Improved Skirmish Over the Top?

[Sithobi1]

Scouts don't have Longbow proficiency, do they?

 

[wildstarsreach]

Yes but there is also at higher levels Rapid Blitz and Bounding assault for even more skirmish ability from the PHB II.

 

[blargney the second]

Even at level 3 the scout is better off using rapid shot than using his skirmish ability. Obviously this is dependent on the character-at-hand’s stats and equipment, but if you have any kind of plus to damage the multiple attacks will be better than any static +d6 damage that negates multiple attacks.

Rapid Shot is a truly horrid feat for a scout. Swap that for a Weapon Focus, and you're looking at a significantly better chance of hitting on that one hit.

 

[jasin]

Yes but there is also at higher levels Rapid Blitz and Bounding assault for even more skirmish ability from the PHB II.

Note that a due to medium BAB, a single class scout can take Bounding Assault at 18th-level at the soonest, and Rapid Blitz never.

 

[Darklone]

Note that a due to medium BAB, a single class scout can take Bounding Assault at 18th-level at the soonest, and Rapid Blitz never.

Go Scout3/Ranger17 with Swift Hunter and you'll have no problem. Enjoy Imp Skirmish and Greater Manyshot, as VonRichthofen here loved to explain, 28d6 skirmish damage is nothing to frown at.

 

[hong]

It's really Greater Manyshot that's the problem here. What I'd do is nerf it the same way I did with the IH version: namely, you can attack multiple targets, but you get precision-based damage only once per target.

 

[Darklone]

It's really Greater Manyshot that's the problem here. What I'd do is nerf it the same way I did with the IH version: namely, you can attack multiple targets, but you get precision-based damage only once per target.

Edit: So the feat is only good against more than one target...

 

[hong]

Edit: So the feat is only good against more than one target...

Well, it'll let you do skirmish attacks on multiple targets....

 

[Slaved]

It's really Greater Manyshot that's the problem here. What I'd do is nerf it the same way I did with the IH version: namely, you can attack multiple targets, but you get precision-based damage only once per target.

Honest question. Do you feel that with that change the feat is still worth taking? Either way, what sort of situation do you see it being useful in and does it come up often in your games?

 

[hong]

Honest question. Do you feel that with that change the feat is still worth taking? Either way, what sort of situation do you see it being useful in and does it come up often in your games?

Honestly? No idea. That was one of the changes to IH that I never got round to playtesting.