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Old 11-22-2012, 01:57 AM   #3
Dinadon
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Default Re: Quick Question: Bows and Heroic Archer Help

Normal Archer (Standing shot):

Turn 1: Ready : Draw arrow from quiver.
Turn 2: Ready : Notch arrow onto bow and draw bow.
Turn 3: Aim (1 turn): You'll the want the Accuracy Bonus to hit anything at range
Turn 4: Attack/All-Out Attack

Optionally you may Aim for an additional 1 or 2 turns before attacking to get the extra bonus for aiming for 2 or 3 turns.

Normal Archer (Running Shot):

Turn 1: Ready : Draw arrow from quiver and Step.
Turn 2: Ready : Notch arrow onto bow, draw bow and Step.
Turn 3: Move and Attack: Add the bow's bulk penalty to your attack roll

Normal Archer (Close Combat Shot):

Turn 1: Attack: Add the bow's bulk penalty to your attack roll

(Assumes someone stepped into Close Combat after you've notched your arrow and drawn your bow.)

If you have Fast Draw (Arrow) a successful roll lets you skip the Ready spent drawing an arrow from the quiver. For a standing shot you may use the rules for Quick-Shooting Bows, this lets you skip the Ready spent drawing your bow, but doesn't allow you to Aim, drawing and firing the bow becomes a single attack action with this option.

For the Close Combat Shot you may buy up the Close Combat Technique to completely remove the bulk penalty from your attack roll. If your bow isn't ready to attack you may want to Fast Draw and Quick-Shoot as necessary.

Heroic Archer (Standing shot):

Turn 1: Ready : Draw arrow from quiver.
Turn 2: Ready : Notch arrow onto bow and draw bow.
Turn 3: Attack/All-Out Attack : You automatically have the bonus for Aim(1 turn)

Optionally you may Aim for 1 or 2 turns before attacking to get the extra bonus for aiming for 2 or 3 turns.

Heroic Archer (Running Shot):

Turn 1: Ready : Draw arrow from quiver and Step.
Turn 2: Ready : Notch arrow onto bow, draw bow and Step.
Turn 3: Move and Attack: No bulk penalty to your attack roll, but also no aim bonus

Heroic Archer (Close Combat Shot):

Turn 1: Attack: No bulk penalty to your attack roll, but also no aim bonus

(Assumes someone stepped into Close Combat after you've notched your arrow and drawn your bow.)

If you have Fast Draw (Arrow) a successful roll lets you skip the Ready spent drawing an arrow from the quiver. As an Heroic Archer you will also halve the total of a number of penalties, rounding in your favour

You may use Quick-Shooting Bows for both running shots and standing shots, at halve the penalty, letting you skip the turn spent drawing your bow. For a standing shot your attack roll will get the bow's Acc bonus.

The Close Combat Technique is not required. If your bow isn't ready to attack you may want to Fast Draw and Quick-Shoot as necessary. This is far more likely to succeed as an Heroic Archer.


That should cover most things, hope it helps.
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