly fine for simulating shooting enemies at close range, but the sort of accuracy he's showing here is much less useful for hitting a target at say 50 paces.&nbsp;&nbsp; Secondly, this is a short bow technique only.&nbsp;&nbsp; I wouldn't think you can do what he's doing with a high draw longbow.&nbsp; In D&amp;D terms, he's probably also not adding his strength bonus to the shots.&nbsp; I wouldn't necessarily have a problem with a feat tree that maximized rate of fire for a specialized short bow archer up to reasonably high level at the cost of increasing accuracy penalties.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 6211900, member: 4937"] Well, I'm not sure I've ever had that discussion about high level archers getting too many shots. I will say that the technique he's using appears to have some limitations. First of all, it's not clear that its particular accurate beyond about 1 range increment. He's usually using it at what is point blank range - 30' or less - and he's aiming at targets about 10-12 inches across. Some of the other archers techniques are slower, but seem designed to hit a much finer target a similar range. His technique is perfectly fine for simulating shooting enemies at close range, but the sort of accuracy he's showing here is much less useful for hitting a target at say 50 paces. Secondly, this is a short bow technique only. I wouldn't think you can do what he's doing with a high draw longbow. In D&D terms, he's probably also not adding his strength bonus to the shots. I wouldn't necessarily have a problem with a feat tree that maximized rate of fire for a specialized short bow archer up to reasonably high level at the cost of increasing accuracy penalties. [/QUOTE]

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