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Sharpshooter “The faster they come, the sooner I shoot ’em down.” Prerequisite: Ranger Mastery of a chosen armament is a long-standing tradition among many peoples. Legends are full of examples: the fighter who is one with his sword or the assassin who can’t miss with knives. Fables also tell of those who have consummate proficiency with the bow or the crossbow. Some warriors acquire skill with the bow to avoid close combat. Others do so because ability and purpose lead them that way. Archers work for all sorts of causes, military to mercenary, noble to malevolent. One example is the battlefield archer (Player’s Handbook), a tactical shooter that works well in the chaos of small-unit combat. Unlike other archers, the sharpshooter’s purpose is to become legendary for accuracy and skill, as well as for the number and sorts of foes defeated. Quick shooting, accuracy, and deadliness are the sharpshooter’s trademarks, along with the ability to use a bow or a crossbow in ways that few others can. Some who would become the ultimate sharpshooter look for other archers to challenge in contests of skill or even in duels to the death. You have honed your bow or crossbow skills with a desire to become the best of the best. You fire faster than most folk would think possible. When enemies try to move in close and shut you down, you shoot on without compromising defense. Those who watch you work could swear your arrows are alive. One day, you’ll be targeting that one enemy whose defeat will make you a legend. Sharpshooter Path Features Rapid-Fire Action (11th level): When you spend an action point to take an extra action, you can make a ranged basic attack with a bow or a crossbow as a free action before or after taking the extra action. Opportunity Fire (11th level): You can use a bow or a loaded crossbow to make opportunity attacks. These attacks don’t provoke opportunity attacks. Seeking Arrow (16th level): You don’t take the normal penalty to attack rolls for concealment or cover when making a ranged attack against a creature designated as your quarry. You still take the penalty for total concealment or superior cover. Sharpshooter Exploits Stab and Shoot Sharpshooter Attack 11 You drive your arrow into an adjacent enemy, pull it out, load it, and fire it at another foe. Encounter ✦ Martial, Weapon Standard Action Melee 1 Requirement: You must be wielding a bow or a crossbow. Primary Target: One creature Primary Attack: Dexterity vs. AC Hit: 1[W] + Dexterity modifier damage, and the target is dazed until the end of your turn. Make a secondary attack. Secondary Target: One creature other than the primary target in weapon range Secondary Attack: Dexterity vs. AC Hit: 2[W] + Dexterity modifier damage. Perfect Aim Sharpshooter Utility 12 You take the time to line up a deadly shot. Encounter ✦ Martial, Weapon Minor Action Personal Requirement: You must be wielding a ranged weapon. Effect: Until the end of your next turn, your next ranged attack gains a power bonus to the attack and damage rolls equal to your Wisdom modifier. If you move or take damage before making a ranged attack, the bonus is lost. NEW PARAGON PATHS JIM PAVELEC Escalating Barrage Sharpshooter Attack 20 With increasing accuracy and deadliness, you send your shots at multiple foes. Daily ✦ Martial, Weapon Standard Action Ranged weapon Primary Target: One creature Primary Attack: Dexterity vs. AC Hit: 2[W] + Dexterity modifier damage. Effect: Make a secondary attack. Secondary Target: One creature other than the primary target Secondary Attack: Dexterity + 2 vs. AC Hit: 3[W] + Dexterity modifier damage. Effect: Make a tertiary attack. Tertiary Target: One creature other than the primary and secondary targets Tertiary Attack: Dexterity + 4 vs. AC Hit: 4[W] + Dexterity modifier damage. CHAPTER 2 | Ranger 67
Sylvan Archer “Drawing the bowstring is a spiritual oath. The flight of the arrow is its fulfillment.” Prerequisites: Elf, ranger Like their eladrin cousins, elves have the time and the will to give everything they do a complex expression. To them, something worth doing at all is worth doing better than well—it’s worth total dedication of body, mind, and soul. Any task merits mastering to the extent that the very process of doing it, even in training, is beautiful. Further, to the fey mind, combining seemingly disparate arts and joys into one form creates something more beautiful in the end. This is as true of archery as it is of any other activity. Ages ago, after they entered the world and became separated from the eladrin, elves found it necessary to survive in the hostile wilds. Grace and awareness became their strengths. The bow became their chosen weapon for hunting and stealthy warfare. The magic flowing in the fey soul has enabled more than one elf to forge a spiritual tie with the bow. Such archers are practiced at engaging targets in dense forests and areas fraught with cover. The sound of an enemy bowstring being drawn or the hint of movement in the undergrowth is enough to draw a reactive shot faster than any intended attack can come. A master of elven archery easily deals with multiple foes, and in time develops the uncanny ability to make arrows literally track their targets. Elven arrows can be said literally to have an enemy’s name on them. You carry on this glorious tradition. Stalking in untamed and dangerous places armed with only quiver and bow, you have become an exemplar of elven marksmanship. Your finely honed senses are second to none, and your aim is ever true. Among the most formidable of hunters, you have a shooting expertise that transcends the mundane skill of other archers. Your spirit reaches out to inform you of the unseen. If your skill and your amazing deeds carry you farther, elves who come to the way of the bow after you will hold you as the example that guides them. Sylvan Archer Path Features Archer’s Action (11th level): When you spend an action point to take an extra action, your ranged attack rolls take no penalties for cover, superior cover, concealment, or total concealment until the end of your next turn. Sylvan Senses (11th level): You gain a +2 bonus to Perception checks. Intuitive Hunter (16th level): When making ranged attacks, you add your Wisdom modifier to the extra damage dealt by your Hunter’s Quarry class feature. Sylvan Archer Exploits Shaft Splitter Sylvan Archer Attack 11 As your foe launches his attack, you loose a shot right down his sights. Encounter ✦ Martial, Weapon Immediate Interrupt Ranged weapon Trigger: An enemy hits you or an ally within 5 squares of you with a ranged attack Target: The triggering enemy Attack: Dexterity vs. Reflex Hit: 2[W] + Dexterity modifier damage, and the target takes a –5 penalty to the triggering attack roll. Elf-Eyed Archery Sylvan Archer Utility 12 You can easily divide your attention between chosen targets. Encounter ✦ Martial Minor Action Ranged sight Target: One creature Effect: You designate the target as your quarry, even if it isn’t the closest enemy to you. The target doesn’t count against your normal limit of one quarry at a time, although you can still deal your Hunter’s Quarry damage only once per round. Special: Using this power doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks. Named Arrow Sylvan Archer Attack 20 Whispering your foe’s name in Elven, you loose your arrow and watch it streak unerringly across the battlefield. Daily ✦ Martial, Weapon Standard Action Ranged weapon Target: One creature Effect: If you speak the target’s name when you use this power, you designate the target as your quarry and take no penalties to the attack roll for cover, superior cover, concealment, or total concealment. Attack: Dexterity vs. Will Hit: 4[W] + Dexterity modifier damage, and the target is dazed (save ends). If you spoke the target’s name, instead of being dazed, the target is stunned (save ends). Miss: Half damage, and the target is dazed until the end of its next turn. If you spoke the target’s name, instead of being dazed, the target is stunned until the end of its next turn. 68 CHAPTER 2 | Ranger
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