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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 1464850" data-attributes="member: 3400">Judging from the rules as written, it's quite possible to rule either way. They are sufficiently ambiguous that nobody could really definitively say which was intended without the clarification of the designers. Manyshot says standard action, true. But a single attack made during a round in which you move is also a standard action. Use of the term standard action, however, does exclude it from being part of a full attack.Shot on the Run says you use an attack action while taking your movement before and after the shot. The fact that you're moving more than 5 feet also precludes using this as a full attack option as &quot;attack action&quot; prevents it from being used in conjunction with spell casting.Note that Manyshot, though it says standard action, isn't exactly spell use and is clearly some form of attack action since you are definitely making an attack. So there's nothing there that clearly says this particular version of a standard action that is an attack action can't be the same as the attack action in shot on the run which also happens to be a standard action. You see how silly it gets? So, what do the rules mean? They mean what the designers have clarified them to mean. Personally, I don't agree and don't really see any serious flaw in using Manyshot with Shot on the Run and plan on houseruling accordingly. Both have the net effect of allowing a character to fire multiple arrows off one draw of the bow string and make a move action. Using Shot on the Run just allows you to break up your movement, which is keeping in with the spirit of Shot on the Run if you're firing a single arrow. It just means that the shot you take as you head from cover to more cover is a heavier payload.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 1464850, member: 3400"] Judging from the rules as written, it's quite possible to rule either way. They are sufficiently ambiguous that nobody could really definitively say which was intended without the clarification of the designers. Manyshot says standard action, true. But a single attack made during a round in which you move is also a standard action. Use of the term standard action, however, does exclude it from being part of a full attack. Shot on the Run says you use an attack action while taking your movement before and after the shot. The fact that you're moving more than 5 feet also precludes using this as a full attack option as "attack action" prevents it from being used in conjunction with spell casting. Note that Manyshot, though it says standard action, isn't exactly spell use and is clearly some form of attack action since you are definitely making an attack. So there's nothing there that clearly says this particular version of a standard action that is an attack action can't be the same as the attack action in shot on the run which also happens to be a standard action. You see how silly it gets? So, what do the rules mean? They mean what the designers have clarified them to mean. Personally, I don't agree and don't really see any serious flaw in using Manyshot with Shot on the Run and plan on houseruling accordingly. Both have the net effect of allowing a character to fire multiple arrows off one draw of the bow string and make a move action. Using Shot on the Run just allows you to break up your movement, which is keeping in with the spirit of Shot on the Run if you're firing a single arrow. It just means that the shot you take as you head from cover to more cover is a heavier payload. [/QUOTE]

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