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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crothian" data-source="post: 2790407" data-attributes="member: 232">A subclass is a neat option Alea Publishing Group has come up with.  They take a concept that does not quite warrant its own class or prestige class and make it a small group of abilities a character slowly gains over twenty levels.  The subclasses though do have costs of experience making it a bit harder to gain levels.  I am waiting for the day when there are plenty of subclasses so that each person in the group can each have one.  Options like this I feel are best and most balanced that way.      Marksman Subclass is a small six page PDF by Alea Publishing Group.  While the book is only six pages long five of the six pages are devoted to the book and do no have extra ads or things of that nature.  The sixth page is the Open Game License.  The small PDF still has book marks and a nice lay out with a nice border that makes it look like it is on aged paper.  One also gets a version of the PDF without the border so printing is not that big a problem with this.      The Marksman is designed as a firearms using subclass.  The nature of the firearm could make this a very powerful subclass.  The firearms presented her has a tough limitation of a full round to reload or a move action if a feat is taken.  This limitation prevents multiple attacks in the same round.  However, the class is also said to be used with the repeating cross bows and many of the abilities can actually be applied to bows.  These high rates of fire weapons could see the subclass become powerful.  The class grants additional bonus to hit that becomes plus seven by twentieth level with ranged weapons.  They get extra precision damage like weak sneak attack and eventually get an improved critical and extra critical damage on ranged attacks.  I would have liked for the abilities to be limited to the forearm as a bow using character can really become something to be feared using this subclass.    This is a good subclass.  The idea of the subclass is not going to be something for everyone.  But the cost of ten or twenty percent of ones experience is a big cost.  I am not sure how it all plays out and at some point I think this will make a good option once enough subclasses are available for the many different character types.</blockquote>

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