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Looking for some non-core bow feats

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I am currently playing an Archer. I am looking for some good non-core feats that can enhance his bow fire. Please give a brief explanation of the feat and where it is located. I currently have improved initiave, wep. focus, point blank shot, precise shot, rapid shot, far shot. (will specialize one day)

thanks, :)

PS I have heard of some cool ones, but do not know where they are or what they do ---- like.... - line up shot? -i think it shoots through several targets?!!?!!?, - many shot? -you shoot 5 arrow at once?!?!
 

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If you get the Sovereign Stone Campaign Sourcebook, you'll find a bunch of archery feats as well as a dedicated archerer class. Combined with the fighter, it can make an awesome archer (I've got one guy that has a range increment of 330').
 

(Improved Rapid Shot is from Dragon Magazine and it let's you use Rapid Shot without the penalties to hit.)

What Dragon issue?? What are the Prereqs??
 


I would look for routes other than feats. Unless you're playing just a pure fighter, you won't be getting enough feats that it's the best way to pump up an archer. Prestige classes are a better route.

Both Deep Woods Sniper (MotW) and Order of the Bow Initiate (S&F) add a large number of VERY nice abilities to an archer. The Forgotten Realms book "Silver Marches" (IIRC), has a class called Peerless Archer, which is probably over powered. If you still have your heart set on using feats, most of the class abilities could be converted to feats.

Particularly if you go the DWS route, do NOT under estimate the value of Improved critical, especially if you get a Burst effect bow. A DWS can get up to a x5 crit multiple and with a burst bow you'd get another 4d10 stacked on top of that.

Multi-shot is clearly one of the best feats for an archer. Since with one partial action you can get up to about 4 attacks in (2 at +6 bab, and 1 more per +5 additional bab). It is only against one target, but usually that's all you'd be shooting at. It actually makes Shot on the Run extremely useful (as opposed to nearly useless). So Multishot and the SotR chain will eat up 4 feats (MS, Dodge, Mobility SotR).

Some other non directly Archery related feats that would still be extremely useful are Leadership and the Riding feats.

Leadership can get you your own personal caster to buff you with GMW, cat's grace, bull's strength etc... Probably over all the most useful feat as a result.

It can also be used to purchase an exotic steed (griffon, unicorn, pegasus etc...), which adds a considerable amount of personality and flavor to a character. Also as a steed is doing the movement, your character can effectively get in a full move and still get off a full attack action (read the mounted archery section in the PHB). Which is also where the mounted combat feats come in.
 

Improved Rapid shot is from Dragon 275

Randed Disarm, Ranged Pin, and Rangfed Sunder are from Dragon 274

Sharp shooting helps with cover in S&F
 

And for the record, its "Manyshot." Since we've had both Multi-Shot and Many shoot I figured before long we'd have "Messypoop." :D
 

But, "somebody" told me that there was a feat that allowed "Line up Shot" -- you know "one arrow two kills" ;)
Is this true??


Is many shoot in the epic hand book (eph)? If so that would be too bad. I do not have an epic level character.

I do have the preq. to be a Deep Woods sniper, but our DM has droped the party in some place called "Rapanathic" --- it is a Necromancer d20 product, so I can not get the special training need at this time. :(
 

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