jumpydady |
ok i have a player lvl 20 archer that wants to show off:
and to prove himself in front of the king he challenged the king's best archer to fire an arrow at him, at 60ft distance, at this point he will prove himself by trying to knock/deflect/destroy the oponent arrow that is flying towards him in mid-air, now question is, what are the dc/saves that should be done for this task?
i was thinking first he must have a initiative or reflex to check if he can react in time but what is the DC?, then he has a second check probably an attack roll against an incoming arrow, which i assume as a thin size target, but what AC should it be?
thx
blahpers |
Yeah, I was answering from a "what are the rules" standpoint.
From a house-rules standpoint, I'm not certain. This acts something like the Deflect Arrows feat and something like the duelist's parry (or the swashbuckler's opportunistic parry) abilities, but at range rather than in melee. That would be significantly harder. And that's as far as I can go without knowing the general feel of the table.
LazarX |
You're looking for a rules answer to this question.
There isn't one.
I would say that at the very least, the DC will be twice the opponent's roll to hit. with a minimum roll of 30 to hit. (it's a very small surface moving damm fast)
And if he fails to hit the arrow will strike him as if he was effectively denied his Dex. His arrow will strike at the other shooter using the normal to hit rules.
That's why Robin Hood, the greatest archer in the Kingdom, did not choose this method of showing off.
mplindustries |
Ok, so, apparently, you don't need to make something up, he just needs to be a Toxophilite Ranger.
Christopher Dudley RPG Superstar 2013 Top 32 |
Ok, so, apparently, you don't need to make something up, he just needs to be a Toxophilite Ranger.
Sometimes, when you have an obscure word sitting on your desk, there's nothing for it but to make an archetype around it.
mplindustries |
Toxophilite is an English word. Or, well, it's originally from Greek, but it's English now. It's just someone that loves archery. You know, like how philosophy is originally a love of wisdom. Toxotes is archer just like sophia is wisdom.
But yes, it's a bizarre name to use in Golarion, it's bizarre that in order to love archery and devote yourself to it in this way that you must be an archer, and it's most bizarre to me that the ability to shoot arrows with your arrows seems to work more like the old Duelist's ability to parry, rather than the new Swashbuckler's.