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<blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 725185" data-attributes="member: 3987">What you can't tell from Sean K Reynolds data is that as AC increases the benifit of Rapid Shot drops off. Although Rapid shot works out better in most situations if you need to roll a 17, 18, or 19 to hit with a normal attack, then you will actually be worse off if you use it and you need a 15 or 16 then it isn't much better than Weapon Focus. If you needed a to roll a 20 with your normal attack then two chances of 20 with rapid shot is obviously better. If you made the modifier -3 instead of -2 then you would be worse off using rapid shot if you needed a normal attack roll of 15 to 19 to hit, and for a roll of 12 to 14 its not much better than Weapon Focus. Thats a quarter of the time the feat would be a disadvantage, and if you don't actually know the opponents AC you are more likely to err on the side of caution and not use it. What's the point of having a feat that isn't used, or can penalise you when you do use it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bagpuss, post: 725185, member: 3987"] What you can't tell from Sean K Reynolds data is that as AC increases the benifit of Rapid Shot drops off. Although Rapid shot works out better in most situations if you need to roll a 17, 18, or 19 to hit with a normal attack, then you will actually be worse off if you use it and you need a 15 or 16 then it isn't much better than Weapon Focus. If you needed a to roll a 20 with your normal attack then two chances of 20 with rapid shot is obviously better. If you made the modifier -3 instead of -2 then you would be worse off using rapid shot if you needed a normal attack roll of 15 to 19 to hit, and for a roll of 12 to 14 its not much better than Weapon Focus. Thats a quarter of the time the feat would be a disadvantage, and if you don't actually know the opponents AC you are more likely to err on the side of caution and not use it. What's the point of having a feat that isn't used, or can penalise you when you do use it? [/QUOTE]

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