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<blockquote data-quote="Giorin" data-source="post: 6116396" data-attributes="member: 6731919">In the spell description of the Assassin 1 spell Critical Strike,&nbsp; published 2006 in Complete Mage (actually an update to the 2005 version&nbsp; in the Spell Compendium) it says:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Quote:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [TABLE=&quot;width: 100%&quot;]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [TR]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [TD=&quot;class: alt2&quot;]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; CRITICAL STRIKE&nbsp; &nbsp; Divination&nbsp; &nbsp; Level: Assassin 1&nbsp; &nbsp; Components: V, S&nbsp; &nbsp; Casting Time: 1 swift action&nbsp; &nbsp; Range: Personal&nbsp; &nbsp; Target: You&nbsp; &nbsp; Duration: One attack&nbsp; &nbsp; As you complete this spell, you sense the blood&nbsp; &nbsp; rushing through your target's veins&nbsp; &nbsp; This spell guides your next attack to&nbsp; &nbsp; your foe's vital spots. Your next single&nbsp; &nbsp; attack roll (if it is made before the end&nbsp; &nbsp; of the next round) ignores any miss&nbsp; &nbsp; chance due to concealment. (In the&nbsp; &nbsp; case of a foe that has total concealment,&nbsp; &nbsp; you must still attack the correct&nbsp; &nbsp; square.) This even allows you to deliver&nbsp; &nbsp; a sneak attack against a foe that has&nbsp; &nbsp; concealment.&nbsp; &nbsp; Complete Mage, p. 100&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/TD]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/TR]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/TABLE]&nbsp; The last sentence is crucial: &quot;This [i.e. ignoring any miss chance&nbsp; due to concealment] even allows you to deliver a sneak attack against a&nbsp; foe that has concealment.&quot; It does not say &quot;This spell even allows&nbsp; you...&quot;. Instead it refers to the fact that the miss chance can be&nbsp; ignored.Admittedly this is not a premium source for core rules (spell&nbsp; description in an optional rule book), but at least it is official&nbsp; material. So I'd say: Sneak attack on concealed opponents with Improved&nbsp; Precise Shot is RAW.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Giorin, post: 6116396, member: 6731919"] In the spell description of the Assassin 1 spell Critical Strike, published 2006 in Complete Mage (actually an update to the 2005 version in the Spell Compendium) it says: Quote: [TABLE="width: 100%"] [TR] [TD="class: alt2"] [B]CRITICAL STRIKE[/B] Divination Level: Assassin 1 Components: V, S Casting Time: 1 swift action Range: Personal Target: You Duration: One attack [I]As you complete this spell, you sense the blood rushing through your target's veins[/I] This spell guides your next attack to your foe's vital spots. Your next single attack roll (if it is made before the end of the next round) ignores any miss chance due to concealment. (In the case of a foe that has total concealment, you must still attack the correct square.) This even allows you to deliver a sneak attack against a foe that has concealment. [I]Complete Mage, p. 100[/I] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] The last sentence is crucial: "This [i.e. ignoring any miss chance due to concealment] even allows you to deliver a sneak attack against a foe that has concealment." It does not say "This spell even allows you...". Instead it refers to the fact that the miss chance can be ignored. Admittedly this is not a premium source for core rules (spell description in an optional rule book), but at least it is official material. So I'd say: Sneak attack on concealed opponents with Improved Precise Shot is RAW. [/QUOTE]

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