Fast Draw critical success

[Mr_Sandman]

Originally Posted by mburr0003

Certainly. I'd even allow it in a realistic game with teh -10 rules from Martial Arts. But then I prefer higher levels of cinematic action in my games, even if I'm doing a "gritty, dirty, bleak, and desperate" genre.

Originally Posted by tbone

Is that in MA? I just did a search and can't find it.

The rule in Martial Arts (p.119) for drawing and firing in one turn requires two rolls at -6 each, one to instantly ready/draw the bow and loose in one smooth action, and the other for the actual shot. There's a note that realistic archers can do this out of combat, but to allow it in combat, add an extra -4 to each roll.

In DFRPG Adventures, it looks like the Heroic Archer advantage reduces the penalty to -3, and having Weapon Master (Bow) as well brings it down to -1

This still only gets one shot per second, shoot twice per second, you'd need Extra-attack.