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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyVulpine" data-source="post: 4980825" data-attributes="member: 84790">I know that sneak attacks count as precision damage.For sneak attacks, a rogue can deal sneak attacks for all their attack rolls, as long as their enemy's denied dex bonus to AC, or flanked.If they're invisible, only their first attack in the series counts for sneak attack damage. If greater invisibility is used, sneak attacks can be used for all attacks while the spell is in effect.As with all precision damage, sneak attacks are never multiplied in critical hits.All those, I'm comfortable with, it's clearly laid out in the rules.For Manyshot, it clearly states in the feat description that one attack roll is used, and all precision damage (including crit hit) is only applied to the first arrow in the volley.In the <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/feats.htm" target="_blank">D20srd</a> entry for the epic feat "Improved Manyshot" we can see that it states:From that we can see that even the ranger's favored enemy bonus is considered precision damage, and is only applied once.In the official D&D 3.5 FAQ, the sage states:Which is correct?----------------Point Blank Shot looks to be precision damage. It seems if it were to be applied to Manyshot, only the first arrow has the +1 damage bonus.What if we were to bring in iterative attacks?Say we have a lev 6 ranger (BAB of +6/+1), with 18 dex, 14 str. He's carrying a +2 enhancement mighty (+3 str) composite bow of frost. He's using point blank shot to shoot at an enemy. What would his attack and damage rolls be?Would it be +12/+8 (adding PBS to both rolls?) or +12/+7 (adding PBS to first roll only). Would his damage modifiers be 1d8 + 1d6 + 7 for both rolls, or +7 for the first roll, and +6 for the second?---------------Say the ranger above got improved rapid shot (like rapid shot but without the -2 penalty to all attacks). For simplicity sake, he's the same level.His attack rolls would be +12/+12/+7.Throw in a wizard's haste, as well as PBS. Which would apply first? Would you put in PBS then haste to get +13/+13/+12/+7? or haste then PBS (if we were to guess that PBS only applied to one attack) to get +13/+12/+12/+7?--------------Pertaining to the two above examples, in Complete Arcane (page 86), under the heading "Multiple Hits", it seems to support that Point Blank Shot counts as precision damage, and is only applied to the first damage in an iterative attack.The example they used was a lev 7 sorcerer/lev 3 rogue, casting scorching ray (2 rays). If the first ray hit, it would do 6d6 damage (4d6 normal + 2d6 sneak attack + 1 for PBS), and just 4d6 for subsequent rays. Are there any other places in the core books where this is backed up, and the rule is clearly stated?Thanks,-GV</blockquote>

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