Any way to use an ability other than dex for ranged attacks from a bow?

[Aelas Morgan]

I'm am making a paladin at level 7 for a new campaign and I was wondering if there is a way to use and ability other than dex for ranged attacks from a bow. Maybe charisma or strength if possible.

[nate lange]

there's a couple ways to use Wis... that's generally not a good stat for most pally's though...
channel energy comes online at 4th; at 5th take channel smite and retrain an earlier feat to guided hand. you have to worship Erastil or another god with a bow for their favored weapon though.

I can't think of any other stat off the top of my head (although, every time you smite you're adding Cha to attack rolls... maybe just look at oath of vengeance for more uses...)

[Pink Dragon]

It may not help you much but a Zen Archer monk at level 3 uses Wisdom for bows.

[Imbicatus]

Evangelist of Erastil also adds Wis to Bows.

[Chess Pwn]

Smite evil? But seriously, if you're needing to use a bow, full BAB and smite makes you VERY accurate and tons of damage, but full BAB is still pretty accurate. Since I'm guessing the bow is a backup you don't have all the feats that give you a penalty to hit, so smite gets the job done well for when you need it, and you have a chance to do something.

If archery is your focus, you need the dex, sorry.

[Imbicatus]

Even if you move to a differ attack stat, you still need a decent dex to qualify for archery feats.

[My Self]

The closest you can come to being ranged and using a different ranged stat is having a Belt of Mighty Hurling. This lets you use your STR modifier instead of DEX modifier to hit for thrown weapons (but not bows).