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New Feat: Deadly Aim
- Thread starter Garnfellow
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Azure Trance
First Post
Curiously, and a little offtopic, would villianious archers make good enemies? If he were to get rushed by melee tanks (inevitabely) his best attributes go to waste.
Garnfellow
Explorer
Thanks to everyone who's chimed in here. I've seen many good points made about this feat as written.
I probably ought to stick up for the player who proposed this feat -- he's not a power-gamer, and doesn't haul the latest splatbooks and Dragon magazines to every game session. He certainly wasn't trying to scam me.
And I probably ought to explain that my campaign is low-magic, low-tech, and low-power. My player's character is 7th level and has NO magic items yet. There are no "mighty" bows. Longbows, for that matter, are an exotic weapon. Y'all get the drift.
So in our campaign, archers have never become the terrifying threats that they evidently are in other campaigns -- so this proposed feat never really set off my DM balance alerts. I was genuinely surprised by some of the accounts I read in this thread. Which is why I'm DOUBLY glad I posted this feat here.
If possible I'd like to salvage the feat, but I’m beginning to suspect that nerfing it will make it useless. Such things happen sometimes.
Based on Andion Isurand's comment, I'd change the prerequisite to Dex 13+.
SylverFlame, I like all three of your suggestions, but I need to think a little more about the 30' range restriction.
I probably ought to stick up for the player who proposed this feat -- he's not a power-gamer, and doesn't haul the latest splatbooks and Dragon magazines to every game session. He certainly wasn't trying to scam me.
And I probably ought to explain that my campaign is low-magic, low-tech, and low-power. My player's character is 7th level and has NO magic items yet. There are no "mighty" bows. Longbows, for that matter, are an exotic weapon. Y'all get the drift.
So in our campaign, archers have never become the terrifying threats that they evidently are in other campaigns -- so this proposed feat never really set off my DM balance alerts. I was genuinely surprised by some of the accounts I read in this thread. Which is why I'm DOUBLY glad I posted this feat here.
If possible I'd like to salvage the feat, but I’m beginning to suspect that nerfing it will make it useless. Such things happen sometimes.
Based on Andion Isurand's comment, I'd change the prerequisite to Dex 13+.
SylverFlame, I like all three of your suggestions, but I need to think a little more about the 30' range restriction.
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Garnfellow
Explorer
INSTINCTIVE STRIKE
hong,
This rocks. The game could use a lot more feats that make the intellectual stats (Int, Wis, Cha) attractive to fighter types.
hong,
This rocks. The game could use a lot more feats that make the intellectual stats (Int, Wis, Cha) attractive to fighter types.
Re: INSTINCTIVE STRIKE
Oh, ah, right.
Dammit, how am I supposed to flame you now?
Anyway, if you like the idea of making the mental stats more useful to fighting types, see here:
Charisma-based feats
Garnfellow said:
Oh, ah, right.
Dammit, how am I supposed to flame you now?
Anyway, if you like the idea of making the mental stats more useful to fighting types, see here:
Charisma-based feats
Andion Isurand
First Post
Hong, I was trying to emphasise the 30 foot range limit found in the Zen archery feat, among others. I listed the Zen Archery feat, because it uses the wisdom modifer to determine some combat rolls.
As for clerics using your feat, I could see a cleric with a crossbow hunting undead.
As for clerics using your feat, I could see a cleric with a crossbow hunting undead.
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