Sniper Shot and Focused shot interaction?


Rules Questions

Scarab Sages

Sniper Shot:

You are skilled at making deadly attacks from an extreme distance.

Prerequisites: Int 13, Wis 13, Far Shot, Focused Shot, Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot.

Benefit: As a full-round action, you may make an attack that allows you to deal precision-based extra damage to a distance equal to your weapon’s range increment. You may only make this attack with bows and crossbows. Precision-based damage includes sneak attacks, a ranger’s favored weapon bonus, and the damage bonus from the Focused Shot feat. Creatures immune to critical hits and sneak attacks are immune to this extra damage.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/sniper-shot/

Focused Shot:

Your anatomical insight adds deadliness to your shots.

Prerequisites: Int 13, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot.

Benefit: As a standard action, you may make an attack with a bow or crossbow and add your Intelligence modifier on the damage roll. You must be within 30 feet of your target to deal this extra damage. Creatures immune to critical hits and sneak attacks are immune to this extra damage.

Special: Starting at 2nd level, a ranger with the archery combat style may select Focused Shot as a combat style feat.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/focused-shot-combat/

So my problem with this is that Sniper Shot require a full-round action, but it specifies that the bonus damage from Focused Shot (a prerequisite for it) is among the damage that it allows you to do at any range... but Focused Shot is a standard action and as such is not really compatible with it.
Was it an oversight and is it supposed to allow use of Focused Shot as part of a Sniper Shot or is that mentioned just in case you somehow get an extra standard action?


There's so much wrong with this feat.

You can't use Focused Shot with it.
Far Shot will never be used since you'll stay within your first range increment.
There's nothing called "a ranger's favored weapon bonus".
The extra damage from Favored Enemy isn't precision damage.

It's very probably an oversight since they refer to the feat in the description, but RAW you can't use them together.

Silver Crusade

Um, something important to point out, Sniper Shot is from the 3.5 Chronicles Campaign Setting book, whereas the Focused Shot you referenced is from the Advance Player's Guide, meaning there's an entirely different Focused Shot feat you would need for Sniper Shot.

Scarab Sages

Thanks Rysky didn't know that, but it does make sense now that you mention it.

Silver Crusade

Np. Wouldn't know where to find the specific 3.5 Focused Shot though, sorry.


Now I'm trying to remember what 3.5's focused shot did.

The Exchange Owner - D20 Hobbies

It could be as simple as "remind them that the pre-req feat is precision damage should they need that info elsewhere."


Rysky wrote:
Np. Wouldn't know where to find the specific 3.5 Focused Shot though, sorry.

I can't find it at all I'm gonna thumb through my books when I get home.

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