Magic weapon question (my players stay out!)

[alsih2o]

A magic bow with the distance property says it has twice the range increment as a normal bow. Does that make "Close" 60 feet and such or is that just the maximum shot is longer?

Thanks.

 

[Corlon]

It means if a bow has a range increment of 100' that it's now 200'.

The max increments (10 I think) is still the same.

 

[alsih2o]

Cool, thanks.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

A magic bow with the distance property says it has twice the range increment as a normal bow. Does that make "Close" 60 feet and such or is that just the maximum shot is longer?

The range increment of a bow is the distance at which it can fire without a penalty. For a composite longbow, that's 110 feet. The distance property doubles this, so one range increment for a composite longbow of distance is 220 feet.

Most ranged weapons (bows, crossbows) can fire up to a maximum of 10 range increments, garnering a -2 to attack rolls with each range increment past the first. So at 10 range increments, a composite longbow can fire up to 1100 feet away, at a penalty of -18 to all attack rolls. A composite longbow of distance can fire up to 2200 feet away, still at a penalty of -18 to all attacks.

The distance property does not affect Point-Blank Shot, which is still only active if within 30', sneak attack's requirement to be within 30' or any other ability that requires a set distance to function.

Edit: Changed the number of range increments, as was pointed out by later posters, I was wrong about max range increments for bows. It's 10, not 5.

 

[Kemrain]

The range increment of a bow is the distance at which it can fire without a penalty. For a composite longbow, that's 110 feet. The distance property doubles this, so one range increment for a composite longbow of distance is 220 feet.

Most ranged weapons (bows, crossbows) can fire up to a maximum of 5 range increments, garnering a -2 to attack rolls with each range increment past the first. So at 5 range increments, a composite longbow can fire up to 550 feet away, at a penalty of -8 to all attack rolls. A composite longbow of distance can fire up to 1100 feet away, still at a penalty of -8 to all attacks.

The distance property does not affect Point-Blank Shot, which is still only active if within 30', sneak attack's requirement to be within 30' or any other ability that requires a set distance to function.

I thought thrown weapons had a max of 5 increments, fired weapons had a max of 10, and, in other d20 games, firearms had a max of 20.

- Kemrain the Probably Wrong.

 

[Creat]

uhm... actually (SRD, 3.5 but unchanged from 3.0):
Ranged Attacks: With a ranged weapon, you can shoot or throw at any target that is within the weapon’s maximum range and in line of sight. The maximum range for a thrown weapon is five range increments. For projectile weapons, it is ten range increments. Some ranged weapons have shorter maximum ranges, as specified in their descriptions.

Thrown weapons have 5 increments, projectile ten. But the rest is of course correct, the example just applies to thrown weapons (with an appropriate range increment of course, so substitute there as necessary)

bye
Creat

 

[alsih2o]

The range increment of a bow is the distance at which it can fire without a penalty. For a composite longbow, that's 110 feet. The distance property doubles this, so one range increment for a composite longbow of distance is 220 feet.

Most ranged weapons (bows, crossbows) can fire up to a maximum of 5 range increments, garnering a -2 to attack rolls with each range increment past the first. So at 5 range increments, a composite longbow can fire up to 550 feet away, at a penalty of -8 to all attack rolls. A composite longbow of distance can fire up to 1100 feet away, still at a penalty of -8 to all attacks.

The distance property does not affect Point-Blank Shot, which is still only active if within 30', sneak attack's requirement to be within 30' or any other ability that requires a set distance to function.

Much appreciated.