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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5156978" data-attributes="member: 35909">There is no reason for Deepwood Sniper to not work in 3.5, it requires almost no conversion at all.  And you don't really have a leg to stand on if you try and argue that it's overpowered and that's why it's left out.  God bless WotC for protecting us from such overpowered 3.0 material and giving us the Planar Shepherd, Tome of Battle classes, and Turn Undead cheese in 3.5!  SOOOOOO much more balanced by comparison! /gagAs for Spot distance, you generally only need to use the regular spot rules (DC +1 for every 10 feet, 20 for Cragtop Archer) against things/creatures that are actively hiding or hidden.  Any regular human can see people 500 feet away or a ship a few thousand feet away no problem.That said, some DMs don't follow common sense and RAI and actually expect you to roll up spot to see anything at all in the distance.  Even if your DM is reasonable, a lot of reasonable DMs might factor in higher spot DCs to see things at various range "increments" (I don't mean like your weapon's, I mean that maybe he declares it's Spot 15 to see stuff at 1000 feet away, Spot 20 to see things at 1500 feet away, etc...).  So in any case, maximizing the hell out of your Spot modifier is generally a good idea for a long range archer.But it's really the DM's call to assign spot DCs for long distance, not much point in us giving our opinions unless your DM actually reads this thread.EDIT: Horizon shot is unlimited use because it's only really worth it at extreme ranges.  It's a full round action for only one attack.  Great from 15 range increments away and totally worth it.  Once they're within 5 range increments?  I'd rather full attack (and rapid shot) with the -5.</blockquote>

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