Hi,
I am DMing a Conan game at the moment. We have been playing for a while and all of us are under the assumption that if you have more than 1 attack per round you can only apply this to one target. We have had a new player join us who is playing an archer with rapid shot and he tried to shoot 3 targets with his 3 attacks that round. We all said eh? and he pointed out the full-attack rule in the book. Its VERY vague and seems to be worded the same in the PF book, I think all of us missed read the bit where it says the character does not need to specify targets, we took it as target as it dosnt seem to mention you can hit more than one target anywhere in the combat section. I was wondering if anyone can clarify and elaberate:
Full Attack
If a character gets more than one attack per action because his or her base attack bonus is high enough, because he or she fights with two weapons, because he or she is using a double weapon, or for some special reason, the character must use the full attack action to get his or her additional attacks. The character does not need to specify the targets of his or her attacks ahead of time. The character can see how the earlier attacks turn out before assigning the later ones.
Full attack is a full-round action. Because of this, the only movement a character can take during a full attack is a 5-foot step. The character may take the step before, after, or between the attacks.
If a character gets multiple attacks based on his or her base attack bonus, the character must make the attacks in order from highest bonus to lowest. If the character is using two weapons, the character can strike with either weapon first. If the character is using a double weapon, the character can strike with either part of the weapon first.
1: Melee combat seems to be that you can hit and move 5ft then hit another target if you have enough attacks that round
2: How does this work with ranged attacks? it seems to me difficult to loose multiple arrows at mulitiple targets at different ranges in the same round as the aiming would surley be off.
We all had the eurika moment with the melee but ranged we scratched our head and ruled that the targets had to be more or less in a line and no more then 15ft from each other
Rules as written, there are no limits on targeting. Remember, there's no Facing in DnD.
I dunno how the Conan game changes the game, but there's really no need to nerf archery.
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Yes, you can full-attack multiple targets. If you couldn't why would you need to 5-foot-step between the attacks or need to assign latter attacks after you make the first(well I suppose if they had a fire shield up and you didn't want to take anymore fire damage).
About the difficulty in aiming a ranged weapon, rapid shot does have a -2 penalty involved with it, and any attack made because of a high BAB also have -5 to hit. There is another feat, manyshot, which is just firing 2 arrows at a single target and doesn't incur any penalties.