Looking for mods/addons that improve ranged combat.

[Legacy_Shadooow]

               

Great! I thought that damage, threat range and multiplier of specific weapon types are hardcoded. That makes things a lot easier, great.


That makes me wonder, though. If it's that simple to change, why did you bother with making ranged weapons useful by modifying weapons themselves and going through this unlimited ammo system instead of changing these base parameters like this?

mainly because changing this is a house rule which I am trying to avoid, but the features I added were neccessary for the Arkhalia PW anyway. Point is that the melee characters could add all these gems, vampiric onhit, vorpal onhit, keen to their weapons but ranged weapon characters didnt. I simply united the situation. And the vanilla unlimited ammo has several aspects that didn't fit to this PW. This world is about looting so I needed to make more items the character could use and need. With the custom unlimited ammo which is not an itemproperty player usually want around six of those smart quiver containers and can use custom ammunition that can be found in loot such as arrows of dispel.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Lazarus Magni]

               

I have long wished ranged characters could use expertise. That certainly would help them since AC is an issue.

 

And shadooow is right, you can add many properties to bows (ect...) with CEP too that aren't default (e.g. keen.)

 

Regarding #2 doesn't the game automatically use str for attack rolls (ranged or otherwise), unless dex is higher and have weapon finesse (and is a finessable weapon), or wis is higher and have zen archery?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_WhiZard]

               

Regarding #2 doesn't the game automatically use str for attack rolls (ranged or otherwise), unless dex is higher and have weapon finesse (and is a finessable weapon), or wis is higher and have zen archery?

 

Nope, high strength builds get no benefit in ranged combat, besides the damage (for darts, throwing axes, and mighty ranged weapons).  There are quite a few high strength AA builds, but that is because the enchant arrow feats already give significant AB.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shadooow]

               

There are quite a few high strength AA builds, but that is because the enchant arrow feats already give significant AB.

Yea since ranged characters usually stay outside of melee range they usually dont need AC and since AA gives so many AB, it is better to take high strength even if only for devastating critical.